The Business Times, 12 May 2000

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES NIITA (P) 035/12/1999 85® SINGAPORE I Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2000
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    65 1 sn 2003.72 (-58.50) BT-SBI 740JC (-21.08) SDCSCI FUTURES 264-50 (-10.40) STOCK MARKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE COMP ***** -11.76 NIKKEI *****.48—-***** HANG SENG Closed SET INDEX -6.99 JAKARTA COMP —629.20 -19.04 MANILA COMP _1,***** -17.71 TAIPEI WPI 4349J1 —-809.96 SEOUL COMP Closed CLSA CHINA ft —Closed AUST ALLOW)
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    76 1 FOBEX SATES ust s$ USS 1.?* £(US$/S$per£) 1*06 1600 Ei;RO(US$/S$/E) 0.906 L664 DM 1168 0.800 YEN 109.7 L§75 RM1800 0.464 HKJ 7.790 0122 BAHT 38.88 0.044 Rl'PIAH 8,408— 0.021 St to !00 unitt PRIME 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 Dr M pulls plug on SingTel's KL deal
    502 1  -  Malaysian premier said to have overruled Finance Minister Daim, who might 4|uit soon From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur IN another eleventh-hour setback for Singapore Telecommunications, Malaysia's Time Engineering has aborted the plan to rope in the Singapore telecoms company as its
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    Lock icon NatSteel to split into two listed companies
    727 1  -  Steel and industrial businesses are one; electronics is the other By\ Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Listed Nat Steel Ltd yesterday unveiled a much-awaited plan to break up into two totally separate listed entities, one for its steel and industrial businesses and the other
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    Lock icon Tsao Yuan opts for a lifestyle change
    391 1  -  By. Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] One of the most high-profile women on Singapore's academic and political scene is opting for a lifestyle change. Dr Lee Tsao Yuan is set to leave her post as director of the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) later this
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      97 1 INSIDE Exec Lifestyle Graduate mums: Why stop at two. EL 1 Jaime Ee: You've come a long way, mother dearest. EL 2 Top stories DBS Bank streamlines operations in major re-organisation; hires ex-chairman of Ford Motor Credit Co to head personal banking division. Next Page Regional stocks: No imminent danger
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Banking can be bad for health
        143 2 IT'S amazing not just what cabbies sometimes reveal, but also who they are. A BT journo yesterday got talking with his cabby, and found a former investment banker who used to fiddle around with millions of dollars in an offshore bank. Having made his
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        Lock icon No Kit-ding?
        54 2 WE kid you not. This is a recent press release from the Ministry of Information and the Arts: "No Kit-ding press conference on Youth Ambassador Tour 2000. Do not be deceived by that sweet voice, for when it comes to community service, Kit Chan is not someone you
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        Lock icon An emotive issue
        89 2 DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, said the concept of POSBank as the people's bank was an emotive one. "The only bank which is called a people's bank that I know of is the People's Bank of China and it doesn't make
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      Lock icon HK loses top spot in business environment ranking
      681 2  -  EIU pats it at 6th, with C&W HKT issue cited as among factors Froml Neil Behrmann in London HONGKONG slipped down an Economist Intelligence Unit ranking of global business environments because of perceived interference from China over such issues as the takeover
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      Lock icon Major revamp at DBS Bank
      510 2  -  Six groups compressed to four now; ex-Ford Motor Credit chairman to head personal banking division as senior MD from July 1 Siow Li Sen ISINGAPORE) DBS Bank is streamlining its operations in a major reorganisation and. as part of that effort, has hired the ex-chairman
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  • FOCUS markets
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      Lock icon Market players rule out regional market meltdown
      911 3  -  But 'long-term' is the operative word, fund managers and analysts tell TEN SREENXVASAN VEN SREENIVASAN THE regional stock markets may be suffering from depressed sentiment and low liquidity in the wake of the volatility on Wall Street, but there is no imminent danger
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon DBS shareholders set to okay share swap plan
      451 4  -  I=ll exclusive Making non-voting stocks redeemable seen paving way for bnyback liy\ Siow Li Sen SHAREHOLDERS of DBS Group Holdings are expected to approve a plan tomorrow to make certain non-voting shares redeemable, paving the way for a share buyback by the
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      Lock icon Far East, CityDev in e-commerce tie-up
      456 4  -  Ex-top DBS Land staff to join UniG; each developer to take 40% stake By Marissa Chew THE top two property developers in Singapore have teamed up to start a company to invest in e-commerce and m-commerce (mobile-com-merce) businesses and Internet infrastructure. In a joint
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      Lock icon Dividends still peanuts in most cases
      677 4  -  hockIBBM siow li sen WHILE there was a marked im provement in the dividends paid by banks, finance and insurance companies for the 1999 financial year, most Singapore listed companies still paid peanuts to their shareholders. The markedly higher levels of dividends proposed for
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      Lock icon M1 may join Telstra, CyberWorks in pan-Asian venture
      698 5  -  Talks with Keppel Corp, SPH cannot start till after CyberWorks-HKT merger: Telstra From* Catherine Ong in Sydney SINGAPORE'S Mobile One will be invited to join a proposed pan-Asian mobile communications joint venture to be set up between Australia's Telstra Corp and Hongkong's
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      Lock icon Sats, SIAEC IPOs oversubscribed
      491 6  -  Sats' 22m share retail offer subscribed 8.2 x; SIAECTs 9.3 x Conrad Raj DESPITE the current depressed market conditions, the retail portion of the Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) and the SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) initial public offerings were oversubscribed yesterday. Sats' offering of 22 million
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      Lock icon KepT&T, CAin Internet venture
      116 6 KEPPEL T&T and US-based Computer Associates International took a major Internet initiative yesterday by jointly forming an Application Service Provider for small and medium-sized enterprises. KepT&T said the venture would provide SMEs Internet access to advanced e-business applications based on CA's technologies and products. Usage will
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      Lock icon APS to launch two offshore mutual funds
      325 6  -  By* Tay Hong Seng LOCAL boutique fund manager APS Asset Management, the third to be awarded an investment licence yesterday, will launch two offshore mutual funds for institutional investors in six weeks' time. The APS Japan Growth Fund and APS Far East Growth
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      913 6 SATS m? SINGAPORE AIRPORT TERMINAL SERVICES LIMITED INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 113,100,000 VENDOR SHARES COMPRISING:(I) 76,166,000 PLACEMENT SHARES AT 552.50 EACH BY WAY OF PLACEMENT; ANO (II) 36,934,000 OFFER SHARES (INCLUDING RESERVED SHARES) COMPRISING:(A) 14,934,000 RESERVED SHARES AT 552.50 EACH FOR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, BUSINESS ASSOCIATES AND OTHERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED
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  • ASIAN markets
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      Lock icon Foreigners hit as markets in Asia skid on rate fears
      787 7 But analysis say it may be a good time to hunt for value though they warn that the region remains a bit of a minefield Reuters OVERSEAS investors in Asia are currently being hit by the double-wham-my of stock and
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      164 7 This announcement appears as a matter of record only May 2000 sia EnGinEERinG comPAny SIA ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED Invitation in respect of 113,100,000 Vendor Shares comprising:(i) 81,629,000 Placement Shares at 552.05 each by way of placement; and (ii) 31,471,000 Offer Shares (including Reserved Shares) comprising:(a) 9,471,000 Reserved Shares at 552.05
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      974 7 CARPET AUCTIONS IMPORTANT NOTICE This weekend, a special shipment comprising high quality handknotted PERSIAN carpets, particularly old Persian tribals, exquisite high density Oriental masterweaves and large sized pieces, to be auctioned off on behalf of a European associate. Most lots start without minimum reserve price! SATURDAY SUNDAY 1 3 MAY
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      496 8 Stocks Volume CEI 5c 47,259,000 ChewEuHock 20c 44,810,000 JurongTech 10c 32.205,000 Food Empire 5c 22,939,000 Inno-Pac 20c 17,666,000 GiantWTech HK10 15,668,000 AirOcean 5c 14,235,000 Nucleus Elec 5c 13,975,000 ThaiViliage 5c 12,105,000 LafeTech US4c 11,423,000 Stock* > DBSGrp *****,318 Chart Semiconductor 26c 42,677,411 ChewEuHock 20c 33,466.343 SIA 31,057.235 ST Assembly 25c
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      Lock icon Blue chips bruised, but penny stocks stay active
      526 8  -  I-ii comment STOCKS r.sivanithy INSTITUTIONS continued yesterday to sell blue-chip shares while traders, stockists and syndicates churned the penny stocks, keeping trade in the local stock market split into two distinct and apparently mutually exclusive classes of shares. The weeks-old worry over
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      Lock icon Freight Links wrt stands chance of rotational play
      193 8  -  VIUUMT WATCH By] R Sivanithy IT'S very much a case of "make hay while the sun shines" for the day traders these days as they rotate in and out of penny stocks. Until the interest rate scene clears up, it looks very
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      Lock icon Eagle Brand may be range-bound
      247 8  -  HOT STOCK Byy Wong Wei Kong SHARES of tile and sanitary ware maker Eagle Brand Holdings finished yesterday as one of the session's biggest gainers and most active stocks. Eagle Brand shares closed up 4 cents or 11.3 per cent at 39.5 cents. TTie stock
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      162 8 ♦GREAT Eastern Hldgs: Sub-division of the ordinary shares of $1.00 each in the company's capital into two new ordinary shares of $0.50 each. Trading of the new shares of $0.50 each will commence with effect from 9.00 am, May 22,2000. ♦KYOSHA will hold their AGM on May 26
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      Lock icon Regional currencies hit again
      407 8  -  CURRENCIES larry wee IT was another day of sharp gains for the greenback, as regional bourses slid on spillover losses on Wall Street overnight, although reported intervention helped to slow Sing dollar and Thai baht losses. In Asian trading yesterday, the Indonesian rupiah was once again
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Industrial, private home rents down last year: IRAS
      404 9  -  Industrial rents fell 22.9%, home rents slipped 17.4%; but signs of rebound in final quarter of '99 By* Andrea Tan BOTH industrial and private home rents fell last year compared to 1998, according to the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS). Industrial
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      Lock icon BG Yeo to lead Asean investment team to US
      224 9 GEORGE Veo. Minister for Trade and Industry, is leading an Asean Ministerial Investment Mission to the US next week The six day mission, which begins next Monday, will visit New York City. Minneapolis and San Francisco Organised by Singapore, with the
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      Lock icon Cosland launching River Valley project
      164 9 BRAVING the subdued mood in the mar ket, the developers of Charleston at River VaUey Road will be launching the freehold project this weekend. Marketing agen: ERA Realty Network said the 48-unit development wili be sold at $1,100 per square foot (psf), comparable to other
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      Lock icon Mah sees gene technology enhancing food production
      271 9  -  liy\ Marissa Chew NATIONAL Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday came out in support of geneticaUy modified food, noting that while the jury is stiU out on its effects on consumers and the environment. "their potential benefits in food production cannot be ignored".
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      Lock icon S'pore hotels lead in revenue per room growth
      380 10  -  Q1 rise of 26% rise dne to regional recovery, exhibitions Byi Andrea Tan SINGAPORE'S hotel industry was tops in the region in revenue per room growth in the first quarter, thanks mainly to exhibitions such as the Asian Aerospace 2000, Arthur Andersen
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      Lock icon Jeyaretnam's bankruptcy set aside after he pays up debt
      203 10 The Straits Times WORKERS' Party chief J B Jeyaretnam yesterday paid up a debt he owed to two lawyers and so a bankruptcy order against him was set aside. It means he will keep his parliamentary seat as a NonConstituency MP.
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      Lock icon More companies go bust in 1999
      289 10  -  on the economy company formation By] Eugene Low SINGAPORE'S economy may have rebounded last year, but more companies closed down compared with a year earlier. A total of 6,312 companies ceased operations last year, 35 per cent more than in 1998, figures from the
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Legionnaire's disease: ENV does keep tabs
      329 11  -  Billy Chew for Permanent Secretary Ministry of the Environment I REFER to the letters "Legionnaire's Disease: a wake-up call" (BT, May 10) by Mr See Leong Kit and "Act before disease hits us" (BT, May 11) by Mr Peter M J Koh. The Environment
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      Lock icon There's no point making DBS the whipping boy
      306 11  -  Chan Wing Kee Singapore ALL the discussions for or against DBS imposing a fee of $2 are barking up the wrong tree. For the benefit of those who were born after 1965, here is a bit of history. A few years after
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      Lock icon CitiFocus fund not guaranteed
      133 11  -  Christopher Andrews Director Regional Head of Retail, Asia SSB Citi Asset Management WE refer to the articles published in The Business Times dated April 26, "SSB Citi Asset launches fund with guaranteed returns" and April 28, "Safe but no cigar". In both the articles, reference was
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      Lock icon TV fees: review collection procedures
      471 11  -  Patrick C H Tan Singapore RECENTLY, there have been discussions on the need to pay TV licence fees. SBA has again justified its need to continue with TV licensing. Many countries have done away with TV licensing because ii has become irrelevant. If SBA is
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      261 11 Announcement to all owners of Patek Philippe watches. To mark the end of the twentieth century. Philippe Stern, President of Patek Philippe, has decided to reward all owners of Patek Philippe watches with a unique gift: the opportunity to own one of the last ten complicated watches created by the
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon MNCs—not the ogres they're made out to be
      705 12  - MNCs —not the ogres they're made out to be bottom line OPINION reginald dale IHT A COMMON complaint of opponents of globalisation is that it leads to a "race to the bottom". By this they mean that governments, especially in developing countries, compete for foreign investment by lowering labour and
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      94 12 'Sometimes they criticise army officers by name. By name! That is nonsense!' Ariya Rnbaanghe Sri Lanka's chief censor, whose job is to purge criticism of the government's faltering war on separatist rebels from newspapers, radio and television. 'If a story isn't told, it hasn't happened.' -IqbalAthas a
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      Lock icon First step in a long journey
      676 12 EDITORIAL IN agreeing to establish what they called a "regional financing arrangement", the ministers from the 10 Asean countries plus Japan, China and South Korea have embarked on a journey of great importance not just a monetary and economic one, but perhaps political too.
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      Lock icon Clouds over Thailand despite kudos from IMF
      1115 12  -  Yes, the economy has improved bnt experts say the pace of financial and corporate restructuring must be quickened By Harish Mehta The writer is BT's Bangkok Correspondent THAILAND is graduating out of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) rescue programme next month. But the
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      692 12 Wake-op call ENTERING its third week, the hostage crisis in the southern Philippines is not showing any signs of coming to an end. Far from it, in fact: the abductors reportedly tried to break through the Philippine military cordon recently, using their captives as human shields.
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        Lock icon Applied Materials profits soar
        69 13 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Applied Materials Inc said fiscal second-quarter earnings more than tripled. Profit from operations rose to US$454 million (Ss7B3 million), or 55 US cents a share, from net income of U*****.3 million, or a split-adjusted 17 US cents, a year earlier. Orders rose
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        Lock icon NTT, Mistubishi pulling out of US outfit
        67 13 AFP [TOKYO] Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp and trading house Mitsubishi Corp said yesterday they were selling their entire stakes in a US technology outfit in a deal worth US$l.49 billion (552.6 billion). The buyer, SDL Inc, would also take over a stake
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        Lock icon Merrill invests in venture capital
        42 13 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co has made US$4O million (Ss69 million) of venture capital investments the past year through the unit that serves its wealthiest clients, aiming to gain new technology for its own use. Bloomberg
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        Lock icon ITXC to sell network access to Telstra
        86 13 Bloomberg [PRINCETON] ITXC Corp, which uses the Internet to route international telephone calls more cheaply, agreed to sell access to its network to Telstra Corp Ltd. Terms were not disclosed. Telstra, 50.1 per cent owned by the Australia government, is the 12th national
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      Lock icon Craving for Raven
      60 13 [LOS ANGELES] Microsoft 'sgame character "Raven "stands in a giant crate that holds the X-Box demonstration to be shown during the E3gaming convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center that runs through to Saturday. Microsoft delivered the X-Box in response to a survey where Net fans demanded
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      Lock icon Motorola tumbles after share forecast cut
      459 13 m SCHAUMBURG, 111 Stock loses 16% after analyst slashes forecast by 40% Bloomberg MOTOROLA Inc's shares tumbled 16 per cent on Wednesday after a Salomon Smith Barney analyst slashed his forecast for the stock by 40 per cent. Shares of the world's No 2
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      Lock icon Next computer bug seen more damaging
      389 13 WASHINGTON Student may have released Love Bug by accident AFP AP LIKENING the "Love Bug" to a cyberplague, computer experts on Wednesday warned US lawmakers that the next software virus outbreak would be even more devastating to global systems. "The Love Bug can be
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      Lock icon Intel shares fall on news of product recall
      470 13 SANTA CLARA, California Analysts say cost of replacing defective motherboards could hit USs3oom Bloomberg SHARES of Intel Corp, the world's largest computerchip maker, fell 9.3 per cent after the company said on Wednesday that a million of its motherboards are defective and
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      Lock icon IBM launches 3 new Net server models
      262 13 ARMONK. New York Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp (IBM), the No 1 computer maker, unveiled three new server models in an attempt to combat Sun Microsystems Inc's success in selling computers that power Internet sites. The servers will be based
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      Lock icon HK seen not having enough bandwidth
      668 13  -  Shortage may hit business plans of HK Net companies which promise sophisticated services, says chief of network firm From Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong HONGKONG is the first stop for Internet companies wanting to try a host of state-of-the-art multimedia services, but the territory may
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      Lock icon PhiWeb.Com of Manila ties up with two HK firms
      140 13 MANILA Reuters PHILIPPINE Internet firm PhilWeb.Com said yesterday it has signed a memorandum of agreement with e2-Capital and AIA Capital Corp, both Hongkong-based firms, to form TriWeb Asia Limited. TriWeb, to be incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, intends to get
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Muhyiddin springs surprise win
      441 14 UMNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY He gets one of 3 V-P posts; the other two retained by Najib and Mohammad Bernama. Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Incumbents Najib Tun Razak and Muhammad Haji Muhammad Taib retained their Umno vice-president posts while Muhyiddin Yassin made a dramatic comeback to win the
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      Lock icon Globalisation worse than economic imbalance: Dr M
      532 14 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia, Reuters PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysians are now faced with a new challenge, globalisation, which he describes as worse than the country's inter-ra-cial economic imbalance. In his opening address at the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) general assembly, Dr
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      Lock icon Successor issue still uncertain: Mahathir
      162 14 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad said the issue of who will succeed him as the next premier is still uncertain even with the election of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as Umno deputy president. Speaking to reporters at the Umno general assembly, he said supporters'
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      Lock icon Will Daim stay on as finance minister?
      504 16  -  Dr M dimisses talk of rift bnt says Daim might want to resign once economy tnrns aronnd From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur AFTER having been overruled by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in the planned deal between Time Engineering and Singapore Telecom, the
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      Lock icon Naluri may sign debt plan next week
      326 16 KUALA LUMPUR MAS to announce which alliance it'll join by next month Reuters MALAYSIA'S Naluri Bhd said yesterday that it expects to sign a debt restructuring plan next week, almost a year after the aviation Firm sought the government's help to resolve its
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      Lock icon KLSE launches reporting taskforce
      115 16 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) has launched a taskforce to assist public limited companies report on their internal controls in annual reports, Bernama news agency said yesterday. "This is the latest measure implemented by the KLSE in its ongoing commitment to enhance
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      172 16 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg STATE-owned Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd will raise RM765 million (***** million) by selling Islamic bonds to fund the construction of new phases of the country's new administrative capital. The sale of Islamic bonds, which pay no interest, will comprise
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        85 16 Bloomberg STOCKS controlled by associates of Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin fell yesterday on concern of a rift between Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Mr Daim. Time Engineering Bhd, a telecommunications unit of Renong Bhd, fell 14 sen, or 3 per cent, to RM4.52 Renong
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        70 16 Bloomberg MALAYSIAN banks declined on concern that higher US interest rates will cause money to flow out of Asian countries, slowing their economic recovery. RHB Capital Bhd, the country's third-largest banking group, fell 35 sen, or 6.3 per cent, to RM5.25. AMMB Holdings Bhd,
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        54 16 Bloomberg DIJAYA Enterprise Bhd fell 50 sen, or 3.8 per cent, to RM 12.80. The company said it would pay RM3S million (Ssl6 million) to buy a 60 per cent stake each in three companies with Internet-related businesses, and pay RM12.4 million for a Web
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        52 16 Bloomberg LEADER Universal Holdings Bhd fell 7 sen, or 4.2 per cent, to RM1.59. The cable maker said it had signed a pact with Hong Kong Electric International Ltd and Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd to consider buying power plants from Tenaga Nasional
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      564 17 JAKARTA He says foreign investors are staying away because situation 'does not allow it' AFX-Asia COORDINATING Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry Kwik Kian Gie yesterday denied a report quoting him as saying the investment climate here is unsuitable for foreign investors. "I said
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      260 17 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAI Military Bank pel yesterday said investors have committed to buy more than 90 per cent of the new stock it plans to sell on May 19, even though shares are now trading below the offer price. Thailand's sixth-largest
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      219 17 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN villagers have lifted a blockade on a gold mine in Borneo's East Kalimantan. ending a three-week siege which has crippled production. a company spokesman said yesterday. "Since yesterday after noon, the access road has been reopened again PT Kelian Equatorial Mining
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      518 17 JAKARTA Hasyun Wahid made 'expert adviser 9 in Jan bnt move only made the news this week Reuters THE appointment of President Abdurrahman WahiG s brother to the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) nas again raised questions about cronyism and political
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      477 18 BEIJING Move to soften blow of expected WTO entry, says expert close to govt AFP CHINA could remove its currency's peg to the US dollar later this year to soften the competitive blow of its expected WTO entry, a prominent economist close to
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      362 18 SINGAPORE Oil giant looking to usher in real-time market competition Reuters CHINA'S state oil major PetroChina is considering a historic move to link its ex-refin-ery prices with the Singapore market to jolt slumbering refiners, company officials said yesterday. This means shedding the old
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      263 18 SHANGHAI Move underscores its growing China business Reuters HSBC Holdings Pic, which moved its China headquarters out of Shanghai almost 50 years ago after the Communist revolution, returned yesterday, opening new offices in the port city's futuristic Pudong district. While the bank failed
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      250 18 TAIPEI Reuters TAIWAN'S Acer Peripherals yesterday dismissed local reports that it had decided to build a joint venture microchip plant in Shanghai with Japan's Toshiba Corp. "We do not have these plans at the moment," said an Acer Peripherals spokeswoman. "We do not
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      597 19 NEW YORK Expectations are that prime rate could touch 10 per cent this year NYT LAT-WP INVESTORS can run as they did on Wednesday but they can't hide from the Federal Reserve. "It has dawned on many investors that the Fed might
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      338 19 FRANKFURT As a step towards onion, the exchanges plan to take stakes in each other, says iX chief Bloomberg THE London and Frankfurt stock exchanges, in the middle of a merger, aim to combine with the US Nasdaq stock market, said Werner Seifert,
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      682 19 TOKYO More selling expected till slide in US stocks stops and Japan shows stronger signs of recovery Reuters FOREIGN investors have run for cover after steadily buying Japanese stocks for more than a year, casting a shadow over a market already hit by the end of
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      538 21 NEW YORK Weaker-than-expected data could prompt Fed to relax anti-inflation policy, say analysts Reuters US CONSUMERS let up on their spending in April, taking some pressure off the central bank to keep raising interest rates to head
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      506 21 WASHINGTON NYT WHILE continuing to reject the antitrust findings against it, Microsoft Corp on Wednesday offered a series of narrow restrictions on its behaviour that it said would be more appropriate remedies than breaking up the company. Microsoft also asked the judge to throw
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      429 21  -  They most not be direct beneficiaries of subsidies From, D Ravi Kanth in Geneva IN a landmark decision, the World Trade Organization has ruled that privatised state-owned companies must not be the direct beneficiaries of subsidies earlier provided by their governments. This ruling will
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      132 21 FRANKFURT THE European Central Bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.75 per cent, 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 currency from fueling inflation.
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      778 22  -  The pro-China trade forces are gaining ground on Capitol Hill, reports Leon Hadar from Washington Leon Hadar US supporters of normalising trade relations with China seem to be gaining political and legislative momentum in their campaign to win congressional approval for a historic
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      400 22  -  Hanover event will be used to intensify interest in the country as a business location Froml Surinder Singh in Sydney AUSTRALIA is gearing up to make a big impact at World Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany, from next month to the end
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      374 19 "Dominant in all tiers of Banking 1999 Astamonry Singapore Equity Deal of the Year Singapore (X) semiconductor manufacturing L/■ Telecom Chartered Semiconductor Singapore Housing Manufacturing Telecommunications Development Board SGD 300 000 000 U.S. $575,000,000 has its 20% stake in 3.875% Bo'nds iue 2004 Netcom ASA SGD 500,000,000 Initial Public Offering
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      1467 20 Parkway Holdings Limited Hb notice of annual general meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TVventy-Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held on Wednesday, 7 June 2000 at 11.00 a.m. at The Lecture Theatre. Level 3, Gleneagles Hospital, 6A Napier Road, Singapore *****0 for the purpose of
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      399 20 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF MATOTECH (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (In Membera' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 95 South Bridge Road #07-28 Pidemco Centre Singapore
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      288 20 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF CHUOMUSEN SINGAPORE PTE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Chapter 50. the Final Meeting of the Members of the abovementioned company will
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      1446 20 dF Nat Steel Electronics Nat Steel Electronics Ltd f Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Company will he held at 12 Kallang Way. Singapore *****6 on Wednesday. 31 May 2000 at 11.30 am for
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      322 20 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF ANGUS CHEMICAL (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary liquidation} Extract of the Minutes of on Extraordinary General Meeting o( ANGUS CHEMICAL (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD signed by the Representative of ANGUS CHEMICAL COMPANY pursuant to Section 179(6)
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      1327 21 SembCorp ST Logistics m r NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the 29th Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Function Room, Level 3M, 5 Clementi Loop, SembCorp Logistics Centre, Singapore *****6 on Tuesday, May 30, 2000 at 9.30 am to transact
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      216 23  -  SGX Derivatives Tradingßeports MS& Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market finished lower yesterday led by banking issues on interest rate concerns. The benchmark Straits Times Index lost grip of the psychological 2,000-level in the afternoon session before recovering to close
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      287 23  -  MSd Taiwan fatnres Chan Yet San Refco Singapore NASDAQ'S big plunge overnight affected all the regional markets yesterday. The Taiwan stock market was not spared either, with the Taiex dropping 209.96 points or 2.45 per cent to close at 8,349.91 points, the index's lowest
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      207 23 EMERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices tip-toed higher yesterday as dealers took stock of a relatively balanced global supply-demand picture. But even as the fundamental outlook became clearer, oil traders were gearing up for price volatility in the near-term. "Overall, the market remains a
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      322 23 Reuters London THE euro was little changed against the dollar yesterday after the European Central Bank (ECB) left interest rates steady and made no change to its money market operations. A Reuters poll of 52 economists this week showed a 75 per cent probability the ECB would keep
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      366 24 AFP □WP Index -209.96 TAIWAN share prices yesterday fell 2.45 per cent to the lowest level this year on overnight losses on Wall Street and concerns over Taiwan's semiconductor business, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 209.96 points to 8,349.91, following a 0.9-per cent decline
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      2002 24 AFP QNiUui22s -819.01 TOKYO share prices tumbled 4.6 per cent yesterday to close below 17,000 for the first time since last September, following a plunge in New York's technolo-gy-heavy Nasdaq Composite, brokers said. The key Nikkei 225 Index closed down 819.01 points at 16,882.46
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      9053 25 INDUSTRIALS Comsmmt products 2000 Last Vol Net Cap High Low Company Sata 'OOO High Low P/E Jmil 420 310 A|inomo<o 370 -8 5 370 360 20.2 150.0 158 91 Angkasa 97 -1 7 97 97 143.0 670 290 Apolto Food Hlg 540 unch 8 540 520 12.9 216.0 3150 2700
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      436 25 AFP CI Composite Index -1L76 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.3 per cent lower yesterday following Wall Street's overnight decline, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended down 11.76 points at 920.71. The Second Board Index slipped 7.41 points to 262.07. Dealers
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      783 27 AFP P SET Index -6J9 THAI shares closed 2 per cent lower yesterday on foreign and retail selling, as investors continued to bail out of the rapidly sinking Thai market, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index dropped 6.99 points to 336.54, while the select SET 50
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      288 27 AFP CI Composite Index -17.75 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 1.2 per cent or 17.75 points at 1,505.21, after briefly falling through the 1,500 support level, dealers said. Turnover rose to 3.5 billion shares worth 778 million pesos. —AFP *a»t1 Peso 000) MRC Allied 0.45 -0.03
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      680 27 AFP CI Composite Index -19.04 INDONESIAN share prices closed 3.5 per cent lower yesterday amid concerns over the expected increase in US interest rates and regional market weakness, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 19.04 points or 3.5 per cent at 529.20. Volume came to
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      272 27 AFP QIBSE-40 -11.49 THE NZSE-40 Capital Index dropped 11.49 points to 2,020.82 yesterday, with sentiment dominated by the overnight volatility on Wall Street. Turnover was NZ$lO7 million. The index's dominant stock Telecom Corp fell eight cents to NZ$B.47. —AFP ■urn j» cooo) Advantage MOS 105 -0.25 458 Air N2
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      567 27 AFP NAD Ordinaries -45 AUSTRALIAN shares feU 1.6 per cent yesterday as falls on Wall Street consigned the Australian market to its fourth consecutive day of losses, dealers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed down 45 points at 2,966.8, while the newly-intro-duced SP/ASX2OO ended 47 points weaker at 2,996.4.
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      819 30 Despite being a technologically advanced society, France is struggling to keep up in the global digital economy because its economic traditions have been corporatist not entrepreneurial Bloomberg [LONDON] IN many ways. France is one of the most technologically advanced societies in the world. Anyone who
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      353 30 "'^V;svinr- V;- •CV/;..-;-^'^:;'' Europe is entering an exciting new era These changes have put Europe well Henderson Investors is a leading the Year 1999 for best performance over Oof change and offers attractive potential and truly on the investment map and global fund manager with more than 3 years for
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      473 31 I GRADUATE MUMS Why stop at two? I idfiHRBHET h mmm w jsf ■drmlil M I MJ3 > —W|Il.\ m J w^ m itfsitl ®l»r jpr jiJ H ■^6* PL v WWlJ tf. V\ HI wJ U-' J| kftr .VBff y Z| *.t.jpj ,-vnJnreaBBF Surprised by twins: Kumar plays l
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        777 32  -  ■•Ida the cuff Mothers used to make children the be all and end all of their existence. Nowadays, they want a life of their own too. And that is not necessarily a bad thing jaime ee MOTHERS are like dogs. And I don't
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          74 32 FROM the "just so you don't misunderstand" department: Lei Garden restaurant advertised some special deals in the papers. One of them was "live Australian abalone prepared in 2 ways" for $98. In the first preparation, it would be double-boiled with cordyceps in clear soup. But just
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          42 32 FROM the "who would think to look?" department: If you look at the spine of the latest issue of BBC's Top Gear magazine, you'd see these words: "Britain's Sickest Car Mag". Presumably, it was meant to read "slickest"?
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          87 32 A BUNCH of reporters attending the launch of the Singapore Back Society were ushered from the hotel function room to the rooftop swimming pool to do push-ups. The idea was to guide the reporters through some exercises to promote a stronger back. The reporters
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        2096 32 COVER STORY: GRADUATE MUMS ANGELINA FERNANDEZ Marketing communications manager, Anderson Consulting Mother of three children, aged 5 years to 17 months (Maid count: 2) THE family car, says Ms Fernandez, 34, is a good way of charting the growth of her family. When the former television
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        913 33  -  Devagi Sanmugam runs cooking classes, gives culinary tours, and markets her own range of spices. She has also just published a book on cooking without eggs, tax su ten finds out what keeps her going TAN SU YEN THE IDEA for Devagi Sanmugam's latest book Great
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        905 33  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR Bu N KTong WHERE TO BUY WINES Wine merchants There are wine merchants all over the world, most of whom will put you on their mailing list if you buy from them from time to time. But it is not always easy, sometimes impossible, to
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        601 34  -  CINEMA Apart from the fight scenes, there is little to engage the viewer, or leading man Russell Crowe for that matter, in Gladiator By I Susan Tsang GLADIA TOR is proof that the enjoyment we derive from a movie need not be commensurate with its
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        417 34  -  CINEMA For all its shortcomings, Mansfield Park charms with its modern sensibility and engaging heroine By Felicia Yap THERE are so many Jane Austen adaptations on screen these days that one may be forgiven for assuming Mansfield Park to be yet another tired period piece.
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        891 35  -  ■HflHrds seldom mentioned in the same breath, ■■■s, says CHRISTOPHER TAH CHRISTOPHER TAN SHOPPING for a car used to be simple. If you wanted economy and fuss-free motoring, you'd buy a Japanese product. Lf you were looking for status, you would look to the Germans, and perhaps the Swedes.
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        728 35  -  If s not for nothing that Kenneth Turner is known as the Giorgio Armani of flowers, koh huitimu catches the master in his element KOH HUITING WALKING into Glamourette at the Promenade, one is first hit by a strong, heady floral scent. A splash of colour on the
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        721 36  -  Shiatsu practitioners claim that this Japanese massage system can help slim you down and shape you up. What's more, you get to keep your clothes on. boh uuiyimo finds out more KOH HUITING POR a lot of people, shiatsu is something they pick off a massage menu in
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        725 36  -  CHILD DEVELOPMENT No one knows for snre if music can increase a child's IQ, bnt listening to Mozart and company certainly isn't going to hart anyone By Chen Huifen SO you think playing Mozart For Babies while pregnant will help give you culture-lov-ing children? While parenting magazines encourage
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      734 37 Agnes Brown. Angelica Huston stars and directs this film about a woman who finds life after her husband dies. Previewing at Lido. American Beauty. Screwy look at American suburban life which won five Oscars, including Best Picture. R(A). Balestier, Beach Road. Beautiful Legs. Victoria Abril plays a sex addict
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      117 37 Cathay Org Cathay 338-3400 Eastshore 346-1816 Orchard 235-8386 Picturehouse 338-3400 Yangtze 223-7529 Eng Wah Empress 777-5867 Jubliee 454-1640 Mandarin 292-9401 Marina 338-9719 Whitesands 585-1782 Golden Village 1900-912-1234 332-6098 for group bookings A wheelchair facilities Bishan Boon Lay Marina TampinesS Tioog Bahru Yishun Overseas Movl Clementi/Co'wealth 777-0669 Golden/New
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      253 32 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 5 Reticence over book? (7) built up her empire (7) IH |Hf 10 A beggar sorting out contents H| VV 12 The Spanish, Italian and English are the best (5) 15 I 13 They grow down from the tor15 Dealing with management (9) pV 19 Disney character who
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      136 34 available for: private parties company dinner and dance conference seminar and meeting. HOTEL GRAND CENTRAL LIMITED 22 Orchard Road/Cavenagh Road, Singapore *****7 Tel: 737 9944 Fax; 733 3175 English Afternoon Tea -S > '4 3 The light is kind, the cakes are frivolous and the tempo is calm, confident and
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      204 34 Showing at all cinema chains. Rated PG. See EL 7for complete list of cinemas I Invite Mum to a special treat on May 14, Mother's Day. Take her to St. Gregory's Brasserie and let her enjoy a delightful International Lunch or Dinner Buffet. Lunch at $22♦♦♦ for adults, children enjoy
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      2301 37 TODAY'S TV mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm f nlltl si fBBBBMI 1-00 Headlines. RECOMMENDED VIEWING 1.03 In Conversation. 9.00 AM Kids Central: The 1.30 Hostage!. in somesiouxbloodwhois 9.30 Hello Mrs Cherry- 2 .30 The Asian Editorial. gotv>x sent to a reservation to winkle 3.00 Asia Today Hollywood investigate a murder. ,0 Jsj d z
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      1630 42  -  Online trading is now seen as a must for broking firms if they want to stay competitive. LING SU ANN looks at how they are tackling the virtual challenge LING SU ANN IF you're still wary of the idea of trading shares online, get
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        1281 39  -  ■TJ£ir»J=nEarKets ROBERT looks at the counters that moved the insider sentiment index ROBERT HALILI The writer is director of Asian Ownership Research at Primark INSIDER sentiment moved with the market. The index fell by 8.8 points to close at 26.1 points. The DBSSO Index, on the other
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        462 39  -  By] Ling Su Ann MANY investors, while opting for online trading, might still feel the need for the human touch. For that, they can find it in the securities arms of local banks. As a whole, the bankowned security firms offer a higher
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        859 39 STOCKIKEEI KEPPELCORP OLD Economy dinosaur Keppei Corporation is going for a New Economy makeover. IDEAglobal.com thinks that should give some shine to its lacklustre shares. A huge conglomerate, Keppei has for years been considered a good proxy to the economy. When the economy surged,
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        1350 39 Depot! imount 1-nHh 6-mtti Depoe* «woum 1-mth 3-mth A$ A$ S10.000 A24.999 5 5000 5 6900 5 7900 25 000 74 999 4 9375 ***** 5 5625 A25.000 A49 999 5 5200 5.7100 5.8100 75,000-149.999 5 0625 5 2500
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        690 40  -  BTM.r.'.r.'.Mna YOUR MONEY The proposed plan Is a good option for the many whose CPF savings are set to fall short when they retire genevieve cua THAT a new scheme will be launched in January next year to encourage people to save more for retirement is
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        831 40  -  wise Start with the correct strategy: put savings first before investment By Ben Fok The writer is a manager with Fraser Securities Pte Ltd. Email: benfokiafraser.com.sg. This is the second of a new weekly column on financial planning. Any feedback or queries can be
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        701 41  -  To avoid such a situation, investors should keep a close eye on the currency they are investing in, and the one they receive their income and capital gains in, says smv taneja SHIV TANEJA The writer is with Standard Poor's Fund Services, based in London.
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        469 41  -  Genevieve Cua INVESTMENT adviser Frank Russell has added four new fund managers to the panel that manages global equity investments for its stable of 'eight" and Horizon unit trusts. This brings the panel to 21-strong. The four new managers Barclays Global Investors,
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        3327 41  -  Fundsnpermart aims to tie up with financial advisers, and refer investors to them By i Genevieve Cua UNIT trusts online? What's new, you may think. At the moment you can already shop for funds at a few online brokers' sites and at OCBC's ebank.
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      33 42 Banks' broking units offer more personal service, EM 9 Unit trusts off your virtual shelves, EMU INSIDE Unit Trusts Your Money Jhurts UK funds savings scheme f Zflpr EMII EMl i ii B
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      300 43 Bridge News Reuters PANAMAX rates were expected to firm in the east and the Atlantic. There was also talk of a stronger rate agreed for a Capes ize ore cargo from Mubarao to Roterdam. Biffex saw a sharp improvement in the June contract on the Biffex market, Clarkson
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      276 43 MM n *h w CWT Distribution —0.05 -0.02 U2 CMOS Inwstinant—0.23 -0.02 9278 FrtfaM Links 026 -0.02 941 Mlfa*!h*i 0.66 unch 3 Hat Son Hup 034 -0.01 93 liciWn* m—5.60 Mich 0 JmHMH 0.19 -0.02 3444 yn wx« 3425 KappMFILS 1.13 -0X2 479 UWl Martn* 1.44 -a« 267
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      414 43  -  Centre of gravity of global shipping may move to Far East if Europe takes unilateral measures, seminar warned From] David Hughes in London MARITIME centres in Asia stand to gain if European Union (EU) officials continue to regard Europe as collectively having the
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      47 43 [RADOLFZELL, Germany] Helio, the first international solar shuttle, leaves the German town of Radolfzell on Lake Constance. The solar-powered ferry boat, which serves the German city of Gaienhofen and Steckborn on the Swiss shore of Lake Constance, carries up to 50passengers and 25 bicycles. AP
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      764 43  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar A COURT in England recently heard expert testimony on the correct Arabic words to describe the English word "collision" in deciding that the word as used in the Oman Maritime Law referred only to a contact
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      284 43  -  From Rajendra Bajpai in New Delhi [NEW DELHI] India's Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd (GPPL) is in talks to induct a shipping major as partner so it can compete better with other container terminals in the neighbourhood. PSA Corporation of
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      161 43 [SINGAPORE] Star Cruises said net income increased 13 per cent quarter-on-quarter to US$lB million (5530.6 million) for the first quarter ended March 31 despite the weaker winter season in North Asia where two of its ships are positioned. Group income however declined to US$l.2 million
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        60 43 Reuters [CAIRO] Receipts by Egypt's Suez Canal rose to U*****.4 million (*****.06 million) in March from US$l45 million in February, and compared to U*****.4 million in March 1999, a Cabinet Information and Decision Support Centre bulletin said. The canal is a main source of
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        100 43 AFP [MIAMI] Three Dominican stowaways died inside a container being transported by the cargo ship Seaboard Caribe, a US Immigration and Naturalization Servloe (INS) spokeswoman said. A total of seven Dominicans had attempted to reach the United States in the vessel, which sailed from
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        58 43 [LONDON] Mutual insurer the Swedish Club has reported that the number of members taking out "all-in-one" P&I (protection and indemnity) and hull insurance from the club increased again last year. Almost 30 per cent of the club's members now have the combined cover, an increase in numbers of
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        72 43 [LONDON] The US Coast Guard is to start training its enforcement staff in aerial insertion to enable them to board ships faster. The training will see US Coast Guard teams "fast-roping" from hovering helicopters onto ships' decks. The method will help speedy inspection
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        994 44  -  This is the final part of our feature on freight rates in the evolution and mechanics of the conference system of pricing We are at the beginning of a remarkable era for global transportation and logistics. He best is definitely yet to come. Byi Albert
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      319 44 PAGE ECL 4 AMI 3 "U Line 6 Accord 8 ESP Lines 13 Alvenkiel 14 Evergreen 6 Appenship 5 'oongSun 8 Asia OCl 13 Ft Links M Austral 8 G L Avant 14 Gemartrans 6 B tang Mas 8 Genshpg 13 BSA 7 Global 13 BTL 14
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        724 57 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Ocean Host *001 J"""* J17 11/05/6:35 12/05/81X1 Bt R8 2692 1020 J01 11/05/8:15 11/05/18:00 Bt Rika II ***** J01 TV05/7:50 11/05/23:59 Uc 2 2/00 J18 11/05/7:45 14/05/8:30 C Process n-MAY JOT 11/05/9:15 11/05/16.00 Tropical 28 09*00 J03 11/05/8:35 11/05/20D0 Michael S 1320
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        1954 57 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/&«l«nce Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Pftod From To From «r» AD£ 105M WKrOO IA n/I500 n/1459 n/BOO K JAOt is n/isoo 11/1*59 ivboo a n/noo 12/0*51 12/0900 20 11/1700 12/0459 12/0900 j 12/otoo 12/rm 12/moo 4 12/1200 12/1459 12/1700
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        175 57 May 15 Thailand: Royal Ploughing Ceremony. May 17 Thailand: Visakha Bycha Day. May 18 Malaysia: Vesak Day. Singapore: Vesak Day. May 19 Denmark: Great Prayer Day. May 20 United Kingdom: Spring Bank Holiday. May 31 Brunei: Royal Brunei Armed Forces Anniversary. Apr 0 Brunei: First Day of Muslim
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        808 57 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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        554 57 Carton 180 Mai 989.9 0.6 15.4 0.09 89 0.05 iin> A 0*niit« Water Residue Ask AlumMuat Sediment No above US 0 0 1 52L2 £22—111— 380 Ave 986J 02 tt7 07 M 0 .02 380 Mai 991.4 0.9 17.8 0.08 71 0.06 nt/M-3 v/Y Ml m/m
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        550 58 Airline industry acts to slash hnge ticketing, distribution costs Reuters [LONDON] British Airways joined forces with 10 other airlines yesterday to launch an Internet travel agency, in a move by the industry to slash ticketing and distribution costs. The European travel agency
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        56 58 [BEIJING] Chinese visitors look at a model of a China Eastern Airlines Airbus A34opassenger jet at an aviation fair in Beijing. Both foreign and local companies are represented at the four-day exhibition, which focuses on aviation equipment, services and technology. China is one of the
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        422 58 Carrier's HK-China cargo growth expected to hit 40% this year Reuters [BEIJING] Dragon Airlines Ltd's chief executive said strong cargo figures in the first quarter boded well for the Hongkong regional carrier's earnings this year. "Our cargo operation is continuing its record-break-ing run in 2000,
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        222 58 AFP [MANILA] Taiwan's president-elect Chen Chui-bian wants to revive air talks with the Philippines that could lead to the resumption of direct air links, a foreign affairs official said. Philippine foreign affairs assistant secretary Franklin Ebdalin said on Wednesday that Mr Chen's
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      647 49 vUOv WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO NORTH AND UTIN AMERICA "CAR RORO HEAVYUFT StRVKE" VESSEL VOY RAMP HEIGHT SIN I UC MAO MIA SAV BAL ORE NTC NEW MOB Uiio AHOTT 400Tmk Oi 24/05 25/06 OVOT 0670T 08/07 10/07 11/07 13/07 17/07 20/07 TOURCOING AHOI2 400T<ms 6.3 M 11/06 10/07 IS/07 21/07
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      388 50 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO AUSTRALIA I FULL CONTAINER SERVICE *a Htt W STD w «a API EMBULD OS 17/ BIS/OS J6/0S H/05 30/05 B/06 usual ST OMTT 73/05 14/0S 04/06 S/06 04/04 rewnsMM 305 n/o$ jo/os w/o> ii/o* 13/0* i*/ot *Pll*WT MS >5/0* tt/0* 11/66 U/0* 20/04 73/04 FEEDER SERVICE
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      58 53 New Advertisers/Services/Agencies DIRECT CALLING SIN/HUANGPU, XIAMEN, SHEKOU HUANGPU, XIAMEN, SHEKOU/SIN See Page 5 Daily COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD ECU L.FfWll Singapore Pte Ltd Providing You With More Than 90 Direct Ports of Call Page 6 YANGON See Page 14 EAGLE CORPN. (PTE) LTD EASTRANS LINES (S) PTE LTD PASIR GUDANG
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      48 54 METROPORT SHIPPING SDN. RND. SINOKOR MERCHANT n. m« ivm. 4?ooo r«i o-*. <*>*** o»w a-* «*t* frnrij (Q LTD Uyg|&|g« w f«: *onfw2*2 fro FARWIDE SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD EXPORT W: 221-M22 (5 Ums) F«:2»-IS14 M: fOBT KLAMG SIN: SWjgAgOtl HUG: HONG KONG USN: UISAN PUS: PUSAN KWT: HWANGVAHG
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      49 54 SHIPPING* WAREHOUSING Baton: Singapore Loading Daily Mon to Sat (BATAMINDO l/III) Accepting KlX"onvcnoonai/Pro)ect/Hea\-> Lift Cargo Reefer Container Ifcrtwi: Singapore I blading Moa Wed &Fn (BATAMINDO H) Accepting K1 X onvertjonal/Project Heavy Lift Cargo T«fc 227 0322 Fax: 222 9330 BatanMo Shipphg Wmkonhj Pt« ltd 7A ■—i gHI fcjglw WW
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      996 55 SSAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 Anson Roarf, #06-01 to 03, Sinfoporo *****1 MAIN UNI/OUTWARD; 532 3688 INWARD (DID): 437 236* IMPORT STATUS (DID): 437 2378 INVENTORY (DID): 437 2420 WobsiU http://www.samudara.com CR NO. **********0H BOOKINGS LINE; 535 6266 (Celia/Jessico/Mei Chon/Jothynn/Dora/Hanim) [JE*****E5E381 8 SLGS/WEEKLY QQSffIZSBI 3 SLGS/WEEKLY VESSEL I VOY I
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      803 55 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO PKG SIN JKT SUI WW fOG (Ml lON I HAL I NYL OtF SAV NEW TAM HOU HOEGH MINEIVA /MSt 01/ OS IS/OS II OS 20/05 31/0$ 27/05 06/06 09/06 05/07 09/07 11/07 14/07 11/07 23/07 27/07 HQKHWM /9»t tl/M 07/04 10/06
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      202 55 VESSEL VOT ETAPGU DAY VOT ETAS* MY KUALA SUII 7IOIS 12/05 i 710 IN 13/05 SAT KUALA SIAM 7107S 14/05 SUN 2107* IS/05 MO* ■twi 7103S IS/05 MOM 7103N 14/05 Tilt KUALAS4AII 71 MS 14/05 TUE 7104N 17/05 VIED KUALASiAM 7105S 17/05 *H> 7105N 11/05 THU OUUSIMI 7104S tlT&s TMO
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      621 56 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TIGER STAR 798N 12 13/05 18-21/05 26-27*05 TIGER RHYTHM 799N 16-17/05 22 25*05 30-31/05 TIGER BRIDGE 800N 02 OM>6 TIGER METRO 801N 2941/06 06-07/06 TIGER STAR 802N 26-27/05 01-o*o6 o^lo/06 TIGER RHYTHM 803N 30-31/05 05-08,06 13-14,06 SIN I XPRES SPORE 298 15-16/05 22 25/05
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      1165 56 JV FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: Flesin@singnet.com.sg DIRECT CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO •OSAKA/NAGOYA *LAEM CHA BANG "LAE/PORT MORESBY •PASIR GUDANG *CEBU ADELAIDE/BRISBANE •TAICHUNG/KAOHSIUNG SHANGHAI/XING ANG *MAHE INCHON HAIPHONG/PHNOM PENH YANGON SEMARANG/BELAWAN SUVA/NOUMEA MALTA FOR BOOKING: *****51/3/6/60/61/62/67/68/69/79 PROJECT SHIPMENT HEAVY LI FT CARGO Bobby Lee *****71 bobby€flesin.com.sg Lawrence Lim
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      130 57 103fe 11ife 120E i LEGEND: issued by Meteorological Service Singapore Thunderstorm A Showers Rain Temperature vVind direction and speed in knots n Weather w Cloudy Day azy u i Sea Conditions Wind speed symbols I < 1 2m O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds
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