The Business Times, 26 July 2000

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/1^1999 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2000
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    78 1 □sn yma* (-0.66) BT-SEI BUHM (-2.84) St INDEX FUTCIES 2jmM (-7.00) SMSCI nrruRES 279J0 (-0.40) STOCK MASKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COUP ***** -3.01 NIKKEI 2» 19*7169 +*47 HANG SENG 17,***** -284J6 SET INDEX 296*9 +146 JAKARTA COUP _***** 736 MANILA OOMP _1.481.99 +180 TAIPEI WPl 7J99J9 *****
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    74 1 FDBEX BATES 118$ St LBS 1.746 £(USS/SS per 1.617 M47 EUBO(US$/S$/E) 0.988 1.636 DM IBflt %san YEN 191.1 IJSW* RM 3500 0.469 HKS 7.797 0224 BAHT 40.93 0.043 RUP1AH W98 0.019 Its PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 CUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA .3900 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI 7.84
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    Lock icon Jakarta takes new tack for economic recovery
    793 1  -  Bat this may set it np for a showdown with the IMF, conglomerates From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE government of President Abdurrahman Wahid, facing growing international criticism for its inability to restore confidence in the country's battered economy, is now attempting to
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    Lock icon Concorde explodes, killing 100
    113 1 LATEST Bloomberg [PARIS] An Air France SA Concorde supersonic passenger plane crashed near Paris en route to New York, killing all 100 people aboard, the French carrier said. The plane exploded shortly after takeoff and fell near a hotel in a northern Paris suburb, France Info
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    Lock icon HK govt set to raise home loan limit to 90%
    650 1  -  HK Mortgage Corporation holding meeting tomorrow From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong IN what could be another move by the Hongkong government to breathe life into a sagging property market, the Hongkong Mortgage Corporation (HKMC) said it is considering raising
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    Lock icon Maersk may take 30% stake in Johor's Pelepas port
    511 1 It promises volume of business to Singapore's rival Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Maersk Sealand, a unit of AP Moeller. the world's largest privately owned shipping company, said it was considering taking a stake in Malaysia's Tanjung Pelepas port in Johor which has
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      254 1 PSA chairman Yeo Ning Hong on why he slpeos like 9^^* r'a <* p S«* m <4? 0* x baby at night IW Back Piige V. C* lb i I'-, i Punters prefer the personal L'C LL C"/1 to trading online Next Page INSIDE Top stories EU prepares for brave
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      Lock icon SMRT shares attract a record 110,671 applicants
      388 2  -  Subscription of 5.2 times for public tranche of 209.5 million shares By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] SMRT Corp's offer of shares to the general public was subscribed by 5.2 times. A total of 110,671 applications for 1.08 billion shares was received for the 209.5
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Unforgettable sales
        109 2 PROPERTY consultancy Knight Frank has produced a booklet listing 100 little-known facts about the firm to mark the millennium. Did you know, for example, that British actor Oliver Reed once threw a frozen goose, a bottle of gin and a spear at a Knight Frank partner who had
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        Lock icon Voicemail from the edge
        97 2 ON any given day a journalist can count on getting quite a few voice messages some vitally important, most not, and occasionally one that elicits a grin or two. Like just the other day, a woman stated her name, but gave no company name or telephone
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        Lock icon Greenspan's droning ways
        72 2 THESE are the results of last weekend's BT Online poll, following the US Federal Reserve chairman's semi-annual report on monetary policy to the Senate Banking Committee: The question: What was the most striking thing about Alan Greenspan's testimony to Congress? ♦The hint that there might not be
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      Lock icon Punters prefer personal touch to trading online
      571 2  -  l-ii exclusive Number of remisiers, dealers up more than 10% in past year despite Net trading By) David Boey [SINGAPORE] Online stock trading has apparently not threatened the jobs of remisiers and dealers. Industry watchers said remisiers and dealers are weathering the challenge
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      Lock icon Big Blue makes big changes to speed up growth
      814 2 IBM overhauls management to gear np its Net strategy NYT [NEW YORK] In the seven years since he had taken over IBM Corp, Louis V Gerstner has led a striking revival in the fortunes of the world's largest computer company. Yet
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      498 2  -  (totting Personal By Corinne Kerk Whoc Ron Sim Chye Hock, chairman and chief executive officer, Osim International Age: 42 Claim to fame: Leaving school with only O Level qualifications, the founder of Osim ('O' symbolising the globe and 'sim' being his surname) has since been conferred
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      154 4 This announcement appears as a matter of record only PI if July 2000 O cmnT Corporation Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore with limited liability on 6 March 2000) Invitation in respect of 492,000,000 existing Shares of par value Sso.lo each comprising: (1) 270,000,000 Placement Shares at 550.61 each
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      858 4 1 :_rv. ar* Asnuzr Corporation Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore with limited liability on 6 March 2000) Invitation in raapect of 492,000,000 existing Shares of par valua SSO.IO aach comprising: (1) 270,000,000 Plscsmant Shares at 550.61 each by way of placement; and (2) 222,000,000 Offar Sharaa at 550.61
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon DBS Land to kick off property results season
      712 4  -  EARNINGSiranCTI No of projects launched crucial to property firms' first half, say analysts By\ Kalpana Rashiwala EARLY next week, DBS Land will be the first of the major property companies to release its results for the half year ended June. Amid generally
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      Lock icon Clock ticking for SC Global's listing status
      511 4 Company has up to Aug 31 to raise its public float to 10% from 8.4% SIMON Cheong's SC Global Developments is on shaky ground with its plan to boost liquidity in its shares through a stock split aimed at raising the public's holding.
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      Lock icon Employee share options: Are they an expense?
      741 4  -  rrrrar lock siew paul thompson WHAT could wipe tens of millions of dollars off the profits of Singaporean companies? Many believe another currencyinduced economic crisis to be a good candidate. But you may be surprised to hear that a radical change in accounting
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      Lock icon KepLand's Asia property fund may be taking off
      325 9  -  AMP, Henderson Investors aim to raise USs2som in global roadshow: report From\ Surinder Singh in Sydney KEPPEL Land's long-awaited plan to start an Asia property fund with Australia's AMP Asset Management may finally get off the ground. AMP and its British partner
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      Lock icon Ipco queried again on share swing
      417 9  -  By David Boey IPCO International whose shares have tanked since it unveiled a $200 million plan earlier this month to turn into a leading New Economy player told the Singapore Exchange yesterday that it had no idea why its share price fell sharply on
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      Lock icon SembCorp Logistics' unit in Indon tie-up
      333 9  -  By] Eugene Low SEMBCORP Logistics' whol-ly-owned subsidiary, Singapore Offshore Petroleum Services (Sops), has teamed up with Indonesian listed company PT Citra Tubindo to offer logistics services to Indonesia's oil and gas industry. The joint-venture company, to be 70 per cent owned by Sops, aims
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon KHZ and SembCorp Marine to merge?
        143 9 AFX-Asia KEPPEL Hitachi Zosen (KHZ) has not received any proposal to merge with SembCorp Marine (formerly Jurong Shipyard), a Keppel Corp spokeswoman said. She was asked to comment on renewed speculation the two companies could merge soon. Talk of the merger was revived by
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        Lock icon Central Prop interim profit slides 32%
        71 9 CENTRAL Properties posted a 32 per cent decline in net profit to $15.7 million although turnover rose 52 per cent to $22 million for the six months ended June. This was due to fluctuations in the level of provisions for diminution in the value
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        Lock icon Labroy Marine unit eyes Sesdaq listing
        43 9 LABROY Marine said yesterday its technology subsidiary, Datum Pointt Holdings Pte Ltd, had applied for a listing on Sesdaq. The proposed listing of Datum is expected to facilitate and finance the business expansion of the DPH Group.
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        Lock icon Wireless broadband test a success
        100 9 NASDAQ-LISTED Pacific Internet said yesterday it has successfully tested wireless broadband networking using Local Multipoint Distribution Service technology. The LMDS service is touted as a viable and cheap alternative to the problem of the so-called "last mile" —for which many telco operators have to invest
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        Lock icon SingTel signs Vietnam deal
        67 9 SINGAPORE Telecom yesterday signed an agreement with Vietnam Datacommunications Company to offer international Frame Relay service in Vietnam. With this agreement, Sing Tel becomes the first foreign carrier to offer such a service in the country. Frame relay enables connection speeds of up to 2 Megabits
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        Lock icon UIS makes $11.7m at half-time
        54 9 UNITED International Securities, the investment arm of UOB, posted a 52.1 per cent leap in net profit to $11.7 million for the six months ended June. Turnover rose 67.5 per cent to $17 million while investment income was up 86.7 per cent to $15.7 million.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      475 6 Stock* Volume Ionics PS1.00 54,666,000 ITech4c 36,494,000 IPCO20C 25,841,000 North 22 US1C 17,984,000 Jadasonlc 15,521,000 HongLaiH 5c 14,868,000 AddvaUech 2.5c 14,717,000 Achieva5c 14,275,000 TTInt15c 12,378,000 Ezyhealth5c 11.121,000 Stock# > Chart Semiconductor 26c 40,531,154 Datacraft 10c 37,559,612 Ionics P$1.00 35,375,685 ST Assembly 25c 33.741,900 VentureMfg25c 25,115,120 ITech4c 20,554,620 IPC020C 18,900,255 DBSGrp
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      Lock icon Bank and property sectors cushion chip stocks' fall
      542 6  -  I :i comment STOCKS teh hooi ling THE Singapore market held its ground yesterday, with buying of banking, construction and property stocks countering the selldown of semiconductor stocks. The Straits Times Index closed down 0.66 point at 2,098.3, though it had risen
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      Lock icon KepLand wrt figures mixed; key lies in speculation
      173 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By' Wong Wei Kong KEPPEL Land warrants rose half a cent to 6 cents yesterday in moderate trading. Some 216,000 units changed hands. The underlying shares rose 7 cents to $2.25 with 1.08 million shares crossed. The stock hit a
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      Lock icon CityDev likely to be range-bound
      242 6  -  HOT STOCK By" Wong Wei Kong PROPERTY developer City Developments (CityDev) finished as the market's third biggest gainer yesterday, rising 30 cents or 4.08 per cent to $7.65. It hit a day-high of $7.70 and day-low of $7.30. Volume dipped slightly to 1.65 million shares
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      157 6 ♦FOOD Empire Holdings announced it has reduced its interest in asianparenting Pte Ltd to 70 per cent. The transfer is in accordance with a shareholders' agreement made between the company and its founders Lee Lai Sim Audrey, Pour Lay Hwa, Low Keng Tee, Lim Song Hai and Yip
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      100 6 stratech systems limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 19 November 1996) INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OF 66,770,000 INVITATION SHARES COMPRISING 15,600,000 OFFER SHARES AND 51,170,000 PLACEMENT SHARES AT $1.10 FOR EACH SHARE Application for Shares may be made on printed Application Forms referred to in the Prospectus dated 24
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      73 6 YOU CAN NOW PUT YOUR CPF SAVINGS IN EIGHT. important All applications for units in eight must be made on the application accompanying the prospectus investors must read ttie prospectus The value of the units and the income from ttiem may fall as well as nse >I< I >1 iSBAr
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      166 7 HIIH Highly Innovative and Versatile Enterprise Solution i\ facilities, property, asset management or technology services needs, HIVES is a one-stop property management solutions provider that has all the expertise to address these needs. As a property owner, you will no longer need to deal with multi-vendors to ensure that your
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  • TECH ipos
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      Lock icon SGX wants to attract Internet brokers as members
      393 8  -  Those having good risk controls and meeting standards would be encouraged to join All reports byi Andrew Wee THE Singapore Exchange wants Internet brokers to become members and yesterday launched its first Tech Fair featuring four technology companies. "We have opened up
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      Lock icon Stratech offering 66.8m new shares at $1.10 each
      359 8 IPO consists of 15.6 m public portion, 51.2 m placement shares STRATECH Systems yesterday launched an initial public offering (IPO) of 66.8 million shares at $1.10 each. The company, which is seeking a main board listing in Singapore, has set aside 15.6
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      Lock icon eWorldofSports.com offering 62.2m shares at 42¢ each
      365 8 EWORLDOFSPORTS.COM (eWOS) yesterday launched an initial public offering (IPO) of 62.2 million shares at 42 cents apiece. The company, which is heading for the main board of the Singapore Exchange, has set aside 12.4 million shares for the public. There are also 49.8
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      Lock icon ITG brings forward units' IPOs by a year to as early as Sept
      377 8 -II exclusive INTERNET Technology Group (ITG) could start listing one of its subsidiaries as early as September, bringing forward its initial public offer plans for these units by a year, a senior company executive said yesterday. "Many
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  • MONEY matters
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      Lock icon Asian currencies face yen-linked pressure
      1066 10  -  I-li comment CURRENCIES Problem compounded by Bangkok's apparent reluctance to defend the baht larry wee R RENEWED weakness in the yen threatens to keep regional currencies under pressure in the next few weeks, reinforced by Thailand's apparent confirmation that it will not defend the baht.
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      Lock icon Asian US$ bonds better bet than yen, euro issues
      891 10  -  Asset swaps play a part in demand for snch paper By 1 Brian Veriaan The author is head of Fixed Income Strategy, Standard Chartered Bank. This article is not an invitation to invest. BTand its contributors will not be held liable
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      215 10 Next-Gen Carrier Solutions /SOFTEL LTD (incorporated with limited liability in the Republic of Singapore) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF GLOBAL OFFERING OF 56,000,000 ORDINARY SHARES (the "OFFER SHARES") OF 550.05 EACH COMPRISING 6,000,000 VENDOR SHARES AND 50,000,000 NEW ORDINARY SHARES AS FOLLOWS:(1) AN INTERNATIONAL OFFERING OF 44,600,000 ORDINARY SHARES; AND (2)
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      Lock icon StarHub lie-up to offer SMEs toll-free Internet calls
      347 11  -  Application sits as an icon on website and can be accessed from anywhere By' Teh Hooi Ling STARHUB yesterday said it has partnered Com Ease.com, a provider of voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) service, to offer toll-free calls on the Internet to companies. Targeted
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      Lock icon DBS opens enterprise banking centre in S'pore
      319 11  -  By. Ling Su Ann DBS yesterday launched its first Enterprise Banking Business Centre in Singapore to serve small and medium "enterprises and plans to expand the concept overseas. "We already have such centres in Hongkong and Thailand and are taking steps to integrate
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      Lock icon Free-trade zone plans for Batam, Bintan, Karimun
      327 11  -  Feasibility stndy to be completed within few months, says Indon trade minister By Eugene Low INDONESIA is considering turning several islands near Singapore into a free-trade zone. Trade and Industry Minister Luhut Pandjaitan said yesterday a feasibility study would be completed within a
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      Lock icon BNP issues $130m 10-year callable fixed-rate bonds
      153 11 BNP Paribas has issued $130 million of 10-year callable fixed-rate bonds with an annual coupon rate of 5 per cent. The bonds, which mature on Aug 24, 2010, allow the issuer the one-time right to call them at par on Aug 24,2005. The
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      Lock icon S'pore growth in 2001 seen at 7% if US soft-lands
      470 11  -  I 4on the economy gdp Byi Anna Teo SHOULD the US achieve a "soft-landing", Singapore's GDP growth is likely to be about 7 per cent in mid-2001, according to estimates by DBS Bank's economic research team. But if the US
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      Lock icon Govt opens 1st site tender for private nursing home
      427 12  -  17 state plots to be released, with aim of 40% of beds to be ran privately in 10 years ity* Joyce Koh FOR the first time, the government is launching a site sale programme for nursing homes in an effort to
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      Lock icon Unredeemed Sogo vouchers keep Ernst & Young counting
      338 12 Unredeemed Sogo vouchers keep Ernst Young counting SOGO'S interim judicial manager Ernst Young is urgently trying to work out how many vouchers the stricken Japanese retailer has in circulation. Sogo has refused to redeem vouchers since July 19, when it was granted interim judicial management. "To receive payment, voucher holders
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      Lock icon Ho Ching donates CSM share proceeds
      253 12 CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing's chairman Ho Ching has sold her entire stake of 40,000 shares in the company, and will give the proceeds to charity. The shares, which represented a 0.0029 per cent stake in Chartered Semiconductor, were sold at $12.40 each on Monday, the
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      Lock icon Weitnauer to tackle local market with e-goods store downtown
      370 12 TRAVEL retail giant Weitnauer Group will take a stab at the local retail market when it opens its first downtown electronics store, E-Tronix, at City Link Mall this Friday. Breaking out of its traditional niche in duty-free retail, the Swiss group
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      Lock icon ISS signs deal to setup training school in Beijing
      360 12  -  By' Tay Hong Seng ISS International School Holdings signed a deal with Beijing Economic and Technological Investment Development Corporation yesterday to set up an international management institute in the Chinese capital. ISS's adviser on China projects, Tan Tee Eng. said ISS
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon General offers are usually fair
      571 13  -  Ang Hao Yao I REFER to the letter by Denis Distant, "Be more generous in offer for CMB Asia" (Mailbag, July 25). The perennial question of whether a general offer is fair cannot be easily answered. It is a supply and demand issue. It is
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      Lock icon Premature to talk about general offer for CMB Asia
      378 13  -  Narayana Narayana I REFER to your report, "F&N share sale triggers general offer for CMB Asia", (BT. July 22). Recent moves by F&N have all tended to stoke controversy, and the present one is unlikely to be an exception to what
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      Lock icon Investor reporting rules not clear
      127 13  -  Carol Sim Siew Tin I HAVE noted numerous instances where substantial shareholders of companies purchased and sold shares of companies concerned but were not following similar reporting procedures. Some transactions were reported promptly to the companies concerned but the companies appear to have delayed the
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon The way ahead for global governance
      746 14  -  fei:i=i bottom line OPINION reginald dale The writer is a columnist with the International Herald Tribune, where this commentary first appeared WORLD leaders who met on Okinawa over the weekend were engaging in a form of what is increasingly known as "global governance" although
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      106 14 'Napster tries to hide the reality, claiming it is merely a kind of matchmaker. That's a little like a hijacker claiming it's only an intermediary moving one person's property to another.' mck Pars(ma Time Warner president, who says digital song swapping software firm Napster is a "hijacker"
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      Lock icon A wake-up call for Asean
      629 14 EDITORIAL IN warning that Asean was in danger of becoming a "sunset organisation", Singapore's Foreign Minister S Jayakumar issued a much-needed wake-up call at the Asean Ministerial Meeting in Bangkok on Monday. He drew attention to the sobering reality that the 10-nation grouping risks being
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      Lock icon EU prepares for brave new world of the euro
      1144 14  -  Biggest challenge is to coordinate national fiscal policies with a centralised monetary policy By" Vikram Khanna The writer is BT's regional economics editor THE notes and coins will be available only from 2002, but so what, say Europe's policymakers and pundits.
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      910 14 Asean's weakness AS THE Asean 10 sit down with their Regional Forum dialogue partners this week in Bangkok, they could do worse than start by considering the significance of Okinawa, site of the just completed Group of Eight summit conference. That Japanese island is not only
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon IGB Corp, Tan & Tan Devt announce RM4.3b merger
      467 15  - IGB Corp, Tan Tan Devt announce RM4.3b merger Move will improve liquidity, unlock the value of their respective assets From'. Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur PROPERTY groups IGB Corporation Bhd and Tan Tan Developments yesterday announced a merger which would create a giant property company with RM4.3 billion (Ss2
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Technology shares tumble
        87 15 Reuters FEARS of slowing worldwide sales of personal computers hit Malaysian technology shares yesterday, with the technology index tumbling to an all-time low. The tech index closed 3.25 per cent down, its biggest single-day loss in a month. Unisem led the declines in Malaysian tech shares. The
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        Lock icon Losing streak at Malayan Banking
        57 15 Reuters MALAYAN Banking, the nation's largest bank, fell 10 sen to a new 6'/j -month low of RMI4 to extend a losing streak. Dealers said investors were worried over the future of its merger with Phileo Allied after a key Phileo shareholder said it objected
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      Lock icon Demand for remisiers in M'sia strong despite online threat
      428 15 KUALA LUMPUR CONTRARY to expectations, demand for Malaysian remisiers remains hot, despite the threat of online trading and a cut in income from a reduction in commission fees beginning in September, The Edge reported. This is especially so as Malaysian stockbroking
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      Lock icon MAS seeks higher foreign holding limit: report
      473 15 KUALA LUMPUR Talks on with Qantas for possible equity participation MALAYSIA Airlines (MAS) has asked the government for permission to raise its foreignheld stake to up to 45 per cent, Malaysian Business Times reported yesterday. In a related move, the government said that
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      249 15 IWItWIMIIMiWIIMM H National University of Singapore 0 National Institute of Education W founded ims Jointly Present PUBLIC LECTURES S PROFESSOR TSUI LAP-CHEE |j| H Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor H THE HUMAN GENOME UNDERSTANDING THE QQ PROJECT WHERE DOES IT BASIC DEFECT IN DISEASE WfM IM TAKE US TO?" BY
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      156 15 GAVIN ANDERSON gj COMPANY Financial and Corporate Communications Gavin Anderson Company is one of the world's leading specialist communications consultancies, with offices in eleven cities worldwide Our Singapore office has achieved considerable growth over the past three years with a strong base of blue-chip domestic and international clients. To support
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      642 16  -  However, troika system set to meet stiff resistance on the ground: analysts From Harish Mehta in Bangkok ASEAN foreign ministers formally set up a troika system yesterday, at the level of foreign ministers, giving the grouping power to respond to political and
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      304 16 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA yesterday denied rumours in financial markets that President Abdurrahman Wahid was ill, after a news conference he was scheduled to give was abruptly cancelled and no reason given. "He is healthy, and is carrying out his schedule," one palace
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      481 17 BANGKOK Officials have hinted they are more than happy for baht to fall Reuters SIGNALS that the Thai authorities will not intervene to support the baht have left the currency languishing near 10-month lows and dealers say it can only fall
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      331 17  -  Chinese officials may want to thank UOB for this From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur BANK of China will re-open in Malaysia after a 35-year absence, due in part to a helping hand from Singapore banker Wee Cho Yaw of United
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      244 17 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN prosecutors have slapped another charge against Mohammad "Bob" Hasan, a close business associate of former president Suharto, keeping him in detention for another 20 days, a report said yesterday. Hasan is already a suspect in an US$B7 million (*****.8 million) fraud
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        71 17 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's parliament has approved tax cuts that halve the burden on low income earners, as well as a radical amendment that will provide regional administrations with 20 per cent of income tax receipts, The Jakarta Post reported yesterday. Finance Minister Bambang Sudibyo said the
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        60 17 AFP [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government is studying the possibility of reducing the number of its bank recapitalisation bonds through a swap arrangement, Finance Minister Bambang Sudibyo said yesterday. He said the change would be made by swapping some of the recap bonds for performing
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        60 17 Reuters [BANGKOK] The Bank of Thailand said yesterday it expected Thai gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 4.5-5.5 per cent this year and 4-6 per cent in 2001. The central bank gave the forecast in a paper which also detailed a range of other
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        44 17 AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] All commercial banks have lowered their loan targets for this year and resubmitted them to the central bank after lower-than-expected loans extended in the first five months, The Nation quoted a Bank of Thailand source as saying.—AFX-Asia
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      367 26 SHANGHAI Foreign firms with China investments, like Unilever, have expressed interest Reuters CHINA will encourage foreign invested firms to list on its domestic A share markets, Shanghai Stock Exchange president Tu Guangshao said yesterday. Several such firms, including AngloDutch consumer products group Unilever
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      Lock icon Legend's Q1 net up 136% to HK$191m
      379 26 HONGKONG Reuters CHINA'S largest computer maker Legend Holdings Ltd said yesterday net profit for its fiscal first quarter jumped 136 per cent to HK5191.03 million (5542.8 million) from HK580.93 million a year earlier, easily exceeding analysts' forecasts as PC revenue nearly doubled and
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        65 26 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan vice-premier Yu Shyi-kun resigned yesterday, shouldering responsibility for the failure to rescue four workers stranded in floods. "Mr Yu had insisted on resigning to take political responsibility and I approved his resignation this morning," Prime Minister Tang Fei said. AFP The partnership ends Mr
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        55 26 Reuters [HONGKONG] Business-to-consumer Internet portal 36.c0m Holdings Ltd said yesterday that its 280 million share initial public offering (IPO) was oversubscribed prior to its Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) debut tomorrow. The retail tranche of 42 million shares was 2.68 times subscribed and the 182 million placement
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        48 26 AFP [BEIJING] China will gradually reduce funding of loss-making state enterprises over the next three to five years, Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng said yesterday. It will also stop allocating funds to projects in industries that should be ruled by the market. —AFP
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        41 26 Reuters [HONGKONG] Logistics software provider ePro Ltd has delayed the listing of its shares on the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) to Aug 3 from yesterday. It has also reduced the total number of shares offered. Reuters
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        38 26 Reuters [BEIJING] The European Union has asked Beijing to investigate more than 400 Chinese companies Brussels says are violating intellectual property rights (IPR), a top European Commission official said yesterday. Reuters
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      171 26 HONGKONG Reuters SHARES of hotelier Asia Standard Hotel rose over 181 per cent on its debut yesterday after the company assumed the listing of Yaohan Hong Kong Corp by taking control of the bankrupt department store operator. The counter hit a high
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      327 17 Ballroom, Hilton Singapore Sunday, July 50, 2000 Viewing time 10.30am-12 noon Auction sale From 12.15pm Kdmund and Shukor have just returned from a successful trip sourcing from the vast weaving regions of Central Asia to bring you: A startling array of collectible flat weaves An exceptional collection of super fine
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      1072 18 The Singapore Quality Award helps companies upgrade to world-class standards that have become essential for survival today RAPID globalisation. The rise of the New Economy. These are just some of the sweeping changes that have indelibly altered the way companies do business. Now. upgrading is
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      933 19  -  Citibank's RCPM unit processes 25,000 transactions worth billions of dollars each day with an accuracy of 99.999%. LING SU ANN learns its secret LING SU ANN WALKING into the office of Citibank's Regional Cash Process Management (RCPM) unit, one is greeted with a
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      748 21  -  Philips Electronics believes a quality improvement programme needs a high level of employee involvement, writes EUGENE LOW EUGENE LOW WHEN it comes to an organisation's approach to quality improvement programmes, it is a case of "the more the merrier", rather than "too many cooks spoil
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      427 21 Beam will identify key performance gaps and develop action plans to bridge them BEAM, or Business Excellence Action Mapping, is a programme launched recently by the PSB to help local enterprises develop a roadmap to achieve business excellence. Supporting the SME 21 Plan,
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      376 21 SQC a class of their own WHILE few companies are in the same league as the Singapore Quality Award winners, there are many which have reached commendable levels of business excellence these companies qualify to join the Singapore Quality Class (SQC) scheme. Launched in 1997, the SQC complements the Singapore
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      1148 22 Two more organisations have joined the distinguished list of Singapore Quality Award winners while 36 more organisations are on the honour roll for achieving commendable levels of business excellence. Singapore Quality Award Winners (1995 2000) 1995 Texas Instruments Singapore Re Ltd (now Micron Semiconductor Asia Re Ltd)
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      156 19 "TRANSWARE DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PTE LTD is proud to join the Singapore Quality Class and we thank the staff for this achievement" QUALITY CLASS Sundralingam General Manager Ran go serv i c e s of f ere d With a decade of service excellence behind us, Transware At Transware, quality excellence
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      306 20 rdc. Qfhcrete The First Ready-mixed Concrete Company awarded the fco RDC.Concrete is the leading ready-mixed concrete supplier in Singapore with a 19-year —CTNC A PAD 17 track record in supplying concrete to many projects. We are pioneer in introducing 1 kJl' i vJ/ll \/i\ Pi various new products to the
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      47 21 55 BREAKTHROUGH People Development Student Focus Customer Satisfaction Community Partnership Educational Excellence As a Singapore Quality Class organisation, these are the corporate values we embrace in our journey towards realising the ITE vision. To partner with us, simply visit www.ite.edu.sg SINGAPORE or call I QUALITY CLASS *****65
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      848 23  -  FAST Its spin-off eßworx is blazing trail with enterprise solutions for high-tech manufacturers By; Tang Weng Fai THERE'S a lot of life yet in the so-called Old Economy companies. And the recent spin-off from CSE Engineering, eßworx, is a clear case
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      501 23 NEW YORK Response quite unlike demand for online share-trading NYT IN the early rounds of the online banking competition, the surprising outcome is that the big commercial banks have not been beaten to the punch by nimbler young challengers. Unlike the brokerage titans
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      526 24 WASHINGTON Main concern stems from Bonn's 58% stake in bnyer Deutsche Telekom Reuters A POLITICAL storm in Congress is brewing over a proposal by Deutsche Telekom AG, more than half-owned by the German government, to acquire USbased Voice Stream Wireless Corp. The Clinton administration
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      43 24 [NEW YORK] Singer Alanis Morisetteperforming at the Yahoo! Internet Life Online Music Awards in New York on Monday. Now in its third year, the awards programme was created to celebrate the most revolutionary artists and companies on the Internet. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Time Warner calls Napster a hijacker
      517 24 NEWYORK President admits industry too slow to offer songs over Net Reuters IN an informal prelude to a court battle later this week, the president of media conglomerate Time Warner Inc on Monday compared digital song-swapping software company Napster to a "hijacker" of intellectual
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      Lock icon Texas Instruments' Q2 gain rises 37%
      263 24 DALLAS Reuters TEXAS Instruments Inc, the world's No 1 maker of computer chips for mobile phones, yesterday said sec-ond-quarter net income rose 37 per cent as strong world demand for wireless communications showed no sign of flagging. The Dallas-based manufacturer of the chips used
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        55 24 AFP [NEW YORK] IBM said on Monday that it has launched a commercial version of its ASCI White supercomputer, which it called the world's most powerful, capable of 12.3 trillion calculations per second. The launch aims to take advantage of the "shift in supercomputer usage from
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        60 24 AFP [SINGAPORE] The number of Asia-Pacific Internet users will triple to over 230 million in three years, thanks to increased personal computer penetration and cheaper telecommunications, Lehman Brothers said yesterday. It projected the number of Net users in the region will rise
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        Lock icon India car firms in e-commerce pact
        71 24 AFX-Asia [BOMBAY] Eight Indian automobile companies have entered into a pact to set up an e-commerce portal to facilitate supply chain management on the vendor side for the car industry, a Mahindra+Mahindra Ltd statement said. The eight companies are Mahindra+Mahindra Ltd, Tata Engineering and
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        52 24 Reuters [NEW YORK] News and music Web site Sonic Net.com won the best overall site award for the second consecutive year in the Yahoo Internet Life Online Music Awards on Monday, while rock icon David Bowie was honoured twice with "online pioneer" and "best artist site"
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      1351 25  -  Thailand's stock exchange will introduce new products as part of a move to address 3 structural problems Reports by] Harish Mehta in Bangkok WHEN Vicharat Vichit-Vadakan became the president of the Stock Exchange of Thailand in September last year, he voluntarily stopped making personal
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      782 25 THE greatest fear Vicharat VichitVadakan has had in his extensive career in the securities industry was that he would hold an auction of distressed assets and no buyers would show up. When the financial crisis hit Thailand three years ago, he left his job as chairman
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      932 25 EBSBW Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg Head Offices: Stuttgart: P.O. Box 10 60 49 D-***** Stuttgart; Karlsruhe: D-***** Karlsruhe Schlossplatz 10/12; Mannheim: P.O. Box 10 03 52 D-***** Mannheim Singapore Branch: 25 International Business Park #01 *72 German Centre, Singapore *****6 Consolidated Balance Sheet Consolidated Statement of Income (EUR amounts in thousands) December
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      123 26 Which to hear Art extra H pair of hands horn o'it l~rr ind Service.. could |ust iv<- hi* ovoning it you re too t.-isy to Arcosi o Land, wq 11 do anything P C k up your dress hom home It's one ot the many reasons why businesses to n6lfj
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      529 27 WASHINGTON But July Consumer Confidence Index rose to 141.7 from 139.2 in June Reuters Bloomberg THE latest statistics show the record US economic expansion is cooling to a pace that could reduce the risk of accelerating inflation, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said, suggesting central
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      355 27 TOKYO But direct investment in S-E Asia likely to take a back seat JAPANESE companies, which curbed their investment in Asia after the 1997 financial crisis, are eyeing the region once more as fertile ground for information technology (IT) investment. The region's high-tech
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      328 27 Reuters [BOMBAY] Indian shares rebounded yesterday after a local court dismissed a case against an ultra right Hindu party leader, but the rupee resumed its slide as the impact of the central bank's support package wore off. The benchmark Bombay index rallied
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        110 27 Reuters [NEW YORK] AT&T's second-quarter profits rose, beating Wall Street expectations, as higher wireless, data and corporate sales offset a decline in sales to residential customers. Profits, excluding one-time items, rose 18.5 per cent to US$l.BB billion (553.28 billion), or 57 US cents a share,
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        90 27 Reuters [NEW YORK] US financial services company American Express said on Monday its second-quarter profit rose 15 per cent to a record US$74O million (551.29 billion), lifted by increased use of its charge cards by consumers and revenues from managing money for investors. It
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        Lock icon SmithKline first-half earnings up 16%
        91 27 Reuters [LONDON] SmithKline Beecham, reporting its final set of results before merging with Glaxo Wellcome, said yesterday first-half earnings grew by 16 per cent. Pre-tax profits rose 14 per cent to £1.06 billion (Ss2.B billion) from a year earlier. Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted
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        139 27 NYT [NEW YORK] Drugmakers Merck and Pfizer posted strong gains in second-quarter earnings on Monday, and shares of Merck rose more than 9 per cent Net income at Merck increased 16 per cent to US$l.72 billion (Ss3 billion), or 73 US cents a share,
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        103 27 Reuters [LONDON] News and information company Reuters Group said yesterday first-half revenues rose 9 per cent and underlying operating profit 3 per cent, driven by another strong showing from its Instinet electronic broking arm. Revenues for the six months to June 30 rose to £1.7 billion
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        66 27 Bloomberg [Amsterdam] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said fiscal first-quarter profit rose 23 per cent as economic growth in Europe helped insulate it from higher fuel costs and powered demand for travel. The airline said profit rose to 43 million euros ($70.4 million), or 0.9
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      530 28  -  Chief executive officer of Halliburton is a strong supporter of free-trade policies From Leon Hadar in Washington THE choice of Dick Cheney, a former defence secretary, as the running mate of Republican presidential nominee George W Bush should come as good news
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      417 28 after 1998 alliance to find ways of integrating Europe's equity markets FT [LONDON] AT the start of this year the London Stock Exchange was in talks of varying seriousness with five potential partners before it finally emerged in May with one. They were Nasdaq, the Amsterdam,
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      309 28 LONDON Stock falls 21% on its debut, wiping £174 m off its market cap FT AN expected buying spree from investment banks in support of the London Stock Exchange's merger with Deutsche Borse failed to materialise, shaving £174 million (***** million) off
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      1269 30  -  The boss of the London-based satellite broadcaster is making his presence felt at NewsCorp's top table, writes james hardikg JAMES HARDING FT WHEN Tony Ball got married late last year, he took his wife, Gabriela, on honeymoon to Thailand and Australia. This was a
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      265 30 NEW YORK Reuters CROSS-BORDER merger and acquisition (M&A) activity shot up 60 per cent to a record US$643 billion (Ssl.l trillion) in the first half of this year, according to research released by KPMG LLP yesterday. The data, issued one day after
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      961 27 CENTRAL PROPERTIES LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES (Incorporated in Singapore) PROFIT AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT I UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2000 1. Unaudited Profit and Loss Accounts The Group The Company 2000 1999 Change 2000 1999 Change SS'OOO SS'OOO SS'OOO Ss'ooo Turnover Dividend income 11,529 11,109
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      176 28 In these modern times, this new economy, time is everything. Make it stand still for you. i Afc V >;•' CJ 40 nt -SOi Y y j,'. to< r<v ?szs asr.e j —i Infinite Possibilities. Opportunities. Instinct. Profit. But do you have the time? •Time to think, to reflect and
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      2630 29 NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1X0(1-741 INB3 Fax No: 741 12'JS Deutsche Bank (Zl (Incorporated in the Federal Republic ot Germany) Consolidated Balance Sheet ot Deutsche Bank AG as 31,1999 Assets Liabilities and equity in€ m. 31.12.99 31.12.98 in €m. 31.12.99 31.12.98 Cash reserve 21,879 20,175 Deposits from other banks
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      1159 30 NOTICES To advertise call toll-tree 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 BALANCE SHEETS STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (BANKING ACCOUNTS) (BANKING ACCOUNTS) (as of Pacambf 31,1998) (for the yar ended Omemmbm 31,1998) 1998 1998 (In Million.) (In Millions) Korean Won Korean Won As s «ts Operating revenues Cash and due from Banks
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      861 31  -  Mere safety training isn't enough so long as there's no proper OHS management system, writes SUSAN TSANG SUSAN TSANG YOU'VE heard of the quality management system ISO 9000, and ISO ***** for environmental management. The latest certification for companies to aim for has to do
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      727 31  -  Singapore Rolling Shutters finds out that ISO 9002 certification adds to reputation and cuts down on complaints By Susan Tsang A FEW years ago, Singapore Rolling Shutters suspected that there would be a downturn in the construction industry, remembers Lillian Lee, their
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      857 34  -  Goh Tong Heng discovers that all that paperwork led to better management control. SUSAN TSANG reports SUSAN TSANG NINETEEN ninety-nine was a significant year for Goh Tong Heng Engineering. That year, the company moved to new premises in Ang Mo Kio. It was also the
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      498 32 We can serve yoa better with oir ISO 9002 Quality management System gig] from the Managing Q Company Profile It is with great honour for us to announce that we have attained the Chua Vong Chye Contractor, as it was previously known, was first established prestigious ISO 9002 QUALITY CERTIFICATE.
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      236 34 W\J\ E-mail: ccmpl@singnet.com.sg I iß^^^W^pßlHfeii ra SINO ENGINEERING PTE LTD 'jig- QtzjL. I I i SINU I Message from Mr Mkhael Tfcn, Managing Director I M m| nJ ttru I H. °Bf )f AM 1 I Landcon Engineering (S) Re Ltd was incorporated in 1992 to expand m m»ip II
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      306 35  -  SGZ Derivatives TrsrfUn&Reports ST Index/MSCI S'pore Index Chan Yet San SINGAPORK stocks ended mixed as investors moved from technology stocks into financial counters. The Straits Times Index fell 0.03 per cent to 2,098.3 points. Within the index, 20 counters rose, 24 fell and
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      249 35  -  MS& Taiwan Index Chan Yet San TAIWAN stocks fell again on political uncertainty and loss of confidence in the government's measures to prop up the market. The MSCI Taiwan Index closed down 1.61 per cent at the day low of 348.79 points.
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      176 35 ENEMY REPORT Reuters [SINGAPORE] Oil prices moved lower in Asia yesterday, weighed down by lower US gasoline demand and extra supplies from Saudi Arabia. By 0710 GMT, the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) September crude futures were being traded at U5527.90 a barrel, 12 US
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      327 35 Reuters London THE euro racked up twoweek highs across the board yesterday, bouyed as rates at the European Central Bank's (ECB) weekly refi auction came in just above expectations and by a softer tone for US stocks a day earlier. Meanwhile, the yen, which earlier fell to a
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      1949 35 SICOM FUTURES Jul 25 RUBBER (futures ctosmq as <t 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACT (S cents/kq) Close Volume Open Mgitfc High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest A'tq 00 112.50 Sep 00 115.25 400 Oct 00 116.50 Nov 00 117.25 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US ctntsAq) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Aug
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      2896 36 HONGKONG Reuters Hang Seng -***** A WEAK telecom sector sent Hongkong's Hang Seng Index sliding more than 2 per cent yesterday afternoon before the index pared its losses to close down 1.61 per cent or 284.35 points at 17,375.34. China
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      1042 36 Reuters Q Shenzhen B Index +0.76 CHINA'S B shares strengthened yesterday as a senior regulatory adviser triggered renewed hopes of a merger of the hard currency B shares with domestic A shares. Shanghai's B Share Index closed up 2.03 per cent at 59.40 points as turnover more than doubled
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      399 36 AFP |3 WP Index -163.81 TAIWAN shares closed 2 per cent lower yesterday to breach the psychological 8,000 level amid political uncertainties, dealers said. The Weighted Price Index fell 163.81 points to 7,900.39. "The bourse's fall was psychological and due to pressure from non-economic factors related to the political
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      2028 36 Reuters Q Nikkei 225 +26.47 TOKYO stocks yesterday finished mixed after bargain hunters helped pare early losses that stemmed from a sharp fall on the US Nasdaq. Buyers stepped into the market on expectations it is poised for a rebound after recent
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      9175 37 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 2000 Last Vol Day Net Cap High Low Company Sala OOO High Low P/C Smn 420 310 Apnomoto 358 -2 2 358 358 19.6 145.1 158 62 Angkasa 72 -3 18 74 72 106.2 670 290 Apollo Food Hlg 466 10.1 186 4 3350 2700 8AT50C -..3275
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      465 37 AFP CI Composite Index -3.01 MALAYSIAN shares ended 0.4 per cent lower yesterday in thin trade with investors sidelined due to a lack of fresh leads, deajers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 3.01 points at 819.88. The Second
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      766 38 AFP FISET Index +2.46 THAI share prices finished 0.8 per cent higher yesterday in a slight technical rebound after its 4 per cent plunge in the previous session, analysts said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index rose 2.46 points to finish at 295.59. The intraday-high was 296.60 points
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      279 38 AFP PI Composite Index +180 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.3 per cent higher yesterday on late bargain hunting, brokers said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index gained 3.80 points to 1,481.60. Turnover was thin at 614.38 million shares worth 341.01 million pesos. —AFP JMH Hm now MRC Allied 0.50
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      705 38 AFP Q Composite Index -7.26 INDONESIAN shares closed 1.43 per cent lower yesterday on foreign selling amid concerns that domestic fuel supply disruptions could lead to unrest, dealers said. Speculation about President Abdurrahman Wahid's health and the possible implications of his deteriorating relationship with Parliament added to the pressure.
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      269 38 Reuters □NZSE-40 -MB NEW Zealand shares closed flat yesterday as high-tech jitters that took their toll on other markets failed to have a significant impact. Turnover was a moderate NZ$9B million as the benchmark NZSE-40 Index closed 0.98 point lower at 2,100.81. MB Mi root) AdvantagoMOS 2.60 -0.05 322
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      558 38 AFP QAH Ordinaries -19.50 AUSTRALIAN shares closed down 0.6 per cent yesterday, hit by a suddenly unfashionable media sector and a major damages action affecting National Australia Bank. The All Ordinaries Index fell 19.50 points to 3,246.80. Preliminary national turnover was 612.94 million shares worth A 51.29 billion. Falls
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      308 38 AFP Q Composite Index -0.25 SOUTH Korea's Composite Index yesterday closed down 0.25 of a point at 737.64. Volume was 351 million shares worth 2.4 trillion won. AFP M» *h Antm Stml 9900 K» 8r*MTtCh 840 -10 Central Bank 615 -105 Choil Comm *****0 -3SOO DM Gu Bank 2220
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      1663 43  -  That is how the PSA is described by its chairman. Yet, he sleeps like a baby every night, he tells Catherine ong CATHERINE ONG PSA Corporation Ltd operates the largest transhipment hub in the world Year after year, more containers destined for third countries passed
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      201 44 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose one point to 1,629, the Baltic Panamax Index fell 2 points to 1,618, the Baltic Handy Index was unchanged at 1,126 and the Baltic Capesize Index gained four points to 2,153. At 1240 GMT, Biffex was unchanged from Friday's close and
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      543 44 Container Terminal 9, to be completed in 2004, will boost capacity by 25% Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hongkong has started construction on its newest container terminal eight years after developers and the government started negotiations, a move that will boost capacity by a quarter to meet an
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      474 44 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's container operator Precious Shipping pic (PSL) said it expected a brighter outlook for 2000 after the company completed its debt restructuring deal with euro bondholders. Managing director Khalid Hashim said he projected PSL to earn vessel revenues of U555,140
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      370 44  -  Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] A surge in container cargo has pushed the Port of Antwerp into sec ond place in Europe behind Rotterdam, but ahead of Hamburg, according to its latest throughput figures The Belgium port handled nearly 22 million TEUs
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        666 45 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korean shipbuilders' orders rose more than fourfold in the first half of 2000 from a year earlier as the strong yen provided Korean companies with a price advantage over Japanese rivals. Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, Daewoo
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        40 45 UK BASED Graig Shipping has opened its Chinese headquarters in Shanghai. The Welsh firm is awaiting delivery of its latest newbuilding from the city's Zhonghua shipyard and has restated its commitment to China s shipbuilding industry.
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        74 45 JUNE'S figures from the Japan Ship Centre on newbuilding export orders have showed another 7.5 per cent fall in order tonnage compared with May, although the figure is still 20.7 per cent higher than the same time last year. Twenty-six ships 0f805,440 gross tonnes were ordered
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        48 45 ANGLO-Norwegian conglomerate Kvaerner has signed a preliminary agreement to sell the Kimek shipyard in Kirkenes for a nominal sum. The buyers are a group including the yard's management firm Kirkenes Servicehavn. The yard mainly does repair and maintenance work for Norwegian and Russian owners.
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        34 45 THE first signatory to the International Convention on the Arrest of Ships has set pen to paper. Pakistan is the first UN country to sign the agreement, finalised last year.
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        180 58 Aug 9 Singapore: National Day. Aug 12 Thailand: HM The Queen's Birthday. Aug IS Germany: Assumption Day. Korea: Liberation Day. Aug 17 Indonesia: Independence Day. Aug 27 Philippines: National Heroes Day. Aug 28 United Kingdom: Summer Bank Holiday. Aug 31 Malaysia: National Day. Sep 12 Korea: Harvest Festival
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        778 58 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        651 59 FA&MBOROUOH AIR SHOW Rival Boeing, regional jet makers also on veil billion-dollar deals Reuters [FARNBOROUGH, England] Europe's Airbus launched a new era in air travel on Monday as Air France and Dubai's Emirates airline placed the First firm orders for its A3XX
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        218 59 Reuters [NEW DELHI] Indian opposition lawmakers called for the immediate grounding of Alliance Air aircraft following last week's crash of a 20-year-old Boeing 737-200. "I want to know, are you going to put these planes out of the air or not?" Jayanthi Natarajan,
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        248 59 Like BA, French carrier says cracks pose no danger to passengers Reuters [PARIS] Air France, like British Airways, said on Monday it too had detected cracks in the wings of the supersonic airliner Concorde, but added there was no danger to passengers An Air
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        339 59 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater said he remained hopeful of achieving a more open aviation trade pact with Britain this year despite a number of potential airline mergers that have slowed negotiations. "We've probably got about as close as
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        473 59 Bloomberg [SAN JOSE, California] The San Jose International Airport is planning to spend US$l.5 billion (552.6 billion) over 10 years to extend runways, build a third passenger terminal and improve car rental and parking facilities, to handle more flights and relieve overcrowding. The
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      813 50 vOGv WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO NORTH AND LATIN AMiRICA 'CAR RORO HIAVYUFT StRVKt" visso VOY RAMP HEIGHT SIN LK NUO MIA SAV BAL ORE NYC NEW MM TAUBOT AHOTT 400 Tom 6JM 29/07" 25/08 OVM OSTOT 07/09 09/09 10/09 1 2/09 14/09 19/09 TAMPERE AHOI6 ♦OOTom 6.3 M 10/08 09/09 17/09
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      51 54 sS YANGON See Page 5 Daily See Page 14 COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD EAGLE CORPN. (PTE) LTD COCOS CHRISTMAS ISLAND J ADAH PARTS^ WESTERN AUSTRALIA inrilll VIII till Turn to Page 8 Daily TURN TO Page 7 Mi LLUlll ASSETS SHIPOWNERS MANAGERS PTE LTD NTL NAIGAI TRANS LINE (S) PTE
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      1052 56 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO ?86 SIN MT I SUP lIW I TOG CMO OOM I HAL I WTL I Otf I SAV I HIW I TAM HOU HOEOH Dim /04S0 24/07 30/07 02/00 Q4/QQ 20/00 13/00 20/00 11/0> 20/09 01/10 02/10 04/10 10/10 IS/10 19/10 u/M
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      546 57 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TIGER BRIDGE 820N 28-29/07 03-06*08 11-12/06 TIGER METRO 821N 01-02/08 07 1008 15-16^8 TIGER STAR 822N 04-05/08 10-13KJ8 18^19/08 TIGER RHYTHM 823N 08-0»"08 14-17/08 22 23/08 TIGER BRIDGE 824N 11-12/06 17-2<VOB 25-26/08 TIGER METRO 82SN 15-16/06 21-24/08 29-3008 I VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN
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      1135 57 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singne».com.sg DIRECT CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO OSAKA/NAGOYA -LAEM CHA BANG -LAE/PORT MORESBY PASIR GUDANG -CEBU ADELAIDE/BRISBANE TAICHUNG/KAOHSIUNG *SHANGHAI/XINGANG *MAHE •INCHON HAIPHONG/PHNOM PENH *YANGON SEMARANG/BELAWAN SUVA/NOUMEA MALTA FOR BOOKING: *****51 /3/6/60/61Z62/67/68/69/79 PROJECT SHIPMENT HEAVYLIFT CARGO Lawrence Lim *****78 lawrence@flesin.com.sg WAREHOUSING LOGISTIC SERVICES ENQUIRY CONTACT:
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      1213 57 For booking t enquiry cati *****80 /j^V Wefcsitt: bttp://www.mcLcomi \TV USA/CANADA SGPLGt oil MCMNYCHOU I I—ort MM NYC HOU W L 9 SGP ooa ibiain 3SCS3O in n n/u 14/01 i//oa 17/t* 14/ M ooa amwca 44*577 04/07 05/07 04/07 07/07 11/07 30/w 00CI AMdKA 45R31 02/01 11/01 73/01 74/01
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      128 58 gjj FOR 7AM 26 JUL 2000 Jgggfc —30$ TSE 120E 'rfNtk^.J LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore K Thunderstorm A Showers Rain Temperature Wind direction and speed in Knots Cloudy Day Wea,her Hazy Wind speed symbols Sea Conditions O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds
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