The Business Times, 15 June 2000

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  • 17 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MiTA (P) yp. sse SING APORE THURSDAY. JUNE 15, 2000 Internet: http://business-tirnes.asia 1 com.sg/
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  • 48 1 □to 2JOUB (+17.55) MBT-SBI U ***** (+1195) PlsmsanmißEs U 2KM (+5.50) STOCK MARKET INDICES Wednesday Change KL8ECOMP WIS -US -iSBJ is.654.42 m&s BANG SENG 16,617.07—+1M.1S SCT INDEX 345.44 *18.44 JAKARTA OOMP _47MI +U1 MANILA COMP _1524J1 *i36 DOW _-.16jfel.84 XASBAQ M47J? -W Stf 500 1,***** >711
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  • 73 1 FOBEX RATES LSI St oss —tm £(is— um—um EUT*0fUSS/SS/E)_«Ja IM» DM MM <1848 YEN 1*7 1.814 RM 1880 <M» BKS 7.7*- 0-221 BAHT 38J6 C.044 RUPLAH M70 aa»* st to m unta PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 6M KUALA LUMPUR 7.87 JAKARTA .39.00 BANGKOK__ 9.50 MANILA 11.60 BONO KONO 8.56 TAIPEI
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  • 610 1  -  \*H exclusive Loyang Lodge investors latest to do so, after Pidemco, BBR and Poh Lian By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] In what is fast becoming a trend in the local property market, the group of investors who bought Loyang Lodge last December with
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  • 394 1  -  ipexclusive Merged COEs, higher PQPs are resulting in bur fewer small cars being registered and retained fbj Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Small cars are disappearing from our roads, and at a faster rate than previously expected too. These cars, with
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  • 601 1  -  Massive venture with Rian official past feasibility stage Frvrnl Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta LISTED construction firm Poh Lian Holdings is taking a major stake in a massive Indonesian water project that could help meet Singapore's quest to diversify its water supply from
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    • 83 1 Stock Options Consequences of corporate America's addiction to slock options. Pg 3 ,Vv BT Comment Time to weigh cost of stock options to shareholders. Pg 4 TOO SKOntt Quamnet.com delays first public share sale. *17 US May consumer prices up 0.1%. Pg22 >■ US labour gains permanent Alan Greenspan. Pg
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    • 139 1 The Microsoft breakup H I' v-i >■- -V -C- ,2. mm 1 J Sjtll IS r y*W f-^SO' T f MP3.com to compete A with rival America Online m f iai ii) j Report. Pg 19 111 Comment, Next I\hh' \3fSr 1n."),. l <11•<m,•!u t<:nk n.nl.ib!. in ~I.I I, Is.,
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 156 2 HERE'S an e-mail we received that should serve as wonderful inspiration for our budding entrepreneurs: Phua Chu Kang walked into a bank in Raffles Place and asked for the loan officer. He said he was going to Batam on business for two days and needed to borrow
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      • 84 2 SINGAPORE property developments were out of luck at this year's FIABCI awards. The awards, which recognise top-quality projects from around the world, are given out by the International Real Estate Federation. Past winners from Singapore include Suntec City and The Bayshore. The closest thing to
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      • 90 2 HAVE you got a sports fanatic who can't decide between calling in sick and catching the latest Euro 2000 soccer matches, and keeping his job? Star Hub could help you out. Its IPower WAP (wireless application protocol) service sends the latest match scores and news updates
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    • 732 2  -  Not much impact on transportation firms though motorists can expect to pay more By Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] While the surge in crude oil prices will squeeze already thin refining margins even further, companies in the transportation sector here are not expected
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    • 810 2  -  -id comment TECHNOLOGY Cnt the 800-pound gorilla down to slis but not by catting it in two kenneth james JUDGE Jackson got it wrong. Yes, Microsoft Corp abused its monopoly power. It broke the law and it should be punished. Severely. But break up
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  • TAX breaks
    • 1261 3  -  There's a big price to pay for what's been considered a free lunch, reports GretchenMorgßnson Gretchen Morgenson NYT Microsoft and Cisco Systems, two of America's most profitable companies, are well on their way to owing nothing in federal income taxes on the money they have
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 414 4  -  MAS-approved site targets institutions and global outstanding loan book By\ Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] Debtdomain yesterday launched Asia's first online auction site for secondary market loans. debtdomain.com is a global trading platform that allows banks and other financial institutions to anonymously
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    • 376 4  -  Analysts point to big potential for its thumb-sized drive Byi Andrew Wee INVESTOR interest in newly-listed Trek 2000 International is now red hot with the Sesdaq counter hitting a record price in heavy trading yesterday. The 22 per cent jump to 74 cents is more
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    • 433 4 HAVING learnt some lessons from its less-than-suc-cessful initial launch of interactive kiosks on Orchard Road, mainboard-listed i-One.net is ready to try again with a new, improved version. "We've learnt from some past mistakes," admits Lim Chin Tong, i-One's managing director, who
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    • 745 4  -  PSWMH iocksiew wong wei kong HOW that the tax treatment of stock options has been addressed, it is perhaps time to look into how much stock options really cost a company and its shareholders, particularly in the case of listed firms.
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    • 383 4  -  It will set up kitsks m 10 Chinese cities by Sept; public listing likely to follow Reports by Jennifer Lien I-ONE.NET International's China associate yesterday unveiled plans to penetrate the Chinese market and said it would consider a public listing after September this
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    • 519 5  -  By] David Boey FDS Networks Group, a Hongkong-based information technology firm which was caught out in the recent rout in IT stocks, is still aiming for a mainboard listing on the Singapore Exchange. With the local stock market still feeling
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    • 401 5  -  |:il exclusive Online firm aims to cross-market property in S'pore, HE, Malaysia and China Byl Toh Han Shih iPROPERTY, a Singapore Internet property firm, is boosting cross-marketing of properties across international borders. In a few months, buyers in Singapore, Hongkong and Malaysia can
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    • 187 5 DOES the search for travel accommodation frustrate you? Nasdaqlisted Pacific Internet may make things easy for you. Yesterday, it took another step towards beefing up content on its e-business portal, Pacfusion.com, by tying up with Travelhopper.com. Under an agreement signed between the two, the co-branded
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    • 151 5 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong property giant Cheung Kong (Holdings) yesterday said that shareholders had approved issuing new shares to company chairman Li Ka-shing in exchange for his interest in a Singapore property. Shareholders also approved a waiver that would excuse Mr Li from having
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    • COMPANYBriefs
      • 80 5 SINGAPORE Telecom has so far bought back 37.6 million of its own shares, which would have cost the company $80 million based on yesterday's closing price of $2.40. The cumulative quantity purchased includes 1.85 million shares bought from the open market yesterday at an
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      • 94 5 AFX-Asia RAFFLES Medical Group said its rights issue has been 125.2 per cent subscribed, with a total of 111.7 million rights shares taken up in acceptances and excess applications. A breakdown shows acceptances were received for a total of 85.2 million rights shares, representing about 96.49
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      • 73 5 Corrections Clarifications IN the report, "Panpac keen to list Internet ventures by next year" published on Tuesday, it was reported that Panpac Media.com raised $7.1 million selling part of its shares in Nasdaq-listed Chinadotcom. Panpac said the actual amount raised from the sale erf part of its shares in Chinadotcom
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 386 6 Stock* Vofcane AddvaJTech 2.5c 102,943,000 Trek 5c 27,879,000 Achieva 5c 17,867,000 Twinwood5c 10,920,000 GES mtl Lid 20c 10,081,000 MedhRad5c. 9,730,000 FHTKHIdge20c 9,886,000 FastachUSlOc 8,921,000 Briertay NZ10c 7,817,000 Nuctous Eiec 5c 7,282,000 Stocks I PadfcCentury 81,406,900 SPH. 50,881,731 DBSGrp 36.561,098 0C8C 36,376,211 AddvafTech 2.5c 31.082,906 UOB 31,022,064 Chart Semiconductor 26c 30,409,796
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    • 576 6  -  ~-ii comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE Singapore stock market snapped a three-day losing streak yesterday, thanks to a late afternoon surge in the share prices of several blue chips. After languishing in negative territory for much of the morning, the Straits
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    • 185 6  -  WARRANT WATCH Byy Ven Sreenivasan STAMFORD Tyres warrant was one of the leading percentage gainers yesterday, jumping three cents or 27 per cent to 14 cents. A total of 12,000 units changed hands. Meanwhile, the underlying stock edged 2.5 cents
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    • 193 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of Hongkong Land is currently trending higher in an upward channel. The counter rose US$O.O9 to US$l.6B yesterday, just a whisker away from its year high of US$l.77. So how much upside does this stock have? The
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    • 144 6 ♦TECK Wah Industrial Corp will hold their AGM at 25 Pandan Crescent #06=15 TIC Tech Centre on June 23 at 3 pm. ♦SEKSUN Precision will hold their AGM at 513 Ytshun Industrial Park A on June 26 at 10.30 am. ♦TMC International will hold their AGM at 141
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    • 335 6  -  l: comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE Australian dollar exploded through the psychological 60-US-cent barrier after the release of stronger-than-expected Q1 GDP numbers yesterday morning, with a little help from US May retail sales numbers that were below forecasts. Australia's Q1 GDP
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    • 1258 7 VICKERS BALLAS 1 They took the boldest step, even before the dust settled.... It's essential. The merger of the two will ensure their survival in the industry which will eventually see some disappear. Chong Yoon Chou Director. Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd K Vickers Ballas Holdings Limited packers Baiias'or 'VBH")
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 325 8  -  ItTl be Asiaa hab of company's supply Aim hiriltm regienal distribution of spare parts From Audrey Tan m Stuttgart DAIMLERCHRYSLER says it will set up an million logistics centre in Singapore to handle the spare parts distribution for all its brands in
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    • 152 8 Bernama [HANGZHOU] A Singapore firm is involved in the joint development of a US$l.4 billion (552.4 billion) paper project in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. It reported that construction for the project is scheduled to start this year. The Ningbo
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    • 417 8  -  Strategic alliances with global players including Microsoft will help Singapore ONE develop Republic into infocomm hnb Bu Teh Hooi Ling THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) yesterday unveiled four new strategic alliances with international and regional content and technology companies
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    • 233 8  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Technologies Telemedia's subsidiary, sttcom, is teaming with Intel to roll out e-commerce infrastructure solutions in the Asia-Paciflc. stt.com said in a statement that its regional data centres, called WebCentresTM, will leverage on Intel's secure and scalable
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    • 771 9  -  Beying must tap this pool of talent to maximise the gains from the global digital revolution From Quak Hiang Whai iriBeijing CHINA must embrace the digital revolution and the New Economy and allow its young and the Net-sawy generation to regulate among
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    • 320 9  -  It will cater to firms in life sciences and microelectronics By] Kenneth Lee THE pharmaceuticals industry got a boost from UltraPure Systems yesterday when the US-based company opened a 30,000-sq-ft flagship ultra high purity fabrication facility in Tuas. The $3.13 million facility will
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    • 216 9  -  By Andrea Tan COME July, graduate business students at the Nanyang Technological University will have an incubator programme to help nurture their e-business ideas to the marketplace. NTU's Nanyang Business School is one of six universities worldwide selected for the Sun Campus E-Business Incubator programme.
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    • 299 10  -  P=M 3 on the economy construction By Marina Chew THE construction sector expanded slightly in the first quarter, with the value of construction contracts rising 4.7 per cent compared to the previous quarter. Preliminary figures published in the Building and Construction Authority's Framework newsletter
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    • 464 10  -  But MOM says jobless rate may remain at high level By. Anna Teo THE employment outlook for the second quarter is bright and job creation this year should return to pre-crisis levels, says the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in a report released yesterday. But
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    • 333 10  -  Bnsmess-to-bnsiness transactions will account for bulk of this value: experts By 1 Tay Hong Seng ELECTRONIC commerce will thrive in the Asia-Pacific region, growing from US$3O billion this year to US$l trillion by 2004, according to experts who spoke at an electronic
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    • 351 10  -  By Toh Han Shih ASIAPAPERMARKETS.com, a Singapore startup, is targeting billions of dollars of electronic commerce in paper and pulp in the year 2002, said its director Upen Nagpal yesterday. The company, founded last year, has received $10 million in funding from
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    • 912 11  - Chew Eu Hock episodeED tells her side of story As share sale had yet to be concluded, she felt it was premature and inappropriate to inform the board on May 8 Wong Swee Choo Singapore via Internet YOUR Hock Lock Siew column "Chew Eu Hock episode: a better explanation needed"
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    • 131 11  -  Denis Distant Singapore I WAS shocked to read the article "Parkway Holdings MD Tony Tan to quit his stepping down may spark bid for Asia's biggest healthcare company" by Lee Han Shih (BT, June 8) and wonder whether company shareholders or media reporters get a higher
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 648 12  -  liiTT3 bottom line OPINION robert samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group THE Microsoft anti-trust saga teaches us more about human nature than about technology, economics or the law. We have had a test of wills among Bill Gates, the US government's anti-trust lawyers and
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    • 169 12 "Japan cannot go on like this. If Japanese politics continues as it is, Japan's future will be in danger.' Ynkio Hateyama of the main opposition Democratic Party, which has little chance of taking power unless it can forge a coalition among independents and smaller parties. 'Japan could
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    • 667 12 EDITORIAL AS the city gets richer, the poor just get left further behind —so observes National Geographicm an article in its latest issue about hip and happening London, but the same may well be said of Singapore five years down the road, if early signs build
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    • 1074 12  -  Opportunism among workers at more and more companies is patting off foreign investors By Todd Callahan The author works as a technical adviser at a consulting and business information company in Jakarta. The views presented are his own AT A seminar last month in
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    • 786 12  -  COMMENTARY By Paul Krugman The writer is a professor of economics at MIT NYT THE distribution of wealth does not look like the "bell curve" beloved of statisticians. Instead, it is best described by a "power law", a sort of elongated
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • 475 13 KUALA LUMPUR Renong's associate Park Kay, DRB Hicom seen among beneficiaries Reuters, AFXAsia THE Malaysian government has approved an increase in bus fares of up to 33 per cent starting next month, the New Straits Times reported yesterday, quoting
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    • MARKET moves
      • 68 13 SINGAPORE MRT is also bearish on Resorts World, which continued to stagnate following its move to deplete its cash hoard to finance the expansion of Star Cruises. A trader said the Singapore subway operator recently sold 26,000 shares of Resorts World through a UK fund
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      • 85 13 RENONG Bhd and United Engineers Malaysia eased in tandem with the general market weakness yesterday although they will benefit from the scrapping of the chainlisting rule. Renong shed seven sen to RM2.01 while UEM fell 5 sen to RM8.90. With the removal of the rule, UEM could
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      • 61 13  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh MAGNUM Corporation eased another three sen to RM2.37 yesterday from its earlier peak of RM3.00. It is highly unlikely that parent Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd will be able to sell its stake in Magnum at about RM3 a share to Bolton Properties following two
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    • 236 13 KUALA LUMPUR New Delhi raises import dnty on erode vegetable oil by 10% Reuters MALAYSIA'S palm oil market received a rude wake up call yesterday after India, one of the country's main buyers, decided to raise the import duties on refined oil
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    • 291 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S gross domestic product (GDP) will not expand as rapidly in the third quarter this year as it did in the first two quarters, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday, contradicting a junior finance
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    • 229 13 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama TRANSPORT Minister Ling Liong Sik yesterday denied allegations made in notices of demand sent to him and three other parties claiming RMIS2 million (5168.9 million). The notices, dated Tuesday, were sent by the law firm of Krish Maniam Co acting
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  • THAI economy
    • 1375 15  -  Govt praised for its handling of the financial crisis by World Bank country head for Thailand From'. Harish Mehta in Bangkok JAYASANKAR Shivakumar arrived in Bangkok, to take up the job of the World Bank's country director for Thailand, on July 1, 1997
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    • 539 15 That is, the World Bank says, if financial reforms are made, the digital divide is bridged and the bureaucracy is reformed THAILAND could move rapidly up the development curve by the year 2010, provided it implements tough reforms, catches up with
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  • SOUTH east asia
    • 432 16 SINGAPORE Only Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand see downward revisions in Renters poll Reuters GRCWTH forecasts for most Asian economies nudged up again in the latest Reuters poll of 130 economists, but two countries beset by domestic strife and uncertainty suffered downgrades. And for
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    • 101 16 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA might reduce income tax for companies and institutions to encourage investment, Chief Economics Minister Kwik Kian Gie said yesterday. "About (the idea) to reduce (income) tax on domestic corporates and institutions from 30 per cent to 20-25 per cent,
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    • 294 16 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIAN police want to quiz President Abdurrahman Wahid over a scandal involving the theft of US$4.l million (Ss7.l million) from state commodities regulator Bulog, SCTV Television reported yesterday. It said Alex Bam bang Riatmodjo, chief detective of the Jakarta police,
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    • 412 16 m NEW YORK Talks involve the return of money for blanket clemency LATWP, AFP THE family of former Indonesian president Suharto has entered into negotiations with the Jakarta government over returning millions, if not billions, of dollars aUegedly amassed during the strongman's 32-year rule,
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    • 203 16 JAKARTA Central bank chief now a suspect in Bank Bali case Reuters, AFP INDONESIA'S Attorney-Gen-eral said yesterday his office would summon the central bank governor over his alleged involvement in a politi-cally-charged banking scandal. Marzuki Darusman said Bank Indonesia chief Sjahril Sabirin was due to
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  • EAST asia
    • 447 17 HONGKONG Reuters A TOP securities adviser to China is mapping out ways for Bering to cash in on massive state-held shares to replenish a broken social security network. Anthony Neoh, chief adviser to the China Securities Regulatory Commission, said China can form
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    • 300 17 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG'S property development giants are expected to be bidding for a prime residential site in a government tender tomorrow, after brisk bidding in a land auction earlier this week, analysts said. The tender of the 36,006-sq m site
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    • 405 17 HONGKONG HSBC postpones sale as 50 Net stocks in GEM pipeline; firm hopes to list in 3 months Bloomberg, Reuters QUAMNET.COM Ltd, an Internet provider of free financial information, delayed its first public share sale after sponsor HSBC Investment Bank Asia said investors are
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    • 282 17 Move to boost ties comes amid impending opening of China market AFP [HONGKONG] Chinese President Jiang Zemin has invited Hongkong's top business tycoons to Beijing for talks on the impact of China's impending accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Heading the delegation
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    • 232 17 SHANGHAI Bloomberg CHINA International Trust Investment Corp, the country's flagship investment Arm, will merge its financial operations, bolstering competitiveness ahead of an opening of the country's financial industry once it joins the World Trade Organisation. Citic plans to merge its banking,
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  • SOUTH asia
    • 364 18 NEW DELHI Companies can now raise np to USssom directly without approval from govt Bloomberg, Reuters INDIA yesterday liberalised rules on external commercial borrowings (ECBs) for corporates by placing fresh approvals under US$5O million (SsB6 million) and refinancing of existing loans under the automatic
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    • 73 18 [NEW DELHI] Workers arranging air-conditioners on a pcuxment shop in New Delhi yesterday. The goods are sold at a price ranging from 1,600t0 4,ooorupees (Sss9 to Ssl4B), much less than the price ofsimilar coolers at larger retail shops. Though the monsoon has already reached parts of
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    • 138 18 ■BANGALORE AFP INDIA'S Technology Media Group announced on Tuesday the launch of the country's first 24-hour technology channel with a target audience of six miUion homes by the end of the year. "TMG Enter is the only satellite television channel dedicated to
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    • 178 18 New York Bloomberg REDIFF.COM India, the country's first Internet firm to sell shares to US investors, raised US$55 million (5594.7 million) in an initial sale of American depositary receipts. The Mumbai-based firm, which runs a shopping and news Web site for Indians abroad, sold 4.6 million
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    • 449 18 NEW DELHI Pewer distribution needs reforms and refining capacity is in surplus: analysts Reuters INDIA'S decision to lift the ceiling on foreign equity investment in power, refining and e-commerce will hasten project approvals but foreign direct inflows (FDI)
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  • eNews
    • 279 19 New Delhi Bloomberg HCL Infinet, the Internet services arm of HCL Infosystems, India's biggest maker of personal computers, yesterday said it would form a joint venture company with the Asian Age newspaper. The new company, called Asian Age Infinet,
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    • 483 19 SANTA CLARA, California It wants to boosts its ad revenue and better compete with rivals AOL and tycos Bloomberg YAHOO! Inc, the No 1 Internet search service, may purchase an online music company such as MP3.com Inc to compete with rival America Online and
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    • 417 19 SAN FRANCISCO Share-fnnded deal marks its entry into fixed-price business AP ONLINE auction pioneer eßay has agreed to pay over US$3OO million (Sssl6 million) for half.com, a fast-grow-ing Internet bazaar that sells used books, CDs, movies and video games at half
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    • 200 19 AP (NEW YORK] It looks like JP Morgan and Co could uae a little help with its bookkeeping. The international banking firm's Web site was deactivated on Tuesday because it missed payment on a US$36 (Ss6o) annual renewal fee for its
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    • 430 20 WESTWOOD, Kansas Chairman says govt opposition to deal remains steadfast Reuters IN an apparent step back from previous upbeat predictions, Sprint Corp chairman William Esrey said on Tuesday that government opposition to the company's proposed merger with World Com Inc remained steadfast,
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    • 435 20 PHILADELPHIA Mnsicuuu working out deal to distribute live, recorded music AP BITS of Bach. Bytes of Beethoven. Browsers with Brahms. Attending a symphony concert in cyberspace could become commonplace under a first-of-its-kind agreement that would allow orchestras to distribute live and recorded music on
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    • 366 20 LOS ANGELES Finn signs deal for a good address in cyber real estate AP A COMPANY paid US$l million (5f1.72 million) for the Internet domain name Beauty .cc in a sale demonstrating even in an age of investor doubt about new Web ventures,
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    • 463 20 SEOUL Bloomberg MICROSOFT Corp and Samsung Electronics Co announced plans to develop and market a new line of mobile phones capable of accessing the Internet using Microsoft software, the companies said. The agreement calls for Samsung to manufacture mobile phones with
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    • 229 20 Reuters [LONDON] The Internet has revotutionised everything from shopping to banking and now it's turning movie-making on its head. Running Tim*, billed as the world's first interactive movie, encourages viewers to study the screenplay, research characters and then vote on possible plot twists.
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    • 553 21 PARIS Acquisition of Universal Studios owner Seagram will make it tougher Bloomberg, LAT-WP VIVENDI and Canal Plus are in talks to buy Seagram, owner of Universal Studios, the companies said yesterday. An offer could be worth over US$4O billion (5568.9 billion) in stock and
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    • 235 21 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] AT&T Corp went to court to take on what may be one of the telephone company's biggest deadbeat customers the National Football League. The world's biggest long-distance phone company sued the NFL in US District Court in Los Angeles, claiming that
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      78 21 [NEW YORK] With the impending beginning ofCowParade New York 2000, a few of the herd were put on display in front of a toy store in New York on Tuesday. Cow Parade New York 2000 will feature over 500 life-sized cows, painted and decorated by New York artists, on
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    • 467 21 SYDNEY As spending rises, interest rates coold be raised again Bloomberg, Reuters AUSTRALIA'S economy grew more than twice as fast as expected in the first quarter, as consumer and business spending rose, suggesting the central bank may have to raise interest rates
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    • 643 22 WASHINGTON Core rate of CPI up 0-2%; data point to Fed holding rates steady Bloomberg US CONSUMER prices rose less than expected in May as cheaper petrol and clothing limited the effect of the biggest rise in food costs in more than 18
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    • 307 22  -  From Brian Gomez in Sydney AUSTRALIAN exports of crude oil and other refinery feedstock rose by a massive 46 per cent or A$499 million (S$514 million) during the March quarter to reach A$1.58 billion, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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    • 313 22 FRANKFURT Reuters GERMAN business-management software group SAP AG yesterday said it would provide its mjrSAP.com e-business applications to Nestle SA in what it called Its biggest software deal ever. SAP shares rose 5 per cent on news of the deal, which follows
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    • 592 22 Reuters [SEOUL] Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates yesterday insisted staff morale was high despite an anti-trust battle, and denied that defections were damaging the software giant. Appearing upbeat on a sweep through Asia to promote Microsoft's vision of an
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    • 496 22 TOKYO Despite pnt pressor*, NTT chief says there are synergies between fixed-line, mobile ops Reuters NIPPON Telegraph and Telephone Corp's president Junichiro Miyazu yesterday said the telecoms giant aims to keep a majority stake in NTT DoCoMo, Japan's dominant mobile phone
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    • WORLDWatch
      • 95 22 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's largest life insurer Prudential pic said yesteniay it would list on the New York Stock Exchange later this month, raising around US$2O6 million (Ss3s2.6million) net in the process. Finance director Philip Broadley said the move would "support the continued development
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      • 79 22 Reuters [TORONTO] Canadian publisher Thomson Corp said on Tuesday it had sold six more of its daily newspapers in the US to two buyers, continuing Its sale of assets so it can concentrate on electronic publishing. Thomson said it sold five dailies in Alabama
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      • 79 22 Reuters [MOSCOW] The Kremlin's chief prosecutor on Tuesday arrested and jailed Vladimir Gusinaky, head of a media empire that has been sharply critical of the government. The arrest roused fears of s clampdown on the press. But President Vladimir Putin, travelling abroad, insisted that the arrest
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      • 83 22 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korea's financial watchdog said it will investigate the finance units of Dongbu Group, Hyundai Group and four other groups in an effort to increase transparency. Tong Yang Group, Samsung Group, SK Group and LG Group, which have the most financial units
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    • 658 23 WASHINGTON He calls for new measurements to also capture productivity gains by small businesses Bloomberg US worker productivity has accelerated in the past few years and those gains appear to be permanent thanks to advances in technology, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday.
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    • 397 23 ■TOKKO Bat it rules eat rate rise saying recevcry in Mngnmption is weal Reuters THE Bank of Japan stuck to its cautious view in a key report released yesterday that the economy is clearly improving, but gave a faint hint of an upgrade in
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    • 466 23 OSAKA It plans to link Nasdaq shares in Japan, US, Europe Reuters THE Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) plans to offer round-the-clock dealing in shares listed on Nasdaq Japan and sister markets in the United States and Europe by the beginning 0f2003,
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    • 42 23 [HANOVER] The video projection a head appean on thousands visitor signatures tn the Finland pavilion at the Expo2ooo World Exhibition in Hanover. The paper roll with the names is supposed to be the biggest visitors'book in the world. AP
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    • 372 23 TOKYO Reuters CORPORATE bankruptcies in Japan rose for the seventh straight month in May, climbing 12.4 per cent year-on-year to 1,528, and business failures are expected to keep rising, a credit research firm said yesterday. Total debts owed by
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    • 243 23 NEW YORK Sale to equal 2nd largest bond sale ever Reuters DEUTSCHE Telekom AG, Europe's largest telephone company and the world's third largest, plans this month to sell about US$B billion (5113.76 billion) of global bonds, which would match the second-big-gest corporate bond
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  • FINANCE & commodities
    • 244 25  -  SGX Derivatives Tradlngßeports fflngapnro Twitov Chan Yet San Refco Singapore THE Singapore stock market had a good run yesterday as it ended slightly higher. The gain in the US markets helped in supporting some technology stocks. The MSCI Singapore Index gained 1.87
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    • 228 25  -  MSCI Taiwan fatnres Chan Yet San Refco Singapore THE Taiwan stock market closed higher as the Nasdaq rebounded overnight. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 44.14 points or 0.50 per cent to ena at 8,935.23 points. Turnover was about average at NTH 17.79 billion
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    • 289 25 BmMYBSFMtT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices were riding high yesterday as Opec kept dealers on tenterhooks just a week before the cartel's oil ministers meet to decide whether or not to lift exports. The producers' group must settle its differences on how to deal with prices
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    • 332 25 Reuters London THE yen held a positive tone against the dollar yesterday ahead of key US inflation data and after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) reiterated that deflation fears may be about to ease. Interest rate prospects favour both the yen and the euro over the dollar, analysts
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      1199 25 MTE&BAMK CROSS RATES Junl4 k 1 v A$ C$ >■> faro FTr Da> H*$ 68»»Nf8 Yw Wan KM MZSNfcH hM S$ —4 Sir IB >*> N1 US$1 Australia 0.885 1002 0.826 4.105 1224 4.697 ***** 51.653 0443 6.716 2290 1.267 3L203 ***** 1038 168 1970 ***** 23.492 0.399 0.603 Canada
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  • STOCKS east asia
    • 2756 26 HONGKONG AFP yiHaagSeag +1113 HONGKONB share prices rose one per cent yesterday on selective blue-chip buying following overnight gains on Wall Street, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 164.13 points to close at 15,857.07, on a turnover of HKJ9.2B billion.
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    • 1954 26 TOKYO AFP QNikkai22S -2*053 SHARE prices in Tokyo closed 1.5 per cent lower yesterday after the government called for a full privatisation of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT), dealers said. The Nikkei 225 Index fell 260.53 points to end at 16,654.42,
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      940 26 Reuters PSfaemhenß Index -L 56 CHINA'S hard currency B Shares closed lower yesterday on proflt-tak-ing after heavy gains over the past few weeks, brokers said. Shenzhen B shares were also under pressure from a funds outflow as investors cashed in shares to prepare for a new B share issue,
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    • 371 26 AFP HWPMg *4414 SHARE prices in Taiwan closed 0.5 per cent higher yesterday following overnight gains on Wall Street, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 44.14 points to 8,935.23, on turnover of NT5117.79 billion. "The tech-heavy Nasdaq's overnight rally sparked buying in the technology shares,
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  • STOCKS klse
    • 401 27 AFP n Composite Index -133 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.4 per cent lower In thin trade led by selected blue chips yesterday, with the market largely ignoring the overnight rise on Wall Street. Dealers said a lack of leads and today's public holiday in
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  • SGX clob & regional stocks
    • 2833 28 B0HPS fc WARRAWTS juun rn Ml rmml imr* IHM lal M tar LaiHnli A* MCa Uar (be Mia ■0 Lot j Ml «ar- rwtl Lot Safer M liiiiikil Uti M» <%> »n*l' U« 80 14.5 I Acma ******4 _203 I 93 21 20 203 2 21 410 J 300 183
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    • 260 28 AFP |3 Composite Index +14-82 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 14.82 points at 819.27. Volume stood at 432 million shares worth 3.5 trillion won. —AFP MM *r «wn mo Brain Tecti WO w*ft Control Bank «*> -fTO CMtConwn— 12*500 1500 DooGvBank— 2200 -45 Daotanq Corp— 2200
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    • 255 28 AFP rl Composite Index +138 PHILIPPINE share prices rose 0.2 per cent yesterday on local buying but analysts said the return of foreign players was needed to sustain the uptrend. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index gained 2.36 points to 1,524.51. AFP Hw CBBBI MRCAMod 0.50 unch no Abacus
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    • 246 28 AFP PIBSE-40 -1&17 THE New Zealand share market dipped 0.9 per cent yesterday in patchy trade. The NZSE-40 Capital Index fell 18.17 points to 2,046.74 on total turnover worth NZ$lll million. Market leader Telecom closed 22 cents down at NZS7.6S.—AFP m m *h mm AdvantagaHOS 2.95 007 127 Air
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    • 517 28 AFP QiDOrfmtriei +U AUSTRALIAN shares rose 0.2 per cent yesterday amid lacklustre trading in which losses in some industrial stocks offset gains in resources stocks, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index rose 4.9 points to 3,076.2 while the SP/ ASX 200 added just 2.8 points to 3,116.6. Turnover was
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      759 28 AFP H SET Max *19.44 THAI shares closed up 3.1 per cent yesterday on bargainhunting in banks, communications and petrochemicals, following overnight gains on Wall Street, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index rose 10.44 points to close at 345.43, while the select SET SO was
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      666 28 AFP Q Composite Index +7.57 INDONESIAN share prices closed 1.6 per cent higher yesterday on a late rally amid news that the government might cancel a merger plan between Telkom and Indosat. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 7.57 points at 475.93, off a low of 466.1,
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  • ARTS festival
    • 782 30  -  The female sex was the theme of the Tang Quartet's programme, with Singaporean composer Er Yenn Chwen's delightful take on Rasa Sayang hitting all the right notes, writes P T VAM P T VAN THE TANG Quartet, recently returned from Rice University, Texas, attracted a
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    • 246 30 TODAY D.A.V.E (Austria) Where: Jubilee Hall, Bpm, tickets are sold out Warsaw Phflharmonk: Orchestra (Poland) Where: Victoria Concert Hall. Bpm, tickets are sokj out Ombra, La Fura dels Baus R(A) (Spain) Where: Victoria Theatre, Bpm, tickets at $22, $32, $42 and $52 Subtenrestiais, Arts Fission Company (Singapore) Where:
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    • 625 30 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING I LEE METAL GROUP LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at No. 7, Tuas Ave 16, Jurong. Singapore *****4 on Wednesday. 28 June 2000 at 2.00 p.m. for the
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  • MOTORING page
    • 1401 32  -  nARiTsry The German carmaker's platform strategy holds valuable lessons which Singapore's motor insurers can learn to give customers a fairer deal, says Christopher tan CHRISTOPHER TAN WHAT'S the difference between motor insurers in Singapore and the Volkswagen Group, one of the world's largest carmakers? You
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    • 344 32 IsstftntiMis diluted holding after Daimler's mm THE retail shareholder base of Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL) has doubled to about 104)00 in recent months, according to a senior company executive quoting Central Depository data. The counter, long cornered by institutions, became more accessible to
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    • 412 32  -  S'pore firm will also represent Swedish brand in Indonesia All reports by Christopher Tan THE Trans Eurokars group known for its Saab, Porsche and Rover franchises here has secured the distributorship for Saab in Malaysia. It will also represent the Swedish marque in
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    • 249 32 SWEDISH luxury carmaker Saab Automobile, now fully owned by General Motors, is poised to enter new product segments soon. BT understands Saab will introduce a sport-utility vehicle as well as a minivan both products it is totally new to in two
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
      • 58 33 AUDI distributor Premium Automobiles has hired Ron Song, formerly with Rover Singapore, as managing director. Before Rover, Mr Song was involved in the motor trade in Australia, where he ran a series of dealerships over 22 years. Premium has been scouting for an MD
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      • 139 33 BENTLEY Cars, a division of Volkswagen Group, is preparing for the day it sells 9,000 units a year—up from the 1,500 or so today. The growth will be on the back of what's internally known as the Mid-Sized Bentley, which will be unveiled within three
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      • 84 33 THE grapevine has it that hotelier-tycoon Ong Beng Seng has increased his stake in Hyundai agent Komoco. He is said to have bought shares from venture partner Jopie Ong. Previously, both Mr Ongs each had slightly over 40 per cent of Komoco, with
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      • 103 33 DAIMLERCHRYSLER is said to be in discussions to sell its rail division Adtranz. In what is seen as another attempt to focus more sharply on its core automotive businesses, the German-American conglomerate is also in the process of hiving off some aerospace interests. Recently,
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      • 80 33 ANOTHER factor fuelling private individuals' interest in commercial vehicles here may be that access Into Malaysia is now more relaxed. While restrictions and special permits are still relevant for heavy goods carriers, it seems light commercial vehicles can now cross the Causeway with little difficulty.
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      • 77 33  -  QoapiM by Christopher Tan JUST in case you're thinking of buying a commercial vehicle fix-use as a private passenger vehicle, be warned that it is illegal. Commercial vehicles come with a set of restrictions, including speed warning and number of passengers allowed. The Land
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    • 476 33  -  PM Goh backs proposal to test DaimlerOhrysler's hydrogen-powered vehicles in S'pore From Audrey Tan, Christopher Tan in Singapore SINGAPORE may soon become the first country in Asia to have hydro-gen-powered fuel-cell buses and cars gliding noiselessly along its roads, going by developments in Stuttgart yesterday.
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    • 275 33  -  -By Christopher Tan PORSCHE has christened its planned sport-utility vehicle Cayenne, which the Oxford dictionary says is a powdered red chilli pepper. The name is appropriate, going by the little information that the firm has released about the car.
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      • 1545 35  -  Once down and out, London's Canary Wharf is now the placeto be working and living in, writes mbxl bebhbiamm NEIL BEHRMANN CANARY Wharf, the mammoth Docklands office complex 7km east of the City of London, has proven to be an outstanding project for Singapore's Pidemco Land
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    • 1019 36  -  The Institute of Estate Agents' new president talks to ifABTBsa chew about instilling pride at work and current issues facing the industry MARISSA CHEW LESS focus on the deal and more emphasis on customer satisfaction, that's what the head of the largest real
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    • 489 36 DAVID Ong reckons he altered the real estate industry through "an act of God". You could also say it was in his blood the new president of the Institute of Estate Agents' maternal grandfather was the late Cheong Koon Seng. Mr Cheong was a
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    • 268 37 Bridge News, Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose three points to 1,560, the Baltic Panamax Index gained six points to 1,599, the Baltic Handy Index was unchanged at 1,128 and the Baltic Capesize Index was up two points to 1,988. At 1420 GMT, Biffex Was unchanged from
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    • 379 37  -  Wage bike will make mifiimnm Philippine crew wages equal to the Int'l Labour Organisation rate From< Alec Almazan in Manila THE Philippines is increasing the minimum basic salary of able-bodied seamen on board ocean-going vessels by 30 per cent. The wage adjustment
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    • 741 37  -  NEWBUILDS By David Hughes Substantial orders for large container ships feature in the latest newbuildings list while orders for bulk carriers continue to roll in. The six 4,800 TEU (twenty equivalent units) vessels for Zim represent an investment of some US$3OO million (Sssl6 million).
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    • 162 37 [SINGAPORE] The new head of the International Association of Classification Societies (lACS), has denied that the association has lost credibility in the wake of the Erika fiasco. Masataka Hidaka, executive vice-president of Japanese class society ClassNK, is scheduled to take over from Hans
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    • 140 37 [SINGAPORE] Panama's container ports and Colon Free Zone are playing an increasing role in drug smuggling since the pull-out of US troops, say US Customs officials. The troops were withdrawn when the canal passed from US to Panamanian control on Dec 31,1999. According
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      • 105 37 organisation Bimco has come out in vtiry strong terms against nnilateral regulation of the sort now being proposed by the European Union and in support of intnmartnuiiMmirtnwflipiHinihin MWIIIihIII 11MIIIB Bimco's directors and thesgmemltetwnHiew (yqyyntrfttAd aMwfitWm mi or regional legislation which would jeopardise safety". Bimco president Philippe Poirier d'Ang
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      • 59 37 [LONDON] Belgian gas carrier specialist Szmar, part of the CMB's group, has ordered a 130,000 cu m LNG (liquefied natural gas) carrier from Daewoo Heavy Industries with delivery due in the second half 0f9002. The ship will operate under a long-term agreement with theUS based energy
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      • 37 37 [LONDON] Demand for cement shipping is likely to grow by over 19 per cent by SUO, to 16 minion tonnes, according to a new report flroa UK-baaed Ocean Shipping Consultants. However tMUk«^i^tm.i:
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      • 730 38 US air safely board wants planes to stop at every runway intersection to reduce near-collisions on airport runways AP [WASHINGTON] A United States federal safety watchdog agency, alarmed by high numbers of near-collisions between planes on US runways, has recommended that pilots stop at
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      • 1907 48 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCI CARGO Book log/Bolonco Rstts Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Pwiod From To From "CO"" JVBOO U/HM U£M a a/1700 M/otM worn «ma »6 ivaoo u/»m u/*m jv»» a a/mo ww mmm a u/mo M/MM 14/04M I M/OTM M/MM XT40C 4 M/I2M HAW
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      • 768 48 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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      • 183 49 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] An Internet site developed by more than two dozen airlines, including the five biggest in the US, named itself Orbitz and appointed a lawyer who represents consumers rights' groups to its advisory board. The Web site, formerly known as T2 and scheduled to
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      • 441 49 Construction of airport off Nagoya coast, targeted for completion by 2005, could begin in August Bloomberg [TOKYO] Central Japan International Airport Co said it is moving ahead with plans to build the country's second offshore airport by 2005, after concluding negotiations with local
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      • 418 49 AMERICAN AIR CRASH Dl CAU Reuters {MIAMI] A Miami federal jury found a computer company and a software firm partly to blame for an American Airlines crash in Colombia in 1995 that killed 159 people. The case was brought by American Airlines, which
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      • 116 49 AFP [PARIS] Groupe Air France chief executive Jean-Cyril Spinetta said the company "intends to join" the ongoing round of consolidation in the industry. "I'm convinced that consolidation of the transport industry in Europe is not only inevitable but necessary," Mr Spinetta said on
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        • 99 49 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said it and its partners had Increased feres by 3 per cent in order to compensate for high fUel prices. The price increase applies to feres published in the Dutch market and begins with tickets issued as of July
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        • 119 49 Reuters {KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System Bhd VM (MAS) and Middle East Airlines signed a code-sharing deal covering flights operated by MAS between Beirut and Sydney via Kuala Lumpur. The national Bernama news agency said the code-sharing pact, signed in Beirut, will take effect from
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        • 68 49 Reuters [DUBAI] Dubai government-owned Emirate® airline said it had set up a joint venture freighter service between Istanbul and Dubai with Turkey's MNG Cargo Airline. Emirates Sky Cargo, the air freight division of Emirates airitoe, said in a statement the service wouki be operated by
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      • 505 49 Deal comes months after rival Enrotrain sought court injunction to freeze it Reuters [TAIPEI] A Japanese consortium clinched a multi-billion dollar deal on Tuesday to provide Taiwan with Japan's famous bullet train after months of controversy in which rival Eurotrain sought a court injunction
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      • 190 49 AFP [MILAN] The Italian state airline Alitalia is again considering an alliance with Air France following the failure of its alliance with KLM of the Netherlands, the financial newspaper MF reported. Alitalia declined to comment on the report on Tuesday, beyond saying that it
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  • WAREHOUSING & LOGISTICS
    • 1107 50  -  For FedEx, it's no longer just about getting packages from point A to point B any more. By Donald Urquhart in Subic Bay about anything ww 1 under the sun" is H how a Federal Express senior executive describes what his express transportation company
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    • 532 51 Donald Urquhart What makes this global production come off so seamlessly is a series of globally interlinking netWorks centred around Express Distribution Centres (EDC), utilising Fed Ex's unique hub and Molm system.. In Asia, for instance, this air transport and logistics network is known as
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    • 515 52  -  Warehousing and transportation processes will not be left untouched by e-business. Ignoring it is not an option. By Donald Urquhart The far-reaching impact of the Internet and e-commerce will mean that competition will no longer be between businesses but between supply chains, said a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWHC)
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    • 1052 53 Whafs at stake is the Perfect Order. Riding on the wave of e-commerce fever, Asia has seen the proliferation of "virtual businesses" and electronic online stores, such as Tom.com, Catcha.com and Amazon.com, joining the ranks in the burgeoning electronic marketplace. Clearly, the Internet is shifting the balance of
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    • 485 54 Supply chain managers can help organise your inventory, deliver goods, clear customs and perform quality checks on your products. Doesn't it raise your hackles when, after jostling with the maddening crowd at the Great Singapore Sale and finally hunting down a store assistant, you
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    • 1378 55  -  Where is logistics headed? MANEK DUB ASH looks at how more globalisation of markets, new technology and expected e-commerce growth will impact one company DHL. MANEK DUBASH Manek Dubash is editor of PC magazine, a leading British PC and Internet magazine. It is predicted that, by
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    • 189 56 lE-commerce worth hundreds of billions of dollars every year will be driven by growth in the Internet, prompting huge demand for logistics services. 2 Technology will get faster, enabling the delivery of more data and video, bringing richer and better service. IT standards i®
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