The Business Times, 24 November 2000

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    19 1 MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85t SHI N G A P O R E Internet: http://business-times.asial .corn.sg FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 24, 2000
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    69 1 mmm UUMOUCT (+29.20) □BT-SRI 7BLM (+11.92) □ST INDEX FUTURES LMMO (+36.00) SmSCI FUTURES KJ ***** (+5.30) STOCK HAEEET INDICES Thursday Change KLSECQMP 70&87 11.88 NIKKEI 85 Closed HANG SENG 1<MM1 2» SET INDEX i ***** +8.84 JAKARTA COUP _43M6 +L» MANILA COMP 1,447.74 8JI TAIPEI WP1 5,146.92 +IMI
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    74 1 F01EX RATES USS s$ US$ 1.767 £(USS/S$per£) 1.407 2.472 EURO(US$/S$/E) 0.846 1.484 DM 2*16 1318 YEN 1102 62.7# RM 3500 2.163 HKS 1M 4.440 BAHT 43J3 26.00 RUP1AH 9.427 6*66 PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 1 11JB JAKARTA J9.ee BANGKOK ASe MANILA Jt«e HONGKONG &50 TAIPEI 7.84 SYDNEY
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    Lock icon Panel calls for hike in housing plot ratios
    1172 1  -  Land use group proposes average high-density 6PR of 3.65, medinm-density GPR of 2.1 and low-density housing of 1.2 By: Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] Future homes built to house Singapore's larger population should be twice as densely built as existing housing so as to
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    Lock icon Norwegian set to pull off no-premium Osprey bid
    959 1  -  Offer expected to draw good response Byi Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Norwegian shipping magnate John Fredriksen is poised to make a general offer for Osprey Maritime without throwing in a price premium the second offerer to do so in as many days, but
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    Lock icon Jardine offer boosts CCL shares 5%
    374 1  -  Byi Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Cycle Carriage Ltd's share price rose 5 per cent or 16 cents to close at $3.46 yesterday as investors found news of Jardine Strategic 's general offer palatable, after chewing on it overnight. Jardine, the single largest shareholder of CCL
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    Lock icon Still a fat year for bonuses on Wall Street
    589 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] Bad year on Wall Street? Not for those who work there. New York's 200,000 bankers, traders, analysts and back-office staff expect record bonuses despite what could be the stock market's worst year in more than a decade. "I'm
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      114 1 DBBPE Asean Summit Malaysia-Singapore teem could lead Asean now that Indonesia is in a flux. Pg4 Top stories SGX's public offer of 75m shares 6.2 times subscribed. Nmxt Page Faulkner, MD of Inter- K%§jaß brand's BhflHB! Singapore HgJHj office, BHBH always knows what she wants and gets it. Pg 32
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      21 1 Bush appeals to US Supreme r rn W Court; f Gore suffers I j|| legal setback 1 Reports, Pg 23 W
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      15 1 S'pore's 2000 corporate activity beats 1999'5, Pg 5 Who will regulate the regulator? Pg 5
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      36 1 BT Comment: Govt should relook JTC, URA figures, Pg 13 Collective sale dejavu, Pg 13 Mall Bag: a question of timing, Pg 12 HK Land share buy back is not to boost Jardine control, Pg 21
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      Lock icon SGX makes debut with a 22% premium on offer price
      530 2  -  Volume of 218.6 m shares almost half of bourse's total By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] As widely expected, Singapore Exchange shares yesterday rose strongly in very active trading on their debut. The stock opened well above its $1.10 offer price at
      Source: Bloomberg  -  530 words
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      Lock icon CITIBANK
      116 2 Stock Challenge Top Performers: Nov 23 NAME GAIN 1 Ms Chai Pin Ping 258,430 2 Mr Liang Soon Chai 186,333 3 Mr Tan Kok Um 77,892 4 Mr Aaron Lim 88,373 5 Mr Lim Seng Huat 81,890 8 MfHubertYonQ 43,122 7 Mr Zhou Hong 40^393 8 Mr Lim Chin
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      Lock icon CAAS to call tenders for airport hotel site
      487 2  -  :li exclusive Hotel is scheduled to start operations in 2006, developer can choose operator By Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] Businessmen on short trips to Singapore can look forward to a hotel which will be connected directly to Changi Airport's Terminal 3 (T3). The
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        68 2 THE Singapore Exchange's chief executive Tom Kloet will be the guest-of-honour at the opening of the second Liberty Market NTUC Fairprice's American-themed supermarket—at Jurong Point today. Asked why Mr Kloet would be officiating at the opening, an SGX employee said jokingly: "I don't know why he's going, maybe
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        Lock icon Marathon made easy?
        178 2 THE Singapore International Marathon came within the thickness of an athlete's vest of not running this year. Then in stepped a government agency, North Eastern Community Development Council, and a corporate sponsor, Capital City Posters (CCP) Pte Ltd which puts the posters on the new Adshel bus
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        Lock icon BT poll results
        69 2 EARLIER this week, BT ran an online poll on the nervousness of the Japanese markets as Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori faced a no-confidence vote. Readers were asked to assess the statement: The uncertainty in Tokyo may spill over into Asian markets. Their responses were: Yes, because it's
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  • ASEAN summit
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      Lock icon Who will lead Asean now that Indonesia is in a flux?
      1116 4  -  ASEAN A Malaysia-Singapore team could take over that role from the traditional leader yang razali kassim ASEAN ministers yesterday formalised a protocol allowing members to delay tariff cuts on some auto parts. In so doing, a precedent has been
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      Lock icon All eyes on China push for FTA, Thai call for customs union
      907 4  -  Yang Razali Kassim THIS is probably one of the most hush-hush Asean summits. The leaders may have all arrived, but they are keeping their lips tightly sealed about what they will say. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong too
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon S'pore's 2000 corporate activity beats 1999's
      728 5  -  I=ll exclusive Bat $18b figure pales in comparison to Asia total By I Siow Li Sen CORPORATE activity in Singapore is revving up, having reached almost $18 billion so far this year, more than double the $7.7 billion for the whole of 1999. But
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      Lock icon Who will regulate the regulator?
      696 5  -  liW'ilock siew paul thompson KOW that the Singapore Exchange (SGX) is a public listed company whose shares trade on the very exchange it owns and controls, the burning question is: who should regulate transactions on the exchange? Does the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) need
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      Lock icon HK toymaker Bosswin gets nod for mainboard listing
      353 6  -  74% of its revenues are from such firms as McDonald's By] Ling Su Ann HONGKONG-BASED toy maker Bosswin Creative Solutions has received in-prin-ciple approval to list on the mainboard of the SGX. Established in 1994, the company has evolved from a traditional
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      Lock icon GE, OAC shareholders OK merger
      156 6 Bloomberg GREAT Eastern Holdings Ltd and Overseas Assurance Corp yesterday said that their shareholders had approved a planned merger that will create one of the largest life insurers in Malaysia and Singapore. The companies, both units of Oversea-Chi-nese Banking Corp of Singapore, are joining forces
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      Lock icon Pub 'sultan' creates Towkay Wong's, aims for listing
      495 6  -  Peter Wong streamlines pub and disco ops to better pursue joint ventures Conrad Raj PUB operator Peter Wong is streamlining his various pub and disco operations into a newly-formed holding company, Towkay Wong's Holdings Pte Ltd, before he applies for a listing
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      Lock icon JIT exits S'pore bourse on a weaker note
      303 6  -  By David Boey JIT Holdings, the fourth-largest electronics contract manufacturer by value on the Singapore Exchange, was traded for the last time yesterday at $3.10. The stock's exit from the exchange follows the headline-grab-bing acquisition of the company in early August by
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      Lock icon Merrill to issue 6m PCRD call wrts
      441 11  -  The American-style warrants will be priced at $0.1869 each By Serena Ng MERRILL Lynch International said yesterday it was proposing to issue a further six million American-style call warrants in Pacific Century Regional Developments at $0.1869 per warrant. Every warrant will initially entitle
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      Lock icon Royal Clicks interim edges up 1% to $3.7m
      259 11  -  Interest and depreciation take big chnnkont of profits By. Andrea Tan ROYAL Clicks interim net profit edged up one per cent to $3.7 million on a slightly higher turnover of $67.2 million due to better promotions. An interest cost of $2.1 million
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      Lock icon Mentor Media H1 profit swells 51%
      301 11  -  By Kelvin Ng SESDAQ-LISTED Mentor Media yesterday posted a 51.3 per cent rise in interim net profit to $3.6 million. Turnover for the period ended Sep 30 rose 46.3 per cent to $46.6 million from $31.8 million in the previous corresponding period, due mainly
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon SingTel, ST Telemedia in venture
        109 11 SINGAPORE Telecom and STT Communications, a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Telemedia, have entered into an agreement to merge their trunked radio service operations. The merger is carried out for the operations of Sing Tel Paging, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sing Tel, and ST Advanced Radio,
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        Lock icon Del Monte gets nod for share buyback
        61 11 DEL Monte Pacific shareholders have approved its share buyback plan which would allow the company to buy back up to 10 per cent of its issued shares. Based on the company's total issued shares, Del Monte would be able to repurchase up to
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        Lock icon Datacraft gets deal from Ipco
        75 11 DATACRAFT Asia, a leading network systems integrator and e-business enabler, said it is assisting IPCO International to build Indonesia's first intelligent Internet Protocol (IP) network at a cost of US$3.7 million (556.4 million). When it comes into operation early next year, the NueViz-Network will initially
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        Lock icon DBS ups Philippine bank stake
        63 11 DBS Bank has entered into a share purchase agreement with various minority shareholders of DBS Bank Philippines Inc (DBSP) to acquire an additional 3.2 million shares in DBSP. After the acquisition, DBS Bank's stake in DBSP will increase from 60 per cent to 71.7 per
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        Lock icon Pacific Internet in broadband moves
        78 11 Nasdaq-listed Internet service provider Pacific Internet announced that it is introducing a series of new and innovative broadband initiatives to enhance its current broadband access service plans. The plan. Broadband Express Plus is the latest addition to its time-based Broadband Express access plans. For $99.90
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        Lock icon Keppel wins $7m Smedvigjob
        40 11 KEPPEL Shipyard, part of the Keppel Hitachi Zosen Group, has won a $7 million contract from Smedvig Asia for the upgrading of its drilling tender barge Robray TT. The contract will be completed around June 2001.
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        Lock icon Clarification
        51 11 Our report headlined "Are local banks less transparent than their Malaysian counterparts?" (BT, Nov 20) referred to an article by two professors from the National University of Singapore. Although the article was carried in the Singapore Exchange's monthly publication, Pulses, it was was not commissioned or authored by the
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      398 6 Afulti*Chem MULTI-CHEM LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT MULTI-CHEM LIMITED (THE "COMPANY") RENOUNCEABLE RIGHTS ISSUE OF 44,000,000 WARRANTS TO SUBSCRIBE FOR 44,000,000 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.05 EACH IN THE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY (IN CONJUNCTION WITH A TRANSFERABLE LOAN FACILITY IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $23,000,000) AT
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      510 10 Stocks Volume SGXTc 218,649,000 PacificCenturylOc 19,291,000 IPCCorpn5c 1t,423,000 PCI 25c 11,297,000 Omni Ind 10c 9,176,000 HK Land US10c 8,338,000 MediaRing 10c 7,801,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 7,254,000 OUB DB eCW*****3 6,776,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 6,*****0 Stocks SGX1C 292,360,263 Chart Semiconductor 26c 47,989,959 SIA 39,038,200 HK Land US10c 30,245,722 Omni Ind
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      Lock icon Chartered covered warrants likely to expire worthless
      189 10  -  WARRANT WATCH By\ R Sivanithy CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing is one counter that's been particularly badly hit by the blow-out on Nasdaq and the fall from grace afflicting most technology or electronics stocks. From a high of just under $20 a few months ago,
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      Lock icon Market in defensive mode as US tech stocks fall further
      563 10  -  I :j I comment STOCKS r.sivanithy TRADERS shifted into defensive mode yesterday following more weakness in the US technology sector on Wednesday. With the exception of a modest rebound in Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, the counters that contributed to the Straits
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      Lock icon Bargain hunters could target Creative
      247 10  -  HOT STOCK By Serena Ng THE stock of digital soundcard maker Creative Technology has been beaten down heavily over the past few months, and presents a good buying opportunity. The counter yesterday ended flat at $25.10, after it momentarily dipped to its year-low of $25.00.
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      Lock icon Market Notices
      156 10 ♦NOEL Gifts International's bonus issue of one for every two existing shares held will go ex on Jan 8,2001. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is Jan 11. ♦HOTEL Grand Central will hold its EGM on Dec 18 at 11 am at Hotel Grand Central Building,
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      Lock icon Greenback retreats against yen in listless market
      366 10 AFP THE US dollar retreated against the yen in late Singapore trading yesterday in a listless market, with Japanese markets closed for the Labour Thanksgiving Day holiday, currency dealers said. Around 3.30 pm the US dollar changed hands at 110.10 yen, down from
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      143 10 CAPERS Free Flow Brunch. Quite unexpected. aV^ m «3 4l i HP SB <0" -IP I itit J1 fil -p M ffe flHkgl M *l mm y s^..^^H^^fl %MBmI K J|^B' IH| We're the only restaurant in town that provides a Kids Korner for your children while serving you Sunday
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      54 10 Grow Your CPF With eiBht Important All applications for units in eight must be made on the application ferns accompanying the prospectus Investors must read the prospectus The value of the units and the income from them may fall as well as rise S3l MISBAIJt' VEHICLES The Straits Times Classified.
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      165 11 m Running out of Christmas ideas. Think Golf. Think Pan-West. iJBiIHnHH IV, r.> A little goes a long way this Christmas. Pan-West offers a range of quality golf balls from Callaway Golf, Titleist, Pinnacle, Tour Special and other reputable brands. For a limited time only, buy any 2 sleeves of
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      151 11 Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore INVITATION TO DEVELOP AND LEASE PREMISES FOR A HOTEL DEVELOPMENT AT SINGAPORE CHANGI AIRPORT Changi Airport MKT Station f jl Commi\ Airport Roadway Tower Closing Date 23 February 2001 Time Not later than 11.00 am Venue Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Reception Counter 4th storey,
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Palm signs on over 20 S'pore firms for content
      308 12  -  They include DBS Bank, SIA, Sing Tel Mobile, CNA and MPH Online By Andrew Wee US-BASED Palm Inc yesterday said more than 20 Singapore companies will provide content which users can access on their Palm computers. The local companies have developed
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      Lock icon BG Yeo to lead India trade mission
      375 12  -  Trip is part of ongoing moves to enhance bilateral and economic ties with India By] David Boey TRADE and Industry Minister Brig-Gen-eral (NS) George Yeo will lead a trade mission to India for a week-long visit from tomorrow. A government statement said BG
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      Lock icon EdgeMatrix raises US$12m in 2nd round
      228 12  -  Byi Andrew Wee TECHNOLOGY developer Edge Matrix has raised US$l2 million (Ss2l million) in its second round of funding. The new investors are venture capital firms 3i Group, which is based in the UK, and Network Asia, based in Hongkong, the company said yesterday.
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      Lock icon CPF Ordinary accounts: interest rate stays at 2.5%
      136 12 THE CPF Board will continue to pay an interest rate of 2.5 per cent per annum for savings in Ordinary and Medisave accounts for the first three months of next year.. This minimum rate, which is provided for by the CPF Act,
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      Lock icon Inflation up 1.8% in October
      291 12  -  By Serena Ng INFLATION continued to pick up slightly in October to 1.8 per cent, compared to 1.7 per cent in September and 1.6 per cent in August, the Department of Statistics said yesterday. Compared to September, consumer prices rose a slight 0.1 per cent
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      Lock icon Release of CCL offer a model of efficiency
      166 12  -  MAILI^TH Denis Distant Singapore, via Internet THE announcement of the takeover offer for Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL) should be the model for future similar offers. CCL was suspended on Nov 22 and later, the same day during trading hours, full details of
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  • URA focus
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      Lock icon Govt should relook JTQ URA figures
      719 13  -  Ermrrnmi PROPERTY Projected demand for 6,000 ha of Industrial land Is questionable since the premise may be off lee han shih SO the government has been asked by the Concept Plan focus groups to raise plot ratios by a huge margin to cope with
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      Lock icon Move could spark collective sale revival
      872 13  -  But govt expected to greet proposal with extreme caution Byi Andrea Tan THE recommendation to raise plot ratios could well revive the collective sales market although its speculative side effect is something the government may not want. But another proposal the concept of a
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      Lock icon Hike in plot ratios could cheer property firms
      339 13  -  But any speculative side effect could force govt to act, analysts say By\ Marissa Chew THE focus groups' call for higher plot ratios should encourage property companies while their recommendation to curb car usage and boost public transport would benefit public transport
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      188 13 Your views please The URA will be holding a public forum to discuss recommendations made by its focus groups to the proposals in Concept Plan 21. The forum, on Dec 8, will be held at the sth-siorey function hall at the URA Centre, 45 Maxwell Rd. It will start at
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      227 13 You've found a way to succeed. Now learn to find another. of Michigan Business r? SB School to find solations to your MjL Jtr business problems has years history If A delivering effective solutions mr top business execetlves Singapore Strategic Marketing Planning February 19 23. 2001 Finance for the Non-financial
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Will apathy prevail again in the spring?
      884 14  -  mi\\i I bottom line OPINION david mason The writer was a partner in an international accounting firm in Singapore for 14years. He is now a business consultant in the United Kingdom. He contributed this article to BT. SO the Great British Fuel Protest
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      78 14 'There is no point in being a hero.' Hi than Chakravarthy Indian film actor, who has told authorities that he could be the next victim of the dreaded jungle bandit Veerappan, who last week released screen hero Rajkumar after 108 days in captivity. 'You are either global
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      Lock icon Seal the cracks in Chinese walls
      589 14 EDITORIAL THE term "Chinese wall" is used in the finance industry to describe an internal confidentiality barrier within a stockbroking or financial institution that prohibits communicating price-sensitive information between its various departments. Although not of bricks and mortar, this wall is supposed to function
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      Lock icon A different economy will challenge whoever wins
      1120 14  -  To avoid a recession next year, it seems what's needed is fiscal stimulus and a strong president who can swing it By« Jeff Madrick NYT ONE piece of conventional wisdom making the rounds these days is that investors in the financial markets may
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      Lock icon A little managing won't hurt the baht
      782 14 COMMENTARY In an editorial, The Bangkok Post says a weaker baht will do more harm than good [BANGKOK] The baht is not what it was. It was hammered in the early days of the economic crisis and it has never fully recovered. It
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Naluri on verge of selling MAS stake: aviation sources
      405 15 KUALA LUMPUR Analysts say there's no immediate word onthebnyerofthe controlling block Reuters MALAYSIAN aviation company Naluri Bhd, owned by businessman Tajudin Ramli, is on the verge of selling its controlling stake in Malaysian Airline System (MAS), aviation sources said yesterday. They
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      Lock icon M'sia launches web-based offshore exchange
      357 15 ■LABUAN Labium is Asia's first global offshore exchange Reuters MALAYSIA yesterday launched a capital-control free, web-based international offshore financial exchange on this tax haven island off Borneo. The Labuan International Financial Exchange (LFX), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE), will trade
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      Lock icon Halim confident Time dotCom IPO will be fully subscribed
      444 15  -  But current weak market raises donbts over its plan to tap RMl.9b from listing From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur TYCOON Halim Saad is confident that Time dot Com, which will be Malaysia's largest flotation to date, will be fully
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      Lock icon Renong delisting not necessarily on the cards
      261 15 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia RENONG Bhd executive chairman Halim Saad said the proposed Renong-United Engineers Malaysia (UEM) deal would not necessarily mean that Renong will be delisted. UEM's offer to buy over Renong's assets for RM6.7 billion (Ss3 billion) is expected to leave Renong
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      147 15 BUSINESSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD Presented to the most deserving individual for outstanding corporate success. The candidate must possess leadership, business and financial acumen, management skills and integrity. ENTERPRISE AWARD Presented to the small or medium-sized company that has distinguished itself through entrepreneurial spirit and a record of innovation. OUTSTANDING
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  • SOUTH east asia
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      Lock icon Ibra speeds up sale of Salim corporate assets
      793 16  -  It closes biddings for the group's four plantation companies From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) is speeding up the sale of corporate assets once owned by the Salim Group even as the two sides prepare to face
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      273 16  -  Hey will be asked to helpinsecnritisiiig g*j» exports: minister Byl Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] The Indonesian government plans to invite Investment bankers to help securitise the country's exports of natural gas soon, its senior minister for economy, finance and industry, Rizal Ramli, said. At a
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      220 16 JAKARTA AFP AN extraordinary shareholders' general meeting of scan-dal-ridden PT Bank Bali yesterday approved a new board of commissioners and a new board of directors for 2000-2002, the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) said. Appointed as president director was Drajat Bagus Prasetio, a former
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      707 17  -  Cumbersome rules, fragmented market are some reasons From J Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley INVESTMENT opportunities for venture capitalists may abound in Asia, but Asian VC markets still have some distance to cover before they attain the sophistication of their Western counterparts.
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      209 17 SYDNEY Bloomberg HUTCHISON Telecommunications (Australia) Ltd, Australia's fourth biggest mobile phone company, said it would decide on a builder for its new mobile phone network before January. Hutchison, which is 58 per cent owned by Hongkong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, denied a Sydney
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      738 18 LONDON Wanadoo takeover talks with Freeserve point to this, say analysts Reuters THE takeover talks of France Telecom's Internet service provider (ISP) Wanadoo with British rival Freeserve signal the final round of European Internet consolidation in which a handful of second tier Internet Service Providers
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      304 18 LONDON Fujitsu chief says ICL management was distracted by flotation efforts Reuters JAPAN'S largest computer maker Fujitsu Ltd plans a restructuring that would include significant job cuts for its UK company ICL, the Financial Times said yesterday. Fujitsu did not provide details of
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      300 18 LONDON Bloomberg VIRGIN Mobile Ltd, the wireless telephone unit of Richard Branson's Virgin Group Ltd, said it plans to offer service in France by renting space on another company's network. "We're taking to operators in France, and we expect
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      62 18 [YOKOHAMA] Japanese electronics giant Sony's humanoid robot SDR-3X dancing before violinist Everton Nelson at the robot exhibition "Robodex" here yesterday. The SDR-3X, which is 50cm tall and weighs five kg, is able to perform basic movements, such as walking, at about 15 metres per minute, as well
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      309 18 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG shoppers are deeply suspicious about buying on the Internet, with only around 0.11 per cent of business sales in 1999 coming from transactions made online, a survey by the Hongkong government showed yesterday. Despite having one of the highest Internet
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      290 18 U SAN FRANCISCO Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] An exCisco Systems Inc software engineer was arrested and charged with stealing confidential material on a yet-to-be released software product, designed to act as a human interface for hardware systems, US authorities said. Peter Morch, who allegedly
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      290 18 STOCKHOLM Latter expected to grow into Ericsson's export markets Reuters SWEDISH telecoms equipment firm Ericsson, punished of late for its languishing mobile phone unit, said on Wednesday it saw good profitability from a new company created to exploit its Bluetooth wireless technology.
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      535 20 MANILA Opposition will hold daily protests, saying the people, not Senate, will decide his fate Reuters A COALITION of Philippine opposition groups vowed yesterday to escalate protests against President Joseph Estrada, warning his fate would be decided not in a Senate impeachment trial but on
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      407 20 MANILA Govt to bny back shares to rebuild bank stake to 30.4% Reuters THE Philippine government said yesterday it had struck an agreement with tycoon Lucio Tan that would allow it to rebuild its stake in ailing Philippine National Bank to
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      60 20 AFP [MANILA] Bankrupt Filipino businessman Jose Antonio Gonzales on Wednesday in front of his foreclosed building, Mondragon House, headquarters of his flagship company which operates a casino and resort. He said impeached President Joseph Estrada and his cronies were responsible for the closure of his firm because he
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      215 20 JAKARTA Real-time settlement speeds up processing and cuts risks BANK Indonesia, the nation's central bank, officially started operating a real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system to speed up the processing of transactions between banks and to lower payment risks. RTGS systems are designed to make payments between
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      139 20 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA'S state-owned oil firm said yesterday that talks with the province of Riau over sharing the Coastal Plain Pekanbaru (CPP) oil field were deadlocked and called on the central government to settle the issue. The Riau provincial government has insisted
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      299 20 JAKARTA Paiton Energy is in talks to finalise long-term deal ONE of Indonesia's many independent power generators and the country's state-owned electricity company are working towards settling the acrimonious issue of electricity tariffs, it was announced yesterday. PT Paiton Energy, which operates a
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      271 20 BANGKOK Talk surfaced after news that it's hoping to bny stake in WCS Reuters BANGKOK fixed-line telephone operator Telecom Asia (TA) said yesterday it had no plans to increase its capital soon, brushing aside market rumours it would raise capital to take over a cellular firm.
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      559 21  -  CEO says it's aimed at enhancing balance sheet efficiency From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE decision by Hongkong Land Holdings to repurchase part of its shares through a tender offer is not a move by the Jardine Matheson Group
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      369 21 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's top business tycoon yesterday urged the government to lift its de-cades-old bans on direct trade, transport and postal links with rival China, saying the island had much to gain and nothing to lose. Wang Yung-ching, chairman of petrochemical
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      186 21 SHANGHAI 4 groups will get the nod after forming ventures with foreign companies Bloomberg CHINA is poised to let private companies sell life insurance for the first time, beefing up a US$l5 billion (Ss26 billion) industry as competition heats up with the
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      644 22 NEW DELHI It says an Outlook article on Zee was defamatory and written at behest of Rnpert Murdoch Bloomberg THE battle for India's cable television viewers just got a little uglier. Zee Telefilms Ltd, India's biggest non-state television broadcaster, has filed a
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      282 22 KARACHI Central bank may iqject sb-10b rupees in open market operation: bankers PAKISTAN'S central bank could pump liquidity into the cash-starved money market to restrain rising interest rates as the approaching holy month of Ramadan tightens liquidity, bankers said yesterday. The State
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      321 22 NEW DELHI Bloomberg INDIA'S insurance regulator tightened solvency requirements for insurance companies in a bid to protect policyholders and to guard against insurers going bust. The move to reinforce the rules is part of attempts by the government to boost confidence in non-state
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      332 22 Reuters [NEW DELHI] Tamils fighting for an independent state in Sri Lanka's north and east have laid down no preconditions for talks with the governiherit, Norway's peace envoy 9aid yesterday. "(LTTE chief Velupillai) Prabhakaran set no preconditions for talks but said
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      204 22 DHAKA AFP AN international anti-graft watchdog on Wednesday called for a social movement against corruption in Bangladesh which it said would help the country attain faster economic growth. "A social movement against corruption is essential, because Bangladesh lost at least US$2.l billion
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      909 23  -  He wants Florida's recount ruling overturned. Meanwhile, Gore suffers two blows: county stops recount; judge refuses to force 'dimpled' ballots tally hYom Leon Hadar in Washington THE Bush campaign decided to take the legal and political battle over the results of the 2000 presidential
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      922 23 County says it can't finish recount by deadline; two counties still recounting Reuters [MIAMI] With the clock running out and angry protests flaring, Florida's Miami-Dade County scrapped a manual recount of its presidential ballots on Wednesday, dealing a possibly fatal blow to Democrat A
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      338 23 LAT [TALLAHASSEE, Florida] Republican leaders in the GOP-controlled state Legislature are aggressively exploring options to award Florida's 25 electoral votes to George W Bush, even if A 1 Gore takes the lead after the manual recounts authorised by Tuesday night's state Supreme Court decision.
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      657 23 AP [WASHINGTON] Amid head-spinning legal developments in the disputed presidential race, one political reality has become clear: Rage among Republican members of Congress toward Democratic tactics in the Florida recount has grown so heated, and their rhetoric so inflammatory, that it seems unlikely they could ever
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      468 24 SEOUL Latest in Hyundai stable to admit woes, it wants to raise 3.5 trillion won by end-2001 to cnt debt AP HYUNDAI Electronics Industries Co, one of the world's major computer chip makers, yesterday said it was in serious financial difficulty and unveiled a plan
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      524 24  -  S'pore among those which disagree with appeals body's decision to invite external submissions From D Ravi Kanth in Geneva MEMBERS of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have urged its highest appeals body to proceed with extreme caution in inviting submissions from pressure
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      310 24 LONDON Reuters ELECTRONIC stock exchange Tradepoint, battling to become Europe's leading market for cross-border trading of blue chip stocks, yesterday reported surging turnover and trading volumes despite higher losses. Tradepoint Financial Networks Pic, which launched its own pan-European equities market in July, said
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      204 24 AFP [LONDON] Britain's railways should be brought back under state control according to a majority of those polled in a National Opinion Poll survey released yesterday after months of rail chaos. A total 56 per cent of 1,000 respondents believed the trains
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      461 25 LONDON Richard Desmond pays £125 m for them as he wants to break into newspaper business after 'success' in magazines and TV Reuters SOFT porn and celebrity magazine publisher Richard Desmond trumped a list of bidders to buy Britain's tabloid Express newspapers from United News
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      544 26 MELBOURNE It bnys Michigan National to consolidate position in US mid-west Bloomberg, Reuters ABN Amro Holding, the largest Dutch Bank, is buying Michigan National Corp for U552.75 billion (Ss4.B billion) in cash from National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB). The move by ABN Amro,
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      336 26 WASHINGTON Move will allow big investors, US exchanges to meet growing competition Bloomberg THE US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has thrown out its "one-size-fits-all" system of regulating futures markets to allow more freedom for big investors and exchanges to meet growing competition head on.
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      68 26 AP THE third angel, Cameron Diaz, couldn t make it to the London premiere of MTV director McG's debut of 'Charlie's Angels'. Neither could she join Prince Charles for dinner at St James's Palace. Hence, just two angels—Lucy Liu, right, and Drew Barrymore—arrived at the Odeon in
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      243 26 Reuters [LONDON] Bring back the tea lady and let workers stay at home in bed if they don't feel like coming to the office. That was the novel advice offered on Wednesday by British business leaders who want to humanise the work
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      595 26 Reuters [LONDON] With inflation remarkably subdued and growth cruising at a healthy pace, economists are increasingly wondering just how "new" the British economy is. The question hinges on whether or not the country is experiencing a so-called "productivity miracle" like the
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      298 27  -  SGX Derivatives TYadingßeport ST Index/MS&S'pore Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE Singapore stock market posted modest gains yesterday, led by property and bank stocks despite sharp falls on US markets on Wednesday. The Straits Times Index finished higher at 1,940.27, a gain
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      155 27 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oil markets remained strong yesterday as heightened Middle East tension and a potential disruption in Iraqi oil exports kept prices stubbornly high. In London, Brent crude oil was just two US cents lower at U5533.22 per barrel.
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      328 27 Reuters London THE US dollar trod narrow ranges below recent threeweek peaks against the euro and nine-month highs against the yen in a holidaythinned session yesterday, but struck two-month highs against the UK pound. The growing expectation that British rates have peaked drove sterling to within a cent
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      1912 27 SICOM FUTURES RUBBER (futures closing as at 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month Hjqh Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Dec 00 1U75 Jan 01 112.50 50 Feb 01 114.00 50 Mar 01 115.50 350 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Dec 00
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      2840 28 HONGKONG AFP Hang Seng -209 HONGKONG share prices fell 1.40 per cent yesterday, led by financial and telecom stocks, amid continued uncertainty over the US presidential election and global market trends, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index was down 209 points to
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      382 28 AFP fIWP Index +1631 TAIWAN shares climbed 0.3 per cent yesterday in thin trading amid mixed sentiment following Wall Street's losses on Wednesday, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index edged up 16.31 points to 5,146.92. Turnover was NT560.73 billion, 24 per cent below the daily average
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      1084 28 Reuters AFP Q Shenzhen B Index -0.80 CHINA'S hard currency B shares fell yesterday as a month-long rally took a breather due to profit-taking and fears that domestic A shares may have peaked for the moment. The Shenzhen B-share Index fell 0.80 point, or 0.65 per cent, to 122.47
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      447 29 AFP n Composite Index -ILBO MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.6 per cent lower yesterday following Wall Street's fall on Wednesday, dealers said. Concerns over United Engineers Malaysia's (UEM) offer to buy Renong's assets also weighed on the market. Analysts view the deal negatively,
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      738 30 AFP Q SET Index *0.64 THE Thai stock market struggled to gain 0.2 per cent yesterday in range-bound trade, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index rose 0.64 point to finish at 284.22. Advancing stocks led decliners 69 to 56, with 122 stocks unchanged in thin
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      279 30 AFP Composite Index -&i)l PHILIPPINE shares eased 0.60 per cent yesterday after falls on the US market and continuing domestic political uncertainty. The Composite Index fell 8.91 points through the key 1,450 support level to close at 1,447.74. Turnover was 402.32 million worth 599.33 million pesos. AFP Nov 23
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      662 30 AFP Fl Compositelndex +LB5 INDONESIAN share prices closed marginally higher yesterday, with profit-taking seen in most big-caps, but gains in Telkom helped the Composite Index finish in positive territory, dealers said. The index closed up 1.85 points, or 0.43 per cent, at 433.55. A volume of 489.50 million shares
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      268 30 AFP QNZSE-40 -22J4 NEW Zealand stocks closed 1.10 per cent lower yesterday following falls on US markets. The NZSE-40 fell 22.14 points to close at 1,971.67 on turnover of NZ$lO6 million. Nigel Scott of ABN Amro said movements in the currency market appeared to have hit main mover Fletcher
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      548 30 AFP Q*ll fWiiinarieg -4.4Q THE Australian share market closed 0.10 per cent lower yesterday, tentatively following Wall Street's downbeat lead on Wednesday, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed 4.40 points down at 3,229.70, while the S&P/ASX2OO finished 3.50 points lower at 3,281.20. The All Industrials ended 5.80 points
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      316 30 AFP Q Compositelndex -8.02 SOUTH Korean shares fell 1.50 per cent yesterday with the index down 8.02 points at 514.31. Volume stood at 308 million worth 1.50 trillion won. —AFP Hot 23 Wot *h A nam Semi 5290 230 Brain Tech 565 -25 Central Bank 170 unch Cheil Comm
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      364 33 The Men's Department-staid, stuffy, predictable? Not anymore. cobdme eere looks at how it is being revamped in Singapore's leading department stores, and ''-j^^mH talks to Tang Wee Sung, who officially launches his New Men's World today. EL2 §jvi; whip* ><>/>i^^f fIHK pp V—HHHI All things to all men: 71 Tangs
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      32 33 INSIDE Golf Kulthida Woods: at the Johnnie Walker Classic, the champ's mom shows her Tiger-like approach to smart course management EL 3 -djH Epicure Marmalade's pierside: off to a good start ELB
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        733 34  -  OFFrrrrm.-i Buy Nothing Day may promote good values and help save the earth a little, bnt it conld also kill a few Singaporeans if it were religiously observed here jaime ee TODAY is Buy Nothing Day in North America. Tomorrow
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        1665 34 COVER STORY PROM today, Tangs department store will have you believe it's got Singapore's "most exciting and fascinating men's department". Problem is, menswear in local department stores has been stuck so long in a rut of selling boring business shirts, ties and underwear, it
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          59 34 HEARD over the radio in Hongkong it seems that a hospital in Shanghai has caused an uproar by introducing a rule that nurses have to wear make-up. Apparently, patients there had complained that the nurses looked worse than the patients. Makes you wonder if the
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          76 34 A SHAMPOO company sent us the results of a survey: it was entitled "Study of Dandruff and Emotions". Don't laugh. According to the survey, 71.4 per cent of males and 78.4 per cent of females would not "kiss/get close/touch hair of someone with dandruff". It also found
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        893 35  -  She's not quite as recognisable as her son, but Kulthida Woods is a familiar fixture on the PGA Tour, at least whenever Tiger plays, gbottmtbu catches up with her at the Johnnie Walker Classic in Bangkok GEOFFREY EU HE MAY be rich, famous and
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        334 35 Why Tiger Woods won in Bangkok last week 10. Ready, Jet-Set, Go "Fitness is a key factor to beating jet-lag," says a super-fit Woods. Of course, flying around the world in a private plane instead of travelling cattle class doesn't hurt either. 9. Chopping Woods Tiger stays
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        589 35  -  WHAT'S NEW What price beauty? Some women, it seems, would gladly give up a trip to Phuket for ajar of wonder cream By' Tan Su Yen "AFTER the first day of use, your skin will have more clarity; after four days, your complexion will be
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        350 36  -  Amies web acquires a taste for luxury at the Santiburi Dusit Resort AGNES WEE KOH SAMUI has backpackers and adventurers in the mid-1970s to thank for its emergence as a popular tropical sun, sand and sea destination. It has come a long way from
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        459 37  -  No glitz and no glamour, bat The Widow Of Saint-Pierre is a real winner By Susan Tsang LA Veuve De SaintPierre (The Widow Of Saint-Pierre) is a beautiful tale of redemption and humanity that asserts itself in the face of a ruthless au- thoritarianism. It also presents a
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        731 38  -  Charlie's girls sorry, women come of age in this big-screen version of the '70s TV series, pabyathi m&tar gets a kick out of watching this brassy, breezy millennial romp in which babes rule and men are minor PARVATHI NAYAR CHEESY but oddly satisfying. That sums up both
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      806 39 Hie Adventures Of Rocky And Bull winkle. The title cartoon characters are living off the proceeds from their TV show. But two of their fellow characters cross over into the real world, where they team up with an evil media mogul. The cartoon duo go into the real world
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      133 39 Cathay Org Cathay 338-3400 tastskxe 346-1816 Orchard 235-8386 Picturehouse 338-3400 Yangtze 223-7529 Eng Wah Empress 777-5867 Jubliee 454-1640 Mandarin 292-9401 Marina 338-9719 Whitesands 585-1782 Golden Village 1900-912-1234 332-6098 for group bookings wheelchair facilities Bishan Boon Lay Marina i Tampines8 TiomjBahru Yishun Overseas Movie j Clementi/Co'wealth I 777-0669
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        866 40  -  All the indications are that pierside at One Fullerton will grow up to do its parent group proud. Jaime EE takes the pulse of Marmalade's appealing new offspring JAIME EE THERE'S something about a waterfront— any waterfront that tends to draw F&B operators and condo developers like lemmings
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        725 40  -  COFFEE CLUBS A new US-based player has just joined the fray and hopes to pack a pnnch with its medium roast By 1 Kelvin Ng TIRED of sipping latte at a crowded mall? Then sweeten your next caffeine fix with a view of Marina Bay. Newly
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        838 40  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR The KDF's charity dinner was graced with wines from the region's glorious 1998 vintage By. N K Yong THE RECENT visit by the Syndicat Viticole et Agricole de Saint-Emilion (the syndicate of the Saint-Emilion growers) led by their president Hubert de
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      222 34 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 8 A purely symbolic bunch of 9b SBf SS| IK M| |jfj| jM| jß| flowers (6) ous one 25 Write letters in bed in quar- short d ay (g) 22 Dress I put on about spring ters(B) 6 settled beforehand (4,2,7) (6) 26 This may be lucky for
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      298 41 Reuters GRAIN chartering was again quiet on Wednesday with a fixture reported for 60,000 tonnes of heavy grain from the US Gulf to Hamburg. Dreyfus was the charterer of the Mass Enterprise for Nov 27/ Dec 5 at US$25 fio. The Baltic Dry Index shed five points to
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      285 41 S«X «>Vj s$ w c«rt>utr«u»ton _o.S8 -aoa u j 0.37 unch 040 Coieo investment ..._.0-18 0.01 20 rrSjht**** 014 *0.01 47 CB Holdings 0.60 0.11 8 Hai Sun Hup 0.25 0.02 345 IMC Hokllngs-HK —5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.16 0.01 378 Keppel Corp 3.42 a08 1279 Keppel
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      559 41  -  Maritime Authority of Jamaica has set itself same level of standards as S'pore By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The 150 yearold Jamaican domestic ship registry has gone international with the aim of being a premier international registry following changes to Jamaica's shipping legislation. A
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      250 41 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, the world's largest shipbuilder, was appointed as the main contractor for a government submarine project, which is expected to cost 1.3 trillion won (Ssl.9 billion). Hyundai Heavy beat Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co in an auction for the submarine
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      111 41 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] A South African-registered cargo vessel ran aground off the Malaysian east coast of Sri Tujuh. The Union Star 17, carrying 1,100 tons of sugar from Thailand to the Indonesian port of Pontianak in Borneo ran aground on Wednesday, four days
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      870 41  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By I Selva Kumar THE swift action by Queensland to prosecute the owner, master and first officer of the Malaysian container vessel Bunga Teratai Satu under the state's strict environment laws has dispelled speculation that the offenders,
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      199 41 [SINGAPORE] US coast guard inspections have resumed on the beleaguered Singapore-flagged tanker, Neptune Dorado, after it returned to San Francisco Bay earlier this week following three at sea to clean out its ballast tanks. Detained on Sept 28 for over 30 safety and environmental defects,
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        1217 42 Faced with the prospect of losing its franchise from the US navy, Newport News Shipbuilding decided to create a laboratory and research facility to bring high technology to its main business AP [NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia] NEWPORT News Shipbuilding Inc is an Old Economy place where
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      308 42 PAGE EngLee 11 Accord 6 ESP Lines 11 Ahrenkiel 12 Ewr fl™« 6 Appenship 5 FoongSun 5 Asia OCL 11 K Frt Links 12 Assets 7 Fuhai 7 Austral 6 L nk Avant 12 Gemartrans 6 B'tanq Mas 6 Genshpg 11 BSA 7 Glory Nav 12 BTL
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      18173 48 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyaqe Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 07/12 18/12 RCL TENC YUN HE 527 65-*****88 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire 12/12 22/12 cmacgm pond adelaide us ts-znmx
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        769 53 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Bt Bukit T2 ***** J 1 'jOI 23/T1/805 23/11/2000 Bt Medang In mOO JOI 23/11/8:20 23/11/2000 Bt Usaha Muf mOO JOI 23/11/8:00 23/11/23:00 Tg Johor 18 V2017r J09 23/11/8:30 24/11/600 Sandidewa 2 32 J02 23/11/805 24/11/800 C Progress 23/11 J*> 23/11/8:45 23/11/1600
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        1821 53 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Book inq/B« lance Rstls Ship Voy Ho Etb/Btr Ported From To From AIU DHABI C113W 29/800 22/1500 22/899 22/1900 2A 22/1700 23/0(99 23/0900 2* 22/1700 23/0699 23/0900 3 23/0700 23/189 2VM00 4 23/1200 23/MS9 23/1700 ACX GARNET TB 23/23J0 22/1500
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        136 53 Nov 23 Japan: Labour Thanksgiving Day. USA: Thanksgiving Day. Nov 30 Philippines: Bonifacio Day. USA: Thanksgiving Day. Deo 3 Japan: Culture Day. Dec 5 Thailand: H.M. The King's Birthday. Deo 10 Thailand: Constitution Day. Deo 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Dec 20 USA: Christmas Day. Philippines: Christmas Day. Canada:
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        795 53 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        548 53 Carbon ISO Max 990.7 0.7 12.9 0.10 79 0.03 Nov 16 Density Water Residua Ask Aluminium Sediment Ho above £25 0 0 0 0 0 0 TT7T 380 Ave 967.7 0J 13.0 0.06 29 0.02 Exna 380 Mm 993.2 0.6 15.6 0.10 70 0.04 K6/W3 »»/V
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        379 54 Airline also raises its full-year profit forecast to 20b yen from 13b yen Bloomberg [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways Co, Japan's largest domestic carrier, posted a firsthalf profit as rising demand and higher fares offset more costly fuel. The airline also raised its
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        49 54 [CHICAGO] Holiday travellers trying to make their way through Chicago's Midway Airport on Wednesday in Chicago. Wednesday was one of the busiest travel days of the year in the US as people jostle to get to their Thanksgiving destinations, jamming airports and highways. AP
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        233 54 AFP [SHANGHAI] Germany's Transrapid International (TRI) consortium were to meet Chinese officials yesterday to hammer out the cost and details of a high-speed railway linking Shanghai's financial district to its new air- port in Pudong, industry sources said. Transrapid comprises Thyssen Kruppe AG, Siemens AG
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        264 54 More passengers, higher fares offset rising fuel costs Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co (JAL), Japan's largest carrier by sales, posted a first-half profit as more passengers and higher prices helped it offset rising fuel costs. The carrier said group net income in the six
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        402 54 2nd merger in '00 for China Southern; fleet to rise by one-fifth Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China Southern Airlines Co plans to take over Xinjiang Airlines Co, increasing its fleet by a fifth, as the country's biggest carrier leads the consolidation of the aviation industry with its
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        220 54 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] The European Commission said it wants to develop a pan-European global positioning system, known as Galileo, rather than working with the US to upgrade the American system, and called on transport ministers to move ahead with funding and other requirements. The satellite
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        237 54 AP PILOTS at Cathay Pacific Airways said yesterday they won a small victory in their long-running dispute with management and have at least for now put off any talk of disrupting holiday traffic with a sick-out or other industrial action.
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        275 54 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Air Canada launched a daily flight from Shanghai to its Vancouver hub on Wednesday and airline officials said they hope to form a commercial alliance with Chinese airlines soon. Bill Bredt, the international vice-president of the flagship Canadian airline, said in an interview
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      783 47 WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA aR RORO HIAVYUFT SERVICE* VKSfi VOY IW HEIGHT SIN IK MAO jjj SAV lAI I ORF I NYC NEW MM TAMPA AHO2I 4001ns ~4JI W7iT 26/12 ***** W/01 OS/01 10/01 11/01 13/01 17/01 20/01 TALAKOT AHO24 400 Tom 6.3* 11/12 17/01 20/01 22/01
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      1034 51 SSAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 Anson Road, #06-01 to 03, Singapore *****1 MAIN UNI/OUTWARD: 532 3MO INWARD (DID): 437 2308 IMPORT STATUS (DID): 437 2370 INVENTORY (DID): 437 2420 Website http://www.samudera.<om CR NO. **********0H BOOKINGS LINE; 535 6266 (Celiq/Jessicq/M«i Chan/Jeslynn/Doro/Yvonne/Honim) 8 SLGS/WEEKLY BQSESQB 3 SLGS/WEEKLY VESSEL VOY SIN I JAK
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      48 51 REGULAR SINGAPORE VIETNAM SERVICE VESSELS VOY ETA ETD DESTINATION THANH DA 10/2000 IN PT 24/11 HCM/VUNGTAU MEKONG 4 3/2000 IN PT 24/11 HCM/VUNGTAU KHANH HUNG 07 S/2000 2S/11 29/11 VUNGTAU agents:- IMKOV SHIPPING CO PTE LTD 39 DUXTON WU SINGAPORE *****7 TEI: *****73 FAX: *****85 en MB. iirnm—
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      102 51 PT. Natabhayu Perusahaan Pelayaran BELAWAN-SIN-P.KLANG WEEKLY SERVICE VoyMo. lELAWAM SIM6APOKE POKT KLAW6 n> I ETC Ett ETD ~Ett EID Mv KwdwngExpress HOWS 73/1 I 24/11 M/II M* (MKhuag Express OflN M/II 27/11 21/11 My Kwadmng Express UW?S 30/11 01/17 03/12 Ah Kondtung Express KXM3N 03/12 04/12 OS/12 Mv. Kiwidwnj Express
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      622 51 ENG LEE SHIPPING CO PTE LID I I Mi *****22 (10 Umc) hi: 5330«3«/532*9*0 I T CI Ito: ISMfftttttC I VESSEL VOY SIN ETA SIN FTD DCSTMATK* Smo Central 12/00 23/11 24/11 Klmgkd Umori Star 20 17/00 24/11 24/11 Jambi Union Star 8 11/00 24/11 2S/11 Jamb. Union Star 32
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      705 52 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TIGER METRO 853N 24-25/11 30-03/12 08-09/12 TIGER STAR 854N 28-29/11 04-07/12 12-13/12 TIGER RHYTHM 855N 01-02/12 07-10/12 15-16/12 TIGER BRIDGE 856N 05-06/12 11-14/12 19-20/12 TIGER METRO 857N 08-09/12 14-17/12 22-23/12 TIGER STAR 858N 12-13/12 18-21/12 26-27/12 I VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN GUNAY KIRAN
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      1033 52 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Road, 3rd Level, Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg WEBSITE: www.freightlinkc.net FOR BOOKING: *****35/5539/5541/5553/3494 PROJECT SHIPMENT HIAVYUFT CARGO (CONVENTIONAL A RORO) Lawrence Urn *****75, H/Pt *****977 lawrencedflesin.com.sg WAREHOUSING LOGISTIC SERVICES ENQUIRY CONTACT: CLEMENT CHUA 9688 5404, VINCENT
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      49 52 REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER A BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS A DURBAN EXPORT VOY SIN PTL DBN ALS EXPRESS 08WB 28/11 09/12 14/12 ALS ENDEAVOUR 09WB 10/01 21/01 27/01 ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG Agents: Tel Fox Singapore Ben Un« Agenoes *****61/147 *****63 XoloYM iendero Shipping Agency Sdn Bhd 03-SMOBBB9 03 *****020
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      120 53 K Thunderstorm jl Showers J. Rojn Temperature c s~f wind direction and speed in knots J3f m n Weather U Cloudy Day Hazy Sea Conditions Wind speed symbols S|i ht <12m O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds half fleche represents 5 knots \J&?\ Moderate,
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      122 54 The Member Lines of the Mediterranean Rate Agreement wish to give their Customers early advice I in respect of their rating intentions during 2001 in the trade from Asia to Mediterranean destinations. The MRA Business Plan for 2001 is as follows: i 1 April 2001 minimum USD 150 per teu
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