The Business Times, 10 June 2000

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 03S/12/1999 Internet: http://business-times.asia 1 com.sg/ SINGAPORE SATURDAY. JUNE 10. 2000
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    68 1 □sn (-17.66) nn-m ftj 77L33 (-8.91) ittl ri SDBCIFUTUBES M 27L00 (-1.80) STOCK BASKET INDICES Friday Change KLSECOMP 861 JO +19.06 NIKKEI IC361J1 -***** HANG SENG 16,180.26 +J43J3 SIT INDEX MLS -U> JAKARTA COMP 477S& 4J8 MANILA COUP U6JIJB 1M TAIPEI WPI 9,896.86 -J1.22 SEOUL COMP 8364 CLSA
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    78 1 FOBEX BATES US$ St IBS 1.72$ £(US$/S$ per lilt 1610 ElIRO(USS/S$/E) OJM 1.649 DM 1147 Ol843 YEW 1NJ MM RM 1809 9.4S4 HKS 7.790 1221 BAHT 99.89 9.944 RUPJAH 8,806 9.029* St to tOO units FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KLALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA J9.00 BANGKOK J.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG™
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    Lock icon F&N interim profit soars a staggering eightfold
    517 1  -  First-half figure is almost 50% higher than all of last year's $48m profit Byt Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Fraser Neave whose 1999 results had beaten most analysts' forecasts is set to do the same again in the current financial year, with halfyear net earnings
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    Lock icon Japanese economy grows 2.4% in real terms in Q1
    1006 1  -  But bourse unimpressed even though growth improved in both 'quality' and quantity From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Japanese economy expanded by 2.4 per cent in real terms during the first three months of this year, lifting the nation's economy firmly
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    Lock icon US stocks up on stable outlook
    148 1 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US stocks rose yesterday morning after a Labour Department reprort showed tame inflation, buoying optimism that the economy will continue growing without pushing prices higher. "We've seen a string of softer-than-expected economic reports, so that's trimmed expectations that the Fed will
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    Lock icon Three local banks slash CPF investment transaction fees
    644 1  -  UOB starts b&U rolling, followed by DBS&ndOUB By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Three Singapore banks have slashed their transaction charges for trades under the CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS), a move seen by analysts as symptomatic of the trend in falling fees as Internet
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      98 1 DHBPB BT Comment Has Cycle Carriage become a punter's paradise? 3 Arts Festival HSoH Tracking Time: Day of our lives. SL J < Top stories Datacraft Asia to raise between USs99m and USsl3om in public placement exercise. Pg9 Chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices AMD to invest $200 300 m here.
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      Lock icon CSM to replace Thakral as STI component stock from June 19
      834 2  -  Review brought forward because of June 28 launch of STI futures contract By Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] From June 19, the world's third largest wafer foundry, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM), will replace Thakral Corporation as a component stock of
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      Lock icon US May PPI unchanged as energy prices fall
      603 2 Economy appears to be growing steadily with little inflationary pressure Reuters Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Prices paid to US producers was unchanged in May as energy prices declined for the second month in a row, the Labour Department said yesterday in a report showing
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      Lock icon Category A COEs down for 3rd time in a row
      501 2  -  Downtrend in COEs spells positive news for motor companies By l Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] The mainstream COE category, which forms the bulk of car permits, fell for the third time in a row since a new enlarged quota was released
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        77 2 AT the business headquarters award ceremony for ESPN Star Sports yesterday, our reporter felt considerably dwarfed when she encountered the largest assembly of tall men she had ever seen. There were at least five men who were pushing 1.9 m, and the tallest of them all, a Chinese,
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        Lock icon Singing a different tune
        72 2 IT seems when things are going well, Internet companies are willing to answer reporters' calls at all hours of the day and night. However, some readily change their time when things go downhill. When asked about its listing plans, the 20-something chief executive of an Internet
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        Lock icon Stay with car dealers
        99 2 DONT say goodbye to your neighbourhood car dealer and look for your next car on the Net just yet according to Michael Jackson (not the singer), chief executive of US-based Auto Nation, a bricks-and-mortar automotive outfit. Mr Jackson said Internet-based car brokers come between customers and
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Datacraft to raise between US$99m and US$130m
      471 3  -  Proceeds intended for ftmding acquisitions in India, and elsewhere By Jennifer Lien DATACRAFT Asia plans to raise between US$99 million (*****.8 million) and US$l3O million in a public placement exercise that offers existing shareholders four new shares for every 100 shares owned. Of
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      Lock icon Care needed in media liberalisation, says BG Lee
      350 3  -  From' Wong Wei Kong in Perth THE liberalisation of the media industry in Singapore has to be managed with care, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said last night. "When you have too much competition, it may not work out well," he
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      Lock icon Centrepoint Properties H1 gain up 51%
      360 3  -  Group looks set to achieve fall-year forecast of $84m By Kalpana Rashiwala SINGAPORE'S biggest mall owner, Centrepoint Properties, expects profit recognition from its recently launched Yishun Sapphire condo and further contribution from the D'Manor and Euphony Gardens housing projects to help it to improve
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      Lock icon KepTatLee, Newbridge fail in bid for Siam City
      631 3  -  From] Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE Bank of Thailand has rejected a joint bid by Newbridge Capital of the US and Keppel Tat Lee Bank of Singapore to purchase a controlling stake in the crippled Siam City Bank (SCIB) because of the
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      Lock icon Invest in Chinese stocks – but with understanding
      705 3  - Invest in Chinese stocks but with understanding Byr Tay Hong Seng IS it worthwhile to invest in stock markets in China, with most of the stocks in Shenzhen and Shanghai having already risen by 40-45 per cent or more since January? Most experts think so. But they caution that the
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      Lock icon Has Cycle & Carriage become a punter's delight
      736 3  - Has Cycle Carriage become a punter's delight HOCKim?ISEM christopher tan PUBLIC perception is a tricky thing. Take Cycle Carriage Ltd's stake in Astra International. In that widelypublicised move, CCL is seen as a Singapore company blazing an investment trail into Indonesia. The fact is CCL's main shareholders are from Hongkong
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      Lock icon DBS' gains to rise 1% from POSBank fees
      332 6 Bank's moves rational but actual impact on earnings likely to be small, says analyst Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings Ltd's move to impose fees on accounts at its recently acquired POSBank will add about one per cent to its earnings per share, analysts
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      Lock icon Transmarco stems losses, expects to be back in black
      419 6  -  Better outcome doe to deconsolidation of Lanka Bell's results By Kalpana Rashiwala TRANSMARCO expects to be profitable in the current year after slashing group net loss by 60 per cent to $7.7 million for the year ended March 31 this year.
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      Lock icon Mentor Media net profit jumps 77% to $5.72m
      323 6  -  By\ Kenneth Lee SESDAQ-listed Mentor Media's net profit hit a record $5.72 million for the financial year ended March 31, up 77.1 per cent from the previous year. The results, the highest in the seven-year history of the contract manufacturer for technology-re-lated
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon GRP shareholders in option deal
        187 6 GRP Ltd said Lim Kuan Kang, a director and substantial shareholder, and his wife, Lim Seok Tee have entered into a put and call agreement with Kwan Chee Seng, another shareholder. The couple have an option to sell to Mr Kwan all (but not part)
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        Lock icon Chevalier lifts profit to $4.7m
        91 6 MAINBO ARD-listed Chevalier Singapore Headings posted a net profit of $4.7 million for the year aided March 31, up from $3.8 million previously. Group turnover was however down 7 per cent to $54 million. x Earnings per share rose from 3.3 to 4.2 cents. The
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        Lock icon Metalock goes into the red
        109 6 METALOCK Singapore yesterday reported a net loes of 3.7 million for the year ended March 31, compared with a profit of $1.7 million a year ago. Significant exceptional and extraordinary items of $4.1 million raised bottomllne loss to $7 J million. Turnover slid 24 per
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon STI slips on caution ahead of key US inflation data
      526 4  -  STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE Singapore stock market snapped a six day winning streak yesterday, as investors turned wary ahead of the release of key US inflation data. Their nervousness was evident right from the opening bell, tripping the Straits Times
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      Lock icon PCRD covered wrts: jump fanned by share speculation
      196 4  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan PACIFIC Century Regional Development sprang to life yesterday, topping the gainers list with a whopping $2.60 or 18 per cent rise to $16.90. As expected, this fuelled high-octane performances on the two covered warrants issued on it,
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      Lock icon F&N set to break $6 resistance
      224 4  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of beverage bottler Fraser Neave is poised for a breakout of its me-dium-term resistance levels. The counter gained 30 cents to $5.90 yesterday amid expectations of strong interim results for the six months to endMarch. The results
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      Lock icon Market Notices
      143 4 ♦THE Board of Directors of Excel Machine Tools Ltd announced that Excel has secured two contracts with a total value of $4.1 million for institutions/ turnkey project sales. Delivery and completion of both contracts are expected to be in the second half of the financial year. ♦CHEW Eu
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      Lock icon Euro, yen fall as key data disappoints market
      332 4  -  i comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE euro and yen both reversed direction at the close of the week yesterday, as markets expressed their disappointment with key news. The euro, for example, did initially jump to a new seven-week high of 97 US
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      426 4 Stocks Vokus LAM 50c 17,221,000 KhflbowdUSlOc 16,506,000 AaiBDa<«orHK15c 16,503,000 IPCCo»pn5c 12,805,000 l Twinwood5c —10,131,000 Ntf9(Mt50o 10,103,000 MedtaRinQ 10o 7,664,000 IPC020C 7,389,000 Kyosha HK50c 7,161,000 Golden AgriUSlOc 6,796,000 Stocka > PacficCentury 81,067,600 SPH 74,402,873 DeSQrp 48,952,221 (JOB 27,174,902 NslSteel50c 25,904,496 SIA 23,226,524 0C8C 20,581,020 Chart Semiconductor 26c 17,717,861 KappeiCotp 16,176,200 STEngglOc
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      79 4 Asian Micro Holdings Ltd is proud to be awarded with "CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION" at the Ssc/iie<zi&??ve4t£ 2000 We would like to thank the following major customers for their support: Mapgor READ-RITE H Seagate 52 diSSSi" 1 Kaifa Technology Komag USA (Malaysia) Luzon Electronics Technology 4 Minebea Technologies Nidec Pack Success
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      49 4 YOU CAN NOW PUT YOUR CPF SAVINCS IN EIGHT. important All applications for units in eight must be made on the application forms accompanying the prospectus investors must read ttie prospectus The value of the units and the income from them may fall as well as rise ►!< HIS&Af K
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon AMD to invest $200-$300m here in next 3 years
      423 7  -  The fands will mainly be channelled towards capital outlay for its Singapore plant By Elizabeth Su CHIP manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) said that it will invest $200 million to $300 million over the next three years, primarily in capital outlay
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      Lock icon Holistic development needed to become media hub
      457 7  -  ESPN Star Sports gets business headquarters award By' Tay Shi'an A HOLISTIC development of the media industry is needed to make Singapore a regional media hub, according to Minister of State for Information and the Arts (Mita) and Defence David Lim. Said the
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      Lock icon Job ad volume rises 43% in May
      313 7  -  P=ft 3 on the economy jobs By Marissa Chew JOB seekers continued to be spoilt for choice in May, with the volume of newspaper recruitment notices climbing 43 per cent compared to the same month a year ago. The increase is the smallest
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      Lock icon Welsh agency keen to see EDB ties become 'formal'
      333 7 THE Welsh Development Agency (WDA) is keen on deepening its ties with the Economic Development Board (EDB) to boost cooperation in information technology and communications, said its chairman David Rowe-Beddoe. "I am hopeful that the relationship between the two organisations can
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      Lock icon S'pore seeks stronger EC partnership: PM Goh
      327 7  -  IT cited as one area for further cooperation Promt Audrey Tan in Brussels SINGAPORE wants to strengthen its partnership with the European Commission (EC), Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong told EC president Romano Prodi yesterday. Mr Goh suggested that Singapore work with the
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      Lock icon Newspaper licence issued to MediaCorp, says Mita
      253 7 THE Ministry of Information and The Arts (Mita) has issued a newspaper licence to broadcasting group Media Corporation of Singapore. In a short statement yesterday, Mita said MediaCorp had submitted an application on June 6, one day after the government announced a limited
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      Lock icon ERG in smart-card talks with SingTech Group
      432 8  -  Smart card, now used for bos and rail, has capacity for other applications From Wong Wei Kong m Perth AUSTRALIA'S ERG Group, which had earlier won a transit smart card project in Singapore, is now in discussions with the Singapore Technologies Group to
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      Lock icon 50% investible savings: is interpretation right?
      712 8  -  1 maill.M.B Wong Sek Choon WHEN Parliament approved the limitation of 50 per cent investible savings for direct purchase of shares, the objective was to prevent CPF members from unnecessary losses through inexperienced investment. The definition of "investi-' ble savings" as stated in the
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      Lock icon SGX must improve its policing
      147 8  -  Denis Distant I FOUND the Hock Lock Siew article "Chew Eu Hock episode: a better explanation needed" (BT, June 8) very relevant and timely in particular, the highlighting of the onus on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to be firmer with its queries to companies whose
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      Lock icon Short-selling: severe enough to make impact?
      263 8  -  Narayana Narayana FROM time to time, when our market takes a sharp dip, and short-term settlement-date-contra investors receive debit notes instead of cheques, the inevitable cry of (foreign investment) short-selling is heard. The complainants seldom make any effort to produce facts or figures to
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      16 7 EDUCATION/ TRAINING The Straits Times Classified. Icata| Classifications 703 794. Buy h. m h. fm h.
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      31 8 ■ODAY Janhe Zaohao S'pore branch of China firm thriving in aviation oil trade and beyond Hawl lUtrl HOME NEEDS The Straits Times Classified. |aSj Classifications 90 120. Bay mit fw il
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  • COMMUNICASIA2000
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      Lock icon Pipes, we like
      543 9  -  Venture capitalist Worldview is looking for telecom investments in Asia 'If it is big pipes, if it is intelligent pipes, we are interested,' says partner James Wei Reports byi Catherine Ong Technology A J Partners, a fast-growing A Silicon Valley venture capI ital firm which counts two
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      Lock icon iMode a success thanks to HTML
      562 9 NTT DoCoMo's iMode mobile phone service would not have taken Japan by storm if it had used the browser language for WAP phones, said a company official yesterday. Takeshi Natsuno, media director for gateway business department at NTT DoCoMo, said IMode, which has signed
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      Lock icon PCC eyes greater GSM market share
      360 9  -  By 1 Teh Hooi Ling PHILIPS Consumer Communications (PCC) has been meeting its targets of doubling its revenues and volume so far this year and has set its sights on capturing more than 10 per cent of the global GSM handset market The mobile
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  • eNews
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      Lock icon TRW looking for partner in chip making venture
      440 9 CLEVELAND Firm wants to make special chips which will speed np data sent over the Net Bloomberg TRW INC, a maker of auto parts and defence equipment, is expected to form a venture within the next year to make semiconductors that will
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      Lock icon FBI track hackers who create zombie PCs
      526 9 WASHINGTON Hackers embed malicious program on 2,000 commercial and home computers linked to Internet AP THE Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was due to meet with experts from a security company yesterday to discuss the firm's discovery that hackers have embedded a malicious
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      Lock icon Online investors suffer losses from computer glitches
      377 9 WASHINGTON LAT-WP ALL of the top 10 online stock brokerage firms which collectively account for 90 per cent of US online trading volume have suffered delays, outages and other technology glitches that have caused investors to lose money, according to a report by
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Asia can't ease pace of reform, says Supachai
      552 10 TOKYO Miwirtflp iwn waphwcyMditr—MiMMl to be start ud cautions Reuters RENEWED volatility in Asian currency and stock markets in recent weeks has underlined that the region's governments cannot afford to relax the pace of reform, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi said
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      Lock icon Moody's gives Globe higher credit rating
      344 10  -  MANILA SingTel's Philippines nnit rated 'positive' on growth prospects despite debts From, Al Labita in Manila SYDNEY-BASED Moody's Investor Service has given Singapore Telecoms' (Sing Tel) listed Manila unit a higher credit rating outlook because of its competitive strengths in the wireless business. In
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      Lock icon Maybank launches financial portal
      149 10  -  By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) yesterday jumped onto the Internet banking bandwagon, launching a financial portal to provide its customers with online banking services, claiming to be the first of its kind in Malaysia. Maybank said in a statement that the portal, located
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      Lock icon Nursing back quake-hit Sumatra
      44 10 [BENGKULU] An Indonesian nurse working in a crowded makeshift ward outside the damaged hospital in earthquake-wracked Bengkulu, Sumatra island, yesterday. A massive earthquake measuring 7.9 hit Sumatra island on Sunday killing at least 100 people and injuring nearly 2,000. AP
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      Lock icon Govt courts Templeton in joint sale of their PNB stakes
      439 10 MANILA Latest divestment bid called off in absence of interest Bloomberg THE Philippine government wants Templeton Investment Management Co to join its next attempt to divest the Philippine National Bank, the nation's fourth-largest lender by asset. The government this week
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      Lock icon NPL scheme for small M'sian firms
      182 10 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S central bank, Bank Negara, yesterday said it has launched a scheme to help small businesses with non-performing loans from more than one bank. Under the new scheme, eligible companies can borrow an additional 30 per cent of their existing outstanding
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      Lock icon Indonesian economics minister lashes out at IMF criticism
      280 10 JAKARTA AP SENIOR Economics Minister Kwik Kian Gie yesterday lashed out at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for accusing the Indonesian government of being inconsistent over financial reform. "I've been patient for a while with the IMF, but the IMF this time
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Market in technical rebound
        175 10 THE broader market improved on a technical rebound yesterday after seven straight sessions of decline, with blue chips and electronic-related stocks making up some of the ground they lost in the course of the week. Semiconductor manufacturers Unisem and MPI were among the day's leading gainers,
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        Lock icon Grand Hoover outperforms market
        105 10 GRAND Hoover Bhd, a property and investment company listed in the construction sector on the second board of the KLSE, has been quietly outperforming the market since the start of this month. While the index is more than 3 per cent lower, Grand Hoover's stock price
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        Lock icon Minor stir on PLUS listing talk
        170 10  -  Compiled byl Diana Oon Abdullah NEWS reports of United Engineers' plans to list its highway concession PLUS caused just a minor stir yesterday amid the broader market recovery. The stock was higher by 25 sen to close at RM9.10 yesterday, with a volume of
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      Lock icon Henderson Land's Net venture hopes to raise HK$1b
      556 14 HONGKONG Response to Henderson Cyber's IPO expected to be fairly mated Reuters HENDERSON Land Development Co Ltd is aiming to emulate the cyber waves made earlier this year by rival blue chip developers who offered shares in their fledgling Internet ventures to
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      Lock icon Qualcomm in deals with 8 China firms
      310 14 SAN DIEGO It aims to tap market for third generation cell phones Bloomberg QUALCOMM Inc, reviving its China expansion plans, signed contracts with eight Chinese mobile phone makers, including the largest, to supply semiconductors, software and technical support for its cell-phone technology. On
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      Lock icon US IT firms showing keen interest in India
      293 14 NEW DELHI TOP United States infotech firms are keen to step up their investments in India's IT sector, Indian Information Technology Minister Pramod Mahajan said on Thursday. "Almost all the six to eight US-based IT companies we met showed a keen interest
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      Lock icon Satyam and TRW in on-line venture
      290 14 m MUMBAI Bloomberg SATYAM Computer Services Ltd, India's fifth-largest software maker, will partner with US-based TRW Inc to help the auto parts and and aerospace equipment maker maintain inventories and 9ell products over the Internet. Satyam will own 76 per cent of a new
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      Lock icon Mumbai exchange starts futures trading
      311 14 MUMBAI Bloomberg INDIA'S Mumbai stock exchange began trading of futures contracts based on the benchmark Sensex stock index, securities that allow investors to wager where the index will be later, and traders are already betting on gains. The contract for June delivery rose 0.7 per
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      Lock icon Chinadotcom and AFP put Asian sports on-line
      355 14 HONGKONG Site will offer coverage in Chinese and other Asian languages by year-end ASIAN Internet company Chinadotcom and Agence France-Presse (AFP) yesterday launched Sportasia.com, an on-line interactive Asian sports channel. The venture will provide coverage of sport in the Asia-Pacific region, drawing on
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      Lock icon Chinese garlic vs Korean handphones
      57 14 [BEIJING] Chinese women wait at a bus stop below a billboard advertisement for South Korean-made LG mobile phones, in Beijing yesterday. China has banned the import of mobile phones from South Korea in retaliation against Korea's decision to impose tariffs as high as 315 per
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      Lock icon Indian fund investors turn to bonds as stocks declined
      436 14 BOMBAY In April bond foods got 78% of all fund inflows compared to 30% in first qoarter Bloomberg INVESTORS in Indian mutual fUnds, rattled by a decline in stocks, have been snapping up units in funds that invest in bonds. Of
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  • SYDNEY Olympics
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      Lock icon Girded for the Games
      981 11  -  Vlkram Khanna, taking the pulse of a city gearing up for the first Olympic Games of the new millennium, finds much to cheer about as well as a certain nonchalance Vikram Khanna AFTER a journey that began in Greece and wound its way across Asia and
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      667 15 NEW YORK Analysts say a slowdown in inflows into US will pnt pressures on the US dollar Reuters THE European Central Bank's aggressive interest rate hike on Thursday could chip away at record inflows of foreign capital which have underpinned US
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      375 15 TOKYO Firm taken to task In* helping clients avoid losses Reuters JAPANESE financial regulators yesterday announced penalties on the Tokyo branch of BNP Paribas Securities Ltd, saying it had broken laws by helping clients avoid losses and forcing it to halt stock broking for
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      236 15 NEW YORK Reuters US investment bank Lehman Brothers has drawn up unofficial plans on a closer link-up with Fidelity Investments, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Quoting people familiar with the situation, the newspaper said executives from both sides are in constant discussions about
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        94 15 AFP [BERLIN] Germany's 3.1 million public sector workers 1962, following a vote by union members angry at what they see as an insufficient pay rise by their federal, state and city employers. The four main unions covering the workers—who include police officers, teachers, bus and
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        32 15 Reuters MasterCard summary judgment on several issues in a pre-trial hearing on Thursday. The government has that issue Visa and MasterCard from also issuing cards
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        81 15 Reuters [LONDON] Some three million British jobs are at risk if Britain stays outside the euro, Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers warned yesterday. He told Mirror that the potential Job losses were a' 'big regional issue" and could hit those regions "which historically
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        91 15 Reuters {NEW YORK] Media conglomerate News Corp will file for a spin-off of its satellite and digital media operations, unofficially known as Platco, before June 30, Business Week reported on Thursday. Platco consists of properties that include News Corp's interests in Asia's StarTV,
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        83 15 Bloomberg [ROME] Alitalia SpA, Italy's flagship carrier, said it may ask former partner KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to pay it as much as 250 million euros (Ss4lo million) in damages etused by KLM breaking off their alliance. KLM, which is in talks to
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      512 15 Procter Gamble CEO quits alter profit warning NEW YORK Move marks end of turmoil at once conservative firm Reuters PROCTER Gamble Co on Thursday said its chief executive was stepping down after only 17 months at the helm of the largest US household products maker, as it warned of disappointing
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      401 15 PEOPLE Restaurant owners will pay Uczen even if customer doesn't AFP [CHICAGO] The fairy tale story of a Chicago waitress who was tipped US$lO,OOO by an anonymous customer lost some of its lustre on Thursday, when her employers revealed that the man's cheque bounced.
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      454 16 Expenses would either be passed on to consumers, or the 2 companies would have lower profit margins Bloomberg [BOSTON] THE US court ruling to break up Microsoft Corp could cost more than US$43 billion (S|74 billion) in higher expenses and lower stock values that will largely
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      421 16 WASHINGTON Lengthy appeal process can be a voided if Microsoft agrees not to 'abuse its monopoly power' Bloomberg AFP FT MICROSOFT Corporation could still settle the government's anti-trust case outside the court that ordered its break-up by agreeing not to "abuse its monopoly power",
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      409 16 TORONTO Canadian publisher to focus on electronic information services Reuters CANADIAN publisher Thomson Corp said on Thursday it has agreed to sell 38 US newspapers to two separate buyers for US$l.6 billion (552.7 billion) as part of its strategy to
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      386 16 NEW YORK Hell start fluids to invest mainly in European stocks Reuters A SOROS Fund Management stock picker, Scott Bessent, on Thursday said he quit to start his pwn investment firm, the latest departure from the shrinking money management company of fabled
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      393 16 UNIVERSAL CITY, California AP THOUSANDS of items used in film and television productions went on the auction block as the oldest prop house in Hollywood began a five-day sale of its one million-item inventory. Ellis Props and Graphics is closing
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      217 17  -  SOI Derivatives Tr* Mn E Heporte BSS& Singapore Index Chan Yet San THE Singapore stock market ended its six-day run as electronics stocks feU, influenced by the US markets. The MSCI Singapore Index lost 2.45 points or 0.90 per cent to close at
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      208 17  -  MSGI Taiwan fatores Chan Yet San THE Taiwan stock market feU again yesterday as the US markets fell overnight The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index gave up 31.22 points or 0.34 per cent to settle at 9,036.66 points. Turnover was moderate at NT5113.97
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      404 17 Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices are high, so Opec's to blame, right? Wrong. Consumers crying out for cheaper oil can justifiably forget the familiar culprit, for now at least, and point the finger at Uncle Sam instead. Markets have signalled for weeks that
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      362 17 Reuters London THE dollar held firm against the yen yesterday after weak-er-than-expected first quarter Japanese economic growth and consolidated near its day's highs against the euro before the release of US producer prices data. The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its refinancing rate by a larger than expected
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      2721 18 HONGKONG AFP Q Hang Seng ****** HONGKONG share prices rose 1.5 per cent yesterday to breach the 16,000-point level on selective bargain hunting, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 243.33 points to close at 16,120.26 on a turnover of HK19.07 billion.
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      908 18 Reuters PStagtanßladei -(UB CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed lower yesterday as a domestic A share retreat helped extend a technical correction that kicked in early this week. The Shanghai B Share Index fell 3.12 per cent, or 1.65 points, to 51.27 on lower turnover of U5522.02 million. The
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      368 18 AFP DWPlata -3L22 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday on Wall Street's overnight losses and concerns over the financial problems of a Taiwanese bank, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index slipped 31.22 points to 9,036.66, on turnover of NT5113.97 billion. "Investors appeared to
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      1899 18 TOKYO AFP QNikka22s -***** SHARE prices in Tokyo slipped back 0.8 per cent yesterday on disappointment that Japan's government failed to meet its economic growth target for the year to March, brokers said. The key Nikkei 225 Index fell 142.43 points to end at
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      386 19 AFP PI Composite Index +RO6 MALAYSIAN shares closed 2.3 per cent higher yesterday in what dealers described as a technical rebound after a dismal week. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended up 19.06 points at 861.30. TTie Second Board Index gained 7.69
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      717 20 AFP □set fata -023 THAI share prices fell one per cent yesterday in thin trade, with profit-taking in banks, communications and electronics offsetting gains in energy and construction stocks. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index dropped 3.23 points to close at 341.35, and the select SET-50 fell
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      274 20 AFP Q Composite Index -15^ PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.9 per cent lower yesterday as investors retreated to the sidelines in the absence of positive corporate news ahead of a long weekend. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index shed 15.2 points to close at 1,521.93. AFP N> cvm MRC
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      666 20 AFP Q Composite Index -0128 INDONESIAN share prices closed marginally lower in volatile trade yesterday with bargain-hunting in large caps limiting the index fall, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 0.28 points at 477.93, off a low of 472.22. Volume traded was 678.3 million shares
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      266 20 AFP H«SMO «&82 NEW Zealand shares ignored softness In overseas markets to finish the week firmer in active trade, closing 0.3 per cent up yesterday. The benchmark NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 5.82 points at 2,060.36 with shares worth NZ5201.5 million changing hands. —AFP «a v- rtm Advantage HOS
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      500 20 AFP FlADOrdjuiai +1&5 THE All Ordinaries Index closed up 0.6 per cent or 18.5 points at 3,101.9, while the newly-introduced SP/ASX 200 rose 19.8 points to 3,146.5. The All Industrials Index was up 35.5 points at 5,446.4 and All Resources finished 3.0 higher at 1,228.7. Turnover totalled 535.92 million
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      268 20 AFP □Composite Index +3&29 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 36.29 points at 836.4. Volume stood at 504 million shares worth 4.8 trillion won. —AFP AM *h AnamSaml ***** 150 BraMTacft 1030 -20 Central Bar* 2140 275 CMC«MI *****0 2000 DM Gu Bank 2425 -425 0—Mm Corp...,
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      287 22 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 7 Said chestnut is to win (7) 1 Has to move plant (5) 8 We« enough to embrace girl (5) 4 Such a race lor the bar (8) 9 Wid West girt hit town no fire--10 Sales-talk brings in money lor anrns (1*) dish (7) 15 Ski
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      1838 23  -  Tlir London seme m;i\ be ;ibuzz with rxriliim pin\s bill life's no! ;i bed ol roses, es|>eri;ill\ tor iielors. PARVATHI NAYAR uels sonic inside iews PARVATHI NAYAR Musical extravaganzas, serious plays, frothy comedies: there's something to suit every dramatic taste. Theatre is a major attraction for
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        983 24  -  parvathx matas takes a bite at what London offers, from light-hearted comedies to Gothic thriller, but gives the thumbs-up to thought-provoking serious theatre PARVATHI NAYAR 10ND0N has always seemed the ultimate "theatrical" sweet shop, where (me gets dizzy with delight at the range of goodies on offer. Since
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        532 24  -  ART An exhibition of antiquities at Plum Blossoms Gallery provides a glimpse into our forefathers' love of the arts By Parvathi Nayar CLOTH of gold. The term stirs the imagination with images of fierce warriors, nomadic camps, and adventurous traders on the Silk Route. For "cloth of gold",
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        1019 25  -  ANIMATION FIESTA 2000 By Aaron Lye MENTION "animation" in just about any social setting and there's a fair chance that you 11 get the same response. Animation is just a fancy word for cartoons. If s only for kids. Right? Wrong. Changing this perception
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        598 25  -  jotce koh joins the audience in becoming fellow travellers as she follows the intense and poignant journey of characters in Tracking Time JOYCE KOH INTERESTING, weird, harrowing but extremely enjoyable. Emotions were definitely taken on a roller-coaster ride during Adelaide-based Doppio-Parallelo's Tracking Time, a short but
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        587 25  -  Tri Arts' Tine Deep Bine tackles the question of our quest for something more in an unconventional way By Chen Huifen IN the Arts Festival guide, Tri Arts' production of True Deep Blue is described as "a creative exploration into obsession .and control in our urban
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      542 26  -  Young participants at the Sculpture Carnival 2000 last Sunday amaze the adults with the products of their fertile imagination. JOYCE KOH finds out JOYCE KOH THE spark of creativity within children has been expounded repeatedly. One wonders, though, whether they would rise to the challenge when faced with
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      1493 26  -  Compiled by M Yasotha MUSIC Singapore 17 Formed in the early 1980s, Singapore 17 will take you down memory lane to experience good party music of the 1920s. Featuring Rick Smith as the conductor, NUS Big Band and Raymund Ooi on trombone. June 18,5pm-8pm at Chijmes Fountain Court.
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      125 26  -  By Aaron Lye THE BUZZ: Cosmic Geometry, a solo exhibition by French artist Nathalie Juixxi Ponsard at the Substation. PLOT AND PLAYERS: Touted as a "site-specific installation of light", Cosmic Geometry comprises two huge luminous geometric and architectural volumes; a rectangle parallelopipede, symbolising the sun, and a white, cold
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