The Business Times, 1 March 2000

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 036/12/1999 SINGAPORE Internet: http business-times.asial .com.sg WEDNESDAY. MARCH 1. 2000
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    62 1 nBT-SEI Li mM (-6.29) Plsoiscirananß U nan <+1.70) STOCK MABKET INDICES Tuesday Change KL8ECOMP miM -1J3 NIKKEI HANG SENG 17,M»44 +186.90 8KNNDEX 174* 14.87 I JAKARTA OOMP tkm* MANILA OOMP —1MIM -78,71 TAIPHWP1 A4KJ4 +l« 1 8EOGLCOMP ffl&38 OSA CHINA B 790.94 *2 ABBTALLOB) 11#.? +17.7 JL. Hot
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    75 1 POtEX BATES USt 91 USS L7» 2(US$/S$per2) 1JM 1341 EUSO(l)S$/SS/E) MM IMI DM MB MM f YH» fltt UM n mm i« IRS 7.78 U2t BAHT MM MM MJFIAH 7,430 MM* •sttomudt* FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 580 KUALA LUMPUR 7*7 JAKARTA ».M BANGKOK 9JO MANILA UJt HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI 7.84
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    Lock icon Richard Li pulls off Asia's biggest takeover
    1076 1  -  HE tycoon beats Sing Tel in OSs3Bb battle for HKT By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] A dose of politics, a bold Internet strategy and the most bankable family name in Hongkong combined to help Richard Li pull off the biggest corporate takeover in Asia,
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    Lock icon Development charges for residential land up 27%
    940 1  -  U% hike for cemmertial land; levy for hotel and iidinhHil ImnA mainfiiiuM] By\ Carol Eng, Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] Property watchers were taken aback yesterday by the government's steep 27 per cent hike in development charges (DCs) for residential land. They were also surprised
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    Lock icon Infocomm mergers: We ain't seen nothing yet
    665 1  -  HOCE ZiOCS SSBW By] Lee Han Shih DONT think the action is over now that Cable Wireless HKT has found a new parent. The fun is Just about to start. If there's one lesson to be learnt from the last three weeks' battle
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      177 1 dispe H■ sSmnSlM^^l nra ■srcgm iwaii ||Ilj|M Top stories sit firms oy mw cap Ji'T v 'T? Retail giants launch online exchange. fa 14 MORE REPORTS Mar gad entity said to be worth USsBob,Pg3 Sing Tel soars on News Corp news, Pg 3 HKT mom firmly in HK hands, Pg
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        Lock icon Music to their ears
        59 2 AT DBS Bank's recent annual Chinese New Year gathering at the Westin Hotel, guests were treated to the sound of Indian music. When one guest asked a senior DBS bank officer the reason for the break with tradition, he quipped: "Don't you know we have an
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        Lock icon What drives Moiz
        85 2 EFFECTIVE Capital's Mohamed Moiz the only private sector contender for the frozen Malaysian Clob shares—was seen driving the humble Proton Wira yesterday. When asked why he was driving the Malaysian marque, he quipped: "Nationalistic." Nationalism has its rewards too. With the blessing of the Malaysian authorities, Mr
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        Lock icon Quiet exit from battle?
        49 2 THE sole woman contender for the frozen Clob shares Malaysian lawyer Tai Sim Yew—appears to have given up her pursuit quietly. She has moved out of her engineering firm Kejureteraan Jati Emas in Ampang, according to an employee. Ms Tai's handphone has also been disconnected.
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      Lock icon $74b wiped off listed firms' market value since year began
      558 2  -  By' Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Some $74 billion has been wiped off the market value of Singapore listed companies since the stock market peaked at the start of this year. At the close of trading yesterday, the market capitalisation of
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      Lock icon Turnover of key staff counts in CPF unit trust rating: Mercer
      545 2  -  Past performance of funds will be excluded if there are major changes in staff, organisation, process By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Substantial changes of personnel or investment process in a fund management company can lead to the past performance
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      Lock icon AsiaOne to launch online financial services venture
      491 2  -  The deal will give it access to Quicken financial products By, Jeanette Pang [SINGAPORE] SPH Asia One Pte Ltd, the Internet arm of Singapore Press Holdings, has forged further into the online financial services business by forming a venture that it plans to
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  • TUSSLE for HKT
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      Lock icon Merged entity said to be worth US$80b
      948 3  -  CyberWorks may spin off parts of HKT to woo conservative investors; analysts FYom. Meera Tharmaratnam, Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong FRESH from clinching Hongkong's former telecoms monopoly Cable Wireless HKT, executives at Pacific Century CyberWorks said the newly-forged combined company to be renamed
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      Lock icon SingTel soars on News Corp news
      554 3  -  Losing HKT may be blessing as new partnership seen to have better synergy By 1 Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] With the emergence of media giant News Corp as a partner, investors are now excited about Singapore Telecom's prospects and actually cheered it for pulling
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      Lock icon Richard Li: The emerging face of mega wealth in Hongkong
      602 3 PEOPLE He leeks let to become the territory's 2nd richest man AFP [HONGKONG] Emerging Hongkong Internet tycoon Richard Li was yesterday set to assume the mantle of second richest man in this notoriously money-obsessed territory, trailing only his father Li
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      Lock icon SingTel's foray a victory for Singapore's new spirit
      638 3  -  :jri comment ASIA WATCH Despite the setback, it demonstrates the new 'can-do' entrepreneurial spirit which the country wants In its corporate scene yang razali kassim SO the high drama in Asia's largest merger battle is over, at least for now. SingTel, Singapore's
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      Lock icon Hanging up on SingTel
      341 4 C&W spurns Sing Tel CyberWorks Complied by BT company with a combined market capitalisation of nearly USs6ob. A high-level Singapore government delegation goes to Hongkong to explain merger proposal to Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong also contacts Mr Tung on the
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      Lock icon CMGi to inject Net businesses into tie-up with CyberVentures
      594 4  -  It will pump 18 dot-coms into the 50-50 joint venture By l Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] CMGI, the leading Nasdaq-listed Internet investor, will inject 18 of its dot-com businesses into a 50 —50 Asian joint-venture with Pacific Century CyberVentures, said a senior
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      Lock icon What they say
      68 4 The planned tie-op with News Corp adds exciting potential te all of SingTel's regional assets, which will be realised by listings of the Internet-related businesses.' —Alexandra Connor of Indosuez WI Carr 'Besides the infrastructure, I think HETs best asset is the people, the management.' —Richard IA 'I
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      Lock icon HKT now firmly in HK hands
      402 4 Reaction from Hongkong Editorial in today's South China Morning Post PACIFIC Century CyberWorks' acquisition of Cable Wireless HKT is another step along the road to the renaming of Hongkong as Li Land Incorporated. The deal, which will be welcomed as putting the company firmly
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      Lock icon C&W share price falls 5% in London
      560 4  -  Reactions from London But analysts believe firm, with market cap of £31b, is in play From'. Neil Behrmann mLondon CABLE Wireless (C&W) pic shares plunged on the London Stock Exchange early yesterday, following the sale of its 54 per cent stake in Cable
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon DBS Land posts much-improved results
      603 5  -  But market disappointed with the delay in disclosing its Internet strategy Reports by Lee Han Shih DBS Land yesterday released a set of much-improved results, but disappointed the market by deferring the unveiling of its Internet strategy to the end of this month. "We will
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      Lock icon $500m of securitised buildings still held by DBS Land
      482 5 UP to $500 million of the $1.3 billion worth of buildings securitised by DBS Land are still held by the company in the form of bonds, it was revealed yesterday. This was disclosed by DBS Land general manager Fan Kow Hin,
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      Lock icon Kim Eng shares surge as much as 14% on merger talk
      399 5  -  By < Ven Sreenivasan STOCKBROKER Kim Eng Holdings' shares surged to a three-month high yesterday on market rumours of a potential merger with another broking house. The stock leapt 14 per cent to a high of $1.16 in intraday
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      Lock icon Knowledge Engg targets US$1b market cap
      569 5  -  Homegrown software firm plans Nasdaq, SOX listings; Goldman takes 10% stake By\ Conrad Raj HOMEGROWN software company Knowledge Engineering aims to join the billion dollar club in terms of market capitalisation when it goes public either late this year or early next year on
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      Lock icon SingTech buys 40.5% of S'pore Computer Systems
      425 8  -  Group also forming a new division to focus on e-bnsiness opportunities Byi Conrad Raj SINGAPORE Technologies is buying a 40.55 per cent stake in Singapore Computer Systems (SCS) from SembCorp Industries and forming a new division to focus on e-busi-ness opportunities. At the
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      Lock icon IPC to buy US Internet infrastructure firm for $84m
      542 8  -  IPC to issue 140 m shares at 43% over market price By Wong Wei Kong UNDERLINING its e-com-merce ambitions, IPC Corp yesterday said it will acquire all of US-based Internet infrastructure services firm brokerserver.com Inc for $84 million which will be
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      Lock icon FJB Man U megastore to cost $4.5m
      198 8  -  By Andrea Tan FJ Benjamin's Manchester United megastore and cafe will occupy about 15,000 sq ft at Orchard Parade Hotel and cost $4.5 million. The first Theatre of Dreams flagship store outside the United Kingdom would be spread over two floors of prime
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      Lock icon SPH moves to spread out ads in ST
      329 8  -  By, Andrea Tan SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) yesterday revised the advertising rates for its flagship paper, The Straits Times. Effective from April 1, display advertising on Mondays to Wednesdays enjoy a 2 per cent discount per column centimetre. Advertisers will however be
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      Lock icon No big rush by CityDev into new e-ventures
      454 9 It prefers to focus on using technology to enhance its business Reports WHILE other developers are busy with tie-ups in Internet portals and setting up venture capital funds to invest in start-ups, Singapore's largest listed property company will instead concentrate on using
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      Lock icon CityDev to launch its 1st Net homes in May
      317 9 CITY Developments will launch The Equatorial in May, the first of its projects to come with "i-home" features. The 95-unit freehold condominium, on the site of the namesake hotel at the corner of Stevens Road and Bukit Timah Road, will be
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      Lock icon OPH invests in IT solutions provider
      249 9  -  By Ling Su Ann ORCHARD Parade Holdings (OPH) and Sino Tech yesterday announced their first joint investment in SQL View, a local knowledge management company moving into e-commerce. Under the agreement, OPH and Sino Tech, both subsidiaries of Far East Organization (FEO), will each
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      Lock icon New Jardine chief not too hot about the Net
      473 9  -  He says real businesses with strong yields not getting enough interest From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong WHILE major conglomerates in the region are tripping over each other to jump into the Internet and telecommuni cations-related businesses, the newly-ap-pointed taipan of
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      Lock icon Write-offs turn Amtek net into $3.2m loss
      159 9 METAL stamping specialist Amtek Engineering recorded a 63 per cent drop in net profit to $3.5 million for the six months to Dec 31. But writeoffs of more than $7 million turned the earnings into losses at the bottom line. Loss after extraordinary
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      656 5 Seminar on International Trade Finance Operations Risks, Controls Accounting Aspects Letters of Credit are important financing instruments in import/export transactions. A badly opened letter of credit exposes the company to risks, financial loss, higher cost and bank charges, delays in arrival of goods and more. Similady, for the beneficiary of
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      468 6 Stocks Vokus Uraco HWgslOc 93,160,000 IPC Corpn 5c 06.354.000 Inno-Pac 20c 34.460,000 Ooldtron20c 26.996.000 SingTel 15c 25,579,000 Form Hfcjgs 5c 23.907,000 KimEng2Sc 21,533,000 NOL 15.120,000 BenelunHKIOc 13,956,000 MMI Htdgs 10c 13,151,000 Stocka SingTel 15c 71,627,567 UOB 53,047,090 OC8C 44,147,069 IPC Corpn 5c 37,403,640 ST Assembly 25c 33,541,900 Uraco HWgelOc 33,246.785
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      118 6 AUSSINO.COM's96 million shares, with a par value of five cents each, will be listed on the mainbotutTs commerce sector today. URACO Holdings substantial shareholder and director NgKok Heng has sold two million shares in the company for $727,000, trimming his interest to 50.9 million shares or 7.86 per
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      Lock icon Penny stocks in play, but fail to bolster market
      561 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy LOCAL stock market players remained unmoved yesterday by positive signals from overseas markets and instead focused their energies on churning the second line and penny stocks. There didn't seem to be much method to the madness in these counters
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      Lock icon Indicators show Form in good shape
      232 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Wong Wei Kong SHARES of Form Holdings were actively traded yesterday, with the counter finishing among the session's most active stocks. Form shares finished up two cents or 9.3 per cent at 23.5 cents. The stock opened at its day's low
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      Lock icon Gamuda warrants appear quite attractive
      197 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THINGS don't seem to be particularly good in both the local market or Malaysia at the moment. In fact, apart from Hongkong, things don't seem to be very healthy anywhere in the region. The main reason is staleness there are
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      628 6 AUSSINO I LONDON NEW YORK PARIS I JJJJ» in re «P ect 0* 24,000,000 Ordinary Shares of $0.05 aach comprising 16,000,000 New Shares and 8,000,000 Vendor Sharas as I W Sharas at $0.88 for aach Otfar Share by way of public offer; and I (b) 19,200,000 Placement Shares by way
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Beach Rd Camp shift frees up 3.3 ha site
      339 11  -  T^xclusive Arnj vacates lawJiwaA ftmp warrant officers' club U follow By 1 Marissa Chew THE Army has moved out of Beach Road Camp, paving the way for redevelopment of the landmark site and the neighbouring Warrant Officers and Specialists Club. The
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      Lock icon Set up Net industry body to oversee practice code: panel
      331 11  -  It also calls for more local content to be developed By' Toh Han Shih THE National Internet Advisory Committee (NIAC) is urging the private sector to regulate itself over Internet policies and calling for more local Internet content to be
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      Lock icon SCV slashes broadband access prices by 12-26%
      329 12  -  Move in anticipation of cheaper intfl leased circuits from next month By. Audrey Tan SINGAPORE Cable Vision (SCV) will cut its broadband access prices with effect from today, in anticipation of cheaper International Leased Circuits (ILCs), come April 1. SCV said in a
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      Lock icon Exhibition industry set to grow 5-10% this year
      312 12 THE exhibition industry saw good progress despite the economic crisis, with an annual average growth of 8.3 per cent since 1997. And the trend is likely to continue with projected 5-10 per cent growth for this year. "Singapore has identified the exhibition
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      Lock icon From a desert to a thriving business hub
      483 12  -  Jebel Ali free zone in Dubai is home to 18 Singapore firms including Thakral, CWT Reports from Eugene Low in Dubai WHAT do you do with 100 sq km of desert situated at the mouth of the Arabian Gulf? You can, like
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      Lock icon S'pore, Dubai to form cooperation panel
      289 12 SINGAPORE and Dubai have agreed to form an inter-min-istry committee to explore ways of boosting cooperation in trade, information technology, electronic commerce, port management and human resource development, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. "There are opportunities for greater cooperation between Dubai and Singapore
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      Lock icon AIG joins Pidemco in HK Furama project
      265 12  -  Insurance group to hold equal stake in joint venture Andrea Tan PIDEMCO Land has roped in American International Group (AIG) for its HKSI.BB billion (Ss4ls million) takeover of the Furama Hotel site in Hongkong for redevelopment. The government-linked property firm and AIG will
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      Lock icon Bank lending falls at slower pace
      313 12  -  oi^n^economy bank loans By\ Soh Tiang Keng BANK lending in Singapore got off to a sluggish start in the year 2000. Total bank loans to most sectors of the economy continued to fall in January this year but the contractions were smaller. According to
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      Lock icon Local IP telephony firm in Indon deal
      479 12 A SINGAPORE company has struck a deal to provide Internet protocol (IP) telephony in six major Indonesian cities. IP telephony Involves making phone calls over the Internet, and is viewed as low-cost alternative to traditional telephony. Homegrown IP telephony specialist Pinnz will deploy
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      223 11 Two great cities.... Two great hotels.... From February 1 to May 31, 2000, experience 5-star luxury in two exotic locations. With their "Twin City Promotion", The Regent Singapore and The Regent Kuala Lumpur offer a special rate of ***** and RM33O per night for Deluxe accommodation. Complement a great stay
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      155 11 They have made their mark on world trade. Asia Pacific Breweries, Bax Global, Borealis Singapore, Cerebos Pacific, Creative Technology, Hewlett-Packard Singapore, Informatics Holdings, Keppel FELS, Maersk Singapore, Salcon, ST Logistics, TT Importers Exporters, Texas Instruments Singapore, Toepfer International-Asia and Venture Manufacturing. Are you ready to make yours? ■S^ a Tr
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Clob: Singapore is winning the war
      145 13  -  Anita Gupta Perth, Australia via Internet ANDREW Chia Lye Hock shouldn't get his knickers into a knot ("The terms of Clob agreement are less than satisfactory", BT, Feb 28). Malaysia may have won a battle, but Singapore is decisively winning the war. Malaysia has
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      Lock icon Malaysia's leaders are a Dream Team
      347 13  -  Malik Tahir Sungai Petani, Malaysia via Internet I WOULD like to comment on your editorial "Malaysia's way is working but..." (BT, 17 Feb). In my view, the essence of Malaysia's response to the economic crisis and therefore also the political and also social problems
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      Lock icon When will CDP offer alternative online access?
      147 13  -  Alan Chong Singapore via Internet I REFER to the letter by Raymond Chow, the head of corporate communications at Singapore Exchange Limited ("CDP looking at alternatives to Netrust", BT, Jan 20). Mr Chow said: "CDP is aware that although a considerable number of
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  • e News
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      Lock icon Sears, Carrefour, Oracle launch online retail exchange
      416 14 SAN FRANCISCO GlobalnetXchange will be open to all retailers in the USsst global market FT A GLOBAL business to business online exchange for the retail industry was launched on Monday by Sears and Carrefour, two of the world's largest retailers, and Oracle, the
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      Lock icon Samsung Electronics, Yahoo! to form strategic partnership
      317 14 SEOUL Yahoo! also plans to invest an extra USs6om in Yahoo! Korea Reuters SOUTH Korea's Samsung Electronics Co said yesterday it would form a strategic partnership with Internet portal Yahoo! Inc, joining a global wave of expansion into cyberspace by manufacturing firms. Samsung
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      Lock icon Microsoft joins up with Vodafone and Nextel
      335 14 NEW ORLEANS Bloomberg MICROSOFT Corp, the world's largest software company, will join with Vodafone Air Touch Pic and Nextel Communications Corp to deliver Internet content to cell phones, chairman Bill Gates said. Microsoft will provide the technology to let users access e-mail, news,
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      Lock icon AOL ties up with Sprint, others to develop wireless services
      272 14 DULLES. Virginia Move boosts strategy of providing service to any Net device Bloomberg Reuters AMERICA Online Inc (AOL), the world's No 1 online service, will work with Sprint PCS, Nokia Oyj, Arch Communications Group Inc and others to deliver the
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      Lock icon Hutchison, DLJDirect in online trading tie-up
      235 14 HONGKONG Bloomberg HUTCHISON Whampoa Ltd, Hongkong's largest conglomerate, will form a 50—50 joint venture with DLJDirect Inc, the online brokerage arm of Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrette Inc, to offer Internet investment services in Asia. The companies will make an initial investment of US$2O million (5534.2
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      Lock icon Seven-Eleven Japan to deliver meals to aged
      318 14 TOKYO Seven Meal Service to help elderly use computers to order Bloomberg SEVEN-ELEVEN Japan Co, Japan's biggest conveniencestore chain, said it will start delivering meals and other products to the elderly, the company's latest move to use its 8,200 stores to expand into
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon China's 'no' to G-7 adds weight to G-20
      729 18  -  bottom line OPINION reginald dale The writer is a columnist with the International Herald Tribune, where this commentary first appeared HARDLY a month goes by without China hitting the headlines in the United States in some kind of unpleasant light In the
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      586 18 EDITORIAL TAIWAN'S presidential election seems to be running true to form with mud-slinging, vitriolic attacks and a few lawsuits for violation of election laws, forgery and embezzlement of party funds. And, for good measure, China has issued a new and ominous warning on reuniting with the
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      984 18  -  If the govt foils to restore order, economic recovery wiD remain elusive By' Todd Callahan The writer works as a consultant at a business information and research company based In Jakarta A FRIEND with many years of work experience in Indonesia once
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      974 18  -  WHAT THE OTHERS SAY By* Caroline Baum Bloomberg USUALLY he walks on water. Now he's skating on thin ice. When US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan underwent his latest conversion experience, concluding that productivity growth is indirectly leading to inflationary imbalances, his nontheory
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      240 19 KUALA LUMPUR FOREIGN fund managers are continuing to snap up Malaysian equities. The country's external account is now showing a net cumulative inflow of 2.5 billion Malaysian ringgit (Ssl.l billion) as at Feb 23, according to the latest data posted by the National
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      449 19  -  Its performance is worse than expected, may drag down KLCI From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TELEKOM Malaysia's worse-than-expected performance may dampen the Malaysian market further. The national utility company, which is the largest corporate in Malaysia, yesterday posted a net profit of 819.1
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      307 19 KUALA LUMPUR UEM also recovers with four-fold jump in 1999 gains to RM7llm Bloomberg RENONG Bhd, Malaysia's biggest industrial group, returned to profit in the six months ended Dec 31, boosted by the country's economic recovery, while its associate, United Engineers Malaysia Bhd, reported
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      198 19 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama PENGURUSAN Danaharta Nasional Bhd expects to restructure a total of 30 billion Malaysian ringgit (5513.5 billion) in gross loans by June this year, said managing director Azman Yahya. "We target to address nonperforming loans of the largest 20
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        61 19 HONDA distributor Oriental Holdings yesterday bucked the market trend and picked up 45 sen, or over 5 per cent, to close at RM8.95. This was after reporting a 17 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to RM310.45 million (*****.4 million) for the year ended December 1999,
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        62 19 A GOOD round of earnings for 1999 helped plantation counter Guthrie to make gains yesterday. Guthrie, which also announced a rise in net profits last year, closed four sen up to RM2.06. Conglomerate Sime Darby, which was let down by its plantation business due to lower palm
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        87 19  -  Compiled by Diana Oon Abdullah INTEREST in banking stocks continued to remain weak yesterday in a market which saw the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fall by 1.53 points to 982.24. Maybank wavered in negative territory but closed unchanged at RM17.10 on active
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      399 20 MANILA Government needs to take steps to bolster sentiment, analysts say Reuters PHILIPPINE stocks plunged for the second consecutive day yesterday despite the overnight rise in the Dow Jones, and analysts said more falls were likely unless the government took steps to improve sentiment.
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      259 20 tYorn H&riah Mehta in Bangkok IN AN upbeat forecast, the Bank of Thailand yesterday raised its economic growth projection for this year to 4.5 per cent from 4 per cent earlier, saying exports were powering a recovery. Exports are now forecast to
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        41 20 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's stock markets were closed yesterday because of fears the leap day coukl cause computers to crash. The Jakarta and Surabaya bourses will reopen today. Foreign exchange trading continued as normal Reuters
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        59 20 Bloomberg (BANGKOK] Charoen Pokphand Group US$66 million (Sslll million) for Wireless Communications Service (WCSX an inactive Hud phone firm. United Communication Industry, which controls Thailand's No 2 mobile phone operator, said it sold its 18 per cent stake in WCS for 447 million baht, which
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        63 20 Reuters [MANILA] Globe Telecom, the Philippines' No 2 telecommunications company, has set a 14.7 billion iw> (Ss6l7 million) capital expenditure budget this year, against 8.1 billion last year. It plans to use most of the funds to expand and upgrade its cellular phone network. Globe
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      501 21 NEW YORK Internet-related issues UTStarcom, Asi&lnfo will be the latest offerings week Reuters THE insatiable new issue market in the US is likely to devour two Chinese-relat-ed offerings that are expected to hit the market this week as investors clamour to get a
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      352 21 WASHINGTON China boys 50,000 metric tonnes ahead •f key trade vote Reuters, Bloomberg CHINA ended a longtime boycott of wheat from the US Pacific Northwest on Monday, purchasing 50,000 metric tonnes in a move that could bolster the country's standing in Congress ahead
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        94 21 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] President Lee Teng-hui said the Taiwan stock market will go no lower than 9,400 points on the weighted index, noting that the government has set up a NT$5OO billion (5|27.8 billion) stabilisation fund that can be used to support share prices. Cited in
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        47 21 Reuters [HONGKONG] HSI Services Ltd, compiler of Hongkong's blue chip Hang Seng Index, said yesterday it will launch a Hang Seng Technology Index. HSI Services vicechairwoman Candie Ng said a formal announcement and further details will be made in April.—Reuters
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        88 21 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] The Hongkong government hg« named Stephen Ip as Secretary for Financial Services, one of the government's chief regulators of financial markets. Mr Ip, 48, formerly the Secretary for Economic Services in charge of overseeing utilities, will replace Rafael Hui, 52, who's leaving the
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      536 21 HONGKONG Two of three sites sold at upper end of expectations Reuters THE Hongkong government sold three pieces of land fairly easily yesterday in its first land auction of the year, with two sites sold at the upper end of market
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      822 22  -  INDIAN liTTurTrai Markets dive on knee-jerk reaction by investors to tax news From. Rajendra Bajpai in New Delhi INDIAN Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha applied a stiff dose of taxation in his third Budget but also rationalised some excise and duty structures
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      343 22 BOMBAY Beneficiaries of US IT sector also see India's potential A MODEST but increasing number of India's biggest American success stories, whose lives are now firmly rooted in the US, are beginning to come home to India to start companies, invest their
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      448 22 NEW DELHI Bloomberg, AFP INDIA will increase the amount of shares in local companies that foreign institutional investors can own and reduce its stake in statecontrolled banks, Minister Yashwant Sinha said yesterday. Foreigners will be able to own as much as 40 per
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      281 23 NEW YORK Bloomberg THE US largest brokerages told Congress yesterday that domestic stock markets should be linked to form a central market for customer orders. "US markets are already losing business to foreign markets and will lose even more business in the
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      65 23 [TORONTO] Russian born tennis star Anna Koumikova will wed National Hockey League star Pavel Bure of the Florida Panthers after he proposed to her at a Miami restaurant, British newspapers reported on Tuesday. Russian newspapers first paired Koumikova, shown during the2oooAustralian Open, off with the Bure (inset),
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      359 23 WASHINGTON US committee proposes virtual bodyofint'l specialists instead Bloomberg THE World Trade Organisation is ill equipped to review complex international antitrust issues and they should be addressed by a "virtual" organisation of specialists, a US committee has proposed. The committee, created by
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      373 23 PARIS Euro zone starts 2000 with high confidence, it says Reuters THE OECD said yesterday the euro zone should step up structural reforms and that continued wage restraint would limit the need for interest rate rises to tame inflationary pressure as economic
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        85 23 Bloomberg [NEW YORKJ US consumer confidence fell in February from a record high the month before as higher energy and mortgage costs restrained expectations for the economy, the Conference Board reported yesterday. The consumer confidence index fell this month to 141.8 from January's record
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        117 23 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo Corp's local creditors yesterday endorsed a plan to revive the biggest and most-indebted unit of Daewoo Group and agreed to write off as much as 85 per cent of its loans, a move that will help speed the ailing firm's asset sales.
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        82 23 Reuters [NEW YORK] Online auctioneer eßay Inc denied on Monday that it was preparing a takeover bid for troubled auction house Sotheby's Holdings Inc, which is the target of multinational price-fixing probe. "We're not buying them. There's absolutely nothing to these rumours," eßay
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        110 23 Nabisco Danone: from rivals to partners AFP [LONDON] US foods group Nabisco and Danone of France said yesterday they have dropped competing bids and are joining up to make an offer worth around two billion euros (553.3 billion) for United Biscuits of Britain. Nabisco had previously led a bid by
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        145 23 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] Consumer prices in the 11-country euro region rose in January, as higher oil prices pushed up energy costs, the European statistics office said yesterday. Prices rose 0.2 per cent in the month, and 2 per cent from a year earlier,
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      426 24 WASHINGTON Money saved should be returned to member states, says congressional report Reuters A US Congressional report to be released early next month recommends drastic curbs in the roles of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, and says the
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      241 24 BRUSSELS AFP DENOUNCED by Germany's finance minister as "a worm in the European fruit", the tiny principality of Liechtenstein faces EU investigation for allegedly fostering a myriad of money-launderers and tax dodgers. Finance ministers from the European Union agreed to charge the European Commission with
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      392 24 LONDON The merger will create one of the world's biggest consultancy groups FT, Bloomberg CAP Gemini, the management consulting and information technology group, is acquiring Ernst Young (E&Y), one of the Big Five accountancy firms, for 11.5 billion euros (SslB.B billion) to
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      323 24 NYT [WASHINGTON] President Bill Clinton has vowed to block the man Europe wants to head the International Monetary Fund, setting off a poesihly protracted contest for control of the financial institution and putting the United States in the role of kingmaker.
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      396 25 WASHINGTON Practice involves the qnick placement and cancellation of quotes Bloomberg THE National Association of Securities Dealers will step up its surveillance to better detect the quick placement and cancellation of quotes, in a potentially manipulative practice known as "spoofing". Spoofing involves
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      265 25 ATLANTA Dow too tiny and weighed down by remnants of industrial America NYT DO the traditional stock market indexes tell us what's really happening on Wall Street? The editors of Fortune (March 13) didn't think so and came up with two of their own.
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      444 25 Investors advised to stick with their long-term strategy NYT {ATLANTA] The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday popped back above its psychological benchmark of 10,000. But investors were cautioned against making too much of that rebound. They were also urged not to make any sudden
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      221 26  -  SGX Derivatives TnAta&Reports MSfiT twitor Daphne Toy, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market closed on a mixed note yesterday, having trimmed most of its early gains amid cautious trade. Singapore Telecommunications, despite losing its bid for Cable Wireless HKT, ended 4.48 per cent
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      168 26  -  MSCI Taiwan fatores Matthew Den Bleyker Refco (Singapore) Pte Ltd THE Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index had a slight gain of 3.45 or 0.04 per cent to 9,435.94, after losing ground for all of last week when China threatened Taiwan in a "white paper" report.
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      263 26 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oU markets marched higher yesterday even though US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said leading producers had promised to reevaluate output curbs. International benchmark Brent was 30 US cents higher at U5527.71 a barrel by 1200 GMT, within US$l.2O of nine-year highs
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      317 26 Reuters T.mmLW THE US dollar orbited the 110-yen level in early trading yesterday after recovering from Monday's fall in the wake of a euro/yen sellofT. Traders said weaker-than-ex-pected Japanese data reinforced the market's doubts about the nation's economic recovery. Japan's industrial output rose a preliminary 0.9 per cent
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      2710 27 HONGKONG AFP HangSeng ♦186 HONGKONG share prices rose 1.1 per cent yesterday on a technical rebound following overnight gains on Wall Street, dealers said. "The US market's rebound helps sentiment," said Ricky Tarn, research director at Delta Asia Securities. Mr Tarn said news that Cable
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      1934 27 TOKYO AFP P Mm 225 ****** TOKYO share prices rallied 1.2 per cent yesterday led by market heavyweight Sony Corp, whose new PlayStation2 computer games console comes out in Japan this weekend, brokers said. "Sony shares led the market higher," said Kazunori Jinnai, a broker
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      970 27 Reuters FlShanhMißlndei +&27 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares yesterday inched higher and domestic A shares edged lower as the mood turned cautious after heavy gains in the previous session. The B Share Index rose 0.27 of a point, or 0.31 per cent, to 86.15 as turnover rose to HK$6B.3
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      345 27 AFP Hwp Into! +3.45 TAIWAN shares closed almost unchanged yesterday as government support helped offset uncertainty ahead of presidential elections and amid reports of a military build-up in China, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index edged up 3.45 points to 9,435.94 in the first trading session
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      428 28 AFP P Compositelndex -L 53 MALAYSIAN shares feU 0.2 per cent yesterday but off earlier lows after institutional support of key blue chips offset losses, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index dipped 1.53 points to finish at 982.24, off the
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      267 29 AFP F1 Composite Index 437 THE Composite Index gained 9.37 points to 828.38. Volume was 273.8 million shares worth 3.4 trillion won. Rises led falls 451 to 377.—AFP A nam Somi 9420 <80 Brain Tacfi MM -95 Cantral Bank 2620 -5 ChMComm *****0 -9000 Da* Gu Bank 233S -45
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      743 29 AFP □set Into .1407 THAILAND'S beleaguered stock index lost another 3.6 per cent yesterday as foreign investors stayed away, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed down 14.07 points or 3.62 per cent to 374.32, while the benchmark SET 50 Index was down 1.14 points to
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      271 29 AFP QNZSE-40 -8.73 THE New Zealand share market slumped 0.4 per cent yesterday as a falling Telecom dragged the key index below the 2,000-point level for the first time in 14 months. The NZSE-40 Capital Index fell 8.73 points to 1,996.56, on total turnover of NZ$lll.5 million.—AFP 1 cum
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      576 29 AFP FlAllOriiMtricß +17.7 AUSTRALIAN share prices gained 0.6 per cent yesterday, pushed forward by stronger financial and media stocks, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index ended 17.7 points up at 3,135.7. Turnover totalled 1.11 billion shares worth A 51.49 billion with 804 fallers outnumbering 715 risers. The All Industrials
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      278 29 AFP Q Composite Indez-78.71 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 78.71 points to close at 1,641.94, its lowest since Nov 13, 1998. A total of 6.8 billion shares worth 2.2 billion pesos changed hands yesterday. San Miguel Corp fell 1.50 pesos to 48. AFP Hm fW MRC AMad
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      273 31 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 5 Commit to prison for parody, 6 In which people are up for sev- (4-2) enty-two hours (5-3,5) 6 Spreading of ointment has pn> 8 One member with skill to pass duced Greek tragedy (5,2,6) on (6) 7 Keep in the smoke (5,2,6) 9 Disclose sad denouement
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      951 32  -  :jg comment CURRENCIES US dollar poised to test 551.7250 and may even hit 1999 high of 551.7395 larry wee THERE was no shortage of currency action over the last week, with the most spectacular moves coming early this week, when the euro tumbled
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      686 32 Direction of asset prices In the US holds the key THE really rough ride in the global bond markets may only be about to begin. Opinion over the direction of US long bond prices is divided, and so too the outlook for Singapore bond prices.
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      307 33 Bridge News, Reuters THE dry cargo freight market got off to a sluggish start to the week but capesize and panamax demand remained strong, especially from Australia. Panamax es were also much sought after from the Middle East to Japan, although the Atlantic was quiet for these vessels
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      263 33 m w m CWT Distribution Ut -0.01 21 Chum Hup 0.40 -0.01 4756 Cosco InwUiwul—Oil unch 290 rrataMUnks 031 -0.01 V429 oaiiiiangs 0.77 001 3 HaiSunHup 0.73 OOI 107 MC HoMktgs-HK 940 unch 0 JayaHoWbtgt 021 -0.01 1909 KeppbiCorp 3.86 004 4775 KappalFtLS L11 a02 KM Keppei Marine
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      529 33  -  USs9oomde&l marks Japanese shipbuilder's break into lucrative foreign crnise ship market By, Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] UK-based shipping giant Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) has ordered two 113,000-gross ton (GT) vessels from Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to support the expansion
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      745 33  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer LAST week Seafarer warned that Asian shipowners, and firms involved in ship management and crewing, ought to be very wary of developments in Europe. In the past few days more reasons for concern have arisen. On Thursday London-based shipping
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      349 33  -  Republic handled 15.94 million TEUs last year, an increase of 5.3% By Donald Urquhart (SINGAPORE] The Port of Singapore is set to retain its status for the 14th year running as the world's busiest port. Figures released yesterday by the Maritime and
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        63 33 [LONDON] The latest figures from the Japan Ship Centre show that orders fell 32.7 per cent In January, down 643,760 gross tons from December, although they were still 20.8 per cent higher than January last year. A total of 25 ships of 1.33 million gt were
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        78 33 [LONDON] The Intranational Transport Workers' Federation (TTF) exhibition ship Global Mariner has completed its 20-month world tour and returned to London. The former cargo ship visited 86 ports in 51 countries and received over 700,000 visitors during its iournev to highlight th» nr» campaign frwr
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        55 33 [LONDON] Europe Combined Terminals is to drop its international operations and concentrate on handling in the Port of Rotterdam. The move by ECT president Carel Van den Driest brings to an end the company's previous expansion into ports around the world in order to
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        42 33 w [LONDON] German project cargo firm RickmersLinie has been sold by parent company HapagLtoyd to Reederei Bertram Rickmers, bringing the line back to the Rickmers family fold. The sale was made retrospective from Jan 1 this year.
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        623 34 Signs that oil producers could relax output restraints are unlikely to cause demand to outstrip tanker supply Reuters [LONDON] ANY easing of OPEC oil output restraints would be unlikely to create a shipping shortage despite charterers currently avoiding older tankers, ship brokers and analysts
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        305 34 PACE ECU Line 6 AM. 3 ESPUnes 13 Accord 8 Emgrew 6 AhrenkM M foongSun 8 Appenshtp 5 MUnlu M AsiaOCL 13 G Link 4 Austral 8 Gemartraro 6 Avart M Genshpg 13 B'tangMas 6 Gkxui 13 BSA 7 GloryHa* U BTL 14 HiiSunMup 13 BalajiShpg S
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      20106 41 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number M/03 16/03 Oram Ship KOTA PETANI PTN043 65-227*005 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D' I voir* 10/03 wo3 sacont kotapctam ptnou
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        203 47 Marl Korea: Independence Movement Day. Mar 16 Indonesia: Hari Raya Haji. Malaysia: Hari Raya HajiSingapore: Hari Raya Haji. Brunei: Hari Raya Aidiladha. Mar 17 United States: St Patrick's Day Bank Holiday (Northern Ireland). MarlS Taiwan: Market Holiday for Presidential Election. Mar 20 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. AprS Taiwan:
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        762 47 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead at single prices far a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are baaed on averagestzed stem. Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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      185 33 Oil shipping industry sees no lack of ships 2 SingaPort 2000 6th International Maritime SingaPort 2000 Asia's Premier Maritime Event..... a week you can't afford to miss! IF Wi iNarch Singapore Expo HOURS 31 March 2000 10:00 hrs hrs Network with the special highlights maritime experts. r Technology Transfer Pavilion
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      62 43 I New Advertisers/Services/Agencies MALDIVES NATIONAL LINE See Our Ad on Page 4 under Seaward Shipping Agencies Pte Ltd. AHL Singapore Pte Ltd Providing You With More Than 90 Direct Ports of Call Page 6 5 5 D'OCEAN LINES AGENCIES INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT USA Page 5 Daily COLUMBUS LINE Look Out For
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      82 44 RICKMERS-LINIE B Agent: Hapag-Lloyd(S)Pte Ltd 'Breakbulk .Oversize 200 Cantoameotßotd *08-02 Southpoint Project Cargo .Container Singapore *****3 Heavy-lift Services to: Regular Bm.k-Bulk Project-Service US-Gulf East-Coast (Houston, New Orleans, Savannah, Camden, Baltimore) Europe Med (Alexandria, Savona, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, UK) Interasia (Haiphong, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dalian, Xingang) Loading: Singapore, Port Kelang, Jakarta,
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      41 44 SHIPPING WAREHOUSING l«taa: Singapore Loading Daily Man to S* (BATAMINDO l/111l Acoepbng Lift Cargo Reefer Container Htm Singapore Loading Man. Wed Fri (BATAMINDO 0) Aooqpong K1 X'onwcrtwnai/ProjecJ A Heavy Lift Cargo Ut 777 0322 Fax: 222 *330 tifmliiii TUppliij »M-11 WWH
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