The Business Times, 1 November 2000

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  • 372 1  -  By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] With political heads threatening to roll in as many as five Asian countries, it is no surprise that foreign exchange analysts and strategists see the US dollar headed still higher against many regional currencies despite the record highs it has already
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  • 432 1 i i.ifjami'§Ai Hi W#jHaHtie«npti tod ikrt lit hear* after crash AFP, AP, Reuters A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 Jet carrying 179 people crashed shortly after takeoff at Taipei's international airport, a police official said yesterday. The official said the plane, which
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  • 636 1  -  USs2.4b deal gives shareholders 74% gain «i market price By\ David Boey, Catherine Ong in New York SOLECTRON Corp, the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer, said yesterday it will make a US$2.4 billion cash offer for Nat Steel Electronics that places a sharp
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  • 227 1 BEHIND every successftil woman is—no, not a man but someone who knows that life is an opportunity. Enter then, New Asia Biz Woman— a new daily feature in BT, not just for the woman in business but for all women who read BT. Whether
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    • 245 1 DISIPE Top Stories SGX market cap down 1.3% to $315b in Oct. Pmgm* 4 6 8 10-year plan to develop S'pore retail industry. Pg 10 Electronics manufacturers could be in for a rough ride- P9 11 Storm brewing over HK govt flat sales in 2001. Nmxt Page Shipping Times Kalian
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    • 329 2  -  AU-wkad-drim targeted at s*b-$200,000 segment Bui Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] This Is the first official photo of Jaguar's latest baby, and you are probably the first in the world to see it Called the X-Type, the junior Jag is scheduled to be unveiled only at the Geneva Motor
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    • 533 2  -  Nikkei reverses early loss, aided by Hitachi results Frotrii Anthony Rowley in Tokyo SENIOR Japanese politicians and financial officials yesterday launched a confidence offensive designed to counter flagging stock market sentiment and fears about the sustainability of Japan's economic recovery. At the same
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    • 211 2 AFP [NEW YORK] The US consumer confidence index plunged 7.3 per cent in October as households fretted about slower economic growth and prospects for rising oil prices, the Conference Board reported yesterday. Hie board, a business research group, said its confidence index fell to
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 110 2 WATCH out banks, Amex and Visa. Deutsche Telekom could be invading your credit card and cash card turf. Seems that if you run out of coins for that can of Coke, you just ring the number on the vending machine, press the button on the
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      • 62 2 BT ran an online poll over the weekend after Malaysia's 2001 Budget was unveiled. The question was: Doing away with the exit tax on portfolio investment profits will lead to more funds entering the Malaysian market. Here's what readers thought: Yes, this is a key issue,
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    • 89 2 I FRESHFIELDS DREW NAPIER A history of thinking^^^^^^^H E 1 Thinking ahead gives real advantage. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Drew Napier have entered into a joint law venture in Singapore. Amsterdam Bangkok Barcelona Beijing Berlin Bratislava Brussels Budapest Cologne Dusseldorf Frankfurt am Main Hamburg Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City Hong
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    • 10 2 Bott—> Lines What kind of dotation is Japan facing? Pgl2
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    • 61 3 5P ill t"* A I i. i. 1%. e i Mi Klaus R Genit/en, Senior Vice President ami General Manager. Westdei itsche Landesbank Millenia SINGAPORE PONTIAC MARINA PRIVATE LIMITED Pontiac Marina Private Limitod is .i subsidiary of tho Pontiai Land Group of Companies Out' Temasek Avenue Mill'mim Tower. «41 00
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 599 4  -  Tech stocks tumbled but Old Economy stocks like the banks gave some ballast By\ Siow Li Sen OCTOBER in the Singapore stock market proved to be every bit as bad as feared. The bourse not only rose and fell like a
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    • 197 4  -  By] R Sivanithy RETAIL punters came flooding back into the local stock market yesterday afternoon, sending the UOB Sesdaq Index up 4 per cent in one of its best sessions in recent memory. Elsewhere in the market, stampede buying of small counters like Mediaßtng,
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    • 525 4  -  Hot vote today could 860 some ex-Simex members objecting By\ Ling Su Ann THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is likely to receive enough votes in a meeting todayto put itself up for a listing, despite expected resistance from some shareholders. An extraordinary general
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    • 850 4  -  CEO Ko Nishimura is known for his healthy obsession with cutting waste' By] Lee Han Shih TO understand how Solectron can grow from a struggling California solar energy maker to the world's biggest and fastest growing contract electronic manufacturer (CEM), one needs to look no ftirther
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    • 300 5  -  By( George Joseph THIS is the first glimpse of what life will be like up in the sky for first-class passengers on the new Airbus A3XX. Airbus Industrie gave this first preview of the proposed aircraft's interior when a group of aviation journalists from Asia were
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    • 284 5  -  It says commission rate comparable to what US broker charges By\ Serena Ng STARTING today, stockbroker GK Goh will offer trading of Nasdaq stocks on-line at a 0.5 per cent commission rate. This buUds on GK Goh's existing Nasdaq service via a dealing desk
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    • 381 5 Bloomberg SIMON Cheong, a broker noted for earning $28 million by arranging two building sales in eight months, is now casting his eyes on the property assets of Singapore banks. Singapore's major lenders were told by the central bank in June to divest much of
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    • 867 7  -  Biiamibm On-line travel service group also roping in Asian media conglomerate By Johnny Yeo HOMEGROWN Asiatravel.com Holdings, an on-line travel service group that has been profitable since its inception and which count 9 IPC's Patrick Ngiam among its shareholders, is aiming for a Singapore Exchange main
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    • COMPANYBriefs
      • 61 7 Reuters TRADING group Lindeteves-Jacoberg has sold its Singapore headquarters to Global Gateway Asia for $29 million, property agent DTZDebenham Tie Lung said in a statement yesterday. Global Gateway, a joint venture between Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and Pioneer Global Group, develops and operates sites in
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      • 69 7 AFX-Asia SINGAPORE Airlines has agreed to sail two B747-300 combination paseenger Mid cargo aircraft to Hoetfcoiig SIA said, confirming an wllef report by Chtnaee lmgnagn rlaily LkmhtZaobao. The aircraft, which are around 13 yeartokl, are part afa fleet of B747-800 "Comhl" aircraft with
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      • 55 7 I f! I I I I 11. VICPLAS International's net profit for the year to July fiell 96 per cent to The lower profit to attributed to lower profit margins arising from Intense prioe competition and eubetoutlalliicreaee in raw material prices. Turnover was $153 million
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 581 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy Trading in local stocks yesterday continued to mirror Wall Street, with money transferred out of the technology sector into banks and property. But the real story was not that the Straits Times Index rose 18.79 points to 1,976.54
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    • 174 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By 1 R Sivanithy AFTER months of lethargy, the penny segment finally sprang to life yesterday. Several cheaper warrants that have been featured here recently all surged, rewarding the patient with double-digit percentage gains. Assuming this activity will continue for a couple of
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    • 242 6  -  HOT STOCK By Serena Ng THE stock of Singapore Food Industries (SFI) has posted strong gains recently and looks set for further upside. It closed two cents higher at 54 cents yesterday on volume of 337,000. The technical indicators are mostly bullish. The stock
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    • 146 6 ♦SINGAPORE Airlines wilt go ex-dividend (interim dividends 15 cent*) on Nov 9;t Last day tor buying-in on a cum basis is Nov 14. Date payable is Nov 22. ♦SIA Engineering will go ex-dividend (interim dividend of 1.5 cents) on Nov 13. Last day for buying-in on a cum
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    • 421 6 Stock* Volume MediaRing 10c 34,950,000 IPC020C 33,834,000 Omni Ind 10c 26,504,000 AddvalTech 2.5c 14,920,000 GES lnt1LW20c 14,914,000 Wecffice5c 14.412,000 L&M50c 12,075,000 PQ 25c 12,014,000 Adroit 10c 11,176,000 Eastern Asia 8,747,000 Omni kid 10c 73,750,220 DBSGrp *****^86 Datacraft 10c 38,534,366 (JOB 30,349,485 Chart Semiconductor 26c 28,238,860 SPH 27,630,963 VentureMfg25c 26,825,408 SJA
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    • 263 6 CLAREMONT HEIGHTS LTD (Incorporated in the British Virgin Islands) COMPULSORY ACQUISmON OF CARNAUDMETALBOX ASIA LIMITED UNDER SECTION 215 (1) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 On 14 September 2000, The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd ("DBS Bank"), for and on behalf of Claremont Heights Ltd ("CHL" or the "Offeror"), announced
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    • 36 6 I Grow Your CPF With eiBht >Z< s Larry Wee's currencies column appears on Page 30 y V EXECUTIVESUSE 4k rmk H i SRI f pfl An 8-page property section in The Business Times every Thursday
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 530 10  -  Move aims to help retailers cope with competition from overseas and on-line stores By 1 Vivien Ng A 10-YEAR plan has been devised to help the retail industry cope with changing consumer demands and competition from overseas and on-line stores. "The regional crisis
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    • 474 10  -  Jennifer Toh Manager Corporate Communication Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore via Internet WE refer to the letter "3G auction will be at expense of consumers" by Lee Wai Leong (Mailbag, Oct 27). The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) would like to clarify certain
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    • 335 10  -  Pang Sang Choi Executive Director LCD Property Management Pte Ltd I REFER to the letter by Justin Chua "Summerdale EC a disappointment" (Mailbag, Oct 31). In his letter, he made three complaints with regard to the development of Summerdale executive condominium. We are the
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    • 219 10  -  Chia Swee Boon Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article "ERA, in surprise move, slashes HDB resale fees" by Andrea Tan (BT, Oct 28). It's a typical weak-minded kiasu move. Instead of offering a better and more professional service to earn the
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    • 60 10 IN the article, "Investors still favour unit trusts despite stock slide", on Oct 20, we said Alliance Capital Management's International Health Care Fund stood at $161.9 million. This is incorrect. The net asset value of the fund was $109,975 million as at Sept 29 and $106,748 million
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    • 323 11  -  By\ Ling Su Ann SINGAPORE bank lending fell an unexpected 0.4 per cent month on month in September, although year-on-year growth continued to strengthen. According to figures released yesterday by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, loans to non-bank customers fell $523 million to
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    • 217 11 THE Keppel Group yesterday adopted the Association for Persons with Special Needs (APSN) and introduced its new corporate volunteer programme, after Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's call to companies to make it easier for staff to volunteer. Keppel will contribute to APSN's three junior schools
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    • 692 11  -  Supply will be 37% more; experts see oversnpply building up, especially in Tnas By Kalpana Rashiwala THE government will step up industrial land sales next year, supplying 26 hectares or 37 per cent more than this year's 19 ha. The move
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    • 414 11  -  However, October PHI inched up 1.2 points By Marissa Chew ELECTRONICS manufacturers remained cautious in October and look to be in for a rough ride. But with more positive sentiment in other sectors, the October Purchasing Managers' Index edged up 1.2
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 690 12  -  thehhh^h OPINION anthony rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo's correspondent THE Japanese government has expressed confidence in the "quantity" of growth the nation is likely to enjoy this year by revising upwards its forecast for gross domestic product (GDP) expansion in fiscal 2000
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    • 133 12 They're using conventional warfare on a group of bandits. It doesn't make sense. They should have used special forces to surprise the enemy.' MimmJ Magjat* a military analyst, on the full-scale assault that the Philippines pledged wouldfree the hostages and neutralise the guerillas within a week. The
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    • 609 12 EDITORIAL SO finally, Nat Steel Ltd and Nat Steel Electronics (NEL) suspended trading in their shares. After six days of unfettered speculation about a possible takeover of NEL, which took its price up almost 50 per cent and pushed Nat Steel's up by 33 per
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    • 1025 12 Heis credited with putting the WTO back on track following the Seattle debacle NYT NEARLY a year after violent demonstrations in Seattle disrupted the World Trade Organization's meeting of ministers and shredded its image, the group's leader, Mike Moore, is still
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    • 711 12  -  COMMENTARY By Sunanda Datta-Ray The writer, a former editor of the Indian newspaper The Statesman, contributed this comment to the International Herald Tribune. INDIA'S newspaper publishing houses are getting ready to scuttle a fresh challenge to their monopoly, this time from the government's
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  • e-NEWS
    • 1028 13  -  Investors and consumers may have pulled the throw the baby out with the bath water. At the samel shape up and produce results if they want to get baekfcfm By Saw Ken Wye The writer is managing director, Southeast Asia, Microsoft. He can be contacted
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    • 546 13 TOKYO Japan firm moiling 10-20% stake in wireless nnit Reuters JAPAN'S largest mobile phone carrier, NTT DoCoMo Inc, is in talks with AT&T Corp about taking a minority stake in the US group's mobile phone arm, the Financial Times reported yesterday. DoCoMo was believed
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    • 201 13 SINGAPORE SINGNET yesterday clarified it is not in a global alliance of Internet service providers that includes Hongkong's Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW). But it does have a partnership with Japanbased Nifty Corp, which is part of the global alliance. "We have an agreement with
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    • 355 13 HONGKONG Bloomberg CHINA Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd raised US$7.2 billion (5112.6 billion) selling debt and equity to help pay for new wireless networks, marking the biggest sale of shares to overseas investors by a state-owned company. China's biggest mobile firm raised US$6.6 billion selling
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • 425 15  -  Maiden issue will set benchmark for private borrowers From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA will launch euro bonds for the first time to help fund the federal government deficit and establish a sovereign benchmark for Malaysian borrowers in the
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    • 163 15 [KUALA LUMPUR] Care lined the road, die registration queue aiaked down the fairway and pecqpie were just about everywhere at Bei}aya Group Bhd's AGM on Monday, 77» Sun reported. In all, an estimated 5,000 people showed up for the AGM, compared to about3,ooo
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    • 455 15 I KUALA LUMPUR Amount is needed to help revive 2 projects stalled by economic crnnch Bloomberg PROPERTY company Mycom Bhd and its associate plan to raise as much as RM2SO million (*****.4 million) to revive two projects halted since the country slumped into recession
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    • 416 15 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Tenaga Nasional Bhd, Malaysia's top power supplier, said its profit for fiscal 2000 rose 72 per cent, less than expected, as losses from an investment in Pakistan damped the effect of a surge in power demand at home. Tenaga's profit rose
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 494 16 MANILA Central bank waiting to see if sale of high-yielding bills helps Bloomberg, AP THE Philippine central bank said yesterday it will postpone any decision on new measures to prop up the peso, which has tumbled 11 per cent since President Joseph
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    • 801 16  -  Will the two women deputies waiting In the wings take over? ASEAN yang THE region's economies may be showing signs of recovery. But the politics is, again, at another turbulent crossroads. The presidents of Indonesia and the Philippines are under siege, facing serious threats
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    • 118 16 JAKARTA Bloomberg INDONESIA will announce on Monday who will be the next chairman of the country's bank rescue agency, replacing Cacuk Sudarijanto who leaves the post this week. The government has narrowed the list to three candidates, Finance Minister Prljadi Praptosuhardjo said. Widigdo
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    • 547 16  -  Officials leayneanret are linked to mere for fresh polls From] Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE political mercury shot up yesterday as the Thai government unveiled a raft of measures giving relief to workers and employers, and providing funds to farmers and reducing tariffs, minutes
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    • 635 18 SHANGHAI Analysts say inflow conld be at the expense of some South-East Asian countries Reuters MULTINATIONAL corporations are pouring money into China to get ready for the opening of the potentially vast market on China's WTO entry, although analysts warn other Asian
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    • 475 18 BEIJING Bloomberg CHINA Galaxy Securities Co, the nation's newest and biggest brokerage, said it's in talks with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc and Schroder Investment Management Co to expand its investment banking and mutual fund businesses. Galaxy, created from the merger of five brokerages,
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    • 465 18 HONGKONG Basalts of China's largest computer maker within expectation* Reuters LEGEND Holdings, China's largest computer maker, reported interim earnings of HK5408.28 million (5591.8 million), or HK50.054 per diluted share yesterday—within the range of analyst forecasts, as PC sales soared. Legend's earnings for
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    • 208 18 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] About SO companiei will be listed on Hongkong's Growth Enterprise Market by the end of2ooo, just half the number expected when an index tracking the year-old market was started in March, an official said yesterday. Hongkong's GEM market was set up as a
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    • 486 19 TAIPEI Some observers doubt opposition Nationalists will initiate a political shakenp which could damage their own party Bloomberg, AP TAIWAN stocks fell for a fourth day yesterday after opposition politicians sought to impeach the island's president and vice-president. But doubts
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    • 451 19 BANGALORE, India 1.54b rupee profit boosted by higher margins Reuters WIPRO Ltd, one of India's largest information technology firms by revenues, beat market expectations yesterday with a 116 per cent surge in second-quarter profits, boosted by higher margins. Wipro's net profit for the
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    • 233 19 m NEW DELHI AFP INDIA was expected to give birth to a new state at the stroke of midnight this morning, when a tribal-dominated region is formally sliced off the massive central state of Madhya Pradesh. Chhattisgarh will become India's 26th full-blown state,
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  • WORLD news
    • 519 20 ZURICH But they concede that there are shortcomings despite the good intentions Reuters ELEVEN of the world's biggest banks on Monday detailed plans to implement a uniform code to stop money laundering in a bid to create a level industry playing
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    • 345 20 NEW YORK Media giant's revised stock offer worth USsl2J>b Reuters MEDIA giant Viacom Inc yesterday said Infinity Broadcasting Corp agreed to a revised stock offer worth about US$l2.5 billion (Ss22 billion) that would give Viacom ownership of the Infinity shares it
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    • 210 20 LONDON Reuters A British stockbroker dumped his briefcase and six-figure salary to take a job emptying dustbins, his new employers said yesterday. Jonathan Blair-Sloan decided to join rubbish collectors in his home town of Dorchester, while he waited to re-start life as a stockbroker in
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    • 262 20 BONN Bloomberg DEUTSCHE Telekom AG. Europe's largest phone company by sales, said yesterday it had a nine-month profit excluding one-time gains and charges of 740 million euros (Ssl.l billion), without giving comparable figures. Net income including onetime gains rose to 8.4 billion euros in
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    • 161 20 TOKYO Reuters THE world semiconductor market is set to grow in value by 20.3 per cent in 2001 from a year earlier to U*****.02 billion (*****.6 billion), driven by Internet expansion and brisk demand for cell phones, a Japanese industry group said
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    • 463 21 SEOUL Reuters SOUTH Korea's Hyundai Engineering and Construction headed off insolvency yesterday as creditors decided to roll over 30 billion won (5546.3 million) in maturing debts. "Creditors of Hyundai Engineering agreed to roll over 30 billion won in commercial paper
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    • 372 21 PURCHASE, New York Analysts say it offered USs37om; Coca-Cola bows out Bloomberg PEPSICO Inc has agreed to buy 90 per cent of South Beach Beverage Co, maker of Soße-brand drinks, beating rival Coca-Cola Co to beverages popular with teenagers as both
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    • 187 21 LONDON AP ROCK star Elton John began court proceedings on Monday to recoup millions of pounds of touring costs that he claimed top accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers mistakenly charged him. The 53-year-old singer and pianist, who is expected to be called as a witness
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    • 504 21 NEW YORK Lean will be used to repay more expensive short-term debt Bloomberg AT&T Corp, which last week announced plans to split itself into four businesses, chose Credit Suisse First Boston, Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Chase Manhattan Crap to arrange a
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    • 1699 20 I NOTICES To advertise call toil-free 1300-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 j CHOSEN HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the second Annual General Meeting of CHOSEN HOLDINGS LIMITED (the 'Company") will be held on Friday, 17 November 2000 at 17 Woodlands Terrace,
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  • CAMPAIGN 2000
    • 807 22  -  A candidate could lose the national vote, but win The White House. Leon Hadar reports from Washington Leon Hadar WHILE the two leading presidential cand i d a t e s Democrat A 1 Gore and Republican George W Bush are continuing in the last days of the
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  • FINANCE & commodities
    • 290 23  -  SGX Derivatives Ttadlngifeport ST Indesc/MSd S'pore Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore SINGAPORE stocks yesterday clawed their way back into positive territory after early falls. Gains in bank shares were enough to offset losses in technology stocks. The Singapore Straits Times Index gained 18.79 points
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    • 234 23  -  MS& Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE Taiwan stock market closed lower yesterday due to political turmoil. The possible impeachment of President Chen Shuibian over the cancellation of the nuclear power plant shattered the confidence of investors. The MSCI Taiwan
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    • 150 23 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oil markets held firm yesterday, shrugging off Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries' (Opec) latest attempt to tame the high crude prices that are threatening to dent global economic growth. International benchmark Brent crude for December delivery was trading only 19
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    • 327 23 Reuters THE euro rose against the dollar yesterday after comments by Bundesbank president Ernst Welteke revived wariness that the Group of Seven industrial nations could intervene again in defence of the single currency. The G7 intervened in support of the euro on Sept 22 and Mr Welteke said
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  • STOCKS east asia
    • 2647 24 HONGKONG AFP jMj HONGKONG share prices rose 0.6 per cent yesterday on a technical rebound in financials and properties, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 95.44 points to close at 14,895.34 on a turnover of HK$B.4l billion. Kenny Tang, research
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      1457 24 Reuters -015 CHINA'S B shares closed lower yesterday as a fall on the domestic currency A share bourse triggered profit-taking by local investors in the hard currency market, brokers said. The Shanghai B share index ended down 2.22 per cent at 69.55 with turnover falling to U5530.48 million from
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    • 339 24 □WPMg -114J0 TAIWANESE share prices closed 2 per cent lower yesterday amid near panic selling over a concerted bid by opposition parties to unite and oust the government, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index shed 114.90 points to 5,544.18. The political storm was sparked by the
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    • 1988 24 TOKYO AFP HIBMMB ♦78lH SHARE ibices in Tokyo rebounded 0.5 per cent yesterday as investors bought back expensive information technology issues in late trading, brokers said. But the recovery from a 20-month low reached on Monday was likely to be only temporary,
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  • STOCKS klse
    • 364 25 AFP Qj Composite Index -2L95 Malaysian share prices tumbled 2.8 per cent yesterday on extended selling of key blue chips after last week's uninspiring 2001 Budget, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 21.95 points to finish at 752.36.
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    • 8572 25 INDUSTRIALS Cirsmmt protects 2000 Last Vol Day Nat Cap High Low Company Sala 'OOP High Low P/E SmM 420 310 Ajtnomoto «_3<0 18.6 137.8 158 46 Angkasa 49 1.9 1 49 49 72 J 670 290 Apollo Food Hlg 420 2 2 420 420 9.1 168.0 3825 2700 BAT 50c
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  • SGX clob & regional stocks
    • 2227 26 BONDS &WARRAMTS msi m Mi Uml trnfcf U-M Urt MB* UrtMHi Ml M tat tar mm mm la» C«T «w f968> La» taw «afcr M» taWIM Htm 1%) 8wM«l UW 51.5 3.5 Acma W*****4 6 1 164 6 4.5 5 5 41.0 1 300 285 1335 f 38 2.5 AIITach
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      747 26 AFP H SET Ma +L5O THAI stocks rose 0.6 per cent yesterday in limited trade as local retail investors led speculative buying in electronics, chemicals and finance stocks, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) main index gained 1.50 points to close at 271.84, while the SET 50
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    • 271 26 AFP P Composite Index +3J9 PHILIPPINE shares closed marginally higher yesterday with the index up 3.19 points, or 0.25 per cent, to close at 1,287.85. Volume reached 356.80 million shares worth 535.95 million pesos, up from Monday's 233.75 million shares worth 359.32 million pesos.— AFP Oct 31 Pese *h
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      642 26 AFP "pogtoMg ♦133 INDONESIAN shares closed 0.3 per cent higher yesterday on the back of last-minute state buying in selected stocks after earlier breaching the psychologically important level of 400. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 1.23 points at 405.35 points led by Telkom and prospects of
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    • 262 26 AFP PMEE-40 -3M» NEW Zealand's stock market fell 1.7 per cent yesterday as Telecom Corp dropped sharply. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended down 32.46 points at 1,929.44 on turnover of NZ$l34 million. "The market started low and kept going lower," Merrill Lynch's Richard Leggat said.—AFP Oct n m (too)
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    • 537 26 AFP PADOrfairiai 410 AUSTRALIAN share prices fell 0.3 per cent yesterday as strong resource and telecommunications sectors failed to salvage losses by major industrials, brokers said. The AD Ordinaries index dropped 9.1 points to 3,203.9 while the SP/ASX 200 was 9.8 points weaker at 3,254.6. Turnover totalled 521.65 million
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    • 294 26 AFP □Composite Index ♦1.75 South Korean shares rose 1.9 per cent yesterday with the index up 9.75 at 514.48. Volume was at 348.6 million worth 1.6 trillion won. —AFP Oct II AnamSemi 5220 100 Brain Tech >80 -20 Central >H 170 unch Chell Comm ***** 2000 Dm Cu Bank
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  • STOCKS sgx
    • 7918 27 SGZ MAINBOARD Transaction date: Oct 31 Or Or M Wt 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Dtv Dtv YM Mat Cap Avg MH> Law C»wp«ay 5a>» COOP) Hlfli Law 8wyor Safcr H C'»r P/I $aii Prtca WHTHMUSm 8 <* rfl 163 75 m c Acme50c 793 *03 47 793 7S
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  • EXEC lifestyle
    • 583 28  -  Asian designers' latest collections are showcased by champagne makers Moet and Chandon. UKumaur reports. SARAH BUCKLEY AFP PIVE of Asia's best designers were to unveil their new collections in Hongkong yesterday as fashion followers slowly begin to look East for fresh, witty competition to the traditional
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    • 243 28 LINKS LON D O N QO NOW AT CITYLINK MALL, SINGAPORE1f GUEST-OF-HONOUR. HIS EXCELLENCY. MR ALAN HUNT. CM G. OFTHE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION. WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY ON i W I NOVEMBER 2000 AT 6.00 PM Wjt GIFTSWITH DISTINCTION Links of London is among the best and smartest
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  • MONEY matters
    • 1139 30  -  External factors have not been all that helpful in the past week CURRENCES larry wee THE Asian political backdrop has turned distinctly nastier during the past week, making an already uncomfortable climate for Asian stocks and currencies even tougher. Pressure has intensified in ugly fashion
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    • 996 30 BTForex Survey November2ooo US$, Storting pound, Korean won the favourites /Or OOBT Of Capua pfBSSfYaDOfI 8m yield aver the next two quarters By Larry Wee wiin xne oojecuve or as&song local cocnpomss wih their plans and protections for fits current quarter as wel as the first quarter of
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 150 31 Reuters GRAIN chartering started the week quietly on the dry cargo freight market, with no business on any of the key routes, brokers said. Despite the lack of trade on key routes, Baltic panelists marked the key US Gulf/Japan 54,000 tonnes route only a fraction lower at U5525,190,
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    • 282 31 w Oct J1 CWT Distribution 0.61 uncti tS Cosco Invastmant 0.16 -0.01 3 Freight Link* .—0.15 0.01" 82 G8 Holdings OS3 unch 3 Hal Sun Hup 034 0.01 54 tMC Holdings UK—5.60 unch 0 Jay* HoMnqs 0.16 0.01 328 KappoiCprp Ml 0.06 m KappelFELS in 0.02 370 KappalMsrln*
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    • 396 31  -  Vessel laden with 6,000 tonnes of toxic chemicals may cause severe pollution From David Hughes in London IN an incident inviting comparisons with the Erika environmental disaster last December, a chemical tanker classed by the same Italian classification society Rina, sank yesterday off
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    • 439 31 Meeting ef 15 countries in mid-Nov to fight growing scourge of piracy AFP [TOKYO] The Japan Coast Guard said on Monday it will hold joint exercises with its Indian and Malaysian counterparts to cope with the growing scourge of piracy in Asian
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    • 208 31 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian government is considering making it compulsory for banks to provide fiinding for the local shipping industry. "We will think about it seriously and refer it to the Finance Ministry," Bernama news agency quoted Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik
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    • STRAIT Talk
      • 912 32  -  By I Seafarer THE current Neptune Dorado saga highlights the problems that quality ship registers have if they choose to be highly dependent on classification societies for vessel inspection. There will be few in the shipping community by now who have
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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      • 1827 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND LCI CAROO Book too/Balance Rsth Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Pork* Froa To fm AC* CAMKT OK MM IA JVBOO 30m JVHOO 3VB00 JV16M JVHOO U JV1700 0V0659 0V0900 a jvttoo ovo45» omm 3 01/0700 ovns» OVWOO 4 M/1200 ***** O07M HAS UNA
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      • 158 43 Ntrl Philippines: All Saint's Day. MorS Japan: Culture Day. Nov 4 Sweden: All Saint's Day. Norn Canada: Remembrance Day. USA: Veteran's Day. Nor 23 Japan: Labour Thanksgiving Day. USA: Thanksgiving Day. Nor 90 Philippines: Bonifacio Day. USA: Thanksgiving Day. Dm 3 Japan: Culture Day. D*o 5 Thailand: H.M.
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      • 781 43 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 baaed on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 780 44  -  European group unveils mocknp of snpeijumbo A3XX to Asian press W Donald Urquhart in Toulouse, France [TOULOUSE] As competition between aircraft arch-rivals from the US and Europe hits unprecedented levels, a senior executive of Airbus Industrie says airlines are happy
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      • 385 44 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV, Europe's fourth-biggest airline, said second-quarter profit rose 71 per cent as the fastest European economic growth in a decade helped it to fill record numbers of seats. KLM, which is seeking a partner after merger talks with
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      • 207 44 Bloomberg [BRISBANE] Virgin Blue, a new no-frills Australian airline, said it will increase the number of flights it offers as demand rises from business travellers. Virgin Blue said it will increase daily return flights between its base in Brisbane and Melbourne to five from
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      • 369 44 But audit by US regulators shows no immediate safety issues Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US regulators said they found "systemic" manufacturing irregularities such as inadequate inspection and quality-control procedures in a special audit of Boeing Co, the world's largest planemaker. No immediate safety issues were found
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      • 171 44 Bloomberg [TOULOUSE, France] Boeing Co won 60 per cent of global orders for large jetliners in the first nine months, reclaiming the lead it lost last year to Airbus Industrie, the only other maker of big commercial jets. Boeing had 475 orders through Sept
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    • 76 31 In Strait Talk today Singapore 's wish to run a quality fleet is shared by most other major flag states. The way those states seek to turn wish into reality, however, differs widely. 4 Pg 2 Back Page Airlines happy to have two big jet makers sharing market: Airbus mi*.
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