The Business Times, 17 August 2000

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    17 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MTTA (P) 035/12/1999 85. SING APORE iniernet- nttp: business-times.asial com.sg THURSDAY. AUGUST 17, 2000
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    72 1 *mmm PU2486L87 (+32.43) ifira U ***** (+8.45) PI ST INDEX FUTTJIES Ulna (+5o.oo) Mawa Firms Umao(+7^o) STOCK ■AIKET HOMCES Wednesday Chance KLSEOOMP ««.47 +*7J NIKKEI 226 lU6U»__+i7.74 HANG SENG 17,7H.«_+27ftffl i SET INDEX 227.46 *82 JAKARTA COMP 496.40 5.18 MANILA OOMP —1,***** -«LS1 fc TAIPEI WPI WttH_+»7J4 SEOUL
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    72 1 FOSEX BATES USI St USS 1.717 £(USS/SSper£) im 1579 EURO(US$/S$/E) 0.911 1J64 DM 1147 L2M YEN 108-8 6340 KM 1800 1213 HRI 7.800 4J43 BAHT 40.77 a.76 JttJHAH &336 4.854 FUME BITES SINGAPORE* 5.80 JflUALA LIJMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 3990 BANOKOK .9.60 MANILA 11.00 HONT.KOWi 8.60 TAIPEI 7.84 SYDNEY AM
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    Lock icon SGX to probe if Links was cornered
    570 1  -  Counter suspended, GAD may be called in; but potential buyer says he will go ahead with deal By\ R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday reflected widespread market suspicions by announcing that it has suspended trading in the shares of Links Island
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    Lock icon L&M boss could become Links' partner: Kou
    888 1  -  Soerya4jaya conld be roped in to ran reclamation business By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE! Tile prospective buyer of a majority stake in Links Island yesterday held out the prospect that well-known Indonesian businessman Edward Soeryadjaya may come in as a strategic partner to
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    Lock icon Hot new wheels for JIT boss
    384 1  -  -i (exclusive Byy Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] JIT Holdings chief Tommie Goh has ordered himself a $700,000 Porsche 911 Turbo—the newest flagship model from the Stuttgart stable. He is expected to take delivery of the jet-black, twin-turbo 420-horsepower rocket in December or January. It will
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    Lock icon I have no dealings with fugitive Soh, says Links buyer
    446 1  -  I've only met Soh once in 1993; Christopher Kon By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Christopher Kou, the businessman who is to buy a majority stake in Links Island Holdings, said yesterday he has no connection with Soh Chee Wen, the
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      98 1 DISIDE Exoe Suite Four Seasons, Grand Hyatt and Ritz-Cartton: lop 3 businessmen's hotels. Pg 36 Top Stories Temasek Capital buys one-tenth of NEL for $200 m. Thai bourse expects big boost from IPOs. Pg 14 Richard U quits Hutchison Whampoa to avoid any conflict of interest with his father. Pg
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      28 1 Qotmgwoio into the corporate world, Pg 4 tLaamk hand with hot potatoes, Pg 4 i r- shares bought-in, Pg 4 Editorial: Actfirmly for a fair market, Pg 12
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      Lock icon M'sia, S'pore can help boost Asean: SM Lee
      660 2  -  Being ready for the New Economy enables them to restore Asean's economic standing with G7, he says FYom Eugene Low in Kuala Lumpur WITH South-east Asia in disarray in the aftermath of the financial crisis, Malaysia and Singapore are in a position
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      Lock icon Top official to quit StarHub: sources
      358 2  -  But British Telecom denies market rumours it will pull out of Star Hub By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Peter Kaliaropoulos, the head of commercial operations at Star Hub Pte Ltd, will be leaving the company soon to take up the top job at New Zealand's
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      Lock icon Something small is brewing
      611 2  -  I-I I comment TECHNOLOGY Singaporeans continue to be the region's top buyers of notebook computers. What they want from a notebook is changing, though kenneth james WONG Toon King's e-commerce firm ECnet provides sophisticated software and services that help manufacturing firms become more efficient and cost-effective.
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        Lock icon Telling it like it's not
        44 2 HERE'S a delectable little contradiction we found in Little India. Located in a corner of Race Course Lane there is a seafood restaurant called "No Signboard Restaurant". And yes, the name is inscribed on a huge neon lighted signboard.
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        Lock icon The eyes have it
        62 2 THIS week's report about Singapore having the highest proportion of myopic people is perhaps a reminder that one can be shortsighted in more ways than one. A bespectacled Englishman was recently asked by a journalist, "What's your degree?" to which the reply was "History". He was
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        Lock icon Fancy an Olympic holiday?
        65 2 HERE'S your chance to bid for a Sydney Olympic Games package complete with four-star accommodation for three nights at Grace Hotel, tickets and prime seating to the sporting events, transportation, meals, and an Olympic merchandise pack. Just go to the United Airlines Internet Auction site (http://www.ual.com.sg)
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  • LINKS island
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      Lock icon Going solo into the corporate world
      594 4  -  Links buyer throws little light on his plans for the dredging and land reclamation company which he is forking out millions for By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] CHRISTOPHER Kou is an affable man. Hair slightly tousled and tie askew, he easily won the sympathy
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      Lock icon Another 1.2m Links shares bought-in
      302 4  -  By] Ling Su Ann SHORT-SELLERS of Links Island continued to feel the heat yesterday as the Singapore Exchange (SGX) boughtin another 1.19 million shares at $1.25 apiece, bringing the total bought-in over the last two days to 2.543 million. Short-sellers who disposed of a total
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      Lock icon Do something about short-wiling
      440 4  -  Tan Kien Giap Singapore via Internet I REFER to the article, "2.6 m Links Island shares sold short, trading frozen" (BT, Aug 12), which I read with interest and despair. As an investor, I am appalled by the way short-sellers are selling down stock counters. It
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      Lock icon A cool hand with hot potatoes
      680 4  -  Companies in trouble turn to Scotchbrook BSMG's Alan Lee to enhance their image By Siow Li Sen ALAN Lee is fast gaining a reputation as the man to call when you need a spin doctor. As president of public relations company Scotchbrook BSMG Worldwide,
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      Lock icon What SGX says
      140 4 THE following is the statement issued yesterday by the Singapore Exchange on Links Island: SGX has been reviewing the recent trading in the shares of Links Island and has found the trading irregular. SGX is conducting inquiries to determine whether a corner situation has arisen in the
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon NEL taps Temasek for $200m to fund expansion in the US
      444 6  -  Placement-cnm-bond issue aimed at investors' concern abont company's high gearing By David Boey NATSTEEL Electronics yesterday said the Temasek group will pump $200 million into the company to fund its expansion. The world's No 6 electronics contract manufacturer said
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      Lock icon KLW to offer 7m new shares to raise $5.2m
      243 6 DOOR maker KLW Holdings will place out 7 million shares to raise funds for its partowned Internet advertising business. The placement, to be handled by CLSA Singapore, will comprise 7.01 million new shares at 75 cents each, a 4.7 per cent
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      Lock icon International bank set to take over Wong's Circuits
      321 6  -  By Catherine Ong AN international bank specialising in leveraged buyouts is set to take over the printed circuit board business of mainboard-listed Wong's Circuits for about US$2OO million (***** million), industry sources say. The bank, believed to be the private equity arm
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      Lock icon KepLand warrants: chickens coming home to roost
      725 6  -  iMMH lock siew lee han shih PI VE years ago, Keppel Land then Straits Steamship Land was applauded for the ingenious way it secured low-cost loans for expansion. Now the chickens are coming home to roost. In four months' time, about 100 million
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      Lock icon CPF investors don't have to sell their JIT shares
      466 9  -  They can hold Flextronics shares after takeover of JIT By Serena Ng IF you have bought JIT Holdings shares using your CPF savings, you don't have to sell them just because Flextronics International is buying over the company. The Central Provident
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      Lock icon SSB Citi launches global fund, OCBC offers guaranteed fund
      398 9  -  By Serena Ng SSB Citi Asset Management yesterday launched a global fund that aims to cash in on the consolidation in the financial services industry. And OCBC Bank and OCBC Asset Management introduced a new 30-month Sin-gapore-dollar capital guaranteed fund. The
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      Lock icon OMNI Ind beats forecasts with 57% profit leap at half-time
      407 9  -  By David Boey OMNI Industries Ltd yesterday surpassed analysts' expectations by posting a 57 per cent rise in interim net earnings to $16.8 million, and added that it expects revenue and profits for the year to grow by "more than
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      Lock icon PacNet's Q2 loss doubles to US$1.6m due to start-up costs
      455 9  -  E-business, overseas deals will enhance prospects, says firm By' Teh Hooi Ling NASDAQ-LISTED Pacific Internet's loss doubled to US$l.6 million (552.7 million), or 12 US cents per common share, in the second quarter due to start-up costs of its ebusiness
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        Lock icon Pertama makes $3.2m in 15 months
        96 9 PERTAMA Holdings yesterday reported a net profit of $3.2 million for the 15 months ended June 30. The figure for the 12 months ended March 31 was 12.4 million. The company changed its year-end from March 31 to June 30 in line with that
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        Lock icon Cytech's IPO 19 times subscribed
        60 9 China-based Cytech Software yesterday announced the public tranche of its initial public offering was 19.1 times subscribed. Applications for 123.8 million shares were received for the 6.49 million shares set aside for the public. The placement tranche 0f58.36 million shares was fully subscribed. The shares
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        Lock icon MAE Engg to bring in dinosaur show
        43 9 SESDAQ-LISTED MAE Engineering has formalised a deal with Singapore Science Centre, Dinamation International Corp and lEC Coatings to bring a large dinosaur show to Singapore. Starting in November, Dinosaurs Alive will feature 40 movable live-sized dinosaurs.
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        Lock icon Ionics EMS posts 41% better interim
        51 9 PHILIPPINES-BASED lonics EMS yesterday announced a 41 per cent jump in interim net earnings. It has also won a US$l5O million (***** million) three-year contract from Israel's ECI Telecom to assemble and test network communications equipment. First-half net profit was 235.7 million pesos (Ss9
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        Lock icon PSC interim earnings slide 7.4%
        78 9 PROVISIONS Suppliers Corp yesterday reported a 7.4 per cent drop in interim net profit to $5.2 million on a 6.3 per cent foil in turnover to $80.8 million. It said the slide was due to lower contributions from healthcare as it diluted its shareholding in
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        Lock icon Federating Int'l gets listing go-ahead
        86 9 OIL and gas equipment distributor Federal International (2000) has received in-principle approval to list on the main board. It is expected to launch its initial public offer within a month, managed by UOB Asia and underwritten by United Overseas Bank. Its main business is distributing
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        Lock icon DBS buys 73.6m SMRT shares
        39 9 [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank said yesterday that as stabilising agent it had ceased to stabilise the share price of SMRT Corp. It said it had exercised an over-allotment option to buy 73.6 million SMRT shares.
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      106 6 This announcement appears as a matter of record only August 2000 CYTECH SOFTWARE LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda on 9 June 2000) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 64,849,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF HK$O.O5 EACH COMPRISING 52,000,000 NEW SHARES AND 12,849,000 VENDOR SHARES AS FOLLOWS: (1) 6,485,000 OFFER SHARES AT 550.68 FOR EACH OFFER
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      618 6 CYTECH SOFTWARE LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda on 9 June 2000) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 64,849,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF HK$O.O5 EACH COMPRISING 52,000,000 NEW SHARES AND 12,849,000 VENDOR SHARES AS FOLLOWS: (1) 6,485,000 OFFER SHARES AT 550.68 FOR EACH OFFER SHARE BY WAY OF PUBLIC OFFER; AND (2) 58,364,000 PLACEMENT SHARES
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      495 8 Stocks Volume Ionics P$1.00 22,518,000 DBS Land 17,341,000 IPC020C 16,078,000 AddvalTech 2.5c 14.968,000 JITHklgslOc 14,582,000 SingTel 15c 13,632,000 Brieriey NZ10c 12,373,000 FastechUSIOc 10,122,000 GES lntlLtd20c 9,586,000 ReedGip5c 8,559,000 Slocks < JITHIdgslOc .59,978,580 0C8C 50,820,400 OUB 46,534,680 DBS Land 46,083,900 PacificCentury 40,382.700 NatEleclOc 39,767,490 City Dev 50c 39,595,032 Chart Semiconductor 26c
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      Lock icon Property, banks lead rally amid signs for a bit of a run
      545 8  -  l i comment STOCKS r.sivanithy THE local stock market yesterday turned in its best performance in recent times, propelled by a re-rating of property shares and a comeback by selected electronics counters. Also in demand were the banks,
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      Lock icon Bonvest wrt a good buy if market trend keeps up
      199 8  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy Exhibition Steve Ho FROM the looks of things, the market may be poised for a rally in the next few days. The last time we had similar volume build-up amid rising prices was more than
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      Lock icon Ionics' indicators are bullish
      230 8  -  HOT STOCK By' Teh Hooi Ling PHILIPPINES-based lonics EMS surged 4.5 cents or 7.3 per cent to 66 cents yesterday. Volume was substantial at 22.5 million shares, compared with a 10-day average of 9.6 million. An upward trend since end-May has remained intact, despite weakness in
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      137 8 ♦DATACRAFT Asia announced it has been awarded a US$2 million (553.4 million) contract by. China Unicom to deploy the tatter's extensive VoIP (Voice over IP) Virtual Private Network in China. Under the agreement, Datacraft China will provide network installation services, systems integration and ongoing local support services to
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      Lock icon Interest rate concerns spur A$ and euro
      350 8  -  l-l i comment CURRENCIES larry wee FEARS that both the European Central Bank and the Reserve Bank of Australia will shortly raise interest rates contrasted with expectations that the US Federal Reserve will not hike rates next week, putting the US dollar slightly
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      136 8 4 fe>*The movers and shakers of j^f shipping are sailing into 'V v\ Singapore in September for WF f- MARTECH 2000 an -7~ International Conference and Exhibition on '|W h d h New Millennium". <: 4* i And Shipping Times will be running a Special Feature HiiM, XI y, covering
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      47 8 YOU CAN NOW PUT YOUR CPF SAVINGS IN EIGHT. important All applications for 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 weiiasnse gjl »l;sh
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Single premium sales set to reach record $3b
      363 10  -  Life insurance sector to meet growth estimate of 30%: industry body By Ling Su Ann SINGAPORE'S Life Insurance Association projects that single premium sales alone could hit a record $3 billion to $4 billion this year, fuelled by demand for invest-ment-linked products.
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      Lock icon 4 more firms get EDB's HQ awards
      364 10  -  Recipients are Hanson Pacific, Pan Asia, Shimano and Siemens Advanced Engg By Tay Hong Seng FOUR companies received headquarters (HQ) awards from the Economic Development Board (EDB) yesterday, bringing the number of recipients of such awards to 190 since 1966. The companies, all
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      Lock icon DBS Land sells 74 units of SunHaven
      367 10  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala DBS Land has sold 74 units of its freehold Sun Haven condo in Upper Changi since it began selling the project at a soft launch a month ago at an average price of $650 per square foot. This is DBS
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      Lock icon Requests to use CPF for private homes dive in Q2
      300 10  -  Onfy2£t7 applied, compared to MM ia 4219 By 1 Marissa Chew APPLICATIONS to use Central Provident Fund monies to buy private residential properties came to just 2,867 in the second quarter, a victim of the subdued property sentiment. The figure
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      Lock icon CPF default rate declines in Q2
      282 10  -  I 1- on the economy cpf By\ Marissa Chew THE rate of employers defaulting on Central Provident Fund (CPF) payments for staff continued to decline in the second quarter. It was 0.77 per cent, figures from the CPF Board show. This was lower than
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      Lock icon No move to give up QFB licence: ABN Amro
      351 11  -  Floris G H Deckers Chief executive officer Asia Pacific ABN Amro Asia Pacific Pte Ltd I REFER to your report "ABN Amro may pull out of S'pore consumer market" (BT, Aug 12). ABN Amro is Singapore's oldest existing bank. As such,
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      Lock icon US disclosure rules won't work in Singapore
      399 11  -  Cheung Phei Chiet Singapore via Internet I REFER to the recent eWOS debacle. The Singapore Exchange can amend the disclosure rules all they want, but it will not make any difference. This is simply because there is no teeth in their enforcement. The
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      Lock icon Dismayed by lack of strong deterrent action
      394 11  -  Thomas Wan Singapore via Internet I WOULD like to offer a few suggestions and comments on the eWOS saga. This issue is not a new one. In fact, an article about a similar investor outcry over an IPO in the US can be
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      Lock icon Even Buffett was circumspect about buybacks
      501 11  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore via Internet I REFER to the letter "Look at share buybacks long-term" (Mailbag, Aug 3). John Francis Khng's letter on buybacks came just before an article on the same subject in Financial Times (Page 24, Aug 5/6) with the headline "Wall
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon New Economy needs fuels with less fuss
      782 12  -  ■ImT3 bottom line OPINION g panicker The writer is a journalist on BT's Foreign Desk SO there is life left in Opec, after all After being written off as an irrelevancy for so many years as crude oil prices went down to US$lO
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      101 12 To those who say the progress of these eight years was an accident, that we just coasted along, let's be clear: America's success was not a matter of chance; it was a matter of choice.' -BfflCttaton the US president, claiming credit for US prosperity in his farewell
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      Lock icon Act firmly for a fair market
      581 12 EDITORIAL WHEN a capital market deregulates, a large part of the responsibility for proper disclosure and transparency shifts to the shoulders of the corporate sector. The regulatory body typically takes a back-seat role. Caveat emptor s the rule. However, in order to ensure that
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      Lock icon Pitching the status quo against a call for change
      884 12  -  The campaign is a contest of ideas and intentions, where the combatants seem agreed on the terms of engagement By Robert J Samuelson Washington Post Writer's Group IN this year's US presidential election, the true conservative is A 1 Gore. He's
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      Lock icon Unconvincing outrage over playboys
      810 12  -  COMMENTARY By Michael Lewis Bloomberg LAST week, the online magazine, WorldNetDaily.com, reported that people inside the White House have been downloading pornography from the Internet. Computer consultants hired at the end of last year by the White House to ensure that its computer system was impregnable
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Renong, UEM set to post robust full-year profits
      726 13 KUALA LUMPUR BntTTL performance may fall short of expectations Reuters MALAYSIA'S Renong Bhd and associate United Engineers (M) Bhd (UEM) are poised to post robust earnings padded by higher contributions from associates, land sales and increased traffic on toll roads. But full-year
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      Lock icon Talks between Telekom, NTT break down
      156 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia DISCUSSIONS between Telekom Malaysia and Nippon Telegraph Telephone Corp (NTT) on the possibility of NTT acquiring a stake in Telekom broke down due to Telekom's failure to meet NTT's demands, the New Straits Times reported, citing sources. The sources said NTT
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      Lock icon KL inflation in July up just 1.4%, below forecasts
      349 13  -  Price hikes have yet to hit home: analysts 1-Yom Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur INFLATION in Malaysia rose by a smaller than expected 1.4 per cent in July, but economists expect greater price increases towards the end of the year
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        Lock icon Big caps stage recovery
        79 13 Bloomberg COMPANTES with large market value rose as investors deem their recent declines as overdone. Malaysian Pacific Industries Bhd, the country's largest publicly traded chipmaker, rose RM3.75, or 13 per cent, to RM32.50. The stock fell 36 per cent in the past three months, making it
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        Lock icon TRI extends gains
        46 13 Bloomberg TECHNOLOGY Resources Industries Bhd rose eight sen, or 1.8 per cent, to RM4.46, extending an 8.7 per cent rise in the past four days. The company's bondholders gave their initial approval to defer payment on US$375 million (*****.3 million) of Eurobonds. Bloomberg
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      525 14 BANGKOK Bnt Advanced Info backs trend with 193% jump in earnings Reuters MAJOR Thai telecoms companies yesterday reported setbacks to their profitability in the second quarter, with the problem centring on foreign exchange losses. But shares in the country's largest cellular
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      368 14 KUALA LUMPUR It's good for tourism, doesn't condone violence, they say AFP A BUSINESS group has backed plans for former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson to fight in Malaysia, saying the country will not become a nation of ear-chewers just because
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      484 14  -  1945 Constitution most be implemented with consistency, he told the House From Yang Razali Kassim in Jakarta PRESIDENT Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday delivered a vintage performance in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the very house which succeeded in clipping his
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        63 14 AFX Asia [BANGKOK] The state-run Asset Management Corporation (AMC) will allow foreign investors with expertise in managing property assets to form joint ventures with its debtors, the Nation quoted AMC president Prapat Srisattayakul as saying. He said a number of foreign investors from the US
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        98 14 AFP [PHNOM PENH] Prime Minister Hun Sen left Cambodia for an official visit to the Philippines and Brunei yesterday aboard a China Southern Airlines flight in what appears to be another major blow to the beleaguered national carrier. The decision not to fly Royal
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        51 14 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia yesterday forecast economic growth would pick up next year, but said inflationary pressures were also beginning to grow. The central bank's latest economic report was also optimistic the battered rupiah would rebound and interest rates would continue their gentle turn downwards.
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        76 14 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Global institutional investors held U*****.53 billion (***** billion) worth of Asian stocks at the end of July, with banking, telecommunications and electronic components the favoured sectors, Lipper Asia Ltd said. Asia's 20 biggest institutional investors held a total of U*****.12 billion in
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      652 14  -  i-ii exclusive But demand uncertain for these impending issues of state-owned, private firms From] Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S depressed stock exchange hopes to get a major boost from a slew of proposed listings of state-owned corporate jewels that are being privatised, as
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      264 14  -  By\ Marissa Chew WING Tai Holdings and its partners plan to launch 400 unsold units from the first two phases of the Waterfront project in Hongkong in the fourth quarter. They are mainly apartments of 1,100-1,500 sq ft, according to a recent report
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      365 14 JAKARTA INDONESIA plans to axe its taxes on exports of crude palm oil (CPO) and palm oil by-products this month to make its products more competitive internationally, a senior trade ministry official said yesterday. The news had immediate
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      497 16  -  Km signals a cut in business ties with family empire as the yennger Li is determined to avoid any possible cenflkt of interest From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong INTERNET tycoon Richard Li, who recently wrested Cable Wireless HKT from Singapore Telecom, has resigned as
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      101 16 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG-BASED Internet company Pacific Century CyberWorks yesterday said it will retain its name following its US$3O billion (5551.6 billion) acquisition of telecom carrier Cable Wireless HKT, which is set to close today in Asia's largest corporate takeover. "It was the overwhelming
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        111 16 Reuters [HONGKONGJ Three of PetroChina's four strategic investors said yesterday they had no intention of cutting their stakes in the firm despite an announcement that they were free to sell some of their shares. The four investors had been restrained from selling any of their
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        65 16 Bloomberg [HSINCHU] Winbond Electronics Corp, Taiwan's third largest chip maker by revenue, indicated net income surged almost nine-fold in the second quarter from a year earlier because chip prices rope as it boosted production. Net income for the quarter ended June 30 rose to
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        56 16 AFP [NEW DELHI] India and Oman have scrapped a US$2 billion (553.44 billion) underwater oil pipeline project, Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Ram Naik said on Tuesday. "Both sides have found that it is not viable to have a pipeline in the
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        68 16 Reuters [BEIJING] A Chinese boy walks past an advertisement of McDonald, which has expanded into 270 chain stores in SO cities since its entry to China in 1990, during the opening of the 2000 Beijing Chaoyang International Business Festival on Tuesday. The festival is
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        68 16 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China could set up a Nasdaq-style second board in the southern boom town of Shenzhen before the end of the year, the International Finance News yesterday quoted city Deputy Mayor Li Decheng as saying. A proposed merger of the Shanghai and Shenzhen mainboards
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      312 17 TAIPEI Bat some analysts say that even NT$lO4 apiece would be too high Bloomberg CHUNGHWA Telecom opened one of Asia's largest public offering yesterday, selling an initial 3 per cent stake that may fetch as much as NT1135.20 a share. That would value Taiwan's dominant
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      189 17 TAIPEI Reuters THOUSANDS of employees of state-owned Chunghwa Telecom marched through Taiwan's capital yesterday as the firm began a four-day auction of shares as part of its privatisation programme. More than 5,000 protesters, wearing blue vests and yellow headbands on their caps reading "Protest", chanted:
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      194 17 TAIPEI Reuters TAIWAN'S Finance Ministry said yesterday it has decided to allow banks to invest in initial public offerings (IPOs) as part of efforts to boost the sluggish stock market. The liberalisation could raise the investment ratio of institutional investors in both the
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      418 19 NEW YORK The company also swung from a loss of USs&3m a year ago Reuters NET naddia network IriMßriferiniay posted a quarterly pro-forma profit versus a loss a year ago, beating estimates as revenues surged on worldwide traffic growth. The company, which agreed
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      255 19 OTTAWA Reuters NORTEL Networks Corp said on Tuesday that it has acquired Sonoma Systems Inc for up to US$54O million (Ss92B million) in stock, a deal that will give it technology to build bigger, faster on-ramps to the Internet. Nortel struck the deal, expected to
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      482 19 SAN FRANCISCO Authors' class action suit seeks to stop online distribution of works Bloomberg, Reuters BELL Howell Co, Thomson Corp and other publishers are being sued by a group of authors seeking to stop the distribution of their works over the Internet. The suit, filed
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      378 20  -  SG Securities predicts HK and S'pore are likely to nse the beaoty contest method From Quak Hiang What in Hongkong THE Hongkong government has not decided on the method for awarding licences for thirdgeneration mobile telephone services in the territory. Carrie Yau,
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      461 20 REDMOND, Washington iPaq Home Internet Appliance offers cheaper, easier Web access than a PC Reuters SOFTWARE giant Microsoft Corp and computer titan Compaq Computer Corp on Tuesday took the wraps off a new "Internet appliance" that offers a cheaper and easier road to the Web
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      437 20 AUSTIN NYT LIVING.com Inc, one of the richest and most promising startups to emerge from Austin's high-tech community in the past few years, and backed by Amazon.com Inc, closed its doors and filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday, the first major failure among the scores of fast-growing
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      158 20 SOMERS, New York Reuters IBM said yesterday it will establish a US$lOO million investment fund to help biotech and pharmaceutical companies process by computer vast amounts of human genetic code data to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. The world's
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        101 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] International Business Machines Corp and Kana Communications yesterday said they had formed a global strategic alliance to provide systems that will allow businesses to manage interactions with customers and business partners over the Web. The alliance could mean as much as US$l
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        74 20 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Nortel Networks Corp, North America's No 2 phone equipment maker, will team up with two US firms and Taiwan International Group to build a NT$2O billion (Sll.l billion) fibre optic network as rising competition spurs demand for more bandwidth. Nortel and two
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        55 20 AFX-Asia [NEW YORK] Sony Corp will use microchips from Transmeta Corp, a new computer chipmaker and rival to Intel Corp, in Sony laptops, according to the FT.com, citing unnamed Sony executives. Sony said certain versions of its Vaio range of lightweight notebooks would run
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        76 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Internet advertising will reach US$l6.5 billion (5528.2 billion) by 2005 as companies spend more on attracting consumers through websites and other Internet services, Jupiter Communications said. That's up fTom US$3.5 billion spent last year on online advertising, the research
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        50 20 AFX-Asia [MANILA] BayanTrade.com, the 1 billion peso (5538.2 million) consortium set up by six Philippine conglomerates, is to join the Commerce One Global Trading Web, the largest community of similar electronic market places, linking local companies to foreign buyers and sellers, it said. -AFX-Asia
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      426 21 LONDON Swiss-German exchange may seek to buy US partner: traders FT EURGX wants its alliance with the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) to lead to a full merger, according to its chief executive Jorg Franke. His comments on Tuesday fuelled speculation that
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      279 21 It may lead to genetically modified organs from pigs for humans AFP [WASHINGTON] Japanese researchers have successfully carried out the world's first cloning of a piglet, Xena, using foetal cells, according to an article to be published today in the journal Science. The birth of
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      281 21 LONDON Aussie, HE and China equities seen as best bets Reuters ASIA-Pacific fund managers reduced cash and switched into financial stocks in August as prospects for interest rate rises receded, according to the Merrill Lynch Gallup survey released on Tuesday.
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      579 22 LONDON Govt will introduce cloning regulations in Parliament later this year Bloomberg, AP THE UK government supported an advisory panel's recommendation that cloning of human embryos be used to help scientists develop replacement hearts, kidneys and other human cells. It said
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      421 22 WASHINGTON Figures confirm Fed will hold rates next week: analysts Reuters US consumer prices edged up in July as higher costs for food, housing, air travel and medical care more than offset declines in the cost of petrol and clothes, the Labor
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      809 22 WASHINGTON LAT-WP BEFORE the confetti settled in the city of brotherly love, and just outside the glare of the spotlight, George W Bush's top economic adviser reopened what has been at best an uneasy relationship between Alan Greenspan and the Bushes. While
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      131 22 WASHINGTON AFP THE US Justice Department called Tuesday for an expedited appeals process in the Microsoft anti-trust case so the US Supreme Court could directly examine the case, according to a government legal brief filed with the high court. "The suit has an
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      403 22 NEW YORK Reuters MEDIA giant Viacom Inc said on Tuesday it had offered to buy the rest of its majorityowned Infinity Broadcasting Corp radio unit for US$l5.2 billion (5526.1 billion) in stock. A deal would completely unify Viacom's long list of assets, such
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      372 22 TOKYO Reuters A SCANDAL over a cover-up of customer complaints by Mitsubishi Motors Corp widened yesterday as media reported it hid documents from the government for 30 years, far longer than the eight years it previously acknowledged. The mass-circulation daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported that Mitsubishi,
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      323 24  -  SGX Derivatives TnMagßeports ST Index/MSClS'pore Index Chan Yet San Refco (Singapore) Pte Ltd THE Singapore stock market ended higher once again. The Straits Times Index gained 32.43 points or 1.51 per cent to settle at 2,185.87 points. Within the index, 41 counters advanced while
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      237 24  -  MS& Taiwan Index Chan Yet San Refco Singapore THE Taiwan stock market ended days of lacklustre performance with a strong raUy. The MSCI Taiwan Index gained 7.77 points or 2.23 per cent to close at 355.46 points. Trading volume within the index was 589.08 million shares
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      191 24 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] OU prices held on to 10-year highs yesterday as crude inventories in the US, the world's largest energy market, languished below normal levels. Dealers also were holding their breath over whether oil kingpin §audi Arabia would open up the
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      348 24 Reuters London THE euro fell across the board yesterday, wiping out early gains, amid doubts on whether a euro-zone interest rate hike would have an enduring impact on the single currency and uncertainty that such a move was imminent. Analysts said while the euro had initially been bolstered
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      2922 25 HONGKONG AFP Q Hang Seng +270.62 HONGKONG share prices rose 1.5 per cent yesterday, led by property and financial stocks, amid easing concerns about a rise in US interest rates, dealers said. The key Hang Seng index gained 270.62 points to close
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      928 25 Reuters n Shenzhen B Index +0.75 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed higher yesterday as late buying erased earlier falls in Shanghai and helped firm the Shenzhen market. The Shanghai B share index rose 1.52 per cent to 74.61 points on turnover of U5545.45 million, down from a three-year
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      2022 25 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 +57.74 SHARE prices in Tokyo rose 0.4 per cent in quiet trade yesterday as high-technol-ogy issues followed the US Nasdaq market to higher levels, brokers said. "High-tech issues were particularly bought because of the recent trends both
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      374 25 AFP QWP Index +157.84 TAIWAN share prices closed 2 per cent higher yesterday on strong buying of semiconductor issues following overnight gains in their US counterparts, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 157.84 points to 8,003.53, on a turnover of NT572.99 billion. "Investors took their
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      443 26 AFP Q Composite Index +3.73 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.5 per cent higher yesterday with investors focused on selected stocks as volumes improved, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended up 3.73 points at 810.47. The second board index was up
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      308 27 AFP n Composite Index +17-89 SOUTH Korean shares rose 2.4 per cent yesterday with the Composite Index up 17.89 points at 751.14. Volume stood at 311 million shares. AFP im» *m Anam Semi ***** '500 Brain TrcH g;j -10 Central Bank 670 20 CherlComm *****0 500 Dm Cu Bank
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      277 27 AFP Q Composite Index -021 PHILIPPINE share prices dipped fractionally yesterday. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 0.21 points to 1,473.07. Volume rose to 3.23 billion shares worth 785.09 million pesos from 2.12 billion shares worth 1.41 billion pesos on Tuesday. —AFP Hm rot) mrc ahm 03a 0
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      249 27 AFP DHISE-40 -mi NEW Zealand shares closed marginally lower yesterday after market heavyweight Telecom New Zealand recovered and interest rates were left unchanged, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed down 0.11 points at 2,145.46 on a turnover of NZ5182.42 million. —AFP •a* i v- r— A(N«nt*g* MOS 2.82
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      531 27 AFP HAllOrtßiriaß +120 AUSTRALIAN share prices rose 0.3 per cent to a record high yesterday with interest in selected blue chip stocks, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index finished 9.20 points higher at 3,293.0 points, off an intra-day record of 3,299.4 points, while the SP/ASX 200 was up 8.7
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      749 27 AFP P SET Index +&Q2 THAI stocks rose 1.9 per cent yesterday on heavy foreign buying of blue chips, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index gained 6.02 points to finish at 327.46 points, and the SET 50 Index added 0.46 points to 23.18. Advancing stocks
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      691 27 AFP DCwnpogitelniei -6JB INDONESIAN share prices closed one per cent lower yesterday in the absence of fresh leads ahead of the formation of the new cabinet next week, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 5.18 points at 496.40, on volume of 716.2 million shares valued
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        65 31 BRIDGESTONE Corp of Japan says defective Firestone tyres may have been imported to Singapore. The tyres Firestone 4x4 ATX/ATX II and Firestone Wilderness AT can peel apart, prompting a recall two weeks ago. Bridgestone had earlier denied that affected tyres had been brought into Singapore.
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        83 31 VOLVO has unveiled a sporty sedan named S6O (above). Featuring the curves first found on the SBO and recently the V7O, the new car will have sporty seats, a three-spoke steering wheel, and a body with twice the torsional rigidity of the previous S7O. It's
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        86 31 THE Rio is the latest Kia to hit Cycle Carriage's Collections showroom in Leng Kee Road. Available as a 1.5-litre hatchback or 1.3-litre/1.5-litre sedan, the model will debut tomorrow at prices starting from $68,800 with COE. Never mind the Rio is a Korean car, the distributor
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        84 31 TOYOTA has introduced its version of the sequential transmission, according to Bloomberg. The racing-style transmission allows drivers to shift gears rapidly without using a clutch pedal and has been available in such cars as the Ferrari. The new five-speed option, adopted from Formula One technology,
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        99 31  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan THE British government will introduce legislation that could cut new vehicle prices by 10-12 per cent. According to Reuters, this will bring car and truck prices in line with those in other European Union nations. The rules, which will
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      467 31  -  It will build a dedicated Nissan complex with a 117,000 sq ft built-up area By I Christopher Tan NISSAN distributor Tan Chong International has secured a 60,000 sq ft plot of land in the Übi motor belt with a bid of $8.8 million.
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      524 31  -  It plans full-fledged conn try dab, possibly in Johor Ry Christopher Tan VOLKSWAGEN distributor Car Cars has spent $3.5 million on a golf-driving range to help raise the marque's profile. Through sister company Exklusiv Leisure it has bought a driving range in Toa
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      2548 33 Property transactions for selected districts lodged between July 17 and August 14. PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE 8ULT-M/ PRKE PSF STREET NAME TYPE DATE LANOWEA* (SOFT) (SS'OOO) (SI) District 01 Emerald Gdn Apt 12/06/00 999 710 728 1025 RivewalkApt Apt 24/06/00 99 1615 870 539 RtverwaikApt Apt 20/07/00 99
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        624 34  -  An Aussie study shows S'pore, Philippines, S Korea and Vietnam to have the highest growth rates for building and construction in Asia-Pac. susdtder sxmoh reports SURINDER SINGH SINGAPORE, the Philippines, South Korea and Vietnam should have the highest growth rates for the building and construction industry in the
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        2628 35  -  The languishing Japanese real estate market has been a cause of concern with falling prices that are set to decline further. But all is not lost as AMTUOHT ROWLEY takes a look at some measures aimed at its recovery ANTHONY ROWLEY A DECADE after the collapse of
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      994 36  -  Four Seasons, Grand Hyatt and Ritz-Cariton are the top three businessmen's hotels in a ranking by a veteran hotelier. K&LPAMA RASHIWALA finds out KALPANA RASHIWALA THE Four Seasons Hotel is the top businessman's hotel in Singapore, according to a ranking by a hotelier with 30 years' experience. And
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      56 35 LOGISTICS CENTRE FOR SALE Location Pioneer Sector vicinity Description A 3-storey warehouse building with a container depot with 4,200 TEU capacity Land Area Approx. 511,828 sq ft GFA Approx. 412,433 sq ft Tenure JTC Leasehold 30+30 yrs wef Dec 1990 Please contact Sole Marketing Agent Industrial Department Bernard Goh DID:
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      76 35 [tBT Locate its owner through Classification 821 (Found). Simply call CJLT.S. at 1800-737-1166 for this free service. CAT A Another Classified Service OFFICE SPACE FOR SALE 73 BUKIT TIMAH ROAD TONO NAM BUILDING Close Proximity to Future MRT stations at Zhujiao Centre and Farrer Park 4 contiguous floors available for
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      197 35 (BBi Jones Lang WLaSalle. A Modern 6-storey High-Tech Logistic ir warehouse with ASRS JE* Site Area: Approx. 82,603 sq ft Existing GFA: Approx. 118,072 sq ft I Tenure: JTC 30 +30 years wef 1 March 1995 FOR SALE BY TENDER Closing 29 Aug 2000 Tims at 3 pm Site Area:
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      115 36 f M Jones Lang WLaSalle. For Sale by Tender Hill Top Bungalow Site (19,811 sf) Fifth Avenue Class of its own /TS» n Elevated and sprawling ground I"™* r jl f I Magnificent view r® L/ Freehold I §1 [ij Redevelopment potential f TENDER CLOSES: Bth SEPTEMBER 2000 FRI AT
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      270 37 mi <*<«•» >n» s$ V- w CWT OMrlkuttan 0.79 002 21 Chuan Hup 0.39 aoi 689 Cosco Investment 0.20 -0.01 110 Fretght Links 019 unch 193 G8 HoMngi 0.62 -0.01 6 Ha. Sun Hup 0.37 unch 252 IMClloMngs UK 5.60 unch 0 Jeye Holdings 0.17 0.01 299 KeppalCerp
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      490 37  -  ItsSinport subsidiary decides not to take np stake in Leghorn terminal By: Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] PSA Corp has pulled out of a potential joint venture with Italian partners to run Italy's fourth busiest container terminal at the country's Leghorn port. PSA's deputy
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      326 37 Rates started to rise after Erika incident last December FT [LONDON] Shipping rates have hit a 30-year high on the back of expanding world trade, rising oil demand and safety fears that are pushing substandard vessels out of commission. They reached an average of
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        748 38 Treasures and historic artefacts still inside the hull may never be recovered as the ship is deteriorating rapidly AP [ATLANTA] TIME is running out to get inside the Titanic because the hull is deteriorating at a rapid rate, said the president of the Atlanta-based company
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      173 38 PACE Dongriama 3 aci 6 Eastrans 6 •AMI 3 ECL 4 Accord 8 KULine 6 Appenship 5 t»ergrew 6 Assets 8 FoonqSon 8 Austral 8 7 Balaji Shpq 5 OLmk 4 BSA 7 Gemartrans 6 B'tanq Mas 8 Hanqli 7 CCHI 7 Hanjin 3 CMA 8 Heunq-A
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        633 48 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jwrong Nrt Oooq Cfiuin nOO J16 16/08/7 20 16/08/23 59 Sri Baru 1 Aug 01 J02 16/08/6 35 16/08/23:00 Sand**»a 2 25 J06 16/08/9 50 17/08/8:00 Winstar 1 ***** J03 16/06/7:50 16/08/23:59 C Progress 16 Aug J09 16/08/9:10 16/08/16:00 Bu«lMMri2 Bb2009 J06
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        1951 48 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Manet Rstls Ship VoyNo Etb/Btr Nflod From To From ACHIEVER J81 17/4:00 15/1500 15/MH 15/HOO 2A tyiTOO M/OtH M/OWO a 15/1700 M/OtH M/OWO 3 lt/0700 M/IM M/MOO 4 M/1200 M/MH M/1700 UAIUATA 2 1704 I7/KM0 15/1500 IS/KM B/HOO 2* 15/1700
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        182 48 Aug 17 Indonesia: Independence Day. Aug 27 Philippines: National Heroes Day. Anf 28 United Kingdom: Summer Bank Holiday. An| 31 Malaysia: National Day. Sep 12 Korea: Harvest Festival Day. Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival. Sep 13 Hong Kong: The day following Mid-Autumn Festival. Sep 15 Japan: Respect for the Aged.
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        794 48 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranees In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket Prices shown are baaed on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        747 49 UK, France withdraw supersonic jet's airworthiness certificate AFP, Reuters, Bloomberg [LONDON] The UK's Civil Aviation Authority yesterday suspended the airworthiness certification for the supersonic Concorde aircraft, a day after British Airways preempted the move by grounding its seven jets. The
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        351 49 Businesses will be able to deliver large items to consumers at their homes Reuters [PALO ALTO, California] Cargo shipper Emery Worldwide and the US Postal Service announced a partnership that will allow businesses to deliver large items to consumers at their
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          75 49 Xinhua {LAGOS] Nigeria and the US resumed direct air link between the two countries, the News Agency of Nigeria reported. Nigerian Minister of Aviation Keraa Chikwe made the announcement at a ceremony marking the maiden Lagos-New York flight in Lagos on Tuesday. The US
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          103 49 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR) Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) said passenger movements at Malaysian airports rose 14.9 per cent year-on-year in the six months to June. MAHB operates ail the airports in the country. Total cargo movements at Malaysian airports grew 24.8 per cent year-on-year in
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          103 49 AFP [NEW DELHI] Passengers on an Air India flight from New York to Bombay were hurriedly off-loaded in New Delhi on Tuesday after a bomb scare, the Press Trust of India reported. Local police, assisted by sniffer dogs, searched the plane for possible explosives
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        594 49 Bloomberg (HAINAN, China) Hainan Airlines Co, China's seventh-biggest carrier by number of passengers, said first-half profit fell 60 per cent as jet fuel costs surged, prompting its shares to plunge as much as 5.9 per cent. The airline, based in Haikou
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        504 50  -  First-half revenues for Asia forecast torise4o%-50% By Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Lufthansa Cargo, the cargo unit of the Lufthansa Aviation Group, is expecting one of its best financial years in recent history, as a result of global economic recovery and rising demand, executive board
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        258 50 [SINGAPORE] UPS Logistics' 98,000 sq ft facility at Pandan Crescent (right) is designed solely for the storage and distribution of National Semiconductor's products. The design for the facility was completed in December 1999 and pilot shipments began in June. The US$5 million
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        251 50  -  By. Ann Toh (SINGAPORE] Logistics and supply chain management firm YCH Group has secured its second contract in Mexico to build and operate a US$lO million (5517.2 million) materials hub for contract manufacturer Solectron Corp. YCH said it won the latest bid against 17 international
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