The Business Times, 7 June 2000

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MtTA (P) 035/*****83 85C 5 SINGAPORE s-times.asial com.j WEDNESDAY. JUNE 7. 2000
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    54 1 8fl 2001.72 (+19.29) XJ 790J3 (+7.96) ■^smsanmnES U 267JO (+6.60) STOCK mukbt moras Tuesday Chang* KLSECOMP 87L7I 4M NIKKEI 17,***** 4L71 HAW8EH0 _Ctaet-__-SET INDEX Hktj -7.17 JAKAKTA COUP _«17« -M7 MANILA COMP IM2J8 *i7J TAIPEI WPI fWi 8BOOLOOMP <*-« CLSA CHINA BUaavaWMe AUSTALLOSD 4*7 liMm E8T dump DOW
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    66 1 raux KITES USS st US$ L721 £(US$/SS per (ill 2.N9 EURO(USS/S$/E) 0*8 1.88 DM 2.062 18M YEN 197.1 1.S97 Ml 1800 0.463 HKS 7.799 0.221 BAHT KM 0.044 KUP1AH 8,1ft 0.820* *81*190 unto -8*85 0.020* •SttoMimki PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* 6.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.«7 JAKARTA J9.M JMjJMSOK 3M ZURICH** ,j.25
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    Lock icon Deal signed for cross-trading of S'pore, Aussie shares
    949 1  -  Landmark accord is the world's first; trading to st&rtby July 2001 From,y Wong Wei Kong in Canberra COME July next year, Singapore investors will be able to buy Telstra shares and Australian investors will be able to trade Singapore Airlines shares, all
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    Lock icon Tension mounts as Jakarta central bank chief hangs tough
    714 1  -  Sjahril says he will not be forced to quit by pressure from the government From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S beleaguered central bank governor Sjahril Sabirin yesterday continued to fend off mounting calls for his resignation, ftretfing growing concerns ovac the
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    Lock icon Singapore's latest paper to readers: Tell us what you want
    542 1  -  By*\ Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Help shape Singapore's latest newspaper, Project Eyeball. That is what Singapore Press Holdings' fourth English daily is offering readers a chance to do. In a departure from the old ways of doing things and in
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    Lock icon Strategic links
    190 1 fPlik-l SGX signs agreement with Australian Stock Exchange tor the cross-trading at stocks listed on both bourses the first of its kind worldwide. SGX announces a 50:50 joint venture with the American Stock Exchange to develop and promote exchange traded funds and other investment products in Singapore and
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      92 1 IMBIBE Money Matters Regional currency recovery a little too euphoric, but Euro turnaround solid. Arts Festival Japanese troupe Pappa Tarahumara I explores the two laces of Spring. Top stories Singapore government to spend billions on e-govern- ment. Next Pmgm •■t v Clob shares release may affect sentiment on concerns of
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      Lock icon S'pore to spend $1.5b over three years to build up e-govt: Tony Tan
      696 2  -  Wkat mutters mere is mindset change to propel S'pore into New Economy By Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] The government will spend about $1.5 billion over the next three years to build up an "e-gov-erament" which the public
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        116 2 ACCOLADES have been coming the way of newly-listed Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats). The Singapore Airlines subsidiary has just been named United Airlines' top Asian inflight caterer and was equal third in the overall rankings in UAL'BI999 International Catering Awards for caterers who supply one to two
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        117 2 THEY'RE not exactly known for their largesse in rewarding good service, and tipping has not been as institutionalised in the UK, as it is in the US. But there are always exceptions. An English man, possibly a doctor, added a US$lO,OOO (5517,200) tip for a young Chicago waitress
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        Lock icon Go figure
        77 2 HERE'S a brain teaser from the Department of Trade and Investments of the Philippines. "Foreign investments in the country registered a decline of 156.6 per cent in the first two months of the year from the year-ago level, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas figures released on Friday showed." One
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      Lock icon Take care of partners' interests
      417 2  -  Getting Pwnhl j Corinne Kerk Wbm Chew Thiam Keng, group general manager, Kian Ann Engineering J#h3B to Aum Mr Chew—an engineering graduate and former banker —joined Kian Ann Engineering in 1996 and, within the same year, helped restructure the company and steer it towards a
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      Lock icon Release of Clob shares may hit KL sentiment
      617 2 Possible selldown by investors will worsen already poor market sentiment: analysts AFX-Asia, Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] The release of Malaysian shares formerly traded on Singapore's Central Limit Order Book International on a staggered basis from June 26 is likely to affect sentiment, analysts
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SPH shares recover as investors' worries subside
      683 4  -  Early broking reports sticking to Iray or hold recommendations By 1 Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Press Holdings' share price rebounded from its early lows yesterday as the market decided the newspaper giant's dominance would not come under serious threat from the emergence of a
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      Lock icon Will SPH, MediaCorp go for package deal ads?
      881 4  -  Ads may appear in a paper or TV channel ran by same firm By Ling Su Ann, David Boey LUCRATIVE advertising contracts in the mass media estimated to be worth a cool $1.2 billion a year for newspaper ads alone await the
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      Lock icon Dotcoms must apply sound business fundamentals
      600 4  -  HocKimmtai.il eugene low POR some time, the hype surrounding Internet-re-lated businesses had investors and venture capitalists falling over themselves in a bid to get a piece of the high tech pie. But the plunge in the Nasdaq market consisting mostly of tech stocks last
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      465 4 Notice of Annual General Meeting HTL INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (Formerly known as Hwa Tat Lee Holdings Limited) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 11 Gul Circle, Singapore *****7 on 23 June 2000 at 10.00
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Gokongwei buying sparks talk of UIC tussle
      474 5 Analysts say good time for Philippine tycoon to launch bid given share price's wide discount to NTA Reuters UNITED Industrial Corp (UIC) shares rose in active dealings yesterday as Philippine tycoon John Gokongwei raised his stake in the company to 23.79 per cent
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      Lock icon Vickers releases meeting minutes to refute David Ban's claims
      678 5  -  Byi Conrad Raj THE Vickers Ballas-GK Goh merger saga continued yesterday with Vickers firing another salvo at former managing director David Ban, releasing minutes of a meeting to show that the proposed merger was unanimously approved by all its directors, and
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      Lock icon SGX quizzes Thakral over standstill pact
      400 7 Talks still in progess on disposal of asset sale proceeds THAKRAL Corp's standstill agreement with its bankers is obviously not a done deal as far as the Singapore Exchange is concerned. Yesterday, it quizzed the company about its announcements in May and June 2
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      Lock icon More details on proposed L&M buy
      232 7 FURTHER to its announcement on June 1, L&M Group Investments said the share capital of PT Sagita Real Estate is 10 billion rupiah (Ss2 million). The company is proposing to buy 80 per cent of Sagita while L&M major shareholder Jing Chui will purchase
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon uraco shareholders forced to sell shares
        61 7 FINANCIAL institutions forced Uraco Holdings substantial shareholder Kang Ah Nuy to sell a sizable chunk of his shares in the company yesterday. BBS Nominees said the sale of 3.17 million shares at 24 cents each was initiated by financial institutions to meet obligations. The
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        Lock icon SGX okays CyberWorks-HKT deal
        78 7 PACIFIC Century Regional Developments said the t n— t, mi■■r»■ re il r* n mel nlll nle Singapore Exchange nas approved the acquisition of CabteandWireiess HKT by its unit Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd (PCCW). The company will seek shareholders' approval for the purchase on June 22,
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        Lock icon Hor Kew posts 125% higher profits
        9 7 recovery of industry.
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      Lock icon SingTel, overseas operators in tests for wireless service
      391 7 SINGTEL Mobile yesterday said it has reached agreements with several overseas mobile operators to conduct roaming tests for the high-speed wireless service General Packet Radio Services (GPRS). In a separate announcement, the Singapore Telecom group said it has been voted Best Asian
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      385 6 •octal Volume MedHtod 5c 28.000,000 Tiak5c 22.506,000 SPHAaiaOne5c 20,817,000 PartcwayLab5c 17,152,000 Aflhtewa5c 15,908,000 NudauaElacSc 14,931,000 FHTKHkte20c *****,000 AfcOcean5c 11^49,000 GES tad lid 20c 11,008,000 MedtafltaQ 10c 10,942,000 I OBSGip *****9,004 Chart Semiconductor 28c 73,299,920 SPH 08,497,233 Nat Else 10c 29,709,102 JTHUjjalOc 27^43,986 VemuraMfg25c *****344 StA 22,*****2 0C8C 20,*****8 GES Ir*
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      Lock icon Late buying spurt pushes STI back above 2,000 points
      557 6  -  STOCKS ven sreenivasan A LATE buying spurt focused largely on index stocks and gov-ernment-linked conglomerates helped push the local bourse up yesterday to close above its key 2000points level for the first time since May 17. After falling by as much
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      Lock icon CL or DB SIA covered wrts? Choice hinges on time-frame
      207 6  -  WARRANT WATCH Byy Ven Sreenivasan ONE stock which saw strong buying interest yesterday was Singapore Airlines. The counter led the gainers as it jumped 70 cents to $17.50 on a volume of 1.3 million. The rise prompted upswings on two
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      Lock icon JIT faces test at $3.50 hurdle
      222 6  -  HOT STOCK By i Ven Sreenivasan JIT Holdings jumped 32 cents to $3.20 yesterday, making it one of the top gainers for the day. In fact the stock has been recovering from its bottom at 12.34 last month and is currently attempting to break
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      152 6 ♦NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative Ltd has taken up a 15 per cent stake in Singapore Technologies Kinetics' first e-commerce initiative, juzclickcar.com.sg. Launched on Feb 16, it is Singapore's first online certified used car bidding system. Following the signing, a joint venture company will be Incorporated as a subsidiary
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      186 6 HITACHI Once again, we are the official AV sponsor of CommunicAsia 2000. Not only bringing you the latest imaging technology of the 21st century, we are also showcasing the latest products in the market vh hit ofnnHjnic^sia 2000, witness the brighter, sharper, dearer images in Hitachi Latest Plasma Technology. From
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      59 6 YOU CAN NOW PUT YOUR CPF SAVINCS IN EICHT. important All applications for units in eight must be made on the application forms accompanying the prospectus investors must read the prospectus The value of the units and the income from them may fall as weiiasnse >I<| I Larry W«fi currencies
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      227 7 IBM product names are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Intel, the Intel Inside Logo and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. O Copyright IBM Corporation 2000. AM rights reserved. pentium*/// calling all cfo's. from $1,888 f> am-.\ -5 CO S cn II II business tools IBM PC 300GL
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon PM Goh: S'pore can be Ireland's gateway to Asia
      581 8  -  He also suggests leveraging on good ties to facilitate business tie-ups From< Audrey Tan in Dublin SINGAPORE could play a role in commercialising Ireland's technological expertise in Asia, and be its gateway into the region, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said
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      Lock icon Retailer DFS reopens store at ANA Hotel and plans more
      502 8  -  US-based group retained to black in S'pore last year By] Kalpana Rashiwala RETAILER DFS Group has re-opened an outlet at ANA Hotel its first hotel outlet in Singapore since the regional crisis and is looking for more store locations in
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      Lock icon Call to close income gaps left by crisis
      659 8  -  Economists, officials see key role for education anH training By" Yang Razali Kassim THE economic model of "growth first, distribution later" came under scrutiny yesterday as economists and senior officials from East Asia gathered here in Singapore to chart a post-crisis course
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      Lock icon New Asian model in the making
      721 8  -  Fresh framework yet to emerge; but experts reject grow lh-&t-&U-cost premise yang razali kassim DATUK Mustapa Mohamed, economic adviser to the Malaysian Finance Ministry, has recently turned down a nomination to become a central bank governor. He wanted to remain a politician. Speaking last
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      Lock icon Terms of trade worsen in April
      258 8  -  PYFf?m yyiysfjyfffjffffpi By Marissa Chew SINGAPORE'S terms of trade continued to worsen in April as expensive mineral fuels drove import prices up. According to the Department of Statistics, the import price index climbed BJ2 per cent year-on-year in April to 100.2 points. The 63.8
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      Lock icon Money World Asia named exclusive agent for US numismatic products
      289 8 MONEYWORLD Asia has been appointed by the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the official authority and issuer of US dollar notes, to be its exclusive marketing agent for US numismatic products coins and medals in Singapore and Malaysia. This
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Not a sign of investor maturity
      459 9  -  Lim Wah Fong Singapore via Internet I REFER to Wilfred Wong's letter "Address problem of organised short-selling" (BT, June 2). I do not agree with Mr Wong's sweeping argument that "in recent weeks, share prices have tended to drift 10wer.... All this is due
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      Lock icon Stock market is my best friend
      378 9  -  Jonathan Chan Kok Keed Singapore I REFER to Wilfred Wong's letter "Address problem of organised short selling" (BT, June 2). As a retail investor for the past 14 years, I have seen all the ups and downs of the stock market. We should not
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      Lock icon Vickers-GK Goh merger: let's have a valuation now
      554 9  -  Prithpal Singh Singapore BIN Hee Heng ("Why object only at the eleventh hour, OBS and related parties", BT, June 1) has made an impassioned plea. He has taken the high horse of distant (no pun intended) interest, to be Justice Bao (the
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      78 9 Js^^HßL_ u w *H r B I Singapore Expo 10.30 am 6pm I MT\A/ here Will You Event? I BROAdCASTAsiAIOOQ* I The 6th Asia-Pacific Sound, Film Video Exhibition and Conference 9 A«Wh-Miiwui Q MudhM(HNOHx.y3OOQ CaRI I SAtZOOO yiN'MaTiIWIOOO I conrtßtncE orghmsed L_, I in nssocinnon uiith feS W* .".rrc.rssm^. I
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      235 9 ONE THING YOU IMPROVE YOUR CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP A BECOME A CUSTOMER. ■F I A© ti Think how you'd like to be treated next time you deal Br m f i# fm 1 supplier. Imagine that whoever you contacted V however you chose to contact them, by email, phone or 1
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  • COMMUNICASIA2000
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      Lock icon High tech sports world
      520 10  -  BTMimimuj Israel firm Orad can add special effects to a sports programme on TV, says TOH ham SBZH TOH HAN SHIH WHEN sports converges with technology, it means big bucks for Orad HiTec Systems. The Israeli high tech firm is showcasing in CommunicAsia 2000 its sport
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      Lock icon Alcatel to test 2 new technologies
      342 10  -  By Andrew Wee FRANCE-BASED Alcatel yesterday announced two trials in high speed wireless networking and Internet telephony with major infocomm players, Singapore Telecoms and Keppel T&T. The company will provide its Evolium LMDS (local multipoint distribution services) technology to Keppel Communications, a subsidiary of
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    • WHAT'S new
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        Lock icon Short course on digital audio broadcast
        73 10 NGEE Ann Polytechnic is offering a 4-day short course on Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) as part of its continuing education programme. The course will provide an overview of the main technical features of a DAB system. Classes begin in December, and are priced at
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        Lock icon Web-based application from Informix
        80 10 INFORMIX Software has launched Media36o, a Webbased application that integrates with a database and allows users access to extensive search, archival and storage functions, allowing for comprehensive searches that span all possible file types, from audio and video to Word and Excel documents, saving on costs
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        Lock icon PDA with 2 multimedia card slots
        87 10 Siemens' new PDA, the Unifi-er-1C35 comes equipped with two MultiMediaCard slots that allow for memory extension or additional application s Weighing 163g, the Unifier on its own makes organisation easier with a task list, address book and appointment calender. When combined with a cellular
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      Lock icon Satellite operator PanAmSat gains from regional demand
      245 10  -  By i Catherine Ong PanAmSat, the global satellite operator that traditionally serves the broadcast video market, is enjoying a pick-up in regional demand for Internet connections to the US, said a senior Asia-Pacific official Ted McFarland, its senior vice-president for the Pacific Ocean
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      Lock icon Lucent, Fujitsu team up to harvest Asia-Pac
      460 10  -  By] Kenneth James HIGH-TECH giants Lucent Technologies and Fujitsu have joined forces to develop and market next-generation networks for the booming Asia-Pacific telecom market and beyond. The alliance will initially focus its marketing efforts on customers in Japan, Singapore and Hongkong, senior executives
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      Lock icon We spy
      75 10 [SINGAPORE] Visitors queuang up to try the Olympus Eye-Trek LCD spectacles at the NTT DoCoMo booth atCommunicAsia 2000. Thespectacles come with a pair of LCDscreensand earphones, and allow the wearer to view video images. Although only meant to showcase the range of services by DoCoMo, many are more
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      Lock icon UK telecom firm Marconi hopes to expand in Asia
      236 10 It seeks to grow in markets like S'pore and Japan, rather than enter new countries AP [SINGAPORE] London-based Marconi hopes to expand its presence in Asia, an executive from the global communications and information technology firm said yesterday. Marconi views Asia
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    • THEBuzz
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        Lock icon No high tech food here
        55 10 WITH CommunicAsia making itself out to be the region's premier infocomm event, we were pretty excited when wesaw tike "Cashless food centre Expecting smart l|ards or intelligent sensors to be used for food orders ami payment, we were disappointed to find out "cashless" much for
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        Lock icon StarHub goes the watery way again
        61 10 NEW telecoms operator Starllub has gone with a water theme at its booth aga in. with a wooden platform, fountains and plenty of plants. Last year, the new telce player decked its booth in high-tech glass panel enclosure wfthwatejfjQoiilig over the glasfcj&a Chinese culture,
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        Lock icon Promoters are us
        58 10 WALKING along the halls at CommunicAsia, one couldn't help but notice that most of the women present were not there as trade visitors, but as promotional staff, albeit scantily-clad ones. Midriff-bating tube tope and ultra-short mini skirts were the order of the day, as they stood there
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      116 10 Telecom Asia readers' picks The winners in the third Telecom Asia Readers' Choice Awards were announced last evening and they were: Best Asian telecom executive: Richard Li, chairman, Pacific Century Cyber Works (Hongkong) Best Asian telecom operator: Singapore Telecom Best Asian Internet service provider: Pacific Internet Best global carrier: AT&TQJS)
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  • eNews
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      Lock icon AsiaTech invests US$20m in 8 S'pore Net companies
      830 11  -  FAST Hongkong-based venture capital firm is an early-stage investor By Andrew Wee Hongkong-based Asia Tech, touted as the first Silicon Val-ley-style venture capital firm to invest in Asian technology firms, has sunk US$2O million (5534.4 million) in eight Singapore Internet companies. More
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      Lock icon Microsoft to educate developers
      507 12 ORLANDO, Florida USs2b plan to speed up adoption of its Net-based software Bloomberg MICROSOFT Corp said it will spend US$2 billion (553.4 billion) to educate developers and speed up the adoption of its new Internet-based software and services, including an electronic-commerce program unveiled on Monday. The
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      Lock icon Sycamore to buy startup Sirocco for US$2.9b
      374 12 CHELMSFORD, Massachusetts It aims at products that extend reach of its equipment to city networks Bloomberg SYCAMORE Networks Inc agreed to buy Sirocco Systems Inc for US$2.BB billion (554.9 billion) in stock in a second effort to expand its line of fibre-optic equipment
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      Lock icon Top banks form online forex dealing service
      214 12 NEW YORK Reuters SEVEN of the world's leading financial institutions yesterday said they formed a multidealer foreign exchange service called FXall.com to give clients low-cost access to foreign exchange services. The founding participants Bank of America, Credit Suisse First Boston, Goldman Sachs, HSBC,
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    • eBriefs
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        Lock icon T-Online in talks to buy Freeserve
        89 12 NTT [LONDON] BRITAIN'S largest Intone* service provider Freeserve is in talks to be acquired by Dented* Telekom's Internet arm, T-Online International, according to executive# cloee to the discussions Freeserveand its parent, the Dixons Group, a British electronics retailer, have held preliminary talks wttk otter
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        Lock icon Lucent expects big Malaysian projects
        80 12 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Lucent Technologies, fresh from announcing new forays into Japan and China, yfday said It expects to announce three new nram-milllon dollar contracts in Malaysia in the next few wssfci Mflce Butcher, Lucent's president (international), said two of the prefects would be broadband aoceas
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        Lock icon Qantas plans Internet travel agency
        49 12 Reuters [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways Ltd yesterday said it wm talking to around six airlines in the Asia-Pacific region about setting up an Internet travel agency. Singapore Airlines had expreeeed considerable interest In the venture, said David Burden, Qantas's executive general manager for corporate services.—Reuters
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        Lock icon Online consumer protection norms soon
        58 12 Reuters [WASHINGTON] America Online, Microsoft and five others plan to unveil guidelines for consigner protection to make Internet shoppers feel safer, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The seven-company coalition, which also includes AT&T Corp, IBM Corp and DeD Computer, is expected to announce the propoeal-at
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  • FOCUS people
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      Lock icon Huntington and Clash of Civilisations Part II
      2219 13  -  By his own admission, Samuel Huntington's first attempt at explaining the post-Cold War world was provocative. That attempt, in the form of an article which appeared in the 1993 edition of Foreign Affairs, was titled "Clash of Civilisations?". But Professor Huntington complained later
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      1897 13 lICLIPSAL Cllpsal Industries (Holdings) Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice Of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Gateway 5 and 6. Level 2, Pan Pacific Singapore. 7 Raffles Boulevard. Manna Square. Singapore *****5 on Thursday.
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Green cheese and economic ideology
      727 14  -  eBBSuDJB OPINION paul krugman The writer is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology NYT ARGENTINA is a faraway country about which most people know only what they learned from Andrew Lloyd Webber. And while the government of Fernando de la Rua
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      652 14 EDITORIAL IT is easy to understand why Malaysia is not keen on Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) deadlines for the automotive sector. The future of the country's national car —and all the money that went into the effort —is at stake. The tariff wall sheltering Perusahaan
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      731 14 Passing the book THE administration of President Abdurrahman Wahid seems to have mastered the art of blaming everything that goes wrong in this country on anything but itself. The weakening of the rupiah these past two months is the latest example of that nagging habit The
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      447 15  -  Tomorrow's meeting with creditors postponed to July 12 From'. Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TIME Engineering Bhd is not having it easy after failing to tie up with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd last month, but has managed to win yet another reprieve from creditors.
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      380 15 I KUALA LUMPUR Growth in 2nd, 3rd qtrs eoold exceed 1L7% seen in Ist qtr THE Malaysian government may raise its 2000 economic growth rate target of SJ per cent. Deputy Finance Minister Shafie Mohamad Salleh •aid yesterday. When asked tf the projection
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      424 15 KUALALUMPUR Meg»t rites crony capitalism, petty corruption, drugs Reuters CRONY capitalism, drugs, petty corruption Malaysia has only itself to blame for the woes, according to the man charged with helping to overhaul the nation's corporate practices. Megat Najmuddin Khas, president
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      448 16 KUALA LUMPUR MCA chief rethinks intention to resign following appeals by ftfllfUgiHW, friends Bernama, Reuters THE Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) president Ling Liong Sik, who surprised the nation on May 22 when he announced he will quit the Cabinet, has decided to
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      287 16 KUALA LUMPUR Pharmaceutical firm's subscription rate is the highest thin year Bernama APEX Healthcare Bhd's offer of 4.47 million shares for public subscription was subscribed by 66.43 times, setting a record for the highest subscription rate for an IPO so far this year. The
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      113 16 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia THE Malaysian government expects universal brokers, formed due to the consolidation of the stockbroking industry, to be fully operational in two to three years, the Bernama news agency reported. The report quoted Deputy Finance Minister Shafie jtyhdSalteh as saying that
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        136 16 STOCKS of chemical group Nylex (Malaysia) have been moving up in the last week, alter the company announced a 35 per cent, or 35 sen, special dividend for the share to be paid out later this month. Hie stock climbed over 10 per cent
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        106 16 INSURANCE group MAA Holdings stood among yesterday's top losing counters, closing 12 per cent or 60 sen lower at RM10.30, after going as low as RMIO in intraday trading. The counter was re-listed yesterday after a one-day suspension, following the untimely demise of
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        129 16  -  Compiled byl Diana Oon Abdullah MULTI Vest Resources' new joint-venture with Thames Water of the United Kingdom has created some interest in the counter, which was higher by three sen yesterday to RM1.59 after reaching a high of RM1.66, even as the overall market continued
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      667 17 E ig Issue 2, June 2000 M P L O Y E R News A CPF NEWSLETTER FOR EMPLOYERS acwSUSSwi Wages are payment due or given to an employee, in cash, during his employment. It includes h Put simply, Total Wages Ordinaiy Wages Additional Wages To determine CPF liability, ascertain
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      462 18 RUBBER IBBWai JAKARTA This is to trim oversnpply and lift prices; key rubber trade at 30-year low Reuters INDONESIAN rubber growers are studying the possibility of reducing output to trim a supply glut and lift prices, an industry official said yesterday. "We think that reducing
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      80 18 Reuters TOP world producer Thailand has postponed its planned rubber talks with Indonesia from June 28-29 to at least until July, a government official said in Bangkok yesterday. The bilateral talks have now been postponed twice. Thailand had aimed at the talks feo try to persuade
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      317 18 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA aims to halt the decline in rubber growing and to support production of the important commodity despite low prices, Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik said yesterday. The government is drawing up a plan to encourage planters to
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      206 18 I JAKARTA Reuters AN Indonesian court yesterday threw out a libel suit lodged by former president Suharto against Time magazine over an article published last year which alleged the long-time autocrat had amassed massive wealth. Mr Suharto, already under investigation for alleged corruption during his
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      148 18 BANGKOK Bloomberg THE president of Thailand's main agency for domestic telecommunications services quit yesterday to take responsibility for unauthorised wiretaps of a witness in a criminal case against a former Cabinet minister. Thongchai Yongcharoen, president of the Telephone Organisation of Thailand (TOT), resigned after Veera
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      836 18 A struggle for Thaksin —even with a TV station THE canny purchase by Thai tycoon-politician Thaksin Shinawatra of a significant stake in a widelywatched but financially ailing TV news station has raised fears that he is now exercising control over the domestic media in an election year when he is
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      718 18 BANGKOK AFXAsia DBS Thai Danu Bank president Pornsanong Tuchinda yesterday said balance sheet risk is seen as limited once the bank majority owned by Singapore's DBS completes procedures to raise an extra 13.5 billion baht (*****.4 million) in
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      663 19 HONGKONG Of 26 companies to list on second board, 16 dosed recently below offer price Reuters BORN in an age when investors would buy seemingly anything with a dotcom suffix just over six months ago Hongkong's Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) has weathered a
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      379 19 HONGKONG Glebal market slide cited; September listing at the earliest Bloomberg COLBYNET, a Hongkongbased wholesaler, pulled out of a planned initial public offer for the second time in a month, citing investor concern about tumbling global markets. ColbyNet said in a
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      303 19 Bloomberg [DARWIN] Taiwan is set to become a member of the World Trade Organization, possibly within hours of China's official entry into the trade body, director-general Mike Moore said. Last week, the US Congress passed legislation guaranteeing China permanent normal trade relations, paving
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      112 20 BOMBAY Dml rates ingfttafer firm to <nrp>iHft L: repuMl Bloomberg SATYAM Computer Services Ltd, India's fifth-largest software maker, will raise US$5O million <SsB6 million) ite unit to Investment Corporation Oo#vfim P-nmni itpr cm Mnnrimr US$36 fbr each share of Satyam Infbway or at
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      337 20 ISLAMABAD Capital adequacy requirements to come into place, settlement period cot Reuters PAKISTAN on Monday ordered an enquiry and announced plans for stringent regulatory steps to avoid a recurrence of a settlement crisis that temporarily closed two stock exchanges last week. Khalid Mirza, chairman of
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      336 20 NEW DELHI They'll discus growth, reforms AFP AFX Asia INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Horst Koehler yesterday began a visit to India with a meeting with Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha. Mr Koehler, who arrived from Jakarta late Monday, was
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        65 20 Reuters [NEW DELHI] China has proposed building a highway to India to build trade and tourism, India's Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises said on :4% Monday. 'The Chinese want the signing of an agreement for constructing a highway running through China, Myanmar and
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        51 20 Reuters [DHAKA] The Bangladesh government looks set to cut taxes and raise spending in its fiscal 2000-2001 (July-June) Budgst ahead of general elections next year, economists said. Finance Minister S A M 8 Kihria is doe to announce the country's Budget in Parliament
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        43 20 Reuters [BOMBAY] India's HinduJa Finance Corporation Ltd said on Monday the Foreign Investment Promotion Board has approved the purchase of a 48 per cent stake by Intel Corp in its unit Intel, through its subsidiary Intel
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      Lock icon Softbank to buy failed Nippon Credit Bank
      406 21 TOKYO Takeover first time non-financial firm is wteril tightly protected banking sector Reuters, Bloomberg AMBITIOUS Internet investor Softbank Corp reached a deal yesterday with the government to buy failed Nippon Credit Bank (NCB), enabling it to break into Japan's tightly protected banking world.
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      376 21 TOKYO Bloomberg, AFP JAPANESE household spending rose in April, suggesting consumer spending will contribute to economic growth this year after being a drag last year. Average spending among households of two or more people rose 5.9 per cent seasonally adjusted from
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      45 21 [LONDON] Tourists viewing the famous Elgin Marbles on display at the British Museum in London. Greece launched a charm offensive on Monday to try to persuade Britain to return the Elgin Marbles, saying they are an inseparable part of Greek culture. Reuters
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      483 21 WASHINGTON Key role in driving record expansion: Commerce Dept Reuters, AP INDUSTRIES built on telecommunications and computers accounted for nearly a third of US economic growth last year and have played a major role in boosting productivity and holding down inflation,
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      563 22 Survey shows that most people in the world, whether male or female, want more money than time when given a choice Reuters [NEW YORK] When people are given a choice between having more money or more time, most of the world wants the money, according to a
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      463 23 NEW YORK Acquisition will make brokerage the No 2 stock market middleman Bloomberg MERRILL Lynch Co, the largest US brokerage, agreed to buy Herzog Heine Geduld Inc for about US$9l4 million (Ssl.6 billion) in stock to become the No 2 stock market
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      537 23 WASHINGTON It rejects all major changes made by firm to breakup plan NYT, Reuters THE US Justice Department asked a federal judge on Monday to spurn nearly all of the changes Microsoft Corp wants in the government's plan to break up the
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      50 23 [NEW YORK] Vodaphone Airtouch pic chairman and CEO Christopher Gent (centre) holding up the gavel on the balcony of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday with NYSE president William Johnston (left) and Vodaphone investment relations manager Mellisa Stempson. They were celebrating Vodaphone's merger with Mannesmann Corp. REUTERS
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      285 23 WASHINGTON Bloomberg SALES at US wholesalers rose in April at a slower pace than the month before, while inventories grew at a faster rate, suggesting demand has started to cool at that level, government statistics showed yesterday. Wholesale sales increased 0.3
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      352 23 ATLANTA One month of data does not make a trend, they cantion Reuters, Bloomberg THE US economy may be showing signs of retreating but it is still too early for the Federal Reserve to declare victory in its war against inflation, Fed
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      189 23 Bloomberg [ENGLEWOOD Cliffs, New Jersey] Unilever NV agreed to buy Bestfoods with a sweetened offer of US$73 a share in cash, or U5524.3 billion (5541.8 billion) in cash and assumed debt, bypassing Nestle SA to become the world's biggest foodmaker. Bestfoods chairman Charles Shoemate
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      474 24 EMBROY REPORTS Reuters {LONDON] Oil markets recovered some of their poise yesterday after being thrown into a spin on Monday by conflicting policy remarks from top producer Saudi Arabia. July Brent Blend crude was IS US cents firmer at U5528.52 a barrel after
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      261 24 Reuters [LONDON] The copper market's fundamental picture was extremely positive in the first four to five months of 2000, but second half prospects may be less bright, according to industry consultants Brook Hunt "There are several factors that we feel wUI need to
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      133 24 Reuters [LONDON] The price of Opec's basket of seven crudes feU to U5f27.77 a barrel on Monday from U5528.43 on Friday, the Opec news agency said yesterday, quoting the oil cartel's Vienna secretariat This puts the average of the Opec basket for the
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      341 24 Reuters London THE euro consolidated within half a US cent of sevenweek highs it set against the dollar earlier yesterday as caution sets in ahead of the European Central Bank's (ECB) rate decision later this week. Traders said it was natural for the euro to take a breather
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      1858 25 TOKYO AFP □nkUSE -3L71 SHARE prices in Tokyo fell 0.2 per cent yesterday as Investors locked in profits from a four-session winning streak, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's key Nikkei 225 Index fell 31.71 points to finish at 17,170.08. The Topix index of all first-section
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      352 26 AFP E3 Dominate Index -9.6 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.1 per cent lower yesterday with sentiment depressed by the impending release of some previously frozen shares held by Singapore investors, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended down 9.6 points at
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      731 27 AFP □SBTM«x -7J7 THAI shares closed down 2 per cent yesterday on profittaking after recent gains with sentiment undercut by the generally weak performance in other regional markets, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index closed down 7.17 points at 345.43, while the select SET 50
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      285 27 AFP 13 Composite Index +9.73 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index closed 0.6 per cent or 9.73 points higher at 1,562.38 on a stable interest rate outlook. Turnover fell to 2.2 billion shares valued at 1.22 billion pesos from 2.5 billion shares worth 1.14 billion pesos on Monday.— AFP
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      622 27 AFP Q Composite Index -OJ7 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday, off earlier lows on late buying of selected blue chips, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 0.97 points at 452.76, off a low of 444.92 on volume of 243 million shares
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      250 27 AFP QnSE-40 ♦IUB THE New Zealand share market closed up 0.5 per cent In reaction to higher US stocks and a pickup in the local dollar. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended up 11.35 points at 2,038.88, on market turnover of NZ592.70 million. Rises beat falls 68 to 42. —AFP
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      503 27 AFP QinOrtmarie* *0.7 AUSTRALIAN shares closed marginally higher yesterday, with the market having no clear direction after Wall Street only posted slight gains overnight, brokers said. The key All Ordinaries Index closed up 0.7 points at 3,105.8, while the newly-intro-duced SP/ASX 200 ended 1.1 points higher at 3,149.9. Turnover
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      885 29 11/1 11| iOO Wheel of Fortune. 100 Dunia Haiwan: Ten- L3O Korea: from The 38th fcAl>l7fV^aj^gjo Sahrina The Teenage teraSemut Parallel on (r). OJO AM Kids Central: The Witch. UO Sajian: Masak Apa?. 2JO to 6.00 am Real-time Big CoralV Couch. 7M under One Roof. 7JO Fikir Fikir. Financial Data.
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      263 29 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS ton and gain from K (6) 1 Rage about BtrearT>-(*version in Pti off rate increase (9) rural properly (9) Bums a quertty of peper in toe 9 Greek heroine would prefer an ajreeta(7) artistic 9et (7) 8 Chinese may colour over a 10 BeasMy food for a
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      780 30  -  JOYCE KOH A JAPANESE dance troupe that derives its name from a Mexican troupe. A style that cannot be confined to any one genre. A production whose title is not as it suggests. Even its name is a mouthfUl to pronounce. Is this a case of
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      628 30  -  L'Orchestre de Contrabasses presented a truly entertaining, if distracting, evening that spun comedy out of a concert, says p tvut S P VAN L'ORCHESTRE de Contrebasses must certainly rank as one of the main musical dishes on the Singapore Arts Festival's "New Inspiration" menu, for
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      76 30 TODAY The Abbey Theatre LojwjJiTheTOe Asian fternflwe Where: Victoria Theatre, Bpm. Tickets ats22, $32.542,552gTv.;Dog>pk> Parnßoio TrecMngUme Where: Clifford Pier, Bpm. Tickets at $26 (free seating) yj& KuoPeoKun AFettival Double-MR gjpi wnnm (wig^KMf Drama Centre* Bpm. Tickets al $22, $32 KuoPaeKiei Bpm Tido^S)^ut The Abbey Theatre twelnJheTWe ?•> >
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      89 30 Tracking Time Sat:Junlo Clifford Pier PappaTarahumara Sun: Jun 11 Victoria Theatre Comphanhia <to Danca Deborah CoNcer Sat: Jun 17 Kallang Theatre fnKnW^Theatre Talipot Sat: Junl7 WTC Auditorium B. Experimentum Mundi Wed: Jun 21 Victoria Concert Hall VTISn.COVTI.Sg This week's prize x iii* 5 Ecridor 2000 pens worth S9B each In
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      996 31  -  i j I i I L *n B i CURRENCIES Unlike Asian currencies, the turnaround in the euro was solid larry wee THE week was dominated by a sharp change in the outlook for further US interest rate hikes, thanks to unexpectedly soft May
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      1005 31  -  No immediate economic reason for drastic policy changes by China by\ Rebecca Patterson RECENT progress suggests China's entry in the World Trade Organisation as early as this autumn, or at least a safe bet by end-January 2001. The decision will likely result
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      1475 31 imcaggmMx HITRO TECH INDUSTRIES <S) TKltd SEE HUP SENG LIMITED (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY w«ae»» um w r VBilW LIQUIDATION) At the Kxtiaontaflarv Garni Meeting NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of HITRO TECH INDUSTRIES (Si TO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company wO be held
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      1190 32  -  Conditions are poor in small factories run by private owners and local govts. How will WTO entry affect them and larger foreign-owned factories? By Erik Eckholm NYT [BISHAN, China] LIKE many of his fellow villagers, Zhou Zhihai leapt at the opportunity to work
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      190 33 Bridge News, Reuters The Baltic Dry Index dipped one point to 1,561 on Monday, the Baltic Panamax Index gained two points to 1,568, the Baltic Handy Index slipped one point to 1,123, and the Baltic Capesize Index shed four points to 2,002. At 1250 GMT, Biffex was unchanged
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      291 33  -  From Rajendra Bajpai in New Delhi ANOTHER of India's major ports is opening up its planned development to private sector participation. The Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) in western India wants to develop three new general cargo berths by expanding into the adjoining
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      218 33  -  From] P T Bangsberg in Manila ADDITIONAL sea links between South Korea, Indonesia and Japan are in the works as regional economies pick up more steam. Korea Line Corp and Hyundai Merchant Marine Co plan to offer a joint Indonesia service on a weekly, fixed-day
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      419 33  -  Fully-equipped Mata Ikan will double up as control centre during marine crisis By. Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has launched a $6 million state-of-the-art hydrographic vessel with expanded capabilities for marine surveying and charting, as well as research.
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      467 33  -  Dismissal follows criticisms of body following 2 disasters By George Joseph [SINGAPORE! The Polish Register of Shipping (PRS) has been thrown out of the International Association of Classification Societies (lACS). It was removed from the 10-member body after a review of its
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      673 33  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer AFTER last week's comments on the European Union's post-Erika safety initiative and its implications for the International Maritime Organisation, I had intended to declare this column an Erika free zone, at least for a few weeks. Unfortunately the subject
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        1027 34 Amount of the subsidy to be paid to the giant container carrier, said to be $998 million, holds back the agreement Journal of Commerce [NEW YORK] IN THE words of Mr Tom Thomsen: "It took a while." That was the rather understated reaction from the
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        553 47 Vessel Voy Mo B*rtt\ Arrtval Departure Jmi Nrt «tiflftn *****0 J12 06/04/8:10 06/06/0:25 It Jiyi byi ***** J01 06/06/8:20 06/06/17:00 M2 J» 06/06/8:20 07/06/2340 M 0«KlpU2 ***** JOI 06/06/845 08/06/2339 liytwitortW M0M0 J02 06/06/9"30 06/06/840 C S*t«l 06-Jw J09 06/06/8:45 06/06/17X10 M Diy« 0k-20 J03 06/06/8:50 07/06/6.-00 Wwtlf
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        181 47 tall Germany: Whit Sunday. Sweden: Whit Sunday. Jon 12 Denmark: Whit Monday. Sweden: Whit Monday. France: Paris Bourse, Nouveau Marche and Monep equityoptions closed, Pentecost Monday. Germany: Whit Monday. Australia: Queen's Birthday. Philippines: Independence Day. Jvn 15 Malaysia: Prophet Muhammad's Birthday. Brunei: Prophet Muhammad's Birthday. Jail Hong Kong:
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        773 47 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        365 47 Carton 180 Mai 989.1 04 15 4 0.09 <9 0.04 MayW DwMitr 9*m «mMh Am ttaMa Saflaa* NoMowEZS 0 0 2 0 3 9 300 Am 985J 02 12.8 0.06 39 0.02 Uim 300 Mat 990.4 2.0 17.8 0.00 72 0J)4 Win %ih mi mbw Wc
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        446 48 European makers in flurry of deals, while Boeing adopts low profile at show Bloomberg [BERLIN] Airbus Industrie's A3XX superjumbo, a plane that exists only on paper, is expected to be the star of the biennial Berlin air show, grabbing the limelight
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        84 48 [CROISILLE, France] Rescue staff on Monday helping a little girl disembark at Croisille, near Arras (Pas-de-Calais), after a partial derailment of the Eurostar train while it was travelling from Paris to London. There were no injuries reported in the accident according to the French railway company
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        383 48 BEKLDf AIBSBOW With lessor's commitment, total pledges stands at 32 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] International Lease Finance Corp, an aircraft leasing company, has made an initial commitment to buy five of the new A3XX superjumbo jetliners planned by Airbus Industrie, the European planemaker's top
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        249 48 AFP [PARIS] Boeing will probably launch a superjumbo 8747-X airliner, an extended version of the 8747 to compete with the projected Airbus A3XX later this year, Boeing president Phil Condit said here on Monday. Mr Condit, when asked when Boeing might launch
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        78 48 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council has made it a priority to open direct transport links between the offshore islands including Kinmen and Matsu and the mainland by the end of the year, MAC chairwoman Tsal Ing-wen has said. Ms Tsai was quoted by
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        210 48 Bloomberg [LONDON] British Airways pic said on Monday passenger traffic rose 4.2 per cent in May as it filled more seats with business travellers. Europe's biggest airline said first and business-class traffic increased for the 11th consecutive month, gaining 10 percent, while economyclass
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      33 33 NY-NJportln Maersk deal Pg 2 Airbus A3XX set to stssl thunder at Berlin show flPgl6 Applicants should submit their resumes and a non-returnable photograph to us by 14 June 2000. \Zi-'" i' x
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      556 46 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN 1 TIGER METRO 805N 12-15/06 20-21/06 I TIGER STAR 806N 09-1006 15-1806 23-24AJ6 I TIGER RHYTHM 807N 13-14/06 19-22/06 27-28/06 I TIGER BRIDGE 808N 16-17/Q6 22-25*06 3001/07 I TIGER METRO 809N 20-21/06 26-29/06 04-05,07 I TIGER STAR 81 ON 23-24/06 29-02/07 07-QB/07 Ivesse^^\7O^^Sl^^CA^^Sl^^| TIGER
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      1039 46 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: ftosin6singnet.coni.sg DIRECT CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO BANGALORE ON Vessel: TIGER RHYTHM VBQ7N ETA SIN 13/06/2000 FOR BOOKING; *****51/3/6/60/61/62/67/60/69/79 PROJECT SHIPMENT HEAVYUFT CARGO Lawrence Lim *****78 lawrence@flesin.com.sg WAREHOUSING LOGISTIC SERVICES ENQUIRY CONTACT: CLEMENT CHUA 9688 5404 VINCENT SEE 9678 5760, SUNNY YEOW *****323 EMAIL
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      85 46 REGULAR SERVICE TO INDONESIA ETA ETD DESTINATION CHAHAYA VICTORY 0606 0906 JAKARTA TBN 12/06 1406 PALEMBANG/PONTIANAJO MEOAM PANGKAL BALAM (EAST TIMOR) REGULAR SERVICE-EX YAN6QN JUBILANT 07/06 10/06 VISAK/CALCUTTA CHAHAYA STAR 08/06 12/06 VISAK/CALCUTTA REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER A BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS 4 DURBAN EXPORT VOY SIN PTL DBN ALS
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      84 48 'fTfrAfc ft: i 11; Indonesian Flag, 1973/1972, M E Nippatsu 1800 HP Fuji 2600 HP AE Yanmar 4 KL 2 x 80 HP Yanmar 6 MAL 2 x 240 HP used for carrying edible oil with cap. 2000 MT/2000 MT, running condition, complete documents, time for docking repair. Contact Mr
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