The Business Times, 3 May 2000

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85C SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2000
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    72 1 □sn *****60 (+2.74) v BT-SKI SOOiSO (-8.52) smsci FUTURES 29QJ0 (+2.10) STOCK MABKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP 900.31 +1.96 NIKKEI 18,439.36 +3618 HANG SENG *****.76 +298.46 SET INDEX 385.44 -4.96 JAKARTA COMP ***** +6.64 MANILA COMP __1,606.04 +751 TAIPEI WP1 8,638.75 138.60 SEOUL COMP ***** +2710 CLSA
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    77 1 FOKEX RATES us$ s$ US$ 1.717 £(US$/S$ per 1560 2.678 EURO(US$/S$/E) 0.913 1567 DM 2.143 mi YEN 108.4 1.583 RM 3.800 0.462 HKS 7.790 0120 BAHT 38J8 0.045 RUP1AH 8,035 0.021 'St to too units PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA .1900 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 1100 HONGKONG
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    Lock icon Survey points to slowdown in S'pore's economic recovery
    576 1  -  I m *ii exclusive S'pore firms had lower profits and new orders in Ql: NUS-BT survey Byi Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Singapore firms fared worse in terms of profits and new orders in the first quarter of this year compared to a year
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    Lock icon A Hongkong storm in a hexagonal vase
    892 1  -  Cultural pride and commercial instincts again play themselves out in a HE auction yesterday Fromi Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong AS EARLY as 10am. the Hongkong media had staked out the auction room at Robert Kuok's busy Island Shangri-La Hotel here. But there
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    Lock icon Mohd Khir takes over hot seat at Telekom Malaysia
    509 1 Share price slips as some investors see it as a sign of management dispute Bloomberg, Reuters I KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has replaced the chief executive of state-controlled Telekom Malaysia Bhd to help the nation's second-largest company face intensifying compe tit ion
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      119 1 MSTOE Money Matters No way but up for the greenback. Pg 31 Top stories T m fl 1I |?We are not giving up control of Time dot Com. It is not for sale," says Halim Saad, Renong chief. Pg 3 CCL seeking to raise its stake in Astra to 30%:
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      Lock icon New measures to boost govt securities market
      791 2  -  In the longer term, measures could include promotion of mortgage securities: Lim Hng Kiang Reports byi Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced new measures to boost trading in the Singapore Government Securities (SGS) market, including making it easier
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      Lock icon Boom time ahead for Asian bond markets: bankers
      532 2 Corporate issuers qneneing to raise debt and lock in low borrowing costs here (SINGAPORE] With interest rates expecting to trend upwards and regional economies continuing their recovery from the 1997 financial crisis, boom times are ahead for the Asian bond markets, bankers
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      Lock icon Raphael Tham: Relaxation is a sin!
      493 2  -  Getting Personal By Corinne Kerk Who: Raphael Tham, chief executive officer, WizOffice.com Age: 30 Claim to fame: Leaving a comfortable position in the enterprise development division of the Economic Development Board, Mr Tham, together with two partners, founded WizOffice In August last year. The
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon From dotcom to Keppel Securities
        108 2 WHILE it is commonplace to see talented people leaving their established fields to join dotcom startups, it is rather unusual to hear of a dotcom specialist moving back to a more traditional domain. But Carmen Lee, the chief editor of PanPac Media's AsiaStockWatch.com, who helped
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        Lock icon Scoring right every time
        93 2 THE new minimum buildability score for construction projects may mean that engineers, contractors and architects will have to grapple with using prefab parts and buildable designs, but the players haven't lost their sense of humour. At a forum on buildable design last Friday, one presenter likened
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        Lock icon Photo opportunity of a different kind
        90 2 THIS should interest Singaporeans who think they are leading too sheltered lives. According to a joint advertisement by Qantas and British Airways, "London is a cosmopolitan mixture of the First and Third Worlds, of chauffeurs and beggars, of the establishment, the avowedly working class
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      448 2 Goods and Services Tax (GST) and your business Workings of the GST system and its implications on businesses in the following industries: Manufacturing/TVading/Service Co Logistics/Freight forwarding/Warehousing Communications/Media/eßusinesses. GST has been implemented since 1 April 1994. Are you filing the GST return correctly? Do you need a refresher on the GST
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  • TUSSLE for time dotcom
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      Lock icon Time won't cede control of unit: Halim
      1006 3 Creditors of Time will be paid in full by July or August [KUALA LUMPUR] HALIM Saad, boss of the Renong group, has made a clear stand that Time Engineering Bhd will not give up control of Time dot Com Bhd and that creditors
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      Lock icon Finance ministry vows to stay clear
      393 3 Bernama AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's finance ministry said it would not interfere in the tussle between Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (Sing Tel) and Sapura, one of Malaysia's leading telecommunications group, for Time dot Com Bhd, but would pay attention to "national" aspects. Deputy Finance Minister
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      Lock icon Time Engg dives 7.6% on Sapura bid
      330 3 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Time Engineering Bhd shares tumbled 7.6 per cent yesterday after one of its biggest creditors said it's bidding for control of its Time dot Com Bhd unit, manager of Malaysia's biggest fibre optics network. Time shares fell 38 sen to
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      393 4 Pricq/vaTerhousEQopers i The e-business revolution is sweeping the world, exploding across all industries and radically changing the way business is conducted. For many investment management companies, the overall effect of e-business will strengthen the industry, and for astute players who can and will exploit its opportunities, a whole new field
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon CCL seeking to up its stake in Astra to 30%, say sources
      503 4  -  \-H exclusive Shares likely to come from partners involved in March acquisition Byy Christopher Tan BARELY five weeks after becoming Astra International's single largest shareholder, listed motor and property group Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL) is seeking to raise
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      Lock icon SPH AsiaOne gets in-principle nod for mainboard listing
      146 4 SINGAPORE Press Holdings announced yesterday that its Internet subsidiary, SPH Asia One Ltd, has obtained in-principle approval for a mainboard listing. Asia One, which formerly operated as the multimedia division of SPH, is expected to use the funds raised from this listing
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      Lock icon New listing laggards return to centrestage
      370 4  -  JurongTech and Air Ocean among most active stocks 'V Ven Sreenivasan SEVERAL new listings some of which had languished below their offer prices in recent weeks headed the actives list yesterday, fuelled by strong speculative interest. Counters like Jurong Tech, Air Ocean, CEI, MAE
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      Lock icon Avaplas gets OK for Sesdaq listing
      280 4  -  By Kenneth Lee AVAPLAS (Pte) Ltd, one of the leading manufacturers of high-volume precision engineering plastic components and subassemblies, has received in-principle approval to list on Sesdaq. The initial public offering (IPO) will be lead managed and underwritten by DBS Bank. Established in 1993,
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      Lock icon Despite glitzy report, DBS still has room for improvement
      718 4  -  liiilflS lock siew siow li sen DBS Group Holdings scored in its 1999 annual report which was sent out to shareholders last month. It looks more like a well-laid-out financial magazine with its jazzy cover, than the usual solemn affair of
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      Lock icon Chartered to cut global offer to 175m shares from 213m
      303 7  -  Hove comes a month after chip foundry delayed offer on sluggish market conditions Byi Andrea Tan SINGAPORE chip foundry Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Chartered) is to reduce its global offering of 213 million shares to 175 million. This comes after the
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      Lock icon UPS keen to raise stake in AirOcean
      385 7  -  By\ R Sivanithy THE world's biggest express carrier and package delivery company, United Parcel Service (UPS), is keen to increase its stake in ma in board-listed Air Ocean Express. In a BT interview last week, UPS senior vice-presi-dent for the Asia-Pacific Charles Adams
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon DBS Land GM quits
        22 8 DBS Land said Fan Kow Hin has resigned as general manager (strategic asset management, planning and business development).
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        Lock icon Ed Ng now head of Australand
        28 8 AFX-Asia [SYDNEY] Australand Holdings has appointed Ed Ng. the newly appointed chief executive officer of DBS Land, as director and chairman. -AFX-Asia
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        Lock icon NTUC Income ups stake in Parkway Lab
        48 8 NTUC Income is now a substantial shareholder of Parkway Laboratory Services with the purchase of another 6,908,000 shares from the open market at an average price 0f45.82 cents each. The purchase brings its stake to 15,464,000 shares or 6.712 per cent.
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        Lock icon Food Empire buys parenting website
        81 8 FOOD Empire Holdings is paying $300,000 for a 75 per cent stake in asianparenting Pte Ltd, which currently has an issued capital 0f50,000 $1 shares. This will be raised to $200,000 with Food Empire eventually holding 150,000 shares and asianparenting's five founders owning the rest.
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        Lock icon SGX approves listings of SIA units
        26 8 AFX-Asia SLA said the Singapore Exchange has approved the mainboard listings of SIA Engineering and Singapore Airport Terminal Services. -AFX-Asia
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        Lock icon PPL launches offer for Wassall
        29 8 Bloomberg PPL Holdings, a Singapore maritime construction company, has launched a general takeover offer for Wassail Asia Pacific, a maker of truck axels.— Bloomberg
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        Lock icon UOB Philippines posts quarterly loss
        58 8 AFX-Asia [MANILA] United Overseas Bank Philippines posted a net loss of 186 million pesos (557.7 million) in the three months to March, with interest income amounting to 320 million pesos. Interest expense reached 212 million million pesos while provision for probable losses stood at 29
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        Lock icon Dairy Farm in US$385m fund-raising
        59 8 AFX-Asia DAIRY Farm International has mandated ABN Amro Bank, Chase Manhattan Asia and Standard Chartered Bank to arrange a US$3B5 million (***** million) in US-dollar multi-currency revolving credit for the company. The funds will refinance existing obligations of Dairy Farm and its two main units
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        Lock icon PCL sells Malaysian unit
        52 8 AFX-Asia PACIFIC Carriers Ltd unit Pacific Ship-Managers Sdn Bhd has sold its 50-per cent stake in Triumphline Shipping Sdn Bhd. The 250,000 shares were sold at its nominal value of RMI per share to Shin Yang Holdings Sdn Bhd's Ling Chiong Pin, an existing shareholder of
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        Lock icon Aussino.com buys Aussie property
        38 8 AUSSINO.Coni has bought a warehouse and office complex property in Australia from Danara Holdings Pty for A 51.03 million (Ssl million). It has obtained approval to construct 1,045 sq m of additional warehouse space.
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      Lock icon Venture signs major deal with Cisco Systems
      356 8  -  No figures given, but US giant will account for 20-30% of sales Ry\ Eugene Low CONTRACT manufacturer Venture Manufacturing yesterday signed a major contract with Cisco Systems to build electronic components and products for networking equipment Venture's managing director Wong Ngit Liong declined
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      Lock icon SC Global proposes 1-into-2 share split
      268 8  -  Hy\ Kalpana Rashiwala SIMON Cheong's listed SC Global Developments is proposing a l-into-2 share split to double the number of shares and boost trading liquidity. The counter was last traded way back on April 19, when only three lots of 1,000 shares each changed
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      Lock icon Nera launches POS-Net platform
      220 8  -  By, Joyce Koh NERA Telecommunications last week launched a new Internet-enabled POS (point of sale) platform for merchants to leverage on Net technologies. A solution provider for the telecom and IT industries, the company will invest $2 million to set up Singapore's first Net-based POS system.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      506 6 Stocks Volume Jurong Tech 10c 45,517,000 Food Empire 5c 23,128,000 AirOcean 5c 21,052.000 ParkwayLab 5c 19,251,000 Irmo-Pac20c 18,675,000 CEI5c 17.807.000 L&M 50c 17,764.000 LafeTech US4c 16.611,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 13,235,000 UracoH,dgs10c r 8,940,000 ■Jfy.... ...55,219,548 20c 29,268,162 Conductor 26c 27,221,400 24,833,375 it-. 23,663,318 18.904,340 17,456,880 16,949,987 v 16,512,575 Nat
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      Lock icon Second liners, recently-listed laggards take centre stage
      562 6  -  I=ll comment STOCKS r.sivanithy THANKS mainly to buying of Creative Technology, Venture Manufacturing and Cycle Carriage shares, the Straits Times Index kicked off the holi-day-shortened week with a 2.74-point rise to 2,166.85 yesterday. The real action, however, was in second line stocks and,
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      Lock icon CSC worth a shot despite weak sectoral sentiment
      192 6  -  WARRANT WATCH lit/1 R Sivanithy THE latest warrant to list here is one issued by civil engineering firm CSC Holdings. At 10 cents, it is also one of the cheapest in the local market and, if for no other reason than its
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      Lock icon Creative hitting near-term resistance
      205 6  -  HOT STOCK Ven Sreenivasan CREATIVE Technology shares have rebounded from its mid-April low of $36.10. This technology counter jumped S3 to $44.50 yesterday on a relatively modest volume of 557,700 shares. It hit an intra-day high of $45.20, and an intra-day low of $43.00 yesterday. The
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      126 6 LHT Holdings will be trading ex-dividend (first and final dividend of 0.75 cent) on June 14. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is on June 19. Date payable is on June 29. ♦KEPPEL Land will be trading ex-dividend (final dividend of three cents) on June 1.
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      230 7 *dfll Hk>.* Lf m i <. v a^B WATCH OUT, WORLD. /Vow Singapore businesses can use Global One, voted the best global telecommunications carrier. Global One salutes deregulation in Singapore. As one of Asia's original "Four Tigers," Singapore has long been a formidable economic power. And now, with the deregulation
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon UOB consumer banker who makes others sit up
      492 10  -  No need for customers to be physically present when opening accounts, she says Reports by I Siow Li Sen SIM Puay Suang. the tireless head of consumer services at United Overseas Bank (UOB), can take the credit for having earned the bank
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      Lock icon UOB guarantees principal on product
      377 10 UNITED Overseas Bank yesterday offered a new product a deposit account that offers the excitement of equity investment but with the principal amount guaranteed. Called the UOB Nikkei Deposit, it gives returns based on the 12-month performance of Japan 's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index.
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      Lock icon NUS Business School forms alumni body
      361 10  -  Move prompted by competition from other institutions /yy Teh Hooi Ling RISING competition in education has spurred the National University of Singapore Business School to create its very own alumni association, the first in its 20year history. The aim is to get all NUS
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      Lock icon Telecoms retailer offers phone card with low roaming charges
      198 10 TELECOMS equipment retailer Telecoms Link has tied up with Swiss Com to allow mobile phone users to call from overseas to anywhere in the world at $2.50 per minute, up to 60 per cent lower than normal roaming char ges "The
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      Lock icon Singapore firms upbeat about sales this year: survey
      423 11  -  3 in 5 see improvement; optimism most widespread in transport and communications sector By. Audrey Tan SINGAPORE firms have generally upbeat sales forecasts for this year, with three in every five firms surveyed expecting 2000 sales to exceed last year's. The latest
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      Lock icon More firms give up JTC factory space
      315 11  -  RH3T43 on the economy industrial space By Marissa Chew EVEN as the proportion of flatted factory space given up because of business expansion grew, the proportion of terminations because of poorer business inched up in the first quarter of this year. Statistics from
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      Lock icon PMI rises to 16-month high of 65.1 in April
      380 11  -  /it/] Eugene Low REFLECTING the expansion in Singapore's manufacturing sector, the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) continued to strengthen last month, rising 2.6 points over March to a 16-month high of 65.1. The PMI. a key leading indicator of the economy, has
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      Lock icon CPF studying proposal on 'safe' instruments
      171 11  -  Ronald Chong Manager (Public Affairs) CPF Board WE refer to the letter "Widen use of CPF minimum sum" by Tan Choon Kiat (BT. April 20). Mr Tan suggested that the board allow the CPF minimum sum to be invested in low-risk investments such as
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Asem needs to build more bridges
      755 12  -  mum I bottom line OPINION shada islam The writer is a Brussels-based journalist who contributes to BT BUILDING stronger relations with Asia continues to be one of the key foreign policy challenges facing the European Union (EU). The first Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem) held in
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      137 12 'Our competitors were very surprised. They said, 'You're China, you are a developing country. How can you produce this?' But we are smart. And we are learning about markets every day.' PiMigtian vice-general manager of the Chinese TV manufacturer Konka, after the company won an "Award of2ooofor
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      Lock icon Breaking up is hard to do
      615 12 EDITORIAL THE US Justice Department asked a federal judge last week to split the US computer giant Microsoft into two businesses: One would sell the Windows operating system while the other would own application software. The company's lawyers have vowed to fight the proposal
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      Lock icon Why end of tech mania is good for everyone
      996 12  -  New technology driven economy is here to stay, bnt a continued rash just leads to worse crash By\ Roger Altman The writer, founder of Evercore Partners, an investment bank, served as deputy secretary of the Treasury under US President Bill Clinton
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      989 12 Reining In Microsoft THE US federal government proposal to break up Microsoft... raises profound questions about the government's role in the New Economy. Can, and should, laws designed to manage the emergence of industrial monopolies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries be applied to
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Talks on sale of Hicom's EON stake stalled, says Petronas
      366 13 KUALA LUMPUR Speculation mounts that EON may be left out of Proton deal Reuters MALAYSIAN state oil firm Petronas, which plans to buy control of national car maker Proton, said yesterday it appears talks have stalled on the sale of
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      Lock icon Proton to launch fully M'sian-made car next week
      302 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN national car maker Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton) will launch a fully Malaysianmade car next week, its chief executive officer said yesterday. "Soon, in a week's time we will be launching our made in Malaysia car," Tengku Mahaleel
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Telekom, TRI, Digi Swisscom slide
        84 13 Bloomberg MALAYSIAN telecommunication stocks fell, led by Telekom Malaysia Bhd, after the country's biggest company replaced its chief executive on concern that rising competition was eroding its market share. Apart from Telekom, which fell 30 sen, or 2.3 per cent, to RM12.90, Technology Resources Industries
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        Lock icon Tenaga powers ahead
        87 13 Bloomberg TENAGA Nasional Bhd posted its biggest one-day percentage gain in six weeks, rising 30 sen, or 2.4 per cent, to RM12.90. The stock rose for the third time in four days after the power utility's earnings for the first-half ended Feb 29 beat analysts' forecasts. That
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        Lock icon Mulpha rises in active trade
        85 13 Bloomberg MULPHA International Bhd rose 3 sen, or 3.4 per cent, to 91.5 sen. It was the seventh-most active counter, with 2.1 million shares traded compared with its six-month daily average of 1.5 million shares. The distributor of sports equipment and clothes fixed May 9
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      Lock icon Currency controls not 1st choice: Dr M
      470 13 KUALA LUMPUR NEAC turned down plan to raise income, prices to neutralise devaluation AFP, AP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad initially planned to beat currency speculators with a radical plan for universal pay and price rises, it was disclosed yesterday. Dr Mahathir said
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      Lock icon KL monorail operator seeks listing
      173 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN monorail operator KL PRT Sdn Bhd is planning a listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange in the second half of the year, the Malaysian Business Times newspaper said yesterday. The company is looking to raise between RM7O million (5531.6 million)
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      548 14 GOOD NEWS IF YOII'RF PI^NNIN(j; TO RUM D AN in J %h -.A'i f'-i? t -iw Mm Successful investors know the importance of a diversified portfolio of global investments. This helps you maximize the It pays to know INVLSCO potential from your investments while minimizing the risk of being over
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  • SOUTH east asia
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      Lock icon IMF rejects Jan 2001 deadline for Batam VAT
      590 15  -  Bat sources say it is agreeable to postponement within this year FYcrm\ Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday rejected President Abdurrahman Wahid's plan to delay implementing a value-added tax (VAT) and a luxury tax for Batam till January
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      Lock icon Bank runs: Manila bankers act to help each other
      406 15 MANILA Bloomberg THE Bankers Association of the Philippines, moving to shore up support for an industry wracked by a crisis of depositor confidence, unveiled plans to let banks get emergency funds from each other faster than normal. An emergency meeting of
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      266 15 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA'S state oil and gas company Pertamina has handed over to the AttorneyGeneral's Office a list of projects involving former president Suharto's cronies and family for investigation, a document showed here yesterday. Pertamina has forwarded a list of
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      190 15 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA'S new Investment and State Enterprises Minister Rozy Munir insists he is up to the task of helping pull the country out of economic crisis, despite widespread criticism of his appointment last week. "I have been regarded as an
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      255 16 HONGKONG Reuters QUALITY Health Care Asia Ltd said yesterday it would sell its Quality Health Care Technologies Services Ltd (QHTS) to Kin Wing Chinney Holdings Ltd for US$255 million (*****.3 million) to be satisfied by 1.98 billion new Kin Wing shares at
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      493 16 HONGKONG Difficult outlook for 2000 as stocks still volatile, interest rates likely to rise Reuters HONGKONG central banker Joseph Yam said yesterday the investment outlook for the territory in 2000 would be "very difficult" because of a volatile stock market and the
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      223 16 TAIPEI New govt orders company to stop inviting construction tenders Reuters TAIWAN'S controversial fourth nuclear power plant hit a new snag yesterday when the economics minister ordered the state power company to stop inviting tenders for its construction. The fate of the US$5.3 billion
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        90 16 Reuters 11 Airbij i aiwan domestic banks overdue loan ratio rose to 5.03 per cent by the end of March from 4.88 per cent at the end of December 1999 due to poor business operations and over-expansion of some firms, the central bank
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        95 16 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] The Asiaworld group will sell some of its property to repay bank loans, president Yang Meng-ling said. Mr Yang was quoted by the Economic Daily News as saying the group expects to book a capital gain of NT$6-8 billion (*****-445 million) from
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        69 16 Reuters IHONGKONG] Electronic products distributor Wah Lee Resources Holdings Ltd said yesterday that pursuant to a Supreme Court of Bermuda order, provisional liquidators were to be appointed to the company. "The appointment of provisional liquidators took effect on April 20,2000," it said. The company's
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        96 16 Reuters [TAIPEI] Executives of the private Chung Shing Bank, which has been taken over by the government following a loan scandal, have been banned from travelling abroad, a finance ministry spokesman said yesterday. Taipei's chief prosecutor Chang Wen-cheng said four people, including three bank executives,
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      752 16 SHANGHAI Stiff competition, restructuring hit telecoms stocks Reuters CHINA'S listed high-technol-ogy firms reported lower-than-expected earnings for 1999, with heated competition shrinking computer hardware margins and restructuring hitting telecommunications counters. Analysts were cautiously optimistic about the outlook for fledgling New Economy firms, which
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      369 19 BOMBAY Momentum selling blamed for dragging stock index down 6.13% to 4,372.22 Reuters, AFX-Asia SHARES on the Bombay exchanges slid sharply yesterday on speculator selling and a newspaper report that the finance ministry had ordered an investigation into the stock-market
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      288 19 NEWDELHI Reuters INDIAN gold traders are hoping a normal monsoon between June and September will help boost gold demand in a market hit by a severe drought sweeping through large parts of the country. The bulk of India's gold dema'nd comes
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        76 19 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's state-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has completed its filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and expects to list its share on the New York Stock Exchange in the third week of June, a senior company official said
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        38 19 Reuters [BOMBAY] The board of directors of Indian computer education and software firm NIIT Ltd has approved the setting up of an online learning subsidiary, the Bombay Stock Exchange said yesterday. Reuters
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        66 19 Reuters [NEW DELHI] Indian postal workers have deferred their planned strike for 70 days after government assurances that some of their demands for higher wages will be considered, the Press Trust of India said. The strike, due to start yesterday, was called off after two
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      62 19 [THAR, Pakistan] A Pakistani villager climbing down into a dried well at a village in drought-hit Thar desert, on Monday, to dig it deeper in search of water. Thousands of families have migrated from Thar desert in southern Pakistan as their cattle have died
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      338 19 NEW DELHI Licences last 20 years; entry fee set at 10m rupees INDIA will cap foreign equity at 49 per cent for global mobile personal communications by satellite operators and approve projects on a case-by-case basis under the satellite phone policy to
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      347 19 U NEW DELHI Analysts expect current account deficit to decline Reuters ROBUST growth in merchandise exports signals the sustainability of India's industrial turnaround, analysts said, adding that they expect a lower current account deficit in the past fiscal year. The government announced on Monday
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      778 21  -  FAST uclcL Internet startup iProperty is a real business supplying IT solutions to companies in the property sector, says CEO By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] FOR chief operating officer David Leong, iProperty is not another hyped-up Internet property company. The startup, founded last August, is scheduled
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      216 21  -  By, Joyce Koh [SINGAPORE] Nasdaq-listed F5 Networks, Inc, a provider of integrated Internet traffic and content management products, has chosen Singapore as its Asia-Pacific headquarters. The company plans to invest US$4 million (Ss6.B million) on infrastructure and human resource in the region.
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      557 22 NEWYORK Online exchange with nine parts suppliers will start with USsloom fund Bloomberg HEWLETT-PACKARD Co, Compaq Computer Corp, Gateway Inc and nine computer parts suppliers are teaming to form an Internet marketplace that they say will cut their supply costs by 5 per
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      386 22 PARIS Joint venture will tap wireless Net networks Bloomberg ALCATEL SA, Europe's second-larg est phone-equipment maker, said it is linking with Japan's Fujitsu Ltd to develop equipment for wireless Internet networks, intensifying competition with Ericsson AB, the world leader. Paris-based Alcatel will own 66 per
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      121 22 Bloomberg [AUBURN HILLS, Michigan] Volkswagen AG's US unit said it will offer 4,000 New Beetle cars only through the Internet as Europe's largest carmaker makes its first foray into online sales. The limited-edition cars will come in two new colours, Vapour
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      203 22  -  By] Felicia Yap [SINGAPORE] US-based digital management firm Speednames has set up its reional operation base in Singapore. It also announced a tie-up with Lycos Asia to provide its services on Lycos Asia's portal in Asia-Pacific. Speednames helps companies protect
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      366 22 WASHINGTON Bloomberg US FEDERAL regulators are forcing 14 Internet companies touting "get rich quick" schemes to change their advertising and sales pitches, in a sweep aimed at sending a message against Internet fraud. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) settled
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      194 22 [SINGAPORE) Local e-com-merce firm plasticscommerce.com's customers can now get online financing from a Nasdaq-listed US bank. In a statement yesterday, plasticscommerce.com said its strategic alliance with First International Bank (FIB) "will facilitate the settlement of transactions between clients of plasticscommerce.com as well
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      73 22 [SAN FRANCISCO] President of the San Francisco branch of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Anni Long holding a sign during a rally in downtown San Francisco, on Monday. Union members of the SAG and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists are on
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        95 22 Reuters [LONDON] Yahoo! elbowed Microsoft aside by a hair's breadth to become the top Internet brand in Britain in March. Monthly rankings from ratings agency MMXI Europe found that Yahoo was the most popular brand in Britain, with 42.1 per cent of all users
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        66 22 Reuters [HONGKONG] Internet Website operator Tom.com Ltd yesterday said it had entered into an contract to acquire 50 per cent of Shanghai Maya Online Video on Demand Co Ltd for US$25 million (Ss43 million) and another payment of 25 million yuan (Sss million). The company has
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        50 22 Reuters [NEW YORK] Rivals Marriott International Inc and Hyatt Corp are forming a joint venture Internet company to provide hotels with supplies, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition yesterday. The report said the companies are considering taking the venture public. Reuters
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      106 22 Nominations for the 2000 Enterprise 50 awards are now open x Companies can nominate themselves by completing the official nomination form. Companies must be home-grown, J privately-owned and incorporated under Singapore's Companies Act (1994 Revised Edition), with four years of i. Celebrating Singapore's audited statements. Enterprising Spirit J Nominafion forms
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      564 23 NEW YORK Conference Board index np 0.1% in March; businesses still optimistic Bloomberg Reuters THE index of leading US economic indicators rose in March, as claims for jobless benefits fell and stock prices and consumer goods orders rose, a private research group reported
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      332 23 NEWYORK Remarks come amid signs of rising inflation Reuters US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said on Monday that the fundamentals of the US economy are sound. Asked to comment about growing signs that inflationary pressures are picking up in the US, Mr Summers
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        68 23 Bloomberg (THE HAGUE] Telefonica SA, the biggest Spanish phone company, and Royal KPN NV, the Netherlands' No 1, said they're in merger talks that may lead to the creation of Europe's fourth-biggest telecommunications company. The companies are considering a wireless venture that would be 60
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        39 23 Bloomberg [NEW YORKj AT&T's first quarter profit from operations fell 9 per cent to US$l.5 billion (552.6 billion), or 46 cents a share, from US$l.7 billion, or 59 cents, a year earlier. Bloomberg
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        41 23 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] HSBC Securities Australia Ltd, the Australian stockbroking arm of Europe's largest bank HSBC Holdings pic, said it will sack 33 equities staff as part of a reorganisation of its stockbroking business. Bloomberg
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        48 23 AFP [SYDNEY] International ratings agency Standard and Poor's yesterday downgraded Telstra Corp's long-term corporate credit rating to AA from AA-plus. The move follows a decision earlier yesterday by Moody's Investor Service to downgrade Telstra's senior unsecured ratings to Aa3 from Aa2. AFP
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      59 23 [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft consultant Matthew Furdyk, 17, in his office at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. Mr Furdyk, was a dotcom millionaire by age 16. He has been hired by Microsoft to work on its "Next Generation Knowledge Worker Project", a programme that explores the different
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      322 23 MAMSTERDAM Reuters THE wealth of "high net worth individuals" is set to leap by an annual 12 per cent to U5544.9 trillion (Ss77 trillion) by 2004 with technology windfalls pushing more people into the "ultra-rich" category, a Merrill Lynch and
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      643 23 SEATTLE LAT, AFP MICROSOFT Corp began to fight back on Monday against the federal government's proposal to split it in two, but instead faced potentially explosive government charges that the software giant continues to use its Windows monopoly to muscle into new markets.
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      536 23 LONDON It'll be tough to mesh operations and cultures Reuters THE Deutsche Boerse and the London Stock Exchange will today make its long-awaited merger announcement in London, sources familiar with the talks say. The bourses' decision to tie the knot is just the
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      465 24 LONDON Offer price of 500p works ont to a 54% premium at time offer was made Reuters FRANCE'S AXA, the world's largest insurer, deepened its worldwide reach yesterday when minority shareholders of its British arm, Sun Life Provincial Holdings pic, agreed
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      406 24 BID FOR ROVER Two sides start meeting in London, BMW brashes aside Alchemy offer Reuters, FT BRITAIN'S Phoenix consortium voiced confidence yesterday that it could avert the closure of loss-making carmaker Rover and make Germany's BMW an offer it could not
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      188 24 TOKYO Reuters JAPAN'S Kyoei Life Insurance Co said yesterday it is in talks with Prudential Insurance Co of America on a possible equity tie-up, which reports say may result in the US company taking control of the mid-sized insurer. "We are discussing a
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      245 25  -  SGX Derivatives Tmßtavgßeports MS& Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market closed marginally higher yesterday after a firm opening. The technology sector surged 4.08 per cent, riding on Nasdaq's 2.5 per cent rise on Monday. Strong performers included
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      260 25  -  MSCI Taiwan fixtures Chan Yet San Refco Singapore THE Taiwan stock market was rather quiet yesterday, with the turnover at only NT595.83 billion. The market was closed on Monday for the Labour Day holiday. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index (Taiex) opened higher
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      192 25 ENERGY REPORT AFP [LONDON] Oil prices were firmer yesterday in calm trading as dealers awaited the release of the latest US stocks figures from the American Petroleum Institute (API). In London, the price of Brent for June delivery rose 32 US cents to U5524.31
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      343 25 Reuters London THE euro was mired less than a US cent away from last week's record lows against the US dollar yesterday, as dealers quickly shrugged off a string of buoyant euro zone economic reports. Earlier in the day, the single currency had enjoyed a brief advance in
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      2851 26 HONGKONG AFP Hang Seng +298.46 HONGKONG share prices rose 1.9 per cent amid improved sentiment following overnight gains on Wall Street, dealers said. "The market is strong today following gains on Wall Street," said Howard Gorges, vice-president of South China Brokerage, adding "the
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      385 26 AFP Q VP Index -138.60 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.6 per cent lower yesterday in thin trading with most investors sidelined, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 138.60 points to 8,638.75, following a 0.5 per cent decline in the previous session. "More and more investors
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      2033 26 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 «3&28 SHARE prices in Tokyo edged up 0.2 per cent yesterday following a surge in the technology-laden US Nasdaq Index and on hopes for buying from new investment trusts, brokers said. But buying pressure eased in the afternoon as
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      460 27 AFP H Composite Index +L 96 MALAYSIAN share prices ended 0.2 per cent higher yesterday in thin trading with investors remaining sidelined after a long weekend, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index rose 1.96 points to finish at 900.31. The market was closed
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      788 28 AFP n SET Index -4J6 THAI shares closed 1.3 per cent lower yesterday in quiet trade, with the index moving in a tight range amid a lack of interest from foreign investors. The benchmark Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index shed 4.96 points to close at 385.44 points, while
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      293 28 AFP Q Composite Index +7.31 PHILIPPINE share prices rose 0.5 per cent yesterday, with the Stock Exchange Composite Index rising 7.31 points to close at 1,606.04. Volume fell to 3.16 billion shares worth 979.45 million pesos from 3.23 billion shares worth 1.05 billion pesos on Friday. AFP (000) MRCAHIed
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      723 28 AFP Q Composite Index +6.64 JAKARTA share prices closed 1.3 per cent higher yesterday on a technical rebound in major stocks with sentiment also supported by gains in most regional markets, dealers said. However, political concerns capped the rises, they added. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed 6.64
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      276 28 AFP QMZSE-40 +20.06 NEW Zealand's share market rose one per cent yesterday after Wall Street closed higher but volumes were very light and brokers said the market lacked real momentum. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 20.06 points to 2,025.63 on turnover of NZ$56 million. —AFP Hurl MS (OOP) Advantage
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      314 28 AFP Q Composite Index +27.20 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 27.20 points at 752.59. Volume was 194.6 million shares worth 2.7 trillion won. AFP «»|2 Hot A nam Semi ***** 200 Br am Tech IMS 25 Central Bilk 1930 10 CheilComm 12S000 8500 Dm Gu Bank
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      1163 31  -  I=ll comment CURRENCIES Dollar bears in retreat as US stocks hold up in the face of inflation data larry wee A SEA-CHANGE in the outlook for the US dollar took place over the last week which finds US dollar bears completely out of
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      955 31 Baht looks vulnerable; rupiah seen recovering ASIAN exchange rates appeared to weather the storm that recently surrounded global risk markets and from which we have yet to fully emerge. This resilience contrasts with a period of weakness in regional asset markets, which
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      307 33 SOX '000 May 2 SS W CWT Distribution 0.90 0.01 43 Chuan Hup 0.36 0.01 1358 Cosco Investment 0.19 0.01 62 Freight Links 0.25 -0.01 382 G6 Holdings 0.68 unch 0 Hal Sun Hup 0.71 0.01 137 IMC Holdtngs-HK —5.60 unch 0 Jay* Holdings .......0.18 unch 179 Kepp*iCorp
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      498 33  -  System to upgrade sub-contractors, tie-up with tertiary institutes launched Byl Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Two initiatives to re-position the marine industry in the new knowledge economy has been launched under the Marine Group Local Industry Upgrading Programme (LIUP), a partnership of seven local
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      152 33 Bloomberg [LONDON] Associated British Ports Holdings pic (ABP), the UK's largest port operator, said it rejected a takeover offer conveyed informally by advisers to another company, on the ground that the bid would "significantly undervalue" ABP and its prospects. It said shareholders should take
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      277 33 AFP [HONIARA] Rescued passengers aboard a cruise liner that struck an uncharted reef in the Solomon Islands on Sunday were shaken but otherwise unharmed, according to a rescue worker. Michael Melville, of the Solomon Sights and Sounds transport company in Honiara, helped
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        733 34  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer OVER the past decade, there have been a lot of scare stories about a likely officer shortage on the world's merchant fleet. Research by the UK's University of Warwick, funded by Bimco and the International Shipping
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        236 34 (SINGAPORE] Trade between South-east and North Asia will receive a boost, with Japanese shipping line KLine starting an additional service between Japan and Taiwan, the Straits, Indonesia and Hongkong from May 24. The service, which adds to the line's two existing service loops, will
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      305 34 PAGE ECU Line 6 ANl 3 ESP lines 13 Accord 8 M Ahrenkiel M tw w 6 Appenship 5 '•«>«*» 8 AsiaOCL 13 Frt Links M Austral 8 6 L n,, Avant 14 Gemartrans 6 B'tang Mas 8 Genshpg 13 BSA 7 Global 13 BTL 14 Glory
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        702 47 ,SMl Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Marcopoto 48 Prw(M6 J16 02/05/2:05 03/05/600 ywt w 33 J» 02/05/7 40 06/05/18:00 27 J06 02/05/7:50 02/05/14:30 Bt Can m*l ***** JOI 02/05/8:10 02/05/23:59 Wjahmada ***** JOI 02/05/7:30 02/05/23:59 Marcopoto 26 JmM)45 J16 02/05/7:20 02/05/23:59 Bt A Pltra J ***** JOI 02/05/8:00
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        182 47 May 5 Thailand: Coronation Day. MayU Hong Kong: Buddha's Birthday. May 15 Thailand: Royal Ploughing Cere mony. May 17 Thailand: Visakha Bycha Day. May 18 Malaysia: Vesak Day. Singapore: Vesak Day. May 19 Denmark: Great Prayer Day. May 29 United Kingdom: Spring Bank Holiday. May 31 Brunei: Royal
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        765 47 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        504 47 Cartoon 180 Max 991.2 0.6 15.4 0.09 89 0.05 27 Density Water Residue Ask AlwnMnai Sediment He above E25 2 0 1 0 3 0 380 AM 986.3 0.2 U.O 0.07 37 0.03 bra 380 Max 991.4 0.9 17.4 0.09 71 0.06 Win %in %m/m %UM
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        660 48 Carriers made combined profits of 790 million yuan last year, helped by govt's ban on fare discounts Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's ban on fare discounts helped its battered aviation sector turn around in 1999, but analysts said nagging overcapacity and uncertainty over industry reforms
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        237 48 Lead manager handling sale to be named next week OanaYonhap [SEOUL] The Inchon International Airport Corp will sell 51 per cent of its stocks to attract foreign capital this year. The Construction and Transportation Ministry said yesterday the airport management company hold
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        220 48 Reuters [KUWAIT] Kuwait Airways Corp (KAC) has completed the final payment on an US$BO million (Ssl36 million) loan taken in 1993 to buy new aircraft, the official Kuwait news agency KUNA reported. It quoted KAC chairman Ahmad al-Zibn as saying the last
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          98 48 Bloomberg [MILAN] Alitalia SpA shares fell as much as 5.7 per cent after KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV ended its two-year partnership with Italy's flag carrier, leaving the airline to fend for itself. Alitalia shares yesterday fell as much as 0.125 euro to 2.07 euros after
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          80 48 [NEW YORK] Zvi Goodman and his son Shalom (above) reclaiming the luggage they had checked earlier in the day on a Tower Air flight to Tel Aviv at the Tower Air terminal at New York's John F Kennedy International Airport. The airline, which filed for bankruptcy
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          106 48 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Hongkong-based Dragon Airlines Ltd Dragon recently opened a new air route from Hongkong to Sanya. a resort town in south China's Hainan Province, Xinhua news agency reported from Beijing. There will be two flights a week on the new route using Airbus
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          77 48 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's automobile output rose 58.80 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of of2ooo to 94,341 units, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said. The FTI said in a statement the total value of automobile exports jumped 60.37 per cent year-on-year to 16.79
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        76 48 4 Lx-r; f [ENTEBBE, Uganda] A DC-10 cargo plane lies on the banks of Lake Victoria after overshooting the runway at Entebbe Airport. Aviation authorities at the international airport, which is on the Equator, said the DC-10 registered in the United States but operated by a Ugandan firm,
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      89 34 A SANKYU (S) PTE LTD 11 CLEMENTI LOOP, SINGAPORE *****3 TEL: *****40 FAX: *****11 CFS: KEPPEL DISTRIPARK BLK 513 #01-128 SINGAPORE *****9 JAPAN PORTS Hong Kong A ctHm igyguv thur a SUN vemeu Vtsstl VOY ETD SIN HA TYO ETA KOI ETA YOK ETA WGO ETA OSA HOUSTON V.***** 07
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      1041 45 SSAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 Anton Rcxid, *06-01 to 03, Sinfapor* *****1 MAIN LINE/OUTWARD: 532 MM INWAID (010): 437 2368 IMPORT STATUS (040): 437 2371 INVENTORY (WD): 437 2420 Wobtits http: www .qmud.ra <om CR NO. **********0 D BOOKINGS UNE: 535 6266 (Celio/Jessico/Mei Chan/iestynn/Dora/Hanim) 8 SLGS/WEEKLY I■NlflW.'HW J.M 3 SLGS/WEEKLY
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      1125 46 JV FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg DIRECT CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO SANTOS -PIREAUS •RIO DE JANEIRO VALPARAISO *NEW DELHI (Patparganj) •DUBUN ALEXANDRIA BANGALORE •LA HAVANA (HAVANA) IZMIR COCHIN •SANTO DOMINGO ISTANBUL BUENOS AIRES FOR BOOKING: *****51/3/6/60/61/62/67/68/69/79 PROJECT SHIPMENT HEAVYUFT CARGO James Leong *****98
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      1132 46 For booking I enquiry coll *****80 /JJV //www.ood.ioni V V USA tl >* ft W IH 01 MENNYChou I towrt M£M NY( HOU ONLU Sff OOQ ItIUM 33C511 03/05 11/05 74/05 75/05 75/05 74/05 I OOCLUAfKICA 47W515 11/04 17/04 11/04 14/04 If/04 07/05 OOCIAMfItCA 43E511 10/05 »/05 31/05 01/Ot 01/06
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      91 46 REGULAR SERVICE TO INDONESIA ETA ETD DESTINATION CHAHAYA VICTORY 02/05 0305 JAKARTA TBN 04/05 PALEMBANG/PONT IANAK. ME DAN PANGKAL BALAM (EAST TIMOR) REGULAR SERVICE EX YANGON (MERGUI SITTWE) JUBILANT IN PT 02/05 VISAK/CALCUTTA CHAHAYA STAR IN PT 04/05 MADRASCHITTAGONG VISAK/CALCUTTA REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER A BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS A
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      125 47 y LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore K Thunderstorm Showers Rain Temperature Wind direction and speed in knots Cloudy Day Weather CX3 n<jzy Wind speed symbols Sea Conditions O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds Slight, < 1 2m halt fleche represents 5 knots I
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