The Business Times, 25 May 2000

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 035/12/1999 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2000
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    71 1 Dsn 137LM (-33 84) BT-SU ***** (-7.40) SDEK3 FUTURES 254 M (+0.20) STOCK HAKKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 903.80 -13.49 NIKKEI 16,***** -***** BANG SENG *****58 323*0 SET INDEX 319.68 -651 JAKARTA COMP 4935 -251 MANILA COMP __1,41&?9 +14.12 TAIPEI WP1 8500.41 -1706 SEOUL COMP ***** -451
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    79 1 FOKEX RATES v us* S$ US$. 1.736 £(USS/S$ per 1.470 1551 EURO(US$/S$/E) 0906 1572 DM 1159 0.804 YEN 1017 1.627 RM 1800 0.457 HKS 7790 0123 BAHT 39-31 0.044 MJPIAH 8,470 0.020 St to 100 units PRIME SATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPl'R 7.67 •JAKARTA .39.00 BANGKOK .9.30 MANILA 11.00
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    Lock icon STI down again; loss from record high now 27.5%
    763 1  -  Other Asian markets down too, no thanks to Nasdaq's fifth consecutive fall By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Singapore blue chips as measured by the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) continued their downward spiral yesterday, bringing their loss since their record high on
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    Lock icon Bank Negara signals higher interest rates
    594 1  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE new Malaysian central bank chief has signalled a change in direction of the two-year-old regime of low interest rates as the strong economic recovery stokes rising inflationary pressures. "Inflation can be expected to increase in the second
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    Lock icon SC Global goes for premium homes: Simon Cheong
    841 1  -  It will not join'big boys' in landbanking programme By\ Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Simon Cheong says his listed SC Global Developments will not pursue a heavy landbanking programme like the big boys with deep pockets but will focus instead on building a brand
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      92 1 DCSIDE BT Comment There's light beyond the dot-com storm. Next Page Motoring Most new franchise holders fail to speed up car sales. Pg 32 Top stories Catcha.com delays IPO. Pg 4 Isetan Singapore's net earnings up 74.4% to $4.04 m. Pg4 Big HK firms going for huge syndicated loans. Pg
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      75 1 Asian bourses hit by widespread selling, Next Page Market commentary, Pg 6 For related stories recently published in BT, go to http://business-times.asial.com.sg TF I O >(>IK I I \l> I |{s II s V I' 11 (> I '^M^S 4 V"t> ig 4 *T®§ I O H K MINI) lIS
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Delaying gratification
        62 2 JUST how much does one have to give up to join a high-tech enterprise? According to chief executive Ryan Siek of property portal developer Ebbis, one of the firm's senior staff sold his condominium to support himself while he draws a salary of just $1. Needless to say,
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        Lock icon It's all in the stars
        149 2 AFTER months of momentum punting and betting on the overblown hype that accompanies Internet firms with no assets and earnings, investors are set to shift back to value investing, or looking at fundamentals. So says Henry Weingarten, managing director of the Astrologers Fund, a private
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        58 2 WE'RE used to getting copies of presentation materials and news releases at Internet conferences, but attendees at a seminar on dotcom yesterday didn't receive any. Perhaps the seminar, organised by Internet Call Centre and DotComßrokers, which cost $38 per person, meant it was a no-frills affair, considering that
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      Lock icon There's light beyond the dotcom storm
      591 2  -  1-1 i comment TECHNOLOGY The shake-op of tech stocks wont dampen the momentum here. There's even an upside kenneth james WITH tech stocks taking a mighty drubbing and no end yet in sight, new dotcoms are fearing -the worst. But set aside the horde
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      Lock icon Asian stock markets hit by widespread selling
      542 2 More Wall St fells feared; Nikkei near 12-month low Reuters [SINGAPORE] Fears of further Wall Street losses held Asian share markets tightly in their grip yesterday, sparking widespread selling and sending Tokyo to near a one-year low at its close. Most Asian shares
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      477 2 KPMGSeminarSeries Banking Laws, Regulations and Taxation in Singapore 6 ft 7 July 2000, Orchard Hotel Singapore Compliance with banking laws and regulations should be a priority for all bank CEOs. It is important that bank personnel are not only conversant with the written laws and regulations, but also their application
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      16 2 Any fresh move Asia Dekor, ABR, and Nippercraft? ■•■HI I w 1 "3CT itHjSi 'i" -1
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  • New economy
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      Lock icon Painful lesson for US law firms
      798 3 NYT [WASHINGTON] AMERICA'S biggest law firms are learning a tough lesson about a downside of the New Economy. Consider this logic problem: Event A causes Event B. B then causes C, and C causes D. Now assume A had never happened. Would D have
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Market slide forces Catcha.com to delay mainboard offering
      406 4  -  DOTCOM FALLOUT Analysts don't see a long delay as they believe firm needs to raise cash By. Andrew Wee HOMEGROWN Internet search engine Catcha.com yesterday abruptly announced it would delay its plans due to poor market sentiment. The company was expected to
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      Lock icon Richard Li cuts interest in MediaRing
      184 4 AFTER a sensational debut on the Singapore main board and much fanfare about a board of directors from IT'S hall of fame including tycoon Richard Li, Creative Tech chairman Sim Wong Hoo and Sing Tel chairman Koh Boon Hwee, Mediaßing is now facing the
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      Lock icon Isetan's net gain up 74.4% on revamp, remodelling
      440 4  -  Profit tops $4m; turnover inches up 4.3% to $252 m Marissa Chew DEPARTMENT store Isetan Singapore's net earnings rose 74.4 per cent to $4.04 million on marginally higher turnover for the year ended March 31, 2000. Turnover inched up 4.3 per cent
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      Lock icon Singapore interest rates look set to rise finally
      613 4  -  HOCKIBBimsWI siow li sen SINGAPORE'S low interest rates environment, which seemed to have remained so throughout the five rate hikes in the US in 1999-2000 until last week, looks like it's changing finally. Last week's 50 basis point hike in US short-term
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      Lock icon FJB shares buck downtrend
      329 4  -  By] Marissa Chew FASHION retailer FJ Benjamin's shares rose despite a lacklustre day in the market yesterday, after announcing it would lose its Gucci franchise. The counter, suspended on Tuesday, saw its share price go up 5 cents to 42 cents on volume of 591,000 shares.
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      Lock icon Trek ends debut with 14% premium, 37.7m shares traded
      261 4 TREK 2000 International, which made its trading debut yesterday, closed 14 per cent above its offer price at 36.5 cent. The premium, achieved despite an uninspiring day in the market, is about the same as that commanded by precision engineering plastic
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      Lock icon WBL interim net earnings up 4-fold to $32m
      465 7  -  Firm plans to issue $100 m 5-year bonds; rights issue of 34.4 m warrants for locals By 1 Teh Hooi Ling DIVERSIFIED WBL Corporation yesterday announced a spectacular four-fold jump in interim net earnings to $32.1 million and proposed to issue $100
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      Lock icon SingTel Mobile looks to North Asia
      496 7 Regional network will help lower equipment costs Bloomberg SINGTEL Mobile, which operates South-east Asia's biggest network of cellular services, is eyeing North Asian markets to extend its reach within Asia. The company is a unit of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, which owns a fifth of
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      Lock icon Citibank targets SMEs with new financing packages
      353 7  -  By Ling Su Ann CITIBANK is muscling its way into the local market for small and medium enterprises with the launch yesterday of its new business unit, Citibusiness. Described as a "specially tailored total banking solution for SMEs", Citibusiness is available to businesses
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      Lock icon Avimo expects more than 40% rise in full-year profits
      264 7 Bloomberg DEFENCE components maker Avimo Group Ltd expects full-year profit growth to exceed 40 per cent, helped by strong first-half sales in the optics division, said a top executive. For the year ended Sept 30, 1999, Avimo surpassed analysts' forecasts when
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      Lock icon Merrill downgrades electronics contract manufacturers
      412 8 Bat it expects Chartered and Gal Tech to benefit from components shortage Reuters MERRILL Lynch yesterday downgraded Singapore's electronics contract manufacturers to neutral from accumulate in the intermediate term due to investment risk on Nasdaq's volatility and components shortage. In its latest research note, Merrill
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      Lock icon SGX inks MOU for India index futures
      254 8  -  Byi Siow Li Sen THE Singapore Exchange has signed a preliminary agreement with the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) and the India Index Services Products Ltd (IISL) to launch India stock index futures contracts. A joint statement by the three parties said
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      Lock icon Uproar over Rebel Sport move by Goh brothers
      311 8  -  From Surinder Singh in Sydney A BID by Singapore's Goh brothers to buy a 19.7 per cent stake in Rebel Sport without making a full takeover bid is facing growing opposition from institutions here. The three Goh brothers George, Joe and Steven
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      543 4 India, with a population of one billion, is the second most populous country in the world and one of the most vibrant and dynamic emerging economies in the world today. Since 1991, sweeping economic reforms in the country have further spurred its growth and development, leading to a proliferation of
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      502 6 Stocks Volume Trek 5c 37,749,000 IPCO20C 17,537,000 Nat Elec 10c 17.241,000 NatSteel50c 14,536,000 STEngg 10c 10,219,000 GES Int) Ltd 20c 7,840,000 SingTel 15c 7,110,000 NOL 6,281,000 Omni Ind 10c 5,560,000 FHTK Hldgs 20c 5,096,000 Stnckl Nat Elec 10c 83,720,300 DBSGrp 78,652,784 Chart Semiconductor 26c 39,399,700 NatSteel50c 31,412,960 SPH 29,573,399 SIA
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      Lock icon STI takes another knock as Nasdaq plummets 6%
      549 6  -  CO H 8 S r. sivanithy NASDAQ'S 6 per cent fall on Tuesday kept sellers here busy yesterday for a third straight day, knocking the Straits Times Index down 33.84 points to 1,871.94 a 12-month low. Earlier in the day, the index
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      Lock icon PCRD warrant: fairly priced but tread with caution
      190 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy PACIFIC Century Regional Development has quietly faded from the news and with that, its share price has also collapsed. From a high of $42 just a couple of months ago, the counter now sells for $12, so
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      Lock icon Near-term consolidation for ST Engg?
      232 6  -  HOT STOCK Byy Wong Wei Kong SHARES of ST Engineering bucked the general market trend and rose yesterday, finishing among the session's most active stocks. ST Engg shares closed up 9 cents or 3.8 per cent to $2.46. The stock opened at $2.35 and hit
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      154 6 ♦HO Bee Investment announced the group's acquisition of two plots of prime industrial sites. The hi st plot, located at No 13 and 15 Jalan Kilang Barat, off Jalan Bukit Merah, sits on a 99-year leasehold tenure wef Jan 1,1962. This site 0f28,797 square feet was purchased at
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      Lock icon US dollar higher all round despite Nasdaq's plunge
      359 6  -  CURRENCIES larry wee IN the normal scheme of things, a country's currency would be expected to weaken when its stock market tumbles. But the US dollar rallied across the board instead in Asian trading yesterday despite the fact that Nasdaq tumbled almost
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      1188 7 SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 6th Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Mandarin Singapore, Mandarin Court A 4th Floor, Main Tower, 333, Orchard Road, Singapore *****7 on 16
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      951 8 [TTJ WBL CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT RESULTS The unaudited results of the Group and of the Company for the financial half year ended 31 March 2000 are as follows: GROUP COMPANY 2000 1999 2000 1999 $'000 $*000 $'000 $'000 Turnover 420,738 306,246 37.4 Investment income 6,523 4,550 43
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Panel calls for energy audits
      393 9  -  Report recommends ranking public sector buildings in terms of energy efficiency By Jane Cheong MAKE energy audits of buildings mandatory and rank public sector buildings in terms of energy efficiency. These are among the recommendations of the Inter-Agency Committee on Energy Efficiency (lACEE), which released
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      Lock icon Electronics shortage to hit Q2 outlook?
      286 9  -  M U I un the economy manufacturing By, Audrey Tan THE electronic components shortage could have accounted for the disappointing trade data in April, and may hamper the manufacturing sector's growth in this quarter, says Vickers Ballas. The brokerage writes in its latest Economic
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      Lock icon IDA in broadband content deal with GigaMedia
      316 9 THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has signed an agreement with Nasdaq-listed GigaMedia a leading broadband Internet access service and content provider in Taiwan to cross-distribute online broadband content. Under the Memorandum of Understanding, GigaMedia will distribute broadband content on Singapore's broadband
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      Lock icon Tan Chorh Chuan to be medical services director
      189 9 CHEN Ai Ju, director of medical services (DMS) at the Ministry of Health (MOH), will retire at the end of this month after nearly three decades of service in the government. Dr Chen, appointed DMS in 1996, has served in numerous positions
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      Lock icon S'pore lawyers far from TV's 'fat cat' counsel
      542 9  -  S'pore lawyers work long hours at modest salaries and suffer stress, survey finds Conrad Raj CONTRARY to public perception, many lawyers work long hours, enjoy modest salaries and bonuses and have little time for play, according to a recent survey. The survey
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      Lock icon TDB lines up 3 missions to China in next 2 months
      409 10  -  Bering wants to lure foreign investments to central and western parts of the conntry By Tay Hong Seng THE Trade Development Board is spearheading three new missions to China in June and July, including an information and communication technology
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      Lock icon Great Singapore Sale goes online via nececity.com
      368 10 THIS year's Great Singapore Sale (GSS) is going electronic it will feature the Great Singapore E-Sale and involve some 200 merchants, a Charity E-Auction and even a paperless GSS Draw. GSS' main organiser and manager, the Singapore Retailers Association (SRA), hopes this year's
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      Lock icon Outsourcing for best deal
      168 10  -  maill'M'l Richard Tan Kok Tong Vice-President. Group Communications MediaCorp PLEASE refer to Boon Chin Aun's letter "Broadcast sector: time for competition" (BT, May 5). Some of our stair had expressed intentions to set up their own business in a related area. This came at an opportune
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      Lock icon Ban is against pyramid selling
      220 10  -  Alamelu Subramaniam (Ms) Senior Assistant Director (Public Affairs) For Permanent Secretary Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore WE refer to the letter by Patrick Liew ("Don't ban multilevel marketing", May 22). We agree with Mr Liew that there are many multilevel marketing schemes that contribute
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      Lock icon Better test for diesel vehicles
      151 10  -  Billy Chew WE refer to the letter "Policy on diesel vehicles is not consistent" from Lim Eng Cheng (BT, May 20). Mr Lim suggested that the Ministry of Environment should move more rapidly to ensure that high mileage commercial diesel vehicles such as taxis, goods
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      Lock icon Investors won't lose deposits
      343 10  -  Narayana Narayana I REFER to Denis Distant's letter "Bear in mind investors' interest" (BT, May 17). Mr Distant does not appear to be aware of the strict application of the Stock Exchange Bye-Law under which Trust Accounts fall, and under which extraneous payments by investors are
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  • ARTS festival
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      Lock icon There's something for everybody
      1356 11 THEATRE goers are making a beeline for Kuo Pao Kun's double bill, with Theatre Works' Desdemona not far behind. Local theatre practitioners share their own thoughts about this year's theatre offerings. Roger Jenkins Artistic director Dramaplus Arts "THIS is certainly a more interesting festival compared to
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      Lock icon This year's offerings in the theatre category
      616 11 Deedemona, Theatre Works (Singapore) This shamanic journey promises to turn its inspiration, Shakespeare's Othello, completely on its head. Hot from its recent world premiere at the Adelaide Festival, this production synergizes a multiplicity of cultural styles including Myanmar puppetry and Indian Kathakali dance.
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      64 11 What do you think of the arts festival? What are you watching or why aren't you going at all? We would like to hear your views and recommendations. You can e-mail us at btletter@sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71. or mail your letter to: The Business Times, Times House. 390
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon A friend in the US, but a crony in Asia
      827 12  -  i: i =i bottom line OPINION jagdish bhagwati The writer is Arthur Lehman Professor of Economics and Political Science at Columbia University in New York ABSOLUTE power corrupts absolutely. Corruption is little better. Yet this statement is too gross. There
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      85 12 'In Japan, everything, including economic statistics, is about politics.' -KmyiOkne an economist at the Tokyo office of the Dresdner Kleinwort Benson investment hank, after the government omitted an important piece of information on quarterly growth statistics, apparently for the first time. This 18-year tragedy is over.' Ehud
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      664 12 EDITORIAL THE Entrepreneurial Employee Stock Option Scheme (EESOS) announced by Finance Minister Richard Hu this week is another step forward in promoting technopreneurship in Singapore, even if it may need to be fine-tuned and combined with other initiatives to be effective. Over the last three years or
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      Lock icon The telling tale of Barton Biggs and his plumber
      951 12  -  Morgan Stanley's chief strategist offers fiction as fact bat suffers no more than a bit of ridicule By Michael Lewis Michael Lewis, the author of 'Liar'sPoker'and 'The New New Thing', is a columnist for Bloomberg News. His opinions are not necessarily
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      928 12 Suharto's plight BESIEGED in his home city, the sick and frail old man who once ruled Indonesia like a personal fiefdom is experiencing the fate that befalls so many despots once they are overthrown. It is not certain whether the 79-year-old former president Suharto can hear
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Proton's full-year profit rises 8.9% to RM72m
      405 13 KUALA LUMPUR Profit rises for Ist time in 3 years, beats analysts' predictions Bloomberg PERUSAHAAN Otomobil Nasional Bhd, Malaysia's biggest carmaker, posted a rise in full-year profit for the first time in three years, beating analysts' expectations. Proton, as the company is known,
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      Lock icon Manila watchdog plans tougher trading-halt rules
      270 13 MANILA Measures to help prevent share price manipulation Bloomberg PHILIPPINE regulators plan to impose tougher suspen-sion-of-trading rules to help prevent manipulation of share prices on the country's equity markets. The Securities and Exchange Commission will meet today to review a proposal from the Philippine
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Genting bears the brunt
        93 13 AFTER selling down Resorts World for the previous three days, investors turned their attention to parent Genting Bhd, which tumbled by RMI.IO or almost 7 per cent to RM14.90 yesterday. Investors were not too happy that Resorts will deplete its cash hoard of RMI billion (*****
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        Lock icon Time still sliding
        109 13 TIME Engineering continued to tumble following its failed attempt to rope in Singapore Telecommunications as its strategic partner a fortnight ago. The counter shed 18 sen to RM3.92 yesterday almost 37 per cent lower than its peak of RM6.20 earlier this month. Khazanah Nasional is said to
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        Lock icon UEM hit by Plus listing uncertainty
        96 13  -  Compiled byl Eddie Toh UNITED Engineers Malaysia (UEM) fell 65 sen to RM9.85 yesterday following conflicting reports on the listing status of its highway concessionaire, Plus. Although UEM plans to float Plus some time this year as planned, analysts are concerned that the plan
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      Lock icon Sale of EON unit to Proton stalled, says DRB-Hicom
      182 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S auto group DRB-Hicom Bhd said yesterday that negotiations for the sale of its distribution unit EON to national carmaker Proton had stalled due to disagreements on price. Mohamad Saleh Sulong, DRB-Hicom chairman, said both parties were still
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      Lock icon Philippine overnight rates may be raised: central bank
      518 14 MANILA Prolonged conflict with rebels may force govt to cnt growth forecasts official Bloomberg THE Philippine central bank said it may raise overnight rates tomorrow which would be the fourth increase this month to prevent the peso from falling further against the
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      Lock icon Conflicting signals on review of Indon Budget from officials
      330 14 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA'S government is to review the Budget for the current fiscal year to take account of unexpected economic developments, a top official said yesterday. Cabinet Secretary Marsilam Simanjuntak, who acts as a spokesman for President Abdurrahman Wahid, said the
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      Lock icon Rupiah could recover to 7,000 if IMF plan is implemented: BI
      231 14 JAKARTA Bloomberg INDONESIA'S central bank yesterday said the rupiah could strengthen to 7,000 to a US dollar, if the government implements the latest agreement with the International Monetary Fund. That would be 21 per cent stronger than its current
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      Lock icon Big HK firms going for huge syndicated loans
      513 15  -  Kuok's Kerry is latest with HKs4.2b; cash-rich banks offer billions at record low spreads Fromi Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong ASIAN borrowers are taking advantage of record low spreads to tap the syndicated loan market for billions of dollars as banks flush
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      Lock icon Taiwan investment in China jumps 147%
      206 15 TAIPEI Reuters INVESTMENT by Taiwan businessmen in China jumped 147.12 per cent in the first four months of2ooo on a year-on-year basis as Beijing's expected entry into the World Trade Organization boosted sentiment, the government said yesterday. Taiwan investors poured U*****.57 million (Ssl.3 billion)
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      452 15 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE trading house Marubeni Corp reacted with fury to a newspaper report yesterday that alleged it received political favours in a crucial Indonesian debt restructuring deal. The company dismissed the Asian Wall Street Journal's charge that the deal was the result of political pressure
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      758 17 MANOKOK Asia's recovery has reduced risk and raised credit ratings; many firms are turning to bonds for funds Bloomberg SIAM Cement, Thailand's largest industrial group, doubled the size of its March bond sale to 25 billion baht (Ssl.l billion)
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      432 17 BEIJING Mffiit iccme it of discrimination for not flQippfngating Chinese consumers AP TOSHIBA Corp's decision to settle a class-action lawsuit in the US has landed it in hot water in China, a country where sensitivities toward Japan run bitter and deep. The
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      278 17 U TAIPEI Bloomberg BEIJING warned Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian that the entry of both sides into the World Trade Organization, expected later this year, won't instantly lead to closer links. After accession, China won't automatically move towards opening direct trade, transport
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      573 19 CANBERRA It says bid for Aossie 3G phone spectrum maycostupto As2b Bloomberg TELSTRA Corp, Australia's No 1 telephone company, said its Ass billion (U554.95 billion) investment in Hongkong's Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd will not be completed until at least August. Telstra's finance director
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      342 19 WASHINGTON Company also has two ventures in S'pore with S'pore Tech Telemedia Reuters ASIA Global Crossing Ltd a joint venture between Global Crossing Ltd, Microsoft Corp and Softbank Corp filed on Tuesday to go public in an initial stock sale of Class A
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      328 19 Reuters (LONDON] The world's most famous flower show blossomed in cyberspace on Monday with garden designs put up for auction and plants sold online. From French cabbages to Malaysian orchids, The Chelsea Flower Show is a Mecca for gardeners in Britain where green fingered
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      528 21 Moves underscore importance of electronic publishing Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Time Warner and software maker Microsoft have unveiled separate electron-ic-book publishing plans, underscoring the importance of that burgeoning business to traditional and new media companies. Time Warner, which is being bought by America Online, is
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      189 21 TOKYO Reuters NTT DoCoMo Inc yesterday reported a 23 per cent rise in group net profit to 252.14 billion yen (Ss4.l billion) for the year to March 31, propelled by explosive sales of its Websurfing "i-mode" phones. DoCoMo, the mobile phone
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      159 21 AFP [HONGKONG] The first Web site to boost traditional Chinese medicine and provide user-friendly access for a global audience to product information, suppliers and practitioners in Hongkong and China, was launched here yesterday. TCM CyberPort, the brainchild of a member of the Hong Kong University
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      173 21 HONGKONG AFP ONLY four or five successful Internet portals will remain in the Asian Internet sector by 2004 following a period of savage consolidation, global investment bank Morgan Stanley Dean Witter predicted in a report yesterday. "Asian portals
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      499 22 TOKYO Surplus up 21.3% to Lit yen in April, cheaper oil helps cut imports by 7.2% Bloomberg JAPAN'S trade surplus widened in April as a decline in the cost of oil helped cut the country's import bill. The surplus rose 21.3 per cent from
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      291 22 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nasdaq Japan Inc, which will open for trading June 19, is aiming to handle more than half of Japan's new public stock offerings next year, president and chief executive officer Tatsuyuki Saeki said. Nasdaq Japan, a joint venture of the
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      351 23 TOKYO Bnt larger than expected charges reveal lingering bad debt problems Reuters A SET of solid earnings unveiled by top Japanese banks yesterday confirmed the nation's troubled banking sector finally returned to profitability after years of painful losses. A surge in
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      281 23 SEOUL Reuters THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday praised South Korea for its economic recovery and said there was still plenty of "forward momentum". "The rebound became increasingly broad-based over the course of 1999," said David Coe, senior resident IMF representative for South Korea. "Unemployment
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      582 24 But there's much to be done Reuters THE Deutsche Boerse's overwhelming and unconditional thumbs up for its merger with the London Stock Exchange to create the world's third biggest bourse is a big step forward, but leaves key issues remarkably unresolved for a marriage two years
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      697 25 WASHINGTON The fiercely-contested bill effectively pits Corporate America against organised labour in the US Reuters A DEEPLY-DIVIDED US House of Representatives is expected to narrowly approve a fiercely contested China trade bill, in what would be a monumental victory for President Bill
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      204 25 MUNICH Reuters Bloomberg GERMAN car maker BMW AG said yesterday that it signed a deal to sell its Land Rover sport utility vehicle operation in Britain to Ford Motor Co for three billion euros (554.7 billion). Ford agreed to buy the
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      305 25 ■TOKYO Japan regulator says it sold securities meant to hide losses Bloomberg DEUTSCHE Bank AG's Tokyo securities unit will be suspended from selling new over-the-counter equity derivatives for six months, one of the toughest punishments yet meted out by Japanese regulators. The Financial Supervisory Agency,
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      251 25 LONDON Reuters LLOYD'S of London said yesterday it would open up the world's biggest insurance market to brokers based outside London from 2001, citing the need to keep pace with a rapidly changing industry. Lloyd's currently only allows full access
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      292 26  -  SGZ Derivatives TnNn&Reports MSCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay THE Singapore stock market ended broadly lower yesterday, induced largely by the overnight slump in key US markets. Tracking Nasdaq's 5.93 per cent drop, technology issues collectively fell 5.4 per cent with Venture Manufacturing shedding 7.5
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      324 26  -  MSCX Taiwan futures Chan Yet San IT was another negative close for the Taiwan stock market yesterday as most regional markets took a pounding caused by the decline on WaU Street. The Taiex feU 170.6 points or 2 per cent to close at
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      115 26 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oU prices stepped higher yesterday as fears of a gasoline supply crunch in the United States were re-ignited by declining stockpUes in the world's biggest oU consumer. London July futures for Brent were up 51 US cents at
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      338 26 AFP London THE yen ceded ground yesterday, giving up more than 1.5 per cent on the day against the euro amid fading expectations of an imminent end to Japan's zero interest rate policy. A drop in Japan's Nikkei average which fell 1.7 per cent to close at a
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      2851 27 HONGKOMG AFP Pliant Sen* -3212 HONGKONG share prices dropped 2.3 per cent yesterday to slump below the 14,000point level amid fears of further US interest rate hikes following overnight falls on Wall Street, dealers said. "The market's sentiment is quite weak," said Marco
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      2048 27 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 -***** JAPANESE stocks slumped 1.7 per cent to a 12-month low yesterday for their sixth straight session of losses following heavy falls on Wall Street, brokers said. The key Nikkei 225 Index lost 274.29 points to close at 16,044.44,
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      1015 27 AFP R Shenzhen B Index +L 42 THE Shanghai Stock Exchange's B Share Index, which tracks shares nominally reserved for foreigners, rose 2.53 points to close at 46.69. Shanghai's A share stock index traded by domestic investors ended up 24.21 points or 1.2 per cent at 1,973.13. The Shenzhen
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      359 27 AFP Q VP Index -170.6 TAIWAN share prices closed 2 per cent lower yesterday on Wall Street's overnight losses and rumoured Chinese military exercises, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 170.6 points to 8,500.41. Turnover came to NT579.25 billion. "Investors rushed to cash out on
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      430 28 AFP Q Composite Index -13.49 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.5 per cent lower yesterday on continued selling amid regional declines due to Wall Street's overnight losses, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 13.49 points to finish at 903.80, off a low
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      308 29 AFP Q Composite Index -4iJl THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 4.81 points at 674.95. Volume came to 287.8 million shares worth 2.4 trillion won. AFP MJV 24 Anam Semi ***** -1550 Brain Tech 915 55 Central Bank 126S 165 CheM Comm *****0 -4500 Dm Cu Bank
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      265 29 AFP Fl Composite Index +14J2 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index rose one per cent or 14.12 points to close at 1,418.79 as investors scooped up bargains. Turnover fell slightly to 1.71 billion shares worth 1.26 billion pesos from 1.74 billion shares worth 1.14 billion pesos on Tuesday.—AFP Hay
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      272 29 AFP □NZSE-40 -28.04 THE NZSE-40 Capital Index closed down 26.04 points at 1,974.39 on turnover of NZ$lO2 million. The New Zealand bourse's retreat followed another fall on Wall Street, where the technology-packed Nasdaq Composite Index nosedived almost 6 per cent. AFP Mar 24 US (-000) Advantaga MOS 263 -0.21
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      563 29 AFP CI All Ordinaries -13.7 AUSTRALIAN share prices fell 0.5 per cent yesterday following Wall Street's losses overnight, brokers said. The benchmark All ordinaries Index closed 13.7 points lower at 2,972.2, while the recently-introduced SP/ASX 200 was 11.9 points down at 3,009.5. Turnover came to 499.17 million shares worth
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      787 29 AFP P SET Index -&31 THAI shares closed 1.9 per cent down yesterday as foreign investors sold across the board following uncertainty in US markets, analysts said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index fell 6.31 points to finish at 319.68 points, while the select SET 50 Index
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      678 29 AFP □Compositelndex -131 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.5 per cent lower yesterday as a rebound in largecap stocks in late trade partly offset the influence of weak regional markets, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 2.31 points at 493.2, off a low of 487.822, on
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      799 32  -  CARUIfcM!! Onlv three new brand representatives chalked up better sales than their predecessors Byi Christopher Tan NOT every new broom sweeps clean, going by the performance of fresh franchise holders in the motor trade. Only three new brand representatives chalked up
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      611 32  -  Analysts hold mixed views about effect of relaxation of rules All reports by Christopher Tan ANALYSTS have mixed views on the further relaxation of car import rules announced officially by the government on Tuesday. But the market at large seems to be
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      303 32 VOLVO distributor S M Motors has secured 50 bookings for its new V7O stationwagon well before its official launch yesterday. The orders, worth about $10 million, were the result of a direct-mail campaign. The number is significant, as it represents half of Singapore's annual
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      318 32 Repair basiness,shift to bigger taxis will also fuel growth [SINGAPORE] Diesel retailing has become a core profit contributor for transport operator Comfort Group. The listed taxi-based company, which is expected to report record profit next month, is selling five million litres
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        101 32 NIGHT-BUS pioneer Tibs says the new niche service has growth potential, and is likely to have a measurable impact on bottomline. Already, this two-days-a-week service across nine routes will add at least $500,000 to annual revenue. The listed bus operator also said if the
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        97 32 VOLKSWAGEN'S 824 million mark (***** million) Autostadt an automotive version of Disneyland— will open officially at the end of this month. The opening coincides with the Expo 2000 world fair; and visitors to the VW birthplace of Wolfsburg will witness a 25-hectarc site within the
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        112 32 TOYOTA Motor chairman Hiroshi Okuda (right) has been elected as the new head of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (Jama). Mr Okuda, who will serve a two-year term, pointed out in Tokyo following his election that the automobile industry was now global and, in
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        78 32 AUTOMOBILE Association of Singapore president Gerard Ee will officially open Automechanika Asia2ooo at the Singapore Expo on June 28. The international trade fair for makers of automotive parts and systems promises to be bigger than the previous one held here in 1998. More
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        77 32 PORSCHE'S new 911 Turbo (above) has been voted "Power Car" in Germany. In the US, the 911 Carrera and Boxster S are the top choices among luxury sports car buyers. These are the results of polls held by two specialist magazines in Germany and
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        66 32 TAXI operator Comfort's specialised service for the handicapped has seen a fivefold increase in demand since it kicked off exactly a year ago. TO cope with the demand, 40 more drivers have been selected to join the 100-plus Handicare force. Listed Comfort Group has set
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        51 32 CABLINK, Comfort's satellite-based taxi despatch system, garnered 600,000 catered bookings in March this year—a record. The company is now targeting 700,000 catered bookings to be achieved "in the next few months". Cab Link is a $35 million system using global-positioning technology. It was launched in
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        58 32 ONE Lane of Maxwell Road towards Tanjong Pagar Road (at the junction of Maxwell Road/Cecil Street) to closed. This is to facilitate construction works for a pedestrian underpass, which will take about a month to complete. Meanwhile, two lanes along the opposite carriageway in
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        101 32 AT ITS annual general meeting yesterday, three Scania board members vacated their seats to make way for three replacements from the Volkswagen group. The move followed VW's purchase of 18.7 per cent of Scania's share capital last month. Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piech
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        83 32  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan MRT services between Jurong East station and Queenstown station were delayed from 7.16 am yesterday. The technical fault was rectified at 7.36 am for the westbound line and 7.52 am for the eastbound line. Meanwhile, commuters have claimed $251.80 in excess
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        879 35  -  Simon Cheong is not obsessed with majority control of SC Global Devt if cutting his stake helps boost share price, he tells kalpama rashxwala KALPANA RASHIWALA SIMON Cheong says he wants to be able to add value to his listed SC Global Developments and
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        1122 35  -  But a buoyant economy may mean prime space shortage by next year By Kevin Stanley The writer is director of research at CB Richard Ellis, Australia New Zealand AN interesting feature of the current development cycle in the Sydney CBD has been the limited
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      748 36  -  Plush condo boasts private courtyards for all units and exclusivity, says e&lpana bashiwaia KALPANA RASHIWALA THE Ladyhill, SC Global Developments' maiden residential project, is likely to be released in two to three months at an average price of about $1,800 per sq foot
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      306 37 Bridge News Reuters C APESIZE rates appeared to be continuing to slide despite active fixing, and the Baltic Capesize Index lost 23 points to 2,089, brokers said on Tuesday. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) slipped eight points to 1,598, while the Baltic Handy Index eased five points to
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      463 37  -  Malaysia's newest port handled 130 vessel calls and 36,686 TEUs from Jan-April By* Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's new Tanjung Pelepas port (PTP) has managed to handle a creditable 130 vessel calls and 36,686 TEUs (20-ft equivalent units) in the first
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      223 37 JAPANESE AMMUAL RESULTS Costs also brought down dne to acquisition of Navix Bloomberg [TOKYO] Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd, Japan's second biggest shipping company by sales, said cost cuts and higher freight rates brought it back to profit in the year through
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      162 37 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K Line), Japan's third-biggest shipping company by sales, said annual profit more than quadrupled, beating expectations of analysts, on higher container freight rates and lower costs. Group net income rose to 6.8 billion yen ($63 million), or 11.68
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      142 37 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's three major shipbuilding companies have entered talks to integrate their businesses into a joint venture, a report said yesterday. The heads of Ishikawaji-ma-Harima Heavy Industries Co Ltd and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd, reached an agreement on Tuesday to enter into tie-up
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      259 37 Reuters [ANCHORAGE, Alaska] An oil tanker owned by Exxon Mobil subsidiary Seaßiver Maritime was ordered back to Valdez after developing a leak, the operator of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline said. The Seaßiver Long Beach was about 10 minutes into its journey from the
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        69 37 [LONDON] The Chinese port of Ningbo has signed a "friendship and co-operation" agreement with the UK port of Felixstowe, which is operated by the UK subsidiary of Hongkong-based port firm Hutchison. Hie two ports will co-operate on issues such as training, computer technology and
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        95 37 [LONDON] THE UK's Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called for the UK government to push for a review of the EU law protecting liner conferences from competition regulations. The FTA argues that with the recent spate of mergers and consolidation in the liner trades,
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        59 37 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Hutchison Port Holdings unit Portsnportals.Com Ltd and COSCO Network Ltd sakl they will form a strategic alliance to provide logistics solutions and transport services via Internet-based online open transport exchange. The services exchange will initially cover the shipping industry's vertical market and will
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        123 37 [LONDON! Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine reported a 13 per cent drop in profits last year to US$3O.5 million (5551.8 million). At the same time, the company's turnover slumped 58 per cent to U*****.6 million. The shipping giant's poor performance was also reflected in the profits of its
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        125 37 [LONDON] Bureau Veritas says its most recent results has confirmed its status as the largest of the world's industrial certification organisations. The French organisation's marine division only accounted for about 17 per cent of revenue and ranked fifth in tonnage terms behind Class NK,
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      600 37  -  MEWBUILDS By David Hughes THE big story of the past fortnight, at least from a European perspective, has been the fourship order for UK shipbuilder Harland and Wolff. From an Asian viewpoint, it may seem something of little importance that the Belfast
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        679 38 Opening up of upper Mekong is expected to further enmesh China in the economies of its southern neighbours OAN-A-Kyodo [JINGHONG, China] IN 1866, six French explorers embarked on a two-year expedition through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and China to determine whether the mighty
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        173 48 May 29 United Kingdom: Spring Bank Holiday. May 31 Brunei: Royal Brunei Armed Forces Anniversary. Apr 6 Brunei: First Day of Muslim Calender. May 11 Hongkong: Buddha's Birthday. May 18 Indonesia: Vesak Day. Jim 1 Indonesia: Ascension Day of Jesus Christ. Denmark: Ascension Day. Germany: Ascension Day. Jane
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        774 48 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine OU Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        1036 49 World's biggest airline's greater strength will force other airlines to consider deals as well NYT [NEW YORK] The world's largest airline, United, plans to acquire the biggest carrier in the US north-east, US Airways, for US$4.3 billion (557.3 billion)
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        250 49 Customers do not want to be identified, says French minister Bloomberg [PARIS] Airbus Industrie has secured commitments from four airline customers for its proposed A3XX superjumbo besides the two that have already announced their interest, a French minister told the country's parliament. "Airbus has four
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        136 49 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (Sale), 35.5 per cent owned by Singapore Airlines, said it had delivered an Airbus A 320-200 to UK-based GB Airways. The company said in a statement the aircraft was delivered from the Airbus Industrie plant in Toulouse to
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        133 49 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] China Southern Airlines said it is building a US$lBO million (Ss3o6 million) engine maintenance overhaul facility in southern China with a unit of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace to provide services for Asian carriers. Having the facility in China will help China Southern, the
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        50 49 [BERLIN] The new ICE 3 train on show prior to the presentation voyage of the train. The third generation of the highspeed train ICE starts next week and will be used for the transport of visitors to the Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany. AP
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        380 49 AFP ISYDNEY] Sydney's As9oo million (SsBB2 million) airport rail link is now up and running but it is missing one thing luggage racks. New South Wales State Opposition transport spokesman Barry O'Farrell said on Monday it was pretty safe to bet
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        727 50  -  International Asset Systems sets np Asia-Pacific branch in Hongkong By Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] A San Francisco company operating what it claims is the world's first fully Web-based container exchange system is eyeing Asia as its next area of growth after the US. To broaden
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        123 50 [SINGAPORE] Distripark Maasvlakte, the third distribution facility at the Port of Rotterdam, has leased out 50 per cent of its available space of 86 ha. Its latest tenant, Korea's largest tyre manufacturer Hankook Tires, has invested 10 million euro (5J15.5 million) to build a 20,0005q
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        398 50  -  From P T Bangsberg in Manila -f f CHINA seems to be rapidly opening up its air cargo sector to greater foreign participation. The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation has approved five additional Class A branch licences for Danzas ZF Co
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        642 50  -  From, P T Bangsberg in Manila WHILE the government scrambles to draft comprehensive rules governing electronic commerce, Chinese companies are racing ahead on their own, and involving foreign partners. A group of automakers and auto parts companies said they will
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