The Business Times, 23 March 2000

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85$ SINGAPORE Internet: http: business-times.asial .com.sg THURSDAY, MARCH 23. 2000
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    80 1 FOBEX BATES ust St U» 1.7JI *<US*SSp«£) 1JM IMO EUROfUSS/SJ/E) 8JM l W 0* tm 1841 YEN 1MJ IMS RM -MM 0.461 HKS 7.7M IB HAifr 17.86 0.045 RUPIAH 7,445 0.023 St to M wtitt 'SttoMunta Avwtff of I* baaki "Flow Owni Baak duroaat rates PUKE RATES SINGAPORE* §80
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    Lock icon Effective set to clinch 90% Clob acceptance
    700 1  -  Brokers' deadline for acceptance passes without the feared rnsh by Investors From} Ven Sreenivasan, Eddie Toh The acceptance rate for Effective Capital's offer to migrate Clob investors' frozen Malaysian securities is pushing towards the 90 per cent mark. And brokers in Singapore heaved
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    Lock icon CDL Hotels' turnover to top US$1b, says Leng Beng
    568 1  -  He's honoured as the Asian hotelier who's made global impact By Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] Boosted by contributions from its recent-ly-acquired Seoul Hilton hotel and the Regal hotel chain, CDL Hotels International's turnover is expected to top US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) this
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    Lock icon Manila court orders seizure of NOL tanker
    516 1  -  I exclusive Vessel alleged to have caused oil spill; NOL says it is not responsible FYOTTIi Alec Almazan in Manila A MANILA court has ordered the arrest and seizure of a Singapore-registered Neptune Orient Lines bulk tanker for allegedly causing an oil spill
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      84 1 wstoe Motoring ImJ y Early effects of BMWs Rover sale. ***7 Premium opens Audi showroom. Pg MB BT Comment Adding colour to the mobile race. MmxtP§ Biotech stocks likely to pick up again once panic is over. Pg 4 Top stories CyberWorks stock fall sparks concerns over HKT deal, Metjrt
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      108 1 Prices of good-class bungalows up 42% dot-com start-ups boost office sector Executive Suite. 5* ««v" fTT 4 ioHH'a Miiili t Hutiil-Moitntl kriv/Hil/i'fc H7>/» N'l/fIV /W»»5 M/l </# sigiurf ««</ matte r»< //<<'<■< ,'v h\ iit\wi it 11iii 14 r M *<•<•'•>•< clt'hrvr lc Icmpst k\S .IV hutmau uis*. Vf W
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      Lock icon CyberWorks stock fall sparks concerns over HKT deal
      808 2  -  Slide past key HK518.62 level raises possibility of repricing of offer Froml Meera Tharmaratnam, Quak Hiang Whai PACIFIC Century CyberWorks continued its slide yesterday, trading past the critical level of HK118.62 to a low of HKSIB.3O and raising some concerns that its
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      Lock icon Polytechnic principal to be PUB chief exec
      324 2  -  PEOPLE Present chief Ong Ho Sim to be deputy secretary at Ministry of Trade and Indnrtry By i Jane Cheong [SINGAPORE] A polytechnic principal will take charge of the Public Utilities Board as it moves into an era of more open market for
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      Lock icon Labour productivity fuels US growth: Greenspan
      389 2 Non-financial output rising at doable historical rate Reuters [WASHINGTON] The record US economic expansion was far stronger than expected and was underpinned by a remarkable acceleration in labour productivity, the Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan, said yesterday. His comments came a day after the
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      678 2  -  Hirt comment TECHNOLOGY Palm presages future of wireless Met access kenneth james SAM feels a familiar vibration coming from his shirt pocket and pulls out, not a mobile phone or pager, but a palmtop device. The colour screen comes alive with a touch of
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        62 2 ANG Kong Hua, president of Nat Steel Ltd, injected some fun into a sober press conference yesterday when he protested at the photographer who was snapping away while he was chomping on a sweet. "I still want to look good even though I'm old," the fifty-something
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        Lock icon Research heads go online
        105 2 WE note that one of Singapore's first if not the first independent Internet research firm has been set up by three former heads of institutional research. net-research.com Pte Ltd provides subscription-based "independent equity research using an institutional framework but tailored for the man in the street",
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        Lock icon It's a jungle out there
        62 2 BROOKFIELD Zoo in Illinois in the US appears to have insight into the daily challenge of managing wild life in the newsroom. It has invited the editor of The Business Times to attend a conference in May titled, "The Apes: Challenges for the 21st Century".
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  • FED concerns
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      Lock icon Margin debate hots up in US
      1059 3 Analysts say raising margin limits will curb speculative excess in the market cool the economy Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] TUESDAY'S jump in stocks, even as Federal Reserve raised interest rates, will no doubt fiiel fUrther debate on a move the Fed hasn't made in 26 years
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      Lock icon It's not enough, Fed hints, as economy speeds on
      457 3 LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve officials, concerned that the nation's extraordinarily strong economic growth will lead to higher inflation, raised short-term interest rates on Tuesday by a quarter-percentage point and hinted more such moves are probable if growth doesn't slow to a
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      3 3 I I sup
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      116 3 Some even call it an epiphany. Until you've actually dined at Intermezzo, you won't know what Asia-Pacific cuisine should be. In fact, it's a dining philosophy that will change the way you feel about fine dining. A concept that heightens your consciousness of natural flavours and blends into an exquisite
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      155 4 0 0 CHANGI AIRPORT WE SHALL BE SERVING YOU BETTER AT TERMINAL ONE FROM MARCH 25, 2000 Yes, we will indeed. Our move to Changi Airport's Terminal One will benefit you in a host of ways. We will be closer to our commercial partner, Qantas, on the route between Switzerland
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon NatSteel profit at record $79m; mulls group revamp
      728 4  -  It is reviewing several options to bring out group's value By\ Siow Li Sen NATSTEEL Ltd yesterday announced better-than-expected record profits of $79 million, and floated the idea of breaking up the group to farther boost shareholder value. Putting it bluntly, Nat
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      Lock icon SIA says no Thai Airways stake yet
      435 4 And Virgin says to expect major announcements in April Reuters SINGAPORE Airlines yesterday denied a report that it was close to acquiring a stake in Thai Airways International (TG). "We continue to be interested in joining the Star effort to bid for a
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      Lock icon Biotech stocks likely to pick up again once panic is over
      663 4  -  lock siew neil behrmann BRITISH biotech executives are doing their utmost to allay investor fears about slumping stocks that were previously on their way to the moon. What triggered the slide was a joint statement early last week by
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      Lock icon Keppel T&T buys 51% stake in Netrust for $1.2m
      334 8  -  Digital security services seen to take on bigger role as e-commerce spreads By Teh Hooi Ling KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation (KTT) has paid $1.2 million for a 51 per cent stake in Netrust South-east Asia's first digital certification authority provider. It acquired
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      Lock icon Music industry price war damps EastTech profits
      372 8 ACOUSTIC products maker Eastern Asia Technology suffered a big blow to its earnings last year even though turnover was up slightly at $166 million. An industry price war, higher depreciation and R&D costs which the company treats as expenses cut net profit by
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      Lock icon Somerset sells London property stake for £9.4m
      153 9 1 SOMERSET Holdings, through its subsidiary Stanhope Holdings, has sold a substantial part of its interest in the Stanhope Gardens project in London for £9.4 million (5525.3 million), which would yield an extraordinary gain of $6.4 million for the company. The sale to
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    • EARNINGS Briefs
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        Lock icon Penguin Boat profit sinks 28%
        72 9 PENGUIN Boat International yesterday reported a 28 per cent fell in profits to $5.2 million for the year ended 31 Dec. Turnover plunged 31 per cent to $35.2 million, with earnings per share dropping to 2.58 cents from 3.59 cents. Net tangible assets backing per
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        Lock icon TMC earnings down 30% to $1.6m
        66 9 TMC Int'l Holdings reported a 30 per cent earnings fell to 91.6 million for 1999. Sales rose 3 per cent to $10.8 million, while earnings per share fell to 1.76 cents from 2.6 cents. Net tangible assets backing per share plunged to 9.62 cents
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        Lock icon Singapura Building Society nets $2.8m
        74 9 SINGAPURA Building Society reported a 129 per cent jump in profits tc $2.8 million for the half-year aided 31 Dec, This was despite a 23 per cent drop in turnover to $104 million, and due to lower funding costs and lower loan provisioning. Earnings per
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        Lock icon Lee Hwa sparkles with 14% higher gain
        71 9 LEE Hwa Holdings yesterday reported a 14 per cent rise in profits to $4.5 million for last year. Turnover jumped 21 per cent to $72 million, while earnings per share rose to 4.38 cents from 3.81 cents on a folly diluted basis. But
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        Lock icon Cathay makes profit comeback
        107 9 CATHAY Organisation Holdings bounced back with a net profit of $1.3 million for the 10 months to Dec 31, compared with a loss of $717,000 in 1908. However, an extraordinary loss related to the disposal ofIMM Mega Mart and acquisition of Cathay businesses pulled bottom line
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        Lock icon Heshe narrows losses at half-time
        78 9 insane Homings narrowed its losses to $369,000 for the six months to Dec 31, from a loss of $1.4 million in the previous corresponding period. Turnover grew 25 per cent from $24.9 million to $31 million on better performance from its export garment and food
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        Lock icon Superbowl scores high for 1999
        56 9 SUrKRBUWL Holdings yesterday reported a 58 per cent Jump in net earnings to $6.6 million as turnover crept up 1.5 per cent to $39.2 million last year. Earnings per share came to 3.41 cents, up from 2.16 cents. Net tangible assets group declared a first
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      Lock icon Textile trader Ban Joo to launch its IPO next week
      506 9  -  Shares to be priced below 20 cents each, says mainboard-bonnd company By 1 Ling Su Ann INVESTORS who are jittery about new-economy stocks will be cheered by the next initial public offering in line Ban Joo Co, a traditional textile
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  • CORPORATE results
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      Lock icon Elec & Eltek interim profit up 19% to $32m
      455 5  - Elec Eltek interim profit up 19% to $32m Omni Mold plans bonus dividend on 166% earnings leap By, Jennifer Lien HONGKONG-BASED printed circuit board maker Elec Eltek, which recently called off a planned sale of its core business, yesterday posted a 19.1 per cent rise in interim net profit to
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      Lock icon Kay Hian net gain swells 144%
      318 5  -  By Ling Su Ann STOCKBROKER Kay Hian Holdings saw a big jump in profits in 1999. After tax provisions of $18.8 million ($7.2 million in 1998), it posted net profits of $57.8 million up 144.3 per cent. Turnover hit $196.9 million, up one and
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      Lock icon Allgreen returns to black with $97m profit
      430 5  -  Directors propose 5% dividend, expect this year's results to be even better By Marissa Chew ALLGREEN Properties has returned to the profit path, posting group net earnings of $97.2 million for the year ended 1999, against a $261.7 million loss the previous year.
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      Lock icon Seksun profits rise 38% to $6.1m on higher turnover
      243 5  -  By Audrey Tan SEKSUN Precision Engineering yesterday reported a 38 per cent jump in profits to $6.1 million for the year ended 1999, as its business grew with the computer peripherals industry here. Turnover surged 41 per cent to $99 million,
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      85 5 Director Eric Khoos films may well be known to movie buffs at home and around the world. But unlike an actor, a director spends most of his time behind the camera. That's why Eric carries the American Express* Card. So now, he will always be sure of instant recognition —no
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      468 6 Stock« Volume Fastech US10c 27.838,000 NOL 27.399,000 MMI Hldgs 10c 14,893,000 Kyoeha HK50c 14,778,000 GoWtron20c 13,150,000 MediaRing 10c 12,866,000 Vckecs Capital 25c 12,062,000 STEngglOc 11,628,000 Ionics WOO 11,216,000 IPCCorpn5c 10,681,000 Stocks PacificCentury 101,888,600 DBSGip 41,578,852 0C8C 37,375,111 NOL 36,936,609 SIA 34,759,900 SPH 33,303,566 Fastech US10c 32.403.677 ST AasemWy 25c 24,987,200
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      Lock icon Early gains fizzle out as 'old economy' stocks lose steam
      588 6  -  l-l I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy IT was a day of ups and downs yesterday as "new" and "old economy" stocks tussled for superiority without any clear victor emerging. It was also a day of short-selling, judging by the pressure
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      Lock icon Time, gearing in favour of small-cap Hai Sun Hup wrt
      176 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By\ R Sivanithy MOST of the retail equities segment is in the doldrums, thanks to a combination of a shorter settlement period and weak market sentiment. Yet we've seen time and again in the past that under the
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      Lock icon More medium-term upside for Gul
      242 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Ven Sreenivasan GUL Technologies has rebounded on strong volumes from its recent low of just above $1.40 reached on Monday. The counter gained eight cents to $1.53 on a volume of 1.35 million units yesterday. And the technical charts suggest that the
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      147 6 TIBS Holdings: Bonus issue of one-for-two. The ex-date is on April 4. Last day for buying-in on cum basis is on April 7. CHEONG Sae Peng, 42, has been appointed deputy chairman and chief executive officer of SC Global Developments Ltd, formerly ANA Hotels. His brother, Cheong Por
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      Lock icon US dollar rises against euro, yen in quiet trading
      516 6 AFP [SINGAPORE] The US dollar yesterday closed higher against the euro and the yen in quiet Singapore trade, dealers said. The euro ended at U550.9607, down from its previous day's of U550.9725. It had opened here at U550.9586, according to rates
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      494 6 WORLD SUMMIT ON SMALL BUSINESS 2000 The Association of Smalll and Medium Enterprises of Singapore is proud to be the host of the Inaugural World Summit on Small Business 2000. The World Summit on Small Business 2000 is a leading global forum for the small business sectors, and it provides
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      1534 8 KAY HIAN HOLDINGS LIMITED v ANNOUNCEMENT OF UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 ST DECEMBER 1999 1 The directors of Kay Hian Holdings Limited (the "Company") are pteaaed to announce the foftowing reeults: r-r- GROUP COMPANY 1999 1999 1999 1996 rooo rooo Changs $000 fOOO Change 1(a) Turnover 196.862
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      31 8 This announcement appears as a matter of record only. V.fi >J First Capital Corporation Ltd *****,000,000 Medium Term Note Programme Arranger and Dealer Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore) Limited March 2000 CIVBAN<O'
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Labour turnover up last year
      274 10  -  By Audrey Tan LABOUR turnover inched up in 1999 as the job market improved, figures from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) show. The average monthly recruitment rate across all industries was 2.6 per cent, up from 2.3 per cent in 1998 and closer to the
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      Lock icon Kunming-S'pore rail report
      105 10 Oana-Xinhua [CHENGDU] China has completed the feasibility study for a railway line that will link Kunming, capital of China's Yunnan province, with Singapore. According to experts, two schemes for the line are under consideration. The first will run 4,600 km, including the already completed sections in the
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      Lock icon Early birds get 50% off StarHub's IDD 008
      318 10 IN the first of many more goodies to come, telecoms newcomer Star Hub yesterday said it would give a 50 per cent discount on all international calls to those who pre-register for its IDD 006 service. The discount, however, is valid only
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      Lock icon New telecom licensees to be named next week
      445 10  -  |TTTexciusive Many applications understood to be for services-based operations licences Reports by Teh Hooi Ling MINISTER of Communications Yeo Cheow Tong will announce next Thursday the winners of new telecommunications licences in Singapore, following the move to open fully the telecommunication market
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      Lock icon Startup to put F&B supply chain on the Net
      411 10  -  By Toh Han Shih FOODBEX.COM, a Singapore startup, will soon offer electronic commerce to the food and beverage (F&B) industry in Singapore, which will lower costs and administrative work for F&B companies. Even before Foodßex.com starts operations on April 1, several
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      Lock icon ABN Amro muscles into home loan market
      459 10  -  Another ronnd of price war not ruled out: analysts By] Ling Su Ann ABN Amro, one of the four banks to be awarded a Qualifying Pull Bank (QFB) licence, has wasted no time in building up its retail operations. The Dutch financial giant
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      Lock icon Study confirms FairPrice's lead in local market
      331 10 LEADING supermarket chain NTUC Fair Price, which yesterday unveiled a new logo, has disclosed results of an independent survey confirming its stronghold in the local market. The AC Nielsen survey conducted last September showed that nine out of 10 grocery shoppers surveyed shopped
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      141 10 Singapore Symphonia Company Limited presents WOFA Percussion dance from Guinea, West Africa Date: 4 5 April 2000 (Tuesday Wednesday) Time: 8.15pm Venue: Victoria Concert Hall Together with their African drums and traditional instruments, this group will electrify audiences with their exuberant dancing explosive rhythms! Ticket PrtflvfeiJj AlO% discount given for
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Education scheme: CPF explains restriction
      579 11  -  Ronald Chong Manager (Public Affairs) Central Provident Fund Board Singapore WE refer to your Mailbag letters "Don't tap CPF funds for skills training" by Dennis Ng (March 6), "Why so much fuss over use of CPF for education" by Narayana Narayana (March 14) and "If
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      Lock icon Online trading costs less, so lower fees are justified
      200 11  -  Tony Lee THESE are my responses to SGX's claim that it is providing a level playing field in disallowing incentives for online trading. Yong Ying-1 of the Infocomm Development Authority has said that it will make changes to rules every 2-3
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      Lock icon IDA clarifies: No policy flip-flops
      539 11  -  Dulcie Chan Manager Corporate Communication Infocomm Development Authority I REFER to Lee Han Shih's article "Will IDA make up its mind and stick to it?" (BT, March 20). Mr Lee contends, based on two examples, that IDA'S policies have taken "flip-flops" by changing "every few
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      273 11 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF DAI HUA DEVELOPMENT PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, the Final Meeting of the members of the
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  • eNews
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      Lock icon Ten-fold increase in Internet viewers of Oscar awards expected
      623 13 LOS ANGELES Oscar.com and HoUywood.com to fight it out for highest number of hits Reuters FOR years, it has been the Greatest Show on Earth. Now the Oscar awards the movie industry's biggest annual celebration is set to be the Greatest
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      Lock icon Boeing forms unit to lead push into 'global mobile' market
      408 13 SEATTLE Bloomberg BOEING Co, the world's biggest aerospace company, said it formed a new division to spearhead its drive into the market for so-called "global mobile" Internet users. Boeing has been working for the past year to develop a system
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        Lock icon AOL has more than 22m customers
        62 13 Bloomberg [DULLES, Virginia] America Online Inc, the world's largest Internet access provider, said its flagship AOL service hjis more than 22 million subscribers, who use it an average 0f65 minutes each day. The company gained one million new subscribers since eariy February. Ameijica Online
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        Lock icon That's a rich portal
        60 13 AP [MEXICO CITYj The richest man in the world, Bill Gates (leftX joined forces on Tuesday with the richest man in Latin America, Carlos Slim Helu, in a battle to dominate the Internet in the region by creating a portal site— Tlmsn—that combines the expertise of
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        Lock icon NYT Co sells stake in Internet unit
        81 13 Bloomberg {NEW YORK] The New York Times Co, publisher of the third largest US newspaper, said it sold an undisclosed stake in its Internet operations to three venture capital firms. The three firms—Flatiron Partners, Highland Capital Partners and Chase Capital Partners—bought US$4O million
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        Lock icon New e-market for chemicals
        71 13 AFP (LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany] BASF yesterday said that it was Joining forces with other leading chemical makers and the software giant SAP to form an electronic market place for the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors. The partners, BASF, Degussa-Huels, Henkel, Metallgeaellschaft and SAP, would set up a Joint
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      Lock icon 'Seeing' chip to be sold to top bidder
      521 13 SAN FRANCISCO Reuters IN WHAT promoters hail as a breakthrough technology that can do everything from making cars safer to selecting ripe fruit, a new "seeing" chip that mimics the human eye is for sale in the world's first high-tech auction. The
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      Lock icon Lycos Europe makes poor debut, falling below issue price
      492 13 FRANKFURT Lastminntexom suffers same fate amid weakness in technology stocks AFP Reuters SHARES of the Internet portal, Lycos Europe, received a cold shower at their debut on the FrankfUrt stock exchange yesterday, falling below their issue price even though investors had
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      Lock icon AOL adds Digital City sites, wireless information
      295 13 DULLES. Virginia Bloomberg AMERICA Online Inc, the world's largest Internet service, is expanding its Digital City unit to more than 200 regional Web sites from about 60 to increase advertising and electronic-commerce revenue. Digital City's Internet sites offer local information such as restaurant
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      Lock icon Yahoo and PepsiCo in cross-marketing deal
      330 13 SANTA CLARA, California They will promote each other's products on the Web and Pepsi bottles Bloomberg YAHOO, the No 1 Web-navigation company, is teaming with PepsiCo, No 2 soft-drink maker, to promote each other's products on the Web and on millions of soda bottles.
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      817 14  -  WkilA bottom line OPINION robert samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group ALAN Greenspan faces long odds in trying to nudge the stock market to where he'd like it to go. The US Federal Reserve chairman has argued that the buoyant market by making Americans feel so
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      113 14 'Every time the Americans go somewhere to talk, they end up getting involved. We don't need America to solve our problems for us.' Chaadnuri Chatter? a graduate student at Jawaharlal Nehru University, protesting against US President Bill Clinton's visit to India. 'What becomes obsolete is the language
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      607 14 EDITORIAL SINGAPORE'S biggest so-cio-economic challenge of the day can be summed up thus: Too few older folk, especially women, in the workforce; too few babies for the future; and far too few enlightened pro-family employers. The latest findings about Singapore's manpower trends, particularly women
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      1094 14  -  If the chemistry is had, then the banks can seek alternative partnerships By. Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent JAPANESE banks are merging at a remarkably rapid rate the former one dozen leading "city" or commercial banks will become just
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      923 14 John Paul's legacy WHEN you lead an organisation that has 1 billion members and is 2,000 years old, it is wise to think in the long term. Pope John Paul II is thinking much longer than many of his critics, and supporters, may realise. His historic
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        118 15 NALURI Bhd, which owns 29 per cent of national carrier Malaysia Airlines, inched up six sen to RM1.64 in the stock market on news that it will complete its debt restructuring exercise by the end of this month. But market sentiment was partly dampened by
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        54 15 EDARAN Otomobil Nasional's share gained 60 sen to RM 13.90 on the expectation that Proton has finalised the deal to buy the distributor of the national car from Hicom Holdings Bhd. National oil giant Petronas recently bought a 27.2 per cent stake in Proton, which
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        84 15  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh INVESTORS continued to have mixed feelings about Renong Bhd and its associate United Engineers Malaysia. The Renong share price eased two sen to RM2.84 despite news of its ambitious plan to develop an IT park in Johor with Singapore Technologies. On the other hand,
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      651 15 KUALA LUMPUR Undervalued ringgit buttressing current account surplus Reuters MAIAYSIA'S faster-than-ex-pected economic recovery and mild inflation are helping authorities stick to a 19month currency peg despite a surge of foreign cash into the country during the past two months. The peg itself,
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      882 15  -  l-f ri comment ASEAN VIEW After dealing with the generals, now he goes altar the media yang razali kassim THE Gus Dur saga continues. And it never stops to baffle. Ratih Haijono, President Abdurrahman Wahid's private secretary who was once accused of being an
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      486 15  -  Bank restructuring agency Ibra expected to announce winner on Saturday From, Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta AFTER weeks of uncertainty, the three international investment consortiums vying for a 40 per cent stake in one of Indonesia's biggest conglomerates, Astra International, will submit their
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      166 15 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN conglomerate Renong Bhd yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with YTL Corp Bhd and three other hotel firms for an electronic procurement venture. The three firms are Hotel Equatorial (M) Sdn Bhd, Federal Hotels International and Seri
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      101 15 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia MALAYSIA'S Securities Commission (SC) has issued a reminder to all listed companies, saying that announcements of Internet ventures must be based on full and fair disclosure to allow investors to make informed decisions. In a press statement, the SC
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      219 15 KUALALUMPUR AFP POWER industry experts are studying the best way to build a scaled-down version of Malaysia's controversial Bakun dam hydroelectric project in eastern Sarawak state, reports said yesterday. Deputy Finance Minister Shafie Mohamed Salleh said a team from national power
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      505 16  -  Estrada's friend Dante Tan said to be included; call also to charge 6 brokerages From Al Labita in Manila THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday called for the criminal prosecution of five persons, said to include President Joseph Estrada's Mend, and
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        104 16 AFP [MANILA] Philippine President Joseph Estrada's chief of staff has quit after suggesting "in jest" his boss decided government policy while stone drunk every night with friends, tile president announced yesterday. "I swore off liquor when I was sworn into office" in 1898, Mfcfctrada insisted
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        66 16 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] The International Monetary Fund said the coming weeks are crucial for the success of Indonesia's economic reform programme. Jakarta must implement several key reforms, particularly involving reorganising ■> corporate debt, in order to receive its next loan disbursement of US$4OO million (*****.7
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        44 16 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] The Attorney General's Office has appealed to the Jakarta High Court against a lower court decision to acquit businessman Djoko Tjandra in connection with the PT Bank Bali case, The Jakarta Post reported. AFX-Asia ggp
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        67 16 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Bank of Thailand governor Chatumongkol Sonakul said he expects negotiations to sell Bangkok Metropolitan Bank to be finalised this month. "Bangkok Metropolitan Bank will be the last financial institution to be sold to foreign investors," he said. He declined comment on whether
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        77 16 Reuters [BANGKOK] French talecoms network supplier Alcatel pledged yesterday to work with debt-ridden Thai Telephone and Telecommunication Pic (TTNT) despite disagreement owr TTNTs debt workout plan. Georges Jafflres, managing director of Alcatel (Thailand), told a news conference that his company was the only creditor
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        66 16 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra)legal division head Pandu DJajanto said the body will ask President Abdurrahman Wahid for increased legal authority to help force bad debtors to pay up, The Jakarta Post reported. Mr DJajanto said the agency wants Gas Dor
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        50 16 AFX-Asia [Manilaj san Miguel Corp plans to sei up a plant worth US$4OO million (*****.6 million) to US$5OO million in Batangaa city south of Manila, Bureau of Internal Revenue commissioner Dakila Fonacier said. "Their bottleneck now is lack of bottles, said Mr
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      284 16  -  From l f/rv, Quak Hiang Whai m Hongkong TELEVISION Broadcasts Ltd (TVB) yesterday reported earnings rose 25.5 per cent for the year ended 1999 and said it expects good news soon on its plans to launch a pay
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      525 17 HONGKONG Tillage Roadshow to divest 35% holding at HKSI.2B a share Bloomberg LAI Sim Hotels International Ltd, renaming itself eSun.com Holdings Ltd, may buy a 35 per cent stake in Golden Harvest Entertainment (Holdings) Ltd from Village Roadshow Ltd, Australia's
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      411 17 SHANGHAI Much of buying speculative as companies are not expected to benefit immediately Reuters SHARES in Chinese firms based in the Fujian province rose yesterday after Taiwan dropped a five-decade ban on direct trade with China, but analysts said
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      332 17 TAIPEI AP Bloomberg IN a gesture to the Beijing regime and the Clinton administration, Taiwanese presi-dent-elect Chen Shui-bian said on Tuesday he hopes to see China enter the World Trade Organization and to have normal trade relations with the United States. "We would
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        65 17 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong is poised for its second interest rate hike this year after the Federal Reserve's overnight decision to lift key US rates by a quarter percentage point Money market dealers said they widely expect the Hong Kong Association of Bank* to boost
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        68 17 AFP [BEIJING] Housing rents in China's capital city are to triple as authorities try to prod Beijing residents into buying their own homes, the official China Dally reported yesterday. The paper said the huge hike for people renting subsidised housing in Beijing will
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        43 17 AFX-Asia (taihsij rne state staomsation rana win sen its Holdings only when the bourse has steadied and the new administration of president-elect Chen BhuM>ian has been formed, the Economic Daily News reported, citing finance ministry officials. -AFX-Asia
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      316 18 NEW DELHI He hopes they will help jump-start a new round of global trade talks Bloomberg US President Bill Clinton sought to calm India's concerns about his proposal to include labour and environmental standards in future trade accords to woo support for
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      133 18 BOMBAY AFX-Asia AMERICAN International Group and a Singapore government investment company will each pick up a 40 per cent stake in Ambuja Cement Ltd, a subsidiary of Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd, The Financial Express reported. The report said Ambuja Cement
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      509 19 ■■J^budget LONDON Chancellor Brown says he's determined on discipline and to avoid a retnrn to 'boom and bust' AFP CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer Gordon Brown pledged an extra £4 billion (Sslo.B billion) in public spending in his Budget statement on Tuesday, but insisted
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      435 19 LONDON Industry says it's a significant simplification to country's tax system Reuters BRITAIN'S Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown on Tuesday abolished withholding tax on interest from international securities, delighting City of London banks which have long argued for change.
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      315 19 TOKYO Reuters US investment bank J P Morgan brought its bearish view of Wall Street to Tokyo yesterday, advising fund managers to shun in particular high-tech stocks that it said looked far too expensive. Chief equity strategist Douglas Cliggott told clients that tightening
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      804 20 LONDON Near-banks and non-banks the bittest chaPefe, says Deutsche Bank CEO Rolf Brener Bloomberg ROLF Breuer might be expected to be supremely confident these days. The chief executive of Deutsche Bank AG has just locked up the acquisition of Dresdner
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      311 20 LONDON Reuters HONGKONG conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa sold a large chunk of its stake in Vodafone Air Touch pic yesterday, In what dealers said was the world's biggest ever single placing of shares. Dealers at investment banks Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs sold
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      699 20  -  Initial product focus will be on financial services sector From Walton Morais in Geneva GLOBAL information and news group Reuters and Bill Gates' Microsoft Corp yesterday announced an alliance to share technologies and resources that will lead to the delivery of new Internet products.
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      410 20 TOKYO Market expects DaimlerChrysler to take 33.4% stake Reuters DAIMLERCHRYSLER and Japan's Mitsubishi Motors moved closer to a deal yesterday that is expected to give the German-US automaker effective control of Mitsubishi and create the world's thirdlargest carmaking group. Mitsubishi Motors Corp president Katsuhiko Kawasoe was
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      243 20 WASHINGTON Bloomberg CAPITAL One Financial Corp chairman and chief executive Richard Fairbank, who has forsaken his salary in return for options to buy stock, got an options grant in 1999 that would be worth almost US$lO2 million (Ssl7s million) if shares rise 10
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      177 21  -  SGX Derivatives TrtMn&Rewrts MSCI Singapore Index Edward Cheung THE Singapore stock market finished higher as electronics stocks gained on a stronger Wall Street. The widely expected 25 basis point hike in the Fed Funds rate, to 6 per cent, was shrugged off by the US
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      171 21  -  MS& Taiwan ftitures Kelly Loh THE Taiwan Stock Weighted Price Index rose 64.91 points or 0.72 per cent to 9,069.39 as investor sentiment continued to be buUish despite the Opposition's win in the recent presidential elections. Semiconductor shares such as Winbond and Mosel led
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      320 21 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil resumed its slide yesterday as Washington kept up pressure for a big Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) output rise to prevent a politi-cally-damaging US gasoline shortage. International benchmark Brent Blend crude oil futures for
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      339 21 Reuters London THE US dollar hit two-week highs against the euro and eyed two-week highs against the yen and eight-month ct highs against the pound yes,e terday, after the US Federal e- Reserve raised rates by a h quarter point the day 5 before. )f Faith in the
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      2611 22 HONGKONG AFP Q Hang Sag +347:06 HONGKONG share prices rose 2.0 per cent yesterday in reaction to the overnight gains on Wall Street, dealers said. "The market's sentiment was boosted by overnight gains on Wall Street", following a widely anticipated US interest
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      970 22 Reuters PShanhenß Index -4101 CHINESE shares closed mostly higher yesterday as investors took news that Taiwan had dropped a fivedecade ban on direct trade links with mainland China as a sign of easing political tension. Shenzhen's B Share Index was the lone decliner, inching down 0.09 to 80.53 points
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      348 22 AFP yiWP Index +G4JI TAIWAN'S share prices closed 0.7 per cent higher in volatile trading yesterday on mixed views over the market's outlook after pro-inde-pendence Chen Shui-bian's victory in the presidential elections. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 64.91 points to 9,069.39, following a 5.5 per cent
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      1910 22 TOKYO AFP ♦EBjB THE Tokyo Stock Exchange's key Nikkei 225 Index climbed 131.23 points, or 0.7 per cent, to close yesterday at 19,733.59, bucked by a rally on Wall Street "Investors welcomed rises in New York share prices, but what was unique in today's
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      406 23 AFP AFX-Asia Q Composite Index +9M MALAYSIAN shares closed one per cent higher yesterday foUowing overnight gains on Wall Street, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended up 9.61 points at 949.11, whUe the Second Board Index was up 2.71
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      741 24 AFP □set Mm -3JI THAI share prices shed 0.8 per cent yesterday as investors sold off banks due to uncertainty over recapitalisation plans in the sector, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index slid 3.11 points to close at 396.15 points. The SET SO Index was
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      270 24 AFP Q Composite Index -4.49 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index lost 4.49 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 1,646.91. Volume rose to 6.98 billion shares worth 2.2 billion pesos compared with 5.7 billion shares worth 2.05 billion pesos traded on Tuesday. K»g NW *f~ mm MRC AMad 0.62
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      637 24 AFX-Asia Q Composite Index *7JO INDONESIAN share prices closed higher encouraged by strong gains in regional markets spurred by Wall Street's rally overnight despite there being few local positive leads, dealers said. The Composite Index closed up 7.90 points at 586.87 on volume of 458.0 million shares valued at
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      265 24 AFP OmBE-40 +30.72 NEW Zealand's stocks were up 1.5 per cent, or 30.72 points, to 2,048.98 on the NZSE-40 Capital Index yesterday. Turnover was a heavy NZ$lB2 million. Telecom Corp ended yesterday 40 NZ cents up at NZs9.3o— AFP ■rn «a *t- mm Advar<U9*HOS 4.90 inch 30* Air NZ
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      561 24 AFP HAD Orteuuia +3L» THE All Ordinaries Index rose one per cent or 31.9 points to 3,274.1, beating its previous high of 3,251.0 set on March 7. Turnover totalled 930.8 million shares worth A 11.55 billion with 787 fallers, 754 risers and 460 stocks steady. The All Industrials Index
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      272 24 AFP Composite Index ♦IMB THE Composite Index closed up 19.02 points at 882.43. Volume was 294 million shares worth 3.9 trillion won. Gains outnumbered fails 594 to 247, with 53 shares steady. —AFP -a Aram Sand ««00 t300 BratnTach 1720 29 ContrdBa* 2470 -70 CMtComm IS2SOO -1000 OMCUBM* 2330
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      677 27  -  UiMVi drops rover Too early to assess impact; meanwhile, distributors are relieved that BMW's so-called Solus Plan will no longer be carried out Reports by Christopher Tan IT IS probably still too early to project what impact the sale of Rover and Land Rover
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        60 27 RENAULT has finalised the purchase of Benetton Formula Ltd for US$l2O million (Ss2o6 million) to pave the way for its return to F-l racing in 2002. The French manufacturer plans to compete in its own colours with a fUll chassis and engine package. Renault and
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        103 27 STING, the singer whose recent causes include the Amazon rainforest, has put his voice to another "crusade". The ex-Polke lead member will be featured in a new Jaguar S-Type ad campaign. Hie 30 and 60-second commercials will have Sting in a black S-Type being
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        60 27 TAXI company CltyCab will soon start an online training scheme for its drivers. Touted as a first of its kind, the Consult programme allows taxi-drivers to upgrade themselves through the Intranet The firm started the plan because it allows flexibility to drivers who work shifts.
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        50 27 NISSAN distributor Tan Chong is the official car sponsor for The New Paper Big Walk 2000. A Nissan Sunny 1.5 manual will be the first prize for the event's lucky draw. This is the third consecutive year Tan Chong is supporting the big walk.
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        69 27 COMPORT Driving Centre, a division of the taxi operator, has cornered about one-third of the motorcycle learner market. It has achieved this in less than a year since opening its centre to people who want to learn to ride. Currently, only 2B courses are offered (riders
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        52 27  -  Compiled Christopher Tan SINGAPORE MRTs latest "special edition" train ticket featuring the Singapore Pood Festival has gone on sale. Each 16 value ticket goes for 17, and are available at nine MKT stations, namely Bugls, City Hall, Dhoby Ghaut, Newton, Orchard, Outram Park, Raffles Place,
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      226 27 1. Because of historical nationalistic sentiments, Rover never liked its new owner. 2. Aware of that, and ever mindful of public opinion, BMW adopted a light approach to managing Rover. 3. Hence, it was unable to address productivity or product quality issues at
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      399 28  -  New distributor aims to sell 760 Andis this year and 1,000 mrits next year By Christopher Tan AFTER a delay of more than half a year, Audi's new distributor finally opened its town showroom yesterday. Premium Automobiles, part of Indonesia's wealthy Sumber Surya Group, secured the
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      254 31 Collective Sale AM n H iT» lAI3II k< MARYLAND PARK MARYLAND POINT PRIME FREEHOLD SITES WITH SEAVIEW FOR SALE BY TENDER if >fl v\ A *\w i J 1 V--- -A -HV f I JS!B!!Sfi!S! 1 Vs a '"■■■■in\\ a'PIIWW iEg ■wMWHIMH a n fPWi TENDER CLOSING DATE: Maryland Park
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      273 31 For Sale By Tender N0.3501 Jalan Bukit Merah (former Regal Theatre) Site Area: 16,339 sq ft; existing gross floor area: 35,417 sq ft 99-year leasehold commencing Feb 1977 Prominently located along Jalan Bukit Merah IESK Within Bukit Merah Town Centre, close to Bukit Merah Bus Interchange, Redhill MRT and other
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      880 32  -  Cyberspace may be the in-thing now, but consultants say it's a matter of time before property is in vogue again, reports marissa chew MARISSA CHEW THE new economy may have hogged the limelight in the first quarter, but the good old property sector should bounce
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      328 32 INSTEAD of spelling the end of office space demand, technology in the form of dot-com start-ups is helping to spur the recovery in the sector. Apart from improved office space take-up as a result of better economic conditions, demand from the new startups is just
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      1024 32  -  They lead recovery in detached housing market, with price gains of 42-53% last year By Joyce Khor, Teo Li Kim Joyce Khor is director of consultancy and research, while Teo Li Kim is assistant manager of consultancy and research, CB Richard Ellis THE creme de la
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      2625 29 Property transactions for selected districts lodged between Feb 15 and Mar 13. CONTRACT TMK SUIT-#* PUCE PW PROJECTNAME/ MOP COWTWCT TENURE IULT-W MCE PSF I STRKT NAME VtK OATE UWMREA' STREET NAME TYRE QATI 1MB AREA* aow) mm m inn) wtm m DfctrtetOI District 08 FookHaiBldo Apt 2001/00 99
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        862 30  -  amdrba tam finds out why the expensive stone is a favourite with homeowners ANDREA TAN Marble is one of the most expensive flooring materials since it is a natural stone that is laboriously quarried. Being a natural material, its colour and texture are not uniform.
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        243 30 developer district location size total untts no of PRICE tenure t™* LAUNCHED UMTS SOLD <$ptf) River Place FEO 3 HavelockRd 678-3,229 509 353 950 99-yr Kasturfna Lodge Gold Bull Hldgs 9 KayPohRd 753-1,044 60 22 1,025 FH Avalon PidemcoLand 10 Anderson Rd 958-4,241 82 48 1,620
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        475 31  -  Group CEO Jonathan Petit tells carol exg that the firm is rebranding itself and going big on IT CAROL ENG PROPERTY consultancy Comers Jardine (CJ), which recently made some key executive appointments, hopes to strengthen the firm by developing its brand and harnessing information technology. In
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      25 32 INSIDE By Design The classic and luxurious look of marble Pg 30 Company Moves Colliers Jardine is developing its brand and harnessing information technology Pg3l
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      288 33 Bridge News Reuters THE dry cargo freight market on Tuesday showed little change for capesizes or handysizes in most areas, but marginally weaker rates were seen for panamaxes in the Atlantic and north Pacific. Conditions remained firm for panamaxes in the Indian Ocean. The Baltic Dry Index and
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      457 33  -  Anglo-Dutch carrier expects its growth this year to be higher than world trade growth of &5% By, Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] P&O Nedlloyd expects worldwide container throughput to rise 10 per cent or more this year, a result of strong growth in volumes
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      670 33  -  NEWBUILDS By 1 David Hughes ALTHOUGH the Japanese and Korean yards have continued to win a steady stream of orders, principally for bulkers, the European shipbuilders have been unusually prominent over the past couple of weeks. The previous Newbuildings column featured the tussle between
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      117 33 Xinhua fDALLAN] The port city of Dalian in nort-heast China's Liaoning Province has stepped up measures to enhance safety on ships plying the Dalian-Yantai sea route. The ferry Dashun, owned by the Yanda Automobile Ferry Company of Yantai City, Shandong Province, sank on the
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      91 33 Reuters [OSLO] Anglo-Norwegian engineering group Kvaerner said that it agreed to sell its 75.6 per cent stake in Russian shipyard Kvaerner Vyborg Shipyard JSC, to Russia's Zao Ako Barss. Kvaerner said in a statement that the sale, part of a delayed plan for Kvaerner
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        65 33 [LONDON] Anglo-Dutch liner finn PAO Nedlloyd 1b Introducing an emergency Inland ftial charge of 5 per oent on all shipments from North America to Europe and the Mediterranean requiring road haulage. The charge is being introduced as road hauliers are p»»*<ng on their rising
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        93 33 (LONDON] Labour problems could return to the Chilean port of Valparaiso after talks between tarn of its terminal operators and one of the country's dock workers' unions broke down. The union has been trying to obtain a formal contract from Ultraport and Terminal Paciflco Sur
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        88 33 [LONDON] The Swedish Ship Officers' Association (SFBF) has threatened Stena Line with industrial action unless the company withdraws its demand that captains and deck officers work 16 per cent more days per year. The union says its members will enact a lockout on four
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        61 33 [LONDON] Celebrity Cruiaes' newbuilding Millennium has become the first ship to obtain dass society Det Norske Veritas' new voluntary environmental notation "Clean Design". The company deckled to go for the notation in February. "Clean Design' is the stricter of two "green" notations offered by
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        1214 34 Indicators are good for expansion of flows, with eastbound volume estimated to rise 8% this year Lloyd's List Maritime Asia THE century's closing year saw a strong comeback for ports on the US west coast. While not yet a return to fUll prosperity, the Pacific ports
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      182 34 FACE Mm 4 ACL 6 OMkUoytf I •AMI 3 Dongnama 3 tt Accord 8 Eastrans 6 Appensl* 5 ECl 4 Austral 8 ECU Line 6 BalajiShpq 5 Ewrreen 6 BSA r FoonqSun 8 B'tang Mas 8 GUnk 4 CCM 7 Gamartrans 6 •CIU HaagN 7 COSCO 5
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      17065 41 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advartisar Vassal Voyaga Talaphona ETA ETA Advartisar VMM* Voyaga TtHpfton* SIN Dasfn Nam* Nama Numbar Numbar SIN Dasfn Nam* Nam* Numbar Numbar WnNaRMBMMBMMMMMWMMWOMaMHHWWBBMWNBMMNMRMNMMM aMMaMWMMMBMMMMannMMHni 05/04 21/04 NGPL ITHA BHUM V«2 *5-*****00 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvolre 0*/04 bam Hanjin itha bhum 492
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        1871 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boofcina/EUItnct Rstts SWp voy Mo EtWBtr Nrtod Frew To From «a HMMXJA on 25/15:00 U 22/BOO 22/H99 Z2/IW0 22/1500 22,1*59 22,1900 a 22/T70C IV0*59 23/0900 a 22/1700 a/0659 23/0900 1 21/0700 23,1759 23/1400 4 2VP00 2WW 23/ITOO ASIA JAOC 3002!
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        196 45 Apr a Taiwan: Women Children's Day. Apr 4 Hongkong: Ching Ming Festival. Indonesia: Hari Raya Nyepi. Taiwan: Ching Ming Festival. Apr 5 Korea: Arbor Day. Apr* Indonesia: Muslim New Year. Malaysia: First Day of Muslim Calender. Apr* Philippines: Day of Valour. Apr M New Zealand: Market Holiday, Stock
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        785 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars Instead of single prices tor a more comprehensive description of the markst Prices shown are baaed on averagesized stem Market movements are Indlcated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index chanps and the individual
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        270 46 Bloomberg [MOSCOW] Air France SA and Russia's OAO Aeroflot said they agreed to intensify a partnership that could lead to Aeroflot joining the French carrier's alliance with Delta Air Lines Inc. The two carriers, which have cooperated since 1997, will deepen ties in passenger and
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        136 46 AP Minnesota] Northwest Airlines -lost most of its communications lines/sy stem wide for about 2 Vi hours n an independent contractor hit a fiberoptic cable, leading to cancellations and delays around the United States. Pastengers aboard planes were not in danger, but Northwest
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        496 46 Reuters sr J {SEATTLE] Alaslm Airlines said it had launched an internal probe mi, alrlMptkos and defended its safety record amid fresh allegations of unsafe airplane maintenance practices. Jan 31 crash of Flight 261 that killed 88 people, the airline already feces
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        372 46 It still expects revenues of USssob this year in spite of losing USsBb Reuters [SEATTLE] Boeing Co said it still expects to meet earlier financial projections for 2000, despite delays in aircraft deliveries resulting from the 40day strike by its engineers and technical
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        271 46 Reuters [WASHINGTON! Air safety investigators have concluded that witness accounts of the 1996 explosion of a TWA jumbo jet off Long Island, New York, are of little use in their nearly completed probe of the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board on
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        268 46  -  By] ron Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] EVA Airways is shifting its focus to place greater emphasis on cargo. In 1999,42.5 per cent of the Korean airline's revenue came from its cargo operations, a figure it hopes to boost as high as 60 per cent
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      218 33 US Wsst Coast ports: Box AmIHM frame kmkss comeback aPg 2 Boeing stands by financial forecasts -j oesprce sinus Backpg SingaPort 2000 6th International Maritim# SingaPort 2000 Asia's Premier Maritime Event a week you can't afford to miss! 29- 3 J arch 2000 |fj» J&jjl Singapore Expo opening hours V
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      605 34 lines services represented |mH| by Members of the Registry of Memb«* of fKe Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore U>gistics Association S'pore National Shipping Assoc. t ULY UNE MALE Ivissci voy In* flu prat. t. KUNC SfOtt MALI Empress Lily VO3OO 02/04 03/04 10/04 Princess Lily VO3OO 18/04 19/04 27/04 Empress Lily
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