The Business Times, 18 December 2003

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  • 16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 024/03/2003 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg SIN GAPORE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18. 2003 85C
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  • 722 1  -  Decision in next one or two months, construction will take 18-20 months By Daniel Buenas, Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Minister for Transport Yeo Cheow Tong yesterday announced a piece of good news for both low-cost carriers and bud-get-conscious travellers the Civil Aviation Authority of
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  • 71 1 Dsn 1,723.57 (-5.47) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,716.00 (-9.00) SMSCI FUTURES 210.30 (-2.20) Wednesday Change KUSECOMP 775.18 -*.95 NIKKEI 225 __10,092.64 -178.96 HANG SENG 12.193.12 -67.21 SET INDEX 687.88 4.00 JAKARTA COMP _655.69 -1.21 MANILA COMP JJM -0.87 TAIPEI WP1 5.752.01 135.22 SEOUL COMP ***** -10.70 SHENZHEN B __270,12 -2.16
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  • 77 1 FOREX RATES US$ S$ US$ (S$ per LS$) 1.708 £(1JS$/S$ per 1.752 2.992 EURO(US$/SS/E) 1231 2.101 YEN 107.5 63.00 RM 3.800 1225 HKS 7.764 4.547 BAHT 39 69 23.24 Rl'PLAH 8,484 4.968 RENMINBI 8199 4.860 INDIAN RUPEE 4553 2666 AS 1,150 0.791 NZ$ 1.542 0.903 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.25
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  • 540 1  -  Govt is prioritising its development projects From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian Cabinet has officially shelved the country's biggest construction project the RM14.5 billion (556.5 billion) North-South Railway. Although the decision will help rein in the government's substantial budget deficit,
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  • 507 1  -  BT exclusive It is also reaching out to Chinese speaking investors By R Sivanithy (SINGAPORE] The Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) intends to audit the performance of its stock market research, as well as certain recommendations made by
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    • 72 1 INSIDE PROPERTY Investment sales of property have fallen 20 per cent this year to about $3.9b, the lowest level since 1998. PgB COMPANIES Siasisnotdone with Nat Steel yet It has called on SGXtolook further into NatSteel'B H2 2002 financials. Pg3 fs| Heshe seeks new investor to inject $Bm-10m: Chia Shi
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    • 674 2  -  Figure well below expectations but analysts confident of meeting foil-year target By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] November's non-oil domestic export (NODX) growth fell well below market expectations and even lower than the gains posted in the previous month. The NODX rose just
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    • 648 2  -  Stocks recover from morning's selling; Singapore initiates precautions, contact tracing By R Sivanithy, Kenneth Lim [SINGAPORE] News of a possible recurrence of Sars brought the sellers out in regional stock markets yesterday, but the pressure was well-contained and prices eventually rebounded
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 616 3  -  Group calls on SGX to look further into NatSteel's H2 2002 financials By Serena Ng DISSATISFIED with responses from Nat Steel and the Singapore Exchange to the disclosure issues that it raised publicly two months ago, the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) has
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    • 621 3  -  HOCK lock siew teh hooi ling SUNSHINE affects mood, as can be surmised from songs and verses, and daily experiences. Indeed, the connection is proven in formal psychological studies. But does sunlight affect the stock market? It does, apparently. Psychological research has shown that
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    • 253 3  -  By Siow Li Sen A PROPOSAL by Raffles Investments Ltd, an associated company 6f OCBC Bank, to sell its 43.33 per cent stake in Raffles Hotel (1886) may be questioned at this morning's shareholders meeting held to vote on the transaction. A
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    • 272 4 MOST people in Singapore are unwilling to pay for financial advice like they do for health and legal advice, said global research firm Synovate. In a survey of 1,000 consumers conducted in October, only 13 per cent said "yes" to paying for financial
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    • 447 4  -  S'pore group has been buying Astra shares and now holds 37.18% By Ven Sreenivasan LISTED motoring and property group Cycle Carriage Limited (CCL) has slowly but steadily been raising its stake in Astra International, a move seen by market insiders as trying
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    • 562 4  -  It also plans to enter education sector in China By Wong Wei Kong WEE Poh Holdings is making plans to enter the toll road and education businesses in China to reduce its reliance on its traditional construction business in Singapore. "What we are looking
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    • 333 5  -  Prospectus of CFM Hldgs lodged with MAS this week By Kenneth Lim KIM Eng Holdings' fledgling corporate finance outfit, Kim Eng Capital Pte Ltd, could take its first initial public offering (IPO) to market early next year. The firm's first IPO
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 77 5 INVESTORS traded 335.5 million Hi-P shares on its mainboard debut yesterday, the most active first day among this year's crop of 54 listed initial public offerings. The previous holder of that title, A-Sonic Aerospace, had a first-day volume of just 207.7 million shares.
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    • 538 5  -  Loss-making firm hopes for $8-$10m cash injection from new investor By Joyce Koh HESHE Holdings, in the news for alleged Financial mismanagement, is looking for a new investor to inject $8 million to $10 million into the company to strengthen its balance sheet and cash flow.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • Article, Illustration
      576 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN Accord Customer Care Solutions Ltd Dm 17 do** 62 c«its WE spoke with Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) about the two acquisitions announced on Monday night. In summary, ACCS should start managing another 12 repair centres starting in January with a modest positive financial
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    • 275 6  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan THE latest Singapore non-oil domestic exports figures are no doubt disappointing. The key exports figure grew only 2.3 per cent in November from a year ago well below market expectation of 11.8 per cent and October's 21 per
      Source: Bloomberg  -  275 words
    • 541 6  -  BT comment YOUR MONEY r. sivanithy A FRESH Sars scare and unexpectedly low trade figures yesterday combined to overcome any positive impact from a firm overnight Wall Street and, instead, knocked the Straits Times Index down 5.47 points to 1,723.57. The real action,
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    • 601 6  -  BT comment CURRENCIES S$ off fresh 2003 top on Sars scare, weaker NODX number larry wee WALL Street again rallied after robust US numbers were released overnight, but the US dollar continued to attract little buying interest. In overnight trading, the British pound consolidated
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
      • 83 6 P/wnnart Mftt_"|| clutfphnlHpr'c charpc CfllH vUlll|Nyi>l ITfvUIl Jlkll CIiWUvV 9 9lkß CO SWU SHINING Holdings Pte Ltd, a substantial shareholder of aluminium products supplier Compact Metal Industries, on Dec 15 saw 1.6 million of its shares sold "at the request from financial institutions to meet its financial obligations". The sale,
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      • 88 6 THE vice-chairman and CEO of Informatics Holdings, Ong Boon Kheng (above), on Dec 16 transferred five million of his shares, or a 1.59 per cent stake, to Manna Investment Pte Ltd, an irrevocable trust held by his wife, Brenda Lee Kah Yah, and his son, Joey
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      • 75 6 FUND manager Schroder Investment Management Group acquired 415,000 shares of Venture Corp on Dec 11 and 12 for around $8.2 million, raising its deemed shareholding in the electronic manufacturing service provider to 6.04 per cent from 5.88 per cent. It bought 213,000 shares on Dec
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      • 78 6 ONE of Startech Electronics' recently appointed directors, Gordon Fones, on Dec 16 sold 50,000 shares in the company at 11.5 cents apiece. The sale saw his direct shareholding reduced to just 40,000 shares. An" earlier filing shows that Mr Fones, who was appointed to Startech's board
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      • 84 6  -  Compiled by SERENA NG Hong Kong's Gold Peak Industries (Holdings) Limited on Dec 16 acquired 539,000 shares in its Singapore-listed unit GP Industries at an average price of 92.8 cents per share. The purchase raised Gold Peak's direct shareholding in the electronics
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    • Article, Illustration
      390 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Dec 17 VALUE CLOSE BTOB/OS -485.00 -217.00 BTCAM -*****.00 -143.00 BT 10-day HA *****.00 49.00 AA-SG Equities 463.13 -2.75 SG Equities Elect 172.49 40.97 SG Equities Fin 1448.19 -549 SG Equities Prop 421.24 -6.54 MSCI Singapore 210.79 -1.16 SaNSa Futures 210.30 -2.20 Stocks Volume Moda Cwh Moda
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  • BLUE chips
    • 792 7  -  The blue chip's aerospace and marine divisions are expected to be the key earnings drivers next year, reports WONG WEI KONG WONG WEI KONG WILL it be back to growth soon for ST Engineering (STE)? STE's credentials as a defensive blue chip
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  • Article, Illustration
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  • 1588 7 BOOM FUTURES Devi? RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS1 (S cents/kg) dose Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jan 04 220.00 Feb 04 220.50 Mar 04 77? Apr/Jan 04 224.75 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month Hiqh Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jan 04 128.00 1500 Feb 04
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 660 8  -  BT exclusive But CBRE sees better figures next year as outlook improves By Kalpana Rashiwala INVESTMENT sales of property a barometer of developers' medium-to-long-term confidence have fallen 20 per cent this year to about $3.9 billion, the lowest level since 1998. The drop reflected
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    • 527 8  -  Hiring activity over next 3 months seen returning to early 2001 levels By Chuang Peck Ming THE job outlook in the next three months is the brightest in almost three years, with two in five employers polled saying they intend to step up hiring, according
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    • 269 8  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY By Samuel Ee COE premiums of passenger cars and goods vehicles continue to soften, with the category for big cars sagging to its lowest level since February 2001. The premium for Cat B, or cars above 1,600 cc, yesterday
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 381 9 BANGKOK Thai bank's director also mentions other suitors but DBS declines comment Reuters STATE-RUN Thai Military Bank is discussing a possible merger with the Thai subsidiary of Singapore's DBS Group, but bank officials gave conflicting views yesterday on how close a deal
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    • 174 9 It hopes to complete sale by mid-Feb next year Reuters [JAKARTA] The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) plans to sell 71 per cent of mid-sized PT Bank Permata Tbk by mid February next year, as part of the country's economic reform measures, its
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    • NOTE Book
      • 68 9 AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand may snub Airbus and take its business to competitors if the kingdom is treated "unfairly" by the European Union on trade issues, premier Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday. Mr Thaksin made the comment when asked whether Thailand was serious about reneging on its
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      • 102 9 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysians may soon be able to travel to neighbouring Singapore on smart-chip identity cards, known as MyKads, instead of passports, a report said yesterday. Deputy Home Minister Chor Chee-heung told The Star daily the plan depended on the city-state's agreement but
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      • 75 9 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's largest phone firm, Telekom Malaysia Bhd, may relist its mobile arm Celcom (M) Bhd in June 2004, an English-language daily reported yesterday. State-controlled Telekom had initially targeted a new initial public offer of Celcom, the country's top cellular phone firm, for
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    • 384 9 HONG KONG It will take 16% stake in Industrial Bank; GIC taking np 5% share Reuters FOREIGN investors led by HSBC unit Hang Seng Bank are buying a 25 per cent stake in mainland Chinese lender Industrial Bank Co Ltd, Hong Kong's thirdlargest bank said
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 704 10  -  THE bottom line OPINION leon hadar THE dramatic television images of the capture of Saddam Hussein have given President George W Bush a predictable ratings boost in the opinion polls and could provide the Bush administration with some diplomatic momentum as it
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    • 88 10 'When we asked if a fair and balanced channel like this could be American, some said absolutely not.' Bert Kleinman who is to head a US-funded Arabic TV network, on scepticism by Arab viewers about such a service. 'They didn't stand out at all. They didn't realise
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    • 595 10 EDITORIAL EVEN as US crude trades at a hefty US$33 for a barrel, Opec ministers are warning of a pre-emptive production cut —the second in six months because of a perception that a stock overhang will appear by the second quarter next year. Such seasonal talk
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    • 920 10  -  Today, good, bad or neutral US economic news is used as an excuse to sell the dollar and the end isn't in sight yet From Neil Behrmann in London GOOD, bad or indifferent news, the foreign exchange crowd remains gloomy about the US
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    • 419 10  -  COMMENTARY And it can be so banal, as shown by the Heartland case By Joe Myuak Bloomberg THE thing about charges of insider trading is that they defy belief. Why would anyone gamble so much their career for so little? Take a look at the US Securities
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • REGION world
    • 399 11 LOS ANGELES Hua Nan-First Financial merger would create Taiwan's biggest financial group Reuters TWO Taiwan state-controlled firms have discussed a merger that would create the island's largest financial group, with combined assets of NT$2.B trillion (Ssl4o billion). Hua Nan Financial Holding Co,
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    • 151 11 TOKYO Reuters JAPAN will raise the amount of money it keeps ready for intervention in foreign exchange markets, government sources said yesterday. The borrowing limit on its foreign exchange account will be raised to 100 triUion yen (551.59 trillion) for the fiscal year ending
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    • 203 11 SAN FRANCISCO Reuters MICHAEL Dell, chief executive of No 1 PC maker Dell Inc, has sold 10 million shares of his company's common stock for U*****.6 million. The sale executed during the past week was disclosed in a company filing made with the
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    • 343 11 Deficit imbalance means US$ must fall more: IMF Bloomberg THE US dollar is at risk of falling more than investors expect as long as the US is the main driver of global economic growth, the International Monetary Fund said. The IMF said "the
      Bloomberg  -  343 words
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    • 616 11 W A Kaleidoscope of Christmas 4 Is not just about a rainbow of colours. A prism of lights. A plethora of decorations. But 12 days full of Christmas fun, joy and warmth! ODAY 525 Dec (Thu) PAY 10 30 Dec (Tue) Christmas Splendour Oriental Christmas Meet-and-Greet Elf and Reindeer Chinese
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  • WORLD news
    • 384 13 CHICAGO Wall St doubts last weekend before Xmas will be year's busiest period Reuters FLINCHING first in their annual holiday face-off with consumers, US retailers have unleashed a fresh round of steep discounts to salvage what remains of a disappointing Christmas shopping season.
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 115 13 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi plans to raise individual and corporate pension contributions, and outline funding to cover a 2.7 trillion yen (5542.9 billion) public pension shortfall triggered by Japan's ageing population. Mr Koizumi has pledged not to raise consumption tax rates for at least
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      • 82 13 AFP [LONDON] British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday that US-led teams had found "massive evidence of a huge system of clandestine laboratories" and plans to develop long-range ballistic missiles in Iraq. Mr Blair did not go into detail, but a spokesman
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      • 100 13 Bloomberg [PARIS] Former US Secretary of State James Baker said he has won agreements from France and Germany on the need to restructure Iraq's US$l25 billion in debt. "We would like to do that in 2004 and within the mechanism of the Paris
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    • 232 13 LAT-WP [LOS ANGELES] The California Public Employees' Retirement System sued the New York Stock Exchange and its seven "specialist" firms on Tuesday, alleging that improprieties in the NYSE's tradition-bound trading system have cost US investors more than US$l5O million over the last
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    • 274 13 WASHINGTON But jobs are not returning as fast: Commerce Dept Reuters THE US high-tech sector is bouncing back after several rough years, the Bush administration says. But jobs in the industry have been slower to return. After a punishing slump that saw many firms post huge
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    • 205 13 Reuters, Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Citigroup, the world's largest financial services company, on Tuesday named Wall Street veteran Robert Druskin to head its corporate and investment banking group, a key position earlier held by its recently-appointed CEO Charles Prince. This puts the final stone in place
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  • BizIT
    • 387 14  -  Pictureworks sets up multimedia digital imaging self-service kiosks By Amit Roy Choudhury PICTUREWORKS, a whollyowned Singapore company, has developed the world's first multimedia digital imaging self-service terminal, in collaboration with Fujifilm Singapore. Dubbed Cheki!, this coinoperated terminal allows anyone to make instant, photoquality prints
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    • 334 14 Programme said to involve chip makers NEC, Hitachi AFP [TOKYO] The Japanese government said yesterday that it plans to help fund the joint development of nextgeneration routers, devices that control traffic on the Internet, in a programme reportedly involving major chip makers
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    • 573 16  -  BT exclusive Factory controls maker expanding in the region, says Raju Chellam Raju Chellam US-based Rockwell Automation Inc, the world's largest maker of factory controls, plans to push its wares more aggressively in the pharmaceuticals, beverages, automotive and consumer sectors in Singapore and the South-east
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    • 675 16  -  IT comment INFOTECH Perhaps that question should be put to some IT luminaries at last week's IT summit In Geneva kenneth james IF media reports out of Geneva are correct, there wasn't too much Christmas spirit wafting through the giant UN-sponsored World Summit on the
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    • 265 17 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index rose 10 points to 4,668, the Baltic Capesize Index went up 15 points to 6,682, the Baltic Panamax Index was up six points at 4,476 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 85 points to 25,620. TIME-CHARTER: Anella (built 1995) *****5 dwt delivery South
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    • 285 17 SGX '000 Dec 16 Sj W- Vol CH Offshore 035 -0.01 767 Oman Hup .0.47 unch 426 Cosco Investment 0.61 -0.01 2876 CWT Distribution 0 56 -0.01 20 taaHtdgs 0.89 403 173 Frwrt*lir*s J0.10 -a01 140 GBHotdra..„ 0.67 0.01 5 layaHo»dmgs 0 76 -0.02 727 Kf Venture .0.21
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    • 666 17  -  Johor-S'pore growth likened to that between south China and HE Reports by Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Johor's future cargo growth and competition with Singapore can be likened to that of China's booming Pearl River Delta and neighbouring Hong Kong, according to the regional head of
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    • 235 17 Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Container throughput at Malaysia's busiest port will exceed full year projections of 5.6 million TEUs, according to Port Klang Authority (PKA) general manager Paduka Phang. She told Malaysia's The Star newspaper that strong cargo growth in 2003 meant Port Klang's
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    • 273 17 [SINGAPORE] China's growth has changed the trading patterns of Southeast Asia and the country could eventually overtake Japan as the region's second higgest trading partner, according to FedEx Express' Asia Pacific president. "Traditionally, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines' (key) trading partners were
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    • 146 17 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Defence Maritime Services (DMS) has signed a A 5553 million (Ss7ol million) contract to supply patrol boats to protect the Australian coast. Defence Minister Robert Hill said. DMS will build and support the fleet of 12 Armidale class boats, which are
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    • 128 17 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Competition regulators at the European Commission approved a German government scheme to support loans for shipyards that pegs cost to risk, the commission announced. The scheme, proposed by the north German states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Hol-stein and MecklenburgPomerania, guarantees loans
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      • 169 23 Dec 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Dec 25 Singapore: Christmas Day. Philippines: Christmas Day. Malaysia: Christmas Day. Korea: Christmas Day. Hongkong: Christmas Day. Australia: Christmas Day. Brazil: Christmas Day. Brunei: Christmas Day. Canada: Christmas Day. France: Christmas Day. Germany: Christmas Day. Indonesia: Christmas Day. Italy: Christmas Day. Malaysia: Christmas
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      • 800 23 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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      • 773 24 Assembly tentatively set for 2006; a third of the planes likely to be sold in Asia AFP [SEATTLE, Washington] The Boeing Company has approved the next phase of the programme to launch its 7E7 "Dreamliner" jet, a plane that the aircraft maker is staking
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      • 208 24 [SINGAPORE] Boeing is looking at top Asian airlines, like Singapore Airlines and Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific, to be among its first customers for its just approved Dreamliner 7E7 aircraft. 'The 7E7 is one type of aircraft that would be of possible interest, but we
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      • 564 24 Environmentalists up in arms over pollution concerns Reuters [LONDON] Britain announced a big expansion of airport capacity on Tuesday to the fury of environmentalists, but said the nation's main gateway, congested Heathrow, would have to wait more than a decade before it
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      • 180 24 AFP ♦Dreamlmer vi have a cruise speed el Mach 0.85 (647 miles/1,050 lua per boar); ♦Range of up to 14,500 km (7,800 nautical mßes) Boeing; WM nse 20 per cent less fnel than any other plane of lb size through engine improvements and the use of
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      • 305 24 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing has decided to locate the assembly plant for its new 7E7 in Everett, Washington, creating at least 1,200 jobs. Boeing, already Washington state's biggest employer, had been sifting through proposals for months from as many as 25 US states eager
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