The Business Times, 3 July 2000

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    17 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 65C SINGAPORE I Internet, ht p business-time^sia^xorr^c^ MONDAY, JULY 03, 2000
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    60 1 STOCK MAMET INDICES Week Change STI 2,***** +,1.66 SIMSCI FUTURES...3tt.4<>....+180.30 BT-SR1. .793.37 +8.20 KLSE COMP 833.37 +21.12 NIKKEI— —17,411.05.....+447.84 HANG SENG 16,155.78.._+417.70 SET INDEX. .......325.69. -7.62 JAKARTA COMR. 515.11-..+11.96 MANILA COMP. 1.533J9 -8.98 TAIPEI WP1 .8,265.09.—-419.84 SEOUL COMP ***** 42.28 CLSA CHINA B 1,109.11.„..+20.10 AUST ALL OR. „3,257.60._.+130
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    77 1 FOBEX BATES USI s$ IKS 1.713 £(IIS$/S$ per 1.617 2.618 KURO(USS/S$/E) 0J68 1.664 DM 1073 0.837 YEN 106.4 1.638 RM 3.800 9.464 HKS 7.795 m\> BAHT 39.18 0.944 RUP1AH 8,742 0.020 St to 100 units PUKE RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KlIALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG
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    Lock icon Purchasing index rises 2.3 points after May's plunge
    804 1  -  Data shows manufacturing buoyant; signs that global electronic component shortage also easing By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] A broad-based pick-up in new orders, output and employment in June hoisted the local purchasing managers' index (PMI) from its sharp correction in May, indicating that
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    Lock icon June US jobs report seen keeping Fed on its toes
    392 1 [WASHINGTON] The US Labour Department's report this Friday on June employment will show more Americans held jobs and earned more than in May, giving another reason for Federal Reserve pol-icy-makers to keep a foot close to the brakes, analysts said
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    Lock icon Rating agencies' image in Asia still dented: poll
    646 1  -  HTiailJIIUWJ They're blamed for their performance during Asian crisis By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Three years after Asia's worst financial crisis broke, many investors are still disenchanted with international credit rating agencies which they have blamed for not giving timely warning, a
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      137 1 mgnwß BizlT Canon's hypergrowth plans, Pg 2 Boom in e-learning soon, Pg 4 Top Stories eLuxury.comjjjji HK tycoons join Kuok in SCMP war of words, Pg 13 BT Comment What the IMF thinks of the CPF, Mmxt Pg Fragmented HK society takes Tung government to task Pgl* 8 IH ■»VB|
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      39 1 TURNAROUND TIME? As a whole, Singapore companies whose financial year ended in March posted better profits last year. But the number of profitable firms stayed the same. Full report. Pg 4 Fed alms/or stable prices over 3-syears, Pg 14
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      1026 2 LVMH hopes to steal a march on rivals in the race to nab the well-heeled shopper on the Net Bloomberg [PARIS] Bernard Arnault doesn't think the Internet is doing enough for the rich and famous. The chairman
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      Lock icon Deutsche Telekom to buy Sprint?
      338 2 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany's largest phone company, is in talks to buy Sprint Corp, the third-biggest US long-distance telecommunications provider, German weekly Welt am Sonntag said, without citing sources. The two companies are "in serious talks about a full merger", the paper said.
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      Lock icon What the IMF thinks of the CPF
      779 2  -  ECONOMICS It offers some interesting ideas for reforming Singapore's retirement savings scheme vikram khanna IN its recent assessment of the Singapore economy, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) executive board gave the government here high marks for its "pragmatic and flexible" economic management, and
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  • BIOTECH stocks
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      Lock icon Genomics not a cure for volatility
      1439 3 While the human genome project has brought biotech stocks into the limelight, it is not a guarantee for success on the stock market for most comDanies IHT A FUND MANAGER tried to convey the importance of the completion of the mapping of the human
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Combined profits at 56 listed firms go up 26.2%
      1021 4  -  Earning* at $4.02b; combined turnover rises 10.6%; number of profit-earners stays at 44 By Audrey Tan THE 56 listed companies whose financial year ended on March 31 saw their combined net earnings rise 26.2 per cent year-on-year to $4.02 billion, as
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      Lock icon Ho Ching quits as SembCorp vice-chairman
      187 4 HO Ching stepped down as vice-chairman of SembCorp Industries on July 1, and was replaced by Wong Kok Siew who has been appointed deputy chairman. Mdm Ho will remain on the board of directors, while Mr Wong will continue in his present post as
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      Lock icon Pentex-Schweizer undergoes revamp
      100 4 PENTEX-SCHWEIZER Circuits Ltd (PSC) said it is merging all its manufacturing business into subsidiary, Pentex-Schweizer Electronics Pte Ltd (PSE). The restructuring will affect the manufacturing of single, double and multi-layered printed circuit boards and will make PSC an investment holding company. All the property, assets and rights
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      Lock icon Healthcare products firm Osim heads for listing
      390 7  -  Ponds from IPO will be used to increase franchise outlets, says CEO Ron Sim Kenneth Lee MORE massage chairs wiii oe making their way around the world if Osim International boss Ron Sim has his way. The healthcare product dis tributor has received
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      Lock icon SingaTrust seen debuting above IPO price
      730 7  -  But current uncertain ontlook o! tech plays may limit size of gains analysts Byi Andrew Wee SINGATRUST, which makes its debut on the Singapore Exchange on Thursday, looks set to trade above its IPO price of $1.20 a share, according to analysts polled by
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      179 4 Pentei-Bctiwwiier'« expansion drive, Pg 8 /fx A h* S H I/N I N e SHINING CORPORATION LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 12 August 1999) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 28,200,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.15 EACH COMPRISING 20,000,000 NEW SHARES AND 8,200,000 VENDOR SHARES AS FOLLOWS:(I) 8,200,000 OFFER SHARES
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Want Want wrts offer a worthwhile bet
      187 6  -  WARRANT WATCH R Sivanithy ONE of the biggest disappointments in the past couple of years has been the lack of interest in US dollar stocks. For reasons unknown, these counters have floundered since their respective listings and some companies have resorted to converting
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      409 6 Source: JM Sassoon Stock* Volume AddvalTech 2.5c 128,019,000 Adroit 10c 95,383,000 TT tat 15c 83,220,000 Achieva5c 73,454,000 PKTech5c. 62,565,000 Briwtey N210c 55,882,000 Trek 5c 44,789,000 Ktagboard US10c 44.716,000 Links Island 10c 40,955,000 Medi-Rad5c 40,805,000 Slocks PadficCentury 306,934,600 DBSGip 250,567,511 Chart Semiconductor 26c 171,799,939 VentureMfg25c 133,320,908 ST Assembly 2Sc 129,825,410 OCBC
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      Lock icon Looks like it's house traders who mill keep market active
      626 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy IT would be tempting to say that nothing has changed in the local stock market in the past three to four months. US interest rates still hold the key to the market's direction, prices here gyrate in tandem
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      Lock icon Resistance at $4.55 for Parkway
      203 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Teh Hooi Ling HEALTHCARE group Parkway Holdings perked up on Friday, rising 10 cents to $4.42. Volume was a healthy 1.3 million units, twice the 10-day average of 627,300 shares traded. On the directional movement (DM) indicator chart, the positive DM is
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      126 6 ♦WBL Corporation Ltd announced the appointment of David Wong Cheong Fook to the position of group managing director of its subsidiary, Wearnes Technology (Pte) Ltd, with effect from July 1,2000. ♦ENG Wah Organization Ltd will be trading ex-dividend (first and final dividend of 0.75 cent) on Oct 5.
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      Lock icon Stronger yen set to bolster regional currencies
      557 6 REGIONAL currencies should receive some support from a stronger Japanese yen this week. The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) tankan survey of business sentiment due tomorrow should fall under the spotlight. IDEAglobal.com expects a strong result from the tankan, suggesting the economy is finally
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      47 6 YOU CAN NOW PUT YOUR CPF SAVINGS IN EICHT. Important All applications tor units in eight must be made on the application forms accompanying the prospectus investors must read the prospectus The value of the units and the income from them may fall as wetlasnse SSI MtSBANK
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Pentex-Schweizer to expand in a big way
      972 8  -  The PCB maker plans to make its mark on the USs3sb world market with cutting edge technology. Its expansion drive starts with the September groundbreaking ceremony for its first overseas factory in China, reports david boet DAVID BOEY THOSE who think they've not
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      Lock icon Money supply slows in May
      323 9  -  ryr I T^T^TTTTT^mi By. Audrey Tan SINGAPORE'S money supply continued to slow in May, as all three monetary aggregates expanded at lower year-on-year rates. Latest figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) showed that Ml, which consists of cash in circulation plus current accounts,
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      Lock icon Times Pub sale: OCBC extracted a premium
      830 9  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore via Internet IT IS unfortunate that I have to cross swords again with Catherine Ong over her comments in the Hock Lock Siew column ("Another bad deal for OCBC minority shareholders?", BT, June 27). The issue of minority shareholders has
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      Lock icon Vito Koh new residential director of Chesterton
      316 9  -  By] Marissa Chew TWO weeks after leaving Colliers Jardine as its residential director, Vito Koh has taken up a job at Chesterton International. Mr Koh, a 12-year veteran of the property industry, has been appointed residential director of Chesterton overseeing a team of
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  • eNews
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      Lock icon DoCoMo, king at home, sets its sights abroad
      839 10 TOKYO Phenomenal success of 'i-mode' in Japan provides valuable headstart overseas Reuters HAVING cleaned up in its own backyard, NTT DoCoMo, Japan's Internet-sawy mobile phone giant, is heading out to play with the big boys. In recent months, the mobile scion of
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      Lock icon Indian ISP Dishnet starts first private gateway
      389 10 MADRAS 9 Mbps link on Sing Tel satellite np for a week already: official Reuters INDIAN Internet service provider (ISP) Dishnet DSL Ltd said on Saturday the country's first private Internet gateway was operational "Our 9 Mbps (megabits per second) private gateway in
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      Lock icon Fake e-mail threatens Hotmail accounts
      267 10 SEATTLE Reuters SOME users of Microsoft Corp's free Hotmail e-mail service are getting a bogus message, purportedly from a company official, threatening to cancel their accounts because the service is bogged down with too many customers. Microsoft quickly responded by saying the message was a
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      Lock icon Sports sites seen tops in revenue league
      393 10 LONDON Ad spending and online sales will rocket, says report Reuters SPORT on the Internet will be a money spinner within five years, with a massive increase in advertising spending and sales of merchandise on sport-relat-ed Web sites, a report forecasts. It says
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      Lock icon S-E Asian growth may be hit by political uncertainties
      582 11 SINGAPORE Events in Indonesia will have the biggest effect on the region, say analysts AFP ALTHOUGH the engines of South-east Asian economies will continue to power ahead in the second half of the year, driven by strong intra-region-al trade, domestic political
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      Lock icon Missing data at Ibra hamper audit of finances
      347 11 JAKARTA Bloomberg AN independent audit of assets held by Indonesia's bank rescue agency determined that too much data are missing for it to make a thorough analysis of the agency's portfolio. "Because the available information on Ibra was incomplete and there was
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      Lock icon 3 firms leading race to buy stake in Indon mining firm
      347 11 JAKARTA 14% of Aneka Tambang to be sold to plug Budget deficit Bloomberg INCO Ltd, Broken Hill Proprietary Co and Glencore International AG are frontrunners to buy a stake in Indonesian nickel and gold miner PT Aneka Tambang when
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      Lock icon Police investigating claim that Dr M stopped corruption probe
      363 11 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIAN police said yesterday they were investigating a claim that Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad ordered an anti-corruption inquiry to be dropped. The claim was made last month by Shafee Yahaya, former head of the Anti-Corrup-tion Agency, during the
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        Lock icon Jakarta to restart Suharto negotiations
        76 11 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's mines and energy minister said on Saturday that negotiations with the family of former president Suharto on returning the disgraced autocrat's wealth to the state would be restarted. "We will build a new communication,' said Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Last Tuesday, Mr Suharto's
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        Lock icon Macan protesters clash with police
        79 11 AFP [HONGKONG] Riot police in Macau used teargas for the first time in more than 30 years to break up a demonstration by some 200 workers yesterday, local media reported. The workers, protesting against the importation of foreign labour amid high unemployment began throwing stones
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        Lock icon Indon police parted from military
        85 11 AP [JAKARTA] As part of efforts to reform Indonesia's military-dominated security forces, President Abdurrahman Wahid on Saturday announced the formal separation of the national police and the armed forces. "You must now become a professional police corps," he told officers at Jakarta's police headquarters during
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      Lock icon HK tycoons join Kuok in SCMP war of words
      523 13  -  They write to paper agreeing with Knok's allegations of misreporting Fromi Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong SEVEN leading Hongkong businessmen have come out to support Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok Hock Nien in his unusual public spat with his own newspaper, South
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      Lock icon Show of outrage in HK
      90 13 [HONGKONG] A protester wears goggles and holds a bottle signifying pepper spray during an early morning demonstration on the third anniversary of Hongkong's return to mainland Chinese rule. The protesters timed their Saturday rally to coincide with an official flag-raising ceremony attended by top government
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      Lock icon Fragmented HK society takes Tung government to task
      707 13  -  HK STOCKS Time will tell if he's permitted to see reforms thr™^ quak hiang whai IF Singapore worries about ministers' pay and the increasing difficulty of drawing good people into the public sector, Hongkong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa also has to start
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      Lock icon Mergers likely in India's mobile phone industry
      174 13 AHMEDABAD, India Reuters INDIA'S mobile phone companies are eyeing mergers to boost customer base and five major groups are expected to emerge after a shakeout this year, the industry association's head said. "Takeovers will happen and it is expected that by the end
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon US stocks down sharply in Q2, leaving all indices lower
      599 14 NEW YORK Nasdaq lost 13*3% in Ist loss since Q3 '98; Dow fell 4.3%, SAP 500 slumped 2.9% NYT US STOCKS plunged in the second quarter of the year, leaving all the major indices down for the first half as
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      Lock icon Fed aims for stable prices over 3-5 years: official
      309 14 WASHINGTON Reuters THE Federal Reserve Board wants to halt inflation before it damages the US economy, not stop growth in its tracks, according to a member of the US central bank's rate-setting committee. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland president Jerry Jordan,
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      Lock icon Mori tipped to be PM for just a few months
      824 14  -  Analysts are already speculating who the next leader will be From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S parliament is expected to formally endorse Yoshiro Mori as prime minister tomorrow following his ruling coalition's narrow victory in last month's general election, but
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      Lock icon Dresdner board to discuss merger with Commerzbank
      398 14 FRANKFURT Bloomberg DRESDNER Bank AG executives will hold a regular board meeting tomorrow to discuss a possible combination with Commerzbank AG, amid concern that a merger would not make the bank competitive across Europe or help Dresdner to boost investment banking. Commerzbank and
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      Lock icon Japan gets new financial sector watchdog
      205 14 TOKYO AP Japan launched a new regulator on Saturday to bolster government supervision of the financial industry as the pace of restructuring in the sector accelerates. The Financial Services Agency, which combines the Financial Supervisory Agency with the finance ministry's financial planning bureau, will
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  • COMMODITIES & futures
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      Lock icon Platinum surges to 11-year high, crude stays firm despite output hike
      615 15 COMMODi'i'x Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Surging demand and limited supplies pushed platinum prices to their highest levels for 11 years, while crude prices stayed firm regardless of the latest output increases. Platinum hit a peak of US$5BO an ounce as
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  • MARKET outlook
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      Lock icon HK market likely to trade in tight range: dealers
      262 16 HONGKONG AFP THE Hongkong market is expected to trade in a tight range due to a lack of leads in the week ahead, dealers said. Marco Mak, research director of Tai Fook Securities, said "the market will be traded in a
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      Lock icon ASIAN MARKETSRoundup
      873 16 +130.3 THE Australian market will consolidate this week as it begins a fresh financial year with investors wary of any fall out from the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), brokers said. The only local data that could impact on the market is the retail trade
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      Lock icon Wall St shares up across the board over the week
      489 16 NEWYORK Dow rises by a modest 0.41%, while Nasdaq climbs up over 3% AFP SHARES on Wall Street finished the week higher across the board last Friday, although investors remained uncertain about how long the Federal Reserve would pause in
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      Lock icon WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      1846 16 FRENCH stocks clung onto intra day gains to close modestly firmer last Friday, although a crop of disappointing US earnings news and niggling worries over telecoms dented cheer over unchanged US interest rates. The benchmark CAC-40 ended the first half of 2000 up 0.71 per cent at
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      Lock icon Nikkei to rise on expected upbeat tankan survey
      408 16 TOKYO AFP SHARE prices in Tokyo will rise this week with the Bank of Japan's tankan survey of corporate confidence expected to show brighter economic prospects, dealers said. "There is a good possibility that the Nikkei will reach 18,000 points in July,"
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      211 23 Japanese giant Canon is set to double its sales of printers and scanners in the Asean region this year, senior Canon officials tell baju I in Tokyo. Pg 2 A A P Katsniohi Shimixn of Imaging Solution* Group, |pfci Canon Inc (left); and Hiroahi Nitanda of BJ W W-fIKV Products
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      74 23 Top stories S pore e-biz will hold its own versus HK and others Page 5 fij: Ik M Jws *OjM 5 y JLf* S Wireless Net has more relevance to Asia, says Motorola's executive vice-president C D Tam Paged Doing it the Agilent way Page 11 Who's liable when the
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      808 24  -  BTIJ'JJIIUWJ Growth will come from advances in optics technology, since optics are used across a wide range of devices. Reports by baju gbbuam RAJU CHELLAM JAPANESE giant Canon is set to go into hypergrowth in the Asia-Pacific area by doubling sales of its printers and
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      543 24 IT is billed as the world's "smallest and lightest zoom lens digital camera". It is as small as a credit card, works with PCs and Macs via a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port, stores up to 46 images on an 8 MB flash
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      408 24 Average prices of printers will fill to US$ll4 by 2004, from US$lBB la 1998 LAST year, Singapore saw sales of 230,125 inkjet printers, forming about 26 per cent of Asean's overall sales, according to estimates from Dataquest, a unit of GartnerGroup Inc. Of that,
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      778 24  -  New investors of Italian firm expect to sell shares to the public soon By J Jim Osborne, Dan Liefgreen Bloomberg [MILAN] Cisco Systems Inc and a group of investors have agreed to buy 80 per cent of Italtel SpA, Telecom Italia SpA's network-equipment
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        338 25 The products in the Windows DNA 2000 family provide all the plumbing needed to rapidly create state-of-the-art scalable Internet applications. They include: The basic building block in Windows DNA 2000, it is the biggest thing to hit enterprise computing ever. It Keeps your Business Internet reliable
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        153 25 THE Business Internet is how Microsoft is talking about its existing and upcoming products and services with its business customers and partners. The idea is simple the Internet should be more than just hype. It should be a practical tool to connect a company's customers,
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        709 25 With Microsoft, companies can meet their enterprise needs with the most complete and capable set of Business Internet building blocks DNA. The most fundamental building block of all living things. In recent years, genetic scientists have made impressive inroads into understanding the
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      625 26  -  ASFTTTTTaU The market for IT training will cross USs2Jft> by2oo4ln the Asla-Paclflc region alone raju chellam The writer is Biz IT Editor. THERE'S a new game in town: e-learning, or offering training over the Internet. Riding on the boom in the Net, the market
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      351 26  -  Firm to invest USssom over three years to boost regional tech resources By Elizabeth Su 3D NETWORKS, a subsidiary of homegrown Planet One, has tied up with Canadian giant Nortel Networks to offer companies in the Asia-Pacific region enterprise-wide solutions. 3D
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        66 26 CODA pic, that provides financial management solutions, hat set op its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, hraded by Phil Hollins, Coda's vice-president of Asia-Pac operations. The move follows Coda's acquisition by Science Systems from The Baan Company in March. Coda has been operating in the region
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        58 26 THE Institute of Systems Science (ISS) has appointed Virginia Cha as the first ISS Visiting Fellow. Ms Cha was the co-founder and CEO of Star+Globe Technologies, a spinoff from Kent Ridge Digital Labs. She will advise ISS on its new initiatives in virtual learning, as well
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        44 26 INTERNATIONAL Data Corp has appointed Piyush Singh as managing director for the Asia-Padflc region exchading japan. He is based in Singapore and will oversee 14 countries in the region. Mr Singh was previously vice-president (consulting) at IDC Asia-Pacific.
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        45 26 INTERMEC Technologies, part ofthe US$2 billion (813.44 billion) Unova Inc and supplier of SCM (supply chain management) solutions, has appointed John Roberts as managing director of its Asia-Pacific operations, based in Singapore. Mr Roberts was previously Internee's managing director for Asia.
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        33 26 WEBVISIONSPte Ltd, that provides Web hosting services, has appointed Lewis Lee as vice-president of technical services. Mr Lee was previously project manager for customer network solutions at Sing Tel
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        31 26 A FORUM on "IT and Media" will be held on Thursday, at Merchant Court HoteL It is organised by iandi Asia Singapore. FOr details, e-mail ktychintan@kmdkisia.com. I
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        40 26 A TWO-DAY conference on B2C online retailing, called "E-tall Asia 2000", win be held from Jul 17 at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. It is organised by Worldwide Business Research. For details, fax *****12, or e-mail ttaUasia@wbr.cofn.sg.
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        65 26 EPC, an extension of the Economic Development Board, will hold the following seminars at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. For details, fex *****41, or e-mail learning@epc.com.sg. +One<kty seminar on "Leveraging tacit knowledge for business advantage"on Jul 25. seminar on "Insight into knowledge management"on Jul 26. +T*wo-day
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        41 26  - E-mail manegement CRM c imitri Raju Chellam A TWO-DAY conference on "Integrating customer e-mail management into your CRM strategies" will be heki from Aug 29 at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront HoteL It is organised by IQPC Singapore. FOr details, e-mail enquire@iqpc.com.sg.
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      666 27  -  BTrmrrrmm Comments come on heels of new study showing S'pore and Hongkong among top 10 best places to do e-business From. Kenneth James in Hongkong Mk, S the tale of two cities gets updated for the e- business age, it looks
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      424 27  -  By Teh Hooi Ling NASDAQ-listed Virata Corp, that provides DSL (digital subscriber line) processors, sees the explosive rate of broadband deployment in Asia contributing up to 40 per cent to its revenue next year. DSL technology enables massive amounts of data to
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      634 28  -  There will be at least 10 large HSPs in STpore offering more than lm sq ft of data centre space by middle of next year mock pak lum The writer is CEO. 1-Net Singapore HYBRID companies or those with both brick-and-mortar operations and e-business
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      331 28  -  like market for Web-content devices wiU touch USs6oom this year By' Tang Weng Fai NASDAQ-LISTED F5 Networks, that supplies network infrastructure technologies, will invest US$4 million (556.9 million) in the Asia-Pa-cific region this year to boost its sales and marketing activities, specially
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      146 28  -  By\ Daniel Buenas US-BASED Adaptec Inc, that suppliQß storage solutions, last week launched Goßack 1.2, a unique rollback data protection software. Called Goßack, it lets PC users retrieve lost data or accidentally deleted files, and recover from virus attacks or problems from software installation. The
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      301 30  -  Joint initiative by MasterCard, Siemens and Brokat to offer service in six countries m Asia including S'pore By Toh Han Shih People in Asia can soon pay online and shop securely through cellular phones, thanks to a joint initiative by MasterCard International. Siemens and
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      146 30 AP [SAN FRANCISCO] Oracle Corp, the world's second-largest computer software maker, disclosed that Raymond Lane, its president and chief operating officer, is stepping down. Mr Lane, 53, had held the post since 1996. Although he was the No. 2 executive in (me of Silicon Valley's
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      216 30  -  By\ Daniel Buenas HOLLAND-BASED Getronics NV aims to expand its revenue from the Asia-Pacific region by 25 per cent this year and next. The Asia-Pacific region now contributes 6 per cent to its global revenue of US$5 billion (SsB.6 billion). "We hope that by 2002
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      109 30 Xinhua [WUHAN] China's first grad uating class of students majoring in electronic media have received their bachelor 's degrees from Central China Science and Technology University. All 22 graduating seniors from the Web News Media class have been hired by dotcom companies Students in the
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      723 31  -  By 2003,60 per cent of a billion Internet users will be connected via wireless devices, Motorola's executive vice-president C. D. Tam tells tehhdozuik! TEH HOOI LING Having missed the first bus on 2G mobile phones, US giant Motorola Corp is pulling all stops
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      446 31 MOTOROLA'S executive vice-president C. D. Tam spoke on issues about Motorola's investments and high-tech trends. Excerpts: Invest amis Is Astoi "For the next couple of years, we will havt to invest at a high rate, even though we use outsourcing. These run into billions
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      374 31  -  By Jae-Suk Yoo AP [SEOUL] North Korea has asked South Korea's Hyundai to build a high-tech district of computer ventures near a scenic mountain on the communist country's east coast, company officials said on Friday. Hyundai said it agreed to build a
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      457 31  -  Byi Stephan Cohen Bloomberg [NEW YORK] A half dozen Wall Street analysts jumped to Compaq Computer Corp's defence on Friday during their firms' morning research conference calls, saying the No. 1 personal computer maker is likely to achieve their earnings estimates. The reason the
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      362 31  -  'Dotcom firms here still doing things the traditional way' By Corrine Kerk "COMPETITION is a click away. What's your plan?" asks the Peppers+Rogers Group (PRG) in its brochure. Welcome to ltol consulting, the custom-er-centric strategies from PRG a consulting firm that specialises in CRM (customer relationship
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      151 31 AP [SYDNEY] A blind man is taking Sydney 2000 Olympics organisers and technology provider IBM to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission because he can't access part of the official Olympic website. Bruce Magu ire, who won a discrimination action against the Sydney
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      307 32  -  It is billed as the world's smallest and lightest PC By. Joyce Koh IF you're tired of lugging your notebook around, you can now buy what is claimed to be "the world's smallest and lightest PC". Called the Espresso Pocket PC, it measures just
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      320 32  -  Two of the four models come with the Memory Stick for data transfer By Daniel Buenas JAPANESE giant Sony last week introduced it sleek line of Vaio notebook computers, with four models ranging in price from $3,799 to $6,299. It also launched its newest
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      786 32  -  As the tech market has coded, incubators' share prices have tnrnedicy. By Sara Robinson NYT THEY'RE known as incubators but one venture capitalist now calls them incinerators. The high-technology bounty of the last few years yielded a small crop of these companies, which nurture
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        49 32 SUN Microsystems has announced StarOffVce &2. an office productivity suite that works across Solaris, Window* and Linux. It comes with 200 features, and include* a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, database application, scheduler, and communications manager. It can be downloaded at www.sun.com/starofflce in 11 langnagpg
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        79 32 EPSON Singapore has Introduced its LQ-580 impact (dot matrix) printer targeted at mid-volume, high-speed, multiple-copy users such as banks, point-of-sale systems, warehouses and distribution companies. The printer comes with a 24-pin head, a four-way paper feeding system, can be connected to a network, and is compatible
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        59 32 PALM Inc has alerted customers about a faulty memory chip inside s few Palm Hlc,nixe and Vx handheld systems. It is offering a software patch for users of the Hie and Vx. Users can go to www.palm.com/support/dram to run a diagnostic test to check tfthey need
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        55 32 SOFTWARE solutions provider Hummingbird Ltd has announced enhancements to its three-tier document management solution. Tie new version includes Attache, that lets mobile and remote users work with their documents while they are disconnected from the enterprise network. Prices for the solutions start at USs»o<Sssl9). For details, &x
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        59 32 SYBASE Idc has released its Enterprise Portal 1.0 solution in Singapore, saying that It provider non-stop, continuous availability, personalisation and integration of existing enterprise data and applications. It can personalise critical business information and transactions by specific users, integrate applications across the enterprise and its customers,
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        48 32  -  -OmpMIff Raju Chellam HOMEGROWNComEase.com —at www.comease.com— that provides voice over IP services, and Sumitomo Corp Singapore have tied up to farther develop the Internet-related businesses of both companies. Com Ease will supply its I-Direct, a single processor that adds Internet telephony capabilities to phrases, via Sumitomo.
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      1133 33  -  BTrSTaiILHMJ The USslob HP spin-off is mapping its own direction but HPs legacy of people-centred values remains central, CEO Ned Barnholt tells HHWUH'U JAMBS KENNETH JAMES IT'S a proud moment for any company when its chief rings the bell of the New York Stock Exchange,
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      338 33  -  Here will be &3m personal computers here by 2003, covering 69% of the population w Toh Han Shih SINGAPORE'S PC penetration is the highest in Asia per capita; but in absolute numbers, North Asia will overshadow Asean for the next few years. This
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      472 33 But most US carriers plan to raise number of outlet-equipped planes AP [DALLAS] Concerned about the fire safety of outlets for laptop computers on planes, United Airlines has disconnected some of the ports and American Airlines is inspecting its entire fleet after wiring in one
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      211 33 AFP [NEW DELHI] India's Science and Technology Minister, Murli Manohar Joshi, will inaugurate a joint advanced computing research centre in Moscow during an upcoming visit to Russia, the government said on Saturday. "The Russian-Indian Advanced Computing Centre will be the hallmark of
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        812 34  -  Can the customer sue the ASP if it fails to deliver when the problem arises from the telco, or the ISP or the software vendor? tamo wemq fai finds out TANG WENG FAI NOW that ASPs (Application Service Providers) are getting more accepted by
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        267 34  -  Local firms that wish to be rated have to pay $600 subscription fee for first year By I Serena Ng FRANCE-BASED export credit insurance firm Coface Group recently launched @rating in Singapore, an online trade debt and company credit rating service for Internet transactions. @rating certifies,
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        105 34 Top global portals in May Yahoo! and msn.com were the most dominant portals across five markets Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, the US and the UK in May, accorcfng to a survey by NieisenZ/Netßatings. In terms of reach, more than 47% of the active surfers in the US visited
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          60 34 TRAVEL-RELATED 9ervice« provider Chanßrothers.com Holdings Pte Ltd, has launched TradingTraveLcom, among Asia's first 828 portals that offers online travel products and services to retail agents at wholesale prices. Products include air tickets, hotel bookings, group tours and others. TT* portal has signed up 00 local
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          76 34 SWEDEN-BASED Blue Marx.com launched its local Web site at www.bluemcarx.com.tg to help people in the 25-44 age group buy goods on a cooperative basis. Blue Marx will negotiate with buyers and offer bulk discounts of up to 40 per cent on a range of items, including
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          51 34 SINGAPORE-BASED WizOffloexom, which alters office supplies and a range of services to corporates, has launched its Hongkong Web site at www.hk.wixoffUx.com "We're building Asia's first regional network of Web-based business services," the company said. "By this year-end, we may expand to South Korea, Taiwan and
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          58 34 CATCHA.COM users can now chat live with online doctors at its new health channel, with personalised interactive content coming from PQCtOfOwnMott. Users can also conduct research cm diseases, drugs, herbal remedies, nutrition and fitness. Content is also availahftt frmm tVia SfteWry i+UmmlHi, ffartnwj gfttfT
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          67 34 CYBERASIA.COM Inc. which offers Chinese genealogy and family history aery ices, haa changed its name to Chineseroots .com Inc. Its two Web properties will change their brand names but retain independent functionality. Chineaeroots.com, a Chinese genealogy online remorce, will be the master brand; Chinesaktn com, a freaflanfly
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          41 34  -  Raju Chellam THE US will see more than US|6 trillion (SHO-3 trillion) in online trade by 2006, representing 42 per cent of total US 828 spending, according to a study by Jupiter 'h Communications Inc.
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      277 35 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young WITH the tanker sector remaining buoyant World Tankers is reported to have concluded a further VLCC purchase, fully illustrating the recent inflation in prices. It is said to have bought the Dione (238,000/90) at around US$35 million, which can be directly compared to
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        848 36  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes POR the past 15 to 20 years, most commercial vessels have used self-polishing coatings, based on organotins generally referred to as TBTs to make sure their hulls have stayed smooth and free from marine growth. These TBT antifoulings
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        724 49 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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        378 50 British and Dutch airlines pressing for full merger rather than loose alliance FT [LONDON] A merger of British Airways and KLM of the Netherlands to form Europe's biggest airline moved a step closer yesterday, when the chief executives of the two carriers
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        831 50 Reuters [SEATTLE] Demand for commercial jets has strengthened in recent months, allowing Boeing Co to boost production of its popular 737 narrowbody and consider expanding other lines, chief executive Phil Condit said. Bolstered in part by a re-cord-breaking order for
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        61 50 AP IST LOUIS] Merger talks between Trans World Airlines (TWA) and AirTran Airways have ended and shares of the airline slipped last Friday following the disclosure that merger talks have ended. The St Louis based airline is one of the oldest names in aviation and
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        272 50 Reuters [FRANKFURTJ Aircraft builder Airbus may use airships to transport parts of its planned new super-jumbo to its assembly lines, the German freight airship company Cargo Lifter AG said. It said it was in talks with Airbus to fly parts of the
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