The Business Times, 11 September 2001

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: n:tp.//business-times.asial.com.sg/ SINGAPORE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 85c
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    76 1 sn 1,558.45 (-18.50) BT-SBI 537J4 (4.70) ST INDEX FOTUBES (-17.00) SDCCIFUTUIES *****0 (-2.40) STOCK MARKET INDICES Monday Change KLSE COMP ***** -L37 NIKKEI 228 10,196.69 -32L10 HANG SEXG 10J66J2 -17J8 SET INDEX 331.66 -10.17 JAKARTA COMP 443.60 -050 MANILA COUP 1,297.19 -0.16 TAIPEI WPI 4289.10 -13.06 SEOUL COMP
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    76 1 FOREX RATES liss s* USS (SS per USS) 1.749 £(USS/SS per£) 1.464 1561 El'RO(USS/SS/E) 0.906 1.582 DM 2.162 1186 YEN 120.1 68.60 RM 1800 2.173 HKS 7.800 4.460 BABT 44.60 26J0 RUPIAH 9.080 5,192 PRIME EATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LTMPIR 7.67 JAKARTA .39.00 BANGKOK .9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon SingTel-DBS venture snags prized 45% stake in Nets
    602 1  -  It aims to develop system into regional e-payments gateway By Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications has won a coveted place in Singapore's biggest electronic payment system Nets and is set to play a significant role in developing it into a regional electronic
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    Lock icon Air NZ offers Ansett to rival Qantas
    806 1  -  SIA, Brierley, NZ govt working on capital injection for AirNZ alone By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Air New Zealand has offered to sell its struggling Australian subsidiary Ansett to arch rival Qantas in a last-ditch bid to save itself from financial collapse. And this
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    Lock icon DBS said to be among 4 banks eyeing BCA stake
    700 1  -  ABN Amro, Citibank and Stanchart also keen on Ibra's stake From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta SINGAPORE-LISTED DBS Bank has emerged as one of four international banks that have expressed interest in acquiring a 51 per cent stake in Bank Central
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    Lock icon OCBC Sec suspends dealer pending outcome of CAD probe
    417 1  -  By I Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] OCBC Securities has suspended a dealer from work after the Commercial Affairs Department narrowed the suspects in its probe into the bogus Web posting down to that one dealer. In a written reply to a BT
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      98 1 Millennium Award for SM Lee and Dr Mahathir Next Page ill 8 1 887i8v r *****4 Day-Date Swiss Chronometer Chronometer. Officially Chronometer See the Rolex Collection at: \V The HourGlass H x N JP #01-02 Takashimaya Shopping Centre. 391 Orchard Road. Tel: 734 2420. #01-09/10/11 Scotts Shopping Centre. 6 Scotts
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      5 1 COE premiums up in October
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      Lock icon M'sia's corporate cleanup sparking investor interest
      537 2  -  Stock rally led by Europeans, joined by Asian, US players: Morgan Stanley By' Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's new approach to cleaning up its corporate sector amounts to a major change and is being taken seriously by investors, according to senior executives of US investment
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      Lock icon SM Lee, Dr M receive joint award from Asean private sector
      788 2  -  Contributions to their countries, region honoured Yang Razali Kassim [SINGAPORE] There must be something right about relations between Malaysia and Singapore of late. To paraphrase Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's recent words, the stars in bilateral ties seem to
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Clog Air?
        105 2 AS airline wars rage over Australasian skies, a Dutch clog maker has joined the fray. The traditional footwear maker, based in the village of Zwaag, just north of Amsterdam, has reportedly bought the Internet domain name australianairlines.com. Hoping to sell it for a fat fee, no doubt. But
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        Lock icon Kiasu, and linguistically challenged
        69 2 THIS analysis comes via talkingcock.com, a site that pokes fun at Singaporeans. Its underground sources quote an analysis by a Chinese leader: "We sympathise and care for Singapore. It won't make it in an Asian economy led by China. Its leaders and civil servants are from
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        Lock icon Majority opinion: more job losses
        50 2 LAST week, BT ran an on-line poll that said: The HP-Compaq merger will mean more job losses in Singapore. This is how readers voted. Yes, the new entity needs to cut out duplication: 95*4 No, the work forces are complementary: 3% I don't know: 2%
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      197 2 HUBLOT CHRONOGRAPH that Sensational Feeling jy Si I'iM I m i Si I Kin ki i;i i k si k \i'. Ki sisi w i \si uim Si Ki w-1 > x Kll > ('(•■< >u \ll kKi sis i\M i< illMi\t i ;i 1111 Sol-Ills I M \l I
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  • FOCUS singtel
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      Lock icon SingTel debuts in Sydney, closes at A$1.82
      531 3  -  Sing Tel chief 'encouraged' by performance; bnt analysts say stock will see weakness By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecommunications made its international offshore listing debut in Sydney yesterday, closing at A 51.82 (551.63) with some 41 million shares traded. In Singapore, the shares
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      Lock icon SingTel, NTT DoCoMo eyeing Time dotCom stake: report
      434 3 Both said to be keen on Ehazanah's 30% share worth more RM2b [KUALA LUMPUR] Singapore Telecommunications is tipped again to be on the verge of acquiring a stake in Malaysia's Time dot Com, Malaysia's Business Times reported yesterday. The paper reported that
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      Lock icon Pace of KPN talks quickening
      170 3 Reuters [SYDNEY] The pace of talks between Singapore Telecommunications Ltd and Nether-lands-based KPN Telecom NV on KPN's stake in Indonesia's top cellular phone carrier has picked up. Sing Tel chief executive Lee Hsien Yang said it has been in talks with KPN for several months
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Asia-Pac lags record global private fund flows
      778 4  -  I si I exclusive Region makes np less than 8% of global private fnnds raised and 5% of amonnt invested By' Ven Sreenivasan A RECORD amount of private equity and venture capital was raised and invested globally last year, but the Asia-Pacific region
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      Lock icon Small firms warned of pitfalls of listing
      617 4  -  They are advised to evaluate their leag-term objectives, consider other options By Ven Sreenivasan SMALL companies should seriously think about their long-term objectives and strategies before jumping on the IPO bandwagon to raise capital. After the initial euphoria and high trading volumes, many
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      Lock icon Lion Asiapac needs to focus
      802 4  -  lock siew teh hooi ling LION Asiapac is a company stuck in the corporate wilderness. It has no real core competency and its management doesn't seem to have a viable strategy to extricate the group from its predicament. Consider the group's hodgepodge of assets. Its
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      Lock icon KepFels: buyout offer is reasonable
      613 7  -  Independent directors urge investors to accept KepCorp's offer Byi Conrad Raj THE independent directors of Keppel Fels Energy Infrastructure (KepFels) are urging its shareholders to accept parent Keppel Corporation's (KepCorp) proposal to take the company private. The recommendation was made on the advice of their
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      Lock icon Elec & Eltek's full-year profit up 28% to $93m
      445 7  - Elec Eltek's full-year profit up 28% to $93m Group turnover sees 24% year-on-year increase to $596 m By Serena Ng PRINTED circuit board maker Elec Eltek posted a 28 per cent jump in full-year profit to $93 million, beating analysts' expectations. It sees "enormous" business opportunities in China although the
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      Lock icon Inno-pac tells SGX why it kept mum
      275 7  -  It feared disclosure of ousted chairman's actions would confuse shareholders By] Ling Su Ann INNO-PACIFIC Holdings directors said yesterday they did not disclose that ousted chairman Melvin Tong is calling an extraordinary general meeting to overthrow the current board because it would confuse
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      Lock icon New market strategist makes bullish entry
      626 8  -  Salomon Smith Barney's Levkovich sees rally in US stocks in the next six months Byi Chuang Peck Ming LIKE the man he succeeded, Salomon Smith Barney's new market strategist Tobias Levkovich has come in a bull among bears. Seemingly unaffected by the current gloom
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      Lock icon Jaya Holdings sees 69% jump in profit
      474 8  -  Shipbuilder proposing record 15% dividend payout By 1 Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Robust oil prices and the ageing global offshore fleet were credited with boosting local shipping counter Jaya Holdings' profit by nearly 70 per cent for its financial year ending June 30. The
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      Lock icon Tampines Mail to be sold for $409m to SPT
      366 8  -  By Andrea Tan CAPITALAND said yesterday its 55 per cent-owned Tampines Mall will be sold for $409 million or $1,310 per sq ft of net lettable space to the Singapore Property Trust (SPT) it intends to list. The mall, owned Jointly
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Huan Hsin lilts earnings by 18%
        66 8 CHINA-BASED Huan Hsin Holdings said profit rose 18 per cent to $12.8 million and turnover grew 8 per cent to $54 million for the half-year ended June 30. The growth was due mainly to its notebook casing production in Shanghai and was also boosted
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        Lock icon UOB-Kay Hian posts dismal results
        66 8 HIT by falling volumes and lower margins, UOB-Kay Hian yesterday reported a 70 per cent slump in profit to $9.5 million for the six months ended June 30. Turnover fell 57 per cent to $50.6 million. The company said the decrease in proprietary trade in
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        Lock icon Ong Asia profit dives 83%
        43 8 BROKER Ong Asia, which is being acquired by rival Kim Eng Holdings, yesterday reported an 83 per cent slump in net profit to $500,000 for the first half of the year. Turnover fell by half to $15 million.
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        Lock icon Ipco to buy electroplasting firm
        77 8 IPCO International said it has altered into a HK$42O million (Ss94 million) cash-and-share agreement to buy electroplating company Process Automation Ltd from Asia Tele-Net and Technology Corp (ATNT). Ipoo will issue 228 million new shares at 550.30 apiece and fork out HKSI26 million in cash
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      87 5 C2OOl United Air Lines. Inc. All Rights Reserved You'll appreciate the fact that our service to Chicago is 2-3 hours faster than any other airline out of Singapore. And from August 1 October 1, passengers in United First® and United Business® will receive double miles because, well, why not? We're
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      305 6 tipdm Vehne Slr*Ta<15c 34,236.000 Asia FoodAProp 11,864,000 NOL 10,132,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 7,817,000 UnlFood HK25C 7,181,000 Brieriey US20c 5,965,000 Parkway H 25c 5,641,000 PactflcCenturylOc 5,617,000 STEngglOc 5,470,000 FUYuMfclOc 4,588,000 SingTel 15c 57,533,746 UOB 43,162,754 Chart SemlCond 26c 32,086,920 DBSOrp 20,990,847 ST Ens 10c 12,997,648 VanturaMfg25c 12,321,100 OCBC 12,304,860 SPH 11,001,800
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      Lock icon Tajo wrt: look before you leap
      179 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan WITH the Kuala Lumpur stock market having rallied strongly In recent weeks, it's timely to take a look at a Malaysian warrant. The warrant of brick-maker Tajo was one of the biggest percentage gainers on the KL bourse yesterday.
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      Lock icon Parkway poised for a breather?
      234 6  -  HOT STOCK Byy Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of health-care group Parkway Holdings saw very active trading yesterday amid rumours that property giant Capita Land was close to selling its stake in the company. After gyrating between a low of 96.5 cents and a high of
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      Lock icon Lower volume a redeeming feature as STI sinks further
      595 6  -  I-1 i comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan RESULTS: None. What' 9 happening: Nothing. Market Whispers: None. That's how one bank-linked securities firm summed up ye9terday'9 market outlook In its morning report. And the prognosis was deadly accurate. With Wall Street tumbling in
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      Lock icon Yen, euro shine as weak job numbers hit US$
      544 6  -  -J I comment CURRENCIES Aussie dollar exceptional loser, falling through key support of 90 S'pore cents larry wee SHARPLY weaker US August employment numbers announced last Friday hammered Wall Street and the US dollar, making the yen and euro the most
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3270 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Absrdssn AM Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: American Opport Fd 0.714 0.751 Asian Fixed Income Fd 1.097 1.130 China Opportunities Fd!** 0.838 0.881 Cont Euro EqtyFd!** 0.884 0.929 Global MNCFd 0.621 0.653 Global Technology Fd!" 0.451 0.474 Indonesia Equity Fid!** 0.720 0.756 Japan EqtyFd!** 0.974 1.024
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      576 8 ZONEISII gives you ttte BEST IDD rates! Star Hub OOS Ml 002 I min $/min S/min $/min $/min Australia 0.18 0.48 0.60 0.57 0.55 China 0.26 0.66 1.39 1.32 1.25 Hong Kong 0.20 0.54 0.70 0.66 0 65 Indonesia Jokorta 0.33 087 1.20 1.02 1.00 j Korsa South 0.22 0.37
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Softer yen keeps COE prices firm
      528 9  -  Ten 10-12% down, giving Japanese car traders more leeway in bidding for COEs By Christopher Tan DESPITE slowing sales, reduced prices and, yes, the economy, car COE premiums continue to defy gravity. And the softer Japanese yen may be the single strongest factor fuelling
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      Lock icon No swift rebound seen for the region
      391 9  -  Bi 4i -I on the economy outlook By Teh Hooi Ling ASIAN countries most heavily dependent on technology exports Taiwan and Singapore could struggle to emerge from recession, says the Economist Intelligence Unit. The more diversified economies of South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand
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      Lock icon SPC keen on foreign strategic partner
      426 9  -  Partner will secure SPC's position in industry, add to shareholder value By Eugene Low SINGAPORE Petroleum Company (SPC), which is 77 per cent owned by Keppel Fels Energy and Infrastructure, is keen to take in a foreign strategic shareholder, executive director and CEO Leon
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      Lock icon Nymex's Brent futures contract off to a good start
      305 9 THE New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), which launched trading in Brent crude oil futures last Wednesday, expects trading in the new contract to grow in the coming months. It is also confident of continued growth of oil-contracts trading in Asia and
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      Lock icon Global business leaders at 2-day meet
      322 9  -  Forbes conference is the first snch event outside the US By Eugene Low SOME 350 international business leaders will meet in Singapore on Wednesday next week for the Forbes Global CEO conference. The theme of the two-day event which will feature speakers and panelists
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      Lock icon Counter-trade forum returns to S'pore
      306 9 100 delegates from up to 50 countries expected to attend AFTER seven years, the world's first international counter-trade body the Asia Pacific Countertrade Association (APCA) is bring ing its annual conference home to Singapore. And its homecoming is timely. Because with the global economy in
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      Lock icon Five Jervois Rd bungalow plots sold for $32.2m
      418 10  -  This works out to $380-$4OO psf of net area for the elevated GCB sites By' Vince Chong FIVE of the 11 bungalow plots at 200-208 Jervois Road have been sold for a total of $32.2 million, or $380-$4OO per sq ft of
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      Lock icon Take measures to safeguard minority shareholders
      287 10  -  MAiu.-rm Wan Yew Cheong Singapore I REFER to your article "It's time the law protects minority shareholders" by Ven Sreenivasan (Hock Lock Siew, Aug 31). Once again, Mr Sreenivasan has done a great service to highlight the plight of minority shareholders in Singapore by
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      Lock icon Foreign talent—clarity needed to dispel fears
      346 10  -  Cheng Shing Chow Singapore I REFER to your article "SM Lee on job realities in New Economy" by Eugene Low (BT. Sep 7). Mr Lee reminded union leaders of the importance to Singapore of attracting foreign talent to form the critical mass of the
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      Lock icon Hurdles that deter start-ups
      143 10  -  Wong Hon Sung Singapore I REFER to the article "Govt may soon allow limited partnerships" by Siow Li Sen (BT, Aug 29). I fully agree that statutory auditing for small private firms is a waste of time, money and resource. It only benefits accountants and company
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      Lock icon Should trading hours be longer?
      345 10  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore HONG Kong's proposed experiments for extended trading hours will be keenly watched with no little apprehension by the local broking fraternity. In the not-too-distant past, there was serious thinking in Singapore of a "round-the-clock" trading system, so that we would become the
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      Lock icon Economics of neighbourliness
      191 10  -  Rendyno Ariffin Singapore I REFER to your article "Relations back on an even keel" by Yang Razali Kassim (BT, Sept 5). Interesting thoughts and comments from the writer. The new Indonesian government is certainly "talking the talk and walking the walk" at the rate it has been
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      109 9 "Now I've got the best of both worlds." "V j? Tv mobile com j H CNN TALK ASIA: I I I Get dose and personal j 8 Senior Minister Lee Kuon Yew gives n rare feature length interview from inside The Istana TALK ASIA is CNN' s weekly one-hour chat
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Take a gamble on casinos
      679 11  -  I-ill comment PROPERTY Wltta the economy In need of a boost, legitimising them could wen prove to be a winning idea lee han shih ON the front page of Malaysia's New Straits Times yesterday was a very funny cartoon by Lat showing a bunch of
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      142 11 8 minutes walk to proposed Upp Paya Lebar MRT Station n Ready work force available in nearby residential areas jxn nnim ndv Close proximity to bus-stops, food centres, banks, clinics o&*' a and shops etc Harrison Highlights Office-like environment with spacious basement carpark Separate lobbies for passenger and cargo lifts
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Getting things to take off at Thai Airways
      780 12  -  I bottom line OPINION harish mehta The writer is BT's Bangkok correspondent THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has finally slain the dragon that was bedevilling Thai Airways International By sacking the airline's president and forcing the resignation of the entire board, he
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      106 12 Reading a Gap release is about as much fun as a trip to the dentist' Marty Bakoll an analyst, on Gap Inc's press release announcing August same-store sales. Tijuana isn't just a city. It's a region with enough stuff to fill science fiction books.' Rani Cardenas a
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      Lock icon Singapore-Malaysia boleh ?
      621 12 Singapore-Malaysia boleh EDITORIAL ShNIOK Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad knew just how high the stakes were when they committed their countries to a historic skeletal agreement last week The result is a major breakthrough for Singapore-Malaysia relations. But now comes the hard part: the momentum
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      Lock icon How do you tax trade in cyberspace?
      1257 12  -  The success of businesses in the digital world may depend on how well they exploit the tax benefits of new technologies By Abhijit Ghosh The writer is with PricewaterhouseCoopers. The views expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of PwC.
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      Lock icon Don't let Bush oft the hook
      774 12  -  COMMENTARY He should be held to his promises on Social Security By Paul Krugman The writer is a professor of economics at Princeton University NYT LAST Friday's jump in unemployment sent Wall Street into a tailspin, but it shouldn't have come as a big
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Rashid Hussain to sell RHB stake to Utama: report
      470 13  -  Tycoon is said to be on the verge of a deal to sell 23.95% of his flagship for RM722m From\ Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN tycoon Rashid Hussain is set to cash out of his flagship Rashid Hussain Berhad the
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      Lock icon Dr M's memorabilia a hit in Internet auction
      357 13 KUALA LUMPUR AP WHAT'S hot in Malaysia this month? Tickets for a Backstreet Boys concert this November. Traditional Chinese moon-shaped cakes. A dinosaur theme ride in southern Johor state. Add Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's old computers to that list memorabilia from Asia's
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      Lock icon US-M'sia chamber chief seeks more investment incentives
      453 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFX THE Malaysian government should constantly review investment incentives, including allowing higher foreign ownership in companies, to retain and attract more foreign investments, American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce president Nicholas S Zeffreys said. "I think they always need to review the
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon 24,000 jobs cut in M'sia this year
        68 13 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] About 24,000 Malaysians lost their jobs in the first eight months of this year, mostly due to the drying up of US demand for electronics exports, news reports said yesterday. Human Resources Minister Fong Chan Onn said that 18,000 people
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        Lock icon Bottom in sight, but don't rush to stocks
        106 13 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Asian economies are showing signs of bottoming out soon, but it is still too early for investors to go short on bonds and long on stocks and currencies, JP Morgan Chase said yesterday. "We are starting to see the bottom
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        Lock icon Mahathir headed for Moscow
        62 13 AFP [MOSCOW] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is due to arrive in Moscow on Wednesday for a four-day visit during which he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Malaysian embassy said yesterday. Dr Mahathir, who will be accompanied by Defense Minister Najib Razak, is expected
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        Lock icon 3.3t rupiah of irregularities found
        76 13 AFP [JAKARTA] Irregularities worth 3.3 trillion rupiah (***** million) were uncovered in the use of Indonesian state funds last year, the state audit agency BPK said yesterday. Its chairman Satrio Yudono told parliament his agency had found 1,643 cases of irregularities in the implementation of
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      Lock icon Indonesia to ease investment rules
      521 14 JAKARTA And impasse over sale of Semen Gresik expected to be resolved by end-Oct Reuters, AFX-Asia INDONESIA, desperate to tempt investors back to inject life into its ruined economy, is planning a new law to make it easier for foreigners to invest in the country.
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      Lock icon IMF to release US$400m loan payout to Indonesia
      249 14 JAKARTA Bloomberg THE International Monetary Fund said it would release yesterday a US$4OO million loan payout held back since December, after the country pledged last month to speed up asset sales. The IMF's executive board in Washington would release the funds "after
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      Lock icon Vietnamese officials on trial for graft scandal
      266 14 HANOI AFP EIGHT people, including six top civil servants, went on trial in Hanoi yesterday in the first legal proceedings over a 1999 corruption scandal which led to the disgrace of a deputy prime minister. The long-awaited trial, which was first announced in
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    • ASIA Notes
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        74 14 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's ports-to-telecom conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa said yesterday that it is in talks to develop a property project in Beijing. The official Economic Daily reported that Hutchison and the Chaoyang district government would invest 10 billion renminbi (Ss2.l billion) to develop a
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        64 14 AFP [BEIJING] Half of China's Internet users have been affected by hackers in the past year alone, according to a survey cited by state media yesterday, with most of the country's online population knowing little about computer security. The study showed an "alarming level
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        59 14 FT [SHANGHAI] China will launch its first mainstream mutual fund today in an attempt to develop its volatile financial markets. The five billion renminbi (551.05 billion) Huaan Innovation Investment Fund is launched as the government considers further reforms, including developing stock market indices to
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        92 14 Reuters [HONG KONG] Legislators here slammed the government yesterday for suspending sales of subsidised housing, saying it was bowing to pressure from rich developers at the expense of those who were worse off. The Legislative Council's Housing Panel passed a motion reprimanding the government
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        84 14 Bloomberg [ST PETERSBURG] The Chinese and Russian governments signed an agreement to build a US$l.7 billion pipeline by 2005 to ship Siberian crude to the Asian country. A "general agreement" signed by Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov will allow
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        69 14 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's telecoms regulator said yesterday it would postpone taking applications for third-generation (3G) wireless licences to the end of September, but still aimed to issue them before the end of the year. "Things are more complicated than expected, so we have to postpone the
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      598 15 'One country, two systems' not acceptable, says Taiwan official Reuters [BEIJING] China's top Taiwan policy official, Vice-Pre-mier Qian Qichen, detailed yesterday freedoms the island would enjoy if it reunified with the mainland under a formula applied in former European colonies Hong Kong and Macau. But
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      303 15 HONGKONG Local authorities urged to direct more exportsvia sab AFP BEIJING has urged local authorities to boost their exports to Hong Kong to help the territory's re-export business as it confronts an economic slowdown, a report said yesterday. The call is among a
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      313 14  -  ST Znde*/MSCI STpore Index C K Lau Refco Singapore THE Singapore stock market continued its downtrend yesterday following slumps in the US markets last Friday on poor economic data. The benchmark Straits Times Index dived 18.50 points or 1.17 per cent to close at
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      235 14  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore TAIWAN stocks crept lower, led by Via Technologies after Intel sued the chipmaker for selling unlicensed chipsets that may be used with Pentium 4 processors. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index shed 0.04 point or 0.02 per cent to
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      231 14 Reuters London THE dollar rose over a third of a per cent against the euro and yen yesterday, earning respite from its recent mauling as European and Japanese stocks joined their US counterparts in the dog house. Japanese stocks earlier closed at a 17-year low, European shares fell
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      517 16 AMSTERDAM Dutch carrier's share surges after it appoints TPG'sAd Scheepbouwer Reuters STRUGGLING Dutch carrier KPN Telecom yesterday named a postal industry boss as its new chief executive as it won medium-term respite from its debt woes with a fresh 2.5
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      326 16 FRANKFURT Reuters SHARES in Deutsche Telekom AG fell more than 5 per cent yesterday to below their 1996 issue price, leaving masses of German investors worse off than when they first ventured into the stock market nearly five years ago. The fall came
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      454 16  -  Secession fears hit other European markets as well From Neil Behrman in London LONDON stock market, along with those in other European exchanges, took a beating yesterday, with the FTSE 100 index of leading UK shares plunging below 5,000 points for the first time since
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      313 16 PARIS Reuters, Bloomberg FRANCE'S two richest men said on Monday they had found a solution to their battle for ownership of Italy's Gucci, ending an acrimonious feud that has poisoned French corporate life for more than two years. Pinault-Printemps-Red-oute SA, the retailer founded by
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        112 16 Bloomberg [BASEL] The Group of 10 nations see world economic growth "close to a turning point" after the sharp slowdown at the end of2ooo and the beginning of this year, Bank of England Governor Edward George said yesterday. "I expect we're near the bottom
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        131 16 Dow Janes Newswires [NEW YORK] The National Association for Business Economics has revised down its estimates of US growth for both this year and next. The NABE said in its outlook survey, released yesterday, that it expects the US to see real gross domestic
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        77 16 Reuters [DENVER] Voice and data services company Qwest Communications International Inc yesterday cut its financial outlook, citing "deteriorating economic conditions", and said it would cut 4,ooojobs and trim its capital spending plans. Qwest expects 2001 revenues to be about US$2O.5 billion, and earnings before
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      542 17 NEW YORK Bush considering spending cut to keep Budget balanced and capital gains tax cnt NYT AS the US economy takes on a recessionary tone and the political stakes rise, the two parties are scrambling to come up with proposals to
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      364 17 AFP, AP [WASHINGTON] The family of Chile's former army chief is to sue former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger for allegedly plotting the assassination of the general in 1970, CBS television reported on Sunday. The report showed that the US and
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      275 17 TOKYO Reuters JAPAN received more dismal economic data yesterday as machinery orders, a key early gauge of corporate capital spending, dipped 1.6 per cent in July and bank lending shrunk for the 44th straight month. The news yet another reminder for Prime Minister Junichiro
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      350 17 BASEL Corpor&tes using part of money to pay off old debts while banks pile np cash Reuters GLOBAL borrowing is on the rise as stock markets splutter, yet corporations taking on new debt may be using a good part of it
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      599 18 TOKYO It overtakes DoCoMo, whose shares have skidded 38% this year compared to the car maker's 0.3% slide Bloomberg TOYOTA Motor Corp, Japan's largest car maker, has overtaken NTT DoCoMo Inc as the country's biggest company in market value as a global
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      271 19 No, says US poll; truth is 2 /s are working NYT [NEW YORK] Two-thirds of American women with preschool children and 56 per cent of those with infants less than a year old are in the labour force, but attitudes towards working mothers have
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      1789 23  -  Change-in-control arrangements are likely to become a key component of executive compensation planning as mergers and acquisitions increase. greg dotle explains what these arrangements are and how they work GREG DOYLE The writer is a senior consultant at Towers Perrin, a management consulting firm. He can be reached
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      994 24  -  posttsnn from chicago By, Joyce Koh Joyce Koh is a second-year student at Northwestern University PEOPLE often ask why I wanted to go to Prague for summer school. Why choose this relatively un-heard-of place over much more glamorous countries like France
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      1031 24  -  Full-time or part-time? Local or distance learning? Regular or executive? There are a host of factors to consider before plonking your money down By Lynn Lee REMAINING competitive in today's knowledge economy means workers constantly need to upgrade themselves by acquiring better qualifications. For those
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      100 24 lis ambient e is reminist enl ol the good old days when ri< h "lowkays" entertain their business < lienls. lis cn!i( ing Si< liuan rc( i|>es have kepi diners < oming l).u l< tor more. Its authentic cuisine is the masterpiece of Master hel Ho Tien Tsai. II is
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      275 25 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose one point to 899, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained four points to 935, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) firmed 15 points to 7,721 but the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down three points to 900. TIME-CHARTER: ♦Aquabe 11a (built 1995)
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      288 25 sax *ooo n w CMTT Distribution 0.59 unch 37 Chuan Hup 0.32 -0.01 604 Cosco Investment 0.21 -0.01 163 Freight Links 0.07 unch 126 G6 Holdings 0.50 -003 25 IMC HoMings-HK —540 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.16 OJH 484 Keppel Corp 3.06 unch 1646 Keppel FELS 1.52 unch
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      316 25  -  Report says it is dne to sign contract to bnild berth at Haicang port soon By\ Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Hutchison Whampoa's ports division, Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), is set to finalise a US$l billion container terminal investment in the southern Chinese port of
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      637 25  -  Local shipyard has $120 m worth of orders stretching to two years By. Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Local shipyard and charterer, Jaya Holdings Ltd is to expand its Batam shipyard within two years to cope with the rising demand for offshore vessels
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      62 25 [WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia] Rusting turnbuckles and cables are seen aboard the cargo ship Wayne Victory, in the James River Reserve Fleet on the James River near Williamsburg, Virginia. In a report to Congress, the US Marine Administration projects it will have to scrap some 148 of the 272
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      220 25 Reuters [MANILA] Port operator Asian Terminals Inc (ATI) said it signed a loan agreement with nine banks led by DBS Philippines and Deutsche Bank AG that would provide it with up to one billion pesos (Ss34o billion) via a revolving
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        589 26 Thai tramp operator faces shrinking fleet of ageing ships, chronic fnnding problems Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai shipping firm Precious Shipping pic expects a tough year ahead as a global economic slowdown and an ageing fleet cut into earnings, the company's managing director said. "It's going
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        160 26 (SINGAPORE) The London P&I Club has warned members of a spate of robberies at Belgium's Port of Antwerp and a flood of stowaways using Italy's Genoa and Leghorn ports. The club has urged strict watches and increased vigilance in security, recording 15 prosecutions
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        69 26 [SINGAPORE] Indonesia Stevedoring Companies Association has threatened to launch a nationwide strike to protest against a new government regulation allowing shipping companies to bypass stevedoring companies and unload their own cargo. Association deputy chairman Sabri Saiman was quoted as saying the government's treatment of stevedoring companies
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        200 33 September 15 Japan: Respect for the Aged Day September 16 Mexico: Independence Day September 23 Japan: Autumnal Equinox Day September 24 South Africa: Heritage Day September 28 Taiwan: Teacher's Day September 30 Hongkong: Mid-Autumn Festival October 1 China: Labour Day Hongkong: National Day Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival October 3
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        792 33 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ud. 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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        266 34 BAA-led group wins bid; will invest £130 m to develop the 2 airports [SINGAPOREJ A Singapore Changi Airport Enterprise (SCAE) led venture lost out to the world's biggest airport operator. BAA pic, to be the preferred bidder to buy. run and expand
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        236 34 European planemaker hopes to compete with Boeing-led gronp Connexion AFX [LONDON] Airbus Industrie and Astrium have entered a joint venture with two smaller US companies to compete with Boeing Co in bringing e-mail, Internet access and real-time television to airline passengers and crews,
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        221 34 Reuters [BANGKOK] The latest slump in the Japanese economy has badly affected the cargo market for Japan Airlines Co and, to a lesser extent, business traffic, a top executive with the carrier said yesterday. The airline sees advantages in joining a global alliance with other
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        48 34 Passengers line up on the platform at the Tokyo railway station as a total of 24 bullet train service to Nagano were cancelled in Tokyo yesterday. Typhoon Danas moves Ja° no and wtheastern Japan slowly, dumping heavy rain on the Pacific side of AP
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          93 34 AFX [TAIPEI] China Airlines Co Ltd and EVA Airways Corp will be asked to land their Tokyo-bound flights at Narita International Airport in May when the airport opens a second runway, the United Daily News reported, citing local aviation officials. Currently, the two
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          143 34 Reuters [STOCKHOLM] Scandinavian airline SAS said yesterday its lucrative business class passenger traffic declined in August for the second month in a row and that the market looked set to remain weak. Business class travel, which accounts for about a third of group revenues, fell
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          120 34 Bloomberg [SHENYANG] China will expand its first expressway, which links Shenyang with Dalian cities in north-west China s Liaoning Province. The 6-billion-yuan project will be funded by various social sectors apart from the government's allocation. Construction is to start some time this year and
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          148 34 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System Bhd named Martin Gilbert Barrow as a non-executive, independent director, the airline said in a statement to the stock exchange. The 57-year old Briton worked in various positions at Hong Kong's Jardine Matheson Ltd for more than 30 years. He
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        417 34 Reuters [SHANGHAI] In China, where every other passenger car is a Volkswagen, a tiny local producer is setting sales records with a new sedan that looks a lot like the popular Jetta but comes with a much cheaper price tag. Indeed, the Chery
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      402 28 WEEKLY EXPRESS SAILING SCHEDULE WESTBOUMO TO: COLOMBO A NHAVA SHEW (CFS MULUND, MUMBAI) ALSO ACCEPTORS TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN CD POINTS WSSBHA* WOT iSTOH COIOMMH.9C\kI OMKCTMG COMNKTMC vshra va-aww lAMM4IM QfKSS MOW I7SP 77W TtSff HMD MMIWRf 2 isitiamm w (OttKOASt WIIO7 74Sff TtSff 0700 MDMtO GU66 LISMSTB 2
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