The Business Times, 5 November 1999

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    18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MIT ><tffel2/p£ 85C SINGA P O R E Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1999
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    64 1 sn 2109.94 (+21.95) BT-SBI 803.41 (+5.04) aSIMSCI FUTURES 2KBO (+1.80) STOCK KABKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE COMP 727.58 -3.04 NIKKEI 1&34&13 +356.17 HANG SENG 13.651,51 +394.18 SET INDEX 419.89 +16.58 JAKARTA COMP 618.51 +1452 MANILA COMP __2.026.42 -17.47 TAIPEI WPI 7.469.23 -110.86 SEOUL COMP 911.82 +24.67 CLSA CHINA
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    82 1 FOREX KATES uss s$ U8S 1.667 £{I.'SS/SS per 1.646 174,1 ElTtOfTSS/SS per E) 1051 1.752 DM 1.861 0.896 YEN 104.7 1.592 KM 3800 0 439 HKS 7.771 0.215 BAHT 38.72 0.043 Rl'PIAH 6jCJo 0.U24 'Stto IQOunits PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5 HO KLALA LUMPUR 7 25 JAKARTA 441.00 BANGKOK 10.00
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    Lock icon Indonesia to turn Batam into a free trade area
    702 1  -  Trade minister told to get process going; president starts Asia-wide tour today From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA is working towards converting Batam island into a free trade area from its current status as a bonded zone to attract a wider
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    Lock icon Hitachi Tower, Caltex House sold for estimated $670m
    431 1  -  Pidemco goes it alone in major commercial property deal Byy Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] Pidemco Land yesterday confirmed that it has bought the Hitachi Tower and Caltex House office blocks at Raffles Place, tying up one of the biggest commercial property transactions in
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    Lock icon Newspaper job ad volume leaps again in October
    353 1  -  By* Teh Hooi Ling {SINGAPORE] The volume of newspaper job advertisements continued to soar last month, rising 92 per cent over the same month last year. But the recovery was from a depressed base in October 1998. which saw a sharp 58
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      87 1 INSIDE Executive Money CPF-approved unit trusts: Riding out a Q3 blip. EM 12 Cashflow key to sound investment strategy. EM 9 Top stories Bank of England ups interest rate to 5.50%. Moxt Page Big local, foreign banks to gain from Malaysia's bank mergers: Moody's. Pg 11 B| tW^\ TraHK Fund:
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      143 1 :^^^9ByH The CEO speaks :i »l Environmental responsibility s e bottom line for 3BHr«. STMicroelectronics chief Interview Pg 28 Future shop Retailing in the new millennium bl i 2 Porsche 911 4 ."-V 2' M ■> r V h. V a V-T*>-JLJM Who's No 1 Wf Johor golf dub rankings
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        74 2 LOCAL finance portal www.Whatz.net has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Reckon Limited, developer of Quicken financial management software, to deliver real-time stock information to the desktops of Quicken users. Using Quicken as a front-end tool, Quicken users will be able to download real-time
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        52 2 BANKING analysts Tony Raza of Daiwa Securities and David Lum of Prudential-Bache have switched employers, we hear on the grapevine. Both gentlemen are doing the same job in their new companies, which include coverage of regional stocks. The best part is that both are getting paid more
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        95 2 LEST the euphoria in the last few days over the Disney theme park coming to Hongkong gets to the heads of many people, one cartoonist in a Chinese newspaper felt duty-bound to remind Hongkongers of where their hearts should lie. Referring
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        Lock icon Orchard Road's Millennium Swing
        113 2 STEP aside Disney Land. The Singapore Tourism Board has it all in its pocket. It has an "exciting line-up of events" from the new millennium to August 2000. Millennium Swing, part of the Millennia Mania programme, will turn Orchard Road into a "huge sea of activity,
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        133 2 KNOW what keeps the indefatigable Cuban President Fidel Castro's revolutionary fires burning during meetings with US officials in October? The 73-year-old revolutionary told Illinois Governor George Ryan that he took a vitamin known as PPG to keep in peak condition, according to news wires. "It's a
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      Lock icon Pidemco's purchases
      31 2 The buying of Hitachi Tower (left) and Caltex House, each more than 90 per cent leased currently, is in line with Pidemco's strategy to build up its commercial portfolio.'
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      Lock icon ECB, Bank of England hike rates; moves widely expected
      635 2  -  Rises seen bullish for European bonds; more increases expected From Neil Behrmann in Umdori THE European Central Bank (ECB) has raised its basic refinancing rate to 3 per cent from 2.5 per cent, the first increase since January's introduction of the
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      Lock icon BG Lee meets Greenspan, top US officials
      215 2  -  Meeting siguris US interest in S'ptre views en ecwmte issues From Leon Hadar in Washington SINGAPORE'S Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong held a meeting on Wednesday with Alan Greenspan, chairman of the US Federal Reserve. The Fed chairman meets very rarely with
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      Lock icon UBS Brinson to transfer over US$1b to S'pore
      354 2  -  Move to better monitor funds for investment in region Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] ÜBS Brinson, the fund management arm of the Swiss banking giant, said it will be transferring to Singapore more than US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) of funds destined for the Asian
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon More than 65% of CPF-approved unit trusts lose money in Q3
      537 3  -  Figures are sharp contrast to Q2's when 83% of the funds made money By < Genevieve Cua TWO out of three CPF-ap-proved unit trusts lost money in the third quarter, and more than half failed to beat their market
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      Lock icon Asia Power Corp's IPO 58.6 times subscribed
      252 4  -  8m reserved shares folly taken np; 56m share placement tranche placed oat By. Kalpana Rashiwala ASIA Power Corporation has garnered a subscription rate of 58.6 times for its initial public offer, based on the 16 million shares it offered to the public. The
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      Lock icon Property stocks soar 4%
      219 4 Better sentiment, attractive valuations cited Reuters SINGAPORE property shares surged yesterday helped by improved overall market sentiment and attractive valuations, analysts said. They said subsiding interest rate worries, partly factored into prices, also contributed to firmer stock levels. Yesterday, the property index rose almost 4 per
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      Lock icon MSCI to reweight SIA, S'pore banks at end-Nov
      120 4 AFX-Asia MORGAN Stanley Capital International will reweight Singapore banks and Singapore Airlines in its Singapore free index at end-November, Morgan Stanley Asia vice-presi-dent John Fildes said. "We are still on schedule for end-November," Mr Fildes said. MSCI has said earlier the weightings
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      Lock icon Corrections and clarifications
      73 4 UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has clarified yesterday's BT report on the proposal for United Overseas Insurance (UOI) to acquire the insurance undertaking of its sister company Industrial and Commercial Insurance (ICI). UOB said that it is ICI, and not UOI, that will pay for the acquisition because
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      Lock icon Familiarity spells union for the two Hong Leongs
      561 4  -  HQCKinra^ruvi lee han shih IT is time for the two Hong Leong groups to think the unthinkable and merge their financial operations into a single entity. Even a year ago this would sound preposterous. The Hong Leongs were famously known for the
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      Lock icon More gas – worth US$5b – in Natuna: Conoco
      444 5 More gas worth US$5b in Natuna: Conoco Company talking to some buyers in the region, says general manager Bloomberg CONOCO Indonesia Inc said yesterday it found another one trillion cu ft of gas worth up to US$5 billion (SsB.3 billion) off the island of Natuna in the South China Sea
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      86 4 Group In Association With THEBusinessTLMES^ f INDONESIA FORUM The New Indonesia The New Cabinet: Policies and Personalities Foreign Investment: Prospects and Perspectives Foreign Relations: ASEAN, Singapore and Australia Regional Autonomy and Natural Resource Development Expert Speakers: Dr. Bewi Fortuna Anwar Former Presidential Advisor to B.J. Habibie Foreign Affairs Specialist, Indonesian
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      92 4 Singapore Society of Financial Analysts presents workshop on /Globed n nvestment M^erformance Standard? Thursday 18 Nov 1999 9.00 *m 1.00 pm The globalization of financial markets has made it imperative that there be consistent reporting of investment performance > Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) addresses this concern by defining the
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      414 6 Stocks Volume 'Gentinglnt 30,399,000 Golden Agri US10C 27.328,000 Asia Food&Prop US$ 18,833,000 EconWtOO 15,984,000 Somerset 50c 13,104,000 Eastgate 10c 11.592.000 Medtecs US5c 11.457.000 GKGohWIOO 10.229.000 PanpacMediaCom 5c 10,185,000 RoJy IntUSIOc 9,504,000 Stocki SIA 87,744,406 DBSGrp 79,502.483 0C8C- 51.955,309 City Dev 50c 30,208,534 SingTel 15c 26,011,840 KeppeiCorp 25,211,000 SPH 24,101,126 DBS
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      Lock icon Small-cap players move in as short-sellers take cover
      590 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy A STRENGTHENING US bond market and hefty rallies in regional leaders Japan and Hongkong yesterday forced short-sell-ers to reverse their positions on blue chips and brought out the traders and punters in the small caps. The Straits Times Index rose
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      Lock icon GK Goh wrt: high-risk play with time running out
      186 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy ONE of yesterday's most actively traded counters was GK Goh's warrants, presumably because traders are expecting some sort of near-expiry play before it lapses in February next year. The warrant is in-the-money with an exercise price
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      Lock icon Momentum could carry F&N higher
      208 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Ven Sreenivasan FRASER Neave shares have been gradually gaining ground in recent weeks. The stock has already recovered by more than a third since the beginning of October. The counter hit a four-month high at $7.80 in intraday trading yesterday before profit-taking
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      Lock icon Diary of events Friday, Nov 5
      139 6 United States Washington 8.30 am. Hie Labour Department reports on the employment situation for October 11am. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Asian financial crisis. 3pm. The Federal Reserve reports on consumer instalment credit finSeptember Federal Reserve
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      Lock icon Euro rallies against US$ on boost front ECB rate hike
      559 6 Move seen as sign central bank will fight inflation; improves ECB credibility Bloomberg [LONDON] The euro rose against the dollar after the European Central Bank (ECB) raised its benchmark interest rate half a percentage point, increasing the yield on short-term
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Goldenhill set to be first case to go before Strata Titles Board
      523 7  -  BTia^llULiU Consent level for 262,000 sq ft Lorong Chuan site at 94.3% of share valaes By\ Kalpana Rashiwala GOLDENHILL Condominium is poised to be the first case to go before the Strata Titles Board under a new law
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      Lock icon Ritchie Bros auctions off US$7m of heavy equipment
      434 7  -  535 items sold; 435 pieces worth USssm to be sold today By. Andrea Tan UNDER the sweltering heat yesterday, more than 400 men gathered at Ritchie Bros' first auction in Singapore. No abstract art works or dainty bejewelled heirlooms went under the
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      Lock icon Bee Hwa Court in Orchard up for en bloc sale
      270 7  -  COLLECTIVFmr^ Development could fetch $62m or $797 psf of potential area By. Ling Su Ann BEE Hwa Court in the prime Orchard Road area is the first collective sale of a commer-cial-cum-residential site in the vicinity since the recent amendments
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      Lock icon SQL to market system for managing electronic documents
      408 7  -  By. Andrew Wee SQL View Pte Ltd, a local IT solutions provider, has implemented an electronic document management system for the Singapore government and has won full rights to commercialise the product. Founded in 1992, the company won a government contract to
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      Lock icon Hanson of UK buys two S'pore companies
      407 8  -  It pays in cash, $30m for Highway Int'l and $14m for Rite-Mix From Neil Behrmann in London HANSON pic, the UK international building materials multinational, has bought two Singapore businesses for $43.5 million. It acquired for cash Highway International for $29.5 million and
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      Lock icon Healthway sees Asia sales exceeding US$100m
      406 8  -  S'pore-based health info Web site to be launched soon liy, Eugene Low US-BASED Healthway Communications International (HCI), which expanded into Asia recently, expects sales from the region to exceed US$lOO million (Ssl67 million) in the next two to three years. The company, which provides
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      Lock icon Matchmaker for Asia Internet startups
      599 8  -  AsiAlliance.com plans to bring Western investors to Asian dot-coms By Toh Han Shih ASIALLIANCE.COM matchmakes Silicon Valley investors with Asian Internet startups and nurses these Asian startups to maturity. The Hongkong company will implement its concept in Singapore soon, AsiAlliance.com president Charles O'Flaherty told BT
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      Lock icon Over 1m pirated items seized in 9 months
      375 9  -  More than 330 people arrested in over 1,800 raids and inspections By) Ling Su Ann LOCAL enforcement authorities have seized more than 1.1 million pirated articles in the first nine months of 1999, according to figures released by the Trade Development Board
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      Lock icon S'pore, US forex panels meet on Asian trends
      307 9  -  By Teh Hooi Ling THE foreign exchange committees of Singapore and the US met yesterday to discuss post-crisis developments in Asian and other emerging markets. Issues relating to barrier options and force majeure clauses were also covered, said the Monetary Authority of
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      Lock icon KL should give Clob investors fair settlement
      203 9  -  MATT.BAfI Low Tian Hong Singapore via Internet THE recent decision by Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc (MSCI) to delay the inclusion of Malaysia in its indices should serve as a subtle signal to Kuala Lumpur to resolve the Clob issue and give its
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      Lock icon Policy loan: ready cash at modest rates
      371 9  -  Tan Kin Lian Chief Executive Officer NTUC Income I REFER to the letter from Chim Keng Hoong "Paying interest before loan is available" (BT, Oct 29). Mr Chim enquired about our "phonelink" policy loan that can be withdrawn in instalments through phonelink. This
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Web site helps poor to help themselves
      777 10  -  IHiSISSEEEH OPINION thomas friedman The writer is a New York Times columnist NYT ESTIMATES are that by 2005, one billion portable Internet connections will be deployed around the world be it through cell phones, pagers or Palm Pilots. And by 2010, there'll be
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      130 10 I intend to be a registered voter and tax-paying citizen of New York —just as soon as I can. We'll start doing whatever we have to do to make that happen.' Hillary Rodham Clinton on her plan to campaign for the US Senate next year. 'For the
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      Lock icon After the Bank Bali affair
      643 10 EDITORIAL NOW that the report on the independent probe into the Bank Bali scandal has been released in full, it's time for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to turn the page and resume its assistance to Indonesia without delay. The findings of the probe seem
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      Lock icon Time to float the yuan
      1392 10  -  Essrrero Bering must adjust overvalued currency before it can enforce structural reforms By' Yu Qiao BEIJING has maintained the yuan-US dollar peg since 1994. Thanks to two-digit domestic inflation from 1993 to 1997 and the yuan-dollar fix amidst the collapse of East Asian currencies, the
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      743 10 Jakarta's dilemma THE government's decision to reopen the corruption investigation against former president Suharto, while laudable, has led to concerns about whether it can succeed where the previous administration failed. The last investigation, aside from its many shortcomings, including a lack of political will to try
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Weighed down by MSCI
        82 11 Bloomberg MALAYSIAN stocks dropped, led by Tanjong pic and other large-cap companies, on concern that foreign investors won't invest in the country anytime soon after Morgan Stanley Capital International delayed readmitting Malaysia into its indices. Foreign investors who track the MSCI's weightings typically buy the largest
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        Lock icon GIC makes its presence felt
        117 11 THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has been relatively active in the Malaysian market lately. On Nov 1, it sold 222,000 shares of Commerce-Asset Holding Berhad (CAHB), which owns newly-merged Bumiputra-Commerce Bank, at RM8.15 apiece. CAHB eased 10 sen yesterday to RM8.05 following the
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        96 11 TWO subsidiaries of Khoo Kay Peng's Malayan United Industries may rise when requoted after a long trading halt. Pengkalen Holdings and Pengkalen Capital have restructured almost all of their combined debts of over RMI billion (*****.6 million) due to massive losses at two stockbroking arms Pengkalen
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        74 11  -  Compiled by! Eddie Toh THE trading volume of air-conditioner manufacturer OYL Industries surged yesterday but it was probably not due to demand for its products during the current hot spell in Kuala Lumpur. The company, which is part of the Hong Leong stable, has been buying its own
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      Lock icon EON'S Jan-Oct car sales rise 84%
      183 11 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S national car distributor Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON) sold 92,535 cars in the first 10 months of this year against 50,292 units in the same period of 1998, the national Bernama news agency said yesterday. It quoted EON's managing director
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      Lock icon Big local, foreign, banks to gain from M'sian bank mergers: Moody's
      463 11  -  Move will result in widening already considerable disparity in credit strength in system From. Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S bank merger plan will benefit major domestic financial institutions and foreign-owned banks over the short to medium term, Moody's
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      Lock icon UEM to reap RM300m gain
      369 11  -  It's injecting Elite, Knaliti Alam into former Kedah Cement for RML27b From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur UNITED Engineers Malaysia (UEM) will reap an exceptional gain of 300 million Malaysian ringgit (*****.6 million) from the backdoor listing of a highway and a waste management company.
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      Lock icon Danaharta selling first batch of foreclosed properties
      559 12  -  Tender of mainly industrial, residential units valued at RM122.6m to be called on Nov 19 From. Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S asset management company Danaharta Nasional is launching its first sale of foreclosed properties by tender, the beginning of a series
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      Lock icon Critical sectors will be Y2K ready
      171 12 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia ALL critical sectors will be Y2K-compliant before the end of the year, a report issued by the government-appointed National Y2K Project Team of the Energy, Communications and Multimedia Ministry said. The report said the banking, insurance and capital market sector is
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      Lock icon Seagate Penang's new drive
      118 12 KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S ongoing efforts to attract foreign manufacturers to its "Silicon Island" of Penang is paying off, with the world's largest maker of computer disk drives, Seagate Technology, starting production of its latest U8 disk drive in Penang next week, New Straits Times reported. Prai
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      Lock icon Companies in M'sia upbeat about Q4: D&B
      397 12 SINGAPORE Poll shows firms are consolidating after strong growth in first three quarters Bernama MULTINATIONALS and local companies in Malaysia continue to have a strong outlook for the fourth quarter as they position themselves to meet a marked rise in domestic demand, according
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    • MALAYSIA Briefs
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        Lock icon Anwar in hospital again
        77 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Jailed former Malaysian finance minister Anwar Ibrahim was taken to hospital yesterday for the second time this week after he complained of headaches. His condition has led his lawyers to express concern. Anwar cut short his testimony at his sex trial for the
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        Lock icon Chemical Co offering 1-for-1 bonus issue
        99 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Chemical Co of Malaysia Bhd said yesterday that it is offering a one-for-one bonus issue involving 178 million new ordinary shares. The firm said if any options under its employees share option scheme or warrants are exercised before the yet-to-be-determined closing
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        Lock icon Former central banker sued for RM70m
        113 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] A senior Malaysian opposition politician accused of receiving money from jailed former finance minister Anwar Ibrahim has sued a former central banker for 70 million Malaysian ringgit (5530.7 million) for libel. Lawyers for Chandra Muzaffar, deputy president of Parti Keadilan Nasional
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        Lock icon Miti to form consultative group
        75 12 Bernama [KUALA LUMPURJ The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) will establish a joint public-private sector consultative group by December this year, said Minister Rafidah Aziz. Speaking at a press conference after officiating at the opening of Wisma FMM here yesterday, she said the
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        Lock icon Nusantara expects loan for RM6b plant
        72 12 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Nusantara Steel Group Sdn Bhd said it expects to seal a loan deal soon to finance a RM6 billion steel plant. "We hope to finalise the financing in a few months. Once it is done, work on the plant proper will
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      577 13 BANGKOK They have good chance of edging ont other suitors, including SIA, say analysts Reuters AIR France said yesterday it and US partner Delta Air Lines were considering investing in Thai Airways when some of its shares were privatised. Airlines analysts said Air
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      567 13 SINGAPORE Agency cites strong positives, watching development closely Bridge News THE International Monetary Fund's indication that it will resume economic aid to Indonesia and the country's smooth political transition are strong positives, ratings agency Moody's Investors Service said. It added that if the
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      512 13  -  They can help support cooperation between China, India and Indonesia From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta SINGAPORE and Japan will play important roles in cementing the future cooperation between Asia's three largest nations China, India and Indonesia said Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday.
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      280 13 MANILA Bloomberg PHILIPPINE regulators imposed new daily limits on stock prices to make it more difficult to manipulate the local stock market, a move that drew criticism from brokers concerned it could crimp volume. Under the new limits, stocks on the Philippine Stock Exchange
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      287 13 MANILA Bloomberg PHILIPPINE exports in September expanded at their fastest pace in more than two years, as the country's electronics industry benefited from growing world demand for networking and communications chips. Merchandise exports surged 32.5 per cent to a record U553.69 billion (556.15 billion),
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      1410 14  -  Political and social conditions are seen as conducive for tackling the 'Chinese problem' and encouraging the return of investment THE following are excerpts from an interview with Eddie Lembong, head of the Jakarta-based Chinese Indonesian Association. Speaking in his capacity as general chairman, Dr
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      550 15 HONGKONG Strong retail interest may leave less for institutions Bloomberg HONGKONG residents applied for over HK$22 billion (554.7 billion) of shares in a government index tracking fund, over twice the amount slated for the sale, which may leave less available for institutional investors. The subscription
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      Lock icon HK property loans seen falling to 40%
      369 15 HONGKONG Importance as collateral will drop, says BEA chairman Bridge News HONGKONG'S Bank of East Asia (BEA) chairman David Li said he expects property loans in Hongkong to fall as a percentage of all local bank loans. Property has generally accounted for more
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      200 15 HONGKONG Bridge News THE Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) has penciled in Nov 15 as the official launch day for its venture capitalstyle Growth Enterprise Market (GEM), an exchange spokeswoman said yesterday. The GEM will be the second board of the stock
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      Lock icon Richard Li pays HK$215m for 8% stake in City Tel
      457 15  -  From Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong RICHARD Li's Pacific Century Cyberworks has bought an 8 per cent stake in City Telecom, a leading provider of IDD services in Hongkong, for HK$2l5 million (Ss46 million) or HK$5.6O a share. "We are investing
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      371 17 TAIWAN Taiwan producers struggling to catch up and are unlikely to make it FT SHORTAGKS of core components for personal computers in the lead up to Christmas have been worsened by September's Taiwan earthquake, in spite of the rapid recovery of local electronics companies, according
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      422 17 SAN FRANCISCO Nod surprising as Beijing bans foreign involvement in telecoms sector Reuters IN a surprising exception to its ban on foreign participation in telecommunications, Beijing has approved a USfunded joint venture which seeks to launch an online stock trading service in China, a
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        93 17 Bridge News [TAIPKII Taiwan Finance Minister Paul Chiu yesterday denied that Bank of Taiwan, Bank of Taiwan and Central Trust of China will merge, the Chinese-language China Times Express reported. Previously, the ministry said it aimed to coordinate a major bank merger before the end of
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        61 17 Reuters [SINGAPORKI China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) is unlikely to relaunch its recently postponed stock offering by the end of this year, Chinese industry sources close to the IPO said yesterday. "It needs time to review the market responses it received during the
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        83 17 Bridge News [HONGKONG| Four China metal firms were among the 10 large state-owned firms that applied to China Securities Regulatory Commission for the new overseas futures trading licence, said a source at one of the firms, China National Nonferrous Metals Industry Trading Group Corp.
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      Lock icon Taiwan bad loans could rise 50% in quake's wake
      270 17 TAIPEI Bloomberg TAIWAN'S banks could see bad loans surge as much as 50 per cent because some borrowers will have more difficulty paying their debts after a devastating earthquake in September, Thomson Financial Bank Watch said. That will push the peak
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      994 16 NOTICES L To advertise call toll-tree 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, KUMAR S/O SELVARAJ of Blk 317 Aug Mo Kio St 31 *10-211 Singapore *****7, have applied for a Beer House. Eirst Class Licence in respect of M/s Padaiyappa Eating House I located
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      362 16 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF HUNG YU INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Windin^-Up) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cop. 50, that a Final Meeting of the Members of the Company will be held
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      746 16 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, RICHARD SIM HOCK IK X)N of Blk 602 Senja Roatl «10-17 Singapore *****2, have applied for a Ist Class Public House (Extended) Licence in respect of M/s Maker's liar located at 20 Havclock Road *01-1-4, Central Square, Singapore *****5, and that this application will
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      1201 16 NOTICE IS HEREBY CiIVEN that I, CHEN CHWE WOEI of Blk 125 Pasir Ris St 11 *04-403 Singapore *****5. have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s 7-Eleven located at Blk 625 FJias Road *01-308 Elixs Mall Singapore *****5, and that this application will be considered
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        83 18 Reuters [KATHMANDU] Nepal will allow foreign insurance companies to open branches as part of its financial sector reforms, Finance Minister Mahesh Acharya said. In an interview with Reuters, Mr Acharya also said a second phase of reforms was under way and financial sector reforms were
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        65 18 Reuters [BOMBAY] The Indian stock market is correcting now after a sharp rally but is one of the most undervalued markets in the world, the director of Oxus Fund Management, Surjit S Bhalla said yesterday. Mr Bhalla said he expected foreign institutional investors (FIIs), which sold
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        60 18 AFP [DHAKA] Bangladesh authorities have launched a drive to identify at least 100,000 foreigners working illegally in the country, it was reported here yesterday. The illegal workers include those from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Taiwan and China, with many working in garment factories, construction,
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        113 18 AFX-Asia [BOMBAY] American Insurance Group plans to acquire a 25 per cent stake in newly-established New Delhi-based gas distribution company Indrapastha Gas Ltd, The Economic Times reported. Indrapastha Gas was founded by Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd and Gas Authority of India Ltd who
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        78 18 Larsen Toubro buys into steel firm AFX-Asia [BOMBAY] Larsen Toubro Ltd is acquiring a 3 per cent stake in Jindal Vijaynagar Steel Ltd, which is setting up a steel plant in Karnataka with annual capacity of 1.6 million tonnes, the Business Standard reported. The report said the acquisition of a
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      405 18 COLOMBO Foreigners see war in north helping market-friendly opposition win polls Reuters FOREIGN investors have been buying Sri Lankan shares because fierce fighting in the island's troubled north could spell trouble for the government and help bring to power the more marketfriendly opposition. But
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      297 18 mKARACHI Govt trying to meet IMF low fiscal deficit criteria Bridge News PAKISTAN is planning to widen the 15 per cent general sales tax (GST) to cover all items to boost revenues and bridge fiscal deficit, which is a
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      776 18 f IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES > ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF ALPSTECH (S) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of ALPSTECH (S) PTE LTD duly convened and held at 1 Sophia Road #06-22 Peace Certte Singapore *****9 on 2 November
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      Lock icon Nikkei boosted by stimulus talk
      608 20  -  Index soars past 18,000 level on speculation economic package will be well above 10 trillion yen From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo GROWING speculation that Japan's latest economic stimulus package will be well above the promised figure of at least 10 trillion yen (Ssl6o billion) sent
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      323 20 MELBOURNE Bloomberg NATIONAL Australia Bank Ltd said fourth-quarter earnings fell a greater-than-expected 6.25 per cent as interest income from loans fell and the bank paid a series of non-recurring charges. NAB, Australia's biggest bank, said earnings for the three months to
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      74 20 [LONDON] Staffat the Swedish Embassy in London discuss last minute points on the sale of Landscape of Port Lligat by legendary surrealist painter Salvador Dali on Wednesday. The painting, which has not been exhibited in public since 1966 and never
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      367 20 SEOUL AFP THE battered flagship of the Daewoo Group could be put under court receivership if foreign creditors fail to back Seoul's debt rescue scheme, South Korean financial watchdogs warned yesterday. Daewoo Corp, the holding company of Daewoo Group, could be forced to seek bankruptcy
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      240 20 TOKYO Reuters JAPAN got more evidence yesterday that its economy is moving towards recovery but that consumer spending, the biggest chunk of economic activity, remains anaemic. The diffusion index of leading economic indicators stood at a preliminary 62.5 on a scale of
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      238 20 SAN FRANCISCO Reuters SHARES of Apple Computer Inc jumped to a new all-time high on Wednesday on bullishness about the December quarter and general positive sentiment about the resurgent computer maker, analysts said. Also helping to fuel the rise were comments by Bear Stearns
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      516 20 SEOUL An&lysts welcome govt's stabilisation package AFP SOUTH Korea yesterday announced steps to stabilise its financial markets by providing fresh liquidity for large investment trust companies to alleviate market concerns over the sinking Daewoo Group. The government will also set
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      498 21  -  BTMiMUMW:! Baling another setback for EU following decision on dispnte over US hormone-treated beef From D Ravi Kanth m Geneva AS part of an interim ruling, a World Trade Organisation dispute settlement panel is understood to have upheld the controversial
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      67 21 [MELBOURNE] Former prime ministers Malcolm Fraser (left) and Gough Whitlam join newly-elected Victorian premier Steve Bracks (centre) and other supporters of the "Yes vote on the steps of Parliament house in Melbourne yesterday. Campaigning is intensifying and speculation mounting ahead of tomorrow's national referendum which will
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      363 21 WASHINGTON Report indicates no rush to raise US interest rates Bloomberg THE US economy remains strong with some evidence of slower growth, the Federal Reserve's latest regional economic survey showed. The report suggests Fed policy-mak-ers may be in no rush to
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        76 21 Reuters {LONDON] Oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell yesterday reported 115 per cent higher third-quarter adjusted earnings reflecting much higher oil prices and a corporate overhaul. Adjusted current cost net income was US$l.Bl billion (Ss3 billion) from US$B4l million a year ago, towards the bottom of analysts'
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        68 21 Bloomberg [MOSCOW] Russia now expects the economy to grow by 2 per cent this year, Finance Minister Mikhail Kasyanov said, revising an earlier no growth projection. The rouble's fall has made imports more expensive, benefiting local producers. Russian GDP grew by an annual 1.4
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        62 21 Bloomberg (NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs Group Inc said it named new executives to oversee Americas and European mergers and acquisitions, as it tries to capture more business from outside the US. Michael Carr and David Baum were made co-heads of Americas mergers, and Gordon Dyal
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        81 21 Reuters [TROY, Michigan] Kmart Corp yesterday reported higher sales for October but said the retail environment remains slow and it expects only a slight improvement in third-quarter earnings. Sales at Kmart stores open at least a year rose 3.7 per cent in October
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      225 21 LONDON Reuters IN the century about to dawn, contraception will become superfluous, the attention span will cease to exist and two intelligent species will roam the earth. Sex will be just for lust babies will come from reproductive bank accounts while
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      161 21 PARIS Bridge News THE US is not among the list of six top year 2000 compliant countries set by Global 2000, the private-sector international co-ordinating group for Y2K preparation. The group said the US is not fully ready for
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      309 21 WASHINGTON Bloomberg ROCHE Holding AG, the world's largest vitamin producer, and five other drugmakers agreed to pay a record US$l.l7 billion (551.95 billion) to settle US charges that they conspired to fix prices in the US$2O billion vitamin market. The settlement, submitted
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      383 22 NEW YORK Pan-European electronic market will be modelled after US systems Reuters THE Nasdaq, the largest US electronic stock market, is expected in the next few days to unveil Nasdaq Europe, a panEuropean electronic stock market modelled after its US trading systems, Nasdaq officials
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      56 22 [TOKYO] Masako Fuji to, campaign girl of Triumph International Japan Ltd, showing off the 'Millennium Bra' during the firm's underwear show in Tokyo yesterday. The brassiere, which was developed in celebration of the new millennium, is spun in gold thread, studded with a 15<arat diamond and worth
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  • FINANCE & commodities
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      Lock icon Futures close higher after volatile session
      248 23  -  SEMELReports MSd Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming IT was another upbeat day for the Singapore stock market yesterday, driven by strong institutional interest and firm regional markets. Interest rate-sensitive property stocks saw strong buying support from the big boys whilst banking counters rose
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      139 23  -  MSd Taiwan fatares Juliana Loo Na Na Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures fell 3.7 points yesterday amid concern of uncertainty related to Y2K bug problems. The Taiex fell 110.86 points, led by financial shares. The November '99 futures were traded
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      230 23 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices made further upward headway yesterday, consolidating a solid set of recent gains. International benchmark Brent in London for December delivery was up another eight US cents at U5522.65 a barrel by 1450 GMT, after rising more
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      286 23 Bridge News [NEW DELHI] The Indian government is widely expected to raise the duty for edible oils in November to curb imports. A similar fate awaits the import of sugar, with the government expected to invoke stock rules, industry officials said yesterday.
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      Lock icon China Telecom soars, fuelling 3% HK surge
      2613 24 HONGKONG Reuters FllhiigSeag ****** HONGKONG stocks closed almost 3 per cent higher yesterday, fuelled by a runaway performance by China Telecom (Hongkong) Ltd. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index closed up 394.18 points or 2.97 per cent at 13,651.51. Turnover was a respectable HK$9.l
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      1904 24 TOKYO AFP HKhkaMS ****** SHARE prices in Tokyo rose 2 per cent yesterday, swept up by high-technology issues after the US Nasdaq hit a record high the previous day, brokers said. The key Nikkei average of 225 selected issues rallied 356.17 points to end at 18,348.13, the
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      964 24 Reuters F1 Shenzhen B Index ♦La? SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares closed 1.81 per cent higher yesterday on technical buying by domestic investors, brokers said. The B share index added 1.37 points to 77.00 on thin turnover of HK513.38 million, unchanged from Wednesday. "Some local brokerages and retail investors
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      315 24 AFP □wp Index -11(186 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.5 per cent lower yesterday on concerns over disputes in the domestic corporate scene, dealers said. The market opened stronger after the Nasdaq Composite Index closed above 3,000 points for the first time on Wednesday, but late selling eroded those gains,
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      412 25 AFP. AFX-Asia CI Composite Index -3.04 MALAYSIAN share prices closed 0.4 per cent lower yesterday due to an absence of fresh leads, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 3.04 points to 727.58 and the Second Board Index was down
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      296 26 AFP Q Composite Index 1-24.67 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 24.67 points at 911.82. Volume was 415.2 million shares worth 4.7 trillion won. AFP —>4 An *nS«mt ***** 1700 OrataTtdt 2285 -20 C»ntrHt*+ 3160 160 Ch*H Comm 75*00 2400 DM Ou Bjnli 4665 -125 D«#»*ng Corp
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      271 26 AFP Q Manila -17.47 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.9 per cent lower yesterday due to concerns over soon-to-be released inflation figures and third-quarter corporate data, analysts said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 17.47 points to close at 2,026.42 points.—AFP >W COOP) MRCAWed 0.71 -0.03 2870 Abacus Construction
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      284 26 AFP Q Wellington SM A BUSY day for corporate news failed to give inspiration to a lethargic New Zealand share market, which drifted to a weaker close yesterday. The NZSE-40 Capital Index fell 8.86 points to 2,077.88 on light turnover worth NZ$69 million.—AFP ■eM (008) Advaotx)* HDS 2.49 -0.01
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      579 26 AFP WAnOrdmari« *13 AUSTRALIAN share prices finished 0.3 per cent higher yesterday, pushed forward by an upbeat resources sector, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index rose 9.3 points to 2,935.50. The All Resources Index was 21.1 points higher at 1,217.00, a rise of 1.76 per cent, while the All
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      794 26 AFP SET Index +1&58 THAI shares closed sharply higher yesterday, gaining 4 per cent as retail investor interest fuelled banking sector gains, pushing the composite index through the 410-point resistance level, analysts said. The benchmark Stock Exchange of Thailand Index rose 16.58 points to 419.89. Advancers led decliners 160
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      694 26 AFP Q Compositelndex +14J2 INDONESIAN share prices closed 2.5 per cent higher yesterday, led by Telkom amid strong sentiment over improved relations with the IMF and a boost from strong third-quarter corporate results, dealers said. The release of PricewaterhouseCoopers' full audit report on the Bank Bali scandal and expectations
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      1299 28  -  STMicro's chief believes environmental responsibility and profitability go together, says kenneth james KENNETH JAMES THE chairman of the French computer giant Bull called him "one of the five best managers in the world", citing his transformation of a loss-making manufacturer into one of European industry's
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      73 29 Introspective approach: Joseph Wong or Blue Canopy says his concept is geared towards late "90s living where people stay at home more D CD I o In I H k( gold and with pavi diamond*. Also available in while gold Available in Singapore at Bvlgari. Hilton Hotel 737 1652 Takashimayi
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      31 29 SI Cinema Fight Club: are you man enough, and mad enough, to join it? EL 4 Epicure Style without the stress: blueprints for creative entertaining From The Ambassador's Table EL 7
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        778 30  -  OFFrrrCTui Disneyland is certainly going places, bnt by duplicating itself in different parts of the world, isn't it ranning the risk of diluting some of that old Anaheim magic? jaime ee WHEN I was a little girl, growing up in simpler times when cartoon
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          75 30 WE'VE always understood the Y2K bug to refer to computers and assorted gadgets like VCRs, but it's become an advertising gimmick that extends to other products as well. A locally-made extension cord bought from a neighbourhood shop, for example, came with assorted buzzwords on the
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          98 30 IF SOMEONE comes up to you on Nov 12 saying "Hello" and offers you a limited edition bookmark, be prepared to be hopelessly pleased or run like hell. The Social Development Service (SDS) has designated that day "Hello Day", for singles to express their feelings to the
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          25 30 QUESTION of the day: Why did Hongkong want Disneyland? Because they wanted to be master of their own mouse.
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          57 30 DON'T understand medical terminology? Here's help: Antibody against everyone. Bacteria back door to a cafeteria. Benign what you be after you be eight. Caesarian section—a district in Rome. Cat scan searching for lost kitty. Cortisone area around local court. Duodenum couple in blue jeans. Enema not
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        2137 31 Retailing in the new millennium JOSEPH WONG, OWNER, BLUE CANOPY THE YEAR 2000 will be the year of the "indie" retailer, as Joseph Wong, the candid owner of chic lifestyle store Blue Canopy, puts it. It's possible even the big department stores know that too. He recounts how
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        409 32  -  Compiled by Parvathi Nayar THEATRE They're Playing Our Song Neil Simon's famous musical, presented by Singapore Repertory Theatre, about a neurotic music composer and his wacky girlfriend. Starring the musical talents of Lea Salonga and Adrian Pang. Till Nov 11, Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel, 1 Beach Road, Bpm,
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        571 32  -  CINEMA Got a grudge against the world? Then sing it ont and never mind the consequences in the nihilistic Fight Club By Parvathi Nayar PIGHT CLUB has been called the most irresponsible film to come out of Hollywood In recent times. With one of those controversial storylines
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        424 32  -  CINEMA Twins are expected, but The Astronaut's Wife delivers no major surprises By Parvathi Nayar WHAT happens when Rosemary's Baby gets a sci-fi update, and evil goes alien instead of theological? Unfortunately, not very much. The Astronaut's Wife won't teach you a new thing
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        1017 33  -  It sends you from zero to violation in under five seconds, and on to 302kmh. Christopher tan drives the GT3 and lives to write about it CHRISTOPHER TAN ON AVERAGE, we blink once every five to eight seconds, so behaviourists tell us. If that's true, the Porsche
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        1191 34 THE 1999 JOHOR GOLFCOURSE RANKINGS /fy Nicklaus D'Cruz BT's ANNUAL rankings of Johor golf courses, which began in 1996, have been very closely followed by both golfers and the clubs alike. The clubs which were ranked highly naturally found the rankings useful when marketing themselves.
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        742 35  -  BOOK REVIEW From The Ambassador's Table By Margaret H Dickenson Times Editions 239 pgs, $45 (before GST) Her tewed by' Tan Su Yen Margaret Dickenson has drawn on her 28 years of experience as a Canadian diplomat's wife to put together this guide on creative entertaining,
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        257 35  -  CRAVINGS By Tan Su Yen TRADERS CAFE at Traders Hotel recently introduced a whole new dining concept the skewer buffet dinner, affectionately called "Chiak at Traders Cafe". Guests help themselves to a buffet of soups, salads, appetisers and hot meals from noodle dishes
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      700 36 American Pie Grossed out comedy about US kids coming of age that deals with the recent Hollywood fave virginity. R(A) Orchard. An Ideal Husband When his upright pal (Jeremy Northam) is blackmailed by a ruthless schemer (Julianne Moore), 19th century rake (Rupert Everett) takes action in this film adaptation
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      113 36 Cathay Org Eastshore 346-1816 Orctod 235-8386 Picturetouse 338-3400 Yangtze 223-7529 Eng Wah Empress 777-5867 Mice 454-164(7 Mandarin 292 9401 Marina 338-9719 Whitesands 585-1782 Golden Village 1900-912-1234 332-6098 for group bookings wheelchair facilities Bishan Boon Lay Marina Tampines 8 Tiongßahru Yishun Overseas Movie Clementi/CoVealth 777-0669 Golden/New Town 298-5466
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        691 38  -  The Scottish fund manager tells gembvieve coa how it is going to tap the huge potential it sees in the Singapore market GENEVIEVE CUA SCOTTISH fund management group Aberdeen Asset Management does a roaring job selling unit trusts in the UK: it's the 13th largest retail
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        370 38 IF you're looking for a safe haven of sorts in equities, the answer may well be a Japan equities fund. Says Martin Gilbert, chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management pic: "Japan is looking good, a safe place to put your money. From here
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        590 38  -  BACKIJ.I.kUMJ By\ Patrick Corfe HOW well are your investments doing? Contrary to popular assumption, using price as a gauge may not provide the complete answer. When it comes to performance, the unit trust industry is concerned above all with relative
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        436 38 UNIT TRUST/SECTOR (6 MONTHS 31APR99-290CT99) CHANGE BENCHMARK CHANGE Top 10 funds 1 UOB United Jap Gth/Jap EQ 73 43 Nikkei 225 Stock Ave 20 72 2 OCBC Savers India/ Equity India 64.83 Bombay SE Natl Index 38 42 3 DBS Jap Growth/Jap EQ* 52.82 Nikkei
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        864 39  -  BTRmnmi YOUR MONEY Tlie rise that was widely predicted to begin early In the new year has started as seen from the sterling performances this week louis beckerling This is the writer's last column for Executive Money. He leaves Business Times next week after six years
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        885 39  -  By: Robert Halili The writer is director of Asian Ownership Research at Primark ALTHOUGH the Stock Exchange of Singapore has provided guidelines on the submission and content of filings, there are still cases where substantial shareholders or directors fail to disclose full information
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        405 39 Source: Primark ITA The sentiment on the local bourse continued to move against the DBS 50 index. The 5 per cent rise in the DBS 50 in the past week has resulted in a 17.3 point drop in the sentiment index. Despite the fall,
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        178 39 OCBC Asset Management has launched four money market funds, the second firm to do so this year. The funds, under the Savers umbrella, offer a choice of investing in the Australian dollar, Singapore dollar, US dollar and pound sterling. OUB Asset Management launched the
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      203 30 issima r blue voyage J -v. w*" H I Whether for business or pleasure, travel has become an integral part of Snerial TWafs I our everyday existence. Travel disrupts the skins natural biorhythms r F J 7 I and bombards it withfactors such as temperature, time difference, I v f
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      12 30 Sunday Classified at Clarke Quay V^T I CAUL Every Sunday, 9am spm
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      266 30 UKVPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS op's staff (7) 5 Reminder we have to travel 6 Tricky situation angler wel- to lake (10) 7 A Swiss hero in position 8 Pressure to fix smug type (4) what a dish (9) 9 Tin* to sleep, but runs away 8 Piano song item for chU-
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      143 32 Where to wine, dine and entertain..." Offering the lowest interest rate in town 290 4545J (^2! 76 Bru Baaah Road, Singapore *****8 Tel: J3B-8333 Fa*: 339-6866 Web-aite http://www.carlton.com.tg E-mail: ReataunuitsdCarlton.com.jg m* Cheers i To a night of 1 9 rea fun *nd J entertainment tk M at Cangtry's X? Happy
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      111 32 available for: I private parties I company dinner and dance I conference I seminar and meeting. HOTEL QRAND CENTRAL UMITED I 22 Orchard Road/Cavenagh Road, I Singapore *****7 I Tel: 737 9944 Fax: 733 3175 I c/) BSffiBOSSBBSfI m H Roast U.B. H O J H Prime Ribs B 2
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      132 32 to 1 am daily Buffet Buffet High Tea Lunch Dinner sat, sun Mon to Fri Nightly Public Holiday 11 30tm 2.00pm 6.30pm 10.00pm 12.00pm 5.00pm Adult: 124J0*~ Adult: 14.80- Adult $10.80Child: 8.00- Child: $10.80- Child: 7.00Hotel wrrc x»y. 25 Marine Parode, Singapore *****6 Tel: 340-2122 Introducing an exciting new experience
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      161 32 This festive season we're transforming our lush courtyard into your exclusive party. Enjoy... An International dinner buffet. Champagne cocktails on arrival or free flow of soft drinks all night. A complimentary one night stay at the hotel for the organiser. Special memories captured by our photographer. $400+++ per table of
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      160 32 vivacious. vißnant. vanen. Come and enjoy the colours and splendour of the Mourttan way of life and you may even win yourself anal expense paid trip to Mauritius. e-16 Nov 1999 Actl 351h floor BiXet lunch Noon to 2 30pm SS36 nett (Sal. Sun S PHI Buffet Dmr 7pm to
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      173 33 HHlKflHH|lllHHiHHlSillAl|Eillc3U^^^^^^r T TTH Hnng Knn/T Jewelry Manufacturers' Exhibition S November 19-22, 1999 Just bfc(joiLfc"Hanfesgiaing Day" Hong Kong Convention Exhibition Centre YAycpsiomert\ Do you want to take advantage <;dsr\* I Mof special buying directly 2ESS-2WIAI from fine finished jewelry uSs^t«co manufacturers, pearl and uS$ |l# gemstone producers? L- The Perfectly I
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      114 34 The Bintan Lagoon Golf Membership For Just $462 A Month. First, let us assure you that this is a premium golf membership; with the renowned Jack BINTAN Nicklaus Seaview lan Baker-Finch Woodlands Courses undoubtedly offering the region's LAQOON best golf. But if you're looking for challenges beyond our par-three signature
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      109 34 i- Buv> Executive Lunch: i— J42/ Sunday Brunch Chicken Schnitzel. Pork Knucklev NuremK-rc Goulash. Apple Strudel and more Garlic BralwurM. free-flow beer and even Singapore's days of belt-tightening are over. 1 With prices like Sl4.so+++ for weekday lunch and S3B+++ for Sunday brunch (including free-flow beer and live |isj| ja/z
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      92 35 m to say be an Pk up the waitress? darling', take out your Ericsson to your e-mails. J'W W Wireless Application Mobile internet Fax facility Protocol (WAP) •My phone application Postcard-sends Browser enables access to visuals via e-mail Sr j; e-mail facility phone functions Voice recording 1 MC 218. MINIMISE
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      2363 36 TODAY'S TV RECOMMENDED VIEWING Primlaia 12 100 pm Headline News. 3.00 PM TV Innovations. 1-03 In Conversation. Deadly in a high school, and 400 e r^nle J l t umphrey: UnexSorS"'" 1 cheesy reporter Water Melon. 200 News COnteSt Courteney Cox from TV's 5-0O Sesame Street. 5 30 Asian Market
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  • EXECUTIVE money
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      2151 40  -  gemevieve cua looks at Mercer's latest performance numbers for CPF-approved unit trusts GENEVIEVE CUA JUST when you thought you couldn't go too far wrong with unit trusts, corrections in global and Asian stock markets threw a spanner in the works. Two out of three CPF-approved
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      124 41 Bridge News, Reuters TRADING continues to be rather dull for the Panamaxes, with details of concluded business slow to surface. However, Atlantic rates continue to look healthy and there is now hope of an upturn in tonnage rates in the east. TIME-CHARTER: ♦lolcos Grace (built 1990) 71,749 dwt
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      306 41 SES '000 N»« SS »«l CWT Distribution 1.29 0.01 60 Chuan Hup 1.86 0.05 3314 Cosco Investment 1.16 0.03 35 FreiqM links 0.32 0.01 mo CB Holdinqs 0.85 0.01 28 Hal Sun Hup 0.69 0.01 646 IMC HokJinqs-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdinqs 0.95 unch 218 Juronq Shipy
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      468 41  -  Singapore's proposed cruise centre at Marina Sonth gets thumbs up from Star Cruises By Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Cruise terminal design in the Asia-Pacific should not only be benchmarked against ports in Miami and Florida but should factor in traits unique to Asian cruisers.
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      184 41 [SINGAPORE] Smit International Singapore has completed the partial wreck removal of Maritime Fidelity, which sank off the Horsburgh Lighthouse when it collided with a very large crude carrier (VLCC) in July. Salvage work on the 25,000 dwt vessel began at the end of
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      158 41 Reuters [JAKARTAJ Indonesian rescue services were still searching for three Filipinos and two Dutchmen missing after their semi-submersible heavy lift vessel sank in Indonesian waters. Three of the 15 crewmen from the Netherlands Antil-les-registered Mighty Servant 2 who were rescued after the accident on Tuesday
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      Lock icon Time charterer's guarantor wins case against shipowner
      691 41  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar A COMPANY which guaranteed that a time charterer will keep up its payment to a shipowner has successfully refused to honour its promise on the basis that certain voyages undertaken by the charterer fell beyond the purview of
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        1183 42 Brokers know the exact value of every vessel, a speciality indispensable to shipowners, banks and insurance firms Port of Rotterdam Magazine RUDYARD Dee is a shipbroker in Rotterdam whose speciality is seagoing vessels. Mr Dee has been involved in hundreds of transactions where freight ships
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      299 42 PACE ESP Lines 13 ANL 3 Evergreen 6 Accord 8 f <x>nqSuo 8 Ahrenkiel 14 W links M Appenship 5 L nk Asia OCL 13 Gemartrans 6 Austral 8 Gensh W 13 Avant M Gk>lMl 13 Btang Mas 8 Gk>ryNav M BSA j HaiSunHup 12 8TL 14
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      20998 49 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT I ETA ETA Ad»»rt.s»rVew* Vo,«K T«.p«oo. I ETA Adv.rt.wf Vess* ETA ETA Adverser Vesse. Voyage Telephone I ETA ETA Advert.ser Vessel Voyage T,£phone El SIN Dest'n N*m« Name Number Number SIN Dest n Name Name Number Numbe I 23/11 04/12 NVK Bulk CHIJIN (RORO) 93
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        677 55 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jvronq Port •a**" 58 J12 04/11/7:40 05/11/1900 M*copoto 48 Prw024 JI7 04/11/5:45 05/T1/700 Bt *8 2688 1399 J01 04/11/8:05 04/H/17 00 SPC Capricor *****9 J12 04/11/700 04/11/19:00 Aulia Seraya 3199 J03 04/11/8:00 04/11/20:00 0 Sclera *****9 J03 04/lV8:» 04/11/23:00 C Proqress 04
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        1976 55 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/B«l«nce Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACI MAGNOLIA OtM 5/7 00 It 01/1500 OVUM Ol/HOO 2A 01/1700 04/0459 04/0900 21 01/1700 04/0*59 04/0900 1 04/0700 04/1159 04/1400 4 04/1200 04/1459 04/1700 ALAMJAYA r Mtl* 4/8 00
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        557 55 Carbon 180 Mm 991.1 12 17.8 0.09 60 0.09 Oct 28 Density Water Residue Ash Aluminium Sediment No above E25 1 1 11 0 0 0 380 Ave 989.1 0.4 0.4 0.06 28 0.02 380 Mai 995 5 0.9 18.1 0.08 47 0.04 Ht/M»3 v/v MAI
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        150 55 Nov S Brunei: Meraj. Nov 6 Indonesia: Ascension Day of the Prophet Muhammad SAW. Sweden: All Saints Day. Nov 7 Malaysia: Deepavali. Singapore: Deepavali. Russia: Day of Unity and Reconciliation. Nov 11 Belgium: Remembrance Day. Canada: Remembrance Day. France: Armistice Day. Nov 12 Taiwan: Birthday of Dr Sun
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        786 55 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 mar ket. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        519 56 8767 had suffered only two fatal crashes in its 18-year history Reuters [WASHINGTON] Boeing Co said the public should have every confidence in the Boe ing 767 aircraft despite the mysterious crash of an Egypt Air plane at the weekend that killed 217
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        305 56 FT [AMSTERDAM] Dutch airline KLM appealed to its rivals yesterday to curb capacity increases on North Atlantic routes, after delivering second-quarter earnings depressed by competition. In August, Lufthansa, the German airline, said overcapacity on the routes was a main cause
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        581 56 AFX-Asia (ATLANTA] Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) said it has been in talks with Chinese and Indian governments to open up manufacturing plants in the two countries but discussions have stalled so far, Lueder Paysen, head of BMW marketing
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        301 56 AFP, Reuters (TAIPEI) Taiwanese aviation officials said flights would be reduced on Dec 31 and Jan 1 as part of their efforts to cope with the millennium bug. Taipei airport, the busiest for domestic services here, will be allowed to handle a
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        260 56 AFP [KATHMANDU] Seven Nepalese private airlines have lost their operating licences for domestic and international routes for failing to fulfil conditions laid down by the Civil Aviation Ministry, sources said. Among the seven is Alpine Air headed by Captain Pradip Man Singh, the
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          96 56 Bloomberg [OTTAWA] Kevin Benson, president and chief executive officer of Canadian Airlines, testified before the Canadian Senate Transport Committee on the chaos that would arise should his beleaguered company be allowed to go bankrupt. Drawing on US examples, Mr Benson described visions of
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          47 56 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Malaysian Airline System Bhd has launched its fourth route to China with a new service to Xiamen, Xinhua reported in a despatch from Xiamen monitored here. In addition to Xiamen, the company also flies to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. —AFX-Asia
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          72 56 Reuters [RABAT] Morocco's state-owned airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will launch two direct flights to London from Casablanca from today to meet growing demand, a company spokesman said. The spokesman said the new flights will enable the company to fly to London throughout
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      66 49 FAR EAST EUROPE KYOWA LINE FULL CONTAINER Direct Breakbulk/Container/LCL EXPRESS SERVICE Service to Turn To Pg 5 Manila/Guam/Saipan China Shipping (S) Agents: V-Grow Shipping Pte Ltd ■jj Agencies Pte Ltd See Page 7 Daily Wallenius Asia Oceanic Wilhelmsen Container Line New Europe To Weekly Service to MIDDLE EASTI Belawan/Sin/P. Klang
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