The Business Times, 11 May 2000

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 035/12/1999 Internet: http.//business-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPORE THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2000 85c
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    68 1 sn 2057.22 (-32.26) BT-SRI 76L98 (-16.29) SDKSd FUTURES 274J0 (-5.10) STOCK MARKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 932.47 +4.77 NIKKEI 17,701.47 -143.07 HANG SENG 14,***** -***** SET INDEX ***** -1414 JAKARTA COMP —***** +M7 MANILA COMP —1,***** -0.47 TAIPEI WP1 &K187 -7M7 SEOUL COMP ***** -1J4 CLSA CHINA
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    77 1 FOREX BATES US$ SI USS 1729 £(US$/5S per 1.531 2.646 ElIRO(llSS/S$/E) 0.909 1.571 DM 1152 0.803 YEN 109J 1.581 KM 3.800 0.456 HKS 7.790 0122 BAHT 38.90 0.044 Rl'PlAH 8.160 0.021 •SttalOOunUi PMME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7 67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI
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    Lock icon SingTel, Time look set to ink partnership deal today
    632 1  -  Bat market abuzz With *Alk lHiftTftnaii or Petronas could scuttle onion From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE Telecommunications and Malaysia's Time Engineering are set to become strategic partners today at the end of a five-week courtship, but the union could
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    Lock icon Bangkok pushes merger with S'pore, KL bourses
    925 1  -  S'pore exchange does not rule ont idea; KL says there are no talks on subject at present From] Harish Mehta, Ven Sreenivasan in Singapore THAILAND'S central bank governor Chatumongol Sonakul is pushing the idea of integrating the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) with
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    Lock icon DBS sees 25bps prime rate hike by year-end
    590 1  -  MD cites faster loan growth and rising US rates By. Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank is likely to raise its prime rate by 25 basis points towards the end of this year, as US rates rise and domestic loans grow faster, says
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      Lock icon Tan Soo Nan quits DBS to join Temasek Holdings
      293 2  -  j:» exclusive By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Tan Soo Nan has resigned from DBS Bank after about 30 years of service. Mr Tan, 52, one of three senior managing directors at the bank, will be joining Temasek Holdings, the government's investment
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Autographed accounts
        65 2 V/ r AN autograph is not always foremost in the mind of a reporter out to get a good story. Richard Heifer, president of Raffles Holdings, offered to autograph the annual report that was handed out to a reporter yesterday at a press conference. Word has it that
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        Lock icon Hilton's sleep therapy
        63 2 Can't sleep while travelling? Then checking into a Hilton hotel might help. Seems five years of sleep research later, Hilton Hotels will offer three types of rooms to help weary, wide-eyed travellers. The products in these sleep rooms include special pillows and mattresses, aromatherapy products, a circadian
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        Lock icon Raising disclosure norms
        32 2 w NIPPECRAFT certainly takes advantage of what it does best. The listed diary maker recently sent out a press release luxuriously bound in a leather folder with gold printing.
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        42 2 E-mail retrieval service That Web.com is offering a virtual dedication board for Net users to post e-greetings to their mothers at www.thatweb.com. The most original and creative dedications stand to win prizes, which include pulse masseurs and gift hampers.
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        Lock icon StarHub knows its char kuay teow
        83 2 AS part of its services to its mobile phone users, new telecoms operator Star Hub is offering information services for selected mobile phone models. We tried out the food information service by which you choose a location, such as Ang Mo Kio, and the
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      Lock icon SingTel wins suit over cables on Japura site
      411 2  -  Court dismisses with cost developer's claim of trespass By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] The dispute over the presence of underground telephone cables at the Costa del Sol condominium site finally drew to a close yesterday with the High Court ruling in favour of
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      Lock icon Saying NO to I love you
      577 2  -  I-ii comment TECHNOLOGY kenneth james OKAY, I confess. I opened that infamous e-mail attachment because the message said: "Kindly check the attached love letter, coming from me." But it wasn't because I actually thought it was a love letter. Honest. You see, journalists constantly
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      214 2 2.. Wynton Marsalis, the most acclaimed jazz musician and composer of his generation, I as well as distinguished classical performer. the Grand Prix I 23 Honorary Doctorates, and 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Music: The first ever for jazz. maker f I acclaimed timepieces in history, holds f 99 patents, over
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  • US interest rates
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      Lock icon Fed's tricky task at next meeting
      1037 3 Conflicting economic data and opaque messages from inside the central bank make things more complicated; unclear signals from the Fed's top brass further add to the uncertainty Reuters [WASHINGTON] WHILE financial markets may have made up their minds about the Federal Reserve's next move,
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Raffles takes 10% stake in Ibexco, plans purchasing portal
      361 4  -  Procurement portal will help hotelier save 15-20% of procurement costs By. Marissa Chew RAFFLES Holdings yesterday said it would invest $6.5 million in a 10 per cent stake in Ibexco, a company which specialises in providing secure procurement services over the
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      Lock icon Hop on PurpleTrain to cybercampus
      328 4  -  By Jane Cheong E-LEARNING is all set to get a boost with the launch of Informatics* new e-learning portal, Purple Train.com, said to be the first of its kind in Asia. A total of $3 million has been invested so far. and mainboard-listed Informatics will
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      Lock icon Onemedhub sees deals exceeding $1b in 2 years
      335 4  -  It is expanding into Indonesia through a joint venture Hyi Andrea Tan ONEMEDHUB.COM, a unit of Parkway Holdings, said it expects the value of transactions it handles to cross the $1 billion mark within two years. The firm yesterday also formed a
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      Lock icon SIA tops reputation survey of major airlines
      279 4  -  Byi Conrad Raj SINGAPORE Airlines, which has been winning accolades from far and wide, has topped yet another survey, this time for reputation. In beating airlines such as America's Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines, Germany's Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines System, the national
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      Lock icon Time to reward shareholders with higher dividends
      564 4  -  H locksiew r sivanithy EVER since buying local stocks became an accepted form of investment, investors have been told that their returns wiU primarily be in the form of capital gains. The story that most companies sell to their shareholders is that profit
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      Lock icon SingTel may not bid for HKT after all: sources
      452 5 High price tag deters telecoms gronp from beating PCCW NYT [HONGKONG] After weeks of deliberations and a worldwide search for partners, Singapore Telecom (Sing Tel) is leaning against making a rival bid for Hongkong's flagship telephone company, executives close to the
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      Lock icon Eastern Pub could list e-com unit next year
      387 5  -  LU exclusive Firm launches second Net portal aimed at travellers By Andrew Wee EASTERN Publishing Ltd's (EPL) aim of becoming a major e-commerce player saw the launch of its second Internet portal yesterday. And the company could list its e-com-merce subsidiary next
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      Lock icon Planet Hollywood cancels US$282m debt
      248 5 It has now emerged from bankruptcy protection Bloomberg (WILMINGTON, Delaware] Planet Hollywood International Inc. with 66 entertain-ment-themed restaurants worldwide, said it emerged from bankruptcy court protection on Tuesday after canceling about US$2B2 million (Ss4B7 million) in debt. The Orlando, Floridabased company filed Chapter 11 petitions
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        Lock icon Aussino.com targets big sales jump
        91 5 AFX-Asia AUSSINO.COM said it expects sales via the Internet to increase to more than $1.5 million by next month. The company launched its e-shop in September last year, recording 11,321 sales in the first month cooperations. Director of e-commerce Jonathan Lim yesterday said that sales
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        Lock icon ASTI placing out 19.9m shares
        69 5 Reuters SEMICONDUCTOR equipment maker ASTI Holdings is placing out 19.9 million new shares at $1.66 each with Vickers Ballas. The placement which represents about 15 per cent of its issued capital, would raise net proceeds of $31.7 million, of which some $11 million would be
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        Lock icon SCS buys 60% of TX123
        42 5 AFX-Asia SINGAPORE Computer Systems has acquired 60 per cent ofe-commerce hub, TX123 Pte Ltd. The stake consists of 42 million shares valued at $1 each. The remaining 40 per cent is held by Overseas Chinese Bankinc Com
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      235 4 11 j j ß ]9|J[||SJ|T|T|] Applying Digital Imaging in a Knowledge Economy Kodak Dl Technology Conference 2000 is a forum where you will learn the various applications in Digital Imaging as well as understanding the trends in EDMS. DATE VENUE TIME (Government) 25 May 2000 Inter-Continental Hotel 1.45pm 5.30pm (Non-Government)
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      119 5 Sony: CT»«uN»Cyber-shot~ Super HAD Lens Shutter/Aperture m Introducing the versatile and Ingenious j|HE^ «j S-series with true Mega Pixels CCD. osc-sso You'll be thrilled by the new Sony Cyber-shot S-series. It's light, compact, and has L^taiZoom incredible stamina with a battery life of up to 2000 shots or 2.5 hours
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      501 6 Stock* Volume Nucleus Elec 5c 57,577,000 ChewEuHock 20c 44,194,000 Medi-Rad5c 25.071,000 JurongTech 10c 23,195,000 CEI5C 22,260,000 ParkwayLab 5c 15,956.000 Links Island 10c 15,711,000 FHTK Hldgs20c 10,339,000 Cosco Inv 20c 9,722,000 JayaHldgslOc 9.614,000 Stock* OBSGrp 47,801.833 Chan Semiconductor 26c 34,602,705 Nucleus Elec 5c 31,936,740 ChewEuHock 20c 28,006,288 UOB 27,496,094 OUB 26,766,212
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      Lock icon Bank, property counters hit by interbank rate rise
      571 6  -  i -1 i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy THE upward spike in local interbank rates and the current uncertainty over US interest rates yesterday took its toll on local blue chips, with the Straits Times Index losing 32.26 points at 2,057.22. Punters of
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      Lock icon Lee Kim Tah could surge one last time before expiry
      202 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy PENNY stocks seem to be the only thing moving up these days. With institutions sidelined because of worries over what will happen on Wall Street and what the Fed will do next week, it's left
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      Lock icon FHTK upside resistance at 32 cents
      241 6  -  HOT STOCK Wong Wei Kong SHARES of fruit wholesaler FHTK Holdings made a rare appearance on the most active list yesterday. The stock closed up 2 cents or 7.14 per cent at 30 cents after opening at its day low of 28 cents and
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      146 6 WEPCO will hold their AGM on May 22 at 9.00 am, at 5 Kwong Min Road. ♦UNISTEEL will hold their AGM on May 22 at 10.00 am, at 2 Loyang Walk, Loyang Industrial Estate. ♦POH LIAN Holdings Ltd has been granted in-principle approval for the listing and quotation
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      Lock icon Pressure on regional currencies hots up
      318 6  -  t comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE onslaught against regional currencies continued to hot up in Asian trading yesterday, with traders reporting particularly heavy speculative selling by USbased players. As one sure signal that speculative plays rather than just commercial buying of US dollars is
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      269 6 "Financial Tech: Hype or Reality" Seminar Synopsis g mam Financial markets move at high speed New instruments. strategics and models must be prototyped, simulated, checked pi' 1 for accuracv, and delivered to end users, in a matter of hours M Amid these increasingly complex markets, financial Ift professionals have come
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Home prices seen rising 10-15%
      337 7  -  r=tf =1 on the economy property prices By Audrey Tan THE residential property market is set to see a 10-15 per cent price rise for this year, after chalking up a 3.1 per cent rise in the first quarter, says Vickers Ballas. It writes in
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      Lock icon Net help for starting firms
      78 7 LOCAL firm Rikvin Consultancy has set up a Web site-cum-portal to help those wanting to set up a company in Singapore. Believed to be the first of its kind here, the site includes all relevant information including tax rates, CPF information and where to go
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      Lock icon Housing, hotels for southern islands
      369 7  -  Reclamation to add 34 ha of land to St John's, Lazarus and Pulau Seringa t By* Joyce Koh TWENTY-TWO hectares of land on three southern islands will be developed for residential purposes, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said yesterday. An average of 1,700 housing units
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      Lock icon Hay launches improved PAYNET
      123 7 LEADING management consultant Hay Group yesterday unveiled its upgraded PAYNET online information service, haypaynet. This system promises to deliver paymarket intelligence to over 50 countries. The system was first launched in the United States in 1997 and the company has invested about US$l million (Ssl.7 million)
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      Lock icon Qualities which explain S'pore's economic success
      303 7  -  By' Wong Wei Kong SINGAPORE'S ability to align its resources, institutions and policies behind well-struc-tured goals and the quality of government officials have been described as the country's key and unique strengths in a recent BBC programme. The programme, part of BBC's Global Business
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      Lock icon TDB, Mexico ink MOU for economic ties
      352 8  -  By 1 Eugene Low THE Trade Development Board (TDB) and its Mexican counterpart, Bancomext, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to boost economic links between the two countries. The aim of the MOU, signed on Tuesday in Mexico City, is to foster
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      Lock icon Singapore distributor heaves sigh of relief with Rover sale
      550 8  -  Trans Enrok&rs' plans for marque on hold pending contact with new owners By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Motor entrepreneur Karsono Kwee breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday, reassured that the investment poured into his new Rover business won't be money down
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      Lock icon Neck or back pains hit 1 in 5 Singaporeans
      464 8  -  By Aaron Lye BACKACHE hits one in five Singaporeans, and it's become such a sore point that a society has been formed to help sufferers. The Singapore Back Society was officially launched yesterday, and with it, the results of the first
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        Lock icon Esplanade centre's cost to go up 16%
        163 8 THE Esplanade Theatres on the Bay may only be completed in November next year and will cost $595 million, up 16 per cent from an earlier estimated $513 million. Minister for Information and the Arts Lee Yock Suan said in a reply to
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        Lock icon MAS' role in investor education
        147 8 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has a role to play in promoting public understanding of financial products, but it cannot carry the full burden of educating investors, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. He was replying to a question by MP Lim Hwee
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        Lock icon Rapid transit system for Bt Timah?
        119 8 THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) is considering building a medium-capacity rapid transit system (RTS) along the Bukit Timah corridor, Minister for Communications and Information Technology Yeo Cheow Tong said. The LTA is conducting a few feasibility studies for further expansion of the RTS network,
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      372 7 10 May 2000 SATS SINGAPORE AIRPORT TERMINAL SERVICES LIMITED INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OF VENDOR SHARES AT 552.50 PER VENDOR SHARE In the prospectus (the "Prospectus") dated 4 May 2000, it was stated that Singapore Airlines Limited (the "Vendor") was making an offer for the purchase of 110,000,000 Vendor Shares. The
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      375 7 r10 May 2000 4 sia EnGinEERinG comPAmr M 7 SIA ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OF VENDOR SHARES AT 552.05 PER VENDOR SHARE In the prospectus (the "Prospectus") dated 4 May 2000, it was stated that Singapore Airlines Limited (the "Vendor") was making an offer for the purchase of
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      Lock icon $2 fee: pointers for DBS
      382 10  -  Andy Ng Kar Fau WHAT DBS has done in charging $2 for deposits below $500 is not wrong. But as a finance professional, I feel that what DBS needs is investor relations. I wish to offer my humble suggestions on how the $2 charge can
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      Lock icon DBS, fee waiver and ROE
      167 10  -  Chung Kwong Meng Associate Financial Consultant LUA I refer to the press statements given by DBS chairman S Dhanabalan last Friday. It was quoted that DBS is the only bank to waive charges for certain categories of its account-holders. This statement is incorrect. There are
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      Lock icon Club: interest rate part of terms
      425 10  -  Ali Alavi Chief operating officer Raffles Town Club Pte Ltd WE refer to the letter, "Can private clubs charge high penalty interest rates?e", by Michael Lie Kian Hwie (BT, May 10). In response to Mr Lie's point on the interest rates charged by the
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      80 10  -  Peter M J Koh Manager (Tender) Shimizu Corporation Singapore I REFER to See Leong Kit's letter "Legionnaire's Disease: a wake-up call" (BT, May 10) stating that ENV is dilatory in implementing regulations on maintenance of air-condi-tioning equipment in spite of his repeated attempts to get
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        Lock icon NTT DoCoMo could list on Wall Street
        64 11 AFP [TOKYO! Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) said yesterday that discussions were under way to list mobile telephone unit NTT DoCoMo Inc on the New York Stock Exchange. "DoCoMo is discussing whether it will be listed in New York, and we
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        Lock icon IBM on track for growth: CEO
        84 11 Reuters [NEW YORK] International Business Machines Corp chairman and chief executive Louis Gerstner on Tuesday told analysts that IBM was on track for growth after a US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) first-quarter revenue shortfall, but he stopped short of promising sustained double-digit sales growth. He
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        Lock icon SeaChange, M'soft to develop device
        46 11 AP [NEW ORLEANS] Sea Change International Inc said Tuesday it will work with Microsoft Corp to develop a device for broadcasting video over the Internet. The product will be sold to Internet content providers and television operators, Sea Change said. AP
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        Lock icon Prudential to float online bank Egg
        53 11 Bloomberg [LONDON] Prudential Pic, Britain's largest insurer, plans to sell shares of its Egg online banking unit in an initial public offering next month. An IPO "will raise the profile of the business and provide an acquisition currency for strategic expansion," said Jonathan Bloomer,
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        Lock icon Lloyds, Lycos offer free Net access
        73 11 Bloomberg [LONDON] Lloyds TSB Group Pic said it, in agreement with Lycos Inc, will give customers free Internet access, adding that it's opening a standalone Internet bank in the UK and Spain this year, and France, Germany and Italy in 2001. Those strategies, which
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        Lock icon LookSmart, Telstra resume talks
        77 11 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Look Smart Ltd, a US-based Internet search engine, said it has resumed talks with Telstra Corp, Australia's No 1 telephone company, to form a business relationship. San Francisco-based Look Smart said talks with the phone company were indefinitely on hold yesterday, while Telstra claimed
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        Lock icon C&W's Net global protocol network
        39 11 Reuters [LONDON] Cable and Wireless Pic said yesterday it had completed the first phase of a US$3.5 billion (Ss6 billion) global Internet protocol network. The network of 85 international nodes was announced last year.—Reuters
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      Lock icon Cisco exceeds forecasts for 9th straight quarter
      297 11 SAN JOSE, California AP PROFITS for Internet equipment provider Cisco Systems Inc topped Wall Street expectations for the ninth consecutive quarter, as companies snapped up its equipment for routing Web and data traffic. For the three months ended April 29, the San Jose,
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      Lock icon Love Bug heralding gender equality?
      716 11 LONDON Women are creating viruses as they get more computer savvy FT WOMEN may be joining men's preserve of creating computer viruses, but there might be a silver lining to this development. Was it a woman? If the creator of the "Love Bug" turns out
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      Lock icon Computer student among suspects in Love Bug case
      372 11 MANILA AFP Reuters A COMPUTER science student who wrote a thesis on stealing computer passwords via e-mail is among 10 suspects sought in connection with the Love Bug virus, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said yesterday. "His background is suspicious and
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      Lock icon Hybrid models raise Asia startups' survival rates, IT research firm says
      351 11  -  Nasdaq correction gives Asia chance to avoid the mistakes of US Net companies By' Toh Han Shih MOST Internet companies will never make it, but Asian startups will have a higher survival rate because of the hybrid business model
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      Lock icon GTE, Bell Atlantic closer to FCC backing
      464 11 WASHINGTON Commission in final stages of reviewing proposal, merger Bloomberg BELL Atlantic Corp and GTE Corp are close to winning US regulatory approval for their combination, after submitting a proposal to eliminate conflicts over long-distance Internet transport services, analysts said. The staff of
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      Lock icon Why Congress should approve China's PNTR
      721 12  -  PXK I bottom line OPINION chia tse chern The writer is an economics research analyst based in Singapore. AS the US Congress prepares to cast their votes on the legislation to extend permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) to China in the week beginning May
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      113 12 The voting pattern among Malays is a warning bell that Umno's influence is being threatened.' Abdullah Ahmad Badawi the Malaysian deputy prime minister, warning that the dominant political party was losing its influence among the majority ethnic Malays. 'What an absolute piece of irony it is.' Laurie
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      Lock icon Disclosure and deregulation
      640 12 EDITORIAL NONE of the changes to the stockmarket in the past three years is more significant than the deregulation of the industry and the shift towards a disclosure-based regime. In a nutshell, this has meant the regulatory authorities have generally gotten out of the way and put
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      Lock icon Wary regional quest for a financial bulwark
      1383 12  -  Asia needs to learn to walk before it can ran in the area of monetary cooperation or it will trip np again By Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo Correspondent THE "devil is in the details", complained Assistant US Treasury Secretary Edwin
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      641 12 Assuaging fears PRESIDENT Abdurrahman Wahid's reaffirmation on Monday of the Indonesian government's full commitment to honour contracts with international companies seems designed to assuage the fears of investors pending the decentralisation of political and fiscal authority to the provinces and districts early next year. Many resource-based
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      Lock icon Dr M picks new adviser on finance issues
      436 13  -  Nor Mohamed Y&kcop made Special Adviser to PM; three other appointments also announced Prom Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad has appointed a senior official to be his adviser on financial matters, a move that could overlap with the
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      Lock icon Maybank gets nod for bancassurance talks
      305 13 KUALA LUMPUR It plans to sell 30% of 2 insurance units to Fortis of Europe Bloomberg AFX-Asia MALAYAN Banking Bhd, the second largest bank in Southeast Asia, yesterday said it has received Bank Negara approval to begin negotiations with Fortis International NV on the
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      Lock icon Rafidah wins Umno post by slim margin
      552 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFP Reuters MALAYSIA'S International Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz yesterday narrowly regained a top ruling party post from which she was ousted in 1996. Ms Rafidah beat incumbent Siti Zaharah Sulaiman by just 12 votes in a contest for the leadership of
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      121 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S Cycle Carriage Bintang Bhd (CCB) said yesterday it will retain the franchise for Mercedez vehicles till at least 2005. CCB managing director Mohamad Hasan said as far as the principal DaimlerChrysler is concerned, it would put Malaysia aside first
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        83 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] THE two most heavily capitalised stocks Telekom Malaysia Bhd and Tenaga Nasional Bhd were up 10 cents at RM14.00 and RM13.20 respectively. Tenaga yesterday signed an agreement to extend technical cooperation with Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co. The state power utility said
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        93 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Shares of construction and plantations company KUB Malaysia ended down one sen at RM2.59 after rising to a high of RM2.69. The Star said KUB will make information communications technology (ICT) its core business and invest RM3II million (Ssl4l million)
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        101 13 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Hume Cemboard Bhd shares were higher yesterday on speculation the company may be the target of a takeover, dealers said. It ended up 12 sen at RM4.06 on a volume of nearly 2 million shares. "The talk is that there will
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        72 13 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] A consortium of Malaysian investors, led by Road Builder M Holdings Bhd, will acquire a 60-per-cent stake in the Jakarta Outer Ring Road project, Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency chairman Cacuk Sudarijanto said, according to Bisnis Indonesia. The report cited Mr Sudarijanto as
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      382 13 KUALA LUMPUR It has nod to sell 40% stake to Malakoff, UK's National Power Reuters MALAYSIAN power utility Tenaga Nasional Bhd said yesterday it hopes to finalise agreements to sell a 40 per cent stake in the country's largest power
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      115 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN stockbroker OSK Holding Bhd intends to go ahead with its agreement to buy 100 per cent of Peninsula Securities despite Peninsula's parent Pan Pacific Asia Bhd cancelling the agreement on Monday. In a statement to the stock exchange late
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      377 14 JAKARTA Gas Im made key Ibra official; rnpiah hits its lowest level 8,170 since Gns Dur took office Bloomberg AFP PRESIDENT Abdurrahman Wahid appointed his brother to the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) yesterday, making people question whether he was choosing the best
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      287 14 JAKARTA Gas Dor accused the daily of plotting to topple his govt AFP THE chief executive officer of an Indonesian newspaper has resigned following a furious accusation by President Abdurrahman Wahid that the daily was plotting to topple him. Dahlan Iskan. the CEO
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      588 14  -  Ibra sets price at 1,400 rapiah, indicating poor investor response From 1 Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) has set a lower than expected price for the listing of Bank Central Asia (BCA). indicating poor investor appetite for Indonesian
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        91 14 AFX-Asia [MANILA] The Department of Justice said Urban Bank Inc officials may face charges of fraud after initial investigation showed that the bank engaged in unsound banking practice involving its investment house. In a statement, the justice department panel tasked to investigate the closure
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        34 14 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has signed a regulation giving provinces more autonomy and control of their wealth to ease simmering separatist tensions, an official said yesterday. Reuters
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        71 14 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] PT Bank Danamon, the biggest publicly traded bank by market value, won an Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency contract to manage seven trillion rupiah (Ssl .5 billion) of loans. Bloomberg M m [MANILA] The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) will propose a shorter stock settlement
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      614 16 SHANGHAI It will serve as a vehicle for an index-linked fond, says adviser Reuters A KEY adviser to China's securities market watchdog, Anthony Neoh, yesterday urged that Beijing launch a new, broader stock index to serve as a vehicle for an index-linked fund.
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      286 16 MACAU It prepares for more competition from foreign banks Bloomberg THE Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the nation's biggest bank by assets, plans to cut its staff by a fifth and shut a quarter of its branches as it prepares for increased
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      59 16 [HONGKONG] Pro-Taiwan activists calling for Taiwan s peaceful reunification with mainland China during a demonstration outside Hongkong's Legislative Council yesterday as Hongkong lawmakers prepare to debate on a motion against the island's independence. Some of the placards read: "Peace on both sides. No war", "Oppose opportunistic politicians'sabre
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      167 16 AFP [TAIPEI) Sons of Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group chairman Y C Wang have formed a US$6.4-billion-US-dollar (Ssll billion) semiconductor joint venture in China, it was reported here yesterday. Jiang Mianheng and Winston Wang have obtained approval from
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      174 16 NEW DELHI Reuters INDIA'S civil aviation ministry has recommended that a foreign airline be allowed to take a 25 per cent stake in state-owned flag carrier AirIndia as a strategic partner, the Business Standard daily said yesterday. The government proposes to cut its
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      188 16 USHANGHAI Bernama SHANGHAI is planning to recruit more top foreign entrepreneurs to work as chief executive officers (CEOs) for local companies to get developed, the China Daily reported yesterday. Huang Qifan, director of the Shanghai Economic Commission, was quoted as promising that
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      183 16 TAIPEI AFX-Asia TAIWAN will freeze the import of Filipino workers in major manufacturing and construction businesses from June 1, Liu Hsing-kai, work permit deputy chief of the Council of Labour Affairs, said. The CLA said it was forced to adopt the measure following
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      394 18 LONDON New study shows kids are more vulnerable to radiation FT UK government ministers are to order urgent new guidelines restricting children's use of mobile phones following a report from leading scientists suggesting they could be at risk. A government-commis-sioned
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      421 18 CANBERRA Bloomberg AUSTRALIAN business leaders welcomed tax reforms and new healthcare spending in the fiscal 2001 Budget, though economists attacked the spending plan for being too dependent on a proposed cell phone spectrum sale. Yesterday. Treasurer Peter Costeilo said the surplus
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      463 18 WASHINGTON NYT RESPONDING to Microsoft's public criticisms of the plan to break it in two, the assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's antitrust division said Tuesday that the actual result would be "exciting new products, with more choices and lower prices for
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      307 18 FRANKFURT It recruits 2 leading European investment bankers FT DRESDNER Kleinwort Benson, the investment banking arm of Germany's Dresdner Bank, has recruited two leading European investment bankers to try to stem the exodus of staff following the collapse of merger talks with
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      299 18 PARIS Bloomberg THE French, German. Swiss and Luxembourg railway operators said they will join forces to improve high-speed train services, with the aim of slashing journey times. The operators are forming a joint venture company to decide on rolling stock that
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        77 18 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's foreign exchange reserves rose to a record U*****.6 billion (*****.8 billion) at the end of April from U*****.5 billion a month earlier, the finance ministry said yesterday. It said it had adopted a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) guideline to calculate foreign
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        93 18 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank (ECB) is likely to leave interest rates unchanged today, though analysts said the central bank for the 11 nations that share the euro may need to increase borrowing costs in coming weeks to prevent the sagging euro from fuelling
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        54 18 Bloomberg [ZURICH] ÜBS AG, Europe's No 3 bank, said yesterday that its planned listing of shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) will take place on May 16. ÜBS said its so-called global share will have a listing in Zurich, New
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        72 18 Bloomberg [PARIS] AXA SA. the world's largest insurer, said yesterday that first-quarter revenue rose 33 per cent as demand for life insurance surged. Revenue rose to 21.3 billion euros (5533.4 billion) from 16 billion euros a year earlier. Life insurance premiums rose
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      359 19 Top 500 woman-owned businesses some well-known, some not so Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart are 2 celebrities on list Reuters [WASHINGTON! Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart were two famous names on this year's Working Woman 500 list of the biggest US businesses owned by women but they were far below
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      120 19 +Abigail Johnson, senior vice-president for equities at Fidelity Investments, revenues of about USss.3b ♦Marilyn Cartoon Nelson, CEO of Carlson Companies, a travel and marketing business, about USs3.7b ♦Marion Sandler, chair of Golden West Financial savings bank, USs3b ♦Joyce Raley Ted, co-chair of Raley's,
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      412 19 mLONDON Key questions on governance, listings, tech costs raised FT LEADING investment banks are concerned about the shareholder structure of the planned merger between the London and Frankfurt stock exchanges and have told them other issues also need to be addressed. The banks said
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      202 19 LONDON Bloomberg EURONEXT, the combination of bourses in Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels, is in talks with the New York Stock Exchange to compete with a link between the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Boerse AG, which have joined to form iX, and the Nasdaq
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      224 19 WASHINGTON Bloomberg TIGER Management LLC's stock portfolio fell by more than half to US$l.9 billion (553.3 billion) at the end of the first quarter after billionaire Julian Robertson decided to close the hedge fund group because his style of buying cheap stocks wasn't
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      210 20  -  SGZ Derivatives Tmdingßeports MSd Singapore Index Daphne Tay THE Singapore stock market finished on a weak note yesterday, plagued by weak sentiment and the ongoing US rate hike concerns. Investors were sidelined ahead of next week's FOMC meeting. Banking issues lagged the market
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      296 20  -  MSCI Taiwan futures Chan Yet San THE Taiwan stock market ended down yesterday, along with most regional markets. The Taiex fell 75.97 points or 0.88 per cent to close at 8,559.87. Turnover was at NTJ92.01 billion, a little higher than previously with
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      209 20 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Crude oil fell from a seven-week high after an industry report showed US oil inventories rose last week, as higher imports bolstered supplies needed to make gasoline for the summer travel season. Inventories rose to 304.1 million barrels, an
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      340 20 Reuters London TUB euro rose to one-week highs against the dollar and the yen yesterday amid wariness about possible central bank intervention to support it and speculation about higher euro zone interest rates. While the Kuropean Central Bank (KCI3) had yet to take any direct action on the
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      2891 21 HONGKONG AFX-Asia nnangSeng -283J6 HONGKONG share prices closed lower with the index falling below the key support level at 14,500 points amid interest rate concerns. The Hang Seng closed down 283.98 points at 14,492.92, off a high of 14,681.06 and a low
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      2026 21 TOEYO AFP QNikkei22S -M3J7 SHARE prices in Tokyo fell 0.8 per cent yesterday on Wall Street's decline and volatility linked to the expiry of monthly options contracts later this week, brokers said. The key Nikkei 225 Average closed down 143.07 points at 17,701.47. The Topix
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      1010 21 Reuters CI Shenzhen B Index -LBB CHINA'S hard currency B shares retreated for the third straight session yesterday due to a sharp drop in domestic currency A shares triggered by a flood of new share offerings planned this week. The Shanghai B Share Index eased 0.53 per cent, or
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      356 21 AFP QWP Index -75u97 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.88 per cent lower yesterday on Wall Street's overnight losses and lingering crossStrait uncertainties ahead of the presidential inauguration on May 20, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 75.97 points to 8,559.87 on turnover of NT592.01 billion.
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      439 22 AFP Q Composite Index +4.77 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.5 per cent higher yesterday amid selective buying of blue chips, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended up 4.77 points at 932.47. The Second Board Index fell 1.19 points to
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      309 23 AFP CI Composite Index -L 34 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 1.34 points at 759.51. Volume was 192 million shares worth 1.6 trillion won. AFP Met 10 _*h Anarn Sand ***** -800 Brain Tech 1290 165 Central Bank 1570 -105 CheilComm *****0 -2500 Dm Gu Bank
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      288 23 AFP Q Composite Index -0.47 THE Philippines Stock Exchange Composite Index closed 0.47 points lower at 1,522.96 on worries over poor corporate earnings. Volume fell to 1.77 billion shares worth 708.71 million pesos from 2.6 billion shares worth 818 million pesos on Tuesday. AFP "frjo Pete 000) MRC Allied
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      279 23 AFP QNZSE-40 -&51 NEW ZEALAND stocks closed down 0.4 per cent yesterday, following the lead of global markets, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index dropped 8.51 points to 2,032.31 on modest turnover of NZ$B2.B million. Bellwether Telecom Corp fell 10 cents to NZ$B.55. —AFP May JO US (000) Advantage
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      571 23 AFP Q All Ordinaries -418 AUSTRALIAN shares fell 1.4 per cent yesterday as investors reacted negatively to the government's Budget and expected interest rate rises in the United States, dealers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed down 42.8 points at 3,011.8 and the newly-intro-duced SP/ASX2OO Index ended 42.7 points
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      782 23 AFP P SET Index -1424 THAI shares closed 4 per cent lower yesterday, falling through key support levels at 350 points amid declines in major regional markets, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index dropped 14.24 points to 343.53, while the select SET 50 shed 1.10 to
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      717 23 AFP n Composite Index +0,57 THE Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 0.1 per cent or 0.57 points to close at 548.24 on the back of selective blue chip-buying and possible government support. Turnover was 352.4 million shares worth 427.6 billion rupiah. Dealers said the equities market did not
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      553 26  -  Ban Hock Hin secures Italian, Indian motorbike franchises; rebounding from the loss of its scooter business to Comfort Group four years ago All reports by l Christopher Tan Homegrown motor enterprise Ban Hock Hn, which lost its scooter business to Comfort Group four years ago, is
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      343 26 Talk is that it wants to focns on its own new line of sports cars based on the Lotos M 250 MALAYSIA'S Proton may halt the assembly of the hot-selling Lotus Elise soon to focus on its own new line of sports
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        88 26 IF you're scrapping a car that's more than 10 years old and not eligible for scrap rebate, the Automobile Association of Singapore has started a new service that promises to make things a breeze. Simply drive the car to its Kaki Bukit Centre at
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        58 26 BIDDING for car registration numbers 1 to 9999 in the SDD series has started and will close on May 13. Motorists can submit their bids on prescribed forms obtainable at the Land Transport Authority's Sin Ming Drive office. The minimum bid is $1,000.
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        72 26 DAIMLERCHRYSLER vice-president Cynthia Hess, its highest-ranking female engineer, has quit to join investment firm Heartland Industrial Partners, according to Bloomberg. Ms Hess. 43, will be a partner at closely-held Heartland, working to improve the profitability of any automotive suppliers acquired by the Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based company. She
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        113 26 BMW AG said its car sales in Asia surged 20 per cent in the first quarter compared with the same period a year ago as the region continued its economic recovery. BMW sold 13,811 cars in the region during the quarter, including
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        66 26 BMW, Renault and Delphi Automotive Systems have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on developing vehicles that use a solid-oxide fuel cell as auxiliary power. The system the trio will work on enables some high-power components like the aircon and heating to
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        108 26 VOLKSWAGEN has appointed a new importer in South Korea. Gojin Motor Imports has already invested two billion won (Ss3 million) in a new sales outlet in Seoul which typifies the unique Volkswagen Group marketplace architectural concept. The company plans to add its Quick Service showroom
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        60 26 AUDI has opened its new tool-making outfit in lngolstadt. The 27,000 sq m facility cost 120 million Deutschemarks (Ss9s million) and will take two years to build. Among others things, it houses 17 running-in presses, eight large machining tools and complete body manufacturing lines up to
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        68 26 IF YOU hadn't noticed already, Ford Motor Co is the exclusive advertiser for Time magazine's special environmental edition, which marks the 30th anniversary of Earth Day. Ford is also the exclusive advertiser for two issues of Time for Kids, specially published by the magazine for
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        104 26  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan RAIL operator SMRT is introducing more collectors' tickets. Today, a $14 pair commemorating the Singapore Arts Festival goes on sale at the Bugis, City Hall, Dhoby Ghaut Newton, Orchard, Outram Park, Raffles Place, Somerset and Tanjong Pagar stations. Each ticket has
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      378 26 PRODUCTS from Subaru, Skoda, Toyota, Jaguar, Honda and Volvo secured the top 10 spots in this year's J D Power customer satisfaction survey commissioned by BBC's Top Gear magazine. Half the score is derived directly from the product, while the other half
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      775 26 ©YDNGNAM w HOLDINGS LIMITED NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 39 Senoko Drive, Singapore *****4 on Friday, 26 May 2000 at 2.30 p.m. to transact the following business:ORDINARY BUSINESS 1. To receive and adopt the
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      2939 27 Property transactions for selected districts lodged between Apr 11 and May 8. PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT-IN/ PRICE PSf PROJECT NAME/ PROP C0NT TEMUfl£ STREET NAME TYPE DATE LAND AREA' STREET NAME TYPE DATE fS S 000) <S» (SQ FT) (SS'OOO) (S$) ,SQfT) 1 District 15 Tanjong Ria
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        743 28  -  Misura Emme and Rowe offer cost-conscious homeowners quality furniture minus killer price-tags, writes commn: kerk CORINNE KERK IF you hate the built-in stuff you've been putting up with, yet cannot afford a top-end wardrobe system, then Misura Emme might just be the stylish solution to your
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        739 29  -  Homebuyers should look beyond developers' ads for more info on properties they are interested in, says carol emo CAROL ENG IF YOU are shopping for a brand-new home, the most important function of property advertisements is to tell you what is available. But don't
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        782 29 DEVELOPER/ OWNER DISTRICT LOCATION SIZE TOTAL UNITS NO OF PRICE TENURE LAUNCHED UNITS SOLD ($prf) River Place Far East Org 3 Havelock Rd 678-3,229 509 370 950 99-yr Faber Crest CDL 5 Faber Heights 1,012-2,099 360 125 590 99-yr Avalon Pidemco Land 10 Anderson Rd 958-4,241
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      1563 30  -  Suntec City is more than landlord to its dotcom tenants it also holds stakes in them and plans an Internet incubation centre in the complex, Suntec's chief tells ealpama kashiw&la KALPANA RASHIWALA SUNTEC City is now famous for its Fountain of Wealth, but its real
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      301 31 Bridge News Reuters THE dry cargo freight market was enlivened by a higher degree of panamax activity in most areas, while capesize conditions remained subdued with little fresh business quoted and few fixtures reported. The Baltic Dry Index gained 2 points to 1,609, the Baltic Panamax Index rose
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      307 31 SU *000 —>■ 8 *h Ht CWT Distribution 0.87 -0.02 17 Chuan Hup 0.40 0.01 751 Cosco Investment 0.25 0.03 *755 Freight Links 0.28 0.01 1210 GB Holdings 0.66 0.01 7 Hal Sun Hup 0.35 0.01 156 IMC Holdings-HK —5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.21 0.02 9624 K*pp*ICorp
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      547 31  -  S'pore, M'sia, Indonesia urge greater cooperation and int'l participation By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The three nations responsible for overseeing navigational safety in the straits of Malacca and Singapore have called for continued cooperation and greater international participation to ensure continued safety. The
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      124 31 [GUANGZHOU] Chinese workers looking at what was once the pride of the former Soviet Union's navy, the aircraft carrier Minsk, docked at a shipyard in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. The retired ship, which was bought by China as scrap, has undergone a yearlong
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      152 31 [SINGAPORE] A Liberian-registered tanker leaked an estimated 27 tons of marine fuel oil off the Singapore coast, through a hole on the ship's side, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) reported yesterday. The MPA said that it received reports of the leak
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      240 31 AFP [DUBAI] Dubai Ports Authority (DPA) signed a 20-year contract to manage and operate the port of Djibouti, during a visit to the Gulf emirate by Djibouti's President Ismael Omar Guellah. It was DPA's third international port management contract, after Beirut and
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      237 31 [SINGAPORE] Publicly listed company Samudera Shipping Line delivered the first of two 17,500 deadweight long ton tankers to Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina on Monday. The Sinar Emas is on a long-term contract for a period of 10 years with an option
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      420 31  -  From] P T Bangsberg in Manila CHINA'S dominant maritime carrier is setting the stage for a group-wide move into electronic commerce. China Ocean Shipping Network Co, set up recently by China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co, said it will launch a global e-commerce transportation, distribution
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        991 32  -  This is part three of our feature on freight rates in the evolution and mechanics of the conference system of pricing 0S Albert Pierce The writer is the executive director of the Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement The final part of this feature will be published tomorrow. CARRIER
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      176 32 PAGE Dj*k Lloyd 8 ACL 6 Donqnama 3 ANL 3 lKUtK 6 U Accord s ECL 4 Appensh.p 5 ECU Lint 6 Austral 8 E'wgreen 6 Balaii Shpq 5 foongSun 8 BSA 7 6 Link 4 B'tang Mas 8 Gemartrans 6 CCNI 7 Hangli 7 CMA 8
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      16662 39 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 25/05 16/06 Evergreen LT GRANO 0044 079* 65 392im To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire 26/05 wo6 osen trade selene 65
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        661 42 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jarwg Net St R8 2598 TUO XI 10/05/7:50 10/05/16:00 Bt Jabai R 2 ***** J01 10/05/7:45 10/05/23:59 Noa 2 JW 10/05/8:50 1V05/600 Bmtan Mulya MAY 01 J02 10/05/5:10 11/05/0:14 C Success 10*MAT J09 10/05/8:50 10/05/16:00 Precious Ot 900 J15 10/05/7:55 10/05/23:00 Bt
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        1987 42 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From u. aboali com 11/000 i« n/noo n/»59 n/woo It 10/1 WO 10/1659 IO/WOO 2A 10/1700 tl/0659 n/0900 21 n/1700 n/0659 hawoo J 11/0700 n/1159 ll/MOO 4 11/1200 nMH n/1700 •SIR
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        181 42 May 11 Hong Kong: Buddha's Birthday. May 15 Thailand: Royal Ploughing Ceremony. May 17 Thailand: Visakha Bycha Day. May 18 Malaysia: Vesak Day. Singapore: Vesak Day. May 10 Denmark: Great Prayer Day. May 29 United Kingdom: Spring Bank Holiday. May 31 Brunei: Royal Brunei Armed Forces Anniversary. Apr
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        819 42 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 average sized stem. Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        503 42 Cjrto, 180 Mai 989.9 0.6 15.4 0.09 89 0.05 "T 4 Density tesldoe Atti Atomlntuw Sedtwent 986J 02 12.7 0.07 38 0.02 380 M« 991.4 0.9 17.8 0.08 71 0.06 gjn y/v m/m m/m mi nwtixx Wo above 635 1 0 0 0 0 0 ISO/Cimac
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        436 43 Talks with Air France centre on cooperation in e-commerce Bloomberg [LONDON] British Airways, Europe's biggest airline, said it has no plans to change alliances or drop AMR Corp's American Airlines for a partnership with Air France and Delta Air Lines. BA's talks with
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        300 43 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Cathay Pacific Airways, Hongkong's only long-haul carrier, said it carried 8 per cent more passengers in the first three months of 2000 than during the same period last year, aided by the region's economic recovery. The airline carried 962,340
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        69 43 [LONDON] British Members of Parliament are debating the controversial proposal to sell 51 per cent of National Air Traffic Services (Nats) as part of the Transport Bill. Rebel MPs are hoping the government will back down over the proposal to sell off Nats as they fear
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        340 43 Dispute over security at Kathmandn airport finally resolved AFP [NEW DELHI) India buried its differences with Nepal on Tuesday and agreed to re-es-tablish air links with Kathmandu, which were frozen after the December hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane from the Himalayan nation. Nepalese
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        264 43 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] A Malaysian factory which will make wing parts for Boeing aircraft is expected to start operations next January, an official from the US planemaker said. Asian Composites Manufacturing Sdn Bhd is a RMIS3 million (5569.44 million) joint venture
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        40 43 [PARIS] Chief executive of Eurotunnel Patrick Ponsolle (above) has been placed under judicial investigation, facing charges of misuse of corporate funds and supplying false financial information, according to the weekly French newspaper Le Canard Enchaine. AFP
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        261 43 Reuters [ZUßlCH] A unit of SAirGroup, British Airways pic and cargo group Panalpina each took a stake of less than 10 per cent in the online air cargo exchange Global Freight Exchange (GF-X). "Today's announcement is that Swisscargo, BA and
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        655 44  -  US-based company expects Asia to become its largest market in three to five years By Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] US-based supply chain management company Emery Worldwide, is to develop its Singapore Asia-Pacific headquarters into one of its three "super hubs" worldwide, as the
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        505 44 [SINGAPORE] DHL Worldwide Express' strong commitment to grow its regional responsibilities in Singapore was recognised by the Singapore Government with the award of its Economic Development Board's operational headquarters status. Minister of State (Trade Industry and Communications IT) Lim Swee Say presented the award to
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        271 44  -  By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Local supply chain specialist YCH Group has tied up with Living Systems, a provider of Internet trading technologies and solutions, to form PCsupplychain.com Pte Ltd. PCSupplychain.com is a busi-ness-to-business (B2B), e-com-merce portal for the trading of
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        282 44  -  By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Two major busi-ness-to-business (B2B) e-com-merce providers, IBEXCO Pte Ltd and IPACS Asia Pte Ltd, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will integrate the two companies' core services from online sourcing to payment and collection. IBEXCO, a joint
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      28 31 Logistics Page Emery to use Singapore as region's superhub. iiusl: _l Shipping conferences: sharing data prevents losses, s'-j-ji; _J BA dismisses report of switch in alliance. 1 'J
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