The Business Times, 22 March 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (PJ 1(57/03/2001 SINGAPORE I Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2001 85.
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    78 1 Dsn 1,728*00 (-3.70) BT-SEI ***** (-14.48) ST INDEX FUTUXES 1,733*00 (+3.00) □smsa fotubes ***** (-0.50) STOCK MARKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE OOMP ***** >18.74 NIKKEI 226 Him4_+91t97 HANG SENG 1*164.44 -69.42 SEF INDEX ***** 1JW JAKARTA COMP ***** MANILA COMP —1,471.66 -19J6 TAIPEI WPl 6,123.42 19.28 SEOUL COMP
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    84 1 FOREX SATES uss st USS (SS per USS) 1.770 £(US$/S$ par 1.434 1549 El'RO(USS/S$/E) 0.907 1J13 DM 1156 lilJ YEN 123.0 69.20 RM 5800 1138 HKS 7.799 4.389 BAHT 44.09 24.813 WIPIAH 10,415 5,881 TSS to 100 units •SS to 100 units PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LIJMPITR 7.67
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    Lock icon Tokyo's new monetary stance fuels 7.5% surge in Nikkei
    959 1  -  Govt bond prices leap as central bank injects new liquidity into market From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Bank of Japan's decision to adopt a radical new approach to monetary easing was dramatically vindicated yesterday when Tokyo's Nik-kei-225 stock average surged
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    Lock icon Mr Greenspan in the dock
    762 1 EDITORIAL "T" EVER bet against the I Fed." Wall Street seems I %l to have forgotten one of I its own golden JL 1 judging from the market response to the US Federal Reserve's SO basis point rate cut on Tuesday, its third this year.
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    Lock icon Dow down 29 at 11am
    92 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] Stocks fell in early morning trade yesterday, sending the Dow to levels unseen in two years, as higher-than-expected retail inflation data dampened hopes for aggressive interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. By 11am EST, however, the Dow had steadied, but was
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    Lock icon MAS unveils details of Securities and Futures Act
    895 1  -  Proposed Act consolidates provisions for the two industries By. Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday unveiled details of policy reforms to be introduced under the proposed Securities and Futures Act (SFA). It said in a consultative paper the
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      72 1 imaPE Exec Suit* The changing face of Bugis. Exoc Muttm cover story BT Comment Kenneth James: A wireless device a grandmother could love. Pg 16 Top Stories ST Engineering, UAE ink MOU for military vehicle maintenance. Pg 3 Plan to securitise Indon gas sales in jeopardy. Pg 14 Hari Harilela,
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      60 1 MOSBIBPQKn Turnaround in Asian stocks, Pg 2 m US CPlrises 0.3% in Feb,Pg2 Hock Lock Siew: It's not just a matter <tf rate cuts, Pg 3 Barton Biggs goes 'dead'on tech stocks, Pg 3 Fed statement, Pg 3 Nobel economists see US recession, Pg 17 ROGER DUBUIS horloger genevois ■■M
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      7 1 Feedback sought for FAA paper, Next Page
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  • MARKET chill
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      Lock icon Huge Nikkei rise inspires other Asian bourses
      669 2 Tokyo saves the day after Greenspan disappoints markets AFP, Bloomberg, Reuters A MASSIVE rise in Tokyo prompted a dramatic turnaround in Asian share prices Wednesday, overcoming negative sentiment following the lower than expected US interest rate cut. The Hang Seng Index which is
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      Lock icon US CPI rises 0.3% in Feb
      445 2 Reuters US consumer prices rose more than expected in February, boosted by jumps in the cost of clothing, medical care and airline tickets, the Labor Department said yesterday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), the main gauge of US inflation, rose last month by 0.3
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      Lock icon Letdown for Wall St; swift rally ruled out
      1183 3  -  But identical language from Dec 19 statement hints at another easing before next FOMC meeting on May 15 Fromi Catherine Ong in New York A BITTERLY disappointed Wall Street is ruling out prospects for a near-term stockmarket rally after the US Federal
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      Lock icon It's not just a matter of rate cuts
      874 3  -  rem lock siew catherine ong A 5O-basis point cut in interest rates coming on top of two reductions of similar amount two months ago is by any historical standards an aggressive monetary stance for a central bank. Indeed, not since the 1990-91
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      Lock icon Barton Biggs goes 'dead' on tech stocks
      694 3  -  But the Morgan Stanley strategist counts S'pore among his favourites By Loh Hui Yin BARTON Biggs, whose "maximum buUish" pronouncement on Hongkong stocks a few years ago sent a waU of money into Asia, has gone "dead" on technology stocks, but counts Singapore
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  • FINANCIAL reforms
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      Lock icon Financial advisers: MAS paper seeks feedback
      372 2  -  Proposed Act will govern financial advisory activities, investment products marketing By. Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday released a consultative paper on its proposed Financial Advisers Act (FAA), a regulatory framework for those giving advice on investment schemes including life
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Feeling at home with DBS
        74 2 DBS Group Holdings has learned that part of the reason for its recent successful bond issue is that international investors like the fact the bank is mainly a Singapore entity. Ironically, its local grounding is its best asset not its ambitious plans to become Asia's
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        Lock icon Dad says Civil Service job safer
        69 2 WONDER how widespread this phenomenon is in Singapore. A middle-class family has four children in the work force, including one in the finance industry and another in the tech sector. Both now face retrenchment as these sectors lead the global downturn. "My father, who
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        Lock icon Celluloid view of OUB, UOB and DBS
        116 2 WE applaud Salomon Smith Barney for taking the creative route in its latest Singapore bank research reports. SSB's equity research arm has labelled the reports after popular movies. For example, the Overseas Union Bank research report is subtitled the Wedding Planner because SSB
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      17 2 For the full text of the consultation papers, go to: httptf/bußinems-timmsaisla 1 .com.sg "They came in swarms."
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      7 2 Nobel economists see US recession, Pg 17
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Keppel TatLee Finance going private
      395 4  -  Keppel Capital offers to buy out minority shareholders at 98 cents a share By Siow Li Sen KEPPEL Capital Holdings is taking its Keppel Tat Lee Finance subsidiary private, offering to buy out minority shareholders at 98 cents a share. The offer price represents a
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      Lock icon AsiaOne trims interim costs and loss
      241 4  -  By' Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Press Holdings' Internet arm, SPH Asia One, trimmed its net loss to $8.7 million for the half year ended Feb 28, 2001 32 per cent lower than the $12.8 million loss in the earlier six months. Asia One sustained
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      Lock icon Vickers Cap in talks to reposition itself
      417 4  -  No assurance that discussions will result in anything definite By\ Rachel Ong MAINBOARD-listed Vickers Capital the venture capital arm of Vickers Ballas Holdings said yesterday it is "in discussions with a party on possible schemes involving the shares of the company". The discussions
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      Lock icon NEL sale lifts NatSteel earnings to $949.7m
      622 4  -  Bottomline figures based on recently introduced SAS 8 guideline Byy Ven Sreenivasan A NET gain of $920.7 million from the sale of Nat Steel Electronics (NEL) helped parent Nat Steel Ltd chalk up attributable FY2OOO earnings of 1949.7 million a massive leap from
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      Lock icon ST Engg, UAE ink MOU for military vehicle maintenance
      566 5  -  exclusive Study to be carried out which could lead to maintenance contract for S'pore firm Frornl David Boey in Abu Dhabi THE United Arab Emirates has signed a deal with ST Engineering that could see the Singapore defence industry giant running
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      Lock icon UOB Asia back in business with Santak's Sesdaq IPO
      302 8  -  By Janice Lee UOB Asia is back in business again, managing Santak Holdings Ltd's initial public offering (IPO) yesterday. The investment banking arm of United Overseas Bank, UOB Asia voluntarily suspended operations after investigations into its conduct in the IPOs of
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      Lock icon Provisions Suppliers Corp's net profit falls 4.6%
      180 8 MAINBOARD-listed Provisions Suppliers Corporation (PSC) yesterday posted a fuU-year net profit of $10.5 miUion, down 4.6 per cent from FY1999. Turnover rose 6.4 per cent to $174 miUion. Earnings per share dipped 10.5 per cent to 0.94 of a cent, whUe net tangible
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      Lock icon Parkway Holdings offers mixed bag of news
      444 8  -  It's divesting assets at London Heart Hospital bnt $23.5 m net profit fails to meet market expectations Byi Andrea Tan FIRST, the good news. Parkway Holdings is getting rid of assets at its bleeding London Heart Hospital. Now the bad news. Full-year net
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      Lock icon FJ Benjamin to sell HQ for $31.8m
      333 8  -  By\ Marissa Chew LOSS-MAKING fashion retaUer FJ Benjamin (FJB) wiU seU its headquarters at 6B Orange Grove Road to vehicle distributor Group Exklusiv for $31.8 miUion less fees and expenses. FJB, which two weeks ago announced a $5.6 miUion interim loss, said yesterday
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      Lock icon UOB-Kay Hian profit slides 45% to $51m
      257 8  -  Byl Teh Hooi Ling THE liberalisation of commission rates and the dismal trading volume in the stock market has conspired to slash UOB-Kay Hian Holdings' net earnings by 45 per cent to $51.4 million. For the year ended Dec 31, 2000, turnover fell
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      Lock icon Tung Lok ends first day of trade on disappointing note
      251 9  -  Tee International IPO 7.7 times subscribed By\ Rachel Ong AMID overhanging gloom in the market, restaurant operator Tung Lok made an uneventful debut on Sesdaq yesterday. Its shares closed at 21.5 cents 1.5 cents below the initial public offer price
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      Lock icon Wireless stock trading becomes reality
      284 9  -  By] Liew Hanqing WIRELESS stock trading via a hand-held personal digital assistant-lookalike became a reality in Singapore yesterday with the launch of TradeNOW. The pioneer service jointly offered by News Page and broking house Vickers Ballas gives investors access to real-time stock quotes via an
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Leong Hin's net loss widens
        92 9 LEONG Hin Holdings' net loss for 2000 has widened to $3.7 million from $1.8 million a year ago. Group turnover rose 11 per cent to $23.4 million, thanks to new business revenue from the rental of cranes in Hongkong and geotechnic contract business. Profitability was
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        Lock icon Poh Lian earnings dive 71%
        95 9 POH Lian Holdings Ltd yesterday announced a sharp 71.19 per cent fall in operating profits after tax to $0.7 million for FY2OOO, down from $2.6 million in FY1999. Turnover dipped to $181.5 million from $196.8 million previously. High operating costs, stiff competition and a slowdown
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        Lock icon Corrections and clarifications
        53 9 IN a report on March 16, we said that NM Holdings made a $2.1 million exceptional loss in 2000. This is incorrect. The $2.1 million is loss before tax. Also, NM Holdings is a manufacturer erf*flexible laminated plastic packaging materials, not a construction company. We are sorry
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      Lock icon MediaRing reports net loss of $56m
      351 9  -  But company is confident of turning around by June next year Byl Andrew Wee INTERNET-BASED communications provider Mediaßing.com Ltd yesterday announced a net loss of $56 million for the year ended Dec 31.2000, but said it is on track to achieve profitability by June
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      297 4 SANTAK# SANTAK HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 17 February 2001) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 20,555,000 NEW SHARES OF $0.10 EACH COMPRISING:(1) 2,055,000 OFFER SHARES AT $0.23 FOR EACH OFFER SHARE BY WAY OF PUBUC OFFER; AND (2) 18,500,000 PLACEMENT SHARES AT $0.23 FOR EACH PLACEMENT SHARE
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      772 5 HARIMAU INVESTMENTS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) PROPOSED RESTRUCTURING INVOLVING (1) THE VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION OF HARIMAU INVESTMENTS LIMITED; AND (2) THE RETURN OF CASH TO SHAREHOLDERS Harimau Investments Limited (the "Company" or "Harimau") is pleased to announce that at the Extraordinary General Meeting (the "EGM") of the Company
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      1801 5 UOB-KAY HI AN HOLDINGS LIMITED MORKfIVHijIIIB FULL PERIOD FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT K\M*J M. I 111 II |H H ird D,r ,ors 15 ,0 announce ,he consolidated results for the period ended 31 si December 2000. For comparison purpose, proforma group figures were prepared on the basis that the
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Japan rally helps STI to keep its nose above 1,700
      607 6  -  -I I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy WALL Street's disappointment with the US Federal Reserve's 50 basis point interest rate cut was offset by a huge upswing in the Japanese market yesterday, enabling the Straits Times Index (STI) to keep its
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      Lock icon Optus calls and puts too risky
      168 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy SINCE we featured the Australian-listed Deutsche Bank call and put warrants on Cable Wireless Optus, the underlying shares have fallen from A 54.134 to $3.90. The call has dropped from A 50.245 to A 50,185, while the put has
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      Lock icon ST Assembly bottoming out
      242 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of ST Assembly Test Services (Stats) has slumped to a record low following its profit warning this week. The price fell another six cents to $1.87 yesterday when 2.1 million shares changed hands up from the 10-day moving average
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      Lock icon US$ explodes after slide; S$ hits new 30-month low
      571 6  -  :f I comment CURRENCIES US$ objectives of 125 yen, 1,400 Korean won and SSI.BO come nnder scrutiny larry wee THE US dollar started the day on a weaker note after Wall Street's latest sharp fall on Tuesday. But the weakness was
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      335 6 Stocks Vohnw Frontline 5c 42,669,000 Vickers Capital 25c 19,913,000 PacificCenturylOc 18,961,000 Omni Ind 10c 12,718,000 Lankom US2c 12,390,000 DBSGrp 11,947,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 11,767,000 People's Food HGK 50c 11,177,000 SGXlc 11,027,000 CaprtaLand 8,424,000 Stocks DBSGrp 193,271.985 UOB 58,096,457 OUB 53,498,015 OCBC 46,400,000 Omni Ind 10c 33,437,430 Chart Semiconductor 26c
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2929 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager's prices (Ss): Mar 22 Abwrdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNC Fd 0.733 0.770 Global Technology Fd!** 0.617 0.649 UK Blue Chip Fd'** 0.740 0.777 American Opport Fd 0 804 0 845 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 1.037 1 090 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1106
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      148 8 This announcement appears as a matter of record only March 2001 THEE TEE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 15 August 2000) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 8,600,000 NEW SHARES COMPRISING:(I) 600,000 OFFER SHARES AT $0.28 FOR EACH OFFER SHARE BY WAY OF PUBLIC OFFER; AND (II) 8,000,000
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      732 8 TnME TEE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Incorpofated in the Republic of Singapore on 15 August 2000) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 8,600,000 NEW SHARES COMPRISING:(I) 600,000 OFFER SHARES AT $0.28 FOR EACH OFFER SHARE BY WAY OF PUBUC OFFER; AND (II) 8,000,000 PLACEMENT SHARES COMPRISING:(A) 6,600,000 PLACEMENT SHARES AT $0.28 FOR EACH PLACEMENT
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon MAS adds innovative capital instruments to Tier 1 capital
      747 10  -  It will also issue mandatory and best practice guidelines on risk disclosure By Siow Li Sen THE Monetary Authority of Singapore will be issuing two new guidelines to banks for improving their capital adequacy framework as part of the regulator's risk-focused
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      Lock icon MAS revamping monthly bulletin
      375 10  -  exclusive From next month, it'll have new format, more data Byi Siow Li Sen THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is revamping the closely-followed monthly statistical bulletin (MSB) to provide more data. Tracked widely by analysts and economists, the bulletin released at the end of each
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      Lock icon HK's Hari Harilela gets award
      319 10  -  sy Andrea Tan HARI Harilela, the richest Indian in Hongkong, yesterday received a lifetime achievement award for his "dedication and commitment to the hotel industry in Asia Pacific". The award was presented by another distinguished hotelier, Hong Leong chief Kwek Leng Beng, at an international
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      Lock icon Tie-up with Telstra-KepT&T unit
      461 10  -  Uii exclusive HFs Shan Cheong eyeing S-E Asian telecoms markets From< Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong WITH an eye to expanding to South-east Asia through various partnerships, Hongkonglisted building services group Shun Cheong Holdings has entered into a cooperation agreement with a unit jointly owned by
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      Lock icon HDB's build-to-order system to start in Q2
      231 10 THE Housing and Development Board will pilot the build-to-order (BTO) flats system in Sengkang and Sembawang in the second quarter. The BTO scheme will "give new flat applicants more flexibility in timing and greater say and control over the location of their new
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      Lock icon Salomon cuts growth forecast to 5%
      351 10  -  the economy gdp By Anna Teo SLOWING external demand, coupled with growing consumer caution, has led Salomon Smith Barney to cut its forecast of Singapore's 2001 economic growth to 5 per cent. The brokerage, part of Citigroup, took 0.3 percentage point off its forecast
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      Lock icon Next GE either late 2001 or by June '02: PM Goh
      562 11  -  I'll continue as PH but not beyond GE in 2007, he says FYomi Chuang Peck Ming in Budapest, Hungary THE next general election will be held in the second half of this year or the first half of next,
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      Lock icon LTA to invite bids for Marina MRT line
      269 11 It will ask Tibs, SBS, SMBT to tender to operate line THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) will invite three transport companies to tender for the operatorship of the upcoming Marina MRT Line in the next few days, and the award will be
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      Lock icon Desalination plant tenders in Aug
      430 11  -  By Eugene Low THE Public Utilities Board (PUB) will call for tenders this August for the supply of desalinated seawater, Acting Environment Minister Lim Swee Say said yesterday. Pre-qualification of contractors for the 30 million gallons per day (mgd) desalination plant will start tomorrow and
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      Lock icon Only way SingTel can secure Optus is to outbid its rivals
      336 11  -  MAILI.TTn Steve Tong West Australia, via Internet I REFER to your article, "Sing Tel likely to walk away if Optus price isn't right" by Teh Hooi Ling (BT, March 20). As an Optus shareholder, I believe the only way
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      Lock icon Gas-driven cabs: too early to say when
      129 11  -  Priscilla Chan Head, Corporate Affairs CityCab Pte Ltd WE REFER to the article "Gasdriven cabs next year?" by Christopher Tan (BT, March 21). City Cab is part of the working committee set up by the Ministry of Environment to study the feasibility of
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      Lock icon Royal Bros buys DBS Sec Bldg for $51m
      437 11  -  EM exclusive] By\ Kalpana Rashiwala ROYAL Brothers Pte Ltd has bought the DBS Securities Building in Malacca Street for $51 million or $863 psf of net lettable space. Market watchers said it was an attractive price for the buyer, considering that the
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      308 10 THE OF SINGAPORE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT OFFERING OF TAXABLE BOOK-ENTRY BONDS TO THE PUBLIC AMOUNT OFFERED SGD 2600 MILLION ISSUE CODE N2OIIOOS ISIN CODE 5G********** ISSUE DATE 2 APRIL 2001 MATURITY DATE 1 APRIL 2003 INTEREST RATE TO BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE AVERAGE YIELD OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS PRICE TO BE
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon A Japanese example Asia must follow
      906 12  -  OPINION pi:i=4 1 bottom line anthony rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent THE fragile state of Japan's economy and of its financial system has become a matter of global concern, as was clear from Monday's discussion in Washington between President George W Bush
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      51 12 These people seem to be willing to sell anything to anyone for money. It recalls Lenin's phrase that the capitalists will sell the very rope from which we will hang them.' Paul Wotfowitz the US deputy defence secretary, labelling Moscow as an 'active proliferator' of dangerous weapons
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      Lock icon To boldly go where the Fed has never gone before
      876 12  -  Or anybody else, for that matter. Can textbook remedies resolve the distinctive problems of the fading US boom? By Robert Samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group WE will soon learn whether the US economy operates by the textbook. As the
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      Lock icon Chasms ahead in US world view
      746 12  -  COMMENTARIES Three major fault lines ran through the prospective Bosh foreign policy By Thomas L Friedman NYT TWO months into the Bush administration's term, its foreign policy has still barely taken shape. In part, this is because many of the administration's key sub-Cabinet officials
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      Lock icon The new trend: a population bust
      756 12  -  Our anxiety about health-driven global population growth may look naive before too long By\ Nicholas Eberstadt The writer holds the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute. This article is adapted from a longer one in the current issue of
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Mirzan Mahathir eyes Diperdana once more
      409 13  -  His Konsortinm Logistik inks MOU to boy all of the listed company's business From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MIRZAN Mahathir, the eldest son of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, is all set to acquire Diperdana Bhd again but on a less grandiose scale
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      Lock icon Halim to step down as Time dotCom MD?
      375 13 KUALA LUMPUR Strong telco man is needed to lift sentiment: analysts AP MALAYSIAN tycoon Halim Saad looks set to hand over the reins of newly listed telecommunications firm Time dot Com Bhd, industry analysts said yesterday. But only a strong, technically savvy
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      Lock icon Tajudin wanted RM15 apiece to part with MAS stake: Daim
      477 13  -  Govt is confident of turning airline around soon, he says From] Eddie Toh in h'uala Lumpur TAJUDIN Ramli had initially wanted to sell his stake in Malaysia Airline System to the government for no less than RMIS per share, according
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      663 14  -  Banker cites two hurdles political instability and lack of World Bank support From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S volatile political climate is threatening to undermine the government's ambitious plan to raise critical foreign revenue by securitising its natural gas sales to Singapore,
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      287 14 Loss of billions of dollars of long-term could follow closure of Exxon Mobil fields Reuters Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's state oil firm, Pertamina, said yesterday it feared losing long-term gas contracts worth billions of dollars following the temporary closure of gas fields in the
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      460 14  -  Boost may not come if restructuring is not deep enough From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S proposed fiscal stimulus package, likely to be worth 70 billion to 80 billion baht (Ss2.B-$3.2 billion), runs the risk of not bringing about restructuring deep enough
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      288 14  -  FYomi Al Labita in Manila THE Philippines is to cut its key interest rates by 50 basis points today to stimulate bank lending and boost economic growth, according to the Central Bank. Central Bank governor Rafael Buenaventura yesterday said the move,
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      430 15  -  Bank says NPLs, worth HKs4l.7b, were obstructing restructuring plans From Audrey Tan in Hongkong A HONGKONG listing of Bank of China's Hongkong and Macau operations could be further away than expected no thanks to their nonperforming loans (NPLs). Liu Jin-bao, chief executive of
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      515 15  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG'S anti-corruption agency last night said it arrested six people, including the chairman and a vice-chairman of a well-known public-listed company for their alleged involvement in a housing project fee inflation scam. The other four
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      326 15 BOMBAY Bloomberg INDIA'S central bank said it is investigating a payment problem at a cooperative bank that has dragged in at least one commercial lender and set off ripples in the bullion market in the world's biggest buyer of gold. Classic Cooperative Bank, based
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      71 15 [NEW DELHI] Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, with daughter Anoushka Shankar (right, foreground), flagging off "Young People's March Against Racism "in the Indian capital of New Delhi on the occasion of the United Nation's International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Ravi Shankar has been appointed
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        84 15 AFP l WASHINGTON] The United States warned on Tuesday ahead of talks between senior Chinese envoy Qian Qichen and President George W. Bush that it would not consult or negotiate with Beijing on Taiwan's arms requests. Mr Qian, China's vice-premier, was scheduled to
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        71 15 Reuters [BEIJING] In its latest effort to quash rampant corruption, China has banned the spouses and children of government officials from a range of businesses— from property development and consultancy to saunas and karaoke bars. "Those who are already involved in those businesses should
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        71 15 Reuters [BEIJING] China will restructure the Aerospace Trust and Investment Co into two financial services firms as Beijing slashes its number of trusts in a consolidation of the sector, state media and officials said yesterday. The trust was formerly under the state-owned China Aerospace Industry
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        41 15 Reuters [BANGALORE] ASK-Raymond James Associates Ltd has recommended an across-the-board cut in the weighting of Indian information technology companies, as it expects slowing US demand to cause revenue growth to come off the boil.—Reuters
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        48 15 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Shenzhen Stock Exchange said trading of foreign-currency Class B shares would no longer be suspended during Hongkong holidays in order to better accommodate local investors. The exchange said the change was approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission. Bloomberg
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      363 16 ARMONK. New York They will sell specially designed software and chips to run devices linked to the Web Bloomberg INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp. the No 2 software maker, and chipmaker Intel Corp said they will jointly sell specially designed software and chips to run devices
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      327 16 UHANOVER Bloomberg NOKIA Oyj, Ericsson AB and Motorola Inc. the top three mobile phone makers, said they support a programming language that can be used to develop Internet sites for both fixed and wireless access. Phone companies, including Vodafone Group Pic and Sonera Oyj, also
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      204 16 PALO ALTO, California Reuters HEWLETT-PACKARD Co introduced printers on Tuesday that it says hook up directly to the Internet. Embracing a nascent trend that industry analysts say will lead to all sorts of daily items linking to the Web, HP added functions for long-distance
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      396 16 TOKYO Firm seeks to listen more to customers in bid to boost profit AFP JAPAN'S Toshiba Corp announced yesterday that it will spend 1.24 trillion yen (SslB billion) over the next three years to beef up the company's information technology
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      365 16 REDWOOD CITY, California Bloomberg ORACLE Corp, the second-biggest independent software maker, said it will cut as much as 2 per cent of its workforce, or almost 900 jobs, because a slowing economy is hurting sales to corporations. Like other computer-equipment and software makers,
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        69 16 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Dotcom companies are still closing worldwide at the rate of about a dozen a week, with 106 shutting their doors in the first two months of the year as they ran out of money, according to research and
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        75 16 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] CMGI Inc, a US Internet investment company, said it posted a loss of U*****.9 million (*****.6 million) on the side of a 1.1 per cent of Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd (PCCW), Richard Li's Asian Internet and telecommunication venture. CMGI said it sold 241
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        72 16 Reuters [LAS VEGAS] The world's third largest mobile phone maker Ericsson said on Tuesday it did not plan to sell its handset unit despite the unit's heavy losses, scotching analysts' speculation. "We're not going to sell it," Ericsson North America's executive vice-president Per-Arne
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      561 17 LOS ANGELES But they say rising productivity growth could avert a prolonged one Bloomberg, Reuters THE US probably is headed for a recession, a panel of four Nobel Prize-winning economists said on Tuesday. "This will be a relatively short but sharp recession," said Gary Becker,
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      295 17 NEW YORK Morgan Stanley, Lehman see net income fall by about 30% TOP US financial houses yesterday reported sharp drops in their first-quarter earnings. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co, a top US investment bank, said yesterday its fiscal first-quarter profits fell 30 per
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        93 17 Bloomberg [CINCINNATI] Procter Gamble Co, the largest US household-products maker, may cut 10 per cent to 20 per cent of its workforce as the economy slows, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Procter Gamble has about 110,000 employees. In January, the company formed a
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        102 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] Accenture, formerly known as Andersen Consulting, said its annual revenues increased 10 per cent last year to US$lO.3 billion (5518.2 billion) as the company expanded its workforce by 9 per cent worldwide. Its Asia-Pacific region accounted for the largest percentage gains, with
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        92 17 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Toshiba Corp cut its profit target for the next fiscal year by a quarter as sales of microchips and computers, keep sliding. Toshiba, which slipped two notches last year to become the third largest maker of laptop computers, said it expects group net
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        103 17 Bloomberg IWASHINGTON] In their haste to pay down US debt, policy makers shouldn't shrink the market for US Treasury securities too far, the International Monetary Fund has warned in the first full appraisal of the market risks of a declining treasury market. US
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      382 17 TOKYO AFP, Bloomberg CREDIT risk evaluator Standard and Poor's yesterday affirmed its ratings on leading Japanese banks, saying market turbulence which threatens their vast equity holdings could be tolerated. The move came after Lon-don-based agency Fitch IBCA warned this month of a possible downgrade for
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      501 17 BRUSSELS The 1.9% decline is the first in three months Bloomberg, Reuters INDUSTRIAL production in the eurozone fell in January for the first time in three months, providing more evidence economic growth in the area is slowing. Factories reduced production by 1.9 per cent, the
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      512 18 FRANKFURT Decision is Ist time Euro regulators attack cross subsidies by postal services NYT IN a victory for United Parcel Services, the European Commission ruled on Monday that the German postal service illegally used profits from its monopoly in delivering letters to subsidise
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      418 18 BOSTON Reuters SPORTS shoe and apparel giant Nike Inc said on Tuesday third-quarter earnings fell 33 per cent as it works to overcome weakness in its US footwear market and problems with new supply chain software that caused the company
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      253 18 It wants the Grizzttee to move to Lnuville and be renamed Kentucky Colonels AFP [LOUISVILLE, Kentucky] The parent company of Kentucky Fried Chicken has reportedly offered US$lOO million (*****.7 million) to Michael Heisley as an enticement to move his National Basketball Association club here
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      271 18 WASHINGTON Bloomberg BANK of New York Co (BNY) awarded chairman and chief executive Thomas Renyi a US$l2.l million (5521.5 million) bonus last year, boosting his total pay by 95 per cent to US$l3.2 million, as the largest asset-custodian turned in record profits.
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      414 19 NEW YORK Bat analysts see farther profit slides given the state of financial markets NYT GOLDMAN Sachs Group said on Tuesday that its net income fell by 13 per cent in its first quarter, but the decline was less than Wall Street
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      504 19 NEW YORK Industry posts 7.6% gains while benchmark indices slide Reuters GLOBAL hedge funds saw assets under management jump last year as investors poured more money into this risky asset class and fund managers made good on a promise to post stellar returns,
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      292 19 Reuters [SEOUL] Chung Ju Yung, the rags-to-riches founder of South Korea's mighty Hyundai industrial empire, died yesterday aged 85. Born into a poverty-stricken farming family in 1915 in what is now North Korea, Mr Chung helped propel South Korea from the ashes of
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      331 19 NEW YORK Bloomberg EVEN with more than 400 US stocks trading at their lowest prices of the past year, investor Michael Price says it is hard to find bargains. The 49-year-old chairman of Franklin Mutual Advisers Inc said he is trawling the list of
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      59 18 CORRIGENDUM The Malayan Motors advertisement which appeared yesterday (21 March 2001) on Page 7 of The Business Times' Singapore Business Awards Supplement should read "2000 Businessman Of The Year" 2000 BUSINESSMAN OF THE YEAR Goh Lib Tuan, Executive Chairman, GES International Limited are proud to be associated with one who
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      261 20  -  SOX Derivatives Trading Report ST Index/MSCI STpore Index Wong Ann Chuen Refco (Singapore) Pte Ltd THE Singapore stock market closed weaker yesterday, walloped by yet another Wall Street crash. However, the benchmark Straits Times Index managed to end off its low, sheding 3.70 points
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      235 20 MS& Taiwan Index TAIWAN shares took a dive yesterday, taking their cue from steep falls on Wall Street overnight following a disappointing US rate cut. The MSCI Taiwan stock index lost 0.69 point, or 0.27 per cent to finish at 255.23 points. Turnover
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      227 20 Reuters London THE US dollar gained more than one per cent against the euro and hit 22-month highs against the yen yesterday following a tumble in global equity markets and weak data in Germany, the euro-zone's largest economy. A half-point cut in US interest rates on Tuesday triggered
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      2941 21 HONGKONG AFP Q Hang Seng -60.42 HONGKONG share prices fell 0.5 per cent yesterday, narrowing earlier losses, following overnight declines on Wall Street led by investors' disappointment at lower than expected US interest rate cuts, dealers said. The downside was also
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      1115 21 Bloomberg PlShftnriienß Index +I(L9 CHINA'S foreign-currency shares rose as investors channelled bank deposits into the stock market, betting Class B shares will offer better yields. The Shanghai B-Share Index rose 3.23, or 2.3 per cent, to 141.45, the highest since B shares started trading on the exchange on Feb
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      396 21 AFP QWP Index -1928 TAIWANESE share prices closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday in thin trade following Wall Street's overnight losses, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index shed 19.28 points to 5,623.42, on turnover of NT580.77 billion. "Investors became cautious, with many taking to the sidelines,
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      2118 21 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 ****** SHARE prices in Tokyo rocketed 7.5 per cent yesterday in their first reaction to a dramatic policy reversal by the Bank of Japan (BOJ), staged to quell deflation in the world's second-biggest economy. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's
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      9119 22 INDUSTRIALS Consunwr products 2001 Last Vol Day Net Cap Low Com pony Soto '000 Mtqh Low P/t $mll 340 300 Ajmomoto 304 2 2 306 304 9! 123.2 45 29 Angtasa 31 -1 6 31 31 45.7 342 286 Apollo Food Hlg 300 unch 4 300 300 65 120.0 356
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      442 22 AFP Q Composite Index +16.74 MALAYSIAN shares closed 2.5 per cent higher yesterday after heavy buying by local funds reversed earlier losses, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 16.74 points to finish at 673.24, off its earlier low
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      746 23 AFP □set Index -112 THAI share prices edged down 0.7 per cent yesterday in volatile trade following the US interest rate cut, ending off their lows on bargainhunting in financial stocks, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index dropped 1.92 points to finish at 291.22 points,
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      291 23 Reuters Q Composite Index -19.98 PHILIPPINE shares fell yesterday following the slump in Wall Street. The main index dropped 1.34 per cent, or 19.98 points, to close at 1,471.56 points. Value turnover remained thin at 277.15 million pesos. Decliners outpaced gainers 68 to 14 with 38 stocks unchanged. Reuters
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      776 23 AFP n Composite Index +BJ3 INDONESIAN share prices rose 2.3 per cent after descending to new 28-month lows yesterday, when investor sentiment turned positive on a sharp rise in the Tokyo stock market, dealers said. "This is such a sharp gain," a Samuel Sekuritas analyst said, pointing out that
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      262 23 AFP QNXSE-40 -27.01 NEW Zealand's share market fell 1.3 per cent yesterday after the US Federal Reserve delivered a lower-than-expec-ted 50 basis point rate cut. The NZSE-40 Index dropped 27.01 points to close at 2,069.52. Turnover was heavy at NZ$325 million. AFP mr?1 MS *f- OOP) Mvciugt MOS 1.02
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      544 23 AFP nADOrdmirieß -4J THE Australian share market closed 0.1 per cent lower yesterday after News Corp and the banking sector lost favour. The All Ordinaries Index eased 4.1 points to 3,170.4 while the SP/ASX2OO shed 4 points to 3,225.3. National turnover was 524 million shares for A 52.3 billion.
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      310 23 AFP Q Composite Index +LOO SOUTH Korean share prices rose 0.2 per cent or 1.00 point to close at 532.59. Volume was 361.3 million shares worth 1.3 trillion won. AFP Wm_ Arum SWIM J900 -140 BrMnTtch 590 5 Cwitral B** 170 0 ClwMCwfMn *****0 -2000 DMCuM 1360 -15 D«M*nflCofp____
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      251 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 3 Put off and fed-up, made a mis--7 Made modish tradesmen mod- take (8) els (9) 4 Littoral disease treatment (7) 8 Long for the organisation to in- 5 Argues against ministers (8) vestigate (5) 6 The broadcasting of news bang 10 They took stock (8) on
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      576 26 Crouching Tiger says she will stay put in Asia despite her Hollywood success Reuters [HONGKONG] Malaysian-born Chinese actress Michelle Yeoh, co-star of acclaimed martial arts romance Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, says she will stay put in Asia despite having made it big in
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      287 26  -  Hotelier gets Hall of Fame Award from Pacific Area journalists By 1 Corinne Kerk HOTELIER Jennie Chua has been honoured with the Hall of Fame Award given by the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association 2000. Ms Chua, who is president and chief operating
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      1451 27  -  A 24-storey office tower is coming up on North Bridge Road, one which aims to set new standards for offices in Singapore when completed by the year's end. kalpama rashiwala finds out more about developer Chyau Fwu's art deco-inspired building KALPANA RASHIWALA PARKVIEW Square, a
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        1334 28  -  Chyau Fwu's Larry Luah talks about the company's unsuccessful bid for last week's New Downtown tender and his book on being sawy in China kalpama rashiwala reports KALPANA RASHIWALA LARRY Luah is a man who knows his numbers. He is a qualified quantity surveyor.
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        302 28 THE following are extracts from Larry Luah's book "Success Secrets to Maximise Business in China AMONG the overseas Chinese operating in China, those from Hongkong are more successful. Next are the Taiwanese. Most Singaporean investors fail to make the mark, despite the advantages of having a
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        505 29  -  However, sales of new homes improved by 10% compared to December, andrea tan reports ANDREA TAN THE property market got off to a feeble start in the new year with only 567 caveats lodged for both new and resale market transactions the lowest in
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        354 29 A surprising 58% of players were individual Singaporeans RESALE transactions dominated the commercial sector, accounting for 92 per cent of the 750 caveats lodged for the 12 months ended January. Volume remained fairly stable, except for the expected dips during the festive season and school
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        914 32  -  High-tech industrial buildings are fast becoming the location of choice for many industries and rentals have risen 27% since end-1999. In contrast rents for conventional factories were unchanged over the past two years, ted li exm assesses the situation TEO LI KIM The
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        428 33  -  Goldenhill Park offers lush landscaping and a variety of design options and finishings By\ Rachel Ong WATER, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. From the water features at the entrance to the cascading sheets flowing into the swimming pools, Goldenhill Park Condominium in
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        2851 33 Property transactions for selected districts lodged between Jan 22 and Mar 19. PROJECT NAME/ PflOP CONTRACT TENURE BULT-*/ PMCE PSF STREETNAME TYPE DATE LANOAREA* (SOFT) (SS-OOO) (S$) District 21 Beauty World Plaza Apt 23/12/00 999 592 270 456 Blossomvale Apt 03/01/01 999 840 710 845 Bt Regency Apt 15/01/01 FH
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      133 35 AFP [MACAE] Rescue workers (above) search the debris left when the Petrobras P-36 oil rig sank on Tuesday. Dutch environmental experts, US consultants and workers from the state-owned Brazilian oil company had tried to keep the US$5OO million (SsBBs million) platform
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      561 35  -  Preventive action has resulted in lower cases of piracy reported: piracy watchdog From] P T Bangsberg in Manila PORTS in Bangladesh, previously identified as the second most exposed to piracy in the world, have increased countermeasures patrols in response to calls from the International
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        542 36  -  NEWBUILDS By\ David Hughes Liquified natural gas (LNG) is set to see another newbuilding boom as the market for natural gas rockets, according to the latest report from UKbased shipping consultancy Drewry. The Drewry Annual LNG Market Review and Forecast predicts that gas
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          128 36 [LONDON] Honduran government officials have given the all-clear for the construction of the "Freedom Ship" floating city project in the Bay of Trujillo. The massive vessel, which would be the largest ship ever built if completed, will be assembled in sections at yards in the
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          109 36 [LONDON] Japanese shipping firm K Line is shaking up its Asian car carrier service in line with the introduction of two new 1800-unit PCTC vessels this month and in July. The company plans to completely rebuild its "New Asian Service" by combining a new, restructured
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          54 36 [LONDON] US-based Lykes Lines is increasing the frequency of calls at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, on its six-ship US Gulf-East Coast South America service from fortnightly to weekly. Ships will now call at the port on the Vitoria loop of the service as well
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        197 45 Mar 26 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 Thursday. Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Mexico: Holy Thursday. Apr 13 Mexico: Good Friday. New Zealand: Good Friday. Canada: Good Friday. Denmark: Good
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        810 45 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 average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        499 45 Carbon 180 Max 985 4 2J 13.8 028 74 0.04 Marts Density Water tnidw Ask Aluminium Sadlmert No above £25 0 1 0 t 0 0 380 Ave 965.5 OJ 12J 0.07 23 0.01 Eun 380 Max 990.6 OJ 14.3 0.09 46 0.03 XSAT3 »/Y M/M
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        338 46 Reuters [FORT WORTH, Texas] Airline travellers should not be worried about high-altitude exposure to radiation from space and the sun, US experts said on Monday. Researchers at an American Airlines and pilots union seminar on cosmic radiation said the issue was
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        135 46 [SINGAPORE] Lufthansa German Airlines beat performance expectations in 2000, announcing a provisional pre-tax profit of more than 1.2 billion euros (551.92 billion) during the business year. The company reported a jump of 44 per cent in its operative results from 1999, surpassing forecasts by reaching
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        451 46 Rule applies if combined company has 10 per cent or more of US passenger traffic Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Major US airline acquisitions would be banned for two years under a bill introduced by Senator Byron Dorgan as lawmakers question the effect of combinations on
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        236 46 Bloomberg [ST PAUL, Minnesota] Northwest Airlines Corp will disclose details of a cost-cutting plan this week as the fourthlargest US airline looks to restore profit in a slowing economy that is hurting travel demand. Chief executive Richard Anderson told employees in a taped
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        198 46 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Delta Air Lines plans to restore a suspended booking partnership with Korean Air Co at the end of this year, following safety improvements by its Asian partner. "Korean Air's improvement of its safety record has been substantial and very good," said
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        433 46 With more govt financial aid, it also expects to repay all debts in 19 years AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's new international airport expects to break even in eight years and pay off all its debts in 19, the head
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        202 46 Xinhua [BANGKOK] Air transportation between Thailand and its neighbouring countries, such as Cambodia and Laos, is improving, with new air routes being launched and a new airport to be open, the Nation Channel reported yesterday. Srisook Chandrangsu, Thai permanent secretary of the transportation ministry,
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