The Business Times, 9 November 2000

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85e SINGAPORE Inier.ict: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 9. 2000
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
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    65 1 FOBEX SATES us$ s$ U8t 1-738 £(US$/S$per£) 1.«4 147€ EU80(ISS/S8/E) 9M8 L492 RM 18M 1181 HJS ?-789 1488 BAffT 4163 26.10 RDPIAH 1269 1» PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* hM KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA J9.00 BANGKOK J.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPH 7.84 SYDNEY TOKYO IM SEOUL t.50 ZURICH" M6 mNKFURT**
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    Lock icon Bush or Gore? Florida will decide
    1255 1  -  Besides recoont, another 2,300 votes of overseas Floridians are key From Leon Hadar in Washington AFTER an extraordinary day of high political drama, the world last night still did not know who the next president of the United States will be the fate of
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    Lock icon New twist in controversial $65m Links Island share sale
    351 1  -  Prospective buyer declines to boy first tranche of shares, stands to lose $1.2 m deposit By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Businessman Christopher Kou Kok Kiow has declined to buy the first tranche of 46.55 million shares offered to him by Links Island
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    Lock icon Vote recount in Florida leaves euro traders in limbo
    643 1  -  Bush win will see higher US stocks, dollar: analysts By I Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Forex traders bought euros yesterday morning when it looked as if A 1 Gore could be ahead in the US presidential race. But by 4pm those euros
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      15 1 New Asia Biz Woman m """1 Nanz Chong-Komo: Building on $1.99 gains jj ■Pg 32
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      299 1 More reports Wall Street in waiting mode, Pg 3 Republicans retain narrow U$ Congress, Pg 3 11 w,.." Senator Hillary makes history, Pg 3 BTOwnnwti Mark of the Net in US vote?, Next Page Mf I 3 V V -v. *^3jSBP«II. 1 JM^paai «■■—i^-"— T 1 11 5'- >- ■■.*<
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    • Article
      Lock icon Indon police raid Tommy's home
      626 2  -  Adjacent homes of his sisters also searched; appeal court orders resumption of Suharto's corruption trial From I Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIAN police yesterday raided the home of Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, the fugitive son of former president Suharto, but found no clues to his
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Take a good look at me first
        68 2 STYLE and Image appear to be the order of the day, what with all these fancy titles floating around. In a classified advertisement, one bank asked for a "first impressions officer" who will meet and direct customers to the appropriate counters. This employee,
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      • Article
        Lock icon Shop while the country drops
        70 2 ONE very important tai tai from a neighbouring country was seen over the weekend with an entourage in tow, scooping up potted orchids at Far East Flora before bustling off to Centrepoint It must pain her that her country is in the doldrums, economically and
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        Lock icon Big Blue's big buyback
        92 2 HERE are some interesting statistics. Since 1995, IBM has spent US$36 billion (Ss63 billion) buying back its shares—USsl billion more than its accumulated net income over the same period. There's nothing wrong with this, except that in 1995 IBM was buying its own shares at 2UJ
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        Lock icon A great, ingenious way to fly
        252 2 A MAN from California read on a packet of Healthy Choice frozen food: "Earn 1,000 frequent flyer miles for every ten universal product codes sent in to Healthy Choice by May 31." He then hatched an ingenious plan to accumulate air miles. "I realised
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      Lock icon Good people needed for any undertaking to flourish, says LKY
      645 2  -  Unending search for talent, self-renewal is vital: SM By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday that he often wondered if he did the right thing in pulling his old friend E W Barker out of
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      Lock icon Mark of the Net in US vote?
      633 2  -  ■JBQQC22GIDu3^^iiIl TECHNOLOGY The Internet may have played an unexpectedly pivotal role in this closest of elections kenneth james THE closest presidential election in US history has also seen the rise of the Internet as an important electoral tool. With so few voters making
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  • CAMPAIGN 2000
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      Lock icon Republicans retain narrow control of US Congress
      677 3 AP [WASHINGTON] Republicans retained their hold on the Senate and House yesterday by the slimmest of margins, barely turning back a ferocious, well-financed Democratic bid to gain a majority. Remarkably, joining First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Senate winners' circle was Jean
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      Lock icon Senator Hillary makes history
      520 3 AP [NEW YORK] They called her a doormat and even a friend to terrorists. But now Hillary Clinton's enemies will have to call her "Senator". On Tuesday, she became the only First Lady ever elected to public office, easily beating Republican Representative Rick Lazio, a Long
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      Lock icon Wall Street in waiting mode
      1056 3  -  Investors hold back baying after reversal in the US presidential results By\ Catherine Ong, Andrew Marks in New York WALL Street staged a muted rally yesterday morning after a night of high drama and dramatic reversals in the US presidential results which left the race
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon DelGro exits Today two days before launch
      644 4  -  It fails to agree with the other partners on certain commercial terms By\ Marissa Chew TWO days before the launch of the new tabloid Today, DelGro Corporation announced its surprise withdrawal from the venture yesterday, citing a failure to agree with the other
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      Lock icon Elec & Eltek soars to 12-month high of US$3.42
      446 4  - Elec Eltek soars to 12-month high of US$3.42 Price rise is due to rumours of PCB business sale By] David Boey SHARES of mainboard-listed printed circuit board maker Elec and Eltek International Company closed at a 12month high of U553.42 yesterday, buoyed by rumours the group plans to sell its
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      Lock icon Centrepoint takes Cheng Fong on board
      313 4 Former DBSL chief joins as non-exec director and project consultant HAN Cheng Fong has joined Centrepoint Properties as a non-executive director and project consultant, the company said yesterday. Dr Han, 58, is expected to help the listed property arm of Fraser and Neave expand
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      Lock icon Grappling with the notion of a listed regulator
      899 4  -  aHocKimmidUJ r sivanithy LAST Friday this column highlighted non-monetary issues connected to the Singapore Exchange's impending public offer that haven't been discussed or clarified. The main concern expressed was how potential conflicts of interest will be dealt with as SGX, as a
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      Lock icon SingTel reported to be keen on Thai Net firm
      461 5  -  AD Venture is sister company of Sing Tel associate Advanced Info Service From Harish Mehta in Bangkok SINGAPORE Telecom is believed to be interested in buying a 25 per cent stake in the year-old Internet investment arm of Thailand's Shin Corporation,
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      Lock icon SingTel names two new board members
      114 5 SINGTEL yesterday appointed two new members to its board Jackson Peter Tai and Yogen K Dalai. Mr Tai, 50, is also the chief financial officer of Development Bank of Singapore Ltd. Dr Dalai, also 50, is managing partner of Mayfield Fund, a venture capital
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      Lock icon CyberWorks invests $25m in broadband network in S'pore
      311 5  -  It expects 14,000 subscribers for this service by 2005 By' Tang Weng Fai PACIFIC Century CyberWorks (PCCW) has launched its asynchronous digital subscriber line or ADSL-based broadband offering in Singapore, with a $25 million commitment over three years. Senior manager for business
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      Lock icon Year-end IPO deadline won't be met says M1
      224 5 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Mobile One, Singapore's No 2 cellular phone company, said it will not meet a deadline for its initial share sale by the end of the year as it resolves a stake sale by two shareholders. Cable Wireless pic, the UK's
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      Lock icon Chew Eu Hock eyeing industrial land developer
      240 8/9  -  Preliminary talks include issuing new shares as consideration Oyi Andrea Tan CONSTRUCTION firm Chew Eu Hock Holdings said yesterday it was in preliminary talks to buy an industrial property developer. But it did not identify the company. CEH said in a statement discussions
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Brieeley raises stake in F&N
        60 8/9 AFX-Asia BRIERLE Y Investments said It bought from the open market a further five million shares in Finer Neave last Friday, paying 16.06 a share The latest purchase brings Brier ley's stake in FAN to 9JB per cent or 29.8 million shares. FAN shares closed
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        Lock icon NEL receives notice of offer
        72 8/9 NATSTEEL Electronics said It has racetvgd from Msrrill Lynch (Singapore) the notice of voluntary cdnrttttcnal cash offer for all Its Issued shares at US9CS3 a share and all its outstanding 1.5 percent unsecured convertible bonds due 3004. Merrill Lynch is acting ferLionhead Acquisition Corp »nd
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        Lock icon Court nod for DBSL Pidemci=o merger
        25 8/9 THE High Court has approved the msrgsrs of DBS Land and Ptdemco Land, and Somaraet Holdings and The Aaoott
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        Lock icon Inter-Roller gets DHL contract
        34 8/9 AFX-Asia INTER-ROLLER Engineering said It has second all million oontract to design and boUdanewafrtal handling system for DHL International P»e Ltd at the Singapore Airport Terminal Services! if—Qoortsr Centred- AFXAsia
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        Lock icon Seksun changes name to Seksun Corp
        47 8/9 SEKSUN Precision Engineering yesterday unveiled a new logo and announced that It Is changing Its name to Seksun Corporation Ltd aa part ofa strategic review to gear the company towards hlgh-tsrhnntagy tnrtatlng investments In Ufcsdencaa. the manuftrfreofaaedical devices and the Intsraet
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        Lock icon E Pavan made Permasteelisa CEO
        15 8/9 PERMASTEELISA Pacific Holdings has appototsdEnao Pa van chief executive officer
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      Lock icon Jaya bags $44m deal to build three vessels
      294 8/9 It has also secured options for 2 more worth $40m JAYA Holdings has secured orders for three vessels worth sbout 144 million and options for another two worth about 940 million. The orders are from one of the group's repeat customers, a
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      Lock icon Qian Hu stays well afloat on Sesdaq debut
      389 8/9  -  It ffariskoi2G% above its IPO prteo iuspilo bearish ■arhet By\ David Boey QIAN Hu Corporation, widely believed to be the world's first aquartum-flah trader to go public, defied bearish mar ket conditions yesterday to end its first trading day on Sesdaq well
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon US recount cuts short rally in anticipation of Bush victory
      550 6  -  2» 8 8 r.sivanithy IT was an odd sort of session in the local market yesterday, with investors still on the lookout for possible takeover, restructuring or merger targets, though less enthusiastically than before. There was weakness again in the
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      Lock icon Pac Century shares better buy than covered call
      198 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THERE seems to be a lot of interest in Pacific Century's shares, possibly because Hongkong subsidiary Cyber» Works has formed a joint venture to offer on-line broking. Pac Century's stock enjoyed huge volume yesterday, though it failed
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      Lock icon Further upside seen for Nera
      229 6  -  HOT STOCK W Ven Sreenivasan NERA Telecoms is one of those rare stocks that has quietly gained ground during the past few weeks as the broader market threatened to go into a meltdown. The counter added three cents yesterday to close at 84 cents on
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      Lock icon Market Notices
      30 6 K Dalai, and the chief PeterSSTas'non-executive directors. Mr Tai will also be a member of the audit ♦CENTREPOINT 1,; jg Properties has appointed J HanChengFongasa > I director. 'J||
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      295 6 Stock* Volume PacificCenturylOc 61,723,000 Omni tnd 10c 49,166,000 MecNaRing 10c 27,567,000 PCI 25c 22,181,000 PNE Ind 10c 11,614,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 11,006,000 Roly IrrtUSIOc 10,157,000 Vckers Capital 25c 9,433,000 Eastern Asia 7,696,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 7,089,000 Stocfca Omni Ind 10c 188,939,680 Chart Semiconductor 26c 97,869,766 PacificCenturylOc 88,792,020 DBSGrp 47,506,103
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Four industry leaders bag awards
      350 8/9  -  Tung Lok's Tjioe, Qian En's Tap, Microsoft's Saw and HDB's Wong-Tan got International Management Action Award By l Candida Ng WHAT do computers, ornamental fish, housing Oats and good food have in common? Well, four leaders from these industries received the Inaugural International Management Action
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      Lock icon Ringing up a record in September
      271 8/9  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE keeps spending more time on overseas phone calls a reflection of declining international rates and a busy economy. The latest figures from the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore show 93.1 million minutes of outgoing international calls were made in
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      Lock icon Pilot federation slams fault-finding
      404 8/9 Threats of civil or criminal r.limrgftg hamper information flowslfalpa AFP THE global federation of airline pilots yesterday denounced "In the strongest possible terms" what it said was a growing trend to attribute blame in air accidents. In a statement received here, the International Federation of Air
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      Lock icon Software bug cause of problems: StarHub
      169 8/9 STARHUB Mobile, already slipping in service quality ratings, suffered another blow when connection problems surfaced between early Monday and Tuesday night. Some users could not call out or receive calls. The prob lem has since been rectified. Star Hub head of operations Peter Cook
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      Lock icon All parties should mutually agree on agent fees: Mah
      365 10  -  HDB does not intend to set commissions for what is a private transaction By Andrea Tan IT is not in anyone's interest for public housing resale commissions to be fixed, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday. "HDB will make
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      Lock icon Shell's $25m bid comes out tops
      119 10 SHELL Eastern Petroleum yesterday emerged as the top bidder for a petrol station site, offering $25.1 million. The 28,961-sq-ft site at 2 Boon Lay Avenue, now occupied by ExxonMobil Oil Singapore, was put on the block by the Jurong Town Corporation. Marketing agent Jones
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      Lock icon Lengkong Apartments sold en bloc for $35m
      396 10  -  BTBaiJHUIUJ Buyer SB Dev't will also buy state land in front of rite for $757,000 By Kalpana Rashiwala SB Development Pte Ltd, a medium-sized developer, has bought the freehold Lengkong Apartments in Kembangan through a collective sale for $34.5 million. It also expects
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      Lock icon ENV to launch sewerage plant tender tomorrow
      186 10 THE environment ministry, or ENV, will call for tenders for the construction of the Changi Waste Water Treatment Plant tomorrow. The first tender is for foundation works, site development and management. It will involve excavation and the removal erf the excavated material, and
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon The fewer company directors, the better
      598 11  -  Mak Yuen Teen Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article "Review panel likely to cover board make-up" by Paul Thompson (BT, Nov 8) and wish to add some comments. The article focused on two features of boards the presence of independent directors and
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      101 11  -  L W Cheah Corporate Affairs Marketing Dept Multimedia Development Corp Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article, "Malaysia's Keconomy Budget" (BT, Oct 30). I would like to highlight a factual inaccuracy in the following paragraph: "What is the main problem? Why is it, for
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      Lock icon Port of S'pore is world's busiest, not PSA Corp
      107 11  -  Lee Seng Kong for director-general Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore WE refer to the article "SembKimtrans barges sent to Pelapas: sources" (BT, Nov 4). In the interest of accuracy, it is not PSA Corp but the Port of Singapore that
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon 19th C insights that still ring, oh, so true
      800 12  -  JOjEHpH ■•I'livimlHa OPINION robert samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group ALEXIS de Tocqueville (1805-1859) wouldn't have been surprised by the US presidential election campaign's bitterness. He would have had an interesting explanation, because even though he was French, he understood the
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      53 12 'Indonesia cannot survive as a nation on Wahid's words alone. In his first year in office, Wahid has failed to back up those words with even one single institutional reform.' -KnnuuitoAaggoro a researcher for the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a Jakarta-based research organisation, on President
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      Lock icon Another bid for Mideast peace
      637 12 EDITORIAL AFTER five weeks of violence, peacemaking in the Middle East is getting legs again. US President Bill Clinton is exploring whether he could spur the two sides to talk again This week, Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat will visit Washington and Israeli Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Banking on palliatives In the Indian economy
      1007 12  -  The fiscal deficit shows no signs of coming down, Irat Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha keeps on playing Dr Feelgood By Preen Shankar Jha The writer, former editor of The Hindustan Times, contributed this article to BT FOR three years, Indian Finance Minister Yashwant
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      Lock icon Diminishing returns for the Internet?
      777 12  -  COMMENTARY That's a scary proposition Irat not an improbable one, a PwC study suggests By Paul Krugman The writer is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology NYT SO, enough already about the election. Let's talk about William Shatner. I happen to
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Malaysia kicking off roadshows for maiden Eurobond
      374 13 KUALA LUMPUR Proceeds to plug budget deficit, boost foreign reserves, refinance debt Reuters MALAYSIA was scheduled to kick off roadshows yesterday for its maiden five-year, 500 million euro fixed rate notes, which is aimed at diversifying its funding base and setting a new
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      Lock icon Time dotCom targeting to go public in January
      289 13 It is still finalising underwriting aspects of IPO KUALALUMPUR AFX-Asia TIME dot Com Bhd is still finalising the underwriting aspects of its initial public offering (IPO) and the company is unlikely to meet its mid-No-vember listing date. A Time dot Com official
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      Lock icon Proton denies plan to sell Lotus shares
      87 13 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg DVDITQAUAMAU AfciTnr»V.fl -HrH nawOflJlAIlMI Utosnooil liH Mj 11,11 MmßjßUi* biggest carmaker, denied a media report that it pkms to aaU shares in Its Group Lotus pic uft&t UK h&auy crvirtg m«lram w Lotus "does not have any plans" and "has
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      Lock icon Public Bank's Q3 profit Ms 27% to RM148m on higher taxes
      183 13 KUALA LUMPUR K&Uysun lender's interest income rises 14% to RMS63J)m Bloomberg PUBLIC Bank Bhd, Malaysia's fourth largest lender, said its third-quarter profit fell 27 per cent, as higher taxes offset gains in interest income and falling provisions for bad
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      394 14 JAKARTA The decision will cover restructuring of its 21 largest debtors, says report AFP Reuters THE Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) is to review all its previous decisions, its new chairman said. This would include those taken on the restructuring of its
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      154 14 JAKARTA Reuters BANK Indonesia said yesterday it would minimise speculative use of rupiah funds to boost the ailing currency, one of Asia's worst performers this year. Bank Indonesia said last week that it would tighten the monitoring of non-residents' rupiah funds
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      488 14  -  It signs deal to list corporate assets on growasia website From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta HOLDIKO Perkasa, the holding company set up by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) to manage 107 former Salim group companies, is banking on the Internet to
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      171 14 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA'S state auditor said yesterday that banks misused 5156 trillion rupiah (5110.26 billion) of central bank emergency liquidity IMn 4|* n creaits. In a parliamentary commission hearing, the Financial and Development supervision Agency said the findings were based on the audits of 42
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      583 15  -  Estrada allies said to be plotting Congress takeover From Al Labita in Manila PHILIPPINE stocks and the peso plunged anew yesterday as attempts by President Joseph Estrada's allies to regain control of Congress and block his impeachment put a damper on investor sentiments.
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      195 15 SINGAPORE Bloomberg EQUITABLE PCI Bank, the Philippines' No 3 lender, said talks with a potential strategic investor failed because of the investor's concern about the country's political crisis. The negotiations were focused on the sale of at least 20 per cent of the bank,
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      214 15 MANILA AFP PHILIPPINE First Lady Luisa Ejercito yesterday said that she was standing by her embattled husband, President Joseph Estrada, who faces possible impeachment over alleged corruption. "Our marriage vows remain valid especially in these times of my husband's hour of need,"
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      393 16  -  It accounts for USs27b worth of syndicated loans Prom' Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG was the most active syndicated loan market in Asia outside Japan this year, according to financial information group Thomson Financial. Thomson yesterday said Hongkong accounted for 56
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      121 16 SHANGHAI Bloomberg THE Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchange main boards will merge in the first half of 2001, with trading and settlement centralised in Shanghai, the Guangzhou Daily reported, citing Shanghai Mayor Xu Kuangdi. The Shenzhen stock exchange stopped accepting new listings in
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      192 16 HONGKONG AP THREE men broke into an online newspaper office, waving wooden rods and a knife and smashing computer screens as they demanded the journalists "stop reporting any fabricated stories", police said yesterday. No one was injured in Monday's confrontation inside the office of
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      344 16 BEIJING It follows a similar move Shell to buy US$2OO-400m shares in the Chinese oil firm Bloomberg BP Amoco pic, the world's third biggest publicly traded oil company, is in talks to invest about US$2OO million (***** million) in China National Offshore
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      394 17 ZURICH Swisscom will sell 25% stake in mobile telecoms division to UK firm for cash or shares Reuters BRITAIN'S Vodafone Group Pic, the world's largest mobile operator, yesterday linked with Switzerland's state-con-trolled Swisscom AG in deal worth 4.5 billion Swiss francs (554.4
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      387 17 SAN FRANCISCO Bloomberg PETS.COM Inc, which sells pet food and supplies on the Internet, is closing nine months after going public. The company, known for television commercials with a sock-puppet dog, said it contacted more than 50 companies to seek cash or a buyer. None
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      248 17 WASHINGTON AFP A HACKER on Friday infiltrated one of Microsoft's servers without causing damage, less than a month after another attack on the high-tech giant, a company spokesman said on Tuesday. "One single server" was affected, according to Microsoft spokesman Rick
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      204 17 FT [LONDON] Jonas Birgersson, the 28-year-old Swedish chief executive of Framfab, one of Europe's best-known Internet services companies, resigned on Tuesday. He had come to epitomise the raffish, confident image of the New Economy executive. His usual business garb is fleece sweaters and shorts.
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      489 18 HONGKONG They in vest a combined USs34m in the 50-50 JV aimed at HE'S rich Bloomberg PACIFIC Century CyberWorks Ltd (CyberWorks) and Chase Manhattan Corp have started an online brokerage aimed at wealthy Hongkong investors after the city's stock exchange unveiled a new trading
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      395 18 HONGKONG Li Ka-shing firm blames it on acquisition and website development costs Bloomberg TOM.COM Ltd, tycoon Li Ka-shing's Internet venture, said yesterday its losses widened in the third quarter as the company poured resources into the development of websites and acquisitions. The company lost
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      366 18 CHICAGO Reuters MOBILE phone service subscriber growth may be declining, but the phone replacement rate, or the percentage of phones that are bought by established subscribers, is increasing and driving the mobile phone market, a recent study said. According to
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      367 18 Internet d«uin nflmAg In IMiam characters allowed AFP [BEIJING] China will allow Internet domain names in Chinese characters to help companies that were slow to register their names in English and saw them snatched up bv others, state media said yesterday. The China
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      125 18 TOKYO Reuters NEC Corp is talking with America Online Inc's (AOL) European unit about an alliance, the president of the Japanese electronics giant said. NEC president Koji Nishigaki, speaking to reporters ahead of his departure yesterday to speak to investors in the Untied
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      445 19 NEW DELHI Finance ministry urges review of sectoral caps in all sectors to ensure higher foreign investment inflow, says newspaper Reuters INDIA is considering allowing 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in all telecommunication areas in a bid to reverse an economic
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      364 19 MUMBAI Reuters THE average Indian Internet user spends more money and time using the Internet than on other activities like television, video games and music, a new study has said. The average user is a 27-year-old, unmarried, working male with
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      384 19 NEW DELHI Move an to list its ADB* on NYSE: chairman Reuters INDIA'S state-controlled telecoms firm Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) will launch cellular telephone services early next year, its chairman and managing director said yesterday. "It will be sometime around
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      596 20 LONDON Revamp would allow firm to boost mobile, Net operations NYT BRITISH Telecommunications is expected to separate its wholesale operations from its other business units as part of a long-awaited revamping plan, executives close to the company said on Tuesday. The plan may
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      390 20 TRUMBULL, Connecticut Bloomberg TIGER Woods is unhappy with t}ie way the US PGA Tour uses his likeness, and said he should get a share of the tour's new television contracts that will be negotiated next year, according to Golf World
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      335 20  -  Strategist sees golden year for global stocks in 2001 From l Audrey Tan in Hongkong THE year 2001 will be a golden year for global equities, with Asian equities likely to benefit the most from US rate cuts, SG Securities
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        61 20 Bloomberg [London] Travelex pic, the world's largest operator of airport cmrency exchange centers, agreed to buy UK travel agent Thomas Cook Group's financial-services unit for £440 million (Sfl.l billion) to expand its foreign exchange business. The site will leave Thomas Cook, controlled by Preuasag
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        62 20 Reuters [NSW YORK] Seagate Technology Inc. the world's v biggest maker of hatd disk drlvqg£||dd on Tuesday that it was chosen to to simply the havd drives ft* the Xbox, Ufanwyiftfitup'tMpcww^VlrtnnfSMTKo company said it won a contract to provide hard drives from June 2001
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      499 21 SEOUL Move comes after union rejected demands for job losses and pay cnts Bloomberg DAEWOO Motor Co creditors declared the automaker bankrupt after the labour union rejected demands for job losses and pay cuts, complicating efforts to find a buyer for the company. "Lenders find
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      254 21 SEOUL Bloomberg SOUTH Korea is targeting a lower economic growth of between 5 per cent and 6 per cent next year, down from 9 per cent this year, President Kim Dae Jung said. "Korea will manage (the economy) so that it
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      440 21 SEOUL Firm still has to address 510b won in foreign loans, bonds Reuters, Bloomberg CREDITORS of South Korea's Hyundai Engineering and Construction yesterday agreed to roll over debts owed by the builder until the end of the year, main creditor Korea Exchange
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      317 21 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korean financial watchdogs yesterday rejected a selfrescue plan submitted by Hanvit Bank, forcing the country's second largest bank and three others to find merger partners. The decision by the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) was another major step toward the
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      539 23 BRUSSELS Reuters MARILYN Monroe once crooned that "diamonds are a girl's best friend". In Breakfast at Tiffany's, Audrey Hepburn denied interest in diamonds, calling them better suited for "an older woman". But thieves who tried to steal a flawless 203-carat diamond the size of
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      442 23 NEW YORK To maintain 'A' rating, it has to lower debt to 1.5 x cash flow: SAP Bloomberg [NEW YORK] AT&T Corp, which plans to split itself into four companies by 2002, will cut its debt by about US$l6 billion (Ss2B billion) through
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      386 24 NEW YORK Company it is acquiring, Associates First Capital, lias bad reputation NYT FACING pressure from com-munity-lending advocates over its acquisition of Associates First Capital Corp, Citigroup announced changes on Tuesday at its Citiflnancial consumer-lending unit, which will absorb Associates' branches, that the company said
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      407 24 TOKYO Stronger yen eats into earnings despite higher sales; 20L5b yen profit meets forecasts Reuters HONDA Motor Co, Japan's second-biggest vehicle maker, yesterday reported a 12 per cent drop In profits for the first half of its financial year, hit by a strong yen, but
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      450 24 NEW YORK SCI holds invitation-only briefing for analysts and large investors Bloomberg EVEN with a new rule mandating evenhanded disclosure of corporate news, analysts still have an Inside track on company information. Just ask the folks who attended SCI Systems Inc's invitation-only briefing. About
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      93 24 [DHAKA] Indian cricket team's skipper Sourav Ganguly listening to a Journalists during a press cortfierence in Dhaka on Tuesday. The Indian team is in Dhaka to play in Bangladesh's inaugural Test matchfrom tomorrow to Tuesday. The Indian skipper said that "it
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      278 24 MLOSANGELES Reuters HER British Majesty's empire may be gone from the map but it is alive and well In California. The latest statistics on foreign Investment in the Golden State have yet to be published, but when they are, the United Kingdom
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      201 24 SAN FRANCISCO Bloomberg DID American Express steal the Grinch? Visa International Corp has sued American Express Co claiming the credit card rival is deceptively promoting itself as a sponsor of the upcoming holiday movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Visa said American Express
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      304 25  -  SOX Derivatives TnMngßepart ST Index/MSCI S'pore Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE Singapore stock market yesterday closed slightly lower as investors decided to take profit amid the uncertainty of the US election and the weakness in the chip industry. The Straits
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      236 25  -  MSGI Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE MSCI Taiwan index yesterday surged more than 2 per cent on attractive valuations together with easing of political pressures. Positive comments from analysts helped boost the market. However, the market closed off highs due to
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      168 25 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices held strong yesterday after gains this week led by supply worries at two major producers Nigeria and Iraq. London Brent blend futures started unchanged at U5531.68 after Iraq on Tuesday halted crude exports out of the key Turkish port
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      342 25 Reuters London THE dollar rallied yesterday, but flailed to match earlier one-week highs against the euro amid confusion over the outcome of the US presidential election. The dollar rose to its highest against the euro since Nov 1 after Democrat candidate A 1 Gore conceded victory to Republican
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      3185 26 HONGKONG AFP PHangSeng -16&66 HONGKONG share prices fell 1.1 per cent yesterday as investors reacted with alarm to initial reports that Republican George W Bush had won the US presidential election, dealers said. Before the announcement was retracted after Florida ordered
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      2038 26 TOKYO AFP Hmmag *ui SHARE prices in Tokyo edged 0.4 per cent higher yesterday as investors waited to see who would win the US presidential election, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 index gained 59.31 points to close at 15,399.64.
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      982 26 Reuters ♦LSI CHINA'S B shares closed firmer yesterday as investors, confident about progress on market reforms, pushed Shanghai's hard currency index up more than 2 per cent, analysts said. The B shares have generally risen over the past two weeks since a top regulator disclosed details of reform plans.
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      359 26 AFP QWP Index +190J7 TAIWANESE share prices closed 3.2 per cent higher yesterday, above 6,000 points, on continued foreign buying, an easing of political uncertainty and with US voters leaving a mark, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 190.17 points to 6,067.94, on turnover of
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      318 27 AFP |J Composite ladei ■&61 MALAYSIAN shares closed down 0.7 per cent yesterday but were just off earlier lows after reports of a victory for George W Bush in the US presidential election, dealers said. Vice-President A 1 Gore later retracted his
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      266 28 AFP F1 Composite Index <4.74 SOUTH Korean shares yesterday rose 0.9 per cent with the index up 4.74 at 558.09. Volume was 352.2 million worth 1.8 trillion won. —AFP I WW AnemSeml 5510 -250 Central Bank 170 0 Chell Comm ***** 2500 Dm Gu Bank .2070 -30 Daesang Corp
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      276 28 AFP P Composite Indei -34J6 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 2.3 per cent yesterday with the Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index down 34.16 points at 1,478.42. Volume fell to 548 million shares worth 1.76 billion pesos from 919.64 million shares worth 2.08 billion pesos on Tuesday. —AFP Nov 8 Uto
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      262 28 AFP HmSE-40 *20 NEW Zealand stocks traded higher but lighter yesterday as interest centred on the presidential election in the US. The NZSE-40 capital index ended the day at 1,988.17 points, an increase of 9.20 or 0.5 per cent, on turnover of NZ567.15 million. —AFP i*vi at rmm Advantage
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      539 28 AFP QABONiiuriM -16J0 AUSTRALIAN share prices fell 0.5 per cent yesterday with blue chips feeling the brunt of a reversal in recent positive sentiment, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index dropped 16.10 points to 3,298.20 while the SP/ASX 200 was 18.70 lower at 3,354.2. National turnover totalled 612.96 million
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      734 28 AFP SET Index +7.01 THAI shares rose 2.4 per cent yesterday in heavy trade on continued buying by both foreign and local investors due to positive sentiment, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index gained 7.01 points to close at 299.37, and the SET 50 index
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      664 28 AFP P| Campoate Intel +6M INDONESIAN share prices closed 1.2 per cent higher yesterday amid bargain-hunting in Telkom and cigarette-mak-er Gudang Garam, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 5.05 points at 426.06, off a low of 418.14 on a volume of 703.60 million shares valued
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      987 32  -  Corlnne Serk catches up with dynamic Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Nanz Chong-Komo, who's made a roaring success of her 0ne.99 Shop chain Corinne Kerk THE last time we met, Nanz Chong-Komo had just lost a court case. Yet, she was bubbly and optimistic, chatty and
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      665 32 AFP [LONDON] Canadian author Margaret Atwood has won the 2000 Booker Prize, Britain's most prestigious literary award, for her novel The Blind Assassin, organisers of the competition announced on Tuesday. Atwood, 60, had been a favourite for the award, which she won on her fourth attempt
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      554 32 projecteyeball. Mn* (P) 077/02/2000 MONDAY TO FRIDAY Bringing you the issues that matter Singapore's first integrated online/offline newspa :>er S Project Eyeball brings you the latest in News&Views, jjjjj Technology, Sports and Leisure every morning before Kg ifat >mfo— mm lyttiy Jg: 2Mb jMTM6CiEM3DQ|I. iJJ Whether it's a news article,
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      1177 33  -  'White' site on new Downtown In a fortnight, URAwill relaunch the first 'white' site on the new Downtown. Most property experts don't expect it to suffer the same fate as three years ago when there were no bids. But response may be lukewarm. KALPANA RASHIWALA finds out
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        349 34  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala THE first "white" site offered in the new Downtown will be a pioneer plot in several respects. A second-storey travellator system will connect it with future buildings in the area, it will be linked to the proposed Common Services Tunnel
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        797 34  -  Govt may release more nearby plots which will compete with first big site By] Kalpana Rashiwala THE launch this month of the first "white" site in the new Downtown will ride on the current uptrend in the office market, with rising occupancy and
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        1265 35  -  CHAN CHEN TEE takes you through the finer points of a property contract ranging from tenancy obligations to fire risk CHAN CHEN YEE The writer is a partner at Drew Napier WHEN buying a property, it is advisable that a lawyer be consulted on the
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        1259 36  -  Original paintings are a good option for dressing up those bare walls and they need not be expensive too with some in the $500-$1,500 range. CORINNE KERK talks to some galleries for an idea of what to look out for CORINNE KERK SO you've got
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        1779 39  -  Buying sentiment is strong from Asia investors interested in the major resort markets of Phuket and Langkawi, according to a recent global survey. But the restrictions of local laws on foreign ownership and legal title, as well as the limited availability of local currency financing may
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        484 40  -  DBS Land's Sun Haven is set to draw families with young children with its beach-like swimming pool, inline skating rink and adventure playground. M lg CHEW checks out the appeal MARISSA CHEW DBS Land is out to lure families with young children hook, line and
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        936 40 PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BULT-M/ PRICE PSf PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE ULT-fV PUCE W STREET NAME TYPE DATE LANOAREA* STREET NAME TYPE DATE LANDARGHT (SOFT) (STOOO) (SS) (SOFT) (STOOG) £S« District 14 JlnSenang 2-Sd
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      31 33 iHi Legal matters Note well before inking contract Page 3 ry Getting the hang of art Pages 4 and 5 Home renovation Making the most out of living space ■Page 6
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      50 34 >1 American Hawkeyes I Inspection System Customer scrutinise expensive merchandise and expect to know what they are buying. Home Sellers/ Buyers can get the home they intend to sell/ buy inspected by a dedicated, independent home inspection company at a tiny fraction of what they pay to transact their purchase.
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      100 35 Mortgagee's Sale 8-Storey Light Industrial Building at Tampines St 92 Land area: 51,721 sq ft Gross floor area: 129,288 sq ft HDB 30 30 years wef 1994 (subject to conditions in Building Agreement) Excellent as corporate headquarters Sale with vacant possession II Debenham g Tie Leung For Sale by Tender
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      123 35 The best of city living with restaurants, cafes, shopping, I|B~~ the Perth concert hall and 5-star Duxton Hotel -jwithin walking distance. University of Western Australia, Curtin University of Technology, major business colleges and private schools within S to 10 minutes drive. Surrounded by parks, gardens and treelined avenues. Panoramic view
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      71 35 Clarification In our legal matters column last week, we said that those who bought their HDB flats from the resale market were only eligible to buy private property after two and a half years. We would like to clarify that the restriction applies to the sale of the resale flat
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      125 38 433-443 I RIVER VALLEY ROAD Land Area 1856.1 sm \g\ (approx. 19,979 sq ft) 4if I RD Tenure Freehold j °ro!s>"A^^ Planning "Residential" with Plot ratio f Ito o^\ U »wr Guidelines 2.8 and height subject to >—.<<. A may evaluation. PrSctl Description Development site in the prime I SSS
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      132 38 e SSj f«"w 'lj The home renovation column will appear fortnightly, starting with this article. It will address the many problems that Singaporeans face in renovating their homes. The next instalment will be on the renovation brief; and the differences between the professional consultants such as the architect, interior designer,
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      86 39 MARYLAND PARK PRIME FREEHOLD SITE WITH SEAVIEW FOR SALE :S PROPERTY* £1 Land Area 22,922.7 sqm (246,740 sq ft) Tenure Freehold For further details, please contact: Planning "Residential" Zoning 2.8 Plot Ratio Investment Parameters up to 20 storeys Sales Department Description Popular and accessible location. Well 0i r#% uoro|l4lUUCß r
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      474 41  -  Crniseship repair, refurbishment market in Singapore growing By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] ST Marine is the most recent beneficiary of what is seen as a growing industry for cruiseship repair and refurbishment in Singapore, with its securing of a contract for a
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      765 41  -  STRAIT TRUE Byi Seafarer THE Erika, the tanker which broke up and caused serious pollution along the French coast, was an apparently well maintained, well run ship. Who says so? The man who led an inspection on board before it sank,
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      167 41 AFP [PARIS] French Transport Minister Jean-Claude Gayssot, reeling under public pressure over the sinking of a chemical tanker, called on Europe to ban vessels from sailing near France's northern coast during storms. "I propose to Europe and the International Maritime Organisation in
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      315 41  -  From David Hughes in London GERMAN classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and the Norwegian society Det Norske Veritas (DNV), have failed to agree any sort of co-operation despite months of talks. In statements both societies said: "Differing views on how to maintain the independence of
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      364 41  -  From] David Hughes in London IN THE latest of a string of port projects, Anglo-Dutch container shipping line P&O Nedlloyd (PONL) has formed a new joint venture with P&O subsidiary P&O Ports to operate a terminal in New Jersey in the
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      165 42 PAGE Eastrans 6 Accord 6 ECL 4 Appenship 5 ECULif Assets 7 6 Austral 6 FoooflSun 5 Fuhai 7 5 rTSl U UflR 4 D'taiy. um Gemartrans 6 d idoaiMS o cm 7 7 Haniin CMACGM 3 i rT. COSCO 5 ™_J* a Hyundai 7 3 Interasi.
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        144 50 Nor 11 Canada: Remembrance Day. USA: Veteran's Day. Nor 23 Japan: Labour Thanksgiving Day. USA: Thanksgiving Day. Not 30 Philippines: Bonifacio Day. USA: Thanksgiving Day. Dao 3 Japan: Culture Day. Dae 5 Thailand.■ H.M. The King's Birthday. DM 10 Thailand: Constitution Day. Deo 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. DM
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        795 50 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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        344 51 Consolidation will boost competition, create more choices for consumers Reuters [WASHINGTON] Mergers among top US airlines would boost competition and create more choices for consumers, not fewer as often predicted, a survey released said. The study by the Economic Strategy Institute, a free
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        457 51 Bloomberg [LONDON] British Airways pic's (BA) Barbara Cassani, who heads the low-cost Go unit the carrier has put up for sale, said any buyer must allow management to participate in the ownership of the company. Ms Cassani said she wants to
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        579 51 Bloomberg [ST LOUIS] Global Airlines Corp, a closely-held company with no aircraft, has offered to buy Trans World Airlines Inc for US$29B million (Sssl7 million). Some investors said the combination may not happen. "Until there's a lot more information that's
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        536 51 CONCORDE Reuters [PARIS] Police analysing debris from the crashed Air France Concorde will need at least another six months to finish their reconstruction of the fire-ravaged airliner, a senior officer predicted on Tuesday. Investigators have laid out mounds of twisted fuselage, charred
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        370 51 Move follows resumption of domestic flights across British and US-enforced no-fly zones AP [BAGHDAD] Iraq went one step further on Tuesday in challenging British and US-enforced no-fly zones when it invited foreign airlines to reopen their offices in the capital Baghdad. The official al-Iraq
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        533 51  -  Logistics regulations, customs set-up are being revamped to fulfil the country's ambition of being a sea, air and telecommunications centre, reports P TBANGSBERG P T BANGSBERG Taiwan is moving to improve its logistics and customs operations in line with its ambitions to
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        260 51 [SINGAPORE] The supply chain plays a critical role in e-business. In many cases, businesses are competing on the intrinsic strength of their supply chains rather than on price, variety, quality or service of their offerings in digital enterprises. This was a major
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