The Business Times, 27 September 2000

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    11 1 ftffiBUSINESSTlMES MITA 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
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    72 1 □sn 1989.48 (+11.88) BT-SRI 78L19 (+12.00) ST INDEX FOTTJIES 200L00 (+4.00) smsci FOTUBES 257.70 (-0.30) STOCK MASKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP ***** -0.07 NIKKEI 225 15.***** -6418 RANG SENG -138.10 SET INDEX ***** +1.83 JAKARTA COMP ***** +495 MANILA COMP _.1.426.17__+100 TAIPEI WPI 6,749.03 +7157 SEOUL COMP
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    73 1 FOREX KATES us$ s$ l!S$ 1-745 £fl'SS/S$ per 1.467 2.542 EURO(US$/S$/E) 0577 1531 DM 2.229 1578 YEN 107.4 61.60 RM 3iW0 2.178 HKS 7.799 4.470 BAHT 42.52 2457 RUPIAH 8,853 5,074 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 Kl AL<\ LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA JS9.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 1100 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI 7.84
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Dotcom layoffs hit a high in US
    692 1  -  Singapore-connected dotcoms appear to be coping with the pressure so far By. Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley WITH both private and public funding drying up, dotcoms in the US laid off more staff in the last month than in any other month since
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    Lock icon DBS Land's Ed Ng to lose board seat after merger
    464 1  -  By] Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] DBS Land president anc group chief executive officer (CEO) Ec Ng will lose his board directorship when the company is merged witn Pidemco Land to form Capita Land So toe will three other members on DBS
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    Lock icon Tommy Suharto gets 18 months for land scam
    486 1 AFP [JAKARTA] The Indonesian Supreme Court has ruled that the youngest son of former president Suharto and a business colleague be jailed for 18 months over a land scam involving the National Logistic Agency (Bulog), a lawyer said yesterday "That is what
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    Lock icon DBS launches deposit account for lower income group
    998 1  -  By i Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank yesterday introduced a special deposit account that pays 4 per cent for its lower income customers and said it expects 400.000 takers The account, a five-year fixed deposit account of $500. is open only
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      85 1 INSIDE BT Comment Paul Thompson on transparency and corporate governance. Pg 8 Top Stories 90-minute train ride to link Kuala Lumpur to Singapore this is what Express Rail Link is offering. Next Page Desperate days for Thai brokers: Ayudhya Securities to cut commissions to zero to attract new customers. Pg
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      241 1 Singapore's August Rjchard Han of ThaMand s St industrial output f Jffto Hana Microelectronics tells 20 5% how he turned around his j r w father's company -Eye on the Economy P 9 10 C£Q Speaks Pg 36 f 4 oub slashes home loan rates again Question: What do fW
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      8 1 Tight security for Suharto trial tomorrow, Pg 17
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      Lock icon KL-S'pore in 90 mins by rail – plan under study
      633 2  - KL-S'pore in 90 mins by rail plan under study Extension to Republic may cost an additional RMl5b-RM2Ob to build t'Yom Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur A 90-MINUTE train ride to link Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. This is what Express Rail Link (ERL), builders of the rail connection between KL
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      Lock icon SIA flies past others as world's most admired airline
      681 2  -  It's also ranked best Asian firm outside Japan by Hay for Fortune Ifyi Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines has emerged as the world's most admired airline and the best company in Asia outside Japan. The year 2000 Global Most Admired
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Not just any product
        146 2 THE media turned up in force at DBS Bank yesterday to hear chairman S Dhanabalan introduce a product. Of course it wasn't just any product but one to help its lower-income customers who are affected when the bank introduced charges and minimum balance requirements. So when
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        Lock icon Having the last say
        145 2 "IN lieu of flowers, Vote Bush", read a recent obituary for James Fete of Canton, Ohio, well-known for his outspoken political views. According to his eldest son James, Fete was "anti-Gore and really anti-Clinton", the AFP news service reported a local paper as saying. Fete, in
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        Lock icon Soothing discounts
        73 2 A HEALTH spa (euphemism for massage parlour) in lavender Street has this offer for its patrons (euphemism for customers), who are invariably all-male. "The more you come, the cheaper you pay," screams its advertisement in The New Paper. It also tells you to "relax in the hands of
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon 4 more broking houses reveal commissions
      520 4  -  Rates generally start at 0.5% for the small trades, bat are lower for bigger ones Hy Vivien Ng, Andrea Tan FOUR more broking houses have revealed their new commission structures, which are mostly similar to those announced last week by Kim Eng Securities and
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      Lock icon DBS Land shareholders to vote on Pidemco merger on Oct 18
      821 4  -  DBS LAND-PIDEMCO MERGER It sends oat 314-page document to explain merger, strategy lieports by Kalpana Rashiwala OCTOBER 18 will be the date when DBS shareholders vote on the proposed merger with Pidemco to form CapitaSouth east Asia's largest listed
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      Lock icon Pidemco stock options: Liew has largest number
      408 4  -  Together, 12 directors have 2.18 million share options Ifyi Andrea Tan PIDEMCO Land president Liew Mun Leong has by far the largest pile of the property group's share options, with some 1.077 million units. The options, with an exercise price of $2.54, could
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      Lock icon Independent shareholders to decide on Ascott merger
      390 4 AT DBS Land's extraordinary general meeting to vote on the proposed merger with Pidemco, DBS Land independent shareholders will also decide how the company should vote its 169.8 million Ascott shares at a separate EGM to be held later by Ascott to vote
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      Lock icon UE earnings up 10% at half-time despite slight fall in turnover
      347 7  -  It says fall-year results are set to beat last year's performance dne to a fuller order book By David Boey UNITED Engineers Ltd, a mainboard-listed investment holding and real estate company, said its interim profits rose 10 per cent
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      Lock icon Eu Yan Sang profit up 44% to $5.8m
      236 7  -  Group's fall-year turnover also rises 12% to $72m By' Tay Hong Seng NEWLY listed Chinese medicine group Eu Yan Sang International has reported a 44 per cent increase in net profit to $5.76 million for the year to June 30 on a
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      Lock icon Late interim profit falls 8% to US$16m
      269 7  -  By 1 Tang Weng Fai MAINBOARD-LISTED Lafe Technology yesterday announced an 8 per cent fall in interim net profit to U5516.42 million (5528.6 million) on an 11 per cent drop in turnover to U5580.33 million. The group expects to at least maintain the
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      Lock icon Adroit back in the black with $1.8m profit
      405 7  -  Ityl Andrew Wee MAINBOARD-LISTED Adroit Innovations yesterday said it turned in net profit of $1.82 million for the financial year ended June 30 and also announced its new e-commerce logistics service. Adroit returned to profitability from a $1.24 million loss in the
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      Lock icon Transparency and corporate governance
      890 8  -  HocKimmmt paul thompson AT a recent seminar on "Corporate Governance and Value Creation", Sing Tel chairman Koh Boon Hwee rocked the audience with his opening address. He said while standards of corporate governance in Singapore had come a long way, "it still lags the US and
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      Lock icon LJL to list LJ Tech in major revamp
      325 8 Power generation, engineering, distribution will come nnder unit ENGINEERING firm Linde-teves-Jacoberg Ltd (LJL) yesterday announced a major restructure that will spin off one of its companies for a separate listing. The plan calls for the reorganisation of the group's power generation, engineering
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      Lock icon SGX releases guidelines for trading on the Net
      296 8  -  By' Vivien Ng THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) said yesterday it has accepted guidelines for online trading practices drafted by the Internet Working Group. The group was formed by the SGX and the Monetary Authority of Singapore to ensure the online infrastructure of
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      Lock icon Frontline to sell 70% of IPO shares to investors outside S'pore
      402 9  -  Move to create strong brand awareness as it also eyes a Nasdaq listing By David Boey LEADING e-services provider Frontline Technologies Corporation said yesterday more than 70 per cent of its initial public offr shares will be sold to
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon MAE interim profit up 129%
        63 9 MAE Engineering's interim net earnings surged 129 per cent to $702,000, from $307,000, thanks to increased business for its unit Aquarium Specialist Work. Turnover rose 4per cent to $27.1 million for the six months to June 30. At that date, MAE had $75 million of
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        Lock icon SM Summit H1 profit down 47%
        105 9 COMPACT disc maker SM Summit suffered a 47 per cent drop in interim earnings to $12 million, from $2.2 million. It blamed this on lower prices for optical storage media and falling contributions from its Australian unit. The bottom line for the six months
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        Lock icon Amara interim flat at $1.7m
        74 9 AMARA Holdings recorded a net profit of $1.7 million for the six months to June 30, a small rise from $1.6 million a year ago. But $967,000 from the sale of a property boosted the bottomline to $2.6 million. Turnover rose 26 per cent to
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        Lock icon Twinwood H1 loss more than doubles
        53 9 TWINWOOD Engineering extended its first-half loss to $1.43 million, from $663,000, due to write-downs of stock and equipment and provisions for legal liability. Turnover rose 30 per cent to $3.97 million. The company expects a weak full-year performance but said it was diversifying into
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        Lock icon NM half-time profit plunges 91%
        75 9 NM Holdings has suffered a 91 per cent fall in interim net profit to $106,000, from $1.2 million last year, no thanks to higher offshore taxes and lower margins. But turnover for the six months to June 30 rose 9.5 per cent to $24.5 million,
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        Lock icon Federal Int'l interim down 21%
        74 9 FEDERAL International has posted a 19 per cent fall in turnover to $35.5 million for the six months to June 30, largely due to delays in the start of new projects in China and Indonesia. Turnover for the same period last year was $43.8 million.
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        Lock icon Dovechem full-year profit up 13.6%
        80 9 DOVECHEM Terminal recorded a 13.6 per cent rise in full-year earnings to $7.5 million, thanks partly to foreign exchange gains and a dividend from its China subsidiary. This was despite a 2 per cent fall in turnover to $69.24 million for the financial year ended
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        Lock icon Goodpack interim rises 13%
        80 9 STRONG growth in its rubber and chemicals and foods business, especially in North America, helped Goodpack chalk up a 13 per cent rise in net earnings to $4.7 million for the half-year to June 30. Recovery of accounts receivables helped boost the bottom line by a
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        Lock icon Alliance Tech deeper in the red
        103 9 ALLIANCE Technology Development sank deeper into the red because of foreign exchange losses. It reported a net loss of $3.6 million for the six months to June 30, compared with a $2.9 million loss in the same period last year. An extraordinary loss of
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        Lock icon Clarification
        100 9 IN our report on Jacks International's interim results yesterday, we said the group's earnings per share fell from 3.33 cents to 0.07 cent, while net tangible assets per share fell from 0.78 cent to 0.13 cent. Jacks has clarified that the numbers are not directly comparable due to a
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      514 6 Storti Volume Golden Agri US10c 22,397,000 QMQ Global 5c 9,642,000 SingTel 15c 7,705,000 NOL 7,325,000 MMIHIdgslOc 6,725,000 Eastern Asia 4,731,000 U06GSeCW*****5 4,484,000 Achieva5c 4,390,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 3,124,000 Ionics P$1.00 Stocks SPH 39,955.660 DBSGrp 36,654.185 PacificCentury 33.382,800 SIA 32.186.116 Chart Semiconductor 26c 31,088,400 JMH US25c 400 22,270.880 OCBC 19.978,900
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      Lock icon Traders switch stocks as market ends mixed
      559 6  -  I^ll comment CO -i 8 CO r. sivanithy A TEPID session in the local stock market yesterday ended with prices mixed, except for a handful of blue chips such as SIA, City Developments and some of the banks. Dealers said the market was
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      148 6 ♦VICPLAS International has signed a subscription agreement on Sept 23 with Lum Chang Securities under which the latter has agreed to subscribe or get subscription for 13 million new ordinary shares of $0.05 par value each in the capital of Vicplas, at $0.23 per new share for an
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      Lock icon Covered wrts: timing seems more important to issuers
      198 6  -  WARRANT WATCH Ky] R Sivanithy SPEAK to covered warrant issuers and they will tell you their activities are cus-tomer-driven. So if there is demand for, say, a warrant on Singapore Airlines at a particular point in time, then by packaging a covered
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      Lock icon SembCorp sliding into oversold zone
      217 6  -  HOT STOCK iw Ven Sreenivasan SEMBCORP Industries stock has crashed through several key support levels in recent weeks, despite a slew of positive news. It finished two cents down at $1.64 yesterday its lowest close since the end of May on volume of 1.85 million.
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      553 6 Arthur Andersen Financial Reporting and Accounting in the United States US GAAP SEC Requirements (19 &20 October 2000.9 am to spm. Goodwood Park Hotel) The US capital markets have the largest pool of investment funds in the world. Its well developed markets—in both equity and debt instruments-and the strong appetite
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      96 6 Grow Your CPF With eiBht Important All applications for units in eight must be made on the application forms accompanying the prospectus Investors must read the prospectus The value of the units and the income from them may fall as well as rise SBl HVSBATV Larry Wee's currencies column appears
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      318 9 g K. 1| a recent study shows that when you I CODDLE I 1| YOUR CUSTOMERS, I Is" ITS your shareholders who feel all H II WARM AND FUZZY. I **> o o •< 2 Jlurturing customers If I full payback on their Siebel investment in S 3 not only
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon August industrial output up 20.5%
      427 10  -  173 3on the economy] Ihji Audrey Tan SINGAPORE'S industrial output jumped a better-than-expected 20.5 per cent year-on-year in August, as electronics manufacturers rode on buoyant global demand to ramp up their production by some 41 per cent. The manufacturing figures released by the Economic Development
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      Lock icon China in WTO: more business for Singapore
      453 10  -  nrr exclusive] S'pore firms have invested USsls.Bb over past 10 years By' Tay Hong Seng SINGAPOREANS will have access to unprecedented trading and investment opportunities in China when it joins the World Trade Organization. The main areas of opportunities will be finance, insurance,
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      Lock icon Life sciences industry hit by inexperience
      293 11  -  Shortage of local researchers main challenge: panel By Eugene Low WHILE Singapore has made significant strides in the development of the life sciences, the local business and venture capital communities' inexperience with molecular biology and biotechnology still poses a hurdle to the growth of
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      Lock icon Emirates oil firm joins Approved Oil Trader league
      305 11  -  By Eugene Low EMIRATES National Oil Company (Enoc) Singapore, which is wholly-owned by the Dubai government, has become the first Middle Eastern national oil company to be awarded Approved Oil Trader (AOT) status by the Trade Development Board (TDB). Enoc Singapore, which
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      Lock icon StarHub cuts cost of IDD calls from its payphones
      178 11 STARHUB yesterday announced it will waive the surcharge for overseas calls made from its payphones. From today till March 31 next year, users of Star Hub's payphone units can enjoy savings of up to 30 cents or an average of 10
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      Lock icon OUB cuts home loan rates again
      500 11  -  Its rates are now in line with the other banks' new rates Ifl/] Ling Su Ann OVERSEAS Union Bank has slashed its home loan rates once again, just three weeks after it initiated a rate cut that sent the other local banks scrambling to
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      17 10 K TODAY®ft lianhe Zaobao Chinese Commercial Attache ESI S'pore-China trade ties: The best is yet to come
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      252 11 "Thought I'd always have a fear of flying" a Wr <wHP r WJTLm r T- 11 k. WB** v ►He wasn't sure where it came from, Lifo j§ Wllclt VOU. lIIcIKC It rea stren doesnt need to make a that reluctance to step into the limelight. big noise' The 3.2
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  • FOOTBALL economics
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      Lock icon Accountants, lawyers and football managers...
      965 12  -  they are all key players in the funny old game of football, writes Paul Thompson Paul Thompson QUESTION: What do accountants, lawyers and football managers have in common? ANSWER: They all have a part to play in team selection. This is not as preposterous as
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      305 12 25 -28 SEPTEMBER 2000 11 AM 6 PM SINGAPORE EXPO, SINGAPORE qt m siti2ooo s?stesiA°2o0 4 0 AIR FILTRATION 4^ WATERTEC CHIMTEC PUR.F.CAT.ON AS.A 2000 sASIA >000 t.vir.wiium r^"Sg3Jg B£Fm6EBJuWU ASIA2OOO n ijr mi IJHj tdb^, f HALLS 3 4 HALL 5 HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: Some 1000 exhibitors from over 40
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Go for details when it comes to insurance
      335 13  -  Michael See Hoe Hock I REFER to the commentary "Go in with eyes wide open" (BT, Sept 15). I took a similar view when I realised the cost involved in a regular invest-ment-linked policy. That was some seven years ago with a
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      Lock icon Redefine your role, property agents
      187 13  -  Yu Mai Tay I REFER to the letter "Internet freaks don't understand the real world" (Mailbag, Sept 20). Traditionally, property agents were the "gatekeeper" of the huge amount of valuable information on property transactions. This gives them a competitive advantage to market their services. However,
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      Lock icon Free rides on MRT for handicapped?
      167 13  -  Alvin Ng I REFER to your column "SMRT Corp missing profit on its doorstep?"(BT, Sept 22). I am visually handicapped and enjoy free bus rides provided by all the bus service providers in Singapore. However, a check with the Singapore Association for the Visually
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      Lock icon Intel warning not company-specific
      118 13  -  Godfrey Tan I REFER to the article "Intel warning may be specific in nature, not industry-wide" (BT, Sept 25). With due respect to the report, I beg to differ from the above assessment whether it is the views of leading industry analysts or is based on
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      Lock icon Time to review tourism strategy
      413 13  -  Albert Lam I REFER to Lee Han Shih's column "The burden of an unrealistic target'' (BT, Aug 22) and Christopher Khoo's Address hotel sector's imbalance holistically" (BT, Aug 31). For three years now, the Singapore Tourism Board has not allowed hotels along Orchard Road to
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      Lock icon Better if Prima returns surplus cash
      146 13  -  Chia Hui Ping I REFER to your article "Controls in treasury deals adequate: Prima", (BT, Sep 21). Prima's assurance that its liquid assets are managed by professional staff is inadequate. Prima says low interest rates in Singapore drove the professional staff to go for
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      39 13 N> 0THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE IS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE > S, \y **?*r a V. are you equipped to take the big leap? of Singapore is the result of the mJ Export Institute of Singapore (EIS) l business community. Enter the new
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon How Indians benefit from McDonald's
      743 14  -  ■rm^ I bottom line OPINION rajendra bajpai The writer is a New Delhi-based journalist who contributes to BT WHEN McDonald's opened its first restaurant in New Delhi four years ago, Nirula's army of loyal customers tamely surrendered to Mcßurgers and McChicken. A lot of people
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      132 14 'I think some of the protests have been helpful in bringing about changes. But they are also worrying. You can destroy overnight what has taken so long to build. Deepa Narayan World Hank employee, on demonstrators who plan to blockade World Hank and International Monetary Fund officials
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      Lock icon The message from HK voters
      630 14 EDITORIAL THE balance of power in the Hongkong Legislative Council remained largely intact after the recent elections, thanks to the complex electoral system designed to do just that Pro-Beijing figures, led by the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hongkong (DAB) and the pro-business Liberal
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      Lock icon Women voters call tune in US presidential race
      1244 14  -  Candidates' most coveted television interview was with Oprah Winfrey, with an audience of 10m By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent REMEMBER the days when US presidential candidates, hoping to win the support and trust of the American people, would
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      930 14 Sharing the gains THERE is no surer sign of economic recovery than a new Federation of Employers' recommendation that Hongkong wages should be raised 2 per cent this year. Twelve months ago it predicted the pay freeze would last until 2001. But, after prolonged austerity, the
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon RHB Sakura shareholders seen as main winners
      471 15 KUALA LUMPUR Gain could be up to 63% on current share prices; RHB gronp plans to reshuffle its banking and stockbr oking assets Reuters SHAREHOLDERS of Malaysia's RHB Sakura Merchant Bankers could be the main winner in a plan by its parent RHB
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      Lock icon Dr M hints he may okay MAS request to up domestic fares
      411 15 KUALA LUMPUR He says govt doesn't want the airline to lose money Bloomberg AFX-Asia MALAYSIA is considering giving the national carrier, Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS), approval to raise its domestic air fares to offset higher fuel costs.
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon RHB Sakura higher on revamp news
        57 15 RHB Sakura Merchant Bankers Bhd posted its biggest one-day gain in nine weeks. The stock rose 11 sen, or 4.7 per cent, to RM2.43. Its parent Rashid Hussain Bhd on Monday unveiled a plan to reorganise its business that will turn RHB Sakura to
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        Lock icon Large-cap stocks close lower
        82 15 Compiled from Bloomberg LARGE-CAPITALISED companies fell as investors deemed similar stocks in other Asian markets as cheap relative to potential earnings. Sime Darby Bhd, the country's oldest diversified company, fell for the first time in three days. The stock declined 2 sen, or 0.5 percent, to
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      Lock icon DRB-Hicom to complete sale of Proton stake in 3 months
      147 15 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg DRB-HICOM Bhd said it expects to complete the sale of its controlling stake in Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton), Malaysia's biggest carmaker, in three months. "Probably, in two to three months time, we should be able to
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      403 15 KUALA LUMPUR Govt wants to find out why stock market's depressed AFP MALAYSIA hopes to achieve a surplus Budget for 2001 after a strong economic performance this year, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. "I think we have done very well
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      165 15 KOTA KINABALU Bernama MALAYSIA'S Anti-Corrup-tion Agency (ACA) is awaiting clearance from the Swiss authorities to investigate the RM76.4 million (5535.06 million) allegedly paid by Perwaja Steel Sdn Bhd to three foreigners and now being kept in bank accounts in that country. ACA
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      550 17 JAKARTA Lawyer says ex-president may not abide by court order to attend proceedings Reuters AP INDONESIAN police will tighten security around Jakarta tomorrow when the graft trial of former president Suharto resumes, following bomb attacks that have coincided with landmark hearings. But one of
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      127 17 LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia Bernama AT least four cars belonging to US-based petroleum company ExxonMobil Corpora tion were torched and anoth er smashed yesterday by an unidentified group of armed men in Aceh. An ExxonMobil spokeswoman confirmed the incident, saying hundreds of employees fled the company
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      265 17 BANGKOK Bloomberg THESE are desperate days in the Thai stock brokerage industry. Just ahead of the Oct.l removal of all restrictions on share commission rates, Ayudhya Securities, the country's fifth-smallest brokerage, said it would cut commissions to zero to attract new customers. To make
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      334 17 HONGKONG Demand for China-made goods, which accounts for about 90% of exports, fnels rise Bloomberg HONGKONG'S export growth accelerated in August, helped by an increase in goods passing through the city on their way from China to other places. Exports rose 18.2
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      525 21  -  From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S anti-corrup-tion watchdog yesterday formally began investigating the assets declared by tycoon-turned-politician Thaksin Shinawatra in 1998. following public questioning of his recent share transfers worth billions of baht in his companies. The official probe cast a pall over the
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      438 21 TAIPEI It seeks to bolster confidence as TWSE hits 18-month low Bloomberg Reuters TAIWAN yesterday activated a special NT$5OO billion (5527.8 billion) fund to buy local stocks, saying it needs to boost investor confidence after the key stock index slumped to an
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      629 21  -  Group's alliances with Telstra and CMGI reported to be in trouble From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong PACIFIC Century CyberWorks shares came under selling pressure again yesterday on press reports its deal with Australian telecoms giant Telstra was in doubt, but chairman Richard Li said the
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      583 20 LONDON But PwC survey also finds some startups could still go bust Reuters EUROPEAN Internet companies are making* their cents and pennies stretch further in lean times, but a score of big-name startups are still in danger of going bust within the
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      315 20 BEIJING Reuters THE Chinese government will let mobile phone companies decide for themselves which technologies they use to provide future generation wireless services and will not impose a unified standard, a senior official said yesterday. The comment by Lou Qinjian, vice-minister
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      335 20 TOKYO Bloomberg SOFTBANK Corp, Japan's largest investor in Internet companies, said yesterday it would form a third unit to offer high-speed Internet access in Japan as part of its growing focus on the Web. IP Revolution, a wholly owned
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      398 20 I WASHINGTON They want to head off a regulatory crackdown Reuters TOP US online marketers on Monday proposed new privacy rules to curb the explosion of unwanted e-mail and head off a possible regulatory crackdown. Calling themselves the Responsible Electronic Communication Alliance (RECA),
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      189 20 HELSINKI Reuters THE world's three largest mobile phone makers said yesterday they would work together to develop and promote a common standard for worldwide mobile positioning systems. "Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia have founded the Location Interoperability Forum (LIF) to achieve the goal of
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      279 20 REDMOND, Washington Bloomberg MICROSOFT Corp has released an update of its software for devices such as cell phones and electronic organisers that enables the devices to work with each other. The update works with the Windows CK program and will include a
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      532 22 NEW YORK Shares up after auction house agreed to settle a class-action claim Reuters NYT ALFRED Taubman, Sotheby's Holdings Inc's controlling shareholder and former chairman, is considering selling his entire stake in the 225-year-old auction house, the Wall Street Journal reported in its
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      322 22 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG property development and investment firm Sino Land Co Ltd, revealing that net profits fell 10.4 per cent to HK$l.4 billion (Ss3l3 million) in the year to June 30, said yesterday it was confident of its prospects. "Barring any unforeseen
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      327 22 BOSTON He sells family firm, distributes proceeds among 325 workers AP MANY bosses say they value their employees. Charlie Butcher backed up his words last week with a grand gesture, distributing US$lB million (5531.4 million) among 325 workers after selling the floor-care products and
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      631 22 I LONDON Bloomberg Reuters CRUDE oil rose more than one per cent amid speculation that supplies would remain insufficient to meet demand as the Northern Hemisphere winter approaches. Refineries in the US and Europe, now working at near fUll
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      530 22 NEW YORK AP THE New York Times, which played a leading role in stories about fired Los Alamos physicist Wen Ho Lee, acknowledged in an extraordinary 1,680-word note from the editors yesterday that its coverage was flawed. In the three-column note
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      525 23 TOKYO Merging as equals, no partner is in sufficient charge to take difficult choices AFP Oana-Kyodo BIGGER does not necessarily mean better in Japanese bank mergers, Standard and Poor's warned yesterday as three lenders prepare to launch the world's first trillion dollar bank
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      299 23 mLONDON Property, casualty businesses are to be bought for USs2.6b Bloomberg WHITE Mountains Insurance Group Inc agreed to buy Lon-don-based CGNU Pic's US property and casualty insurance business for about US$2.6 billion (554.5 billion) in a transaction backed by Warren Buffett. White Mountains, run
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      52 23 [HAVANA] Thousands of people waving Cuban flags as they answered the Cuban government s call to demonstrate in front of the United States Interests Section building here to protest immigration policies it blames for last week's dramatic departure of a group of Cubans aboard a stolen crop-duster
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      267 23 TOKYO Bloomberg JP Morgan Co, which agreed to be purchased by Chase Manhattan Corp earlier this month, is in the midst of a surprise inspection by Japanese regulators, the third securities firm to be audited since August. Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Com mission
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      587 25 PRAGUE US Treasury Secretary also says the World Bank should be more selective in its lending Bloomberg AFX-Asia US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said the World Bank should charge countries like China, India, Argentina and Turkey higher interest rates for loans because
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      449 25 PRAGUE AFP AP VILIFIED by thousands of anti-globalisation street demonstrators, the heads of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) defended their institutions and globalisation here yesterday at the start of their annual general assembly. "I am aware of the critical debate about
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      881 24 Dreary rain and doping charges darkened Sydney skies yesterday, while in competition, it was a big day for Russia and the US AP WHEN it rains, it pours. With few events to lift the Olympic spirit yesterday, drug scandals further darkened a leaden sky. Andreea Raducan,
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      608 24 China's medal haul whips up patriotic fervour with the country raring to go for the 2008 games AFP [BEIJING] China's unprecedented golden haul at the Sydney Olympics has whipped up a wave of patriotic fervour and fuelled Beijing's already swaggering
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      434 24 TENNIS AFP AP MONICA Seles claimed the first tennis medal of the Sydney Games yesterday as former world number one Yevgeny Kafelnikov and unseeded German Tommy Haas set the stage for the Olympic tennis gold medal in a final that nobody
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      724 24 SOCCER AFP CAMEROON scored twice in the last six minutes to beat Chile 2-1 in Melbourne yesterday and advance to a final showdown with Spain in the men's Olympic football tournament. In Sydney, Spain had a comfortable passage to the final when the 1992
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      565 24 HOCKEY They are rescued by Britain's win and Poland's equaliser Reuters TWO stunning results sent defending Olympic champions the Netherlands and South Korea through to the semi-finals of the men's hockey tournament when both looked sure to miss out yesterday. Winless Britain's 2-1
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      827 25 The Board of Directors of Eu Yan Sang is pleased to provide the Financial Highlights from the Unaudited Results for the year ended 30 June 2000. PjimnMH Protorma Group Company —vh—\— mm 30 JunOO 30 Jun 99 Change 30Jun00 30 Jun 99 Change 1(a) Turnover 72.092 64,205 12% 3_204 7%_
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      316 26  -  SGX Derivatives Tradingßeport ST Index/MSCI S'pore Index Lau Chee Keong THE Singapore Straits Times Index rose for the second day in a row yesterday. Bargainhunting in select blue chips, including DBS Group and Singapore Telecommunications, lifted the market by 11.88 points, or 0.60 per
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      233 26  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong DESPITE the fall in the US markets, the Taiwan stock market continued to rise yesterday following intervention by state funds. The MSCI Taiwan Index gained 4.96 points, or 1.67 per cent, to close at 301.26 points. Trading volume
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      203 26 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Smuggling has affected sales of Malaysia's largest rice trader Padiberas Nasional Bhd (Bernas) in the first half of 2000 as locals turn to the much cheaper Thai grain, industry sources said yesterday. But sources said smuggling had started to subside due
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      328 26 Reuters London THE euro was buoyed across the board yesterday amid wariness that the Group of Seven (G7) may again step in to support the single currency following joint central bank intervention to defend it last week. The market's nervousness was highlighted when the euro staged a swift
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      2870 27 HONGKONG AFP CI Hang Seng -138J0 HONGKONG share prices fell 0.9 per cent yesterday on prof-it-taking coupled with overnight falls on Wall Street, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 138.10 points to close at 15,290.85, off a high
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      1971 27 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 -6128 SHARE prices in Tokyo dipped 0.4 per cent yesterday as investors retreated before the settling of accounts for the April-September financial half year, traders said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 index fell 64.28 points to close at
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      1035 27 Reuters Fl Shenzhen B Index +LQB CHINA'S hard currency B shares ended higher yesterday as a technical rebound helped end a two-week market retreat. The Shanghai B share index rose 1.14 per cent to 60.04. Turnover was almost unchanged at US$B.72 million. The Shenzhen B share index finished up
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      349 27 AFP □WP Index +7L57 TAIWAN share prices surged 1.1 per cent yesterday following strong buying by govern-ment-linked funds, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 71.57 points to 6,749.03, after a one per cent rise in the previous session. Yesterday's turnover was NT591.89 billion against NT572.16
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      395 28 AFP C 3 Composite Index -0.07 MALAYSIAN shares closed fractionally lower yesterday with last-minute institutional support propping up an otherwise listless market, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 0.07 point to finish at 735.54. The Second Board index closed
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      301 30 AFP Q Composite Index +2J7 SOUTH Korean shares rose 0.5 per cent yesterday with the index up 2.97 points to 587.60. Volume was 401.5 million worth 2.1 trillion won. —AFP Set 2* Bon A nam Semi 6390 -130 Brain Tech 780 100 Central Bank 930 -«60 Cheil Comm *****
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      226 30 AFP PI Composite Index +2.00 PHILIPPINE share prices rose 0.1 per cent yesterday with the Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index up two points to 1,426.17. Volume rose to 429.73 million shares worth 458.46 million pesos from 222.95 million shares worth 330.89 million pesos on Monday.—AFP Sep 26 Ptso room
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      260 30 AFP QNZSE-40 +308 NEW Zealand stocks rose 0.2 per cent yesterday in largely featureless trade, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed 3.18 points higher at 1,990.16 on modest turnover of NZ$74.l million. Carter Holt Harvey attracted some trading interest. S«f 26 «i 00 > Advent aqe HOS 1.98
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      553 30 AFP PI All Ordinaries -*-219 AUSTRALIAN shares rose 0.8 per cent yesterday as the market defied falls on Wall Street amid renewed support for telecommunications stocks, banks and market leader News Corp, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index rose 23.9 points to 3,191.2 while the SP/ASX 200 index added
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      748 30 AFP □set Index +LB3 THAI stocks rose 0.7 per cent yesterday with buying of financial stocks spurring interest in the broader market, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index added 1.83 points to close at 282.08 points and the SET 50 rose 0.13 point to 19.48
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      660 30 AFP 11 Composite Index +0.95 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.2 per cent higher yesterday on a rebound by selected blue chips, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 0.95 point at 411.85. Volume of traded shares was 1.35 billion worth 136.56 billion rupiah. Declining stocks led
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      514 32  -  Art Singapore 2000 will offer practical advice on conservation, collecting art and current trends, writes cheab ux-hoom CHEAH UI-HOON SO you're the proud owner of a few original oils and watercolours. They're hanging in your house or your office, but little do you know that
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      869 35  -  But overall demand expected to remain solid on series of factors By, John Tan The author is fixed income strategist with Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore. The article is not an invitation to invest. BTand its contributors will not beheld liable
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      199 37 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose two points to 1,740, the Baltic Handy Index (BHI) firmed one point to 1,187 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was up 10 points to 2,385, while the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) fell five points to 1,658. At 1310 GMT, Biffex
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      290 37 MX M *000 *h w CWT Distribution 0.62 -0.01 14 Chum Hup 0.36 -0.01 857 Cosco Investment—0.17 unch 46 Freight Links 0.15 unch 300 MHoidingv 0.62 0.02 15 Hal Sun Hup. 036 unch 92 IMC HoWtngs-HK —5.60 unch 0 Jay* Holdings 0.16 unch 249 KepoelCorp 3.56 -0.02 995
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      619 37  -  Much depends on how active a part HE operator takes; analysts //y] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] With the confirmation that Hutchinson International Terminals (HIT) has taken a 30 per cent stake in Port Klang's Westport container terminal for RM4OO million (*****.8 million), analysts say the
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      193 37 [LONDON] US classification society ABS has launched two new guides on passenger and crew comfort and accommodation on board cruise ships and passenger ferries. Criteria for accommodation, design and ambient environment of ship spaces for both passengers and crew on board the
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      219 37  -  %i Ann Toh {SINGAPORE) SIBCON 2000, a biennial bunkering conference organised by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), opens here tomorrow gathering the who's who in the bunker trade. Themed "Bunkering Challenges in the New Millennium", the two-day conference promises to
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      68 37 [LONDON] Hongkong-based shipmanager Anglo-Eastern has appointed Jorgen Skaarup Jorgensen as European marketing consultant in a move aimed at opening up the Scandinavian market. "We feel that Scandinavia presents good opportunities for Anglo-Eastern." said group chairman Peter Cremers. Mr Jorgensen was a superintendent at Anglo-Eastern for some time
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      292 38 PACE ESP lines 13 Accord 8 &"P>" 6 Ahrenfciel M 5 Appensh* 5 FrtL J M AsmOCI 13 7 Assets 8 CLrtl 4 Austral 8 Gemartrans 6 A»ant 14 to**"* u BtangMas 8 GloryMav M BSA 7 1 BTL 14 3 Bata Shpg 5 Heung-A 4 Bangladesh
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        709 51 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure at cjjd ***** JO! 26/09/8:15 26/09/19:00 Bt C* Ml ***** JOI 26/09/8®) 26/09/23:59 S« TOM V0050* J07 26/09/7:15 27/09/1500 •nstar 2 ***** J03 26/09/700 26/09/2000 ■nstar 3 009Sc J02 26/09/9®) 26/09/18:00 &n Pioneer 2 P2004a J13 26/09/7.35 26/09/20:00 BavswaterlW M0236 J02 26/09/8:50
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        1947 51 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boofclng/B*(«K* Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Ported From To From AC] DAHLIA 0269 WZ1DO II 25/800 25/1659 25/1900 2A 25/1700 26/0659 26/0900 21 2V1700 26/0659 26/0900 MXCMIMT 08 20/2000 29/800 29/1191 2VW0U 2A 25/1700 26/0*59 26/0900 21 25/T700 26/0659 26/0900
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        174 51 Oat 1 China: National Day. Oot 2 Hong Kong: The day following National Day. Oot 3 Germany: The Day of Germany Unity. Korea: National Foundation Day. Oot 6 Hong Kong: Chung Yeung Festival. Oot* Canada: Thanksgiving Day. USA: Columbus Day. Oot 10 Japan: Health Sports Day. Taiwan: Double
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        790 51 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        382 51 Carbon 180 MM 990.7 0.9 8.4 0.09 77 0.04 DmWT -tor N*— Ad. A»*M~ So«~rt US J J 002 ut£ 380 MM 993.1 6.9 *.4 0.17 64 0.05 M/iri m/m m/» mi mo- WoMow G35 11 1 5 2 2 ISO/Cmmc Lmrts SMC E25 991 U>
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        558 52 Direct air routes between the two countries to reopen next month AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan and the Philippines signed an accord in Taipei yesterday to restore air links which were suspended for a year over a disputes on passenger loads. "Representatives from Taiwan
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        72 52 [BEIJING] A worker unloads cargo from a Hainan Airlines plane at the Beijing Capital Airport. Chinese airlines' hopes of posting profits thisyearhave been "smashed because of high prices charged by the country's only supplier of jet fuel, China Aviation Oil Supply Corp, which in
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        210 52 Bloomberg (SINGAPORE! Airfares originating in the Asia-Pacific region rose in the third quarter from the previous three months, as airlines raised ticket prices to offset higher fuel costs, a survey showed. Business and economy class travel cost 1.7 per cent more on average regionwide,
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        325 52 Bloomberg [DUBLIN] Aer Lingus, Ireland's state-owned carrier which plans to sell shares for the first time next year, said 1999 net income slid 30 per cent as one-off costs, bigger loan repayments and higher taxes curbed profit. Ireland's largest airline after Ryanair Holdings
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      55 48 WBSSm METROPORT SHIPPING SDN. BHD. I SINOKOR MERCHANT n w. <7000 r*n hi-* m«« m Ek»«. hby*. I MARINE CO., LTD FARWIDE SHIRRING AGENCIES RTE LTD EXPORT W: 221M22 (S Ums) FOI: 226 15M nHr^r^ a<,^^^, nHHHi 8822Z3H1 HC2ZZ3I HEZIJHIBEuEHI HC2E3HIBC223HI BK2ZE3HI IT%V mBM^BWFmBiKT?rT^BBKCCi^BBKIiSJWEI3SZ3ME2S]JB|^^^^^^^B CY: CHOYANG PKi: POUT KLANO USM:
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      44 48 SHIPPING* WAREHOUSING tat an: Singapore Loading DaiK Mon to Sal (BATAMINDO l/III) ■Vxrpung RnX\)n«rtJonal/Projea/Heavy Lift Cargo Reefer Container lint an: Singapore Loading Mon. Wed &Fn (BATAMINDOII) Accepting Heavy Lift Cxgo Tel: 227 0322 Fax: 222 9330 totomiwdo Shippiag ft W>iliiMli| P»« Ltd 7> UyH ■-< *>-*'
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