The Business Times, 23 April 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE Internet. htto://bUvlness-times.asial com.sg/ MONDAY. APRIL 23. 2001 850
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    68 1 STOCK HABKET INDICES Week Change ST1 1,656.19 +63.61 SIMSCI FUTURES ....208.30—+10.00 BT-SRI 659.47 +28.64 KLSECOMP. 575.67 -5.70 NIKKEI 225 13,765.67 ...+379.95 HANG SENG_ 13,448.13....+458.66 SET INDEX. 292.58 +1.30 JAKARTA COMP. 342.86. -23.12 MANILA COUP.. 1,428.54. -16.72 TAIPEI WPI .....5,596.65.... +101.16 SEOUL COMP .556.29... ~+4tt.l9 CLSA CHINA B 3,197.71
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    78 1 FOBEX BATES us$ s$ USS (SSperUSS) 1-810 £(US$/SS per 1.446 1617 EURO(US$/S$/E) 0.900 1.629 DM 2.172 L200 YEN 121J 67.40 RM 3.800 2.100 HKS 7.799 4J10 BAHT 45.48 25.13 Rl'PIAH 115,86 6,402 *S$ to 100 units PMME KATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LIUPUR 7.67 JAKARTA .39.00 BANGKOK .9.50 MANILA 1100
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    Lock icon Investors can see 5 top tiers of SGX trading bids soon
    874 1  -  HiiexclusTvel Bat live feed of multiple levels of bids and offers will cost information vendors more al Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange will soon provide multiple bid levels to its information data vendors in a much-awaited move for
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    Lock icon Chip industry fundamentals won't improve soon: analysts
    707 1  -  From. Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley DON'T be fooled by last week's stunning rally by semiconductor stocks the chip industry's fundamentals are not likely to get better any time soon, analysts say. "I think people are speculating that semiconductor stocks will bounce up
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    Lock icon SIA scores a first with global inflight email
    659 1  -  First, Raffles and economy passengers will also get to browse the Web From. Raju Chellam onboard SQ3O SINGAPORE Airlines yesterday launched the world's first global inflight e-mail system that lets SLA passengers in all three classes send and receive e-mail on their
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      73 1 Dtsms Top Stories Koizumi wins strong lead in battle for LDP top post. Noxt Page Analysts downgrade 4 in 5 of most tracked S'pore stocks: Next Page Corporate Governance: Why all the fuss? Pg 6 Walmart tycoon Robson Walton overtakes Bill Gates on world's richest list. Pg 18 Bilateral pacts
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      33 1 Grim prognosis for Asia's electronics sector, Next Page Customer Relationship Management solutions to surge in S'pore BIzlT Pg 2 From 3G to 3C on 4-lane highway for mobile commerce a bmt pg 4
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      391 1 i* J Interview with Morgan J Stanley Singapore's > 1 j CEO Michael Dee Page 3 Our S$ loans will go a long way for you Save thousands of dollars in loan instalments on your overseas property through our low cost S$ financing package. If you are looking to secure
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      Lock icon Koizumi wins big lead in battle for LDP top post
      885 2  -  And main rival Hashimoto wins no support among LDP's local chapters From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE chances increased over the weekend that Japan will gain a new prime minister who enjoys strong popular support, who is a "darling of
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      Lock icon Grim prognosis for Asia's electronics sector
      415 2 AFP [SINGAPORE] Asia's all important electronics exports, already reeling from a global slump, have received a grim report from industry analysts who say conditions have yet to hit rock bottom The latest round of profit warnings and job cuts by some of the world's
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      Lock icon Analysts downgrade 4 in 5 of most tracked S'pore stocks: JCF Quant
      765 2  -  Electronics, property firms score higfr on number of nnderperform calls By\ Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Over four in five of the most tracked stocks in Singapore have had their recommendations adjusted downwards over the past three months by analysts
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Banking on quality in a tough environment
      1030 3  -  Morgan Stanley's Michael Dee is excited about opportunities in the region, writes angblatam ANGELA TAN IT was a baptism by fire. Shortly after three months as Morgan Stanley Singapore's chief executive officer, Michael Dee had the unenviable task of placating unhappy investors of
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      Lock icon Opportunities in India, Australia for SIA: analysts
      693 6 Crisuin Ansett Aastratia will give SIA better bargaining power for right price, they add AFP OPPORTUNITIES have emerged in India, where Singapore Airlines and its partner, Tata Group, are eyeing Air India, and Australia, where it is seen as the white knight ready
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      Lock icon Why all the fuss about corporate governance?
      1314 6  -  governance This is thefirst in a weekly series contributed by Ernst and Young Non-financial activities of a company are important to prospective institutional investors, writes PETER WAILACE PETER WALLACE The writer is practice leader, Enterprise Risk Management, Ernst Young Singapore ON April 4,
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      402 4 Source: JM Swoon GES mtl Ltd 20c 22,271,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 17,799,000 ST Assembly 25c 14,997,000 Omni Ind 10c 12,375,000 GoWtron 5c 12,328,000 PO 25c *****,000 PacificCenturylOc 11,484,000 SembCorpI 25c 8,406,000 PohUanlOc 7,833,000 AddvaiTech 2.5c 7,423,000 Stock* DBS Grp. 90,469,012 Chart Semiconductor 26c 84,147,250 Datacraft 10c 50,719,928 SIA 47,818,308 VentureMljg25c
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      Lock icon If Wall St is recovering, does it make sense to buy S'pore?
      658 4  -  l-l i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy FOR the first time in quite a long while, the Straits Times Index registered a gain for the week. Last week's gain, though just a modest 4 per cent, was enough to
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      Lock icon Plains Tech wrt: long-dated but not attractive anymore?
      181 4  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy LAST Friday, Flairis Technology's shares gained two cents at 33 cents but its warrants fell one cent to 15 cents. This is certainly odd since warrants derive their value from the underlying shares and should therefore move
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      Lock icon GES: attractive long-term investment
      241 4  -  HOT STOCK By y Ven Sreenivasan IS the stock of GES International, which has been on a seemingly inexorable decline, on the rebound? It bounced back from a low of 55 cents earlier last week to close unchanged at 70 cents on Friday, when a total
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      146 4 ♦GKGOH will hold its AGM and EGM on May 12,2001 at 10.00 am, Phoenix Ballroom 11, Level 6, Hotel New Otani Singapore, 177 A River Valley. ♦LINKS Island Holdings Ltd will hold its AGM on May 4, 2001 at 3.00pm, 10 Eunos Road 8, #12-04 Singapore Post Centre.
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      Lock icon Aussie, Kiwi units, yen post gains while rupiah slides
      575 4 AFP [HONGKONGJ Last week saw mixed fortunes for Asian currencies, with the yen, and Australian and New Zealand dollars holding their own against the greenback, but most others notably the rupiah sliding downwards. Japanese yen: The yen climbed steadily against the
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      249 4 RThe Industrial Sector is facing relentless pressure to achieve higher operational efficiencies, lower costs, and increase profitability all business-critical issues in a challenging economic scenario. At the same time companies are also facing a great deal of confusion and uncertainty about how they should respond to opportunities and threats posed
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      319 6 SALUT FLOWER DIAMOND SECRETARIES WEEK PROMOTION Door gifts with shopping vouchers and discounts will be given to all diners! Plus, an exquisite diamond pendant and vouchers to be won! April 23 to 27 Lunch 11.30am to 12.30pm A special 3-course executive set lunch with a glass of house wine will
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Commercial sites in the limelight
      689 7  -  DTZ says investors will focns more on income-generating properties while property fnnds step np acquisitions Vince Chong COMMERCIAL sites will take centrestage in Singapore this year where investment sales are concerned, according to property consultants DTZ Debenham Tie Leung. In its Asia Property Forum 2001,
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      Lock icon GDP to rise nearly 5% this year: CBRD
      419 7  -  on the economy outlook By Anna Teo THE Singapore economy will grow close to 5 per cent this year, according to projections by the National University of Singapore's Centre for Business Research Development (CBRD). The research centre uses a technique called X-ll
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      25 7 nr^n Lianhe Zaobao I Two listed I I companies 1 I I new I I investments I I in China I I I ffSfi I
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon DBS: no basis to seek earlier suspension
      326 8  -  Charles G Newton, Jr Managing Director Corporate Relations, DBS I REFER to the letter "DBS suspension a day late" (Mailbag, April 19) which questioned why DBS Group Holdings did not suspend trading in its shares before Tuesday, April 10, prior to its April
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      Lock icon Overseas moves must not be forced upon firms
      316 8  -  James Tan Sek Lock Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the letter "Jolly good show, DBS and Sing Tel!" by Hui Choon Ho (Mailbag, April 18). DBS and Sing Tel have chosen to invest a lot of money in ventures outside of
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      Lock icon Experience taxi nightmare first-hand
      481 8  -  Ong Soon Teik Singapore, via Internet I FOUND the column "Of taxis, mobiles and the lack of buzz" by Quak Hiang Whai (BT, Apr 19) amusing as it captured exactly the feelings I have had since I moved back from Hongkong to live in Singapore. The
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      Lock icon Public transport: some way to go
      425 8  -  Zheng Baoguang Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article "Of taxis, mobiles and the lack of buzz" by Quak Hiang Whai (BT, April 19). At last a brilliant article from a regular columnist on the definitely-not-world-class taxi situation in Singapore (although the article
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      Lock icon Developers need to view homeowners as customers
      202 8  -  Ang Peng Seng Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article "Giving developers' image a spruce up" by Kalpana Rashiwala (BT, April 12). Loh Soo Eng's analysis of the plight of developers is itself symptomatic of some of the problems in his industry.
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      Lock icon Small flats may explain the Hongkong buzz
      180 8  -  Tham Chun Fai Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article "Of taxis, mobiles and the lack of buzz" by Quak Hiang Whai (BT, April 19), where he presented his "taxi-mobile phone theory" to explain why Hongkong has "the buzz" that SM Lee
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      Lock icon Rules of the game set by the West
      94 8  -  Phua Kok Heng Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the Bottomline column "Sino-US ties could profit from Bismarck" by Leon Hadar (BT, April 17). The article mentions the post-Cold War international system, and the rules of the game of the international system
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      Lock icon Indonesia cuts GDP growth forecast to 3.25-3.75%
      540 9 JAKARTA Inflation forecast to rise to around 9% bat forecast deficit is kept at 3.7% of GDP AFP INDONESIA has slashed its forecast for economic growth in 2001 and revised other key Budget estimates in the face of a plunging rupiah, lower revenue
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      Lock icon Thailand orders state firms to reduce imports
      370 9 BANGKOK Private firms and general public urged to buy local goods AFP THAILAND has ordered state agencies to slash spending on projects that rely on imports in a bid to reinvigorate the fragile domestic economy, an official statement said yesterday. The plan is
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      580 9 Reuters [MANILA] Philippine police were on high alert yesterday in case supporters of former president Joseph Estrada take to the streets if he is arrested on a charge of economic plunder, an offence punishable by death. Police spokesman Colonel Rodrigo de Garcia said there were
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      Lock icon Snap out of complacency, Li tells Hongkongers
      566 10  -  HE most sharpen competitiveness to ride on China's WTO entry, he says From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG'S most famous tycoon Li Ka-shing has warned Hongkongers against slipping further into complacency and urged them to sharpen their competitiveness to ride on China's
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      Lock icon More troubles ahead for Richard Li
      801 10  -  MM comment HK STOCKS He has to face the challenge of retaining staff quak hiang whai A DECADE ago, a prominent businessman was almost jailed by a Singapore court after he was charged with making a false declaration in documents supporting the listing application
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      Lock icon Emerging nations must open up to more FDI: ADB
      261 10 TOKYO AFP DEVELOPING countries in the Asia-Pacific region must open up to greater foreign direct investment (FDD in all sectors to overcome the challenges posed by globalisation, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said. This was the message contained in an
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      Lock icon Nong Duc Manh is new Vietnam leader
      250 10 HANOI Reuters VIETNAM'S ruling Communist Party yesterday named reform-leaning National Assembly chairman Nong Due Manh as its new secretarygeneral, the country's most powerful leadership post. A party official announced Mr Manh's appointment at the closing session of a fiveyearly party congress broadcast live
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      Lock icon Shanghai Narcissus 1st in line for delisting
      395 11 SHANGHAI Regulator rejects appliance maker's last-minute plea for time to revamp Reuters SHANGHAI Narcissus Co could become China's first firm to be delisted after the Shanghai stock exchange said on Saturday it has turned down the appliance maker's last-minute plea for time to
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      Lock icon Teng-hui flies to Japan amid China protests
      254 11 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN'S former president Lee Teng-hui flew to Japan yesterday amid strong protests by Beijing to Tokyo about his trip. The 78-year-old Mr Lee, accompanied by his wife Tseng Wen-hui, close aides and a doctor, departed from Chiang Kai-shek airport at 03.05
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      Lock icon Indian banks may lend below announced rates
      291 11 BOMBAY Move will spur more competition among commercial banks Bloomberg STATE Bank of India and other banks will be allowed to lend below their announced rates, bolstering competition among the nation's more than 130 commercial banks as the government moves to jumpstart the
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      Lock icon India's market regulator finally acts tough
      304 11 BOMBAY It bars three firms from issuing shares, curbs 10 brokerages Reuters INDIA'S stock market watchdog seems to have adopted a new get-tough approach when it Anally bared its teeth on Friday. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Thursday barred three
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  • FREE-TRADE agreement
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      Lock icon Bilateral pacts are building blocks for world trade
      2641 12  -  Singapore's drive to forge bilateral trade agreements flies in the face of the World Trade Organisation. David Oren explains why it is supported by the US David Uren S M t the end of the day, f US trade policy is grounded
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon After rate-cut euphoria come warning shots
      758 17 NEW YORK Greenspan's move a double-edged sword as it also highlights just how severely economy has tnrned FT INVESTORS could be forgiven for their outburst of bullishness last week. Earnings news was mixed, as was economic data. But hopes that the worst news on
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      295 17 WASHINGTON AFX US economic indicators to be released this week are expected to show the smallest increase in quarterly GDP since the second quarter of 1995 and other weak fundamentals that will reinforce expectations of further Federal Reserve interest rate
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      141 17 LONDON AFP JAPANESE royal watchers believe that Crown Princess Masako is expecting the world's first test-tube emperor after secretly undergoing fertility treatment last month, the Independent on Sunday reported here. Japanese courtiers announced last week that the 37-year-old princess, who has been married for
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      366 17 NEW YORK Reuters THE US Federal Reserve is more concerned than ever about the dimming outlook for technology companies that had once been a leading light in the record economic expansion. A sign of this is a Fed
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      625 18 LONDON He replaces Microsoft's Bill Gates who drops to 2nd place; Li list AFP, Reuters BILL Gates, billionaire head of the Microsoft computer company, has been overtaken by a supermarket boss as the world's richest man, according to the Sunday Times. The newspaper's Rich
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      Lock icon UK drugs giant seen eyeing US firm: report
      372 18 LONDON American Home Products, GlaxoSmithKline may start talks Reuters, Bloomberg BRITISH pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline is considering starting talks about a £150 billion (*****.5 billion) merger with US drugs firm American Home Products Corp (AHP), a newspaper said yesterday. Britain's Sunday Observer quoted
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      Lock icon Morgan Stanley to invest US$5b in Japan property
      209 18 UTOKYO Reuters US investment bank Morgan Stanley is to invest US$5 billion (Ss9 billion) in Japanese property over the next three years because it expects an upturn in the depressed sector, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun daily said yesterday. Morgan Stanley is banking
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      591 19 WASHINGTON Still, talk of debt default and currency devaluation hit Latin American markets Bloomberg, Reuters THE US Federal Reserve's decision on Wednesday to cut interest rates, intended to boost business confidence at home, may also bring some relief to Argentina which at the weekend
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      Lock icon Bush makes a case for new trade negotiating powers
      550 19 QUEBEC LATWP US PRESIDENT George Bush vowed on Saturday that he would win new trade negotiating powers from Congress by the end of the year, using a gathering of western hemisphere leaders to make a case for free trade to sceptical
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      Lock icon More Americans face debt problems as economy cools
      556 19 SAN FRANCISCO Increasing credit card spending leaves families very vulnerable Bloomberg SHOPPERS visiting San Francisco's Maiden Lane can spend US$lO4 (S$188) for a butcher knife from Sur La Table or U552,500 for a lacquered Chinese table from Gump's. Or they can look
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      267 19 NEW YORK Bloomberg MASTERCARD International, Visa USA Inc, and banks that control the credit card networks have been accused in a lawsuit of imposing hidden fees on cardholders who make purchases overseas. The suit, filed on Friday in US District Court in New
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  • COMMODITIES & futures
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      606 20 AFP [LONDON] The base metals complex rallied last week on the back of a surprise half-percentage-point cut in US interest rates. Gold also gathered strength after the rate cut sparked a weakening of the US dollar. Oil futures soared to nineweek highs after a blast rocked a British
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      293 21 HONGKONG AFP THE Hongkong stock market is expected to trade lower this week, after a sharp 3.5 per cent gain during the past week, tracking movements on Wail Street, dealers said last Friday. Dealers expect Wall Street will head into a correction from recent
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      516 21 Hie tech slowdown is not bound to torn aronnd any time soon, say investors Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US stocks are likely to fall further in the aftermath of the biggest 10-day rally ever for the Nasdaq Composite Index, some investors
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      417 21 LONDON Bit economists win of mere volatility in the weeks ahead AFP A SURPRISE US interest rate cut gave the London market an upwards nudge last week, but the euphoria did not last long and economists predicted more volatility in
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      323 21 TOKYO AFP SHARE prices in Tokyo are expected to rally in cautious trading this week as Japan braces for a ruling party leadership election tomorrow, brokers said. "The Nikkei index is likely to pick up this week as we are seeing positive
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      880 21 Sydney +27.2 INVESTORS will need to exercise caution if they choose to punt on cyclical stocks this week, as the true state of the Australian economy remains unclear, brokers said. The Australian share market ended the week 0.8 per cent higher after a 50 basis point interest rate
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      418 22 AFP Q Composite ladei -6.7 MALAYSIA'S stock market may enjoy a better week after being driven down too far in the past fortnight an analyst said last Friday. "The market has been oversold in the past two weeks and this will be the main
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      590 23 SQX Derivatives Trading Weeklyßmndup [SINGAPORE] The week ahead is packed full of interesting G3 data and events which may help feed the forex volatility that intermediaries have been enjoying lately. There are many key data releases while Japan has the added interest of a
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      901 26 And the Hollywoood treatment may well spark renewed Fridamania LATWP FRIDAMANIA the cult and the industry may soon get a second wind. Hollywood is finally making a movie on the tortured, colourful life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo after a decade of
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      1260 28  -  As Japanese companies learn from others, they are finding they have more in common with the Europeans than the Americans, says Patrick smith PATRICK SMITH Bloomberg KOJI Nishigaki made a very interesting remark a little more than a year ago. I've been thinking about
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      48 29 TOP STORIES Cap Gemini plans global rollout of CRM Index P*2 Novell to focus more on services business na w Toshiba gunning for 25% marketshare in Asean, South Asia Pgl3 More e-government in Singapore Pgl4 COMMENTARIES From3Gto3Cona four-lane highway I*4 Chan Weng Ties Hie evolving role oftheCTO PgB
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      Lock icon CRM: a form of disruptive technology
      800 30  -  I -II exclusive Singapore's CRM application software market is expected to cross USs79m by 2004, from USs26m last year, growing 32% a year between now and then By< Andrew Wee SINGAPORE leads East Asian countries in adopting CRM (customer relationship management) solutions and will
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      582 30  -  Ull exclusive The index shows companies where they stand and helps them decide where they want to be Byi Chua Hui Min MANAGEMENT and IT consulting giant Cap Gemini Ernst Young has launched a "CRM Index" to help companies clarify their CRM
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      Lock icon Call centre market to cross US$4b by 2005
      366 30  -  The largest markets in the Asia-Pacific region will be Tnriiftj Australia China, says IDC Byi Chua Hui Min THE Asia-Pacific market (outside of Japan) for call centre solutions will cross US$4 billion (557.2 billion) by 2005, from about US$l.2 billion last year,
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      Lock icon Novell to focus more on its services business
      489 30  -  The company is diversifying into consulting and integration By' Tang Weng Fai US-BASED network communications firm Novell Inc is gunning for at least 20 per cent growth from its Singapore operations next year by pushing management consulting and systems integration services for
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      Lock icon Silicon Graphics to fire 1,000 workers
      284 30 Bloomberg [MOUNTAIN VIEW, California] Silicon Graphics Inc, a maker of computer workstations, said it will fire 1,000 employees to cut costs after reporting its seventh straight quarterly loss. The shares fell 25 per cent. The firings, equal to 15 per cent of the company's
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      Lock icon From 3G to 3C on a 4-lane highway
      766 32  -  hi comment INFOTECH The mobile business will focus on content context and commerce in four broad areas: information delivery, transaction capability, gaming and gambling, and location-based services raju chellam The writer is BizlT Editor Despite the gloom over the dotcom doom, as
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      Lock icon Wireless Net access to shoot up in S'pore
      414 32  -  By Chen Huifen SINGAPORE may have up to 30 per cent of its population accessing the Internet via wireless devices by 2007, compared to less than 2 per cent currently, according to Washington DC-based telecom researcher, The Strategis Group. Comparatively, throughout the
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      Lock icon DoCoMo aims for 10m Java handset users in 1st year
      456 32  -  Fignre is realistic as JIIMMM change handsets about every 18 months By Ian Messer Bloomberg [TOKYO] NTT DoCoMo Inc aims to boost users of its Ja-va-compatible wireless phone service five-fold to 10 million by February 2002 as it relies more
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      Lock icon Textured film for clearer screens
      200 32 Xinhua [LONDON] Researchers in Switzerland have developed a thin film of clear plastic that can be used for making more efficient solar panels, clearer dashboards and better TV screens, the British science journal Nature reported on Thursday. The film, developed by Martin Schadt and Mohammed
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      Lock icon Low licensing costs help Asia's 3G
      248 32 AP [SINGAPORE] Asians will use and develop futuristic third-generation mobile phones faster than the rest of the world because of low licensing costs in the region, according to researcher Gartner Group. Japan, South Korea, Hongkong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Australia were "most likely to be
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      Lock icon Meeting the makers
      611 33  -  Once considered a safe technology play, the contract manufacturing sector has hit the skids. It may soon be a good time to invest By] Kerry A Dolan, Andrew Tanzer Copyright 2001 Forbes Global Inc OVER the past four months, as Nasdaq tumbled below 2000 and spending on
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        Lock icon ASpredse geto $14.8m from Temasek
        47 33 TEMASEK Capital Pte Ltd made a $14.8 million equity investment in Singapore-based ASprecise, a company that focuses on software development for the engineering profession. Temasek Capital is a wholly-owned direct investment arm of Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd, Singapore Government's investment holdings company.
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        Lock icon SingTel using SLP'S CRM solution
        49 33 PARIS-BASED SLP Info Ware Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gemplus, said Sing Tel Mobile is now using SLP's Predictive CRM solution to launch campaigns to reduce customer churn. SLP Info Ware has collaborated with Hewlett-Packard to implement the systems bought by Sing Tel Mobile.
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        Lock icon Uniscape's new appointments
        54 33 UNISCAPE Inc that provides e-biz solutions has appointed Low Chee Seng as managing director of its Asia-Pacific operations based in Singapore, and Mr Lee Sun Pin as Asia-Pacific director of business consulting. Mr Low was previously general manager at Star Hub and Mr Lee was previously senior
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        32 33 SINGAPORE-BASED Sesami Inc has appointed Poh Mui Hoon as its president. Ms Poh was previously managing director of Sesami.com, a company she led since its inception in September 1999.
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        Lock icon Sitara's Singapore director
        40 33 US-BASED Sitara Networks, which integrates applications and networks for enterprises, has appointed Menji Paggao as regional director for carrier and services providers for the South Asia region based in Singapore. Mr Paggao was previously with 3Com Asia.
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        42 33 GRAPHICS giant SGI Inc has announced three appointments: Lawrence Lee as general manager of SGI Singapore; Vincent Ong as Asia-Pacific business development manager for telecom/media and storage; and Laurent Herviou as Asia-Pac manager for SGI remanufactured products group.
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        28 33 UK-BASED Netik.com pic, which supplies STP (straight-through processing) solutions for financial services, has appointed Sam Wong as business development manager of its Singapore Office.
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        29 33 LOGISTICS firm TNT Asia has appointed Bjorn Vang Jensen as e-business director based in Singapore. Mr Jensen was previously regional business development director with Exel.
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        42 33 CASH Tech Asia has opened its Asia-Pacific HQ in Singapore, headed by Swapnesh Patel. Cash Tech Asia is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cash Tech Solutions India, which provides cash management solutions and has its HQ in India.
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        45 33 SINGAPORE-BASED elipva, an e-biz software firm formerly called sttarfire.com, has tied up with living systems Asia to provide agent-based e-biz solutions in the Asia-Pac region, living systems Asia is the Asian subsidiary of Germany-based living systems AG that provides collaborative commerce solutions.
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        40 33 US-BASED Bea Systems has set up two business units in Singapore to cater to its Asia-Pac customer base: the educational services unit headed by Daphne Tham and the professional services unit headed by Foo Meei Fang.
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        47 33  -  Compiled by Trina Foo SINGAPORE-BASED Avant Networks, which deals in server components and network accessories, has tied up with US-based nStor Technologies that provides integrated storage solutions for enterprises. Avant will now offer nStor's NexStor Fibre Channel and SCSI Raid solutions to its customers.
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      260 33 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] International Business Machines Corp has found neither peace nor love in San Francisco after illegally stenciling ads on city sidewalks as part of the biggest computer maker's "Peace, Love Linux" campaign. It is illegal to paint or print anything on public
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      Lock icon The evolving role of CTO
      555 36  -  Most CTOs today agree that partnering skills and foresight are key to their success Chan Weng Yie The author is CTO of National Computer Systems Pte Ltd The CTO (chief technology officer) is not the same creature that existed a few years ago. His role
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      463 36  -  Move would hand over management to foreign players By\ Kim Myong-hwan Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc, the world's second largest computer memory chip maker, said on Friday it expects 1.8 trillion won (552.48 billion) in foreign investment by the end
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      Lock icon Dotcoms rush to shed their Web stigma
      978 36  -  At aarket gloom spreads, they eye bm-Web initiatives for survival By\ Reshma Kapadia Reuters [NEW YORK] A year ago, companies were rushing to add dotcom to their names and spending millions to plug their Web initiatives. Now they are in a frenzy to
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      815 37  -  Computer Associates failed to catch the Web's magic. Now it's trying to recast its image before it's too late By Chana R Schoenberger Employees at computer Associates' headquarters in Islandia, New York, gathered in February to see Sanjay Kumar, their newly anointed CEO, and other execs introduce the
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      Lock icon Dell takes world crown in PC sales
      677 37  -  Dell with 12.8% share of sales surpasses Compaq's 12J%inQl By] May Wong AP [SAN JOSE, California] Dell Computer Corp became the worldwide market leader in PC sales in the first quarter of 2001, but the entire industry experienced a decline in US sales
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      Lock icon EDS using 'dashboard' to improve customer service
      709 37  -  By. Andy Peters Bloomberg [PLANO, Texas] After a ticket sales office in Paris lost its computer connection, Continental Airlines Inc looked to Electronic Data Systems Corp's "service excellence dashboard" for a quick solution. The so-called dashboard is a computer network that monitors the
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      Lock icon Cisco, directors face class-action suit
      208 37 AFX [SAN FRANCISCO] Cisco Systems Inc and "certain" of its officers and directors were named in a class-action lawsuit led by an unnamed institutional investor that alleges the company illegally inflated its stock price in order to support its growth-through-acquisition strategy, law firm Milberg Weiss
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      Lock icon Premji looks to Welch for cues on growth
      818 38  -  It won't be the first time that Indian software company Wipro will have turned to techniques developed by GE, its biggest and oldest customer By. Arijit Ghosh Bloomberg WIPRO Ltd chairman Azim Premji, at one point one of the richest men in
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        Lock icon MG Logic's digital pens
        53 38 SINGAPORE-BASED MG Logic Pte Ltd has launched two digital pen-tablet sets. The e-Pad cordless pen lets designers and educational users write and draw on computer documents, and is currently available at $149. The CreatisJrset (right) offers a palm-sized tablet, and is available for $89. For details,
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        Lock icon NEC's new portable projector
        57 38 NEC Singapore has unveiled its MultiSync LTISS portable projector, which weighs 2.2 kg, and offers 1,200 lumens of brightness at XGA (1,024 by 768 pixel) resolution. The $8,999 product allows presentations to be run from a Compact Flash memory card, a laptop computer, or a PC.
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        Lock icon New Fujitsu PC and display
        97 38 FUJITSU PC (Asia) has launched its Deskpower 8000 workstation for multimedia professionals. It runs on Intel's 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 processor, and comes with 128 MB RAM, 40 GB hard disk, 5 PCI expansion slots, 15-inch XGA display, DVD and CD combo drive, and integrated
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        Lock icon V-Office on Donovan servers
        47 38 SINGAPORE-BASED Donovan Systems said it will bundle I-Fastmail Sdn Bhd's V-OfficeX software with Donovan's Linux servers. V-OfficeX provides access to corporate networks via a web browser. The product will debut next month at US$32O (*****) for a five-user licence. For details, fax *****96.
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        Lock icon Novell's authentication software
        58 38  -  Compiled by Chua Hui Min NOVELL Inc has introduced its Novell Modular Authentication Services 2.0 software, which protects network access using any combination of biometric, smart card, token or digital certificate user authentication. The product runs on both NetWare and Windows, and will debut in June at
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      Lock icon Ariba loss widens on weaker IT spending
      497 39 Reuters [NEW YORK] Business-to-business (B2B) software company Ariba Inc on Friday reported a wider second-quar-ter loss, in line with lowered expectations, pressured by a slowing economy and decreased spending on information technology. Ariba's shares surged as much as 22 per cent as analysts
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      Lock icon Avici exec gets options worth about US$24m
      212 39 Reuters [BOSTON] Avici Systems Inc last year awarded its new chief operating officer a stock option package potentially worth about US$24 million (5543.2 million), the firm disclosed on Friday in US regulatory filings. Steven Kaufman, 35, received options to buy 700,000 shares of
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      Lock icon E-banks call off merger in Europe
      263 39 Reuters [MADRID] A proposed merger between Spanish Internet bank Uno-e owned by bank BBVA and Terra Lycos and Ireland's enba pic has been called off, the two companies said on Friday. Gerhard Huber, chief executive of enba, said the planned tie-up originally valued at
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      543 39 Analysts will be looking for assurance that the company can trim fulfillment costs and sustain sales Reuters [SEATTLE] Amazon. COM Inc has largely silenced doubts over its ability to survive, so analysts will be watching the online superstore's results this week for
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      Lock icon Vivendi pay-TV unit aims to buy broadcast group
      308 40 Bloomberg [LONDON] Vivendi Universal SA may buy ISMM/ISL Group, which owns broadcasting rights to the World Cup soccer tournaments. According to people familiar with the matter, Canal Plus, Vivendi Universal's pay-television unit, would gain TV rights outside Europe for the 2002 and
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      516 40 It will try a revolutionary method to filter music and comply with court order Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Embattled song-swap company Napster has licensed revolutionary "digital fingerprinting" technology to help it filter out copyrighted songs from its service to comply with a federal court order. Napster, which
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      408 40 Reuters [PHILADELPHIA] The US cellular telephone industry came under renewed legal attack on Friday, in a series of class-action lawsuits claiming that cell phones pose a series of health risks ranging from infections to brain damage. A 58-page legal complaint filed in Maryland state court
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      Lock icon Toshiba Corp gunning for 25% marketshare in Asean, South Asia
      433 41  -  The company has launched a new branding campaign that emphasises the notebook computer as a wireless networking device Byi Chua Hui Min JAPAN-BASED giant Toshiba Corp said it aims to boost its share of the Asean and South Asia laptop
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      Lock icon Slew of inkjet printers and scanners from Canon
      418 41  -  By Chua Hui Min JAPAN'S Canon Inc last week launched a line of six inkjet printers targeted at professional and home users, as well as three new CCD (charge coupled device) scanners. The products are available here from Canon Marketing (Singapore) Pte
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      Lock icon New products from Hewlett-Packard here
      320 41  -  Linenp includes two CD writers, two new scanners, a notebook and a desktop computer By* Chua Hui Min HEWLETT-PACKARD Singapore last week launched its new CD writer, as well as its first combination drive that incorporates a CD writer and a DVD player. HP also
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      Lock icon Epson wants 40% marketshare in inkjets
      330 41  -  By Chua Hui Min EPSON Singapore said it is aiming for a 40 per cent marketshare in inkjet printers in the South Asia market this year from about 25 per cent currently and 30 per cent growth in its Singapore sales. To push sales,
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        856 42  -  l-lri exclusive Singapore grossed an overall maturity score of 49.52 out of a possible 100 points, trailing top performer Canada, which scored 51.96, according to a recent Accenture study. Andrew Wee reports Andrew Wee SINGAPORE will see a substantial increase in e-govern-ment service offerings this year as it
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          Lock icon Street directory on Jornada
          61 42 HEWLETT-PACKARD Singapore has tied up with Geo Millenium System to offer the GIS (geographical information system) provider's Road Pilot on HP's Jornada handheld PC. The Road Pilot is a Singapore street directory, can be installed on the HP Compact Flash card, and works with Jornada 548
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          Lock icon Online financials from Maybank
          53 42 MAYBANK Singapore will launch its Online Financial Services, called Maybank2u, as an additional channel to its current suite of e-services today. The service can be accessed from www.maybank2u.com.sg and will initially be available to the bank's eCard members, mobile phone bank users and share margin financing
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          Lock icon Gintic, MatrixOne Asia tieup
          47 42 SINGAPORE-BASED Gintic Institute of Manufacturing Technology has tied up with Nasdaq-listed Matrix One to offer Matrix One's eMatrix9 collaborative solution to industries in Singapore. eMatrix will initially be offered to companies where product design and development collaboration is a key requirement, Gintic said.
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          Lock icon SingTel to use webflo solution
          48 42 HOMEGROWN Arm webflo that develops intranet applications said Singapore Telecommunications will implement webflo's training management system in its customer service training department, webflo's web-based training system will work with SingTel's existing applications, with no need for special customisation or integration required, webflo said.
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          42 42 THE top 10 e-marketplace service firms control 47 per cent of the market, according to a new report by International Data Corp (IDC). The list is led by PricewaterhouseCoopers, IBM Global Services, and Cap Gemini Ernst Young, IDC said.
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          44 42 SINGAPORE-BASED debtdomain Pte Ltd has tied up with Capital Data Ltd to provide the latter's Loanware bank loan database on www.debtdomain.com. Loanware is a syndicated loans database that covers global facilities, including project finance, leverage loans, acquisition financing, and others.
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          44 42 JAPAN'S Tedi (Trade Electronic Data Interchange) plans to collaborate with the Pan-Asian Alliance to promote international e-commerce. The Pan-Asian Alliance comprises Ave service providers: Singapore Network Services, China's Infoshare IT, Korea Trade Network, Taiwan's Trade-Van, and Hongkong's Tradelink.
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          60 42  -  Oouiiiledbj Raju Chellam NETWORK operators and certain telcos could take up to 23 per cent —or US$7B billion (*****.2 billion) —from the global 828 e-commerce market over the next five years, according to researcher Analysys. That's because they have the edge in the 828 market
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      626 43  -  Long term future of Japan's key trade items like oil, coal and iron in decline By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is the future for growth in shipping and energy, according to Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) president Kunio Suzuki.
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      802 43  -  DOCKYARD By] David Hughes THE rise and fall of UK shiprepair group Cammell Laird (CL) can certainly be described as spectacular. A meteoric rise from the rusting remains of the once famous shipyard at Birkenhead was followed by a dramatic collapse
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      286 43 But they have backlogs stretching over next few years Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korean shipbuilders said first-quarter orders fell by a third, although they were able to be more selective in taking orders because they already have backlogs stretching over the next few
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        95 43 (LONDON) A two-year investigation led to the corruption conviction of former Dubai Ports and Customs director general Obaid Saqr Busit and two senior ports officials. Local news reports said a Dubai criminal court sentenced Busit, who was also chairman of the World Customs Organisation Council,
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        69 43 (LONDON] China has officially launched its first cruise line, according to local reports. Dubbed a floating four-star hotel, the 27,000dwt Lanzhuanshi will sail between Haikou, China, and Xialongwan, Vietnam, three times a week. Operated by Tropical Island International Travel Agency, which was granted permission
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        456 44  -  Taiwanese group may take part in development of two piers at Haichang By- P T Rangsberg TAIWAN'S Evergreen Group is considering investing in a terminal project in Xiamen, a port in China's south-eastern Fujian province designated for cross-strait trade. Industry sources say
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        215 44 Smit Tak will use specialist retrieval units to salvage cargo instead of divers [LONDON] Salvors have begun to remove cargo from the levoli Sun which sank about 35 km off the French coast on Oct 31 last year. A statement issued by the
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        802 55 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 market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        476 56 Second biggest Aussie carrier moants aggressive fight-back against competitor Qantas AFP [SYDNEY] Australia's second biggest carrier, Ansett Airlines, issued a challenge to rival Qantas yesterday by announcing it was introducing new international routes and increasing domestic capacity. The joint chief executive of Ansett
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        431 56 Airline continues to focus on possibility plane's elevator panels played a role in the 1999 crash of its New York to Cairo flight Reuters [WASHINGTON] Egypt Air urged US safety investigators on Wednesday to look more closely at possible mechanical explanations
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        289 56 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong Dragon Airlines (Dragonair) said it set a new record last week for the number of passengers flown in one day, adding that the strong passenger demand vindicated its decision to expand the fleet. The airline carried 10,342 passengers on April 12,
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        199 56 Tension over spy plane incident may affect plane deal AFX-Asia [NEW YORK] The Boeing Co is concerned that the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) may cancel commercial jet orders worth an estimated US$3 billion (555.4 billion), due to political tensions between the
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        113 56 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing Co, the world's biggest planemaker, said an unidentified airline agreed to purchase five 747-400 jetliners worth almost US$l billion (Ssl.B billion) at list prices. Boeing declined to disclose the customer's name in a tally updated weekly on its website. The airline plans to make
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        414 56 Bloomberg [PARIS] France's transport minister, seeking a way to save airlines AOM, Air Liberte and Air Littoral from financial collapse, said one possible solution would be getting state-controlled Air France SA to help out. Jean-Claude Gayssot told journalists that he's willing
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      568 54 I VESSEL VOY slN^|yiAASIN| TIGER METRO 889N 24-24/04 3003/05 08-0605 I TIGER RHYTHM 891N 27-2804 0306/06 11-12/05 I TIGER BRIDGE 892N 01-01/05 07-1005 15-1505 I TIGER SPEED 893N 05-06/05 10-13/05 18-19/05 I TIGER METRO 894N 0008/05 14-17/05 22 23/05 I TIGER RHYTHM 895N 11-12/05 17-2005 25-26/05 I Ivesse^^^VO^^SH^^CA^^Sl^^l TIGER CUFF
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      1064 54 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Pmjuni Rood, 3rd Iml, r Freight links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: fleski9singnet.com.sg NNAVA SNEVA MV. API MALAWI VOOSW CEBII MV. MTU MEM VIM EU SEk 26/04/2001 ETA SM 25/04/2001 BOMBAY MV. XPSESS MANASUIVOOSW ISTANBUL/ WL SHANGHAI fINNt VBNMT ETA
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      107 54 CO! Singapore Soviet Shipping CPI aNi lOOSOMOOOON jflj) HMkm shipyif Ptt Lhl a H7S7WOOOO( nil conumrs savia to/hkni vumvosiok, vostoomty TNMUGH A BSK «T OUBBH, MMKTKG imi A MB Hi SNMPOR! VOSTOCHNNY N VLADIVOSTOK VIA BUSAN VESSB/VOT IttMBAN ETA VOSTOOKNT EttVUWVOSTW HY VIAD V.43 11 MAY 13 MAY IS MAY
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      123 55 "nJE "12 }E." rffilftwJ LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore Rl Thunderstorm pjajn Temperature Wind direction and speed in knots Weather Cloudy Day C **j 3 Hazy Sea Conditions Wind speed symbols >■■■■:■■■■■■] g| c 1 2m O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds j
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      110 56 NOTICE TO TRADE SINGAPORE/CALCUTTA AND CALCUTTA/SINGAPORE CALCUTTA PORT SURCHARGE On 4 April 2001, The Calcutta Port Trust announced substantial increases in port charges. The following members of Calcutta Feeder Operators (CALFO) serving Calcutta are in no position to absorb such substantial cost increases and therefore have no alternative but to
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