The Business Times, 29 August 2003

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    16 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE n .tcrr.o'i. nttp://business-times.asial .com.sg FRIDAY, AUGUST 29. 2003
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    Lock icon A right step in tackling longer-term issues
    1712 1  -  Analygfjg «—Utr ih* i> expected CPF cat would ease initial contraction By Chuang Peck and Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] The initial impact on the economy would still be contractionary, but not half as severe as earlier expected. Indeed, having been primed for a 6-point
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    Lock icon How the CPF changes will affect you
    303 1 More companies may set up own pension schemes, while individuals will have to cut costs and boost personal savings. Pg 4 Over a third of members servicing mortgage payments from their CPF accounts have monthly payments equal to or more than their Ordinary
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    Lock icon CPF cuts for a competitive edge
    841 1 EDITORIAL Every few years, that pillar of the Singapore economy that is the Central Provident Fund (CFF) has seen refinements and adjustments In one direction or another. But the sweeping changes in the CPF system announced by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in parliament
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      Lock icon Some disappointed with smaller than expected cuts
      672 2  -  But others say govt has struck a good balance with the wage measures By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Will the latest overhaul of Singapore's Central Provident Fund scheme send out a strong message to companies and potential investors, or is it really an insufficient
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      Lock icon GST hike will eat into CPF cuts: economists
      590 2 Retailers fear drop in inceme will dampen spending ZfyAagaiaTMi V [SINGAPOREJ-*alAng the Gopds'and Services Tax (GST) would increase Operating costs that will eat into or even neutralise the savings companies will enjoy from the CPF cuts, economists and retailers warn. This is
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      Lock icon Cuts seen as moderate; middle-income earners hardest hit
      974 2  -  By Genovieve Ona [SINGAPORE] The adjustments in the CPF rates and the monthly salary ceiling for contributions turned out to be more moderate than expected, but die biggest impact is still expected to be on the middle-income earners, in particular those between
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  • CPF: IMPACT
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Local banks stand by to help home loan customers
      634 4  -  They offer to extend loan tenure or add co-berrowers to help repayments By Serena Ng CPF cuts will make it harder for many people to service their housing loans, but Singapore banks said yesterday they will help out DBS Bank, United
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      Lock icon Companies urged to set up 2nd pillar of savings
      780 4  -  Let centributions be variable component: PwC director By Teh Hoot Ling COMPANIES will now have to play a more active role in providing the second pillar of retirement savings for their employees following changes to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) scheme.
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      Lock icon Medisave: how much is enough?
      568 4  -  Catering for medical cast inflation is tricky By Genovieve Ona ENFORCING a minimum sum for Medisave accounts is one way to make sure people have some savings to meet future healthcare needs, hut the big question is: Will those savings be enough? Insurance will help
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  • CPF: MARKETS
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Milder cuts bring hope of relief rally
      465 5  -  Property stocks ease bat broad market reaction muted By Ven Sreenivasan DESPITE having had more than a week to respond to impending Central Provident Fund rate cuts, the Singapore stock market stumbled yesterday afternoon as Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong revealed the measures.
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      Lock icon Dent on housing affordability seen
      729 5  -  But analysts say cuts are not as big as feared By Kalpana Rashiwala THE CPF rate cut and other changes announced yesterday will undoubtedly dent housing affordability and affect the perception of property as a default long-term investment. But on the positive side, the cuts
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      Lock icon What they said
      133 5 'Certainly Singapore needs to respond to the economic climate and respond decisively. The three-point cut is not earth-shattering but who says the earth needs a shattering? The government has decided on a retuning that is absolutely down to earth.' —Peter Tan, tax principal, PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore "We are
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      168 5 II fci expect performance I A'rM:"'■•■'■yt ,-j v.< jf"' rii i 1 >^rS -^|f§i ??a «n s®sitefSi« f n roae *he Touareg serves as a luxury sedan, and off-road, Car of the Year," says Auto Bild Magazine, Germany. Clearly, a,,ac ts terrain with a mountain goat attitude," says Car the
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  • CPF: PM SPEECH
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Socioeconomic imperative
      3132 6 We reproduce excerpts from the ministerial statement by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in Parliament yesterday on retiming the CPF WE NEED to retune our CPF scheme to strike a better balance between our social objectives and our economic concerns. We will need to address four aspects of
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      195 7 Grand CONGRATULATIONS FROM YOUR BUSINESS PARTNERS AND FRIENDS! n ,Snt JOVy3< TETSUJIN T* GOLF t .£tL T Orij ywxt HRMRIO CTBGOLFCOLTD iv /"v sss*soas Hi Vyy I&UHNAFIONAI IMNUMCTUNKW OF MUS POR A KM SMCK WH I HIWIWiTII PlB-LS diamond touch ||BZjlßiiAl| con always In touch NIPPON SHAFTS CO feW K
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  • CPF: REACTIONS
    • Article
      Lock icon Transport, service firms seen benefiting most from cuts
      508 8  -  SMRT will see biggest gain, with 7% bottomline boost By Angela Tan LISTED companies could see a one to 7 per cent boost in their fiscal 2004 bottomline as wage costs fall when employers' contribution to the CPF is cut to 13
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      Lock icon MPs call on employers to compensate staff
      660 8  -  By Anna Teo THE onus is now on employers to put their "windfall" savings from the CPF cuts to profitable use for their company and share the spoils, not with shareholders but employees, Members of Parliament said yesterday. Speaking after Prime Minister Goh
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      Lock icon What they said
      357 8 'Taking the CPF cuts entirely from the Ordinary Account is contractionary. It is like trying to fix a long-term problem with short-term measures. Funds in the Ordinary Account are quasi-consumption, as many use them to pay mortgages. It is more logical to take the cut from the
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Tough test for NOL captain
      576 9  -  HOCK lock siew beth jinks CAN Neptune Orient Lines' new chief executive David Lim succeed in getting the company off its roller-coaster ride of enormous swings in profitability and share price? This, as group chairman Cheng Wai Keung intimated at its happy interim results briefing,
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Heeton seeks Sesdaq listing now
        50 9 PROPERTY developer and wet market operator Heeton Holdings is seeking a listing on Sesdaq, instead of the mainboard it earlier planned, with an offer of 30.5 million new shares at 21 cents each. The offer, including a public tranche 0f850,000 units, closes on Sept 4.
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        Lock icon Hyflux proposes l-for-4 boons issue
        32 9 HYFLUX Limited has proposed a l-for-4 bonus issue of up to 62.7 million new shares. This involves capitalising up to $3.1 million from the share premium account.
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        Lock icon Pertama posts net profit of $7.46m
        34 9 PERTAMA Holdings has lifted net profit to $7.45 million for the year ended June 30, up from $2.28 million. Group turnover rose 14 per cent to $364.3 million.
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        Lock icon Intraoo posts interim loss
        40 9 INTRACO has reported a loss of $825,000 for interim 2003, against a profit of $3.9 million in the previous first half, which included exceptional items of $6.5 million. Turnover was $139.4 million, up 21 per cent.
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        Lock icon QAF reports 89.2m loss for Q2
        35 9 QAF reported a loss of $9.2 million for its second quarter this year, down from a profit of $653,000. Net revenue was 2 per cent up at $209.9 million.
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      Lock icon Chartered moves Fab 1 to China firm for $33m
      387 9  -  Deal will result in the loss of 500 jobs and save company US$25m a year By Raju Chellam MAINBOARD-LISTED Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing has tied up with a China-based foundry to transfer Chartered's older equipment and technology to the Chinese company for
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      Lock icon CityDev Q2 net plunges to $10.7 m
      325 9  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala PROPERTY heavyweight City Developments yesterday posted a 69.8 per cent drop in second-quarter net profit to $10.7 million while first-half net earnings fell 30.9 per cent to $48.8 million. But most analysts were not surprised by the earnings decline given
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      Lock icon SGX raps L&M for delay in issuing annual report
      375 12  -  Failure constitutes breaches of listing rules, it warns By Andrea Tan L&M Group Investment was publicly rapped by the Singapore Exchange for failing to announce immediately its qualified auditors' report and issuing its annual report five months after its financial year-end.
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      Lock icon Ipco seeking legal advice on shareholders' notice
      304 12 Firm concerned that they allegedly spoke to media before getting its response THE public spat between the management and several minority shareholders of Ipco International continued yesterday, with Ipco expressing concern at the disgruntled investors' alleged move to go to the media before
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      99 9 Learn to Trade Markets the "TURTLE" Method Singapore August 30-31 Market Wizard RICHARD DENNIS traded $400 into S US$2OO million then taught 22 novices to be J successful "Turtle Traders 4 J Now US Author. Original Turtle. CTA& NFA IJIi member Russell Sands will personally teach j < YOU all
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      311 10 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Aug 28 VALUE CLOSE IT0M» -272.00 -126.00 irCOPI -*****.00 -18.00 iriHayMA -*****.00 *27.00 UMBMhi 431.51 +0.01 «Qf|dinnirl 169.43 +4.58 1358.70 +2.27 MrMMnftM 388.80 -4.49 WatlBginn 196.85 +0.36 WWhtw 196.30 -0.50 Stocks Volume Apex-Pal 4c 92,306,000 BBR Hkfcs 5c 84,621,000 Chart SemiCond 26c 39,285,000 SmgPost5c 34.882,000 IPC020C 24,759,000
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      Lock icon Sunningdale's retracement brings it back to attractive levels
      269 10  -  By Ven Sreenivasan AFTER leaping as much as 44 per cent from its offer price of 32 cents, the stock of Sunningdale Precision Industries has now retraced to more attractive levels. It closed half a cent down at 40 cents yesterday as
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      Lock icon Market dances to the tune of CPF cuts
      637 10  -  BT comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE stock market gyrated nervously yesterday as players waited for the government's announcement of changes to Central Provident Fund contribution rules. And when the news finally came through late in the afternoon, the Straits Times Index stumbled,
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      Lock icon New Zealand dollar's turn to be whacked
      613 10  -  BT comment CURRENCIES But gold hits multi-month highs too, in a sign that all is not well for US$ larry wee IT was the New Zealand dollar's turn to get hammered in Asian trading yesterday, as investors continued to desert high-yielders in favour
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      171 11 TOYOTA The badge that outsells all others..: Toyota outsold all other brands across three segments category A saloons, category B saloons and seven-seater MPVs. This further consolidates Toyota's position as Singapore's No. 1 automobile brand" with over 120,000 proud customers at last count Naturally, we're delighted. And overwhelmed by your
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      3614 12 Notices J liability upto 31 03 2002 amounting to Rs 55 85 crores Mk Consequently the Profit for the year is lower by Rs 55 85 crores lAI 111 m M\ wfl. 12 As the Bank is not having Subsidiaries/ Associates/ Joint Ventures V ImVI I Accounting Standard Nos 31.23.and
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon DPM Lee: PMO not over-staffed
      408 13  -  By Kenneth Lim JUST over a third, or seven out of 19, of Singapore's Cabinet ministers belong to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), not including a senior minister of state and Non-Constituency MP Steve Chia wondered yesterday if that is too many. No, said Deputy
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      Lock icon Centrepoint's Quintet EC will test home-buyers' mood
      359 13  -  Close watch on market with Ghost Month over and CPF cuts out By Andrea Tan THIS weekend has been marked on the calendar of every developer and property observer in town. It's the first weekend after Hungry Ghost Month and more importantly, after
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      Lock icon Businessmen debut on SIAC board
      270 13 BUSINESS people are sitting on the board of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) for the first time in its 12-year history, says the Singapore Business Federation (SBF). SIAC came under the stewardship of SBF in April, after having been allied with the Law Academy
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      Lock icon H1 investment pledges total $3.7b
      330 13  -  Net investment manufacturing commitments hit $51.7b between 1997 and 2002 By Raju Chellam DESPITE companies having scaled back their operations in Singapore, the country managed to attract net investment commitments worth $51.7 billion in manufacturing between 1997 and 2002, including $38.3 billion in foreign investment.
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      Lock icon En bloc sale: time limit for consent under review
      304 13 THE Ministry of Law is reviewing the procedures for en bloc deals and is "favourably" considering setting a time limit allowed for the parties concerned to obtain the required consent quota from owners. "The ground feedback is that there are no
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      Lock icon Case raps AIA over letter sent to policyholders
      143 13 THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) yesterday came down hard on insurance giant ALA in the latest twist in the "critical year" saga. It hit out against a letter received by some of its members from ALA. In the second paragraph, the
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      60 13 Most Creative Entrepreneur CONTEST WINNERS We announced Singapore's Most Creative Entrepreneur Olivia Lum last week. Among those who voted in our poll, the following three readers were picked to win a Royal Salute 21 each: Nancy W«l Mol En (1C*****50H), who also wins a Raffles Hotel weekend stay at the
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      331 13 nu MMK im m ma IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTE* Of JIANGZHOU SHIPPING PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At on Extroordinory General Meeting of the Members of JIANGZHOU SHIPPING PTE LTD, duly convened ond held at 5001 l»odi Rood #07-25 Golden
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      924 13 GPindustries GP Industries Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Unaudited First Quarter Report (for the three months ended 30 June 2003) The Board of Directors of GP Industries Limited is pleased to announce the unaudited consolidated results of the Group for the financial quarter ended 30 June 2003 as
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  • COMMENTARIES & opinion
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      Lock icon Warren Buffett: the Sage of China as well?
      806 14  -  THE bottom line OPINION William pesek jr Bloomberg WARREN Buffett, Sage of China? It may be time to add this to the list of nicknames by which the Sage of Omaha is known. That's because the world's second-richest man made a big
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      54 14 'If you want to make a lot of money, you don't put Mother Teresa on your compensation committee. In Grasso's case, the compensation committee got influenced by the Wall Street biggies.' -Graof Crystal a Bloomberg News columnist, on the report that NYSE chairman Richard Grasso is being
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      Lock icon Currency trading's secretive side
      671 14  -  NDFs are now the chief tool for betting on appreciation in currency, especially in China By Vidya Ranganathan Reuters [SINGAPORE] It was 1995 and Mexico had just devalued its peso, triggering a sell-off in markets across Latin America in what became known as the "Tequila crisis".
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      Lock icon A euro equivalent for Asia? Long way to go
      1238 14  -  Build step by step, says ADB's treasurer. Asian governments should develop domestic bond markets first, before attempting to set up regional markets From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE development of an Asian bond market has become something of an obsession among
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      Lock icon Consider risks in outsourcing
      396 14  -  MAIL bag Penelope Phoon-Cohen (Mrs) Head Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Singapore I REFER to the report "Outsourcing may grip finance and accounting next" (BT, August 22, 2003). Outsourcing will continue to be discussed and implemented if companies believe they can perform the same work
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  • REGIONAL news
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        Lock icon Thai banks may have to up provisions
        92 15 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's central bank may ask lenders to set aside more money to cover bad loans after asking DBS Thai Danu Bank to increase provisions, Fitch Ratings said. "Other banks appear, if anything, even less well reserved and capitalised" than DBS TTiai
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        Lock icon PCCW returns to profit
        91 15 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's PCCW Ltd yesterday said it returned to profitability in the first half, but weakness at its undersea cable joint venture pulled earnings down to well below expectations. PCCW, headed by 36-year-old Richard Li, reported a HK|7O3 million profit (SslsB million) for
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        Lock icon Infineon invests RM300m in Malaona
        59 15 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] German-based semiconductor company Infineon Technologies has invested an additional RM3OO million (*****.4 million) to increase production at its base in Malacca. Managing director and country manager Wilhelm Fluit said the investment, made in the financial year ending September 2003, would support the
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        Lock icon Manila bid to sell power grid fails
        69 15 Bloomberg {MANILA] The Philippines failed in its second attempt to attract more bids for its power transmission wires, paving the way for possible negotiations with Singapore Power, the sole interested party. The government declared unsuccessful its second round of bidding since no company
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        Lock icon Philippines averts recession in Q2
        74 15 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippines narrowly averted its first recession since 1996 in the second quarter, but analysts warned political risks ahead of next May's election were threatening the economy. But Socio-economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri forecast growth in the second half of the year. The
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        Lock icon HK to launch China futures index
        71 15 Reuters [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong stock exchange plans to launch a China futures index by the end of the year that is expected to be based on the H-share index of Hong Kong-listed mainland companies, which has rallied 60 per cent this year.
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      Lock icon Maybank awards CSC RM1.3b IT outsourcing deal
      273 15 KUALA LUMPUR Contract probably biggest yet in corporate circle TWO units of US-based Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), which controls CSA Holdings in Singapore, have won a RMI.3 billion (Ss6oo million) contract to handle the IT outsourcing needs of Malaysia's biggest bank. Malayan Banking
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      Lock icon Thailand to invest US$700m, cut tax to lure oil traders
      361 15 BANGKOK Pipelines, storage tanks planned to compete with S'pore as trading centre Bloomberg THAILAND will invest US$7OO million in oil pipelines and cut taxes for oil businesses to attract energy trading companies and compete with Singapore as a regional oil
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      Lock icon Union opposes Dyson's production shift to M'sia
      360 15  -  They pressure British Parliament to intervene against outsourcing From Neil Behrmann in London DYSON, the British appliance group, is confronting unions, following the decision to switch production of washing machines from Wiltshire, UK, to Malaysia. Only 65 jobs will be lost but the
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      Lock icon Genting, Sime Darby plan to bid for Aussie power plant
      501 16 HONG KONG Renewed interest in Loy Yang comes days before a deal with Australian Gas expires Bloomberg GENTING Bhd and Sime Darby Bhd of Malaysia plan to revive a bid for Loy Yang A power station, matching the A 53.5
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      Lock icon Consider HK$ peg to yuan: economist
      282 16 HONG KONG Peg not threatened by huge Budget deficit as government reserves are large, he says Reuters PEGGING the Hong Kong dollar to the Chinese yuan instead of the US dollar, which it has been linked to for nearly 20 years, is a move
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      Lock icon Stanchart plans to incorporate in HK
      221 16 HONG KONG AFP GLOBAL bank Standard Chartered may incorporate itself in Hong Kong as it commits to being a key play in China's banking sector, it was reported yesterday. The British-based company's chairman Bryan Sanderson told the South China Morning Post the bank is
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      1160 16 \Cail toll-free 1800 289 8822 A SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING |f w CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES (Incorporated in Japan with Limited Liability) SMBC Annual Report for the Year Ended March 31, 2003 I BOARD OF MRKCTOftS (As of Jure 30,2003) Chairman of the Board Aklshlge Okada Prwkltnt and CEO Yoshlfuml Nlthlkawa* Deputy
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      501 16 China Leading National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone in National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone Seminar on Business Opportunities Investment Environment Investing in Western China has become the latest trend among many Sngapore companies. To help them get a better understanding of the available business opportunities and foster a closer relationship between
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      419 16 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SITACLEAN TECHNOLOGIES PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) I, Lionel John Kneger. the undersigned duly authorised representative of SITA. which is beneficially entitled to the whole of the issued share capital of Sitacleon Technologies Pte lid.
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      345 16 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND FAR EASTERN SILo'H&KNSSF(&INGAPORE) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 ol the Companies Act. Cap. 50. the Final Meeting of the abovenamed Company will be nek) at 18
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      1427 17 g The Sumitomo Trust Banking Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Japan with Limited Liability) Consolidated Balance Sheets Consolidated Statements of Operations As at March 31,2003 and 2002 For the years ended March 31, 2003 and 2002 Millions of Yen Millions of Yen 2003 2002 2003 2002 Income: Cash and Due from
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      449 17 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50. [(Saetion 290{2)(b)] AND IN THE MATTER OF OSPREY MARITIME LIMITED (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At on Extraordinary G*n«ral Meeting of the Company held at 8 Cross Street *17-00 PWC Building Singapore *****4 on the 20th day of August
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      498 22  -  The Wedding Banquet The Musical' needs considerable tightening before it can be a richly complex whole, says PARVATHI NAYAR PARVATHI NAYAR THE Wedding Banquet The Musical is based, of course, on the much-loved film by Ang Lee. The film was a beautifully crafted exploration
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      222 22 CBYPTIC CROSSWORD found lying round about (5) 29 Discourage speed (4) 14 Amused or confused? (10) Across: 1 Imbibing, 5 Stucco, 30 Body search ord ered after 16 Wo rtong for others, they'll get 10 Occasional table, 11 Dowsome douot (4-fc) niee break in time (8) ries, 12 Tangent, 13
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      1386 23 SINGAPORE already has a mushrooming spa industry, but the latest entrants are banking on visual impact, reputation and general "wow" factor to win potential clients over. We look at how some of the newest entrants are trying to make an impact. WATERFLOOR SPA M Hotel Singapore,
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      827 24  - Pepping up the Spa The S'pore spa market may be mature, but there's room for revenue growth, reports CORINNE KERK CORINNE KERK THE economy remains sluggish, jobs are still on the line and CPF rates are soon to be cut. Yet, spa operators—whose massages and treatments typically cost about $100
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      483 25  -  By Larry Wee tumultuous year, if ever there was one. We had war, Sars, a weak world economy, an exploding Swiss franc and a weaker Singapore dollar. And there was the constant buzz in watch circles that those who depend on outsiders to supply watch cases, dials
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      542 26  -  By LARRY WEE THESE guys know their stuff, but we're not talking about Italian opera, Placido Domingo. Jose Carreras or Luciano Pavarotti. Instead, we're talking about the scions of three leading Singapore "watch families" singing the praises of their favourite watches. Earlier this year, we approached
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      601 26 Executive director Cortina Watch Carlo Ferarra Regolatore The revolutionary innovation is represented by the face of the watch designed by Carlo Ferrara, in the space from which we read the hours and minutes. The hour and the minute hands rotate and move along a straight path, and they
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      1147 28 Group managing director Sincere Fine Watches Thank you for providing this opportunity for me to reflect on the business that I am engaged in daily. Seldom do I get a chance to take time off to think about the more pleasurable aspects of the watch trade, and
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      1203 30  -  Heading for open seas or just want something that keeps pace with your hectic lifestyle? LARRY WEE has some suggestions LARRY WEE WE are proud to start off this section with two of the all-time classics in men's sports watches: The Omega Speedmaster and the Rolex Submariner.
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      1437 34 Business development manager The Hour Glass For the purist collector, the satisfaction of owning a "fine" watch goes far beyond the utilitarian purpose of the time-keeper. Rather, it lies in the acquisition of knowledge surrounding the piece itself. This knowledge guides the collector towards the path of discovery:
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      1215 36  -  Few can match Vacheron Constantin for their craft with skeletonised movement work, as SUTJAHJO NGASERIN finds out SUTJAHJO NGASERIN I HAVE had a love affair with finely made wristwatches for a very long time now, and experience has taught me that no matter how much we
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      2200 40  -  By now, a good number of true-blue watch-lovers must have heard about the runaway success that is Francois-Paul Journe. They kicked him out of watchmaking school, but he still made it big time! SUTJAHJO NGASERIN, our good friend and fellow watch-nut, had the opportunity to speak extensively
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      1454 42  -  This is where you "window-shop" with BT if you want to get a gent's wrist watch which tells the time and sometimes more with quiet style. Something that stands out for its looks but never makes too brash a statement LARRY WEE presents a selection over three pages,
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      2301 46  -  PETER CHONG speaks to its maker, Thomas Prescher PETER CHONG WAS it coincidence or fate? To start with, there seemed to be an explosion of tourbillons at the Swiss watch fairs this year. And word quickly got around that Franck Muller had built a wrist watch
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      1349 48  -  With fine mechanical timepieces back in favour as quartz gets edged out of fashion, the exquisite work of age-old German brands deserves some attention. HANS ZBINDEN documents the return of the Teutonic tradition HANS ZBINDEN JUST a mere decade ago, even the most accomplished fortune-teller
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      1570 50  -  LARRY WEE takes a peek at the rigorous art of polishing a watch at the Lange service centre in Hong Kong LARRY WEE IF you think that polishing a watch is a simple matter like polishing your shoes, think again. It's not just about taking a piece of
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      932 53  -  LARRY WEE attempts to explain both sides of a hotly-contested issue LARRY WEE SWITZERLAND'S powerful Swatch Group is the major supplier of third-party movements to the Swiss watch industry today with their ownership of respected movement names such as ETA, Piguet and Lemania. For at least
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      1821 54  -  Ulysse Nardin's CEO Rolf Schnyder gives LARRY WEE an insider's view on trends in the Swiss watch industry today LARRY WEE OVER a small watch-lovers' dinner in Singapore earlier this year, Rolf Schnyder, the CEO of Ulysse Nardin, an independent Swiss watch company loved and respected by
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      1530 56 CEO Rolf Schnyder talks about his genius partner-in-crime Ludwig Oechslin LARRY WEE: Rolf, let's now talk about something far more pleasant. In the last three years, you have wowed watch-lovers the world over with wonderful innovations such as the Freak in 2001, the Genghis Khan
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      768 59  -  LARRY WEE finds out what secrets Ulvsse Nardin CEO Rolf Schnyder has unearthed in his study of the mystic arts LARRY WEE WATCH-LOVERS here in Singapore are very privileged because Ulysse Nardin head honcho Rolf Schnyder is often just around the corner in Kuala Lumpur, where
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      1189 60  -  Be it mechanical or quartz, glittery or subtle, LARRY WEE reckons there's a watch to suit every lady's taste LARRY WEE THIS year, we've found so many ladies' watches'we like that it was quite a chore whittling down our choices to a manageable number. Even so, they easily
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      1575 66  -  The building of a tourbillon can be seen as a personal milestone proclaiming that the watchmaker has arrived. LARRY WEE highlights some pieces LARRY WEE THERE were music boxes, split-second chronographs, perpetual calendars, grande sonneries and great-sounding alarm watches galore among the high-end watches displayed at
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      625 70  -  LARRY WEE explains some of the fascinating mechanisms that make time fly! LARRY WEE Perpetual calendars Besides merely telling the time, perpetual calendar watches report the day of the week, the date, the month, and the phase of the moon from small sub-dials or windows set into
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      1728 71  -  LARRY WEE looks at the precious few timepieces issued as limited editions LARRY WEE EACH year, proud watchmakers make it a point of honour to present pieces that are either so difficult, or f costly, to make that they can only be sold in very
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      2276 74  -  LARRY WEE meets the JC boy whose views on and dealings in watches have surprised the international electronic community LARRY WEE WATCH-lovers who surf the Web's watch forums may recall reading the thoughts of one SJX, who posts his ideas at online forums of sites
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      52 29 I m j SWISS WATCHMAKER SINCE 1911 I A t -i —Tl•' v EXCLUSIVELY A VAILABLE AT: CHEW CHEONQ: *****561 *****703 *****686 CORTINA: *****084 *****668 *****185 *****728 DELUXE EASTERN: *****536 EMOTUS: *****690 QASSAN WATCHES: *****589 PRECIOUS TIME: *****939 RICHBURQH: *****362 ROY EASTERN: *****139 SINCERE: *****618 *****648 *****150 WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND:
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      129 30 Inventive and unconventional, Gerald Genta has continually revolutionised the world of exclusive watchmaking since it was founded in 1969. Combining the high tradition of Swiss watchmaking with avant-garde design, innovative materials, ingenious technology and highly complicated movements, the Gerald Genta timepiece is dedicated to those with a cosmopolitan and non-conformist
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      90 31 1 Deep in the workshops of a manufacture tucked away in the heart of the Valine de Joux, the watchmakers at Daniel Roth are suspended in the measure of time. Passionate to the extreme, they have given their spirit to Time. To conceive movements of infinite complication, of infinite beauty,
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      274 32 "A Nardin watch should not be sold: bL^^■|P^^^sfl^!fsssss^BP®6i^^^^s^B^^^ 1 4 jPSjj^^ 1 it should be bought." Ernest Nardin JH/ yfyO^^mm aKfr Vv < o/ jf. <*>■"%'sw^j>»£ <gu vH /jfmf **MF- vc <J Jks A V<c vk W W Hwl A name synonymous with exclusive and legendary M> fl| 4 yH
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      243 33 "For a timepiece to bear the Harry Winston name, it has to be exceptional. It is in our firm's nature to Kfl^, be a pioneer, to live on the creative edge/'-Rooaid Winston Long before Harry Winston Rare Timepieces came into V jflr ||kM§ being, there was the House of Harry
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      98 35 Va < lT^*' w# jBPPP^^ >/ Wristwatch "Grande Complication" in 18-carat yellow gold Hand-wound mechanical movement. Hour and minute dial off-centred. B-shaped small seconds hand on the Tourbillon shaft. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a %o^l*f^-A>^%*^*—^^m* rose engine. Sapphire case back. Water-resistant. DCJJIIiS 1775 B SINGAPORE MALAYSIA (*****-K) TAKASHIMAYA SC.
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      99 36 The legend reveals another dimension .A "4 *lisHfc<aLife fiwfii I H I;: I WW I 1 jfe *;f*&jß&Bs I 1 wfl I.- pi f ij i^H ifilpyifc a s^BESPssss^&^ErSsfe» I I I I'-" 1 i." r —■mw'i'- ftfaajjMiiiaii— case revolves majestically to reveal unique dual personality. On one side. large
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      100 39 -i M AGAIN Omega the ever 'mSfSBto develop the Co-Axial escapement, redefin- n 8 e basic principle of the mechanical \V j3BB watch which had remained unchanged for i over 200 years. This revolutionary escapement /g eliminates almost all friction and maintains H^\ accuracy over much longer periods. -41 N
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      109 73 MOVADO movado is recognized for hnologv cind for its longtime association with en fists i nd 'he rt<- the ,ntc r-ki* j ovan' have embraced movado's connection to o »-*garcp sophT.tir.ation and ruit./f< today 4PfR^ movado watches are in the permanent co e f ve' 20 museums on foui continents
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      277 77 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index fell 13 points to 2284, the Baltic Capesize Index fell 16 points to 3252, the Baltic Panamax Index fell 26 points to 2068 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 9 points to 1377 a TIME-CHARTER: Cape Mor (built 1965) *****8 dwt delivery Cape
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      277 77 SGX '000 /una ss w- vo< CWT Distribution 0.56 -0.01 38 ChuanHup .0.44 unch 450 CHOffehore ...031 ttOI 487 Cosco Investment.—.0.43 -0.04 ***** Freitf* Links 0.07 unch 1(0 G8 Holdings 0.72 -0.03 61 Jay* Holdings 0 49 0.03 2967 KeppdCorp 3.10 unch 1061 K1 Venture 0.22 0.01 *****
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      557 77  -  They don't add anything of real value to national economy: Meredith By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The head of the world's largest container terminal operator has taken a swipe against Singapore, describing its transhipment business as of no "real value", and its pursuit
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      427 77 Increasing Asian exports boost growth; better results seen in H2 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Singamas Container Holdings Ltd, the world's second-largest shipping container maker, said its profit jumped 36 per cent in the first half as increasing exports from Asia boosted demand
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      594 77  -  Portek, John Ong to develop Banten terminal close to Jakarta By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Singapore-listed container crane leasing group Portek International has joined forces with PSA Corporation's former marketing head John Ong in a major expansion of a terminal in Banten, Indonesia. The partners
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      193 78 PAGE HubLine 6 Perkins 6 Avant 6 HUAL 6 POZ Lines 6 B'tang Mas 5 ,mkov 4 PNSC 6 BSA 4 Indogulf 4 Pan Ocean. 5 BSC 6 Interasia 6 Phoenix 4 BTL 6 Intermarine 6 ts Lines 3 Cargoways 6 IRISL 5 pj DUoyd 6 •CMACGM
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      750 78  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK 'Accident' used in marine insurance policy of trawling vessel which took on water and sank By Selva Kumar THE word "accident" in a marine insurance policy instead of the phrase "perils of the sea", did not in any
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      91 78 AP [SCHNACKENBURG, Germany] Polish captain Wladzimierz Rosik, 57, from Bydgoszcz with his ship at the river Elbe near Schnackenburg, southeast of Hamburg, northern Germany. Capt Rosik ran aground with his empty boat in March, when river levels were high. Now, Europe's hot and dry summer has
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      3 83 THEBUSINESSTIMES
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        608 85 Vessel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL KARIANGAU EX 2301E J15 A/SIDE 29/08 0600 MAWATANGNGE PV319 J15/16 A/SIDE 29/08 0500 PCESS MANII 05/03 J8 A/SIDE 29/08 0700 SAIPAN HARVE 175T J24/25 A/SIDE 29/08 0300 SANDIDEWA14 134 J3 A/SIDE 29/08 0630 ZIM KOREA 44W J17/18 A/SIDE 29/08
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        131 85 Aoff 31 Malaysia: National Day. Philippines: Nat Heroes Day. Sepl Canada: Labour Day. U.S.: Labour Day. Sep 2 Vietnam: National Day. Sep 3 Vietnam: Nat day Hoi. Sep 11 Brazil: Independence Day. South Korea: Harvest Fest Day. Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival. Sep 13 Hong Kong: Day after Mid-Au tumn.
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        820 85 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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        472 85 Carbon 180 Max 994.8 0.6 IS.4 0.07 31 0.06 Am 21 Dtmrtr Water Residue AshAlunWuot Sediment *> aboM E25 2 0 2 0 0 0 22-= rr= 380 AM 986.7 0J R0 0.05 27 0.01 r.— 380 Max 992.6 8.6 17.4 0.10 78 0.06 K/tr} %m
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        374 86 Carrier blames US$18m quarterly loss mainly on Sars AFP [MANILA] Philippine Airlines flew into the red with a net loss of over US$lB million in the June quarter, hit largely by the Sars epidemic. The carrier booked a net loss of "over 900 million
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        340 86 Bloomberg [AUCKLAND] Auckland International Airport Ltd, New Zealand's busiest airport, boosted second-half profit by 20 per cent as more travellers used its terminals and the company had a onetime property gain. Net income in the six months to June 30 was NZ$43.B
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        191 86 Bloomberg [MONTREAL] Air Canada said it renegotiated leases on 14 additional aircraft with three separate lessors as it seeks to cut costs while it restructures under protection from creditors. The Montreal-based company has renegotiated leases on 135 planes at Air Canada and
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        205 86 Reuters [HONG KONG) Lufthansa Cargo, the world's largest international air freight carrier, is expecting doubledigit sales and volume growth in the Asia Pacific in 2004, fuelled by strong demand from China. "Asia-Pacific is our best single area, 45 per cent of revenues come from
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          60 86 AP [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has added bulletproof cockpit doors to several of its passenger jets and plans to install surveillance cameras to improve the flag carrier's security. The doors, which cost a total of US$l.l6 million, have been fitted in eight Boeing 747s
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          63 86 Bloomberg [TEL AVIV] El A 1 Israel Airlines, Israel's national air carrier, reported its second-quarter net loss tripled as operating expenses rose, boosted by the dollar's decline against the shekel. The net loss widened to US$2B.B million from U559.42 million a year ago, state-controlled El
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          71 86 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Royal Brunei Airlines has taken delivery of its first A 319 from Airbus' Hamburg assembly line, with a second one due to follow in September. Both aircraft will be on lease from CIT Aerospace, a unit of CIT Group, of New
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        469 86 Bat Dutch carrier is not ruling out BA as potential partner Bloomberg [TOULOUSE] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Europe's fourth-largest airline, is now talking only to Air France SA about a commercial alliance while still not ruling out British Airways pic, Europe's biggest carrier,
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      107 77 PAL dives into the red Back Page Lufthansa Cargo sees strong Asia growth Back tags SINGAPORE/BATAM FEEDER NOTICE TO TRADE TERMINAL HANDLING CHARGE The following feeder operators in the Singapore/Batam trade wish to inform all Shippers, Consignees and MLO's that with effect from 15th September 2003, the following T.H.C. (Terminal
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