The Business Times, 15 February 2001

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  • 23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 028/12/2000 S I N G A P O R E Inierret: http.//business-times.asial .com.sg/ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2001 85®
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  • 75 1 sn 1,966J0 (-22.69) BT-SRI 814.78 (4.85) ST INDEX FDTUIES 1,970.00 (-20.00) SDKSCI FUTURES 252.70 (-2.70) STOCK MARKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE COUP 714M -460 NIKKEI 225 1*284.81 *3* HANG SENG 1M60.42 +17.70 SET INDEX Jlfctt_.-6.79 JAKARTA COMP __42i21 196 MANILA COM P __1,687.74 -4i3 TAIPEI WPI &887.68,—-1S9.81 SEOUL
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  • 76 1 FOREX RATES US3 S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.745 £flISS/SS per 1.464 2iW EURO(US$/SS/E) 0.920 1.606 DM 1125 L218 YEN 1117 6650 RM 1800 1178 HK$ 7.800 4.471 BAHT 418 ***** RL'PIAH 9,598 6,602 PRIME SATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KlIALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK 9-50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50
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  • 957 1  -  I:J I exclusive 3 factors seem to be behind disruptions at Power Supply, Star Hub, DBS By Tang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE] The recent spate of computer-related service failures among high-pro-file companies here seem to involve three common areas, based on responses from these companies
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  • 460 1  -  To be delivered between 2003 and 2009, they'll progressively replace 13 A3los from 2006 By David Boey [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines yesterday unveiled a massive US$4 billion (Ss7 billion) deal with The Boeing Company for 20 8777 airliners to replace its ageing fleet
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  • 875 1  -  Top bid's breakeven cost leaves buffo* for farther price falls By) Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Developers yesterday gave a dear signal of where they really think home prices may be headed down. The choicest plot of the government's 2000 land
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    • 96 1 INSIDE Executive State Experts' estimates of development charges. Exec Suite cover story How London's prime residential properties fare. Exec Suite Pg 7 Top Stories An investor who buys equities every time there's a US prime rate cut would make money, says a study by Credit Suisse. Next Page Sing Tel
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    • 115 1 S'pore, Riau Will ring again? really said initiatives iiiciyci jhpf Pgl3 to boost What Vickers Capital economic ties shareholders should do j Y /f Locals appointed 9 Net the best deal h d r* for Vickers Ballas a minority shareholders Reports, Pg 4 pg l 3 BT Comment. Pg 6
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    • 660 2  -  :ii comment TECHNOLOGY Mobile phones will be the device of choice for data services but for the exciting stuff, you need something extra kenneth james ONE atomic watch? Check. One cell phone that allows you to record both backwards and forwards? Check. One
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    • 565 2  -  m exclusive Credit Suisse finds correlation also applicable to Asian markets By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Investors who have used US official interest rate cuts as a buy signal for equity markets, regardless of sentiment, have always made money, a
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 111 2 So where is Wee Sin Tho going THE DBS takeover ofVickers Ballas raises the question of where current Vickers CEO Wee Sin Tho will go. DBS has said it will offer him "a senior position in investment banking", but sources say he's not likely to be terribly interested. One indication
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      • 64 2 ANOTHER puzzle in the DBS-Vickers deal was how the distribution of the shares ofVickers Capital directly to shareholders was referred to as a "capital reduction" exercise. Not only did Vickers chairman Steven Lee refer to it as such, DBS also did so in a news
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      • 98 2 A RESEARCH analyst had to resubmit his application form for an analyst's licence because he didn't use block letters when filling in the original. At the Immigration Department, which he visits annually to renew his children's studenfpasses, he has to fill in everything in triplicate, and
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      • 134 2 THE US economy is clearly headed for a recession, right? After all, the signs of a drastic slowdown are there fflPfil. necessarily, according to BttftOT&k ln-p>ufe teconomist Gene Epstein. In his on Feb 5, Mr Epstein says rumours of a recession are greatly exaggerated.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 450 4  -  Report says it met Aussie authorities; Vodafone, Telecom NZ other contenders By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecommunications will launch an allcash bid for Australia's No 2 phone operator Cable Wireless Optus at a modest premium to its share price, the Australian
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    • 1050 4  -  CONSOLIDATION IN THE BROKING INDUSTRY Bid by DBS lifts Vickers B&ll&s 17%, but dents Vickers Cap by 26% By' Ven Sreenivasan, Conrad Raj THE share price of Vickers Ballas Holdings and its 80 per cent owned Vickers Capital took off in opposite directions yesterday as
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    • 392 4  -  Hi* exclusive It is offering its brokers, remisiers to DMO, plans to wind down: sources By Serena Ng THE shakeout in the broking industry is gathering pace as players big and small act fast to find ways to survive in the harsher environment Sources
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    • 374 4  -  By] R Sivanithy ON the face of things, the merger between Vickers Ballas and DBS group leaves Vickers Capital shareholders out in the cold. DBS announced on Tuesday it intends to buy Vickers for a generous 40-odd per cent premium to the latter's Feb
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    • 770 4  -  |BTf»T?!T iock siew lee han shih ARE Vickers Ballas minority shareholders getting the best possible deal from the DBS Group Holdings takeover? Well, that depends on what benchmark you use. DBS has chosen Vickers' share price as the gauge. As Vickers
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 125 7 CREDIT Suisse First Boston has secured Singapore Government Securities (SGS) primary dealer status from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the bank said yesterday. SGS primary dealers are expected to provide liquidity to the SGS market, underwrite issuance at SGS auctions, provide market feedback to
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      • 141 7 EASTERN Publishing said its wholly-owned subsidiary, Syndikos Pte Ltd, will be shutting down its e-commerce unit known as Motherhood Store (www. motherhoodstore. corrusg). The online operations of the site will officially close on Feb 22 at 6pm and the online support operation will subsequently
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      • 93 7 V w KIM Eng Holdings, an investment holding company, said yesterday it has bought 3.6 million shares in Hongkong-listed Kim Eng Holdings (Hongkong) Ltd for the equivalent of $4.86 million. The purchase brings Kim Eng's stake in Kim Eng Hongkong to 54.9 per
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      • 101 7 MAINBOARB-LISTED food group QAF Ltd announced yesterday that it was not proceeding with the acquisition erf majority stakes in edible oil refineries in China from the Salim group for about $40 million. QAF said the deal, first announced in late July last year,
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      • 38 7 KINTA Kellas pic, an investment holding company, said yesterday that the Singapore Exchange has granted its application to deUst its shares from the SGXmain board. The delisting takes effect next Tuesday.
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    • 204 7  -  GOO Leon Codron brings with him expertise in exploration By Loh Hui Yin REFINER Singapore Petroleum Company is on the lookout for more upstream investments to reduce its dependence on downstream business which could be in for a volatile time. SPC chairman Choo Chiau
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    • 144 7 FOOD and beverage company Yeo Hiap Seng has outsourced the management of its warehousing and delivery of its products in Singapore to YCH Group. The contract, signed last December, is worth about $50 million over five years. The logistics model will set a precedent in
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    • 303 7  -  By Rachel Ong SINGAPORE-BASED Autron Corporation Ltd has been granted in-principle approval for a dual listing on the main board of the Singapore Exchange. Listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, the company has a market capitalisation of As2oo million (SslBs million), and
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    • 242 5 To all customers of DBS Securities and Vickers Ballas A Merger of Strengths On February 13, DBS Securities and Vickers Ballas announced plans to merge into a new firm, DBS Vickers Securities. DBS Vickers will be the largest and best-capitalised securities brokerage in Singapore, and one of the largest in
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 488 6 Stocks Volume Vickers Capital 25c 45,190,000 V BaHas 25c 25,560,000 UOLWM1 13,282,000 NOL 13,213,000 PacificCenturylOc 11,749,000 Hyflux5c 11,361,000 Asia Food&Prop 8,276,000 MediaRing 10c 7,370,000 PCI 25c 7,353,000 PohUan 10c 7,056,000 Stochi V BaHas 25c 31,533,160 Victors Capital 25c 28,422,655 OCBC 22,268,704 DBSGrp 18,758,872 NOL 17,111,830 CaprtaLand 17,074,090 SIA 16,081,512 PacificCenturylOc
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    • 200 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy SINCE the last time we reviewed it, the United Overseas Land 2004 warrant has had a good run. It eased slightly yesterday but looks like it'll remain in the picture for a while as the market
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    • 640 6  -  -li comment YOUR MONEY r. sivanithy A PLUNGE on Wall Street on Tuesday brought out the sellers yesterday, driving the Straits Times Index down 22.69 points to 1,966.10. The DBSVickers Ballas merger was probably the only real news on which to trade, although
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    • 251 6  -  HOT STOCK By Serena Ng THE stock of diversified soft drinks maker Fraser Neave has performed very well over the past few weeks. The counter yesterday finished 15 cents lower at $7.30 on volume of 87,000 shares. Last week it hit a year-high of
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    • 128 6 CITY Developments Ltd announced the appointment of John H Henderson as a non-executive director of subsidiary companies, CDL Hotels New Zealand Ltd, CDL Investments New Zealand Ltd and Kingsgate Corporation Ltd. ♦JURONG Technologies Industrial Corp Ltd announced that Chew Yam I Poey has resigned as a director of
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    • 469 6  - A recession warning in Greenspan's speech I comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE US dollar had a mixed day, moving back to higher ground against euro bloc currencies but not against the majority of Asian units. On the face of it, reports we've read mostly interpret Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's
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  • GREENSPAN'S testimony
    • 716 8  -  He avoids delivering stunning forecasts that could have shaken np markets From) Leon Hadar in Washington AS usual, investors and economic analysts foUowed with keen interest Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's testimony before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday. They were hoping
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    • 2085 8 Thefollowing are extracts of Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's semi-annual monetary policy testimony issued on Tuesday before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. THE past decade has been extraordinary for the American economy and monetary policy. The synergies of key technologies markedly elevated prospective
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    • 553 8 Reuters WASHINGTON] You probably know what Alan Greenspan said, but unless you were in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, you may not know that he actually laughed. The powerful chairman of the Federal Reserve Board burst out
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 475 9  -  It could pick np only in the third quarter, they say By Chuang Peck Ming ALTHOUGH most forecasts for export growth in January look good, they don't paint an accurate picture, which is one of continuing weakness after the 4.9 per cent plunge
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    • 337 9  -  P=W 3 on the economy Masterlndex By Andrea Tan CONSUMER confidence in Singapore may have slowed, but it is still relatively high compared with other countries in the region, according to the latest MasterCard International survey. The Masterlndex of Consumer Confidence for the first half of2ool
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    • 177 9 FILLING in financial-details forms will soon be a breeze for NTUC Income clients with the introduction of a mobile electronic solution that will make the process easier and faster. Income, working with software company SMP.com, has introduced an electronic form that allows insurance
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    • 424 9  -  Japan tumbles from third to 16th position By\ Eugene Low SINGAPORE has come in second in a survey of potential economic competitiveness carried out by the Japan Centre for Economic Research (JCER). In the previous rankings compiled in 1990, Singapore had taken top spot, but
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    • 740 10  -  Talks to proceed on how Bintan water can be sent to Singapore From Shoeb Kagda inPekanbaru SINGAPORE and the Indonesian resource rich province of Riau have launched a series of new initiatives, including the supply of raw water from Bintan island to
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    • 503 10  -  AVA sees region as wide-ranging future source of fresh fruit, fish and poultry From Shoeb Kagda inPekanbaru SINGAPORE is planning to develop a multi-billion dollar agricultural base in the Riau province over the next five years to help meet the growing demand
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    • 410 10  -  I bag Yap Wy-En Stony Brook, New York via Internet I REFER to your article "Looking beyond US rate cuts" by Larry Wee (BT, Jan 31). I am inclined to agree with Mr Wee that rather than dwelling on the present dismal outlook,
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    • 178 10  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article, "The French just do it more stylishly" by Matthew Lynn (BT, Feb 9). Anybody who read this report and followed it up with the articles "Policy changes a test of nerves for investors"
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    • 353 10  -  Wen Yixiang Singapore, via Internet THE focus of discussions on the Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) has been on the penalty of early withdrawal and the tax benefits involved. There are at least two other issues that must not be overlooked: investment products approved for the
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    • 245 10  -  His passing 'a great loss to S'pore's theatre and arts' By J Jaime Ee WILLIAM Teo, an artistic director known for his groundbreaking and visually spectacular productions before his untimely death last Sunday, was remembered by Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as
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    • 255 10 Changi plant is firm's fourth photomask facility in region NASDAQ-listed DuPont Photomasks officially opened its new US$25 million (Ss44 million) Singapore plant in Changi yesterday. The 7,700 sq m plant is DuPont's fourth photomask facility in the Asia-Pa-cific and the only one in the region
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    • 90 9 CREDIT FIRST SUISSE BOSTON PROUD TO TAKE ASIA'S CHANGING BOND MARKETS TO NEW HEIGHTS. www.csfb.com Credit Suisse First Boston is pleased to announce that it has been awarded primary dealer status by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to deal in Singapore Government Securities. Asia's domestic bond markets are growing, and
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  • e-NEWS
    • 618 11 It will join hands with Softbank Commerce, Happinet to build a network to sell the game Reuters, NYT, Bloomberg [TOKYO] Microsoft Corp on Tuesday announced a plan to ally with two Japanese firms to construct a sales network for its Xbox game in a country
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    • 327 11 REDMOND, Washington Reuters, AFX-Asia MICROSOFT Corp yesterday named Rick Belluzzo as its new president and chief operating officer. He will take over the reins as COO from Bob Herbold, 58, who is retiring. Mr Herbold will continue to serve in a part-time capacity representing
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    • 688 11 HONGKONG The conglomerate, HE'S largest, draws applications for twice the amount in debt it was selling Bloomberg HUTCHISON Whampoa Ltd, Hongkong's largest conglomerate, drew applications for twice the US$l.5 billion (552.6 billion) in debt it was selling, allowing the company to price at
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    • 411 11 I PARIS Rating ftgfrmCT** warn about KPN, Deutsche Telekom FT EUROPEAN telecommunications companies came under further pressure on Tuesday as shares in France Telecom's Orange mobile phone subsidiary closed below their offer price and credit rating agencies sounded warnings about KPN and
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    • 347 11 SAN FRANCISCO Reuters JUST nine months after its launch, Intel Corp is quietly closing down a streaming media content business that the world's largest chip maker said would serve an estimated US$2.5 billion (554.4 billion) market by 2004. Intel, based in Santa Clara,
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 738 12  -  piTT^ bottom line OPINION paul krugman The writer is a professor of economics at Princeton University NYT THREE weeks ago, Alan Greenspan, in his now-famous testimony to the Senate Budget Committee, gave decisive aid and comfort to the advocates of huge, irresponsible tax cuts.
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    • 103 12 The Bush administration must understand that in commerce as well as in arms, China is in a struggle with America's traditional allies in Asia' -William Hawkins of the US Business and Industry Council, calling for a review of US policy towards China. 'His act left a permanent
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    • 605 12 EDITORIAL EARNINGS are down, the stock market as a whole hasn't been doing too well for over a year and shareholders aren't exactly happy. Meanwhile, the market has been liberalised, a disclosure-based regime has been installed and investors have become more sawy. What is a
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    • 1147 12  -  Asian manufacturers are recognising they are not in the business of making products, but of making customers happy By, John Moran The writer is a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers' management consulting practice in East Asia IN the face of global competition and supply chains
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    • 709 12 COMMENTARY The Indonesian Parliament should focus on amending the central bank law Editorial in The Jakarta Post MANY are worried that the Indonesian economy will most likely become the first victim of the heightened political uncertainty and worsening relationship between beleaguered President Abdurrahman Wahid and the
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • 454 13  -  Poor IPO showing sparks talk Sing Tel may eye stake again From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE dismal response to Time dotCom's public share sale on Tuesday has sparked strong rumours that Singapore Telecommunications may once again be eyeing a stake in the
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    • 322 13 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia may cancel the US$35O million (Ss6loB million) sale of a group of palm oil plantations to Malaysia's Kumpulan Guthrie amid opposition from Parliament, Finance Minister Prijadi Praptosuhardjo said. Most members of Parliament's economic affairs commission are lending support
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    • 392 13  -  From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur TYCOON Halim Saad yesterday asked to change the rules once again, even as he kept the first part of his promise, coughing up RMIOO million (Ss46 million) for listed United Engineers (UEM). Mr Halim had in
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    • 422 13  -  Appointments back perception foreign partners not too keen to step in From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government has appointed two senior officials to head Malaysia Airlines, reinforcing perceptions that efforts to rope in a foreign strategic partner to turn the
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 374 14  -  45 private banks will be told to consolidate into 25-30 groups From Harish Mehta in Hanoi VIETNAM will wave the big stick and force its troubled 45 private banks to merge into 25 or 30 healthy banks over the next few years under
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    • 311 14 JAKARTA litre than adequate collateral to back up debt owed, it says Bloomberg THE family that controls Indonesia's Sinar Mas, one of Asia's most indebted business groups, will not offer guarantees on some US$l.25 billion (552.2 billion) it must pay the country's bank rescue
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    • 384 14  -  Formalised guidelines will foster free gas market' By Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] It seemed a pipe dream at first, but slowly a region-wide network of gas pipelines is taking shape in Asean. Still, the network is at best bilateral in nature, with the pipelines transporting
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    • 367 14 I MANILA AFP A BANK account allegedly owned by former Philippine President Joseph Estrada was drained of its total deposits of more than three billion pesos (Sslo9 million) before he was ousted, bank records unsealed on Wednesday showed. Senators opened the records and
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    • 352 15 I TAIPEI Analysts cite slower private consumption, investment, exports AFP TAIWAN'S economic growth may fall below 5 per cent this year, down from close to 6.5 per cent in 2000 on expectations of slower private consumption, investment and exports, analysts said. The Directorate
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    • 308 15 BEIJING Bloomberg CHINA will stall plans by China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) to pipe its natural gas to Shanghai, the country's fastest-growing market, in favour of a pipeline 10 times as long from China's western provinces, an official said. The government
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    • 178 15 I HONGKONG AFP YOUNG people may be the most miserable in Asia but they are also the most sexually liberated, a new survey showed yesterday. Just 5 per cent of the 15 to 29-year-olds in Hongkong told the survey they were happy compared with
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    • 275 15 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's exports rose in January at their slowest pace in 19 months as the week-long Lunar New Year holiday disrupted shipments and overseas demand for China-made goods slackened. Exports rose 0.8 per cent from a year ago to US$l6.9 billion (5529.5
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    • 448 15 TAIPEI Net income of NTsslb against 1999's NTsloJ>b beats expectations Reuters UNITED Microelectronics Corp, the world's second-largest contract chip maker, said yesterday it earned net profits of NT550.78 billion (552.74 billion) in 2000, slightly above analyst estimates of NT550.03 billion. The 2000 net profit
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    • 152 15 Templeton chief sees boom is India's software exports AFX-Asia [BOMBAY] The Indian rupee is "undervalued" by 29 pa* cent, Templeton Franklin Investments' chief investment officer Mark Mobius said. The rupee's low value will lead to a boom in software exports, as also exports of
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    • 137 15 BEIJING Reuters CHINESE financial institutions seeking a listing should be audited by both overseas and domestic accounting Arms, state media quoted a joint circular issued by regulators and the finance ministry as saying yesterday. China banks must hire foreign auditors for listing. The
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  • WORLD news
    • 640 16 TOKYO US slowdown dents exports while high oil prices lift import values Reuters, AFP JAPAN'S current account surplus shrank 21 per cent in December as the slowing US economy chewed into export growth while high oil prices ramped up the value of
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    • 462 16 WASHINGTON Matching increases suggest firms working off excess supplies AP, Bloomberg INVENTORIES of unsold goods on shelves and backlots rose by a tiny 0.1 per cent in December and matched the increase in sales, suggesting that companies are working off excess supplies.
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    • 425 16 NEW YORK Bloomberg WITH just one initial public offering, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co has catapulted to the top of the IPO underwriter rankings. KPMG Consulting Inc's US$2 billion (553.5 billion) IPO completed last week put Morgan Stanley, ranked No 2 in
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    • 616 16 TOKYO Lawmaker* nnhappy that he continned playing golf after hearing the news Reuters PRIME Minister Yoshiro Mori's grip on power was in question yesterday amid attacks by both ruling and opposition lawmakers for his response to the sinking of a Japanese
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    • 524 16 Silicon boys hottest bachelors these days SAN FRANCISCO Dotcom crisis or not, dating industry is booming in the 'valley of guys' AFP THIS Valentine's Day, 35-year-old Peter Henig would have had no trouble finding a date. Since he was elected one of the 10 most wanted bachelors of the Internet
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    • 147 16 AFP [JAKARTA] A Singapore-registered oil tanker which ran aground in shallow waters off the north coast of Indonesia's storm-battered Java island has begun leaking oil, environmental activists said yesterday. Tembarai Gustan, head of the non-government Environmental Care organisation in the coastal town of
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    • 351 16 NEW YORK Long-serving execs join the beard at the healthcare firm FT JOHNSON Johnson (J&J) has unofficially started the contest to succeed Ralph Larsen as chairman and chief executive by promoting the two leading contenders to an expanded office of
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 51 16 Bloomberg [AKRON, Ohio] Goodyear Tire Rubber Co will cut more than 7,200j0bs worldwide, or 6.9 per cent of its 105,000-strong workforce, the company said in a statement. The cuts will reduce costs by about US$l5O million (Ss26l million) this year and US$25O million annually
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      • 38 16 Bloomberg [MUNICH] Allianz AG, Europe's second-largest insurer, said earnings last year rose 12 per cent to about 23 billion euros (553.7 billion) in 2000 from about 2.1 billion a year earlier. —Bloomberg
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      • 38 16 Reuters [PARIS] Newly-merged French utilities, telecoms and media giant Vivendi Universal yesterday said turnover last year reached a provisional 41.7 billion euros (5566.72 billion), an increase of 36.5 per cent. —Reuters
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    • 340 17 WASHINGTON AFP A US congressional committee chaired by Republican lawmakers have issued three subpoenas in their deepening investigation into former president Bill Clinton's controversial pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich. The House Committee on Government Reform is looking into the possibility of
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    • 636 17 NEW YORK Credibility of genomics approaches now on the line NYT INCYTE Genomics offers access to 120,000 human genes, including 60,000 not available from any other source. Human Genome Sciences says it has identified 100,000 human genes, and Double Twist says it knows of
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    • 677 17 WASHINGTON Changes in procedure prompted by shrinking of the US Treasury market NYT ALAN Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said on Tuesday that the US central bank has made changes in procedure and is considering others to ensure that the
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    • 405 17 Drastic measures prompted by plunging beef sales Reuters [STRASBOURG] Europe's farm policy chief Franz Fischler unveiled an emergency seven-point plan on Tuesday to combat the mad cow crisis hitting the beef sector at a cost of over one billion euros (Ssl.6
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    • 475 17 NEW YORK Plea comes as Greenspan says the bond has outlived its usefulness Bloomberg THE Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is the latest group to urge the US Treasury to keep issuing new 30-year bonds, saying the elimination of that maturity would mean
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    • 189 17 MERGERS sMtfilllMHlil.'Kl Trends, Impact Future In Corporate Marriages Trends Future of M&A Are current valuation methods appropriate? jM How do you determine the optimum *> valuation technique? JH jsip Key Structuring Issues, Structuring Schemes f Mf 1 Techniques Mr KK* Taxation of the target company at the time of acquisition
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  • FINANCE & commodities
    • 324 18  -  SGX Derivatives Tradingßeport ST Indeg/MSCI SPpore Index Wong Ann Chuen Refco Singapore SINGAPORE stocks yesterday tumbled, weighed down by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd and technologyrelated stocks. The benchmark Straits Times Index closed 22.69 points lower or 1.14 per cent at 1,966.10 points with six
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    • 275 18  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore TAIWAN'S stock market sank yesterday despite the government's decision to resume the construction of the scrapped nuclear plant as the market had already discounted the move. The statement by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan that the Fed
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    • 316 18 Reuters London THE yen rose to its highest this week against the US dollar and the euro early yesterday after Japan's central bank governor questioned the value of foreign exchange intervention as a tool to weaken Japan's currency. Attention switched from the broadly sagging euro to the yen
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  • STOCKS east asia
    • 2748 19 HOMGKOMG AFP n Hang Seng *17.70 HONGKONG share prices rose 0.1 per cent yesterday on selective buying, mainly in property stocks, which continued to benefit from the government's land sale plan for next financial year, dealers said. The key Hang Seng
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    • 2064 19 TOKYO AFP d Nikkei 225 *3» SHARES in Tokyo recovered from early falls to close up 0.1 per cent yesterday following a report that members of Japan's ruling coalition called for Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to be sacked, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock
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      1095 19 Reuters F1 Shenzhen B Index +€133 CHINA'S stocks closed mixed yesterday as liquidity shrivelled and investors camped on the sidelines awaiting updates on a government probe into stock price rigging. The Shenzhen B Share Index ended up 0.33 of a point or 0.26 per cent at 124.93 as turnover
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    • 374 19 AFP QVP Index -139.81 TAIWAN share prices closed 2.3 per cent lower yesterday on profit-taking despite the government's decision to restart a scrapped nuclear power plant and a bank merger announcement, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 139.81 points to 5,887.68, on turnover of NT5170.27
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  • STOCKS klse
    • 403 20 CI Composite Index -4JO SHARE prices closed lower in thin trade as the weak subscription for Time dot Com IPO shares affected market sentiment while shares of the Renong group and Commerce-Asset Holding were also hard hit by the news, dealers said. Speculation on
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    • 8820 20 INDUSTRIALS Consumer protects 2001 Last Vol Day Nat Cap Hfrh Law Cawpany Sale 'OOP Hlfh Law P/E Sum 340 300 Ajinomoto 340 30 4 340 306 18.6 137.8 45 30 Anqkasa 34.5 -2.5 9 35 34.5 50.9 342 286 Apollo Food Hlq 330 -8 4 330 330 72 132.0 356
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  • SGX clob & regional stocks
    • 2646 21 BONDS A WARRANTS Feb 14 *i mi r*mi v*n 52-«Mt Last Val Day UaMnlt kt% Imm* Urn bar Mac Mka H* Law Caapaay Ma «ar- C«00> tarer Mar Mm MDMIa Prtaa <%l 6mhm2 UM 47 1 s Acma W*****4 1 unch 101 1 1 1 1.5 1 41.0 1 300
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    • 301 21 AFP PI Composite Index +&06 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 5.05 points at 603.83. Volume was 410.6 million shares worth 2.1 trillion won. —AFP F«*M mm AnomSomi 4450 40 Brain T»ch 428 45 Contrai Bank 170 unch CMil Comm 8*100 -BOO Dm Gg Banfc- 1*45 70
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    • 289 21 AFP n Composite Index -4J53 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday due to profit-taking, analysts said. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index closed 4.53 points lower at 1,687.74. Volume rose to 848.18 million shares worth 622.43 million pesos. —AFP F»tl4 Peso COOO) Abacus Construction .......0.36
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    • 264 21 AFP PIgSE-40 -3832 New Zealand shares fell 1.9 per cent yesterday, driven down by market leaders Telecom Corp and Baycorp, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index fell 38.82 points at 1,971.67, its lowest closing level since mid-January, on turnover of NZ$95.B million. mm «a am Advantage HOS 1.50 -0.04
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    • 544 21 AFP QAD OrdmuiM +BJO AUSTRALIAN shares closed 0.2 per cent higher yesterday as gains by News Corp helped the market defy falls on Wall Street, brokers said. The All Ordinaries closed 8.1 points higher at 3,294.8 while the SP/ASX 200 index gained nine points to 3,350.1. The All Resources
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      748 21 AFP CI SET Index -6.79 THE Thai stock market slumped 2.1 per yesterday due to a lack of fresh leads and negative sentiment on overseas markets, analysts said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index dropped 6.79 points to finish at 315.25 points, and the SET 50 Index
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      711 21 AFP n Pamoate Indm -196 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.7 per cent lower on quiet trade yesterday due to continuing political concerns, but a late rebound by Telkom brought the market off its lows, dealers said. They said the cancellation of a planned meeting on Tuesday between President Abdurrahman
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  • 9197 22 SGX MAINBOARD Transaction date: Feb 14 Of Or M Wt 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Dlv Oiv YW Net Cap Avg High Low Company Sa<a COOP) KWgh Law Bwyar Sattar Cw P/t im* Prtea MULTI-INDUSTRY 158 57.5 m c AcmaSOc 59 -1 390 60 57.5 58.5 59
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  • New Asia Biz Woman
    • 706 24 Parents teach daughters how to excel in a male-dominated society Oana-Yonhap [SEOUL] HAVING been raised in a male-dominated society, mothers and fathers in Korea worry a lot about how to raise their daughters well so they won't shy away from competing against men and winning.
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    • 244 24 Reuters [BEIJING] China's hotels are putting love ahead of regulations and allowing unmarried Chinese couples to book double rooms, something usually permitted only for partners with a marriage certificate, state media said yesterday. "No lies need to be told about being married when couples check
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  • EXECUTIVE Suite
    • 985 25  -  Experts estimates range from a slight decline to a drop of at least 10-15%. But commercial, industrial DCs may inch up. SAUPiMi rashiwala reports KALPANA RASHIWALA AS residential land values and prices of homes in Singapore have weakened over the past six months, so too
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    • PROPERTY
      • 478 26  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala POTENTIAL increases in development charge (DC) rates for commercial and industrial land come March 1 will be moderate given the lower economic growth outlook and the aim of ensuring Singapore's cost competitiveness, said Steven Choo. The Jones Lang LaSalle national director
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      • 823 26 Development charge rates per square metre of gross floor area COMMERCIAL 4- RESIDENTIAL GEOGRAPHCALSECTORS MAR 00 SEPT 00 %CHNG MAR 00 SEPT 00 I %CHNG MAR 00 SEPT 00 %CHNG LANDB) LANDED LANDS) NONiANDGD NONUMED NOWLANDED Raffles Place 4350 4350 0.0 1500 1500 0.0 1900 1900 0.0
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      • 1051 27  -  Byi Chan Chen Tee The writer is a partner with Drew Napier YOUR CPF savings can do more than help pay for your property—they can be withdrawn to buy a piece of vacant land and even foot the bill for constructing your
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      • 482 27 DEVELOPER/ OWNER DISTRICT LOCATION SIZE TOTAL UNITS NO. OF PRICE TENURE (sq ft) LAUNCHED UNTTSSOLD (Spsf) Aligreen Prop 3 Stirling Rd 914-2,723 536 289 760 99-yr River Place FEO 3 Havelock Rd 678-3,229 509 420 950 99-yr Caribbean at Keppel Bay Keppei Land 4 Keppel Bay
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      • 919 31  -  And that's just for the first half of the year, andrea tan looks at Knight Frank's projections for other prime London sectors ANDREA TAN IF you had bought a property in London's Canary Wharf early last year, there is reason to cheer. Home prices
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    • BY DESIGN
      • 1443 28  -  axdrea tax gleans some tips from a trade show on the latest trends in kitchens and bathrooms ANDREA TAN YOU are famished. You've just gone into a Japanese restaurant and ordered a scrumptious chicken katsudon. Minutes later, you stare down at two miserly pieces of chicken
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      • 1132 30  -  Colour is one of the cheapest ways to transform personal space, coum lee explains how it works, and how it could change your home's proportion COLIN LEE Colin Lee is a freelance writer COLOURS evoke emotions and produce a variety of moods and reactions. So choosing the
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    • HOUSE HUNT
      • 400 32  -  voice chomg checks out the roomy apartments at Freesia Woods along Sunset Way VINCE CHONG A LONG the predominantlylanded Sunset Way stands a 129-unit freehold condominium that debunks the theory that all modern day private homes are smallish. There is no lack of space at this
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    • 3026 32 PHOJECT NAME PROP CONTRACT TtNWft BW.T-W PWCE r&r STREET MME TYPE DATE LAW) AREA" (SOFT) (STOOD) <* District 16 Aquarius By The Park 20/12/00 99 893 520 582 Aquarius By The Park Apt 06/12/00 99 1206 658 545
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    • 179 26 Jones Lang I WJ9 LaSalle. Freehold Industrial Building For redevelopment or refurbishment r\ Light industry zone {PR 2.5) MH nat 5 mins walk from Aljunied MRT Station r Existing 9-storey light industrial building muK Wsl a Gross Roor Area: 46,750 sf PPI Jm n Net Lettable Area: 34,747 sf FOR
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    • 234 26 FOR SALE BY TENDER FREEHOLD INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY k T WITH REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL -mJ- i -j v s|j rrpniMMm Area approximately 122,009 sq ft 2oned "Light Industry" at Plot Ratio 2.5 I" 8 Superb Location at Pasir Panjang/Alexandra Rds I Near CBD, Port NUS, Science Park f Ideal for Infocom Users/Co-location
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 284 33 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BOI) was unchanged at 1,445, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) shed three points to 1,515, the Baltic Handymax Index (BH3) fell 15 points to 8,884 and the Baltic Capeeize Index (BCD was up fbutpoints to 1,833. While the dry bulk X ltl n
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    • 291 33 N8H W CWT Cstrlbutlon 3.50 -0.01 12 ChuanHup 0J7 0.01 590 Cosco Invastmant —0.17 <5.01 390 rrawttuniu an -0.01 2 m GBHokflngs 0.47 -0.01 10 IMCIHWIwp HK—MO unch 0 Jay* Holdings 0.13 0.01 290 KsppalCorp JJO -0.14 530 Kappal PELS 1.04 -OOI 48 Kappal Marina 0.18 UBCh 3397
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    • 598 33  -  Foreign companies investing USs3omin such zones get tax, lease fee exemption From] P T Bangsberg in Manila SOUTH Korea's main Port of Pusan is expected to be named the country's first du-ty-free zone this year, in a move meant to boost business and
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    • 377 33 Shares of Ports of gain ftffrr Cosco switches sailings to Auckland from Port Taranaki Bloomberg [AUCKLAND! Shares of Ports of Auckland Ltd, New Zealand's largest and busiest port, gained as much as 2.1 per cent on optimism the company is expanding its role as
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    • FEDEX'S china strategy
      • 579 34  -  After having been awarded only one extra flight to China FedEx is looking at alternative means to expand its reach there, reports P T BANGSBERG P T BANGSBERG F awarded frequencies to a number of carriers and gave FedEx a single extra flight. "We
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    • 177 34 PACE AppensMp S Assets 5 Austral 6 BalajiShpg 5 BSA 7 B'tang Mas 6 CCW T CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 CSAV 3 t Central Ex 6 ChoYang 5 CNmS*9 S ft Cougar 7 t CVTGtoMM 7 Drinas 4 DjakLtord 6 Dongnama 3 Eastrans 6 ECl 4 ECU
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    • 11645 40 THEBUSINESSTIMES Pages EXPORT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2001 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number mummmmmummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmmm To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'ivoire 27/02 03/04 Del mas SAUDI YANBU Y41W 65-*****44 2(/02 14/04 COSCO HUMEN BRIDGE 0013W 65-*****00 06/03 10/04 Delmas VILLE DE MIMOSA V42W
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 752 42 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure llmstar 2103 *j22 035 17/02/1440 Kadar 36A J13 7.-05 14/02/15:00 C Success 14/02 J11 8:30 14/02/1740 Nwcmpl 64 65/00* J19 10:45 14/02/17:30 Winstar 2 019S01 J03 8:55 14/02/21:00 Star Austang 201 J19 945 15/02/12:00 Terang 18 ¥1045 J02 8:40 H/02/K40 Royal Freigh
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      • 1954 42 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Mane* Rstb Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Ported Froi To Frew AC* GARNET 23S 15/21:00 B 13/800 O/BM 13/1*00 IA 13/1700 M/0659 M/D900 21 13/1700 M/06M >4/0400 14/0700 H/1BI M/MOC 4 M/BM M/MM M/T700 ACX SVAN 4J9E 16/3:00 13/1500 O/BM O/NM
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      • 199 42 Fab 10 United States: Presidents Day. M 23 Brunei: National Day. Karl South Korea: Independence Movement Day. Marf Brunei: Hari Raya Haji. Indonesia: Idul Adha AH. Malaysia: Hari Raya HajiSingapore: Hari Raya Haji. Mar 17 Ireland: St Patrick Day. United Kingdom: St.Patrick's Day. Mar 20 Japan: Vernal Wquinox
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      • 788 42 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of tingle prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are baaed on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 531 42 Carbon 180 Max 986.5 0J 15.9 0.06 65 0.03 F«M Density Water tesMoe Ask Aluminium Sifcurt No abOM E25 0 0 1 0 0 0 %M/M 380 AM 985.2 0J 13.1 0.06 27 0.01 Cum 380 MM 989.7 0.7 16.1 0.09 54 0.03 »WW1 y/V M/M
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 436 43 Data security questions resolved; lata hopes up to 35 airlines will sign up for system Bloomberg [GENEVA] The International Air Transport Association (lata) and information technology company Sita Group are to start an issuing system for electronic tickets for international flights by mid--2001
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      • 706 43 Four niche operators file for bankruptcy, cite doubling of fnel charges as reason NYT [NEW YORK] The rise in crude oil prices is hurting some small regional and niche airlines, four of which sought refuge from creditors in US Bankruptcy
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      • LOG Book
        • 107 43 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System Bhd may soon fly to Okayama, extending its current twice-weekly flight to Fukuoka, New Straits Times quoted Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik as saying. He said the Okayama Prefecture government is offering Malaysia Airlines several incentives, including free
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        • 79 43 Bloomberg [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways Co, Japan's largest domestic airline, said it will reduce capacity on unprofitable routes in the coming year, mostly in its international business. As part of the business plan for the year beginning April 1, ANA will reduce capacity,
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        • 126 43 AP [HANOI] Hanoi's long-awaited new international airport terminal is scheduled to open in April, six years after construction started, an airport official said on Tuesday. The first phase of the US$76 million (*****.6 million) Terminal One will go through a test-run in mid-March before
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      • 206 43 Bloomberg [LONDON] Rolls-Royce Pic said the UK government will invest £250 million (Ss63o million) in the aircraft engine maker's latest Trent engine models, which will power the planned Airbus Industrie A3BO superjumbo and Boeing Corp's proposed 747 X aircraft. The second-largest aircraft engine
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      • 472 43 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV said that it would take up an offer from the Italian government to resume ties with Alitalia SpA only if the problems that led the Dutch carrier to drop the Italian
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    • LOGISTICS page
      • 561 44  -  The NTs3oom centre, due to be completed by the end of the year, will boost Kaohsiung's image as an international port of call, reports P T BAMOSBERO P T BANGSBERG Construction has begun on a global logistics centre at Taiwan's Port of
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      • 280 44 Marine Inc, a business-to-business container exchange, recently named Jerry Deems president and chief executive, replacing Thee Grigsby, who left to begin a consulting company*" M 'tv "Synchro Net has become the industry leader In a very dynamic market environment with Industry Innovation backed by solid
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      • 173 44 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Stlnnes AG, Germany's biggest publicly traded logistics company, said its Schenker AG cargo unit is shifting management board members as the company expands in logistics. Hans-Joerg Hager, 52, will take on responsibility for the European region and land transport division. Thomas Lieb,
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    • 462 33 people HMH The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has appointed TO, <JS* Myron Route as deputy director of the port commerce MHrf I department He wHi liaise with the authority's director, Richard fe Larrabaa. Oantas and British Airways have named Stephen Thompson as K regional general manager
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