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Title Section18 2000-04-29 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 035/12/1999 y<T i .1-* 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asia 1 com.sg' SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 200018 words
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Article68 2000-04-29 1 sn 24MJ1 (+12.39) BT-SBI ***** (+3.25) SQISCI FUTURES 28&00 (-1.10) STOCK MARKET INDICES Friday Change KLSE COUP 898J6 -6J0 NIKKEI 17,***** -46.47 BANG SENG I6*1910 +326.43 SET INDEX 390.40 196 JAKARTA COMP 626.74 >6.12 MANILA COMP _IJ»73 -21.80 TAIPEI WPI &824J6 >***** SEOUL COMP ***** +3132 CLSA CHINA68 words
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Article76 2000-04-29 1 FOBEX KATES uss s$ USS 1.704 £|US$/S$ per 1.572 1678 Fn'RO(lSS/S$/E) 0*8 1.647 DM 2.154 0.791 YEW 1065 1.600 RM 3.800 0.448 HKS 7.780 0510 BART 38.04 0.046 Rl'PlAR 0.021 St to 100 untU PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.G7 JAKARTA .3900 BANGKOK 9.5® MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 876 words
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Article, Illustration1004 2000-04-29 1 Kalpana Rashiwala - 3J% rise in Q1 may signal start of consolidation phase By 1 Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Private housing prices rose 3.1 per cent in the first three months of this year, the slowest quarterly increase since the market bottomed out in late 1998. ThisSource: URA - 1,004 words
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677 2000-04-29 1 Kenneth James - Net income np hefty 380% to USsBBm from year ago By] Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology's shares soared by over 10 per cent yesterday as the global leader in computer audio and graphics products released another set of sterling quarterly results. For the third677 words
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Article, Illustration484 2000-04-29 1 Parvathi Nayar, Felicia Yap - By] Parvathi Nayar, Felicia Yap [SINGAPORE] One hundred and forty Hill Street, aka the new Mita building with the rainbow-coloured windows, will soon open a window on the colours of local art. Several local galleries belonging to the Art GalleriesSIEW YAW HOONG - 484 words
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595 2000-04-29 1 Eddie Toh - Debt agency appears to favour Sing Tel over Sapnra From. Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE interest of Time Engineering's shareholders must be protected in the current tussle for a stake in the company by Singapore Telecommunications and Sapura Holdings, said the head595 words
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579 2000-04-29 1 AFX-Asia [NEW YORK] George SorosQuantum Fund yesterday became the second major hedge fund in less than a month to throw in the towel after the billionaire told investors that "a large hedge fund... is no longer the best way to manage money".AFX-Asia - 579 words
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Advertisement87 2000-04-29 1 mgPE The Arts Emily of Emerald Hill review. EL 4 BT Comment R Sivanithy on the vicious circle that IPOs are caught in these days. Pff 4 Top stories S'pore-NZ free trade pact possible by year-end: Helen Clark. Moxt Pmg* Court dismisses Tong Tien See Construction's application. Pg 7 DBS87 words
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Advertisement14 2000-04-29 1 HDB resale applications down, Pg 3 Prices of office space up 6%, Pg 314 words
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Advertisement13 2000-04-29 1 Creative fond weathers market fallout Art with an Asian flavour, Back Page 413 words
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Article, Illustration530 2000-04-29 2 Catherine Ong - It could even be a trilateral pact of 'strategic value' with Chile, says visiting NZPM By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Singapore and New Zealand could be signed before the end of the year and may draw inAP - 530 words
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Article226 2000-04-29 2 Move could lead to pan-Asian stock exchange, starting with cross-listing [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) which could herald closer ties between the two stock exchanges. The move comes in the wake of226 words
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384 2000-04-29 2 Kenneth James - Pure Internet firms account for just 28% of USslsom invested Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology's venture fund came out of the recent market fallout relatively well because it invested prudently and its portfolio included non-Inter-net firms, chairman and CEO Sim Wong Hoo said. Speaking384 words
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ON THE grapevine
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Article109 2000-04-29 2 IN the April 10 issue of Barron's magazine, readers wrote in to give their views on Fed chief Alan Greenspan's track record. One said: "The guy has been deified for no reason. Take away all the money he's been feeding into the stock market and I wonder109 words
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Article72 2000-04-29 2 TRANSFORMING construction companies into New Economy clicks-and-mortar enterprises isn't easy, according to a presenter who recently announced the results of the Singapore Information Technology Federation's IT survey. With construction companies, you are literally dealing with bricks and mortar no figures of speech here. This, and the construction72 words
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Article49 2000-04-29 2 SO what's the difference between a stockmarket correction and a stockmarket crash? Simple a correction is when the prices of someone else's shares fall; a crash is when it is your own shares, according to an analyst who heard it on the BBC World news channel.49 words
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Advertisement106 2000-04-29 2 Nominations for the 2000 Enterprise 50 awards are now open Companies can nominate themselves by completing the official nomination form. Companies must be home-grown, J privately-owned and incorporated under Ty> (a(r Singapore's Companies Act (1994 Revised Edition), with four years of Celebrating Singapore's audited statements. Enterprising Spirit V J Nomination106 words
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Advertisement10 2000-04-29 2 No quick increase irrSlA's stake in Air NZ, Pg 410 words
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PROPERTY stats
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566 2000-04-29 3 Andrea Tan - Applications down 46%; resale prices up 13% Bu Andrea Tan RESALE applications for Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats in the first quarter fell by 46 per cent compared with a year ago, its second consecutive huge quarterly fall. Resale prices, however, rose 13.4566 words
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380 2000-04-29 3 NEARLY 2,300 private housing units were granted temporary occupation licence in the first quarter, down from about 3,000 units in the same period last year. About 3,000 units were completed in the final three months of 1999. The most recently completed projects included380 words
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Article496 2000-04-29 3 Marissa Chew - Industrial property prices rise a slower 1.2% By Marissa Chew THE commercial and industrial property segments continued to improve in the first quarter, in line with expectations, thanks to the solid economic performance in the same period. On the office front, Urban Redevelopment Authority496 words
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423 2000-04-29 3 BUILD ABLE DESIGN FORUM Scores take into acconnt use of easy-to-bnild design and pre-fab parts THE Building and Construction Authority yesterday released the minimum buildability scores that projects must achieve before they are given the go-ahead to start construction. From Jan 1,423 words
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SINGAPORE companies
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429 2000-04-29 4 Siow Li Sen - Issnetobe2ndinl2 months; DBS to use money to re-capitalise bank By\ Siow Li Sen MOUNTING an aggressive attack on the problem loans of its Thai unit, DBS Bank said yesterday it is planning a rights issue of 11 billion baht or about429 words
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306 2000-04-29 4 Catherine Ong - Byi Catherine Ong NEW Zealand is unlikely to allow Singapore Airlines to raise its 25 per cent stake in Air New Zealand to 40 per cent any time soon, the country's Prime Minister Helen Clark signalled yesterday. Responding to a question at306 words
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Article, Illustration383 2000-04-29 4 Jane Cheong - By, Jane Cheong TOTAL Automation Ltd hopes to take its business to another level with plans to expand into the European and American markets, and to get itself upgraded from its current listing on Sesdaq onto the main board. The control and instrumentation engineeringFILE PHOTO - 383 words
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Article, Illustration190 2000-04-29 4 ELTECH Electronics' deputy managing director, Lee Tat Meng, resigned yesterday following his conviction for insider trading on the same day. Eltech said the charge against Lee was in his personal capacity and in relation to his personal dealing and will not have anyFILE PHOTO - 190 words
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313 2000-04-29 4 Joyce Koh - Transmarco and AFP also put on substantial gains Ify* Joyce Koh SPECULATIVE activity returned to Indon-linked stocks yesterday, with L&M leading the pack. The construction group yesterday shot up 20.5 cents or 26 per cent to $1 after gaining 10.5 cents or 15 per313 words
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Article197 2000-04-29 4 Tay Shi'an - NEW LISTINGS Reports by Tay Shi'an A TOP high-technology enterprise from China is exploring a ma inboard listing in Singapore. China Weal Business Machinery, one of Guangzhou's largest computer integration system providers, could list here or in Hongkong, its chief executive and president Meng197 words
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134 2000-04-29 4 THAI Village Holdings, which made its trading debut yesterday, closed exactly at its initial public offer (IPO) price of 20 cents per share. The stock had risen in early trade, hitting a high of 24 cents before falling to a low134 words
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812 2000-04-29 4 r sivanithy - rwr lock siew r sivanithy IT wasn't that long ago that the term IPO was seen as a sign of guaranteed success. First-day premiums of 20-50 per cent were common and it also wasn't that long ago that Internet firm812 words
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183 2000-04-29 5 It plans to increase lending to 15b baht in 2000, np from 3.5b baht in 1999 Reuters {BANGKOK] SingaporeanThai UOB Radanasin pic said yesterday that it would aggressively lend to individuals and small and medium-size businesses this year in order to achieveReuters - 183 words
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Article, Illustration384 2000-04-29 5 Joyce Koh - It will manage park until March 2001; rest of lease sold back to STB By Joyce Koh FRASER Neave has finally closed its chapter on Haw Par Villa, which has turned out to be one of the most expensive mistakesFILE PHOTO - 384 words
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159 2000-04-29 5 Reuters CSE Systems Engineering Ltd, a system integration solutions provider, said yesterday it agreed to buy a British information technology firm Servelec Group for £16.5 million (5544.3 million) in cash and shares. It said in a statement it would pay cash ofReuters - 159 words
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COMPANYBriefs
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Article113 2000-04-29 5 ELECTRONICS and telecommunications firm Acma, in the process of converting itself into an Internet player, yesterday reported that businessman Oei Hong Leong has upped his stake in the firm from 4.9 per cent to 8.07 per cent. Acma said Mr Oei bought 5.9113 words
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64 2000-04-29 5 PARKWAY Holdings said yesterday Han Cheng Fong has stepped down as its deputy chairman. It also announced the appointment of Ed Ng Ee Peng as a non-executive director with effect from yesterday. Mr Han has also quit his director and chairman posts at The64 words
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102 2000-04-29 5 TMC International Holdings Ltd yesterday said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Newcastle, Australia, to further boost their strong ties and to be able to offer to the Singapore market and the region a wide array of courses to102 words
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113 2000-04-29 5 CITICORP Investment Bank said the offer for SNP by Singapore Technologies unit Green Dot Capital closed yesterday with total acceptances raising the offeror's stake in SNP to 41,839,240 shares and 13,427,905 warrants, representing 72.6 per cent of the issued capital and 79.3 per113 words
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Article4848 2000-04-29 5 Net earn CPS New Toyo MrK r 3.047 1948 1.43 0.91 M« TV LY TY IV MM Hldgs Mar 27 P UN 4.490 JJ9 145 Cimpaey am <$m) ($m> (eta) (da) Nippprcrett Mer 27 P L2M 4.TM 0.63 120 HOI Mar 27 P 159.072 *****1 17.54,848 words
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SINGAPORE markets
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Article514 2000-04-29 6 Slocks Volume L&M 50c 43,028,000 ParkwayLab 5c 21,111,000 AirOcean 5c 19,839,000 ThaiViMage 5c 14,141,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 10,031,000 Asia Food&Prop 8,940,000 Golden Agri US10c 8.536,000 Fastech US10c 7,868,000 MediaRing 10c 6,762,000 JITHWgslOc 6,507,000 Stocks PacificCentury 75,427,800 DBS Grp 41,360.064 L&M 50c 40.594,761 Chart Semiconductor 26c 32,340,228 Datacraft 10c 27,697,038514 words
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Article, Illustration548 2000-04-29 6 r. sivanithy - l=j| comment STOCKS r.sivanithy THERE was no clear pattern in yesterday's trading other than a play on a few laggard tech stocks and churning of the second line and small caps. A natural reluctance by traders to take on new548 words
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Article, Illustration184 2000-04-29 6 R Sivanithy - WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy INVESTORS appear to be unsure of just how to treat banks these days one day, the sector seems to be in favour, the next day it isn't. And within the sector, preferences seem to lie184 words
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Article, Illustration241 2000-04-29 6 Teh Hooi Ling - HOT STOCK by' Teh Hooi Ling CONSTRUCTION firm L&M yesterday shot up 20.5 cents or 26 per cent to Si in the stock market. The counter was the day's volume leader with 43 million shares changing hands. This compares with the 10-day average volume241 words
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Article151 2000-04-29 6 ♦FIRST Engineering Warrant 2001: Entitlements to the adjustment of warrants on the basis of one additional warrant for every one existing warrant held. Ex-date is on May 22. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is on May 25. The exercise price of each warrant will be151 words
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583 2000-04-29 6 AFP [SINGAPORE] The US dollar was higher against the euro and the yen in Singapore trade yesterday, dealers said. The euro closed at U550.9075, down from its close the day before of U550.9206. It opened at US$O.9llO, according toAFP - 583 words
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SINGAPORE news
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251 2000-04-29 7 Sources say contractor had wanted to remove provisional liquidator ADDING yet another turn to the Tong Tien See Construction saga, the High Court yesterday threw out the firm's application to remove its provisional liquidator. The judge dismissed the application with costs, sources said yesterday.251 words
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250 2000-04-29 7 RESTORE the Central Provident Fund cuts as fast as possible and give a fair raise and bonus to workers, labour chief l.inn Boon Heng has urged in his May Day message. Noting that workers have played their part in the financial crisis, he250 words
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Article, Illustration277 2000-04-29 7 Kenneth Lee - 3 on the economy outlook By Kenneth Lee THE Singapore economy is likely to have grown 6.8 per cent to 7.2 per cent in the first quarter, DBS Bank has forecast. In its latest assessment of Singapore's economic outlook, published in the latest issue ofSource: CEIC - 277 words
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261 2000-04-29 7 COMPANIES must "gear up" their on-the-job-training (OJT) to provide a higher level of skills, Productivity and Standards Board (PSB) chairman Lim Boon Heng said yesterday. The new economic environment requires companies to speed up and boost their OJT system, he said at the261 words
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346 2000-04-29 7 Raymond Chow - Raymond Chow Vice President Head. Corporate Communications Singapore Exchange WE refer to the article "SGX should come down harder on lack of disclosure" (BT, Apr 26). Our Listing Manual requires every listed company to provide a review of its financial performance in the announcement of346 words
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357 2000-04-29 7 Eugene Low - Eugene Low THE Media Corporation of Singapore (MediaCorp) is spending $13.2 million as part of its "golden handshake" scheme to retrench 210 of its 3,051 employees. Of the workers retrenched by the government-owned company, all have at least 10 years of service357 words
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Article, Illustration430 2000-04-29 7 DUPONT, which is investing $140 million in its third Lycra plant here, may be setting up a facility in Singapore to produce raw materials for its Lycra manufacturing facilities in Asia. The company is also investing $10 million to set up a research and430 words
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560 2000-04-29 8 TOKYO Play Station 2 startup costs result in group net loss of 36.7b yen, np from 19.4b yen a year ago Bloomberg SONY Corp, maker of the Play Station video-game box, said yesterday that its loss in the January-March quarter almostBloomberg - 560 words
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Article, Illustration53 2000-04-29 8 NEW YORK] Executives of AT&T Wireless Group ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday as the company marks the largest initial public offering in US history. The company's total offering was valued at US$lO.6 billion (SslB.l billion) for 360AFP - 53 words
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624 2000-04-29 8 TOKYO Bat Toshiba's group net loss widens to 28b yen Reuters JAPANESE high-tech heavyweights Fujitsu Ltd and Hitachi Ltd moved back into the black in the last business year as the world chip market perked up, although rival Toshiba Corp still struggled, postingReuters - 624 words
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474 2000-04-29 8 STOCKHOLM Company sees Q2 profit doubling, sales to go np 25% Bloomberg ERICSSON AB, the world s top maker of wireless phone networks, said first-quarter profit more than quadrupled and raised its full-year sales forecast on demand for its cellular networksBloomberg - 474 words
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330 2000-04-29 8 WASHINGTON Bloomberg DOUBLECLICK Inc, the No 1 Internet advertising company that lost 47 per cent of its value this year, awarded its two top executives stock options worth about US$344 million (SssBs million) based on last year's prices. The sharesBloomberg - 330 words
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341 2000-04-29 8 PALO ALTO, California 3 others reassigned, 1 suspended; new policies to prevent recurrence Reuters CISCO Systems Inc, the largest maker of gear that powers the Internet, fired one worker and reassigned or suspended four others after the company was alerted to allegations ofReuters - 341 words
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553 2000-04-29 8 BERLIN Reuters GERMANY was to launch an auction of broadband UMTS mobile licences yesterday and expects to raise almost US$5O billion (SsBs billion) to cut government debt as cellphone companies scramble to acquire capacity for Internetcompatible services. Germany's four mobileReuters - 553 words
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REGIONAL news
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524 2000-04-29 9 MANILA Run prompts central bank, bankers' body to lend support Bloomberg INTERNATIONAL Exchange Bank and Philippine Bank of Communications said nervous depositors are making extra large withdrawals on fears the banks may fail, prompting authorities to try and shore up supportBloomberg - 524 words
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Article, Illustration1173 2000-04-29 9 karim raslan - Lvi ;l I idilki journal karim raslan The writer is a Kuala Lumpur based lawyer and writer LAST week, after hours of painstaking economic research, a great deal of teh tarik and a lot of MTV and Channel V, I coined the phrase, the "Madonna1,173 words
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327 2000-04-29 9 Al Labita - Cheques worth 177 m pesos issued by Urban bounced, the group says Fromj Al Labita in Manila FOOD and beverage giant San Miguel Corp (SMC) yesterday protested to monetary authorities the sudden closure of a commercial bank, a move which has put327 words
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417 2000-04-29 9 JAKARTA AFX-Asia INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid told legislators that the two key economic ministers he dismissed this week were believed to be involved in several corruption cases, Kompas quoted a senior parliamentarian as saying. "The president said the replacement of the two ministersAFX-Asia - 417 words
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MARKET moves
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Article80 2000-04-29 9 THE share price of transportation companies Diperdana and Konsortium Logistik rose despite the soft market conditions yesterday on expectations that they will be forced to beef up their operations to counter keener competition ahead. Diperdana rose 16 sen to RM4.96, while Konsortium gained 25 sen to RM5.75.80 words
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Article60 2000-04-29 9 LAND General continued to be heavily traded, inching up three sen to RM1.47, following the revision of its pre-tax profit for the year ended December 1999 from RM25.9 million (5511.6 million) to RM60.3 million. The change was due to the receipt of a profit guarantee60 words
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Article68 2000-04-29 9 Eddie Toh - Compiled by Eddie Toh UNITED Engineers Malaysia rose five sen to RM9.80 when trading in parent Renong Bhd was halted yesterday following Sapura's bid for Time Engineering, an associate of Renong. Sapura and Telekom Malaysia, however, failed to prevent the court from giving a further three-month reprieve to68 words
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REGION world
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778 2000-04-29 10 Quak Hiang Whai - Its Canadian partner TIW wins coveted Licence A for 36 system with bid of £4^Bb From Quak Hiang Whai m Hongkong LI Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa—after loading its war chest with heavy ammunition in the last six months—has successfully secured a third-generation (3G) mobile phone778 words
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517 2000-04-29 10 HONGKONG Flotationsaidtobe aimed at raising US$lOO-200m Reuters DEFYING a recent stock market slump, Skynet (International Group) Holdings Ltd plans to list two of its Internet portals on Hongkong's Growth Enterprise Market (GEM). "We hope to submit applications for the listing of Cyber DailyReuters - 517 words
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408 2000-04-29 10 SHANGHAI Bank of Shanghai and Shanghai Commercial Savings Bank link up to face WTO challenges Bloomberg SHANGHAI Commercial Savings Bank of Taiwan and a Hongkong affiliate are forming an alliance with China's Bank of Shanghai, creating an unusual cross-border link between Taiwanese and ChineseBloomberg - 408 words
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567 2000-04-29 10 NEW YORK Key data point to inflation, tougher monetary policy Reuters IN a significant shift in market view from a fortnight ago, mayor Wall Street brokerages now believe that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by half-a-percentage point when it meetsReuters - 567 words
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Article, Illustration45 2000-04-29 10 [SYDNEY] A semi-nude cyclist, part of the radical group known as Critical Mass, preparing to ride in a protest around the streets of Sydney yesterday. About 100 cyclists, skateboarders and rollar-bladers blocked streets during peak hour in a celebration of non-motorised transport. REUTERSREUTERS - 45 words
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305 2000-04-29 10 TOKYO Reuters, Bloomberg A TOP executive handling Japanese department store Sogo Co Ltd's efforts to crawl out from under a mountain of debt has hanged himself a high profile sign of the hu man toll of the nation's eco nomic woes. A policeReuters,; Bloomberg - 305 words
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217 2000-04-29 10 PARIS Central bank head was treasury director then AFP BANK of France governor Jean-Claude Trichet said yesterday that he was facing charges in an enquiry into the financial affairs of Credit Lyonnais bank while it was state-owned. Mr Trichet said in a statement heAFP - 217 words
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WORLD news
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Article, Illustration430 2000-04-29 11 NEW YORK Jim Clark sees profits on USslb sales by end 2000; forecast beats CEO's Reuters HEALTHEON/ WEBMD Corp co-founder Jim Clark said the Internet healthcare company would have about US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) in revenues and be profitable by the end ofReuters - 430 words
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607 2000-04-29 11 WASHINGTON Their recommendation to judge goes beyond what govt is expected to urge Bloomberg, AP MICROSOFT Corp should be split into four companies to end its anti-com-petitive practices, a group of leading economists told the judge who declared the world's largest software company anBloomberg,; AP - 607 words
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Article, Illustration529 2000-04-29 11 LONDON Bloomberg, Reuters BMW, Germany's No 3 carmaker, has ended talks to sell Rover Cars to Alchemy Partners, a UK venture capital firm, and may close Rover if another buyer can't be found, the German carmaker said. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG andBloomberg,; Reuters; AP - 529 words
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Article, Illustration292 2000-04-29 11 Bloomberg MERRILL Lynch Co helped former Singapore-based private banker Kevin Wallace, who is accused of stealing US$25 million (Ss43 million) from his clients, defraud a widow and her two daughters, the woman says in a lawsuit. Valori Kemp says in a federal complaint filedBloomberg - 292 words
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Article, Illustration519 2000-04-29 11 WASHINGTON The 2 may be first to be definitively cored by this approach Washington Post TWO infants born with a lifethreatening immune system disorder that had forced them to live inside protective sterile "bubbles" are healthy and living normal lives almost aWashington Post; AP; AFP - 519 words
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WORLDWatch
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101 2000-04-29 11 AFP [WASHINGTON] Personal income in the United States rose 0.7 per cent in March, and spending gained 0.5 per cent, the Commerce Department reported yesterday. It was the first time since October that income had outstripped spending, the department said. Wall Street analystsAFP - 101 words
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38 2000-04-29 11 Bloomberg [BERLIN] Commerzbank AG attracted a third German millionaire investor with a history of engineering takeovers as a shareholder, adding to analysts' speculation that the country's fifth-biggest bank may be facing a bid. BloombergBloomberg - 38 words
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Article66 2000-04-29 11 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The World Bank is ending the appointment of Joseph Stiglitz, a critic of International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies who resigned as the bank's chief economist last November and became a bank adviser. While at the World Bank, Mr Stiglitz frequently clashed with the IMFBloomberg - 66 words
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44 2000-04-29 11 Reuters [NEW YORK] Shareholders of Pfizer Inc on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the US$lO5 billion (*****.8 billion) acquisition of rival drug maker Warner-Lambert Co, moving one step closer to creating the largest US drug company and the world's second biggest. ReutersReuters - 44 words
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59 2000-04-29 11 Reuters [TOKYO] Two of Japan's three biggest brokerage houses yesterday reported strong profits for the just-ended business year, marking a steep rebound from heavy losses posted the previous year. Yet both Daiwa Securities Group and Nikko Securities Co Ltd, respectively Japan's second and third-largestReuters - 59 words
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FINANCE & commodities
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227 2000-04-29 13 Daphne Tay Jardine Fleming - SGZ Derivatives Ttadlngßeports MSCT Singapore Index Daphne Tay Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stockmarket finished firmer yesterday with trading focused on speculative second liners and selective interest in banks and technology issues. Creative Technology jumped 12 per cent following the release of a227 words
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299 2000-04-29 13 Chan Yet San Refco Singapore Pte Ltd - MS& Taiwan futures Chan Yet San Refco Singapore Pte Ltd THE Taiwan stock market bounced up yesterday following Nasdaq's surge overnight. News of state fund buying helped push the market up as well. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index ended up 282.41 points299 words
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Article194 2000-04-29 13 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [LONDON] Crude oil yesterday rose one per cent to its highest price in more than a week as colder-than-normal weather in the UK boosted demand for heating oil. "I've still got my central heating on, which I didn't expect at theBloomberg - 194 words
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Article316 2000-04-29 13 Reuters London THE hapless euro set a record low against the US dollar for the second consecutive day early yesterday, its third record low this week, and analysts said losses below US$O.9O were likely. The European Central Bank (ECB) raised official interest rates by a quarter percentage pointReuters - 316 words
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Article, Illustration1293 2000-04-29 13 MTERBAIfg CROSS RATES Apr 28 A$ C$ 8mto Euro Ffr Pro HK$ Ind 8s Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ P«> »s Peso S$ Band Sfr NTS Biht Pond US$ Australia 0.868 4.886 0.648 4.252 1.268 4.585 25.696 46.735 0.627 6.528 2.237 1205 30.516 24.292 1.003 4.014 1.019 18.032 22.390 0.3751,293 words
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Article1934 2000-04-29 13 81C0M FUTURES Apr 28 RUBBER (futures dosing as at 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS centsAg) Close VolMM Opm Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest May 00 118.75 JunOO 121.50 300 Jul 00 123.50 300 Aug 00 125.50 300 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US certs/ligX Volume Open Month Hkjh Low Sett (tonnes) Interest May1,934 words
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Article, Illustration2769 2000-04-29 14 HONGKONG AFX-Asia nßugSag +32M3 HONGKONG share prices closed higher, led by China Telecom and Hutchison amid generally positive sentiment on the mobile phone sector, and with technology stocks also sharply up on Nasdaq's gains, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed upAFX-Asia - 2,769 words
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Article1953 2000-04-29 14 TOKYO AFP QWUmMS -45i47 SHARE prices in Tokyo closed below the 18,000-point level yesterday for the first time in six months as investors took quick profits on high-tech issues before the closing bell, brokers said. The key Nikkei 225 Index lost 45.47, or 0.3 perAFP - 1,953 words
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Article, Illustration944 2000-04-29 14 Reuters flSkakißMß -MU3 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed slightly higher yesterday as domestic institutions stepped in to support the market on the last trading day before a week-long holiday, brokers said. Shenzhen's B Index rose 0.63 points or 0.71 per cent to 90.05 points as turnover rose sharplyReuters; Source: Credit Lyonnais Securities (Asia) Ltd - 944 words
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Article377 2000-04-29 14 AFP QwPlafcx +282.41 TAIWAN share prices closed 3.3 per cent higher yesterday in a technical rebound after heavy losses earlier in the week, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index shot up 282.41 points to 8,824.36. Turnover yesterday was NTJ168.7 billion, up from the previous trading session'sAFP - 377 words
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Article, Illustration441 2000-04-29 15 AFX-Asia C 3 Composite Index -SJH) SHARE prices in Kuala Lumpur yesterday closed mixed in thin trade with investors sidelined ahead of the long weekend with not enough leads to spur buying, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed 5.90 points or 0.65AFX-Asia - 441 words
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Article296 2000-04-29 16 AFP Q Composite Index +33J2 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 33.32 points at 725.39. Volume was 226.2 million shares worth 2.7 trillion won. AFP *•>» vAnam Semi VMOO 300 Brain Tech «20 Central Bank 1820 -70 ClwtfComm "6500 3000 OaeGuBank. 2010 10 Danang Corp 2125 -5AFP - 296 words
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Article297 2000-04-29 16 AFP Q Composite Index -2LBO THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index yesterday closed down 21.80 points or 1.4 per cent to 1,598.73. Volume turnover fell to 3.23 billion shares worth 1.05 billion pesos from 6.7 billion shares worth 950.46 million pesos on Thursday.—AFP Nee *t- rmm MRC Anted 0.53AFP - 297 words
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Article282 2000-04-29 16 AFP QNXSE-44 +10Jt NEW Zealand shares closed slightly higher yesterday as investors struggled to read offshore markets. The NZSE--40 Capital Index rose 10.66 points to 2,016.57 with turnover worth NZ$lll.7 million. Brokers said the market normally edged down before the weekend. —AFP *rzt us rmm Advantage HOS XtS 0.09AFP - 282 words
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Article547 2000-04-29 16 AFP QAD Minna +110 THE benchmark All Ordinaries Index rose 12 points to 3,065.1 while the recently introduced SP/ASX2OO rose 9.5 points to 3,115.8 points. The All Industrials closed 20.8 points higher at 5,434.6 while the All Resources eased ahead 5.1 points to 1,200. Preliminary national turnover was 617.82AFP - 547 words
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Article, Illustration777 2000-04-29 16 AFP P SET fata -2M THAI share prices dropped 0.8 per cent yesterday in very thin trading ahead of the long weekend, as investors largely shunned the Bangkok bourse, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed down 2.96 points at 390.40, while the select SET 50AFP - 777 words
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Article, Illustration632 2000-04-29 16 AFP Qcvxposite Index +5J2 INDONESIAN share prices closed 1.0 per cent higher yesterday on strong corporate results and a technical rebound, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index was up 5.12 points at 526.74. A dealer with a regional brokerage said that the stock market was slightly higherAFP - 632 words
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Article, Illustration1804 2000-04-29 19 PARVATHI NAYAR, FELICIA YAP - Art Singapore will take over where Tresors left off, but with greater focus on Asian art The organisers talk to partatbz matar and fri.tot* tap PARVATHI NAYAR, FELICIA YAP IN the 1990s there was Tresors, an art fair whose mission was to put Singapore on1,804 words
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Article, Illustration1267 2000-04-29 20 FELICIA YAP - Felicia yap meets up with the people behind the Art Gallery Association FELICIA YAP PROM all appearances, the working committee of Art Singapore is enthusiastic enough about their brainchild. While agreeing that Art Singapore is a follow-up to the Tresors in certain areas, the Art Gallery AssociationARTHUR LEE - 1,267 words
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Article, Illustration540 2000-04-29 20 Magdalene Phang - Vocaluptnons goes a capella in its Ist fall-length musical By\ Magdalene Phang SINGING, dancing, romance and a dash of local comedy that about sums up We Don't Dance, a full-length a cappella musical being put together by Vocaluptuous. Most of us at the540 words
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Article, Illustration602 2000-04-29 20 Koh Huiting - 4 ac&ppella groups join up to belt ont familiar tunes By] Koh Huiting EVERYONE knows Chanticleer, the famous male a cappella group in the United Sates with their soothing classical tunes and extensive repertoire. Then there are the renowned King's Singers from the United Kingdom,602 words
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Article, Illustration882 2000-04-29 22 PARVATHI NAYAR - Ivan Heng, in his portrayal, doesn't try to hide his masculinity, writes parvathi nayar PARVATHI NAYAR STELLA Kon's Emily of Emerald Hill (1983) is one of the seminal works ofSingaporean theatre, a monologue that explores the life of a Peranakan matriarch. The twist in the882 words
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404 2000-04-29 22 Aaron Lye - By Aaron Lye EVERYTHING'S going electronic these days. You have e-com-merce, e-fulfillment, cyberwarfare, cyberculture and countless other traditional terms that suddenly find themselves prefixed as part of a snazzy revolution in contemporary language. Well, here's the latest addition to the ever-growing pile cyberart.404 words
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Article, Illustration728 2000-04-29 22 Felicia Yap - CONCERT REVIEW Latest Ballet Under the Stars was a great hit despite cloudy skies By Felicia Yap THEY came in droves, armed with their picnic baskets, rugs and mats. Some even bulldozed a pitch on the green despite an intermittent drizzle. Thankfully, the rainFILE PHOTO - 728 words
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329 2000-04-29 22 Koh Huiting - By\ Koh Huiting ALWAYS wished to hear the Vienna Philharmonic but never had the chance? Then get out of the house tonight and head on down to the Alliance Francaise to hear the masterworks concert presented by Arts Management Associates featuring the Vienna329 words
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679 2000-04-29 22 Kenneth Lee - Australia's lamed singers will be back to thrill Singapore concert-goers liyl Kenneth Lee THREE men who embody a very strange mix of China, Australia and Luciano Pavarotti are coming back to Singapore. Zhou Hao, 46, Xing Weili, 38, and Xie Kun, 44 better679 words
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Article, Illustration1553 2000-04-29 21 M Yasotha - Compiled by M Yasotha MUSIC Singapore Symphony Orchestra Beethoven Symphony Cycle/Piano Fireworks Finland's Petri Sakari conducts a gripping programme of Beethoven and Liszt. Beethoven's first of his nine symphonies displays an independent spirit, almost breaking away from the classical traditions set by Haydn and Mozart. Russian virtuoso Valdimir1,553 words
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Article, Illustration178 2000-04-29 21 The Bmnc The French Fashion Furor 2000, a week-long series of events celebrating the masters of French fashion. Plot and Players: A veritable who's who in fashion. Ranging from From Worth to Dior, a fashion photography exhibition that chronicles the evolution of French fashion from the creations of Charles178 words
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Advertisement49 2000-04-29 20 Art Singapore, Sep 29-Oct3, ARTrium MIT A, MIT A Building, 140 Hill Street. Cina-Capella is on at Bpm, YMS-SPH auditorium in the YMS Arts Centre. Tickets are available at $15 for the public and $12for Fanatix members. For tickets and information, call Angie at 332-*****r e-mail her at: angie@ym&prg.sg49 words
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