The Business Times, 22 August 2000

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85« SINGAPORE Internet: htip://business-times.asial .com.sg/^ TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2000
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  • Article
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    73 1 □sn vmjm (+15.17) BT43U ma (+6.88) Jlstdtoexfuttoes U VMM (+15.00) PV SDESCIFUTUBEB U 2MJO (+2.90) STOCK MABKET INDICES Monday Change ELSE COUP 809.49 -10JI NIKKEI S» I6J40.18 J40J1 HAND SENG 17J0L48 41.48 SET INDEX ***** -656 JAKARTA COMP ***** +310 MANILA OOMP _1,***** -1182 TAIPEI WPI 8&W +48L81
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    76 1 POBEX KATES US$ SI OSS 1.717 £<USS/SSper£) 1.491 1560 EURO(USS/S$/E) 0J06 lj« DM 1162 1569 YEN 107.9 6190 RM 1800 1214 HKS 7.799 4.544 BART 4183 2178 RUPfAH 8125 4,791 *SS to 100 units PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KI'ALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK .9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50
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    Lock icon Hutchison to buy stake in Klang port
    637 1  -  Li Ka-shing company negotiating for 30% stake in Westport, sources say From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur HONGKONG tycoon Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa looks set to become the second major foreign investor to partially own a Malaysian port, this time in Klang. The
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    Lock icon SGX may lose $100m from Exchange Centre?
    596 1  -  exclusive S6Z not moving into new building, say sources, and may have to sell its space ahead of listing By Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange has decided not to move into the Singapore Exchange Centre that it is jointly developing with
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    Lock icon Richard Li's PCCW scouting for S'pore dotcoms
    611 1  -  exclusive Candidates inclnde property portals, Net security firms By Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW), the Internet and telecoms conglomerate controlled by Hongkong tycoon Richard Li, is targetting investments in Singapore dotcoms. "We are seriously looking at investing in a handful
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      176 1 DBBPB Top Stories New set of standards to govern insurance sales will come into effect in phases next year. Next Page m The best golf can offer. Pg 22 BT Comment Kenneth James on creating insurgents within incumbents. Pg 11 Lee Nan Shin on the dismal prospects for hotel. Pig
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      32 1 Maersk PSA may be hurt only in short-term: analysts Port Klang's Westport j suffers drop in throughput Li initially reluctant to buy HKT, Next Page The S*porean who makes good, Next Page
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      Lock icon New rules for life insurance sales from next year
      638 2  -  Needs analysis, commission disclosure among measures planned Reports by Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] A new set of standards to govern insurance sales will come into effect in phases next year, starting with the implementation of a financial status and needs assessment for
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      Lock icon What they say
      176 2 a comprehensive, objective, forward looking report. It will help raise standards in the life insurance industry. Policyholders will benefit through more information and choice, better advice and products that best suit their individual needs and circumstances.' Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a letter to the
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      Lock icon MAS wants to extend standards to other products
      331 2 [SINGAPORE] The new standards and disclosure requirements to take effect in the insurance industry should also apply—"suitably modified" to the distribution of other financial products like unit trusts, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore. In a statement yesterday, the MAS said it
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      Lock icon S'porean is top man at CyberWorks Ventures
      309 2  -  nana Reports by Toh Han Shih A YOUNG Singaporean is spearheading Hongkong cyber-tycoon Richard Li's global investment push. Johnson Chen, 27, is managing director of CyberWorks Ventures, the investment arm of Mr Li's Pacific Century CyberWorks. Since it started operations in August last
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      Lock icon Li initially reluctant to buy HKT
      299 2 exclusive It was his subordinates who persuaded him, says CWV MD [SINGAPORE] Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW) chairman Richard Li was initially reluctant to buy Cable Wireless HKT (HKT), but his subordinates persuaded him to do so, Johnson Chen, managing director of CyberWorks Ventures (CWV),
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        101 2 10. You get hit even when you are 6 bids away 9. Your broker calls to ask if you have scrip for your sales 8. Ham is an important time for you 7. Buy-in is one word and not two 0. You
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        Lock icon Quaint titles in Propertybuyer.com
        63 2 Propertybuyer.com, an Internet property firm currently owned by listed Acma, has interesting titles for its executives. For example, Sonny Lim, a former presenter of the TV talk show In Conversation, bears the title of "investomer". An investomer is somebody who seeks customers and keeps them. Another
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      281 2 Jj. The University of Hull "Ranked Among UK's First Division Universities,' 99" Information "11 jTT\ A Genera' tSauion /I BB A Strategic M— V I ¥ib\ Rnance njtllia TMpjn. X f X-EJxA.lia«el&louiiwn jt i UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA "Ranked Among Australia's Best Universities" PhD 9 MA/BA Doctor of Philosophy in
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon STI gets a 14-point boost from pre-close routine
      379 3  -  Rise could be due to cancellation of unmatched sell orders on some index stocks By Ven Sreenivasan THE Singapore Exchange's new pre-close routine helped boost the Straits Times Index about 14 points yesterday. The STI ended the session at 2,186.46 points at
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      Lock icon CSA to explain all at AGM today
      302 3  -  Dividend and transparency issues top agenda By Tay Hong Seng DIRECTORS of computer equipment group CSA will tell shareholders today why the company hasn't paid dividends for two years and whether there has been a disclosure problem since it was taken over by
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      Lock icon Econ Int'l part of consortium which bags US$1b Korean rail job
      314 3  -  The project is expected to take 5 years to complete By Andrea Tan A CONSORTIUM which includes Econ International has bagged a US$l.l billion (Ssl.9 billion) light rail project in South Korea, beating a Hyundai-led bid. The project will
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      Lock icon Greater bank disclosure the way to go
      842 3  -  I! Unlock siew paul thompson EFFORTS to encourage banks and financial institutions to disclose more, especially information about their exposure to derivatives and other risks, are gaining momentum around the world. On July 25, the European Commission recommended that annual accounts of institutions
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      Lock icon Thakral Hldgs' net profit up 35% to A$42m
      452 4  -  Strategy of building new earning streams pays off; total revenue np 22% From Surinder Singh in Sydney A STRATEGY of building new earning streams has paid off for Thakral Holdings Limited (THL), which yesterday announced an af-ter-tax profit of As 42 million
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      Lock icon GIC unit to buy 16% of EasyCall for A$14.6m
      242 4  -  Deal which is subject to regulatory and corporate approval was sealed on Friday Reports by Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE government investment vehicle GIC Special Investments has agreed to buy a 16 per cent stake in messaging and Internet services company Easy
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      Lock icon SingTel ups stake in Taiwan fixed phone line venture
      163 4 SINGAPORE Telecommunications is raising its stake in a Taiwan fixed phone line venture to 24.3 per cent from 18 per cent. As a result, its investment in New Century Infocomm Co will increase to $629 million, from $378 million. Sing Tel
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      Lock icon KLW sees Internet arm turning in $4m in first year
      338 4  -  TmdjLctmdevekpsnew technology for whi ill By Marissa Chew DOOR and ftirniture supplier KLW Holdings expects its part-owned Internet company Trevda.com to poet $4 million turnover in its first 12 months and start running at a profit in its second year.
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      Lock icon MediaRing, SGX deny report of stock trade probe
      305 4 MEDIARING.COM and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) both said yesterday that there was no investigation into the trading of the company's shares, contrary to a report in the Asian Wall Street Journal (AWSJ). The AWSJ reported yesterday that the SGX was investigating trading
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon Chip Eng Seng profit slips 13%
        106 4 CONSTRUCTION firm Chip Eng Seng said yesterday its interim profit shrank 13 per cent to $4.18 million, from $4.82 million a year earlier. Turnover fell 34.6 per cent to $72.61 million. The company blamed intense competition and a drop in construction activity. It said
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        Lock icon Sing Investments profit jumps 52%
        78 4 SING Investments and Finance has reported a 52 per cent jump in interim profit to $3J23 million. Operating revenue for the six months to June 30 roee 18 per cent to $15 million, while earnings per share rose from 6.46 cents from 4.25 cents. Net
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        Lock icon Transpac profit surges 92%
        95 4 TRANSPAC Industrial Holdings hoisted profit 92 per cent to $16.37 million in the six months to June 30. Investment income surged to $15.81 million, from $596,000 a year earlier. The group, which runs a venture capital fond, said income rose 56 par cent to $2 22
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        Lock icon MMI Holdings to buy PCB firm
        71 4 MMI Holdings will buy a 78.1 per cent stake in printed circuit board (PCB) contract assembler Innovalue Electronics Singapore for $2.94 million. The acquisition is part of MMl's plan to diversify its earnings stream away from hard disk manufacturing. It expects the deal to
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        Lock icon Yongnam places out 20m shares
        98 4 YONGNAM Holdings will place out 20 million new shares at 40 cents each to unnamed investors to raise about $7.9 million net. The placement constitutes about 12 per cent of the engineering and construction firm's issued share capital. Of the placement prooeeds, $3 million will
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      Lock icon SGX urged to woo more China firms to list here
      764 7  -  This is the right time for SGX to market itself in China, says Shanghai exchange consultant By Tay Hong Seng THE Singapore Exchange is fast losing its importance as a major stock exchange in the region and to help redress
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      Lock icon DBS, Indosuez deny purchase reports
      239 7 Bloomberg [HONGKONG! DBS Group Holdings Ltd and Indosuez W I Carr Securities Ltd denied media reports Singapore's biggest lender is trying to buy the Hongkong-based brokerage unit of Credit Agricole Indosuez. Hong Kong Economic Times and Ming Pao Daily earlier reported DBS is in talks
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      Lock icon OCBC, Stanchart frontrunners in bid for Chase's HK retail unit
      718 7 Chase is likely to narrow shortlist within days, decide on winner in early Sept Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) and Standard Chartered Pic (Stanchart) have emerged as the frontrunners in a bidding war for Chase Manhattan Corp's Hongkong retail
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      Lock icon Chartered hires ex-Motorola man to head Europe ops
      211 7 Appointment will boost the company's presence there CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing has appointed Allan Hughes its president for the Europe region, boosting its presence in the continent. In his newly-created posts, Mr Hughes will oversee all European activities, including marketing, customer service and
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      Lock icon Indian futures to be launched here next month
      219 7  -  S6X SAP CNX Nifty Index contract will be a market-cap weighted index of 50 stocks By Serena Ng THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) Derivatives Trading will launch an Indian stock index futures contract on Sept 25. The SGX S&P CNX Nifty Index contract
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      147 3 SEC casts information disclosure net wider, Pg 22 /S 11 s 7 AAA v I 11 A 1 I I vjr Tlr v I ISJ S i Thailand invites you to have your next tee-off at some of the world s finest golf clubs. Surrounded by breathtaking landscape and sceneries,
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      685 4 r Penguin Boat International Limited (Incorporated in me Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the Company will be held at 18, Tuas Basin Link, Singapore *****4 on 8 September 2000 at 10 a.m. for the
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      184 5 III! Do. i i I I n\! N I UU \t i\l)\ eg* ,^r- ££i^*P& 1 1 -J§F •c 7 X :ISPV o I— >< FUJI XEROX. MAKING OUR MARK AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES. One of the fastest participants at the Olympic Games is not an athlete within t pr.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      474 6 Stock* Volume K1 Ventures 10c 17,701,000 FTechOrp 4c...... 11,806,000 Brieriey NZ10c 9,553,000 NewWave 5c 8,606,000 ReedGrp5c 8230,000 Econ Intt 20c 7,765,000 Liang Huat 10c 7,289.000 TanChonglntSOc. 7.119,000 NatEleclOc 7,006,000 TTInt15c 6,976,000 9locl» Nat Dec 10c 40,501,882 SPH *****,044 PaoficCentury 25,377,400 Chart Semiconductor 26c 24,801,079 DBSGtp 19,789,802 ST Assembly 25c 19,056,495
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      Lock icon Caution ahead of FOMC meet; new pre-close routine lifts STI
      526 6  -  I-iri comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE Singapore stock market started the week on a tentative note, with sentiment turning cautious ahead of tonight's Federal Open Market Committee meeting in the US. But a new pre-close routine helped lift the Straits
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      Lock icon Better-than-expected Tokyo data lifts Asian currencies
      325 6  -  l i comment CURRENCIES larry wee STRONGER-than-expected macro numbers from Tokyo yesterday morning helped lift Asian currencies against the US dollar, but indirectly piled more pressure on the euro. Japan's Ministry of Trade and Industry said its all-industries index rose 1.4 per cent month-on-month
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      Lock icon Guthrie GTS wrt: premium high, gearing paltry
      181 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan THE warrant issued by Guthrie GTS rose one cent or 10 per cent to 11 cents yesterday. A total of 349,000 units changed hands, a rather good figure for a generally illiquid instrument. The warrant, which expires in
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      Lock icon Econ may hit resistance at 38 cents
      225 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of construction firm Econ International was actively traded yesterday as it rose three cents to 35 cents. A total of 7.8 million shares worth about $2.7 million changed hands. The technical charts suggest Econ has more
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      141 6 ♦ITE Electric Co will be holding their EGM at 1, Harrison Road, #064)1 ITE Electric Building on Sept 4 at 9.30 am. ♦LUNG Kee Metal will trade cum a 10 per cent final dividend per share of HKII.OO each tax exempt and a bonus issue of (me ordinary
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      183 6 v y"^j%^The movers and shakers of ;«X j; *y. shipping are sailing into p5 Singapore in September for |f MARTECH 2000 -an International Conference and Exhibition on II mm "Shipping Trends in the $d %^->." New Millennium". And Shipping Times will be II running a Special Feature I i-r covering
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      48 6 I YOU CAN NOW PUT YOUR CPF SAVINCS IN EIGHT. important All applications tor units in eight must be made on the application forms accompanying the prospectus investors must read the pro.pectus The value or the units ana the income from them may fan as well as rise ►!<!
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      916 8 I^ 5 2 0o 0 (oft Forging a strong partnership over CPF savings for all workers partnership with employers essential in CPF si INTo employer would deny importance services to employers and help them meet -m jr business partnerships. Fewer still would go the needs of their employees. The Board
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      852 9 ong partnership over 45 years ]PF savings for all workers BBSBSBHB with employers essential in CPF success fl| I improve its services to employers and help them meet f W&U looking into how IT can be further harnessed to bring More services coming your way its services to greater heights
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon S'pore firm wins right to export $2.4b of Indon sand
      391 10  -  St&rfort will sign deal today to move I.2bcu mof sand from Rian to S'pore By Conrad Raj A SINGAPORE company has won the right to export $2.4 billion of sand from Indonesia a move it says will bring relief to
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      Lock icon Open bidding system for COEs delayed
      435 10  -  Trial will kick off in Q2 next year; more testing needed By Christopher Tan THE need for more testing has delayed a much-anticipat-ed start to the open bidding system for vehicle COEs by at least half a year. In announcing the postponement yesterday, the
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      Lock icon Former DBS Sec Building up for sale
      269 10 16-storey office block was valued at $95m at end-1998 THE former DBS Securities Building at Malacca Street is up for sale in line with the bank's intention to divest its non-core assets and focus on its core banking and financial services. The 16-storey
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      Lock icon July CPI seen at benign 1%
      347 10  -  I =J on the economy inflation By Anna Teo ANOTHER benign, below-trend inflation number of around one per cent is expected for July. Although rising wages and growing domestic consumption would have accentuated inflationary pressure, DBS Bank economists expect the July Consumer Price Index
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      Lock icon OCBC Lees sell freehold Katong site, likely to get $29m for it
      253 10 SOME members of the Lee family of OCBC are selling a 52,255 sq ft freehold plot in Katong, which agent CB Richard Ellis expects to fetch $29 million. The price tag for the property, which has dual access
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      Lock icon More online CPF services tailored for bosses soon
      293 10  -  By Eugene Low THE Central Provident Fund Board will be launching new services over the next few years, enabling employers to carry out more CPF transactions online. It will introduce a website for employers to enquire about CPF services. The website will
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      197 10 j I lie N( \v I j xiis I Patlifiruler of the new econornij Set you i ow ii (k St 111,11 ion :i n(I elia rt vour own I'our.sc. Luxury .sed;in meets SI in tlie u 111 m.i t e in u 111-1; i sk i n <»" vell
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  • NATIONAL DAY rally
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      Lock icon Creating insurgents within incumbents
      808 11  -  i commentary PM Goh's challenge demands wrenching changes. Bnt do businesses have a choice? kenneth james IN his new book. Leading the Revolution, management guru Gary Hamel relates how Virgin Atlantic Airways flight attendant Ailsa Petchey hit on the idea of a one-stop wedding-planning service. What
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      Lock icon Firms welcome paid maternity eave for 3rd child
      501 11  -  They skirt issue of being insnrgents or incumbents By Marissa Chew COMPANIES yesterday welcomed Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's announcement on Sunday that the government would pay for mothers to go on maternity leave to have their third child, taking the long-term
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      162 11 STRONG MARKET-DRIVEN ENTREPRENEUR SME II Isn't it reassuring that we see you in a different light? With Keppel Tat Lee Finance, you never have to feel small. Talk to us. i 1 I- I C&JSI Tat Lee Finance B Stir up the interest of over 460,000 readers for as little
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      Lock icon Stock prices seem to be building up for a fall
      367 12  -  Henry Pierson PERSONAL debt, government debt and the expanding stock market bubble have all but assured a major correction in the stock market followed by a sharp decline in the value of the US dollar. Long before Alan Greenspan first
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      Lock icon How to understand your analyst better
      350 12  -  Narayana Narayana I REFER to your article "The truth about 'buy* and 'sell' "(BT, Aug 11). Coming as it does from a research head. Yap Khek Heng's article finally gives the lay public an idea of the right seasoning they should add before taking
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      Lock icon Unfrozen Clob shares: strange GST charge
      180 12  -  Denis Distant IT seems the costly effect of the Clob saga is going to last for years to come and will end only after investors sell off all their Clob holdings. When the "unfreezing" of the Clob shares was announced, the local brokerages actively
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      Lock icon Keppel group: no strong voices for minorities
      122 12  -  Ed Koh I REFER to your article "KepLand warrants: chickens coming home to roost" (BT, Aug 17) by Lee Han Shih. This article is very well written and we should see more of this type of critical analysis in BT. Speaking as a
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      Lock icon Jakarta needs a dynamic leader with integrity
      224 12  -  Rachman Partadiharja I AM a proud native Indonesian who has lost faith in the Indonesian system of government and the people who run it. There has got to be a better way of governance. There is little chance for me to do anything
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      Lock icon Glut may hit old office buildings
      166 12  -  Richie Tjong I REFER to Lee Han Shih's article, "Office property boom may not last" (BT, Aug 15). I agree with his prediction that "once the Singapore economy starts a serious move into the New Economy, the situation is likely to reverse. When that
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon The burden of an unrealistic target
      648 13  -  IU comment PROPERTY STB's Insistence on attracting 10 million visitors is HnMing back the conversion of superfluous hotels Into condos lee han shih SO Singapore is opening up for global competition. You can't tell it from looking at the hotels, though. It is hardly
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      1070 13 ■Uanhe Zaohan Likely private residential launches afterQhost t Festival I Strategically located near International Business Park I Strata floor area of 13,000 sq ft per floor or up to a total of 1 158,000 sq ft. 1 Ample covered car park I Excellent corporate image I Near amenities and housing
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      175 13 TONG CHUAN MANSION 1873.5 sqm .mWWJfT j (20,166.35 sqft) |lpaß| •Plotßatioll/height liii "1 subject to evaluation EST 9 2 Within Marine Parade t> sub-regional Centre K n Minutes to beach Marine J Parade Road ECP good schools o a Tender closing date: fJ Sept 13,2000 (4 pm) K"■ f Realty
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Where those two tax plans really differ
      735 14  -  bottom line OPINION paul krugman The writer is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology THERE was a word missing from A 1 Gore's acceptance speech last Thursday. Not once did he describe his opponent's plans as "risky". He still
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      158 14 'We will not become a nation of ear-chewing people just because Mike Tyson is stepping on to our shores.' -P Stakmnar a Malaysian businessman, who is trying to promote a boxing match with the former world heavyweight in the country. 'It's an art as well as a
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      Lock icon Voting for Hongkong's future
      572 14 EDITORIAL IN less than three weeks, Hongkongers will go to the polls for the third time in five years. In line with the provisions of the Basic Law —Hongkong's mini-constitution —they will elect representatives for 24 geographical constituencies, 30 functional constituencies and six election committee seats.
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      Lock icon A baptism of fire for the 'mother of the nation'
      1124 14  -  Megawati faces big challenges in forming a new economic team and showing she can torn Indonesia aronnd By Shoeb Kagda The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent AS the focus on Indonesia's domestic political landscape shifts from the just concluded session
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      874 14 Don't obstruct peace THE president of Egypt this weekend warned that any concessions over Jerusalem could make the region explode in a wave of Islamic violence But in the same interview (Egyptian leader Hosni) Mubarak says that if Arafat is asked to make a concession on
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Korea, Malaysia bad-loan agencies plan cooperation deal
      432 15 SEOUL Strategy is to form a regional body to solve problem of non-performing loans Bloomberg KOREA'S bad-loan agency plans to sign a cooperation pact with its Malaysian counterpart, the latest in a series of arrangements that may result in a region-wide association to
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        126 15 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Telekom Malaysia lost 40 sen to RM10.90 on volume of 1.11 million shares in line with the broader market which fell 0.12 per cent yesterday. A brokerage report that Telekom's earnings could be affected by a possible 99 per cent drop
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        80 15 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Plantation companies fell as their earnings are set to suffer from the decline in palm oil prices after India, the biggest consumer, cut its imports amid a glut of the cooking oil. Malaysia, the world's largest palm oil producer, also
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      383 15 KUALA LUMPUR M'si&n carmaker denies report it's in talks with Rover on a USsl.sb joint project Bloomberg PERUSAHAAN Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton), Malaysia's biggest carmaker, said it is yet to make plans to tie up with any other carmaker to develop
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      128 15 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama HONG Leong Industries Bhd (HLIB) has returned to the black with an impressive performance recording a RM513.08 million (555.9 million) pre-tax profit for the financial year ended June 30, 2000, from a RM74.57 million loss in the previous year. This
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      231 15 KUALA LUMPUR 2000 GDP growth pat at 8.6%, seen moderating to (L 2% in 2001 Reuters THE Malaysian economy is estimated to have expanded by 9.2 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter, according to a Reuters poll yesterday that forecasts
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      451 16 JAKARTA New decree doesn't mention multimedia field as being closed to foreigners THE Indonesian government has revoked a recent ban on new foreign investors entering the domestic Internet sector. Investment and State Enterprise Minister Rozy Munir yesterday distributed a press release, shortly before
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      268 16 JAKARTA Pertamina will study various options for the plant ran by Erxon Mobil now Reuters INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid has ordered the Mines and Energy Ministry and state oil company Pertamina to review a giant gas project in the Natuna field operated by Exxon
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      433 16 ■BANGKOK Rising oil prices and weaker bah t taking their toll: economists Reuters THAI consumer confidence is faltering, undermined by a weakening baht and rising oil prices, and the country could fall short of its growth target of 5 per cent this year
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      234 16 JAKARTA Reuters THE Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) said yesterday it had sold a 6 per cent stake in the Hongkongbased blue-chip conglomerate First Pacific Co Ltd for US$5l.9 million (5589.3 million). An Ibra official told Reuters the stake had been sold through
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        99 16 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Bank Universal, the lending arm of Indonesia's biggest carmaker PT Astra International, returned to profit in the first half of this year as interest expenses fell. The bank earned 21.8 billion rupiah (554.4 million) in the first six months of the year,
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        67 16 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's largest cellular phone operator, Advanced Info Service, yesterday said it plans to invest another US$l2O million (552G5.2 million) in 2000 to expand its cellular network, in addition to the US$2OO million already budgeted. Chief executive Somprasong Boonyachai said AIS would seek
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        56 16 Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippine government has increased the size of a sale of five-year privatisation bonds by 3 billion pesos (Ssl 14 million) to 8 billion pesos because of strong demand. Finance Secretary Jose Pardo said. The sale of the bonds, convertible into shares
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        72 16 AFP [MANILA] The Philippine government has liquidated assets of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos worth US$3O million (5551.3 million) held by a Panamanian firm and moved the proceeds into a Manila escrow account, President Joseph Estrada said yesterday. The money has been transferred to an
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      418 17 TOKYO Its share price falls 9% ahead of its profit downgrade Reuters JAPANESE Internet investor Hikari Tsushin Inc suffered a beating on the Tokyo stock yesterday ahead of a profit downgrade, further eroding confidence in what was once a leading Japanese Internet stock. Hikari, also
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      391 17 WASHINGTON AP Bloomberg A MAJORITY of US Internet users fear companies can obtain their personal data without permission and 86 per cent of users want policies that let them decide if such information is disclosed, a survey showed. The Pew Internet American
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      198 17 HONGKONG Reuters CHINA Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd plans to issue new shares and convertible bonds to raise US$lO billion (5517.2 billion) to finance its purchase of networks in China from its parent company, a newspaper reported yesterday. Citing unidentified sources,
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      487 17 SAN JOSE, California Company plans to reclaim spotlight with speedier chips, products for wireless devices Bloomberg INTEL Corp plans to exhibit its powerful Pentium 4 this week and to unveil both a new processor for wireless devices and faster chips for server computers.
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      428 18 LONDON German telco has to show it can rebuild balance sheet and Brit Tel most revamp Bloomberg THE credit ratings of Deutsche Telekom and British Telecommunications may be cut below A- to the 888 category, said Duncan WarwickChampion, head of European phone
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      417 18 BEIJING Money's for new chip-making complex in existing plant Reuters US telecommunications giant Motorola Inc has won China's approval to invest US$l.9 billion (553.3 billion) in a massive new chip-making complex and in its existing telecoms plant in the port city of Tianjin. The investment
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      772 18 AUSTIN, Texas Dot-com disasters hit New Economy town Austin NYT SHERRILL Shaw returned to his hometown of Randleman, North Carolina, in 1956 after serving in the air force and took over his father's business, Shaw Furniture Galleries. He ran it
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      464 19 TAIPEI Banks can open representative offices, not fall branches, there Bloomberg AFP TAIWAN'S Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), which formulates the island's policy on China, backed a finance ministry proposal to let Taiwanese banks open representative offices in Mainland China. The decision comes
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      251 19 HONGKONG System operates smoothly, will gain popularity; HSBC Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Pic, which owns Hongkong's two largest banks, said the territory's new US dollar clearing system had a total turnover of US$B7O million (Ssl.s billion) in its first day of operation. The system
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      382 19  -  Mm will beect investment bank's presence in regien From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong FORMER Jardine Matheson taipcm Alasdair Morrison will become chairman of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Asia —an appointment made to boost the investment bank's presence in Asia. Mr Morrison, who
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      305 19 HONGKONG Reuters DEFLATION in Hongkong improved significantly in July, with the composite consumer price index (CPI) down only 3.2 per cent year-on-year compared to a 4.5 per cent fall in June. Five economists polled by Reuters had expected an average 3.4 per
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      620 20 TOKYO Fignres raise hopes that the economy is on course for continued recovery Reuters JAPAN buzzed with economic activity from April to June, raising hopes the reces-sion-weary economy is on course for continued recovery, key government data showed yesterday. "We cannot make direct
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        69 20 AFP [TORONTO] Telus Corporation yesterday announced it was offering C 56.6 billion (517.7 billion) in cash and stock for rival Clearnet Communications to create Canada's largest mobile telephone company. According to a Telus news release, the offer is assured of acceptance because of what
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        49 20 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] HIH Insurance Ltd, Australia's second biggest general insurer, said it's in "formal negotiations" to sell its Australian general insurance business. The company said it's pursuing a range of proposals including formal negotiations to sell its Australian home and motor insurance business.—Bloomberg
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        71 20 Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese chipmaker Toshiba Corp yesterday doubled its forecast for operating profit in the chip sector to 130 billion yen (Ss2.l billion) as the IT boom lifted demand for chips used in mobile phones and personal computers. The group overall expects a 135
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        55 20 Bloomberg [BIEL, Switzerland] Swatch Group, the world's largest watchmaker, said first-half profit more than doubled on higher demand for its luxury timepieces and quartz products for the telecoms industry. Net income rose to 300 million Swiss francs (*****.6 million) from SFrl39 million in the
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      234 20 ■SYDNEY Bloomberg AUSTRALIA'S economy will slow "considerably" next year, economic forecaster BIS Shrapnel said in its latest Long-Term Economic Forecast 2000-2015. It dismisses suggestions that Australia has entered a "golden age" of economic growth and low inflation, saying the effect of economic booms
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      74 20 [ROME] Municipal workers recovering coins thrown into the Trevi Fountain in central Rome yesterday. The past week was a particularly lucrative one for the Town Hall with the visit of over two million youths from all over the world to attend the
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      272 20 New York LTCM fonnder has made net returns of 6.72% for investors FT TWO years after the near collapse of Long Term Capital Management raised fears of a broader Wall Street disaster, John Meriwether, its founder, is struggling to raise money for
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      374 20  -  From D Ravi Kanth in Geneva A UNITED Nations panel has indicted the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for its failure to respect human rights in its implementation of the trade-related intellectual property rights (Trips) agreement. This, it
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      306 20 SEOUL Bloomberg SOUTH Korea's economic growth slackened in the second quarter as companies and consumers spent less, the central bank governor said. Gross domestic product grew 9.6 per cent from a year ago. Bank of Korea governor Chon Choi Hwan
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      510 22 NEW YORK Regulation FD coincides with rising use of Internet to reach ont to investors FT A LITTLE information can be a dangerous thing, particularly when it leaks into the capital markets. That is one reason why the Securities and Exchange Commission has just
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      232 22 NEW YORK Reuters THE management of Seagram Co's liquor and wine business is likely to be among the bidders when the operations are auctioned off by Seagram's acquirer, Vivendi, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The management, led by Steven Kalagher, president and chief
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      309 23  -  SOX Derivatives TraAln&Reports STlndex/MSCISTpore Index Chan Yet San Rtfco (Singapore) Pte Ltd THE Singapore stock market closed just marginally higher on a quiet day. The Straits Times Index gained 15.17 points or 0.69 per cent to end at 2,200.69 points. Within the index, 23
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      242 23  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Chan Yet San Rtfco Singapore THE Taiwan stock market hit its highest closing level in a month yesterday. The MSCI Taiwan Index gained 0.78 point or 0.21 per cent to end at 363.55 points. A total of 698.57 million index
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      190 23 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil markets handed more good news to reve-nue-hungry Opec exporters yesterday, strengthening on jitters about US heating oU stocks ahead of a northern hemisphere's winter demand surge. London Brent futures were 36 cents or 1 per cent stronger at US$3O.BO
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      2852 26 HONGKONG AFP fl Hang Seng +6L48 HONGKONG shares rose 0.4 per cent yesterday on futuresled buying and amid optimism that interest rates will remain steady, dealers said. The key Hang Seng index gained 61.48 points yesterday to close at 17,501.48 points,
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      2005 26 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 -***** TOKYO share prices fell 1.5 per cent yesterday as investors took profits on hightech and telecoms issues in thin trading, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index closed 240.31 points lower at 16,040.18 points. Corporate
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      980 26 Reuters Shenzhen B Index +&82 CHINA'S B shares closed sharply higher yesterday, pushed up by a buying spree triggered by news that domestic brokerages planned new computerised services for the hard currency market, brokers said. Strong interim earnings reported by some B share firms also helped fuel the surge.
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      374 26 AFP QWP Index +4&81 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.6 per cent higher yesterday on buying of technology stocks, due to positive sentiment surrounding the sector's outlook, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange weighted price index gained 48.81 points to 8,257.88 points, on a turnover of NT5111.39 billion. Risers led
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      458 27 AFP Q Composite Index -10J9 MALAYSIAN shares ended 1.2 per cent lower yesterday with selling of blue chip stocks in a quiet market, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange composite index fell 10.19 points to finish at 809.40 points. The second
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      315 28 AFP □Composite Index -5.74 SOUTH Korean share prices fell 0.8 per cent yesterday with the Composite Index down 5.74 points at 722.58. Volume was 225.6 million shares. AFP A* 21 «ee Anem Semi ***** -250 Br on Tech 870 unch Central Bank 60S -20 Cheil Comm *****0 -6000 Dee
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      292 28 AFP Q Composite Index -1&82 PHILIPPINE stock prices fell 0.9 per cent yesterday due to the prolonged hostage crisis in the south. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index lost 13.82 points to close at 1,492.75 points. Volume fell to 365 million shares worth 542 million pesos.—AFP A««2I Nm 000)
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      276 28 AFP Pmbe-m -l&W NEW Zealand stocks fell 0.9 per cent yesterday with the focus on Fletcher Challenge Energy after Shell Exploration Co asked for regulatory approval to buy the company out. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed down 18.16 points at 2,106.97 with turnover worth NZ$l25 million. AFP Mil tt$
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      560 28 AFP PAllOrfaariM -4A THE Australian stock market closed 0.1 per cent lower yesterday after falls in market giants News Corp and Telstra, brokers said. The benchmark All Ordinaries index finished 4.6 points down at 3,298.9 points while the SP/ASX 200 was down 5.3 points at 3,338.9 points. National turnover
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      764 28 AFP Q SET fata -mt THAI shares fell 2.1 per cent yesterday with selling across the board caused by caution ahead of the US Federal Reserve's meeting on interest rates today, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index fell 6.56 points to finish at 312.66 points
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      698 28 AFP Q Composite Index +3.20 INDONESIAN share prices rose 0.6 per cent yesterday led by select blue chips but market sentiment was undermined by uncertainties ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle expected later this week, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 3.20 points to 497.39 points,
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      279 33 Reuters THE dry cargo market ended the week basically steady, although capesize rates could be edging slightly lower, brokers said on Friday. Short-term indications for panamax rates were uncertain but with the results of various wheat and barley tenders outstanding, which amount to as much 600,000 tonnes from
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      458 33  -  PSA's business is stable even with loss of major customer, analysts say By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The decision by Maersk Sealand to shift its transhipment hub from Singapore to Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) will hurt PSA Corporation's bottom line
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      204 33  -  By Ann Toh (SINGAPORE) Singapore is not the only one that is reeling from the loss of a major customer. Malaysia's Westport, previously Maersk Sealand's hub for Malaysian boxes, had earlier suffered a similar fate when Maersk Sealand substituted Pelepas for Westport
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      104 33 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan issued a warning to shipping yesterday as Typhoon Bilis approached the island's east and southeast coast. Early yesterday morning, Typhoon Bilis was 810 km east-southeast of Taiwan's south-eastern city of Taitung, the Central Weather Bureau said. The typhoon, with maximum sustained winds of
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      195 33 CMA CGM ANL to start operations on Sept 1 [SINGAPORE] French shipping line CMA CGM Group recently formed a joint venture between CMA CGM Agencies Worldwide and Jardine Transport Services to act as agent for the group in Singapore. Effective Sept 1,
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        300 34 Bernama (NEW DELHI] Malaysia International Shipping Corporation (MISC) has entered into a joint-ven ture agreement with Essar Shipping Ltd of India to bid for the proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping contract for India's stateowned Petronet LNG Ltd, reported the financial
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        640 34  -  China reopens its south-western ports as it bids to facilitate trade from the western provinces By P T Bangsberg [MANILA! CHINA is working to reduce traffic barriers from the landlocked west to ports in southwestern Guangxi Zhuang on the Beibu (Tonkin) Gulf, in a bid to reopen
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      186 34 PACE 0|ak Lloyd 8 ACL 6 Dongnama 3 > M i Eastrans 6 Accord 8 ECl 4 Appenship 5 ECU L,ne Assets 8 Evef rwfl 6 Austral 8 Futiai 7 Salap Shpq 5 BSA 7 GL,nk 4 Gemartrans 6 B'tang Mas 8 7 CCNI 7 Hanjin 3
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      19049 41 ThebusinessTimes THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Destn Name Name Number Number 31/08 11/09 Evergreen PATSV N SO *5-*****11 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire I 31/08 tl/09 NGPL PATSV N V5I3 65-*****00
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        759 45 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JVM| hrt Bjtulicin 92 J» 21/08/2 10 22/06/1340 Bt Mo I ***** J01 21/08/8:15 21/08/23:59 TOM 155 16/00 J02 21/08/8:05 21/08/17:00 Winstar I 81S00 J03 21/06/7:20 21/06/23:59 8ayswaterll8 HO205 J02 21/08/8:25 2V06/1640 C Progress 21*uq J09 21/08/8:45 2V06/16.00 audi Saltan ***** f
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        1975 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Pwlod From To From ACJ OAMJA 025A 22/1:00 20/1500 20/1659 20/1900 20/1700 21/0659 21/0900 a 20/1700 2V0659 2V0900 3 21/0700 21/1159 21/MOO 4 2V1200 21/1459 21/1700 ACX FALCON OM 20/1500 20/1659 20/1*00 2* 20/1700
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        183 45 Aug 27 Philippines: National Heroes Day. Aif2B United Kingdom: Summer Bank Holiday. An| 31 Malaysia: National Day. Bep 12 Korea: Harvest Festival Day. Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival. Sep 13 Hong Kong: The day following Mid-Autumn Festival. Sep 15 Japan: Respect for the Aged. Sep 23 Japan: Autumnal Equinox Day.
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        802 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine 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 indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        541 45 Carbon 180 Mai 990.1 0.6 18.) 0.07 79 O.OS Aaf 17 Density Water Residue Ash Atumlntum Sediment No above £25 0 0 4 0 0 0 %MM JW 9877 0.6 13.5 0.07 34 0.03 Cum 380 Mai 997.3 6.9 17.4 0.17 73 0.07 M/ri m/m %Mi
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        285 46 Reuters [SEATTLE] Boeing Co has confirmed plans to close down several operations in Washington state and reassign or transfer about 3,500 employees as part of the aerospace giant's ongoing streamlining drive. The plan includes moving machining and chemical processing work at its military
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        701 46 Bloomberg [PAßlS] British Airways (BA) may drop a four-year alliance with AMR Corp's American Airlines to gain clearance for the acquisition of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, people familiar with the matter said. KLM, which has a market value
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        461 46 Delays, cancellations at peak of vacation season spark concern AP [WASHINGTON] A record number of flight delays and cancellations has prompted officials in Washington to call an unusual meeting yesterday in the hopes of finding ways to ease conditions for beleaguered air
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        69 46 [SYDNEY] More than 6,ooopassengers on 27 international flights were delayed at Sydney's International Airport in Australia on Sunday, when the accident-prone baggage handling system broke down. The system, which cost U5525.4 million (5543.68 million), has broken down several times since installation and airport authorities
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        250 46 AP (MANILA) Philippine Airlines, the country's flag carrier, announced yesterday a net profit of 793 million pesos (5530.37 million) in the fiscal first quarter ending June 30, a significant improvement from 65.40 million pesos in the year-earlier period. PAL credited its strong financial performance
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        305 46 Committee formed to study ways to make jetliner safe AP (PARIS) British and French aviation regulators have formed a committee to examine ways to return the Concorde to service "in safe conditions" that would protect it against the flaws behind last
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      511 33 The Keppel group has wh0 ha(J )een president V announced key of Keppel Cebu Shipyard management changes at since 1995. Mr Yap has its shipyard operations in I nearly 20 years' Ik the Philippines. Keppel i experience in shipyard Jk Cebu Shipyard president, and engineering Charles Yap (right) ,and operations
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      169 33 "v The movers and shakers of i shipping are sailing into Bp Singapore in September for MARTECH 2000 an T < International Conference jm and Exhibition on J "Shipping Trends in the New Millennium" And Shipping Times will be running a Special Feature covering the event with the kind of
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      12 33 China's Guangxl revives ports Page 2 Slater meets airline officials Back Pagt
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      732 34 Lines services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, jy Singapore Shipping Association Members of the Singapore Logistics Association gg LILY UNE MALE vtssti voy Tet* [~n» in P. KLANG SPORE MALE Empress Lily VO7OO 27/08 30/08 06/09 Princess Uly VO6OO 13/09 15/09 23/09 Empress Lily VOBOO
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