The Business Times, 31 January 2001

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 028/12/2000 SINGAPORE Internet: http.//business-times.asial .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2001
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    69 1 S*l MCLS2 (+29.47) BT-SBI 806J4 (+10.95) U6lOO (+28.00) SOISCIFUTDBES 249.80 (+2.20) STOCK HASKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP 722.69 +188 NIKKEI 225 13,826.66 -i&63 HANG SENG *****.07 -206.75 SET INDEX 32&21 -7.33 JAKARTA COMP 416.33 +128 MANILA COMP _1,668.43 -17.85 TAIPEI WPi 5,792.50 +***** SEOUL COMP 591.34 -&J»
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    75 1 FOREX SATES us$ s$ US$ (SSperUSS) 1.747 £(US$/S$ per 1.457 1546 EURO(liS$/S$/E) 0.917 1.602 DM 2.133 L221 YEN 1165 66.70 RM 3.800 2.175 HKS 7.799 4.464 BAflT 42.69 24.43 RUP1AH 9,432 5,398 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA .39.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI 7.84
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    Lock icon 4 law firms in rare move to fight rising staff costs
    948 1  -  They are said to be working tr titer to pot lid on cost of hiring new graduates By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The severe competition for top legal talent has forced four of Singapore's largest law firms to put aside
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    Lock icon Sing Tel surprises with 27% earning surge
    706 1  -  Nine months after fall liberalisation, profit hits $IJ)b By' Teh Hooi Ling [SlNGAPOßE] Singapore Telecommunications has continued to show resilience nine months after the full liberalisation of the telecom industry its net earnings for the nine months to Dec 31 surged 27.3 per
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    Lock icon Income, GE Life won't cut reversionary bonuses despite market weakness
    751 1  -  Prudential 'unlikely to do so' while AIA has yet to decide l-i iexclusive By Genevieve Cua LIFE insurance policyholders can heave a sigh of relief as major insurance companies say they will not cut annual bonuses this year, despite an
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      329 1 By all means Colour yoilt hair j THE TOP SELLERS The Indon green, if you think that is cool, btif have a neat haircut when you report for national service in-ca.np training. -jr*"" BG Loo Hsion Looru] Report. Pcj 8 Motouni). P(j 18 m /Vex/ P<K/r INSIDE Money Matters Looking
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      25 1 Hook Look Slew: A race against timefor Sing Tel to add value, Pg 4 fvTUC •;t{-v takes a gamble I\\ v 1 I fi ejSP
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        221 2 GRAPEVINE hears that the head of Capita Land's commercial unit, Ed Ng (above), is tipped to be a possible candidate for the People's Action Party at the next general election. Mr Ng—or Ed, as he likes to be called at Capita Land—hasd —has been seen "working the
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        Lock icon Irrational indebtedness
        120 2 THE latest issue of Economist magazine has a piece on America's indebtedness that is perhaps worth repeating here. It said there are "eerie similarities" between America now and Japan just before the bubble there burst in 1989-90. In Japan's case, consumers had borrowed against the paper gain of
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        Lock icon Hong bao time?
        77 2 WE are told that United Overseas Bank chairman Wee Cho Yaw sold 197,000 UOB shares a week or so before Chinese New Year. At $13,725 each, Mr Wee grossed $2.7 million—which presumably could come in handy during the festive season as hong boos for his grandchildren. The
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      Lock icon Indon military deeply divided over support for Gus Dur
      579 2  -  rnnHmv pn w in uaQ| MriM iiTotvement m twv; corraptten KUMbtb From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S powerful military is deeply divided oil whether to support beleaguered President Abdurrahman Wahid or throw its weight behind his opponents who are launching a
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      Lock icon 2 ex-Lee & Lee lawyers fined $5,000 each
      329 2  - 2 ex-Lee Lee lawyers fined $5,000 each Tan Sa-Ean, Eddee NgK&Loon admit illegal copying of data from ex-employer's computers By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Two former Lee Lee lawyers were fined $5,000 each by a district court yesterday after pleading guilty to charges of illegally copying data from their former employer's
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      441 2 KPMGSeminarSenes Statement of Accounting Standard No 33 Financial Instruments Recognition and Measurement Grand Hyatt Hotel Singapore What Statement of Accounting Standard No 33 establishes, for the first time, accounting and reporting standards for financial instruments particularly for derivative instruments and hedging activities. These changes can have a significant impact on
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      136 3 WING UPWITH^^m IP" V generation business /t started with e-mails. Then websites. Then people began selling books and airline tickets over the internet. Until its potential became clearer. And companies started using e-business to run their customer relationship programs, their supply chains and all manner of internal processes. Sure some
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Regional markets expect 50-point Fed rate cut
      721 4  -  Anything less will be a disappointment; 50-pt cnt factored into prices: analysts By Serena Ng REGIONAL stock markets expect the US Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by 50 basis points at its two-day Open Markets Committee meeting which finishes tonight, and could
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      Lock icon A race against time for SingTel to add value
      534 4  -  locksiew angela tan POR the third consecutive quarter, Singapore Telecommunications got an earnings boost from data services, its second-larg-est revenue generator and soon-to-be top performer. Yesterday, Sing Tel reported a 27 per cent rise in net profit to $1,897 billion for
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      Lock icon Thakrals plan to sell Aussie hotel chain stake
      340 4  -  By Conrad Raj THE Thakral family plans to dispose of its entire stake in listed Australian hotel chain Thakral Holdings (THL), presumably to bail out its cashstrapped Singapore-listed entity Thakral Corporation. Group chairman Kartar Singh Thakral has said in a letter to
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      Lock icon Hopes of a bigger French connection ignite OUB
      746 4  -  Talk is that BMP Paribas may be keen on acquiring op to 49% of the local bank Bui Angela Tan, Siow Li Sen OVERSEAS Union Bank (OUB) shares surged yesterday on fresh market rumours that French banking group BNP Paribas SA is
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      Lock icon People's Food gets okay for mainboard listing
      189 5  -  By. Rachel Ong CHINA'S biggest meat products manufacturer, People's Food Holdings, received inprinciple approval yesterday to list on the mainboard of Singapore Exchange. People's Food Holdings is the holding company of Loampit, Linyi Xincheng Jinluo Meat Products Co and Champ Base. The group
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      Lock icon Corrections and clarifications
      44 5 WE reported yesterday that Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd had received approval to sell its food and manufacturing business to its associate YHS Malaysia. The sale is, in fact, for the food and beverage manufacturing business. We are sorry for the error.
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      Lock icon Property firms in for beating this year
      689 5  -  No thanks to poor take-up last year, possible provisions against falling residential prices By Andrea Tan DESPITE a weaker-than-ex-pected property market, earnings for property companies last year would he buoyed by revenues booked from projects launched in good years. However, profits this year
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      Lock icon Chartered Q4 net up, to US$77m
      472 5  -  Bnt it faces a tough year because of inventory corrections, poor outlook By Andrew Wee ALTHOUGH Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing yesterday announced fourth quarter results that are in line with market expectations, it faces a challenging first half in the new financial year, analysts say.
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      Lock icon SGX-ASX electronic link to be up and running by Q3
      598 7  -  Singapore investors can then trade in Anssie shares nsing local brokers By Ling Su Ann THE electronic link between the Singapore and Australian bourses will be up and running by the third quarter of this year, said Australian Stock Exchange
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      Lock icon SGX names two new division chiefs
      230 7 THE Singapore Exchange yesterday announced the appointment of two new heads for its securities trading and derivatives clearing divisions, Gan Seow Ann and John Duggan, respectively. Mr Gan will join the exchange as executive vice-president and head of the securities trading division in March.
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      Lock icon UOB Asia gets court date for IPO violation charge
      185 7 Bloomberg UNITED Overseas Bank Ltd's investment banking unit, charged by Singapore's white collar crime unit with mishandling two public share sales, said a court hearing has been fixed in the case. UOB Asia Ltd will enter a plea on Feb 23,
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      Lock icon SPC clinches US$70m fuel supply deal
      267 7 Contract with Penta Ocean Construction is for five years LISTED Singapore Petroleum Co (SPC) has clinched a US$7O million (*****.8 million) contract to supply diesel and fuel oil to Penta Ocean Construction Co over five years. Penta Ocean is a major contractor for the
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      Lock icon Inchem, German firm in S'pore tie-up deal
      274 7  -  By i Adeline Chuah SURFACE coatings specialist Inchem Holdings International signed a memorandum of understanding with Germa-ny-based Treffert yesterday to form a joint venture company. Treffert will hold a 65 per cent stake and Inchem, the rest. The new company Treffert Holdings International
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      Lock icon World gets 91% of Osprey
      119 7 Reuters OIL transportation giant World Shipholding said it had acquired about 91.32 per cent of the shares in Osprey Maritime as of the close of its cash offer on Monday. According to Singapore Exchange rules, World has the discretion to suspend the listing of Osprey's
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      958 4 WORLD SHIPHOLDING LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Liberia) UNCONDITIONAL CASH OFFERS FOR OSPREY MARITIME LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT OF LEVEL OF ACCEPTANCES AS AT CLOSING DATE UNCONDITIONAL CASH OFFERS (THE "OFFERS") BY THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SINGAPORE LTD ("DBS BANK"), FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
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      561 5 Deutsche Bank AG acting through its London branch To: All holders of Call Warrants 2000-2001 issued by Deutsche Bank AG acting through its London branch relating to the ordinary shares of DBS Group Holdings Limited Dear Sir Madam, EXPIRY OF WARRANTS 2000-2001 The rights comprised in the Call Warrants 2000-2001
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      423 6 Stocks Volume Asia Food&Prop 32,326,000 PacificCenturylOc 14,093,000 IPC020C 13,083,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 11,268,000 Hyflux5c 10,962,000 TPA10C 9,624,000 El-Nets 1c 8,350,000 PCI 25c 8,262,000 CapitaLand 8,067,000 SingTel 15c 7,896,000 Stocks > DBSGrp 121,614,157 Chart Semiconductor 26c 58,444,853 OUB 57,329,250 OCBC 43.944,609 DatacraftlOc 33,270,197 SingTel 15c 22,232,654 CapitaLand 22,225,906 SIA 21,968,775 City
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      Lock icon Bolton wrt: time factor makes it worth a look
      179 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy BECAUSE of the interest in technology stocks and the changes in the country's banking sector, Malaysian property stocks have languished for almost a year now. Yet, almost all the property counters which have warrants have extended
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      Lock icon Interest rate play pushes up bank, property stocks
      617 6  -  l I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy TECH stocks were abandoned yesterday in favour of banks and property firms as an interest rate play developed ahead of the US Federal Open Markets Committee meeting, from which a rate cut is expected. What wasn't
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      Lock icon OCBC likely to see further upside
      251 6  -  HOT STOCK Ven Sreenivasan BANK stocks rallied yesterday on expectations that the US Federal Reserve would cut its key short-term rate by 50 basis points. The market reasons that lower interest rates would give banks a larger spread on their interbank lending. The expected
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      106 6 TASTYFOODHoIding® has appointed Augustine Fong Ts'oi Tuck as executive director, company secretary and financial controller with effect from Jan 28. He was (corporate management) at Goldtron Ltd. ♦SIM Lian Group has appointed Ng Lai Ying as company secretary with effect from Jan 1 in place of Lee Seng
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      371 7 many, Wa man, tears streaming down his cheeks on national that epitomises Singapore's bid for freedom. To others, it's the same figure on m &teps of City Hall, Jubilantly proclaiming "Merdekat to throngs of people who, ft*om that forward, could proudly ©all themselves Singaporean. J I But Lee Kuan Yew's
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      Lock icon Government may allow S'poreans overseas to vote
      602 8  -  Practical difficulties; also, govt has to decide just who should have the vote By i Chuang Peck Ming, Eugene Low SINGAPOREANS abroad may be able to vote in the next general election. The government will study the possibility and if it goes ahead
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      Lock icon Dimmer business prospects seen for '01
      373 8  -  [=J73 on the economy! 79% of firms in SGGCI poll don't expect better conditions By Eugene Low OVER three quarters of the 125 firms polled by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) in its pre-Budget survey expect dimmer business prospects this
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      Lock icon American business chamber urges Bush to speed up FTA
      271 8 THE American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore has written to US President George W Bush it wants the new president to carry on talks with Singapore fast to cut a free trade deal. "We regard the US-Singa-pore Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
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      Lock icon Two commercial sites on the market
      444 8  -  LKN-Prinsep House valued at $64m; AFP Warehouse $85m By Vince Chong ON the back of strong sentiment in the commercial and industrial property market, two sites with a combined value of almost $140 million have been put on the market. LKN-Prinsep House, an 11storey
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      Lock icon S'pore: Sun's biggest Asia South market
      243 8  -  By Andrew Wee SINGAPORE is US computer giant Sun Microsystems's largest "Asia South" market and is poised for high growth this year, company executives said yesterday. Speaking at a financial results press briefing, Sun vice-president and managing director (Asia South) Lionel Lim said the
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      Lock icon District 10 bungalow site seen fetching up to $25m
      196 8 A DISTRICT 10 site off Holland Road belonging to the Public Trustee is up for sale. The 70,054 sq ft site is slated for good class bungalows, and may hold up to four such homes each averaging 17,513 sq ft in
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      Lock icon EDB takes 15% stake in UMC's wafer fab
      308 9  -  USs3.6b plant is Singapore's largest single manufacturing investment to date By. Andrea Tan The Economic Development Board said yesterday it had taken a 15 per cent stake in United Microelectronics Corp's US$3.6 billion (556.3 billion) wafer fab in Singapore. The 15 per
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      Lock icon Agilent to assemble automated test systems in S'pore
      260 9  -  By Liew Han Qing GLOBAL tech company Agilent Technologies announced yesterday its 3070 automated test system for printed circuit boards will be produced in Singapore. The announcement marks the start of Agilent's total transfer of 3070 assembly from Colorado to Singapore, which
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      Lock icon Slowdown in US may cost 10,000 jobs in Singapore
      224 9 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] The US economic slowdown is expected to cost some 10,000 jobs in Singapore this year, Matthias Yao, Minister of State without Portfolio, said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Mr Yao said Singapore was ready to move very fast to
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      Lock icon Policy of exceptionalism won't do
      525 9  -  MAILITETfI Cheng Pei Fong I REFER to your article "S'pore needs to be different: BG Lee" by Ling Su Ann (BT, Jan 29). As a Singaporean, I cannot help but get increasingly concerned over Singapore's new foreign policy of exceptionalism. From openly declaring to the
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      Lock icon Fixed wireless broadband auction postponed
      257 9  -  IDA says it'll be after the 36 auction in April/May By. Ling Su Ann THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) yesterday announced it will reschedule the auction for fixed wireless broadband (FWB) licences until after the 3G auction in April/May, because of "feedback from
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      Lock icon Cancer expert to head Genomics Program
      291 9 THE Singapore Genomics Program (SGP) has recruited Edison Liu, a well-known breast cancer researcher, as executive director, the National Science and Technology Board NSTB) said yesterday. Dr Liu, 48, who will be here in March, will lead the SGP's research efforts which include the
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      347 8 SINGRPORE WINSEAD, ranked among the top business schools in the world has a fully functional campus with accommodation facilities in Singapore conducting MBA and Executive Education programmes. For more than 15 years, INSEAD has organised various programmes in Hong Kong, Macau, China and Singapore. MANAGING CHANGE AND HUMAN RKSOURCI CHANGE
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      10 8 Make haste calmly on FTA deal with US, Pg 10
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      94 9 I 1 FOR SALE BY TENDER FREEHOLD INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY WITH k T j REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL Lan d Area approximately 122,009 sq ft Zoned "Light Industry" at Plot Ratio 2.5 J™ Superb Location at Pasir Panjang/Alexandra Rds Near CBD, Port, NUS, Science Park Ideal for Infocom Users/Co-location Centre Existing 5-storey warehouse/coldroom
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      987 9 NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 j V. in THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED (Incorporated In Japan) Non-Consolidated Balance Sheet Non-Consolidated Statements of Income As at March 31,2000 Year ended March 31,2000 Millions of yen Millions of yen ASSETS 2000 1999 INCOME 2000 1999 Cash and
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      Lock icon Make haste calmly on FTA deal with US
      765 10  -  mi\\4 I bottom line OPINION chuang peck ming The writer is a BT senior correspondent SINGAPORE wants a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States before this year is out —and there are plenty of incentives for it to cut a
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      110 10 The normal relationship between the states in this region is one of hostility.' HuniUwi gak»hy an opposition member of Egypt's People's Assembly, who thinks that despite the peace agreements with Israel signed by Anwar Sadat, King Hussein and Yasser Arafat, nothing has altered the basic animosity between
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      Lock icon Catastrophe in India
      634 10 EDITORIAL THE earthquake that hit the western Indian state of Gujarat last Friday is turning out to be one of the greatest and most heart-rend-ing catastrophes of our time. With an entire town of some 250,000 people flattened, along with scores of villages, projections of the death
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      Lock icon A tidal wave that could engulf the Bush regime
      954 10  -  Japan's experience suggests the lesson for the US that exceptional booms can sometimes cause unpleasant busts By Robert J Samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group [WASHINGTON] What George W Bush ought to fear is Japan not as a threat, but as
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      Lock icon Let the technology adapt or die
      831 10  -  COMMENTARY We humans have to rebel, and simply refuse to become computer servers By Thomas Friedman The writer is a New York Times columnist NYT [DAVOS, Switzerland] The Davos World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting is always useful for gauging global trends. In recent years,
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  • MALAYSiA news
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      Lock icon Malaysian growth will slow in 2001, says govt adviser
      487 11 KUALA LUMPUR But there is no reason to be pessimistic, adds Mnstapa Mohamed Reuters AFP Bernama MALAYSIA'S finance ministry adviser Mustapa Mohamed said yesterday the country's economic growth would slow this year, but there was no reason to be pessimistic. "We
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      Lock icon Arab-M'sian in talks with Danamodal
      262 11 Bernama [MALAYSIA] The Arab-Malaysian Banking group has begun talks with Danamodal Nasional Bhd on the proposed merging of its operations with those of MBf Finance Bhd but there was no indication how long the talks would last or what the outcome might be. "It is
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      Lock icon Malaysia's property market may well soften this year
      346 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's property market may soften this year after a buoyant 2000 as fears over job security in a slowing economy hits demand, a property developers' group said yesterday. "There is an increasing concern that the 2001 property market will
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      Lock icon Nokia in deal to upgrade Telekom network
      203 11 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia NOKIA has secured a contract worth up to RMSOO million (***** million) to upgrade Telekom Malaysia Bhd's automatic telephone using radio (Atur) 450 network infrastructure, Malaysia's Business Times reported, quoting sources. The report said the contract was for Telekom to
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      56 12 I *\'l k, A,> M K There's always something Home pages for you to chew Jf* m Edited bv Warren Fernandezilllp ■py# who does not let go once he *j£ P his teeth into exciting news. In one of our five handy sections. V T t X > s t
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Public Bank profit rises 16% in 2000, beats forecasts
      450 13 KUALA LUMPUR Results boosted by higher returns from loans, less provisions Bloomberg PUBLIC Bank Bhd, Malaysia's fourth-largest lender, said profit rose a greater-than-expected 16 per cent in 2000, boosted by higher returns from lending and less money set aside for bad
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      Lock icon World Bank sees conditions for Indonesia growth
      500 13 WASHINGTON These include removal of graft, settlement of corporate debts Bloomberg Reuters INDONESIA must cut corruption, clear up unpayable corporate debts and remove government subsidies to have its economy grow faster than the 4.8 per cent it grew in 2000, a World Bank
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      Lock icon BMW to open Indon subsidiary in April
      156 13 JAKARTA AFP GERMAN car maker BMW AG is scheduled to launch its Indonesian wholesale company PT BMW Indonesia in April, a company executive said on Monday. "The new subsidiary is a clear sign of the confidence that BMW has in the long-term future
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      Lock icon Job cuts loom after mergers of M'sia banks
      954 13 KUALA LUMPUR Big banks have to close excess branches, persnade staff to leave without breaking pledge to central bank JASON Ko says he feels safer in his job at a lossmaking Internet finance website than he would at his old job at
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      Lock icon Estrada stashed millions away: prosecutors
      534 15 MANILA He started making large bank deposits two months after taking office AP AFP PROSECUTORS claimed yesterday that former president Joseph Estrada began making large bank deposits under aliases two months after taking office and had stashed away hundreds of millions of dollars by the
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      Lock icon Arroyo says she will crush plotters
      372 15 MANILA Cormption-tainted national security adviser sacked AFP PHILIPPINES President Gloria Arroyo warned in a national broadcast yesterday that she would "crush" any attempt by allies of deposed predecessor Joseph Estrada to destabilise her newlyinstalled government. In the same broadcast, Ms Arroyo announced the sacking
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      Lock icon Abdurrahman digs in
      762 15  -  HTM.V.'.I'.'.IJ.H ASEAN Parliament wins first ronnd bnt president unllkoly to take defeat lying down yang razali kaasim THE last time Mount Merapi erupted, many people perished. Among superstitious Javanese, it's a bad sign that the Fiery One is rumbling once again. Already, the dukuns, or faith-heal-ers, are
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      Lock icon Indian banks adequately capitalised: RBI
      287 16 MUMBAI Bloomberg BANKS in India are adequately protected against risk, with a ratio of capital to risk-weighted loans of 11 per ent, the Reserve Bank of India said in its annual "Report on Currency and Finance". The central bank's statement of confidence comes as the
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      Lock icon Gujarat counting cost of earthquake
      496 16 NEW DELHI Commodity exports, gold trade, 10b rupees in industrial ontpnt may be hit AFP Reuters Bloomberg INDIA'S prosperous Gujarat state was yesterday counting the economic cost of the massive earthquake that rocked its industrial base and specialist labour force. The Confederation of Indian Industry
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      Lock icon S'pore's US$50,000 quake relief for India
      206 16 AFP [SINGAPORE] Singapore is to send US$5O,OOO (5587,330) worth of emergency supplies to assist the victims of the earthquake that devastated the Indian state of Gujarat, officials said yesterday. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, in a message to Indian leader Atal Behari Vajpayee, said
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      Lock icon India's GDP grows 6.4% in fiscal 2000
      326 16 NEW DELHI Bloomberg INDIA'S economy expanded 6.4 per cent in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000, unchanged from previous estimates. Gains arising from higher-than-expected production in the mining, trade and hotel industries were offset by a decline in agricultural and manufacturing production
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      Lock icon Chinese saving less, spending more: report
      198 16 BEIJING AP URBAN Chinese are shedding traditional saving habits and spending more than ever on big purchases like cars, houses and stocks, according to a survey released yesterday in the government-run China Daily newspaper. Chinese have been among the most ardent savers in the
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      418 17  -  Market share fell to 3.2% in '00; business has never crossed 5% By Christopher Tan PARALLEL importers have not made much of a dent in the car market here despite significant easing of import rules over the last six years. Since the grey
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      268 17  -  -By Christopher Tan INSTEAD of the usual postNew Year lull, car showrooms are experiencing a bit of a rush. And traders have raised prices in response. After lowering prices following the plunge in the bigcar COE on Jan 9, agencies from
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      595 18  -  Multi-purpose vehicles, stationwagons, two-door sports cars and sport-utility vehicles are becoming more popular in Singapore, says CHRISTOPHER TAM CHRISTOPHER TAN ONE in 10 cars sold in Singapore last year were "lifestyle" choices, up from one in 12 two years ago, and fewer than one in 20
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      458 18  -  By i Christopher Tan NINE out of 10 new car agencies here have performed better than their predecessors, but few have met their own targets. Based on official data just made available, franchise holders of Audi, Volkswagen, Skoda, Citroen, Rover, Maserati,
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      393 19 After 5 years of exceptional growth, the industry Lb catching its breath NYT [NEW YORK] Venture capital investment in the last three months of 2000 was down about 30 per cent against the previous quarter, but surprise! Internet-related investments still made up
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      398 19 SYDNEY Bloomberg REVENUE at Cable Wireless Optus Ltd, which has put itself up for sale, may fall more than expected because of rising price competition, JP Morgan Co said in a report. Average revenue per wireless user at Australia's No 2 phone company
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      365 19 UTOKYO Shift away from price competition still not good enough Bloomberg JAPANESE chip makers look set to lower their sales outlook despite having shifted production from commodity products such as memory chips to avoid price competition from South Korean and Taiwanese
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      393 20 Its ontlook for 2001 lends weight to warnings of slowing mobile phone sales by rivals Motorola, Ericsson Reuters Bloomberg [HELSINKI] Nokia of Finland, the world's largest mobile phone maker, posted in-line fourth-quarter profits yesterday but trimmed its first quarter sales growth forecast
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      191 20 HONGKONG Bloomberg HUTCHISON Global Crossing Ltd a venture between Hutchison Whampoa Ltd and Global Crossing Ltd, will offer its first international leased-line services at a rate 44 per cent cheaper than that offered by rival New World Telephone Holdings Ltd. Hutchison Global Crossing
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      450 20 WASHINGTON US centre issues warnings about electronic intruders Reuters A HIGH-RISK flaw in what may be the Internet's most important software package could disrupt the operations of every company that maintains a website, a US Defence Department-funded research centre said on Monday.
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      324 20 SAN FRANCISCO Move seen as active bid to protect shrinking market share Reuters PERSONAL computer maker Gateway Inc founder and chairman Ted Waitt will take over as chief executive in a move analysts said appeared to be a shift towards a more aggressive bid to
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      878 21 The US economy may be at a critical point where weakness can beget weakness The Washington Post FIRST came falling stock prices. Then a dramatic slowdown in business profits and investment. And now come the layoffs. On Monday, it was two more blue-chip US manufacturers:
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      328 21 LONDON AFP UNIONS feared yesterday that up to 7,000 jobs could be cut as steel giant Corus rejected a bid by the British industry's main union to buy one of the country's biggest steel plants. The company turned down an offer
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      121 21 Reuters [TORONTO] Nearly 3,000 layoffe by DaimlerChrysler to Canada and the chance of more from other car giants could cat as much as one percentage point off Canada's economic growth this year, economists said on Monday. The layoffe are port of some 26,000 job
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      549 22 WASHINGTON Jan's reading of 114.4 is lowest since Dec 1996 and 14.2 point drop from last month is biggest since last recession Bloomberg CONSUMER confidence in the US economy this month showed its biggest decline since the beginning of the last recession, giving Federal Reserve
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      446 22  -  l,ooojobswillbe slashed but no cuts seen in Asia-Pac From Neil Behrmann in London ING Barings will be slashing 1,000 jobs worldwide and is selling its US investment banking activities to ABN Amro for US$275 million (Ss4Bo million). An ING spokeswoman insisted that
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      299 22 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a rule to require that companies disclose the total number of shares to be paid to employees under stock option plans. The rule proposal, which seeks public comment over 60 days, would complement
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      275 22 CANBERRA AP INDUSTRY groups questioned yesterday whether a government plan to boost education and research can put Australia in the technological race with Asian pacesetters such as Singapore and Hongkong. The government on Monday unveiled its "Backing Australia's Ability" package
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      470 22 SEOUL Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings Ltd and four other foreign institutions are vying to buy Korea Exchange Bank's credit card business, seeking a foothold in a market expanding more than 60 per cent a year. Citigroup Inc, HSBC Holdings pic, Standard
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      568 22 NEW YORK Company decides to drop 'Dean Witter' name from its brand NYT DEAN Witter appears to be dead after all. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co is planning to drop the Dean Witter name from its brand after spending most of the 1990s
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      404 23 LONDON If deal is reached, announcement will be within 2 weeks Reuters THE high-tech US equities market Nasdaq is in advanced talks to take control of Belgium-based Easdaq, the pan-European stock exchange, to gain its longsought foothold in Europe, FT.com reported yesterday. The
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      224 23 ■LONDON Reuters LONDON futures exchange Liffe launched an innovative stock futures contract on Monday as part of its battle with increased competition, with trade getting off to an expected slow start. Trading interest focused on the five UK shares among the 25
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      431 24 WASHINGTON Cheney to help look for ways to increase the nation's energy resources LATWP Bloomberg US President George W. Bush, worried that California's electricity troubles are spreading to other states, appointed Vice-President Dick Cheney on Monday to head a task force that will look for
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      303 24 WASHINGTON LATWP PRESIDENT George Bush on Monday announced the creation of an office in the White House that will enable religious organisations to receive government funds to provide services to the poor and downtrodden. Mr Bush calling the proposal among the
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      908 24  -  ZilromWashinatonl Be seems to have made all the right moves Leon Hadar ALL incoming presidents are expected to enjoy it those 100 days of the Washington Honeymoon, during which Congress and the media, including political opponents are supposed to give the new
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      320 26  -  SGX Derivatives Tradingßeport STlndex/MSClgpore Index Lau Chee Keong THE Singapore stock market extended its gains yesterday following a stronger close of US markets on Monday on expectations of a further rate cut by the US Federal Reserve. At the close, the benchmark Straits Times Index gained 29.47
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      228 26  -  MS& Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong THE Taiwan stock market rose 2 per cent yesterday after spending most of the trading session In the negative territory. Technology stocks led the market higher on bargainhunting. At the close, the MSCI Taiwan Index ended firmer by
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      162 26 ENEMY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] OU prices continued to slide yesterday ahead of weekly figures for US ftiel stockpiles, which may deepen negative sentiment in an already bearish market. Benchmark Brent crude drifted lower throughout the London morning to stand down 16 US cents
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      334 26 Reuters London THE euro rebounded against the US dollar and the yen yesterday, with position squaring rife before the release of US consumer confidence data, just hours before the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting begins. The yen was the biggest casualty of the euro's recovery and fully reversed
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      2859 27 HONGKONG AFP fl Hang Seng -206.71 HONGKONG share prices closed 1.3 per cent lower yesterday on profit-taking and caution ahead of the decision on US interest rates later this week, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index fell 206.75 points to close at 15,893.07.
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      388 27 AFP QVP Index +112.44 TAIWAN share prices closed 2 per cent higher yesterday spurred by overnight gains on Wall Street amid anticipation of an interest rate cut in the US, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 112.44 points to 5,792.50, following a 2.9-per cent decline
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      2083 27 TOKYO AFP Qffikka22s -18J3 SHARE prices in Tokyo edged down 0.1 per cent yesterday with investors sidelined ahead of a Federal Reserve decision on US interest rates, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 index lost 18.63 points to close at 13,826.65. But the Topix
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      408 28 AFP Index +&B3 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.4 per cent higher yesterday on gains in selected banking and gaming stocks, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended up 2.83 points at 722.69, off a high 0f727.61. The Second Board index slipped 0.24
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      313 29 AFP Q Composite Index -s^o SOUTH Korean shares fell 0.9 per cent yesterday with the index down 5.20 at 591.34. Volume was 495.7 million worth 2.4 trillion won. —AFP Jw30 Won *h Anam Semi 4980 -100 Brain Tech 620 80 Central Bank -170 unch ChUIComm ***** -2900 Dm Cu
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      290 29 AFP O Composite Index -17.85 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 1.1 per cent lower yesterday with the Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index down 17.85 points to 1.668.43. Volume fell to 1.9 billion shares worth 728.54 million pesos from 2.35 billion shares worth 1.32 billion pesos on Monday.—AFP ■Xn 30 Peso
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      259 29 AFP HMSE-40 *1M» NEW Zealand shares closed 0.8 per cent higher yesterday due to gains in market heavyweight Telecom Corp, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 16.26 points to 1,991.43 points on total turnover of NZ$Bl million. jm *> rooo) Advantage HOS 1-25 0.01 198 Air NZ A
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      552 29 AFP Ordinaries *19J0 AUSTRALIAN shares rose 0.6 per cent yesterday after gains in News Corp and the banking sector, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index rose 19.1 points to 3,284.1, and the SP/ASX 200 climbed 17.7 points to 3,334.9. Turnover was 577.7 million shares worth A 51.61 billion. News
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      741 29 AFX-Asia O SET Index -7.33 THAI shares closed lower on continued profit-taking yesterday after the index failed to hold firm above 333 points, dealers said. The SET index closed down 7.33 points or 2.20 per cent at 325.21, off a high of 334.38 and a low of 324.61. The
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      730 29 AFP H Composite Index +128 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.8 per cent higher yesterday on a technical rebound and with sentiment boosted by the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting to set interest rates, dealers said. Dealers said they expected that the FOMC will cut interest rates by
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      873 31 immmii ir" mm m&mm 11.00 Third Watch: Responsi- 1130 Akhir Kata. 1030 Singapore Business To■■■HßW'lWwft ble Parties. 12.00 MN Close. night/Tech News. 0.00 AM Kids Central: Sesa- 12.00 MN NYPD Blue (See ILOO Asia Tonight. me Street. Our Choice). IfIMMHMHHHHHNiHi ILBO Between The Lines (R). 10.00 Steven Spielberg Pres- 100
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      292 31 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS suited (8) 1 The gold hekJ by Royal Society 7 Autumn worker is part of the cirreverts to American treasury (9) w cinn 6 Round in a wrestling match (5) 8 Number of alternatives for sing--9 Formerly on the stage? That's •"M 6 ~r i tßkfi not
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      960 32  -  I :ii comment CURRENCIES If slowdown is short, US markets may well make another quantum leap larry wee FED chairman Alan Greenspan's speech to the US Senate last Thursday has pretty much set the tone for global financial markets. The expectation of another 50 basis
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      1029 32 Short-term optimism seems justified Irat longer-term picture is less dear MARKETS have shown their approval of the fact that Philippine President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo came to power without bloodshed, and she enters office with the enthusiastic support of the business community. For those
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      1044 33  -  Revolutionary winds are blowing through the insurance industry as NTUC Income takes a bold gamble. The coop is taking the lead in unveiling its asset allocation, and allowing agents to go independent Genevieve cua reports GENEVIEVE CUA THESE are trying times for life insurance companies, and this
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      908 33 NTUC Income scored a 6% return on its life fund, and promises greater disclosure to policyholders DESPITE a difficult year for investments, NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative still achieved a 6 per cent overall return on its $s.7billion life fund last year, says chief executive Tan Kin Lian. Policyholders
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        643 34  -  Feeder funds in tech, telecoms and healthcare managed out of the US By'. Ling Su Ann INVESCO Asset Management yesterday launched three sector funds technology, telecommunications and healthcare to complement its range of eight basic funds currently sold in Singapore. All three are feeder funds
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        Lock icon Fear and loathing in efficient markets
        835 34 Behavioural finance tells as that share prices are governed by psychology FT ARE investors rational? A cursory examination of the "dotcom mania" that swept stock markets in late 1999 and early 2000 would suggest they are not. A whole field of study behavioural finance
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        Lock icon Schroder sweeps S&P fund awards
        863 34  -  But S'pore-registerecl funds see 15.75% loss on average after bloodshed in tech stocks, bbbbha mo reports SERENA NG SCHRODER Investment Management yesterday swept almost a quarter of the 27 fund awards at Standard Poor's Investment Funds Performance Awards yesterday for unit trusts registered in Singapore.
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        Lock icon So has the market bottomed?
        341 34 LATWP LIKE many money managers, Ashi Parikh uses a variety of methods in his search for key moments in the market: data analysis, psychology, a bit of intuition. His approach differs depending on the sector, since some Industries might already have hit bottom while others
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      369 34 UNIT TRUST/SECTOR (6 MONTHS: 28JUU10-26JAN1901) CHANGE BENCHMARK CHANGE Top 10 funds 1 Franklin Templeton F-Mut Beac/USA EQ 9.75 S&P500 -3.38 2 UOB Utd Global Capital/Fin Global 8.73 MSCI p/AC FIn 9 23 3 OCBC Sav Phil/USA Phil 8.16 MSCI Phil 10.21 4 DBS Shenton Gib Adv/Smaller
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        Lock icon Traditional insurance under pressure
        932 35  -  Lower interest rates and stock returns hurt yields, with the cost of annuities likely to rise. Is there a future for insurance as a savings vehicle? GENEVIEVE CUA reports GENEVIEVE CUA LOWER interest rates and lower returns from equities across the globe are putting pressure on
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        Lock icon No cut in bonus from NTUC Income this year
        490 35 COVER STORY NEWS of market leader AlA's move late last year to cut the maturity and terminal bonuses of a range of endowment and whole life plans raised one big question: who's next? NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative has decided that even
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        Lock icon Banking on restructuring stories
        954 36  -  YOURli'.l.m'i Core earnings at Singapore banks will be ho-hnm but MAA news should give share prices a boost lynn look 2000 ended with numerous merger/acquisition rumours regarding OUB and DBS. We expect these plans, if any, to crystallise in 2001. The possible OUB/BNP Paribas merger did
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        Lock icon Dip in selling gives boost to insider sentiment
        1219 36  -  markets Share prices likely to slipasbuybacks wane during coming results season By Robert Halili The writer is managing director at Score Lab Asia Ltd (www.asiascores.com). He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai, Singapore News Desk THE Singapore insider sentiment climbed back into
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        Lock icon Developers face downward bias, KLSE in for profit-taking
        1007 36 STOCK Him Singapore properly Downward bias on property stocks Prices of private homes fell 2.8 per cent quar-ter-on-quarter in the final quarter of year 2000 and with that, residential capital values have retraced one per cent for the whole of last year.
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      Lock icon ACU DEPOSIT RATES Offered by various banks (as at Jan 30, 2001)
      918 36 Deposit amount 1-mth 3-mth 6-mth DBS Bank AS S10.000 A24 999 5.2500 5.1500 4 8900 A25.000 A49.999 5.2700 5.1700 4.9100 Dmk S10,000 Dm99.999 4 1800 4.2200 4.1600 Dm100,000 Dm149,999 4.2300 4.2600 4.2100 Eur S10.000 Eur49,999 4.2000 4 2300
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      48 33 INVESTMENT FUND AWARDS 2000 INSURANCE WOES COMMENTARY The winners With interest rates and stock returns down, do The outlook for Singapore banks INwlvk On EM 2 traditional plans stand a chance? On EM 3 On EM 4 No cut in bonus from NTUC Income this year, EM 4
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      304 37 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) eased five points to 1,523, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) shed one point to 1,646, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) lost seven points to 8,856 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) fell 14 points to 1,939. Activity in the panamax sector has
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      300 37 SCX '000 JmM It W CWT Distribution 0.47 0.01 16 Chum Hup 0.36 -0.01 1036 Cosco Investment 0.16 0.01 AS Freight Links 0.10 -0.01 69 GB Holdings 0.44 unch 0 IMC Holdings-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jay* Holdings 0.14 unch SO KeppelCorp 3.22 0.04 796 Keppel FELS 1.01 unch
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      525 37  -  New approach emphasises active learning so that students will respond flexibly to changes: professor By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] A visiting Strathclyde University professor has suggested that applying a new approach to maritime education could help lessen the increasing regulatory burden in the shipping
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      799 37  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer AS Seafarer noted a few weeks ago when some 500,000 gallons of crude oil from the single hull tanker Westchester went into the Mississippi near New Orleans, the US and world media hardly noticed. That was lucky
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      Lock icon Port of Manila to hike cargo handling rates 10-15%
      428 37  -  Hike pegged t« better productivity at two intl terminals From Alec Almazan in Manila CARGO handling rates at the Port of Manila are set to increase by 10 to 15 per cent by next month. The Philippine Port Authority recently approved
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      Lock icon Indian quake disrupts Kandla port
      336 37 Reuters [NEW DELHI] The Indian earthquake in western Gujarat state that may have killed up to 20,000 people has also wrought havoc in Kandla port the country's busiest, officials and traders said. At least 50 per cent of the buildings in the city of Kandla
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        506 38 Country's biggest shipping line prepares for sale of half of government's 80% stake Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Shipping Corp of India (SCI), the country's biggest shipping line, said it plans to reduce its staff by as much as half while it prepares for
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        Lock icon Evergreen sets up joint agency in S Korea
        179 38 [LONDON] Following on from other moves by container operators to rationalise their agency services, Taiwan's Evergreen has announced that a new joint venture will take over the role of sole agent for both it and subsidiary Uniglory in South Korea. Unlike many
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        Lock icon Lykes continues to expand Asian network
        158 38 [LONDON] US-based liner operator Lykes Lines has continued its process of expanding its office and support network in Asia by opening its own offices in Hongkong and in Seoul and Pusan, South Korea. This follows similar moves in Taiwan last December and in Japan
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      299 38 PACE Ahrenkiel 12 Appenship 5 AsiaOCl n Assets 5 Austral 6 Avant 12 B'tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BTL 12 BalajiSDpg 5 Bangladesh 11 Batamindo 11 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 COCOS 5 CSAV 3 Central Ex 6 Chahaya 12 ChoYang 5 China Shpg 5 Confer
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      19124 44 THEBUSINESSTIMES thebusinesstimes 8 EXPORT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number wMHNRMNNHNHHMMMNNNNNNNMNMNMNNNNHMNNMMMM^ To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'I voire 07/02 17/03 COSCO EMPRESS DRAGON 0I05W 65-*****00 07/02 22/03 ZIM/Seth ZIM PUSANI 15W 65-3230H2 10/02 12/03 MOL SAGITARIUS CHALLEN 6810A 65-*****86
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        842 49 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Gf Festival 41A 30/01/7:10 03/02/7:00 Bt Fa Kumia ***** J01 30/01/8:45 30/01/23:00 Winstar t 011S01 J03 30/01/7:55 30/01/21:00 Cuaca Terang CtlOOl JOS 30/01/9:10 30/01/23:00 Winyeongt136 1001 J02 30/01/8:30 01/02/23:00 Kim Heng 183 M1032 J02 30/01/8:50 30/01/16:00 Ef 23 17 J02 30/01/10:00 30/01/17:30
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        Lock icon CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1982 49 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy Ho Etb/Btr Pftod From To From ACX GARNET 21$ 1/2030 IB 29/1500 29/1659 29/1900 a 29/1700 30/0659 30/0900 21 29/1700 30/0659 30/0900 3 30/0700 30/1159 30/1400 4 30/1200 30/1459 30/1700 ACX MAGNOLIA 0331 30/23:00 29/1500 29/1659
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        174 49 MB Mexico: Anniversary of the Constitution. Feb tt New Zealand: Waitangi Day. Feb 8 Thailand: Makha Bucha Day. New Zealand: Waitangi Day. Feb 11 Japan: National Foundation Day. Feb 19 United States: Presidents Day. Feb 23 Brinei: National Day. Marl South Korea: Independence Movement Day. Mar 0 Brunei:
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        Lock icon COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        786 49 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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        621 49 Carbon 180 M«x 987.5 0.3 15.9 0.06 65 0.03 Jan 25 Density Water Residue Ash Aluminium Sediment No above E25 0 0 1 0 0 0 380 Ave 985.9 0.3 13.2 0.06 27 0.01 Exxon 380 Max 993.0 0.7 16.1 0.09 54 0.04 K6/W3 v/y M/M
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        Lock icon Canberra may lift caps on foreign stakes in Qantas
        496 50  -  Qantas Sale Act limits total foreign ownership to 49%; any single airline limited to 25% From\ Surinder Singh in Sydney QANTAS has signalled that the federal government has finally agreed in principle to lift caps on foreign ownership of the airline.
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        255 50 Reuters [LONDON] The US government has denied a bid by British Midland to code-share with United Airlines on flights from London to US cities, in a sign that aviation ties between the two countries are still tense. The US Department of Transportation
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        Lock icon Canada's second largest carrier
        56 50 Reuters [OTTAWA] Royal Aviation chief executive officer Michel Leblanc (right) and Canada 3000 chief financial officer Don Kennedy pose with an airline modelfollowing the announcement Canada 3000 will acquire a 100 per cent of Royal's shares. The deal merging the two carriers will create the country's
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        Lock icon Japanese, Korean airlines get int'l access to Haneda
        216 50 Bloomberg [TOKYO] The Japanese government said it will allow Japan's three main airlines and South Korea's two international carriers to fly to overseas tourist resorts from Tokyo's domestic Haneda airport from next month. Japan Airlines Co, All Nippon Airways Co and Japan
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        Lock icon Rigorous tests for Concorde
        73 50 [ISTRES] A technician for Concorde manufacturer EADS Airbus checks under a wing of the plane during tests in Istres, southern France. Technicians are to conduct at least 15 days of highspeed ground tests on the aircraft that simulate fuel leaks. The tests are intended to help
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        Lock icon Airbus wins record orders for 520 planes worth US$41.3b
        488 50 Backlog of orders above Boeing's for the first time Bloomberg [PARIS] Airbus Industrie won record orders worth US$4l.3 billion (5571.4 billion) last year, bringing its backlog of planes ahead of rival Boeing Co for the first time, even though the US
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      113 37 India's SCI plan to slash jobs,focus on energy p 9 2 Caps on foreign stakes in Qantas may be lifted BackPg Corporate Advantage M A For more information or reservations, please s 117 (***** 0467 effective in August f o c (65)298-2038 Superior Room Complimentary Local Calls qtiH TVillv XWenonar
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      714 38 Lines services represented by r Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore Shipping Association Members of the Singapore Logistics Association n ULY UNI «iii§ M I vessel Tvoy |~iri Tiw l~lu P.KIANG SPORE MALE Empress Lily VO2Ol 04/02 06/02 14/02 Princess Lily VO2Ol 19/02 20/02 28/02 Empress Lily
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      46 47 REGULAR SINGAPORE VIETNAM SERVICE VESSELS VOY ETA ETD DESTINATION KHANH LONG 1/2001 02/02 05/02 VUNGTAU/HCMC AN GIANG 5 1/2001 03/02 05/02 HAIPHONG THANH DA IA/2001 03/02 05/02 VUNGTAU/HOK AGENTS: IMKOV SHIPPING CO PTE LTD 39 DUXTON Hill SINGAPORE *****7 TEL: *****73 FAX: *****85 en m isiTtiiim
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      741 47 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO I P»G SIN I JKT 1 SU» I »tw PPG lOM I IQM Imi I MTI I Otf I INW I TAM I HOU~I HOIOH PTKI /OHO ?1/QI IQ/01 13/01 15/01 21/01 73/01 00/02 11/OT 10/03 14/03 15/03 11/03 22/03 27/03 31/03
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      635 47 NPn ENGLEE SHIPPING CO PTE lIDI I W: 5J33M1 (10 Ums) f«: *****33/532*960 I T dht ISIMMIMIC I VESSEL VOY SIN ETA SIN m) DESTINATION Union Star 8 02/01 30/01 31/01 bnbi UmonStor22 02/01 30/01 31/01 Swoboyo Uraon Star 32 02/01 30/01 31/01 Suraboyo Union Star 42 01/01 02/02 02/0?
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      558 48 I .VESSEL VOY SIN TIGER METRO 869N 01-02/02 08-11/02 15-16/02 TIGER STAR 870N 06-07/02 12-15/02 20-21/02 TIGER RHYTHM 871N 09-10/02 15-18/02 23-24/02 TIGER BRIDGE 872N 13-14/02 19-22/02 27-28/02 TIGER METRO 873N 15-16/02 21-24/02 28-01/03 J TIGER STAR 874N 20-21/02 26-01/03 06-07/03 IHVESSE^^^VO^^Sl^^^calsi^^ TIGER OCEAN 469CN8 02-03/02 09-12/02 TIGER CUFF 024
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      1075 48 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Rood, 3rd Lewi, Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg WEBSITE: www.freighHinks.net ISTANBUL/ MV. IBN SINA V.0940W MUARI MV. KOTA BUANA VBNA7BS IZMIR ETA SIN: 02/02/2001 ETA SIN: 02/02/2001 HO CHI MINN MV. KITIBHUM V.193N DUBAI MV. HYUNDAI
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      48 48 REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS DURBAN EXPORT VOY SIN PTL DBN ALS EXPRESS 02WB 27/02 09/03 14/03 ALS ENDEAVOUR 03WB 14/04 25/04 30/04 ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG Agtatt: Te) Fax Singapore Ben Line Agencies *****61/147 *****63 Malaysia Bendero Shippwg Agency Sdn Bhd 03 *****889 03 *****020
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      649 48 TO EUROPE CHINA N. EUROPE SERVICE Vtssa VOY I SIN HKG XGG TAO SKA HANJIN SAVANNAH 086E f 037E6 077E8 TTFEB TTfEB TTfEB Jff! I 10 UTII )6TO HFB TRADE TESIA OOIE I 17 FEB 21 FEB 25 FEB 27 FEB 01 MAR HANJIN KEEUJNG 078E I 24 FEB 28
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      89 48 REGULAR SERVICE TO INDONESIA El* ETD DESTINATION CHAHAYA VICTORY IN FT 31AM JAKARTMWTIANAK TBN 3001 02« C PALBeANGTONTIANAKmiGKALBALAM N OTHER INDONESIAN PORTS REGULAR SERVICE -EX YANGON CHAHAYA STAR 02/02 08/02 VISAK/CALCUTTA/YANGON JUBILEE 04/02 08/02 VISAK/CALCUTTA Wt »lso tccepl Transhipment Carpo trow Spore lo Yibqot A Calcutta. TtNMfeßOb SHIPPING PTE LTD
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      130 49 LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore K Thunderstorm Rain Temperature C^y^ Wjnd direction anc j S pe ec j j n knots m r, Weather Cloudy Day Hazy Sea Conditions Wind speed symbols I 1 < -j 2m O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds
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      225 50 The National Shipper's Council of Togo (CNCT) informs all agents/liners/shippers/consignees and all others involved in the trade, that according to the order of 05 September 2000 signed by the Minister of Transport and Hydraulic Resources of Togo, a "Cargo Tracking Note" must now be attached to any Bill of Lading
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