The Business Times, 28 March 2000

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    18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MIT*(P> 035/12/1999 S i nv 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2000
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    67 1 D *****7 (+70.87) n M U ***** (+23.50) PlaasanmiKES U ***** (+6.90) STOCK MARKET INDICES Monday Change KLSEOOMP mn +18.19 NIKKEI 29J81.93 121* HANG SENG 18J92J6 +**29 SET INDEX 40&24 +4.08 JAKARTA COUP _J*24 +177 MANILA COUP —1,697.26 +1U4 TAIPEI WP1 3,907 £7 >***** SEOUL OOMP 8*71 243
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    76 1 FOSEX BATES USI ss US» 1717 £(US$/8tper£) im 1734 EURO(USf/S$/E) #177 1J77 DM 2.002 <LS7 YEW 1965 LIN RM J.800 1462 HKt 7.786 0JJ1 BAHT 17.74 0.046 RUPUH 7,466 0.023 *syio toounMj FUBB BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 767 JAKARTA JS M BANGKOK 9.58 MANILA X 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50
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    Lock icon Talks with SIA spark suitors' pursuit of AirNZ
    705 1  -  BTUMIII-WJ Even Qantas comes a-wooing but Brierley is in no hurry to sell its stake By Conrad Raj, Surinder Singh THANKS to its talks with Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand has now attracted a number of suitors, including Australia's Qantas Airways. However,
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    Lock icon URA revamps its private property indices
    912 1  -  Weights to be baud on moving averages, not fixed year By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] The Urban Redevelopment Authority has revamped its widely-tracked private property indices, introducing a number of changes aimed at making the indices more accurate. One key change is to weight them
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    Lock icon Oil output hike to be less than 2m bpd
    434 1 All Opec members back rise but figure undecided yet: UAE Bloomberg. Reuters, AFP [VlENNA] All 11 members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries support an increase in oil output in April, the oil minister from the United Arab Emirates said
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      86 1 ptsme Top stories The new economy: are you ready? Mmxt Page NOL proves sceptics wrong with USs94m profit Page 4 IPO veteran leaves DBS Bank to 'get rich'. Pg 4 Creative closes at new high of $63.60. Pgs Six Invesco retail feeder funds launched. Pg 7 AFP net profit dives
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      105 1 Glaring drawback, Pg 14 True to Oscar tradition, elaborate gowns stole the I show. Not ones to miss out K on things, the guys from the M movie South Park joined in Hfti the parade in Los Angeles on Sunday. Trey Parker (7e/r; came in a Jennifer Lopez-style outfit, while
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      138 1 o* mm fZffltetftiyqft)^ In BT's special focus today: How Singapore players will stack up in the coming free-for-all What benefits consumers will reap The innovations that technology will deliver. DANIEL ROTH "Premier" Exclusive Daniel Roth module. The dragging retrograde hour hand advances 210° to return instantly to its point of
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Few like to be bank directors
        107 2 SEEMS being a bank director is really tough in spite of the prestige and fees that go with the position. If you're still not convinced, hear it from the horse's mouth. United Overseas Bank (UOB) chairman Wee Cho Yaw last Friday told reporters who
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        Lock icon Poor timing
        114 2 A NO-NO is to hold your press conference on a Sunday. The Financial Stability Forum, a group of big-shot regulators, called a press briefing here on Sunday to announce its conclusions at the end of its third meeting since its inception. The group held the meeting at 7pm—at
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        18 2 HERE'S an ad that you won't otherwise see, sent in by a helpful reader via e-mail.
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      Lock icon New economy: are you ready?
      806 2  -  DPM Tony Tan drives home the need to gear np for radical change forced by the new economy Reports by\ Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Say goodbye to the steady, incremental change of the "old economy". Get ready for radical change forced by the "new economy". Deputy
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      Lock icon It's lifelong employability, not lifelong jobs
      476 2 Labour market most react to rapid change in business conditions [SINGAPORE] The "new economy" is rewriting the rules in the labour market as well, and that's a challenge that workers, trade unions and policy-makers must face together, Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said last
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      Lock icon 99-yr condo prices rise more than freehold
      561 2  -  Freehold price rise more than leasehold for apartments By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] The government's just-released sub-indi-ces showing private home prices by tenure revealed that prices of 99-year leasehold condominiums and terrace homes last year rose more than their freehold counter- parts but the
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      33 2 Drive to hire mid-careerists continues, Pg 12 He helped change old way of thinking at MAS, Pg 12 The (nil text of Dr Tan's speech is available on BT Online at http://business-times.asial. com.sg
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon NOL proves sceptics wrong with US$94m profit
      690 4  -  It dtes better cost structures, 24% cot in interest bills, growth in logistics By Conrad Raj THERE were more than a few sceptics when Neptune Orient Lines' group president and chief executive officer, Flemming R Jacobs, told a relast year: "I am allergic
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      Lock icon IPO veteran leaves DBS Bank to 'get rich'
      190 4 PEOPLE Bloomberg CHOO Chee Kong, one ofDBS Bank's most experienced bankers, who took more than 100 companies public, said he resigned after 14 years to branch out on his own. As a vice-president of capital markets at South-east Asia's largest bank, Mr
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      Lock icon Lum Chang invests $3m in start-up incubator
      350 4  -  By Teh Hooi Ling LUM Chang Holdings has invested $3 million in the start-up headed by former Star Hub Internet's chief Tan Tong Hai. Mr Tan aims to list the start-up, Asia Pacific (AP) Creation, in Singapore within 18 months. He is also
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      Lock icon S'pore bank stocks set to rise in tandem with US rally
      946 4  -  HocKfTW'^mm siow li sen Shareholders of Singapore banks should soon be able to hold their heads up again if the recent rally In the stock prices of US banks is anything to go by. For the past three months,
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      Lock icon Creative closes at new high of $63.60
      226 5  -  By, Jennifer Lien CREATIVE Technology continued its upward momentum yesterday, rising $4.10 to close at $63.60. The price rise raised chairman Sim Wong Hoo's net worth by some $110 million over the weekend to $1.66 billion and brought Creative's market capitalisation to $6
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      Lock icon CCL stock up 9% in heavy trading
      338 5  -  By Christopher Tan TRADING in Cycle Carriage shares yesterday shot up to five times its recent average levels as a victorious bid for Astra International prompted investors to revisit the "old economy" stock. The stock ended 40 cents or 9 per cent higher
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      Lock icon Six Invesco retail feeder funds launched
      357 7  -  Award-winning fond Manager offers a mix of Asian and global products B& Genevieve Cua US-BASED award-winning fund manager, Invesco, has launched six unit trusts at one shot, signalling its intention to build a strong brand in the fast-growing retail funds market here. Invesco director
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      Lock icon Bex.com moves into Thailand, US, Australia
      336 7  -  By Toh Han Shih BEX.COM, a Singapore electronic commerce company, is extending its expertise to the US, Thailand and Australia. In Thailand, Bex.com, which plans a Nasdaq listing this year, has tied up with Singapore Technologies Telemedia (STT), Loxley Information Holding and AD Venture
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      Lock icon AFP net profit dives 74% to $37m despite revenue jump
      451 8  -  Depreciation, amortisation and borrowing costs cited By. Audrey Tan ASIA Food Properties (AFP) yesterday reported a 74 per cent dive in after-tax earnings to $37 million as depreciation, amortisation and borrowing costs together with huge tax provisions more than wiped
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      Lock icon Ban Joo offers 140m shares at 14.5c each
      277 8  -  By Ling Su Ann BAN Joo Co yesterday launched its initial public offering of 140 million new shares at 14.5 cents each for a listing on the mainboard, making it the first listed textile trader here. Ban Joo, whose IPO represents 25
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      Lock icon Hor Kew Corp plans $25 million IPO
      438 8  -  NEW LISTINGS By Marissa Chew FAMILY-RUN construction and prefab components maker, Hor Kew Corporation, has got in-principle approval for a listing on the ma in board of the Singapore Exchange. Its managing director, Aw Leng Hwee, said the company plans to raise more
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      Lock icon SembCorp Marine unit JTIC to raise $17m
      349 8  -  By Eugene Low ELECTRONICS contract manufacturer Jurong Technologies Industrial Corp (JTIC), which is headed for a mainboard listing, hopes to raise net proceeds of $17.3 million from its initial public offer of 98.65 million shares. JTIC, a subsidiary of SembCorp Marine, is offering
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      Lock icon Frt Links sets up e-logistics complex
      121 8 FREIGHT Links Express Holdings has set up the E-logistics TechnoPark which caters to the development and execution of practical e-logis-tics softwares and systems, and more importantly, the final fulfilment processes. The $40 million seven-storey complex with a gross floor area 0f33,826 sq m is
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      Lock icon Horizon.com and ProcureNet in tie-up
      224 8 HORIZON.COM has partnered US firm Procure Net Inc to provide e-pro-curement solutions in Asia Pacific. In a statement yesterday, Horizon said the joint venture, Procure Net Asia Pacific (PNAP), will connect buyers and sellers, and focus on "blue collar" maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) goods".
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    • EARNINGS Briefs
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        Lock icon Ho Bee profit doubles to $45m
        85 8 PROPERTY developer Ho Bee Investment said its net profit doubled last year to $44.8 million on a 63.8 per cent rise in turnover to $287.6 million. Earnings per share was 9.08 cents, up from 4.61 cents in 1998 while net tangible assets per share
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        Lock icon Berger loss balloons to $15m
        79 8 BERGER International's net loss widened from 1698,000 to $15.5 million for the year ended Dec 31,1999. Turnover fell 30 per cent, and losses per share soared from 0.67 cents to 14.91 cents. Net tangible assets backing per share shrank from 45.68 cents to 30.96 cents.
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        Lock icon Nippecraft earnings down 46%
        74 8 NIPPECRAFT Ltd posted a 46.4 per cent fall in net profit to $2.21 million last year. However, group turnover rose 54 per cent from $78.9 million to $121.5 million, thanks to the new business of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Collins Office International Trading Limited. Earnings per share
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        Lock icon Twinwood loss doubles, turnover falls
        107 8 TWINWOOD Engineering yesterday reported that its net loss doubled from $937,000 in 1998 to $1.85 million last year. It attributed the cause to difficult market conditions. Group turnover also fared poorly, declining by 27 per cent from $9.55 million to $6.97 million. Losses per share
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        Lock icon Better performance from Dovechem
        97 8 DO VECHEM Terminals Holdings posted a 10.6 per cent improvement in net profit from $2.78 million to $3.07 million last year on a 9.6 per cent rise in turnover to $34.5 million. Earnings per share jumped from 2.5 cents to 2.7 cents and net tangible assets
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        Lock icon Tye Soon loss shrinks 94%
        94 8 TYE Soon Ltd yesterday said its full-year net loss shrank 94 per cent to $287,000 on higher sales and margins, a more favourable interest rate environment and a lower provision for doubtful debt. There was a pre-tax profit of $685,000, and an extraordinary loss of
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        Lock icon Eitech returns to black with $9m profit
        104 8 ELTECH Electronics returned to the black in 1996, posting a net profit of $9 million against a $3.6 million loss previously. Turnover rose 36.2 per cent to $174.3 million. Earnings per share was 4.16 cents, against loss per share of 1.77 cents the
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        Lock icon TLB Land rebounds with $6m net
        151 8 TLB Land said yesterday it returned to the black last year, posting a net profit of $6 million against a $71.3 million loss in 1996. Turnover jumped 84 per cent to $33.6 million, accounted for by the sale of all its remaining units in
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        Lock icon Unisteel earnings soar 103%
        71 8 UNI STEEL Technology, which makes fasteners for hard disk drive makers, saw its net profits leap a healthy 103 per cent to $5.1 million last year. The company's turnover grew 64 per cent to $25.7 million. Earnings per share increased from 37.4 cents to 93 cents,
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Airocean gets nod for SGX listing
        42 8 AIR OCEAN Express has received in-principle approval for a listing on the main board of the Singapore Stock Exchange. It said for the year ended March 31,1999, it achieved a turnover of USSS4.B million (Ss94 million).
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        Lock icon Hong Leong group joins FCC Net portal
        123 8 HONG Leong Holdings and its unit across the Causeway, Hong Leong Company (Malaysia), have joined First Capital Corporation in its Internet portal. FCC will hold 40 per cent in MyHome Online, the company which will develop the portal, through its subsidiary, FCC Net.
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        Lock icon Jade Holdings sale completed
        41 8 JADE Technologies said yesterday that the indirect sale of Jade Holdings Pte Ltd to a Citicorp Venture Capital portfolio company has been completed. Jade Holdings controls about 76 per cent of the equity of Sesdaq-listed Jade Technologies.
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        Lock icon Panpac Media.com in $17m deal
        111 8 PANPAC Media.com said yesterday it has struck a deal with Pan Pacific Public Company (PPP) to subscribe for 28.8 million new shares of 25 cents each in PPP, at 00 cents per share or $17.3 million in all. The subscription price is at a 10
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      146 4 0 0 CHANG I AIRPORT WE ARE NOW LOCATED AT TERMINAL ONE ALL SET TO SERVE YOU BETTER. Yes, we are indeed. Our move to Changi Airport 7 s Terminal One benefits you in a host of ways. Wp are now closer to our commercial partner, Qantas, on the route
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      368 5 NEW FROM SINGAPORE'S*! yBE ST- SELLING BRAND ■HHHB l^x. «B^ wards auto world. The new Nissan Cefiro As uncompromising as its predecessor, it sets ever higher standards for the next generation to betterAt its heart lies Nissan's BfeiP*^ U.S. named the unique VQ power plant, the five-time award-winning V 6
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Market stages surprise surge, helped by tech, bank stocks
      547 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy HONGKONG'S Hang Seng Index's 500-odd-point surge, Creative's seemingly unstoppable rise and what could have been a fair amount of first-quarter win-dow-dressing by underperforming funds yesterday helped to lift the Straits Times Index 70.87 points up to 2,217.07. Technology was
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      Lock icon Acma wrts perk up, but share exercise gap calls for caution
      197 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy EVER since it declared its intentions to jump on the Internet bandwagon, electronics and engineering firm Acma's shares have held up pretty well. Those who follow the market closely would also know that its
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      Lock icon MediaRing back above key $1 level
      252 6  -  HOT STOCK Byy Wong Wei Kong SHARES of Mediaßing.com, which provides voice services over the Internet, rose above the psychologically important $1.00 level yesterday and finished as the session's most active issue. Mediaßing shares closed up 17.5 cents or 20 per cent at their
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      172 6 MAYFRAN International will be trading ex-dividend (final dividend of 0.15 of a cent) on July 3. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is on July 6. Date payable is on July 18. SUPER Coffeemix will be trading ex-dividend (first and final dividend of 0.5 of a
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      Lock icon Greenback ends lower to euro, but strengthens against yen
      549 6 AFP [SINGAPORE] The US dollar closed lower to the euro and higher to the yen yesterday day in Singapore trade, dealers said. The common European currency yesterday closed at U550.9760, up from its close last Friday of U550.9712. The euro had
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      469 6 Stocfca Volume MediaRinglOc 36,012.000 GokHron 20c 30,446,000 Fastech US10C 26,048,000 IPC Co»pn 5c 25,115.000 VWw» Capital 25c 19,273,000 CEI5c 18,235,000 MM! Htdgs 10c 17,083,000 NOL 16,047.000 WngboaidUSlOc 12,566,000 tonics P$1.00 11,696,000 Stocks > PadficCentury 83,188,020 DBSGkp 47,776,788 MediaRmg 10c 33,431,105 Fastach US10c 30,962.348 Omni Ind 10c 30,493,880 Kmpp* Corp 28,296,340
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      420 6 NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298J IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF EAGLE CEMENT (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act,
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      374 6 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF FAR EAST PACKAGING HOLDING PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cop. 50, thot a Final Meeting of the Members of
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      280 6 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SIAM CITY CEMENT (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. <IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 that the Final Meeting of Members of the
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      341 6 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF CRUISE EAST (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap 50, that a Final Meeting of the Members of the
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Tony Tan to head Int'l Advisory Council
      402 12  -  Position enables him to better integrate the investment efforts of EDBandNSTB By Kenneth James DEPUTY Prime Minister Tony Tan said yesterday that his appointment as chairman of the Economic Development Board's International Advisory Council (lAC) will enable him to better integrate the investment
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      Lock icon Drive to hire mid-careerists continues
      442 12  -  ADMIN L-j JJJ M J »U«I i. MjM i U1 By Audrey Tan WHILE only a few have taken up the challenge so far, the government has not given up hope on drawing more midcareerists from the private sector into the Administrative Service, Eddie Teo,
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      Lock icon He helped change old way of thinking at MAS
      671 12  -  By Conrad Raj FOR Tharman ShanTmigaratnawi, the deputy managing director (financial supervision) of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, modesty would not be an unnatural "I think we all have to be quite modest about how much we contribute individually. If s
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      Lock icon JTC to set up more technopreneur centres
      194 12 IN WHAT is seen as an added boost to young local start-ups, Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) has announced the setting up of more technopreneur centres to support the growth of technopreneurial talent here. Speaking at the official opening of JTC's Technopreneur Centre yesterday,
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      Lock icon Freehold condo site in Newton for sale
      409 12 Also to be sold are three other residential sites A FREEHOLD condominium development site in the Newton Road area has been put up for sale by the trustee of a private estate. The 75,950-sq-ft site, adjacent to The Spinnaker on Keng Lee Road,
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      Lock icon e001.com heralds free phone calls
      352 12  -  By Teh Hooi Ling THE era of free telephone calls is dawning. A Singapore start-up, eool.com, has launched a free Internet telephony trial service. From its Web site, one can now make free calls to any mobile, office or home phone in Singapore and Hongkong.
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      Lock icon StarHub hopes to distribute up to 70% of Concert services
      373 12 St&rHub will get some new Concert products under deal STARHUB, Singapore's new info-communications company, expects to distribute up to 70 per cent of Concert's global managed networks services in Singapore. Currently, all of the services of Concert the US$7 billion
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      Lock icon 6.4% GDP growth expected in Q1
      302 12  -  By Audrey Tan ECONOMIC forecasters are expecting 6.4 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) expansion for Singapore this quarter, even as they downgrade their estimates for the manufacturing sector's growth. The latest poll by the London-based consultancy, Consensus Economics, found that the mean forecasts
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Lock icon 170,000 file tax returns electronically
        95 12 OVER 170,000 taxpayers have filed their tax return* electronically so far, marking an increase of 40 percent over the same period last year. According to the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, 73 per cent of them used Internet filing, a figure double that of the
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        Lock icon Clarifications
        88 12 IN yesterday's story "Singapore seeks $600 m in biotech investments", we reported that gross expenditure on R&D in the life sciences cluster grew 18 per cent to $2.5 billion in 1996. The National Science Technology Board has clarified that this figure refers to gross spending on 1 R&D in
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      Lock icon Devt charge reflects true value of land
      505 13  -  Ang Hwee Suan (Ms) Head, Public Relations for Chief Executive Officer Chief Planner Urban Redevelopment Authority I REFER to the article by Lee Hon Kiun, "More than just rate increases" (BT, March 16). The policy on development charge (DC) remains unchanged, that is,
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      Lock icon Can SGX clarify disclosure ruling?
      384 13  -  Koh Boon Ooi via Internet IT would be very much appreciated if the Singapore Exchange could help clarify the following. I understand that under the current SGX rule, any single party who owns above 5 per cent of a listed company is required to disclose
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      Lock icon Lift chewing gum ban to please others? What next?
      269 13  -  Ang Peng Seng Singapore I REALLY cannot remember another article published in the local newspapers that is as refreshing as Jaime Ee's "Don't change your image to please a foreigner" (BT, March 24). When a person who lives halfway around the
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon One glaring drawback in URA's new index
      617 14  -  .JRITnTnT^ITI PROPERTY New weigh tage system effectively tones down property price volatility lee han shih THE Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday introduced a new and more comprehensive way to compute its widely-followed property price index. Compared to the old index, it has many advantages,
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      341 15 TWO-FIFTHS of the 80 units of NTUC Choice Homes' Tropical Spring condominium at Simei that were made available over the weekend have been sold. The units were sold at $620 per square foot on average, Peter Ow, residential director of marketing agent Knight
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      430 17 HONGKONG Global Transport eXchange sets its sights on a listing in 18 months Bloomberg, Reuters HUTCHISON Whampoa Ltd, Hongkong's biggest conglomerate, has teamed up with Oracle Corp, the world's largest database-software maker, to develop a global Internet portal for the transportation industry.
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      433 17 NEW YORK Common network for computers and phones will cut costs NYT IT WAS a year ago that John Chambers, chief executive of Cisco Systems, said he wanted the traditional telephone on his desk to be gone in 12 months. That has not
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        107 17 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australia's richest man Kerry Packer (right) plans to raise up to A 1760 million (*****.5 million) through his Fairfax Trust to invest in business-to-business e-commerce companies. It will be the nation's largest ever Internet share offer. Mr Packer's Consolidated Press Holdings
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        76 17 Reuters [LONDON] Banking group Standard Chartered yesterday said it would be ona of the launch partnersJa CFQWw.com, the portal designed for fluid managers anSM corpoi|rtMtotrade foreign exchan®Btanddertottiftv«f online. The British-based bank would contribute an unspecified amount of capital for the launch. CFOWfeb.com is a
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      333 17 MOUNTAIN VIEW, California It will integrate browser technology in its set-top boxes Bloomberg OPENTV Corp, the largest US maker of software for interactive television set-top boxes, is acquiring Spyglass Inc for U552.53 billion (554.3 billion) in stock to gain Internet software for
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      762 18  -  JEUEJHHH •imToiiWrTiTjl OPINION shoeb kagda The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent IT was the biggest corporate takeover in Indonesian history and it had all the makings of a blockbuster movie. The high-stakes negotiations involved two governments, the personal intervention of a president
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      123 18 'We would like to know what price do the Americans consider acceptable? We feel as if we are between a rock and a hard place.' Sheik Sand Noser al-Safaah of Kuwait, as US Congressmen charge that Kuwait has been enriching itself at the expense of US consumers.
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      553 18 EDITORIAL POR a city which prides itself on its efficiency and the quality of its civil service, nothing could have been more embarrassing than the government having to tear down two new high-rise blocks of flats because of shoddy foundation work. Hongkongers were rightly outraged last week
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      959 18  -  It tries to spend its way ont of nation's recession bnt can't convince consumers to do the same By, Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent PITY the "poor" Japanese government. In a country which boasts colossal personal savings of 1,329 trillion
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      773 18  -  COMMENTARY By Paul Krugman The writer is a professor of economics at MIT NYT A LONG time ago, in an economic universe far, far away, people cared about the trade balance. When the United States trade deficit passed US$lOO billion (SII7I billion)
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      172 18 Taiwan's popular will SINCE Chen Shui-bian Is a leader of the Taiwan independence movement, we can understand why China would be wary of him. But he has pledged not to make declarations of independence during his tenure as president.. No matter how much Beijing despises Mr
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      430 19 LONDON lBlamiQ.com targets the USslsob Islamic market; with news, e-commerce as well isi AMiciiw.iai'.M Reuters AN Islamic finance Web site which hopes to become the No 1 Internet portal in the Muslim world went live yesterday. IslamiQ.com will offer a broad
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      339 19 SINGAPORE Point-by-point response on Clob, CIO, water issues THE Singapore government has issued a point-by-point reply to a commentary in Utusan Malaysia which had urged the Malaysian government to issue an ultimatum to Singapore. The commentary by Gamal Nasir Mohammed Ali had
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      149 19 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama THE first draft for the national knowledge-economy (k-econo-my) master plan is expected to be ready by the end of the year, said Malaysian Deputy Minister of Finance Chan Kong Choy yesterday. The k-economy master plan, mooted to facilitate the country's
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        76 19 CAMERLIN Group chalked up 1.20 Malaysian ringgit to RM7.90 yesterday on news that there could be a bidding war for Brierley Investment's 17 per cent stake in Air New Zealand. Cameriin, which is controlled by Malaysian tycoon Quek Leng Chan, owns about 20 per cent in Brierley.
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        74 19 RHB Sakura Merchant Bankers continued to rise yesterday on expectations that it could be linked to its boss Rashid Hussain's recent purchase of a 13 per cent stake in Chemical Company of Malaysia (CCM). RHBSMB gained 46 sen to RM4.48 following news that David
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        93 19  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh TIME Engineering, which owns the massive fibre optic network in Malaysia, continued to hog the limelight, rising 35 sen to RM5.55 yesterday on speculation it'll sell a stake in its telecommunications unit to a foreign investor as early as this week. The Star
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      287 19 KUALA LUMPUR Latent USsBoob Islamic capital in banks in the world Bernama Reuters THE Offshore International Islamic Money Market (IIMM) in Labuan will be launched in October to take advantage of the tremendous market opportunities in Islamic financing globally, said Labuan Offshore
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      402 20 BEIJING Bass in talks to sell 55% stake 4 years after venture was launched FT BASS, the UK's second largest brewer, is set to pull out of a brewing joint venture that came to symbolise the intemperate expectations of some foreign
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      300 20 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA is polishing the jewel of its steel industry, Shanghai Baosteel, for an overseas listing this year with dreams of making the group one of the world's top 500 companies. But wildly popular Internet issues and the
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      459 21 AHMEDABAD, India But he raises concerns over fiscal deficit, pace of economic reforms Reuters INDIA'S economy is sound and it is possible for it to grow 7 to 8 per cent in the current financial year which ends on March 31, Finance
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      188 21 SINGAPORE SOMERSET Holdings yesterday said it would take a 45 per cent stake in a premier, 31storey service apartment in Makati City, Metro Manila its first foray in this city. Together with two Philippine partners, the company will acquire 60 per cent of the
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      336 21 AFP, Reuters [SEOUL] South Korean tycoon Chung Ju Yung yesterday named his filth son Chung Mong Hun as his successor to control the Hyundai Group, the nation's largest business conglomerate, officials said The move was seen as a bid by the Hyundai group
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      148 19 Today's investment opportunity is not just in I.T. It's in I.Q. v M I DBS ASIA KNOWLEDGE FUND A New Economy is emerging. An economy driven by knowledge rather than just pure information. Dynamic groundbreaking companies in kru-Aledge driven industries like information technology, Internet, telecommunications, media, logistics, healthcare and engineering
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      578 22 MOSCOW Stocks fall after hitting 21-month high as investors await firm steps to boost economy Bloomberg, Reuters RUSSIAN stocks fell, snapping early gains, after Vladimir Putin won election as president, with investors saying they'll wait for him to take specific steps to
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      343 22 BRUSSELS They asked for money to be paid to them in various forms: paper AFP THREE former EU commissioners are being quizzed about a British press report that claimed they offered to work as paid lobbyists in Brussels, the European Commission said
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      278 22 LONDON AP MEDIA magnate Rupert Murdoch is the most powerful person in world sport, according to a ranking published yesterday in The Guardian newspaper. The paper said the Australian-born Mr Murdoch's media empire has transformed the way sports around the globe
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      534 22  -  BTia'miuwj Setback conld fan criticism of trade body in US Congress From D Ravi Kanth in Geneva A WORLD Trade Organization panel is set to dismiss a US petition accusing South Korea of discriminating against American companies in the award of
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      492 22 STUTTGART USS2J-billion deal to fetch 20 per cent Asian market for German carmaker Bloomberg DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG. the world's fifth-largest automaker, has agreed to buy a 34 per cent stake in Mitsubishi Motors Corp for US$2.l billion (553.57 billion), boosting its
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      170 22 BOMBAY Reuters, AFN AUSTRALIAN media tycoon, Kerry Packer, yesterday launched a US$25O million (S$42S million) venture capital fund along with a few Indian investors, barely three weeks after his US$2OO million investment in an Indian telecom firm. The fund will invest in Indian infbtech and
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        76 22 Reuters [PARIS] French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin appointed his main rival, former premier Laurent Fabius, as finance minister yesterday In a Cabinet reshuffle aimed at giving a second wind to his faltering left-wing government. Hie reshuffle, widely expected after trade union protests blocked planned
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        93 22 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo Heavy Industries yesterday said It lost about 1.5 trillion won (552.3 billion) more than it repented last week, taking into account additional one-time losses such as its inflated sales figures over several years. Daewoo Heavy said it lost 3.97 trillion won loss
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        69 22 AFX-Asia [SYDNEY] New Zealand-based companies will be removed from the All Ordinaries Index under changes planned by the Australian Stock Exchange, which will take place from next week, The Australian Financial Review reported yesterday. The companies to be removed are Telecom New Zealand Ltd,
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      326 23 Having forged your own path, perhaps it s time to enjoy the drive. Today's vibrant knowledge-based economy exacts Out on the open road, you 11 discerningly guide the inimitable style as a Lexus owner, tlie ES3OO delivers levels of ingenuity and dedication from its successful players. ES3OO with your usual
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      272 24  -  SOX Derivatives Tradlng/fcporte Kfgfgf fflitgapwo fwAw Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stockmarket staged a monster rally yesterday as "old economy" blue chips and electronic issues continued to gain favour with investors. News that an imminent agreement to increase oil production and cool off
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      201 24  -  MSCI Taiwan fatm-as Kelly Loh Refco Singapore SGX MSCI Taiwan Index futures for March delivery surged 15 points or 3.57 per cent to 434.6 on strong demand by institutional and retail investors while the MSCI cash index rose 16 points or 3.84 per cent to
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      206 24 HNEMYBBPORT Reuters [LONDON] OU prices weakened yesterday as members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) convened to hammer out a deal on raising oU output to calm markets and worries about global inflation. I Global benchmark Brent blend for May
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      353 24 Reuters I^ndon THE Swiss franc fell victim to profit-taking after a rally sparked by last week's Swiss interest rate rise lifted it to one-month peaks against the US dollar yesterday. The franc had risen 3.3 per cent against the US dollar and 1.5 per cent against the euro
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      1092 25  -  CATHERINE ONG and TEH HOOI LING look at how the April 1 liberalisation will transform the telecoms market CATHERINE ONG,TEH HOOI LING A REVOLUTION is on the cards for the telecoms market in Singapore. A Jan 21 move by the government to advance by
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      1162 26  -  While CPP may not be that applicable in Singapore now, it is something for local operators to consider over the longer term, says Andrew ngiam ANDREW NGIAM The writer is a consultant at The Strategis Group, Asia-Pacific INDUSTRY feedback was sought last October
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      721 26  -  By Robert Chew The writer is associate partner, communications high tech, Andersen Consulting THE government announced in January that full market competition in the telecommunications sector in Singapore will be brought forward by two years from April 1,2002 to April
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      1462 27  -  Consumers will be dazzled but a shakeout is on the cards, teh hooi ling reports TEH HOOI LING BRACE yourself. A plethora of telecommunications offers will hit you in the face and dazzle you within the next few days. Expect to find
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      680 27  -  Bandwidth costs expected to fall 60-70%, leading to an Internet explosion From] Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong THE free-for-all in telecoms and Internet is changing the world as we know it. Back in 1995, telecom monopolies were sexy and voice calls made up a huge and profitable
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      714 27  -  By Wong Wen Ming The writer is general manager, telecom business, Datacraft Asia THE accelerated liberalisation of Singapore's telecommunication industry has put a smile on the faces of consumers and business executives, as their "wish list" will now be heard and they
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      1939 28  -  Asian policy-makers are ill-equipped to deal with the convergence of the broadcast, telecommunications and information technology industries. MARK HUKILL IOOkS at how the region will be affected by this technological onslaught and what should be its response MARK HUKILL THE convergence of the broadcast, telecommunications and
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      861 28 WIRELESS Application Protocol (WAP) is an industry-standard platform that brings the Internet paradigm to the mobile phone. WAP provides an excellent user experience quite similar to what the Internet offers, but with an added dimension mobility. Let us consider some facts the total
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      2272 29  -  ...but the benefits to consumers and the economy will be numerous, lee yamg soon draws from the UK experience to find out how the April 1 telecom liberalisation will affect players and users LEE YANG SOON The writer is founding partner of Spectrum Strategy Consultants
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      794 30  -  The Net has taken the world by storm, adrian foster looks at its economic impact ADRIAN FOSTER The writer is regional economist of Nomura International (HK) NOT even the normally conservative OECD is immune from the excitement surrounding the telecommunications revolution. It recently described
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      535 30 THE Internet phenomenon and the success of mobile communication systems are revolutionising the fliture of wireless communications. This evolution will change the way we live, work and play. In Singapore, we will see new ways to communicate, access information, conduct business and learn liberated from
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      16 25 Coordinators: Teh Hooi Ling, Catherine Ong, Editor: Elaine Koh, Sub-editor Yu Chin Fun; Artist: Gareth Chung
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      166 27 TELECOMMUNICATIONS S. IT FOR THE NEW GEf "[ON HiDBIBIB igL 1. luiniQiflaaft 01 HI iilUli!: 0)018^8 Nera Telecommunications plays an important Cambodia. Myanmar. Taiwan and Korea role in realising people's communications through our headquarters in Singapore. needs. A premier solutions provider, we offer a comprehensive range of products and With
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      207 31 How to do all your chores and still keep Saturdays free. Soon, you'll be able to use your 3rd generation mobile phone to plan vacations, video conference, shop for groceries, check account balances, transfer funds, trade in real-time, check flight schedules, access corporate LAN networks and more. I I 1
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      2799 32 HONGKONG AFP Q Hang Seng +50&29 HONGKONG share prices soared 2.9 per cent yesterday to close at a new record high on strong blue-chip buying, mainly in banks which steamed ahead after an interest rate rise, dealers said. "There is a lot
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      959 32 Reuters BTtwUMT 463 CHINESE B shares closed sharply higher yesterday with investors optimistic that the government will soon unveil policy measures to boost liquidity. Domestic A shares rose in tandem with the B share advances, while institutions piled into second-tier stocks and fanned retail followthrough buying. The Shenzhen B
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      343 32 AFP □WP Index +324^3 THE Taiwan stock market leapt 3.4 per cent yesterday to breach the 9,800 resistance level on strong buying in technology shares, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index surged 324.93 points to 9,807.57, on turnover of NT5259.83 billion. "Investors are rushing to buy
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      1971 32 TOE7O AFP HffittaMS ****** SHARE prices in Tokyo rallied 1.6 per cent yesterday to their highest finish in two years and eight months amid optimism about economic recovery in Japan, brokers said. The key Nikkei-225 Index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange jumped 322.95 points, or 1.6
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      422 33 AFX-Asia Q Composite Index +ISJO KUALA Lumpur share prices closed sharply higher on both institutional and retaU buying, taking the cue from rises across the region, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed up 18.10 points, or 1.87 per cent, at 988.37. The
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      293 34 AFP Q Composite Index +15.54 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index gained 15.54 points or 0.9 per cent to close at 1,697.25. A total of 3.5 billion shares worth 2.27 billion pesos changed hands yesterday, from Friday's 4.3 billion shares worth 2.21 billion pesos.—AFP UrB PW (HO MRC Allied
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      710 34 AFX-Asia 71 Composite Index +3.77 JAKARTA share prices closed slightly higher on a minor rebound in blue chips, and with PT Astra International extending its gains, dealers said. However, sentiment remains mixed over the government's sale of its 40 per cent stake in Astra, with most investors believing the
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      274 34 AFP QNZSE-40 -26J5 NEW Zealand stocks shed 1.3 per cent yesterday as a lack of offshore buying interest continued to hamper trade despite bright spots among the leaders. The NZSE-40 Capital Index fell 26.35 points to close at 2,045.09, on turnover of NZ|75.B million.—AFP Mar 27 MS (000) Advantaga
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      578 34 AFP Q All Ordinaries -2LB AUSTRALIAN share prices closed 0.7 per cent lower on profit-taking in several leading blue chips yesterday after Wall Street failed to provide a clear lead on Friday night, dealers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's benchmark All Ordinaries Index closed down 21.8 points to 3,225.6.
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      311 34 AFP n Composite Index -2J>3 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 3 per cent or 2.53 points at 886.71. Volume was 279.9 million shares worth 3.7 trillion won.—AFP lUr 27 WW Anam 5emi ***** -150 Brain Tech unci) Centra) Bo* 2405 60 CheilComm *****0 4000 Dm Go
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      803 38 Movie about dysfunctional families in suburban America bags five Oscars NYT CAPPING what many regard as among the strongest recent years in motion pictures, American Beauty took home five Oscars on Sunday, including best picture. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences could
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      233 38 Reuters Beet picture: American Beauty, Dream Works, producers Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks Beet director: Sam Mendes, American Beauty Beet actor: Kevin Spacey, American Beauty Beet ectreee: Hilary Swank. Boys DontCry Beet eupporting actor: Michael Caine, The Cider House Ruies Beet eupporting ectreee: Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted Beet
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      503 38 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] After a frustrating 1999, Dream Works finally took the spotlight at the Academy Awards on Sunday, winning five Oscars for American Beauty. more than any other movie, including best picture honours. The night capped a stunning turnaround from last year for
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      954 39  -  Thomas Stewart, a leading author on intellectual capital, tells kemmbtb jambs how companies can tap their most crucial asset KENNETH JAMES COMING into Singapore recently, business management author Thomas A Stewart found himself queueing at an Immigration counter in Changi Airport. "There were 20-30 people in
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      735 39 A growing number of them are reporting benefits fires implementing ksewMgo management programmes BP AMOCO and Ford Motor Company have each generated more than US$6OO million (551.03 billion) in savings through knowledge management programmes. Indeed, a growing number of multinational companies are reporting large cost
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      288 41 Bridge News, Reuters THE outlook for panamaxes in the Atlantic sector of the dry cargo freight market showed considerable improvement on Friday. There was substantial chartering activity in this size of vessel from South America and even the hitherto slack US Gulf sector appeared a little stronger. The
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      370 41  -  maritime agency should be only forum for setting int'l standards: Quality Shipping Seminar By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] The Quality Shipping Seminar 2000, held for the first time in Asia, concluded here with a call to the European Union to bring its proposed measures
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      304 41 [SINGAPORE] The Port of Singapore has clinched the "Best Seaport in Asia" award for the 12th time. The accolade was bestowed at the recent 14th Asian Freight Industry Awards (AFIA). Speaking at the award ceremony yesterday, Chen Tze Penn, director-general of the Maritime and Port
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      123 41 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Container throughput in 1999 reached more than 16.2 million twen-ty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), an 11.2 per cent increase froouA-Jfcear earlier, making Hongkong the busiest container port in the world, Secretary for Economic Ser- vices Stephen Ip said. Mr Ip
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      295 41  -  From Alec Almazan in Manila THE Japan Bank for International Cooperation has approved 4.83 billion pesos (*****.89 million) in loans for the Mindanao International Container Terminal project, the Philippine Department of Finance said. The Mindanao International Container Terminal in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, in
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      249 41 Reuters [SAO PAULO] Brazil's port of Santos, the largest in Latin America, moved a record 3.16 million tonnes of cargo in February, up 15.7 per cent from the same month in 1999, port authority Codesp said. Codesp director-president Wagner Rossi said in
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        1062 42  -  Quality shipping needs quality seafarers and it is time the human element is addressed at the regulatory level By■ Jon Whitlow The writer is assistant secretary, International Transport Workers Federation. This feature first appeared in the Port of Singapore magazine WHILE it is generally
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      519 41 TALK The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) is organising a tea talk titled "The Legal and P&l Aspects relating to Switched Bills of Lading" on Apr 3 at the Amara Hotel. The guest speaker is Simon Palmer, director of Tindall Riley (P&l). Registration fees are $35 for members and $55 for
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      804 53 THIS report, complied by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, •hows price ranpaa in US dollars Instead of single price* for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are baaed on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      489 54 Lockheed, Boeing, Raytheon, BAE to jointly market aerospace parts and services Reuters [NEW YORK] Four of the world's top aerospace and defence firms have tentatively agreed to form a Web-based marketplace for aerospace parts and services, a source familiar with the talks said.
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      528 54 Straggling carrier is working ont a major debt restructuring Reuters [CALGARY] Air Canada unit Canadian Airlines Corp has won court protection fifcm its creditors, a move allowing the struggling carrier to stay aloft while it works out a major debt restructuring. The move by Canadian,
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      166 54 Bloomberg [PARIS] Air France SA, the world's fourth-largest international freight carrier, said it will increase summer-season cargo capacity by 6 per cent from last year, roughly in line with a planned 6.7 increase in passenger capacity. The airline said cargo capacity over
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      Lock icon Cathay increases summer flights
      232 54 Reuters [HONGKONG] Cathay Pacific Airways said it would launch extra flights to a quarter of its destinations this summer, a move that will lift cargo capacity but is also driven by improved passenger loads. There will be 24 extra return flights a week to 12 of
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      220 54 AFP [PAßlS] Airbus notched up 34 firm orders from 10 airlines in January and February, worth more than US$2.l billion (553.57 billion) in catalogue prices, the European consortium said in its monthly newsletter for March. Of the total orders, 28 were for the
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      170 54 Bernama [MELBOURNE] Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is among six airlines that have been granted 12 extra international flights to Melbourne a week. The move is expected to boost the economy of the State of Victoria by As22o million (*****.8 million) a year. Melbourne Airport's chief executive
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