The Business Times, 31 May 1999

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/98 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asia!.com.sg/ MONDAY, MAY 31, 1999
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  • 56 1 STOCK MAHETDIDICEB Week Change STI 1.983.68.. 49.62 SDISC1 FUTURES....267.00 -7.70 BTSRI ***** -2113 KLSEOOMP 749.03 -20.76 NIKKEI. 15,972.68... ..-320.30 HANG SENG. ...12,*****. -***** SET INDEX 463.60. -25.73 JAKARTA COMP. 583.65. ..-8.01 MANILA COMP -*****8 +15.15 TAIPEI WPL 7,419.70—-186.99 SEOUL COMP 732.24.—+21.75 CLSA CHINA B. .*****.+112.41 AUST ALL OBD
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  • 80 1 FOBEX BATES US$ SI IBS 1.7» £(US$/S$ per 1-699 1718 EURO(US$/S$ perE) 1.0M 1 JOS DM 1.870 0J83 YEN 120.6— l.OO* RM 1800 0.4M HKS 7.7*6 0222 BART 17.08 0.047 RUP1AH 8,070— 0.021 St to 100 untti PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* .5.825 KUALA LUMPUR 11M JAKARIA 28.00 BANGKOK 1475 MANILA
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  • 840 1  -  Fears of interest rate hike, higher asking prices making investors hesitant By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Property prices and property stocks could be headed for a breather after the frantic rush of the first quarter as fears of an interest rate hike and
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  • 677 1  -  It also shows the expansion is now more broadbased By. Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] In the strongest sign yet that the recent manufacturing recovery will hold up well this year, Singapore's purchasing managers' index (PMI) climbed further this month to a year's high.
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  • 827 1  -  ADB Institute paving way, with calls for alternative remedies From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Tokyo-based Asian Development Bank Institute is mounting a frontal assault on the tactics adopted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in dealing with the
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    • 114 1 msiPß The biggest bays City Developments, Bukit Sembawang Estates and Allgreen Properties are leading the listed developers in terms of sheer size of residential land holdings, P|l7 Singapore 1000 profile Singapore Pools: Why restraint is the name of the game, P|3 The Aft the limit Infosys chief Narayana Murthy says
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    • 98 1 Paradise Palms: 85% of Phase 1 taken up, Pg 2 mskk Healthier swimmers [SINGAPORE] TTiey >* c/i«zp (costing around 50 cents to $3 each), easy to maintain, and they add colour to any aquarium. Guppies, that is, and other attractive freshwater fish. With an estimated 30% share of the global
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 374 2  -  Brisk sales may prompt developers of nearby projects to raise prices By) David Boey ABOUT 85 per cent of the units on sale were sold over the weekend in the first phase of a small freehold project in Katong
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    • 616 2 Lower rates helping economy to recover and will stay for 2 years as planned The Straits Times DON'T expect employers' CPF contributions to be restored any time soon just because the economy appears to be on an upswing. The lowered CPF
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    • 341 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Trade By] David Boey THE domestic wholesale index registered a 10.4 per cent year-on-year decline in the first quarter of 1999, weighed down by weaker numbers from household equipment and furniture, and general wholesale trade. If petroleum trade is excluded,
      Source: Dept of Statistics  -  341 words
    • 700 2  -  $755,000 grant from NSTBtofnnd immunisation project By. Larry Wee SINGAPORE is set to lead the way for the international ornamental fish industry, with what NUS scientists describe as the the world's first mass immunisation programme for commercial-scale aquaculture. With an estimated
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    • 62 2 I Services I i n.L.,1,. m iratrai Commercial Exhibition •X2?S£X»»<»> :s^ p,rt SM,Dup,ca,n9 Mounlingon Kapaine Board, Framing fTiTßTiffiffil image Commercial, Advertising Aerial L n imping 1 .Sgglmm i».£xhttyt)ons Booth Design For engunes call Afcwl LeaTrenftVotet PMliii' Te1:*****44 f«c*****24 9fcSorter Pnnting-Car 'j-- 1 Motor, ft*#** Banners ALBERT PHOTO PTE LTD. M/Bu»A*w*ino«e
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  • SINGAPORE 1000
    • 1283 3  -  S'pore Pools has to take care not to let people spend too much on gambling, a key reason why it has only 5 gaming products after 31 years of operation By] Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] HOW do you run a company which, as one
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    • 1302 3 1 INFORMATICS I P HOLDINGS LTD UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors of Informatics Holdings Ltd are pleased to announce the UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 1999 Year Ended 31 March Group Company SS'OOO Change STOOO Change 1999 1998 1999 1998 1 (a)
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  • ASIA ON THE MEND
    • 933 4  -  Fresh proposal coming soon from Chinese businessman close to Daim, sources say From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S First Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin has closed off the possibility that the thorny issue of frozen shares formerly traded on Singapore's Clob
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    • 409 4  -  Calls, e-mails flow in IratSias not inviting membership yet By\ David Boey [SINGAPORE] Small investors have responded quickly to efforts to set up a body that will represent their interests in the stalled Clob saga. David Gerald Jeyasegaram, the president of the
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    • 395 4 Reuters [HONGKONG] US rate jitters have cast a pall over emerging markets, but analysts say Asia is likely to suffer less than other regions if US interest rates rise. "There's so much excess liquidity in Asia, even a Fed hike won't change
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    • 927 4  -  CRISIS WATCH Its strengths are evident after the Asian crisis By Vikram Khanna THERE is one country that has been big in the news lately, which has not been much mentioned in the context of the Asian crisis, and that is India. While the
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    • 193 4 [SINGAPORE] Two eminent New Zealand economists will address a breakfast forum on June 9 on how New Zealand companies are responding to the Asian crisis. Sir Frank Holmes and Professor Neil Quigley will speak at the breakfast meeting organised by the New Zealand Singapore
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  • REGION
    • 483 5  -  Tit-for-tat ruling may erupt into trade war, analysts fear From Macabe Keliher in Taipei IN what observers here are calling the beginnings of a trade war with the US, Taiwan's Economic Ministry has ruled US chipmakers guilty of dumping memory chips
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    • 337 5 KUALA LUMPUR Fuel policy inline with int'l standards, says airline Reuters MALAYSIA Airline System Bhd (MAS) said yesterday that its passenger jets had twice landed in London with their fuel close to danger levels stipulated by international standards. The official Bernama
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    • 285 5 JAKARTA Bernama ARMED with key documents and with the assistance of top-level diplomacy, a team of high-powered Indonesian officials left for Switzerland and Austria yesterday in a bid to track down the US$9 billion (5515.5 billion) fortune allegedly belonging to former president Suharto. The
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    • 299 5 JELI, Kelantan Bernama MALAYSIANS must play their part in ensuring that the country can again reach a 7 per cent growth rate, said Second Finance Minister Mustapa Mohamed. This follows the government's successful efforts at reviving investor confidence in the country's long-term
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    • NOTE Book
      • 51 5 AFP [GOMBAK] Malaysia's Parti Islam Seraalaysia wound up its annual congress yesterday with its leader expressing confidence towards the idea of opening up membership to non-Muslims. PAS president Fadzil Noor said the party was getting "positive" feedback on a proposal for associate membership for non-Muslims.
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      • 48 5 AFP [HONGKONG] Nearly one in four school-leavers in Hongkong are unemployed, newspapers said on Saturday. Unemployment among youths aged 15 to 19 reached 23 per cent in the first quarter, up 10 percentage points from the same period last year, they said. —AFP
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      • 51 5 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The Home Ownership Campaign '99 and property exhibition held at the Putra World Trade Centre here received overwhelming response with sales of nearly 200 million ringgit (5590.7 million) recorded. The campaign, organised by SK Brothers Realty, attracted more than 100,000 visitors.
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      • 50 5 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri has criticised as "risky" Jakarta's policy of considering independence for East Timor, Time magazine said yesterday. In a press statement, it quoted her as saying the momentum towards independence for East Timor should be slowed down. —AFP
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    • 56 5 [HONGKONG] Thousands ofprotesters march to the Central Government Office yesterday after a rally commemorating the 10th anniversary of the crackdown on the democracy movement in Beijing. The demonstrators demanded the release of democracy activists in China and called on the people of Hongkong not to
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    • 472 5 SHANGHAI Sino-US ties soured by embassy bombing spying allegations AFP WITH hostility toward the United States running high in both the public and the communist party, negotiators seeking to secure China's entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) this year are finding their
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    • 493 6 TOKYO Sales, pre-tax profits at listed firms down for 2nd year running AFP MAJOR Japanese firms foresee an upturn in earnings in the business year to March 2000 after two dismal years, relying on streamlining efforts and national economic recovery, a
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    • 160 6 TOKYO AFP LONG-TERM Credit Bank of Japan, now nationalised after Its collapse, will seek criminal charges against a former chief for covering up 200 billion yen (512.86 billion) In bad loans, the Mainicht Shimbun said yesterday. The current management of the failed bank plans to
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    • 433 6 BOMBAY Reuters INDIAN shares are likely to ease this week as Investors focus on the Kashmir conflict, but bargain hunting by local and foreign funds will limit any sharp drops. Local stock and currency markets were hit last week by Increased tension between
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    • 329 6 SYDNEY D«& 1 with minority party will emure passage, he uyi Reuters AUSTRALIAN Treasurer Peter Costello said yesterday he was confident the government's revised tax reform package would pass the senate now that It had the support of the minority Democrat! party.
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    • 223 6 SYDNEY Bloomberg AUSTRALIA'S economy probably maintained Its annual growth of over 4 per cent In the first quarter, as businesses Invested more and consumers spent a record amount of money. Gross domestic product probably expanded by 1 per cent In the first quarter
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    • 206 6 TOKYO Bridge News MEASURES to combat Japan's flagging economy emerged by far the top measure people want the government to take, according to a survey on social consciousness released on Saturday by the prime minister's Office, Kyodo news agency reported. A total of 71.9
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    • 267 6 SEOUL The gronp plana to taamnpwltha foreign firm AFP SOUTH Korea's Hanwha Group yesterday declared Its bid to compete with US and British firms In acquiring a troubled Korean Insurer to be sold through a governmentcontrolled auction. Group chairman Kim Seung Yeon said
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  • THE WORLD
    • 580 7 NEW YORK But France, Germany say higher Italian deficit spending won't undermine euro Bloomberg, Reuters, Bridge News THE euro, which fell to a record low U551.0399 last Friday, will most likely fall further amid concern about sluggish European growth, signs of bulging
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    • 418 7 BASLE, Switzerland Banlrg Jigtingnwhing between developing borrower nations Reuters A RUSH to pull international loans out of crisis-hit emerging markets late last year masked banks' increasing readiness to distinguish between borrowers in the developing world, new lending statistics show. Data for
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    • 286 7 WASHINGTON Reuters OUTGOING Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said on Friday that while the US economy was on a strong path, it could suffer if domestic stock prices fall or problems abroad worsen. However, in an interview on Saturday, Mr Rubin repeated
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  • BUSINESS IT
    • 509 8  -  Senior executives unfold sweeping vision of business transformation via the Internet From Kenneth James in New York IBM Corp last week stepped up its already aggressive "e--business" campaign, this time unveiling several new initiatives aimed at winning Asia-Pacific companies over to its vision of
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    • 588 8  -  The target: at least 250 foreign firms using its e-commerce service within 12 months By' Toh Han Shlh [SINGAPORE] National Computer Systems (NCS) aims to be a Singapore-based hub for hundreds of foreign companies doing electronic commerce, NCS Internet commerce manager V.
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    • 284 9  -  First such centre in South Asia and will be linked to other global centres By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] HewlettPackard Singapore last week opened a $9 million regional IT performance and benchmark centre for use by its prospective customers for high-end system testing. The
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    • 195 9 Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese consumer electronics makers are rushing to forge tie-ups with US software giants ahead of the coming networking of personal computers, televisions, phones and consumer appliances. The following is a list of major international alliances in advanced home electronics devices. ♦March
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    • IT TAKES
      • 34 9 MAINBOARD-LISTED Informatics Holdings has been appointed as an Authorised Java Centre for Value-added Instructional Programmes. It will offer Sun Microsystems' Java technology courses as part of its diploma programmes.
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      • 106 9 THE Singapore Advanced Research and Education Network (SingAREN) and Sun Microsystems are jointly organising a distributed applications competition open to undergraduates, postgraduates and polytechnic students in Singapore. The competition will have teams of three or four people participating. Each team is required to produce a distributed application that
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      • 43 9 THE Cisco Systems Networking Academy programme, which teaches Internet and networking skills, is being introduced into Greenview Secondary School. Greenview is the second Local Networking Academy to be established in Singapore after the Institute of Technical Education, Dover.
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      • 65 9 3COM has awarded four schools in Singapore with grants amounting to U5532,000 ($55,400) to provide training in networking technologies. The four schools—Chinese High School, Raffles Institution, Catholic High School and Nanyang Girls' School —will be the first in Singapore to receive 3Com's network training
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      • 59 9 FIBRE ALLIANCE has announced several milestones that help develop open standards for managing heterogenous networks of storage systems and servers, also known as storage area networks (SANs). Members of Fibre Alliance have drafted a detailed engineering specification and submitted it to an independent standards body. This
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      • 63 9 SALES of workflow management software in the Asia-Pacific will grow 41 per cent this year to US$63O million (Ssl.oB billion) and a further 45 per cent to US$9l7 million next year, according to the International Data Corporation. This is faster than the global growth figures of
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      • 51 9  -  Compiled by' Toh Han Shih 3COM will hold a seminar, the 3Com.networking® show' 99, which will showcase networking solutions. It will be held on June 16 at the Hotel Inter-Continental. The seminar is targeted at the corporate audience and the media, and is free. To register, visit www.pivotcom.sg/
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    • 476 9 Damage control: use the latest available software and install software 'patches' Reuters [PALO ALTO, California] Computer virus activity has picked up in the last three months, including an increase in the use of older, known viruses, according to computer security experts. In just
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    • 284 9 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] 3Com Corp, the No. 2 net-work-equipment maker, will make acquisitions and may sell older units that it can't make profitable as it tries to reignite stalled revenue growth, Chief Executive Eric Benl&mou said. The moves, some of which
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    • 1136 10  - Music from the Net —a different tune altogether The music industry seems to be still groping for answers on how to exploit the Internet The industry was caught unawares, and is only now adjusting to the situation, toh bam sbb reports TOH HAN SHIH [SINGAPORE] THE Internet is revolutionising the
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    • 249 10  -  By' Tan May Ping [SINGAPORE] US-based enterprise solutions provider Dazel Corp is bullish about continued growth for its products in the Asia-Pacific region, the company's senior official said. The company, which was recently acquired by HewlettPackard Company, said it will maintain its identity and
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    • 263 10 AFP [SYDNEY] Piracy of computer software is costing Australia more than As29o million (***** million) a year with the indirect flow-on costs three times as high, a survey showed. With the exception of Thailand, Australia is the only country in Asia where piracy
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    • 1653 12  -  For Nasdaq-listed Infosys, the sky is the limit. In an interview with vmtAMEHAmvA, Infosys chief Narayana Murthy says Indian companies understand the power of software VIKRAM KHANNA IN JULY 1981, in a little apartment in Bombay, seven young executives with no resources to speak of other than
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    • 315 13  -  Home-grown company develops gateway solution for making cheap overseas calls By, Andrew Wee [SINGAPORE] Home-grown Innomedia's Info Gate IP (Internet Protocol) telephony gateway solution provides a PC-based solution for companies seeking to reduce telecom costs. A user calls into a local Info Gate
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    • 175 13  -  By'. Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Fuji Xerox Singapore last week launched two new printers that it claims offer breakthroughs in productivity, quality and size to meet the needs of production houses and for distributed print-on-demand applications. Both models are targeted at professional printing houses.
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    • 445 14  -  Also on veiled: AS/400 operating system and upgraded e-commerce for AS/400 users By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] International Business Machines Corp last week launched three new home PC models under its Aptiva brand, a new release of the AS/400 operating system (OS) and a new
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    • 550 14  -  Product is an enhancement from its earlier predecessor By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] If you found Apple Computer's last G3 Powerßook a little heavy both on the shoulder and on the pocket the good news is Apple has knocked two pounds off the power-packed
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 70 14 A HAND-HELD, pen-shaped scanner with an integrated OCR (optical character recognition) engine and translation dictionary is now available here. Called Quicktionary, the translator is available in 18 languages, is made in Israel and provides a database of a million words. It is available here from Goh Joo
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      • 84 14 TOSHIBA Corp has launched Media Star TLP-571, an LCD video/data projector with a new optical integrator that offers uniform brightness and clarity of projected images without the need to darken the room. The product weighs 8.2 kg, offers 800 lumens' brightness, and comes with a
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      • 74 14 ADVANCED Micro Devices has announced the Mobile AMD-K6-QIP, calling it the industry's highest-performance xB6 mobile PC processor yet. It is based on AMD's 6th-generation micro-architecture, comes with 3DNowI technology, and will be available later this month at clock speeds of up to 380 MHz. The 380
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      • 79 14 ACS Innovations is come out with the Compro CDR7SO3, a high-speed compact disk recorder that offers eight-speed writing and 20-speed reading function with 650 MB of storage space per disk. It comes with an OPC (Optimum Power Control) feature that regulates the write speed to
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      • 51 14 SINGAPORE-BASED OTS Crosswater (FE) Sdn Bhd said it is offering free accounting software "for SMEs to tide over the year 2000 (Y2K) crisis". The Oras Real-time Accounting Software version 7.40 can be downloaded from www.oras-software.com. The product is otherwise priced at $3,800. For details, fax
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      • 65 14 ZENITH Computers Singapore has announced its new Dr. Millennium, an online diagnostic tool for Y2K problems on the desktop or networked PCs. The tool is from India-based Satyam Computers Ltdand offers testing and a structured methodology to address Y2K issues, the company said. The solution is
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      • 68 14  -  Conpfftsdkgr Raju Chellam CANDLE Corp said its portfolio of professional services to help customers manage and measure the impact of Y2K computer problems will be available on a 24-hour basis from Dec 15 this year to Jan 30,2000. Four major service programs—upgrade services, performance tests, IT infrastructure
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 338 15 Big Apple sees record 11.7 m attendance with USssBB.sm in box office takings Reuters [NEW YORK] The Broadway theatre season, which includes New York shows as well as touring productions, will end tomorrow with new records for attendance at New York City shows, a
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
    • 585 16 Captain Azharuddin says India is confident of beating anyone in the next Super Six round Reuters, AFP INDIAN captain Mohammed Azharuddin, fresh from leading his side to victory over England yesterday, said his team was capable of beating anyone in the
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    • 393 16 FRENCH OPEN AFP [PARIS) Barbara Schwartz, an Austrian qualifier ranked 125 th in the world, sent fifthseeded American Venus Williams tumbling out of the French Open yesterday. Schwartz saved three match points in the second set before winning their fourth-round match 2-6, 7-6 (9/7), 6-3 in
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    • 306 16 Aussie confident of becoming world No 1 in five weeks AFP [PARIS] Pat Rafter had just been beaten in the third round of the French Open, ending for the moment his dream of taking over as world number one. Typically, the Australian remained all smiles.
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 787 17  -  CityDev leads the listed firms; unlisted Far East leaves them all trailing By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] City Developments, Bukit Sembawang Estates and Allgreen Properties are leading the listed developers in terms of sheer size of residential land holdings. The listed property arm
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    • 809 17  -  wpro Market spooked by fears of US inflation, higher interest rates f*y Louis Beckcerling [SINGAPORE] Blue-chip counters ended the month of May the way they began it in a state of nervous anxiety. But it looked to be a correction, rather
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    • 789 17  -  KABDTMATTEKB Unless the issue is resolved quickly and fairly, Malaysia will have to pay a higher price farther down the road By Eddie Toh MALAYSIA says it does not really need the money, whether it's from its recent sovereign bond issue
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
      • 308 18  - S&P upgrades rating of insurer M'sia Nippon Capital injection, resilience cited as reasons in public information upgrade By Walton Morais [SINGAPORE] International rating agency Standard Poors has upgraded the public information (pi) rating on insurer Malaysia Nippon Insurance Bhd to BBBpi from BBpi. In a statement last week, the rating
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      • 389 18  -  United Pulp converts short-term debt with USs3om investment w Walton Morais [SINGAPORE] A Philippine joint-venture unit of Thailand's Siam Cement group has succeeded in restructuring its short-term debt to long-term financing after a US$3O million (5551.6 million) investment from the International Finance Corporation
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      • 471 18 Extensive overhaul will see loss of more than 12,000 jobs NYT [TOKYO] It's been an especially rough year for NEC Corp, one of the world's largest makers of semiconductors and a symbol of corporate Japan. NEC announced Friday that
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      • 258 18  -  By. Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has completed a US$3l5 million (***** million) transaction for the sale of its North American stacktrain network. The sale of the network, Land Transport Service (LTS), to Pacer International, an affiliate of Apollo Management,
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      • 449 18  -  It'll focus on M'sia and won't apply for Qualifying Rill Bank status in Singapore From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur WHILE foreign banks are gearing up to expand in the liberalised environment in Singapore, Penang-based Ban Hin Lee (BHL) Bank prefers to
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 401 19 Investment bank trades at premium to rivals it may not deserve, says report Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co began coverage of Goldman Sachs Group with a "neutral" rating, noting that the investment bank's stock trades at a premium to rivals that it may
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      • 403 19 News' purchase of Stream follows failed attempt to tray 80% late last year AFP [ROME] Telecom Italia announced late on Saturday that it had sold off 35 per cent of its loss-making pay-TV operation Stream to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. It said
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      • 263 19 Bloomberg [ROCHESTER, New York] Eastman Kodak Co, the world's biggest photography company, dismissed as "short term in focus" published reports that it's losing US market share because of price cuts by rival Fuji Photo Film Co. Kodak also said assertions about its share
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      • 286 19 Move follows earlier sales of turkey and sausage plants Bloomberg [SPRINGDALE, Arkansas] Tyson Foods Inc, the biggest US poultry producer, said it agreed to sell its seafood business to two companies, including International Home Foods Inc, the maker of Bumble Bee
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      • 378 19 Bloomberg [JACKSON, Mississippi] MCI World Com, the No 2 US long-distance phone company, said it will buy Sky Tel Communications, the No 2 US paging company, for US$l.B billion (Ss3.l billion) in stock and debt. MCI World Com will swap
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      • 484 20 Banks'boards ask shareholders to accept US$L35b deal which will create banking riant fl> O w Reuters [MANAMA, Bahrain] The boards of Saudi American Bank (Samba) and United Saudi Bank (USB) said yesterday that they would ask shareholders to back a US$l.35 billion (552.3
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      • 367 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co, the US securities firm with the most brokers, may roll out its plan to offer Internet trading to more clients as soon as this week, said a person familiar with the situation. The new system
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      • 437 20 It wants to boost retail operations and go into asset management Bloomberg [SIENA, Italy] Two decades before Christopher Columbus set sail for America, magistrates in the Italian town of Siena founded a pawnshop to help poor citizens. That pawnshop
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      • 442 20 22% of mutual funds are down compared with 19% last year Bloomberg [NEW YORK] This year is proving to be a tough one for mutual fund investors, with increasing numbers of funds losing money following the recent tumble in US stocks. Almost 22
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        1816 20 PRIME LEWPDfQ RATES banks ABN Amro Bank NY 5V« ABSA Bank Limited 6»> Agricdhrii bank Of China ft ANZ Banking Group ftW Allied Irish Bank PIC 5 American Express Bank 6 Arab Banking Corp 7w Arab Bank PLC 5V4 AsaM Bank Ltd ft* hnWhlnlMtm ftVt Banca Commerciaie Itaiiana 7* Banca
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 558 21  -  Weeklyßoundup Jonathan Coughtrey MMS International This report does not constitute a solicitation to invest in any currency or Simex product [SINGAPORE] The focus this week will remain centred on key data releases in the US and the likely Federal Reserve policy implications, souring recovery sentiment in
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      • 787 21 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Coffee prices surged on international markets last week as the prospects of frost in Brazilian producer regions threatened output by the world's biggest coffee producer. The price of Robusta, often used to make instant brands, put on US$3O
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    • 1690 21 8IC0M FUTURES May 28 IUIK>(fatatscMnQatat5J0pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cMts/kg) Cteta VotaM Opaa MI mn U» S«tt (tows) tetrwt jyn99 106.50 50 M99 ***** 106.75 ***** 200 700 Aw 99 W9.50 375 SmW 112.50 275 OcuDcc 99 117.50 117.50 117.00 150 1500 ®-75 RSS 3 CONTRACT (USwtfi/kg) V*W Opj Lo«
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    • MARKET REVIEWS
      • 278 22 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG share prices are expected to remain weak in the week ahead amid concerns over US interest rates, dealers said. "The market will follow the movement in the US market due to concerns over US interest rates," said
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      • 717 22 NEW YORK Jitters expected to persist amid signs of inflation, possible Fed rate hike AFP EVEN with a gentle rebound on Friday, Wall Street closed the week down 2.49 per cent at 10,559.74, for its third consecutive week of losses. The
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      • 390 22 TOKYO AFP SHARE prices in Tokyo are expected to struggle in a narrow range with strong downside resistance in the coming week while closely following volatile moves on Wall Street, brokers said on Friday. Foreign investors have turned net sellers for profittaking after leading
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      • 347 22 LONDON AFP WHEN Wall Street sneezes, European markets catch a cold, and last week the London market wheezed its way to close the week with a fall of 2 per cent before a three-day holiday weekend. Mild buying on Friday afternoon inspired by a
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      • 880 22 Sydney 4U A BARRAGE of domestic data coupled with expectations of changes in US interest rates will dominate the Australian market in the week ahead, brokers said. "We expect movements in US rates to remain a major influence on the Australian yield curve," said Commonwealth Bank economist
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      • 1731 22 Q Paris -810> FRENCH stocks narrowed early losses to finish 0.26 per cent down on Friday after in-flation-friendly US data triggered a rally on Wall Street. The CAC-40 Index ended close above the key level of 4,300, shedding 11.40 points at 4,315.04. The index lost 83.09 points
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 8671 23 MNRHU CwisiiMf pfwfcuti 19*9 Last Vat Week Net Cap Htg» I— Clip any '000 HUfc Lew P/I $mll 380 255 Ajinomoto 326 36 28 362 320 20.T 132.1 115 46 Angkasa 87 -20 687 HO 84 128.3 293 220 Apollo Food Mlg 268 -9 17 278 268 9.3 107.2 204
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      • 429 23 AFP n Composite Index -20.76 MALAYSIAN stock prices are expected to consolidate in the week ahead after dipping 2.7 per cent over the week to Friday. "The bourse may consolidate with the downside minimised," an analyst with a local brokerage said. "Some minor selling may
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
      • 2861 24 BONDS, LOANS S WARRANTS wt 92-Wk Last Vol Waak Ust Ouo<« Avq High Law Stno Company S«a *or- COOO) High Law Buyar Salter Prlca 25 5 3 T3160 A Acar W*****1USS 25.5 *4.5 2411 25 5 21 25 25.5 57.5 4.5 s 3164 Acma W*****4 46.5 *16.5 ***** 57.5 29.5
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      • 223 24 HONOKONO STOCKS Ct Or 52-Wk LmI Vol «Ht LvtOuoto Wv Wv YW Not M Cap HUh Urn Stno Company »0*0 COOP) Lo» Bwyor So«or Cw O W Sma 345 173 5123 COL (2000) HK 325 300 8 3.7 2.5 11 6292 5 5124 Cattiay Poc 20c HK—720 265
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      • 220 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By Ven Sreenivaaan ONCE again, the top percentage gainers list on Friday was dominated by a group of near-dated warrants. UIC 1999 warrant, which expires in July, topped the gainers' list as it doubled in price to 16 cents on solid
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    • 6442 25 Week ended: May 28 Or Or M Wt Last VsI Waab Last Ouata Mv ON YM Nat Cm A»« w| 9» Lw StNa Company Ml COOP) High Law Buyar 5a—r C vr P/1 $m* Prtc MMTI MDUfllV 147 17.5mb 1000 Acma SOc 134 cd
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        547 26 Source: JM Sassoon rfiH I!*l l VJWJW!fWMK9BtEK9fr: Stacks V*—a GES Intl Ltd 20c 168,803,000 Frt Linfcs 20c 154,379,000 popular 10c 127,644,000 Brilliant 8c 114,054,000 LianBeng5c 105,479,000 Inoo-PK 20c 100.401,000 TSMRes5c 92,060,000 Econ Intl 20c 89,403,000 SM Summit 10c 85.836.0Q0 Liang Huat 10c 76,929.000 Stacks V GES Intl Ltd 20c 212.134.055
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      • 624 26  -  THE WEEK AHEAD While the STI is looking overbought and Wall St is becoming turbulent, punters are ramping np speculative penny stocks By Ven Sreenivasan SO is the market sentiment showing signs of waning? That is the billion dollar question brokers are pondering
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        61 26  -  -By Wong Wei Kong COMFORT Group shares rose 4 cents to $0.96 on a volume of 19.8 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 8.7 million shares. The stock is looking toppish on the RSI, Stochastics and MACD charts. Comfort shares have had a good run
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    • 37 17 This announcement appears as a matter of record only. CITY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED *****,000,000 Medium Term Note Programme and First Issue of 5550,000,000 Fixed Rate Notes due 2002 Arranger Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore) Limited May 1999 CmBAN<& I
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    • 1333 18 Keppel Telecommunications Transportation Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 5533 f 510,193 Principal Amount of 1.5 per cent Unsecured Convertible Loan Stock due 1999 ("The Loan Stocks") To All Holders of the Loan Stocks Expiry of Conversion Rights Holders of the Loan Stocks ("Loan Stock Holders") are reminded that,
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    • 1482 26 DBS investor Online. You've read about it, now hear us on Newsßadio 938. Mon Fri.from 8.22 a.m. 831WSBANK I .f""> X money markets C Where they've been... where they're headei^^ MflHlMlMlliMM# 9 Money Matters Even Wednesday ITbeßusinessTimes wmmrn NOTICES To advertise caM 1011-lree 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 TRANSFER
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    • 232 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAR 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF FERNANDO MANPOWER SERVICES PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, that the Final Meeting of the Members of the
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 243 27 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE dry bulk market continues to dominate with buyers still keen to purchase handy/ handymax and panamax tonnage. Vends sold for farther trading BULK CARRIERS: ♦United Respect: 149,212 tdw bit 11/89 Samsung SB/HI. It is understood that the vessel has been taken on
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    • 135 27 Reuters [HONGKONG] Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd said that talks with the government on developing a cruise terminal in HongKong were progressing and it already owned the principal land and marine rights for the project. "We already have the principal land for the development of the
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    • 473 27  -  Port Authority of New York proposes plan to counteract growth of shipping line alliances By. Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has proposed a ground-breaking plan for a port alliance on the North American east coast
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    • 782 27  -  LINER SCENE By] David Hughes ON the face of it, last week's announcement by the Far Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC) that it intends to implement rate restorations on the westbound trade from July seems rather odd. The FEFC lines made it clear enough back
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      • 320 28  -  Plan likely to bear fruit at Amsterdam shipping conference Reports by David Hughes in London PROPOSALS put forward by the Dutch government for an organisation of ship registers prepared to adhere to high standards are set to be realised at the Mare Forum
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      • 220 28 BIMCO has reaffirmed its opposition to proposed amendments to the US Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (Cogsa) together with a number of international organisations. The issue was one of several considered by Bimco's executive committee, chaired by president Ronald
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      • 191 28 JAPANESE classification society Class NK says it will remain a non-profitmaking, independent, third-party classification society. Tadashi Mano, president of the lACS member society, says in Class NK's latest report: "In the future, remaining free from the pressures of business in the private sector,
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      • PORT Shots
        • 126 28 THE planned merger of the managing companies of two major International Group (IG) P&I clubs, Standard Club and Britannia Club, is set to create the largest marine mutual insurer. Charles Taylor, manager of the Standard Club, says it has signed a conditional memorandum
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        • 117 28 MEMBER lines of the Far Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC) confirmed last week their intention to increase rates under the Asia Westbound Rate Agreement (AWRA) on July 1. The "restoration" of freight rates, of USS3OO/600/15 per 20-ft/40-ft/LCL had been agreed in April but had caused considerable
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        • 115 28 THE proposed US federal budget for 1999/2000 contains a potentially serious problem for businesses with US operations, says international shipping accountant Moore Stephens. In the latest edition of its newsletter The Bottom Line, the firm warns tl\at the US government plans to attack minimisation of
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        • 50 28 SWEDISH Orient Line (SOL) has furthered its strategy of winning long-term contracts to carry forest products. Under a new agreement with StoraEnso Group, SOL will carry some 225,000 tonnes of forest products from Finland and Sweden to ports in the eastern Mediterranean by the end of2ool.
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        • 90 28 JAPAN'S export ship order book declined by seven ships and 1,770 gross tonnes during April, according to figures from Japan Ship Exporters' Association. The total export order book stood at 344 ships totalling 18,305,860 gt at the end of the month. During April, Japanese yards received
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      • 1850 41 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Period From To From *ci HiDncin 02» OVWOO U M/tt00 30/1659 30/1900 IS 30/1500 30/1*59 30/1900 u 30/1700 31/0*51 3V0900 21 30/T700 31/0*59 31/0900 J 31/0700 31/18* 3V1400 4 31/1200 31/1459 31/1700 00 JA
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      • 175 41 May 31 Greece: Orthodox Pentecost Holiday. Brunei: Anniversary of Royal Brunei Malay Regiment. Job 3 Austria: Corpus Christi. Job S Denmark: Constitution Day. Job 14 Australia: Queen's Birthday. Jan 18 Hong Kong: Tuen Ng Day. Jon 25 Finland: Midsummer Eve Holiday. Jon 26 Indonesia: Mouloud Prophet's Birthday. Brunei:
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      • 801 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 412 41 C*** 180 Max 990.3 0.7 18.7 0.08 75 0.06 u BmMim i<k iiiiniinliiiii Stdlmant Ho above E25 0 0 22LZZ 222! 2J2—— 380 A MM 0.3 13.4 0.06 36 0.02 JJ£ 380 M«i 992.5 10 19.4 0.09 90 0.06 U/trj %ifi %m/m »m/m wm wow Ho
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      • 491 42 About 200 pilots have reported sick in wage dispute with HE airline Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways cancelled 31 flights yesterday, a day after grounding 30 flights affecting 5,000 passengers, as pilots continued to report in "sick" during a wage
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      • 200 42 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd (ANA) will cut 2,200 staff in four years and reduce its debts as part of restructuring, a daily said. ANA, Japan's second largest carrier, will reduce the number of ground-based workforce to 13,000, from 15,200
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      • 521 42 Reuters [BRUSSELS] The chief executive of Sabena hailed the dawn of an airline industry merger drive, and predicted the way would be cleared by the end of 2000 for SAirGroup to take a majority stake in his company. Paul Reutlinger said he expected
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      • 247 42 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China plans to issue new rules governing toll roads as part of a bid to stem unauthorised collection, a Communications Ministry official said. The new rules, which were still being reviewed, would create two classes of toll roads, he said. One class
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      • 517 42 Recovery plan favours foreign lenders Philippine National Bank AFP [MANILA] A key domestic creditor has withdrawn support for Philippine Airlines' (PAL) recovery plan, charging that it favours foreign lenders in debt payments, regulators said. Philippine National Bank (PNB) told the Securities and Exchange
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      • 369 42 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] British Airways (BA) is asking a judge to dismiss breach-of-contract claims by US Airways Group before the case goes to trial. US Airways accused British Airways in a 1996 suit of illegally ditching a 1993 agreement with
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    • 132 27 Dutch propose registers' group for high standards Plan likely to bear fruit at Amsterdam shipping conference. Page 2 Internet: http://shiptimes.asial.com.sg/ H NEWSHIP AGENCIES PTE LTD (A MEMBER OF THE KUOK GROUP) I ASSISTANT SALES 1 I MANAGER/MANAGER Newship is the agent for DSR-Senator Lines, and is looking for two results
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    • 19 27 More Cathay flight disruptions possible About 200 pilots have reported sick in wage dispute with HK airline. Baok Page
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