The Business Times, 18 September 2000

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 035/12/1999 85C SINGAPORE Internet. 1 iiip://business-times.asial .com.sg/ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2000
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  • 64 1 STOCK MABKET INDICES Week hanpST1 2,***** -81,16 S1MSCI FITURES ....268.90 _..-6.70 BTSRI. 790.03 -36.88 KLSECOMP. *****. 12.80 NIKKEI- 16.213.28 -288.27 HANG SENG 16,249.53 -1025.92 SET INDEX. 193J0... -3.77 JAKARTA COMP *****. -28.84 MANILA COMP 1,450.99. -72.70 TAIPEI WPI..._ 7,***** -314.70 SEOUL COMP 828.29 -25.48 CLSA CHINA B 1,132%
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  • 75 1 FOBEX KATES USS SI USS 1.741 £(1JS$/S$ per 1.411 2.486 Et'ROfUSS/SS/E) 9.888 1511 DM 2161 1594 YEN 107.4 61.70 RM 3.800 2.183 HKS 7.798 4.489 BAHT 41.79 23.01 RUP1AH 8.690 4592 PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* 5 80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA .39.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 1100 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI 7.84
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  • 721 1  -  RTJ^IIMWJ Ibra's Cacnk wants to bring over 100 state enterprises nnder his command From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta A MAJOR turf battle for control of Indonesia's stateowned enterprises is unfolding between chief economics minister Rizal Ramli and the junior minister for
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  • 459 1 The largest postal service in Europe confirmed on Friday it'll raise its stake in DHL to 51% Reuters Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] GERMAN post office Deutsche Post AG is seeking further acquisitions after taking a majority stake in air express company DHL, Deutsche Post
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  • 868 1  -  PCI, Avaplas, Elec Eltek named as possible targets By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange (SGX) may lose more listed companies in the future as more firms fall prey to bigger global companies trying to extend their coverage in the
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    • 678 2 Opec official says cartel may raise output again if prices continue to rise Bloomberg AFP AP [LONDON] Finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7)industrial nations will send a tough message to the oil exporters' cartel Opec (Organisation of Petroleum
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    • 709 2  -  m O O 2 O C/> Major firms are going for Web-based e-commercc vikram khanna IF you had visited the Globaltronics Trade Fair at the Singapore Expo last week, you would have had a vivid insight into the economic relationship between
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    • 726 2  -  PEOPLE Maintain credibility, know how to partner clients, be willing to work hard By Corinne Kerk THE fiercest public relations (PR) campaigns are probably those fought on the political front. Which would put people like Harris Diamond in a very good position to launch a PR
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 470 4  -  Sales reached USss.6b for year to March 31, and are expected to reach USslob for FT 2001 By David Boey FLEXTRONICS International, a provider of electronic manufacturing services, looks set to lead the rest of the corporate scene here
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    • 464 4  -  Merger partner Pidemco's assets have redevelopment potential, it says Hy Andrea Tan GOLDMAN Sachs has raised its rating of DBS Land, citing the enhanced growth prospects of the firm's net asset value (NAV). This is due to the redevelopment potential of the
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    • 101 8 As at Friday, 177 SGX-listed companies had released their financial results for the half year ended June 30, 2000. Together they recorded $8,096.31*1 in group earnings, a gain of 19.4% over 1999. The total included 18 foreign companies listed here. If they were excluded, total earnings would be
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    • 1411 8  -  Their scores are below Chartered, which is still leading the CTI By Paul Thompson VENTURE Manufacturing and highly-diversified Asia Food Properties shared top spot in this week's scoreboard for the Corporate Transparency Index (CTI). Both scored 58, outgunning the other 27 companies
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 509 6  -  STOCKS ven sreenivasan NINE consecutive losing sessions have dragged the benchmark Singapore stockmarket index to within a whisker of its critical 2,050point support level. Technical views suggest that the index could fall further before attempting a sustainable recovery. But the recovery will
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    • 193 6  -  WARRANT WATCH w Van Sreenivasan ACMA warrants were the fourth biggest percentage gainer as they edged a cent or 12 per cent up to 9.5 cents on 174,000 shares last Friday. Meanwhile, the underlying stock gained three cents to 92 cents on
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    • 262 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of Neptune Orient Lines sank eight cents to a two-month low of $1.67 on Friday under the weight of oil price jitters. It was the fourth most active counter on the bourse, with 8.9 million shares
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    • 151 6 ♦M^-chepud, annMncoMV the Company has proposed an issue of >j 110,000,000 bonus shares in the proportion of one bonus share for every two ordinary shares of $0.05 each; and proposed a rights issue 0f44,000,000 warrants in conjunction with transferable loan facility in the principal amount of $23,000,000. DBS
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    • 553 6 THE Indonesian rupiah could inch higher this week in the lull before a closely watched corruption trial of a former president. Meanwhile, the Sing dollar could regain some bounce on optimism oVer the Lion City's bright economic outlook. An uneasy calm could
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      434 6 •Set* 13 Source: JM Sasool Stocks Volume SingTel 15c 49,281,000 Eastern Asia 37,616,000 PacCent ML CW*****5 37,232,000 IPCO 20c 36,563,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 26,645.000 TTInt15c 21,934,000 Federal Int 20c 21,498,000 ITechGrp 4c 20,039,000 MediaRtng 10c 16,414,000 Liang Huat 10c 15,877,000 Stocks Chart Semiconductor 26c 331,369,249 DBSGrp 217,625,801 PacificCentuiy 188,480,213 VentureMfg25c
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 341 9  -  MAIL BEBI Veni Pasupathi (Ms) for Permanent Secretary Ministry of Communications and Information Technology IN "A step towards greater transparency" (BT, Sept 15), Catherine Ong commented that the final payout (to Singapore Telecom and Star Hub) was ultimately a political decision, and that "the
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    • 353 9  -  By Anna Teo THE same "old-fashioned" rules of monetary policy like prudence, stability and confidence will remain relevant in the New Economy, says a unit of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. In a recent paper, the central bank's financial special studies division discusses some
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    • 188 9  -  Casey Lin Mee Hunt I REFER to the article "Auditing private companies" (BT, Sept 14). Singaporeans are still averse to paying taxes or to being honest about doing so. If they are able to cheat, they w ill do so by whatever means. Their accounts
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    • 406 10  -  They are linked to depression in equity and property markets: brokers By Ven Sreenivasan THE price of golf club memberships fell for the sixth straight month in August, dragged down by an overflow of negative sentiment from the stock and property markets. The seemingly
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    • 204 10 TARNG Chern Building, a freehold property at the junction of Outram and Tiong Bahru roads, has been put up for auction. Jones Lang LaSalle has been appointed the sole marketing agent for the commercial-cum-residential property which occupies a site of some 447.8 sq m
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    • 1054 11  -  The computer superstore is growing its business in South-east Asia before moving northwards. It plans to go for a listing in one to two years By Andrew Wee HOMEGROWN Challenger Technologies Pte Ltd has set its eyes on becoming a major regional computer superstore and plans
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • 505 13  -  LFX aims to become virtual global financial exchange; will operate in US$ Reports by Diana Oon Abdullah THE Labuan Financial Exchange (LFX), due to be launched next month with the aim of becoming Malaysia's virtual global financial exchange, "is not targeting local
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    • 648 13 Small issue size, relatively low cost are factors cited by those favouring Labium THE Labuan Financial Exchange (LFX) has not set out to compete with Mesdaq, but there are likely to be overlaps. IT-related ventures within the Multimedia Super Corridor
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    • 227 13 ■PENANG DIESEL pumps in several parts of Penang ran dry last week after a syndicate began buying up the fuel to smuggle it out of the country. The Star reported Saturday. A check by The Star revealed that petrol kiosks in
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    • 151 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA plans to introduce an Islamic code of business ethics to check unhealthy trade practices among Muslim businessmen, a minister said yesterday. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was quoted by the national news agency Bernama as saying the
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    • 255 13 U KUALA LUMPUR TENAGA Nasional is proposing a review of electricity tariff to meet its short-term working capital needs, The Sun reported on Saturday. "The management will propose a tariff increase to the board. We have to do whatever is
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    • 773 13  -  KL STOCKS Time dot Com, Plus IPOs may not be smooth eddie toh SINGAPORE Telecommunications is said to be talking to Time Engineering all over again but it might be too little, too late for Malaysian tycoon Halim Saad. Although Mr Halim,
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 720 15 HONGKONG All eight major equity indices from S'pore to S Korea are below 200-day moving averages Reuters ASIAN stocks are caught in a bear trap, with technical charts showing most of the region's markets imprisoned in their worst downtrend in two
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    • 680 15 AFP [SINGAPORE] POLITICAL troubles in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines are expected to pull down their currencies further in the coming weeks despite the general economic buoyancy in the region, although the risk of contagion is limited, analysts said. The Philippine peso,
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    • 470 16 JAKARTA Gas Dur also wants Islamic leader Habib to surrender his men's firearms AFP INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid said yesterday he has ordered the military. police and intelligence chiefs to disarm all private armed guards of former president Suharto. "I have asked the head
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    • 352 16 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN Attorney-Gen-eral Marzuki Darusman has allowed a former top minister who has been investigated for possible corruption to go abroad for one year, a report here said yesterday. Ginanjar Kartasasmita, long-time energy minister and last coordinating minister for the
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    • 764 16  -  Thailand should let bygones be bygones, focus on going forward harish mehta PERHAPS it's time for the Thai authorities to offer amnesty to alleged financial wrongdoers such as Rakesh Saxena and Pin Chakkapak, and let them return home to re-start their financial careers that showed
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    • 185 16 BANGKOK Mere than 86% of main second crop in the key north-eastern growing area affected, says Chnan Reuters MORE than 85 per cent of the main second rice crop in Thailand's key north-eastern growing area has been affected by floods, Prime Minister
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    • 332 19 MADRAS Plan approved by Bering, feasibility study completed, says executive Reuters FORD Motor Company expects to begin production of a passenger car at a joint venture in China by early 2003, the firm's Asia-Pacific president Vaughn Koshkarian said. "In China, we have
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    • ASIA Notes
      • 60 19 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan's finance ministry has decided to extend the stock market morning trading session into the afternoon while cancelling trading on Saturdays. The extended market hours, starting January next year, will be 9am-1.30pm, compared with 9am-12 noon now. "Extended trading will allow investors
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      • 97 19 Reuters [TAIPEI] Monitor maker Royal Information Electronics Co reported on Saturday that NT$7B million (554.36 million) worth of its cheques had bounced, sending its shares tumbling the daily 7 per cent limit. The over-the-counter TAISDAQ Exchange said the listed Royal Information reported that its cheques
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      • 64 19 AFP [BANGALORE] A salesman explaining the intricacies of a 1.8 million rupee (5566,600) necklace set to a girl and her mother at the "Jewels of India" exhibition here on Saturday. The exhibition is co-sponsored by the World Gold Council and features more than 50 jewellery houses from
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      • 85 19 Reuters [BOMBAY] An expert panel set up to study transparency in India's monetary and financial policies on Saturday called for greater autonomy for the central Reserve Bank of India (RBI). It said the government should set out clearly the objectives of monetary policy and
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      • 87 19 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan Finance Minister Shea Jia-dong was quoted yesterday as saying the cash-strapped government may delay implementation of a social welfare scheme for the island's growing number of elderly people. The mass circulation China Times quoted Mr Shea as saying the government was considering
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      • 93 19 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US and India announced a trade agreement on Friday calling for New Delhi to reduce barriers to US textile imports, officials said. The agreement, hammered out on the sidelines of Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's visit to Washington, will require
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    • 216 19 DHAKA AFP A GROUP of investors in Bangladesh is planning to spend US$96 million (Ssl67 million) to set up a Silicon Valley-style information technology valley, an official said on Saturday. "We have dedicated almost half of our industrial park space for developing the
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    • 162 19 HONGKONG AP A TOP mainland Chinese official and his son have been arrested for alleged credit fraud involving HK$llO million (5524.5 million), Hongkong's anti-cor-ruption agency said on Saturday. Li Runquan, 54, director of Ultragrace Ltd, and his son, Lai Yu-hong, 27,
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  • e-NEWS
    • 769 17 BANGKOK AFP GLOBALISATION and e-commerce pose new challenges to Chinese family businesses (CFBs) which traditionally thrived on the basis that "who you know" was more important than "what you know". With its free-flow of information, lack of hierarchy and direct relationship between
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    • 259 17 SYDNEY Reuters MICROSOFT Corp's chairman Bill Gates said yesterday the software giant was spending around 80 per cent of its annual US$4 billion (556.9 billion) research and development (R&D) budget that is US$3.2 billion on work linked to its .NET Internet
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    • 168 17 PALO ALTO, California AFP INTERNET portal AltaVista said Friday it was cutting 25 per cent of its workforce as part of a move "to achieve near-term profitability". The website, which according to one recent survey is the 13th most
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  • INDONESIA politics
    • 1254 18  -  The Golkar chief is the man to watch in the next elections, says tang "«w YANG RAZALI KASSIM The writer isßT's regional analysis editor IS Reformasi dead, or is Golkar just too strong to be swept away by the tide of change? Despite all the rhetoric,
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    • 1268 18 Despite the public dislike for the Suharto era, Golkar hasn't really lost its place in the political constellation. Its chairman, Akbar Tanjung, tells Yang Razali Kassim, why he is aiming for a Golkar comeback Q: The new Cabinet has been formed by President Abdurrahman
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  • WORLD news
    • 423 20 LONDON Combining wireless, business service units will let them compete better against likes of World Com: report Bloomberg AT&T Corp and British Telecommunications (BT) are in "serious talks" to merge their wireless and busi-ness-service units into two separate, stand-alone companies, the Financial Times
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    • 317 20 TOKYO Govt to decide on Wednesday how much additional money it will pump into economy Bloomberg JAPAN'S chief economic planner said the government may spend an additional three trillion yen (5548.6 billion) to four trillion yen for the year through
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    • 916 20  -  LETTER IJ«. 1.. 11,I 1 U. 11.1. /XI If witch-hunt can take place now, what would happen during a war? leon hadar THE New York Times, like The Washington Post, carried the headline, in large and bold letters on the top-right of its
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    • 116 20 LONDON Reuters THE Church of England is considering installing cash dispensing machines in rural churches to help fill the gap left by bank closures, a newspaper reported yesterday. Senior church officials hope the plan will restore churches to their mediaeval status as the centre
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    • 601 23 WASHINGTON VP's lead in US presidential campaign hits donble digits: polls AFP AN avalanche of bad news came crashing down on US Republican presidential nominee George W Bush on Saturday as a string of opinion polls indicated he was losing
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    • 545 23 SEOUL This is the second investment fond Seoul has set np in 3 months to help cash-strapped companies and stabilise financial markets Bloomberg THE South Korean government said on Saturday it will form another 10 trillion won (5515.5 billion) investment fund
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    • 475 24 LONDON Issues: indices to reflect free float, target market cap be raised to 80% Reuters MORGAN Stanley Capital International (MSCI), which provides stock indices used by fund managers to measure asset allocation and performance, said yesterday it would consult investors on potential changes to
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    • 401 24 SEOUL FT GENERAL Motors and Fiat are discussing a renewed takeover bid for Daewoo Motor after Ford, GM's arch rival, abandoned its pursuit of the insolvent South Korean carmaker. The board of Ford, which met on Thursday, refused to sanction a
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    • 255 24 WASHINGTON Bloomberg RISING imports probably pushed the US trade deficit to a record in July even as more recent statistics suggest slower consumer spending and industrial output, analysts said. The trade deficit in goods and services probably widened to US$3O.9 billion
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 84 24 AP [LONDON] New opinion polls indicate Britain's nationwide fuel protest has dealt a blow to the popularity of Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party, whose approval rating dropped to the level of the opposition Tories for the first time since 1992. A poll published
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      • 105 24 Reuters [LIMA] Peru's President Alberto Fujimori, engulfed by a corruption scandal, made the bombshell announcement on Saturday that he would call an immediate general election and would not seek re-election. A strained-looking Mr Fujimori made the announcement in an address to the nation broadcast on
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      • 98 24 Reuters [CHICAGO] Eight US options and stock exchanges and two clearing units fired off a letter to Capitol Hill legislators on Friday opposing Thursday's plan by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to permit single-stock futures, saying it is unfair
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      • 114 24 Marks Spencer to replace CEO Bloomberg [LONDON] Marks Spencer pic, the UK's largest clothing retailer, hired Roger Holmes, a director of Kingfisher pic, to be its next chief executive, the Financial Times reported, citing no sources. Marks Spencer spokeswoman Jane Lowe declined to comment, though said chairman Luc Vandevelde has
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      • 75 24 AFP [SEOUL] Work will start today on a railway through the world's most heavily fortified border that South Korea hopes will carry its torch of reconciliation to the heart of the communist North. About 2,700 soldiers will start smashing down Cold War reinforced
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    • 420 24 STAMFORD, Connecticut Or the beleaguered firm may sell its assets separately Reuters XEROX Corp shares soared on Friday on speculation the troubled photocopier giant could be a takeover target, but analysts differed on whether some or all of the company might be
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    • 925 22 Yesterday was a bittersweet day with tears of joy and sorrow at the Sydney Olympics AP 0N a Sunday that started out in black, Dutch swimmers turned the Games orange. Pieter van den Hoogeband set a world record in 200 freestyle
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    • 677 22 LAT-WP AP AS long as they swim for medals at the Summer Olympics, they'll remember the night, when a 17-year-old kid with flipper-like feet took his sport and his country on a remarkable journey. They'll remember how he humbly accepted success, how he appeared to
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    • 470 22 Reuters [SYDNEY] Romania's entire weightlifting team was thrown out of the Olympics as a punishment for doping on Sunday but the country agreed to pay a US$5O,OOO (S$87,000) fine to stay in Sydney. The loophole used by the Romanian National Olympic Committee
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    • 152 22 Medal tally as at Sunday, Sept 17 GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL Uflttid£t»tos 4 5 2 11 Australia 3 2 4 9 France 3 2 16 Japan 2 2 0 4 Turkey 2 0 0 U Z i Germany 1 3 15 Great Britain 1 2 fP 0 If
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    • 552 25 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP (LONDON) Robust oil prices again dominated commodity markets last week, as western governments waited in vain for signs of a dip in prices following Opec pledges to boost output. Elsewhere base metals remained firm, but gold was still lacklustre amid thin
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    • 254 26 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG'S key benchmark index may rally towards 17,000 this week on a technical rebound before falling back to stabilise around 16,500, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 1,025.92 points, or 5.9 per cent, to close the week at 16,249.53
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    • 784 26 NEW YORK Deteriorating profit growth will fall short of investors' expectations Bloomberg AS they do every quarter, companies that expect profit to fall short of forecasts are breaking the bad news. So why are investors taking it so hard this time around? Part
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    • 854 26 Sydney +L 6 THE weak Australian dollar, volatile oil prices and the Olympics are likely to dominate the Australian market this week, analysts said on Friday. The expected continued weakness of the Australian dollar will be a dominating factor, they said. "In the eyes of global investors,
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    • 435 26 LONDON AFP LONDON shares had a bumpy week as nervous investors tried to gauge the effect of ballooning oil prices on corporate earnings. Telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) issues bore the brunt of a shift into safer assets, while oil stocks
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    • 316 26 TOKYO AFP SHARE prices in Tokyo are likely to rise this week as investors turn bullish on Japanese stocks on the back of an improvement in corporate earnings, brokers said. "Investors will chase up gains in Japanese shares as more companies are
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    • 1968 26 CI Paris -88.71 THE Paris bourse closed lower, resuming the consolidation that has marked the fourth quarter since the CAC--40 blue-chip index set an all-time high at 6,944.77 points on Sept 4. Technical factors, including the "triple-witching hour" for futures and options expiration on Wall Street, contributed
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    • 421 27 AFP PI Composite Index *12.8 MALAYSIA'S stock market is expected to inch higher this week following its modest recovery over the past week due to local buying support, analysts said. "Our bourse is quite oversold. There is a chance the bourse will climb higher
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    • 590 28 SGX Derivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup THE European Central Bank (ECB) has called a time-out on the euro bashing with its surprise announcement last Thursday that it will convert 2.5 billion of interest on foreign exchange reserves into euros over "several days". But the question for
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    • 2135 30 The collapse of the hedge fund shows the best of economic models remains vulnerable to unexpected storms. Now market shocks occur even more frequently NYT TWO years ago, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York convened an extraordinary meeting of the heads of most of
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    • 178 33 SIEW YAW HOONG Graphics and animation leader, Silicon Graphics Inc, wants to up Asia's contribution to its global revenues, as well as help Singapore become a hub for life sciences, SGl's CEO Robert Bishop tells Rqju Chellam. Pg 2 You can't reach new heights in today s eßusiness world unless
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    • 65 33 Top stories Acquisitions help Flextronics fly high Page 4 Ira. p' Jplk Evergreen set to gross $20m in two years Page 5 Stimulate, not control, e-biz Page 10 Designer spinoffs Page 12 Commentaries New saviour for accountants. XBRL can help companies, analysts and investors make more informed financial and management
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    • 720 34  -  BTIsVMIIMLVJ Company working to bring expertise from around the world to Singapore in life sciences, says Bishop Bv Raju Chellam US-BASED Silicon Graphics Inc, which provides high-end graphics, animation and visualisation solutions, has ambitious aims for the Asia-Pacific. It wants to increase the region's contribution
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    • 249 34  -  S'pore-based Volume Interactions helps neurosurgeons make better decisions using SOI equipment Raju Chellam A NEUROSURGICAL procedure is a highly complex process that demands great skill and precision. The neurosurgeon has to pour over 2D MR (magnetic resonance) and CT (computer tomographic) images and mentally
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    • 503 34 Reuters [NEW DELHI) Indian Internet portals were investors' darlings less than a year ago, as every Web startup in the world's largest democracy promised to be a success story. But as the woes of US Internet stocks dry up financing
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    • 533 35  -  INFOTECH XBRL can help companies, analysts and Investors make more Informed Wwawrfai and management decisions paul thompson The writer is a BT correspondent EVEN time moves faster in the Internet era. What the IASC (International Accounting Standards Committee) could not accomplish in the last three decades,
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    • 475 35 Bloomberg [STOCKHOLM] Ericsson AB, Alcatel SA and other cellular equipment makers seeking a share of US$2OO billion (Ss34B billion) in orders to build new high-speed wireless networks may have to wait for some of the payments until those products start generating
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    • 447 36  -  The S'pore-headquartered company has jumped from No 22 position in 1992 to No 3 today Reports bt David Boey A STEADY stream of acquisition has seen Flextronics International's sales volume grow significantly. The company is by far the biggest contract manufacturer in Europe and Asia.
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    • 342 36 ASH Bhardwaj, 36, president of Asia-Pacific region at Flextronics International, has played prominent roles in the group's recent acquisitions of JIT Holdings and Lixin Industries. The Hongkong-based executive joined Flextronics in 1988 fresh from MBA school and has worked his way up
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    • 549 37  -  BTM'MimiVJ ITG subsidiary has 10 customers here, including Virtual Map Singapore, Promedia Directories and Ossia International Reports by Andrew Wee EVERGREEN Internet Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of listed Internet Technology Group Ltd (ITG), said it is on track to gross $10 million
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    • 217 37 LISTED Internet Technology Group (ITG) will continue to fund its investee companies and won't rush them to list early, a senior ITG official told BizlT. In July, ITG president George Goh had said the company planned to get seven companies to go for an
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    • 324 37 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Sun Microsystems founder and chairman Scott McNealy received a salary and compensation package worth up to US$6B.6 million (*****.7 million) in fiscal year 2000, a regulatory Filing on Friday showed. The maker of computer servers and workstations gave Mr McNealy, who has
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    • 425 38  -  The site allows users to make travel arrangements, order supplies, organise events and do other transactions Marissa Chew THERE'S a new website in town, catering specially to office professionals and executives. It is at www.howasia.com and is developed by Dotcom Partners Asia-Pacific. The site allows users
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    • 209 38 But 5 years' worth of emails are backed np in office computer Bloomberg [IRVINE, California] Qual comm Inc chairman and chief executive Irwin Jacobs said a laptop computer containing his "entire life" was stolen from a hotel podium within 10 minutes after
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    • IT TAKES
      • 40 38 US-BASED Purchasing Net Inc. that provides e-procurement software, last week opened its Asia-Pacific HQ in Singapore, headed by Martin Feuerhahn, vice-president of operations for Purchasing Net Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. For details on the company, visit www.PurchasingNet.com
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      • 73 38 ZDNet Asia, which operates a network of websites, has tied up with iHive Pte Ltd, that enables online services, to launch a business product and service exchange targeted at IT buyers and vendors. The exchange will feature a directory of IT vendors, solution providers, ISPs
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      • 39 38 US-BASED Candle Corp, a software and services provider, has appointed Jose Cabrera as vice-president of sales for the Asia-Pacific region, based in Singapore. Mr Cabrera was previously senior director for Candle's worldwide business partner program.
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      • 41 38 VIGNETTE Asia Pte Ltd, which provides e-biz applications, has appointed Dennis Khoo as marketing director, and Tracey Bond as human resource director for the Asia-Pac region. Mr Khoo was previously e-business country manager for Hewlett-Packard in Singapore.
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      • 55 38 SOUNDBUZZ Pte Ltd has appointed Andrew Hoppe as managing director of Soundbuzz Australia, and Sandy Monteiro as director of music and marketing for the Asian region. Mr Hoppe was previously head erf international marketing with Sony Music Australia; Mr Monteiro was previously executive director of the
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      • 33 38 A SEMINAR on "E-fulfillment and personalisation" will be held on Sept 20 at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront It is organised by Dog Singapore. For details, fax *****39, or e-mail nsara@ilog.com.sg
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      • 57 38 A THREE-DAY Business Week CIO forum on "Asia's technology leadership" will be held from Sept 20 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. It will focus on issues such as e-business, extranets and knowledge management. The forum is held in association with Oracle and the ITMA (IT Management
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      • 55 38  -  Compiled by Daniel Buenas A TWO-DAY exposition, "Internet business 2000", will be held from Oct 4 at the Suntec City. It is organised by National Computer Systems and ZDNet Asia, and will focus on 828 and B2C e-commerce, new Net technologies and industry trends. For details,
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    • 696 40  -  What is now needed is a high broadband takeup rate, which can be achieved by competitive pricing, accelerating to webspeed and encouraging entrepreneurs jay alvi The writer is vice president for Asean emerging markets, Nortel Networks LIKE the rest of the world, Singapore
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    • 484 40  -  Program will upload lost data and render the remaining material unusable liy Ross Kerber NYT [NEW YORK} When his laptop computer was stolen three years ago, Ravi Hariprasad got so mad he started a company to do something about it. Now Mr
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    • 388 41  -  Software allows shutterbugs to create 3D images of their subjects from a series of photographs taken from different angles By David Boey HOMEGROWN startup PixAround.com said it has sold more than US$4O,OOO (S$70,000) worth of its imaging software called PixMaker 1.0 since the product
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    • 431 41  -  It 'has made serious commitment to e-goverament' By Marilyn Geewax NYT [WASHINGTON] Texas, which offers a wealth of online government services, ranks No. 1 among state Internet sites, a national survey reported on Friday. "Texas has really made a serious commitment
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    • 415 42  -  GartnerGroup's Joe Sweeney says govts should treat the Net as a rebellious teenager who is not fully mature, toh ham sam reports TOH HAN SHIH Governments should stimulate not control e-busi-ness, through policies like tax-breaks, creating regulations friendly to e-biz, and by offering subsidised computers to
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    • 234 42  -  New 'c-commerce' solutions provider plans to expand into Taiwan, HE, and break even in next two years By Daniel Buenas HOMEGROWN startup ConneXwave Pte Ltd last week launched its ASP solutions and services, targeted at designers and manufacturers of electronics. The company calls these
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    • 1541 42  -  By] Peter J Howe NYT [NORTH ANDOVER, Massachusetts] Over the last year, as Lucent Technologies stock has plunged roughly 50 per cent, the gallows-humour line has been that Lucent's famed red swirl logo symbolised its lifeblood going down the drain. But the world's
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    • 491 43  -  Last week's launch saw six series of large-format printers and five CD-RW drives, damiel buemas reports DANIEL BUENAS HEWLETT-PACKARD Far East last week launched an array of six series of new large-format printers, and five CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) drives. The printers are targeted at graphics professionals, mechanical
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 67 43 HEWLETT-PACKARD has unveiled its newest HP Jornada 720 Handheld PC, a follow-on to its 600 Series. It runs on a 206 MHz StrongAßM processor, comes with a 56 kbps modem and a new version of Internet Explorer from Microsoft. It offers nine hours of battery life
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      • 80 43 BELGIUM-BASED Lernout Hauspie has announced Dragon Naturally Speaking version 5. This newest version of its continuous speech recognition product offers increased accuracy and enhanced support for e-mail and browsing. It needs just five minutes of voice training, after which users can dictate and use voice commands
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      • 72 43 HOMEGROWN E-Connect has launched eßeam, an application that captures data from ordinary whiteboards for use electronically. The product is from US-based EFI (Electronics For Imaging) and consists of four digital pen sleeves, two palm-sized sensors, and a digital eraser. It costs $999 and lets users capture
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      • 60 43  -  Compiled by Daniel Buenas CREATIVE Technology Ltd has unveiled its CD-RW Blaster 12-10-32 targeted at digital audio enthusiasts. It offers up to a 12-speed write, 10-speed re-write, and 32-speed read function, and comes with "burn-proof' technology, "which eliminates the worry of unsuccessful recording sessions caused by
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    • DOT com
      • 657 44  -  Design software firm Autodesk expects its two startups to find their own market niches, reports Jennifer ijen from San Rafael in California JENNIFER LIEN IN these non-euphoric dotcom days, startups are finding the going increasingly tough. But the first two startups spun off from design software firm Autodesk
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      • 452 44 Joint ventures formed by the world's top companies may be a better bet in the evolving Mew Economy DOTCOMS are struggling and Investors are beginning to ask about the P-word: profitability. What's a guy with a good idea to do? If he works
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      • Briefly.com
        • 78 44 STARHUB last week launched its WAP roaming service. The service lets Star Hub's iPower WAP users access WAP applications overseas without having to establish an IDD connection. "Subscribers who use the service will only pay local access and talk-time rates while they are overseas," Star Hub
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        • 80 44 ASLAPAPERMARKETS.COM said it has closed its first round of funding at $15 million with capital injection from IFC (International Finance Corp, a member of the World Bank Group) and Asia Tech Ventures. The company said it is the first business-to-business firm to receive direct funding from the
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        • 65 44 CENTIPEDE Asia Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based network of intellectual property rights (IPR) practitioners in Asia, will launch a comprehensive website in November—at www.centipedeasia.com— that will allow lawyers and clients to communicate privately online. "We will provide comprehensive A2C (attorney-to-client) services," the company said. "The
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        • 50 44 HOMEGROWN Latitude Web Pte Ltd has developed a music and entertainment portal called PlantMG for Sony Marketing Pte Ltd. The portal offers users secure music distribution online and allows them to sample, purchase and download music directly from the website. For details, check out www.planetmg.com.
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        • 67 44 ASPSTREET.COM, a business unit of Singapore-headquartered SW9oft, last week announced the integration of a new "jobs" service on its website, at www.aspstreet.com. The service will help bring together ASP-related employers and employees by allowing them to find, select and contact each other through resumes and
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        • 56 44 US-BASED Interact Commerce Corp last week released Sales Logix for Web Plumes", a solution targeted at small and medium-sized companies that use SalesLogix software. The new solution is %CRM (customer relationship management) software, and lets multiple users access account contact and calendar information through a web
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        • 59 44  -  Compiled bj Daniel Buenas ASIATRAVGLMART.COM has signed a deal to provide Pata (Pacific Asia Travel Association) members a global Internet travel reservation engine as well as technical training and assistance. This will be achieved through an "ePartners" programme that lets members use Asiatravelmartcom's booking engine to
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 506 45  -  Rising fnel prices, port costs may counter effects of rising trade By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Shipping Association's (SSA) inaugural Shipping 21 Conference ended with delegates and officials cautioning that the industry's visible recovery this year may be short-lived. Speaking at the
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    • 244 45 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE tanker market remains centrestage with a further Aframax tanker sale pushing the prices ever upwards. The Torungen (95,000/93) is said to be sold region U5532.75 million to an as yet undisclosed buyer. Another Aframax deal yet to be ftilly clarified continues the
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    • 265 45 Reuters [HONGKONG] Cosco International Holdings said it will buy a 99.09 per cent stake in online logistics firm Cosco Network Ltd from its parent China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co for HK$BB6 million (*****.66 million) through the issue of shares. With the completion
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    • 118 45 [LONDON] Six months after the 6,275 dwt, 1984-built Tai-wan-flag bulk carrier Hualien No 1 disappeared ofT the Taiwanese coast, a university research vessel has found what is suspected to be its wreck on the seabed off Cape Fukui. The Ocean Researcher II was
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    • 200 45 AP [SYDNEY] A crew of 25 aboard a bulk carrier listing heavily and in danger of sinking in the Indian Ocean was saved after Australian authorities launched a search and rescue operation. The 33,000 ton, 183-metre Liberian-registered carrier Madona issued a distress
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    • SHIPPING news
      • 802 46 The Sunday Telegraph A CANADIAN vessel has navigated the legendary Northwest Passage in the Arctic finding clear water instead of pack ice in a record-break-ing voyage that could pave the way for commercial shipping. The police patrol ship Nadon also found tantalising evidence
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        • 84 46 SWEDISH ferry firm Stena Line has won the fight for control of compatriot Scandlines AB, beating off competition from the company's Danish namesake and partner Scandlines AG. The case went to arbitration after Scandlines AG claimed it had an option to buy the Swedish firm after
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        • 71 46 NORWEGIAN salvor Eide Marine Services has successfully raised the wreck of the fast ferry Sleipner, which sank on Nov 26 last year with the loss of 16 lives. Part of the bow was raised earlier this year, and both are now to be. studied. The
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        • 71 46 ANGLO-Dutch liner company P&O Nedlloyd has bought Harrison Line's liner services for an undisclosed fee. UK-based Harrison Line works in the Europe-Caribbean and East Coast South America trades. Its chairman Michael Seaford said: "Liner shipping is increasingly an environment suited to very large companies and our
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    • 315 46 PAGE EIS 14 Accord 8 ESP Lines Ahrenkiel 14 Evergreen 6 Appenship 5 5 AsiaOCL 13 Frt Links 14 Assets 8 Austral 8 Link 4 Avant 14 Cemartrans 6 B tang Mas 8 Genshpg 13 BSA 7 Glory Nav 14 BTL 14 Mangli 7 Baiap Shpq 5
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    • 23858 52 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage THepfton* ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage THepfton* SIN D*sfn Nam* Nam* Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Nam* Number Number ■HHBaHMMMBKMMMaaHMBHMBMHMBMHM 25/09 19/10 Norasia VILLE D' ANT ARES L39* 65 *****33 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire 24/09 cho Yang pudong
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      • 491 59 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JarPort M OWendorft 900 J14 16/09/2375 19/09/7:00 BtRlndifti ***** JO) 17/09/8:10 17/09/23:00 Fupg*we 25C J07 17/09/935 17/09/2130 Shamolt Exp 18/00 J03 17/09/8:55 17/09/23:00 Sotarnuriner 8 J13 17/09/10:20 22/09/17:00 M*rcopoto 46 10/20J J15 17/09/10:00 19/09/6:30 Hane«*y 118 J22 17/09/10:55 22/09/6^)0 8*tulicin 94 J12
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      • 1973 59 RECEIVING Of EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACTUARIA 07N007 I9/N40 IA 17/1500 17 /1659 17/1900 N 17/1500 17/1659 17/1900 17/1700 N/0659 16/0900 M 17/1700 N/0659 N/0900 1 N/0700 N/1159 N/MOO 4 H/UOO N/M59 W1700 AM BMUM 413S
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      • 181 59 Sep 23 Japan: Autumnal Equinox Day. Oct 1 China: National Day. Oct 2 Hong Kong: The day following National Day. Oct 3 Germany: The Day of Germany Unity. Korea: National Foundation Day. Oct 6 Hong Kong: Chung Yeung Festival. Oct 9 Canada: Thanksgiving Day. USA: Columbus Day. Oct
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      • 788 59 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 average sized stem. Market movements are indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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      • 532 59 Cjrbofl 180 Mm 990.7 0.9 15.4 0.06 77 0.05 SepU Density Water Residue As* Aluminium Sediment No above E25 0 0 1 0 0 0 360 Ave 987.2 0.5 12.5 0.06 32 0.02 Emm 380 MM 997.3 6.9 16.8 0.17 65 0.07 %»/v »m/m »m/m mi
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 802 60 They hope upgrading will help to alleviate cancelled and delayed flights Reuters [NEW YORK] US airports are in the midst of a massive construction boom that industry officials hope will alleviate the record number of cancelled and delayed flights plaguing air
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      • 385 60 Reuters [BOMBAY] US courier FedEx Express has speeded up deliveries for Indian shipments to Europe by doubling the number of cargo flights through the country, the firm's chief of India operations said. "We have cut the transit time to Europe from the traditional
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        • 80 60 AFP [ROME] State-of-the-art metal detectors which had been expected to be operational at Rome's two airports in January to increase passenger safety, are too unsafe to be installed after tests, press reports said. The Italian government approved installation of the Examiner 3Dx6000-Giubileo 2000 detectors
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        • 53 60 Reuters [LONDON] British Airways said that it had raised fares by 3 per cent as a result of high fuel prices. A spokeswoman for Europe's largest airline said the rise took with effect from Friday and covered all published tariffs except current
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        • 88 60 Reuters [TOKYO] A China Airlines Airbus A3OO-600R with 265 people on board bound for Taipei from the central Japanese city of Nagoya aborted its flight shortly after takeoff on Friday due to suspected engine trouble, airport officials said. A cockpit alarm sounded on
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      • 354 60 International airport at Mandalay in the north opened yesterday AFP [YANGON] Myanmar yesterday inaugurated its largest and most modern international airport in the old capital of Mandalay, which it hopes will boost the country's fragile tourist industry. The airport, 720 kilometres north of
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      • 352 60 AFP [HONGKONG] An initial investigation into a near midair collision between two commercial aircraft over Hongkong last month, has found human error by the air traffic controllers to have been the cause. Two air controllers on duty at the airport
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    • 891 50 RUMO<PiAMC/SCAKHNAVIA/WNLAND/RUHtA MRVICIS EXPORT VESSEL/VOYAGE SGP ROM HIC THP ZEE ANW LHV Al5O ACCEPTING CARGO TO ANO FROM:- FINLAND, DENMARK, SWEDEN. RUSSIA I NORWAY MEDITERRANEAN/BLACK SEA/EUROPE SERVICES EXPORT VBSa/VOYAGE ISGP [G» VKN Ofi DM RDM WV TW ffi iTWIEDOOHWOW 17/tt 7)WCI/10|Q10;0V"I0*04/I01M0B7/I0j 08/10 ltuncomooiiooiw ?mh iz/ioji/io J2/10'lV10 jVIO mumwi oi/wi ivioliyio |i7/io|
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