BERNAMA The Malaysian National News Agency articles from June 2000, page 6

BERNAMA The Malaysian National News Agency archives from June 2000

KLSE UPDATE: 10:30 AM.
June 23, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (Bernama) -- At 10:30 am today, there were 73 gainers, 303 losers and 116 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 812.71 down 9.88 points, the Emas Index was at 202.51 down 2.01...

KLSE UPDATE: 11:00 AM.
June 23, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (Bernama) -- At 11:00 am today, there were 90 gainers, 318 losers and 133 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 812.87 down 9.72 points, the Emas Index was at 202.53 down 1.99...

TIN PRICE GAINS ANOTHER 13 SEN AT RM20.50 PER KG.
June 23, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (Bernama) -- The tin price gained another 13 sen today on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) to end at RM20.50 per kg on follow-through buying activity from yesterday, a dealer said. The strong overnight close of the...

CODA INTENDS TO SET UP R&D CENTRE IN ASIA.
June 23, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (Bernama) -- CODA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of U.K's Science Systems Plc is looking at setting up a software research and development (R&D) centre in Asia, said its executive vice president Phil Hollins. Science...

POS MALAYSIA BHD'S SPECIAL DELIVERY TO HOSTAGES.
June 23, 2000... KOTA KINABALU, June 23 Bernama) -- Pos Malaysia Bhd in collaboration with the Philippine postal authorities will arrange a special delivery of letters from loved ones in Sabah to the Malaysian hostages being held by armed men in Talipao,...

KPD APPOINTED AS MODENAS DISTRIBUTOR IN LANGKAWI.
June 23, 2000... LANGKAWI, June 23 (Bernama) -- The Langkawi District Development Cooperative (KPD) was recently appointed as distributor for the Modenas motorcycles here by Edaran Modenas Sdn Bhd (Emos). With the appointment, the Cooperative would be...

EMPLOYERS FEDERATION SAYS MINIMUM WAGE OF RM900 NOT PRACTICAL IN MALAYSIA.
June 23, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (Bernama) -- A national-level minimum wage policy is not practical nor applicable in Malaysia and should be best left to the industry and enterprise levels to decide, the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) reiterated...

CONDUCT RESEARCH ON HARMFUL CHEMICAL EFFECTS, SAYS CHUA.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- Malaysian and Thai researchers should collaborate to conduct research on the harmful effects of chemicals in the two countries, Health Minister Datuk Chua Jui Meng said today. He said research by both...

COUPLE PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CAUSING DAUGHTER'S DEATH.
June 22, 2000... MELAKA, June 21 (Bernama) -- A couple pleaded not guilty in the Maigstrate's Court here today to abusing their two-year-old daughter and causing her death. Farizah Salleh, 20, a housewife, and her husband, Rahim Jenal, 25, a van driver,...

DCM TO LEAD SABAH DELEGATION TO CAMBODIA.
June 22, 2000... KOTA KINABALU, June 21 (Bernama) -- Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Tham Nyip Shen will lead the state delegation during a visit to Cambodia in November to scout for investment opportunities. Chief Minister Datuk Osu Sukam said the visit was...

EC OFFICIAL OVERLOOKED FOREIGNER'S NAME ON ROLLS, COURT TOLD.
June 22, 2000... KOTA KINABALU, June 21 (Bernama) -- An administrative assistant with the Election Commission told the High Court hearing a petition to nullify the election result for the Likas state seat that she overlooked to delete Muksan Tiblan's name...

RBC OFFICE IN SONGKHLA TO CLOSE IN OCTOBER.
June 22, 2000... PENANG, June 21 (Bernama) -- The Malaysia-Thailand Regional Border Committee (RBC) Office based in Songkhla will be closed in October after a review of the committee's function as Malaysia no longer faced an armed communist threat since 13...

DEFENCE CLOSES CASE IN ANWAR TRIAL.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- The defence in the sodomy trial of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his adopted brother, Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja, closed its case at the High Court, here, today. One of Anwar's counsel, Sankaran Nair,...

KTM TO RESUME PASSENGER SERVICE TO PORT DICKSON FROM SEREMBAN.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- The passenger train service between Seremban and Port Dickson would be resumed, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik said today. He said the KTM Berhad board had studied suggestions from...

RMAF PERFORMS MERCY FLIGHT FOR AMERICAN SEAMAN.
June 22, 2000... KOTA KINABALU, June 21 (Bernama) -- The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) today performed a mercy flight for an American seaman from a ship in the South China Sea to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital here. Anthony Peter Costa, a crew of...

COURT SAYS MAN WAS OF UNSOUND MIND WHEN HE KILLED FATHER.
June 22, 2000... KOTA BAHARU, June 21 (Bernama) -- The High Court today ruled that a 29-year-old man charged with the murder of his father was of unsound mind at the time of the incident. Justice Datuk Idris Yusoff ruled that Roslee Sakareeya Yahaya was...

ABOUT 11,000 WATER CONSUMERS NOT BILLED.
June 22, 2000... KOTA KINABALU, June 21 (Bernama) -- The Sabah Water Department, in a recent survey, had found that about 11,000 water consumers in the state are not being billed. Its director, Cosmas J.Abah said today these consumers were found to have...

BAR COUNCIL PRESIDENT NOT IN CONTEMPT.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- The High Court here today decided not to cite Malaysian Bar Council Sulaiman Abdullah for contempt after accepting his explanation. Justice Datuk Dr R.K. Nathan said he was satisfied with the...

KELANTAN TO CORPORATISE WATER SUPPLY, SAYS NO TO PRIVATISATION.
June 22, 2000... KOTA BAHARU, June 21 (Bernama) -- Water supply in Kelantan will never be privatised again, said Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat. He said the state executive council made the decision today in the interest of the people, and...

POLICE INTENSIFY BORDER CHECKS AGAINST SMUGGLING.
June 22, 2000... KOTA BAHARU, June 21 (Bernama) -- Police are stepping up checks to curb smuggling in the border areas, particularly of firearms across the Malaysian-Thai border. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Jamil Johari said apart from...

SAFETY AT MOST WORKSITES STILL MUCH TO BE DESIRED.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- The safety level at worksites throughout the country is still unsatisfactory despite a slight improvement, Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn said today. He said safety measures were...

AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL WORRIES OVER POLITICAL CHASM WITH MALAYSIA.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) - The new secretary to the cabinet of Prime Minister John Howard, Paul McClintock, is concerned over the political rift between Howard and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and is seeking ways to...

"BEEF FROM INDIA NOT HALAL" CLAIM REJECTED BY JAKIM.
June 22, 2000... WASHINGTON, June 21 (Bernama) -- An international animal rights group has claimed that beef exported to Malaysia from India is not halal as the cows are improperly slaughtered. But the claim was immediately rejected in Kuala Lumpur by the...

POLICE RECRUITS HELP TOP UP BLOOD SUPPLY AT BLOOD BANK.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- Three hundred police recruits from the Police Training Centre (Pulapol) at Jalan Semarak here today help top up the dwindling blood supply at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital Blood Bank. The hospital's Medical...

R&D EXHIBITION AT DPMM AGM AT PWTC.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- Fifteen research and development (R&D) projects undertaken by academic staff of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and ready to be commercialised will be exhibited at the 35th annual general meeting of the...

BANK INDONESIA GOVERNOR DETAINED IN BANK BALI SCANDAL.
June 22, 2000... JAKARTA, June 21 (Bernama) -- Bank Indonesia Governor Syahril Sabirin was detained by the Attorney-General's office today for further investigations into the Bank Bali scandal. He was served the detention order at the end of two days of...

EX-MUFTI OF TERENGGANU DIES.
June 22, 2000... KUALA TERENGGANU, June 21 (Bernama) -- Former Terengganu mufti Datuk Indera Guru Wan Abdul Manan Wan Yaacob died at his house here today. He was 65. Wan Abdul Manan was the first commissioner of the Terengganu Religious Affairs...

KL PROMISES THE BEST FOR 27TH ICFM.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- With the 27th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) just six days away, preparations are well under way. The conference, slated from June 27 to 30, will be attended by delegates from the 56...

DECISION ON INTERPRETER IN MAID ABUSE CASE ON JUNE 24.
June 22, 2000... PETALING JAYA, June 21 (Bernama) -- The Magistrate's Court here will decide on Saturday whether to allow a fresh examination-in-chief to be conducted with the aid of an Indonesian interpreter in the case of a former company executive charged...

NO SIGNS OF JE FRESH OUTBREAK, SAYS VETERINARY CHIEF.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- There are no signs of fresh outbreak of the Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the country, said Veterinary Services Director-General Datuk Dr Mohd Nordin Mohd Nor today. He said the Nipah virus was...

HIV/AIDS INFORMATION ON OCTOPUS ONLINE'S MALAY WEBSITE.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- Octopus Online, which runs a popular entertainment website at www.octopus.com.my, today launched its Malay version with information clips on HIV/AIDS. Malaysian AIDS council president Datin Paduka Marina...

G15 MEMBERS KEEN TO STEP UP COOPEARTION TO DEAL WITH GLOBALISATION.
June 22, 2000... CAIRO, June 21 (Bernama) -- Members of the Group of 15 Developing Countries (G15) are increasingly serious about stepping up cooperation in dealing with the globalisation issue as they fear being controlled by developed nations, Datuk Seri Dr...

MCA YOUTH URGES MINISTRY TO RECONSIDER APPLICATIONS OF 10A STUDENTS.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- The MCA Youth has appealed to the Education Ministry to consider the appeals of 25 students whose applications to public institutions of higher learning (IPTAs) were rejected despite scoring 10As in the...

KLSE UPDATE: 3:00 PM.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- At 3:00 pm today, there were 538 gainers, 73 losers and 107 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 829.76 up 17.14 points, the Emas Index was at 206.75 up 4.05...

BANK NEGARA EXCHANGE RATES: JUNE 21.
June 22, 2000... THE FOLLOWING IS THE BEST QUOTATIONS AVAILABLE FROM COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KUALA LUMPUR AT 11.30 A.M, TODAY, ISSUED BY BANK NEGARA: (UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY PER UNIT OF MALAYSIAN RINGGIT) (BUYING TT/O.D) (SELLING O.D) US DOLLAR:...

MANUFACTURING SALES RISE 23.3 PCT TO RM25.4 BLN IN APRIL.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- The manufacturing sector recorded a sales value of RM25.4 billion for April this year, a surge of 23.3 percent or RM4.8 billion when compared with RM20.6 billion reported in the same month of the preceeding...

KLSE UPDATE: 3:30 PM.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- At 3:30 pm today, there were 574 gainers, 75 losers and 95 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 832.09 up 19.47 points, the Emas Index was at 207.34 up 4.64...

EPE TO STREAMLINE OPERATION AND CONCENTRATE ON EXPORT MARKET.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- EPE Power Corporation Bhd will make every effort to streamline its operation and concentrate on the export market in the hope of maintaining the same level of last year's sales in the financial year ending...

KL SHARES HIGHER AT MID-AFTERNOON.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- Share prices on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) were propelled higher by continued retail and local fund buying at mid-afternoon today. A dealer said the market's sustainability rammed the 830...

KLSE UPDATE: 4:00 PM.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- At 4:00 pm today, there were 610 gainers, 68 losers and 97 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 833.81 up 21.19 points, the Emas Index was at 207.76 up 5.06...

HLBB ROLLS OUT HONG LEONG AMERICAN EXPRESS CREDIT CARD.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- Hong Leong Bank Bhd (HLBB) has rolled out the new Hong Leong American Express credit card comprising the classic and gold cards. In a statement following its launch yesterday, senior group managing...

DANAHARTA'S AZMAN YAHYA IS "RESTRUCTURING AGENCY CHIEF OF THE YEAR".
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Bhd managing director, Datuk Azman Yahya has been named the "Restructuring Agency Chief of The Year" by international financial magazine Asiamoney. Asiamoney, in its...

KL SHARES CLOSE HIGHER, NORTHBOUND.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- Share prices on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange closed higher today as increasing confidence among investors sent the overall market northbound, a dealer said. He added that while retail investors...

RUBBER MARKET SLIGHTLY HIGHER AT CLOSE.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- Prices on the Malaysian rubber market closed slightly higher today on improved sentiment following reports of heavy rain which could result in the shortage of Natural Rubber (NR). supply. The...

ISTRIBUTABLE INCOME OF 10 SEN PER UNIT FOR AL-AIMAN FUND.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- ASM MARA Unit Trust Management Bhd has announced a distributable income of 10.0 sen net per unit of the Al-Aiman fund for the unit holders as of May 15, this year. The distributable income paid by way of...

KLOFFE-CLOSING.
June 22, 2000... KLCI FUTURES CONTRACTS CLOSE HIGHER KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- Futures contracts on the Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (Kloffe) closed higher today. The better turn out was inspired by the sustained gains...

KLSE-TRADING.
June 22, 2000... KLSE RESOLVES TRADING PROBLEM IN SYSTEM KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) opened for trading as usual at 9.00 am today after having detected a systems problem prior to market opening. The...

TA ANN VENTURES INTO LARGE-SCALE REFORESTATION.
June 22, 2000... SIBU, June 21 (Bernama) -- Sarawak-based Ta Ann Holdings Bhd has ventured into a large-scale commercial reforestation project involving genetically-improved timber species and rubber trees to ensure the sustainability of log supply, said...

UEM TO ASSUME PLUS BONDS PRIOR TO LATTER'S LISTING.
June 22, 2000... PETALING JAYA, June 21 (Bernama) -- United Engineers (Malaysia) Bhd (UEM) wants to assume the bonds issued by Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (PLUS) prior to the listing of the North South Expressway toll operator, said managing director Datuk...

PAOS-LISTING.
June 22, 2000... PAOS TO BE LISTED ON KLSE AT RM2 A SHARE KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- Paos Holdings Bhd, which is to be listed on the Main Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, is making an initial public offering of 9.18 million new RM1 shares...

AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL WANTS TO IMPROVE AUSTRALIAN-MALAYSIAN TIES.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) - Paul McClintock, the new secretary to the Cabinet of Australian Prime Minister John Howard, says that he wants to bring the political relations between Australia and Malaysia to the same strong level as the...

COMPANY NEWS IN BRIEF: JUNE 21.
June 22, 2000... -- BERJAYA SPORTS TOTA BHD posted a pre-tax profit of RM384.481 million for the financial year ended April 30, 2000 compared with RM438.206 million a year earlier. Sales improved slightly to RM2.346 billion from RM2.195 billion...

WIRED BUSINESS AIMS FOR MORE SECURED E-COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (Bernama) -- Another local company has jumped into the e-commerce bandwagon and wants to conduct business-to-business (B2B) transactions in a more secured way. To be able to do this, Wired Business Sdn Bhd, an...

KL SHARES OPEN SLIGHTLY HIGHER BUT SLIP THEREAFTER.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (Bernama) -- Share prices on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) opened slightly higher this morning but slipped thereafter due to the lack of follow-through buying, a dealer said. He added that the rebound...

KLSE UPDATE: 9:30 AM.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (Bernama) -- At 9:30 am today, there were 51 gainers, 182 losers and 90 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 828.43 down 6.76 points, the Emas Index was at 206.60 down 1.54...

MAJOR CURRENCIES MOSTLY WEAKER AGAINST RINGGIT.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (Bernama) -- Except for the Japanese yen, most major currencies were weaker against the ringgit in the early morning session today. At 9:20 am, the Japanese yen rose to 3.6059/6085 against the ringgit compared with...

KLOFFE CONTRACTS OPEN MIX, DIP THEREAFTER.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (Bernama) -- Futures contracts on the Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (Kloffe) opened mixed but dipped later when the cash market was unable to extend its technical rebound, a dealer said. At...

STRUCTURAL CHANGES NEEDED IN OIC TO FACE NEW MILLENNIUM.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (Bernama) -- The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), the second largest organisation after the United Nations, will have to undergo structural changes to make it more relevant, said Foreign Ministry deputy...

RINGGIT NOT SEVERELY UNDERVALUED, SAYS MUSTAPA.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's fixed exchange rate is not up for change at the moment because the ringgit is not largely undervalued against regional currencies, said Datuk Mustapa Mohamed, the adviser to the finance ministry....

KLSE UPDATE: 11:00 AM.
June 22, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (Bernama) -- At 11.00 a.m today, there were 52 gainers, 439 losers and 101 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 821.28 down 13.91 points, the Emas Index was at 204.94 down...

BUSINESSMAN CLAIMS HE WAS ATTACKED BY THREE SAMAK AQUACULTURE STAFF.
June 21, 2000... ALOR SETAR, June 20 (Bernama) -- A businessman, Samsudin Abdul Razak, told the Sessions Court here today that three employees of Samak Aquaculture, a company running the prawn breeding project in Kerpan, attacked him when he objected to the...

BILL ON MAINTENANCE OF HIGHRISE BUILDINGS IN FINAL STAGE.
June 21, 2000... PETALING JAYA, June 20 (Bernama) -- The Housing and Local Government Ministry is in the final stage of drawing up a bill on regulating the management and maintenance of highrise buildings. Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said the draft of...

TOKYO'S ASIAN TRAINING PROGRAM IN JEOPARDY.
June 21, 2000... TOKYO, June 20 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Deddy Kurniawan from Jakarta appeared apprehensive, like an adopted son, at a Tokyo ceremony recently when he first met and shook hands with Yoshitaka Nakagawa of Kokusai Engineering Co. For eight months...

KLSE UPDATE: 3:00 PM.
June 21, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- At 3:00 pm today, there were 205 gainers, 423 losers and 166 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 807.19 down 6.10 points, the Emas Index was at 201.80 down 1.34...

GHOSN CONFIDENT OF NISSAN REGAINING PROFITABILITY IN FY 2000.
June 21, 2000... TOKYO, June 20 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Nissan Motor Co will achieve its goal of regaining profitability in the current fiscal year due to the success of its restructuring efforts, Nissan's chief operating officer Carlos Ghosn said today. ...

ANTINUCLEAR TORCH RELAY BEGINS IN HIROSHIMA.
June 21, 2000... HIROSHIMA, June 20 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- A torch relay around the 86 cities, towns and villages of hiroshima prefecture aimed at opposing nuclear weapons and promoting peace, began early today at a park built for remembrance of the 1945 atomic...

KLSE UPDATE: 3:30 PM.
June 21, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- At 3:30 pm today, there were 182 gainers, 450 losers and 173 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 804.24 down 9.05 points, the Emas Index was at 201.02 down 2.12...

JAPANESE POLICEMEN RUSHING TO BUY LUNCH, BREAK SPEED LIMIT.
June 21, 2000... NAGASAKI, June 20 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Two police officers in Nagasaki Prefecture drove at 80 kilometers an hour with their patrol car's red light flashing while on their way to buy lunch in April, police said today. The two officers of...

INVEST IN NEW TECHNIQUES, RUBBER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURERS URGED.
June 21, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- Manufacturers of rubber products were today told not to hesitate investing in new mixing techniques that would enhance product quality, efficiency and productivity and subsequently make them more...

KL TO RAISE NEW FINANCIAL ORDER AT OIC MEETING.
June 21, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- Malaysia hopes to push for a resolution on the establishment a new international financial architecture (IFA) at the 27th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) here next week to secure a "bigger...

LITYAN VENTURES INTO INTERNET SECURITY.
June 21, 2000... PETALING JAYA, June 20 (Bernama) -- Lityan Holdings Bhd, an information technology (IT) and telecommunication firm, has expanded its business by venturing into the integrated Internet security. Yesterday, the company entered into a...

PREVIOUS CHAIN-LISTING REQUIREMENT DEEMED RESTRICTIVE.
June 21, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- The "50 percent contribution rule" with regard to chain-listing was deemed to be too restrictive, given there are other "qualitative rules" being imposed and, thus, tended to prohibit qualified...

SPORTS: 600 COMPETITORS IN NATIONAL YOUTH TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIP.
June 21, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- Six hundred competitors have signed up for the 20th National Youth Taekwondo championship at the KLBA Stadium on July 1-2. They represented 50 affliates in the eight-category championship. The...

GOVT WILL SEEK WAYS TO OVERCOME INVESTORS' PROBLEMS, SAYS RAFIDAH.
June 21, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- The government will seek ways to resolve problems encountered by investors in order to improve the business environment in the country, said International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah...

CPO FUTURES SLIGHTLY LOWER AT CLOSE.
June 21, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- Crude palm oil futures on the Commodity and Monetary Exchange of Malaysia (Commex) lost some of its profits it posted yesterday as players played down the crop estimates released by a cargo surveyor. A...

WEBENGINE AIMS FOR M'SIAN BANKS.
June 21, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- Toronto-based WebEngine Corp plans to make an inroad to the Malaysian banking sector with its fraud-proof payment gateway system known as "WebEngine". The Canadian Stock Exchange listed company, which...

PCOC ORGANISES SEMINAR TO ASSIST SMBs IN E-COMMERCE.
June 21, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- The consortium spearheading the PC (personal computer) ownership campaign (PCOC) comprising Intel Electronics Malaysia Sdn Bhd and GO2020.com MSC Sdn Bhd today launched their nationwide series of seminars...

MISSED PENALTIES FORCED MELAKA TO SETTLE FOR DRAW WITH SOLDIER BOYS.
June 21, 2000... MELAKA, June 20 (Bernama) -- Premier Two leaders Melaka were forced to a 1-1 draw with the Armed Forces in Kubu Stadium here today. The home team had numerous opportunities to beat the soldier boys but in a series of poor finishing,...

COMPANY NEWS IN BRIEF: JUNE 20.
June 21, 2000... -- PADIBERAS NASIONAL BHD (Bernas) said today its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bernas Engineering & Technology Sdn Bhd, and Kejuruteraan Mekelek (M) Sdn Bhd have mutually agreed to terminate a joint venture in medical institution project. --...

SPORTS: YTL OPEN SQUASH TOURNAMENT RESULTS.
June 21, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- Following are the qualifying second round results of the YTL Open squash tournament at the National Squash Centre in Jalan Duta, here today: Qualifying Second Round: MEN: Mohamad Azlan Iskandar...

MTIB STARTS NEW LICENSING SERVICE IN PORT KLANG.
June 21, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB) will start a new service in issuing export licences for timber products at its central region's office in Port Klang from Friday, it said in a statement today. ...

US-BASED PTI PLANS TO EXPAND ASEAN MARKET WITH M'SIA AS HUB.
June 21, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- US-based electric utility consulting firm, Power Technologies Inc (PTI) plans to expand its Asean market with Malaysia as its regional hub. Director for International Business Development and Software...

KLIBOR FUTURES CLOSE MOSTLY HIGHER.
June 21, 2000... KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- The Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rates (KLIBOR) futures contract on the Commodity and Monetary Exchange of Malaysia (COMMEX) closed mostly higher in fairly active trading. September 2000 fell a tick...

PENANG CONFIDENT OF GROWTH IN ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY.
June 21, 2000... PENANG, June 20 (Bernama) -- Growth in Penang's electronics industry is expected to rise to 10.5 percent this year although there are still some lingering effects of the recent recession, said Penang chief minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon...