The Business Times, 4 May 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2001 850
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    80 1 □sn 1,***** (-3.43) BT-SKI 88L46 (-2.44) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,724.00 (-8.00) nsmsci futures 1M ***** (4.60) STOCK 1KABKET INDICES TTrareday Change KLSECOMP 606.66 -4.76 NIKKEI 225 dosed HANG SENG 12,718.14 -96J SET INDEX 301.09 +1J7 JAKARTA COMP 37L94 +912 MANILA COMP _1,430.39 -6.49 TAIPEI WPI 5,406.54 +101J SEOUL
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    83 1 FOREX SATES us* s$ US$ (SS per US$) 1.820 £(USS/SSper£) 1.437 2.616 EUSO(USS/SS/E) 0.897 1.683 DM 2.180 1.198 YEN 1215 66.80 KM 8.800 1088 HK$ 7.799 4286 BAHT 46.41 2496 Rl'PIAH 111,36 6,118 *8$ to 100 units *S$ to 100 units PBIBEE BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA
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    Lock icon Bad 12 months for CPF investment funds
    579 1  -  But with market bottoming out, longer-term prospects look encouraging Byi Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Most Central Provident Fund-approved unit trusts and insurancelinked plans (ILPs) have had a full 12 months of negative absolute quarterly returns but their longer-term prospects remain encouraging. With the latest
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    Lock icon Malaysia opens up property market to foreigners
    706 1  -  From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA has pulled out all the stops to make it easier for foreigners to own all types of property worth between RM250.000 (*****,500) and RM2O million. However, analysts said the liberalisation may not be enough to clear
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    Lock icon Siblings part ways over plans for Cathay site
    617 1  -  Meileen Choo and brother to liquidate company so assets can be divided By. Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Cathay Building owners Meileen Choo and her brother K C Choo appear to have parted ways over the family's landmark site at Dhoby Ghaut. Their privately-held
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      69 1 DCSIDE Top stories Directors' fees soar. PgS SGX will today list five exchange-traded funds. Pg 4 flHHfev B v H Bush secures Budget deal with tax cuts, spending curbs. Pg 22 America's nonmanufacturing index down in April; US corporate layoffs highest since '93. Pg 21 S'pore's April Purchasing Managers' Index
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      31 1 Never in A "f our history j Sim VYoiil; Hoo, tr.u insCreative TVchnoloiy s rol5«'» roastt -rid' The CEO Speaks, Back Pa^e Foreign funds give KLSE a wide berth, Pg 2
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      160 1 Raffles Town Club members plan suit Next Pa^e DBS Dao Ht-n;; deal Lower final price? 4 ji The pursuit of beauty jLy Contrary to what feminist ■Ktf Germaine Greer believes, it's not advertising that manipulates women, says Jaime Ee Executive Ufestyte EL 2 OHJB MarniHtw switches bond fund manager, Pg
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Old temper in new job
        89 2 APART from his trademark bow tie, Hong Kong's newly-minted Chief Secretary Donald Tsang is known for his quick temper and sharp tongue. On Wednesday, his first day at work in his new job, he told reporters that he belonged to an older generation and, as
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        Lock icon Tee-ing off an IPO
        132 2 A US professional golfer named Don Bell is doing an IPO to sell shares in, well, himself, to finance his career. He's incorporated himself as Bell Golf, complete with a board of directors and one employee— himself. He's selling 500,000 shares at US$l each, subject to
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        Lock icon Bullish April for most bourses
        96 2 APRIL hasn't been too bad a month for the world's stock markets. According to equity indices provider FTSE, April's robust recovery brought gains to most markets of the world, except for those in South-east Asia. Turkey was the best performing market in US dollar terms
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      Lock icon Two groups plan class action against Raffles Town Club
      698 2  -  Both feel misled into joining what they thought was an 'exclusive' club Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The Raffles Town Club saga could soon see class action lawsuits possibly Singapore's first with at least two groups planning High Court moves against the
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      Lock icon Meeting hit by four ministerial cancellations
      564 2  -  ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS RETREAT Signing of key agreement to forge investment area postponed From Harish Mehta in Stem Reap, Cambodia THE Asean Economic Ministers meeting was yesterday hit by no-shows by four Asean ministers and top officials of two partners, US and Japan, and
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      Lock icon Foreign funds give Malaysia a wide berth: analysts
      475 2  -  ELSE rally following scrapping of exit levy fizzles ont From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian market rally following the scrapping of the exit levy fizzled out yesterday on the lack of foreign participation. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Circular on Dao Heng sale delayed
      437 4  -  Talk is final purchase price may be lower than $10b By\ Siow Li Sen, Audrey Tan in Hong Kong QUEK Leng Chan's Guoco Group has delayed sending a circular to shareholders on its proposed $10 billion sale of Dao Heng Bank to DBS Group
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      Lock icon SGX to list only 5 ETFs due to cautious market
      580 4  -  By 1 Siow Li Sen THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) will today list five ex-change-traded funds (ETFs) instead of the original nine planned, in what is seen as a concession to cautious market conditions. The five funds are American Stock Exchange-listed
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      Lock icon Monitor and enforce accounting standards
      664 4  -  HOCK I f.f4 !U paul thompson Paul Thompson also lectures at the University of Nottingham in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian Securities Commission (SC), the capital markets regulator, put listed companies on notice recently. Concerned about the high incidence of non-compli-ance with approved accounting standards,
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      Lock icon Beefing up banks' boards costs a pretty penny
      1283 5  -  l-ll exclusive I DBS leads the way with a 46% jump in total directors' remuneration Reports bu Siow Li Sen THE race to beef up board expertise is costing Singapore banks a tidy sum. Total directors' remuneration last year rose substantially, with
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      Lock icon Want to be a bank director? University will help a lot
      385 5 IF university qualifications are a criterion for sitting on the board of a bank, then OCBC's directors more than qualify by way of the number of doctorates and first class honours degrees earned by its 10 directors. OCBC and
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      Lock icon MediaCorp defers IPO for about two years
      422 7  -  Sports City to be relaunched as City TV By 1 Teh Hooi Ling BROADCASTER MediaCorp is deferring its initial public offer for about two years, chief executive Ernest Wong said yesterday. "We feel that current market sentiments relating to the media sector are
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      Lock icon DBS Bank confirms hiring Edmund Koh
      187 7 DBS Bank confirmed yesterday that Edmund Koh has joined its consumer banking group and is now one of its managing directors. A DBS spokesman said Mr Koh's exact duties and responsibilities would be sorted out over the next few weeks. DBS chief executive Philippe
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      Lock icon Smart jumps nearly 24% on rumours of stake sale
      232 7 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia-based Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology Corp (Smart), a unit of Singaporelisted Golden Agri Resources, jumped nearly 24 per cent yesterday on talk that a stake in the firm would soon be sold. The palm oil company was
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      Lock icon Adroit to lay off 18% of staff to cut costs
      331 7  -  It wiU incur a one-time charged $660,000 in retrenchment benefits By\ Rachel Ong MAINBOARD-listed e-business services provider Adroit Innovations will cut 18 per cent of its work force to contain costs. The company will lay off 34 employees and expects
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      Lock icon CapitaLand clarifies Liew's pay
      207 7 His pay rise is in line with Pidemco's return to profitability C APITALAND yesterday clarified that last year's leap in remuneration for its chief executive and president Liew Mun Leong was due mainly to Pidemco Land's financial turnaround in 1999. Mr Liew's compensation last year soared
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      Lock icon Standard Bank to buy Jardine Fleming Bank
      185 7 Purchase price will be no more than USsl2om AFX-Asia [HONG KONG] Standard Bank Investment Corp said it has agreed to buy Jardine Fleming Bank Ltd from JPMorgan Chase Co for not more than US$l2O million. In a statement, Standard Bank said it will
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      503 4 The relentless pace and extent of change have led to the evolution of an increasingly complex business environment marked by much uncertainty and stress. Among the key risks and concerns which face the management of companies today are corporate fraud, cybercrime, IT security and performance'issues, financial losses from poorly integrated
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      16 4 LANVIN PAR I S SALE l:\elusi\el\ at Paragon Shopping Centre -01-03 04 Telephone: (65) 235 1361
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      895 5 SINGAPORE REINSURANCE CORPORATION LIMITED 1 (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at The Executives' Club, OCBC Centre, 65 Chulia Street, 33 d Floor, Singapore *****3, on Thursday, 31 May
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      239 5 AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WITH WORLD TIME INDICATOR Fitted with a double complication that is I left side that allows the rotation of the unique and exclusive to the brand, the dual "worldtime" bezel, encases a dial that is time zone chronograph "ww.tc" joins the easily readable. 24 hour circle with day
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon STI retreats, taking cue from fall in HK, Nasdaq futures
      602 6  -  I-l i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy AFTER rising about 100 points in two weeks, it would have been asking a bit too much of the Straits Times Index to add to this yesterday especially with a weak Hong Kong market,
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      Lock icon Amtek wrt: worth monitoring
      190 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy DESPITE the recent activity in penny stocks, not all counters involved have actually run up. Some are languishing in low volumes as the market's attention is diverted by a host of other themes. One that has seen this sort of neglect
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      Lock icon PCRD: more upside on the cards
      229 6  -  HOT STOCK Byy Ven Sreenivasan BROKERS have been at a loss to explain the month-long rally of Pacific Century Regional Development (PCRD). Yesterday, the shares of the Hong Kong-based company rose five cents to close at a sixweek high of 72 cents. A whopping
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      Lock icon Euro and yen firm despite Nasdaq's key recovery
      514 6  -  I -i i comment CURRENCIES Index regains 2,200 level, which marked the start of a sharp decline in March larry wee DESPITE Nasdaq's recovery above the key 2,200 marker overnight, and the lingering effects of a surprisingly strong Q1 US GDP number
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      336 6 Stocks Volume PacrficCenturylOc 91,152,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 20,231,000 Goldtron 5c 16,796,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 16,505,000 Keppel Cap W*****0 15,606,000 SingTel 15c 15,572,000 AddvalTech 2.5c 14,824,000 MMI Hldgs 10c 14,139,000 PCI 25c 12,697,000 MediaRing 10c 7,770,000 Stocks Chart Semiconductor 26c 98,626,353 PacificCenturylOc 64,823,415 VentureMfjg25c 44,899,404 DBSGrp 32,386,343 Datacraft 10c 29,434,736
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2826 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager's prices (Ss):May 4 Ab«rd««n Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNC Fd 0.790 0.830 Global Technology Fd!** 0.731 0768 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.802 0.843 American Opport Fd 0.88S 0.930 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 1.114 1.170 Japan EqtyFd!** 1.314 1.381 Asian Fixed Income Fd
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      165 7 A Taste Of Italy In Singapore rp f I l V^l W K3l JaJM p Mi iV Tantalise your senses at Tuscany Ristorante, the delightful Italian restaurant located at level 2 of The Pan Pacific Singapore. Dine in a casual and homely setting reminiscent of a rustic wine country restaurant
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      499 7 7 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fifth Annual General Meeting of Huan Hsin Holdings Ltd will be held at Raffles Hotel, Casuarina Suite A, Level 3 (via Seah Street entrance) I Beach Road, Singapore *****3 on Monday, May 21, 2001 at 10.00 a.m., for
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon US$77.72b foreign reserves as at March
      231 8  -  ■reTWon the economy foreign reserves By Anna Teo SINGAPORE'S official foreign reserves totalled U5577.72 billion as at March 2001, of which about 90 per cent were in foreign currency securities. The latest official reserves data published by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) according
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      Lock icon OUB Manulife switches bond fund manager
      513 8  -  This was at request of consultants Mercer, say sources W Genevieve Cua, Serena Ng OUB Manulife recently switched the fund manager of its CPF-approved global bond fund at the request of investment consultant William M Mercer, according to sources. They said the insurer was
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      Lock icon Poh Lian, Great Wealth in joint residential project
      129 8 Carpmael/Crane Road development site valued at $16.6 m POH Lian Construction Pte Ltd (PLC) announced yesterday a joint venture agreement with Great Wealth Holdings Pte Ltd (GWH) to develop a residential project at Carpmael/Crane Road. PLC and GWH will bear 60 and
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      Lock icon Manufacturing shrinks for 3rd straight month
      514 8  -  April PMI down 1.2 points at 46.2; electronics may be bottoming ont By) Eugene Low THE light at the end of the tunnel continues to elude Singapore's manufacturers, with April's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) showing the manufacturing sector contracting for the third consecutive month.
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      Lock icon Kembangan condo battle hots up
      331 8  -  By Andrea Tan THE condo competition is hotting up in the Kembangan area, with the latest salvo coming from Tat Hong Properties which has priced its The Heliconia, a freehold 103-unit condominium project, at $630 per square foot average, a tad lower than the nearby
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      Lock icon Nippon Paint seals e-collaboration deal with Intentia
      309 8 Ist phase, worth over $lm, will be rolled ont this year NIPPON Paint Singapore signed a deal with Intentia Singapore yesterday, establishing an e-collaboration that is expected to increase Nippon's efficiency at all levels of operation. The first phase of the contract worth
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      Lock icon HSBC to renovate its MacDonald House flagship
      278 8 HONGKONG Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) plans to renovate its flagship Mac Donald House building under a preservation scheme announced by the government in November last year. In the interim, the bank will move its operations to the former Raffles Surgicentre building at Clemenceau
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      Lock icon Visa sandivich promotion: what a letdown
      129 8  -  Denis Distant Singapore, via Internet I WONDER how many credit card holders used their Visa card (rather than MasterCard, Amex or Diners) in the past two weeks to take advantage of Visa's offer of a free Delifrance sandwich and coffee in exchange for a
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      Lock icon Give workers training subsidies directly
      236 8  -  MAILfm Colin Ong Tau Shien Singapore, via Internet I BELIEVE in life-long learning and I support Pime Minister Goh Chok Tong's call to upgrade Singapore's work force through training. Training is critical, especially in an economic slowdown. But many working adults are not undergoing it
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      Lock icon Medishield, DPS: queries for CPF Board
      132 8  -  Bernard Tan, Singapore,via Internet I WOULD like to seek clarification from the CPF Board on two of its schemes. Medishield/Medishield Plus scheme: My dependent intends to change from Medishield Plus (bought seven years ago) to Medishield. I am concerned if such a move will
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      Lock icon Singlish can't stand alongside English
      321 9  -  Chan Khim Soo Singapore I REFER to the letter "Drop that Singlish hang-up" by Sim Ming Meng (Mailbag, April 26). Mr Sim holds the view that Singlish is not "inferior" to English and that it "can and does exist alongside English". Would this mean that
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      Lock icon Superwomen DO exist, Mrs Foo
      169 9  -  Tng Kim Bock Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article "Stanchart's Theresa Foo retires" by Siow Li Sen (BT, April 28). There are many women in Singapore who have successfully balanced demanding careers with wonderful marriages and family lives. Theresa Foo's comment that "All
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      Lock icon Shorten MRT trains, increase frequencies
      248 9  -  Zheng Baoguang Singapore via Internet I REFER to the letter "MRT, HK's MTR not directly comparable: SMRT" by Goh Chee Kong, director, corporate communications, Singapore MRT Ltd (Mailbag, April 28). I thank the SMRT for their reply. The MRT provides a good, clean and comfortable
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      166 9 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletterQsph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear in mind
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      3245 10 NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 R^Hauwpsp Haw Par Corporation Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Thirty-Second Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the 61st Storey, UOB Plaza 1,
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      885 10 ENGINEERING LIMITED NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Twinwood Engineering Limited will be held on 23 May 2001 at 4:00 p.m. at 10 Penjuru Close, Singapore *****8, to transact the following business: ORDINARY BUSINESS 1. To consider the Directors' Report and
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  • EXEC lifestyle
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      Lock icon Ong Keng Sen breaks the mould
      1129 11  -  He returns to the narrative to see if he can still tell a story, reports parvathhiayar PARVATHI NAYAR Breaking out of typecasting calls for creativity, self-belief or recklessness—or all three but that's what Theatre Works' artistic director Ong Keng Sen seems determined to do.
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      1198 11 notices To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 I LIANG HUAT ALUMINIUM LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of LIANG HUAT ALUMINIUM LIMITED will be held at 51 Benoi Road Liang Huat
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      1257 11 Kyosha Holdings (Singapore) Limited (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting of Kyosha Holdings (Singapore) Limited will be held at 95 South Bridge Road, #09-00 Pidemco Centre, Singapore *****7 on Monday, May 28,2001 at 2:30 p.m. to transact the following business: As
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Hashimoto would be a big asset
      796 12  -  ■hTT^ I bottom line OPINION anthony rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent IN last week's contest for the presidency of Japan's politically dominant liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the rank and file chose "reformer" Junichiro Koizumi over "manager" Ryutaro Hashimoto to become their leader
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      94 12 'It is good governance by good people that we need. And feudal kings, even dictators, have provided and can provide good governance.' the Malaysian prime minister, on how developing nations can keep up with the challenges of globalisation. 'It just shows how Vietnam continues to be this
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      Lock icon Arroyo's May referendum
      575 12 EDITORIAL Philippine President Gloria Arroyo's ascension to power was questionable enough; her actions this week in crushing protesters who tried to storm her official residence will test the limits of public as well as foreign investor confidence in her leadership. By unleashing the ftill might of the
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      Lock icon US 'on the precipice' of an energy crisis?
      1497 12  -  With demand outstripping supply and petrol prices soaring, there are fears of a California-type crisis nationwide in the summer From 1 Catherine Ong The writer is BT's New York correspondent in New York IN a country which pioneered New Economy concepts, a
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      Lock icon Putting up the emperor's new shield
      711 12  -  COMMENTARY By Maureen Dowd The writer is a New York Times columnist NYT [WASHINGTON] Dick and Rummy are in the lemon-and-raspberry-striped wing chairs in the Oval Office. They like to kick back at the end of the day, down a Johnny Walker Red and
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Malaysia reveals plans to create a 'BioValley'
      299 13 The project is expected to spawn 50 firms and create 32,000j0bs within 10 years Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia revealed plans yesterday to build a biotechnology industry it says will be valued at RMSO billion (Ss24 billion) within 10 years. National Biotechnology Directorate managing
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      Lock icon KL mulls rule to ensure overseas M'sians return once in 5 years
      284 13 KUALA LUMPUR Proposal for passport renewal to be done in Malaysia MALAYSIANS residing overseas may have to return home to renew their passports once in five years, The Star reported yesterday. Currently, they can do so at Malaysian
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      Lock icon Drop prices of Aids drugs: KL
      262 13 KUALA LUMPUR It wants drug companies to give hefty discounts AP MALAYSIA yesterday urged multinational pharmaceutical companies to give hefty discounts for Aids drugs sold in the country. Health Minister Chua Jui Meng said only about one per cent of Malaysia's 38,000 Aids sufferers
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    • MALAYSIA Briefs
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        Lock icon KL to take legal action against Shell
        84 13 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Authorities have said legal action will be taken against Royal Dutch/Shell over a leak of more than 3,000 litres of kerosene and gasoline into public drains at a beach town. The leak, from a Shell refinery at Port Dickson, 90
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        Lock icon Time Engg gets approval for sale
        82 13 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Time Engineering Bhd said the Foreign Investment Committee (FIC) has approved its proposed sale 0f500.96 million Renong Bhd shares, a 21.56 per cent stake, to Taraf Perdana Sdn Bhd for RM874.68 million (Ss4l9 million) in cash. In a statement, Time said
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        Lock icon C&C Bintang chairman quits
        48 13 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Sallehuddin Mohamed has resigned as director and chairman of Cycle Carriage Bintang Bhd effective yesterday, the company said in a statement issued yesterday. Consequently, Hasni Harun's appointment as alternate director to Mr Sallehuddin has also been automatically revoked, it added. AFX-Asia
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      Lock icon KL defers gas, power price hike
      111 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA has deferred to the end of the year a decision to raise gas prices and electricity tariffs, the New Straits Times newspaper reported yesterday. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's Cabinet decided on Wednesday that there would be no changes to gas
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      Lock icon M'sia Airports' chairman denies buying Sepang
      179 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia MALAYSIA Airports Holdings Bhd chairman Basir Ismail has denied any interest in buying out Malaysia Airports' unit Sepang International Circuit. The Malaysian Business Times newspaper quoted Mr Basir as saying that the news report yesterday, which cited unspecified sources, was baseless
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      Lock icon Let other races fill university places: DAP's Lim
      323 13 KUALA LUMPUR 7,000 seats vacant since not enough Malay students AFP HUNDREDS of ethnic Chinese and Indians are being denied entry to Malaysia's state universities even though over 7,000 places are vacant this year, an opposition leader said yesterday. Lim Kit Siang
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      1213 13 -a SembCorp Industries r SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES LTD NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Third Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at The Theatrette, 60 Admiralty Road West, Singapore *****7 on May 31, 2001 at 2.30 pm for the following purposes:Ordinary Business 1
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      Lock icon Arroyo may lift 'state of rebellion' on Monday: officials
      570 15  -  Action hinges on whether Estrada's loyalist forces still pose security threat From* Al Labita in Manila PRESIDENT Gloria Arroyo is expected to lift the "state of rebellion" declaration on Monday to help normalise the Philippines' political situation, senior officials said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Govt to cut tax rate for listed Thai firms
      218 15 BANGKOK Bloomberg THE Thai government will cut corporate income tax for all listed companies for the coming five years as part of an attempt to revive the country's stock market, a senior official said. The tax rate will be cut to
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      Lock icon San Miguel chairman keeps his job
      476 15 MANILA Manila's move to nominate board members is invalid Bloomberg Reuters, SAN Miguel Corp chairman Eduardo Cojuangco has retained his post in the country's largest food and beverage conglomerate, the company said after a board meeting yesterday. San Miguel corporate secretary Francis Jardeleza said
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      Lock icon HSBC shares down in London, HK
      293 15 HONGKONG Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Pic shares fell 4 per cent after the bank said it is seeking investor backing to issue new shares worth as much as £17 billion (5544.2 billion), which may be used to finance acquisitions. London-based HSBC will ask shareholders on
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      Lock icon Jiang, Clinton may meet in HK
      87 15 ■HONGKONG AP CHINESE President Jiang Zemin and former US president Bill Clinton may meet outside a global forum both will attend here next week, a Hong Kong official said yesterday. "Their timetables overlap there are windows of opportunity for them," said Mike Rowse, director-general
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      Lock icon Indonesia may adopt new economic targets
      375 15 JAKARTA Govt sees rupiah at 9,600-10,000 to US dollar Bloomberg THE Indonesian Cabinet, under pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has tentatively adopted new targets for inflation, the currency and economic growth, an adviser to President Abdurrahman Wahid said. The government expects the
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      Lock icon Investors using HK as proxy hedge threaten HK$: Yam
      509 16  -  Other threats include globalisation, Japan, US, and China's WTO entry Froini Audrey Tan in Hong Kong THE Hong Kong dollar faces "increasing risk" from investors who use the Hong Kong markets as a proxy hedge for their investments in regional economies,
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      Lock icon Asean urged to close wealth gap between old and new members
      475 16  -  ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS RETREAT Hon Sen calls for launch of GSP,devt of infrastructure From'. Harish Mehta in Siem Reap, Cambodia ASEAN must take new measures to close the wealth gap between the old and new members by launching a
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      Lock icon Manila to seek protection for nascent petrochemical sector
      367 16 AFP [SIEM REAP, Cambodia] The Philippines will seek to defer the opening up of its nascent petrochemical industry to foreign competition, following a similar move by Malaysia to protect its car sector, officials said yesterday. Philippine Trade Undersecretary Thomas Aquino said this
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      Lock icon Thai Airways board members to lose perks
      277 16 BANGKOK AFP THAI Airways International board members traditionally used to free flights and expensive perks are to lose their privileges as part of an effort to streamline the national carrier, an airline official said yesterday. Chairman Chai-Anan Samuddavanija, appointed with a new board
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      Lock icon Ministers advise Gus Dur to revamp Cabinet
      449 16 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid's ministers have told him to hold his tongue and revamp his Cabinet if he wants to survive in office after parliament again censured him this week, local media reported yesterday. The rebuke over Mr Abdurrahman's involvement in
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      Lock icon Indon kids fight shy of presidential ambitions
      100 16 AP [JAKARTA] With their president on the brink of impeachment for graft, most Indonesian children do not seem to want the top job when they grow up. Being head of state came bottom of a list of desirable careers in a survey of
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      Lock icon Slump in Taiwan's chip sector maybe over soon
      446 17 TAIPEI Analysts expect demand to improve in the second half of this year AFP TAIWAN'S high-flying semiconductor industry has taken a dive this year amid the global economic and electronics slump but chipmakers and analysts expect the worst to be over soon.
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      Lock icon Sound ethics vital, Indian companies told
      239 17 NEW DELHI AFP INDIAN Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha yesterday urged corporates to clean up their act to attract millions of small investors back into the scam-hit stock markets. "Unless and until we are able to tap small investors we will never attain our growth
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        Lock icon HK's 3G auction put off to September
        83 17 AFX-Asia [HONG KONG] The auction of the third generation mobile service licences will be delayed to September from the initial target date of June due to the longer time needed to pass the necessary legislation in the Legislative Council, a government spokeswoman said.
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        Lock icon HK property transactions down 31%
        57 17 Reuters [HONG KONG] The number of property transactions m Hong Kong fell 31.2 per cent in April from March, the government said yesterday. The Land Registry said that it received 7,853 sale and purchase agreements on residential and non-residential building units in April, down 14.1
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        Lock icon Sebi to lift ban on short sale of shares
        81 17 AFP [NEW DELHI] India's stock market regulator said on Wednesday that it will lift a ban on the short sale of shares from July 2, a measure introduced two months ago in the face of stockmarket volatility. Securities and Exchange Board
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      Lock icon HK sticking to Sunday poll date, after all
      178 17 Switch from proposed Thursday follows criticism Bloomberg [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong government has decided to hold elections for the next chief executive on a Sunday after all, instead of a Thursday as proposed last month. That proposal drew a barrage of
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      Lock icon Will China accept idea of a common market?
      332 17 TAIPEI Ex-Taiwan premier feels such a plan could ease tensions Reuters FORMER Taiwan premier Vincent Siew plans to visit China next week to try to sell his idea of establishing a regional common market as part of efforts to help ease tensions.
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  • e-NEWS
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      Lock icon Hutchison to help its Aussie unit expand
      342 18 SYDNEY It's prepared to spend up to Aslb over next 3-5 years to fond growth Bloomberg, Reuters HUTCHISON Telecommunications (Australia) Ltd, the country's fifth-largest mobile phone company, says its parent is prepared to pay up to Asl billion (***** million) to fund its
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      Lock icon Hewlett Foundation gives Stanford US$400m
      276 18 STANFORD, California This is believed to be the largest single donation ever to a US university Reuters THE foundation started by Hewlett-Packard co-founder William Hewlett announced on Wednesday it was giving Stanford University US$4OO million believed to be the largest single donation ever to a
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      Lock icon Viatel files for bankruptcy, slashes 350 jobs
      383 18 NEW YORK European telecoms network builder lost USsl.6b last year Reuters VIATEL Inc, a European telecommunications network builder that lost US$l.57 billion last year, on Wednesday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and fired 350 people, becoming the latest casualty among telecoms firms
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      Lock icon Compaq to double services' share of revenue by 2002
      384 18  -  SINGAPORE W Tang Weng Fai COMPAQ Computer Corp will focus on services to raise their contribution to 30 per cent of overall revenue by 2002, from about 15 per cent now. "Services will be an increasingly important part of our offering,"
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      Lock icon S Koreans spend most time reading Web pages: study
      292 18 U SINGAPORE People in S'pore, US rank just below global average, viewing 699,678 pages per month AP SOUTH Koreans look at more Internet pages per month than any other nationality, while Australians are the 'stickiest' surfers because they take their time
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      Lock icon European ISP T-Online Q1 loss at 66.4m euros
      288 18 DARMSTADT, Germany Bloomberg T-ONLINE International AG, Europe's largest Internet service provider, reported a first-quarter loss as the rates charged to customers weren't high enough to offset the company's costs. The loss before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation was 66.4 million euros (*****.3
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      521 18 jjin ninitsil Creating and Capturing Value in the New Economy: IHI Ulijlldl Breakthrough Strategies in the Digital Age UUHKKHI 22-23 May 2001 The Fullerton, Singapore The Year 2000 will be remembered in the Internet Age as the (first) Year-of Reckoning. With the dust from last year's correction in the financial
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon US indicts ex-chairmen of Sotheby's and Christie's
      754 19 NEW YORK Both accused of taking part in conspiracy to fix commissions LATWP A FEDERAL grand jury on Wednesday indicted the former chairmen of the world's two largest auction houses on charges of colluding to fix commissions paid by sellers when they put
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      Lock icon GE-Honeywell merger gets tentative US nod
      288 19 WASHINGTON Honeywell needs to divest helicopter engine business AP THE US government has tentatively approved General Electric Co's merger with Honeywell International Inc. The Department of Justice (DOJ) agreement sanctioning the deal requires Honeywell to divest its helicopter engine business and authorise new third-party
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      Lock icon Goldman Sachs merges two units
      239 19 NEW YORK Bloomberg GOLDMAN Sachs Group Inc, which generated the most in-vestment-banking revenue last year, combined its mergers and corporate-finance units to win more customers as securities firms' profits slump. The No 3 securities firm by capital named David Baum, Howard Schiller and David Mastrocola
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      Lock icon Analysts upgrade Hyundai as Q1 profit surges 28%
      344 19 SEOUL Reuters SOUTH Korea's largest carmaker, Hyundai Motor Co, drove net profit 28 pier cent higher in the first quarter from a year earlier to post the best results since the company was founded in 1967. The results prompted analysts to upgrade
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      Lock icon Kraft plans IPO to raise up to US$8.7b
      361 19 WASHINGTON Its issue of 280 m shares at np to US$3l apiece will be 2nd biggest ever in the US Bloomberg KRAFT Foods Inc, a unit of the Philip Morris Cos that makes Oreo cookies and Oscar Mayer lunch meats, plans to
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      Lock icon Gauge of US service sector activity tumbles
      720 21 WASHINGTON Non-manufacturing business index of NAPM falls to 47.1 from 50.3 in March Bloomberg Reuters AP A GAUGE of US service sector activity tumbled in April, suggesting vast swathes of the US economy which have remained resilient during a recession in the manufacturing
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      Lock icon Growth will pick up in 2002: OECD report
      653 21 PARIS Top economies will emerge from slowdown in second half of this year, it says AP, Reuters THE world's major economies will begin to emerge from the current slowdown in the second half of this year, with growth picking up again in
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        Lock icon Sun Life to buy Liberty units
        132 21 Bloomberg [BOSTON] Sun Life Financial Services of Canada Inc, Canada's second largest life insurer, agreed to buy part of Boston-based Liberty Financial Cos for US$l.7 billion in cash to increase its variable annuity business in the US. Toronto-based Sun Life plans to acquire Liberty's
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        Lock icon France Telecom Q1 sales up 37%
        73 21 Bloomberg [PARIS] France Telecom SA, France's biggest phone company, said first-quarter sales rose 37 per cent boosted by the purchase of the UK's fastest growing mobile phone company and other acquisitions. Revenue rose to 10 billion euros (Ssl6 billion), from 7.4 billion euros in
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        Lock icon Deutsche Boerse does well in 1st qtr
        85 21 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Boerse AG, the operator of the Frankfurt exchange, said first-quarter net income excluding one-time items rose 43 per cent to 65.2 million euros (*****.5 million). Operating profit rose 46 per cent to 90.2 million euros and pre-tax profit rose 57
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      Lock icon Kim Dae Jung orders construction boost to fight economic gloom
      418 21 ■SEOUL AFP PRESIDENT Kim Dae Jung yesterday ordered South Korean ministers to go on a construction spending spree to ward off an economic downturn. Mr Kim chaired a special Cabinet meeting on measures to counter worsening indicators, despite the Organisation
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      Lock icon Shell tops analysts' forecasts with Q1 net income of US$3.9b
      410 21 LONDON It benefits from higher gas prices and production volumes Reuters ROYAL Dutch/Shell Group topped analysts' forecasts yesterday with a fifth successive record quarter of earnings from higher gas prices, higher natural gas production volumes and better refining margins. First-quarter
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      Lock icon Bush secures Budget deal with tax cuts, spending curbs
      732 22 WASHINGTON Support from moderate Dcanocrats should ensure smooth passage for Bush's compromise plan Reuters PRESIDENT George W Bush and Congress clinched a deal on Wednesday to carry out his campaign pledge of sweeping tax cuts and curbs on government growth, but
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      Lock icon US downgrades military contacts with China
      438 22 They will be re viewed case by case: Pentagon WASHINGTON LATWP THE Pentagon downgraded US military contacts with China on Wednesday, a step that appears to signal a further hardening of the Bush administration's policy towards Beijing. In a day of contradictory statements, the
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      Lock icon Bush introduces Social Security commission
      259 22 WASHINGTON NYT FRESH from accomplishing the politically challenging agreement on a massive taxcut plan, President Bush on Wednesday turned his attention to the near-impossible, an overhaul of the Social Security system. On a day when he met congressional leaders who reached agreement on a taxcut
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  • FINANCE & commodities
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      Lock icon Futures down on Nasdaq worries
      264 23  -  SGX Derivatives Trading Report^ ST Index Wong Ann Chuen Refco (Singapore) Pte Ltd THE Singapore stock market fell yesterday as Nasdaq futures dropped. The benchmark Straits Times Index dipped 3.43 points or 0.20 per cent to close at 1,734.23 as 10 counters rose, 26 fell
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      Lock icon Futures rise in tandem with cash market
      247 23  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Wong Ann Chuen Refco (Singapore) Pte Ltd THE Taiwan stock market rose yesterday, led by United Microelectronics Corp and some banking stocks. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index gained 3.96 points, or 1.64 per cent to close at 245.01 points. The
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      210 23 Reuters London THE euro eased more than a quarter per cent against the dollar and yen yesterday, with selling by a French bank said by traders to have been the driving force behind the move. The nationality of the bank doing the selling was in no doubt and
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      1874 23 S1COM FUTURES May 3 RUBBER (futures closing as at 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cents/kg) Close Votame Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jun 01 106 JO Jul 01 106.75 250 Aug 01 107.25 250 Sep 01 108.75 250 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (towns)
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  • STOCKS east asia
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      Lock icon CyberWorks soars, helping to reduce HSBC-led losses
      2889 24 HONG KONG Reuters 'Q Hang Stag -96J0 HONG KONG shares closed slightly down yesterday, pushed lower by losses on global banking giant HSBC Holdings, but renewed confidence in technology stocks like telecom giant Pacific Century CyberWorks kept the benchmark index off session lows.
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      382 24 AFP QWP Index +10L30 TAIWAN share prices rebounded by 1.9 per cent yesterday, inspired by Wall Street's gains, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 101.3 points to 5,405.54 on a turnover of NT$5B.6 billion. Analysts expected the technical rebound after the market continued its selling
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      79 24 TheßusinessTimes INTELLIGENCE CHANGES EVERYTHING. A new weekly section in The Business Times on Tuesday It's about university education, both here and overseas. While written mainly by undergraduates, our main aim for starting this section is to cater to the growing number of our readers who have college-going children. In short,
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  • STOCKS klse
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      Lock icon KL shares pull back on ringgit devaluation fears
      422 25 Reuters, AFX-Asia n Composite Index -4.78 MALAYSIAN stocks fell yesterday as lingering worries of a ringgit currency devaluation encouraged investors to pocket gains from Wednesday's rally. Stocks had posted their best single-day performance in 20 months on Wednesday after the government scrapped
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      731 26 Reuters, AFX-Asia □SET Index +L 57 THE Stock Exchange of Thailand Index closed yesterday at 301.09 points up 1.57 points, or 0.52 per cent, from Wednesday's close. The blue-chip SET 50 ended down 0.14 point, or 0.67 per cent, at 20.45 after spending the session wavering between positive and
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      278 26 AFP Composite Index -5.49 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.4 per cent lower yesterday. The Philippine Stock Exchange composite index dropped 5.49 points to 1,430.39. Turnover fell to 168 million shares worth 376 million pesos.—AFP May3 Ptso (000) Abacus Construction 0.64 unch 0 Aboitiz Equity 1.18 -0.04 125 ABS CBN
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      733 26 Reuters Composite Indei +&22 INDONESIAN share prices closed 2.5 per cent higher yesterday as state pension fund support for blue chips pushed the key index out of the doldrums, dealers said. The support from pension funds triggered speculation of government intervention, traders said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index
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      267 26 AFP QNZSE-40 -UUS3 NEW Zealand stocks closed 0.7 per cent down yesterday on weakness in Telecom shares. The NZSE-40 index was down 15.63 points at 2,090.72 on a turnover of NZ$9l.4 million, against NZ$74 million on Wednesday. Telecom moved down 20 cents to NZS6.2O.—AFP m>3 W cooo) Advantage HDS
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      560 26 AFP PS All Ordinaries +17.30 THE Australian stock market closed 0.5 per cent higher yesterday on the back of stronger demand for blue-chip stocks, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index rose 17.3 points to 3,288.8, while the SP/ASX 200 rose 19.4 points to 3,350.0. The All Industrials Index rose
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      313 26 AFP rl Composite Index +0.70 SEOUL'S Composite Index yesterday closed up 0.1 per cent, or 0.7 of a point, at 584.40. Volume stood at 386 million shares. —AFP Mar) Won A nam Semi 4620 -85 Brain Tech 600 unch Central Bank 170 unch C hail Comm.. ***** -400 Da«
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  • THE CEO speaks
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      1534 28  -  Prudent practices and quick action helped minimise the worst effects of an economic roller-coaster ride, Creative Technology's chief Sim Wong Hoo tells bemmbth jambs KENNETH JAMES SHAKEN but unbowed, Creative Technology chairman and chief executive Sim Wong Hoo looks back on his company's recent bleeding
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      481 28 After a four-hour briefing, employees at Creative rallied to management's call to reduce costs IN January Creative Technology chairman Sim Wong Hoo called a meeting of more than 200 of his managers at the company's global headquarters in Jurong. The news he had to
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
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      1671 29  -  PARVATm natar talks to three feminists for their interpretations of what it means to be one PARVATHI NAYAR PEMINIST. Female. Few T words in today's world are as highly charged. Preconceptions may define feminism as some rigid institution, but the reality is that it's constantly evolving, the
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        Lock icon Pursuit of beauty is a woman's thing
        724 30  -  It's mostly because women like it and also men expect it of them. It's not solely because women are manipulated by advertising, contrary to what feminist Germaine Greer believes waa the cuff jaime ee IMAGINE a world without advertising. You would never know
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        829 30  -  NftwAsiaßlEWoman Aesthetician Margaret Ancira tells casta di-hoom how to care for the largest organ of the body CHEAH UI-HOON THE key to young-looking skin and a good complexion is lots of moisture, declares Margaret Ancira, founder and president of an American skincare company, Physicians Choice of Arizona Inc.
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        513 30 THERE are spas, and then there are spas. The latest of such facilities in town boasts not only a unique therapeutic aquatic pool, but also a marriage of both wellness and medical services marking the new spa of today which caters to the health needs
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        1508 31  -  Businesswoman Jane Soong has kept her chin up despite losing a breast to cancer. The operations director of ad agency One Communications, and furniture and home accessories store, Stuff For The Home, shares with CORDIME EERE her experience CORINNE KERK Bubbly and energetic, Jane Soonglooks every
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        565 31 STUFF For The Home is a bit of a mouthful, but it means exactly that all sorts of things you'll find in a home. Opened in September last year, Stuff For The Home or SFTH for short is the brainchild of operations director,
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        627 32  -  CINEMA 'Finding Forrester' is not only abont writing, bnt also abont growing np and being true to yourself By Susan Tsang PINDING Forrester is a sweet story about the joys of writing and the relationship that can grow up around a teacher and his student.
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        638 32  -  CINEMA The grim realism seen in "Saving Private Ryan' is somehow missing in 'Enemy At The Gates' By Geoffrey Eu A SEARCHING look across a crowded hospital room, a shy glance across a packed railway car. War is hell, but in Jean-Jacques Annaud's big budget blockbuster Enemy At
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        825 33 Ants In Hie Pants. European movie. R( A). Previewing at Causeway. Bhaw Dry. Hairdressers descend on a little Yorkshire town for a competition, bringing with them their emotional baggage in this British comedy. Previewing at Lido, Century. Breakinglhe Sfleooe. Gong Li is a single mother struggling to teach her
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        108 33 Cathay Org Octod Picturehouse 338-3400 Yangtze 223-7529 Eno Wah Empress 777-5867 Jubliee 454-1640 Mandarin 292-940/ asanas QoMen Village 1900-912-1234 332-6098 for group chaJ'facHities Boon Lay Marina Tampines8 Tiong Bahru Yishun OwrsMS Movie Clementi/Co'wealth 777-0669 Golden/New Town 298-5466 N'Crown 459-9575 Princess 448-4965 Queenstown/Q'way 479-4187 Shaw Ora Capitol 337-9750
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        616 34  -  Want your kid to be a pro and earn big bucks, or just let him or her learn to play a game that imparts good values? T-ggT-m quahe tells you how to ao that in Singapore LESLIE QUAHE The writer is a teaching pro
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        537 34 LOCAL instruction for children and teenagers can be divided into four main categories: Members dubs Most clubs have some form of junior programme for their members' children. The majority of these programmes run during school vacations. If you are a member of a club,
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        594 34  -  The Kasco Power Tornado can deliver the ball straighter and farther than most clnbs at present By Ven Sreenivasan uuLr is otten aescriDea as a spon wnose secret is to hit the ball hard, straight, and not too often. That is easier said than
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        1187 36  -  ...just about everything on French chef Alain Soliveres' menu was a winner, and they did not even have to pay for a Paris ticket to enjoy it, says OEOznuenr bu GEOFFREY EU THE Hotel Vernet is a miniature grand a compact and opulent oasis in
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        596 36  -  RESTAURANT Lao Bering's cuisine may not always be native in origin bnt it is still pleasing By. Jaime Ee BEIJING cuisine. Shanghai cuisine. Is there a difference? It's hard to tell given that Singapore restaurants like Ye Shanghai or Lao Beijing supposedly specialise in one or
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        746 36  -  WINE By Geoffrey Eu UP until a few years ago, Spanish wines were treated as poor second cousins to their better known and more highly rated French counterparts. Beyond its own borders, Spanish wines were generally considered justifiably so, in many cases to be
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      349 30 CBTPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS r P> j R I p I R 1 IHV? 1 Bird to follow butterfly (11) 9 Hit front of ball with wood (4) 10 Wanting to win may be reason- n0 HI ]H| able (11) 11 Dread of earning only a little (4) iTHTM mm 14
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      64 31 CARAN d ACHE OF SWITZERLAND ECRIDOR COLLECTION f MAKE YOUR MARK Mm i Sole Distributor: SILVAROYAL PRIVATE LIMITED 207 Henderson Road #01-06 Singapore *****0 Caran d'Ache corner and service centre: #03-10/11 Wheelock Place Tel: 238 6678. Caran d Ache is available at Takashimaya Dept Store (Level 3), major bookstores, speciality
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      306 32 Where to wine, dine and entertain-."-: Treat mummy dearest to Marriott's greatest Mother's Day Celebration Specials 13 May 2001 East or west. Marriott offers the best for lunch, high tea and dinner at Marriott Caf6 and Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant, even on the eve of Mother's Day. Prices start from
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      174 32 On 13 May, Mothers deserve a treat at Cafe Vic's Long High-Tea and Buffet Dinner with a fIF delectable choice of International Cuisine. Long High-Tea $28.00 (Adult) (includes a stalk of carnation for every mother) $14.00 (Child) Buffet Dinner $35.00 (Adult) (includes a stalk of carnation for every mother) jMBL
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      292 37 Reuters ST THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) was unchanged at 1,453, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained three points to 1,496, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) I eased 10 points to 9,431 and theßaltic Capesize Index 4 (BCI) was down two points to 1,815. TDKE-CHARTER: ♦China Fortune (built
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      306 37 W-' 000 |E_ w f.OUrT Distribution 0.56 ***** fOawHw 0.31 -0.01 414 > Cum Investment—0.18 -0.01 70 ftttafit Links 0.09 -0.01 636 GB Holdings 0.41 0.01 43 Z> H)C Hokftngs-HK 5.60 unch 0 If JHM Holdings 0.15 -0.01 267 >m&*Corp 3.14 unch 659 Keppel FELS 0.90 -0.02 275
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      260 37 [QUITO, Ecuador] The captain of a tanker that ran aground and dumped nearly 240,000 gallons of diesel fuel off of the Galapagos Islands was sentenced to 90 days in jail and stripped of his maritime licence. Tarquino Arevalo, 58, will serve his
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      457 37  -  Company hopes to grab £1 billion slice for its wide ranging portfolio By. Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Driven by the need to protect exclusive economic zones and fight piracy and other marine crimes, Rolls-Royce (RR) estimates a £6 billion (5515.6 billion) market for some 500
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      780 37  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar THE Court of Appeal in England has, in a split two to one decision, held that a group of cargo receivers could sue the shipowner for breach of contract, although the bills of lading named the
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      457 37  -  By\ Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Increasing vigilence among Port State Control authorities has led to a drop in the number of substandard vessels sailing, according to the UK Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Club's 2000 inspection figures. The report released
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        683 38  -  NEWBUXLDS By David Hughes AT last it does seem that the vexed question of how quickly to phase out single hull tankers has been settled. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed on a compromise that has just
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        216 38  -  Head of Argentine Coast Guard here at MPA's invitation By I Beth Jinks loiiMUAfukkj Eliminating substandard vessels is the most pressing issued faced by maritime authorities today, according to the Commandant of the Argentine Coast Guard. Speaking in Singapore about Latin American
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      283 38 PAGE Ahrenkiel 12 Appenship 5 AsiaOCL 11 Assets 5 Austral 6 Avant 12 B'tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BTL 12 Bangladesh 11 Balaji 4 Batamindo 11 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 CSAV 3 ft Central Ex 6 Chahaya 12 Cho Yang S China Shpg 5 Confer
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      19233 44 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES Pa 9 e 8 EXPORT FRIDAY, MAY 4, 200 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire 14/05 26/06 Setramar VILLE DE SAGITTA 375W 65-*****33 16/05 30/06 COSCO EMPRESS DRAGON 0109W 65-*****00 16/05 30/06 ZIM/Seth ASIA
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        738 49 Vessel Voy Mo Berth Arrival Pepertiire East Lifter Pv274 03/05/70) OV05/530 Bt Urtki ***** J01 03/05/8:6 03/05/1230 Bt 08 2692 401 J01 03/05/8:45 03/05/16^)0 Bt Bvkit 12 ***** J01 03/05/8.30 03/05/2030 Seiamat OVMay J05 03/05/630 03/05/2330 SmMm M 68 J04 03/05/7:20 04/05/830 Aula Sway* 01-Dec J04 03/05/7:40 03/05/2030
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        1909 49 RECEIVING OF EXPORT fci containers and lcl cargo Dootlwt/nilinri ftstte Ship Voy No Etfc/Btr Nrioi Frw T« Fr— ACHIEVER 401 1/itlO 02/000 02/160 Fak-00 a 02/170 03/0*5* 01/0100 MX SEASUU. OMO 3/233* 02/B00 02/160 F«MO U 02/170 01*60 01*100 21 02/1700 03/0659 03/0*» 03/0700 03*0 03/M00 AC1 SWAM
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        163 49 May B Japan: Children Day Thailand: Coronation Day Netherland- Liberation South Korea: Children Day Thailand: Chakri Day Kay 7 Malaysia: Vesak Day Singapore: Vesak Day Thailand: Vesak Day Indonesia: Vesak Day May 8 France: Victoria Day May 11 Denmark: General Prayer Day May 14 Finland: Mother's Day May
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        779 49 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        507 49 Carta* 180 Max 991.0 0.S 13.3 0.07 26 0.03 Apr 26 Deatlty Hater ImMm Ask Ahiwlnlei Sediment No above E25 0 0 0 0 0 0 380 Ave 984.0 0.3 12.5 0.07 24 0.02 Utm 380 Max 990.7 U 15.3 O.tl 67 0.03 Mtn »«/n %n/m
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        467 50 Discount carrier has exclusive agreement with Qantas Bloomberg, AFX-Asia [SYDNEY] Impulse Airlines said it does not plan to hold talks with Air New Zealand, which is interested in buying the low fare Australian carrier. Yesterday, Air New Zealand's Australian Ansett Holdings
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        276 50 Industry restructuring should also help to increase profits Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Chinese airline shares traded in Hong Kong gained as much as 10 per cent after the country's industry regulator announced the creation of three big carrier groups to increase competitiveness. Investors say the mergers
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        57 50 [ATLANTA] Delta chairman and chief executive Leo Mullin (left) addresses the media as the airline announces organisational changes at the Delta headquarters in Georgia. Mr Mullin announced that Fred Reid (centre) was named Delta's president and chief operating officer and Vicki Escarra (right) was promoted to
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        258 50 Reuters [HONG KONG] The slowing US economy is taking its toll on cargo traffic at Hong Kong International Airport but has yet to affect passenger numbers, Airport Authority chief executive David Pang said yesterday. Mr Pang said the airport had already seen signs
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        103 50 AFP [SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates] The Gulf emirate of Sharjah plans to set up its own airline, following the example of neighbouring Dubai, the emirate's commerce and tourism department said. "We have finalised the study on the major project" to launch a Sharjah airline,
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        441 50 US regulators' move to prevent explosions will cost USsl7om Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US regulators plan to require Boeing Co, Airbus Industries and other aircraft makers to review fuel-tank designs to prevent explosions like the one believed to have caused a Trans World Airlines
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        219 50 Xinhua [HANOI] Vietnam Airlines, the country's national flag carrier, plans to obtain a growth rate of between 12 and 14 per cent this year. To that end, the carrier with a fleet of 26 planes for domestic services will open air routes
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      24 37 Newbullds column: Compromise on singlo hull tankers will mean Influx of now tonnago Pg2 No plan to Irold talks with Air NZ: Impulse BackPg
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      78 37 CAMBODIA SHIP REGISTRY iipl "WORLD'S Ist ONLINE VESSEL REGISTRATION" HP W P yr^iugprj*R" I p We provide offer: most competitive fees no restriction on nationality of ownership/crew fast and simple one-stop service for registration 24-hour efficient service, 365 days a year up-to-date maritime laws regulations Operational Headquarters do Cambodia Shipping
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      1246 38 I NORTH AMERICA I I EXPORT I I OTHER DESTINATIONS I SSX-SUPER SHUTTLE EXPRESS-DIRECT TO LONG BEACH WEST COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA (MARGARITA SERVICE) vtssa vot ft*sm nog) umgmkh dauas Houston otaeo mwtom mbkoqit wssa »0T W w-OKiat acajutu miiotago cormto fIUIIM MBUVMTIMA ooa japan soiit oi/os 02/0$ it/os 22/
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      87 38 SANKYU (S) PTE LTD 11 CLEMENTI LOOP, SINGAPORE *****3 TEL: *****40 FAX: *****11 CFS: KEPPEL DISTRIPARK BLK 513 #01-128 SINGAPORE *****9 JAPAN PORTS Hong Kong A All China Port. lEVEWY THUR SUN VESSEL) VESSEL VOY ETDSIN ETATYO ETA K0» ETA YOK ETA MGO ETA OSA ATLANTIC BRIDGE V.***** 06 MAY
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      693 38 lines services represented by Members of the Registry of Members of the fejSSjf/ Accredited Shipping Agents, Sin 9 Lo 9 isHcs 'y Singapore Shipping Association Association CONTAINERS/ CONVENTIONAL CARGO ran KLANG/SWGAraSE/JAKARTA ft BANGKOK VOY ETAPKL ETA SIN ETA MALE PrtemwUly 0401 13/15 14/W5 2t*s fjnprn# Lily 6501 *****5 Jl/05 KMC
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      1306 39 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE Ivtssa voylsm rtm anr ham rrv sou fxt uh llvcsa Ivor ktm anr ham wv sou fxt im sm~| HY HIGHNESS MOW 07/05 24/05 26/05 29/05 23/05 AftPEARI 0211 14/04 17/04 19/04 15/04 05/05 API INDONESIA M9W 10/05 02/06 30/05 31/05 28/05 MOLRNNE 5391 17/04 19/04
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      2202 39 10 MEN T/T 10 DAYS JEDDAH T/T sl2 DAYS W AQABA T/T sIS DAYS GENERAL AGENTS IN SINGAPORE: 80 ROMNSON RD 12-00 SAIiS/KKGS TEL* 4205*57/43 FAX: *****21/71 MALAYSIA OFFICE PASIR GUDANG TEL 07-*****66 FAX: 07-*****70 ffttTAR CHIMINC »W ITU SINGAPORE *****8 OUTWARD (B/L) *****02 *****25/75 PORT KLANG 03-*****633 03-*****668 11H*****00M
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      506 40 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR INDIAN PORTS FOR N. SHEVA(CFS MULUNO. MUMBAI) COCHIN COLOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN 1.C.0. POINTS Vessel VOY S PORE N. SHEVA COCHIN COLOMBO PKLANG FRONTIER 109W 06 MAY 15 MAY 11 MAY 21 MAY 25 MAY PU GLORY 109W 13 MAY 22 MAY
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      1640 41 WE ARE WITH YOU TO PERSIAN GULF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VALUED SUPPORT. NEXT LOADER:- IRAN HORMOZGAN VOY PCL 206 ETA SINGAPORE 12TH MAY 2001. AGENT IN SINGAPORE AGENT IN MALAYSIA AGENT IN INDONESIA SINOSE MARITIME PTE LTD CR N0:**********0H BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES SDN. BHD. PT. SINOSE CONTI PERSADA TEL:
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      434 41 a t I Loading (or 1 GOOD FRIDAY RDM/ATW/BMNAJK I OCEAN RANGER RDM/ATW/BMNAJK I EFESSOS RDM/ATW/BMN/UK I Loads Singapore, E7W. Malaysia, Indonesia I Loading for RAINIER DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT PIONEER SUN DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT EFFYN JDH/AQA/DMT MORNING STAR DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT WAGLAN LIGHT DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT 'Loads Singapore, EVW Malaysia, Indonesia ILoadtngfor I HANJIN TAMPA VCW/LAX/MZL I OCEAN
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      1655 41 EUROPE EXPRESS SERVICE EXPORT [IMPORT YB» VOY SIH Iffl RTM AM HAM RHY FU VKSCI VOY I BTM I HAH I FIX I LIH I SIN POfTUGALStN 016W .08/05 25/05 l?7/0S 28/051 29/05 30/05^31 /OS HJ VIENNA 0031 12/04 14/04 16/04 19/04 06/05 KJPMIS 15/ OS 01/06 03/06 04/06 05/06
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      1191 42 MEDITERRANEAN/BLACK SEA/EUROPE SERVICES EXPORT vbsr/voyagi |sgp 100 Ivknloc Imu Irmw |wv Inr |g LTUNCOM *****05* WO5 2M5 22/05 2WS 2MS 25/05 27/05 28f15 UUBBAHOOMQI2W 134)5 25/05 27/05 29/05 31/05 3QAK 01/tt 04/06 LTUWnYOQ»SOIA>f am 01/06 <04)6 OVtt 07/06 ObAA CMj6 Wj6 11/06 UIBOnMWEOWMOO 27/05 WOt ICVO6 12/0t 14/06 13/06 15/06
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      836 42 MMOKOMW UWUT/U— OmiMO JMUWTWUUANO rasa g air IKM rasa vot I sw it Ipw iamihum in !Mi !Mi iamamssa# in 00/ds i?/ps m3smi vn_mi—m -m m HATWIIHUM" SI SW M/ 05 11/DS A«AtHUM m M/ 05 I VPS CHAMAIHUM ***** W/OS 13/ PS I MIS -IMB M amm «zi? m
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      67 42 LINER SHIPPING PTE LTD \\M 10 ANSON ROAD. #17-01 \v4JBA INTERNATIONAL PLAZA. SINGAPORE 0207 Vr TEL: 22.*****(20 UNES) TELEX: RS ***** LSSHIP FAX: *****13 BAJSTDAJI A.BBA.S £MAfM<4A/ BAHRAIN JEDDAH KUWAIT Ml to The Middle EtulM ETA SIN MIDDLE EAST TORTS fi/ c DUBAI, OAMMAM. KUWAIT. RAIIRAIN. DOIIA. Sf §A ~'i
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      952 43 vftv WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN 10 NOHH AND LATIN AMERICA RORO HEAVYUfT SERVICE" ivissa vot mr hbght si i uci mo wua I say ial o»f wyc mew wot TAMPER! AMI 10 4001 m 6.3 M 01/05 13/06 16/06 18/06 20/06 21/06 23/06 27/06 29/06 IDAS AHIII 4001 m 6.3 M 21/05
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      75 46 SINGAPORE PTE LTD #1 top) 15 McCallum Street #03-01/02 Natwest Centre Singapore *****5 V J Fat (65) *****66 Email feneral9ecusin ecullne.net Webae WESTOCEAN LIME 3 SAIUNGS PER WEEK TO Weekly Service SHANGHAI t/JV. approved IRAQ hipments Call: 220 3373 SeePgl2 SIN HUP SENG HUAT Looking For Cotton Rags i n
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      750 47 SSAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 71 Ahm M, *04-01 to 03, fl«wn *****1 MNN UK/OOTWARfc 532 36tt MWAM (M): 437 2361 WORT SIAIVS (BM|: 437 2371MVHTORY MM): 437 MM WaMto httn//»mm.tmmm4nm.um CK HO. 154A*****00N BOOKINGS LINE: 535 6266 (CeKa/Je«sko/IXtoi Chan/Jilynn/Porti/Yvoniw/Honim) MZmaSMM 7sigs/wkkly \MESMESZM ssifis/wnmr ivpsa I vot I iw ~i Ivbsb
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      464 47 Tib IPDZ LINES #MM (WlUt IB; W-ni-SSH MX: 02-227-4190 I awwt urn joo wt raoi M CUOO *****1 02/15 CSWB *****3 #J/f5 081 TlSTlf/W GISBK ***** 03/05 GtSENG ***** 03/05 GtSUNG 21* jO3/05 SNNMI f 21*2 1 03/05 CNM7 ***** 05/05 MM 212SS 04/15 Sl—M 1 2102 j 03/05 51—I
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      119 47 PI Natabhayu Perusaboon Pslayoron SIHGAPORI TO SURABAYA 3 SAILINGS WKIKLY Voy Ho. SINGAPORE SUIABAYA ETA ETD ETA ETD mv. BERANI 8RN263 05/05 04/05 08/05 10/05 mv.JINYU 127 07/05 07/05 10/05 11/05 mv KOTA BBtUAN 8RL253 09/05 10/05 12/05 14/05 FORTNIGHTLY BREAK-BULK SERVICE TO COLORIRO SPECIAL RATES FOR STEEL, MACHINERY PROJECT
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      413 47 tasn ENG If E SHIPPING CO PTE UDI I Ms»ltt>(llllM>| he SI3MM/SXM9M qfcc ismimin I VESSEL VOT SMETA SMET» MSTRUTKM UmSm27 04/01 30/04 03/05 Sutton SUM 06/01 02/05 04/05 Dumo/Peroetro Dm Sin 8 03/01 03/05 04/05 JoAAWd Urn Sin 37 OS/01 04/05 05/05 Sudnyo Urn Star 1? 03/01 04/05 05/05
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      563 48 I VESSEL TIGER METRO 894N 08-08/05 14-17/05 21-22/05 I TIGER RHYTHM 895N 12-13/05 17-20/05 25-26/05 I TIGER BRIDGE 896N 15-15/05 20-23/05 28-28/05 I TIGER SPEED 897N 18-19/05 23-26/05 31-01/06 I TIGER METRO 898N 21-22/05 27-30/05 03-04/06 I TIGER RHYTHM 899N 25-26/05 30-02/06 07-08/06 I IVESSE^^^VO^^SI^^CA^^SI^I TIGER CREEK 477CN8 01-02/05 10-12/05
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      1109 48 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Road, 3rd Level, Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin9singnet.com.sg FOR BOOKING: *****35/5539/5541/5553/3494 PRQJfCT ft HIAVTUfT CARW (CONVENTIONAL A RORO) 91****** wiueeNeelw.c—i.ea LOGISTICS WAREHOUSING SERVICES ENQUIRY CONTACT: EDWARD 9672 9979, ISAAC NO 9688 5404, VINCENT SEE 9678 5760
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      712 48 TO BUNOM CHINA N. EUROPE SERVICE VESSEL VOY I SIN HKG XGG j TAP SHA HI KEELUNG 079E I 07 MAY 11 MAY 15 MAY 17 MAY 19 MAY I 12MAV UMAV MMAY ~KMAY S4MAV TRADE HALUE 002E I 19 MAY 23 MAY 27 MAY 29 MAY 31 MAY HJ
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      9 48 KEEP ABREAST OF MARITIME LEGAL MATTERS IN EVERY FRIDAY
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      127 49 Z~T~ iT ia)fe^~^PSKr;a LEGEND: issued by Meteorologies! Service Sings pore K Thunderstorm FJain Temperature yy jnc j direction speed in knots Weather Cloudy Day j B2 -i u i Se a Conditions Wind speed symbols riwi-.viwi| < 1 2m O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable
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