The Business Times, 17 March 2000

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    19 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MfTA (P) 035/12/1999 I Internet: http.7/business-times.asial .com.sg/ SI NGAPORE FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2000 85* 1 'f
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    51 1 STOCIIABKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSECOMP Oned NIKKEI lMttM—+17U3 BANG SENG 16J5990 -38&20 SET INDEX J96.83 +M3 I JAKARTA COUP Owed MANILA OOMP 7 -8J3 TAIPH WP1 MK7C +4173 SEOUL COMP 841.8 +10 CL8A CHINA B 71SJ0 *71 AUSTALLORD +1179 11am EST Ctage DOW 1M64J2__+222JH NASDAQ 4,481.12 8APM9 1,419.12
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    77 1 F0SEZ1ATES USI St 1381 1.710 HU8S/8SperS) 1*74 2.802 EU®0(U8S/S$/E) IJ68 IM DM 2.0! I 9.846 TBI IKJ 1.515 KM 1800 1.460 HKS 7.784 0.220 BART #7.88 0.045 IUPIAH 7,440 OJttJ* St to NO units f,w v •SStoMOunMs PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* 6.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA JUM BANGKOK 9.56 MANILA
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    Lock icon S'pore semicon makers poised for strong sales
    500 1  -  iiexclusive Bnt industry's growth is expected to be slower than its regional competitors' By i Carol Eng IMiMUAfUKKj Singapore's semiconductor industry is expected to enjoy strong sales and firm prices in the short term but it is likely to grow slower than the
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    Lock icon NZ government blocks SIA bid for up to 40% of Air NZ
    343 1 PM Clark cites future problems with the carrier being perceived to be controlled by S'pore AP [WELLINGTON, New Zealand] The New Zealand government has effectively refused to allow Singapore Airlines to buy a stake of up to 40
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    Lock icon Greenspan may have talked himself into a corner
    926 1 LAT [NEW YORK] Here's where Alan Greenspan earns his pay. As chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Mr Greenspan is confronting one of the trickiest centralbank policy conundrums in years. In short, things have not gone as he would have hoped over
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    Lock icon Old-economy stocks reassert themselves
    264 1 Nasdaq drops 99 at 11am, bringing losses to 11.2% Reuters Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The so-called "old-econo my" stocks continued to reassert themselves yesterday, with the Dow Jones In dustrial Average rising 222.91 points afler 90 minutes of trading yesterday, building on its 320-point or 3.26 per
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      110 1 BSTOE Top stories European Central Bank raises benchmark interest rate to 3.5% from 3.25%. Pg 16 BMW selling Rover to UK venture capital group Alchemy Partners alter US$l Ob in losses. Pg IS BBC's mandate: plough much-needed resources info East Asia, and do it fast. Mmxt Page I Insurance industry
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      17 1 Greenspan speaks, but who listens any more?, Pg 12 Editorial: Tough call for the Fed, Pg 12
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      134 1 Whither StOCkS? BPg 4 >1 Softbank president's V I grand design begins to unfold BPg 3 V. How covered warrants Surfing for the best can be used to leverage travel portals, old economy stocks. EXEC LIFESTYLE. EXEC MONEY. EM 1 EL 1 Regulators sound alarm on tech mania Next Page
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      Lock icon Regulators sound alarm on tech mania
      390 2 Margin lending ap at record high in US while UK sees spike in unsecured loans FT [LONDON] Financial regulators have joined a mounting chorus of public warnings about the dangers of investing in technology stocks. The latest warnings reflect rising international concern about the
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      Lock icon BBC World in a hurry to step up presence in E Asia
      668 2  -  It is setting up team, headed by new director, to raise distribution throughout region By Corinne Kerk [SINGAPORE] Winds of change are blowing through BBC World and sweeping its managing director, Patrick Cross, into town with a mandate
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      Lock icon Chartists expect more corrections for Nasdaq
      414 2 First support seen at 4,750 and bottom at between 4,400 and 4,500 Reuters [NEW YORK] While speedy and dramatic, Nasdaq's recent tumble has not come to an end, say technical analysts, who see signs of a deepening correction in technology stocks. "The market correction
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      499 2 KPMGSeminarSeries Goods Services Tax Specialised Industry Workshops 2000 Orchard Hotel Singapore, 9.00 am to 5.30pm What The GST Services Unit of KPMG will run a series of industry-focused GST workshops between March and September 2000. This emphasis on specific industries is to match the demands of a new global economy.
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  • INTERNET banking
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      Lock icon Bank of the rising Son
      1285 3  -  Japan's Softbank is fast transforming itself into an electronic universal bank, reports Anthony Rowley in Tokyo Anthony Rowley WHEN Japan's Softbank began making headlines a year or so ago, many assumed that it was a conventional bank rather than an Internet holding company. Now, as
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      205 3 VINTAGE 1999 AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH As Manufactory by vocation, GIRARD- C With its innovative and robust design, PERREGAUX has invested all its expertise entirely hand-made in the Manufactory's in its latest chronograph movement, the workshops, this movement is particularly automatic GP 3080. Fitted with a column suitable for shaped watches like
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Analysts see long-term value in property stocks
      730 4  -  But they may continue to languish in the near term as investors focns on technology, telecoms stocks By I Carol Eng PROPERTY stocks are just a whisker away from their 52-week lows, and investors are starting to sniff out bargains. Selective nibbling of
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      Lock icon Don't panic: Manila's BW insider scam an isolated case
      533 4  -  ifrMH locksiew al labita POREIGN funds would only cheat themselves and their monied clients if they continue their panic selling of Manila stocks. Talk that the alleged BW Resource Corp insider trading scandal has impaired the market's credibility is a lot
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      Lock icon Airbus close to securing SIA orders for A3XX superjumbos
      415 4 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Airbus Industrie, the world's second-biggest planemaker after Boeing Co, said it's close to reaching agreement with Singapore Airlines on orders for its A3XX 555-seat "superjumbo" jet. The consortium of European aircraft makers is in "detailed discussion with Singapore Airlines",
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      Lock icon Insurance industry weathers Asian crisis
      494 5  -  Bat S&P sees hostile operating environment ahead By I Soh Tiang Keng THE Singapore insurance industry has remained intact after surviving the Asian investment crisis. It has entered the downturn with a respectable balance sheet and has benefited from the quick rebound in asset values
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      Lock icon Let's talk, says Edward Soeryadjaya
      1010 5 S'pore-b&sed businessman wants to help investors move into Indonesia AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] Singapore-based businessman Edward Soeryadjaya said he sees a role for his companies, particularly his newly acquired investment firm, PT Mandiri Intifinance, as a facilitator for offshore investors hoping to enter Indonesia. In an interview
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      411 4 NOTICES advertise call toll-free Ifinn-74i iftfn Fa* Wn 741 ioqql VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY OF SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE) (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Creditors of Vehicle Technology of Singapore Pte. Ltd. are required on or before the 17th day of April 2000 to send their
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      398 4 ixvi a aa da ma si Mii TIBS HOLDINGS LTD (Incorporated in toe RepuMc of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT NOTICE OF BOOKS CLOSURE DATE THE PROPOSED BONUS ISSUE OF A MINIMUM OF 45,958,411 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.50 EACH ("BONUS SHARES") AND A MAXIMUM OF 55,823,107 BONUS SHARES ON THE BASIS OF
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      331 4 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF TAKARA ENGINEERING (S) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF SPECIAL AND ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS [Pursuant to Section 290(2Xb)] At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 4 5 Akasaka 2Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8655,
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      21 4 NTUC Choice Homes pricing Tropical Springs to sell, Pg 6 Bottom line: Estrada loses the flot in market fiasqp, Pg 12
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon S'pore-based music portal Xudio.com plans US listing
      342 6  -  New York tech investor GEM and M'sia's Daichi spearhead listing move Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE-BASED Xudio.com, a leading Asia-Pacific Web-based music service provider, plans to seek a listing in the United States. The company said the listing move is spearheaded by the Global
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      Lock icon Got US$2.5m to shell out?
      455 6  -  How about investing in ab&lone farming in Sonth Australia? By> Jane Cheong DO you remember your very first taste of succulent, juicy abalone drenched in steaming sweet gravy that suddenly jolted all of your jaded tastebuds to life? Unfortunately, abalone of that quality does not
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      Lock icon NTUC Choice Homes pricing Tropical Springs to sell
      488 6  -  Condo to be launched next week at 'low $600 psf range' By\ Kalpana Rashiwala NTUC Choice Homes will launch next week the 242-unit Tropical Springs condo located diagonally opposite the Simei MRT Station at more than $600 per square foot on average,
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      Lock icon Retail sales jump 40% year on year in Jan with all sectors up
      361 6  -  i =ii=i on tne economy retail By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE'S retail trade has got off to a robust start in the year 2000. Retail sales volume soared by 40.2 per cent in January this year over
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      272 6 Buy It. Sell It. Find It. Classified. Hy Call Today For Results Tomorrow. 1800-737-1166 'MNCs (multinational companies) now look at the Looking beyond pay and benefits: Total rewards region as one production area' and relocation out approach to attracting, retaining and motivating staff of the region spells bad news...as the
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      Lock icon Peg compensation for land at market price
      352 7  -  Teo Ee Hian WHILE I have no objection to compulsory land acquisition as long as it is for some specific national interest, certain issues need to be reviewed. Compensation for acquired properties should be at market price, and not the lower of market
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      Lock icon SGX should stop nit-picking
      170 7  -  Tung Swee Law THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is living in an ivory tower. It should let the market decide what it wants. Stopping stockbroking companies from giving incentives to small investors is not the prerogative of the SGX. The exchange should have better things to do
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      Lock icon Short-selling not for the faint-hearted
      274 7  -  Narayana Narayana R SIVANITHY gives a more rational and balanced approach to the question of short-selling on the Singapore Exchange than the highly emotional and, if I may say, rather ill-informed letter by a contributor (a share investor for over 20 years) to The Straits
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      Lock icon Do agent banks offer value-added service?
      224 7  -  Pang TK IT seems that the agent banks (for CPF investors) are not yet in the information age. Considering the amount of investments made using modern computers and software, it seems they have yet to understand the full potential of the computer system. Processing
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      Lock icon S'pore needs to be nimble, stay ahead of technology
      332 7  -  Tan Kok Tim IT is reported in the media that Kodak will have wireless camera technology by end 2001; that Starhub is giving free handphones by April 1, 2000, (this is long overdue); and that Pidemco is planning to build a
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      Lock icon DBS' better results due to POSBank?
      109 7  -  Bin Ong I READ with interest the letter, "Too much credit given to DBS chief John Olds?" (BT, March 14) and the reply from your correspondent that since DBS outperformed the other banks, it is therefore the leader. I believe the only reason DBS
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      322 8 51N990 Sun Tzu's Art of Business "One who increases his preparations will advance." *9®; ,l. vHm a&*i* ''oßhk m. On our Day Flights to London, Take Advantage of the Full Business Facilities. For that important meeting in London, half the battle is won if you're fully prepared. That's And while
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      Lock icon Online job sites challenge traditional media's dominance
      668 9 Listing of Euro online agency Step Stone heralds Internet's arrival in sector FT THE high street recruitment agency and the newspaper job advert may soon be getting their P4ss if a growing band of Internet recruitment companies have their way. That may sound
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      Lock icon EBay starts auction site for small businesses
      298 9 SAN JOSE, California Rising sales of office equipment and other items prompted move Bloomberg EBAY Inc, the largest Internet auctioneer, is offering an online site where small businesses can bid on merchandise as the company enters the fast-growing market linking businesses with suppliers.
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      Lock icon Push for heavenly link to the Web
      520 9 CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts NYT PASTA eaters have their patron saint. So do tax collectors, beggars, seekers of lost articles, supporters of lost causes, students, people with troubled marriages. St Giles guides the disabled, St Expedito aids the procrastinator, St Raphael will get a friendship
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      Lock icon Cyberspace lenders fall to earth
      548 10 NEW YORK Complexity of application and security issues put most customers off Reuters US online mortgage lenders are growing, industry experts said, but not quickly enough to satisfy investors who had bid up their stocks on hopes consumers would abandon their local bankers and surf
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      Lock icon New M'soft venture aims to simplify mortgages
      335 10 SEATTLE Reuters MICROSOFT Corp isn't just doing Windows anymore. Now it wants to help sell you a whole house. The software giant, best known for its übiquitous Windows operating system, said yesterday it is launching a joint venture to cash in on the
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    • e Briefs
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        Lock icon Weak debut by HK's Sunday
        55 10 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong mobile telephone provider Sunday Communications made a weak debut yesterday in a cautious market and amid a correction in technology stocks, dealers said. Sunday shares cloeed at HK13.575, 5.4 per oent below its initial public offer price of HK98.78. A total 0f242.06
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        Lock icon Garcia links with PC
        57 10 Reuters [ORLANDO, Florida] Professional golfer Sergio Garcia of Spain standing in front of a computer with Microsoft's "Links" PC game on Wednesday before the start of the Bay Hill Invitational tournament Garcia is a spokesperson for Microsoft and the Virtual Golf Association Tour that ■"**yed on
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        Lock icon Online betting service on sports
        85 10 Bloomberg [NEWMALDEN, England] Gaming Internet pic, owner of the Sports Mad Web site, and Sportlngbet com have signed a one-year agreement to provide an online fixed-odds betting service on sports ranging from soccer to golf. Sportlngbet, a tax-free Internet and telephone betting company, will operate
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        Lock icon Ernst & Young to raise Net investments
        68 10 Ernst Young to raise Net investments Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Ernst Young, the world's third largest accounting and consulting firm, is expanding its investments in Internet companies to include supporting established corporations that want to set up Internet outfits. The firm, through its Dare Step incubator practice, is opening offices in
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        Lock icon Korea's Serome to buy Naver portal
        106 10 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Serome Technology Inc, which is the sole provider of free Internet telephone service in Korea, will buy local portal site Naver to expand its business, looking to reach more customers in Asia's second largest Internet market. Serome declined to discloee an estimate
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      Lock icon Post offices urged to meet e-mail challenge
      322 10 GENEVA More parcels can make np for fewer letters EU official Reuters THE rapid spread of electronic mail could pose a serious threat to national postal services unless they move quickly to adapt, a senior European Union (EU) competition official said on Wednesday.
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      Lock icon E-commerce in S Asia set to soar: Compaq
      161 10 COLOMBO Reuters COMPAQ Computer Corp yesterday said it saw strong potential from business related to electronic commerce in South Asia, because of the region's large population and economic growth prospects. "There is a lot of potential for e-economy in South Asia. We
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      313 9 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER SO AND IN THE MATTER Of PNT MARKETING PTE LTD (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP Ai an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Member* of the above named Company, duly convened and held at 13 Kaki Bukit Road 2. KB Warehouse Singapore
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Estrada loses the plot in market fiasco
      709 12  -  HTTT4 I bottom line OPINION al labita The writer is BT's Manila correspondent HOW is it that President Joseph Estrada and his senior cabinet officials didn't know beforehand about last week's shocking order of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official to shut
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      122 12 'If and when Taiwan becomes reunited with the mainland, internal demands will grow for the settlement of China's remaining irredentist claims.' -Jose Almonte a former national security adviser to the Philippine government. 'Do not just act on impulse at this juncture, which will decide the future course
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      Lock icon Tough call for the Fed
      662 12 EDITORIAL MOBODY, not even the US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, can say for sure how many US interest rate hikes it will take —if at all —to cool the US stock market, especially the supercharged Nasdaq. Taking this situation as the starting point the
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      Lock icon Greenspan speaks, but who listens any more?
      950 12  -  He warns of irrational exuberance, bnt says a new economy can keep growing without inflation By Jeff Madrick NYT US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan is no longer taken as seriously on Wall Street as he once was. Why else did the strong
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      Lock icon Clinton's ploy returns to dog Democrats
      735 12  -  COMMENTARY His use of issue ads being adopted by richer Republicans By 1 Robert Reich The writer, the former US secretary of Labor, is a professor of social and economic policy at Srandeis I iii'ersity LA Times YOU'D be forgiven if you thought of
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      148 12 Bra loses his cool CHINESE Premier Zhu Rongji warned the Taiwanese people yesterday to vote with a cool head in Saturday's presidential election. But the manner in which he cautioned them against choosing a pro-independence candidate, namely the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) Chen Shui-bian, was anything
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Krishnan to buy Shaw film library
      477 13 PEOPLE It will pay HKs6oom for the rights and to re-master them to a digital format Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Ananda Krishnan, the tycoon who owns Malaysia's sole satellite television network, will buy one of the world's biggest archives of Hongkong-made movies for his 28v channel
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      Lock icon KL govt may boycott opposition banks too
      209 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S government might follow the Malacca state government and stop dealing with banks staffed by opposition sympathisers, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday "How do you trust a bank whose workers are against you and who have been known to
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      Lock icon Bankruptcy court rejects 2 cases against Indon firms
      546 13 JAKARTA Lenders fear reforms to protect creditors are stalling Bloomberg JAKARTA'S bankruptcy court threw out two cases against debt-ridden Indonesian companies this week, confirming concerns among lenders to hundreds of struggling corporates that reforms to boost creditor protection are stalling. The Jakarta
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      Lock icon Chinese threat may affect election: survey
      246 14 TAIWAN POLLS AFP [TAIPEI] Some 40 per cent of Taiwanese believe the island's presidential elections could be swayed by Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's blunt war-threatening rhetoric, according to poll findings published yesterday. But 29 per cent of respondents said they were not nervous about
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      Lock icon Sunday falls over 5% on HK trading debut
      188 14 HONGKONG Bloomberg SUNDAY Communications Ltd fell more than 5 per cent on its first trading day in Hongkong in a lacklustre debut that cast a pall over a year-long rally in technologyrelated shares. Hongkong's No 5 mobile phone company closed at HK$3.5B
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      Lock icon Chen may win polls: analysts
      641 14  -  PEOPLE His pro-independence platform has gained him support among Taiwan's business leaders From'. Macabe Keliher in Taipei PRESIDENTIAL candidate Chen Shui-bian's use of his pro-indepen-dence platform to consolidate support among Taiwan's business leaders could clinch tomorrow's election for him, analysts said. This is reflected in
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      Lock icon Ties with Softbank strong, says CyberWorks MD
      308 14 HONGKONG Reuters A PACIFIC Century CyberWorks Ltd (PCCW) executive said yesterday the company's relationship with Japan's Softbank Corp remained strong despite disparaging comments from a Softbank official last week. Referring to Softbank's president Masayoshi Son, PCCW managing director Alex Arena said: "His relationship
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      Lock icon China finance sector reform moves ahead
      459 14 BEIJING It has allowed a listed trust firm to become a securities brokerage Reuters CHINA has taken a big step in the reform of its financial industry by allowing a listed trust firm to become a securities brokerage, analysts and company officials said. Xinjiang
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      Lock icon Taiwan pumps NT$30b more into stock market
      345 14 TAIPEI More selling pressure expected ahead of elections Reuters AFP THE Taiwan government pulled an estimated NT$3O billion (SSI.7 billion) from its stock market medicine chest for the first time yesterday to turn an opening free-fall into a 0.5 per cent rise. The
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Estrada to convene security council
        67 14 AFP [MANILA] Philippine President Joseph Estrada will convene his security council today, officials said yesterday, amid political jitters caused by allegations of corruption in the government. Mr Estrada's presidency has also been wounded by an insider trading scandal at the Philippine Stock Exchange revolving around
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        Lock icon Nawaz Sharif hospitalised in Karachi
        56 14 AFP [KARACHI] Pakistan's deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother have been hospitalised in Karachi for medical treatment, their lawyer said yesterday. Mr Sharif and his brother went for a medical check-up on Wednesday and stayed in the hospital, said Khwaja Sultan, the leading
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        66 14 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India extended its consumer law to cover Internet transactions and to genetically modified food to help protect the interests of consumers. "The Consumer Protection Act is competent to cover subjects like genetically modified food and services like e-commerce under the existing law,"
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        83 14 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India has allowed SSI Ltd, a computer education and software developer, to raise 4.4 billion rupees (***** million) through the sale of shares abroad. SSI will use the money to set up a software development centre in the southern city
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        57 14 AFX-Asia [SHANGHAI] China's plans to establish a gold exchange market will be delayed to next year, the Shanghai Daily quoted the World Gold Council North China manager Roland Wang as saying. It added, Shanghai Huatong Non-Ferrous Metals Market's Jan 4 plans to launch a spot
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        89 14 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Krung Thai Bank will sell a chunk of its bad loan portfolio to Thailand's central bank, in a move to help clean up the balance sheet of the country's second-largest bank. All of Krung Thai's loans in arrears at least a
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      314 14 BEIJING Bloomberg CHINA intends to speed plans to develop two technology-focused stock markets, giving upstart companies ready access to cash without the time and expense of an overseas listing. But securities regulators are still working to ensure the so-called second boards in
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      631 15 DEMIITI lAI ISIMP.nW-W LONDON Market expects it to respond more quickly to the changing financial environment AFP MEMBERS of the London Stock Exchange voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to become a public listed company, staking their claim to a leading role
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      360 15 WASHINGTON Bloomberg A GROUP of small brokerages said it will campaign against the Nasdaq Stock Market's US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) proposal to become a for-profit company, and likely will file a lawsuit seeking to halt the plan. "The conversion is not
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      261 15 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE Federal Reserve has made it easier for foreign banks to enter the insurance and securities businesses in the US, saying all they have to do is give notice before expanding. The rule change, which allows the expansion
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      488 15 TOKYO Bloomberg MCDONALD'S Corp raised more money selling bonds in Japan this year than it earned dishing out Big Macs there in all of 1999. US companies, including Ford Motor Co and General Electric Corp, are raising money selling
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      408 15 TOKYO Move is to create a deeper, more efficient market Reuters THE Japanese government plans to propose legislation shortly that could turn the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) into a commercial enterprise to create a deeper, more efficient market, a finance official said yesterday. A
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      407 16 AMSTERDAM It expects profit to grow by at least 10% this year Reuters DUTCH ING Groep NV became the latest financial services company to announce a huge e-commerce push, saying yesterday it would plough two billion euros (553.3 billion) into e-commerce banking in
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      175 16 WASHINGTON Bloomberg AFP US inflation at the wholesale level, driven by a sharp hike in energy prices, rose one per cent last month, the Labor Department reported yesterday. Wall Street analysts had foreseen a rise of 0.6 per cent in the department's producer price
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      573 16 FRANKFURT Region's inflation rate expected to rise farther in next few months, bnt Bank chief thinks it'll fall Bloomberg THE European Central Bank raised interest rates for the third time in less than five months, signaling that
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      449 16 Bloomberg Reuters AFP [MUNICH] Bayerische Motoren Werke AG said it's selling most of its Rover Cars unit, after losses of nearly US$lO billion (Ssl7 billion) in six years, to UK venture capital group Alchemy Partners. The company said it will take a charge of 3.15
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      328 16 TOKYO Reuters TOSHIBA Corp yesterday joined a long list of Japanese firms hit by pension and retirement debts, announcing a 330 billion yen (555.3 billion) one-off loss this business year to mop up the shortfall. Analysts said the electronics
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        52 16 Bloomberg [PARIS] Axa SA, the world's largest insurer, said 1999 profit rose 22 per cent as it integrated Guardian Royal Exchange, the UK insurer it bought in May. Net income rose to 1.87 billion euros (Ss3.l billion) from 1.53 billion euros in
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        56 16 Bloomberg [BIEL, Switzerland] Swatch Group said 1999 profit rose 24 per cent as global economic growth fuelled demand for its luxury Omega metal sports model and Calvin Klein brand timepieces. Net income rose to 441 million Swiss francs (*****.7 million) in 1999 from 357 million
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        72 16 Reuters [TOKYO] Toyota Motor Corp yesterday said its financial unit has secured the right of direct issue from Visa International and MasterCard International for the planned launch of its new credit card. The right opens the way for Toyota to use the latest chip
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      778 17 AFP SET Index +9.63 THAI stocks closed up 2.5 per cent yesterday after sharp falls in the previous session as investors took a more positive view of the bankruptcy court ruling on Thai Petrochemical Industry. The benchmark Stock Exchange of Thailand Index closed up 9.63 points to finish at
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      287 17 AFP Q Composite Index -8.63 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 0.5 per cent yesterday as investors remained skittish in the face of a stock market scandal. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 8.63 points to 1,629.97. Volume was 16.3 billion sl&res worth 1.75 billion pesos. -i-AFP (OOP) MRC A
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      279 17 AFP QNZSE-40 NEW Zealand's share market picked itself off a 15-month floor yesterday but the 0.4 per cent rally was a weak response to the Dow's 3.3 per cent gain. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 7.8 points to 1,964.26. Turnover was worth NZ$B4 million. —AFP WW US *h (000)
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      306 17 AFP Q Composite Index +3J9 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index yesterday closed up 3.69 points at 841.22. Volume stood at 297 million shares worth three trillion won. —AFP M« Arwm Stmt ***** -650 8r»io T»ch 1770 180 Control Bank 2820 -120 ChoflComm *****0 8000 OooGuBonfc 2180 50 OoosonqCorp
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      2845 19 HONGKONG AFP HangSeng -388,2 HONGKONG share prices fell 2.3 per cent yesterday due to caution ahead of the Taiwan elections and with a sell-off of high-tech and Internet stocks, dealers said. "The market is falling apart on a lot of uncertainties,
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      994 19 AFXAsia Bloomberg n Shenzhen B Index -3.78 SHENZHEN'S A and B shares closed sharply lower yesterday following Premier Zhu Rongji's comments on the Taiwanese presidential election and on the domestic stock markets, dealers said. They said Mr Zhu's comments on Taiwan are clearly aimed at deterring voters from supporting
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      381 19 AFX-Asia QWP Index ->4173 SHARE prices closed mixed yesterday with the index higher in thin trade after a late recovery on purchases by the state stabilisation fund, dealers said. The fund buying offset investor caution following Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's remarks aimed at intimidating Taiwanese vrters away troin pro-indepencfcnce
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      2013 19 TOKYO AFP fl Nikkei 225 +174.63 TOKYO'S key stock index rose 0.9 per cent yesterday as high-priced information technology issues rallied from this week's lows, brokers said. The key Nikkei-225 average gained 174.63 points to close at 19,253.23. Buying spread to financial issues but
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        592 22  -  CINEMA Anthony Minghella's Tom Ripley is more accessible, bat a lot less fascinating, than the Patricia Highsmith original By I Parvathi Nayar THE Talented Mr Ripley is a film about that special talent to acquire other people's things. Director Anthony Minghella, after The English Patient, continues to show
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        457 22  -  M CINEMA Bizarre but brilliant, Being John Malkovich is a movie that really gets yon thinking By Chen Huifen IMAGINE. If you had a chance to enter the mind of someone else for 15 minutes, whose would you choose? Wouldn't you like to know what CyberWorks
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        627 22  -  CINEMA The Insider is one of those rare, brave movies that dares to take a moral stance in a morally ambivalent age By P Parvathi Nayar THE Insider was drama with a difference apart from anything else, it'd been a very long time since I
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        975 23  -  The Skoda Octavia is a heady cocktail of socialist pragmatism, Teutonic engineering, and Asian pricing that leaves Christopher tax intoxicated CHRISTOPHER TAN YOU WOULD have expected a brand name like Skoda to be treated with trepidation, given the ill reputation it garnered as a relic of the
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        602 24  -  Besides practice and good equipment, a club fitted just for you can be a worthwhile investment ten s&eenxvasan has the details VEN SREENIVASAN WHILE golfers in Asia spend millions of dollars hiring instructors and buying the latest equipment, few give much thought—or money to getting
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        721 27  -  Just about everything at the chic Butterbean Bistro, from sorbets to sauces, is made on the premises. And don't miss the desserts, which are simply delightful, says tamsutbm TAN SU YEN A FRIEND recommended the newly-opened Butterbean Bistro, saying it was good and inexpensive. So one night,
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        854 27  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR By N K Yong OF ALL fine wines, vintage port is the least drunk or even tasted in Singapore hardly ever in fact. The reasons? "It's too hot here port should be drunk in a cold-climate country." I think that is a fallacy.
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        412 27  -  PROMOTION Chefs S&ngiorgi and Costa delight with their no-nonsense approach to pasta By Jaime Ee FROM a little restaurant in Italy to a little Italian restaurant in Singapore. Armed with little more than their own know-how in turning out perfect home-made pasta, two guest chefs are quietly
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        327 27 IT'S that time of the year when high fashion boutiques invite their clients to view the year's Spring/Summer collections. Similarly, quite a few Continental restaurants who operate on the seasons of the Northern Hemisphere recently unveiled their new Spring menu. Fans of Salut Restaurant in Tanjong
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        523 28  -  It is targeting subscriptions of $50 million By I Genevieve Cua THE Nasdaq Composite Index may have retreated, but technology remains en trenched as the flavour of the moment among fund management houses. OCBC Asset Management is launching an Asian tech nology
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        811 28  -  GENEVIEVE CUA and limb su axx find out how some funds view Nasdaq's uneven performance GENEVIEVE CUA, LING SU ANN Dresdner RCM Global Investors managing director Walter Price expects the Nasdaq Composite Index to retreat by as much as 20 per cent But the
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        862 28  -  Plan has no risk to invested capital and gives insurance protection Byi Soh Tiang Keng AXA Life Insurance has launched the first Singapore-dollar investment fund which allows investors to tap the growth potential of the best companies in Europe with no risk
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        380 28 UMT TWJ8T/9ECT0R (8 MONTHft 31AUQW-10MABOO) CHANGE BENCHMARK CHANGE Tap 10 funds 1 Henderson Global Tech/ Ttcneiotar 216.58 MSCI CVBiCtrikm 7217 2 Duadner htt Prov/Tech Stobai* 103.21 MSCI O/EJectr 7217 3 UOB Uted Global Teie/ Tele Global 100 53 MSCI Q/AC Tele 51.55 4 0C8C Savers todfrEQ
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        632 29  -  YOURi;.r .m»j Conglomerates risk being left behind If they do not Invest Into the promise and risk of the new economy, which Is what their HE counterparts are doing madeleine lee Ms Lee worked in the fund management industry for 15 years and
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        713 29 stock tnrra Singapore Land SINGAPORE Land's fortunes are set to improve on the back of a stronger office-rental market this year. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) recently released promising office-rental figures for the last quarter of 1999. Investment-property prices rose 7.8 per cent year-on-year. Occupancy
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        566 29  -  jusiDEiuHma By. Robert Halili The writer is director of Asian Ownership Research at Primarl ALTHOUGH overall trading activities slowed further, we saw a boost in buying activities. The buy value amounted to $81.71 million, up 302 per cent from the 12-week average of $20.33
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        360 29 AvimoGroap WE believe investors should look into defence optical equipment supplier Avimo Group due to recent major shareholder movements. Substantial shareholder Alvis pic sold a 24.9 per cent stake to UK-based company, Thomson-CSF, at $3.60 each on Dec 2,1999. Under the agreement, the buyer, Thomson-CSF, has a call
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      264 31 Bridge News Reuters THE Baltic Panamax Index fell a Anther 22 points to 1,573 as the decline in Atlantic panamax rates continued, brokers said. Some reported capesize rates remained firm world-wide, although others felt that they were weaker. Brokers acting on behalf of owners expressed disappointment that handysize
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      378 31  -  Seminars, conferences as well as Singaport 2000 fill up next two weeks of the calendar Byi George Joseph [SINGAPORE] The Singapore shipping community is preparing for one of its busiest periods during the next fortnight with a full calendar of seminars, conferences and
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      151 31 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nippon Yusen KK, the world's thirdlargest shipping firm, said it will order a 50,000 ton cruise ship, increasing its US-based fleet to three vessels in expectation of a rise in passengers. "We see cruise liners as one of our core
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      52 31 [HONGKONG] A police launch spewing out black dieselfumes as it passes the Rainbow Warrior, Greenpeace's world famousflagship, in Hongkong on Wednesday. The Rainbow Warrior arrived in Hongkong on a two week visit on the fourth leg of its Asian tour to promote a toxic free
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      794 31  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar THE English Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed an appeal by a sole shareholder of a Greek one-ship company who failed in his challenge of a lower court's jurisdiction over him. The decision by the Court of Appeal in October
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      250 31 AFX-Asia [BRUSSELS] European Commission (EC) and South Korea government officials are to continue talks today on resolving EU industry complaints of unfair pricing by Korean yards, an EC source said. A further session between EC deputy director general Peter Carl and his
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        582 32 Facilities handled a record 20m tonnes of cargo valued at US$72.l billion last year Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Alcoholic beverages from Europe, automobiles from Asia and furniture from Scandinavia contributed to 7.3 per cent growth in cargo handled last year by New York City
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        316 32  -  hYom] Rajendra Bajpai in Neiv Delhi THE Canadian Pacific (CP) Group has told the Indian government it is interested in picking up equity stakes in Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) and Container Corporation of India (Concor). Both SCI and Concor are state-owned firms
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        540 45 Voy No Berth Arrival Departui J»m Ptrt 1 JOT 16/01/6:30 20/0V21:! «G*j*» 11*2 ***** J01 16/03/11:30 17/03/641 W ***** JOt 16/03/10.25 16/03/16.0< 811 > 1 ***** JOI 16/03/KW0 16/03/17:* *»<<»<*> 6 10-00 J16 16/03/11:45 16/03/21 <X W ***** JOI 16/03/10:15 16/01/214 w ***** JOI 16/03/10:30 16/03/23:0 103 J03
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        1856 45 receiving or export Fa containers and La cargo Booklog/Balanca Rstts Ship Voy Ho Etb/Btr Period from To Fron ACX JAOC *711 "WOO U I4/B00 I*/H9* H/TWO H/BM >4/*i* *.-NOC U 14/1700 17 AMI 17/OMO 2> H/1700 17/0*9* 17/0*00 1 17/0700 17/18* T7/MOO 4 17/1200 17/149* 17/1700 aci MACMOiu
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        214 45 Mar 10 Indonesia: Hari Ray a Haji. Malaysia: Hari Raya Haji Singapore: Hari Raya Haji. Brunei: Hari Raya A id i lad ha Mar 17 United States: St Patrick's Day Bank Holiday (Northern Ireland). KarlS Taiwan: Market Holiday for Presidential Election. Mar 20 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Apr
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        790 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price range* In US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are baaed oil averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        408 45 Carton 180 Mu 9912 0.9 15.9 0.10 75 0.05 Mar9 Dewier Watar SmMn Art Al—!«*>■ Silwl Wo «tow £25 10 10 0 0 300 Aw 908.1 0J 13.7 0.06 48 0.02 tarn 380 Ma 990.9 5.9 17J 0.M 270 0.07 Wtfm %M/M PW mm* Ho toow
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        481 46 Estrada orders transportation officials to work ont solution Reuters [MANILA] Philippine President Joseph Estrada has ordered his transportation officials to work out a solution to the latest aviation dispute with Taiwan which has led to the cutting of direct commercial air links.
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        186 46 Reuters 2 [ROME] Italian airline Alitalia said it had cho•sen General Electric engines for five 747-400s it was buying from Boeing Co. "The contract also contains an option to J buy another three 8747-4005," Alitalia said in •a statement, without giving details of the op«tion, or
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        83 46 [BIRMINGHAM] A union delegation representing workers from the Rover car plant in Long bridge arriving at Birmingham Airportfor a flight to Munich on Wednesday for a meeting with BMW about the future of the plant The delegates are, front row, from left, Duncan Simpson, chief
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        535 46 No penalty if pilots discuss their experiences: regulators Reuters [WASHINGTON] Federal regulators concerned about near misses on airport runways said they would encourage pilots to discuss their experiences without penalty. The Federal Aviation Administration also scheduled a series of meetings around
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        128 46 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Malaysian Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said Malaysian Airlines System is in "quite intensive talks" with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Northwest and Alitalia. The talks are over the possibility of MAS becoming a member of the Wings alliance which groups the
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      18 31 New York-New Jersey ports set cargo record Pg2 Philippines wants to end air row with Taiwan Pg 16
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      619 32 ✓gjgx Lin** service* represented by Members of ihe Registry of Members ot the \MJHKV Accr ited Shipping Agerjts, Singapore Logistics Association. S'pore National Shipping Assoc. NORTH WEST EXPRESS UNE ACCEPTING CONTAINERS, BREAKBUK PROJECT CARGO TO DAMPIER/FREMAHTLE MV "TBN" ETA SIN 28/03/2000 BOOKINGS CALL MONKA/JUUA TEL 323 4374 CONUUNftS/ CONVBtDOMAL CAJtGO
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      1624 34 MR-SENATOR LINES I TO UK/CONTINENT TO MEDITERRANEAN/CANADA VESSEL VOY LfW IB W W FU Vt«a VOY It 6IT gt IB IU Mil HAMJMBREMEN OBOW 11.13 1(M 11.M 17 M KM 11 64 CHOYXNC SUCCESS OM2W 17 03 02 M MM KM MM lIM HAMJM SMI FMNCSCO 001IM 28 03 MM
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      738 34 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR N SHEVW (CFS MULUNO. MUMBMCOUMBC ALSO ACCEPTING TO Ml NORTHBM ANO WESTER* I.C.D POINTS VNUI S PORE N. SHCVA COLOMBO PKLANC TULSIDAS V 122 2CMAR #4 APR 09 APR 15 APR CAPE CREUSVIO4W 02 APR 11 APR 11 APR 22 APR CAPE CANAVERAL V.121W 09 APR
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      1152 35 MEWSHWKI 1 WU APftll 2000 SIN/ItAMPf, XIAMEN, SfliKOV x IHtANOP«, XMUMM, IMIKOM/Wi I 80 RO,INSON RD nL 226 1900 FAX: ***** M OUTWARD (l/L) 4205M2 JOHORE OFFICE; I COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #12-00 SALES/RIGS 420SAS7/43 INWARD DtPT (0/0) *****55 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD ■SS2SSS *****01/850 T/SHPMTDEPT 4205A25 TEL 02*7
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      350 46 ASIAN FEEDER DISCUSSION GROUP (AFDG)^~ NOTICE TO TRADH SOC SHIPMENTS EMERGENCY BUNKER SURCHARGE Bunker prices have been increasing steadily over the past months. In order to recover this increase in bunker cost, members of the Feeder Operators Grouping have no alternative but to revise the Emergency Bunker Surcharge to the
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