The Business Times, 30 September 1999

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    11 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 850 SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30,1999
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    52 1 AJ 2017.57 (-6.87) nvr-m U 7GM4 (-1.33) flsmscinmjiEs U ***** (+220) STOCK IABKET HDKES Wednesday Change KLSECOMP C8U1 +4*7 HANG SEW lSjBSi8t -It*4 SET INDEX 311.07 +M4 JAKARTA COMP _i*47_-l7S MANILA COUP 2J0L41 +1IJ6 TAffnWP! 7jH14« +WM SEOUL OOMP MJ8 4L» CLSAOONAB 8HJ6 42 AUST ALLOW NooaEDT Ckmge
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    73 1 ram bates US* 8$ US$ 1.7f» £(USS/S$per£) UM7 1814 EUR0(USl«f*9 tail 1.799 DK 1.S8 MM TEW MM_ 1JN* KM UN 9.460 HKS 7.718 BAOT 41JS 8.M1 RUPIAH 8,187 9020* '8$ tom mts FUME BATES SINGAPORE* MS KlIALA LUMPUR 7.26 JAKARTA .40.09 BANGKOK 10.00 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.26 IMPS 8J7
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    Lock icon Hiring again, banks turn to ex-staff
    822 1  -  I :iri exclusive They are taking back workers whom they had to let go just a few months back By I Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Banks in Singapore are recruiting aggressively again, sometimes even taking back people whom they had retrenched just months before.
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    Lock icon Energise staff by offering share options: BG Lee
    326 1  -  Established firms need to be as creative as start-nps By Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] As Singapore becomes a knowledge economy, companies will find it increasingly necessary to offer workers share options in order to harness their energies, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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    Lock icon Chuan Hup share split points to further easing of SES rules
    617 1  -  :i i exclusive By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore has, for the first time, approved a share split for a stock that is not trading at $8 or above as stated in the listing manual,
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      131 1 TOP STORIES One more day of corporate results: The tally so far P®4 A foretaste of the millennium bug Hong Leong bags another site facing Buckley Mansion Pg 10 Surprisingly big pickup in trade in some Asean countries Pg 11 Lee Kim Yew, the property baron who pioneered countrystyle living
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      Lock icon Clarke Quay site expected to fetch up to $500m
      934 2  -  Total bill for developing project above MST station, with 835,035 sq ft gross floor area, may hit $750 m By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] With an area of nearly 150,000 sq ft, a site above the proposed Clarke Quay MRT Station offered
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      Lock icon 2-point CPF restoration next year is realistic: BG Lee
      621 2  -  SNEFs president says employers want long-term CPF rate to be reviewed Reports by. Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday said that a three-point Central Provident Fund (CPF) restoration was unlikely next year, and that an increase of
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      Lock icon Call to review retrenchment benefits
      334 2 Excessive payments make wage system rigid: BG Lee [SINGAPORE] Singapore should review its approach to paying retrenchment benefits, so that overly-generous payments do not make the wage system rigid, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday He said that while the primary objective of
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Companies' combined interim earnings almost twice those in 1998
      712 4  -  Bat total fall-year earnings down by more thao half oa poor HI showing Ven Sreenivasan WITH just nine companies still to release their 1999 interim financial results by today's deadline, the tally so far shows that combined group earnings at half-time
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      Lock icon Fate of C&C's Merc business expected to be settled by year-end
      504 4  -  Analysts' estimates of company's fair value vary widely By Christopher Tan TALKS between Cycle Carriage and DaimlerChrysler over the latter's stake in the Mercedes-Benz wholesale business here are expected to be wrapped up by year-end. "We want to get
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      Lock icon DBS to pull out of New York, LA will be heart of its US ops
      241 4  -  By\ Siow Li Sen DBS Bank is pulling out of the Big Apple in the east coast of the US to concentrate its business in the City of Angels in the west coast, where there
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      Lock icon SingTel's cash cow could turn into a free service
      664 4  -  |:>:Olocksiew lee han shih WITH the rapid advancement in communications technology, Singapore Telecommunications may have no option but to offer a fixed monthly charge to those who use its service for international calls in two years' time. In five years, it
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Sincere unit buys food company
        89 7 SINCERE Watch said yesterday its wholly-owned subsidiary Avante Investment Pte Ltd has bought a SO per cent stake in Cullna Pte Ltd, a company which imports and distributes wine, fine food and food-related products, for $1.25 million. Sincere said the acquisition was part of its
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        Lock icon Ingram Micro Asia gets nod to delist
        50 7 INGRAM Micro Asia, formerly known as Electronic Resources, said yesterday it had received the approval of the Stock Exchange of Singapore to delist from the official list of the SES from tomorrow. Ingram Micro Asia completed its takeover ofERL in February this year.
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        Lock icon Hour Glass names new CFO
        35 7 THE Hour Glass said yesterday that Lawrence Yeo Kia Yeow has been appointed chief financial officer from Sept 20. Former CFODy Francisco in J resigned with effect from Sept 24.
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        Lock icon CSA ups stake to CSAM
        50 7 CSA Holdings said that it has acquired 8,000 shares in Computer Systems Advisers (M) Bhd (CSAM) at an average price of RM6.14 in the open market through the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. CSA now holds 50.81 per cent or 20 .27 million shares in CSAM.
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        Lock icon Hersing gets nod for listing bonus shares
        65 7 HERSING Corporation said the Stock Ryphnngß of Singapore has approved in-prlnclple the listing and quotation 0f57.74 million bonus shares. Every two existing shares held by Hersing shareholders entitles them to one bonus share. A circular containing more details on the bonus shares and
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      Lock icon Form to become high-tech service provider
      292 7  -  Irisca sees opportunities in its 3 businesses By Andrea Tan IRISCA Investments said yesterday it would "revive and expand" the business of troubled music company Form Holdings and position it as a high-technology service provider. Former stockbroker and investment banker George Thia's investment vehicle,
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      Lock icon SingNet would go for SembCorp's PacNet stake if there's an open bid
      530 7  -  It conld then end np with 80% of S'pore Internet market, bat TAS approval needed Reports by 1 Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecom's Internet service access subsidiary, Sing Net, will bid for SembCorp Industries' 42.4 per cent stake
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      Lock icon SingNet interim profit rise to top 50%
      372 7 SINGNET yesterday said its profits for the six months ending Sept 30 will jump by more than 50 per cent from the same period last year despite the toll-free services and the free personal computers it has been giving to attract subscribers. This
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Trade turns listless on heels of Wall St's volatile session
      537 6  -  -i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy A VOLATILE session on Wall Street on Tuesday unnerved investors here yesterday and because this was then followed by uncertainty in Japan and Hongkong, it meant a return to the lethargic trading of the past
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      Lock icon Banking on Deutsche Bank's covered call on DBS
      208 6  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy WITH the market in bad shape, liquidity has disappeared and many stocks are off their highs. Yet one can't help but be reminded of September 1998 when conditions were similarly bleak. But it turned out to be
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      Lock icon Keppel likely to continue downtrend
      275 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Wong Wei Kong KEPPEL Corp shares fell below the psychological level of $5 yesterday to end at $4.88, down 17 cents or 3.4 per cent, from its previous close. The stock opened at the high of $5.05 for the day and fell
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      Lock icon Diary of events
      103 6 Tuesday, Sept 28 Last day for listed companies to release their 1999 interim results ■mi* T Company meetings: Beijuntai Tin Dredging Bhd, Computer Forms Bhd, Pengkalen Holdings Bhd, MCB Holdings Bhd, Perdana Industri Holdings Bhd Thiiisai' Baatfrefci 3pm. Bank of Thailand reports monthly trade, investment and money
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      Lock icon US$ loses steam against Asian units except yen
      458 6  -  I t comment CURRENCIES S$ finds buyers again above 551.7150 per US$; greenback's rise thwarted by sizeable corporate, interbank sellers larry wee YEN bulls had it difficult again yesterday, but the US dollar looked much less robust against other currencies in Asian
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      381 6 StOCkS Unhw HHiW Faatech US 10c 20 702 000 'Owning M 12,342,000 SingTal15c 7,908,000 Gokfcn AgriUSlOc 7.415,000 TanChonglntSOc 7,143,000 A«a Fcod&Prop US$ 7,098.000 TtongWoon 10c 6,662,000 Hotung Inv IYT5 4,306,000 IPCCocpnSc 4,297,000 SIA 4,232,000 Stocks SIA 68,582,910 SingT«M5c 24,011,680 P*«cC«Hufy 15,972,000 DBS Qrp 15.560.886 OUB 15,031,236 NatEtoclOe *****,312 TanChongkntSOc 10,691,490
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      10 6 targe Ingoldprice adds to global interest rate jitters, Pg 20
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      168 7 WINEMAKER'S DINNER presented by Corndale Consultants Pte Ltd, Mahler-Besse, Chateau Palmer and The Grand Hyatt Singapore on 6th October 1999 at 7.30 pm The Grand Hyatt Singapore Hibiscus Room, Level 3 That evening, witness the unveiling of Transtherm Asia Pacific's luxury wine cellar designed by the renowned woods craftsman from
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      411 7 Workshop on Treasury Risks and Controls About the workshop This workshop will focus on the risks involved in the use of treasury products and the controls that can be used to manage and control these risks. Case studies will be used to reinforce participants' understanding of the concepts taught. Key
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  • CORPORATE results
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      Lock icon Hong Fok squeaks back into black at half-time
      330 8  -  But property group expects to incnr full-year net loss, although smaller than last year's By\ Carol Eng PROPERTY firm Hong Fok slipped back into the black during its first half year, but still expects a small loss for the full year. For
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      Lock icon Wong's Circuits interim down 24%
      209 8  -  By* Jennifer Lien HONGKONG-BASED printed circuit board maker Wong's Circuits yesterday said its first-half net profit fell 23.8 per cent to $11.2 million as price erosion and lower sales volumes took their toll. This compares with flat interim earnings a year ago to $14.6 million.
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      Lock icon SM Summit interim profit up 32% to $2.7m
      247 8 CD-ROM maker SM Summit Holdings yesterday posted a 32 per cent rise in interim net profit to $2.7 million as business conditions improved. This compares with its interim net profit slump of 55 per cent last year, triggered by the Asian crisis.
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    • AT A GLANCE
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        Lock icon Ho Wah Genting trims interim loss
        83 8 HO Wah Genting International has narrowed its net loss for the half year to June to $2.06 million from $2.49 million a year ago, due mainly to the closure of its light bulbs manufacturing business in Malaysia. Group turnover declined 37 per cent to
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        Lock icon GRP slips deeper into the red
        143 8 GRP Ltd's net loss for the financial year ended June has widened to $2.87 million from $2.76 million as group turnover declined by 19 per cent to $23.3 million. GRP said its marine and hoses business was affected by delays in projects in the
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        Lock icon RMCA Re reports $9m profit
        70 8 RMCA Reinsurance has swung into the black with a net profit of $9.14 million for the year ended June against a net loss of $1.44 million a year ago. Revenue came to $11.5 million comprising mainly writebacks of provisions of $8.3 million for disputed claims
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        Lock icon ATD interim loss halved to $2.9m
        141 8 ALLIANCE Technology and Development has halved its half-time net loss to $2.9 million from $5.8 million previously. An extraordinary profit of $6.9 million from the divestment of certain subsidiaries, however, boosted its bottomline gain to $3.8 million compared to a loss of $5.8 million
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        Lock icon Asiamedic's H1 losses rise to £454,000
        101 8 ASIAMEDIC'S losses increased to $454,000 for the first half of the year from $341,000 in the previous corresponding period despite a 27 per cent jump in turnover to $4.5 million. Directors expect the second half to be better than the first half. However, the
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Don't call Beijing
        80 9 DO NOT panic if you can't get through to Beijing on your mobile phone tomorrow. China celebrates the 50th anniversary of Communist rule tomorrow with an unprecedented show of military might, as is to be expected considering the recent tension over Taiwan The authorities are taking every
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        Lock icon Have business, will compute
        164 9 A GOOD proof that the Cold War is really over comes from the American computer industry. In a recent count, 60 per cent of the world's largest supercomputers sold last year were bought by businesses, including companies like Aetna and Montgomery Ward. Why? Because businesses in
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        Lock icon Milk this contest
        52 9 TO mark the opening of its Funan Centre computer store, Gateway Singapore has organised a car giveaway contest with a bovine twist. Guess the correct number of small plastic cows stuffed into a Nissan March and drive away in a brand new car. Now that's something to
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        Lock icon What can a girl say?
        135 9 WE have heard of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"—the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's answer to reforming the old Communist economy. But what about Thatcheresque with Chinese characteristics? In her speech to the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Hongkong yesterday, Chief Secretary Anson Chan recalled how she
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      Lock icon A foretaste of the millennium bug
      730 9  -  comment TECHNOLOGY While doomsayers may be right, the problem's more likely to be a nuisance than seriously life-threatening kenneth james The writer is BT's Technology Editor THE first rude surprise came last Wednesday evening. Working from home via a dial-up link to the office
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      Lock icon New price structure for air tickets
      403 9  -  Agents moving towards fee-based schemes for corporate clients By\ Marissa Chew COME Friday, companies will know exactly how much their air tickets cost and how much their travel agents are charging them as the agencies move towards a new price structure. The National Association
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      Lock icon Gateway opens first retail store here
      320 9  -  By. Andrew Wee [SINGAPORE] US-based Gateway 2000 Inc yesterday opened its first retail store in Singapore. The company, ranked No 1 in US consumer desktop PC sales by Dataquest, sells computers primarily through phone sales and via the Internet. "We started the retail stores
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Hong Leong bags Buckley Rd site
      406 10  -  I exclusive It pays $40.6 m for 45,366 sq ft plot; breakeven cost will be $1,000-1,100 psf By\ Kalpana Rashiwala FRESH from bagging the Buckley Mansion site earlier this month for $43 million, the Hong Leong group has snapped up a 45,365 sq ft
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      Lock icon MCL's Devonshire site bid: some queries
      234 10  -  Maw-nan Dave Simpson Singapore I REFER to your report, "MCL bags Devonshire site with aggressive $92m bid" (BT, Sept 24). Wasn't it only a few short weeks ago that MCL's managing director Lim Ee Seng and his senior colleague from parent Cycle Carriage, Philip
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      Lock icon Predictions for millennium too shallow
      397 10  -  Y Woozeer Singapore VIKRAM Khanna's three predictions for the millennium (Gazing into the crystal ball, BT, Sept 23) are neither right nor intelligently wrong. They are too shallow. In my view, China's devaluation of the yuan will be a nonevent. China will prefer to keep
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      Lock icon Retail trade still firm: J P Morgan
      302 10  -  on the economy By Eugene Low DESPITE a small dip in retail sales in July compared to June, US investment bank J P Morgan sees consumer confidence in Singapore picking up steadily this year, albeit at a moderated rate. In seasonally-adjusted terms, retail
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      Lock icon Chng Gim Huat gets 4 months' jail, to pay $ 1.06m penally
      507 10 Chng Gim Huat gets 4 months' jail, to pay 1.06m penally The Straits Times PROPERTY tycoon Chng Gim Huat was sentenced yesterday to four months' jail and ordered to pay a penalty of $1.06 million for tax evasion. The penalty is three times the amount of tax he owed the
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      Lock icon Asean trade not recovering as fast as expected
      1098 11  -  Group fights back to defend free trade plan with zero tariffs push pu exclusive By' Yang Razali Kassim THE push to free up trade and investment in Asean has taken on new urgency following disclosure that trade among Asean countries has not
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      Lock icon Two views of office property sector
      581 11  -  Segment bottoming, says Colliers; JLL sees rental pressure By\ Marissa Chew THE office property sector is bottoming, with Colliers Jardine forecasting a rise of 10-15 per cent in capital values over the next 12 months and expecting the large supply coming on the market
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      Lock icon Local IT-based start-ups get chance to win $30,000 prize
      381 11  -  By. Andrew Wee A COMPETITION aimed at encouraging local IT-based start-ups took off yesterday, with the top prize a cool $30,000. Called Start-Up@Singa-pore, the competition is modelled after the MIT 50k entrepreneurship competition in the US, organised by the Massachusetts Institute
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      1008 10 -w—v t" fcja a -w- t Registered Office: De Amsterdamse Poort ING Mm) BARINGS 0 BALANCE SHEET OF ING BANK AS AT 31 DECEMBER CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT OF ING BEFORE PROPOSED PROFIT APPROPRIATION BANK FOR THE YEARS ENDED 31 DECEMBER Consolidated 1990 1997 1998 1997 (in millions of
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      240 11 30th September. 1999 Deutsche Bank AG acting through its London branch NOTICE TO WARRANTHOLDERS TO: ALL HOLDERS OF EUROPEAN STYLE CALL WARRANTS RELATING TO THE BASKET OF SINGAPORE BANK STOCKS ISSUED BY DEUTSCHE BANK AG. ACTING THROUGH ITS LONDON BRANCH, ON 3RD MARCH, 1999. Notice is hereby given by Deutsche
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      231 11 30th September. 1999 Deutsche Bank AG acting through its London branch NOTICE TO WARRANTHOLDERS TO: ALL HOLDERS OF EUROPEAN STYLE CALL WARRANTS RELATING TO THE 'LOCAL' DESIGNATED SHARES Of OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED ISSUED BY DEUTSCHE BANK AG, ACTING THROUGH ITS LONDON BRANCH, ON 6TH APRIL. 1999 AND 15TH APRIL.
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Indonesia must look truth in the eye
      709 12  -  bottom line OPINION shoeb kagda The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent INDONESIA should welcome the UN Human Rights Commission's inquiry into alleged atrocities in East Timor. It is the next logical step after having invited a UN peacekeeping force to restore law and
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      139 12 'Sooner or later, investors are going to discover that the world isn't always going to step in to stop a default And if they understand it sooner, it might prevent a bigger crisis.' US aeafcr administration official on why the the International Monetary Fund would not always
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      Lock icon Managing market perceptions
      611 12 EDITORIAL ONE corporate highlight, last week was the announcement that Swissair had placed out its eight million Singapore Airlines shares at $1725 a share through US broker Salomon Smith Barney. Nothing odd about this since the market price at the time was $18 and it's customary to
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      Lock icon No hard-and-fast rules for the markets
      789 12 Often perceptions matter more than reality in ever-changing cycles Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Have you ever considered: Why a strong yen nailed Japan's Nikkei 225 index last week when a weak dollar had the exact same effect on US stocks? Why expectations of higher UK
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      1084 12 Mfcw agaacy lacks taatfc SOMETHING needs to be done about the people making huge profits from illegal activities and then moving it through the system so it is difficult to trace. A state agency has been set up to take action, but it presently lacks the
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  • MALAYSIA people
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      Lock icon Country-style pioneer — Lee Kim Yew
      970 13  - Country-style pioneer Lee Kim Yew The tycoon behind Country Heights builds homes to meet people's desires Reports by Ruth Wong [KUALA LUMPUR] Despite his youth, there is no doubt that Lee Kim Yew is one of Malaysia's most recognisable property barons. But the 44-year old Mr Lee, who is often
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      Lock icon Big role for investment property
      1016 13 Country Heights' RM6BOm purchase of the 'Five Wonders' for investment has not gone down well with some analysts MALAYSIA'S Country Heights Holdings Bhd is no stranger in the development of exclusive properties. The group's pioneer project in the southern outskirts of Kuala Lumpur bears testament
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      Lock icon Nusa Pasifik plans to seek listing in two years
      591 13 Proposed tie-np expected to be completed in Nov NUSA Pasifik Sdn Bhd, the private entity to be formed through the proposed union between Country Heights Holdings Bhd and prominent tycoon Ananda Krishnan, plans to seek a listing in two year's time.
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Renong runs up full-year losses of RM1.4b
      433 14  -  Figure is almost doable last year's despite optimistic expectations From] Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur DEBT-RIDDEN infrastructure conglomerate Renong Berhad yesterday reported full-year losses of 1.41 billion Malaysian ringgit (*****.9 million), despite predictions three months ago that it would see an improvement
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      Lock icon Arab-Malaysian group gives up anchor bank hope
      348 14  -  It signs MOU with Affiii Hldgs under forced merger plan From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur AZMAN Hashim's Arab-Ma-laysian group has given up hope of securing another anchor bank slot under Malaysia's forced bank merger regime. Late last night, Affin Holdings, the parent
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Jaya Tiasa up 6%
        50 14 STOCKS of East Malaysian timber group Jaya Tiasa outperformed the market with a 6 per cent gain yesterday. Dealers said some fund managers were accumulating the stock ahead of its final dividend of 2 sen per share to be paid soon. It closed up 40 sen.
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        100 14  -  Compiled by Diana Oon Abdullah BUYERS took a shine to banking stocks yesterday on news of the signing of memoranda of understanding between merging banks. The KLSE Finance Index finished higher by almost 28 points to 5,273.76. The Arab Malaysian Banking group, however, was among the
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        110 14 A REVIVAL of rumours that diversified construction group Intria Bhd will be undergoing a capital reduction exercise as part of its debt restructuring hit the company's stock yesterday. Intria saw 10.12 million shares changing hands, or more than 7 per cent of the market's total
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        76 14 MOTOR counters Oriental Holdings and Tan Chong saw another favourable day as the easing of the Japanese yen and the prospect of improved bottom lines from growing big-ticket consumer spending nudged sentiment for these stocks upwards. Tan Chong, which has been edging upwards this
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      530 14 KUALA LUMPUR Dr M also reiterates GDP can grow by 5% or more in 2000 Reuters, AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday he is in no hurry to call general elections and wants to wait until the sex trial of his former
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      777 14  -  DVTO THE FUTURE By: Eddie Toh [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia wm keep the record of having the tallest buildings in the world by the turn of the next millennium. Other taller buildings being drawn up in Chicago, Melbourne and Shanghai will not be built in time
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      Lock icon Habibie pressured to step down or withdraw from presidential race
      679 15  -  Golkar's head says decision to nominate Habibie is an internal party issue From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta PRESSURE is mounting for Indonesian President B J Habibie to either step down now or officially withdraw his candidacy from the presidential elections
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      438 15 BANGKOK Reuters KEY economic data due to be published today will show Thai industrial production is continuing to grow rapidly, macro-economic analysts say. Manufacturing output and imports for August are both expected to confirm Thailand's gradual recovery over the past several
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      262 15 BANGKOK Profit taking on greenback, officials' remarks drive it np Bridge News, Dow Jones THE Thai baht ended slightly stronger yesterday as investors took advantage of contradictory remarks by senior government officials on the baht policy by taking profits on the greenback, traders said. At
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      Lock icon BOT expands no-media zone
      77 15 Reuters [BANGKOK] The Bank of Thailand (BOT) yesterday expanded a so-caUed "restricted zone" at its main office in Bangkok, barring reporters from door stepping its officials for comments on the currently volatile baht. The zone, first set up a few months ago when some media reports
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      Lock icon Govt, Thai Farmers Bank sign pact to fix finance unit
      294 15 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAI Farmers Bank Pel, the country's third largest bank, said it signed an agreement with the government to fix its ailing finance subsidiary, Phatra Finance Pel, paving the way for the bank's delayed share sale. The agreement requires
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      518 15  -  It may pay 35b rnpiah for Ciptadana Seknritas From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta ONE of Indonesia's largest stockbroking firms, Lippo Securities, is in talks to buy a controlling interest in local brokerage firm Ciptadana Sekuritas as part of the group's plans to
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      Lock icon MCI WorldCom to bid for full telecom licence
      627 17  -  BE TELECOM WARS It plans to offer international gateway facilities From'. Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong DOMINANT telephone company Cable Wireless HKT will likely see tough competition ahead if MCI World Com succeeds in its bid to become a full-service telecommunications provider in
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      63 17 [BEIJING] China's national emblem, hanging on the top of the Great Hall of the People, is engulfed by red flags erected in Tiananmen Square yesterday to celebrate its national day. The 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China will be celebrated tomorrow. More than
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      323 17  -  Preferential treatment given to Korean creditors, they claim From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong FOREIGN banks led by HSBC Holdings, Bank of Tokyo-Mit-subishi and Chase Manhattan Bank have hit out at the Korean authorities for not living up to their promises and for
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      284 17  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HSBC Holdings said it will continue to work with its takeover targets Republic New York Corporation and Safra Republic towards closing the proposed merger with Republic and its tender offer for Safra Republic. The bank said this
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      375 17 HONGKONG NTT Com Asia to apply for licence for IDD facilities Bloomberg CCT Telecom Holdings said it joined with NTT Communications, the international arm of Japan's No 1 phone company, to seek a licence to operate facilities for international direct dialling in Hongkong. It's
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      Lock icon Little done to prevent large-scale fraud in India: press
      493 18 NEW DELHI They also question length of time it took to bring' Big Bull' Meht&tobook AFP LITTLE has changed to prevent future large-scale fraud in India, despite the conviction of the mastermind behind the country's biggest stock market scam, the Indian
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      382 18 BOMBAY Technical factors cited; bearish trend seen unless central bank steps in Reuters THE Indian rupee feU to a 13month low yesterday, and although the fall was attributed to technical factors it could trigger a bearish trend unless the central bank steps in
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      150 18 NEW DELHI Reuters A NEW exit poll published on Tuesday suggested that the coalition led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stood on the verge of victory after the penultimate round of India's five-phase election. New Delhi Television said the
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      Lock icon Japan's industrial output up 4.6% – biggest rise in 42 years
      534 19 Japan's industrial output up 4.6% biggest rise in 42 years TOKYO Bat manufacturers see stronger yen crimping exports, slowing production Bloomberg JAPANESE industrial output rose 4.6 per cent in August, the biggest monthly increase in 42 years, led by Toyota Motor Corp and other automakers, amid demand for their new
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      495 19 WASHINGTON Former treasury chief sees US inflation staying low Reuters FORMER US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said on Tuesday that his successor, Lawrence Summers, was committed to a strong doUar, dismissing any talk in financial markets of a
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      438 19 SYDNEY Bloomberg TELECOMMUNICATIONS companies in the Asia-Pacific region are facing increasing competition as a result of on-go-ing global industry deregulation and the future for these companies creates a negative outlook for industry ratings, Moody's Investors Service said in its latest report. Moody's offers ratings
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      479 19 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] AAPT Ltd chief executive Larry Williams said Telecom Corp of New Zealand's bid to secure a 40 per cent to 50 per cent stake in Australia's No 3 telecommunications carrier will likely succeed if the offer is
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      364 19 IMF/WORLD BANE MHimJIO By not devaluing yuan, it helped region recover AFP [WASHINGTON] China made a tremendous sacrifice in not devaluing the yuan and thus helped the rest of Asia recover from the financial crisis, Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng said here
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      243 19 m WASHINGTON Bloomberg, Bridge News THE Japanese yen's strength could undercut economic recovery in the rest of Asia, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official warned. "While the strengthening of the yen has, of course, been beneficial to the other Asian countries in terms of
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      402 20 WASHINGTON But economists say the strong gain won't affect interest rate decision on Oct 5 Reuters STRONG demand for new cars and aircraft drove orders for costly durable goods higher for a fourth month in a row in August, the Commerce Department
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      322 20 BT PEOPLE Reuters (SHANGHAI] Cable News Network founder Ted Turner, one of the world's richest men, yesterday said his heart was "a little bit broken" when he gave up being a CEO to become the second in command at Time Warner Inc in
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      Lock icon Surge in gold price adds to global interest rate jitters
      297 20 LONDON Reuters GOLD'S three-day sprint to two-year highs this week is fraying nerves in markets already jittery that inflation may force more interest rate rises. At the morning fixing session in London yesterday, the spot bullion price was set at
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      349 20  -  Trade officials expect business lobby to prevail From Leon Hadar in Washington DESPITE the failure of American and Chinese negotiators to reach an agreement on Chinese accession into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) when they met in Washington on
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      Lock icon Bank of Scotland beats forecasts with 12% rise in interim profit
      614 21 LONDON Reuters BANK of Scotland, which last week launched a daring bid for larger rival National Westminster Bank Pic, flaunted its profitability yesterday with a 12 per cent rise in first half profit. Pre-tax profit for the six months
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        Lock icon Gates gives away 218m M'soft shares
        94 21 Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp chairman and co-founder Bill Gates sold or gave to charity more than 214 JS million Microsoft shares this year, reducing his stake in the world's largest software company by 4.5 per cent, according to company filings with the Security
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        Lock icon US watchdog wants more info:Alcan
        62 21 Bloomberg [MONTREAL] Alcan Aluminum Ltd, the world's No 2 aluminium producer, said US antitrust enforcers requested more information about its proposed C 517.12 billion (Ss2o billion) purchase of Pechiney SA and Algroup's aluminium and packaging divisions. Alcan, which disclosed the transaction last month, said it
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        87 21 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Metropolitan Life Insurance Co said its board approved plans to convert the second-largest US *Vfe insurer to a publicly traded company, a move that will help it make acquisitions and raise money. New York-based Met Life, currently a mutual company owned by
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        67 21 Bloomberg [DETROIT] General Motors Corp, the world's largest automaker, formed a retail subsidiary that could own as much as 10 per cent of its dealerships within a decade as the company seeks to reduce distribution costs. GM named Darwin E Clark, 60, formerly vice-president and
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      Lock icon Paul Allen unveils US$3b IPO plans for Charter Communications
      394 21 WASHINGTON 170 m shares to be sold for US$l7-$l9 each; proceeds to be nsed for acquisitions Reuters MEDIA mogul Paul Allen unveiled his plans to sell stock in his cable operation, Charter Communications Inc, that could reap almost US$3 billion (Sss.l
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      Lock icon NYSE spurns SEC request to change rule
      763 21 WASHINGTON Grassoalso disagrees with Levitt on broker-policing unit Bloomberg NEW York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso rejected Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Arthur Levitt's request to change an NYSE rule that prevents many of the Big Board's largest stocks from being traded
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      Lock icon Long-Term Capital's rescuers take back another US$800m
      424 21 GREENWICH, Connecticut They have recovered nearly 75% of their USs3.6b bailout Bloomberg LONG-TERM Capital Management LP's rescuers said they Eire taking back another US$BOO million (Ssl.4 billion) from the hedge fund, bringing the amount they have recovered to almost 75 per cent of
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      Lock icon Intel to spend US$1b on Web site business
      342 21 SANTA CLARA Bloomberg INTEL Corp said it expects to spend more than US$l billion (SJI.7 billion) to develop its business of helping companies run Web sites, as the top computer chipmaker seeks to profit from a boom in Internet services. The company
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      Lock icon Trading subdued in line with cash market
      259 22  -  stiMijg Reports^ MSffl Tnitor Daphne Toy Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market had a lacklustre session yesterday, following a weak overnight. close on Wall Street and in the absence of strong leads and market-mov-ing news on the local front. The Straits Times Index
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      207 22  -  MSCI Taiwan htm Cecilia Woo Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures recovered tremendously yesterday after the disastrous earthquake with a gain of 9.6 points and 8.8 points in the September and October contracts respectively. The Taiwan Weighted Price Index saw an increase
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      233 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil's eight-month raUy hit yet another high yesterday as dealers cited news that US petroleum inventories had dropped to near-three-year lows as proof Opec supply curbs were biting deep ahead of winter. Benchmark Brent crude blend touched U5524.30
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      313 22 Reuters London THE euro was buoyant in European trading yesterday as perception that inflationary pressures were rising led to expectations of higher European interest rates and wobbly US asset markets. A tamer yen since the weekend meeting of the Group of Seven, at which the world's financial superpowers
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      Lock icon Lingering rate hike fears pull down Hang Seng
      2296 23 HOHOEONO AFP P Hang Sen* -1(104 HONGKONG share prices dropped 0.1 per cent yesterday on lingering worries over the outlook for US interest rates, dealers said. "The market is following overnight declines on Wall Street. People are worried about a US interest
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      555 23 TAIPEI AFP, Bloomberg H VP Inter *37J0 TAIWAN share prices rebounded 0.5 per cent yesterday on buying of technology and plastics counters after a 5 per cent drop in the past two sessions in the aftermath of last week's earthquake, dealers said. The rebound surprised many analysts.
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      909 23 Reuters, AFP -Pit SHENZHEN'S B shares ended yesterday with minor losses, led by steady declines in domestic currency A shares clouded by rapid market expansion. The B Share Index fell 0.19 point, or 0.22 per cent, to 86.99 on turnover of HK$l2 million, roughly equal to Tuesday's level. The
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      1909 23 TOKYO AFP QffikMUG -43.4 SHARE prices in Tokyo fell 0.3 per cent yesterday, pressured by profit-taking and a drop on Wall Street, brokers said. The key Nikkei Average of 225 selected issues lost 43.4 points to close at 17,282.28. "Investors took profits after yesterday's gains," said
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      Lock icon Stocks edge up on light bargain-hunting
      255 24 AFP QOnpootebin ♦437 MALAYSIAN share prices closed 0.6 per cent higher yesterday on bargain-hunting, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 4.37 points to 683.51. The Second Board Index was up 0.44 point at 154.25. An institutional dealer at a local
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      840 25 AFP F1 SET Index THAI share prices closed 1.5 per cent higher yesterday as foreign investors returned to buy blue chip stocks seen as oversold in recent sessions, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index gained 5.84 points to 391.07, off a high 0f393.63 and a low
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      278 25 AFP Hi* *MJB THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 10.98 points to close at 2,061.41 yesterday. Volume fell to 6.5 billion shares worth 3 billion pesos from 8.7 billion shares worth 3 billion pesos on Tuesday.— AFP WM row) Abacus Construction 2.02 -0.04 4 ABortii Equity 2 28
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      302 25 AFP Q Composite Index -3L85 THE Korea Stock Exchange Index closed down 31.85 points at 868.88. Volume was 249.5 million shares worth 3.2 trillion won. AFP S4#n Anam Sami 1S600 -2050 Brain Taeh 1940 10 Central Bank 2810 -30 ChaMComm ***** 2800 OMCulMi 4440 tOO DMiang Corp 5420 -430
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      565 25 AFP DAH Ordinaries -M AUSTRALIAN stocks closed down 0.9 per cent yesterday as weaker bonds dragged down banking stocks, brokers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's benchmark All Ordinaries Index finished down 22.8 points at 2,897.8. The All Industrials Index gave up 43.8 points to 4,964.2 while the All Resources
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      738 25 AFP Composite Index -2.75 INDONESIAN share prices fell 0.5 per cent yesterday on profit-taking mainly in large cap stocks and amid weakness in most regional markets, dealers said. A dealer at a local brokerage said there were no factors to move the market. "People basically sold shares which made
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      274 25 AFP Wellington -MU7 NEW Zealand stocks yesterday took a spell from its September slide, closing with what one broker wryly called "refreshing flatness". The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended up just 0.67 of a point at 2,015.71 on turnover of NZ5116.6 million. The index has fallen from 2,153 at the
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      526 27  -  DANCE Ancient epic, Ramayana, gets a modern flavour in Realising Rama Byy Chua Soo Pong IWITH the courage of a determined army and the wilfulness of a purposeful traveller, the Asean Committee of CulI ture and Information (Coci) produced a strikingly coloured,
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      1668 28  -  Pamelia Lee sells Singapore for a living, and builds houses on the side. She lets jaims bb in on her secret JAIME EE WHEN people get bored, they usually turn to a hobby. Some take up golf, others cooking lessons. Slightly more creative types might try pottery, or
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      769 30  -  The look and feel of the Eastern Mediterranean have been lovingly reconstructed at Duchess Crest columns walks you through the cosy promenades CORINNE KERK Expatriate families. Kids. Laughter. Even on a sunny weekday afternoon, these are scenes you can't miss at Duchess Crest condominium. For
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      960 31  -  Common areas deserve proper management just like your home in order for owners to maximise returns, says bsako rem jam MANO RENJAN The writer is director and head of property management at Jones Lang LaSalk POR most of us, the purchase and ownership of our
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      1113 32  -  Boat Quay may be bustling, but the 'other side' of tiie Singapore River has yet to really get kicking. Will the new Clarke Quay MRT station change that? a*o wam may has the details ANG WAN MAY THE Clarke Quay area, although popular in its own
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      663 33  -  I In Kuala Lumpur, Singaporeans can pamper their tummies on the cheap, promises eddib toh EDDIE TOH Eddie Toh (eddie_toh@sph.comsg) is BT's KL correspondent and a part-time travel guide to many Singaporean friends visiting the Malaysian capital over the last four years.
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      726 34  -  Volkswagen plans to add more models to its VW Golf platform, says Christopher taw who recently visited the carmaker's Wolfsburg HQ -i special CHRISTOPHER TAN EUROPE'S largest carmaker Volkswagen AG, well-known for its strategy of making different products from common parts, is expected
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      559 34 Industry polls show brand loyalty in Europe's main car markets sliding exec CONTRARY to popular belief, the Volkswagen Group's quick-paced acquisition trail half a dozen car companies in the past five years is not a quest for world domination. Rather, it is part
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      151 34 Volkswagen's Wolfsburg plant Area of factory grounds: 7.Bmillion sg metres Total number of workers: 50,000 out of a 300,000 worldwide force, more than one-third of whom are foreign workers, mainly from Italy, on flexi-schemes Road network on site: 70 km Rail network: 70 km, 23-track,
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      288 35 Bridge News, Reuters ASIAN Panamax rates have firmed, but it remained unclear how long this could be sustained, brokers said. Rates remained strong for panamaxes from northwest Europe, but weakened from the US Gulf. Atlantic capesize and handy rates remained healthy. Futures opened with a firmer tone and
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      486 35  -  WORLD MARITIME DAT S'pore vessels with poor safety records will have to bear the consequences, MP A warns By: Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The issue of quality shipping is an international concern, not just a European one, and Singapore has an important
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      487 35  -  Panel of experts also nrges development of IT, communications capabilities By. Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Present a common and seamless interface to logistics services providers to attract them to Singapore and develop it into a global logistics hub, an international panel
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      355 35  -  From, David Hughes in London BRITAIN'S Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) announced plans yesterday to sail into the German cruise market in a joint venture with privately owned leisure company Arkona Touristik. It has embarked on a phased takeover of the
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        744 36 More ports of call and discounts are dangled as bait to attract more people to take up cruises after recent bad publicity NYT DURING an autumn and winter cruise season, discounts abound, more ships will sail from more ports than ever and there will be
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        418 47 Travel to and from China to grow at 9.5%, more than any other country: lata Bridge News [VANCOUVER] International airline passenger growth will average 5.02 per cent over the next five years, down from last year's forecast of 5.5 per cent, according
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        135 47 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's transport minister yest«"*day urged the national flag carrier to reach more code-sharing agreements to help promote the new international airport as a mayor hub. Ling Liong Sik said code-sharing would add destinations for Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and encourage airlines
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        523 47 Reuters [LONDON] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said it was likely one day to merge with its alliance partner Alitalia, but analysts believe the two flag carriers will have to find their way around treaties governing international air services first. In
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          74 47 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] British Airways pic and Qantas Airways Ltd said they will combine their commercial operations in Hongkong from April next year. The arrangement will bring together most of the commercial aspects of the two airlines—such as telephone sales, ticketing and marketing—under a single
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          81 47 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korean Air, South Korea's flag carrier, said it will raise domestic fares by an average of 19.6 per cent starting next month because of chronic losses on its Korean routes and rising ftiel costs. Korean Air has never made a profit on
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          71 47 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Air Maldives Ltd has entered into a lease agreement for three A3lO-330 aircraft from Airbus Industrie for delivery starting in October. Air Maldives said the acquisition will expand its capacity by 300 per cent. After the signing ceremony, Air Maldives managing
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        89 47 [LONDON] A Virgin balloon flies near the still horizontal Millennium Wheel in London. Virgin president Richard Branson is criticising archrival British Airways (BA) by flying the balloon near the giant ferris wheel, sponsored by BA, taunting the airline with a "British Airways Can't Get It Up." The
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        424 47 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Ansett Holdings Ltd, Australia's No 2 airline, will ground all its aircraft for 13 hours on New Year's Eve because there are not enough travellers who want to fly during the millennium roll-over. The airline, jointly owned by Air New Zealand
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        250 47 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Airlines belonging to the Star Alliance grouping will, in future, cooperate in the buying of aviation insurance cover, Ralf Oelssner, Lufthansa's director of corporate insurance, said. "Talks are going on at the moment," he said on Tuesday. The first joint appearance
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        478 48  -  Players also need IT, integrated services, good staff to snrvive: Emery director By] Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Consolidation of smaller players in the logistics industry is being driven by the growing demands from manufacturers to outsource all logistics functions, according to a senior executive at
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        143 48 Bloomberg [MEMPHIS, Tennessee] FDX Corp's Federal Express, the world's largest overnight-de-livery company, opened its new European hub in Paris as it expands services in the region. FedEx, which closed much of its then-unprofitable European business in 1992, opened the US$2OO miUion (5J342.3 million) hub
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        415 48  -  Its Cats Eye transmits real-time delivery information transmission and boosts couriers' productivity By* Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Leading air express company DHL has become the first in Singapore to equip its couriers with handheld wireless scanners that not only transmit real-time delivery information to customers but
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