The Business Times, 31 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/ WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2000
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    65 1 sn 1,7*23 (-34.38) BT-SSI «74J1 (-12.90) SMSO. FUTTIIES moo (-6.20) STOCK HABKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP ***** -104 NIKKEI *****56 -1654 HANG SENG *****50 +1*83 SET INDEX 3OHM -MS JAKARTA COMP —468.71 +752 MANILA COMP —1,478.87 -12.7 TAIPEI WPI 8,764.42 +176.17 SEOUL COMP ***** +3538 CLSA CHINA
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    76 1 FOBEX BATES uss s$ US$ 1.716 £(l'S$/S$ per 1.501 2.604 EURO(US$/S$/E) 0J88 1.828 DM 2.081 0882 YEN 10W 1.623 RM 1800 0.4tt HKS 7.790 0528 BAHT 3918 0.044 RUPLAH 8,660 0.020 •SSto 100 units PRIME KATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 Kl'ALA LUMPTR 7.67 JAKARTA J9.00 BANGKOK 1_ 9.W MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG
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    Lock icon DBS starts novel stock awards scheme for staff
    675 1  -  li exclusive Group to extend its performance-based stock awards to all employees By Siow Li Sen ldiiNLj/vruK£,j in a radical departure from its past compensation practice that is likely to be closely watched by other local banks and corporations, the DBS Bank
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    Lock icon Cracks appear in CCL-led Astra consortium
    575 1  -  BTiaiIJIIUHiJ Some partners are not happy, say sources From I Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THREE months after landing the most lucrative prize in corporate Indonesia, cracks are seeming to appear in the Cycle Carriage-led consortium that in March bought 39 per cent of Astra
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    Lock icon Vickers rebuts 2 substantial shareholders' objections
    417 1  -  issues nused addressed in merger proposal, it says By\ Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] In another concerted effort to defend its proposed merger with fellow stockbroker GK Goh, Vickers Ballas yesterday issued a rebuttal to the objections raised by YS Fu Holdings and Reef Holdings,
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      241 1 DBHPE Money matters Is the euro really headed up this time? Pg 30 Top stories Bright pHM buzzing days kHMB ahead for home- LA—jMH grown portal. Pg 10 Japan's economy: Contradictory views from IMF and OECD. Next Page Major economies to grow at decade's fastest pace. OECD. Pg IB Improved
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      27 1 Are current ways to value a firm outmoded? Pg4 Readers'views Vickers still seeks shareholders' nod Can Vickers afford not to merge withGK Goh? Mail Bag, Pg 9
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Life begins at 53
        170 2 THE idea of investing in health and old age has a special meaning for some. Kuo How Nam is leaving his job as executive vice-president of Overseas Union Bank to be chairman of Creation Media. Creation Media is the publisher of Senior Life, a magazine aimed
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        131 2 HERE'S one more addition to the growing list of sucker ads coming through the Internet. This one promises a "legal cable TV descrambler". Send US$l4 to the given US address to get assembly instructions, original drawings and an electronic parts lists. "You can assemble from
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      Lock icon '99 household incomes fall 2.7% after downturn
      695 2  -  Wage gap between top, lowest earners also widens to 18% By. Anna Teo [SINGAPORE! The economic downturn in 1998 left most Singapore families with lower earnings last year, and widened the income gap between the richest and poorest households a trend that could
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      Lock icon IMF, OECD differ on how Japan should tackle its economy
      768 2  -  Disagreement over whether additional fiscal stimulus measures are needed From i Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN received sharply contradictory sets of advice yesterday from two leading international organisations over how ttj tackle its economic problems, adding to the dilemma policymakers
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      Lock icon STI sinks below 1,800 for 1st time in 13 months
      431 2  -  Regional markets recover after early pressure; HE, Jakarta stand out By\ R Sivanithy (SINGAPORE] After a one-day respite on Monday, the Straits Times Index resumed its downward spiral yesterday, dropping below the 1,800 level for the first time in 13
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      422 2  -  OelUug Personal Br Corinne Kerk Whoi Victor Tan, founder and president, Urban Clothing Company A#mB7 including five America. Stylists and wardrobe people from Hollywood rtndiot are said to visit the Glendale store in Los Angeles tepidt out chic but aflßTddfe clothes for shows. Meanwhile, celebrities like
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      231 3 Issued by Morgan Stanley Co. International Limited, regulated by the Securities and Futures Authority Limited. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter is a service mark of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co. l^e» The markets look for more than meets the eye. offering. Putting monetary values on things that defy conventional Which makes
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Are current ways to value a firm outmoded? No, say practitioners
      767 4  -  Method used depends on type of business; often, more than one method needed By Ven Sreenivasan NM Rothschild Sons' call to Times Publications shareholders to reject Fraser Neave's takeover offer, coming at the heels of the controversy over the
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      Lock icon Motorola job openings on AsiaOne site
      196 4 THE local unit of American mobile phone maker Motorola has joined the list of companies posting their professional job openings on the Asia One Careers Web site. Motorola's new job postings consist of positions for engineers, Internet developers, as well as other management and
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      Lock icon Analysts call for 'subscribe' or 'stag' on AsiaOne
      382 4 ANALYSTS' recommendations for SPH Asia One, whose initial public offer closes tomorrow, are divided between "subscribe" and "stag". A poll of research houses revealed that while some are bullish about Asia One's prospects because of its strong parentage it is a subsidiary
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      Lock icon Scrap car move: NatSteel not concerned
      503 4  -  Scrap cars yield only 1.5% of its raw material supply By Ling Su Ann NATSTEEL'S share price plunged yesterday morning on news that the government was liberalising the scrap car market, prompting a quick response from the company that it will have little impact
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      Lock icon Are bands a good hedge amid stock market volatility?
      679 4  -  i lock siew neil behrmann WITH world stock markets volatile, inflation beginning to accelerate and short-term interest rates creeping up, it looks like investors will do well to stay with cash. But don't be too hasty to write off bonds. The
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      Lock icon Weboffice scales back Nasdaq plans; eyes SGX listing
      490 5  -  Firm aims for $100 m market valuation based on IPO pricing By' Toh Han Shih THE poor market sentiment for Internet stocks has forced -Singapore's Weboffice to scale back its ambitious plans to expand overseas and list on Nasdaq. But still the
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Wuthelam Holdings exec chairman quits
        64 7 WUTHELAM Holdings said Koh Boon Hwee will step down as executive chairman and director with effect from June 30. Mr Koh Joined the group in 1991 after leaving Hewlett Packard Singapore. Mr Koh will continue to be chairman of Wuthelam associates; Omni Industries, Delteq and
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        Lock icon Kian Ann makes $4.6m in first 9 months
        113 7 AFX-Asia KIAN Ann Engineering posted a net profit of $4.6 million on a turnover of $101 million for the nine months to March. The company issued the financial statement as an attachment to its detachable warrant issue prospectus. It did not provide
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        Lock icon Achieva 6.2 times subscribed
        61 7 ACHIEVA, a distributor of electronics and information technology-related products in the Asia Pacific, yesterday announced that its initial public offer has been &2 times subscribed. The company received applications for some 129.9 million shares for its 21 million public offer shares, which were priced at 22
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      Lock icon Hotel Plaza: lifestyle ops to outshine hotel arm
      406 7  -  Lifestyle division to generate 30% of group revenues over the next 2 years Byi Andrea Tan LISTED Hotel Plaza Ltd expects its lifestyle arm to outperform its core hotel business within two years, boosted by its acquisition of a biomedical supplies firm,
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      Lock icon Ho Bee pays $16m for industrial site
      236 7  -  66,092 sq ft plot at T&gore Lane adds to 2 earlier purchases By\ Marissa Chew HO Bee Investment's industrial land portfolio has grown with its purchase of yet another site, this time at Tagore Lane, off Upper Thomson Road. The latest acquisition follows
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      Lock icon Cheung Kong EGM on share issue
      238 7 Reuters [HONGKONG] Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd yesterday said it would hold an extraordinary general meeting on June 14 to seek shareholders' approval to issue new shares to chairman Li Ka-shing in exchange for his interest in a Singapore property. Cheung Kong said in a
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      43 4 This announcement appears as a matter of record only. m PACIFIC LIFE FUNDING, LLC S$ 100,000,000 FIXED RATE NOTES DUE 2005 secured by funding agreement issued by PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Lead Manager Standard Chartered Co-Manager Paine Webber International (U.K.) Ltd May 2000
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Merrill's PCRD wrt: price fair but there is a snag
      183 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By\ R Sivanithy THERE doesn't seem to be much value to be had in most local warrants so for now, we'll keep our focus on the covered call segment. One interesting candidate is the Merrill Lynch instrument on
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      434 6 Stocta Volume Chwt Semiconductor 26c 10,945,000 NMSImISOC 10,364,000 ChvwEuHock 20c 7,381,000 FWTK HHgs 20c 7,029,000 NrtBoclOc 6,976,000 GES Irtf lld20c 6,972,000 AkOcean5c 6,213,000 ShgTd 15c .5,977,000 Omni »nd 10c 5,840,000 PC020C 5,081,000 9>octa Chart Semiconductor 26c 154,562,342 DBS&p 55,890.776 SPH. 48,287,325 SIA *****.436 Nat Else 10c 34,662,481 NMSM50C.. 21,010,140 0C8C
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      Lock icon Market still reeling, with STI falling below 1,800-level
      534 6  -  I-11 comment STOCKS r. sivanithy ALACK of interest, residual fallout from the recent Morgan Stanley Capital International index reweighting, and a generally weak regional sentiment led the Straits Times Index to close weaker yesterday for the eighth time in nine sessions. Dealers
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      Lock icon NatSteel: oversold, still looks bearish
      218 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan NATSTEEL Ltd was the second most active stock on the local bourse yesterday as it fell by as much as 10 cents before closing with a net six-cent loss at $2.03. Some 10.4 million shares changed hands. The closing price
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      158 6 ♦SPC will be trading ex-dividend (first and final dividend of 2.5 cents on May 23. Last day for buying-in cum basis is on May 26. Date payable is on Jun 9. ♦SSANGYONG will be trading ex-dividend (first and final dividend of 7.5 cents) on June 16. Last day
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      398 6 Conditional Cash Offer by Societe Generate Asia (Singapore) Ltd. For and on behalf of Abiud Pte Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) A wholly owned subsidiary of o Fraser and Neave, Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) to acquire all the issued ordinary shares of $1.00 each in
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      255 7 Create a romantic holiday for you and your loved one through The Straits Times Classified. Buy k. Sal It Find IL WhCre WBnt today? H Yesterday. -;i A 1/ -y- ;l ;f?T? jt I i A.*"* '•'♦u- r Consider it done. 7(10 blzconnect e-pak Is what you need to got
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Improved HDB contra scheme in June
      590 8  -  Sellers can use CPF funds for another flat before sale of cnrrent flat is completed Marissa Chew THE number of applications for resale HDB flats rose in April and May, and this could be further boosted by a new scheme announced yesterday. Resale applications,
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      Lock icon Government accepts NWC's guidelines
      435 8  -  Will decide by Oct on CPF increase; this'll give employers time to prepare for change By Anna Teo THE government has accepted the National Wages Council's (NWC) recommendations, including bringing forward the next step in restoring the Central Provident Fund rate cut to Jan 1, 2001,
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Lock icon June COE tender opens tomorrow
        144 8 THE June tender for vehicle entitlements opens from 9 am tomorrow and closes at 4 pm next Wednesday. The total quota available for tender is 9,168. In the non-transferable categories, the quotas stand at 2,618 for Category A (cars, 1,600 cc and below, and taxis),
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        Lock icon Some bus fares go up
        125 8 FROM tomorrow, adults and senior citizens travelling on SBS and Tibs feeder buses without making any transfers will pay 10 cents more for their bus feres. But those who pay by ferecard and make transfers will enjoy an additional 10-cent transfer rebate, and will not
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      Lock icon Tuas Power signs $525m credit facility
      231 8 TEMASEK Holdings-owned Tuas Power has signed a $525 million revolving credit facility with 12 international banks for the construction of the second phase of its power station in Tuas. The facility was oversubscribed by about 86 per cent, attracting commitments totalling some $975 million
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      Lock icon S'pore worker satisfied, but most likely to job-hop: poll
      416 8 THE Singaporean worker may be the most satisfied with his employer but is also the most likely to job-hop, a survey of workers in Asia showed. Research firm Asia Market Intelligence (AMI) found Singaporean employees to be the most uncommitted workers
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      Lock icon Lower-income worst hit in 1999
      390 8  -  I 3on the economy jobs -By Jane Cheong THE lower the household income last year, the higher the unemployment rate, a Department of Statistics study has found. The economic downturn in 1998 led to a surge in the jobless rate for the bottom 10 per
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      Lock icon Goldhill Prop in talks to sell Brisbane Marriott for A$42m
      455 8  -  From Surinder Singh in Sydney GOLDHILL Properties, the family company of Singapore's Goei family, is negotiating to sell its Brisbane Marriott hotel in Brisbane for As 42 million (5542.1 million). The family, which developed the 267room hotel in 1997, has
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      Lock icon 3 plans picked under public service scheme
      381 8 THREE proposals with the potential to make significant improvements and contributions to the provision of public service have been selected as the first projects to receive sponsorship under The Enterprise Challenge (TEC), a scheme launched by the Public Service Division earlier this year.
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      Lock icon Vickers still seeks shareholders' nod
      379 9  -  TICKERS BALLAS-GK GOH MERGER Roger Yeo Senior Vice-President Corporate Communications and Strategy Vickers Ballas I THANK Prithpal Singh for his letter "Vickers' small shareholders get short end of stick" (May 29). I would like to take this opportunity to provide him with further information on
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      Lock icon Having an 'outside' adviser would have been prudent
      401 9  -  Benjamin Leong Yarn Kwong AS a shareholder in Vickers Ballas Holdings, I read with interest your lead story and the statement by YS Fu Holdings and Reef Holdings, as well as the letter by Denis Distant, in yesterday's edition in relation to
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      Lock icon Can Vickers afford not to merge with GK Goh?
      466 9  -  Gerard Francis I READ with interest your articles regarding the proposed Vickers Ballas merger with GK Goh. As a long-standing investor in stocks and shares, I cannot help but conclude that some of the comments carried are grossly unfair. It appears
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      Lock icon NTA argument is spurious
      177 9  -  Peter Douglas Principal GFIA Pte Ltd Singapore THE Vickers Ballas-GK Goh merger is about creating a sophisticated financial intermediary that can compete in an era of deregulated commissions, global online competition, and rapidly accelerating capital market sophistication. Whether the resulting entity has a billion-dollar asset base
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      Lock icon NTT DoCoMo in talks to buy 20% of VoiceStream
      422 10 TOKYO Plans to integrate services, offer handsets with Net capabilities Bloomberg NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's largest mobile-tele-phone company, is in final talks to buy as much as 20 per cent stake in US cellular-phone company Voice Stream Wireless Corp for as
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      Lock icon US companies take aim at hacker threat
      480 10 WASHINGTON Move to form an industry self-help group to provide early warning FT INFORMATION technology companies once relied on anti-virus software and consultancies to protect themselves from malicious hacker attacks. But now, US companies are set to form an industry self-help group to
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      Lock icon Bright days for homegrown portal
      731 10  -  Buzz City has secured USslom in a second round of funding By, Andrew Wee {SINGAPORE] WANT to keep op to date with the changes at your pet Web sites? Buzz City' can give you a buzz. The homegrown company specialises in a service that e-mails
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      Lock icon Gateway, AOL break ranks with MS, Intel
      526 11 SAN FRANCISCO New Net appliance uses alternative processor, a version of Linnx system AP BREAKING ranks with the powerful "Wintel duopoly", based on Intel hardware and Microsoft software, Gateway and America Online plan to use a processor from an upstart Silicon Valley chip
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      Lock icon IBM to set up online electronics marketplace
      190 11 NEW YORK AP IBM Corp is orchestrating a new Internet marketplace with 10 major telecommunications and electronics companies, joining the trend in many industries where rivals combine their buying power to deal with suppliers. The business exchange, expected to be announced yesterday, is
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      Lock icon Pay bonanza for e-commerce top executives
      151 11 Reuters [LONDON] The heads of e-commerce businesses are paid 40 per cent more than top executives in traditional industries in Britain and that gap could widen even further, a survey showed yesterday. The survey by management consultants Hay Mcßer said the average salary for
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      Lock icon WorldCom, Sprint face EU hearing
      509 11 BRUSSELS They are prepared to sell Sprint's Net business bnt not WorldCom's UUNet unit Reuters US telecoms giants MCI World Com Inc and Sprint Corp were trying yesterday to persuade the European Commission it should not block their planned US$ll5 billion (Ssl99 billion) merger, industry
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Hanoi's next move must be to cut red tape
      839 12  -  FTTH bottom line OPINION harish mehta The writer, based in Bangkok, is BT's Indochina specialist SO, 25 years after the end of the war in Vietnam, Western experts would now have us believe that Vietnam will always remain an economic flop.
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      82 12 4 When you talk of burning cars and vandalism and so on, that's not done by students. That's done by people who want to provoke chaos.' -Hnfya Labia who heads an Indonesian nongovernmental group that fights corruption. There are a lot of people disgruntled with government, including
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      Lock icon Brace for change if LDP loses
      697 12 EDITORIAL WHILE the world has been watching for change in Japan from economic restructuring, the big surprise could be that it will come instead from the political arena This, in turn, could have a major impact on economic developments in Japan, as well as
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      Lock icon Bering set to face real battles of the WTO
      1064 12  -  West expects its opposition on snch issues as investment rales, labour rights, and the environment By] D Ravi Kanth The writer is a Geneva-based journalist who contributes to BT A FEW hundred yards away from the World Trade Organization (WTO) on
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      Lock icon This may be year to get real about the Internet
      817 12  -  COMMENTARY By Thomas Friedman The writer is a New York Times columnist NYT I JUST completed a book-re-lated tour around the United States, which left me feeling that a backlash may be brewing against all the technology hype now dominating
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon 1st Ibra-organised IPO starts trading today
      223 13 JAKARTA BCA delrat will be closely watched by investors Bloomberg TODAY, shares in the first initial public offering organised by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) will begin trading on the nation's stock exchange. The debut by Bank Central Asia (BCA) will be closely
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Sapura out of Time?
        90 13 SAPURA Telecommunications fell 40 sen to RM8.25 on talk that it may not become the strategic partner of Time dot Com, a subsidiary of Time Engineering. Khazanah Nasional will pump in cash for a 30 per cent stake in Time dot Com. Time said a strategic
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        Lock icon Sime Darby flat
        84 13 SIME Darby Bhd eased two sen to RM4.92 yesterday the eve of announcing its results for the third quarter. Analysts expect the company to post lower earnings due to weaker palm oil prices. The firm is forecast to post net profit of RM587.1 million (Ss26B million), or
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        Lock icon Limited upside
        70 13  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh MAYBANK rose 30 sen to RM16.90 on strong foreign buying support despite the market's weakness yesterday. Many foreign fund managers bought the stock of the largest bank in Malaysia as it is a major component in the MSCI index. Malaysia will be reinstated in
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      Lock icon KL to accept IMF's greater disclosure standards
      439 13  -  Bank Negara to provide more detailed breakdown of int'l reserves From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA did not have to swallow the bitter pill of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the regional financial crisis, but it will still accept one of
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      Lock icon Potential PNB buyer ties up with Templeton
      399 13 MANILA Consortium will also comprise N American firms, Filipinos AFX-Asia A FILIPINA-American businesswoman has formed an alliance with Templeton Asset Management Group to bid for an 80 per cent stake in Philippine National Bank. Templeton already has a 12.9 per cent stake in
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      Lock icon Standing tall
      40 13 [KUALA LUMPUR] Tourists taking a souvenir photo in front of the world's tallest buildings, Petronas Twin Towers. Hundreds of curious shoppers and foreign tourists rode the express elevators of the towers which werefinally opened to the public. AP
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      Lock icon Indonesian markets fall sharply, then recover
      606 14  -  Conflicting signals on Budget revision, talk of central banker quitting fael worries From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S financial markets took another beating yesterday as investors grappled with conflicting signals from the state palace on the need to revise the Budget, and rumours of
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      Lock icon Effendi to be new state secretary
      72 14 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid will today install Johan Effendi, currently a senior official of the religious affairs ministry, as the new state secretary, a senior palace official said yesterday. "Johan will fill the position of state secretary... (he) will be installed tomorrow,
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      Lock icon From Baligate to Bulogate
      909 14  -  ii comment REGION Will Gus Dor survive the scandal Involving the state logistics board? yang razali kassim BULOG, Indonesia's state logistics board, has always had an image problem. If corruption is an affliction in government, Bulog is an epitome of it. Locals call it a sarong,
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      Lock icon Strong Q1 boosts HK's 2000 GDP estimates
      472 15 HONGKONG Private economists raise forecasts to as high as 8% growth; govt sees 6% Reuters PRIVATE economists are raising their forecasts for Hongkong's economic growth for the current year to as much as 8 per cent year-on-year, after first quarter gross domestic product
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      Lock icon HK starts deregulating interest rates on July 3
      159 15 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG'S de facto central bank, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, said yesterday the first phase of the interest rate deregulation in the territory will take effect as scheduled on July 3. "We have kept the economic and financial environment under
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      Lock icon China's most famous entrepreneur JAILED
      405 15 Tycoon found guilty of swindling banks of milli—«tf dtflim AFP [BEIJING] China's most famous entrepreneur Mou Qizhong, once dubbed the richest man in the country, was jailed for life yesterday after being found guilty of swindling banks of millions of dollars. "Mou was sentenced to
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      253 15 HONGKONG Reuters THE government-owned Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation (HKMC) and Dao Heng Bank signed an agreement yesterday for an inaugural HK$l billion (*****.4 million) mortgage and bond asset swap programme. The is the first transaction under an asset swap arrangement recently launched by
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      318 16 HONGKONG It faces nphill task as sector sentiment still weak Bloomberg CHINA Unicom Ltd, the mainland's No 2 telephone company, took the road show for its U555.26 billion (Ss9.l billion) share sale to Singapore, hoping to dispel initial negative reaction to what may
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      112 16 HONGKONG Reuters THE Hongkong government is preparing to sell another HK$3O billion (556.7 billion) of shares in the massive stock portfolio it bought during the August 1998 market intervention, a Hongkong newspaper reported yesterday. The Exchange Fund Investment Ltd (EFIL), the government's
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      258 16 KARACHI AFP PAKISTAN is hopeful it will get a three-year US$2.5 billion (554.3 billion) loan package from the the International Monetary Fund, Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said. The talks with an IMF mission currently in Pakistan were "satisfactory and we hope that we
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      648 18 OECD REPORT Further US and European interest rate increases necessary: OECD Bloomberg [PARIS] The world's leading economies will expand this year at the fastest pace in more than a decade, making further US and European in-terest-rate increases
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      392 18 Reuters ASIA'S economic prospects have improved in the past six months but the region remains vulnerable to setbacks in nursing its battered banks back to health and to a hard landing in the United States, the OECD said yesterday. "Overall, downside risks
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      350 18 WASHINGTON May index at 144.4, just shy of Jan's record high 144.7 Bloomberg CONFIDENCE in the US economy unexpectedly increased in May to its secondhighest level and expectations for the future brightened, suggesting the consumer spending spree would remain alive, a survey showed yesterday. The
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      416 18 TOKYO Reuters A MELTDOWN on Wall Street or an aborted recovery in Japan are the biggest risks to the best-performing global economy in a decade, top IMF official Stanley Fischer said yesterday. In a speech in Tokyo and in a subsequent interview
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      606 18 LISBON US wants a stop to govt loans to Airbus, EU calls for scrapping of US tax shelter laws Bloomberg US concerns over European government lending to Boeing Co's European rival. Airbus Industrie, are fueling trade divisions ahead of tomorrow's US-European Union summit, US government
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      528 20 Number of deals down 25% this year, cutting source of support for bull market LAT-WP [NEW YORK] Stock market volatility and higher interest rates have put the brakes on the merger boom removing a source of support for the bull market. The
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      318 20 HONGKONG Bloomberg MICROSOFT Corp, Cisco Systems Inc and five other Nasdaq stock mar-ket-traded US companies are likely to see few buyers or sellers when they make their debut on Asia's second biggest stock exchange. Starting today, investors will be able to trade
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      435 21 SEOUL Bloomberg HYUNDAI Group, Korea's largest conglomerate, is under the gun to produce a plan in 24 hours showing it can repay debts that come due by the end of this year, analysts said. Although Hyundai's problems don't match the magnitude
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      643 21 TOKYO They step up hedging as profits are hit by the slump in euro Reuters JAPANESE exporters are scrambling to take cover from the damage caused by the euro's slump in the 17 months since its launch, stepping up their hedging in currency
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      291 21 SEOUL If approved, it will help reduce stock market selling pressure Bloomberg SAMSUNG Investment Trust Management Co wants to extend the life of a 91 billion won (Ssl39 million) loss-ridden mutual fund, as a recent stock market rout, driven by cash flow problems
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      559 21 Deal creates new European cellphone gronp that may be worth np to USsl4lb Reuters (LONDON] France Telecom yesterday clinched a £25.1 billion (5566.3 billion) cash and share deal to buy Britain's third biggest mobile phone group Orange pic, and vowed to take the Orange
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      75 21 [PARIS] American Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan (right) standing with Bank of England head Eddie George (left) near European Central Bank head Wim Duisenberg (centre Rear) during a bicentenary ceremony on Monday. French President Jacques Chirac addressed leading central bankers from around the world at a
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      234 21 mTOKYO Bernama-Kyodo THE Japanese Cabinet yesterday endorsed a government White Paper calling for economic measures such as taxation to curb global warming and reduce waste, government officials said. As global warming threatens the existence of human life, the government, citizens and industries should realign
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      145 21 TOKYO Bloomberg DAI-ICHI Hotel shares plunged 94 per cent after the Tokyo-based hotel operator filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday. The stock was suspended on Friday and traded for the first time yesterday. It was untraded on Monday on a glut of sell orders. Following the
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      281 22  -  SGZ Derivatives Tradingßeports i Singapore Daphne Tay Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market finished lower yesterday ,led by heavyweight blue chips, amid uncertainty over the direction of US equities when markets re-open following the Memorial Day holiday on Monday. Bucking the trend were those
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      243 22  -  ■ESCX Taiwan ftitnrwi Chan Yet San Refco Singapore THE Taiwan stock market bounced higher, taking advantage of the hoUday in the US overnight. Gains in the regional markets boosted confidence as weU. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 176.17 points or
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      224 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices held steady yesterday despite hints from exporter group Opec that it may pump more crude if volatUe markets stay buoyant. Benchmark Brent crude for July was 32 US cents off at U5528.90 a barrel, less than US$l off an
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      325 22 Reuters THE dollar retreated across the board yesterday, suffering its biggest losses against the euro amid concern about the outlook for US stocks against a backdrop of improving euro zone economic reports. The dollar dropped to fiveweek lows around U550.9410 against the euro, shedding more than one per
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      2766 23 bomokomo AFP pHangSeng +1&33 HONGKONG share prices edged up 0.1 per cent in volatile trade yesterday on continued short-covering due to the expiry of May futures contracts, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 15.83 points to close at 13,990.90 on a turnover
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      1921 23 TOKYO AFP □IaMMS -1154 SHARE prices in Tokyo closed 0.1 per cent lower yesterday after a late sell-off prompted by fears of a downturn on Wall Street, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's key Nikkei 225 Index ended 16.54 points lower at 16,228.90. The
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      916 23 Reuters n Shenzhen B Index -103 CHINA'S B shares ended down yesterday as profit-taking set in, capping a surge fuelled by talk that Beijing would introduce measures to boost the hard currency market, brokers said. The Shanghai B Share Index finished down 2.3 per cent or 1.19 to 50.5
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      365 23 AFP PWP Index ****** TAIWAN share prices closed 2.05 per cent higher yesterday on government moves to support the stock market, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 176.17 points to 8,764.42. The new government appeared to "be more aggressive" than the previous administration and to
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      412 25 AFP Q Composite Index -4.04 MALAYSIAN share prices ended 0.4 per cent lower yesterday as investors took profits following sharp gains a day earlier, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 4.04 points to close at 903.21, off a high of
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      306 26 AFP Q Composite Index +3533 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 35.33 points at 691.26. Volume came to 388 million shares worth 2.8 trillion won. AFP Dmwoo To4#com 1665 uncft D«nqOu KM 1950 160 Ohu Toch ***** 760 Dong Kook Stool 2570 35 CO Morning Soc 3245
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      283 26 AFP Q Composite Index -12.7 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 0.9 per cent or 12.7 points to close at 1,470.07 on below-ex-pectation Q1 growth figures. Turnover rose to 1.79 billion shares worth 740.26 million pesos from 825 million shares worth 1.11 billion pesos on Monday. AFP •to*
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      275 26 AFP QNZS&-40 -112 THE NZSE-40 Capital Index closed down 3.12 points or 0.2 per cent at 1,991.62 on moderate turnover of NZ$lOB million. Rises outnumbered falls 56 to 39. Telecom lost 8 cents to close at NZ57.62 and Carter Holt closed down 2 cents at NZSI.BI.—AFP min m row)
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      549 26 AFP FlADOrdmiriai +ICB AUSTRALIAN share prices gained 0.5 per cent yesterday, but lacked direction after a public holiday in the US overnight, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index rose 14.8 points to 3,010.8 while the newly-introduced SP/ASX 200 was 15.5 points higher at 3,050.6. Turnover totalled 437 million shares
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      793 26 AFP n SET Index 4M THAI share prices closed down 0.2 per cent in very light trading yesterday as investors waited for the release of economic data later in the week, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index lost 0.63 point to close at 307.82, and
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      655 26 AFP Pi Composite Index +7.32 INDONESIAN share prices rose 1.6 per cent yesterday on a technical rebound and ahead of today's listing of Bank Central Asia, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 7.32 points at 468.71, off a low of 441.64, on 732.23 million shares
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      1093 28  -  While Jack Neo is aware of the small theatre-going crowd, he hopes more will be drawn to stand-up comedy through engaging topics, says ooiumne kexk CORINNE KERK ERHAPS it's his familiar face. Or maybe, it's just that Jack Neo is simply a regular guy who also
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      865 28  -  By, Aaron Lye THE JOB of a visual artist isn't an easy one, and for Singaporean Matthew Ngui, it certainly is no exception. Mr Ngui, who has worked on numerous projects while shuttling between Singapore and Australia, is currently working on Desdemona, Theatreworks' Othello adaptation. Said Mr
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      892 30  -  I-id comment CURRENCIES STI is also close to an important pivot point at around 1770 larry wee THE main focus of forex markets in the last few sessions has been the sharp turnaround in the euro's fortunes. And having been burnt rather
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      962 30  -  The region is now less vulnerable to externally induced shocks By Vincent Low The writer is fixed income strategist at Merrill Lynch's Singapore office. This article is not an invitation to invest BT and its contributors will not be held liable
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      310 31 Bridge News Reuters BROKERS are unsure of the direction of rates for panamax tonnage in the east. Although rates have eased, there are signs the market is holding its own. Rates remain steady in the Atlantic. TANKER& Following an active week of trading in most sectors of the
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      878 31  -  Singapore's Q1 container traffic np 15.4%; HE posts 1&2% rise By, Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] The Asian ports that powered world box volume growth last year have performed strongly in the first quarter of the year and look set for another
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      649 31  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer tATER this year the wheels will be set in motion to draft legislation for an accelerated world-wide phase-out of single hull tankers. France, on behalf of the European Commission, will propose the revision of Rule 13G of
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      179 31  -  By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] APL, the container shipping arm of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), has signalled rising demand in the liner business following the purchase and phasing in of 48,000 TEUs (20-ft equivalent unit) of new dry and refrigerated containers. Worth nearly US$lOO
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      114 31 AP [CASCAIS, Portugal] Two cargo ships collided on Monday off the Portuguese coast and six crew members are missing, navy officials said. A South Korean container ship and a Norwegian freighter coUided off Cascais, about 15 kilometres west of Lisbon, state radio RDP
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        175 44 Map SI Brunei: Royal Brunei Armed Forces Anniversary. Apr S Brunei: First Day of Muslim Calender. Kay 11 Hongkong: Buddha's Birthday. May 18 Indonesia: Vesak Day. Jn 1 Indonesia: Ascension Day of Jesus Christ Denmark: Ascension Day. Germany: Ascension Day. June 15 Indonesia: Prophet Muhammad's Birthday. Job S
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        755 44 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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        523 45 EADS will be world's No 3 aerospace firm after Boeing and Lockheed Martin Bloomberg [PARIS] Aerospatiale Matra shareholders voted to dissolve France's biggest aerospace company, enabling it to merge with two partners to form Europe's biggest aerospace company within weeks. Shareholders at the
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        158 45 Operations normal, with no disruptions to services Reuters [HONGKONG] Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said yesterday a newspaper report of a dispute with pilots that might lead to flights being cancelled was misleading and the airline was operating normally. The South China Morning Post said
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        139 45 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's air passenger volume is this year expected to grow 6.7 per cent to about 8 million from last year, when volume grew 12 per cent, said Fahmi Samsul, assistant secretary at the Indonesian Air Carriers Association. The number of air passengers
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        70 45 [BANGKOK] Airport Authority of Thailand (AA T) workers chanting slogans yesterday in Bangkok during a demonstration to oppose privatisation of their organisation. Some 500 employees staged the protest saying it was the first show of force against a project to sell AAT and Phuket airports
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        269 45 Reuters [WELLINGTON] New Zealand's Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Mark Burton said yesterday that the auditor general would investigate the Airways Corporation's role in a bid to help run Britain's air traffic control system. New Zealand's state-owned Airways Corporation is contributing intellectual capital to a
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        74 45 [SINGAPORE] A man trying out his Personal Digital Assistances (PDAs) palm pilot to access the Internet at the launch of Infrared Internet Access kiosks at Singapore Changi Airport Departure/ Transit lounge yesterday. Four kiosks were installed at the Terminal 1 and 2, for travellers using
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        422 45 Discount carrier to benefit from closing poor routes [TOKYO] Cut-price Japanese air carrier Skymark Airlines is likely to meet healthy demand when it debuts today on Tokyo's Mothers market, analysts said, as its profitability is expected to improve as it closes money-losing routes. Skymark
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        104 45 Xinhua [SHANGHAI] Shanghai Airlines has opened a new air route between the largest economic centre in China and Lijiang, a hot tourist city in south-west China's Yunnan Province. This is the third air route linking Shanghai with Yunnan, following ShanghaiKunming and Shanghai-Xish-uangbanna air
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      863 36 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I CP NO **********06 I ||*»a *o* no sro mmoaaw «i pig I {hi I lUNGA TMATAI 2 217 2/4 J/4 13/* 17/4 22/4 2»/4 10/4 I uhaaktmuaOl? ilt ifi- 11/4 Wi *1/4 tt'/4 —r7r~ 311 I
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      677 37 v\ftv WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO NORTH AND UTIN AMERICA *ORO HUVYUFT SERVICE' [VESSEL VOY I RAMP WIGHT SIN |IK MAO I MIA I SAY IML OftF I NYC NEW MM TOURCOMG AHOI2 4001 ms 6.3* 10/06 10/07 11/07 21/07 23/07 2S/07 26/07 21/07 01/08 06/0S TAPKHA AHOI3 4001 M* 6.3 M
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