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News Releases 2000

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Dec '00

• DBS Bank Launches New Wireless Banking Service  (12 Dec 00)
  
  

Nov '00

• Soh Kim Soon To Leave DBS Bank  (29 Nov 00)
  
  
• DBS Finance Folds Into DBS Bank  (28 Nov 00)
  
  
• DBS50 Index: Changes To Component Stocks  (24 Nov 00)
  
  
• Singapore Exchange Limited  (23 Nov 00)
  
  
• Top Credit Card Specialist Joins DBS  (17 Nov 00)
  
  
• CWT Distribution Limited S$30,000,000 Floating Rate Notes Due 2003  (16 Nov 00)
  
  
• DBS Asset Management Offers Investors Upside  (15 Nov 00)
  
  
• Shareholders Of General Securities Investments Approve Restructuring  (14 Nov 00)
  
  
• DBS Unveils New US$ 100 Million Treasury & Markets Centre  
  (10 Nov 00)
  
  

Oct '00

• DBS Thai Danu Bank Reports Second Consecutive Quarter Of Operating Profit  (19 Oct 00)
  
  
• DBS Launches Direct Debit Payment Service  (06 Oct 00)
  
  
• DBS Reaffirms Presence In Indonesia  (04 Oct 00)
  
  
• Frank Wong Joins DBS Corporate Office  (02 Oct 00)
  
  

Sep '00

• DBS Responds To Westpac Statement  (28 Sep 00)
  
  
• DBS Introduces New Deposit Account To Offset Fall-Below Fee  
  (26 Sep 00)
  
  
• General Securities Investments Proposes Restructuring  (21 Sep 00)
  
  
• DBS Home Loans 'Much More Than A Better Rate'  (21 Sep 00)
  
  
• DBS Securities Launches Online Brokerage Service  (19 Sep 00)
  
  
• Sing Lun Holdings Limited  (15 Sep 00)
  
  
• DBS Attracts Another World Class Banker  (14 Sep 00)
  
  
• Launch Of Global Emerging Markets Collateralised Bond Obligation  
  (12 Sep 00)
  
  
• DBS Bank Appoints Experienced Briton To Focus On IT Business Applications  (11 Sep 00)
  
  
• DBSAM Launches Enhanced Income Fund (S$)  (06 Sep 00)
  
  
• DBS Deploys Latest And Best-In-Class Network With Technology From Cisco Systems  (05 Sep 00)
  
  

Aug '00

• Chong Moves To Private Equity Group At DBS Bank  (17 Aug 00)
  
  
• DBS Bank's Indonesian Subsidiary Changes Name To PT Bank DBS Indonesia  (08 Aug 00)
  
  
• Secondary Offering Of 10,000,000 New Shares Of Easycall International
  Ltd At S$0.52 Each  (04 Aug 00)
  
  

Jul '00

• DBS Bank Sells Out $25 Million Issue Of Asset-Back Notes In Two Days  
  (31 Jul 00)
  
  
• 2000 Interim Results Briefing to Analysts & Investors  
  (Download PowerPoint file to view) (28 Jul 00)
  
  
• DBS Thai Danu Bank Sells 77 % Of Non-Performing Loans (NPLs)
  (27 Jul 00)
  
  
• DBSH Group Net Profit Up 7.5% To S$ 704.0 Million As Group Provisions Decline   (27 Jul 00)
  
  
• 2000 Interim Performance Supplement   (27 Jul 00) (PDF: 113 KB)
  
  
• 2000 Interim Results   (27 Jul 00) (PDF: 25 KB)
  
  
• SMRT Corporation Ltd   (25 Jul 00)
  
  
• DBS Bank Sets up First Enterprise Banking Business Centre   (25 Jul 00)
  
  
• DBS Thai Danu Bank Back in the Black   (18 Jul 00)
  
  
• DBS Bank Arranges A Five-Year S$200,000,000 Floating Rate Note Facility For Amercian Express International, Inc. Singapore Branch  
  (14 Jul 00)
  
  
• North 22 Technology Services Group Limited   (13 Jul 00)
  
  
• DBS To Give All Employees Two Days Annually For Volunteer Work  
  (09 Jul 00)
  
  
• Goodpack Limited   (07 Jul 00)
  
  
• DBS Rated Leading Internet Banking Website in Asia Pacific   (05 Jul 00)
  
  
• Singatrust Limited   (05 Jul 00)
  
  
• DBS Bank Sells Out Singapore's Second Tranche Of Short-Term Note Issue For Retail Investors   (04 Jul 00)
  
  
• FDS Networks Group Ltd  (04 Jul 00)
  
  

Jun '00

• DBS Launches Virtual Credit Card For Cyber Shopping   (27 Jun 00)
  
  
• Keppel, DBS and SingTel Join Forces to Form One of the Largest Listed Venture Capital Companies in Asia   (21 Jun 00)
  
  
• DBS Supports MAS Directives To Limit Bank Non-Core Activities  
  (21 Jun 00)
  
  
• Adroit Innovations Limited   (16 Jun 00)
  
  
• DBS Thai Danu Bank Successfully Completes Bt13.5 billion Re-Capitalization  (15 Jun 00)
  
  
• Addvalue Technologies Ltd   (13 Jun 00)
  
  

May '00

• DBS Bank Launches Singapore's First Short-term Note Issue for Retail Investors   (31 May 00)
  
  
• DBS' Eight and Horizon The First Multi-Manager Funds to be Approved for CPF Investments   (29 May 00)
  
  
• DBS Launches Low-Cost E-Payment Solution For Local On-Line Businesses   (23 May 00)
  
  
• Expiry of Warrants   (19 May 00)
  
  
• Avaplas Ltd   (16 May 00)
  
  
• Singapore Airport Terminal Services Limited   (11 May 00)
  
  
• SIA Engineering Company Limited   (11 May 00)
  
  
• DBS Bank Streamlines Banking Operations   (11 May 00)
  
  
• DBS to Implement Bank Fees on June 1 as Earlier Announced  
  (05 May 00)
  
  
• Giant Wireless Technology Limited   (04 May 00)
  
  

Apr '00

• DBS Thai Danu Bank To Seek Shareholder Approval For Re-Capitalisation Plan   (28 Apr 00)
  
  
• Expiry of Warrants   (28 Apr 00)
  
  
• Press Statement on Bank Charges   (27 Apr 00)
  
  
• More Consumers Embracing E-Banking Services Says DBS   (24 Apr 00)
  
  
• DBS Thai Danu Bank Posts Sharp Turnaround in First Quarter Operating Results   (20 Apr 00)
  
  
• DBS Group Holdings Circular  (20 Apr 00) (PDF: 76 KB)
  
  
• DBSH to Make Certain Non-Voting Shares Redeemable   (19 Apr 00)
  
  
• Parkway Laboratory Services Ltd   (18 Apr 00)
  
  
• DBS Bank Moves ICS Stake To DBS Group Holdings   (17 Apr 00)
  
  
• Expiry of Warrants   (14 Apr 00)
  
  
• DBS Bank and ABN AMRO Singapore Launch Commerzbank AG Sub-Debt Issue in SGD   (13 Apr 00)
  
  
• Airocean Group Limited   (12 Apr 00)
  
  
• DBS Issues US$500 Million Subordinated Debt Issue   (06 Apr 00)
  
  
• Ban Joo & Company Limited   (04 Apr 00)
  
  

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Mar '00

• DBS Bank Selects Sun as Technology Platform to Deploy More Online Services for Customers   (30 Mar 00)
  
  
• DBSAM Launches DBS Asia Knowledge Fund   (21 Mar 00)
  
  
• TIBS Holdings Ltd's S$80 Million Unsecured Fixed Rate Bonds Due 2003   (14 Mar 00)
  
  
• New IPO for Medi-Rad Associates Ltd Available for Applications on DBS Internet Banking   (14 Mar 00)
  
  
• DBS Bank to Increase Stake in PT Bank DBS Buana   (14 Mar 00)
  
  
• New Leadership Team at DBS Asset Management   (13 Mar 00)
  
  
• 1999 Results Briefing to Analysts and Investors (Download PowerPoint file to view)  (07 Mar 00)
  
  
• DBS Bank is Joint Lead Manager for Cheung Kong Finance (Cayman) Limited Fixed Rate Note Issue  (06 Mar 00)
  
  
• DBSH Group Operating Profit Climbs 75% To S$1.96 Billion  (06 Mar 00)
  
  
• 1999 Performance Supplement  (06 Mar 00) (PDF: 170 KB)
  
  
• 1999 Results (SGX)  (06 Mar 00) (PDF: 32 KB)
  
  

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Feb '00

• Ionics EMS, Inc   (24 Feb 00)
  
  
• DBS Group to Sell Holdings in DBS Land   (21 Feb 00)
  
  
• DBS Bank Adds to Its Team of Managing Directors Driving Key Banking Functions   (21 Feb 00)
  
  
• DBS Bank Initiates Sinapore Hong Bao   (18 Feb 00)
  
  
• DBS First to Allow IPO Applications on Internet   (16 Feb 00)
  
  
• Launch of DBS MoneySmart MasterCard Card  (11 Feb 00)
  
  
• Sembawang Kimtrans Ltd  (02 Feb 00)
  
  

Jan '00

• Multi-Chem Limited  (26 Jan 00)
  
  
• Horizon.com Limited  (25 Jan 00)
  
  
• DBS Attracts New Talent to Beef Up Private and Priority Banking Teams  (24 Jan 00)
  
  
• DBS Thai Danu Bank Unaudited Financial Results for the Year Ended 31 Dec 1999  (21 Jan 00)
  
  
• DBS Thai Danu Bank Reports Loss for 1999  (21 Jan 00)
  
  
• Craft Print International Limited  (19 Jan 00)
  
  
• eight Arrives  (18 Jan 00)
  
  
• Smooth Start to the First Banking Day In Singapore, Hong Kong, The Philippines and Indonesia  (03 Jan 00)
  
  
• 'Banking As Usual' at DBS throughout Asia  (01 Jan 00)