The Business Times, 21 October 2002

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  • 16 1 MITA (P) 010/03/2002 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE f > Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2002
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  • 69 1 STOCK MABKET INDICES Week Change STI 1,***** +87.70 SIMSCl FUTVBE-J6LM +11.40 KLSE COMP ***** +1147 NIKKEI 9,086.13 *556.52 HANG SENG 9,6l3.07_+647.34 SET INDEX ***** +1105 JAKARTA C()MP_360 90 -15.57 MANILA 1,027.67 -4452 TAIPEI WPr 4,458.17 +608.13 SEOUL COMP 670.79 +8318 SHENZHEN B 21L19 -5.18 Al ST ALL ORD_3.010.60
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  • 70 1 FOREX RATES us$ ss IS$ (SS per L'SS) 1.789 £(ISS/S$ per £)I MS 1761 Et'RO|LSS/SS/E). 0571 1.736 YEN 125.4 70.10 R.¥ 3.800 1124 HKS 7.799 4 369 BAHT 43.78 24.47 Rl HAH 9103 5,144 PROSE SATES SINGAPORE* 5.25 KUALA LUMPUR 6.40 HONG KONO 5.125 JAKARTA 3900 TAIPEI 6 625
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  • 805 1  -  BTI4!j>JIIUI'/J Move comes amid calls for S'pore govt to step in as insurer of last resort Bl Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] An industry study on the creation of an insurance pool to make terrorism insurance available for Singapore properties is almost ready to be
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  • 487 1  -  Thai resort eqjoys dramatic surge in bookings from foreign tourists following Bali tragedy From Harish Mehta in Bangkok HOTELS in Thailand's premier sea resort of Phuket have been deluged with bookings. Foreign tourists, wary of Bali after the bomb attacks there, are rapidly switching to
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  • 840 1  -  Economy, earnings data point to more fizzle than sizzle From, Andrew Marks in New York IT seems appropriate that US casino stocks like Argosy Gaming, Harrah's Entertainment and MGM Mirage are reporting their quarterly profits this coming week. After all, following
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    • 1018 2  -  mauiiuwj Weak demand for high-end homes keeps developers from launching potential 4,500 units By. Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Developers are still sitting on more than 40 sites bought from collective sales in the past sites that can yield over 4,500 freehold private homes. The
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    • 470 2 Source: KPMG FOLLOWING the 1993 terrorist attack by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Central London, terrorism insurance has been provided through a special agency organised by the British government called Pool Re. The government saw a public policy interest in pooling risk where the
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      307 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Oct 18 VALUE CLOSE STOWS 392.00 -67.00 ■TCMN -*****.00 +24.00 ITlNtM -*****.00 +39.00 382.33 -0.62 M120.02 +3.56 5C EqhMM Fla 1308.25 -8.79 SG ridMn Prop 35&21 40.25 Msqfimmi ISI.SO -0.79 IMSCI Fataras 181.50 -1.10 mrndm V«to— CNnya2.Sc 153^58.000 Chart SemCond 26c 153.046,000 Dalacraft 10c 100.011.000 B»L IrW
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    • 278 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WMMjjT Bi Ven Sreenivasan CREATIVE Technology's stock price rose strongly last week, in tandem with the recovery on Wall Street's Nasdaq Index. The stock hit a high of $14.20 on Friday, before late profit-taking pared gains to take
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    • 835 4  -  JKXtJLdLJLUiUife^JX] STOCKS r. sivanithy IS the current recovery in Wall Street and other global markets the beginning of a new trend or simply another bear trap? Answering this question isn't easy and there's no way of knowing for certain how long the uptrend will
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    • 687 4 Indon, Thai, Philippine nnits hit on fears of more attacks; yen down on strength of US stocks AFP [HONG KONG] South-east Asian currencies were hurt by last weekend's Bali bombing, with the Indonesian, Philippine and Thai units all slumping on fears of further
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    • 136 4 ♦GOODPACK Ltd will hold its EGM oil Oct 28, at 10.00 am, 7 Harrison Road, #04-01 Harrison Industrial Building. ♦BAN Joo Company Ltd will go ex-dividend (first and final dividend 0f0.325 cent tax exempt) on Dec 5. Last day for buy ing-in on a cum basis is on
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  • 2856 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ■TkTi AI 1I Com Global Health Index Fd 080W Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0.372/ Com Global Irrfotec Index Fd!*« 0.235/ AMtantaMMgllS'pml Com Global Enec®, Index Fd 0805/ Star Europe Eqty!* 1 0.62/ Com Global Trawel Index M 0.638/ Star Europe Ba. t.08/ Com S pore Bond
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 499 5  -  Revised rates for 5-year extension to range from 3.75% to 6% By\ Kalpana Rashiwala FLEXTECH Holdings has improved the interest rate and other terms for a loan stock which was to be due this Wednesday but which it proposes to extend for another
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    • 360 5 Bloomberg SEMBCORP Industries Ltd's planned buyout of its shiprepair unit will raise the company's debt burden as it seeks to streamline its businesses by combining some and selling others, investors said. SembCorp Industries is offering about ***** million, or Ssl.lo a share,
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    • 119 5  -  Denis Distant Singapore I REFER to "Delisting: need to educate investors" (Mailbag, Oct 15), which suggests lowering the "free float" from 10 to 5 per cent before a company's shares can be compulsorily acquired prior to delisting. There is a long enough
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    • 115 5  -  Seow Eng Ghee Singapore I'M a concert-goer and lover of music. As a Singaporean. I was moved and touched when I heard the performance of the SSO at the Esplanade's opening night over the radio. I believe many music lovers will ask this
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    • 273 5  -  MAILIfETfI Dr Chang Wan Ern Singapore I REFER to "Should referrer of medical tests disclose referral fees?" by Leong Sze Hian (Mailbag, Oct 17). In my previous practice, I had personally encountered a laboratory service provider that offered me a commission for every patient that
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    • 795 5  -  neil behrmann SOME investors have been tempted into invest-ment-grade corporate bonds this year because yields have been relatively attractive compared to money market returns. But events in the past few months have illustrated the risk of these investments. US and European bank and corporate
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 590 6  -  Managers tempted to switch strategy mid-stream because of volatility By Ven Sreenivasan FOR both investment funds and their clients, one of the biggest risks thrown up by the past year's market volatility is the danger of "style drift" among portfolio managers. Jacob Rosengarten,
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    • 564 6  -  It won test case in both the High Conrt and Appeals Court By Anna Teo THE management corporation (MC) of Kentish Green apartments which made the news headlines recently is not the first in Singapore to take the legal route over
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    • 271 6 PACIFIC View Condominium in Pasir Panjang, developed by former Apollo Enterprises director and founding shareholder Tjia Eng Soei, has been has been put up for mortgagee sale. The mortgagee bank is said to be Bank of China and the sale is for 48 of
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    • 253 6  -  By Serena Ng A 19 per cent slump in the volume of job advertisements for executives was the main factor in an overall 5 per cent fall in September's recruitment ad volume from a year ago. The total volume of job ads published
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    • 886 6 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Gold prices fell to a seven-week low last week as speculators piled out of the precious metal and into surging global stock markets. The stunning recovery in world equity prices also triggered gains in most base metal prices. Oil
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  • CHINA focus
    • 907 7  -  Cheaper industrial land in the SIP has lowered the entry barrier for Taiwanese firms Bi Loh Hui Yin THERE has been an influx of Taiwanese investments in Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) after its Chinese partner took majority control of the park last year. Although
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    • 273 7  -  By) Loh Hui Yin CHEN Qi Ning is a man in a hurry. As vice-chief planner at the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), he has been working overtime to draw up and implement the park's infrastructure to keep up with fastgrowing demand from investors. The
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 1112 8  -  A strong sense of community and a cnltnra of aceammrtiintUMi win help n>» Baling WRITER'S JOURNAL karim raslan WHEN a small society like Bali is subjected to a gross and violent criminal act, the real test to its resilience lies in its ability to
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    • 430 8 KUALA LUMPUR Veto rights given by past management not in articles of association: Celcom Reuters MALAYSIAN mobile phone firm Celcom said a deal delivering it into the hands of a state-controlled rival could go ahead despite the disapproval of key Celcom shareholder
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    • 308 8 MUMBAI AP. Bloomberg INDIA may miss its asset sale target in the fiscal year ending in March because of political opposition, said Aran Shourie, minister for privatisation. "If this is the way things are going to be done then there is no
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    • 578 8  -  From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN banks are unlikely to arbitrarily increase lending to the commercial sector, despite being reprimanded for their slow loans growth by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad last month. "The government understands that banks are already
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  • REGION world
    • 479 10 HONGKONG Exercise could raise opto HKs3.lb; maximum price set at HK$lO3 a share AFP UK-BASED bank Standard Chartered said here yesterday that it would offer up to 35 million shares during a dual primary listing in Hong Kong that starts today.
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    • 618 10 NEW YORK Reuters THE first full week of the third-quarter earnings season in the US brought a torrent of nasty disclosures, as company after company reported huge shortfalls in their employee pension funds. To make up for the shortfalls, executives are being
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    • 557 10 SINGAPORE OECD weakness will lead to lower Asian exports: EIU AFP ASIA-PACIFIC economies are set to grow faster than the rest of the world over the next few years, though worries over a US-led attack on Iraq and a patchy
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 72 10 Bloomberg [DUBLIN] Irish voters backed the European Union's blueprint for expanding to the east, bringing the continent a step closer to ending a half century of division. A year after Ireland became the only EU country to reject it, voters endorsed the 15-nation bloc's Nice
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      • 56 10 Reuters [SYDNEY] Microsoft Corp said yesterday a surge in first-quarter sales was not sustainable and forecast tough conditions ahead. "We're not trying to say that we think the sales results of our first quarter will be sustainable. It is kind of a one-time anomaly," CEO
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      • 72 10 Bloomberg [LONDON] PricewaterhouseCoopers in the UK plana to become a limited liability partnership to protect the owners of the world's accounting firm from potential litigation and make its finances more transparent. A ballot of partners, which own the company, closes next month and
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      • 48 10 Bloomberg [TOKYO] J P Morgan Chase Co, which is eliminating 2,ooojobs worldwide, has closed its overseas equities business in Japan, staff involved said. The US Bank is eliminating jobs in Japan as part of a global drive to reduce costs. —Bloomberg
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  • NETWORK INDIA
    • 1123 11  -  The potential economic synergies between India and Singapore could be vast, says vikram khamna VIKRAM KHANNA WHEN you think economic size, structure or strengths, it's hard to fmd two Asian economies that are as different as those of India and Singapore. But that's what makes them
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    • 710 12  -  Network India chairman Satpal Khattar talks to viKRAM khamma about how the newly formed group will help build bridges between Singaporean and Indian business VIKRAM KHANNA Vlkram Khanin 1 What is Network India, and what is its mission? Satpal Khattar: Network India is an
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    • 894 13  -  Unusual similarities exist between the city state and the subcontinent which need to be leveraged for profit and wealth creation, writes aimitmitra AMIT MITRA AT first glance Singapore and India may appear to be incompatible, given their respective sizes, both geographic and demographic. Yet,
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    • 897 14 IE Singapore advises companies on how to minimise risks and maximise the chances of success in India INDIA is fast becoming an economic powerhouse that is capturing the attention of businesses all over the world. Multinationals like General Electric, Microsoft, ICI and Samsung are keeping a close
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    • 174 14 Sat Pal Khattar Consultant, Khattar Wong Partners (Chairman, Network India) Goptoiath PiNay Executive Chairman, Savant Infocomm Pte Ltd Vflay Iyengar Managing Director, Agrocorp International Pte Ltd Gtrtya Panda Regional Director (Asia Pacific), Tata Consultancy Services Lm Boon Huat Head, Global Markets (SE
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    • 1357 15  -  There are quite a few success stories from the International Technology Park near Bangalore to the SingTel-Bharti venture. viKRAiw khanna talks to some of the pioneers VIKRAM KHANNA THE activities of Singapore companies in India reflect the rich variety of opportunities inherent in the
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    • 148 13 Congratulations to IE Singapore on the launch of Network India PSBlntellij PSB Intellis applauds IE Singapore's launch of Network India. This initiative is an inspiring call for a more international outlook in business. And PSB Intellis is poised to do just that. As PSB Corporation's global education and training brand,
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  • WORLD news
    • 416 16 BIASED RESEARCH Despite moves towards objectivity some firms demand biased reports NYT [NEW YORK] Investors deserve objective and unbiased research from Wall Street analysts, and securities regulators are finally demanding it, too. But some companies still work to thwart it. The
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    • 266 16 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The president of America's largest discount brokerage on Friday called for a revolution in Wall Street disclosure and lashed out at analyst research, saying some of it should be labelled "marketing reports". In a speech at the National
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    • 762 16  -  Most of us are prone to investment errors By Chet Currier Bloomberg [NEW YORK] INVESTORS are only human. That simple-sounding idea received the imprimatur of academic truth this month when two pioneers in a field known as behavioural finance won the Nobel Prize in
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    • 321 17 Firms said to be in talks to create independent giant NYT [NEW YORK] Prudential Financial is in talks with the Wachovia Corp about a joint venture that would merge their brokerage and research businesses, executives close to the discussions said on Friday night. The
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
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  • ESPLANADE festival
    • 564 18  -  The XingPop concert at the Esplanade was an unqualified success, reports Geoffrey eu GEOFFREY EU IT was just like old times: there was a quiet buzz in the air, a concert hall packed full of loyal fans, and a parade of pop poets belting out
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    • 424 18  -  By\ Mona Lim THE Esplanade as a centre for everyone aims to provide a broad spectrum of programmes, from the popular to high art, from the abstract to the family-oriented. Alterzone: A State of Mind is a series of six concerts featuring artists who challenge our
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    • 628 18  -  Hy\ Stephanie Burridge The writer is a lecturer in the Faculty of Performing Arts at LaSalle SLA College of the Arts THIS was a stand and deliver concert straight from the heart of Cesaria Evora. No extraneous measures interfered with this matriarch's
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    • 791 18 toll-fret 1800 239 8822 Email recniitesph com .sg CREATIVE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD (incorporated m the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 20th Annual General Meeting of Creative Technology Ltd (the Company will be held at 31 International Business Park, Creative Resource, Singapore
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    • 612 18 FORM NO. 14 IN THE DEBTS RECOVERY TRIBUNAL 3 AT MUMBAI O.A. NO. 3344/ 2000 SUMMONS by Publication Between State Bank of Saurashtra Applicant V/s. And M/s. Lanyard Foods Ltd. Defendants Whereas the applicant has instituted an application u/s 19 of the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial
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  • BIZIT
    • 886 19  -  BTrr 73[»kik T /sj India's largest software firm has sewn up USs4om worth of deals already, and is gunning for 30% revenue growth in the Asia-Pacific region this year, TCS' CEO S Ramadorai tells raju chellam RAJU CHELLAM TNDIA'S largest software company, TCS (Tata
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    • 604 20  -  In S'pore, security most pressing IT initiative in need of funding, writes raju ghbuam RAJU CHELLAM DESPITE the continuing economic downturn, IT spending in the Asia-Pacific region is set to grow faster this year and next, compared to overall global IT
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    • 669 20  -  Cybernetics professor wants a chip implanted when he is 60 By Jay Shankar AFP [BANGALORE] British scientist "Cyborg" Kevin Warwick has a wish for his 60th birthday that will be coming up in 12 years time to have a silicon chip surgically implanted
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    • 117 21  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore THIS refers to "Banning satellite dishes makes no sense now" by Lee Han Shih (BizlT, Oct 14). Lee Han Shih reveals his humorous streak in writing: "For the last five years under Taleban rule, Afghans, like Singaporeans, were not allowed to
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      • 70 21 THE Singapore Computer Society invites nominations for the IT Leader Awards 2003 in four categories: IT person of the year, young IT professional of the year, friend of IT, and Hall of Fame. Entries close on Oct 31. Nominations for the fifth category—IT youth award have
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      • 62 21 STARHUB said it plans to launch a wireless broadband hub at Changi Airport. "Beginning late December 2002, travellers and local visitors will be able to enjoy extended wireless broadband coverage throughout Terminals 1 and 2 of the airport," StarHub said. "The Changi Airport wireless hub
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      • 68 21 SINGAPORE-BASED ASP (application services provider) Mobile React Pte Ltd has acquired Celph Singapore Pte Ltd. Celph offers mobile value-added services and solutions. "We will use Celph's technology to expand our ASP platform for mobile marketing and messaging," Mobile React's managing director Adrian Stewart said. "We
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      • 48 21 TELECHOICE International Pte Ltd has been appointed as the premium distributor by NEC Singapore for its Enterprise Network Communications solutions (ENC). TeleChoice will distribute the entire suite of NEC's ENC solutions, comprising IP telephony, contact centre solutions, and voice solutions. For details, visit www. telechoice.com.sg.
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      • 72 21 MEDIARING has tied up with NEC Corp to provide secure VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) interconnect and interoperability functionality to NTT Worldwide Telecoms Corp. "Based on MediaRing VoizBridge technology, the new clearing-house service by NTT will feature multi-protocol and multi-vendor compatibility for telcos and ISPs,"
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      • 55 21 GENOVATE Solutions Pte Ltd has tied up with South Korea's Solovo Co Ltd to offer training in Bio-Java, Bio-XML, Web services, wireless networking, and other programs in South Korea. "We anticipate substantial demand for other enterprise training, particularly in our bioinformatics offerings," Anton Ravindran, CEO
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      • 61 21 JTC CORP has rolled out the first phase of its eCream (Customer Real Estate and Marketing System) using technology from Accenture, Avanade and Microsoft. It is one of the largest Microsoft .NET projects in Asia. "Several other modules are concurrently being developed and will be rolled out
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      • 53 21 AMERICAN Superconductor Corp (AMSC) has appointed Bridex Technologies Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of mainboard-listed SMB United Ltd, to distribute AMSC's line of solutions to electricity supply industries in the Asia-Pacific region. AMSC makes superconductor products and power electronic converters for the electric power industry. For
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      • 38 21 A SEMINAR on "Live, work and play with the latest PocketPC phone" will be held on Wednesday at the Nanyang Polytechnic. It is organised by Flora Computer Services. For details, e-mail jackson. ng@floracom. com. sg.
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      • 43 21 A THREE-DAY seminar entitled "Meta morphosis Asia 2002 the changing landscape of IT investment and portfolio management" will be held from Oct 28 at the Mandarin Singapore. It is organised by META Group Singapore Pte Ltd. For details, e-mail mellisa.chong@metagroup.com.
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      • 37 21  -  Compiled by: Raju Chellam A FREE seminar, "Arresting design", targeted at designers and publishers, will be held on Oct 29 at Le Meridien Singapore. It is organised by Adobe Systems. For details, e-mail nrahman%adobe.com.
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    • 96 21 AFP [WASHINGTON] The Hono-lulu-based US Pacific Fleet is missing 187 laptop computers, 22 of which may contain "low-level classified material", a fleet spokesman said. He declined to specify what the low-level classification material might consist of. He confirmed that an audit begun several
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    • 734 21  -  z o m 0 1 Technology per se Is not a warranty against terrorism; It Is Just one of the weapons, perhaps the most potent one paul chan ON most national day parades in Asia, one of the most reassuring
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    • 412 22  -  It saw double-digit growth last year despite the tough economic climate: IDC By Raju Chellam IT is a market that's just about beginning to open up. It is currently used by large companies and multinationals to offer their employees and partners spread across
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    • 182 22 Reuters [MANAMA] World chess champion Vladimir Kramnik and his supercomputer opponent Deep Fritz shared the points and honours in the eight-game series billed as the "Brains in Bahrain" match which ended on Saturday. The game produced a draw in just
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    • 845 22  -  Today, the teacher is no longer np on stage, but is helping students collaborate, often around hubs By Bob Johnstone IT TOOK 350 years to progress from the invention of the printing press in 1452 to the widespread use of textbooks in schools. The PC was invented
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    • 196 22 Xinhua [CHANGCHUN] A college student has recently completed a 44-minute. 3D cartoon on his PC. a project he hopes will set a Guinness World Record. Set in the year 154, the cartoon titled Maya Stone tells how the hero and heroine endure
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    • 276 23 Compatibility between PCs, electronic devices to improve Reuters [TOKYO] Microsoft Corp and Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co maker of Panasonic goods said last Friday they have developed a way to make PCs and consumer electronic devices more compatible. Music, photo and video
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    • 285 23 Concern over liquidity, ability to deliver new products Reuters [NEW YORK] Shares of Handspring Inc fell 17 per cent last Friday on concerns about the handheld computer maker's liquidity and ability to deliver new products in the future. The stock, which has tumbled some
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    • 132 23 Reuters [NEW YORK] Sales of PCs in Japan this business year to March 2003 will likely fall short of the 10 million mark, to be surpassed by growing demand in China, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported. Demand for cellphones in Japan is also
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    • 665 23  -  SAY Mi These big-ticket Items can be an asset or white elephant. It depends on what you choose wang wei-lung The writer is a consultant with Adroit Innovations Ltd THE enterprise portal market has become muddied over the last year or so. Vendors of all
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    • 1091 24  -  Telecom s death march continues, but Didier Delepine's Equant which zips data to 223 countries, looks like a survivor This little-known earner is taking on Sprint and AT&T, michael maiello has the details lue wu MICHAEL MAIELLO IN the telecom industry inferno, the
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    • 688 25  -  WorldCom's woes raise questions of whether it can fulfill its duties By Renae Merle LAT-WP [NEW YORK] For years, the worst technological enemy facing US Navy servicemen and women has not been on the open seas. It has been on their desktops.
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    • 400 25 Bloomberg [TOKYO] NEC Corp shares just completed their best week in eight months as first IBM Corp and then Microsoft forecast higher Q4 sales. It was not the start of a rally, some investors say. The reason: Executives at IBM and Microsoft based
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    • 283 25 Bloomberg [PLANO, Texas] Electronic Data Systems Corp's CEO has told workers that EDS is preparing to retrench more of them after forecasting lower second-half profit and sales. "Our aim is to maintain those jobs critical to client care," CEO Richard Brown wrote
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    • 513 26  -  They include an Internet-enabled micro hi-fi audio system, a wireless LCD TV set a digital video recorder, and a micro audio system By Leo Kee Chye PHILIPS Electronics Singapore, the local arm of Netherlandsbased Royal Philips Electronics, last week showcased seven
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      • 110 26 CREATIVE Technology has launched two new digital audio players under its Nomad Jukebox as well as a new Webcam. The details: •w uurcuua «n: inispiayer costs $659, weighs 268 grams, supports MP3, WMA and WAV music formats, comes with a 10 GB hard disk, and "is
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      • 48 26 US-BASED Avaya Inc has unveiled Multimedia Contact Centre, a CRM solution. The solution allows firms to deliver customer services and sales across multiple contact centre locations and communication channels, Avaya said. Prices start at US$2,000 for a single user. For details, visit www.avaya.com.sg.
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      • 57 26 HONG KONG-BASED TeleEye Group has launched a remote video monitoring service via PDAs at SingNet's wireless hotspots. The solution lets users access remote video images of their business operations on a PDA in any of SingNet's hotspots in Singapore. Prices start at $1,699 for a single
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      • 96 26 HEWLETT-PACKARD Singapore has introduced three home PCs under its Compaq Presario brand. The details: 3730AP: Costs $1,699, runs on an Intel Pentium 4 processor at 2 GHz, comes with 40 GB hard disk, 256 MB RAM, and a CD-RW drive. 6122AP: Costs $1,999, offers
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      • 41 26 SINGAPORE-BASED Signet Technology, a regional distributor for IT hardware and software products, has introduced what it claims is the industry's smallest wireless 802.11b USB network adapter. Called WNC-0101USB, the German-made device costs $140. For details, fax *****106.
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      • 76 26 MAXTOR Corp has debuted three new external storage drives. The details: 5000LE: Costs $419, weighs 1.22 kg and offers 80 GB storage capacity. 5000 DV: Costs $599 and offers the same features as the above model, except that it comes with 120 GB storage capacity.
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      • 40 26  -  Compiled by Leo Kee Chye GERMANY-BASED Software AG has debuted its Natural Engineer Web Star, an XML-based solution. It lets users convert legacy applications to Web apps. Prices start at U5525,000. For details, visit www.softwareag.com.sg.
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    • 300 27  -  ►Contributed by Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE dry bulk sector has remained active. Vessels sold for farther trading BULK CAHBIERHc Konkar Theodora: 65,282 tdw bit 85 Nippon Kokan reported sold region U556,500,000 to Chinese buyers. loannis Zafirakis: 64,916 tdw bit 82 Hitachi reported sold region U554,500,000 to
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    • 744 27  -  Yemen attack raises need for tanker security in ports Bu Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] A Yemenstyle attack on a tanker may be less likely here because of special "no-go" security zones established around petrochemical facilities in Singapore waters. This and overall heightened security
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    • 272 27 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] COSCO-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong) Ltd, a 50-50 venture between Cosco Pacific and Hutchison Whampoa, had its strongest monthly growth this year in September as container traffic increased 39 per cent. COSCO-HIT, also called Terminal 8 (East), handled 165,200 TEUs
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    • 130 27 Reuters [WELLINGTON] New Zealand's largest port operator Ports of Auckland Ltd said its container volumes for September were up 11 per cent on the same month a year earlier. Container volumes rose 6 per cent for the year to September compared with the previous year,
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    • 221 27 Bloomberg [FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida] The US Coast Guard and the Customs Service are investigating the cargo carried by a Danish merchant vessel near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, officials said. The Maren Maersk. sailing under the Danish flag, was boarded offshore last Friday, said
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    • 240 27 AFP [TOKYO] Japan will send a coastguard patrol vessel to India and Singapore this week to carry out joint drills against terrorist attacks on tankers and cargo ships in the region, officials said. Officers will also hold talks with local coastguard agencies,
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    • 281 27 No sign of oil leakage during salvage operations AP [WELLINGTON] The Hong Kong-registered bulk carrier Tai Ping was pulled from rocks off southern New Zealand nine days after it ran aground in thick fog, maritime officials said. Several days of removing the ship's load of
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    • 643 28  -  DOCKYARD -By David Hughes SHIP scrapping has become a controversial topic with vessels about to be scrapped, or "recycled" being on occasions the target of direct action by environmental activists. Ship recycling was one of the main issues discussed by the recent meeting
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      • 139 35 Oct 23 Thailand: King Chulalongkoi Day. Oct 28 New Zealand: Labour Day. Nov 1 France: All Saints' Day. Philippines: All Saints' Day. Nov 2 Sweden: All Saints' Day. Nov 3 Japan: Culture Day. Malaysia: Deepavali. Singapore: Deepavali. Nov 6 Brunei: First Day of Pasting. Nov U Italy: Remembrance
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      • 807 35 THIS report, compiled by Corkett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average sized stem Market movements are indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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      • 742 36 Southwest Airlines ekes out USs7sm profit but warns of possible loss in Q4 Reuters, AP [CHICAGO] Four US airlines have reported thirdquarter losses totalling over US$l billion and more are to follow amid a grim travel slump. However, low-fare leader
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      • 185 36 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's largest carrier, China Airlines (CAL), said yesterday it would add four extra cargo flights a week from Taipei to Los Angeles until mid-November to meet high demand caused by the recent US ports closure. China Airlines has already run 10
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      • 60 36 [HANOI] A Vietnam Airlines Boeing 767 bearing the company's new logo (foreground) next to an other aircraft with the old logo at Hanoi's Noi Bai airport yesterday. The airline officiallyunveilled its new logo as part of efforts aimed at boosting the company's activities. Vietnam Airlines
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      • 338 36 Poor market conditions, Iraqi tensions cited Reuters [PARIS] France will hold off for six months to a year before privatising Air France due to poor market conditions and tensions over Iraq, French Finance Minister Francis Mer said. In the first clear sign that the
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      • 281 36 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways will be able to market US domestic routes flown by American Airlines as its own and US carriers can add flights from Hong Kong to Asian cities under the new Hong Kong-US air accord.
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      • 81 36 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's second largest airline, Dragonair, said passenger traffic rose 24.23 per cent in September year-on-year to 304,999 while cargo volume increased 47.56 per cent to 18,328 tonnes. The carrier also said September cargo volume was a new monthly record, up from
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