The Business Times, 16 August 2000

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    13 1 TiieBusinessTimes MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85C SINGAPORE Internet' http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2000
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    75 1 sn 2453.44 (+26.30) BT-SM ***** (+2.77) ST INDEX FUTUEES 244&J00 (+23.00) SDISCI FDTDSES 283*00 (+1.80) STOCK MAIKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP 806.74 +651 NIKKEI 225 1****** —+144.38 HANG SENG 17,***** +466.47 SET INDEX 321.44 +454 JAKARTA COMP ***** 2.49 MANILA COMP _1.473.28 +9.43 TAIPEI WP1 7545.69 -3.18
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    72 1 FOBEX KATES us« s$ US$ 1.719 £(USS/SS per 1513 2.600 EURO(USS/S$/E) 0-911 1J»66 DM 2.U7 1249 YEN 109.6 63.70 RM 3.800 2511 HKS 7.800 4537 BAHT 40.70 23.68 RUPIAH 8550 4,799 PRIME SATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK 9.38 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPH 7.84 SYDNEY
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    Lock icon Fugitive M'sian boss involved in Links deal?
    675 1  -  Links chairman, his wife, to hold press conference to explain why they are selling Ky\ R Sivanity, Tay Hong Seng [SINGAPORE] Is fugitive Malaysian businessman Soh Chee Wen involved in a deal that could lead to the eventual takeover of locally-listed Links Island,
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    Lock icon S'pore, M'sia eager to iron out kinks: SM
    449 1  -  He says mood at meeting with Dr M was'measured' Front Eugene Low in Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE and Malaysia are both keen and eager to iron out the kinks in their bilateral relationship, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday. Speaking to reporters
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    Lock icon Silkroute founder aiming for two local listings
    599 1  -  rTlexclusive Plans to float ECnet on SGX in 2nd-half this year, followed by Silkronte Holdings, saysT E Wong By] Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Home-grown Internet entrepreneur Wong Toon King says he intends to take his e-com-merce firm ECnet public later this year and then
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      286 1 mane Money Matters US$ at near-term lows vs regional currencies. Pg 32 Top Stories Analysts' fears of a slowdown in the semiconductor sector are premature, says the industry's chief economist Doug Andrey. Next Page Fireworks expected at CSA AGM next week. Pg 6 Democratic National EJjj convention: H£sKj Is Clinton
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      5 1 The CEO Speaks, Pg 34
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      Lock icon Fears of chip slowdown premature
      808 2 The Semiconductor Industry Association expects the global chip market to grow a healthy 31% for the whole of 2000 FT [LONDON] THE chips aren't down yet. Fears of a slowdown are premature. The industry's chief economist Doug Andrey laughs when he hears financial analysts warning
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Private homes use 5 times more power
        112 2 THE bigger and swankier your home, the heftier your electricity bill. But of course. Figures from the Department of Statistics show just how wide the gap is. On average, households living in private houses spend $154 a month on electricity almost five times
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        Lock icon Our CEO cum dishwasher
        179 2 DIRTY cups in the office pantry it's probably a perennial problem for many offices, especially where doing the dishes isn't in the cleaning lady's job description. So what's a boss to do? Warnings, threats, appeals to employees' conscience all work for only a short while, or
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        Lock icon We're clearing up, not building up
        126 2 AFTER leaving its condo site opposite Great World City idle for a few years, OCBC Property Services recently had tractors clearing the overgrown foliage, sparking speculation it was finally getting ready to develop the site, perhaps timing a launch after the Hungry Ghosts Month.
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      Lock icon Sing Lun boss: man with many hobbies
      471 2  -  Getting Personal By Corinne Kerk Whos Patrick Lee Kwok Kie, executive chairman and group managing director, Sing Lun Holdings. Ages 51 Claim to fame: In 1969, soon after leaving high school, Mr Lee joined Sing Lun, then a textile trading business started by
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      549 2 KPMGSeminarSeries Goods Services Tax GST F5 Return Preparation Workshops 2000 Orchard Hotel Singapore, 9.00 am to 5.30pm What In view of the overwhelming response to our GST workshops and feedback from our clients, the Indirect Tax Services Unit will extend their one-day GST workshops on the practical aspects of the
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      105 2 you stand Does the Links Island chairman's share sale at 54 cents apiece seem like a fishy deal? 1. Yes, it should be probed by the SGX 2. No, ifs a normal transaction 3. Er, I don't care What do you think? Cast your vote at BT Online now. We
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  • LINKS island
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      Lock icon Shades of Mid-Continent colour Links
      682 4  -  5 [OKI lock siew r sivanithy THE last time the Singapore Exchange (SGX) declared a stock to be cornered was in 1998, when it delisted the ill-fated Mid-Continent. Back then, lead manager OCBC Bank was reprimanded for placing out the bulk of Mid-Continent shares to
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      Lock icon SGX should be stricter with companies it queries
      1059 4  -  By Serena Ng THE Singapore Exchange ought to be tougher with the companies it queries, said some market watchers. Since the beginning of this month, 10 small-cap companies have been queried by the SGX on substantial increases in their share prices and
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      184 5 _r>i\ I 111 -i" Dm i Ml i <i\ir\\i <V- I till \l Kl)\ *4. f/i W .J* m 4k jftmrnW 10~ J? FUJI XEROX. MAKING OUR MARK AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES. One of the fastest participants at the Olympic Games is not an athlete. within a predetermined time. After
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Fireworks expected at CSA AGM next week
      609 6  -  Shareholders upset over 'no dividend' policy, accuse company of lack of transparency since takeover Ven Sreenivasan FIREWORKS are expected at CSA Holdings' annual general meeting next week. Some shareholders are likely to demand to know what is happening in the company following its
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      Lock icon CSM dodges report of lost Motorola orders
      446 6  -  Bat it says no orders have been retracted, sticks to forecasts By David Boey CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing has effectively denied a report that it had lost orders from US giant Motorola. A Chartered spokeswoman told BT the group "had not experienced any order
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      Lock icon OCBC realigns unit to focus on finatiQ
      218 6 OCBC Bank will take over the assets, liabilities, rights and obligations of its subsidiary Bank of Singapore except for stand-alone Internet bank finatiQ to streamline group operations. OCBC said yesterday the transfer would be accomplished through a scheme of arrangement on Oct 1.
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      Lock icon Hongkong profits help RMG lift interim gain by 48%
      312 6  -  By Andrea Tan RAFFLES Medical Group yesterday posted a 48 per cent jump in interim net profit to $2.9 million, as earnings from its Hongkong operations kicked in. Turnover for the six months to June 30 rose 14.1 per cent to
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      Lock icon SembCorp ropes in SP's Low Sin Leng
      446 6  -  By] Kalpana Rashiwala LOW Sin Leng has quit Singapore Power and will join SembCorp Industries as chief operating officer from today to lead the group in growing its core businesses through mergers and strategic alliances. In this newly created post, she will also
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      Lock icon Inchem gets nod for Sesdaq listing
      120 6 SURFACE coatings specialist Inchem Holdings International has received inprinciple approval to list on Sesdaq. Overseas Union Bank is the manager, underwriter and placement agent for the initial public offer. Inchem's main business is manufacturing and distributing surface coatings mainly for the wood-based industry. It
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      Lock icon Ban Joo all set to tap China's WTO entry
      417 7  -  It sees 20% growth as its Shanghai office will export more after quotas are lifted By' Tay Hong Seng TEXTILE trader Ban Joo Company believes its new Shanghai representative office will help it double turnover in the next five to eight
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      Lock icon i-One spends $2m upgrading kiosks
      278 7  -  By. Bryan Lee PRINT and media company i-One.Net International has spent $2 million upgrading its kiosk network. The company's 92 outdoor terminals in Orchard Road have been replaced with 50 new kiosks, each housing two terminals. A further $2 million will be spent replacing the
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      Lock icon eWOS shares jump 17% as controversy clears
      308 8  -  aWOS IPO They end at 27.5 cents, the second-highest close since their debnt on Aug 4 David Boey THE market reacted positively yesterday to an apology and clarification by the United Overseas Bank group on Monday for its handling of the eWorldofSports.com (eWOS)
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      Lock icon UK, US rules discourage underwriters from subscribing
      722 8  -  The eWOS IPO debacle has put the spotlight on the practice of mopping up undersubscribed shares. BT sounds out underwriters in the US, UK and Hongkong. By i Catherine Ong SECURITIES rules in the developed markets of United States and United Kingdom generally
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      Lock icon No HK ban, but bourse will query applications
      546 8  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong UNDERWRITERS are not barred from subscribing to the public portion of a share offer under Hongkong's listing rules, but the bourse would query the underwriters when they do so, a spokesman for Hongkong Exchanges and Clearing
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      Lock icon DataOne Asia plans to invest $30-50m in regional centres
      396 11  -  They will offer first and second generation managed Internet hosting facilities for businesses W Daniel Buenas DATAONE Asia Pte Ltd, a whollyowned subsidiary of Keppel Telecommunications Transportation, plans to invest $30 million to $50 million to develop data centres in Thailand,
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      Lock icon M&C Hotels says profit is proof of its success
      511 11 Group's HI pre-tax profit surges 88% t0£53.6m Reuters [LONDON] Millennium Copthorne Hotels Pic (M&C) said on Monday robust performance in the first half proved they had handled their expansion into Asia successfully. Pre-tax profits surged 88 per cent to £53.6 million
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Falmac returns to the black
        68 11 KNITTING machine maker Falmac has turned around with a net profit of $1.32 million at half-time, from a loss of $2.25 million previously. Turnover for the six months to June 30 came to $14.93 million, or 44 per cent higher than in the same period
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        Lock icon Berger Int'l slips into the red
        69 11 BERGER International lost $1.9 million in the half-year to June 30, against earnings of $125,000 in the previous corresponding half. Turnover fell 13 per cent to $59 million. Berger blamed the loss on its Singapore operations, contracting services and starting up in Malaysia. Directors
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        Lock icon SPH Media Works CEO buys stake
        49 11 SPH Media Works chief executive officer Lee Cheok Yew has bought 5 million shares in the company for $500,000. The shares represent one per cent on the 500 million issued shares of SPH Media Works, which is wholly owned by Singapore Press Holdings.
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        Lock icon Del Monte warns of lower profit
        70 11 PHILIPPINE-BASED Del Monte Pacific has warned that net profit for the half-year to June 30 will be lower than in the same period last year. It blamed weaker prices in international markets. Overall, it said production and sales had edged up, while costs had
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Funds shift focus to property, electronics stocks
      522 10  -  l-l i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy THE upward momentum evident late last week and on Monday continued yesterday, as funds switched out of previous favourites like the banks and SPH into electronics and property counters, particularly those that have been bashed recently. Probably
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      Lock icon SingLand wrt creeping up, but need to tread with care
      190 10  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy FROM out of nowhere, there now seems to be strong demand for property stocks. Logically, this should come as a surprise since analysts have been lamenting the property segment's poor state for months. But among
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      Lock icon GES stirs; $2 is key hurdle to watch
      236 10  -  HOT STOCK Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of computer maker GES International has started to stir after a fourweek slumber. The counter gained 17 cents to $1.74 on 8.8 million shares yesterday its highest close in more than two weeks. Despite the surge,
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      150 10 ♦PAN Pacific Public Co will be trading ex-dividend (first and final dividend of 0.75-cent) on Sept 5. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is Sept 8. Date payable is Sept 19. Pan Pacific Public Co will hold its AGM on Aug 28 at 10 am, 16
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      523 10 Stock* Volume Achwva5c 18.874,000 EWSport 1c 14,835,000 ST Assembly 25c 13,044,000 ReedGrp5c 12,542,000 NewWave 5c 11,732,000 JITHUgslOc 11,707,000 AddvalTech 2.5c 11,618,000 Briertey NZ10c 11.596,000 Links Island 10c 11.432,000 PNEInd 10c 11,190,000 1 Allium Stocks ST Assembly 25c 49,316,808 JIT Hldgs 10c 46,708,400 OUB 45,992,535 Chart Semiconductor 26c 38,214,756 SIA 37,227,639
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      106 10 I YOU CAN NOW PUT YOUR CPF SAVINCS IN EICHT. important All applications tor units in eight must be made on the application forms accompanying the prospectus investors must read the prospectus The value of the units and the income from them may fall as well as rise 01 >USH-f
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      Lock icon New building code a timely move
      140 12  -  John Ng I REFER to your article "Per-formance-based building code from 2001" (BT, July 29). Government statistics show the aged and disabled are no small minority in Singapore. Egress or exit issues in buildings are often overlooked for such people, who either cannot or
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      Lock icon Work pass applies to former S'poreans
      113 12  -  Sharon Wong (Mrs) Deputy Head (Publicity Media Relations) for Director Singapore Immigration and Registration I REFER to Charles Chan's letter "Be more flexible over citizens who migrate" (Mailbag, Aug 2). It is not true that Singapore citizens who migrate will never be allowed to
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      Lock icon Commentary on Republican convention misses the boat
      1074 12  -  J Wegman AT first it was easy to dismiss the offhand comments of Leon Hadar in his Aug 4 Bottom Line column "GOP gathering takes a leaf out of Seinfeld". After all, he was on the mark when he said everything seemed to
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      Lock icon Not half-truths, just American History 101
      370 12 OUR US correspondent Leon Qadar replies: I appreciate J Wegman's lesson in American history. Although I've earned a PhD in political science, specialising in US politics and foreign policy, from an Ivy League university, I'm always grateful for those who provide me with new
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Car sales swell June retail volume
      275 13  -  m retail By Marissa Chew RETAIL sales volume continued to rise in June, ramped up by large increases in the volume for motor vehicles. Retail sales volume was up 27.6 per cent in June, compared to the same month last year, according to figures
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      Lock icon ST Telemedia buys 20% of Indian firm for $47m
      417 13  -  News comes after sister company SembCorp announces Aussie plant deal Byl Teh Hooi Ling TWO of Singapore Technologies' units Singapore Technologies Telemedia and SembCorp Industries yesterday announced they are spending more than $70 million to acquire up to 30 per cent
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      Lock icon It's compulsory education till Pr 6 – from year 2003
      229 13 It's compulsory education till Pr 6 from year 2003 THE government has accepted a recommendation that compulsory education be introduced up to Primary 6 in national schools from year 2003. The Committee on Compulsory Education chaired by Aline Wong, senior minister of state for education, also recommended that the ruling
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      Lock icon What counts is health expectancy, not life expectancy
      500 13  -  This is nnmber of years before chronic illness, disability hit By- Anna Teo IT'S health expectancy and not the sheer number of years that counts. And here, Singapore lags behind countries like Japan, Australia, France and Switzerland. According to the World Health
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      Lock icon Li Ka-shing unit denies plan to buy into SingTel
      489 14  -  It signs $300 m credit facility to fond purchase of Cairnhill Court tiy\ Marissa Chew HONGKONG tycoon Li Kashing's Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa have no plans to take a stake in Singapore Telecoms "presently", a statement from Mr Li's
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      Lock icon Asia Life bags Dalvey site for $24m
      302 14  -  The 65,400 sq ft plot can accommodate 4 good-class bungalows n,, Kalpana Rashiwala ASIA Life Assurance Society has bagged the freehold Cree Court for $24.07 million or $368 per sq ft (psf). The property was sold by DBS Bank as part of its
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      Lock icon P L Kua moves to clear Newton condo
      420 14  -  Rlexclusivel High holding costs sees launch at close to breakeven price By 1 Marissa Chew PRIVATELY-HELD EuroAsia Realty will launch its freehold Newton Euro-Asia apartment project this weekend at an average of $1,232 per sq ft. The 66 apartments and three penthouses
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      Lock icon Corrections and clarifications
      45 14 OUR report yesterday, "Lengkong Apartments up for sale again, at lower price", said the asking price of $37 mUlion includes a development charge of about $4.6 miUion. The marketing agent has since clarified that the price does not include the development charge.
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  • e-NEWS
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      Lock icon Linux backers plan assault on Microsoft with PC programs
      461 15 SAN FRANCISCO The move is to create a larger market for application developers NYT A GROUP of key Linux software developers and major computer manufacturers was expected to announce at a Silicon Valley computer conference yesterday the first effort to compete
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      Lock icon IBM develops atoms-based quantum computer for superfast calculations
      512 15 NEW YORK Reuters INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp said yesterday it had developed the world's most advanced quantum computer, a device based on the mysterious quantum physics properties of atoms that allow them to work together as a computer's processor and memory. IBM
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      Lock icon Manhunt for money via Internet
      111 15 [BERLIN] Clad in black trenchcoat, sunglasses and hat, Dutchman Roger posed with part of the U552,500 (554,275) escape-money on Monday prior to the start of the "Realityßun thefirst worldwide manhunt for money via the Internet in the streets of Berlin. The aim of the game
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      Lock icon Clinton urged not to block NTT buy of Verio
      262 15 WASHINGTON Reuters A US panel charged with reviewing the proposed acquisition of Internet services provider Verio Inc by Japan's NTT Communications has recommended President Bill Clinton does not block the US$5.5 billion (559.5 billion) deal, a source familiar with the situation
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      Lock icon AT&T to buy Motorola modems, Philips set-top boxes
      188 15 m NEW YORK Bloomberg AT&T CORP, the largest US cable company, said its broadband unit will buy 700,000 cable modems from Motorola Inc and one million set-top boxes from Philips Electronics Corp. AT&T also said it will sell digital set-top boxes made
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      Lock icon Broadcom buys NewPort for US$1.28b
      166 15 NEW YORK Reuters CHIP maker Broadcom Corp on Monday took another step in its aggressive growth plan, buying privately held NewPort Communications for US$l.2B billion (552.2 billion) in stock as part of an expansion into the fast-growing fi-bre-optics communications business. The deal is the latest
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      Lock icon Newspapers to dominate Net news services: analyst
      631 15 NEW YORK NTTimesxom, Chicagotribnne.com are popular sites Bloomberg NEWSPAPER publishers, expected to go the way of the dinosaurs as new Internet news services proliferated, are likely to dominate the medium instead, says PaineWebber Inc media analyst Leland Westerfield. Internet users flocked to the
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      Lock icon Edge Matrix goes multi-channel
      787 17  -  It plans to tie up with consultancies, system integrators to expand overseas Htji Andrew Wee HOMEGROWN software company Edge Matrix has launched its first products after changing its name from The Edge Consultants. The products allow users to access information via different communication devices such as
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Joint govt effort needed to crush separatists
      656 18  -  mnm 1 bottom line OPINION al labita The writer is BT's Manila correspondent THAT car bomb attack in front of the Philippine ambassador's house in downtown Jakarta, killing two people and injuring dozens, including the ambassador, has left both Indonesian and Filipino authorities
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      105 18 'They don't matter. They are each going to serve a corporation. The corporation is going to determine what the foreign policy is, what the economic policy is.' Norman Mailer novelist, pouring scorn on the US presidential candidates. This is a tragic incident, but I don't think one
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        122 19 Bloomberg TELECOMMUNICATION stocks rose after Technology Resources Industries Bhd said most of its bondholders gave their initial approval to defer payment on US$375 million (*****.25 million) of Eurobonds. TRI, as the biggest cellular phone services company is known, rose 12 sen, or 2.8 per
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        90 19 Bloomberg SCIENTEX Inc rose 10 sen, or 1.3 per cent, to RM7.60, after the property developer and plastic products maker said it planned to spend RM32 million (5514.47 million) to expand its industrial packaging plant to help boost earnings. Ta Win Holdings Bhd rose 75
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      231 19 KUALA LUMPUR MAS shareholder didn't fulfill funds commitment: report NALURI Bhd, the majority shareholder of Malaysian Airlines Bhd, may face litigation by the Maldives government for allegedly violating a shareholders' agreement with the now defunct Air Maldives, New Straits Times reported yesterday. It
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      154 19 Time to sell Renong warrants, give free Renong Time warrants to bondholders KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia TIME Engineering said under its financial restructuring scheme, it has proposed to restructure its 250 million redeemable secured five-year zero-coupon bonds by selling Renong Bhd warrants, and giving free Renong and Time warrants to the
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      91 19 m KUALA LUMPUR AFP AN international panel advising Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) will hold its annual meeting here next month, officials said yesterday. But only 12 out of 43 members of the
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      1024 21  -  Straggle for final line-np; House warns of special assembly if 6ns Dnr fails again From^ Yang Razali Kassim in Jakarta AS the country's top leaders struggle to agree on a final Cabinet line-up that business leaders hope could lift the markets, market watchers
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      118 21 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday chided his younger brother for organising a protest in his support at the national assembly, saying it could backfire. "I regret that there was a demonstration organised to support my position and to show their anger to the
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      368 21 HONGKONG It has asked HE banks to help locate hidden accounts Bloomberg THE Philippine government will step up its search for the missing fortune of former president Ferdinand Marcos and has asked several Hongkong banks to assist in finding hidden accounts, government
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        73 21 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia, which sends tens of thousands of women overseas every year to work as maids, is considering a 100-day ban while the government introduces safeguards against frequent cases of abuse, a minister said yesterday. The move follows several high-profile cases of
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        73 21 Reuters [HANOI] Vietnam aims to cut back its vast public sector workforce by 15 per cent by the end of next year by banning new recruitment, implementing early retirement and farming out contracts, Vietnam News reported yesterday. It said Ave million workers in administrative
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        68 21 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Timah, the world's biggest tin miner, said its first half net profit rose 37.3 per cent compared to the same period a year ago. Profit rose to 250.1 billion rupiah (Ssso million), or 497 rupiah a share, from 182.2 billion rupiah, or
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        73 21 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's largest cellular phone operator Advanced Info Service said yesterday a big jump in second quarter earnings was mainly due to a 73 per cent increase in revenues on strong demand for cellular phones. The company reported a net profit of 2.3
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      146 21 MANILA Bloomberg PHILIPPINE National Bank may be downgraded by Moody's Investors Service, because of the government sale of a stake in the bank, the credit rating company said. Moody's also said it cut its outlook for Allied Banking Corp, the Philippines' No 10 lender,
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      327 21 JAKARTA Prosecutors have gathered sufficient evidence: Marznki AP INDONESIA'S central bank governor, who is awaiting trial in a corruption case, faces a possible five-year jail sentence if found guilty, Attorney General Marzuki Darusman said yesterday. Prosecutors detained Bank of Indonesia governor
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      250 21 BANGKOK AFX-Asia THERE is a danger of a renewed economic crisis if the current account surplus drops below US$6 billion (5510.3 billion) a year as a result of falling exports and rising imports of luxury goods, Deputy Finance Permanent
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      328 22 SYDNEY Discussions focus on selling Internet and electronic payments services Bloomberg KEYCORP Ltd, in which Australia's No 1 phone company Telstra Corp plans to take a 51 per cent stake, has held talks with Hongkong's Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd to sell Internet and electronic
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        92 22 Reuters [HONCiKUNiij Property group Century City International Holdings said yesterday it has entered into an option agreement to acquire an interest in a China broadband fibre optic network provider in a deal worth up to HK$2.4B billion (*****.6 million). The company said in a
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        70 22 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Prudential Insurance Co of America will buy a stake in Master Link Securities Investment Trust Enterprise, the latest foreign financial company to seek a share of Taiwan's expanding local fund management industry. Prudential and Taiwan's No 11 fund management firm by assets are
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        72 22 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Coca-Cola China is to relocate its mainland operations from Hongkong to Shanghai, the South China Morning Post said. The paper said the move was part of a strategy to double consumption on the mainland of its soft drink products by
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        76 22 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] Foreigners will be allowed to build direct and indirect holdings of up to 20 per cent in Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd before the latter becomes privatised, the Economic Daily News reported, citing ministry of transportation and communications sources. The ministry is ready
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        57 22 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hongkong's jobless rate was unchanged in July as growth in the job market failed to keep pace with the city's economic expansion. The unemployment rate held steady at 5 per cent in the May to July period compared to the April
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      395 22  -  It strikes deal with Israeli firm to beat capacity crunch at home Front 1 Macabe Keliher in Taipei THE capacity crunch in Taiwan's chip-making industry has forced Macronix International Co, one of the world's largest memory chip makers, to go overseas in search of manufacturing lines.
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      403 22 CHINA BOOM Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's retail sales growth accelerated in July as economic growth translated into greater demand for goods like clothes and appliances while retailers wooed customers by cutting prices. Sales increased 9.1 per cent from a year ago to 259.7
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      384 22 But first-half high costs hit smaller electricity producers Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's major listed power firms generated better-than-expected profits in the first half of this year as an improving economy fuelled increased demand, company officials and analysts said yesterday. But smaller electricity producers
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      494 23 NEW DELHI Move is aimed at boosting stock, provide investors with greater liquidity Bloomberg VIDESH Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL), India's monopoly international phone service provider, was set to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday to boost the stock
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      526 23 NEW DELHI This may herald a significant increase in car prices AFP THE slide in the value of rupee against the dollar has hit India's automobile industry and could herald a significant increase in car prices. Global automobile giants
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      357 23 NEWDELHI Vajpayee also promises new round of economic measures Reuters INDIAN Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee yesterday promised more steps to help spread computers and the Internet into rural areas in an effort to build on a surge in
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      178 23 VOLUNTARY RECALL OF FIRESTONE TYRES IN THE U.S.A. Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., one of the subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation in the U.S., announced a voluntary recall on 9 August 2000 of all P235/75R15 size Firestone Radial ATX and ATX II tyres produced in North America, including Mexico; and all Firestone Wilderness AT
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      486 24 LONDON Move follows plan by UK, French officials to revoke its flying certification AP BRITISH Airways suspended Con- corde operations yesterday after be- ing advised by British and French of- ficials that they intended to revoke -r the supersonic plane's airworthiness certification,
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      386 24 WASHINGTON AP Reuters INDUSTRIAL production in the US rose a solid 0.4 per cent in July despite a big drop in electric utility output caused by unseasonably mild weather, the Federal Reserve reported yesterday. The 0.4 per cent increase, following a 0.2 per
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      404 24  -  It sees calm market reaction as support for rate hike fiYom i Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Bank of Japan yesterday published its latest assessment of Japan's economy, arguing that personal consumption the "missing link" in the current recovery will grow steadily from
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      507 24 LONDON Brent crude rose 4% higher to U5532.75 a barrel Reuters OIL prices stampeded to their highest for a decade yesterday on fears about low petroleum stockpiles and a frank admission by Venezuela about the perennial thirst of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting
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      371 24 STAMFORD, Connecticut Bloomberg XEROX Corp, the world's largest copier company, will pay ousted chief executive Richard Thoman US$BOO,OOO (5J1.37 million) a year for life, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Xerox also will pay Mr Thoman, who was
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      599 25 CHICAGO Research may one day lead to regenerating brain and other parts IN a bit of biological alchemy, scientists have converted human blood cells into brain cells, the latest achievement in the "stem cell" research that may someday allow doctors to grow replacement parts
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      545 25 NEW YORK This will make News Corp, through Fox, largest TV operator AT age 69, Rupert Murdoch remains a consummate dealmaker. With Monday's announcement that News Corp will pay US$5.4 billion (559.2 billion) in cash and stock for 10 television stations owned by
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      500 25 NEW YORK It is trying to restructure its USs7oom debt Reuters RELIANCE Group Holdings, Inc, the 183-year-old insurance company used by financier Saul Steinberg to mount daring takeover bids in the 1980s, said on Monday it may seek bankruptcy protection due to mounting
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      349 25 WASHINGTON Bloomberg GEORGE Soros' money management business, while slashing the size of its equity portfolio during the second quarter, greatly increased the percentage of investments held in the form of preferred stocks and convertible bonds. The value of stocks held
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      691 26  -  Gore, who trails Bush in opinion polls, could have done without the Clinton show at the party convention, Leon Hadar writes from Washington Leon Hadar FOR someone who is trying his best to distance himself from President Bill Clinton, the opening night of the
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      315 27  -  SGX Derivatives TnOhtgReports ST Xndosc/MSCI SPporo Index Chan Yet San THE Singapore stock market closed higher for the fourth day in a row. The Straits Times Index gained 26.30 points or 1.24 per cent to close at 2,153.44 points. Within the index, 33 counters
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      235 27  -  MS& Taiwan Index Chan Yet San THE Taiwan stock market finished mixed amid some good and not so good news. The MSCI Taiwan Index went up by just 0.03 point or 0.01 per cent to end at 347.69 points. Trading volume within the index was 412.36
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      179 27 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [SINGAPORE] The Asian crude was steady yesterday but an overhang of September crude was weighing on the market. The October market was in preliminary mode with only Murban crude traded so far. Traders said yesterday that outstanding bids were seen for the
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      350 27 Reuters London THE euro rose yesterday, hitting two-week highs against the yen, as inflation reports from around the euro zone stoked speculation that the European Central Bank could raise interest rates as soon as Aug 31. Gains of nearly 1 per cent which the euro racked up against
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      2887 28 HOMGKOMG AFP Fl Hang Seng +465.47 HONGKONG share prices rose 2.7 per cent yesterday on property-led gains fuelled by a consensus that US interest rates will remain unchanged at the next Federal Reserve meeting, dealers said. The key Hang Seng index gained 465.47
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      1022 28 Reuters QStoriaßjidg -L 25 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed slightly lower yesterday as investors cashed in on sharp gains logged over the previous two days. The Shanghai B Share Index fell 0.72 per cent to 73.49 points as turnover expanded to a three-year high of U5556.62 million. The
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      349 28 AFP QWPlnfex -3JB TAIWAN share prices closed marginally lower yesterday in thin, rangebound trading amid cautious sentiment, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index edged down 3.18 points to 7,845.69, following a 1.6 per cent decline in the previous session. Yesterday's turnover was NT548.53 billion against NT539.65
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      2058 28 TOKYO AFP Plate 225 ****** SHARE prices in Tokyo rose 0.9 per cent yesterday, boosted by late gains in hightechnology issues in sluggish holiday trade, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's key Nik-kei-225 index increased 144.38 points to finish at 16,298.29. The Topix
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      446 29 AFP Q Composite Index +&51 MALAYSIAN shares rose 0.8 per cent yesterday led by selected blue chips and semiconductor stocks. The Composite Index ended up 6.51 points at 806.74. The Second Board Index added 1.04 points to 209.73. "The gains were
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      760 30 Reuters +CB4 ENCOURAGING first-half results helped Thai stocks end higher yesterday as foreign investors bought large-cap shares. The benchmark composite SET index closed 4.84 points or 1.53 per cent up at 321.44 on moderate turnover of 4.23 billion baht. "The big driver in the market was the sharp gain
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      272 30 AFP n Composite Index +9.43 PHILIPPINE share prices rose 0.6 per cent yesterday in reaction to the upturn on Wall Street, although sentiment remained weak, dealers said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 9.43 points to 1,473.28. AFP «<H« hH OOP) MRC Allied 0.38 unch 0 Abacus Construction.—0
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      692 30 AFP Q Composite Index -149 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.5 per cent lower yesterday amid continued foreign seHing and caution over the ongoing annual meeting of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange composite index was down 2.49 points at 501.58 on a volume of
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      264 30 Xinhua QIBSE-40 -25J2 THE New Zealand share market closed lower yesterday, mainly because of losses in market heavyweight Telecom's stock price. The NZSE-40 Index ended 25.12 points lower at 2,145.57 with a moderate turnover of NZ$B4.l million. Xinhua MB M$ COOP) Advantage HOS 2.80 0.04 83 Air NZ A
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      556 30 AFP AD Ordinaries +7JO AUSTRALIAN share prices rose 0.2 per cent yesterday, buoyed by a late rally on Wall Street, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index gained 7.90 points to 3,283.80 while the SP/ASX 200 was 8.2 points higher at 3,323.10. A dealer said the market was also influenced
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      1074 32  -  I-l i comment CURRENCIES But higher US stocks are preferable to higher US interest rates larry wee Another good week for selected regional currencies, particularly the rupiah and to a lesser extent the Singapore dollar. But our sense is that the US dollar could
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      441 32  -  S Korea, Taiwan and S'pore main beneficiaries, even if US economy slows Hy\ Larry Wee DESPITE renewed fears, Asia does not face a new crisis, says SG Securities in its latest Quarterly Economic Review. Thanks to new growth drivers, greater resilience to US slowing and
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      319 32 Singapore: Rosillonco Indox [Rl] 1.00 Less correlation with US economy More positive supply side stimulants (eg, huge new chemical plants coming onstream) Pro-active government has fiscal resources, CPF contributions and other tools to counter any slowdown Construction sector bottoming out Indonesia at bottom,
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      317 32 Strategies for Individual Investors Amid Stock Market Downturn After hitting a new high early this year, the stock market has been drifting downwards, threatening to touch the STI2OOO point level What strategies should individual investors adopt to tackle the situation? How can they make the best of the slow market?
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      1407 34  -  A burning vision and a commitment to building good relationships are taking ECnet's Wong Toon King places, umnnw-u i earns KENNETH JAMES Entering Wong Toon King's starkly simple office, the visitor's eyes are drawn almost immediately to the bold Chinese characters framed on the
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      184 34 V <i. CEO SPEAKS. UOB PRIVILEGE BANKING LISTENS. t ■K R vile g e At UOB Privilege Banking, we translate every in deposits or unit trust investments. Admittedly, Privilege Banking banking CEO's vision into results. Which is why we'll isn't for everyone. But for those of you who do qualify,
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      219 35 Reuters THE week began quietly for the dry cargo freight market, especially for those involved in the grain and mineral sectors, brokers said. The slow start was reflected in losses in all the Baltic indices apart from the Baltic Handy Index, they added. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI)
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      500 35  -  Five-year-old registry, with over 3 million gross tons, registers a new ship everyday Byl Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] The Cambodia Ship Registry expects to break into the ranking of the world's top 20 registries in three to five years. The registry's Singaporebased operator, the
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      397 35  -  By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Damen Shipyards Singapore has announced their first shipbuilding order following their purchase of the former Kvaerner Fjellstrand Singapore shipyard this past June. Damen Singapore senior manager Dennis Carroll told Shipping Times earlier that "Damen's strength
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      142 35 Bloomberg [SHENZHEN] China International Marine Containers Ltd, the world's largest maker of freight containers, said it won a US$3O million (5551.6 million) order for containers from Haixjin Shipping Co, the world's third-largest shipping company. Hanjin Shipping will pay for the 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit
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        88 35 (LONDON] UK-based Contship Container-lines Is to boost its Australia-New Zealand trans-Tasman trades with the addition of a three-ship "butterfly" service on atwo-loop rotation, with further tonnage likely in the long run. The additional service, which will run alongside Its existing arrangements, will offer a 5-6 day
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        54 35 [LONDON] Liner group India Pakistan Bangladesh Ceylon Conferences (IPBCC)has decided to ait its bunker adjustment factor (BAF) in line with a recent drop in ftoel prices. Shippers will now pay US$6O (*****.2) per TEU on IPBCC routes. Members of the group include AP Moiler, P&O Nedlloyd,
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        64 35 (LONDON) Greek panamax tanker operator Pegasus Shipping has won the support of Chase Manhattan htmv for resolving some of its US$l9O million (*****.6 million) debt problems. The 14-ship operator ran into financial difficulties during the slump in tanker rates last year, and the new deal
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        52 35 [LONDON] The Indonesian government plans to build four new container facilities at the ports of Batam, Bitung, Kupang and Sorong, and is also considering building another terminal near the Taitfung Priok port in Jakarta. The four ports will initially focus on local feeder services.
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        63 35 [LONDON] Twenty two crew had to be rescued from the 1996-built general cargo ship Hasat after an engine room fire spread to a cargo of gas cylinders. The 12,793 dwt Turkish-flag vessel sank 480 kilometres ofFthe Italian coast after developing a hole in the stem.
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        989 36 As the world becomes more environmentally conscious, the reuse of scrap metals is becoming bigger business Port Of Rotterdam (ROTTERDAM) Rotterdam is the world's largest port when it comes to scrap. Each year, four million tonnes of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals are transhipped here. At
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        602 49 Voy No Bartti Arrival Departure *****3 *JU 15/08/7 :15 8e mw J02 15/06/8:20 15/08/2300 *wtar 3 ***** J03 15/08/7:40 15/08/2359 I J04 15/08/9:50 22/08/17:00 "0200 J02 15/08/8:50 15/08/16:00 fropwl 28 I5A00 J06 15/08/9:50 15/06/1700 fr Hi J02 15/06/905 15/08/17JO laigMl 3 12/00 *3 15/08/9:40 15/08/22:00 IhMMM bp 15/00
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        179 49 17 Indonesia: Independence Day. Aaf27 Philippines: National Heroes Day. Aef 28 United Kingdom: Summer Bank Holiday. Ai|3l Malaysia: National Day. Sap 12 Korea: Harvest Festival Day. Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival. Sap 13 Hong Kong: The day following Mid-Autumn Festival. Sep 18 Japan: Respect for the Aged. Sep 23 Japan:
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        773 49 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 mar ket. Prices shown are baaed on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        460 49 Cwtoa MO Mu 990.8 0.5 tt.1 0.08 79 0.04 H 3 Dmlty Motor BhMm Am AMwIrtwi Sifciit No Mow £25 0 0 0 0 0 ZTT- 380 Aw 967 J 0.4 U.0 0.06 34 0.02 tin. 380 Mu 9919 17 M7 0.09 73 0.05 MMT3 %W
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        503 50 Effective fuel hedging also expected to help Aussie carrier post record performance Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia's flagship carrier Qantas Airways Ltd is expected to reveal a record annual profit tomorrow, thanks to growth on its key routes and effective fuel hedging.
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        152 50 Reuters [NEW DELHI] Air India has completed negotiations for the lease of five Airbus A3lO aircraft, the airline's official spokesman said. The airline will not be leasing two Boeing 747-300 "combi" aircraft as was planned earlier, he added. He did not give reasons why
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        104 50 [WASHINGTON] National Transportation Safety Board investigator Gregory Feith holds up an oxygen generator recovered from ValuJet Flight 592 during a hearing in Washington in Aug 19,1997. The explosive-tipped oxygen generators were blamed in a cargo fire that caused the ill-fated jet to crash shortly
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        457 50 China's biggest airliim hniMing cargo centre at Shenzhen airport Reuters [HONGKONG] China Southern Airlines said it was making a major commitment to its freight operation by building a new cargo centre, acquiring more freighters and training pilots to fly them. China's largest airline, based in
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        302 50 Lion Airline selling tickets below official prices AFP [JAKARTA) Indonesia's fledgling Lion Airline, which began operating on June 30, is already begining to feel the heat of cutthroat competition against other domestic airlines, a company executive said yesterday. "The price competition is
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        256 50 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] UAL Corps United Airlines and the union representing its 10.000 pilots resumed contract talks after a two-day recess imposed by the union because it was dissatisfied with the progress of negotiations. Talks between the world's largest airline and the union
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          60 50 AFX-Asia {SHANGHAI] The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) will soon introduce policies aimed at developing air feeder routes and encouraging the we of domestically-produced aircraft, the China Economic Herald reported. Citing CAAC sources, the report said fevourabte treatment will be given for
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          70 50 Bloomberg (KUALA LUMPUR) A jet operated by Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) landed safely with 130 passengers on board after four tyres burst on touchdown. Hie airline said the incident occurred oil Sunday as an anti-skid system on a flight from Kuala Lumpur
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          59 50 Bloomberg {TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co and Ail Nippon Airways Co, Japan's biggest carriers, said they will create a domestic online travel agency with 11 other airlines operating in Asia and Travelocity.com Inc, the largest US internet travel site. The venture will start providing travel services
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