The Business Times, 15 March 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE i Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg- THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2001 85*
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    75 1 □m 1,792J8 (-5.79) mm 74&33 (-o.se) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,***** (-33.00) SDEX3 FUTTJIES 228J0 (4.00) STOCK MARKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE OOMP 682.33 -010 NIKKEI 226 *****69 +2189 HANG SENO 13JW084 -***** SET INDEX ***** -18J JAKARTA COMP ***** +128 MANILA-OOXP 1,***** -181 TAIPEI WPL- 6.***** +4781 SEOUL
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    83 1 FOBEX BATES us$ s$ USS (S$ per USS) 1.760 £(tIS$/SS per 1.444 1642 El'ROfUSS/SS/E) 0.909 1.800 DM 1152 1123 YEN lit J 68.10 RX J .800 2159 HKS im 4.432 BART 4312 24.73 RUPIAH 10,028 5.696 •SS to 100 units nm bates SINGAPORE* 5.89 KUALA LUMPUR 767 JAKARTA 39.00
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    Lock icon More consolidation among Singapore stockbrokers
    673 1  -  Lorn Chang selling out to Vickers; CSFB shotting down retail broking By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The consolidation of the stockbroking industry gathered pace yesterday with two more players throwing in the towel Lum Chang is selling its broking business to Vickers Ballas for $28.9
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    Lock icon Yeo Ning Hong joins SPH board
    306 1 Group also appoints Ngiam Tong Dow and Lee Ek Tieng as directors [SINGAPORE] Singapore Press Holdings has appointed Yeo Ning Hong, Ngiam Tong Dow and Lee Ek Tieng directors from today, boosting its board from seven to 10 members. The other board members are:
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    Lock icon No go yet for CapitaLand's carpark plans
    684 1  -  Hub carpark at 'white'site has to be ready first: URA By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Capita Land's proposal to redevelop its Market Street and Golden Shoe multi-storey carparks may have to be put on hold for the time being, judging by a letter which
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    Lock icon Govt to give up veto power in SingTel, says BG Lee
    798 1  -  It will cut stakes in Sing Tel, DBS to rid perception of govt control By Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] The government will give up its veto power in Singapore Telecommunications (Sing Tel), in order to rid the perception that
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    Lock icon Early Dow sinks below 10,000
    75 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] The Dow Industrial briefly lost its grip on the 10,000 mark yesterday morning as a selling wave sent it tumbling 325 points to 9,967. But by 11am EST it had recovered to 10,118.97 for a loss of 171.83 points. TeCh stocks, however,
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      87 1 maps Top Stories HK home prices dropped 13% last year, Pg 14 Wing Tai interim down 70% to $7m. Pg4 M'sia F1 success fails to draw crowds. Pg 11 Rupiah rallies 1.9% after central bank steps in. Pg 12 Market chill Outlook for STI stocks. Next Pmge Why Fed didn't
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      47 1 J ol 1% I scandal MAS may modify minimum nod;ii cors.position of iot M a s ir !POs Next Page Next Page KepLand down 5.3% on Marina bid, Pg 4 Koh Boon Hwee appointed to SIA board, Next Page 1 I What developers are doing about puat^u^jjaflandtgHitj
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      15 1 IPO dates for PSA, SPnot set,Pg 5 CAW issue* profit warning on Optus, Pg 7
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      Lock icon MAS may ease citizenship rule for bank boards, says BG Lee
      880 2  -  Bat it will continue to ensure strong Singaporean presence By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) may modify its requirement that at least half the board members of local banks be Singapore citizens or permanent residents,
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      Lock icon OUB imposes floor limit caveat on IPO subscription rates
      497 2  -  Aim is to shield investors from parking money with poorly subscribed IPOs By David Boey [SINGAPORE] Overseas Union Bank (OUB) has taken the unusual step of imposing a floor limit caveat on initial public offer (IPO) subscription rates in a bid
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      Lock icon S'pore stocks worth a nibble, but there could be some indigestion
      905 2  -  Bourse now at lowest level in nearly two years By Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks look attractive at current levels, but investors should be prepared for a rough ride ahead, analysts say. Yesterday, the Singapore stock market closed
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      Lock icon Koh Boon Hwee appointed to SIA board
      320 2 [SINGAPORE] Sing Tel chairman Koh Boon Hwee has been appointed to the board of Singapore Airlines, the national carrier said in a brief statement yesterday. The appointment immediately gave rise to speculation that he might replace Michael Fam as chairman at the next
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  • MARKET CHILL
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      Lock icon Why Fed didn't step in after Monday's plunge
      962 3 Qneupu <m> Btt bdtove chu&sim stack prices caa or should be targeted by Fed LAT-WP {WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve poli-cy-makers appear certain to cut shortterm interest rates when they meet next Tuesday, but that hardly will be soon enough to satisfy a host
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      Lock icon European fund managers upbeat about EU economies
      486 3  -  This is despite European bonrses turning bearish From Neil Behrmann in London EUROPEAN stock markets are caught in an unrelenting bearish grip, but a Merrill Lynch survey shows that local fund managers are sanguine, especially about their domestic economies. After rallying early yesterday
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Not turned off enough yet
        105 3 ACCORDING to the online brokerage Ameritrade, one out of four of its customers bought Cisco during last Friday's dip. Ned Schmidt, a newsletter writer, has an explanation. "Until disgust and revulsion are common, no bottom will be in sight for the previously popular 'growth' dogs."
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        Lock icon You mean it just struck you, Jeff?
        94 3 NEVER thought you'd hear it from him. Time Magazine's Man of the Year. Jeff Bezos recently told BBC that Amazon is not "a stock you can sleep well with at night. We think over time we'll build a very valuable company. But for
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Wing Tai interim profit plunges 70% to $7m
      389 4  -  Turnover also tumbles to $52m; there were no write-backs By Andrea Tan WITH just one property launch last year, Wing Tai Holdings saw turnover and net profit plunge 70 per cent in the six months to Dec 31. Net profit tumbled to
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      Lock icon The incredible dotcom shakeout
      842 4  -  hock n.ijmuuj quak hiang whai LESS than a year ago, a friend who was hired to run a Hongkong dotcom company with regional exposure was expounding to this correspondent how different his business was from the rest of the fly-by-night Internet companies. The company which was
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      Lock icon KepLand down 5.3% on Marina bid
      312 4  -  By Andrea Tan INVESTORS punished Keppel Land for its bold move in bidding for the new Downtown "white" site they sold down the company's shares 5.3 per cent or 12 cents to $2.13. On Tuesday, an equal partnership between Keppel Land, Li Ka-shing's Cheung
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      Lock icon Major Eltech investors fail to sell stakes
      539 5 Excel Machine Tools expects general takeover offer from two parties soon EXPECTATIONS of a takeover at Eltech Electronics has turned out to be a damp squib the company said efforts by its major shareholders to sell their shares had fallen through. The company
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      Lock icon IPO dates for PSA, SP not set
      335 5  -  Listings may be expected either this year or next: BG Lee By Marissa Chew THE dates of the initial public offers (IPO) of PSA Corporation and Singapore Power (SP) shares are yet to be set and will depend on market conditions, Deputy Prime
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      Lock icon China's United Food launches IPO at 31.5 cents a share
      394 5  -  9.6 m shares on offer to public, 121 m shares being placed oat to raise net $35m By Adeline Chuah CHINA-based United Food Holdings yesterday launched an initial public offer of 130.6 million shares at 31.5 cents apiece for listing
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      Lock icon People's Food plunges 34% in debut trading
      258 5  -  By Rachel Ong CHINA-based People's Food Holdings will not forget its debut on the main board of the Singapore Exchange yesterday its shares slumped 34 per cent and it led the actives list. The stock closed at 29.5 cents on volume of 38
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      Lock icon Sparkling show by Hyflux
      382 7  -  Profits soar 80 times to $&3m as turnover surges 200% to $21m By David Boey SHARES of water treatment company Hyflux fell two cents to a six-week low of 52 •cents yesterday but that was before the market learnt of its sparkling results for FY 2000.
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Ho Bee profit declines 41%
        102 7 HO Bee Investment said its 2000 net profit fell 41 per cent to $26.3 million. Group turnover declined 31 per cent to $198.7 million due to lower recognition of sales on the group's development properties in Singapore compared with the previous year, and the unexpected
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        Lock icon Sim Lian interim net slips 61%
        45 7 SIM Lian Group said net profit for the half year to Dec 31 fell 61 per cent to $3.65 million. Compared with the previous year, group turnover saw a 12 per cent decline from $84.2 million to $74.3 million.
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        Lock icon Hor Kew earnings down 51%
        57 7 HOR Kew Corporation said yesterday its profit for the year ended Dec 31 fell 51 per cent to $5.62 million. Turnover also slumped 51 per cent to $85.67 million from $174.86 million in 1999, due to the continued weakness of the local construction market and
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      Lock icon SPH, NTUC ally for radio business
      360 7  -  They announce joint venture to run NTUC Media's radio stations Liew Hanqing SPH Media Works and NTUC Media have teamed up to give the Radio Corporation of Singapore a run for its money. The two partners yesterday announced a 50-50 joint venture to own
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      Lock icon C&W issues profit warning on Optus
      300 7 SYDNEY This could force quicker sale of Aussie subsidiary Reuters A PROFIT warning from the parent of Cable Wireless Optus Ltd could force a quicker sale of the Australian subsidiary. brokers said yesterday after Singapore Telecommunications Ltd entered high-level talks with Optus. Britain's Cable
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      Lock icon Metro makes $90 million floating rate note issue
      162 7 METRO Holdings Ltd is making a $90 million floating rate note issue that will be managed by DBS Bank. The notes are guaranteed by Orchard Square Development Corp, a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of Metro which holds a 27 per cent
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      Lock icon Phillips Capital Management launches three funds
      251 7  -  By Rachel Ong PHILLIP Capital Management (PCM), the asset management arm of Phillip Securities Group, is launching three investment funds the Phillip Money Market Fund, the Phillip Income fund and the Phillip Growth Fund. Unlike most unit trusts, the funds will focus on achieving
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      1152 4 THAKRAL CORPORATION LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at The Board Room of 20 Upper Circular Road, The Riverwalk #03-06, Singapore *****6 on 30 March 2001, Friday, at 10.00
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      832 4 f SINGAPORE FOOD INDUSTRIES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of Singapore Food Industries Limited (the "Company" > will be held at The Board Room. 234 Pandan Loop. Singapore *****2 on March
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Technical rebound fails to hold as players stay wary
      574 6  -  STOCKS ven sreenivasan AFTER a short-lived technical rebound sparked by an overnight rise on Wall Street, Singapore stocks sank yesterday as prevailing pessimism continued to weigh down sentiment. With many heavyweights still under selling pressure, there was never any chance of
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      Lock icon Want Want warrant shines despite bearish market
      169 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan ONE stock and its warrant have been doing very nicely despite the bearish market conditions. Food maker Want Want Holding's shares gained another two US cents to US$l.lB yesterday on volume of 625,000. Meanwhile, its warrant gained 2.5
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      536 6 Stocks Volume PeopteTsFood HGK 50c 37,937,000 SingTel 15c 28,434,000 Lankom US2c 15,058,000 Integra 5c 14,052,000 GES Intl Lid 20c 12,722,000 Omni Ind 10c 9,789,000 PacificCenturylOc 9,179,000 PCI 25c 6,861,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 6,559,000 Hyflux 5c 6,554,000 Stocks DBSGrp 85,048,504 SingTel 15C 69.463,143 UOB 38.355,394 VentureMfg25c 37,153,261 SIA 34,182,808 0C8C 34,063,550
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      Lock icon Chartered faces further downside
      191 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of Chartered Semiconductor has completed an almost full retracement from a double head-and-shoulders formation, falling another five cents to $5 yesterday on volume of 6.6 million. Despite the retracement, the Relative Strength Index is still in neutral territory. Meanwhile,
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      Lock icon Market Notices
      129 6 ARMSTRONG Industrial Corporation Ltd announced that Ms Joanna Lim Lan Sim has replaced Diana Jackson-Yap Mei Lan as one of the named company secretaries of the company with effect from Feb 28,2001. ♦HARIMAU Investments Ltd announced a proposed voluntary liquidation. Subject to shareholders' approval at a meeting to
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      Lock icon Euro falls sharply; A$ hits intra-day low of 49.9 US cts
      348 6  -  CURRENCIES larry wee JAPANESE selling and an overnight US tech stock recovery hammered the euro and Australian dollar yesterday, but gave Asian currencies a welcome break. The euro broke through key support at 92.40 US cents and plunged below
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      260 7 U> >I<'- »:.<>•} .V |g) WE ARE *****02-CERTIFIED HI i JhE^H ■k KpF 4 JmMBT w|V T S v HKfl J V 9 Hrß H W* M 1 s®iPPr~ I Ml 8%1 c Literally s$H we attribute our success today to an unflinching dedication in offering only products of the
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon BG Yeo urges US to stay engaged in E Asia
      619 8  -  Signing of FTA with S'pore will signal the US plans to stay a key regional player, he suggests Reports by Leon Hadar in Washington AS the new US administration ponders its global economic and security policies, Singapore's Trade and Industry
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      Lock icon Sino-US ties key to US stance in E Asia: BG Yeo
      376 8 Their ability to stabilise ties will also affect region's growth THE continuing engagement of the US in East Asia and the economic growth in the region depend on whether Washington and Beijing can successfully stabilise their bilateral economic and
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      Lock icon Why BOJ not keen to intervene
      354 8  -  MAILIiETTI Yap Wy-En New York via Internet I REFER to the report "US dollar to rise to 125, 130 yen" by Larry Wee (BT, Mar 7). It is an extremely insightful article that raises many germane points and, on the whole, puts forth keen
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      Lock icon Govt casts wider net for upgrading of HDB flats
      599 9  -  parhamentirrsm All pre-1980 blocks now eligible for main upgrading 1981-1986 blocks can get interim upgrading By Marissa Chew THE government yesterday said newer public housing blocks can now qualify for upgrading, meaning that an additional 240,000 flats may now benefit from
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      Lock icon Retrenchments likely to rise this year, MOM warns
      316 9  -  By Rachel Ong MORE people are likely to lose their jobs this year, says the Ministry of Manpower in its latest labour market report. The number of retrenchments is likely to rise from 11,624 last year following job cuts announced by USbased
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      Lock icon Prime industrial site in Pandan up for sale
      248 9 A PRIME industrial redevelopment site at 237 Pandan Loop has been put up for sale by public tender. The 999-year leasehold site, covering 5,058.6 sq m in the Pandan Crescent Industrial Estate, is zoned "industrial" under the 1985 Master Plan and designated
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      Lock icon AXN issues one-day sporting challenge
      242 9 FANCY testing your mettle in something like Eco-Challenge but don't quite feel up to the toughest race on Earth? Have a shot then at a local mini-version, at the end of this month, called The AXN Challenge. The one-day race organised by cable TV company
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      Lock icon Former Auto Asia boss gets 12 weeks' jail
      374 9  -  David Koh Beng Oon admitted to COE-related cheating charges Reports by Conrad Raj THE former boss of Auto Asia, which used to distribute Kia cars from South Korea, was jailed yesterday for 12 weeks after he admitted to cheating charges in relation
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      Lock icon Chng Heng Tiu loses appeal against loan judgment
      352 9 Heh&stop&yOCßC $8m as guarantor for loan PINETREE Town Country Club chairman Chng Heng Tiu yesterday lost his appeal against a summary judgment obtained by OCBC Bank several weeks ago after he failed to make good a guarantee on an $8 million loan
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      931 8 WING TAI HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Announcement of unaudited results for the six months ended 31 December 2000. GROUP COMPANY Six months ended Six months ended 31 Dec 2000 31 Dec 1999 31 Dec 2000 31 Dec 1999 ss'ooo ssooo srooo ssooo +A-) 1 (a) Turnover
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      78 8 Japan-S'pore talks on FT A to end early, Pg 18 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btfetter@ sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Profits versus patients in South Africa
      724 10  -  OPINION zjMEMmmm ■f.UM.'JII.U g panicker The writer is a journalist with BT's Foreign Desk PHARMACEUTICAL companies are giving globalisation a bad name. And if they have their way, they may even unwittingly help hang it In the Pretoria High Court, Judge Bernard Ngoepe last
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      145 10 'Decision making will slow down. Speedy government action requires trust which goes down when a scandal like this hits.' -N Bhutan Bao chairman of the Centre for Media Studies, a New Delhi-based think-tank, after a bribery scandal ensnared lawmakers from India's ruling coalition. 'When you have world
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      Lock icon A more open regime
      676 10 EDITORIAL DROP the shackles of old mindsets and outdated taboos, better late than never. Nowhere is this more evident in Singapore than in recent highly significant, pronouncements on policy (or attitude) change in two key areas. First is the indication that Parliament need no longer be
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      Lock icon Japanese 'price-keeping' by another name
      915 10  -  The economic measures finally announced last Friday are stunning only for their inadequacy By Patrick Smith The writer is the author of 'Japan: A Reinterpretation' Bloomberg [TOKYO] Let's see. A month ago, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced a small cut in the official discount
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      Lock icon Just a reflection of the people
      680 10  -  COMMENTARY If Indonesians want better leaders, they need to shape np themselves By Julia Suryakusuma The writer is a sociologist and executive director of the Almanac of Indonesian Politics, a foundation for political research, information and publications. She contributed this comment to the International
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Danaharta emerges as 3.5% owner of Time dotCom
      429 11  -  Substantial stake from debt-to-equity conversion, no cash outlay: official From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S bad debt recovery agency Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional has emerged as a substantial shareholder of Time dot Com following the dismal initial public offering (IPO) that has
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      Lock icon Foreign investors expected to stay away from M'sia till Q3
      492 11 KUALA LUMPUR Country is being reweighted on fears over corporate governance, liquidity Reuters, Bloomberg FOREIGN investors are unlikely to return to Malaysia until at least the third quarter of this year as concerns over corporate governance and liquidity prompt them
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      Lock icon Two-thirds of tickets for KL's F1 event still unsold
      568 11 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIA is finding out there's more to hosting a Formula One Grand Prix than a US$ll2 million (Ssl97 million) circuit and a home team that just won its first championship points. With less than a week to go
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      Lock icon Nexnews drops plan to buy Edge and Sun Media
      382 11  -  Nexnews was to boy 70% of Edge Command 74% of Son Media From] Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur NEXNEWS.COM Bhd, a listed vehicle controlled by businessman Tong Kooi Ong, will not be buying over media groups Edge Communications Sdn Bhd
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  • SOUTH east asia
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      Lock icon Rupiah rallies 1.9% after central bank steps in
      213 12 Bloomberg. Reuters [JAKARTA] THE Indonesian rupiah staged its biggest rally in more than two months after the central bank said it bought the currency to stem its decline to a 2Vi year low this week. It rose 1.9 per cent to 10,100
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      Lock icon Jakarta delays hearings on central bank changes
      389 12 Govt move conld help pave way for resumption of loan talks with IMF Reuters IJAKARTA] Indonesia said yesterday it had postponed hearings on controversial central bank law changes, a move that could help break a deadlock in negotiations with the International Monetary Fund
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      Lock icon Jakarta may pay BII with revamped Ibra loans
      204 12 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA yesterday said it could pay Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) with loans restructured by the bank restructuring agency (Ibra) if the Sinar Mas Group defaulted on its debts to the bank. Analysts say such a move could spell more trouble
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      Lock icon Ibra seeks foreign allies to tackle bad loans
      308 12 WASHINGTON Bloomberg INDONESIA'S bank rescue agency wants to ally with foreign investment banks to restructure and make profitable the bad loans it absorbed three years ago, the agency's chairman said. Pairing with foreign firms such as GE Capital Corp will bring expertise,
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      Lock icon Aceh woes force Tokyo firm to seek other LNG supplies
      535 13 JAKARTA Japanese-chartered tanker prevented from leaving following separate dispute involving PTCaltex Reuters SECURITY problems in Indonesia's Aceh province has forced one of Japan's top electric power companies to seek alternative sources of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Separately, local Indonesian authorities
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      Lock icon Call to probe funding for Gus Dur's trip
      287 13 AP [JAKARTA] Legislators, wanting to impeach President Abdurrahman Wahid over two corruption scandals, yesterday called for an investigation into new allegations of financial impropriety during an overseas tour this month. The fresh accusations against Mr Abdurrahman's administration come at a vulnerable time
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      Lock icon Philippine move for agency to absorb NPLs
      494 13 MANILA Pension fond drafts plan in bid to revamp the financial sector AFP THE Philippines wants to set up an agency to absorb bad bank loans as part of an effort to restructure the country's financial system to spur economic growth, officials said
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      313 13 LEE HWA HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at 55 Übi Avenue 1, #07-11, Übi 55 Building, Singapore *****5, on 5 April 2001 at 10.30 a.m. for the
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  • EAST asia
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      659 14  -  Number sew completed flats plunge 27%, with 30% nnseld at end of year Frorri Audrey Tan in Hongkong HONGKONG residential property prices fell another 13 per cent last year, even as developers slowed down their building projects to avoid adding to
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      555 14 HONGKONG Unions worry other financial services firms will follow suit Reuters PLANS by banking giant HSBC Holdings pic to shift more jobs to China from Hongkong will likely spark a similar exodus by other financial services firms looking to escape the territory's high
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      675 15 NEWDELHI BJP chief quits as opposition calls for Cabinet resignation over graft reports Bloomberg, AP A BRIBERY scandal that has ensnared lawmakers from the ruling coalition threatens to derail sales of state-owned assets and other economic reforms, even as the opposition called on the
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      213 15 BOMBAY Reuters INDIA'S central bank on Tuesday directed Madhavpura Mercantile Cooperative Bank to stop operations amid reports that the bank is suffering liquidity problems caused by losses on the stock market. "We have placed the bank under direction from Tuesday. We have
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      158 15 NEWDELHI Reuters FOUR senior Indian Defence Ministry officials and army officers were suspended yesterday following the release of a website's documentary which implicated them in an alleged arms bribery web, the ministry said. "After a preliminary inquiry they have been suspended following the disclosures made by
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      553 15 BOMBAY They say brokers have lost right to head the BSE and also to regulate themselves AFP INDIA'S stock markets need a radical clean-up to restore investor confidence that has been hit by a spate of resignations and sackings over allegations of insider trading and
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      164 16 Bloomberg [GENEVA] STMicroelectronics, Europe's biggest semiconductor maker, said first-quarter sales and profit will miss the firm's estimates as slower economic growth hurts chip demand. Earnings will fall short of the 45 US cents a share STMicro had predicted, and will be in line
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      291 16 CHICAGO Reuters VOICESTREAM Wireless Corp said on Tuesday its shareholders approved the proposed U5523.9 billion (Ss42 billion) acquisition by Deutsche Telekom, bringing the German telecoms giant one step closer to gaining a presence in the United States. Voice Stream, the No 6 US mobile
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      299 17 AP [SINGAPORE] Publicity over a spate of lawsuits against US-based music website Napster has caused Internet surfers in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand to flock to the site, a market research firm said yesterday. As Napster struggles to obey court orders to protect copyrighted
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      460 17 CHICAGO This raises cuts this year in cellphone unit to 12,000 jobs Reuters. AFP MOTOROLA Inc, the world's No 2 mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday it will cut another 7,000 jobs as it struggles to strengthen its cellphone unit amid an
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      603 17  -  TECHNOLOGY kenneth james AFTER the bloodletting in global bourses, sparked by Nasdaq's free fall on Tuesday, will Alan Greenspan rescue the markets again? The US Federal Reserve meets next Tuesday and market players anxiously hope that its influential chairman will announce a sharp cut in
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      426 18 WASHINGTON Stockpilesgoup 0.4% to USsl.22st after a flat Dec Reuters, Bloomberg STOCKPILES on companyshelves rose faster than expected in January, the US government said yesterday in a report suggesting firms were trying to adjust to slowing demand in the economy.
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      314 18 TOKYO AFP JAPAN wiU likely complete talks on an unprecedented free trade agreement with Singapore ahead of schedule in the summer, the head of the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) said yesterday. Talks on what would be Japan's first ever free trade
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      630 18 EXETER, New Hampshire Industrial products group acquired 4 firms worth USs4b in last 4 months Bloomberg, NYT INDUSTRIAL products conglomerate Tyco International Ltd has agreed to buy commercial lender CIT Group Inc for US$B.47 bUlion (5514.9 billion). With this deal it is betting it can
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      394 18 Reuters [LONDON] British unemployment tumbled through the symbolic one million mark for the first time in over a quarter of a century, handing Prime Minister Tony Blair a powerful preelection boost. National Statistics yesterday said the number of people claiming jobless benefit fell 10,600
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      557 18 LEXINGTON, Massachusetts Move comes after company privately briefed analysts on lst-qtr ontlook Bloomberg DEFENCE contractor Raytheon Co is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission for possible violation of disclosure rules after the company privately briefed analysts on its first-quarter outlook,
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      181 18 TOKYO Bloomberg JAPANESE regulators ordered Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to close the financial products department of its Tokyo brokerage for five days, the second foreign broker penalised this year for breaking laws. CIBC World Markets was told to shut down the eightmember department from
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      474 19 WASHINGTON They say slowdowns in US, Japan would feed on each other NYT PRESIDENT Bush's economic advisers, in meetings at the Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the White House, are grappling with the implications of Japan's recent political and economic distress, fearing it
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      522 19 TOKYO Leaders aim to take policy steps before the Jnne local elections Reuters JAPAN'S embattled leadership yesterday sounded a note of urgency over the sliding economy and share market, calling for rapid implementation of steps to prop up stocks and avert a
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      316 19 TOKYO Reuters A LEADING supporter of higher interest rates on the policy board of Japan's central bank is expected to be dropped when her term ends this month. She is expected to be replaced by Miyako Suda, who teaches at
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      371 29 WASHINGTON He has decided not to begin regulating power plant emissions LATWP Reuters ABANDONING a campaign pledge. President Bush has decided not to begin regulating carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, saying that he is concerned the action could increase already heightened energy prices.
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      70 29 I SYDNEY) Tom Jamieson is assisted into the water by liondi Surf School instructor Marty Williams at Sydney s liondi Beach during a surfing lesson late yesterday afternoon. Ten-year-old Jamieson u as with a group of school mates and is among an estimated 200, 0()0 people
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      351 29 Reuters lI.OXDON i'rivately held wealth by the richest 20 per > ent of Britain's population is expected to increase by 50 per cent by 2UO"> according to a study. it tin's emerging mass affluent class 55i29.000) in liquid assets is also aby a third to
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      223 18 SPECIAL FEATURE 27 MARCH 2001 Make waves in a knowledge-based if Singapore's position as a major maritime hub has never been more important, especially i j now that the Trade Development Board I to step up efficient trade system, business environment. Training, education and skills upgrading will be key to
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      1874 19 NOTICES T° advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 I IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF WEUCARE REALTY PTE LTD (In Members Voluntary liquidation) At on Extraordinary General Meeting of tHe Member* of WEUCARE REALTY PTE LTD duly convened ond
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      1190 20 0 DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD AND ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) AUDITED CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 In SS'OOO Note 2000 1999 k. SS 000 2000 1999
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      2296 21 Q DBS GROUP HOLONGS LTD DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD HOLDING COMPANY AUWTiD PROFIT AND lOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE Y£AR ENDED DECEMBER 31 AUDITED BALANCE SHEET AS AT DECEMBER 31 s ,ooo 2000 INCOME 321 3,697.153 V9A.766 Dividends 2 CURRENT ASSET 30 Interest income from a related party Other assets TOTAL
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      2381 22 QDBSGROUP HOLDINGS LTD I SAS 17 requires disclosure of ihe occounting policy for employee benefits and recognition of equity compensate plans in the financial (a) The number of directors of DBSH, .nduding those appointed and resigned/retired dunng the year, ,n each of the remuneration I statements These have been incorporated
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      3025 23 Q DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 15.4 DBSH PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN 18. MINORITY INTERESTS rNnc [l^ The DBSH Performance Share Plan ("the PSP") is a stock-based plan where DBSH ordinary shares are given free to eligible At December 31, 2000, the minority interest of the DBSH Group was as follows employees
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      2407 24 Q DBS GROUP HOLONGS LTD 20.4 The HK$lOO million Negotiable Fixed Rate Certificates of Deposit were issued on May 6, 1998 and redeemed on May 12, DBSH Group 2000 Interest was payable quarterly at a fixed rate of 8.60%. j n $$'000 2000 1999 20.5 The HK$45O million Negotiable Floating
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      2489 25 ODBSGROUP HOLDMGS LTD I 30 INVESTMENT SECURITIES COUNTRY OF NTBIESTHBDBY COST OF fsJVESTMENT DASH Group PWNOPAL DBSH'S HELD BY DBSH'S ln ce-nno 2000 1999 SUBSIDIARY COMPANES BUSINESS ACTTVmES DBS BANK SUBSIDIARIES SUBSOiARES 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 Quoted equity shares 32,881 666,792 Unquoted equity shares 316,673 330,726 DBS Kwong
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      2375 26 Q DBS GROUP HOLDNGS LTD 33 ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURE COMPANIES Equipment, .p. i r ii leasehold Freehold Total furniture and 331 The investments ,n assoc.ated compon.es at December 31 ore as follows SS'OOO properties properties properties other assets Total DBSH Group In SS'OOO 2 °oo 1999 Cost i nTi
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      1968 27 O DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1999 Details of DBSH Group's NPLs and provisions as at December 31,1999 were as follows I T. In SS'million Regional Countries Singapore Other Total Non-Trad,ng Trod,ng Countries 3 w j DTDB Others Yeor-end Year-end In SS'OOO Underlying Underlying Positive Fair Negative Fair 1999 Principol Principal
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      1512 28 ©DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD DBSHGtoud 43 NET CURRENT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES Set out below is the net current assets and liabilities of DBSH Group This disclosure has been included to comply with Ninth Schedule of Treasury DBS the Compon.es Act Consumer Investment and Central Thai Danu Grand DBSH Group In
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      1147 29 Q DBS GROUP HOLDMGS LTD SHARE CAPnAL 4.4 REVENUE RESERVE DBS Bank DBS Bank In SS'OOO 2000 1999 In SS'OOO 2000 1999 Authorised Balance at January 1 '~664,038 1,900,749 2,000,000,000 ordinary shares of Ssl each 2,000,000 2,000,000 Net profit attributable to members 1,578,863 944,231 600,000,000 non-redeemable convertible preference shares of
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      253 30  -  SGX Derivatives Trading Report ST Indn/MSCX ffpcre Index Wong Ann Chuen Refco Singapore THE Singapore stock market fell to a 23-month low, as market sentiment remained negative. The benchmark Straits Times Index lost 5.79 points or 0.32 per cent to close at 1792.18 points with 12
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      230 30  -  MSCI Taiwan Indaz Joseph Lim Refco Singapore TAIWAN'S stock market settled higher yesterday as Nasdaq's 4.75 per cent rally overnight fuelled buying in local electronics stocks. At the close, the MSCI Taiwan Stock Index gained 2.17 points, or 0.85 per cent to finish at 257.18 points.
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      226 30 London Reuters THE euro rose, rebounding more than one per cent from three-week lows against the dollar as losses in US stock futures pointed to a weaker opening on Wall Street and revived concern about US consumer confidence. In a week in which equity markets and corporate news
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      1273 30 DITBEBAMK CEOSS EATBS f(ir n AS C$ N> Bw Ffr Dm H$ Mid Is to»tak Yen Wow tM H2S hk Ks Nm S$ Sir KT$ 8aM Nil US$ Australia 0.773 4.156 0.551 3.6M 1078 3.906 Z3.375 50.M0 0.600 6.399 L903 1.199 30.206 24.156 0.881 3.928 0.848 ***** ***** 0347 0301
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      1825 30 SIOOM FUTUKBS Mar 14 RUBBER (futures closing «s «t 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS centsAq) ClOM Volume OpM Month High Law Sdt (towns) Interest Apr 01 102.25 800 May 01 ***** 800 JunOI 105.25 800 Jut/Sep 01 106.25 750 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cmts/lq) Volume OpM Month Hifh Low Sett (tonnes) Interest
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      2888 31 HONGKONG AFP Q Hang Seng -162J9 HONGKONG share prices closed 1.2 per cent lower yesterday on continuing concerns over the global economic outlock and US interest rate uncertainty, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 162.19 points to close at 13,330.84
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      2111 31 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 22S ♦21» SHARE prices in Tokyo crawled off a 16year low yesterday as investors hunted bargains after a recovery on Wall Street, traders said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 average rose 23.89 points, or 0.2 per cent, to close at
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      1087 31 AFP Shenzhen Binder +12.71 SHANGHAI B-shares closed 2.6 per cent higher yesterday in a technical rebound with shares seeing gains almost across the board, dealers said. The Shanghai Stock Exchange's BShare Index added 3.42 points to 135.44. Turnover contracted to 2.04 billion yuan from 3.85 billion yuan in the
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      379 31 AFP HWP Index *47-81 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.9 per cent higher yesterday on buying of technology stocks following the Nasdaq's rebound overnight, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index gained 47.81 points to 5,658.21, on turnover of NT5104.78 billion. Risers outpaced decliners 335 to 150, with
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      427 32 AFP n Composite Index -0-30 MALAYSIAN shares closed marginally lower yesterday as sentiment remained undermined by lingering concerns over the global economy, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended down 0.30 of a point at 682.33. The Second Board Index
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      9138 32 INDUSTRIALS Comwr products 2001 List Wot Day Net Cap High Low Company Solo *000 High m 340 300 A|inomoto 310 unch 3 310 310 9.3 125.6 45 30 Angkasa 31 "1 3 31 31 45.7 342 286 Apollo Food Hlg 314 unci* 1 314 314 6.8 125-6 i1AO a u
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      2542 33 BONDS A WARRANTS m°*U m frih rnml 1*1 Last MB* Utlliiti »1 mm* Um (Mr Mk MM LOT Ml XT- rwm Lm Mca M>IM» (*J U« 40 0.5 S Acma ******4 0.5 <»-0 J *0 472 105.00 4 23 2.5 s AIITech ******7 3 J *1 n 2 25 M
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      310 33 AFP Composite Index *15J1 SOUTH Korean shares rose 2.9 per cent or 15.31 points at 543.28 yesterday. Volume was 412 million shares worth 1.8 trillion won. —AFP ■rM *r An»m Sum 40S0 370 Brain Toch 605 20 Contralto* *70 ChoflComm *****0 >000 Da* Gu Bank 139S 25 DMung Corp
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      288 33 Composite Index -2.61 PHILIPPINE shares closed 0.2 per cent lower yesterday with the Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index down 2.61 points to 1,523.79. Turnover fell to 347.64 million shares worth 265.97 million pesos from 805.65 million shares worth 345.39 million pesos on Tuesday. Uar >4 Pesa COOO) Abacus Construction
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      269 33 AFP HIBSE-40 +aOJt NEW Zealand's share market jumped 1.5 per cent yesterday after a rate cut. The NZSE-40 Index rose 30.96 points to 2,075.58 on turnover of NZ599.4 million. The central bank said it would cut the overnight cash rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 per cent.— AFP
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      550 33 AFP ClAllOriiDtfieß -0.4 AUSTRALIAN shares closed virtually unchanged yesterday as investors refused to leave the sidelines after the market's plunge a day earlier, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed 0.4 of a point lower at 3,211.0 while the SP/ASX2OO lost 0.8 of a point at 3,263.9 The All
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      748 33 AFP P SET Index -183 THAI share prices fell 0.9 per cent yesterday as profit-tak-ing reversed gains made early in the session on the back of Wall Street's overnight rebound, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index fell 2.83 points to 299.93 while the SET-50 index
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      744 33 AFP Fl Composite Index +128 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.8 per cent higher yesterday in line with most regional markets, but off their highs due to concerns over continuing political uncertainty, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 3.28 points at 389.19, off an intra-day high
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    7779 34 SGZ MAINBOARD Transaction date: Mar 14 Cr Cr M Wt I U«J Day Last Quote Dtv D4v YM Net Cap Avg H» t.. i„ (OOO) u» ««>- Cw WI »•««<. MULTI-INDUSTRY u! 153 49.5 C AcmaSOc MS 88 5 15 J* I3J 14 41 12 C A<lionc» Ttch
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      394 35 Where to wine, dine and entertain.^«<►>Mß"®*" For lunch, you can enjoy our ever popular Japanese culinary flavour while for dinner, you can tuck in to a sumptuous selection of Japanese, Asian and Western dishes, from sashimi to shark's fin soup I to drunken chicken to even roast beef sirloin. Lunch:
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      582 36 Suit filed, alleging bias in hiring, pay and promotions NYT FIVE women filed a lawsuit in the US on Tuesday against Met Life, one of the nation's biggest insurers, accusing the company of sex discrimination in hiring, promotions, pay and job assignments in
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      563 36  -  The Endometriosis Association is trying to raise awareness of a painful condition in women that often goes undiagnosed, reports CAROL YH SUSMAM CAROLYN SUSMAN NYT REMEMBER those posters and ads a few years back showing guys with pregnant bellies? The object was to
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      101 36 wjimj!!.il r%> RI I All 01 1I R Sl/1/ VIA ATM: 5520,000,000 On ;i l'irst-Comc-Firsl Served hiisis IM\ ISIMI N1 SI/1:: SS 10,000 or in multiples OPINING: SO ;i.m. I ridnv 16 Miiivh 2001 of SS 10,000 LOSING: 12 noon Wednesckiv 21 M;itvh 7001 IN 11 RI SI 2.1 f
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      848 37 On the industrial front iv and within Tuas Sfafi/s of sites outside Tuas... EEH I5jTff?IM liflffSHi Fuly compteted, OMBf 90% sold Futy compteted sotd Neeriyhalf of plot developed and sotd E353DGQ31 Vm*iVM Woric has not begun, zero safa6 'If Close to compteton; balanoe plot with about Futy completed, just over
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        1351 38  -  Despite MTl's decision to review land sales, it will still take a while for the excess supply in the area to be absorbed, writes kalpama rashiwau KALPANA RASHIWALA THERE are about 150 football fields of undeveloped and unsold potential gross floor area of industrial
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        856 38  -  COMMENTARY y— «r«alHnglanrt far h«tol« am n«aHad T MA It IRS A CHEW MARISSA CHEW WITH the cost of land so high in Singapore, and room rates low compared to cities such as Hongkong, it is perhaps time that the government consider new
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        566 38 COMPANIES YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 YEAR 6-10 YEAR 11-35 ABN-AMRO Bank (max of 30 yrs) 3.2500 4.0000 4.7500 4.7500 4.7500 4.7500 4.7500 DBS Completed properties 2.7500 3.9000 5.0000 5.0000 5.0000 5.7500 5.7500 Properties under construction 2.7500 3.9000 5.0000 5.0000 5.0000 5.7500 5.7500 Hong Leong
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        487 39  -  Priced at about $475 psf, the Sengkang development is already about 86% sold, amdrba tax reports ANDREA TAN EVEN Jeffrey Heng is surprised by the strong take-up at Compass Heights, Centrepoint Properties Ltd's (CPL) 99-year leasehold development at Sengkang. TTie chief executive of CPL puts
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        563 39 DEVELOPER/ OWNER DISTRICT LOCATION SIZE TOTAL UNITS NO. OF PRICE TENURE (sq II) LAUNCHED UNITS SOLD ptf) Queens Allgreen Prop 3 Stirling Rd 914-2,723 536 289 760 99-yr River Place FEO 3 HavelockRd 678-3,229 509 422 950 99-yr Caribbean at Keppel Bay Keppel Land 4 Keppel
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        1530 42  -  While expatriates, who make up the bulk of tenants, are continuing to arrive, the oversupply of residential units will put a cap on rents, adeume womg assesses the situation ADELINE WONG Property Review FINDING tenants and demanding high rents were easy five years ago.
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        583 42 A realistic rent and some freebies could help landlords find tenants Property Review WITH current rental rates being so competitive, the only vacant units belong to landlords who refuse to lower their rates or refurbish their units. Unfortunately, an unoccupied unit means a loss in rental
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        567 44  -  Foreign buyers and permanent residents accounted for just 9.5% of the private residential caveats lodged last year, makissa chew reports MARISSA CHEW FOREIGN buyers have followed their Singaporean counterparts in cutting back their home purchases, but foreigners still accounted for about 10 per cent of demand
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      513 45 Meeting also covers regional cooperation besides evaluating effectiveness [SINGAPORE] With piracy and acts of maritime violence in the region rising to alarming levels, a high-powered International Maritime Organisation (IMO) delegation is meeting with Asian government officials here today to evaluate anti-piracy
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      209 45  -  From David Hughes in London UK-BASED mutual P&I insurer the London Club has warned its members of possible confusion arising out of differing methods of measuring sea and swell conditions in charter party performance clauses. In the latest issue of its Stop Loss bulletin, the
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        203 54 ■tar 17 Ireland: St. Patrick Day. United Kingdom: St.Patrick's Day. ltar 20 Japan: Vernal Wquinox Day. ltar 21 Mexico: Benito Juarez Day. Mar 2S Brunei: Hyrah. Indonesia: Awal Muharram Malaysia: Awal Muharram. Mar 29 Taiwan: Youth Day. Aprl Australia: Good Friday. Argentina: Good Friday. Apr 12 Argentina: Maundy
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        806 54 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 indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        488 55 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The number of domestic passengers on major US airlines is expected to grow 3.6 per cent annually and reach 927.4 million in 2012, about 50 per cent more than now, a Federal Aviation Administration report said. "We are
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        396 55 Three-year scheme seeks to lower costs and maintain profits Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co (JAL), Asia's biggest airline by sales, said it intends to trim debt and reduce the number of ground-based employees under a new midterm business plan aimed at
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          51 55 Reuters [SEOUL] Workers from Korean Airlines and Asiana Airlines chanting slogans during a protest at Kimpo International Airport in Seoul yesterday. Hundreds of workers demanded that the government lower a toll on the highway which links Seoul to the new Incheon Aimort. Incheon will open on March 29.
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          77 55 AFX-Asia [MANILA] The Philippine Airlines Employees Association (Palea) said it will ask the Securities and Exchange Commission to pursue the implementation of an outstanding Supreme Court ruling ordering the airline to pay 2.03 billion pesos (Ss74 million) to correct wage distortions. Palea said it
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          76 55 AFX Asia [TAIPEI] EVA Airways Corp said the company is due to sign contracts with Airbus Industrie, GE Aircraft Engines, and GE Capital Aviation Services for new aircraft on March 19. EVA will purchase two A 330-200 airplanes from Airbus and lease another six
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        350 55 Reuters [PARIS] Air France has experienced no impact from the slowdown in the US economy, chairman and chief executive officer Jean-Cyril Spinetta said. Airlines went into the last US downturn 10 years ago already operating excessive capacity but this time
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        399 55 Reuters [WASttINGTON] With proponents claiming age discrimination, the US Congress was pressed on Tuesday to pass legislation that would let commercial pilots continue to fly after age 60. "I think this bill is in the public interest at this time to keep experience
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        623 56  -  DHL is planning three more gateways in China to meet its goal of 37 service centres in 50 Chinese cities by end of next year By. P T Bangsberg Wr ITH DHL Worldwide Express planning to open three additional gateways in China, the battle for
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        336 56  -  From Alec Almazan in Manila THE former US naval base of Subic Bay is undergoing a major facelift involving the improvement of existing infrastructure and the construction of new facilities. About 810 million pesos (5529.6 million) worth of infrastructure projects are in full swing
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        194 56 [SINGAPORE] Vanguard Logistics Services, the US-based neutral warehousing and logistics operator, has opened a Singapore office to handle cargo on behalf of non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs). The carriers Vanguard will handle include Brennan International Transport, Conterm Consolidated Services and Direct Container Line (DCL) and their
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