The Business Times, 16 July 2001

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    17 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 I interne 1 h,tp.//business-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPORE MONDAY. JULY 16. 2001 85c
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    68 1 STOCT MABXXT INDICES Week Change STI 1.6KJ4. 4.82 SIMSCI FUTURES .101.10 +1.00 BTSRI 635.46. .-187 KLSECOMP. 621.03 -5.78 NIKKEI 225 *****.15 +49.07 HANG SENG 12,*****. -386.69 SET INDEX. .***** ..-10.57 JAKARTA COMP. 446.13 -t-13.25 MANILA COME 1496.30. -0.62 TAIPEI WPI 4,485.68.. -221.33 SEOUL COMP. 548.49 -30.05 SHENZHEN B
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    77 1 FOREX SATES US$ SI l*SS (SS perUSS) 1.836 £{USS/SSper£) 1.402' 2J73 EURO(USS/SS/E) 0.852 L564 DM 2.294 L260 YEN 1244 67.60 RM 3.800 2.070 HKS 7.800 4249 BAHT 45.60 2484 RUPIAH ***** 6,182 *SS to 100 units PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG
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    Lock icon Dhanabalan sees 10 active foreign players in retail banking
    656 1  -  i^T^xcTusTve He expects big changes in the sector in 5-10 years By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] DBS Group Holdings' chairman S Dhanabalan says he won't be surprised to see 10 foreign banks active in the local retail sector in five to
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    Lock icon A world in 2.5% growth recession
    1599 1  -  OOMmTARY Byl I Stephen Roach Stephen Roach is Morgan Stanley's chief economist in Hong Kong WE HAVE been warning of this possibility since the start of the year. But now it's time to make it official. The global economy is in recession. Yet, as
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    Lock icon Roach's 3rd big call
    90 1 STEPHEN ROACH, Morgan Stanley's chief economist, has made two major calls in the last six months—first a US recession, then an American L-shaped recovery (faltering US consumer spending leading to another 2-3 years of poor growth for the US and the world). On Friday, he made
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    Lock icon OCBC expects smooth, swift integration with KCH
    453 1  -  Vice-chairman Alex An says he's nnpertnrbed by No 3 ranking at home Reports by Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] OCBC Bank expects a smooth, swift integration with Keppel Capital Holdings (KCH), and is unperturbed by its No 3 domestic ranking, OCBC's vice-chairman and chief executive
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    Lock icon Allied Irish Banks pulls out of Keppel Capital
    547 1 [SINGAPORE] Allied Irish Banks (AIB) has decided to relinquish its strategic alliance with Keppel Capital Holdings (KCH), after coming to terms with the official stance that no foreign bank can take over a Singapore bank. Walter Coakley, AEB's representative on KCH's board,
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      90 1 macPE BizlT New technology from Cellonics to revolutionise telecommunications. BixtT Pg 1 S'pore to outpace Hong Kong in IT growth rate by 2005. BixlT Pg 2 How to get knowledge management to take off in S'pore. BizlT Pg 6 Top Stories Strong growth seen for S'pore tech firms with China
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      456 1 ■afc, The IPO market is dead •*4mk £jjo: Dr Veo Ning Hong, PSA chairman, on wh> PSA's long-awaited IPO will be delayed > y' > Shipping Times. Pg 1 Argentine debt woes prompt fears of new global crisis »pg 15 BT COMMENT Will emerging-market crisis rear its head again? R
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      Lock icon Finance firms have niche market: Kwek Leng Beng
      792 2  -  They will service small customers who may feel left out by bank mergers Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Far from feeling left out or part of a sunset industry, Singapore's finance companies can find a niche in the current banking sector consolidation, says
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      Lock icon Dhanabalan's current DBS term may be his last
      518 2  -  pli exclusive! Guideline is GLC fhiirmffl should serve 2 terms By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] S Dhanabalan's current term as chairman of DBS Group Holdings may be his last because Temasek Holdings decided last year that chairmen of govern-ment-linked companies shouldn't serve
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      337 2 PBHQIII&BS33 Rffl UNIVERSITY OF UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE VS* SOUTH AUSTRALIA "Ranked 13th among Top 50 Business Schools in the US" "Ranked Among Australia's Best Universities" nAR A Top American Entrepreneurship Singapore 22nd Intake September 2001 v a "Ranked Top 5 Distance MBA in Asia" by Asia Week H 18 months
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon First 100 days will decide fate of the union
      720 3  -  BAMS MERGERS By Angela Tan WHILE much of the excitement has been on who's wooing who in the recent bank mergers in Singapore, it's the 100 days after the merger that will dictate its success, says Chia Tek Yew, head of
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      Lock icon Strong growth seen for S'pore tech firms with China factories
      564 5  -  6K Goh identifies several as takeover targets for contract manufacturers Byl Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE-LISTED tech companies with a strong manufacturing presence in China could see robust growth this year despite the global tech stock debacle with several of them qualifying
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      Lock icon Retail sector could come alive with mergers
      545 5  -  By Ling Su Ann SINGAPORE'S retail sector may look sluggish now, but it offers investors handsome potential gains should corporate restructuring activities unfold, says Vickers Ballas in a research report. Vickers reckons the difficult economic conditions, although bad for businesses, provide a window
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      194 3 "IHOW IN EUROPE! Wta-Wtrttmtog-Tk< High-Tech Kegtoa ii tht Genua Soith West Find out how at our Seminar, organized by the Baden-Wtirttemberg Agency for International Economic Co-operation (GWZ) Germany 26th of The Topics: wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmr Business Opportunities in Baden-Wurttemberg 2M tO 4on Center Excellence in Applied Research and Development r Legal and
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      1270 4 Source: JM Susoon Stocks Votums Fu Yu Mfg 10c 90,443,000 Ttanjin Zhong 76.789,000 Golcltron5c 62,809,000 WWas-Anay HK20c 58,812,000 Fischer 15c 58,278,000 Flextech 15c 52,706,000 PNE Ind 10c 43,443,000 People's Food HGK 50c 37,242,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 36,822,000 UntFood HK25C 36,742.000 Stocks Datacraft 10c 169.722,139 Chart SermCond 163,573,344 OCBC 158,139,473 VentureMfg25c
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      Lock icon Will emerging-market crisis rear its head again ?
      652 4  - Will emerging-market crisis rear its head again :i I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy ON top of a deteriorating domestic economic and earnings outlook, stock market players this week may have to grapple with a new worry, or rather an old one that is rearing its ugly head. We are speaking
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      Lock icon Berjaya warrant: limited downside but upside not clear
      181 4  -  WARRANT WATCH By) R Sivanithy IN the Singapore market, we can find warrants with 3-5 years left that sell for under 10 cents. In Malaysia, however, warrants are even cheaper and with longer life spans. The Berjaya Group warrant, for instance, has
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      Lock icon Bullish signs for Marco Polo
      258 4  -  HOT STOCK By} Ven Sreenivasan MARCO Polo shares soared last week amid speculation that the company could be privatised. In what could be a first step in this direction, the company has announced that it will be holding an EGM on Aug 6 to get
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      134 4 ♦COURTS (Singapore) will go ex-dividend (final dividend of 1.32 cents) on Aug 8. Last day for buying in on a cum basis is Aug 14 and the date payable is Aug 28. ♦SINGAPORE Finance will hold its EGM on July 17 at 4 pm at Grand Ballroom 1
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      Lock icon Yen bounces back while other Asian units flounder
      556 4 AFP [HONG KONG] The yen was the only currency in the region to escape a week of steady downturns, benefiting from the rest of the world's financial woes to retain a modicum of buoyancy. Japanese yen: The yen bounced back against the
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      623 5 Bonifacio INVITATION TO PREQUALIFY AND SUBMIT PROPOSALS Bonifacio Land Corporation (BLC) through the Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation (FBDC) is inviting all interested parties to prequalify and submit proposals for the acquisition of its interest in New Company (Newco), a realty company to be formed within the Bonifacio Global City, Taguig,
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      Lock icon Science Hub panel meets to discuss project
      744 6  -  Vibrancy will distinguish the hub from traditional science parks: JTC By' Vince Chong EXPERT conceptualisation of JTC Corporation's multi-bil-lion-dollar Buona Vista Science Hub entered its inaugural phase last week when the project's Resource and Advisory Panel (RAP) met for the first time to
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      Lock icon CPF is sufficient, SRS is supplementary
      364 7  -  MAILfTRI Ong Khiaw Hong Director (Taxation) for PS (Finance) Ministry of Finance I REFER to your article "Call to revamp SRS to include employers" (BT, July 13), which quoted PricewaterhouseCoopers' director of actuarial benefits and insurance, David Richardson, as saying that the Supplementary Retirement
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      Lock icon Car sales lift May retail figures by 8.2%
      296 7  -  the economy retail sales By\ Siow Li Sen RETAIL sales rose a faster 8.2 per cent in May year-on-year, boosted by vehicle sales. In April, reflecting the rapid deceleration in the economy, the rise in the retail sales index slowed to 6.4
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      Lock icon Investor's case is weak in contra loss dispute
      288 7  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to the letter "Plight of investor with contra loss on unauthorised trades" by Ang Gey Wee (BT, July 2) and in particular his unhappy share-trading experiences with his local broker which led to an outstanding contra loss
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      833 6 COMPETITIVE lntC»lliC^dTlC»€ Advancing your CI initiatives 2£L Conference Highlights WIUWI IyUII 9tn|p«ifKpiv Opening Address by: to ncrease va u of CI in your Or Patrick J Bryant, Pharma.D., FSCIP organization President of Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, United States Master techniques to harness CI to achieve "Structuring the Competitive Intelligence
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      Lock icon Indo-Pak talks termed cordial and constructive
      333 8 AGRA Reuters THE leaders of India and Pakistan yesterday held cordial and frank talks in the shadow of a monument to love, hoping to find a way out of more 50 years of bitter enmity. "The talks were held in a very cordial, frank
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      Lock icon Thai banks to post poor Q2 results, outlook cloudy
      394 8 BANGKOK Analysts expect top fonr to post combined net profit of2-Bb-4Jbbaht Reuters THAI banks will report second quarter earnings this week hit by big provisions for bad loans and losses from investments, and analysts say the sector faces a tough time
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      Lock icon Half of Asia-Pacific's ad markets weakens in Q1
      412 8  -  SINGAPORE w Teh Hooi Ling LED by North Asia and the Pacific, half of the advertising markets in the Asia-Pacif-ic region experienced a soft first quarter this year, according to figures released at the weekend by ACNielsen Media International. Two countries Korea
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        Lock icon M'sia plans mega dinner for Dr M
        52 8 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is to celebrate Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's 20th anniversary in power with the biggest dinner ever hosted in the country, organisers said yesterday. They said more than 25,000 people from all over Malacca would attend today's dinner with the
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        Lock icon 10 Manila banks may lose licences
        62 8 AFP [MANILA] The Philippine central bank may suspend the foreign exchange trading licences of 10 foreign and local banks found to be violating rules covering dollar transactions, an official said yesterday. Central bank deputy governor Alberto Reyes said the violations of these institutions helped
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        Lock icon UMC lays off 266 employees
        59 8 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) fired 266 employees, or 2.8 per cent of its workforce, and warned of further layoffs in a shock move, it was reported on Saturday. The move surprised the industry because it was the first major layoff by a
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        Lock icon BII gets transferred to Ibra
        31 8 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's central bank transferred troubled Bank Internasional Indonesia to the country's bank restructuring agency (Ibra) giving it the status of "bank under reinstatement". —Reuters
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        Lock icon India appoints new head for UTI
        46 8 Reuters [NEW DELHI] The Indian government has appointed M Damodaran to head the Unit Trust of India (UTI), the country's largest mutual fund manager. State-run UTI has been in trouble lately over the poor performance of its flagship scheme, US-64.—Reuters
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      Lock icon A tale of two smelly fish dishes
      574 10  -  il^TTCrorrw^nnoirwienTi While In Cambodia, master up your courage and bite Into the nation's favourite food, pra hok, and Its side dish pa ok harish mehta IF you're squeamish about smelly fish—l mean really smelly fish don't go anywhere near pra hok and pa
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      Lock icon Can HK escape the Asian downturn?
      749 11  -  -JI comment HK STOCKS US-pegged HK$ is strengthening against other currencies quak hiang whai A FORTNIGHT ago, this column touched on the rising threat of China as a regional competitor as Shanghai continues to take back funding activities by Chinese companies from other capital
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      Lock icon Olympic gold to draw investors to China
      650 11 BEIJING Lure of market of 1.3b potential consumers will soar before Olympics AFP HORDES of new foreign investors are likely to flood over China's borders in the next seven years, drawn by the lure of Olympic gold as Beijing gets a US$2O-billion facelift.
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      1235 10 s§b ÜBS Warburg ÜBS AG, SINGAPORE BRANCH acting through its business group ÜBS Warburg (Incorporated in Switzerland) for and on behalf of €> OCBC Bank OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) REVISED VOLUNTARY CONDITIONAL CASH OFFERS FOR KEPPEL CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of
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      1237 10 or have agreed to acquire in aggregate 2,301,906 Shares, representing approximately 0.166 per cent, of the issued and paid-up ordinary share capital of KCH, and 98,014 Listed Warrants, representing approximately 0.195 per cent, of the outstanding Listed Warrants issued by KCH. 4. Irrevocable Undertakings to Accent the Otters and/or the
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      980 10 Any inquiries relating to this Announcement or the revised Offers should be directed to one of the following individuals:Caren Lee Kelvin Quek Corporate Communications Head Investor Relations OCBC Bank OCBC Bank Telephone: (65) 530 1531 Telephone: (65) 530 4205 Fax: (65) 535 7477 Fax: (65) 532 6001 Robert M Tomlin
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      222 11 HICMIIfP University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Executive Education Programs Learn from the best in the world! The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business is home to Nobel laureates, leading economists, market theorists, and business experts. Chicago has produced more Nobel Prize winners than any other university. Its
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      926 11 BHF-BANK Aktiengesellschaft I Head Office Bockenheimer Landstrasse 10, ***** Frankfurt am Main I Telex: *****6 Telephone: 4969/718-0 I Singapore Branch 150 Beach Road, #03-01/04 Gateway West, Sinqapore *****0 I Telephone: 291 2177 Telex: RS ***** BHF SI I Fax: *****55 SWIFT Code BHFBSGSG I BALANCE SHEET STATEMENT OF INCOME AND
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      Lock icon Extra budget possible but no pump-priming
      429 12 TOKYO One possibility is using reserves in 2001/02 Budget, says Koizumi Reuters JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi hinted yesterday that he may consider an extra budget this year, but will not resort to traditional pump-priming that has left the country with the highest debt
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      Lock icon Argentine debt woes raise global crisis fears
      604 15 WASHINGTON What's worrying is this crisis erupting when top economies are sluggish LAT-WP THE last time a big country defaulted on its debt was August 1998 when Russia went bust, an event that triggered financial chaos, nearly paralysing Wall Street's capacity to provide
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      Lock icon European firms' earnings expected to drop
      325 15 LONDON No signs of recovery seen until late in the year Bloomberg NOKIA Oyj, Ericsson AB and Royal Philips Electronics NV are among European companies that will report lower profit than previously forecast in coming days. Investors don't expect signs of recovery until late
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      Lock icon Branson in talks to sell stake in Virgin's banking arm: report
      133 15 LONDON Reuters VIRGIN Group chairman Richard Branson is in talks to sell his stake in the Virgin One banking business to joint owner Royal Bank of Scotland, banking sources told Reuters yesterday. Virgin One is valued around £250 million
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      405 16 Low inflation reassuring fed fonds rate cuts seen enongh to rev economy, say analysts Dow Jones [NEW YORK] Just because you can do it doesn't mean you should or even have to do it. That's the position Federal Reserve policy
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      Lock icon Net stocks down 50%, but Buffett's still not biting
      403 17 Billionaire says some firms still trading at unreasonable prices Bloomberg [SUN VALLEY, Idaho] Warren Buffett, the billionaire chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, said a 50 per cent decline in Internet stocks in the past year hasn't made them more attractive
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      2498 12 ASIA FOOD PROPERTIES LIMITED Notice of Annual General Meeting Notice is hereby given that an Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Marina Mandarin Hotel, Onon 1-2, Level 2,6 Raffles Boulevard. Marina Square, Singapore *****4 on Tuesday, 31 July 2001 at 2:00 p.m. for the following purposes:AS
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      461 12 Capital Holdings I Keppel Capital Holdings Ltd I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) H ANNOUNCEMENT I KCH ANNOUNCEMENT IN RESPONSE TO OCBC'S REVISED OFFERS I The Board of Directors of Keppel Capital Holdings Ltd (KCH) wishes to inform I Shareholders and Listed Warrantholders that ÜBS Warburg, for and on
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      Lock icon Oil slips below US$25 on Iraq's return to world markets
      910 13 COMMODITY Weetclyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices fell back to their lowest level for three months, below US$25, as the prospect of copious volumes of Iraqi oil returning to world markets bore down on sentiment Signs of tankers being loaded in
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      1346 13 SDIQAPORE QOVERMMEMT SECURITIES IMPICATITE PRICES AMD Week ended Jul 13 Mm MM T*fti Cm»m Wtartty TIM Hi OW»f Tw Ugm Maturity C«4t YTM M Ottf 2-YR 2.250 OI-Apr-OO N*****0S 2.16% 2.13% $100.15 $100.20 5YR 3.250 15-ltay-02 N*****0X 3.07% 2.85% $100.35 $100.55 7-YR 5.625 OI-Jul-OO NX*****H 3.32% 3.31% $114.20 $114.30 5YR
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      Lock icon Housing market seen shielding US economy
      589 16 SOZ Derivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup AFX [WASHINGTON] US economic indictors to be released this week will show that the manufacturing sector is in its worst shape since the early 1980s, but the overall economy remains shielded from recession in part because of a stable housing
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      385 18 New trend gives members confidence as investors Dow Jones Newswires wO®WYORR] ""■T" N political contests across the country, voters often say of candidates who use fear tao v'.m. tics: just don't get it" i Well, in the financial 1 S Jtorld, the same can be said •JHm.
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      293 18 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD M M |<| BHH I 7 ITH *f'Pereonalstylecan!(B) 3 She s fastidious without point (5) —^^—|H 5 The pupil relaxed when let out 4 Goes with strikers (7) f (6) 6 Exact tune broadcast by a musi- —4m[— 9 New union members may weN performer (9) be showered
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      803 19  -  hi i exclusive COLONICS CALLING A Singapore startup has unveiled a cost-effective, robust technology that can potentially revolutionise telecommunications globally and net the firm USs2b in revenues in the next 5-8 years, reports yapwy-e* YAP WY-EN IT IS a home-grown startup that nobody has heard of. It has
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      507 20  -  IDG study says S'pore IT market will grow 13.2% a year, compared to Hong Kong's 9.8%, between now and 2005 By\ Raju Chellam THE IT market in Singapore and Hong Kong will be worth a total of about US$ll billion by
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      339 20 CELLONICS Inc was founded in Jan 2000 by Lye Hoeng Fai, Lye Kin Mun, Chow Shui Nee, and Jurianto Joe. The details: LYE HOENG FAI, 52, is founder, director, and CEO of Cellonics Inc. He has worked for the last 29 years in the electronics industry with
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      813 20  -  NUS, NTU, IMRE, Gintic and IME all have their own micro-electro mechanical systems research groups now. Elizabeth su has the details ELIZABETH SU THE sunrise technology of Mems (microelectro mechanical systems) is now getting out of R&D labs and into the optical, biotech and wireless
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      453 20 AFP [LAS VEGAS] Those who break into computer networks, and the people that stop them, relaxed together in Las Vegas over the weekend, brought together by two diametrically opposed events. The Black Hat Briefings, a two-day conference for security professionals, opened
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      467 22  -  For a start Singapore signs up with South Korea and Japan By\ Elizabeth Su THE ASP Alliance Chapter (AAC) of Singapore has signed an MOU with the ASP Industry Consortia in South Korea and Japan to initiate the beginnings of a Pan-Asian ASP network.
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      Lock icon Fuji Xerox launches new colour printer
      157 22 FUJI Xerox Phaser Printing (FXPP), an Asia-Pacific joint venture between Fuji Film and Xerox Corp last week launched it new network-enabled colour printer Phaser 860 targeted at corporate users. It costs $4,599, runs on a 250 MHz processor, comes with 64 MB of RAM
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      272 22  -  By Grace Ng JAPANESE giant, Panasonic, last week launched its Toughßook, a ruggedised notebook PC, that's designed to withstand vibration, shock, rain, dust and temperatures of up to 50 degrees Celsius. Two models of the Toughßook are currently available in Singapore. The systems are targeted
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        63 22 THE Institute of Technical Education (ITE) has signed four new MOUs worth $1 million in electrical installation bus technology, web-based heat load calculation software, call centre training, and Net-based telecom tech training with Cisco Systems (USA) Pte Ltd and Siemens Advanced Engineering Pte Ltd.
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        44 22 THE Batey Group has tied up with bilingual web designer, Cyber Business Network (CBN). The two Singapore-based companies will develop interactive solutions for clients in the region. CBN launched the first bilingual business portal, World Chinese Business Network www.wcbn.com.sg in 1995.
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        50 22 US-BASED Vsource Inc, a business process outsourcing company, has been appointed as the exclusive reseller of computer firm Gateway's products in Hong Kong and Singapore. Vsource will provide sales, marketing and retail services for Gateway products, and manage direct delivery of customised computers to clients.
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        42 22 SINGAPORE-based V One Multimedia Pte Ltd and India's Nexus Computers have jointly set up business operations in Singapore under Nexus Globed Systems Pte Ltd, headed by CEO T S Tan, and directors Michael Lemaire and Sunaina Mandeen.
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        28 22 US-based Ascential Software, which offers information asset management solutions, has set up its South-east Asia HQ here, headed by area sales director, Jane Lim.
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        28 22 US-based Granite Systems, which provides service resource management software, has opened its Asia-Pacific HQ here, headed by director of sales for Asia-Pacific, Abdul Latiff.
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        Lock icon Fuji Xerox's new appointment
        35 22 FUJI Xerox Phaser Printing Southeast Asia, an Asia-Pacific joint venture between Fuji Film and Xerox Corp, has appointed Lynn Yang as sales support manager. She was previously with Fullmark Pte Ltd.
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        42 22 A FORUM on 'Knowledge as a complex adaptive system: new approaches to the use of technology in knowledge management' will be held on Wednesday at Park Avenue Business Centre. It is organised by landl Asia. For details, e-mail laychintan@iandiasia.com.
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        74 22  -  Compiled by' Trina Foo GERMANY-based SAP AG has appointed Chan Wai Leong as managing director of SAP Singapore; and Ruth Connolly as senior vice-president of marketing and regional support for its Asia operations. Mr Chan, who was previously vice-president of business development and strategy at Gateway,
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      Lock icon Nortel's strategy chief resigns
      352 25  -  TORONTO Anil Kha tod is viewed by some as a possible successor to Nortel CEO Roth By] XTA Ian Karleff Reuters NUKTEL Networks Corps chief marketing and strategy officer Anil Khatod resigned on Friday in a new top-level departure at the world's No 1 telecommunications equipment
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      243 25 BANGALORE AFP INDIA'S third largest software exporter Wipro Ltd said Friday it plans to become one of the top ten global IT companies and to grab the number one slot in the country by 2004. Azim Premji, chairman and
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      179 25 SAN FRANCISCO AFP THE besieged Napster music swapping site filed an emergency appeal Friday to get permission to resume operations two days after a federal judge ordered the site to remain closed. The Redwood City, California Internet company Wednesday was ordered
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        1236 21  -  Almost any website can be improved, no matter how satisfied you may be with the current results, datid mob tells you how DAVID MOK The writer is CEO of Internet consultancy MyEwizard.com. WHAT separates the handful of successful websites today from the multitude of alsorans
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        Lock icon Product Lifecycle Mgt Competency Centre here
        327 21  -  By Chen Huifen THE Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) has tied up with three other parties to form a Product Lifecycle Management Competency Centre (PLMCC). It will gather computational expertise and infrastructure from IHPC to deliver advanced development solutions through using simulation software.
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        Lock icon Getting KM to take off in Singapore
        904 24  -  Among the problems that plague Asia including Singapore are the lack of experienced KM talent and the absence of a knowledge-sharing culture. val chua investigates VAL CHUA SINGAPORE lags behind the West in people and culture-related issues which are two large components of
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        Lock icon Seed fund of $5m for KM
        252 24  -  The informal KM interest group set np by MoF last year now has 150 members By' Val Chua A $5 million seed fund is being set aside by the government to help agencies nurture and develop KM ideas and pilots. Led by the Ministry
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        871 26  -  Internet calling was a much-hyped flop the first time around. This time it will be different By Scott Woolley JUST a few years ago prognosticators declared that the cheap and übiquitous data networks of the Internet would devour the voice-based phone system. In 1997 AT&T predicted that
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        Lock icon Differentiated bandwidth packages from 1-Net
        338 26  -  The service comes with help from Sitara Networks and is targeted at SMEs and dotcoms Byi Chen Huifen HOMEGROWN broadband infrastructure provider 1-Net Singapore Pte Ltd has tied up with US-based Sitara Networks Inc to offer a range of differentiated bandwidth packages. The deal, which
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          Lock icon SCCCI's IT Committee's plans
          103 26 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) has formally set up its IT Committee, which was part of an advisory committee before. The new committee is divided into four layers, consisting of three "outside" segments IT Advisory Panel, IT Resource Panel, and International Advisory
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          Lock icon Compaq'built for you'
          55 26 COMPAQ Computer Asia-Pacific has launched its new "Built for you" programme at select outlets at Funan IT Mall and Sim Lim Square. The service allows customers to custom-configure Compaq Presarios according to their needs. You can now send your custom-configured order to www.compaQ.com.sg/store and Compaq will deliver
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          Lock icon Lycos Asia's $5m ad campaign
          58 26 LYCOS Asia said it will spend more than $5 million on a regional ad campaign, to be launched first in Singapore, Hong Kong, and China. Created by Leo Burnett, the theme is on man's desire for knowledge and how Lycos, as a full-service destination website,
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          Lock icon PacNet, Catcha.com tie-up
          49 26 PACIFIC Internet Ltd and Catcha.com said they "have resolved their long-standing dispute through a settlement agreement". Under the deal, PacNet's travel portal, Safe2Travel, will be featured on a co-branded segment in Catcha's portal; and Catcha's search engine will be listed on PacNet's Singapore homepage at www.pocific.net.sg.
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          Lock icon FlipTimes from E-Book
          54 26 HOMEGROWN E-Book Systems Pte Ltd has launched Flip Times, "the world's first monthly Internet newsletter that is e-mailed in a book flipping format complete with flipping pages and streaming content". It showcases online advertisements in an unobtrusive page-flipping format, in place of banners and pop-up ads. Check
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          Lock icon Website measurement service
          38 26 KEYNOTE Systems' website measurement and performance testing service—The Internet Performance Authority is now available in Singapore via Digital Centrix, the Internet Data Centre hosting service of National Computer Systems Pte Ltd. For details, visit www.ncs.com.sg.
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          Lock icon Ogilvy PR-B2Bcast deal
          45 26 SINGAPORE'S 828 Broadcasting Pte Ltd (B2Bcast) and Ogilvy PR said they have chosen each other as preferred service providers in Hong Kong, Singapore and China. The deal will enable Ogilvy PR to offer its clients communication tools for internal and external audiences.
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          Lock icon HP computing tech forum
          36 26 A TWO-DAY forum, entitled "HP computing technology for the next generation developer", will be held from July 31 at the Grand Hyatt Singapore. It is organised by Hewlett-Packard. For details, visit www.asiapac.hp.com/itanium.
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          38 26  -  Compiled by Liew Hanqing A FORUM, entitled "Click and mortar", will be held on July 24 at Frontpage, on Mohamed Sultan Road. It is organised by eAngelz. For details, fax *****08 or e-mail nok@eangelz.com.
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      199 19 TOP STORIES Singapore to outpace Hong Kong in IT growth rate Pg2 Booming gems soon in micro-electro mechanical systems P*2 sale Si r 'WnWll *■»>! Key elements of successful websites Pg3 Getting KM to take off in Singapore P*« w' Who gets in? Who stays out? Who decides? It's a
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      230 21 -S —->:-—-w*^. H 77ie when -.L I merging two different companies' i Lj IT systems is: V >.; ■rT iijml a 1 f 'fedpflppM* -#4INM^tfJF /v ttejF| v a. The Chairman's speech A b. Celebrate the merger with a commercial Expensive and open Answer the September for a to a
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      255 22 1 I your on path with Strategic IT Outsourcing I and bring productivity cost savings 1 1 to the manufacturing environment S Thursday 26th July 2001 1.30pm to 5.30pm Four Seasons Hotel, Level 2, Ballroom A S V Together with our partners, Discover how strategic outsourcing will benefit your business
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      384 25 SPACE FOR DATA CENTRES NOW AVAILABLE As Singapore continues to grow as a communications hub, the demand for Data Centres increases. JTC has two modern buildings ready for you to set up an IDC. We provide the ideal environment for you to operate your network and service your customers. And
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      151 26 nmpaci s business on the not with HOW YOU HHVE THE TO THE.COfTI HOE IS YOUR MISSION CRITICAL? COURSE IT IS. BECAUSE YOU NEED 10 DELIVER MIND-BENDING SERVICE EEVEES IN A UNIVERSE WHERE AVAILABILITY AND SCALABILITY ARE MATTERS Of CORPORATE LIFE AND DEATH ENTER SOLARIS 8, THE INDUSTRIAL-STRENGTH OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
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      303 27 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE SUMMER lull has seemingly started with very little activity and hardly any mainstream tonnage to report sold or even negotiated. Vessels sold for further trading BULK CABJUEBSi ♦Ocean 62,210 tdw bit 82 Hashihama Japan sold at U54.2 million to Chinese. ♦Westwood Cleo
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      300 27 sex *000 JrtO SS \W CWT Distribution 0.50 unch 1 Chuan Hup 0.33 -0.01 893 Cosco Investment 0.23 unch 636 Freight Links 0.08 unch 30 GB Holdings 0.51 -0.02 8 IMC Hoktinqs-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jayj Holdings 0.15 unch 0 KeppelCorp 3.60 -0.02 1769 Keppel FELS 1.07 -0.01
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      719 27 Slowdown in global economy means PSA will have to pnt off public listing originally planned for this year [SINGAPORE] "The IPO market is dead", declared PSA Corporation chairman Dr Yeo Ning Hong, saying the container handling giant will have to put off its long
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      Lock icon Hutchison to hold 45% in phase 3 of Yantian project
      314 27 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hutchison Whampoa Ltd would directly hold about 45 per cent, not 65 per cent, of the phase three of the Yantian container port project in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, a Hutchison official said. The official
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      67 27 [TOKYO] The Japanese tanker Koshumaru No 11, carrying liquefied petroleum gas, is seen after a collision with a North Korean cargo ship in waters off Shimotsucho, about 600 km west of Tokyo. The North Korean cargo ship, Myonggwang-3, with 17on board sank after a
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      Lock icon Evergreen expects Mediterranean hub to improve its efficiency
      348 27  -  By\ P T Bangsberg TAIWAN'S Evergreen Marine Corp officially opened its Mediterranean transhipment centre at Taranto in southern Italy, citing its good rail connections, established port infrastructure and deep water. "Taranto will improve our efficiency. Currently, our vessels must queue up at
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      Lock icon ICTSI to invest US$60m in Brazilian port terminal
      300 27  -  From, Alec Almazan in Manila INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) plans to spend US$6O million over the next 30 years for the development of the Suape Container Terminal in Brazil. Of the investment, the Ma-nila-based company said US$B million will comprise the
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        693 28  -  DOCKYARD By: David Hughes AS of July 1 next year, all commercial ships trading on international voyages win have to implement the International Ship Management (ISM) Code. This code was developed by IMO primarUy as a measure intended to increase safety
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          90 28 ASSOCIATED British Ports Holdings (ABP) is expecting at least a 6.5 per cent growth in operating profit due to new business for UK ports and transport activities for the six months ending June 30, and underlying pre-tax profit should be in line with current
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          Lock icon Evergreen shuffles Caribbean routes
          97 28 TAIWANESE liner giant Evergreen has made changes to three of its intra-Caribbean routes. Both are weekly fixed day loops, each using two ships 0f550-600 TEUs (20-ft equivalent units). Caribbean north will now run from Colon to Puerto Limon, Colon, San Juan, Rio Haina, Kingston, and back
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          Lock icon Master held over asbestos claim
          64 28 THE captain of the chemical tanker Otapan is being questioned by the Dutch authorities over allegations that he exposed his crew to potential asbestos poisoning. The master is alleged to have ordered his crew to remove asbestos from parts of the ship instead of bringing
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          Lock icon Entire Hitachi Zosen board quits
          57 28 THE entire board of Japanese shipbuilder Hitachi Zosen has resigned as a result of the company's third year of no dividends and under performance, despite returning to the black. Takenao Shigefuji has been appointed as new president of the company, whose shipbuilding arm is due
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          Lock icon Grimaldi takes control of ACL
          79 28 ITALIAN ro-ro liner operator Grimaldi has taken control of Atlantic Container Line by acquiring 50.09 per cent of its shares recently, triggering a mandatory offer for the remaining shares. Grimaldi is offering 97 Norwegian kroner (5119.07) a share. French company CMA CGM is the other
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          Lock icon Stolt-Nielsen reports US$3.4m loss
          79 28 OSLO Stock Exchange and Nasdaq listed Stolt-Nielsen SA (SNSA) made a net loss for the six-month period ending May 31,2001 of US$3.4 million. While SNTG's tank container division's income from operations improved to US$3.9 million in the second quarter of2ool, the result was below the comparable
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          Lock icon K-Lfne boosts European short sea trade
          81 28  -  Compiled by I David Hughes JAPANESE carrier K-Line is upgrading its North Europe-Iberian peninsula short-sea service in response to a rise in cargo volume. Two newly built 868 TEU vessels, with 150 reefer plugs each, will replace the existing smaller ships, and will have
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      280 28 PACE Ahrenkiel 10 Appensiiip 5 Assets 5 Austral 6 Avant 10 B'tang Mas 6 BSA r BTL 10 Balaji 4 Batamindo 9 Bayswater 10 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 i Central Ex 6 Chahaya 10 China Shpg 5 Confer 10 Colony Log 5 Cougar 7 CWTGIobelinfc
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      9648 34 THEBUSINESSTIMES Page 8 EXPORT MONDAY, JULY 16, 2001 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvolre 23/07 19/08 Kien Hunq FREEDOM CONTAINER FR103S (5-*****33 23/07 29/08 Setramar VILLE OE VENUS 385W 65-*****33 25/07 29/08 COSCO HUMEN BRIDGE OOI9W
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        563 37 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jratftrt Kamo 35 J18 15/07/8:05 16/07/1500 Bt M Top4 ***** J01 15/07/1400 15/07/2000 Spt n 79 J12 16/07/6:30 16/07/1*00 Bt R8 3698 401 J01 16/07/800 16/07/1600 C Success 16/07 J09 16/07/8:00 16/07/1700 Bt Mulia J ***** J01 16/07/800 16/07/19*10 Bt Medanq In
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        Lock icon CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        2059 37 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND La CARGO Booking/Millet Rstls Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Ported Frew To Fron ACTUARIA 0TN021 16/9*0 2A M/1700 BAMM B/09M 20 M/17M IS/0659 B/0900 I BAJ7M B/IB9 IS/MOO 4 ft/1200 B/M59 B/1700 ACX HIBISCUS OS4A r?/«-00 2A 14/1700 B/06M IS/0900 21 M/I7M B/MM
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        Lock icon VERITAS BUNKER QUAUTY RETORT
        577 37 Carbon 180 Max 990.5 0.2 15.6 0.06 31 0.04 NI2 Density Water Residue Ask Aluminium Sediment No above E25 0 0 1 0 0 0 rr=- 380 Ave 984.7 0.2 14.2 0.06 22 0.02 tam 380 Max 991.2 0.7 18.3 0.11 50 0.09 WAT3 V/V M/M
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        202 37 July 17 South Korea: Constitution Day July 20 Japan: Marine Day July 21 Belgium: National Day Angnst 1 Switzerland: National Day Angnst 9 Singapore: National Day South Africa: National Women's Day Angnrt 12 Thailand: HM The Queen's Birthday Angnst 15 South Korea: Liberation Day Switzerland: Assumption Day Spain:
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        Lock icon COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        767 37 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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        Lock icon Other US airlines seen dropping int'l routes like United
        627 38 Weaker demand from business travellers leading to cutback, say analysts AP [NEW YORK] United Airlines' decision two weeks ago to abruptly drop its non-stop New York-Hong Kong service after only three months in the market could be the harbinger of similar
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        279 38 AFP [LONDON] BA will test fly a Concorde "within the next couple of weeks" the first time since one of the supersonic jets crashed near Paris last year killing 113 people, The Sunday Telegraph reported, citing BA officials. The entire fleet
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        928 38 CATHAY PILOTS' INDUSTRIAL ACTION Public sentiment is turning against pilots as disruptions worsen AFP [HONG KONG] With Cathay Pacific pilots embroiled in a bitter internal dispute over pay and benefits, and negotiations at a standstill, Cathay management appear at least to have surged
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        Lock icon FedEx asks US agency to delay approval for DHL routes
        223 38 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] FedEx Corp asked the US Department of Transportation to delay renewing rival DHL Airways Inc's authority to ship cargo between the US and Mexico until the agency decides whether DHL meets US ownership rules. The department in May
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      504 30 WEEKLY EXPRESS SAILING SCHEDULE WESTBOUND TO: COLOMBO NHAVA SHEVA (CPS MULUND. MUMBAI) ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN CD POINTS VBSfl NAME I VOY |S'PORE|(OIOMIO|N. SKVAI CONNECTING I CONNECTING VSt-USA YSi-EUBOfE PARIS OIK 23 JUL 78 JUL 02 AUG INDAMEX RAJIV GANDHI WASHINGTON VII3I VSS IRAZIUAN EXPRESS 002W 30
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      438 31 Z\ YUN SHAN RDM/ATW/BMN/UK/LPL I NAZLIG RDM/ATW/BMN/UK/LPL I Loads Singapore. E7W. Matayaa. jndonesia J Loading for KOUROS V DBl/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT BALAJI VINTAGE JOH/AQA RATHER D6l/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT PISCES EXPLORER JDH/AQA/DMT AEGEAN SEA DBt/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT ALQAWTYYU JOH/AQA toads Singapore. E7W. Malaysia, Indonesia Loadrtg for I BEATANAVtS CAM/NFK/SAV/NOL I GEMOFTUTCORM MZL/LAX/VCW/VCB I CUORAOFIC MZL/LAX/VCW I •Loads
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      713 32 SINGAPORE PTE LTD I 15 McCallum Street #03-01/02 Natwest Centre Singapore *****5 I Tel: (65) *****73 Fax: (65) *****66 Email: general@ecusin.eculine.net Website: http://www.eculine.net I lohore Bahru Office Tel: (07) *****18 Fax: (07) *****62 ATTENTION All VALUED CUSTOMERS!!! I IN APPRECIATION TO YOUR OVERWHELMING SUPPORT, I WE ARE NOW GIVING FURTHER
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      463 32 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO AUSTRALIA 1 RJLLCOMDUNER SERVICE vs. jmr m m m t srp m hoa mi he KTHPin 105 17/07 11/07 24/07 30/07 01/00 04/00 FOND MONK «iT 5/0724/07 03/0105/00 07/00 10/00 HINOKI ~W >0/0711/07 04/00 12/00 14/00 17/00 ranoMi m tk/mv/m 17/01 w/00 21/00 24/00 FEEDER SERVICE
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      419 33 BSA a mm MYANMA pBBk FIVE STAR UNE \\T (Myanmor National Liie) Loading for Yaßgon VESSa VOY SIN PKL PEN PGU MONG LA 45W SU) HPA-AN 209W SU MALAYSIA AGENTS: OOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENOES KUL TtL 03-*****300 PKL TEL 03-*****101 PEN: TEL 04-*****02 PGU: TEL 07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A service of
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      866 35 ■B lAL LOGISTICS (S) PTE LTD HESHG!Hh 80 Robinson Road #22-01 A Singapore *****8 I 8380 Fax: (65) 223 8387 SASIA EXPRESS LINES II SINGAPORE AGENT: JARDINE LINER SUPPORT SERVICES VESSEL VOY SINGAPORE PASM GUPANO PORT KELANG rtHAWG MAJtAUS GBACHT 07/01 26/07/2001 27/07/2001 21/07/2001 SU» INDUCEMENT 30/08/2001 PALHSGRACHT 07/01 02/01/2001
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      326 35 Uomm ENG LEE SHIPPING CO PTE UD I W: *****22 (10 Um| Fax: *****38/*****60 I T CI IU: 15imOOOOO< I VESSEL VOY SIN ETA SIN ETO DESTINATION DwiDoyc 07/0) 15/07 16/07 Dumoi/P Boru/Buoton Sinar Central 09/01 15/07 16/07 Dumai/Perowong Union Star 10 06/01 15/07 16/07 Jkt Union Star 47 05/01
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      608 36 IVESSE^^^VO^^SI^^^MA^^SI^^I MILDBURG 10N/D1 13-14/07 20-24/07 29-30/07 TIGER SPEED 905N 17-18/07 23-27/07 31-01/08 I CAPECHARLES 13N/01 18-19/07 23-28/07 I TIGER BRIDGE 904N 19-20/07 26-30/07 05-06/08 I TIGER METRO 906N 21-22/07 27-30/07 03 03/08 I TIGER RHYTHM 907N 23-24/07 30-02/08 07-08/08 IVESSEL^^VO^^SlJ^^^CA^^Sir^l XPRESS SPORE 320 18-19/07 25-27/07 04-05/08 I XPRESS PADMA 408
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      895 36 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Road/ 3rd Level/ Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singopore *****3 iSflr Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg Introducing Valencia MEDITERRANEAN Istanbul BARCELONA DIRECT SERVICE ALEXANDRIA GENOA Booking 267# 5565/4694/5535/5539/5541/5553/5569/5579/5562/5563 PROJECT SHIPMENT HEAVYUFT CARQQ (CONVENTIONAL RORO) towww Urn *****71. H/ft *****977 LOGISTICS WAREHOUSING SERVICES ENQUIRY
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      165 38 SOUTH EAST ASIA/AUSTRALIA SOUTHBOUND TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT NOTICE TO TRADE RATE RESTORATION EFFECTIVE 1 AUGUST 2001 The following Lines in the South East Asia/Australia Trade Facilitation Agreement wish to inform the trade that they will restore freight rates by the following amounts with effect from 1 August 2001. This is
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