The Business Times, 6 June 2000

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  • 1310 1  -  Govt retains current industry stmctnre, with scope for more direct competition Byi Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) will be issued licences to run television and radio channels and Media Corporation will get a newspaper licence under a limited liberalisation of
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  • 434 1  -  But he's been approached by private sector firms Fromi Andrea Tan in Bangalore PHILIP Yeo, chairman of the Economic Development Board and one of Singapore's most accomplished and colourful government officials, has put to rest speculation that he is joining the
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  • 486 1 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Asian stocks rose yesterday, led by China Telecom (Hong Kong) Ltd and Sony Corp, as a report showing slower US jobs and wage growth raised optimism that the Federal Reserve will limit future interest rate increases. The Hang Seng Index
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    • 103 1 IMBIDE BT Comment Lee Han Shih on the URA's message for property developers. Pg 11 Arts Festival H H ■■H Simply divine: The TalHs Scholars' Italian programme of Renaissance sacred music. Pg 90 Rupiah skidded but stocks rebounded slightly yesterday. Investors remain ta,n 3P* governments economic direction. N.xtP.g. V Marco
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    • 107 1 m SPH confident it will stay ahead. P§ 4; Medra Corp 1 revenue forecast Pg 4 B SCV says it win maintain an open access policy, Pg 4 >A> •v 10frequentty asked questions, Pgs4 5S Lee Yock Suanjs speech, Pg 14 R RHj II^HH HOB^^^amh You never patekrhiuppe GENEVE actually
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    • 716 2  -  Rnpiah skids but stocks close np in technical rebound From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta AS the International Monetary Fund yesterday put paid to any possibility of Jakarta imposing capital controls, the Indonesian rupiah skidded but stocks rebounded slightly, leaving investors still wondering about the
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 100 2 IT sure looks like Christmas is coming earlier and earlier each year to hot and sunny Singapore, thanks to retailers eager to have any idea for yet another sale. We're just barely past the half-way mark for the year, but ftirniture store Pennsylvania House would have you know,
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      • 63 2 WE received Star Hub payphone cards at the infocomm trade show CommunicAsia yesterday which are quite different from SingTel's. The new telecom operator's phone cards use integrated circuit technology, already used in cash cards, and have the capability to offer advanced services such as checking movie show
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      • 44 2 WE checked out CommunicAsia's press centre yesterday and were a little surprised to find that it has only about 16 computers for more than 200 journalists. That's a ratio of 12 journalists to one computer. To who are deadlines, we say
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    • 256 2 It plans to enter more Asia-Pac nations with Visa by year-end [SINGAPORE] Network for Electronic Transfers Singapore (Nets) said yesterday it had formed a Joint venture to launch its cash card system in South Korea. The partners in the joint venture, V-Cash Co
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  • MEDIA liberalisation
    • 584 4  -  Media group to evaluate the new business opportunity, with the focus on delivering a good return on investment BU Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) is confident it can leverage its core competence in producing news I for television, and is optimistic that
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    • 562 4  -  Paper for commuters to be launched by year-end By Eugene Low MEDIA Corporation of Singapore expects revenues from its new newspaper venture to reach $75 million in five years' time. Lim Hup Seng, MediaCorp's chief executive, said yesterday that the tabloid would
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    • 796 4  -  Advertisers welcwne liber&lisatien ud hope ad rates will fall By Ven Sreenivasan, David Boey, Ling Su Ann THE emergence of a second newspaper group may put a slight dent in Singapore Press Holdings' market share but it will not seriously threaten the
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    • 382 4  -  It's working with foreign networks to lower entry price Byi Catherine Ong SINGAPORE Cable Vision (SCV) said it will maintain an open access policy on programming even though it remains the sole operator of pay television in Singapore. "Our policy is
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    • 617 4 I n f° r ™tion and the Arts Lee Yock Suan fielded questions from reporters after his speech on media industry review yesterday. Below, we run excerpts of the questions and answers. Q: Why do you decide not to let foreigners compete in the media tnihuh
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    • 566 4 Source: Ministry of Information and the Arts Ownership and competition L WHAT is the fmnimat'i pml»w am *I—%* 1 Mil Local media have a unique nationbuilding role in our multi-racial and mul-ti-religious society. They need to have a deep sense of responsibility to Singapore. That is why
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    • 368 5 \i; J*; Mamboard listed Singapore I'iess Holdings is the leading newspaper publisher in Singapore It piOdllCOS IP neWSpapCIS 111 foil laiHHiagCS .unl Si\ fKMlodlC.lis SPH newspafHMs reach .1 daily readership of 3 8 million with a combined circulation ot 1 1 million SI'H holds stakes
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    • 396 5  -  TCS will equip 2,000 trams with digital TV by year-end By Toh Han Shih TO ENCOURAGE the growth of digital TV in Singapore, the Broadcasting Authority (SBA) has established a |5 million fund to help companies develop digital TV services. This
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 644 6  -  Ardmore Park will continne to be major contributor in current year By] Kalpana Rashiwala MARCO Polo Developments yesterday reported a higher-than-expected 151 per cent jump in full-year group net earnings to $202.4 million, thanks to its luxurious Ardmore Park condominium project.
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    • 301 6 SHARES of SPH Asia One closed 12 per cent, or 7 cents each, below its 60-cent offer price yesterday on its first day of trading. The counter opened at 59 cents, rose briefly to a day's high of 60 cents in early trading,
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    • 195 6 ASIATRAVELMART.COM has signed a memorandum of understanding with mobile service provider Ml to offer travel content and services via Mi's wireless application protocol (WAPybased mobile portal Mi World. The Malaysia-based company, which provides a platform for travel buyers and sellers to trade their
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    • 1075 6  -  lIVhN locksiew anthony rowley SUDDENLY, it seems to be a case of "all systems go" for the Tokyo stock market which is rebounding dramatically after a 20 per cent plunge over the past month or so. As the Nikkei 225 Index spurted by
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    • 337 7  -  Jones L&ngLaS&lle says prime plots could fetch nptos47m Bu] Marissa Chew AS part of its strategy to divest non-core assets, DBS Bank yesterday put two prime residential sites up for sale. The freehold sites, at Goldhill Avenue and Dalvey Road, could fetch
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    • 256 7  -  By] Kenneth Lee RAFFLES Hotel yesterday became the first and only hotel in Singapore to introduce a Flexible Benefits Scheme for non-manage-ment staff at the signing of a Collective Agreement with the Food, Drinks and Allied Workers' Union, which represents about 70 per cent
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    • 323 7  -  By\ Tay Hong Seng AFTER-TAX profit of laminate floor manufacturer Asia Dekor Holdings jumped 63 per cent to 113.9 million renminbi (5523.5 million), beating forecasts, in the year ending March. The results, unveiled yesterday, also showed Asia Dekor's turnover during the period
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    • 207 7  -  Byi Joyce Koh ADDVALUE Technologies yesterday launched its initial public offer of 71 million shares at 28 cents apiece for a mainboard listing. The technology solution specialist in wireless and broadband technologies will offer 21 million shares to the public and place
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 543 8  -  comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE Singapore benchmark index jumped by over 4 per cent yesterday, buoyed by optimism that the much-feared US interest rate hike might not materialise after all. The Straits Times Index rose to a day high
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    • 188 8  -  WARRANT WATCH By i Ven Sreenivasan COVERED warrants seem to be back in favour, with the market showing signs of recovering after a month-long slide. In fact, the top-20 percentage gainers list was packed with them. One of these was the covered
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    • 225 8  -  HOT STOCK By" Ven Sreenivasan SHIPPING stock Neptune Orient Lines seems to have broken out of the downward trap it has been stuck in for the better part of the past five months. The counter rose to a day high of $1.63 before closing
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    • 121 8 Ltd announced the sub-division of the ordinary shares of )020each in the company's capital into four new ordinary shares af |ojo6 each. Trading of the new shares of 10.05 each will commence with effect from 9.00 am on July 18. ♦VENTURE will be trading ex-dividend (final and bonus
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    • 394 8  -  comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE US dollar's fortunes took a turn for the worse in Asian trading yesterday, after heavy Friday night US selling which came shortly following the release of much softer-than-expected May employment data, casting doubt of further US interest rate hikes.
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    • 336 8 Stocks Vofcjim SPHAaiaOnaSc 34,124,000 MadMtogHfe *****.000 GMG GtobaJ 5c 22,964,000 QES Infl Ltd 20c *****,000 IPC020C *****.000 NOL 13,767.000 VUm Captai 29c 11,860,000 FaatochUSIOc 11.674,000 T*k5c 11.031,000 UJflSOo 9,036,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 107,624,366 8PH~ 83,839,377 068Gip 81,419,499 VanturaMfg2Sc 74.100,182 0C8C 58,069,466 U08.— 42,038,194 Cly0av50c.. 41,731,400 NtfBaclOc 36,*****6 QESMUd20c *****,340 PacAoCantury
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 284 9  -  on the economy price index -By Marissa Chew OIL prices continued to fuel the increase in wholesale prices in April, with the domestic supply price index rising 9.7 per cent compared to the same month a year ago. Figures from the Department of Statistics show
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    • 540 9  -  SGX and Aussie bourse to sign cross-trading pact today Prom' Wong Wei Kong in Sydney ANYONE can make an offer for Singapore Telecom and other government-linked companies (GLCs), including major groups like Singapore's biggest bank DBS Bank, Deputy
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    • 289 9  -  Frorrii Andrea Tan in Bangalore THE International Tech Park, Bangalore will soon start its next phase of development, costing some 1.5 billion rupees (S|s7 million), Economic Development Board chairman Philip Yeo said yesterday. Phase two of the tech park will be an extension
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    • 442 9 THOUGH a few conspicuous key players are giving it a miss, the organisers of Asia's biggest communications trade event CommunicAsia yesterday said the show will still go on. Downplaying the absence of industry leaders like Cisco Systems and Singapore Telecom, Stephen Tan, managing director
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    • 121 9 THE Building and Construction Authority (BCA) and the Housing and Development Board (HDB) said their inspections following tremors felt yesterday morning from earthquakes in Sumatra did not reveal any structural damage in buildings or infrastructure like roads, bridges, and electrical and communication services.
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    • 98 9 IN our June 2 report "LTA launches $500 million 10-year bond issue", we reported that the Land Transport Authority plans to raise $500 million a year till 2030 from the capital market. The LTA intends to raise the funds over the next few years, and not till
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    • 661 10  -  Hiyority owners' lawyers to ask strata board to reconsider; Mandalay Court's sale finally approved By] Kalpana Rashiwala THE Strata Titles Board (STB) has finally approved the collective sale of Mandalay Court, but it dismissed an application by Grenville Condominium's majority owners seeking an order for sale.
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    • 147 10  -  mailiitrr» Lee Kei Wei (Madam) THE GK Goh-Vickers merger and Times Pub takeover deals clearly indicate that small shareholders are likely to be in a disadvantageous position in the absence of timely professional advice by an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). Perhaps it would
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    • 381 10  -  By\ Tay Hong Seng MAKE full use of government help schemes to act fast and grow in the New Economy, small and medium enterprises were told yesterday. With the advance of Internet technology, SMEs have just as much access as big firms to
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  • FOCUS property
    • 587 11  -  comment PROPERTY Bat ft could achieve more than that, as buyers hold back for prices to tumble lee han shih THE signal from the government could not have been clearer—even a blinkered developer would not have missed it Last Friday, statutory board
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  • eNews
    • 500 12 A tie-up between Fox and Cisco will bring Hollywood films direct to movie theatres without ever touching celluloid. How? By digital distribution NYT [LOS ANGELES] Today, for the first time, a Hollywood movie will be digitally transmitted across the country over the Internet and then digitally
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    • 288 12 LONDON It will take on Prudential's Egg unit and Charles Schwab Bloomberg FIDELITY Investments, the world's largest independent money management firm, said it's starting a mutual fund "supermarket" in the UK to compete for online investors with Prudential pic's Egg unit and US rival
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    • e Briefs
      • 67 12 Reuters [TOKYO] Sega Enterprises yesterday said it agreed with Motorola to jointly develop new cellular phones that can access the Internet. The two will develop new software allowing mobile phones to hook up to the Internet anrf process data at high speeds with technology
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      • 57 12 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Cable Wireless Optus will offer a new mobile phone service with Richard Branson's Virgin Group. Optus said Virgin Mobile Australia, equally owned by the two companies, will target users under the age of 26. Optus will provide the network for the service
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      • 69 12 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong-based Internet telephony services provider WHEREVER.net said yesterday that it had won a service-based operator licence from Singapore's government. It said the licence was for Internet Protocol (IP) telephony services and International Simple Resale (ISR) and Virtual Private Network (VPN) services. The
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      • 129 12 Bloomberg [REDMOND, WASHINGTON] Microsoft Corp unveiled a new Internet program to help companies execute electronic-commerce transactions. The new technology, to be used with a product called Biz Talk server, was announced by Chairman Bill Gates at a conference in Orlando, Florida. It's part erf Microsoft's Windows
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    • 324 12 NEW DELHI Bloomberg SATYAM Infoway Ltd, an Indian Internet service provider, said it will pay U5537.5 million (5564.5 million) in American depositary receipts for a stake in Criclnfo Ltd. Satyam will buy 25 per cent of Criclnfo, the world's biggest Internet site on
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 753 14  -  bottom line OPINION shada islam The writer is BT's Brussels correspondent US President Bill Clinton's farewell summit meeting with European Union leaders in Lisbon last week was heavy on symbolism as the US leader set out to prove his pro-European
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    • 102 14 'I think there will be mass hysteria all over the place for all sorts of reasons.' -GMMu head qfAustralia's New Tax Advisory Board, on the introduction of the goods and services tax on July 1. The (Internet) infrastructure is creaking now. People are tolerating slowdowns and systems
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    • 636 14 EDITORIAL MOT for the first time in recent times, Indonesia is in a dilemma: either to try and stop the free fall of the rupiah by imposing some form of capital controls, or to let market forces determine the currency's value. Having allowed market
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    • 1326 14 ¥<wi«tor far TnfipMri— and the Arts Lee Tech Saan delivered this address at the SBA's 'Digital Television: Managing the Transition' seminar yesterday I AM pleased to Join you here today at the Singapore Broadcasting Authority's (SBA) first DTV Seminar, held in conjunction with Broadcast Asia 2000.
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    • 747 14 WtO-ttaMdvtatt JASWANT Singh's Singapore visit could not have been better timed. Finding a gap in his increasingly heavy schedule of visits, the Indian external affairs minister has used the visit to exchange views with Singapore's leaders on a range of bilateral, regional and international Issues on
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • 373 15  -  Unclear if tie-up delay doe to restructuring of Time dot Com Prom Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE new Telekom Malaysia chief has downplayed the likelihood of an imminent tie-up with Nippon Telegraph Telephone Corp (NTT) the largest phone company in Japan. "I won't say
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    • 559 15 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters Bloomberg MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that he had reappointed Finance Minister Daim TainmMin as treasurer of the United Malays National Organisation (Umno). The reappointment is important as it cranes amid persistent marketmoving rumours, denied by both Dr
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    • MARKET moves
      • 186 15 STOCKS on the KL stock market continued to be sold down yesterday despite a recovery on other bourses in the region following a stronger close fen* US markets last week. The benchmark Composite Index was down over 1.1 per cent or 9.86 points
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      • 128 15 BANK Negara's move last week to cut car dealers' commissions (Hi motor vehicle loans taken by buyers from the start of this month affected motoring stocks yesterday. Motor dealers, distributors and salesmen are upset with the ruling which they claim will wipe out up to
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      • 56 15  -  OmplMbr Diana Oon Abdullah TECHNOLOGY-RELATED counters favoured in the market run-up In the early part of the year continued to be avoided yesterday. Semiconductor manufacture! MPI was lower by SO sen to RM4&SO, while its competitor Unisem closed unchanged at RM34 after spending more than
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    • 203 15 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin said information technology companies could soon get approval within two months for listing on the country's main stock exchange or its tech-nology-heavy bourse. The Securities Commission and the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
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  • SOUTH east asia
    • 788 17  -  l k comment REGION The Asian Development Forum is positioning Itself as a new process, if not vehicle, to chart directions for E development yang razali kassim OVER the next three days, some 400 people from all over the world, especially East Asia, will
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    • 137 17 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA'S attorney-general's office yesterday said it had declared central bank governor Sjahril Sabirin a suspect in its investigation into the politically charged scandal surrounding Bank Bali. "As of today, Sjahril Sabirin, whose status used to be a witness, is now declared
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    • 430 18  -  Analysts say small improvement sign of tardy financial restrnctnrini From 1 Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE Thai financial sector's non-per-forming loans fell a meagre 2 per cent, or 40 billion baht (511.76 billion), in April, indicating that the restructuring of troubled banks
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    • 305 18 MANILA Bloomberg PHILIPPINE consumer prices rose in May at their fastest pace since December, dealing another setback to an economy already crippled by a slumping currency, political instability and one of the world's worst performing stock markets. A further acceleration in inflation from last month's
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  • EAST asia
    • 563 19 May sales down 50% year-on-year; prices 5% lower this year, further falls seen Bloomberg AFP AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Hongkong property sales fell by half last month compared with a year earlier as rising interest rates sparked concern among buyers that home prices would
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    • 245 19 SHANGHAI Regulator calls newspaper report extremely irresponsible Reuters CHINA'S securities regulators condemned as false a Beijing Economic Daily report that China would allow financial institutions to list in batches ahead of its WTO entry, the Shanghai Securities News said yesterday. The China Securities Regulatory
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    • SINO Briefs
      • 95 19 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Cable A Wireless HKT Ltd is expected to spend between HKSBOO million and HK$l billion (*****.2-221.5 million) annually for the outsourcing or in-house development of pay-TV content, the Hongkong Economic Times reported. It cited CAW HKT chief executive Linus Cheung as
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      • 57 19 AFX-Asia (HONGKONG] The Executive Council has approved a move by the Securities and Futures Commission to exempt market-makers for the seven Nasdaq stocks trading in Hongkong from the transaction levy. The exemption will not extend to investors, the government said. Hie market makers are ING Baring,
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      • 70 19 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] The Council for Economic Planning and Development is opposed to imposing a national security tax cm Taiwan businesses that invest directly in mainland China, CEPD chairman Chen Po-chih said. Mr Chen was quoted by the United Evening News as telling Parliament that
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    • 466 20 SYDNEY British carrier to start passenger service to New Deflu soon Bloomberg VIRGIN Atlantic Airways Ltd, the UK's second-biggest airline, is not interested in purchasing part of Air India even as the companies step up cooperation on UK-India routes. "If we take
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    • 387 20 BANGALORE The project will lay cables across nine Karnataka districts AFP US energy giant Enron Corp yesterday signed a US$l37 million (***** million) agreement with India's Reliance group for an optical fibre cable project in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Enron India
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    • 302 20 BOMBAY Bloomberg INDIA'S mutual funds took in net new cash of 16J28 billion rupees (*****.2 million) in April, or three times more than what they received in March, as investors used the decline in stocks to buy more units. Investors in
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    • 445 21 TOKYO Move could boost market value and fond future acquisitions analysts Bloomberg Reuters SONY Corp said it will ask shareholders for permission to triple its shares outstanding, a move that could help fund future acquisitions and arrest a 40 per cent drop in its
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    • 390 21 TOKYO Int'l section with top US Nasdaq names to be launched by end '00 Reuters NASDAQ Japan, set to start trading shares later this month, will launch an international section by the end of the year and aims to list the top 20
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      • 94 22 AP [LONDON] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines yesterday refused to comment on news report that it is exploring a possible merger with British Airways (BA), but noted that it is seeking a new partner within a year. BA dismissed the reports as "media rumour
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      • 95 22 AFP [Washington] Nobel prize winner and processor of economics Merton Miller died at his home of lymphoma, the Chicago Tribune reported on Sunday. Miller, 77, won the Nobel Prise for economics in 1990 and is considered by his peers to be one of the "&thers
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      • 50 22 Reuters [CANBERRA] Armed rebels in the Solomon Islands yesterday seised control of the South Pacific nation's capital Honiara and demanded that Premier Bartholomew Ulufa'alu resign. Australian and New Zealand officials said the Malaita Eagles militia group detained Mr Ulufa'alu at his Honiara home. —Reuters
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      • 78 22 AFP [TORONTO] Financial information firms Thomson Corp. and Primark Corp said Monday they have reached a merger agreement under which Thomson will acquire Primark. Under terms of the agreement, Thomson will make a cash tender offer for all shares of Primark stock for approximately 842 million
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    • 615 22 BASEL Danger of sharp correction, high-tech stocks especially vulnerable Reuters Bloomberg THE Bank for International Settlements (BIS) warned yesterday that high stock market valuations could pose risks to economic stability. "The historically high valuations of major stock markets clearly pose risks of a sharp
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    • 399 22 Reuters [VIENNA] Emerging markets investment guru Mark Mobius said in an interview published yesterday that he expected further falls in the price of "new economy" stocks and predicted that the US Nasdaq Composite Index could drop to 2,500 points. The Nasdaq Composite closed
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    • 365 22 ENGLE WOOD CLIFFS, New Jersey Bloomberg BESTFOODS, the US maker of Hellmann's mayonnaise and Knorr soups, is in talks to buy Campbell Soup Co for more than US$l5 billion (5525.8 billion) to avoid a takeover by Unilever, USA Today reported, citing
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    • 316 23 Haw ship wffl have aaMgk lifeboats f«r all puMagßrs AFP [LONDON] A South African multi millionaire win travel toßelfeston Friday to discuss the possibility of building a replica of the ill-fated TUank passenger liner, the press reported here yesterday. The original Tttank, built
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    • 574 23 Japan's indices below boom-or-bust level in April EPA causing Mia leading index a statistical blip; govt says economy continues to improve Reuters JAPAN'S leading economic indicators slid below the "boom-or-bust" mark in April for the first time in 14 months, but the government yesterday said the economy continues to improve.
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    • 571 23 BASEL ItH benefit from narrowing gap between European, US growth Reuters Bloomberg BUNDESBANK vice-president Juergen Stark said on Sunday there were good reasons to expect further gains in the euro, which has rebounded sharply in recent weeks after plumbing record lows last month.
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    • 214 24  -  SOX Derivatives TradinReports fflngapftro fiMtov Daphne Tay THE Singapore stock market staged a stunning rally yesterday, inspired by Wall Street's strong performance on Friday as fears of further US rate hikes receded. The Straits Times Index closed 72.03 points or 3.77 per cent higher
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    • 231 24 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Crude oil prices gave up early gains in volatile trading yesterday as dealers struggled to interpret two apparently conflicting statements from powerful Saudi Oil Minister All al-Naimi. At 1140 GMT, July Brent Blend crude futures on London's International Petroleum Exchange (IPE)
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    • 332 24 Reuters THE euro stalled yesterday, falling to build on last week's sharp gains against the dollar and the yen, amid a lack of fresh news to fuel further gains. The single currency's gains last week were made in the wake of weaker sentiment for the dollar as disappointing
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    • 2366 25 HOMGKOMG AFP rUUngStag +***** HONGKONG share prices surged 3.8 per cent yesterday as fears of US interest rate hikes eased due to signs of a slowdown in US economic growth, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 577.58 points to
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      845 25 Reuters DShMfclßMw -M 3 SHANGHAI B shares closed 5.03 per cent lower and Shenzhen shares ended flat yesterday as weakness in domestic A shares triggered profit-taking on the hard currency markets. The Shanghai B Share Index fell 2.85 points to 53.81. Shenzhen's B Share Index eased a thin 0.02
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    • 368 25 AFP PWPhig +2157 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.25 per cent higher yesterday in thin trade with many investors sidelined ahead of a holiday today and cautious as the index approached the 9,000 resistance level, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index climbed 22.57 points to 8,968.21. "Investors
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    • 1880 25 TOKYO AFP QffikkaSS +401.73 SHARE prices in Tokyo surged 2.4 per cent yesterday to their highest close since mid-May on hopes that US interest rates may soon stop going up, brokers said. The Nikkei 225 Index rallied 401.73 points to end at 17,201.79, finishing
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    • 348 26 AFP CI Composite Index -9.86 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.1 per cent lower yesterday on selling of selected blue chips amid lingering political concerns, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended down 9.86 points at 881.39. The Second Board Index fell
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      684 27 AFP P SET Index ♦1332 THAI stocks rose 3.8 per cent yesterday, in line with firmer regional markets after the gains on Wall Street at the end of last week, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index gained 1332 points to finish at 352.60 and the
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    • 277 27 AFP P Composite lata +311 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 39.9 points at 1,552.65. Dealers said that the market took its cue from Friday's robust US stock market performance, especially with reduced pressure now on interest rates. —AFP *f- mm Abacus Construction LOB unch 1 AMUZ
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      710 27 AFP FlOwptrttlaig ♦118 INDONESIAN share prices closed 2 per cent higher yesterday, led by a technical rebound in blue chip stocks, with sentiment boosted by regional gains and the government ruling out capital controls, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed 9.28 points higher at 453.73 on
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    • 239 27 AFP QOaspoatdUex +3152 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 4.4 per cent or 33.52 points at 794.21 in heavy trade on active foreign interest. —AFP J»> AnamSaiM VMOO *00 •rMn Tteh 1123 V45 C«ntr»B«* S30 HO ChMCenm M7000 4000 Dm Gu Bank 2600 320 0Ni«|to| 20*0 270
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    • 547 27 AFP FlAllOrti—riai 4&8 AUSTRALIAN shares failed yesterday to follow a big rise on Wall Street, rising just 0.3 per cent amid continuing investor concerns about the market's recent volatility. The benchmark All Ordinaries Index began strongly, reacting to the positive influence of Wall Street's rise on Friday, but fell
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    • 706 30  -  The Tallis Scholars' Italian programme of Renaissance sacred music was simply divine, writes ft van P Y VAN AS the audience made its way down the stairs of the Victoria Concert Hall after Sunday's performance by the Tallis Scholars, a variety of comments were heard. "The music was
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    • 184 30 TODAY Kuo Pao Kun: A Festival Double-bill in Chinese (Singapore) Where: Drama Centre, Bpm, tickets at $22 ands32 Kuo Peo Kun: A Festival Double-bill In English (Singapore) Where: Jubilee Hall, Bpm, tickets sold out L'Orcheetre de Contrebassee (France) Where: Victoria Concert Hall, Bpm, tickets at $22, $32, $52
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    • 759 32  -  British Telecom's academy will help staff keep up with the times and share expertise with partners By 1 Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] THE trend towards corporate universities and virtual ones at that has arrived in Singapore. British Telecommunications recently launched its own BT Academy for
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    • 1014 32 1 JL SMMKttftffß&iil Asia Dekor Holdings Limited Results of The Group For The Year Ended 31 March 2000 The Directors of Asia Dekor Holdings Limited wish to announce the following unaudited results of the Group for the year ended 31 March 2000. 31 March 2000 31 March 1999 RMB'OOO RMB'OOO
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 289 33 Reuters Bridge News THE Baltic indices were little moved on Friday in a very quiet end to the dry cargo freight market, with many players thought to have extended Thursday's Ascension Day holiday into a long weekend break, brokers said. The Baltic Dry Index was unchanged at 1,562,
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    • 384 33  -  Latest job, a dredger jumboisation for Dutch company, said to be worth $10m By. Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] ST Marine, part of the Singapore Technologies group, has successfully moved into the higher value-added commercial repairs and conversion sector having bagged over
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    • 331 33  -  Facility will allow Cosco Shanghai customers to pay for online transactions By P T Bangsberg in Manila A CIT A XTPU A SHANGHAI unit of China's main ocean carrier has launched a banking seryice for online international freight transactions. Cosco Shanghai International Freight Co
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    • COMPETITION business rates
      • 610 34 British Midland launches intensive campaign to break into the lucrative transatlantic market from Heathrow Financial Times [LONDON] Business-class air fares from London's Heathrow airport to the United States are up to 207 per cent higher than from other leading airports in Europe such as Frankfurt, Paris
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      • 745 44 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price range* in US dollar* Instead of single price* for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are baaed on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 144 45 Bloomberg [LONDON,] BAA pic, the world's biggest airport operator, said yesterday fUll-year pre-tax profit fell 2.6 per cent because of weaker retail sales after the abolition of dutyfree shopping in Europe last year. Profit before tax and exceptional items for the year
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      • 611 45 Carrier has problems managing maintenance: agency AP [WASHINGTON] The Federal Aviation Administration has threatened to shut down major maintenance overhauls at Alaska Airlines, which would ground the airline within months. The agency, its attention drawn to the airline by a fatal crash
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      • 352 45 AFP [KUWAIT CITY] Kuwait Airways Corportation (KAC) has projected a loss of 9.1 million dinars (5551.8 million) for the next fiscal year starting July 1, effectively delaying privatisation plans for the national carrier. KAC has suffered from cashflow problems and debts which peaked at
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      • 624 45 Fnel price rise, drop in yield to blame for drop in earnings, says global aviation body Reuters [GENEVA] World airlines saw a sharp drop of US$l.2 billion (S$2J billion) in overall profits last year, largely due to a huge rise in fuel
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      • 414 45 UK carrier to also stop advising Greek airline AP [LONDON] British Airways has declined to exercise its option to buy a 20 per cent stake in Olympic Airways, dealing a major blow to Greece's money-losing flag carrier. Britain's largest airline said
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      • 258 45 Domestic sector can support more than 2 airlines, he says Reuters [SYDNEY] The Australian government said yesterday it saw room for competition in the domestic airline sector and was firmly committed to a drive towards greater liberalisation in the aviation industry. "Some
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      • 134 45 AFX-Asia [MELBOURNE] The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it is investigating the airlines' frequent flyer programmes after receiving complaints against Qantas Airways Ltd. Media reports said some consumers have complained to the ACCC that they have not been able to use
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