The Business Times, 25 October 2000

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    12 1 TheBusinessTimes MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85C SINGAPORE Internal. .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2000
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    76 1 SH UK* (+110) 770J8 (-0.32) ST INDEX FUTTJIES MIOLOO (-13.00) SZMSCI FUTTJIES ***** (+1.90) STOCK MAXKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP 786.49 +199 NIKKEI 225 16.14&19 +66-28 HANG SENG 14.925J3 -176.41 SET INDEX 276.48 -1.12 JAKARTA COMP _41&64 +1.19 MANILA COMP _1,282.42 +14.73 TAIPEI WP1 5518.63—+237.68 SEOUL COMP
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    72 1 FOBEX RATES USI ss USS I.7M £(US$/S$per£) 1.464 2J49 EL'ROfUS$/SS/E) 0.839 1.471 DM 1350 1329 YEN 108.1 «l-70 RM 9.800 2.167 HKS 7.799 4.448 BAHT 43% 26.06 RUPIAH 8.956 5,107 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA BANGKOK 9.8® MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8 50 TAIPEI .7.84 SYDNEY .8.50
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    Lock icon DBS, SingTech join forex leaders in new Net marketplace
    945 1  -  Partnership with 49 banks and Renters set to stir forex market By\ Siow Li Sen, Neil Berhmann in London DBS Bank and Singapore Technologies have joined 49 banks worldwide and Reuters, the news and financial information company, in an online marketplace
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    Lock icon Hong Leong grabs 8% of OUE
    841 1  -  Market expects takeover bid; OUE hits year-high of $6.10 Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] The share price of Overseas Union Enterprises shot to a year-high of $6.10 yesterday on news that the Hong Leong group has taken an 8.1 per cent stake in the listed
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    Lock icon SingTel and Bharti to build US$650m fibre-optic link to India
    766 1  -  Cable will ping S'pore to Chennai; farther link to Mnmbai in pipeline By Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom (Sing Tel) is teaming up with India's Bharti Enterprises to build a US$65O million (551.14 billion) undersea fibreoptic cable link between
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      75 1 lIHHPE Money Matters Higher US$ objectives continue to rule sentiment. Pg 13 Top Stories US semiconductor sector's book-to-bill ratio down in Sept, the first in 12 months. I*4 m X W Oei Hong Leong to sue Jimmy Lai's Next Magazine. Pg 18 Bob Hasan now a suspect over his failed
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      122 1 Women are getting j Oil prices hover Where to put ,JV_ near highs as -"J. Carol Bartz of US company Autodesk i *<***"' A 24-page Investing supplement The CEO Speaks. Pg 36 Middle-east cnsis. Pg 24 Free ivith today's BT RAYMOND WEIL 11 b T W CrysuU. Q«m: /Oft- 9430STG
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      Lock icon On-line trading will result in smaller treasuries
      484 2  -  S'pore banks watching as major markets move on-line aggressively By] Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] Treasuries will be downsized as on-line trading of foreign exchange products grows in Singapore, bankers and traders say. But they do not expect substantial growth soon. "Reports from London
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      Lock icon Selfless dedication to the company
      428 2  -  Getting Personal -By Corinne Kerk Wboi Yeo Chee Tian, managing director, Advanced Materials Technologies. A*k44. Claim to Sum Mr Yeo, who has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a masters in advanced applied mechanics, admits he was once a "hardcore" engineer. He still travels
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      Lock icon Cutting out the middleman—again
      599 2  - Cutting out the middleman —again COMMENTARY It will take a bit more time and a few more hiccups, but the writing is on the wall, says Larry Wee Larry Wee HISTORY will probably record that one of the greatest achievements of the Internet Age is it cut out layers of
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        130 2 ONE indicator of just how vulnerable Nasdaq is appears in Barron's Oct 16 issue. In it is a chart showing the amount of margin debt that is, how much has been borrowed to invest in stocks. From around US$5O billion (5587.5 billion) in 1994, the graph shows exponential
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        138 2 CRAVING for succulent durians or other tropical fruits? Wheels For Fun, the outfit that specialises in motoring holidays and treasure hunts, is organising one-day fruit, food and fun self-drive trips to Yong Peng's fruit orchards. After gorging themselves on delicious durians, rambutans, mangoes and other delights, participants
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      92 3 i (PJorJiincf in lanoem. Jo la£2 you furiner. §fp£ 1 ~j t One of Singapore's largest Asian law firms has formed an Exclusive Strategic Alliance with one of the world's largest law firms. Khattar Wong and Eversheds. Sharing our vision and values, the Alliance also means complementing each other's strengths,
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Chip equipment orders down in Sept
      548 4  -  TECHNOLOGY TAKES Month-on-month, orders were 5% lower at USs2.B3b from a record USs2.99b in August Reports by David Boey [SINGAPORE] Orders received by North Amer-ica-based makers of semiconductor equipment in September dropped for the first time in 12 months, industry watchdog Semiconductor Equipment and
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      Lock icon VST Tech delays IPO launch, 4th to do so this month
      499 4 HONGKONG-based VST Technologies, a distributor of electronics and information technology-related products, has delayed the launch of its initial public offer (IPO) as bearish market conditions continue to dull the market's appetite for electronics and technology stocks. Mainboard-aspirant VST is
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      Lock icon Punters cast doubts on NatSteel Elec rumours
      446 4 BARELY a week after shares of Nat Steel and Nat Steel Electronics shot to prominence on the back of takeover rumours, punters are beginning to challenge the validity of the claims and the motives of the people who may have sparked off the
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      Lock icon SIA cash flow reveals problem of success
      908 4  -  lock siew] paul thompson ASK the man in the street to define "cash" and "profit" and he'd probably give a swift reply to the first but not the second. He may show you a pocketful of notes and coins and lament how much
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      Lock icon Banks zoom in on financing for leveraged buyout in Asia
      416 8  -  Top Chase banker says LBO lending offers favourable risk-return ratio By\ Siow Li Sen LEVERAGED buyouts, long popular in the US, are beginning to make an impact in Asia and banks are eager to get a slice of the action.
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      Lock icon Foreigners stress corporate governance
      542 8  -  A key factor when they make investment decisions in Asia By. Paul Thompson RESEARCH has shown that foreign institutional investors are more concerned with standards of corporate governance than with financial performance when deciding whether to invest in Asia, a conference heard this week. Richard Price,
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      Lock icon Pokka triples net gain on better sales, bigger margins
      165 8  -  COMPANY RESULTS Reports by Marissa Chew FOOD and drinks maker Pokka Corporation almost tripled net profit from $849,000 to $2.5 million on better sales of beverages and bigger margins. Turnover for the six months to July 31 rose 12 per cent,
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      Lock icon Hup Seng Huat profit and turnover plunge
      206 8 INDUSTRIAL hardware company Hup Seng Huat's turnover fell 36 per cent to $36.1 million as its markets consolidated and the group does not see an improvement in its performance this year. Net earnings in the year to July 31 were $1.5 million, down
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      Lock icon Corporate bond issues in S'pore set to top $30b
      894 9 But lack of liquidity in secondary market keeps foreign funds away, impedes growth Reuters [HONGKONG] Domestic investors are gobbling up record issuance in Singapore's fledgling corporate bond market that could top Ss3o billion this year, showing sceptics that the city state
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      Lock icon Keppel and CDL unit in $2b fund raising schemes
      332 9  -  Keppel kicks off its exercise with issue of $450 m notes By Serena Ng KEPPEL Corp has issued Ss4so million of unsecured floating and fixed-rate notes to kick off its US$6OO million (551.05 billion) Medium Term Note programme. And City Developments
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      Lock icon Alpha Carb names vice president
      64 9 From staff reports John L. Rozic has been named executive Vice President of ALPHA CARB ENTERPRISES of Allegheny Township, Tool-And-Die Company. With more than 35 years of experience in the industry, Rozic's responsibilities will include working to expand the company's global business. The company serves
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      175 4 E* m fkrvTirpf Your Business Plan WCI Seminar Workshops i j a t v Compiling An Effective Business The Business Plailj Plan Your Roadmap To Success j Speaker Prof. Dr. Leo Cheng Swee dISCUSSea in HemsdakAssociates Pie UJ perspective! A Venture Capitalist's View Point Influences Of A Business Plan On
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      96 5 WE'RE HELPING COMPANIES RAISE BILLIONS TO FUEL ASIA'S t NEW ECONOMY. Nee/ a/ iw kiMnnfl umtt- Jlrtawv Surprising DBS. It might astound you just how big an impact DBS Bank has in Asia-Pacific. From raising the capital to drive Asian businesses forward to helping millions into the home of their
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      508 6 Stock* VohOTW Nat Elec 10c 25.134.CXX) NatStee<50c 23.162,000 'Sta/Cruises 10c 14.938.000 Econ lnt)20c 13.522,000 PacificCenturylOc 12,006,000 Tat Hong 20c 11,414,000 Eastern Asia 10,382,000 SembMar 10c 9,244,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 7,693,000 SingTel 15c 6,936.000 Stocks > Nat Elec 10c 103,702.400 Chart Semiconductor 26c 50,493,446 NatSteei 50c 55,553.550 VentureMfg25c 35.012,935 DBSGrp 32,165,028
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      Lock icon Dull Nasdaq results in lifeless session for market
      545 6  -  I-ii comment STOCKS r.sivanithy ASDAQ did I nothing, so we W I I did nothing." I I That's how a I I dealer summed I I up yesterday's I lifeless session I in the local mar•JL. 1 ket. And it was a
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      Lock icon Pac Century covered wrt: better to steer clear
      199 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By. R Sivanithy PACIFIC Century has had a terrible time in the past few months as its shares have come under tremendous pressure. After adjusting for a 10-for-l stocks split, the previous all-time high reached earlier this year was around
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      Lock icon OUE: technical uptrend intact
      231 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) has been shooting up in recent weeks. The stock surged another 30 cents to close at a new year-high at $6.10 yesterday with 625,000 shares changing hands. It has now gained 27 per cent
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      119 6 ♦INTRACO will hold its EGM on Nov 10 at 9.30 am, 230 Victoria Street, #12-00 Bugis Junction Towers. ♦ARMSTRONG Industrial Corporation has appointed Wong Yean Seng as general manager. His area of responsibility covers business operations which include manufacturing, operations, sales and marketing. ♦D ATACRAFT Asia will be
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      70 6 Grow Your CPF With eiBht Important All applications for units in eight must be made on the application forms accompanying the prospectus Investors must read the prospectus The value of the units and the income from them may fall as well as rise OIXiSBAW Larry Wee's currencies coliimn appears on
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      47 7 I____ I ~V j A J&iJtiL Who says we must do things the normal way? fIPJ% With web telephony, we can meet online, eliminating conferences. outlaw clL^i,, TM Jut But they say it'll never work with current server speeds. Mr Somebody needs to start breaking the rules.
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      899 8 DEL MONTE PACIFIC LIMITED (Incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability on 27 May 1999 NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at Windows East Room, Level 20, Four Seasons Hotel, 190 Orchard Boulevard, Singapore *****6 on
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      341 9 »*aFX" SajK i v j|B expert answers. market intelligence. trade experience. invaluable contacts. THE NEW TRADE EQUATION. SOLVED. itdb/d&ii allinoneda^ SINGAPORE TRADE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INTERNATIONAL DAY 2001 Meet International Business Experts plenary 1 Local and Global Links To Bring the Future to the Present •rib intemaliO' iiii G3V 20'JI Keynote
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon NTUC Income beats them all – in regular and single premiums
      541 10  - NTUC Income beats them all in regular and single premiums $66m in new regular premiums in first 9 months, new single premiums hit $670 m By Chuang Peck Ming NTUC Income has beaten all other life insurers in life insurance sales in terms of regular and single premiums. "This is
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      Lock icon StarHub launches GPRS trial, 100 businesses involved
      139 10 STARHUB is launching a trial of its high-speed wireless General Packet Radio Service or GPRS today, involving about 100 businesses. GPRS is an interim technology leading into third generation wireless services, which are expected to hit the market in 2001-02. With GPRS, Singaporeans
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      Lock icon Building materials: signs of recovery
      291 10  -  KTIon the economy construction Anna Teo PRICES of building materials appear to be picking up. Data from the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) shows a 1.1-point rise in the building materials price index in August, after a flattish stretch for months. At 113.3, the index
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      Lock icon IDA leads contingent to India
      211 10 15 firms, 3 govt agencies to take part in IT exhibition THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) will lead a group of Singapore infocomm firms to an exhibition in India. Fifteen Singapore companies and three government agencies will be showcased at a Singapore Pavilion.
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      Lock icon Nominations open for BCA award
      211 10 NOMINATIONS are now open for the Building and Construction Authority's (BCA) first-ever Construction 21 Best Practices Award (C2IBPA). The award, launched in May, recognises organisations which are leaders in adopting best practices which will enable the construction industry to achieve a transformation to a knowl-edge-based
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      Lock icon Ken-Air, Reliance form e-commerce hub
      324 10  -  It will offer 828 services for non-air leisure travel By Vivien Ng TRAVEL operators Ken-Air Leisure Group and the Reliance Overseas Group of Companies signed an alliance yesterday to create a business-to-business (B2B) e-distribution and e-procure-ment hub. Ken-Air and Reliance will merge their respective units,
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      Lock icon MasterCard studying newer technologies
      375 10 MERCHANTS may soon have less to worry about when accepting online credit card transactions as MasterCard is looking at some of the newer technologies to verify cardholder's identity. They are working on improving the Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) system in use now, MasterCard vice-presi-dent of acceptance
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      Lock icon Palm Haven hits the market tomorrow
      226 10 DBS Land will brave the market tomorrow with its 48-unit Palm Haven project. Sources say the project could sell at an average of less than $610 per sq ft. Marketing agent Jones Lang LaSalle said prices start from $455 psf. The Balinese theme condominium
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      Lock icon BG Lee: next year's forecast growth of 5-7% sustainable
      588 11 External factors, not outlook for local firms, causing stock market slide, he says Reuters SINGAPORE'S forecast of 5 to 7 per cent growth in 2001 faces external hurdles, but is seen as sustainable after juggernaut expansion this year, Deputy Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Competition has led to big benefits: IDA
      309 11  -  MAILrEffl Jennifer Toh (Ms) Manager, Corporate Communication Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore WE refer to Andy Ng Kar Fatt's letter entitled "Re-examine telecoms competition to ensure $3.5b is well spent" (Mailbag, Oct 13). We wish to clarify that users can retain their mobile
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      Lock icon Why investors buy unit trusts or mutual funds
      186 11  -  Denis Distant, Singapore I REFER to the article "Investors still favour unit trusts despite stock slide" by Genevieve Cua and Ling Su Ann (BT, Oct 20). I cannot agree with their comment that "it's unclear whether retail investors are taking money out
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      Lock icon No big deal: capital guaranteed funds
      189 11  -  Dennis Ng Singapore, via Internet RECENTLY, some financial institutions including insurance companies, have launched capital guaranteed funds. And you may be thinking: "Wah, they guarantee I won't lose my capital and maybe make some money, sounds like a really good deal." But is it
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      68 11 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletter@ sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear
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  • MONEY matters
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      Lock icon Higher US dollar objectives rule
      998 13  -  I =i( comment CURRENCIES 45 baht, 50 pesos, and euro at 80 US cents, Aussie dollar at 50 US cents larry wee ON the face of it, the eye of the Wall Street storm that hammered both Asian currencies and bourses over the last fortnight
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      Lock icon Flight to quality compounds problems of Asian US$ issuers
      928 13  -  Recent events have sent Asian US$ paper on rocky ride By Rosemary Fu The author is a fixed income strategist at Standard Chartered Bank. This article is not an invitation to invest. BT and its contributors will not be held liable
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      75 13 Gerald genta I SRO R T "The simplest of the complicated watches" SINGAPORE THE HOUR GLASS Takashimaya S.C. Tel 734 2420 Scotts S.C. Tel 235 7198 Lucky Plaza Tel 733 1262 Peninsula Plaza Tel 337 8309 Raffles Hotel Arcade Tel 334 3241 Millenia Walk Tel 339 4870 MALAYSIA THE HOUR
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Everyone has stake in China's leap forward
      758 14  -  C7TT3 bottom line OPINION thomas friedman The writer is a New York Times columnist NYT IN the wake of the latest Middle East violence, it's easy to fall into the trap of believing that this tribal war is the world It is useful
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      123 14 'As the bureaucrats once feared the devil, they now fear the Association of Dead People. -Lalßfluri founder of the association in India, who set it up because official records listed him as dead. It took him 19years to prove he was alive. 'When most people think of
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      Lock icon Pressing on with variable wages
      631 14 EDITORIAL HERE'S another indicator of where the Singapore economy stands in the global business arena: Its top executives have consistently been among the best-paid in the world in recent years. Many factors go into determining the size of the pay packets of chief executive officers
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      Lock icon Asia, Europe and New Age free-trade areas
      1327 14  -  Will Asem catch np with what Japan and Singapore has started rolling? Yang Razali Kassim The writer, BT's regional analysis editor, covered the Asem summit in Seoul WITHIN hours of the curtain falling on the Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem) in Seoul last Saturday, Prime
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      Lock icon Growing population sucking some rivers dry
      745 14  -  COMMENTARY By] Reginald Dale The writer is a columnist with the International Herald Tribune, where this commentary first appeared CHINA'S decision to undertake a gigantic plan to divert the Yangtze River to alleviate water shortages further north is one more sign of a growing
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon MAS gets nod for domestic fare rise
      570 15  -  Report says govt okays hikes of np to 50%; move seen as paving way for a foreign partner From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government has taken another step to pave the way for the entry of a foreign party likely
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      Lock icon Time dotCom to get US firm's technical aid, paving way for IPO
      404 15  -  Pact with Global One means the mega listing could occur by year-end From] Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur TELCO group Time dot Com yesterday took one step closer to listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange after
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      Lock icon Tycoon suing Idris over Prime stake
      534 15 KUALA LUMPUR Ishak Ismail sayS it failed to honour Aug pact to sell him 30% of its unit Bloomberg MALAYSIAN tycoon Ishak Ismail said he is suing Idris Hydraulic Bhd for the alleged breach of a pact, after he lost control of the timber,
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      Lock icon AMMB most active stock on KL bourse
      563 16  -  It's trying to change merger terms with Utama, bnt analysts donbt if it'll succeed From] Diana Oon Abdullah rn Kuala Lumpur BANKING group AMMB Holdings' bid to change the terms of its merger with Utama Banking Group (ÜBG) made it the most traded
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      Lock icon Ban on pig farms: report
      245 16 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] A central Ma laysian state has announced it will impose a ban on hog rearing, drawing accusations from ethnic Chinese leaders and the opposition of being insensitive to the country's largest minority. Hog rearing will be phased out in Selangor by the
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      Lock icon M'sia hopes to issue 3G licences in 2001: minister
      321 16 KUALA LUMPUR Commercial ops should begin the following year Reuters MALAYSIA hopes to issue licences for third generation (3G) mobile telephone services in 2001 to allow commercial operations in 2002. Communications Minister Leo Moggie said yesterday. Mr Moggie told reporters that
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      Lock icon YTL to buy stake in Australia's ElectraNet
      120 16 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S YTL Power International Bhd yesterday signed a deal to purchase a 33 per cent stake in ElectraNet, which operates a recently privatised South Australian power transmission network, from Macquarie Bank Ltd. YTL Power is buying the 33 per cent
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  • CURRENCY jitters
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      Lock icon Baht under pressure as proxy to rupiah, peso
      730 17  -  Thai currency hits 31-month low, bnt govt says it will not intervene From\ Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE hopelessly-mired Thai baht is expected to be dragged down further as offshore speculators turn to the currency as a proxy to "short" the rupiah
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      Lock icon Thai foreign borrowing cut
      239 17 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAILAND halved its foreign debt-raising target for 2001 to US$2.3 billion (Ss4 billion), with the government moving to fund more of its deficit spending by selling local currency bonds, Deputy Finance Minister Pisit Leeahtam said. The lower cap on the government's foreign currency borrowing
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      543 17  -  From Al Labita in Manila THE Philippine peso caved in to speculative pressures yesterday, crashing to another historic low. but stocks rallied as both markets moved in opposite directions as lawmakers probed President Joseph Estrada's alleged wrongdoings. The peso closed at a record
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      473 18 JAKARTA 2 others also named suspects in the collapse of their respective banks Reuters INDONESIA signalled its intention to crack down on bosses of failed banks yesterday, naming timber tycoon Mohamad "Bob" Hasan and two other businessmen as suspects in probes
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      78 18 Reuters, AFX-Asia [JAKARTA} Indonesian police yesterday fired blanks and teargas to disperse hundreds of protesting students demanding that disgraced former president Suharto be tried for corruption. Separately, the High Court yesterday said it has appointed three judges to try an appeal by prosecutors over
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      625 18  -  Next said Oei had upset HE tycoons over last 10 years Front* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong BUSINESSMAN Oei Hong Leong said he is taking Jimmy Lai's highly popular Next Magazine to court for running an allegedly libellous article about his relationship
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      401 22 TAIPEI Management changes taking place at state firms Bloomberg TAIWAN'S Ministry of Finance named Chen Chienlung as chairman of First Commercial Bank, the first appointment of a member of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to the top job at a state-owned
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      361 22 AFP [NEW DELHI] It was heralded as India's prime-time TV battle of the decade, but ended up a no contest. Zee TVs quiz show challenge to arch rival Star TVs Kaun Ba nega Crorepatt (KBC, Who Wants to be a Millionaire?) was
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      479 22 NEWDELHI 3 firms given licences, 15 joint ventures get theirs soon AFP THE first three private insurance firms to receive licences from the Indian government after a six-year wait are hoping to begin issuing policies by the end of
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      170 22 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN was expected to revise downward its 2000 economic growth forecast to 6.49 per cent from an earlier estimate of 6.57 per cent due to rising oil prices and weakness in the stock market, it was reported here yesterday. The sluggish
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      821 19  -  Dynamic new e-marketplaces will force companies to disintegrate' By Rod Price BEHIND closed doors, more than one of your competitors are willing to admit they don't know what their customers really want. In addition to ignoring customer needs, by their own account, many companies have
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      521 20 LONDON Business intelligence agency picks ont older execs brought in to add stature to a company FT INTERNET executives are four times more likely to have "unsavoury backgrounds" than executives from other industries, according to an investigation by Kroll Associates,
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      573 20 LONDON FT, Bloomberg, AFP The level of despair at British Telecommunications was matched only by the euphoria among its rivals yesterday after BT was forced to abandon its bid for a third generation mobile licence in Italy. A degree
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      493 20  -  Its shares slide np to 1&3% after another cash call nn veiled Fromi Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE bleeding just wouldn't stop for Richard Li's Pacific Century Cyberworks as investors continued to dump the stock which tumbled by as much as 12.3
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      357 20 WASHINGTON Bloomberg INTERNET commerce must be subject to the same fairtrading protections a 9 conventional means of selling products and services, the top US trade official said as she outlined a plan to tackle the issue worldwide. US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky told
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      885 23  -  From Leon Hadar in Washington A PANEL of top American political scientists, assembled by several media groups, concluded a few months ago that barring a major political or economic disaster, VicePresident A 1 Gore should win the presidential election, probably by a
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      371 23 WASHINGTON Halliburton's unit allegedly defrauded the US govt LAT-WP A COMPANY overseen by Republican vice-presidential candidate Dick Cheney until four months ago is under criminal investigation for allegedly defrauding the federal government out of millions of dollars in the closure of the Fort Ord military
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      519 24 WASHINGTON US move follows reports of possible terrorist attacks against its forces Reuters, AFP WORLD oil prices stayed close to US$32 yesterday over fears of more Middle East violence, as the United States put its forces in the Middle East and
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      324 24 TOKYO Software spending defined as capital expenditure, as in the US AFP NEW calculation methods will raise Japan's annual growth rate for 1997 and 1998, erasing the first two-year recession since World War n, a top policymaker said yesterday. Japan's gross domestic product (GDP)
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      283 24 AFP BRITAIN'S ill-fated Millennium Dome attraction will try to redeem itself with a high-octane closing day party, Dome chiefs announced yesterday. The 12-hour New Year's Eve party, run by trendy London nightclub Ministry of Sound, will be staged in outbuildings, not in the vast
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        126 24 Reuters [TOKYO] Thirteen brokers have agreed to buy a 15 per cent stake in Nasdaq Japan Inc for US$4B.5 million (SsBs million), giving the market for high-tech startups a diverse support base that analysts say could help stem a flow of struggling IPOs.
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        72 24 Bloomberg [IRVING, Texas] Exxon Mobil Corp, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, said third quarter earnings almost doubled to a record as oil prices rose to 10-year highs and fuel-selling profit improved. Profit from operations rose to US$4.3 billion, or US$l.22 a share, from a
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        72 24 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's financial markets regulator, the Financial Services Authority, has launched an investigation into the alleged involvement of UK banks in money laundering, the Independent newspaper said yesterday. The paper said the move followed criticism that money laundering controls failed to prevent some of the
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        83 24 Reuters [STAMFORD, Connecticut] Xerox Corp yesterday posted a third quarter net loss about in line with reduced expectations, and unveiled a US$l billion cost-cutting plan intended to restore profitability at the ailing copier giant. Xerox said it suffered a third quarter net income loss
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        79 24 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's financial watchdog said yesterday it had launched an investigation into NTT East Corp for allegedly obstructing its competitors from establishing high-speed Internet services. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said NTT East, the regional unit of telecommunications giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.
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        97 24 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Chevron Corp, the No 2 US oil company, said yesterday its third quarter profit surpassed expectations by more than double on the back of surging oil and natural gas prices. The San Francisco-based oil company, which earlier this month unveiled a
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        109 24 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's NKK Corp and Kawasaki Steel Corp dismissed newspaper reports yesterday that said they would merge their steel operations to create the world's biggest steelmaker. NKK and Kawasaki, respectively Japan's second and third-largest steel makers, planned to launch a joint holding company within
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        88 24 Bloomberg [DALLAS] Kimberly-Clark Corp, the world's largest maker of tissue products, said third quarter earnings rose 13 per cent as sales Of Scott paper towels and Cottonelle bathroom tissues increased and it lowered costs. Profit from operations at the maker ofHuggies diapers and Kleenex facial tissue
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      584 25 NEW YORK If GE-Honeywell deal goes through, it could be Cisco, Sun or Oracle Reuters IT is one of Wall Street's favourite guessing games which company is next in line to join the venerable Dow Jones Industrial Average, the stock market
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      406 25 TOKYO They join opposition critics after latest gaffe by Japanese premier Reuters A RIFT within Japan's dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) over Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's latest verbal blunder widened yesterday, as Young Turks in the party joined the opposition in calling for
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      321 25 LONDON FT WHEN typhoons or earthquakes strike small states, their first call for help may soo§ be to Lloyd's of London rather than the International Red Cross in Geneva. Under a new insurance scheme, 42 of the world's most vulnerable countries will
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      397 25 WASHINGTON US warns they shouldn't expect help if bets go wrong AP WEALTHY investors need to be prepared to suffer losses when their bets on emerging markets go bad, the United States said Monday in proposing a broad set of principles to govern
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      315 25 NYT FOR a passing moment during his presentation of General Elec trie's US$45 billion (Ss79 billion) acquisition of Honeywell International on Monday, Jack Welch interrupted himself to tip his hat to one of the men behind his biggest deal ever: his banker, Geoff Boisi, the
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      277 27  -  SGI Derivatives TmOla&Report ST Inde*/MSCISTpor© Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore SINGAPORE stocks ended marginally higher yesterday, led by Singapore Telecommunications and Nat Steel Electronics. Trading was rather lethargic with most players sidelined as the market waited for fresh leads. Investors decided to take a
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      220 27  -  MSG! Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE Taiwan stock index rose again yesterday, led by technology stocks. Aggressive buying by both state and foreign funds helped lift the index by more than 4 per cent. The MSCI Taiwan index gained 11.34 points or
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      163 27 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oil prices cruised comfortably above US$3l yesterday, supported by fears of more Middle East violence at the onset of peak winter energy demand. North Sea benchmark Brent crude was 14 US cents lower at U5531.95 a barrel. US light
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      320 27 London THE euro hovered within half a cent of record lows against the dollar yesterday, with only wariness about possible central bank intervention preventing further falls. Caution prevailed ahead of the start of a Group of 20 meeting in Montreal, with dealers mindful of the last euro rescue
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      2869 28 HONGKONG AFP P Hang Seng -176.43 HONGKONG share prices fell 1.2 per cent yesterday led by Pacific Century CyberWorks and continuing concerns about Wall Street volatility and international oil prices, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index closed down 176.43 points
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      2028 28 TOKYO AFP HNOdwag *50-23 SHARE prices in Tokyo edged up 0.3 per cent in thin trading yesterday, but investors sat on the sidelines before the release of interim earnings results from major firms later in the week, brokers said. They added the market was
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      1023 28 Reuters P Shenzhen Binder -0.02 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed a touch lower in thin trade yesterday due to light retail selling as recent weakness on Asian markets sidelined most institutional investors, brokers said. The Shanghai B share index inched down 0.20 per cent to 61.71. Turnover plunged
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      369 28 AFP QWP Index +237.68 TAIWANESE share prices closed up 4.2 per cent yesterday in the market's fourth consecutive rise with sentiment spurred by strong foreign buying on the previous day, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index soared 237.68 points to 5,918.63, following a 1.6-per cent rise
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      430 29 AFP n Composite Index +2J9 MALAYSIAN shares ended 0.4 per cent higher yesterday with selective buying of blue-chip stocks offsetting faUs due to profit-taking, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 2.99 points to finish at 786.49. The Second Board index
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      744 31 AFP P SET Infex -ua THAI share prices lost 0.4 per cent yesterday as early gains were offset by late profit-tak-ing in blue-chips, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index fell 1.12 points to close at 275.48 points. The SET 50 index was down 0.09 points
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      292 31 AFP PJ Composite Index +14.73 PHILIPPINE share prices rose 1.2 per cent yesterday with the Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index up 14.73 points at 1,282.42. Turnover rose to 481 million shares worth 479 million pesos compared to 324 million shares worth 444 million pesos on Monday. AFP Oct 24
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      770 31 AFP n Composite Index +Ll9 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.3 per cent higher yesterday in relatively thin trade led by gains in select blue chip stocks and banks, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 1.19 points at 418.64 points. Volume stood at 221.05 million shares
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      259 31 AFP PHBE-M ♦113» NEW Zealand shares rose 0.7 per cent yesterday led by market leaders Telecom Corp and the Fletcher Challenge stocks, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 14.36 points at 1,977.40 points on turnover worth NZ$l2O million.— AFP Bit 24 «ft (000) AdvantagaHOS 1.92 0.06 34
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      555 31 AFP PAP Ordinaries -7j5 AUSTRALIAN shares eased 0.2 per cent yesterday with market leader News Corp accounting for most of the drop in a rudderless market, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index fell 7.5 points to 3,209.6 while the SP/ASX 200 index dropped 7.2 points to 3,260.7 points. Turnover
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      320 31 AFP F1 Composite Index *16.68 SOUTH Korean shares rose 3.15 per cent yesterday with the index up 16.68 at 545.05. Volume stood at 310 million worth 1.9 trillion won. AFP Oct 24 IN* *f A nam Semi 6000 290 Brain Tech 640 -5 Central Bank 170 unch Cheil Comm
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      1585 34  -  Robert Fogel looks to the decades ahead to a time when the economies of Asia overshadow those of the US and EU combined By Vikram Khanna CONSIDER these thoughts: the American economy has been grossly undervalued for decades, and today only about a third of
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      268 35 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS and scoff (8) 7 Exercising spaniels is pleasant 5 He'll sip drinks, teas maybe in enough (8) weather (4-6) 9 A team's remarks not generally 6 Grass making charge about overheard (6) skinhead and copper (6) 10 Far too much money is put into 8 The transmitter
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      949 36  -  With the cooling of the dotcom fever, design software giant Autodesk is set to scale new heights after embracing the Net Its CEO Carol Bartz talks to JENMIFER LIEN in San Rafael, California JENNIFER LIEN The writer is BT's Silicon Valley correspondent WHILE last year's
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      469 36 UNTIL last year, Carol Bartz was the only female chief executive officer of a large US high tech firm. She's since been joined at the top by Carly Fiorina, chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co. Progress for the fairer sex? "Two don't make a trend," Ms
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      154 37 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose four points to 1,744, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained seven points to 1,615, the Baltic Handy Index (BHD climbed two points to 1,151, the Baltic Handymax Index firmed 20 points to 10,151 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was up
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      482 37  -  IMO chief stresses importance of harmonised, global approach to regulatory matters By. Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has called for an expanded role for itself to ensure that governments meet the obligations under their conventions. It is ready to respond
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      475 37  -  Federation recovers USslm in unpaid seafarer wages in week of action Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Interna tional Transport Workers Federation (ITF) recovered nearly US$l million (551.75 million) in wages owed to seafarers as it wrapped up its week of action against
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      781 37  -  STRAIT TALE By\ Seafarer WHEN things go wrong we need, as an industry, to learn from our mistakes, put things right and do better in the future. That is easily said, isn't it? Nothing could be simpler, in
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        579 38 Reuters [LONDON] International airlines were under fire on Monday about "economy class syndrome", the risk of potentially fatal blood clots caused by cramped conditions on long haul flights. The calls for more safeguards followed the death of 28-year-old Briton Emma Christoffersen,
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        227 38 AP [WASHINGTON] Security personnel at US airports would be required to undergo more extensive background checks and receive added training under legislation the US House of Representatives approved on Monday. Kay Bailey Hutchison, sponsor of the measure in the Senate, said it would
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      306 38 PAGE ECU Line 5/6/8 Accord 8 ESPUnes 0 Ahrenkiel M 6 Appenship 5 foongSun 5 AsmOCI 13 Links M Assets 8 Fl-ai 7 Austral 7 Link Avant 14 Gemartrans 6 B tang Mas 8 Genshpg 13 BSA 7 Glory Nav M BTL 14 Hangli 7 Balaji Shpg
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      23526 44 THEBUSINESSTIMES thebusinesstimes EXPORT ETA ETA AdvrtlMf VnW Voyaga T«*p»ion* ETA ETA AdvtftlWf VHW Voyaga T*l*pHon* SIN Dart'n mm# Nun* Numtttr Numbaf SIN P*»t'n N*m> Naroa Nun—f Nuntf 03/n zr/n sanator trade maple oouw uhmwo To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot# D'lvolrt 03/n 27/n smotram trade maple ouw 45-*****90 ovn
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        1933 51 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCI CARGO Hoot tnq/n >| mci Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Ptriod From To Frw» ACTUAMA 07*009 24/10:00 M 22*00 22*94 22/HOO 22/500 22*94 22/1400 a 22/1700 2V0454 2V0900 2V 22/1700 23/0454 2 VOW 1 23/0700 23*54 23/1400 4 21/1200 23/1454 21/1700
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        116 51 Oat SB Brunei: Israk Mikraj. Indonesia: Ascension Day of Prophet Muhammad. Oat 20 Malaysia: Deepavali. Novl Philippines: All Saint's Day. Nov 3 Japan: Culture Day. Nov 4 Sweden: All Saint's Day. No* II Canada: Remembrance Day. USA: Veteran's Day. Nov 23 Japan: Labour Thanksgiving Day. USA: Thanksgiving Day.
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        784 51 THIS report, complied by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are baaed on averageslzed stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        345 52 Taipei expands domestic flights to irinniAfi Island, close to coastal Chinese city of Xiamen AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's civil aviation authorities yesterday approved applications for an increase in domestic flights to the outlying Kinmen Island, officials said. The go-ahead came as preparations escalated
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        343 52 Reuters [LONDON] A failure in the chain of command between Railtrack and its maintenance workers almost certainly caused the Hatfield train disaster, Britain's rail regulator said. Tom Winsor said he did not believe the fateil derailment last Tuesday north of London
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        294 52 Carrier wants to achieve annual profit of As3om, sales of As32om first Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Impulse Airlines said it plans to sell shares in an initial public offering in early 2002, as the Australian low-fare carrier continues to expand its operations. "The Australian
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        126 52 Reuters [DUBAI] Dubai has approved a US$5OO million (SsB7s million) to US$6OO million project to expand passenger handling capacity at its airport to 35 million passengers from a current 12 million, a senior aviation official said. "The new terminal will be operational in 2005.
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          81 52 AP [NEW YORK] Two passenger jets taxiing at LaGuardia Airport clipped wing tips causing minor damage but no injuries, according to a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport. A Boeing 727 of American Trans
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          144 52 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways, Australia's largest airline, said it flew 5.5 per cent more passengers on its international and domestic flights in August than a year ago. The airline said it flew 1.81 million passengers in August up from 1.72 million in August 1999. In
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          109 52 AFX-Asia IHUNUKUNuj uatnay racinc Airways said its passenger load factor in September was 75.8 per cent, compered with 83.1 per cent recorded in August In the nine months to September, the passenger load factor reached 77.4 pa* cent the company said in a statement The
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          81 52 AFP [HONGKONG} Flights at Hongkong's Chek Lap Kok international airport soared 14 per cent year-on-year in September, aviation authorities said. Some 15,515 flights arrived and departed the two-year-old airport in September. Of those, 2,746 or 17.7 per cent were cargo flights. Passenger traffic in
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        432 52 Carmaker holding discussions with different parties AFP [MUNICH] BMW is in talks with various parties on the sale of two factories in Britain which it retained when it sold its loss-making Rover unit, a company spokesman said. "We've been talking to different
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      745 38 Lines services represented by 1 em^ers Ragiihy of Members of the Accredited Shipping Agents, Jimk Sin 9°P° re Lo 9 isHcs v?w« y Singapore Shipping Association Association ULY UNI MALI vissci Tvor fiS rs rs P.KIANG SPORE MALI Empress Lily VOBOO 30/10 31/10 08/11 Princess Lily VOBOO 13/11 14/11 21/11
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      1606 54  - Netresearch-Asia's KEVIN SCULLY is sticking by his 2,500 target for the STI. Just a little later than he expected, as news from overseas has temporarily distracted investors from the strong fundamentals. KEVIN SCULLY The writer is managing director at Netresearch-Asia.com ECONOMIC and corporate fundamentals for Singapore remain strong. The benign
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      902 56  -  Business models may be different from the 'old' but investing should be ruled by the same values, saysLlM MENGTAT LIM MENG TAT The writer is general manager, AIG Asset Management International IT has been a wild ride for investors of New Economy stocks over the
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      1437 58  -  Venture capitalists and other major investors are still actively investing in Net companies, while some believe the fruits of biotechnology will be worth the wait TOH HAN SHIH reports. TOH HAN SHIH The writer is a former BT journalist PEOPLE must invest in the Internet and
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      782 59  -  VASU MENON on the virtues of Internet banking VASU MENON The writer is chief editor at finatiQ. THE Internet has made significant impact on almost all industries, including the banking sector. Many brick and mortar banks have found that the Internet
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      1308 60  -  The time for judgment has come, as private equity investors grow disenchanted with the new economy buzz. A time for audit and assessment, before interest returns, says KEVIN GIN KEVIN GIN The writer is managing director of Matrix Venture Consulting Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Alpha
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      1047 62  -  RSIVANITHY debunks some myths associated with covered warrants R SIVANITHY The writer isaßT senior correspondent ONE of the biggest disappointments of the past two years has been the failure of the covered warrants segment to take off in the local market. According to the major players like
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      788 63  -  Know why you are in the market for money, and act accordingly, says GARRY PIEIERS GARRY PIETERS The writer is general manager, OUB Optimix Funds Management PEOPLE invest for a great number of reasons some for business, some for pleasure. But in today's environment, dominated by violent
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      893 66  -  Policy changes are needed to kick-start the next growth phase, says CHONG YOON-CHOU CHONG YOON-CHOU The writer is associate director, Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited MALAYSIA should be fertile ground for the fund management industry. It has a high savings rate at 41 per
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      994 67  -  They want control, ownership, flexibility and service, says RAMESH PARAMESWAR RAMESH PARAMESWAR The writer is director, sales distribution, SSB Citi Asset Management Group MANY articles, emanating especially from the US, are detailing the trend towards do-it-yourself, low-cost online portfolio management, such as the new e-folios,
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      1106 68  -  Malaysian shares are well off their highs, but YEOH KEAT SENG highlights a number of recent developments which may have a positive impact on the market YEOH KEAT SENG The writer is chief executive officer, Malaysiastreet.com, a Securities Commission-licensed online investment advisory house based in
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      633 70  -  From Neil Behrmann The writer is BT's UK correspondent t in London THE art of contrary thinking would have paid handsome dividends in the currency markets in the past 20 months. So does this mean that with the euro down in the dumps, it is time
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      1194 70  - FX profits perils Thinking of parking some money in currencies or investing in US stocks? LARRY WEE offers advice in this primer for the unwary LARRY WEE The writer is a BT senior correspondent. ADMISSION is free, you pay to get out. A classic line from a classic song. More
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      1781 73  -  Be short, be happy. The proper way to do it is with a futures trading account. You could lose more than your shirt but you will gain entry into a whole new world of opportunity, says STEPHEN HAWKSWORTH STEPHEN HAWKSWORTH The writer is chief executive officer. Fimat
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      1032 74  -  China's impending entry to the WTO offers a rare opportunity for investment and business expansion, says TAY HONG SENG TAY HONG SENG The writer was a former journalist with BT MANY analysts admit that China's accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is an "under-researched" subject in
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      980 75  -  For the first lime in 7 yeargf China's GDP growth is matched by healthy profitgrowth at Chinese JQrms, says BILLY CHAN BILLY CHAN The writer is director of Invesco Asia Ltd THE mainland Chinese government has been arguably one of the most capable
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      74 56 i. Investing in India need not be painful. With SGX Nifty Index Futures, you can gain access to the Indian stock market, efficiently. It's cost effective too, since each contract is optimally sized at US$2O x the index. So call your broker or visit us at www3gx.com. And while you're
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