The Business Times, 29 December 2000

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MIT A (P) 028/12/2000 S I N G A P O R E Internei: http.//busiriess-tirries.asial .com.sg/ FRIDAY. DECEMBER 29. 2000
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    70 1 Dsn MOW (+7.93) □bt-sei *****8 (+161) ST INDEX FUTURES UXMLOO (+6.00) smsni ruTnica 248.40 (+0.90) STOCK MARKET INDICES Thursday Change KL8ECOMP dosed NIKKEI 225 I3>46J6 448 HANG SENG 14.7MJS +48.11 SET INDEX *7.71 *t24 JAKARTA COMP —dosed MANILA COUP —1,406.46 +HJ2 TAIPEI WPI 4.7*7.14 __+182Jl SEOUL COMP daaed
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    72 1 FOREX BATES ust s$ US$ (SI per U8$) 1.711 £(US$/S$per£} L4K 1887 EURO(US$/SM$ one— i.$w DM UK 1114 YEN 114JS «U9 KM 1800 im HK$ 7.7» 4fK BAHT 43.87 2458 RliPIAH M06 M91 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.8# KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA »M BANGKOK MANILA lltt HONGKONG 8.5® TAIPEI 7.84
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    Lock icon Niches the key in B2C commerce: McKinsey
    695 1  -  lexclusive Fragmented Asian market can't support big players in near future, says survey By Siew Yaw Hoong [SINGAPORE] Asia-based e-commerce websites that attempt to sell to consumers in the business-to-consumer space can only become profitable by being niche players, because the highly fragmented
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    Lock icon Political stakes mount for Thaksin as SEC launches probe
    580 1  -  Investigation follows his indictment by anti-graft body for concealing his wealth From Harish Mehta in Bangkok Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday launched an investigation into the affairs of beleaguered telecoms tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra, dealing yet another blow to his
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    Lock icon Techno fortunes take a drubbing
    1008 1  -  KK Fong lost 83%, steepest among technoprenenrs behind S'pore firms Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] As the saying goes, easy come, easy go. From Sim Wong Hoo to Wong Ngit Liong, many of Singapore's technopreneurs who saw the value of their shareholdings skyrocket at the height
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      144 1 j' on 2000's feats and foibles 11 I Executive Lifestyle. Back Page Page 23 Pages 12 -13 mum Top Stories Billions club: net loss of four members. MmxiPmgm Housing rents expected to edge up. P*7 Shipping TSmos PSA-led consortium wins major contract to run Japanese port Shipping Tlim *9* Sr
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      Lock icon Billion$ club: net loss of four members
      848 2  -  Eve of year's last trading day shows nine new members bnt loss of 13 By, Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] The Billion Dollar club of listed companies is ending the year with fewer members than 12 months ago. At the close of trading yesterday, the
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      Lock icon Another big bonus year for Hutchison managers
      370 2  -  From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong BILLIONAIRE Li Ka-shing, who heads the world's most profitable company Hutchison Whampoa, has again handed out generous bemuses to his managers this year. According to the South China Morning Post, which quoted sources, more than 2,000 managers
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      Lock icon Govt proposes tightening, widening of futures law
      453 2  -  MTI seeks public feedback on new Act that covers all futures trading firms By\ Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said yesterday it was proposing to amend and widen the Commodity Futures Act to cover all types of commodity
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Reigning supreme
        146 2 BARRON'S Alan Abelson, in his post-US election column on Dec 18, suggests that Americans do away with the entire electoral process and simply let the Supreme Court choose the president Arguing that the votes of nine Supreme Court judges were more important than 104 million voters, he proposes
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        Lock icon Leave it to the Swiss
        121 2 IF you have plenty of dough and don't know where to park it, then you probably need a private banker. And according to Hongkong-based financial magazine Finance Asia, there's no one better on the continent than Credit Suisse Private Banking. The Swiss bank won the
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SembCorp's revamp sees two new entities taking shape
      298 4  -  SembCorp E&C will offer engineering services and SembCorp Engg becomes SembCorp Utilities By( Conrad Raj SEMBCORP Industries continues its rationalisation and reorganisation, with the formation of two new entities to better reflect the business strategies of its existing units. First, it is
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      Lock icon Christmas Stock Challenge winners get their prizes
      173 4 WINNERS of the Christmas Stock Challenge yesterday received their prizes for making the most money in the online stock trading game. The top prize, two tickets to New Zealand, was presented to 38-year-old Poh Siew Beng. Mr Poh beat 4,500 other participants by
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      Lock icon Thakral halves interim losses to $47.4m
      420 4  -  But HTA sinks to -17.54 C; talks still on for new shareholder By Ling Su Ann THAKRAL Corporation yesterday posted a halving in interim losses to $47.4 million and said it was still talking to potential investors on taking a big stake in the
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon Jardine fails in CCL bid
        103 4 Reuters [LONDON] Investment firm Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd yesterday said it had failed to raise its stake in Singapore listed auto distributor Cycle Carriage Ltd above 50 per cent and its conditional offer had now lapsed. Jardine had made a cash offer of $3.30 a
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        Lock icon Econ Int'l swings to $3m interim loss
        68 4 Reuters ECON International has swung to a net loss of $3.05 million for the half year to Sept 30 compared with a net profit of $3.63 million previously. Turnover fell to $146.51 million from $179.36 million. Econ said the losses were due to
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        Lock icon LTA picks Alstom for Marina Line
        57 4 THE Land Transport Authority yesterday said it has awarded a $282 million contract to the consortium comprising Alstom Transport SA, Alstom Transport (S) pte Ltd and Singapore Technologies Electronics. The contract is for the design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of the electrical
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      Lock icon DBS eyes $500m sales for Eight funds; KepTatLee launches unit trust
      418 4  -  By\ Serena Ng DBS Bank said yesterday it will launch a campaign on Jan 1 to aggressively market its three lower-risk CPF approved Eight fund portfolios, and aims to rake in at least another $500 million in sales next
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      Lock icon Way open far big move on VIC by Gokongwei soon
      682 4  -  SWKI locksiew lee han shih AFTER a year of nibbling on the shares of United Industrial Corporation, what is the likelihood of Filipino tycoon John Gokongwei Jr making a move in 2001? The odds look pretty good. Mr Gokongwei has
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      776 4 CONDITIONAL CASH OFFER (THE "OFFER") by ÜBS AG, SINGAPORE BRANCH acting through its business group ÜBS Warburg for and on behalf of JSH SINGAPORE INVESTMENTS LIMITED (THE "OFFEROR") to acquire all the issued ordinary shares of Ssl.oo each (the "Offer Shares") in the share capital of CYCLE CARRIAGE LIMITED ("C&C")
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Market regains 1,900 level in listless trading
      539 6  -  I=ll comment STOCKS r.sivanithy WHAT could have been a mild attempt at yearend windowdressing helped the Straits Times Index regain the 1,900 level yesterday in a not unexpectedly quiet session. There was no clear preference for any particular sector and despite the index
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      Lock icon Yen leads falls as economic worries mount in Japan
      305 6  -  I-li comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE yen bore the brunt of currency market selling yesterday, as concern continued to mount that the Japanese economy seems to be drifting helplessly again. In a reinforcement of recent price action, the main beneficiary was
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      504 6 Stocks Volume PacificCenturylOc 12,558,000 PCI 25c 9,348,000 Poh Lian 10c 9,156,000 FHTK Hldgs 20c 7,886,000 Gul Tech 20c 7,567,000 OUB DB eCW*****3 7,281,000 Omni Ind 10c 5,730,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 5,097,000 WahShtng HK50c t 5,011,000 Bnerley NZ10c 4,817,000 Stocks DBS Grp 47,148,900 Chart Semiconductor 26c 24,885,900 VentureMfg25c 22,660,300 Datacraft 10c
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      Lock icon Venture could see short-term upside
      235 6  -  HOTSTOCK By\ Serena Ng THE stock of Venture Manufacturing hit a year-low of $10.90 on Tuesday, and then recovered slightly to close at $11.10. The counter yesterday finished 60 cents higher at $11.70, on volume of 1.9 million shares. It is likely to recover more
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      Lock icon Better to buy Ipco share than its warrant
      169 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy TWO of the market's favourite punting vehicles in recent times have been Ipco's share and warrant. Both, however, have been out" of favour for months now although they do eryoy much better liquidity compared to other penny
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      105 6 HUA Kok international has redesignated executive director Tan Teck Kiong a non-executive director, effective Jan 1. ♦PARKWAY Holdings will hold its EGM on Jan 18 at 11am, The Lecture Theatre, Level 3 Gleneagles Hospital, 6A Napier Road. ♦HLAP Seng Engineering has appointed Raymond Tong as joint company secretary
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      15 6 Grow Your CPF With eiBht units and 'ncome from them may fall as >I< H'.SBAf*
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon November tourist arrivals up 5.2%
      287 7  -  1414 on the economy tourism Vince Chong EIGHT of Singapore's 12 biggest tourist-generating markets produced record numbers of visitors in November, leading to overall year-on-year growth of 5.2 per cent to 625,464 arrivals. But they were offset, unsurprisingly, by another his-tory-making figure the year's steepest
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      Lock icon Hong Leong, SingFin customers to get gift vouchers for shopping
      434 7  -  They can be redeemed for goods from 180 merchants Byi Conrad Raj CUSTOMERS of Hong Leong Finance and Singapore Finance will soon have an added incentive to do business with the two finance companies gift vouchers that the companies call
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      Lock icon Tan Kay Ngee is not an architect in eye of the law
      234 7  -  Richard K F Ho Ist Vice-President Singapore Institute of Architects I REFER to your article "Long live the Civic spirit" by Marissa Chew (BT, Dec 28). Your writer used the term "Architect Tan Kay Ngee" which is misleading,
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      Lock icon Not just retail investors' fault
      209 7  -  Raphael von Reding Switzerland, via Internet I REFER to the article, "Lessons from Nasdaq meltdown" by Paul Thompson (BT, Dec 22). It is too simple to blame the "poorly informed and unsophisticated retail investors" for the alleged market inefficiency that caused the excessive boom and
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      Lock icon Housing rents seen edging up
      518 7  -  Average prime rents said to have risen 5-7% this year Vince Chong COMPETITION and a steady supply will continue to check the rental market next year, industry experts say. But lease rates for new projects are expected to increase, which will subsequently push up rents
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      Lock icon Chartered CEO an unlucky scapegoat
      208 7  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article, "Chartered CEO's sale of shares draws barbs" by David Boey (BT, Dec 23). Your report that "market players are upset over a decision by Barry Waite, CEO of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, to unload 752,000 of
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      Lock icon E-biz to remain engine for IT spending: IDC
      369 7  -  By\ Siew Yaw Hoong INTERNATIONAL Data Corp predicts that e-business would continue to be the driving force behind IT spending in the new year, the bulk of which will be made by brick-and-mortar businesses investing in their online activities. IT spending on
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      68 7 We welcome letters. E-mail us at bttetter® sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business rimes, 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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      13 7 m eistroE Re-live The New Year At Prices and food That Will Surprise.
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  • e-NEWS
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      Lock icon China Unicom sees gains from telecoms rate cuts
      546 8  -  Savings in leased line costs will more than offset loss in income From' Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong A DAY after China Mobile (Hongkong) said proposed changes in telecom charges on the mainland would trim its interim profit by 5.42 per cent,
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      Lock icon Mobile phone firms face fresh suits over brain tumours
      457 8 Vod&fone, MIT DoCoMo shares hit by report Reuters, Bloomberg [LONDON] Mobile phone companies are facing fresh legal action from brain tumour victims in the United States, a newspaper reported yesterday. Britain's The Times newspaper said Peter Angelos, a lawyer recently involved
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      Lock icon Wharf's i-Cable to launch Internet phone service trial
      392 8  -  Service, a first in Hongkong, seen hitting businesses of Pacific Century CyberWorks HOT From< Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong I-CABLE Communications, the cable television and multimedia arm of Wharf Group, is gearing up for the lucrative fixed line market with a trial
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      Lock icon US IT sector faces sustained slowdown
      570 8 Firms are scaling back on IT investments and making better use of what they already have Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO J WITH corporate America's once-unassailable optimism about Netdriven productivity starting to fray, the information technology industry looks to be on the verge of its first
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      Lock icon Hotmail co-founder refines online IT consultancy
      337 8 NEW DELHI Use of experts' spare time for 'knowledge arbitrage' Reuters INDIAN-BORN Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of the popular Hotmail service, announced on Wednesday a newer version of his Internet marketplace in which experts advise buyers and sellers of software services. Mr Bhatia, whose trendsetting
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      Lock icon Nintendo, Sega in talks on software pact: report
      235 8 TOKYO Bloomberg NINTENDO Co, the world's No 1 handheld electronic game maker, is in talks with Sega Corp to develop software for a new version of Nintendo's Game Boy that is set to go on sale in March, the Sankei newspaper said
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      24 8 [j^WjOcra^ogy fiTwl Lianhe Zaobao 1 I Winners I of Golden Eagle Award share views on I 1 China I investment I I dilHi&'S Tl=lf&J3
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon A Grimms' fairy tale in Washington
      781 10  -  SiTT^ bottom line OPINION maureen dowd NYT THERE once was a man who lived with his wife in alittle house in alittle state on a road called the Pig Trail. Upon a Christmas morn, he opened his presents and found a Big Mouth Billy
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      75 10 "The Armenians didn't suffer, the Palestinians don't suffer, the Rwandans don't suffer?' I said: 'It's always about you. You are the only people in the world who have suffered in the history of mankind.' Yves Michand of Canada's Parti Quebecois, in a radio interview in which he
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      Lock icon Thaksin's dilemma
      596 10 EDITORIAL THE recent indictment of Thai tycoon-turned-poli-tician Thaksin Shinawatra for concealing assets could hardly have come at a worse time —either for him or for Thailand. The country's National Counter-Corruption Commission (NCCC) issued the indictment on Tuesday, with Thai voters set to go to the polls eleven days
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      Lock icon Development and populism do not mix
      1182 10  -  The D&bhol Power Complex fiasco is a testimony to India's failure to complete its economic reforms By] Prem Shankar Jha The writer, based in New Delhi and former editor of The Hindustan Times, contributed this article to BT IN 1995, the US$2.5 billion (554.3
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      Lock icon Have a tax cut for those who need it
      859 10  -  COMMENTARY By] Robert Reich The writer was US secretary of labour from 1993 to 1997. He is now a professor of social and economic policy at Brandeis University and national editor of the 'American Prospect LATWP THE US economy is slowing,
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon I won't desert Umno: Dr M
      446 11 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian premier says he will continue to serve party after quitting top job Reuters PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he will continue to serve Malaysia's ruling party after stepping down but remained coy on when he would quit. "I cannot just desert
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      Lock icon Dr M: give new chief judge a fair chance
      148 11 KUALA LUMPUR AP PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysia's new chief judge must be given a fair chance to clean up the country's tarnished judiciary, Bernama reported yesterday. "People must give some leeway," he said, asking critics to watch as Chief
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      Lock icon Estrada to announce Cabinet reshuffle in Jan
      461 11 CALAMBA, Philippines Key incumbents set to resign to contest congressional and local elections Reuters, Bloomberg PHILIPPINE President Joseph Estrada said yesterday that he would announce a Cabinet reshuffle next month to replace incumbents who are set to resign to contest congressional and local
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      Lock icon Thai rating may be cut if reform slows: S&P
      268 11 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND'S sovereign ratings could be cut if the country's already sluggish pace of economic reform slows significantly, international credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's said yesterday. "The ratings could weaken...if the pace of private-sector reforms slows significantly," the agency
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      Lock icon Thai anti-corruption official resigns, clouding nation's reform efforts
      453 11 BANGKOK THAILAND'S attempts to fight corruption became more tangled on Wednesday when an official on the country's new anti-corruption commission admitted violating its financial disclosure rules and resigned. The move came a day after the commission announced that the leading candidate for
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      Lock icon Indian IT stocks slide on CSFB downgrade
      490 11 NEW DELHI But some analysts still see value in the sector, saying a mild US slowdown would be good for Indian IT firms Reuters A sectoral downgrade by Credit Suisse First Boston sent chills through India's software sector this week but some analysts
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      Lock icon Taiwan cuts key rate to buoy slowing economy
      481 11 TAIPEI State-owned banks mean while face January to find merger partners Bloomberg TAIWAN'S central bank cut its key interest rate in an effort to stave off an economic slowdown, a move that other Asian countries are expected to follow. The Central Bank
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      Lock icon Direct China-Taiwan links on Jan 1
      564 14 BEIJING Beijing goes along with Taipei's plan for limited exchanges Reuters BEIJING opened the door to historic direct contacts with Taiwan by indicating yesterday that it would grudgingly go along with Taipei's plan for limited exchanges between its offshore islands and the Chinese mainland.
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      Lock icon China lightens disclosure for banks
      205 14 New rules aimed at paving way for merger of domestic, foreign shares Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China has tightened disclosure rules for listed banks and securities companies to bring them in line with global standards before the nation's entry to the World Trade Organization next year. Two
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  • PROPERTY wrap-up
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      Lock icon All eyes on a possible price war next year
      1295 12/13  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA reflects on the forces that shaped the property market this year Commercial property values will come under pressure given the at least $5b worth of assets that banks and Capita Land plan to divest Kalpana Rashiwala PROPERTY pundits had
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      424 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SYSTEM A INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING (PTE) LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 25 Genting Road •01-01 Soon Seng
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Watchdog slaps partial ban on Nomura unit
      388 15 TOKYO 2-month suspension for foreigner deals without contracts Reuters, Bloomberg JAPAN'S financial watchdog yesterday imposed a twomonth ban on some operations at a unit of Nomura Securities Co Ltd as punishment for trading securities for foreign clients without contracts. The Financial Services Agency
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      Lock icon Fishing in clear waters
      38 15 [GASPARILLA ISLAND] US president-elect George W Bush (right) and his father, former president George Bush take off on a fishing trip during a vacation on Gasparilla Island off Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday. AFP
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      Lock icon Creditors extend help to Japan's Kumagai
      534 15 TOKYO Reuters TROUBLED Japanese contractor Kumagai Gumi Co yesterday said that its 15 creditor banks have agreed to forgive 430 billion yen (556.5 billion) in debts, but analysts say its long-term health remains uncertain. It is the biggest such rescue so far of a
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      Lock icon US consumer confidence falls to 2-year low
      468 15 WASHINGTON Bloomberg CONSUMER confidence in the US economy dropped in December to the lowest level in two years, reflecting slumping stock prices and rising energy costs, a report showed yesterday. Expectations for the next six months plunged. The Conference Board's index of consumer
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      Lock icon More homeless despite strong US economy
      713 15 Income inequality and a lack of affordable housing have been blamed for the nagging social problem AP NEW YORK America has been experiencing the longest economic boom of its history. Incomes have risen, unemployment has fallen, and cities such as New York are bursting
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      Lock icon Prudential Sec cuts profit forecasts for IBM, Dell
      276 15 ARMONK, New York It dtes slowing sales of PCs and related products for its move Bloomberg PRUDENTIAL Securities has lowered its forecasts for International Business Machines Corp and Dell Computer Corp, citing slowing sales of personal computers and related products. Analyst Kimberly
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      212 15 C2AVIMO AVIMO GROUP LIMITEDff (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT CASH OFFER BY THOMSON-CSF INVEST SAS Avtmo Group Limited ("Avimo") announces that Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited, for and on behalf of Thomson-CSF Invest SAS, has on 28-December 2000 issued an offer document (the "Offer Document") to the
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  • FINANCE & commodities
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      Lock icon Futures finish marginally higher
      291 16  -  SGX Derivatives TrtUUagßeport ST Index/MSClS'pore Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE Singapore stock market yesterday finished a touch higher, led by bank and property stocks on hopes the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates as early as January next year. The benchmark Straits Times
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      Lock icon Stock market rebound sends futures up
      234 16  -  MS& Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE MSCI Taiwan stock market finished sharply higher as financial shares staged a rally on hopes the government would unveil comprehensive measures to expedite the much delayed bank mergers exercise. The rally in US markets lent
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      Lock icon Oil eases after US stock deficit shrinks
      156 16 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices eased yesterday after petroleum inventory data from the US showed a deficit in stocks versus last winter shrinking again. The resumption of Iraqi oil sales to Europe also helped turn prices lower despite colder-than-normal winter weather in
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      317 16 Reuters liwidwi THE yen fell to 16-month troughs against the US dollar and 10-month lows against the euro for the third straight day yesterday amid pessimism over the Japanese economy and official tolerance of the currency's weakness. Japanese Finance Ministry forex chief Haruhiko Kuroda said in Tokyo the
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      2872 17 HONGKONG AFP Q Hang Seng +48-19 HONGKONG share prices rose 0.3 per cent yesterday in thin trade with profit-taking in the afternoon curbing some early gains, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 48.19 points to close at 14,796.55, off a
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      1088 17 Reuters fl Shenzhen B Index +3.66 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed sharply higher yesterday, with the Shanghai B share index up more than 5 per cent, rebounding after a 7 per cent sell-off a day earlier, brokers said. Brokers also said there were signs foreigners were buying Shanghai's
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      382 17 AFP PWPInfo ****** TAIWAN share prices closed 4 per cent higher yesterday following reports of a merger between three local banks and due to bargain-hunting in technology issues, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index jumped 182.51 points to 4,797.14, on turnover of NT$5B.lO billion. Advancers led
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      2072 17 TOKYO AFP QrakaZß -3153 SHARE prices in Tokyo fell 0.2 per cent yesterday, pressured by profit-taking and declines by two of the biggest market components NTT DoCoMo Inc and Nomura Securities, dealers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 index lost 34.53 points to close at
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      528 18 AFP P AllOrftnuTts *7.40 AUSTRALIAN shares edged 0.2 per cent higher yesterday, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index ended 7.4 points higher at 3,180.2 while the SP/ASX 200 index rose 7.6 points to 3,236.2. National turnover was 233.63 million shares worth A 5786.72 million. "The market appears to have
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      287 18 AFP Index +22J2 PHILIPPINE share prices rose 1.5 per cent yesterday with the Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index up 22.12 points to close at 1,486.46. Volume fell to 288.2 million shares worth 674 million pesos from 407.7 million shares worth 1.78 billion pesos on Wednesday. —AFP Dt 28 me
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      734 18 AFP F1 SET Index +L 24 THAILAND'S share market closed 0.5 per cent firmer yesterday on selective buying in very thin trade, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index added 1.24 points to finish at 267.71. The SET 50 index was up 0.09 points at 18.54
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      259 18 AFP Qnzse-40 *naa NEW Zealand shares rose 0.7 per cent yesterday after Telecom Corp bounced off a six-and-a-half year low, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended up 13.38 points at 1,881.23 after hitting its lowest point for the year a day earlier. Turnover came to just NZ$l9.9 million.
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      1340 20 The Net offers Japanese women a forum to express themselves, seek professional advice and make friends; a type of community often available only to Japanese men NYT EARLY in December, eWoman officially opened for business with Mari Matsunaga, the woman widely credited with igniting Japan's
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    765 21 Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch Project 2. The sequel to last year's "love it or hate it" movie. Several college students decide to take the Blair Witch Hunt, a tour of the sites from the first film, but soon discover that not all is as it seems. Orchard, Causeway.
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      621 22  -  Good intentions torn awry when an anxions suitor tries hard to please an overprotective father in Meet the Parents By Geoffrey Eu MEET the Parents is a comedic interpretation of what happens when a confident young man seeks to impress his potential in-laws, only to have
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      2101 23 A is for Ananova. She's green! She's not real! She's a computer geek's perfect date! She's a virtual newscaster trumpeted as the perfect employee who looks good, does her job, doesn't complain and doesn't get paid, much less gripe about year-end bonuses. Downside? She never stops working,
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      299 22 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Old river gave shout of encouragement to a trio per- He |Ms §||f S®| lilt 6 Make one's way but not in JMf 9 One might slip on this but 10 Sticks around being compla- —jLbJ—-" 12 One of shooting-party re- B|^ turns to obtain gold (6)
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      274 24  -  Here we are, on the brink of the year 2001. If old science fiction shows are to be believed, we should be living in a space odyssey with a computer named HAL, instead of mucking about with Internet cab bookings and WAP phones. At least we had
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      273 25 Reuters HIGH expectations remain for the panamax sector in the week ahead as activity over the holiday period generated some improved fixtures for owners, said shipbrokers on Wednesday. Fixtures that have been reported have been slightly better than those seen previously, they added. fwit» Anangel Enosis (built 1995)
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      304 25 sex T r ''ZbS ona ss <w CWT Distribution .....0.58 unch 10 Chuan Hup 0.36 516 Cosco Invastmant—0.15 unch 24 Fraiaht Links 0.11 -0.01 287 OB MokJings 0.46 unch 0 Hai Sun Hun -0-23 unch 165 IMC HoKttfttS-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.15 unch 64 Kapp«Co«*L- 3J4
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      811 25  -  S'pore company holds 60% stake in gronp that will develop, ran Hibiki Container Terminal By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] PSA Corp has come out on top in the contest for the New Hibiki Port greenfield container terminal project on the southern Japanese island
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      755 25  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By I Selva Kumar TSIX years after a Lotus Esprit sports car was stolen from a fenced and locked compound at the Southampton docks in England, the Court of Appeal has ruled that it was not just
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      230 25 [SINGAPORE] The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) yesterday said that it was extending its 20 per cent concession on port dues for container vessels into 2001, but will discontinue those granted to harbour craft from Jan 1. The MPA, Singapore's port regulator,
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      211 25 FILE PHOTO [SINGAPORE] Western Australian shipbuilder Austal Ships has been named Australia's premier exporter, winning the National Large Advanced Manufacturer Award and the country's top exporting honour, the DHL Australian Exporter of the Year Award. Austal Ships has exported vessels built at a total
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        409 26 US web retailers, express companies work closely to get shipments ont on time Reuters [NEW YORK] Stung by irate shoppers who did not get their orders on time last year, web retailers and parcel shippers worked closely together to ensure there were
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        437 26 Bloomberg [DETROIT] US new vehicle sales may fall about 7.7 per cent this month as declining consumer confidence, an increase in unemployment claims and winter storms keep consumers away from dealerships. Sales are forecast to decline about 13 per cent from
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        1903 37 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstts Ship Voy Ho Etb/Btr Pf tod From To From ACX LILAC 0206 30/15 00 1A 28/1500 28/1459 28/1900 IB 28/1500 28/1459 21/1900 2A 28/1700 29/0459 29/0900 21 28/1700 29/0459 29/0900 3 29/0700 29/1159 21/M00 4 29/1200 29/1459 29/1700
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        131 37 Dee 30 Philippines: Rizal Day. Dee 31 Thailand: New Year's Eve. Jan 1 USA: New Year's Day. Philippines: New Year's Day. Canada: New Year's Day. Hongkong: New Year's Day. Australia: New Year's Day. Sweden: New Year's Day. Indonesia: New Year's Day. Malaysia: New Year's Day. Singapore: New Year's
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        789 37 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 market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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        578 37 CartM 180 Max 993.0 0.4 14.6 0.08 72 0.02 DkH Density Mat:er IhMm Ash Aluminium Sediment No above E25 1 0 0 0 0 0 380 A«t 989.0 02 13J 0.07 23 0.01 tixw 380 Mai 992.3 0.6 1S.0 0.09 70 0.03 Wiri m/m m/m wm
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        201 38 Bloomberg [SEOUL] The South Korean government said it will spend 136.4 billion won (*****.8 million) to build the country's 19th domestic airport, scheduled to open in the first half of 2004. Construction of the airport in Ulchin, on the southeastern coast of the Korean
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        690 38 No staff was retrenched when China Southern took over Zhongynan Air Bloomberg [HONGKONG] China Southern Airlines took a typically Chinese approach to staff cuts when it acquired Zhongyuan Airlines this year, more than doubling its local staff: No one lost their job.
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        610 38 ECOMOMY CLASS SYNDROME Most at risk are the overweight and elderly; average age of Vitalities is 64 years AFP [TOKYO] Twenty-five people including a US pilot have died over the past eight years at Tokyo airport after suffering blood clots caused by
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        206 38 AFP [SYDNEY] A 51-year-old British man yesterday will appear again before Australian magistrates on Wednesday after he was caught at Sydney airport allegedly carrying 2,000 ecstasy tablets, court officials said. Edward Charles Durant, of London, was arrested at Sydney airport and charged
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          114 38 Xinhua [WELLINGTON] The New Zealand government is getting tough on passengers caught with undeclared goods which could threaten the country's biosecurity. New Zealand Minister for Biosecurity Marian Hobbs announced in a government press release here on Wednesday that the government has approved the introduction of
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          116 38 AFP [BEIJING] A Russian passenger airplane that was smuggled into China last year may wind up as a coffee shop after being sold off to a Beijing entrepreneur, state media said on Wednesday. The aircraft is one of two Russian-made Tu-154M planes seized
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          94 38 AP [SEATTLE] German airline Hapag-Lloyd Flug has exercised options to buy three more Boeing 737-800 jetliners, while Amsterdam-based Transavia exercised options to buy two more, Boeing confirmed on Wednesday. Boeing is to deliver the three German planes in 2002. The carrier will use the
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      99 34 QffNe SINGAPORE PTE LTD KYOWA LINE 15 McCallum Street #05-01 A) 2 Natwest Centre Sinfapore *****5 Fa*. (65) 2201)66 Email: ceneral9ecusin eculine.net website hopywecuiine net Direct Breakbulk/Container/LCL INDONESIAN PORTS Service to Banjarmasin/Jambi/Palembang/ Manila/Guam/Saipan Panjang/Pontianak/Perawan/Pekan Baru Agents: V-Grow Shipping Pte Ltd Call: 220 3373 See Page 7 Daily STANDARD SHIPPING RCL's
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      996 35 SSAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 Anson load, *06-01 to 03, Singapore *****1 MAIN UNE/OUTWARD: 532 360S INWARD (DID): 437 2360 IMPORT STATUS (DID): 437 2378 INVENTORY (DID): 437 2420 Wobsit* http://www.samudcra.coin CR NO. **********0H BOOKINGS LINE: 535 6266 (Celia/Jessico/Mei Chan/Jeslynn/Dora/Yvonne/Hanim) QZQZBHC9BH 7 SLGS/WEEKLY qqjbESIBI 3 slgs/WKKLY ivtssa VOY SI I
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      50 35 RE6ULAB SBI6APORE WETHAM SHIVICt VESSELS VOY ETA ETD DESTINATION HIiAN UIYEN OS 5/2000 26/12 29/12 VUNGTAU/HCMC AN GIAN6 2 7/2000 26/12 30/12 HCMC THANH DA 11/2000 27/12 30/12 VUNGTAU NHUTTAO 4/2000 26/12 29/12 OUINHON agents:- IMKOV SHIPPING CO PTE LTD 39 DUXTON HIU. SINGAPORE *****7 TEL 2236Z73 FAX: *****85 MW.UIIHI—
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      664 35 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO I rue I SW I JKT I $U» KW I roc I CI I K)W HAI I NTI 0»f SAY I NW I TOM I HOU 1 HOfCH DTK! /0440 04/01 10/01 14/01 17/01 21/01 22/01 04/0? 07/01 04/03 10/03 11/03 14/03
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      142 35 'tern PI Natabhayu Perusahaan Pelayaran BKLAWAN-SIN-P.KLANO WEEKLY SIKVKX if* KJMM SNKAfQg WWTKUM6 Ett EID EB EID Eft EID My KMdNMg txps OOIOOS 71/1J 29/11 31/17 M« K«idM| Exjrtss KXOIOIM 31/12 01/01 07/01 *.(MidM| Extras OOIOTS 04/11 05/tl 07/01 fa«dM| Expos KXOIO3N -07/01 01/01 09/01 lb KwdM* Exjras KXOIO4S 11/01 12/01
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      602 35 \*mm ENG LEE SHIPPING CO PTE UD I M: *****23 (10 Lkml Fu: 5330U1/53UN4 T c« i itmoooooc I VBSEI VOY SIN ETA SIN ETD DESTINATION Union Stat 8 14/00 26/12 29/12 iamb UnonSloi42 07/00 27/12 29/12 Mowan Union Star 20 17/00 28/12 29/12 iamb Sra Central 15/00 28/12 29/12
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      654 36 B^BRH I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TIGER RHYTHM 863N 30-30/12 05-08/01 12-13/01 TIGER BRIDGE 864N 02-03/01 08-11/01 16-17/01 TIGER METRO 865N 0&07/01 12-15/01 19-20/01 TIGER STAR 866N 09-10/01 15-18/01 22 23/01 TIGER RHYTHM 867N 12-13/01 18-21/01 25-26/01 TIGER BRIDGE 868N 16-17/01 21-24/01 29-30/01 I VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN
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      1011 36 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Rood, 3rd Level, Freight Links Express LogisHcentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg WEBSITE: www.freighriinks.net CEBU MV ARTEMIS V 413 ETA SIN 03/01/2001 SHANGHAI MV GANTA BHUM VNO36 ETA SIN 04/01/2001 FOR BOOKING; *****35/5539/5541/5553/3494 PROJECT SHIPMENT A HEAVYUFT CARGO (CONVENTIONAL A
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      1076 36 OflCl *-f*T <*4378,80 Websiit: http://www.ood.CMi \^TvP/ >»Hfl S6T LGt 01 MEM NYC HOU l—tl MEM NYC HOU 01 LGI SGP OOQ NETHEKLANDS 2SEOI 03/01 19/01 24/01 25/01 25/01 24/01 OOd NEHBUNDS 2RN49 05/12 04/12 07/12 01/12 11/12 31/12 OOQ. IMAM 39ED2 10/01 21/01 31/01 01/02 01/02 31/01 OOQ WttM 30*50
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      133 37 jfigi FOR 7 AM 29 DEC 2000 BjjjE .■>' v'" ✓•<•?" '$i' LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore K Thunderstorm Rain Temperature wind direction and speed in knots Cloudy Day Weather t><l Hazy Sea Conditions Wind speed symbols i —i gj. <1 2m O Full circle w/o line indicates calm
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