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John Treloar has been appointed as country manager - Australia/New Zealand by Allaire Corporation.

BROWSING through the hundreds of job advertisements that appeared in The Australian in 2000, I was struck by the very high calibre of senior managers companies seek to attract.

IT has been interesting to see how the world’s biggest sporting event, the Olympic Games has highlighted the deficiencies in our support of science.

Perth’s Barrack Square Bell Tower is a ‘living’ building. It flexes and moves to absorb the huge forces generated when the historic bells are rung.

TO help the six million Australians who suffer from fatigue, Blackmores has launched Envital, a new treatment that provides sustainable support to the body’s natural energy production function.

THE property you thought you owned may now belong to your neighbour – if you still use the old coordinated reference system.

PERTH’S independent advertising agencies have been targeted by an east coast company seeking to create Australia’s first national advertising consortium.

THE Department of Minerals and Energy and the Department of Resources Development released their annual reports this week.

Australia’s seasonally adjusted trade deficit improved by 9 per cent to $2.19 billion between June and September. In September 1999 the deficit stood at $4.31 million.

LLOYD Stewart has resigned as chairman of the Lotteries Commission of Western Australia, citing short-term business commitments as the motivating factor.

WITH the festive season approaching, Christmas parties are in full swing and there are plenty of opportunities to eat, drink and be merry.

CAROLS by Sunlight, a treasure hunt and Santa highlight the run up to Christmas in Northbridge.

Shell has revised its merger proposal with WPL. The cleverly crafted offer is designed to get the revised merger proposal (RMP) in front of the WPL shareholders to force a vote (extraordinary general meeting will be held at the end of April).

WITH Perth’s newest landmark, the Swan Bells, now ready for the official opening on Sunday, December 10, my thanks go to everyone involved in the project.

The ANZ Bank’s count of national job vacancies advertised in newspapers fell by 8 per cent between October and November.

PRELIMINARY work on a gas pipeline between Bunbury, Manjimup and Albany with a possible future extension to Ravensthorpe and Esperance has begun.

Chris Rule representing Australian Financial Securities and John Migliore representing Deakin Financial Planning have started another venture and are offering, for possibly the last time, an opportunity to acquire central Margaret River Property.

THIS is a tale of an Australian wine style that has a small, dedicated following. Yet the general public has failed to embrace these wines of the moon.

* Haydn Lowe, chief executive officer of the Aboriginal Affairs Department, has had his contract renewed for 12 months.

Shares in the junior Telco fell sharply over the week , as investors become impatient with the lack of information provided on the long awaited Chinese Internet Project.

TOYOTA has topped the quarterly sales figures for passenger cars in Western Australian for the first time, according to industry statistician VFACTS.

PERTH City Councillor Bert Tudori is appealing to Planning Minister Graham Kierath because he believes hatred and factionalism in council is behind the refusal of his plan to develop land he owns in Northbridge.

ONE of Perth’s newest e-commerce entrepreneurs is celebrating the poor performance of the Aussie dollar.

PERTH agency 303 has received a bronze award at the Australian Writers and Art Directors Awards in Sydney last week.

DINING with a touch of elegance is all too rare these days with silver service disappearing so fast there’s no time for tarnish.

THE following company personnel changes have been notified to the WA office of the Australian Stock Exchange.

Sam Davidson heads up John Holland’s building operations throughout the state and is determined that his team responsible for the construction of the Belltower receive the recognition they so richly deserve.

This festive season is the season for stars. Your friends, family, clients and employees are the stars that have made the year 2000 so special.

“It isn’t the people you fire who make your life miserable, it’s the people you don’t.”– Harvey MacKay

ST Georges Terrace has become petrol head haven this week.The Sydney-based auction house Wemyss held its annual vintage and classic car auction at the Perth Concert Hall on Saturday.

LOCAL film and television commercial production companies are looking to Asia for projects to counter a slump in the local industry.