The Business Times, 1 January 2002

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    16 1 MITA (P) 107/03/2001 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SING APORE I Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ TUESDAY. JANUARY 1. 2002
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  • Article
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    60 1 □811 ym» (-2.38) □S3U |H ST IHDEX HTTDBES \JUm (unch) nSODCimOIES mm mlm (-2.50) STOCK MABKET INDICES Monday Chance KLSEOOMP 6MM +W NIKKEI SB HANG SENG _1 1*7.51 -14J8 SET INDEX JAKAKTACOMP MANILA COMP TAIPEI WPI Mi 114 +***** SEOUL COMP SHENZHEN B 2fi.<7 +QM ACSTALLORD JJWJO 4J0
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    62 1 FOHX BATES USS St CSS (SS par CSS) L8M £(USS/SSpcrS)_ 1.4M 1683 EUBO(CSS/SS/E) 0-8B4 UN DM 1214 LIN YEN 1)1.4 7LN El UN 2.0*4 HKS 7.717 4114 BAHT 44.18 U*8 RCPIAH 10,400 6,621 FIDOS BATES SINGAPORE* US KUALA LUMPUR %M HONGKONG LIU JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 179 TOKYO LS7I SEOUL
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  • Article
    Lock icon S'pore economy shrank 2.2% in 2001: PM
    573 1  -  Best to prepare for another lean year, he says in New Tear message By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The recession-hit Singapore economy shrank 2.2 per cent in 2001, after tumbling 7 per cent in the final quarter but this was slightly better than
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  • Article
    Lock icon Liquidity could drive stocks up in Q1: analysts
    616 1  -  ■■■AlBHflaKMJail But others say buying will come to a halt if earnings don't improve By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Liquidity, fund managers' fear of un-der-performance, earnings and Wall Street's resilience the interplay between these factors will set the tone for the Singapore stock
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    Lock icon China plays dominate top winners on SGX
    735 1  -  By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Stocks with a China connection have emerged as the big winners on the Singapore's stock market last year, as the lure of China's growth story proved irresistible to investors even in a year marked by gloom. Among the top
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    Lock icon Wee Ee Chao is new chairman of STB
    299 1  -  By Andrea Tan (SINGAPORE] After nine years as chairman of the Singapore Tourism Board, Edmund Cheng has stepped down to make way for his deputy Wee Ee Chao, who takes over today. Mr Wee is chairman and managing director of stockbroker UOB
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    Lock icon China relaxes curbs on foreign banks
    445 1 Reuters. Bloomberg [BEIJING] China has issued new regulations governing the operations of foreign banks in the country, incorporating existing business practices as well as relaxed rules that are in line with World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments, state media said yesterday. Foreign banks in China
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      69 1 IMHIUM Top stories Argentine president Adotfo Rodriguez Saa quits after one week in office. Presscrete Holdings petitions to put subsidiary Ceramic Technologies under judicial management. *0* Pakistan announces arrest of extremist leader. P99 Global relations: Living in a world without walls. Pg 12 Time for the euro to deliver. Pg
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      60 1 Editorial: For equities, a better year ahead?, Pg 6 Tough times [TOKYO] TTiis Japanese family passing New Years decor at a kimono shop in Tokyo's fashionable Ginza district still has the yen to spend. But a rapidly weakening yen could lead to a new round of competitive currency depreciations in
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      12 1 S'pore market cap dives 17% Pii 3 Full list of ranking 5
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      7 1 Full text o/PMGoh'sNew Year Message, Pg 2
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Argentine president quits, next in line refuses job
      707 2 Breakdown of country's currency system, more street violence feared AFP Bloomberg [BUENOS AIRES] Argentina found itself without a leader early yesterday following the surprise resignation of interim President Adolfo Rodriguez Saa, and the announcement that the next in line of succession refused
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    • Article
      Lock icon Fundsupermart sells $35m worth of unit trusts in first year
      639 2  -  Online distributor expects sales to doable this year By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Online unit trust distributor and magazine Fundsupermart.com has sold $35 million worth of unit trusts in its first year of operations, and expects to double sales in 2002
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    • Article
      Lock icon Koizumi to propose free trade alliance with Asean: paper
      289 2 AP AFP [TOKYOJ Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will propose establishing a comprehensive economic alliance, including a free-trade agreement, with South-east Asian nations during his visit to the region this month, a report said yesterday. Mr Koizumi, who will begin his
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      Lock icon Japan ready to accept yen's fall to 140: report
      198 2 AFP, Dow Jones Newswires [TOKYO] Japanese monetary authorities are ready to accept the yen's decline to 140 against the US dollar, the Mainichi Shimbun said yesterday, quoting international monetary sources. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the finance ministry have determined
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      Lock icon Remaking Singapore to thrive in a changed world
      1038 2 We reproduce here the full text of Prime Minister Goh Chok long's New Year Message 2001 was a watershed for the world and Singapore. The terrorist attacks of Sept 11 and the revelation of the extensive network of terrorist set-ups dramatically changed
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon S'pore market cap falls 17%, despite 35 new stocks
      495 3  -  Value of $254.0b lowest since U8; only 3 of top 10 stocks end with higher market cap By David Boey THE Singapore stock market took a beating in 2001, with the capitalisation of listed firms diving 17 per cent to $254.6
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon FLEH warns of interim loś
        87 3 FREIGHT Links Egress Holdings yesterday said it expects to announce a net loss for its first half-year ended OctSl.ThenuUnboard Hated transport services company said demand for international freight forwarding services has weakened because of the "continued weakening of the global economy". Freight Links said it
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        Lock icon Metro shareholder names nominees
        80 3 METRO Holdings said yesterday that substantial shareholder Eng Kuan Co Pte Ltd had transferred a total of 40.7 million shares to two of Eng Kuan's nominees. In separate announcements, Metro said Eng Kuan had transferred 35 mfflkm shares, or 6.66 per cart of Metro's issued share
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        Lock icon Janice Bellace leaves OCBC board
        53 3 OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corp announced yesterday that Janice R Beilace had resigned from the its board of directors. Her resignation took effect last Friday. OCBC Bank said Prof Beilace stepped down because "her presence in Singapore will be greatly reduced following her resignation as president of
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        Lock icon HBM COO Ong Geok Ling resigns
        28 3 SESDAQ-LISTED printer HBM Print said yesterday that OngGeok Ling had resigned as its chief operating officer. Ms Ong*s resignation took effect yesterday.
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      Lock icon Presscrete puts subsidiary under judicial management
      404 3  -  Ceramic Tech has liabilities of $32m, including $12m owed to parent By Andrea Tan CONSTRUCTION company Presscrete Holdings has petitioned the High Court to place its 56.3 per cent-owned subsidiary Ceramic Technologies under judicial management. Ceramic, which provides waste-soil treatment services, started operating only
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon The Warren is year's best selling project
      419 3  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala MCL Land's The Warren condo in Choa Chu Kang has emerged as 2001's top selling private housing project. All 699 units in the development have now been sold and this was achieved in just three weeks, after it chalked up
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      Lock icon Can Hyflux keep up its performance ?
      790 3  - Can Hyflux keep up its performance hockIU4!HM"M david boey ESDAQ-LISTED water treatspecialist Hyflux Ltd come up tops as 2001's performing initial puboffering. Thanks to a spirited rally that started only in the closing weeks of last year, its share price has been lifted to nearly three times its 32 cents
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      Lock icon Bank lending up 1.2% in Nov
      323 3  -  By Serena Ng GROWTH in bank lending picked up pace in November to $163.4 billion, according to preliminary figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Overall loans to non-bank customers grew by almost $2 billion or 1.2 per cent from end-October to end-November, mainly
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Liquidity-driven rally could benefit Chartered
      270 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan A LIQUIDITY-FUELLED rally led by high beta stocks. That seems to be brokers' and analysts' prediction for the Singapore market for the first quarter of 2002. And one counter many experts think wiU be lifted by by this wave
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      Lock icon Market closes the year on quiet note
      737 4  -  ■UaHaUiliiUU STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE Singapore stock market ended 2001 on a quiet note, with many traders taking yesterday off ahead of New Year's Eve festivities. But what little action there was highlighted by the resilience of the Straits Times Index it held
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      Lock icon The greenback ends 2001 on a solid note
      235 4  -  A slight dip is possible In the first half 0f2002, but the overall outlook is sound larry wee THE US dollar gave up some ground yesterday but still ended 2001 on a confident note, while the yen was only able to tread
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2436 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Prices as received atls3ohrs, 31 Dec AM tarn taMt IB* (S pore) Star Europe Eqtyl* 082» Star Europe Bd 0.979T Star Europe 8*—j o.8» Star Asian Tiger Eqty ***** Star Asa Bond 1.22V Star A»a Balanced 0 8SV Star Global Technology Fuid 0.3227 Star Bhv Finance Japan
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Time for the euro to deliver
      744 6  -  M.mM'.'.WTnEl OPINION matthew lynn Matthew Lynn is a columnist for Bloomberg News Bloomberg THE introduction of the physical euro today already has an anti-climactic feel to it Most Europeans have been through the full range of emotions regarding their new currency: excitement and romance,
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      60 6 'Remember how we never took the Italian currency seriously because of all those zeros. Well, now, the euro too can be a stable currency and for all Europeans. Here is a great chance/ a retired teacher. 90. who lived through two world wars, a nazi and a
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      Lock icon For equities, a better year ahead?
      670 6 EDITORIAL THERE seems to be a sense of optimism in the air these days that 2002 will be a better year for equities than 2001. For instance, local analysts seem to think the tide of money unleashed by 11 US interest rate cuts will
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      Lock icon Don`t blame Japan for yen depreciation
      1277 6  -  Economists should realise yen fall is natural corollary of counter-deflationary policies From Anthony Rowley m Tokyo JAPAN has often been accused in the past of seeking to export its way out of recession. Now the charge is being revived in a remarkably "imaginative" new
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      Lock icon India's slow but secure route
      706 6  -  COMMENTARY The liberalisers have wen the ideological battle By Philip Bowring IHT [NEW DELHI] The Argentine and Enron debacles make an appropriate time to assess the depth and durability of India's attempts at economic reform. Those began in 1991, the year that Argentina embarked on
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon 6.8% GDP growth respectable: Vietnam
      229 7 HANOI Reuters VIETNAM said yesterday its gross domestic product (GDP) grew an estimated 6.8 per cent year-on-year in 2001, classing it as a respectable performance in a difficult global environment after it came in below government forecasts. The growth figure given by the government's General
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        Lock icon HSBC M`sia oƒering full Net banking
        87 7 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd said yesterday It would launch fen Internet banking services today, possibly becoming the first foreign tender in Malaysia to do so. Starting on Jan l.the local unit of giant HSBC Holdings will offer folly-integrated, transaction banking services
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        Lock icon PKNP gets help to revamp debts
        76 7 AFX [KUALA LUMPUR] The Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee (CDRC) said it has accepted Pahang state economic development corporation Perbadanan Kemanjuan Negeri Pahang's (PKNP) application for debt restructuring and that it will assist the latter in restructuring. CDRC said a creditors' steering committee will be
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        Lock icon China closes Fujian Int`l Trust
        60 7 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Fitfian International Trust A Investment Corp was shuttered by China's central bank, with the company's assets to be sold to repay creditors. The trust company, run by the Fitfian provincial government in south-eastern China, entered the "liquidation process," said Ehang Rnngfang a mnh—mim
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        Lock icon Pearl`s building faces seizure
        64 7 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Pearl Oriental Holdings Ltd, a debt-ridden Hong Kong property investor, said Hong Kong Chinese Bank Ltd applied to seize part of its flagship Pearl Oriental Centre office building as payment for HKHBB million (3)34.4 million) In loans. Pearl said the real estate was
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      Lock icon Common Asean currency still some way off
      483 7 JAKARTA Monetary integration unlikely to occur in our lifetime', says Asean sec-gen Severino AP ASEAN will not move towards monetary integration anytime soon, said Rodolfo Severino, secretary-general of the Association of South-east Asian Nations yesterday. "A common currency is something academics say would
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      Lock icon Indon consumer confidence still gloomy in Nov
      254 7 JAKARTA Index extends decline to 106.% little to prep op optimism Reuters INDONESIAN consumer confidence extended its decline in November as there was little to prop up optimism about an economic revival, a monthly survey by state brokerage Danareksa showed yesterday. "In the
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      Lock icon M'sia's Q4 GDP to be better than Q3: Zeti
      245 7 KUALA LUMPUR She stops short of saying Q4 growth will be positive Dow Jones Newswires MALAYSIAN central bank governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz reiterated that the country's gross domestic product performance will improve in the fourth quarter from the 1.3 per cent
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      Lock icon China now world's No. 6 economy
      386 8 BEIJING Growth of 7.3% last year gives its GDP of9.6tyuan, ahead of Italy Bloomberg CHINA'S gross domestic product grew by 7.3 per cent in 2001, faster than any major country, surpassing Italy to become the sixth-larg-est economy. China's gross domestic product reached 9.6 trillion
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      Lock icon India's GDP up 5.3% in July-Sept quarter
      358 8 NEW DELHI Reuters INDIA'S economy posted a better-than-expected 5.3 per cent growth in the second quarter (July-September) of 2001/02 on the back of its agriculture sector, which analysts said pointed to brighter growth prospects in the next fiscal year. A government website on
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      Lock icon India's infamous 'Big Bull' dies
      437 8 BOMBAY H&rsh&dMehta was mastermind of USs2b stock fraud Bloomberg HARSHAD Mehta, the Indian broker who led millions of investors into India's biggest stock crash 10 years ago and whose escapades have kept the market regulator and federal sleuths on their toes until now, died of
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      Lock icon China tightens audit rules for firms' share sales
      260 8 SHANGHAI Bloomberg DELOITTE Touche Tohmatsu LLP, Ernst Young LLP and three other international accounting firms will get wider access to China's biggest market after Chinese regulators announced all companies seeking to sell shares to local investors must submit to audits by foreign
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      Lock icon Cathay Financial slips on trading debut
      186 8 TAIPEI Bloomberg SHARES in Cathay Financial Holding Co, the newly merged financial arm of Cathay Group that is Taiwan's fourth listed financial holding company, fell by its daily limit from the first share sale price on starting trade. The owner of Taiwan's biggest insurer
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  • REGION world
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      Lock icon Pakistan arrests extremist leader linked to Delhi attack
      479 9 US report says Pakistan preparing to move N-weapons from storage sites AP AFP [ISLAMABAD] Pushed by India and the US, Pakistan yesterday announced the arrest of the leader of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, one of two Islamic militant groups accused by India of mounting an
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      Lock icon It may be a better year for new share offerings
      514 9 OUTLOOK E7T7EI Investors will be choosy about quality of IPOs Reuters [NEW YORK] The new year looks to be more promising for initial public offerings after a tough 2001, but newly public companies will still have to pass muster with
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      Lock icon Second govt package may avert exodus from UTI
      575 9 MUMBAI Mutual fond pats NTA of nnits in US64planat &A 1 rupees each Bloomberg THE Unit Trust of India may avoid an exodus of investors from its flagship fund tomorrow after the government announced a second bailout package, ahead of lifting a
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Pay hikes for meet US govt workers
        78 9 AP lUKAwruiuj, TRMj President OWCVB W Bush is giving pay raises to moat US government workers ranging from 4J> per cent to 5.4 per cent, slightly more than the hikes they got a year ago. Mr Bush signed legislation recently authorising rat** fhr
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        Lock icon Computer virus aţacks up 5% in 2001
        60 9 AFP [MOSCOW] The number of computer virus attacks carried out via e-mail woridwkle grew in wutiylug proportions last year, often lsavli« anti-virus software manufrctums heTph»s, experts wMlia leading Russian IT company said on Bunday.H» quantity of Infections lncreassJ by spsr cent In 200
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        Lock icon Nipping inflation a priority for Korea
        77 9 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Keeping a lid on inflation will be a priority for South Korea's central bank in 2002, governor Chon Choi Hwan said, suggesting interest rates may not be reduoed further. While the central bank forecast inflation wfflskm in 2002, the bank is worried
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        Lock icon Rates should be even lower Fabius
        67 9 Reuters [PARIS] French Finance Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday interest rates in the euro-cone were already low but it would be "he^rftil M if they were lower stilL "If they were lower, it would be betpftil, but it is not true today that
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    Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon US Treasuries may slump as signs point to rebound
      620 10 NEW YORK Positive economic data expected to shift focus to interest rate hikes Bloomberg SIGNS of an economic recovery that halved bond gains last year are likely to multiply this week, shifting investor focus from Federal Reserve interest rate cuts to
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      Lock icon Arsonists strike again with 5 new forest fires
      280 10 SYDNEY Bloomberg ARSONISTS lit five new forest fires around Sydney, helping to blanket Australia's most-populous city in smoke for a seventh day in the worst blazes since 1994. Some 15,000 firefighters were bracing for hot and windy conditions yesterday. Fires have already
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      Lock icon Osama could be alive, says US ranking senator
      339 10 WASHINGTON Reuters AFP THE head of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence said on Sunday that fresh intelligence showed "high probabilities" that Osama bin Laden was still alive despite the threemonth US military drive to destroy him and his A 1 Qaeda
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      Lock icon Smaller US stocks for bigger gains
      814 11 NEW YORK Benchmark Russell 2000 Index for small firms gained 3.7% in 2001 Bloomberg FOR stock investors in 2002, smaller may be better. As the economy sank into recession and benchmark US indices fell for a second year, investors reaped gains from the smallest
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      Lock icon UK royal residences won't accept euro
      293 11 LONDON AP BUCKINGHAM Palace and other royal residences open to the public won't accept the euro at their gift shops and entry turnstiles when the new European currency comes into circulation, an official said on Sunday. Prime Minister Tony Blair has said Britain will
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      Lock icon Living without walls
      3313 12 In the 26th annual lecture given recently in memory of the BBC broadcaster Richard Dimbleby, former US president Bill Clinton shared his reflections on the international situation. His lecture, reproduced below, was entitled The Struggle for the Soul of the 21 st Century IT was exactly a
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      260 13 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose five points to 876 on Friday, while the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained 10 points to 884. TmE-GHABTdti ♦Tianronghai (built 2000) 172,000 dwt delivery Cape Passero Dec 25 trip via Brazil redelivery Far East approx U5510,250 daily MOL Navix (fixed end
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      Lock icon Trans-Pacific lines impose China charges
      406 13  -  Surcharges reflect rising terminal-related costs: TSA Bu P T Bangaberg MEMBERS of the Trans-Pa-cific Stabilisation Agreement (TSA) will impose terminal handling charges this month on cargo from most China ports to the US. From Jan 15, the lines will charge US$45 on a 20foot dry
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      Lock icon Cosco Pacific to invest 37.5 m yuan in Dalian venture
      273 13 It will hold 8% stake in Dalian Port Container Co Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cosco Pacific Ltd, the port operation arm of China's biggest shipping company, said it will pay 37.5 million yuan (558.32 million) for an 8 per cent stake
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      31 13 [TEXEL, Netherlands] The cargo vessel De Hunte is stranded in shallow waters off the Dutch island of Texel on Saturday after running aground during a storm on Friday. AFP
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      Lock icon 2 charged in US with issuing false Coast Guard licences
      168 13 [SINGAPORE] Two men have been charged with conspiracy in the US for allegedly issuing false US Coast Guard licences and other papers to seafarers. One of the men charged Jaime Morales-Guada-lupe is a former US Coast Guard paralegal, who along
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    • THE YEAR in review
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        879 14  -  Our columnist david hughes looks back at 2001 and hopes for a more resilient year for shipping in 2002 DAVID HUGHES Sometimes at a year's end it is difficult to identify any one event that stands out more than the rest.
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      12910 19 THEBUSINESSTIMES SDAY, JANUARY 1,2002 EXPORT Pag) ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Nam* Name NumOer Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'I voir* 01/01 1V02 CMACGM NOR ASIA SI NO A 1S2-06 65-*****00 09/01 13/02 KienHunq LONDON TOWER LT20IS 45-2250)13 09/01 20/02 C0SC0 WJMBER BRIDGE 0089W
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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        Lock icon GLOBAL HOLIDAYS
        241 21 Jaw i j 1 Australia: New Year's Day Belgium: New Year's Day Brunei: New Year's Day Canada: New Year's Day China: New Year's Day France: New Year's Day Germany: New Year's Day Hong Kong: New Year's Day Indonesia: New Year's Day Italy: New Year's Day Japan: New Year's
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        Lock icon COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        791 21 THIS report, complied 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 baaed on average sized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        Lock icon VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
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    • AIR & LAND transport
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        Lock icon Aussie govt silent on sky marshals posing as couples
        420 22 Move to deter hijackers also involves officials carrying (pins with ammunition which won't penetrate plane walls AFP [SYDNEY] The Australian government is not confirming reports that men and women sky marshals posing as holiday-making couples were operating on domestic planes. The
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        Lock icon US relents on having better qualified airport screeners
        363 22 Unskilled workers without high school diploma can keep their jobs for now AFP [WASHINGTON] The US government has back-ped-alled on a plan to toughen standards for its airport screeners, now saying it will allow thousands of unskilled airport workers who have not
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        Lock icon Vietnam Air's revenue up 19.2% last year
        220 22 AFP [HANOI] The Vietnamese national aviatkm company Vietnam Airlines made revenue of U*****.6 million in 2001, an increase of 19.2 per cent over 2000. The figure included US$24 million in profit, 1.2 per cent higher than the company had planned, the official Vietnam
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        Lock icon Korean Air fills more seats, cargo space in December
        413 22 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korean Air Co said it filled more of its available seats on international routes in the first 20 days of December, as air travel demand began to rebound and Christmas sales provided a spurt for cargo movements. Korea's biggest
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        Lock icon Concorde report calls for maintenance probe: paper
        427 22 It recommends 2 separate audits for airlines involved AFP [PARIS] The French final report on the causes of the Concorde's deadly crash in July 2000 calls for a probe into the maintenance departments of Air France and Continental Airlines, a French daily newspaper
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        Lock icon China to cut oil surcharge on airfares
        162 22 AFP [BEIJING] China will slash a special oil charge imposed on air tickets from 14 per cent of the total value of the ticket to 8 per cent beginning today, the official China Daily said. According to the paper, the General Administration of
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      310 13 2001 m awful year for shipping Pg2 Aussie govt silent m sky marshals reports BackPg BULLETIN BOARD SATS Security Services will run an Understanding Security Technology Seminar formerly known as the Design and Application of Industrial Security Systems Course at Singapore's Excelsior Hotel from Jan 14-18. Gain in-depth knowledge on
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