The Business Times, 22 March 2000

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MfTA (P) 03^/1998 1 SINGA PORE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2000
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    59 1 F0BBZB4TBB US* 81 u»- i.7it £(tSS/SSp*q— \m UK EU»0(U»%$/E) IJ7I 1J71 M ton MM YEN l«u 1.616 «M 1m 1462 HW ?.7» ttn BAiT S7JS 0.046 UWIAH 7,440 IMS 4 *U mm mam ram bates SINGAPORE* 6.89 KUALA LUMPUR 7.CT JAKARTA JI M BANGKOK fit MANILA ll.M HONGKONG 8
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    Lock icon Asian markets with tech stocks stay buoyant
    652 1  -  riiexclusive Bourses with predominance of old economy stocks are stumbling Byl Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Asian stock markets which have a critical mass of "new economy" stocks have sustained their bounce from the bottom of the Asian economic crisis, while those with a predominance
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    Lock icon Taiwan stocks soar 5.5% as investors go bottom-fishing
    726 1  -  From Macabe Keliher in Taipei LOCAL investors, anxious to get in while the market is low, sent Taiwan stocks soaring 5.5 per cent yesterday as the island's political scene continued to spin on its new axis. After heavy losses last week and
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    Lock icon S'pore fund managers paid handsomely, but...
    699 1  -  I exclusive They trail behind their counterparts in* other Asian cities Byi Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Asset management professionals in Singapore look set to enjoy good salary increments this year failing which, hopping over to the next employer might do the trick. With the
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      89 1 dcsipe BT Comment Parkway now in bkrtech, ©-commerce limelight. Pg 3 Top stories A rare peek info S'pore'B FOMC. Next Pag* CyberWorks' part-cash offer looks J better. Mmxt Pmge NEL buys 3Comto modem plant for I US$l3O-sl6om. Tan Chong profit hits HKslBsfT>, but betow expectations. Pg 4 Swensen's adds cream
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      9 1 Taiwan lifts ban on direct China links, Pg 25
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      65 1 i^ la tl J I I rz brokers' deadline MB MM tor the acceptance °f Effective Capital's Ctob offer Fu report, Pg 8 V Go get the Fed The US Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee met overnight to discuss the U3,economyGo to BT Online to find out if it decided
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Power of the 'e' word
        96 2 HERE'S a dot-com idea that came over our e-mail. Three beggars are begging in New York City. The first one wrote "beg" on his broken steel cup and he got 10 bucks at the end of the day. The second one wrote "beg.com" on his
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        Lock icon Curb on brokers
        79 2 EVER since the T+3 settlement system was introduced last Wednesday, some stock brokers and remisiers have been complaining that they had to pick up cheques from clients in person in order to meet the deadline. "I can only go after work, but I have to make sure
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        Lock icon New securities watchdog chief?
        114 2 THE Malaysian national debt arbitration panel's chairman C Raj an dram could be eyeing the hot seat at the Securities Commission. Or at least that's what current securities watchdog chief Ali Abdul Kadir, who has made it known that he intends to serve only one term,
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        Lock icon Windfall for banks
        136 2 BANKS taking part in the underwriting for the US$l2 billion (5520.6 billion) loan to Pacific Century CyberWorks could earn more than US$4 million each, according to basispoint, a Hongkong-based fixed-income securities publication. The loan, the largest ever in Asia, was launched on March 17 and the coordinating
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        54 2 LISTED retailer CK Tang has just shut its Episode boutique at Orchard Point. The prominent spot with street frontage is being carved into smaller units. Replacement tenants include The Niks Shop, offering skincare products; Frontier, which sells clothes; and a jewellery shop. The mall is owned
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      Lock icon A rare peek into S'pore's FOMC
      516 2  -  HAS' Monetary and Investment Policy panel meets every week to chart monetary path By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE! MIPM. These four letters haven't crept into Singapore's acronym-happy lingo, and it is unlikely that they will, but Singaporeans familiar with the US FOMC might want to
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      Lock icon CyberWorks' part-cash offer looks better
      715 2  -  More attractive to HKT investors as CyberWorks falls close to HK518.62 From Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong PACIFIC Century CyberWorks shares yesterday fell close to the HK518.62 (Ss4.l) level, where it becomes attractive for shareholders of the telephone company, Cable&Wireless HKT, to consider accepting CyberWorks* part
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon NEL buys 3Com's modem plant for US$130-$160m
      628 3  -  Deal likely to account for 15-20% of 2000 sales of $4J>k analyst Byy Carol Eng NATSTEEL Electronics (NEL) yesterday unveiled three deals, including the purchase of a factory from 3Com for US$l3O-$l6O million (Ss22l-***** million) that will further expand its telecommunications business. In
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      Lock icon Parkway now in biotech, e-commerce limelight
      795 3  -  pi I li lock siew kalpana rashiwala AFTER months of speculation, Parkway Holdings has finally sold off Parkway Parade, its last major remaining property, and it is now set to focus its energies on developing its healthcare business. With a new major investor-friend-ly shareholder
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      Lock icon AirNZ-SIA talks stalled over quantum of stake
      710 3  -  Byi Conrad Raj TALKS between Singapore Airlines and Brierley Investments over Air New Zealand stalled not over price as previously reported by the media but over the quantum of the stake that the Singapore carrier wanted. However, the deal is not dead yet
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      Lock icon Swensen's sales boost ABR's earnings
      530 7  -  Net profit trebles to $4.4 m but gain cat by write-downs By Audrey Tan BETTER business at its Swensen's outlets led ABR Holdings to report a trebling of profits to $4.4 million, but a write-down of its Australian investments eroded bottomline earnings to just $1.7
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      Lock icon NOL claws back as market expects strong '99 earnings
      475 7 Reuters SHAPING and logistics group Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), which lost more than half its market capitalisation since the start of the year, saw a staggering 26 million shares traded yesterday. NOL ended the day at $1.24, up 19 cents, amounting
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      Lock icon Effective's offer: 11th hour rush expected today
      358 8  -  35,000 Clob investors have yet to submit their forms By Ven Sreenivasan BROKERS are bracing for a last minute rush by some 35,000 Clob securities holders today the deadline local broking houses set for processing the acceptances of Effective Capital's migration plan—to hand
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      499 8  -  DBS launches fund investing in traditional Asian stocks with one foot in the new economy By I Siow Li Sen DBS Asset Management, armed with a new investment team, yesterday wasted no time in launching its latest fund, a unit trust that focuses on traditional
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      Lock icon NH Ceramics aims to raise up to $10m from IPO
      270 8  -  By, Jane Cheong NH Ceramics, which has received in-principle approval to be listed on Sesdaq, hopes to raise up to $10 million from its initial public offer. The building materials supplier wants the money to speed up further growth and
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Medi-Rad offer 27 times subscribed
        75 8 MEDI-RAD Associates' public offer of 13.75 million shares closed yesterday 27.4 times subscribed, while die. million placement shares have been fully taken up. Medi-Rad is the radiology and imaging arm of Parkway with six clinics in Singapore comprising three privately-owned clinics and three polyclinics. The
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        Lock icon IPSoftcom trebles profit to $12.9m
        71 8 INTERNATIONAL Press Softcom's full-year net profit more than trebled to $12.9 million, thanks to its continued emphasis on higher-margin software contract manufacturing. Turnover rose 51.3 per cent to $5&8 million. Earnings per share was 3.34 cents, up from 1.04 cents. Net tangible asset backing per
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        Lock icon Meiban profit leaps 80% to $2.2m
        71 8 MEIBAN Plastic's full-year net profit jumped 80 per cent to $2.2 million on higher productivity and lower operating costs. Turnover edged up 7 per cent to $24.7 million. Earnings per share was 2.5 cents, up from 1.39 cents. Net tangible asset backing per share
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        Lock icon New CEO for AsiaMedic
        71 8 SESDAQ-LISTED healthcare group Asia Medic Ltd has appointed medical specialist Dr Dominic Er Kong Kiong, a shareholder of Asia Medic with experience in healthcare management, as director and chief executive officer. Its former director and chief executive officer Dr Ronnie Tan will move to take charge
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  • CORPORATE results
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      Lock icon Tan Chong profit hits HK$185m, but below expectations
      403 4  -  Directors looking at ways to unlock shareholder value Reports by Christopher Tan POWERED by record vehicle sales, Clob-quoted Tan Chong International posted a 22.5 per cent rise in net earnings to HK1185.3 million for the year ended Dec 31, 1999. Turnover rose
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      Lock icon Serial posts $5.1m interim profit aims to reinvent itself
      494 4  -  By Jennifer Lien CHIP distributor Serial System, which yesterday reported a 15 per cent rise in interim net profit to $5.1 million, said it will "reinvent" itself to become a "convergence appliance manufacturer" this year. The company, which showcased the new
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      113 4 As of yesterday, 116 SGX-listed companies had released their financial results for the full year ended Dec 31,1999. They recorded a combined $6,775.02m in group earnings, compared to a gain of $1,314.31 m in 1998. The total included 16 foreign companies listed here. If they were excluded, total
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      Lock icon 'Radical' terrace units at Tan Chong's Aljunied site
      440 4 TAN Chong International will build about 80 units of "radical" terrace houses at a former used-car lot in Aljunied Road. Each of the freehold units will have three-and-a-half levels, inclusive of basement. Ranging from 2,300 to 2,500 sq ft, the houses will
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      Lock icon United Overseas Land turns around to post $72m profit
      410 4  -  Turnover drops 29%; profit doubles at subsidiary Hotel Plaza Byi Carol Eng UNITED Overseas Land (UOL) last year swung back strongly into the black with a $71.7 million profit, from a loss of $4.1 million previously. This came despite a 29
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      Lock icon Flextech earnings up 27% on industry rebound
      388 4  -  Growth in group's 3 w»in businesses lifts sales 59% to $286 m By Audrey Tan A STRONG electronics recovery led Flextech Holdings to post a 27 per cent jump in aftertax profits to $13.2 million, as its distribution and semiconductor products and services
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Uraco wrt: momentum in its favour, but tread with care
      193 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THE list of top percentage gainers yesterday was liberally peppered with penny warrants, so perhaps this is where the focus should shift for now since momentum seems to be favouring these counters. One of the
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      462 6 Stocks Vduwi NOL 26,880,000 Fasteeh US10c 22,017,000 IPCCorpn5c 21,273,000 Kyoaha HK50c 17,066,000 GoM*on20c 14,712,000 STEnoo 10c 12,116,000 DBSLand 11,567,000 MedtaWnglOc 11.466,000 Ionics P$1.00 *****,000 MM» HkJgs 100 10,413,000 Stocks PadBcCartury 02,317,300 DBSQip 46,821.067 UO0 38,045.642 NOL 30.068.140 SW 28,578,600 DBS Land.... 27,063,950 SPH 27.256.331 STEnflQlOc 23,656,511 Fes»scnUS10c 23,415,069 TACBM0200 22,712,318
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      Lock icon Bank, property and GLC stocks stage comeback
      535 6  -  I comment STOCKS r.sivanithy OLD economy stocks of banks, property and government-linked companies today resumed the recovery that began last Friday, after stalling on Monday. A 5.5 per cent rebound in Taiwanese stocks apparently provided the spark that triggered the inflow of money,
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      Lock icon NOL within near-term reach of $1.30
      250 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Wong Wei Kong Shares of national shipping line Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) rebounded smartly yesterday, with the stock finishing as the session's most active stock and among the biggest gainers. NOL shares closed up 19 cents or 18 per cent at
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      148 6 SESDAQ-LISTED healthcare group Asia Medic Ltd has appointed substantial shareholder and medical specialist Dominic Er Kong Kkwig its director and chief executive officer. Former director and CEO Ronnie Tan moves over to focus fully (Hi Asia Medic's 60-per-cent owned Internet-based healthcare -I|_. portal, Health Who.com. Europe boss Dennis
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      31 6 Looking for a forum to talk stocks? Chatline is the place to be. Find us at http //loldbscom sg/ 83 DBS BANK Larry Wee's currencies column appears on Pace 36 .^1
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      2195 7 TAncHonc Tan Chong International Limited (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) N R A^ R f^f ULTS FINAL DIVIDEND 3 1£££ Di xs rec n, d 1 <*"c— f-*« 1999. for tne year ended 3 December on the shares in issue absorbing a toul of HKJ50.400.000, which will be payable
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      344 10 HITACHI INN -4 Dynamic Asia uses innovative Hitachi t to produce high-end wafers that are tran§i(|rmed to men £.Mf&-: M 4 ijs *^T'Je*fjm' -<^1 Jfl J&-'w jp JM| R v T» V m >::•. ?%aAlfe-i $F Jm ><%' Dragon a symbol of dynamism and Some 25,000 such wafers are produced
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      141 11 INNOVASIA a uses innovative Hitachi technology it are transformed to memory chips for world export t SNk Hl' M ,«< ■KSlk sl v. i jti rafers are m 1 IJ J Wm**' «B i^i pat enables-'-mass -~*v- mm V Id's smallest chip W w J rucial in the highly- 1
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      Lock icon Donovan in tie-up to develop 64-bit Chinese Linux software
      353 12  -  With 6,000 simplified Chinese characters, it will do away with need for translation By. Andrew Wee HOMEGROWN information technology developer Donovan Systems has teamed up with China's national computer research and development agency the Chinese Academy of Science Institute of Software
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      Lock icon No 1 Swede IT firm's big Asia-Pac plans
      326 12  -  By- Andrew Wee SWEDEN'S largest IT services company, AU-System AB, opened its Asia-Pacific headquarters here yesterday and plans to launch 1,000 wireless services by yearend, its senior executives said yesterday. Working with local partners including content providers and infocomm operators, a key
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      Lock icon New A-G to take office on April 1
      191 12 CHUA Geok Wah will replace Goh Khee Kuan as accoun-tant-general on April 1. Mr Goh will return to the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, from which he has been seconded to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) for five years. In this period,
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      Lock icon Stanchart and PacNet team up to offer online banking
      304 12  -  eMoney portal targeted for launch next month By Ling Su Ann STANDARD Chartered Bank is tying up with Pacfusion.com, a Pacific Internet subsidiary, to offer a range of online banking services. A joint statement from the two yesterday said that Pacfusion's
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      Lock icon International housing conference in May
      151 12 THE Housing Development Board (HDB) will organise a three-day International Housing Conference in May, to be opened by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. The event will be held from May 24-26 at Suntec City, and will be attended by 400 policy-makers, government officials and professionals
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      Lock icon Asia Life, Zurich Life tailor product for expats here
      353 12 ASIA Life Assurance has teamed up with Zurich Life Insurance to launch Singapore's first group insurance product targeted at expatriate working staff. Known as Expatriate Employee Benefits Cover, the product offers group term life, group personal accident and group disability income
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      Lock icon Pawnshop pledges see a dip in '99
      339 12  -  3 on the economy consumer finance Byi Anna Teo THIS may be the age of innovative consumer finanrp and Internet banking, but one old-world financial activity that thrives in adversity continues to hold its own. Reflecting the pick-up in the economy last year,
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Lock icon Freebies with ABN Amro home loan
        132 12 ABN Amro Bank has added freebies to its home loan package. Borrowers will get either free travel vouchers or shopping vouchers for electrical goods worth up to $5300. The free vouchers wUI be given over three years to encourage borrowers not to redeem their
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        Lock icon NTU master's in microelectronics
        61 12 NANYANG Technological University will launch a new Master of Science programme in Microelectronics at its School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Targeted at professionals in the wafer fabrication industry, the programme wUI run in the evenings, with classes for each subject to be held mice a
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        Lock icon TDB donates design books to public
        62 12 THE Trade Development Board has donated nearly 7,000 reference books, magazines and videos on various design disciplines to the National Library Board, giving members of the public easy access to this material. The collection, one of the region's largest, was previously housed at the
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      322 13 Sun Tzu's Art of Business "Order and tranquility is the way to control your mind. Rest and rejuvenation is the way to control your strength. On our Day Flights to London, Relax with the Inspired Inflight Entertainment. For better work, it is sometimes best not to work at all. In
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      Lock icon Indemnity clause should be deleted
      222 14  -  CPF AGENT BANKS Elsie Tan Singapore IN ALL of the CPF Board's and the agent banks' responses regarding the CPF Investment Scheme, two issues have not been addressed. The agent banks' standard CPF-approved letter to CPF investment account-holders requires holders to authorise a "Standing Instruction
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      Lock icon Time for CPF to review role of agent banks
      165 14  -  Christopher Leong Singapore IT is time for the CPF Board to review the role of agent banks pertaining to members' usage of CPF funds for investments. I am sure that in the age of operating with powerful computer systems, the CPF
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      Lock icon Why not let foreign banks be agents too?
      219 14  -  Ong Chong Beng Singapore IN the liberalisation of financial markets, I cannot fathom why the cost of share investments cannot be lowered for CPF members. What is the reason for selecting only local banks as agent banks for share investments? It seems
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      Lock icon URA will seek views on Concept Plan
      141 14  -  Ang Hwee Suan WE refer to the article "A bias towards landed housing" (BT, March 21) by Lee Han Shih. The 16,400 hectares of land safeguarded for housing is for a projected population of 5.5 million. It includes the existing 10,000 hectares of
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      Lock icon Lum Chang still accepting Clob forms
      157 14  -  Young Pak Nang I REFER to the report "Brokers are sweating to meet Clob deadline" (BT, March 16). The report said: "Brokers at Lum Chang Securities, for example, stopped accepting more documents from clients after yesterday, fearing there would not be enough time to
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      537 14 ENG SOON SHIPPING PTE LTD (In Vol. Liquidation) FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50) that the Final General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company will be held at the Office of M/s Wee Seng Tiong Co., 1 Coleman
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      435 14 You can e-mail us at bttetterQsph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or mail your letter to The Business Times, Times House, 390Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. Please give your full name, address and telephone number. THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) THE COMPANIES REGULATIONS SECTION 210,211,227 M AND 227N/REGULATIONS 28(1), 58,60
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      488 14 ACER COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) LOST WARRANT CERTIFICATE Warrant certificate no. *****2 covering 29,000 warrants in the name of Liu Ying-Kuang Ann has been reported lost, mislaid or destroyed. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a new warrant certificate will be issued and the original warrant certificate will be
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      399 14 THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) THE COMPANIES REGULATIONS SECTION 210,211,227 M ANO 227N/REGULAHONS 28(1), 58,80 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL MANAGERS TO DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF COMPANY TO ATTEND FIRST MEETING OF CREDITORS/ NOTICE OF JUDICIAL MANAGERS' MEETING OF CREDITORS Nmh of Company i Katoog Emporium Supermarket Pte Lid (Judicial Managers Appointed)
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      406 14 THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) THE COMPANIES REGULATIONS SECTION 210,211,227 M AND 227N/REGULADONS 28(1), 58,60 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL MANAGERS TO DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF COMPANY TO ATTEND FIRST MEETING OF CREDITORS/ NOTICE OF JUDICIAL MANAGERS' MEETING OF CREDITORS Nam* of Company Emporium Department Store Pte Ltd (Judicial Managers Appointed) Company
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      399 14 THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) THE COMPANIES REGULATIONS SECTION 210,211,227 M AND 227N/REGULATIONS 28(1), 58,60 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL MANAGERS TO DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF COMPANY TO ATTEND FIRST MEETING OF CREDITORS/ NOTICE OF JUDICIAL MANAGERS' MEETING OF CREDITORS Name Of Company Oriental Restaurant Pte Ltd (Judicial Managers Appointed) Company No
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      425 14 IN THE MATTE* OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP SO AND IN THE MATTH OF AGRO-COMMODITIES PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the ■WW—d Company duly convened and held at 79 Anion Road #22-01 *****6 on 18th March 2000 at 10.00 a.m. the Special Resolution
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      323 14 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 90 POWER 4 CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Al an ExtroordmaryGonerol Meeting of obovonomed Company duly convened and held gill Jqtan Matin #03Q0 Standard Industrial luJdeig Singapore 3AMI3 on 17th March 2000 a# 10.00 am, the Mowing Kosolutions were duty poised:
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      631 15 The Tech Group we PROVIDE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS y. Conserving the J® Environment ***** for Future r$ Generations Tech Group Singapore, a division of The Tech Group Inc., USA, is a market leader in the precision injection molding of small to medium plastic components for the electronics, W consumer and medical
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      Lock icon Yahoo! starts B2B market listing service
      213 16 NEW YORK Reuters INTERNET media company Yahoo! Inc on Monday said it would launch a directory of the ever-increasing number of online marketplaces of business supplies, materials and equipment. Yahoo! said its new site, Yahoo! 828 Marketplace, would feature more than 48,000 initial listings
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      Lock icon B2B race set to reshape competitive landscape
      647 16 LONDON Computer and software firms battling for pole position as new exchanges emerge FT MOMENTUM is building rapidly in business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce, and computer and software companies are battling for pole position in a race that could determine the next generation of IT
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      Lock icon Actor Orbach seeks law and order after eBay leaks his Social Security number
      292 16 PEOPLE AP Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Actor Jerry Orbach is seeking some law and order himself he has filed a lawsuit blaming Internet auction site eßay for letting his Social Security number spill into cyberspace. Mr Orbach, the
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      Lock icon Leading banks, energy firms form Net exchange
      342 16 LONDON Market will trade energy, metals and other commodities Reuters SEVEN leading banks and energy concerns announced yesterday they had joined forces to launch an online electronic market for trading over-the-counter (OTC), or cash energy, metals and other commodities. Based in Atlanta, the
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      716 16 TOKYO Move comes after a slow start in Internet strategy Reuters TOSHIBA Corp moved to cast off its image as an Internet laggard yesterday, announcing a three-year drive to transform itself into an in-fo-tech leader. The plan underlined the electronics manufacturer's
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      236 16 DALLAS Bloomberg COMPUSA Inc, the largest US computer superstore, shuttered its Cozone.com Web site five months after its debut following disappointing online sales of personal computers and other technology products. CompUSA has folded Cozone.corn's operations into its CompUSA.com site in the hope of
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        107 16 IBM un veils faster chips Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp, the world's largest computer maker, unveiled computer memory chips that it said can send twice as much data to a microprocessor as current products. Memory enhancements speed up the performance of processors. IBM's servers, which run networks
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        107 16 Bloomberg [MOUNTAIN VIEW, California] Shares of Rambus Inc, whose products make computer chips faster, fell 20 per cent after a popular Web site criticised its technology, an analyst said. Rambus shares fell US$76 39/64 to US$3l7 1/64 in Nasdaq Stock Market trading after touching
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        110 16 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Amazon.com Inc, the biggest Internet retailer, said it invested US$6O million (*****.6 million) in online home delivery service Kozmo.com Inc to let customers receive orders within an hour. Kozmo will be an option for some book, music and toy orders, Amazon.com said. Amazon.com
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        113 16 AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] Network Thailand chief executive Rolf Lindstrom said the company will launch Thailand's first free Internet service provider (ISP) in May. He said the system's proprietary software was developed at a cost of more than US$B million (5513.7 million). "We expect the service to
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        96 16 Bloomberg [VEVEY, Switzerland] Nestle SA and rival Danone SA plan to set up a European Internet marketplace for consumer goods companies by July. Through the exchange, which will link buyers with suppliers, companies will be able to purchase and sell online, allowing them to cut
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        94 16 Bloomberg [HAMILTON, Bermuda] Global Crossing Ltd, which is building an undersea cable network for telephone and Internet service, said it filed with US regulators to sell as much as US$B billion (5113.7 billion) of its securities in the next two years. The shelf registration
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      1129 17  -  FAST By following their instincts rather than going by the book, the founders of WizOffice.com have grown their start-up faster than even they expected. KENMETB JAMBS has the details KENNETH JAMES TALK about confidence. On Aug 27 last year, just three days after
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      589 18 EDITORIAL INDONESIA'S slow progress towards rebuilding its devastated economy is in danger of going off the rails unless the government works out a way to improve its bankruptcy court system. While the macroeconomic picture of the country is far more stable compared with just six month ago,
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      928 18  -  EU summit this week set to launch initiatives for more dynamic region By Shada Islam The writer is a Brussels-based journalist who contributes to BT EUROPEAN Union governments, worried by the bloc's yawning innovation and Internet gap with the United States, are
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      179 18 SCMP, March 21 HE'S medical woes STORIES of junior doctors working to the point of collapse because of long hours are a familiar problem. But there can be few places other than Hongkong where hospitals use medical students so often to carry out routine tasks more
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      435 19  -  N&luri, in which he owns 51%, to sell some of its 29% stake in national carrier From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN tycoon Tajudin Ramli's stake in Malaysia Airlines will be diluted within a month. C Rajandram, chairman
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      156 19 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S central bank will release its 1999 annual report on March 29, a bank official said. Bank Negara Malaysia's report is expected to provide a host of economic data including forecasts for economic growth. "We'U give more details about the
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        127 19 THE current outcry over the posting of banking documents on the Internet by disgruntled employees has not dampened the share price of Commerce Asset-Holding Bhd, the listed parent of Bumiputra-Commerce Bank. The counter rose 40 sen to 10.50 Malaysian ringgit yesterday. An analyst said the group win now
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        69 19 NALURI Bhd, which owns 29 per cent of national carrier Malaysia Airlines, eased 2 sen to RM1.58 despite news that its debt reorganisation plan will be completed within one month. One condition is that Naluri, which is 51 per cent controlled by Tajudin Ramli, will have to
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        82 19  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh THE share price of Pica Corporation may ease further after it aborted a deal last week to invest in Kalan Gold, a Colorado-based multimedia company. Pica shed 36 sen to RM4.10 yesterday. Pica has dropped 20 per cent within two days. But there
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      377 19 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg. MALAYSIA'S securities regulator win let investors trade, get advice on investments, and receive share prospectus on the Internet to help bring the country on a par with technological advances in developed markets. "We cannot halt the tide in technological advancement.
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      237 19 U KUALA LUMPUR Bernama DIVERSIFIED Johor Corporation Bhd (JCorp) plans to seU off up to 25 per cent of its stakes in 66 non-core business subsidiaries to its staff under its entrepreneur scheme. Its chief executive officer Muhammmad Ali Hashim said these
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      236 19 KULIM Bernama COME August, all the 8,000 Intel Malaysia employees and retirees will get a personal computer each as part of Intel Corporation's plan to offer computers to its 70,000 employees worldwide. Intel Malaysia managing director and vice-president Wong Siew
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      471 19 KUALA LUMPUR RM7Ob to RMIOOb of sour loans cleaned up Reuters. MALAYSIA'S corporate debt restructuring agency said yesterday that it would finish its work by the third quarter of this year. The agency urged firms to improve corporate governance and disclosure to avoid another
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      807 22  -  The surge of interest in dot-com companies has made significant impact in stock markets in Asia boosting new economy share prices to record levels... NEW DELHI Valuations boggle brokers, who still see role for bricks-and-mortar firms By\ Rajendra Bajpai IN India,
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      544 22  -  KUALA LUMPUR Stock market unlikely to see major structural changes in short term By] Eddie Toh MALAYSIA has caught the Internet fever but there's still a long way to go to transform the country Into a knowl-edge-based economy, say analysts. This
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      690 22  -  TAIPEI Old economy firms are jumping onto new economy bandwagon By\ Macabe Keliher THERE is no better illustration of how important Taiwan is in the global technology link than the impact last year's earthquake had on global stock markets. "The earthquake sent
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      744 23  -  ...Yet some markets are not seeing the gains as companies and investors prefer to seek their fortunes beyond their home boundaries MANILA Local companies seek listings for their IT ventures elsewhere in Asia By, Al Labita WHILE Asian economies are showing signs of
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      527 23  -  JAKARTA Too few dot-coms and continuing political woes keep funds away By Shoeb Kagda INVESTORS who had betted on the Jakarta stock market were badly hit in the past two months. While stock markets in Singapore, Hongkong and Malaysia have
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      612 23  -  BANGKOK Absence of tech stocks and delay in IT 2000 plan drive away investors Hy\ Harish Mehta THAILAND'S stock market, dominated by "old economy" stocks, is paying the price for its lack of glamorous Internet and tech stocks. This has raised fears that
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      381 24 Creditors offered 95% of Bakrie Bros in debt swap JAKARTA More talks with creditors and court approval needed to finalise the deal Reuters INDONESIA'S Bakrie family yesterday offered creditors 95 per cent of their shares in highly indebted conglomer•r ate Bakrie Brothers as part of a debt restructuring deal. The
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      191 24 JAKARTA AFX-Asia THE Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) has set a March 31 deadline for 48 finance companies to submit debt restructuring plans, Ibra loan workout and collection group head Andreas Bunanta said. "Forty eight debtors are in the process of preparing restructuring
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      296 24 3BT MANILA ItH charge at least five people for share price manipulation Reuters THE Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission j has clear evidence to charge least five people in the BW Corp price manipulation case, the corporate chief investigator %said yesterday. "The
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      58 24 [BALI] Workers labelling wine bottles at Hatten Wines on the island ofßali. The only winery in the world's largest Muslim nation continues production amid slumping sales recently as foreign tourists, Hatten s main customers, stayed away following the bloody crisis in Ekist Timor and a wave
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      Lock icon Philippines' Metrobank unlikely to meet 5b peso profit target this year
      458 24 MANILA Analysts say poor lending and higher NPLs will limit earnings despite acquisitions Reuters PHILIPPINES' Metropolitan Bank and Trust Corp (Metrobank) is unlikely to hit its 5 billion peso (*****.5 million) profit target for 2000 after worse-than-ex-pected 1999 earnings,
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      Lock icon Bank Bali probe: travel ban on ex-minister Tanri
      569 24  -  He faces farther investigations into alleged involvement in USsBom scandal From I Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta FACED with intense pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to satisfactorily resolve the Bank Bali scandal, the Indonesian government announced on Monday that it has
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      210 24 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAILAND disqualified 40 per cent of the winners in the first direct Senate election and ordered new polls within two months, citing allegations of vote-tampering. Of the 200 senators elected in two weeks ago, 78 were disqualified, including the wives of the
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        67 24 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai skytrain operator Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) has filed a proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission to float 400 million shares in an initial public offering, The Nation newspaper said yesterday. The daily said BTS, which registered the issue proposal with the
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        38 24 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's state-controlled PT Bank Mandiri said it expects to reap US$l.5 billion (552.6 billion) from an initial public offering (IPO) planned to be held late this year or early next year.—Reuters
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        54 24 Bloomberg [HONOLULU] The Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corp, the Asian arm of HSBC Holdings pic, is near an agreement to buy Bangkok Metropolitan Bank, said Hongkongßank chairman David Eldon. Talks are in the final stages, he said. "Still, no agreement has yet been
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        72 24 AP [MANILA] San Miguel Corp, a leading Philippine food and beverage conglomerate, said yesterday it is looking at other business opportunities where it can use its huge cash pile generated from recent asset sales. San Miguel issued the statement following a report in the Manila-based
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      480 25 HONGKONG Analysts see benchmark index rising 12% this year Reuters A STRONG rebound in the Hongkong economy, moderate interest rate rises and an upturn in the real estate market are forecast to lift Hongkong's Hang Seng Index by a modest 12 per cent
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      Lock icon Cheung Kong likely to post HK$65b profit
      429 25 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd is expected to report tomorrow a 1999 net profit of HK564.9 billion (5514.3 billion) to HK567.5 billion, boosted by an exceptional gain of HK$54 billion to HK$65 billion following Hutchison Whampoa Ltd's sale of its Orange pic
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      Lock icon Taiwan lifts ban on direct China links
      470 25 TAIPEI Offshore islands allowed to have trade, transport, postal links with mainland in symbolic move Reuters TAIWAN'S parliament yesterday dropped a five-decade ban on direct trade, transport and postal links with mainland China, opening exchanges between offshore islands and Chinese cities. It was
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      Lock icon Analysts see little immediate relief in sight for Nasdaq index
      602 26 NEW YORK Investors now prefer something safe such agft bine chips LAT-WP, NYT TflE once red-hot index, Nasdaq Composite, gave investors the jitters again on Monday with its third-biggest pQint drop ever and analysts see little immediate relief in sight.
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      551 26 NEW YORK Reuters SHARES of Internet companies slumped across the board on Monday amid concerns that many of the onetime high flyers are burning up their cash and either won't survive on their own or will be taken over in fire-sale
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      454 26 NEW YORK Bloomberg IT looked like a money-making formula: an Internet company, a bull market in stocks and Goldman Sachs Co, Wall Street's leader in taking businesses public. For investors, though, 1-800-Flowers.com Inc was a money-loser from the start.
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        67 26 Bloomberg b [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs Group Inc's fiscal i first-quarter earnings rose 67 per cent, as a boom in technology stocks swelled revenue from trading and underwriting. Profit from operations at the fifth largest US securities firm for the quarter ended Feb 29 rose
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        69 26 AFP, Reuters [FRANKFURT] France Telecom is considering buying all of Mobilcom, the third biggest independent telephone company in Germany, and not just a minority stake as previously speculated, the business daily Handelsblatt reported yesterday. Without quoting sources, it said that Mobilcom boss Gerhard Schmid and
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        85 26 AFP [FRANKFURT] Business confidence in Germany rose to the highest levels for about nine years on rising prospects for the world economy and relative weakness of the euro, data showed yesterday. The west German business climate index, as calculated by the Ifo economics research
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        63 26 Bloomberg [LONDON] The value of European mergers and acquisitions in the retail industry soared by 60 per cent in 1999 and the UK dominated the market, according to research published by PricewaterhouseCoopers. A total 0f575 agreements to a value of US$4l billion (5570.1 billion)
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        Lock icon UBS plans 2-for-1 stock split, US listing
        79 26 Bloomberg [ZURICH] ÜBS AG said it's planning a 2-for-l stock split to cut the share value to 10 Swiss francs from 20 and make it more affordable as the world's largest asset manager prepares for a New York Stock Exchange listing in June.
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      376 26 FRANKFURT Reuters, AFP GERMAN car maker BMW AG yesterday dismissed a report that its chairman Joachim Milberg is to be ousted after only 13 months in office because of pressure from the company's dominant shareholder to replace him. Stern magazine reported that the
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      257 26 WASHINGTON Reuters THE US trade deficit kept expanding in the new year, rising to a record US$2B billion (5548.1 billion) in January as oil prices surged and imports from Canada, China and other nations flooded the US market, the Commerce Department
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      514 26 WILV.UIW visit DELHI Reuters, AFP INDIA and the United States yesterday said they will set up a co-ordinating group to work towards greater understanding on economic issues and increase trade and investment between the two countries. A joint "vision
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      442 27  -  From Ravi Kanth in Geneva ECUADOR, the world's largest banana producer, scored an unprecedented success in its trade war with the European Union (EU) last week when a World Trade Organization arbitration panel ruled that Brussels should pay the Latin American country
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      508 27 It says Liffe will provide computer system for derivatives trading on the new exchange Reuters [LONDON] London's Liffe derivatives exchange is poised to participate in the merger announced on Monday of the Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels stock exchanges, the Times reported yesterday. The newspaper
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      507 27 PEOPLE Bloomberg [CHARLOTTE] Bank of America Corp chairman and chief executive, Hugh McCoil, took home US$76 million (*****.6 million) last year, mostly in stock and options, making him the most highly paid US bank head among the top 10 which have reported annual compensation.
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      439 27 LUDWIGSHAFEN. Germany Bloomberg BASF AG, Europe's largest chemicals maker, agreed to buy American Home Products Corp's farm chemicals unit for US$3.B billion (556.5 billion) in cash, a person familiar with the situation said. The sale price, more than the US$3 billion
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      262 27 ■TOKYO Public offering is second biggest in Japan Bloomberg ORACLE Corp Japan yesterday started the sale of 9.7 million shares, valued at up to US$B.74 billion (Ssls billion), as it moved its stock to the Tokyo Stock Exchange from the
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      226 27 TOKYO Bloomberg HONDA Motor Co, Japan's No 2auto producer, said if s moving ahead with plans to be the first automaker to sell cars with a collision-avoidance system alter the government approved tests of its technology on Japan's roads. Honda is vying with
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      235 30  -  SOX Derivatives TradingReports MS& Singapore Index Daphne Tay Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stockmarket closed sharply higher yesterday, boosted by bargain-hunt-ing in so-called "old economy" stocks in the banking and property sectors, brushing aside the 12.5 basis points hike in the threemonth Singapore interbank
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      Lock icon Futures surge 11% as Taiwan stocks rebound
      299 30  -  HSCSK Taiwan Mores Kelly Loh Refco Singapore THE Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index staged its biggest rally in eight months on the back of easing tensions between China and Taiwan, as well as by foreign buying. The Taiwan Weighted Stock Index surged
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      176 30 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oil prices steadied yesterday having plunged from historic highs in the last two weeks on signals that major exporters will ease supply curbs next month. International benchmark Brent Blend crude oil futures for May delivery recovered 30 US cents to
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      327 30 Reuters London THE US dollar was pinned in narrow trading ranges against the euro and yen early yesterday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) decision on US interest rates. Euro/US dollar gleaned some comfort earlier from a stronger-than-expected German Ifo business climate survey but has since
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      2797 31 HONGKONG AFP QBuigSaig -34.48 HONGKONG'S shares fell 0.2 per cent in subdued trade yesterday on expectations of another rise in US interest rates later in the day and caution over Taiwan-China relations, dealers said. "The sentiment has been affected by worries over a
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      1959 31 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 +36JM SHARE prices in Tokyo closed 0.2 per cent higher yesterday as some high-tech issues held their ground despite a fall the previous day in the technology-heavy US Nasdaq index, brokers said. The key Nikkei 225 Average Index closed at 19,602.36,
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      993 31 Reuters D Shenzhen Blndez -0.39 CHINA'S B shares closed down slightly in thin trade yesterday and brokers said most investors had deserted the hard currency market although worries over recent China-Taiwan tensions were no longer a key factor. The shares also registered little reaction to a decision by Taiwan's
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      361 31 AFP QWP Index +468.43 TAIWANESE stocks soared 5.5 per cent yesterday as government support and bargain prices helped investors overcome fears about China's reaction to the election of pro-independence Chen Shuibian as president. Reversing an opening fall and defying gloomy forecasts, the key Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index
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      437 32 AFP, AFX-Asia fl Composite Into +10.79 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.2 per cent higher yesterday on modest buying support from foreign investors for selected blue chips, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 10.79 points at 939.50. The second board
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      277 33 AFP HOwnpoate Index +ML9O THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 12.90 points or 1.5 per cent at 863.41. Volume was 226.2 million shares worth 2.7 trillion won.—AFP ■Mrll Anom S»ml ***** uncti Brim Toch 1695 -145 Contral Bonk 2540 -160 Clwil Comm *****0 ***** 0* Gu Ban*
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      285 33 AFP Q Composite Index -5,67 PHILIPPINE share prices dipped 0.3 per cent yesterday ahead of a rate-setting meeting by US monetary officials and the submission of a report on a domestic insider trading scandal. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index shed 5.67 points to 1,651.40.— AFP (OOP) MRCANIed 0.70
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      277 33 AFP QNZSE-40 +34.60 NEW Zealand's shares ended on their highs yesterday, up 1.7 per cent largely on gains by Telecom Corp, but with support from Brierley Investments Ltd. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 34.60 points to 2,018.26 on turnover of NZ$7B million.—AFP m*2i «s row) Advantage HQS 4.90 0.05
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      592 33 AFP O All Ordinaries +14J AUSTRALIAN share prices closed up 0.4 per cent yesterday, with gains in a few major stocks outweighing weakness in the resources sector and most banks, brokers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's benchmark All Ordinaries Index closed 14.1 points higher at 3,242.2. The All Resources
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      773 33 AFP P SET lata .2.73 THAI share prices lost 0.7 per cent yesterday as investors dumped Thai Petrochemical Industry stock which was traded for the first time since the firm was ruled insolvent, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed down 2.73 points at 398.26, while
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      653 33 AFP Q Composite Index -SJI INDONESIAN share prices closed one per cent lower yesterday in thin trade amid a lack of incentives and an absence of foreign investors, dealers said. A dealer with a regional brokerage said the market was dominated by speculative play by domestic investors. "The absence
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      942 36  -  Mlcomment CURRENCIES Longer-term players should set initial targets at around 551.7250-551.73 larry wee THE US dollar survived a trial by fire over the last week, and emerged relatively unscathed. Currency markets since then have, however, remained on delicate hold, in anticipation of another interest rate
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      714 36  -  Thailand not out of the woods despite court rating on Thai Petrochemical By\ Brian Verlaan ON the surface, Asia's domestic fixed income markets appeared subdued last week. However, one must not be lulled into a false sense of security, as there are many
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      351 36 Money Matters will take a break next week and resume on April 5 on your Singapore Dollar Deposit In a Citibank Premium Deposit,** you have the option of investing in two world currencies at the same time. This unique pairing could potentially v 1 give you 10% p.a* interest or
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      41 36 The author is head of fixed income strategy at Standard Chartered Bank. This article is an excerpt from Asian Fixed Income Strategy Weekly. It is not an invitation to invest BTand its contributors will not be held liable in any way
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      286 37 Reuters Bridge News CAPESIZE and handysize rates remained broadly unchanged worldwide but there were some signs that panamax rates for March positions slipped a little despite a high turnover of fixtures in the Atlantic. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell two points to 1,628, while Baltic Panamax Index
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      402 37  -  It issued misleading statements to inflate share price, suit alleges By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Cruise operator Carnival Corporation, already sailing in rough waters, is now facing a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of purchasers of its stock. A range of lawsuits alleges that
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      762 37  -  STRAIT TALK By\ Seafarer WHEN Intertanko's managing director Dagflnn Lunde chairs the afternoon session of the Quality Shipping seminar to be held in Singapore this week, he can be forgiven for seeing a degree of irony in the situation. It is certainly appropriate that he
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      56 37 [XIAMEN] The container ship Uni-Pioneerfrom Taiwan unloading its cargo at the Dongdu dock of Xiamen Port in east China's Fujian province. The container-handling capacity between Xiamen harbour and Kaosiung port of Taiwan reached 49,453 standard containers for the first two months of this year, up 46.34 per
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      332 37  -  By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The e-com-merce environment heated up a few more degrees yesterday with the launch of a new Integrated e-logistics portal. The portal, known as Fusion Hub.com (www.fiisionhub.com) is touted by its creator Ace Fusion.com as the first in Asia to offer logistics management
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        1221 38  -  Georgette Lalis, the top EC official dealing with maritime matters, is one of the most powerful women in shipping > By Bob Jacques The writer is features editor of Seatrade Review THE European Commission's director for maritime transport realises that to many shipowners
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        194 51 AprS Taiwan: Women Children's Day. Apr 4 Hongkong:Ching Ming Festival. Indonesia: Hari Raya Nyepi. Taiwan: Ching Ming Festival. Apr S Korea.- Arbor Day. AprS Indonesia: Muslim New Year. Malaysia First Day of Muslim Calender. AprS Philippines.: Day of Valour. Apr 90 New Zealand: Market Holiday, Stock Exchange Closes
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        709 51 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranee* in US dollar* instead of tingle price* for a more comprehensive description of the market Price* shown are based on average sised stem Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index chance and the
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        388 52 Families of 94 victims want to renegotiate U*****,000 settlement that they each receive Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korean Air Co, South Korea's largest carrier, will face more compensation claims from the families of those killed in a 1997 jet crash on Guam, according
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        51 52 [RENTON, Washington] Boeing employee Michael Beremann (right) gets a hug from Ron Judd, King County Labor Council, outside Boeing's Renton plant. Members of the Society ofProfessional Engineering Employees in Aerospace held a rally on Monday before returning to work after ending a 404 ay strike.
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        498 52 Reuters [NEW YORK] US Airways Group Inc and its flight attendants' union remained at odds in talks over the weekend and into Monday, while a possible shutdown of the No 6 US airline loomed, sources familiar with the talks said. "They're not making any
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        482 52 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Analysts have voiced some scepticism over the restructuring plans announced by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on Monday which would involve 2,700 job cuts to contain rising costs. Shares in KLM initially jumped 3.74 per cent on the news, but slipped back as the
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      86 48 M RICKMERS-LINIE Ageafc Hap«a-Lloyd (S) Pte Lid Brcakbulk •Oversize \Y 200 Cantooment Road *08-02 Southpoint Project Cargo -Container Singapore *****3 •Heavy-lift Services to: Regular Break-Bulk Project-Service US-Gulf East-Coast (Houston, New Orleans, Savannah, Camden, Baltimore) Europe Med (Alexandria, Savona, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, UK) Interasia (Haiphong, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dalian, Xingang) Loading:
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      501 49 SIN TO SRI LANKA/ INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO MEXICO r US/GULF/EC, RED SEA, INDIA TO SINGAPORE, INDONESIA I I I M I W I W WTI I Ml I B I Mi 1 w. I ISoSSSif/o* 0 5 u/n —vm HOfGH MINfBVA oik —si/S5"~~~ —nwni 1 ——27/97 M/ 03 06/03
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      554 50 VESSEL TH3ER BRIDGE 784N 24 25*03 3042 AM 07-06/04 TIGER METRO 785N 28-29/03 03-06/04 11-12/04 TIGER STAR 786N 31-01/04 06-09 AM 14-15/04 TIGER RHYTHM 787N 04-06/04 10-13/04 18-19 KM I TIGER BRIDGE 788N 07-08/04 13-16/04 *****4 TIGER METRO 789N 11-12/04 17-20/04 25-2604 I IVESSEI^^vS^^SIN^CAL^SII^^I TIGER CREEK 420CN8 22-23/03 2MI/03 09-10/04
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      817 50 Jlk FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS T«l: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesinMngnot.com.tg DIRECT CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO •SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO SANTOS *PIREAUS •RIO DE JANEIRO VALPARAISO *NEW DELHI (Patparganj) •DUBUN 'ALEXANDRIA BANGALORE •LA HAVANA (HAVANA) IZMIR "COCHIN SANTO DOMINGO ISTANBUL BUENOS AIRES FOR BOOKING: *****51/3/6/60/61/62/67/68/69/79 PROJECT SHIPMENT HEAVYUFT CARGO Bobby Lee *****71
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      124 50 Tropical HIPPING LCL FCL CONSOLIDATION Wiildy Idhp wMh Rxad-Doy Arrivals to Mm Caribbean, Central Anwfico, South America and Horido Anguilta Granada St. Barths St. Vincent Antiqua Guatemala St. Croix TortoJa Bahamas Honduras St. Kifts Trinidad Costa Rica Nicoraguaa St. Lucia Turks Coicos Dominica Panama St. Maarton Venezuela El Salvador Dominican
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      118 51 IEGENG K Thunderstorm A Showers y^\ 03,0 "^WMtha!" C (J W ,nc l direction and speed in knots Cloudy Day Weather Wind speed symbols Sea Conditions O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds I 1 Slight, < 1 2m -•—•One halt Heche represents 5 knots
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      25 52 lAS I F. I 111. SWEET REWARD OF 3,000 BONUS ASIA MILES WHEN YOLI JOIN NOW. AND FLY TO lIONC, KONG FOR ONLY $688. A
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      108 52 FAR EAST WEST AFRICA TRADE Increase on Emergency Bunker Additional (EBA) to USDIOO/TEU The under-mentioned shipping lines operating in die Far East West Africa trade wish to inform the Trade that the Emergency Bunker Additional (EBA) will be adjusted to USD 100 per TEU applicable for all shipments to West
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