The Business Times, 11 April 2000

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 85* SINGAPORE I Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2000
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    Lock icon MAS rethinks finance sector licensing rules
    698 1  -  Separate licensing of financial institutions under review; roles for Internet banks soon Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Financial liberalisation, globalisation and the convergence of financial services are forcing Singapore to rethink its current regulatory rules and the separate licensing of financial institutions. And in view
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    Lock icon COE prices take 5-digit plunge in May tender
    501 1  -  Biggest drop is for commercial vehicles whopping 70% Byi Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Read and weep, those of you who bought a car or truck in the last 12 months. COE prices have plunged, with premiums making five-digit corrections in the latest tender.
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    72 1 (AUGUSTA, Dreams came true here for Vijay Singh, a golfing pro from Fiji schooled in adversity and disappointments. Showing great determination and playing some clever mind games, he pulled a surprise to clinch the prestigious US Masters golfing title here on Sunday. In the picture
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    Lock icon Lam Soon feud settled out of court
    724 1  -  Settlement will see Tar Liang buying Tar Cholines stake for $120 m By l Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The feud in the Lam Soon family, which owns some of Singapore's well-known household brand names, is being settled out of court with the younger brother
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      89 1 nigra BT Comment Why the Nikkei could hit 25,000 in a year 0€90.Pg4 Arcasia Land competes unfairly. I*g 10 Top stories R&D spending jumps 12% to $2.8b. Next Pmgm Simiian.com gets foothold in Greater China. Pg 4 SiA gets NZ govt nod to buy 8.3% of Air New Zealand. Pg
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      7 1 Govt to pump up e-commerce, Pg 7
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      Lock icon R&D spending jumps 12% to $2.8b
      439 2  -  S'pore on track to hit target of 2% of GDP this year, well ahead of ratio set for 2005 By. Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Singapore's spending on research and development jumped 12 per cent to $2.8 billion in 1999 and is likely to meet the
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      Lock icon Ingredients that attract R&D
      667 2  -  I-I i comment TECHNOLOGY It takes more than Just money, and Singapore has what tt takes to become a good RAD hub raju chellam First, the good news. Last year, Singapore's research and development (R&D) scene didn't do too badly. Gross expenditure on R&D (Gerd) touched
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      Lock icon PM Goh starts China visit with talks with Zhu
      509 2  -  Wide range of issues discussed, including globalisation and IT From* Quak Hiang Whai in Beijing PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong kicked off his official visit to China yesterday with a round of talks with Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji at the Great
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Starting off on the wrong foot
        82 2 HERE'S an example of the Singapore frame of mind at work. Last week, the education ministry said it will launch an annual programme to promote science. This is well and good, though the name of the programme the Singapore International Science Teachers Programme, or
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        97 2 WANT to get better seats on Singapore Airlines? Try throwing a tantrum. A couple who flew economy class on SIA on Valentine's Day made a big fuss when they found out that they could not sit together. They insisted that the cabin crew get another couple to
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        Lock icon Not exactly one and the same
        79 2 1-NET chief executive Mock Pak Lum related yesterday how he's a little upset at his company, which provides the network infrastructure for the Singapore ONE high-speed Internet access, being confused with listed printing and multimedia company i-One. At a family gathering, one relative was
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      272 2 JLlhe Hull MBA OF HULL MBA (General) 28th Intake "Ranked Among Starting in Singapore May 2000 MBA (Investment Finance) 10th Intake \^V.oo£!n? 00 Universities, 1999" Starting in Singapore May 2000 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA "Ranked Among Australia's Best Universities" PhD MA/BA Doctor of PMlwophy h BuriweM > Mfrit BHjyilHjfß Communication
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Similan.com going great guns in Greater China with HK debut
      540 4  -  P»ii exclusive E-commerce specialist to expand to China, Taiwan, Philippines by Jnne From< Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong FAST-EXPANDING Singa-pore-based e-commerce specialist Similan.com is establishing a foothold in Greater China with the latest launch of its Hongkong operations today, part
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      Lock icon Keppel Corp buys back 5m more shares
      209 4 KEPPEL Corp Ltd has bought five million of its shares over a one-month period to boost shareholder value. The shares were bought at between $3.38 and $4.16 from the open market, Keppel said in a statement yesterday. This brings the total number of
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      Lock icon SIA gets NZ govt nod to buy 8.3% of Air New Zealand
      274 4 SINGAPORE Airlines yesterday said the New Zealand government had given it the nod to buy up to 8.3 per cent of the share capital of Air New Zealand Ltd in the form of B shares, much less than
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      Lock icon SIA to suspend share buyback from April 19 to May 19
      244 4 SINGAPORE Airlines yesterday said it will suspend buying back its shares from April 19 to May 19 because it will be announcing its final results on May 19. The company was in the market yesterday to buy back 16
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      Lock icon Fastech Q1 earnings soar to 66m pesos
      252 4  -  By, Jennifer Lien CHIP assembler Fastech Synergy has posted first quarter net profit of 66.06 million Philippine pesos (Ss2.B million), more than quadrupling the amount a year ago. This follows an 11 per cent fall in first-quarter net profit last year to 14.53
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      Lock icon Why the Nikkei could hit 25,000 in a year or so
      839 4  -  WW* lock siew anthony rowley THE Tokyo stock market has remained resolutely strong in the face of recent political turmoil and the fact that Japan's economy fell back into recession in the latter half of 1999. This is in
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      Lock icon Asian fixed income assets good investment alternative: ABN Amro
      449 5  -  They offer higher yields than bank deposits, are less volatile than equities By Larry Wee ASIAN fixed income assets are an attractive alternative to more volatile equity investments, and they will grow in importance in terms of size and better credit
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      Lock icon Freightlinks.com to invest $4m in autoparts portal
      301 5 IN a move to speed up its entry into the world of dotcoms, Freight Links Express Holdings yesterday said its subsidiary Freightlinks.com will invest $4 million in a joint venture to market, distribute and operate a portal for the autoparts and accessories trade.
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      Lock icon Asti buys 60% of Scottish firm for £2.5m
      329 5 The acquisition of Reel Service will provide Asti with a global network of facilities ASTI Holdings Ltd, a semiconductor equipment manufacturer and service provider, is acquiring a 60 per cent stake in a Scottish company for £2.5 million (Ss6.B million). The company,
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      530 6 Stocks Volume LafeTech US4c 19,279,000 JurongTech 10c 15,184,000 DBS Land 7,611,000 MediaRing 10c 6,919,000 SingTel 15c 5,869,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 5,521,000 NOL 5,435,000 TACBt***** 5,175,200 MMI Hldgs 10c 4,985,000 Fastech USlOc 4,327,000 Stocks PacrficCentury 55,309,900 DBS Grp 39,201,168 Chart Semiconductor 26c 33,411,800 TACBM0200 27,471,680 Nat Elec 10c 24,265,237 SPH
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      Lock icon Volume shrinks as investors await cue from Wall Street
      574 6  -  STOCKS v.sreenivasan SINGAPORE stocks moved sidewards in very quiet trading yesterday as investors held back from taking positions ahead of the release of key US economic data this week. After starting on a positive note with key blue chips rising to
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      Lock icon SIA CLW*****8 offers a cheap play on the upside
      207 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By' V Sreenivasan THE shares of Singapore Airlines are beginning to show signs of recovery after their recent dive on reports that the company had stopped supporting the stock at $15.90. The stock yesterday rose to a high of
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      Lock icon Mixed outlook seen for Chartered
      252 6  -  HOT STOCK By Wong Wei Kong SHARES of chip maker Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing dived in active trading yesterday, with the stock ending as the session's third biggest loser and among the most heavily traded issues. Chartered shares closed down 70 cents or 4.7 per cent
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      142 6 ♦Huan Hsin announced that the company has increased its capital contribution in Shanghai Yi Hsin Industry Co Ltd and Shanghai Zhan Hsin Ind Co Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiaries of the company, by US$2.5 million (554.3 million) and US$lOO,OOO respectively. The company also proposed to increase its investment
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      Lock icon Nasdaq recovery buoys greenback in Asian trading
      324 6  -  I-ll comment CURRENCIES larry wee AN impressive 4.2 per cent recovery in the Nasdaq Composite Index last Friday lent a better tone to the US dollar in Asian trading yesterday, with the Japanese yen bearing the brunt of losses despite a good-sized gain
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      17 6 Making smart education choices begins with i The Straits Times i Classified. j m Classifications 703-794: Education/Training
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon S'pore to pump up SMEs doing e-commerce
      371 7  -  Aim is to raise proportion to l-in-4 from l-in-25 in 2-3 years' time By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE plans to raise the number of small and mediumsized firms doing e-commerce here from one in 25 now to one in four in two to three
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      Lock icon March job ad volume up 73%
      295 7  -  Ki^oi^n^economy jobs By Marina Chew THE volume of job advertisements continued to climb in March, rising 73 per cent over the same month a year ago. March last year was the first month that job ad volume started rising since the regional economic crisis
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        Lock icon PSB leads biotech mission to Europe
        64 7 i riK rroauctivity ana standards Board (PSB) is leading a biotechnology mission, made up of local companies, to Belgium and the Netherlands. The mission, which left last Saturday, will end on April 16. Henry Heng, PSB general manager for workforce and local enterprise, heads
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        Lock icon Heritage board in print-making tie-up
        76 7 THE setting up of the first print institute in South-east Asia here will breath new life into print-making in Singapore. And it is with world-renowned master printer Kenneth Tyler that the National Heritage Board is tying up with to set up Singapore Tyler Print Institute
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        Lock icon Law network set for launch this month
        46 7 KLEGAL International, one of the world's biggest law networks, will be launched this month. It covers law firms in about SO countries. The network is a parallel organisation to KPMG International. About 1,600 lawyers are expected to join KLegal.
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      Lock icon Singapore Expo getting too small for big exhibitions
      531 7  -  Byi Andrea Tan, Eugene Low JUST a year after The Singapore Expo opened its doors, exhibition space there may be running out for the bigger events. For the coming CommunicAsia, the organisers are even setting up tents outside the halls. The $220
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      Lock icon Mindtrac.com to put tyre industry online
      428 8  -  Plan is to create global virtual tyre trading community, says CEO of the local company By Toh Han Shih MINDTRAC.COM, a local company started this year, has set up an Internet exchange in Singapore to provide the world's tyre industry with a platform for
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      Lock icon New broadband-enabled industrial park opens
      385 8  -  By Andrew Wee YOUNG IT startups can get connected to the Net at half the existing network charges at Singapore's first broadband-enabled industrial park launched yesterday. The new industrial park, e-biz Chee. is a joint venture between DBS Land and 1-Net Singapore which operates the
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      Lock icon MOVIE BITES
      539 8  -  uornpiwQ Dy Aaron Lye Synopses of Singapore International Film Festival movies being screened today Ratcatcher R(A) —Lynna Ramsay (UK) Grand Prince, United Artists, Beach Roed, 7pm, 93 mint Tickets: Available Set in Glasgow, mid-1970c. While a dustmen's strike grinds on, We at home tor 12 year-old Jamee la
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon If only more firms had followed SPH buyback
      250 9  -  Denis Distant Singapore IT WAS with disbelief that I read R Sivanithy's article ("SIA share buyback poorly executed", BT, April 8) and await with interest SlA's explanation for the way the buyback plan has been executed. In fact, as a long-time supporter
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      Lock icon Schizophrenic Comfort
      554 9  -  Mak Yuen Teen Singapore I REFER to the article "Comfort out to carve a niche in local courier market" (BT, April 7). The Comfort Group comes across as a company with no clear vision of what it is or what it wants to be. It now wants to
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Arcasia Land competes unfairly
      654 10  -  •I comment PROPERTY JTC subsidiary has access to Information not available to private sector lee han shih IN a recent interview, the person many see as the future boss of Jurong Town Corporation gave strong hints that she intends to shake up the statutory board. Should
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      Lock icon Living it up among M'sian durian trees
      305 10 Sime Darby Land offers 15 bungalows to non-Malayaans [SINGAPORE] Fancy the fragrance of durian wafting from your garden? The developer of Planters' Haven in Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia must have had durian lovers in mind when they planned the bungalows there. Each owner
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      Lock icon KL firm bids to develop UK Dome for £1b
      381 11 Loodoo mulling its plan, one of five, to transform Miitennmiq Dome into giant complex FT [LONDON] A consortium led by Country Heights Holding Berhad (CHHB) has offered to invest about £1 billion (552.71 billion) to transform the Millennium Dome into a
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      Lock icon To be Europe's tallest office block
      213 11 British group plans to build 365.8 m tower on bank of River Thames Reuters (LONDON] A British property group said yesterday that it proposed to build a 365.8 metre, 87-storey tower on the south bank of the River Thames which would be Europe's tallest
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  • GREENSPAN speech
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      Lock icon IT removed fog of uncertainty
      2153 12 The following is the full text of Federal Reserve Bank chairman Alan Greenspan's speech issued in Washington last Friday on Technology Innovation and its Economic Impact to the National Technology Forum Reuters S AM pleased to be able to speak before your third annual National
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      Lock icon Oracle Japan raises 797b yen in Japan's 2nd biggest public offer
      528 13 TOKYO Sale shows tech firms can still tap vast sums, even as industry darlings stamp Bloomberg ORACLE Corp Japan and its US parent, the world's largest database software maker, raised 797.6 billion yen (5512.8 billion) in Japan's second biggest
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      Lock icon Dealers plan cyber system for derivatives trading
      155 13 LONDON Reuters SIX leading derivatives dealers said yesterday that they planned to form a joint venture to create a network for online trading of over-the-counter interest-rate derivatives. The six dealers Chase Manhattan Bank, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, J P Morgan, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
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        Lock icon Banks press World Online chief to quit
        102 13 Reuters [LONDON] Banks that led the 2.9 billion euro (Ss4.B billion) initial public offering of Dutch-based Internet service provider World Online are pressing chairman Nina Brink to quit, the Financial Times reported yesterday. The banks saw her departure as the best hope of
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        Lock icon Huge demand for T-Online IPO: paper
        75 13 Reuters [FRANKFURT] German Internet service provider T-Online's initial public offering is substantially oversubscribed with only a few days of its subscription period remaining, a German paper reported yesterday. Citing "informed sources", German business daily Handelsblatt said that institutional investors had hungrily snapped up the
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        Lock icon Star TV venture to offer Korean service
        70 13 AFP [HONGKONG] News Corp's satellite television network Star TV yesterday said it will set upa Korean satellite service with Dacom Satellite Multimedia System (DSM) and SK Telecom Hongkong-based Star TV said in a brief statement that the consortium, tentatively named Korea Satellite Broadcasting
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        Lock icon Electronic Boutique in pact with AOL
        56 13 Reuters [LONDON] Sofware and video games retailer Electronic Boutique yesterday said it had signed a major online and offline marketing and distribution agreement with AOL.UK. In a statement Electronic Boutique said it would distribute Netscape Online, which will become its exclusive Internet service provider,
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        Lock icon Korean firms, Commerce One in JV
        75 13 Reuters [SEOUL] LG International Corp yesterday said it and five other South Korean companies have agreed with Commerce One Incofthe United States to launch a joint venture in May to build an Internet portal for online business activities. The companies, including Dacom, signed a
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      Lock icon Hikari Tsushin unit may not meet its IPO target
      279 13 TOKYO AFP A VENTURE capital unit of Japan's Hikari Tsushin yesterday indicated it may fail to meet its target of launching 30 initial public offers this year, as the firm takes a mauling on the bourse. The stock of Hikari Tsushin,
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      Lock icon UK falls for news and scores on WAP phones
      489 15 LONDON Long waiting list for mobile phones as newspapers rush to format their content NYT THIS is a city ravenous for news and mobile communications, with more than a halfdozen national newspapers and nearly half the population owning cellular phones. So
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      Lock icon Pizza in Pittsburgh? Just ask TellMe
      263 15 PALO ALTO, California Reuters THERE are 440,000 restaurants in the United States, and soon, you will be able to locate every one of them from a single 800 number. No, this isn't some sort of monster index, but another new Internet startup that is
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      776 16  -  wm bottom line OPINION leon hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent THE inflation hawks have been warning him that the economy is roaring beyond its limits rising oil prices, tightening labour markets, overpriced stocks and that it is time for him to take
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      133 16 'Mr Estrada is already killing the presidency better than any would-be assassin chairman of the May First Movement, a trade union, dismissing claims that Philippine President Joseph Estrada is under threat from an assassination plot. 4 What they see is an America that has the ability to
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      599 16 EDITORIAL NO less than master hedge-fund manager Julian Robertson confessed that the so-called New Economy has given rise to "a market which I frankly do not understand". Indeed, it can get pretty perplexing as prophets and marketeers alike flog their myriad interpretations. But some patterns are
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      773 16  -  Joint effort to address issues such as Internet security, taxation, tariffs and intellectual property rights is argent By Robert Hermats The writer is vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs (International) FT SO FAR, the Internet has enjoyed a largely untaxed and unregulated environment
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      856 16 Foreign capital WE welcome the successive advancement of foreign capital into Japan, rather than worrying that it represents a reflux of Japanese capital, since such business alliances will help maintain domestic economic activities, including employment opportunities and orders to sub-con-tractors. With the progress of globalisation in
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      Lock icon Renong on way to becoming debt-free next year
      648 17  -  deal CEO discloses listing plans for Time Online, Time dot Com, Pins and Prolink From. Eddie Toh SINGAPORE Telecommunications' deal with Time Engineering group has helped speed up Renong Bhd's bid to be totally debt-free by the first quarter of next year.
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        56 17 PRESTAR Resources bucked the market trend yesterday, jumping 50 sen to RM7.60 following a bullish report issued by CIMB Securities. The broking house said the second-board steel manufacturer was trading at an undemanding price-earnings ratio of 10.8 times—a steep discount to the market average of over 20 times—for
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        84 17 MALAYSIAN Resources Corporation Bhd (MRCB) shed 12 sen to RM3.98 on concerns that it may not get a substantial stake in Commerce Asset-Holding Bhd. Renong boss Halim Saad said he might swap the group's 12.25 per cent holding in CAHB with Plus bondholders in a bid
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        65 17  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh DEBT-LADEN Hicom Holdings closed unchanged at RM2.30 despite speculation that national oil company Petroliam Nasional Bhd may not be keen to use Proton to buy its car distributorship, Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON). But with the national drive to consolidate the car industry, analysts
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      543 17 KUALA LUMPUR Foreign players, with RM5.9b pumped in, will be drivers KEEN competition is expected in the telecoms industry here, with foreign players now estimated to have invested up to 5.9 billion Malaysian ringgit (552.7 billion) in telcos, including the latest Time-Singapore Telecommunications
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      699 18  -  It's in talks with GIC on sale of significant stake in IPO slated for next month Prom Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta IN a clear sign that Indonesia intends to push ahead with its asset disposal programme despite unfavourable market conditions, the
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      388 18 JAKARTA The three will have to temporarily quit, he says AP, AFP PRESIDENT Abdurrahman Wahid says three members of his cabinet are under investigation for alleged corruption and could resign soon, a newspaper reported yesterday. "Nobody is above the law," Mr Abdurrahman said in
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        92 18 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Morrill Lynch Co was "severely" reprimanded by Hongkong's securities watchdog for inadequate supervision of trading in equity warrants. The Securities and Futures Commission and the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Ltd said in a Joint statement that three Merrill units were reprimanded after
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        65 18 AFP m -w a w [HONGKONG] An international business conference planned for Hongkong has been cancelled because of concerns over the territory's worsening air pollution, a tourist official said yesterday. A European-based organisation has shelved plans for a conference involving 250 sales and marketing executives
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        66 18 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanhaeminda ruled out local press reports he would sack central bank governor Chatu Mongol Sonakul, The Nation daily reported yesterday. "Nobody is going to be removed at the moment," Mr Tarrin told The Nation in an interview. "If
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        72 18 AFP [MANILA] A massive power outage left about 16 million people without electricity in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao yesterday, prompting the military to begin investigations into a possible Muslim rebel sabotage, officials said. National Power Corp engineers tracked the immediate cause to the
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      482 18 BEIJING Move prompted by PetroChina's dismal debut in Hongkong Reuters Bloomberg, CHINA Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec Corp, a unit of China's largest refiner, will scale back and possibly delay its initial share sale plan after PetroChina Co's poor debut on
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      313 18 HONGKONG Analysts welcome move that will create HE'S largest property agency Bloomberg CHEUNG Kong (Holdings) Ltd, Hongkong's largest property developer, agreed to merge its real estate agency unit with Midland Realty Ltd, creating Hongkong's largest property agency. Midland Realty, which has 148
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      287 18 ■BOMBAY AFP, AP SHARE prices on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) surged 4.3 per cent yesterday after the inclusion of four actively traded companies in the market index. The benchmark 30-share BSE index closed up 223.66 points at 5,442.86. Analysts
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      Lock icon Techpacific sets IPO share price 38% lower at HK$1.05
      251 18 HONGKONG Bloomberg TECHPACIFIC.COM Ltd, which specialises in the early stage funding of Asian technology companies, set the price of its shares at HK$l.O5, 38 per cent less than the upper limit the company hoped to raise. The company originally planned to
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      344 18 MANILA AFP PHILIPPINE government prosecutors yesterday fired off subpoenas to securities regulators ahead of the possible filing of charges against a number of investors and brokers implicated in a landmark stock price manipulation case here. Assistant chief state prosecutor Nilo Mariano summoned
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      227 18 HONGKONG Reuters A TOTAL of US$22.l billion (Ss3B billion) has been raised at the sub-underwriting level for the syndicated loan backing Pacific Century CyberWorks' acquisition of Cable Wireless HKT, bankers said yesterday. This figure exceeds the US$9 billion syndicated loan portion of the
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      770 19 TOKYO First contact since country's division; market npbeat with Kospi index np 4% LAT-WP, Bloomberg THE leaders of North and South Korea will meet in June for the first time since their country was divided at the start of the Cold
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      436 19 PERTH IT stocks acconnt for only 1% of bourse's market cap Bloomberg, Reuters AUSTRALIA'S image as an Old Economy or resourcesbased nation caused the country's currency to slump to its current 18 month-low. said Zurich Group chief economist. David Hale. Information technology
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      580 20 NEW YORK Restrictions on Office software and Windows 2000 being considered Reuters, NYT MICROSOFT Corp may be stripped of the rights to its Internet Explorer Web browser as part of the remedy in the government anti-trust case it lost earlier this month, the
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      472 20  -  SINGAPORE New Economy stock valuations similar aD over the world: Chase official By Vikram Khanna THERE is no clear evidence that US technology stocks are overvalued, according to the chief economist and director of research at Chase Manhattan Bank. At a briefing yesterday,
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      Lock icon Banks to launch e-trading of OTC interest rate derivatives
      532 20 LONDON Aim of Sw&psWire is to make the industry more efficient Reuters SIX major banks have unveiled plans for a pioneering electronic trading system for over-the-counter interest rate derivatives, claiming it would make the multi-trillion dollar industry more efficient. The six
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      1006 20 AUGUSTA The Washington Post AT the highest levels of golf, we seldom see one player make another crack under head-to-head pressure. It's especially rare when the player who buckles, as David Duval did on Sunday at the Masters, is ranked
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        117 20 Reuters [PARIS] French carmaker Renault is in advanced talks to sell its truck-making unit RVI to AB Volvo in exchange for a sizeable stake in the Swedish firm, sources said yesterday. The deal, which newspaper reports said could come within weeks, would create a
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        37 20 AP [LONDON] Commonwealth secretary-general Don McKinnon launching eCommonwealth, a free portal Web site which will provide the virtual meeting place for the Commonwealth community, at the Commonwealth Institute in London yesterday. —AP
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        81 20 Bloomberg [TUivTUj fcsanK 01 japan poucymaxers voted to Keep interest rates near zero at a regular board meeting, the bank said, as the economy is growing only slowly and there is no sign of inflation. The BOJ has kept its target for the interbank overnight
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        79 20 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's financial services firms are increasingly confident about their situation, despite some concerns about longer-term business prospects, a survey by the Confederation of British Industry showed yesterday. In its latest quarterly survey, the CBI said 44 per cent of the financial services Arms
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        82 20 Bloomberg [LONDON] The London Metal Exchange, the world's largest metals bourse, introduced its first index contract in a bid to reach more customers, combating Intranet rivals that threaten its dominance of metal markets. Ite index, called LMEX, is based on futures prices for six
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        62 20 Bloomberg [LONDON] Exxon Mobil Corp is close to an agreement to drop a lawsuit against BP Amoco, which would allow BP'S U5532.7 billion (Sss6 billion) purchase of Atlantic Richfield Co to proceed, people familiar with the talks said. Exxon Mobil sued to block
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      473 20 mSYDNEY This will posh NAB to No 3 manager of Anssie-sourced assets Bloomberg NATIONAL Australia Bank Ltd, moving to bolster its retail money management, will pay A 54.56 billion (554.7 billion) for MLC Ltd, the insurance and funds management arm
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      212 19 mm National Institute of Education U N anyang Technological University fM PROFESSOR DUDLEY WILLIAMS [flj fffTl Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor rul Ml "THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE AND BEHAVIOUR" D| Date Wednesday, 12 April 2000 HM Time 6:00 pm MM Venue LTI, National Institute of Education HH UUU Nanyang Technological
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      Lock icon Futures pressured in thin market
      207 21  -  SGZ Derivatives Tradlngßeports MSCI Singapore Index Edward Cheung, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market yesterday opened higher on the back of a firmer Nasdaq and the better than expected interim results for Singapore Press Holdings. However, the buUishness was short-lived as profit-takers sold into strength.
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      Lock icon Futures get boost from Nasdaq rally
      186 21  -  MSGlTaiwan Mm Kelly Loh Refco Singapore THE Taiwan Weighted Price Index rose 192.91 points or 1.9 per cent yesterday to 10,127.48 on the back of Friday's surge on Nasdaq, an anticipated exdividend rally and sound March sales figures. Worries that governmentrelated funds will begin
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      268 21 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oil prices fell again yesterday despite bullish Saudi support for a possible rollover of Opec production levels when the exporter group meets in June. North Sea benchmark Brent blend crude futures were down 23 cents at U5522.35 per
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      333 21 Reuters London THE US dollar was firm near two-week peaks against the Japanese yen yesterday on optimism the US tech-heavy Nasdaq market could extend Friday's gains and dealers' reluctance to hold yen ahead of a G-7 meeting this weekend. But the US currency was weaker against the euro
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  • STOCKS east asia
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      Lock icon HK down as investors wait for direction from US
      2795 22 HONGKONG AFP QlbagSaig -9044 HONGKONG share prices dropped 0.5 per cent yesterday on a lack of fresh trading incentives in the face of a decline in liquidity, dealers said. "The inflow of capital is getting less and less," judging from the
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      995 22 Reuters PSheoxhenß Index jjj CHINA'S B shares closed slightly lower in thin trade yesterday as investors kept to the sidelines after official measures to boost the hard currency market failed to materialise yet again, brokers said. The Shanghai B Share Index edged down 0.4 per cent to 42.18 points
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      369 22 AFP QWP Index +IK-91 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.9 per cent higher yesterday to reclaim the psychological 10,000 point level following Nasdaq's rally on Friday and inflows of foreign funds, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rallied 192.91 points to 10,127.48, on turnover of NT5249.83 billion.
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      2067 22 TOKYO AFP QljikkaZls *mx SHARE prices in Tokyo gained 1.8 per cent yesterday, taking heart from an end-of-week rally by US shares on Nasdaq on Friday, brokers said. "Investors basically welcomed Friday's gains in US shares," said Kazunori Jinnai, a senior market analyst at Daiwa Securities
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      379 23 AFP |Q Composite Index -1(130 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.1 per cent lower yesterday with a faU in Telekom Malaysia pulling the market down, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended down 10.30 points at 939.55, off a low 0f932.50. The
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      766 24 AFP P SET Ma -0113 THAI shares closed barely changed in thin trade yesterday with late profit-taking offsetting early gains driven by telecoms and electronics shares on the back of Nasdaq's rise last week. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index fell 0.13 points to 403.32, with selective buying
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      282 24 AFP HCwnposite Index +58J7 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 3.3 per cent higher yesterday on across-the-board buying, brokers said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 58.17 points to close at 1,796.66. A total of 1.5 billion shares worth 1.4 billion pesos were traded. AFP <>r» Hm *f- (H> MRCAMad
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      666 24 AFP Q Composite Intel -L2O INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.2 per cent lower yesterday in the absence of foreign interest, dealers said. Trimegah Sekurindo Lestari dealer Suhendra said foreign investors have yet to return to the local market, adding, "It is unclear what they are really waiting for." "I
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      266 24 AFP Hibsmo ♦im NEW Zealand's share market finished 0.7 per cent firmer yesterday due to buying of key blue chips such as Telecom Corp, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index was up 15.66 points at 2,154.27. Turnover amounted to NZ5452.2 million. —AFP Mr io a row Advantage HOS 3.10
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      541 24 AFP QADOrtmu-in +19J AUSTRALIAN investors took their lead from Nasdaq's rally on Friday to send the market 0.6 per cent higherVesterday, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index ended 19.1 points up at 3,187.3, while the SP/ASX 200 rose 19.4 points to 3,201.4. The All Industrials climbed 51.6 points to
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      262 24 AFP □Composite Index +3179 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 32.79 points at 870.17. Volume was 323.8 million shares worth 3.6 trillion won. —AFP **r« Jt Arxm S*ml ta«50 -350 Brain Tacti _M6S 65 Controlsw* 2235 <5 ChrtComm *****0 -3000 Dm Gu Bon* —2130 75 DootonqCorp -2830
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  • KNOWLEDGE economy
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      1066 27  -  Singapore companies that understand e-learning trends can exploit them and become market leaders By, Jane Cheong Across the United States, Europe and more slowly but surely in Singapore too—tech-nology-based learning is gathering pace as more senior business executives now understand the importance of e-learning, says
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      283 29 Bridge News, Reuters THE capesize sector of the dry cargo freight market ended the week quietly but conditions remained firm. The Atlantic was finely balanced between owners and charterers for other sizes but renewed chartering activity from South America, particularly by Cargill, gave owners cause for optimism. The
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      600 29  -  INTERIM REPORT ON ERISA SIHKIHU It suffered structural failure due to misjudgement, mishandling By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] The master and managers of the tanker Erika were blamed for its sinking last December off the French coast, in an interim report made by the
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      419 29 [SINGAPORE] A new Internet based online exchange is set to revolutionise the traditional marketplace where shipowners, shlpbrokers and cargo owners conduct business. The new company, LevelSeas.com, will offer a "life-of-the-voyage" solution for all seaborne wet and dry bulk commodity shipping.
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      136 29 Oana-Kyodo [TOKYO] The Japanese Maritime Safety Agency (MSA) has changed its official English name to the Japan Coast Guard. The agency said it decided to change the name because it would be better for Japan to use a term with worldwide
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      440 29 PEOPLE E3SK» has appointed 1 The Rotterdam School of Economics and Hongkong-based PMBatMRM and the Rotterdam School of Management are Dmm Lee to toad further ttevelonment offering a fully accredited MSc count of the Intertx* nmArt in in Maritime Economics and Logistics, in oJrmr co-operation with the Port of Rotterdam.
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  • SINGAPORE port
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      873 30  -  With the right people, structures and procedures, cases referred to arbitrators and judges in Singapore should rise By Neale Gregson The writer is partner at international law firm Watson, Farley and Williams. This is the secqnd and concluding part of an article which first appeared in The
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      784 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar toft. Prices shown are baaed on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      115 41 LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore Thunderstorm Rain Temperature "Cw' Wjnd direction and spGe< j j n knots Cloudy Day Weather U Wind speed symbols Se a Con^ti o ns O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds I -i—.One half fleche represents 5 knots Moderate,
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      1094 42 New Inchon airport will replace Seoul's congested Kimpo Airport for international flights AP [INCHON, South Korea] On land reclaimed from a tidal sea between two small islands, Asia's largest airport is rising like a mirage on a distant horizon. Still unknown to most
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      436 42 It will set up customised sites to cater to small, mid-sized companies in Europe AP [LONDON] British Airways and the online business-trav-el service Get There.com plan to create customised Web sites to provide corporate travel agency services for small and mid-sized business
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      274 42 AFP [SYDNEY] Plans for a Syd-ney-to-Canberra high speed train link may be boosted when Australian Prime Minister John Howard visits Paris later this month, officials said yesterday. A scheduled meeting with French backers of the project coincides with some Cabinet
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      218 42 Acquisition will make it Japan's second largest aerospace company Bloomberg [TOKYO] Ishikawajima-Hari-ma Heavy Industries Ltd (IHI), Japan's third-biggest heavy machinery maker, said yesterday it will purchase Nissan Motor Co's aerospace division, making it the country's No 2 defence and ieart aerospace company. Tokyo-based IHI
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