The Business Times, 2 September 2000

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES mita{P)o^miaas 85C SINGAPORE Internet http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 2000
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    76 1 M STI U *****70 (+12.93) Ml 83UM (+7.94) ST INDEX FDTTJIES U 247L00 (+24.00) PlsmamuiEs U 282.70 (+4.40) vracnuBEBT OUNCES Friday Change KLSE OOMP 767.62 -2&82 NIKKEI m 16,739.78 121.48 HANG SENG 17,***** +236.10 SET INDEX 316.73 +2J0 JAKARTA COUP —***** +4.04 MANILA COUP -7.8? TAIPEI WP1 7,426.66
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    Lock icon S'pore to take new tack on rules for the New Economy
    670 1  -  What is not explicitly banned is permissible, says Dr Tony Tan By Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] In a bold step to embrace the New Economy, the government is to make a 180-degree turn in its regulatory approach. Instead of
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    Lock icon Flextronics to buy Li Xin for US$68.8m in shares
    554 1  -  Rounding down shares will work against small holders By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Nasdaq-listed Flextronics International yesterday made another swoop on a Singapore-listed company Li Xin Industries. Flextronics announced it will acquire the mould-maker for $0.40 per share or a total of
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    Lock icon Aimed FBI agents arrest Sukamto Sia
    556 1  -  US grand jury indicts him on bankruptcy fraud charge By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] American federal agents, with drawn guns and body armour, burst into a creditors' meeting in Honolulu and arrested former highprofile Singapore corporate figure Sukamto Sia. It was a scene that could
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    76 1 FOBEX RATES USt St USS 1.711 £|US$/S$per£) MM 14t7 EU1»(US*SI/E) -1» lUt DM 1191 1178 YEN 1061 ILM RM UN 1216 HKS 7.7ft 4133 BAHT 4011 8.77 RUP1AH 8KB <825 •S$ to 100 units FUME KATES SINGAPORE* 5.86 KUALA LUMPUR 717 JAKARTA 19.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONUKONG 8.60
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    Lock icon The hot air at Hong Lim Park
    645 1 COMMENTARY Speakers' Corner risks anting op as a flash In the pan unless there's more oomph, says Jaime Ee THE scent of humanity is not at its best when the sun is high and lunch is in the early stages of digestion. No,
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      73 1 mans The Arts SSEI I 1^» 1H Beauty in the raw. P|2f Top Stories Stanchart wins bid for Chase's HK retail business. P§ 3 MAS proposes licensing Approved Fund Managers. *4 S'pore IPO market set to attract record $10b Pgs DC cut to reflect land values, not to please developers:
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        90 2 SEEMS that home buyers aren't the only people "spooked" by the Hungry Ghosts Month, a time of year in the Chinese calendar when the more superstitious folks put off making major decisions. The managing director of a public relations firm specialising in technology and Internet companies was telling
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        60 2 FIRST-E, the Internet bank in England, is offering customers who sign up a free Nokia handphone preset for first-e's WAP banking service. In addition, it is throwing in 100 free minutes a month for the first six months and free connection. Wonder if any of
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        Lock icon Olympic fever on the go
        110 2 HERE'S something for you to explore over the weekend (instead of messing around guiltily during office hours). Lycos Asia is gearing up to offer 24-hour updates on the latest and the greatest from Sydney in both English and Mandarin at http://olympics.lycosasia.com. Although the games will
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        Lock icon No surprise: Flexi-time's great
        82 2 HERE'S what the latest BT Online poll reveals about attitudes to working life in the New Economy. In response to recent news that the civil service is to allow teleworking as an alternative working arrangement for parents with young children, 63 per cent of respondents thought
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      Lock icon How to create, not just add, value
      621 2  -  REACTION TO DR TOUT TAWS SPEECH International panel calls for more fundamental research Byl Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] To move from an economy that merely adds value to one that creates value, Singapore should do more fundamental research, encourage more to take up
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      Lock icon Licence for online auction sites, portals scrapped
      282 2  -  M«ve expected to attract m«re industry dl&vers, quicken pace of By Daniel Buenas [SINGAPORE] New government initiatives to help inspire technopreneurship in Singapore were announced by Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan at last night's Tech wards. In a key move, the requirement that
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      Lock icon 11 scientists receive awards for tech contributions
      312 2 [SINGAPORE] Ten scientists have received the National Science and Technology Award and another has won the Young Scientist Award for their exceptional contributions to the development of science and technology in Singapore. The honours were handed out last night by Deputy Prime Minister
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      Lock icon JTC lead agency for Buona Vista Science Hub
      416 2 Project to be linked by Light Rail Transit to MRT network [SINGAPORE] Jurong Town Corporation has been appointed lead agency to develop the multi-billion dollar Buona Vista Science Hub. And the project, which will include the Business Park and a planned commercial
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      13 2 209 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Opportunities aplenty are knocking here daily. Th« Straits Tim»s Classified
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Stanchart wins bid for Chase's HK retail business
      712 3  -  US$L32b cost includes USslb cash goodwill; acquisition at price-to-book ratio of AJS times From< Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong STANDARD Chartered pic and Chase Manhattan Bank ended weeks of speculation yesterday as the two banks announced the UKbased Stanchart will pay around
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      Lock icon UIC's H1 net falls 10%; SingLand's 8%
      565 3  -  Bid by Gokongwei easy if UIC share price languishes By Lee Han Shih DRAGGED down by poor office rents, takeover target United Industrial Corporation and its subsidiary Singapore Land yesterday reported slightly lower interim results. UIC, which started life as a detergent maker
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      Lock icon Profit outlook set to give Nikkei a fillip
      849 3  -  ■T?ST?!l lock siew anthony rowley TOKYO'S Nikkei-225 Average pushed back up above the 17,000 level on Monday for the first time since midJuly. But it was downhill in the next four days, with the final reading at the end of the week
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      Lock icon Ssangyong interim profit leaps 155%, led by investment income
      164 3 SSANGYONG Cement yesterday said its interim net profit jumped 155 per cent jump to $13.8 million, boosted by investment income. The leap was achieved despite a 12 per cent fall in turnover to $42.7 million for the half year to June.
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    • OTHER Results
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        Lock icon Excel profit down 63% in 1st half
        119 3 EXCEL Machine Tools said its first-half net profit fell 63 per cent to $335,000 from $804,000 a year ago. Group turnover was $4&2 million, an 18.1 per cent increase compared to the same period in 1989. The increase was attributed to contribution from
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        Lock icon DPP interim earnings rise 7%
        163 3 UNitisd Pulp Paper (UPP) said first-half net profit roee 6.9 per cent to f1.66 million. The group registered a turnover of $32.0 million, an increase of $&3 million or 35 per cent over the same period last year. Higher sales volume and selling prices of
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        Lock icon LKN narrows half-time loss
        95 3 LIM Kah Ngam (LKN) said its half-year net loss has narrowed to $10.1 million from $14.6 million. Group turnover decreased by 68 per cent from $66.7 million to $21.3 million compared to the corresponding period in 1990. ITiis was mainly due to a decline of $49
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      Lock icon Boardroom shares end 6.4% above IPO price on debut
      268 4 AFX-Asia SHARES of Boardroom Ltd closed 6.4 per cent above their IPO price at 41.5 cents on their debut yesterday, on expectations that the company's niche secretarial business represents a steady recurrent stream of income, dealers said. The stock opened at
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      Lock icon MAS proposes licensing Approved Fund Managers
      610 4  -  Feedback sought on move to ensure industry keeps abreast of international regulatory practice By I Serena Ng THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has proposed that all new and existing Approved Fund Managers (AFMs) be licensed so that the industry will stay abreast of international
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      Lock icon OCBC to suspend Philippine stockbroking ops
      299 4  -  It plans to re-enter broking business in Malaysia soon By Ling Su Ann OCBC Bank, Singapore's No 2 lender by market capitalisation, yesterday said it will suspend its Philippine stockbroking operations at the end of this month and is looking to re-establish its broking
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Schneider holds 18.22% stake in Clipsal
        81 4 Reuters w ELECTRICAL fittings firm Clipsal Industries Holdings announced yesterday that French electrical equipment manufacturer Schneider Electric now holds an 1&22 pacent stake in it. Schneider, which is said to be interested in talcing over the company, was a major buyer erf Clipsal shares
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        Lock icon Vickers Capital strikes deal with HLF
        60 4 VICKERS Capital has agreed to sell car loan receivables to Hong Leong Finance for about $15.5 million. The consideration will be satisfied ftilly in cash by Hong Leong on the completion date. Vickers intends to use the proceeds to invest in new-technology venture-capital funds
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        Lock icon SGX derivatives trading op 5.45%
        47 4 THE Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading division said trading volume rose 5.45 per cent to 18.9 million contracts in January-August. Contributing to the growth was the strong performance of the MSCI Singapore and Taiwan stock index futures, eurodollar and euroyen futures, it said.
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      Lock icon S'pore IPO market set to attract record $10b
      1104 5  -  $2.8b raised in first 8 months of year; SGX, Ml, PSA Corp expected to dominate 30-40 listings in the next few months By Ling Su Ann SINGAPORE'S initial public offering market is set to attract a record $10 billion in investor monies
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      Lock icon FJ Benjamin opens first Man-U store in Asia
      311 5 Plan for more stores in region; visit by Red Devils next year Reuters LUXURY brand and retail firm FJ Benjamin Holdings yesterday launched in Singapore its first Manchester United store in Asia, and aims to open more stores in South-east Asia over
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      96 3 If you are enthusiastic about the securities industry and would like to be a remisier, we can initiate you towards your goal. We are looking for mature people with drive and good potential client network to be part of our organisation. If you have passed the Trading Representatives' Examination, we
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      11 5 ■I iiilii T mil hi S'pore designs win 3 top prizes
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      448 5 r HI inoQn«ompjntamgt»^ MAGNECOMP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at Vault Room, Level 1, Hotel Inter-Continental Singapore, 80 Middle Road, Singapore *****6 on Monday, 18 September 2000
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      389 6 Stocks VcfcjfTW Boardroom 5c X,345,000 MyoaN 17,173,000 STEnga 10c... 9,866,000 ITechGrp4c 9,336.000 STel15c 7,403,000 Land 4,977,000 TTW15C 4,560,000 ChuanHup20c 3,769,000 TanChonglntfOc 3,669,000 Suo«gNQ»p 10c 3,501.000 Dock* DBSGrp 34,252,384 U06 25,757,094 SIA 25,406,720 ST Engg 10c 23,497.071 Chart Semiconductor 26c. 21,070,476 SingTai15c 20,390,066 SPH 16,304.965 JT HWgs 10c.... 14,567,040 OUB 13,840,060
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      Lock icon Bank, blue-chip rebound lifts STI in mixed session
      550 6  -  I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy A REBOUND in the banks and a few other blue chips including electronics counters yesterday put some daylight between the Straits Times Index and the troublesome 2,150 mark. But volume was again low and prices mixed in
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      Lock icon ECB rate hike of no kelp to euro's fortunes
      346 6  -  I-ifj comment CURRENCIES larry wee AN expected 0.25 per cent interest-rate rise by the European central bank overnight did little to improve the fortunes of the euro it hit a marginal new low of 88.37 US cents and 511.5205 in overnight
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      Lock icon Better to buy Ipco shares than its warrants
      178 6  -  WARRANT WATCH by] R Sivanithy JUST three months ago, Ipco International's shares were ramped up to $4. Today, they sell for almost a tenth that price, closing yesterday at 47.5 cents. Normally, this sort of collapse would be a cue to sit
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      Lock icon MediaRing shares seen drifting
      216 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of Internet telephone specialist Mediaßing.com has fallen a long way from its highs above $1.50 at the start of this year. It is now languishing far below those levels and slipped another half-a-cent to 50 cents yesterday. Although it
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      65 6 that their subsidiary, Chip Eng Seng Contractors Pte Ltd, has been awarded a contract worth $39.8 million by the BoardUoconstruSlß^ 1 wifl trade ex interim dividend mm ■imm -m n and the date payable for the ♦CRAFT Print has entered into a shareholders agreement with Patroids Creative Works
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon DC cut to reflect land values, not to please developers: Mah
      639 7  -  DC changes are not an exercise to artificially change the value of land By Kalpana Rashiwala, Andrea Tan DEVELOPMENT charges (DC) were not meant to make developers happy, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday. Responding to complaints
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      Lock icon More higher blocks if people like them: Mah
      348 7  -  By Andrea Tan SINGAPORE could see more 40 and 50storey residential blocks if people are comfortable living in them, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday. "I can't say if there'll be many more or how many more," Mr Mah said
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      Lock icon Creative co-founder launches 2skymall.com
      400 7  -  By Vivien Ng CREATIVE co-founder Chay Kwong Soon yesterday launched an online shopping mall despite the dotcom crunch that has been striking startup companies. Mr Chay believes 2skymall.com is unique because shoppers won't have to pay for purchases in advance using their credit card. "One of
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      Lock icon Brokers must be prepared to compete to survive
      439 7  -  'Ml bag Chai Kow Siong I REFER to the article "Broking firms may set up lobby group" (BT, Aug 31). Apparently, local brokers, remisiers and broking firms do not understand the intent of the Monetary Authority of Singapore in liberalising the sector.
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      Lock icon Brokers should harness IT to cut costs
      72 7  -  Chia Kim Seng, Harry I REFER to the article "Broking firms may set up lobby group" (BT, Aug 31). The broking firms should explore the use of IT like email for some of the services that require documentation. This will reduce their cost
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      Lock icon High import prices could have caused fall in PMI
      465 7  -  August index fell by 2.4 points from July level to 58.4 By Anna Teo IN the first signs of emerging business cost pressures, high import prices due to rising oil prices likely dampened the August purchasing managers' index (PMI). The index
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      Lock icon Three cheers for generous champions of the arts!
      487 7  -  By] Parvathi Nayar ITS not just artists who need positive stroking, sometimes, their patrons need a little appreciation too. The annual Patron of the Arts Awards, instituted in 1983, do exactly that: recognise organisations and individuals for their contributions to Singapore arts.
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      Lock icon Slower export growth seen in H2
      463 7  -  Pon the economy outlook By Anna Teo EXPORTS and industrial production will likely show slower year-on-year growth in the second half of the year. But this will be more than offset by slower retained imports, says Nomura Singapore's Adrian Foster, who forecasts a robust
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      Lock icon HDB issues 5-year bonds worth $500m
      138 7 THE Housing and Development Board yesterday launched the fifth bond issue under its $3 billion medium-term note programme that began in February last year. The $500 million issue of five-year bonds, which will be listed on the Singapore Exchange, carries a fixed-rate coupon of
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      66 7 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletterQsph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear in mind
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      Lock icon IBM investing US$200m to boost Linux in Asia
      384 8 ARMONK, New York Seven centres will be set up to develop Linux products, alliances, research Bloomberg INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp, the world's largest computer-services company, said it will invest more than US$2OO million (***** million) in the next four years to speed
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      Lock icon Apple Power
      63 8 [SAN FRANCISCO] Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer, demonstrating Apple's next operating system, Mac OS X, while using the new Apple Cube computer during his keynote speech at the Seybold Seminars in San Francisco on Aug 29. Mr Jobs announced that a public beta version of Mac OSX
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    • e Briefs
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        Lock icon iTravel unit lays off HK staff
        82 8 AFP [HONGKONG] iTravel unit GoChlnaGo sakl yesterday it has made SO of its Hongkong staff redundant in the latest in a wave of layoffs amongst dotcoms. The company said it had to make the redundancies In order to focus on the China travel market
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        Lock icon Yahoo! attracts most visitors
        85 8 Reuters [STAMFORD, Connecticut] Yahoo! Inc attracted 66 million global visitors in July, followed by America Online with 62 million and Microsoft with 50 million visitors, Nielsen/Net Ratings said on Thursday. The research firm measured usage in eight countries. Microsoft Network ranked as the top network of
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        Lock icon Online industrial materials market
        59 8 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Ripplewood Holding, a US investment Arm, and Andersen Consulting will Jointly start an electronic marketplace for buying and selling industrial materials in Japan. The two are working with Japanese manufacturers such as Nippon Steel Corp and Toshiba to offer materials such as tools, lighting
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        Lock icon CMGI to buy e-Kong unit
        46 8 Reuters [HONGKONG] Internet portals developer e-Kong Group said on Thursday CMGI Inc's majority-owned Engage would buy the entire interest of its wholly-owned Internet marketing network company, Space Media Holdings. The Hongkong-based company did not disclose any financial details of the deal.—Reuters
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        Lock icon Swiss software firm to 65 jobs
        50 8 Reuters [ZURICH] Troubled Swiss business software development house Comptet-e Holding win slash most of its 96 Jobs and refbcus itself as a pure sales and support frhatrwwn Hnnq ZingWy ywttarriny Tfco moves follow a bigger-than-expected flrst-halfloss of 9.7 million Swiss francs (519.6 million). Reuters
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      Lock icon E-news fraud nets US$242,000
      517 8 LOS ANGELES Jakob made up news, e-mailed it to Internet Wire, causing Emulex stock to fall up to 62% AP A FORMER employee of an Internet press-release distributor was arrested by the FBI and accused Thursday of making U*****,000 (*****,000) by putting out a phony release
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      Lock icon Microsoft plans new Web browser to fight AOL
      352 8 REDMOND, Washington Software maker plans to nnveil free second test version of MSN Explorer next week Bloomberg MICROSOFT Corp said it will offer a new Web browser this year that highlights the company's sites and high-speed Internet access to compete better with
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      Lock icon Amazon revises its policy on Internet privacy
      250 8 SEATTLE Bloomberg AMAZON.COM Inc, the biggest Internet retailer, said it revised its privacy policy and will be informing its 23 million customers of the changes via e-mail. The move comes amid concern by government regulators and consumer groups about protecting the privacy of
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      Lock icon Carrefour to cut Net investment
      268 8 LONDON FT CARREFOUR, Europe's biggest retailer, will reduce its planned Internet investment by as much as 40 per cent and pursue partnerships to further its online shopping ventures. Andre Bernard, Carrefour chairman, said the company needed to be "pragmatic" and "share the risks" rather than
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      808 8 JL Asia Dekor Holdings Limited NOTICE Of ANNUAL GOetALMEEHNG NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that (tie Annual General Meeting of Asia Dekor Holdings Limited ("the Company") wil be held at Orion Room 1 -4, Marina Mandarin, 6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square, Singapore *****4 on 26 September 2000 at 10.00 a.m. for
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Bank merger backlash rips through KL stock market
      816 9  -  Benchmark index plunges 3.6% amid foreign selling of bank shares From. Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN shares took a drubbing yesterday as the backlash from the merger of the country's financial institutions, following the clearing of a major hurdle in
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      Lock icon Banks claim BN arm-twisted them
      383 9  -  Some say central bank forced them to sign merger accords From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur SOME bankers have blasted the Malaysian central bank for using strong-arm tactics to force them to sign merger agreements to meet the first deadline on Thursday. Bank Negara's tough
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      Lock icon Malaysia targets 7% growth for next 10 years
      367 9 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA is targeting an annual economic growth rate of 7 per cent for the next decade to achieve its ambition of becoming a fully developed nation by 2020, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says. Newspapers yesterday quoted him as saying
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Telekom down as earnings slump 46%
        70 9 Bloomberg LARGE capitalised stocks on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) fell yesterday after earnings of some of these companies fell short of expectations. Telekom Malaysia Bhd lost 90 sen, or 8.3 per cent, to RM9.90, its lowest in eleven months. Telekom's earnings slumped
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        Lock icon Spritzer sparkles on debut
        47 9 Bloomberg SPRITZER Bhd, Malaysia's largest bottled water maker, rose 74 sen, or 44 per cent, as the stock made its debut on the KLSE yesterday. Some four million shares were traded, making the stock the third most active on the stock exchange. Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Tenaga loses 40 sen to RM12.20
        41 9 Bloomberg TENAGA Nasional Bhd, the country's biggest power company, fell 40 sen, or 3.9 per cent, to RM 12.20. Executive chairman Ahmad Tajudin Ali's four-year term expired yesterday, without a replacement for the position. Bloomberg
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        Lock icon MMC up third day in a row
        63 9 Bloomberg MALAYSIA Mining Corp (MMC), a diamond miner and engineering group, rose 2 sen, or 0.9 per cent, to RM2.30 yesterday, its third day of gains after it agreed to sell a 19.9 per cent stake in Ashton Mining Ltd of Australia to
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      Lock icon Thai Aug CPI rises 2.2%, upward trend seen
      404 9 BANGKOK Reuters THAILAND reported a modest August inflation rate of 2.2 per cent year-on-year yesterday, in line with expectations, but said prices would rise faster later in the year. Data from the Thai commerce ministry showed August's headline consumer price index (CPI)
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      Lock icon S&P raises Malaysia's rating outlook to 'positive'
      551 9 KUALA LUMPUR But any improvement in credit ratings will depend on success in revamping companies, it says Bloomberg AFP MALAYSIA'S foreign currency credit rating outlook was raised to "positive" from "stable" by Standard Poor's yesterday, reflecting the country's strengthening economy. Malaysia's ratings, including
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      Lock icon Friendly Thai cops
      54 9 [BANGKOK] A Thai policeman standing next to a traffic police shelter designed in the shape of a police hat, Aug 31 on a street in the Thai capital. Such shelters are located along Bangkok's streets for policemen to observe traffic and create a friendly image of the
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      Lock icon Suharto corruption trial must go on, says Gus Dur
      369 9 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid said yesterday that the corruption trial of former dictator Suharto must proceed. "In my opinion the court must continue the trial even if Suharto is not present to hear submissions of prosecutors and lawyers," the
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      Lock icon Asian fund managers name tech stocks as top picks
      621 10 HONGKONG S'pore loses spot in list of favourites, with 2% saying it is least liked over 3 and 12 months Reuters ASIAN fund managers are backing battered technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) stocks as the best performing equities in the final
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      Lock icon Indonesian inflation slows to 0.5% in August
      503 10 JAKARTA Rnpiah's 7% gain made imports less expensive Bloomberg INDONESIA'S inflation rate slowed by more than half in August after July exports rose to a record, giving a lift to the country's fragile economic revival. Consumer prices increased 0.5 per cent in August
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      Lock icon Formosa denies petrochem deal in China
      358 10 TAIPEI Taiwanese giant also denies chairman to visit China Reuters TAIWANESE petrochemical giant Formosa Plastics Corp yesterday dismissed a newspaper report that it plans to invest NT$4OO billion (5522.1 billion) in a petrochemical complex in China in defiance of a ban on such projects.
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      Lock icon Now, it's counterfeit orchestra in HK
      170 10 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hongkong, battling its image as the home of fake Gucci handbags and phony Rolex watches, is righting a new scourge a counterfeit orchestra. Hongkong concertgoers who paid up to HKS24O (5552.92) a ticket to hear the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra in a series
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      49 10 [BEIJING] A woman yesterday walking past a billboard promoting Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympic Games. Beijing was selected on Monday as one of five finalists in the running for the hosting of the games. The other cities are Paris, Istanbul, Osaka and Toronto. AP
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      378 10 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA'S property market has emerged from a slump, with the country's economic recovery laying the foundation for a turnaround in the long-dormant sector, industry officials and analysts said. Skyscrapers and industrial parks from Shanghai to Beijing are seeing rents rise after years
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        72 10 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] The Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) left benchmark short-term savings deposit rates unchanged at 4.75 per cent yesterday, indicating that Hongkong banks will probably hold their prime lending rates steady as well. HKAB meets every Friday to set interest rates
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        76 10 AFX-Asia [SHANGHAI] The central government is trying to enable the China Securities Regulatory Commission to establish a second board stock market in October, a senior CSRC official said yesterday, according to the Guangdong-Hong Kong Information Daily. The report cited the official as saying the
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        61 10 Reuters [MANILA] Philippine exports fell 5.6 per cent in July fi-om the previous month, due to a 16.5 per cost drop in shipments of electronics, the National Statistics Office said yesterday. Exports totalled U553.22 billion (555.54 billion), down from US$3.4 billion in June but
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      608 11 LONDON Croickshank denies asking Deutsche Boerse to make a rescue bid The Daily Telegraph Reuters Bloomberg DON Cruickshank, chairman of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), on Thursday blamed anti-German feeling for many of the difficulties facing the deal to merge with
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      405 11 TOKYO ItH let selected brokers quote prices, operate auctionstyle price matching Reuters NASDAQ Japan said yesterday it plans to launch a share dealing system by the end of next year which will allow investors to trade stocks more easily, as it
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      397 11 LONDON Reuters BRITISH Telecommunications has put a brake on big deals as it attempts to reduce its debt mountain by at least £10 billion (Ss2s billion) through disposals and spinoffs, the Financial Times reported yesterday. The newspaper said BT's finance director
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      485 11 SYDNEY AFP AUSTRALIA'S richest man, Kerry Packer, defended his gambling habit yesterday, rejecting claims he lost US$2O million (5534.4 million) in a Las Vegas casino. In a rare interview, he told The Australian newspaper that reports of his supposed July
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      409 11 WASHINGTON It means Fed won't raise interest rates again Reuters Bloomberg THE US labour market softened in August and the unemployment rate edged up, the government said yesterday in a key report that was likely to provide some relief for the
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      333 11 LONDON Reuters SINGAPORE Airlines appealed to the British government yesterday for the right to fly from London to the US. The airline's UK and Ireland manager, Vijendran Alfreds, said in a letter to the Financial Times consumers were being denied
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      264 11 NEW DELHI Reuters BRITISH Airways, long expected to emerge as a serious suitor for Air India, has asked for details of the Indian flag carrier's privatisation in the first indication of its intentions. A BA spokeswoman said chairman Colin Marshall sought details of
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      583 12 DETROIT US probes more deaths linked to faulty tyres; Veneznela mulls charges Reuters A CRISIS over the recall of Firestone tyres on Ford Motor Co vehicles deepened on Thursday as a US regulator probed reports of more traffic deaths linked to faulty tyres and
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      320 12 CHICAGO CBOT says it will continue with its revamp strategy Bloomberg THE Chicago Board Options Exchange ended five months of merger talks with the Chicago Board of Trade without an agreement on combining the two largest US derivatives markets, CBOT chairman David Brennan said
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      384 12 WASHINGTON Reuters Bloomberg ANTI-CORRUPTION watchdog Transparency International on Thursday called on the World Bank to step up its fight against the scourge and reconsider how much it lends to countries that do not accept anti-graft advice. "Misallocation of the benefits of
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      243 12 NEW YORK It engaged in unfair trade practices against Bristol Technology: court Reuters A FEDERAL court in th United States on Thursday ordered software giant Microsoft Corp to pay Bristol Technology Inc US$l million (551.72 million) in punitive damages for engaging in "wanton, reckless" and
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      77 12 [LONDON] A July 30,1921, photo of ballerina Anna Pavlova, whose ashes will be returned to Russiapom the United Kingdom nearly seven decades after her death, the Itar- Toss news agency reported yesterday. The Russian-born dancer moved to London in 1912 and launched world tours from there
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      436 12 WASHINGTON Reuters THE International Monetary Fund yesterday provided its first breakdown of where it gets the money it lends to member states. It said "available resources" had more than doubled from levels at the peak of the global financial crisis. New figures
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      440 12 U NEW YORK FT Reuters THE world's largest accountancy firms are heading for another showdown with the Securities and Exchange Commission despite resolving many of their differences over self-regulation. The Public Oversight Board (POB), an independent regulator set up by the largest
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      343 13  -  SGZ Derivatives TnMn&Reports ST Index/MSClS'pore Index Chan Yet San TIIK Singapore stock market regained some ground thanks in part to the rise in the US markets. The Straits Times Index rose 12.93 points or 0.6 per cent to end at 2,160.7 points.
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      298 13  -  HSd Taiwan Index Chan Yet San WITH yet another big slump, it seems like there's no respite to the Taiwan stock market's crisis. The MSCI Taiwan Index fell by 9.42 points or 2.8 per cent to end at 327.52 points, its lowest level in
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      101 13 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Resilient oil markets coasted comfortably near decade-highs yesterday despite signs that key exporter Saudi Arabia is ready to hike output to cool prices. Benchmark Brent crude for October was U5531.57 a barrel, 15 US cents off from Thursday's close but well
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      346 13 Reuters Loo 4— THE euro early yesterday was pinned within one per cent of the record lows it set against the US dollar a day earlier amid lingering concerns that higher euro zone interest rates could harm euro zone economic growth. At the same time, there was market
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      2840 14 HONGKONG AFP PI Hang Seng +236J0 HONGKONG share prices closed 1.4 per cent higher yesterday led by selective buying of blue chips, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 236.10 points to close at 17,333.61 from a high of 17,391.01 on
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      2022 14 TOKYO AFP Nikkei 22S -12L48 SHARE prices in Tokyo gave up early gains to fall 0.7 per cent yesterday as foreign investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of a three-day weekend in New York, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's key Nikkei 225
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      1055 14 Reuters Q Shenzhen B Index -Ll3 CHINA'S hard currency B shares close down around their technical support levels yesterday and are likely to continue hovering around them early next week, traders said. The Shenzhen B Share Index fell 1.13 points or 0.95 per cent to 118.28, which is around
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      378 14 AFP VP Index -19&92 TAIWAN share prices closed 2.6 per cent lower yesterday to this year's low on heavy selling of semiconductor and traditional industrial issues, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 196.92 points to 7,420.06, on turnover of NT$lOO.Ol billion. "Strong selling in the
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      362 15 AFP AFX-Asia Q Composite hAsz -28*82 MALAYSIAN shares plunged 3.6 per cent yesterday after foreign investors sold bank stocks, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 28.82 points to finish at 767.02, while the Second Board Index lost 3.68 points to
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      285 16 AFP Q Composite Index *157 THE Composite Index closed up 3.57 points or 0.5 per cent at 692.19. Volume stood at 197 million shares worth 1.3 trillion won. —AFP *■»< AnamSami W150 -50 Brain Tech «40 uneh CantraiBank *40 unch CheflCanwii *****0 2000 Da* Gu Bank 1*40 10 OaewnqCarp
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      278 16 AFP n Composite Index -7.87 PHILIPPINE shares inched down 0.5 per cent yesterday with investors taking profits after a four-day runup. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index lost 7.87 points to close at 1,529.65. Turnover was thin at 366.77 million shares worth 811.96 million pesos. AFP Sapl N» *h
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      267 16 AFP QNZSE-40 -M 7 THE New Zealand share market fell nearly half a per cent yesterday led by market giant Telecom New Zealand. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed down 9.67 points to end at 2,063.75 on total market turnover of NZ5178.84 million. Rises beat falls 61 to 44. AFP
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      529 16 AFP QADOrtiwia +3L7 AUSTRALIAN share prices rose one per cent yesterday with major blue chips leading the way following Thursday's tumble, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index rose 31.7 points at 3,293.4, while the SP/ASX 200 rose 33.9 points to close at 3,331.7. Turnover totalled 555.58 million stocks worth
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      756 16 AFP Q SET Index +2L90 THE Thai stock market rose 0.9 per cent yesterday as financial stocks were boosted by a decision to restructure commission fees and an upgrade, brokers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index gained 2.9 points to 310.73, while the SET 50 Index
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      659 16 AFP QOnpooteUnjiM INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.9 per cent higher yesterday amid buying in select blue chips led by Indah Kiat after the release of strong earnings results, dealer's said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 4.04 points at 470.42 on volume of 652.3 million shares worth
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      1210 19  -  The recent opening of 6 galleries in Mita building offers mutual benefits with the public having more access to art and the group of galleries gaining leverage. PARVATHINAYAR gleans views from some of the gallery owners PARVATHI NAYAR ANEW window to art opened two evenings ago, when
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      560 20 COVER STORY SOOBIN Gallery ambitiously "opens" with two concurrent exhibitions. Su Xinping's Outer Appearance and Inner Mindscape shows his movement away from earlier depictions of Mongolia's open landscapes and culture. As the show reveals, the artist's later printwork and oils dating from the mid '90s marks
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      792 20  -  Potter Jessie Lim's subtle humour and solid technique are still evident in her latest exhibition but the pieces are no longer all functional SUBAK tsamg takes a look SUSAN TSANG EVEN with her fifth solo exhibition a few days away, Jessie Lim Is still busy with
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      917 21  -  Indian dancer Vani Ganapathy combines tradition in technique and innovation in presentation. PASTATBIMAYAR finds out more about her other roles in teaching dance, interior design and social work PARVATHI NAYAR CELEBRATED Indian dancer Vani Ganapathy describes herself as someone comfortable with dualities: a woman who believes
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      108 21 THEY are women in Indian mythology, celebrated as heroines for their courage in feeing difficulties with inner strength. Four of these women are featured in epic of Rama, wbo had to live through hardships from scratching a living in the forest for some 13 ye«rs to fiaccibie AAhaVm
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      1356 21  -  By Felicia Yap WITH years of success and recognition undo* his belt the immaculately dressed artist speaks with justifiable pride, tempered by an unruffled demeanour and a certain child-like earnestness. Then again, Chua Mia Tee's cool self-assur-ance clearly distinguishes him from the crop of struggling new
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      1506 22  -  Compiled by M Yasotha MUSIC Singapore Symphony Orchestra Beethoven Piano Concerto Cycle/Life and Love: The Inextinguishable Conductor of the Albany Symphony Orchestra in New York State, David Alan Miller will bring life to two late Romantic masterpieces. The swashbuckling escapades of Don Juan as portrayed by Richard Strauss
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      216 22  -  -By Cheah Ui-Hoon The buzz: What does It mean to play? What does It mean to play-play? Nine promising Bachelor of Pine Arts students interpret the concept through their artworks. Wot and players: Some people consider "playing" as diverting trivia but many foil to realise that playing in itself
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      565 22  -  staff show their works in an exhibition which will also debut in Europe. CHEAH UI-HOON reports CHEAH UI-HOON SITTING in an ivory tower may be the prevailing image of the academic but this certainly does not hold true for the lecturers at the Nanyang Academy of
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