The Business Times, 14 March 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE Internet: http.V/business-times.asial .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2001 BSC
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Dow fall points to protracted US downturn
    941 1  -  Layoffs, falling consumer confidence among other troubling signs From Catherine Ong in New York IF the stock market is one leading indicator of an economy, Monday's dramatic plunge in share prices on Wall Street suggests the US is hurtling towards a recession that's
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    72 1 POSES BAITS USS SI USffBt perUSS) 1.769 £(TjS$/S$per£) 1.40 U74 EUBO(USS/St/E) 9J27 lJBl DM 1199 UN THf 120.1 «&29 KM U99 1199 KKS m9 4.494 BAHT 4191 24JI1 riipiah tans &ni 'St to 100 units PUMB1ATBS SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.«7 Jakarta BANGKOK lid MANILA 11.60 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI
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    Lock icon Downtown site attracts just 2 bidders
    605 1  -  Prices for the 'white' site also much lower than expected By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Other than Keppel Land, local property developers were noticeably absent from yesterday's sec-ond-time tender for the maiden "white" site in the new Downtown, which attracted only two bids. One was
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    Lock icon Morning Nasdaq up 46, Dow down 4
    119 1 Bloomberg [New York] The Nasdaq Composite Index rose for the first time In four days yesterday morning as investors scooped up shares of Cisco, Microsoft and Oracle. By 10.30 am EST, the index had edged up 46.04 points to 1,969.42 after Monday's plunge
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    Lock icon Regional stock markets take a beating
    643 1  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The rattle from Wall Street reverberated through the region yesterday, sending Asian markets tumbling. In Singapore, the Straits Times Index crashed to a 23-month low as blue chips like Singapore Telecom. Singapore Airlines, Singapore Press Holdings and the banks plunged
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      93 1 UIHIUE Motoihm COE: Prices up with quota shocker. Pg 16 Colombian traiiblazer in the wings. Pg 17 Formula One: That dirty word is back. Pg 18 v Top Stories m Sing Tel stumps on fears over C&W Optus deal. Pg 4 People's Food IPO under-subscribed. PgB i if I, srapprng
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      59 1 MORE REPORTS Can the Dow hold at 10,000? Next Page End to Nasdaq misery not yet in sight, Next Page All 30 Dow components in minus column, Pg 3 Bear market is back for S&PSOO, Pg 3 Wall St prepares for slump by cutting expenses, Pg 23 ■US retail sales
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  • MARKET chill
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      Lock icon Can the Dow hold at 10,000?
      936 2  -  h i I comment CURRENCIES Watch if the important supports broken on Monday -10,300 for the Dow, 2,000 for Nasdaq and 1,215 for the S&P 500 can be recaptured larry wee WITH Monday's sharp falls in major Wall Street indices, there is a growing
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      Lock icon End to Nasdaq misery not yet in sight
      942 2  -  From, Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley LAYOFFS. Profit warnings. Losses. The litany grows. Now the Nasdaq is at its lowest in more than two years, in effect erasing virtually all gains estimated at US$3.6 trillion (556.3 trillion) made in the heady tech
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      Lock icon Nikkei falls to 16-yr low; Hang Seng to 26-mth low
      513 2 Benchmark indices in region tumble by about 2-3% Bloomberg [TOKYO] Asian stocks tumbled for a second day after US analysts cut profit forecasts for Cisco Systems, sending the Nasdaq Composite Index below 2000 for the first time in more than
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      Lock icon No reprieve insight for Asia: JP Morgan
      571 2  -  Equity strategist sees pick-up only in fenrth quarter By] Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] Asian equity markets will slide further as the global electronics downturn continues to cast a dark cloud over Asia and concerns mount over the US slowdown, according to JP Morgan
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      Lock icon All 30 Dow components in minus column
      1160 3 Fear is good, but look out below, say market experts AP [NEW YORK] Wall Street's slow-motion crash gave way to a global sell-off yesterday that began with Japan's Nikkei stock index falling to a 16year low and saw substantial losses in markets across
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      Lock icon Bear market is back for S&P 500
      595 3 Fall in tech stocks hits mutual funds, including popular S&P index fnnds NYT [NEW YORK] The bear market in the Standard Poor's 500, the most widely followed broad index of large American stocks, became official on Monday as the index ended the day
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SingTel slumps on fears over C&W Optus bid
      651 4  -  Analysts feel unconfirmed price is too high By' Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecom shares slumped to a seven-month low yesterday on fears the company may pay too much for Australia's No 2 telco Cable Wireless Optus. The shares shed 17 cents or
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      Lock icon Sandy Eu to leave OCBC as Net banking project aborted
      338 4  -  Some 20 direct hires, inclnding venture chief executive Edmund Koh, may also leave By Ling Su Ann VETERAN investment banker Sandy Eu, who joined OCBC Bank as joint head of the group's Internet banking venture six months ago, is believed
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      Lock icon ST Engg to unveil 3 new products at No. 1 arms show
      419 4  -  By] David Boey ST Engineering will unveil three new products including its first wheeled armoured fighting vehicle at the world's biggest arms show which starts on Sunday. The new products will be seen for the first time at
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      Lock icon Correction
      55 4 IN yesterday's report "SGX reviewing Sesdaq's role: BG Lee", we misquoted Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as having said, "SGX has had an uneventful year. Many companies have had their IPOs. Some were successful, others not." What BG Lee said was SGX has had an eventful year. We
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      Lock icon Acquisitions help lift M&C earnings 58% to £93m
      733 5  -  Republic Hotels and Resorts posts 142% profit jump on Seoul Hilton contribution By\ Kalpana Rashiwala KWEK Leng Beng's London-listed Millennium and Copthorne Hotels (M&C) posted a 58 per cent increase in net profit last year to £93.1 million (***** million), and expects
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      Lock icon GK Goh's net dives 73% as turnover falls 52%
      293 5 HIT by lower commissions and weak market conditions, listed broker G K Goh yesterday announced a 73 per cent slide in FY2OOO earnings. Net profit plunged to $17.5 million from $65.1 million in 1999, while turnover slumped 52 per cent to
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      Lock icon Motorola veteran joins Chartered board
      347 5  -  By\ Liew Hanqing CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing yesterday announced the appointment of electronics industry veteran Jim Norling to its board and also said it has filed a shelf registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that will allow the company and its shareholders to raise
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      Lock icon Banks need to change story on their cost growth
      601 5  -  lock siew siow li sen OARING costs at the five lobanks was a common in their 2000 finanyear results, though their cost ratios were still way below those of global banks. But then again, the cost ratios of Singapore banks aren't
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      Lock icon Ascott launches $5m campaign to build its brands
      218 8  -  By* Adeline Chuah THE Ascott Group has announced a $5 million rationalisation and promotion exercise to help it become a world player with 15,000 serviced residences by 2005. The group will spend the money "establishing its corporate identity, advertising and changing its
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      Lock icon ASJ Hldgs' profit up 40% on stronger demand, better price
      229 8  -  By< Janice Lee ELECTRONICS manufacturer ASJ Holdings yesterday reported an $8.4 million net profit for FY2OOO, up 40 per cent from $6 million in FY1999. The better result was due to stronger demand for its resistors and a 5 per
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      Lock icon People's Food IPO under-subscribed
      244 8  -  Vickers Ballas takes np on wanted shares -or 0.0% of IPO By Serena Ng THE initial public offer by China's People's Food Holdings has been under-sub-scribed, leaving underwriter and placement agent Vickers Ballas to mop up the untaken scrip. People's Food offered 142.5 million shares at
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      Lock icon GES Int'l says it'll miss 20% growth forecast
      279 8  -  Byi Adeline Chuah GES International yesterday announced that its interim net profit rose only marginally by 0.7 per cent to $12.1 million, adding that it would miss its projected growth of 20 per cent for the fall year. But turnover for the
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Pertama lifts profit despite lower sales
        109 8 THE Pertama Group has managed to shore up its earnings for the six months ended Dec 31 despite a 10 per cent drop in sales to $78 million. It attributed the lower turnover to weaker exports and cited improved markets, better controls and lower
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        Lock icon Ban Joo warns of lower profits
        94 8 TEXTILES group Ban Joo Company Ltd yesterday warned of lower profits because of the weak economic conditions across many emerging markets. Turnover is expected to decline by about 7 per cent for the half year to Dec 31 from a year ago. Gross margins
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      Lock icon TEE Int'l offers 8.6 m shares at 28¢ each
      265 8  -  It aims to raise $1.6 m of which $1.2 m will be nsed as working capital By\ Liew Hanqing INTEGRATED mechanical and electrical services provider TEE International Limited yesterday launched its initial public offering (IPO) of 8.6 million shares at 28
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      871 4 if// PEOPLE'S FOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda on 31 August 2000) Invitation in respect of 142,500,000 ordinary shares of HK$O.5O each ("Invitation Shares") comprising 120,000,000 New Shares and 22,500,000 Vendor Shares as toliows:I 8,000,000 Offer Shares at $0.45 each by way of public offer; II 134,500,000 Placement Shares by
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Blue chips bear the brunt as STI dives to 23-month low
      619 6  -  I comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE shock waves from Wall Street's overnight plunge reverberated through the local market yesterday, sending the Straits Times Index crashing to a 23-month closing low. The STI plunged to an intra-day low of 1,779.26
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      476 6 Stocta Voh— SingTel 15c 30,872,000 PatificCerrturylOc 19,116,000 Omni Ind 10c 15.215,000 Lankom US2c 10,550,000 Integra 5c 9,708,000 PCI 25c 9.737,000 Benefun HK10c 8,414,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 7,283,000 NOL 6,908,000 K1 Ventures 10c 6,136.000 Stocta DeSGfp 93,640,900 SingTel 15c 76,234,356 UOB 53,416,493 OCBC 49,169,396 Dataaaft 10c 44,242,490 Omni Ind 10c 37,127,140
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      99 6 INDUSTRIAL* Commercial Rank and United International Securities Ltd announced that Mr Gn Hiang Meng has resigned as director of the companies from March 2, 2001. ♦SERIAL Systems Ltd announced that Mr Derek Goh Bak Heng, executive chairman has been appointed managing director and CEO of the company with
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      Lock icon MMI warrant: long-dated instrument worth a punt
      179 6  -  WARRANT WATCH Byl Ven Sreenivasan THESE are not exactly the kind of market conditions that lend themselves to punting on warrants. Warrants, being bull market instruments, tend to be among the worst performers when things go into a dive. And that's the case
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      Lock icon Raffles Holdings seen consolidating
      234 6  -  HOT STOCK By I Serena Ng RAFFLES Holdings shares performed well yesterday after the firm announced it will sell a 55 per cent stake in its $1.8 billion unit Raffles City Pte Ltd. The counter finished 1.5 cents higher at 54.5 cents on volume of 1.3
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      200 6 UNITED FOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda on 14 August 2000) 4 INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 130,550,000 NEW SHARES OF HK$O.25 EACH COMPRISING: (A) 9,550,000 OFFER SHARES AT 550.315 FOR EACH OFFER SHARE BYWAY OF PUBUC OFFER; AND (B) 121,000,000 PLACEMENT SHARES AT 550.315 FOR EACH PLACEMENT SHARE BYWAY OF
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      159 8 This announcement appears as a matter of record only March 2001 PEOPLE'S FOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda on 31 August 2000) Invitation in respect of 142,500,000 ordinary shares of HK$O.5O each comprising 120,000,000 New Shares and 22,500,000 Vendor Shares as follows:(1) 8,000,000 Offer Shares at $0.45 each by way
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      263 8 mmmmmm lllVVf iriEiE TEE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 15 August 2000) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 8,600,000 NEW SHARES COMPRISING:(I) 600,000 OFFER SHARES AT $0.28 FOR EACH OFFER SHARE BY WAY OF PUBLIC OFFER; AND (II) 8,000,000 PLACEMENT SHARES COMPRISING:(A) 6,600,000 PLACEMENT SHARES AT $0.28 FOR
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon BG Yeo, US officials discuss free trade pact
      375 9  -  He also meets US businessmen, urging them to expand S-E Asia operations From] Leon Hadar in Washington IN a "warm and wide-rang-ing" meeting in Washington on Monday, top trade officials of Singapore and the US discussed the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
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      Lock icon Economists slice growth forecasts
      382 9  -  I=H3 on the economy outlook By] Eugene Low Faced with hazy short-term prospects for the US economy and global electronics market, economists polled by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) this month have cut their growth forecasts for the local economy. The median economic growth projection
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      Lock icon Why IDA lowered 3G reserve price
      376 9  -  MAN BETI Dulcie Chan Corporate Communications Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) Singapore, via Internet I refer to the letter "Some questions to IDA on 3G licences" by Chua Kian Soon (Mailbag, March 12). Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, Minister for Communications and Information Technology,
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      Lock icon Hint of higher plot ratios in Concept Plan '01
      616 10  -  parliament-IT™ But rise in housing density likely to be incremental, over a period of time By] Marissa Chew THE government said yesterday it agrees that higher plot ratios for commercial developments make sense, hinting that the Concept Plan 2001 will provide
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      Lock icon Progress on KL-S'pore package: Jayakumar
      473 10  -  Dr M has replied to SM Lee following "proposals" from Singapore By I Chuang Peck Ming FINALLY, there is hope that Singapore and Malaysia will fix in the months ahead the thorny issues that have dogged ties between them in recent years. "After all these
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    • PARLIAMEHT Briefs
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        Lock icon CPF not for private housing upgrades
        84 10 THE use of CPF money to pay for part of the facelift of public housing flats under the HDB Main Upgrading Programme is a special case, not meant to be extended to private residential estates, Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang said. CPF money is
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        Lock icon Foreign workers'pool still growing
        48 10 THERE are over 500,000 foreign workers on work permits in Singapore, and the number is rising, according to Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang. The number includes some 140,000 maids which continued to climb— though at a slower pace—even during the economic downturn of 1996.
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        Lock icon Govt must sell land at fair value: Mah
        109 10 NATIONAL Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said that as custodian of state land, his ministry must get fair value when it sells land and cannot accept very low bids. So unlike the Certificate of Entitlement system for cars, the government will not
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        Lock icon Govt mulls lid on golf courses
        85 10 THE government will consider a recommendation by a focus group formed to make recommendations for the Concept Plan 2001 not to provide any more private golf courses. However, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said the government will not rule out providing additional public
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        Lock icon Govt looking seriously at heritage trust
        83 10 NATIONAL Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday said the government was "seriously considering" the suggestion to form a heritage conservation trust. The suggestion by one of the focus groups formed to make recommendations for the Concept Plan 2001 called for a trust to evaluate
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      Lock icon Corporate debt issues surge 159% to $50.5b
      440 10  -  Over half of 807 issues in 2000 were non-Sings denominated bonds By Serena Ng THE total amount of corporate debt issuance grew by a strong 159 per cent to $50.5 billion in 2000, the largest growth of corporate debt issuance in Singapore since
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      Lock icon Jennifer Lee is Her World's Woman of the Year 2000
      373 10 KK Women's and Children's Hospital chief executive officer Jennifer Lee has been named Her World's Woman of the Year for 2000. And twotime Sportswoman of the Year Jing Jun Hong has been named Her World's Young Woman Achiever of the
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      Lock icon SIA, pilots given a month to settle pay dispute: sources
      208 10 SINGAPORE Airlines and the union representing its 1,400 pilots have been given a month to settle a two-year pay dispute, according to sources close to the talks. A senior representative from the Air Line Pilots Association Singapore, or AL-PA-S, confirmed
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      Lock icon Ratings for PSA unusually high: Barclays
      559 10  -  By. Loh Hui Yin THE top credit ratings assigned to PSA Corporation are "unusually high" for an unlisted international port management operation when compared to larger and pub-licly-quoted distribution companies such as United Parcel Services (UPS). Barclays Capital, in a research paper on the
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Sepang beckons
        138 10 WITH the Sepang Formula One race just days away, some ticketing agents here are apparently throwing in some exciting freebies to sell the remaining tickets. BT understands that Wheels-for-Fun, which organises motoring packages and convoys to the Fl, is giving free carpark tickets and Mobil-One collectors' T-shirts to
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        Lock icon Rich pickings — but beware
        145 10 Rich pickings but beware ACCORDING to Daily Reckoning, an online investment newsletter, investors should look to buying junk bonds. "Junk bonds trade a great deal more like stocks than highly-rated bonds. And therein lies the current opportunity. Typically, high-yield bonds pay about 4 per cent more than Treasury funds. Today,
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        Lock icon Thoughts on Thailand
        54 10 LAST week, BT ran an online poll after a Thai Airways plane that the Thai PM was due to board was gutted. The poll postulated: "Thailand is in danger of being destabilised." Readers voted accordingly: Yes, the bomb threats are scary—37% No, Thaksin is in control—37% It's
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      19 9 I ft I Zaobao correspondent's I I assessment of the I I Yuanhua Group fiasco! Jin Xiamen I I
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      120 9 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletter® sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. We need your full name, address and telephone numbef, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear
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  • B G LEE interview
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      Lock icon Financial reforms: Too fast or too slow?
      4074 11  -  Deputy Prime Minister and MAS chairman Lee Hsien Loong spoke recently with BTs PATRICK DANIEL and ANGELA TAN on Singapore's financial sector reforms. We reproduce here extracts of the interview. PATRICK DANIEL and ANGELA TAN CAN we take you back to mid-1997 when
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon The big beef in European agriculture
      755 12  -  OPINION fiTT=l bottom line shada islam The writer is BT's Brussels correspondent BSE and Renate Kuenast are set to revolutionise European agriculture. With public alarm over mad cow disease showing no signs of ebbing, European consumers are beginning to question the bloc's intensive farming
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      103 12 'It's nice to be lean and mean, but this sounds a little anorexic.' Phil larking a market strategist, on the resignation of Coca-Cola president and chief operating officer Jack Stahl and a plan to reorganise the soft-drink maker into four business units. 'Despite the 60 per cent
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      Lock icon Rupiah in a tumble — again
      574 12 Rupiah in a tumble again EDITORIAL INDONESIA appears still unable to pull itself out of its crippling political and economic crisis. Just when signs of a fragile economic recovery began to hearten investors, the rupiah has once again tumbled and Jakarta is gripped by more student demonstrations calling for President
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      Lock icon Entrepreneurs create new business, not finance
      835 12  -  Start-ups that focused on raising capital rather than revenue have learnt a hard, valuable lesson Peter Martin FT THE Internet bubble has done a huge public service. It has demolished the widely held belief that the lack of easily available finance is the principal
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      Lock icon Hung up on the 'right' interest rate
      784 12  -  COMMENTARY The broader market is being ignored as investors clamour for Nasdaq 5,000 Ry Caroline Baum The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are her own. Bloomberg STOCKS fall because an economic report makes it less likely that the
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  • MALAYSiA news
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      Lock icon Higher growth seen for Malaysia
      530 13  -  Pump-priming will take it beyond 5.2% forecast: economists From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA may grow slightly faster than the earlier private sector forecast of about 5.2 per cent this year following the government's move to pump-prime the economy further to cushion it against
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      Lock icon Bintulu port's share sale oversubscribed
      247 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] BINTULU Port Holdings Bhd's initial share sale to the public drew applications for twice the number of shares offered, said Malaysian Issuing House Sdn. Bintulu received applications for 69.3 million shares, compared with 32.6 million shares offered to the public at RM2
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      Lock icon Harsh treatment for rumour-mongers
      329 13 KUALA LUMPUR They may be detained without trial: police chief AFP POLICE yesterday banned public gatherings and said they may detain rumourmongers without trial after Malaysia's worst ethnic clashes for decades. Seven more arrests were announced, bringing the total to 190 since clashes between ethnic Indians
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      Lock icon Guthrie gets OK for Indon plantation bid
      324 13  -  Indonesian govt gives nod for USs3som purchase of seized Salim assets From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur PLANTATION group Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad has received the final approvals for its US$35O million (***** million) bid to buy oil palm plantations in Sumatra. Guthrie
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Rupiah rebounds, but no respite for Gus Dur
      855 15  -  President's position weakens as pressure mounts for him to step down From I Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta EMBATTLED Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid enjoyed a respite from financial markets yesterday as the rupiah bounced back from Monday's lows, but the pressure from his
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      Lock icon Philippine prospects bleaker: Arroyo
      240 15  -  From< Al Labita in Manila THE Philippines faces bleaker growth prospects this year due to a slowdown of the economies of its two major trading partners, US and Japan, President Gloria Arroyo said yesterday. "Certainly, it will make our growth less than what we would otherwise
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      Lock icon 10 Thai senators ousted on vote buying charges
      375 15  -  Election watchdog also orders fresh polls next month From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S powerful Election Commission yesterday stood down the Senate Speaker and nine senators from their elected posts on charges of electoral fraud, ordering them to face fresh elections next
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      Lock icon India takes steps to reassure investors as stocks dive 6%
      259 15 NEW DELHI Corporatisation of exchanges among measures proposed AFP INDIAN Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha proposed a series of measures yesterday to reassure panicked investors in the wake of a massive fall in stock prices and allegations of insider trading. In
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      538 22 NEWDELHI This will make the exchange more accountable, he says Bloomberg AFP INDIA'S finance minister Yashwant Sinha proposed turning the Bombay stock exchange into a company to make it more accountable, after six brokers were suspended from its board pending an insider trading probe. Mr Sinha
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      290 22 TAIPEI Bloomberg TAIWAN'S seven biggest banks have come up with a new way of treating their bad loans: they're keeping quiet about them. The Bank of Taiwan, Taiwan Cooperative Bank and five other state-controlled lenders agreed to halt their monthly disclosure of
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      472 22  -  Move to Guangshon in stages; it denies massive job cuts From< Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG Shanghai Banking Corporation, the flagship bank of Europe's largest bank HSBC Holdings, has admitted it is looking at some kind of downsizing in Hongkong with
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      413 22  -  From Audrey Tan in Hongkong HONGKONG Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) yesterday reported a 69 per cent jump in net profits from HKSS2I million (Ssll7 million) to HKSB79 million for 2000. in its first full-year results since listing in June. HKEx is Hongkong's
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      686 16  -  Some traders have raised commercial vehicle prices by as much as 30%, reports Christopher tax CHRISTOPHER TAN MOTOR traders are reeling from the massive contraction in the 2001-2 COE quota for commercial vehicles, and many have already raised prices by as much as 30 per
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      253 16  -  Also on veiled is new fleet of bigger three-litre Toyota Crown taxis Byi Christopher Tan TAXI operator Comfort Transportation will roll out 50 cabs with automatic rear doors by the end of this month. The autodoor taxis, like those used in Japan,
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        68 16 PORSCHE has bought a 25-per-cent stake in German engineering company Bertrandt Ag. The sports car manufacturer is working closely with Bertrandt on a number of potential projects. Recently, Porsche placed an order with Bertrandt worth "tens of millions". Porsche said it was one of the
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        98 16 THE Mercedes-Benz C-class (above) missed becoming Europe's No 1 car by just two points. The new Ford Mondeo won the honour with 167 points in the final count while third place went to the Audi A 4 <156 points). These were the results of an
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        80 16 IN its fourth survey since 1998, the Heinz Goldmann Foundation in Geneva polled nearly 50 chairmen of boards of management in the German business sector, asking which three managers in their opinion have increased the growth and the profitability Of their companies most convincingly in the
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        96 16  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan NET-BASED advisory firm IDC says two out of every five used-car purchases in the US in 2004 will be influenced by the Internet. This ratio represents a US$l64 billion (Ss2B9 billion) opportunity for companies using the Internet to sell
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      334 17  -  This gives buyers another option besides current 'packaged deals' Reports by Christopher Tan IN response to requests from the Land Transport Authority, motor traders will come up with options for consumers who wish to buy vehicles with their own COE. In other words,
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      242 17 THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has hit out at motor traders who profit from COE price falls "at the expense of consumers". Responding to a spate of letters from the public published in The Business Times, Case said "any practice
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      1156 17 Average open market value (OMV) of cars registered in January. Source: LTA mooelamke cc MEOMVIS) ALFA ROMEO A1461 .6TS 1598 ***** AU=AnO*BOA1562D 1570 ***** ALFA HOMO A1S625GW 2492 28.986 AIM HOMED A186 30 25® 46,124 AiPOWMWlii QB7 V*N»OE 5»6 20B549 AUDIA31.aA3DR 1596 ***** AUOA315A6CR 1596 ***** AWA415A4CR
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      752 17  -  FORMULA ONE Montoya looks set to leave his mark on F1 circuit provided his car does its job Reports by Samuel Ee HE accelerated through the doorway, clipped the corner of the buffet table, barrelled into the chicane of photographers, and in a lightning fast
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      184 17 NOT many are aware but BMW.Williams' new driver also gets to drive a new car with a new engine. The FW23 showcar a race car minus the engine made a pitstop in Singapore after the Australian Grand Prix earlier this month. The car is flatter
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      573 18  -  Opinions about the return of traction control have been mixed, reports adbiam low ADRIAN LOW Traction control has become somewhat of a dirty word in Formula One. Since it was banned at the start of the 1994 season, spurious allegations have been rife throughout the
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      369 18 WITH the unanimous agreement of the competing teams, the World Motor Sport Council have approved the following changes to the Formula One Technical and Sporting Regulations (effective April 16 unless specified): ENGINES: A number of en-gine-control parameters will no longer be restricted, including throttle, ignition and
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        69 18 MALAYSIA Airline Systems will add six flights between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, already one of Asia's busiest shuttle routes, to cater to the increased demand during the Malaysian Grand Prix this weekend. The Formula One race will be held March 18 at the Sepang
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        42 18 IF you're not going up to Sepang, you can catch the action of the race "live" on Sportscity this Sunday. The race starts at 3pm, but tune in half an hour earlier to catch the pre-race clips.
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        137 18 SPECTATORS at the Australian Grand Prix impeded medical staff who were trying to save the life of dying race official Graham Beveridge, AP reported a fellow marshal as saying. "We started pushing them back," Paul Reeves said. "They were very close. There were people trying
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        113 18 AFTER the tragic start to the Formula One racing season, organisers want higher safety fences at race circuits and are considering reducing speeds, according to AP. "The death of the race marshal at Melbourne has cast a dark shadow," the president of the International Automobile
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        125 18  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan SEASONED campaigner Australian Bill Gibson, who liaises with the event promoter's local agent Michael Loo to ensure that the hundreds of tonnes of equipment that make up a Grand Prix get to Sepangon time, says Malaysia is the best in the world
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      200 18 Jnan Carlos Montaya, Pg 17 Mercedes-Benz Motorsport. Driven to Extremes. **<- MMKmMF V&+ vj|o> g, ■l Ml: ~3 i A gear change in Formula 1 racing takes 20 milliseconds. A blink takes 30, Blink. Now consider, in the and the engine re-fired again. making a gear change faster. when they
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      468 19 TAIPEI New firm will be 2nd largest manufacturer of flat computer screens Reuters TWO of Taiwan's largest technology groups, Acer and UMC, announced yesterday that they would merge subsidiary firms in a US$l billion (Ssl.B billion) deal to create the world's
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      629 19 LOS ANGELES It says effort to block songs is hindered by firms' failure to comply folly with court order Reuters NYT EMBATTLED song-swap service Napster, which has until today to block the songs, says the record industry is not playing fair. It has blocked
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      388 19 HELSINKI Reuters ERICSSON'S profit warning on Monday is another sign that the once flourishing mobile telephony sector is in serious trouble and may take several quarters to recover, fund managers said. The world's third biggest mobile phone maker and leading telecoms network infrastructure supplier,
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        371 20 Louis Gerstner, IBM chief Other rewards: USs4m Stock options: 650,000 shares that could be worth over USsll3.sm Reuters [NEW YORK] IBM chief Louis Gerstner took home a compensation package last year that could be worth weU over US$lOO million (*****.9 million) —including stock options he received for the first
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        314 20 Michael Capellas, Chairman CEO, Compaq Other rewards: USs24.4m in restricted stock awards Stock options: 850,000 options, worth USs24.sm if the share price rises 10% over the options' life Reuters [NEW YORK] Compaq Computer Corp chairman and chief executive Michael Cape lias received a base salary of US$l.2 million (Ss2.l
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      551 23  -  From Neil Behrman in London A ROGUE trader was responsible for the collapse of Andre Cie, one of the leading grain dealers and distributors in the world, and which has substantial trading links with Asia. The Swiss trading house, which in its
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      562 23 NEW YORK But some traders are still sceptical of market's ability to handle increase in data Bloomberg AP THE Nasdaq Stock Market, which began to phase in decimal pricing on Monday, had a smooth run on the first day. It came almost two months
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      544 23 Trimming jobs, salaries, as well as perks like free meals Reuters [NEW YORK] WaU Street firms, bracing themselves for a prolonged stock market slump, are going the extra mUe to slash expenses, even taking away free food from trading desks and tech
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      464 23 MIAMI Reuters ROBERT Ludlum, the prolific author of The Scarlatti Inheritance and other complex spy thrillers that routinely topped bestseller lists, died on Monday in Naples, Florida, after suffering a massive heart attack, a family spokesman said. He was 73 years old.
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      644 24 WASHINGTON Commerce Dept's report supports expectations of sharp rate cat next week Reuters US retail sales fell in February for the first time since November 2000 in a sign that dented consumer confidence was feeding through into spending, the
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        52 24 Reuters [BASEL, Switzerland] The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said on Monday it had set up an Asian Consultative Council comprising governors of its central bank members in the region. The council's first chairman will be lan Macfarlane, governor of the Reserve Bank of
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        72 24 AP [LOS ANGELES] Justice Department investigators headed by a New York City prosecutor will look into all of former President Bill Clinton's last-minute pardons, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday. Attorney-general John Ashcroft broadened US Attorney Mary Jo White's existing review of at least three cases
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        43 24 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Village Roadshow Ltd's first-half profit fell 44 per cent after it sold some German movie theatres and lost moviegoers to competition from the Sydney Olympics. Net income fell to As 23 million (5520.2 million). —Bloomberg
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        36 24 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Citigroup Inc said it arranged a 200 billion won (***** million) loan for Hyundai Electronics Industries Co to help the world's second-largest computer memory chipmaker avoid default. —Bloomberg
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        92 24 Bloomberg [PITTSBURGH] Mellon Financial Corp paid chairman and chief executive Martin McGuinn US$lO.B million (Ssl9 million) last year, up 71 per cent from 1999, according to a company filing. Mr McGuinn, 58, received US$BOO,OOO in salary, a cash bonus of US$l.5 million, restricted stock worth
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        52 24 Bloomberg [TOKYO] A Mitsubishi Motors Corp investor sued 11 of its executives for damages caused by hiding vehicle defects, according to a statement issued by the investor's lawyer. Isao Yotsuya, 63, is seeking 1.177 billion yen (5517.2 million) in compensation for losses caused by the
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      535 24 Rail watchdog also hopes to rope in more private sector funding, management Reuters [LONDON] Britain's rail watchdog announced an ambitious 10-year plan on Tuesday to spend £60 billion (Ssls4 billion) upgrading the country's creaking railways, in Europe's biggest public-pri-vate investment. The Strategic Rail Authority
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      208 24 WASHINGTON Reuters FLEDGLING journalists get a chance to question the sometimes-enigmatic chair man of the Federal Reserve Board. Alan Greenspan, at Columbia Journalism School next week, a Fed spokesman said on Monday. Mr Greenspan is scheduled to speak to former Vice-President A 1 Gore's
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      465 24 TOKYO He says he won't ask BOJ to take 'special' policy steps now Bloomberg JAPANESE Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa yesterday said the economy is being gripped by deflation, the latest in a string of dire pronouncements by the veteran policy chief. "It's obvious the economy
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      349 24 LONDON Reuters AFX-Asia WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) director general Michael Moore has expressed concern over the outlook for the global economy, the Independent newspaper reported yesterday. "The world economy is showing signs of vulnerability," Mr Moore was quoted as telling an audience at the
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      412 24 ZURICH Reuters CREDIT Suisse Group yesterday reported a higher-than-expected 2000 net profit of 5.8 billion Swiss francs (Ss6.l billion) including its acquisition of US investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrette, helped by a surprisingly strong fourth quarter. But the main challenge still lies
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      248 25  -  SGZ Derivatives Trading Report SP Index/MSCI S'pore Index Wong Ann Chuen THE Singapore stock market wandered deeper into negative territory as overall market sentiment remains bearish. At the close, the benchmark Straits Times Index slumped 51.87 points or 2.80 per cent to close at
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      237 25  -  MS& Taiwan Index Joseph Lim TAIWAN stock market bucked the trend and closed higher for the first time in four days as investors bought into technology and semiconductor stocks in anticipation of a rebound in chip prices. At the close, the MSCI Taiwan stock
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      234 25 Reuters I (And on THE euro fell to two-week lows against the dollar and retreated from recent fourweek highs against the yen yesterday, becoming the latest currency victim of a global stock market rout. The yen turned into a beneficiary of the equities bloodbath, even though Japan's Nikkei
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      2905 26 HONGKONG AFP nHangSeng -283J9 HONGKONG share prices closed 2.1 per cent lower yesterday despite late bargain hunting from earlier sharp losses after heavy falls on Wall Street overnight, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 283.69 points to close
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      2098 26 TOKYO AFP □Hikkei22s -35U7 SHARE prices in Tokyo plunged below 12,000 points yesterday to their lowest close since early 1985 after the Nasdaq's 6 per cent plunge overnight. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 Index closed down 351.67 points, or 2.9 per cent, at 11,819.70.
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      1071 26 AFP Reuters |3 Shenzhen B Index -o^3 SHANGHAI B-shares closed 1.5 per cent lower yesterday as investors racked up huge profits on recent sharp gains, dealers said. Sharp declines on international markets had little impact on mainland B-share markets which are dominated by domestic investors, they added. The Shanghai
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      385 26 AFP P| WP Index *27.73 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.5 per cent higher yesterday on strong buying of technology stocks despite heavy losses on the Nasdaq, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 27.73 points to 5,610.40, on turnover of NT5105.23 billion. Buying of technology stocks
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      429 27 AFP POompoßte Index -<L 26 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.9 per cent lower yesterday in line with regional markets following Wall Street's sharp overnight decline, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended down 6.26 points at 682.63, off a low 0f675.61
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      320 28 AFP n Composite Index -17.08 SOUTH Korean shares fell 3.1 per cent yesterday. The index lost 17.08 points to 527.97. Volume was 355.7 million shares worth 1.6 trillion won. AFP lUr U mm *fAnon Semi J710 -300 Brain Tech 585 -15 Central Bank 1T0 0 ChtMConwn *****0 4000 Dw
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      288 28 AFP n Composite Index -4L13 PHILIPPINE shares plunged 2.6 per cent yesterday, with the Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index down 41.13 points to 1,526.40. Turnover soared to 805.65 million shares worth 345.39 million pesos from Monday's 246.20 million shares worth 196.57 million pesos. AFP Mr 13 Fese rOOOl Abacus
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      265 28 AFP □HEMP -30J» NEW Zealand stocks fell 1.5 per cent yesterday, following Wall Street's fall, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Index fell 30.89 to 2,044.62 on turnover of NZ$79.l million with Telecom down 13 cents to NZ55.72. Fletcher Building gained one cent to NZ$2.O7. —AFP IMrU «S (OOP) Advantage HDS
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      568 28 AFP Q All Ordinaries -54.4 THE Australian share market closed 1.7 per cent lower yesterday after some of the fallout from slumps in the major US indexes hit the local bourse, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index finished down 54.4 points at 3,211.4, while the SP/ASX2OO lost 56 points
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      757 28 AFP D SET Index -2JI THAI share prices fell 0.7 per cent yesterday in the wake of Wall Street's tumble, but the decline was limited by bar-gain-hunting in afternoon trade, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index fell 2.11 points to 302.76 while the SET 50
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      772 28 AFP Q Composite Index -10.70 INDONESIAN share prices lost 2.7 per cent to close at a two-year low yesterday amid mounting pressure for President Abdurrahman Wahid to resign and the weakness of the rupiah, dealers said. Sharp falls in US and other Asian stock markets also weighed on the
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      292 30 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS Bob Major, for example (13) 1 A coin concealed is a pest in 6 How much land is required for the garden (5) a medtey-race? (4) 4 Chief spirit in port (9) 7 Light fitter more idle after mtd--9 Curmudgeon pulling back end- n »ght (7) lessly(7T
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  • New Asia Biz Woman.
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      1306 31  -  The woman politician shares her experience in the male bastion By\ Sakinah Manaff The writer is with newasiawoman.com SENATOR Jocelyn Newman is an unlikely politician. For starters, she has no personal entourage. She greets me personally at the door of her Shangri-la Hotel suite. She has
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      1582 32 The MAS explains why the exchange rate regime is neither floating nor fixed SINCE the Asian crisis, there has been a growing consensus that the only sustainable exchange rate regime for emerging markets is either a currency board or a floating exchange rate regime.
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      828 32  -  Local bonds are likely to benefit from monetary easing and the soft interest rate environment Hsin-Li Chia THERE is still value in local fixed-income over the next few months, despite the poor performance of Singapore dollar bonds recently. They've
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  • EXECUTIVE money
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      1222 33  -  Exchange traded tracker funds soon to debut in Singapore might look like pointless investments in their passivity. But there could be a strategic role for them in your portfolio. GENEVIEVE CUA reports GENEVIEVE CUA EXCHANGE traded tracker funds will be launched here sooner than you think by June.
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      188 33 STATE Street Global Advisors is mulling over the pricing of the soon-to-launch Singapore tracker fund, modelled after the Straits Times Index. The key thing in pricing such a product is transparency and accessibility to the retail customer, says SSG A managing director Hon Cheung. The unit
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      772 33 Actively traded funds carry heavy hidden costs that require greater returns to stay on par with indexed funds, says State Street MOST articles stacking up the merits of actively managed funds against passive indexed ones will dwell at some length on the efficient markets
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        1550 34  -  Investors In sector stories ran a major risk of baying at the top when unit trust managers are most gnng ho and then riding a bear cycle much longer than normal YOUR ■i peter douglas The writer is principal of GFIA, an independent consulting firm servicing
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        1270 34  -  imsidei..hj:^u Bnybacks in Del Monte, SIA, Noble; Hersing CEO makes rare purchase By. Robert Halili The writer is managing director of Score Lab Asia Ltd. He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai, Singapore News Desk THE Singapore insider sentiment rebounded back into positive
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        905 34  -  STOCK IffTSBI Lim Say Boon THIS is it folks the final capitulation we have been waiting for. You don't want to short the market at these levels. Indeed, you should be covering your short positions now. And we would be buying on
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        531 35  -  But next few months will be difficulty says Rothschild, which is buying UK and Europe instead By Genovieve Cua THE US market has a 7 per cent upside from present levels over the next 12 months, compared with as much as 14 per cent
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        1833 36  -  Feeling defensive? Debt offerings could be just the thing, what with corporates and stat boards lining up to get to the market in the next few months, uno su amn reports LING SU ANN THE Singapore-dollar bond market is set to post accelerated
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        1051 36 Next pub date: Apr 10,2001 Fund 1 mth 3 mths 6 mths 1 year 3 years 5 years Micropal launch 31-01-2001 30-11-2000 31-06-2000 29-02-2000 27-02-1906 29-02-1996 star date 28-02-2001 28-02-2001 28-02-2001 28-02-2001 28-02-2001 284)2-2001 ranking Growth Y 02/05/1996 -1.81 2 2.64 1 -9.42 4 -13.94 3 21
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        847 36  -  If you area sole proprietor, here's why yon should restructure By Chung Siew Moon, Wu Soo Mee Chung Siew Moon is tax director at Arthur Andersen and Wu Soo Mee is senior tax manager at Arthur Andersen. WITH the recent tax changes for individuals and
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  • CUSTOMER CONTACT WORLD
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      909 37  -  It is now believed that electronic customer relationship management can make or break a company in the Internet era. One study even estimates that US firms alone lost US$6 billion in missed opportunities in 1999 due to poor eCRM management. RAJU CHELLAM reports RAJU CHELLAM The writer
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      951 38  -  The convergence of wire and wireless communication is creating exciting new ways of delivering to customers on a personal basis. But only if the opportunities are seized, says uviansoo LIVIAN SOO The writer is marketing director (Asia Pacific) of Aspect Communications COMPANIES can no longer
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      882 38  -  That means strict data entry standards and rigorous data management to ensure quality, useful information, says DENDYHARJANTO DENDY HARJANTO The writer is the founder and chief executive officer of eMecca Consulting CUSTOMER relationship management (CRM) is the latest approach to achieving a business
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      970 40  -  A customer-focused strategy cannot be over-emphasised and research shows that CRM solutions offer a higher return than any other software investment, says MURRAYCREIGHTON MURRAY CREIGHTON The writer is Asia-Pacific vice president and general manager of Siebel Systems TODAY'S forward-looking organisations realise that they can no longer rely
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      849 40  -  Staff service is a strength, but IT systems can significantly raise agents' efficiency to result in more gains from a transaction, says RAJSUBRAMANIAM RAJ SUBRAMANIAM The writer is marketing and communications vice president, electronic commerce and customer service (Asia Pacific) at Federal Express MAJOR advancements
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      880 41  -  With sales force automation, you'll equip your sales representatives with reliable customer data, helping them to sell more and better through technology, says DAVID HUDSON DAVID HUDSON The writer is senior regional director (Asia -Pacific) of Remedy Corp ONE of the top 10 customer relationship management
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      887 42  - It's crucial to link front back-ends That's because after a sale is made, a customer can be kept happy only if the loop on back-end functions is closed well, says s KRISHNASWAMY S KRISHNASWAMY Satyavrath Krishnaswamy is director, business development, CRM with SAP Asia Pacific IN TODAY'S interconnected global economy,
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      785 43  -  In their race to go online, businesses gambled on the Web only. But the Internet is just one more channel through which to sell and provide service and it is imperative for companies to give customers the choice of interacting with them in the manner
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      644 43  -  Asian telcos need to rethink their CRM initiatives to make them work, says LISA JAMES LISA JAMES Lisa James is head of customer management at Arthur D Little. CUSTOMER relationship management (CRM) is now being accepted as the key factor differentiating telecommunications operators across the
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      618 43  -  By] Michael J Stephens The writer is director of Enterprise Business Solutions at Compaq Computer Asia Pacific WITH the advancement of technology and the embracement of the Internet as a delivery channel, banks now recognise that changing customer needs and evolving behavioural patterns have essentially
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      13 38 Standfast Communications helped BT coordinate some of the articles used in this supplement.
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      258 41 Customer 14 Mar: 10.30 am 6.CXDpm jPC 15 Mar: 10.30am-6.00pm m 16 Mar: 10.30am-4.00pm «VP J World Get the "Yes" at Customer HHEZ_ 1 CRM Call Centres Contact World Asia Asia's 14-16 March 2001 .Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre largest CRM Call Centres 1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City Exhibition and
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      317 42 I -/fl !f2M V V K Business Is Profits Are increasing* B The Sales Force Now Closes More Deals. The Customer Now GETS jrSv^ SPl*^ip I employees Are now Able TO Get Answers PRODUCTIVITY GOES Si r .^v; c ,<- -Trr>*.*vX"^v 'W^' 4 -^•>* 'v Your Business At Its Best:
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      70 44 Using our own E-Business Suite, Oracle saved $1 billion in 1 year. E-Business Suite Marketing <&_ Webstore Sf Sales Support <2f Procurement Supply Chain Accounting Human Resources Application Server <&_ Database How much will you save? www.oracle.com Copyright ©2001 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Oracle is a registered trademark, and
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      278 45 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index fell four points to 1,496, the Baltic Panamax Index gained one point to 1,626, the Baltic Handymax Index firmed 43 points to 9,432 and the Baltic Capes ize Index was down 18 points to 1,813. TIME-CHARTER: Doceriver: (built 1986) 152,308 dwt 13 on
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      301 45 SCX IN ■MU St *i- *1 CWT Distribution 0.48 -0.02 4 Chuan Hup 0.35 unch 714 Cotco lnv*stm*nt—0.18 -O.OI 56 Freight Links 0.09 unch 500 GBHoMngs 0.46 unch 0 IMC HoWngs-HK —5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.15 0.01 179 KappaiCorp 3 JO -0.12 985 KtppMFCLS 0.99 -0.02 190
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      Lock icon Asia ports come out tops in world box throughput
      581 45  -  HE, S'pore dominate with over 17m TEUs handled in 2000 By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Asian ports once again dominated both the top positions and growth rates for container throughput volumes of the world's major ports. The top two positions this year,
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      Lock icon Austal half-time profits fall on poor demand
      203 45  -  From Evelyn Duffy in Perth AUSTRALIAN fast ferry builder Austal Ships has posted lower bottomline profits as a result of the global downturn in demand for high speed car ferries. Austal's interim net profit to Dec 31, 2000, was A 515.12 million (5513.6
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        113 45 [LONDON] Representatives from 25 companies involved in maritime e-commerce have met in London to inaugurate the new Maritime E-Commerce Association, Meca. Martin Taylor of Marine Provider has been elected as Meca's first chairman, and Carl Rubin of Shipserv as vice-chairman. Other board positions have
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        Lock icon Pertamina gets Samudera tanker
        67 45 [SINGAPORE] Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina has taken possession of a second tanker from Samudera Shipping Line. The pair, both 17,500 dwt shallow-draft tankers, were built by Jiangdu Shipyard in China and are being leased by Pertamina over a 10-year contract signed with Samudera. The
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        Lock icon Time for dynamic risk assessment
        76 45 [LONDON] UK-based accountants and consultants Moore Stephens predicts that shipping is at last on the verge of employing dynamic risk assessment and forecasting techniques on a regular basis. Chris Chasty, head of the company's shipping industry section, said that he expects both bankers and shipowners
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      Lock icon Panama board pleased with results
      237 45 It says Panama Canal Authority has turned in an 'excellent performance' [LONDON] The Advisory Board of the Panama Canal Authority has declared itself greatly satisfied with the authority's "excellent performance" during its first year in charge of the waterway. "On a scale from one to
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      290 46 PAGE Ahreakwl 12 Appenship S AsuOCL n Assets S Austral 6 Avant 12 B'tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BTL 12 BalaiiShpg 5 Bangladesh 11 Bataimndo 11 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 COCOS 5 CSAV 3 Central Ex 6 Chahaya 12 Cho Yang 5 China Shpg 5
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      870 46  -  STRAIT TALE The International Commission on Shipping report's global view of the industry masks the ultimate responsibility of governments over what happens on land or in a ship, SEAFARER argues SEAF ARER SO the International Commission on Shipping (Icons) has reported. It is a weighty
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      20392 52 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT WEDNESDAY, I ETA ETA Advertiser VmH Voyage Telephone SM OwTll Nam Ham# Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoire 21/03 27/04 Setramar VILLE DE CAPELLA 367W 45-37*5033 21/03 04/05 ZIM/Seth ZIM RAVENNA I 8W 65-*****12 22/03 28/04 COSCO FEI HE 0077W 45-*****00 25/03 24/04
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        734 57 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure SotCjontor 43 J 13/03/6:45 I3/03/T9r00 3g JIT 13/03/7:45 0/03/19*0 Bt SUMiul II ***** J01 13/03/8:45 13/03/20*0 Bt J Ray li ***** JOI 13/03/8:30 13/03/23*0 Sandrtewa 14 64 J03 13/03/8:25 M/03/8:00 Winstar 1 028S01 J03 13/03/8:10 13/03/21*0 Ot Upress 501 J16 13/03/8:25 13/03/23:59
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        1982 57 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACIMHUA 0321 13/2100 12/B00 EM59 OKM 2* I2/17M 13/0659 11/0*00 21 12/1700 13/0*59 13/0900 aciucu 66*T i 12/B00 12/1*59^t-00 2* 12/1700 13/0*59 13/0900 21 12/1700 13/0*59 13/0900 3 13/0700 13/1159
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        205 57 ■tar 17 Ireland: St. Patrick Day. United Kingdom: St.Patrick's Day. Mar 20 Japan: Vernal Wquinox Day. Mar 21 Mexico: Benito Juarez Day. Mar 26 Brunei: Hijrah. Indonesia: Awal Muharram. Malaysia: Awal Muharram. Mar 29 Taiwan: Youth Day. Apr 1 Australia: Good Friday. Argentina: Good Friday. Apr 12 Argentina:
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        806 57 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        465 57 Crt*, 180 Max 981.5 0.4 13.8 0.07 42 0.01 rt wmtmt p.. 4eh Aluminium SctfHMflt Mo abOW E2S 0 0 Water »es*oe ASH wuinmwm »w»m QJ 0 .06 26 0.01 380 Mai 989.7 0.7 M.7 0.09 52 0.03 Kftri v/v %um m/m -x*"' Wo abort G3S
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        281 58 Target dependent an authorities renewing air safety certificates chief AFP [PARIS] Air France's supersonic Concordes could resume commercial flights by September if aviation authorities give the green light the airline's chief said on Monday. "We hope to be able to resume Concorde flights in
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        469 58 Net earnings beat forecasts; Dutch govt plans to trim its stake to about 36% Reuters (AMSTERDAM] TNT Post Group (TPG) has reported a 25 per cent jump in 2000 net profit as the Dutch state unveiled plans to raise some 800
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        292 58 Bloomberg [WILMINGTON, Delaware] A judge approved AMR Corp's US$4.2 billion (557.4 billion) bankruptcy bid for Trans World Airlines (TWA), rejecting protests by other suitors who said the auction unfairly favoured the parent of American Airlines. US Bankruptcy Judge Peter Walsh
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        Lock icon Sydney Airports offers subsidies as fee-hike compromise
        243 58 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Sydney Airports Corp said it is offering As2o million (SslB million) in subsidies to airlines, to compromise with the Australian government which rejected its request for fee increases of as much as 130 per cent. Sydney Airports is offering the subsidy
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        237 58 Bloomberg [LONDON] BAA pic, the world's biggest airport operator, said UK passenger traffic rose 1 per cent last month with flights between UK airports showing the strongest growth. The number of passengers moving through the company's seven UK airports, which include London's
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      27 45 Strait Talk is on Pg 2 INSIDE The International Commission on Shipping report aiming at wrong target BPg2 AIT Air France Concordes eyeing Sept resumption bp* 14
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      739 46 Lines services represented by (i Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, \°»iy *y Singapore Shipping Assooohon Members of the Singapore Logistics Association gg ULY UNI MJUS vessel Pwr Tlu Tra eta P. HUNG STORE MALE Empress Uty VO3Ol 17/03 18/03 25/03 Princess Lily VO3Ol 30/03 31/03 06/04 Empress
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      1266 47 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE Ivissa voy| sw mi w nam Mtv sou fit lm Ifygsa Ivor bm aim ham bm sou fit la sw~l APIOOONESLA 00«W IS/03 07/04 04/04 2S/01 02/04 HTUfMICOMMODORE 3301 25/02 72/02 23/02 20/02 IS/03 MOIMAAS S42W 16/03 01/04 03/04 06/04 07/04 HYUNMINKE 33X 27/02 26/02 01/03
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      1167 48 <§8k SENATOR LINES TO EUROPE TO MKXXE EAST/RAN/RH) SEA vtssa 1 ypT I siw luhl »m um him m fu |vtssa vot mi mi m» J« fytHiff, OOI7W IXOI 30.03 01.04 07.04 01.04 04.04 05.04 FOWAMT 0011W 17.03 24.03 7703 31-01 01.04 TIAK FKDA 0007* 1101 00.04 10.04 07.04 00.04
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      940 48 a MAfe-lIELS S'PflftE M'SIA Carrier MM CON IK LINES, INC p. gudang: (07)*****26 1 K A J QWNOt ISPO47OOOOOR SCO: (084) *****8 MANILA: (632)*****24 V J W PENANG: (04) *****36 BANGKOK: (662) *****67 SURABAYA: (31) *****11 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT (21) *****46 KUOMNG (062) *****1-3 HAIPHONG SURABAYA MV "MEUNH"
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      544 48 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR INDIAN PORTS FOR N SHEW (CFS MUUMD. MUMBAI) COCHM /COLOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO Ml NORTHERN ANO WESTERN 1.C.0. POMTS Vend S PORE M SHEVA COCHIN COLOMBO P KLANG TULSIDAS V 139 II MAR 27 MAR 30 MAR E APR MAPR FRONTIER VIB7W 25 MAR 03 APR
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      1594 49 IVfSSit VQY KHH HKO SIN I PKL DX» BAB PMM BIBC IRAN TAmATABAfi PCI-198 1 3703 14/03 17/03 18/03 27/03 28/03 30/03 01/04 WAN KERMAN pa.-199 20/03 21/03 24/03 25/03 01/04 02/04 04/04 06/04 IRAN ISFAHAN PCL-200 27/03 28/03 31/03 01/04 08/04 09/04 11/04 13/04 IRAN HORMOZOAN PCI-201 03/04 04/04
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      445 49 A Ri k tor "I OCEAN ISLAND RDM/ATW/BMN/UK I TAHARA RDM/ATW/BMN/UK I Loads Singapore. EVW Malaysia Indoneaa J Loading for ARETE JDH/AQA/DMT BAN ANN D6l/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT SAFEER JDH/AQA/DMT EVDOXIA HDCVJDH/AQA VI HELLAS DBJ/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT SUN ACE DBJ/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT CORAL) DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT loads Singapore, EVW Malaysia Indonesia I Loading for 1 OCEAN GOLD CAM/NFX/SAV/NOL I
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      1371 49 EUROPf EXPRESS SERVICE EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL vgr .SM .UN RTM .AW HAM .wv. fa VESSEL VOT .m MAi M .SB wyasoi jp| I jjjjj j PmAMG Soi 0~2V04 I j U/oT j IP/OS j 17/OS~ Hi KBUN* 023E 24/03 >0/03 07/04 05/04 22/04 mwtutaiKMinoiniiw ■wmmukw moucm wnrs—ckuiimuiturwaf vutm TRANSPACIFIC SERVICE
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      437 50 ASIA MEDfTERRANEAN EXPRESS (AME) WESTBOUND SERVICE i vessel vor SIN f SB UM EH AH IWW Sir BB Ml tlB "S H« -jjjjj— 1 3E=dM —M ft m —wIMo irMg rial N U Sft/U b iorctiono Mraln Man* Lmnm Hafok ianto Cm Of hmnh Im I WNUfI/S i~~n faiM hrti
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      951 50 MMQKOMW TA PHUTtAH CHABAWO Vtssa I VOT IMI I W TP 101 VKStt j VOT SI I «T PW CHAMAIHUM HSU 17/03 11/03 70/03 h iA» >•"<» 17/03 ffIZBJ z KTHAiwr- rn \m ZLO3 72/9? —M !f™ smumm «t n/03 m 3 73/03 °Z| mi'HUM 70IW m 1 m S
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      613 50 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO AUSTRALIA I FULL COMDMMER SERVICE va wr m m m mvnm.mm.rn ranoMi vs i»/#3 M/« 3 M/nii/wn/H tm fnt ~m s/UM/n S/m u/S u/ti rawMOMS ~m r/m n/M lyi tv»« \im m/w WWIT Its H/XII/H lt/M n/*H/U v/u FEEDER SERVICE TO INDONESIA *a vot aawi mmuw
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      407 51 BSA x M MYANMA wBBk FIVE STAR LINE r (Myomar National Ln«) w Loading for Yangon vessel vor sin prl pen pgu lAGO HOW SID MONGLA 42W Jl/03 MALAYSIA AGENTS: BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES KUL m 03-*****00 PU: TO 03-*****101 POt TE 04-*****02 PGU: TEL 07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A Mfvkt of
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      1078 51 HYjJNDAIMERCHANT MARINE CO-/ITP-VESSEL VOY |9H 1 SOU I ia I RTM I ANT I HAM IWV I VESSa VOY I SOU I 181 I RIM I ANT 1 HAM I BRV ISR I APIRRKMSU Y.OWW 15/03 02/04 07/04 04/04 05/04 MOHMC tSM 23/02 24/02 11/02 20/02 14/03 MAAS VLS42W 14/03
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      986 51 vOOv WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO WOtITH AHD LATIN AMERICA "tA» RORO HEAVYUFT SERVKr vissa vot mtf might sin it map wua sav mi o»r ntc new wot TAPKXA AH 107 400Twt 6.3# 29/03 04/05 07/0S 09/05 11/05 12/05 14/05 11/05 20/05 TAMPA AH 108 4007«h 6.3* 09/04 16/05 19/05 21/05 23/05
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      69 54 9&Rn SINGAPORE PTE LTD 15 McCallum Street iOVO 1/02 Natwest Centre Singapore 06W45 V J Fax: 165) *****66 Email generateecusin eculine net WESTOCEAN LIME 3 SAILINGS PER WEEK TO Weekly Service SHANGHAI l/JV. approved IRAQ shipments Call: 220 3373 SeePgl2 SIN HUP SENG HUAT Looking For Cotton Rags norrrTßß?^ Of
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      1100 55 SSAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 Arson Road, *06-01 03, Sin«apor« *****1 MAW INK/OUTWARD: 532 36U INWARD (WD): 437 7M IMPORT STATUS (MO): 437 2371MVINTORY (WO): 437 2420 W*fcsit« http://www.fainwdara.MNii 1M*****000H BOOKINGS UNE: 535 6266 (Celio/Jessico/Moi Chan/Jeslynn/Dora/Yvonne/Hanim) 7 SLGS/WEEKLY 3 StGS/WIEKLY VTSSfI VOT I SM I JAR IVKStL VOT SMI lOM
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      657 55 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO I MG I sm I «T I SM KW I rttt I cm KM HAI I WYI I 0«F I SAV I WW I TM» 1 HW 1 HOtGH DTK /0440 01/01 10/01 13/01 15/01 27/01 23/01 ***** 11Z02_ JiZOL _11/03_ .20/03.
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      646 55 ENG LEE SHIPPING CO PTC LTD I W~TFCi U *****22 (It Ums) fee SMNN/SlttfM I a»»i mwMMit VESSEL VOT SM ETA SM FID DESTINATION Sena Centra 03/01 12/03 13/03 t«tfal/U"g Uraon Star 4? 02/01 12/03 12/03 Mown DwDmc 02/01 14/03 14/03 Duw/P tan/tow Unw&W 02/01 15/03 15/03 Jort. Uraan Star
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      568 56 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER RHYTHM 879N 14-14/03 19-22AJ3 26-27/03 I I TIGER BRIDGE 880N 17-17/03 23-2€A)3 30-30/03 I TIGER METRO 881N 20-21/03 26-29/03 02-03/04 I TIGER STAR 882N 23-2403 29-01/04 05-06/04 I I TIGER RHYTHM 883N 01-04/04 08-09/04 I I TIGER BRIDGE 884N 3Q 30P3 05-08/04
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      875 56 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Rood, 3rd Level, Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg MAHi nwimimivmvuoH CHITTACONG ev. mong mum voo9 n S* 14/03/2001 m m 7/03/2001 HO CHI MINN ■V.PHUIIMNI6N n* SIN; 16/03/2001 COLOMBO MV. ooa FOtTIINI V92W11 DUBAI MV. HYUNDAI
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      850 56 TO KUROM CHINA N. EU«OPC KHVICC ~VKSH VOY HKG XGG WO SHA tRADt HALLIt 55T? TTmAR 25~MAR 27 MAfi 55"MA5 HJ ~OS3f ?4MAIi MaAAH 01 APE 03 APR 05 APR HJ VANCOUVER 070E 3) MAR 04 APR 06 APR )0 APR 12 APR H J SAVANNAH 067E 07 APR 11
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      118 57 )NALWE/VTHERT^k. LEGEND Issued byMeteorological Service Singapore Thunderstorm jL Showers /n\ J. Rain Temperature c pf direction and speed in knots Ra,n Weather Cloudy Day ><J Hazy Sea Conditions Wind speed symbols 12m o Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds halt Heche represents 5 knots f
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      56 58 00 Synchro Net Diploma/Degree Holder Min 5-6 years Shipping/Operations/Logistic or Equipment Control experience Team player. Result orientated, self starter Able to monitor own and staff performance Develop new and maintain existing business Opportunities for Growth, excellent salary package commensurate with experience Resume to: Robbie Pilkington/Sebastian Giebel, Fax: *****58, e-mail:sog@aslirisin.com.sg (Only
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