The Business Times, 1 September 2000

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  • 16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA IP) 035/12/1999 85C SINGAPORE Internet- http-/ business-times.asial .com.sg/ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2000
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  • 1141 1  -  Average rates for landed sites cnt by 1%, non-landed 2%; no change for others By] Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Reflecting the current tepid market for residential land, the government yesterday cut the average development charge (DC) rates for landed and non-landed residential land by
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  • 484 1  -  Site uses artificial intelligence to help investors make smart decisions By 1 Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] SPH Asia One and The Business Times yesterday launched a new fea-ture-packed financial website that gives investors a wide range of analytical tools to make smarter investment
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  • 208 1 BT on Sunday online [SINGAPORE] The Business Times yesterday launched a Sunday online edition, offering the latest news updates and market roundups as well as the week's top stories and commentaries. Yesterday's official launch of the Sunday edition coinciding with the debut of Asia One Markets, a financial portal also
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  • 519 1  -  nTTexcfusiv^ It is working hard to woo a couple more major shipping firms From] Eddie Toh in Tavjung Pelepas MALAYSIA'S Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), which won over Maersk Sealand earlier last month from Singapore's PSA Corporation, is gearing up for a listing
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 71 1 DBBPg Exec Lifestyle Ad agencies: Giving value-added exposure. EL 1 A taste of Old Trafford. EL 6 Top Stories WizOffice to slash price on 2nd IPO try. Mart Pmg* SQX market cap rose 4.4 per cent last month. Pg 4 HK, US-listed firms set up 3-D animation studio in S'pore.
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    • 21 1 Protecting your CPF hottest shows p 9 2 5 Maersk pullout S'pore shippers worried about efficiency in Pelepas Shipping Times Pgl
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 137 2 GRAPEVINE recently featured one of the many investment opinions on where the US market is headed. Here's another, taken from the pages of Barron's Aug 21 issue: "Normally, finding an industry where a large number of stocks were down 70,80 or 90 per cent from their 12-month highs
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      • 149 2 HERE'S what an unnamed source in the Defense Department says about work in the US government: "My analogy of most federal work is this: Go to work in the morning and dig a hole, carefully noting how many shovels you lift by the hour. Go to
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      • 60 2 A SECRETARY at a foreign brokerage was lamenting that she has been losing out on mooncakes because her boss is an ang moh. "They think because he's not Chinese, there is no need to send us mooncakes." Her boss, when apprised of the situation, said he was
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    • 525 2  -  rr exclusive] V&lo&tioii cat to $150 m from $400 m previously, and it may launch DPO this month: sources By Andrew Wee [SINGAPORE] Homegrown Internet company WizOffice.com is making a second attempt to go public, this time with its pricing ambitions severely
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    • 533 2  -  mtt exclusive It changes constitution as ad agencies don't just handle ads, but broader issues too By i Corinne Kerk (SINGAPORE] With ad agencies today tackling not just advertisements, but also broader issues like clients' long-term strategies, the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 183 2 Transview Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 27 April 1995) Invitation in respect of 43,000,000 New Shares of $0.10 each as follows:(1) 5,000,000 Offer Shares at $0,225 for each Offer Share by way of public offer; and (2) 38,000,000 Placement Shares by way of placement, comprising: (i)
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 420 3 Pacific economies have recovered The entrance of China into the The Fund invests directly into the five since the Asian crisis. Growing World Trade Organisation will raise star rated** Luxembourg registered foreign trade and investment; Asia's profile within the global Henderson Horizon Pacific Fund, which increasing M&A activities and the
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 291 4  -  Some staff stood down pending GAD probe, bnt president not among them: spokesman By\ Siow Li Sen UNITED Overseas Bank deputy chairman Wee Ee Cheong has not been suspended. Nor has his passport been impounded, the bank said yesterday. Several UOB staff
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    • 736 4  -  It rises $14.9b from July to $342.04b, its highest since Jan By Ven Sreenivasan THE Singapore bourse's market capitalisation rose by about 4.5 per cent last month, thanks to receding interest rate jitters. Figures compiled by BT show that the
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    • 406 4  -  From< Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong VETERAN investment banker Sandy Eu has joined OCBC Bank as a joint head of the group's Internet banking project An OCBC spokeswoman yesterday confirmed Mr Eu's appointment, and said he is spearheading the project with Nicholas Cowell,
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    • 208 4  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan YOU know IPOs are in for a tough time when even issues with placement-only offerings don't guarantee flill subscription. At least, that's the way it looks after business services group Boardroom Ltd's placement-only initial public offering of 35 million
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    • 422 5  -  Analysts say US fond sustains heavy losses by selling at prices below $4.10 By. David Boey CAPITAL Group Companies Inc, a US investment fund, has more than halved its shares in contract manufacturer JIT Holdings in the past few weeks. This comes
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    • 414 5  -  Marine group's profit jumps 40% to record $59m By David Boey CHUAN Hup Holdings yesterday toasted the best ever earnings report card in its 30year history with a hefty dividend payout for its shareholders. The mainboard-listed marine group said profits for its
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    • 696 5  -  HOCKimiirlfd','! shoeb kagda THE corporate landscape is fast changing in postSuharto Indonesia. Once dominated by behemoth conglomerates, it now belongs to companies that are focused on only selective businesses, nimble and fast on their feet. Gone too are the cosy ties with the former first
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    • 407 5  -  By' Vivien Ng FOOD-and-beverage company Del Monte Pacific has posted a lower half-year net profit of US$l9 million (5532.7 million), down from US$2l.3 million in the same period last year. And the trend is likely to continue in the sec-ond-half. Despite overall sales
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    • OTHERResults
      • 82 5 SAN Teh's net earnings for first-half2ooo fell 35 per cent to $4.3 million on a 70 per cent slide In turnover to $22.4 million due to the disposal of the keypad business in 1999. After the disposal, the company became an investment-holding company, with investment
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      • 117 5 MAGNECOMP International said first-half net profit increased to $8.97 million from $4.4 million a year ago. Group turnover was $72.8 million, an increase of $27.4 million or 60 per cent. The improvement was due mainly to higher shipments of suspension assemblies from 35 million
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      • 113 5 SAMUDERA Shipping Line said first-half group net profit increased 20 per cent to $10.3 million. The improvement stemmed from greater turnover, higher interest income, a foreign exchange gain and results from an associated company. Turnover rose 12 per cent to $200 million, compared with
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      • 156 5 SIN Soon Huat said its after-tax loss for the year ended May 31 increased from $2.9 million to $5.4 million, due to lower sales of industrial hardware erf"s2l.s million. Turnover fell 34 per cent from $75.3 million to $50 million. Of this $25.3
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      • 66 5 AY ALA International Holdings said interim net profit doubled to $8.8 million from $4.4 million, due mainly to the sale of its four subsidiaries. But turnover for the six months ended June fell 94 per cent to only $1.2 million. Earnings per share rose to
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    • COMPANYBriefs
      • 101 9 INNO-PACIFIC Holdings says it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Russian Communications Network Ltd, a company incorporated in Russia and a provider of flxed-Une public traffic networks in Russia with a licence to operate international telecom services. Under the MOU, the parties
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      • 74 9 LUM Chang Holdings' subsidiary Lum Chang Securities has incorporated First Independent Insurance Brokerage Pte Ltd (FIIB). The authorised capital of FIIB is $500,000 divided into 500,000 ordinary shares of $1 each. Its paid-up capital is $100,000. The principal activity of FIIB is life insurance broking
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      • 43 9 Berger Internat ional CEO resigns BERGER International has announced that Ngan Yow Chong has resigned as chief executive officer of the company with effect from Aug 31. Following the resignation, Jeffrey Wee, the chief operating officer will cover the duties of the CEO.
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      • 62 9 OSSIA International Ltd, a subsidiary of unlisted Ossia Holdings, has clarified that its executive chairman Lim Choo Peng does not hold any executive position or directorship in eWorld of Sports.com Ltd. The latter is a subsidiary of Oesia Holdings, not Ossia International as stated in yesterday's report,
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    • 192 9 EPCOS Pte Ltd, a manufacturer of electronic components, is stepping up production with the leasing of space at Gul Circle Districentre, a move which will create about 1,000 jobs over three years. EPCOS will take up the entire third floor of the general
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    • 461 9  -  It buys controlling stake in Shenzhen maker of automation systems for power grids By 1 Eugene Low MAINBOARD-LISTED Asia Power Corp, which owns and operates power plants in China, has invested U555.55 million (559.6 million) for a controlling stake in a Shenzhen-based company which
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    • 364 9  -  Fall is due to income loss from sale of stake in a property Front Surinder Singh in Sydney AUSTRALLAN-listed company Ipoh Limited has reported a 5.6 per cent drop in after-tax operating profit to A 58.37 million (SsB.3 million) for the
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    • 132 4 This announcement appears as a matter of record only September 2000 [0 BOARDROOM LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 5 May 2000) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 35,000,000 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.05 EACH COMPRISING:(1) 5,000,000 PLACEMENT SHARES AT $0.39 FOR EACH PLACEMENT SHARE FOR APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET;
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    • 591 4 Ranking by market capitalisation, Pg 8 IS BOARDROOM LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 5 May 2000) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 35,000,000 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.05 EACH COMPRISING (1) 5,000,000 PLACEMENT SHARES AT $0.39 FOR EACH PLACEMENT SHARE FOR APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET; AND (2) 30,000,000 PLACEMENT
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 501 6 Stock* Volume ITechGrp4c 13.086.000 ST Engg 10c 9,710,000 Medi-Rad 5c 4,917,000 AddvalTech 2.5c 4,663,000 SingTel 15c 4,534,000 MediaRing 10c 3,754,000 Ionics P$1.00 3,724,000 DBS Land 3,438,000 IPC020C 3,422,000 Cytech HK5c 3,342,000 Stocks DBS Grp 67,245,308 SIA 30.417,700 ST Engg 10c 22.716.700 OUB 22.673,300 UOB 21,370,815 Chart Semiconductor 26c 17,332,700 Nat
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    • 522 6  -  l-l i comment STOCKS r.sivanithy SHARE prices slumped market-wide after the Straits Times Index broke below 2,150 points in early afternoon trading yesterday. Just one sector property was spared from the onslaught. It eked out modest gains after
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    • 197 6  -  WARRANT WATCH R Sivanithy SOME may question the wisdom of continuing to feature covered warrants in this column, since most seem to have died a slow death. Also by now, issuers would surely have mopped up most of their warrants having
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    • 244 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of Philippine-based canned food giant Del Monte Pacific has slid steadily in the past 12 months. After hitting a year-low on Wednesday, it rose half a cent to 38.5 cents yesterday. A total of 2.7 million
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    • 164 6 ♦VICKERS Ballas will hold its EGM at Crystal Ballroom, Level 2, Holiday Inn Park View, 11 Cavenagh Road on Sept 21 at 10 am. ♦Amtek Engineering will trade ex-final dividend of 4 per cent per share of $0.20 each tax-exempt on Nov 30. Its book closure date is
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    • 347 6  -  ■I I comment CURRENCIES larry wee CAUTION ahead of a rate-setting European Central. Bank meeting yesterday, combined with intervention rumbles on the Japanese front, saw the euro trim losses versus the yen and greenback. But its overall outlook remains troubled. The
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 538 10  -  Nearly 1 in 5 living here are non-residents, latest census report shows By Audrey Tan SINGAPORE'S population crossed the four-million mark in June, thanks to a large intake of foreign workers over the last 10 years. The latest census report shows that non-residents make
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    • 500 10  -  By Teh Hooi Ling HONGKONG'S Internet and telecoms group e-New Media and US-listed Brilliant Digital Entertainment yesterday announced they have established an equal joint venture 3-D animation studio. The company, e-Brilliant, is a state-of-the-art 3-D animation studio dedicated to the creation of
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    • 242 10 From Monday, free tabloid for weekdays will be available island-wide STREATS, the new Singapore Press Holdings newspaper targeted at morning commuters, will unveil its special launch issue tomorrow. Streats is the 12th newspaper published by SPH. From Monday, it will be available
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    • 248 10 CITIBANK, which claims to be the first to bring financial planning to the masses, is already working on the next phase of its campaign to capture this billion-dollar market. The global consumer bank is now putting together phase three of Financial Needs
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    • 304 10  -  They exploited it well to enhance competitiveness By\ Daniel Buenas TEN Singapore-based companies will be honoured for their research and development efforts. Each will receive the Technology Achievement Award for its commitment to local R&D and exploiting it to enhance business
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    • 189 10 THINK your five-room Housing and Development Board flat can fetch more than your property agent quoted? With the latest free service on the HDB's website, publicflat buyers and sellers can determine if asking prices are in line with the market.
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    • 357 10  -  P=ft on the economy bank loans By] Ling Suann BANK loans grew at a faster pace for the third straight month, rising 2.3 per cent in July, from 0.9 per cent in June. Figures released yesterday by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) show
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    • 440 12  -  Survey finds they are asking for 15% to 20% more; hike last year was 11.2% By\ Paul Thompson FINANCE professionals, who count accountants, bankers, auditors and treasurers in their ranks, are demanding pay increases of up to 15-20 per cent before they
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    • 269 12 Fair Price recently made news for deducting $lm from 152 staff THE Ministry of Manpower is investigating firms that have made wrongful deductions from employment pass holders or submitted false declarations. NTUC Fair Price hit the headlines recently when it wrongfully deducted $600 a
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    • 109 12  -  Jimmy Ng I REFER to you article "Special Account returns will be hard to beat" (BT, Aug 30). I have over 30 years more before I can draw from this account. With a minimum tenure of three years for unit trusts to ride out
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    • 245 12  -  All tariffs to be abolished between them from next year By Audrey Tan SINGAPORE and New Zealand have concluded negotiations on an agreement for closer economic partnership, which will eliminate all tariffs between the two countries, the Ministry of Trade and Industry
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    • 374 12  -  maili.m.m Ang Hwee Suan (Ms) Head, Public Relations for Chief Executive Officer Chief Planner Urban Redevelopment Authority I REFER to the article "Concept Plan Committees not too representative" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Aug 29). Mr Lee said that the committee members are
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    • 247 12  -  David Woon I REFER to the article "Special Account to get priority in CPF restoration" (BT, Aug 31). Costs are a big factor in any business venture and we should always explore ways to keep them to a minimum. The intent of
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    • 47 12  -  Nicholas Tay Tok Leng I REFER to the article "Islandwide ERP could cost you $20 a day" (BT, Aug 31). If this is implemented ($2O per day), we would expect the government to stop collecting road tax on vehicles.
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    • 297 12  -  Tay Teck Chye I REFER to the article "Remisiers want fixed fees for lower-value retail trades" (BT, Aug 26). I find the arguments put forward by the Society of Remisiers with regard to minimum commissions for what they call "small" trades ridiculous. A
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    • 58 12  -  Alex Lim Chin Sheng I REFER to the article "Islandwide ERP could cost you $20 a day" (BT, Aug 31). If the ERP scheme is a success, will the government review the present tax rate for petrol, diesel? There will be no more excuse
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    • 243 12  -  Teo Kwee Bin THE recent action taken by the relevant authorities against UOB Asia regarding the recent IPO of eWOS is commendable. But what confuses me is their reaction, or lack of it, regarding a similar incident last year. In February 1999, Goldman Sachs and
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  • e NEWS
    • 589 13 WASHINGTON Computer makers, consumers claim it gained from inflated prices in absence of competition AFP AP A JUDGE in California has authorised the first class-action suit against Microsoft alleging consumers were harmed by the software company's dominance. Court officials said the case was certified
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    • eBriefs
      • 74 13 AFX-Asia [HONG KONG] Hutchison Whampoa will bid for a third generation mobile phone licence in Switzerland, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported. Quoting industry sources, the report said a Swiss communications committee has taken 10 registrations, including Hutchison Whampoa's, for a 3G mobile
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      • 58 13 Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp, the world's largest computer maker, said it will sell a new data storage product as the first fruit of its US$l billion (S|l.7 billion) alliance with Compaq Computer Corp. IBM's Modular Storage Server, aimed at small- and
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      • 99 13 FT [LONDON] The UK managing director of AltaVista resigned yesterday, a week after the Internet search engine's surprise decision to withdraw the company's flat-rate Internet access offer. Andy Mitchell's resignation came as AltaVista abandoned formally its ambitions to become a mass market Internet service provider
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      • 108 13 AP [LOS ANGELES] Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss says it was ultimately the Internet, not the police, that destroyed her business. "I was the last of the last. You can get anything you want now online," she told Los Angeles Times columnist Shawn
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    • 494 13 HELSINKI Company may ask customers to upgrade software Bloomberg Reuters NOKIA Oyj said it may ask customers to upgrade their mobile-phone software after a wireless Internet company discovered a fault that makes the products of world's largest cellular-phone maker vulnerable to viruses. Norwegian
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    • 59 13 [TAIPEII A model displaying a future type of Ericsson mobile phone, which not only serves as a telephone, but is also a device which allows you to play videogames and send e-mails as well as take photographs at Taipei Telecom 2000 yesterday. More than 200 companies took part
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    • 114 13 ENGLEWOOD, Colorado AFP JAPAN'S NTT Communications has sealed a deal to acquire US-based Internet firm Verio a week after the US government dropped objections, the two firms said yesterday. The value of the deal is estimated at US$5.5 billion (559.5 billion).
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    • 364 13 STAMFORD Reuters THIRTY FOUR per cent of 50 US colleges and universities have banned students from using Napster Inc's song-swap service on their campuses, said a report released on Wednesday by research firm Gartner Group Inc. Among the 17 colleges that
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    • 257 13 WEITERSTADT, Germany Costs linked to acquisitions cited Bloomberg T-ONLINE International AG, whose chief executive unexpectedly quit last week, indicated its loss widened in the second quarter, compared with the first, hurt by costs linked to acquisitions. The loss widened to 157.3 million euros
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    • 148 13 LONDON Reuters BRITISH Telecom Cellnet said yesterday it had launched technology that enabled its network to identify the location of mobile phone users and give them local information. Britain's second biggest mobile phone operator said subscribers dialling 1500 would be connected to a
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 709 14  -  mum bottom line OPINION leon hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent AS THE US presidential election campaign enters into its crucial postLabour Day stage, most public opinion polls are indicating that in this era of peace and prosperity, most Americans are placing international
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    • 106 14 4 I don't think it's fair to put a 20-year-old against a 40-something person. So, 111 let that pass.' -Yarns WQHjubs the Wimbledon winner, on the possibility of a battle-of-the-sexes match against John McEnroe. 'What other people might call weird is just regular for us.' Margaret Salinger
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    • 659 14 EDITORIAL SINGAPORE'S corporate disclosure standards look set to rise once the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) acts on a study on what companies should be telling the investing public and how often they should be doing it Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong revealed last week
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    • 1028 14  -  The country's textbook programme of economic liberalisation has left it poorer than before By, John Kay FT IF EVER a country has been run by economists, it is New Zealand. In 1984, the colourful Roger Douglas became finance minister. He began the most comprehensive
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    • 764 14  -  COMMENTARY Dotcoms are setting the pace in forcing human assets on to the balance sheet By, John W Hunt John W Hunt is professor of organisational behaviour at the London Business School and a consultant to private and public sector clients FT DOTCOM companies
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 314 15 HONGKONG It says it hasn't received formal inquiry note from Indon govt AFX-Asia HUTCHISON Port Holdings said it has not received any ffcrmal inquiry note from the Indonesian government over its takeover last year of the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT). A report
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    • 321 15 KUALA LUMPUR Tajnddin says he has not been told if contract would be renewed Reuters THE head of Malaysia's most heavily capitalised company, Tenaga Nasional Bhd, has said he does not know if his contract would be renewed, amid speculation he would
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    • 60 15 [SHAH ALAM] Dancers waving Malaysian flags during the Independence Day celebrations in Shah A lam, 30 km from Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. Thousands of school children cheered as military bands played patriotic tunes and air force fighter jets flew low in a grand finale. The parade was presided over
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    • 226 15 JAKARTA Reuters THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday it had reached basic agreement with Indonesia in talks over economic reforms but said the embattled country's recovery needed to be speeded up. "We have reached a basic agreement," Anoop Singh, IMF Asia-Pacific deputy
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    • 577 16 JAKARTA His absence prompts court to adjourn hearing for 2 weeks, protestors angry at no-show Reuters INDONESIA'S disgraced former despot Suharto failed to appear at the opening of his landmark trial on corruption charges yesterday because of ill health, prompting
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    • 453 16  -  Manufacturing, industrial, service sectors on the mend From Harish Mehta in Banakok THAILAND'S corporate health continues to improve with more listed companies turning around in the first half, indicating that the manufacturing, industrial and service sectors are all on the mend.
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    • 265 16 JAKARTA PWMM wywt »IMB* mWw funimnifcet AFP Reuters INDONESIA'S central bank said yesterday that its board of governors had never discussed plans to restrict offehore trading in the rupiah. The denial, by deputy Bank Indonesia (BI) governor AchJar Hjas, came after the forex
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    • 376 17 TAIPEI If graft is not eradicated, it'll rock fundamentals PM Reuters PREMIER Tang Fei said yesterday Taiwan must endure the "short-term pain" brought by a crackdown on corruption and financial irregularities to prevent the problems from escalating to shake the island's fundamentals. "If
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    • 285 17 HONGKONG AFP Reuters CHINA'S largest oil producer PetroChina Co Ltd, said yesterday it would lay off 50,000 workers over the next five years to cut costs and get rid of inefficient operations. "We will lay off 10,000 staff annually over
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    • 287 17 SINGAPORE Reuters CHINA'S second oil listing aspirant, China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec), is lining up three world oil giants as shareholders to ensure its global offer outperforms rival PetroChina, Chinese sources said yesterday. Exxon Mobil, Royal/Dutch Shell Group and BP Amoco are close to
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    • 477 17  -  Red chip's strong profit growth due to sharp rise in the number of subscribers From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong CHINA Mobile (HK) Ltd, one of the biggest companies in Hongkong by market value, yesterday reported a 118 per cent jump
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    • 475 17 ALEXANDRA HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of ALEXANDRA HOLDINGS LIMITED (the "Company") will be held at 8 Sin Ming Road #01-01, Sin Ming Centre, Singapore *****8 on Monday, 18 September 2000 at 12.00
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  • WORLD news
    • 286 18 WASHINGTON Reuters REPUBLICAN presidential candidate George W Bush said on Wednesday that Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan had done a good job, but Mr Bush kept his options open on whether he would reappoint the central bank head when Mr Greenspan's current term
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    • 846 18  -  Despite Democrats' advantages, trends from key states suggest a dead heat From\ Leon Hadar in Washington ONE of the axioms of American politics is that a presidential candidate who is leading in the opinion polls come Labour Day, in the first week of
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    • 490 18  -  Programme to focus on e-government, e-learning and e-commerce Promt Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN is intent on becoming a global "front-runner" in the race to embrace the IT revolution, overtaking even the US in this respect within five years, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hidenao Nakagawa
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    • 339 20 NEW YORK 99-year lease may fetch up to USs2J>b; Rockefeller Center, Black Rock also up for sale FT INVESTORS were scrambling to submit bids for the World Trade Center the twin skyscrapers in downtown Manhattan before yesterday's deadline,
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    • 540 20 NEW YORK Ratings slip, partly due to absence of major breaking stories Reuters RICK Kaplan, the high-flying head of Cable News Network's US news operations quit on Wednesday amid a major management reshuffle as the network's ratings languished near 13-year lows. CNN announced
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    • 311 20 FT [FRANKFURT] Spanish financial group Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH) has agreed to double its 5 per cent stake in Commerzbank, Germany's fourth-largest in a deal worth 1 billion euro (5f1.53 billion). Italian insurer Asskmrazioni General! is also about to double its stake
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    • 279 20 NEW YORK Bloomberg ANDERSEN Consulting said on Wednesday it has named 1,288 new partners, almost doubling the number of partners at the world's largest consulting firm. Andersen, which is splitting from parent Andersen Worldwide and its Arthur Andersen accounting arm this year, said the
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    • 666 21 FRANKFURT Move an attempt to cool inflation and check rise in consumer prices in euro zone AP THE European Central Bank yesterday raised a key interest rate by a quarter-point to 4.5 per cent the fifth hike this year in an effort to cool
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    • WORLDWatch
      • 76 21 AP [WASHINGTON] Orders to American factories plunged by a record 7.5 per cent In July, led by the biggest-ever one-month drop In demand for airplanes and other transportation equipment. The Commerce Department yesterday reported that total factory orders fell to a seasonally adjusted U*****.6 billion
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      • 73 21 Bloomberg [KANSAS CITY] The US economy will slow in the second half of the year as the effects of six interest rate increases in the past year by the Federal Reserve continue to take effect, said Kansas City Fed Bank president Thomas Hoenig. "There
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      • 58 21 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hyundai Motor Co received approval to separate from the Hyundai group from the Fair Trade Commission, which will help restore confidence in the company's future. Korea's largest industrial group applied one week ago for the separation of Hyundai Motor Co, including nine
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      • 59 21 Reuters [PARIS] French retailer Carrefour posted a 10.7 per cent rise in first half net profit excluding exceptional and reaffirmed its target for 20 per cent growth for 2000. Carrefour's first half net profit before exceptional climbed to 902 million euros (***** million) from 273
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      • 51 21 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korea Merchant Banking became the third to have its operations suspended this year, after it failed to repay 14 billion won (5121.7 million) of debt that came due cm Tuesday. The Financial Supervisory Commission said the bank's operations will be suspended for three months, starting
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    • 498 21 LONDON Reuters FT SAUDI Arabia on Wednesday said it would work together with the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) for a "suitable rise" in production to restore market balance, but yesterday the market was not impressed. Oil prices held near their steamy
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    • 631 21 FRANKFURT Joint bid for London exchange one of the options to be discussed, says paper AFP FT Reuters THE heads of the Frankfurt, London, Milan and Madrid stock exchanges are meeting today to discuss possible moves, including a
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    • 252 21 FRANKFURT FT EON, the German utility, and Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, its French counterpart, are close to finalising a deal that would create one of the world's biggest utilities. The companies have agreed a holding company structure that would oversee a
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    • 621 23 NEW YORK Mid-size securities firms will soon give way to a few global players: experts NYT FOR years, David Komansky, the chief executive of Merrill Lynch Co, has been predicting that the financial world one day will be dominated
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    • 600 23 HONGKONG It wants to add some high quality people to group: CSFB exec Reuters INVESTMENT bank Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) is racing to retain key staff from Donaldson Lufkin and Jenrette (DLJ) after the US$l3.7 billion (5523.6 billion) takeover announced
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    • 3200 19 s SHANGRI-LA ASIA LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) Sterna (£2HI website: http://www.irasia.com/listco/hk/shangrila 2000 INTERIM RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT The Directors of Shangri-La Asia Limited (the "Company") wish to 3. Share of results of associated companies ANALYSIS OF OPERATING PROFIT 25% year on year given the oversupply of accommodation, recent announce
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    • 87 23 LINKLATERS ALLEN &GLEDHILL A joint combining the Singapore expertise of Alien Gledhill with the global expertise of Linklaters Alliance. Following the approval of the Attorney-General *t of Singapore, Linklaters and Allen Gledhill lB V J are delighted to announce that the two firms i• \Vvk v have established a joint
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    • 293 23 I Sime Darby Berhad I (Company No. *****-M) i|| ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS I HIGHLIGHTS OF UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED RESULTS FOR THE 4TH QUARTER OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE 2000 Quarter ended Year ended 30th June 30th June 2000 2000 1999 RM Million RM Million GROSS REVENUE 3,109.1 10,971.5 9,910.5
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    • 5893 24 NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 I 'I I'M ——ii^—- M In the matter of the Companies Act, (Cap. 50) And In the matter of FRESCO DESIGN CONTRACT PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN PURSUANT TO SECTION
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  • EXEC lifestyle
    • 1106 25 How do you put together a three-day, open-air world music festival featuring artists from more than 15 countries and music ranging from the sublime to the outrageous? As Singapore's third World of Music, Arts and Dance (Womad) event opens at Fort
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    • 967 25 IF this year's Womad programme looks like a bewildering array of groups, here's a walk through some of the more notable performers by Audrey Perera of the organiser World Stage. First off the top of her head? Pato Baton and the Reggae Revolution.
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    • 285 25 Stars shine on Womad J >" ft lAli TIME (PM) FORT GREEN STAGE TOP STAGE THE GALLERY FORT GATE FREE SPACE 6.00 Sevara Nazarkhan (6.30-7.00) Chemirani Zarb Trio (6.00-6 30) Q. 7.00 Tananas (7 45-8.30) Lama Gyurme (7.00-7 45) Jimmy Little workshop (7.00-7 45) Kids workshop JJJ 8.00 Expect Music
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  • FINANCE & commodities
    • 367 26  -  SOX Derivatives Tndin&Reports ST Xndex/MSCI S'pore Index Chan Yet San THE Singapore stock market fell for the third day in a row yesterday to its lowest level in more than two weeks. The Straits Times Index lost 17.57 points or 0.81 per cent to
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    • 247 26  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Chan Yet San FINALLY, the long-awaited rebound in the Taiwan stock market happened yesterday after six days of consecutive declines. The MSCI Taiwan Index gained 3.81 points or 1.14 per cent to close at 336.94 points. A total of 722.3 million index component
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    • 194 26 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Record high Asian diesel prices, the key transportation and industrial fuel, are expected to stay firm possibly to the end of the year adding an unwanted burden on economies. Scant diesel supplies in Asia sent prices soaring to over US$4l a barrel
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    • 353 26 Reuters London THE euro gyrated after the European Central Bank raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point yesterday, dipping, rebounding and falling back again in the wake of a decision that many had expected. The ECB raised its benchmark minimum bid rate to 4.5 per cent from
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  • STOCKS east asia
    • 2823 27 HOMOEOHO AFP H Hang Seng +L 63 HONGKONG share prices closed barely changed yesterday, as the market ran out of steam due to a lack of leads, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained just 1.63 points to close at
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      961 27 Reuters PShenzhen Blndex -6J6 CHINA'S hard currency shares closed down more than 5 per cent yesterday, hammered in active trade by technical indicators and retreating domestic A shares. The Shanghai B share index slumped 6.55 per cent to 66.18 points on turnover of U5535.76 million. The Shenzhen B share
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    • 366 27 AFP HWP Index TAIWAN share prices closed one per cent higher yesterday on bargain-hunting after steep falls earlier this week, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 73.02 points to 7,616.98 points, following a 3.5-per cent plunge in the previous session to this year's low. Yesterday's
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    • 1972 27 TOKYO AFP □Nikkei 225 -40.41 TOKYO share prices edged down 0.2 per cent yesterday as investors squared off positions at the end of the month amid concerns over Japan's economic prospects, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 index closed down 40.41 points
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  • SGX clob & regional stocks
    • 3057 28 BOHPS A WARRANTS Aug 31 ■I Ms tnmj Up*T U-M lot WM Bay LmMi <>1 M C«a> (l> Mm Mka Mfk In j Mi «r- CM*) Laa Bapr Mr Mm (Marts) Ml* Mm «W «llrt»|1 Laft 51.5 12.5 S Acma ******4 13 0.5 114 13 12.5 13 13.5 14 4t0
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    • 528 28 AFP QiDOrdmirin -54j6 AUSTRALIAN share prices fell 1.6 per cent yesterday following heavy selling in key blue chips, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index dropped 54.6 points to 3,261.7 points while the SP/ASX 200 lost 60 points to 3,297.8. National turnover was 585.8 million shares worth As 2 billion.
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      748 28 AFP n SET Index -LB4 THAI share prices slipped 0.6 per cent in profit-taking yesterday with losses led by the banking sector amid renewed concerns over its non-per-forming loans problem, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index fell 1.84 points to 307.83 points and the SET
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      663 28 AFP QCompositelßdez -2JB INDONESIAN share prices closed down 0.6 per cent yesterday on concern over possible security disturbances following the failure of former president Suharto to show up for his trial, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 2.68 points to 466.38. Dealers said the first half
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    • 269 28 AFP □nzse-m jjj THE New Zealand shares closed yesterday down 0.4 per cent in heavy month-end trading as investors made portfolio adjustments, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index fell 8.36 points to 2,093.42 points on a turnover of NZ5234.3 million. —AFP «n *h mm Advantage HDS 2.70 0.01 213
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    • 288 28 AFP Q Composite Into *1133 PHILIPPINE share prices rose 0.8 per cent yesterday with the Composite Index up by 12.33 points to 1,537.52 points. Volume rose yesterday to 465.17 million shares worth 981.64 million pesos from 377 million shares worth 900 million pesos a day earlier.—AFP MM Pose *h
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    • 286 28 AFP Q Composite Index -3(131 SOUTH Korean share prices fell 4.4 per cent yesterday with the Composite Index down 30.31 points at 688.62. Volume was 262 million shares. —AFP mil AnwnSootf >0200 -500 BraMTocfi MO unci) CtntrM Bank *40 uncti H7000 -3500 Dm Gu Bank I9J0 -50 Dm«| Corp
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  • ON THE move
    • 1013 30  -  The PC maker's new Asia-Pac chief Graham Long aims to strengthen the brand and penetrate new markets By Val Chua IF fate had not intervened, J Graham Long would probably be soaking up the sun and playing golf in a Florida resort right now.
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    • InBrief
      • 79 30 Sharolyn Choy (above) has been promoted to managing'? director of Edetman Singapore, succeeding Jerry Hendin who was appointed president and CEO ofEdehnan Asia-Pacific earlier this year. Ms Choy has led Edeiman's corporate and business-to-business practice for the past three years. She has also directed many high-profile
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      • 93 30 French bank SG has appointed Odd Haavik head of sides for fixed-income and treasury products based in Singapore. In his new capacity, Mr Haavik will responsible for the marketing of fixed-income, derivatives, foreign exchange and treasury products for the Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia markets. Prior to this
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      • 138 30 Giuseppe Ressa (above, left) has been appointed resident manager of Sun way Lagoon Resort Hotel He will be responsible for the operations and management of the hotel's food raid beverage, front office, housekeeping, engineering and security departments. He has more thai 17
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
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      1645 31  -  COVER STORY The times they are a-changing, and so are the advertising agencies in their bid to stay relevant in this dotcom age. oobdiiie kerk talks to some major players to find out what transformations are taking place in the industry CORINNE KERK DON'T call them advertising agencies, call
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    • PERSPECTIVE
      • 813 32  -  i=ibi3;1 from Hongkong More than two decades after she danced and sang with John Travolta in Grease, the bnbbly blonde still manages to raise a fan's obsession to new heights quak hiang whai AS A teenager growing up in the '70s, there
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      • STRAWS In The Wind
        • 128 32 ITS one thing to be diet-conscious but it's another to be scolded for not ordering enough food at a restaurant. La Forketta at River Valley, it seems, isn't one of those restaurants that welcomes weight-watchers. Two women who wanted to share an appetiser at lunch were curtly told
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        • 40 32 THE lighter side of marriage: Getting married is very much like going to the restaurant with friends. You order what you want, and when you see what the other fellow has, you wish you had ordered that.
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    • MOTORING
      • 554 33  -  SHORT SPINS A confluence of excessive power, unbelievable poise and deadly looks whips up a typhoon of an Audi, reports Christopher tax CHRISTOPHER TAN IT IS a scene straight out of Jurassic Park. A group of sweaty men surrounding a crate containing an unknown entity. There's a
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      • 460 33  -  Mercedes-Benz says stuffed shirts should still have fan By < Christopher Tan THE long-haired, substance-in-haling, Dylan-chanting anti-es-tablishment rebels of the 1970s are often today's respectable, well-heeled, well-manicured leaders of industries and administrative services. In other words, they have become quite establishment. But the free spirit is
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    • PURSUITS
      • 683 34  -  GARDENING A gardener's interest is sustained by inspiration, by new plant species, and by new landscape ideas Thien ORANG is so representative of our garden. Carved by Balinese artist Cangker, Orang, short for Orang cari jangut", is a parastone statue of a man plucking
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      780 35 The Art Of War. Wesley Snipes is a UN agent who gathers dirt on intransigent politicians, to steer them to the negotiating table. When an ambassador is murdered, he gets the blame in this high-tech espionage thriller, which also stars Donald Sutherland and Anne Archer. Previewing at Lido, Balestier,
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    • 105 35 Cathay Org Cathay *****00 tastshon 346-1816 OrcnarO 235-8386 Plcturahouse 338-3400 Yangta 223-7529 Eng Wah Empress 777-5867 JubHee 454-1640 Mvrtartn 292-9401 Maim 338-9719 WhMesands 585-1782 332-6098 for group bookings A wheelchair faciMea Bishan Boon Lay Marina- TampinesS HongBatvu Ybhun CknaWUMft 777-0689 Gofcfen*tow Town 298*5488 459-9675 Princoss 446-4965 QueenstowrvCway
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    • EPICURE
      • 784 36  -  With its happy mix of Warm Ups, Kick Off and Extra Time, TTie Red Cafe at the Manchester United Megastore looks all set to score, says taw su ten TAN SU YEN QLD Trafford may be home and the "Theatre of Dreams" to Manchester United,
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      • 120 36  -  CRAVINGS By Tan Su Yen RED MEAT lovers, take note. Short of splashing out on Kobe beef, it doesn't get any better than this. Unkai Japanese restaurant, in ANA Hotel, may be a favourite venue for corporate entertainment given its extravagant sashimi platters, but the house
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      • 173 36 WHEN Xin Cuisine at Concorde Hotel launched a promotional menu featuring scorpions and black ants, quite a few diners were nervous about the eight-course meal priced at $48+++ per person. As it turned out, the scorpions and ants were served as appetisers. The scorpions, about three-to-four inches
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      • 151 36 THE FOLKS at Tung Lok, the restaurant group, aren't spilling the beans but suffice to say that the Jin Ping Mei banquet at flagship Tung Lok Restaurant in Liang Court will feature aphrodisiacs that are "a more healthy alternative to Viagra". Drawing its inspiration from the Ming
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    • RETAIL
      • 319 36  -  FASHION Now the men have a place to call their own on the third level of Robinsons By Corinne Kerk ITS household, lifestyle, lingerie, shoe and cosmetics departments have been renovated and updated with new looks. Now, it's time for Robinsons to unveil its revamped men's
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    • PERSONAL FINANCE
      • 1274 37 It's a daunting task for most people, but there are some steps which you can take which will make it easier moneyrrrersM JUST 10 years ago, home buyers seeking to buy a property may have had to hunt hard for a bank loan. Today things
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      • 134 37 Changes to CPF investment scheme Savings that can now be invested up to the full balance Approved instruments for savings long-term bank deposit products deferred annuities endowment insurance products S'pore government, statutory board bonds, government-guaranteed bonds selected unit trusts selected investment-linked insurance products INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTS EXISTING
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      • 390 37 DATE/ EVENT WHAT IT MEANS Approved Investment Members can use up to 20% of CPF in excess of Scheme (AIS) implemented minimum sum fa approved investments Higher Investibte Amount for investments raised to 40% from 20% amount for investments AIS liberalised AIS split into basic and
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    • UNIT TRUSTS
      • 588 38  -  sebena no looks at what the Henderson Pacific Dragon Fund has to offer SERENA NG DISSATISFIED with the performance of your current Asia Pacific equity fund? Henderson Investors hopes to win you over to their newly launched Henderson Pacific Dragon Fund, which feeds into
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      • 346 38  -  By Genevieve Cua YUP, there's little doubt about it. Biotechnology and pharmaceuticals are the flavour of the moment. There are now five such funds, four of which were launched in the last couple of months. Welcome two more. Dresdner Asset Management launched its
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      • 376 38 UNTT TRUST/SECTOR (0 MONTHS 2SFEBOO-2SAUGOO) CHANGE BENCHMARK CHANGE TaplOfcnda 1 (JOB Utd Global Capital Rn Global 23/13 MSCI O/AC Fin 19.74 2 AIG American E01 USA EQ 1776 S&P 500 14.16 3 ACMIF Int Health Can/ Healthcare Global* 1521 MSCI (VAC n 19.09 4 DBS US
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    • PERSONAL INVESTMENT
      • 1158 39  -  inside rrrn??^ Robert haiiu expects the buying from directors and substantial shareholders to go up sharply in the near term ROBERT HALILI The writer is bureau chief at Score Lab Asia Ltd (www. asiascores.com). He is assisted by Ngai Soon Chai, Singapore News Desk
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      • 775 39 But analysts warn of uncertainties that could cause it to stnmble in the months ahead FT WALL Street bankers typically retire to the beaches of the Hamptons to take in the sun during the last weeks of August. But not so bond traders,
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      • 802 39 STOCKIfiEEM Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines (SIA) shares have been free-falling since the middle of last week, weighed by fears that rising fuel costs will eat into its profits. IDEAglobal thinks investors are being overly pessimistic. The price of jet fuel rose
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    • 306 32 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD A(HOBB —HK 7 Look-out, it may have a high tar content (5,4) |7 I I I I I I 1 J 1 8 Drove, by the sound of it or L^—4^ —Übv—LnJ 10 Afterthought too often turnRiver woman (6) 12 Whisky drinkers may say it is just a
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 139 41 Reuters Bridge THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose four points to 1,645, the Baltic Panamax Index increased by three points to 1,601, the Baltic Handy Index rose five points to 1,143 and the Baltic Capesize Index rose four points to 2,201. Panamax owners with tonnage in the Atlantic
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    • 260 41 wmmMmmmmm im* CWT DntrlDution—0.70 undi 7 ClHMnHup 0.39 -0.01 1127 Caaca ln»atHnant 0-20 unctl 76 FrMght Links—0.19 0.01 33 GB Holdings 0.61 unctl 0 Hal Sun Hup 0.40 unctl 246 IMC HMdtogs-HK 5.60 unctl 0 JayaHaMbigs 0.17 undi 116 KappalCarp 3.90 -0.10 t2M Kappa* FELS 1.03 uncti 60
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    • 636 41  -  Shippers want continued efficiency, trade off from lines' cost savings By Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Maersk Sealand has assured shippers that they will not suffer any loss of efficiency or delays as a result of the shipping line moving its transhipment hub to the Pelepas
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    • 344 41  -  By* Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] The company that put the Cambodia Ship Registry online has moved on to provide an e-commerce service for the buying and selling of ship supplies over the Internet, launching today. maritime Chain.com Pte Ltd, founded by ex-mariner KS Chong and
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    • 795 41  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar THE House of Lords in England has overruled a Court of Appeal decision and has instead upheld the ruling of a lower court judge who ordered a local council to pay damages to a
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    • 95 41 [BEIJING] China has begun to reform and develop its maritime industry by replacing old ships, and improving and reorganising ports, according to its Ministry of Communications. Its efforts will be focused on developing containerised transport and building more LNG (liquefied natural gas) and ro-ro ships, according
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      • 1116 42 There is unlikely to be much consolidation in the Asian shipping scene as has occurred in Europe and the US ITJ SHIPPING experts are predicting that the wave of consolidation in the shipping world, which has so far mainly affected Europe and the United States,
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    • 286 42 PAOC ESP Lines 13 Accord 8 Ewgreen 6 Ahrenkiel M FoongSun 5 Appensiup 5 Frt Links (4 Asm OCL t3 Fuhai 7 Assets 8 6 Link 4 Austral 8 Gemartrans 6 A vint 14 Gcnshpq U B'tangMas 8 Global 13 8SA r WoryKav M BTL M Hangli
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    • 21903 48 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Adwtfcaf Vassal Voyaga TrtxMwn* ETA ETA Advafttsaf «HW Voyaga Tataphona SIN D«t'n Htm* Htm* NumtWf SIN Dast'n Nama Nama Numbac 09/09 m/H BSA TEIGNBANK SPI21 65 33*9100 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'I voir* 10/09 ooo msc *q V msc diego oomr *******50
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      • 782 55 Vassal Voy Mo Berth Arrival Departure Munq Lm 6 03/00 3IAM/&N) 01/09/630 Ocean (Mui V001 JB 31/08/6 55 0VO9/U 00 Meqatl Dim S J» 3V08/7:40 01/09/730 JUatea 9910 JOS 31/08/8.35 02/09/830 Winstar 8 WOO J03 31/08/7 35 31/08/23:59 BayswatefTlB M0214 J03 31/08/9*55 31/08/1630 Eieqant Lady 809 J04 31/08/9:40
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      • 1553 55 RECEIVING Of EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklng/Manc* Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Poriod From To From AM DMA* C043C 2/t00 30/1500 10/1454 30/1400 2A 30/1700 3V0654 i <040C a 30/1700 3V0654 3V040C 1 31/0700 JV1W <:.uoc 4 mam n/xn mm MX court U004S 3V2200 30/1500 3*AM
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      • 199 55 BtpU Korea: Harvest Festival Day. Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival. gap ]3 Hong Kong: The day following Mid-Autumn Festival. Bay IS Japan: Respect for the Aged. Sep 23 Japan: Autumnal Equinox Day. Oet 1 China: National Day. Oota Hong Kong: The day following National Day. OotS Germany: The Day of
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      • 786 55 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead at single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 461 55 Carton MO Mm 990.1 0.6 M.1 0.08 79 0.0S Aaf 24 OMSitr tot* M*h Art IHSi—it to Mow E25 0 0 4 0 0 0 JTJ- 380 Am 9(7.6 0.6 02 0.07 35 0.03 taw 380 Max 997J 6.9 17,4 0.17 73 0.07 tt/wi %ih »M/M
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      • 516 56 Portland airport has refused foreign travellers mainly Asians entry into country at rates far higher than other airports on West Coast Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US Immigration and Naturalisation Service (INS) said it will take steps to address complaints about the mistreatment
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      • 191 56 Oana-Kyodo [SYDNEY] Sydney's 4,500 taxis will impose a 10 per cent surcharge on fares during the Sept 15-Oct 1 Olympic Games, New South Wales Transport Minister Carl Scully announced. Mr Scully denied the increase was an attempt to take advantage of
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      • 202 56 AP [BRISBANE] Virgin Blue, Australia's newest discount airline and owned by British tycoon Richard Branson, took to the skies for its maiden flight yesterday 25 minutes late. The flight from Brisbane to Sydney was held up when a warning light showed that one
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      • 343 56 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Hainan Airlines Co, in which US financier George Soros is the largest shareholder, said it would take over another Chinese carrier, Changan Airlines Co, as it prepares for consolidation in the industry. Hainan Air and its parent, Hainan Airlines Holdings (Group)
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      • 310 56 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] EVA Airways Corp, Taiwan's second largest airline, said it earned six times more in the first half than the year-ago period, aided by the same spurt in air travel and cargo shipments that is filling planes across Asia. It earned NT$l.3
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    • 1730 44 SENATOR LINES TO UK/CONTINENT TOMEDnERRANEANCANADA VESSEL VOY SM LEH RTM ANR HAM BRV FU VESSEL VOY W BIT SPE FOt WX MTU POHANG SENATOR 001JW 22 M MM 10 M 11M 12 M U N 14 M CHOYANG CHMKE NMW 24 M lIM 12 N 14 H lIM 23 N
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    • 1586 45 lovtsstl VOY HKO KHH SIN HCI DXR Ml DOOM Mt IRAN TEHRAN PCL-170 01/09 03/09 07/09 OR/09 13/09 ***** 18/09 20/09 IRAN TARATARAH PCI-171 OR/09 10/09 13/09 13/09 23/09 24/09 36/09 2R/09 IRAN KERMAN PCI-172 16/09 14/09 20/09 21/09 2R/09 29/09 01/10 03/10 IRAN ISFAHAN PCI-173 20/09 19/09 23/09 24/09
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    • 544 47 BSfl iA. mm MYANMA wBBk FIVE STAR LINE (MyMNMr National Uno) \W Loadiig for Yang on VESSB VOT SM PRL PEN PGU SAGAMG OW SID SITTWE MW 01/09 MALATSU AGENTS: OOUSTEAD SMPPMG AGBKKS ROL IB 03-2417M0 PKL IB 01-*****101 PEN: TB M-*****02 PGU: TB 07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A scrvks »l
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