The Business Times, 5 February 2001

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    18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 028/12/2000 'I'' i?** v>- 'V SINGAPORE Internet http-//ousiness-times.asial .com.sg/ .MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2001
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    57 1 STOCK MA1KET INDICES Wfeek Change STI 1J76.60-..+70.71 SIMSCI FUTURES.....250.8O +8.7# BT-SIU_ —817.43 +32.45 KLSECOMR 736.S1....+21.28 NIKKEI 13.703.63. +7.S7 HANG SENG 16,071.29„...+27.« SET INDEX .334.10. 1J7 JAKARTA OOMP.. 451.98 +15.19 MANILA COUP.. 1,689.58 -38.61 TAIPEI WP1 .6,049.26...+709.86 SEOUL COMP.. 608.48 +16.76 CLSA CHINA B CL06®_; AUSTALLOR. 3,JM.7»..„+36J0 DOW JONES.
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    75 1 FOKEX BATES US) s* US$ (SSperUSS) 1.717 £(US$/S$per£) 1.488 1574 EI]RO(US$/S$/E) 0JH1 im DM -2.078 1.197 YEN 116-2 6630 RM MOO 1188 HKS 7.791 4.490 BAOT 4121 24.30 RUHAH iy B7 6,491 PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* £80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA. ».08 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA. 11.60 HONGKONG ..8.50 TAIPEI 7
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    Lock icon Online banking in S'pore short on features: survey
    623 1  -  pTiexclusive Many transactions are unavailable online; DBS comes out tops By Slow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Despite all the claims made by Singapore banks and investments poured into electronic banking, customers are still not convinced. A survey commissioned by The Business Times found
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    Lock icon 3 S'pore firms seek Vietnam listing under new policy
    436 1  -  Hanoi also planning to allow foreigners to bny local shares From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THREE Singapore companies two of them governmentlinked are among 10 foreign firms seeking to list on Vietnam's stock exchanges under a new liberalisation policy of the
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    Lock icon Japan investment in Asean down sharply since Asian crisis
    680 1  -  WMI A tn i lit ni > w m«a driving in vestment, with several high-profile US, Europe bays: Jetro study By Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] Japan's foreign direct investments (FDI) to East Asia have plummeted during the last three years, with South-east
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      114 1 1 1 I. Two economists' opposing views on the impact Pgs 6 7 qenerous, hut it bo Good. t *.VZ it > Finance Minister Richard Hu A Views by other ministers Li# Agilent Technologies S'pore to see modest semiconductor investments here robust server growth. i Biz IT Pg 2 BizlT
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      13 1 BT Comment; To attract investments, Asean-4 has its work cut out, Pg 2
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      Lock icon Tokyo braces for possible economic emergency
      749 2  -  Parallels with the 1998/99 recession are growing stronger almost daily From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo WHILE continuing to claim that economic recovery is still on track and no new financial crisis is imminent, Japanese authorities are bracing against the danger that some emergency could
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      Lock icon To attract investments, Asean-4 has its work cut out
      944 2  -  uTicomment ECONOMICS Political stability is of the utmost importance; so too is corporate governance as much of Japan's foreign direct investment activity is M&A driven vikram khanna SINCE the Asian crisis of 1997, Japanese foreign direct investment (FDD to East Asia
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      Lock icon Foreigners pulled RM1.8b out of M'sia in November
      324 2 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Foreign investors pulled out nearly half a billion dollars in US dollars from Malaysia last November on fears of a slide in US stock markets and an economic slowdown. Latest data posted by the National Economic Action Council (NEAC)
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      Lock icon Hawaiian trip awaits couple in final week
      207 2 SOME happy couple is getting closer to a romantic getaway to Hawaii, including a stopover in Tokyo or Los Angeles, as the Valentine's Double Stock Challenge enters its fourth and final week. Over 700 teams have entered the contest. Leading the pack at
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      139 2 Probe eoUpww Japan stock rescue bid, Pg 15 Valentine's Day Doubles Ranking: Week 3 (Runs from Jan 15 to Feb 9,2001) TEAM GAIN 1. MrManLaiAMsJeannleKhaw 348,219 2. Mr JoelNg& Me Beatrice Yuan *****5 3. Mr Tay Chee WSh &Me Twi Ting Ting 263,543 4. Mr Mak Kwong Hlng &Ms Goh
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  • ASIAN economies
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      Lock icon Asia in better shape to weather storm
      851 3  -  London-based expert says the region's inherent strengths will help it withstand blows from slowing US economy but it must diversify its markets, boost domestic demand and build up its technological capacity By* Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] ASIAN expert Callum Henderson's sunny outlook for
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      191 3 i >. |iiiijjj|j W. >s ?j V J. Featured Speakers: vr.fs -r- Koh Yong Guan John Olds Ed Emmer Managing Director Former Vice Chairman Executive Managing Director Monetary Authority and CEO Corporate and Government Ratings of Singapore DBS Bank Standard Poor's Singapore United States i :'X p '<%; :flf W
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon New proposal on share option will bleed profits
      908 4  -  Under new treatment, option expense is hif£ier and will hammer the bottomline sooner By Paul Thompson THE debate over how companies should account for employee share options is turning into a war of words and of minds between various camps of accountants
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      Lock icon Put money in mining firms, gold
      363 4  -  Marc F&ber sees possibility of monetary crisis, even return to gold standard By Marissa Chew DOOMSAYER Marc Faber is recommending investors put some money in mining companies or commodities like gold as he sees the possibility of a monetary crisis and perhaps even a
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      Lock icon Keppel earnings seen strong, but shares drift near low point
      697 5 Market disappointed with its inability to deliver on a promise to restructure to improve shareholder value Reuters SINGAPORE conglomerate Keppel Corporation (KepCorp) and its units will report record profits over the next few days, but a lack of progress on
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      Lock icon Keppel Hitachi's group net earnings plunge 51%
      368 5  -  Revenues from shiprep&ir and shipbuilding drop bat group expects better results this year By Marissa Chew SHIPBUILDER Keppel Hitachi Zosen yesterday reported a 51-per-cent drop in group net earnings as revenues from shiprepair and shipbuilding sank. Net earnings fell from $31.5 million to
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      Lock icon Thales gets more than 91% of Avimo
      111 5 THOMSON-CFS Invest SAS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Thales group, said that it has raised its interest in Singapore's Avimo Group to 91.4 per cent. Thales, which is completing its takeover of Avimo, said it had received acceptances from shareholders controlling some 56.4
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      452 4 i Is your Treasury function aligned to meet the changing needs of the business? How does your treasury's performance compare to that of your competitors and peers? How can you use the latest developments in technology and changes in regulations to provide greater value? How do you measure your Treasury
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      598 4 IHIM'.FJI Hitachi Zosen Keppel Hitachi Zosen Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2000 The Directors of Keppel Hitachi Zosen Limited advise the following unaudited results of the Company and of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2000. COMPANY
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  • FISCAL policy
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      Lock icon Export contribution overstated
      970 6/7  -  With the economy slowing down this year, the Singapore government is widely expected to unveil a fiscal stimulus in its upcoming Budget But how much of a boost will government spending and tax cute deliver to the economy? On this page and the next, two economists on
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      Lock icon Pump-priming can't help in export slump
      650 6/7 Private spending is very sensitive to export growth; Budget will aim to keep confidence afloat: economist A FISCAL stimulus is no Viagra for the economy, and no amount of pump-priming can offset the impact of a prolonged export slump, says IDElAglobal.com regional economist Paul
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      Lock icon Limited impact of domestic demand
      629 6/7 Large import leakages reduce effect of fiscal pump-priming on S'pore economy MORGAN Stanley Dean Witter economist Daniel Lian has a point about the misperceptions of total demand and GDP growth, but he under estimates the economic contribu tion of exports. And there is a limit
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon If index holds up, penny stock revival should continue
      703 8  -  comment STOCKS r. sivanithy Sometimes, having foresight simply isn't enough to make a profit in the market. There must be no lack of crystal ball-gazing punters who had foreseen that after months of a death spiral, small cap stocks will eventually
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      Lock icon KepCapital wrt may gain if bank merger talk resurfaces
      187 8  -  WABBAMT WATCH -By R Sivanithy BLUE chips fell out of favour last week as punters swarmed into penny stocks and it looks like this might go on for a while yet. Still, the way traders rotate in and out of sectors,
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      Lock icon Parkway: support seen at $2.60
      232 8  -  HOT STOCK -By Ven Sreenivasan PARKWAY Holdings enjoyed a sudden surge last Friday, after having drifted steadily south since the middle of last year. It hit $2.91 before closing with a 16cent gain at $2.88. A total of 5.7 million shares changed hands more than
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      137 8 BRIERLEY Investments Ltd said that with effect from Feb 1,2001 Quek Leng Chan has rescinded the appointment of Rosie Gan Hui Tin as his alternate on the board of the < company following heifj resignation as the group managing director of g Camerlin Group Berhad ♦CAPIT ALAND has
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      Lock icon Most Asia-Pac currencies strengthen against US$
      600 8 AFP [HONGKONG] Most Asian currencies strengthened against the dollar after the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates last week. JAPANESE YEN: The yen clawed its way up against the dollar as the greenback remained under pressure on signs that the US economic locomotive is
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      402 8 'An 31.2001 Source: JM Sassoon Stocks Volume PacfflcCenturylOc 142,956,000 Asia Food&Prop 107,787,000 PCI 25c 86,069,000 El-Nets 1c 77,334,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 75,205,000 MediaRinglOc 70,967,000 Hyflux5c 62,091,000 AEM-Evertech 5c 57,830,000 MMIHIdgslOc 50.771,000 TPA10C 50,348,000 Stocto S Chart Semiconductor 26c 423,990,311 DBSGrp 348,717.191 OC8C 206,489,720 OUB 201,723,654 UOB 173,395,908 PadficCenturylOc 147,117,025 Omni
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      937 8 lADE I TECHNOLOGIES JADE TECHNOLOGIES SINGAPORE LTD Notice of Annual General Meeting To All Shareholders: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders (the "Shareholders") of JADE TECHNOLOGIES SINGAPORE LTD (the "Company") will be held at 8 Tech Park Crescent, Tuas Tech Park, Singapore *****4 on
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  • INTERNET banking
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      Lock icon S'pore online banks fall short
      1019 9  -  While banks have invested heavily in Internet banking, shortcomings in how these platforms have been constructed and managed need to be addressed By Vibhav Panandiker The author is the director of financial services industry practices for Asean at Web Connection, a global strategic e-business integrationflrm.
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      Lock icon Criteria toe evaluating banking sites
      736 9 1: Can the customer open account No online 2: Approval for applications for cards, No mortgages, loans 3: Can complete fund transfer No 4: m presentation and payment No 5: Payment warehousing No payments 6: Set up Giro applications No 7: Can make loan payments
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Dec wholesale prices higher
      266 10  -  KTWon the economy wholesale prices By Marissa Chew SINGAPORE wholesale prices continued to climb in December, lifted by buoyant oil prices. The Department of Statistics said that the domestic supply price index rose 4.7 per cent in December compared to the same month a year ago.
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      Lock icon URA offering golden handshakes to 34 of its staff
      356 10  -  By Marissa Chew THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is offering generous golden handshakes to 34 staff, including 13 fairly senior division I officers. It made it clear that underperformers will not be eligible. In a letter to the Singapore Urban Redevelopment
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      Lock icon Ministers say this year's Budget will be more generous
      502 10  -  It will help stimulate business and job creation; support skills upgrading By Marissa Chew CABINET ministers yesterday said this year's Budget will be more "generous", with Finance Minister Richard Hu describing it as a "fairly good" Budget. Dr Hu, who is
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      Lock icon Tax planning for SMEs
      1144 11  -  naMMcsia This is the ninth of a 13-week series which tackles the various issues that affect small and medium businesses in these fast-paced times, offering insights on market trends as well as the intricate details of managing a fledgling enterprise. Keeping thorough records from the start
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      488 11 NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 Inthe Mutti of Th* Companies Act Cap. SO and bdwMallarof B.K.K.SOMBOON MARKETING (S) PTE LTD (In Mmhn' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the obovenamed Company duty convened and held at 2 Havetoch toad, *06-08 Apolo Centre,
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      330 11 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF CARISTRAP SINGAPORE PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HESEBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 306 of the Companies Act Cap. 50, the Final Meeting of the members of the abovenamed
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      377 11 SPRING SEASON PTE LTD (In Vol. Liquidation) FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50) that the Final General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company will be held at the Office of M/s Wee Seng Tiong Co., 1 Coleman Street
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      797 11 NOTICE This is to inform that MR GOH KENG MENG (WU QINGMING) I/C No: *****199J is no longer with GIO RINO with effect from 31 July 2000. He shall not be responsible nor liable for any activities the company undertakes forthwith as from that date. Edible Ofl Bulk Terminal -S»mbawang
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Tough road ahead for Malaysia's company directors
      683 12  -  K1 STOCKS The most important hurdle is the need to remain financially solvent to stay in the firms' club eddie toh Directors of Malaysianlisted companies may just have to ask for higher fees. This is because they will soon have to comply with
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      Lock icon Ananda Erishnan borrows US$250m
      398 12 KUALA LUMPUR Telco Maxis or TV arm Meas&t to be listed as part of terms report Reuters TYCOON Ananda Krishnan is seeking US$25O million (***** million) in loans to expand his corporate empire in a move that could lead to the listing of one of Malaysia's
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      Lock icon Malays want more rights as country's majority
      359 12 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters HUNDREDS of Malays staged a rally in Kuala Lumpur yesterday demanding more rights as the country's majority and some blamed Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's government for not doing enough for the poorest. Malaysia has an affirmative action policy for Malays
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      Lock icon Jambi and Riau offer huge tracts for oil palms
      251 12 PORT DICKSON Bernama TWO districts in Indonesia, Jambi and Riau are offering high scale investment opportunities for investors, particularly members of the Indo-nesia-Malaysia-Singapore Growth Triangle (IMS-GT), in the area of oil palm plantation. The chairman of IMS-GT (Malaysia) Business Council Dr
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      Lock icon Vietnam's top 3 leaders unlikely to be replaced
      480 13  -  But other over-aged officials face shakeup at national congress in March or April From. Harish Mehta in Hanoi VIETNAM'S ruling communist party is unlikely to replace the top troika of national leaders party chief, president and prime minister but it will carry
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      Lock icon Malaysia to boost power supply to neighbours
      164 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA is working to provide more power to Singapore and Thailand through a submarine cable network which it plans to extend to Indonesia, state utility Tenaga Nasional Bhd said on Saturday. "Electricity supply to the three countries comes under the
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      Lock icon Bank of China sues 10 firms for racketeering
      229 13 NEW YORK Bloomberg THE Bank of China, the biggest foreign currency lender in the world's most populous nation, filed a civil racketeering suit on Friday against 10 companies, alleging they committed fraud to obtain more than US$34 million (Sss9 million) in loans.
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      Lock icon Thousands rally in support of Gus Dur
      333 13 He's seen surviving for now dne to lack of credible alternative Reuters, AFP, Bernama [JAKARTA] Thousands of members of Indonesia's largest Muslim group rallied in support of floundering President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday, as the group warned it might lose control of its members.
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      Lock icon Three Thai parties form new coalition govt
      256 13 BANGKOK Xinhua LEADERS of Thai Rak Thai Party, Chart Thai Party and New Aspiration Party announced here yesterday they would form a coalition to lead the next Thai government, which is expected to take power later this month. The three parties will command
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon German bourse raises 980m euros
      398 14 FRANKFURT The shares may rise on debut today as investors ordered 23 times more shares than were available Bloomberg DEUTSCHE Boerse AG said it priced shares at 335 euros apiece in an initial public offering, raising 980 million euros (Ssl.6 billion) for the operator of
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      Lock icon Tax cut an invite for all to economic party: Bush
      657 14 He says besides creating jobs, the plan will help debt-ridden families Reuters [WASHINGTON] President George W Bush, pushing his US$l.6 trillion (Ss2.B trillion) across-the-board tax cut on Saturday, likened the US economic boom of the past two decades to a
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      Lock icon News and Fairfax to engage in free newspaper battle
      195 14 MELBOURNE AFP RIVAL Australian media giants News Ltd and Fairfax were expected to begin a newspaper battle today with both organisations planning to launch free commuter papers. Andrew Holden, editor of the new Fairfax publication, Melbourne Express, confirmed yesterday that the
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      Lock icon WEF's computer system hacked
      180 14 Reuters [GENEVA] The World Economic Forum said yesterday hackers managed to breach its computer system during its recent annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The Forum does not yet know who the hackers woe, or how they obtained credit card information on some of its members and
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      Lock icon Club Med founder Trigano dies after long illness
      244 14 m PARIS AFP GILBERT Trigano, whose Club Med network of holiday resorts ushered in the age of popular tourism, has died after a long illness, his family announced here yesterday. He was 80. It is just over 50 years since Mr Trigano
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      Lock icon Probe eclipses Japan stock rescue
      627 15 TOKYO Insider trading report involving Toyota a blow to bid to revitalise market Reuters JAPANESE politicians riding to the rescue of an obstinately weak stock exchange may have suffered a blow with a report of what they fear most insider trading involving a company that
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      Lock icon Hanvit, other ailing banks unveil reforms
      415 15 SEOUL They will be grouped into government-led financial holding companies Reuters THE state-run Korea Deposit Insurance Corp (KDIC) yesterday unveiled reforms proposed by Hanvit and five other ailing banks to be grouped into government-led financial holding companies. "We decided to make public the MOUs
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      Lock icon ILO warns of 300,000 bank job losses
      211 15 GENEVA AFP LABOUR experts warn that 300,000 people could lose their jobs between 1999 and 2002 through increased mergers in the overcrowded banking and financial services sector. The Geneva-based International Labour Organisation (ILO), in a report, painted a grim picture of "massive job
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      167 14 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF GOLDEN POLY INDUSTRIES PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At as Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of GOLDEN POLY INDUSTRIES PTE LTD duly convened and held at 66 Trevoae Crescent <01-07. Trevoae Park. Singapore
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      165 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF PACICO ALLIANCE (S) PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LtOUIDAffON) FINAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 (1) of the Companies Act, Cop. 50, that o Final General Meeting of the above named
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      93 15 Ford Motor Credit Company Floating Rate Notes Due April 28,2005 Common Code No.: *****67 ISIN No.: U*****97 RX36 CUSIP No.: *****7 RX3 In accordance with the terms of the documents governing the above-referenced Notes, notice is hereby given that the Interest Rate per annum for the Interest Period commencing January
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  • COMMODITIES & futures
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      Lock icon Oil prices well up, but no sweetener for major coffee producers
      599 16 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices returned to US$2B a barrel last week, with technical buying driving the market In the absence of any market-moving news. Coffee failed to find a floor amid scepticism over the viability of a
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      735 17 NEW YORK The month is young and there's plenty of time for more bad news to come ont AP WITH corporate earnings season almost over and two interest rate cuts under its belt, the stock market might appear poised for a February
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      276 17 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG shares will continue to look to the United States for direction in the coming week with continued concerns over the US economic slowdown likely to limit gains, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 27.08 points, or 0.2
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      392 17 TOKYO AFP SHARE prices in Tokyo are likely to rise in the coming week on hopes that Japan's government will unveil measures to prop up the sagging stock market, analysts said. "The Nikkei will climb to the 14,000 level on expectations that
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      368 17 LONDON AFP THE London stock market stagnated last week, as investors welcomed a steep US cut in interest rates but showed alarm at signs the US economy could be heading for a recession. The focus meanwhile was expected to switch to domestic
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      867 17 PJ Sydney +3&5 AUSTRALIAN shares were expected to start this week on a muted note ahead of an expected decision on local interest rates on Wednesday, dealers said. Australia's central bank is due to meet to consider interest rates tomorrow with a decision to be announced the
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      1703 17 □faris -9M5 THE Paris bourse ended lower on Friday as telecoms and technology shares fell and surprising growth in January US payrolls failed to deflect fears the United States may be headed for a recession. The US unemployment rate climbed to 4.2 per cent in January, the
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      386 18 AFP Q Composite Index +2L28 THE Malaysian stock market is likely to consolidate in the week ahead after recent sharp gains, dealers said on Friday. Victor Wan, senior analyst with Mercury Securities, said the market appeared ripe for a technical correction after a rally following
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      817 19 Should inertia strike other major economies, the impact of the Fed's rate cuts may be short-lived Bloomberg Don't just watch the Fed. Until central bankers worldwide start cutting interest rates, any recovery in the US economy or rebound in US stocks may stall.
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      582 20 80S Derivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup THE final quarter of the Japanese fiscal year will see the usual speculation about the magnitude of year-end repatriation flows and their implications for US$-yen. However, the actual relationship between the two is somewhat different than such speculation would suggest.
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      1269 22 A retrospective of Jennifer Capriati reflects the tennis prodigy's struggle with success. And, fortunately for her, she's emerged wiser and happier. LAT-WP Ask yourself whether you would like to be held responsible for anything, one single solitary thing, that you did at age 18. The
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      279 25 PHOTOS BY < lllll'i Mill C M MMJ Ambiti Otis «p 48pereertt t& y»; it-, 11 f> 'J* v|r 1r «HBaH| V Br >jh9bk£&jfln§§*&l KAi/nnta *^r" H lb *1 Um i "More than 1000 IT professionals attended this event in January 2000. Were you there? HaW e y For more
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      49 25 TOP STORIES Oracle in CRM orbit now P*3 e2open to open Singapore arm in March EMC aims to cross USslb from region this year Pg7 S'pore firms Ignite' Asia P*l2 COMMENTARIES Kenneth James: The end of the PC and beyond P*4 Mock Pak Luis Natural calamaties can deraillT Pg6
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      716 26  -  ISM exclusive Agilent SPG's manufacturing turnover here last year amounted to USsl.2b about 55% of the division's USs2.2b global manufacturing turnover Reports byj Andrew Wee NASDAQ-listed Agilent Technologies Inc, which was spun off from US giant Hewlett-Packard Company in 1999, is strengthening its semiconductor operations in
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      241 26 PALO Alto, California-based Agilent Technologies developes communications, electronics, and life sciences and healthcare solutions. It operates four businesses —test and measurement, semiconductor products, healthcare solutions, and chemical analysis, supported by a central laboratory. Agilent has 47,000 employees in more than 40 countries—and customers in 120 countries. Its
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      510 26  -  l-li exclusive Singapore saw PC shipments of 490,000 units last year, up 15% over 1999, says new IDC report By\ Raju Chellam GIVEN the high saturation of personal computers in the Singapore market, PC sales here will grow at a modest
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      459 26  -  f'H exclusive In 2000, S'pore saw sales of about 23,000 servers worth more than USslBom, says new Gartner report By] Raju Chellam A STEADY demand for computer servers will see Singapore's server market grow by a good 15 to 20 per cent in
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        551 27  -  Hliexciuslve The software giant has also moved into the relatively new area of 828 exchanges.TAKG WENG FAI reports TANG WENG FAI US-BASED software giant Oracle Corp's fastest growth sector in Asia this year will be in CRM (customer relationship management), followed by ERP (enterprise
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        384 27  -  Global market for business intelligence solutions set to quadruple to USsl2.Bb By Raju Chellam HOMEGROWN Cygron Pte Ltd at www.cygron.com which provides business intelligence (BI) solutions, said it will aggressively push Data Scope 4.0, a BI solution targeted at large and medium enterprises.
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      958 28  -  hicomment INFOTECH Steve Jobs argues that the personal computer Is not going away; In fact Its next golden age Is coming. The statistics suggest otherwise. Who's right? kenneth james The writer is BT's Technology Editor TRUST Apple's Steve Jobs to take the road less
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      Lock icon e2open to open S'pore arm in March
      660 28  -  The 828 exchange will be operational by Q3 this year and can handle US$l billion in annual transactions By' Tang Weng Fai INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp has tied up with nine other companies to launch the local arm of a 828 exchange called
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      578 30  -  Given the absolnte mission-critical needs of the data centre industry, It's time we offer S'nore a* a far *i«i. mock pak lum The writer is CEO ofl-Net Singapore Pie Ltd THE recent California energy crisis and the massive Gujarat earthquake in India jolted me to
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      625 30  -  For many people, the rolling blackouts have caused more culture shock and annoyance than real crisis By] Mait Richtel NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Thousands of people in Silicon Valley are seriously addicted to speed the pace at which information flows, that is. But when the
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      335 31  -  BTIsVMimWJ Asia-Pacific revenue grew 123 per cent for its year ended Dec 2000 storage alone grew 134 per cent last year over 1999 By- Tang Weng Fai US-BASED storage giant EMC Corp aims to cross US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) in revenues
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        Lock icon FEC opens software unit in India
        73 31 SINGAPORE-BASED FEC Infosystems has opened a new software development centre near New Delhi in India to focus on advanced business application programming on SAP R/3 systems. The company has invested about $2 million in the project that will cater to FEC's Singapore customer needs.
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        64 31 CT SINGAPORE Polytechnic has announced a new diploma in "Business information technology" to train students to be both IT- and business-sa wy. The three-year course is offered by SingPoly's School of Business and School of Info-Communications Technology, and classes will begin from July. IBM Singapore and
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        39 31 FACT Software International Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based developer of real-time accounting software targeted at small and medium enterprises, said it now guarantees to resolve its customers' product-related issues within seven working days. For details, visit wwwfact.com.sg.
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        Lock icon New Symix appointment
        38 31 NASDAQ-LISTED Symix Systems Inc has appointed Joseph Ho as its iSolution Services vice-president for the Asia-Pacific region, based in Singapore. Mr Ho was previously a senior official at an ASP startup in San Jose, California.
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        Lock icon Managing your e-business
        36 31 A SEMINAR on "Managing your e-business—in good times and bad" will be held on Feb 13 at the Westin Plaza Hotel. It is organised by eAngel2.com. For details, fax *****08, or e-mail landy@eangelz.com.
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        35 31 A "DESIGN VERIFICATION" seminar for EDA engineers will be held on Feb 20 at Temasek Polytechnic. It is organised by the Poly and Future Techno Designs Pte Ltd. For details, e-mail martha@fldpl.com.sg.
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        40 31 A TWO-DAY exposition called "Diskcon Asia-Pacific 2001" will be held from March 14 at the Westin Stamford Hotel. It is organised by Idema (International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association). For details, fax *****62, or e-mail events-ap@idema.org.
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        41 31  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam A THREE-DAY exposition called "ASP World Asia 2001" will be held from March 14 at Suntec City. It is organised by Terrapinn, and sponsored by IBM and Webvisions. For details, check out www.aspworldnet.com.
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      Lock icon EMC widens lead in data storage markets: IDC
      402 31 Market for external storage systems expected to swell to U5553.29b by 2004 Bloomberg [FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts] EMC Corp has increased its lead in the corporate computer-storage device market in 2000 over rivals IBM Corp, Compaq Computer, and Hewlett-Packard Company, research firm IDC said.
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      234 32 AP NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's leading cellular phone company, is recalling 103,000 mobile phones for software glitches including phones that shut off incorrectly, the Nihon Keizai business newspaper reported over the weekend. NTT DoCoMo said on its Internet home page that the recall covers four
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      Lock icon Japan moving memory device production to SEA
      359 32 Report says they are at last following the strategy of US, Korean rivals AFP JAPAN'S major electronics makers are moving their production bases for memory devices to South-east Asia to cut costs in the face of slowed growth in the US computer market,
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      Lock icon Flextronics to pay Ericsson US$500m in handset deal
      236 32 AFP THE Singapore-based Flextronics International is to pay US$5OO million (SsB7o million) to the Swedish group Ericsson as part of an outsourcing agreement that gives the heavily-indebted Swedish company some breathing space, the trade journal Dagens Industri (DI) said here on Friday.
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      377 32 Reuters [HELSINKI] Nokia is shifting some of its handset manufacturing from the United States to lower-cost facilities in South Korea and Mexico and cutting 800 US jobs. The world's largest cellphone maker's move is part of a seismic industry shift of handset production
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      Lock icon M'sia's Internet dream stirs questions
      624 33  -  Critics say the idea of taking IT to villages should first be sold to people By 1 Marty Logan Reuters MALAYSIA, keen to spread the benefits of the Internet to its villages, has embarked on an ambitious project to plug the countryside into the World
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      Lock icon Online orders welcome
      55 33 [TOKYO] Mark Fields, president of Mazda Motor Corp, introducing its new online sales system at a news conference in Tokyo last week. Mazda said it will begin producing the Roadster light-weight sports car and the Familia S-Wagon on orders through the Internet, becoming thefirst Japanese automaker to
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      Lock icon US operations chief of Terra Lycos resigns
      403 33 Reuters ANOTHER senior US executive has left Terra Lycos SA in a management shake-up a day after its founder and chief executive quit in a reported culture clash with Terra Lycos' Spanish management. Ron Sege, president of US operations for TerraLycos, resigned from
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      353 33 Reuters The daily flood of unsolicited electronic messages which regularly clog Internet users' mail boxes is costing web users 10 billion euros (5516.3 billion) a year worldwide, according to a European Commission study. Every day, around half a billion personalised ad
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      Lock icon Beware the risks of the e-frontier
      583 33 AFP SO your website is up and running, your system is purring with awesome software and it's business-to-business as usual. Now what about security? What risks does your company face on the e-frontier? Hackers, viruses, content pirates, credit card fraudsters, systems rogues, software flickers,
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        50 35 HP's new server here HEWLETT-PACKARD Company has launched its Netserver LPIOOOr, an 1U (1.75-inch) rack-optimised server that targets web-hosting and ASP firms. Prices start at $7,599 for a Pentium-11l 866 MHz system that comes with 256 MB RAM and 9.1 GB hard disk. For details, call 1800-*****00 or visit www.hp.com.
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        60 35 And UV-resistant ink HEWLETT-PACKARD Company has launched the HP 83 UV ink for its large-format DesignJet 5000 series printers. The ink gives ultra-violet-resistant and photo-quality prints, HP said, and is suitable for outdoor signs, window displays, and vehicle graphics. It comes in six colours and costs US$336 (SssBs) per cartridge;
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        43 35 SONY Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd has launched its CPD-E220, an entry-level 17-inch Trinitron CRT monitor. The 20 kg flat-screen display features an optimal resolution at 1,024 by 768 pixels at 107 Hz. It costs $550. For details visit www.sony.com.sg/asianit.
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        40 35 NEC Singapore Pte Ltd has launched the MultiSync MTIOSO portable projector, which provides 1,024 by 768 pixels' display at 2,100 lumens' brightness, connects to a monitor, and weighs 5.9 kg. It costs $12,999. For details, visit www.nec-pj.com.
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        53 35 SUN Microsystems has released Java 2 micro edition connected device configuration and foundation profile for Linux. It lets Java developers create applications for consumer devices running on Linux, such as digital TV set-top boxes, residential gateways, automotive and other mobile systems. It is available for free
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        48 35  -  Compiled by Siew Yaw Hoong DELL Computer has launched Complete Cover, an optional repair and replacement service for Dell notebooks. The three-year service is available at $356 for its Latitude models; and at $267 for its Inspiron models. For details, call or visit www.dell.com.sg.
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      382 35  -  MasterCard holders get special discount on new Jornadas equipped with global position system solution By i Chen Huifen HEWLETT Packard Singapore has tied up with homegrown Agis Pte Ltd to introduce Agis' GPS (global positioning system) solutions on HP's Jornada palmtop PCs. Agis at
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      Lock icon InfraWare messaging system launched
      237 35  -  By Adeline Chuah INTELLIANT Pte Ltd, an associate company of listed Singapore Computer Systems, last week launched what it claimed was South-east Asia's "first managed IT infrastructure and messaging ASP built on Microsoft's Exchange 2000 platform". Called Infra Ware, the solution of- fers secure messaging and
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        758 36  -  |:il exclusive Net companies from S'pore account for seven of the 15 finalists in the inaugural Ignite Asia Challenge and will compete for prizes in two categories, as AMDBEW WEB finds out ANDREW WEE MORE than half the finalists seeking venture capital funding for their business
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        Lock icon The Republic's seven samurai
        265 36  -  Compiled by Janice Lee THE following companies compete at the finals in two categories at the Ignite Asia Challenge. In Category A are ones that received external funding of more than US$2OO,OOO (*****,260) from outside investors: 2skymall.com Pte Ltd was launched in September and is an
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          Lock icon Asia Broadband Media, Innovatv deal
          74 36 ASIA Broadband Media Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based broadband services and content provider, has tied up with Innovatv.com (pronounced "innovative"), a US-based interactive video content provider. Asia Broadband Media will release interactive online versions of video programmes in Innovatv's on-demand format called iMag. The service targets
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          Lock icon xchange21 deal with webMethods
          73 36 HOMEGROWN 828 e-solutions provider, xchange2l International Pte Ltd, has tied up with web Methods Inc, a Canada-based 828 integration solutions provider. Under the deal, xchange2l will resell web Methods* solutions such as Mainframe Integration Server, Business Integrator, and Packaged Integrations, for the manufacturing, logistics and financial
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          Lock icon Education portal for primary kids
          54 36 VINE Media, a subsidiary of homegrown printing firm, Vine Graphic, has launched its education portal at www.e-smartkid.com, which targets primary school children. It provides online tuition, assessment tests and student project coordination in subjects such as English, science and mathematics. It plans to sign cm
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          Lock icon Satyam and i2 in e-biz deal
          72 36 SATYAM Computer Services Ltd, an India-based IT consulting firm, has tied up with i 2 Technologies Inc. a US-based e-marketplace solutions provider. Under the deal, Satyam will build a centre of excellence to develop e-biz solutions based on i 2's solutions. They will also
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          Lock icon Pre-register your domain name
          68 36 DENMARK-based domain name registrar, Speednames, has started a registration queue for three new top-level domains (TLDs) .info, .biz, and .name. Speednames said the queue, which opens later this year, gives a better chance but does not guarantee registration. Pre-registration costs US$2 (553.50) per name; and successful
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          Lock icon Yahoo's top here
          79 36 YAHOO.COM is the most popular website among Singapore web surfers, with 60.8 per cent having visited the site at least once in Dec 2000. It is followed by Microsoft's mai.com (61 per cent) and passpwt.com (48.3 per cent); Sing Net's singnet.com.sg (45.5 per cent); and Pacific Internet's
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          Lock icon Exabyte's partner site
          46 36 EXABYTE Asia Pacific, the regional arm of US-based storage solutions provider Exabyte Corp, has launched an extranet programme for its Asia-Pacific resellers. The site provides services such as product information, real-time communications, and customised and secure pages for resellers. For details, visit www.exabyte-asiapactfLc.com/partner-ctr.htmL
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          Lock icon Independent Linux lab
          77 36  -  n j-| >y Siew Yaw Hoong AN independent and non-profitable lab for Linux developers has opened in the US with US$24 million (Ss42 million) funding. Called Open Source Development Lab, it is sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company, Intel Corp, IBM Corp, NEC Corp, Computer Associates, Fujitsu and Hitachi.
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      294 37 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THERE has been a slow start to the year, especially with the holidays in the Far East, which have put a hold on firm sales discussions. This will be corrected over the next few weeks with a number of vessels being inspected both
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      596 37  -  Salvor continues to tow outcast crippled tanker off coast of Malta By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The outcast chemical tanker MT Castor, denied refuge for over one month after developing a 26 metre-long crack in its main deck, has been battling gale force
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      840 37  -  LINER SCENE By David Hughes THERE have been few really big liner shipping stories over the past couple of weeks but we have seen quite a few straws in the wind that may give an idea of trends in this sector.
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      298 37  -  From David Hughes inLondon ITALIAN classification society Registro Italiano Navale (Rina) has chosen its French counterpart, Bureau Veritas, to link up with rather than rival suitor American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). Rina and BV have signed a letter of intent on a deal
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      103 37 Reuters [PANAMA CITY] Container traffic handled by Panama ports rose 7.2 per cent in 2000 to 1,359,640 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) said. During 2000, cargo tonnage handled by Panamanian ports rose 7.0 per cent over the year ago period to 20.65
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        430 38  -  Badly damaged tanker beginning to break up; little risk of farther pollution Reports from David Hughes in London CLEANUP teams are working to remove oil washing ashore on the Galapagos Islands from a grounded Ecua-dorian-flag tanker on a supply run to the archipelago.
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        246 38 SWISS-based shipmanager Acomarit has been bought by the parent company of Monaco's V Ships, Vlasov Services, to form the world's single largest shipmanagement firm. The combined entity will manage a fleet of 600 ships and some 25,000 crew. V Ships president and chief executive
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        189 38 THE International Labour Organisation's Joint Maritime Commission has agreed to a rise in the body's minimum wage rate from US$435 (*****.55) per month to US$45O next year and US$465 in 2003. The ILO meeting in Geneva discussed a range of matters, chief
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        198 49 Feb S Mexico: Anniversary of the Constitution. Feb 6 New Zealand: Waitangi Day. Feb 8 Thailand: Makha Bucha Day. New Zealand: Waitangi Day. Feb 11 Japan: National Foundation Day. Feb 19 United States: Presidents Day. Feb 23 Brinei: National Day. Mar 1 South Korea: Independence Movement Day. Uar6
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        768 49 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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        304 50 Reuters [HANOI] The Vietnamese government plans to spend close to US$2 billion (553.46 billion) over the next 10 years to boost the fleet of national carrier Vietnam Airlines, a local newspaper reported. The carrier's fleet would be expanded from the current 23 to 32
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        402 50 But its lawyer says it's not admitting responsibility Reuters [NEW YORK] Egypt Air has said that it would not contest liability in lawsuits filed by families of victims who died in the 1999 crash that killed 217 passengers aboard its New
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        587 50 Its seven UK airports gain from disruption of railway services Bloomberg [LONDON] BAA pic, the world's biggest airport operator, said fiscal third-quarter profit rose 6.8 per cent as traffic increased at London airports and travellers abandoned the UK's troubled railroads
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        164 50 Xinhua [LONDON] British air traffic controllers voted to take industrial action in protest against government plans to part-privatise the system. The decision came after a two-day meeting of the controllers' union, the Institution of Professionals, Managers and Specialists, in Stockport, central England. A
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        290 50 Faster method of easing airport congestion: transport dept Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US should speed up the process for approving runway construction as a way to ease airport congestion and flight delays, the transportation secretary and the head of the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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          82 50 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said it was fined in excess of 10 million guilders (557.4 million) for infringements of the Dutch Aliens Act in allowing transit passengers through Schiphol Airport without transit visas. KLM said it had accepted a settlement offered to
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          82 50 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways, the No. 1 Australian carrier, said it plans to build a A 165.8 million (5163.1 million) aircraft repair base in Brisbane, Queensland state. Sydney-baaed Qantas will begin servicing its fleet of 36 Boeing 767 aircraft from a new hangar and
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          69 50 AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's Samart Corp has won a US$l5 million (5525.9 million) contract to operate Cambodia's air traffic control system over the next 15 years, The Nation newspaper said. The Cambodian government awarded the contract last week, an unnamed Samart Corp executive told the
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      693 38 Members of the Singapore Logistics Association Unei swvic s represented by Mem jeri Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore Shipping Association NORTH WEST EXPRESS UNE ACCEPTING CONTAINERS. BREAKBULK S. PROJECT CARGO TO DAMPIER/FREMANTLE MV "TBN" ETA SIN 06/02/2001 BOOKINGS CALL MONKA/JUUA TEL 323 4374 CONTAINERS/1 CONVENTIONAL CARGO K*T K LANG/SINGAPORE
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