The Business Times, 10 May 2001

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    18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGA P- Q R E Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ THURSDAY, MAY 10. 2001 85C
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    79 1 sn 1,***** (-19.64) BT-SRI €6530 (-7.59) ST INDEX FDTTJ2ES 1,881 (-9.00) smsci FUTDBES *****0 (-1.70) STOCK MABZET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 572.91 +2.00 NIKKEI 226 14,084.86 -***** HANG SENG *****.14 +44.33 SET INDEX 311.33 +615 JAKARTA COMP 372.11 -0.86 MANILA COMP 1,441.77 +1449 TAIPEI WPI +66.93 SEOUL
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    82 1 FOREX SATES us$ ss USS (SS per US$) 1.826 £(USS/S$ per S) 1.425 1601 EL'RO(L'S$/S$/E) 0.884 1.612 DM 2.213 1-213 YEN 121.6 66.60 RM 3.800 2.083 HKS 7.800 4175 BAHT 45.51 24.94 RITIAH 10,993 6,024 *S$ to 100 units PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK
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    Lock icon Gus Dur a lame duck president now, says Amien
    696 1  -  rTlexcTusive Session to impeach Abdurrahman Wahid is as good as inevitable By Yang Razali Kassim [SINGAPORE] Indonesia's legislative chief Amien Rais said yesterday Abdurrahman Wahid is now a lame duck president following Parliament's second censure against him on April 30. A
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    Lock icon Top S'pore law firms boycott law awards
    600 1  -  PTlexcTusive They object to nomination process and want to press for 'more professional' approach By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Amid allegations of over-com-mercialisation, several of Singapore's leading law firms have decided to boycott what has been billed as "Singapore's first ever Law Awards". Among
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    Lock icon Big boom in e-commerce seen this year
    519 1  -  IDA, DOS see 828 sales of $109b; $2.75b82C deals By] Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Electronic commerce in Singapore is poised to make a big leap this year, with major gains in both the business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-con-sumer (B2C) segments, according to a survey just
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      50 1 nreroE Exec Suite Hesitant mood at property auctions. Back Page Top stories Category A COE crashes to $101. Next Page DBS eyes $700 m from preference share sale. Pgs Raffles Town Club Saga: Investor sees opportunity in members' suits. Pg 9 BT Comment Better yields for upcoming bonds. Pg* 8
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      47 1 VP may be left vacant, Pg 15 Gna Dor buys time, Pg 15 Sing Tel will release Its full-year results today after the stock mavlcet closes. Go to BT Online for the details. We are at http://buslness-tlmes. aslal.com.sg Sing Tel acts to allay security concerns. Next Page
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      138 1 < it' < M -H -'l 828 sales to touch $109b in S'pore this year Page 8 Kenneth James on Technology: How do IDA/DOS numbers compare? Page 8 Winning m uio I N U V L :.^OViOiliy ci, 11 -page supplement on the eAwards 2001 with The Business Times today
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Benchmarking Dao Heng
        76 2 IT seems a shareholder at Overseas Union Bank's annual general meeting last week wanted to know how much it would cost to buy into the bank. A little bird told us that OUB chairman Lee Hee Seng said 3.2 times would be a good price, which is
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        Lock icon Genomes made easy
        156 2 HANDS up all those who (1) think that mapping the human genome is one of the greatest scientific feats ever, (2) really, really want to understand all that stuff about genes, DNA, cloning and so on, but (3) have found all the explanations in the magazines and
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        Lock icon Hedging your management
        73 2 THE majority of equity hedge funds have lost money this year. Industry magazine Hedge reports that two-thirds of these funds were long in the US equity market and most lost as much as the S&P 500 Index. This of course, should make investors wonder what kind of
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      Lock icon SingTel acts to allay security concerns
      564 2  -  Talks with Australian, US agencies over use of Optus satellite for defence purposes going well: CEO Byl Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications says it can allay security concerns raised by the Australian government in relation to its proposed bid for Cable Wireless Optus.
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      Lock icon Optus takeover poses no problem: State Dept
      238 2  -  Promt Catherine Ong in New York THE US State Department has said it is satisfied that Singapore Telecom's proposed takeover of Cable Wireless Optus will not pose problems for the use of US-origin communications satellites by the Australian phone company. Optus is currently
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      Lock icon Survival of S'pore a key GE issue, says PM
      434 2  -  Well-being is at stake given a region wracked by political turmoil From] Harish Mehta in Phnam Perth SINGAPORE voters need to understand that the major issue in the coming general election is the very survival of the Republic in a region
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      Lock icon Category A COE crashes to $101 in freak tender outcome
      662 2  -  Motor traders express shock at result By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] The Category A COE*— the mainstay permit for most car buyers here has plummeted to an all-time low of $101 in a freak tender result caused largely by order cancellations.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Keppel Corp to make moves on unlocking assets
      623 4 Keppel Hitachi, KepFels rise on market talk of possible merger AFX-Asia, Reuters KEPPEL Corp will seek to unlock the value of selected assets that can be monetised by encashment in part or whole and realise value for its shareholders, Keppel Corp chairman
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      Lock icon Better yields for upcoming bonds
      719 4  -  lock siew wong wei kong NOW that major local corporates are expected to issue debt because they actually need the money, buyers of Singapore paper can look forward to better yields. In the past, much of the corporate issuance here was driven more by design
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      Lock icon City e-Solutions to focus on US market
      421 4  -  It is now laying foundation for growth next year, says its chairman Byi Andrea Tan CITY e-Solutions (CES), the former CDL Hotels International, will lay the foundation for aggressive growth in 2002 and beyond and focus on the US market, its chairman, Kwek
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      Lock icon Serial System shares slide on failed takeover bid
      308 5  -  They fall for 3rd straight session to a three-week low By] David Boey SERIAL System shares fell for a third straight session yesterday to a three-week low of 36.5 cents, following news that its former chief executive Eddie Chng had failed to
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      Lock icon DBS eyes $700m from preference share sale
      190 5 Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings Ltd plans to raise as much as Ss7oo million selling debt here in the form of preference shares, investors said. South-east Asia's largest bank by assets already has plans to sell US$BOO million of bonds this week. "The Singapore
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      Lock icon Enzer goes for Sesdaq listing instead
      414 5  -  Balk of l(L9m shares on offer at 36 cents each will be placed out Trina Foo HOMEGROWN electronic components group Enzer Corporation yesterday launched an initial public offer for a listing on Sesdaq The offer, managed by UOB Asia, consists of 16.9 million 20-cent
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      Lock icon HKCB Bank denies talk of UOB offer
      276 5 Reuters [HONG KONG] Shares of HKCB Bank Holding Co Ltd, one of Hong Kong's smallest banks, rose yesterday amid fresh speculation that the bank was in merger talks, which it again denied. The stock gained 3 cents to HK$3.5B yesterday after closing nearly
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Wing Tai in fund venture
        101 7 Reuters A CONSORTIUM of soft goods makers led by Wing Tai Corp is setting up a fund to invest up to US$2O million in MSC Ltd, TexWatch Inc and other soft goods technology companies. Wing Tai, a property developer in Singapore, started in Hong Kong
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        Lock icon Avimo delisting set for June 6
        64 7 Reuters AVIMO Group will be delisted on June 6, following the completion of the takeover offer by French defence group Thales. The firm said a delisting is inevitable following a 98.55 per cent acceptance ofThales' offer, the suspension of Avimo and the fact that
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        Lock icon UOB buys Datacraft solution
        45 7 AFX-Asia DATACRAFT Asia said it supplied United Overseas Bank with a high speed switched gigabit ethernet solution for over US$l.l million. The new network infrastructure will help UOB meet increased traffic and bandwidth requirements as it rolls out new applications. —AFX-Asia
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      Lock icon FHTK puts factory up for sale
      324 7  -  By. Andrea Tan TROUBLED fruit wholesaler FHTK Holdings is selling its factory and cold room in Pandan Loop for $4.5 million to $5 million as it undergoes a debt restructuring scheme. Listed FHTK, which has posted losses since 1998, has chalked up some $141.4
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      Lock icon Unconventional route pays off for Unidux MD
      522 7  -  With 20m yen, Tan Yew Teong has built a profitable firm By] Rachel Ong SENT out from Japan in 1989 and entrusted with 20 million yen to set up office here at the age of 26, managing director of Unidux Electronics (Unidux), Tan
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      255 4 unidux UNIDUX ELECTRONICS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 29 November 1989) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 19,200,000 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.06 EACH COMPRISING:(A) 900,000 OFFER SHARES AT $0.20 FOR EACH OFFER SHARE BY WAY OF PUBLIC OFFER; AND (B) 18,300,000 PLACEMENT SHARES BY WAY OF PLACEMENT, COMPRISING:(I)
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      291 4 ENZ E R ENZER CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 23 December 1992) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 16,925,000 NEW SHARES OF $0.20 EACH COMPRISING:(1) 800,000 OFFER SHARES AT $0.36 FOR EACH OFFER SHARE BY WAY OF PUBUC OFFER; AND (2) 16,125,000 PLACEMENT SHARES AT $0.36 FOR EACH
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      82 5 MARKS SPENCER SPOILT^. Choice Domaine St Pierre j r Vin de Pays du Gers $19.90 Now $16.90 I $17.90 Now $14.90 Reggiano Rosso Des Cotes de Gascogne $23 Now $20 $19.90 Now $16.90 Beaujolais Perdeberg Sauvignon $25 Now $22 $23 Now $20 Fitou W Chardonnay Bin 109 $25 Now $22
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Market's lack of direction leaves most stocks in the red
      659 6  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy THERE was a feeling of deja vu yesterday as the local stock market reverted to an old and familiar pattern of soft prices, thin volumes and hectic churning of the second line. Dealers blamed a drop in
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      Lock icon Market cool to OCBC's capital cut
      250 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan OCBC Bank's announcement this week that it will lower its capital adequacy ratio has not had much of an impact on its stock price. The shares ended yesterday's session 30 cents down at $10.70. A total of some 1.6
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      Lock icon Optus warrant: time is its ace
      178 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THE fortunes of Sing Tel and Cable Wireless Optus seem to be inextricably tied together at the moment Optus bounced up 12 Australian cents yesterday, off its 52-week low of A 53.31, and Sing Tel regained five cents, off
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      Lock icon Singapore dollar gets a late reprieve
      519 6  -  I i comment CURRENCIES But 551.82 support for US dollar still in the way; A$ again fails 550.95 test larry wee A MIXED session on Wall Street overnight found the greenback gaining against some units and slipping against others in Asian trading, but the
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      336 6 Stocks Volume SingTel 15c 24,662,000 AddvalTech 2.5c 18,369,000 WahShingR 2.5c 17,297,000 KlVerrtures 10c 13,119,000 Kep FELS Energy 50c 11,330,000 Tianjin Zhong 11,140,000 Autron 10,777,000 Parkway H 25c 10,020,000 Keppel Cap W*****0 8,339,000 PacificCenturylOc 7,984,000 Stocks SingTel 15c 42,759,216 Chart Semiconductor 26c 35,977,011 DBSGrp 28,765,926 SPH 24,152,748 Datacraft 10c 23,600,569 SIA
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2859 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager's prices (Ss)May 10 Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNC Fd 0.791 0.832 Global Technology Fd!** 0.718 0.755 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.804 0.845 American Opport Fd 0.876 0.921 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 1.112 1.168 Japan EqtyFd!** 1.312 1.378 Asian Fixed Income Fd
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  • E-COMMERCE survey
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      Lock icon Most B2B done via 'closed' networks
      418 8  -  Export-led 828 set to catch up with sales to local firms; boom sectors likely to be property, hotels, mfg Reports by Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Companies doing business with other companies electronically in Singapore are expected to transact about $109 billion of goods and services
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      Lock icon Local B2C market set to grow 135%
      410 8 [SINGAPORE] Local consumers are expected to buy $2.75 billion worth of goods and services using the Internet this year, up 135 per cent from last year, according to a study by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). The bulk of the purchases
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      Lock icon How do IDA/DOS numbers compare?
      873 8  -  I i comment TECHNOLOGY The new e-commerce survey throws np surprising data which Is actually less way-out than It appears kenneth james THE devil, as always, is in the detail. But looking first at the broad strokes, the picture that emerges from the latest survey
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      Lock icon Charting local e-commerce progress
      277 8 Survey by IDA, DOS of 9,000 firms elicits 90% response rate; 62.3% were SMEs [SINGAPORE] The "Survey on E-commerce 2000" was conducted jointly by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and the Department of Statistics (DOS) to chart the development and performance of e-commerce locally.
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      Lock icon E-procurement poised to blast off this year
      305 8 [SINGAPORE] More companies in Singapore are now buying their raw materials and supplies over the Internet the bulk of which is sourced from overseas suppliers. These purchases refer to the cost that firms incur on buying raw materials and supplies online, and is
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Terms of trade worsens further
      367 9  -  IUI un the economy price indices By Rachel Ong SINGAPORE'S terms of trade continued to worsen as import prices outpaced export prices in March. Figures from the Department of Statistics show the import price index rose 1.6 per cent to 102 points in March, from
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      Lock icon S'pore master plan for Cambodian tourism
      650 9  -  Tourism at Angkor temples and Siem Reap to be developed; skills institute also to be set npc PM Goh From] Harish Mehta inPhnomPenh SINGAPORE is drawing up a 10-year master plan to develop tourism at Cambodia's renowned Angkor temples and its gateway city of
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      Lock icon Investor sees opportunity in members' suits
      466 9  -  n^xclusTve RAFFLES TOWN CLUB SAG A By\ Liew Hanqing THERE'S more money to be spun out of the Raffles Town Club saga a foreign-based investor is now offering to pick up part of the tab for Raffles Town Club members keen on legal action.
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      Lock icon The Silver River: a new age fairytale
      762 9  -  The production combines creative talents, edifying elements from East and West By l Geoffrey Eu IN view of the political drama played out recently by the US and China over the indiscretions of a certain spy plane, it is no small irony that
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      Lock icon More blood seen in home loans war in slowing market
      612 9  -  DBS now offering lower rates than closest competitors UOB and OCBC Byi Siow Li Sen DBS Bank's move to slash mortgage rates is unlikely to end the fight among banks to poach customers if loans growth continues to slow as
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      4573 10 InOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 notice of annual general meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Broadway Industrial Group Limited ("the Company") will be held at 18 Enterprise Road, Jurong, Singapore *****4 on Friday, 25 May 2001 at 3.00 p.m.
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      122 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 IN THE MATTER OF Khio Sang Pte. Ltd. (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to section 344 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 that the creditors of the above Company are required on or before llth June 2001 to
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Illogical to argue for more land supply
      371 11  -  Nora Tan Siew Lua Singapore I REFER to the letter "BT reports on property too pessimistic" by Ng Say Weng (Mailbag, May 8). I would like to throw my hat into the ring. The Business Times is my favourite business newspaper so I
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      Lock icon Try thrift for a change
      73 11  -  Vincent Tan Chee kian Singapore I REFER to all the letters complaining about the anti-speculation policy on properties. There is actually a simple age-old solution used very frequently by our forefathers. "Stop whining and complaining. Just keep saving and earning and have patience, one will
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      529 11  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to the report "SIAS chief David Gerald makes it to Forbes cover" by Ven Sreenivasan (BT, April 28). I should make it clear that I do not know and have never met Mr Gerald. Neither am I a
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      193 11  -  Chia-Mao Kawn Hwa (Mrs) Manager (Corporate Communications) Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore WE refer to the letter, "Why was GST not included?" by Lee Thien Poh (Wheel Matters, May 5). Price displays or quotations made to the public by GST-registered businesses must be GST-inclusive. The law
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      190 11 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletter@sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390Kim Seng Road, Singapore*****s. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear in mind libel
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      7 11 YY nat s happened to The Economist?
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon No simple path that leads to the First World
      766 12  -  OPINION ■ki:i=i bottom line robert samuelson SAO PAULO, Brazil Over the years, we have applied various labels to countries like Brazil: "Third World", "developing", "emerging" and "newly industrialised", to name a few. But even a brief visit here (my first) shows
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      106 12 This is painfully old news. Companies have already told us profits are lousy, and the government is finally getting around to figuring it out in the macro data.' -Bob Barber* an economist, on data that the US economy has started to slow. 'Greenspan has become completely reactive.
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      Lock icon Big setback for US diplomacy
      641 12 EDITORIAL WASHINGTON may feign indifference at the loss of its seats in the United Nations Human Rights Commission and the International Narcotics Control Board, but it is clearly a severe setback for US diplomacy. America was served a double whammy last week when friends joined
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      Lock icon The manifold benefits of share buybacks
      1062 12  -  One major advantage is that it provides sound companies an additional investment opportunity By\ Lan Luh Lob, Dinah Low Ho Yew Kee Ms Lan and Dr Ho are assistant professors at the NUS Business School. Ms Low is a BBA honours student in the
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      Lock icon No love lost on either side in Mid-East
      748 12  -  COMMENTARY The Palestinians and the Israelis appear to bejnst pretending to want peace Byi Sheryl McCarthy The writer is a Newsday columnist LATWP SUHA Arafat couldn't resist speaking her mind. In an interview in a magazine for Saudi Arabian women, the wife
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon M'sia to waive property stamp duty
      553 13  -  Relief valid till year-end; residential properties expected to see the biggest boost in sales From] Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA yesterday announced that it will waive stamp duty for all property transactions until the end of this year, in a bid to
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      Lock icon M'sian union postpones nationwide protest
      373 13 KUALA LUMPUR This is because the Malaysian govt has agreed to consider some of the union's demands AFP A MALAYSIAN workers' union has decided to postpone by three months a nationwide picket to protest the way the country's biggest pension fund is being managed, the
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      Lock icon KL bourse will stay transparent, say market players
      379 13  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian stock market will continue to be transparent although the government is proposing to revert to the old threshold when it comes to declaring substantial share ownership in listed companies, said industry participants. The Malaysian
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    • MALAYSIA Briefs
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        Lock icon M'sian minister defends quota system
        57 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] There are enough qualified Malays and other indigenous people to fill their quota for university places in Malaysia, the country's education minister was quoted yesterday as saying. Education Minister Musa Mohamad told the New Straits Times that an official who spoke of
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        Lock icon Proton to launch new model in UK
        62 13 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Proton will launch its Waja model in the British market in early July. The Waja, introduced last year in Malaysia, would be renamed the Impian (Dream car) and priced at around £12,000 (5531,350), said Colin Low, managing director of Proton
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        Lock icon Public Bank earnings surge
        55 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Public Bank's first-quarter earnings surged 24.4 per cent, boosted by lower provisions for bad debts, increased lending income and gains from investments. Net profit rose to RM184.38 million (5588.5 million), or 7.69 sen a share, in the quarter to end-March from RM148.26 million,
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        Lock icon Nestle Malaysia Q1 profit up 24%
        54 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd reported a 24 per cent jump in first-quarter earnings. Net profit in the first quarter ended March 31 rose to RM54.3 million (Ss26 million), or 23.16 sen a share, from RM43.95 million, or 18.74 sen, the same period
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        Lock icon Sime Darby HK's last trading day today
        49 13 Reuters [HONG KONG] Sime Darby Hong Kong Ltd, which is being privatised by its Malaysian parent Sime Darby Bhd, said yesterday the last trading day for its shares would be today, with the listing expected to be withdrawn on May 18. Reuters
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      3554 14 I NOTICES To TdveruT^Ta7ilTo?r"f^^^Bo^-TTT'TBB^^nFa)^r^ TSM TSM Resources Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2001 Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held on Thursday, 31 May 2001 at 95 South Bridge Road #07-28 Pidemco
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      775 15  -  He gets time till May 15toworkont a deal as Megawati delays meeting slated for tomorrow From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S beleaguered President Abdurrahman Wahid bought precious time yesterday as his vice-presi-dent decided to delay a meeting to decide his
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      547 15  -  l-lri exclusive But there is no shortage of candidates should vice-presidential elections be held By'. Yang Razali Kassim [SINGAPORE] If the core problem is the presidency, why let the Number 2 slot be a bone of contention? Thus, wisely, Indonesia's political
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      334 15  -  They allegedly bankrolled coup bid; bnt police yet to confirm reports From i Al Labita in Manila PHILIPPINE police yesterday downplayed reports that 18 ethnic Chinese businessmen are being hunted down for allegedly bankrolling last week's failed attempt to topple President
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      560 15 The plan is to expand the mechanism detecting future financial crises AFP, AFX-Asia [HONOLULU] Senior Southeast Asian finance and central bank officials laboured into the night here on Tuesday to forge a consensus on expanding a regional surveillance mechanism to serve as
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        90 15 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia s central bank said yesterday that economic growth was seen at 3.8 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter, slower than growth in the first quarter. "Growth in the second quarter is seen at 3.8 per cent year-on-year," Bank Indonesia
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        77 15 Reuters [MANILA] San Miguel Corp said yesterday its consolidated net income rose 8 per cent in the first quarter of2ool. In a statement, it said its consolidated net income grew 8 per cent to 1.67 billion pesos (Ss6o million) in the first quarter
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        86 15 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] Asia Pulp Paper said its Indonesian subsidiaries have pledged their assets to the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) as guarantee for Sinar Mas group debts to Bank International Indonesia worth US$l.3 billion, Bisnis Indonesia quoted APP's chief financial officer Hendrik Tee as
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        75 15 AFX-India [NEW DELHI] A spokesperson from the prime minister's office said Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha has not resigned, contrary to reports. "These are rumours We haven't received any (resignation) letter from the minister," said the spokesman. The Business Standard reported that Mr Sinha is expected
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        Lock icon HK tourist arrivals up 10.9% in March
        68 15 Bloomberg [Hong Kong] The city had 10.9 per cent more visitors in March than a year earlier as travellers from India, South-east Asia, mainland China and North America took advantage of cheap airfares and hotel package promotions. About 1.2 million people visited the
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        59 15 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India is likely to overshoot its 2000/01 fiscal deficit target because of lower-than-expected tax revenues, a senior finance ministry official said yesterday. The revenue shortfall is seen pushing the deficit "closer to 5.3 per cent" of GDP from an earlier estimated
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      508 16  -  FORTUNE GLOBAL FORUM Top HE official also urges immediate WTO entry for China to reduce tensions Reports fromi Audrey Tan in Hong Kong NEWLY appointed Chief Secretary for Administration Donald Tsang yesterday said that China should be immediately admitted into the World
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      523 16 CHINA'S economy is set to grow 7 per cent this year despite the US economic slowdown, while the weakness of the Japanese yen should not affect the renminbi, said China's central banker Dai Xianglong. Speaking to international businessmen at the Fortune
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      280 16 AFP [HONG KONG] Foreign companies are piling into Hong Kong to be at the forefront when China finally gains entry to the World Trade Organization, a leading Hong Kong official said yesterday. Mike Rowse, the man charged with attracting
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      120 16 AP [HONG KONG] An Asian fitness chain is sending out promotional materials that appear suspiciously similar to tax rebate packages, and the government yesterday said it may take a closer look. Hong Kong's Finance Bureau is seeking legal advice on the advertisements being mailed by
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      397 16 ■SHANGAHI The unprofitable firms will be traded for only four hours every Friday Bloomberg CHINA'S securities regulator stepped up its campaign for discipline in the nation's stock markets by restricting trading of four unprofitable companies. Starting this week, Gintian Industry Group Co, Mindong
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      440 16 NEW DELHI Reuters THE political ambitions of India's three most prominent women hung in the balance yesterday, the eve of legislative assembly elections for more than 130 million people in five states. Were it not for an imperious ex-movie star, a
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      406 17 SAN FRANCISO Group's move to start on clean slate leads to its first ever quarterly loss NYT SEEKING to wipe the slate clean after enduring a sharp plunge in its business, Cisco Systems said on Tuesday that it took more than US$3 billion
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      246 17 SAN FRANCISCO FT IN CompUSA's store in downtown San Francisco, the salesman waved at ranks of personal computers and printers marked down with heavy price cuts. "This is a good time to buy a PC," he said, smiling. There
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      412 17 TOKYO Strong growth in mobile Net services drives earnings Reuters, AP NET profit at NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan' 9 largest wireless operator, rose a stronger-than-expected 45 per cent to a record US$3 billion in the last fiscal year ending March, powered by fast-growing
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        63 17 Bloomberg [SAN JOSE, California] Global semiconductor sales are expected to drop 17 per cent to US$lBB.4 billion in 2001, market researcher Dataquest Inc reported. Sales rose to U*****.2 billion in 2000, up 32 per cent from the previous year, it said. Sales won't
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        74 17 Reuters [SYDNEY] Vodafone Group, the world's largest mobile phone company, yesterday said it plans a cash offer of about As2oo million (SslBB million) to buy Australian investment vehicle Mobile Communications Holdings Ltd. Mobile Communications has a stake in Vodafone's Australian unit, but Vodafone dismissed questions
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        73 17 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Nasdaq-listed Asialnfo Holdings said it has bought a stake in wireless company Intrinsic Technology with an option to increase capital and ownership up to 51 per cent in the next two years. Beijing-based Asialnfo and its partner Fidelity Ventures, the venture capital
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        49 17 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Computer company HewletkPackard and Accenture on Tuesday said they have formed an alliance to provide technology consulting services. By entering the three-year collaboration, the deal illustrates Hewlett-Packard's focus on consulting and services as a driving force in the technology sector. —Reuters
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      Lock icon Bush changes tone to call for trade with China
      698 18 WASHINGTON Trade will benefit US industrialists and also help promote democratic values AFP, AP US President George W Bush changed his tone towards China on Tuesday in a speech to electronic industry executives, many of whom are-eager to expand their business
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      357 18 NEW YORK Reuters RUPERT Murdoch's News Corp yesterday reported weaker third-quarter operating results than a year-earlier as declines in its filmed entertainment and newspapers offset improvements in cable networks and television but beat analysts' estimates. The company, which is currently
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      415 18 TOKYO Armitage advocates a link similar to one US has with Britain NYT A SENIOR US official who in the past has advocated a full-fledged army for Japan urged Tokyo on Tuesday to develop a partnership with Washington that more closely
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        70 18 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] ABN Amro Holding said first quarter earnings declined 12 per cent as slumping stock prices reduced trading and commission income. It said full-year profit also may fall. Net income fell to 683 million euros (Ssl.l billion), or 45 cents a share, from
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        80 18 NYT {WASHINGTON] Unveiling a new plan to strengthen the military's space programmes, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stopped short on Tuesday of advocating putting weapons in outer space. His plan calls for consolidating a number of military space programmes— including spy satellite operations—under
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        73 18 Reuters [CARACAS] Oil exporter Venezuela said on Tuesday that the Opec cartel would contest for a second time a ruling by an Alabama court that would bar it from price-fixing. Energy and Mines Minister Alvaro Silva said Opec had already once contested the March
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        90 18 Bloomberg [JOHANNESBURG] The Oppenheimer family and partners cleared their biggest hurdle in a plan to acquire De Beers, the world's largest diamond company, after Brandes Investment Partners dropped opposition to a sweetened bid. Brandes, with 6 per cent of De Beers, was the biggest investor
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        72 18 Bloomberg [LONDON] British Sky Broadcasting Group's fiscal third quarter loss widened because Europe's second biggest pay-television company spent more on films and interactive services such as sports betting and games to draw viewers. The loss was £106.7 million (*****.4 million), or 5.8 pence
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        72 18 AFP [TOKYO] Toyota Motor Corp is likely to post the biggest group pre-tax profit ever for a Japanese firm of US$B billion for the fiscal year just ended in March, the Nikon Keizai Shimbun said yesterday. The automaker, due to release its annual results
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      567 18 WASHINGTON Fischer's resignation clears path for Bush administration officials to pick their own candidate NYT STANLEY Fischer, who engineered record bailouts for several of the largest developing countries as the day-to-day manager of the International Monetary Fund, announced on Tuesday that he
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      248 18 FRANKFURT Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG's pilots union said a threatened strike today is likely to go ahead unless Lufthansa makes a new offer after pay negotiations broke down on Tuesday without agreement or a date for new talks. The sides were "no
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      674 19 Reuters [NEW YORK] A hush was heard around Wall Street on Tuesday when years of talk about a productivity miracle suddenly fell silent. Productivity optimists had argued that a big acceleration in US worker efficiency over the past five years supercharged growth While
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      596 19 WASHINGTON Reuters, Bloomberg US Vice-President Dick Cheney said on Tuesday that there was stiU the possibility that the US economy may slide into a recession. When asked in a CNN interview if the US was stiU at risk of slipping into a recession,
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      762 19  -  from Washington The debate over what constitutes a war crime rages in Washington leon hadar THE issue of war crimes has been the main topic of conversation dejour among members of Washington's chattering class, who are focusing these days on important
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      469 21 NEW YORK EU fears 'bundling' will strengthen GE's dominance in aircraft engines FT A MAJOR plank of the European Commission's case against General Electric's US$4l billion takeover of Honeywell is the anti-competi-tive effect of "bundling" in the aerospace industry. In a 155-page statement,
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      234 21 NEW YORK Bloomberg The Wall Street Journal, the granddaddy of black-and-white broadsheets, may finally be leaving its 19th century look behind with the debut of front-page colour. A holdout in the new era of colour printing presses and USA Today graphics, the
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      577 21 WASHINGTON It agrees to pay USsssm to investors in class-action snit over audit of software maker NYT PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS (PwC), one of the world's largest accounting firms, has agreed to pay US$55 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it defrauded investors in Micro Strategy Inc
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      325 21 FRANKFURT Merrill Lynch's na gomont unit reducing workforce by 20% Bloomberg BUCKING the trend on Wall Street securities industry, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc on Tuesday said it will add as many as 1,000 employees this year, said Chairman Richard Fuld. The announcement
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      272 21 SEOUL Reuters IT was good news at Korea's Daewoo Motor Co as the company yesterday reported its first monthly operating profit in almost three years. And a top government official said the much-awaited sale of the bankrupt company to General Motors Corp
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      713 18 TSN TSM Resources Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders ("Shareholders") of TSM Resources Ltd (the "Company") will be held at 95 South Bridge Road #07-28 Pidemco Centre Singapore *****7 on Thursday, 31
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      1298 19 WSPP I Notice of Annual General Meeting I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 48 th Annual General Meeting of SPP Limited (the H H "Company") will be held at 30 Robinson Road, #05-02 Robinson Towers, Singapore *****6 H on Thursday, May 17, 2001 at 10.00 a.m. for the following
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      1400 21 ASA GROUP HOLDINGS LTD NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at The Mandarin Singapore, Suite 832,8 th Floor, South Tower, 333 Orchard Road, Singapore *****7 on Friday, 25 May 2001 at 10.00 am for the following
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      284 22  -  SOZ Derivatives Trading Report ST taOex/MSCI S'pore Index Freddy Lui Refco Singapore Pte Ltd THE Singapore stock market traded mixed yesterday in cautious trading after lower US productivity data and an increase in labour costs raised concerns about inflation and a slowing economy. The
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      239 22  -  MSG! Taiwan Index Wong Ann Chuen Refco Singapore Pte Ltd TAIWAN stocks rose, driven primarily by bargain hunters. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index gained 2.63 points or 1.11 per cent to close at 239.36 points. The turnover for the index fell to 489.89
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      207 22 AFP London THE euro fell back against the dollar yesterday in response to an unexpected slump in industrial output in Germany, the largest economy in the euro-zone. The single European currency was changing hands for U550.8823, from U550.8847 overnight in New York, and for 107.51 yen from 107.24.
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      2841 23 BONG SONG AFP Bug Seng *4433 HONG KONG shares rose 0.3 per cent yesterday following bargain-hunting amid continued optimism that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 44.33 points to close at
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      2062 23 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 22S -***** TOKYO stocks fell 1.4 per cent yesterday amid profit-taking after hopes for Japan's new reform-minded Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi ran their course, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 Average closed down 204.20 points at 14,084.85, following the
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      1099 23 Reuters Shenzhen B Into -2J3 CHINA'S hard currency B shares ended a touch weaker on profit-tak-ing triggered by official warnings of a crackdown on market irregularities. The Shenzhen B Share Index was down 2.13 points, or 0.55 per cent, at 385.92 in a volume of HK$l.42 billion, up from
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      376 23 AFP WP Index +5543 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.1 per cent higher yesterday due to bargain-hunting, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 55.93 points to 5,232.64, on a turnover of NT551.68 billion. Risers led decliners 357 to 161, with 77 issues unchanged. Industrial stocks led
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      410 24 AFP, AFX-Asia H Composite Index *100 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.4 per cent higher yesterday on selective bargain-hunting after recent falls, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose two points to finish at 572.91. The Second Board Index eased 0.13 of
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      315 25 AFP n Composite lain -12J7 SEOUL'S Composite Index closed down 12.07 points, or 2 per cent, at 578.84. Volume was 521 million shares worth 2.1 trillion won. —AFP Ml I wea *r Anem Semi 4620 -200 Brain Tech 6)0 MO Central Bank 170 unch CMI Comm *****0 -1000 Da*
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      286 25 AFP Composite Index *14.49 PHILIPPINE share prices rose one per cent yesterday. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index gained 14.49 points to 1,441.77. Volume fell to 269 million shares worth 351 million pesos, from 397 million worth 567 million pesos the previous day.— AFP May 9 hw COOO) Abacus
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      262 25 AFP HIBSMO +7J6 NEW ZEALAND'S share market had a subdued day yesterday, with prices closing slightly higher in thin volumes, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended up 7.95 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 2,057.77 on a turnover of NZ564.4 million. —AFP N*t MS COOP) Advantage HDS 0.86
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      554 25 AFP P| All Ordinaries +7.00 AUSTRALIAN shares closed 0.2 per cent higher yesterday. The All Ordinaries Index closed seven points higher at 3,286.9 points and the SP/ASX 200 gained 7.2 points to 3,346.1. The All Industrials Index gained 18.2 points to 5,617.3 points but the All Resources Index suffered
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      736 25 AFP SET Index +£25 THAI share prices rose 1.7 per cent yesterday with bar-gain-hunting after a four-day holiday weekend benefiting banking stocks, brokers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index gained 5.25 points to 311.73. The SET 50 Index was up 0.44 of a point at 21.14.
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      731 25 AFP n Composite laiex -038 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.2 per cent down yesterday on profit-taking as stock investors awaited developments on the future of President Abdurrahman Wahid, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 0.86 of a point at 372.11. Volume came to 322.4 million
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      449 28 The welfare of children depends on how their mothers are treated, says a new study AP AN index that measures the status of mothers around the world put four Scandinavian countries at the top of the list. The bottom 10 nations are all in Africa. A
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      395 28 NEW DELHI Authorities turning blind eye to acts of brutality against them: Amnesty AFP FAR from halting acts of brutality against Indian women, authorities are often complicit in the violence or turn a blind eye, Amnesty International said in a new report on Tuesday. The
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      463 29  -  By' Vince Chong NEW Initiatives to improve productivity and efficiency in the building industry through the Design and Build (D&B) method were announced yesterday. Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of National Development, Associate Professor Koo Tsai Kee, said the changes will integrate various
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      532 31 DEVELOPEFV OWNER DISTRICT LOCATION SIZE TOTAL UNTTS NO. OF PfVCE TENURE (tqfl) LAUNCHED UNTTS SOLD (tpaf) "HT'WPfTTfP'Tl Abode at Devonshire TTH Devt 9 Devonshire Rd 1,012-2,756 26 4 1,288 FH No 1 Holt Rd Riyan Pte Ltd 10 Holt Rd 1,561-3,197 40 m 1,100 FH Holt
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      1110 30  - Home a fun haven to return to Architect Guz Wilkinson's nature-inspired designs also reflect his sense of fun, so his buildings are friendlier and have a more human face Byi Corinne Kerk HE sailed into Singapore waters on a 13metre yacht nine years ago, then found he couldn't leave because
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      951 32  -  There are a growing number of mortgagee sales at property auctions, but potential buyers are fighting shy of bidding B Andrea Tan WIfH the increasing number of mortgagee sales finding their way to property auctions, auctioneers should be having a field Right? Wrong, said auction directors
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      859 36  -  In the fast-changing 'e' world, what is successful today does not ensure your success tomorrow. No wonder business reincarnation has become the name of the game, says paulrath PAUL RATH Paul Rath is general manager of EMC South Asia eAWARDS the search for exemplary companies in Singapore with
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      1668 40  -  Dumas chin looks at how e-commerce is reinventing the way businesses are conducted DUMAS CHIN Dumas Chin is general manager, Business Customer Sales Organisation, HP Singapore ELECTRONIC commerce (e-commerce) seems to be everywhere these days. It's nearly impossible to open a newspaper or magazine
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      1061 41  -  tan choon seng dears up some common misconceptions about what e-commerce can and cannot do for your business TAN CHOON SENG Tan Choon Seng is vice-president and managing director, Asean Region, Compaq Computer Asia FROM the day e-commerce came to be, there has been an incessant
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      2391 42  -  Use it to transform the way you do business with your customers, partners, suppliers, and employees, john chambers tells you how JOHN CHAMBERS John Chambers is president and CEO, Cisco System, Inc IN TODAY'S highly competitive marketplace, it is more important than ever
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      110 41 The NOL Group would like to thank the Singapore eAwards for recognizing its e-commerce innovation with the 2001 eAward. APL is part of the NOL Group of companies. mm HL< rTJ2IK^ JA We've turned your computer and phone Why not use them to We're talking about the widest choice of
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      132 42 NOL Group would like to thank the Singapore eAwards for recognizing its e-commerce innovation with the 2001 eAward. APL Logistics is part of the NOL Group of companies. t I A thousand thanks. No, make that 5,000. All 5,000 of us at APL Logistics around the world take pride in
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      125 45 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose four points to 1,460, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained 14 pbints to 1,528, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) firmed 33 points to 9,433 and the Baltic Capes ize Index (BCI) was down six points to 1,803. TIME-GHAKTEHz ♦Snowden (built 1998)
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      412 45 Temporary aid proposed for European shipyards threatened by alleged unfair Korean practices AP [BRUSSELS, Belgium] The European Union's head office yesterday recommended filing a complaint against South Korea at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over unfair pricing practices in its shipbuilding industry.
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      334 45  -  M'sian port now handles over 90% of Danish line's transhipment services From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MAERSK Sealand, the world's biggest container shipping company, has given the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) on the southern tip of peninsular Malaysia another boost.
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      364 45  -  By\ Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Despite increasing speculation that container volumes will drop as economies slowdown, French line CMA CGM has steamed ahead with an upgrade to bigger and faster ships. Boasting the most powerful engine in the world, the first of CMA CGM's
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        439 46 Backlog of orders enongh to keep Korean yard folly occupied for next three years Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding, buoyed by new orders for LNG (liquefied natural gas) carriers, said it had raised its target for shipbuilding orders this year to
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        159 46  -  From] Evelyn Duffy in Perth ADSTEAM Marine's quest to become the world's biggest towage operator is now forging ahead after Australia's competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) indicated it would not intervene in the acquisition. Adsteam managing director David Ryan said the $500
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          104 46 [LONDON] Export orders placed at Japanese shipyards in March totalled 36 ships of 2.06 million gt, up 47 per cent from February and 164 per cent from March last year. While bulkers dominated the orderbook, particularly in the panamax range, the country's yards also picked up
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          88 46 [LONDON] US Coast Guard marine safety and environmental protection head Rear Admiral Robert North is retiring from the service after 35 years. Rear Adm North has overseen national and international policies and progfammes for commercial vessel safety, port safety and security, waterways management and marine
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          91 46 [LONDON] The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office has launched a digital lights list which it claims is the world's first CD based nautical publication with an automated weekly updated service. List editor Vernon Edwards says the new digital package eases the burden of manual correction, adding:
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      174 46 PAGE Appenship 5 Assets 5 Austral 6 BSA 7 B'tang Mas 6 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 CSAV 3 ft Central Ex 6 Cho Yang 5 China Shpg 5 ft Cougar 7 ft CWT GlobelinK 7 Delmas 4 Djak Lloyd 6 Dongnama 3 ECL 4 ECU
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      14212 52 THEBUSINESSTIMES Page 8 EXPORT THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2001 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Oesfn Name Name Number Number wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmummmmmmmmKHmmmmm To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoire 22/05 26/06 Delmas VILL DC TAURUS A43W 65-*****44 23/05 30/06 COSCO HOPE 0029W 65-*****00 29/05 03/07 Delmas VILLE DE AQUARIUS U43W
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        200 54 May 11 Denmark: General Prayer Day May 14 Finland: Mother's Day May 11 Thailand: Royal Ploughing Ceremony May 17 Norway: Constitution Day May 24 Belgium: Ascension Day Finland: Ascension Day Netherlands: Ascension Day Indonesia: Christ Ascension Day May 28 US: Spring Bank Holiday UK: Memorial Day Canada: Victoria
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        788 54 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        401 55 International passenger sales np, bnt domestic travel falls Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co, Asia's largest carrier, said cargo volumes fell 6.7 per cent in March as slowing economies sapped demand. Passenger demand was mixed for the month, with international sales rising and domestic
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        287 55 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways will start twicedaily nonstop flights between Hong Kong and New York on Sept 1, following the start of similar services by UAL Corp's United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc. Hong Kong's dominant carrier said in a statement it
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        255 55 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China Southwest Airlines Co, the country's fourth largest carrier, said it may choose to lease aircraft made by Europe's Airbus Industrie over rival Boeing Co to expand its fleet. China Southwest, based in Chengdu city in China's south-west Sichuan province,
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        189 55 AFP [LONDON] British Airways has admitted that its plans to get its grounded fleet of Concorde supersonic airliners back in the air have fallen behind schedule, the Financial Times reported. The British flag carrier admitted that it now had "no timescale"
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        404 55 Announcement may come this week as company wants staff to have more time to find homes: Dallas TV stations Bloomberg [DALLAS] Boeing Co, the world's biggest aircraft maker, may announce the decision to relocate its headquarters as early as today, two Dallas
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        273 55 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] European airlines passenger traffic rose 1 per cent irj March from a year ago as the world's economic slump led to a slowdown in the number of passengers flying long-haul, the Association of European Airlines said. Traffic on Far
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        338 55 Reuters [DHAKA] State-owned Bangladesh Biman Airlines said on Tuesday it would look at fresh ways to find a partner willing to take 40 per cent of its shares after last year's bid to attract foreign airlines failed. The national flag carrier may
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        551 56  -  A software provider has come up with a solution which promises to ease the painful process faced by companies in a product recall and other supply chain challenges, reports jumeijii JUNE LIM POOD and mouth disease in the UK, benzene in Perrier water,
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        282 56  -  By\ P T Bangsberg [SINGAPORE] DHL Worldwide Express released an upgraded version of its EasyShip v 4, a desktop PC-based shipment management system. It operates on the Windows platform to broaden access for customers wanting to automate shipment processes. "Customers have the capability
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        192 56 [SINGAPORE] Logistics giant Gulf Agency Company (GAC) will add a new regional information technology development centre and airport facility to its existing Thailand operations. The expansion will involve a two-fold increase in staff and an advanced warehouse system for the company which currently handles logistics
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