The Business Times, 30 November 2000

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    12 1 MITA (P) 035/12/1999 v SINGAPORE Iniernet: htip://business-times.asia°l .com.sg/ THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 30. 2000
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    71 1 □m BT-SRI 7MJI (-2.30) ST IKDEIFDTDSES M6GJO (-10.00) ansa FOTDBES 252.70 (-0.50) STOCK MARKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 7322S -417 NIKKEI m 14jW7.64 ***** HANG SENG 14,169.06 -397.16 SETINDEX ***** -0.77 JAKARTA COMP —.***** -1.64 1AS1UCOMP _1,404.83 _-I3l21 TAIPEI WPI —M 19.46 -tt» 516.44 -20.60 CliA CHINA B
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    77 1 FOBEX BATES us$ ss US$ 1.767 £(l'S$/S$ per 1.421 1496 EURO{USS/S$/E) QM7 1.506 DM 1282 1.299 YEN 119.3 6180 RM 3.800 1163 HKS 780 4.440 BAHT 43.82 24.94 RUP1AH 9,475 M93 *SS to 100 units PUME SATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LIIMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA -39.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG
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    Lock icon Home sales likely to be half of govt forecast: Redas
    457 1  -  5,000-5,500 nnits expected may be worse than sales in 1997 and 1998 By< Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] There is no running from the slump in the residential property market now. Daniel Teo, president of the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore
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    Lock icon Life sciences get $465m college
    530 1  -  By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The Nanyang Technological University will invest almost $500 million to start a college to turn out the manpower and researchers needed to meet Singapore's life sciences ambitions. Along with the college of life sciences, NTU also wants to open a
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    Lock icon Among the dragonflies
    117 1 THE SECRET is out. City Developments boss Kwek Leng Joo is a shutter bug, and a good one at that. His talent is there for all to see in the company's2ool calendar, which features photos of dragonflies taken by him. The company has long championed the green
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    Lock icon S'pore execs upbeat on Q4, but not those elsewhere: poll
    611 1  -  Almost all regions post a second straight quarter of decline in optimism Byi Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] While most business executives worldwide are less sanguine about the business outlook, those in Singapore are highly upbeat on their prospects in the final
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      90 1 PfSTOE Exec Suite HDB upgrading: Are HDB homes a more attractive choice? What about low-end condos? Cover Story I Making waves ashore: Architect and sailor Edward Wong. fir«c Suit* Pg 3 Top Stories Taipei stocks look hopefully to direct China trade ties. MmxtPmgm Full occupancy at S'pore-link tech park in
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      43 1 Redas plan to complement URAdata,Pg2 Home land sales could rake in up to Sib, Pg 7 I Poll I for Dr M I home US economic growth slows to weakest pace in 4 years >Pg 20 US consumer confidence down In Nov 'Pg2i
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      Lock icon Stock Challenge
      123 2 CITIBANK Top Performers: Nov 29 NAME GAIN 1 Mr Tan Keng Jou 880,249 2 Mr Chew Kok Lim 303,558 3 Mr Liang Soon Chai 257,551 4 Mr Ong.Chung Keong 230,418 5 Mr Lim Seng Huat 51,834 6 Mr Tan Ah Yen 49,148 7 Mr Zhou Hong 40,392 8
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        74 2 SINGAPORE Exchange chief executive Tom Kloet witnessed a signing ceremony recently between MediaCorp Interactive's Woof and the Securities Investors' Association of Singapore to offer webcasting services to listed companies. Seated between MediaCorp Interactive's Anthony Chia and SIAS' David Gerald, Mr Kloet helped to pass the folders holding the
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        Lock icon Swedish bonhomie and a good cause
        84 2 WE have received a Christmas greeting card from Sweden-based IT company Icon Medialab. Nothing special about that, you might think, except that it contained a plastic bag filled with water and silver sparkles. But there's a perfectly good explanation: "Snow from Sweden", says the
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        Lock icon Confounding construction
        67 2 DURING the recent Capita Land launch, president and CEO Liew Mun Leong introduced the company's basic structure to about 400 guests. He was doing great, weaving through the internal workings—till the last portion when the group's tongue-twister of a slogan, "Building for people to build people, Building people
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      Lock icon Redas, consultants plan to complement URA data
      448 2  -  BTiamiuiw They hope info will capture more closely price changes in private housing market By] Lilian Ang [SINGAPORE] Developers and property consultants are pooling their resources to come up with their own set of statistics on the private residential property market. The new
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      Lock icon Taipei stocks look hopefully to direct China trade ties
      426 2  -  China promises direct trade links from beginning of next year I-II exclusive From Macabe Keliher in Taipei TAIWAN companies that trade with China have seen their stocks soar as much as 30 per cent in the past month after the Taiwan
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      Lock icon Put a digital assistant in your pocket
      657 2  -  »comment IBDHNOLOGY kenneth james i chappie on a atreef I look around and turns towards a high wall, hands to the front of his pants and eyes looking down, as men do in a public 100. Another man comes up and peeks over
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Osprey expects turnaround with profit exceeding US$37m
      551 4  -  Forecast well above analysts' expectations; some issue buy calls By! Serena Ng OSPREY Maritime, whose new controlling shareholder World Shipholding has yet to make a formal takeover offer for the rest of its shares, yesterday said it was expecting to achieve net profit
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      Lock icon Japan's ferrule makers worth a close look
      784 4  -  HOCKirffTPCT] anthony rowley THE brand name Toto is familiar to many of us who pay attention to wash basins and other toilet amenities. What is less well known is that this Japa-nese-based maker of traditional, ceramic sanitary ware is, along with two other
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      Lock icon Semiconductor sector offers best bet among tech shares
      618 4  -  w Teh Hooi Ling THE semiconductor sector is the most attractive among all the technology sectors in Singapore, says independent equity research firm Netßesearch's analyst Arthur Chai. Speaking at a seminar organised by GK Goh, Mr Chai said the contract manufacturing sector
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      Lock icon SingTel wins broadband infrastructure deal
      276 4  -  Two-year contract for govt budgeted at $20m per year Byl Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecom and its subsidiary, National Computer Systems (NCS), have won a two-year contract to lay the broadband infrastructure for the Singapore government. Budgeted at $20 million per year, the Broadband Infrastructure
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      Lock icon CSA's profit up 11% on better results from units
      267 4  -  Higher infrastructure expenditure seen, but firm expects to stay in the black By I Eugene Low CSA Holdings' net profit for the six months ended Sept 30 rose 11.3 per cent to $8.4 million, bumped up by the consolidation of its
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      Lock icon K K Fong selling 23m of his i-One shares
      393 5  -  HE company Cheng Cheng buying them at 28 cts a piece By. Eugene Low I-ONE.NET International's chief executive K K Fong is placing out 23 million of his iOne shares, representing 4.98 per cent of the company's issued share capital, at
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      Lock icon Insurers need to consider new business areas
      210 5 GENERAL insurers in Singapore who have been facing problems of overcapacity, low premium rates and rising claims costs might have to consider going into new areas and products to grow their businesses. Such new areas could include tie-ups with retailers to offer warranties
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      919 4 DOVECHEM TERMINALS HOLDINGS LIMITED NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Dovechem Terminals Holdings Limited ("the Company") will be held at 19 Tanjong Penjuru, Singapore *****1 on Friday, 15 December 2000 at 11.30 a.m. for the following purposes: AS ORDINARY BUSINESS 1.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Deutsche Bank's warrant on Nikkei 225 Index a failure
      201 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy ISSUING covered warrants on an index is a very useful exercise since it gives fund managers the chance to hedge their exposure to that index or to ride on any expected rally. In the local market,
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      516 6 Stocks Volume SGX1c 35,975,000 PacificCenturyl 0c 24,931,000 PCI 25c 14,582,000 AddvalTech 2.5c 13,277,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 12,317,000 Omni Ind 10c 9,544,000 Gul Tech 20c 6,636,000 OUB DB eCW*****3 5,259,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 5,199,000 ChewEuHock 20c 5,005,000 Stocks Chart Semiconductor 26c 77,164,200 SGX1c 46,396,009 SPH 42,122,300 Omni Ind 10c 28,601,170
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      Lock icon Defensive stocks help cushion Nasdaq's blow
      550 6  -  I-i I comment STOCKS r.sivanithy WITH most bank stocks coming under selling pressure yesterday, it was left to the likes of SPH, Singapore Telecom, Venture Manufacturing and the property stocks to assume the mantle of "defensive" stocks whose rises helped cushion the blow following
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      Lock icon PCRD could face more downside
      237 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of Pacific Century Regional Development (PCRD) has been wilting in recent weeks, reflecting the waning fortunes of regional TMT (telecoms-media-technology) plays. The stock fell to a year low yesterday, losing another 10 cents to $1.00 on 24.9 million
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      126 6 ♦LIM Choon Hui has resigned as financial controller of Osim International effective Nov 14. Ms Lim's responsibilities have been assumed by newly-appointed chief financial officer Hwai Kiat. ♦CHEW Kok Liang has been appointed executive director of Inno-Pacific Holdings. He is also the group financial controller. ♦WEE Beng Geok
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      Lock icon Investors shun greenback for euro after Wall St fall
      361 6 AFP [TOKYO] The US dollar edged lower against major currencies in Asia yesterday after high-technology shares on Wall Street tumbled to their lowest close since October last year, traders said. "After the Nasdaq dive, investors are selling the dollar and buying
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      136 6 Never has the competition for business in ship repair and conversion been With more new shipyards entering the fray, prices tumble while standards rise and time frames Now hands to the pumps to secure new business I Pv RoJgh Seas, Vdjftgh Shipyards! ,||r J Shipping Times' team of maritime I
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      63 6 Grow Your CPF With eiBht Important A app cations tor units it' eight must be made on the application forms j accompanying the prospectus Investors must lead the prospectus The value of- the units and the income fiom them may fall as well as use SJ >1 INfV-f TRAVEL GUIDE
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Home land sales could rake in up to $1b in first half of 2001
      498 7  -  Marine Parade seen as most attractive among eight sites Reports by Marissa Chew THE government's residential land sales programme in the first half of next year could rake in as much as $1 billion, consultants estimated
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      Lock icon Sale of site for new entertainment hub next year
      300 7 THE government will finally kick off the development of the Bugis/Selegie entertainment hub with the launch of a 96,878 sq ft site at Victoria Street next year. The site is one of four first proposed for sale in 1997 as part
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      Lock icon Chua Ek Kay's works celebrate a great joint venture
      281 7  -  Banking on Merrill Lynch pays off for accomplished artist By\ Parvathi Nayar BEHIND Lyrical Spaces, a major art exhibition by Cultural Medallion winner Chua Ek Kay that opens tomorrow, is Merrill Lynch International Bank. The Merrill Lynch-Chua Ek Kay. partnership, however,
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      Lock icon PSB's Business Fusion scheme for SMEs
      184 7 THE Productivity and Standards Board (PSB) officially launched its Business Fusion programme yesterday to help boost the competitiveness of Singapore's small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs). The programme is designed to provide a conducive environment for SMEs from different industries to collaborate and share information,
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      Lock icon Indon natural gas expected to flow in from January
      428 8  -  Half a year ahead of schedule, signing of 2nd deal also in pipeline: Pertamina By Eugene Low THE first supplies of Indonesian natural gas are expected to arrive in Singapore next January, while a second gas deal between the two countries
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      Lock icon Christmas wish: $250,000 for charity
      187 8  -  Christmas trees up for auction at Raffles Hotel's annual gala By 1 Errol George EIGHT Christmas trees that leave a lot to the imagination are up for auction, with the proceeds going to charity, at Raffles Hotel's ninth Annual Gala Christmas Tree Dinner and Auction
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      Lock icon Still robust growth in H1 next year?
      342 8  -  < 4 on the economy outlook By Eugene Low HAS the Singapore economy, which grew by 10.4 per cent between July and September, peaked in the third quarter or does stronger growth lie ahead? According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry's composite
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      Lock icon Full occupancy at S'pore-link tech park in India
      574 9  -  Stage 2 of park being built at cost of $62m; to be completed in next 12-15 months From] David Boey in Bangalore THE groundbreaking ceremony for Stage 2 of the International Tech Park Bangalore (ITPB), a sprawling industrial park jointly developed by
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      Lock icon Indons should emulate S'pore
      147 9  -  mail rem Cormac M Ginty Business consultant Ireland, via Internet I REFER to the article "Gus Dur says S'pore has only profits on its mind" (BT, Nov 27). I write to you almost from another world, looking in. I live in Ireland but pay attention to
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      Lock icon Can't compare Gus Dur, SM Lee
      67 9  -  John Tan Chor Yong Singapore I REFER to the recent unprovoked outburst of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid. There is indeed no comparison between him and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The former is a total embarrassment to his country whereas we are proud of
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      Lock icon Too much red tape in Pakistan
      77 9  -  Allan Chong Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article, "Karachi airport aims to woo back foreign airlines" (BT, Nov 28). While it is true Pakistan is opening up and has improved on its facilities, it still has far too much red tape. Sats
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      68 9 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletter@ sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear
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      199 9 r" ::—7 0 j|p®® 55 sSSti EmaSSSi HGi^j^^^Htti w Et^SS c Ra V dkVV SnH £G B and be home in time for dinner. Like many businessmen, Mr Saw Ken Wye, MD of Microsoft (Singapore!, Molds impo r tant meetings all over thy world Howevei unlike many businessmen, he does
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      Lock icon Shadow play that has worn thin
      733 10  -  HTTT? bottom line OPINION shoeb kagda The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent IT has become a common shadow play in Indonesia A political extension of the traditional art of Javanese puppetry known as wayang kuliL First, President Abdurrahman Wahid makes an unusual statement, perhaps
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      117 10 'Security is very good. Most people here support me, so there is no need to have a ence Khieu Samphan prime minister of the Khmer Rouge movementfrom 1975 to 1979, when more than a million Cambodians were killed. The ballgame is complexity versus simplicity. If you are
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      Lock icon Unfinished business in Thailand
      638 10 EDITORIAL THAILAND'S Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda feels that the business community has not learnt the lessons of the Asian economic crisis. But Bangkok businessmen complain that the finance minister has focused too much on tough measures to stabilise the economy and instil transparency and accountability, and
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      Lock icon Why Americans find politics a big turn-off
      865 10  -  People tone out because they don't share the self-serving stridency and anger displayed in the inconclusive election By] Robert Samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group [WASHINGTON! No self-respecting screenwriter would have submitted this election script. It is too contrived. The antagonists (Bush, Gore
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      Lock icon Tacogate: barely a kernel of truth
      935 10  -  COMMENTARY The St&rLink incident has caused an unnecessary and irresponsible nproar By Thomas Hoban The writer, professor of food science and sociology at North Carolina State University, chairs a nationwide university task force on educating consumers on biotechnology LAT-WP IT'S been amazing to watch
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Growth set to top 7.5% this year: Bank Negara
      467 11  -  Central bank governor also says that M'sia can achieve 7% growth next year Reports by Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S economic growth this year is likely to exceed previous estimates of 7.5 per cent, central bank governor Zeti Akhtar
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      Lock icon Opposition bags Kedah seat
      307 11 KUALA LUMPUR gftftiHUii Nasional's candidate beat the BN man by just 530 votes AP, Bernama THE opposition Parti Keadilan Nasional wrested the Lunas constituency seat in Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's northern home state of Kedah from the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition by a slim majority.
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      Lock icon Some banks may miss merger deadline
      328 11 Central bank will review the cases when they come np, says official MALAYSIA'S central bank yesterday acknowledged that some anchor banks might have difficulty in meeting the year-end deadline for the completion of mergers. "We will review them when we reach the end of
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      Lock icon Renong accepts UEM offer to buy its assets
      149 11 KUALALUMPUR AFX-Asia RENONG Bhd said that its board of directors has accepted the offer from United Engineers Malaysia Bhd (UEM) to buy Renong's assets, subject to negotiations with UEM on the pricing of some of the assets and on certain terms of
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  • PENSION funds
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      Lock icon MPF to put huge sums into equities
      542 12  -  Estimates for 2001 range from HKslb to HKs6b bat market impact seen small From. Audrey Tan in Hongkong WHILE their estimates may vary wildly, Hongkong market players are all agreed on this: the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) will channel a substantial amount of
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      812 12  -  Govt acts to assure public ahead of new pension scheme launch From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong > EAD my lips, no new taxes. That seems to be II what the Hongkong government is saying S B as it reassures the public
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  • SOUTH east asia
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      Lock icon BOT comes down hard on baht punters
      652 13 BANGKOK It strictly enforces curbs on offshore deals Reuters THE Bank of Thailand (BOT) has taken the gloves off in its .fight against baht speculation, leaving several banks counting the cost of testing its resolve. Analysts say the central bank's latest move has
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      Lock icon Thaksin puts up idea to boost SET market cap
      547 13  -  Listing state firms will boost market cap by 3 trillion baht From Harish Mehta in Bangkok TELECOM tycoon and front-runner for premiership Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday proposed boosting the market capitalisation of the Thai bourse by three trillion baht (Ssl2o billion) by
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      Lock icon Globe Telecom to challenge govt suspension order
      388 13  -  From, Al Labita in Manila GLOBE Telecom, the listed Singapore Telecom-Ayala Corp Joint venture, will challenge a government order suspending it from accepting new users for two months because of network oversubscription, an official said yesterday. Globe president Gerry Ablaza said the order,
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      Lock icon MAS posts RM398m interim loss due to higher fuel cost
      449 13  -  Tajndin loses much bargaining power on sale of 29% stake From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TYCOON Tajudin Ramli's bargaining power on the sale of his stake in Malaysian Airline System (MAS) has weakened considerably. Despite his repeated assurances that
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      Lock icon MFA replies to criticisms by Indonesian foreign minister
      477 13 SINGAPORE In response to media queries, a Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokesman yesterday clarified comments made recently by Indonesian Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab on Singapore-In-donesia relations. Dr Alwi's remarks which covered alleged oilsmuggling, currency trading and further criticism of Senior
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  • EAST asia
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      Lock icon Li Ka-shing eyes more Canadian firms
      462 14 TORONTO Infrastructure unit evaluating investments in at least 6 companies Reuters HONGKONG billionaire Li Kashing is searching for investments to capitalise on Chinese infrastructure projects and Canadian technology firms are knocking down his door to get in on the deals, Barrie Cook, executive director
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      Lock icon Thomson-CSF sues paper over murder allegation
      129 14 PARIS AFP ELECTRONIC defence company Thomson-CSF said on Tuesday it will sue a French newspaper for defamation over a story alleging the company was implicated in the murder of a Taiwanese colonel. Faced with these "accusations of extreme gravity" the company has decided to
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      Lock icon iRegent Group downplays Korean problems
      329 14 UHONGKONG Bat its share price falls another 14% to 62 HE cents Reuters INVESTMENT firm ißegent Group Ltd yesterday said liquidity troubles at its effectively 16.5 per cent owned Korean associate Regent Merchant Bank "will have only a limited impact" on its operations and financial
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      Lock icon Citic to sue Fletcher Forests
      368 15 SYDNEY It is seeking USsl7sm in damages over a NZ forest ventnre Bloomberg CHINA International Trust Investment Corp's (Citic) New Zealand unit said it plans to sue Fletcher Forests for some US$l75 million (Ss3o7 million) in damages over their New Zealand forest venture, even if
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      Lock icon Taiwan govt to ease China investment policy
      151 15 TAIPEI Bloomberg THE Taiwan government, responding to demands from the island's technology companies to ease restrictions on investment in China, said it will announce new measures before the end of this year. "The 'Be patient, go slow' policy will become clearer by the
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      Lock icon Taiwan delays train deal with Japan
      230 15 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC) said yesterday that it will delay the signing of a US$2.9 billion (Sss.l billion) "bullet train" deal with Japan's Taiwan Shinkansen Consortium (TSC) to December. THSRC said the contract scheduled to be signed last Tuesday had
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      446 15 BEIJING Joint hosting of 2008 Games if Taipei accepts 'one China' FT CHINA, campaigning to host the Olympic Games in 2008, on Tuesday held out the possibility of allowing Taiwan to stage some events. A joint hosting of the Games would be by far the
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      538 17 ATLANTA It will enable service providers to migrate to next-generation telecom networks NYT IBM is reshaping its telecommunications strategy, a plan that is being run from the company's Atlanta offices. IBM once was known solely as the world's largest computer
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      533 18 NEWYORK Almost of it went to established firms: VC association Bloomberg US venture capital firms raised U5527.9 billion (Ss49 billion) in the third quarter, more than in the second quarter, with 93 per cent of the money going to established firms, the National
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      356 20 JERUSALEM AP IN the midst of a bloody conflict with the Palestinians, Israel was plunged into political turmoil yesterday after Parliament voted overwhelmingly to hold new elections, two years ahead erf schedule. Prime Minister Ehud Barak took a
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      240 21 FRANKFURT Reuters DRESDNER Bank on Tuesday said it would double risk provisions at its Deutsche Hypothekenbank mortgage unit to 615 million euros (Ss9l9 million) after an audit revealed weakness in eastern German real estate financing activities. The surprise move, first signalled by Dresdner
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      192 23 TOKYO Reuters JAPAN'S biggest construction firm Kajima Corp will set up a fund to compensate Chinese labourers who were forced to work for the company during World War 11, domestic media said yesterday. The plan, which the company said had not been decided
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      252 23 SEOUL Bloomberg DAEWOO Motor Co's creditors agreed to offer 728 billion won (SSI billion) of new loans to Korea's No 2 car maker to help the company resume operations at its main plant. Korea Development Bank and other creditors will provide an
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      289 24  -  SGX Derivatives Tfradingßeport ST Index/MS&STpore Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE Singapore stock market closed marginally lower yesterday despite a 5 per cent crash in Nasdaq on Tuesday. The Straits Times Index finished at 1960.71 points, a loss of 5.55 points, or 0.28
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      166 24 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices stood their ground yesterday as continued worries about Iraqi exports balanced out fresh data confirming a recovery in depleted US fuel stockpiles and a mild spell of winter weather. Brent blend crude oil futures for January were
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      325 24 Reuters London THE US dollar set two-week lows against the euro and three-week lows against the Swiss franc yesterday amid losses in US stocks, signs of slower US growth and protracted legal wrangling over the US elections. The setback came a day after US consumer confidence slumped to
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      2817 26 HONGKONG AFP f3 Hang Seng -397J6 HONGKONG share prices feU 2.7 per cent yesterday, led by hi-tech and telecom stocks foUowing Nasdaq's sharp faD, dealers said. They said Chinese telecommunications giants China Mobile and China Unicom extended their losses of the past
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      2061 26 TOKYO AFP Qlfiktt&S -15L23 SHARE prices in Tokyo closed one per cent lower yesterday as investors dumped high-technology issues following a plunge by the US Nasdaq, a broker said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei 225 Index fell 151.23 points to close at 14,507.64. The Topix
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      358 26 AFP HWPlnta -42L80 TAIWAN shares closed 0.8 per cent lower yesterday on selling of technology issues spurred by the sharp fall in Nasdaq, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 42.80 points to 5,319.46, on turnover of NT556.94 billion. Decliners led advancers 322 to 193, with
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      420 27 AFP P Composite Index -6J7 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.8 per cent lower yesterday on profit-taking and with few leads to spark buying, dealers said. Nasdaq's losses on Tuesday dragged down local technology stocks. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended down 6.17 points at
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      311 29 AFP n Composite Index -20.50 SOUTH Korean shares fell 3.8 per cent yesterday with the index down 20.50 points at 516.44. Volume was 278.80 million worth 1.20 trillion won.—AFP n Won An*m S«mi -.4850 -290 Br«in Ttch 550 -20 Ctntral Bank 170 unch Ch»il Comm ***** -2200 Dm Gu
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      289 29 AFP P Composite Index -1121 PHILIPPINE shares fell 0.9 per cent yesterday on domestic political uncertainty. The Composite Index fell 13.21 points to 1,404.83. Volume fell to 487.18 million shares worth 680 million pesos from 657 million shares worth 633 million pesos on Tuesday. Pete COOP) MRC Allied OJO
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      257 29 AFP DWSE-40 -15.40 NEW Zealand shares closed lower yesterday following downward trends in offshore markets. The NZSE-40 Index was down 15.40 points at 1,957.49 on turnover worth NZ5145.90. Major movers included brewer Lion Nathan, which shed 30 NZ cents to NZ$5.3O. —AFP n»» m coop) Advantage HQS 122 -0.16
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      552 29 AFP kJ All Ordinaries -2&50 AUSTRALIAN shares dropped almost one per cent yesterday through losses in media and telecommunications stocks following Wall Street's drop on Tuesday. The All Ordinaries Index was 28.50 points down at 3,223.40, while the S&P/ASX2OO closed 30.60 down at 3,275.60. The All Industrials dropped 56.40
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      740 29 AFP □set Index -0.77 THAI stocks fell 0.3 per cent yesterday with the market still stuck in a rut in the absence of significant corporate news, brokers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index edged down 0.77 point to finish at 282.90 points, while the SET 50
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      659 29 AFP CI Composite Index -L 64 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.4 per cent lower yesterday amid concerns that foreign investors have stopped buying, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed 1.64 points down at 425.30, off a low of 422.18, recouping some of its early losses on
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        1576 35  -  Architect and sailor Edward Wong is equally at ease with long voyages as he is with lengthy fruition periods for his projects. Now at the helm of the Singapore Institute of Architects, he tells MARTSSA CHEW about his next lap MARISSA CHEW TO landlubbers, sailing conjures up
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        755 36  -  The use of different lighting can enhance a room's character or mood. VDfCE CHOMG gets some expert views VINCE CHONG "W" IGHTS! Action! Cam- I era!" Ever wondered I why it's the lighting, I J and not "Furniture" or "Colour" that is
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        245 37 Bedroom Enhanced indirect lighting from wall fixtures or cove lighting produces a soft gentle light. And for tie flamboyant ones, as Mr Ongkowidjaja commented, tungsten-halogen lighting with their sharper, more sophisticated tones are able to complement the gentler hues depending on one's moods. Bathroom Lighting here should be
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        883 38 GARDENER'S I BT«1 Whether practical or whimsical, ornaments give a lift to the plants they keep company as those in THiars garden show to good effect J, UST the other day, my elder daughI ter was startled by what she thought 1 was a new "ornament" in our
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        1098 39  -  Once the favourite of Japan Inc, Tokyo business hub Marunouchi is losing clients to wired high-rise buildings in other parts of the city. TOMOMISEKIOKA finds out how landlord Mitsubishi Estate is turning to a USs4.7b revamp of core properties to draw trendy retailers and the corporate
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        476 40  -  Regal yet modem, S'pore's tallest condominium is also insulated from the rumble at the nearby Queenstown MRT station. ANDREA TAN gets a glimpse ANDREA TAN OWN a part of Windsor? Call the Hampton home? Have English breakfast tea at Buckingham? Sure, why not, the
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        1312 40 PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUHT-N/ PMCE PSF PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE M.W PNOE PSP STREET NAME TYPE DATE LAND AREA* STREET NAME TYPE DATE LANO AREA" (SOFT) (SWOO» (SS) (SOFT) (SSOOO) m District 2 River Place
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      25 34 We welcome questions on legal issues pertaining to the sale and purchase of property. Please send your letters marked 'Executive Suite, Legal Matters Column'to btletter@sph.com.sg
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      287 41 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) was down five points to 1,683, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) shed six points to 1,496, the Baltic Handy Index (BHI) dropped one point to 1,662, the Baltic Handymax Index fell 17 points to 9,606, and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) lost
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      290 41 sax mil s$ w CWT Distribution OCI unch 12 Chuan Hup 0.36 unch 1795 Casco hwostmont 0.17 unch 0 Freight Links O.H unch '90 GB Holdings .0.60 unch 0 H» Sun Hup 0 25 unch 6Tt IMC HakMngs-HK 5.60 undt 0 Joya Holdings 0.16 unch tIS Koppol Corp
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      453 41  -  S'pore led consortium bidding for container terminal project By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation has made the cut as one of two short-listed bidders for a greenfield container terminal project on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. PSA's international business division president Goon
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      36 41 [SHANGHAI] The 5 millionth TEU container is being loaded onto a ship in the container terminal at Shanghai Port. The container terminal increased its handling of containers by 1 million TEUs. AP
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      133 41 Bernama [MELBOURNE] The officer-in-charge of the Malaysian container ship that ran aground in the Great Barrier Reef earlier this month, was yesterday fined a total of A 516,000 (5114.720) in the Cairns Magistrate's Court. The Australian Associated Press reported the court was
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      242 41 OmixAsia.com set up to bny and sell shipyard equipment Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Five Singapore companies have tied up in a $4 million venture, called OmixAsia.com Pte Ltd, to buy and sell equipment for shipyards on the Internet. Keppel Fels Energy Infrastructure Ltd, Keppel
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        121 41 [LONDON] Singapore-based port operator PSA and South Korea's Samsung corporation and have signed a formal joint venture agreement to develop a US$2OO million (SS3SO million) container terminal at Inchon, South Korea. The deal was first presented in December last year and the joint venture
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        93 41 {LONDON] MUTUAL P&I insurer the UK Club has decided to publish its "Loss Prevention Bulletins" in Chinese as well as English "to enable them to be understood by a wider audience". Hie club's Hongkong branch said that the impetus stemmed from Chinese members who wished
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        79 41 [LONDON] Norwegian chemical tanker specialist Stolt-Nielsen SA will have a new chief executive officer from the start of next month. Niels G Stolt-Nielsen will take over from company founder Jacob Stolt-Nielsen, who has held the post at the company and its predecessors for some
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        59 41 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Orient Overseas International Ltd, a Hongkong shipping company, said it signed a contract with Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co to build two container ships worth HK11.2 billion (*****.76 million). The shipping company said in a statement that Samsung will construct two
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      747 41  -  NEWBUILDS By\ David Hughes THERE'S a really mixed bag of orders this week, ranging from a fruit juice tanker to a VLCC (very large crude carrier). There is also an unusually wide geographical spread of yards receiving orders. It is not surprising
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        942 42 DNVs new chief executive officer Helge Midttun is steering the Norwegian class society towards the challenging future of the knowledge-based economy DNV Forum HELGE Midttun, who took over as DNV's (Det Norske Veritas) chief executive officer in May of this year, has
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      163 42 PACE Eastrans 6 i Accord 6 ECL 4 Appenship 5 ECULi Assets 7 6 Austral 6 5 5 cTH BSA 7 6'tmg Mat 6 J"" 1 CCNI 7 7 Haniin 3 CMACGM 3 Heong-A 4 COSCO 5 Hyun-#j 7 CSAV 3 Interasia 7 Central Ex 6 idici
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      17456 48 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Oest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number mmmmnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammKmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 24/12 12/01 Evergreen LT UTILE 0074-007* 65-*****11 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D 'voire BRISBANE (BNE) 2058 Australia 12/12
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        675 51 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure AkbarPutra 02-Nov J02 29/11/6:20 29/11/23:00 MinhailOl 0017* J19 29/11/8:15 30/11/800 Bin BeUit 20E J03 29/tV8:35 29/n/21KX> Winstar 2 53S00 J03 29/11/7:50 29/11/21:00 Haiteck 2 Ht2-03 J15 29/11/10:05 30/11/6:30 BayswattrllS M0290 J02 29/11/9:00 29/11/16.-00 Royal Freigh 231 J02 29/11/8:50 29/11/17:30 Pan Ocean 1
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        1852 51 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklng/BaUnco Rstls Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Ported From To From ACHIEVER 3*4 MM 8 28/1500 29/899 28/1900 2* 21/1700 29/0499 29/0*00 21 21/1700 29*899 29/0900 3 29/0700 29/TT59 29/MOO 4 29/1200 29/M99 29/1700 AC* GARNET 12E 1/3*0 2I/H00 28/899 20/800
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        616 51 Carton ISO Max 990.7 0.7 12.9 0.10 79 0.03 Nov 23 Density Wat* Rttktu* Ash Aluminium Sediment No above E25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ZSu 380 A* 9S7.5 0J t3J 0.06 26 0.02 (u« 380 Max 993.2 0.8 1S.8 0.09 70 0.03 iWAft
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        127 51 Not 30 Philippines: Bonifacio Day. USA: Thanksgiving Day. Dec 3 Japan: Culture Day. Deo S Thailand: H.M. The King's Birthday. Deo 10 Thailand: Constitution Day. Deo 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Deo 25 USA: Christmas Day. Philippines: Christmas Day. Canada: Christmas Day. Hongkong: Christmas Day. Australia: Christmas Day. Sweden:
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        791 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 market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        695 52 Order is European planem&ker's first from Aussie airline; Boeing also wins USsl.2bdeal Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Airbus Industrie won its first orders from Qantas Airways, with the US$3.4 billion (5520.23 billion) purchase including 12 A3XX jetliners that bring the proposed "super jumbo"
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        270 52 Routers [TAIPEI] Taiwan's top carrier China Airlines said yesterday a plan to buy a stake in the mainland's China Cargo Airlines had been shelved as politics got in the way. A spokesman for China Airlines, majority-owned by a government-controlled foundation, said the
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        326 52 Reuters [SEATTLE] Aircraft leasing giant International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC) said it may enlarge its order for Airbus Industrie's proposed supeijumbo jet, citing airline demand. ILFC, a unit of financial conglomerate American International Group Inc, has ordered five of the 555-seat Airbus A3XX, which
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        225 52 Bloomberg [MOSCOW] OAO Aeroflot, Russia's state-controlled airline, said it earned a profit in the first nine months after a loss in the same period last year, as recovering passenger demand boosted sales. Net income after nine months totalled 103.6 million roubles (556.5 million),
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        278 52 Bnt German airline does not role oat closer cooperation Reuters [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa AG said on Tuesday that a newspaper report that it planned to take a 24 per cent stake in Spain's secondbiggest airline Spanair was speculation, but did not rule out
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          69 52 AFN I (HONGKONGJCathaJ PactOc AirwaystWsald«l W passenger lotflfcctor in Oftober was 74 per cent, compared to 75.8 per cent in September. In the 10 months to October, the passenger load factor reached 77.0 per cent, compared with 71.3 per cent over the same period :Vlastrw>it*company
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          69 52 Reuters fHONGKONG] Korean Air and Alliatfasak|tbe?WOtlM resume a codeehare arrangement beginning Nov 3*. tie: arrangement provides for Alitalia to receive a seat Mock on Korean Alrflights and sell tickets using itSown fligh|l fcumber and code, the t*i|ompaniee said in a statement Koreiliiir would also
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          102 52 Bloomberg [LOUISVILIJE, Kentucky} United Parcel Service Inc (UPS), the largest package delivery company, is booking to five from three its weekly flights that circle the globe to handle an increase in shipments between countries. UPS has begun making the two additional worldwide flights, replacing companies tthad hired
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      738 42 Lines sarv>c« represented by M«nb«r» of ihe Registry of Member, of the UlSgll/ Accredited Shipping Agenh, Singapore Logistics "y Singapore Shipping Association Association ULY UNI MAUI I vissa Tvoy fin* r~nA iw P. RUNG SPORf MALI Empress Lily VO9OO 05/12 06/12 U/12 Princess Lily VO9OO 28/12 29/12 05/01 Empress Lily
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      1700 43 HANJIN SHIPPING i&dhl U tMsMplw -Sob *****30 hahm swpfiNG (S) rn iro am mokimg: *****3s 237 sale *****24 231 document *****712;4 oratAnott ?*****q 2si maim lwe *****55 fax smi us amh ********** M TO NW USA A CANADA I USA CANAftA* no vsi/voy Iwl id im hau/voy fsa l mi
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      62 52 CHANGE OF NAME: Please be advised that Messrs FEEDERMAX PTE LTD, AGENT OF QC CONTAINER LINE LTD has changed business name to QC SHIPPING PTE LTD with immediate effect. The address contact nos of the company remains as follows:QC SHIPPING PTE LTD (formerly known as Feedermax Pte Ltd) 70 Shenton
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