The Business Times, 3 September 2001

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPORE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2001 85C
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  • 76 1 STOCK MABKET INDICES Week Change STI 1,619.12 -8.49 SIMSO FUTURE ***** 1.70 BT-SRI 665.61 +10.12 KLSE COMP 689.06 +6.18 NIKKEI 10,713.51 -***** HANG SENG 11,090.48 -19.82 SET INDEX 335.57 +140 JAKARTA COMP 435 55 -5.67 MANILA COMP 1.265.44 -20.63 TAIPEI WPI 4.***** +199.12 SEOUL COMP 545.11 -2410 SHENZHEN
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  • 77 1 FOBEI BATES wss s* USS (SS per CSS) 1.738 £(l"SS/S5 per —14«2 fm EURO(USS/S$/E) 0.919 1.596 DM H29 1.225 1185 68.40 1800 1187 0X8 —-7.80® 4489 BAHT 4404 25.34 RUPIAH 8365 5,006 SS to 100 units PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 580 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK 930 MANILA. 11.00
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  • 845 1  -  UHexclusive Impact of downturn more severe; MNCs looking to China as manufacturing base By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] The fast and furious pace of job cuts in the electronics industry in recent months spells only the start of permanent changes to Singapore's
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  • 907 1  -  Bow's breach of 10,000 mark seen as psychological blow From, Andrew Marks in New York WITH the Dow's 10,000 barrier pierced, are stocks near a bottom or is 9,000 next? When Wall Street's traders, brokers and analysts return to work tomorrow from
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  • 797 1  -  COMMENTARY China's growing economic prowess is more to be welcomed than to be feared, says Vlknun Shmma Vikram Khanna News about companies moving manufacturing operations to China from elsewhere in Asia has set off alarm bells throughout the region; it is feared that China is
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  • 495 1  -  Asst director allegedly moved money overseas through her private firm From. Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAI police have arrested a woman executive of United Overseas Bank's Thai unit for allegedly transferring over 7 billion baht (***** million) out
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    • 205 1 nremE Top Stories Institute of Estate Agents' chief wants to revise agents' commissions. Pg 7 John Gokongwei: going to BflP work, yf j but... no more everyday 9-to-9 job.' Pg 10 New economy's durability still a riddle: analysts. Pg 14 BizlT IHPC's artificial intelligence projects ready to roll. BizlT Pg
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    • 793 2  -  Nine firms bid for tender to brand Admin Service, craft PSC scholarships as top pick t-it exclusive By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Out to ensure its share of talent, the government recently invited tenders to develop a strategy to brand the Administrative Service and
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    • 606 2  -  Sale of assets in IMF accord comes under scrutiny From\ Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta EVEN before the dust has settled on Indonesia's newly-ink-ed accord with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the country's Parliament is already raising questions about the government's economic recovery programme. President Megawati
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    • 555 2  -  CEE Business Group will be a platform for expansion there By I Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Putting Singapore's new economic strategy into action, the Trade Development Board will tomorrow launch a business group to help local businesses expand into Central and
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 283 4 Bnt he prefers his Australian airline, Virgin Bine, to remain independent Reuters [SYDNEY] UK entrepreneur Richard Branson said yesterday he would consider taking a stake in troubled carrier Air New Zealand but indicated his Australian airline. Virgin Blue, would remain independent. Mr
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    • 103 4 As at Friday, 127 SGX-listed companies had released their financial results for the half year ended June 30, 2001. Together they recorded $4098.0 m in group earnings, a loss of 5.5% over 2000. The total included 16 foreign companies listed here. If they were excluded, total earnings would
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    • 355 4  -  By I Serena Ng THE legal battle between Inno-Pacific's ousted chairman Melvin Tong and a minority shareholder is expected to move forward this week as their solicitors meet in court today to receive instructions on an originating summons Mr Tong's lawyers took out on Aug 8. Sources
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    • 927 4  -  Fragile recovery of Sing Tel and DBS not enough to lift sentiment over property values and job cuts Hy\ Siow Li Sen ANTICIPATING more bad news, investors continued to exit the Singapore stockmarket last month. At the end of trading
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    • 1546 5  -  Driving the integration and making the tough calls are the most critical functions for leaders to perform, say till vestrdig and TILL VESTRING,MIKE BOOKER Till Vestring is the global head of Bain Company's merger integration practice and a partner and vice-president in Singapore.
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    • 76 4 Air India's privatisation at Sk after SIA pullout This announcement appears as a matter of record only. CSZElCapital Holdings KEPPEL CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Voluntary Conditional Cash Offers to acquire all the issued Shares and all the outstanding Listed Warrants not owned by Oversea-Chinese Banking
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    • 260 4 I Tat Seng Packaging Group Ltd. 1 (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 22 December 1977) I I Invitation in respect of 39,300,000 new ordinary shares of I I $0.20 each comprising: I I (A) 2,000,000 Offer Shares at $0.21 for each Offer Share by way of public I
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    • 196 5 TECHVENTURE Q Q Q Get a Better Perspective of Asia's Technology Venture Financing Capital Grand Hyatt Singapore, 17-19 September 2001 Tech Venture Asia 2001, the region's premier Technology Financing Conference cum Investment Forum, is here! If you are an active player in the technology investment circle, you would not want
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 672 6  -  I=l i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy ON Sept 4 1998. at the height of the regional and Clob International crises, the newlyconstructed The Straits Times Index sank to an all-time low of 805.04. Last Friday, almost three years later to
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    • 187 6  -  WARRANT WATCH ly: R Sivanithy IT'S been said many times before but we'll say it again the Malaysian market never ceases to amaze. The latest scandal surrounds Ho Wah Genting, whose shares shot up an unbelievable 68 sen or 67
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    • 252 6  -  HOT STOCK By Serena Ng DATACRAFT Asia's stock has not managed to stage a clear recovery since the systems integration firm met its net profit forecasts when it posted its results around two weeks ago. The counter last Friday shed 10 US cents to
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    • 121 6 ♦NOBLE Group will hold its special general meeting on Sept 11, at 12 noon, 38 Gloucester Road, 18th Floor, Mass Mutual Tower, Hong Kong. ♦CIRCUITS Plus Holdings will hold its EGM on Sept 11, at 10.00 am, 8 First Lok Yang Road. ♦SINGAPORE Bus Services will go ex-dividend
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    • 576 6 AFP (HONG KONG] Regional currencies continued to gain ground on the ailing US dollar last week, signalling fears of a fall in Asian exports. The Japanese yen rose above 119 to the US dollar for the first time in nearly three months,
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      1360 6 Source: JM Sassoon Stocks Votum* SingTel 15c 76,527,000 UniFood HK25c 65,006,000 PNE Ind 10c 46,608.000 Cyber Vill 5c 40,013,000 TPV US1C 30,358,000 Autron 29,148,000 Parkway H 25c 26,780,000 People's Food HQK 50c 24,486.000 TTanjin Zhoog 20,025,000 AddvalTech 2.5c 19,832,000 Stocks S uoe 193,670.667 DBS Grp 176,726,941 OUB 161,645,791 SingTaJ 15c
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 841 7  -  I-ii exclusive He hopes to have new guidelines for property agents out before April By Andrea Tan EDMUND Baker has a tough job ahead of him. In a move that could swing his popularity among property agents in Singapore, the chief executive officer
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    • 277 7  -  Iw on the economy money supply By Siow Li Sen SINGAPORE'S money supply, measured by broad monetary aggregates M 2 and M 3, shrank in July after peaking in April. Latest figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) showed that
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    • 309 7 KUALA LUMPUR AP. Bernama SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew arrived in Malaysia yesterday for a four-day visit that includes talks on thorny issues between the neighbouring countries. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday expressed hopes that Mr Lee's visit to
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  • MAIL bag
    • 391 8  -  Phoebe Tan Singapore I REFER to the letter "Restraints on GLCs, NTUC needed" by Vincent Tan Chee Kian (Mailbag, Aug 28, 2001). 1 do not agree that setting up more companies by gov-ernment-linked companies (GLCs) would stifle innovation and enterprise. If the GLCs were
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    • 147 8  -  Don Wee Phillip Securities Pte Ltd I REFER to the letter "Clearing the air about insurance industry" by Koh Siew Lin (Mailbag, Aug 29). I am also in the insurance industry and I actually agreed quite strongly with what Genevieve Cua had written earlier. I
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    • 303 8  -  Prem Singh Singapore I REFER to your article "Regional instability could threaten Singapore: SM Lee" by Chuang Peck Ming (BT. Aug 16). I am perturbed that the government is not so forthcoming on bad omens which can have a profound negative impact
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    • 129 8  -  Tan Boon Hui Singapore I REFER to your article "HDB, URA to offer night parking choice" (BT, Aug 28). I do not understand how HDB and URA can think of such new means to collect more money even during this downturn. Make a survey of
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    • 262 8  -  Lim Chuan Lam Singapore I REFER to your article "Buying a home now? Renting is a better bet" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Aug 28). I am a great supporter of your articles. When my wife and I sold our investment property
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    • 93 8  -  Tan Seng Hock CEO Aegis Portfolio Managers I REFER to your editorial "Insurance versus investment" (BT, Aug 28). It is one of the most relevant and balanced piece of writing on the matter. It is very timely. The public at large must be made aware of your
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    • 137 8  -  Jim James Director EASTWEST Public Relations Pte Ltd 1 REFER to your article "Age limit for singles housing scheme to stay" by Andrea Tan (BT, Aug 28). There is a perfectly good argument that says if young people are allowed
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    • 819 9 I, Health The Health Promotion Board extends our heartfelt congratulations to this year's H.E.A.L.T.H. Leader and H.E.A.L.T.H. Promoters and the Singapore H.E.A.L.T.H. Award recipients* H.E.A.L.T.H* Leader Award Thl« Award recognises the effort of a business leader in supporting and promoting workplace health programmes. Mr Tan Kay Yoog, Managing Director, GlaxoSmithKJine
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 755 10  -  I comment KL STOCKS It races ahead and will likely continue to even as Malaysia teeters on the brink of recession eddie toh Malaysia is experiencing an unusual phenomenon: while the country is on the brink of a recession this year, the stock market has
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    • 725 10  -  PEOPLE From Al Labita in Manila THE Philippines' ethnic Chinese taipan on the brink of seizing control of Singapore's United Industrial Corp (UIC) is calling it quits come Jan 1. But John Gokongwei will still help oversee the business empire of listed
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    • LATE Briefs
      • 96 10 AP [JAKARTA] Rescuers are searching for survivors through the wreckage of a passenger train that slammed into a locomotive yesterday killing at least 40 people, officials said. More than 60 others were seriously injured in the collision, hospital officials said. The accident, Indonesia's worst
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      • 82 10 AFP [BEIJING] Archeologists in southwest China have excavated an ancient bronze jar that is likely to contain 2,000-year-old wine, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The four-legged, tightly sealed vessel was found in a burial ground belonging to the mysterious ancient Ba people in southwest Sichuan
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      • 91 10 Reuters [LONDON] China's largest power-generating firm China Power Investment Corp is planning to float in London next year with a value of about £1.5 billion (Ss3.B billion), the Sunday Business said citing unnamed sources. The newspaper said the group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
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    • 625 11  -  Bnt efforts to solve financial sector woes slammed for lacking punch Froni Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE Thaksin government is getting more bouquets than brickbats for its performance in the first six months in power, with analysts praising progress in slashing red tape
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    • 236 11 NEWDELHI AFP INDIAN Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee reshuffled his government on Saturday ahead of important local elections. bringing in new faces and elevating others to Cabinet rank. The new ministers were sworn into office by President KR Narayanan at a ceremony at
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    • 444 13 HONG KONG Poll shows S-E Asia in disfavour, except for Thailand in Q4 Reuters NORTH Asian equity markets will end the year as the fund managers' favourites, with Thailand the only market flying the flag for South-east Asia in the fourth quarter and a pending
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    • 307 13 BANGKOK Reuters FINANCE Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said on Saturday the Thai economy would slip into a mild recession in the second half of this year on the back of a global slowdown. "When the world economy is not good, domestic setbacks would likely
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    • 506 13 HONGKONG Financial chief won't tap reserves for public handouts Reuters HONG Kong's financial chief said on Saturday he was not optimistic the territory's sputtering economy would recover in the near term, but rejected calls to tap the territory's huge reserves for public handouts. "Japan
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    • 409 13 TAIPEI Major US banks keep clear after CSFB earned China's ire Bloomberg TAIWAN postponed a planned US investor tour for a month after banks like Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Merrill Lynch Co declined to participate, fearing retaliation by China, an official said.
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  • FINANCE & commodities
    • 901 13 COMMODITY Weekly Roundup AFP [LONDON] Oil and gold prices gained last week, but base metals remained under pressure as hopes of a turnaround in the global economy remained as remote as ever. Oil prices flirted with sev-en-week highs as worries about
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  • WORLD news
    • 199 14 WASHINGTON US workers put in more hours on the job last year than the labour force of any other industrial nation, outpacing employees in Canada. France, Germany, Japan and the UK, a study by a UN agency finds. The
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    • 880 14 JACKSON HOLE. Wyoming Growth in output per worker key to economy's past and future performance Reuters THE information technology boom of the 1990s stoked a New Economy characterised by surging output per worker but with hard-to-measure and possibly vulnerable underpinnings, participants at a blue-ribbon
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    • 203 14 PALO ALTO, California Reuters LARRY Ellison, the chief executive of No 2 software maker Oracle Corp, exercised options on more than 23 million common shares with a realised value of US$7O6 million in fiscal 2001, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing last
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    • LATE Briefs
      • 126 14 Reuters [BERLIN] The number of unemployed Germans will likely rise to above four million this year, two of the German government's five economic advisers said in a newspaper article. The Welt am Sonntag newspaper quoted Juergen Kromphardt and Horst Wiebert, both members of
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      • 74 14 Dow Jones Newswires [LONDON] Le Meridien, the upmarket hotel company owned by Nomura Co, is to acquire £6 billion (5515.2 billion) worth of new hotels over the next five years as part of its quest to become the world's leading hotelier, according
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      • 79 14 Reuters [NICOSIA] Pioneering South African heart surgeon Christiaan Barnard, who made medical history in 1967 with the world's first heart transplant, died in Cyprus yesterday where he was on holiday, officials said. He was 78. "Christiaan Barnard died this morning The causes of death are
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    • 399 16 This cultural obligation may hamper recovery: analysts AFP [TOKYO] The technology industry has blown an economic fuse prompting companies worldwide to revamp operations, but a cultural aversion to dumping domestic staff could hamper recovery chances for Japan's high-tech leaders, analysts say. Over
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    • 421 17 Clark withholds part of USslsom gift to Stanford U to protest Bosh's restrictions Bloomberg [STANFORD, California] Jim Clark, a founder of Internet companies such as Netscape Communications Corp and WebMD Corp, has decided to withhold US$6O million of a US$l5O million gift to
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  • BIZ woman
    • 655 15  -  Finding a cheap, comfortable apartment in New York is not impossible By' Trish Hall NYT KATE Shevlin's apartment is light and airy, with a small bedroom, living room and kitchen, perfect for a young woman starting out in New York. It is on the Upper East
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • STOCKS sgx
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    • 591 16 SGX Derivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup AFX [WASHINGTON] US econom ic data to be released this week will show the labour market at its weakest in more than three years as the percentage of job seekers reaches 4.6 per cent, analysts said. Economists
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  • LEADERSHIP series
    • 1585 18  -  From driver to chairman that's the career breadth of UPS' James Kelly who doubled earnings of the world's biggest mail carrier in four years Byi Chuang Peck Ming UPS chairman James Kelly strikes you as a regular guy. You wouldn't pick him out from a crowd,
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  • BIZIT
    • 880 19  -  tang weng FAi finds out what's in the pipeline rTiexcTusive TANG WENG FAI AFTER years of promises and false starts, artificial intelligence also called "machine learning" is now getting ready for the big time with applications going commercial.
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    • 542 20  - Asia's wireless LAN market likely to hit US$350m by 2005 nT^xclusive Current market leaders in the WLAN space are Australia, Hong Kong, South Korea, China and Singapore By Raju Chellam THE dramatic jump in mobile phones and other handheld devices will see the market for WLANs (wireless local area networks)
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    • 384 20  - while S'pore will see revenues of US$28m The Republic's market for WLANs is set to grow from USs273m in 2000 to USss74m by 2005 By* Chen Huifen DESPITE the growth in the WLAN (wireless local area network) market, it will still lag behind fixed-line broadband technologies such as ca- ble
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    • 644 20  - Spielberg's A.I. beauty in bleakness The movie takes yon into a world where your computerised machine is your friend, philosopher, guide and guardian By. Raju Chellam IF you're looking for artificial intelligence technology in the movie A.1., you may find some of it towards the end, where the special effects
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    • 264 20 HERE are a few realworld websites on artificial intelligence: www.al.mit.edu MlT's AI lab was set up in 1959. Its aim is to "understand the nature of intelligence and to engineer systems that exhibit intelligence." It has more than 200 people across several academic departments and its goal
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    • 429 20  -  A Singapore-based startup has developed a program that could open up video editing to the mass market By 1 Melissa Sim A HOMEGROWN startup, muvee Technologies, has developed an automatic video editing software that it claims is unique in the world and will open up
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    • 165 20 AP (BERLIN) Genetic engineering could be used to prevent human intelligence being overtaken by that of computers, British physicist Stephen Hawking said. Targeted genetic changes could increase the complexity of DNA and "improve" human beings, he was quoted as saying by Focus
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    • 239 20  -  Seamus Phan bureau and research director Know ledge iMbs News Center THIS refers to the item "SMS with Sally" in Briefly.com (BizlT, Aug 27, Pg 8), in which Buzz City Pte Ltd claimed that they have launched the world's first wireless AI-based
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      • 756 21  -  The goal should be to increase revenues and profits by building customer loyalty and providing customers with better service and products, says david mok DAVID MOK The author is CEO of Internet consultancy MyEwizard.com IN today's ultra-competitive business landscape, companies are desperately trying to figure
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      • 686 21  -  Playing it safe will almost never yield that hngely successful investment By* Toh Han Shih The writer is a freelance technology journalist IN technology, new paradigms are needed to succeed because success has been raised to new extreme levels. Two
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    • 815 22  -  S'pore has the framework, skills and knowledge to do so les clemenson The writer is executive vice-president, Reuters Consulting Asia IT IS hard to imagine how different trading shares will be in a few years' time. The recent transformation with ever more individuals using
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    • 362 22  -  Local clients include SlA&nd the Asia-Pacific HQs of Visa International and ABN-Amro bank Byi Chua Hui Min US-BASED software company Peregrine Systems Inc plans to almost triple its revenue from the Asia-Pacific region this year by targeting the financial and government sectors
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    • IT TAKES
      • 39 22 MAINBOARD-LISTED Horizon.com Ltd's Horizon PlanetlQ Pte Ltd, which provides content aggregation and distributes multimedia software, said it has been appointed as local distributor for Microsoft Singapore's Home and Retail Division products in Singapore.
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      • 30 22 US-BASED Brocade Communications Systems Inc, which provides infrastructure for storage area networks, has appointed Singapore's CSA Automated Pte Ltd as a Brocade Master Reseller here.
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      • 48 22 SINGAPORE-BASED Pasi Partners, which offers trainings and workshops, has tied up with Singapore's Business to Business Broadcasting Pte Ltd (B2Bcast), which provides streaming media solutions. The deal will enable Pasi's clients to webcast Pasi's training sessions and management workshops over their internal corporate networks.
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      • 50 22 SWEDEN-BASED Intentia International AB, which provides e-collaboration solutions, said its Movex Next Gen solution has gone live at Singapore's NIE Electronics. The solution provides NIE with cost-saving measures such as automation of paper-based processes, improved inventory accuracy through real-time inventory control, and forecasting capabilities, Intentia said.
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      • 32 22 US-BASED E.piphany Inc, which provides enterprise CRM software, has set up its South Asian office in Singapore, headed by Angus McDougall, vice-president and general manager for the Asia-Pacific.
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      • 21 22 SESAMI Inc, which provides 828 e-commerce solutions, has appointed William Cheng as country director for North China.
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      • 45 22 US-BASED Vignette Corp, which provides integrated content management applications, has appointed Neil Weston as vice-president and general manager for the Asia-Pacific region. Mr Weston was previously vice-president of sales at Siebel Systems Inc for Northern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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      • 43 22 US-BASED Network Associates Inc, which provides security and availability solutions for e-businesses, has appointed Michael Liu Chin Woon as Magic Solutions' regional director for the Asia-Pacific region. Magic Solutions is one of the four business units in Network Associates.
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      • 55 22  -  Compiled by 1 Leo Kee Chye A SEMINAR entitled "First Asean International Limited Asian Seminars Summer 2001: Leveraging IT and e-commerce to establish a global presence" will be held on Sept 14 at the Mandarin Hotel. It is organised by World Pay and First Asean International
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    • 551 23  -  lit comment INFOTECH Whether or not the market takes off will depend on the kind of returns a-impning and Itftftfltectlvfrnfffis chua hui min The writer is a BTjournalist E -LEARNING'S most immediate appeal is probably cost savings in various guises, but with product
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    • KNOWLEDGE management
      • 1003 24  -  One result is a dramatic drop in response times. A request for quotation by fax used to take 3 days; it now takes 2 hours, val chua reports VAL CHUA HITACHI Express Singapore, a logistics company, used to have staff sorting out
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      • 250 24  -  Byi Chen Huifen USING an Internet platform for its procurement processes helped save Oracle Corp US$l billion last year. Oracle's executive vice-president Derek Williams calls these Internet processes Internet Business Flows (IBF), and says these replaced Oracle's traditional way of doing business.
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    • 562 25  -  It's fiscal Q2 revenue of USsl4m is up a huge 600% over Q2 2000 By Paul Chan US B A S E D Loudcloud Inc. a two-year old startup, is shaping up to be a web infrastructure giant. It recently delivered operating results and new
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 74 25 SGI (Silicon Graphics Inc) has unveiled two new visual workstations under its 02+ brand. The PMC-Sierra RM7OOOA runs on a 350 MHz RISC processor, costs U557,495, and comes with 256 MB RAM, 18 GB hard disk and 19-inch monitor. The MIPS RI2OOOA runs on a 400 MHz
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      • 51 25 SINGAPORE-BASED Media Web Creation Pte Ltd, which provides IT consultancy services, has launched Sonic WALL a suite of Internet security solutions and appliances. These include firewall, VPN, anti-virus and content filtering solutions. Prices start at $1,189. For details, fax *****09 or visit www. media web. com.
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      • 64 25 APPLE Computer Inc has lowered the prices of its 15.2-inch display, 2.4 kg Titanium Powerßook G4. The PowerPC G4 400 MHz model costs $4,088 and comes with 128 MB RAM, 10 GB hard disk and DVD-ROM. The PowerPC G4 500 MHz model costs $5,488 and comes
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      • 40 25 US-BASED InFocus Corp has unveiled its digital projector the LPS3O. It cost $9,600, weighs 2.6 kg and offers 2,000 lumens' brightness at 1,024 by 768 pixel XGA resolution. For details, fax *****25 or e-mail asia.paciflc(aJrifocus. com.
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      • 69 25 GATEWAY Inc has unveiled two 2 GHz Pentium 4 based desktops the Performance XL2OOO for home; and the E4600-2000 for business users. The XL2OOO costs $2,939 and comes with 128 MB RAM, 20 GB hard disk, 48-speed CD-ROM and 15-inch monitor. The E4600-2000 costs $2,718 and
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      • 64 25 CREATIVE Technology Ltd unveiled a new compact portable digital camera cum webcam PC-CAM 300. It costs US$l5O, comes with 8 MB memory that stores up to 128 images at 640 by 480 pixel resolution, or up to 75 seconds of video clips with audio, or up
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      • 74 25 INTEL Corp has launched its Pentium 4 processor running at 2 GHz. Systems based on this processor can run digital media up to 81 per cent faster, and increase productivity by more than 50 per cent for business users, compared to the 1 GHz Pentium 111.
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      • 65 25 lOMEGA Corp has unveiled its Peerless drive system with Fire Wire interface for Macs and PCs. The new interface gives the system a sustained transfer rate of up to 15 Mbps with a computer equipped with a Fire Wire 1394 PCI card. It costs $669 for
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      • 43 25  - And 100MB USB Zip drive Compiled by Leo Kee Chye lOMEGA Pacific Pte Ltd, a subsidary of lomega Corp, has unveiled its new portable data storage Zip 100 MB USB Powered Drive. It costs $146 and weighs 700 grams. For details, visit www.iomega.com.sg.
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    • 389 25  -  WASHINGTON Justice Dept says Appeals Court is in a better position to judge the case By] Edmund Sanders LAT-WP THE Justice Department urged the US Supreme Court to stay out of the Microsoft Corp antitrust battle, arguing that the Court
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    • 264 25 SYDNEY Dow Jones Newswires TELSTRA Corp said yesterday it remains confident that its Asian joint venture with Hong Kong's Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd remains on track despite a recent Asl billion (***** million) writedown. "We're actually very confident going forward," Ziggy Switkowski, Telstra's chief executive,
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    • 217 25  -  Hy\ Leo Kee Chye NEC Singapore has introduced what it claims is the largest single-unit Plasma Display Panel (PDP) of its kind in the industry. Called the PiasmaSync 61MP1, the 61-inch display costs $39,999, weighs 61 kg, and is 148 cm wide, 89 cm high
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    • 221 25 PALO ALTO This will pat it ahead of rival IBM Reuters NETWORK computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc will launch a new high-end server with its UItraSPARC 111 microchip on Sept 26, the company said on Friday. Sun's chief operating officer, Ed Zander, will unveil the
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      • 1086 26  -  It has won contracts with companies in Asia, Europe and the US. Among its customers is Creative Technology From, Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley ONE Saturday in 1999, chipmaker Centillium Communications asked its staff to stay home and send their spouses to work instead.
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        • 80 26 THE NUS Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) has opened the Ikonos Data Reception and Processing Facility. The facility will be used to collect data on high-res imagery from Ikonos' remote sensing satellite. "With Ikonos, it is possible to see the details as
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        • 51 26 SINGAPORE-BASED Abacus International, which provides travel information and reservations, has launched an online service Abacus Virtually There for travel agents and their customers. The service lets customers check their itinerary online at www.virtuallythere.com/abacus, as well as via their PDAs and WAP-enabled mobile phones. For details, visit
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        • 52 26 HOMEGROWN Little Green Apples Pte Ltd (LGA), which provides managed services and systems integration, has tied up with iPass Asia Pte Ltd, which provides enterprise-grade remote access services, to offer secure global Internet roaming services to LGA's corporate clients in Singapore. For details, visit www.
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        • 62 26 SINGAPORE-BASED Sunderland Technologies Pte Ltd, which offers wireless connectivity solutions, signed an OEM agreement with Germany's rfi mobile technologies AG. Under the deal, Sunderland will supply 10,000 pieces of WAVEclips clip-on Bluetooth adapters designed for Palm V handhelds —to rfi for US$l.65 million. WAVEclips let
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        • 44 26 US-BASED Network Equipment Technologies Inc has unveiled a major upgrade of its ShoutlP Open Telephony Platform. It lets service providers monitor subscriber activity and collect revenue from voice services delivered over IP networks. Prices start at U5525,000. For details, visit www.net.com.
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        • 40 26 JAPAN-US (J-US) cable consortium, which comprises 44 telcos, has activated the J-US Cable Network, which provides direct connectivity between the US and Japan, to support the growth of transpacific Internet and data traffic. For details, visit www.japan-us.org.
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        • 57 26 US-BASED Optimum Logistics Ltd has unveiled a major new release of its supply chain solution TransLink. It features an inventory-forecasting module that integrates terminal, tank, product and shipment information for inventory reporting and alerts across all locations. Prices start at US$5O,OOO as a base subscription plus
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        • 42 26 US-BASED Nokia Internet Communications, which provides network security and VPN solutions, has unveiled a new set of features for its VPN solutions. They include smart card support, external PKI support, and remote client support. For details, visit www.nokia.com/securenetworksolutions
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        • 51 26  -  Compiled by Leo Kee Chye SWEDEN-BASED Intentia International AB, which provides e-collaboration apps within the enterprise software space, has tied up with Sun Microsystems Inc to offer Intentia's Movex Next Gen (an e-collaboration application) and implementation services on the Solaris Operation Environment in Asia. For details, visit
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    • 34 27 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young FOLLOWING the recent lethargy, owners of the capesize bulker Stellar Era (149,000/94) invited "outright" offers last week. She was thereafter sold region US$l9 million to clients of.Angelicoussis.
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    • 300 27 SGX '000 St *01 CWT Distribution 0.59 -0.01 112 Chuan Hup 0.32 unch 388 Cosco Investment Oil -0.01 310 FreiQftt Links 0.07 -0.01 10 GB Holdings 0.54 0.02 2 IMC Hotdings-HK .....5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.15 unch 0 Keppel Corp 3.20 -0.08 1530 Keppel FELS 1.52 unch
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    • 794 27  -  exclusive Booming volume routes like China-Middle East particularly affected By\ Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation faces its toughest competition from direct services rather than rival ports, according to deputy group president of operations Ng Chee Keong. "There is more terminal
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    • 557 27  -  Howard's decision to send troops aboard termed 'act of war' By Beth Jinks {SINGAPORE] The Australian government's handling of the Tampa refugee situation has outraged the international maritime community, with two industry heavyweights accusing it of breaking three international conventions. Both the International
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      • 812 28  -  LINER SCENE By] David Hughes THE liner industry should, presumably, be grateful that the Colombo insurance surcharge affair has been resolved. Quite why things were allowed to go as far as they did, with lines pulling out and fright rates rocketting
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    • 275 28 PAGE Ahrenfciel 10 Appensliip 5 Assets S Avant 10 B'tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BSC 9 BTl 10 Balaji 4 Batamindo 9 a Bayswater to CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 C0SC0 3 Central Ex 6 Chahaya 10 China Shpq 5 Confer K) Compass Shpg 10 Colony log 5
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    • 10977 34 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT MONDAY, SEP I VnwM* I rri r-r* u ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Destn Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire 10/09 16/10 Kwn Hunq HARMONY CONTAINER HR104S 65-*****33 n/09 15/10 Setramar VILLE 0E LIBRA 392W 65-*****33 12/09 24/10 C0SC0 HUMEN
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      • 529 37 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jf m Pwt Wmyuy* 1099 J04 02/09/9:10 02/09/21:00 kian Henq K0120 J02 02/09/8:15 02/09/20 00 Bt M lop4 ***** JOI 02/09/14:00 02/09/20:00 Ba(acacstra< 70 JOS 02/09/18:30 03/09/18 00 tec Trader 681 J24 03/09/3:00 04/09/15.40 Bt Mrtika 2 ***** 101 03/09/8:00 03/09/1500 C
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      • 196 37 September 3 Canada: Labour Day Vietnam: National Day Holiday September 4 United States: Labour Day September 15 Japan: Respect for the Aged Day September 16 Mexico: Independence Day September 23 Japan: Autumnal Equinox Day September 24 South Africa: Heritage DaySeptember 28 Taiwan: Teacher's Day September 30 Hongkong: Mid-Autumn
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      • 799 37 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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      • 636 38 Bat seat capacity cuts, order backlog may help industry weather downturn Reuters [CHICAGO] Orders for jetliner production have continued to nosedive in 2001 from their peak three years ago and no relief is in sight as global airlines bleed money and
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      • 34 38 S C w,;S, na T? l An man to° kin e <" the Whalesback Swissair Flight 111 Memorial near Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia, l^l^^^^^^ s^cr,!wo f ,heSwissairMD nair^u hichcra^ AFP
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      • 470 38 One of its Airbus jets had to make emergency landing Reuters [MONTREAL] Canada has ordered the country's largest charter airline to improve its flight crew training in the wake of an emergency landing without power of one of its
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      • 129 38 AFP [HONG KONG] Industrial action-struck Cathay Pacific has ended a contract with a Hong Kong airline catering company, forcing it to lay off more than 100 workers, a report said yesterday. Gate Gourmet's contract with the Hong Kong carrier to
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      • 504 38 Analysts say Tata group's effort will be hampered without a world-class partner AFP [MEW DELHI] The privatisation of ailing carrier Air India is hanging precariously following the withdrawal on Saturday of Singapore Airlines (SIA) from the bidding, citing political opposition as a
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        • 65 38 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's EVA Air said the company had suffered a net loss of NT52.52 billion (***** million) in the six months to June, compared to a NT$l.32 billion profit in the year-ago period. The carrier also decided to cut 2001 earnings
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        • 75 38 AFP m o u w {NEW DELHI] Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is to launch daily flights between New Delhi and the Danish capital Copenhagen next year. The airline also announced the introduction of its first Airbus A 340 aircraft on the route. In addition, SAS has
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        • 91 38 AFX [HONG KONG] EVA Air is likely to enter talks with China Southern Airlines Co over cooperation, the Hong Kong Economic Times cited sources from the China aviation sector as saying. The comments came after China Eastern Airlines announced that China Airlines is expected to
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        • 62 38 Reuters [NEW YORK] Discount airline Jetßlue Airways said it had entered into an agreement with Travelocity.com to provide online marketing and sales of its tickets and services. Privately-held Jetßlue last Wednesday started service from its new Long Beach, California, base and said it expects to
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