The Business Times, 8 February 1999

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/98 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1999
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    59 1 STOCI MARKET INDICES Week CtuwpSTI 1,366.18.. -67.96 SIMSCI FUTURES... ***** -11.13 BTvSRI .562.08 -2118 KLSE COMK. 56&80. -3163 NIKKKI 13,896.08. -601.17 HANO SENG. .J,I90.26._...^16.76 SET INDEX. 337 96. -25.04 JAKARTA COMP—406.56. -6.38 MANUKA COM P.—1,977.84..._.+23.69 TAIPEI WPI .6,710.18. -288.14 SEOUL COUP .551.39 -20.04 CLSA CHINA B_ 464.84 -2133
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    FINANCE
    84 1 FOBEX BATES uss s$ USS 1.686 (USlftt per 1) 1.644 A 772 EURO(US*S$ PER E) 1.136 1.913 DM 8 1.78 .0.978 YEN 112.1 1.504* RM MM 9.444 HKS 7.749 JtllS BAHT MM 0.046 RUP1AH 8,665 0.919* SS to lw units PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.M KUALA LUMPUR 11.M JAKARTA BANGKOK
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    Foreign banks count on MAS nod for shared ATM network
    1074 1  -  Easing of current curbs may come as early as this year, say Citibank executives By I Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Foreign banks gearing up for the further liberalisation of the local banking industry are now counting on having their own
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    Aussie punters catch Internet fever, chase up fledgling telcos
    741 1  -  Rash brings back memories of the 1970s nickel boom that went bast From, Russell Baker in Sydney THE Australian stockmarket has caught the Internet fever sweeping many of the world's major bourses, with nascent Internet companies, traditional media stocks and the
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    Lock icon Worries of higher interest rates loom over US stocks
    387 1 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Investors who thought slowing profit growth would do in the bull market in US stocks now have rising interest rates to worry about. The US economy is growing faster than expected, cranking out new jobs, boosting wages and
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    Lock icon PacNet's stunning Nasdaq debut set to lift SembCorp
    659 1  -  Parent's stake in PacNet now worth $567 million By 1 Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] The euphoric reception of Pacific Internet Ltd on Nasdaq in the US is likely to filter through to the shares of its parent SembCorp Industries when the Singapore
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      158 1 DRgPE Crisis watch The markets are nervous about the possibility of a Chinese devaluation, no matter what Chinese policymakers may say. Why is this so? Py4 Travel trade affiances Companies in the travel industry are finding that cooperation, not competition, may just be the key to surviving and even prospering
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      50 1 S'por© stocks face earnings worries, Pg 22 What people call me is irrelevant. I have got everything m that I want. If I am given the rjrf choice, I would rather resign and spend my time buat ibadat (fulfilling religious obligations) and write.9 Malaysian PM Mahathir. Full raport, Pg 4
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      108 1 Singapore banks in transition What are foreign bankers thinking as Singapore puts its liberalisation policy on the fast track? Look out for BT's special focus on Singapore banks on Thursday, Feb 11. AfItBMSaMII TwwiJwwAiwyw mrouwwT wi UP i Busiwm Hours 1 1.30qm 3pi, 6p« 10p— 26 kmkm OtM SmVWw H«t«l
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Travel companies form alliances to ride out tough times
      956 2  -  Three were formed last year, two more set to be launched this year By\ Marissa Chew AS tourist arrivals here plunge, companies in the travel industry are finding that cooperation, not competition, may just be the key to surviving and even
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      Lock icon Fall in Jan job ads eases to 23%
      351 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Jobs By] Marissa Chew THE drop in the volume of newspaper recruitment advertisements eased to 23 per cent in January, a marked improvement from the trend in the past year. Job ads volume fell by 45 per cent
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      Lock icon S'pore '99 growth can be higher: Tony Tan
      467 2 This is if US economy grows by 2%, there's no regional strife The Straits Times SINGAPORE'S economic growth this year can be on the higher side of the official forecast of minus-one to plusone per cent if the American economy grows by
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      104 2 r. v ■"■•■>■>. j/efianese mdltiomd stone gzrtteh. s&mfitfikng the axon ;v v r Toward building a better world in the 21st century, we are viewing the ocean from fresh new perspectives. "K" Line has been an industrial lifeline to people around the world for 80 years and will continue to
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      22 2 Classified First. Looking for a holiday destination? Or simply getting away from it all? Top of your itinerary: Check Classified First. j
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      128 3 AT THE ASCOTT, YOU'LL FIND THE PRICE OF LUXURY MOST ATTRACTIVE. (IT'S THE BEST VALUE-FOR-LUXURY IN TOWN!) The Ascott Serviced Residences will make your visit one to remember. m i At our well-appointed apartments in the heart of London, Singapore, > tij r Jakarta, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur, you will
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Suharto has no plans to stage a comeback: Tutut
      461 3 JAKARTA He has no part in the nnrest and prefers to stay silent than fael tension, she says AFP FORMER Indonesian president Suharto has no intention of making a comeback or causing the collapse of the nation, his daughter said in
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      Lock icon Thai investment board to launch Asean Web site
      383 3 BANGKOK It will list details of 8,000 regional firms hoping to tap new export markets AFP THAILAND is aiming to harness the power of the Internet to help South-east Asia's struggling industrial sector find new markets to fuel an export drive out
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      Lock icon Landslide in Sandakan kills 17; rescue work continues
      116 3 ■SANDAKAN Rernama SEVENTEEN people were killed in a landslide which buried four houses on a hillslope at a village near here yesterday. By 7pm, 17 bodies had been recovered from Kampung Gelam in Jalan Leila. Seven of the bodies have been identified.
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      Lock icon 300 protest against Malaysian toll rate hike
      254 3 KUALA LUMPUR Some protesters also call for PM's resignation Reuters ABOUT 300 Malaysians protested against highway tolls yesterday, with some calling for Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's resignation. "No to unfair new tolls", read one banner at a toll collection point on Jalan Kuching,
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      Lock icon Chinese experts slam HK court's migration ruling
      492 5 BEIJING They say it violates Bering's authority and HE's Basic Law as well as threatens territory's stability Reuters CHINESE legal experts have blasted a Hongkong court decision that opens the territory to tens of thousands of mainland migrants, saying it violates Beijing's authority,
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      Are some more equal than others?
      750 5  -  COMMENTARY Elsie Leung's explanation on Sally Ay's case erodes belief in rale of law in HE By Loh Hui Yin THE Justice Secretary's statement was meant to dispel once and for all lingering suspicion that publishing tycoon Sally Aw Sian was not prosecuted because
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      Lock icon China-Taiwan tunnel to cost 1.4t yuan
      233 5 BEIJING AFP A PROPOSED tunnel linking Taiwan and China across the Taiwan Strait would cost around 1.44 trillion yuan (*****.6 billion), official media reported yesterday. A feasibility study commissioned by Beijing's prestigious Qinghua University estimated the cost of building such a tunnel, even on
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      Lock icon China may start separate insurance body for exports
      249 5 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA is considering the creation of a separate export insurance body to help stimulate overseas sales, the official China Daily Business Weekly said yesterday. It said that existing export insurance provided by the Export and Import Bank of China (Eximbank)
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      Lock icon HK project gets strong response
      126 5 HONGKONG Bridge News HONGKONG'S Sun Hung Kai Properties' (SHKP) luxury residential project Le Sommet drew tremendous response at the weekend as 98 per cent of the 320 units on offer were snapped up, according to the Hong Kong Standard newspaper. The vibrant response should boost
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      Lock icon China army gives up stake in truck firm
      251 5 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA'S army has surrendered its controlling stake in a loss-making truck maker as part of a campaign to force the military to give up its business interests. The army handed over its 74.4 million shares, or a 53.06 per cent
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      Lock icon Politics, social unease threaten Korea reforms
      438 5 SEOUL Rising unemployment expected to peak in spring 'layoff season' Reuters SOUTH Korea's receding economic storm has thrust to the fore political and social tensions that threaten to complicate President Kim Dae Jung's reform programme, political analysts said. Rising unemployment, expected to peak during
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      Lock icon LG Semicon workers to end strike over takeover
      187 5 SEOUL Reuters EMPLOYEES of South Korean chipmaker LG Semicon will return to work today, putting an end to a 15-day strike over the planned acquisition of the company by a rival, a joint management/labour statement said yesterday. The statement said management has
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      Lock icon Young at heart
      46 5 [SEOUL] An elderly South Korean bride from the Unification Church, known as "Moonies", attending the Moonies' mass wedding ceremony at the Olympic stadium here yesterday. Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon is officiating over the wedding ofsome 40,000 couples of his believers. AFP
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      Lock icon Indian finance minister faces tough budget task
      426 5 NEWDELHI Political pressure limits choice to spur slowing economy, check fiscal deficit AFP INDIAN Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha is in for a rough ride when he presents his "millennium" budget in Parliament this month. Already burdened by a slowing economy, a ballooning fiscal
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
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      Making sense of the yuan conundrum
      1084 4  -  CRISIS WATCH Why markets remain nervous about the possibility of a yuan devaluation By Vikram Khanna EVERY so often in the course of the Asian crisis, the scare of a yuan devaluation has kept popping up, only to be quashed by resolute statements by
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      Lock icon Dr M: No matter what, I'll stay till successor is found
      538 4 He says it's his responsibility to get the right leadership Bernama [LONDON] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said no matter what people are saying, he would stay on until the right successor is found. This is despite the fact
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      Lock icon Taiwan economy showing fresh signs of weakness
      397 4 Business failures np, investors nervy, hanks cautions Reuters [TAIPEI] Just as most Asian economies start to recover from a financial battering, Taiwan's seemingly resilient economy is showing fresh signs of weakness. The question on many lips is: Is Taiwan the next domino to
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      Lock icon China facing further drop in foreign investment
      247 4 Promised investment from A«a plunged 13.4% last year AFP [BEIJING] China will face mounting difficulties in attracting foreign investment this year in the wake of the Asian financial crisis, the official media said yesterday. "Investment from Asia will continue to shrink this year
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      Lock icon Gold fever
      54 4 [BOGOR, Indonesia] An Indonesian miner filtering mud through the water for grains of gold at the Aneka Tambanggold mining site, near Bogor, last week. Hundreds of gold miners have been digging at the state-owned mining site in West Java without a permit since the economic crisis hit the
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      Lock icon MPs slam Jakarta's 4.5t rupiah plan to recap ailing banks
      420 4 They object to timing of decree and choice of banks AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's first attempt to shore up its ailing banking sector with a recapitalisation programme has run into strong opposition from the legislature. Jakarta's plan to inject 4.5 trillion
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      Lock icon Japan's economic growth may top 0.5% in 1999/2000: minister
      452 4 Reuters [TOKYO] Economic Planning Agency Minister Taichi Sakaiya said yesterday that Japan's recession-hit economy had hit bottom and gross domestic product may grow by more than the government's forecast of 0.5 per cent in fiscal 1999/2000. "In October the economy settled
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      334 4 The Receiver and Manager of SH Sameyeh Pte Ltd will be holding an auction to realise the company's assets. The SH Sameyeh Pte Ltd Collection which includes Museum level pieces will be auctioned by Mr Bruce Granger AN IMPORTANT EXTRAORDINARY (RESTRICTED) AUCTION HIGH INTERNATIONAL STANDARD exceptional and rare items seldom
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  • THE WORLD
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      Statement from S'pore Prime Minister's Office
      124 6 DEATH OF JORDAN'S KING HUSSEIN "THE Prime Minister is deeply saddened to learn the death of His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan. King Hussein was a man of rare and enormous courage. He worked tirelessly for a lasting peace in the Middle East. His
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      Tributes
      222 6 "No words can convey what King Hussein meant to the people he led for nearly half a century. Wards cannot convey what he meant to me as a friend and inspiration," -PgrroeldantflfllflHntnw "I will always remember his many contributions, for King Hussein was one of the United Nation's most
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      Lock icon End of a tumultuous 47-year reign
      805 6 New king appeals for national unity, pledges to preserve course Hussein set Reuters, AFP [AMMAN] King Hussein of Jordan, a pivotal figure in the politics of the Middle East, died of cancer yesterday, ending a tumultuous 47-year reign in one of the world's most
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      Lock icon New king traces roots to Muslim prophet, Brit family
      354 6 AMMAN AFP JORDAN'S new king, Abdallah ibn Hussein, can trace his roots back to Mohammed, the Arabian prophet of Islam, and also to the Gardiner family from the small British town of Ipswich. The 37-year-old Abdallah is the 43rd generation direct
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      Lock icon Murdoch planning £4.2b bid for EMI, says UK paper
      168 6 LONDON Reuters MEDIA tycoon Rupert Murdoch is planning a £4.2 billion (5511.6 billion) bid for UK music giant EMI Group, the Mail on Sunday newspaper reported. The newspaper said the takeover move would be made via Mr Murdoch's record company Mushroom
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      Lock icon Brazil economic plan faces key test
      600 6 SAO PAULO Govt intention to keep rates high worries investors LAT-WP FACING strong doubts about Brazil's ability to fix its battered economy, the government of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso is entering a pivotal phase in the coming weeks as it tries to prove it
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      Lock icon Don't make too much of euro's fall, says Tietmeyer
      297 6 HAMBURG He rejects idea of fixed for ex rates between currencies around the globe Reuters BUNDESBANK president Hans Tietmeyer said the recent fall of the euro against the dollar should not be overrated. "One shouldn't over-inter-pret either the development since the
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      Lock icon UK cigarette maker loses royal warrant
      91 6 LONDON Reuters BRITAIN'S Queen Elizabeth yesterday withdrew her royal warrant from Gallaher, makers of Benson and Hedges cigarettes. The move ends a 122-year-old agreement with the company. It was hailed by antismoking campaigners who have repeatedly criticised the queen's endorsement of a product that
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon German jobless up at 4.4m in Jan:report
        70 6 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Gorman unemployment rest to 44 million in January from 43 million in December last year, Germany's Focus mamgln* said (m Saturday. German jobless figures for January are doe to be reported officially tomorrow. In December, the official unemployment level was 4.197
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        Lock icon Serb,Albanian negotiators thrash it out
        73 6 AFP [RAMBOUILLET, France] Serbian and ethnic Albanian negotiators huddled in a royal castle near Paris were yesterday getting down to the details of trying to thrash out a peace accord for Kosovo. Make-or-break talks to end the fighting in the Serbian province opened Saturday, with
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        Lock icon Beach babe looking good at 40
        39 6 Reuters (MIAMI BEACH, Florida] Mattel's new Butterfly Art Barbie sitting on Miami Beach on Friday as the world's most famous doll nears her birthday. She will celebrate her 40th birthday on March 9.—Reuters
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        Lock icon Shroeder to follow Clinton on China
        86 6 AFX-Asia [MUNICH] Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said he supports the US policy of maintaining trade with China amid Its human rights violations, adding Germany will follow the same path. He said he was "impressed" how President Bill Clinton on a trip to China last year
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        Lock icon Antitrust: at a cinema near you
        64 6 LAT-WP [HOLLYWOOD] Federal antitrust officials confirmed they have started looking into the methods Hollywood uses in distributing movies to theatre chains. US Justice Department spokeswoman Jennifer Rose declined to elaborate, except to say that the department is "looking into certain possibly anti-competitive practices" in
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Citibank scores big in Internet banking
      668 7  -  American bank getting results in just a few months despite lack of a large physical presence By 1 Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Despite the lack of a large physical presence in Singapore, Citibank is rapidly harvesting customers in Singapore over the Internet. Since the
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      KRDL, HP Labs tie up for R&D on Net security, e-commerce
      310 7  -  Aim is to create prototypes that offer high security in Net transactions By. Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Homegrown Kent Ridge Digital Labs (KRDL) and Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Bristol, England, have teamed up to collaborate on research in Internet security technologies
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      Lock icon Japan's domestic PC shipments drop
      160 7 Nikkei, Bloomberg [TOKYO] Domestic shipments of personal computers in Japan totalled 7.77 million units in 1998, down 0.9 percentage point from the previous year and the first decrease in six years, high-tech market research firm Gartner Group Japan KK reported last week. The decrease was
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      Top exec sees upswing for IBM Asia-Pacific
      522 8  -  Comprehensive steps taken to ensure that Y2K bug will not derail momentum By Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Things are definitely looking up for IBM Corp's Asia-Pacific operations following a 3 per cent slide in regional revenues in the fourth quarter of 1998, IBM senior
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      Xylan bullish about 50% growth in Asean in 1999
      349 8  -  Networking firm sets ap Asia-Pacific HQ here to posh sales and support By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] US-based networking company Xylan Corp is targeting a 50 per cent growth in sales in Asean this year for its range of switching products and
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      Lock icon Mediation route encouraged to settle Y2K rows
      432 8  -  Declaration on this signed by about 300 organisations By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] About 300 organisations in Singapore, including 240 companies from the private sector, signed a declaration last week to resolve their year 2000 (Y2K) disputes through negotiation and mediation, instead of resorting
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      Lock icon No retrenchment in Singapore, says 3Com
      646 8  -  Instead staff numbers will be beefed np, says COO By 1 Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] 3Com wiU not retrench any Singapore staff. Instead, it expects to expand its team here, 3Com chief operating officer (COO), Bruce Claflin told BusinesslT in a recent visit here.
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    • IT TAKES
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        G&D to set up R&D centre in Singapore
        75 9 [SINGAPORE] Giesecke Devrient (G&D), which is engaged in the technology of printing banknotes and securities, cards and electronic payment, has received the green light to set up a research and development centre in Singapore under the National Science and Technology Board's research
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        Towards better health care
        22 9 [SINGAPORE] Parkway Group Healthcare has appointed Platinum Technology Singapore to build a data warehouse for its health-care business.
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        Creative shipments: what a Blast
        35 9 [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology announced that by the end of last year, its Sound Blaster Live! line of audio cards surpassed the one million mark in number of units shipped worldwide.
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        ISO 9002 cert for 3Com Technologies
        32 9 [SINGAPORE] 3Com Technologies, 3Com's manufacturing facility in Singapore, has received ISO, 9002 certification from the British Standards Institution in recognition for documented standards of high-quality management.
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        Asia Computer Storage Conference
        42 9 {SINGAPORE] The Asia Computer Storage Conference and Exhibition will be held at the Westin Stamford on March 10-11. The event will focus on storage solutions. Those interested can register online at www.idema.org or call Idema Asia-Pacific at *****92.
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        Call Centres Asia 99
        41 9 [SINGAPORE] Call Centres Asia 99, an exhibition on call centres, will be held from March 17 to 19 at the Raffles City Convention Centre, Westin Stamford Plaza. For more information, call the organisers AiC Worldwide at *****270re-mailaudrey@aic-asia.com.
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        Electronic Document Management Asia
        60 9 [SINGAPORE] Electronic Document Management Asia 99, a conference and exhibition on electronic document management, and Infosmart Asia 99, an event on capturing information from data sources, will be held from March 17 to 19 at the Raffles City Convention Centre, Westin Stamford Plaza. For more information,
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        Novell licenses Jini
        55 9 [SINGAPORE] Novell has announced a licensing agreement that allows Sun Microsystems and Novell to explore the possibilities of Java and Jini-enabled devices on networks that support Novell Directory Services (NDS). This agreement allows the two firms to examine the use of NDS to manage Jini-enabled devices, including
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        Genicom appoints distributor
        30 9 [SINGAPORE] Genicom Corporation, a provider of network integration, multivendor services and document solutions, has appointed Chartered Systems Networks (CSN) as its master distributor in Singapore and Malaysia.
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        Oracle appoints value-added distributor
        43 9 [SINGAPORE] Oracle Systems Singapore has appointed Azure Technologies an enterprise value-added distributor for Oracle database, tools, electronic commerce and business intelligence solutions in Singapore. Azure will focus on the general business market, Oracle's term for small and mid-sized companies.
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        Microsoft wins court judgment
        50 9 [SINGAPORE] Microsoft has won a court battle with Silicon Point (S) Pte Ltd. The Singapore High Court slapped Silicon Point with a restraining injunction and ordered it to surrender all infringing copies of Microsoft software programs, in addition to damages and legal costs payable to Microsoft.
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        Internet World Asia @ Singapore 99
        63 9  - Internet World Asia Singapore 99 Compiled by Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] The Internet World Asia Singapore 99 exhibition and conference will be held from March 3 to 5 at the Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre. Decision makers in companies, CEOs, CIOs and IT managers should attend. You can register online
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      Apple— open for business once more
      1438 9  - Apple open for business once more Apple Computer has in the last 18 months pulled itself out of the gutter and back onto the best-selling lists in the US with the daringly designed iMac. Can it repeat that success in Asia? Margaret thomas takes a look MARGARET THOMAS DON'T bother;
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      Banks 'should focus on Internet banking'
      300 9 [SINGAPORE] Banks should focus more on business-to-business Internet banking rather then consumer Internet banking, Cisco Systems global financial services programme director, Rod Scott told BusinesslT. Singapore banks have been initially focusing on consumer Internet banking, he noted. "The consumer side of Internet banking, which
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      StarOffice to give MS Office a run for its money
      418 10  -  New office productivity software is free and works across platforms By] Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] There's now a new software in town that should give Microsoft's Office suite a run for its money. The new software is free for individual use
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      Lock icon Iomega ramping up Penang manufacturing for new products
      627 10  -  The northern Malaysian state is algj> making unique Clik! drives for global markets now By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] US-based storage products maker lomega Corp is ramping up its manufacturing facility in Penang in Malaysia to make a range of new products that
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      Lock icon IBM to sell talking Net Browser for blind users
      160 10 Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp, the world's largest computer maker, said it will sell an Internet browser that reads online text aloud to reach a potential market of 850,000 blind US residents. Called the Home Page Reader, the
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    • ON THE SHELF
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        Gateway notebooks with now chips
        72 10 GATEWAY 2000 Singapore said its Solo line of notebooks will now come with Intel's new Pentium n and Celeron mobile processors. The 266 MHz Celeron processor is now available on the Solo 2500,3100 and 5150, with prices starting at $2,956. The Pentium *****,333 and 366
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        Novell's SQL Integrator
        72 10 NOVELL Inc has released Novell SQL Integrator, a database application solution that provides transparent access to, and integration of, data in any data location, type or platform. The combination of NetWare and Novell SQL Integrator allows users to optimise NetWare as an application server platform for developing,
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        Text-to-speech engine from Lucent
        62 10 LUCENT Technologies has announced its text-to-speech synthesis product, the Lucent TTS Engine 3.0, it "the most powerful TTS engine in the market". It enables users to develop applications in Rng»«h Mandarin, Spanish, French and German. Prices of the software developers kit ranges from US$495 for a
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        HP's all-in-one OfficeJet
        83 10 HEWLETT-PACKARD has introduced its new Office Jet 725 all-in-one (above) which provides PC-assisted colour faxing. photo-quality printing, and colour scan-to-e-mail capabilities at $888. This is HP's first all-in-one product that lets users send colour images via fiut to other flue machines that meet the international colour tax
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        Adobe Internet Pack ready
        59 10 ADOBE Systems is ready with the Adobe Internet Pack, a bundle with four products—lmageßeady 1.0, ImageStyler 1.0, Page Mill 3.0 and Photo Deluxe 2.0. The pack is targeted at Web designers and enthusiasts and offers a comprehensive and integrated Web design solution, even for users without
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        New autoloader from Exabyte
        68 10 EXABYTE Singapore has launched the 17D DLTtape Autoloader as an affordable alternative to standalone Jg DLTtape drives. Targeted at network environments In small offices, workgroups and single-server applications, J it accommodates a DLT 4000 or DLT 7000 tape drive and seven Exabyte DLTtape data cartridges. Prices
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        Accton-HP Asia-Pacific alliance
        54 10  -  Raju Chellam ACCTON Technology Corp, a Taiwan-based manufacturer and supplier of local area networking products for small and medium enterprises, has announced a sales and marketing alliance with Hewlett-Packard. Under this pact, Accton will market and sell HP's Pro Curve networking products, including HPs new 10/100 gigabit
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      629 13 Pre-Chinese New Tear rally ruled oat as region still reeling from financial woes APP [SINGAPORE] Asian financial markets are expected to start the Year of the Rabbit at a sluggish pace with analysts effectively ruling out a preChinese New Year
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      767 13  -  MARKET MATTERS It also needs to resolve Clob issue and penalise punters By Eddie Toh Malaysia has finally scrapped the one-year freeze on the repatriation of proceeds from the sale of equities by foreigners. In its place, the government last week
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        221 14 Reuters IHONGKONG] Wharf (Holdings) Ltd's telecommunications arm New T&T said on Friday it will sue Hongkong Telecommunications Ltd for recovery of delivery fees which New T&T said were due but unpaid. The decision to countersue Hongkong Telecom was made after the
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        576 14  -  It's unusual but is it unethical? Merrill says it's common in developed markets By' Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] A small punter holding just a few thousand shares in a local company is unlikely to ever get a phone call from one of
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        626 14  -  It says agreement not conditional on court validation Frorrv Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONG Kong Sunrise Holdings the prospective buyer of part of Sally Aw's stake in Sing Tao Holdings which had its share deal thrown out
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        408 14  -  Taqjong, Tenaga may sell nearly 20% stake to power firm From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur A EUROPEAN power firm is set to take a substantial stake in Malaysia's independent power producer, Powertek Bhd, signalling that Malaysia is still able
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        335 14 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Motorola Inc said Friday it has signed a letter of intent to sell two Asian assembly plants to Taiwanese chip packaging and testing firm ASE Group. Motorola said it will continue to buy chips from the plants
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        558 15 But it rules oat own interest in German carmaker following boardroom shake-up Reuters, Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] DaimlerChrysler AG co-chairman Robert Eaton said last Friday he expects bidders to emerge for BMW AG following the German automaker's dramatic change in executive leadership on
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        372 15 Anto parts supplier Delphi matches frenzy in Net stocks Reuters [NEW YORK) An auto supplier ranked as the sixth largest initial public offering ever in the US and two Internet-relat-ed IPOs rocketed more than 180 per cent on Friday, marking the busiest day for
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        316 15 Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] IBM has developed technology to make plastic computer screens that could be lighter and more durable than displays in notebook and handheld computers today. Researchers at IBM developed plastic transistors that perform as well as the siliconbased transistors that light
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        209 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] CBS Corp, owner of the highest-rated United States TV network, is considering a venture in which some of the company's Internet assets would make up a separate, publicly-traded company that would be sold to the public, CBS president and
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        327 15 Bloomberg [WALTHAM, Massachusetts] Lycos Inc shares rose 6 per cent amid speculation that General Electric Co's NBC unit might purchase a stake in the No 3 Internet search directory. Lycos rose 7 5/8 to 137 last Friday. The Industry Standard, a weekly
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        385 15 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing Co chairman and chief executive Phil Condit warned his managers last month that the world's largest jetmaker could become a takeover target because of its depressed stock price. Mr Condit told 280 senior managers at a retreat in the California desert
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        264 16 Offer does not include S'pore, India consumer banking businesses: source Bloomberg [LONDON] Standard Chartered pic, Britain's ninth largest bank, has offered to buy Bank America Corp's consumer banking business in Taiwan, said a person familiar with the situation. The bank has not bid for
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        166 16 Dow Jones [TOKYO] Sanwa Bank will invest in a firm that the Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ) and Nomura Securities Co plan to establish to manage a new US-style pension programme, the Kyodo news service quoted sources at Sanwa as saying on
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        204 16 Reuters [NEW YORK) James "Jamie" Dimon, who abruptly resigned as president of financial services firm Citigroup three months ago, has sold 800,000 shares, or about US$4l.3 million (5569.6 million) worth, of Citigroup stock, according to a regulatory filing on Friday. He sold the
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        391 16 Bloomberg (LONDON! Credit Suisse Group will become the first major European bank to begin marketing mutual funds developed and managed by competitors to its 300,000 private banking customers. Zurich-based Credit Suisse, starting next month, will allow its customers to buy funds offered by companies
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        528 17  -  STMRX Weeklyßoundup Hiroko Komiya MMS International This report does not constitute a solicitation to invest in any currency or Simex product. [SINGAPORE] Financial markets in Japan turned volatUe last week after the bond markets collapsed as a result of deepened supply concerns. Japanese long-term
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        847 17 COMMODIT7 Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Silver prices rose sharply last week on speculative buying that had analysts puzzled, given the absence of fundamental factors, while more lowly base metals saw some improvement in their prolonged slump. Silver reached a sixmonth high on
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        278 18 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG share prices are expected to founder on a lack of clear direction and uncertainty over the movement of the US market ahead of the Chinese New Year next week, dealers said. "The market will continue its downward trend unless
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        538 18 NEWYORK Some analysts expect the Fed to raise rates to head off inflation AFP THE Dow Jones Industrial Average, the New York stock market's main barometer, dipped just 0.58 per cent last week to end at 9,304.34. But the Nasdaq electronic market's
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        394 18 LONDON AFP A SHARP reduction in British interest rates failed to lift sentiment on the London stock exchange, which remained broadly flat last week as dealers worried about the outlook for stocks on the powerhouse US market. The FT-SE 100
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        360 18 TOKYO AFP TOKYO shares are likely to fall in the coming week on concern over Wall Street and the yen's appreciation against the US dollar, analysts said on Friday. "Uncertainty over the US economy is rising again. And if the New York market
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        879 18 P Sydney +1&5 AUSTRALIAN shares are likely to extend its buoyant run in the week ahead with brokers optimistic about economic performance and strong offshore leads. Colonial State Bank economist Criag James said there were few negatives but a gamut of positives influences. "We take the optimistic
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        1511 18 QParb -104J0 PARIS stocks closed down 0.48 per cent on Friday after a see-saw session marked by nerves over Wall Street's weakness, as buoyant US jobs data sparked unease that the Federal Reserve Board's cycle of rate cuts could be bottoming out. The CAC-40 blue-chip index closed
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        385 19 AFP tj|oompoateliidea[ -32JSH A PRE-CHINESE New Year rally may arrest a farther slide on the Malaysian bourse, after it dived 5.5 per cent in the holiday-shortened week to Friday, analysts said. 'There is likely to be a technical rebound after such sharp losses but investors
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        Quality in DBS wrt on Keppel TatLee
        179 20  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy THE recent pullback in share prices is worrying some players, especiaUy since it comes at a time when Wall Street, Japan and Hongkong are experiencing similar corrections. At a time like this, sticking to quality is probably the
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      STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE: MAIN BOARD
      6447 21 Week ended Feb 5 Or Gf M Wt 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Oust* Dlv Wv VM Ntt Cap Av« L— ttWe Cmpany S<K OOOl High Low Buyer Seller CJvr P/E )mM Price MULTHNOUSTRY 142 17.5 mt 1000 Acma 50c 71 -1.5 1275 74
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      1375 21 Cr Ct M Wt 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Ouoto Oiv Olv YM Not Cap Am Mt 9h Low St No Company Sot. COOO) Mlqh Low Buyor SoHor C'vr P/C $m« Ptica MANUFACTURING 234 30 0 2049 *AS Auto 10c 96 -4 2424 102 93.5 95.5 96.5 15 N
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        486 22 Source: JM Sassoon Stocks Volume ST Engg 10c 75,780.000 SemtoCorpI 25c 74.192,000 GES Intl Ltd 58,595,000 DBS Land 36,974,000 SingTel 15c 27,145,000 CK Tang Wt99 17,578,000 •TanCI>onglnt50c 15,765,000 LKN Wt99 15,516,000 Keppel Land50c 15,217,000 Keppel LandWOO 14,012,000 Stoda S SembCorpI 25c 155,715,564 OCBC Foreign 125,716,119 ST Engg 10c 109,126,045 Creative
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        647 22  -  THE WEEK AHEAD Technical factors, performance of overseas markets, fears of rate hike may also affect trading By R Sivanithy MOMENTUM and technicals are funny things. When both are clearly moving upward and are coupled with strong liquidity, they turn people bullish
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        HOT STOCK
        51 22  -  By Wong Wei Kong ST Engineering shares closed last Friday down $0.03 at $1.43 with 10.8 million shares traded, compared with its 10-day traded average of 14.4 million units. The daily and weekly RSI and stochastics and MACD charts suggest that the stock's near-term downside may be limited.
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      429 16 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, KOH CHENG HING of Blk 224 Simei St 4 *11-94, Singapore *****4, have applied for a Beer House First Class Licence in respect of M/s Fatty Hoe Restaurant located at 303 Changi Rd Singapore *****1, and that this application will be considered by the
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      105 16 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, YEW KWEE ENG of 17 Li Hwan Terrace Singapore *****5, have applied for a 2nd Class Beer House Licence in respect of M/s Gelare (Singapore) Pte Ltd located at 304 Orchard Rd, #01-54/55 Lucky Plaza, Singapore *****3, and that this application will be considered
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      102 19 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, YASUYUKI OKAMOTO of 19, Jalan Jin tan #09-23G, Kimsa Court Singapore *****2, have applied for a Wholesale Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/sTCJ Marketing (S) Pte Ltd located at 35 Hillview Terrace, Singapore *****7, and that this application will be considered by the
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      104 19 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, KOH YEN KHOON, of Blk 128 Rivervale Street #16-822 Singapore *****8, have applied for a Public House, Second Class Licence in respect of M/s Apex-Pal International Pte Ltd located at 501, Orchard Road #02-13/14 Singapore *****0, and that this application will be considered by
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      334 20 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, MAH KAH ANN of Blk 210 Pasir Ris St 21 #03-332, Singapore *****0, have applied for a Public House, First Class Licence in respect of M/s Spicefire Pte Ltd located at 62 Pagoda Street Singapore *****1, and that this application will be considered by
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      106 20 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, LOH TIAN HIIAT of Blk 24 Sin Ming Road #10-45 Singapore *****4, have applied for a Retail liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s N.K. Wines Spirits located at 112 East Coast Road 81-26 Katong Mall Singapore *****2, and that this application will be
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      104 21 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, PONNUSAMMY RAMU of Apt Blk 516, Choa Chu Kang St 51, #05-64, Singapore *****6. have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s R.K.N. Enterprise, located at 8958, Woodlands Drive 50, #01-24, Singapore *****5, and that this application will be considered
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      111 21 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I. HENG H(X:K HOE PAUL of Blk 410 Commonwealth Ave West #08-3047 Singapore *****0, have applied for a Public House. First Class (Extended) (tourist hotel) Licence in respect of M/s Jazz Secretz located at 270 Orchard Road *02-02 Crown Prince Hotel, Singapore *****7, and that
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      107 21 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, CHEE BOON LEE, of Blk 440 Choa Chu Kang Ave 4 *03-455 Singapore *****0, have applied for a Public House, First Class (Extended) Licence in respect of M/s Mea Culpa located at No. 282 River Valley Road Singapore *****3, and that this application will
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      112 21 Wednesdays Asian View by Yang Razali Kassim TheßusinessTimes NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, BAIASUNDARAM S/O SUPPIAH of Blk 138 Marsiling Road, *05-2016, Singapore *****8, have applied for a Wholesale Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s Herbst Singapore Pte Ltd located at No. 9 Pioneer Sector 3, Singapore *****5,
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      544 22 sml ASIA PACIFIC BREWERIES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING DATE Tuesday 23 February 1999 PLACE Level 2, Alexandra Point, 438 Alexandra Road, Singapore *****8 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Sixty-fiftti Annual General Meeting of ASIA PACIFIC BREWERIES LIMITED will be held at
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      203 22 Do you need trading ideas that work? Call DBS investor Online at 438-1188 <[)BSBANK IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SUN HUNG KAI TRADING PTE I.TD (In Member*' Voluntary liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICB IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Scction 308
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      524 22 THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 Section 290t2Mb) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION SINGAPORE SANDOTATSU ENTERPRISES PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Singapore Sandotatsu Hnterprncs Pie Ltd held at No. 100, Sec I. Chung Feng Rd. Pyng Jenn City Taoyuan Hetsen. Taiwan K.O.C. on the 29th day
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      325 22 Tuesdays The Property Column by Lee Han Shih THE BU§IJNfE§§ JIMES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, ANG SING KONG, JOHANIS of Bishan St 24. Block 266, #05-150 Singapore *****6, have applied for a Beer House 2nd Class Licence in respect of M/s First Bond Pte Ltd located at 590
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      428 22 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, CLIVE ANTHONY SWEENEY of 587 Bukit Timah Road #04-03 Coronation Plaza, Singapore *****7, have applied for a Public House, 2nd Class Licence in respect of M/s Ristorante Roma Pte Ltd located at 833 Bt. Timah Road, *01-09 (Royalville), Singapore *****7, and that this application
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      352 22 THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 Scctkm 290<2Hb) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION EL-WON HOLDINGS PTE LTD (la Members' Voluntary Liquidation I Al it Extraordinary General Meeting of El-Won Holdings Pic I id held at 105 Cecil Street. *2300. The Octagon, Singapore *****4 on the Ist day of Hebruary 1999. the following special
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      280 23 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young IN a signs of the times, the only dry bulk tonnage reported involved auction sales with two vessels, the handy bulkers Berga Falcon (32,000/84) and Pierros (23,000/85) being auctioned in Greece. The prices achieved were said to be US$3.O5 million and US$3.6 million
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      Military action urged to fight piracy in Asia
      727 23  -  Allowing hot pursuit in international waters also among methods raised at piracy seminar By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Military action and allowing hot pursuit across international boundaries were among methods suggested to fight piracy in Asian waters at a seminar here. But using
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      155 23 Reuters [PORTLAND, Oregon] Authorities working to free a freighter that ran aground in rough seas off the coast of Oregon last Friday have been unable to move the ship. They are now awaiting the arrival of tugboats but managed to evacuate the ship's 23 crew
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      Asian shippers' call for regulation not the answer to problems
      727 23  -  LKMER SCENE By David Hughes HOW much control should governments have over liner industry prices? It may seem a surprising question to ask in 1999 after some two decades of relentless deregulation in virtually all industries worldwide. Nevertheless, it is
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      34 23 [HONGKONG] Container truck drivers protest at the Tuen Mun River Trade Terminal over the terminal's HKSSO (5510.87) parkingfee. The drivers threatened to seal off the terminal if the fee was not suspended. AFP
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      131 23 Reuters [BANGALORE] The southern Indian state of Karnataka will allow foreign companies to invest in three three sea ports and small airports, a senior state government official said. "We will allow private foreign companies to develop and run three minor seaports and three minor
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        402 24  -  Reports from David Hughes in London THE United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the United Kingdom's Maritime and Coastguard Agency are to jointly host a conference of top international shipping people to discuss the extent of the threat posed to the shipping industry by
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        IMEC raises alert on new ITF contracts
        157 24 THE International Maritime Employers' Committee (IMEC) has warned owners and managers to beware of amendments to International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) crew employment contracts for open register ships. It cautions that changes to the contract could impose a significant cost on employers and
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        Tianjin's Long Beach goal
        190 24 CHINA'S Tianjin port is seeking Sea-Land's help to surpass the throughput of Long Beach, the largest United States port. Speaking at the inauguration of Sea-Land (Tianjin) Container Terminal's (Slott) joint venture, vice-mayor Wang Shuzu was optimistic that Tianjin's 1.08 millionTEU throughput in 1998 could be raised
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          62 24 IN THE latest issue of its publication Casualty Information, Norwegian classification society Det Norske Veritas warns of the dangers of not using manufacturer-approved spare parts. In a recent incident on a gas carrier, an air compressor for main engine starting burst during a test run.
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          Anglo Eastern crews stay on
          91 24 HONGKONG-BASED shipmanager Anglo Eastern, which was owned by Malaysia's KPB until a management buy-out last year, is to continue to provide the crews for the former Pacific Basin fleet of some 25 bulk/logger vessels. These ships were initially bought by KPB and then became part
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          Leros Strength – two years on
          85 24 Leros Strength two years on THE bulk carrier Leros Strength sank with the loss of 20 seafarers two years ago today in rough weather off the Norwegian coast. Compensation claims drag on with the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) and the ship's owner and P&I club locked in legal battles.
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          Luxembourg approves GL
          29 24 GERMAN classification society Germanische Lloyd has been approved by the European Union as a notified body for the purposes of the new EU Marine Equipment Directive.
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          New box feeder service for UK
          47 24 IN A rare expansion of coastal services around mainland Britain, UK-based Coastal Container Line has launched a container feeder service between Greenock Ocean Terminal and Liverpool's Royal Seaforth Container Terminal. The 136-TEU Coastal Sound will have three fixed-day sailings a week.
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          UK drugs case fiasco
          82 24 UK Customs and Excise suffered the acute embarrassment of having a high-profile drugs case thrown out of court last week. In a case involving jurisdiction over ships in international waters, a Maltese-flag vessel was boarded by the Royal Navy off Portugal and over four kg of
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          US$2m "Mitch" bill for TT Club
          48 24 MUTUAL multimodal operator insurer the TT Club estimates it will have to pay Banana producer Chiquita in excess of US$2 million (553.37 million) In equipment claims following the devastation of Honduras last November by Hurricane Mitch. It has already paid Chiquita U*****,000.
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      334 24 PACE Express T L M AKL 3 FoongSun 8 Accord 8 Froti '3 Ahrenkiel U Frt Links 14 Appenstitp 5 6 Link Austral 8 Gemartrans 8 Avant H Genshpg M B'tang Mas 8 Glory Nav 14 BSA 7 HaiSunHup 8 BTL 14 Hangli 7 Balaji Shpg 4
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAYS
        224 37 Feb 15 China: Chinese New Year Eve. Taiwan: Chinese New Year Eve. United States: Washington's Birthday Holiday. Feb It Brunei: Chinese New Year. China: Chinese New Year. Portugal: Carnival Singapore: Chinese New Year. South Korea: Chinese New Year. Taiwan: Chinese New Year. Feb 17 China: Chinese New Year.
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        744 37 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 averagesized stem. Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        383 37 WO Mil 994.0 o 13 0 0 006 P—*y Wrtf tnlfri Art »hiwl«l«« 5>«wint Ho above £25 2 0 13 0 2 0 M/M 380 Ave 987.4 0J 14.8 0.06 29 102 w JS2 TJlas m *i '1 1 "I !_*~L U S t? K SS
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        246 38 Reuters [MANILA] Flag carrier Philippine Airlines Inc (PAL), whose debt problems were compounded by labour disputes, said its final rehabilitation plan will have the backing of its employees. "All departments will be involved in drawing up the rehab plan and everyone in the
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        291 38 Bloomberg [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways Co, Asia's second-larg-est airline behind Japan Airlines Co, said it will not hire flight attendants during the fiscal year starting April 1 as it moves to cut costs. ANA, which has posted four losses in the last five years,
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        537 38 Senators table bill to force airlines to give passengers better treatment Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Airlines would be forced to refund more tickets and pay fines for not returning lost luggage to passengers within 24 hours under a proposal by a bipartisan group of US
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        72 38 [TOKYO] Japanese car dealers crowd around a new model Sambar Dias van as Fuji Heavy Industries displays its new Sambar series at a Tokyo Subaru hall. The Japan Mini Vehicle Association said that the domestic mini vehicle sales in January rose 28.8 per cent from a
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        523 38 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Airlines got a boost from a federal appeals court ruling that upheld a cut in landing fees at Los Angeles International Airport that the US Department of Transportation said were unreasonably high. The three-judge panel's decision
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        560 38 Air Force cites costs, technical problems with missile tracking system Bloomberg [WASHINGTON! The US Air Force is cancelling contracts worth as much as US$B32 million (551.39 billion) with Boeing Co and TRW Inc. the country's No 2 and No 10 defence contractors, citing
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        245 38 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing Co, the world's largest aerospace company, is seeking a buyer for a unit that provides dataprocessing and other computer information services, people familiar with the situation said. The Vienna, Virginiabased unit employs 1,200 and has about US$3OO million (Ssso4 million)
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