The Business Times, 1 October 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: http://business-timfes.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPORE MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2001 85C
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    74 1 STOCK MARKET INDICES Week Change STI 1,319.53_ +78i4 SLMSCIFtTURE 159.10 +10.20 BT-SRI 5/1.58 +40J7 KLSE COMP 615.34 +7.43 NIKKEI 9,***** +219.69 HANG SENG 9,950.70 _+1,016.50 SET INDEX 277.04 +2.44 JAKAKTA COMP .392.48 -2155 MANILA COMP 1,126.63 -36.22 TAIPEI WPI 3,636.94 +45.09 SEOUL COMP 479.68 +7.37 SHENZHEN B 241.83
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    79 1 F01EI BATES US! S* US$ (SS per USS) 1.766 £(l'SS/SS per 1.468 1591 EURO(USS/SS/E) 0 .914 1.614 DM 2.139 1111 YEN 1191 67.50 RM 3.800 1152 HKS 7.800 4.418 BAHT 44.44 25.17 RUPIAH 9.700 5,495 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.675 KI AL4U MPt R 7.67 JAKARTA..- 39.00 BANGKOK .9.50 MANILA
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    Lock icon Remisiers contest DBS Vickers' new contract
    650 1  -  BT Row over contra loss recovery and commission may lead to their suspension Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] A large number of the 275 remisiers originally from Vickers Ballas and Lum Chang Securities have refused to sign a new contract from DBS Vickers Securities, a
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    Lock icon Singapore market cap down $40b last month
    612 1  -  Bnt selling not over yet, if previous crises are any indication Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Fears of an all-out war following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the US prompted investors to dump equities, which wiped a massive $40 billion or 15.5 per
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    Lock icon DBS reshuffles key local talent in senior management
    624 1  -  BTiqUJIIUL'JJ By Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank is mobilising its vast pool of local talent to regain lost ground in the Singapore market. Sources told BT that the group is reshuffling managing directors Chong Kie Cheong, Seek Wai Kwong and Greg
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    Lock icon A big thank you to BT's 100,000 readers
    248 1  -  Patrick Daniel BT Editor THIS isn't the best of times to be celebrating BT's 25th anniversary. But to all our 100,000 readers and the many more who rely on our online edition, especially from overseas we thank you for your support and
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    Lock icon Asia in the post-Sept 11 era
    746 1  -  COMMEMTAKT By Vikram Khanna ITS now a cliche that the world changed following the Sept 11 kamikaze terrorist attacks in the United States, and it's probably no exaggeration either. How will this change affect Asia? What will it mean for our part of the
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      Lock icon US, UK forces to strike terror camps 'within 48 hours'
      785 2 US wants Taliban oat of power if it 'continues to support terrorists' AFP, AP, AFX, Reuters, Dow Jones [LONDON] The United States and Britain reportedly plan to attack within 48 hours bases controlled by Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect
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      Lock icon Paradigm shift
      633 2  -  Short-term war worries seem to have taken a back seat to longer-term hopes of a recovery r. sivanithy THERE'S an odd paradigm shift that stockmarket players have had to grapple with in the two weeks since the monstrous Sept 11 attacks in the US. Prior to that fateful
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      Lock icon Billion-dollar club
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      9 2 Fallout from Terrorist Attack: More reports, Pgs 4& 5
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  • FALLOUT from terrorist attack
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      Lock icon US Federal Reserve tipped to slash rates again
      677 4 US brings out more of its monetary, fiscal arsenal as fears over ontlook deepens AFP [WASHINGTON] US Federal Reserve policymakers are set to slash interest rates tomorrow to limit the most devastating economic consequences of the terrorist onslaught, experts said. It would
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      Lock icon Tighten money laundering rules: ABN Amro
      610 4 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] The finance chief of Dutch bank ABN AMRO, which has a joint venture bank with the Bin Laden Group of Saudi Arabia, has urged tighter controls on international money transfers after the Sept 11 attacks in the US. "The rules apparently do
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      Lock icon World economies take steps to stave off recession
      527 4 Spillover effects of any US rebound may be limited: analysts AFP (WASHINGTON] Governments are digging in to protect their economies from a feared global recession after the Sept 11 terror onslaught on the United States. As the US slashes interest rates and
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      Lock icon Global manhunt fails to crack US attack network
      631 5 Hundreds of suspects ronnded up, over 100,000 leads being investigated AFP, AP [WASHINGTON] Nearly three weeks after history's worst terror attack, a global manhunt is still battling to crack the shadowy Islamic network that struck at the most potent symbols of US
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      Lock icon Don't mix up Islam with terrorism: Jakarta
      442 5 AP. Reuters, Xinhua, AFP INDONESIA, the world's biggest Muslim nation, has warned the US not to mix up Islam with terrorism in its retaliation against the Sept 11 attacks. Arriving back in Jakarta with President Megawati Sukarnoputri after a visit to Washington and
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      Lock icon Abu Sayyaf first target of Manila's new anti-money laundering law
      395 5  -  From Al Labita in Manila THE Philippines is eyeing the Abu Sayyaf tagged by the US as one of the 27 terrorist cells of Osama bin Laden as the first target under the country's newly-enacted antimoney laundering law. "We can
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      Lock icon US ready for biological attack: health secretary
      565 5 Bnt the public and health experts are not convinced AP, Reuters, NYT [WASHINGTON] The United States, says its health and human services secretary, is prepared for any kind of biological attack, but the public, health experts and officials are not so sure. "We've
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      Lock icon After WTC attacks, will buildings ever soar again?
      703 5 AP AFP [NEW YORK] When the World Trade Center towers were being erected in the *****, some architects criticised their design as arrogant symbols of power. Since the towers were attacked and toppled for what they symbolised, architects are grappling with an
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    • IN Brief
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        Lock icon Ashcroft: more terror activity likely
        64 5 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US Attorney-General John Ashcroft said yesterday fresh terror attacks were likely and the risk of such strikes could increase following any military action in the US war on terrorism. Mr Ashcroft told CBS' Face The Nation that the "very serious threat" of fresh
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        Lock icon French suspect blast was an attack
        61 5 AFP [PARIS] Environment Minister Yves Cochet said yesterday that an explosion at a chemicals plant belonging to the TotalFinaElf group last week in the south-western French town of Toulouse in which 29 people died could have been caused by an attack. "All theories are
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        Lock icon British journalist feces spy charges
        51 5 AP [ISLAMABAD] A British journalist arrested after sneaking into Afghanistan is under investigation for possible espionage charges, Kabul radio reported on Saturday. Yvonne Ridley, 43, a reporter for the Sunday Express of London, was arrested on Friday along with two Afghan companions in eastern Afghanistan.
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        Lock icon Two banks extend lifeline to Swissair
        60 5 AFP [BERN] Swiss banks ÜBS and Credit Suisse Group will provide up to 51 per cent of the capital needed to save airline company Swissair Group from bankruptcy, ÜBS spokesman Michael Willi said yesterday. Mr Willi would not say exactly how much ÜBS would
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        Lock icon Only one cabin bag allowed at Sepang
        66 5 AP (KUALA LUMPUR] Passengers embarking at Kuala Lumpur's international airport will be allowed only one cabin bag each starting today in response to the terror attacks in the US. Malaysia Airports (Sepang) Sdn Bhd, the company that operates the airport, said each cabin
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        Lock icon US: Terrorists have means for bio war
        81 5 AFP (WASHINGTON] Terrorist organisations are likely to have developed the ability to use biological and chemical warfare. White House chief of staff Andrew Card said yesterday. "I'm not trying to be alarmist but we know these terrorist organisations... have probably found the means
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        Lock icon Mauritania nabs suspected Osama man
        85 5 Reuters (NOUAKCHOTT] A Mauritanian telecommunications engineer suspected of having links to Osama bin Laden has been arrested in connection with the Sept 11 attacks, his family said yesterday. Mouhamedou Ould Slahi is a relative of Mahfouz Ould al-Walid, a close associate of Osama whose assets
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        Lock icon China considers aid to Pakistan
        69 5 AFP (BEIJING] China said yesterday it was considering offering aid to Pakistan to help with the expected influx of Afghan refugees fleeing possible US strikes on their country, state media said. "China is actively considering providing whatever help within its power through bilateral channels." Foreign
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        Lock icon Islamic foreign ministers to meet
        83 5 AFP IJEDDAH] Foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) will meet in Doha on October 10 to discuss the crisis sparked by the terror attacks in the US, an OIC official said yesterday. The OIC official said the chief diplomats of the
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Salomon goes for 'invest by elimination' strategy
      505 6  -  Avoid markets and sectors with high export ratios and those most exposed to war risks, it says Ha Wong Wei Kong INVEST by elimination that's the theme of Salomon Smith Barney's (SSB) latest strategy report as America's onslaught against terrorism looms. With the
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      Lock icon 5 parties eyeing Ansett, administrator says
      439 6 Bnt he stresses they're only at 'expression of interest' stage AFX [SYDNEY] Ansett Airlines administrator Mark Korda said five potential buyers are now awaiting the outcome of a due diligence process on the airline. Mr Korda said there was no question Ansett could only
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      Lock icon Tapping into the potential of POSBank's 4m accounts
      431 7  -  Moves include selling FDs, unit trusts to retirees; insurance starter plans By Siow Li Sen WITH the integration of POSBank finally behind it, DBS Bank is moving swiftly to capitalise on this huge segment of customers, and more importantly, making it pay.
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      Lock icon Want Want wit best to take profit now
      195 7  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy A LOOK at the price chart accompanying this column should prove to be a sight for sore eyes to punters more accustomed to seeing a left-to-right downward spiral. The counter in question is Taiwanese snack-food maker Want
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      Lock icon US$ buying softens yen; other Asian units show little change
      439 7 AFP [HONG KONG] Currencies across the Asia-Pacific region changed little against the US dollar over the past week, with the exception of the yen. Japanese yen: Japan's monetary authorities repeatedly intervened in the foreign exchange market with US dollar buying
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      Lock icon Tan Chong seen bottoming out at current levels
      237 7  -  HOT STOCK Kk Ven Sreenivasan CLOB TRADED Tan Chong International cracked its HKSI.O6 support level early last month and has been in a severe slide ever since. The stock regained some of its composure late last week. The counter managed to edge
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Property prices set for further declines in medium term: JLL
      411 8  -  In short term, home buyers and investors will hold back purchases to assess their options Teh Hooi Ling PROPERTY prices will continue to trend downwards in the medium term, said Jones Lang LaSalle. As HDB resale prices continue to fall,
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      Lock icon Plunge seen in Sept industrial output
      394 8  -  on the economy industrial production -By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE'S Industrial Production Index (IPI) will continue to fall in September after a record plunge of 21.4 per cent in August compared with a year ago, said IDEAglobal in its Asian Regional Markets report last
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      Lock icon Shelving of overseas GE voting: security, practical reasons cited
      535 8  -  Bat no specific threat received, BG Lee says By Teh Hooi Ling UNFORESEEN extraordinary circumstances left the government no choice but to suspend voting by overseas Singaporeans in the coming general election. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. BG
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      Lock icon Reassure public on use of new ERP systems
      743 8  -  MAI LI .7m Ngiam Shih Tung Singapore I REFER to the letter "ERP is not used to track vehicles: LTA" by Eileen Tan of the Land Transport Authority (Mailbag, Sept 25). Eight years ago. when the electronic road pricing (ERP) scheme was
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      432 8 Notice of a Change of Agent To the Holders of U. 5.51,000,000,000 6.25 per cent. Bonds 2002 (the "Bonds") issued by Toyota Motor Corporation and listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the holders of the Bonds that with effect from 31 October 2001,
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      66 8 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletter@sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear in mind
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      290 9 Inventor of the chronograph Jl| The origins of mechanical watchmaking and chronometry. Not everyone knows that precision timekeeping was born in England out of an absolute necessity to prevent long sea voyages from ending in disaster. The history of mechanical chronometry began in 1714 when Queen Anne of England and
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Is it justifiable to bail out Malaysia Inc?
      702 10  -  KL STOCKS Efforts to stimulate the economy are warranted but previous actions In corporate sector were debatable eddie toh OW that the US government has stepped in to help its beleaguered airlines following I the terrorist attacks there, has the word I
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      Lock icon EPF denies bailing out ailing companies
      321 10 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters THE Employees' Provident Fund (EPF), Malaysia's biggest pension fund, dismissed allegations that it was bailing out ailing firms, saying it would continue to invest in or lend money to strong companies. "There is no truth in it (the allegations) at all.
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      Lock icon HK office rents set to decline further
      438 11 HONG KONG As effects of US attacks spread, avg office rents may fall 10-18% over 18 mths Reuters SOFT commercial rents in Hong Kong look set to sag further as the effect of the attacks on the US ripple through Asia, straining the
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        Lock icon Congress' Scindia dies in air crash
        42 11 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Madhavrao Scindia, a leader of India's Congress party, died when a private plane carrying him and seven others crashed near Kan pur in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, Star News reported. Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Asean secretariat to move to Batam?
        67 11 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia is proposing to move the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) secretariat from its current seat in Jakarta to Batam island just south of Singapore, a report said yesterday. Indonesia's ambassador to Singapore Johan Syahperi said an Asean secretariat on Batam,
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        Lock icon Taiwan may boycott Apec summit
        36 11 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan is considering boycotting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Shanghai this month because of China's refusal to allow President Chen Shul-bian to attend, local newspapers reported yesterday.—Reuters
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        Lock icon Eight Taiwan banks to set up in China
        84 11 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan has given approval for eight local banks to open representative offices in China to facilitate exchanges amid growing trade and investment activity, officials said on Saturday. The banks are First Commercial Bank, Hua Nan Bank, Chang Hwa Bank, International
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        Lock icon Estrada lawyers threaten to skin trial
        40 11 Reuters [MANILA] Lawyers for former Philippine president Joseph Estrada, whose trial for plunder begins today, accused the government of treating their client like a "caged wild animal" and have threatened to boycott proceedings. Reuters
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      Lock icon Taiwan aims to be global leader in IC design
      324 11 AFP, Dow Jones Newswires [TAIPEI] Taiwan is to launch an ambitious plan aimed at turning the island into a world leader in the profitable integrated circuits (IC) design industry, reports said yesterday. The island's science technology development designers hope to build
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      Lock icon Retailer Baiwen punished for fraud
      369 11 SHANGHAI Company, officials fined for fabricating profits for 3 years Reuters CHINA'S stockmarket regulator announced severe penalties on Saturday for nearbankrupt retailer Zhengzhou Baiwen Co for fabricating 162.98 million yuan (5534.6 million) in non-existent prof its. The China Securities Reg ulatory Commission (CSRC) fined the
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      Lock icon NZ children's author breaks records
      896 12  -  Margaret Mahy captivates audiences young and old, says JUMMFiUt LITTLE JENNIFER LITTLE AFP [AUCKLAND] WHETHER it's the animals or aliens, the witches, zanypirate grandmothers or jam-making dad that they remember, no New Zealand childhood is complete without Margaret Mahy's magical books and weird, wacky, colourful
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  • FINANCE & commodities
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      Lock icon Oil prices hit two-year lows
      897 12 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices plumbed two-year low points last week as traders grew increasingly worried that the global economic downturn would sap demand for crude, while the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) oil cartel could only watch in dismay. Prices fell US$3
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Tankan expected to show deepening decline
      716 13  -  More economists see Koizumi's reform policies as inappropriate From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S accelerating economic decline is expected to be heavily underscored today when the Bank of Japan publishes its latest quarterly survey of business conditions, known as the tankan. A further dramatic
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      Lock icon US stocks have fallen too far: stock-picking service
      671 13 NEW YORK It sees 12% animal returns over next 4 years NYT FINALLY, some solid evidence has emerged that the US stock market plunge may have gone too far and that stocks should have average annual returns of about 12 per cent
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      Lock icon Sum raised on equity markets halved in Q3
      475 13 LONDON Reuters THE amount of money raised on the world's equity markets more than halved in the third quarter, and the market for initial public offerings virtually dried up, as the decline in global economic activity started to bite, Dealogic Research said
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      Lock icon World Bank sees slower growth after attacks
      547 14 Forecast for industrialised nations cnt to 1-1.5% next year from 2.2% Reuters [WASHINGTON] The World Bank sharply cut its forecast for growth in industrialised countries to one to 1.5 per cent next year from an original estimate of 2.2 per cent in the
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      Lock icon US automakers may have lowest sales in 9 years
      528 15 Analysts see dismal 2002 with output cutbacks in next 12 months Bloomberg [DETROIT] US vehicle manufacturers are likely to have their worst US sales year since 1992, forcing production cutbacks at factories in the next 12 months, analysts said last Friday.
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  • STOCKS sgx
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1461 14 Compiled by Thomson Financial I/B/E/l The stock recommendation is the average of af) the recommendations submitted by analysts foHowing the stock. There is a total of 29 brokers submitting recommendations but not every stock is followed by ail the 29 brokers. Their recommendations are placed on a 1
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      591 14 SGXDerivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup AFX [WASHINGTON] Economists will silt through this week's US economic data for early signs of how the Sept 11 terrorist attacks are impacting the economy, and they expect the data to show a continuing rise in unemployment and further declines in manufacturing
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      843 17  -  By Patrick Daniel BT Editor FFOR the borderline workaholics and news junkies in the media business, a quarter of a century zooms by rather more quickly than for most people. A non-stop diet of world events, on top of a daily dose of happenings at home, brings
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      761 18  -  1976 -4MTOBER Debonair asset stripper Jim Slater raised the ire of Singapore regulators with his Haw Par deal, but got away scot-free when fraud charges faded to stick. CONRAD RAJ recalls the affair CONRAD RAJ JIM Slater visited Singapore only once but his subsequent dealings in
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      Lock icon Wage correction
      872 18  -  1979 JUNE The policy to bump up Singapore wages in the name of economic development was so successful it backfired. But Third World wages couldn't have prevailed, writes ANNATEO ANNA TEO THE three-year wage correction policy introduced in 1979 was conceived as a crucial part of a major
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      350 18  -  1977 JULY By VIKRAM KHANNA July 1,1977 marked one of the great milestones in the evolution of the world's trading system. Sixteen European countries decided to dismantle all remaining tariff barriers on industrial imports from each other, to form the world's largest free trade
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      410 18  -  1978 AUGUST By ALVIN TAY UNITED Overseas Bank chairman Wee Cho Yaw has had five successful bank acquisitions in Singapore to his credit, the latest being Overseas Union Bank which he snatched from arch rival DBS Group. But even on the rare occasion when he lost
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      933 19  -  1979 JANUARY The 1979 decision by Sumitomo to build a Singapore cracker set in motion the drive towards a multi-billion-dollar petrochemicals industry, writes RONNIE LIM RONNIE LIM SINGAPORE'S decade-long effort to launch a petrochemicals industry reached an important milestone in January 1979, when the dogged
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      1006 20  -  1983 OCTOBER If ever proof were needed that legal and political institutions can be bent for the rich and powerful, the BMF scandal should put it beyond all doubt writes MOHAN KUPPUSAMY MOHAN KUPPUSAMY ALMOST two decades after the collapse of Hongkong's infamous Carrian group, a diversified
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      347 20  -  1981 MAY -By CONRAD RAJ FOUNDED in 1961 to manage the consistent surpluses of our balance of payments, the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has grown into one of the world's biggest investment holding companies. The government decided to rely on an indigenous agency over external fund
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      328 20  -  1981 JUNE -By KALPANA RASHIWALA In June 1981, the Central Provident Fund (CPF) unveiled the first phase of a scheme that was key to boosting the growth of Singapore's residential property market. This was the policy allowing CPF savings to be used to pay private housing
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      353 20  -  1982 MARCH By CHUANG PECK MING A truly Singaporean workforce by 1992 that was the big goal set when the government moved in 1982 to take low-skilled foreign workers off the Central Provident Fund Scheme and put them on a new levy scheme. "The government's plan
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      Lock icon One country, two systems
      281 22  -  1984 JULY By CATHERINE ONG WHEN Britain and China signed the Joint Declaration in 1984 freeing Hong Kong from its colonial yoke, most people hailed the landmark accord as a triumph of English diplomacy and Chinese enlightenment. The Joint Declaration, after all, guaranteed that Hong Kong's
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      782 22  -  1985 Sharply rising labour costs, business failures and a property glut plunged the economy into a slump, writes LOH HUI YIN LOH HUI YIN THE year had started out well enough. Singapore was looking to turn in economic growth of 5 to 7 per cent, and was
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      742 22  -  1985 DECEMBER All hell broke loose when Pan-Electric Industries went under, writes CONRAD RAJ who covered the story CONRAD RAJ FEW corporate failures have had as extensive an impact on Singapore's financial scene as that of Pan-Electric Industries, whose businesses ranged from shipbuilding to stockbroking. Its collapse
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      1705 24  -  1987 AUGUST From constructive ambiguity' to irrational exuberance', no man's words have been more closely scrutinised than those of Alan Greenspan. VIKRAMKHANNA traces the Fed chairman's illustrious and sometimes controversial career VIKRAM KHANNA On Oct 19,1987, barely 70 days into Alan Greenspan's tenure as chairman of the
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      910 24  -  1986 NOVEMBER The now-reclusive Khoo Teck Puat was at the centre of a fraud scandal involving the biggest bank in Brunei. In the end, his son took the rap. CATHERINE ONG tells the NBB story CATHERINE ONG THE National Bank of Brunei (NBB) was the biggest bank
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      902 25  -  1989 OCTOBER Friction over commission income prompted the KLSE to go its own way more than a decade ago. But with the global trend of strategic tie-ups, is it time for a rethink? VEN SREENIVASAN reports VEN SREENIVASAN IT has been more than 10 years
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      297 25  -  1988 JULY -By VEN SREENIVASAN ONE of the most important milestones in the development of the Singapore stockmarket was the establishment of computerised trading. After weeks of mock trading, the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) launched the system on July 7,1968, allowing brokers to
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      857 26  -  1989 OCTOBER A divided city was dramatically reunited, but the end of the Cold War did not bring unalloyed rejoicing, observes LEON HADAR LEON HADAR IN the fall of 1989, the Berlin Wall, separating Communist East Berlin from democratic West Berlin, was literally and symbolically
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      1032 27  -  1990 AUGUST Japan's spring of hope was followed by a long winter of despair for the country's economy. ANTHONY ROWLEY reports ANTHONY ROWLEY IT was (as Charles Dickens said) "the best of times; it was the worst of times: it was the spring of hope, it was the
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      832 28  -  1991 JANUARY Saddam Hussein became the bogeyman of the early '90s as America led UN forces to liberate Kuwait LEON HADAR recounts the Gulf War LEON HADAR BETWEEN Jan 17,1991, and April 10,1991, the United States led a coalition of 28 nations against the army and air force
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      707 28  -  1992 OCTOBER Soviet hardliners in 1992 attempted a coup to put the brakes on Gorbachev's sweeping reforms. But all they achieved was to hasten their own demise, and pave the way for the rise of Yeltsin, writes LEON HADAR LEON HADAR ON Oct 19, 1992, conservative
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      730 30  -  1993 MARCH A massive dose of liquidity from liberalisation of CPF rules and benign external factors combined to make 1993 one of most exciting years for the S pore bourse. R SIVANITHY recalls the events R SIVANITHY THE first steps towards having a liberalised financial markets environment
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      875 30  -  1992 AUGUST Creative Technology took so long preparing for Nasdaq, its bankers called it the IPO from hell. But the rewards were well worth it founder Sim Wong Hoo tells Kenneth James Kenneth James THE bankers called it "The IPO from Hell", Creative Technology co-founder, chairman and
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      Lock icon Turning S'poreans into shareholders
      384 30  -  1993 OCTOBER -By TEH HOOI LING THE initial public offering of Singapore Telecom in October 1993 was a milestone in Singapore in more ways than one. It was the largest flotation in Asia at that time, and its listing added about $55 billion to the market
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      Lock icon Opening up the telecoms market
      259 30  -  1994 JUNE By TEH HOOI LING FOR some 120 years, Singapore Telecom and its former incarnations (Eastern Extension Telegraph, Oriental Telephone and Electric, Singapore Telephone Board and Telecommunication Authority of Singapore) had the entire playing field to itself. But in the early *****, the government
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      832 31  -  1995 FEBRUARY He broke a bank, then fled the country and faxed a note to his colleagues apologising for the 'predicament' he had landed them in. CONRAD RAJ recalls the misadventures of Nick Leeson CONRAD RAJ THE rude rings of the telephone stirred up a body
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      Lock icon The anti-speculation measures
      561 31  -  1096 MAY Curbs on the buying and selling of property burst a quickly-forming bubble in the Singapore residential market. KALPANA RASHIWALA revisits the key measures and their impact KALPANA RASHIWALA ON the evening of May 14, 1996, Singapore's property speculators received a nasty surprise. That was when
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      Lock icon Asia's financial maelstrom
      746 33  -  1997 JULY Currencies dwindled in value and whole economies shrank in Asia's darkest days. LARRY WEE wonders if it's really over yet LARRY WEE THE day Thailand was forced to float its currency, it unleashed a financial holocaust which was to transform Asian tigers to kittens, billionaires
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      471 33  -  1998 MAY External economic factors and a domestic movement for change combined to bring him down. SHOEB KAGDA has the details SHOEB KAGDA FEW who witnessed the events of May 21,1998, would have thought it possible. The day when President Suharto officially handed over power to
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      Lock icon Malaysia's capital curbs
      776 33  -  1998 AUGUST Clob was closed, Anwar Ibrahim sacked, and capital controls imposed; controversial measures which, in the end, brought stability to the country in chaotic times. EDDIE TOH reports EDDIE TOH IT WAS the most shocking year in Malaysia's history. In rapid succession. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir
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      1013 34  -  2000 MARCH Nasdaq's crash is still sending tremors around the world. CATHERINE ONG looks at the massive wealth destruction caused by the financial follies of the dotcom era and the excesses of the global telecoms industry CATHERINE ONG SOME called it America's answer to the Dutch tulip mania.
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      621 34  -  2000 FEBRUARY Sing Tel lost the takeover battle for HKT to Richard Li's CyberWorks, but AUDREY TAN wonders who the real winner is in the end AUDREY TAN IT was certainly the most exciting corporate dogfight between Singapore and Hong Kong in recent memory, but the jury
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      670 34  -  2001 Before the year is over, Singapore will be left with three instead of five domestic banks. ANGELA TAN reports on the Republic's race to be a world-class financial centre ANGELA TAN THE push for Singapore banks to achieve scale to compete in a globalised market has inspired
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      881 35  -  VIKRAM KHANNA fast forwards another quarter century VIKRAM KHANNA AS recent events show, we live in a world where anything is possible. It would thus be brave to I even suggest what is I likely to happen in the next quarter century. The best one can
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      152 17 CORPORATE SCANDALS M a mi Connecting the Singapore Business PJL, m Vor the years the Singapore Trade Development Board is proud to have partnered with the Business Times in bringing critical business and trade U news that is timely, relevant and useful to the Singapore business community in its efforts
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      31 17 CONTENTS The gentleman asset stripper page 2 Carrian: Money, murder, mayhem page 4 Unravelling Pan-Electric page 6 Greenspan's magic page 8 Rout of the Nikkei page 11 Vision 2026 page 19
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      100 19 Everyone deserves a great future in life. At Great Eastern, we're very positive about the future. We're also ambitious. Because we want to make life great for everyone policyholders, agents, staff... all our stakeholders. But what does it take to make life great? Well, most people agree on three requirements:
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      145 27 4 ■raft IBm K" BTl^ r 1 mwM \J Be ooj 25% of the world's container transhipment volumes and 7.4% of the world's total container throughput pass through PSA's terminals in Singapore every year. PSA employs every resource its proprietary CITOS or Computer Integrated Terminal Operations System, together with its
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      25 28 Riding the times and tides of business together IHIW'.fJI Corporation Keppel Corporation congratulates The Business Times on 25 years of keeping the business community informed
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      157 35 I S fi- JfkKf&rvi I J 2 I know, I've never thought of it that way, too. But, like my tailor at CYC once said, a ill-fitted shirt makes you feel and look good, and when you feel good, your confidence vel goes up. Well, for someone who meets a
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      719 37  -  BTf47^NUL^^p The networking giant wants the region to contribute at least an additional US$BOO million to global revenues in the next two years, a senior Cisco official tells TANG WENG FAI TANG WENG FAI S-based net- T working compaI I ny, Cisco SysI I
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      719 38  - To dump or not to dump n-w.i.-.i.'.fjm INFOTECH Nlmda Is the latest virus to expose weaknesses in Microsoft's Web products. Should users heed Gartner's critical advice? kenneth james The writer is BT's Technology Editor NIMDA, Code Red, "ILoveYou" what do these have in common, in addition to their notoriety as
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      757 38  -  But some users have to replace older anti-virus software, printers, scanners: Microsoft By Dina Bass Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp said the most popular US PC programs will work with its new Windows XP OS (operating system), though some users will have to
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      Lock icon XP debuts here this month
      121 38 MICROSOFT Corp will commercially launch its new Windows XP operating system in Singapore on Oct 26. "This time, Microsoft Singapore is bringing the event to the heart of Orchard Road," the company said. "The Windows XP retail launch will be held at Ngee Ann Civic
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      536 38  -  It has lost US$l54 billion in market value so far this year at, Paul Chan ONE of the pillars of the Internet. Cisco Systems Inc. has lost US$l54 billion in market value this year, but analysts still foresee lower earnings for the company. Cisco's
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      Lock icon Bharti-SingTel may add partner on cable network
      544 38  -  Move could possibly save Network i2i as much as USs4oom uy Abhay Singh Bloom berg [NEW DELHI] India's Bharti Group and Singapore Telecommunications Ltd may team up with another entity to complete an international voice and data network, possibly saving as much as
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      245 38 AFP [WASHINGTON] Free-speech advocates are warning that hackers could be treated as terrorists and possibly get life in prison without parole under the Bush administration's proposed anti-terrorism law. Internet activists began warning last week that the proposal. which has already faced harsh criticism
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      Lock icon HP unveils cheapest laser printer
      183 38 Bloomberg [PALO ALTO) Hewlett-Packard Co will sell an inexpensive laser printer for small businesses and home offices, rounding out its product line to include the lowest end. The LaserJet 1000 basic black-and-white printer goes on sale today in the US and Canada for US$249. the
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        Lock icon Making financial services work online
        881 39  -  According to a study, online financial service providers were the top revenue generators in e-biz across the Asia-Pacific region. Here's how to ensure they stay that way By Chen Huifen WEBSITES offering financial advice and services seem to be booming. The Internet offers a strong
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        717 39  -  Market is now giving farsighted investors an opportunity to cash in on the 828 future By Alberto Vilar OVER the next decade, up to a half of all business between businesses is likely to be done over the Internet, which will link companies
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      Lock icon Automated procurement service soon in S'pore
      641 41  -  ■■■■■■■LiaJMyULJ Oracle, PricewaterhouseCoopers and txl23 team up to launch Procure-to-Pay in 30 Days' for large corporates to buy indirect goods and services lift Tang Weng Fai Oracle Singapore Pte Ltd will join PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) and txl23 Pte Ltd to launch its latest automated procurement
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        58 41 INSURANCE advisers can now complete their full sales cycle on the spot on their palmtops with a solution from NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative and SMP Solutions Pte Ltd. They can also conduct financial needs analysis, generate quotations, submit proposals, receive underwriting results and submit cases
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        Lock icon Science Park in German tie-up
        45 41 THE Singapore Science Park, which is developed, managed and owned by Ascendas Pte Ltd, has tied up with Germany's biopark Heidelberg Technology Park to explore synergies in providing network and collaboration opportunities for life science companies in high-tech science parks.
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        Lock icon EON, Aether's wireless solutions
        43 41 EON Info Tech Pte Ltd, which provides mobile sales force software, has tied-up with Nasdaq-listed Aether Systems, which provides wireless data products and services, to offer wireless and mobile computing solutions to financial, government and enterprise markets in Asean.
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        64 41 Singapore-based infocomm companies are spending significantly less on marketing than global standards, according to a study by High-Tech Associates Pte Ltd. Companies less than five years old are spending just over half that of the industry standard, while companies more than five years old
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        59 41 Mainboard-listed Singapore Computer Systems Ltd has appointed two new directors William Liu Wei Hai, and Low Sin Leng to its board. Mr Liu, president of Green Dot Capital Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies, will also be on SCS' Audit Committee. Ms Low is the chief
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        Lock icon Brocade's new appointment
        33 41 Nasdaq-listed Brocade Communications Systems Inc has appointed Deb Dutta as director for South-east Asia and India. Mr Dutta was previously managing director for South-east Asia and India at Network Associates.
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        Lock icon Telcos will drive IT
        35 41 A seminar on "Why telcos will drive the IT industry" will be held on Wednesday at The Oriental Singapore. It is organised by eAngelz. For details, fax *****08, or email nokaeangelz.com
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        41 41 A two-day conference on internet defence for the next generation" will be held from Oct 9 at Sheraton Towers. It is organised by Check Point Software Technologies. For details, fax *****17, or e-mail conference a checkpoint, com. sg
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        Lock icon GPS not via geostationary satellites
        60 41  -  Compiled by Juliana Tay In our commentary on Beware of GPS you're being watched' (BizlT. Sept 24, pg 4). we wrote: "GPS itself, in which a cluster of geostationary satellites encircle the earth..." This is incorrect. We have been informed that GPS satellites are not
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      Lock icon How the computer became personal
      794 41  -  B'J John Markoff NYT [NEW YORK] In the pantheon of personal computing, the Line, in a sense, came first more than a decade before Ed Roberts made PCs affordable for ordinary people. Work started on the Line, the brainchild of the MIT physicist Wesley A
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      692 41  -  SAY lii The IT industry typically leads the way out of recessions or slowdowns but this time the process may take more time piyush singh The writer is managing director, IDC Asia Pacific. International Data Corp estimates that US businesses may
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        1461 42  -  The old cash register vendor has finally found a sweet spot in the computer market: helping big companies approach customers like a neighbourhood shop "a Paul Klebnikov EARLY last year TWA announced a special US$36O round-trip fare between Los Angeles and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Travelocity,
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      338 43  -  Called Cintiq, it costs about US$2,OOO and will debut here on Oct 27 By Chen Huifen JAPAN-BASED Wacom Company Ltd, which makes computer graphics tablets, will soon launch what it claims is the world's first LCD monitor which allows users to input text using
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        45 43 PALM Inc has introduced the Palm m 125 handheld computer. The $449 model features a dual-expansion architecture that allows people to carry and share office-productivity, applications and accessories. It comes bundled with software solutions worth $170. For details, visit www.palm-asia.com/singapore.
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        Lock icon Laser printer for graphics market
        46 43 FUJI Xerox Phaser Printing South-east Asia has launched its new colour laser printer the Phaser 7700 targeted at the advertising and graphics market. The $16,799 printer delivers oversized Al tabloid-size printouts with pantone colours and exacting correctness. For details, visit www.xerox.com/officeprinting.
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        Lock icon Pioneer's DVD player for cars
        39 43 PIONEER Electronics Asiacentre has unveiled its latest compact DVD/VCD/CD player for vehicles. The SDV-P7 costs $1,187, comes with built-in MPEG decoder, LCD player with LED backlight, and a remote sensor. For details, visit www.pioneer.com.sg.
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        52 43 CANON has launched the Power Shot G2, its semi-professional digital camera. It offers SLR-like control, 4 megapixels CCD, 3x optical zoom, a histogram display to check image quality, and 12 shooting modes. The $1,599 camera comes with a 32 MB Compact Flash Card. For details, go
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        43 43 SUN Microsystems has launched the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE). It simplifies business integration and delivers increased functionality for developing and deploying enterprise-level web services, Sun said. It is free for development use. For details, visit www.java.sun. com /j2ee.
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        48 43 COMPAQ Computer has unveiled the new Deskpro SB 3000 series for business users. It runs on a 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 processor, costs US$B99 and comes with six drive bays, 128 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive and 15-inch monitor. For details, visit www.ap.compaq.com.sg.
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        47 43 NASDAQ-LISTED Network Appliance Inc, which provides storage solutions, has unveiled its NetApp FBBO and FBBoc multiprocessor storage appliances. The FBBO series is for large databases. ERP. and other mission-critical apps. The appliances support up to 18 terabyte of storage. For details. fax *****33.
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        35 43 TAIWAN-BASED Accton Technology Corp has introduced its Cheetah Access 1004 Internet Gateway. It costs $189 and offers 4-port Fast Ethernet Switch, built-in print server and Firewall security capabilities. For details, visit www.acctontech.com.
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        77 43  -  Compiled by Juliana Tay SINGAPORE-BASED Open Tide Asia Pte Ltd, an eSamsung Group company, has launched its multilingual Smart Office Suite targeted at small and medium-sized enterprises. It comes in three categories: Business Tools, with sales, procurement and HR modules; Office Tools, with directory, newsletter, forum
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      900 43  -  The fatnre of world's chip industry is in the mainland, says TSMC chief B& Mark Landler NYT [HSINCHU, Taiwan] Morris Chang was born in China but unlike some Chinese emigres, he feels little desire to return. "There's a big gap between what I'm
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      262 43 AP ISANTA CLARA. California] Intel Corp plans to introduce today a dozen new microprocessors for laptop and notebook computers, addressing the growing movement by consumers and businesses towards mobile computing. Among the 12 are what Intel says is the world's fastest mobile PC processor,
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      120 43 Bloomberg [TAIPIEJ Intel Corp extended a lawsuit it filed against rival Via Technologies Inc to three countries, claiming the sec-ond-largest computer chipset seller infringed its Pentium 4 microprocessor patents. Taipei-based Via infringed on patents in Germany. the UK and Hong Kong, the biggest maker
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      654 43  -  Technology leader expected to lose USs2lom in Jnly-Sept quarter Steve Lohr NYT (NEW YORK) Scott McNealy came to New York last week for a product announcement, not a memorial service. Yet before the audience of customers, industry analysts and journalists was told of
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      312 43  -  The US company has a store of 65m images, of which 2m are available online Arthur Lee US-BASED Corbis Corp. a leading provider of digital images to consumers and professionals, launched its Singapore "virtual" operations last week at www.corbis.com. "Corporate clients will be
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      348 43 Bloomberg [BANGALORE] Best Buy Co, the largest US electronics chain, said India's Wipro Ltd will develop software to link its different computer systems and help the retailer pare costs. Wipro. India's biggest software developer by market value, will provide software that allows
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        786 44  -  Gartner Inc estimates there were about 75,000 broadband users in Singapore last year. That gives the Republic a broadband penetration of about 2%. cben huxfen reports CHEN HUIFEN THE high cost of broadband access in Singapore may have slowed the growth of broadband
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        302 44  -  Curriculum includes analysis of bonds, stocks, derivatives, and statistics and accounting By Chua Hui Min SINGAPORE-BASED e-learning company TTS Asia has launched a range of online and classroom-based courses for workers in the Asian banking industry. The curriculum from TTS Asia's financial sector unit
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          61 44 SINGAPORE-BASED elipva Ltd has won a deal to develop the Institute of Technical Education's new campus-wide portal. The portal will provide a one-stop site for staff, students and partners to access ITE services as well as integrate its existing, standalone applications under a single infrastructure.
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          68 44 NASDAQ-LISTED Novell Inc launched its latest operatuig system NetWare 6 at the Novell one Net Summit held here last week. NetWare 6 provides access to networked files, printing and other services from any desktop without requiring a network client. It works across Windows, Macs. Unix. Linux,
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          26 44 MAINBOARD-LISTED ST Assembly Test Services Ltd, which provides semiconductor test and assembly services, said it has launched its enhanced website at www.stts.com.
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          41 44 MOTOROLA has launched its latest phone the Tl9l aimed at the youth market. The mobile phone with China dolls' face weighs 101 grams, is SMS and WAP enabled, and costs $248 for a two-year contract.
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          59 44 NEW York-listed Avaya Inc, which provides corporate communications networking solutions and services, has unveiled the Avaya Wireless Access Point-3. "It is designed to be ready to deliver the next generation of wireless LANs (5 GHz wireless) and offer the mobility and smooth operation of today's
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          51 44 NASDAQ-LISTED Adobe Systems Inc has unveiled the beta version of Acrobat Reader for the Pocket PC, including HP Jornadas, Compaq iPAQs, and Casio Cassiopeias. It broadens the reach of Adobe's PDF (Portable Document Format) for PDAs. You can download it free. For details, go to
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          49 44 E-LEARNING provider TTS Asia has tied up with Singapore-based Pantropic Online Pte Ltd to offer e-learning solutions to its Asia-based clients. The tie-up will let the two companies leverage each other's strengths to develop more efficient e-learning solutions. For details, check out www.ttsasia.com.
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          83 44 VISITORS to online employment sites are on the rise in Singapore, says a new study by Net Value SA. There were 144,870 unique visitors in July, and they spent twice as long at the sites (39.7 minutes) compared to April. Other findings: was an
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          61 44 TOKYO-BASED Asset Line Holdings Ltd (www.AssetLine.com), the online exchange for used construction equipment, said Nichimen Corp and Kanamato Company have become its newest investors, with 10.6 per cent and 4.3 per cent equity stakes, respectively. The new investors 'will assist in attracting other Japanese equipment
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          54 44  -  Compiled by Juliana Tay SINGAPORE-BASED eMobile Pte Ltd, which provides m-commerce solutions, has tied up with US-based Zim Technologies International Inc to jointly deliver m-commerce solutions for financial institutions and their clients. Zim will incorporate eMobile's mobile banking, point-of-sale, payment, and order entry products into
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      303 45 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THERE are few that will make heady investment decisions at such volatile and uncertain times. Resultantly the sale and purchase market is at an expected low and ship owners are waiting to feel what the requirements of war will be and how it
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      562 45  -  Call for antitrust probe into alleged collusion By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Hong Kong Shipowners' Association (HKSOA) has levelled a stinging attack on international insurance underwriters calling for an antitrust investigation into what it says is a high degree of collusion. The
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      391 45  -  Republic also urged to ratify ILO Convention 147 By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The head of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) again urged Singapore to not only conduct a thorough investigation into the ill-fated Singapore-flagged tanker, Heng San, but to
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      79 45 [SINGAPORE] In its 12th consecutive year, the Bengal Tiger Line (BTL) Masters has become a fixture in the shipping industry diary. This year, nearly 80 participants converged on Sentosafor the challenge, with Louis Yeo of Regional Container Line (RCL) taking home the BTL Masters
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      675 46  -  LINER SCENE By David Hughes EVEN before the events of Sept 11 this year, it had become accepted wisdom that a downturn in volumes and consequent falls in freight rates would put renewed pressure on container shipping lines to consolidate.
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      262 46 PAGE Ahrentiiel 10 Appenship 5 Assets 5 Avant 10 B'tanq Mas 6 BSA 7 BSC 9 BTL 10 Balaji 4 Batamindo 9 Bayswater 9 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 Central Ex 6 Chahaya 10 China Shpq 5 Confer 10 Cougar 7 CWT Globelink 6 Delmas 4 Djak Lloyd
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        196 55 October 1 China: Labour Day Hongkong: National Day Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival October 3 Germany: Day of German Unity South Korea: National Foundation Day October 8 Canada: Thanksgiving Day United States: Columbus Day October 10 Japan: Health and Sports Day Taiwan: National Day October 12 Argentina: Columbus Day Mexico:
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        828 55 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        544 55 Carbon ISO Mil 978 1 0.4 16.5 0.07 34 0.06 Sep 28 Density Wat* Residue Ask Aluminium Sediment Ho above £25 0 0 1 0 0 0 380 A** 987.3 0.2 14.4 0.06 26 0.02 bin 380 M«x 991.2 0.8 T7.6 0.09 80 0.04 ifc/M'3 %vft
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        648 56 US planemaker seeking to help airline clients buy new aircraft Reuters [SEATTLE] Boeing may inject fresh cash into its finance unit as the jetmaker scrambles to help its beleaguered airline customers take on new airplanes, according to a key executive. Boeing's commercial
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        421 56 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Cathay Pacific Airways may have to cut staff and close some routes as air traffic declines after the terrorist attacks in the US, Tony Tyler, executive director for corporate development, said on Channel Nine's 'Business Sunday" programme. "Airlines are
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        213 56 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted a ban on curbside luggage check-in at airports that have increased security measures, officials said. The ban on check-ins was imposed in the wake of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks on New
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        616 56 Chinese carriers over 1,000 flights this week Reuters [BEIJING] As the world's airlines scale back operations and lay off workers, Chinese carriers are adding more than 1,000 flights this week as China celebrates its National Day. unruffled by the attacks on
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      489 53 SASIA EXPRESS LINES I SINGAPORE AGENT: JAR DINE LINER SUPPORT SERVICES SINGAPORE PASIR GUDANG PORT KtLANG PENANG MANAUS G CHT 12/01 26/10/2001 27/10/7001 28/10/2001 SUB INDUCEMENT 30/11/2001 G QfT 26/11/2001 27/11/2001 2S/11/2001 SU» INDUCEMENT 30/12/2001 6MOtT 26/12/2001 27/12/2001 21/12/2001 SUI INDUCEMENT 30/01/2001 DIRECT LINK TO AMAZOMAS/ MAMAUS, M. BRAZIL TRANSIT
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      361 53 MUB SHIPPING INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS/SOUTH AFRICA VESSEL TWU MIR I KK TGM SIN PK MTS REUNION DIN El PE CT ANNY D. P. VOY 014 Soled Soled Soled Soled In Port 11/10 16/10 18/10 19/10 21/10 mso kcpt monks rat ma m amen gbiuai AGOTTS: SSC SHIPPING AGEMGES PTE LTD.
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      402 56 In an earlier announcement, the Member Lines of the IRA advised customers of their intention to introduce a Temporary Additional Risk Surcharge (TARS) with effect from 1 October 2001. The Insurance Underwriters have now confirmed the level of additional premiums applicable for vessels entering Middle East ports. On this basis,
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