The Business Times, 27 January 2003

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  • 21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Internet http://busirK>ss-times asia 1 com sq SINGAP O R B7 MONDAY. JANUARY 27, 2003 MITA (P) 010/03/2002 85C
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  • 860 1  -  |:ii exclusive Several bright spots may prod AMD, UMC to finally set op USs4b wafer fab By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Despite the gloom and ever-stiffening competition in the semiconductor sector, Singapore is not out of the race yet as a chip manufacturing hub. And as
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  • 65 1 Week Change ST1 1358.04 -8.79 KLSECOMP 668.81 -1.72 NIKKEI 225 8731.65 +41.40 HANG SEXG *****0 -153.99 SET INDEX 376.30 +9.14 JAKARTA COMP .405.34 +3.69 MANILA COMP .*****2 -3118 TAIPEI WPI 5057.32 +***** SEOUL COMP 609.43 -27.03 SHENZHEN B 205.58 +0.25 Al'ST ALL ORD .3000.10 2460 DOW JONES 8131.01 -455.39
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  • 73 1 FOMEX RATES Uf$ USS (SSprtSS) 1791 £<l'SS'SS prri)_ l.ni 1-C1 E!Ttt>H'S$/SS/E) IJI7S IM7 YEN 117* 6*111 KM J*M> ilW HK$ 7.7W 4.507 BAHT 4286 24« Rl P1AH M»l fcl> REWJXBI 8299 47K INDIAN R1 PEE 47 *7 <7 none hates SlXkAPOKE* Jiifi Kl ALA UTIH H 8.40 HONG KONG
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  • 799 1 It doesn't spell cboor for tho markets, says Vlkram Khanna THERE are two big, related events to watch for early this week—they're going to happen back to back —and they don't look like they'll add up to anything happy. One will be the
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  • 754 1  -  uTT exclusive SGS market may correct if war is averted, they say By' Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] War fears and terrorist threats fuelled a rally in Singapore Government Securities (SGS) or government bonds in the last few months, but market players are now bracing
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    • 724 2  -  Corporate results play 2nd fiddle as Q4 reporting season enters final week From Andrew Marks in New York THE US fourth-quarter earnings reporting season is about to start its final big week, but in the coming days corporate profit reports
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    • 678 2  -  Jump to RM6 25 per 1,000 gallons latest position shift Reports by Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] A price of RM6.25 per thousand gallons of raw river water. That's Malaysia's latest proposal on what Singapore should pay under the current water
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    • 360 2 IS Aug *00-SM Lee and PM Mahathir agree in Kuala Lumpur on 45 aan per 1,000 gallons lor both current and future raw water. 21 Fete *01 Or M writes to SM Lee that "Johor believes a fair price would be 00 cents (sic)
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    • 340 2 Dr M responds to Jaya's warnings on KL's 'intrusions' into S'pore waters [SINGAPORE] The war of words continued yesterday over ownership of Pedra Branca, a rock islet off Johor which Malaysia is now claiming from Singapore. Malaysian Prime Minister Mohamad Mahathir, returning from a
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 585 3  -  It expects to bag two deals soon to ran restaurants for others Vince Chong RESTAURANT chain Tung Lok group will roll out more management contract initiatives from this year now that it is taking a break from a furious expansion of its own
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    • 277 3  -  By. Audrey Tan SESDAQ-LISTED Darco Water Technologies has clinched a $12 million contract for waste water treatment in Taiwan. Awarded by the Taipei city government to a consortium formed by a Darco subsidiary and Taiwan's Weisheng Wastewater Treatment Co, the maintenance contract is
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    • 747 3  -  1 lock siew r sivanithy WHAT do Osim International, Chuan Hup, Air Ocean, Eu Yan Sang and Qian Hu have in common? On the face of it, the answer might be obvious all are small to medi-um-sized companies which consistently report good earnings
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      288 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 24 VALUE CLOSE .0TO8/OS -114.00 -217.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -82.00 BT 10-4ay MA -*****.00 -11.00 M-SGEqaMM 359.00 -1.67 SGCmMMD** 117.20 -1.34 SCMurtmFk 1191.80 -9.11 SGEjdMwPfp 321.86 -2.25 ■Bfcgw 167.07 -0.84 MMSOFah— 166.10 -2.70 Chart SemCond 26c 110,15 7,OCX) LAM lc 93.685,000 NOt 76,926.000 Oatacorft 10c 61.963.000
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    • 822 4  -  STOCKS I-I i comment r. sivanithy CLEARLY, the markets are gearing up for war. This much is certain, judging by the recent signals sent not just by Wall Street, but also by markets everywhere. Clearly also, the few players there are that are in equities
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    • 280 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By' Ven Sreenivasan KEPPEL Corporation wiU release its results tomorrow, and analysts expect pre-exceptional net earnings in the region of $340 million, compared with $273 mUlion previously. The past 18 months have been a good period for the conglomerate,
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    • 644 4 All eyes on release of UN report on Iraq today, Bosh's speech tomorrow AFP (HONG KONG] Major currencies in the Asia-Pacific region were up against the US dollar but some other units remained sluggish with mounting worries over a war in Iraq. Japanese yen:
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    • 129 4 ♦ROLY International Holdings Ltd will go ex-dividend (interim dividend of 0.62 cent tax not applicable) on Jan 22. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is on Jan 27. Date payable is on Feb 13. ♦MFS Technology Ltd will go ex-dividend (final dividend of 0.30 cent net
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  • SHIPPING news
    • 499 5  -  -ti exclusive| SQ Centre trainers to visit HQ for ops overview to plan global programme Byt Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Porsche is again taking the lead. The German sports car maker the world's most profitable car company is working with Singapore-based SQ
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    • 357 5  -  Emperor Resorts is in negative equity with accumulated losses of $<L9m By Elgin Toh EMPEROR Resorts International, the company recently cited by the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) as having the highest number of timeshare-relat-ed customer complaints, is in negative equity and has been
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    • 233 5  -  =V 4 -1 on the economy foreign reserves By Serena Ng SINGAPORE'S official foreign reserves swelled 2 per cent to $142.7 billion at the end of 2002 from $140 billion at end-2001, preliminary figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) show. In 2000,
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 523 6 KUALA LUMPUR Foreign investor says he's filing suit against minister over RMIOOm deal TRANSPORT Minister Ling Liong Sik denied having offered a confidential survey map of the country to a foreign investor in exchange for shares as part of a RMIOO million (5545.4
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    • 282 6 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S bad loans agency, hit recently by a court ruling undermining its powers, risks facing more lawsuits in the future though the impact may not be as bad as first feared, industry experts said. Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Bhd, set
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    • 467 6  -  Pfizer gives KL RMl5lm Viagra boost late last year From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA received a "Viagra boost" late last year despite earlier predictions of gloom and doom in its efforts to attract dwindling foreign direct investments into its manufacturing sector. A notable
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    • NOTEBook
      • 62 6 AFP [NEW DELHI] India yesterday sounded a high alert, shutting down the airspace over New Delhi, fearing attacks by Kashmiri militants and other separatist groups during its Republic Day celebrations. Thousands of securitymen turned the capital into a fortress and sealed its borders with
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      • 39 6 AFP [BEIJING] Beijing granted the establishment of 1,370 foreign-funded enterprises in 2002, helping to lift foreign investment in China's capital by 70 per cent to US$5.5 billion, state media said on Saturday. —AFP
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      • 57 6 AFP [HANOI] Vietnam and Japan are negotiating an investment pact which Tokyo hopes will give Japanese investors better access to the Communist nation's markets. Details are still under discussion, but Japanese diplomats hope the agreement will be finalised before a proposed visit to Japan in April by
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      • 58 6 AP [BANGKOK] Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday proposed 100 billion baht (Ss4. l billion) in new funding for grassroots economic projects. Speaking after a meeting of his ruling Thai Rak Thai Party in Phuket, Mr Thaksin pledged to improve Thai people's lives by injecting more
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      • 62 6 AFP [MANILA] Philippine output was likely to have grown by 4.3 i&r cent last year, Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri told legislators at a weekend briefing Emerging numbers point to a 4.6 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the last three months of
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    • 523 7 BEIJING Bigger roles for MOFTEC and State Devt Planning Commission Reuters CHINA plans to restructure key ministries wielding sweeping powers over trade, economic policy and state assets as part of the third major government overhaul in 20 years, ministry officials say. The reforms,
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    • 495 7 MANILA AFP THE Philippine Congress is trying to complete crucial amendments to a law against money-laundering ahead of a deadline for sanctions from wealthy countries that could cost the country dear. But despite appeals and dire warnings from President Gloria Arroyo and economic officials, some
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    • 605 7 Reuters {HONG KONG] Haier who? The name may not be a household word in the West, but Haier Group, one of China's top home appliance makers, was the talk of the advertising world last month when it chose a high-powered international ad agency
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  • BLIX report
    • 722 8  -  Most analysts believe war with Iraq is inevitable but not immediate From, Andrew Marks in New York WALL Street remained largely focused on the rush of corporate earnings reports last week, but hovering over the stock market like a dark shadow was the
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    • 685 8  - Market rally seen after US attack —as in 1991 war From Neil Behrmann in London EUROPEAN investment bankers, fund managers and investors believe that stock markets will take the lead from the 1991 Gulf War and rally once an attack on Iraq takes place. Then, as now, there was uncertainty
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  • WORLD news
    • 582 9 DAVOS lAEA report won't reveal any banned N-arms programme: spokeswoman Reuters AP LAT-WP US Secretary of State Colin Powell told sceptical Europeans yesterday that the US was willing to attack Iraq alone if the UN Security Council shrank from disarming President Saddam
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    • 318 9 WASHINGTON Reuters SAYING that medical science has solved the "easy" problems of the rich world, Microsoft founder Bill Gates yesterday announced a US$2OO million fund aimed at drawing researchers into finding original cures for the poor world's ailments. The grant from the Bill Melinda
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    • WORLDWatch
      • 72 9 AP Reuters [SEOUL] A US military plane crashed in South Korea yesterday, but the American pilot ejected safely with only minor injuries, the US military said. Media reports said three people on the ground were injured when the U-2, a high-altitude reconnaissance plane,
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      • 53 9 Bloomberg (DAVOS, Switzerland] Siemens said on Saturday that the euro's gains are starting to erode export orders, dismissing the government's defence of the rising currency. "It is a problem at all our European production sites," Siemens board member Volker Jung said. "It has hurt our
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      • 61 9 Reuters [LONDON] Barclays is set to make chief executive Matthew Barrett its new chairman, the Sunday Telegraph reported. Such a move would defy a new government plan to ensure that chief executives do not automatically step up to the chairman's post, which the government
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    • 358 9 MARYLAND Lockheed slashes Q4 losses, Raytheon doubles Q4 profits Bloomberg US defence contractors Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Co reported an increase in fourth-quarter sales of missiles, sensors, radar and other electronic equipment as the US military prepares for war. Net loss at
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    • 499 10 WASHINGTON Move will decide if changes to its oversight of the sector are needed Bloomberg THfi Securities and Exchange Commission called for further study of creditrating companies Standard Poor's, Moody's and Fitch to determine whether more oversight is needed following their failure to
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    • 269 10 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE US economy stalled in the final three months 0f2002 as consumers and companies bought fewer vehicles, a government report will probably show this week. Gross domestic product rose at a one per cent annual rate, economists said
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    • 372 10 WASHINGTON Tone set for his State of the Union speech tomorrow Bloom berg PRESIDENT George W Bush used his weekly radio address last Saturday to preview his State of the Union speech tomorrow, saying his priorities for the year will be continuing the
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    • 174 10 WASHINGTON Reuters LAT-WP PRESIDENT George W Bush will propose a sweeping change in government-wide pay policies, calling for creation of a US$5OO million fund to provide raises to federal workers based on their performance while increasing the highest possible pay to U*****,700, officials said. Supporters said
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    • 906 10 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] The beating of US war drums towards Iraq sent gold prices shooting up to a new six-year peak this week, while crude oil prices touched a two-year high before easing back. Investors bought commodities such as oil and gold ahead of
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    • 475 11 NEW YORK They lied to vendors, the board, among other things NYT FORMER executives of Kmart engaged in a broad pattern of abusive practices in the months leading up to its filing for bankruptcy protection, an internal investigation has concluded. The investigation, prompted by
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    • 459 13 WASHINGTON US judge orders ISP to identify Internet user suspected of music piracy AFP PRIVACY has taken a back seat to the fight against online piracy, at least for now, as a result of a US court ruling that interprets a 1998 copyright law.
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    • 242 13 SEOUL Bloomberg INTERNET users in Asia prepared for possible farther attacks by a computer virus that last Saturday caused widespread service outages in South Korea and network slowdowns throughout the region. South Korea's Ministry of Information and Communication said connections were recovered
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    • 230 13 DAVOS, Switzerland Bloomberg MICROSOFT Corp could face tougher curbs on its business as European Union Competition Commissioner Mario Monti said he will seek remedies that complement those of US antitrust authorities. "The solution must be beneficial to consumers and competition and, we hope,
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  • CHINA focus
    • 1031 12  -  After establishing a foothold serving its MNC customers there, it's now expanding its services to local enterprises. Loh Hnl Tin reports Loh Hui Yin SINGAPORE logistics management and supply chain solutions firm YCH Group has found a successful strategy in China. First follow
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    • 221 12  -  By Loh Hui Yin SHANGHAINESE language class, anyone? JSU Language School at Liang Court is offering the classes to tap the growing number of Singaporeans who have dealings with Shanghai and its 16.5 million people. While most Shanghainese speak Mandarin, they also converse in the Shanghainese
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  • BIZIT
    • 865 14  -  exclusive This year the consulting giant plans to recruit at least 500 people across Asia, including Singapore, Asia-Pacific CEO David Hunter tells RAJU RAJU CHELLAM ACCENTURE will hire at least 500 more people in the Asia-Pacific region this year and focus on pushing outsourcing
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    • 315 14  -  Byl Elgin Toh THE Singapore IT Federation (SITF) wants CEOs to go back to the classroom all in the name of infocomm security. In a press conference on Wednesday launching its Security Chapter, the SITF unveiled the aims and initiatives of this new branch
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    • ITTAKES
      • 75 15 STARHUB last week launched what it claimed was "one of the largest commercially available wireless broadband airport hubs in the Asia-Pacific", at Changi Airport. It uses the Wi-Fi standard and will allow business travellers and users to access the Internet at up to 11 Mbps
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      • 80 15 GUESTS at The Astfott Singapore will be able to enjoy remote home monitoring and surveillance via MMS and video streaming, can integrate control of home appliances via SMS, do video conferencing within the serviced residence, and do TV-commerce and interactive TV. The services will
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      • 83 15 INNOMEDIA has announced InfoTalk 7, a new US$149.95 Internet phone that allows users to place low-cost Internet calls to a regular or mobile phone via InnoSphere, InnoMedia's IP telecoms network that covers 200 countries. "Targeted at the mass market, InfoTalk 7 is a standalone Net appliance that
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      • 74 15 SONY Electronics Singapore has launched a portable, battery-operated CD-RW and DVD-ROM drive (above) which can also be used as a standalone CD, MPS and WAV player. Called MPD-AP2OU, the device comes with a Memory Stick media slot and works on a rechargeable battery. It is priced
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      • 60 15 US-BASED InFocus Corp has launched a new projector—called XI—targeted at SMEs, small offices and home users. The $2,999 system weighs 3.1 kg, offers a native resolution ofBoo by 600 pixels, offers a high 2000:1 contrast ratio at 1,000 lumens brightness, and can be used to run
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      • 89 15 THE Asia-Pacific region outside of Japan saw 6.9 million PCs shipped in fourth quarter (Q4) 2002, according to preliminary results from IDC Corp. This was 4 per cent higher than third quarter (Q3) 2002 and 15 per cent higher than Q4 2001. IDC
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      • 56 15 THE Singapore Management University (SMU) has launched OnTrac, an interactive online system that matches SMU students with training, recruitment, internship and community service opportunities. SMU said the portal allows students to also interact with participating employers, and organisations can post their appraisal of their interns on the
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      • 35 15 NASDAQ-LISTED web Methods Inc, an independent provider of integration software, has appointed Michiel Verhoeven as general manager for South-east Asia, based in Singapore. Mr Verhoeven was previously director (communications industry) with web Methods.
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      • 91 15  -  Compiled hyl Raju Chellam SYNAPSE Technologies Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies, and US-based FNX Ltd have set up Prism Light Pte Ltd, a 70:30 joint venture. "Prism Light's proprietary application—the Treasury Hub—will be offered with FNX's Sierra ASP product to provide a range of straight-through-processing
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    • 206 15 AFP [NEW DELHI] India's telecom regulator has hiked monthly rentals on fixedline phones and imposed levies on new low-cost mobile services, whose entry had sparked furious protests in the industry. The increase in charges seemed to be aimed at placating older cellular operators who
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    • 341 15  -  Bu* Raju Chellam EPSON Singapore last week launched a slew of new products in Singapore, including two inkjet printers, a flatbed scanner, and two multi function devices. The details: Stylos Photo 900: This $389 photo printer is targeted at digital camera users and can
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    • 294 17 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE 4 products tankers, which have been the centre of market attention for the last few months, have now all been tied up. The two Japanese double skin vessels, Melodia and Emerald Gloria (built 92/91) are said to have achieved region US$l3.5/12.25 million
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    • 955 17  -  NOL shipping arm unveils flatter, leaner structure for sustained profitability By: Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Hot on the heels of removing chief executive and president Flemming Jacobs, Neptune Orient Lines has cut the chief operating officer position at its container arm
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    • 236 17 Demand for new ships likely to recover this year Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co, the world's sec-ond-largest shipbuilder, received 12 per cent fewer orders last year as a global economic slowdown weakened demand for new ships. The shipbuilder won U553.27 billion worth
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    • 191 17  -  From I Alec Almazan in Manila THE Philippine Ports Authority has abandoned plans for privatising the Philippines largest cargo and passenger terminal. The authority, the state agency which administers and regulates the country's port system, said that it would no longer pursue the
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    • 773 18  -  DOCKYARD -By David Hughes OH JOY! Here comes another set of checklists and manuals for the mate's office, and probably another batch of auditing bills from the classification society. From July next year, ships will have to comply with the requirements of
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      • 148 25 Jab 31 Hong Kong: Lunar New Year's Day. Korea: Lunar New Year's Day. Fbbl China: Lunar New Year's Day. Hong Kong: Lunar New Year's Day. Korea: Lunar New Year's Day. Malaysia: Lunar New Year's Day. Singapore: Lunar New Year's Day. Brunei: Chinese New Year Feb 3 China: Lunar
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      • 823 25 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      • 326 26 Undertakings relate to entry of new competitors, misuse of market power, start-up of new routes Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia's Qantas Airways and Air New Zealand offered a series of undertakings to Australia's competition body in a bid to overcome concerns about their
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      • 513 26 Reduced flights, suspended routes, parked aircraft among likely moves Reuters [AMSTERDAM/BERLIN] Germany's Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Dutch airline KLM said on Thursday a worsening slowdown threatened earnings and would force cuts to services and spending. Possible war in Iraq poses the risk of
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      • 282 26 AFP [DAVOS, Switzerland] Boeing chairman Philip Condit said the US aerospace giant had ditched development of a high-speed Sonic Cruiser because it saw strong demand for a more efficient conventional plane. Mr Condit told AFX that Boeing had switched to development of a "super-effi-cient"
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      • 205 26 AFP [SHANGHAI] A Taiwanese China Airlines passenger aircraft arrived at Shanghai's Pudong airport yesterday, for the first indirect chartered flight across the Taiwan strait in half a century. The 747-400 jumbo arrived in Shanghai via Hong Kong at 8.52 am, official media reported. The flight was
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      • 470 26 If Northwest and Continental join, then ELM could be enticed as well Bloomberg [LONDON] Air France SA and Delta Air Lines Inc aim to add Northwest Airlines Corp and Continental Airlines Inc to the Sky Team alliance by year-end to expand their networks
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      • 300 26 Bloomberg [BASEL, Switzerland] Swiss International Air Lines said it is "examining all options" to counter a drop in passenger numbers because of slowing economic growth and concern about a war in Iraq. "Airlines around the world are thinking about reducing their fleets or
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