The Business Times, 31 March 2000

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    11 1 FheBijstnessTtmes **ta 86* SINGAPORE 'ernet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ FRIDAY. MARCH 31, 2000
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    68 1 □m *****! (-64.65) R4U ml nun (-19.00) PJSMSCIFUTOTES M 2MJO (-7.00) STOCK ■iUET DOHCES Thursday Change KLSECOMP— 171.48 1166 NIKKEI 29,441 JO -266.15 HANG SENG 17,467.15 -6J952 SET INDEX 396J6 -11.10 JAKARTA COUP HU8 -&46 MANILA COMP +M7 TAIPEI WP1 SH91J4 +1M2S SEOUL COMP 9S9M -18J6 OSA CHINA
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    70 1 FOREX RATES US* SI £{tSSA$lerf) 1JK ZZZ 2.749 IJMJ lift DH 2.069 1899 VE» 10U 1.631 RI -1I 1809 0.459 HO 7.788 1221 BAHT 17*7 194ft RUPIAH 7,690 0.022* •St»too units FUME KITES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPIH 7.67 JAKARTA .39.08 BANGKOK 3M MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI 7.84 SYDNEY
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    Lock icon Once mighty Tiger hedge fund roars its last
    894 1 Returns had averaged 26 per cent a year between 1980 and 1999 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Julian Robertson, for over two decades one of the most successful stock pickers on Wall Street, will shut down his Tiger Management LLC hedge fund group after
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    Lock icon High Court? Nah, give me haute cuisine
    883 1  -  > FEOFIaEr By Jaime Ee [SINGAPORE] ONE fine day, Sat Pal Khattar came home to find Shareen, his oldest child and only daughter, waiting to drop a bombshell on him. "I want to open a restaurant," pronounced the graduate in philosophy and art
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    Lock icon Nasdaq down 70 at noon, Dow fares better
    119 1 [NEW YORK] The Nasdaq composite continued its slide yesterday and was down as much as 2 per cent in the first minutes of trading. At 12 noon EST, it stood at 4,574.26, down 70.41 points. Bluechips once again fared better, attracting money
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    Lock icon StarHub's reseller deal with SingTel Mobile still in limbo
    760 1  -  Byi Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] One mUlion subscribers of Sing Tel Mobile will not be able to make international calls on the Star Hub network tomorrow when Singapore launches its first full-scale competition in the telecoms market. Yesterday, the two operators remained
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      126 1 maPB Exec Lifestyle Feng Shui and IT firms: Technology and geomancy may appear as strange bedfellows. EL 1 World I jgGourmet only the best from 12 star >■ f »A chefs. EL 7 BT Comment Fund managers in a bind over old and new ecoribmy. Pg 4 Top stories Sembcorp
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      159 1 Abby Joseph Cohen just did fP what Alan Greenspan couldn't She deflated the bubble. This started weeks ago and was kind of rolling along, but she really did It fell V the money has been flowing Mk fck— out of technology and I MJgr into the Old Economy Paul Cox,
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      10 1 Pg 3 More bang for our bucks, please, Pg 3
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Psst! Got the name?
        60 2 IMPROVING corporate governance in Singapore, especially in the area of disclosure and transparency, is hard work. Even the names of the members of the Committee on Corporate Governance set up in December are a confidential matter, Grapevine has learned. There must be a good reason for
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        Lock icon Forget the flight, just catch a movie
        86 2 SOON, we'll be going to the airport just to watch movies. In its perennial mission to make Changi Airport the best in the world, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore is introducing three television lounges at different locations in both Terminals 1 and
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        Lock icon Names with bite
        58 2 HONGKONGERS' English names have always been a source of amusement. The latest heard was Malaria, who works in a bank there. Apparently in the same bank, there are quite a few Rainbows as well. DBS Bank here recently hired a Hongkonger called Water. Of course in Chinese,
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        Lock icon Click on the feminine side
        61 2 WANT to connect with other professional women? Click on www.worftenasia.com and network with professional and business women in Asia and North America to mentor and be mentored, negotiate import-export deals, post jobs, get jobs or just get in touch with women-specific issues. But one question
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      Lock icon 'Business as usual' at Seagate's S'pore operations
      666 2  -  Delisting plan sparks talk of further revamp in pipeline By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] American disk drive manufacturer Seagate Technology, which on Wednesday stunned observers when it announced it would be delisted, yesterday said it was "business as usual" at its Singapore operations. But
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      Lock icon SembCorp, partners to put $1b in Jurong Island deals
      669 2  -  exclusive Investments will make group main provider of support services to island Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] SembCorp Industries and its partners plan to spend over $1 billion in their effort to be the main provider of support services for Jurong Island,
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      Lock icon Get set for movie fest featuring 300 films
      164 2 [SINGAPORE] Asian sex cinema, retrospectives of Jean Luc Godard and Marlene Dietrich, and just plain, good old movies are up for grabs In the 13th Singapore International Film Festival that kicks off today, Sgfaß|pißWH While the fact that films like In The
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  • TELECOMS big bang
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      Lock icon Kep T&T, Telstra aim for No 2 spot in 3 years
      558 3  -  SPH may pick up stake in joint venture; Telstra may replace C&W in Ml By Catherine Ong KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation said a joint venture it has formed with its new strategic partner, Australia's Telstra Corporation, aims to be the
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      Lock icon SingTel slashes IDD rates
      238 3  -  Calls to 25 destinations to be cheaper by as mnch as 59% from May By. Kalpana Rashiwala UPPING the ante in the IDD rate war, Singapore Telecom last night said that from May, it is slashing rates for all users of its IDD 001 and other
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      Lock icon But what does it all mean?
      367 3 Compiled by BT Facilities-Based Operators (FBOs) Operators who deploy their own telecoms networks, systems and facilities to offer telecoms switching, transmission capacity, services to other licensed operators, businesses and/or consumers. Facilities include submarine cable, satellite international gateway, and domestic telecommunication networks, I public mobile
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      Lock icon More bang for our bucks, please
      437 3  -  Companies sniffing out best deals in telecoms Big Bang, but most may stick with Sing Tel as tested supplier By Siow Li Sen FINANCIAL institutions can now count on stable if not falling telecom costs as they negotiate for lower charges with telecommunications companies
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      Lock icon TALK OF THE TOWN
      60 3 'We will graciously allow tho Incumbant to retain their market share.' —Roland Tan, executive director ofKeppel TAT 'Switch? I'm not sure as quality and reliability of the support service are still the most important considerations.' —a managing director of a futures firm 'We have no loyalty
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      151 3 THE SECRETS OF LOOKING LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS GOING FOR ONLY $20 Feeling Good, Looking Good! That's the theme of this exciting fashion happening from CYC Come on down and get connected with the latest styles. On Bth and 15th April 2000 3pm-spm Raffles Hotel (Casuarina Suite B) Talk by
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Low marks awarded to non-exec directors
      379 4  -  Survey finds they don't add moch value to boards; corporate disclosure found unsatisfactory too By Siow Li Sen INDEPENDENT directors of listed companies here are still found wanting, in terms of the role they play in adding value to the boards they sit on,
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      Lock icon OCBC buys back 300,000 shares for $3.1m
      145 4 OCBC yesterday executed what could potentially be a $645 million share buyback programme at current prices. The bank yesterday became Singapore's first to buy back its own shares when it purchased 300,000 shares from the open market for $3.1 million, or an average
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      Lock icon Big Bang results in 'sell' rating for SingTel
      306 4  -  Analysts see a slide in its revenue, profits with the loss of its monopoly By Eugene Low PROMOTED as a long-term investment by the government, Singapore Telecom (Sing Tel) is now a "sell" according to several analysts' recommendations. With the impending loss
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      Lock icon Ong Asia offers 113m shares at 39 cents each
      553 4  -  By Ven Sreenivasan ONG Asia Ltd, one of Singapore's oldest stockbroking houses, has launched an initial public offering of 113.1 million shares at 39 cents each. The offering the first by a local broking house in almost six years comprises 67.84
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      Lock icon Fund managers in a bind over old and new economy
      763 4  -  locksiew r sivanithy THE current new and oldeconomy dichotomy splitting up the stock markets isn't just changing how markets behave, it's also throwing up all sorts of ethical and performance-related questions for fund managers. Perhaps the single most important question
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      Lock icon A little patience for DBS Land's Net strategy
      334 5  -  Property giant was due to an veil strategy end March By Kalpana Rashiwala INVESTORS awaiting DBS Land's Internet strategy due for release at the end of this month had better not hold their breath. The property developer says there has been a
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      Lock icon NOL shares fall with rise in bunker fuel prices
      309 5 Bloomberg NEPTUNE Orient Lines Ltd's shares fell after benchmark bunker fuel prices in Singapore rose 6.5 per cent on Wednesday on a reported shortage for at least two more weeks. Although oil products are expected to cost less after the Organisation
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      Lock icon BIL hits 19-month high in Singapore debut
      761 5 Brierley's shares close 17.9% higher than their earlier NZ close of NZ$O.4B Reuters [SINGAPORE] Former New Zealand-based investment firm Brierley Investments Ltd (BIL) saw its shares hit a 19-month high of 550.64 in its Singapore debut yesterday, before easing back to close at
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      Lock icon SPC proposes merger of local and foreign shares
      237 7 No compensation to be paid to holders of foreign shares SINGAPORE Petroleum Company (SPC), which is now part of the Keppel stable, yesterday proposed the merger of its local and foreign shares, with no compensation for holders of foreign shares. It is
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon Nobel makes profit comeback
        134 7 FURNITURE group Nobel Design Holdings has turned around, reporting a $1.9 million group net profit for the year ended December, against a $1.3 million loss previously, on the back of a 25 per cent improvement in turnover to $52.9 million. It attributed its better fortunes to
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        Lock icon MMI interim results slump 92%
        114 7 DISK drive components maker MMI Holdings reported a 92 per cent slump in group net profit to $621,000 for the six months ended December. A $6.5 million extraordinary gain from selling down a stake in Ecquaria Technologies resulted in a bottomline profit of $7.1 million,
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        Lock icon Straits Trading plans 1-for-5 bonus
        55 7 SINGAPORE investment holding firm The Straits Trading Company has proposed a one-for-five bonus issue to shareholders. The bonus issue announcement was contained in its 1999 earnings results announced on Thursday. The firm reported a net profit rise of 63.9 per cent for the year ended
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        Lock icon Malaysian firm's unit to list on SGX
        73 7 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian semiconductor and automotive parts maker AIC Corporation Bhd said yesterday that its unit, Nucleus Electronics Pte Ltd, has been granted approval to list on the Singapore Exchange's second board Sesdaq. AIC Corp's 75 per cent-owned subsidiary, AIC Technology Sdn Bhd,
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        Lock icon Japan group buys into MediaRing.com
        114 7 Reuters INTERNET firm Mediaßing.com Ltd said yesterday it would be Issuing 8.19 million new shares at $1.05 each to Japan's Trans Cosmos Inc. The firm said in a statement that the proposed issue of a 1.18 per cent stake in the company was for the
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        Lock icon Poh Tiong Choon profit up 48%
        85 7 POH Tiong Choon Logistics yesterday posted a 48 per cent rise in frill-year net profit to $3.3 million on a 14.3 per cent drop in turnover to $37.2 million. There was an extraordinary gain of $590,000, against an extraordinary loss of $142,000 previously. Earnings
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      Lock icon Wong's Circuits posts 28% higher earnings of $29m
      223 7  -  By Jennifer Lien HONGKONG-BASED printed circuit board maker Wong's Circuits posted a 28 per cent rise in 1999 net profit to $29.3 million. It also added that its memorandum of understanding to sell its PCB business to a third party was "not
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      Lock icon Big boys pump another US$75m into bex.com
      436 7  -  Investors include Vertex, Temasek, Creative and Japan MNCs and bank By' Toh Han Shih BEX.COM, a Singapore e-commerce firm that plans to list on Nasdaq this year, has secured US$75 million (Ssl29 million) in new capital from major investors. The investors are led
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      Lock icon Hong Leong Asia goes into the red
      400 7 CORPORATE RESULTS THE continued downturn in the construction sector dealt a big blow to Hong Leong Asia, which last year sank into the red with a net loss of $2.4 million, compared with a previous gain of $16 million. In the face of
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      Lock icon Funds 'steeply underweight' S'pore and Indon stocks
      289 7  -  US bonds, Malaysian equities high on overweight list, based on poll for April By Jennifer Lien SINGAPORE stocks were the big losers in a Hongkongbased Dow Jones Newswires poll of eight Asian fund managers, who recommended that investors steeply underweight Singapore equities. On
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      106 4 CD ONG ASIA LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 23 March 1993) Initial Public Offering 113,068,000 ordinary shares comprising 67,841,091 New Shares and 45,226,909 Vendor Shares as follows:1. 23,000,000 Offer Shares at 550.39 each; and 2. 90,068,000 Placement Shares, comprising: i) 83,668,000 Placement Shares at 550.39 each; and
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      264 5 if you like to be weH informed, highly entertained and ennched, you're a Lycos natural. www.lycoaasia.com.9g tha ultimate Internet destination in the region offers you a complete /> ff I jtipe of toois. products and servk*t,for youcjigfog pleasure. You can access more than 5,000 local websites and 50 million more
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Naluri warrant: snags lie in high premium, low gearing
      190 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy DESPITE the slide on Nasdaq and a general sell-off around the region, the Malaysian stock market has held up reasonably well. One reason could be that funds are still more inclined to look for value north
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      471 6 •Mfc* VdMW MediaRinolOc 29,869.000 Victors Capital 2Sc 20,136,000 19.145,000 18.158,000 UJaoob20c 14,369,000 Briartsy NZ10c 9,094,000 Faatach US10C 7,828,000 tonica P$1.00 7,740,000 GES Infl Ud 20c 7,560,000 MITachlOc 7,306,000 9>ocka P«c«icCa»Hury 86,287,295 SIA 54,993,120 SngTal 15c 48,981,745 U06 42,011,418 DBSGrp 39,741,535 MediaRmglOc 31,073,755 NOL 28,882,633 L-Jaoob20c„ 27,026,940 SPH 23,723,451 GES InB
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      Lock icon Retreat continues, led by Creative and SingTel
      567 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy THE local market's relative inefficiency in assessing corporate prospects as well as its inability to withstand a softening of overseas sentiment became glaringly obvious yesterday as prices fell for the third consecutive session. Much of the blame was attributable to a
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      Lock icon MPH needs to top $1 convincingly
      254 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Wong Wei Kong SHARES of MPH were actively traded yesterday after it unveiled more details of its e-commerce plans, with the stock finishing among the session's most heavily traded issues. The shares closed up 1.5 cents or 1.6 per cent at
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      Lock icon Market Notices
      126 6 SAN Teh will be trading ex-dividend (first and final i dividend of 1.6 cents) on -3 June 5. Last day for buying-inonacumbasisis j June 8. Date payable is June 20. UIC will be trading ex-dividend (first and final dividend of one cent) on May 31. The last day
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      Lock icon Greenback strengthens against euro, but ends lower to yen
      302 6 AFP {SINGAPORE] The US dollar closed yesterday higher to the euro and lower to the yen in Singapore trade, dealers said. The euro fetched U550.9562, down from its close on Wednesday of U550.9575. It opened here at U550.9534, according to rates
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      48 6 The first SGD debt issue by one of Sweden's largest financial groups. Who better to launch it than a globally acclaimed bank? S|E|B Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) S$ 100,000,000 Principal Amount of 4.6% Subordinated Notes Due 2010 Lead Manager Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore) Limited March 2000 CITIBANK?^
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      535 7 SINGAPORE LAND LIMITED SINGAPORE LAND LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Issue of 68,771,089 warrants ("Warrants") to subscribe for 68,771,089 new ordinary shares of $1.00 each in the capital of Singapore Land Limited (the "Company") at $2.20 per new share to be offered (the "Warrant Offer") to shareholders of
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      Lock icon S'pore must build on its maritime strengths: PM Goh
      314 8  -  He cautions against complacency, urging S'pore to go beyond being a major hub By. Ann Toh SINGAPORE must develop into a leading maritime centre leveraging on its existing strengths in financial services, information technology, telecommunications and transportation, Prime Minister Goh Chok
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      Lock icon Corporates lagging in critical changes: survey
      404 8  -  New mode needed in innovation, risk taking, commitment Byi Anna Teo FASTER innovation; a greater willingness to take risks and to learn; ard a more committed team these are among the key changes needed to improve corporate performance, say executives of multinationals in the
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      Lock icon Olympus to outsource US$10m job to Singapore
      238 8 JAPANESE conglomerate Olympus Optical will outsource US$lO million (Ssl7 million) worth of manufacturing contracts in Singapore this year, a senior company executive told BT yesterday, Olympus Technologies Singapore (OTS), part of Olympus' information peripheral division which will be officially opened tomorrow, will outsource
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    • NEWSRoundup
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        Lock icon S'pore film fest organiser in hot soup
        100 8 AP A TAIWANESE filmmaker said yesterday he was furious with organisers of the Singapore International Film Festival for showing his movie, Boys for Beauty, without his permission. Director Mickey Chen said he was not paid for the March 26 screening. As well as
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        Lock icon JOINT S'pore-India infocomm task force
        34 8 SINGAPORE and India have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a task force on information and communications technology and services, the Communications and IT Ministry said yesterday.
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      Lock icon 7 new members for Turf Club committee
      129 8 THE Singapore Totalisator Board yesterday announced several changes to the management committee of the Singapore Turf Club, with the appointment of seven new people. Among them are Standard Chartered CEO Theresa Foo and MPH chairman Simon Cheong. The others are Singapore Press Holdings
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      Lock icon Insurers should avoid financial services: report
      302 8 A GLOBAL survey report on general insurance has warned general insurers in Asia and other parts of the world against making "a misguided move" into financial services. The market, it noted, has not been responsive to insurers selling multi-financial products, preferring instead to buy
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      Lock icon Six Battery Road to add 10,000 sq ft in $43m refurbishment
      374 8 SIX Battery Road, sold by DBS Land last November in a $878 million asset securitisation deal, is getting a $43 million refurbishment. Deducting the $43 million in refurbishment cost from the asset securitisation price would put the value of
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      Lock icon Two executive condo sites in Tampines, Yishun for tender
      407 8  -  Plots, located in mature estates, could yield 700 nnits By Marissa Chew THE Housing and Development Board has put up for sale two sites for executive condominium (EC) development in Tampines and Yishun which could yield over 700 units. The tender
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      Lock icon DBS raises GDP forecast to 6.5-7%
      319 8  -  KT^r^n^economy GDP By Jennifer Lien DBS Bank has raised its growth forecast for Singapore's gross domestic product this year to 6.5 to 7 per cent from 6 to 6.5 per cent. Its March Asia Economic Briefing report on Singapore highlighted three positive trends: recovering
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      Lock icon Govt should make SGX toe the liberalisation line
      829 9  -  Bin Hee Heng Singapore THE Singapore Exchange's (SGX) justification for its ban on on-line brokers' loyalty reward scheme is rather facile. If SGX feels that the playing field is not level, it is not the creation of the online brokers, because they
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      Lock icon Why would anyone read an outdated Who's Who?
      238 9  -  Low Hou Loke, David Singapore THIS has reference to BT's article "Who's the real Who in Singapore?" (March 30). I wonder why anyone, in this day and age, would be interested in such outdatedness. Singapore is hardly the society where "technical know-who"
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      Lock icon Give receipts for payments
      98 9  -  Chua Joo Koon Singapore I WENT to CM Telecom International registrar Barbinder Co with a bank draft to exercise my subscription rights for CM Telecom shares. I felt uneasy when told that no receipt would be given, and this was common practice for the exercise of
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      Lock icon No real need to change image
      162 9  -  Patrick Tan Choon Hong Singapore I REFER to the discussion on the recent suggestion to lift the ban on chewing gum for a better image of Singapore. Does Singapore really have an image problem? Politically, the answer is yes. But the question we need
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      Lock icon Telecoms playing field not level yet
      96 9  -  Yu K W Singapore I REFER to BTs reports titled "s3b boost for economy seen from telecoms Big Bang" and "Star Hub struggles to get Sing Tel to switch its EDD calls" (March 30). The former is good PR and if it has happened,
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      457 9 T-Tw-: -rnmmjmm T h e Housing Development Boo, d is 4> DEVELOPMENT j BJ J BOARD I pleased to offer for sale two parcels of S i a l e of Sy^sJ E™£; PI Land Parcel Tampines E6 State land for Executive Condominium ???3| Located in the award-winning Tampines Town,
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      Lock icon TVB, Measat announce deal to spin off new firm on HK's GEM
      708 10  -  The new firm will comprise the 2 groups' holdings in TVB.com, Galaxy and East Asia Film Entertainment hYom] Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong INVESTORS interested in buying a stake in the media-telecommunications empire controlled by Malaysian tycoon Ananda Krishnan
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      Lock icon CyberWorks eyes stake in Filipino cable TV, buys into Indian Web site
      220 10 MANILA Bloomberg RICHARD Li's Pacific Century CyberWorks, which has been aggressively building the parts of an Asian e-com-merce empire, is in talks with PhilWeb.Com Inc for a possible joint investment in cable television companies in the Philippines. PhilWeb.Com,
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      Lock icon Asia Online gets US$100m in fresh capital
      434 10  -  Prom i Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong ASIA Online Ltd, a regional Internet business solution provider, has secured US$lOO million (Ssl72 million) of new capital from a group of institutional and strategic investors. In an announcement yesterday, Asia Online said the new investment
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      Lock icon CDNow stock plummets after auditor expresses concern
      502 11 SAN FRANCISCO Recurring losses from operations cast doubt on firm's ability to continue as a going concern NYT SHARES in the online music retailer CDNow Inc fell 30.9 per cent to US$3.5O on Wednesday after the company filed an audit with the Securities
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      Lock icon British Telecom, AT&T, Microsoft in mobile Net tie-up
      352 11 LONDON The 2 telcos will use Microsoft's platform to deliver services AFX-Asia, Reuters, FT TWO major telecommunications companies are teaming up with Microsoft Corp to develop high-speed global Internet mobile phone services. Under the deal, British Telecom and AT&T Corp's existing and
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      Lock icon Pacific Century Insurance, Health Care in Internet venture
      315 11 HONGKONG Reuters PACIFIC Century Insurance Holdings Ltd (PCI) yesterday unveiled a new Internet joint venture with Health Care International Holdings Ltd (HCI) that will seek a share flotation "as soon as possible". PCI deputy chairman and chief executive Andrew Yang told a
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      131 10 Singapore Symphonia Company Limited presents WOFA Percussion dance from Guinea, West Africa Date: 4 5 April 2000 (Tuesday Wednesday) Time: 8.15pm Venue: Victoria Concert Hall Together with their African drums and traditional instruments, this group will electrify audiences with their exuberant dancing explosive rhythms! IMBL__ 1 H m B In.
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      90 10 >' M J //>/ J/ i *iIP audience would Inive eagerly gone along with this company on any musical or choreographic journey it t00k... The rhythmically intricate choreographic occasionally made legs seem like drumsticks and the whole stage an enormous drum." THE YORK TIMES. NEW" YORK I he pulsing rhythms
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      623 10 "EN PRIMEUR" RESERVATION FORM The moment comes for you to discover how you can partake in this ritualistic practice set by a Bordeaux tradition. Simply fill in the reservation form below with the chateau that you are interested in, together with the number of cases you intend to acquire and
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      774 12  -  ■ITH I bottom line OPINION al labita The writer is BT's Manila correspondent PRESIDENT Joseph Estrada's government is getting nowhere in its bid to sue for peace with the hardline Moro separatists in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao. Both sides had held countless peace
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      537 12 EDITORIAL WHEN Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan recently assessed the challenges of the new economy, he focused on three key areas and two of the three related directly to workers. It's a perspective to keep in mind as Singapore seeks to reinvent itself as Singapore.com. It was
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      591 12  -  Firms move beyond traditional activities and innovate to nTpanH markets Reports by Yang Razali Kassim The writer is BT's regional analysis editor AN OUTLINE of the "external wing" of Singapore's economy is shaping up, some five years after the go-global drive kicked off. Asia,
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      589 12 THE East Asian economic crisis had a silver lining: Singapore companies werp forced to diversify away from the region, and in so doing, accelerated the externalisation of the local economy. BT highlights some companies which the TDB helped to employ new tools to penetrate the
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      677 12  -  COMMENTARY By Robert Scheer The writer is a contributing editor to The Times "OH gosh, I forgot, we do have 6,000 strategic nuclear warheads of our own at a high state of alert, 15 minutes away from blowing up any
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        116 13 MALAYSIA Airline System tumbled 16 sen to 4.08 Malaysian ringgit despite reports that its parent, Naluri Bhd, will sell some of its shares in the national carrier at a premium to the market price. A newspaper said the price may be in the range of RMS to
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        100 13 TIME Engineering shed 30 sen to 5.55 Malaysian ringgit although the company is set to unveil its strategic partner for its telco arm next week. Time, which is part of the Renong group, is still finalising talks with a foreign party to take up a 24.6 per
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        75 13  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh YTL Corporation managed to buck the market trend yesterday, rising Ave sen to 7.15 Malaysian ringgit on thin volume. Analysts said the well-managed and cash-rich company will benefit from the turnaround of the construction sector after two lean years. The central bank has
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      155 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN Tobacco Company Bhd has said it proposed to buy a toll road operator, a highway maintenance firm and a stake in an independent power producer for 600 million Malaysian ringgit (*****.62 million) in cash. "The company proposes to acquire
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      262 13 KUALA LUMPUR Optical Disc Act gives authorities power to seize disc equipment Reuters MALAYSIA has proposed a new law which is expected to deal a severe blow to copyright piracy, officials said yesterday. The Optical Disc Act 2000, approved by the government
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      269 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S Southern Bank Bhd will make a cash offer for three financial institutions it is to take over as part of the nation's bank merger plan. Its chief executive director, Tan Teong Hean, said yesterday the bank would
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      170 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters VETERAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, in power for nearly two decades, said yesterday that he would have to leave office at some point but gave no idea when the moment might come. "No one lasts forever," the official Bernama news agency quoted
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      283 13 KUALA LUMPUR Application to be submitted by end-May now Reuters MALAYSIA'S Hicom Holdings Bhd said yesterday that there would be a delay in its plan to seek regulatory approval for the sale of its 27 per cent stake in national car maker Proton to
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      426 14 JAKARTA Planned fuel price hike will go ahead tomorrow, says minister AFXAsia, Reuters PRESIDENT Abdurrahman Wahid has ordered all members of the Cabinet except the foreign minister not to travel until problems with the government's International Monetary Fund sponsored economic programme are solved,
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      322 14 RAYONG, Thailand AFP, AP THAI Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai said yesterday that he was considering an urgent cabinet reshuffle after the interior minister quit over corruption allegations. "I have not yet talked about the reshuffle, but it's an urgent issue," Mr Chuan told
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      446 14 JAKARTA Analysts see it as a blew to Indonesia's reform efforts Reuters A JAKARTA court yesterday annulled the takeover of 9candal-hlt Bank Ball by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra), dealing a further blow to efforts to patch up Indonesia's ravaged banking
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      477 15  -  However, export-oriented processing industries are exempted from the 10% levy From, Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta DESPITE strong opposition from investors and the Singapore authorities, the Indonesian government yesterday said it would start collecting a 10 per cent value added tax (VAT) in
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      311 15 BANGKOK Sale will help rebuild financial sector, where two-fifths of loans are bad Bloomberg, Reuters THAILAND still aims to sell Siam City Bank to foreign investors, as a foreign owner would bring new technology and expertise to the nationalised lender, a
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        71 15 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian authorities were yesterday considering taking Mr Suharto under escort to fees questioning after the former president felled to answer s second summons yesterday citing health reasons, an official said. "That will be discusssd later, we sre considering other efforts, for example
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        55 15 Reuters [MANILA] Philippine public transport drivers went on strike yesterday in protest against increased fuel prices, paralysing transport in a dozen provinces and parts of the capital, police said. Polios said up to 90 psrcsnt of public transport in 12 ofthe Philippines'more than TO nrovinees were
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        77 15 Bloomberg (BANGKOK] Thailand's central bank will buy about two-thirds of the bad loans at state-owned Krung Thai Bank Pd to help clean up the balance sheet of the country's second-largest bank. Financial Institutions Development Fund, the central bank's financial industry rescue fUnd, will
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        74 15 Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippine government agreed to sell its shares in Philippine National Bank at the Boor price of 100 pesos per share that ma)or shareholder Lucio Tan had set as a minimum price for him to participate in a joint stake sale. A
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        60 15 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asked the Court of Appeals yesterday to overturn its order halting an investigation into an alleged price-fixing scandal involving gaming firm BW Resource Corp. In its petition, the SEC said continuation of the probe was crucial
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        95 15 Reuters [MANILA] Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corp of the Philippines has signed an agreement with a Chinese firm that could enable it to reopen a mothballed copper mine in the central Philippines, Vice-President Gloria Arroyo said yesterday. China Nonferrous signed a memorandum to negotiate
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      327 16 BEIJING Anti-corruption policy takes effect from Monday, says report Bloomberg CHINA is banning depositors from using false names when opening bank accounts in an anti-corruption move that could benefit the stock market as people look for alternative investments. The People's Bank of
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      554 16 Figures show 1999 completions increased HE supply overhang THE Hongkong housing market is unlikely to see any sharp price hikes, if latest government figures are anything to go by. According to the latest findings by the government's rating and valuation department, housing completions
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      251 16 HONGKONG Bloomberg BANK of East Asia Ltd (BEA) chairman David Li said the bank's wholly-owned retail subsidiary, United Chinese Bank Ltd (UCB), may be turned into a "cyberbank", as BEA continues a drive into on-line banking businesses. Hongkong's third-largest publicly-traded bank said
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      386 16 HONGKONG HK central bank chief voices concern as stocks fall 3Ji% Reuters, AFP, Bloomberg HONGKONG Monetary Authority (HKMA) chief executive Joseph Yam said yesterday investors in technology stocks should be careful of market volatility and errors in valuations. Mr Yam's
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      211 16 TAIPEI Bloomberg THE Taiwan Stock Exchange Corp will begin afternoon "fixed price" trading on Wednesday next week, allowing people to buy and sell shares at the price prevailing each day when the market closes at noon Taipei time. The stock exchange will
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      Lock icon Satyam in Internet gateway tie-up with Loral
      224 18 MADRAS The deal will help improve connectivity with the US Reuters INDIA'S largest private sector Internet service provider Satyam Infoway Ltd is planning to launch private Internet gateways with Loral Space Communications Ltd for improving connectivity with the US, the firm's chief said
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      192 18 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG Internet start-up Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd (PCCW) said on Wednesday that it had bought key media rights, including jointly running a Web site, to international cricket matches played in India through 2004. PCCW said in a statement that it would build
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      Lock icon US growth hits 16-year peak in Q4 1999
      708 20 WASHINGTON Brisk 7.3% rate beats expectations and comes despite interest rate hikes Reuters, Bloomberg US economic growth boomed ahead at its strongest rate in nearly 16 years during the final quarter of last year, the government said yesterday in a report underlining
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      60 20 [NEW ORLEANS] US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright enjoying the music of James Andrews during a lunch in the historic French Quarter of New Orleans on Wednesday. She was in town to attend the Inter American Development Bank annual conference and took time off her
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      418 20 TOKYO Commodity prices, consumer demand and current account deficit worrying Reuters FEDERAL Reserve Bank of New York president William McDonough said on Thursday that he saw signs of imbalances and strains in the US economy, suggesting the central bank's recent rate hikes were
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      Lock icon US inflation to keep rising till 2002: study
      303 20 LOS ANGELES Bloomberg INFLATION will accelerate this year and next before slowing, while the US economy in 2000 will grow more than 4 per cent for the fourth consecutive year, according to a new forecast. The consumer price index, the government's broadest
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      345 20 SYDNEY Index to provide variety, liquidity that investors need Bloomberg THE Australian Stock Exchange Ltd's new index based on Australia's 200 largest companies will become its new benchmark index from Monday, Richard Humphry, the exchange's managing director said. Mr Humphry added that the
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      482 21 NEW YORK Investors rush to sell richly-valued technology and Internet stocks Reuters THE Nasdaq posted its thirdlargest point drop ever on Wednesday as investors rushed to sell their richly-val-ued technology stocks, particularly Internet shares. Razzle-dazzle Internet and technology stocks have driven the Nasdaq
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      115 21 MADRID AFP THE European Central Bank (ECB) yesterday held its key interest rates steady, as expected. At the regular fortnightly meeting of its governing council, the bank, which determines monetary policy for the single currency area, left its refinancing (refl) rate unchanged at 3.5
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      353 21 Tokyo It also unveils plans for online bank in tie-np with Saknra, JP Morgan Bloomberg SONY Corp, the world's second largest maker of consumer electronic appliances, yesterday said it wants to become a bigger player in the broadband market, and also announced plans for the online
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      505 22 SAN FRANCISCO The business is in fall recovery and could surprise on the upside, they say Reuters FORGET about investing in money-losing dot-com companies, the US$l49 billion (*****.6 billion) worldwide semiconductor industry is on a roll. The semiconductor business, known for its boom-to-bust
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      141 22 NUREMBERG AFP HIGHLY-QUALIFIED foreign technicians can now apply for jobs in Germany under a new proposal granting work permits to skilled foreigners, the Federal Labour Office said on Wednesday. The jobs fall under a controversial federal plan to grant 20,000 residence and employment permits
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      215 22 BRUSSELS Bloomberg VIRGIN Express Holdings pic, Europe's No 2 low-fare airline, reported a loss for the fourth quarter that was 10 times the year-earlier loss, as fuel prices doubled and the euro grew weaker against the dollar. The airline said it lost 100 US
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      208 22 LONDON Reuters EUROPEAN banks want the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to make so-called "internal ratings" a key part of the new Capital Accord rule book currently being produced by the regulator. The banks were scheduled to make the call yesterday through the
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      326 24  -  SGX Derivatives Tradingßeports MSCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stockmarket was bludgeoned yesterday with losses seen across-the-board. Technology issues lost ground following Nasdaq's 3.9 per cent overnight fall. Talk of the closure of the renowned Tiger Management Hedge Fund group
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      260 24  -  MSCI Taiwan fatores Seow Hock Hin Refco Singapore SGX MSCI Taiwan Index futures at March expiry rose 5.2 points or 1.21 per cent to 436.0 yesterday on heavy buying by Taiwanese locals while the underlying MSCI cash index rose 7.06 points or 1.65
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      137 24 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] OU prices paused for breath yesterday, steadying from a mid-week nosedive of more than US$l per barrel on the prospect for extra supplies and signs of possible dissent within the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries. North Sea benchmark Brent crude futures
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      317 24 Reuters London THE euro eyed record lows before bouncing against the yen early yesterday in jittery trade after the European Central Bank (ECB) confirmed expectations and left interest rates unchanged. The single currency fell towards record lows against yen and sterling and a onemonth low against the US
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      2733 25 HONGKONG AFP Q Haa«Seng jjjjj HONGKONG share prices slumped 3.5 per cent yesterday to below the 18,000 level as losses on Wall Street lent a bearish tone to the bourse and ended a record-setting rally. "The market went for a correction from
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      965 25 Reuters HShMihfßMg *147 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed up solidly yesterday on hopes Beijing would take steps to boost the market. Domestic A shares touched record highs on buying by domestic institutions. Shenzhen's B Share Index rose 2.47 points or 2.72 per cent to 93.22 points as turnover
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      335 25 AFP QWPbfax +12&25 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.3 per cent higher yesterday in a positive reaction to presi-dent-elect Chen Shui-bian's appointment of defence minister Tang Fei as his new premier, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 126.25 points to 9,981.94, after touching an intra-day high
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      1988 25 TOKYO AFP Nikkei 22S -MSJS SHARE prices in Tokyo fell 1.3 per cent yesterday after a four-session rising streak which culminated in a 40-month high the previous day, brokers said. "It was nothing but an adjustment of the speed. (Investors) needed a pause after these
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      405 27 AFX-Asia y Composite Index -13.65 KUALA Lumpur share prices closed broadly lower in trade that turned cautious after sharp falls across the region, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 13.65 points or 1.39 per cent at 971.48, off an early high of
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      3039 28 BONDS A WARRANTS Mar 30 S2-»—« 1*1 M •>) UaMMto ki% III Can bar "SK mm U» Cmvmt Sato «ar COM) M# La. *n» later Ma MUM M» taart*2 Lalt 52 !c 5 Acma ******4 21 -1 246 22.5 21 21 21.5 23 41.0 I 300 133 6 57 16
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      294 28 AFP Q Composite Index -1&56 THE Composite Index fell 18.56 points or 2 per cent to 889.95 following falls in the US market, dealers said. Volume was 261.0 million shares worth 3.8 trillion won. AFP IMrM AnamSomi ***** 450 Broin Toch 1979 «5 Control Son* 2790 20 ChcllComm *****0
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      290 28 AFP W Composite Index +&67 PHILIPPINE share prices rose yesterday as local institutions anticipated an upturn ahead of the release of quarterly profit reports, analysts said. The Composite Index rose 6.67 points to close at 1,697.81 points. Turnover fell to 8.1 bilion shares worth 1.46 billion pesos.—AFP Pw *b
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      252 28 AFP QIBSEm +23J8 STRENGTH among the leaders yesterday helped the New Zealand sharemarket rise 1.1 per cent, recovering ground lost earlier in the week. The NZSE-40 Capital Index yesterday rose 23.08 points to 2,065.68 on turnover worth NZ$92 million. ■»3> rooei Advantaga HOS 5-25 -0JO 230 AlrNZA 1.86 undl
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      549 28 AFP DAllOrftariM -33.7 AUSTRALIAN shares slumped 1.0 per cent yesterday. The benchmark All Ordinaries Index fell 33.7 points to 3,194-8, its biggest one-day drop since its 33.7-point fall on Jan 21. The All Industrials Index fell 70.4 points to close at 5.681.3 while the All Resources bucked the trend,
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      779 28 AFP D SET Index jjj THAI share prices plunged 2.7 per cent amid rising concerns over political problems facing the government and a heavy sell-off in the banking sector, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index finished down 11.1 points at 399.59 points, while the SET
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      652 28 AFX-Asia Q Composite Index -8.40 JAKARTA share prices closed sharply lower as investors squared their positions ahead of the long weekend amid concerns over the reported Jaguar hedge fund liquidation and the impact of excise tax changes on cigarette stocks, dealers said. The Composite Index closed down 8.40 points,
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      475 30  -  REVIEW The festival's opening film by Japanese director Saba is a quirky well-crafted commentary on modern-day living By] Parvathi Nayar DO YOU feel that going for Monday on Friday is a concept that boggles the mind? If so, don't worry; "confused" is the appropriate frame of
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      1212 31  -  One tends to associate feng shui with traditional-style Chinese companies, but it is finding an increasing number of fans among the ultra-modern IT firms. Technology and geomancy may appear to be strange bedfellows, but as uib bat finds out the bottom line is -if
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          80 32 ONE THING you can say about Singapore Armed Forces jeeps is that they are ready to take on more than just the enemy. A heavy duty military vehicle was spotted on the road recently, complete with machine gun mounting and a burly uniformed soldier.
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          31 32 IS THERE any such thing as an unfriendly vegetarian? That question came to mind when one van was spotted on the road with the sign "Friendly Vegetarian Supplies".
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          86 32 DURING the live broadcast of the Oscars on Monday, viewers were treated to an additional commentary. While the presenter was announcing the nominees for "Best Live Action Short Film", a secondary voice could be heard in the background saying, "Not that one." A pause. Then again, "Not that
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        531 32 A DELINA PANG, founder and principal consultant of the Wind and Water Geomancy Centre, and Loo Kok Koo, founder and head of SA Consortium, an architectural firm, share a vision of what "authentic feng shui" offers the modern world. "Feng shui helps us bring earth, man
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        577 34  -  CINEMA All About My Mother appeals both to the intellectual movie snob and the entertainment seeker inns By] Parvathi Nayar PEDRO Almodovar's 13th film, All About My Mother, has swept up almost every award under the filmic sun, from the New York Film Critics Circle Awards
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        564 34  -  CINEMA Mission To Mars takes itself way too seriously and spouts a lot of cliches, but it does have some redeeming features Byi Aaron Lye THERE are good movies and there are bad movies. And then there are movies that no matter how cliched, melodramatic or downright
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        550 35  -  That"s right Nowadays, you call the shots. You get to choose exactly the kind of mobile phone you want or need, and you get to decide if you want to use it as a simple communication tool, a design statement, an entertainment device, or all
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        311 35 AS WITH Motorola phones, the L-Series+ is sturdy and the firm buttons give users confidence that the phone will last a good couple of years. The battery life is not stated in the manual or brochures. But it took an average of about three hours to recharge the
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        138 35 Nokia 8210 8850 THE Nokia 8210 would be a popular choice among those who relish small-sized phones, comprehensive features and changeable covers to match the clothes one wears. At a weight of 79 grams, the dualband phone is not only light, it has seven different-coloured Xpress-On covers and uses a
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        172 35 Motorola Timeport P1088 Talkabout T2288 YOU may have spotted James Lye using the Motorola Timeport PlOBB in the movie 2000 AD. A dualband with a large touch screen, it supports both HTML-based and WAP-based browsers and can send faxes on top of emails and messages. Motorola also claims it to
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        351 35 ANOTHER small phone that sells by its looks, this is one phone you can get in Singapore that looks closest to the sets carried by hip teenagers in Shinjuku. Weighing a mere 88 grams, the dualband phone is every bit a fashion toy. It comes in three colours
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        405 35 Philips Xenium 939 929 THE main difference betweer the two models lies in the phones' exteriors. The Xenium 929 has a flap which covers the keypad and looks like the Ericsson TlBs. With lighter shades (silver blue, pelican bronze) available on top of fantome black, this model is more appealing
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        1054 36  -  The Audi TT is one hot-looking car that sizzles on the straights but fizzles round a curve. Two out of three ain't bad, says CHRISTOPHER TAM CHRISTOPHER TAN THE BRIGHT and the beautiflil will be forgiven for sins that will bury the ordinary. Decades ago, when Audis were oblong
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        948 36  -  DESTINATION For those who want a quiet night out on the town, soch a possibility ezistsjnstashort walk away from Boat Quay ffy i Chen Huifen "Slß, Ma'am, how about some Thai food tonight?" "Come in. You can watch Liverpool and
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        1071 37  -  WORLD GOURMET SUMMIT Get ready for a sumptuous feast as a dozen star chefs from around the world gather in Singapore to present the best of their culinary traditions, a tan su ten finds out what's cooking M TAN SU YEN Hy IT the gym, go
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        921 37  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR Don't be so quick to get rid of old bottles. Sometimes, a few decades can do wonders in waking up a sleeping beauty By\ N K Yong I RECALL many years ago, 15 actually, that a good friend of mine, an ardent wine lover,
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        626 37  -  PROMOTION Eat up and have a roaring good time with the king of the beasts at the zoo By Seah Siew Hua WHAT kind of a lunch are you at when your host keeps trying to mate with his female companion right before your very
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      752 38 AO About My Mother. Lush, ftinny Pedro Almodovar film that just won the best foreign picture Oscar. R(A). Orchard, Picturehouse. See review on EL4 American Beauty. Screwy look at American suburban life which won five Oscars, including Best Picture. R(A). Orchard, Cathay, Suntec, Golden, Lido. Balestier, Oriental, Yangtze, Beach
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      118 38 Catttay 338-3400 Eastshore 346-1816 Orchard 235-8386 Ptrfurehouse 338-3400 Yangtze 223-7529 Ing Wah Empress 777-5667 JuWiet 454-1640 Mandarin 292-9401 Marina 338-9719 Whtesands 585-1782 Ooklan VINag* 1900-912-1234 332-6096 for grot# bookings wheelchair facilities Bishan Boon Law U lr t n Manna Tampines8 Tong 8ahru Yishun n I,, ,n WO¥*0
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        1208 39  -  money Ingnraiiceprodiicts are becoming more similar to unit tnMttg'thi>iiflhdiiiiar«>iMMMt«Mti»fc in thtt pa peter douglas INSURANCE products and unit trusts increasingly provide the same underlying growth engine to consumers. The difference is in packaging and distribution. In a speech in August last year, Deputy Prime Minister Lee
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        1270 39  -  Personal revolving credit facilities are nsefol in emergency bnt beware the credit trap By Francis Kan NEED cash for a downpayment on that dream car? Or maybe you need some cash to make a quick buck from that red hot stock tip. Whatever your fiscal
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        842 40  -  Banking on its track record, Invesco has chosen to launch six core unit trusts which are not of the current favoured tech theme, okmuvuivju cua finds out more GENEVIEVE CUA ATLANTA-based fund manager Invesco's recent launch of six new unit trusts at one shot— none of which
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        1007 40  -  Besides risk and return, investors should also consider how fond charges and expenses affect their funds' performance Bu Ben Fok The writer is a manager (funds specialist) at Fraser Securities. He can be contacted at email: benf6k@fraser.com.sg THE conventional wisdom is that you should consider both risk
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        170 40 LOOK out for loads. Before you invest in a unit trust with a front-end load, weigh the impact of the up-front sales charge. Investing 520.000 in a fund that charges a 5 per cent front-end load, for example, starts your investment off with a Sl.OOO 'loss''. In other
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        361 40 UMT (6 MONTHS: 31 AUGM-24MAfl00) CHANGE BENCHMARK CHANGE Top 10 funds 1 Henderson Global Tech/Tech Global* 190.37 Wired Index! 53.27 2 XBC Savers India/HQ India 97.89 MSCI India 50.70 3 UOB Uted Global Tech/Tech Global 97.48 Wired Index! 53.27 4 UOB United Global Tete/Tele Global 96.83
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        1097 41  -  jusiQEinzma Lifting of curbs on directors' share trading helps boost value and volume By] Robert Halili The writer is director of Asian Ownership Research at Primark SOME pent-up buying pressure was released when the window period restricting directors from trading in their companies' shares
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        309 41  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Peter Douglas GFIA Pte Ltd Singapore YOUR piece on unit trust fees ("Getting what's worth from fund distributors", March 24) raises a couple of points which I'd like to comment on. L Five per cent is not outrageous by global
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        994 41 STOftKtnEEM Wing Tai, Nat Steel Broadway are seen climbing higher; HE trading firm Li Fang is set to ride the e-commerce wave Wing Tai WING Tai reported a good set of interim earnings results last Friday, which IDEAglobal.com thinks will set the tone for a
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      335 32 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 5 Draws attention to collecting 1 Football hooligan does dam- b° x and disconcerts people (7) age to Liverpool, say (10) 7 Their girders are primed (5) 6 Smart fellow the French take 8 Harmony in a musical instruinto account (4) ment (10) 10 He keeps on
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      1883 38 TODAY'S TV RECOMMENDED VIHWIIIQ 3-30 Business Update IM>O AM Kids Central: Pip Knowing Asia. Tricky i™r wispy ,l he KL A KS^ n,Bh tSX exotic dancer casts her I*oo The Teletubbies. (UK) Headline News. CUSlOmer spell on Ramon Novarro *®"aa Tweenies. ©.03 In Conversation. and Lionel Barrymore. pSXSnSSIers Turbo. &™,S^
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      1678 42 The precarious balance in US equities means the party for US tech stocks and Nasdaq could end even before the revellers ar&feware it's over. SO what's the deal with technology stocks and the Nasdaq Composite Index, which of late seems to be navigating a very jagged cliff
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      282 43 Bridge News, Reuters FIRMER rates for capesize vessels in the east pushed Wednesday's Baltic Capesize Index up 24 points to 2,235. Brokers felt that caper rates were also firmer in the Atlantic and that marginally higher rates for panamaxes were also seen in this region, particularly for later
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      433 43  -  New terminal given challenge of handling a million TEUs per berth a year By, Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] PSA chairman Dr Yeo Ning Hong is confident PSA Corp can handle two million boxes at Pasir Panjang Terminal (PPT) this year without difficulty. Last
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      410 43  -  SIKOAFOBT 2000 By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Tracking and tracing of global shipments by mobile-phone was announced by APL Co Pte Ltd yesterday. Speaking at the SingaPort 2000 Conference yesterday, APL senior vice-president Hans Hickler launched the new service which allows APL customers to
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      171 43 AP [HOEGANAES, Sweden] A German container ship collided with a smaller Danish-owned ship off the southwestern tip of Sweden on Tuesday morning, rescue officials said. Five people were believed missing. Visibility was poor when the two ships collided near the small city of
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      345 43 [SINGAPORE] Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday officially opened the pride of PSA Corp, its new state-of-the-art Pasir Panjang Container Terminal (PPT). The opening comes at a time when the world is seeing a surge in container traffic. "There is A renewed sense of optimism
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        812 44  -  By\ Selva Kumar THE English Commercial Court has signalled the shipping community to act promptly and clearly in arbitration proceedings or lose the right to challenge the award made by an arbitrator. In a decision last October, the court held
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      18611 51 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vesstl Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vtss* Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Nam* Nam* Number Number SIN Destn Nam* Nam* Number Number To BUENAVENTURA (BUN) 2059 Colombia To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoire n /04 n/M ccni Pto nll sao paulo note 45-*****33 07/04
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        197 57 Apr 3 Taiwan: Women Children's Day. Apr 4 Hongkong: Ching Ming Festival. Indonesia: Hari Raya Nyepi. Taiwan: Ching Ming Festival. Apr 5 Korea: Arbor Day. Apr 3 Indonesia: Muslim New Year. Malaysia: First Day of Muslim Calender. Apr* Philippines: Day of Valour. Apr 23 New Zealand: Market Holiday,
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        752 57 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rlne Oil Lid shows price rangee 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
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        730 58 Opec is boosting output, which may mean savings of up to USs3om annually for every airline Bloomberg [LONDON] European airlines could see some relief ahead after the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) said it would boost oil production, raising
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        360 58 Total deal with options worth nptoUSsl.4b Bloomberg [TOULOUSE, France] Air France, Europe's third-larg-est airline, said it ordered eight A 330 planes from Airbus Industrie and took options for an additional five, giving the total contract an estimated value of US$l.4 billion (552.38 billion) if
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        461 58 Airport may sell shares overseas to fond expansion Bloomberg [GUANGZHOU] China plans to build a new US$2.3 billion (513.91 billion) international airport in Guangzhou, the capital of southern Guangdong province, challenging Hongkong's role as the region's aviation gateway. Work on the new airport will
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        252 58 AFP [PHNOM PENH] Bangkok Airways opened two new routes linking popular Thai tourist destinations with Cambodia in an effort to siphon off some of the millions of tourists visiting Thailand each year. Four flights a week will link Phnom Penh to the
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        133 58 Bloomberg [MONTREAL] Bombardier Inc said it received a US|2 billion (553.4 billion) order for 94 regional jets from Delta Air Lines Inc, the largest ever order of small passenger jets. Montreal-based Bombardier, the biggest maker of the planes, said the Delta agreement includes
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        190 58 Reuters [NEW YORK] Low-fare carrier Spirit Airlines filed suit against Northwest Airlines Corp, accusing the US' fourth-largest airline of predatory pricing and anti-com-petitive practices, the Wall Street Journal reported. Citing the anti-trust suit filed in federal court in Detroit, the Journal reported Spirit
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      616 44 Lines services represented ijOSlijl Memben of StSitffJ Shipping Agents, S'pore Notionol Shipping Assoc NORTH WEST EXPRESS UNE ACCEPTING CONTAINERS, BREAKBULK PROJECT CARGO TO DAMPIER/FREMANTLE MV "ARKTIS SIRIUS" V.OOOl ETA SIN 03/04/2000 BOOKINGS CALL MONKA/JUUA TEL 323 4374 CONTAINERS/ CONVENTIONAL CAtCO ,fll rOtT K^^M6A oKf JMMn MMKX ETAPKL ETA SIN ETA
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      1706 50 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO AUSTRALIA RJLL COWPUNPUBMCE va _w m m m no m m m m usuui m am ii/m v/w 11/w is/m w/n wbiw 15" oar «/m "I" vt/u ivS njm WWrr ~la h/n ii/m 17*4 n/M »/n b/n 18-M ""as" 17/NU/M w/w n/ts FEEDER SERVICE TO INDONESIA
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      87 54 It RICKMERS-LINIE R Agent: Hapag-Lloyd (S) Pic Ltd •Breakbulk .Overme \V 200 Cantonment Rood #08-02 Southpoint Project Cargo •Container Singapore *****3 Heavy-lift Services to: Regular Break-Bulk Project-Service US-Gulf East-Coast (Houston, New Orleans, Savannah, Camden, Baltimore) Europe Med (Alexandria, Savona, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, UK) Interasia (Haiphong, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dalian, Xingang)
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