The Business Times, 12 December 2000

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  • 23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85c S I N G A P O R E Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2000
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  • 75 1 sn 2,***** (+44.13) BT-SRI 819.47 (+17.54) ST INDEX FDTDEES 2,018.00 (+50.00) SIMSGI FUTURES ***** (+7.50) STOCK MARKET INDICES Monday Change KLSECOMP 736.09 +2.60 NIKKEI 225 15,015.70 +319.19 HANG SENG 15,408.54 +***** SET INDEX dosed JAKARTA COMP 421.47 -10.34 MANILA COMP 1,393.71 -6.65 TAIPEI WPI 5184.41 +31.58 SEOUL COMP
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  • 75 1 FOREX RATES uss s$ US$ 1.735 £(USS/S$ per S) 1.444 2.506 El RO(US$/S$/E) 0.886 1.537 DM 2108 1172 YEN 110.9 63.90 RM 3.800 1190 HK$ 7.797 4.493 BAHT 43.54 25.09 Rl'PIAH 9,531 5.492 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA Umtl 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BAMikOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONOKONO 8.50 TAIPEI
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  • 652 1  -  J I exclusive Flag authority critical of virtually all parties involved with vessel By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] A stinging report by the Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) on the sinking in the Malacca Straits of the Singapore cruise ship Sun Vista in May
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  • 376 1 His profits came from trading two stocks PCI and Chartered [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank executive Chew Kok Lim, 25, is $25,000 richer. The young investor beat 12,343 other participants in the six-week Citibank Stock Challenge to win the grand prize of $20,000. And because he is
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  • 628 1  -  usiv^ Stamford Lie is Singapore's first corporatised law firm By< Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Former Wong Partnership lawyer Lee Suet Fern has pulled more than a dozen lawyers from her former practice to join her in farming Singapore's first corporatised law firm. Surprisingly,
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    • 258 1 nreiDE Top stories S'pore pay rises likely to be among the lowest in Asia. Next Page Cerebos tops transparency index for F&B firms. Pg 5 Ladyvale site sold for $19.3 m. Pg 8 BT Comment M'sian banks may get grace period for mergers. Pg 4 Ship manager slammed for failing
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    • 17 1 i The life sciences may bring great benefits to mankind but also legal and ethical concerns <4
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    • 759 2  -  Traders positioning for Wall St rally; US presidential impasse seen broken in Bnsh's favour tiy\ R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Regional stock markets yesterday shrugged off Morgan Stanley Capital International's latest overhaul of its equity indices and instead focused on the possibility Nasdaq's Friday
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 103 2 MANY venture capitalists have tightened their purse strings following this year's much publicised dotcom bust. With this turnaround leaving some startups gasping for funds, you would have thought that venture capitalists would now have more proposals at hand than they are willing to sponsor. But surprisingly, one
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      • 93 2 LAST week, BT ran an online poll asking readers what they thought of the new ruling allowing foreigners to borrow Singapore dollars freely to invest in local assets. The poll statement was: "The latest MAS move to further liberalise the Singapore dollar will help to boost
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      • 122 2 IF you've ever wondered whether crime pays, a recent study has revealed the mega-numbers involved in the trafficking of labour, sex, drugs and arms. Organised crime could be turning over as much as US$7 billion to US$l3 billion (5512.2 billion to 5522.6 billion) a year from these
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    • 470 2  -  Real salary may go up 3.6% this year, 2.9% in 2001 Bifi Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Despite economic growth of close to 10 per cent in 2000, Singapore is likely to see among the lowest pay rises in
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 561 4  -  It hires DBS to review 52% stake in Nat Steel Broadway, other units Serena Ng NATSTEEL Electronics (NEL) yesterday said it expects a full-year profit of $58 million a 31 per cent drop from last year's $84.4 million and has hired
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    • 337 4  -  By Andrew Wee SEMICONDUCTOR equipment and services provider AEM-Evertech Holdings yesterday announced its initial public offer of 38 million new shares at 23 cents each. Despite industry stalwarts such as Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and ST Assembly and Test Services trading at
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    • 559 4  -  Bnt country's politics will make penetration difficult By i Conrad Raj FRASER Neave's Asia Pacific Breweries will continue to explore investment opportunities abroad, including the India market where it has "rekindled" its interest. However, chief executive officer Koh Poh Tiong said the
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    • 284 4  -  By] Ling Su Ann SESDAQ-BOUND furniture retailer Novena Holdings yesterday launched its initial public offering of 11 million shares at 23.5 cents apiece. The offer comprises 1.1 million retail and 9.9 million placement shares, including a reserve tranche of 2.75 million shares.
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    • 677 4  -  ■[•fflU locksiew diana oon abdullah WITH just three weeks to go before the yearend deadline, Malaysia's central bank is expected to officially give the country's financial institutions more time to work out their merger exercises. Bank Negara has remained silent on its
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    • 374 5  -  Appraisal suggests investors deserve a better diet from companies lift Paul Thompson SINGAPORE'S largest food and beverage companies have just released their fullyear results for the year to end-September. While their profits have impressed investors, the degree of transparency as indicated by BT's
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    • 265 5  -  Firm aims to give platforms to each Asian market H,J\ Serena Ng ONLINE bond trading network BondslnAsia will soon extend its franchise to Singapore. Called BondslnSingapore and G3BondslnAsia, they will operate as exempt stock markets under the Securities Industry (exempt stock market)
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 43 5 DBS Bank, the stabilising manager for the initial public offering of Singapore Exchange (SGX), said it has not undertaken any stabilising action. It has also exercised the over-allotment option to purchase 41.7 million shares in SGX.
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      • 52 5 PARKWAY Holdings said the Singapore Exchange has granted approval-in-principle for its proposed 1-for-l bonus issue and its capital reduction exercise. The bonus issue and capital reduction exercise are subject to the approval of shareholders and, in respect of the capital reduction, the High Court as well,
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      • 91 5 MAINBOARD-LISTED SMB United, a manufacturer and distributor of switchgear and electrical components, has merged its four switchgear subsidiaries into one company, SMB Electric. SMB Electric will have under its wings all business-related activities and operations of MAC Electric, Avil Systems Services, Brighten Group and Soundtex Switchgear
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      • 148 5 FJ Benjamin (FJB) has completed its review of the marketing and distribution of the DigiCard business in Asia Pacific with its principal, Nexxt Media, in which it has a 20 per cent shareholding. Nexxt Media, which holds the patent rights for the DigiCard in Asia
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    • 208 5 Bloomberg KEPPEL Fels Energy Infrastructure, a unit of Singapore's largest diversified group by market value, said it would partner Ensco International Inc to build, own and operate a US$l3O million (***** million) oil rig. The partnership with one of the US' largest oil drillers
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 541 6 Stocks Volume PacificCenturylOc 28,784,000 PCI 25c 20,601,000 Omni Ind 10c 19,590,000 NOL 16,837,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 16,361,000 GMG Global 5c 13,838,000 GulTech W*****7 11,428,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 10,359,000 OUB DB eCW*****3 9,797,000 GulTech20c 9,573,000 Stocks Chart Semiconductor 26c 95,066,676 Omni Ind 10c 60,248,750 OUB 35,259,680 PacificCenturyl 0c 35,242,910 DBSGrp
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    • 561 6  -  I =i I comment STOCKS r.sivanithy THE pattern of trading in the local market that has prevailed for several months now showed little sign of change yesterday index stocks rose sharply in response to a rise in the Nasdaq and
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    • 192 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy WE featured Multi-Chem's new warrants in this column a couple of weeks ago, and since then they have risen marginally. They still look attractive. At 12.5 cents and with a 15-cent exercise price, the conversion premium is
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    • 233 6  -  HOT STOCK By\ Serena. Ng THE stock of semiconductor equipment maker Advanced Systems Automation did well yesterday after strong interim results released last Friday. The counter rose 2.5 cents to finish at $0,905 on brisk volume of 1.8 million units. Technical indicators suggest the
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    • 145 6 GOODWOOD Park Hotel director and audit committee member Tan Wee Tin is retiring and will not seek re-election at the AGM to be held on Dec 28. ♦SEMBAWANG Kimtrans has appointed Rajeswari Sinniah its joint company secretary with effect from Dec 7. ♦CITY Developments has appointed Joseph Kong
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    • 345 6  -  I I comment CURRENCIES larry wee ASIAN currencies enjoyed a late rebound yesterday after Friday's Nasdaq rally, although the euro looked a bit more defensive on the increased likelihood of a Bush presidency. With US employment numbers released last Friday a little softer than
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  • MSCI'S free-float
    • 555 7  -  Hang Seng finishes 219.2 points higher, blue chips gain; boost also from lower US rates prospects Front i Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong SHARES in Hongkong shrugged off Morgan Stanley Capital International's move to switch to a free-float computation method, while analysts
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    • 429 7  -  From Macabe Keliher in Tatpei TAIWAN investors drove the main bourse up 0.6 per cent yesterday, showing that they were more taken with cheap buys in an underperforming market than being rattled by Morgan Stanley Capital International's (MSCI) announcement that weighting of Taiwan
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    • 854 7 Changes were expected, and traders chose to focus on a strong rise in US technology shares Reuters [TOKYO] Tokyo stocks leapt yesterday, ignoring a decision by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) to shift to a free float standard although pain is inevitable for issues
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    • 969 7  -  The fate of over RM2.7b in capital raising exercises hangs in the balance From] Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur THE move by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) to switch to a freefloat system is set to make it even more difficult for
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 228 8  -  I3hJ3 on the economy foreign reserves By I Serena Ng THE nation's total foreign reserves edged up 0.2 per cent month-on-month to $136.9 billion at the end of November, according to preliminary figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. And compared with November last year,
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    • 80 8 IN our Dec 7 report, "No plans for 3rd media giant: SBA", we quoted Koh Tin Fook, deputy CEO of the Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA), as saying he did not expect double-digit growth in the broadcast industry with the entry of SPH Media Works. SBA has clarified
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    • 380 8  -  Buyer, a major Sparks shareholder, to build his home on 32,160 sq ft site Marissa Chew LOCAL businessman Eng Hui Cheah, a major shareholder in Sparks disco, has clinched the British government's Ladyvale site for $19.3 million in closely contested bidding. Mr Eng paid
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    • 289 8  -  By] Errol George ASIAONE, the listed Internet arm of Singapore Press Holdings, is launching an online subscription motoring magazine and has appointed Paul Meyers as chief operating officer of Fantastic One, a newly formed joint venture broadband company. It said it had signed an
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    • 252 8  -  Grand Copthorne Waterfront won't be run by another chain By] Marissa Chew MILLENNIUM and Copthorne Hotels, the hotel arm of the Hong Leong Group, yesterday denied its year-old Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel will be managed by an international chain. There has been speculation about a
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    • 158 8  -  By. Andrea Tan DIGITAL ID service provider Netrust yesterday announced the launch of Web and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) digital certificate services. Netrust, a joint venture between Telecommunications Transportation and the Network for Electronic Transfer (Nets), is bringing the services to South-east Asia under
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  • MAIL bag
    • 253 9  -  Gerry de Silva Group corporate affairs manager On behalf of Hong Leong Finance Singapore Finance via Internet I REFER to the article, "Financing scam rocks motor trade" (BT, Dec 6). I would like to bring to your attention certain pertinent facts given to
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    • 159 9  -  Keith Callinan Alban Tay Mahtani de Silva Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the letter, "Life sciences: patent protection is important" (Mailbag, Dec 7), by Alex Thian. While I generally agree with his sentiments, I wish to correct a basic error. Two Singapore law firms have
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    • 233 9  -  Leong Sze Hian Singapore I REFER to an advertisement "If you want guaranteed returns and the chance of a bonus, the only way is Up" and the article "Catering to the risk adverse" by Genevieve Cua (BT, Nov 15). The ad guarantees a return
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    • 153 9  -  Ong Pock Tee Singapore via Internet I REFER to the article "ST Engineering may have second shot at USs4b army deal" (BT, Dec 7). From a US Army press briefing given in November, it seems quite clear that US general Eric Shinseki is pushing the
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    • 155 9  -  Stephen Chor Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article, "TV makers not ready to bet on going digital" (BT, Dec 8). It said an MATV antenna is necessary for DTV reception. MATV (Master Antenna Television) and Community Antenna Television (CATV)
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    • 180 9  -  Goh Mong Song Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the letter, "Unreasonable of insurers to cut bonuses so suddenly", by Chong Ching San (Mailbag, Dec 8). I agree with his comment that policyholders who hope for a reasonable risk fare no better than
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  • FOCUS property
    • 321 11 NST PERUMAHAN Kinrara Berhad will launch 343 units of property worth RM9O million (5541.1 million) over the next two months in its Bandar Kinrara township in Puchong. Selangor. This will bring the total value of the properties launched by the company
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    • 357 11  -  It reverses its October 1999 decision to redevelop the site due to a lack of resources By Vince Chong THE Methodist Church is selling its Mount Sophia site, which has a fresh 99-year lease, marketing agent DTZ Debenham Tie Leung said yesterday. Located on
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    • 535 11 Recent figures show the prices of flats in London peaked in early Spring FT [LONDON] Commuters tired of coping with road and rail chaos might consider buying a London pied-a-terre for Christmas. City agent Stirling Ackroyd calculates that the cost of a £200,000 (S$500,000) mortgage is
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 659 12  -  mm bottom line OPINION paul krugman The writer is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology CALIFORNIA'S deregulated power industry, in which producers can sell electricity for whatever the traffic will bear, was supposed to deliver cheaper, cleaner power. But instead,
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    • 96 12 'The Swiss know they have a problem. They're taught to fear risk and failure. They're conservative and conventional. Their culture doesn't favour entrepreneurialism. But they're coming out of the closet.' Kenneth P Morse managing director of MlT's Entrepreneurship Centre, on why Switzerland has opened a special mission
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    • 657 12 EDITORIAL EVEN as Thai politicians promise faster economic growth, debt moratoria and sundry tax breaks aimed at the relatively well-off —in a bid to win the Jan 6 general election, they have been strangely silent on the issue of poverty, as if it
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    • 1622 12  -  Globalisation in the new millennium means a whole new ball game for the Singapore economy By\ Hoon Hian Teck The writer is an associate professor in the Department of Economics, National University of Singapore, e-mail: ecshht@nus.edu. sg THE story of Singapore's economic development over the
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    • 364 12 COMMENTARY He deserves all support in his snnshine policy towards N Korea South China Morning Post IT'S a hard fact of public life that politicians are often more honoured abroad than in their own countries. Such is the case with South Korean President
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • 545 13 He will pay UEM RMIOOm on Feb 14, July 14, Dec 14 with remaining sum plus interest on May 14,2002 MALAYSIAN tycoon Halim Saad is set to spook the Malaysian stock market again, after he managed yesterday to convince United
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    • 372 13  -  RHB Capital will cease to be an RHB unit when its restructuring is done From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur RHB Capital will cease to be a subsidiary of Rashid Hussain Bhd on completion of its protracted restructuring exercise. RHB said
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    • MARKET moves
      • 60 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian national car maker Proton said yesterday Mohamad Saleh Sulong has resigned as company chairman. Three other directors have also resigned, all effective Dec 4. Mr Saleh is chairman of auto group DRB-Hicom Bhd, which this month relinquished a controlling 27.2 per
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      • 71 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Mohaiyani Securities, a closely-held Malaysian stock brokerage, said it was in talks with KAF Seagroatt Campbell to explore options to merge their businesses. "We are talking to many potential parties to merge," said general manager Raymond Kee. "KAF is one of them." KAF-Seagroatt
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      • 47 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) said yesterday the government has approved its proposed acquisition of Phileo units and Pacific Bank Bhd. Maybank is merging with Phileo's commercial bank and Pacific Bank, both medium-sized banks, under a government-directed consolidation scheme. Reuters
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    • 256 13 ZURICH Reuters SWISS aviation conglomerate SAirGroup said yesterday it was interested in a stake in Malaysian Airline System after all, having denied such a possibility on Sunday. "Something has changed over the weekend. We have started the due diligence process for a financial
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 452 14 JAKARTA Letter of intent being drawn np bnt no clear deadline set Reuters THE International Monetary Fund said yesterday that its US$5 billion (558.67 billion) assistance programme to Indonesia was not under threat and the next letter of intent paving the way
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    • 105 14 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA'S chief economics Minister Rizal Ramli said yesterday that state-owned firms, including oil monopoly Pertamina, could now buy US dollars only from the central bank. "It has been agreed that Pertamina and other stateowned companies can no longer buy US
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    • 70 14 JAKARTA AFP BANK Indonesia (BI) governor Syahril Sabirin is considering candidates to replace five board members who resigned last month, House Speaker Akbar Tanjung said yesterday. Mr Tanjung, who chairs the lower house, the People's Representative Council, said Mr Sabirin disclosed his plans at a
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    • 446 14 VIENTIANE French minister believes she'll be in next batch of opposition members to benefit AFP THE military junta in Yangon says it is ready to lift restrictions on a further batch of opposition members, French Cooperation Minister Charles Josselin told AFP
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    • 614 16  -  Money-losing adM( a rt says it had failed to win customers over from traditional retailers From Quak Hiang Whai ill I lot HjkOHf! MAVERICK businessman Jimmy Lai continues to wind down his presence in Hongkong, with the territory's most famous anti-establish-ment tycoon yesterday closing
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    • 367 16 HONGKONG It hits top spot after advising China Mobile on takeover Bloomberg GOLDMAN Sachs Group Inc has rocketed to the top of the rankings of advisers on Asian mergers, from ninth place in June, as banks compete keenly for recognition in
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    • 289 16 NEW DELHI Reuters, Bloomberg INDIAN power workers have called a one-day strike for today, threatening more labour disruption for India as it struggles with a paralysing postal strike. The government meanwhile said it may be forced to call in the army to help
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    • 351 16 SYDNEY AFP. Reuters TELSTRA Corp Ltd has confirmed reports it will register holding companies for its pan-Asian joint venture with Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd in Bermuda. A spokesman for the company, partially owned by the Australian government, denied the move to the
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  • e-NEWS
    • 472 15 USs2.sb deal likely to shake up Japanese mobile phone market FT, Bloomberg [TOKYO] Vodafone has agreed to buy 15 per cent of Japan Telecom (JT), Japan's third-largest telecommunications operator, as part of a strategy to take majority control of J-Phone, JT's fastgrowing mobile
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    • 394 15 WASHINGTON US regulator expected to approve takeover of Titae Warner on Thursday WP A MAJORITY on the Federal Trade Commission is prepared to vote to approve the America Online Inc takeover of Time Warner Inc on Thursday when it is expected to meet to
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    • 230 15 SEOUL Reuters SAMSUNG Electronics, the world's largest computer memory chipmaker, expects its non-memo-ry sector sales to touch US$l.B billion (Ss3.l billion) this year, up 80 per cent from the previous year. "Monthly sales in the non-memo-ry sector reached 200 billion won (*****.2 million) in
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    • 378 18 TOKYO Reuters BELEAGUERED Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori faced fresh trouble yesterday that could threaten his tenuous hold on power with the publication of long-rumoured photos of him with a man alleged to be a right-wing gangster. Analysts said the photos would seriously
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    • 135 18 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Germany's Deutsche Boerse will become Europe's third publicly traded stock exchange operator next year after its supervisory board yesterday approved its flotation and a capital increase. The owner of the Frankfurt stock exchange said it wanted to use the proceeds as acquisition
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    • 269 19 NEW YORK Aim is to cut costs and boost profit margins Reuters, Bloomberg MERRILL Lynch and Co Inc, a top US brokerage, plans to sell several business units in the next few months, which could net the firm more than US$l billion
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    • 167 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices, reeling after a two-week slide that lopped 20 per cent from a barrel of cruae, got a boost yesterday, after Iraq resurrected obstacles to the resumption of its oil sales. Just as it seemed about to restart exports,
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    • 336 20 Reuters London THE euro fell to its lowest in nearly a week against the dollar yesterday as Republican George W Bush looked close to snatching a victory in the US presidential saga after a weekend decision by a US High Court. The dollar was also supported as US
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    • 2859 21 HONGKONG AFP Hang Seng +219.21 HONGKONG share prices rose 1.4 per cent yesterday following gains on Wall Street, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 219.21 points to close at 15,408.54 on turnover of HKSIO.SB billion. Dealers said financial stocks
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    • 2030 21 TOKYO AFP Nikkei 225 +3UU9 SHARE prices in Tokyo closed 2.2 per cent higher yesterday after Morgan Stanley Capital International said it would not change its global stock indices until late next year, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 index gained 319.19
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      1074 21 Reuters Shenzhen B Index -0.73 4 CHINA'S hard currency B shares weakened in thin trade yesterday, ending down on a technical correction and pressured by a fall in domestic A shares, analysts said. The Shanghai B share index closed down 1.19 per cent at 76.03 on slow turnover of
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    • 380 21 AFP WP Index +31.58 TAIWANESE share prices closed 0.6 per cent higher yesterday in thin trading as investors sidelined themselves, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 31.58 points to 5.284.41. Turnover shrank to NT544.41 billion, down from NT549.97 billion in the previous trading session. Advancers
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    • 448 22 AFP 13 Composite Index +2.60 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.4 per cent higher yesterday on light buying support with little impact from Morgan Stanley Capital International's plan to adjust its indices based on stocks' free-float, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose
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    • 295 23 AFP Composite Index +19.99 SOUTH Korean shares rose 3.7 per cent yesterday with the index up 19.99 points at 554.80. Volume was 384.5 million worth 1.9 trillion won. AFP Dec II *on Anam Semi 4500 -15 Brain Tech 535 -5 Central Bank 170 unch Cheil Comm ***** 400 Dae
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    • 281 23 AFP Q Composite Index -6.65 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.4 per cent lower yesterday with the Composite Index down 6.65 points to close at 1,393.71. Volume was 426.10 million shares worth 748.7 million pesos compared to 170.23 million shares worth 633.56 million pesos on Friday. AFP Dec 11 Peso
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    • 266 23 AFP 13 NZSE-40 +9.58 NEW Zealand's share market had a positive start to the week with a healthy turnover yesterday. The NZSE-40 Capital Index was up 9.58 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 1.975.66 on turnover of NZ$lOl million, the mood influenced by US presidential election developments.— AFP Dec
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    • 548 23 AFP All Ordinaries +23.4 THE Australian share market was pushed 0.7 per cent higher yesterday by strong gains in telecommunications sector heavyweight Telstra, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index closed 23.4 points higher at 3.255.9, while the SP/ASX 200 finished 24.8 points higher at 3,312.4. National turnover was 464.36
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    • 1291 26  -  While the life sciences hold out lots of potential promise, ethical issues could well swing industry directions, say YVETTE FLANIGAN and A J RAMACBAKDRA3X YVETTE FLANIGAN,A J RAMACHANDRAN The writers are from the technology practice group of Rajah Tann, Andersen Legal. Please email com men ts to
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    • 295 29 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) shed 12 points to 1,621, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) was unchanged at 1,455, the Baltic Handy Index (BHI) slipped one point to 1,070, the Baltic Handymax Index rose four points to 9,475 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down 33
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    • 511 29 [SINGAPORE] The Sun Vista captain, chief engineer and the vessel manager's emergency response team have also come under fire in the Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) report for the handling of the Sun Vista fire which ultimately led to its sinking. The
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    • TRANSATLANTIC trade
      • 976 30 Trans-Atlantic lines have announced westbound increases as US exports lag Journal of Commerce CARRIERS moving cargo to the United States from North Europe and the Mediterranean are increasing westbound rates in response to strong demand for container space and a continuing imbalance in
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      • 175 40 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co, Asia's largest carrier by sales, said it will increase seat capacity on flights between Tokyo and Seoul by a fifth in response to increased demand. "JAL will increase the number of weekly flights from Tokyo to Seoul from seven
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      • 120 40 Reuters [WELLINGTON] Ansett Australia has reduced the minimum acceptance level in its bid for regional carrier Hazelton Airlines to 50.1 per cent from 90 per cent previously, Ansett's parent Air New Zealand said yesterday. Ansett had also reconfirmed its offer of A 51.35 per
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      • 65 40 SYDNEY) A Qantas jumbo jet (left) sits next to its British Airways counterpart at Sydney s Kingsford Smith airport yesterday. Qantas Airways has rejected weekend media reports from Britain s Sunday Times newspaper which said the British Airways has entered into negotiations with the Australian government
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      • 473 40 ECONOMY CLASS SYNDROME Aussie law firm representing 10 people in first action of its kind in the world AFP [SYDNEY] At least five major airlines are facing legal action by passengers who suffered "economy-class syndrome", blood clots caused by prolonged sitting in cramped conditions,
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      • 186 40 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] UAL Corp's United Airlines and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers negotiated through the weekend on a new contract for United's 15,000 mechanics and cleaners, the union said. The two sides, which began talks a year ago, returned to the
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      • 226 40 Pilots threaten to disrupt flights over holiday season Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkongbased Cathay Pacific Airways said yesterday it was still in talks with the pilots' union to resolve a rostering dispute as aircrew threatened to disrupt flights over the holiday period. The Hongkong Aircrew
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      • 187 40 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's national airline put five Airbus A 330 jetliners back in service yesterday after grounding them over the weekend as part of a worldwide directive issued by the manufacturer due to fears of damaged engine mounts. A spokesman for Malaysian
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        • 125 40 Reuters [NEW YORK] Delta Air Lines Inc and Continental Airlines Inc both have asked the US government for the rights to a limited number of new flights to Buenos Aires, the airlines said. The requests came after the United States and Argentina reached a new
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        • 103 40 Oana-Xinhua [PHNOM PENH] The Indonesian-owned Royal Khmer Airlines (RKA) and American-Australian backed Cambodian National Airlines (CNA) will become Cambodia's fifth and sixth domestic airlines as early as January 2001, according to the latest issue of the Phnom Penh Post. RKA spokesman Koy Samnang said
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        • 73 40 Reuters [SYDNEY] Richard Branson's Australian discount airline Virgin Blue said it was ahead of budget targets and its load factor was 78 per cent. "The airline is well ahead of all budget targets," chief executive Brett Godfrey said in a statement. "Our load
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        • 128 40 Reuters [WELLINGTON] Discount economy airfares from New Zealand have jumped 5.1 per cent in the past three months, according to a survey by American Express released yesterday. For the year, discount airfares rose 10 per cent for the year, the financial services company
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