The Business Times, 7 April 2000

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MfTA (P) 035/12/1999 Internet: http://business-times.asia 1 com.sg/ SINGAPORE 85C
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    60 1 DajLll (+56.21) Mir-an LJ772M (+16.87) —I fr bueKB rDTUIES U 275.70 (+6.60) sHNXMunrnouB Thursday Change KLSE OOMP NIKKEI ttffUl 239.16 HANG SENG 18,*****,_+17UG SET INDEX dosed JAKARTA OOMP _Ctaed___MANILAOOMP —1,***** +2119 TAIPEI WPI 9,***** -216.89 SEOUL OOMP 894JE -&81 CL8A CHINA B 874JQ +1148 AUSTALLORD __*****1 +4J Noon
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    75 1 FOSEX RATES USS SI USI L716 t(08HS$per£) 1J84 1717 EUROfUSi'SS/E) OJ0 1.862 DM 1832 1844 YEN 184-8 1.698 RM 1888 0.451 HKS 7.787 8228 BAIT 3812 1846 BUPUH- 7,786 1822* St mm units FIDOS BATES SINGAPORE* 5so KUALA LUMPUR 7.«7 JAKARTA _3».M BANGKOK J.60 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI
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    Lock icon Online unit trust vendors undercut the competition
    828 1  -  Disconnts on front-end fees of np to 50 per cent available; industry shake-np expected By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Cheaper unit trusts? You bet! But you'll have to buy them online. Two online financial service providers are muscling in on the lucrative fund sales
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    Lock icon The return of the good old well-heeled times
    598 1  -  Marchwasabiuy month for the fashionable By Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] So many fashion shows, so little time it's enough to force the tai-tais or ladies-who-lunch to use their Palmtops. No, not as a fashion accessory, but to keep track of their appointments.
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    Lock icon PacNet's Time deal axed: sources
    958 1  -  Conceivable that Time would prefer Sing Tel, they say By Teh Hooi Ling, Eddie Toh SINGAPORE Telecommunications' impending entry as a player in Malaysia looks to have dealt a blow to one of its Singapore rivals Pacific Internet, whose deal with Time dot Com to
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      98 1 «BmE BT Comment Bank of the rising sons.Pg 4 Exec Money Now that tech stocks have fallen with a thump, what next? MM 10 Ready to ride the M'sian bull? MM 7 Top stories wmmmr Allan Ng buys big CyberCity stake. MmxtPmgm Adapt to the New Economy or risk being
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      27 1 Crossed lines^_ What's the story behind the recent public spat between C Sing Tel Mobile and Star Hub? o(^ Hear them out on Page 10 Cy r
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Thrash it out on the Net
        121 2 GRAPEVINE has a brilliant suggestion on how to resolve SingTel-Star Hub disputes. It's entirely out of selfish interest to relieve tired journalists who have to stay up late at night shuttling between Sing Tel and Star Hub getting comments to allegations and counter-allegations. The
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        42 2 READERS pre-approved to take up the American Express gold credit card may have wondered at the difference between it and the blue card. A call to Amex produced this answer from a helpful teleoperator: "It's an upgrade to gold colour."
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        Lock icon Japan calling
        86 2 FANCY a year-long stint in Japan as an international relations coordinator or language teacher? The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) is looking for 10 Singaporeans for the posts, which begin in July. Applicants should have at least a Bachelor's degree, a functional understanding of English or Japanese, and
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        Lock icon Run, Forrest, run
        76 2 ***** happens, even to Ong Beng Seng. On Wednesday evening, HPL-owned Forum Galleria's Basement 3 carpark became inaccessible. Why? Sewage backflow had flooded portions of it and the water —not to mention the stench was rising by the minute. In about half an hour, the smell became
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        Lock icon Wired stock traders
        76 2 WE'RE used to seeing the likes of computer companies Microsoft and Compaq at info tech megafair Comdex Asia, held here this week, but stock broking houses? Well, we counted five—GohDirect, Lim Tan Securities, Philip Securities, Ong Co, and Vickers Ballas in the show directory. Turns out they're
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      Lock icon Allan Ng buys big CyberCity stake
      853 2  -  Hell play key role in obtaining financing for China's 'Silicon Valley 9 in Shenzhen From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong SINGAPOREAN businessman Allan Ng Poh Meng has become the second largest shareholder in the mainland company behind the Shenzhen CyberCity, the mainland's version of
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      Lock icon Me joining Simon Cheong? Not true: Han Cheng Fong
      266 2  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] DBS Land deputy chairman Han Cheng Fong has denied widespread market talk that he is joining businessman Simon Cheong or his SC Global Developments, in the run-up to an extraordinary general meeting on Wednesday called by DBS
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      Lock icon Foreign talent of the culinary kind
      725 2  -  There would be hardly any haute cuisine In Singapore without them By Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] There's Susur Lee at Club Chinois, Gaetano Ascione at Gaetano and Georg Raudaschl at Chef G's, to name a few. Long before the banks and other financial institutions
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  • FOCUS digital divide
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      Lock icon Toffler, Apec and New Economy
      1585 3  -  He who controls knowledge rules the river, Third Wave futurist says at Apec meeting By Yang Razali Kassim The writer, BT's regional analysis editor, was in Seoul to participate in the Apec Forum on Shared Prosperity and Harmony. [SEOUL] IMAGINE a village at the edge
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SIA may have suspended buybacks; shares fall below $15.90 level
      661 4  -  Heavy short-selling by house traders, hedgp foods pushes it below support price By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Airlines' share price yesterday fell below $15.90 the price at which it said it will buy back its shares for the first time in
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      Lock icon DBS' second global note issue oversubscribed
      484 4  -  By Wong Wei Kong DBS Bank has scored another success in international capital markets with its second global note issue, achieving a tighter pricing over its inaugural issue last August despite volatile market conditions. "It was very, very successfill," Michael Dee, managing director and
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      Lock icon Leong Hing buys into wafer maker MBE
      458 4  -  MBE Tech aims to tap up to US$5Olll, seek Nasdaq listing By Jennifer Lien MAINBOARD-LISTED Leong Hing Holdings has bought a 30 per cent stake in homegrown wafer producer MBE Technology, which wants to list on Nasdaq next year. Leong Hin's $3.3 million
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      Lock icon Comfort out to carve a niche in local courier market
      493 4  -  Plans to offer 'value for money 9 services; segment now dominated by Singapore Post By Christopher Tan MERE months after leaving the semiconductor sector and shrinking its motor business, taxi operator Comfort Group yesterday announced its entry into the local
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      Lock icon SembCorp in US$235m purchase of Aussie firm
      158 4 SEMBCORP Industries and its French partner are buying an Australian waste management company for US$235 million (Ss4oo million). SembCorp said in a statement yesterday that it has entered a conditional joint venture with SITA to acquire US-based Waste Management Inc's (WMI) Aussie subsidiary
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      Lock icon Bank of the rising sons
      643 4  -  HQCKim!t^t=iUJ lee han shih THE sons are rising at United Overseas Bank. In six short weeks, Wee Ee Cheong, Ee Chao and Ee Lim have all moved into or ahead in UOB, a banking group controlled and chaired by their father, Wee Cho Yaw. With
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      Lock icon Ossia to take stake in Aussie online retailer dstore
      270 7 Share swap deal involves selling entire gatecrashxom stake to dstore Reuters SINGAPORE-BASED sporting goods retailer Ossia International Ltd said yesterday that it would acquire a stake in Australian online retailer dstore Pty Ltd in a share swap agreement. Ossia, which Singapore
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      Lock icon Freight Links' $20m e-logistics system to drive growth in Asia
      518 7  -  It will also set up $40m E-logistics TechnoPark to incnb&te related startups Ihj. Eugene Low FREIGHT Links Express Holdings aims to develop its electronic logistics system within three years and hopes to use this to spearhead the group's growth in
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Goldtron director gets court clearance
        67 7 GOLDTRON Ltd announced that at a hearing on Wednesday, the Singapore courts allowed Ong Soon Kiat to continue as a director, notwithstanding the disqualification order made by the Registrar of Companies. In view of the decision, Goldtron has appointed Mr Ong as executive director with
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        Lock icon Nucleus Electronics gets IPO nod
        34 7 NUCLEUS Electronics, which distributes and markets electronic components In the region, has received in-principle approval to list on Sesdaq. Overseas Union Bank is the manager, underwriter and placement agent
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        Lock icon Capital Group ups JIT stake
        56 7 THE Capital Group Companies Inc has raised its stake in JIT Holdings from 10.6 per cent to 10.78 per cent. On Tuesday, it bought 120,000 JIT shares at an average $4.7343 each. It acquired a further 330,000 shares at $4.4481 apiece on Wednesday. Capital now
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        Lock icon Share buybacks
        95 7 OCBC Bank yesterday bought back 120,000 of its shares at an average price of $11.02 each. The bank has fcxlate bought back 780,000 shares. Keppel Corp also bought back 10,000 of its shares at $4 each yesterday. The group has so far bought back 14.774 million shares. Keppel
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        Lock icon Leng Chan raises FOC interest
        41 7 MALAYSIAN tycoon Quek Leng Chan upped his interest in property developer First Capital Corp to 53.3 per cent or 196.4 million shares. Mr Quek, through Asia Fountain Investment Company, increased his stake by 100 000 shares.
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      Lock icon Jurong Tech up 75% on debut
      185 7 HANGING on to the coat-tails of a robust 2.7 per cent rise in the Strait Times Index, Jurong Technologies Industrial Corp (JTIC) made a strong debut yesterday to close at 35 cents, 75 per cent higher than its offer price. Opening at the day's
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      68 4 TRAVEL GUIDE The Straits Times Classified. Classifications 573 587. Buy It. Sefl ft. Find It. jg LION CITY HOTEL Comfort Convenience Affordable i AB|ESEfI42I t*| Full day rate use rale 12pm-7pm Night use rate 7pm-3am *Subject to 10% ser\ice charge. Government Tax of JnteNoltoMSMM lsirmdnretoQmgifrporl lOnrndrmtoOD, WoHdlrode C**n SmtKOty,OrdmJfomlaMlSkgapofehpo (inference
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      87 5 We're making the change I the change to Star Hub. 823 8888 is our new number. I I Singapore Power is pleased to announce that from Saturday, Bth April 2000. our I I switchboard number will be 823 8888. The prefix to DID numbers will also change I from 831
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      455 6 Stocks Volume JuiongTech 10c 130,942,000 BrierieyNZlOc 12,795,000 PacificCentury 12,466,000 Fastech USlOc 10,630,000 ChuanHup20c 10,593,000 QES Intl Ltd 20c 9.895.000 SingTel 15c 9,164,000 MediaRing 10c 6,477,000 SIA 8,112.000 MMIHtdgelOc 6,115,000 Stocta PaciflcCentuiy 200,539,400 SIA 127.778,169 Jurona Tech 10c 39,895,665 DBSQfp 36,748,788 SPH 35,050,726 Chart Semiconductor 26c 28,730,400 STAaeemMy25c 28,192,662 QES InM
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      Lock icon Acma wrt hinges on Net play
      173 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy ALTHOUGH the dotcom or Internet mania seems to have subsided somewhat lately, no one is writing it off yet One company that is placing its future in the hands of the Net is Acma Ltd, which has been divesting
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      Lock icon Market rebounds in flight to quality blue chips
      577 6  -  ■HJIHiAdULIBHIbMIIUH! STOCKS r. sivanithy IT didn't matter if a company was an Old or New Economy player in yesterday's trading. As long it was a blue chip with established earnings, it was a target for buyers. Thus it was demand in the
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      Lock icon Chuan Hup could break 40¢ barrier
      232 6  -  HOT STOCK By Wong Wei Kong SHARES of marine group Chuan Hup Holdings rose yesterday in active trading. Chuan Hup shares closed up 1.5 cents or 4 per cent at its day high of 39.5 cents, after opening at its day low of 38
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      133 6 LINKS Island Holdings Limited has been re-classified from the "Construction" sector to "Ttansiwrt/Storafe/ Communications" secfor on the Stock Exchange Mainboard. A service provider in the marine industry, the company focuses its business activities on three core areas—land reclamation, charter of vessels and dredging services. ROTOL will be trading
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      Lock icon Wall St jitters hit Asian borrowers with higher spreads
      405 6  -  CURRENCIES larry wee THE US dollar yesterday had a mixed session in Asian trading after a more subdued session in US stock markets overnight, and ahead of key US employment statistics due for release tonight. Growing expectations that the Japanese stock
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      15 6 r IPO placements. ji,'- f"p o w '»v. rp;.;, o i 323-3955" 83 Ol BANK
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      98 7 Easter Cash Carry Sale (1 An outstanding selection of interesting (a|id very good value) wines will be offered, for Sjkle! Some wines will be available for Tasting. Date 8/9 15/16 (Sat/Sun) April 2000 I'Bme 10.30 am to 5.00 pm Venue 47 Jalan Pemimpin (Please turn left as you approach No.
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      202 7 FOLLOW THE CROWD TO OUR BARGAIN-FILLED CARPET AUCTIONS U.S. BAN ON PERSIAN CARPETS LIFTED Hundreds of people know where the best deals are! Join them at our auctions to bid for fine handknotted PERSIAN ORIENTAL carpets. Most lots starting without minimum reserve price! SATURDAYSUNDAY I 8 APRIL 9 APRIL VIEWING:
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon S&P gives Singapore Power AAA credit rating
      380 8  -  Rating reflects its strong financial profile, low risk in its main business By Eugene Low SINGAPORE Power has received a triple-A credit rating from US rating agency Standard Poor's (S&P). S&P said the state-owned utility's outlook was stable and assigned an AAA rating
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      Lock icon Eastern Mansion's en bloc sale to go international
      321 8 Site could fetch aboQt $181 m based on recent deals EASTERN Mansion, one of the larger collective sale sites to come on the market lately, will join a select few sites that will be marketed internationally. The 108,335-sq ft site is located
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      Lock icon BT Golf index suffers first fall this year
      437 8  -  By Ven Sreenivasan THE benchmark index of golf club membership prices fell for the first time this year as the stockmarket hit the skids last month. The BT Golf index, which tracks the indicative secondary market prices for golf club memberships, dipped
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      Lock icon MOVIE BITES
      595 8  -  Compiled by Aaron Lye Synopses of Singapore International Film Festival movies being screened today Juha (PG) Aid KaurtsmaU (Finland) Grand Prince, United Artists Beach Road, 7pm, 78 mins Tickets: Available Based on a 1911 novel by great Finnish writer Juhani Ato, the story focuses on a tragic love
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      Lock icon Green light given for Grange Mansion, Country Park sales
      284 8  -  Mandalay Court's majority owners file new sale application By Kalpana Rashiwala THE Strata Titles Board (STB) granted orders of sale this week for Grange Mansion and Country Park. Meanwhile, a fresh application was filed on Wednesday by the majority owners of
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      Lock icon Correction
      41 8 IN the picture caption to yesterday's report, "General Motors wins OHQ status", Mr Philip Yeo, who is chairman of the Economic Development Board, was wrongly described as the chairman of the Trade Development Board. We are sorry for the error.
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      Lock icon Domestic lending seen rising in Q3
      315 8  -  By Audrey Tan DOMESTIC bank lending will only return to the growth path in the third quarter while offshore lending will have to wait even longer before it can recover, say researchers at United Overseas Bank (UOB). The bank expects a gradual pick-up in
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      54 9 k i I a V /ill ISO x I Omega Constellation «Carre» I solely modern woman o OMEGA PROUD TO PRESENT CHICAGO THE MUSICAL PIRFOMMNCES FROM 38 MUCH TOlO APRIL 2000 KALUNG THEATRE SISTIC 000KIN6 HOTLINE: 340 5555 Bookinf Website: www.sistic.coiii.sg Produced by BARRY and FRAN WEISSLER, DAVID ATKINS ENTERPRISES
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Government techno fund invests in first local incubator
      378 10  -  USssoom of TIF fnnds have generated USsl.4b of venture capital in S'pore Reports by Jennifer Lien THE Technopreneurship Investment Fund (TIF) has invested in a US$6O-million (Sslo3 million) local venture fund, the Ginosko Incubator Fund, bringing the total number of TIF investments
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      Lock icon Creating pathways for Western firms into the region
      437 10 AN incubator with a twist, founded and run by a group of mostiy former expatriates, yesterday launched its AsiaPacific headquarters in Singapore. Instead of nurturing new local startups, "hybrid incubator" Asia Pathways wants to help mid-sized US and European technology companies to
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      Lock icon Local healthcare firm BTH seals deal to set up back pain clinics
      309 10 [SINGAPORE] Local healthcare company Back To Health (BTH) Pte Ltd has tied up with Australian-listed firm Genesis Biomedical to set up local and regional clinics specialising in the treatment of neck and back pains. "About 80 per cent
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    • Article
      Lock icon Crossed lines
      1052 10 Sing Tel Mobile and Star Hub have come to a compromise over the latter's 008 service—but only after an acrimonious impasse. Yesterday, Sing Tel issued a press statement to tell its side of the story. Star Hub responded just hours later. We reproduce here their statements in full:
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      Lock icon SingTel chose to make things difficult
      514 10  -  Terry Clontz President and CEO Star Hub Pte Ltd SINGTEL'S characterisations of negotiations with Star Hub are totally inaccurate and filled with jargon most, people do not understand. Rather than subject the public to a confusing exchange erf words, here's die simple explanation: Sing
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  • eNews
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      Lock icon Yahoo results cheer up Net investors
      591 11 NEW YORK Q1 earnings jump to USs63m, beating expectations LAT-WP Bloomberg YAHOO Inc gave nervous dotcom investors some good news on Wednesday after the markets closed, reporting first-quarter profits that beat expectations on soaring revenue. Yahoo, which owns the most popular network of sites
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      Lock icon Internet firms' billion $ chiefs
      134 11 Internet firms' billion chiefs AFP [NEW YORK] The soaring equity values of high technology companies—lately dubbed the New Economy—have made billionaires of two Internet firms' chief executives. Yahoo chief executive Timothy Koogle earned US$l.7 billion (592.9 billion) last year, and America Online's (AOL) Steve Case earned US$l.l billion, OSA TOday
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    • e Briefs
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        Lock icon Sony in Net music market tie-up
        89 11 Reuters (TOKYO] A unit of Sony Corp said yesterday that it would set up an online music distribution system with 10 big Japanese recording companies in a bid to tap the promising Internet music market. Internet service provider Sony Communications Network said it would
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        Lock icon SBC, BellSouth to merge wireless ops
        76 11 Bloomberg ISAN ANTONIO, Texas] SBC Communications Inc and Bell South Corp said on Wednesday that they would combine their US wireless operations to form the No 2 wireless carrier and may sell shares to the public, following the lead of AT&T Corp and others.
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        Lock icon Getmapping.com being floated today
        104 11 Reuters [LONDON] An Internet company in which Queen Elizabeth has a stake, which is building a complete aerial map of Britain, said yesterday that it was set to float today for £57.7 million (Ssls7 million). Getmapping.com pic announced an issue price of2oo pence per share for
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        Lock icon Alwaleed Invests US$1b in tech shares
        104 11 Reuters [DUBAI] Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said yesterday that he had invested US$l billion (551.72 billion) in technology-related shares, including those of America Online Inc, over the past six months as prices in the sector dropped. The prince said in a
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        Lock icon Chinadotcom to buy into three firms
        71 11 Reuters [BEIJING] Internet company Chinadotcom Corp will buy one Chinese company, a majority stake in another and a large stake in a third, a senior company official said yesterday. Chinadotcom will take over Beijing-based software developer C ASTnet, buy more than 50 per cent
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    • Article
      Lock icon BritTel, AT&T to spend US$2b on Internet centres
      377 11 LONDON Centres will manage business Web sites, distribute software to clients over Net Bloomberg BRITISH Telecommunications pic, AT&T Corp and their joint venture, Concert, plan to invest US$2 billion (553.4 billion) to more than triple the number of Internet data centres through
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      Lock icon Goldman to give shares to retain talent
      382 11 NEW YORK Bloomberg GOLDMAN Sachs Group Inc will distribute two million shares to junior employees of the fifth largest US investment bank, seeking to keep talent from fleeing to dotcoms. Goldman will allot the shares worth about US$2OO million (***** million) at current
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      Lock icon Italian perfumer plans e-mail scent-sation
      470 11 ROME Hook up scent cartridges with nozzles to a PC and get perfumed e-mail in about two years Reuters IMAGINE receiving a rosescented e-mail. Or seeing a picture of the ocean on the Internet and immediately smelling the sea. Italian master perfumer Lorenzo Dante Ferro
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      72 11 Ejgl ri f> J I J mmm l)| I I I ,1 II J <tf World Trade Centre waterfront and live 'a true festive experience' too! free entrance entertainment! On 1414 the Opening Ceremony A. Stage Shows for invited guests only, Free Entertainment Pass to he obtained Presented by Organised
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      95 12 the STAR ALLIANCE NETWORK is proud to present its newes I r 1 I Now Singapore Airlines customers can enjoy the star treatment of the Star Alliance network, the world's largest airline network. Serving more than 810 destinations in over 130 countries on 14 premiur the widest choice of connecting
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      93 13 v J|^^3^^RaAhHS^^H p v imr liilllli K IS PROUD TO PRESENT ITS NEWEST STAR, SINGAPORE AIRLINES. "1 't 4 0 jest airline network. Serving more than 810 destinations in over 130 countries on 14 premium Star partner airlines*, the Star Alliance network offers you a world of seamless travel. Besides
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Mori's rise to the top may backfire
      843 14  -  Kmnss OPINION anthony rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent WHILE initial appraisals of the character and abilities of Japan's new prime minister Yoshiro Mori have been less than flattering, it must be recalled that his predecessor, Keizo Obuchi, grew into his job
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      86 14 I traded graduate students for entrepreneurs; I traded PhDs for great products.' -HvwsriHargu vice<hairman of Idealab!, who loas professor of operations at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business before helping start the investment firm that financed and fostered 50 Internet companies such as E>Toys Inc.
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      Lock icon Managing market risk
      623 14 EDITORIAL THE ever-vigilant authorities in Singapore have often alerted investors to the heightened levels of risk in the financial markets these days. In his speech at a seminar this week, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong described the role of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) now
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      Lock icon WTO must be more than Just a referee of disputes
      824 14  -  Essential part of world trade body's role-setting process must be negotiations between members By John Weekes The writer saved as Canada's ambassador to the WTO from 1995 until 1999 FT THE World Trade Organization (WTO) is facing a fundamental problem:
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      939 14  -  WHAT THE OTHERS SAY By Bradford DeLong The writer is a professor of economics at the University of California at Berkeley and co-editor of The Journal of Economic Perspectives NYT TWO decades ago, Ronald Reagan campaigned for president promising to shrink
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      592 15 MANILA Lucio Tan's stake to be sold jointly; govt wants Templeton to join bundled sale Reuters IN what is being regarded as a litmus test of investor sentiment towards the nation, the Philippines has set a May 15 deadline for the sale
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      433 15 MANILA AFP PHILIPPINE Airlines (PAL) chairman Lucio Tan has told the government he wants to sell his majority stake in the carrier to dispel talk he enjoys special favours from his friend President Joseph Estrada, a Cabinet official said yesterday. "If we
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      66 15 [MANILA] Vendors cooking sweetened bananas and other food items in a passenger jeep converted into a mobile canteen in the suburban Makati financial district, on Wednesday. Small businesses from street vendors and market stalls, form part of a large underground economy which has significantly
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        64 15 [KUALA LUMPUR] Landmarks Bhd, which is making a strong move into the local health-care business, is negotiating to buy a private hospital being built in Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, for RMIOO million (5145.1 million), The Star reported yesterday. Landmarks official M A Halim Ahmad said
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        81 15 AFP [HANOI] State-owned oil and gas Arm PetroVietnam is to appoint US consultants to study a USS3OO-500 million (Sssl4-857 million) bond issue, the first time a Viet firm has looked to the world markets for financing, it said. Petro Vietnam was to sign a deal
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        70 15 AFP [MANILA] The scandal-tainted Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) should raise the number of non-brokers on its board to help restore credibility and make a first step to independence, an Asian Development Bank expert said yesterday. Bank manager for finance and industry Shanuhad Akhtar said the
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        64 15 AFP [JAKARTA] Thousands of radical Muslims held a rally here yesterday, threatening to launch a jihad this month against Christians in the Maluku islands and warning the government against trying to stop them. Some 2,000 of the 10,000 demonstrators at the Senayan sport stadium, many
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      290 15 KOTA KINABALU SABAH intends to implement a major tourist resort project as part of its plans to rehabilitate the 24-year-old Mamut copper mine in Ranau which ceased operations last year, The Star reported yesterday. Chief Minister Osu Sukam told reporters after chairing the
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      278 15 BANGKOK Democrats' depnty party leader to take over posts he vacated AFP THAILAND'S ruling Democrat Party yesterday began a Cabinet shakeup prompted by powerful senior minister Sanan Kachornprasart's resignation last week over a corruption scandal. The Democrats named deputy party leader Banyat Bant had
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      375 15 MANILA AP THE Philippines filed corruption charges yesterday against former officials of the Department of Finance and executives of two major oil corporations and 20 garment companies over alleged fraudulent use of about 1 billion pesos (5541.7 million) in tax credits.
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      615 16  -  Instability is undermining recovery and slowing foreign investments, say analysts Frotn Al Labita in Manila AS opposition groups planned a threeday push to pressure Philippine President Joseph Estrada to resign, analysts say the political instability is undermining economic recovery efforts. The opposition groups will
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      797 17 SINGAPORE Two Net IPOs in HK, Japan make lacklustre debuts; HE portal postpones offer Reuters ASIA'S love affair with Internet initial public offerings may have cooled for a while, with listing hotbeds like Hongkong likely to see the biggest shake-outs, analysts said. A 13
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      190 17 HYDERABAD Reuters US tech-heavy market Nasdaq will set up a representative office in India by the end of 2000, Nasdaq president Alfred Berkeley said on Wednesday. "Setting up of an office in India will facilitate Indian companies raising funds in the US," he told a
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      261 17 HONGKONG Money-back guarantee to boost buyers' confidence Bloomberg CHEUNG Kong (Holdings) Ltd, Hongkong's No 1 property developer by market value, said it will offer apartment buyers at its next sale a full refund guarantee to "boost confidence" in the sluggish property market. "This
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        68 17 AFP [BEIJING] Around 20,000 Chinese miners fought violent clashes with security forces over redundancy payments, mine officials said yesterday, amid reports of mounting labour unrest across the country. An official at a bankrupted non-ferrous metal mine in the north-eastern town of Yangjiazhan said furious miners
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        74 17 HK Exchanges Clearing chief to quit Bloomberg IHONGKONGJ Alec Tsui will resign as chief operating officer of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd by July, the South China Morning Post reported. Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing will list on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in July and Mr Tsui
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        64 17 AFP [NEW DELHI] India's largest mutual fund operator is to launch a new fund concentrating on Internet start-ups the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported on Wednesday.' The Unit Trust of India (UTI) is preparing for the launch of a new
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        50 17 AFX-Asia [SHANGHAI] Shenzhen SEZ Real Estate Properties (Group) Co Ltd said it plans to establish Shenzhen Cyberport Co Ltd in cooperation with Luohu Hi-tech Business Creation Centre and Shenzhen Digital Telecommunications Bureau. The Joint venture will manage the city's cyberport project, an announcement said. AFX-Asia
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      208 18 WASHINGTON Reuters AFP TOP investment strategist Abby Joseph Cohen has given a ringing endorsement of US stocks despite a week of wild gyrations on Wall Street. "Many of you know that my day job is as a stock market strategist and for the past
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      462 18 WASHINGTON He maintains that Fed's gradual rate rises helped prevent inflationary expansion of liquidity' Reuters FEDERAL Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Wednesday that sharp gains in equity prices risked fostering US inflation but insisted that his recent interest rate rises were
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      158 18 WASHINGTON NYT PRESIDENT Bill Clinton turned to Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Wednesday and asked him how the United States could encourage more "young billionaires" like him to take a stand. The setting was the East Room of the White House, where Mr Clinton had
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      357 18 NEW YORK Reuters CELERA Genomics yesterday announced it had finished the first step of sequencing the genes of a person, a day after President Bill Clinton reassured US biotechnology companies that their commercial gene discoveries could be patented. Shares of the US company
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      365 19 Six co-accused cleared of charges, verdict saves army-led govt further intl isolation Reuters AFP [KARACHI] Nawaz Sharif, whose second spell as Pakistan's prime minister ended in an army coup in October, was given two life jail terms yesterday after being convicted of terrorism
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      727 19 FRANKFURT It weakens Deutsche and Dresdner and their heads should quit, say papers Reuters DRESDNER Bank said chief executive Bernhard Walter will resign this month after the planned US$29 billion (5|49.6 billion) merger with Deutsche Bank collapsed, leaving the smaller bank
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      322 19 NEW YORK McDonough cautions against complacency in boom times Reuters NEW York Federal Reserve president William McDonough yesterday urged bankers to be vigilant in making sound loans and not be lulled into complacency in the face of extraordinary economic growth.
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      349 19 TOKYO Bloomberg SOGO Co, Japan's ninth-larg-est department store company, said yesterday that it had asked lenders to forgive more than a third of its 1.7 trillion yen (5527.9 billion) in debt as it tries to avert bankruptcy. Sogo, which operates at two locations in
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      461 19  -  Moore to name an Indian and an Egyptian to WTO's highest legal arm From. D Ravi Kanth in Geneva WORLD Trade Organization chief Mike Moore is seeking to make key personnel changes in the trade body to appease developing countries which precipitated a
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      253 20  -  SGX Derivatives Tradingßeports MS& Singapore Index Daphne Tay THE Singapore stockmarket staged a strong rebound yesterday buoyed by bargain hunting following its recent falls. Singapore Press Holdings continued to raUy, gaining a further 7.8 per cent, ahead of its earnings announcement. Banking issues were
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      197 20  -  MSC3 Taiwan tkztnras Seow Hock Hin SGX MSCI Taiwan Index futures for April delivery feU 13.90 points or 3.12 per cent to 431.40 on weakness in the electronics stocks while the underlying MSCI Taiwan cash index lost 10.81 points or 2.43 per cent to
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      227 20 EMEKOT REPORT Reuters [LONDON] OU prices pushed higher yesterday but remained vulnerable to renewed losses as extra crude supplies began to Alter onto the market. Benchmark Brent crude futures for May delivery gained 29 US cents in early dealings to stand at U5524.04
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      333 20 London Reuters THE US dollar was unable to gain ground against other major currencies yesterday as dealers refrained from betting aggressively on the US currency for fear of renewed jitters in the US stock market. Analysts said currency dealers would be watching carefully the performance of the technology-laden
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      2799 21 BONOSOm AFX-Asia P&uigSeng +172J6 SHARE prices closed higher on a technical rebound in high-tech stocks after Wednesday's losses, dealers said. They said, however, the market will be range bound at the 16,500-point level until some stability returns on Nasdaq. The Hang Seng Index (HSI)
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      2016 21 TOKYO AFP Oiamg -aam SHARE prices in Tokyo declined 1.2 per cent yesterday, on selling of blue chips as volatility on Wall Street unnerved investors, brokers said. The Nikkei 225 Index dropped 239.16 points to end at 20,223.61. The Topix Index of all
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      953 21 Reuters PShanhenß Index +L7B CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed higher yesterday as domestic institutions snapped up Pudongbased companies on hopes of new government support for the Shanghai development zone, brokers said. Shenzhen's B Index rose 1.97 per cent or 1.78 points to 92.01 points as turnover fell slightly
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      337 21 AFP □wPMn -am TAIWAN share prices closed 2.1 per cent lower to breach the psychological 10,000 level yesterday as investors locked in profits from recent sharp gains, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index plunged 216.89 points to 9,969.28, following a 1.4 per cent rise in the
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      276 22 AFP nOnpflatehin +22it PHILIPPINE share prices closed 1.3 per cent higher yesterday on buying of blue chip stocks and prospects of stable interest rates, brokers said. The Composite Index rose 22.19 points to 1,713.24. Trading volume fell to 3.25 billion shares worth 1.08 billion pesos. —AFP Nw rmm mrcmm
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      271 22 AFP QNZSE-40 ♦3438 NEW Zealand shares rose 1.6 per cent yesterday as investors bought into traditional blue chip stocks. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 34.38 points to 2,133.51 on healthy turnover of NZ$l29 million. Local trading was moving independently of foreign markets.— AFP *fi «a nm Advantage HDS 440
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      569 22 AFP HADOrtoarieß HJ THE All Ordinaries Index closed up 4.6 points or 0.2 per cent at 3,142.4. The new SP/ASX 200 Index closed up 1.7 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 3,157.1. The All Industrials was 10 points higher at 5,539.6 while the All Resources closed down 0.5 points
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      280 22 AFP Q Composite Index -25J31 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 25.81 points at 804.35. Volume was 171.5 million shares worth 2.2 trillion won. —AFP *Ft Arvwn SwiM I7S00 -600 Brain Itch 1363 -79 Control Bank 2175 uncti (MOM *****0 6900 Dw Cu Bank 2090 -40 Dooionq
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      1080 24  -  Angelo Augustus teUs whbtbbo chew he gets the chance to be his own boss, helping Pertama's major shareholder Harvey Norman to spearhead its expansion in Asia MARISSA CHEW POR Angelo Augustus, his new job as Pertama Holdings' managing director is a dream come
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        Lock icon PHILIP TAN, Citibank
        53 24 Philip Tan, a 20-year veteran at Citibank, has been appointed managing director of the bank's national corporate group which is made up of its local corporate and real estate units. His career highlights jndnJe the handling of problem loans in the economic recession of the mid 1960s
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        55 24 In another similar Citibank appointment, Agnes Liew is to be made managing director of its conglomerates and specialised industries unit group. She has extensive experience in global corporate and investment hanking, and in trade and marketing. Ms Liew was public sector head covering government agencies and the
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        Lock icon SNG SEOW WAH, Citibank
        61 24 Citibank's recently formed emerging local corporate business will have a newcomer to the hank as its director. He is Sng Seow Wah, who has over 17 years of hanking experience in Coopers A Lybrand, UOB, Westpac Banking Corporation and BNP. Mr Sng*s last position was BNPs
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        61 24 Curtis Kovach has made the move from sports to music by joining Tower Records as its general manager. The former general manager of sports wear Fila China also had held executive posts in Nike, Westinghouse Electric and the United Nations Food Program. Mr Kovach holds an
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        68 24 REY ALCOCER, Bass Hotels Resorts Bass Hotels Resorts has appointed Rey Alcocer as vice-president of total quality management (TQM)-In the new position, he will drive the TQM process, integrating customer feedback vehicles and other TQM tools. Mr Alcocer, previously director of quality and product standards at Starwood Hotels, will also
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        63 24 WOLFGANG GRIMM, Bass Hotels Resorts Wolfgang Grimm is the new operations support vice-president at Bass Hotels Resorts, and he win be based in Sydney. His initial job is to focus on operating and physical standards relating to each of the BHR brands in the region. Prior to his present appointment,
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        Lock icon GERD KOIDL, Bass Hotels & Resorts
        79 24 GERD KOIDL, Bass Hotels Resorts Gerd Koidl, another new vice-president at Bass Hotels Resorts, will be responsible for the hotel's food and beverage services section. He is in charge of directing and developing F&B concepts for all brands, with initial emphasis on repositioning FAB for the Holiday Inn brand. Other
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        Lock icon MICHAEL BALL, Shangri-La
        60 24 Michael Ball, former executive vice-president of REZSolutions Inc, has taken up a new appointment as Shangri-La's group director of sales and marketing. In his previous capacity, Mr Ball had overseen the rapid development of REZSolutions talc's "branded" portfolio which totalled 680 hotels worldwide. As Shangri-La's group director,
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        64 24 Elaine Williams has been elected to partnership level in Freshfields, effective from May 1. With the addition of Ms Williams, the major international law firm will now have six partners and 25 other lawyers in Singapore. Ms Williams, who has been based here for two years, has
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      252 25 SINGAPORE'S CHANGING CULINARY SCENE Jhl FJII ElP^*9!9 FOOD jg $V^f T^ e World Gourmet Summit gets off to a champagne and caviar start this weekend. Aside from the gastronomic highs of the week to come, those of us who live and eat in this city will be happy to know
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      14 25 K Wj I Pursuit* Anita Roddick: 25 years later, her mission continues EL 6
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
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        1984 26 SINGAPORE'S CHANGING CULINARY SCENE HERE are HIITI two types of food: good Hi food and bad food," intones Peter Knipp, chef, entrepreneur and coorganiser of the World Gourmet Summit, with all the experience that comes from working in the food and beverage industry for 30 years. The
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        828 27  -  For raw fish-averse people who want a Japanese meal, Tonkichi may well be the answer, says tam buyer TAN SU YEN REALLY like Japanese food, but I just don't [H like eating raw How many embarrassed hosts have sat HHH facing their guests, across a sashimi platter,
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        529 27 PAIRING WINES with Chinese food may be a fairly recent development, but cognac certainly needs no introduction at the Chinese banquet table. According to Martell, France's oldest Cognac house, discerning gourmets have long realised that a dash of Cognac, added at the table, gives an
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        728 27  -  The latest Odyssey and its five-door HR-V stablemate are worlds apart But GHBOToramtTiw finds the two new Hondas launched within weeks of each other are united by one trait: practicality CHRISTOPHER TAN IF IT ain't broke, don't fix it. That's probably Honda's philosophy when designing new cars. The
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        471 27 THE WORD "hybrid" in the automotive world is normally used to describe vehicles which rim on two power sources, usually petrol and electricity. But it is also apt for a car such as the Honda HR-V, which, if it were an animal, would be best described as
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        690 28  -  While no one here has gone the full monty yet to promote a product local companies haven't been sitting around idly either, aasomlte looks at some publicity campaigns in Singapore AARON LYE HERE'S an interesting question Who didn't hear about Richard Branson and his devil-may-care
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      712 29 All About My Mother. Oscar-winning Pedro Almodovar film about losing a loved one, and moving on. R(A). Orchard, Picturehouse. American Beauty. Screwy look at American suburban life which won five Oscars, including Best Picture. R(A). Orchard, Cathay, Suntec, Lido, Balestier, Yangtze, Beach Road, Bugis, Marina, Plaza. Grand. The Bachelor.
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      120 29 Cathay Org Cathay 338-3400 Eastshore 346-1816 Orchard 235-8386 Picturehouse 338-3400 Yangtze 223-7529 big Wah Empress 777-5867 JuWiee 454-1640 Mandarin 292-9401 Marina 338-9719 Whrtesands 585-1782 Golden Village 1900-912-1234 332-6098 for group bookings wheelchair facilities Bishan Boon lay Marina Tampines 8 Tung Bahru Yishun m mm vWvMM WOwl® />i—i,,i,
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        1006 30  -  The herb-centred medical system from Kerala in India is being practised at one of the newest care centres in Singapore. It is also being embraced by Westerners like Anita Roddick at The Body Shop, pabtaibi matix gets to the root of its popularity PARVATHI NAYAR WITH every A-to-Z
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        735 30  -  Twenty-five years after it first opened, Anita Roddick's The Body Shop continues to be a company withamission By Parvathi Nayar ANITA Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, visited Singapore recently to promote the company's latest Ayurveda range. But true to her unusual claim that she sees her company
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        880 31  -  OCBCAM's new M'sia Savers Fund is set to capitalise on the country's economic recovery and increased liquidity after MSCI's reinstatement ven sreemivasam highlights other bright spots VEN SREENIVASAN OCBC Asset Management (OCBCAM) is launching a Malaysia country fund which plans to ride on the upside
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        608 31  -  Earnings growth is key, with e-commerce dot-com plays forming only small part of portfolio: managing director By Genevieve Cua JUST when you thought you've heard enough about technology funds, yet another entrant jumps in. This time, the new fund launch a global Internet
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        376 31 UWT TRUST/SECTOR (6 MONTHS: 30AUG99-31MAA00) CHANGE BENCHMARK CHANGE Top 10 funds JL Henderson Global Tech/Tech Global* 151.03 Wired Index! 61.37 _2 UOB Uted Global Tech/Tech Global 83.61 Wired Index! 61.37 3 OCBC Savers India/EQ India 82.53 MSCI India 33.63 4 UOfl United Global Tele/Tele Global 75.12
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        732 33  -  ■■HMMMMdLIJUMiJkSULMai YOUR MONEY Timing, pricing, and disclosure are crucial In launching a covered warrant issue r. sivanithy LAST week, Merrill Lynch issued some 16 million covered warrants on Pacific Century Regional Developments at $1,069 cents each. Ten warrants are needed for conversion to one share and
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        972 33  -  By Robert Halili The writer is director of Asian Ownership Research at Primark DIRECTORS and substantial shareholders rushed in to buy shares as the market experienced another iragor drop. A total of 33 companies acquired $55.58 million worth of shares between March 30 and
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        866 33 Singapore Telecom Once-powerful monopoly Singapore Telecom (Sing Tel) now has to fend off a horde of eager rivals. Its stock is likely to stay down for some time. The Singapore government liberalised the telecommunications market on April 1, two years earlier than scheduled,
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      544 32 Fortunes change with revolutions. The cyber-comms revolution is no exception. Since its What's even more exciting is the global trend towards the mergers and alliances of Internet, introduction in 1994, the Internet has revolutionised the way we live, work and play. From communications and media companies to offer multiple service
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      1405 34  -  Now that the tech stocks have come down with a thud, investors should pick themselves up and look to blue chips with strong earnings growth. GENEVIEVE CUA gathers some advice from fund managers GENEVIEVE CUA THE bubble building up in high-flying technology shares in the US and across
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      344 34 IS yet another Internet fund just one too many? Subscriptions to recent fund launches show investors' appetite for the "new economy" investment story remains strong, despite the Nasdaq Composite Index's stomach-churning slide. The Nasdaq has managed to keep above the 4,100 level as of
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      293 35 Bridge News Reuters THE dry cargo freight market remained firm for capesizes worldwide, v although the number of fresh fixtures reported was relatively few, brokers said. Period business was being transacted on private terms. Brokers acting on behalf of owners believed the panamax sector was cooling in both
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      641 35  -  Group decides to sell off non-core activities after 70% fall in profits bnt says it's no fire sale By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Cosco Investment (S) Ltd plans to refocus on its core business of shipping and related businesses while shedding its non-core business
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      251 35 [SINGAPORE] Fuel surcharges are on the rise again according to member-ship-ping lines in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement. The increases amount to US$BO per 40-foot container, $60 per 20-foot container and $4 per revenue ton interim fuel assessment (IFA). The increased fuel surcharges
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      805 35  -  IDMXRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar A MAJOR oil spill in Sydney last August could have been avoided if the crew on the Italian oil tanker Laura D' Amato, had been less presumptuous about the sea chest valves. According to Canberra's Marine Incident Investigation Unit
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      384 35  -  One in three attacks worldwide occur in Indon waters By Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Ships moored at port anchorages run the higest risk of piracy attacks, according to a report by members of The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO). More than half
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      54 35 [RIO DE JANEIRO] Construction workers looking at thousands of dead fish on the shoreline of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday. The fish, which news reports say may be waste from a fishing boat, appeared on April 3, almost three months after an oil spill
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        1086 36  -  By allowing inspection of foreign-flagged vessels, PSC acts as a safety net when shipowners do not do their jobs By Wong Len Poh The writer is senior assistant director (ship safety) at the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. This feature first appeared in the MPA's The
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        191 49 Apr* Philippines: Day of Valour. A#r» New Zealand: Market Holiday, Stock Exchange Closes at Noon. Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Philippines: Maundy Thursday. Apr 21 Denmark: Good Friday. France: Good Friday. Germany: Good Friday. Thailand: Market Holiday. New Zealand: Good Friday. Hong Kong: Good Friday. Indonesia: Good Friday. Philippines: Good
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        788 49 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Mi rine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars Instead of tingle price* for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesixed item Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        450 50 Most analysts keep their boy calls on counter despite price fall yesterday Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines Ltd's (SLA) entry into the Star Alliance is likely to boost its revenues and bottom line, even as the stock market pushes its share price to
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        51 50 [URUMQI, China] StaffofUrumqi Railway Administration laying rails on Lanxin railway which starts from Lanzhou of Gansu province and ends in Urumqi, capital of north-west China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The administration carriedoutthe Speeding-up Project recently to accelerate the average speed of the trains operating on the railway.
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          62 50 Xinhua [BEIJING] A total of 40 local flights have been delayed at the Beijing Capital Airport by 2pm yesterday, due to a serious sandstorm in the daytime, according to the latest information from the airport. And 40 flights from other places had to land at TianJin
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          75 50 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian authorities are investigating an incident in which five cargo handlers were overcome by ftimes while onloading a container from a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane, an airport official said yesterday. The official said five ground handlers at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
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          122 50 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China Eastern Airlines yesterday said it is cooperating with Raytheon and Cessna of the United States to sell planes to Chinese individuals for the first time. The sales agreements between China's third largest airline and Raytheon Aircraft Co, a subsidiary of Raytheon Co,
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          67 50 Xinhua [BEIJING] Air France recently increased the number of flights on its Beijing-Paris route from six to seven per week. The airline also increased the number of flights on the Shanghai-Paris route, which opened in 1996, from three to five weekly. In addition, it a
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        195 50 Meeting comes after United Air pleaded for liberalisation AFP [HONGKONG] THE United States and Hongkong will meet in mid-April to negotiate a more extensive air service agreement, Stuart Oran, US-based United Airlines senior vice president for inter- national operations said Wednesday. The
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        159 50 Reuters [LONDON] British Airways pic said on Wednesday that premium traffic had risen 8.5 per cent in March, marking the ninth consecutive month of growth and in line with its strategy to attract more high-paying business traveUers. Overall traffic fell by 4 per cent compared
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        488 50 Bloomberg [LONDON] Easy Jet Airline Co, Europe's No 2 low-cost carrier, is threatening to stop expanding from its London base if the operator of Luton Airport raises charges. The discount carrier, which expects its passenger count to rise to 5.5 million
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      102 50 Information to the Trade to Benin (Cotonou) The National Shipper's Council of Benin (CNCB) informs all agents/liners/shippers/consignees/etc. thai according to the order of January 13, 2000 signed by the Minister of Public Works and Transport of Benin, a "Cargo Tracking Note" must be attached to any Bill of Lading covering
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