The Business Times, 7 December 1999

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/98 Internet: nttp://business-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPORE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7,1999 85C
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    59 1 m (+16.03) MBT-SBI U 86L» (+8.24) PlsmscimoiEs U 313J0 (+4.90) 9T0CX MAIKET INDICES Monday Change KLSE COUP 726.42 +1.75 NIKKEI 1&***** +159.06 HANG SENG l«,l«&a_>a&21 SET INDEX Closed JAKARTA COUP 04J8 *10.90 MANILA OOMP _.1,M04 +4M TAIPEI WP! 1JMM -79M SEOUL COMP 998.11 ***** CLSA CHINA B 7«9.ei
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    80 1 FOSEX BATES uss s$ US$ 1.684 £(l'S$/SS per 1.601 1696 El'HO(USS/SS/E) 1.002 1687 DM 1.962 0.863 YEN 102.1 1649* RM 1890 6.443 HKS 7.773 0117 BAHT 38.92 0.043 HUPIAH 7126 0.023* 'St lo Mmmta •Sf to HO touts PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* ft M RPMAUMPUB 7.25 JAKARTA 4M0 BANGKOK 10.80
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    Lock icon 30 MediaRing employees become paper millionaires
    558 1  -  I :irf exclusive Tripling of firm's share price since Nov listing a boon for stock option holders By Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] The tripling in the share price of newlylisted Internet start-up MediaRing.com has made paper millionaires of about 30 of its full-time employees,
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    Lock icon S'porean startups to get a boost in Silicon Valley
    705 1  -  ■i ■exclusive A group of investors plans to set np a business incubator there Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE) Singaporean startups in Silicon Valley will soon get a leg-up, if a plan by a group of entrepreneurs and high-tech investors there to start
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    Lock icon Investors in Japan shrug off bad Q3 GDP figures
    660 1  -  Analysts remain npbeat on economy's recovery; Nikkei index rises 139 pts From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo DESPITE yesterday's announcement of a worse than expected fall in Japan's real gross domestic product during the third quarter of this year, financial markets decided
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      154 1 iwnPß Top stories Indonesia to sell 30% of Astra and majority stakes in telecom firms, Next Page Pro Act 21: Third 10-year productivity blueprint for Singapore. Pg 3 Singapore market is Templeton's top choice in Asia Pg 7 Rudy R amli HV7V is "JrH determined to win back Bank Bali.
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Wedding gift for Hong Leong hotel
        69 2 FINALLY, a wedding banquet at a Seoul hotel. The Hong Leong Group's just completed U*****.5 million (*****.7 million) acquisition of the Seoul Hilton will benefit from a new law allowing wedding banquets and the traditional Korean marriage ceremony to be held in super deluxe
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        Lock icon Merry e-Christmas
        158 2 CHRISTMAS kudos to the Singapore Trade Development Board (TDB) for being among the first government bodies this year to go electronic with their Christmas cards. Some in the pressroom have been receiving colourful animated Christmas e-cards in their e-mail from their TDB contacts, complete with personalised messages and
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        Lock icon Property's new hot star
        88 2 EX-TCS actress Jamie Lee is now the hottest property at Chesterton International, the property consultancy she joined recently as business development manager. At a recent Redas dinner, executives from just about every property group in town trooped to the Chesterton table to introduce themselves to Ms
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        Lock icon Sibling rivalry
        82 2 YOU might have noticed some action in two listed service apartment players Scotts Holdings and Somerset Holdings, controlled respectively by government-linked giants DBS Land and Pidemco. Both are clearly rivals making no hush of their ambition to be leading players in this growing field of real estate. While
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      Lock icon Indonesia will sell 30% of Astra soon, says Kwik
      601 2  -  It also plans to divest majority stakes in state telecoms firms Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] The Indonesian government will soon sell 30 per cent of the shares of the country's largest car manufacturer, Astra, plus divest majority ownership in state telecommunications firms,
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      Lock icon DBS open to selling HQ buildings in Shenton Way
      420 2  -  Bat bank says it's in no harry and secnritisation deal is bat one option in its strategy By I Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] DBS Group Holdings may consider the sale of its Shenton Way headquarters buildings in a securitisation deal as
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      Lock icon SIA may help run Garuda: Indon minister
      337 2 S'pore carrier may also be source of capital, Kwik says Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines, South-east Asia's most profitable airline, could help run PT Garuda Indonesia, the country's flag-carrier, Kwik Kian Gie, Indonesia's senior economy minister, said. "It is very preliminary," he said. "The
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  • PRODUCTIVITY action 21
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      Lock icon Productivity plan calls for new mindset
      1243 3 Third 10-year blueprint aims to make S'pore one of the world's 10 most productive countries by 2010 A BIG mindset change among workers and companies for the innovation age, and incentives to spur the change these will figure in Singapore's new 10-year national productivity
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Somerset-GIC unit buys $180m China property
      393 4  -  Acquisition vehicle Hemliner set up last month and is 70% owned by 6IC Realty %< Carol Eng THROUGH their new joint venture set up to pursue service apartment businesses in China, Taiwan and Hongkong, Somerset Holdings and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Realty
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      Lock icon 'Brains-for-hire' on Acma Web site
      195 4 ACMA Ltd yesterday launched a "brains-for-hire" Web site to tap the huge pool of Russian engineers, scientists and researchers who have fallen on hard times with the break-up of the Soviet Union and the decline of the Russian economy. The company, which has substantial interests
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      Lock icon DataOne to focus services on SMEs
      447 4  -  New ISP hopes to sign up 20-30 firms in first year Jennifer Lien SINGAPORE'S fourth Internet access service provider Data One (Dl) will focus its services, which were launched yesterday, on the small and medium enterprise market. Dl, wholly owned by Keppel Telecommunications Transportation
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      Lock icon F&N buys 24m Times Pub shares
      346 4  -  $9&2 m purchase from OCBC stable boosts stake to 21% By I Siow Li Sen FRASER and Neave yesterday bought 24 million Times Publishing shares for $96.2 million from the OCBC Bank stable. According to an OCBC Bank spokeswoman, the sale of Times Pub
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      Lock icon Del Monte to apply to convert its listing to S$
      340 4  -  By i Carol Eng FOOD company Del Monte Pacific one of the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) 50 largest firms in market capitalisation terms yesterday said it will apply for its for-eign-currency listing to be converted to Singapore dollars following the freeing
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      Lock icon DBS riding high on faith in its management
      748 4  -  ismaiocksi siow li sen THE rise and rise of DBS Group Holdings share price has taken many by surprise even though it has for many months now been recognised as a must-have stock. A catalyst was DBS' reweighting in the Morgan Stanley
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon MIT rises 11.6% on debut
        77 7 Bloomberg MANUFACTURING Integration Technology Ltd (MIT) yesterday closed 11.6 per cent above its initial public offering price of 56 cents at 62.5 cents on its debut. Earlier it hit a high of 70 cents. Volume totalled 44 million shares, making it the day's most active
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        Lock icon Panpac, NCS in e-commerce venture
        54 7 PANPAC Media.Com Ltd has entered an agreement with National Computer Systems to set up and finance a joint venture company called Chapter-e.com Pte Ltd. The venture will operate a world wide web portal to engage in electronic commerce via the sale of printed books, magazines,
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        Lock icon CM Telecom in talks to sell stake
        47 7 CM Telecom International said it is aware of the recent increases in price and trading volume of the company's shares in Hongkong. Its directors confirm that negotiations are ongoing regarding proposed acquisition of the company's shares by independent third parties.
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        Lock icon HK$398m deals for L&M Investments
        93 7 L&M Group Investments said it has to date clinched several projects worth HK$39B million (5586.2 million) in Hongkong. This is the first inroad the specialist engineering and construction company has made into heavy foundation engineering works in Hongkong. The company also said it does not
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        Lock icon Boustead's 6-month profit down 21.6%
        59 7 BOUSTEAD Singapore said net profit for the six months ended Sep 30 fell 21.6 per cent to $58,000 on the back of a 5.2 per cent rise in sales to $62.9 million. Earnings per share fell to 0.15 cent from 0.22 cent while net tangible
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        Lock icon Hwa Tat Lee in JTC talks to return land
        81 7 HWA Tat Lee Holdings has initiated talks with the Jurong Town Corporation for the return of part of the land at 11 Gul Circle which is in excess of its needs. As a registered lessee, subsidiary HTL Manufacturing Pte Ltd has
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        Lock icon Seoul Hilton purchase completed
        62 7 THE Hong Leong Group said yesterday that it completed its U*****.5 million (*****.3 million) acquisition of the Seoul Hilton on Nov 30, as scheduled. However, the final price adjustment will be made upon the completion of an audit based on the accounts as at Nov 30.
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        Lock icon Corrections & clarifications
        58 7 Corrections clarifications IT was reported in our article "Transmarco makes $16.5 m provision for Lanka Bell, bottom-line loss $26 million" last Saturday that Transmarco is 65.5 per cent-owned by PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna. Transmarco is, in fact, owned by Miel Investment Corporation which is wholly-owned by Putra Sampoerna in his
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      Lock icon S'pore market is Templeton's top choice in Asia
      401 7  -  Local stocks are not overvalued from historical viewpoint, says Mobius l¥ Wong Wei Kong SOME investors may think that Singapore stocks are pricey after their run-up this year but not Mark Mobius, a well-known fund manager and president of Templeton Emerging Markets
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      Lock icon Management changes at DBS
      319 7 DBS Group Holdings yesterday announced several senior management changes. Lau Chan Sin. DBS Bank's senior managing director, will move to head the group's facilities development and staff communications divisions. In a statement yesterday, the bank said these two functions are increasingly important with DBS' acquisitions in
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      Lock icon Metro and Cosco get nod for 5-for-1 stock splits
      268 7  -  By' Wong Wei Kong RETAIL and property player Metro Holdings and shipping group Cosco Investment have joined the growing list of companies proposing share splits. In separate announcements yesterday, the two firms said they have received exchange approval for their respective
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      Lock icon HK's Kingboard switching to S'pore dollar listing
      415 8  -  IPO of 215 m shares to be launched today priced at between 50-54 cents each If*/. Andrea Tan MAINBOARD-BOUND Kingboard Copper Foil Holdings will be the first foreign firm to list in Singapore dollar after the Monetary Authority of Singapore relaxed its listing
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      Lock icon Econ interim up 31% despite 15% fall in turnover
      218 8  -  By, Jeanette Pang CONSTRUCTION and engineering group Econ International has announced a 30.7 per cent increase in net profit for the half year ended Sept 30,1999. It made $3.63 million, up from $2.78 million in the previous half-year, despite a 15.2
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon STI hits new high but second-liners flounder
      537 6  -  -id comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE Straits Times Index surged to a new high on the back of a narrow band of blue chips yesterday, while the broader market drifted sideways as traders and retail players evaluated the impact of recently announced measures
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      Lock icon CM Tel wrt worth a shot as stock price plays catch-up
      196 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By' Ven Sreenivasan THE US dollar-quoted CM Telecom which is listed in both Singapore and Hongkong was the second most active counter on the local bourse yesterday, gaining six US cents to a five-month high of 61
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      Lock icon JIT closes at new high of $4
      253 6  -  HOT STOCK By Wong Wei Kong JIT Holdings yesterday rewarded investors who kept faith with the stock when it finished at a new high and was among the session's biggest gainers. The stock rose 10 cents, or 2.6 per cent, to close at
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      Lock icon Diary of events
      144 6 Tuesday, Deo 7 Singapore ♦Cable Satellite Asia '99 opening. Till Dec 10. Venue: Singapore i International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Suntec City ♦11am. Dragon Land, first Singapore developer to tap the potential of the housing market in Shenyang city, PRC. Venue: Singapore Marriot Hotel ♦llam. Fedex media
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      Lock icon Wall St surge, poor Japan GDP data fail to lift US$
      469 6  -  I :j i comment CURRENCIES Greenback retreats from 551.6850-80 resistance to end at 551.6821 larry wee THE US dollar failed to make much of an impression in Asian trading yesterday, despite a combination of new highs in two major
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      476 6 Stocks Volums MIT 10c 44,299,000 CM Telecom HK75c 20,731,000 Econ WtOO 11.574,000 PanpacMediaCom 5c 11,061,000 MediaRinglOc 10,913,000 Asia Food&Prop US$ 10.226,000 *TanChonglnt50c 9.969,000 SingTel 15c 9,859,000 Golden Agn US10c 8,728,000 *Genting Int 6,407,000 Stocks DBS Grp 51,176,430 SIA 34.904,504 SingTel 15c 32,133,660 MIT 10c 27,731,075 OCBC 27,478,688 SPH 25,215,628 Parkway
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      68 7 To many Singaporeans, Catherine Urn's somewhat flamboyant style is immediately familiar. Overseas, however, it may be only her literary style that's as well known. Which is why Catherine carries the American Express Card. So now from the book fairs of Bologna, to writer's week in New York she's assured of
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      773 8 ECON 0 ECON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 1999 THE GROUP THE COMPANY 1999 1998 1999 1998 SS'OOO SS'OOO Chang* Ss'ooo SS'OOO Change TURNOVER 179,359 211,577 -15.2% Operating proflt/(loss) before Investment and interest income, interest expenses, depreciation/amortisation,
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      389 8 w^mmmmnmmu Collective Sale of Bukit Umah Mansion Prime Freehold Residential Site LJ I ZD I Bukk Tbnah /r Prime Freehold Site area: 1,940.6 sqm Residential Site (20,888 sq ft) 100% Consensus Plot ratio: 2.1, 20 storeys For Sale By Tender Closing: Friday, 17 December 1999,3 pm m a H SILOn&nnH
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  • STARHUB offer
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      Lock icon StarHub's free Internet services seen turning heat on SingNet, PacNet
      776 9  -  Its move will posh rival ISPs into cutting prices, analysts say Reports Teh Hooi Ling STARHUB'S free Internet services launched over the weekend will pressure other Internet service providers (ISPs) in Singapore into lowering their prices, analysts said. And if
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      Lock icon 38,000 take up StarHub offer in 1st two days
      420 9  -  ISP to bank on ads and e-commerce for revenues By, Andrew Wee INTERNET service provider Star Hub Internet (SI) had signed up 38,000 subscribers for its surf-for-free Internet access programme as of Sunday evening and plans to generate the bulk of
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      Lock icon ISPs free to set prices, says IDA
      245 9 THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) said yesterday it does not control the prices set by Internet access service providers (lASPs) as the market is a fully liberalised one. "The IDA would only be concerned if a public basic telecommunication service (PBTS)
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Oct export prices up 6.9%, imports 5.9%
      276 10  -  ■■=S73oh the economy wholesale prices By. Audrey Tan PRICKS of Singapore exports rose 6.9 per cent in October from a year ago, thanks to increased demand for petroleum products such as high speed diesel fuel. Latest figures from the Department of Statistics show
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      Lock icon Grange Garden owners expect en bloc sale to top $80m
      497 10  -  Breakeven cost for new condo on the freehold site works ont to $1,500 psf Ity Kalpana Rashiwala THE long-awaited collective sale of Grange Garden has finally taken off, and its owners expect more than $80 million for the prime freehold
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      Lock icon Mitsui to spend up to $80m to expand S'pore plant
      446 10 Move to raise production of bisphenol-A here to 140,000 tons a year Bloomberg MITSUI Chemicals Inc, Japan's fourth-largest chemicals company by sales, said it plans to spend up to $80 million to double capacity of a Singapore plant and meet
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      Lock icon Penally for damaging electricity cables raised
      123 10 THE Public Utilities Act has been amended to further prevent damage to underground electricity cables. Such damages can cause power supply voltage reductions, leading to adverse effects on the operations of high-technology companies dependent on highquality electricity supply. Under the newly introduced Section 95A
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      Lock icon More life insurers avoiding jargon
      355 10 Plain English replacing legal, technical terms THE move to use plain English in life insurance contracts stripped of legal and technical jargon may be gaining momentum in Singapore. Come January, Great Eastern Life will use plain English to make it easier for the layman to
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      Lock icon Give quarterly reports, GP Batteries
      201 10  -  nan.iiAfl Y Woozeer Singapore IN a circular dated Nov 22,1999, GP Batteries announced some of its enhancement plans for its employees (through the 1999 share option scheme) and shareholders (through the proposed share buyback scheme). But to give full effect to its intentions, GP Batteries
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      Lock icon Landlord initiated Cartier's move
      151 10  -  Cheng Shoong Tat Senior vice-president Pontiac Marina Pte Ltd Singapore WE refer to the article headlined "Cartier has new store under wraps", which appeared on page 7 of yesterday's Business Times. You reported in the article that Cartier moved "earlier this year to close down a
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      Lock icon Why different treatment?
      60 10  -  Denis Distant Singapore via Internet YESTERDAY, both Metro and Cosco posted their announcements of 5-for-l stock splits on the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) Web site; trading in Metro shares was still suspended after the news was out but Cosco shares and warrants were not suspended. Could the SGX
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      Lock icon SBA to showcase local TV industry at trade show
      245 10 THE Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA) will put up a Singapore section at the sixth MIP Asia, a five-day trade show focusing on TV content that starts today at Suntec City. The 162 sq m Singapore Pavilion, with strong support from the
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon House hunting in London without tears
      514 11 Two brothers offer a bespoke service for beleaguered property buyers FT WOULDN'T you give an arm and a leg to be able to order a central London apartment the way you would a home delivery from the Dean Deluca deli? "I want two bedrooms
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon What's so good about cult of the consumer ?
      766 12  - What's so good about cult of the consumer Bi;l=l 1 bottom line OPINION anthony rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent THERE are no exceptions to the rule that nothing in life is free, and the freedom to trade internationally often has to be bought at a heavy cost to
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      123 12 'I would not only reappoint Mr Greenspan. If he should die, God forbid... I'd prop him up and put a pair of dark glasses on him.' -John McCain Arizona Senator, on whether he would reappoint the Federal Reserve governor if he were elected president. This is another
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      Lock icon Manila meeting more promising
      620 12 EDITORIAL IN the sony wake of the World Trade Organization's shambles in Seattle, it's encouraging to realise that a far less ambitious meeting held a week earlier looks set to produce the goods for its member-states. Leaders of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) had
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      Lock icon Shambles in Seattle a taste of things to come
      1214 12  -  Political and trade tensions aren't going away. If anything, they are increasing By Walter Russel Mead The writer is the author of 'Mortal Splendor!\he American Empire in Transition' LAT-WP LAST month, the Clinton White House was frantically trying to drag G-7
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      945 12 Clinton's finest hour USING e-mail and the Internet, "strangebedfellows.com" has globalised the resistance to mindless globalisation. In Seattle, it organised effectively to stop the handover of US power to demand human rights and labour standards from nations dependent on our rich market. In the midst of
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Cabinet concerns spark activity in select stocks
      683 13  -  Market talk stays focused on final line-np; companies linked to Daim and ftagaiAigh weaken hYom. Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur SPECULATION over the final lineup of the new Malaysian Cabinet, expected to be announced this week, has sparked off active trades in selected,
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon PSC up 24% on new joint ventures
        134 13 PSC Industries, part of businessman Amin Shah's business empire, picked up 3.50 Malaysian ringgit, or 24 per cent, to close at RMIB yesterday, following the group's new joint venture agreements signed over the weekend at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aviation exhibition. Of
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        Lock icon Impending sale boosts Proton
        79 13  -  Compiled by Diana Oon Abdullah NATIONAL car-maker Proton rose 4 per cent or 25 sen to RM6.75 yesterday, on the back of growing talk that DRB-Hicom's sale of its stake in the company to Petronas is coming close to a conclusion. The deal, which will involve
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      Lock icon Petra in US$600m African water project
      206 13 KUALA LUMPUR Joint venture will snpply raw water to Zimbabwe cities ANOTHER Malaysian company is making inroads into the African continent. This time around, the Petra group, under the helm of Vinod Sekhar, has teamed up with Zimmal Holdings Pte Ltd (ZHPT) for a
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      Lock icon Mahathir meets coalition party leaders to discuss new team
      345 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday met party leaders in his ruling coalition to discuss the formation of a new Cabinet after his election victory, Bernama news agency reported. Ling Liong Sik, president of the Malaysian Chinese Association
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      Lock icon MPHB gets SC nod to restructure group
      247 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia MULTI-Purpose Holdings Bhd (MPHB) has received the Securities Commission's conditional approval for its proposed restructuring exercise which also involves Kamunting Corp Bhd and Malaysian Plantations Bhd. Multi-Purpose said in a statement to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange the Securities Commission
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      557 14 DAP forms panel to study all new PAS laws; Gerakan, MCA also up in arms AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Chinesedominated parties from both ruling and opposition camps warned Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) yesterday to scrap plans for a special tax on non-Muslims in
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      506 14 KUALA LUMPUR [KUALA LUMPUR] A veteran of the fast food industry, George Ting, who once caused a furore when he suddenly left KFC Holdings Bhd, is now back with the company, The Star reported. Mr Ting is doing it through CI Holdings
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      153 14 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters ROAD Builder (Malaysia) Holdings Bhd said yesterday it is confident of getting 100 million Malaysian ringgit (5544.3 million) in pretax profit for the year ended June 30, 2000, up from RM82.76 million in 1999. "For the first quarter we are
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        54 14 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] The new self-assessment tax system will begin in phases from 2001, Bernama news agency quoted First Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin as saying. It will start with companies in 2001, to be followed by businesses, partnerships and cooperatives in 2002 and salaried
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        49 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Securities Commission said yesterday it would set up a command centre to manage Y2K issues during the rollover to the next millennium. The SC said this was a precautionary move as it did not expect any disruptions. Reuters
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        38 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] AIG Investment Corp (Asia) Ltd, an investment arm of American International Group, has bought 10 per cent of Malaysian timber company WTK Holdings Bhd, Bernama reported. Reuters
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      190 15 MANILA AFX-Asia THE stock exchange has tightened its surveillance of the market to ensure existing rules are fully complied with, exchange vice-president for business development and business group Jose Fernando Alcantara said. In a statement, he said the exchange has set up
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      554 15 MANILA Price expected to be below book v&lne due to non-performing loans Bloomberg METROPOLITAN Bank Trust Co, the nation's largest bank by assets, said its Philippine Savings Bank unit will buy 100 per cent of Asianßank Corp from the Soriano and Del Rosario families
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      261 15 HONGKONG Thai developer has asked it to co-build long-delayed Bangkok transit system Bloomberg HOPEWELL Holdings Ltd, which invests in roads and real estate, confirmed a report that Tanayong Co, a Thai property developer, asked it to jointly build the long-delayed Bangkok Elevated Road and Train
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      300 15 MANILA Bloomberg MONDRAGON International Philippines Inc has raised the stakes in its battle for control of a hotel and golf resort at a former US Air Force base, accusing the government of brutality when authorities seized the complex for unpaid bills. Mondragon said police used
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      674 16 PBOPLB Bank's former head elaims he ha* evidence of irregularities in its July takeover Reuters [JAKARTA] Rudy Ramli, former head of Indonesia's scandal-hit Bank Bali, is a man with a mission he is convinced the bank his family founded was unfairly taken
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      148 16 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA'S central Bank Indonesia (BI) is investigating 20 firms that may have received loans in November 1997 which breached banking regulations, the official Antara news agency reported. Deputy Governor Achyar Ilyas was quoted as saying the firms had received loans with pre-shipment
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      318 16 HANOI Central bank governor to step down to focus on other responsibilities AFP VIETNAMESE Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has sought approval for the sacking of a deputy prime minister suspected of graft and corruption, an assembly official said yesterday. Mr
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        65 16 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia will reopen the corruption case against former President Suharto after new information against him came to light, Attorney-General Marzuki Darusman said yesterday. He said investigations by the Attorney-General's Office had discovered fresh information suggesting Mr Suharto had misused his power to
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        83 16 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government plans to seek approval from foreign creditors to reschedule US$l.B billion (552.7 billion) in principal payments craning due before next March as part of efforts to reduce its debt burden. The country expects to pay out 22 trillion rupiah (515.1
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        69 16 Reuters [JAKARTA] Police in Bali were hunting for scores of prisoners still on the run yesterday after 280 inmates broke out of a jail near one of the island's most popular tourist areas, the Jakarta Post said. The newspaper said 104 escapees had been
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        44 16 AFP [BANGKOK] Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes after a tropical depression slammed into southern Thailand, sparking flaoh floods, nffirtaia said yesterday. Around 113,000 people were affected by the storm which swept ashore on Saturday night —AFP
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        46 16 AFP [JAKARTA] The Indonesian banking sector recorded a combined operating loss 0f52.09 trillion rupiah (5112.1 billion) in the 10 months to October compared to a loss at 177.02 trillion rupiah for calendar 1998, Finance Minister Bambang Sudibyo said yesterday. AFP
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      432 17 HONGKONG But domestic investors need to be educated for market to fulfill its potential Reuters A HUGE US$4 billion (556.7 billion) worth of Asian asset securitisation deals is expected to be finalised next year, even though many barriers remain to developing
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      208 17 TAIPEI Bloomberg TAIWAN'S state-owned Chinese Petroleum Corporation (CPC) signed a letter of intent with Chiayi county government, bringing it a step closer to construction of its proposed NT$6OO billion (Ss32 billion) naphtha cracker complex. The signing earmarked Chiayi county's Putai industrial park as the site
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      391 17 TOKYO Move to reduce reliance on US market Reuters JAPAN'S high-flying Internet investment company Softbank Corp said yesterday it plans to set up new funds to invest in Chinese firms, and said it expects China to become the biggest
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      354 17 HONGKONG Reuters CHINADOTCOM Corp said yesterday it had about US$l25 million (Ss2lo million) in cash on hand and that its shareholders at a special meeting approved a two-for-one stock split. Chief executive officer Peter Yip told a news conference the stock split would have
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      345 18 llgWEflfll economic summit NEW DELHI New govt's reform programme on track bat more needs to be done, says WEF Reuters INDIA'S new government has made a good start by pushing through key economic reforms, but the burgeoning fiscal deficit must be checked to
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      354 18 NEW DELHI India's wasteful, erratic power supply a barrier, says Enron chief AFP INDIAN Power Minister R Kumaramangalam urged foreign investors yesterday to take a long-term view on India, as he appealed for capital to help build the power base needed for sustained
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      515 18 ISLAMABAD AFP WITH less than a month to go Pakistan still faces a potentially serious threat from the millennium computer bug, with question marks over airports, hospitals and a major power firm. Just a year ago Islamabad set up a task force to
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        58 18 Reuters [DHAKA] An opposition-led general strike gripped Bangladesh for a second day yesterday, largely crippling communications and business across the country. Ministers and high officials moved with police escorts or stayed in their offices over night Some ventured out on foot, but the capital
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        61 18 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Ashok Leyland Ltd, India's second-biggest truck maker, plans to unveil new models of medium capacity trucks in the middle of next year to boost sales. The company will introduce trucks with a capacity of between 10 tons and 20 tons, said
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        69 18 Reuters [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan's Supreme Court said yesterday that it will start hearing a constitutional petition next month against the army coup that toppled the government of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in October. Mr Sharif s Pakistan Muslim League party filed the petition before
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      2016 19  -  Toil and trouble dogged the virus buster who founded Trend Micro, but yiHRAMKHAmiA finds out how it has all paid oft literally VIKRAM KHANNA TEN years ago, Steve Chang had US$2,OOO left in his savings account and could not afford to pay his engineers' salaries. Today,
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      767 20 ■LONDON Survey of Europe's richest shows 26 of 166 hfltionaires are retailers Reuters, AFP THE most popular way to become a billionaire in Europe is as a shopkeeper a male one. Among the continent's 165 billionaires, 26 are retailers, and of the 400
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      328 20 TOKYO Central bank rapped for confusion over monetary policy AFP FORMER vice-finance minister Eisuke Sakakibara reportedly denounced the Bank of Japan yesterday for confusion in its monetary policy and called on the central bank's governor to resign. "If there is no policy change, don't
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      276 20 SEOUL Bloomberg KOREA Development Bank on Sunday failed to sell its remaining stake in Pohang Iron Steel Co after potential bidders agreed to buy only 15.5 per cent of shares on offer in the world's largest steelmaker. Kyung Chae Jung, head
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      487 21 NEW YORK He says that strong growth and inflation concerns still worry the Fed Reuters FEDERAL Reserve governor Edward Kelley said US growth is "very strong", and while no central banker wants to tighten credit on the eve of the year
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      226 21 LONDON Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland rejected Bloomberg NATIONAL Westminster Bank pic, the target in Britain's largest banking takeover battle, said it rejected hostile offers from Bank of Scotland pic and Royal Bank of Scotland Group pic during separate meetings with their
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      39 21 [NEW YORK] Actors Heather Graham and Samuel L Jackson presenting the Womenswear Designer of the Year Award to Tom Ford (right) of Gucci at the 1999 VHI- Vogue Fashion Awards on Sunday in New York. AFP
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      269 21 ARMONK, New York The 'Blue Gene' will be two million times faster than a PC Bloomberg INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp said it will spend US$lOO million (Ssl6B million) to develop a supercomputer that is 500 times faster than current models. The "Blue Gene" computer
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      403 21 LONDON Reuters RUPERT Murdoch's BSkyß made a long-awaited breakthrough into Europe's biggest television market yesterday when it agreed to take a 24 per cent stake in Germany's KirchPayTV for 2.9 billion Deutschemarks (552.5 billion). KirchPayTV operates the major subscription television
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      270 21 NEW YORK Sale could raise up to USslob and may be largest IPO Bloomberg AT&T Corp, the largest US telephone company, said it will separate its wireless business and sell shares in the fast-growing unit to the public next year, in what may
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        72 21 Bloomberg [BERLIN] German manufacturers' orders rose for the fourth time in five months in October, suggesting companies in Europe's largest economy will step up production and hiring in the months ahead. Factory orders rose 3.2 per cent from September, triple analysts' forecasts, the
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        79 21 AFP [BRUSSELS] The unemployment rate In the 11-country euro zone fell to 9.9 per cent in October, the first time since December 1992 that it has been below 10 per cent, data published by Eurostat yesterday showed. The euro zone's jobless rate stood
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        57 21 Reuters [ZURICH] Swiss pharmaceuticals group Roche Holding yesterday said it planned to spin off its fragrances and flavours division into a new company called Givaudan which could be worth some US$4 billion (556.7 billion). Roche said the split would allow it to position itself
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        72 21 AFP [MONACO] The American nurse of Edmond Safra, the banker who died in mysterious circumstances in a fire at his Monaco penthouse after an alleged attack by armed intruders, has been detained, investigators said yesterday. Ted Maher, 31, was taken into custody overnight on Sunday after
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      327 21 LONDON Bloomberg Reuters GOLD dropped more than 2 per cent to a two-month low yesterday after the Dutch central bank said it will sell 300 tonnes over the next five years, marking its third sale in less than a decade. The announcement comes
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      238 22  -  SGX Derivatives TradingReports MSCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming RIDING on the stunning gains on Wall Street on Friday, the Singapore stock market ended on a firm footing yesterday with gains in DBS Group leading the pack. DBS surged 4.33 per cent, boosted
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      119 22  -  MSCI Taiwan Moras Matthew DenBleyker Refco Singapore SGX MSCI Taiwan Stock Index Futures yesterday lost 4.7 points, or 1.29 per cent, to 360.6 while the TWSE Index declined 70.03 points, or 0.88 per cent, to 7,894.46. Electronics shares such as Acer, TSMC and Asustek
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      303 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices charged higher yesterday after Iraq made it clear that a dispute with the United Nations would keep its crude exports off the market for at least another week. Prices got a further fillip as Saudi Oil
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      341 22 Reuters New York EUROPE'S single currency soared as a brisk rally gathered force in early US trade yesterday, extending steep overnight gains against the US dollar and yen on the back of friendly economic data. Waves of short covering and speculative buying whisked the euro to a 1
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      2851 23 HONGKONG AFP, Reuters Hang Seng +32&21 HONGKONG share prices rose 2.1 per cent yesterday, regaining the 16.000 level on continued overseas buying on the back of Friday's gains on Wall Street, dealers said. "We are getting overseas money coming in. The flow continues
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      1043 23 Reuters Shenzhen B Index -0.78 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares closed down in thin trade yesterday, following the domestic A share market lower, brokers said. The B share index fell 0.78 point, or 0.95 per cent, to 81.73 as turnover dropped slightly to HK513.29 million from HK513.82 million on
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      351 23 AFP wp Index -70.03 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.9 per cent lower yesterday on selling in the financial sector, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Kxchange Weighted Price Index lost 70.03 points to 7,894.16 on turnover of NTsl 19.81 billion. Falls led rises 303 to 169. "Investors are disappointed by
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      2068 23 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 +139.06 SHARE prices in Tokyo closed 0.8 per cent higher yesterday as investors, undaunted by a contraction in Japan's gross domestic product, chased gains in high-tech issues, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei 225 index rose 139.06 points to 18,507.2.
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      430 24 AFP. AFX-Asia 1 Composite Index +1.79 MALAYSIAN share prices closed 0.2 per cent higher yesterday on light buying support after last week's steep losses, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index finished at 726.42 points, up 1.79 points from Friday's close.
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      277 25 AFP Manila -*4.04 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.2 per cent higher yesterday due to selective buying of speculative issues, analysts said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 4.04 points to 1,940.94. Volume was 26.9 billion shares worth 3.18 billion pesos. —AFP 0«6 *«> (000) MRC Allied 0.72 O.OI
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      689 25 AFP n Composite Index ♦10J INDONESIAN share prices closed 1.7 per cent higher yesterday on the largely peaceful celebration by separatist rebels in Aceh of their movement's anniversary and news that the government would divest from telecommunications firms, dealers said. A dealer with a European brokerage said the market
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      273 25 AFP Q Wellington ♦2174 NEW Zealand stocks yesterday were up 1.4 per cent. The benchmark NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 29.74 points to close at 2,146.89 points. Turnover totalled NZ599.4 million. Telecom was up 21 cents at NZ$B.75. AFP Ok* H COOO) Advantage HDS 3.43 0.13 212 Air NZ A
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      599 25 -AFP n All Ordinaries +4GJ> AUSTRALIAN shares surged 1.5 per cent yesterday to within 10 points of their all-time record on the back of a reinvigorated Wall Street, brokers said. By the close, the All Ordinaries Index stood 46.5 points stronger at 3,133.30. The All Industrials rose 98.9 points
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      311 25 AFP Q Composite Index +31-52 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index yesterday closed up 31.52 points at 998.11. Volume was 255.9 million shares worth 3.9 trillion won. AFP DK 6 AnamScmi ***** -300 Br«m T*cl» 2010 -40 Contrtt Bank 2630 40 Ch*» Camm *****0 3000 OMGuBank... 3530 -150 D*es*ng
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      856 29  -  Knowledge workers need to be constantly retrained in order to be relevant and creative, says a consultant ity Audrey Tan NOWLEDGE f workers" may be f one of the biggest buzz-phrases right now, but do companies know what to do with them? Do you simply recruit
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      32 29 This is the third of four parts, reproduced from an article in the journal, TRAIN. The writer is manager of business development at The British Council. He can be contacted at plambe((vbritcoun.org.sg
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      170 31 Bridge News Reuters Dry cargo freight rate levels remained broadly static which was reflected in the mainly unchanged Baltic indices, brokers said. The Baltic Dry Index shed one point to 1,341, the Baltic Panamax Index lost three points to 1,269, the Baltic Capesize Index was unchanged at 1,845
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      438 31  -  It also expects new business from the privatisation of regional ports By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Mutual specialist liability and equipment insurer Through Transport Mutual Services (TT Club) is eyeing growth in the logistics industry in Singapore, and privatisation of regional ports for
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      416 31  -  Govt may sell 40% of its equity to a foreign or domestic shipping company From Rajendra Bajpai in New Delhi THE Indian government is proposing to sell 40 per cent of its equity stake in Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) to a foreign
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      98 31 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's shipping giant Evergreen Marine is planning to merge with Uniglory Marine, of which it holds a 48.01 per cent stake, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The merger plan would make Evergreen one of the world's largest shipping companies with
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        62 31 [LONDON] Liner company P&O Nedlloyd has acquired the services between Europe and East Africa/Red Sea currently operated by Harrison Line. The move increases the size of its Europe-East African operations and marks the end of Harrison Line's involvement in the area. Harrison's 1,100 teu
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        41 31 GLOBAL orders for new ships rose 43 per cent in the quarter to June 90 to 6.5 million gt, according to figures published by Lloyd's Register. However, the current orderbook remained stagnant at 53.8 million gt
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        65 31 CHINA'S shipping giant Cosco and Uniglory, part of the Taiwan-based Evergreen Group, will begin operating a joint service between China and the Middle East this week. Seven ships of roughly 1,600 teu, two supplied by Uniglory and five by Cosco, will run the CPG service.
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        77 31 MEMBERS of the International Salvage Union have given their backing to the proposed Lloyds Open Form 2000 salvage contract which would, if accepted, replace the existing LOF9S. ISU president Hans Walenkamp said; LOF 2000 promises to be a more user-friendly contract adopting language which is
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        807 32 Recession has turned Osaka's Kansai airport into a flop but Japan pushes ahead with airport building plans FT WHEN Kansai International Airport opened outside Osaka in 1994, it was hailed as "the transportation hub for the entire world", a boon to the local economy and a
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        213 43 Dm 8 Italy: Immaculate Conception. Dm( Brunei: First Day of Fasting. Dec 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Dao 20 Italy: Christmas Day. Brunei: Christmas Day. Australia: Christmas Day. Belgium: Christmas Day. Canada: Christmas Day. Denmark: Christmas Day. France: Christmas Day. Germany: Christmas Day. Hong Kong: Christmas Day. Indonesia: Christmas
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        773 43 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 averagesized stem. Market movements are indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        444 43 Crt WO Max 9*2.1 0.9 N.1 0.11 79 0.09 Watmr Aid UilllrtMn Sediment M Aov( £25 5 0 16 2£J !i=2 liwrrt A(f «2j» 04 12.4 0.06 29 0.02 *JJ2 380 Max 990.8 14 15-3 0.12 6T 0.04 BMW ll/ll %H/H WM —aw Wo above G35
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        449 44 Proposal said to be identical to programme to assnre Pentagon foreign partners were safe Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US government was to propose yesterday that all US airlines check foreign partner airlines for safety, airline industry sources said. They said the proposal,
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        397 44 It may launch another new airline, offer bargain basement fares AFP [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways vowed yesterday to beat British billionaire Richard Branson at his own game with bargain basement air fares on Australian routes possibly by launching another new airline. In
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        232 44 Reuters [ROSEMONT, Illinois] Electronic travel reservation company Galileo International Inc said last week its October and November bookings were down as Y2K concerns led consumers to avoid travel over the new year. However, the company said it still expected to meet Wall Street forecasts
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        166 44 Bloomberg [ROME] Almost all flights in and out of Milan will be transferred to its new Malpensa Airport as of Dec 15, as long as the new traffic complies with environmental standards, a government official said. The European Union in October said Italy
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