The Business Times, 25 February 2000

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES I MfTA (P) 035/12/1989 85C SINGAPORE wf"P 1 .V >
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    66 1 Dsn *****7 (-14.03) BT-SK2 77L53 (-8.66) nmniFtmjiEs mm 27&30 (-2.20) STOCK MARKET INDICES Thursday Changs KLSE COUP 1.009JB HJ2 NIKKEI 19,671.44 +5189 HANG SENG 17,*&M_<48L87 SET INDEX IKlt *1 JAKARTA COMP ***** -1034 MANILA COMP _J,7»481 -HIS TAIPEI WPI 4699.17 -4109 SEOUL COMP ***** -ID CLSA CHINA B
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    75 1 FOBEX BATES us* si liK*.: L714 £(IJSVSS per 1.661 1744 EUROfUSS/St/E) 1.002 1.717 DM 1.962 M78 YEN 111.1 1.543 R* MOO 0.461 HKS 7.781 0120 BAHT 3&II 004* RUPIAH 7.470 0.021 'Stto 100 units NUMERATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA lifMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA Jt.M BANGKOK 9 go MANILA H.OO HONGKONG 850
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    Lock icon Strata board overrules objection in enbloc case
    604 1  -  ■^■exclusive Majority owners need not compensate a minority owner for his tax bill By< Corinne Kerk [SINGAPORE] In a decision that will make it easier for collective sales of property to succeed, the Strata Titles Board (STB) has ordered Devonshire Court to be
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    Lock icon Brunei sues Prince Jefri for misusing state funds
    748 1  -  Tlie state has frozen the assets of the prince and other defendants locally and abroad By' Yang Razali Kassim [SINGAPORE] The government in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Asia's wealthiest oil state, Brunei, dropped a bombshell yesterday. In a stunning announcement,
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    Lock icon Nasdaq, Dow divergence: growth's in, profitability out
    511 1  -  Tech stacks will gorge until Wall St is convinced Fed will up rates throughout yean analysts From i Andrew Marks in New York WITH US technology stocks staging a powerful rally on Wednesday and boosting the Nasdaq Composite Index to a record high
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    Lock icon Dow below 10,000
    66 1 [NEW YORK] Stocks were sharply lower in late morning trading yesterday after starting the day mixed. Technology-dominated Nasdaq Composite index gave back early gains and at 11 am EST stood at 4,504.44, down 45.86 points. The Dow Jones Average was sharply lower as well, losing 228.03 points
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    Lock icon Having a ball
    191 1 Source: Bloomberg Nasdaq stocks take off FEB 23'00 DEC 31 99 CHNG STOCKS CLOSE (US$) (US$) TVQTechUtS 2,200.00 950.00 1,250.00 Incyte Pharms 252.00 6000 192.00 Terayon Comm Sys 242.19 62.81 179.38 Globespan 216 75 6513 151.62 Curagen 217 63 69.75 147.88 SDL 361.88 218.00 143.88 Millenium Pharms
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    Lock icon Preparing for the new economy
    771 1 COMMENTARY Whafs needed is a sea-change in long ingrained attitudes, writes WITH Singapore'* economic recovery I well advanced, where does it go from here, given thatthe world economy is fast changing and what worked I yesterday may not work as well tomorrow? Before getting into
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      115 1 D|g»Pg Top stortos Parkway Parade building sold for $480 m. Buyer is Asia Pacific Investment Company, owned by NTUC Income and Australia's Lend Lease. Mmxt Pmg* "New economy" stocks will continue riding higher. Pg 6 Tuas Power to raise $500 m for phase 2 of power station. Pg 10 CyberWorks
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      38 1 Dr Hu's budget statement BT's online edition will carry the Finance Minister's Budget statement when it becomes available after 6pm today, and OCBC Bank's 1999 results when they are released at spm. We are at http://buskMM-tifnM.asla 1 .com.tg
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      33 1 Ofvwtfc to hit top qf 4.5-6.5% range, Next Page More report*, P# THE DIVIDE Can you afford to miss out on the technology bull? Exec Money. 'V Sniffing out good buys Exec Lifestyle.
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      Lock icon Parkway Parade sold for $480m to Apic
      403 2  -  Price works oat to $960 psf of building's str&ta/lett&ble area, which is said to be fair By* Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] The Parkway Parade building has been sold for $480 million to Asia Pacific Investment Company (Apic), a property investment firm owned by NTUC
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      Lock icon Tom.com IPO subscribed 2,000 times
      591 2  -  Internet frenzy pushes Hang Seng index up 4.2% From Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong SHARES of Tom.com's IPO are estimated to have been oversubscribed by 1,500-2,000 times, pulling in as much as HK$l5O billion (Ss33 billion) in application monies for tycoon Li Ka-shing's maiden Internet venture.
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon From brick&mortar to click&mortar?
        191 2 SINGAPORE property stocks, which used to be investors' favourites just two years ago, have been underperforming in recent months. Meanwhile, dot-com issues have been hogging the limelight. But there may be hope for property stocks yet, according to Prudential-Bache Securities. The research house reckons that these
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        Lock icon Bye bye, Linette Tye
        47 2 THE Grapevine hears that television newscaster Linette Tye is back to her globe-trotting ways. Ms Tye, who came back to read the news on TCS' Channel News Asia after a stint at BBC London, will be heading out soon to Palo Alto, California.
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      Lock icon Growth likely to hit top of 4.5-6.5% range, says MTI
      790 2  -  Financial services, construction seen recovering by H2 Byl Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Singapore's economy is firmly on the mend with the laggard sectors financial services and construction likely to improve in the latter half of this year, the Ministry of Trade
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      Lock icon Former TV star James Lye joins Citibank
      321 2 PEOPLE [SINGAPORE] Citibank yesterday announced that former television star James Lye will be Joining the investment services team at its International Personal Banking (IPB) division. In a statement that seemed to suggest that Mr Lye's stardom had little to do with his getting
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  • ECONOMIC survey '99
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      Lock icon S'pore aspires to be major world player in infocomms
      381 4  -  Industry will become major sector in S'pore economy, says perm sec By, Jennifer Lien THE information and communications (infocomms) industry will one day become a major sector in the Singapore economy, Trade and Industry Ministry permanent secretary Khaw Boon Wan said
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      Lock icon Bank lending seen picking up in 6-9 months
      504 4  -  Both domestic and offshore banking markets should gain with improved sentiment: MTI By, Anna Teo THE financial services sector was flat last year but bank lending, which has been weak for several quarters, should start picking up in the next six to
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      Lock icon Cost competitiveness shows dramatic improvement
      385 4  -  New relative unit labour cost index fell in 1999 to early-1990s levels Byi Anna Teo THANKS to a sharp decline in business costs, Singapore's cost competitiveness improved "dramatically" last year compared to its key rival economies. A new relative unit labour cost (RULC) index that
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      Lock icon Sector remains in the doldrums, but pickup seen next year
      304 4 construction WITH contracts awarded down by about one-third last year, the construction sector will probably remain in the doldrums this year. But the sector should bottom out in the second half and pick up by next year. This is the
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      Lock icon Spate of disk-drive job losses is over
      582 4  -  ELECTROWICS Officials see steady growth for industry, Irat economists less optimistic By, Jenifer Lien THE spate of disk-drive related retrenchments is likely over and the industry should return to a "steadygrowth" state from now on, officials said yesterday. "I don't expect to see
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      Lock icon Productivity gains outpace pay hikes
      463 4 THE key labour indicators improved markedly last year notably, productivity gains outstripped wage rises for the first time since 1993. Productivity grew 5.8 per cent, reversing a 2.3 per cent dip in 1998 and exceeding a moderate 2.7 per cent rise in average monthly earnings
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    • IN Brief
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        Lock icon Growth figures revised
        108 4 THE headline GDP (gross domestic product) and sectoral growth figures for the last several quarters have been revised, just slightly in roost cases. For the 1999 fourth quarter, GDP growth came in at 7.1 per cent—or 1.1 percentage points lower than first estimated—because the December figures, especially
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        Lock icon Per capita GNP close to $40,000
        96 4 WHILE total economic output (or GDP) grew 5.4 per cent last year in real terms, the increase in nominal terms or at current market prices—was 3.9 per cent, to almost 1144 billion. Add net income from abroad, and the 1999 gross national product (GNP)
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        Lock icon Main engine: external demand
        87 4 EXTERNAL demand was the main engine of growth last year, expanding by 6.7 per cent after a 4.4 per cent decline in 1996. Exports of both goods and services improved. Private consumption also rebounded strongly, growing 6.2 per cent last year on the back of increased
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        Lock icon Ezternal economy grows marginally
        76 4 THE size of the external economy grew marginally last year, with overseas operations contributing 15 per cent to the economy, the same as in 1966.1996 survey data shows that Singapore's direct equity investment abroad amounted to $46.1 billion. Singapore is the largest investor in Vietnam, having
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        Lock icon Larger balance of payments surplus
        51 4 THE balance of payments recorded a larger surplus of $7.3 billion in 1999, boosted by a bigger current account balance and a smaller outflow in the capital and financial account The bigger current account surplus came from a jump in service receipts as tourist arrivals
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      1213 5 Of course it does! Ute ~<3fl A cool $5 million was reaped by 17 companies s as cost savings in a year. Another $50 million is expected to be reaped by some 200 Tlhat is what Singapore companies are April 1999- The 27 companies surveyed reportlenjoying simply by managing their
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Feeding frenzy seen driving up Internet stocks further
      711 6  -  Most market experts pick established players like Sing Tel, Creative By Ven Sreenivasan ALTHOUGH "new economy" stocks have run up sharply and are trading at rich valuations, these counters will continue riding higher as the feeding frenzy on Internet-related plays continues unabated.
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      Lock icon OCBC full-year net profit expected to be 50% higher
      498 6  -  Lower provisioning, strong interest margins cited By\ Siow Li Sen OCBC Bank will be reporting full-year 1999 financial results today, and market expectations are that its net profit will be 50 per cent higher than 1998 as the bank benefited from
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      Lock icon Online broking: Look to the US for direction
      746 6  -  2VMII locksiew wong wei kong SINGAPORE stock brokers are slugging it out in cyberspace. Within a relatively short space of time, a dozen or so broking houses have launched online trading services. This is a good thing, for it shows that local
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      Lock icon Aussino.com's IPO: Procedural delays to blame for ATM hitch
      406 6  -  DBS says electronic application hiccnp not caused by technical problem Wong Wei Kong WHAT exactly went wrong with Aussino.com's IPO? Although the initial public offer opened on Monday, it was only yesterday that potential investors could apply for Aussino.com shares through
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      Lock icon Ecquaria secures US$9m investment
      196 6 ECQUARIA Ltd, an Internet company that's 20 per centowned by MMI Holdings Ltd., a Singapore disk drive component manufacturer, said it secured a US$9 million (5515.4 million) investment from a group of investors. The investors include Baring Asia Pte Equity Fund part of the ING Groep
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      Lock icon L&M in talks to buy Indon telco; plans Q2 listing for geotechnic unit
      462 6  -  By Andrea Tan BELEAGUERED construction firm L&M Group Investments said yesterday it was in talks to buy a large Indonesian telecommunications firm. "All along, we have tabled our initiatives of developing an IT and multimedia arm within
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      Lock icon i-one.Net in Chinese joint ventures
      474 9  -  It seeks to capitalise on huge market with piin ting and Internet ventures By Ven Sreenivasan LISTED i-One.Net has entered into printing and Internet ventures in China with units of the Shanghai-listed Cheng Cheng Group. It announced yesterday that its Singapore printing arm, Xpress Print
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      Lock icon F&N confident of strong full-year results
      345 9  -  First-quarter performance well ahead of previous Ql, says executive chairman By] Eugene Low FRASER and Neave is on track for significant improvement in profits in its current financial year which ends in September. Speaking at an annual general meeting yesterday, executive chairman Michael Fam
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        Lock icon Links Island IPO 32 times subscribed
        99 9 LINKS Island Holdings' public offer closed 32 times subscribed yesterday. The marine service provider's IPO of 50 million shares on the ma inboard represents 26.3 per cent of its enlarged capital. The shares, which have a par value of 10 cents each, were offered
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        Lock icon Vicplas unit acquires JTC plot
        111 9 VICPLAS International wholly-owned Vicplas Holdings has accepted an offer from Jurong Town Corporation to acquire a plot at JooKoon Circle. It will build a four-storey factory cum office on the 9,000 sq m site which comes with a 30-year tenure with an option to extend
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        Lock icon Changi project boosts Inter-Roller profit
        118 9 INTER-ROLLER Engineering's net profit for 1999 rose 28 per cent to $1 million. Sales increased a robust 51 per cent to |45 million largely due to two large projects in Singapore—the Changi Airport Terminal Two baggage handling system and the Sats inflight kitchen handling system,
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        Lock icon SIA Engg takes stake in HK firm
        80 9 Reuters SINGAPORE Airlines Ltd yesterday said that SLA. Engineering Company Pte Ltd (SIAEC) would take a 10 per cent stake in Hongkong Aero Engine Services Ltd (HAESL) as part of a partnership strategy with original equipment makers. HAESL is a repair and overhaul
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        Lock icon JLT to stay independent
        133 9 Reuters [LONDON] In a week of some heavy-duty mergers and acquisitions in Britain's insurance sector, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, the UK's fifth largest insurance firm by market capitalisation, yesterday said it was strong enough to remain independent. JLT reported a 3 per cent rise in pre-tax
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        Lock icon Corrections & Clariflcations
        51 9 Corrections Clariflcations IN our report yesterday, "Fastech posts 26% profit rise on strong sales", we reported that a special cash dividend of 11.4 per cent was declared. Fastech has clarified that this dividend was declared earlier in the financial year, before its initial public offering. No additional dividend has been
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      Lock icon CPF unit trust rules apply to insurance investment products
      280 9  -  Soh Tiang Keng REGULATORY guidelines for approved unit trusts laid down by the Central Provident Fund (CPF) under its investment scheme will now apply to investment-linked insurance products (ILP) as well. This move, according to a CPF statement yesterday, "will result
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      Lock icon Ionics EMS public offer tranche 9.6 times subscribed
      138 9 lONICS EMS Inc, whose shares are expected to start trading today, yesterday said its public offer tranche was subscribed 9.6 times. The Philippines' largest electronics exporter received applications for almost 300 million shares for its 31.2 mil-lion-share public tranche. Of the company's
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      Lock icon Lion Teck Chiang could get $32.4m from Chinese
      266 9 LION TECK CHIANG could be the first to get compensation from the Chinese authorities following Beijing's decision to kick foreign partners out of its domestic telecoms market. The Singapore-listed company said in a statement yesterday that its China joint ventures have signed
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      473 8 Stocks Volums Unisteel 5c 27,677.000 Gddtron 20c 21,843,000 MMI Hldgs 10c 20,339,000 Zagro Asia 5c 18,798,000 Asia Food&Prop 15,797,000 Kingboard US 10c 14,478,000 Twmwood 5c 13,007,000 Aztech 5c 11,844,000 Datapulse 5c 9,927,000 Fastech US10c 9,607,000 Stock* PaaficCentury 111.416^369 DBSGrp 64,649,494 UOB 26,007,980 OCBC 25,056.564 SPH 24,154,194 City Dev 50c 23,463.446
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      Lock icon Nasdaq record, HK rise fail to ease trade data concerns
      545 8  -  -li comment STOCKS r.sivanithy A RECORD on Nasdaq on Wednesday and a strong performance by the Hongkong market yesterday failed to ignite interest here, as funds resumed their withdrawal from blue chips apparently because of disappointment over the recent trade
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      Lock icon Greenspan's remarks put US$ back on Asia uptrend
      350 8  -  I-I i comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE US dollar resumed its rise in Asian trading yesterday on stockmarketfriendly remarks by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, pulling the Singapore dollar back down to 551.7140 a low for the local unit not seen since
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      Lock icon New Toyo wrt may reward those who hold on
      206 8  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THE newest warrant to make its appearance here is issued by paper producer New Toyo International Holdings. Listed in January, the instrument was part of a loan facility announced last July and was offered to shareholders
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      Lock icon L&M likely to stay flat in near term
      239 8  -  HOT STOCK -By' Wong Wei Kong THE shares of construction firm L&M Group Investments were back in the limelight yesterday with the stock finishing among the session's most active counters. L&M shares rose 2 cents or 1.5 per cent to close at
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      122 8 FASTECH Synergy has appointed Cesar P Manalaysay, a lawyer resident in the Philippines, as director. EASYKNIT has closed its books to determine the entitlements of members of the company under the rights issue. METRO Holdings said the Singapore Exchange has confirmed that trading of its new shares with
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      397 9 GRP LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF CLOSURE OF REGISTER OF MEMBERS AND SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS THE PROPOSED RENOUNCEABLE RIGHTS ISSUE ("RIGHTS ISSUE") OF UP TO 37,686,400 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.20 EACH ("RIGHTS SHARES") IN THE CAPITAL OF GRP LIMITED ("COMPANY") AT AN ISSUE PRICE OF
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      106 9 Weve watched the STOCK market go up and down. We've watched the BOND market go up and down. We ve even watched FOREIGN narkers go up and down. We ve learned that when vou UNDERSTAND your option you can actually enjoy the RIDE. \1 I j. I Aft |L L'
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      Lock icon Tuas Power to raise $500 m for phase 2 of power station
      563 10  -  BTIJJJIIUM Interest rates on three-tranche loan tied to ownership of company Byi Conrad Raj TUAS Power is planning to raise over Sssoo million for the second phase of its power station in Tuas which will double its capacity
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      Lock icon Govt releases three 'more attractive' condo plots
      421 10 THE government has launched for sale another three condominium land plots which are deemed to be more attractive than the first batch released last month. The current lot at Jalan Kembangan/Sims Avenue East, Bukit Batok St 31, and West Coast Crescent can yield
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      Lock icon MediaCorp Studios picks Hongkong veteran as its CEO
      476 10  -  Franklin Wong brings with him more than 30 years of industry experience By* Jane Cheong MEDLACORP Studios, a subsidiary of the Media Corporation of Singapore or MediaCorp, has appointed a Hongkong media veteran its chief executive officer. Franklin Wong will manage the
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      Lock icon S'pore investments in China down 23% in '99
      406 10  -  First-ever fall; Chinese official calls downtrend 'scary' By' Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE investment in China fell for the first time last year, according to latest statistics compiled by China's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (Moftec). Singapore businesses pumped U552.62 billion
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      Lock icon NSTB launches VISS, a $50m fund for tech startups
      357 10  -  It's invested nearly $2m in 8 startups; 25 more may get fimds By' Toh Han Shih THE National Science and Technology Board (NSTB) officially launched its $50 million fund for technology startups yesterday. Called the Venture Investment Support for Startups (VISS),
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      Lock icon Hotels urged to strive for quantum leap in productivity
      218 10 HOTELS in Singapore must learn how to think out-of-the-box to go beyond incremental gains to achieve a quantum leap in productivity, said Minister without Portfolio Lim Boon Heng yesterday. "Hotels must strive to be learning organisations, with a thinking workforce that
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      Lock icon Dull stock market halts golf club membership prices
      409 12  -  exclusive Transactions seen staying depressed in standoff between buyers and sellers By 1 Ven Sreenivasan THE prices of golf club memberships have started to stagnate as the stock market continues to languish and investors turn cautious. The BT Golf Index, which tracks
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      Lock icon Funds: CPF canplay bigger role
      179 12  -  MAILI.TTTW Thim Fatt Phang I REFER to the article, "CPF studying ways to boost investments in unit trusts" (BT, Feb 19). Perhaps the CPF should consider appointing fund managers to manage the funds for members. Members can have the choice of leaving their funds with
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      Lock icon Are optical shops going through a magnification?
      589 12  -  They seem to be, going by the latest mega stores opening By* Jane Cheong HAVE a cup of coffee at Optics 2000 and ogle the sexy spectacle frames on display. Or just browse at the 2,800 sq ft store at Wisma Atria there
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      Lock icon Philippine firm offers free e-mail service in S'pore
      305 12 A PHILIPPINE company, Edsamail Holdings, is offering a free e-mail service no phone charges, no subscription fees, no one-time charge in Singapore. "We're offering an e-mail service that is totally free," Edsamail president Marco Urera emphasised to BT by phone from the
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      324 11 anww Sun Tzu's Art of Business "Order and tranquility is the way to control your mind. Rest and rejuvenation is the way to control your strength." On our Day Flights to London, Relax with the Inspired Inflight Entertainment. For better work, it is sometimes best not to work at all.
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      711 12 The legend lives On. V Iv w- Beautiful by nature \A/| JL The new Mark XV has a ***** calibre movement JW?* and a slightly larger case then its predecessor. world Soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic J A fiekls water-resistance to 60 m and protection against I J"*)
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  • eNews
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      Lock icon Telstra, Austar to build NZ$1b broadband network in NZ
      457 13 WELLINGTON New joint venture, Telstra Saturn, will combine their existing Kiwi ops AFP Reuters AUSTRALIAN telecom groups Telstra Corp and Austar United yesterday announced they would merge their New Zealand units and spend about NZ$l billion (*****.5 million) over the next
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      Lock icon Softbank takeover of Nippon Credit Bank marks a turning point
      511 13 TOKYO Stage set for shift in financial services to dynamic young firms Reuters "NEW Japan" muscled into a financial world long dominated by lumbering dinosaurs when a group led by high-fly-ing Japanese Internet investor Softbank Corp won the go-ahead yesterday
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      Lock icon Wired phones may become rare in 5 years
      263 13 LAGUNA NIGUEL, California Reuters FIVE years from now, most people will be using wireless telephones for both voice communication and Internet access, not traditional telephones lines, Irwin Mark Jacobs, the chief executive officer of high-flying mobile phone technology company Qualcomm Inc said
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      Lock icon Getting ahead with IT
      63 13 [HANOVER] A technician's shoulders seemed to bear a computer screen-shaped head as he made last adjustments at a monitor at the othelo booth of the Cebitfair in Hanover, nothem Germany, yesterday. The Cebit is the biggest fair for information technology and telecommunications in the world. Some
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      Lock icon Asia's export culture cut out for e-commerce: consultant
      452 13 SINGAPORE He dismisses fears that e-commerce growth will speU end of traditional manufacturing industry Reuters ASIAN companies are especially well placed to exploit the Internet and electronic commerce opportunities thanks to their tradition of exporting goods and services, a business consultant said
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      Lock icon Toyota, i2 to set up US online auto parts site
      402 13 AUTQiT^I TOKYO iStarXchangje ifaM for slice of USSIOOb US market Bloomberg TOYOTA Motor Corp, the world's third-largest automaker, and i 2 Technologies Inc plan to form an electronic marketplace for the US$lOO billion (SII7O billion) US re-placement-parts market to speed
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      Lock icon Citigroup CFO Heidi Miller leaves for Net firm Priceline
      349 13 STAMFORD. Conn She joins other top execs who have bolted to young dot-com companies Bloomberg PRICEUNE.COM Inc, an Internet site where consumers can bid on plane tickets, hotel rooms, groceries and other goods, said it hired Citigroup Inc executive Heidi Miller
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      Lock icon Ford taps Trilogy to move its business onto the Web
      421 13 AUSTIN, Texas NYT FORD Motor Co, in a frantic race with General Motors Corp to exploit the Internet, has tapped Trilogy Software Inc of Austin to steer its transformation into a giant of e-commerce. The joint venture, which will be
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      255 13 HONGKONG AP ONE key role of China's official Xinhua news agency is to regulate Internet content, but a Hongkong newspaper reported yesterday that Xinhua also has been profiting from extensive investments in Web-related companies. Good relations with Chinese officials have become invaluable to companies wishing
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      632 14  -  hi:i=l bottom line OPINION chua soon hock Chua Soon Hock is CEO strategist, Asia Genesis Asset Management, Singapore SO, the Tokyo city government plans to impose a 3 per cent tax on the gross profits of all banks based in the capital
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      165 14 'We are placing women on the front line. There is no need for tear gas. Maybe we'll see tear-gas bombs replaced by make-up in our police stations.' -Lee Moo Young commissioner-general of South Korea's police agency, on police plans on what it believes to be a surefire
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      665 14 EDITORIAL WHILE the gyrations of world stock markets continue to capture the attention of global investors, the action on the energy front should command equal attention at least Several key meetings of the world's top oil producers will take place in the coming month that
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      948 14 Why the favouritism? LOOKING up from the cheque she was writing for a large tranche of Tom.com shares, a Sha Tin housewife innocently asked her daughter: "What is the Internet?" At least half the throng queuing outside 10 HSBC branches to place their bid for a
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      433 19 KUALA LUMPUR US appliance maker aims to benefit from ringgit's fixed exchange rate Bloomberg GENERAL Electric Co, the No 2 US appliance maker, said it will boost purchases of electrical and electronics parts from Malaysia by more than two-fold this
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      322 19 KUALA LUMPUR IT age has spawned conglomerates able to swallow np whole economies Reuters MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that globalisation has impoverished developing countries and made rich nations richer. In a fresh attack on foreigners, he said
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      135 19 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg DIVERSIFIED Resources Bhd (DRB), a Malaysian company with businesses in auto making, said it is about to conclude talks with the government on building an electric rail line. The company "is in the advanced stage of negotiations", it said
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        91 19 TRANSPORT and logistics companies were in play yesterday, baffling market watchers who felt that news of more haulage licences to be issued would actually mean bad rather than good news for the companies. High on the list of the day's gainers was shipping and logistics group
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        81 19 RUMOURS that debt-laden property and finance group Amcorp Holding is close to reaching a solution with all its creditors have been nudging the stock up. Hopes that a scheduled meeting with creditors today will agree on the company's proposed debt restructuring plan, the main
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        62 19  -  Compiled by Diana Oon Abdullah TALK of nationalised rice distributor Padiberas Nasional, or Bernas, turning in better-than-expected results has increased interest in the stock in the last two trading sessions. The counter was higher by 14 sen to RM3.52 on a volume of 15.4
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      222 19 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S "People's Budget", criticised by the opposition as a vote-grabber when first tabled last October, will be presented unchanged today despite the government's November election victory, analysts believe. The 2000 Budget introduced on Oct 29 provides for full-year spending of 78.03
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      287 19 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S asset management agency, Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Bhd, said yesterday that it had sold 25 foreign loan asset accounts for U*****.23 million (***** million), recovering 71 per cent of the principal value. Danaharta, announcing the results of
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      248 19 KUALA LUMPUR Employees will be offered perks to qnit on their own: official AP MALAYSIAN bank employees will not be forced to quit their jobs after the industry consolidation, but will instead be offered benefits to leave on their own accord, a senior
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      188 20 JAKARTA AFX-Asia THE Attorney General's Office has named five suspects in its prosecution of a scandal involving PT Bank Bali, including former state enterprises minister Tanri Abeng, The Jakarta Post reported yesterday. In the first court hearing of the case on Wednesday,
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      445 20 JAKARTA Bnt won't use close ties with president to win stake in the conglomerate, says Edward Reuters THE son of the founder of Indonesia's Astra International said yesterday that his family would not use its close links with President Abdurrahman Wahid to gain an unfair advantage
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      387 20 MANILA Link-np conld expand Ayala's Internet, telecom businesses Bloomberg AYALA Corp, the secondlargest company in the Philippines, says it's in talks with cable television operator Destiny Cable Inc for a possible alliance that could help expand its Internet and telecommunications businesses. Ayala, which also has interests
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      76 20 I JAKARTA) One of former Indonesian president Suharto's lawyers, Juan Felix Tampubulon, displaying to journalists a medical report on Suharto's health at the office of the Attorney-General in Jakarta yesterday. Mr Tampubulon submitted the report supporting the lawyers'plea that Suharto, who is facing charges of misuse
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      287 20 MANILA Bloomberg A COURT has blocked the Philippine Stock Exchange from forging ahead with its investigation of BW Resources Corp pending a civil suit from Dante Tan, a businessman accused by the exchange of rigging shares in the property and gambling company. The
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      332 20 B Among Gentle Hills, j And Precious Streams, Take your pick to build the ideal homes. n behalf of the Government of the Republic of Singapore, the Housing A Development Board is pleased to invite tender for the sale of three attractive land parcels for condominium housing development on 99-year
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      249 22 HONGKONG Reuters EU negotiators are seeking the right to 51 per cent foreign ownership of Chinese telecoms Arms as part of talks to secure China's entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO), a source familiar with the negotiations said. The demand goes
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      422 22  -  It plans to keep broadband network, sell fixed-line, part of mobile phone ops: paper Froml Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong RICHARD Li's Pacific Century CyberWorks may sell part of Cable Wireless HKT's mobile phone operations to a partner and also
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      380 22  -  Net firm to provide China broadband services via Legend's PCs: paper From Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong LEGEND Holdings, China's No 1 computer maker, surged as much as 11.8 per cent to HK536.90 yesterday on a report that Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW), Richard Li's
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        70 22 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Chinese retail prices rose in January from December, as food became more expensive in the lead-up to the Chinese New Year holiday, the National Bureau of Statistics said. The retail price index, the benchmark indicator of inflation, rose 1 per cent in January from
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        55 22 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong and India yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cooperation in information technology and services. The MOU was signed between KC Kwong, secretary for information technology and broadcasting, and PV Jayakrishnan, secretary of India's Ministry of Information Technology, here on
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        65 22 Corrections clarifications IN our report "Three men of influence hold key to HKT deal" on Feb 16, we said that Cable Wireless HKT director David Li is a member of the Liberal Party. "Hiis is incorrect. Dr Li has written to us to point out that he sits on the
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      241 22 HONGKONG Bill passing hailed as key step in HTs financial development AFP FINANCIAL Secretary Donald Tsang yesterday hailed the passing of a bill allowing the partial privatisation of the Mass 'fransit Railway Corp (MTRC) later this year as a key step in Hongkong's financial development
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      301 23 NEWDELHI He calls for 'sacrifices' to cat public spending AFP INDIAN President KR Narayanan opened the Budget session of Parliament on Wednesday with a warning that tough measures were needed to cut public spending and reduce the fiscal deficit. In a speech outlining
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      247 23 BOMBAY Reuters Bloomberg THE Indian government is expected to dismantle decades of state control over the country's state-run banking system when it announces its Budget next week. Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who presents the Budget for 2000/2001 (April-March) on Feb 29, is expected to
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      693 24  -  Move will have 'negative Implications' for their ratings Frovnl Anthony Rowley m Tokyo LEADING international rating agency Moody's Investors Service has entered the increasingly bitter feud between Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's central government and Shintaro Ishihara's Tokyo metropolitan government over the
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      221 24 MOUNTAIN VIEW, California Reuters NORTH American semiconductor equipment makers saw January orders rise for the third month in a row to their highest level in almost Ave years, according to preliminary data reported late on Tuesday by trade group Semiconductor
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      412 24 WASHINGTON Concern that trading may be increasingly fragmented in the US Bloomberg EXPRESSING concern that stock trading may have become increasingly fragmented in the US, the Securities and Exchange Commission has issued six preliminary proposals aimed at reducing fragmentation, including the formation
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      334 24  -  Froml Brian Gomez in Sydney RIO Tinto Ltd has announced plans to buy the 27.6 per cent stake it does not own in Australia's largest integrated aluminium producer, Comalco Ltd, for A 51.47 billion (511.56 billion). The announcement comes in the
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      416 25 WASHINGTON US disagrees, vowing to maintain USs2.2b in annnal tax breaks LATWP Bloomberg AP IN a stinging rebuke to the United States, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled that billions of dollars in tax breaks enjoyed by US multinational corporations violate global
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      215 25 AP [LOS ANGELES] Carlos Santana, who first gained fame a generation ago with a searing guitar performance at Woodstock, capped a triumphant comeback with a record-tying eight Grammy Awards. The 52-year-old guitarist's multi-platinum "Supernatural" won album of the year on Wednesday night. His first No 1
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      421 25 Here's a partial list of the 42nd Grammy Awards Album of the Year: Supernatural, Santana. New Artist: Christina Aguilera Rap Performance by Duo or Group: You Got Me, The Roots and Erykah Badu. Record of the Year: Smooth, Santana. R and B Album: Fanmail, TLC. Female Pop Vocal
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      856 25 Reuters THE following are extracts from US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's question-and-answer session after his semi-annual economic report to the Senate on Wednesday. He made a similar report to the House of Representatives last week. EVAN RAYH: Mr Chairman, I'd like to ask
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        73 25 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] ABN Amro Holding NV, the biggest Dutch bank, said yesterday that second-half profit rose a better-than-expected 57 per cent as rising stocks lifted trading Income. The bank will cut jobs and boost Internet investment to keep earnings growing. Net income rose
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        88 25 Bloomberg [PARIS] Carrefour SA, Europe's top retailer after buying French rival Promodes last October, said yesterday that profit last year rose 29 per cent, boosted by the acquisition and strong consumer spending at home. The French hypermarket operator said 1999 profit rose to 792 million
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        153 25 Bloomberg [LONDON] AstraZeneca pic, the second-biggest drugmaker, said yesterday that fourth-quarter profit declined after most major rivals reported gains. The shares fell as analysts said the UK company's future is clouded by an expiring patent for its top seller, the ulcer treatment Losec. The company
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      241 26  -  SGX Derivatives TnAln&Reports MSCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay Jar dine Fleming THE Singapore stock market closed lower yesterday on renewed rate hike concerns following Alam Greenspan's hawkish comments and low-er-than-expected fourth quarter GDP data. The Straits Times Index closed down 14.03 points or
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      197 26  -  MSGlTaiwan tatures Matthew Den Bleyker THE DAILY total trading volume and open interest of the MSCI Taiwan Index futures contract hit an all-time high record yesterday. The total trading volume was 37,080 contracts, eclipsing the previous record of 28,247 contracts set on Jan 26.
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      276 26 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices ticked slightly higher yesterday, supported by fresh industry data confirming US fuel stockpiles remain near their lowest for more than 20 years. Brent Blend crude rose 15 US cents in early dealings to stand at U5527.21 per barrel
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      320 26 Reuters Bloomberg London PROSPECTS of an imminent rise in European interest rates faded and strength in US high-tech stocks buoyed the US dollar. The euro surrendered its one-for-one rate against the US dollar yesterday, falling almost 2 per cent from Wednesday's one-month peaks to around US$O.99, giving up
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      2804 27 HONGKONG AFP FlHangSeng +68L87 HONGKONG shares surged 4.2 per cent yesterday, closing above the 17,000-mark led by strong gains in telecoms and technologies following the record rise on New York's Nasdaq index, dealers said. "The major reason of the gains in technology-related stocks
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      976 27 Reuters AFX-Asia HShenzhen Blndex +13% SHENZHEN'S stocks closed higher in thin trade yesterday as local investors bought lightly, indicating a cautious welcome to the announcement of a new chief regulator of Chinese securities. The hard currency B Share Index rose 1.76 points, or 2.12 per cent, to 84.72 as
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      341 27 AFP Q TP Index -43.09 TAIWANESE shares fell for the fourth consecutive day yesterday, losing 0.45 per cent amid caution ahead of the presidential elections and tensions between Taipei and Beijing, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 43.09 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 9,599.17,
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      1950 27 TOKYO AFP Hwttaag TOKYO share prices closed 0.3 per cent higher yesterday with blue chips rallying on a new record high for the US Nasdaq Index, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei 225 Index gained 51.89 points to end at 19,571.44. The Topix Index of
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      429 29 AFP Q Composite Index -KK32 MALAYSIAN shares closed marginally higher yesterday after late institutional buying of blue chips countered profit-taking earlier, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 0.32 of a point to finish at 1,009.53, off a low of 1,003.53
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      296 30 AFP n Composite Index -13J THE Korea Stock Exchange Index closed down 13.3 points at 867.37. Volume was 254.5 million shares worth 2.9 trillion won.—AFP r«»24 ww> Antm Soml .#210 -290 Br«4n Ttch 1525 85 Control Bank 2800 -120 OfMComm *****0 1500 OooGuBonfc 2500 -210 ONung Corp 1200 95
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      284 30 AFP Q Composite Index -34J2 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index yesterday fell 34.12 points, or 1.9 per cent, to 1,794.81. Volume rose to 10.10 billion shares worth 1.862 billion pesos. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co fell five pesos to 915 pesos. —AFP N>M Hrn mm MRC AIM 0.62
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      268 30 AFP □mSE-40 -1183 NEW Zealand shares fell 0.6 per cent yesterday. Selling in Telecom New Zealand dragged the NZSE-40 Capital Index down 12.83 points to 2,028.8. Some 38.5 million shares, worth NZ$ll4.l million, were traded. Fletcher Paper rose eight NZ cents to NZ$l.32. —AFP n>»4 m *f- mm Advantage
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      570 30 AFP DißOriiMriM -54 AUSTRALIAN share prices were 0.2 per cent lower yesterday. The Australian Stock Exchange's benchmark All Ordinaries Index fell 5.6 points to 3,106.9. National turnover totalled 1.1 billion shares worth A) 1.8 billion, with 843 fallers and 802 risers. The All Industrials Index closed down 14.4 points
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      737 30 AFP HSETMmi HJ THAI shares climbed 1.6 per cent yesterday with sentiment buoyed by overnight gains on the Nasdaq, but late profit-taking kept the market shy of the psychologically important 400-point mark, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index gained 6.1 points to close at 395.10, while
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      670 30 AFP P Opposite lain -10J4 INDONESIAN share prices closed 1.9 per cent lower yesterday on concerns over President Abdurrahman Wahid's health, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 10.94 points at 573.49 on a volume of 400 million shares worth 567.73 billion rupiah. Declines led advances
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      30 33 wrm a $jKm Jj *J^L"* Epicure Bella Donna: the new restaurant at Royal Plaza On Scotts ELS m lftsaMMMaa rursuits Thomas Ng: from selling brushes to managing brands LL 6
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
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        740 34  -  K«j a a the cuff It sounds like a Cinderella story to meet and marry a mysterious stranger on TV, bat can one reasonably expect such a onion to last once the fanfare is over? jaime ee SO WHO WANTS to
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          78 34 HEARD on a radio game show. The contestant guessing a mystery object had already ascertained that it was made of wood, that it was found in the office, and that one wrote on it. The deejay further hinted that it was something one sat behind. After
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          58 34 A NEWSCASTER on TV was talking about the US Republican nomination battle between George W Bush and John McCain and said something to the effect that "the candidates have now resorted to mudsliding, I'm sorry, mudslinging..." She was probably still caught up with the previous news item, which
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          53 34 AT A local veterinary clinic was this sign offering massage and other treatments for animals. While touting the therapeutic effects of massage, there was also this disclaimer: "Full therapeutic effects can only be achieved with the animal's full cooperation." Yes, we forget that not all animals believe
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          74 34 TALK about identity crisis. Two people meeting for lunch at the hotel formerly known as Royal Crowne Plaza in Scotts Road had this conversation: "Let's meet at the Crowne Plaza. Only now it's not called that anymore. We can eat at Paolo and Ping restaurant, only it's
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        2070 34 COVER STORY IT'S NO understatement to say that the past few years have been painful ones for the retail industry. The bad times, according to Singapore Retailers Association president Jannie Tay, started rolling in 1994 due to a confluence of factors. These included the introduction
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        917 35  -  MAZDA MPV In an age where a kiss is not just a kiss and a car may not be just a car, enofomiTAit dissects the love van's newest successor CHRISTOPHER TAN THERE is a theory that says women tend to flirt more with married men, preferably those
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        825 35  -  RESTAURANT Italian home cooking is what yon can look forward to at Bella Donna, bntyon may want to avoid the resident gronch By' Tan Su Yen LIKE handphones and leather bags, restaurants have a shelf life, one restaurateur famously declared. Paolo Ping's at Royal Plaza
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        859 35  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR The big boys are not ready for drinking yet, bat other categories of that vintage are beginning to show np quite nicely By\ N K Yong I AM now just beginning to drink my '82s not the big boys yet,
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        542 36  -  CINEMA Instead of building np to a revelation, The End Of The Affair tends to plateau, then peter on t in an all too predictable manner By Parwathi Nayar NO ACTOR brings to the portrayal of tortured passion quite the smoulder that Ralph Fiennes
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        461 36  -  NIGHTSPOT Saltan of Swing looks set to attract club-goers seeking a change from pnbs with an Oriental theme By Joanna Lim ENOUGH of Orientalism and Mohamed Sultan Road. After almost a decade of decorating pubs with red lanterns and fusing Chinese decor with western retro music, a breath
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      871 37 Angela's Aahea. Screen adaptation of the Frank 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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        1219 38  -  In 1983, Thomas Ng was offered a Christmas promotional slot in a department store. Today, he is MD of Colour Play, a cosmetics manufacturer and distributor with a $5 million annual turnover. He tells tax su yen what it takes to move from selling brushes to
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        214 38 LABORATOIRES Pierre Fabre, France's second largest independently-owned pharmaceutical group, was established in 1961 by pharmacist Pierre Fabre. Today, the group has a presence in 120 countries where it is best known for the anti-cancer drug Navelbine. More significantly, the company has diversified beyond prescription medicines to
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        973 38  -  SPA A mountain-top spa in south-west France is giving new hope to patients with eczema, psoriasis and atopic dermatitis By', Tan Su Yen IT MAY be a spa but don't expect soothing massages, aromatherapy oils or soft, fluffy towels. Nestled in the mountainous Orb Valley
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      1512 42  -  Your best bets for 2000 are in North Asia, say fund managers, with a wave of new money tipped to pour into markets rich with 'new economy' plays. Can you afford to miss out on the technology bull? GENEVIEVE CUA reports GENEVIEVE CUA 1999 %0 %0 was a
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      86 42 Source: Standard Poor's Fund Services (www.micropal.com) Estimated returns from market indices DEC 31 *99 TO DEC 31 *96 TO FEB 18 2000 DEC 31 99 %CHANGE MSCI AC Asia Pac ex Japan +7.48 +53.78 MSCI EM (Emerging Mkts) +5.05 +76.46 MSCI Europe -4.95 +17.35
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        1773 39  -  Citibank is muscling into the home loans market with promises of lower interest costs and shorter repayment francis kan investigates FRANCIS KAN THE battle over Singapore's lucrative housing loans market moved into overdrive last week with the launch of Citibank's innovative Home Saver package. The
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        449 39 A LETTER to the press, published yesterday, from financial consultant Chung Kwong Meng raises a few questions on Citibank's Home Saver scheme. Mr Chung's letter poses questions on five key points: whether the "adjustment" feature or the two-thirds interest rate differential between the current account and the
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        410 39  -  Sign up for a seminar at Harbour Pavilion this Saturday By, Jeanette Pang IT'S easy to forget. When it comes to financial planning for your retirement, most people tend to push the issue to the back of their minds even though deep down, they may
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        722 40  -  I-li comment YOUR MONEY Investors should sit up when their fond manager quits, and ask questions before making any decisions about following In his footsteps wong wei kong SHOULD I sell my fund when my fund manager quits? It's a question worth pondering, now that buoyant
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        806 40  -  Fraser Securities' new investment planner service offers an alternative distribution channel beefed up with advisory services.GENEVIEVE CUA finds out how it works GENEVIEVE CUA BUYING and selling unit trusts online is a fairly new, untested frontier in Singapore, compared to its more established cousin, online
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        494 40 AS online investment services go, Fraserdirect's Fraser Financial Planning is a good effort which should spawn a number of me-too sites. Arguably, there are advantages in being a first-mover in the field, which should earn the firm some mileage in terms of brand awareness. There are, however, a
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        391 40 UNTT TRUST/SECTOR (6 MONTHS 30JUL99-18FEBOO) CHANGE BENCHMARK CHANGE Toy 10 funds 1 Henderson Global Tech/ Tech Global* 179.77 MSCI O/Electr&lnst 61.88 2 OCBC Savers India/EQ India 153.05 Bombay SE Natl 86.11 3 CMG 1st State Reg India/India EQ 98 39 Bombay SE Nat 86.11 4 UOB
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        1448 41  -  markets Sentiment slips bnt bullish buying seen in Chu&n Hnp, Omni Mold; selling in Flextecb, WBL; Capital Group back in Delgro By Robert Halili The writer is director of Asian Ownership Research at Primark ■?THE Singapore sentiment has been moving with the DBSSO Index in the
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        872 41 Keppel Corporation Keppel Corp is suffering the same fate as its listed subsidiaries. Despite stellar earnings and positive news, the stock is failing to excite investors. But IDEAglobal.com sees it rising in the coming months. Keppel reported record profits of $220.3 million for 1999 beating
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      33 42 INSIDE Your Money Homo loans What do you do when Citibank's Home Saver promises your fund manager quits? interest savings and faster repayment On EM 8 Is it worth your while? EM 7
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      280 43 Bridge News Reuters CAPESIZE rates firmed again world-wide but brokers said charterers were increasingly conducting business under the counter. Panamax rates were also firmer east of Suez with both Chinese and Japanese charterers active in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, while Atlantic handysize conditions remained in the
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      289 43 N>14 n W CWT Ofctributton 1.14 -0.04 36 Chum Hup 0.42 unch 4799 Coaco Investment ..—1.06 unch 164 rrataM links 0.32 unch 1130 GSHoMinqs 0.78 -0.01 8 Hal Sun Hup 0.74 -0.01 66 MC HeWn«s-H* 1M unch 0 Jayi 0.23 -0.01 702 KapptfCar* 3.96 "0.04 2267 KtMdrCLS 1.12
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      422 43  -  With the rebonnd in transport sector, MISC, Bumi Armada and Halim jfagmin are expecting better returns for 1999 By* Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's listed shipping companies are expecting to rake in all-time high profits in the wake of a recovery in the transport sector.
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      127 43 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has approved the setting up of eight new container haulage companies to ease congestion at the country's ports, Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said. The official Bernama news agency quoted Dr Ling as saying the decision to raise the number
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      Lock icon DNV unit wins libel suit against marine publication
      827 43  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar A useful lesson was documented for shipping newspapers and magazines and its editors and journalists, when DNV Petroleum Services won a libel suit in the High Court of Justice in London earlier this month against a marine
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      Lock icon S'pore ship registry reaches 24m gt
      139 43 [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Registry of Ships has reached 24 million gross tons (GT) with the addition of the 30,745-gt Star Indiana to the registry. Star Indiana, which was added to the registry on Jan 17, is a new general cargo vessel owned by Masterbulk.
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      Lock icon Dalian's foreign trade up 23%
      113 43 Xinhua [DALIAN] Dalian City in north-east China's Liaoning Province saw its foreign trade volume rise 23 per cent to U556.97 billion (Ssll.B billion) last year, said the city's foreign trade committee. The city's exports rose 18 per cent to US$4.O6 billion last year, the fourth
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      Lock icon Santos port's Jan tonnage hits record
      308 43 Reuters [SAO PAULO] Brazil's port of Santos, the largest in Latin America, moved a record 3.25 million tonnes of cargo in January, up 10.2 per cent from the same month in 1999, port authority Codesp said. "The growth of 10 per cent signals the
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        764 44 Spills and pollution from tourist ships cause Alaska officials to work on new regulations Reuters [ANCHORAGE, Alaska AFTER a decade that saw the size of Alaska cruise ship crowds triple and pollution from the massive vessels foul area waterways, state officials are moving to blunt
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        Lock icon GLOBAL HOLIDAYS
        199 57 Mas Taiwan: Peace Day. Marl Korea: Independence Movement Day. thru Indonesia: Hari Raya Haji. Malaysia: Hari Raya Haji. Singapore: Hari Raya HajiBrunei: Hari Raya Aidiladha. Mar 17 United States: St Patrick's Day Bank Holiday (Northern Ireland). Hartß Taiwan: Market Holiday for Presidential Election. Mar a» Japan: Vernal Equinox
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        Lock icon COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        774 57 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 baaed on averagesized stem Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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        Lock icon Indon aircraft builder seeks foreign partners
        397 58 IPTN, now undergoing revamp, aimg to become one of Asia's leading aerospace companies AFP [SINGAPORE] Troubled Indonesian aircraft builder PT Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) yesterday expressed determination to become a key Asian player as it seeks foreign partners and funding. IPTN president S
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        48 58 [SINGAPORE] Pilots from Singapore Airlines give the thumbs up to Bombardier s Lear jet 45 at the Asian Aerospace 2000. SIA operates four Learjet 45, specially configured for pilot training. With the pilots is George Laforme, vice-president sales, Asia Pacific, Bombardier Business Aircraft.
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        Lock icon US Airways to suspend flights if attendants strike
        369 58 Union threatens strike on March 25 over contract Bloomberg [ARLINGTON, Virginia] US Airways Group Inc said it will suspend operations if the sixth-largest US carrier's 9,800 flight attendants strike as threatened on March 25. A 30-day countdown to a possible strike began
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        Lock icon Qantas to lease 7 planes from BA
        134 58 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways Ltd, Australia's biggest airline, said it will lease seven planes from British Airways pic to increase flights to Europe. Sydney-based Qantas will lease the Boeing 767-300s from British Airways (BA), Europe's largest airline, from June this year. BA owns
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        67 58 [SINGAPORE] Boeing officials mingling inside a fully completed Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) when it was on display at the Asian Aerospace in Singapore. This is the first time the business jet is shown to the public. The officials are (left to right):
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        287 58 Bloomberg AFXAsia [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines has signed a deal to use the flight planning facilities of Deutsche Lufthansa AG unit Lido. Lido will form a venture with Singapore Airlines to jointly market flight planning services. The facilities, currently in Hongkong,
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        Lock icon German carrier expects higher sales, market share in Asia-Pac
        284 58 AFP [SINGAPORE] Lufthansa Technik, one of the world's leading providers of technical services for commercial airlines, said it expected higher sales and greater market share in the Asia-Pacific region. August-Wilhelm Henningsen, general manager of a joint-venture firm in Beijing, told reporters
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        Lock icon Dasa seeks Asia partners for A3XX, other projects
        280 58 Reuters [SINGAPORE] DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) is seeking partners in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific in a wide range of projects including the proposed super-jumbo Airbus A3XX aircraft, a spokesman said. Half the potential customers for the A3XX, whose 560seat capacity would be greater
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        Lock icon Morgan Stanley Dean Witter buys Ansett Worldwide Aviation
        144 58 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co said it will acquire Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services from News Corp and Netherlands-based TNT Post Group NV to expand its aircraft leasing business. Sydney-based Ansett Worldwide is the world's No 3 aircraft leasing operator with
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      474 59 ■•TISCIIL9 ASSET MANAGEMENT (SUGAPOtE) LIMITED —1| t 1 f Best Performing Equity Fund WL Be* Performing Bond Fnnd m Be* Monmkng EqrnXj fmmd aver I year v* aver I year over 1 year (Aaia f yii) I II 1 Five Arrows Five Arrows Five Arrows Southeast Asia Asian Bond Trust
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      1325 62  -  North Asia and the bigger Asian economies offer more upside potential than those in South-east Asia, writes PEK SWAN TEO LAYANTO PEK SWAN TEO LAYANTO The writer is a director at Schroder Investment Management (Singapore) IN recent weeks, the asset allocation preferences of regional funds have shown
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      491 64  -  By Alex Henderson The writer is director of Henderson Investors FROM a fundamental perspective, the outlook for global technology stocks in 2000 remains very encouraging. The Y2K issue has passed with very few glitches, so corporations that had imposed technology spending lock-downs at the
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      627 66  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan THE Investment Fund Awards, which is jointly organised by The Business Times, Standard Chartered Bank and Reuters, is now into its fourth year. The 1999 Awards received applications from 190 qualifying funds, of which 102 were
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      1632 66  -  NGIAM TONG DOW, the Central Provident Fund Board chairman, delivered the keynote speech at the 1999 Investment Fund Awards held on Feb 18 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. We reproduce the full text of his address NGIAM TONG DOW f f OOD evening, Mm ladies H
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      866 69  -  While global bonds are performing very well, they have failed to take off in a big way in Singapore. PATRICK CORFE looks at the merits of investing in bonds PATRICK CORFE The writer is investment editor at Aberdeen Asset Management Asia THERE are only a
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      214 62 Aberdeen ASSET MANAGEMENT ASIA li-jrsS aSfi®^ -SSSSJP Si' 'V? aSH^^?*"- 4 ""SZvtfS'Si i > Aberdeen Malaysian Equity Fund After a year in the investment wilderness, Malaysia is beginning to convince the doubters. Growth, confidence and companies are reviving. As the ONLY dedicated Malaysia unit trust registered in Singapore, this Fund
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      277 63 < fl #1 M Global Contrarian Fund. Awarded Best Performing Global Equity Fund* 1 m M We see opportunity in adversity. s 3 V. > *3 *)■«> s What makes the Global Contrarian Fund tick are our fund managers at OUB Asset Management Ltd. OUB Asset Management Ltd, the fund
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      299 65 The judges know a winner when they see one. n m in So do all of our investors. V 1 CMG First State Investments is proud to be awarded the Best Performer for the CMG First State Singapore Growth Fund and CMG First State Regional China Fund. Excuse us... but
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      212 68 WE JUST KEEP GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH 1997 1998 Investment Fund Awards Keppel Singapore/Malaysia Fund J j (Singapore/Malaysia Equity Funds) I I 1-Year Category J < 1999 Investment Fund Awards Keppel Singapore Balanced Fund Keppel Singapore Balanced Fund j Keppel South East Asia Fund I f (Mixed Funds) I
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      331 69 The Fund invests in high-growth companies involved in the strong performance this fund has enjoyed since its inception on 27 Act now and reap the potential returns in what the telecommunications, IT hardware and software, and electronic May '98 (188.2* total return on Net Asset Value, with income rein- information
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      264 70 Maximize Your Investments wit Ii As! Unit Trusts are managed by fund managers whose vast experience in managing investors' funds will ensure superior returns over time. Diversification is the key to successful investment. Most investors lack the time to gain the experience and knowledge of other markets. You can invest
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