The Business Times, 22 November 2000

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 850 SINGAPORE Internet: hup.//'business-times.asial .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 22. 2000
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    67 1 SH MEML3B (-9.81) BT-SEI 7*23 (-4.87) □stmawnma U33J00 (-23.00) nSIKSCI FUTURES ■J 24&30 (-3.10) STOCK MABKET OIDKSB Tuwday Change KUX COMP 717.08 It* NfKEl m 14,408.46—-ltt» jSlseHB 15,***** —-HH36 SET INDEX 287.00 -138 jiKARTA COMP —***** -ft77 Manila comp M4t—-1110 WPI M«—+*7.79 SBOCIrCOMP 581.4$ -536 CLSA CBINA B
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    73 1 FOBEX RATES USI SI USI L7H £(US$/S$pcr£) 1.416 1M El'ROfUS$/S$/E) MB 1.496 DM 1296 1J86 YEN 109.0 I2.W RM 1.880 1166 HK$ 1M 4446 BAHT 44.16 8M? RUPIAH 9,412 M93 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* fc.86 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 19.00 BANGKOK Ml MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI 7.84 SYDNEY .8.80
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    Lock icon SIC allows partial offers – with conditions
    765 1  - SIC allows partial offers with conditions Council says 25% trigger point for mandatory general offer still under review By\ Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] The Securities Industry Council yesterday issued new guidelines allowing for a partial takeover of a listed company, as opposed to a mandatory offer for all of a company's
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    Lock icon Govt to expand, speed up HDB upgrading
    609 1  -  Move set to boost construction, but not HDB resale prices Byl Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] The government yesterday said it would expand and speed up its programme to upgrade ageing Housing Board flats a move that is expected to give the ailing construction industry
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    Lock icon More cars scrapped this year, so 11,000 more COEs for 2001
    518 1  -  exclusive This may not necessarily lead to lower premiums By I Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Next year's quota for certificates of entitlement (COEs), or permits to buy vehicles, could be boosted by an extra 11,000 or more than 10 per
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      97 1 INSIDE Top stories World's longest undersea cable system damaged near S'pore on Monday, disrupting global calls and Internet services in Australia and Indonesia. Mart Pmgm ■M| Indonesia to securitise natural gas exports to ■H9l Singapore to raise funds, says Chief Economics Minister Rizal Ramli. Next Pmgm HP Asia-Pac ends year
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      14 1 EXECUTIVE MONEY Financial portal owners consider scheme Pg 20 ENTERPRISE 50 AWARDS FOR 2000
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      Lock icon Court yet to give date on whether to take recount
      708 2 Bosh side hopes court won't allow manual recounts in final election totals AP [WASHINGTON] Two unforgettable weeks after Election Day, George W Bush and A 1 Gore are sweating out a ruling from the Florida Supreme Court and manual recounts
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      Lock icon Indonesia to securitise gas exports to S'pore
      531 2  -  It plans to raise USssoom by issuing bonds that will be backed by gas deal From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA is planning to securitise its natural gas exports to Singapore in an effort to raise critical foreign exchange and bolster its nascent
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Tell all or tell nothing?
        193 2 REGULATION FD (fair disclosure) has received a fair amount of positive coverage in the press lately, as it has its share of criticism. The new US disclosure rule which compels all companies to release information to all investors at the same time and disallows private
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        98 2 AT one time in the 1970s Joseph Granville was considered a stock market phenomenon because of his uncanny ability to time the markets. Unfortunately, like all market gurus, he proved unable to beat the market consistently over a period of time. Still, his views are probably as good
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        46 2 OCBC.com is pretty sleek. Soft launched recently, the Internet site of OCBC Bank provides interesting lifestyle snippets like a review of the best cafes in Europe, besides all the usual banking services. The directions to various products are pretty clear, as are fees and rates.
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      Lock icon Cable damage disrupts Aussie, Indon services
      481 2  -  Cmm of damage to SEA-ME-WE 3 still unknown By'. Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] The world's longest undersea cable system SEA-ME-WE 3 was damaged near Singapore on Monday, disrupting international calls and Internet services in Australia and Indonesia. In Singapore, however, none of Singapore Telecom's
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      281 2 More reports Editorial: The next US administration, Pg 12 Commentary: Can this mess get even messier? Pg 31 Commentary: The will of the people won't be heard above the din For the latest update on the Florida Supreme Court verdict, go to: httptf/busine&s-times.asia l.com.sg Stock Challenge Tap Performers; Nov 21
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon King Wan gets green light for liking on Sesdaq
      463 4  -  M&E engineering specialist still working oat flotation details By' Vince Chong ONE of Singapore's leading mechanical and electrical (M&E) engineering specialists, King Wan Corporation Pte Ltd, announced yesterday that it has received in-princi-ple approval to be listed on the Singapore Exchange
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      Lock icon CapitaLand closes at $2.68 in a lacklustre debut
      291 4  -  The counter, which replaced DBS Land on mainboard, sees trade of 2.3 m shares By] Marissa Chew CAPITALAND, the new company formed by the merger of DBS Land and Pidemco Land, made an uninspiring debut yesterday, closing at $2.68. The property giant
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      Lock icon ING Barings sees Marco Polo hit $2.30
      274 4 Reuters AFX-ASIA ING Barings yesterday set a price target of $2.30 for property Arm Marco Polo Developments Ltd and maintained its buy rating on the stock despite a 39 per cent fall in firsthalf net profits. Marco Polo shares closed 2 cents up
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      Lock icon SGX, not brokers, should take lead in offering SBL
      907 4  -  p: r*i»3 :< lock siew| ven sreenivasan OCBC Securities's decision to introduce share borrowing facility has been met with a somewhat cool response from other broking houses. But there is no doubt they will be watching to see how the OCBC
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      Lock icon dollarDEX launches discounted online life insurance product
      426 9  -  50% discount off Ist year premium can work ont to $1,200 saving insurers say cheaper online products in the offing By Slow Li Sen ONLINE financial retail store dollarDEX has launched a life insurance product, throwing in a 50 per cent discount on
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      Lock icon KepTatlee Bank to raise stake in India's Centurion Bank
      315 9 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Centurion Bank Ltd, a lender controlled by TCFC Finance Ltd of India and Singapore-based Keppel Tatlee Bank Ltd, plans to sell new shares to existing shareholders next year to boost its capital. Centurion, which is also partly owned by
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      Lock icon CCL's $400m floating rate note issue My taken up
      216 9 MOTOR distributor Cycle Carriage Limited (CCL) is making a $400 million floating rate note (FRN) issue relating to its investment in Indonesia's PT Astra International. CCL said it has entered into a subscription agreement with a syndicate of 13 banks and
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Osim to reconfigure outlets
        114 9 OSIM International, a maker of home healthcare and healthy lifestyle products, said yesterday it has embarked on a major exercise to transform and enhance its entire point-of-sales network into mini sales and service centres. The group will invest up to $1.5 million in Web-based ERP (enterprise
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        Lock icon Low Keng Huat to run Auckland hotel
        103 9 AFX-Asia LOW Keng Huat (Singapore) said yesterday it has signed an agreement to manage a 150-room hotel in Auckland, New Zealand. The deal will allow Low Keng Huat to acquire the chattels for NZ$l.4 million (*****,000) and lease the property for 20 years,
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        Lock icon Corrections and clarifications
        42 9 Thakral Corporation Ltd has appointed N Subramaniam to replace Herman Hochstadt as vice-chairman of the board of directors, not the audit committee as incorrectly reported in BT's Market Notices column of Nov 20. We are sorry for the error.
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      Lock icon Melvin Ang made COO of SPH MediaWorks unit
      382 10  -  He will head four units within Media Business Group Ven Sreenivasan SPH Media Works has appointed Melvin Ang as new chief operating officer of its Media Business Group with effect from Nov 15. Mr Ang, 37, was formerly with the Television Corporation
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      Lock icon TCS appoints Kenneth Tan as new COO
      132 10 MEDIACORP yesterday announced the appointment of Kenneth Tan as chief operating officer (COO) of subsidiary Television Corporation of Singapore, with effect from Jan 2, 2001. Mr Tan, a business administration graduate from the National University of Singapore, has experience in strategic and operational
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      Lock icon Horizon bags $6m MOE contract
      162 10 HORIZON.COM, an SGX-listed Internet services company, has secured a $6 mUlion Ministry of Education (MOE) contract to provide dataloggers and solutions to schools and junior coUeges. It is also discussing similar projects with schools in Brunei, Hongkong, Malaysia and Taiwan, the company said yesterday. Dataloggers
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      493 6 Stocks Volume PCI 25c 24,391,000 MediaRing 10c 21,343,000 Omni Ind 10c 16,803,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c....: 13,712,000 PacificCenturylOc 12,842,000 SingTel 15c 11,247,000 GES Irrtl Ltd 20c 11,016,000 OUB DB eCW*****3 10,469,000 GulTech W*****7 8,739,000 IPCO 20c 8.104,000 Stocks Chart Semiconductor 26c 93,563,993 Omni Ind 10c 55,972,600 DBSGrp 36,490,472 PCI 25c 33,754,140
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      Lock icon Falls on Nasdaq, Nikkei dash hope far market recovery
      558 6  -  hi ri comment STOCKS r.sivanithy NASDAQ'S Monday plunge to its lowest level in almost 13 months and the Nikkei 225 Average's drop yesterday to a 20-month low put paid to any faint hopes that the local market could recover significantly from
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      Lock icon Boustead wrts look nicely priced but liquidity poor
      207 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy IT'S not often that we see a stock that trades quite close to its 52-week high in a market as weak as this, but this is exactly the case with Boustead's shares which currently sell for 37.50
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      Lock icon Hit hard, but UOB has strong fundamentals
      260 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Ven Sreenivasan YESTERDAY was a rather bruising session for bank stocks, with all the Big Four getting hammered in the wake of more weakness on Wall Street. United Overseas Bank (UOB) was among the worst-hit, falling 30 cents to close
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      136 6 ♦WAYNE Chou has ceased to be business development director of Popular Holdings effective Nov 18. Mr Chou will remain non-executive director of the company. ♦COSCO Investment (Singapore) has appointed Xin Guang Wan, Liu Guo Yuan and Yao Hong non-executive directors. Ji Hai Shengis new executive director. ♦HERMAN Hochstadt,
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      Lock icon US$ edges up against yen on lingering political uncertainty
      379 6 AFP [TOKYO] The US dollar edged up against the yen in Tokyo yesterday as investors sold the Japanese currency on expectations the political turmoil in Japan is far from over, dealers said. The US dollar traded at 109.87-90 yen at 0800
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  • New Asia Biz Woman
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      Lock icon Taking a shot at glamour
      703 11  -  Glamour Shots director Kheng Soo Lang is out to bring some glitz and style to stuffy executives in Singapore's often stodgy corporate and banking world, writes chbah ui-hoon CHEAH UI-HOON THERE may not be much glamour in the banking or the corporate world, but one
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Forget the election— think recession
      734 12  - Forget the election think recession ■i!l4 bottom line OPINION robert reno The writer is a columnist with Newsday LAT-WP YES, there is something that could take our minds off this wretched election, make it seem pointless whether the next president is a Bush, a Gore or an orangutan, even provoke
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      126 12 The time is over for "the geeks rule the world and you have to be connected all the time" approach. That's all so yesterday. Amanda McCarthy a telecommunications analyst, on new sexy advertising of OneßedCube, a unified messaging service. 'Even if you say you do not know
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      Lock icon The next US administration
      581 12 EDITORIAL THE political deadlock and the legal battles following the remarkably close result of the US presidential election has only added to the general disappointment in foreign capitals over the minor role that foreign policy played in the campaign. Indeed, there was already a sense of
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      Lock icon There are only losers in Japan's no-trust vote
      1216 12  -  After the botched, ill-timed move, voters may have lost hope the LDP is capable of reforming itself From Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent in Tokyo THERE were no winners in the debacle in the Japanese parliament when a badly
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      Lock icon Removing Estrada not the answer
      839 12  -  COMMENTARY By] Hilton L Root The writer, an Asia specialist, is director ofglobal studies for the Milken Institute, a non-profit economic research organisation in Santa Monica, California. IHT [SANTA MONICA] The Philippine Senate has set a tentative date of Dec 1 for the start of
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon EDB channels $25m to life sciences contest
      423 13  -  It aims to boost commercialisation of research here By Eugene Low THE Economic Development Board (EDB) is setting aside $25 million from its $1 billion life sciences investment fund for a life sciences startup competition to boost the commercialisation of research being carried
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      Lock icon Life science firms must find the right people
      271 13 "lT's the people, people, people and people." They are key to the success of a life science company, stresses -John Diekman, managing partner of US-based merchant bank Bay City Capital. His firm focuses exclusively on serving firms in the life science industry.
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      Lock icon StarHub Internet's new service
      412 13  -  w Teh Hooi Ling STARHUB Internet, the Internet access provider arm of Star Hub, yesterday launched an innovative service that allows a user to be reachable by phone or fax anywhere in the world on a 7-digit number and, best of all, at local call charges.
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      Lock icon S'pore leads Asia in e-commerce
      265 13  -  on the economy new economy By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE is leading electronic commerce in Asia, according to Deutsche Bank Research. "Its e-comm£rce volume in 1999 was already estimated at about US$6OO million (Ssl billion), of which about 97 per cent was in 828 (business
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      Lock icon Public sector blueprint calls for acceptance of radical new ideas
      491 13  -  It urges greater tolerance of failure and risk-taking Byi Chuang Peck Ming JUST months after it was launched, the public sector innovation movement has taken another step forward with the launch yesterday of a blueprint that will, among other things,
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      Lock icon Awards for innovative public organisations
      257 13 THE public service has come out with its own version of IPO not initial public offering, but an innovative public organisation award. "It will focus on the ability of an organisation to continually develop innovative ideas; measuring the extensiveness of the spirit and practice of
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      Lock icon URA offers Marina South 'white' site for sale
      528 14  -  It is zoned for commercial, residential and hotel nse w Vince Chong THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday officially offered the Marina South "white" site for sale. The plot is made up of two separate parcels and is zoned for commercial, residential
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      Lock icon Agents see little impact from beefed-up plan
      558 14  -  BDB UPGRADING Increased migration of condo buyers to HDB also unlikely By\ David Boey THE government's decision to beef up its multi-million dollar Main Upgrading Programme (MUP) worth some $500 million a year for ageing Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats is not
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      Lock icon A welcome relief to construction industry
      452 14  -  $500misnotabig amount bat it will improve sentiment By Andrea Tan THE government's move to speed up the upgrading of older public flats will help lift the beleaguered construction industry, market watchers said. Housing and Development Board contracts are the bread and butter of a
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Mobile phones and radiation
      349 15  -  Keith Anderson Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association Communications Director I REFER to the Reuters report you carried, "Hands-free mobile calls could triple radiation" (BT, Nov 6). I am writing to clarify a number of issues on tests carried out on mobile phone hands-free kits for the British
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      Lock icon Dotcoms need to sharpen their focus and show profits
      386 15  -  Thomas Ng Meng Heng Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the column "The end of freefa ie era" by Vikram Khanna (BT, Nov 20). The increasing difficulty in securing venture capital funding for dotcom startups has led to a drastic review
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      583 15 Revised Accounting W' Standards kgygfl A Seminar at The Westin Stamford 6 December 2000 (Wed) 8.30 am to 4.00pm wSKBKSL Significant change is now upon Singapore companies' SAS 34, Intangible Assets financial reporting. SAS 35, Discontinuing Operations SAS 36, Impairment of Assets A whole host of new and revised accounting
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  • UNIT TRUSTS
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      Lock icon Get plugged into the European tech sector
      655 16  -  SG Asset Management's latest offering is a capital guaranteed product that's actively managed. JJXQ SO ANN checks it out LING SU ANN AND then there were many. SG Asset Management (SGAM) has just launched a capital guaranteed fund, making a total of eight
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      Lock icon US stocks seen as new 'safe haven'
      464 16 Fond managers mopping up US market, turning into net sellers of UK, emerging markets stocks Merrill poll Bloomberg [LONDON] Fund managers worldwide are buying US stocks at the fastest rate in at least six years amid expectations of a global economic slowdown, according
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUST SCORE BOARD
      340 16 CHANGE CHANGE T«p10M 1 ACM1F Inf) HeaHhcare/ HWhC— &Obaf 13.52 MSCtOTAC 9.54 2 UOB United Global Capital/ HnQtoW 1084 MSCJCyAC 10.19 3 Schroder World Property/ Prop9hareetRedE«t 8.79 (VAC Reel Eat 4.60 4 assign 7.20 Scow Still Hme-1.95 5 ABN AmroSter Asia Bond/ Faed Income Far East&Pac
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      383 16 I Europe is entering an exciting new era of change and offers Henderson Horizon European Fund attractive potential to investors. (Luxembourg fund) A e Ranked No lin its category over 1, 3 and 5 yeafrs. 2 The development of the single currency; the removal of trade tariffs; the increase in
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  • PERSONAL FINANCE
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      Lock icon CPF's 'cruel cut' long overdue
      678 17  -  1=11 comment YOUR MONEY The move to bar investments in regular premium plans may have come as a rude shock, but there is a greater good involved—to stem losses from early forced termination of policies genevieve cua THE CPF Board's move last week to bar
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      Lock icon Growing old gracefully
      1055 17  -  New 6E Life plan bundles annuity with long-term care coverage, giving payouts to those unable to carry out activities of daily living By < Genevieve Cua THE prospect of getting so old that you're unable to take care of yourself is grim, and it's a scenario most
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      317 22 SAN FRANCISCO But the company expects growth to slow in chip testing equipment and wireless markets Reuters ELECTRONICS testing and manufacturing company Agilent Technologies Inc reported on Monday fiscal fourth quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates, citing strength in its
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      396 23  -  From. Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur INVESTORS are set to dump shares of Renong Bhd and its associate United Engineers Malaysia (UEM) when they are requoted on Friday, following their latest restructuring exercise that has spooked the Malaysian stock market. Many analysts downgraded
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      848 24  -  In response to bankruptcy snit from World Bank unit, Indon firm now offers less attractive proposal From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong CREDITORS, including Singapore's DBS Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), have rejected a debt settlement plan put forward
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      494 24 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA may merge weak banks into stronger rivals to avoid costly fresh recapitalisations ahead of a deadline for tough new capital adequacy ratios. The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency's (Ibra) new chief, Edwin Gerungan, told Reuters in an interview that the agency, which
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      384 25 BANGKOK Reuters TWO top Thai banks sent a worrying signal to the financial markets yesterday, announcing a rise in bad loans after more than a year of declines. Some analysts said the whole banking industry could see a further rise in
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      359 25 MANILA Reuters, AFX-Asia A FALLING peso, soaring interest rates, a flight of investment, high oil prices and a political crisis it all adds up to bad news for Philippine companies. Many analysts who were painting a rosy picture at the start of the
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      628 25  -  Finance minister admits banking sector faces some problems bnt denies seriousness From] Macabe Keliher in Taiwan TAIWAN'S Finance Minister Yen Chingchang has been attempting over the past few weeks what many are describing as mission impossible: dismissing "well-grounded" speculation of an impending financial crisis. However,
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      667 26  -  BEA chairman David Li defends planned takeover, bnt offers few details From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE proposed takeover by Bank of East Asia (BEA) of FPB Bank was generally well received by the broking community as BEA chairman David
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      484 26  -  Index falls 2.7% in October, brings year-to-date deflation to 4%: Census and Statistics Dept From i Audrey Tan in Hongkong A CONTINUED slump in domestic spending drove consumer prices down for the 24th month in a row, with Hongkong's consumer price index (CPI) falling
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      280 26 BEIJING AFP THE Asian Development Bank yesterday painted a rosy picture of China's economy, predicting growth of 8 per cent this year on the back of strong exports and domestic consumption. The Manila-based bank said it had revised its estimate for gross domestic
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      444 27 NEW DELHI Industry officials say politicians mean business although few firms sold so far Reuters INDIA is injecting speed and political will into a decadeold push to privatise stateowned firms as it prepares to sell off some of the crown jewels of its
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      381 27 BEIJING But banks preparing to list most clean up bad loans, boost profits Reuters CHINA appears to be clearing the way for a flood of bank listings on share markets as it prepares to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO). But banks
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      1062 29  -  Appeals panel's opening of dispute settlement doors to non-govt bodies angers developing countries, reports RAVI KANTH from Geneva RAVI KANTH THE developing countries are set on a collision course with the World Trade Organization's highest appeals body. They are angry that the Appellate Body, the
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      233 29 LONDON High-speed Net services auction raised only £3&2 m Reuters THE British government has ordered an inquiry into Monday's auction of licences to run high-speed Internet services, the Financial Times reported yesterday. The auction ended on Monday, raising just £38.16 million (5595.2 million), compared
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      354 30 CHICAGO Reuters, Bloomberg BILLIONAIRE financier Warren Buffett is pivotal to global soft drink giant Coca Cola Co's bid for Quaker Oats Co and its Gatorade sports drink, analysts said on Monday. Mr Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway Inc holding company is Coca Cola's largest shareholder
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      635 30  -  yen Budget fails to revive spirits; Nikkei hits 20-month low before recovery From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo TOKYO financial markets reacted badly yesterday to the outcome of a failed attempt in parliament during the early hours of the day to unseat unpopular Japanese Prime Minister
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      538 30 PARIS Reuters THE global economy is likely to expand by a healthy 4.75 per cent next year, as the US powerhouse loses some steam, Europe settles back into cruising speed and Japan pulls out of the slow lane,
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      389 30 SEOUL Bloomberg THE Korean government called a meeting of foreign and domestic banks after its currency tumbled to a oneyear low, dragged down by tumbling stocks and bankruptcies at some of the nation's biggest companies. The won fell as much
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        49 30 Reuters [TOKYO] The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) yesterday unveiled a set of new listing standards for tracking stocks, which are expected to start trading in January. It said issuers of tracking stocks must be listed companies with a prospect of posting a profit.—Reuters
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        79 30 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Dean Witter Reynolds Inc was charged by regulators with misleading thousands of individual investors about risky mutual fund shares that cost them US$65 million in losses. The National Association of Securities Dealers alleged that the brokerage, which has since become part of
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        73 30 Reuters [TOKYO] Two Japanese banks set to merge into the world's second biggest banking group reported yesterday a solid jump in group current profits for the past half-year. Group current profit at Sumitomo Bank grew 81.4 per cent to 262.34 billion yen (554.2 billion) for
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      863 31  -  From Leon Hadar in Washington WHILE the whole world, including America's political, m&dia and legal communities, awaits the decision of Florida's Supreme Court that could come as early as Tuesday (US time), observers in Washington are warning that the political uncertainty regarding the outcome
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      294 32  -  SGX Derivatives Trafila&Report ST S'pore Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE Singapore stock market closed lower yesterday, hit by tremors from US markets' losses on Monday and weakness in regional markets. However, bargain-hunting in late afternoon helped minimise the losses. The Straits Times
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      231 32  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE MSCI Taiwan Index reversed its losses in early trade after intervention by state funds to restore investor confidence foUowing the market's 42 per cent plunge this year. The MSCI Taiwan Index rose 12.91 points, or 5.74
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      155 32 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices were little changed yesterday but cold weather in the United States and jitters about Iraqi supply underpinned the market. Forecasts that temperatures in the US Northeast, the nation's biggest consuming area for winter heating fuel, would slide as much
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      294 32 Reuters London THE yen was near eight-and-a-half-month lows against the US dollar yesterday, after a reprieve for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori raised fears of further political battles. The Japanese currency also set two-and-a-half-week lows against the euro early in Europe but rebounded after a surprise fall in
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      2824 33 HONGKONG AFP QHangSeng -15&36 HONGKONG share prices fell one per cent yesterday, with sentiment dampened by Monday's falls on Wall Street, though late bargain-hunting trimmed earlier losses, dealers said. Market turnover remained low with investors cautious ahead of a final outcome
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      2012 33 TOKYO AFP Nikkei 225 -123J9 TOKYO shares fell 0.8 per cent yesterday as players took their cue from a sharp fall on Wall Street, coupled with disappointment at the continuing political uncertainty in Japan and the United States, dealers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's
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      1017 33 Reuters AFP QShenzhenßlndex jUjj CHINA'S hard currency B shares snapped a four-session rising streak yesterday, ending marginally down as domestic A shares failed to log new closing highs. The Shenzhen B Index inched down 0.05 point to 122.54 as turnover waned to HK568.43 million from a moderate HK574.16 million
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      376 33 AFP nwp Index ♦257.79 TAIWAN shares rallied 5.3 per cent yesterday to close over 5,000 points, spurred by the government's stimulus measures, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 257.79 points to 5,103 on turnover of NT573.53 billion. Advancers led decliners 371 to 170, with 60
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      363 35 AFP 3 Composite Index -1L96 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.6 per cent lower yesterday with sentiment hit by Wall Street's losses on Monday and the proposed Renong-UEM deal, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 11.96 points to finish at
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      316 36 AFP Q Composite Index -5J)5 SOUTH Korean shares fell 1.1 per cent yesterday with the index down 5.95 points at 531.45. Volume was 290.60 million worth 1.40 trillion won. —AFP Oat woo THocom 1640 unch Dangbu Ins .1400 -45 Daou T»ch 4950 -45 Dong Kook St**l 2125 -20 Gd
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      280 36 AFP Q Composite Index -16J0 PHILIPPINE shares closed 1.1 per cent lower yesterday as political uncertainty continued to weigh on sentiment. The Composite Index fell 16.10 to 1,449. Volume turnover rose to 3.01 billion worth 703.03 million pesos from 956.30 million worth 2.49 billion pesos on Monday. —AFP Hot
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      268 36 AFP QNZSE-40 -446 NEW Zealand's shares closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday with the NZSE-40 shedding 6.46 points to 1,989.91 on turnover of NZ5145.60 million. "Telecom and Lion Nathan held it together, but the rest of the market was a bit ordinary," said investment head of John Rattray. —AFP
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      554 36 AFP PAH Ordinaries -2160 AUSTRALIAN shares dropped 0.7 per cent yesterday as sharp falls on Wall Street prompted local investors to take profit in a session disrupted by a computer malfunction, brokers said. The benchmark All Ordinaries Index fell 22.60 points to close at 3,249, while the S&P/ASX2OO shed
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      727 36 AFP Q SET Index -L3S THAI share prices shed 0.50 per cent yesterday after a plunge in US markets on Monday hurt bourses regionwide, traders said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index dropped 1.35 points to close at 287.06 points, and the SET 50 Index was off
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      677 36 AFP P Composite Into -0.77 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.20 per cent lower yesterday with second liners limiting the' market's fall, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 0.77 of a point at 425.52. Volume traded was 369.70 million shares worth 258.36 billion rupiah. Advancing stocks
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      1105 39 Not by a long shot A senior exec explains why the carmaker, now known as MG Rover, is in the best shape in 20 years FROM its glorious heyday spanning the era when Britain was popularly referred to with a Great prefix, Rover has seen
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      484 39 Not yet. Bnt it'll be if the unions don't agree to the rescue plans, says an expert WHAT'S the difference between Daewoo Motor and the list of car manufacturers from Rover to Jaguar to Volkswagen to Nissan that were in financial straits in
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      254 39  -  Wearnes's move to take a 4f% stake in distributer stalled AH reports by Christopher Tan DAEWOO distributor Starsauto is not sure how long it could continue saying "ifs business as usual". Lee Chiu San, the general manager, said his plans for £ext
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        136 39 SINGAPORE'S Millennium Motorshow—the Republic's largest so far —has ended. In the 10 days from Nov 10 to Nov 19,131,000 tickets were sold. This was 13 per cent lower than the 150,000 projected by the organisers, who blamed the wet weather for the lower attendance. Despite that, the
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        77 39 BORNEO MOTORS has brought in the sedan version of the Echo (above). Equipped with a 1.3-litre 16-valve WT-i engine, the car fills a niche once occupied by the 1.3-litre Corolla (the new Corolla is available as a 1.5 and 1.6-litre). The five-speed manual goes for $78,588
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        68 39  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan THERE must be more breakdowns these days. Comfort Automotive Services (CAS) and the Automobile Association of Singapore (AAS) said they were beefing up their motoring programmes to include towing services. For as low as $25 a year, CAS' 24-hour recovery plan promises breakdown
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      752 40  -  LTA bans some common changes. Christopher tam reports CHRISTOPHER TAN ITCHING to soup up your Lancer engine or dressing up your Impreza with various gaudy body kits? Think again. Vehicle owners who want to modify their vehicles for any reason must first make
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      509 41  -  As many as 30,000 vessels will be affected by the new ruling By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Ships will soon be required to carry air-line-style "black boxes" as the first phase of mandatory regulations are set to be adopted by the
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      848 41  -  STRAIT TALE By I Seafarer THE effectiveness of the classification societies in ensuring the safety of the world fleet is not an issue that is likely to go away any time soon. To be fair the societies are putting tremendous effort into trying to
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      376 41 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd posted first-half profit that beat its revised forecast, as Japan's second-largest maritime shipper benefited from growing trade and higher freight rates. Group net income in the six months to Sept 30 was 7.6 billion yen
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      290 41  -  From, Alec Almazan in Manila KEPPEL Philippines Marine, Inc reported a 10 per cent decline in net income for the first nine months of2ooo from 47.5 million pesos (S|l.7 million) in 1999 to 42.6 million pesos. The company's unaudited third-quarter results also showed
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      67 41 A JOINT study carried out by Italian classification society Registro ItalianoNavale and the country's largest shipbuilder Fincantieri has concluded that the equivalent of an FPSO for LNG is both feasible and economically viable. Partially funded by the European Union under its "Azure" project, the study examined
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        1123 42 Experts believe that blood clots are linked to travel in cramped, passive conditions and can occur in first class, too AP [NEW YORK] Medical studies have produced conflicting conclusions on whether there is a link between travel, particularly in an airplane, and
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        136 53 Nov 23 Japan: Labour Thanksgiving Day. USA: Thanksgiving Day. Nov 30 Philippines: Bonifacio Day. USA: Thanksgiving Day. Deo 3 Japan: Culture Day. Deo 5 Thailand: H.M. The King's Birthday. Dee 10 Thailand: Constitution Day. Dee 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Dee 25 USA: Christmas Day. Philippines: Christmas Day. Canada:
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        771 53 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        498 54 Spreading work among different contractors could help Pentagon Reuters [EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California] Defence giants Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co may split a US$3OO billion (***** billion) jet fighter contract now slated for a winner-take-all Pentagon award, officials said yesterday. At
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        434 54 23 passengers injured during the evacuation Bloomberg [MIAMI] AMR Corp's American Airlines said on Monday a flight attendant died after falling from an aircraft door following an emergency landing at Miami International Airport. Twenty-three passengers were injured. American Flight 1291 from Miami to
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        318 54 AP, Reuters [ATLANTA] American airlines are bracing up for the Thanksgiving week and coming Christmas holiday periods by attempting to prevent delays and cancellations as a result of crew shortages and anticipated union action. Northwest Airlines, which is currently in contract
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        359 54 Reuters [SEATTLE] Aerospace giant Boeing Co on Monday said a survey of long-haul airline travellers showed a strong preference for its jets over those of rival Airbus Industrie. Citing a Boeing-sponsored in-flight poll of over 8,000 passengers on 10 major international carriers,
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        230 54 Price hike for trips of more than 2,400 km is oth this year Xinhua [LOS ANGELES] Major US airlines on Monday completed their sixth price increase of the year, boosting fares for business travellers by US$2OO (Ss3so) for trips of more than
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        416 54 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Germany's Transrapid International consortium said on Monday it has completed a feasibility study on a high-speed railway linking Shanghai's financial district to its new airport in Pudong. Transrapid comprises Thyssen Kruppe AG, Siemens AG and DaimlerChrysler's AG Adtranz. The consortium's project liaison officer
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      958 47 vOOv WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA "CAR RORO HEAVYUFT SERVICE" |VISSa VOY RAMP HEIGHT SIN IK MAO MIA SAV ML ORF NYC NEW MOI TAMPA AHO23 400Tms 6.3 M ffju 26/12 03/01 06/01 08/01 10/01 TT7oT 13/01 17/01 20/01 TAIABOT AHO24 400Toai 6.3 M 11/12 17/01 20/01 22/01
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      71 51 msmm CHINA 2 SAILINGS WEEKLY Accepting LCL/FCL to all destinations in China EIASIN 26/11/00 30/11/00 Nedfayd Asia V.19E45 30/11/00 04/12/00 RoHwdam Express V.03E45 PHOENIX SHIPPING (PTV) LTD MONTHLY BREAKBULK SERVICE TO SOUTHERN AFRICA AND INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS VESSEL NAME VOV SPORE DURBAN PHOCMX 1 02/2000 2<Vl2 02/01 Accepting cargo for
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      682 51 ENG LIE SHIPPING CO PTE ITDI I Ws *****23 (10 Ums) tax: *****30/5326*60 I crn« mwwowot I VESSEL VOY SIN ETA SIN ETD DESTINATION Unon Stor 20 17/00 74/11 24/11 Jamb Union Star 8 11/00 24/11 25/11 Jan* Union Star 32 14/00 24/11 25/11 Jakarta DwiDow 19/00 25/11 24/11 Duma/P
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      48 52 REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER A BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS A DURBAN EXPORT VOY SIN PTL DBN ALS EXPRESS 08WB 27/11 08/12 13/12 ALS ENDEAVOUR 09WB 10/01 21/01 27/01 ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG Agaats: Tel Fox Singapore Ben line Agencies *****(1/147 *****63 Malaysia Bendtro Shipping Agency ft Hid ********** **********
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