The Business Times, 27 July 2000

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2000
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    71 1 m umsi (-19.13) 803J12 (-7.02) </ nSTDQtEZFOniES U 2,071 (-16.00) J*:* rjsmsciPtmjiEs M ***** (-2.90) STOCK HAKKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 814.96 -4JH NIKKEI m *****61 -70.96 HANG SEW} 17,***** +244.89 SETINDEX 291.43 -416 JAKARTA COMP 496.69 199 MANILA COMP _U78JJ 417 TAIPEI *P! +41.15 SEOUL COMP
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    81 1 POSEX BATES USt SI B8I 1.746 S(US$/8Sper£) till 1661 EUROfUSS/SS/E) 0543 1.646 DM 1074 1.189 YEN 109J L6S7 RM SJ909 2.178 HK5 7.718 4.470 [BART 4158 23.66 f BUPIAH 9,080 0.019 'St to 100 units V.VI 9 'Stto IQOunta TIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 HJALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA .39.90 &ANGKOK
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    Lock icon Jakarta to file graft charges against Suharto
    748 1  -  Gas Dnr likely to use this as a rallying point to galvanise support for himself Prom\ Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta SENSING growing public anger with the snail's pace of investigations against former president Suharto, the Indonesian government yesterday announced that it had gathered
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    Lock icon Brierley homes in on 'cheap' shares
    890 1  -  Strategy: When a company consists of an assortment of unrelated parts, break it np By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Brierley Investments Ltd (BIL), which shifted its global headquarters and primary listing from New Zealand to Singapore early this year, is training its eyes on
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    Lock icon The art of racing
    528 1  -  By. Parvathi Nayar [SINGAPORE] Art has emerged a winner at the Singapore Racecourse in Kranji the Singapore Turf Club spent $1.5 million on works by local artists to do up its premises. The Art of Racing the showpiece of the collection was unveiled yesterday by Kit
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      101 1 DBBPE BT Comment IDA'S new Technology Roadmap is realty for experts. For the rest of us, it helps to take a tip or two from Tiger Woods. ftoxt Pmgm Stratech worth a buy? Pg 4 Top stories MCL Land may sell 2 sites worth $400 m. Pg 8 Markets edgy
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      7 1 Property market ni Executive Suite, Back Page
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      75 1 GENEVE fr/syw.) 756& The movement L.U.C Heir to a proud watchmaking tradition IN SINGAPORE: Chopard Boutique, 435 Orchard Road no. 02-.%. U isma Alria. Tel. 65/737 64 51. Dickson shops: The Promenade. Centrepoint. Suntec City Cortina shops: loicky Plaza. Millenia Walk. Raffles City, Paragon Sincere Watch shops: Lucky Plaza. Ngee
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      Lock icon Markets edgy on talk of BOJ governor quitting
      747 2  -  Fears, too, that Nippon Credit Bank deal may fall through because of Sogo From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo A FRESH round of nervousness gripped Tokyo financial markets yesterday as rumours swirled of the resignation of the governor of the Bank of Japan,
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      Lock icon The roadmap is not the course
      826 2  -  I-I i comment TECHNOLOGY IDA'S new Technology Road map Is really for experts. For the rest of us, it helps to take a tip or two from Tiger Woods kenneth james WANT to know what kind of info-communications technology Singapore is likely to adopt
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Will the shares be as coveted?
        67 2 THE ugly side of Singaporeans showed itself earlier this week at Stratech Systems' IPO launch at Caltex House. Seen were groups of professionals queueing up for copies of the mainboard-bound company's prospectus, which came with a free calculator. Among them were a few individuals
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        Lock icon Fashionable financial fraternity
        41 2 WONDER why women bankers in London and Singapore dress alike? The latest fashions among high-powered women bankers in both cities seem to be two to three-inch high thong-like sandals, baguettes and knitted tops matched with flimsy cropped cardigans.
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        Lock icon Broadly speaking
        56 2 THESE are the results of BT Online's poll on IDA's plans for broadband: The Question: Are you excited about IDA'S plans for S pore's broadband and wireless revolution? ♦Yes, I can't wait to surf on my phone: 66.0% ♦No, what I've got now is good enough. 15.8% ♦Er,
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      Lock icon Rajah & Tann in strategic tie-up with US law firm
      495 2  - Rajah Tann in strategic tie-up with US law firm Weil, Gotshal won't practise law here, so no licence needed Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Law firm Rajah Tann has forged a strategic alliance with leading American practice Weil, Gotshal Manges instead of opting for a joint venture under Singapore's plan to liberalise
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      154 3 |l 3885 2*■ Ihr JflMg InSFmN* 3 I WINNER OF A URA ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AWARD, 2000 Today, it is reassuring to still be able to own a piece of the past. To come home to a gentle, early-style bungalow with Victorian influences, knowing it has a rich and colourful heritage.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Raffles Hldgs' interim profit rises a slim 5.6% to $33.3m
      627 4  -  Startup costs hit hotel gains; cushion from commercial properties Kalpana Rashiwala RAFFLES Holdings yesterday posted a slim 5.6 per cent rise in interim group net profit to $33.3 million. A 4.2 per cent fall in hotel earnings was offset by
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      Lock icon SMRT ends first day trading half-cent up
      315 4  -  It was most active counter with 130.3 m shares done By Christopher Tan AFTER a frenzied debut that saw volume going like a runaway train, SMRT Corp ended its first day on the main board just above water with a half-cent gain. The
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      Lock icon StarHub impact seen negligible on SingTel Q1 results
      256 4 AFX-Asia SINGAPORE Telecommunications Ltd's three months to June results are expected to be flat to slightly lower, with the initial impact of competition from Star Hub likely to be negligible, analysts said. SingTel's first quarter results are due tomorrow after the market
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      Lock icon Metalock chairman takes on predecessor in open letter
      656 4  -  Koah Kok Kim blames Kurt Lindblad for $8.3 m loss over past 3 years /{>/( Conrad Raj METALOCK executive chairman Kuah Kok Kim has hit back at predecessor Kurt Lindblad, who aims to oust him from the marine engineering company's board at
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      Lock icon Keppel T&T to pay $14.7m for 5% stake in Stratech Systems
      266 4 It will bay 13.4 m shares from Stratech IPO at $1.10 apiece KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation will pay $14.7 million for 5 per cent of mainboard aspirant Stratech Systems. Apsilon Ventures, a wholly owned e-business investment arm of Keppel T&T,
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      Lock icon Stratech's debut will be key test for market
      731 4  -  iMllock siew andrew wee WITH a solid business model, a stable of proprietary technology and a profitable track record, mainboard-bound Stratech Systems could be exactly what investors burnt by pure-Internet plays are looking for these days. But will they pay the relatively
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      Lock icon Investors eye Tat Hong for arbitrage profit
      365 10  -  Shares trading at premium to those in Australia, bnt there is a time-linked risk By Ling Su Ann DUAL-listed counter Tat Hong Holdings is the latest stock to come under the scrutiny of investors looking to make an arbitrage profit. Tat Hong, a
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      Lock icon Excellent response to PSA's $500m bond issue
      450 10  -  It sold out at a price of 99.669 to yield 7.205 per cent By Serena Ng PSA Corp has received an overwhelming response to its globally offered senior debt issue and has priced the fiveyear $500 million bonds at 107 basis points over
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon Holy proposes 1-for-2 bonus issue
        38 10 ROLY International Holdings has proposed a l-for-2 bonus issue. The bonus issue will help boost Roly's capital base to support continued growth in business operations and to enhance liquidity of the company's shares.
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        Lock icon ST Aerospace in deal with BAE Systems
        76 10 AFX-Asia ST Engineering unit ST Aerospace and BAE Systems have signed a memorandum of understanding to further enhance Falcon ONE. Falcon ONE is ST Aerospace' F-16 avionics upgrade suite. The enhancement of Falcon ONE will involve joint collaboration with BAE Systems pic, which
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        Lock icon Datacraft appoints COO to board
        22 10 DATACRAFT ASIA has appointed its chief operating officer, Koh See Heong, to the company's board of directors.
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        Lock icon NatSteel ups capital of investment unit
        50 10 NATSTEEL Ltd has subscribed for a further 6 million shares in wholly-owned subsidiary, Nat Steel Technology Investments Pte Ltd, at par value of $1 per share. The subscription will bring NTl's issued capital to $9 million. NTI holds Nat Steel's investments in technology companies.
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        Lock icon Job change at Circuits Plus
        38 10 CIRCUITS Plus Holdings said Chern Wee Ling has relinquished his executive duties, but remain as nonexecutive chairman and director. Tan Ming, the current managing director, will assume all of Mr Chem's executive duties.
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        Lock icon Corrections & Clarifications
        43 10 Corrections Clarifications OUR report yesterday "Clock ticking for SC Global's listing status", said Simon Cheong and First Capital Corp took over SC Global in March. FCC was not one of the concert parties involved in the takeover. We are sorry for the error.
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      Lock icon SIA orders 3 Boeing 777 planes for US$450m
      237 10 SINGAPORE Airlines has ordered three 777 jetliners from Boeing Co, the world's biggest plane builder, for US$45O million (Ss7Bs million). The carrier plans to exercise options that came with earlier orders for two of the 777-200ER versions of the aircraft and one
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      Lock icon eWOS founders face $2.5m paper loss over MediaRing deal
      452 10  -  By Andrew Wee THE plunge in MediaRing.com's share price over the last four months has translated into a $2.5 million paper loss for the founders of eWorldofSports.com (eWOS) because of a fixed-price share swap agreement. According to a Mediaßing announcement earlier
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      87 5 ly HOW WE SEE While others see you as an SME. we see you as a partner with the potential to grow. Strategise with a financial partner who can help those who dare to think big. Keppel Tat Lee Finance. We share your vision. Factoring Accounts Receivables Management Services: Cash
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Nasdaq rise, output data fail to end STI's loss streak
      575 6  -  I :j comment STOCKS teh hooi ling SINGAPORE stocks yesterday closed down for the fifth straight day after an early morning Nasdaq-inspired rally fizzled out. The brief rally, lasting all of one hour, sent the Straits Times Index up by
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      Lock icon Guthrie warrants don't look like much of a buy
      165 6  -  WARRANT WATCH Wong Wei Kong GUTHRIE GTS warrants rose 5 per cent or half a cent to 10.5 cents yesterday. Volume was decent at 278,000 units. The underlying shares closed unchanged at 31 cents with just 47,000 shares traded. With a
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      Lock icon Datacraft may see further gains
      232 6  -  HOT STOCK By Wang Wei Kong SHARES of network integrator Datacraft Asia finished as the market's biggest gainer yesterday. Datacraft shares rose 3.45 per cent or 25 US cents to US$7.5O. The stock opened at US$7.3O and hit a day high of US$7.BO and a
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      138 6 ♦I-ONE International announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, International Communications Media, has acquired two subscribers' shares of $1 each in the capital ofViewlive.Net. ICMhas further subscribed for an additional 999,998 shares in Viewlive. The total cost is $1 million in cash. As a result of this acquisition, Viewlive is
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      Lock icon Baht at new 10-month low; euro tests 103-yen hurdle
      358 6  -  hid comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE Thai baht continued to make new lows in Asian trading yesterday, although it recovered somewhat after testing key support at 41.30 per US dollar. Latest Thai finance ministry remarks taking a benign view of the
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      507 6 Stocks Volume SMRT10C.. 130,250.000 Ionics P$1 00 40,938,000 ITech 4c 29,789,000 Goodpack 1c 25,716,000 IPCO 20c 21,499,000 Unisteel 5c 16,123,000 LafeTech US4c 13.446,000 MediaRing 10c 13,150.000 North 22 US1C 12.633.000 Jadason 1c 11,494,000 Stocks SMRT 10c 82,301.525 Chart Semiconductor 26c 56.272,854 Ionics P$1.00 28,796,335 DBS Grp 28,723,573 ST Assembly 25c
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon MCL Land may sell 2 properties, say sources
      552 8  -  Sale of 78 Shenton Way and Jumper at Ardmore expected to fetch $400 m By- Kalpana Rashiwala MCL Land is considering selling its 78 Shenton Way office block and its Juniper at Ardmore apartment block, together worth almost $400 million, sources say.
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      Lock icon Cytech, Miyoshi join rush of tech-linked IPOs
      379 8  -  By David Boey AFTER a dry spell following Nasdaq s crash in April, information technology companies are returning to the IPO scene with renewed gusto. Two IT-related companies said yesterday they hope to float shares on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange soon.
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      Lock icon DBS Land sells down stake in SC Global; public float may go up
      275 8  -  Marissa Chew DBS Land said yesterday it had sold a quarter of its 5.13 per cent stake in Simon Cheong's SC Global Developments. A statement by DBS Land said wholly owned DBS Realty sold 1.22 per cent
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      Lock icon Freight Links still in the red with $6.1m loss
      421 8  -  It says results reflect strategy to rationalise group's operations Ny Andrea Tan FREIGHT Links Express Holdings remained in the red for the second straight year with a net loss of $6.1 million for the year ended April 2000. as the group
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      450 8 As the sun the old economy more companies like Dell are B /I turning to Microsoft for 9 their eßusiness solutions.,^lk vl Jl a -1 -mm Em MB Just as certain as day follows night, the business of doing business commitment to eßusiness. Dell has built a billion dollar business
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      16 8 221 COMPUTER PRODUCTS/ SERVICES To scan valuable information, log on here. CAT! The Straits Times Classified
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      394 9 j^ j djl Everybody needs healthcare. So why not invest in it? lINTTFD Young or old, we ail need outperformed the S&P 500 Index 1 it might be construed that Morningstar) healthcare fund in USA 3 i j healthcare. Indeed, our reliance investing in healthcare could be 'just what the
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Electronics powers manufacturing in June
      421 11  -  P=N 4 on the economy manufacturing Audrey Tan NO SURPRISES were unveiled in the June industrial production figures released vesterday, as continued strength in the electronics segment powered the manufacturing sector to grow 11.4 per cent last month. June's number brings the second quarter's manufacturing
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      Lock icon Banks' wunderkinds that work among hoi polloi
      519 11  -  Personal financial planners work the retail segment and being commission driven, are among top earners By I Siow Li Sen PERSONAL financial planners, a new group of bank sales staff, are pulling in as much as the top income earners in Singapore. Unlike
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      Lock icon Schools, homes vital for sound values: Chee Hean
      237 11 SCHOOLS and families had to work together to pass on sound values and attitudes to Singapore's children. Education Minister Teo Chee Hean said last night. In particular, the Malay community had done well in emphasising the need for holistic development of the
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      Lock icon ABN Amro sees turnaround for Asian currencies
      577 11  -  Yen predicted to surge to 98 against US$; euro to langnish By\ Larry Wee THE US dollar is not weak, the euro is vulnerable, the yen will get much stronger, and current regional currency weakness will be reversed from September, ABN Arrro bank
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      Lock icon Colliers Jardine likely to see more staff leaving
      360 12  -  m exclusive PROPERTY NEWS An exec director said to be quitting soon while 2 directors are serving notice Byi Andrea Tan PROPERTY consultancy Colliers Jardine is likely to see a further exodus of staff, with two top property management directors departing and
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      Lock icon DBS Property in tie-up to capture 20% of market
      324 12  -  Move to form one-stop property management shop Ity] Marissa Chew DBS Property Services yesterday launched an alliance with three partners to capture a fifth of the local property management market. The alliance called Hives, for Highly Innovative Versatile Enterprise Solutions will
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      Lock icon Changi high-tech warehouse for sale
      193 12 THE Rhema Centre, a new high-tech logistics warehouse in the Changi South Aviation Distrizone, was put up for sale yesterday through sole agent Jones Lang LaSalle. The six-storey building has a site area of about 7,674 sq m and a gross floor area of about
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      Lock icon Fortune Jade to be launched at average of $760 psf
      214 12 FORTUNE Jade, an 85-unit freehold apartment at Dunman Road, will be launched on Saturday beating the "Hungry Ghost month" by two days at an average of $760 per square foot. Meanwhile, at the Queens condominium in Stirling Road, another seven
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      Lock icon BCA showhome to promote prefab systems
      287 12  -  By Bryan Lee THE Building and Construction Authority (BCA) has launched a publicity and consumer education programme to promote the adoption of prefab partition systems. It kicked off the programme yesterday with the display of a prefabricated showhome at the "Fast Forward to Future
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      Lock icon Asahi to build US$114m plant in Jurong Island
      378 12  -  Plant will produce polyphenylene ether powder by Oct 2002 By Eugene Low ASAHI Chemical Industry and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical have joined forces to invest US$ll4 million (*****.4 million) in a new plant on Jurong Island. The plant 70 per cent owned by
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      Lock icon How fair is offer for CMB Asia?
      392 12  -  MAILHnSH Denis Distant Singapore via Internet I REFER to the letter "General offers usually fair" (Mailbag, July 26). While I agree with the comment that minority shareholders can brush aside an offer and wait until a better one comes along, this may not
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      380 13 I I I I I 1 I I UH I I ::r I E m I SH BBIJ I 1 'I sH I 1 IH I QH 1 Why lock yourself into a proprietary Office Suite when the Net is all about freedom. THE NEW STAROFFICE"" 5.2. IT'S FREE! What
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon S'pore can lead in teaching for New Economy
      720 14  -  ■m!E=I bottom line OPINION lee tsao yuan The writer is the director of the Institute of Policy Studies. This commentary first appeared in the Economics Newsletter, a publication of the Department of Economics, National University of Singapore WHAT are the implications of
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      122 14 'I believe that even if I had been shot or killed, it will be considered a staged drama j it _Q en Mohamed Said Malaysia s army field commander, on public disbelief that a Muslim cult really looted a military armoury earlier this month. 'If we have
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      Lock icon G-7 summitry needs overhaul
      663 14 EDITORIAL THE practice of holding annual summit meetings among leaders of the world's seven richest nations is now 25 years old and is in need of a radical overhaul. While the value of having meetings at the highest political level is not in doubt, equally it
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      Lock icon Vajpayee means business over sale of state firms
      1247 14  -  Long-distance telephony and free access to Internet to be open to all service providers soon By\ Prem Shankar Jha The writer, former editor of The Hindustan Times, contributed this article toBT INDIA'S Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has finally shown that his
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      Lock icon A babysitter for Bush Junior
      763 14  -  COMMENT ART By Maureen Dowd The writer is a New York Times columnist IN BUSHWORLD, it's always Day 41 of Desert Storm, that glorious day the president's approval ratings soared towards 91. The head-scratching choice of Dick Cheney is explained by the fact he was
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Proton shares end unchanged after Q1 loss widens
      226 15 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg PERUSAHAAN Otomobil Nasional Bhd shares fell initially after the biggest carmaker in Malaysia said its loss widened in the first quarter. Proton, which makes six out of every 10 cars sold in the country, said its loss for the
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      Lock icon Siam Cement posts 1.5b baht forex loss in Q2
      221 15 BANGKOK Reuters THAILAND'S largest industrial conglomerate Siam Cement said yesterday it posted a foreign exchange loss of 1.51 billion baht (5563.8 million) in the second quarter of 2000 against a 3.29 billion baht gain in the same period of 1999. Siam
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Telekom, Genting sold down
        71 15 Reuters SPILLOVER selling in index heavyweights drove Malaysia's key share index to close lower yesterday. National phone company Telekom Malaysia and casino operator and leisure group Genting bore the brunt of the selling. Telekom, which failed to sign up Japan's NTT as its strategic partner, lost
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        Lock icon Malaysian Pacific buys back shares
        69 15 AFX-Asia MALAYSIAN Pacific Industries said yesterday it bought back 39,000 of its own shares at prices ranging from RM31.25 to RM32 per share for a total cost of RM1.228 million (*****,650). The company said in a statement that the cumulative net amount of shares held
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      Lock icon MAS gets approval for higher foreign shareholding limit
      597 15  -  Swissair seen to be the likeliest of all in list of potential partners f-Yom 1 Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Airline System has received the government's blessings to raise its foreign shareholding limit to 45 per cent from 30 per cent,
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      Lock icon Probe into alleged bribe for M'sian power project
      337 15 KUALA LUMPUR ABB Asea Brown Boveri said to have paid USsloom for project Reuters MALAYSIA'S Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) has started investigations into alleged payments of around US$lOO million (Ssl74 million) by the company then known as ABB Asea Brown Boveri in 1992-96
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      Lock icon Bid launched to have Indon powerbrokers meet
      454 15 JAKARTA Reuters EMBATTLED Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid and key powerbrokers could meet next week in a bid to soothe political tensions ahead of a critical meeting of the top legislature. Yogyakarta Sultan Hamengku Buwono X is trying to broker a meeting between Mr
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      Lock icon Sapura may write back RM247m in debt
      411 15  -  Money expected from cash portion of Time Engg repayment hYitm Diana Oon Abdullah in KuuUi Lumpur SAPURA Telecommunications Bhd could see a writeback of up to RM246.7 million <*****.2 million) from debt provisions after it receives the cash portion of its repayment from
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      Lock icon US threatens to seize Indon assets
      291 16 JAKARTA AFP THE United States could seize Indonesian assets if Jakarta fails to settle a US$29O million (Ssso6 million) claim by the US government's Overseas Private Investment Corp (Opic), reports yesterday quoted Ambassador Robert Gelbard as saying. The Jakarta Post quoted Mr Gelbard as
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      Lock icon HK new home loans fall 7.1%, bad debts rise
      510 16  -  Figures come a day before HKMC decides on raising mortgage limit to 90% From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong A DAY before the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation (HKMC) decides if it should lift the effective mortgage Financing limit to 90 per
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      470 16  -  Trade commissioner to convey this to Singapore, Indonesia From Shada Islam in Brussels SOUTH-EAST Asian nations seeking a stronger global presence must speak with one voice on international trade issues this is what the European Union's top trade official will
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      306 16  -  From Harish Mehta in Bangkok JAPAN yesterday deepened its commitment to Asean by offering the region funds from a US$l5 billion (5526.2 billion) aid programme it recently announced to boost information technology and raise skills over a five-year period. Asean
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      528 17  -  Interim profit of HKs94omdne mainly to plunge in st'fYorn Quak Hiang Whai Hongkong v'KICKING off the corporate reporting season, Bank of East y*Asia{BEA) yesterday said net vj)rof}t surged 39 per cent to |3jK5939.9 million (*****.3 million) for the six
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      216 17 JAKARTA AFP SIX major foreign companies are vying to partner Indonesia's state-owned international telephone operator PT Indosat in launching its mobile phone business, a report said yesterday. The six Alcatel, Ericsson, Lucent Motorola, Nokia and Siemens have been shortlisted to
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      300 17 NEW DELHI Reuters INDIA is likely to allow foreign companies to more than double their stakes in small and medium-sized companies in the country's booming high-technology sector, a senior government official said on Tuesday. The government may raise the ceiling on
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      795 17  -  ■IsiTw?nroiTniongkong The brouhaha over a recent poll Is In danger of clouding the big picture quak hiang whai I'M just going to blame it on the racing holidays. How else can Hongkongers devote so much time and energy to such a non-issue? Watching the incredible
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      142 19 AFP [MUNICH] Tennis star Boris Becker, who appears in television advertisements for the Internet services provider AOL here, has won a suit against rival firm T-Online which used his name without his consent in its own ads, a Munich court said on Tuesday.
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      225 19 LONDON FXall now has more than a quarter of global forex market Reuters SIX more banks on Tuesday joined FXall, the online mul-ti-dealer foreign exchange trading service, taking the market share of its members to more than a quarter of the US$l.5 trillion
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      654 19 NYT JOSEPH Galli, it seems, isn't one to mull ma jor career moves for a long time. Just over a year ago, Mr Galli, a 19-year veteran of Black Decker, accepted the job as chief executive of Pepsico's Frito-Lay division, then hours lat
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      667 20 TOKYO Deal will offer e-mail and AOL content to cellphone users worldwide: report Reuters NTT DoCoMo yesterday kept a veil over its expansion plans as media reports said it will tie up with America Online to give the two
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      475 20 BEIJING Fear of measures harming fledgling e-commerce industry Reuters US and Chinese technology firms are lobbying Beijing in an attempt to soften potential Internet rules they fear might harm the fledgling e-commerce industry. Thirty-six companies, including America Online, Hewlett-Packard, General Motors
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      353 20 LONDON FT QUALCOMM, the US semiconductor group that controls much of the intellectual property behind the next generation of mobile phones, is to split its operations in two in an attempt to defuse potential conflicts between different parts of the business. The
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      438 20 BRUSSELS It will face pressure to act if US enacts law blocking the deal Reuters THE European Union has warned it will face strong pressure to react if the United States enacts a law blocking Deutsche Telekom's takeover of US cellphone firm Voice tream
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        61 20 Reuters INK w UciLriij uniine marKeipiace iirm w)mmerce vne Inc has signed a strategic partnership agreement with New Delhi-based CI India Pte Ltd, the Indian partner said in a statement yesterday. "CI India Pte Ltd will operate the only business-to-business market-site portal to
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        73 20 Reuters [LONDON] News and information company Reuters Group pic said on Tuesday that first-half revenues rose 9 per cent and underlying operating profit 3 per cent, driven by another strong showing from its Instinet electronic broking arm. Revenues for the six months to June 30
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        77 20 Oana-Kyodo [TOKYO] Hitachi Ltd and Intranets.Com Inc of the US announced yesterday that they had agreed to a comprehensive tie-up to provide Intranet-related services in Japan. Hitachi will acquire about a third of the stake of a Japanese subsidiary that the Boston-based company set up in
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        79 20 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Pan-European Internet service provider World Online yesterday revealed widening losses for the second quarter and slowing subscriber growth, adding fuel to speculation that it could find itself a takeover target. Although its chairman said a strategic shift would help it reach positive EBITDA more
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      682 22 FRANKFURT Another embarrassing failure in bid to consolidate German banking industry Bloomberg, Reuters, FT COMMERZBANK AG and Dresdner Bank AG ended their merger talks yesterday in a fresh embarrassing failure by German bankers to consolidate their industry following April's breakdown of Dresdner's talks
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      421 22 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korean banks yesterday took emergency steps to help the Hyundai group ease its liquidity crunch as a family feud within the country's largest conglomerate intensified. At an urgent session, the chiefs of 10 commercial banks and two other state-run
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      286 22 TOKYO AFP, Reuters Japan's Sony Corp may shift more production to Asia to evade a currency trap that contributed to a slump in earnings in the three months to June, president Kunitake Ando said yesterday. Sony blamed accounting changes affecting its
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      708 22  -  CONCORDE CRASH USs3som insurance losses covered by Rennion Aerienne, Lloyd's BAIG From] Neil Behrmann m Ixmdon A DAY after the Concorde disaster, British Airways and Air France seemed to have pulled out of their downward spiral, with their shares rallying
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      343 22 FARNBOROUGH AFP THE Concorde crash sent a chill through the aviation showcase here and overshadowed a stream of business deals yesterday, as the industry grappled with the loss of its civil flagship. "The terrible accident has overshadowed the whole airshow," said Philippe Camus,
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      233 25 AP [WASHINGTON] Alan Greenspan's secret is out he hoards pennies. "I admit to the fact that I have a lot more pennies than I probably should have," the Federal Reserve chairman said on Tuesday. "That's because when you get change they end up there and
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      325 25 Reuters, Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Sports superstars all over the world can now breathe easier, knowing that their millions will soon be managed by Wall Street giant Merrill Lynch and Co Inc. Merrill on Tuesday said it is entering into a joint venture with sports agency IMG's
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      714 25 It proposes rule for market makers to compile and disclose statistics on execution NYT [WASHINGTON] MANY investors know to the penny how much they pay in commissions when they trade a stock, but have no idea how good an execution they get for their money.
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      474 25 NEW YORK Changes signal growing importance of developing countries to group Reuters US financial services firm Citigroup Inc reshuffled its top management ranks on Tuesday, naming Michael Carpenter to run its investment and corporate banking operations and Victor Menezes to oversee its growing emerging markets
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      176 25 UCLEVELAND Reuters WITH mergers and acquisitions being announced left and right these days, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been filing a large number of insider trading cases, Wall Street's top securities regulator said on Tuesday. "There is probably more insider trading going on
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      303 26  -  SGZ Derivatives 'fradlngReports ST TndAv/MSCI S'impa Index Chan Yet San Refco Singapore THE Singapore stock market fell yesterday, brought down by declines in computer component manufacturers. The Straits Times Index lost 0.91 per cent to 2,079.17 points. Within the index, 19 counters rose,
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      239 26  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Chan Yet San Refco Singapore TAIWAN stocks came back from four days of losses as state funds intervened to support the market. The MSCI Taiwan Index gained 1.5 per cent to 354.03 points. Volume within the index was 739.44
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      188 26 ENERGY REPORT AFP [LONDON] Oil prices hung near 11-week lows in early trade yesterday, depressed by new data showing significant increases in fuel stockpiles in the United States. London's Brent Blend crude futures for September delivery stood eight US cents off at U5526.86 per barrel
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      334 26 Reuters London THE euro yesterday trimmed gains it had made earlier in the day against the broadly soft yen and against the US dollar as the market shifted its focus towards key US data due later in the week. Analysts said comments from Bank of France governor Jean-Claude
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      1975 26 SICOM FUTURES .M26 RUBBER (futures dosing is at 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS c«nts/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Aug 00 112.00 Sep 00 114.75 400 Oct 00 116.00 Nov 00 116.75 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Aug 00 63.75
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      2878 27 HONGKONG Reuters Q Hang Seng +244^9 BANKING stocks helped lift the Hang Seng Index yesterday on expectations the financial behemoths would soon report robust earnings. Telecom stocks were also firm as the market staged a technical rebound, helped by a recovery
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      1064 27 Reuters fl Shenzhen B Index +Q) CHINA'S B shares closed sharply up yesterday as investors hunted for bargains, on hopes that a regulator's remarks meant the hard currency market and domestic A shares may eventually merge. Shanghai's B Share Index gained 2.48 per cent to 60.87 points as turnover
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      336 27 AFP OWPlnfex +6L15 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.8 per cent higher yesterday on government buying amid cautious sentiment, dealers said. The TSE Weighted Price Index rose 61.15 points to 7,961.54, on turnover of NT575.33 billion. "Buying from government funds has kept the market from falling further by targeting large-cap
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      1953 27 TOKYO Reuters Q Nikkei 225 -70.98 TOKYO stocks yesterday closed mixed as stronger US shares failed to dispel the weak sentiment hanging over Japanese markets ever since the high-profile bankruptcy of retailer Sogo Co earlier this month. However, high-tech companies with strong financial standing
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      104 27 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, TAN CHIN CHEONG of 8 Hougang Street 92 #12-06 Singapore *****6, have applied for a 06 (Beer House, Second Class) Licence in respect of M/s Fane Ville Pte Ltd located at 35/36 Seah Street Singapore *****1, and that this application will be considered by
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      435 28 AFP P Composite Index -482 MALAYSIAN shares ended 0.6 per cent lower yesterday as investors sold selected blue chip stocks, dealers said. The Composite Index fell 4.92 points to 814.%. The Second Board Index was down 0.53 point at 219.07. "Some foreign funds
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      787 29 AFP CI SET M«x -U» THE Thai stock market renewed its downward trend yesterday, dropping 1.4 per cent as investors were concerned about political uncertainties and the fluctuation of the baht, analysts said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index shed 4.16 points to 291.43, and the benchmark SET
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      292 29 AFP Q Composite Index -327 PHILIPPINE shares finished 0.2 per cent lower yesterday as the peso fell past the psychological level of 45 to the US dollar. The Composite Index lost 3.27 points to 1,478.33. Volume was 509.50 million shares worth 479.27 million pesos. MU (000) Abacus Construction 0.83
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      758 29 AFP Q Composite Index -199 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.6 per cent lower yesterday amid ongoing political concerns, with the current shortage of fuel in some parts of the country adding to uncertainties, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 2.99 points at 496.69. Said a
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      278 29 AFP QNZSE-40 -2.49 NEW Zealand shares finished slightly lower yesterday in quiet trade, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index fell 2.49 points or 0.1 per cent to 2,098.32. Turnover was about NZ$B9 million. Market heavyweight Telecom closed down nine NZ cents at NZ$7.2l. AFP MM MS (OOP) Advantaga HOS
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      555 29 AFP AD Ordinaries nnch AUSTRALIAN share prices were unchanged yesterday with a vibrant resources sector matched by a fall in Australia's largest company News Corp. The All Ordinaries Index was steady at 3,246.80 points while the SP/ASX 200 was up 0.8 of a point at 3,282.90. National turnover totalled
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      306 29 AFP flf Composite Index -»<*2o SOUTH Korea's Composite Index yesterday rose 6.20 points to 743.84. Volume was 331 million shares worth 2.2 trillion won. AFP MH *1Anam Sornt ***** 1450 Brain Toch 835 -5 C»otr *1 Bank 655 40 ChoMConwn *****0 1000 DMGUB«* 2200 -20 DMS«ng Corp 1755 5
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      109 29 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, CLEMENT FANG GUO CAI of Blk 2698, Queen Street *18-276 Singapore *****9, have applied for a Public House First Class licence in respect of M/s NTUC Club Union Square located at The Amara 165, Tanjong Pagar Road *02-05, Singapore *****9, and that this application
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      107 29 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Chow Park Ein of Blk 262, #05- 111, Yishun St. 22 Singapore *****2 have applied for a First Class Public House Extended Liquor Licence in respect of M/s Fuse 00 International located at No. 9 Circular Road Singapore *****5, and that this application will
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      105 29 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, WONG WEI TECK of 31 Jalan Kelempong Singapore *****9, have applied for a Beer House, Second Class in respect of M/s Soup Restaurant (SC) Pte Ltd located at 3 Temasek Boulevard 81-059 Suntec City Mall Singapore *****3, and that this application will be considered
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      677 32  -  track But MTA president disagrees, saying shorter period between bids will weed out speculators By Christopher Tan INE out of 10 motor traders expect the open bidding system for COEs I due to kick off in two I months to exert
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      299 32  -  All reDorts bv Christopher Tan RENAULT distributor Exklusiv Auto and sister company Car Cars which sells Volkswagens are banking on branded names in the leather industry to heighten the appeal of their products. Exklusiv has roped in Renoma, a mid-range French designer
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      680 32 The next one, however, will come at least a year later IT'S a match made in heaven, sort of. One is an automotive group with a US$2.5 million (554.36 million) stake in a leading electric vehicle (EV) company. The other is an electricity provider
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      215 32 IT has no doors, it seats only two and it's topless. And no, it's not a convertible it just doesn't have a roof. Yet, three people here have booked the $278,000 (without COE) Lotus 340 R, a radically-styled machine best described as
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        113 32 THE Trans Eurokars group, which sells Saab, Porsche and Rover cars here, will be the main supplier of diplomatic and security vehicles for the Apec summit scheduled for November in Brunei. The group has several motor franchises in the sultanate, including BMW. Opel and
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        74 32 GERMAN carmaker Volkswagen's re-focus on Asia continues to pay dividends. In the first half, sales in Taiwan, Hongkong, Singapore and New Zealand posted growth of between 80 and 200 per cent. In Taiwan, 2,419 passenger VWs were sold in the period, 1,500 more
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        125 32 CALL it a variation of the American drive-in deli. Pontiac Marina is re-launching Millenia Walk as a "park dine" place. Located along an L-shaped private street developed at a cost of $6 million, Millenia Walk is now completely lined with food and beverage outlets
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        117 32 FORD Motor, the world's second-largest vehicle maker, posted its 17th consecutive quarter of iniproved operating earnings in the April-June period with a record US$2.7 billion (554.7 billion), up 10 per cent. But its bottom line was less rosy. Ford posted after tax one-time charges in
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        70 32 TOYOTA Motor Corp, Japan's largest automotive group, aims to sell 5.14 million vehicles this year to regain its long-standing No 3 world position. Toyota was pipped by Volkswagen last year, when the German group sold 4.87 million vehicles, compared with 4.72 million from
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        42 32 AUTOMOTIVE components maker Delphi posted second-quarter earnings of US$424 million on turnover of US$7.B billion. This was 8 per cent better than second-quarter 1999 figures. Net income margin grew to 5.5 per cent from 5.1 per cent.
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        69 32 TOYOTA'S Lexus range has again topped an annual survey of customer satisfaction, while General Motor's Saturn rebounded to second from seventh. According toa Bloomberg report, Lexus led the J D Power Associates survey of new-car buyers for the ninth time in the past decade. Lexus saw
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        71 32 TAXI operator Comfort is trying out cashless payment with 40 cabs this month before implementing the system next year. Equipped with a special terminal, these cabs will be able to accept fare payment from all major credit cards, cashcards and Comfort's corporate card. The transactions
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        82 32  -  Christopher Tan CYCLE CARRIAGE said the worldwide recall 0f500,000 Mitsubishis had limited impact on the Singapore market. It said it had already rectified most of the faults cited in the recall. But for older cars, such as 1995-96 models of the Galant, it was
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      275 32 The 4.5-litre Birkin Edition Arnage is going for $880,000 IN an apparent move to widen its customer base, Volk-swagen-owned Bentley Motor Cars is introducing an "economy" version of the ultimate gentleman's tourer the 4.5litre Birkin Edition Arnage (right). At $880,000 apiece, it is substantially
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    3521 33 Executive Suite HDB transactions between June 24 and July 23 2000. TYPE/LOCATION POSTAL CONTRACT 8ULT-M WICE PSF CODE DATE (SO FT) (St*000> (SS) 3-Room Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 *****6 03-Jul-00 958 230 240 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 *****1 29-Jun-OO 883 190 215 Bedok North Rd *****6 22-Jul-OO
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      972 34  -  Armed with a make-over. The Life Shop eyes a higher hip quotient by incorporating the latest fashion trends in the design of its products and merchandise. HBgHHH CORIMMEKERK finds out what's in store CORINNE KERK A WOMAN'S face from the past may seem a little unusual, even eerie,
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      1794 35  -  Ahead of the release of URA's Q2 statistics, abet khor expects buyers to call the shots as developers compete based on attractive pricing, project quality, exclusivity and lifestyle themes AMY KHOR Dr Amy Khor is research director at Knight Frank THE official report card on the property
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      402 35 DEVELOPER/OWNER DISTRICT LOCATION SIZE TOTAL UNITS NO. OF PRICE TENURE rrmmmwmmwmrm (sq ft) LAUNCHED UNITS SOLD psf) Craig Place Craig Devt 2 Craig Rd 560-2,174 58 40 940 99-yr River Place FEO 3 Havelock Rd 678-3,229 509 379 950 99-yr Grange 70 Lucky Realty 9 Grange
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      1074 36  -  Developers have enjoyed a 27% rise in Q2 sales but price-sensitive buyers and ample supply mean that a turnaround for the market is not yet on the cards. ANDREA TAN finds out more from property consultants ANDREA TAN WITH developers enjoying a 27 per cent boost in
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      288 37 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) was unchanged at 1,629, the Baltic Panamax Index fell three points to 1,615, the Baltic Handy Index was unchanged at 1,126 and the Baltic Capes ize Index rose four points to 2,157. At 1242 GMT, Biffex was five points above Monday's close
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      296 37 sex *mo MM It HI cm Ddtrttotloo 0.79 unch 26 Chum Hup 0.41 0.01 2779 Cosco M***tm*nt—0.20 unch 90 Fratqht LMt 020 -0.01 654 08 Hoidinqs 0.63 -0.02 10 Hai Sun Hup 0J8 -0.01 279 IMC HoMlnqs-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya HoWinqs 0.17 -0.01 193 K*pp*i Corp 3.84
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      505 37  -  Beijing-backed company will have operating control of terminal Prom P T Bangsberg in Manila A Chinese government-back-ed firm with a Singapore venture is expanding its mainland port operations by taking a 49 per cent stake in berth 3 at the Zhangzhou Economic Development
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      875 37  -  MEWBUILDS By] David Hughes While a few bulk carriers feature in this week's newbuildings list, the emphasis is definitely on the tanker sector. Containership orders are also reported in substantial numbers. The number of VLCCs (very large crude carriers) on order continues to grow.
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      72 37 [NEW YORK] The MS Deutschland, the ship which was to have taken passengers killed in the Concorde crash near Paris, at a pier in New York. The captain of the ship expressed shock and regret at the disaster and said the cruise to South America would
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      149 37 [SINGAPORE] PSA's dot-com unit, Port net.com Pte Ltd, has signed an agreement to buy e-commerce solutions from iPlanet, an al liance between Sun Microsystems and Amer ica Online. iPlanet will help Portnet.com de velop an organisational and architectural model to drive its new suite of Internet
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        875 38 With just 100 or so seats with high price tags, the plane's exclusivity is airborne proof that the rich are different LA Times FROM within the body of this grand, graceful bird slender and delicate. with a nose like a fine silver needle you gaze down
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      182 38 PAGE Dpk Lloyd 8 ACl 6 Dongnama 3 ANL 3 Eastrans 6 Accord 8 4 Appensh,p 5 6 Assets 8 Evergreen 6 Austral 8 FOm,Sun 8 C Link 4 Gemartrans 6 Hangli 7 B tang Mas 8 3 CO 7 Heung-A 4 CIIA Hyundai 7 COSCO 5
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        180 49 Aaf 9 Singapore: National Day. An* 12 Thailand: HM The Queen's Birthday. An|lS Germany: Assumption Day. Korea: Liberation Day. Aaf 17 Indonesia: Independence Day. Aaf 27 Philippines: National Heroes Day. Aug 28 United Kingdom: Summer Bank Holiday. An* 31 Malaysia: National Day. Sep 12 Korea: Harvest Festival Day.
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        781 49 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 market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        507 49 Carton 180 Max 990.8 0.S *8.9 0.08 77 0.04 M 20 DensJtr "<t*r InMw Ask Aluminium Sediment No Above £25 0 0 4 0 0 0 380 Aw 986.4 0.2 13.5 0.06 40 0.02 ban 380 Max 993.9 0.6 18.2 0.09 78 0.04 »W3 %W» M/M
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        583 50 CONCORDE CRASH FAA safety directives issued to engine maker Rolls-Royce two years ago [NEW YORK] The streams of flames trailing Air France Flight 4590 that crashed outside Paris likely point to a serious engine problem, aviation experts said Tuesday "I saw the pictures.
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        284 50 Reuters [GONESSE, France] Air France said there was no possible connection between cracks in Concorde supersonic airliners operated by British Airways and an engine problem associated with Tuesday's fatal crash. A Concorde airliner operated by Air France and chartered by a German
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        310 50 FT Virgin Atlantic Airways has finally introduced its longawaited fully reclining seat in Upper Class The innovation makes it the second carrier after British Airways to launch a busi-ness-class seat that converts into a bed Originally pencilled in for introduction at the beginning of 2000,
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        324 50  -  FARXBOROUGH AIR SHOW Bu. Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (Sale) announced yesterday it had signed a contract with Airbus Industrie for the purchase of 11 aircraft worth an estimated US$5OO million (SsB7o million). The contract was reached at the Famborough International
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        375 50 European companies footing bill; plane itself insured for about US$3O million Reuters [NEW YORK] Insurers face up to US$35O million (Ss6o9 million) in claims from the Air France Concorde crash on Tuesday, with European companies footing most of the bill. Compensation for families of victims of
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        324 50 AP [LONDON] Air travel is forecast to increase by 4.8 per cent a year during the next 20 years, according to the latest world market outlook published yesterday by Boeing, the world's leading aerospace group. The strongest growth is forecast in Latin America
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