The Business Times, 10 March 2003

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  • 15 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2003
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  • 678 1  -  |:iri exclusive! It's confident of viability despite widespread talk of China threat By Tang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE] Contrary to the popular belief that the draw of China is hollowing out the local semiconductor sector, STMicroelectronics is investing up to US$25O million (***** million) in
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  • 1044 1  -  But Goh Jin Hian, who runs Parkway's corporate services arm, may consider the option when his father is no more PM, Vlnce Chong reports FlTexclusive Vince Chong TALL, clean-cut, and armed with a people's touch, Goh Jin Hian looks primed for Singapore politics,
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  • 63 1 Week Change STI 1226.15 -47.70 KLSECOMP 635.66 -1114 NIKKEI 225 8144.12 -***** HANG SENG 8907 10 -215.56 SET INDEX 358.48 -2.84 JAKARTA COMP .389.79 9.43 MANILA COMP ...1014.79 -4.54 TAIPEI WPI 4350.59 -81.87 SEOIXCOMP ***** .-29.41 SHENZHEN B 202.75 -3.98 Al'ST ALL ORD .2715.00 -6:1.40 DOW JONES 7740.03 -151.05
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  • 69 1 FOREX RATES US$ 8$ L'SS (SSperl'SS) 1736 £|l'SS/SS per 1.6414 2.7H4 ElRO(VSS/S$/E). 1.102 1.913 YEN 117.2 67 50 RM 3.800 1189 HKS 7.799 4492 BAHT 4255 24.51 Rl'PlAH 8,886 5.1 18 RENMINBI 8.299 4.780 INDIAN Rl'PEE 47.67 27 46 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.25 imuunni 6.4o HONGKONG 5.000 JAKARTA 39.00
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  • 388 1  -  Byl Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Singapore's $9 billion-a-year plastics industry is grappling with a 25-30 per cent rise in raw material prices caused by the surge in the cost of crude oil. And the situation could worsen, with some in the
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    • 805 2  -  Feb job data makes economists wonder if US is sinking into another recession From, Andrew Marks in New York AS the prospects of war with Iraq have risen since the beginning of the year and corporate profits continue to falter, the
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    • 877 2  -  Chartered Semiconductor's new chief Chia Song Hwee tells Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley that he's not working on a sea change Jennifer Lien SINCE taking over the helm of Chartered Semiconductor eight months ago, Chia Song Hwee has been at the centre
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      314 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Mar 7 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -429.00 -78.00 BTCMM -*****.00 -97.00 BTlMtiH -*****.00 -43.00 MMGEpHm 330.43 -4.73 SG Eqaitias Ekct 113.39 -0.19 SG Eqaibes Fia 1006.25 -16.96 SG EqaMas Pra» 298.89 -3.84 MSCI Sinsapore 149.34 -2.60 SMSC1 Fatam 149.80 -2.20 Stocks Volume Itortw Cwli Stocks Cents W-
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    • 305 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By ven Sreenivasan THE last few weeks have been a nightmare period for bank stocks in general, and DBS Group, in particular. The counter was heavily sold down to as low as $8.65 before it closed at
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    • 801 4  -  l>ll comment STOCKS r. sivanithy THERE'S an old gag which goes something like this: If you're strolling in the woods with a friend and you get chased by a bear, what do you have to do to stay alive? Climb a tree? Stay perfectly still
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    • 687 4 AFP {HONG KONG] Investors kept the US dollar on a tight leash last week due to the looming war in Iraq; some Asian currencies, however, still weakened against the US unit. Lingering doubts expressed by outgoing Bank of Japan governor Masaru
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  • 3083 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global France Index Fd 0 673/ Com Global Lifestyle Index Fd 0 755/ Com Global HeaWt Index Fd 0.733/ Asset Mgt (S pore) Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0 371/ Star Europe Eaty!" 0S» Com Global mfotec Index Fd'" 0254/ Star Europe Bd 1214/ Com Global
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    • 107 4 Market Notices Vicom Ltd will hold its EGM on March 17 at 4pm, Sapphire 3, Social Club House, Level 2, No 1 Orchid Country Club, Orchid Club Road. ♦DELGRO Corp will hold its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on March 19 at 3pm, Mandarin Court, 4th floor, Main Tower, Meritus Mandarin,
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 924 5  -  Osim tops revised index with 91 points for 2002 results; 13 companies score more than last year By' Wong Wei Kong, Jiliana Tay LISTED firms are disclosing more in their cashflow statements but could improve by providing a better breakdown of expenses and
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    • 339 5 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's Thistle Hotels is in talks to auction some of its flagship London hotels to defeat a £554.7 million (551.54 billion) bid from its largest shareholder which it spurned last week, the Sunday Times
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    • 771 5  -  iTToTII locksiew ven sreenivasan THE company has been mired in the red. Sales have stagnated and show no signs of picking up. No dividend has been paid since listing, and the stock is worth less than a quarter of its listing price three years
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    • 279 5 Calling all companies If you have decided on the date to release your financial results, give us a call at 6319-5318 or email us at btnews@sph.com.sg accs ACCORD CUSTOMER CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 21 October 2000) Invitation in respect of 137,000,000 Shares of $0,025
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  • 1159 6 FINANCE COMMODITIES Week ended: Mar 7 AJi sete Maudes>l|* 9wl 1-3»r.long >3)n SDTOAPORE QOTERMMEirr ttMUUUlTlIg INDICATIVE PRICES AMP YIELDS Mm Pita T—Cwii Urtalll TTM H 9Hm TWCMW lllrti Ut* TTM m OWw 7TR 2.250 01-Apr-03 N*****0S 124% 0.425% 100.06 100.11 5-YR 2.625 OHkt-07 N*****0H 1.33% 1.32% 105.70 105.75 7YR 2.500
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  • MAIL bag
    • 275 6  -  Tan Kin Lian Chief Executive Officer NTUC Income Singapore I REFER to the letter "Don't ignore time value of options" by Roger Tan (Mailbag, March 4). He agreed with me that employee stock options should be expensed when granted, and that such
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    • 243 6  -  Siddharth Singh Singapore I REFER to the report "Graduates feel pinch of lower starting pay" (BT. March 7). Given the present economic scenario where lower salaries and more lay-offs are a harsh reality, the students should instead try to make it big on their own
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    • 114 6  -  Ho Hwei Ling Senior Manager, Corporate Communication Infocomm Development Authority Of Singapore WE refer to the report "IDA, Intel in tie-up to build major telecoms bridge" (BT, March 6). The report may have given the impression that IDA had incurred costs on a number
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    • 944 6 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices zigzagged last week as worries of a war in Iraq and low US oil stocks made for volatile trading. An anxiously awaited report on Friday by UN arms inspectors on their work in Iraq provided a focus point throughout
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 412 7  - Sembawang hot spring a potential spa? nr exclusive! STB getting study done to determine commercial feasibility By\ Loh Hui Yin A SPA at the popular Sembawang hot spring could develop if studies show it is feasible. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has asked interested parties to conduct technical investigations and
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    • 512 7  -  147 =4 on the economy investment By Ven Sreenivasan THE markets have already priced in a war and investors with a medium-term investment horizon should be poised to buy into equities. So says OCBC Investment Research in a March 7 report War
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 872 9  -  Tough rules, improving economy, better practices cited as key drivers From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S crippled banking sector may finally be turning around after undergoing five years of consolidation and shake-up, say senior bankers and market analysts. Factors such as tough new
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    • 497 10 HONGKONG Rules may be eased for a few qualified institutional investors: official Bloomberg CHINA may allow domestic institutional investors to buy shares abroad for the first time, a government document said, pointing to a market liberalisation that may benefit stock prices in
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    • 179 10 HONGKONG AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong Financial Secretary Antony Leung yesterday pledged to donate HK$lOO,OOO (5522,250) to charity after it was revealed that he saved thousands by buying a new car before raising vehicle taxes. The move came after local media revealed that Mr
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      • 104 10 AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong executives are now the best paid in Asia, pushing their Japanese counterparts to second place, a survey found yesterday. The poll, conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, found executives in Hong Kong received on average 32 per cent
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      • 76 10 AFP [BEIJING] The risk of a property bubble in Shanghai has risen after China's largest city won the right to host the 2010 World Exposition, prompting the mayor to vow new measures to prevent prices from spinning out of control, state media said yesterday.
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      • 101 10 AFP [BEIJING] The gap between rich and poor in China has risen dramatically since market reforms were introduced a little more than 20 years ago, state media reported yesterday. The wealthiest 20 per cent of Chinese society now account for 51 per cent of
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      • 52 10 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Telekom Malaysia Bhd, the country's biggest phone company, said it will sell RM4 billion (Ssl.B billion) of bonds to help finance a takeover of rival Celcom Malaysia Bhd. Telekom will sell RM2 billion of 10-year bonds and RM2 billion of 15-year bonds,
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    • 666 10  -  I =1 I d ;1 from banqkok harish mehta THE secret of finding lasting happiness in Bangkok is to live near food and water. Having good restaurants within walking distance means not having to drive long distances and getting caught in
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  • 1504 9 SICOM FUTURES Mar 7 RUBBER Future* (Oosinq poets) RSS1 (S centvtuj) ClOM Volume OpM Mont* High Low Sett (towns) Interest Apr 03 187.75 May 03 186.50 Jon 03 106.50 Jul/Sep 03 ***** RSS3(USceats/1q} Volume Optti Month High Low Sett (towel) Merest Apr 03 106.00 106.50 106.00 175 2200 May
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  • CHINA focus
    • 764 11  -  S'pore investors grow high-grade grapes, produce plywood, flour and foodstuffs in far-flung provinces of China, Lob Bui Yin reports Loh Hui Yin WHO says Singaporean businessmen aren't an adventurous bunch? These days, they can be found in the far-flung corners of China, in places like Heilongjiang province
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  • WORLD news
    • 520 12  -  Banks may face capital deficits if stocks continue to dip; analysts Fromj Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN is facing what has now become an almost traditional financial year-end crisis with the Tokyo stock market plunging to new depths and capital deficiencies looming at
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    • 414 12 WASHINGTON Reuters US President George W Bush's plans for new tax cuts and more spending on Medicare and the military would swell federal budget shortfalls by US$2.7 trillion over the next decade, congressional analysts said on Friday. In its annual review of
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    • 561 12 WASHINGTON Reuters, AFP, AP US SECRETARY of State Colin Powell warned yesterday that "time has just about run out" for Iraq. He also said the US had a "strong chance" of getting nine or 10 states in the 15-member United Nations
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    • 385 13 Bloomberg [OMAHA, Nebraska] Berkshire Hathaway Inc. the insurance and investment company owned by billionaire Warren Buffett, said fourth quarter profit rose 12-fold to US$l.lB billion because of higher premiums and gains from junk-bond investments. Net income climbed to US$772 per Class A
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • BIZIT
    • 679 14  -  i'-ii exclusive It's low-cost compared to other options and doesn't need another licence from IDA, Rqjn Chell&m learns Raju Chellam WITH local 3G services still at least a year away, and mobile phone users eyeing new bandwidth-hun-gry applications, US electronics giant Motorola Inc believes it
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    • 272 14  -  Reports by Raju Chellam IN 1962,26 countries in Europe signed up to establish the Groupe Speciale Mobile (GSM). Its objective was to develop specifications for a pan-European mobile communications network that could support a few million subscribers in continental Europe. Two decades later, GSM or Global System
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    • 459 14 WHEN the 3G (third generation) service debuts in Singapore by the end of next year, what can you expect to get on your mobile phone? Will it just be a souped-up version of your current GPRS device or can you expect new services that don't
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    • 856 15  -  111 comment INFOTECH A more mundane and human approach is often better than lavish spending on high-tech solutions lee han shih WHERE the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) goes, Singapore's Land Transport Authority follows and that's not a compliment. When Nasa first sent
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    • 114 15 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, owned by billionaire Li Ka-shing, plans to begin high-speed wireless service in Hong Kong by mid-June, group managing director Canning Fok said. The service will be more expensive than that planned in the UK and Italy, where
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    • ITTAKES
      • 73 15 YAHOO! South-east Asia has appointed Miguel Bernas as head of marketing and communications and promoted Ross Veitch to head of production and engineering. Both will be based in Singapore. Mr Bernas most recently led the marketing and communications team of Virgin Mobile. Mr Veitch established Yahool's operational
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      • 35 15 SUN Microsystems has appointed Celestine Tan (right) as corporate director. Prior to this appointment she was director of marketing for Asia South. Ms Tan will continue to be based in Singapore.
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      • 42 15 Hyperiinx Technology has launched a shopping website caned The Web. It has established partnerships with major shopping centres to act as a centre to broadcast their ongoing promotions and events to consumers on the site. For details, go to www.theweb.com.sg.
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      • 41 15 TRAVEL agencies connected to Singapore-based Abacus International win now be able to issue their customers electronic tickets for travel on Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific. Thailand is the seventh market in Asia where Abacus has implemented electronic ticketing capabilities.
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      • 52 15 Ml has introduced an MMS service called Video Downloads which enables Ml customers to download and enjoy video clips on their phones. Only Sony Ericsson PBOO phones can access the service at present. To get a preview before downloading, users can view stills of the video clips
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      • 44 15 SONICWALL, a leading provider of integrated Internet security appliances, has announced a new MedaUion Partner Program in Singapore. This global channel program is designed to recognise and reward SonicWALL channel partners and service providers who are committed to growing SonicWALL's business.
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      • 46 15 HUMMINGBIRD, a leading developer of enterprise information management systems, has appointed Mr Gorur Raghuram as marketing alliance manager for Hummingbird Asia. Mr Raghuram, who will be based in Singapore, was previously the business development manager of India operations of Syntax Soft-Tech India.
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      • 43 15  -  Compiled by Amit Roy Choudhury COLOURS By The Bay's seven restaurants at the Esplanade are now installed with YeUowspots hotspot high-speed, broadband wireless Internet access. Palette Multimedia, a broadband computing and communications applications firm, is the technology provider.
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    • 707 16  -  A relatively new architecture called Application Networks could do It bill padfield BUSINESS and technology are shifting at such a rapid pace that no single company can compete alone. The development of new, faster technologies is essential to enable businesses to share knowledge and
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    • 240 16  -  By- Amit Roy Choudhury AN ALLIANCE of Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft is now turning its heavy artillery on the burgeoning Asia-Pacific egovernment market. The Keystone Alliance, set up in December 2001 by the three IT majors, initially targeted the financial industry, offering solutions
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    • 838 17  -  LETTER FROM SILICON VALLEY By, Jennifer Lien IT signalled the end of the dotcom era, cried the pundits. The closure of Red Herring, a high-tech magazine synonymous with the Internet, marked the official death of the Internet boom. Except it didn't. It
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    • 268 17 Reuters AMSTERDAM/PARIS] From camera phones to wireless computer connections, the freshest crop of gadgets in years will be unveiled to mainstream buyers at this week's CeBIT trade fair, but few may be in a spending mood. Global economic malaise and the threat of war
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    • 422 18  -  The Permodia system could transform MMS from fad to useful utility. Amlt Roy Choudhury has the details Amit Roy Choudhury Ml says it will launch in April a video service on its multimedia messaging service (MMS) platform product that will be the
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    • 149 18 Reuters [SAN JOSE, California] Online computer gaming in South Korea will be a US$4OO million industry with 20 per cent growth this year, the chief executive of one of South Korea's top gaming companies said on Friday. In a keynote address
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 99 18 CANON Marketing Singapore has introduced four new projectors, all featuring ultra-wide zoom lenses. The details: LV-X2: Costs $3,799, weighs 2.9 kg, offers XGA (1,024 by 768 pixel) resolution at 1,100 lumens' brightness and 300:1 contrast ratio. LV-S2: Costs $2,999, weighs 2.9 kg, offers SVGA (1,400 by
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      • 78 18 TOSHIBA Singapore has launched the SateUite 5200-A750 notebook computer. It is Toshiba's first notebook featuring integrated DVD multi-drive (DVD-R/RW/RAM) technology and comes with the new Nvidia GeForce4 460 Go graphics processing unit "to create the ultimate mobile multimedia experience". The $5,399 notebook rims on a 2 GHz
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      • 81 18 FUJITSU Asia-Pacific has announced its Lifeßook E2OlO notebook computer with optional 802.11b Wi-Fi connectivity and a built-in antenna located on the top cover for optimum reception. "This provides users with a choice to upgrade to wireless LAN when required." Fujitsu said. The $3,888 system weighs 2.65 kg.
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      • 106 18 DELL Computer has introduced two new "desktop alternative" notebook computers targeted at consumers and small businesses under Dell's Inspiron brand. The details: 1100: Prices start from $2,099. It runs on Intel's P4 processors, offers up to 1 GB of RAM, 14.1 or 15-inch XGA or SVGA
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      • 58 18 TREND Micro is ready with PC-cillin 2003. the newest version of its security suite targeted at consumers and small offices. It works on a dialup, wireless or broadband network and combines virus detection and cleaning with an integrated personal firewall. It costs $65 and is available at
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      • 59 18  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam IOMEGA Corp has launched its fastest internal CD-RW drive so far. The 52x24x52 internal CD-RW drive records at 52x and rewrites at 24x. The $129 drive offers "excellent Digital Audio Extraction (DAE) speed with Buffer UnderRun Protection, eliminating the risk of wasted
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    • 1541 17 jflav Singapore Food Industries Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the 29th Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at The Forum. 234 Pandan Loop, Singapore *****2 on Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at 3.00 p.m. to transact
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    • 330 18 s F-3 3 1 P THE WORLD'S MOST COMPAC T ULTRA CRISP INKJET FAX FROM SAMSUNG THAT SAVES ON INK AND CALL CHARGES AND HAS LOADS MORE INTELLIGENT FEATURES FOR TOUR OFriCE AT BOME AT 1 PRICE T IS ALMOST TOO SMALL TO I I I «n fiy iilm <u«s
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    • 296 19 ♦Contributed by Simpson Spence Young DEMOLITION prices remained firm, although there was restricted activity, especially with India where they were awaiting the results of the Budget. WTTT.g niBBIBMi Dione: 75,172 tdw bit 1/01 Samho Heavy reported sold region U5522,300,000 to German buyers. Four Coal: 73,981 tdw bit 99
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    • 267 19 MX *000 MrT *h 1* CWT Distribution 0.58 unch 3 Chuan Hup 0.39 unch 563 Cosco Invastmant 0.19 unch 30 Fraiqht Links 0.03 unch 123 GBHoWmqs 0 59 0.01 10 Jaya Holdings _.0.28 -0.01 1611 KappalCorp 4.10 -0.10 5077 KlVantura 0.14 unch 18 KappalTal* 0.83 unch 0 >jo<-oy
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    • 656 19  -  HEC accuses mainlines of allegedly receiving kickbacks from feeder trade gronp By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The mudslinging from an ongoing shipping dispute in Bangladesh has hit mainline operators with the accusation that they receive "kickbacks" from a Singaporebased feeder trade grouping dubbed the "gang
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    • 496 19 Fond to be set np to reduce air pollution; Cosco terminal to go ahead NYT [LOS ANGELES] A state judge has approved a US$6O million settlement, clearing the way to open a major development at the city's port while securing cleaner air
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    • 172 19 Bloomberg [LONDON] Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Co (P&O), the No 1 UK seafreight company, had a fullyear loss compared with a year-earlier profit after an economic slowdown hurt earnings at its cargo joint venture. The net loss was £179.7 million (*****.2 million), or 27.1 pence
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    • 838 20  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes AS the political storm caused by the loss of the tanker Prestige last November continues unabated, the inquiries into the reasons for the casualty appear to be in their final stages. At the end of
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    • 210 20 PAGE Avant 8 B'tang Mas 5 BSA 6 BSC 8 BTL 8 Cargoways 8 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 Chahaya 8 China Shpg 5 Confer 8 Cougar 5 CWT Globelink ...6 Del mas 4 Dongnama 3 EP Carriers 8 ECL 3 EIS 6 Eng Lee 8 ESP Lines
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      • 619 27 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL CHEN YU NO 7 TOC 36 J6 A/SIDE 10/03 2359 INDUSTRIAL C *****9 J24 A/SIDE 10/03 0200 MARE THRACIU 006W J18/19 A/SIDE 10/03 0200 TIRTASARI 13/03 J10 A/SIDE 10/03 1200 ALICA 0302A J4 10/03 0800 11/03 0800 ASIAN REX
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      • 2053 27 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ACX DAHLIA 0S9N 059N 1 11/03/2003-08 00 JW3/2003 1 700 T02 ACX RAFFLES 075S 0755 1 11/03/2003-0600 11/*****3 1800 AEGEAN EXP 315 31S 1 12X13/2003 23 59 13/*****3-0930 ALTONA 0319
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      • 141 27 liar 10 Cyprus: Ash Monday Greece: Ash Monday Mar 11 Lithuania: Day of Rest of Lituanii Statehood Mar 14 Brunei: Maulud MarlS Belarus: Constitution Day Hungary: Anni of 1848 Revo Marie Thailand: Makha Bucha Day Mar 17 US: President's Day Ireland: St Patrick's Day Mar 19 Malta: Feast
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      • 793 27 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 average sized stem Market movements are indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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      • 514 27 Carbon 180 Mai 990.7 0.4 13.4 0.06 38 0.02 Ft* 27 OtMttv Niter Residue AshAhnmntuin Sediment No above E25 0 0 0 0 0 0 TTJ 380 Aw 984.4 0.2 14.0 0.05 21 0.02 Um, 380 Mil 992J 2.0 »J 0.09 49 0.05 u/m-3 %in »M/M
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 386 28 American and US Airways will waive some fees in case of a Code Red alert Reuters [NEW YORK] Several US airlines say they will loosen travel restrictions and waive some fees in the event of war on Iraq or
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      • 253 28 AP [SEATTLE] Boeing expects to stop making some specialised airplane parts and contract that work to outside vendors, a Boeing vice president wrote in a memo to employees. The memo recently from Liz Otis, vice-president and general manager for the division, told employees that the
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      • 278 28 Xinhua [WELLINGTON] The number of defects and incidents blighting passenger jets has increased by 60 per cent in just over a year, a safety report from New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) shows. The report, released yesterday, revealed there were 193 reported aircraft
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      • 207 28 AP [BERLIN] Lufthansa said it will begin offering businessonly flights on two new routes between Germany and the US in May, bidding for a bigger slice of the executive market at a time when overall passenger numbers remain depressed. From May 19,
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      • 310 28 Reuters [GENEVA] The head of the global airlines body, the International Air Transport Association, (lata) on Thursday denounced planned new charges to carriers at London's Heathrow airport as unacceptable and said they undercut industry' recovery at a time of crisis. Giovanni Bisignani, made his
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      • 211 28 AP [HANOI, Vietnam] Vietnam and the United States will launch a second round of talks this week aimed at concluding an aviation pact on direct flights between the two countries, the US Ambassador to Vietnam said. Ambassador Raymond Burghardt said previous
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      • LOGBook
        • 88 28 AP [MELBOURNE] A steering problem has been blamed for an incident in which a United Airlines Boeing 747-400 veered off the tarmac at Melbourne Airport after it landed and was heading to its gate. An Australian Transport Safety Bureau spokesman said he understood Friday's mishap
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        • 66 28 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Shenyang Aircraft Corp, which makes airplane parts for Airbus SAS and Boeing Co, is in talks with subsidiaries of General Dynamics Corp and Textron Inc to make ultralight aircraft "We've been trying to find good partners like Cessna Aircraft Co and Gulfstream Aerospace.
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    • 1208 21 ■p—f w 1 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE rasa yot sw or m» mm haw »v sou iflTllwsa Ivor m« han bv sai w m HIUOWMGMES 342W W/03 22/03 M/B3 30/03 01/04 26/03 MDUVRMMU 0071 11/02 20/09 22/02 23/02 11/U tfIUMC HOW 13/03 02/04 04/04 31/03 MCOUL 1101 22/02 23/02 20/02
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    • 801 22 HMNE= HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTD. Hiwipi|i: wwwi—2ljf NO. ltt*7MooooH |¥Bsa wr si*] sou ia |hm mit imm Ntv |vnsa vot sou luh I «t» I ant I ha« I Hv" "JT HTMGHNESS MIW 11/03 01/04 10/03 71/01 30/01 HTFBMAI 3411 M/ 01 11/01 14/01 10/01 15/01 AH ■ELMO IO2W
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    • 1224 23 IVISSfI VOY KHH HKO WW HO. PXS EAS PMM MC MAN TEHRAN PCI 302 11/03 12/03 15/03 16/03 23/03 14/03 31/03 02/04 M.V. UNDAVIA PCI 303 l»/03 19/03 22/03 23/03 30/03 31/03 04/04 10/04 NUN KERMAN PCI 304 25/03 26/03 29/03 30/03 07/04 04/04 15/04 17/04 MAN ISFAHAN PCL 305
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    • 521 24 IBkyowaline V»l ¥»y 9tm Nim|MK»|<W Kt TH* >■■■ I M 4— Woshinqton Senator 955E 11/03 20/03 26/03 27/03 Woshinqton Senotor 955E 11/03 21/03 02/04 Woshinqton Senotor 955E 11/03 23/03 Q2/04 04/Q4 Woshinqton Senotor 955E 11/03 10/04 20/04 22/04 24/04 Jopon Senotor W IWHT "WOT 1W Jooon Senotor 944E" ITO 10/04
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 122 27 i REGIONAL WEATHER jflliH 5 FOR 7AM 10 Mar 2003 Issued by Meteorological Service Division,NEA LEGEND: i <1 Thunderstom Wind speed symbols Showers Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds Rain One half fleche represents 5 knots Cloudy Day One full fleche represents 10 knots Hazy
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    • 261 28 FAR EAST WEST AFRICA TRADE Increase in Bunker Adjustment f BAF Arising from the regular review, based on the latest Bunker Oil Prices, Member lines of the FEWAF (Far East West Africa Forum) wish to announce that the level of BAF since Ist January 2003 USD 75 per TEU will
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