The Business Times, 20 June 2001

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  • 12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MfTA(P) 107/03/2001 SINGA PORE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2001 85c
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  • 80 1 □sn l,7QLtt (-12.11) BT-SRI M4L56 (4.90) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,097.00 (+2.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 209.60 (-0.40) STOCK MARKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP ***** +§.11 NIKKEI 225 *****JW -***** HANG SENG 13,133.66 +184.88 SET INDEX ***** +1.10 JAKARTA COMP 424.07 +157 MANILA COMP 1,44&73 -2110 TAIPEI WPI 5,039.98 -3054
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  • 86 1 FOBEX RATES us$ ss USS (SS per USS) 1.819 £(l"SS/SS per 1.399 1545 EOO(fSS/SS/E) 0.857 1.559 DM 1282 1.255 YEN 1231 67.80 RM 3.800 1089 HKS 7.800 4189 BAHT 4517 24.89 RUPIAH 11,385 8160 *SS to 100 units *SS to !OQ units PSIKE SATES SIMLA PORK* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR
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  • 949 1  -  But major hurdle from government regulators remains Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines has been given the green light to significantly increase its stake in Air New Zealand by the Kiwi carrier's board, but faces a bigger struggle with government regulators.
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  • 659 1  -  l-iiexclusive Freedom of business and investment will be 'legalised', says envoy From Yang Razali Kassim in Okinawa JAPAN is hoping that its first-ever bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with Singapore will be a forerunner to unimpeded freedom to pursue
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  • 806 1  -  Plans may be afoot for him to tie tip with Capita Land for up-market project By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Ong Beng Seng, one of Singapore's most flamboyant businessmen, was spotted at Mohamad Sultan Road the other night. But beer
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    • 211 1 Ie s^a^e r f 1 freight *j a 4-page focus in Shipping Times today Executive Money Of death taxes Back Page Motoring DaimlerChrysler's Z-cars to carry Mitsubishi marque Page 23 msPE Top Stories Trade friction between Japan and China escalates. Nmxi Paga Swift recovery for info-comm sector unlikely: BG Lee.
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    • 11 1 Japan warms up to free trade pact with S'pore, Pg 12
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    • 738 2  -  Retaliation against Tokyo's 'emergency' curbs on Chinese farm products From. 7UI Anthony Rowley in Tokyo TRADE friction between Japan and China escalated sharply yesterday as officials confirmed that China will impose punitive tariffs on imports of certain Japanese goods
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 139 2 THERE are lots of websites devoted to stockmarket gossip and advice some mediocre, some brilliant. But what price a website where the thoughts of such investment luminaries as Warren Buffett or Mario Gabelli appear? Or one where the most extraordinary ideas can be discussed by
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      • 122 2 WITH the belt-tightening in the financial industry, one story going round Raffles Place is that banks which had offered sign-on bonuses to new hires are now telling applicants to take the bonus but not report for work. "It's still cheaper for the banks to give
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      • 95 2 INVESTMENT banking can sometimes be a dog-eat-dog business. Barron's May 28 issue carries an article about how banks have been using their commercial banking products to grab a bigger share of the more lucrative investment banking business. According to the US financial weekly, one tactic is the willingness of
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    • 427 2  -  S'pore outlook clouded by US economy, regional political unease By*. Tang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE] There will be no V-shape recovery for the info-comm industry, despite the general expectation that it will pick up by next year, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 400 4  -  B >11 exclusive Eurodollar futures volume for Jan-May already two-thirds of last year's total contracts By Siow Li Sen FUTURES trading on the Singapore Exchange looks set for a record year, fuelled by heavy volume in its top Eurodollar futures contract. In
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    • 324 4  -  Company officials say they are unaware of takeover talks By David Boey SHARES of metal stamper Amtek Engineering shot up as much as 30 per cent to an intraday high of 63.5 cents yesterday on rumours that part of its business would
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    • 288 4 Reuters [HONG KONG] Stock of dual-listed Tan Chong International Ltd shot up as much as 21 per cent to a 10-month high in Singapore yesterday immediately after the motor and property group suspended its shares in Hong Kong. The Singapore shares of Tan Chong
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    • 623 4  -  lock siew neil behrmann STOCK market forecasters can no longer ignore the huge and growing band of hedge fund managers. These fund managers are increasing not only the liquidity and volatility of market indices but also of individual stocks. Price trends are consequently
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    • 507 5  -  Leading mobile phone brands are Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson Teh Hooi Ling NOKIA, Motorola and Ericsson are the top mobile phone brands, while AT&T, Sing Tel and NTT DoCoMo are the top telecoms carriers, according to a survey of telecoms companies and their images
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    • 163 5 THAI Village Holdings' interim net earnings slumped 52 per cent to $709,000 due to start-up and higher sharksfin costs. Turnover for the six months ended March rose 34 per cent to $16.4 million, thanks to the group's new restaurants in China. The Sesdaq-listed
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    • 143 5 KEPPEL Capital Holdings, the target of a takeover bid launched last week by OCBC Bank, said yesterday one of its substantial shareholders. Tat Lee Co, had unloaded a 0.752 per cent stake in it in the open market. Tat Lee Co sold
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    • 97 5 SESDAQ-listed aviation firm TPA Strategic Holdings is setting up a joint venture in Korea to provide aircraft engineering services and components to aircraft builders, airlines and maintenance overhaul organisations in South Korea and Japan. TPA Strategic said yesterday the new firm, TPA Korea,
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 39 5 HOME decoration supplier Asia Dekor Holdings said last night its shares will be suspended from trading from 9am today until further notice "pending an announcement". The stock closed one cent up at 10.5 cents yesterday.
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      • 40 5 MAINBOARD-listed aluminium products supplier Compact Metal Industries may embark on a fund-raising exercise this year. Subject to market conditions, the proposed fund-raising will take the form of equity financing through a placement of shares.
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      • 43 5 PACIFIC Carriers will be delisted from the main board of the Singapore Exchange. The delisting will take place after takeover party Hovert Investments acquires shares from PCL shareholders who did not accept the offer Hovert made in April.
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      • 34 5 YESTERDAY'S report headlined "Inno-Pac to buy 20% of healthcare firm for $11,2 m" was incorrect. The value of the proposed acquisition is $11.5 million, not $11.2 million. We are sorry for the error.
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    • 333 5  -  By\ David Boey FLEXTECH Holdings has pulled the plug on e-ser-vices provider Cybersource Pte Ltd, and laid off all 21 people at the company barely a year after Cybersource's management had projected a sharp rise in its fortunes. The closure of
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    • 314 5  -  Electronics parts distributor operates in HE and China H,, Trina Foo HONG KONG-based electronic components distributor Willas-Array Electronics (Holdings) said yesterday that it has received in-princi-ple approval from Singapore Exchange for a mainboard listing. Overseas Union Bank will manage the listing, which will
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      345 6 Theoretical values before Dec 31, "98 Stocks Volume North 22 USlc 42.545.000 Hyflux 5c 22.217,000 Surface MT HK20c 20.746.000 AEM-Evertech 5c 17,193.000 Omni Ind 10c 16.560,000 Tianjin Zhong 15,415,000 Autron 14.849.000 Golden Agri USIOc 11,984.000 *TanChonglnt50c 11,781.000 Cytech HK5c 11,398,000 Stocks DBS Grp 72,478,652 Omni Ind 10c 60,466.960 Chart Semiconductor
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    • 615 6  - A case of short-covering or STI magic number at work I-I I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy WAS it short-cov-ering that pushed up prices late on Monday and again yesterday? Or simply traders capitalising on a perception in the market that 1,700 is where "strong support" lies for the Straits Times
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    • 633 6  -  I=l i comment CURRENCIES Euro runs out of steam as focus turns to stagflation in eurozone; US$ will be bought on dips versus the yen larry wee THE euro and sterling may have come off recent lows but the Japanese yen
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  • 3341 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNCFd 0.737 0.774 Global Technology Fd!** 0.633 0 666 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.749 0 787 American Opport Fd 0.833 0 876 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 1 024 1.076 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.172 1.232 Asian Fixed Income Fd
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 328 7  -  It will be test-bed and launch pad for wireless technology, trends; Cheow Tong By, Andrew Wee THE Singapore government plans to aggressively develop wireless communications here, with the country taking on the role of a wireless technology test-bed and a launch pad
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    • 325 7  -  UMJiHiIHI Jacqueline Tham Public Relations Manager Comfort Transportation Pte Ltd I REFER to the article "Why do taxi drivers take people for a ride?" by Jaime Ee (BT, June 8). I understand that Ms Jaime Ee was sharing her personal opinions of taxi
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    • 118 7  -  Denis Distant Singapore SCV subscribers pay $32.95 per month for the Basic Tier package. But under the revised subscription rate, for $32.95. they will no longer have access to the sports channels nor receive the monthly programme guide. To retain the status quo, they will need
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    • 554 7  -  fty' Teh Hooi Ling TELEVISION programming and basic communications will drive the networks of the future, and simplicity is the key to ensure a wildly successful technology product or service these are the two messages of Asia's two leading technopreneurs. Giving the keynote address
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    • 339 7  -  Hy Yap Wy-En CITYCAB, Hewlett-Packard Company and Ericsson yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding that will take taxis into cyberspace. Project Escalade a $15 million venture endorsed by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore and expected to be operating by 2003 aims to equip
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    • 209 7 THE National University of Singapore (NUS) yesterday officially opened an eight-sto-rey student residence Kuok Foundation House next to another hall of residence, Raffles Hall. The residence is named in recognition of the generosity of the Kuok Foundation, founded by businessman Robert Kuok, a Raffles
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    • 343 7  -  Last night, bids for Cat E certs already at $25,000 after big boys weigh in By' Ven Sreenivasan BIDS under the new open tender system for for Category E (open category) certificates of entitlement had leapt to almost $25,000 last night
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    • 266 7  -  on the economy fo r e gn reserves By Serena Ng SINGAPORE'S official foreign reserves fell below $140 billion in May. preliminary figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore show. The reserves totalled $137.92 billion at the end of May, down 1.6 per
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    • 239 7 Advent's service to be seen on new out-of-home channel ADVENT Television's enhanced TV advertising service that allows banner, logo, ticker, billboard and splitscreen advertisements has been granted a patent by the Singapore Registry of Patents. the company said yesterday. The service.
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  • BIZ woman
    • 739 8 Ex-geisha sues author of Memoirs of a Geisha for revealing her identity NYT [KYOTO] IN 1992, Mineko Iwasaki was a retired geisha living quietly with her husband and daughter in the hills of Kyoto when a young American author named Arthur Golden called upon
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 261 8 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 4 Cotswokjs family making warm 1 Brawny son found in coppice coat (9) (5-3) 5 One living high to get brown. I 6 Not far from St Malo. wander- wager, in the interior (7) ing (6) 6 In the style of marine danger--9 Disclose pistol sawn off
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  • ARTS festival
    • 497 10  -  Zurich Symphony Orchestra's display lacked energy, even during climactic orchestral moments, says eladtephua ELAINE PHUA ONE had high hopes for the Zurich Symphony Orchestra (ZSO) on Sunday night. For their second night's performance at the Singapore Arts Festival, they had lined up a singularly pleasing programme, filled up
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    • 566 10  -  By< Geoffrey Eu PHILIP Glass, the undisputed maestro of minimalist music, is set to hypnotise a sold-out Victoria Concert Hall tomorrow night when some of the seminal works of a storied 32year career are featured at a retrospective concert. The Philip Glass Ensemble
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    • 398 10 Zurich Symphony Orchestra (music) Panelists: Justine Moss, Dawn Eng. Elaine Phua Score 1 The snob factor p 0 (pretentious twits around) -10 (culturally averse will enioy it) 2 The Snore-o-Meter 0 (try not to drool when you nod off) -10 (higher high than caffeine) ■■5 3 That Cutting
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 771 12  -  mum bottom line OPINION caroline baum Bloomberg CALL it the capitulation of the headline writers. While the major US stock indexes haven't come close to retesting the March lows, the financial press did set a new low in optimism. The Monday editions of
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    • 38 12 "This is not a departure from convertibility. From a monetary point of view, a peso continues to be worth US$l" Domingo Cavallo Argentina s Economy Minister, after introducing multiple exchange rates for the local currency.
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    • 623 12 EDITORIAL IT was a busy time for two of Singapore's leaders last week. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong went to Washington where he met President George W Bush while Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew travelled to China to update himself on the latest thinking during
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    • 1595 12 BT's Yangßazali Kassim, in Okinawa recently, caught up with Hiroshi Hashimoto, the former Japanese ambassador to Singapore, on why Tokyo wants an FT A with the Republic Q: Ambassador, when you were in Singapore, you were part of the Japanese team
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    • 759 12  -  Both Palestinian and Israeli leaders have limited options H>i r Thomas Friedman NYT EVEN thinking about writing a column about an Israeli-Pal-estinian ceasefire is a dangerous thing. It's dangerous because you know it could end at any moment while you're writing, after you've
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • 427 13  -  Move comes amid the firm's latest loan default From] Eddie Toh hi Kiiala Lumpur THE national debt arbitration panel of Malaysia has stepped in to help troubled Land General (L&G), a company owned by an associate of former finance minister Daim Zainuddin. The listed
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    • 318 13 I KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday dismissed rumours that ex-finance minister Daim Zainuddin was under police investigation and said there was no rift between them. Mr Daim quit as finance minister and treasurer of the ruling United Malays National Organisation
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    • 324 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters WHEN Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad meets his ruling party faithful for their annual get-together this week, four burning questions will be on everyone's lips. But whether the 75-year-old prime minister, Asia's longest serving elected leader and a man with an eye
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    • 380 13  -  Front Diana Oon Abdullah w Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN national asset management company Danaharta Nasional Bhd has taken up close to 100 million shares, or 9.5 per cent, in Arab Malaysian Corporation (Amcorp) as part of the group's debt restructuring exercise. Amcorp completed the
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  • FINANCE
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      1266 13 mTERBAMK CTEOSS BATES j U n 19 AS C$ fcafc Eto FTr Pa HK$ Ind t» NpWi Y« Won IK ICMih fwo SS Band Sfr NTS Baftt Pound g Australia 0.800 4.330 0.609 3.993 1190 4.069 24.498 59.390 0.643 6.781 1.982 1.258 33.268 27.290 0.949 4201 0.930 17.955 23.612 0.373
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    • 279 13  -  SGZ Derivatives Trading Report ST Index/MSCI SPpore Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore Pte Ltd SINGAPORE Airlines led a decline in the stock market yesterday. The benchmark Straits Times Index lost 12.11 points, or 0.7 per cent, to end at 1,701.61, with eight counters up.
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    • 240 13  -  Wong Ann Chuen Refco Singapore Pte Ltd TAIWAN stocks continued to fall yesterday with semiconductor firms still being hammered. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index lost 1.74 points, or 0.74 per cent, to end at 232.50. The turnover for the index rose to 435.98 million
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    • 224 13 Reuters I iond4Hi THE yen recovered from onemonth lows against the US dollar yesterday after Bank of Japan governor Masaru Hayami said currency intervention might be needed if exchange rates moved too rapidly. Mr Hayami also said Japan should not drive the yen lower due to the impact
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  • e-NEWS
    • 421 14 SYDNEY Network to cover major Anssie cities; staged lannch at end '02 and early '03 Reuters HUTCHISON Telecommunications (Australia) Ltd has signed an AsB3o million (*****.8 million) deal with Ericsson to build a third generation mobile network covering the major Australian capital cities. Hutchison,
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    • 329 14 MELBOURNE Bloomberg TELSTRA Corp, which last week cut its sales growth forecast for the year to June 30, will not recover until at least fiscal 2003, analysts said. Slower economic growth in Australia, combined with competition from more than 30 rivals,
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    • 372 14 TAIPEI Reuters THE head of Acer Inc's branded business unit said on Monday that his arm of the Taiwan personal computer maker expected to make NT$BO-90 billion (554.2-4.7 billion) in sales this year, falling short of an earlier estimate. "We originally estimated that
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    • e Briefs
      • 89 14 Reuters m [PHILADELPHIA] AT&T Corp, the No 1 US long-distance telephone and cable television company, on Monday denied a report by Internet site The Street.com that said it planned to cut up to 15,000 jobs, or 9.3 per cent of its workforce. "It's
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      • 88 14 Bloomberg [PALO ALTO, California] Hewlett-Packard Co's outlook was reduced to "negative" by Standard Poor's, as the second biggest computer maker copes with an economic slowdown and falling demand, the credit agency said. S&P left the company's ratings intact, saying they could be dropped
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      • 103 14 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Intel Corp chairman Andrew Grove called on the US government on Monday night to relax regulations on high-speed Internet access, saying wider deployment was necessary even if it would cause more independent carriers to go out of business. Speaking at a dinner
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      • 84 14 Bloomberg [SUNNYVALE, California] Yahoo! Inc allows child pornography and other obscene material to be displayed on some of its websites, the American Family Association, a religious advocacy group based in Mississippi, said. Patrick Trueman, an attorney for the association, said it has asked US attorney-general
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      • 70 14 Reuters 11UKYOJ Ericsson s Japan unit yesterday said it will launch trial information and Internet services in Japan using Bluetooth short-range wireless communications as it seeks commercial uses for the technology. The project, joined by trade house Marubeni Corp, the Japan unit of handheld
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      • 62 14 Reuters [HONG KONG] China's No 2 wireless carrier China Unicom said on Monday it expects capital expenditure for year 2001 will decrease by 10-15 per cent due to lower telecoms equipment costs. Executive director Li Zhengmao said the drop in expenditure on equipment represents a
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  • 1274 14 SICOM FUTURES Jun 19 RUBBER (futures dosing as at 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTUS cents/kg) Close VolWM Open Month High Low Sett (tomes) Interest Jiri 01 112.00 Aug 01 m.00 Sep 01 112.50 250 Oct/Dec 01 114.25 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month Wgfe Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jul
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 442 15 JAKARTA Change of stance could remove key obstacle to resumption of IMFs loan programme Reuters EMBATTLED Indonesia, desperately trying to mend fences with its donors, appeared to cave in yesterday over the last issue blocking fresh loans from the International Monetary Fund. New
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    • 486 15  -  Blackouts likely by 2003 unless USsl4b is put in new projects From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA needs to attract approximately US$l4 billion worth of new investments in the coming years to meet growing demand for power but given the current uncertain political and social
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    • 195 15 JAKARTA Xinhua THE Indonesian Attorney General's Office will probe three businessmen once protected from prosecution by President Abdurrahman Wahid, the Jakarta Post reported yesterday. Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes Bachtiar Fachri Nasution said textile tycoon Marimutu Sinivasan had been slapped with a travel
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    • NOTE Book
      • 116 15 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] The Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), which rules Terengganu, yesterday reopened a gold mine 12 years after a series of fatal cave-ins with strict safety precautions and segregation of male and female prospectors. "Men panners will operate separately from the women licensees," Bernama
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      • 100 15 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong government yesterday sold two small suburban sites for HK579.5 million (5518.5 million), in line with expectations, at an auction that is the first of a dramatically-reduced land sales programme. In the 12 months through March, the government
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      • 98 15 AFP [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government has submitted a draft bill on money laundering to the lower house of Parliament in the hope of curbing massive financial losses to the state, a report said yesterday. New Minister of Justice and Human Rights Marsilam Simanjuntak, who submitted
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      • 61 15 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's gross national product (GNP) grew 3.4 per cent in real terms in the first quarter compared to a year ago, the government said yesterday. At current market prices, first quarter GNP was estimated at HK5316.8 billion (5573.8 billion),
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      • 60 15 AFX-Asia [HONG KONG] Chief Secretary Donald Tsang and Financial Secretary Anthony Leung have lobbied the central government to allow foreign companies to issue China depository receipts on the mainland, the Hong Kong Economic Times cited market sources as saying. The issue was broached with Premier
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      • 55 15 AFX-Asia [BEIJING] The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation said it has launched an anti-dumping investigation on animal feed imported from the US, South Korea and Indonesia. The probe will last for around a year but may be extended to 18 months, a statement on
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    • 288 15 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesian authorities in numerous cities have caved in to demands for bus fare hikes following strikes by drivers that sparked commuter chaos and some violence, local media reported yesterday. The Jakarta Post newspaper said regional administrations allowed the increases on Monday
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    • 322 15 MANILA Bloomberg THE Philippines posted its first trade deficit in two years in April as imports rose unexpectedly after four months of declines. Imports rose 6.5 per cent from a year earlier to U552.69 billion after dropping 5.1 per
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    • 362 16 BEIJING Firm sees large pool of talented Chinese technical resources Bloomberg INFOSYS Technologies, India's second-largest software developer, is in talks with Chinese companies to expand into a US$l4 billion information technology market as its sales growth slows by almost two-thirds. Infosys aims
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    • 185 16 AFP (HONG KONGJ Hong Kong workers are Asia's most disgruntled, with nearly a third of them feeling no obligation to stay with their employers, a report showed yesterday. Research for the Asian Employee Relationship report conducted by Asia Market Intelligence (AMI) showed that the
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    • 1230 16 HONGKONG Reuters Q Hang Seng +***** HONG Kong stocks drew some late buying yesterday in a technical rebound after the oversold benchmark index hovered around the 13,000 level for most of the day. The Hang Seng Index ended up 1.43 per cent, or 184.88 points,
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    • 1146 17 KUALA LUMPUR AFP. AFX-Asia PCompoatc Index +SJI MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.9 per cent higher yesterday with blue.chips leading the rise ahead of ruling party Umno's annual meeting starting tomorrow. The Composite Index ended up 5.11 points at 589.93. The Second Board Index rose 0.39
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    • 375 17 TOKYO He hopes 10% financial aid cnt will help balance Budget Reuters JAPAN'S finance minister yesterday said he wanted to trim financial aid by about 10 per cent as a step towards balancing the country's debt-lad-en Budget. Japan is the world's largest donor of
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    • 292 17 WASHINGTON Reuters JAPAN and the US reaffirmed their close ties despite differences over global warming and arms control during a visit on Monday by Japan's Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka that included a brief meeting with President George W Bush. Ms Tanaka said
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    • 381 18 TOKYO Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges team np with Amex and Nasdaq Reuters JAPANESE exchange traded funds (ETFs) will soon have a global reach through two separate alliances of the Tokyo and Osaka bourses with the American Stock Exchange (Amex) and
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    • 225 18 TOKYO Reuters BANK of Japan (BOJ) governor Masaru Hayami warned against using a weaker yen to revive Japan's flagging economy yesterday, saying it would be detrimental for the global economy and could ultimately backfire on Japan. Mr Hayami said recent weakness
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    • 218 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Lloyd's of London said the US has edged out the UK as the insurer's biggest market for the first time in its 300-year history. Lloyd's officials said a breakdown of the London insurance market's 2000 business shows that the US now accounts
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      • 89 19 Bloomberg I WASHINGTON) US home construction fell last month, holding close to January 's level that was the highest in almost a year and a sign housing is staying robust as the rest of the economy slows, a government report showed. Housing starts fell 0.4
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      • 87 19 Reuters [PHILADELPHIA] Telecoms services company Global Crossing on Monday said it expects its 2001 taxes to be lower than expected, and secured receivables financing of US$25O million. Separately, Global Crossing said it sold the Asian operations of IXnet and IPC, as well as the territorial
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      • 94 19 Bloomberg IbfcUULj Lone star Fund 111 LP of the US will pay 700 billion won (*****.6 million) to buy a Seoul skyscraper from Hyundai Development Co, beating a bid from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, the Korean company said. Korea's largest apartment builder
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      • 86 19 FT [PARIS] The dispute over the European Commission's objections to General Electric's US$42 billion takeover of Honeywell escalated on Monday when Mario Monti, European Union competition commissioner, hit back at criticism of his handling of the process. "I deplore attempts to misinform the public and
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      • 97 19 FT [LONDON] US regulators on Monday refused to grant marketing approval to Novartis for a new drug, dealing a blow to the Swiss company. Unless Novartis mounts a successful appeal, Zelnorm a treatment for irritable bowel syndrome rated a blockbuster by some analysts
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      • 72 19 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Computer billionaire Bill Gates yesterday said his charity foundation would donate US$lOO million to a global fund which aims to stop the spread of Aids and other diseases ravaging developing countries. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will pay the money over
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      • 73 19 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] Gucci Group NV, the third largest luxury goods company, cut its earnings and sales forecasts because of slowing US demand as it spends more to revamp Yves Saint Laurent. Gucci expects profit before tax, interest and goodwill and trademark amortisation for the year to
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    • 480 19 NEW YORK Weak IPO market cited; Lehman shines on bond interest Reuters [NEW YORK) Goldman Sachs Group Inc. one of Wall Street's premier investment banks, succumbed to weak stock markets and posted a 24 per cent decline in quarterly profits yesterday, but smaller rival Lehman
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    • 278 19 m SAN FRANCISCO Bnt analysts warn against reading too much into the figure NYT ORACLE Corp said Monday that revenue from licensing its software fell 9 per cent in the fourth quarter from a year ago, reflecting a sharp drop in fortunes
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    • 272 19 MILPITAS, California Bloomberg SOLECTRON Corp, the world's biggest electronics contract manufacturer, said it had a fiscal third-quarter loss and expects profit this quarter to fall because of slowing demand. The loss at the company, which gobbled up Natsteel Electronics last December, was
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    • 343 19 NEW YORK They cite PC slump and slowing sales of telecoms equipment Bloomberg MICROSOFT Corp and Cisco Systems, leaders in their respective areas of the computer industry, may miss their fiscal fourth quarter earning estimates because of slowing orders, analysts said.
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    • 934 20  -  Mardan Mamat hopes for a top-3 placing at the Alcatel S'pore Open despite strong foreign entries, reports QUAHE LESLIE QUAHE SINGAPORE'S number one golfer Mardan Mamat hopes home advantage will lead him to glory at the US$3OO,OOO Alcatel Singapore Open at the Jurong Country Club from
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    • 874 20 He puts the missed 18-inch putt behind him to beat Mark Brooks by two shots Reuters [TULSA, Oklahoma] After recovering from being struck by lightning and from sustaining a broken arm skiing, missing an 18-inch putt for the US Open title on Sunday was hardly going
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      140 20 In this second instalment of the Pro Tips series, teaching and touring professional Unho Park looks at; POfTURI THERE are several important elements involved in the way you stand to hit the ball known to golfers as the "address position". You owe it to yourself to get into
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    • 467 23  -  DaimlerChrysler expects to mass produce the fashionable urban car in 2004 at Mitsubishi's plant in Japan, reports Christopher tax CHRISTOPHER TAN DaimlerchrysLER'S subcompact Zcar project a Smart two-seater reworked to seat four will be marketed as a Mitsubishi in Asia but will wear the Smart
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    • 348 23 It aims to launch first car ahead of research leader DaimlerChrysler Bloomberg [TOKYO] Toyota Motor Corp plans to be among the first companies to market cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells, with some models to be available as early as 2003
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      • 110 23 VOLKSWAGEN has become the first car maker in these parts to give consumers the chance to customise potential buys with a few clicks of a mouse. At www.vwasia.com, users can mix and match colours and specifications, as well as locate the most convenient dealer. Designed
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      • 114 23 THE Porsche Carrera Cup, one of the fastest one-make races ever, will debut in Asia in 2003. In the event, established in 1988, drivers power a race version of the GT3 over 80 km or so. The car is a 3.6-litre flat-six
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      • 98 23 louzu distributor Triangle Auto has introduced a "clutchless" truck in the NPR 71. The 14-footer (with aluminium cargo deck) is equipped with a dual-mode transmission system that allows the driver to change gears without depressing the clutch pedal, if he so chooses. In this mode, a
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      • 84 23  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan MALAYSIAN Alex Yoong will replace Brazilian Tarso Marques in Minardi's Formula One line-up from next month, according to The Sun newspaper. In what is believed to be a first for Malaysia, Yoong is expected to debut for the Italian team
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      1227 24  -  It's only hallway through the F1 calendar and there are enough stories about over-rated newcomer, promising rookie and backroom squabbles to keep fans glued to their seals. ADBTAif low looks forward to a riveting finish ADRIAN LOW THE upcoming Grand Prix of Europe at Nurburgring this weekend is
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    • 1135 25  -  Bl' ki I>' q markets Capital Group tarns bearish on Datacraft bat picks ap Venture; watch oat for Asian Micro, Acma Byl Robert Halili The writer is managing director of Score Lab Asia Ltd. He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai, Singapore
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    • 280 25  -  COVER STORY ESTATE DUTIES By Genevieve Cua ESTATE duty in Singapore is relatively low at between 5 and 10 per cent, yet there are a few points to bear in mind lest you miss out on fairly generous exemption thresholds. Property To avoid tax on
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  • ASIAONE markets
    • 493 25  -  Consolidation in the broking industry puts bank-linked analysts in difficult position By Kevin Scully SINCE the stockbroking industry was deregulated in 2000 and with the listing of the Singapore Exchange, the number of stockbroking entities in Singapore has halved. From close to
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    • 704 25  -  The Dow is vulnerable to the downside if fresh bad news hits By, Jacques Chahine The writer is founder of JCF SPOT the error: The markets have roared ahead since they bottomed out in March, while economic indicators worldwide are looking gloomier. The surprise bonus of
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 287 27 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose six points to 1,368, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained 16 points to 1,382, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) fell 15 points to 9,021 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was up two points to 1,771. TIME-CHARTER: ♦Clarita (built 1989) 152,065
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    • 303 27 SSX 100 JH» s$ w CWT Distribution 0.53 -0.03 160 Chuan Hup 032 unch 418 Cosco Investment 0.22 unch 928 Freight Links 0.06 -0.01 273 G8 Holdings 0.58 unch 0 IMC Hoidings-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.16 unch 625 Kappel Corp 3-54 -0.06 996 KeppelFELS LOO 0.01
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    • 493 27  -  ABS, DNV, LR disregarding decisions taken at lACS Council in May: Japanese classifier From David Hughes in London A BITTER dispute within the big classification societies boiled over last week with the chairman of Japan's ClassNK, Tadashi Mano, issuing a blunt criticism
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    • 394 27  -  Their share of cargo to go from 43% to 50% by 2010 By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Japanese government is hoping to push half of the country's domestic long-distance cargo on to trains and coastal ships as part of a
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    • PORT Shots
      • 79 27 [SINGAPORE] Keppel Smit Towage has ordered two new harbour tugs and has options for two more in a $10 million transaction with Keppel Singmarine. The joint venture between Smit International and Keppel Hitachi Zosen earlier ordered two tractor tugs, and will expand its fleet
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      • 66 27 [SINGAPORE] Australian Quarantine and Inspection fees will jump from As 7 (556.65) per container to A 512.50 per container from July 1 because of the government's decision to inspect every import box. The revised rates will help fund a A 5596 million upgrade of
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      • 73 27 [SINGAPORE] Thailand is looking to foreign investors to finance its ambitious Kra Canal project estimated to cost 800 billion Thai baht (Ss32 billion), according to a parliamentary committee set up to study the project's feasibility. The committee said the Kra Canal company will be
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      • 81 27 [SINGAPORE] The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) said in a recent report that the port of Pyeongtaek has the potential to become a logistics hub for both the Chinese and North-east Asian markets. The report went on to note that Pyeongtaek port, located 70km south
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    • 99 27 [SINGAPORE] A 42-year-old Chinese Singaporean was killed after falling from a container at PSA Corporation's Brani Terminal on Sunday afternoon. The deceased, Wong Hai Ann, was retrieved from the water but pronounced dead an hour after the accident It is unclear whether the
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    • 103 27 [SINGAPORE] The New Zealand Container Service (NZCS) will deploy five faster vessels to speed up services between its home ports and Port Klang and Singapore. Jointly operated by Malaysia International Shipping Corporation (MISC) and Pacific International Lines (PIL) since 1996, the upgraded NZCS South-east
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    • 227 27  -  SOKMPUIIA TUTOR nrCXDEMT By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The Singa-pore-based managers of the Panama-registered Singapura Timur, have rejected Malaysian press reports that bitumen and diesel from their sunken vessel had caused serious tar pollution, affecting fishermen near Malacca. A spokeswoman for Odyssey Maritime told
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    • SHIPPING news
      • 896 28  -  STRAIT TALE By\ Seafarer CORPORATE Japan does not usually issue bluntly worded condemnations. So last week's comments by ClassNK's Tadashi Mano show there is real strength of feeling in the dispute among the members of the International Association of Classification Societies (lACS). Most
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      • 168 28 [LONDON] Classification society the Korean Register of Shipping saw the number of ships under its class rise to 2,074, aggregating 19.8 million gross tons (gt), up 46 and 1.27 million gt on 1999. Of the 44 newbuildings added to KR class last year some 10,
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      • 124 28 [SINGAPORE] Philippine's International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has been given the first option to manage and operate the second container terminal at the Subic Freeport, by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority. The new terminal is being built with a loan from
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    • 271 28 PAGE Ahrenkiel 9 Appensfiip 5 Assets S Austral 6 Aunt 9 B'tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BTL 9 Bangladesh 8 Balaji 4 Batamindo 8 CCHI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 CSAV 3 Central Ex 6 Chahaya 9 China Shpg 5 Confer 9 Colony Log 5 Cougar 7
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      • 574 36 PMUS AIR SHOW European planemaker expects to chalk up total of about 150 new plane orders this week AP [LE BOURGET, France] Airbus Industrie grabbed the spotlight at the Paris Air Show by announcing orders for jets worth US$4.2 billion, while US competitor
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      • 412 36 Final US report later this year; investigations focus on co-pilot Batonti Reuters [WASHINGTON] The 1999 crash of an Egypt Air flight that killed all 217 people aboard could have been caused only by someone in the cockpit, not equipment failure, the then-head of
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      • 231 36 Bloomberg [MILAN] Alitalia SpA employees will have an extra six months to repay loans they guaranteed with stock the airline gave them three years ago, which they have been allowed to sell starting, a group of Italian banks said. Intesaßci SpA, Banca di Roma
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      • 378 36 AFP [SEOUL] Police arrested four Korean Air union leaders as the country's second airline Asiana reached a provisional accord with workers to end a week-long strike. The Asiana breakthrough on Monday virtually broke the back of a general strike started last Tuesday
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      • 477 36 Airlines say the role is against the law, costing them millions Reuters (WASHINGTON! Major airlines in the US will ask a court to halt enforcement of a Federal Aviation Administration rule on pilot fatigue. The airlines say regulators interpret the rule
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      • 278 36 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways plans to increase flights between Sydney and Melbourne, increasing the number of seats available by 7.5 per cent to expand the carrier's dominance on the country's busiest route. Sydney-based Qantas will raise the number of flights on the 700-kilometre
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      • 696 37  -  Asia's air freight industry may beleeling the effects of the sluggish US economy, but regional insiders remain optimistic. Indeed, Boeing's latest analysis reveals that j|®fl Asian air freight continues to grow much faster than any other area and ahead -{Iff?! of the world average. PT
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      • 788 38  -  The global trend of industries examining how to add value in the services and products they offer has led to many interesting partnerships and alliances among air freight companies, reports domald urquhart DONALD URQUHART THE competitive push by global business to increase their
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      • 738 38 INTERMEDIARIES in the global logistics market today thrive on the inefficiencies, complexities and tolerant attitudes of shippers, which are inherent in the system. But a global e-commerce boom has traders facing the prospect of dealing with an increasingly unmanageable volume of trade, which will in turn
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      • 544 39  -  SATS Airport Services chief executive Karmjit Singh tells donald urquhart why DONALD URQUHART WITH four cargo handling ventures in Asia under its belt, SATS Airport Services Pte Ltd is actively seeking prospective cargo ventures outside of Asia, according to chief executive Karmjit
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      • 485 39 THE biannual Asian Aerospace show is to feature for the first time an AirFreight Expo Conference. The conference, to be held on Feb 27-28 next year, will focus on "Asia's Emerging Air Cargo Revolution", with international speakers from the
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      • 735 40  -  Airports and airlines are getting themselves ready to cope with the expected increase in air treight volumes, reports p t bangsberg P T BANGSBERG WITH Asia-Pacific air freight volumes forecast to rise steadily and faster than the world average over the next several years, airports and
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    • 377 27 Current lACS row focusing on wrong issue, Page 2 People I i| United Pared Service (UPS) has appointed Richard Loi as the managing ft v director of Hong Kong. He will be responsible for finance, business A T Mlr development, customs brokerage and rmnf 'jK, j marketing, as well as
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    • 28 27 Special fPI "JKL-' See Back Page Strait Talk: Current lACS row focusing on wrong issue Page 2 Paris air show: Airbus grabs USs4.2b in orders 9 Paqv 10
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