The Business Times, 18 February 2000

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 035/12/1999 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2000
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    73 1 FOBEX RATES USS St ISt 1.716 £|VSt/SJ per£) 1J07 173B «J87 |J» DM IJ9 UN YEN 1191 1J47 KM. im 1449 HKS 7.781 Ull BAHT S7» INi RUPIAH 7.400 6.023 •StlgWOwrttt nm bates SINGAPORE* &.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.87 JAKARTA MM BAMHDK m MANILA 11.09 HONGKONG &M TAIPEI 7.84 SYDNEY
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    Lock icon Effective's Clob offer clears another hurdle
    826 1  -  SGX receives fazed ELSE letters confirming validity of Khan's deal: sources By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange is said to have finally obtained written confirmation from the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) and the Malaysian Central Depository (MCD) that the offer to resolve
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    Lock icon US rates may have to rise a lot, warns Greenspan
    620 1 Cooling domestic demand is more pressing now Reuters, Bloomberg, AFP [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday that US interest rates may have to rise substantially to prevent the booming US economy from overheating. In key testimony to US
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    Lock icon Rumours take HKT shares for another ride
    931 1  -  Denials all round, bat all parties' shares end higher From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong CABLE Wireless HKT shares enjoyed another surging run yesterday on market talk of a confirmed merger deal with Pacific Century CyberWorks as the Hongkong government came forward with
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      113 1 prams Top ttoriit Taiwan's biggest ISP seeking USs3oom in Nasdaq listing. Mmxt Page Keppel Corp reports record $220 m profit. Pg4 Raffles Hldgs, Westin to discuss contract soon. Rg 5 BT Comment Internet stocks: warning signs aplenty but does anybody care? Pg 5 II See the F olex ection TheHourGlassH
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      6 1 K\m TIM' Alternative medicine wins fans
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      22 1 OIL GIANTS slug it out «gsa Executive Money, page 12 Executive Money page 11 Tough road ahead for Sing Tel, EM 11
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        81 2 HERE'S a question for people who want to start a com pony or get married on Feb 29. Would your first ann rversary be March 1 of the following year, or per/laps even Feb 28? Or do you have to wait four years for Feb 29 to roll
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        102 2 CREATIVE Technology is widely considered to be Singapore's first homegrown multinational company, and is a major brand name in the US and elsewhere. In case Singaporean punters didn't realise it, last Saturday's 3-0 trouncing of Manchester United by Newcastle must have brought home the message. For there on
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        Lock icon Dot-com, dot-gone
        43 2 WE'VE all heard that the PE of Internet companies actually stands for Prospective Future Earnings rather than the traditional price to earnings ratio. One wit, however, said PE actually stands for Prospective Funereal Expenses of those caught when the crash comes.
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        Lock icon Beware the January Barometer
        214 2 THE "January effect", it's well known, is that odd stockmarket phenomenon where prices rise at the beginning of the year for no apparent reason. Some believe it's because fund managers, having closed their books in December, have to reopen them in January. Of course, if this
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        Lock icon Prudential-Bache's new telecom men
        60 2 PRUDENTIAL-BACHE Securities has appointed Neil Juggins, who was formerly from Paribas Asia Equity, as head of telecommunications research for South-east Asia in Singapore. Mr Juggins' appointment comes on the heels of Prudential-Bache's appointment of Andy Perkins as head of Asian telecom and completes the research house's
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        Lock icon Record-setting Gus Dur
        119 2 INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid's round-the-world trip in just 16 days has been recognised as a feat for an Indonesian leader and has found a place in Indonesia's Museum of Records (Muri), according to a Be mama report Muri's curator Jaya Suprana was quoted as saying that this
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        Lock icon Making politics safer in Thailand
        180 2 THE Thai authorities held a multi-faith exorcism in Parliament yesterday to drive out evil spirits believed to be responsible for a recent spate of MP deaths. The Buddhist, Brahman (Hindu), Christian and Islamic rites were held one after another at the Parliament building in central
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      Lock icon Taiwan's biggest ISP seeking US$300m in Nasdaq listing
      482 2  -  —BIEHBm S'pore holding company Gigyunedia used as listing vehicle; up to 10 Jm shares to be sold at aroond US$3O By Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] Gigamedia Ltd, the Singapore holding company of Taiwan's biggest Internet service provider (ISP), is expected to raise
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      Lock icon Time dotCom joins forces with PacNet
      503 2 MOU signed to pro vide narrow and broadband Internet services in Malaysia From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN-LISTED Time Engineering has roped in Nasdaq-listed Pacific Internet, which is part of Singapore's SembCorp Industries, as a partner to provide Internet services in Malaysia. Its
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      Lock icon Citigroup in Internet portal venture
      209 2 Portal will enable firms to do business with one another online Reuters [NEW YORK] US financial services giant Citigroup Inc said yesterday that it will create an Internet portal with software maker Commerce One Inc to enable companies to do business with one another online.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon KepCorp reports record $220.3m profit
      554 4  -  It beats analysts' forecasts; turnover breaks $4b level; dividend np 50% Stories by Conrad Raj KEPPEL Corp yesterday posted record net profit of $220.25 million for the year ended December 1999, beating the most optimistic forecast of analysts polled by Barra Global Estimates. It also
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      Lock icon Hunt on for new core business for Keppel Corp, says Chee Onn
      561 4 IN an attempt to turn Keppel Corporation into a growth company from a cyclical one, newly-installed executive chairman Lim Chee Onn plans to inject a core business into the company. Currently, KepCorp is a holding company of listed
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      Lock icon IPC, Goldtron surge in heavy trade on restructuring talk
      401 4  -  MARKET!. .I.WJI-1 By Ven Sreenivasan TRADINGin IPC Corp and Goldtron Ltd exploded on the stock market yesterday on rumours of imminent restructuring. Their combined turnover of more than 200 million shares accounted for a staggering 20 per cent of the one
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      Lock icon Parkway up 13% since start of week
      362 4  -  Return-oriented management cited for stock's rise By R Sivanithy AMIDST all the Internet and tech-related euphoria in the local stock market, healthcare firm Parkway Holdings shares have quietly been gaining ground over the past few weeks, culminating in a 32-cent or 7 per
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      Lock icon CCL jumps 7.4% to $4.04 after Astra bid report
      410 4  -  By Christopher Tan MOTOR stock Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL) cruised to the top risers' list yesterday. It ended 28 cents or 7.4 per cent higher at $4.04 following a BT report of its bid for Astra of Indonesia. CCL rose right
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      Lock icon GES ropes in adviser to spin off businesses
      341 4  -  By Francis Kan LISTED computer manufacturer GES International yesterday said it has appointed CLSA Global Emerging Markets (CLSA) to evaluate the viability of spinning off certain of its businesses, including distribution arm DigiLand International, as part of an ongoing internal restructuring. The
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      Lock icon Raffles Hldgs, Westin to discuss contract soon
      574 5  -  Hotels' management pact expires Dec '01; there's talk Raffles Intl may take over By Kalpana Rashiwala LISTED Raffles Holdings and the Westin hotel chain which manages its two hotels at Raffles City are about to begin discussions on whether to renew the hotels'
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      Lock icon PCB maker Kyosha gets listing nod
      194 5 M&inbo&rd hopeful will hold PCB business of Hongkong nnit PRINTED circuit board maker Kyosha Holdings (Singapore) has received in-principle approval for a ma inboard listing on the Singapore Exchange. Its proposed public offering comprises an issue of new and existing shares representing about 25
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      Lock icon Warning signs aplenty— but does anybody care?
      967 5  - Warning signs aplenty but does anybody care? HocKim'Acmm anthony rowley THE market's love affair kith high-tech and Internet stocks has become like a dazzling fireworks display with shooting stars, fire bursts and rockets brilliantly lighting up the night sky accompanied by childlike cries of delight from investors while the storm
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      Lock icon CAM in deal with Malaysian businessman
      364 5 Move could lead to restructuring exercise LOSS-MAKING contract manufacturer CAM International Holdings yesterday said that it had entered into a Heads of Agreement with a Malaysian businessman which could lead to a restructuring of the group. CAM, whose stock has been suspended since April
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      Lock icon Hifi.com going for vertical, bricks and clicks model
      589 7  -  BTIJJJIIUUM Pore-play dot-com not the way to go, says chief of Creative Technology nnit By Jennifer Lien HIFI.COM, Creative Technology's wholly-owned online home entertainment store, is busy putting together a "vertical, bricks and clicks" business model combining the best of the dotcom
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Ho Wah to place out 3m shares
        87 7 HO WAH Genting International has entered into a placement agreement with Kay Hian Pte Ltd. As placement agent, Kay Hian will procure subscribers for the 3,090,000 placement shares at 45 cents each. The Issue price represents a discount of 10 per cent to
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        Lock icon SMB buys into automation business
        136 7 SMB UNITED said Its wholly-owned subsidiary Bridex Singapore Pte Ltd has acquired a 62.3 per cent interest In KP Automation Inc f0r167,330. The balance of 37.7 per cent interest is held by Keppel Philippines Marine Inc. KPAI was Incorporated in the Philippines with an authorised
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        Lock icon Centrepoint Prop forms two Aussie units
        40 7 CPL (Australia) Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Centrepoint Properties Ltd, has incorporated two wholly-owned subsidiaries named CPL (Surry Hills) Pty and CPL (Cabarita) Pty in Australia, each with a paid-up capital of As 2
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        Lock icon FJ Benjamin sees good second half
        75 7 PJ BENJAMIN Holdings yesterday gave farther details on its recent results announcement. It said results for the first half have been encouraging. Business is expected to continue its upward trend and cost control remains a priority. Although operations in Hongkong are not expected to
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        Lock icon HP offers free MediaRing software
        104 7 HEWLETT-PACKARD Co yesterday said Medlaßlng Talk, an Internet voice communication software, will be available free of charge for HP Pavilion home PCs throughout the Asia-Pacific region. New HP Pavilion customers will have Medlaßlng Talk pre-installed, and existing customers will soon be able to download MediaßingTalk,
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      Lock icon Rotary wins $100m storage facility job on Jurong Island
      406 7  -  Deal with Oiltanking is largest single order in Rotary's 28-year history By Eugene Low ROTARY Engineering has been awarded a $100 million contract to expand Oiltanking Singapore's petroleum and chemical storage facilities at their Seraya site on Jurong Island. Under the
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      Lock icon General offer looms for Avimo at $3.60 a share
      394 7 Controlling shareholder to sell remaining shares to Thomson-CSF A GENERAL offer seems imminent for Avimo Group at $3.60 a share a 27 per cent premium over the stock's closing price yesterday. Group chairman Nicholas Prest, who is also chairman and chief
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      372 4 I I UNCONDITIONAL CASH OFFER BY SHC CAPITAL PTE LTD I fl 1 The Board of Directors of HBM Print Ltd ("the Company") wishes to announce that it has I a today despatched a circular to shareholders dated 17 February 2000 ("the Circular") in fl ■fl relation to the unconditional
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      219 5 GIRARD-PERREGAUX "048" ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 048 chronograph clean, compact lines harmonise with Its lines are clean sophisticated materials. Drawing on the most sophisticated and compact, materials used in state-of-the-art car manufacturing, like those of the GIRARD-PERREGAUX has created a new line of 048 10-cylinder chronographs. Produced in a limited series, they
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Rush for smaller cap stocks lifts volume past $1b mark
      571 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy THERE was panic buying of small and medium cap stocks in the local market yesterday as punters and house traders had a field day, pushing volume past the billion unit and billion dollar mark for the first time
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      Lock icon Time is ticking away for SPH covered warrants
      176 6  -  WARRANT WATCH -to, R Sivanithy THERE'S been a lot of talk of the "old" versus "new" economies in recent weeks. Under the former category, we find "safe" stocks like those in the banking and property sectors, while the latter category mainly relates
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      Lock icon Things looking up for Goldtron
      255 6  -  HOT STOCK -By Wong Wei Kong GOLDTRON Ltd shares came under the spotlight yesterday, with the stock finishing as the second most active counter. The shares closed at 44.5 cents, up 9.5 cents or 27 per cent. The counter opened at 35 cents and traded
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      144 6 AMVESCAPpIc,a substantial shareholder of Neptune Orient Lines, through various mutual ftinds, unit trusts and discretionary accounts managed by Invesco Asia Ltd, Hongkong, has sold shares on the open market for $188,000. Its interest now totals 60,745,438 shares, or a 5.17 per cent stake. FOLLOWING Oceanic Petroleum (Asia) Corporation's
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      Lock icon US$ hits 5-month high of 110.25 yen before retreating
      502 6  -  simisnimi CURRENCIES larry wee UNFAVOURABLE news from an international credit rating agency was seen as one excuse for sending US dollar to a five-month high of 110.25 yen in Asian trading, but caution ahead of a key speech by US Federal
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      424 6 Stocks Wain IPCCorpn5c 111.208,000 Gofc*ron20c 102,505,000 MMI Httgs 10c 70,225,000 Vtckacs Capital 25c 55,204,000 GES ln« LM 20c 35,806,000 l-Comm US5c 28,113,000 Aztech 5c 24,098,000 Uraco HldgslOc 22,709,000 Mentor Media 20,811,000 Ml Tech 10c 20,490,000 Stocks GES lnflUd20c 119,388,320 DBS Gip 91,813,285 Victors CapM2Sc 73,556,750 MMIHHgslOc *****,630 PaaficCentury 80,821,500 SingTel
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      157 6 Best Practices in Internet Recruitment >9 Featuring case study by Director, Human Resources, Dell (APCC) Join forces with other Singapore Human Resources Institute members to enhance your knowledge about new technologies in Internet-based recruitment and its strategic implications as Jobstreet.com, the leading e-recruitment application service provider, addresses how to effectively
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      706 7 GENERAL SECURITIES INVESTMENTS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Board of Directors of General Securities Investments Limited wishes to make the following announcement: AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1999 Company Group Incr/ incr/ 1999 1998 (Deer) 1999 1998 (Deer) SSOOO SS'OOO Ss'ooo SS'OOO Operating Income
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon SCI wants govt to extend rebates till Dec 2001
      446 8  -  Top of its Budget wishlist is an extension of 10% tax concession given last year Bu Audrey Tan THE Singapore Confederation of Industries (SCI) is asking the government for an extension till December 2001 of most of the rebates given in
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      Lock icon Stanchart first bank to cross $1b mark in unit trust sales
      514 8  -  It hires ex-Citib&nker as global head of investment services By Wong Wei Kong STANDARD Chartered bank sold over $1 billion worth of unit trusts in Singapore last year, the first bank here to cross the one billion dollar threshold
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      Lock icon Sommerville Court going for $21.2m
      270 8 No development charge payable for the 40,132 sq ft site THE owners of Sommerville Court off Braddell Road are the latest to hit the en bloc trail, asking for about $21.2 million for their freehold site for which no development charge is payable. Owners of
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      Lock icon JP Morgan, OCBC, UOB to lead sale of S'pore Power bond
      206 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Power, the country's main power provider, named JP Morgan Co and two local banks to arrange its first fixed-rate US dollar bond, expected to be one of the highest rated in Asia outside Japan. The three have
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      Lock icon Electronic components: US orders up 29.5%
      231 8  -  By Jennifer Lien NEW orders for electronic components in the US continued growing at a healthy clip in December at 29.5 per cent, up from November's revised 35.4 per cent year-on-year. This compares with a preliminary figure of 34.7 per cent in November. Manufacturers
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      Lock icon Chinadotcom subsidiary to triple S'pore staff this year
      352 8  -  Professional services firm Web Connection has 10 projects here By Toh Han Shih THE Web Connection, a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Chinadotcom, will triple its Singapore staff from 50 now to 150 this year, Web Connection Singapore managing director Jana Marie Goebel told
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      Lock icon Wholesale price indices: 1995 new base year
      240 8 THE wholesale price indices released each month by the Department of Statistics will use 1995 as the base year instead of 1990, starting with the report for January. The DOS said that the change will reflect movements in the relative weights of the
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      Lock icon Japan is tackling economic rebirth with sense of urgency
      537 9  -  MAILI.TTH Hiroshi Hashimoto Japanese Ambassador to Singapore WITH reference to the article contributed by Professor Paul Krugman, "Still burying their heads in the sand" (BT, Feb 10), I would like to take this opportunity to elaborate on the Japanese government's position
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      Lock icon Public listings: Is going the US way best, MAS?
      415 9  -  Jai Tan Singapore via Internet NOT long ago, the spirit of Confucius walked the hallways of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Singapore has a reputation for paternalistic government which I think comes from the Confucianist social contract. The people obeyed
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      Lock icon Citibank's new home loan rewards current account savers
      534 9  -  It hopes the new scheme will attract high-income bracket customers with spare cash By Siow Li Sen CITIBANK yesterday introduced an innovative home loan that rewards customers who retain credit balances in their current account. And the bank gets to reel in
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      589 8 15th February, 2000 Deutsche Bank AG acting through its London branch NOTICE TO WARRANTHOLDERS TO: ALL HOLDERS OF EUROPEAN STYLE CALL WARRANTS 1999-2000 ISSUED BY DEUTSCHE BANK AG, ACTING THROUGH ITS LONDON BRANCH RELATING TO A BASKET OF SINGAPORE BANK STOCKS EXPIRY OF WARRANTS 1999-2000 The rights comprised in the
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      14 9 ■TODAY® ■Honho To«Han +HIR3W# HtHK China needs fresh perspectives on inflow of capital SSJiUtJ
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      Lock icon Intel, Sony to develop computerised Internet-linked home appliances
      434 10 TOKYO Analysts: Architecture for new technology likely to be open, non-proprietary Bloomberg, Reuters INTEL Corp, the world's biggest chipmaker, and Sony Corp said they will develop computerised home appliances that can be linked to the Internet. Sony, the world's second-largest consumer electronics
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      Lock icon France's TPS and AFP launch interactive TV news
      294 10 Reuters FRENCH satellite TV service TPS (Television Par Satellite) said yesterday it was teaming up with press agency Agence France Presse (AFP) to offer real time news as part of an interactive television portal. The new portal, called Info Express, will provide
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      Lock icon Dot-coms bet on growth in low-Net-use China
      500 10 BEIJING Bloom berg CHARLES Zhang and Heidi Hsueh face the same dilemma as they seek to expand Internet businesses in China: they have no idea who's out there. Ms Hsueh, vice-president of pAsia Inc, an Internet auctioneer, reckons China has no more than
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      Lock icon Thais seeking to liberalise Net sector
      196 10 BANGKOK AFP THE Thai government wants to deregulate the Internet sector, currently hamstrung by a requirement that a state telecoms enterprise be given a one third stake in every provider, Thai newspapers reported yesterday. Communications Minister Suthep Thaugsuban on Wednesday told a new government
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      Lock icon Comdirect, Telekom's T-Online to work together
      299 10 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Comdirect Bank, Europe's biggest online broker, and T-Online, the largest Internet service provider (ISP), have agreed to cooperate as an increasing number of banks and phone companies join forces to sell each other's products. T-Online, owned by Deutsche Telekom AG, will take
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      Lock icon Europe soccer clubs could net US$1b
      412 10 NYON, Switzerland That money will come from some betting, merchandising and access to income streams, expert tells UEFA Reuters THE Internet could provide US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) in new revenue for Europe's top soccer clubs within the next 10 years, an expert told European
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      Lock icon Europe's battle for e-bond trading is hotting up
      518 10 FRANKFURT Finland leads the way with offer of the first euro government bond via the Internet Reuters THE Internet revolution, already turning share trading on its head, is now sweeping through Europe's fixed income markets. Finland led the way on Tuesday, offering
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    • e Briefs
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        Lock icon Morgan Stanley targets start-ups
        49 10 Bloomberg [LONDON] Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co, the second-biggest US securities firm, said it will open an office in Munich to target Internet-related startups and venture capital firms in anticipation of a wave of stock offerings on the Neuer Markt, Germany's marketplace for high-growth companies.—Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Sina.com site suffers hacker attack
        37 10 Reuters [BEIJING] Sina.com, a top Chinese Internet portal, suffered a hacker attack around the same time several popular US Web sites were crippled by online raids, a Sina.com executive said yesterday. —Reuters
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        Lock icon Microsoft in satellite broadband tie-up
        35 10 Reuters [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp and Israel's Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd said on Wednesday they will offer high-speed, two-way satellite broadband Internet access in the United States by late 2000.—Reuters
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        Lock icon Heavy surfers are lees social: study
        55 10 AFP [WASHINGTON] More than one third of Americans who ha ve access to the Internet surf its pages more than five hours pa- day, spending correspondingly less time with family and friends, according to a study conducted by the Stanford University's Institute for the
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        Lock icon DoubleClick faces FTC probe
        42 10 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating if Doubleclick Inc, the world's No 1 Internet advertising company and a seller of consumer data, engaged in unfair or deceptive practices in gathering information about Internet users.
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        Lock icon NEC to acquire 30% of eBay Japan
        44 10 Reuters [TOKYO] NEC Corp said yesterday it will acquire about a 30 per cent stake in eßay Japan KK, the Japanese unit of eßay Inc, in March as part of an alliance in the online auction business.—Reuters
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        Lock icon Enron's online trading reached US$8.5b
        42 10 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Enron Corp said its its Web site, EnronOnLine, has handled about US$B.5 billion (5514.5 billion) in transactions since it was created in November, and that figure could increase rapidly when it offers fibre-optic trading.—Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Halifax spending £150m on Net service
        42 10 Bloomberg [LONDON] Halifax pic, the UK's worst-performing bank stock this year, said it's spending £150 million (Ss4ll million) to start an online insurance service, esure.com, next year as it aims to compete with rivals on price.
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        Lock icon Telstra cuts Big Pond ISP prices 20%
        43 10 Reuters [SYDNEY] Telstra Corp Ltd, which failed in its bid for Internet service provider OzEmail's consumer unit this week, said yesterday it would cut the price of its Big Pond ISP service by 20 per cent—Reuters
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Entrepreneurs, investors and bull markets
      791 12  -  TTTTiTnTrnf OPINION fredmund malik The author is professor and chairman of the board of the Management Centre, University of St Gallen, Switzerland WHAT is good corporate governance? Today, due to globalisation and deregulation around the world, most people are convinced they have the answer: Maximising
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      112 12 An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.' -Jim Bianco president of Bianco Research in Barrington, Illinois. 'One CEO said to me, We're running like hell. The question is: Can he motivate his people so that they
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      Lock icon Obuchi's unhappy lot
      758 12 EDITORIAL PITY Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, for his lot is not a happy one. He may be damned if he calls an election soon, and equally damned if he does not The dilemma is not entirely of his own making: it also reflects Japan's slow progress
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      Lock icon Economists foil to keep up with changing world
      801 12  -  Casualties of the modern age, they've been wrongfooted by the Asian crisis and baffled by US boom By David Howell The writer is chairman of Britain's House of Lords Committee on Common Foreign and Security Policy. This comment was adapted from his
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      917 12 Arena for free trade SIX years after the conclusion of the Uruguay Round of trade talks, world trade remains far from free or fair. The US and European nations spend trillions of baht each year on subsidies for their domestic farmers, which distorts markets and results
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        146 13 INVESTORS grabbed stocks of Renong and its associate United Engineers Malaysia when trading of Renong unit Time Engineering was halted yesterday pending an announcement. Renong rose 25 sen to 3.08 Malaysian ringgit, while UEM jumped by RM1.20 to RM9.30. Analysts expect the shares of the group to rise
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        41 13 CRIMSON Land has been hogging the limelight lately following a management change. The company, previously known as MCB Holdings, rose 9 sen to 1.66 Malaysian ringgit in heavy trading yesterday. Traders suspect Crimson is controlled by a prominent ex-politician.
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        67 13  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh MALAYSIAN Airline System Berhad's share price has been rather unexciting despite the market run-up and a resurgence in both its air passenger and cargo traffic. It eased 4 sen to 4.20 Malaysian ringgit yesterday despite news that it has embarked on an expansion
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      156 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA wUI launch its MSC IT Index today. The index is a private sector initiative led by MSC Times.com, the online journal of Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor project, and cybertrading firm Investors Xchange. They said the index will be made
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      521 13 KUALA LUMPUR Analysts doubt strength of recovery since loans growth was almost flat Reuters MALAYSIA'S biggest bank, Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), said yesterday that its net profit more than doubled in the second half of 1999, but analysts said the growth masked some potential
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      507 13  -  Airline chief says study being carried ont now; sees air cargo subsidiary MASkargo growing From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA Airlines has yet to decide on which strategic alliance it will join, but the decision will be made "very,
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      300 16 KUALA LUMPUR It was earlier said to be mulling using associates to build a multi-media business Reuters, AFX-Asia SHARES of conglomerate Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd (MRCB) hit a twoyear high yesterday on speculation that it was close to announcing a restructuring scheme
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      530 16 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN automotive companies are expected to post a sharp rise in net profits for 1999, fuelled by a 76 per cent jump in motor vehicle sales and the suspension of income taxes last year. Sales of passenger and commercial vehicles
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      429 16 KUALA LUMPUR Cheaper costs lore company to cat 900 jobs in DLT tape unit, move to Penang Bloomberg QUANTUM Corp, the world's No 2 maker of computer disk drives, said it will cut about 900 jobs in its DLT tape division, or
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        72 16 AP, Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR) Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said he was ready to testify in the sex trial of his ousted deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, even though he suspects it would be a "political stunt". The Judge in the jailed former finance
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        110 16 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Trade in shares of Hong Leong Industries Bbd (HLDand its subsidiary Malaysian Pacific Industries Bhd (MPD will resume today, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange said yesterday. Their shares were suspended yesterday ahead of HLTs announcement that it was selling a 2.47
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        78 16 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia yesterday reported a tame inflation rate erf" 1.6 per cent in January, prompting analysts to predict that prices would not rise by more than 3 per cent in 2000. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1.6 per cent over
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        62 16 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR) A veteran politician who almost unseated Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in 1967 was yesterday quoted as saying he has no plans to contest either of the top two ruling party posts this year. "I have no plans. It Is you (the
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      434 18 JAKARTA President changes mind about reshuffle after damping Wiranto Reuters, AFX-Asia, AFP INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday backed away from plans to revamp his widely-criticised Cabinet, saying there would be no reshuffle. Asked if there was a plan for a reshuffle of his four-month-old Cabinet
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      386 18 MANILA Reuters, AFP, AFX-Asia THE Philippine Stock Exchange's (PSE) compliance and surveillance group has recommended the delisting of shares of gaming firm BW Resource Corp, PSE chairperson Trinidad Kalaw said yesterday. The recommendation came after the surveillance group said in a report there was
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        43 18 Reuters [MANILA] The World Bank said yesterday the government's planned sale of its 30 per cent stake in the Philippine National Bank (PNB) should be transparent so it would get fair value for its shares. —Reuters
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        71 18 AFP [JAKARTA] Independent doctors will be sent to cross check testimony by former Indonesian president Suharto's medical team that he is too sick to face questioning on graft charges, a report said yesterday. "We will send a medical team to Suharto's residence soon to
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        38 18 AFP [MANILA] The Philippines may extend its existing programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for six months until September to allow Congress to pass economic reforms, the central bank governor said yesterday.—AFP
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        47 18 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's January trade surplus tripled from December to a record monthly level, as imports fell month-on-month while exports were little changed, the Commerce Ministry said. It rose to US$l.4 billion (582.4 billion) in January, from US$46B million in December.
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      319 18  -  From Harish Mehta in Bangkok GLOBAL trade officials were scrambling last night to strike a compromise on long-standing differences over agriculture and textiles and to hammer out a consensus in Bangkok before tomorrow in order to kick-start a new round of trade
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      699 18 Corporation Keppel Corporation Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1999 The Directors of Keppel Corporation Limited advise the following unaudited results of the Company and of the Group for the year ended 31 December 1999: COMPANY GROUP 1999 1998 1999
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      254 19 TAIPEI Bloomberg ACER Peripherals Inc, a manufacturer of computer monitors, mobile phones and other peripherals, said it purchased closely-held Bri-Link Technology Corp to help develop its broadband network product line. The NT$4OO million (5522.1 million) purchase of the Taipei-based company gives Acer Peripherals a
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      457 19 SHANGHAI Shares fall after limits on gains eased; investors fear sndden downturn in prices Bloomberg CHINA'S latest step to prop up its equity markets easing limits on share gains but keeping limits on losses in place backfired on concerns that an already
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      369 19 HONGKONG China is exception; lack of transparency cited as main reason Reuters THE syndicated loan market is coming back strongly around the region as economic recovery kicks in and credit-starved corporates are once again able to access funds, a leading banker said
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      314 19 SHANGHAI AFN, Reuters CHINA'S favourable policies aimed at boosting high-tech exports will include tax rebates, export credit and subsidies to fund overseas marketing, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Technology Department director Su Huang said. Ms Su said the favourable treatment will
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      436 19  -  It rides strong chip exports last year to hit USs2.7b From Macabe Keliher in Kaohsiung TAIWAN'S chip packaging and testing industry grew by about 35 per cent last year to US$2.7 billion (554.6 billion), outpacing the rest of the world's growth by more
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      492 20 US and UK not seen regaining favour until concern over rates dissipates Bloomberg MONEY managers around the world are picking Continental European stocks over other markets and are least optimistic about the prospects for US stocks, according to a survey by Merrill Lynch Co.
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      229 20  -  By Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Inmarsat, a satellite communications company in which Singapore Telecom has a 1.9 per cent stake, will list next year, most probably on the London Stock Exchange. But Inmarsat may subsequently list on another stock exchange, possibly
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        90 20 P hilips'99 profit triples AFP [AMSTERDAM] The Dutch electronics group Philips yesterday reported that 1999 net profit had more than tripled and the announcement pushed up the price of its shares by 5.87 per cent to 178.4 euros when trading was suspended. The profit growth marks a turnround in the
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        60 20 Bloomberg [PALO ALTO, California] Hewlett-Packard said fiscal first-quarter profit fell 10 per cent and revenue rose 14 per cent as server. PC and printer sales improved. Net income dropped to US$794 million (551.35 billion), or 77 cents a share, for the quarter ended Jan
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        86 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Viacom Inc, the media company that's acquiring CBS Corp, said fourth-quarter profit rose 48 per cent on higher advertising sales at the MTV and VHI cable TV channels, beating analysts' expectations. Viacom, which also unveiled plans to buy back as
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        48 20 Bloomberg [DUSSELDORF] Mannesmann AG, which is being bought by Vodafone Air Touch, said 1999 profit fell 20.6 pa* cent because of higher taxes and acquisitions costs. Net income dropped to 500 million euros (SsB4o million) from 630 million euros a year earlier. Bloomberg
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      385 20 FRANKFURT Reuters, Bloomberg THE European Central Bank left all three interest rates unchanged at its regular council conference yesterday, matching expectations that it would take no action just two weeks after a quarter-point rate rise. The ECB said its 17-mem-ber governing council
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      180 20 AFX-Asia. Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Despite the rising cost of energy, US prices at the wholesale level held steady in January as the producer price index was unchanged from the previous month, the Labour Department said, indicating the Federal Reserve may soon end its string
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      346 20 SAN FRANCISCO Analysts see USssb in revenues in its four-year cycle Bloomberg, AFP MICROSOFT Corp yesterday unveiled its most ambitious software upgrade for businesses, after spending four years, more than US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) and employing more than 5,000 people to develop the
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      476 20 ULONDON Bnt demand for the fall year surged 21% to 3,278 metric tons Bloomberg WORLD gold demand was little changed in the fourth quarter of 1999, ending a surge in the first three quarters, as fluctuation in prices between September and
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      583 22 TOKYO Yen falls to 110.20 on news of the possible ratings downgrade Reuters, Bloomberg JAPAN'S fragile economic recovery got a vote of no-confi-dence yesterday, when international credit rating agency Moody's put its government yen debt under review for a possible downgrade. The yen
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      180 22 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S Toshiba Corp plans a major restructuring programme next month aimed at withdrawing from slow-growth businesses and focusing on high-technology areas, a report said yesterday. The sprawling electronics giant will focus on the Internet, semiconductors and computer systems, the Asian Wall Street
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      434 22 WASHINGTON Reuters THE New York Stock Exchange is looking at the end of this year or early 2001 for taking the No 1 US stock exchange public, Securities and Exchange Commissioner Laura Unger said on Wednesday. "They have a lot
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      209 22 TOKYO Bloomberg DEUTSCHE Bank AG, the world's biggest bank, declined comment on a report that Japan's financial watchdog has found that its units breached regulations by helping clients conceal losses. Deutsche Bank confirmed that the Financial Supervisory Agency had delivered the results
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      237 23  -  SOX Derivatives TradingReports MSCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stockmarket closed higher yesterday, with gains in selected blue chips and speculative buying in technology issues leading the market. A late rally on the shares of Singapore Telecom on speculation
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      204 23  -  MSCI Taiwan (Moras Matthew Den Bleyker Refco Singapore THE Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index surged 137.7 points or 1.4 per cent to 10,202.2, a nine-year high. Mobile phone concept shares led the market higher again as the government plans to liberalise fixed-line
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      280 23 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Crude oil prices fell yesterday after Venezuela signalled major producers might agree next month to increase output and the Saudi oil minister said he considered the ideal price to be a few dollars lower. World Benchmark Brent blend for
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      327 23 Reuters Bloomberg AFTER two weeks of struggle, the US dollar finally conquered the 110 yen barrier yesterday, and charts and currency option prices suggest the US dollar is poised for further gains towards 112. The US dollar rose to fivemonth highs against the yen, encouraged by Moody's Investors
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      2728 24 HONGKONG Reuters QHangSang -62J1 HONGKONG stocks yesterday ended modestly lower as rumours that Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW) might have secured a deal for Cable Wireless HKT were unable to outweigh a blue-chip sell-off. The benchmark Hang Seng Index, which was in negative territory for
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      907 24 Reuters, AFXAsia lJgh—Anßlatoi -L 46 SHENZHEN stocks closed sharply lower in volatile trade yesterday as profit-taking overwhelmed government measures aimed at boosting the stock market. The hard currency B Share Index slid 1.46 points, or 1.63 per cent, to 87.85 as turnover rose to HK$B4.6 million from HK$Bl.2 million.
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      351 24 AFP EJwr Index +137.71 OPTIMISM over an expanding economy buoyed by promises of prosperity by presidential hopefuls and inflows from bullish foreign fund managers lifted Taiwanese share prices to 10-year high yesterday. The Taiwan Stock Exchange weighted price index surged 137.71 points, or 1.4 per cent, to 10,202.20, its
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      1926 24 TOKYO Bloomberg □ifikka2» +Itm JAPANESE stocks rose, paced by real estate companies, as brokerages upgraded recommendations on Japan's biggest property developer Mitsui Fudosan Co as it plans to raise 60 billion yen (***** million) through a real estate investment fund. The Nikkei 225 Index rose
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      392 25 AFP Composite Index MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.8 per cent higher yesterday due to retail buying interest, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index (KLCI) ended up 8.05 points at 1,006.82. Volume rose to 1.11 billion shares valued at some 3.61 billion
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      772 26 AFP P SET Index -17.02 THAI shares yesterday plunged 4 per cent through the key 410-point level as foreigners cashed out across the board, dealers said. The benchmark Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index fell for the seventh straight session, sliding 17.02 points to close the day at 405.81.
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      287 26 AFP Q Composite Index -2544 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 1.33 per cent to their lowest level in 15 months yesterday. The PSE Composite Index closed 25.24 points lower at 1,869.71. Volume slipped to 6.26 billion shares valued at 2.1 billion pesos from 6.59 billion shares worth 1.7 billion pesos
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      604 26 AFP nOmpoßtehii -2L73 INDONESIAN share prices closed 3.5 per cent lower yesterday on continuing concerns over plans to increase the cigarette excise tax as well as plans to impose excise taxes on other products, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange composite index closed down 21.73 points at 600.17 off
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      264 26 AFP giBSE-40 *m THE NZSE-40 Index rose 7.97 points or 0.4 per cent to 2,095.06 with turnover worth NZ)195.3 million. Telecom Corp built on Wednesday's share gains to roar to an 11-month intra-day high of NZ59.72 yesterday, before closing just 8 NZ cents higher at NZ59.53. —AFP N>n «a
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      560 26 AFP QAHOrtmarm -3.4 AUSTRALIAN share prices ended 0.1 per cent lower yesterday as falls in major blue chips cancelled out a stronger resources sector, brokers said. The benchmark All Ordinaries Index fell 3.4 points to 3,144.9. Turnover totalled 1.29 million shares worth A 52.07 billion. The All Industrials Index
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        2549 30 THE stories always seem to run the same way: Somebody suffers from chronic pain, allergies, asthma or other ailments big and small multiple visits to conventional medical specialists yield more drug prescriptions but no cure. Desperate, that person seeks out an alternative therapist who prescribes herbs, vitamins,
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        817 31 ASAMODELthat succeeds the long-running Escort, the Focus bears as much resemblance to the old Ford car as Cinderella's swanky carriage resembles a pumpkin. But it would not be right to say the Ibcus lacks lineage. Take a look at the Ka, Puma and Cougar and you 11 understand
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        1059 31  -  PAWNSHOP AUCTIONS Bidding is fast and furious, and the cold calculations involved contrast with the very personal natore of the items on offer By Tan Su Yen ITS AN hour before Knight Frank's monthly public auction of unredeemed pawnshop pledges, and the viewing rooms at Hotel Royal
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        575 32  -  CINEMA Watch Tim Barton's Sleepy Hollow for the exquisite backdrops and theatrical sets, bat don't go expecting too much from the plot By Parvathi Nayar THE CREATOR of Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice, we know, likes the bizarre. No real surprise then, that in Tim Burton's
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        613 32  -  CINEMA Kevin Costner seems to have a special affinity for baseball movies, showing his old flair in For Love Of The Game By Susan Tsang FOR Love Of The Game shows us a grand, aging character at crunch-time. And what a crisis it is within the first
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        918 33  -  Relive the more leisurely days of British colonialism at the Long Bar Steakhouse A Plantation Restaurant, where the food is hearty and service comes with a smile, says tan su ten TAN SU YEN The British plantation managers who followed their political masters to the colonies
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        690 33  -  RESTAURANT Dragm Phoenix has moved to Valley Park, and although the aesthetics have changed, the feed remains as good and old-fashioned as ever By Jaime Ee IN its original premises in Outram Park, Dragon Phoenix restaurant was the epitome of downmarket chinois
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        719 33  -  PROMOTION Compass Rose's showcase of Australian produce benefits from an honest approach and prudent judgement By Tan Su Yen THE GREAT Australian Bite. What might that be but the casual, outdoorsy appeal of meat pies, Vegemite sandwiches and lamb shops cooking on
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      849 36 AoftU'i Athtt Screen adaptation of the Prank McCourt novel which hit the bestseller lists and stayed there. A poignant yet humorous account of growing up dirt poor in Ireland, yet retaining the ability to be human. Alan Parker (The Commitments) directs Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle and captures the
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      110 36 Calftay 338-3400 Eastshon 346-1816 Orchard 235-8386 Picturehouse 338-3400 Yangta 223-7529 ■no Mfah Empress 777-586/ Jubtfee 454-1640 Mandarin 292-9401 Marina 338-9719 WhAesands 585-1782 332-6098 for group bookings wheefchair facilities Bishan Boon lay Marina Tampines 8 Hong Bahru Yishun Clementi/CoVieaßh 777-0669 Gokfeftftow Town 298-5466 HCltm 459-9575 Princess 448-4965 Queenstowttffway
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        623 37  -  ABN Amro and Dresdner join the club with two feeder funds, womg wei komo reports WONG WEI KONG T HE technology fund sector in Singapore, which until recently comprised just a couple of funds, is set to expand further with two new offerings,
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        633 37  -  OCBCAM says its Savers India Fund offers high returns and a diverse market By Wong Wei Kong MENTION India and images of war, famine, floods and toppling governments come to mind. But what is less well known is that you can actually make quite a lot
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        615 37  -  Renters-owned nnit banking on tidal wave of Interest in nnit trusts By Genevieve Cua FUND monitor Lipper aims to expand its presence and services in Asia, on the back of expectations of a strong regionwide surge in the flow of investors' monies into
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        1766 38  -  Technology, dot-com and growth themes mean the wired, re-wired and cyclicals are in, says Salomon Smith Barney's zjk jit soon LIM JIT SOON The writer is Salomon Smith Barney's head of country research. This piece is an excerpt from his "Singapore Perspective: A choppy year ahead" report
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        1125 38  -  It ties up with Mastercard to produce its new Money Smart debit card By Ling Su Ann FOLLOWING the overwhelming response to the OUB and UOB debit cards launched last year, DBS is jumping on the bandwagon with its own debit card, Money Smart. By tying
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        824 39  -  YOUR MONEY The telecoms monolith will soon be under attack from all directions and It will need an Internet wild card teh hooi ling TRUTH be told, Singapore Telecom has an extremely difficult road ahead of it. Going are the days of monopolistic prices. Come
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        936 39  -  jusiQEizmma Baying in Ghaan Hap, Haw Par; selling in AztecsCapital Groap active By Robert Halili The writer is director of Asian Ownership Research at Primark THE Singapore sentiment fell 34 points but remained in positive territory this week, closing at +28.5 points. That marked
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        771 39 stock Nera ThWiibwiiiiilmHmm Nera Telecoms' shares are undergoing a bout of weakness after a lower than-expected earnings report. But IDEAglobal.com expects the stock to strengthen in coming months. Nera a subsidiary of Norway's Nera ASA provides communications infrastructure and services. Its stock has risen
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        1144 39 «"»H Hi*» Man PepoeK amount ymth Mift DBS Bank ■■■■■■■■■■■i HSBC fltt m iZBsmsmm M a| SIp OOO A24 999 4 9400 5.1200 5 3900 25,000 74.999 4 3750 4 5625 5 1250 A25.000 A49.999 4 9000 ***** 5
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        1258 40  -  Oil giants are battling for consumer loyalty down at your local station. JEANETTE PANG reports JEANETTE PANG BERNARD Koh has taken a fancy to a travel shaver he spotted in Shell's Escape Rewards catalogue. Knowing that it will come in handy for his frequent business trips, the
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      207 30 CKVPTIC CROSSWORD one's breath Suj) WW* 15 Do not fully appreciate the noisily (5) 1 Wrong crowd? (9,2,4) lower speed (9) 2 Study English author (5) 16 Garland, the French one (3) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 3 Captive man on his own has 18 The queen and the king make Acnm 7
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      893 34 Changing the face of car market for the new The car is a much desired commodity in Singapore. With A new year brings new beginning. As we slide into this new A Arising affluence, more Singaporeans will want to own a car milieu, we are riding on a new horizon
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      400 35 e face of Singapore's r the new millennium. IsrSSS Automobile Megamart Limited es a new understanding of the Asia's largest and most sophisticated automobile centre is now open. anging needs of the customers. to announce that we are Asia jtomobile Megamart It firmly mmmm< distantly improve ourselves to B JOH
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      2026 36 TODAY'S TV EBOOMMHMDBP TOWBWI 240 News Day. 9.00 AM Kids Central: Pow- 540 Asian Market Report. Queen T^B^!7^ a io A^ir reTurbo:C>r »< m SfffiSXSSi. n, Bpm, MTV SEA, SCV Men In Black. m» <MMI 30 Asian Market Report. UWynetft ChU 10.00 Batman. 7.00 News Night. A look at what
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      32 40 INSIDE ew tech unds Your Money ABN-Amro and Dresdner What does the future hold join the club with two for Sing Tel? BT Comment feeder funds, on EM 9 on EM 11
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      274 41 Bridge News, Reuters CAPESIZE and panamax rates continued to rise significantly in the Far East sector of the dry cargo freight market on Wednesday, brokers said Capesizes were also ir strong demand in the Atlantic but brokers spok of a sizeable gap in rate ideas between owners an<
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      418 41  -  Self-policing in various aspects will be strengthened in next few months Bl Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] The world's 10 leading ship classification societies have decided to strengthen the safety net particularly for older tankers in the wake of the Erika accident. Concluding an
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      796 41  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK ft, Selva Kumar SINCE 1974, the York-Antwerp Rules have governed the calculation of general average losses, under which all parties to a shipping venture contribute to the value of the ship or cargo preserved by repairs, salvage or
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      55 41 (SO VERATO, Italy] Italian cargo vessel Espresso Catania sits damaged in southern Italy following a collision with Portuguese registered cargo ship Zafir off the coast of Calabria. The 4,313-tonne Zafir sank very quickly and most of its 14-strong Spanish crew are feared dead. The cause of the collision
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      279 41 Bloomberg [MIAMI] Carnival Corp, the world's largest cruise operator, said a Carnival ship carrying about 4,000 passengers and crew is returning to port in Miami after a mechanical problem left it stranded for a day in the Atlantic. The cruise ship Carnival
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      88 41 Bloomberg [MANILA] International Container Terminal Services Inc, the Philippines' largest port operator, said its international unit will post a loss of US$3O.5 million (5151.5 million) because of write-offs in its Argentine port project. ICTSI forecasts the international unit will swing to a US$2O million
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        1016 42 French PM announces measures to tighten up surveillance of ships carrying dangerous or polluting products Lloyds List THE broken hull of the Erika has become the emblem of a crusade led by France for improving safety standards in the shipping industry. French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin,
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      274 42 PAGE ECl 4 AMI 3 ECUUM 6 i Accord 8 ESPUW! 13 AhrcMM M Ew»r«« 6 kootmhn 5 I AslaOCl 13 Frtu Austral 8 CUnk 4 Avant (4 <*»artrans 6 •'tang Mas 8 C *"*< U ISA T 13 ITl 14 Clorylto* M BaaiiSnpfl 5 H SttnHu
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        1675 55 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Manet Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Ported From To From oha* corn 20/440 u it/boo it/mm 17/itoo 17/1500 17/1659 17/1900 M IT/TOO ft/0650 N/0400 a 17/itoo a/0659 worn 1/0700 wm a/1400 W0200 14/1459 ft/1700 4iT0 A 17 20/0240 OA <7/1500
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        210 55 Feb 23 Brunei: National Day. Fafe 28 Taiwan: Peace Day. Karl Korea: Independence Movement Day. M*r 12 Indonesia: Hari Raya Haji. Malaysia: Hari Raya Haji. Singapore: Hari Raya Haji. Brunei: Hari Raya Aidiladha. Mar 17 United States: St Patrick's Day Bank Holiday (Northern Ireland). Mar 18 Taiwan: Market
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        780 55 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market move menu are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      196 41 I i I I T I B J&. J» I I I The SingaPort 2000 special feature is fully loaded with advantages for advertisers. Firstly it is published in conjunction with the SingaPort 2000 Exhibition ond Conference which is Asia's premier maritime event. Editorial content will also be highly relevant
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