The Business Times, 4 July 2000

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  • 13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 850 SINGAPORE NntemetMnttp^/busines TUESDAY, JULY 4, 2000
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  • 73 1 m 2JMQJBL (+32.84) n™ U 802.72 (+9.35) > ST INDEX FUTHIES 207L00 (+36.00) SDISCIHTTTJIES 278J0 (+9.10) STOCK MAEKET INDICES Monday Change KLSE COMP 793.93 -39.44 NIKKEI 225 17.614.66 HANG SENO 16,124.97 -30.81 SET INDEX 319.26 -443 JAKARTA COMP K&86 -11.26 MANILA COUP 1.63&6S +166 TMPHWPI 4297.77 +3168 SEOULCOMP
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  • 76 1 FOBS BATES us$ s$ US$ 1.731 £(USS/SS per S) li 1J Ml# EURO(US$/SS/E) 0563 1.649 DM tea 0.843 YEN 106J 1.828 RM 3.800 0.466 HKS 7.796 0522 BAHT 39.34 0.044 RUPIAH 8,880 0.019 SS to 100 units SINGAPORE* 5.80 Kl'ALA LLKPITC 7.67 JAKARTA .39.0© BANGKOK 3.59 MANILA 11.00 HONCiKONG
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  • 906 1  -  Most fond managers against idea, say it will encourage panting -idexclusive By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Have you ever felt that you've been poorly advised to buy a specific unit trust? You may soon have a recourse. The Monetary Authority of Singapore has been quietly
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  • 881 1  -  Rnpiah skids to 10-month low, stockmarket falls 2% From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE looming political showdown between Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid and the country's Parliament unnerved Jakarta's financial markets yesterday, sending the rupiah skidding to a 10-month low and the benchmark Jakarta Composite
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  • 665 1  -  KL exchange says it may act if selling derails market From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) may intervene if the Malaysian stock market is derailed by the release of the long-frozen Clob shares, which clearly were
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    • 88 1 nnaDE Top stories SIA plans $200 m boost for its communications, inflight service. Nmxt Pmgo Aussie online casino a hit with regional punters. M*xt Page S'pore's No 2 in bank branch closures. Pg 4 Electronics counters weighed down by shortage woes. Pg 5 Internet Tech Group set to launch IPO
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 198 2 No fuss just say Hock Nien sent it ROBERT Kuok has kicked up quite a storm with his censure of South China Morning Post's China expert Willy Wo-lap Lam. In a letter published in the paper, Mr Kuok chided Mr Wo for alleged misreporting on a meeting between the Chinese
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      • 89 2 A FRIEND of OCBC's Internet bank finatiQ points out helpfully that besides a newly-launched unit trust distributor portal, which tried to take the mickey out of finatiQ's print and TV advertisement by poking fun at its tagline, a home improvement portal has now also adopted finatiQ's distinct blue
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      • 86 2 AN acquaintance working as a content provider at a Chinese portal with news, auctions, horoscopes and other general-interest items targeting mostly mainland Chinese receives hundreds of e-mail a day requesting information on everything under the sun. Yesterday, he received this e-mail: "Dear Sir, Please
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    • 504 2  -  Airline plans $200 m boost for its communications, inflight service liy i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Already noted in the industry as the airline with the best inflight entertainment service, Singapore Airlines will climb yet a little higher by spending over $200 million in the next
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    • 348 2  -  My Casino share price has doubled since April Prom Surinder Singh in Sydney ONLINE gaming company My Casino, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in April, is drawing South-east Asian punters like the proverbial bees to the honey pot. In just
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    • 382 2  -  p^excTusive Another USs2sm will be used to set up a S'pore SAD facility By Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] US pharma ceuticals giant ScheringPlough is investing over US$2OO million (***** million) to set up another primary bulk manufacturing plant here. The company, which reported global
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 455 4  -  Need for Asian governments to porsne corrective measures vigorously By Anna Teo THE regional economic recovery could be temporary unless Asian governments pursue corrective measures vigorously, says DBS Bank chairman S Dhanabalan. And foreign bankers and investors, on their part, should demand from
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    • 357 4  -  By Ling Su Ann SINGAPORE had one of the highest number of hank branch and ATM (automated teller machine) closures in Asia in 1999, according to the Asian Banker Journal. The closures were the result of a spate of bank mergers and acquisitions
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    • 527 4  -  lock siew siow lisen THE prices of bank shares have done rather well since the government announced two weeks ago that the banks will have to dispose of their non-core assets within three years. The shares of OCBC and DBS yesterday closed
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    • 330 4 AUSTRALIAN-LISTED Easy Call International yesterday said it will soon launch its secondary listing in Singapore. The company, which obtained the Singapore Exchange's approval for the listing on June 12, also announced that Singapore government's investment vehicle, GIC Special Investments (GIC SI), is pumping
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    • 510 5  -  Gainers and losers were drawn at eight each, with six counters unchanged By- David Boey ELECTRONICS counters found little cheer yesterday from reports that the global electronics components shortage may finally be easing, with the SES Electronics Index ending marginally lower
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    • 186 5 PRINTING company SNP Corporation's net earnings rose 25.8 per cent to $0.9 million on slightly higher turnover for the six months ended June 30. Turnover increased 7 per cent to $44.2 million, thanks to the inclusion of revenue from its Thai subsidiary
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 81 5 AFX-Asia L&M Group Investments is placing up to 27.5 million new shares with Kim Eng Securities (Pte) Ltd at 70 cents a share, which represents a discount of 5.76 per cent from the volume weighted average price of L&M shares on June
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      • 28 5 AFX-Asia FHTK Holdings said its negotiations with bank creditors on the terms of a restructuring plan are progressing into the final stages. AFX-Asia
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      • 67 5 DEL Monte Pacific has appointed Paul S. Danowa as joint managing director with effect from June3o. Mr Danowa succeeds Vivian S. Imerman, who can now concentrate on his responsibilities as CEO of Del Monte Europe. Mr Imerman will remain on Del Monte Pacific's
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      • 26 5 Reuters KEPPEL Corp has appointed Sven Bang Ullring, former president and chairman of certification agency bet Norske Veritas, to its board.—Reuters
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    • 409 5  -  Joint venture will provide S'pore companies with customised integrated healthcare services By Serena Ng PARKWAY Holdings' subsidiary Parkway Managed Care (PMC) yesterday said it had tied up with Allianz Insurance of Singapore in a 50-50 joint venture to provide Singapore companies with customised
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    • 548 7  -  P AvHistings Ossia's Net holding company to issne 86m new shares By Andrew Wee INTERNET Technology Group (ITG), the Internet operating and holding company of Ossia International, is expected to launch its initial public offer early next week. According to a
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    • 415 7  -  David Boey JADASON Enterprises Ltd, a Hongkong-based distributor of equipment and supplies to printed circuit board makers, plans to float 113 million shares at 20 cents each on Singapore's mainboard. Of the issue, 11.3 million shares will be sold to the public
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 548 6  -  -ii comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE Singapore stock market kicked off the week yesterday on an active note, boosted by speculative trading focused largely on penny stocks. After surging to a day high of 2,075.59, the Straits Times Index (STI) closed 32.84
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    • 207 6  -  WARRANT WATCH Ven Sreenivasan EXCEL Machine Tools' warrant was one of the top gainers yesterday as it edged 1.5 cents or 14 per cent to 12.5 cents on 224,000 units. Meanwhile, its underlying stock edged a cent up to 25 cents as some
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    • 221 6  -  HOT STOCK By < Ven Sreenivasan WONG'S Circuits yesterday fell 7 US cents or a hefty 6 per cent to US$l.O3 following its surprise announcement that it had sold its printed circuit board business. A total of some 1.3 million shares changed hands, which is
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    • 136 6 ♦KEPPEL Shipyard has entered into a co-operation agreement with Smedvig Asia to build a semi-submersible self-erecting tender rig. Total capital expenditure for the new semi-tender is estimated at US$B2.5 million (*****.74 million), of which Keppel Shipyard's share is U5559.5 million. ♦TUAN Sing Holdings announced that Tan Enk Ee
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    • 497 6  -  -I I comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE Indonesian rupiah tumbled to a 10month low, dragging regional currencies lower against the US dollar, on worries that political battles will escalate ahead of a key meeting of Indonesian lawmakers early next month. News that President
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    • 445 6 Stocka Volume AddvafTech 2.5c 53,682,000 TT kit 15c 48,727,000 AcNev«5c 45,394,000 CEI5c 36,553.000 PKTech5c 34,252,000 OssialntllOc 31,154,000 AkOcean5c 25,563,000 Jurong Tech 10c 21,400,000 LateTech US4c 16,588,000 Adroit 10c 14,768,000 Stocks DBSGrp 54,903^647 Chart Semiconductor 26c *****,982 PacificCentury 43,294.222 OssialntllOc 31,377,535 AddvafTech 2.5c 25,459,645 PKTech5c 23,816,835 CEI5c 17,475,955 SIA 16,775,356 SPH
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    • 229 6 I Q 1 JADASON ENTERPRISES LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 10 August 1990) Invitation in respect of 113,000,000 Shares of $0.01 each comprising 100,000,000 New Shares and 13,000,000 Vendor Shares as follows:(1) 11,300,000 Offer Shares at $0.20 for each Offer Share by way of public offer; and
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    • 48 6 YOU CAN NOW PUT YOUR CPF SAVINGS IN EIGHT. 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 well as nse SSIMtSBANK
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 367 8  -  S'pore's largest waste management company unlikely to go for a listing By Serena Ng TEMASEK Holdings, the government's investment arm, will soon sell its entire 100 per cent shareholding in the country's largest waste management company, Semac, to a strategic investor. A
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    • 280 8 YOU can now contact Singaporeans living or holidaying overseas quicker and easier when there's a crisis, thanks to an online registration system launched yesterday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Called eßegister, the $30,000 system enables travelling Singaporeans to register themselves with the nearest Singapore
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    • IN Brief
      • 124 8 PARLIAMENT yesterday amended the Auctioneers' Licences Act to do away with the need to license auctioneers. Changing the Act, which has now been renamed the Appraisers and House Agents Act, could encourage more professional auctioning activities to be based in Singapore, Finance Minister Richard Hu said.
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      • 86 8 PARLIAMENT also passed the National Council of Social Service (Amendment) Bill to empower the council to investigate complaints, exercise control over and discipline member organisations. The council can also form autonomous entities to carry out specific objectives. For example, the National Volunteer Centre (NVC) currently exists
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    • 450 8  -  It wins competition to design new train stations at S'pore Art Museum and the National Stadium Reports by Marissa Chew WH Architects, a small local firm, has beaten 62 others, including internationally renowned firms, in a competition to design the new train stations at
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    • 337 8 MOTORISTS can look forward to disruption caused by the North-East MRT line construction clearing up by the first quarter of next year. Speaking to reporters yesterday, Rajan Krishnan, the Land Transport Authority's project director for the North-East Line, said: "Overall, we
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    • 349 8  -  Web site to have local, regional content and 10 segments By Tay Hong Seng PACFUSION.COM Inc, e-business subsidiary of Asia Pacific's leading Internet service provider, Pacific Internet, has launched a Chinese language portal and community Web site in Singapore. The portal, "Chinese Pacfusion.com"
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    • 498 9  -  He says the longer the mas takes to announce the cut, the bigger it will be By\ Siow Li Sen THE longer the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) takes to announce a cut in the banks' minimum liquid asset
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    • 384 9  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala PIDEMCO Land is eyeing the Tokyo property market to accelerate its efforts to go international. The government-linked company, which recently bought a 24.9 per cent stake in listed DBS Land, is considering both the residential and office
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    • 277 9  -  the economy outlook m Eugene Low THE Singapore economy grew 6.2 to 6.5 per cent in the April-June months, slowing from the stunning 9.1 per cent growth recorded in the first three months of the year, according to a DBS Bank estimate. Data released
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    • 376 9  -  Three of them take CEO Seow Boon Cheng to court to wind up company By. Marissa Chew FORMER Enterprise 50 company Genisys Integrated Engineering has been torn apart by a falling-out among its four founders, resulting in three of them taking the
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  • MAIL bag
    • 324 10  -  Narayana Narayana I REFER to your report, "SGX stock borrowing and lending on the cards" (BT, June 29). On the subject of "regulated short-sell-ing of stocks and promotion of a more vibrant equity market", it says that SGX is (still?) studying ways
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    • 558 10  -  Bin Hee Heng I REFER to Lim Wah Fong's letter, "Puzzled by way SGX handles some issues" (BT, Mailbag, June 30). I support his call for more concrete measures by SGX to ensure that an nouncements of company results and other price-sensitive information
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    • 305 10  -  Chong Wee Lee via Internet Singapore I REFER to your report "Civil service to get average pay rise of 13%" (BT, June 30). I am a firm supporter of the pegging of top government officials' pay to top private earners. However, the disturbing
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    • 77 10  -  Lau Yeow Sin I REFER to your report "Cairnhill Project eyes $1,600 to $1,800 psf' (BT, June 30). Sembawang Properties is telling the public that if you bought a piece of land at market price, hold it for a few years, launch it after property prices have
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  • FOCUS property
    • 667 11  -  I comment PROPERTY Its 'carpark mentality* wont uako tetter for dotcoms and o-businossos lee han shih CALL it old-style bureaucracy meeting New Economy startups. On June 22, the Urban Redevelopment Authority said it would allow dotcoms and e-businesses to operate out of factories and warehouses. Until
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    • 328 11 Bloomberg [SEOUL] GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd, the real estate arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp, will buy Asiana Airlines' office building in Seoul for 50 billion won (5577.4 million), its third Korean real estate investment in eight months.
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    • 446 11 PRIME INDUSTRIAL BUILDING FOR SALE BY TENDER Address 1 Kallang Place Description A 7-storey light industrial building Tenure JTC Leasehold 30 years wef 1/12/1994 (Bal: 24 years) Land Area Approx. 7,289 sq m (78,458.8 sq ft) Gross Floor Approx. 19,405 sq m Area (208,875.4 sq ft) Tender Closing Wednesday 26
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 736 12  -  issTTT^ bottom line OPINION paul krugman The writer is a professor of economics at MIT NYT WHENEVER I start to get blase about today's amazing business world, I pull out my copy of John Kenneth Galbraith's New Industrial State, published in 1967. Its
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    • 117 12 Thailand is just not competitive to survive in the New Economy. The next crisis won't be a financial crisis or public sector crisis, but a competitive crisis.' J»y««»A«r Shiga kmnar the World Bank s country director for Thailand, on the country s outlook. 'Motorola was in Chicago
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    • 558 12 EDITORIAL POR years, the average Singapore shareholder has been criticised as too apathetic, uninterested in corporate developments and only bent on treating the stock exchange like a casino. Company general meetings were poorly attended and man agements usually faced little resistance in implementing theii plans. Thankfully,
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    • 1021 12  -  Geneva meeting meant to review social progress in developing nations but not one report addressed the issue D Ravi Kanth The writer is a Geneva-based journalist whb contributes to BT A KANGAROO court on globalisation? Yes, that's what the Social Summit in Geneva last
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    • 923 12  -  COMMENTARY By Michael Lewis Michael Lewis, the author of 'Liar'sPoker'and 'The New New Thingis a columnist for Bloomberg News. His opinions are not necessarily those of Bloomberg News Bloomberg EVERY now and then, some large American corporation does something so stupid that it reminds
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • 701 13  -  Southern Bank plans to issue new shares, bonds to fund its merger exercise From Diana Oon Abdullah m Kuala Lumpur SEVERAL banks issued a flurry of stock exchange announcements over the weekend, providing updates on ongoing banking group mergers six months ahead of
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    • 410 13  -  Oil, gas prices push figure to RM4.5b, up 30% over April From. Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur HIGHER oil and gas prices helped push up Malaysia's trade numbers in May, which showed a surplus of RM4.5 billion (512.05 billion). This is more than
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    • 413 13 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama THE Securities Commission (SC) has revised guidelines for foreign fund management companies (FFMC) effective July 1. The capital market regulator said this was done to reflect policy changes and recent developments in financial markets. Comments and suggestions by industry players were considered,
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 267 14 MANILA Bloomberg URBAN Bank Inc, which was seized by PhUippine authorities in AprU, is owed 5.2 bUlfon pesos (*****.6 miUion) by its investment unit, Urbancorp Investments Inc, whose problems led to the bank's near outright coUapse earlier this year The government
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    • 363 14 MANILA Firm linked to pawn shop chain to sell 14J)m shares despite weak market Bloomberg DIVERSIFIED Financial News Network Inc (DFNN), a news and trading site linked to the nation's most popular pawn shop chain, plans to raise
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    • 408 14 JAKARTA Underwriter helps to keep connter above Kay offer price Bloomberg PT DANAREKSA Sekuritas, a state-owned broker, has handled 60 per cent of aU trading in PT Bank Central Asia shares in the month since the bank's debut on the Jakarta exchange
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    • 61 14 [CALCUTTA] Hindu devotees gathering around chariots during the annual Rathyatra festival in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta yesterday. Rathyatra is considered to be one of the major festivals ofHindus all over India. As part of thefestival, a huge chariot carrying priests and idols ofHindu deities are dragged
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    • NOTE Book
      • 106 14 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's benchmark stock index fell to its lowest level in more than a month, led by Krung Thai Bank after a central bank report showed Thailand's bad loans barely declined in May. "Debt restructuring has not progressed as fast as we have
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      • 72 14 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's chief economics minister Kwik Kian Gie said yesterday the government had settled most outstanding issues needed to sign its next letter of intent to the International Monetary Fund on schedule this month. "Most of the letter of intent has been settled,"
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      • 54 14 AFP [MANILA] Philippine police yesterday disabled a bomb placed outside a bank in Manila's financial district of Makati, officials said. The device was "electronically set up with a blasting cap", said Manila police commander Chief Superintendent Edgardo Aglipay. There were no immediate arrests and no
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      • 55 14 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai vowed yesterday not to give in to opposition pressure to call a snap general election. Mr Chuan declined to say when he would call an election but said he was confident his six-party coalition still
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      • 98 14 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai telecoms company United Communication Industry (UCOM) has cancelled an informal agreement to sell an unprofitable paging unit and wants to revive the business instead, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. The daily quoted an unidentified source as saying UCOM believed it
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      • 78 14 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's consumer price index rose for a second month in June as a surge in oil prices and a weakening baht drove up the cost of many goods. The index, the key measure of inflation, rose 0.2 per cent in June from May,
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      • 54 14 Reuters [BANGKOK] More Bangkok consumers feel the Thai economy has deteriorated from a year ago, a survey by Ogilvy Mather showed yesterday. A poll of 100 Bangkok residents conducted in June, said 42 per cent of the respondents felt the economy "had got worse" in
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    • 448 15 MANILA Peso hits new year-low of 4X58; governor calls it temporary weakness Reuters THE Philippine central bank said yesterday that it was adopting a hands-off policy on the peso after the currency reached a new year-low at 43.58 to the
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    • 341 15 SINGAPORE Bloomberg TELSTRA Corp, Australia's No. 1 phone company, said it Is interested in buying a stake in an Indonesian mo-bile-phone company to further expansion in a market where less than 3 per cent of the population have phone lines.
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    • 302 15  -  FYotn Harish Mehta in Bangkok VIETNAM'S soon-to-start stock market has recently inked a pact with the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) to conduct cross-border trading and cross-border listings in the future. The SET says in its latest newsletter that it was instrumental in
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    • 729 16 SHANGHAI Dream may be over for droves of young Chinese in online startups NYT THE poor debut last Friday of the Chinese Internet company Netease. com on the Nasdaq market has sent shudders through China's young Internet entrepreneurs, many of whom
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    • 494 16 MANILA Only part of loan loss provisions deducted against income Bloomberg METROPOLITAN Bank Trust Co's treatment of its 1999 bad debt provisioning was criticised by the bank's external auditor, who issued only a qualified endorsement of the lender's 1999 income statements. Metrobank put 6.11 billion
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    • 53 16 [TOKYO] A waitress serving whale meat dishes at the Kujiraya (whale-shop) restaurant in Tokyo yesterday as the International Whaling Commission's annual convention starts in Adelaide. Australia, to battle over hunting restrictions. Japanese whale lovers say it tastes great and foreigners should stop interfering in their
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    • 536 16 TAIPEI Reuters VENTURE capital for local dotcoms in Taiwan has all but dried up but local venture capitalists (VCs) still have plenty of cash to throw at the Internet, industry experts say. "There's an enormous amount of venture capital money available in Taiwan
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    • 174 16 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN Internet service company Digital United Inc said yesterday it had applied to list on the technologyheavy Nasdaq market. "We are in the final stage of preparation. We should be able to list our shares on Nasdaq in the third
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    • 231 16 HONGKONG Bloomberg HONGKONG regulators have boosted penalties for investors who secretly sell shares they don't own in the hope of buying them back for less later, seeking to crimp such short-selling in Asia's second-biggest stock market. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) already requires brokers to
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    • ASIA Notes
      • 99 16 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Eleven multinational corporations, including computer giants International Business Machines Corp and Compaq Computer Car* have set up their regional headquarters in Beijing and are expected to get preferential treatment in the future, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Apart from IBM and
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      • 95 16 Reuters [HONGKONG] New World Development Co Ltd plans to trim debts by HKf 10 billion (512.2 billion) this year through the disposal of its interest in Regent Hotel, fixed-line and mobile phone businesses, as well as properties, newspapers reported here yesterday. Excluding
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      • 79 16 AFP [BEIJING] China has graduated its first batch of dotcom majors as the world's most populous country steps up its efforts to educate talent for the emerging Internet economy, the China Daily reported yesterday. The 22 graduates from the Web News Media class at Central
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      • 85 16 Reuters [BEIJING] China is reviewing its laws to ensure they conform with global trade rules as it prepares to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), foreign trade minister Shi Guangsheng was quoted yesterday as saying. Speaking in an interview with the official China Daily
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    • 290 17 LONDON They will develop interactive education channels for Li's network FT PACIFIC Century CyberWorks, rim by Hongkong new media tycoon Richard Li, and Pearson, the UK media group, are to create a joint venture to develop interactive education channels for Mr Li's Asian network.
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    • 238 17 TOKYO Reuters NIFTY Corp, a major Japanese Internet service provider (ISP), and Hongkong's top telecom carrier Cable Wireless HKT Ltd (C&W HKT) agreed on a comprehensive alliance in the Internet business. Nifty, wholly owned by Fujitsu Ltd had 3.78 million subscribers as
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    • 436 17 TOKYO Big 3 to work on open platforms for digital satellite broadcasting Reuters THREE rival Japanese electronics makers yesterday expanded a rare alliance to build up a market for interactive TV services using digital satellite broadcasting, a potential growth area in Japan's changing media
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    • 398 17  -  99.9% of minority shareholders voted in favour of the deal From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong SHAREHOLDERS of Cable Wireless HKT yesterday voted overwhelmingly in favour of the company's proposed merger with Richard Li's Pacific Century CyberWorks (CyberWorks), clearing the final hurdle for the
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    • eBriefs
      • 99 18 Reuters [TOKYOJ Daiwa Securities SB Capital Markets Co Ltd will launch a Web site listing prices of domestic bonds by the end of the year, joining a growing number of brokers offering such services. It is considering listing real-time prices of some Japanese
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      • 100 18 Reuters [LONDON] Britons using the Internet at home topped 10 million for the first time in May, with gossipping the main attraction, new figures showed yesterday. Money, computers, entertainment and holidays attracted men while women were more likely to use the Net to save
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      • 59 18 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Internet portal Lycos Europe, whose share price has plunged 60 per cent in three months, has in recent days advertised 40 managerial positions, among them five top management posts. The Financial Times' German language edition, FT Deutscheland, ran the advertisements last Friday and
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      • 82 18 Bloomberg [PARIS] Canal Web, a company that shows television programmes on the Internet, said it started an Internet TV company in Spain with an initial cash investment of 4 million euros (556.6 million). Canal Web, which will own 60 per cent of Canal
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      • 96 18 Reuters [TOKYO] Leading Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp said yesterday it had won a contract worth about US$35O million (SKSOS million) to supply a fibre optic submarine cable system linking Australia and Japan. The broadband system, to be completed in the third quarter of 2001,
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      • 93 18 AFP [MADRID] Internet bank Uno First Group said it was officially formed yesterday following the completion of the announced merger ofUno-e Bank of Spain and First-e Group of Ireland. Uno-e Bank is a subsidiary of Terra Networks and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) of Spain,
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    • 460 18 ATLANTA Online presence to be expanded to include research tools and in-depth coverage NYT SPURRED by declining ratings during slow news periods, CNN's parent. Turner Broadcasting System, is launching a billion-dollar expansion that includes broadening the network's Web presence. Turner will spend US$l.2 billion
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    • 228 18 ULONDON AFP COMPUTER hackers put at risk the lives of space shuttle astronauts by interfering with their Nasa space shuttle's systems, according to a BBC report. As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) craft orbiting the earth docked with its Russian counterpart Mir
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    • 243 18 KUALA LUMPUR Service offered as part of one-home, one-computer drive Bernama MALAYSIANS can use their EPF savings to order personal computers at the post office and get it installed free in their home. Pos Malaysia Bhd said it is offering
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    • 71 18 [TOKYO] Humanoid robot P3, designed and developed by Honda, on Sunday demonstrating what may be the closest thing to human like walking before fascinated visitors to Honda headquarters in Tokyo. Honda launched the development of the robot in 1986, delving extensively into research on the mechanisms
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    • 266 18 AMSTERDAM Bid to dose technological gap with competitors, say European newspapers AFP DUTCH electronics group Philips is seeking an alliance with an Asian manufacturer of mobile phones to strengthen its handset business, Dutch and European newspapers reported yesterday. The director of its consumer
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    • 572 18 NEW YORK System claimed to be faster thu similar pr#diicts NYT AS the Internet continues to influence the evolution of intellectual property law and policy, one issue currently generating tremendous controversy is the free and anonymous swapping of digital music files. Various
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    • 621 19 NEW DELHI Flagship channel to be 100% Hindi in move to be main player of USs6oom ad spend market Reuters NEARLY a decade after it launched in India, media baron Rupert Murdoch's Star Television will kick off this week a blitzy media
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    • 273 19 BOMBAY Abont 40% of Fortune 500 firms pick India developers FT NEARLY two out of every five Fortune 500 companies outsource their software requirements to India, says a report published yesterday. The country's rising status as an offshore development centre boosted its software export
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  • EURO 2000
    • 622 20  -  By Shahiron Sahari The writer is a Sydney-based journalist FRENCH goalkeeper Fabien Barthez has not yet joined his new teammates at Manchester United, but he already knows how they must have felt around this time slightly more than a year ago. For,
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    • 1004 20 Full of drama and a riveting climax, this will be remembered as one of the greatest ever international tournaments Reuters [ROTTERDAM] Euro 2000 will enter soccer's history books as one of the greatest ever international tournaments. An excellent final won in such dramatic circumstances by world
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    • 164 20 AFP [PARIS] France's victory in the Euro 2000 soccer competition on Sunday will boost the economy just as its World Cup victory two years ago did. Bank of France governor Jean-Claude Trichet said yesterday. "The French people's confidence can only be increased by what we
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    • 525 21 MEXICO CITY His victory ends the ruling PRI party's 71-year lock on the post Bloomberg AP OPPOSITION candidate Vicente Fox won Mexico's presidential elections in a stunning victory that ended the ruling party's 71-year lock on the presidency. The victory in Sunday's vote was almost
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    • 399 21 MEXICO CITY He spent most of his adnlt years as a businessman Reuters THE Mexican who bucked the odds by ending the reign of the world's longest ruling political party is a tough-talking rancher and former businessman who likes to wear cowboy boots more
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    • 515 22 NEW YORK They account for some 30% of all issues in the first half of this year Reuters FOREIGN initial public offerings in the US are grabbing a greater share of the market than ever before, accounting for about 30 per cent
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    • 492 22 TOKYO Both sides want to resolve matter before G-8 summit Reuters JAPAN and the United States moved closer to settling a feud over rates charged by NTT yesterday after the telecoms giant announced a big upward revision of its profits outlook and the
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    • 390 22 TOKYO Move comes 2 mths after her remarks infuriated Goldman Bloomberg JAPAN'S Ministry of Finance transferred the official in charge of share sales by state-owned companies, including a planned US$l5 billion (5525.9 billion) sale of Nippon Telegraph Telephone Corp stock, to
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    • 260 22 TOKYO Reuters THE Japanese government's decision to bail out failed department store operator Sogo Co could have a "hazardous" effect on the country's efforts to reform its financial system, Standard Poor's warned. Last week, Japan's Deposit Insurance Corp said it will use taxpayer's
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    • 445 24 WASHINGTON This is down from 53.2% in May and the slowest pace in 17 months Reuters AP US manufacturing expanded in June but at its slowest pace in 17 months, according to a report released yesterday that signalled the Federal Reserve's credit
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    • 531 24 UNITED NATIONS It faces potential benefits from IT and shocks from trade imbalances Reuters AP THE global economy is set to grow 3.5 per cent this year and faces potential benefits from information technology as well as possible medi-um-term shocks
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    • 436 24 LONDON Bloomberg TESCO Pic, the leading UK supermarket, Is in advanced talks with Metro AG to buy Real, Germany's largest hypermarket chain, for £3 billion (557.9 billion) the Mail on Sunday said, without naming its sources. Real has 260 outlets in
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    • 355 24 Bloomberg [LONDON] Great Universal Stores (GUS) Pic agreed to buy the company licensed to sell its Burberry clothing in Spain for £137 million (***** million) to regain control of the luxury brand and expand the division. The purchase price for Burberry Spain, which assumes
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    • 369 24 LONDON Leaked memo says it faces a manufacturing meltdown, loss of Jobs AFP BRITAIN faces a manufacturing "meltdown" unless the government declares Its commitment to membership of the single European currency, according to a leaked memo published yesterday. The memo, written by a
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    • 229 24 LONDON Bloomberg HSBC Holdings, Europe's largest bank by market value, said yesterday it will not charge its customers in the UK, or those from rival banks, for withdrawing cash from automated teller machines, or ATMs, from Jan 1 next year. HSBC's UK chief
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 64 24 AFP [FRANKFURT] Commerzbank, the fourth-biggest bank in Germany, did not make any significant decisiona in the merger talks with Dresdner Bank at a board meeting at the weekend, a spokesman said yesterday. "There were no dramatic decisions," he said. Th&Flnanrial Times yesterday quoted sources as saying
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      • 77 24 AFP [BRUSSELS] The European Commission said yesterday it has conditionally cleared the purchase by German chemicals group BASF of American Cyanamid Co, a unit of American Home Products Corp. BASF is buying American Cyanamid for US$3.B billion (596.6 billion) to create the world's third-largest fertiliser
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      • 51 24 Reuters [BRUSSELS] The merger of the Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris bourses to create the Euronext single stock exchange will be completed by early October, Euronext president Jean-Francois Theodore said yesterday. He also said Euronext planned its own initial public offering before the end of the
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      • 72 24 Bloomberg [LONDON] Germany's US$l4 billion (Ss24 billion) sale of Deutsche Telekom stock helped Goldman Sachs Group stay Europe's top manager of new share offerings during the region's busiest quarter, said a research company. Goldman Sachs has managed US$2l.3 billion of European share sales
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      • 67 24 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Billiton, the world's third-largest aluminium producer, agreed to pay US$393 million (Ss6Bo million) for 30 per cent of the Gove alumina mine and refinery in Australia. London-based Billiton wants to buy the stakes held by CSR and AMP. Swiss Algroup, which owns the
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    • 309 25  -  SGX Derivatives TrsMugReports ST Index/MSCI S'pore Index Chan Yet San SINGAPORE stocks yesterday rallied on better-than-ex-pected economic news. The Straits Times Index (STI) gained 32.84 points or 1.61 per cent to settle at 2070.81 points, its highest level in nearly two months. Within the index,
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    • 248 25  -  MS& Taiwan Index Chan Yer San TAIWAN stocks ended higher yesterday as state funds moved in to support the market. The MSCI Taiwan Index gained 1.31 points or 0.36 per cent to end at 367.57 points. The volume traded was active at
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    • 177 25 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices remained stubbornly high yesterday amid supply concerns despite continued reassurances from producers that they would open their taps if the rally continued much longer. World benchmark North Sea Brent Blend crude for August delivery started the day up
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    • 332 25 Reuters London THE euro was modestly softer across the board yesterday after weaker-than-expect ed European PMI data gave the market an excuse to liquidate long positions built up over last week's rally, analysts said. Meanwhile, the yen recouped losses to two-week lows set earlier against both the US
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  • STOCKS east asia
    • 2870 26 HONGKONG AFP n Han* Seng -3(181 HONGKONG shares dropped 0.2 per cent yesterday in directionless trade. "There is not much going on now. Investors are prepared to remain on the sidelines," said Alex Tang, research director at Core Pa-cific-Yamaichi. He added: "There is
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      1015 26 Reuters n Shenzhen B Index -199 CHINA'S hard currency B share markets fell more than 2 per cent yesterday as a flood of newly floated shares and a series of planned initial public offerings (IPOs) this week blunted market sentiment, dealers said. The market was swamped by an oversupply
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    • 367 26 AFP QWP Index +32.68 TAIWAN shares closed 0.4 per cent higher yesterday on buying sparked by parliamentary approvals of rulings governing share buybacks and securities investments by institutions, dealers said. The Weighted Price Index rose 32.68 points to 8,297.77, on turnover of NT575.87 billion. "The new policies would be
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    • 2028 26 TOKYO AFP PHiktai 225 +***** TOKYO share prices rose 1.2 per cent yesterday on hopes for strong signs of recovery in the Bank of Japan's tankan survey, brokers said. The key Nikkei 225 Index gained 203.61 points to close at 17,614.66. "Investors were
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  • STOCKS klse
    • 390 27 AFP CI Composite Index -39.44 MALAYSIAN shares plunged 4.7 per cent yesterday on foreign selling and amid continuing concern after the start of the release of long-frozen Central Limit Order Book (Clob) shares. The Composite Index ended down 39.44 points at 793.93, while
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      775 28 Reuters IP SET Index -6.43 THAI stocks ended down 1.97 per cent yesterday after local I investors sold banks and fi- nance firms following the release of key loan data. The benchmark SET Index lowered 6.43 points to 319.26 on thin turnover of 2.2 billion baht. The Bank of
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    • 280 28 AFP Q Composite Index -L 66 THE Philippines' Composite Index yesterday inched up 1.66 points to 1,535.65 as investors remained cautious ahead of the July 4 Independence Day holiday in the US. I Volume fell to 783 million shares worth 397 million pesos, compared to Friday's 938.84 million pesos.
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      723 28 AFP P Composite Index -1L25 INDONESIAN shares fell 2.2 per cent yesterday, pressured by the weaker rupiah and political concerns after President Abdurrahman Wahid's remarks that some legislators are behind unrest. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 11.25 points at 503.86. Volume was 488.2 million shares worth
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    • 279 28 Reuters □IgSE-40 -1031 NEW Zealand shares fell half a per cent yesterday, dragged down by ongoing weakness in bellwether stock Telecom. The NZSE-40 ended 10.21 points down at 2,051.56 on turnover of NZ$93 million. Brokers said there was no specific news which could have hit Telecom. Reuters *11 JW
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    • 569 28 AFP QUMMjI -LlO AUSTRALIAN shares eased marginally yesterday amid concerns over a new taxation scheme introduced this month, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index continued to hover near a record high but closed 1.1 points lower at 3,256.5. Preliminary national turnover totalled 624.79 million shares valued at A 51.42
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  • KNOWLEDGE economy
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    • 460 34 60* PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS Sought by Trading Co. in Orchard. Bilingual in English and Mandarin, prefer Degree holder with min. 5 yrs. of relevant experience. Knowledge in Singapore Ouality Award/ ISO 9000 (a must) and familiar with the management system. Please fax your resume: 224-9473 (Ms Angela) Email: angelasjac.com.sg Only
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    • 636 35 606 PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS CPA Firm has vacancies for: AUOIT/ ACCOUNTS ASSISTANTS QUALIFIED CORP. SECRETARY Pis. Fax/ Mail resume with expected salary to: KONG. LIM PARTNERS 98A Amoy St. 5(*****8> Fax: 324 0213 j IMMEDIATE VACANCIES Accounts Assistant Raffles Place/ Jurong $1.5K $2K Admin. Assistant Min. 2 yrs. experience Jurong/
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    • 660 35 609 ENGINEERING 609 ENGINEERING POSITIONS POSITIONS I MATERIALS PLANNERS Plan and ensure efficient materials distribution to manufacturing ITC or Diploma in Mechanical/Electronics with experience 1 NTC 2 with relevant working experience 1 may be considered Knowledge of MS Excel and MRP I BUYERS j Negotiate, source and purchase materials in
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    • 696 35 609 ENGINEERING 009 ENGINEERING POSITIONS POSITIONS Our client, an US MNC (5 day work week) has an immediate opening tor the above position The Job Market and sell analytical instruments in Singapore Organise product seminars and training lor customers Provide impeccable sales and alter sales support to customers The Requirements
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    • 575 35 Classified Jobs 612 IT POSITIONS f ft*ft*o*ft*ft#o IT PROFESSIONALS ftftftftftftftftdftft I Vb'ro'bmS. Coldfusion Gupta Centura. SOL. PL/ SOL Servlet. EJB. JSP. J2EE UNIX. C. C++. XML Power builder, Informix. AIX GIS. OOP. C++. RDBMS •<lte«9«xp«rtlM.c«m. Tot: 227-4065. Fax: 227-7985 AS 400. RPG 400 Lotus Notes R4/ R5 Pro'C. Oracle. D2K.
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    • 704 35 •12 IT POSITIONS 612 IT POSITIONS 612 IT POSITIONS 412 IT POSITIONS working experience I implementing, training and supporting accounting software e.g. Sun Accounting, I ACCPAC, Solomon, Great Plains, etc I I Strong accounting knowledge and good communication skills I Ability to perform long hours in a high-pressure environment I
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    • 534 35 An established FMCP company in Senoko seeks to appoint: Must have programming knowledge on Dbase, MS Access and Visual Basic Diploma in Computer studies and above At least one year hihds on experience Good knowledge on trouble shooting and solve PC network problems Able to work independently and to train
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    • 314 35 S3K NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR. East. Dip. 2 yrs. Unit/ NT troubleshoot. S'porean/ PR. *****14 *33 PC SUPPORT ENGINEERS. Sinqapor eans. 334-3420 18. email: riverina9singr>et.corn.sg ORACLE D2K PROGRAMMERS needed. 2-3 yrs. experience. Good pay. *****40 x 127 Kitty NETWORK ENGINEERS NEEDEO immed. 2-3 yrs. experience in NT/ Lotus Notes. Wendy *****40 x
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    • 556 35 •IB LECTURING/ TEACHING POSITIONS JURONG WEST CHILDCARE requires «««< TEACHER »»»> j Min. 3 GCE 0' incl. ELI I Bilingual in English Mandarin Pg. 9408-0167/ C— 9666-2860 The Children Learning Centre requires: TEACHER (Tun Mm) Basic, Intermediate or Higher certificate in Childhood Education interested, please call: MrsTami at *****32 (MCDS
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    • 844 36 621 HEALTHCARE POSITIONS 621 HEALTHCARE POSITIONS WALK-IN INTERVIEW: 4 (Fri) 5 (Sat) August 2000; 9am 12pm, Ipm 4pm Human Resource Department, Alexandra Hospital, 378 Alexandra Road, Level 3 Canteen Block, Singapore *****4 Supervisors/Co-ordinators Patient Information Specialist Outpatient Clinics Accident Emergency/Bed Management (Location: AH) The Job: Put in place an efficient
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    • 449 36 621 HEALTHCARE POSITIONS Supervisor, Information Processing 8c Statistics (Medical Records Office) (Location: AH) The Job: Coordinate and collate statistical returns Ensure data accuracy and timely submission of statistical reports; reconcile statistical discrepancies; as well as process and review departmental performance indicators Attend to general correspondences and enquiries on statistics and
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    • 238 36 621 HEALTHCARE POSITIONS Secondary education Some experience working in a healthcare environment PC literate Able to work on shifts Please call Roland at 356 3326 to arrange for a WALK-IN INTERVIEW between 8.30 am to 4.30pm at: HR Department Thomson Medical Centre 339 Thomson Road Singapore *****7 y PART-TIME RADIOGRAPHER
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    • 668 36 Classified Jobs 621 HEALTHCARE POSITIONS 621 HEALTHCARE POSITIONS Buyers (Location: AH) The Job: Ensure that all goods and services are procured according to Hospital's established policy and procedure Review requests for goods and services Obtain quotations as well as evaluate and raise orders Monitor outstanding orders/contracts Reconcile discrepancies with vendors
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    • 445 36 621 HEALTHCARE POSITIONS Patient Service Associates (Location: AH) (Accident Emergency and Bed Management Unit) (12-Hour Day/Night Shift, inclusive of weekends and public holidays; work 2 days and rest 2 days) Register, collect payment and provide information to patients who require service assistance at the Accident Emergency Department Schedule appointments for
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    • 160 36 621 HEALTHCARE POSITIONS 624 ART/ CREATIVE 624 ART/ CREATIVE POSITIONS POSITIONS Graphic Designer Diploma Certificate in graphic designing Min. 2 years relevant experience Well-versed in Freehand, Pagemaker, Photoshop, etc Creative and self-motivated DTP Layout Artist Ability to operate in Mac environment To do layout artwork for advertisement 1 year relevant
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    • 543 36 621 HEALTHCARE POSITIONS 621 HEALTHCARE POSITIONS Ambulance Drivers (Location: AH) The Job: Handle the maintenance and cleanliness of vehicles Perform driving duties as assigned Stand-in as Patient Relations Associate while on standby Our Requirements: Class 3 driving licence GCE 'O'/'N' level with relevant frontline experience in the service industry Compassionate
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    • 674 37 624 ART/ CREATIVE POSITIONS Imported Kitchen Furniture Interior Design Firm requires EXPERIENCED 1) KITCHEN FURNITURE SALES DESIGNER 2) INTERIOR SALES DESIGNER Diploma holder Interest**, please c*M: >764-3012 Of 425-2622 GRAPHIC DESINGER. WELL verse in Pagemaker, Photoshop, freehand (Mac) for publishing co. Fresh grads. welcome. Tel: *****86 ADVERTISING DESIGN HOUSE at
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    • 549 37 •27 MARKETING/ 627 MARKETING/ COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICATIONS POSITIONS POSITIONS Exec Asst You will be responsible for the execution of marketing plans for the Company's various portfolios. Diploma Degree holder Fresh graduates may apply Excellent communication interpersonal skills Fluent written spoken English Please write in/ email/ fax with your resume photo to
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    • 771 37 Classified Jobs 630 SALES POSITIONS MO SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS >Be Part of a Dynamic Force in Digital Multifunctional Products The strategic partnership between the Wywy Group and Ricoh has created happy and loyal customers over the years. We seek highly motivated indrvidua/s to join our
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    • 170 37 y&aceakat REQUIRES BOUTIQUE SALES ASSOCIATES World leading crystal gifts boutique located in Takashimaya Dept. Store is looking for suitably qualified full/ part-time boutique sales associates. Potential candidates should possess the following: Mm. '0' levels Pleasant personality with good communication skills Fluent in English Mandarin, knowledge of Japanese shall be an
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    • 231 37 NTC. GCE 0° level or Diploma (Mechatronic. Mechanical or Industrial Engineering) Good written/ communication skills Able to understand technical drawings Training will be provided Able to start work immediately is an advantage Transport provided at designated pick up point 5 days week interested applicant, please call for appointment or write
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    • 748 37 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS I SAfiYO 1 SALES ENGINEER Requirement. o Diploma in ony discipline J" o Minimum 1 yr's working experience m 1 Good communication and organisational skills 5 ■Bo Overseas travelling is required Class 3 driving licence Interest!o applicants, please wwn to us AT THf FOLLOWING
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    • 36 37 Goldsmith Shop requires SALES ASSISTANTS With GCE N7 V level No experience required Working hrs: 10.30am-8.30pm Interested, pis. bring photograph for walk-in interview at: BDI 664 Buffalo M #01-05 (Mit to KK mkt. I Tec 294-5000
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    • 501 37 630 SALES POSITIONS i TUT 1 Since 1970 I Required Good communicabon i interpersonal skids M«n. 2 3 years experience m Logistics or freight industry Possess good personality attitude We invite interested applicants to CALL/ WALK-IN to THTPTI LTD 40SB MacPharaon Rd •08-14 Cmmac Industrial Complex Trt: 487 0070 v
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    • 478 38 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS 1 GROUP LIMITED JWOKUMS Ptfclftnum t year experience in airfreight industry ||||pfIWMB due 3 driving licence with own vehicle and benefits commensurate with experience j Singaporeans or Singapore PRB only Interview by appointment only. EHmU CV *****64 hr@airocean.com.Bg AOE FREIGHT PTE LTD #05-23 Cargo
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    • 133 38 Singapore Showcase at Changi Airport T2 requires RETAIL SUPERVISOR Min. 3 yrs. retail supervisory experience 2 shifts Able to work weekend public holiday Singaporean PR Right candidates able to gross above S2K Interested please walk in between 9am.-spm. (Except lunch time Ipm.-2pm.) #08-05 Bugis Junction Office Twr from 2nd Aug.-4th
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    • 508 38 630 SALES POSITIONS I A well-established Japanese Jipow J f Puzzle retail chan a toofan; for I Feral* or Male •At least I year Retail experience j |'Able to convene in Mandarin 4 j Local Dialects f'Attracove Basic I Commission > Transport Allowance Building materials t equipment co. requires No
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    • 432 38 630 SALES POSITIONS Interior Design co at imu Bidg. urgently requires: SALES COORDINATOR Good communication skills Pleasant personality Willing to work on weekends holidays Basic salary high commission Interested applicant. pis. coll: 425-2232 for on Interview A leading furniture co. requires SALES EXECUTIVES (OUTDOOR) Dynamic Independent Sales Target Driven Basic
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    • 822 38 630 SALES POSITIONS Wholesaler/ Exporter of Home Furnishing products require part-timers: 1) GENERAL OFFICE ASSISTANT 2) INDOOR SALES ASSISTANT (Woodlands) Interested parties, pis. call: 251-9339 (To* Payoh) 893-5115 (Woodlands) 13 Toa Payoh Loronq S #07-02 Braddell Tort An established logistic/ freight forwarding company invites the position of: SALES EXECUTIVE 0'
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    • 517 38 630 SALES POSITIONS ADVERTISING SALES EXEC. Earn more than $35K p.a. Similar sales experience preferred *****86 LOT 1 MEN Ladies Fashion shop requires Sales Personnel English/ Chinese speaking. 765-8290 JEWELLERY SALES ASST. required. With/ without experience immed At Peoples Park *****88 CORPORATE SALES EXEC, at Eunos. Salary allowance commission Tel:
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    • 562 38 636 CUSTOMER SERVICE 636 CUSTOMER SERVICE POSITIONS POSITIONS We are a public listed leading Company with regional operations, providing leading Integrated manufacturing and supply chain management services for software and print media products. We invite suitably gualified candidates to apply for the position of: GCE A' Level/ Diploma 3-5 years
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    • 276 38 642 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE POSITIONS SLOANE COURT HOTEL requires Walter/Waitress Full-time: 3pm 11pm or Part-time: 6pm 11pm Must speak English. N level students M'stan may apply Tel: 235 3315 17 Balmoral Read Bin: But it Tim** Rd. (near Balmoral Plaza) 66,67,170,171,960 Stevens Rd (near Pine Tree Club/ Raffles Girl's Sec. School)
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    • 718 38 642 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ 642 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE POSITIONS LOUNGE POSITIONS fnrnrijtj Chafe to r NMfRt»*MM Sow CM to $3,000 AwtHMMfg to $MW kpniMß $2,000 InputHi to $MN Um Cooks to $1,750 Copcrim to $1,750 I to $2,000 H GrMtoft to $1,7*0 All Staff Sarvan to $IJW Uniforms Transportation for those after 11.00pm
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    • 624 39 641 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ 642 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE POSITIONS LOUNGE POSITIONS COFFEE CLUB XBRMSM H~'( ijovr home growd Ntw outftt at Marina Square (link to CltyHall MRT) rtquirts SUPERVISOR/COUNTER CREW Full-Time Interested candidates are invited for a walk-in interview at 2 Raffles Link 801-16 Marina Square on 4 S Aug. 2000 (Fri. Sat.)
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    • 238 39 648 BEAUTICIAN/ HAIR STYLIST POSITIONS LOOKING FOR HAIR Assistant. Min. experience required. Tor enquiries. please call 333-9413 TAMPINES HAIR CULTURE at Blk 2018. Street 21 #01-1071. required Hair Stylist. Please call 9681-3969 URGENT BEAUTY ADVISORS. Chinese speaking. Well groomed. Basic commission. Town. *****68 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS Bilingual/ 1-2 yrs'
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    • 630 39 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS CLERICAL POSITIONS CLERICAL POSITIONS i HP HANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Eg£j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION Bgr The Nanyang Technological University Invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to work at the Bukit Timah Campus. MANAGEMENT SUPPORT OFFICER Requirements: Candidates should have a Polytechnic Diploma
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    • 274 39 Classified Jobs I! An established G8 construction firm I Ink immediole vacancies for (ht I foAawing position: I •Singaporean with GCE 0' or 'K level Min 2 yrs' relevant working exp. Hands-on experience in lotus Smartsuile MS Office Interested candidates, please UNO/ FAX/ EMAIL a detailed resume with expected salary
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    • 661 39 *48 ADMINISTRATIVE/ 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS CLERICAL POSITIONS THE GROUP A Diversify Group of Companies has vacancy for fACCOUNTS Responsibilities ASSISTANT preporotion of schedules.\ I Requirement; Min GCE 'O' l«v«l or Diploma holder *1-2 y«ar» of working •*p*n«nc# in accounting field Ability to start work immediately would be an added
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    • 609 39 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS CLERICAL POSITIONS A regional distributor of industrial consumables invites applications for: Candidates should possess: Minimum GCE '0' level Minimum 3 years experience in sales co-ordination, sales processing and shipping PC literate Interested parties are to submit their application stating their expected salaries to: Durasiv
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    • 153 39 Immediate vacancy for: Only Singaporean PR need to apply t GCE 0' level i Proficient in MS Excel and i MSWords Good working attitude and j 1 willingness to leam l 5-day week Salary between $1,200 to $1.400 Our office is located at: 1 No. 1, Fifth Avenue, 102-08 Guthrie
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    • 558 39 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS An International airfrdgM/ logiitki company requires 1) CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICER/ LOGISTICS GCE 0' level Good spoken English Computer literate (Microsoft/Excel) 6 Preferably with experience 2) GENERAL CLERK cum RECEPTIONIST/ AIRFREIGHT GCE '0' level Possess good communication skill 6 Computer literate Pleasant personality interested applicants who are
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    • 527 40 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT (PART-TIME/ FULL-TIME) Min. GCE '0' level LCCI Intermediate Accounting Min. 2-3 years experience in handling full sets of Accounts Computer literate ACCPAC Preferably bilingual in English Mandarin Able to work independently Interested please send application with resume indicating expected salary to: Church Manager True
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    • 468 40 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS A local established company URGENTLY requires: jn e GCE 'O'/'N' level ?a PC-literate Interested applicants, pis call *****73 for an interview appointment j f 1 g school levels are welcome )f Fa Familiar with Microsoft £*CBUJ and Word 1 A Experence in shipping documentation and Tradenet
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    • 577 40 •40 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS 71 ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT PC literate with accounting experience, able to handle FACT or equivalent Handle full set of accounts some administrative work Independent, organized and systematic in work Write or Fax Ik 35 Keiantan Lane SO6-01C Tel: 296-0802 Fax: 296-0815 I 1 An advertising agency requires:
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    • 673 40 *4« ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS Established Metal Engineering Co. requires :t accounts assistant GCE '0' level/ LCCI inter. r Minimum 2-3 yrs. working experience Proficient in ACCPAC Account1d ing (Full set) PC literate Able to start work immediately Can: 569-2033 (Betty) Block 2033 *01-300 Buklt Set ok St. 23 PART-TIME 4
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    • 1021 40 Classified Jobs 64« ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS SHIPPING COORDINATOR REQUIRED :o. (East). 0' level above. Must nave logistic shipping documentation experience. Good communication skills with tradenet knowledge. US MNC 5 day week. Fax *****81 t 2 FINANCE SUPPORT Off.cers (Pasir Paniang) Accounts cum Admin. Asst. (Shenton Way) needed. 0' level or
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    • 931 40 64a ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS lD CLERK REOUIRED BY newly estab. it co (West). Basic allowance com>n mission. 265 5567/ 9666-4302 TRAVEL AGENCY NEEDS Airline Ticketinq Officer. Immed. Experienced. Fax resume: 472-0642. n P/HR. STATISTICS Asst. MS Exq: cel. '0/ 'N' level. (1-6 mths). Chi,r nese speaking. WTC. 9687-1791 3- LOGISTICS
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    • 477 40 Ml SECRETARY/ 681 SECRETARY/ PERSONAL ASSISTANT PERSONAL ASSISTANT POSITIONS POSITIONS EMBASSY OF JAPAN POLITICAL SECTION equires a I University Graduate in Law or Politics Good command of English and Mandarin essential PC, Internet and letter writing skills Applicants are invited to send C.V. with a photo, expected salary and contact
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    • 495 40 CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY. ÜBI. PSC/ PSD. Min. 3 yrs. experience. Good PowerPoint 52.6 K. Fax Joan 2600-660/ joan®btpcg.com.sg SEC. $4500. US Fund Mgmt. Co. 0' levels PSC with Investment Banking experience. Select *****33 x 21 Fax: *****85 SEC. SBO/DAY. 4 weeks job. Raffles PI. Beach Rd. Must know Word. Excel PowerPoint.
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    • 591 40 •»4 TECHNICAL POSITIONS 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS Company dealing in factory automation seeks 9 candidates for the post of: H K A Dtp Degree in Mechanical Mechatromcs fl K Engineering or equivalent I H Preferably with 3-4 years relevant experience a A Conversant with Auto-Cad Rl4 2000 1 J A Experience
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    • 628 41 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS 684 TECHNICAL POSITIONS CONTROL /T\ SYSTEMS j An established company In Malaysia specializing In the Service and Overhaul of Engine Turbine Governors is inviting suitable candidates for the position of: The successful applicant should possess: a Diploma in Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering 3-5 yrs experience on Engines or
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    • 619 41 A 54 TECHNICAL POSITIONS 684 TECHNICAL POSITIONS r p An international specialty chemical company I has immediate vacancy for: p Diploma in Chemical Technology Must possess a Class 3 driving licence Must be able to work independently as well as team oriented Experience in electroplating and metal finishing processes will
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    • 100 41 Manufacturing company in Loyang has vacancies for the following position: JUNIOR PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN Setup and maintenance of production line Troubleshooting Maintain consistent and high quality product Ensure proper packing of finished product ITE. NTC-2 or NTC-3. or GCE 0' levels Please call/ write to: Terence Inmac Singapore Pta Ltd 20
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    • 467 41 Classified Jobs 684 TECHNICAL POSITIONS SMITHS INDUSTRIES AEROSPACE A leading OEM company is seeking suitable candidates for the post of: TECHNICIAN ITC in Electronics Engineering Experience in Avionics/ Barometric Instruments preferred Those without relevant qualifications but with relevant experience are encouraged to apply interested applicants, pis. write in with full
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    • 545 41 «84 TECHNICAL POSITIONS QUANTITY SURVEYOR Dip. in Building/ OS Experience in contract tendering and pricing estimation ACCOUNTS CUM ADMINISTRATOR Abie to handle full sets Interested applicants, pis. call 262 3659 or fax: 262 0967 Add: 111 Defu Lane 10 •03-00 Victory Bldg. An engineering Co.requires: SHEETMETAL FABRICATION PLANNER Must be
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    • 576 41 «S4 TECHNICAL POSITIONS LATHE MACHINISTS 5 day wort week with allowance KENDLE ENGINEERING 'Oilfield Company' Blk. E Loyang Offshore Supply Bas* Tel: 546-0928 Interior Design and Construction Company in Sungel Kadut regulres: INTERMEDIATE DRAUGHTPERSON Autocad Able to start work immed 5 days week Pis write In with full r*sum* Attn:
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    • 692 41 «S4 TECHNICAL POSITIONS MECHANICAL/ ELECTRICAL TECHNICIANS with ITC/ NTC 2/ 3 class 3 licence required by information Kiosk Mfg 9 Yishun. Tel: 7525 550 300 ENGRG. ASST./ Technician (M&E/ Bldg./ Mfg./ Prodn./ CNC/ Milling/ Mechanical/ PCBA/ OA/ Electronics/ PC/ R&D/ IT) *****13 5 DAY WK. Lab Technician for German MNC
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    • 425 41 •57 PRODUCTION 687 PRODUCTION POSITIONS POSITIONS American MNC manufacturer currentty requires: PRODUCTION OPERATORS PART-TIME (Normal ft 2* Shi) Requirements: Minimum Secondary 2 school education Interested candidates are invited to walk in for an interview. THE ADVERTISER Blk 1002 Jalan Bukit Merah #05-13 Singapore *****6 An established M urgently requires: Minimum
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    • 395 41 JURONG FORKIIFT DRIVER Bam. 5.30pm S5O spm 2am $52 PACKERS Bam.-5.30pm $44 BEDOK Bam 8.15pm $72 5-day work. No jumpsuit WOODLANDS Bam-spm $1200 Sec. 2. Under Co. WOODLANDS YISHUN/ AMK 7am -3pm $36/ $40.50 3pm.-11pm $40 11pm 7am $43 Bonus $100. No (umpsuit Transport provided. Tel. *****22 An established mfg.
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    • 621 42 •B7 PRODUCTION M 7 PRODUCTION 657 PRODUCTION 687 PRODUCTION POSITIONS POSITIONS POSITIONS POSITIONS xnr ASAHI TECHNO VISION J, Clearly the best choice for your future I Singapore's only colour T&yi* j TV glass manufacturer with one of the biggest plants in Tuas Duties: Duties: Responsible for general and preventive Plan
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    • 299 42 663 WAREHOUSING/ 663 WAREHOUSING/ INVENTORY POSITIONS INVENTORY POSITIONS Due to expansion, a well-established Japanese Warehousing Company urgently requires: llSaffltypfltor Min GCE -0' level Registered Safety Officer with MOM Experienced in warehousing environment aiWifrHuiipiMMiuiM Min GCE 'N' level Must be able to supervise and look after a team of staff Daily
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    • 61 42 Any race 5 day week At Kallang Pudding Salary $IK-SI.IK Min. Secondary education Witt-In Interview at: 41 Kellanq Pudding Road Golden Wheel Bldq. #04-03 Or call Edwin at: *****66 CO. REOUIRES WAREHOUSE Asst. Min. Sec. 2. Able to handle inventory. To drive forklift (Grabing of 209 litres steel drums). Start
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    • 294 42 663 WAREHOUSING/ INVENTORY POSITIONS An established company requires STOREKEEPER Must be able to understand speak simple English Physically fit Below 45 years old Possess Class 3 driving licence Interested, please call 358 3532 An Estab. Co. requires Storekeeper e To maintain stock control e To receive issue goods e Must
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    • 711 42 Classified Jobs MS WAREHOUSING/ INVENTORY POSITIONS BRITISHINDIA FASHION REOUIRES Experienced Store Keeper (class 3). Despatch (Own bike), Driver J (class 3). Pis call 271 8948 AN AMERICAN COMPANY looking I tor Part-time Assistant Storekeep j er. Call Mike 440 1404/ 220 9183 WAREHOUSE ASST. REOUIREO in Tuas Chai Chee Can
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    • 590 42 •7* DESPATCH/ 671 DESPATCH/ DELIVERY POSITIONS DELIVERY POSITIONS 111 Hovena® I j Group Of Companies t A Schedule deliveries I! A Handle customers enquines and ad-hoc matters A 3-4 years relevant working experience I A Must be familiar with Singaporean roads A Possess class 3 driving licence Post fax e-mail
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    • 630 42 A 670 DRIVER/TRANSPORT POSITIONS SALES CUM DELIVERY DRIVER. Class 3 driving licence Can speak Mandarin English Physically fit Delivery of dairy products chilled beef/ lamb/ pork Vehicle cannot be driven home Walk-In Interview at Blk. 4008 *01-84 Depot Lane, Tat 278-2488 rJUBMUHCE DffifßS' Possess Class 3 dnving licence I* Hardworking
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    • 763 42 •T» DRIVER/ TRANSPORT «7S DRIVER/ TRANSPORT POSITIONS POSITIONS ITZJIIIIIIXITTTTTTTTTTTYV^ r* kVe are a dynamic and rapidly expanding local logistics corrpany M working closely with Fortune SCO UNCs Due to business M M expansion we are seeking highly motivated individuals to HH the M M positions of: 9 E I.TRANSPORT SUPERVISORS
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    • 668 42 AOMIN. CLERK. MON.-Frl. 1.305.30pm. $6 p/hr. Paya Lebar MRT. Good telephone skill. PC literate. Sch. leavers welcome 9856-8959 (2-3 atbs.) DATA Entry Asst. urgently required in Eunos/ Tanjong Pagar. Good Communication skills. PC literate. Call 222 2166. PART-TIME EXPERIENCE A/CS. Asst. (Aljunied/ 5 days). $9/hr. Immed. 2-3 mths. Working hrs.
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    • 511 42 683 PART-TIME/ TEMPORARY POSITIONS NEW PANCAKE OUTLET requires full/ part-time Counter Staff at Up per Thomson. Call 9-*****54 PART-TIME RECEPTIONISTS. US co Hrs. 1.30-6.30pm. 5-day. 2 yrs. experience. Shenton. 220 2700 TEMP. ASSIGNMENTS IN Jurong ar ea. Able to commit 1-3 mths. PC skills. Start immed. 563-3313. 3 MTHS. A/CS.
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    • 716 43  -  Listing of APL Logistics may also take place: Hemming Jacobs By. Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] NOL has pledged US$l5O million (Ss2sB million) to grow its logistics business and aims in three years for sales from its logistics unit to rival container shipping revenues.
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    • 298 43 Shipowners will not be able to negotiate port fees if system is introduced [LONDON] Associated Britsh Ports' (ABP) environment manager Graham Rabbitts has attacked the European Union over its Port Waste Reception Directive and the possible change to a
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    • 108 43 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Hutchison Whampoa Ltd and Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd could acquire part of London's Chelsea Harbour from P&O this month, the South China Morning Post reported, citing unnamed sources. The purchase of an adjoining 6.25 hectare site along the River Thames,
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    • PORT Shots
      • 121 43 [LONDON] Newbuilding orders placed at Japanese shipyards held firm in May at 29 vessels 0f635,738 gross tons, up under 5 per cent from April's figure. The total size of the orders is 30.9 per cent higher than at the same time last year, and while
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      • 54 43 [LONDON] Three of the joint transatlantic services operated by the Grand Alliance and Americana Ships will use Thamesport as their UK port of call. The port, operated by Hongkong-based Hutchison Port Holdings, beat off competition from other UK destinations and is already used by the
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      • 76 43 [LONDON] Italian liner operator Lloyd Triestino (LT) is to resume transpacific services to the US and Canada. The company, a subsidiary of Taiwan's Evergreen group, withdrew from the transpacific trade in 1997 but will now return on a larger scale both by vessel sharing and
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      • 137 43 [LODNON] Two explosions on board the 340,000 dwt very large crude carrier Tanko, beached for demolition by Bangladesh-based breaker Kabir Steel, have resulted in an unconfirmed number of fatalities, according to local press reports. The accident, which occurred while workers were using gas cutting gear to
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    • CHINA ports
      • 1089 44 Chinese wharves handled 363 m tonnes in the first three months of this year, a 37 per cent explosion in throughput Maritime Asia THIS has been n amazing six months for the Chinese trade in general and the country's ports in particular. They are set to
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    • 175 44 PAGE Del mas 4 ACL 6 "j* Uoyd 8 ANL 3 Dongnama 3 Accord 8 Eas,r 6 Appenship 5 ECL 4 Austral 8 ECU Line Balaii Shpo 5 Ever reefl 6 W FoongSun 8 G Link 4 ST"" tu Haoqli 7 CMA 8 Hanjin 3 COSCO 5
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      • 713 55 Vassal Voy No Berth Arrival Departu Jayatreaswe KM Iff 03/07/6:55 04/07/70< «Round 64/00 J07 03/07/7.20 05/07/80< c S«ct$s 03 M JtO 03/07/8:40 03/07/170 Elegant Udy 707 J06 03/07/9:25 03/07/190 M EmOunpaqi ***** XI 03/07/830 03/07/20* 6800 J03 03/07/9.20 04/07/6J( Do™! r 80 J04 03/07/8:55 08/07/23* «4»W4ttrt» M0163 J02
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      • 1948 55 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Mane* Rstls Ship VoyNo Etb/Btr Ptrtod From To Frotn ACI QAMUA UH 4/2340 I* 02/1900 02/1*59 ll+OO U 02/1700 03/04 W 01/0*00 2> 02/1700 01/0499 01/0900 1 01/0700 01/mt 01/1400 4 01/1200 01/M59 01/1700 KUtfMS 01*4 4*00 02/1900 02/1*9* FtMO
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      • 184 55 Jul 14 France: Bastille Day. Jul IS Brunei: HM The Sultan's Birthday. Jul 17 Thailand: Buddhist Lent Day. Jul 20 Japan: Marine Day. Ang9 Singapore: National Day. Aug LI Thailand: HM The Queen's Birthday. Aag 15 Germany: Assumption Day. Korea: Liberation Day. Aagl7 Indonesia: Independence Day. Aaf 27
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      • 761 55 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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      • 533 55 Carton 180 Mil 990.5 0.7 18.9 0.09 78 O.OS ■Mm 29 Density Water Residue Ask AhiiW— hi—I No Move E25 0 0 2 0 0 0 380 Aw 965.5 0.2 12.7 0.06 51 0.02 bum 340 Max 993.4 0.S 18.2 0.09 99 0.05 «w» %M/M %M/M
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      • 737 56 US pl&nem&ker to focus more on integration, assembly of aircraft in effort to boost profit Reuters [SEATTLE] In its effort to boost profits and cash flow Boeing Co will likely jettison less lucrative parts shops as it embraces more specialised airplane assembly operations, said
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      • 67 56 [FRIEDRICHSHAFEN] Elisabeth Veil, granddaughter of Ferdinand Graf Zeppelin, the constructor of the first airship, stands in front of the Zeppelin NT she christened 'Friedrichshafen' in Friedrichshafen, southern Germany. A hundred years ago, on July 2,1900, the first Zeppelin, called LZI, lifted off for the first time. This
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      • 218 56 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] China Airlines Ltd, Taiwan's largest carrier, said a Thailand-bound jet suffered engine problems, spurring the shutdown of one of its two power plants. Fumes entered the aircraft cabin, local media reported China Airlines flight CI--691 took off from Taiwan's Chiang Kai-shek
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      • 127 56 AFP [WASHINGTON] Major US airlines have taken minority stakes in Hotwire.com, a Web site that will soon sell discount tickets, according to information appearing on the site American Airlines, United Airlines, Northwest, Continental, USAirways and America West have invested in Hotwire.com, which later in
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      • 164 56 [SINGAPORE] The Pokemon cartoon fad has reached such heights in Japan and elsewhere that Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) has emblazoned a whole Boeing jumbo jet with the colourful cartoon characters. An ANA 8747-400 with Pokemon characters painted all over will touch down in Singapore from
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      • 269 56 Move to solve problem of shortage, improve service Bernama [JOHOR BARU] The Entrepreneur Development Ministry of Malaysia has approved 80 container hauling licences for eight new companies since the freeze on the issuance of such licences was lifted at the end of
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      • 160 56 AFP [NEW DELHI] State-run Air India is selling off nine aircraft and replacing them with leased ones to revamp its ageing fleet of 26 airplanes, a senior airline official said yesterday. The airline has invited bids for four Boeing 747-200s, three
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      • 315 56 Reuters [MONTREAL] The threat of a strike by Air Canada pilots dwindled after Canada's largest airline said that it had made "considerable progress" in negotiations and that talks with the union would continue. Because the talks which started on June 28 between Air
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    • 1722 46 DSR-SENATOR LINES TO UK/CONTINENT TO MEDfI'EKRANEAN/CANAPA VtsStl WW SW liH RTW AWH HAW »8V fix VESSEI VOT SM GH S« fOS ~VtX MTU MAIUN KEELUNG 0075W 17 07 31 07 31 17 VO7 it 07 VO7 JAPAN SENATOR 0934* 00 07 23 07 25 07 27 07 20 07 PUGWASH
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