The Business Times, 22 November 1999

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/98 SINGAPORE Internet: r.ttr.v/kusinGss-times.asial .com.sg/ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1999
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    53 1 CTM»MilIKTnmiCBB Week Change STL U21.M...+3652 StMSCI FUTURES—305JO. +2.40 BTSRI 8Sia_„+5.08 KLSE OOMP. 733.29 +11.77 NIKKEI 18J7IJ4.. +31l» HANG SENG 15.073.lf_+888.43 SET INDEX. 411.55. -20.47 JAKARTA COW? ...633J1 .1.98 MANILA COMP 1.960.7J—.-40.22 TAIPEI WPL 7,900.34. ..+368.12 SEOUL COMP 993.11 +23.85 CLSA CHINA B. 827.06_„+23J8 AUST ALL OBD. 3,076.70.... +0150
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    Lock icon Get private sector to complement CPF: panel
    1550 1  -  Voluntary contributions to private pension funds also suggested By\ Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] The government should promote a role for the private financial sector to complement the Central Provident Fund (CPF) system and get Singaporeans to contribute voluntarily to private pension funds. This was
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    Lock icon Internet boom boosts Hongkong job ads
    816 1  -  i (exclusive Ads ill newspapers are op as companies from start-ups to conglomerates search for talent From Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong HONGKONG newspapers are bulging with classified advertisements again, thanks to the Internet. Long a barometer of economic health, advertisement pages are bulging again
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      126 1 mmhh Top stories Global 24-hour trading the way of the future: Credit Suisse First Boston regional chairman. Pg 7 jfvtf .r. Hard to put timeframe on Clob solution: KLSE. Pg 12 Millennium may spell the end for some f cuHs. Pa 28 AT Comment |f lin-btoc mania is not a
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    71 1 FOSEX BATES US$ St USS 1.170 1.618 1791 E1!R0(US$/SS/E) 1.031 1.712 DM WW ABM YEN 106 J 1J77 RM 3.800 0.439 HKJ 7.771 U1S BAHT 38.07 0.043 RUP1AH 7,089 0J24 Stto Munta FB1HE BATES SINGAPORE* 5l8I KUALA LUMPUB 12a JAKARM 40.00 BANGKOK 10.00 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG AJS TAIPEI JL07
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    Lock icon Chasing Silicon Valley dreams
    851 1  -  Struggling S'pore start-ups feed on optimism, ambition and instant noodles By Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] A 70s-era lift noisily transports us up four floors to the top of an office building in downtown San Mateo, a largely-Asian town 10 minutes south of San Francisco. From there, if
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      Lock icon The en-bloc mania is not a win-win situation
      666 2  -  ■-1 comment ECONOMICS With so manyjumping onto the bandwagon, some of those involved may end up In tears vikram khanna FOR a get-rich-quick scheme on a mass scale, there's been nothing this year to beat the en-bloc-property-sale mania. With rules liberalised on
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  • FOCUS silicon valley
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      Lock icon Why they choose to stay on
      888 4  -  US-educated S'poreans lead the way in striking out on their own to set up businesses in the US By. Jennifer Lien [SINGAPOREI Singaporeans starting up high-tech businesses in the US seem to have one thing in common a US education. They have earned bachelor's
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      Lock icon Matching merchants for a fee
      294 4 WHEREVER Singaporeans and food meet, something usually happens. Even in New York City. Ex-lawyer Colin Goh was finishing up his Masters in law at Columbia University in May when he and his wife went to a Korean restaurant for dinner. "I saw this couple sitting
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      Lock icon Finding an online friend is just a click away
      167 4 FRIENDME.COM is a four-month-old company started by the founders of ecQuaria, a year-old Singapore-based e-commerce software startup. Headed by Singaporebased ecQuaria chief executive Foong Wai Keong, FriendMe's first product is a free service that allows like-minded people to meet and chat
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      Lock icon Go to the Net for the best real places to shop
      358 4 TALES OF 3 START-UPS NESTLED in a Sunnyvale, California, shopping mall with nail salons, tuxedo rental boutiques and other shops is the glass-enclosed office of Shopping List.com. Incongruous? Not really. ShoppingListcom's business involves using the Web to drive traffic
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      Lock icon American V-P excited about this start-up
      559 4 Private Express.com to deliver &'hot'product BEFORE American Harry Vitelli joined Private Express.com, a Singaporean startup, he was excited about its product, but had questions about the group's Singaporebased investors. 'Td worked with startups before that had traditional Californian venture capital (funding), and there are
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  • S'PORE companies
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      Lock icon Outgoing international calls up 10% in October
      343 5  -  Surge calls into question Sing Tel chiefs pessimistic earnings forecast By' Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecom's main earnings driver outgoing international phone calls continue to climb on the back of Singapore's and the region's steady economic recovery. The number of minutes for outgoing
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      Lock icon S'pore seen leading regional push for equities
      247 5 Reuters THERE is a region-wide momentum towards holding stocks and Singapore is leading the push, chartists say. "I think the momentum for stocks is very strong throughout the region, and particularly in Singapore," said John Schofield, chartist at Prudential Bache Securities in Hongkong.
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      Lock icon Global 24-hour trading the way of the future, says banker
      688 7  -  PEOPLE S'pore seen as'probable' earfy contender for tie-ups with m^jor 6X^hftDt6S By. Jennifer Lien TRADITIONAL methods of stock trading will be "unrecognisable" five to 10 years from now given the trend towards cross-listings and exchange alliances, Credit Suisse First Boston's
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      Lock icon Transparency still a problem in Asia: Perc
      492 7 It reports lower scores in survey than last year AFP {SINGAPORE] Transparency in the business environment within post-crisis Asia leaves much to be desired despite extensive reforms on various levels, a private think tank says. In a recent poll of more than 1,200
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Festive boost seen for hotel stocks and warrants
      195 6  -  WARRANT WATCH Ven Sreenivasan WITH the year-end festive season approaching and the millennium mania hotels in Singapore are already reporting near full bookings through late December and into the first week of January. Some analysts see this as providing a strong boost
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      421 6 Source: JM Sassoon Slocfca Votumm Asia Food&Prop US$ 280,763,000 AaiaDafcorHK15c 197,678,000 GottanAgriUSIOc 104,685,000 MadhMnglOc 101,843.000 KJn»5c— 83,240,000 CMT«tooomHK7Sc 69,018,000 •Qeninglrt 66,262,000 Eagte Brand Httgs HK75c 63,112,000 Pa 25c 56,423.000 LAM 50c 56,566,000 a>pd» DBSOfp 416,382,779 OCBC. 293,917.172 UOB— 182,105,513 SIA 178,674,652 NatEtoclOc 167,377.152 MsdaRing 10c 165.657.740 AafcFood&PropUSS 153.616,965 SPH 111.991,898
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      Lock icon Volatility aside, analysts see STI at 2,350 before year-end
      538 6  -  I comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE market went on a wild ride last week, rising sharply during the first two days, then tumbling after that before ending the week on a positive note. Trade Industry Minister George Yeo's remarks about an
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      Lock icon $3 a reasonable target for NOL
      243 6  -  HOT STOCK Wong Wei Kong SHARES of national shipping line Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) continued their march higher last Friday and finished among the most actively traded issues of the session. NOL shares rose 12 cents or 4.7 per cent to a new 52-week
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      108 6 Monday, Nov 22 flbappon ♦11am. Comfort: "Enhancing shareholders' value in the next millennium ♦Ham. Somerset Holdings and the Singapore Trade Development Board press conference ♦3.30pm. Special worldwide announcement/video conference by Edmund Tie Co executive chairman CEO 4.15pm. The government releases the Consumer Price Index for October Booth
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      Lock icon Asian currencies mixed in lacklustre trade
      568 6 AFP [HONGKONG] An interest rate hike in the United States drove the Japanese yen lower last week, shaving off gains made on the back of Tokyo's stimulus package announced earlier this month. Asian currencies were generally lower or languishing in directionless trade, with the
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      244 6 COURTING THE CONSUMER. Asia's banking industry has witnessed remarkable change in recent years, particularly the opening of consumer segments to competition. During the 2nd Annual Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific Financial Services Conference in Singapore, we reflected on past challenges and looked forward to future opportunities. We would like to thank
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      198 7 I m I THE FINANCIAL TRAINING I H COMPANY I ICo mg to our CFA Presentation L S c L L L CFA PRESENTATION I Evening and find out about both Fl/PNUUf I the Chartered Financial Analyst n MM ..r. Date 2 December' 99 (Thursday) I 5 (CFA) qualification and
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      235 7 (I ABN AMRO NEWAPPOtmCNTS I ABN AMRO has announced that Mr. Mohsin Nathani has been promoted to Head of Structured Finance, Asia Pacific, ABN AMRO Bank. He will continue to be based in Singapore in the bank's regional office. He was previously head of syndications for Asia Pacific, leading a
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      Lock icon Private pension fund industry set to get major boost
      838 8  -  Among proposals: liberalisation of nse of CPF special account funds Ryy Carol Eng THE under-developed private pension fund industry in Singapore, which provides re-tirement-related financial products, may finally be given a lift-off when the proposals of the Inter-ministerial Committee (IMC) on
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      Lock icon The problem of 'asset rich, cash poor' retirees
      700 8  -  By i Carol Eng THE strategic aim is to have elderly Singaporeans continuing to live in their own homes and in the community they are familiar with, rather than in retirement villages. But one problem has to be overcome: many Singaporeans have
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      Lock icon SDF gears up for push towards knowledge-based economy
      761 9  -  Three-pronged strategy to upgrade worker gfriiig; record nnmber of training places despite crisis By, Jeanette Pang [SINGAPORE] THE Skills Development Fund (SDF) is embarking on a three-pronged initiative to keep pace with Singapore's move towards a knowledge-based economy. Productivity and Standards Board
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      Lock icon BG Lee to make statement on recovery, CPF tomorrow
      216 9 DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be making a ministerial statement on the economic recovery, including employers' Central Provident Fund contribution, during tomorrow's Parliament session. Brig-Gen (NS) Lee will also touch on the National Wages Council award for civil servants
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      Lock icon For sale: Changi pre-war shophouse site
      208 9 A ROW of shophouses sitting on a freehold, 35,100 sq ft site along Changi Road is up for sale. The pre-war shophouses are vacant and can be redeveloped into a commercial-cum-residential project. Under the Bedok Development Guide Plan, the site at 370 to 384
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      Lock icon Non-electronics exports shine in October figures
      438 10  -  I non the economy exports Such exports grew by per cent, fuelled by shipments to EU and Japan By' Teh Hooi Ling THE unsung hero of Singapore's strong October export numbers are the domestic exports of non-electronics products, figures released over the weekend show.
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      Lock icon Task is to get the best 'yin' and 'yang' mix for S'pore: SM Lee
      557 10 The Straits Times THE task of the People's Action Party Government has been to balance between being a competitive and compassionate society. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said last night. Speaking at the PAP's 45th anniversary
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      Lock icon SCCCI, Phnom Penh business chamber to step up cooperation
      229 10 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) and the Phnom Penh business chamber have moved to boost business matching between members of both sides. The two chambers agreed to form a working committee following SCCCI's recent trade and investment
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon M'sia set to unveil strong third-qtr growth figures
      494 11 KUALA LUMPUR Economists expect 2.6% growth over previous qtr, 8% y-o-y growth Reuters, Bloomberg THE Malaysian government, unveiling upbeat data Ave days before the snap election, is expected to announce on Wednesday that the economy surged in the third quarter. In the
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      Lock icon Sime Darby to seal AXA stake sale
      176 11 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd is set to sign an agreement to sell a 51 per cent stake in its insurance unit, Sime AXA Sdn Bhd, to MNI Holdings Bhd. Sime Darby and MNI on Friday requested suspension of their
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      Lock icon Hard to put timeframe on Clob solution: KLSE
      596 12 KUALA LUMPUR SIAS calls for Clob issue to go before WTO PARTIES involved in the Clob issue are working hard to bring about a speedy solution to the long-drawn saga but it may be referred to the World Trade Organization, according to
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      Lock icon KL to raise farmers' living standards
      153 12 ALORSETAR Bernama THE Malaysian government will launch a new agricultural programme towards raising the living standard of the farmers after winning the 10th general election, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. He said the incomes of rural and urban dwellers would
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      Lock icon China, M'sia mulling big joint ventures, says Zhu
      406 12 KUALA LUMPUR Chinese PM is due to start 12-day Asean swing in lTsia today AFP CHINA and Malaysia are discussing a number of major joint-venture projects, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji was quoted as saying yesterday on the eve of his visit here.
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      442 12 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters, Bridge ALL companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) are expected to be millennium-bug compliant by December, KLSE executive chairman Mohammed Azlan Hashim said on Saturday. "For main board public listed companies, 89.2 per cent
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  • SOUTH east asia
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      Lock icon Tanayong to repay 3.5b baht debt to CSFB
      434 14 BANGKOK Repayment is aimed at stepping bank from auctioning BTSCs shares Bloomberg THE founder of the first mass transit system in Thailand's notoriously gridlocked capital said he will pay a 3.5 billion baht (SIISO million) delinquent loan to Credit Suisse First Boston
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      Lock icon Manila plans to trim ballooning budget deficit
      236 14 MANILA Movetoftrest&U IMF, investors raising concerns AFP THE Philippines' fiscal managers are drawing up measures to trim the country's budget deficit which has shot past an annual target set by the International Monetary Fund of 85.3 billion pesos (513.5 billion), the central bank
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      Lock icon Thai MPs rush to get degrees: report
      152 14 BANGKOK AFP THAI Members of Parliament are rushing back to school to get university degrees, fearing the loss of their jobs under the country's new Constitution which requires them to be graduates, reports said yesterday. Some of the most recognisable faces in Thai
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      Lock icon Thai energy selloff could net US$2.8b
      374 14 BANGKOK Money will come from sale of shares in 4 state energy firms AFP THE privatisation of Thailand's energy sector, hotly protested by unions and nationalist lobbies, will go ahead in the new year and could net as much as U552.75 billion (514.6 billion).
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      Lock icon Economic issues set to dominate Asean summit
      379 15 MANILA Leaders will also discuss security issues te avoid Spratlys conflict Reuters, AFP WHEN South-east Asian leaders gather in Manila next weekend for annual talks, they are expected to focus on measures to sustain economic recoveries after the 1997-98 financial crisis and a
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      Lock icon BI chief summoned over Bank Bali
      216 15 JAKARTA Mr Sy aril is expected to be questioned this week Reuters THE Indonesian attorneygeneral's office has summoned the central bank chief to answer questions over the politically-charged Bank Bali scandal, a government official said over the weekend. The official, who did not want
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      Lock icon Supachai to lead Thailand at WTO talks
      401 15 raon^ v. :f- v "v. Bit ht ctiikl tii Seattli mii u JTTO chief if talks ttteuMtit AFP THAILAND'S Supachai Panitehpakdi tag plannsd to be at this mouth's Workl Trade Organisation talks in Seattle as WTO leader rather than a mere daleAfter a
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      46 15 ACEH] AN Acehnese boy brandishing an AK-47during a military training in the jungle at Pidie district. The secretary of the Aceh Merdeka (Free Aceh) separatist movement said that his group was ready to hold talks with Jakarta over thefuture of the trouble province. AFP
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  • EAST asia
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      Lock icon And now for Hang Seng at 16,000...
      770 17  -  hi comment HANG SENG INSIGHT With no interest rate worries ahead, the key Hongkong market barometer looks poised for some strong growth quak hiang whai THE decision by the Hongkong Association of Banks last Friday to leave interest rates unchanged is hardly surprising.
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      Lock icon China launches its first unmanned spacecraft
      245 17 BEIJING Reuters CHINA announced yesterday that it had launched its first unmanned spacecraft, joining the world's exclusive space club. The shuttle, named Shenzhou, literally meaning "God Ship", was in space for 21 hours and orbited the earth 14 times, the official Xinhua news agency
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      Lock icon A China with US$10,000 average income by 2020?
      530 17  -  Head at World Bank in China shares his striking vision of the country Frorri. David Murphy in Beijing IT is an investor's dream. Nearly a billion and a half people with an average annual income of US$lO,OOO (S$17,000). A developed service sector
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  • SOUTH asia
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      Lock icon India to widen economic reform programme
      383 17 NEW DELHI Changes would help achieve 8% GDP growth goal: PM Reuters, AFX-Asia [NEW DELHI] Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee over the weekend promised legal and administrative changes to widen the economic reform programme, taking the process well beyond its initial deregulation thrust to
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      Lock icon HSBC ups India's industry growth forecast to 5.5%
      322 17 BOMBAY But agricultural growth projection cut to 2% from 3% Reuters INDIA'S industrial growth will average 5.5 per cent in the current April-March fiscal year, boosted largely by higher housing sector investment and increased consumption, HSBC Securities said. It had earlier forecast
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Details of Sino-US WTO pact still under wraps
      346 18  -  Officials say they ire holding back till after EU-China discussions are over From, David Murphy in Beijing ALMOST a full week after China and the US signed their historic trade deal paving the way for Beijing's accession to the WTO, much of
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      58 18 [ST PETERSBURG, Russia] A Russian man yesterday entering the icy waters of the River Neva next to the Pavel and Peter Fortress in central St Petersburg. The -15 deg C temperature yesterday signalled the start of the winter season for a group of local inhabitants known as 'Walruses', who
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      Lock icon Korea may ease loan curbs for 'big deal' firms
      229 18 SEOUL Move will favour govt policy to trim chaebol strongholds Bloomberg SOUTH Korea may exempt companies formed by merging units of top conglomerates from the bank lending restrictions that govern the conglomerates themselves, the Fair Trade Commission said on Saturday. An
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      Lock icon US food system not at risk from Y2K bug: official
      315 18 WASHINGTON Spot shortages of perishables may occur in late Dec NYT AMERICANS shopping for their New Year's Eve parties will find an impressive bounty in the grocery stores, despite any small problems caused by the Y2K bug. Agriculture Secretary Dan
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      146 18 SEOUL Reuters SOUTH Korea may sharply reduce government bond issues planned for the rest of this year to help stabilise the local debt market, Yonhap News Agency reported yesterday. Yonhap quoted finance ministry officials as saying that only half of the reported
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      175 18 DETROIT Bloomberg ARTHUR Andersen LLC agreed to buy a General Motors Corp unit that processes more than US$25O billion (Ss4l7 billion) in financial transactions a year, expanding the accounting firm's activities in providing company services. Arthur Andersen agreed to handle payroll, dealer billing,
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      567 19 GENEVA Ecuador urges WTO to impose sanctions worth USs4som against EU Reuters THE United States and five Latin American countries asserted on Friday that the European Union's proposed new banana import policies would not bring Brussels into line with World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules.
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      314 19 FRANKFURT FT WIM Duisenberg, the European Central Bank president, struck back Friday at critics of the ECB's monetary policy strategy, saying its mixture of tracking money supply data and assessing other inflationary pressures represented the right balance for the euro-zone. "I know that some analysts
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      308 19 BRUSSELS FT EUROPEAN Union antifraud officers and the Stockholm police are investigating the European Commission's representative office in Sweden after claims of irregularities in invoices it has paid out. The inquiry follows an interview given by the representation's acting head to Sweden's TV4
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      240 19 NEW YORK Bloomberg MCAFEE.COM Inc, a Web site that lets consumers detect and eliminate computer viruses, and Official Payments Corp, which lets people taxes with their credit cards, are among the companies planning initial public offers (IPO) this week. McAfee.com plans to
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      502 19 FRANKFURT Group's value could be even higher than offer: analysts Reuters GERMANY'S Mannesmann AG dug in last Saturday after an unprecedented week in corporate history left it determined to fend off Vodafone Airtouch pic's record hostile bid. Vodafone's 124 billion euro (Ss2l3
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      507 20 CHICAGO Chairman says it will list its music Web site by the first quarter Reuters ENTERTAINMENT and publishing company Viacom Inc plans to spin off MTV.com, the music Web site, to shareholders in the first quarter, the company said on Friday. Viacom
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      588 21 COMMODITY Weeklyßxrundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices surged to their highest level since the 1991 Gulf War in a week dominated by speculation over whether world producers would extend an output cutback that has been instrumental in helping prices
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      502 22 NEW YORK Forget Amazon.com, new stars are ones that bnild Net bridges and roads Bloomberg INTERNET shares are back after a crash that saw many of the stocks tumble 50 per cent or more from May through July. The new stars aren't the
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      465 22 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG stocks are likely to take a breather this week as several major indexleading stocks look overbought following a spectacular run to their highest close since the onset of the Asian financial crisis. The launch of Hongkong's new technology stock board, the
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      331 22 TOKYO AFP SHARE prices in Tokyo are likely to hold firm in the coming week although investors need to be on the lookout for potential drops in high-tech-nology issues in New York, brokers said. Share prices "will likely continue to
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      409 22 LONDON AFP LONDON share prices struggled to make headway last week and ended 0.4 per cent lower because healthy sessions on Wall Street were more than offset by worries over a telecoms merger tussle involving second-largest blue chip Vodafone Air Touch. Fears over the performance
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      853 22 *MLS THE Australian market will search for fresh direction in the week ahead with no major domestic data due and no significant releases scheduled in the US either, analysts said. The major event in the coming week is expected to be the release of capital expenditure data
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      443 23 AFP Composite Index +1L77 THE Malaysian stock market is expected to move higher in the week ahead, led by speculative play on technology stocks, but trading will be cautious ahead of the general election, dealers said. "The bourse is expected to gain
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      569 25 ftiiM Weeklyßoundup [SINGAPORE] With the much-awaited Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting out of the way, the foreign exchange market should find few factors to trade on into the US Thanks-giving-shortened week. In fact, the thinness of the market will tend to exaggerate any
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      884 27 nanas Or Anything 10J0 Singaporeans In Bei- L3O The Probe Team Truth B, m Else For That Matter jing. And Consequence. 3.00 PM TV Innovations. Dharma opens a store, ILOO The Price Of Peace. 2joo to 6.00 am: Real time Fi®o H ere s Humphrey: ut w hat to 1100
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      567 28  -  British cult experts warn of a doomsday scenario as the century turns, says smoM Gardner SIMON GARDNER Reuters AS millions across Britain party the night away this Millennium New Year, for some it may well prove that the end of the world
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      790 28 ENVIRONMENT Population growth, rural developments and poaching threaten their survival Reuters [NEW DELHI] An alarm sounded around the world when India's tiger population was found to be teetering on the brink of extinction in the early *****. In 1972, the government formed Project Tiger
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      68 28 *<.■. ~lTiMSlllTflffr""'' -w Meet Ann and Wykidd; better known as Song and Kelly. While they might be familiar faces around Singapore, overseas, 'Song JCelly may only be known as a brand. Thats why the designer duo choose the American Express® Card. So now, they get the recognition they deserve in
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      205 29 1 Creative's f :rHsr\M CrnOTArfYT ""IHBBI [.z=r I I I W W CreeOve Will unveil its latest Personal Digital Entertainment Order Urre* H9v k 111 All em m# ehowceee of miemet devices, applications, end sendees for PC and <Mml IJ IJ% V If i"t»">et»n»iu«tBetea«CHßlßLaLßK.Vteitueat»»eBende ,-rn 4318 M y Convemon Center,booths#B2o26end#B1
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      731 30  -  l»li exclusive New PDE products underline company's 'Internet-sawy' strategy, chairman Sim says Reports by] David Welcher in Las Vegas CREATIVE Technology's new Personal Digital Entertainment (PDE) products, showcased here last week at the giant Comdex trade exhibition, exemplify a new business model
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      369 30 [HSICHIH, Taiwan] Stan Shih, Acer Group chairman and CEO, was inducted into the third annual Computer Reseller News (CRN) Industry Hall of Fame. N This is an honour that recognises the lifetime achievements of the industry's pioneers and innovators who have
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      Lock icon Computer Associates, PwC in service for India, South Asia
      191 30 Bridge News [BOMBAY] Computer Associates International Inc (CA) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) says they will jointly offer a range of products and services for India and other countries belonging to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). The tie-up will allow
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      647 31  -  l-ii exclusive Software giant offers free Y2K Resource CD, no questions asked By: Kenneth James FIRST the bad news from Microsoft Corp's Y2K point man: January 1, 2000, may unleash software viruses specifically designed to be triggered off by that fateful date. "There
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      283 31 WHEN the Bug hits Singapore, it will find the folk from Microsoft awake and ready. Microsoft Singapore will keep its Year 2000 hotline open 24 hours a day from December 31 to January 4, senior product manager Yong Yun Seong told
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      609 32  -  By' Toh Han Shih SOME Asean companies invest as much in information management as US firms, yet many Asean businesses gain less from their investment than their US counterparts, an expert on the subject says. According to consultant Paul Strassmann, "the amount
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        43 32 KENT RIDGE Digital Labe(KRDL) and Rational Software will hold a seminar, "Software tor the enterprise— building scaleable e-buaineea architecturee" on Nov Mat the Institute of Systems Science building of KXDL. To register, contact Elisabath Leong at 778 2071 or e-mail Hz&i—jiua.ediLsg.
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        62 32 ADVANCED Manuficturing Online (AMO) will boat its inaugural Global Supply Web Sympoeium in Hongkong, Singapore and Malaysia on Nov 16-26. Singapore's sympoatum will be bald on Nov M at the Hotel Inter-Continental while the Milaytkn ■ympiialwiw fill be held in Fenang at the Hotel Equatorial on Nov 26
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        53 32 HORIZON.COM, a Singapore developer of online technology, laat week launched a broadband edutainment portal. HORIZONbBAND, catartagto comnentsa ednraHwrif, ymmfHhik Children. HQRIZONhRANTI recreational software, edutainment CD-ROM tides and a virtual learning channeL Initially, HORIZONbBAND win be offered on Singapore ONE. Later, Hortson.com hopes to offer HORIZONbBAND in Hongkong,
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        59 32 OGILVYONB Worldwide, an international direct marketing network, has acquiredaflO per cent stake in Cybereoft, a Singaporean interactive agmcy. This acquisition follows OgilvyOne'e acquisition of Webcom, an Australian Internet company. Cybersoft'e 21-etrong team will retocete to OgllvyOne's office in Singapore and work on accounts such ae IBM,
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        70 32 Hewlett Packard (HP) baa announced tbat it will provide a free HP Year2ooo PC and NetSarver Reeource CD-ROM to its HPVectra PC, HP Brio PC, HP Kayak PC Workstation. HP Omnißook notebook, HP Jornada handheld PC and HP Nutewi have not yet taken the necceeeary
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        20 32 SYSTEMS Union, the International supptisrof SunSysteme financial and bnetnoei has partnsradKPtfG Consulting to providsmitaMEst baek-offlceeototJons in Malaysia.
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        55 32 TAIWANESE telecoms company Taiwan Paging Networks baa begun oparatlogamHtaH voice-activated stock tnformatkm system ueii* terhtwiogyihanhiibTslkOoiporatkai.a Hongkong-haeert prnvkhiofmutttHngualepseeb recognition technology. This system allows callsrt to obtain real-tia» stock quotee on all Tatwanttocfc ifii laiibllelsil i iisiimiilsi I'm msahliMi jjiii abhfe>laliuMtntoainoblkorfl»ed4lnopl*^ik^fflipb TTnukijsnent limit tbs irentin s ei m nf
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      426 32 IBM jumps iite graving cerpor&te Web cemwlting market Reuters [NEW YORK] IBM is setting up partnerships with leadingedge design and marketing firms in a bid by the world's largest provider of computer services to compete more effectively in the exploding corporate Web consulting
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      610 33  -  M-VJ IT rod scott The author is senior manager, financial services industry solutions marketing, enterprise business, Asia-Pacific, Cisco Systems Inc THE Internet age has forced enterprises to re-evaluate their business practices, especially true in the financial arena, where specialisation, globalisation, deregulation and changing customer
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      171 33 AFP [BANGKOK] The electricity chief of Thailand's capital city has rejected the possibility of a Y2K-related blackout when clocks tick over into 2000. Metropolitan Electricity Authority governor, Kasem Jaihong, said comprehensive measures had been taken to ensure all computerised facilities were safe from
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      689 33  -  FiVi we see IT raju chellam The writer is BizlT Editor FOUR years ago, the caustic chief of Oracle Corp Larry Ellison predicted that by 2000 there will be more non-PC devices accessing the Internet than PC devices. That statement, made
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      505 34  -  Partnership gives Ebiz new technology to strengthen its own software By' Toh Han Shih SINGAPORE Internet start-up Ebiz Solutions has tied up with high-flying US firm Vignette in a bid to enhance its attraction with financial institutions wanting to do electronic commerce. Vignette, which
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        43 35 CYBERSTORM Media has launched CDCard, a business card-sized CD-ROM with capacities from 18 to 48 MB. Targeted at the e-commerce, tourism and advertising industries, the card starts at $3.69 each with a minimum order ofl,ooo pieces. For details, fax: *****92.
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        48 35 HEWLETT Packard Singapore has launched three new P-class Visualise personal workstations—the P6OOC, P6SOC and P7OOC-at prices starting from The systems are dual Intel Pentium in processor capable, from6ooto7ooMHz, support up to 768M8 memory and a maximum of 86 GB internal disk. For details: *****87
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        52 35 HEWLETT Packard Singapore has launched the' 'world's most powerful 64-bit four-way technical workstation", the HP Visualise J7OOO. The system supports up toBGB RAM, the largest memory of any available workstation. Priced from $120,715, the J7oooprovides "foil support for kernel threads in a 64-bit operating system." For
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        Lock icon A4 size notebook from Sharp
        52 35 SHARP-ROXY Sales Singapore is ready with Sharp's newest A4-size notebook, the PC-A520. The product runs on Intel's36BMHz Mobile Pentium Hand comes with 64 MB RAM, &IGB hard disk, and built-in 56k modem. The $B>9BBproduct comes with a 12.1-inch thin film transistor LCD display. For details,
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        Lock icon IBM WorkPads launched
        70 35 IBM Singapore has launched two new handheld PCs— Work Pad 30x and Work Pad c3—targeted at corporate users. The $450 Work Pad 30x offers 4 MB of memory and the 1619 Work Pad c 3 comes with 2 MB. Both models come wtth Easy Sync for Lotus
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        71 35 SONY has launched two new LCD monitors, the L 133 and MultiscanLlBl.Th*l3.3-inchLl33 weighs lese than 4.9 kg,isl6smmdeepandispricedattt,4oO.TheiB.l-Wl* LlBl weighs 9 kgj ls 20T.5 mm deep and Is probed at '|5,6d0. Sony also launched two C#T monitors -the G4ooand GfiOO targeted at professionals. The G4OO Is
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        31 35  -  Compiled bj Andrew Wee IN the article "A new palmtop from Iff S'pore" published on Nov 15, it was reported that the Jornada69ohandheld 1 apologises for any inconvenience caused.
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      417 35  -  Optional fingerprint devices and smart card readers address need for safe transactions By, Andrew Wee COMPAQ Computer's latest desktop computers, launched here last week, offer optional security features that enable users to carry out ebusiness transactions safely. The two new desktop models Deskpro EN small
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      Lock icon Internet-use appliances set to top that of PCs
      382 35 AFP [LAS VEGAS] Hand-held computers, telephones with Web browsers and other Internet appliances are set to overtake traditional computers' popularity in the next few years, industry analysts said Wednesday at a major trade show here. About one in 10 companies showing off
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      Lock icon Internet images shine at Comdex
      703 35 NYT [LAS VEGAS] Judging by the buzz last week at the Comdex computer trade show, sharing your favourite snapshots online with family and friends or, if you like, with the whole world, will be the next big thing to hit the Internet. With prices for
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        993 36  -  Business software will lead the next stage of Java development, says guru Miko Matsumura i i exclusive By. Andrew Wee TWO years ago when Miko Matsumura visited Singapore as Sun's evangelist for the Java programming language, he spoke about the language's ability to create flashy
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          73 36 SIX secondary schools Broadrick, Chai Chee. Dunman, Loyang, Ping Yi and Siglap—have joined Cisco Systems' Networking Academy programme, a non-profit educational initiative aimed at preparing students for the knowledge-based Internet economy. Temasek Polytechnic will provide instructor training, curriculum updates and lab equipment maintenance for the
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          54 36 I-QUEST Corp, which provides broadband laptop Internet access for hotels, has partnered Internet messaging specialist That Web. Com Pte Ltd to provide access to e-mail accounts from hotel rooms. I-Quest's clients include the Grand Hyatt and Sheraton Towers here and The Rita Carlton and
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          58 36 MALAYSIA-BASED Biz Tone.com, which provides business solutions over the Internet has been named the first South-east Asian recipient of the Asia Java Fund. The US$4B million fund, set up by Sun Microsystems, has awarded RM2O million to Biz Tone. Hie ftind's investors include Singapore Telecom,
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          73 36  -  Compiled by Andrew Wee HEWLETT-PACKARD will provide the open source code for its e-speak technology, which is available on its Web site at www.e-speak.net on Dec 8. E-speak allows services to be automatically brokered, bid and transacted on the Internet. The company is also
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      251 37 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young WHILST there has been a slightly quieter period, there are still a lot of undercurrents and although there is little to report in the way of sales of mainstream tonnage, many ships appear to be under inspection or negotiation with results expected shortly.
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      455 37  -  Four countries voted ont as Bahamas, Malta, Morocco and Turkey come in From, David Hughes in London LIBERIA has lost its place on the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The world's second largest flag state was one of four countries
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      730 37  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes THERE can be little doubt that this year's Ship Repair Conversion Exhibition and Conference, held recently in London's Olympia, was yet again a resounding success. The two levels of the exhibition hall were full to capacity with stands and there was
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      379 37 [TOKYO] Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi will urge South-east Asian leaders to fight piracy, following the hijacking of a Japanese-oper-ated freighter in the Straits of Malacca. He will make the proposal at a summit of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) in
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      122 37 Bridge News [SHANGHAI] Exports in the east China port city of Shanghai surged by 19.8 per cent year-on-year in the first 10 months of 1999 to U5535.4 billion (5559.1 billion), the official Xinhua News agency reported. Exports to the US grew even faster than exports
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        632 38  -  Indian success in recovering hijacked ship proves the benefit of co-operation by governments, law-enforcement agencies and the industry, says marcds hand MARCUS HAND EVER since the headline grabbing hijack of the Malaysianregistered tanker Petro Ranger in May last year, maritime piracy has become one
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        219 38 AFP [MAPUTO) Mozambique's main port of Maputo has been leased to a British-led consortium, the Maputo Port Development Co (MPDC), officials announced last week[lF SIGNED.OFF THEN B], An agreement formalising the concession was signed inl Maputo by MPDC chairman Ken Wharton and Mozambican government
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        755 51 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 market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        243 52 Reuters IPARIS) Boeing Co will fight to prevent Israeli national carrier El A 1 from following through with plans to buy rival Airbus planes, a top executive at the US aerospace and defence giant said. "This is not a firm order,"
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        229 52 AFP [NEW YORK] More than half (52 per cent) of US air travellers said they were less likely to fly on commercial airlines from Egypt or other Middle Eastern countries following the crash of Egypt Air flight 990, according to
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        209 52 AFP [JAKARTA] The Indonesian National Air Carrier Association (Inaca) has criticised the government's decision to issue new licences for scheduled commercial flights, reports said. "There is no need so far to have more scheduled airlines unless the new airlines are focusing on parts in eastern
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        368 52 Deal with American is to give it a partner to replace Delta Bloomberg [JOHANNESBURG] The head of Swissair parent SAirGroup said the airline doesn't intend to join the Oneworld alliance, dominated by British Airways and AMR Corp's American Airlines, even as the Swiss carrier starts
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        582 52 It also agrees to adjust policies to end gender and racial pay disparities Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Boeing Co, the world's largest aerospace company, will pay at least US$4.5 million (557.5 million) in back pay and raises to resolve government claims
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          135 52 Reuters (HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said on Friday its prospects for the coming year were improving and a World Trade Organization deal between China and the United States was positive for the airline industry. "I think 2000 will be better than 1999
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          101 52 Bridge News [HONGKONG] China's civil aviation agency, an industry regulator, pledged to open up the aircraft maintenance and booking businesses to foreigners, reported the English-language Hong Kong China Daily. In light of last week's WTO news, the official paper reported that the Civil Aviation
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          128 52 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Eva Airways said last week it would start code-sharing services with American Airlines, the world's second largest carrier. The alliance was to start yesterday. It will enable American Airlines to extend its passenger services from major cities on the west coast of the
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        194 52 AFX-Asia [SYDNEY] Australian Finance Minister John Fahey said the federal government is looking at privatising Sydney airports, which includes Australia's largest Kingsford Smith as soon as a decision is made on where a second major Sydney airport is to be located.
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