The Business Times, 16 September 2002

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  • 16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 010/03/2002 I internet. nttp://business-times.asial com.sg SINGAPORE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2002 85c
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  • 67 1 STOCK HABKET INDICES Week Change STI 1,432.1)0 -10.58 SLMSO FITIRE_ 176.40 -190 KLSE COMP ***** -6.80 NIKKEI *****3 +***** HANG SENG 9,660.97 -69.89 SET INDEX 357.15 3.60 JAKARTA (X)MP_421.09 MANILA 1,155.49 +3418 TAIPEI WPI 4580.17 +120.80 SEOULCOMP 718.17 +9.44 SHENZHEN B 234.87 -137 AUST ALL ORD-3,***** +3750 DOW
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  • 69 1 FOREX RATES list ss I'SS (S$ per ISS) 1.765 £(L'S$/S$ per S) 1.560 1752 EURO(l'S&/S$/E). 0.982 1.732 YEN 119.9 67.90 RM 3.800 1154 HKS 7.800 4.420 BAHT 4172 2411 RUPIAH 8550 5,072 PBME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.25 KUALA LUMPIR 6.40 HONG KONG 5.125 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 6.625 TOKYO 1375 SEOUL
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  • 656 1  -  Bat change of mindset will take time, he says By, David Boey [SINGAPORE] Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday welcomed the recommendation that the government regulate commercial activity with a lighter hand, but said it may take time for the new mindset
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  • 506 1  -  d on the economy exports But little sign exports will go downhill from here By\ Chuang Peck Ming ioirxuAruKn,j Airer a strong snowing in July, Singapore's non-oil domestic exports are likely to have dipped in August from the previous month, according
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  • 679 1  -  They are hopeful despite hints there will be no surprises From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government will announce its 2003 Budget this Friday, with companies and tax consultants hopeful of a cut in the current corporate
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    • 99 1 PfSTOE BIzlT Kenneth James: EDS is pumped up about services in Asia-Pacific. BImIT Pg 1 Lee Han Shih: Promoting patents needs more push. BImIT Pg 3 Jennifer Lien: Intel showcases new technology at developers' forum. BImIT Pg a Top Stories Global Crossing closer to emerging from bankruptcy. Next Page China
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    • 46 1 Investors' Choice 2002 What is good corporate governance and how should it be pursued? BT examines the question in a special pullout section that ties in with this year's Investors' Choice awards given hy the Securities Investors Association (Singapore). Get your copy, free with today's BT.
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    • 32 1 ■Hcsin Who will take Pinetree Club? Next Page Steer clear of KL stocks with Enron-like accounts EDDIE TOH Page 7 Is Asean regaining its clout? YANG RAZALI KASSIM Next Page I a
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    • 1086 2  -  A flurry of closer tie-ups with regional powers hint of a comeback that puts Asean at the centre of an East Asian entitv Yang Razali Kassim m Bandar Sen Begawan FOR a regional grouping that's been flayed in recent years for its diminishing clout, Asean
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    • 629 2  -  BID FOR FIHETREB CLUB Peter Kwee said to have pat in most aggressive bid By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The battle for the Pinetree Club property is expected to be a four-cor-nered fight between motoring tycoon Peter Kwee, entertainment group Eng Wah, property developer Simon
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    • 358 2 It's doe to file a reorganisation plan with a US court today AP [WASHINGTON] Global Crossing Ltd, the giant submarine communications network operator in which Singapore Technologies Telemedia is buying into, is a step closer to emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 718 3  -  30% redaction in trading of products likfl naphtha gas oil till outlook is clearer: MD By Loh Hui Yin RATHER than take risky bets as the prospect of a Gulf war looms, China Aviation Oil (CAO) has adopted a conservative approach and cut
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    • 920 3  - Soros —a clear and present influence HOCKfWy^ paul chan Ten years ago today, George Soros placed the biggest ever hedge fund bet in history a staggering US$lO billion against the Bank of England and won. It is a feat that has enduring effects. CHobal financial architecture; More than anyone else,
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    • 278 3 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Asian Paints (India) Ltd, which is currently making an offer for Singapore's Berger International Ltd as well as buying paint makers in Egypt, may also make acquisitions in India as it seeks to win a larger share of the industrial
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    • 577 3  -  Merrill displaced; Asian houses do better this year By] David Boey MERRILL Lynch has lost its top place to ÜBS Warburg in a poU of more than 100 institutional investors conducted by The Asset Benchmark Research to find Asia-Pacif-ic's best stockbroking houses. Merrill
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      307 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Sep 13 VALUE CLOSE ■TOMS -725.00 -111.00 ■TCAn -*****.00 -112.00 BTIMayMft -*****.00 -73.00 w Wr<dBw 377.92 -2.76 MCplnBrt 108.60 -1.96 1274.23 +4.21 370.81 -6.91 WOThjipiri 177.44 -0.63 SMSCI Fatam 176.40 -1.60 Stock* Voiunx Cfuraye 2.5c 170.881.000 Unfcs Island 10c 117.029.000 IAM50C *****.000 NewWave 5c 62.061.000 ST Assembly
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    • 267 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of contract manufacturer Norelco Centreline has barely attracted any interest despite unveiling a strong set of interim results. Last week, the company announced that its first-half earnings to June 30 was up a strong
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    • 816 4  -  ll comment STOCKS r. sivanithy IT'S a well-known fact that stock markets rarely ever trade at their theoretical "fair" values. For that matter, individual stocks also often don't sell for what the number-crunchers say they should. How many times for instance, have investors been
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    • 691 4 AFP [HONG KONG] War fears over Iraq and the Sept 11 anniversary subdued Asian currencies last week, with the yen losing out to the US doUar in nervous trading. Japanese yen: The yen lost ground against the US doUar early last week
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    • 152 4 ♦AURIC Pacific Group will go ex-dividend (interim dividend of 2.00 cents net of tax) on Oct 4. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is Oct 9. Date payable is Oct 25. ♦KIM EngOng Asia Holdings will go ex-dividend (first and final dividend of 2.00 cents) on
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  • 3027 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS com Global Travel Index Ed 068& Com S pore Bond Fund/* 1.05V AMI Amro Asset Mgt (5'pore) Credit Agricatc Asset Mgt Spore Ltd Star Europe Eqty!* 0.611/ Indocam Asia Vision!" 0-81M3.857 Star Europe Bd 1.067/ Star Europe Bal 0.82/ DCS Asset Mat Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0.704/
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 563 5  -  They're dissatisfied with lack of frank communication with bosses: survey By 1 Siow Li Sen HIGHLY-VALUED employees in top Asian companies say there is little mutual trust in their organisations, a survey has found. Several recent reports have pointed to disconnection
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    • 93 5 r?^,L¥ in ter h Chok Tong ff at the Raffles Club s hate Course yesterday to mark its official re-launch after a two-year renovation costing 113 million. The work, by course designers Nehon and HauxZth to%!!!?t eXtenS Ji Vere ping °l alllts 1
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    • 414 5 Crowds were slightly thinner at some showflats this weekend, but developers managed to chalk up decent sales. At Park Green, the latest executive condominium (EC) project in the market, 32 units were sold raising the take-up so far to 150 units out
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    • 933 5 COMMODITY Weeklyßourudwp AFP [LONDON] Oil and gold prices had a volatile time last week dominated by concerns about the threat of terrorist attacks on the first anniversary of the Sept 11 atrocities and the prospect of a war on Iraq. Base metal prices managed to
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  • 680 5 FINANCE COMMODITIES Week ended: Sep 13 SDfQAPORE QOYERKlUiWi SiamilUTlES PfDICATIYE PRICES AMP YIELDS TifTwua —MMarttj Co* VTM 011m TwCuw IMwWi TIM 1 offer 7YR 3.000 OI-Nov-02 N*****0Z 1.30* 0.9t% 100.21 100.26 7 YR 4.375 15-0ct-05 N*****0A 1.84% 1.81% 107.55 107 65 SYR 4.125 01-Frt-03 N*****0T 1.12* 0.99% 101.12 101.17 5-YR
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  • MAIL bag
    • 494 6  -  Francis Zhan President Association of Management Corporations In Singapore Singapore I REFER to the letter "Management agents have limited powers" by Wong Yew Heng, chief operating officer, Colliers International Asset Management (Mailbag, Sept 12). I would like to thank Mr Wong for his timely reminder
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    • 265 6  -  Leong Sze Hian Singapore I REFER to the letter "Don't borrow beyond what is comfortable" (BT, Sept 5). Using financial ratios in financial planning may sometimes not be very appropriate. Relying on debtservicing and debt-asset ratios in the determination of one's financial and lifestyle
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    • 742 6  -  Yeoh Oon Jin Head of Professional Standards Group PricewaterhouseCoopers AS a public accounting firm in Singapore, we would like to offer our views on the topic of audit rotation, in response to the article "Rotating auditors provides great benefits for industries" by Sebastian
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    • 203 6  -  Bryan Goh Portfolio Manager Arab Bank pic London via Internet WHILE corporate bond yield spreads over risk free rates have recently widened to historically high levels (for some credits at least), actual corporate yields continue to fall. In fact, they are fast falling to the
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 431 7  -  From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta DEEP in the mountains ol West Java, Morgen Sutantc is bottling what he considers to be the purest natural mineral water in the world. The water, he claims, has been lying in an aquifer 80 metres
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    • 621 7 KUALA LUMPUR Acquiring Time's cellular assets will help it maintain market domination AFP MALAYSIA'S number one mobile phone company Maxis Communications Bhd has embarked on a strategic plan to acquire cellular assets of Time dot Com Bhd which experts say is crucial for Maxis
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    • 687 7  -  l I comment KL STOCKS But accounting standards are generally higher now and there are good buys among well-ran firm* eddie toh HAS the spectre of the Enron accounting scandal in the United States reached Malaysian shores? Last week, investors were spooked
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 91 8 In Asia, trade flows freely. Ever wondered why? I Free trade is one of the driving forces behind Asia's Our unique understanding of Asia means we can speed Which is probably why a recent independent study massive growth. And the company with three red lines up customs clearance, simplify trade
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    • 94 9 II In Asia, trade flows freely. Ever wondered why? Hique understanding of Asia means we can speed Which is probably why a recent independent study keep trade flowing between one business and another, Btoms clearance, simplify trade regulations, shows DHL is entrusted with more consignments in Asia across the region
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  • REGION world
    • 656 10  -  Policymakers ne&ring consensus on need for fresh capital injections From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo WITH international calls for Japan to fix its banking system rising, senior policymakers are moving towards a consensus on the need to inject fresh public capital into banks
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    • 1163 10  -  ASEAN China comes bearing gifts, with Japan in hot pursuit yang razali kassim THE 64 million dollar question had to come out. It finally did last week at a press conference to cap a meeting between Asean economic ministers and their counterpart from China.
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    • 224 10 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN AFP A "landmark meeting" between economic ministers of Asean and India yesterday agreed to the long-term goal of establishing a regional free-trade area. The ministers also decided to set up a task force to draw up a draft framework agreement
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  • CHINA focus
    • 947 11  - Streets lined with gold —and potholes Three S'pore firms tell David Boey the complexities of tapping the China market David Boey TO ignore China's business potential is folly, as are the unrealistic expectations of its commercial prospects. With the world's biggest population packed into a vast territory, its potential is
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    • 1183 11  - Shanghai —the hot, hot city on the planet Everybody wants a piece of the action in the vibrant city as China opens up, says Conrad R^| Conrad Raj SHANGHAI is probably the most mentioned Asian city these days, especially in the context of a China that appears to have been
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  • WORLD news
    • 594 12 NEW YORK Companies seen slapping lawsuits on execs involved in suspected fraud AP THE lawsuit by Tyco International Ltd, seeking US$73O million back from former top officers accused of theft, may be just the start of a nationwide corporate crackdown on
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    • 287 12 DENVER They are to testify in accounting gimmicks probe Bloomberg QWEST Communications International Inc's accounting is becoming a bigger part of a congressional probe into rival Global Crossing as three officials from the companies were subpoenaed. Global Crossing chairman Gary Winnick and Jim Gorton, former
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    • 212 12 LONDON Bloomberg, Reuters PREMIER Oil pic, a UK-based oil and gas producer, plans to spend £400 million (Ssl.l billion) to buy back the stakes of two of its major shareholders, Petroliam Nasional Bhd of Malaysia and Amerada Hess Corp of the US, the Sunday
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    • 312 12 NEW YORK NYT LUCENT Technologies, the US' largest maker of communications equipment, warned last Friday that it would continue to eliminate jobs as sales plunge, an indication of worsening problems in the telecommunications industry. A Lucent spokeswoman declined to
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 117 12 Reuters [LONDON] British Prime Minister Tony Blair's promised dossier on Iraq is to reveal that Saddam Hussein trained some of Osama bin Laden's key lieutenants, The Sunday Telegraph reported. The dossier is also expected to disclose that the Iraqi leader has reconstructed three plants
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      • 124 12 AFP [DUBAI] Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said yesterday that Riyadh would cooperate in a US-led attack on Iraq if the United Nations Security Council gives the green light. The Saudis have said in the past they would not allow their territory
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      • 95 12 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's financial watchdog plans to allow banks to sell shares so as to lower barriers between banks and brokerages and attract more retail investors, a newspaper said yesterday. The Financial Services Agency would ease restrictions on securities sales by banks and allow
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      • 68 12 Xinhua News Agency [NEW DELHI] The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Bombay has developed a new supercomputer for much faster solutions to computation problems in a range of fields including scientific research and simulation of nuclear explosions. The computer division of BARC has developed the
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      • 92 12 Reuters [FRANKFURT] The T-Systems technology consultancy unit of German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom plans to cut between 4,300 and 6,500 of its global workforce, a German newspaper said yesterday. Company sources were quoted as saying the job cuts would mostly fall in Germany. Separately,
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    • 525 13 WASHINGTON Collectively, the group is worth USsB72b, down USs74b from a year ago AFP THE recent stock market slump has made America's rich leaner, but they still can afford to drive around in Rolls-Royces and dine on caviar and champagne, according to a survey made public
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    • 290 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF CS NETWORKS COMPUTER (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBERS'VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF MEMBERS VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION Notice is hereby given that at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Members of the abovenamed company held on 11 September 2002 it
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 202 13 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 29 Nanntes mates want Aussie' cooking-pots (7) 7 Pay no attention to deduction film (5) 30 Tear around perpetually yet (8) be respectful (8) 12 Aim to wind up (3) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 31 Indirect way to enter a confer- 15 Hound Soaakst comoder (3 Across: 1 Unsound, 5
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  • FOCUS photonics
    • 1320 14  - Photonics —the next big thing in S'pore EDB expects industry's value-added to top $lb in 3-5 years, reports Low Eugene Low PHOTONICS the science of generating, manipulating and utilising light might seem an esoteric subject, but the Economic Development Board (EDB) is confident of it becoming the next big thing
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    • 891 14 The Economic Development Board's assistant managing director, Chua TaikHim, talks to The Business Times about the past, present andfuture of Singapore's nascent photonics industry Challenges and opportunities Q: What Is the history of Singapore's photonics industry? A: It started out as the optics industry.
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  • BIZIT
    • 1014 15  -  -^exclusive With rapid regional growth, the IT services giant is beefing up its Singapore ops and eyeing apps development here and in Malaysia, chairman Dick Brown tells kenmeth jambs KENNETH JAMES WITHOUT fenfare, IT services major Electronic Data Systems (EDS) has built
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    • 734 16  -  Despite being one of the stronger performers until September last year, the computer services company's stock has lost almost half its value this year By Paul Chan US-BASED Electronic Data Systems Corp (EDS), the world's second largest computer services company after IBM Corp, has
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    • 193 16 ABOUT 35 technology startups will present their business propositions to a group of venture investors at the three-day Tech Venture Asia 2002 from Sept 25. The startups are from Singapore, France, Israel, South Korea, China, Taiwan, India, Britain, and the US and
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    • 108 16 Reuters [NEW YORK] Research company Morningstar, a well-known source of mutual funds information, said on Friday it found that performance data on its website for many stock and bond funds was incorrect because of a computer glitch. Figures posted on the Morningstar.com website showed
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    • 653 16  -  Available only to US customers now, there are plans to roll ont Snapstream in Europe and Asia From, Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley YOU'RE a road warrior, constantly on the move, spending nights in hotel rooms in strange lands. Your notebook computer
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    • 1122 17  -  11 i comment INFOTECH Since banks balfc at such financing, perhaps the gover™"*"* should step in lee han shih The writer is a BT Senior Correspondent. IN the last one year, Singapore has done a lot to promote the growth of intellectual property (IP). But
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    • 344 17  -  By Leo Kee Chye COMPUTER equipment vendors including Acer, Fujitsu, and Toshiba will begin selling Tablet PCs running on Microsoft's Win XP Tablet PC Edition in Q4 this year. Singapore will be among the first few countries where the new
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    • 245 17  -  By. Leo Kee Chye IBM Singapore is investing $40 million in the IBM Open Computing Centre which will develop and deliver solutions based on the Linux operating system to local firms. The centre will have two physical nodes: one, at the Nanyang Polytechnic, called
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    • 680 18  -  Enterprises can tnrn to the'lntelligent Internet'to generate productivity and boost profits patrick sim The writer is managing director, Nortel Networks Singapore DESPITE the universal reach of the World Wide Web with 544.2 million users globally and still counting nobody's making much money from the Net
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    • 195 18  -  Byi Arthur Poon SUN Microsystems, Cyberoi\ix Inc and Cap Gemini Ernst Young have teamed up to launch eGasStation, an IT solution to help retail petroleum and convenience stores integrate their existing IT systems to improve revenues and operational efficiencies. "In the Asia-Pacific, there are
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    • IT TAKES
      • 67 18 NYSE-LISTED Honeywell Inc last week set up the Honeywell Electronic Materials Star Centre, with an initial $1 million investment, in Singapore. The company said it will invest another $8 million over the next five years in the centre. The 5,000 sq ft centre complements Honeywell's 6,000
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      • 58 18 UK-BASED ExeL, which provides supply rhain solutions, last week opened its Innovation Centre for the retail sector at its Asia-Pacific HQ in Singapore. "The centre is our first in the Asia-Pacific," Paul Graham, Exel's managing director for its supply chain solutions group for the Asia-Pacific, said. "Exel
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      • 73 18 SINGAPORE-BASED ECnet Ltd has tied up with Taiwan-based eßizprise Inc and CA Enterprise Management System Inc (CAEMS) to form the Asia Supply Chain Alliance. "We aim to deliver innovative and collaborative supply chain solutions and services for key industries in Asia," ECnet said. "We will
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      • 113 18 SINGAPORE'S Crimson Logic last week opened its new North American regional office in Toronto. "CrimsonLogic (North America) Inc plans to partner with companies located throughout North America to provide leading-edge IT solutions and services," the company's CEO V Mathivanan, said. CrimsonLogic is also tying up with lata
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      • 48 18 MAINBOARD-LISTED Digiland International Ltd has been appointed by US-based Emerson Network Power as its master distributor for its micro UPS (uninterruptible power system) for Singapore. Digiland will distribute Emerson's range ofLiebert UPS—below 3 kVA—including offline, line-interactive and true online topology for the Singapore market
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      • 65 18 BORLAND Software Corp said it will offer its technology for wireless applications in a tie-up with Singapore's Java Wireless Competency Centre (JWCC). JWCC is located at Singapore's Institute for Communications Research (ICR) and is a joint initiative between the IDA, Sun Microsystems and the ICR
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      • 69 18 SINGAPORE-BASED HPL Hotels Resorts hag joined the Utell network "to take advantage of UteU's reservations management and distribution technology", Utell said. UK-based Utell is a subsidiary of Pegasus Solutions Inc and offers reservation services, distribution channels, revenue and yield management tools, training services and account
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      • 62 18 SESAMI Inc, which operates Asia's e-hub, Sesami.net, said its president Poh Mui Hoon has been appointed to the 2003 Executive Council of the Open Network for Commerce Exchange (ONCE) previously known as the Global Trading Web Association of which Sesami is a charter member. The council
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      • 36 18 PEOPLESOFT Inc has appointed Ruth Connolly as vice-president of marketing for the Asia-Pacific and Japan, based in Singapore. Ms Connolly was previously SAP's senior vice-president (marketing) and managing director of SAP's India operations.
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      • 31 18 A SEMINAR entitled "Who's lurking in your network?" will be held on Friday at the Mandarin Hotel. It is organised by Teledata. For details, e-mail info@teledata.comsg.
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      • 32 18 Tech security conference The "INSTO technology and security conference 2002" will be held on Sept 25 at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia. It is organised by INSTO and BMC Software. For details, e-mail aanderson@tnsto.com.au.
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      • 36 18  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam A SEMINAR on "Developing and sustaining relationships with your customers" will be held (m Sept 26 at the DBS Auditorium. It is organised by WorldPay. For details, e-mail vindy.kaur@asiapac. worldpay.com.
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      1207 19  -  The online auctioner wants to become a mass marketer without losing its folksy flea-market feel. It won't be easy to do By\ Melanie Wells THIS was a meetinxof the faithful 5,000 vendors, who on eßay peddle such disparate items ad 270 hp Yamaha jetboats, Louis XVI domed-canopy
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    • 225 19 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Network Associates Inc (NAI), a maker of antivirus software, said McAfee.com Corp holders tendered 10.4 million shares, valuing the purchase of McAfee.com shares it didn't own at US$lB3 million. NAI, which has a 96 per cent stake in McAfee.com, would have
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    • 640 20  -  It is considering a solution and whether to repair older software By] Ian Hopper AP WASHINGTON] Microsoft's flagship word processor has a security flaw that could allow the theft of computer files by "bugging" a document with a hidden code, the company
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    • 431 20  -  By, John Markoff NYT [PALO ALTO] Researchers at HewlettPackard laboratories have developed a new manufacturing process capable of producing molecular-scale circuits vastly denser than today's most advanced semiconductor chips. The discovery offers the hope of assembling billions or even trillions of molecularsized switches in
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    • 530 20  -  Phone makers can gain from growing replacement market By] Laucas van Grinsven Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Consumers who do not yet have a mobile phone can benefit this Christmas from a range of ultra-low prices, but investors are wondering what a price
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    • 178 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] America Online CEO Jon Miller last week thinned out top management ranks to take direct control of key units, in his first big move since being named head of the troubled Internet giant. Mr Miller, who was hired last month, will now
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    • 182 20 AW [BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN] Internet use is taking root in governments, schools and with the public in South-east Asia despite obstacles like poor infrastructure and the need for more training, the head of the e-Asean Task Force said. From depressed Laos, My
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    • 1116 21  -  The country is training a skilled labour force to supplement its factory workers. And MNCs such as Motorola are snapping up the brainy labour at attractive prices, bohm Meredith reports ROBYN MEREDITH MOTOROLA opened its first factory in China a decade ago, staffing
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    • 143 21  -  ■rr-nß| I B I I Lum Cheok Wai IT manager Advantest Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore. THIS refers to the commentary "Broadband needs to be liberalised next" by Tang Weng Fai (BizlT, Sept 9). I totally agree with the views expressed in the article. I was delighted because the
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    • 144 21 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Sun Microsystems' CEO Scott McNealy said he's committed to increasing Sun's profitability, a goal that may include further steps to restructure the company. "We've got to get this company to a higher level of profitabUity and we are going
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    • 862 22  -  The manufacturing operations of Stats' customers are seamlessly linked to myStats, forming a virtual extension, its CIO Ng Tiong Gee tells b Antral, oho RACHEL ONG SINGAPORE Technologies' Stats (ST Assembly Test Services Ltd), which assembles and tests microchips, is planning to
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    • 546 22  -  Updates also provided on products like Madison, and the new notebook chip Banias From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley THE key to the convergence of computing and communications is continued innovation around silicon. That's the view from Intel president Paul Otellini. "We're entering
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 47 22 SONY Singapore has launched what it claims is the world's first 2 megapixel camcorder. Called theDCR-IP22OE.it costs $3,089, weighs 520 ersmn nflforc o i megapixel resolution, lOx optical zoom, Bluetooth connectivity, and comes with a 2.5-inch touchscreen LCD display. For details, fax *****218.
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      • 44 22 IOMEGA Corp has debuted its new external CD-RW drive. The Predator 40x12x40 USB 2 costs $359, comes with a free USB 2 PCMCIA card, and "can record a 60 minute CD in three minutes", Iomega said. For details, visit www.iomega.com.sg.
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      • 48 22 SINGAPORE-BASED Systems Technology Pte Ltd has unveiled Ranger PortaßlN, a storage and viewing device to complement digital cameras. It costs $899, weighs 300 grams, stores up to 40 GB of image files, and comes with 1.8-inch colour TFT LCD display. For details, fax *****688.
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      • 47 22 US-BASED Real Networks Inc has unveiled its Helix Universal Server. The software delivers live and on-demand media content via the Internet and supports "more than 55 media types", the company said. Prices for the enterprise edition start at U554,199. For details, fax *****369.
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      • 40 22 MAXTOR Corp has unveiled two 160 GB DiamondMax drives. The DiamondMax 16 costs $439 and the DiamondMax Plus costs $529. Both are the industry's highest density hard disk drives, Maxtor said. For details, fax *****991.
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      • 37 22 UK-BASED Clearswift Corp ha« unveiled its ImageManager software solution. This lets companies identify and block inappropriate embedded in e-mails and attachments, Clearswift said. A licence for 1,000 users costs $8,819. For details, fax *****000.
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      • 146 22  -  OeepOedky Leo Kee Chye CANON Marketing Singapore has introduced two inkjet photo printers and two flatbed scanners. The details: SS3OD: This printer costs $599, offers 2,400 by 1,200 dpi (dots per inch) print resolution, prints 12 ppm (pages nar minntoi in Klo/»lr and 6 ppm
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  • INVESTORS'CHOICE 2002
    • 1462 24 A new white paper from Economist Intelligence Unit reveals concern among executives that hasty requlation and overly strict internal procedures may impair their ability to run businesses effectively NEARLY a year after the Enron revelations first surfaced, corporate governance dominates the political and business agenda.
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    • 536 24 1 SCHEDULE regular meetings of the non-executive board members from which you and the other executives are excluded. Non-execu-tives are there to exercise "constructive dissatisfaction" with the management team. They need to discuss collectively and frankly their views about the performance of
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    • 1570 26  -  Common sense rather than copycat will be a better guide in taking Singapore to the next level in corporate governance, argues sebastiam chomc SEBASTIAN CHONG CORPORATE governance, transparency, quarterly reporting, stock options, independent directors, audit committees, auditor rotation, oversight board. Sortie after sortie of these terms
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    • 691 28  -  When it comes to disclosure, it's substance over form for Temasek-linked companies, says david boey DAVID BOEY TEMASEK Holdings does not issue any golden rules on corporate disclosure to its vast stable of listed companies, but Temasek-linked companies still shine in this year's census on corporate
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      1244 29 We reproduce here the speech by J Y Pillay, chairman of the Singapore Exchange and the Council on Corporate Disclosure and Governance, given at SIAS third Investors' Choice Awards 2002. The award ceremony and dinner were held last Friday at the Orchard Hotel. THE Securities Investors Association (Singapore)
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    • 108 30 ST Engg congratulates the Securities Investors Association (Singapore) on its Third Anniversary I Singapore Technologies Engineering is a global and engineering group, customers and partners. Our people have the burning desire to succeed to k L Jfr- $j give our partners exactly the result they want, whatever the challenge. It's
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 285 31 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE dry bulk sector has remained active. ffnnnailn fj> v esoois som ior rortner trtong miaAnon Mindanao River 2: 160,993 tdw bit 84 Mitsubishi reported sold to clients of Oceanbulk Greece, no further details as yet. Golden Bridge: 69,057 tdw bit 95 Imabari
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    • 509 31  -  Deal transforms Japanese line into serions terminal operations player By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) has come to the rescue of troubled Ceres Terminals in a takeover deal which transforms Japan's third biggest container line into a serious
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    • 375 31 Burning Vietnamese cargo ship in Malacca Strait no threat to passing ships AFP, Reuters [SINGAPORE] There have been two major shipping casualties over the last week. Malaysian firefighters are tackling a blaze on a Vietnamese container ship in the Malacca Strait, while
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    • PORT Shots
      • 92 31 AFP [DHAKA] Bangladesh has put on sale an Indian cargo ship seized in 1999 for carrying imported rice that was rotten, state media said. Traders have been floated to sell the Biswa Kumudi, which was impounded after it arrived at the southwestern port of Mongla
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      • 55 31 Reuters [LONDON] Forth Ports pic, Britain's third largest ports operator, posted a 5 per cent rise in first-half pre-tax profits. The median of analysts' fhll-year forecasts for pre-tax profit before exceptional Is £41 million (*****.7 million), which represents a 4£ per cent rise on
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    • 272 31 Liberian-registored ship has traces of radioactivity AFP [WASHINGTON] US military units with "unique capabilities" were called in by the FBI to investigate the Li-berian-registered container ship off New Jersey in which traces of radioactivity were reported to be found, a Pentagon spokesman
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    • 373 31 State-ran firm is eyeing a piece of the lucrative NTs2lom contract AP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's ailing state-run shipbuilder is constructing a submarine hull to prove it can compete with foreign companies for a piece of a lucrative deal to build eight diesel-electric subs for
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    • 735 32  -  LIMES SCENE -By David Hughes AS with life in general, shipping is Ml of irony. It seems to me what is happening in liner shipping is particularly ironic. Over the past 30 years, shippers' interests have been gradually chipping away at the conference system.
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      • 166 41 Sap 20 Korea: Harvest Day. Bap 21 Korea: Harvest Day. Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival. Sap 22 Hong Kong: Mid-Autumn Fest val. Korea: Harvest Day. Bap 23 Japan: Autumnal Equinox Day. Oct 1 China: National Day. Hong Kong: National Day. Oct 2 China: 2 Day of Nat Day. Oot 3
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      • 776 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description at the market. Prices shown are based on averagesiaed stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 290 42 Pull-year data expected to show record volume of cargo handled Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong International Airport said it handled 24 per cent more cargo in August from the same month last year, bolstered by rising exports, and 1.8 per cent more passengers.
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      • 412 42 Discount carrier to fly from Cairns to Japan from Oct 27 AP [SYDNEY] Australian Airlines, a no-frills international carrier owned by Qantas, was officially launched yesterday to service Japanese and other Asian routes once determined as too unprofitable for its parent. With bookings
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        • 119 42 Bloomberg [LONDON] Easy Jet chairman Stelios Haji-loannou plans to step down on Nov 26 to focus on new ventures as the airline completes the takeover of Go Fly Ltd to become the biggest no-frills carrier in Europe. "My intention is to remain
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        • 105 42 AP [LONDON] Passenger traffic through major British airports rose 2.3 per cent in August compared to the same month last year, led by strong increases in domestic and European charter traffic, airport operator BAA pic said. North Atlantic traffic, still showing the effects
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      • 280 42 But it has hurdles to dear before it can start flying the five-nation route AFP [MAJURO] State-owned Air Nauru says it wants to re-es-tablish a five-nation service and shrug off the label of being one of the Pacific's least reliable carriers.
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      • 230 42 Reuters [MONTREAL] Air Canada and its flight attendants' union have reached a tentative deal aimed at allowing the airline's planned discount subsidiary. Zip Air Inc, to operate with lower costs, the two sides said. Air Canada, the country's dominant carrier, and the
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