The Business Times, 26 September 2000

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 Internet: nttp://business-times.asia1 .com.sg/ SINGAPORE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 85C
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    75 1 sn M77JO (+44.61) BT-su mis (+19.84) ST INDEX FUTURES U97.00 (+65.00) SDISCI FUTURES 256L00 (+9.70) STOCK MAEKET INDICES Monday Cfcange KLSE COMP 735.61 196 NIKKEI 225 1§£92.90_+174.66 HANO SENG 15,428J5_+***** SET INDEX ***** +6.1 1 JAKARTA COMP ***** >116 MANILA COMP 1,424.17 +186 TAIPEI WP! 6,677.46 +6617 SEOUL
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    78 1 FOBEX RATES uss s* IISS 1.746 £(l'SS/S$ per 1.460 1649 EURO(USS/S$/E) 0.879 1.536 DM 2.226 1276 YEN 107,8 61.70 RM 3.800 2.176 HKS 7.799 4.466 BAHT 42J8 2438 RUPIAB 8,810 6,044 *SS to tOO units PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 niAULOra 7.67 JAKARTA 19.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HMDM 8.50
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    Lock icon Asian stock markets rally but mood still weak
    709 1  -  Foreigners unlikely to return as macro factors remain unchanged By' Ven Sreenivasan, R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The rally by Asian stock markets yesterday may be short-lived as the fundamental macroeconomic factors dragging regional equities remain unchanged. This was the view of market watchers
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    Lock icon Nasdaq up 53 at 11.30 am
    70 1 AP, Reuters [NEW YORK) Technology took centre stage in early morning trading yesterday as the sector shrugged off worries about softer corporate earnings, while Wall Street celebrated a stronger euro and lower oil prices. At 11.30 am EST, the Dow Jones rose 38.84 points
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    Lock icon Hutchison clinches 30% stake in Westport for RM400m
    833 1  -  Price tag is higher than the RM3OOm figure that was speculated last month From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur HONGKONG tycoon Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa group has clinched the deal to acquire a 30 per cent stake in Malaysia's Westport for
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    Lock icon Oh, Cathy
    68 1 [SYDNEY] This is the stunned face of Cathy Freeman, the Aboriginal sprinter who rouses strong emotions in Australia as much on account of her race as her running, after she found gold at the end of4oo metres. Billed as the race of the millennium here, she electrified an
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    Lock icon CityDev to buy prime office building in Seoul
    552 1  -  l-iriexclusive Yuhwa Building will cost it and US partner US$100m By Conrad Raj (SINGAPORE) City Developments has again hit the acquisition trail this time in Seoul, where it is embarking on a joint venture to buy an office building. The partly completed
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      108 1 DfSmE BT Comment Lee Han Shih on KepLand and the dominant industry theory. Pg 12 Top Stories Hongkongers turned out in force yesterday for long-awaited IPO of Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MTRC). Next Page Tony Blair faces a popular revolt over UK oil taxes. Pg 14 George Bush's surge in
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      28 1 Euro, oil moves won't change big picture, Pg 3 Editorial: The perils of tech stocks, Pg 14 Oil prices dip as US taps into its stockpile, Pg 3
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      Lock icon Hongkongers gear up for MTRC IPO
      732 2  -  Over 2m application forms were snapped up by 2 pm on first day of offer From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong LESS than a week after the Mark Six lottery fever, Hongkongers are scrambling again for a piece of the latest action the long-awaited
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        95 2 IN these days of greater disclosure by listed companies, Neptune Orient Lines' deputy president and chief financial officer Lim How Teck really seems to be taking the message to heart. Coming to the press briefing on the company's interim results last Friday, Mr Lim carried his notes
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        63 2 WE used to get CatQfra.com's press releases and corporate updates by e-mail from the company's public relations agency. Lately, we have been getting the e-mails from its chief executive Patrick Grove. A nice personal touch by the Internet search engine, we would say. But some industry watchers view it
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        Lock icon In dangerous waters
        180 2 IT used to be that people's job ambitions centred around the time-honoured professions of medicine and law. If they didn't want to be a doctor or lawyer, kids would aim to be an astronaut, pilot, or maybe fireman. Not any more, at least according to the 2001
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  • MARKETS
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      Lock icon Moves on euro, oil well timed but won't change big picture
      657 3  -  Euro could still test 80 US cents, and reprieve for regional currencies and bourses won't last, say analysts By. Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Because they caught markets by surprise, last Friday's joint G-7 intervention on the euro and a US
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      Lock icon Oil prices dip as US taps into its stockpile
      433 3 LONDON Reuters OIL prices dipped lower yesterday after a US decision to tap into strategic reserves interrupted this year's blistering price rally London Brent futures dipped US$l.O2 to U5530.23 a barrel. That came on top of a US$l.4B decline on Friday
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      Lock icon Intel warning has little impact, say Taiwan firms
      249 3 U TAIPEI Reuters TAIWANESE technology companies yesterday moved to reassure increasingly edgy investors that their business prospects remain bright despite Intel's profit warning last week. The news conference involving nine of the island's major chip and PC makers was called by Taiwan's
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      378 3 Pacific economies have recovered The entrance of China into the The Fund invests directly into the five since the Asian crisis. Growing World Trade Organisation will raise star rated" Luxembourg registered foreign trade and investment; Asia's profile within the global Henderson Horizon Pacific Fund, which increasing M&A activities and the
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Pioneering Asian survey gives a peek into the boardroom
      888 4  -  Survey by directors' body gives snapshot of corporate governance here By] Paul Thompson HAVE you ever wondered what directors are paid and how much time they put into the job? Answers to these and other related questions were provided yesterday with
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      Lock icon Hong Leong Asia to spend US$27m on Indon quarry
      497 4  -  By i Conrad Raj HONG Leong Asia will spend U5527.2 million (5547.5 million) buying up to 80 per cent of South-east Asia's largest hard-rock mining operation on Karimun island in Indonesia's Riau Archipelago. An agreement has been signed with PT Pendawa
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      Lock icon SingTel's foreign ownership cap removed
      252 4  -  Shareholders approve doing away with 49% limit By 1 Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecommunications (Sing Tel) shareholders approved the removal of a 49 per cent cap on foreign ownership yesterday at an extraordinary annual general meeting. However the 15 per cent limit set on individual
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      Lock icon WizOffice's IPO: better to wait and see than jump in?
      627 4  -  !WM3I locksiew andrew wee BUSINESS-to-business e-commerce provider WizOffice.com Ltd will make its Singapore Exchange mainboard debut on Friday. with its shares priced lower than expected. The initial public offer of 82 million new shares at 20 cents apiece values the
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      Lock icon HPL back in the black with $7.3m interim
      309 5  -  Turnover up 30.7% to $177.2 m in first half; even better second half expected By David Boey ONG BENG SENG'S listed property, hotel and entertainment group, Hotel Properties Ltd, said yesterday it swung back into the black with interim earnings of $7.3
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      Lock icon AsiaOne agrees to buy 20% stake in Fundsupermart
      196 5 SPH Asia One has agreed to take a 19.9 per cent stake in Fundsupermart Holdings Pte Ltd (Fundsupermart) for $1.4 million. It announced yesterday that it also has an option to increase its shareholding to ;$.5 per cent through the conversion of
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      Lock icon Horizon posts lower interim profit of $583,000
      386 5  -  By 1 Tang Weng Fai MAINBOARD-listed broadband content and services provider Horizon.com yesterday announced a lower interim profit of $583,000, despite a 62 per cent rise in turnover to $19.8 million. The result compares with a profit of $890,000 on $12.2 million turnover
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      Lock icon Jeweller Lee Hwa's interim profit dives 47% to $1m
      300 5  -  Advertising and revamp of manufacturing hit margins despite rise in turnover Vivien Ng JEWELLER Lee Hwa Holdings saw interim net profit sink 47 per cent to $1 million despite an 8 per cent rise in turnover to $35.8 million. Operating margins
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      Lock icon Lian Beng bags Penang contracts worth RM850m
      356 7  -  Georgetown and Butterworthjobs will lift order books to Ss6oom Hy' Tay Hong Seng MAINBOARD-LISTED Lian Beng Group has clinched a RMBSO million (Ss39o million) job to design and build two projects in Georgetown and Butterworth in Penang for a Malaysian developer. Managing director
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      Lock icon Keppel T&T, SFK Tech seal deal to co-manage US$100m fund
      197 7 KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation and Shrem Fudim Kelner (SFK) Technologies yesterday inked their partnership to sponsor and co-manage the US$lOO million (Ssl7s million) to US$l5O million IHT Fund. Keppel T&T and SFK Technologies will each invest US$2O million in the fund.
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      Lock icon TPV's interim up 53% on higher monitor sales
      192 7 Bloomberg CHINA-BASED TPV Holdings Ltd, the world's fourth largest computer monitormaker by unit shipments, said yesterday that first-half profit rose 53 per cent on increased monitor sales. Profit from operations in the six months ended June rose to US$l5.B million (5527.6 million),
      Bloomberg  -  192 words
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      Lock icon SembCorp, SCS launch e-business platform
      338 7  -  ChemXlog will link chemical firms on Jnrong Island By Vivien Ng SEMBCORP Industries and Singapore Computer Systems (SCS) yesterday launched ChemXlog an e-business platform to link chemical companies on Jurong Island to their supply chain. Connecting the companies by the Internet, ChemXlog aims to make
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      Lock icon Telecoms set to make up 50% of Inno-Pac's sales
      440 8  -  Its telecoms ventures are set to take off in a few months: MD By' Teh Hooi Ling INNO-Pacific Holdings, which derives all its revenue from its food business, sees telecoms contributing about 50 per cent to its turnover within a year
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      Lock icon Ho Bee's profit shrinks 23.7%
      337 8  -  Byi Andrea Tan PROPERTY group Ho Bee Investment yesterday reported a 23.7 per cent drop in net profit to $22.9 million, due to lower margins from projects completed this year. Turnover for the six months fell 14.4 per cent to $156.2 million. The main reason
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      Lock icon ABN Amro, UBS Warburg join asiabondportal.com
      295 8  -  The fixed-income trading platform, to be lannched in Oct, now has 7 partners Hy] Ling Su Ann ASIABONDPORTAL.COM announced yesterday that it has signed two more strategic partners ABN Amro and ÜBS Warburg just weeks away from its launch in midOctober. The trading system
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon Jardine completes share buyback
        138 8 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Jardine Matheson Holdings, whose businesses include hotels, property and trading, has concluded its US$9O9 million (551.58 billion) share buyback offer, after extending the size a second time to accommodate demand. The company said it has bought all 165.2 million shares offered by holders, at
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        Lock icon Raffles City signs Andersen Consulting
        61 8 RAFFLES Holdings said wholly-owned subsidiary Raffles City (Pte) Ltd has signed on Andersen Consulting as a major tenant, taking up six floors of office space in the 42 storey Raffles City Tower. The world's leading management and technology consulting firm is expected to move into
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        Lock icon Dairy Farm, Apex to work together
        64 8 Reuters HONGKONG-BASED food and drugs retailer Dairy Farm International Holdings said yesterday it and Apex Pharmacy International would sign a collaborative agreement involving their Singapore drugstore operations. Dairy Farm would not elaborate on the plans, but said it would offer details on the arrangement
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        Lock icon Brent erode contract goes electronic
        35 8 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) Derivatives Trading said its Brent crude futures contract will be traded on its electronic trading platform SGX-ETS from Sep 28, migrating from the open outcry system.
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        Lock icon Tai Sin profit takes plunge
        56 8 TAI Sin Electric suffered a 91.6 per cent plunge in net profits to $114,000 for the year to June 30, despite a 20.8 per cent rise in turnover to $29.5 million, Earnings per share was slashed from 0.83 cents to 0.06 cents. A dividend of
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        Lock icon Jacks Int'l interim dives to $100,000
        90 8 JACKS International reported a 90 per cent drop in net profits to $100,000 for the half year ended July 31. Turnover dipped 9 per cent to $213.7 million. Earnings per share tumbled from 3.33 cents to 0.07 cents, while net tangible assets per share
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        Lock icon Armstrong posts lower H1 earnings
        46 8 ARMSTRONG Industrial Corp's net profits fell 77.4 per cent to $189,000 for the six months to June 30. Revenue edged up 9.1 per cent to $31.4 million. Earnings per share declined from 0.42 cents to 0.07 cents. No dividend was declared.
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        Lock icon CSC plunges into red at half time
        78 8 CSC Holdings plunged into the red with a $2.7 million net loss for the half year ended June 30. For the previous six months, it had reported a modest $273,000 in net profits. Turnover fell 17 per cent to $25.5 million. Loss per
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        Lock icon TMC six-month gain slips 39%
        54 8 TMC International Holdings, which conducts computing and business courses, suffered a 39.4 per cent fall in net profits to $362,000 for the six months to June 30. Turnover dipped 3.9 per cent to $4.8 million. Earnings per share decreased from 0.66 cents to 0.34 cents.
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        Lock icon Ultro issues profit warning
        64 8 AFX-Asia ULTRO Technologies, issuing a profit warning, said its year to June results will be lower than that in the previous year. In a statement, the company said that after holding talks with its auditors, it has decided to adopt a "prudent and conservative position" in
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        Lock icon Rawmart's multi-language e-exchange
        30 8 RAWMART.COM Inc said it has launched a multi-language electronic exchange for the US$4 trillion (Ss7 trillion) global raw materials industry. Rawmart.com is an initiative of Noble Group
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      299 5 Just a glance at Nissan Cefiro's power styling causes envy to other car owners. Imagine then, being in control of this beauty that's ripped through the rankings and remains unchallenged as Singapore's best-selling 2-litre car.* In a comprehensive all-round comparative performance test by Road Track magazine (May 2000), Cefiro beat
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      542 6 Stocks Volume SngTel 15c 8,700.000 NOL 8,132,000 Liang Huat 10c 6,344,000 Eastern Asia 5,185,000 IPCO 20c 4,508,000 Leong Hin 20c 3,980,000 NewWave 5c 3,749,000 Unisteel 5c 3,545,000 GMG Global 5c 3,446,000 NatElec 10c 3,343,000 Stocks DBS Grp 40,486,631 Chart Semiconductor 26c 30,555,057 PacificCentury 38,363,400 SPH 35.380.594 VentureMfg25c 27,156,123 OCBC 22,881,098
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      Lock icon Steady Wall St, positive news give STI first rise in 15 days
      561 6  -  l-l i comment STOCKS r.sivanithy Because wall street did not collapse as feared on Friday, the entire region rebounded yesterday, resulting in buying interest returning to the local stock market. News the US government will release 30 million
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      Lock icon Merrill's Pac Century covered wrt fails to move
      191 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy THOSE who have been keeping an eye on Merrill Lynch's covered call on Pacific Century must surely be mystified by its behaviour yesterday the shares Jumped $1 but the warrant gained only half a cent. For a
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      Lock icon NOL sees build-up in liquidity
      236 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of Neptune Orient Lines rebounded strongly yesterday as the market cheered its five-fold leap in interim earnings. The stock was among the top gainers, adding lkcents or 7.5 per cent to $1.58. A total of 8.13 million shares
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      157 6 ♦AUSSINO.COM Group is going ex-dividend (final dividend of 2.3 cents tax exempt) on Nov 13. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is Nov 16. Date payable is Nov 28. ♦JAYA Holdings is going ex-dividend (final dividend of 0.7 cent tax exempt) on Nov 28. Last day
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  • MAIL bag
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      411 9  -  AGENCY FEES FOR HDB RESALE FLATS Chan Heng Long Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the HDB's letter Agency fees not regulated: HDB', (Mailbag, Sept 23) and Samuel Heng's letter HDB should ban commission levied on buyers' (Mailbag, Sept 23). I share Mr Heng's concern
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      Lock icon Place people's interest first
      144 9  -  Christina Yong Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the letter from HDB, "Agency fees not regulated" (Mailbag, Sept 23) and several readers' letters on the same subject. Although the engagement of an agent by a buyer may be a private contractual agreement, the interest of HDB
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      Lock icon No buyer fees in private property mart
      285 9  -  Tham Kok Heng Singapore, via Internet I REFER to HDB's letter, "Agency fees not regulated", (BT, Sept 23), and several readers' letters on buyers' commission. It is pertinent to ask whether such commission should be paid, given that the practice ceased long ago
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      Lock icon Ban commission from the buyer
      398 9  -  Ng Cheng Teck Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the letter from the HDB, "Agency fees not regulated" (Mailbag, Sept 23) and those from several other readers on the same subject. At least, we all know now that the HDB resale commission is not regulated
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      Lock icon Moral obligation to ensure fair market practice
      433 9  -  Kevin Mah Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the letter "HDB should ban commission levied on buyers" (Mailbag, Sept 23). I agree with Samuel Heng's suggestion to ban the commission levied on buyers. Several years ago, I was misled by an agent who
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  • LIFE science
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      248 10 I 2.9°/ (6 months' tenure, SS3OOO min. deposit) I The good news is, finatiQ's fixed deposit rate is higher than most out there. The great news is, it can get even higher. Thanks to our unique pooling system, the more funds we collect during the open period*, the higher the
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Upgrading plans hit by poor refinery margins
      516 11  -  FJflsJstH conference Overcapacity in Asia's refining sector, which is expected to last until 2004, has squeezed refining margins: Caltex CEO By Eugene Low POOR refinery margins caused by high crude oil prices are discouraging much needed major investments in upgrading capacity in Asia,
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      Lock icon SSMC's wafer fab yields first silicon in just 15 mths
      295 11  -  Partners expect to recoup investments in a conple of years lift David Boey SYSTEMS on Silicon Manufacturing Company's (SSMC) new US$l.2 billion (SS2.I billion) wafer fabrication plant has started production after it sprouted on a bare plot of land in
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      Lock icon 10.3% rise in visitor arrivals in Aug
      225 11  -  =1 on the economy visitor arrivals Ityi Audrey Tan THE improving Japanese economy and stronger yen enticed more Japanese tourists to Singapore last month, boosting total visitor arrivals to almost 700.000. Figures released by the Singapore Tourism Board show a 10.3 per cent
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon KepLand and the dominant industry theory
      527 12  -  ■=i comment PROPERTY In an age where size matters, the property company will find It difficult to resist being taken over by the soon-to-be-formed Capita Land lee han shih IN the beginning there is Keppel Land, which everyone calls KepLand. Then DBS Land and
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      Lock icon Good-class bungalow site off Lornie Rd for sale
      209 13 A GOOD-CLASS bungalow site off Lornie Road is up for tender with an expected price of $16 million or $350 per square foot of land area. The freehold plot at 26 Olive Road covers 45,275 sq ft and is owned by a
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      Lock icon Weekend residential sales poor
      432 13  -  Habitat does relatively well with Century Woods landed-housing project, selling 15 of 45 nnits on offer By Kalpana Rashiwala RESIDENTIAL projects posted generally poor sales at the weekend, with buyers cautious amid the damper the oil shortage put on the stock market last week. One of
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      802 14  -  iiTT^ bottom line OPINION tye kim khiat The writer is a BT copy editor based in Melbourne WHAT ails the Aussie? The currency, that is. If you were an ostrich (numerous farms breed the bird here), a natural reflex you guessed as much
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      97 14 'Asia at the margin is a producer of goods for the world and if you have global oil prices rising as they have, it's an effective tax on Asian manufacturers.' -KerrNeUaon who helps manage US$l.4 billion (552.45 billion)at Platinum Asset Management in Sydney. 'Vote for gridlock. It's
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      619 14 EDITORIAL THE 22 per cent singleday collapse of the stock of US chip-maker Intel last week —which sent shudders through a number of Asian markets —was yet another reminder of how hazardous the market for technology stocks has become. The Intel sell-off did not have
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      1065 14  -  Labour trails Tories in polls after bungled leadership over fnel crisis and on concerns over sleaze By\ Neil Behrmann The writer is BT's London correspondent NEW Labour's political fortunes have changed dramatically in only 10 days. The result is that Britain's
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      789 14  -  COMMENTARY By' Thomas Friedman The writer is a New York Times columnist NYT [TOKYO] If you come to Japan you can glimpse the future. It's all thumbs. Japan is being swept these days by a craze known as DoCoMo. A DoCoMo is
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      Lock icon RHB Capital buys three brokerages
      432 15 KUALA LUMPUR It will separate brokerage business from commercial lending arm Bloomberg RHB Capital Bhd, owner of Malaysia's number three bank, said it is buying three stock brokerages for at least RM66B million (Ss3l7 million) and separate its brokerage business from its commercial lending arm.
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      421 15 KUALA LUMPUR It'll invest USsloom in Nexus Naga Casino Resorts ARISTON Sdn Bhd, a company controlled by Petaling Tin's president Chen Lip Keong, plans to invest USSIOO million (Ssl7s million) to develop an integrated complex in Cambodia where Naga Resorts Casinos Ltd (NRCL) will
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        84 15 TENAGA Nasional Bhd, Malaysia's largest power company, fell 20 sen, or 1.7 per cent, to RM11.70. Petronas Gas, the gas distribution unit of Petroliam Nasional Bhd, the state oil company, plans to increase the price of natural gas it charges Tenaga by 20 per
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        60 15 Compiled from Bloomberg SEMICONDUCTOR companies rose as investors bet their decline last week made them cheap relative to potential earnings. Malaysian Pacific Industries Bhd, the country's largest publicly traded chipmaker, rose RMI.BO, or 7.4 per cent, to RM26. The stock fell 15 per cent on Friday. Rival
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      70 15 [KUALA LUMPUR] A worker checking a replica of a prominent Malaysia landmark, the Putra Mosque, at Mini Malaysia yesterday. Mini Malaysia is part of the new three billion ringgit (551.35 billion) E- Village in Dengkil, south of Ku&j 0 tf Lumpur. Malaysia this month unveiled a high-technology,
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      128 15 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia THE prices of goods will be monitored daily, with weekly reports will be submitted to the Cabinet to keep the government informed on price increases, the New Straits Times reported yesterday, citing Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. The government
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      1603 16  -  Keen to keep up with best international practice, MTI has adopted a more forthcoming attitude to official economic data, awhateo reports ANNA TEO FOR economists covering Singapore, the challenges of tracking a small, open economy have not diminished, but in at least one area
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      547 16 THE availability and timeliness of Singapore's economic data have improved in recent years, but there are still gaps to close, economists say. Tan Kong Yam, the Ministry of Trade Industry's chief economist, throws the ball back into their court: The private sector, particularly
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      591 17 JAKARTA Former dictator has been sent another summons to appear at Thursday's trial AFP, AP FORMER president Suharto may be forced to appear at his corruption trial if the panel of judges makes the demand, Indonesia's top prosecutor said yesterday. "It
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      367 17 MANILA Lncio Tan has approached EVA Airways, Brunei Reuters PHILIPPINE President Joseph Estrada said yesterday tycoon Lucio Tan is ready to give up his majority stake in Philippine Airlines as he is losing millions of pesos a day in the flag carrier. Mr
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      Lock icon Baht planner made assistant governor
      104 17 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Bandid Nijathaworn, who helped direct Thailand's failed defence of the baht in 1997, was promoted by the central bank to the post of assistant governor, effective from Oct 1. Mr Bandid, who had been in charge of the central bank's unit for northern
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  • SYDNEY 2000
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      Lock icon It's the Cathy Freeman show
      1082 18 Her win is more than just an Aussie track victory, she's a symbol of reconciliation between white and black Australians Reuters, AP Aboriginal athlete Cathy Freeman warmed a nation's hearts and scored one of Australia's greatest victories of the Sydney Olympics yesterday when she won
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      475 18 AFP MICHAEL Johnson turned from greatness into a living legend when he became the first man to successfully defend the Olympic 400 metres title here yesterday. The 33-year-old, already one of the greatest athletes in the sport's history thanks to his 400m-200m double at Atlanta four years
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      442 18 m TENNIS Reuters ALL-CONQUERING American Venus Williams and 18-year-old Elena Dementieva of Russia won their Olympic tennis semifinals yesterday and will now face off in the final tomorrow. Williams moved to within one match of completing a golden season in grand style by beating
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      287 18 GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL United States 23 14 21 58 China 21 14 13 48 Russia 14 14 19 47 Australia 12 20 11 43 France 12 13 6 31 Italy 11 6 11 28 Romania 10 4 5 19 Netherlands 7 5
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      419 18 AFP, AP CATHY Freeman yesterday surged to an emotional victory in the Olympic 400-metre event, the first individual Olympic title ever earned by an Aborigine, making her the darling of all Australia. "I couldn't wait to cross the iine to end four years of
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      492 18 ■HOCKEY India, Pakistan and South Korea are one win away from semis AFP ASIAN men's hockey gets a chance to create Olympic history and regain it's former glory when the last round of preliminary' matches are played today. India, Pakistan and South Korea are all
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  • e-NEWS
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      345 19 TOKYO Alliance will help DoCoMo win big chunk of global nextgeneration cell phone market Reuters NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's leading mobile phone carrier will take a 43 per cent stake in America Online's Japan unit through a US$l2O million (Ss2lo million)
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      304 19 LONDON Reuters MODELS step down the runway, their angular bodies strapped with curious communications gear that makes them look like humanoids from a science fiction fantasy. Their expressions are vacant. They wear featureless clothes that hug the body and exaggerated accessories a badge, a monoglass
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      Lock icon Motorola, Palm to develop mobile smart phones
      325 20 SCHAUMBURG It can access e-mail and store calendars, databases Reuters THE world's No 2 mobile phone maker Motorola Inc and hand-held computer maker Palm Inc agreed to jointly develop co-branded mobile smart phones that provide access to e-mail and can store calendars and
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      215 20 SANTA CLARA, California Bloomberg INTEL Corp was yesterday scheduled to introduce three new processors for laptops, as the No 1 computer chip maker faces increasing competition from rival Transmeta Corp in the market for lowpower chips. The chips are two versions of the Pentium
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      Lock icon IBM to be supplier to China Net builder
      211 20 ARMONK, New York It signs deal with Hnawei to snpply chips, components Bloomberg INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp, the world's largest computer maker, said it will be the prime supplier of advanced chips and components to the main builder of China's Internet system.
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        Lock icon Sony laptop to have ExciteAtHome demo
        84 20 Reuters [REDWOOD CITY, California] ExciteAtHome Corp said yesterday it had reached an agreement with Sony Corp to include a demonstration version of the ExciteAtHome high-speed Internet service on Sony Electronic's new H Vaio laptop computer, scheduled to be introduced this autumn. The demonstration will
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        Lock icon Fujitsu to use Transmeta processor
        83 20 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Fujitsu Ltd, Japan's largest computer maker, said it would begin selling notebook computers using Transmeta Corp's processor, which the computer maker says helps double battery life to as much as eight hours. Fujitsu said it had chosen Transmeta's Crusoe chip for a line
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        Lock icon Microsoft services for hand-held devices
        66 20 Reuters [SEATTLE] Microsoft Corp yesterday unveiled new services and products aimed at makers of hand-held computers and computerised appliances, saying it would help bring such devices in line with its sweeping new Internet strategy. Microsoft, known for its Windows computer operating system, also makes stripped-down
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      Lock icon China to issue rules on foreign investment in telecoms sector
      524 21 BEIJING Permission will be given to those able to go the long haul Reuters CHINA announced yesterday it will soon issue rules opening its guarded telecommunications sector to foreign investors, but said permission would be restricted to investors capable of
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      Lock icon Hitic misses bond interest payment
      104 21 TOKYO Bloomberg HAINAN International Trust Investment Corp (Hitic), the investment arm of China's Hainan province, missed a payment on one of its bonds, the third time the firm has been behind in a debt payment since June. The firm was due Sunday to pay interest
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      347 21  -  HK$ cheques presented in Gnangdong will be cleared in 2 working days From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG has further improved its currency settlement system this time significantly cutting the processing time for Hongkong dollar cheques presented in the mainland province of Guangdong.
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Bush's surge in polls due to women voters?
      533 23 Poll shows he's made inroads on key Democratic constituency AFP [WASHINGTON] George W Bush had made inroads on a key Democratic constituency, gaining 10 points among women voters since the middle of last week, a poll released on Sunday showed. The poll
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      564 23 Realising the importance of being heard, they are getting more involved AFP [SAN FRANCISCO] INDIAN immigrants and people of Indian descent at the forefront of Silicon Valley's economic growth are embracing the political clout that goes with financial and professional success. As their prowess
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      582 27 PRAGUE IMF panel also agrees on need for 'reasonable' oil prices, market stability AFP, Bloomberg OIL producers and consumers on an IMF panel struck an agreement here on Sunday on the need to boost production and promote market stability, IMF officials
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      Lock icon Keep troops even if Asian tensions abate: Clinton
      321 27 WASHINGTON AFP PRESIDENT Bill Clinton cautioned on Sunday against reducing the US military presence in Asia even if North and South Korea make progress towards normalising relations and China continues on the path of reform. "If tensions between North and South Korea
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      Lock icon IMF to raise charges, limit lending scope
      408 27 PRAGUE Panel okays changes meant to help emergency bailouts and mollify critics Bloomberg THE International Monetary Fund's policy-making body has endorsed a plan for the lender to increase charges on billions of dollars of loans and seek faster repayment so it will have
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      Lock icon LSE says OM bid an attempt to buy it on the cheap
      637 28 LONDON It says OM offers no clear benefits, would impose unknown switching costs Reuters, Bloomberg THE London Stock Exchange (LSE) failed to counter OM Gruppen's hostile bid with a strategic alternative in its formal defence document issued yesterday,
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      Lock icon German power firm RWE to buy Thames Water for £6.7b
      328 28 ESSEN, Germany It'll help RWE treble water customers, offset earnings fall Bloomberg RWE AG, Germany's biggest power company, agreed to buy the UK's Thames Water for £6.7 billion (Ssl7 billion) in cash and assumed debt, adding the world's No 3
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      58 28 [TOKYO] American model Brieanne Cameron wearing a pair of 68 carat diamond Marilyn Monroe memorabilia earrings at the opening of Harry Winston's new Tokyo shop yesterday. In the foreground is a Winston Falcon which is made of 3.2 kg 18 karat gold with a 101
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      302 28 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korea's government got tough yesterday in its campaign to enforce economic reforms, condemning one construction firm to bankruptcy and warning two investment trusts to change their ways. The government has launched a second round of reforms in a move to ease market
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      Lock icon Safra brother opens private bank in Geneva
      249 28 GENEVA Reuters THE famous Safra name has returned to Geneva's exclusive world of private banking with a new bank opened by Joseph Safra. the brother of Lebanese-born banker Edmond Safra who died in a fire last year. Senior officials at Joseph Safra's new
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      305 30  -  SGX Derivatives Tradingßeport ST Index/MSCISTpore Index Lau Chee Keong Rtfco Singapore THE Singapore Straits Times Index finally ended its 14 day, decline yesterday. Lower oil prices and a stronger euro triggered the buying of Singapore stocks on optimism that the news would spur growth
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      245 30  -  MS& Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE Taiwan stock market rose yesterday after the world's most powerful central banks acted in concert to prop up the Euro and oil prices sank after a US decision to tap its strategic oil reserves. The MSCI
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      Lock icon M'sian palm oil futures prices fall in thin trade
      198 30 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian palm oil futures resumed their fall yesterday after gains in the previous session, due to liquidation by players worried about a further build up in domestic stocks. Prices fell to the lowest level in nearly seven years
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      324 30 Reuters London THE euro was steady against the dollar yesterday amid lingering fears that the Group of Seven nations will repeat last week's concerted intervention to prop up the single currency. While traders said they remained unconvinced that the euro had found a floor, they were reluctant to
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      2864 31 HONGKONG AFP Q Hang Seng +816.07 HONGKONG share prices soared 5.6 per cent yesterday on bargain hunting following last week's sharp losses, buoyed by stronger US stocks, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 816.07 points to close at 15,428.95
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      2029 31 TOKTO AFP Q Nikkei 225 +174.65 SHARE prices in Tokyo gained 1.1 per cent yesterday after the Group of Seven nations warned against high oil prices and a weak euro, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei225 index rose 174.65 points
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      1032 31 Reuters HShenzhen B Index +L10 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed mixed in cautious trade yesterday after heavy declines last week sidelined most investors. The Shenzhen B market ended slightly higher, helped up by a technical rebound on the neighbouring Hongkong stock market. The Shenzhen B index closed up
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      362 31 AFP QWP Index +65.37 TAIWAN shares rebounded one per cent yesterday on buying of Financial shares by bargain hunters and government funds, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 65.37 points to 6,677.46. Yesterday's turnover of NT$72.16 billion was lower than NT$74.79 billion on Friday. "Bargain-hunting
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      447 32 AFP n Composite Index -3.96 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.5 per cent lower yesterday in thin volume, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 3.96 points to finish at 735.61 points, off a low of 730.43. The Second Board Index closed
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      312 33 AFP Q Composite Index +3L38 SOUTH Korean shares surged 5.6 per cent yesterday with the index up 31.38 points to 584.63. Volume was 326 million shares worth 1.87 trillion won. —AFP S«*2S J AnamSem. 6520 220 Brim TKD 680 15 Central Balk -W90 450 CheilConun -***** 1300 Dw Gu
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      270 33 AFP, Reuters n Composite Index +156 PHILIPPINE share prices ended up 0.3 per cent yesterday with the Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index up 3.56 points at 1,424.17. Turnover totalled 330.8 million pesos with 27 stocks advancing, 32 declining and 34 remaining unchanged. S»p2S Peso COOO) MRC Allied .0.40 0.02
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      260 33 AFP QNZSE-40 +1234 NEW Zealand's stock market rose 0.6 per cent yesterday after fears of Intel-inspired sharp falls in the US failed to eventuate, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 12.34 points to 1,986.98 points. Turnover was NZ574.7 million. AFP Ufli us 000) Advantage HDS 1.93 0.14 342
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      557 33 AFP QAD Ordinaries +23iJ AUSTRALIAN shares rose 0.8 per cent yesterday, with the banking and media sector leading a rally that ended a string of losses on the bourse. The All Ordinaries index rose 23.8 points to 3,167.3 points while the SP/ASX 200 index gained 26.7 points to 3,215.3.
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      751 33 AFP P SET Into +&11 THAI stocks added 2.2 per cent yesterday in line with gains on regional markets which were mostly bolstered by the lower price of crude oil, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index added 6.11 points to close at 280.25 while the
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      718 33 AFP fl Composite Index >198 INDONESIAN share prices closed one per cent higher yesterday as profit-taking in select large companies offset earlier rises fuelled by stronger regional markets, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 3.98 points at 410.90 off a high of 415.14, on 312.7
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      1641 36  -  Should you fast forward or go back to basics and start from there? STEVE HINGE suggests the pace of change in our "global village" provides compelling reasons for managers to adopt simple but sound management basics and execute them well STEVE HINGE The writer is a lecturer of Henley
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      145 37 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose one point to 1,738, the Baltic Handy Index (BHI) firmed two points to 1,186 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) gained 11 points to 2,375, while the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) fell 10 points to 1,663. At 1217 GMT, Biffex was
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      297 37 sex *000 SepH SS W CWT Distribution 0.63 -0.01 33 ChuanHup 0.36 0.01 1231 Cosco Investment 0.17 unch 215 Freiqht Links 0.15 -0.01 389 OB Holdings 0.60 unch 5 Hai Sun Hup 0.36 0.02 622 IMC Hoidinqs-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya Hoidinqs 0.16 -0.01 576 Keppei Corp 3.58
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      475 37  -  Those that qualify for incentive scheme will undergo fewer inspections By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The US Coast Guard is to reward high quality ships under an incentive programme in a bid to eliminate substandard shipping. The incentives wil be introduced under its Port
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      43 37 [CALAIS] The Princess Margaret hovercraft, one of the world's biggest, leaves the Calais hoverport enroutefor Dover. The Princess Ann and Princess Margaret hovercrafts will fly 3 cm over the English Channel for the last time this Saturday. AFP
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      212 37 [LONDON] The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has won the 1999 Standard Ship Emergency Exercise Award from classification society Lloyd's Register. The award, launched in 1996, is given by LR's Ship Emergency Response Service (SERS) in recognition of a commitment to emergency preparedness through
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      217 37 (SINGAPORE] PSA Corp yesterday launched Shippers' Corner, a new e-site hosting a suite of services for shippers, jointly with the Singapore National Shippers' Council (SNSC). It is located on the websites of both PSA Corp and Portnet.com, PSA's e-com merce arm. Shippers' Corner comprises
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        929 38 US attempt to make foreign carriers pay tax on the US part of their activities raises outcry from operators Journal of Commerce [WASHINGTON] Most ship ping people have never heard of Section 883 of the Internal Revenue Code of the US. But the relatively obscure legal
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        620 49 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure 6 Jmm *M4 25/09/0:05 2V09/»*0 Bt Sukrt T2 ***** J01 25/09/7:35 25/09/15*0 B JSL |f ***** J01 25/09/7:30 25/09/20:00 %S00 J03 25/09/7:10 2V09/20*0 Bt B SeU I ***** J01 25/09/8:10 25/09/15:00 Bt Bertat $4 ***** J01 25/09/8*0 2V09/15:00 C SUCCKS 25S«p J»
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        1751 49 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND La CARGO Boohing/Balance Rstls Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Period From To from AC I DAHLIA 0268 24/23:00 II 24/1500 24/1459 24/1900 2A 2V1700 25/0459 25/0900 It 24/1700 25/0459 25/0900 3 25/0700 25/H59 25/1400 4 25/1200 25/1459 25/1700 ACI RAFFLES 042A 24/13M 24ffi00
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        176 49 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 0 Hong Kong: Chifng Yeung Festival. Oct 9 Canada: Thanksgiving Day. USA: Columbus Day. Oct 10 Japan: Health Sports Day. Taiwan:
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        791 49 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 indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        441 49 Carton 180 MM W0.7 0.9 15.4 0.09 77 0.04 S* 21 PmsItT t25 7 0 5 12.2 0.07 32 0.02 380 Mai 9911 6.9 0.17 64 0.05 y/y M/W MAI >w ■»**»< Wo above G35 n jjj jj o£ USA Cult jo*. J" S a Spet
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        589 50 Modified plane will be suitable for airlines seeking aircraft for purely regional operations Bloomberg [SINGAPORE) Airbus Industrie is studying the feasibility of building a lighter version of its proposed A 330-500 jet to meet demands of key Asian customers,
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        208 50 THAI AIRWAYS 1992 CRASH AFP [TOKYO] A Japanese court ordered Thai Airways International Monday to pay nearly U*****,000 (*****,000) to the family of a Japanese victim of a 1992 plane crash in Nepal, a court official said. "The Tokyo District Court today ordered Thai
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        543 50 Bloomberg [MANILA] Taiwan and the Philippines are set to sign an agreement today to restore direct flights between the two countries and allow Taiwanese airlines to fly passengers from the Philippines to third countries. The signing of the pact, which ends
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        355 50 Carrier will not contest conrt decision on crash off California in Jan Reuters [SEATTLE] Alaska Airlines said it has offered to pay any compensatory awards to families suing over the deaths of 88 people who died when Flight 261 crashed off the
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        231 50 Chidren were allowed to sit on parents 9 laps on domestic flight Bloomberg [SEOUL] Asiana Airlines, Korea's second-largest airline, said it penalised three employees for allowing more passengers than permitted aboard a domestic flight during peak season. The workers in Kangnung, a coastal
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        272 50 Reuters [BRUSSELS] There were flight cancellations and delays at Brussels airport as a 24-hour strike by ground staff and firemen reduced the number of runways available to one, national airline Sabena said yesterday. Sabena, a subsidiary of SAirGroup, said in a
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      644 37 Singapore Airlines has W announced the appointment of three new board members: /i jn Fock Slew Wah (chairman of A the Land Transport Authority); Ho Kwon Ping (chairman of the IBiHBH P^HBr^i Wah Chang/Thai Wah Group) FockSiewWah Ho Kwon Ping Dawnder Singh and Davtndar Singh (managing partner in the law
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      796 38 jnes services represented by Members of tbe Registry of fejESsSI/ Accredited Shipping Agents, Ng«n 2S Singapore Shipping Association Members of tbe Singapore Logistics Association ULY UNE MALE VESSEL VOY Tlu Tlu ETA P. KLANG SPORE MALE Empress Lily VOBOO 03/10 05/10 12/10 Princess Lily VO7OO 18/10 20/10 28/10 Empress Lily
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