The Business Times, 22 May 2001

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 S I N.G A P O R [Ef j Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2001 85C
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    78 1 Dsn MNJK+4.OS) BT-SBI 664J1 (+3.62) »ST INDEX FUTURES MMLOO (unch) SDKSCI FUTURES aoej (-0.70) STOCK MARKET INDICES Friday Change KLSE COMP 554.36 -3J0 NIKKEI 225 14.17&83 +299.06 HANG SENG 13,***** —+***** SET INDEX ***** -2.43 JAKARTA COMP 380.38 +3.58 MANILA COMP 1,451.76 +3.14 TAIPEI WPI i958.61 -153.06 SEOUL
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    80 1 FOREX SATES us$ s$ USS (SS per USS) 1.812 £(USS/SS per 1.437 2.605 EURO(USS/SS/E) 0.876 1587 DM 2.233 1232 YEN 123.2 68.00 RM 3.800 2.097 HKS 7.800 4.305 BAHT 45.62 25.17 RUPIAH 11,455 6,322 *SS to 100 units PRIME SATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA ..39.00 BANGKOK 9.50
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    Lock icon DBS Bank's home-loan NPLs reduced to 1.6%
    678 1  -  P Takeover of high-quality POSBank assets played a major part By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The asset quality of DBS Bank has improved substantially, and the takeover of POSBank played a major part, according to newly-disclosed figures on non-performing loans (NPLs). Singapore's biggest
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    Lock icon Japanese trade surplus plunges 42% in April
    752 1  -  Exports to Asia fall; growing 'reverse imports' adding to deflationary pressures From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S trade surplus plunged dramatically in April as exports to Asia fell, while imports from the region continued to climb, the Ministry of Finance announced yesterday. The
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    Lock icon Optus independent directors push for SingTel offer
    845 1  -  They say the share and cash option is closest to being'fair' By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] The independent directors of Cable Wireless Optus have recommended that Optus shareholders accept Singapore Telecommunications' offer to buy the company's shares. They said in a letter to
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      70 1 ongpg Top Stories Vickers HK in dispute over derivative transaction. Pg4 Brieriey to sell stake in James Hardie. Pg 7 Snags still to be ironed out in US-Spore FTA talks. Pg 11 Due diligence in IT: rude wake-up call for venure capitalists. Pg 12 Richard Li may have to retrench
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      30 1 The with a tidal wave of reforms, new technology and What are the players doing and what's in it for the consumer? Find out in Banking Finance. With BT tomorrow.
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      112 1 f.e»! H™ Shih Housing loan war gets hotter 10 MSCI revamp CE soars, I ittle impact on other stocks Next Page Jb jQ J^UfL t' ajgir JKffgp* > ;sy, v jr Wl* |y Wt. u^^^flpftjr js^j^»«» < HAD DV WTMQTHM full Classic proportions and graceful ergonomic lines that fit perfectly
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      22 1 Sing Tel again wooing Time dot Com: source, Next Page Hock Lock Slew: Should Sing Tel try taking over CyberWorks now? Pg4
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Ride in aid of Aids patients
        140 2 ACTION for Aids (AFA) is holding its biennial cyclethon, Riding for Life 2001, to help raise funds for people living with HIV/Aids. This year's seven-day event starts in Kota Bahru, Malaysia, on June 4, and ends 900 km later in Singapore on June 10.
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        Lock icon Watch TV for the (DBS) news
        62 2 WHEN DBS staff want to know what's going on in the group, they turn on the television. DBS-TV, an in-house corporate communications channel, was launched last year and has proved to be simple yet effective. Styled after the popular American current affairs programme 60
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        Lock icon Chuck says it's time to move on
        100 2 DBS Group Holdings' managing director for corporate relations, Charles "Chuck" Newton, has decided to call it quits by August. "I'm a builder, not a manager, and the building is largely done," Mr Newton, 55, was quoted by Bloomberg as saying. "The goal was
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      Lock icon OCBC denies taking insurer GE private
      346 2  -  It quashes market talk that drove GE to record high despite MSCI exclusion By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] OCBC Bank yesterday poured cold water on speculation that it would soon divest its cross-share-holdings through subsidiary Great Eastern Holdings and take the insurer private. "OCBC Bank
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      Lock icon SingTel wooing Time dotCom once again
      529 2  -  It is also exploring opportunities with 2 M'sian cellular operators From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE Telecommunications Ltd (Sing Tel) has renewed its interest in Time dot Com although the Singapore giant is said to be exploring opportunities with two Malaysian cellular operators
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      Lock icon Local bourse little affected by MSCI's changes
      577 2  -  MS& REVAMP Domestic economy, corporate fundamentals of greater concern By Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE! The widely expected changes to the MSCI indices had little effect on the Singapore stock market yesterday, as local concerns over economic health and corporate earnings put a damper
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      Lock icon US GAAP for S'pore firms with SGX, US listings?
      488 2  -  Creative, Chartered, ST Assembly expected to benefit By] Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] Locally-incor-porated companies that are listed here and in the US may soon be allowed to just use US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), if the government accepts a recommendation by
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Vickers in HK dispute over derivative transaction
      474 4  -  Market source puts nominal valne of trade at HKs6om From Quak Hiang Whai in Hong Kong VICKERS Ballas Holdings, which is expected to complete its merger with DBS Securities next week, is embroiled in a multi-million dollar dispute over a derivative-related transaction at
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      Lock icon Should SingTel try taking over CyberWorks now?
      682 4  -  lock siew lee han shih HOW that Singapore Telecom is almost sure of getting Optus of Australia, what can it do for an encore? Well, it could take over its arch rival, Pacific Century CyberWorks. The deal would, of course, cost another bundle
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      Lock icon Chartered's CEO exercises 940,000 share options
      344 4  -  Barry W&ite's direct interest in company is now 0.176% By Serena Ng CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing's chief executive Barry Waite last week exercised 940,000 of his share options at $3.34 each, raising his direct interest in Chartered to 0.176 per cent. The options were exercised
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      Lock icon Merrill issues new derivative on DBS shares
      297 4  -  Investors eqjoy high returns when stock market is flat or consolidating By' Ven Sreenivasan MERRILL Lynch is issuing Europeanstyle yield enhanced structured (YES) certificate on DBS Group shares. The issue will be lead managed by OCBC Securities. The YES, whose issue size is
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      Lock icon SingTel gives up M1 chase
      372 4 Bnt takeover of Optus gets nod from Optus independent directors Reuters SINGAPORE Telecommunications Ltd has decided not to pursue a takeover of Mobile One Asia Pte Ltd (Ml), the city-state's No 2 mobile phone operator, Sing Tel Mobile chief Lucas Chow said yesterday. "We have
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      Lock icon SIAEC sees turnover growth of 10-15%; order books still strong
      703 5  -  Sats should maintain current profit, barring a more severe slowdown By I Serena Ng SINGAPORE Airlines' unit SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) said yesterday it expects turnover growth of 10 to 15 per cent in the current financial year ending March
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      Lock icon M&C Hotels ties up with German hotel chain
      428 5  -  Moves gives both parties penetration of new markets By Kalpana Rashiwala MILLENNIUM Copthorne Hotels (M&C) yesterday announced its first global strategic marketing alliance, teaming up with a 39-hotel German chain boasting 10,550 rooms. The alliance with the Maritim chain enables the two
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      Lock icon Raffles appoints Chong Kee Hiong as VP,CFO
      187 5 Bloomberg RAFFLES Holdings Ltd, a Singapore-based hotel operator, said it appointed Chong Kee Hiong as vice-president and chief financial officer. Mr Chong replaces Quek Kar Tung, who has left the company. Raffles, about 60 per cent owned by CapitaLand Ltd, South-east Asia's largest
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      Lock icon Twinwood to reduce purchase of Microcon
      263 5 It will now boy 44J8% of Indian firm, not 89% SESDAQ-listed Twinwood Engineering yesterday said it is cutting back on its acquisition of India-based Microcon group to 44.8 per cent instead of the previously announced 89 per cent. Twinwood, which was taken over by
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      Lock icon SIA shares weak on lack of earnings visibility
      500 5 Reuters SHARES of Singapore Airlines (SIA) were soggy yesterday, with investors ignoring its 33 per cent profit jump on lack of earnings visibility as its results were bogged down by high fuel costs and a slowing world economy. Some traders said the
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      Lock icon Brierley to sell stake in James Hardie
      352 7  -  It will sell 28.7% stake in cement building products maker for Ass67m; sees As234m gain By\ Marissa Chew BRIERLEY Investments Ltd yesterday said it will sell its 28.7 per cent stake in cement building products maker James Hardie Industries for A 5567 million
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      Lock icon Serial to issue $600,000 worth of shares to VP
      235 7 Share issue comes nnder a patent and technology deal SERIAL System said yesterday it plans to issue 1.58 million new shares worth $600,000 to Michael Anh Nguyen, vice-president of the company's business development division, under a patent and technology agreement. The
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      Lock icon First trade on SGXAccess made by Morgan Stanley
      184 7 SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) yesterday announced the first trade in its securities market through the SGXAccess trading system. Executing the trade was Morgan Stanley Asia (Singapore) Securities Pte Ltd, the first SGX Securities Trading (SGX-ST) member company to do so. SGX's new SGXAccess
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      Lock icon SingTel Mobile, Pizza Hut tie up
      302 7 SINGAPOREANS can soon get discounts off their pizzas through their mobile phones, thanks to Sing Tel Mobile and Tricon Restaurants, which owns the Pizza Hut restaurant chain. All they have to do is send in their basic data via SMS to Tricon's promotional number.
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      Lock icon DBS preference shares snapped up well ahead of close
      187 7 DBS Bank yesterday said its preferred share issue of $1.1 billion has been fully subscribed, ahead of its close on Thursday. The issue comprised a $150 million retail tranche offered through the bank's ATMs and a $950 million placement tranche for
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      Lock icon Globe Telecom, Nera sign US$21.7m contract
      201 7 GLOBE Telecom Inc has signed a U5521.68 million transmission networks contract with Nera Telecommunications Ltd for the capacity expansion of its cellular phone network. The contract involves the installation of high capacity synchronous digital hierarchy microwave radios for its Luzon and Visayas BSS access
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      213 4 Total Enterprise Automation A full value-packed programme comprising a cluster of three showcases that will present you with Exhibition A solutions demonstration on the complete integration of manufacturing, process and control automation, logistics and distribution. Total A platform for manufacturers and end- jjta§KPrise_A__^^^^^^ S A i users to embrace new
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      101 5 1- i 1 rt <J| If 4■ 'J-,-|ipl GIOVANNI l|g CLASS ICO 'v i wmte* Famed Master Chef,' Giovanni Greggio of Nicholini's Hong Kong, twice the recipient of the "Best Italian V Restaurant Abroad" Award from the President of Italy, is creating Northern Italian magic at The Fullerton. r Gala
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Market drifts as investors focus on economic outlook
      615 6  -  I=ll comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE state of the economy rather than the announcement of changes to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) index hung heaviest over the local bourse yesterday. Indeed, the market largely brushed aside the weekend revelation that Singapore's
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      Lock icon SCS rating downgraded to 'hold'
      232 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Computer Systems (SCS) shares fell sharply yesterday after Saturday's announcement by Morgan Stanley Capital International that the stock would be removed from its closely watched index for Singapore. SCS finished 14 cents or 8 per cent down at $1.68
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      Lock icon Want Want wrt: downside limited
      170 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By' Ven Sreenivasan THE warrant of Taiwanese food maker Want Want Holdings was among the top percentage gainers yesterday. The instrument gained 10 per cent, or 2.5 US cents, to 28 US cents. A total of 71,000 units changed hands. The underlying stock
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      Lock icon Taiwan dollar hammered to 31-month low
      549 6  -  Kjfcomment CURRENCIES Gold, oil prices soar; rnpiah pressured by another Indonesian political standoff larry wee A SHARP jump in oil and gold prices was the stand-out feature in Asian financial markets yesterday, apart from the normally staid Taiwan dollar being hammered to a 31-month
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      322 6 Stocks Vohn> Unidux 6c 44,680,000 TPVUSlc 26,501,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 11,817,000 AddvalTech 2.5c 9,437,000 Autron 9,189,000 SingTel 15c 8,068,000 NOL 6,810,000 People's Food HGK 50c 6,736,000 Lankom US2c 6,484,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 6,270,000 Stocks SIA 37,543,652 Chart Semiconductor 26c 35,386,792 Datacraft 10c 25,292,888 (JOB 24,408,300 DBSGrp 19,768,794 City Dev
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2824 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager's prices (Ss)May 22 <birdwn Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNCFd 0.791 0.831 Global Technology Fd!** 0.721 0.758 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.796 0.837 American Opport Fd 0.881 0.926 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 1.112 1.168 JapanEqtyFd!** 1.259 1.323 Asian Fixed Income Fd 1.101 1.135
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Let CPF be used for property deposit: SICC
      547 8  -  lst-time home buyers in particular should be allowed to do so: Patrick Wale By Eugene Low The Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC) has called for the government to allow the use of CPF funds for making downpayments when buying private residential
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      Lock icon Credit Suisse poaches 8 private bankers from rival
      182 8  -  The new recruits come from JPMorganChase Private Bank By Serena Ng CREDIT Suisse Private Banking (CSPB) Singapore has just hired eight private bankers from rival JPMorganChase Private Bank, to add to its team of around 170 private bankers based here in its
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      Lock icon Barclays sees rate of inflation falling
      284 8  -  the economy outlook By, Anna Teo OVERCAPACITY in the property and retail sectors is injecting deflationary pressure into the economy, reinforcing the current trend towards disinflation, a Barclays Capital report on Singapore notes. The consumer price index, which rose 1.7 per cent in the
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      Lock icon More Maybank Visa rewards
      151 8 MAYBANK Singapore yesterday launched a new rewards programme Topaz Club for its Visa card members. "Topaz Club will not be just an ordinary reward programme, as it seeks to turn risks usually borne by card members into rewards to be enjoyed," said Maybank Singapore's assistant general
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      Lock icon ERP rates revised for holidays
      184 8 THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) has adjusted electronic road pricing (ERP) rates from May 28 to June 22 for the coming school holidays. Rates at most of the gantries will decrease, except at the slip road from the Pan-Is-land Expressway (PIE) into the Central Expressway
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      Lock icon Speta taking part in this year's Metal Asia trade show
      227 8  -  By Trina Foo THE region's longest-running machine tool, metalworking and industrial machinery exhibition, Metal Asia, opens today till Friday. It showcases about 800 international participants from over 36 countries. Members of the Singapore Precision Engineering and Tooling Association (Speta) will
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      417 8 BBR BBR HOLDINGS (S) LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT PROPOSED RENOUNCEABLE NON-UNDERWRITTEN RIGHTS ISSUE OF 300,000,000 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.05 EACH (THE "RIGHTS SHARES") IN THE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY AT AN ISSUE PRICE OF $0.05 FOR EACH RIGHTS SHARE ON THE BASIS OF ONE (1)
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      95 8 mm |V» Li Companies can nominate themselves by completing the official nomination form. Companies must be home-grown, privately-owned and incorporated under Singapore's Companies Act (1994 Revised I Edition), with three years of audited statements. V 1 Nominqtion forms are available at Enterprise 50 Secretariat, c/o Accenture 152 Beach Rd 19-00
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      Lock icon Use a mix of measures for executive pay
      671 9  -  Mak Yuen Teen Singapore I REFER to your editorial "Executive pay and performance" (BT, May 18). The article rightly pointed out the importance of distinguishing between executive and non-executive directors, and the importance of linking executive pay and performance. However, there are
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      Lock icon Raffles directors' pay My explained at AGM
      586 9  -  Clarence Fu Director, Investor Relations Raffles Holdings Limited I REFER to the letter "Raffles Holdings should be more forthcoming" by Peter Kwok Kian Tow (Mailbag, May 21). We are puzzled by Mr Kwok's letter and his assertion of our apparent silence over the
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      64 9 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. Pleaseuse temperate language, and bear in mind libel laws.
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Look out — the home ban war is about to get hotter
      738 10  - Look out the home ban war is about to get hotter i-< comment property A now law has opened up fresh opportunities tor banks to drum up more business lee han shih IF YOU think the competition for housing loans is fierce, you ain't seen nothin' yet. Last week, Parliament
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      Lock icon 180 units sold at The Eden over last weekend
      426 10  -  This is better than average response of 30-50 twits By' Vince Chong IN one brisk weekend, 180 homes were sold at The Eden. The sales at the executive condominium (EC) at Tampines over the last weekend is in contrast to the
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  • FTA talks
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      Lock icon Snags to be ironed out in US-S'pore talks
      1000 11  -  The recent removal of Singapore from the US watchlist of intellectual property rights violators is expected to smoothen this week's FTA talks, reports chuamg peck mm CHUANG PECK MING Because they mean a lot to the United States, intellectual property rights (IPR)
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      Lock icon US chamber in S'pore supports 'fast track' authority for Bush
      311 11  -  It helps US govt to act more quickly to free up global markets, say advocates Byi Chuang Peck Ming the Busn government s enorts to secure Congressional approval for trade promotion authority—or "fast-track" authority to negotiate free-trade deals before the
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      215 11 i Fi Asia 2001 Exhibition 11 a 0 tfiJC Exhibition of products and services in and 11 relating to food ingredients such as II 9 i 0 ji 7A sweeteners, enzymes, proteins, oils, starches, 11 J A/\ M stabilisers, cocoa, colours, flavours, aromas, 11 P/jM 2001 and spices etc II
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      508 11 MSSK&'--' cfflswanmioiiw es much right to be as anyone else. Stereotypes block women's Senator for New York Former First Lady of the United St^ofSjSea BE AT THE PREMIER WOAfEJKr Gain from Networking and OF THE YEA* Pledge and Experiences Official Opening Keynote Address by: Closing Address by: H.E. DR ALINE
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon A 'healing' president's tall order in Manila
      749 12  -  OPINION bottom line al labita The writer isßT's Manila correspondent THE opposition's strong showing in the Philippines' general election on May 14 easts a pall on President Gloria Arroyo's fledgling government An officially sanctioned "quick count" of the May 14 vote showed Ms
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      110 12 'What would happen after a terror attack in which, God forbid, 20 people were killed? An atomic bomb on Ramallah?' Dortm Rosenbhi an Israeli columnist writing in the daily, Haaretz, on Israel's first use of US-supplied F-16fighter jets in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict last Friday. The message to
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      Lock icon Hong Kong vs Shanghai
      693 12 EDITORIAL IT has become customary for many Hong Kongers to dismiss the rising challenge from Shanghai to its claim to continue being China's top financial centre. Hong Kong's government and business elite routinely cite the four pillars that supposedly underpin Hong Kong's advantages over its rival.
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      Lock icon Due diligence in IT: rude wake-up call for VCs
      1015 12  -  The industry is aghast at how elipva's Dennis Lee seems to have taken so many for a ride for so long From. Jennifer Lien The writer is BT's Silicon Valley correspondent in Silicon Valley TO many people, the Internet economy is
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      Lock icon It figures — head-in-the-sand logic
      962 12  - It figures head-in-the-sand logic COMMENTARY What's roaring? Japan's carmakers or the US deficit? By\ Patrick Smith The writer is a longtime correspondent abroad and the author most recently of 'Japan: A Reinterpretation' Bloomberg SOME numbers from the Japanese automakers, weren't they? The only statistics published before last weekend that were
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon MSCI revamp unlikely to spur KL govt action
      376 13 KUALA LUMPUR Govt has more pressing issues like slowing economy: analysts Reuters MALAYSIA'S mauling in Morgan Stanley Capital International's revision of widely followed stock indices is unlikely to spur much action from a government facing a slowing economy, analysts said yesterday. Provisional
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      Lock icon Re-think on light rail revamp
      241 13 KUALALUMPUR AFX-Asia THE Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee (CDRC) is re-drawing plans to restructure the light rail transit system in view of changing market conditions, CDRC chairman C Rajandram said. "Some rethinking of the structure is being looked at. At this point of time, we are
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      Lock icon When royalty comes calling
      54 13 [KUALA LUMPUR] British Prince Andrew being shown around an Islamic arts museum yesterday. Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, is in Malaysia on a four-day visit, which ends today. Singapore forms the next leg of his tour. Theprince will call on Prime Minister GohChok Tong tomorrow
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      Lock icon M'sian economy seen recovering by year-end
      284 13 KUALA LUMPUR Minister says at the latest, recovery will come by middle of '02 AFP THE government expects Malaysia's economy to recover by year-end or at the latest by the middle of next year, a deputy minister said yesterday. Deputy International Trade and Industry
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    • MALAYSIA Briefs
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        Lock icon UMW's Q1 gain jumps threefold
        49 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] UMW Holdings yesterday predicted a rosy year ahead after reporting a threefold jump in first quarter net profit. Net profit rose to RM23.97 million (5511.4 million) during the first three months of2ool from RM8.19 million in the same period last year.—Reuters
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        Lock icon Danaharta shortlists four int'l banks
        48 13 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Danaharta, Malaysia's bad debt agency, has shortlisted four international banks to arrange an asset-backed securities deal backed by rehabilitated loans. It is considering proposals from Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank AG, Merrill Lynch Co and one other bank. AP
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        Lock icon RAM rates 19 bond issues worth RM5.5b
        54 13 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Rating Agency Malaysia Bhd (RAM) rated a total of 19 bond issues worth RM5.5 billion (552.6 billion) in the five months to May compared to six issues worth RM2.B billion a year earlier, The Star yesterday quoted chairman Abdul Khalid
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        38 13 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] EON Bank Bhd is currently in negotiations to acquire two stockbroking firms as part of its strategy to become a comprehensive banking group, bank chairman Mohd Saleh Sulong said. —AFX-Asia
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      536 14 JAKARTA Lending will not resume until recommendations are followed AP THE International Monetary Fund said yesterday it will not resume lending to Indonesia until the country amends its controversial central bank law in line with advice from an independent panel of advisers. Indonesia
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      Lock icon Judgement day moves ever closer for Gus Dur
      414 14 Support for impeachment hearing grows Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's increasingly isolated President Abdurrahman Wahid moved closer yesterday to losing his job as support for an impeachment hearing grew and his popular deputy and the military made veiled attacks on his leadership. Vice-President Megawati
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      Lock icon Suharto better leader than his successors: survey
      140 14 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] Former president Suharto is considered a better leader than incumbent Abdurrahman Wahid, according to a readers' poll conducted by the Media Indonesia daily. He outshone his successors, B J Habibie and Mr Abdurrahman, in six categories, according to the poll 0f950
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      367 14  -  Promt Al Labita in Manila A BUYING frenzy yesterday sent Philippine National Bank (PNB) shares soaring on news the government wants to regain control of the bank from Chinese taipan Lucio Tan. Paced by foreign funds, the deluge of buy orders drove
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      378 14 JAKARTA Letter attesting this fact received from Brunei ambassador AFP A CONTROVERSIAL US$2 million donation from the Sultan of Brunei was a personal gift to Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid as an individual, a prosecutor said yesterday. The fund, the disbursement of which
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        64 14 AFP [MANILA] Foreign investors will stay away from the Philippines unless President Gloria Arroyo convinces Congress to pass a long-delayed power reform bill, Energy Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho said yesterday. The bill seeks to sell off the generating assets of state-run National Power Corp to
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        65 14 AFP [MANILA] Philippine authorities will pursue allies of deposed leader Joseph Estrada believed to be behind a failed power grab despite reconciliation moves by President Gloria Arroyo, her spokesman said yesterday. State prosecutors are continuing to compile evidence on several key personalities allegedly behind the May
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        66 14 AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] Seven Members of Parliament from five political parties, including the ruling Thai Rak Thai Party, will be removed from office after Thailand's Election Commission (EC) found them guilty of corruption, an official said. A by-election will be held by the end of
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        Lock icon Manulife Indonesia innocent: Gus Dur
        75 14 AFP Reuters, [JAKARTA] Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid said yesterday the local unit of Canada's biggest life insurer Manulife Financial Corp, embroiled in a protracted share purchase dispute, was innocent of any wrongdoing. Attorney-General Marzuki Darusman yesterday said that his office is planning to halt its
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      Lock icon Taiwan dollar hits 30-month low
      635 15 Stocks dive 3% in near panic selling traders say the central bank has given np defending NTS Bloomberg, AFP [TAIPEI] The Taiwan dollar slumped to its lowest level in more than 2-1/2 years and stocks tumbled as traders reported the central bank abandoned its defence
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      Lock icon Richard Li may have to retrench staff this year
      538 15  -  But there will be no massive 'US-style' layoffs, he says From Audrey Tan in Hong Kong PACIFIC Century CyberWorks chairman Richard Li yesterday hinted that he may have to lay off staff this year, as the loss-making company seeks to cut
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      Lock icon China's B share indices surge to new highs
      446 15 SHANGHAI Bloomberg CHINA'S foreign-currency shares rallied yesterday on a report the securities watchdog will allow domestic investors to buy Class B shares through initial public offerings. Shanghai Tyre Rubber Co paced advances. The China Securities Regulatory Commission will soon let citizens buy
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        Lock icon Hong Kong starts poultry cull
        55 15 AFP [HONGKONG] Hong Kong authorities yesterday started a two-week operation to slaughter an estimated one million poultry at farms after a new outbreak of deadly avian influenza. The cull will cover 208 farms rearing chicken, pigeons and quail, although there was no evidence yet of
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        Lock icon Mobile stake for Taiwan Fixed Network
        59 15 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan Fixed Network Ltd paid NT$l7.2 billion (Ss94l million) for an 11.7 per cent stake in Taiwan Cellular Corp, the island's biggest mobile phone company. Grand Cathay Securities Corp bought 429 million Taiwan Cellular shares yesterday, at an average price of NT540.29
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        52 15 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian left yesterday for a five-nation tour of Latin America via the United States a stopover certain to anger China. Mr Chen, accompanied by his wife, departed from the northern Chiang Kai-shek airport on board an EVA Airways Boeing
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      Lock icon Stockbroker Ketan Parekh out on bail
      131 15 BOMBAY Bloomberg INDIAN stockbroker Ketan Parekh, at the centre of the country's worst financial scandal in a decade, was yesterday released on bail of 500,000 rupees (5519,500) by a Bombay court. Parekh was arrested March 30 by federal investigators on charges of fraud that
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      Lock icon India to pay Dabhol 170b rupees for closure?
      313 15 BOMBAY Dabhol serves termination notice to electricity board Bloomberg INDIA'S federal and state governments may have to pay Dabhol Power Co more than 170 biUion rupees (556.4 billion) if the Enron Corp unit carries through termination of a 2,184 megawatt power venture.
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      426 15  -  Front Shada Islam in Brussels EUROPEAN Union governments, bolstered by last month's groundbreaking EU visit to North Korea, hope to use a key meeting in Beijing this week to revitalise links with other Asian nations. EU foreign ministers attending an Asia Europe Meeting
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      Lock icon Vivendi to buy MP3.com for US$372m
      529 16 NEW YORK MP3.com could become part of Duet music subscription service Vivendi plans to launch this summer with Sony Music Reuters FRENCH media giant Vivendi Universal said on Sunday that it will buy its one-time legal foe MP3.com Inc for about US$372 million in
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      Lock icon Software piracy up in 2000, says trade group
      229 16 WASHINGTON AP SOFTWARE piracy grew in 2000 for the first time in more than half a decade and 37 per cent of the programs used by businesses worldwide are illegal copies, a trade group of software makers reported yesterday. The worldwide dollar
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      Lock icon HP programme to recycle old products
      320 16 AP [PALO ALTO, California] HewlettPackard Co, the second-biggest computer maker, said it started a programme to recycle old personal computers, printers and related gear. The initiative, run out of a 200,000sq ft Hewlett-Packard site in Roseville, California, begins today. The company hopes to get
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      Lock icon Semicon slump deepening: Philips
      349 16 BARCELONA Worldwide sales down 4J> per cent in March Bloomberg ROYAL Philips Electronics NV, Europe's largest consum-er-electronics maker, said its semiconductor unit is being hurt by a "deepening" indus-try-wide slump, an executive said. "Recent semiconductor industry statistics are showing that the slump in the in dustry
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      Lock icon Hynix plans to raise 1.8t won in foreign funds
      196 16 SEOUL AFP THE world's second largest microchip producer, Hynix Semiconductor Inc, launched a crucial fund-raising campaign yesterday to avoid a credit crisis. Hynix hopes to raise 1.8 trillion won (552.5 billion) in foreign funds by issuing global depositary receipts (GDRs) and
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      Lock icon IBM's new disk design will let hard drives hold more data
      342 16 SAN JOSE, California AP THE days of 400-gigabyte hard drives in desktop PCs may be closer than most computer users realise. IBM Corp says it has cracked a barrier in disk drive design a breakthrough that would eventually quadruple
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        Lock icon Motorola wins China Unicom deals
        47 16 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Motorola Inc said it won US$l4l million in cellular phone contracts from China United Telecommunications (Unicom), China's second-largest mobile phone company, a week after it won US$4O7 million in orders from the same client for a rival cellular technology. Bloomberg
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        Lock icon DoCoMo not in talks for Smart
        40 16 Bloomberg [MANILA] NTT DoCoMo Inc denied a Philippine Daily Inquirer report that it is in talks to buy as much as 40 per cent of Smart Communications Inc from Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.—Bloomberg
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        44 16 Reuters [NEW YORK] Intel Corp is expected to roll out a line of advanced chips and a new advertising campaign to promote the company's prowess in high-end systems, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition yesterday.—Reuters
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        Lock icon Nikon expects 52% fall in net income
        64 16 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nikon Corp said profit will fall by half in the current fiscal year as customers such as NEC Corp cut the pace of their orders for chipmaking equipment in the year just ended. Nikon expects group net income to fall 52
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      Lock icon MSCI's changes seen affecting Europe more than other regions
      604 17 Analysts expect re-weightings to resnlt in as mnch as USss7ob in shares changing hands Bloomberg, Reuters [LONDON] Changes to the world's most widely watched stock indexes from Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc will likely affect Europe more than any other region,
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      49 17 [YAKUTSK] A man holds his pig as he rows in a dinghy in the flooded Siberian city of Yakutsk yesterday. Floodwaters closed in on Yakutsk, engulfing homes in outlying districts, while air force planes flew missions to blast massive icefloes blocking the river. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Credit Suisse Ist quarter net down by 25%
      392 17 ZURICH Assets under management up; CSFB disappoints Reuters CREDIT Suisse Group said yesterday its first-quarter net profit fell as expected by 25 per cent to 1.428 billion Swiss francs (551.48 billion) due to difficult markets, but assets under management rose slightly. The
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      Lock icon Toys R Us suffers Q1 loss of US$18m
      269 17 Reuters [PARAMUS, New Jersey] Toys R Us Inc, the No 2 US seller of toys behind WalMart Stores Inc, yesterday posted a wider-than-expected fiscal first-quarter loss, as it reversed a year-earlier profit amid disruptions from store enhancements, which hit comparable store sales.
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      Lock icon Tokyo-Mitsubishi unit to face penalties?
      224 17 TokyoMitsubishi unit to face penalties? TOKYO Bloomberg BANK of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd's brokerage unit may face penalties after driving down the price of a stock to avoid making payments to its clients, Japanese regulators said. The unit of the world's sixth-biggest bank will be notified of the case as early as
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      Lock icon P&G to buy Clairol for US$5b in cash
      438 17 CINCINNATI Acquisition of hair care firm would be P&G's largest ever AP PROCTER Gamble Co is buying Clairol for U554.95 billion in cash in a deal that would give the consumer products giant a bigger position in the hair colouring business that
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      Lock icon UK Q1 goods trade deficit readies 300-year high
      489 17 Reuters [LONDON] Britain suffered a global goods trade deficit of £7.7 billion (Ss2o billion) in the first quarter of this year, the worst figure since records began in 1697. National Statistics said the first quarter deficit was up from £7.6 billion in
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      Lock icon Brit Tel's German execs to quit as cash call hits stock
      349 17 FRANKFURT They disagree with parent company over future direction of Viaglnterkom Reuters THE head of British Telecommunications Pic's German subsidiary Viag Interkom and one of his top aides are set to resign in a row with BT that casts
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      Lock icon Bass group to buy HK hotel for £241m
      433 18 LONDON The luxury 514-room Regent will be renamed Hotel Inter-Gentinental Reuters, Bloomberg BRITISH hotels and pubs group Bass Pic, which is looking to expand its hotels business after the sale of its beer division, said yesterday it was paying £241 million (*****
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      Lock icon Gold surge not seen as sign of accelerating inflation
      517 18  -  Industrial, agri commodity markets still weak From Neil Behrman in London WEAK industrial and agricultural commodity markets are contradicting the view that last week's sudden gold surge is a portent of accelerating inflation. The metal yesterday posted its biggest gain in
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      660 18 CHICAGO Survey shows plans for manufacturers slowest since 1980s Reuters US company hiring plans for the third quarter are the slowest in nearly a decade because of the economic dbwnturn and, in the hard-hit manufacturing sector, it is the slowest
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      Lock icon Lucent to decide on talks with Alcatel this week
      451 19 NEW YORK Merger plan may face obstacles due to US national security concerns FT THE Lucent Technologies board meets this week to decide whether to enter formal negotiations with Alcatel of France but any deal could meet formidable obstacles. Washington is
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      Lock icon Barclays paying poached Deutsche staff US$100m
      334 19 Most of the 12 believed to be getting 50% more than they received at Deutsche FT [LONDON] Barclays Capital, the investment banking arm of Barclays Bank, the UK clearer, is understood to have offered packages worth a total of around US$lOO million to a
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      558 19 ■< LONDON Bloomberg EUROPE AN banks, which relied on the securities business for profit the past five years, are reporting lower earnings as declining stock prices cut into trading and investment banking fees. ÜBS AG, Europe's fourthbiggest bank, and ABN Amro Holding NV,
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      Lock icon Biggest Aussie corporate failure under probe
      350 19 CANBERRA Assoom rescue scheme won't cover clients of HIH Insurance's overseas units AFP A ROYAL commission will investigate the collapse of the HIH Insurance company in Australia's biggest corporate failure, Prime Minister John Howard announced yesterday. The government also announced that a special Assoo
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      120 19 AP [CANNES] Italy's Nanni Morettipunched the air and removed his glasses to wipe away a tear after his tenderly tragic The Son's Room won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Although the Palme d'Or was crossing the French border, locals also had plenty to
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      575 19 TEHERAN They say new forum is not an attempt to exploit consumers Reuters THE world's top gas powers wrapped up their first-ever gathering on Sunday by stressing the need for close cooperation between gas exporters to ensure supply security for the benefit of producers
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      282 20  -  SGX Derivatives Trading Report ST Index/MSCI STpore lodes Wong Ann Chuen Refco Singapore Pte Ltd SINGAPORE stocks traded mixed yesterday. The benchmark Straits Times Index ended up 4.05 points, or 0.24 per cent, at 1,666.69, as 16 counters gained, 20 lost and 16 were unchanged.
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      226 20  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Wong Ann Chuen Refco Singapore Pte Ltd TAIWAN stocks fell yesterday after Morgan Stanley Capital International reduced the island's weighting in its new indices. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index lost 5.05 points, or 2.17 per cent, to close at 228.14 points. Turnover
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      222 20 Reuters THE euro fell more than half a per cent against the US dollar and set one-week troughs against the yen yesterday after Germany, Italy and France were among the main country losers in a reweighting of global equity indices. The yen benefited the most, adding about a
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      Lock icon HK surges 1.9% as investors ignore MSCI re-weighting
      2840 21 HONG KONG AFP +262.09 HONG Kong share prices rose 1.9 per cent yesterday in a technical rebound, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 262.09 points to close at 13,721.27 on a turnover of HK$B.6l billion. Dealers said market players have
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      2072 21 TOKYO AFP SHARE prices in Tokyo rose 2.2 per cent yesterday as investors started to buy back hi-tech shares after major companies released their financial results last week, dealers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 Index closed up 299.06 points at 14,176.83. The Topix
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      1239 21 Reuters Blades +1L92 CHINA'S hard currency B shares rose yesterday as Chinese investors piled into laggards, hoping to ride a market rally through early June, fuelled by expectations of more liquidity. The Shenzhen B Share Index rose 2.95 per cent, or 11.92 points, to end at a record closing
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      385 21 AFP CiWPMn -153J6 TAIWAN share prices dived 3 per cent yesterday to breach the support level of 5,000 points on near panic selling triggered by a report recommending a steep depreciation of the Taiwan dollar, dealers said. The Weighted Price Index fell 153.06 points to close at 4,958.61, on
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      399 22 AFP. AFX-Asia Q Composite Index 430 MALAYSIAN share prices closed 0.6 per cent lower yesterday on a general lack of interest, dealers said. The cut in Malaysia's weightings in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) indices had only a muted impact, the dealers
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      307 23 AFP Fl Composite hig +18.42 SEOUL'S Composite Index yesterday ended up 3.1 per cent, or 18.42 points, at 618.96. Volume totalled 744.3 million shares.—AFP A nam Semi 4460 80 Brain Tech 625 25 Central Bank 170 unch Cheil Comm *****0 unch Oat Cu Bank 1745 220 Daeiang Corp 2620
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      285 23 AFP 7t Composite ladei +3J4 PHILIPPINE share prices rose 0.2 per cent yesterday. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index ended 3.14 points up at 1,451.76. Turnover fell to 452.36 million shares worth 291 million pesos from Friday's 497 million shares worth 397 million pesos.—AFP my 21 Nh COOO) Abacus
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      262 23 AFP PHBE-40 +OJB NEW Zealand shares closed virtually flat yesterday, mirroring the sleepy trading seen in offshore markets at the end of last week, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 0.16 points at 2,087.57, on a light turnover worth NZ$54.B million. w>n cooo) Advantage HOS 0.85 0.02
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      556 23 AFP AH Primaries +2&3 AUSTRALIAN shares rose 0.9 per cent to a record high yesterday. The All Ordinaries Index rose 29.3 points to a new high of 3,369.2 and the SP/ASX 200 rose 31.2 points to 3,435.3. The All Resources rose 29.1 points to 1,641.3, underpinned by gold, while
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      733 23 AFP SET Index -2.43 m&m THAI shares closed down 0.8 per cent yesterday with most buyers sidelined amid lingering uncertainty over Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political future. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index fell 2.43 points to close at 298.21 points, while the SET 50 slid 0.24
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      731 23 AFP IHI Composite Index +£58 JAKARTA share prices closed 1.0 per cent higher yesterday, as selected major stocks gained due to changes made in widely followed stock indices. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 3.58 points at 380.38. The rebound followed lastminute orders for major stocks led
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      1012 26 A new life thanks to a taste for a top tea Growing some of the world's best tea is helping drag one of South Mica's poorest areas from the depths of poverty NELLY Nxumalo, who lives in one of the poorest communities of South Africa, has a taste for one
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      2268 27  -  Making an innovative product is not enough, notes Creative Technology's Sim Wong Hoo; you also have to do a lot of work in 'enabling the market'. PATBics lambb looks at two strategies that will help you achieve this PATRICK LAMBS IN THE first part of this
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      70 27 This is the second ofa two-part article. The writer is chief learning officer at Knowledge Platform, an e-learning consultancy (www.knowledgeplatform.com). He welcomes visits to his website at www.greenchameleon.com; feedback can be e-mailed to plambe@greenchameleon.com. Mr Lambe is one of several speakers at KM Asia 2001, to be held herefrom July
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      1143 28  -  Modelled after the Wharton School, SMU aims to groom outstanding business leaders and creative entrepreneurs, reports Btffnp ***** RACHEL ONG GRADES are telling but they aren't everything, and that says a lot about the way the Singapore Management University chooses its students. Departing from the norm
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      666 28  -  By Koh Huiting ALMOST three months after the launch of Campus Life, one of the most frequently and undoubtedly controversial questions asked is, should one take the scholarship route? There is no simple or single answer as it is a complex issue
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      684 28  -  oostrTTTH from london By\ Melissa Lim The writer is a first year law student at King's College, London UR must be enjoyed.' That's the dictum the dent-he-donist. And with the northern summer approaching, Britain's geographical location makes travelling to America or Europe a
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      83 28 A Major Pathway To The University of Melbourne tTHE TRINITY COLLEGE Foundation Studies Program in Australia Graduates were offered places at the prestigious University of Melbourne, including Medicine, Law, Commerce, Dentistry, Physiotherapy, Veterinary Science, Engineering, Architecture, Building, Information Systems, Computer Science, Science and Arts. Meet Ms Yvonne Au, Admissions Officer
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      90 28 CAMPUS CHAT This is a chat-link between undergrads and parents. So if you are an undergrad, we'd like to hear from you what life on campus like. And if you're a parent, tell us your concern regarding a university education for your child. We also welcome feedback and suggestions from
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      281 29 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell six points to 1,473, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost nine points to 1,551, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) firmed nine points to 9,601 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down nine points to 1,801. HME-CEUUnUb ♦Prosper Venture (built 1985)
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      444 29  -  Combined group will have more than 130 vessels nnder managomont anil 5,000 crew From Mark Graham in Hong Kong THE merger of two ship management companies announced yesterday in Hong Kong will create one of the world's largest independent groups, with a portfolio of
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      360 29  -  Firm posts 268 m baht profit against 365 m baht forex loss Byl Donald Urquhart ISINUAFOKEJ Thai-listed common feeder operator Regional Container Lines (RCL), posted 24 per cent increase in net profit for first quarter 2001, but was
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      61 29 [SEATTLE] The Norwegian Sky cruise ship sits docked at Pier 66 in Seattle on Sunday. The Norwegian Cruise Lines ship returned to Seattle as scheduled after a jarring movement near the mouth of the Strait ofJuan de Fuca, on Saturday, shattered glass and plates and injured more
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      335 29 Bureau Veritas's blueprint to make ships safer and the seas cleaner CLASSIFICATION societies should co-operate and help more to make ships safer and the seas cleaner rather than attempt to make class into a police service for shipping. The marine division head of French
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        1075 30  -  Rotterdam's status as the most important port in Europe can be attributed primarily to its depth and location. The Dort can receive the deeDest drawing oil tankers and ore carriers By Rob Schoemaker THE cost-effective transport of products and raw materials is the buoy on which
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      175 30 PACE Appenship 5 Assets 5 Austral 6 BSA 7 B'tang Mas 6 CCNI 7- CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 Colony Log 5 Columbus 6 CSAV 3 Central Ex 6 Cho Yang 5 China Shpq 5 Cougar 7 CWT Globelink 7 Delmas 4 Ojak Lloyd 6 Dongnama 3 ECL
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      17467 36 THEBU sinesstimes THEBUSINESSTIMES Pages EXPORT TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2001 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ)-2003 Cote D'lvoire 29/05 03/07 Delmas VILLE DE AQUARIUS U43W (5-*****44 30/05 11/07 COSCO EMPRESS PHOENIX 0W3W 65-*****00 05/06 10/07 Delmas VILL£ DE ANTARES L43W
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        709 39 Vossol Voy No Bortti Arrival Dtpartun J—|Hll Oram Purl 106 JW 21/05/630 23/05/7:00 Bt Jaya Raya ***** JOI 21/05/7:40 21/05/2030 Bt Jayaraya3 ***** JOI 21/05/7:45 21/05/2030 Kuntrans Xpr OHtay J15 21/05/7:35 22/05/1230 Winstar 018S01 J03 2V05/730 21/05/630 C Progress 21/05 J» 2V05/«:50 2V05/16.-00 Twang 16 EH23 J02 21/05/8:25
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        178 39 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 Day Jane 2 Malaysia: King's Birthday Jane 4 Malaysia: Birthday's of Prophet Mohammed SAW Indonesia: Birthday's of Prophet Mohammed SAW New Zealand:
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        796 39 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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        460 40 AUSSIE AVIATION SAFETY Reports on two other incidents last year also pnt Australia's aviation safety record under scrutiny AP [CANBERRA, Australia] Two new mid-air mishaps over the weekend and a pair of damning reports have called into further question Australia's tarnished aviation safety
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        468 40 Reuters [DETROIT] General Motors Corp is to announce that it will add more fuel-efficient V 8 engines in its light trucks starting in 2004, increasing mileage by as much as 25 per cent, officials said. The new engines, part of GM's efforts
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          86 40 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Lufthansa is in talks with Air China about it joining the Star Alliance, a German government official said. The Chinese carrier could join the alliance in 2004, the official said. Transport Minister Kurt Bodewig, on a business trip to China, plans to
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          112 40 AFX-Asia [HONG KONG] The government has granted Air New Zealand approval to service the Hong Kong to London route, the South China Morning Post cited market sources as saying. The sources said Air New Zealand is expected to start the new service by
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        440 40 Bloomberg [AUCKLAND] Air New Zealand, the country's biggest airline, said all its Boeing Co 767 jets have been inspected after a 5-kilogram metal bar fell off a plane bound for Auckland International Airport on Saturday. The airline, 25 per cent owned
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        509 40 Japanese components makers risk missing ont on milestone: Airbus CEO AFP [TOKYO] Airbus Industrie said yesterday it has given Japan's engineering companies a June deadline to decide if they want to help build the world's biggest passenger plane. "At
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      331 29 Rotterdam port: great depth and perfect location Pg2 Two mid-air mishaps raise safety concerns BackPg Airbus eyes 50% share of Japan market BackPg Air NZ Boeing 767s flying after accident BackPg > 4 People The UK PSA Club has announced that former Gard M claims director Christopher Brown wit! take
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      85 30 SANKYU (S) PTE LTD "MK' 11 CLEMENTI LOOP, SINGAPORE *****3 TEL: *****40 FAX: *****11 CFS: KEPPEL DISTRIPARK BLK 513 #01-128 SINGAPORE *****9 JAPAN PORTS Hono Kong 1 All Chhm Porta lEVERY THUH A SUN VESSKU~ VESSEL VOY ETDSIN ITATYO ETA KOI ETA YOK ETA MGO ETAOSA ATIANTIC BRIDGE V.***** 27
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