The Business Times, 24 May 2000

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 035/12/1999 Internet: HtniVbusiness-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2000 85$
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    Lock icon Grandlink boss Ricky Goh declared a bankrupt
    570 1  -  Merchant banks and Kwangtnng Provincial Bank take him to court By' Tay Hong Seng [SINGAPORE] Property developer Ricky Goh, whose Grandlink Group burst onto the property scene with a multi-million dollar China project, has been declared a bankrupt and slapped with a court
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    71 1 sn (-24.10) ■MI 713.78 (-14.52) nananmnms Wm 25X80 (-1.40) STOCK BASKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE OOMP ***** -16.18 NIKKEI 1W18.7* -R28 BAND SENG 14JC&718 +116.45 SET INDEX 325.99 -7.37 JAKARTA COUP _***** -436 MANILA COUP —11MJK -7.« TAIPEI WP1 8,(7 L01 —136-56 SEOUL COMP 679.76 -11-85 CLSA CHINA
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    76 1 FOBEX BATES uss ss US$ 1.783 £(USS/S$ per \A8$ 1575 ELHO(US$/S$/E) 0911 1579 DM 1141 0508 YEN 106.8 1.623 RM 3.800 0.456 HK$ 7.790 0i22 BART 3913 0.044 RUP1AH 8,453 0021* St to ItO units PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.60 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG
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    Lock icon SPH Asia One offers 148m new shares at 60 cents each
    880 1  -  74m placement shares already subscribed; Asia One valued at $700 m By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Despite the weak market sentiment, SPH Asia One, the Internet arm of Singapore Press Holdings, yesterday went ahead to launch its initial public
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    Lock icon Whafs down the road on the local banking scene?
    439 1  -  Get the answers in BTs annual Banking and Finance Supplement today By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] It's been only two years since the local banking sector saw substantial liberalisation, but in that short time, many old ways of doing business have
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      200 1 Top stories Thailand to build USslb IT city in Phuket. Moxt Pago Time to remake Singapore Inc? Pg 8 Hong Leong Group buys condo plot in Draycott Drive for close to $75m. Pg 9 People Warren Buffett M partying in the centre of I dotcom I mania. Pg 17 Money
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon How deep is your low?
        146 2 FROM cyberspace comes this ditty that reflects the mood in the marketplace (With apologies to the Bee Gees): I know you rise when sentiment is good I monitor your prices in the pouring rain And the moment that you wander far from me (i.e the
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        Lock icon Fanatic support?
        76 2 IF the Internet fever is fizzling out, you wouldn't know it from the response to finatiQ.com's inaugural investment seminar. OCBC's virtual bank was swamped with more than 1,000 applications from members of the public to attend today's investment seminar featuring its fund managers. BT understands that all seats
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        Lock icon Irrational exuberance
        151 2 THERE'S a new stock market book that's hit the New York Times best-seller list, written by Yale economics professor Rober Shiller. Called Irrational Exuberance, it's been reviewed by Barron's Gene Epstein in his Economic Beat column in the May 8 issue. Although Mr Epstein has some words of
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        Lock icon Internet confessions
        109 2 WE'VE heard of some way-out ideas from aspiring dotcoms but this one is positively sinful. The regional chief of a Japanese venture capital firm tells us he was approached by someone with the idea of developing a Web site for hearing confessions. The Web site would replace the
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        Lock icon Money can't buy
        141 2 MOST of us believe that having more money would make us happier. And the US, being the richest nation in the world, should be populated by extremely happy people. Yet, this isn't necessarily the case. According to the US Federal Reserve, between 1992 and 1998, net household
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        Lock icon Trifiniti
        81 2 DOES Malaysian tycoon Tajudin Ramli really think that he will remain at the helm of national carrier Malaysian Airline System and Technology Resources Industries indefinitely? He unveiled a new logo called Trifiniti for his group's e-commerce ventures yesterday. He explained that the new brand name is a combination of
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      Lock icon S'pore to be top Asian alternative risk transfer hub
      347 2  -  Insurers have to rethink risks beyond traditional boundaries: MAS official By Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] Singapore aims to position itself as a leading alternative risk transfer hub in Asia for the insurance business, the Monetary Authority of Singapore said yesterday. "We
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      Lock icon Thailand to build US$1b cybercity in Phuket
      489 2  -  BTM'miuwd Govt hopes to woo foreign firms, build up supply of local scientific manpower Prom, Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND is building a US$l billion (551.72 billion) intelligent city on the southern island of Phuket in a bid to catch up with similar
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      Lock icon HK, India buck trend as Asian stock markets get another beating
      692 2 Investors worry over interest rates, domestic politics, tech stock values Reuters Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Most Asian share markets, except for some like Hongkong and India, dipped further yesterday as a potent cocktail of worries over the global interest rate outlook,
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon FJB loses Gucci sole distributorship
      559 4  -  It will get $30m and 35% in new JV with more brands from Italian designer Reports by Marissa Chew JUST when Gucci is enjoying new heights in the fashion world, Singapore's FJ Benjamin will give up its exclusive distribution and retail rights for Gucci products
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      Lock icon Funds will help firm develop new house brand
      384 4 FJ Benjamin will use part of the funds it will receive from its joint-venture deal with Gucci Group to develop its own line of clothing, president and chief executive Frank Benjamin said yesterday. Speaking to The Business Times in an interview, Mr
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      Lock icon DBS launches e-payment system
      251 4 DBS Bank has launched a one-stop online credit card payment service for local e-commerce companies. Called c2pay, the service accepts both debit and credit card transactions from MasterCard and Visa. It comes with a number of control features which allow the merchants to set their own
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      Lock icon Avimo's interim profit almost doubles to $16.4 m
      212 4 Bloomberg AVIMO Group Ltd, a Singapore defence components maker, said first-half profit almost doubled as sales of optical products increased. Avimo's net income for the six months ended March 31 rose to $16.4 million, or 15.22 cents a share, from $8.9 million,
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      Lock icon DBS Land shedding Parkway? It'd be a right move
      766 4  -  hock am kalpana rashiwala NOW that Pidemco Land has begun reviewing its business jointly with DBS Land, the latter's 17 per cent stake in healthcare group Parkway Holdings is again the subject of speculation. DBS Land is the healthcare group's second
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      Lock icon SingTel rises 3% on advanced listing plans of two Internet units
      731 7 Gain is biggest in over a month, despite the company posting lower profits than expected Bloomberg SINGAPORE Telecommunications' plan to accelerate the sale of shares in two Internet units boosted the dominant phone firm's shares even after it reported
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      Lock icon Addvalue to aim for new markets with IPO funds
      283 7  -  Wireless, broadband technology specialist to list on mainboard By, Joyce Koh ADDVALUE Technologies Ltd, which received approval to list on the mainboard last week, will use proceeds from its initial public offering to capitalise on the growth in the technology market.
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      Lock icon Trek 2000 IPO 19x subscribed
      168 7 CUSTOMISED engineering company Trek 2000 International's initial public offer has been 19.2 times subscribed. IPO manager Vickers Ballas said yesterday it had received 7,162 applications for 115.3 million offer shares at the close of the offer on Monday. A total $36.9 million in application money
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    • COMPANY Brief's
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        Lock icon Chuan Hop sells air terminal stake
        99 7 Reuters CHUAN Hup Holdings has sold its stake in Philippines International Air Terminals Co Inc (Piatco)to Flughafen FrankfUrt/Main AG for U557.43 million (5512.7 million). The company said the sale of its 3.9 million shares was part of a divestment strategy and the proceeds would
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        Lock icon Chew Eu Hock placing out 13.4 m shares
        92 7 Reuters CONSTRUCTION-LINKED Chew Eu Hock Holdings is placing out 13.4 million new shares at 44.38 cents each through Kay Hian Pte Ltd. The net proceeds of about $6 million would be used to buy machines, for working capital for new projects in
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        Lock icon Hotung buying three Taiwan VCs
        146 7 AFX-Asia HOTUNG Investment Holdings said it will acquire three venture capital companies in Taiwan for about US$76.l million (Ssl3o million). Hotung said it will be enter into share purchase agreements with 100 vendors for the shares in Futung Venture Capital Corp, Wantung Venture Capital Corp
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      Lock icon Hai Sun Hup close to buying another two Aussie hotels
      531 7  -  By Surinder Singh, Conrad Raj SINGAPORE'S Hai Sun Hup (HSH), which has the sixthlargest portfolio of hotel rooms in Australia, is on the verge of clinching deals for another two hotels costing a total of Aslso million (*****.5 million). The
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon DB Nikkei 225 wrt: cheap but offers no quick gains
      186 6  -  WARRANT WATCH R Sivanithy UNDER normal circumstances, an out-of-the-money warrant that has about seven months left, trades at a modest 22 per cent conversion premium and offers a staggering 35 times gearing would be classified as a buy. But these
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      466 6 Stocks Volume IPC020C... 18,737.000 CEI5C 8*90.000 GES Intt Ud 20c 8,467.000 Nucleus Etec 5c 8,341,000 Nat 10c 7,954,000 ChewEuHock 20c 7,472,000 Mediating 10c 6,407,000 Mecff-Rad5c 5.976,000 SingTel 15c 5.496,000 JurongTecMOc 5*91.000 Stocks > OBSGip 80,161,831 Nat Bee 10c 41*14,900 Chart Semiconductor 26c 36*01,751 IPC020c 30*86*86 0C8C 22,487,330 SIA 21,854,634 SPH
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      Lock icon Late rebound helps STI stay above 1,900-point level
      560 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy US interest rate worries and softness in most of the region's equity markets yesterday put more selling pressure on local stocks. During the day, it looked like the bottom had fallen out of the local market as the Straits Times
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      Lock icon Ipco: technical outlook appears bearish
      249 6  -  HOT STOCK By Wong Wei Kong SHARES of infrastructure developer Ipco International collapsed yesterday, with the stock also finishing as the session's most actively traded issue. Ipco shares dived 89 cents or 38 per cent to $1.45. The stock opened at $2.20 and hit a
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      142 6 ♦WANT Want will be traling ex-dividend (tnferlm'dMdend of 2.4 US cents and final dividend of 3.6 US cents, both are tax exempted) on June 5. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is on June 8. Date payable is on June 23. ♦HUAN Hsin will hold its
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      147 6 GRAN D 0 Sofa sets in Fabric and Leather from $2640 H|| Bedroom sets fioms299s I Crystal Chandeliers S from 750 H Alabaster H decorative lighting »om 312 Mahogany showcases »rom $14.03 H IHH Table lamps and shades iwms 325 Assorted chairs irom 288 Finest imported Furniture Also Wall Units,
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      66 6 ■P'j reed flexible financing US 3t 323-3955 '~3t r CO ~C~ ,C J ©DBSBANK Larry Wee's currencies column appears on Page 27 BUY<* H SELL* fX H H Classified ads can get you H| H •J* equipment for a matter what it is, you can always buy it, sell it
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      194 7 ■H ONLY THE MOST Mr* WA SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES WILL ATTRACT THE NET GENERATION. The Internet has changed everything for professionals. The best people are to of. They're to retain face the wants to for the Whilst those companies embracing the new age are dynamic, flexible and exciting working cultures, those
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  • SINGAPORE inc
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      Lock icon Dances with lions
      2424 8  -  Singapore GLCs must realise that with increasing globalisation, ambition must be tempered with a good dose of humility, as they take on a new role as ambassadors of Singapore Inc By Yang Razali Kassim IT looks like a case of coming back with a vengeance after a
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      80 8 ■AhB jpr PLOT A: 7,663.5 SQM (82,489 SOFT) PLOT B: 2,893.9 SQM (31,150 SOFT] tfjLS) TOTAL 10,557.4 SQM (113,639 SOFT) rj If FREEHOLD, PLOT RATIO :Z1 [J MmUk t SIM WALK TO HI SENNETT HIT m EASY ACCESS TO PIE/CTE/SERANGOON RO GOOD SCHOOLS: ST. ANDREW., CEDAR. "Subject lo Srati Title
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Hong Leong Group pays $75m for prime Draycott Drive site
      442 9  -  Price works ont to $940 psf of potential gross floor area By Kalpana Rashiwala BREAKING the current dry spell in property investment deals, the Hong Leong Group has picked up a prime condo site at Draycott Drive for close to
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      Lock icon Big players unfazed by opening of auction market
      515 9  -  But rates are likely to come down and competition will increase By Audrey Tan THE government's intention to abolish the licensing of auctioneers will open up a small but lucrative market to greater competition, but auctioneers contacted by BT yesterday said that
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      Lock icon April CPI up 1.1% year-on-year
      364 9  -  Hy Siow Li Sen INFLATION continues to be subdued. The consumer price index (CPI) in April was up 1.1 per cent from a year ago, down slightly from March when it rose 1.2 per cent over March 1999. Compared with last month, the CPI rose
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      Lock icon Govt will pay for bulk of lift upgrades
      501 9  -  PARLIAMENT Hah says HDB's co-payment formula will be fair By Audrey Tan THE government will pay the bulk of upgrading costs to improve lift access in public housing flats, Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan said in Parliament yesterday. He was
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      Lock icon HP S'pore first-half sales leap 32%
      422 9  -  Aaron Lye HEWLETT-PACKARD Singapore's manufacturing turnover jumped 32 per cent to hit US$3.4 billion (Sss.B billion) in the first half of its current fiscal year, compared to the same period a year ago, the company said yesterday. HP's PC-related shipments rose 38 per cent,
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      Lock icon StarHub and Nokia in $500m 3G deal
      410 9  -  Delivery of complete 3G mobile system is a first for Asia By Catherine Ong STARHUB said yesterday that it has signed a deal with Nokia to jointly develcp a Third Generation (3G) mobile network which could involve up to $500 million in investment.
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Report on OCBC directors was sensational
      327 10  -  Dawn Lim (Mrs) OCBC Bank takes great umbrage at certain statements in the article "OCBC's next change: fixed tenures for directors" (BT, May 23) by Ms Siow Li Sen arising from an interview with Mr Alex Au in conjunction with The Business Times' Banking
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      Lock icon More Singaporeans should speak up
      637 10  -  See Leong Kit I REFER to the finance ministry's reply, "Critic of high reserves got it all wrong: Govt" (BT, May 15). Singapore will not only go downhill but down the drain if our public servants keep clinging on to the we-know-all, we-know-best and we-are-al-ways-right
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      Lock icon ZDNet 2bSure.com ink unified message service deal
      238 11  -  Ky\ Kenneth Lee [SINGAPORE] San Francisco-based Internet firm ZDNet yesterday announced a deal with Asian communications solutions company 2bSure.com to deliver a new, free unified messaging service site to users across Asia. The site, to be called 2bZD.com, will allow users to access
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      Lock icon Yahoo sites top S'pore Net user reach: survey
      409 11  -  By Tay Shi'an [SINGAPORE] Yahoo and MSN reach out to the largest number of individual users who access the Internet from home in Singapore, according to a monthly report by ACNielsen eßatings.com. Releasing its findings at a press conference yesterday, the market
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      Lock icon This man said no to US$50m
      935 11  -  Speed is the essence for Roger Lim who wants to beef up his Web firm to host 70,000 e-businesses in 4 months FAST Hyi Andrew Wee ROGER Lim is an ambitious young man in a hurry By October. barely four months from now, the
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      Lock icon IBM to make advanced Alpha chips for Compaq
      425 11 NEW YORK It also unveils new versions of mainstay business computers Reuters INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp has reached a deal to build advanced chips for a key line of Compaq Computer Corp computers, the companies said on Monday. Separately, IBM unveiled new
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      Lock icon AT&T, Lycos enter phone-Web market
      393 11 NEW YORK They will offer local Web content to callers at toll-free numbers Bloomberg AT&T Corp and Lycos Inc have separately announced plans to enter the market for delivering information from the Internet by telephone, drawn by demand for easy ways to get updated information
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    • eBriefs
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        Lock icon Philips to buy 60% of MedQuist
        61 11 Bloomberg [MARLTON, New Jersey] Royal Philips Electronics, Europe's largest consumer-electronics maker, said it agreed to buy 60 per cent of MedQuist Inc for about US$l.2 billion (Ss2 billion) to add transcription services to its medical-imaging unit. MedQuist, based in Marlton, is the largest US
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        Lock icon J P Morgan to sell JGBs online
        70 11 Bloomberg [TOKYO] J P Morgan Co, the fifth-biggest US bank, said it will start an online system for trading Japanese government bonds next month, becoming the third firm in Japan to offer the service. Goldman Sachs Group is starting its eJGB bond trading
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        Lock icon Talkabont Motorola
        56 11 AP [NEW YORK] Motorola has unveiled a new beeper-sized device with a full keyboard and flip-up screen for two-way messaging and limited access to Web information. The Talkabout T9OO, due to hit the market next month, will sell for less than US$2OO (*****), not including a monthly fee
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Indians fall prey to dotcom mania
      723 12  -  OPINION rajendra bajpai The writer is a New Delhi-based journalist who contributes to BT THE dotcom mania has spread like a virus in India and opened up opportunities for doing business that never existed before. Many young graduates are starting their own dotcom companies
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      153 12 "They can't get their growth right, can't get their market share right and they've struggled with innovation as small as redesigning the can.' -Hark Batch aUS banker, after Campbell Soup Co, the world's largest soup maker, warned that profit willfall this fiscal year because Americans are eating
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      Lock icon Chen buys some time
      593 12 EDITORIAL Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian's inaugural address seems to have raised some hopes in the last few days about the potential for progress in cross-Strait relations. In particular, the oncemaverick Taiwanese leader's reference to the goal of a "future one China" is seen as an olive
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      Lock icon Naive of Greenspan to give in to new-era hype
      1206 12  -  Central banks most do what they can to prevent or moderate wide swings in overheated markets By Paul Samuelson The writer is an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ECONOMICALLY, the whole world is interdependent, more so than ever before.
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      Lock icon Hard sell on China may backfire on White House
      849 12  -  COMMENTARY By Robert Samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group EVER since the end of the Cold War, the United States has searched for an organising principle for its foreign policy. Americans seem to have found one in trade. It promotes (they
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Dr M: No asset sale to foreigners to settle debt
      382 13 Privatisation policy allows foreigners only when they are strategic partners Reuters MALAYSIA will not sell assets to foreigners to settle debts, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday, adding that the country's privatisation policy only allows foreigners when they are strategic
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      Lock icon Thailand to tap forex reserves to aid finance sector
      382 13 BANGKOK AP Bloomberg AFTER months of haggling with the central bank, Thailand's finance ministry yesterday got the upper hand in its bid to use foreign reserves to help bail out the embattled financial sector. The Bank of Thailand agreed to transfer
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      Lock icon Manila may cut growth target due to Mindanao conflict
      440 13 MANILA Muslim insurgency must be resolved soon for 4-5% growth Bloomberg THE Philippines said it may cut its economic growth forecast for this year unless the Muslim insurgency in the south of the country is resolved peacefully within a month. Finance
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Bearish on Resorts World
        102 13 RESORTS World the operator of the sole casino in Malaysia tumbled by RM1.20 or 8.7 per cent to RM 12.60 yesterday on continued concerns about its move to resort to borrowings to help finance Star Cruises' expansion. Parent Genting Bhd was dragged down as well, closing
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        Lock icon Sketchy e-commerce plan ignored
        88 13 Investors did not pay much attention to Tajudin Ramli's virtual plans for his group of companies Naluri Bhd, Malaysian Airline System, Technology Resources Industries (TRI) and subsidiary Celcom. The tycoon yesterday announced his plans to move the companies into the New Economy but the blueprint is
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        Lock icon Banking on Hong Leong
        89 13  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh Hong Leong Bank bucked the market trend yesterday, rising 10 sen to RM7.15. Analysts expect its proposed mergers with Credit Corporation Malaysia (CCM) and Wah Tat Bank to be smoother than other merger plans in the nationwide consolidation of banks. The union
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      Lock icon M'sian Q1 growth fastest in 4 years: poll
      436 13 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg Reuters SPURRED by growth in manufacturing output, Malaysia's economy probably expanded at its fastest rate in four years, news agency surveys yesterday showed. The economy expanded 11.5 per cent in three months to March from a year earlier, according
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      Lock icon Indon stats bureau chief to be replaced
      399 14 JAKARTA GDP forecast lowered because he knew he would be replaced: 6ns Dnr AFP Reuters .INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid said the head of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) Suwito Sugito had drastically cut his economic growth forecast because he knew he was
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      Lock icon Indon army wants 20 seats, its own faction in MPR
      827 14  -  This will make ap for TNl's absence in general elections By' Yang Razali Kassim THE general is not saying. But it's what he fails to say that confirms it: dissatisfaction is building up within the military against President Abdurrahman Wahid.
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      Lock icon Estrada signs new general banking act
      315 14 MANILA Sector now open to more foreign participation Reuters PHILIPPINE President Joseph Estrada signed into law yesterday the new General Banking Act which opens the sector to more foreign participation and strengthens the central bank's supervisory powers. "To ensure the continued stability of the
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      Lock icon Esprit plans to list European operations
      384 15 HONGKONG It hopes to raise 200 m euros to finance expansion Bloomberg ESPRIT Holdings Ltd, a Hongkong-based retailer of clothing and cosmetics, plans a separate listing for its European operations in Frankfurt to raise 200 million euros (Ss3ll million) to finance expansion in Europe.
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      Lock icon China scraps perk for funds
      157 15 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA'S securities authorities have cancelled a preferential policy for mutual funds, forcing them to compete in buying IPO shares of domestic A share firms, the official China Securities newspaper said yesterday. Previously, mutual funds were allowed to buy up to 5 per cent
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      441 15 BANGALORE AFP US-BASED Enron Corp and local conglomerate Reliance Industries are among the companies keen to set up projects worth more than US$l billion (551.72 billion) in this southern Indian city, an official said yesterday. "About a dozen companies have applied
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      363 15 HONGKONG Armani generates 33% of Joyce sales; stake sales to 2 investors dropped Bloomberg JOYCE Boutique Holdings Ltd, an upscale Hongkong clothing retailer, will end its franchise agreement to run Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani specialty shops as the Italian owner is taking back
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      358 13 Perhaps the only point on which there is near essentially matching biology against technology, consensus when looking to the future of HR people assets against costs. is that the corporate organisation of the future aearly the ro e of HR will force it to an will be dramatically different from
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      78 16 Reuters [SYDNEY] Australian world champion swimmer Grant Hackett (above) poses in a custom-built fish tank and sprinter Tania Van Heer wraps herself in the Australian flag for a special edition magazine which was launched here yesterday. Twenty-nine of Australia's Olympic athletes are featured in "The Sydney Dream" edition
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      639 16 SEOUL Despite slowdown, economists say it's still extremely strong Bloomberg KOREA'S economy slowed in the first quarter as industrial output and consumer spending growth cooled, the central bank said. The economy grew 1.8 per cent, seasonally adjusted, in the first three months
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      290 16 SEOUL Big supply of new shares, global slide of tech stocks cited Reuters SOUTH Korea's once high-fly-ing Kosdaq over-the-counter market is heading for more misery, afflicted by a hefty supply of new shares and a global downturn of technology stocks, a top fund
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      493 17 LONDON Bear market in high-tech stocks affects other sectors as well, with investors undecided Reuters MORE British companies ditched plans to go public yesterday as the currency of the Internet fell further, drying up funds in other
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      713 17 PEOPLE 'We may get him in the next fond', says host of dotcom charity auction Bloomberg WARREN Buffett, who has said Internet stock values show "the ability to monetise shareholder ignorance has probably never been exceeded", found himself the other night partying in the
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      178 17 LONDON Reuters MICROSOFT chairman Bill Gates plans to spend £130 million (*****.6 million) to bring the world's brightest students to England's Cambridge University, The Times reported yesterday. It would be the biggest international scholarship scheme yet launched in Britain, said the newspaper, citing an unidentified source
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      331 17  -  Froml Leon Hadar in Washington THE US House of Representatives is scheduled to vote today on whether to grant China permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status, but with 218 votes necessary to win passage of the legislation, the outcome could go either
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      198 17 NEW YORK Property going up for sale and price could start from USs2b Reuters HISTORIC New York City landmark Rockefeller Centre, the home of Radio City Music Hall, is going up for sale, the art deco property's owners said on Monday. The asking price could be
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      241 17 FRANKFURT Bloomberg THE European Central Bank yesterday said its policymakers will set interest rates tomorrow on a conference call, rather than face-to-face, raising speculation among analysts that the ECB has already decided what action to take. The decision will save officials
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        67 17 Reuters [BRUSSELS] The European Commission said yesterday it had cleared with conditions a plan by US drug giant Pfizer Inc to buy its rival Warner-Lambert Co. The takeover will create the biggest pharmaceuticals group in the US and the second largest in the world.
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        73 17 Marks Spencer cuts dividend Reuters [LONDON] Britain's biggest clothing retailer, Marks and Spencer pic, said yesterday it was cutting its dividend for the first time in its history, after reporting lower fttll-year profits. Following a traumatic year for the once-revered institution, pre-tax profits before exceptional items in the 53 weeks
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        109 17 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] Gucci Group NV, the world No 3 luxury goods maker, said first-quarter profit probably dropped about 25 per cent and cut its forecast for the year as increased acquisition costs erased gains from surging sales. Net income is expected to have fallen
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        149 17 Reuters [TOKYO] Four major Japanese banks yesterday announced reversals for the year to March after a period of heavy losses, confirming an upbeat earnings picture in the sector. On the third day of a series of bank earnings, Mitsubishi Trust Banking Corp,
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        70 17 Bloomberg [STOCKHOLM] Intentia AB, Sweden's largest business software company, said it formed an alliance with Sun Microsystems Inc to develop products based on Sun's Solaris software. Sun, one of the largest makers of computers that power Internet sites, will cooperate with Intentia on providing services
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      236 18 PHILADELPHIA But long-term inflation seen staying at 2J>% Reuters THE near-term outlook for inflation is less promising now than three months ago, a survey of 34 forecasters by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia shows. The forecasters now expect inflation, as measured by
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      285 19  -  SGX Derivatives Tradingßeports "SCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market continued its decline for a fourth consecutive session yesterday, led by losses in banking issues amid lingering interest rate concerns and weak overall sentiment. The finance sector shed 3.13 per cent
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      287 19  -  MSCI Taiwan tatares Chan Yet San THE Taiwan stock market ended lower again in thin market conditions. Although worries over cross-Strait relations have waned, the US market, especially Nasdaq's continued decline, has put a lid on any bullish tendencies. The Taiex feU 136.56 points or
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      142 19 EKEROT REPORT Reuters [LONDON] OU prices steadied yesterday after a heavy slump on Monday as speculators pocketed profits made during a six-week rally. The reversal wUI relieve the pressure on Opec exporters to raise supplies when oU ministers meet next month. It also reduces the
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      335 19 Reuters London THE euro climbed yesterday, posting its biggest gains against sterling, amid expectations the European Central Bank (ECB) could raise interest rates this week and on other economic and technical factors. The euro's more than 2 per cent rise against sterling, on the day, was helped by
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      2817 20 HONGKONG AFP H Ban* Sam +116.45 HONGKONG share prices rose 0.8 per cent yesterday on bargain-hunting, reversing early weakness caused by overnight declines on Wall Street, dealers said. "With the help of some blue-chip stocks, the market reversed its early weakness," said Alex Tang,
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      2039 20 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 47.28 SHARE prices in Tokyo fell 0.4 per cent yesterday to their lowest close in nearly a year as volatile moves by high-technol-ogy shares on Wall Street spooked investors, brokers said. The key Nikkei 225 Index lost 67.28 points to
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      1007 20 Reuters P Shenzhen B Index -&81 CHINA stocks closed mixed yesterday in see-saw trading as investors turned cautious following a weeklong rally. The hard currency Shanghai B Share Index rose 0.46 per cent, or 0.2 of a point, to 44.16 on lower turnover of U557.54 million. The Shenzhen B
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      366 20 AFP □WP Index -13(156 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.55 per ccr.t lower yesterday on the back of weakness in global stock markets, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price index fell 136.56 points to 8,671.01. Turnover came to NT578.74 billion, the lowest level this year, against NT598.36 billion
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      403 21 AFP P Composite Index -MJB MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.7 per cent lower yesterday on profit-taking with sentiment hit by losses in regional markets and New York, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended down 16.18 points at 917.29. The Second Board Index
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      296 22 AFP n Composite Index -ILBB THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 11.85 points at 679.76. Volume was 210.4 million shares worth 1.8 trillion wen. —AFP Marl! tnonSmL .***** -1B50 Brain Tad) 860 -30 Cantral Rank 1100 100 ClwDComm *****0 WOO DaaGu Bank t89S 245 DaatanqCorp 1460 -10
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      293 22 AFP Q Composite Index -7.42 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 7.42 points to 1,404.67, the lowest level since the index hit 1,342.78 points on Oct 15,1998. Turnover fell to 1.74 billion shares worth 1.14 billion pesos from 2.69 billion shares worth 935 million pesos on Monday. —AFP
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      277 22 AFP HMgE-<0 +7JB NEW Zealand shares rose 0.4 per cent yesterday on support for key blue chips despite a lower close for US stocks overnight. The benchmark NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 7.18 points at 2,000.43 on low total turnover of NZ$47.B million. mtfii as *f- cwt) Adv ant
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      533 22 AFP F1 AH Primaries ♦111 AUSTRALIAN share prices gained 0.6 per cent on blue-chip strength despite a volatile night on Wall Street, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed 16.9 points higher at 2,965.9 while the newly-intro-duced SP/ASX 200 rose 19.1 points to 3,021.4. Turnover totalled 453.0 million shares
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      781 22 AFP P SET fafe* -131 THAILAND'S stock market shed 2.2 per cent yesterday as foreign investors sold across the board in thin trade. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index fell 7.37 points to finish at 325.99 points, while the select SET 50 Index also edged down 0.59
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      660 22 AFP QCamposite Index -428 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.9 per cent lower yesterday amid fears of a further hike in US interest rates and a lack of progress on the domestic political front, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed 4.26 points down at 495.51 with trading
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      1599 24 WHETHER it's the contemporary moves of India's Chandralekha Group, the cutting edge dance of Australia's Chunky Move or the home-grown-but-with-a-twist Singapore Dance Theatre, the Singapore Arts Festival's dance programme hopes to rev things up on the local stage. To date, Austria's D.A. V.E, Brazil's Companhia de
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      20 24 IN yesterday's Arts Festival coverage, composer John Sharpley was wrongly named as John Shockley. We apologise for the error.
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      555 24 This year's offerings in the dance category Sexlng Three Mlllenla, CCDC (Hongkong) Inspired by the famous concubines from China's ancient past, Sexing Three Millenia examines the relationship between beauty and power, charting tragic tales that end in hanging, beheading, poisoning, and exile. Told, not from the women's
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      173 25 Where to wine, dine and (<]> Savour the distinctive mix of flavours r Jp and tastes of Singapore. local dishes we hav^fMrfM such as Nasi Lemak, f f Do expect a change in our daly menu. ftfa«JbjeetlalO%KmccdM»ge«nd|»ii Atywuimttei CALL: 330 3585 OR 330 3590 FOR RESERVATIONS 76 Bra* Basah Road,
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      1017 25 The Business Times, Wednesday, May 24,2000 TYfTFT I 530 Tube Top. 330 TV Innovations. 230 to 6.00 am Real-time nm;€mm7ff9—Oontmi &00 Wheel of Fortune. 5.00 Cinderella. Financial Data. 9.00 AM Kids Central: The 630 Sabrina The Teenage 530 Tirai: Kahwin Palsu. Big Comfy Couch. Witch. 630 Ekspedisi Ke Dunia ■port»e*ty
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      278 25 CBTPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 6 Preparing to ride, caused a 1 Not tor the first time, give out rule about dope (8) Talk of the other side (8) 5 A summary of revised prices (6) 8 Put on airs when given support 9 Results found to be in favour of (8)
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      927 27  -  CURRENCIES Sharp stock market falls underline regional currency concerns larry wee A YEN-LED respite for regional currencies towards the end of last week, aided by a bit of better news in Thailand and Indonesia, has proven all too brief and most Asian currencies (other than
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      693 27  -  Recent demand for Asian credits has centred on defensive buying By Brian Verlaan The author is head of fixed income strategy at Standard Chartered Bank. This article is not an invitation to invest. BT and its contributors will not be held liable in
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      403 27  -  Bat the euro should perk up again farther oat as the European economy recovers From. Neil Behrmann The author isßT's London correspondent in Ixmdcm DESPITE recent jitters over US technology stocks, a panel of currency strategists from banks that include Citibank, JP Morgan, American Express and
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      264 29 Bridge News Reuters THE Baltic Dry Shipping Index slipped back a point on Monday to 1,606 as Panamaxes profited but Capesizes continued their backward march. The Panamax index rose three points to 1,570. However, the Capesize indicator fell 10 points to 2,112. The Atlantic Panamax market remained healthy,
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      599 29  -  UN agency's laws on phasing out of single hulls should conform with those of US, EU From David Hughes in London THE International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has been told by a senior European Commission official that the UN specialist agency
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      785 29  -  STRAIT TALE By Seafarer THE Marine Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is meeting at the UN specialist agency's London headquarters. It has a large number of important issues to tackle during its 11-day meeting which finishes this
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      147 29 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's federal Cabinet has approved state-run Shipping Corporation of India's (SCI) proposal to acquire four Aframax tankers of 110,000 deadweight tonnes each, a government spokeswoman said. The Cabinet approval also permits SCI to borrow up to 80 per cent of the
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      506 29  -  Call for port state control to target ships that are truly substandard Hyl Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE) Safety and en vironmental issues, including a call for the proper targeting of substandard ships, were the focus of the recently concluded 9th Asian Shipowner's Forum (ASF) in
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        1142 30 Shipping world will be ready for super container ships by the year 2010, says Dutch professor ITJ SINCE the birth of containerships in the mid-*****, this type of vessel has grown from 1000 TEU to the current level of over 8000 TEU (as represented by
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        443 44 High fuel price, sterling's strength two factors behind last year's red ink Bloomberg [LONDON] British Airways pic posted its first-ever fullyear loss from operations, though it held its dividend at 17.9 pence for 1999 and said its focus on cost cuts
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        352 44 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] The Chinese government plans to allow all domestic airlines to reduce prices and extend discounts on some routes in an effort to lure back passengers. The country's airline regulator, the Civil Aviation Administration of China, is working on new rules
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        185 44 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] Delta Air Lines Inc, the third largest US carrier, and Air Canada, the largest Canadian airline, agreed to link routes so that each can sell tickets for the other's flights in a low-cost expansion of their networks. The companies
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      1329 46  -  Despite its unique set of disadvantages, Maybank is confident of growing and standing out from the crowd By Las Han Shih SPENCER Lee, a tall, slim Malaysian in his late 40s with an easy manner and a ready smile, will be the first to admit he is
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      874 46  -  By Siow Li Sen EVEN as local banks are feeling the heat of greater competition. Standard Chartered Bank one of four foreign beneficiaries of the banking liberalisation is impatient for a bigger bite of the market. In an interview with BT, Stanchart
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      1110 48  -  Citibank's commanding lead in consumer banking will soon be augmented when it offers housing loans and insurance products By Catherine Ong CITIBANK has a consumer banking franchise that is the envy of its competitors. It sets a pace in marketing and selling few can emulate, offering
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      453 50 ALONG with its global rebranding exercise last year, the once starchy British banking group is bringing its human resource administration into the 21st century. While HSBC is still managed by an elite corps of 350 bankers who can hop from Brunei to Buffalo at the
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      1056 53  -  Banks must ensure that e-security issues are adequately addressed for its sake as well as for its customers' By Liew Choon Wai, John Ho Chi IN the "good old days", when one thought of a bank, one would picture a financial institution offering its services to
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      998 56  -  The advent of electronic banking raises some issues: What are the changing roles of regulators in e-business? Will the lack of consolidated regulation in Asia have a global effect? What are some of the cross-border banking issues as e-banks evolve? Byl Nicholas Malcomson The
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      2062 59  -  With the volume of electronic transactions exploding, governments are becoming increasingly alarmed by the loss of tax revenue as legislation fails to keep pace with the rapid changes in technology and market development By Kang Choon Pin, Simon Sia A PROMINENT politician in Asia commented recently
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      1472 60 The Singapore bond market has had a splendid start. Various carefully coordinated regulatory measures are in place THE recent financial crisis has certainly made Asian governments, including Singapore's, realise that a well-developed debt capital market is critical in protecting the domestic market from gyrations of the
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      1023 63  -  By Lui Chong Chee The writer is managing director, corporate finance, Citibank NA. Singapore. IN recent years, Singapore has taken bold steps towards developing its debt market. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has encouraged local corporations and statutory bodies to issue more bonds; relaxed
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      74 63 ♦Liquidity in the swaps market ♦Raise awareness of benefits of capital markets among potential issuers ♦Educate domestic investors about bond market as good, low-risk alternative for investment ♦Adopt international standards in pricing and distribution methodologies ♦Introduce new, innovative and structured products ♦Bring
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      1182 64  -  Organisations that survive and succeed in the new era will be those that can learn to innovate and have the flexibility to change with the times By Peter Walker The writer is principal and e-business leader, AT Kearney Pte Ltd TODAY'S online banking is only
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