The Business Times, 8 September 2000

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  • 848 1  -  US Energy Secretary declares oil prices to be "nnacceptably high" By Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] Crude oil prices surged close to the US$35 per barrel mark yesterday their highest level since November 1990 prompting fears of rising inflation and other disruptions in the
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  • 84 1 Reuters [LONDON] OU markets at 10-year highs pUed on the agony for hard-hit fuel-importing countries yesterday despite word that Saudi Arabia had assured the US it intended to reverse the price spike. Benchmark Brent crude slid an initial 70 US cents on word that Opec's
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  • 713 1  -  ■exclusive Products like DBS Bank's Moneyplns offer returns better than fixed deposits By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] If you think that low-risk investments mean boring investments, think again. Low-risk products that promise higher returns than traditional fixed deposits have taken off with a bang
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  • 474 1  -  iiexclusive Food firm, formerly owned by Bob Hasan, worth up to USssom From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta SINGAPORE Food Industries (SFI), which is 75 per cent owned by SembCorp Industries, has emerged as one of three international companies bidding to take over a food
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    • 354 1 DBSBPg Executive Top stories ASME chief gets ready to hand over reins. Next Page BT Comment Capital redistribution reflects badly on Parkway. Pg 4 lake- heart BT launches weekly health page r I|< lO< I •11 < i 11 '.I<< '.II! lilt' IliMlt <:'m M".» r. It ii". .tI. ii
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    • 11 1 Ofl wont fall in short term whatever Opec does, Pg 3
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 149 2 THE Malaysia-Singapore Business Forum this week featured presentations by the chief ministers of Johor and Malacca on the business and investment opportunities in their states. The talk by Malacca Chief Minister Wira Mohamed Ali Rustam was preceded by a slick 15-minute CD-Rom show highlighting the many
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      • 75 2 EARLIER this week, BT Online ran a poll after the Hong Kong Monetary Authority said any change in the Chinese yuan's exchange rate would not affect the Hongkong dollar. The poll question was: Will a devaluation of China's renminbi have a major negative impact on regional currencies? Yes,
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    • 636 2  -  exclusive HDB, PMO, MOE among the lead innovators By, Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] The government is, in John Kao terminology, jamming. Putting its money where its mouth is, the public sector has quietly been sprouting little "innovation labs", investing in work systems to spur better,
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    • 1061 2  -  PBOPlfi Members land his contribution to the SHE cause, which will continue By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Doubling as the head of the national body for small and medium-sized firms while running a publicly-listed company must have taken quite a bit out
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    • 267 2 Asia's Premier Financial Planning event attended by 800 delegates from 10 countries in 1999. Position Yourself and Your Company to Succeed in the Changing Financial Services Industry! An unparalleled panel of top-level speakers include: N K W AS iB9 ■HHHHHIIHIVHHIHIIHHHHHHIHIB .<*v Peter Lefferts Patricia Houlihan Kent Allison Executive Managing Director
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  • FOCUS oil price
    • 666 3 The dilemma facing the cartel is how to control prices without causing a collapse, say analysts FT Bloomberg WHEN the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries gathers this weekend in Vienna, it will be the third time this year that the cartel
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    • 23 3 FOW's(7th) Annual Asia Pacific Derivatives Exhibition 19th 20th September 2000 Insert with your copy of The Business Times today do not miss it
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    • 420 3 mm Pacific economies have recovered The entrance of China into the The Fund invests directly into the five since the Asian crisis. Growing World Trade Organisation will raise star rated** Luxembourg registered foreign trade and investment; Asia's profile within the global Henderson Horizon Pacific Fund, which increasing M&A activities and
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 463 4  -  Firm pays $75,000 penalty for Ming to send takeover circulars to shareholders on time By. Andrea Tan SOMERSET Holdings, formerly known as Liang Court Holdings, was fined $75,000 yesterday for failing to deliver a written recommendation to minority shareholders on a
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    • 499 4 Garment maker prices shares at 7.25 times forecast price-earnings ratio GARMENT maker and procurement agent Sing Lun Holdings yesterday offered 60 million new shares at 29 cents each for a listing on the main board of the Singapore Exchange. The offer
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    • 262 4  -  They plan 3rd-party business to cover all sectors of the Chinese market By Serena Ng UNITED Overseas Bank and Germany's Allianz Group have formed a 50-50 joint venture to explore asset-manage-ment opportunities in China. The two said in a joint statement yesterday they plan
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    • 335 4 Bloomberg PARKWAY Holdings Ltd is having a rough September: its lower than expected earnings report prompted at least four analysts to downgrade the stock to a "sell", resulting in as much as a 12 per cent drop in its shares. Seven of the 14
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    • 608 4  -  I't.MM lock slew lee han shih Healthcare is a booming business in Asia. But giving money back to shareholders capital redistribution is a favourite of sunset industries. So why is Parkway Holdings, which describes itself as a premier private healthcare concern in Asia, giving
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    • 657 5  -  Company is close to announcing an acquisition soon By Conrad Raj BRIERLEY Investments Ltd (BIL), which reported a net loss after exceptional items of US$l62 million (Ss27B million) for the financial year ended June 30, plans to return to the black
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    • 304 5  -  Components maker plans to spend $7m this year to lift production capacity By Serena Ng COMPONENTS maker Spindex Industries yesterday posted a 28 per cent rise in full-year net profit to $5.35 million, boosted by stronger sales across most sectors. The
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    • 358 5  -  By Siow Li Sen GMG Global, a rubber plantation owner in West Africa, yesterday posted net profits of $1.4 million for the 18 months to June 30, on higher sales and lower operating costs. Sesdaq-listed GMG changed its
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    • 401 7  -  C2B set-op puts used vehicles up for auction in real-time, secure environment Byi Christopher Tan AFTER a delay of almost a year, online car trading house CarAuc was officially opened yesterday. A 50-50 venture between listed Singapore Computer
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    • 258 7 PIDEMCO Land has bought 11 floors of Shinjuku Square Tower, an office building in Tokyo's prime business district, for $140 million or about $1,170 per sq ft. The purchase, announced yesterday, is Pidemco's second in Tokyo. Last week, the govern-ment-linked group said it
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    • 253 7  -  The pact, which has no financial arrangements, will focns on telcos, ISPs By David Boey NETWORK systems integrator Datacraft Asia and Internet equipment giant Cisco Systems have joined hands to sell networking products to telecoms companies and online service providers in the
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    • 514 7  -  By Tay Hong Seng HONG Kong company Wittis Investment (Holdings), which makes and markets tuners and modulators for audio visual appliances, will set up a regional centre in Singapore. Founder and chairman Dave Ying Ming Kang told BT the group was looking
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    • 157 4 —zzzzzzzzz 1 SING LUN HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 30 December 1999) INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING t 60,000,000 INVITATION SHARES COMPRISING:(1) 15,000,000 OFFER SHARES AT $0.29 EACH BY WAY OF PUBLIC OFFER; AND (2) 45,000,000 PLACEMENT SHARES BY WAY OF PLACEMENT, COMPRISING:- (I) 39,000,000 PLACEMENT SHARES AT
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 548 6  -  'comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE Singapore stock market had another lacklustre session, with activity focused largely on a small group of secondliners and situational counters. Volume was thin in featureless trading that saw the Straits Times Index retrace another 21.9 points to
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    • 191 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan IPCO International and its warrant both made the actives list yesterday. The warrant gained half a cent to 40.5 cents on about six million units. And the the stock headed the actives list as it
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    • 241 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan WING Tai Holdings stock has been on an uptrend in the past three months. It gained another cent to $1.68 yesterday on 4.4 million units traded good enough to earn it a spot on the actives list. The counter is
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    • 134 6 ♦SINGAPORE Reinsurance Corporation is going ex-dividend (interim dividend of 5 cents) on Sept 15. Last day for buying-in on a com basis is Sept 20. Date payable is Oct 5. ♦GES International is going ex-dividend (final dividend of 0.7 cent tax exempt) on Nov 9. Last day for
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    • 343 6 AFP [TOKYOI Technical buying helped the euro crawl off new record lows against the dollar and yen reached in Tokyo yesterday, but its prospects remain as dim as ever, dealers said. Investors sent the common European currency to new
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    • 468 6 Slocks Vo*uw» IPCO 20c 29,979,000 Inchem Wdgs 15c.., 14,274,000 Transvww 10c 8,546,000 DBS Land 6,876,000 Bnertey NZ10C 6,667,000 Liang Huat 10c 6,406,000 IPCOWQ2 6,046,000 Parkway H 50c 5,942,000 SJngTal 15c 4,734,000 Boardroom5c^™™j^^ Slocka > Chart Semiconductor 26c 40,687,026 ParkwayH50c 23,002,518 DBSGrp 20,532,296 DBS Land 19,751,671 jrrmdgsioc 18,345,583 lf»C020c 17,994,690 StA
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    • 130 7 This announcement appears as a matter of record only September 2000 EVibroPo wer VIBROPOWER CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 23 May 2000) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 26,250,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.05 EACH COMPRISING 17,500,000 NEW SHARES AND 8,750,000 VENDOR SHARES AS FOLLOWS:(A) 5,000,000 OFFER SHARES AT
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    • 781 7 EVibroPower VIBROPOWER CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 23 May 2000) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 26,250,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.05 EACH COMPRISING 17,500,000 NEW SHARES AND 8,750,000 VENDOR SHARES AS FOLLOWS:(A) 5,000,000 OFFER SHARES AT $0.33 FOR EACH OFFER SHARE BY WAY OF PUBLIC OFFER; AND (B)
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    • 430 8 In the pulse of city life Tranquil and luxurious living .with the city at your doorstep Jin the heart of Singapore, beats the soul of new Asia. Orange Grove Road, just around the corner from hi If Vibrant yet serene. Modern yet traditional. Expressive yet Singapore s premier shopping and
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    • 451 9 TREETOPS ||H|||^^H EXECUTIVE i* •i t t i V historical colonial bungalows and mature greenery. if I m SHANGRI-LA v%%-. Owned by a trust set up by a prominent Arab W# hotel thei^NoUN merchant, no expense has been spared to bring out the .jjjllf best of an unrivalled location. Positioned
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 758 10  -  Soand fiscal policy, banking system and monitoring of economy also vital, says Hng Khiang By Chuang Peck Ming PUBLIC backing for stable prices and a supportive fiscal policy will increasingly play a more important role in monetary policy, Second Minister for Finance
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    • 296 10  -  on the economy outlook Vivien Ng AFTER outperforming early forecasts this year, the Singapore economy is expected to return to trend growth of 7 per cent in 2001, according to Overseas Union Bank. The economy has grown an average of 7 per cent
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    • 234 10 IF you get to know the Hong Leong group well, you'll have a chance to win attractive prizes including trips and accommodation for two to Los Angeles and London. Other prizes include $1,000 of fixed deposits from Hong Leong Finance and
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    • 252 10 HAVING sold off more than 80 per cent of the first 100-odd units at the Caribbean at Keppel Bay released last week, Keppel is offering another 69 units this time at a slightly higher average price of $850 psf The first phase
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    • 437 10 German chemical giant Celanese opens its third plant here THE development of Jurong Island is progressing according to plan, said Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo at the opening of Celanese Singapore's new plant yesterday. Phase four of the land reclamation project
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    • 411 10  -  i exclusive By Catherine Ong SPECTRUM Strategy Consultants, a London-based consulting firm which helped Star Hub win its phone licence and advised the Singapore Broadcasting Authority on a revamp of the broadcasting industry, has set up a regional office here. Reflecting the firm's
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    • 231 10 Bloomberg MEDIACORP News Pte, the news unit of state-owned broadcaster Media Corporation of Singapore Ltd, has won a licence from the government to telecast news programmes throughout the Asia region via satellite. The company intends to tailor news content from its existing Singapore
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  • MAIL bag
    • 203 11  -  Ang Hwee Suan (Ms) Head, Public Relations for Chief Executive Officer Chief Planner Urban Redevelopment Authority I REFER to your reader Yee Yang Shane's letter, "Land can be put to better use" (BT, Sept 6). Golf course developments are generally limited
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    • 252 11  -  Charlie Lau I REFER to the recently-intro-duced pre-close and pre-open-ing routines introduced by the Singapore Exchange and wonder whether people have been fooling around with the system. The new system is to ensure orderly transactions when the market opens for trading at 9am, and
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    • 179 11  -  Narayana Narayana I REFER to the column by Lee Han Shih, "KepLand warrants: chickens coming home to roost" (BT, Aug 17). I overlooked reading Mr Lee's column earlier, and by and large his criticism is fairly justified. However, he overlooks market conditions and
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    • 224 11  -  Francis Chen I REFER to your report, "Islandwide ERP could cost you $20 a day" (BT, Aug 31). In view of the comment by the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology John Chen that the time frame for implementing electronic road
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    • 101 11  -  A Halid I REFER to your report "Islandwide ERP could cost you $20 a day" (BT, Aug 31). $20 each day multiplied by 20 days a month (Mondays to Fridays) totals $400, or $4,800 a year. That is the equivalent of
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 734 12  -  E7THS bottom line OPINION al labita The writer is BT's Manila correspondent ONE of these days, the Philippines' longrunning hostage drama is likely to end in blood Hie crisis has dragged on for nearly five months and the government has no other option left
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    • 82 12 'Even among liberal democracies, one can still find deep-seated antipathy towards free-market competition and its partner, creative destruction, to use Joseph Schumpeter's now-famous insight' -Alan Greenspan US Federal Reserve chairman, on when economic growth comes down to a lower, historically more normal level 'Economic growth, frankly, is
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    • 639 12 EDITORIAL IT IS regrettable that the spirit of give-and-take which characterised the summit meeting between leaders of North and South Korea earlier this year was not in evidence when Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Tokyo this week. Their
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    • 1015 12  -  Because Wall St is so dominant in financial markets, the rest of the world's hankers have to grab a piece of the action By\ Matthew Lynn Bloomberg CREDIT Suisse Group AG's takeover last week of Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrette Inc for US$l3 billion
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    • 931 12 Bad for Australia A DEMOCRATIC system can ensure public participation in the free election of a government but it does not necessarily guarantee protection of minority rights, while laws enacted to do so can prove inadequate in certain cases. Appropriate international human rights bodies become relevant
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • MARKET moves
      • 41 13 BANKS declined on concern the country's 54 lenders will encounter problems as they merge into 10 groups. AMMB Holdings, the country's fifth largest lender, fell 50 sen, or 5.9 per cent, to RM7.95, its fourth decline.
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      • 70 13 DiGi.com Bhd, Malaysia's third largest mobile phone operator, fell 20 sen, or 3 per cent, to RM6.40. The company said shareholder Vincent Tan Chee Yioun called off plans to sell a 3 per cent stake to Softbank Corp, one of the world's largest investors
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      • 81 13 Compiled from Bloomberg MALAYSIAN Airline System Bhd feU 24 sen, or 7 per cent, to RM3.20, extending a 3.4 per cent drop on Wednesday. The stock fell as global crude oil prices surged to their highest in 10 years, prompting concern the national carrier's earnings will be
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    • 240 13 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S industrial output rose at its second-fastest rate in five months in July as rising demand for cars and other goods prompted manufacturers to ramp up production. Total production rose 19.4 per cent from a year ago after rising 20.1
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    • 940 13  -  This is int'l panel's recipe for Mnltimedia-Snper Corridor project From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA has to redouble its efforts to nurture an IT workforce as well as foster a venture capital industry if its Multimedia-Super Corridor (MSC)
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    • 263 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters NATIONAL carrier Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) could see a boardroom reshuffle while the fate of its 29-per cent shareholder Naluri Bhd is decided, a newspaper reported yesterday. Quoting unidentified sources, the Malaysia Business Times said the government, with
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 461 14 Agreement includes 10-point plan by Jakarta's new economics team AFP INDONESIA'S new economics czar Rizal Ramli has included a 10-point economics plan in a slightly altered pledge on reform commitments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the country signed yesterday, paving
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    • 253 14 Bat economic ontlook for region is encouraging, it says AFP [BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN] Finance officials from Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation countries yesterday expressed optimism about economic prospects in the Pacific Rim region but sounded a warning about the potential effects of rising oil
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    • 158 14 NEW YORK Bloomberg PRESIDENT Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday denied plans to buy a Boeing 737-800, saying that Indonesia does not have the cash to buy a new aircraft for presidential use. Earlier this week, newspapers quoted Wahyu Muryadi, chief of the state secretariat's
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    • 468 15 BANGKOK Move aimed at attracting more firms to stock exchange Bloomberg THAI Rak Thai, a political party led by billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, said yesterday if elected it would cut taxes of listed companies by a sixth to attract more firms to
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    • 405 15 TAIPEI AFP A NAVAL captain and two retired naval officers have been detained on suspicion of inflating an arms deal by NT$2O billion (Ssl.l billion) in Taiwan's worst military scandal, reports said yesterday. A fourth suspect retired officer Hsuan Peng-lai was released
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    • 493 15 MANILA Bnt it has minimal effect on reserves, says central bank AFP MONETARY authorities dipped into the Philippines' dwindling US dollar reserves for a second day yesterday to bail out the peso as the government appealed for calm to ease speculative pressure.
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    • 604 16 NEW DELHI VSNL stock down as it will lose monopoly on international calls from 2002, two years earlier than planned AP Bloomberg SHARES in India's state telephone monopoly fell yesterday on the news that international phone service would be opened to competition in
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    • 297 16 ■HONGKONG The HKs2sb project includes a 102-storey skyscraper Bloomberg SUN Hung Kai Properties Ltd, Hongkong's No 2 real estate developer, said yesterday it would spend HK$6.B billion (551.51 billion) over the next three months on its property development project with
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    • 219 16 NEW DELHI Joint MD meets minister over matter Reuters INDIA'S largest private firm Reliance Industries Ltd is interested in taking equity in state-run Air India and Indian Airlines, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported on Wednesday. Reliance joint managing director Anil Ambani
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    • 459 16 HONGKONG Reuters A FEW times each week, Andy Kwok gets unwelcome visits from two or three burly men who bang violently on his door and scream abuse. The men are employees of a so-called financial management company hired by one of Hongkong's biggest banks to
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  • e-NEWS
    • 603 17 NEW YORK But in negotiating price and other terms, Internet will only play ancillary role to sales force Reuters BUSINESS between companies is increasingly migrating from the fax machine and telephone to the Internet and should reach US$4.B trillion (SsB.3 trillion)
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    • 395 17 LOS ANGELES Two more online entertainment firms lay off staff Reuters IN Hollywood, people like to say it's all about who you know. But even dropping the biggest names in Tinsel Town, such as Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard or David Geffen, isn't enough to
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    • 283 17 NEW YORK Reuters WELCOME to the era of click and sniff. The nose may know what the computer can only guess at but virtual aromas may soon be wafting to a keyboard near you. DigiScents Inc, a highly touted US start-up seeking
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    • 510 18 MILAN It will create Europe's second biggest online company after T-Online Bloomberg Tiscali SpA, Italy's third largest Internet service, and World Online International, a Dutch rival, said they are close to reaching an agreement to merge, creating Europe's second biggest online company. Shares in
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    • 365 18 NEW YORK AT&T board also to discuss possible merger with British Telecom, says report AP AT&T Wireless may propose a buyout of mobile phone rival Nextel Communications at an AT&T board meeting later this month in a bid to shine new light
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    • 383 18 WASHINGTON AP US government regulators have announced action against 33 companies and individuals that allegedly used the Internet to defraud investors by manipulating prices of small-company stocks. The accusations made public on Wednesday were part of the Securities and Exchange Commission's fourth
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    • eBriefs
      • 85 18 Reuters [BELLE VUE, Washington] Deutsche Telekom's proposed acquisition of Voice Stream Wireless Corp cleared its first regulatory hurdle in the US, the companies said yesterday. They said the deal passed the first step alter the expiration of the review period by the US Justice
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      • 117 18 NYT (NEW YORK] Novell Inc said on Wednesday that it would eliminate 900 Jobs, or about 16 per cent of its worldwide work force, in an effort to reduce costs. The company said it would take a pre-tax charge of US$4O-$5O million in its fourth
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      • 59 18 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Softbank Corp's US venture capital unit lifted its stake in Teraßeam Networks Inc to about 26 per cent from 10 per cent by buying US$lOO million of stock from the closely held company's founder Greg Amadon. Terms weren't disclosed. Seattle-based Teraßeam said Softbank
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      • 130 18 NYT [WASHINGTON] To alleviate apparent shortages of computer programmers, US President Bill Clinton and Congress have agreed to raise a quota on H-lßs, the temporary visas for skilled foreigners. The annual limit will go to 200,000 next year, up from 65,000 only three years
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      • 92 18 Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp, the world's largest software maker, said it plans to release a new version erf its software to power miniature notebook computers. The HPC 2000 software powers small notebook computers manufactured mainly for business use in performing simple tasks such as
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      • 81 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Instinet Corp, which runs one of the largest automated stock trading systems, reached a pact with Yahoo! Inc to publish stock prices over the Internet. Yahoo Finance site users will gain access to Instinet trade information that until recently was reserved for
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    • 439 18 Reuters [SINGAPORE) Market sentiment may have soured toward semiconductor shares, but conviction about the prospects of some of Asia's key chip firms appears undiminished. From Taipei to Tokyo, investors dumped tech stocks following a two-day 10 per cent slide in Intel Corp, the world's
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  • WORLD news
    • 238 20 TOKYO Bloomberg JAPANESE business confidence rose this quarter, as companies enjoyed rising sales and profits, evidence the economic recovery is gathering strength. The business sentiment index for large companies rose to 5.9 for the three months to Sept 30, from 4.6 the previous
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    • 322 20 LONDON Report commissioned by Merrill Lynch donbts iX can deliver low trading costs Reuters A STUDY commissioned by executives at investment bank Merrill Lynch has blasted the planned merger between the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Frankfurt's Deutsche Boerse, the Financial Times said
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    • 454 20 SEOUL Bloomberg KOREA'S central bank left interest rates unchanged for a seventh month to help companies repay billions of dollars in debt to ailing lenders, even as inflation accelerated. The seven-member Bank of Korea monetary board voted at its monthly policy
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    • 480 20 Ernst Young ordered to face lawsuit for negligence NEW YORK A group of banks had relied on its audits to lend USs6sm to troubled firm Bloomberg ERNST Young must face a lawsuit by a group of banks that allege the world's third largest accounting firm was negligent in preparing audit
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    • 461 23 HONGKONG Aim is to better reflect new investment conditions with the shrinking of the sovereign debt market Reuters SHRINKING sovereign debt supply in many of the world's largest credit markets has spurred Merrill Lynch to develop three new fixed income indices to
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    • 404 23 TOKYO Bloomberg JAPANESE government bonds staged their biggest rally in almost five months as yields at one-year highs and speculation a report due on Monday will show slowing economic growth lured investors. Bonds also rallied after the government said spending on factories
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 87 23 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Investors pulled US$5 billion (SsB.6 billion) from hedge ftmds in the second quarter, the biggest such withdrawals since December 1996, as money came out of investment pools run by George Soros and Julian Robertson, according to Tass Investment Research. Overall, a
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      • 65 23 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's foreign exchange reserves at the end of August fell to U*****.86 billion (*****.2 billion) from U*****.88 billion at the end of July, the finance ministry said yesterday. The reserves consist of convertible foreign currencies, gold and International Monetary Fund special
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      • 75 23 AP [LONDON] Britain's central bank, the Bank of England, kept its benchmark lending rate unchanged at 6 per cent yesterday for the seventh month in a row. The base lending rate is what the bank charges other financial institutions and is an important
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      • 67 23 DaimlerChrysler Mitsubishi deal today Reuters [TOKYO] DaimlerChrysler is poised to take more control at scandal-hit Mitsubishi Motors, with announcements of a bigger stake for the German-US auto giant expected today. Mitsubishi's admission last month that it had covered up customer complaints for more than 20 years has put enormous pressure
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      • 100 23 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's reborn Nippon Credit Bank Ltd yesterday asked for a 260 billion yen (514.2 billion) injection from the government as it seeks to lay down firm foundations under new ownership. NCB, which made a fresh start under a Softbank Corp-led consortium on
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      • 77 23 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The New York Mercantile Exchange, the world's largest energy futures market, will extend trading hours for some energy contracts beginning with yesterday's overnight electronic trading session. Electronic trading of crude oil, heating oil, gasoline and natural gas futures and options on the
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      • 75 23 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Sales at US wholesalers fell in July for the first time in 1 v* years as demand weakened for hardware, clothing and imported autos, the Commerce Department said yesterday. Wholesale inventories rose. Wholesale sales fell 0.3 per cent in July after rising
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    • 266 23 LONDON Bloomberg Reuters SCIENTISTS at Siemens AG, Germany's largest electronics and engineering company, have adapted missiletracking technology to solve one of the great debating points of the English game of cricket, the leg-before-wicket, or LBW, rule, The Financial Times reported. Cricket-mad scientists at
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    • 244 23 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE companies are investing more and posting much bigger profits, in a fresh sign of hope for the world's second-biggest economy, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. A ministry survey of spending plans by over 19,000 non-financial firms found they invested
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    • 412 23  -  SINGAPORE He calls for stronger efforts on both sides to boost ties Byl Chuang Peck Ming PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday warned US interest in Asean could weaken, and called for renewed efforts on both sides to boost their ties
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    • 350 23 NEW YORK US growth is outpacing rest of the world, and the return on investment is very attractive Reuters FEDERAL Reserve Bank of New York president William McDonough said on Wednesday that although the US current account deficit was large, he
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    • 348 23 WASHINGTON Reuters GRILLED by US lawmakers, the chief executive of Japan's Bridgestone/Firestone Inc apologised on Wednesday for tyre problems that have been linked to 88 deaths in the United States, while Ford Motor Co said it would not rest until "every bad tyre
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    • 308 24 WASHINGTON It recommends expanding authority of independent Public Oversight Board Bloomberg AN accounting study group recommended a unified system of governance and self-policing for the accounting profession, with corporate auditors adopting tougher strategies for detecting fraud in financial statements. The
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    • 135 24 TOKYO AFX-Asia NINETEEN regional financial institutions may be ordered by Japan's Financial Services Agency to undertake corrective measures to strengthen their operations if they fail to meet capital adequacy standards, the Nikon Keizai Shimbun reported. One regional bank, three shinkin banks or credit
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    • 369 24 LONDON It made mistakes in calculations when it issued the policies The Telegraph ROYAL Bank of Scotland has admitted miscalculating thousands of homebuyers' mortgages and promised to "pick up the tab" which is thought to rim into several million pounds.
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    • 363 24 WASHINGTON Reuters A NEW financial instrument called a securitisation trust may help channel cash to emerging markets if rising sentiment against the International Monetary Fund stops countries giving new resources to the global lender, a new research paper from the Chicago Federal
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    • 79 25 Proposed Fairs/ Missions GIobaITRONICS 2000 Dn> 12-ISy^iiwln Licensing Asia 2000 Conference Dn»ll-ttSi|liiiln Global Franchising 2000 Franchise Excellence Award (FEA) In International Design Fonim 2000 D««4-70caalMr •APECFair Dam 11-22 Omlw PhiITRONICS 2000 Dwm 2$ 27 Ocftriwr Trade and Investment Mission to East Malaysia Dmm3l Ot«-4Nf» Mission to Iran
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    • 763 25 The Singapore Trade Development Board (TDB) led a trade, investment and tourism mission to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap from 1 to 4 August 2000. The mission coincided with an official visit to Cambodia by BG George Yeo, Minister for Trade and Industry. The mission comprised
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    • 230 25 The 3rd International Trade Awards (ITA) honours Singapore's top trading pioneers TDB's International Trade Award (ITA) 2000-2001 ceremony was held on September 6. The prestigious biennial event recognises companies that have made outstanding contributions to Singapore's trade in the past three years. Senior Minister (SM)
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      165 25 International Design Forum (IDF) 2000, running from 4 to 7 October at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, is themed "D-Commeroe The New Landscape". A host of international names, 300 delegates, and over 25,000 trade and public visitors will meet and explore this century's wave of design
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    • 495 25 CI l What it a Market Data Report (MDR)? A I Trade statistics play a crucial role in measuring the performance of Singapore's bilateral trade with its trading partners. They are also very useful for determining the direction of imports and exports of specific commodity products.
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    • 476 25 Come 12 September, Singapore will play host to GIobaITRONICS 2000, the electronics manufacturing event of the year organised by Reed Exhibitions Companies GIobaITRONICS 2000 will integrate six specialised electronics manufacturing exhibitions, i.e. International Procurement 2000, Asia Electronics 2000, Electronics Manufacturing
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    • 50 25 For more information, please call TDB Tele Trade Information includes Information on Import 6c Export m W KqL TF iC TDB Business Library Services ■I M m J TDB Trade Fairs Missions, Business Seminars and Courses 24-hour hotline Setting up a Representative Office in Singapore or Visit our website: -www.stdb.com
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  • FINANCE & commodities
    • 328 26  -  SGX Derivatives Tradlng/teporte ST IndeorfflSCI S'pore Index Chan Yet San THE Singapore stock market suffered its biggest drop in more than a month yesterday, led by the technology stocks after the sharp fall on the US tech-biased Nasdaq. The Straits Times Index lost 21.90
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    • 241 26  -  MS& Taiwan Index Chan Yet San THE Taiwan stock market fell to its lowest level in a year yesterday. The MSCI Taiwan Index declined by 9.41 points or 2.81 per cent to end at 324.93 points. This is the lowest level since August last
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    • 214 26 Reuters [NEW YORK] Comex gold and silver were down in early trade yesterday, but gold was off its low, taking inverse signals from the runaway US dollar, which pulled back a bit from new highs overnight against the euro and Aussie dollar. "The>curr®»cy world just
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    • 310 26 Reuters London THE euro fell to its lowest in its 20-month life against the dollar and yen yesterday, as sentiment turned increasingly sour over the single currency's prospects amid conflicting comments from European officials. Broad dollar strength propelled the US currency to twoyear highs against the Australian dollar,
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    • 1819 26 SICOM FUTURES Sep 7 RU8KR (Mares destofM at UOpa) RSS 1 centsAe) Close VeiMM Op* Month Wjfc t— Sntt (to—ft) Interest Oct 00 H5J0 Nov 00 W7.25 Dec 00 W8J0 Jan/Mar 001 ***** RSS 3 CONTRACT (US c«nts/kQ) VMM Open J Month Wffc Iwr Sntt (t—m) Ntwwt Oct 00 65.00
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  • STOCKS east asia
    • 2786 27 HONGKONG Bloomberg □HugSegg -173.28 HONGKONG stocks fell, led by China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd and computer-related companies after a decline in their US counterparts raised doubts about their valuations. The Hang Seng Index fell 173.28 points, or one per cent, to 17,431.95 points.
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      919 27 Reuters P Shenzhen B Index +&88 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed higher yesterday as an official commitment to market reforms widely reported on Chinese language websites led to fresh buying, analysts said. The Shanghai B index ended up 2.33 per cent at 69.09 points. Turnover rose to U5522.93
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    • 374 27 AFP QWPMg -178J5 TAIWAN share prices were down for the third consecutive day, dropping 2.4 per cent yesterday after overnight falls on the technology-heavy Nasdaq Index, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index plunged 179.85 points to 7,430.93 points, following a 2.2-per cent plummet in the previous
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    • 2039 27 TOKYO Bloomberg QHikMaS -M.41 JAPAN'S Nikkei 225 stock average fell for the eighth day yesterday, led by Advantest Corp and other chip-related shares after Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrette Inc (DLJ) downgraded Micron Technology Inc, saying chip prices may fall. The Nikkei 225 stock average fell
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  • STOCKS klse
    • 392 29 AFP CI Oomnogte Index -&91 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.8 per cent lower yesterday as selling continued from Wednesday although late buying in market leaders helped offset earlier faUs, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index shed 5.91 points to 743.64 points.
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  • SGX clob & regional stocks
    • 2613 30 BONDS &WARRAMTS Sep? m mi M tmtn l_i |m lmIQ»«u tn% Iari Can Car Kk MM I Saw T C666I La" mnrn S*a*> rrta MMMt* M f%» H« 12 iinch 54 12 ItS 12 12.5 12 41.0 1 300 179 9.33 10 51.5 113 Acm4*«0724_. ■< 4 4 4 4
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      746 30 AFP Q SET Index -420 THAI shares fell 1.4 per cent yesterday on across-the-board selling, particularly in banks, with falls aided by continued selling by foreign investors, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index was off 4.20 points to finish at 298.31. The SET 50 index
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    • 264 30 AFP Q Composite Index -4.76 PHILIPPINE shares closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday with the Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index down 4.76 points to 1,523.04. Volume fell to 319.27 million shares worth 1.42 billion pesos from 521 million shares worth 1.34 billion pesos on Wednesday. —AFP Sa»7 P»w 000)
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      675 30 AFP Reuters Q Composite Index -2JK INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.6 per cent down yesterday in thin trade amid political concerns and talk over the country's low investment rating among other Asian countries, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 2.95 points at 472.60, off a
      AFP; Reuters  -  675 words
    • 255 30 AFP Qnzse-40 -Ul THE New Zealand share prices closed down 0.3 per cent yesterday with the NZSE-40 Capital Index down 6.34 points to 2,062.06, on total market turnover of NZ$B9.7 million. Market giant Telecom was largely responsible for leading the market downwards. AFP tmi not) Advantage MOS 2.46 -0.09
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    • 525 30 AFP CI AD Ordinaries -15,3 AUSTRALIAN share prices dropped 0.5 per cent yesterday with falls in News Corp leading the market lower, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index Finished 15.3 points weaker at 3,266.4 while the SP/ASX 200 slipped 14.6 points to 3,306.6 points. Turnover totalled 592.8 million shares
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    • 286 30 AFP Q Composite Index -2(132 SOUTH Korea's share prices fell 3 per cent yesterday with the Composite Index down 20.32 at 656.37. Volume came to 249.7 million shares. AFP Sap 7 JBaa Anaw Stmt. »®60 -770 Brain Tacli— 790 -35 Cantral Bank 640 unet> CltaMComm *****0 -9000 Oaa Cu
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  • HONGKONG'S woes
    • 1061 32 With wages still dropping in absolute terms, consumers are holding back Bloomberg Talking to the head of Carrefour SA, the world's second-big-gest retailer, you might not guess that Hongkong's economy is Asia's star performer this year. "The 1997 Asian crisis had a particularly strong impact
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
    • COVER STORY
      • 3028 34 IN THE professional world, it's not macho to say that you just want to go home and sleep. Dotcom entrepreneurs work through the night and survive on snatches of shut-eye, while one indication of entrepreneurial or corporate prowess is the ability to get a lot of
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      • 123 34 Taken to tftfflr SOME car park attendants could probably find alternative work with the Gestapo. One motorist coming out of a carpark was told by the girl at the cashier's booth: "Cash card only." When told he didn't have one, the girl bent forward to see
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      • 868 35  -  HEALTH The right sleeping surface can do mnch to promote a good night's sleep By Jaime Ee WHEN does sleep stop and science begin? Can the mattress you are sleeping on help you live longer? Indeed, how can a mere mattress play such a big role
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    • ENTERTAINMENT
      • 556 36  -  CINEMA It may look cool and sound hip, but Gossip is ultimately just so much empty noise By Parvathi Nayar Director Davis Guggenheim's Gossip looks at the relationship between gossip and news, and rumour and fact an idea that's both smart and dumb. Smart because it's pretty revealing
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      • 388 36  -  HOLLYWOOD It wasn't a bad season, but there were disquieting details beneath the surface Rick Lyman NYT IN THE end, the summer movie season was neither as lucrative as it looked at its onset nor as disastrous as it appeared at its midpoint. But what exactly was it?
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      856 37 The Art Of War. Wesley Snipes is a UN agent who gathers dirt on intransigent politicians to steer them to the negotiating table. When an ambassador is murdered, he gets the blame in this high-tech espionage thriller, which also stars Donald Sutherland and Anne Archer. Previewing at Lido, Balestier,
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    • EPICURE
      • 794 38  -  Tequilas, margaritas, nachos and fiery habanero chillies they're all there at Cafe Iguana in Riverside Point But for bahitaeuas, nothing beats dessert at Singapore's newest Mexican cafe RAHITA ELIAS RIVERSIDE dining takes a Mexican twist with the recent opening of Cafe Iguana, brought to us by the same
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      • 462 38  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR Stag's Leap Wine Cellars continues to standout with its attractive vintages By\ N K Yong IN 1976, Steven Spurrier, who ran the l'Academie du Vin in Paris, staged a comparative tasting of Californian and French white and red wines. The French reds were Chateau Leoville Lascases
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    • HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
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        1011 39  -  The National Healthy Lifestyle Campaign kicks off today with a month-long drive to stress the importance of good health and a strong heart. Just how does that translate into the life of the corporate executive? That is the focus of this three-page special as we take a close-up
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      • 909 39 HEART disease is the No 2 killer in Singapore after cancer. That's the bad news. The good news is that you can actually eat your way to a healthy heart. Sadly, for the foodies in our midst, random gestures like stopping yourself from slurping up
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        1510 40  -  There has never been a better time for busy executives to exercise given the expanding spa and fitness industry. Whether they sweat it out in the gym or stretch their muscles with Pilates or yoga, there is no lack of choices as GEOFFREY EU finds out GEOFFREY
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      • 234 40  -  ■By Geoffrey Eu I'M hot and not the least bit bothered. Beads of sweat are running down my forehead into my eye but I can't quite wipe them off because I'm trapped wrapped cocoon-like in a combined five layers of blankets, towels and plastic. A faint
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      • 604 42  -  The annua! Singapore Health award, presented to companies with commendable workplace health promotion programmes, was given to 135 public and private firms this year. CHEAH UI-HOON interviewed five of the 15 gold award winners to find out what they did right NTUC INCOME CHEAH UI-HOON VISITORS to
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      • 424 42 MOTOROLA THE first step in taking good care of oneself is knowing what state of health you are in. That is Motorola's motto, as enshrined in its AsiaPacific Wellness programme (APWP) designed as an integral model and approach to healthcare management in the company. This
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      • 319 42 PSA A DIVERSE range of club activities feature widely in PSA Corp Ltd's health programme for its 7,000-strong staff. The club, which PSA employees join for free, is a natural focal point for employees who look forward to a game of tennis or a jog with colleagues,
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        430 42 SCDF FOR the people who are in the front line of safeguarding the public, being and keeping fit is obviously an uncompromisable issue. So last year, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) launched an integrated Workplace Health Promotion Programme (WHP) in their acknowledgement that healthy human resources are
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      • 355 42 PHILIPS FOR Philips Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd Domestic Appliances and Personal Care Factory (DAP), these makers of garment and hair care products believe that good people care will lead to good personal care products. "Health is as important as any other part of our
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    • PERSONAL INVESTMENT
      • 907 43  -  I-ii comment YOUR MONEY While market swings may be uncontrollable, keeping the public Informed of probes can rein In manipulators r.sivanithy THOSE who tracked the movements of the Straits Times Index last week would undoubtedly have noticed some pretty odd behaviour at or around
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      • 1193 43  -  HZW|j]3 markets But market quiet in past 5 days on lack of major corporate developments By 1 Robert Halili The writer is bureau chief at Score Lab Asia Ltd (www.asiascores.com). He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai, Singapore News Desk THE Singapore Sentiment
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      • 897 43 idea Robinson A Co Department store chain Robinson Co is confident its second flagship store will contribute to its bottom line in a big way. IDEAglobal thinks investors will share its optimism. On Monday, the retailer said it expects its new Robinsons store and
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    • PERSONAL FINANCE/IMVESTMEMT
      • 1344 44 Mk 1 J wise Having weathered a rough ride, investors may now want to sell their properties. Here are tips maximising gains from investment properties ONE minute, you're MQMF caught up in the excite- ■JUflfcUb ment of property prices spiraling ever higher and
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      • 328 44 Bloomberg FALLING interest rates have helped push the Nasdaq Composite Index up more than 30 per cent in the past three months. If history is any guide, there are more gains to come, according to investment strategists at Salomon Smith Barney Inc. Bonds
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      • 256 45 VALUE can be found in Asian markets, after their significant corrections earlier this year, says DBS Asset Management managing director Patrick Tan. "For retail investors waiting all year to invest, this is probably a good time," he says. The firm kicks off an advertising
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    • 560 47  -  Boom credited to recovering Asian markets, robust American economy By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Recovering Asian markets and a robust North American economy are being credited for boosting container traffic through Pacific North-west ports. While the west coast ports of Los Angeles and Long
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    • 436 47 (TAIPEI) Yangming Marine Transport Corp, Taiwan's No 2 ocean carrier, will take delivery of the first of five new box ships from South Korea's Hyundai later this month, and has ordered two more from state-run China Shipbuilding Corp as part of a drive to
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      • 682 48 JoC [LONDON! THE confirmation of plans by P&O, the British shipping and port building group, to develop a new container port at the Thames Estuary may result in a rate war with rival container ports when the planned terminal comes on stream
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      • 190 48 Xinhua [NAIROBI] The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has unveiled plans for expanding Mombasa port's car-go-handling capacity to at least 10 million tonnes by 2020. KPA's managing director Brown Ondego said the authority would also increase Mombasa's container-handling capacity to 910,000 20-foot equivalent units (TEU) by
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      • 89 48 THE Greek authorities have tightened checks on fire and lifesaving devices on board passenger ships after a fire broke out on Greek fast ferry Flying Dolphin Vlast week. The blaze began in the engine room of the 142 gt ship off Aegina Island, causing
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    • 297 48 PAGE ECUUne 6 Accord 8 ESP Lines 13 Ahrenk* 14 6 Appenstop 5 Foon 9 Sun 5 AsiaOCL 13 frt links M Assets 8 fuhil 7 Austral 8 L Bk Avant 14 B'tang Mas 8 O"** 13 ISA 7 Gt0b41 13 BTL 14 Glory Hav 14 Balaji
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      • 2006 61 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Bookinq/BaUnct Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From acmcvc* no 1/12-00 a 04/1700 ot/out 07/0400 21 04/1700 07/0*59 07/0400 1 07/0700 07/W 07/M00 4 07/1200 07/WW 07/1700 kxuuc iu vw a wno mm mm 2V 06/1700 07/0454 07/0400
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      • 203 61 Sep 12 Korea: Harvest Festival Day. Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival. Sep 13 Hong Kong: The day following Mid-Autumn Festival. Sep IS Japan: Respect for the Aged. Sep 23 Japan: Autumnal Equinox Day. Oct 1 China: National Day. Oct 2 Hong Kong: The day following National Day. Oct 3 Germany:
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      • 789 61 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      • 492 62 Bat some bidders say govt's budget of US$l Jb may be too low AP [BANGKOK] Four international consortiums on Wednesday entered the race to build the main part of Bangkok's new airport, but some bidders expressed concern that the government's budget of
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      • 177 62 Bloomberg [TOKYO] A Japan Airlines Co aircraft was forced to turn back to Jakarta's international airport after the Boeing Co 747 jet developed engine trouble on its way to Tokyo, said Asia's second-largest airline by passengers carried. An engine on the four-en-gine aircraft
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      • 148 62 Bloomberg [ATLANTA) Delta Air Lines Inc. the third-largest US airline, said it will begin two new daily non-stop flights to Japan in April, one from New York and the other from Los Angeles. Delta said the Los Angeles flight to Nagoya, Japan, will be the
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      • 147 62 Bloomberg [FRANKFURTJ Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Siemens AG said they'll work together to make checking in at airports faster and easier. Europe's No 2 airline and Germany's largest electronics and engineering company said they'll develop a card with an electronic chip to enable passengers
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      • 232 62 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Indonesian Airlines, a new carrier to be managed by British Airways pic, has delayed its air service debut on concern the country's political infighting may hamper economic recovery and hurt consumer demand. One of the privately held airline's four shareholders
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      • 202 62 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said it plans to position Penang as a key freighter port for the Asia-Pacific region after the launch of its cargo service from the island on Wednesday, the Malaysian Business Times reported. Cathay Pacific's Boeing 747 cargo aircraft
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      • 390 62 Advertisements seeking buyers for state-run airlines will be published next week Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India will invite bids for shares in Air India and Indian Airlines next week as the government seeks to raise 100 billion rupees (553.7 billion) in the
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        • 79 62 Reuters [CERNOBBIO, Italy] The privatisation of Milan airports operator SEA should take place in the first quarter of2ool with an initial public offering of some 30 per cent SEA chairman Giorgio Fossa said last week. SEA operates Linate and Malpensa airports.
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        • 67 62 AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International pic said its board of directors has approved a proposed bridge-leasing with the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group for two Boeing 777-3300 aircraft after the company failed to obtain a loan intended for the lease, in time for the supposed delivery.
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