The Business Times, 15 March 1999

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 85« SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asia! .com.sg/ MONDAY, MAROH 15, 1999
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    59 1 STOCK MAMnr DflMOBB Oaji<» STL™. -.1,486.71 4-36.08 SIMSCI FUTURES .519.98 +180 BTSR1. 603.34. +27.60 KLSE COUP. 528.79 +11.97 NIKKEI— 15,488.86...+594.86 HANG SENG... *****.76...+560.64 SET INDEX. .345.79 +9.58 JAKARTA COMP 375.94 .-1174 MANILA COUP. 1,946JO. -All TAIPEI WPI 6,462.73 +41.00 SEOUL OOMP. 590J0 +5161 CLSA CHINA B. 460.98 +11.36
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    FINANCE
    80 1 F0BEX1ATES US$ ss U8S 1.7*4 l(U8*S$perI) 1.633 .1831 EURO(USfS$ PER E) 1.008 1.964DM 1.781 .0.974 YEN 121.1 1.444* RM 1000 0.466 HKI 7.740 0.224 RAHT 17.48 0046 RUPIAH .0,150 OLOir S| to 100 ÜBits PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* MB KUALA LUMFVR 11.50 JAKARTA .28.00 BANGKOK 14.75 MANILA .22.90 HONGKONG 1025
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    Lock icon Keidanren acts to shore up Tokyo stock rally
    925 1  -  Japan's leading business group devises schemes to prevent unwinding of stock cross-holdings From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S leading business organisation, Keidanren, is battling a new anxiety: how to ensure that the recent rally in the Tokyo stock market is not aborted
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    Lock icon Apply here for venture capital – 20-page business plan optional
    624 1  - Apply here for venture capital 20-page business plan optional Vertex launching another USsloom fond for start-nps By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] For budding technopreneurs with a good business plan, there is one person they probably should not neglect to call Vertex Venture Holdings' president Lee Kheng Nam. After all, the
    Source: S'pore Technologies  -  624 words
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    Cautious nod for Indon bank closures
    941 1  -  Analysts say move will help rupiah, boost confidence From\ Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S long-awaited decision to shut down crippled banks as part of its efforts to revitalise the moribund banking sector has received a cautious thumbsup from multilateral financial institutions and domestic observers.
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    Lock icon M'sia unlikely to abolish exit tax on foreign capital soon: Dr M
    630 1 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPURJ Malaysia is unlikely to abolish its exit tax on foreign capital anytime soon, and may sell government bonds and stakes in banks and other companies, if necessary, to raise funds, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said
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      159 1 ntspii Dssble pleasure Yo Yo Ma displayed his impeccable musicianship in not (Hie, but two very different works in the SSO's 20th anniversary gala concert last Friday, Pf 18 Crisis watch Right from the beginning, the Asian crisis has been a case study of poor management of information and of
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      17 1 Magellan fond tops USs9ob in assets, Pg 22 Interesting week ahead for S 'pore market, Pg 28
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      245 1 Sab&h win stirs talk of snap M'sia polls, Pg 3 '-■ißMtv 1 HHHS iiSK I* f.il wjSf 8 HjjK >i f* Ms ■V" 1 t£ f *< 1&L ■L' M* Jsf&' |fc I mm v&S j Met |dfl%h Just when you thought projectors only work in the dark, EPSON brings
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      13 1 Full list of banks, Pg 6 Jakarta bourse delists 10 companies, Pg 20
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      TDB identifies business opportunities in Philippines
      495 2  -  COUNTRY PROFILE: THE PHILIPPINES But returns from investments are expected only in the long term By. Audrey Tan THE Philippines offers a wide range of business opportunities for Singapore firms, but any investments made may only see returns in the long term, said the
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      Lock icon Tourism receipts down 18%
      386 2  -  ETE ON TOE ECONOMY Commerce By] Marissa Chew AS visitor arrivals fell, Singapore's tourism dollars also plunged, bringing tourism receipts back to 1990 levels. Last year, tourism receipts amounted to $8.3 billion, down 18 per cent from the previous year, figures from the Singapore Tourism Board
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      Creditors approve debt arrangement for Transtech
      670 2  -  Larger creditors to have part of debt converted to equity By, Jennifer Lien CREDITORS of homegrown electronics manufacturer Transtech Electronics have approved a debt arrangement scheme, the company said on Friday. The firm, which appeared on the Enterprise 50 list between 1995 and 1997,
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      Lock icon Annual national manpower summit being studied
      278 2 The Straits Times SINGAPORE is looking into holding a high-powered annual manpower summit which will chart and review the country's plans to develop workers' skills. This was revealed by Minister for Manpower Lee Boon Yang, last night. Speaking at a National Trades Union Congress
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        New ambassador to Kazakhstan
        55 2 SIM Cheok Lim, 61, has been appointed Singapore's Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan. He win be resident in Singapore. Mr Sim is currently chairman of the Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation, or Cisco, and is also a director of Vicom and Keppel Transport Telecommunications. He
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        NTUC training fund attracts 6,000
        100 2 THE NTUC's Educational and Training Fund (ETF) has attracted close to 6,000 applications for training by union members as at February this year, Minister for Manpower Lee Boon Yang said yesterday at a fund-raising dinner for the ETF. Dr Lee said "excellent support" from companies,
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        700 job vacancies at fair
        69 2 STILL on manpower matters. About 700 job vacancies will be offered by 16 companies at an upcoming fair organised by the Ministry of Manpower. Co-organised with North-East Community Development Council, the Jf event on March 23 at East Point Mall (next to Simei MOT station)
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Sabah win stirs talk of snap M'sia polls
      513 3 SABAH ELECTIONS Bnoyed by coalition victory, Mahathir says he will win in a general election Reuters AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, buoyed by his ruling coalition's victory in key state polls, predicted yesterday that he would win a general
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      Lock icon BN denies polls were unfair
      241 3 PBS claims money politics and phantom voters were used Reuters [KOTA KINABALU] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's ruling coalition yesterday celebrated a crucial victory in Sabah state elections and dismissed opposition claims that it had cheated. The Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), led by Dr Mahathir's
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      Lock icon New Sabah chief minister to be named today
      278 3 Bernama [KOTA KINABALU] The new chief minister of Sabah will be known today, Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. He said Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Bernard Dompok would meet the chiefs of all BN component parties in the state
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  • FOCUS
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      Just Daddy's daughter?
      2131 4  -  Does Megawati Sukarnoputri have what it takes to become president under her own steam? Reports by Yang Razali Kassim The writer is BT's regional analysis editor [SINGAPORE] IF HISTORY were to take another dramatic turn in Indonesia, the Sukarno name may yet return to the stately Merdeka
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      On politics, family and Suharto
      1265 4 AS busy as a queen bee. That's what Megawati Sukarnoputri has been, since being thrust into the leadership of the Parti Demokrasi Indonesia (Perjuangan), or the Indonesian Democratic Party (Struggle). You would wonder how she balances her time between being a politician, wife and mother.
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
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      Lock icon New Thai bankruptcy law boosts sentiment
      584 6 It replaces old rules which seemed to favour delinquent borrowers AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's government has cleared a major hurdle to economic recovery by pushing through contentious bankruptcy and foreclosure bills, but the road ahead remains long and difficult. The Thai stock market, when it
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      Lock icon Asia's coping with yuan, yen risks
      409 6 Currencies still exert pressure but region coping better Reuters [HONGKONG] Yen weakness and the chance of a Chinese devaluation reasserted themselves last week as Asia's most sensitive pressure points, but analysts said the region is increasingly able to cope with both risks. Investors focused
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      Lock icon IMF exec doesn't see yuan devaluation
      129 6 Bridge News [PARIS] IMF chief economist Michael Mussa has said he does not expect China to devalue the yuan in 1999. "The Chinese have made it very clear that they do not plan to change their foreign exchange policy," he said at a Deutsche
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      The Asian crisis was also about bad PR
      892 6  -  CRISIS WATCH Handling it the Polish or Czech way would have been better By Vikram Khanna WE KNOW that the Asian crisis has had many dimensions: economic, financial, political and social. But there's one aspect about which not enough has been said,
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      373 7 v >y ■HI Technical Specifications WEST MENANG will operate Classification Pontoons I r; S^ i ABS Class +A 1 Column Stabilized Length x Width initially On a five-year contract Drilling Tender (Unrestricted Service) lE3BI With BrUnei She Petroleum. Rules and Regulations 15.24 m (50 ft) > 1 a imo modu
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Chinese leaders confident of firm endorsement from NPC
      660 8 BEIJING Parliament votes today on draft laws to amend constitution, Bndget AFP, Reuters ON the eve of the annual parliamentary vote, the Chinese leadership was confident yesterday of securing a ringing endorsement despite last year's protest vote amid popular anger at rampant
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      Goldlion chief slams HK security after cars torched
      474 8  -  No significant deterioration in law and order, says minister By Loh Hui Yin in Hoiigkotig TWO cars owned by prominent businessman and proChina politician Tsang Hinchi were torched in what appears to be an arson attack, leading him to suggest security in
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      Lock icon China softens stance in talks with US over WTO entry
      473 8 BEIJING AFP CHINA appears to have softened its stance in talks with the United States on marketopening, raising hopes for an early agreement over its contentious bid to join the World Trade Organisation (WIT)). "It's a surprise," a Westem analyst
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Discovery of new corpses causes tension in Ambon
      521 9 AMBON City deserted; police arrest 20 who arrived by boat carrying weapons AFP, Reuter TENSION returned yesterday to the eastern Indonesian town of Ambon, scarred by months of sectarian violence, as fears of renewed violence were rekindled bythe discovery of new corpses.
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      Lock icon Bid to salvage EU-Asean meeting
      198 9 MANILA AFP MYANMAR Foreign Minister Win Aung arrived here yesterday for a brief visit during which he is expected to seek the Philippines' support for his country's inclusion in a dialogue between Asean and the European Union, officials said. He is expected to raise the
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Japanese PM's fate hangs on the economy: analysts
      444 10 TOKYO LDP faces tough local polls in April as GDP contracted 2.8% in'9B AFP JAPANESE Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's political fate is riding on the back of a very shaky economy, analysts warn. The premier's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faces tough
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      Lock icon Aussie, NZ leaders dismiss currency reports
      187 10 WELLINGTON Single currency for both nations not on agenda, says Shipley Reuters THE New Zealand and Australian prime ministers have denied weekend media reports that the two nations are planning to establish a joint currency. New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said on Saturday
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      Lock icon India govt unsatisfactory, PM shines: poll
      261 10 NEWDELHI Respondents unhappy with govt's handling of economy Reuters FORTY-EIGHT per cent of Indians are dissatisfied with the work of the Hindu nation-alist-led coalition but a majority are happy with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's individual performance, an opinion poll said yesterday. "The dissatisfaction
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      Lock icon Parliament clears India patent law change
      163 10 NEW DELHI Reuters INDIA'S Parliament completed approval of a long-awaited patent law amendment bill on Saturday after a protest walkout by opposition members in the upper house, officials said. The bill, aimed to meet a commitment to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), seeks to
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        Lock icon Japan chipmaking orders rise
        99 10 Nikkei [TOKYO] Orders for semiconductor manufacturing equipment in Japan, including those for imports, grew 11.1 per cent in January, marking the first year-on-year expansion in 13 months, according to figures compiled by the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan. Orders had plunged 35.9 per cent in December.
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        Lock icon India okays 5b rupees of projects
        77 10 Dow Jones [NEW DELHI] India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board on Saturday cleared 5 billion rupees' (*****.5 million) worth of projects, many of them media proposals, local news agency Press Trust of India said. Prominent among these are proposals of Sony Corp's Sony Pictures, Walt
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        Lock icon China satellites a threat to Taiwan?
        75 10 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan Defence Minister Tang Fei has warned that Beijing will pose a growing military threat to the nationalist island when it puts six military satellites into orbit next year. Four satellites could provide the People's Liberation Army with high-definition pictures and the
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      Lock icon India moves to salvage trade pact with Sri Lanka
      515 10 COLOMBO AFP INDIA has offered quotas as a compromise to salvage a crumbling free-trade agreement with Sri Lanka after withdrawing concessions on tea at the last minute, officials here said yesterday. New Delhi is proposing a tea export quota to Sri
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      3744 10 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE DEPOSIT OF, AND CLEARING OF TRANSACTIONS IN, DEBT SECURITIES 1. INTERPRETATION 1.1 In these Terms and Condibons'Business Day' means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which the Depository and commercial banks are open for business m Singapore. "Conditons' means the terms and
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Poor teamwork is why I quit, says Lafontaine
      467 11 BONN Ex-German finance minister breaks 3-day silence amid persistent queries Reuters, AFP OSKAR Lafontaine yesterday ended three days of silence over the reason for his abrupt resignation as finance minister by criticising Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's government for its "poor teamwork". Mr Lafontaine,
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      Lock icon German govt to change direction after minister quits
      340 11 BONN Reuters GERMAN Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's top policy adviser said yesterday the government would change direction following the unexpected departure of left-lean-ing Finance Minister Oskar Lafontaine. Chancellery Minister Bodo Hombach said that Mr Schroeder, a moderate in his leftist party with close
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      Lock icon Call to up thresholds in US merger reviews gets positive response
      305 11 WASHINGTON Reuters US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Orrin Hatch last Friday proposed changing federal law so that antitrust agencies review fewer mergers and concentrate on deals with the biggest economic impact. Attorney-General Janet Reno called the proposal for Congress
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon US warplanes strike at Iraqi sites
        70 11 AFP [ANKARA] US warplanes taking off from the Incirlik air base in southern Turkey bombed Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery sites in the northern no-fly zone yesterday. "Responding in self-defence, US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles dropped GBU-12 laser guided bombs on several anti-aircraft artillery sites
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        Lock icon Greenspan to stay as Fed chief till 2001?
        79 11 Bridge News [WASHINGTON] Alan Greenspan in mid-2000 is likely to be temporarily re-elected Federal Reserve Board chairman by his fellow board governors, serving In that role until President Bill Clinton's successor in the White House in 2001 nominates a Fed chairman for
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        Lock icon Stable forex: Latin Americans divided
        36 11 AFP [PARIS] Latin American financial leaders agreed to differ here Saturday on the best way to stabilise exchange rates, with some suggesting that perhaps the world should have fewer currencies altogether.—AFP
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        Lock icon Pro-euro group formed in UK
        79 11 AFP [LONDON] Lord Marshall, the president of British Airways, announced the launch of a pro-euro group of politicians and business leaders yesterday In the face of a majority of Britons who are hostile to the currency. The group, Britain in Europe, aims to push for
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      Lock icon Heads set to roll as EU fraud row reaches climax
      339 11 BRUSSELS Downfall of Cresson expected on publication of report AFP THE crisis over allegations of fraud and nepotism in the European Commission reaches its climax today with the publication of a report widely expected to trigger the downfall of one
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      Lock icon No need for rate rise on weak euro: ECB chief
      189 11 HAMBURG Bridge News EUROPEAN Central Bank (ECB) vice-president Christian Noyer said in a newspaper interview published on Saturday that he sees no need for an interest rate rise because of the euro's recent weakness on foreign exchanges. He also told
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      64 11 1 v aHi What your competitors get up to. First thing in the day, the International Herald Tribune alerts you to events around the world that will affect you locally. It spots the early warning signals and points out the risks and the opportunities. Straight and to the point. Pick
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      S'pore has key ability to attract IT jobs, says Gates
      619 13  -  Education, communications, antipiracy laws and government leadership top priorities Prom Raju Chellam in Hongkong TWO countries in Asia Singapore and Hongkong possess the four key factors that help them create more job opportunities in information technology and give them an
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      How we'll become Net leader: Pfeiffer
      685 13  -  The Compaq chief aims to put his company in front in five key areas By] Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] He set performance goals for his company that the experts considered dream-stuff, and achieved them with years to spare. Now Compaq Computer Corp supremo Eckhard PfeifTer
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      39 local firms to take part in CeBIT 99
      359 13  -  By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] With Asia in economic crisis, more Singapore technopreneurs and IT firms are turning to Europe, as evidenced by the coming CeBIT 99 show in Germany. CeBIT 99, the world's largest IT and telecommunications exhibition, will be
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      Oracle hammers home applications message
      687 14  -  Back-to-back events aimed at underlining Internet applications capability By. Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] With president and chief operating officer Raymond J. Lane leading from the front, the Oracle Corp cavalry swept in last week on a double-barrelled charge that trumpeted the software major's ambitions in Internet-centred
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      J D Edwards revenue up despite Asian crisis
      341 14  -  By] Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] Despite the economic turmoil, enterprise business software provider J D Edwards saw revenue from its energy and chemical solutions division grow by more than 60 per cent in Asia last year. "We have not seen a huge impact
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      Lock icon Microsoft Office 2000 pulls the crowds
      61 14 [SINGAPORE] Multiple delays have apparently not dampened the enthusiasm for Microsoft Office 2000, the software giant's follow-up to its market-dominating Office 97 suite of business applications. The local preview last Friday attracted a crush of business and IT folk eager to check out for
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      FEC relaunches itself to grab big chunk of outsourcing mart
      407 14  -  Local market worth $600 m and growing at 17% a year By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Singaporebased Far East Computers Pte Ltd (FEC), a subsidiary of India's HCL Group, is relaunching itself with a new name and strategy to go after
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      French software firm to go big in region
      302 14  -  By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Business Objects, a French software firm, plans to aggressively expand its business in the region this year through a series of recent partnerships and by riding on the Internet. "With these partnerships, we expect to expand our
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    • IT TAKES
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        CIO Review
        42 14 THE CIO Review, a two-day forum focusing on IT issues facing corporations, will be held on May 24 and 26 at the Sheraton Towers hotel For more information, call Ms Julia Ho or Ms Daphne Lee at *****39 or *****51.
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        Chat live with BG Yeo
        59 14 THE Young PAP and Pacific Internet will organise a "Live Chat" via the Internet with Minister of Information and the Arts George Yeo. On March 20, from 10 am to 11 am, you can chat live with the minister, who is also chairman of Young
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        IMAGE & SAN '99
        42 14 IMAGE SAN '99 IMAGE SAN *99 is an imaging and storage area networking (SAN) event. It will be held on May 26 and 27, from 10 am to 7 pm, at the Pan Pacific Hotel. For enquiries, call Melissa Ang at *****20.
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        Sanchez opens Singapore office
        27 14 SANCHEZ Computer Associates, a supplier of software for financial institutions, has opened its Asia-Pacific office in Singapore. The company is listed on Nasdaq.
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        City Trans Asia '99
        40 14 CITY Trans Asia *99 will be held from Sept 18 to 18 at Singapore Expo. It will include exhibitions on public transport systems and automotive engineering. For more information, call City Trans Asia Management at *****22.
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        An IT system for health care
        53 14 PLATINUM Technology has launched Care-Advisor, an information management system developed for the Singapore health-care industry, which will consolidate classifications of patient diagnoses and eoet-and-revenue data for analysis purposes. The analysis will help health-care organisations to contain costs. Care-Advisor will make its debut at Tan
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        Iomega recalls power units
        102 14 lOMEGA Corporation has announced a voluntary recall of a limited number of power supply units included in certain lomega external Jaz drives. These power supply units are black four-inch boxes, separate and external units that plug into the Jaz drive. Consumers who bought a Jaz 2
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        E-commerce seminar
        50 14  -  -CompOadb] Toh Han Shih THE Singapore Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (SFCCI) is organising an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) seminar on electronic commerce. This seminar will be held on April 8,9 am to 4 pm. at Sheraton Towers hotel. For details, call SFCCI at *****61.
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      Lock icon SingNet's show of strength
      661 15  -  The country's top Internet Service Provider is using its muscle not just to win new subscribers but also to protect them, reports david boot DAVID BOEY [SINGAPORE] New entrants to Singapore's Internet Service Provider (ISP) market will find a tough time battling the three incumbents as
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      Lock icon How the Tiger team cracked the SickNet case
      552 15 HACKERS fiddling with SingNet's infrastructure should beware of tigers Sing Net's special duties "Tiger team" of anti-hacker/cracker computer specialists is on the prowl. Earlier this month, SingNet's Tiger team bared its fangs when it joined forces with computer specialists to nail down
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      Stylish Palm V, muscular Palm IIIx make debut here
      457 16  -  Notable improvements over earlier models include more memory and slot for greater expandability By) Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Marrying technology with style, handheld computing leader Palm Computing Inc last week launched here its Palm V connected organiser, the first of its genre
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      New scanners, largeformat printers from HP
      491 16  -  Four scanners for home and businesses; printers come with new technology Hy\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE) HewlettPackard Company last week launched four new scanners targeted at home and business users, and three new inkjet printers, including two wide-format colour thermal inkjets for professional users. HP
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        78 16 INTRESOURCE Systems is now shipping Orb drives (above) —the world's first removable hard drive to use theiiew MR (magneto-resistive) head technology. Made by CasUewood Sysjems oftheUS. the drives offer 22 GB of removable storage with a data transfer rate of 12.2 MB per second. Currently, two
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        Photo prints with Epson's new inkjet
        66 16 EPSON Singapore has introduced the Stylus Photo 750 inXiet printer that it says produces photographic image quality that exceeds the quality of conventional silver halide prints. The $529 printer offers 1,440 dots per inch (dpi) resolution with six-colour inks, and is designed to meet
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        New ThinkPads from Big Blue
        103 16 IBM has introduced new models of its ThinkPad 800 and 770 notebook series for corporate customers. The 770Z is a workstation model, runs on Intel's 366 MHz Mobile Pentium n and comes with 14.1-inch XGA or 13.7-inch SXGA displays—the industry's highest-resolution LCDs, IBM said. The
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        Hihg-end hard disks from Maxtor
        81 16 MAXTOR Corp has announced Diamond Max Plus 5120 series of hard disk drives, with 5.1 GB per disk platter. The new drive utilises GMR (giant magneto-resistive) technology and is Maxtor's first drive using GMR heads. The 5120 offers a total storage capacity of up to
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        AMD's top-end Mobile PC processor
        82 16 ADVANCED Micro Devices has launched the Mobile AMD-K6-2 P processor with 3D Now! technology, with clock speeds 0f380,366 and 350 MHz the highest clock speed of any mobile CPU available today, AMD said. The processors are available in Socket 7 and Super 7 platform-compatible 321-pin
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        New data projector from InFocus
        59 16  -  'Compiled by] Raju Chellam INFOCUS Systems is ready with LP 1200, a 1,200-lumen XGA (1,024 by 768 pixel) resolution data projector for use in corporate conference rooms. The $13,294 system weighs 9 kg, comes with dual source display, picture-in-picture and instant-on capabilities, and offers electronic
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      425 17  -  BOXING Judges rule fight a draw despite Lewis' superior boxing By, Jim Slater AFP [NEW YORK] Britain's Lennox Lewis outclassed Evander Holyfield for 12 rounds here on Saturday, only to be denied the undisputed world heavyweight boxing title when judges scored the fight a draw.
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      539 18  -  Yo Yo Ma displays his impeccable musicianship in not one, but two very different works, says david chow DAVID CHOW THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra's 20th anniversary gala concert last Friday featured renowned cellist Yo Yo Ma. Predictably, tickets were quickly snapped up, but disappointed fans were partially
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      411 18 No one movie expected to sweep honours this year ■OSCARS AFP [LOS ANGELES] Ballot boxes close tomorrow for voting to select the Oscar winners, with no single movie expected to dominate the 71st Academy Awards where indepen. dent and major Hollywood studios will
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      1203 17 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 6 Beginning well, a member will be genial (4) 10 I I 10 A strange ring given at farewell in Hawaii ]HF IH 11 Declaration of country people IH having time (9) I 1 I 13 12 Prospect for gold in Central America 14 13 After a little
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      658 19  -  Feb share volumes and values down from Jan by half or more on both boards By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Activity on the Stock Exchange of Singapore plummetted in February as the market ran out of steam in the wake of earnings concerns
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      827 19  -  HAMO SENG Df SIGHT It cant afford to be sidetracked by cyberport, Disneyland By Quak Hiang Whai MEGA-PROJECTS seem to be the theme these days. Widespread speculation over the impact of such projects on Hongkong provided much of the boost for the stockmarket rally in the last
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        1087 20  -  Portfolio ends the week at 75% of its start-op value 12 months earlier By] Louis Beckerling [SINGAPORE] A surge of enthusiasm for small-cap stocks which got underway in September appears to have given way for a safety-first policy from investors. Behind the
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        550 20  -  M'si&n OTC market to kick off with listing of Supercomal From. Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian Exchange of Securities Dealing and Automated Quotation (Mesdaq) starts trading at the end of next month with the listing of wire and cable maker Supercomal
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        205 20 Bridge News [KUALA LUMPUR] The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) publicly reprimanded and fined Magnum Corporation on Saturday for breaching listing rules in 1997, but did not state why it took so long to act. In a statement, the KLSE said it was imposing a
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        217 20 AFP [JAKARTA] The Jakarta Stock Exchange has delisted 10 companies, four of them banks closed by the government, and warned 37 other firms they could be struck off if their performance does not improve, reports said last Saturday. The 10 named were PT Bank Surya,
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        129 20 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Westmont Land (Asia) Bhd says the Ugandan government has no grounds to terminate the property and plantation firm's 49 per cent stake in Uganda Commercial Bank Ltd (UCB). Westmont Land said in a statement distributed by the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE)
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        317 20  -  Counter saw active Friday trading to close at 6-week high David Boey [SINGAPORE] ST Computer Systems Services Ltd, which saw active trading last Friday ahead of its results release today, is expected to post a slight rise in earnings to $14-$14.5 million
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        DBS sends senior exec to Kwong On
        397 20  -  From Loh HUi Yin in Hongkong DBS Bank, which is in the midst of taking over Kwong On Bank of Hongkong, has assigned one of its senior executives to run the new acquisition. William Hon, currently managing director at DBS Bank's international banking
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        416 21 He omits mention of last year's USs6som silver investment Bloomberg [OMAHA, Nebraska] Billionaire investor Warren Buffett cut his holdings in Citigroup, the world's largest financial services firm, according to his annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Mr Buffett's letter, released last
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        327 21 Bloomberg [HOUSTON] Compaq, the world's No 1 personal computer maker, was sued by investors for allegedly failing to disclose a slowdown in sales that in January led to a 14 per cent drop in the company's share price. Houston-based Compaq
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        279 21 Bloomberg JMELBOURNE] Australia's •Victoria state has sold two more natural gas retailers for A 53.7 billion (Ss4.l billion) under a programme to sell government-owned agencies •to private companies. I UtiliCorp United Inc and AMP Ltd agreed on Saturday !to buy the biggest gas
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        515 21  -  SES m&inbo&rd listed tile maker expects '99 profit to be even higher By\ Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] China-based tile manufacturer ASA Ceramic Ltd, which has a US dollar-denominated listing on the mainboard here, enjoyed a strong 1998 and expects to see profits
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        138 21 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] America Online Inc, the largest US online service, won anti-trust clearance to purchase Netscape Communications Corp in an acquisition worth US$4.3 billion (557.5 billion) when it was announced on Nov 24. AOL's related US$5OO million strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems Inc also
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        447 21 3 banks approached likely to grant request, say reports AFP [TOKYO] Japan's largest broker Nomura Securities Co Ltd is asking three domestic banks to extend 300 billion yen (554.3 billion) in loans to cover a loss incurred by its non-bank unit, reports
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        691 22 State expected to keep less than 10%; Allianz could become a major partner AFP (PARIS] France formally gave the green light yesterday for the privatisation of Credit Lyonnais bank. A decree published in the Official Journal authorised "the transfer to the private sector of
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        203 22 Reuters [BOSTON] US mutual fund giant Fidelity Investment's flagship Magellan fund surpassed the US$9O billion (Ssls6 billion) mark last week as stocks raced to historic highs, Fidelity watchers said. "This is a staggering number. This US$9O billion of assets is more than was
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        404 22 Deal will create new entity with French bank holding 80% Bloomberg [SAO PAULO] Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP), France's third biggest bank making a double-bid for two of its rivals in the home territory, agreed to buy Brazil's Banco FonteCindam SA to expand in
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        183 22 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik urged the country's futures exchange on Saturday to consider reviving the rubber futures contract ahead of the likely death of the world rubber pact. "Commex (Commodity and Monetary Exchange) should seriously re-look
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        Lock icon Deutsche deal cushions Bankers Trust
        365 22 Reuters. NYT [NEW YORK] Bankers Trust Corp's admission that it falsified some past bank records will not stop its takeover deal with Deutsche Bank AG, but the US bank could have been in trouble without a buyer, analysts said. Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest, will not
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        370 22 Organised crime may have infiltrated insurance market Reuters [LONDON] British detectives are probing an elaborate mul-ti-million pound fraud to establish whether organised crime syndicates have infiltrated the Lloyd's insurance market. "This is the culmination of a protracted investigation, with possible links to organised crime,
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        Lock icon Yen may face upward pressure
        533 23  -  SlfciKK Weeklyßoundup Hiroko Komiya [SINGAPORE] It will be a very volatile week for the yen. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) left its monetary policy unchanged last week, while it reaffirmed its commitment to keep guiding overnight call rates as low as possible. The lack of
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        829 23 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] World oil prices finally broke out of a deep slump last week, with Brent over US$l3 a barrel, as Opec (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries) and non-Opec member countries got serious about organising
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      1879 23 SICOM FUTURES .1far 12 RUBBER (futurw dosing as at 5.30pm) RSS t CONTRACTS cmtsAg) CiOM Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnts) Interest Apr 99 107.25 650 May 99 108.75 925 Jun 99 110.50 250 Jul/Sep 99 113.25 825 Oct/De< 99 116.50 225 Jan/Mar 00 120.00 RSS 3
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        862 24 PI Sydney +5&B A LACK of any major domestic leads will see Australian financial markets remain captive to offshore forces in the week ahead, brokers said. "In particular Australian markets remain vulnerable to any signs of excessive strength in the US economy," said Commonwealth Bank economist David
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        Lock icon Hang Seng to test key 11,000 level: dealers
        291 24 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG stocks are expected to test the key 11,000 resistance level this week if overseas markets remain strong, dealers said. Over the week, the key Hang Seng Index closed up 560.64 points to end at 10,801.76 points. The rise was
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        Lock icon US traders confident of Dow hitting 10,000 soon
        606 24 NEW YORK Market seen to easily rise several hundred points after breaking barrier AFP [NEW YORK] The Dow Jones Industrial Average flirted with the 10,000 mark but fell short by some 50 points last week, slowed by the fall of Caterpillar shares.
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        Lock icon Profit-taking seen halting surge of Tokyo stocks
        404 24 TOKYO AFP SHARE prices in Tokyo are likely to slip in the coming week on profit-taking after a 3.9 per cent surge, but market sentiment is expected to remain strong, brokers said. "Investors will continue taking profit to adjust their positions after the
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        Lock icon Footsie faces mixed fate after record highs
        547 24 ■LONDON Leading stocks seen falling as traders donbt surge's snstainability Bloomberg UK stocks are likely to be mixed this week. BP Amoco pic and other companies that led the FT-SE 100 index to record highs last week will probably fall amid doubts that
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        WORLD STOCK MARKETS
        1872 24 CI Paris -14j53 FRENCH stocks failed to hold early gains last Friday as investors moved out of France and into German stocks, which they judged more attractive following the resignation of Finance Minister Oskar Lafontaine. Over the week, the CAC-40 Index lost 14.53 points, or 0.35 per
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        Lock icon Listless trading seen on KL bourse
        466 25 AFP. Bernama f% Composite Index +11.97 MALAYSIAN shares are expected to trade listlessly in the week ahead due to a lack of fresh leads, and any upward movement will hinge on the outcome of the Sabah state election, dealers said on Friday. The ruling
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        9007 25 INDUSTRIALS Consumer protects 1999 Last Vol Week N«t Cap Hlg* Law Company Sato 'OOO Hlgli Low P/E SmH 310 270 A|lnomoto 272 2 5 272 270 15 0 110.2 83 60.5 Angkasa 61 -4 94 4.5 60.5 89.9 283 220 Apollo Food Hlg 220 -5 7 220 220 7.7 88.0
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        2642 26 BONOS, LOANS WARRANTS wt 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Ouot# A»g High Law Stno Company Sat* ♦or- COOO) High Low Buyor SaHar Prlca 18 3 "Acer W*****1 US$ 13.5 *15 442 UL5 12 ~13 1X5 35 4.5 3164 AcmaV******4 16.5 unch 1148 17.5 16 16.5 17 17 3161 AIITech W*****7
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        236 26 HONGKONG STOCKS Cr Cr 52-Wk Lot Vol WMk LattOuot. Dtv D4v YM Not M Cac High Low Stno Company S«M COOP) HI# Low Buyor S»*f C'vr H P/t Smll 210 173 5123 COL (2000) HK 210 *37 36 210 176 200 215 8 2.4 3.8 10.8 4066 5124
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        Signs of life in Freight Links wrt
        235 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy ASSUMING that soon-to-expire warrants will remain in play until their expiry, the next candidate for attention could be Freight Links Express* warrant, which expires in May. At three cents each, this is one of the cheapest warrants available
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      STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE: MAIN BOARD
      6353 27 Mtafc 2 ox. r i*'' "«> Last Ouot* MV Otv YM N«t Cap Am S,No C«*>pany >«" (000) High Law Buyor S«W«f C'yt P/t $mM Prlc* WILThHIMSTlY 'li JZ 5 m 1 J°°° c "> 4 50c 72.5 *1 548 73.5 69 72 72.5
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        545 28 Source: JM Sassoon Stocks Volume UK 88,877,000 WCW99 74.510,000 DBS Land 52,909,000 Wing Tai 25c 51,685,000 STEngglOc 32,860,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 28,586,000 SembCorpI 25c 25,972.000 Keppel Land 50c 25,167,000 •TanChonglnt50c 22,764,000 Hotel Prop 19,536,000 Stwto DBS Foreign 185,965,488 City Dev 50c 126,394,547 DBS Land 125,432,585 SPH 116,122,603 OCBC Foreign
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        697 28  -  THE w ahhah Dealers amazed by STI strength despite weak economy bat rally depends on Bow's rise to 10,000 By R Sivanithy THERE'S an odd, slightly schizoid air to trading in this market these days weakness in currencies and some earnings surprises are
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        57 28  -  -By Wong Wei Kong MHE Holdings shares closed up $0,035 last Friday at $0.44 on a volume of 4.78 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 693,400 shares. The daily and weekly RSI and MACD indicators suggest that there may be more room for the stock
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      560 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SUNTEK ELECTRONICS PTE LTD (Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of SUNTEK ELECTRONICS PTE LTD. duly convened and held on 10 Marcji 1999 the following were duly passed 1 SPECIAL RESOLUTION
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      545 28 CENTREPOINT pr perties ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT CENTREPOINT PROPERTIES LTD SCRIP DIVIDEND SCHEME rJ On 4 March 1999, the Directors of centrepolnt Properties Ltd (the "Company") announced the application of the centrepolnt properties Ltd Scrip Dividend scheme (the "Scheme") to the final dividend of 8 cents
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      660 28 Want to get the best Trading Ideas? Call DBS investor Online a: 438-1188 to find out more ODUSBANK notice of special risolutions BUANA MARINE TTI LTD At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of BUANA MARINE PTE LTD, duly convened and held at 112 Middle Road #07-03 Midland House
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      160 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF AMKCO INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, that a Final Meeting of the members of the obovenamed Company will be held at
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      114 28 Classified First. Looking for a holiday destination? HL Or simply getting away from it all? mmm Top of your itinerary: P Check The Straits Times Jm Classified First. CATS. Buy It. S«l it. Ftod It. mm HH and we'll help you enhance your company profile Corporate celebrations are opportunities to
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      291 29 THERE has been a burst of activity, particularly in the handymax/ panamax sector. No doubt optimism was drawn from the recent improvement in chartering rates although last week saw some easing with the BFI Index falling 9 points on the week. We have seen more tonnage sold within
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      296 29 Source: BRIDGE SES '000 m>« a *t- Hi CUT Distribution 0.54 0.01 37 ChuanHup 0.61 0.01 72 Cosco Invostmont—0.51 unch 0 Freight Links 0.T7 -0.01 153 GBnsMings 038 -0.01 17 Hoi Sun Hup 0.47 0.01 160 IMC Hoidings-HK 5.60 unch 0 Joya Holdings 0.59 unch 97 a Shipyard
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      US shipyard wins landmark deal to build two ships
      393 29  -  USsBBom contract will see first large cruise vessels to be built in US since 1958 By\ Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] A Mississippibased shipyard has clinched a landmark contract potentially worth US$l.4 billion (552.4 billion) to build a series of cruise ships, the
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      A way to beat the Millennium Bug?
      891 29  -  DOCKYARD By, David Hughes SURELY nobody can still be unaware of the Millennium Bug, or Y2K, problem and that, if they happen to run a ship, port, shipyard or, come to that, an office, they should do something about it. The week before
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      Keppel set to complete first offshore vessel ahead of schedule
      332 29  -  Building of rig for Smedvig Asia seen as another milestone By. Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Keppel Shipyard is on target to complete its first offshore vessel, a semi-submersible self-erect-ing tender rig (SSETR) for Smedvig Asia, ahead of schedule. Keppel Shipyard clinched
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      Port Klang body joins calls for ministerial meeting over freight hikes
      229 29  -  By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The Port Klang Association of Forwarding Agents has become the latest body to join the call for Asean ministerial level action over hefty freight rate increases for shipments from the region. Vice-president of the association,
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      802 30 TITANIC ON DISPLAY NY-based salvor RMS Titanic Inc has worked hard to show vessel's precious artefacts to the public ON the evening of April 14, 1912, the 882-foot passenger ocean liner, the Titanic, struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. The subsequent sinking of the
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      348 30 PAGE Frota 12 ANL 3 FrtLiflfcs 14 tt Accord 8 C Link 4 Ahrenkiel M Gemartrans 8 AASCO 4 Genshpg 14 Appenship 5 Cory Nay 14 Austral 8 HaiSunHup 12 Avant 14 Hangli 7 B'tanq Mas 8 Manjin 3 BSA 7 Heung-A 4 BTL 14 Hoegh 13
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      19830 37 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Oest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number fcws, 30/03 01/05 NYK QUADRANT EXPRESS OWN 45 *****23 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvolre 30/03 12/05 nyk quadrant express own *****0123
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        783 43 Vassel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure *9903 *51 alongside 11.03/1245 Honest* 461 J17 alongside 11.03/0700 *fW« Uerid *****? J06 alongside 11.03/1200 BtCttradaya *****9 J01 alonqs'de 13.03/1200 M Handi Jay *****9 J01 alongside 12.03/0100 n Se»ati 2 *****9 J01 alongside 11.03/2300 «UnJ R *****9 J01 alongside 11.03/1400 M Yantijaya
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        1855 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Acx JM« 455 15/1200 U M/HOO M/1659 M/1900 Acx Mh OZM 16/0700 M M/HM M/HM M/HM 2A 14/1700 15/0659 H/0900 21 14/1700 15/0659 15/0900 15/0700 15/1159 15/1400 4 15/1200 15/1459
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        760 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        217 43 Mar 17 Ireland Republic of: St Patrick's Day. United Kingdom: St Patrick's Day. Mar 22 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Mar 25 Greece: Independence Day. Mar 28 Brunei: Hari Raya Haji. Indonesia: Hari Raya Haji. Malaysia: Hari Raya Haji. Singapore: Hari Raya Haji. Mar 29 Taiwan: Youth Day. Apr
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        500 43 Carton MO Mb 998.1 1.0 18.8 0.09 52 0.07 tor 4 OMSlty Water Rtsldu* Ash Aluminium Sediment No above EZ5 3 0 20 0 0 0 380 A** 965.6 0.3 M.O 0.06 31 0.02 Euan 380 Max 994.9 0.7 19.4 0.09 65 0.07 K6/W3 m/m M/M
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        441 44 It expects earnings growth in Asia-Pac to slow down bnt this will still be in the doable-digit Reuters [HONGKONG] DHL Worldwide Express said on Friday it was expecting double digit earnings growth in the AsiaPacific in 1999 and that the company would
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        69 44 [PARIS] The chairman of French automaker Renault, Louis Schweitzer (right), receiving a trophy from Jacob Abbou, director of the French magazine Le Journal de iAutomobile, after he was elected "Man of the Automobile Year 1998"on Thursday in Paris. Mr Schweitzer said a tie-up with Nissan
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        645 44 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's longest ever public planning inquiry ends on Wednesday after nearly four years of hearings into whether a fifth passenger terminal should be built at London Heathrow, the world's busiest international airport. But the waiting goes on. Airport owner BAA pic says it
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        349 44 But BAe says report it will take over Spanish firm purely speculative AFP [MADRID] British Aerospace has offered to buy all of Spanish aeronautics company Casa when it is privatised later this year, the Spanish newspaper Cinco Dias said on Friday without citing its
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        109 44 Reuters [ST PAUL, Minnesota] Northwest Airlines Corp, the US' fourth largest airline, said on Friday it has reached a tentative four-year contract agreement with the Transportation Communications Union, which represents customer service agent and supervisory personnel in Canada. Terms of the agreement were not
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        485 44 Airline to present plan to steer itself back into profit and repay debts AFP [MANILA] Philippine Airlines' frantic attempt to stay airborne takes a crucial turn today when creditors and regulators decide whether Asia's first carrier should vanish from its troubled skies.
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        360 44 Reuters [CHICAGO] The choice for the next chief executive of United Airlines' parent UAL Corp appears to be a toss-up between an insider who has gained employee support and an outsider from the auto industry, said analysts who follow the world's
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      349 29 DHL to invest USslBomto expand in Asia It expects earnings growth in Asia-Pac to be double digit this year Back Page ASIA WESTBOUND RATE AGREEMENT (AWRA) REMINDER NOTICE OF RATE RESTORATION ON 1 APRIL 1999 ASIA TO NORTH EUROPE Further to the press announcement made in October 1998, Member Lines
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      677 30 Need Help In JAKARTA See PT. Muheko Advertisement on Wed Page 2 EXPORT 3 x Japan •2 x Hongkong -1 x Manila -1 x Kooshiung, Keeking (Accepting FCL to BKK/NAHA/SENDAI/CE&U/LCH) vtssn. voy *a «n jut poul frw| wa mm hko kh khh osa tyo yok mz nop ukb *aVMUT 0W»
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      152 30 L,nes 4 services represented o f the feOll by Members <* ReQ'Stry of [*!■•>,■ Singapore Freight Forwarders Accredited Shipping Agents. Association Singapore Shipping Assocaton NORTH WEST EXPRESS UNE ACCEPTING CONTAINERS, BREAKBULK PROJECT CARGO TO DAMPIER/FREMANTLE (MONTHLY SERVICE) MV "TBN" ETA SIN 30/03/99 BOOKINGS CALL MONKA/AI UNO TEL 323 4374 IVmml
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      1625 32 DSR-SENATOR UNES TO UK/CONTINENT TO MEDITERRANEANCANADA ttSSft WY SW UH HTM MM MAM MV FU VtSStl VOY SIX Gff Sf€ TOS W.C MTW PUNJAI SENATOR WN9I4 1(03 R M 04 04 HO4 00 14 07.04 00 04 CHOYAM PMOEMX WM«I4 10 01 04 04 00 04 00 04 10 04
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      957 32 Ajfcfl MAU-NELS S PORE M'SIA Carrier: MN CONTR LINES, INC P. GJDANQ: (07) *****26 I 1 -I\~/ J OfHNaiBOO67MOOOB S®U: (084) *****9 MANILA: (632) *****24 PENANG: (04) *****38 BANGKOK: (862) *****67 SURABAYA: (31)*****0 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MON: (61) *****3 KUCHINQ (082) *****1-3 BARCELONA HAMBURG MV "VILLE
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      2649 33 W**kly Sailiaf Europe Mala Parts I Iwry Momiuy mmi Sitirky 1 J r SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SNENTON WAY TIL 226 1900 FAX: *****04 OUTWARD (l/l) T^SsM^^JOHOREOfFIo™ COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #i7-os dbs ildg saus/ikgs 4205M7/60 inward dept (D/O) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD |CR NO: **********0— TOWER TWO
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      1259 34 EUROPCAIK/SCANiXmVtA/FIHLAItO/WUSSU HGTI ROM ANW HBG THP ZEE LHV IHV TUP ROM ANW HBG PKL SGP E OIAMONO RW-OQ4 21/03 M,« 4 13*4 09/04 11*4 12/04 13/04 I. REACH RE-022 18/02 20/02 10/02 21/02 23/02 IS/03 10/03 E. DELUXE RW 007 2MJ3 15/04 20/04 11/04 11*4 10*4 20*4 E ROYAL RE-030
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      798 34 PACIRC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Buikjing, Singapore *****0. I CR NO 1Q*****0000E lIVKSa VOT ftt SIN M STD Wft m WW«« I I I I UMAAIISTIAUA 077 13/3 15/3 22/3 27/3 >1/3 4/4 10/4 H/4 I ■ffipan iy/» wf~ n/3 ill i/i 1/4 14/4— ~w~
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      475 34 ria> NANTAI LINE J FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA VESSEL VOt Si mi DM JM (TT M mm DHAGOK V.012S 23/03 01/04 05/04 01/04 of/04 NAIfIAI VENUS Y.033S 04/04. 12/04 H/04 It AH W¥ 23/04 GOtDtK IXtA&OW Y.OIIS 15/04 ~24/oT 21/04 31/04 02/05 NAWAI QUEEN V.0345 24/04 04/05
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      459 35 BSfl x ymm, MYANMA wBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myamiior National Line) 1 loading for Yongon (Rangoon) VISSIL VOY SIN PKI KN PGU MIR GUI VISI SID CHIN SHWI HAW V22W 17/03 IMUYSIA AGENTS: BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGfNCICS KUL HI (03)*****00 PKL: Til (03) *****01 PIN: m (04) *****02 PGU: TTL (07)
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      1327 35 HYUNDAIMERCHANT MARINE CP-'l7O- wT 15" soul i» I rtm aht hain I ntv fr Ivissa voyi sou lb< rtm| ant ham irv I~kT sm Mm mini 012W 12/03 02/04 03/04 28/03 30/03 HYOUKI 3161 17/02 24/02 20/02 23/02 J3/03 MY EMPfBOfi 317W 15/03 31/03 01/04 03/04 06/04 RMNI 525( 26/02
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      792 36 BAHOKOK/MAE TA PHUT/LA 1M CHABAHOI J A K ART A/PA N J A WO VESSEL V o r SIN BKK MTP LCH VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJN CHANABHUM" 01N In Pt 19/03 ACX JADE* 45S In Pt 18/03 DANU BHUM 33N 16/03 20/03 19/03 VIRA BHUM 2S2S In Pt 19/03
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      532 36 f^BgS INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO AUSTRALIA I FULL CONTAINER SERVICE va Ivor hq sjw 1 1 iwi 1 sro t*a I h»* I Act IF« rioiewswi i*l ii/mh/m ii/m »/m w/m 01/0* 04/04 MJST WWB TX 11/03 10/03 31/03 «/04 OS/Q4 11/04 AWIVOUT lIS »/0127/03 04/04 W/04 H/04 IS/84 U/04
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      889 36 V^SS l s VOY SX PW- JED MLA LEH RTM HAM ZEE 90T VIiEOtVIHOO S3OW IM>3 17/03 2VOO 30/03 O&P4 06AM 08/04 I<VO4 11/04 VLLEDEVELA KKTN 24/03 25/03 00/04 08/04 13/04 IVO4 16/04 18/04 ig/04 VN-LE DC SHANGHAI H3QW 30Q3 31/03 Q&W IftW ~2VOi Em MO4~" VMXE D'OfUON Y3QW 07/04
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      49 37 I n sj^rDilMMoo^of^^^msnci (Retrieve more schedules!) Press "1" f iT\ Select the port and key in STBCI the four digit code eg: To New York (NYC) 2275 Key in your fax number s Zst> Enter your phone number Another innovative service offered by The document will be Shipping Times
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      150 39 "n mmaagamm free Reader Enquiry Service cut out and fax to 65-*****29 Need HELP or INFORMATION on the following? (please tick relevant boxes) SHIPPING SERVICES Port of Origin: Cargo Type: Cargo Ready by: Port of Destination: Cargo Volume: Special Requirements: ADVERTISER:PRODUCTS/SERVICES Saw an advertisement in Shipping Times of a product
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      163 40 (FOREST PRODUCTS SIRVKE) FROM: U.K./ CONTINENT/ MIDDLE EAST TO: FAR EAST KJRQPt ?iBVKE vßsa/voY sin iaem ouiang mama hongkong keeiung TAW SXN KKU TMA ITTT 7v/i\j TT^T. GUARMAN ANGEL SAILED SAILED SAILED ADAVOYOW 07/04 09/04 13/04 15/04 IOAOMGKW: DOM VOYOI6 20/04 22/04 2S/04 27/04 sm/RusMW6/*iiwi«p/oMiiuirf/Niwfo«T uk PASQUAIi «UTW- HSM (M)
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      1029 41 —I—SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 Anson Road, Anson House #06-01 to 03, Spore *****1 CR NO. *****C*****0 TEL: *****88 FAX: *****29 (OUTWARD) *****83-4 (INWARD) /*****10 (IMPORT STATOS) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LIME: 535 6266 Cotta/Jessica/Mel Chan/Jetlynn/Dora/Hanlw EBSSSBBBIBH 7 SLGS/WEEK [QQJg&SSI 2 SLG/WEEK {VESSEL [~VOY [""MN |~JAK [VESSEL IVQY [SIN
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      1059 41 SIN TO SRI LANKA/ INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO I KG I Ml I «T I m I nw I roc I (HI KM> I mi I NTI I Otf I S*y 1 mw I tm I HOU I HOIOH DTKi 06SO 11/03 24/03 M/ 02 05/01 2*/03 >0/03 o*/04 01/04
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      605 41 CCC+ Singapore Soviet Shipping CPL a no i oosomoooqm Multiline Shipping PL J (*Mr Owd Wteii*yl a Mo 14/*****000 C VESSEL VOY SIN BOM PNG PKL KOTA RUKUN RKNO3I 20/03 27/03 07/04 06AM KOTARATU RTUO3O 27/03 03AM IVO4 ISAM PERAK 12N 03AM 10AM 21/04 22AM [VESSEL VOY SIN CALCUTTA SIM
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      564 42 I VESSEL TIGER PEARL 692N 16-16*03 22-25/03 30-30/03 I TIGER SEA 693N 19-20/03 25 2&03 02-03WJ4 I TIGER BAY 694N 23-23/03 29-01/04 06-06/04 I TIGER ISLAND 695N 26-27/03 01 04v04 09 10/04 I TIGER PEARL 696N 30-30/03 05-06/04 13-13/04 I TIGER SEA 697N 02-03/04 08-11/04 16-17/04 I IVESSE^^^^VO^^SIJ^^CA^^SI^I TIGER SPRING
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      137 42 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE SIN PASIR QUDANQ SIN DAILY SAILINGS [VESSEL 1 VOY ETA PG I C*r I VOT I ETA ON MY I PROGRESS MM lIBUWI I WWW I 15/03 nt mow AcctKhiy UC ergo > Ikiali Cowfinw <SOQ ijCOC) AGENTS: siMOAPOiw PANCON SHIPPING MARINE SERVICES PTE LTD. TEL: *****50
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