The Business Times, 10 November 2000

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    Lock icon Hong Leong secures major MAS exemption
    608 1  -  HTM'MHmUM Unsecured loan up to 0.5% of capital per customer, rather than just $5,000 By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Hong Leong Finance has become the first finance company to be allowed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to lend up to 0.5 per cent
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    Lock icon Insider trading: Burden of proof to shift to accused
    609 1  -  Guilty insiders could face farther penalty with introduction of civil remedy or liability By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Lawyers expect there will be more successful prosecutions of offenders when the proposed new insider trading laws take effect, as the burden of
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    Lock icon in the age of economy?
    763 1 MHMttHMKf fey wmt^OBUmW^^WWPWP >^IiHBBI^MBP^^B^^BBBBBBBB§B|^SK^^BB3|gOMEB3B*IHS^BEp In the same way that the Nasdaq's retreat demonstrated that the old rules of economics are still alive and well, the presidential election of 2000 and the political cliffhanger on Nov 7 which is going to be determined by a somewhat
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      68 1 ImHDHI' ■i vomrnvm "4. >*: i vri p'•>' s Quek Long Chan's taste for FAN may be more than meats the eye. 7 Top Stories CyberWorks offers early retirement to 2,500 staff. H ft Lucent to cut Jobs, LJ j w reshuffle manage- In+nlln fill inienociucu rropeny BigcarCOEs rebound with
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      27 1 First Asia Junior Golf academy opens in January Exec. Lifestyle. EL 1 Club membership: Down in November, but prices may bottom out soon Exec Lifestyle. EL 2
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      55 1 COMMENTARY Wall Street gets the Gorr oviM<lrt'» it wanted Vt Pq4 A made-for-TV 1 race to the Excc Lifcstyln EL 2 j v w/f*\^' K> Heir to a proud watchmaking tradition y apj jppujfi i 65/737 64 51. shops: The Promenade. Ontrepoini. Paragon Ann The Hour Pie j *****7. Tel.
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Much ado about extremely little
        147 2 BARRON'S Alan Abelson has a rare talent for description that cuts through the clutter and gets to the point. Here's what he said in the Nov 6 issue on the US presidential election, which he assumed would be over by the time the issue went
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        Lock icon Sloppy service in prime neighbourhood
        117 2 REMEMBER when the prime minister talked about bad service? A good example is the Marine Parade library. Last week, the National Library started a collection of old books for sale, the proceeds to be used to help underprivileged children. All a donor had to do
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      Lock icon IPOS to become statutory board next April
      529 2  -  This will help to build IP as strategic, competitive resource By Errol George, Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The Intellectual Property Office (IPOS) will become a statutory board next April to help spearhead a national effort to build intellectual property (IP) as a strategic
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      Lock icon Big car COEs rebound with a vengeance
      482 2  -  By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] The big car COE premium has almost trebled to $35,396 reversing a $24,000 plunge last month and leaving about 1,200 bidders missing an entitlement to buy a car by just a few dollars. Details of the December tender, released
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      Lock icon JTC reviews participation in Thai industrial estate
      449 2  -  It closes Bangkok office because it faces difficulties From Harish Mehta in Bangkok JURONG Town Corporation (JTC) is reviewing its participation in a US$7OO million (Ssl.2 billion) industrial estate in Thailand's eastern seaboard. It has closed its marketing office in Bangkok because of
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      134 2 ZENITH Swiss watchmakers since 1865 lKfcwy'3\ JSB I Zf J^g^E* Jmfej*L \yjm ML. jf Mr J ■|Bt complete calendar, moonphases. El Primero, the first automatic chronograph movement in watchmaking history, was developed in 1969 and its creation represented the last great challenge in the art of watchmaking. To this day
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      83 3 44 ÜBS Warburg Issued by ÜBS Warburg Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of ÜBS AG, regulated by the Securities and Futures Authority in the UK, to persons who are not private customers. In the United States, securities underwriting, trading and brokerage activities and M&A advisory activities are conducted by ÜBS
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  • CAMPAIGNE 2000
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      Lock icon Blame Florida
      1169 4 Gore considers legal options to force a new vote in Palm Beach County, while a nation waits for Florida as the recount gets underway. AP [WASHINGTON] IN agonising doubt, Americans waited for a crucial Florida recount to settle the election between George W Bush and A 1 Gore
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      Lock icon Wall Street gets the gridlock it wanted
      694 4  -  US PRESIDENCY Tlie new president will find himself reined In by a divided Congress and others catherine ong AFTER a night of nail-biting drama and suspense, created mostly by four American television networks, the US presidential election hangs in the balance. The next
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      Lock icon Call to dump Electoral College gathers steam
      862 4 A system that allows party officials, and not voters, to elect the president is archaic, many argue LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] The likelihood of a split result in Tuesday's election has renewed calls to scrap the Electoral College, the 18th-century system that allows state party
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon NatSteel did try to prevent NEL sale leak
      709 5  -  It was 'extremely concerned' about the market price movements given die measures it had taken By David Boey NATSTEEL Ltd said yesterday it took "extensive measures" to keep a tight lid on the talks to sell its Nat Steel Electronics stake which
      Source: Bloomberg  -  709 words
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      Lock icon Kou wants Links Island deposit back
      423 7  -  Chong and wife unlikely to return $1.2 m payment; both sides consulting lawyers By Ven Sreenivasan CHRISTOPHER Kou Kok Kiow, the businessman who has changed his mind about buying Winstedt Chong and wife Cynthia Tan's controlling stake in Links Island, wants his $1.2 million
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      Lock icon Quek's taste for F&N may be more than meets the eye
      692 7  -  HOCKlf.M'l^d'.U lee han shih WHAT is Malaysian tycoon Quek Leng Chan's interest in Fraser and Neave (F&N)? In the past few months, the Singapore-listed Brierley Investments have made two big purchases of F&N shares that raised a number of
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      Lock icon Vicom's interim net profit falls 18%
      178 7 VEHICLE inspection company Vicom yesterday posted a lower interim profit as sales and investment income fell. Net profit was 17.8 per cent down at $2 million for the six months to Sept 30. Turnover slipped 9.6 per cent, or $513,000, to $4.8 million, due
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      Lock icon PCI becomes focus of takeover talk
      525 8  -  It leads the actives list with trading volume of 83m shares, ends the day 19C higher at $1.40 By Ven Sreenivasan PRINTED circuit board maker PCI replaced Omni Industries as the focus of takeover rumours yesterday, as merger fever continued to grip the local
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      Lock icon Today owners seal $12m partnership deal
      367 8  -  New daily to be exempt from government's 3% ownership cap for 5 years By Marissa Chew THE owners of Singapore's newest newspaper, Today, yesterday sealed their $12 million partnership and said it would be exempt from the government's 3-per-cent cap on ownership in newspaper
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      Lock icon DBS Securities not selling stake in Penang brokerage
      434 8  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur DBS Securities, unlike some Singapore brokers, will not pull out of Malaysia amid the consolidation of the overcrowded industry in the country. Hwang Sing Lue, executive chairman of Hwang-DBS, yesterday dismissed talk that DBS Securities was
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      Lock icon SingTel, Indian partner mulling joint venture
      311 8 SINGAPORE Telecom's new Indian partner, Bharti Enterprises, yesterday said the two telcos would soon form a jointventure company to offer long-distance telephone services on the Indian subcontinent. In an interview with Reuters, Akhil Gupta, joint managing director of Bharti Enterprises, said the two telcos
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      309 5 AUTOMATIC TOCIRBILLON WITH THREE GOLD BRIDGES Recognised the world over as one of GIRARD-PERREGACIX's engineers the most beautiful examples of and watchmakers have designed, Swiss fine luxury watchmaking, the produced and patented an Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges ingenious self-winding system which has now been fitted with an adds a
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon New takeover plays fail to lift Wall Street disappointment
      589 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy LOCAL stocks weakened yesterday in response to Wall Street's negative reaction to the uncertain outcome of the US presidential election. Traders were left to churn "new" takeover possibilities, with PCI taking over as favourite from Omni Industries. The Straits
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      Lock icon DB's covered call on DBS: time, liquidity problems
      198 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THE banking sector has been in and out of play in recent weeks, thanks mainly to funds switching between the old and new economies. Every time Nasdaq rallies, money flows out of banks and properties and into
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      Lock icon Chuan Hup likely to see further upside
      241 6  -  HOT STOCK Bi Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of marine transport specialist Chuan Hup Holdings was among the most active on the local bourse yesterday. It gained 2.5 cents, or 7 per cent, to 40 cents on 15.8 million units. The counter has broken
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      118 6 ♦PERMASTEELISA Pacific Holding (PPH) has promoted chief executive officer Lucio Mafessantito chairman of the company aagJiAL kMMaMk nmw witn effect from Nov o. Effective the same day, EnzoPavan, chief executive officer and president ofPermasteelisa SpA, was made PPH chief executive officer. ♦GKGoh Holdings will hold its EGM on
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      Lock icon US$ extends gains despite US election uncertainty
      298 6  -  CURRENCIES larry wee THE US dollar mostly extended its gains in Asian trading yesterday, despite continued uncertainty about the outcome of one of the closest presidential elections in American toryMarket participants seem to be still leaning towards an eventual Bush victory in the
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      348 6 Stocks Volume PCI 25c 82,925,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 37,469,000 Omni Ind 10c 24,928,000 PacificCenturyl Oc 21,077,000 ChuanHup 20c 15,802,000 GufTech W*****7 13,948,000 CEI5c 11,498,000 MediaRing 10c 10,046,000 Gul Tech 20c.. 9,544,000 Ionics P$1.00 9,492,000 Stocks PCI 25c 113,892,780 Omni Ind 10c 92,885,300 Nat Elec 10c 62,553,550 GES Intl Ltd
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      164 6 Hokkaido Comes to Keyaki 13 to 25 November 2000 «uHH^I IBf/" Hl j i .:flLilelH^H ffi i v HKp^^^H VIH HWh en Hokkaido delights as Ishikari Nabe, Ika Okiznke, Chirashi Comes to Keyaki, you Zushi and much more. Complete your dining can expect the freshest experience in true Hokkaido fashion
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      7 6 Grow Your CPF With eiBht >I< >i.s
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      105 8 Qbummer (Bfclace For Chinese food that stands out. J a 1 J m m JtmJM Jf I H |^^g_||gg^ For authentic Cantonese cuisine that rises way above the ordinary, visit Summer Palace at The Regent. Whether it's a business lunch or family dinner, our team of chefs from Hong Kong
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      150 8 Getting ready for the skirmish of the media giants, Pg 11 I THE MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE The Monetary Authority of Singapore invites offers from SGS market participants to sell all or part of their holdings in the following Singapore Government Securities: Issue code ISINCode Coupon rate Maturity date N*****0X
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon FairPrice, SMRT muscling into convenience store business
      437 9  -  JV aims for 30 stores under Cheers brand in MRT stations in 3-5 years and $60-s9om sales J* Kalpana Rashiwala NTUC Fair Price's Cheers chain yesterday inked a deal with listed SMRT Corporation to open 30 Cheers convenience stores at MRT stations within
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      Lock icon S'pore PC shipments up 9% y-o-y in Q3: Dataquest
      435 9  -  In3rdqtr, Asia-Pacific shipments soar 34% By Raju Chellam STRONG economic growth in the third quarter pushed up local shipments of personal computers, says research group Dataquest. PC shipments totalled 139,370 in Q3, up 14 per cent quarter-on-quarter and 9 per cent
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      Lock icon S$ seen retaining soft tone vs US$
      312 9  -  By Chuang Peck Ming THE American stock market is heading south and the economy looks set for a soft landing, which should take upward pressure off the US dollar. But don't expect the Singapore currency to bounce back strongly against the greenback, says
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      Lock icon DKB-Hicom gets green light to develop Tekka Comer site
      449 9  -  It plans to build a six-storey shopping centre with two basement floors By Marissa Chew MALAYSIAN-listed DRB-Hi-com will finally develop the prominent Tekka Corner site it bought from the Singapore government in 1996, after failing to sell it in 1996. Corwin
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      Lock icon Italy's Faci opens chemical plant on Jurong Island
      175 9 JURONG Island yesterday saw the official opening of yet another chemical plant, the first from Italy. The $8 million Faci Asia Pacific plant produces metal stearates which are polymer additives. In addition to the initial investment, $2 million will be added by
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      Lock icon Govt to give 100 aviation training awards
      143 9 THE Singapore government will give 100 training awards in the next three years as part of a new tie-up between the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA). Under the scheme, 100 participants from developing member states of ICAO
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      Lock icon Market solutions, next big thing in consultancy: AA
      664 9  -  Partner Bonlton says firm changing strategy to snit New Economy By Paul Thompson RICHARD Boulton, Arthur Andersen's (AA) worldwide managing partner of business consulting, reckons his firm is ideally placed to grab an ever larger chunk of the rapidly expanding worldwide consulting
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Banal race, electrifying election
      775 10  -  JUEHHI OPINION maureen dowd NYT OH, HECK, let's just keep Clinton. You know he wants it The poor bloke isn't going to have any fun as a Senate spouse. Hillary was so icy to him on stage at her victory party as he wiped away the
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      128 10 Til just keep quacking. I've got another 10 weeks to quack.' -urn awthe US president, insisting he was no lamer a duck now than before the presidential election. 'It was a very good life. This is not living. I have died.' H«Hh a formerly prosperous Iraqi businessman,
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      Lock icon Euro sinks and sinks
      587 10 EDITORIAL THE US dollar has never had it so good, and the euro has never had it so bad And if the Republicans do indeed carry the day in the US presidential election (after up to another week of vote recounting), the consensus is that the
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      Lock icon Colonialism in disguise
      1220 10  -  The WTO is only an instrument of developed nations which does not address the interests of developing countries By Ghazali Shafle The writer is a former foreign minister of Malaysia Bernama THE assumption that the world is a level playing field is incorrect, because the real situation
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      Lock icon The changing face of Hongkong
      807 10  -  COMMENTARY Being's gradually eroding its liberties as the world's interest fades By Jim Mann LATWP [WASHINGTON] One of the slow, little-noticed changes in US policy towards Asia has been the way Hongkong has gradually faded from the picture. On July 1,1997, when Britain returned its
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Indonesia is making hard choices too
      394 11  -  Dr Dipo Alam Deputy IV for Industry, Trade and Services Affairs Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs Republic of Indonesia I REFER to your editorial "Hard questions in Indonesia" (BT, Nov 2). Readers were certainly left with the impression that Indonesia has not made progress
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      Lock icon Getting ready for the skirmish of the media giants
      497 11  -  Malek Ali Singapore, via Internet IF you've been walking down MRT stations these last few days, you can't miss the bright yellow bins which await the arrival of Today, the new free newspaper launched by MediaCorp, Sing Tel Yellow Pages and
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      Lock icon Singaporeans, change your mindset and grow up
      297 11  -  Vincent Tan Chee Kian Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article "When agents misused HDB names" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Nov 7). I am wondering whether Singaporeans have been subconsciously influenced to the point where everything has to be regulated and
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      Lock icon Use the Net for property sale
      80 11  -  George Ow Soon Beng Singapore, via Internet THE way to bring down commissions for property agents is to get the buyer and seller together without going through any channel. This can be done through advertising on the Web where sellers can put up their
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      Lock icon Agents' commissions: heartlanders are savvy
      163 11  -  Chia Swee Boon Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article "When agents misuse HDB's name" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Nov 7). As an agent, allow me to clarify that HDB residents are not as unknowing as depicted. They may be heartlanders, but they
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Halim Saad keeps market guessing on IPO
      393 12 KUALA LUMPUR Seems Ju ia earliest thatTimedotOom IPO can go through, ■ay analyst* Reuters MALAYSIAN tycoon Hallm Saad it keeping investors guessing about when he'll float Time Engineering Bhd's telecommunications unit, TlmedotCom, a process considered key to debt-laden Time's survival. TlmedotCom has proposed
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      Lock icon Taiwan steel firm plans US$2b plant in Malaysia
      147 12 TAIPEI Reuters TAIWAN'S biggest steel maker China Steel Corp yesterday said it has reached initial agreement with steel makers from six South-east Asian nations to jointly invest US$2 billion (553.5 billion) to build a steel plant in Malaysia. The plant would have
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      Lock icon M'sia against non-financial firms moving into stockbroking
      458 13 KUALA LUMPUR Its opposition to M'sia Aic&'s planned buy shows np this tacit policy: report THE Ministry of Finance's opposition to the purchase of a stockbroker by Malaysia Aica Bhd may have shown up a tacit government .policy, which is that companies not
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      Lock icon M'sian wafer maker eyes Nasdaq listing
      420 13 KUALALUMPUR It hopes to secure foreign shareholders And then go public within 18 months IST Silicon (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, which will commence production of wafers next February, has set its sight on a listing on Nasdaq, The Edge reported Thursday. The country's first multi-billion-ringgit
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      Lock icon KL forms special unit to deal with Islamic 'misinterpretations'
      418 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFP, AP A SPECIAL affairs department has been set up in Malaysia to tackle misinterpretations of Islamic issues that could mar the government's image, Bernama news agency reported yesterday. The department would "explain to the people the issues raised
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      411 12 3LI Jn, jE|jj|w|ftjggflß|||^B| r Amb Europe is entering an exciting new era of change and offers Henderson Horizon European Fund O attractive potential to investors. (Luxembourg fund) A iIL A e Ranked No lin its category over 1,3 and syears. 2 The development of the single currency; the removal of
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      142 13 a CATERING is '-v Sniff out a spread of yummy treats here. The Straits Times Classified m m Running out of Christmas ideas. Think Golf. Think Pan-West. r. Pan-West putts right into the heart of every golfer when you choose from our wide variety of putters like Odyssey, Callaway Golf,
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  • SOUTH east asia
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      Lock icon New Ibra chief wants more transparency
      700 14  -  He also wants to streamline bureaucracy From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta ONE week into his new job, the chairman of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra), Edwin Gerungan, is already beginning to change the culture of the country's most powerful economic entity. The 52-year-old
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      Lock icon Thai election campaign all set to take off
      211 14 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND'S election campaign will get underway today, as Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai's Democrats trail the Thai Rak Thai party of tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra. Mr Chuan was scheduled to have an audience with King Bhumibol Adulyadej yesterday, whose formal approval is
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      Lock icon Lawyers seek guarantee on Tommy's safety
      467 14 JAKARTA Police to step op manhunt, siblings say they don't tamrwharalnis AFP, AP, Reuters INDONESIAN police promised yesterday to search the sprawling capital for the fugitive youngest son of former president Suharto, but attempts to arrest and jail him were stalled as his siblings
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      Lock icon BI denies forcing repatriation of export earnings
      351 14 JAKARTA Bat it may offer incentives to woo export earnings Reuters BANK Indonesia yesterday denied reports it might force exporters to repatriate their earnings back to the country to boost the rupiah, one of the worst performing currencies this year. But the central
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      Lock icon Peso, stocks up as movement to oust Estrada weakens
      542 15  -  President says US has backed decision not to step down Prom Al Labita in Manila PRESSURES on Philippine stocks and the peso ebbed yesterday as the opposition was running out of steam in their bid to oust President Joseph Estrada, coupled
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      Lock icon Estrada forsakes all others-at last
      56 15 AFP is arid. "Sl* It amodel^r^^^ro^^woßi^^eod ww wnA f of that "But ■-AUMBi i. 'n.IiTT PtfBSaPOCy. i uOKEpSPB time fbr (fait I have too much to do," Mrßttrada said. "That was in the post but nowadays,! dont have die time fbr this." —AFP Mr, Estrada,
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      Lock icon Manila central bank officials accused of graft
      290 15 MANILA Bloomberg FORMER Urban Bank Inc vice-chairman Teodoro Borlongan accused six top Philippine central bank officials of graft and other unethical practices over the closure of the lender in April, the Business World newspaper reported, citing Mr Borlongan. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
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      Lock icon SG Sec strategist bullish on Asian equity markets
      352 15  -  He singles out Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Mfarfa wir From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong SG SECURITIES has painted a positive picture for Asian equities markets with its chief strategist favouring markets including Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and Hongkong. Speaking at an investment
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      Lock icon Bomb explodes at Laos airport before meeting
      91 15 VIENTIANE, Laos Bloomberg A BOMB exploded at Vientiane international airport in Laos on the eve of a Southeast Asian foreign ministers' meeting, witnesses and diplomats told Agence FrancePresse. The bomb injured an airport cleaner, a taxi driver and a waiter. A witness told
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  • EAST asia
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      Lock icon Growth in China's production slows
      416 16 BEIJING Industrial output In Oct rises 11.4% to 210b yuan Bloomberg CHINA'S Industrial output growth slowed in October as strengthening domestic sentiment failed to offset cooling overseas demand for goods from clothes to machinery. Production rose 11.4 per cent from a year earlier to 210
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      327 16 HONGKONG IGAC accuses Peter Sun Ming of helping firms secure letteri of credit worth over HKsBBom Bloomberg HANG Seng Bank Ltd general manager Peter Sau Ming faces bribery and fraud charges over his alleged involvement in granting letters of credit worth more than HKIBBO
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      69 16 Reuters [BEIJING] A Chinese police officer instructing newly recruited employees of a local company during morning drills in Beijing on Tuesday. Chinese companies are trying to improve their competitiveness from every aspect in preparation/or China's imminent entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Millions of
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      276 16 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG'S government said yesterday Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa had appointed an Independent body to review the internal operations of local markets watchdog, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). Hongkong Secretary for Financial Services Stephen Ip said In a statement the
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      365 17 TRENTON, New Jersey It puts in place new measures to hire and keep outstanding employees AP, Bloomberg LUCENT Technologies, stung by a string of disappointing profits, plans to streamline its upper management, enhance employee incentives and eliminate what analysts say could be as much
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      322 17 NORWALK, Connecticut Keller leaves after the company scales back her department Bloomberg PRICELINE.COM Inc said that Maryann Keller, head of the Internet seller's auto-ser-vices business, resigned and that two other executives quit "People seem to be bailing out of a sinking ship,"
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      310 17 AP [NEW YORK] The master keeper of dotcom names was to begin accepting non-English characters yesterday evening as the next step in making the World Wide Web truly global. The change comes despite the objections of some Internet engineers who fear a fouling
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      64 17 [TORONTO] Internet consultant Brady Gilchrist sits in front of his sailboat "Myne Toye"on the docks of a downtown Toronto harbour recently. In an effort to chart new waters for Internet use, he has wired his modest sailboat as a live-in laboratory to prove
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      333 18 MELBOURNE Bloomberg AUSTRALIA may foil short of its target for the sale of mobile Internet access licences because companies say they can make do with existing capacity. A shortfall could throw the government's Budget surplus forecast into doubt The government said in May the
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      196 18 ZURICH Reuters A TECHNICAL glitch put show business stars' secret Swiss bank account numbers, private addresses and money transfers on the public Internet for a week, Credit Suisse Group acknowledged yesterday. That meant Internet surfers m could get a rare glimpse into
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      399 18 PALO ALTO Decline in ads, better services lead firms to charge fees Reuters INTERNET users were stunned last week when Napster, a company whose name has become synonymous with free music online, adopted a plan to charge money for its popular service. They are likely to
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      308 18 TAIPEI AP WEB giant Yahoo! Inc yesterday sought a bigger share of the growing Chinese-lan-guage market, buying Taiwan's most frequently visited Internet portal Kimo.com. Yahoo Inc will issue 2.25 million of its shares to Kimo.com's owner, Systex Corp, in exchange for all the portal's
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      232 18 HONGKONG Reuters INTERNET and telecoms firm Pacific Century CyberWorks yesterday offered voluntary early retirement to about 2,500 employees who have been with the its Hongkong telecom unit for 20 or more years, said a source familiar with the situation. The company expects about
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      376 20 NEW DELHI Revenues rise to 175b rupees from 108.6b rupees Reuters INDIAN software firms' revenues soared 58 per cent to 175 billion rupees (556.3 billion) for the first half of 2000/01 (April-March) from 108.6 billion in the year-ago period, an industry body said
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      265 20 NEW DELHI Reuters INDIA'S coalition government, under pressure from some of its allies, will partly roll back a recent hike in prices of diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), The Economic Times newspaper said yesterday. It quoted sources as saying the government
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      260 20 NEW DELHI Reuters SOUTH Korea's Samsung Electronics, targeting a growing market in personal computers (PCs), said on Wednesday that it would set up a colour monitor plant in India, spending US$35 million (Ss6l million) over five years. Samsung, which has two
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      219 20 COLOMBO But president will press ahead with military action Reuters SRI Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga said yesterday she was willing to try to start a process to reach a negotiated settlement with Tamil rebels but vowed to press ahead with military action
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      180 20 BANGALORE Bloomberg DIGITAL Equipment India Ltd, a software developer, has tied up with US-based Avaya Inc to tap the Asian market for computer systems that enable companies to better manage their relations with customers. Indian software companies get as much as US$9O (Ssls6)
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      535 21 SYDNEY Firm blames it on charges from early adoption of new film accounting standard AP, Bloomberg RUPERT Murdoch's media conglomerate News Corp yesterday reported a net loss of A 5439 million (*****.4 million) for the three months ending Sept 30. That compares to
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      303 21 NEW YORK Analysts say Lehman is attracted by its rival's clearing business FT LEHMAN Brothers, the US investment bank, is believed to be considering a bid for Bear Stearns, one of the few sizeable acquisition targets on Wall Street. Lehman's interest is another
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      516 22 16-year high of brokerage optimism is a hint to sell, says Merrill strategist Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] US brokerages are more bullish on stocks than any time in the past 16 years and that's bad news for the market, according to Merrill
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      299 22 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Two-thirds of Americans say the US economy is in good or excellent shape, and almost three-fourths say the record economic expansion will continue into next year, a Bloomberg News poll shows. Half say now's a good time to buy
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      401 22 BRUSSELS World's No 2 brewer ends centuries of private ownership FT INTERBREW, the Belgian brewer, came closer to ending seven centuries of private ownership on Wednesday when it announced an initial public offering that could value the company at up to 16 billion euros
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      323 22  -  It aims to reduce its gearing, which had been poshed up by 2 major purchases From Surinder Singh in Sydney AUSTRALIAN-LISTED Ipoh Ltd intends to raise A 555.1 million (Sssl million) through a renounceable rights issue to reduce its gearing, managing director Bertie
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      688 23  -  The £5b disposal programme again raises questions about StarHnb stake From Neil Behrmann in London BRITISH Telecommunications has confirmed that it would be selling key Asia-Pa-cific assets in a planned £5 billion (5512.3 billion) disposal programme aimed at slashing massive debts. The
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      261 23 WASHINGTON Bnt the core PPI, "Ending energy and food, falls OJ% Reuters US wholesale prices rose in October amid increases in food and natural gas prices, the government said yesterday, presenting a mixed picture of inflation in the world's top economy.
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      83 23 [NEW YORK] Femme aux bras croises, painted in 1902 by Pablo Picasso during his Blue period, was sold at Christie's Auction House in New York on Wednesday and fetched a price of US$55 million (Ss96 million) which includes the commission for Christie's. This is a world auction record
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      255 23 ROME AFP THE Italian branch of US fast food giant McDonald's has reacted with disbelief to claims by a Catholic newspaper that hamburgers were a Protestant tradition and inappropriate for Catholics. Theologian Massimo Salani had on Wednesday condemned burgers in the Italian
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      573 25 LONDON Measures aimed at placating groups that have attacked the government as election looms Bloomberg THE UK government on Wednesday announced tax cuts and spending increases designed to placate disaffected voters ahead of a general election that's likely to be held in
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      450 25 LONDON Rival firms can now sell drags with same mechanism of action FT PFIZER, the US drugs group, on Wednesday lost an important UK patent related to Viagra, opening the way for Eli Lilly and other manufacturers to launch rivals to the male-impo-tence pill.
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      292 27  -  SGX Derivatives TrnOtagReport ST Zndex/DSSCl S*pore IwiUhp Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE Singapore stock market closed lower yesterday on concerns over the weakness in the chip industry and uncertainty over the outcome of the US presidential election. Technology stocks led the market lower. The
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      234 27  -  MS& Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore BARGAIN-HUNTING helped the MSCI Taiwan index recoup most of its losses after an initial slump yesterday. The index dived more than 2 per cent in early trade due to political uncertainty, weakness in the chip industry and
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      166 27 ENEMY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices edged higher yesterday after the West's energy watchdog warned that winter oil stocks remained at precariously low levels. Brent crude oU was up 23 US cents at U5531.53 a barrel despite fading worries about supply disruptions
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      327 27 London Reuters THE dollar was firm near one-week highs against the euro yesterday as dealers awaited the outcome of a recount in the state of Florida which will decide who will be the next president of the US. While the euro was within a whisker of the one-week
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      2808 28 HONGKONG AFP □HangSig -***** HONGKONG shares yesterday built on losses posted on Wednesday over fears of worsening US-China relations should Republican George W Bush win the presidential election. After plummeting 1.6 per cent in a furious last 40 minutes of
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      902 28 Reuters FlShnliflnßladai *0117 CHINA'S hard currency B shares ended mixed yesterday as investors looked to A shares for direction and took a breather from a reforms-spark-ed rally that started late last month. The Shanghai B share index eased 0.23 per cent to 74.74 with turnover barely changed at a
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      376 28 AFP QWPMk +2L61 TAIWANESE share prices closed 0.4 per cent higher yesterday amid bargain-hunting on the back of positive sentiment, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index moved up 21.61 points to 6,089.55, following a 3.2-per cent rise in the previous session. Turnover was NT5118.34 billion against
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      2035 28 TOKYO AFP nmUriMß -am SHARE prices in Tokyo fell 22 per cent yesterday as technology Issues followed the US Nasdaq Index down, while the market awaited the delayed outcome of the US presidential race, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkel--225 average
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      344 29 AFP CI Composite Index -6M MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.7 per cent lower yesterday as investors remained sidelined ahead of a result in the US presidential election, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 5.09 points to finish at 753.14.
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      740 30 AFP P SET Index -5.78 THE Thai stock market dropped 1.9 per cent yesterday in rangebound trade on profit-taking after sharp gains earlier in the week, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index fell 5.78 points to finish at 293.59, and the SET 50 index lost
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      270 30 AFP W% Composite Index +1(137 PHILIPPINE share prices rose 0.7 per cent yesterday with the Composite Index up 10.37 points to 1,488.79. Turnover fell to 968 million pesos from 1.76 billion pesos on Wednesday. Warren Chua of Mercantile Securities dismissed the day's gain as "marginal". —AFP No* 9 tat
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      653 30 AFP Uflmpnatelnig JM INDONESIAN share prices closed one per cent lower yesterday on profit-taking with heavy trade in blue chip stocks, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 4.61 points at 421.47 on a volume of 450 million shares worth 382.28 billion rupiah. Declining stocks swamped
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      258 30 AFP HmSE-40 *<M> NEW Zealand stocks held steady yesterday as the market awaited the outcome of the US presidential vote. The NZSE-40 capital index rose slightly by 0.49 points, or 0.02 per cent, to 1,988.66 on turnover of NZ$BO.B million. —»> m r»oo) Advantage HDS 1.80 -0.05 1 Air
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      535 30 AFP PlUitoriei -1&30 AUSTRALIAN shares fell yesterday, dragged 0.56 per cent lower by falls in News Corp and other blue chips such as Qantas, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index lost 18.3 points to close at 3,279.9 while the SP/ASX2OO closed 20.7 points down at 3,333.5. National turnover was
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      311 30 AFP PjOimDogte Index +157 SOUTH Korean shares rose 0.5 per cent yesterday with the index up 2.57 at 560.66. Volume was 321 million worth 1.7 trillion won. —AFP Deewoo Telecom 1440 40 Dengbu Ins 1610 10 Deou Tech 5690 140 Dong Kook Steel 2040 25 Gd Morning Sac -2510
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      1152 32  -  Kwan Lui may have called it a day at Cerebos but she's spicing up her days with a pan-Asian culinary centre, reports stlvia Tam SYLVIA TAN THERE is a spice garden in Fort Canning Park but few people know about it and even fewer visit it.
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      1792 33  -  COVER STORY Golf club prices may be down, but the game itself is alive and well. In fact, retailers and instructors are seeing a healthy increase in business and interest in the game, and the first Asia Junior Golf Academy will be opening
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        764 34  -  OFFniTOTUi Gore vs Bush: as it was played out on TV, it didn't seem to be abont which man was really better for the job, bnt abont who sweet-talked the nation better and who looked smarter jaime ee BY THE TIME this
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        574 34  -  vnrnmmttar tries out the new Tight Lies GT VEN SREENIVASAN ADAMS GOLF seems to have done it again. The Nasdaq-listed company, which started a revolution with its "upside-down" Tight Lies fairway woods four years ago (and inspired a slew of imitations in the process) has just launched a
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        449 34  -  Bnt there are signs that prices may be abont to bottom ont Ven Sreenivasan THE DEMAND for golf club memberships remained weak this month with prices falling to their lowest levels since the second quarter of last year. The BT Golf Clubs index fell for
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        1169 35  -  Few Singaporeans venture into the north-east, but if s a region worth checking out even with a Pokemon-addicted son in tow, says johm gbb JOHN GEE DESPITE what many Singaporeans may think, London is not England and England is not London. If urbanites can put aside the
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        767 35  -  RETAIL tam su ten finds out more about the LV mystique TAN SU YEN IN MARCH this year, those casting around for signs of a recovery in the still-choppy economy were encouraged by the activity in the plush interiors of the newly-opened Louis Vuitton boutique in Ngee
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        539 36  -  Those hankering for a hearty meal may find Ocho's tapas a little on the light side By Corinne Kerk POR those of us not caught up in the Latino fever, Ocho must sound like a really strange name for a restau-rant-bar. In fact, if I were to say
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        774 37  -  By 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. New wineries and new wines, some of them exploratory
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        579 38  -  For a movie about a wholly non-essential activity, Bring It On manages to put on a pretty good show By Geoffrey Eu Despite the apparent contradiction in terms, Bring It On is at once a smart, silly, sassy, sappy teenage comedy about the insular
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      115 39 Cathay Org Cathay 338-3400 Eastshore 346-1816 Orchard 235-8386 Picturehouse 338-3400 Yangtze 223-7529 Eng Wah Empress 777-5867 Jubliee 454-1640 Mandarin 292-9401 M»ina 338-9719 Whitesands 585-1782 Golden Villaga 1900-912-1234 332-6098 for group bookings wheelchair facilities Bishan Boon Lay Marina TampinesB Tiongßahru Yishun UvOilMl MOVIO Clementi/CoVfealth 777-0669 Golden/New Town PQfl-S4/>6
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      45 33 INSIDE H H Travel North-east England: a region well worth exploring EL 3 Epicure Spanish hour: it's timefortapasat Ocho EL 4 Cinema Bring It On: cheerleading and the meaning of life EL 6 H if! Health Herbal remedies: spa treatments from ancient China EL 8
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      42 34 B V LG A R I The Aluminium watch Singapore, Hilton Hotel 737 1652 Takashimaya Department Store 735 6689 and: Cortina Watch Centre, Millenia Walk 339 1728 Dickson Watch Jewellery, The Promenade 732 8900 Centrepoint 734 5822 Suntec City Mall 336 4871
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      22 35 J-JMEjI SUE! M Jr The Straits Classified where fl virtually every r 1 home is m fingertips. HSp M BaylLSdlLfMlL K JM
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      399 37 MasterCard Christmas Hotspots.The Master Plan to beat the Christmas rush. Offers valid in November for MasterCard cardholders only. t Fashion Personal Grooming Benetton 30% off Grand Hyatt Exclusive spa packages dheart 20% off and $20 voucher Planet Fitness 150 off joining fee for annual subscription G2OOO 20% off Haach 15%
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      419 38 Where to wine, dine and entertain.^ HmioH- Ci-Pe 1130* m. The Singapore Marriott Hotel is famous for its fine International cuisine. Now you can enjoy a leisurely Sunday Brunch with dishes such os Chilled Lobster. Sushi, Shark's Fin Soup and Roost Sirloin of Beef. Priced at $55+++(with free flowing champagne,
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      2099 39 TODAY'S TV Central F~ ""H 4 4 The Asian Editorial. "=®®™roi»rawnio UO Report Highland Lonely Planet; Ban JjMj® Teddybcars. U" v S3S inCon^sationW. Francisco, 10pm,Central Scian Cold Sweat. U 11 Report heroics Justine Shapiro does the £30 J1 V gSSftft. tour spots of the PM Close [MM H Singapore Tonight.
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      286 41 Reuters THE first grain seen on the dry cargo freight market since last Friday showed that some rate slippage has occurred, brokers said on Wednesday. MSK fixed unnamed tonnage to carry 54,000 tonnes of heavy grain from the US Gulf to Japan for November 20/30 shipment at US$25
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      291 41 [SINGAPORE] Malaysia International Shipping Corp (MISC) will invest US $1 billion (551.75 billion) in the acquisition of new tankers, said managing director and chief executive officer Mohd Ali Yasin. Funding for the new tanker order would be on a debt-to-equity ratio of
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      513 41  -  Collaboration will enhance farther Singapore's position as an international maritime centre By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA) has entered into a collaboration with a specialist shipping legal firm that will bring inputs for curriculum content for the academy
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      735 41  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar LIFEBOATS are designed so that they can be released quickly in an emergency to evacuate a ship's crew to safety. However, in some cases these same quick release mechanisms have caused serious injury to crew. According to
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      333 41  -  From Alec Almazan in Manila THE ship financing market in Asia is likely to be more stringent and selective when giving out loans. "While the Asia ship finance industry is poised to take advantage of opportunities, they are likely to proceed
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      163 41 AP [PIRAEUS, Greece] A court awarded compensation to a survivor of a passenger ferry sinking that left at least 80 people dead, in the first ruling from dozens of lawsuits against the shipping company, local media said. Greek passenger Stathis Livieratos, 22, stands
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        825 42  -  The Monetary Authority of Singapore has introduced many initiatives aimed at promoting Singapore as a marine insurance centre for Asian business in the region, writes HAUW soo BOOM HAUW SOO HOON The writer is executive director (insurance) of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Europe, specifically
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      290 42 PACE ECU Line 5/6/7 Accord 6 En 9 Lee 11 Ahrenkiel 12 ESP Lines H Appenship 5 Evergreen 6 AsiaOCL 11 FoongSun 5 Assets 7 Frt Links 12 Austral 6 Avant 12 6 Link 4 B'tang Mas 6 Gemartrans 6 BSA 7 Genshpg 11 BTL 12 Glory
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        748 53 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure "ton* 165 J *3*6 09/11/6:40 12/11/6.-00 Bt Intan Sar 1T100 J01 09/11/8:25 09/11/2000 Sandidewa 2 31 J06 09/11/7:55 10/T1/800 Winstar 1 112S00 J03 09/11/6:45 09/11/2100 Bayswater118 M0273 J03 09/11/8:40 09/11/16.-00 Bt Golden *****0 J01 09/11/8:05 09/11/II^X) 23 217 JOZ 09/11/8:55 09/11/17JO Bt
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        143 53 Nov 11 Canada: Remembrance Day. USA: Veteran's Day. Nov 23 Japan: Labour Thanksgiving Day. USA: Thanksgiving Day. Nov 90 Philippines: Bonifacio Day. USA: Thanksgiving Day. Doo3 Japan: Culture Day. Dec S Thailand: H.M. The King's Birthday. Deo 10 Thailand: Constitution Day. Deo 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Dee 25
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        787 53 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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        619 54 CHINA AIK SHOW The 30-100 seat planes are opening up new markets to air travel AFP [ZHUHAI, China] Manufacturers of regional jets, one of the hottest markets in civil aviation, are engaged in a tough dog fight to win orders to
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        235 54 Reuters [ZHUHAI, China] China has not blocked any current sales of Airbus airliners to Chinese airlines, a source said yesterday. French newspaper Le Figaro had reported that Beijing blocked a deal because France was supplying a satellite, which China says has military capabilities,
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        485 54 Reuters [DUBLIN] Leading European budget airline Ryanair said on Tuesday that first half profit after tax climbed 49 per cent to 63.4 million euros (5594.5 million) following the introduction of 10 new routes and a surge in online
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        79 54 A German railway worker checks the rails at the freight depot in Hamburg. The head of the state-owned Deutsche Bahn, Hartmut Mehdorn, said that he is considering selling a stake in the company to foreign investors to offset losses. German weekly
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        473 54 Restructuring move aimed at stemming mounting losses Reuters [VIENNA] Austrian Airlines said it intends to wrest control of struggling Lauda Air from its founder, former triple Formula One racing world champion Niki Lauda, by Christmas. It is unhappy with Lauda Air's performance and
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          92 54 Reuters [NEW YORK] The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)wiH seek to limit the number of new flightß that airlines can introduce at New York's overcrowded LaGuardia airport the agency said on Wednesday. It would permit a total of 150 flights a day covered
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          48 54 Reuters [ROME] Italian airline Alitalia said on Wednesday it had ordered six Boeing 777-aOQBRs, and had an option on six Boeing 777-300£Rs. Alitalia also said it had cancelled a planned order for five Boeing 747-406jumbojets and an optkm for another three jumbo jets.—Reuters
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          98 54 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System Bhd expects to increase the number of passengers on Its Kuala Lumpur-Los Angeles-Kuala Lumpur route by at least 20 per cent annually, Bernama news agency reported, quoting Ismail Talib, Malaysia Airlines vice-president and general manager for the
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      707 42 Line* services represented by frjana Members of the Registry of Members of the Accredited Shipping Agents, Logistics Singapore Shipping Association Associahon NORTH WEST EXPRESS UNE ACCEPTING CONTAINERS, BREAKfiUtK PROJECT CARGO TO DAMPIER/FREMANTLE MV "TBN" ETA SIN 28/11/2000 BOOKINGS CALL MOMtt/JUUA TEL 323 4374 CONHUNERS/ CONVBfTIONAL CARGO «*T UAJK/SWMKMf/JMAJTU 4 KANGCOC
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      885 47 WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO NORTH AND UTIN AMERICA "CAR RORO HIAVTUFT SERVICE" IVISSE VOY I RAMP HEIGHT SIN UC MAO NUA SAV Ml ORF NYC NEW MM TAPKXA AHO22 400Tmb 6.3 M 1370" 18/12 21/12 23/12 24/12 UjW 28/12 02/01 06/01 TAMPA AHO23 400 To« 6.3 M 26/11 26/12 03/01 06/01
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      84 50 SINGAPORE PTE LTD I 15 McCallum Street *03-0IA)2 Natwest Centre Singapore *****5 Wry Fax: |65) *****66 Email: (eneial9ecusin.eculine.net Website: http://www.eculine.net W New Econ Line EAST MALAYSIA 2 x Fixed Day Sailings per Week between Kuching/Kota Kinabalu/Muara/Sibu S pore Bangkok, Laem chabang Tawau/Bintulu/Labuan/Sandakan See Pagan Call: 220 3373 55KT1L™,....... KYOWA LINE
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      1029 51 SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD I 72 Anson Rood, *06-01 to 03, Singapore *****1 MAIN UNI/OUTWARD: 532 3*B* INWARD (WOY. 437 23*8 IMPORT STATUS (W0): 437 237S INVENTORY (WD): 437 2420 Wobsito http://www.soniodoro.coni CR N0.**********0H BOOKINGS LINE: 535 6266 (Colia/Jossica/Moi Chan/Jestynn/Dora/Yvonnp/Hanim) Q2HEEDBSH 8 SLGS/WEEKLY 3 SIGS/WIEKLY VISStI VOY SIN JAK VESSEL
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      838 51 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO I PKC I sm I JKT I SUi I iw I PPG I <31 l POW I HAL I im I Q«f I I WIYy I WH WW E HOtWMillW/WM OS/11 11/11 14/11 14/11 24/11 >1/11 03/11 04/12 01/P11S/8L AZ8L _liZ£L _11/£L-HZiL
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      647 51 ENG LIE SHIPPING CO PTE UD I Mt *****22 (10 Umi) tan 5330R35/5326M01 Cl—: imWOOOOt nSsn^^wrs«rasSiiT^BT»UOT«i^^^^^ I Union Star 38 11/00 09/11 11/11 Mowon I Sinar Central 11/00 10/11 11/11 Dumai/P. Bau/POTwong I UnionStarB 11/00 10/11 11/11 Jamb, I Union Star 32 12/00 10/11 11/11 Jakato I Marco Polo 56
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      653 52 K| I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER METRO 849N 11-12/11 16-19/11 24-25/11 I TIGER STAR 850N 14-15/11 20-23/11 28-29/11 I TIGER RHYTHM 851N 17-18/11 23-26/11 01-02/12 I TIGER BRIDGE 852N 21-22/11 27-29/11 03-04/12 I TIGER METRO 853N 24-25/11 3003/12 08-09/12 I TIGER STAR 854N 28-29/11 04-07/12 12-13/12 IVESSE^^^VO^^SI^^^CA^^SI^^I
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      956 52 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Road, 3rd Lev*!, Freight links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin6singnet.com.sg WEBSITE: www.freighllinks.net FOR BOOKING: *****35/5539/5541/5553/3494 PROJECT SHIPMENT A HEAVYUFT CARGO (CONVENTIONAL A RORO) Lawrence Urn *****78, H/Pi *****977 WAREHOUSING LOGISTIC SERVICES ENQUIRY CONTACT: CLEMENT CHUA 9688 5404, VINCENT
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      45 52 REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER A BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS DURBAN EXPORT VOY SIN PTL DSN ALS EXPRESS 08WB 27/11 08/12 13/12 TBN 08AW 13/12 27/12 02/01 ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG Agents: M Fox Singapore Sen Lm Agendas *****61/142 *****63 Moloysio Jendeni Shipping Agency Sdnftd 03-SMOM»9 03-SMOBO2O
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      1093 52 F» booking I enquiry call *****80 #*> UfaL.Ua. Lai Ml 1 vol^T/ fffOSlie. nil p./ WWW.OOG.COm -X. y ■M—» h-rt SGP LGI CHI MEM NYC HOU H MEM NYC HOU CM LGI SGP OOd JAPAN 44E46 15/11 01/12 OA/12 07/11 07/12 04/12 'W® JW° IWS 54S OOQ NETHERLANDS 24E47 22/11
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      124 53 LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapo^ Thunderstorm Rain Temperature Wjnd direction ant j speed j n knots Weather w Cloudy Day t ]j az y Sea Conditions Wind speed symbols < O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds j 9• < One half fleche represents
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