The Business Times, 16 March 2001

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001 85C
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    76 1 Dsn 1,793*84 (+1.66) ***** (-3.13) ST INDEX FUTURES 1800 (+14.00) ansa FUTURES 22&80 (+0.30) STOCK MARKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE OOMP 675.86 -M7 NIKKEI 225 H1518J_+309.24 HANGSENG *****.17_4l7lS8 SET INDEX 296.1Q__i_X83 JAKARTA COMP 388J6 2X3 MANILA COMP __1,491.61 -32.18 TAIPEI WP1 6,***** +84.53 SEOUL COMP 541.83 -1.45 CLSA
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    85 1 FOKEXIATES us$ s$ I'SS (SS per I'SS) 1.766 £(13S$/S$pcr£) 1.444 1560 El T RO(lBS/S«/E) 0.906 1.600 DM 1160 1333 YEN 120.6 68.30 RM 1800 1151 HKS 7.800 4.416 BAHT 43.84 24.82 RUF1AH 10,065 5,098 *8$ to 100 units •S$ to tOO units FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67
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    Lock icon Wall St gets a case of sudden Japan jitters
    1012 1  -  Bnt analysts qnick to play down impact of Japan banks' downgrade From Catherine Ong in New York JAPANESE banks have been in a bad shape for the better part of the last 10 years. But try telling that to Wall Street.
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    Lock icon Morning Dow rally loses steam
    83 1 Reuter [NEW YORK] Stocks sprinted higher at the open yesterday as a streak of optimism returned to Wall Street after Wednesday's panicked selling. Investors, cheered by the good performance of Tokyo overnight, sent the blue-chip index back above the key 10,000 mark. But the ride
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    Lock icon Asian markets survive Wall Street fallout
    537 1 Tokyo move to bay shares from banks shores np Nikkei AFP, Reuters [TOKYO] Asian stock markets yesterday escaped the worst of the fallout from another Wall Street slump, with Tokyo staging a stunning rebound despite concern about a new banking crisis. The Dow slipped
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    Lock icon Irrational pessimism?
    933 1 EDITORIAL WITH Wall Street's recent sharp falls, financial market players may finally be realising that US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was correct after all to warn against "irrational exuberance". He was just several years too early. As Mr Greenspan prepares for the Fed's interest rate meeting next
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      85 1 DWgPE Executive Lifestyle r a np y LjSfeulCftL^J Boardroom dining as a convenient way of talking shop. Pg 2 Anthony Qua he: gentleman lawyer. Pg 3 Winter getaway in the Rockies. Pg 6 Top Stories Kuok to make full bid for Pacific Carriers, delist firm. Pg 7 Demand boosts DBS
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      30 1 Miyazawa hints at support for stock fund, Pg 3 Bm THE CEO SPEAKS f is self-defeating, says Andrew Garner, who nntil March ran the world's biggest network of search firms.
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      152 1 Good picks out there for fleet-footed. Pg 2 Tech investors trading in tiie dark. Pg 4 Japan lac: afl at toe with a restless crew. Pg 12 Market auy crash any tlree: China regulator. PfclB t||B S BIR illl if^^HHHH 1 ™HW *r $v 4 l4> 'f|. HP W 1
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  • MARKET chill
    • Article
      Lock icon Good picks out there for fleet-footed
      657 2  -  Dealers see opportunities in banks, SIA, SPH, top electronics coulters By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Wondering what to do in this bear-ravaged market? If you have strong nerves and great sense of timing, you should be looking at high-beta stocks which have been heavily sold
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      Lock icon S'pore banks better equipped to face slowdown
      797 2  -  Some analysts say they've learnt from bitter pill dished oat by 1997 crisis By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Singapore bank stocks yesterday continued to slide or. fears of a global slowdown but some analysts say banks here are better prepared than in 1997
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Good chip hunting
        169 2 IS it possible to identify socially responsible companies and construct indices for their stocks? Hard as it may be to believe that finance and do-gooders can mix, the FTSE (which is co-owned by the Financial Times and tne London Stock Exchange) is determined to at least try.
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        Lock icon Merger no enough
        86 2 AT a news conference on Wednesday, Vickers boss Edmund Lee told reporters the new stockbroking company to be formed by bringing together Vickers, DBS Securities and Lum Chang will save 10 per cent in costs. But as someone pointed out later, this may not be a reason
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        Lock icon Survivor?
        122 2 DESPITE Panpac Media.com declaring a few days ago that it will shut down Asiastockwatch.com by next Monday if it cannot find a buyer for the business, the financial portal is trying its best to stay alive beyond the March 19 deadline. Its chief executive officer has sent e-mails to
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        Lock icon Just car traders revving up
        64 2 LAST weekend, The Business Times ran an online poll about soaring certificate of entitlement (COE) premiums, with the view: Higher COE premiums for April mean the economy is still strong. This is what readers think: Yes, because it indicates consumer demand: 14% No, it's just
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      Lock icon Miyazawa hints at government support for private stock fund
      787 3 The finance minister's comments and news of Sanwa and two other banks writing off Lit yen bad loans lift Nikkei Reuters Bloomberg, [TOKYO] Japan's Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa yesterday signalled the government is prepared to cover the losses of investors who
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      Lock icon S'pore will track Dow, Nasdaq over next 6 months: analysts
      851 3  -  But correlation may be tempered by different business cycles and market make-np By Serena Ng THE Singapore market is likely to continue to track the Dow and the Nasdaq over the next six months but the correlation may not be
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      Lock icon What they say
      282 3 'I'm sorry people are losing value in their portfolios. But with the right policies, I'm confident our economy will recover. The right policies, fiscal policies. And that means giving people money back, in plain language.' President George Bosh 7am waiting to get my copy of Newsweek and
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      Lock icon Investors seen better off with frying pan of Asian equities than US fire
      615 4 Fond manager says regional markets have already priced in risk of recession; growing gloom about US macroeconomic outlook Reuters [HONGKONG] Faced with a choice between the frying pan and the fire, Asian investors would do better to
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      Lock icon Tech investors trading in the dark
      883 4  -  Sector's malaise is so deep nobody can predict whether a bottom is near FromA Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley THE technology sector is submerged in deep, murky waters and no one really knows when the sun will pierce through again. With the Nasdaq having
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      Lock icon Brokers see Hongkong market still shaky at 13,000
      540 4  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG stocks are likely to be dragged along by the weak global equity trend, but brokers remain largely positive that the territory could withstand the sell-off and see limited downside. As the Hang Seng Index rebounded
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Late short-covering helps snap 5-day losing streak
      567 6  -  l I comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan LATE short-covering on selected tech stocks and index-linked mid-caps helped the Singapore stock market snap a five-day losing streak and claw back from a two-year low yesterday. But with the Dow Jones Industrial Average having crashed through
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      Lock icon Multi-Chem wrt looks good – main snag is liquidity
      178 6  - Multi-Chem wrt looks good main snag is liquidity WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy AFTER a brief spurt last month, the penny sector has slumped back into a familiar pattern of weakness amid thin volume. This is unlikely to change for the time being at least not until Wall Street stabilises
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      Lock icon Datacraft: outlook still bearish
      223 6  -  HOT STOCK Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of network systems integrator Datacraft Asia ended in positive territory yesterday thanks to short-cover-ing, after several days of heavy selldowns of technology stocks. The counter ended the session 18 US cents up at US$5.OO. A total of 5.2 million shares
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      152 6 NO VENA Holdings Ltd announced that Mr Tan Kim Joon has resigned with effect from March 9,2001 as company secretary of the company and that Mr Heng Hang Siong and Ms Lim Bee Eng are appointed as joint company secretaries with effect from the same date. ♦ROBINSON and
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      Lock icon Currency markets seek refuge in the greenback
      339 6  -  CURRENCIES I-ii comment larry wee THE US dollar reigned supreme yesterday, boosted by fears of a global downturn caused by a Wall Street meltdown and fast-deteriorating Japanese bank balance sheets. In Asia, the greenback hit another record high of 49.3 US cents per
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      504 6 Slocks Volume SingTel 15c 27,623,000 GES Intl LkJ 20c 25,661,000 People's Food HGK 50c 24.229,000 PabficCenturylOc 17,249,000 Omni Ind 10c 15,104,000 Hyflux5c 12.497,000 PQ 25c 10,138,000 Integra 5c 9,519,000 TTLHMgs 10c 9,211,000 Chart SemiConduclor 26c 9,082,000 Stocks DBS Grp 97,145,300 SingTel 15c 66,943,920 VentureMfg25c 61.963,956 Chart Semiconductor 26c 46.448.630 Datacraft
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Kuok to make full bid for Pacific Carriers, delist firm
      467 7  -  Price of $L 25 share; $L4O if acceptance hits at least 75%; Pacific posts 32% profit jump Bu Andrea Tan, Rachel Ong MAINBOARD listed shipping group Pacific Carriers, which yesterday reported a 32 per cent jump in 2000 earnings to
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      Lock icon Demand boosts DBS bond proceeds to US$785m
      443 7  -  US dollar tranche enlarged to USs72sm from USssoom By\ Loh Hui Yin INTERNATIONAL investors showed a healthy appetite for DBS Bank's two-tranche bond issue despite the sell-off in global equity markets, pushing proceeds to US$7B5 million (Ssl .38 billion). Demand was so enthusiastic—in
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      Lock icon DBS joins US$740m Philippine syndication
      197 7  -  FYorrii Al Labita in Manila SINGAPORE'S DBS Bank and 18 other foreign and local banks yesterday extended a US$74O million (Ssl.3 billion) credit facility to the Philippine Central Bank, seen as a strong vote of confidence in President Gloria Arroyo's new government. DBS Bank Philippines
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      Lock icon Metcalfe's Law works its magic on SingTel
      741 7  -  ![•!•}H lock siew lee han shih MOST of Singapore Telecom's numerous shareholders have probably never heard of an American called Bob Metcalfe. But it's partly because of a law named after him that the government is willing to give up control of Sing
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      Lock icon NatSteel Broadway earnings rise 8%
      333 8  -  Turnover np 9.7%; company expects even better results in current year By\ David Boey NATSTEEL Broadway Ltd (NBL) said yesterday that its FY2OOO earnings rose 8 per cent to $46.5 million. NBL's results were buoyed by stronger sales from its mould design and fabrication, and
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      Lock icon Yeo Ning Hong keen on the media business
      269 8 PSA Corp chairman and former Cabinet minister Yeo Ning Hong said yesterday he feels privileged to be one of three new directors appointed to Singapore Press Holdings. "The group has an outstanding track record and is ably led by a strong and
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      Lock icon Brierley CEO: We aim to build up F&N stake
      404 8  -  Company posts interim loss of USs2o.Bm By* Conrad Raj BRIERLEY Investments (BIL) will continue to build up its stake in local beverage and property company Fraser Neave to at least a point where it can exercise influence. BlL's chief executive Greg
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      Lock icon OCBC appoints Tan Eng Huat global treasury head
      126 8 OCBC Bank yesterday announced the appointment of Tan Eng Huat as head of global treasury, and the promotion of Na Wu Beng, head of international banking division to executive vicepresident. Mr Tan, 48. will assume his appointment from April 1. He brings
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      Lock icon Tibs' net profit trebles to $ 11.36m
      306 8  - Tibs' net profit trebles to 11.36m Byi Serena Ng LOCAL transport operator Tibs Holdings said yesterday net profit for the year ended Dec 31 tripled to $11.36 million, due to an earlier change in its depreciation policy and higher earnings from bus and taxi services. Turnover rose 12.6 per cent
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Rotary improves earnings by 13%
        86 8 ROTARY Engineering said 2000 net profit rose 13 per cent to $8.65 million. Turnover was 50 per cent higher at $158 million, due to an increase in the number and size of projects. Rotary said growth in operating profit was significantly lower than that in
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        Lock icon NM sinks into red with $2.8m loss
        99 8 CONSTRUCTION firm NM Holdings slipped into the red last year, posting a $2.86 million loss compared with a $4.66 million profit in 1999. Turnover rose 12 per cent to $51.7 million. The company said its performance was affected by difficult conditions in China,
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        Lock icon Magnecomp posts better results
        112 8 DISK drive suspension maker Magnecomp International yesterday reported a 13.8 per cent increase in net operating profit to $16.8 million for FY 2000. Turnover was 45 per cent higher at $165.8 million, due to higher shipments of wireless suspension aaspmhii«»« and increased sales of commercialtoolings and
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        Lock icon Intraco profit slides 80%
        72 8 IINIKAUU said 2000 net profit fell 80 per cent In 2000 to $3.73 million. Revenue increased marginally to $534 million. The group said its core businesses did not perform well because conditions were difficult In particular, the engineering business did not secure project tenders as anticipated,
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        Lock icon Teckwah doubles earnings to $10m
        113 8 TECKWAH Industrial Corporation's turnover rose 82.6 per cent to $128.8 million in the year to Dec 31, ,2000. Net profit rose 115.8 per cent to reach $10.1 million, due to higher sales and better use of resources. Earnings per share (EPS) reached 4.45 cents, up
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        Lock icon Eastern Asia Tech lifts gain to $11.6m
        109 8 EASTERN Asia Technology said yesterday net profit for the year ended Dec 31,2000 doubled to $11.6 million on a 62 per cent rise in turnover to $268.4 million. Growth came mainly from more orders from existing customers and new clients, especially in the
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      883 7 Frontline Technologies Corporation Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 26 March 1998) Invitation in reaped of 190,000,000 New Shares comprising: (1) 15,000,000 Offer Shares at $0-22 for each Offer Share by way of pubic offer and (2) 175.000.000 Placement Shares comprising: (I) 52,272,000 Placement Shares at $0.22 for
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      140 7 This announcement appears as a matter of record only March 2001 Frontline Technologies Corporation Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 26 March 1998) Invitation in respect of 190,000,000 New Shares comprising: (1) 15,000,000 Offer Shares at $0.22 for each Offer Share by way of public offer; and (2)
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      2976 8 THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SINGAPORE LTD HOVEKT INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) CONDITIONAL VOLUNTARY CASH OFFER KM PACIFIC CARRIERS LIMITED (incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Introduction The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd CPAS Bank"! wishes to announce, for and on behalf of Hovert Investments Pte
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      230 9 Recipient of two Enterprise 50 Awards ASIA'S PREMIER e-SERVICES COMPANY (1999 and 2000) and the Knowledge Management Award (2000) As Frontline Technologies Corporation Ltd leaps ahead, we'd like to welcome all our partners and supporters to an exciting new era of growth and development. Together with our subsidiaries and associate
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon US, region clouding S'pore's economic prospects: BG Lee
      529 10  -  Global electronics downturn also troubling, he says By' Teh Hooi Ling THE prospects for Singapore's economy this year are unclear given the uncertainties in the US economy and the regional political situation, says Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. While the Ministry
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      Lock icon Currenex beefs up Singapore operations
      340 10 ON-LINE global currency exchange service provider Currenex yesterday announced the expansion of its Singapore operations the first step in its foray into the Asia-Pacific. Beyond Singapore, Currenex's target expansion zones this year are Hongkong and Japan. On why the company chose to expand its set-up
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      Lock icon Optimix Sure Fund for the risk averse
      339 10 FOOLHARDY or perfect timing? OUB Optimix Funds Management yesterday launched a fund that seeks to offer investors a different investment approach in these volatile times. Touted as the first of its kind in Singapore, the Optimix Sure Fund aims to offer a stable
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      Lock icon NP Big Walk throws in cheerleading contest
      234 10 THE New Paper Big Walk will soon be here again this time with a cheerleading competition. At the launch yesterday of this year's event to be held on May 20 organisers unveiled the cheerleading competition, which will be open to everyone between the
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      Lock icon Industry forum set up to boost e-com security
      279 10  -  18 industry players join IDA to form PKI Forum S'pore By Raju Chellam THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has initiated a move with 18 other industry players to form the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Forum Singapore, to boost security in
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      Lock icon Advisory panel for biomedical sciences
      274 10  -  By* Adeline Chuah THE government will set up a Biomedical Sciences Advisory Committee (BMAC) to look into the biomedical sciences industry's manpower needs for primary and secondary manufacturing. Comprising representatives from the industry and tertiary institutes, the committee will help devise strategies to develop manpower
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      Lock icon Retail sales growth slows to 10.8%
      300 10  -  By Marissa Chew AFTER a strong run towards the end of last year, retail sales growth has slowed. The rise in January was 10.8 per cent compared with the same month a year earlier. And excluding motor vehicle sales, which expanded 29.6 per cent,
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      Lock icon Carrefour S'pore is in the black
      460 11  -  Isi exclusive Snntec City store records $500,000 net gain in 2000; turnover np 7.6% to $127 m By I Kalpana Rashiwala FRENCH hypermarket chain Carrefour's Suntec City store went into the black last year with a $500,000 net profit turning the corner a year
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      Lock icon MOE to focus on enlarging pool of good teachers
      421 11  -  PARLIAMENT I.UVIM By] Eugene Low RECRUITING and developing good teachers, as well as making sure Singapore has enough of them in the coming years, will be the Ministry of Education's focus for schools this year, said Education Minister Teo Chee Hean.
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      Lock icon CJ Yong Pung How re-appointed for 3 years
      179 11 CHIEF Justice Yong Pung How has been re-appointed for another three years, which will take his tenure to 14 years. The 74-year-old Chief Justice, first elevated to head the judiciary in 1990, said his "cardinal aspiration over the next three years is
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      Lock icon No mention of PSA IPO launch by May 2001
      106 11  -  Wong Fong Tze Vice-President (Corporate Development) Corporate Development Division PSA WE refer to your article "IPO dates for PSA, SP not set" by Marissa Chew (BT, March 15). The article mentioned that "the IPO of PSA has been much anticipated and
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      1268 11 I National Australia Bank Limited I ABN *****044 93 7 I IVQ|VO||OI Registered Office: 500 Bourke Street, I Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia. I (All amounts are expressed in Australian currency unless otherwise stated). I Balance Sheet as at September 30, 2000 Statement of Profit and Loss for year ended I
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Looks like the drug lords were behind it
      767 12  -  OPINION HITrI I bottom line harish mehta The writer is BT's Bangkok correspondent THAI Army and Air Force officials have suddenly morphed into latter-day Sherlock Holmeses, painting suspenseful who-dun-it scenarios in a bid to crack the mystery of who bombed Thai Airways
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      107 12 'It's annoying because if you think that way, then you really don't understand the game of golf. It's only been six tournaments. That's not a long time.' -Tiger Woods the golf superstar, winless in five starts on the PGA Tour, paying the price of his success when
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      Lock icon Japan Inc: all at sea with a restless crew
      1263 12  -  Toshiro Mori should act in the trne national interest and allow someone else to take over bnt he most likely won't From Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent in Tokyo IT'S a case of all hands to the wheel
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      Lock icon Does Bush understand the US economy?
      564 12  -  COMMENTARIES No more, it seems, than the vaulted Tokyo technocrats who've made such a mess of their own Robert Reno The writer is a columnist with Newsday LATWP THE United States economy has just emerged from almost a full decade in which everything seemed
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      Lock icon Not a bad bill; just badly timed
      863 12  -  The new bankruptcy law could perversely worsen the economic downturn in the US By\ Robert J Samuelson The writer is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Washington Post Writers Group [WASHINGTON] The bankruptcy bill about to pass the
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  • e-NEWS
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      Lock icon Swedish storm over Ericsson slump
      505 13 STOCKHOLM PM hits out at top execs' pay after collapse of share price and as doubts grow over turnaround Reuters SWEDISH telecom equipment maker Ericsson's CEO is at the centre of a media and political storm as doubts grew that the nation's flagship company can
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      Lock icon J-Phone to offer cell phones with 3-D displays
      143 13 TOKYO Bloomberg JAPAN Telecom Co's cellular phone unit will sell starting in June mobile phones that can display three-dimensional images, a first for the industry. Japan Telecom's J-Phone group worked with Bandai Networks Co, an Internet unit of Japan's largest toymaker, Bandai
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      Lock icon Texas Instruments to close plant axe 600
      245 13 WHEN THE CHIPS FALL... AP [SAN FRANCISCO] Texas Instruments Inc said it will close a Silicon Valley computer chip plant later this year and lay off about 600 workers, adding to the recent deluge of pink slips in the nation's high-tech hub. Dallas-based
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      Lock icon Intel suspends plant construction until 2002
      291 13 DUBLIN Reuters, Bloomberg INTEL, the world's largest chipmaker and manufacturer of personal computers, said yesterday is temporarily suspending construction of a US$2.2 billion (553.9 billion) expansion at its plant Leixlip, outside Dublin. Around 1,400 construction workers will lose their jobs, The Irish Times said.
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      Lock icon Nokia keeps Q1 EPS forecast, shares surge 12%
      427 13 HELSINKI Bat it cuts Q1 sales growth forecast to 20% from 25-30% Reuters NOKIA yesterday stood out as the sole large mobile phone maker not to cut first quarter earnings forecasts, helping to power its share price almost 12 per cent higher.
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      453 16  -  Combined stake includes EPFs &2%, Knmpnlan Wang Amanah's 10-8% From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TWO Malaysian government agencies the Employees Provident Fund and Kumpulan Wang Amanah Pencen have emerged as substantial shareholders of Time dotCom, raising the government's stake well above
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      500 16  -  Its shares tumble 25% to lowest level in over a year From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur NEXNEWS.COM was among the day's biggest losers on the KL bourse yesterday, buffeted by news that it is shelving plans to buy into English daily
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      581 16 KUALA LUMPUR Their prospects have to be reviewed given poor conditions Reuters MALAYSIAN semiconductor firms may have to lop more off their revenue forecasts after a recent spate of profit warnings from top international high-tech powerhouses, analysts told Reuters yesterday. They
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      204 16 Suit is for return of charts used to predict stock market AP [KUALA LUMPUR] An astrologer is suing the Malaysian branch of international consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for the return of documents he claims he can use to predict fluctuations in the stock market, a
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      197 16 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S largest bank, Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), yesterday offered a voluntary redundancy plan to its employees following a government-ordered merger of financial institutions. Maybank expects 10 per cent of its total 15,000 workers to take up the scheme which offers a maximum payout
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      714 16 KUALA LUMPUR Beijaya Sports Toto leads stocks considered bargains Reuters IN a Malaysian equity market vulnerable to a slowing US economy, some investors are seizing a chance to grab quality stocks at hefty discounts. Lottery operator Berjaya Sports Toto, which lost more
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      715 17 JAKARTA Education, manpower ministers opt to stay in Cabinet and leave National Mandate Party Reuters, AP INDONESIA'S besieged President Abdurrahman Wahid won a muchneeded boost yesterday when two Cabinet ministers opted to stay in his government and leave the party of his most ferocious
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      233 17 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri no longer supports President Abdurrahman Wahid and is ready to replace him, despite mistrusting her new allies, a senior party official said. "Mrs Mega and Gus Dur (Mr Abdurrahman's nickname) used to be like brother and
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      347 17  -  From Harish Mehta in Bangkok PRIME Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday categorically stated that Thailand would not be hit by another economic crisis or renewed baht instability, but warned that economic growth rate would be slower. "I confirm that an economic crisis will
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      340 17  -  New law, stock market opening, US pact are reasons By* Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Investors are returning to Vietnam, thanks largely to three developments in the country last year a new enterprise law, the opening of a stock market and a trade pact with the United
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      344 17 JAKARTA AFP AN Indonesian appeal court has tripled a two-year sentence handed out to a corrupt crony of former president Suharto, a court spokesman said yesterday. A panel of judges at the Jakarta High Court rejected on Wednesday an appeal by Muhammad 'Bob'
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      403 17  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong CHEUNG Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd (CKI), a Hang Seng Index company controlled by Li Ka-shing, yesterday reported a 3 per cent increase in net profit to HK53.23 billion (***** million) for the year ended Dec 31, 2000.
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      188 17 JAKARTA Reuters STANDARD Chartered pic (Stanchart) said yesterday its Indonesian banking operation had been fined by the central bank over three transactions conducted last month. Stanchart gave no details of the fine, but Bank Indonesia earlier said it had fined an unidentified Jakarta-based foreign
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      620 18 SHANGHAI Top official of Shanghai Stock Exchange says nation faces 'major problem 9 if stocks collapse Bloomberg A CHINESE market regulator said the nation faces a "major problem" should stocks collapse, marking the frankest assessment yet of a rally that many foreign analysts
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      191 18 SHANGHAI Bloomberg THE Shanghai Stock Exchange may offer evening trading hours to accommodate millions of government bureaucrats who are now allowed to buy and sell shares and cannot get to their brokers until after work, a top market official said. "We are willing to
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      530 18 NEW DELHI Railways minister polls her party out of coalition in protest over bribery scandal AP, Reuters INDIAN Defence Minister George Fernandes resigned yesterday after mounting pressure over an arms bribery scandal, local media reports said. Opposition parties and even members of Prime Minister A
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      457 19 WASHINGTON Last year's deficit amounts to 4.4% of the GDP, up from 3.6% in 1999 Bloomberg THE US trade deficit in goods, services and investments widened in the fourth quarter, pushing the annual deficit to a record U*****.4 billion (***** billion) for last
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      396 19 TOKYO Bloomberg BRITISH Telecommunications pic, the UK's second-largest phone company, may look to sell its 20 per cent stake in Japan Telecom Co to reduce its debt, analysts said. The stake would be worth about US$2 billion (553.5 billion), based on Japan Telecom's
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      424 19 LONDON Reuters MEDIA group Vivendi Universal is in talks with German rival Bertelsmann about merging their sports rights interests to create a leading pan-European player. Vivendi Universal, the French/Canadian giant created last year from the transAtlantic merger of Vivendi and Seagram, said
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        110 19 AFP [ANKARA] Two Chechens hijacked a Russian charter plane with about 170 people on board yesterday and set a course for Saudi Arabia, raising concern in Moscow for the fate of the mostly Russian passengers. The hijackers commandeered the Tupolev 156 plane from Vnukovo Airlines
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        70 19 Reuters [LONDON] Cable Wireless is postponing a US$l.4 billion (552.5 billion) assault on the Japan market and abandoning a planned high-speed UK Internet service following this week's profit warning, an analyst said. The projects are victims of the UK-based telecom company's decision to slash
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        63 19 AFP [PARIS] French insurance giant AXA Group, the biggest insurer in the world, said net profit soared 93.2 per cent in 2000, although the outlook was clouded by weak stock markets. Net profit surged to 3.90 billion euros (516.24 billion) in the year, it said
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      250 19 FRANKFURT AP THE European Central Bank (ECB) left its key interest rate unchanged yesterday despite building pressure from stubborn inflation and a looming economic slowdown. Economists had expected the central bank's governing council to leave its main interest rate at 4.75 per
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      677 19 VIENNA It wants to prop up prices amid slowing demand AFP Reuters THE Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) is set to cut output by up to one million barrels per day (bpd) to prop up prices amid a
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      565 20 TOKYO Move follows rival Osaka bourse's plan to corporatise on April 1 Reuters THE Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) should become an incorporated company and eventually list its shares to swipe back at rising competition, it said yesterday giving results from a panel looking
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      279 20 FRANKFURT Reuters VOICESTREAM chief executive officer John Stanton said in a newspaper interview yesterday he expected the firm's takeover by Deutsche Telekom to go ahead in its current form, despite the German group's flagging share price. Under the terms of the
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      369 20 TOKYO Settlement comes 4 yeans after shareholder sues them for allowing illicit copper trades AP FIVE former executives of Sumitomo Corp agreed to pay 430 million yen (556.3 million) to the company in a settlement with a shareholder who sued them
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      602 21 NEW YORK It is convinced it can stay ahead only if it can nse stock to acquire rivals NYT INVESTORS watched closely on Wednesday as the Prudential Insurance Co of America took another step towards becoming a publicly traded company. The company delivered a
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      331 21 NEW YORK NYT AUCTION house Sotheby's Holdings, staggered by a price-fix-ing scandal, posted a fourth-quarter loss on Wednesday and said its auction sales for all of 2000 declined 14 per cent. Its rival, Christie's, announced that its sales rose 12 per cent. The two
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      591 21 LONDON Foot-and-mouth disease costing tourism industry USslsom a week NYT THE confirmation of 25 new cases of foot-and-mouth disease brought the total in Britain to 230 and prompted Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday to order intensified slaughter of animals in directly affected
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      1187 19 BANK OF NEW ZEALAND Annual Report For The Year Ended 30 September 2000 BANK OF NEW ZEALAND AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES All amounts are expressed in New Zealand currency. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE As at 30 September 2000 For the year ended 30 September 2000 Consolidated Consolidated
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      264 22  -  SGX Derivatives Trading Report ST Index/MSCI ETpore Index Wong Ann Chuen Refco Singapore LED by a technology stock rebound yesterday, the Singapore stock market recovered slightly from its bearish sentiment The Straits Times Index added 1.66 points or 0.09 per cent to close at
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      230 22  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Joseph Lim Refco Singapore THE Taiwan stock market shook off Wall Street's steep falls and closed higher for the third straight session. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index gained 3.66 points, or 1.42 per cent to finish at 260.84 points. Turnover fell to 804.41 million,
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      220 22 Reuters IjmAKI THE dollar rose to 20-month highs against the yen for a second consecutive day yesterday, approaching 122 yen as concerns over Japan's weak economy overshadowed a rebound in Japanese stocks. The euro was steady above three-week lows against the dollar as the European Central Bank left
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      2858 23 HONGKONG AFP IHI Hang Seng +17X33 HONGKONG share prices closed 1.3 per cent higher yesterday, recovering sharply from early losses following strong gains in Tokyo, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 173.33 points to close at 13,504.17, off an
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      1051 23 AFP F1 Shenzhen B Intel +103 SHANGHAI B-shares closed 1.5 per cent lower yesterday in volatile trade as local retail speculators cashed in on earlier gains, dealers said. The Shanghai Stock Exchange's BShare Index ended 2.01 points weaker at 133.43 on turnover of 2.24 billion yuan. The A-Share Index
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      369 23 AFP QwPloiez +8153 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.5 percent higher yesterday spurred by gains in China's B-share market despite heavy losses in the United States and Europe, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price index rose 84.53 points to 5,742.74, on turnover of NT5124.62 billion. Taiwan's stock market
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      1996 23 TOKYO AFP □Kkbiffls +30*24 STOCK prices in Tokyo staged a stun ning rebound yesterday from massive losses earlier in the day, buoyed by hopes for new stock-support measures by the government, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 Average rose 309.24 points, or
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      422 25 AFP P Composite Index -&47 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.9 per cent lower yesterday following the broad selloff in US stocks amid growing fears of a weakening global economy, dealers said. Concerns over the continued use of state-backed agencies to aid troubled private
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      749 26 AFP L J SET Index jg THAI shares fell 1.3 per cent yesterday, with selling in financial counters hitting the bourse amid poor sentiment after Wall Street's overnight decline, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index fell 3.83 points to 296.10 while the SET-50 Index was
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      290 26 AFP Q Composite Indei -3218 PHILIPPINE share prices plunged 2.1 per cent yesterday to their lowest level since President Gloria Arroyo came to power amid a global retreat in equities. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 32.18 points to 1,491.61, an eight-week Iow.—AFP Nw *h rm Abacus Construction
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      726 26 AFP CI Composite Index -133 INDONESIAN share prices closed down 0.6 per cent yesterday, off their lows on a technical rebound and in line with the recovery in some regional markets, dealers said. "Our market was just following regional markets," Bhakti Capital analyst Budi Ruseno said However concern over
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      264 26 AFP QHXSE-40 *1444 NEW Zealand's share market yesterday ignored the rest of the world and closed 0.7 per cent higher. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended the day up 14.64 points at 2,090.22 on total turnover of NZ5172.9 million, including off-market trade. AFP ■re n h- rmm Advantage MOS t02
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      547 26 AFP PjlMMg -22J AUSTRALIAN shares closed 0.7 per cent lower yesterday after a slump in the local currency and gloomy sentiment on Wall Street sidelined investors, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index rallied during late trade to close 22.6 points lower at 3,188.4. The SP/ASX2OO closed 21.0 points lower
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      297 26 AFP Composite Index -L 45 SOUTH Korean shares fell 0.3 per cent or 1.45 points to 541.83 yesterday. Volume was 382.1 million shares worth 1.7 trillion won. —AFP Mgg *tAnam S«nl 4120 40 Brain Tach 610 S Cantrai Bank 170 uncti ChoUComm *****0 2000 DM Gu Bank 1365 -30
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      1292 28  -  Andrew Garner, former Boyden head, tells ANNA TEO why the pursuit of size and domination in the executive search world is a contradiction ANNA TEO BEING the biggest headhunting firm in the world is self-defeating, says Andrew Garner, until 1997 chairman and chief executive of
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      807 28 The industry needs fresh young talent, and more women, says Garner Intl boss ONLY when the queue of MBA graduates wanting to join firms like Korn/Ferry, Egon Zehnder, Spencer Stuart and Russell Reynolds gets as long as that which makes a beeline for
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        729 30  -  Wdd the cuff The intentions of Car-Free Day are good, bnt car owners do not seem motivated enough to want to keep their vehicles at home for even one day jaime ee THE rule book says that you don't mess up perfectly good
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        1453 30 COVER STORY AT the National Arts Council (NAC), if chairman Liu Thai Ker wants to have a quiet lunch with members of the media, he doesn't invite them to a restaurant. They meet instead at the Ministry of Information and the Arts (MITA) boardroom, at the former
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        561 30 Reuters WOMEN climbing to the top of major telecommunications, media and Internet companies appear to be hitting the same glass ceiling they face at traditional companies, a new study released on Wednesday showed. Nine per cent of the people on boards
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        1490 31  -  Anthony Quahe sees himself as living proof that Asian migrants can make it in Australia, ilsa sharp talks to the lawyer who not only has become a pillar of the establishment but also a budding community leader ILSA SHARP Ilsa Sharp is a Perth-based freelance writer SINGAPORE-BORN lawyer
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        794 32  -  CINEMA Steven Soderbergh's Traffic' on America's desperate war on the drag-trafficking trade is a grim and grainy masterpiece Geoffrey Eu IT seems almost like an annual rite-of passage when each year, a relatively unknown young actor appears in a series of films that gains
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        552 33  -  CINEMA Cameron Crowe has created a rich, believable potpourri of characters for 'Almost Famous', what he has omitted is a climax By Parvathi Nayar AFTER Jerry Maguire showed him the money, Cameron Crowe could have got pretty much any mega-film project he
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        616 33  -  CINEMA 'Chocolat' has been given a clumsy treatment, with an overly simplistic script Hy I Susan Tsang THE film Chocolat very much resembles the confection after which it is titled. It is sweet, with a little romance, and can relieve slight depression. However, when consumed
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        713 33  -  A change of putter might actually help many golfers improve their game, vem sreemivasak highlights two new ranges on the market VEN SREENIVASAN THE saying, "drive for show, putt for dough", has a lot oftruthinit. While many weekend golfers are able to drive
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        474 33  -  Ven Sreenivasan OPEN market prices of golf clubs continued sliding last month as the depression overhanging the stock market spread to other asset markets. Golf club membership prices are now languishing at their lowest levels since April 1999. Reflecting this gloom, the BT Golf
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        1293 34  -  johm gee heads off to the former mining town of Fernie for a skiing holiday and discovers some history along the way JOHN GEE MANY Singaporeans are familiar with the mountain resort of Whistler in Vancouver when it comes to skiing holidays. Over Christmas last
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        350 36  -  PRODUCTS Super Nature's comprehensive range of organic products makes it worth a regular visit By Jaime Ee IF you're into organic food and noticed lately that the pickings have been rather poor given the disappearance of a few stores and the limited range in those remaining, then Super
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        415 36 CRAVINGS PAN Pacific Hotel's Hai Tien Lo has come up with a novel way to acknowledge their appreciation for some of Singapore's food critics by re-creating their favourite dishes and serving them at the restaurant. Starting this month until June, chef Chan Chen Hei
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        355 36  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon GUEST chefs Daniele Sangiorgi and Angelo Costa make their annual return to Pete's Place (at the basement of Grand Hyatt Hotel) to tantalise with their wonderful tortellini and tagliatelle, plus farfelle, penne, ziti and cannelloni creations. A warning before you begin: If
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        968 36  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR Three excellent vintages in a row, reasonable prices, and slightly easier availability make it the most popular appellation now By N K Yong CHATEUNEUF-DU-PAPE, Southern Rhone's most important and best known wine, has hitherto had scant acknowledgement (and zero cellar space) from
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      59 30 CAST YOUR VOTE: Go to the BT Online website (business-times, asial. com. sg) and take part in the interactive poll based on this column. RESULTS OF THE LAST POLL: Ifyou had to choose only one of the following, what would you rather have? Brains but no beauty 31% Beauty but
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      216 30 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 13 Heard drink was for the 19 Decoration Ronald gave to 22 Mention it in this French 23 Fellow rat has to circumvent the cape (5) I—l—l—l I—L_l—l—l—l 24 Dan leaves Irishman the /c 0 west at home? (6, 8) head of state is in the For--27 Ihowjumper?
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      290 37 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index rose four points to 1,497, the Baltic Panamax Index gained one point to 1,627, the Baltic Handymax Index firmed 34 points to 9,493 and the Baltic Capes ize Index was up eight points to 1,809. TXKfirCHARTER: ♦Ingenious: (built 1999) 13&201 dwt 14.5 On
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      546 37  -  Statement says senior exec misquoted in report; no polling ont from port dne to poor service By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Japanese container shipping company, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has denied a report quoting one of its senior executives as saying it is pulling out
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      234 37  -  By] Beth Jinks TEN tough shipping safety initiatives will be announced by three top classification societies early today in response to criticisms published in an International Commission on Shipping report. The joint announcement by chief executives of Lloyd's List, American Bureau of
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      383 37  -  10-15% hike in cargo handling rates hastily approved, theyargne FYom. Alec Almazan in Manila LOCAL shippers and port users have asked the Philippine Ports Authority to roll back the 10 to 15 per cent increase in cargo handling rates for the Port
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        784 38  -  Aussie authorities are working towards collision prevention after a recent accident SELVA KUMAR finds out more SELVA KUMAR Marine safety agencies in Canberra are conducting trials of active radar reflectors in what seems to be an almost desperate attempt to try and save the country's
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      292 38 PACE Alwenfciel 12 Appenstop 5 Asuoa n Assets 5 Austral 6 Avant 12 B'tanqMas 6 USA 7 BTL 12 Batafi Shpq S BifHjiadMh n Batanundo tl CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 COCOS S CSAV 3 X Central Ex 6 Chahaya 12 Cho Yang 5 China Shpq
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        1945 49 RECEIVING Of EXPORT Fg CONTAINERS AND La CARGO Boofclnq/EUUnce Rstls Shi P Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To Frew ALTONA 123 17/940 M/ISOO M/l*59 M/1900 a H/I700 8/0*59 15/0*00 M/1700 IS/0659 8/0900 I IS/0700 8/1159 IS/MOO <_ 8/1200 8/MS9 8/1700 API COLOMBO I 17/20:00 M/KOC 14/1659 14/1900 2*
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        202 49 Mar 17 Ireland: St. Patrick Day. United Kingdom: St.Patricks Day Mat 20 Japan: Vernal Wquinox Day. Mju-21 Mexico: Benito Juarez Day. Mar 20 Brunei: Hijrah. Indonesia: Awal Muharram. Malaysia: Awal Muharram. Mar 20 Taiwan: Youth Day. Apr 1 Australia: Good Friday. Argentina: Good Friday. Apr 12 Argentina: Maundy
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        800 49 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        492 49 180 Mai 985.4 0.6 13.8 0.08 27 0.02 D»wHt hiMw As* ktominhm Sediment No above £25 0 0 0 0 0 0 360 Ave 986.0 0J 12.8 0.06 25 0.01 Cina 380 Mai 969.7 0.8 14.7 0.09 S2 0.03 WW3 %tA »Mfr %M/M WW Wo abCYt
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        297 50 Reuters [NEW DELHI] Indians make only one-hundredth the number of air trips taken by Americans each year, but the number is likely to increase dramatically in the next 20 years, according to a market forecast given by European plane maker Airbus Industrie.
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        437 50 Areas include catting namber of flight delays, providing better customer information Bloomberg [WASHlNGTON] US airlines, under pressure from Congress, pledged to try to reduce the number of chronically delayed flights, better inform customers when planes are late and make legally binding previous pledges to
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        230 50 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] United Airlines said a federal appeals court ruled against its machinists union, giving the world's largest carrier an order to bar illegal work actions by the union and mechanics. The Chicago-based airline said the decision reverses an earlier ruling in which
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        66 50 [PUDONG, Shanghai] WuXiangming, commander-in-chief of Shanghai Transrapid Project Construction Headquarters, responding to a journalist's question as he pointed to a map of the magnetic high-speed railprqject at a ceremony in Shanghai's Pudong district recently. The 89 billion yuan (SSIBB billion) rail (picture of test track above), I inking
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        341 50 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's private airlines, Jet Airways and Air Sahara, edged out state-run Indian Airlines to lead the market in 2000 with a higher combined share, according to aviation regulatory authority figures. The two private airlines together carried seven million of the total
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        470 50 Its projection on future traffic predicts US skies are going to get even more crowded NYT [WASHINGTON] The current level of delays at La Guardia Airport will likely get worse as the United States' skies get more crowded, according to
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        315 50 Reuters {LONDON] The monopoly operator of Britain's train lines, Railtrack Pic, said on Tuesday it had asked the government to bring forward about £1.5 billion (Ss3.B billion) in state funding to avert a looming cash crunch. The financially stretched company, forced to
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      22 37 Admiralty Casebook is on Pg 2 INSIDE US carriers pledge to improve service Pgl4 United Air wins court appeal against union Pgl4
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      153 37 A Meeting of Minds in A Sea of Change /i«Kv Hill imfibf JF" <i UUUL? Exhibition on Application of Information Technology, Control fit Automation in the Maritime Industry 25 to 29 June, 2001 Singapore Polytechnic The new millennium will bring great changes in the maritime world as greater emphasis is
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      90 37 I SINGAPORE I I EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA I I GENERAL RATE RESTORATION I I Effective Ist1 st April 2001, the under-mentioned I I participating Lines will implement a Rate I I Restoration of USS2OO/TEU on shipments Ex. I I Singapore to East Coast South America. I I Participating Lines
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      962 38 I£rfor 1 EXPORTI I OTHER DESTINATIONS 1 SSX SUHA SHU i iI£B(WtSS DIRECT TO LONG BEACH H WEST COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA (MAROAniTA SCrTVTCn 18,1 M /M */M »»/M M/M 04/04 07/04 13/04 mm 10/01 a/04 70/04 ]0/04 01/0$ 07/ OS M/M ss ss zz ss ss ss ss r
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      90 38 SANKYU (S) PTE LTD T 11 CLEMENTI LOOP, SINGAPORE *****3 TEL: *****40 FAX: *****11 CFS: KEPPEL DISTRIPARK BLK 513 #01-128 SINGAPORE *****9 JAPAN PORTS r— MflWLKwig ft All CMm Pwf tIVIRY THUR ft HJN vessel mm VOY tTP SIN ETA HO ETA K0» ETA YOK ETA HGO ETA OSA HOUSTON
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      624 38 lines services represented by Members of the Registry of Members of the Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore Logistics Singapore Shipping Association Association NORTH WEST EXPRESS UNE ACCEPTING CONTAINERS, BREAKBUIK PROJECT CARGO TO DAMPIER/FREMANTLE MV "TBN" ETA SIN 26/03/2001 BOOKINGS CALL MONKA/JUUA TEL 323 4374 SS3SS7 COMVWTKHUL CARGO K*T KuiiG/SBiMKw/iaan t m
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      1273 39 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE ,VKSa voyl sw m w KM MV SOI m "tßi~~]|vßsa Iwt m w m w sou fit ia sw~ HYUNDAJ GENERAL MOW 19/03 05/04 07/94 10/04 11/04 HYUMMIDURE 33* 17/01 20/02 01/03 22/0211/03 AH. FRANCE 031W 22/03 14/04 11/04 12/04 00/04 LALOK S3* 27/02 01/03 03/03
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