The Business Times, 3 June 2002

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  • 14 1 MUA4BIAIO/03/2002 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE est MONDAY. JUNE 3. 2002 Internet: http://business-times.asia1 com sg
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  • 67 1 STOCK KAIXEr DUKES Week Change ST1 L.67L84 -68.47 SlMSa FITUKE_2».70 -*.70 KLSECOMP 74L76 -2416 NIKKEI 11,76X70 -211U HANG SENG _1U01J4__-I2484 SET INDEX 407 JO 16£7 JAKARTA COMP_v5l0.7S +23J4 MANILA 1315.00 -2&tt TAIPEI WP1 M76J6 -3075 SEOUL COMP 706.40 -68.17 SHENZHEN B 207.04 -1137 AUST ALL ORD-X32&.10 -1330 DOW
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  • 63 1 FOIEK BATES US$ St US$(S$perUS$) 1.790 £(L'SS/S$ per 1.466 1824 EUKO(lISS/SS/E). 0J37 1.677 DM 1216 1138 YEN 124.0 69.30 RM 1801 2.123 HKS 7.799 4168 BAHT 4146 2172 RUPIAH 8330 4333 run iaib SINGAPORE* 51S KUALA LUMPUR (.40 BONO KONG 5.124 JAKARTA 3900 TAIPEI tra TOKYO Lt7f SEOUL— tit
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  • 976 1  -  Brady says regkm could pick np l—* oeiore the US By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Nicholas Brady, former US treasury secretary and father of the Brady Plan that resolved the 1980s Latin American debt crisis, is steering private equity funds into Asia, a
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  • 285 1  -  By} Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] So you think you can turn a profit running the Housing Development Board's carparks? Well, the HDB has an offer for you. In response to a column in BT on the operations of HDB carparks, the board said that if
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  • 688 1  -  OWMBnfSKT He imperative for Temasek is to make sure they ahap up, says esmaann on CATHERINE ONG ROME wasn't built in a day. So don't expect the mighty of government-linked companies (GLCs) that first took shape more than three decades ago to be dismantled any
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    • 100 1 nwmu BT Commut Saving the subcontinent from itself. Vlkrmm Khmnnm, Nmxt Pmgm Top stories India-Pakistan feud, dull Wall St hit S'pore market cap. *93 Marina Square archery range and gun dub shut down. PW ÜBS, Tenaga dispute term in bond deal. Pg 9 Thai Airways to seek investors in Europe.
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    • 47 1 Businessman sues Chance for ex-Keppel Bank deeper KL, flllld unit for SBm Jakarta ties N' v f i M'sia beckons There's scope for Singapore players in Malaysia's tech hub Btzrrpgi Classroom bonanza It pays to be a supplier of IT to Singapore schools Lee Han Shlh, BizTTPg5
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    • 703 2  -  ECONOMICS Aaean, too, iboqhlxIdltgTotee to tlwo c« mnglw India and Paktotaa to pnD back from thahrfaik vikram khanna GIVEN the non-negligible prospect of a war—perhaps a nuclear war—between India and Pakistan, it seems trivial, even frivolous, to dwell on anything else in Asia at the
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    • 517 2  -  i exclusive Keppelnnit contests claims, saying they are nteaahle By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] A businessman, whose family once owned the huge four-acre Siang Lim Park in Guillemard Road, has sued a fluid management subsidiary of the former Keppel Bank for some
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    • 889 2  -  By\ Paul Chan [SINGAPORE] David Lai, president of ÜBS Capital Asia-Pacific (S) Ltd, a buyout firm, looked like a chronic insomniac on Friday but a very happy one. After a long, hard slog, his team had finally closed one of its best deals
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 929 3  -  Value drops to $261b as funds are shifted to North Asian markets By Vince Chong RISING tensions in South Asia and an uninspiring Wall Street performance wiped some $7.4 billion off the market value of the Singapore bourse during the month of May. Based
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    • 769 5  -  —u&cidESEZ^H paul chan BUYOUT funds a private equity asset class invented in the 1980s are making a comeback in the US, and the wave is spreading to the Asia-Pacific. Singapore can and should become an international financial centre for buyouts. A buyout involves a
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    • 449 5  -  It will port a tag for FT 02, change focus to China By' Vince Chong PETROLEUM industry hardware supplier Sin Soon Huat will channel business efforts towards China after winding up its presence in Thailand. In a statement on Friday, the firm
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      260 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES May 31 VALUE CLOSE Wfmm -472.00 ♦33.00 BTC—I -*****.00 <68.00 WlMgH -*****.00 -47.00 444.41 -1.45 150.37 +1.61 WpBwHi 1500.84 -3.52 Hilililhn 411.79 -9.04 —i»IPW 208.41 -2.65 mnaHkmm 209.70 2.00 AeiemedteSc 76,775,000 54,306,000 WwTech 10c 51*850,000 BLMUS20C 49,203,000 SingTel 15c 40,749,000 ST 1m 10c 39,002,000 ThaMfage5c 37,081,000 KLWHM(ilOc
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    • 285 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of freight and logistics company Air Ocean Group has retraced some 16 per cent in the last three weeks, in tandem with the generally bearish sentiment overhanging the market. It closed
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    • 757 4  -  li comment STOCKS r. sivanithy IN early March, the Straits Times Index tried to close the gap between 1,813 and 1,849, which first appeared on the charts on March 12-13 last year. It failed despite two attempts. At that time, this column raised
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    • 678 4 But yen's gains constrained by fears of Bank of Japan intervention AFP [HONG KONG] Most regional currencies made limited gains against the greenback due to the worsening tension in South Asia and worries over the US economy. Japan— yn: The yen rose
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    • 137 4 ♦NOBLE Group Ltd will go I ex-dividend (final dividend of 2JO US cents, tax not applicable), on May 81. Last J dayJbrbuying-inonaOQai :rj basis is on June 5. Date payable is on June lft. r# SWING Media Technology! gray Lt d will hold its Spedal&neral Meeting, on June
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 567 6  -  Landlord seeks to recover more than six months' unpaid rents By\ David Boey UNIVERSAL Archery has shut its archery range and gun club at Marina Square shopping centre after its landlord sought to recover more than half a year's unpaid rents
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    • 478 6  -  Latest report says commercial sector demand remained weak in the Ist qtr By' Vince Chong THE large supply overhang in the commercial property sector will continue to put pressure on rents in the short to medium term, said one property consultant. According
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    • 346 6  -  on the economy import prices By] David Boey PRICES of imported goods tracked by the Import Price Index declined 0.9 per cent year-on-year to 102.6 points in April, extending the 0.7 per cent dip in March, latest Department of Statistics futures
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  • MAIL bag
    • 191 7  -  Ong Ye Kung Head (Secretariat) for Chairman Entrepreneurship and Internationalisation Subcommittee THE article "Rules needed to curb stat boards' encroachment" (BT, Aug 31) was accompanied by a table titled "Joining the fray", which listed selected statutory boards' subsidiaries. While it was stated in small
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    • 246 7  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to the letter "Trade shares without board lots" (Mailbag, May 31) by Alison Cousland. I couldn't agree more with the arguments advanced by Ms Cousland. I should add that it is inexplicable why the Singapore Exchange (SGX) should
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    • 145 7  -  Lu Kee Hong Singapore I REFER to the article "Govt urged to reduce its role in business" (BT, May 31) by Catherine Ong. What is wrong with government-linked companies competing in the business world if the services and products they provide are
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    • 297 7  -  David Hew Singapore I REFER to the article "Singapore can be arts, business hub: Tharman" (BT, May 30) by Adeline Chia. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Education* said it is not just a question of creating entrepreneurs but
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    • 403 7  -  Wee Kiat Sia Head, Car Parks Section Housing Administration Department Housing Development Board I REFER to Lee Han Shih's article on HDB carpark operations (BT, May 28). Mr Lee says that HDB carparks are profitable because development costs should not be taken into
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  • ARTS festival
    • 725 8  -  The combination of tonal colours of water and visual effects in Tan Dun's works has the effect of installation music on niMCDßnauo FRANK DEMEGLIO The writer is a concert pianist and BT's music reviewer far the arts festival IMAGINE if you will it is evening as you approach
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    • 709 8  -  Byi Cheah Ui-Hoon AUSTRALIAN Dance Theatre's (ADT) Birdbrain has been called the company's "cygnature" work, and no wonder. As a 70-minute nointermission work (not just in terms of timing but in pacing as well), Birdbrain showcases the strengths of the company an innovative choreographer who
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    • 1405 8 Deutsche Bank (Incorporated in the Federal Republic of Germany) Group Balance Sheet I Group IncomeTstatement fii€m. 1.1. 31.12. 1.1.-3112 31.12.2001 31.12.2000 2001 2000 Cash and due from banks 10,388 8,502 Interest revenues 53,639 ***** Interest-earning deposits with banks 37,986 46,733 Interest expense 45,019 ***** Central bank funds sold 4 240
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  • REGIONAL news
    • NOTE Book
      • 68 9 AFP [NEW DELHI] India's tourism industry has been hit hard by international warnings against travel to Pakistan and India, with around 30 per cent of hotel bookings in India's main cities being cancelled in the past few days, industry officials said yesterday. The cancellations came
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      • 70 9 Reuters [NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD] Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee yesterday ruled out talks with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf as the two leaders left for a security conference in central Asia, seen as an opportunity to ease war tensions. Both leaders will come under intense pressure
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      • 65 9 Reuters [BANGKOK] Myanmar has expelled some 500 Thai workers, a Thai newspaper reported yesterday, in a flirther sign of deteriorating relations between the two South-east Asian neighbours. Myanmar and Thailand have been embroiled in a war of words over military skirmishes on their common border
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      • 74 9 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian police have set up a task force to crack down on bookmakers during the World Cup, theJVeic Straits Times reported yesterday. "Hie task force will concentrate on nabbing bookmakers with links to international betting syndicates, the paper said, citing police
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      • 97 9 Reuters l MANILA J Philippine revenues in the first five months of the year fell below target by 16.1 percent, 0r30.706 billion pesos (Ssl.l billion), an indication the government may have overshot its budget deficit goal in file period, government data yesterday showed. A government
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      • 33 9 AFP [MANILA] US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz arrived in Manila yesterday for talks with President Gloria Arroyo on the joint anti-terrorism effort in southern Philippines, officials said. —AFP
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    • 1054 9  -  Times have changed but they're natural partners, says KARIM RASLAN The writer is a Kuala Lumpur-based lawyer and author TODAY, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi will lead a large delegation of political and business leaders to Indonesia. The entourage includes all
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    • 539 9 SINGAPORE Existence of refinancing option in contract shocks many investors NYT WHEN ÜBS Warburg helped the Malaysian utility company Tenaga Nasional sell US$BOO million in bonds back in 1997, the deal was hailed as a financial coup for both. Now a tangled closed-door
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    • 255 9 KUALA LUMPUR AFP PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad has painted a rosy picture of the Malaysian economy amid recovery of its top trading partner the US, a report said yesterday. Dr Mahathir, who is also the finance minister, was cited by the Sunday Star newspaper as
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    • 444 9 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters EFFORTS by Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional (Proton) to make its own engine have run into delays that may thwart the top Malaysian carmaker's aim of launching the key component by the end of the year. And engine trouble, albeit of
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    • 79 9 I SUNGAI PETANI Bernama TWO South Korean car makers are keen to set up car assembly factories in Kedah, Mentri Besar Syed Razak Syed Zain said yesterday. He said memorandums of understanding have been signed between two Malay- sian companies
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    • 708 10 SINGAPORE Expats view only four countries favourably, with S'pore rated tops AFP CORRUPTION and political interference are rife throughout police and justice systems in Asia, according to a regional survey in which only four countries headed by Singapore are viewed favourably. At the bottom
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    • 355 10 SHANGHAI It targets banks and partners in Star Alliance Reuters TROUBLED Thai flag carrier Thai Airways International plans a road show to Europe at the end of the year to entice another airline or a bank to take a strategic stake, the airline's
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    • 289 10 MANILA Reuters THE board of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT), the country's largest telecoms firm, will try to block a planned sale of First Pacific Co Ltd's controlling stake, company sources said yesterday. Hong Kong-based First Pacific, in need
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    • 297 10  -  TAMC may become a warehouse for bad loans, it warns From] Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE Thai Asset Management Corp (TAMC) is bedevilled by conflicts over how much debt should be forgiven, and by problems over selection of asset managers, the World
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    • 270 10 HONGKONG AFP HONG KONG'S high labour costs sre not s disadvantage against regional competitors, provided the local workforce is capable of value-added services, a Nobel laureate in economics said yesterday. Speaking after a seminar here, Professor Michael Spence quashed suggestions the territory's comparatively
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    • 362 10 HONGKONG Reuters THE number of recorded property purchases in Hong Kong rose 9.5 per cent in the first five months of 2002, from the same period a year ago, buoyed by 84 per cent growth in the purchase of privately built new
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    • 510 11 INDIA-PAKISTAN TENSION JAMMU, India Militant insurgency, border tension cot off credits, supplies AFP A 13-year-old militant insurgency and the ongoing border tension between India and Pakistan have battered Kashmir's economy to the extent that many businessmen are now bankrupt, officials said. "The business community in
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    • 302 11 Reuters [NEW DELHI] Indian exports grew a cracking 18 per cent year-on-year in April on increased demand from its key markets, Europe and the US, but analysts said the possibility of war with Pakistan threatened future growth. Figures
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    • 1609 11 SinGAPORE AIRLinES LHTIITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Smg^xxe) Notice of Annual General Meeting tlC B ven that Thirtieth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Manna Mandarin Ball room Level 1 Marina munrtann Singapore. 6 Rattles Boutevaid. Martna Square. Sinsapo™ *****4 on SaS*£Tl3 July 2002
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  • RETIREMENT benefits
    • 1150 12  -  In a mutual back-scratching buddy system at board level, benefits for top brass in big US corporations have become more secure and generous. Peter RoUson reports Peter Robison Bloomberg FOR retired General Electric Co (GE) chairman and chief executive officer Jack Welch,
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  • 868 12 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Gold prices leapt to their highest level in more than 4V* years last week as tensions over Kashmir mounted and the US dollar suffered another mauling. Other metals also made gains, with precious metals in demand on the back
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  • WORLD news
    • 585 13 TOKYO Urns' fall-year forecasts seen being revised after interims are pested AFP THE only way is up for Japan Inc after its battered companies closed their books on a dismal financial year, but their rosy predictions of a strong rebound this year are over-optimis-tic,
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    • 292 13 TOKYO 'Hum My* making stractural retells vital mw: minister Bloomberg THE cut In Japan's local currency sovereign debt rating to "A 2" by Moody's Investors Service should be taken as a warning that Tokyo must implement structural reforms and cut its
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    • 676 14 BOSTON USs6.6b pat into hedge fands in Ql, sharply down from record USs&Bb in Q4 2001 Reuters INVESTORS got cheap with hedge funds early this year ending, at least for now, an investment boom long ftielled by promises to make money in all
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    • 397 14 NEW YORK Bvtmmiraws scepticism as it will track only 40 fnnds NYT HEDGE funds claim to have been among the few bright spots in the investment world the last two years. But just how well these alternative investment vehicles stack up against stocks,
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 72 14 Bloomberg [LONDON] Deloitte Consulting plans to separate from parent company Deloitte Touche through a management buyout valuing it at £2.1 billion (Ss&s billion), the Sunday Times reported. Deloitte Consulting, advised by Credit Suisse First Boston and Goldman Sachs, decided against selling to another company or to
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      • 77 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Lucent Technologies, Deutsche Bank and ABN Amro Holding are among the companies owed money by divisions of Global Crossing Ltd, the bankrupt fibre optic network operator, court papers show. Global Crossing Holdings owes Lucent US$79 million in unpaid bills for products and
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      • 65 14 AFP [DUBAI] Osama bin Laden's A 1 Qaeda movement will strike again against the US and with at least the same force as on Sept 11. according tn by AlHayat newspaper. A 1 Qaeda "will continue to work to strike against the United States", spokesman
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      • 67 14 Reuters [ZURICH] Credit Sulsae Group chairman executive Lnkaa MurilWrnmnn nn survived a vote aimed at forcing him of his titles at an annual meeting punctuated by attacks from private shareholders. The vote to split Mr Muehlemann's double mandate at Credit Suisse received only 20 per
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    • 173 14 Reuters [LONDON] The London Stock Exchange (LSE) and New York's Nasdaq have asked the US Securities and ETrh«ng» Commission for regulatory concessions as a precursor to a merger between the two, a British paper said yesterday. The Sunday Telegraph, citing a United States
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    • 342 15 AFP (WASHINGTON] The White House said it would require tighter controls on government spending amid escalating costs in the war on terror after an audit found US$2O billion in mistaken payments last year. The lost amount cited in the Office of
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    • 641 16  -  Next best Is property, as nation celebrates Qneen's Golden Jubilee From Neil Behrman in London THE Queen's Golden Jubilee is being celebrated and what a difference 50 years makes for UK investments. The message of this period is that it pays to
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    • 397 16 WASHINGTON Reuters ADDING to the credibility crisis engulfing Wall Street analysts, the top US markets regulator has said it is pursuing 10 inquiries into possible analyst conflicts of interest, a lawmaker said on Friday. Indicating a major acceleration by the Securities and Exchange Commission
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    • 422 16 NEW YORK Key economic data also set to keep market on edge Reuters STOCKS are set to churn sideways to higher this week as Wall Street digests a pile of key economic data. But increasing tensions between India and Pakistan could throw
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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    • 766 17  -  nexclusive With Malaysia's tech hub evolving dynamically, there are more opportunities for mutual projects to tap Asean and global markets MSC agency chief Othman Yeop Abdullah tells tmaHiMi—' KENNETH JAMES A LOT has been happening in Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) in
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    • 208 18 AP [BEIJING] China will crack down on illegal imports of junked computers and other high-tech trash following reports of health and environmental damage caused by unsafe recycling, the official Xinhua News Agency said last Thursday. Chinese environmental officials will also shut down factories
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    • 703 18  -  The momentum if CRM initiatives will pick up in Q3 tkisjaar, driving annual revenues teUSs242m By Chen Huifen A FLAGGING economy may have pushed the market for CRM (customer relationship management) software in Singapore into the doldrums last year but SMEs will drive
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      • 455 19  -  Universities and healthcare organisations were among the first to adopt wireless LAN. However, productivity gains and cost savings are driving corporate enterprises to jump on the bandwagon Written by Vincent Wong Vincent Wong is the Marketing Manager for Cisco Systems' Singapore operations. SINGAPORE The educational and healthcare
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      • 351 19 The major benefit of wireless LANs is anywhere, any time access, but this must be achieved without exposing the network to unacceptable risks like unauthorised access or electronic "eavesdropping". It's no good being able to connect to the corporate .network from any location at speeds
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      • 144 19 In an independent report by NOP World-Technology, based on a study of more than 300 US-based organisations, the benefits of wireless LANs have been quantified for the first time. The key findings were: Wireless LAN users stayed connected one and three quarter more hours
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      • 251 19 NUS The wireless university The National University of Singapore (NUS) has deployed a wireless network that extends to almost all parts of its ISO-hectare campus. The network is built around 350 wireless access points installed by Cisco Systems' systems integrator Sing Tel Aeradio. Before the wireless LAN was implemented this
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    • 626 20  -  mjuiiuuM In a bid to cut costs, more companies are open to the option of deploying refurbished equipment uo see chtb reports LEO KEE CHYE SPURRED by the current recession and leaner IT budgets, more local firms are turning to used computers and
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    • 182 20 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Global sales of flat-panel displays this year will be higher than forecast in March because of greater demand from makers of desktop and notebook computers, an industry researcher said. Sales will rise 47 per cent to U5532.3 billion in
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    • 693 20  -  Bit it's iaagMd position to ride many technology trends By Paul Chan SINGAPORE has rolled out the red carpet for research scientists in a race to establish a foothold in the biotech industry, but this strategy must be tempered by realistic expectations, advises
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    • 555 21  -  hi comment INFOTECH Thanhs to Singapore's desire to hocomo the world's moat IT'Mteratocoantry, one indnstry Is still booming amid the general gio^m lee han shih The writer is a BT senior correspondent THE Singapore economy may be in trouble, but
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    • 130 21 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] A trade group for Microsoft Corp, Symantec Corp and other software makers said 81 per cent of people who downloaded business-related computer programs from the Web failed to pay for all the copies they made. Software companies lost US$l2 billion
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    • IT TAKES
      • 59 21 HONG KONG-BASED Hutchiaon-Priceline Travel Ltd has launched its Singapore travel website. The site allows Singapore travellers to bid for air tickets and hotel rooms online from a pool 0f25 Asian and international airlines and B,ooohotel properties around the world, Hutchiaon-Priceline—a joint venture of Hong Kong's Hutchison
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      • 68 21 NASDAQ-LISTED Mercator Software Inc, which provides integration software solutions, has announced that it has been appointed to build and deploy a data transformation hub for Singapore-based Crimson Logic. The Mercator technology allows Crimson Logic's partners to send electronic documents to agencies for trade declaration approval, Mercator
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      • 48 21 US-BASED Mobileway, which provides wireless infrastructure and settlement, has announced that it will deploy new wireless services across the Asia-Pacific from Singapore, by expanding its existing Data Centre in Singapore. The new wireless services include instant messaging, infotainment, mobile marketing, m-commerce and enterprise applications.
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      • 45 21 UK-BASED WoridPay, which offers multi-currency payment processing, says Kodak Singapore has implemented online printing service with World Pay's payment solutions. The service allows Singaporeans around the world to develop and deliver digital photographs tO friendfl and family in Singapore Kodak said.
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      • 55 21 US-BASED Vantage Learning, which provides online essay scoring technologies, has launched an online language scoring service in Bahasa Melayu, the Malay language. Targeted at students in the South-east Asia region, the service allows them to "practice their writing skills and receive immediate feedback in their native
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      • 35 21 NASDAQ-LISTED Witness Systems, which provides customer relationship management software, has appointed Robert Horwood as regional director of operations in Asia. Mr Horwood will be based in Witness Systems' newly-established office in Singapore.
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      • 44 21 A CANADA-SINGAPORE ICT (information and communication technology) investment and partnering forum titled "Discover—The Innovative Spirit of Canada" will be held on June 17 at The Marriott Singapore. It is organised by the Canadian High Commission in Singapore. For details, e-mail P*e-hong@tVait-ma*cijjc.ca.
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      • 36 21  -  Leo Kee Chye A FO j JR PAY exposition titled "PC Show 2002" will be held from June 6. It is organised by Lines Exposition Management Services Pte Ltd. For details, call *****611.
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    • 405 22 Itiapraßfaratiagia tke US and abroad, with tech giaats providing support AP [NEW YORK] Linux, the open-source operating system with an outsider mystique, is now proliferating on powerful government computer systems in the US and abroad with technology giants increasingly providing support. At a
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    • 339 22 Deal with US weather agency is for USs224m over the next 9yrs Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp said it will build a supercomputer for the US weather-forecasting agency that will be at least three times more powerful than the current worldrecord
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    • 296 22 AFP [SAN FRANCISCO] The Internet is become a growing haven for consumer deadbeats. In a survey released last week, a corporate software trade group found that more than 81 per cent of those computer users who download commercial software from the Internet fail
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    • 192 22 Bloomberg [HSINCHU, Taiwan] United Microelectronics Corp, the world's second-largest maker of chips for other companies, said it's on target to start volume production of larger silicon wafers, which will help it to cut manufacturing costs by up to a third. The company reiterated an
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    • 286 22 They're expected to account for 77% of global sales by 2005 Reuters [CHICAGO] Tie fixture success of mobile phone makers will depend on their ability to sell "replacement phones" because 77 per cent of total global unit sales by 2005 will come from
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 65 23 HOMEGROWN InnoMedla Pte Ltd, which provides Internet ami broadband IP telephony solutions, has launched its new IP (Internet Protocol) phone, targeted at broadband service providers. Similar in appearance to a regular desktop telephone, A the MTA 3308 device A costs US$25O, weighs M 0.8 kg,
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      • 152 23 Toshiba Singapore has unveiled its new digital camera and its first PDA product: PDR-T10: The digital camera costs $629, weighs 170 grams, offers 2.0 megapixel resolution and 4x digital zoom, and measures B.scm high, 7.5 cm wide and 2.ocm deep. PocketPCe3lo: The PDA costs $749, weighs
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      • 50 23 HOMEGROWN PixAround.com Pte Ltd, which provides 3D digital imaging solutions, has launched PixMaker Pro, a customisahle digital marketing solutions. It allows users to create and distribute customised interactive online content The software costs US$5O9 for the developer edition and US$B9O for the corporate editkm. For details, visit
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      • 159 23 LEXMARK International Singapore has its six new colour inkjet printers, targeted at SMEs and home users: Z25: Costs $129, offers 1,200 by 1,200 dots per inch (dpi) print resolution, and prints at 9 pages per minute (ppm) in black and 6 ppm in colour. Z35:
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      • 40 23 NASDAQ-LISTED lomega Corp is ready with its new portable external hard drive. The HDD Portable Hard Drive costs $379, weighs 231 grams, offers 20 GB storage, and supports USB 2.0 connectivity. For details, visit www.kmtta.amug.
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      • 67 23 DELL Computer Corp has unveiled its new rack-optimised server—PowerEdge 2650. The basic configuration costs $6,323, runs on two Intel Xeon processors at 1.8 GHz, comes with 18 GB hard disk, 256 MB RAM and 865 GB internal storage, and features a rack-mountable chassis measured at 8.57
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      • 81 23 SAMSUMU Asia Pte Ltd has debuted two TFT LCD (liquid crystal display) televisions, which can also be used as PC monitors: LWISNI3W: Coats £2.488. weighs 4.1 kg, offers 15-inch display at XGA (1,280 by 788 pixel) resolution, measures 54.6 cm wide, 3&2 cm high and
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      • 99 23  -  OwpMfag Leo Kee Chye APPLE Computer has introduced two new notebook computers undo-its Titanium Powert>ookG4 brand: 887 MHz Powerßook G4: Costs |4,788, runs 011 a PowerPC G4 processor at 067 MHz, weighs 2.4 grams, comes with 256M8 RAM, 80 GB hard disk, 15-2-inch display at 1.280
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    • 128 23 AP [PALO ALTO, California] Still facing hard timpg, computing giants Hewlett-Packard Co and Sun Microsystems Inc will close shop during the week of Independence Day and require employees to go without pay or use up vacation time. Shutting down from June
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      • 886 24  -  The unit has made its first sale to an external customer, the Port of Seattle, reports CHUA HOI CHUA HUI MIN Technology is being called upon once more to open new doors for PSA Corp overseas, just as it has paved the way
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      • 403 24 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Computex, the world's third-largest computer industry trade show, kicks off today as tech buyers examine the latest whiz-bang features that are hoped will stir a sluggish recovery into high gear. Analysts say the focus is likely to be on
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    • 430 25 Ibatiigeallito ED members to cot customs red-tape Reuters [GIJON, Spain] European Union transport ministers on Saturday backed proposals to encourage Europeans to use ships to travel and transport their goods. They hope this will ease pressure on noisy, overcrowded roads and help the environment.
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      • 565 36 Asiu&f Spanair and Poland's LOT to join groop eyeing China market Reuters [SHANGHAI] Star Alliance, the world's biggest airline network, said on Saturday it would add South Korea's Asiana Airlines, troubled Polish airline PLL LOT, and Spain's Spanair as members
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