The Business Times, 27 October 2000

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    15 1 _jL j^ji^ MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85C S INGAPORE lniern?t: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2000
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    57 1 STOCK MARKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSECOMP doRd NIKKEI 226 U.8&&4J +17* HANG SENG 14JK14 MM SET INDEX !7U» +419 JAKARTA COMP—***** -148 MANILA COUP _1.2»« *74 TAIPEI WP1 &J41J6 -81* SEOULCOMP VtW -l&M CLSA CHINA B —Llllll +1.« AUST ALLOW) -21* 12 NOON EST Cha* BOW 1(1321 JO
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    75 1 FOBEX BATES USS SI USS 1.762 £(US$/SS per 1.444 3JS9 El r ROfUSS/S$/E) 0.886 L4» DM 1340 \m YEN l«a» 11.71 RM UN LW HKS 7J0O 4.452 BART 43.68 24» RUP1AH MK-__ WI7 PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* 6.80 KUALA LUMFVR 7.87 JAKARTA BANGKOK iM MANILA _tl.» HONGKONG Mi X/UPS i
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    Lock icon CPF studying use of savings for older leasehold properties
    537 1  -  -^exclusive But it says this has to be balanced main objective of safeguarding retirement savings By\ Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] The Central Provident Fund Board will study the question of using CPF savings for the purchase of older leasehold properties, but says
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    Lock icon Private home sales halved in first 9 months
    805 1  -  i» exclusive Buyers price-sensitive; situation seen lasting for several more months By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Private home sales have crashed by half in the first three quarters of this year, with primary market sales by developers down 54 per cent and the
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    Lock icon Hopes run high for corporate tax cut in KL Budget
    327 1  -  Personal tax cot also expected; stocks gain 6% in 2 weeks From] Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur TALK of a possible corporate tax cut to boost corporate earnings and attract more foreign direct investment in the country has contributed
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      141 1 DBBPE BT Comment MAS at crossroads; government should take back seat. Pg 4 Top Stories Hold more gold reserves, Asian countries told. Next Page Swissair likely contender for MAS stake: aviation analysts. Pg 4 Nasdaq dives 6%, Nortel to blame. Pg 5 Horizon Green almost sold out in 3 days.
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      10 1 HDB sets lower prices for n»w fiats In 04 WMmM
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      Lock icon Manila tightens forex control as peso sinks to record low
      856 2 Investors sceptical as govt pledges all steps to bolster skidding currency Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippine peso sank to a record low as the government announced new steps to bolster one of the world's weakest currencies and appealed for public calm
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon High living on the high seas
        122 2 YOU know something is for the rich and famous when the brochure says: "For discreet inquiries ..And this is the marketing line taken by The World of Residensea, the world's first ocean-going resort. We hear that three-quarters of the 110 apartments on the floating
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        Lock icon Oil and the Middle East
        73 2 EARLIER this week, The Business Times ran an on-line poll on the Israeli-Palestinian unrest and its effect on oil prices. The question was: Oil prices are rising again because of violence in the Middle East. Here is how they polled: Looks like they will continue
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      Lock icon Hold more gold reserves, World Gold Council tells Asian nations
      587 2  -  f-l a exclusive It says currencies unstable; suggests 15% gold reserves By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Countries like Singapore, Japan, China, Tai wan and South Korea should hold more of their reserves in gold, says the World Gold Council. In its
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      Lock icon New Economy firms create most 'wealth' in Asia
      520 2 China Mobile tops list, followed by sole exception Hutchison AP [HONGKONG] Telecommunications and other New Economy industries are creating the most market wealth in Asia, while traditional businesses lag behind, according to a survey of regional companies released yesterday. Telecoms giant China
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Swissair likely contender for MAS stake: aviation analysts
      491 4 An analyst says KL government, Naluri and Swissair are supposed to have met the same day Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Aviation analysts said on Wednesday Swissair could emerge as the most likely contender for a stake in Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS), throwing
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      Lock icon MAS at crossroads; government should take back seat
      687 4  -  ISEtMH lock siew eddie toh MALAYSIA Airlines is set to undergo a major transformation, but it is still unclear whether the Malaysian government will loosen its grip on the national asset. Already, the government has raised the foreign equity ownership cap in
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      Lock icon Eu Yan Sang, HK firm in joint venture
      322 4 Plan is to setup chain of Chinese medicine clinics Reuters, AP [HONGKONG] Singapore's Eu Yan Sang International Ltd said yesterday that it and Hongkong's Quality HealthCare Asia Ltd had agreed in principle to jointly develop a chain of Chinese medicine clinics in
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      Lock icon Sime ups stake in Sime S'pore
      101 4 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Sime Darby Bhd's whollyowned subsidiary Sime Darby Eastern Ltd on Tuesday acquired an additional 215,000 shares in Sime Singapore Ltd via the market. In a statement to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange on the same day, Sime Darby said the acquisition
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  • TECH stocks
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      Lock icon Nasdaq dives 6%, Nortel to blame
      815 5 Scramble to dump Nortel after sales shortfall sets off chain reaction NYT [NEW YORK] Technology stocks plunged on Wednesday, pulling the broader stock market with it. The Nasdaq composite index fell 5.56 per cent, its biggest daily decline since May, while the Dow Jones
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon HDB sets lower prices for new flats in Q4
      729 6  -  I exclusive 1.2-5% fall from Q2's prices dne to softer resale market By* Andrea Tan THE Housing and Development Board has set lower prices for new public flats in the fourth quarter, taking into account softer resale prices. Flats in the
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      Lock icon Landed Horizon Green almost sold-out in 3 days
      226 6 ALMOST nine out of every 10 units of Allgreen Properties' cluster housing project Horizon Green have found buyers in just three days. Sales, which were supposed to start yesterday, were brought forward to Tuesday because there was already a queue at the
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      Lock icon Sept manufacturing output up 14.4%
      355 6  -  P=tt=t on the economy manufacturing By 1 Teh Hooi Ling MANUFACTURING output in September grew 14.4 per cent year-on-year, spurred by the electronics and engineering clusters. But September's number was down from 20.8 per cent growth in August. Overall, manufacturing output grew a cumulative 14.1
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      Lock icon Corrections and clarifications
      61 6 IN our report "7% growth for S'pore next year: ABN-Amro" (BT, Oct 26), the growth forecast for 2000 should be 9.1 per cent, not 8 per cent as reported. The forecast for the Sing dollar, should be $1.67 against the US dollar by end-2001, not $1.6, and
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      Lock icon Suntec City helps push up Marina Centre rentals
      669 9  -  Demand from New Economy tenants poshes Q3 rates past Raffles Place levels By] Kalpana Rashiwala STRONG demand from New Economy tenants for offices at Suntec City helped push the average office rental in Marina Centre past the level at prime Raffles Place
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      159 7 BARCLAYS GETS BIGGER Barclays Bank PLC (Singapore Branch) is pleased to announce that it has been granted a Restricted Banking License by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). This reaffirms our commitment to clients in Singapore, following 27 years as one of the country's leading offshore banks, and reflects the
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      Lock icon 3G auction mill be at expense of consumers
      385 8  -  Lee Wai Leong Singapore via Internet I REFER to your article "Will confidence in the market be vindicated?" (BT, Oct 21) and the government's decision to auction 3G communications licences. It is truly amazing to hear Communications and IT Minister Yeo Cheow
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      Lock icon A firm's management matters too
      213 8  -  Saiful MK Singapore via Internet I REFER to your article "SIA cashflow reveals problem of success" (BT. Oct 25). Paul Thompson started well, saying not everyone understands the definition of profit as not everyone is an accountant, yet everyone understands the meaning of having cash
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      Lock icon Investors, look for cashflow analysis
      359 8  -  Harry Won Singapore via Internet I REFER to your article "SIA cash flow reveals problem of success" (BT, Oct 25). I fully agree with what Paul Thompson wrote about the importance of cashflow analysis. When companies report their earnings, it is on an "accrual" basis
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      298 8 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletterQ sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore*****s. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear in
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Winner of US presidency may end up the loser
      765 10  -  ■ETTT3 bottom line OPINION robert samuelson THE great irony of the tight presidential election in the US could be that the winner ultimately becomes the loser. Hie campaign has been conducted on the premise of uninterrupted prosperity. Good feeling and huge
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      91 10 'Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.' (forge Bosh Jr US presidential candidate, speaking extemporaneously. 'I sometimes wake up wondering what I am missing. But I keep coming back to the solid fundamentals that got the Dow to 10,000 in the first place.'
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      Lock icon A New Economy FTA
      545 10 EDITORIAL THE proposed free-trade agreement (FTA) between Japan and Singapore, over which Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and his Japanese counterpart Yoshiro Mori clinked glasses in Tokyo last week and which should be concluded by next year, has more content than meets the eye. At first
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      Lock icon Orthodox monetary policies won't save Asia
      1102 10  -  Inflation may be what's needed to lift its economies from the black hole of deflation By Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent TEN years after the collapse of the notorious "asset bubble", Japan's economy has not really recovered from the shock and
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      Lock icon Why the euro keeps getting weaker and weaker
      935 10  -  COMMENTARY Byi Caroline Baum Bloomberg THEY'VE tried to talk it up, wish it up, prop it up. Yet the euro keeps sinking. Europe's 22-month-old common currency set a new low yesterday of 82.30 US cents, which represents a 29 per cent decline
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  • e-NEWS
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      Lock icon Intel chief bullish on global chip market
      442 11 SEOUL He cites steady demand from makers of PCs and mobile telephones Reuters, AFP CRAIG Barrett, president and CEO of the world's number one chip maker, Intel Corp, said yesterday that he was bullish on the global chip market, due to steady demand
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    • eBriefs
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        Lock icon DoCoMo declines comment on Optus
        80 11 Reuters {TOKYO] NTT DoCoMo refused to say yesterday whether it was in talks with New Zealand's Telecom Corp over a joint bid for a stake in Australia's Cable Wireless Optus. A report in the Financial Times had said that the two companies were interested in
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        Lock icon AOL unveils improved software
        77 11 Bloomberg [DULLES, Virginia] America Online has introduced an upgraded version of its software. The program, version 6.0, includes a multimedia player that lets consumers listen to music or watch video clips. The software has other improved services, such as allowing instant messenger users to send automatic
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        Lock icon Sanwa scraps plan for Net bank
        62 11 Reuters [TOKYO] Sanwa Bank, one of Japan's largest banks, yesterday said it scrapped a plan to set up an Internet bank by year-end due to the huge cost. "Given the expected huge investment to keep on improving the system in the future, we started
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        Lock icon Credit Swiss ties up with Microsoft
        75 11 AFP [ZURICH] Credit Swiss Group and US giant Microsoft yesterday announced a "strategic pan-European cooperation on the Internet" involving a new personal finance channel being launched in Europe on the Microsoft Network (MSN) Internet portal. A new online investment service by the Swiss bank
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        Lock icon Mortgagees seen doubling Net spending
        72 11 Reuters [NEW YORK] Mortgage lenders in Europe and the US will double their spending on Internet-related technology over the next five years as more consumers turn to the Web to finance their home purchases, consulting firm Tower Group forecast on Wednesday. US lenders will spend
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        Lock icon Napster launched software for Mac
        51 11 Reuters [REDWOOD CITY, California] Napster said on Wednesday it has designed a special program for Macintosh users who want to connect to Napster's popular-file sharing service for songs. Founder Shawn Fanning said Napster has included a few new features not yet available to other PC
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        Lock icon Priceline names EVP as COO
        56 11 Bloomberg [NOR WALK, Connecticut] Priceline.com on Wednesday named executive vice president Jeffrey Boyd as chief operating officer. Mr Boyd, 44, will be responsible for the daily operations ofPriceline's travel, telecoms, mortgage, insurance and automotive operations, as well as its business-to-business product line. He will also
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      Lock icon NEC jumps into the black with 21b yen interim gain
      331 11 TOKYO Reuters JAPAN'S NEC Corp, the world's second-biggest chipmaker, has returned to the black for the first half of its financial year, helped by robust sales of chips on strong global demand for personal computers and cell phones. The company
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      Lock icon Sony's Q2 profit sinks 57% to 19.8b yen
      512 11 TOKYO Decline attributed to stronger yen and Play Station 2 costs Reuters ELECTRONICS heavyweight Sony Corp said yesterday its net profit sank 57.4 per cent in the July-September quarter due mainly to the strong yen and costs of rolling out its new
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      Lock icon Sony Pictures hands reins to chief ops officer
      326 11 LOS ANGELES LATWP IN a major executive shakeup, Sony Pictures Entertainment has restructured its operations giving president and chief operations officer Mel Harris direct authority over running the company's struggling motion picture operations. The move anticipates the retirement of 70-year-old Sony Pictures
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      Lock icon Yes, yon can get e-mail in a cab
      101 11 [SAO PAULO] Brazilian Philip Morris executive Moraima Range I checks her e-mail in a taxi cab in downtown Sao Paulo on Wednesday. The first five taxis equipped with Internet-accessing laptops and swathed in Yahoo !'s purple and yellow livery joined other cabs
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon US ambassador in Jakarta gets death threats
      498 13 JAKARTA Indonesian defence minister again accuses envoy of interference AFP US AMBASSADOR to Jakarta Robert Gelbard has received death threats, Indonesian Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab said yesterday, as the US embassy closed its gates to the public because of the threats. "He told
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      Lock icon Rupiah breaks through 9,000 level
      251 13 Reuters [JAKARTA] The Indonesian rupiah broke through the psychological 9,000 level against the dollar yesterday, sapped by the Philippine peso which skidded to fresh lows on worsening political problems. By 1000 GMT the currency had dipped to 9,019/9,034 against the dollar, a whisker past its
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      Lock icon Gus Dur presidency cannot last much longer, says Amien
      265 13 JAKARTA His role is worse than Suharto's in some ways, he adds AP THE speaker of Indonesia's top legislature predicted that President Abdurrahman Wahid s days at the helm of the world's fourth most-popu-lous country are numbered, news reports said yesterday.
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      Lock icon CyberWorks to repay HK$3.3b syndicated loan: report
      269 14 HONGKONG It fails to come to terms with lenders for an extension of loan originally raised by HKT Bloomberg PACIFIC Century CyberWorks Ltd said it will repay a HK53.25 billion (Ss73o million) syndicated loan after failing to come to terms with lenders to
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      Lock icon Manila to remove 3% tariff on imported crude oil, petroleum products
      364 14 MANILA Bloomberg THE Philippine government said it will remove the 3 per cent tariff on imported crude oil and petroleum products, in a move to temper oil price increases and prevent public anger about higher transport costs from adding
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      Lock icon Top businessmen want Estrada to quit: poll
      381 14 MANILA AFP NEARLY all members of the Philippines' most prestigious business organisation want embattled President Joseph Estrada to resign in order to save the economy, a poll showed yesterday as the local currency hit new record lows. The Makati Business Club (MBC) said
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      Lock icon Thai wage gap among the widest in East Asia: World Bank
      347 14  -  Income distribution generally worsened during the economic crisis From] Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S income distribution is one of the most unequal in East Asia with the poorest 20 per cent earning less than 4 per cent of national
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      Lock icon Thai central bank cuts growth forecasts, sees higher inflation
      581 14  -  It cites slowdown in domestic demand and high inventory for downward revision Froml Harish Mehta in Bangkok AS Thailand feels the chill winds of higher oil prices and slowing private consumption, the Bank of Thailand announced yesterday that it was paring
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      Lock icon Democrats may not come out tops in Thai polls, says Chuan
      275 14 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai conceded yesterday his ruling Democrat Party may not come out on top in looming general elections, blaming rampant vote-buy-ing by other parties. Mr Chuan, trailing in polls behind populist telecoms tycoon Thaksin
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      Lock icon Thai postal service 'Net-ted', retrenches thousands of staff
      179 14 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND'S postal service has been badly hit by the switch from "snail mail" to the Internet, forcing it to lay off thousands of staff as the number of items posted plummets, a report said yesterday. A Communications Authority of Thailand
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      Lock icon Hitic will probably be liquidated: official
      246 14 HAINAN Bloomberg HAINAN International Trust Investment Corp (Hitic), which defaulted on yen bonds held mainly by Japanese investors, will probably be liquidated, a provincial government official said. The investment arm of China's Hainan provincial government, "will be liquidated," said Wu Xiandao, a Hainan provincial
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      Lock icon HK economic freedom among the best in the world: Tung
      455 15 EU-HK nap Europe report will not affect territory's good image, he says AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong Chief Executive Tung Cheehwa yesterday played down a European Parliament report that claimed the territory does not provide a level playing field for overseas businesses.
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      Lock icon EU report on Li Ka-shing biased: HK chamber
      203 15 HONGKONG AFX Asia A EUROPEAN Parliamentary report which suggests that Hongkong's economy is unduly influenced by the power of Li Ka-shing and his family is biased, Edon Woon, director of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, said. "I don't agree with
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      Lock icon China Everbright Bank to boost capital
      575 15 Reuters [BEIJING] China Everbright Bank said yesterday it would boost its share capital by 43 per cent as Beijing prepares the financial sector for more competition after entry to the World Trade Organization. "This will let Everbright Bank proceed from a superior foundation to
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      Lock icon Chunghwa's debut today a key test of confidence
      553 16 TAIPEI Its showing will also set note for bigger overseas offering at year-end Reuters THE stock market debut of Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom today will be a test of confidence in the state giant, which has suffered back-to-back blows after launching its privatisation
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      Lock icon Taiwan's chip design industry set to grow 84%
      522 16 TAIPEI Its 130 design houses expected to reap USs2.6b revenues AP HELPED by its booming computer and semiconductor industries, Taiwan's chip design business is expected to grow 84 per cent this year, firming its position as the world's second largest, a research
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      Lock icon Hughes Tele.com listing reflects Indian tradition
      323 16 Bloomberg [BOMBAY] Things have never been the same since open outcry ended on the Bombay Stock Exchange, say the old-timers. Still, Hughes Tele.com (India) Ltd is proof that tradition hasn't died out entirely. The company, 49 per cent owned by Hughes Network Systems of
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      Lock icon Pakistan settles feud with semi-private power firm
      307 16 ISLAMABAD AP PAKISTAN'S army government reached its first big settlement with disgruntled private and semi-private power producers on Wednesday, Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said. The agreement with Kot Addu Power Company (Kapco) 36 per cent owned by the British-based International Power and 64
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      Lock icon Acer keen on 2nd China plant, but denies it's moving ahead
      338 16 TAIPEI Firm sells its own brand PCs there, instead of manufacturing on contract Reuters ACER Inc, Taiwan's largest computer maker, said yesterday it was considering building a second manufacturing plant in mainland China but denied reports that it had
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      Lock icon Taiwan's Quanta to build US$26m China plant
      133 16 TAIPEI Bloomberg QUANTA Computer, Taiwan's largest notebook maker, said it plans to build a notebook computer components plant in China for US$26 million (5545.5 million). The initial investment will be for a factory structure and some equipment to make the notebook computer parts
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      640 19 PEOPLE Reuters [NEW YORK] C Michael Armstrong likes to tell the story that his granddaughter prayed when he left California three years ago to take the helm at the telephone and cable giant AT&T Corp. "Well God, I guess this is goodbye. We're moving
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      262 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Credit Suisse First Boston and other bankers, lawyers and accountants earned more than US$6OO million (Ssl.l billion) advising AT&T Corp on purchases the past three years that made it the No 1 cableTV company in the US.
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      498 20 LONDON Markets doubt authorities will stand behind euro Reuters THE euro fell to record lows against the dollar for a second consecutive day yesterday amid dwindling expectations of imminent action by the world's monetary authorities to support the single currency. While top industrialised and
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      629 21 LONDON UN sanctions committee split on Baghdad's demand for payments in euros instead of dollars Reuters OIL prices bounded higher yesterday as fears mounted that maverick producer Iraq might suspend exports next week because of a row over the denomination of payments
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      239 21 TOKYO Reuters TOKYO police raided a Japanese company yesterday after arresting its former president on suspicion of kidnapping a colleague to try to stop him from starting a business in the US. Police believe that Masafumi Okanda, a former president of Liquid
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        103 21 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Sumitomo Chemical Co snd Mitsui Chemicals Incmsymergstoibrm Japan's laigsit chemicals maker, the newspaper said, without citing sources, whik both companies denied the report Last year, the two companies said they would combine their resins liiiiliwieees sml li mufti Hum tn )otntvrrrmmtn nrt costs.
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      2839 22 HONGKONG AFP PHangScng -64JM) HONGKONG share prices fell 0.4 per cent yesterday led by profit-taking in HSBC and selective selling in telecommunication stocks following a substantial fall on Nasdaq overnight, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index closed down 64.90 points at
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      983 22 Reuters P Shenzhen B Index -3.22 CHINA'S B shares closed mixed yesterday as the Shanghai B share index rose more than 2 per cent and Shenzhen's dropped, but brokers said some foreign funds were seen buying in Shanghai. The Shanghai index ended up 2.20 per cent at 69.18 with
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      274 23 AFP Q Composite Index -0.74 PHILIPPINE share prices ended slightly lower yesterday with the Composite Index down 0.74 points to close at 1,293.63. Volume rose to 363.43 million shares valued at 534.49 million pesos from Wednesday's 224.19 million shares worth 614.50 million pesos.—AFP Oct 2t Hm gg MRC Allied
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      209 23  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE Taiwan stock market yesterday fell, snapping a five-day rally, on profit-taking and lower US markets overnight. The uncertainty of the earnings outlook for technology stocks and political instability depressed market sentiment. Nasdaq fell for the third day
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      264 23 AFP PHBE-M -1031 NEW Zealand shares closed down 0.5 per cent yesterday led by Fletcher Challenge Energy and market heavyweight Telecom Corp, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed down 10.39 points at 1,962.24 on turnover of NZ$92 million.—AFP *m a rmm Advantaga HDS 1.75 -OH 59 Air NZ
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        892 27  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR w N K Yong FINE wine is now made all over the world. The best growers and producers are all up to date and equipped with the latest in viticultural, oenological and technical knowledge and equipment knowledge spreads widely and fast.
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        498 31  -  Christopher Tan SINGAPORE became the first market outside Japan to have the new Lexus LS43O on Oct 9. Business Times caught up with its chief engineer, Yasushi Tanaka, who was in town to introduce the 4.3-litre flagship. BT: I understand the car
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        288 32 SAP to review AAA rating after fond managers quit Bloomberg [LONDON] Henderson Investors' Global Technology Fund, the UK's second-largest mutual fund investing in computer and Internet stocks, has had its "AAA" rating from Standard Poor's put under review after the managers quit. The decision
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        35 32 In response to the article, AlA's revised premiums (Executive Money, Oct 20), AIA would like to clarify that the revised premiums for its mortgage protection plans apply only to new policyholders.
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        957 33  -  INSIDE rrenTgSl Watch oat for NEL; Capital buys more of Datacraft, GES, Venture; Aberdeen nps stakes in Courts, Robinsons By Robert Halili The writer is bureau chief at Score Lab Asia Ltd (www.asiascores.com). He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai, Singapore News
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        903 33  -  idea Nera Telecomunications Systems integrator Nera's strong set of earnings for the first nine months of its fiscal year should help put its shares on a recovery path in coming months. Third-quarter profits grew 37 per cent to $7.6 million for the
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      442 35 Bering wants to retain more profit from fast-growing ports for domestic firms: report Reuters [HONGKONG] Beijing is curbing the influence of Hongkong tycoon Li Ka-shing over mainland Chinese ports as it is concerned that Mr Li's port business is growing too strong
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      78 35 [NEW YORK] The Holland America Line's new cruise ship Amsterdam is greeted by the early New York sunrise as it arrives for inaugural activities. Amsterdam, built in Italy at a cost of US$3OO million (***** million), is the 10th ship in the Seattle-based company'sfleet.
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      292 35 Anti-piracy watchdog warns ships to exercise more cantion AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Chittagong has been declared a hotspot by the maritime piracy watchdog International Maritime Bureau (1MB), which issued a general warning to the shipping community to exercise more caution in and around
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      140 35 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong and Britain signed an agreement to avoid double taxation on shipping. Sandra Lee, economic services secretary, and British Consul General James Hodge signed the deal, which will exempt owners of Hongkong ships from paying tax levied on cargo taken on board
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      345 35  -  From i Alec Almazan in Manila [MANILA] The Subic Bay Free port is offering the 40-hectare Redondo port complex as well as several industrial and commercial properties for lease to investors. Subic Bay Freeport Felicito Payumo said in a statement that the property
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        682 36  -  admiralty casebook By I Selva Kumar AN English court recently threw out an attempt by a group of insurers to avoid a claim under a marine insurance policy just because the insured ship repairer gave its solicitors a forged
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        216 36  -  From] Evelyn Duffy m Perth AUSTRALIAN towing giant, Adsteam Marine Limited, has finalised its acquisition of 50 per cent of leading New Zea-land-based tug and barge group, Sea Tow Limited. Adsteam has initially acquired 50 per cent of Sea Tow for
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        101 49 Mori Philippines: All Saint's Day. Nor 3 Japan: Culture Day. Nor 4 Sweden: All Saint's Day. Nor 11 Canada: Remembrance Day. USA: Veteran's Day. Nor 23 Japan: Labour Thanksgiving Day. USA: Thanksgiving Day. Nor 30 Philippines: Bonifacio Day. Doc 3 Japan: Culture Day. Deo S Thailand: H.M. The
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        790 49 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        455 50 US PILOTS' WAGE TALES Their wages will be 10%-12% higher than their best-paid counterparts at rival airlines Bloomberg [CHICAGO] UAL Corp's United Airlines pilots voted 95 per cent in favour of a new contract with the world's largest carrier, giving
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        211 50 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] UAL Corp, parent to United Airlines, said it is creating a unit with US$5OO million (SsB7s million) in annual revenue to oversee Internet business, the sale of frequent-flier miles and investments in online ventures. The unit, called United New Ventures,
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        229 50 Pilots seeking annual pay raises of 29%-40% under three-year contract Bloomberg [CINCINNATI] Delta Air Lines Inc chairman and chief executive Leo Mullin said the third-largest US airline will respond by next Tuesday to a pay proposal from pilots, who said they
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        76 50 [LONDON] A train carriage in the livery ofConnex South Central at London's Clapham Junction station. French-owned Connex is to lose its south central service franchise in the biggest shake-up in the rail industry since privatisation. The new operators will be the consortium Govia and its main partner,
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        243 50 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India has installed online cargo clearance systems at its four main airports at Delhi, Bombay, Madras and Calcutta in a bid to speed up its freight handling, an airport official said. Online cargo clearance allows exporters
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        317 50 QOPKUM wtann AFP [PARIS] The head of the team investigating July's crash of a Concorde outside Paris said it was now sure the accident was caused by a metal strip from a Continental Airlines DC-10 found on the runway at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle
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        101 50 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Post World Net will pay US$745 million (Ssl .3 billion) for a 25.64 per cent stake in air express company DHL International, according to the issue prospectus of the company. The German post office in September said that it
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        243 50 Bloomberg [BRISBANE! Virgin Blue, a new no-frills Australian airline, said its sales and load factors during the first 50 days of operation were better than expected, as customers were lured by its low-cost fares. The Brisbane-based carrier said it has recorded
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      78 48 REGULAR SERVICE TO INDONESIA ETA ETD DESTINATION CHAHAYA VICTORY 2310 2MO BANGKOK/PONTIANAK TBN 24/10 2610 PALEMBANG/PONTIANAK/MEDAN PANGKAI BALAM (EAST TIMOR) REGULAR SERVICE- EX YANGON JUBILANT IN PT 23/10 VISAK/CALCUTTA/ YANGON CHAHAYA STAR 22/10 27/10 yiSAK/CALCUTTA/ YANGON REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER A BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS A DURBAN EXPORT VOY SIN
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