The Business Times, 25 April 2000

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85C SINGAPORE TUESDAY, 25 APRIL. 2000 Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/
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    63 1 □sn 2,041.78 (-30.49) ET-SEI 77& M (-9.27) SmSCI FOTUBES ***** (-0.90) STOCK MARKET INDICES M Monday Change KLSEOOMP _887J8 -tt.10 NlKKEl l&480.15_*n7.47 HANG SENG Closed SET INDEX 396.60 JAKARTA COMP 530.85 +4.45 MANILA OOMP _1,«M.4€ +«.4« TAIPBWPI 8308.09 -***** SEOUL COMP 747.58 -1958 CLSA CHINA B dosed AUSTALLORD
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    79 1 FOREX BATES us$ s$ USS 1.700 £(US$/S$ per 1.677 1682 EURO(US$/S$/E) 0540 1598 DM 1081 0.817 YEN 106.7 1.609 RM 3.800 0.447 HKSI 7.788 0.218 BAHT 17 31 0 045 RUPIAH 7345 0.022 'SJ to 100 units PUKE KATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.90 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA
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    Lock icon Bank directors' pay: MAS pushes for details
    872 1  -  BIAS seeks to raise standards to level of global practice By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Banks may soon have to disclose how much each of their directors earn as the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) leans on them to make fuller disclosure. The
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    Lock icon Morning Nasdaq plummets on Microsoft fears
    170 1 AFP [NEW YORK] Turbulence returned to Wall Street yesterday as fresh fears about a possible breakup of Microsoft roiled the high technology sector and sent share prices into another tailspin The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite plunged 199.39 points to 3,444.49 at 11am EST. Other indexes
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    Lock icon Gus Dur shakes up economic team by replacing 2 ministers
    879 1  -  Some analysts fear backlash from their political parties From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday moved to overhaul his economic team by replacing two key ministers. Analysts saw the move as an attempt by the president, popularly
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    Lock icon DBS to impose minimum balance charge
    732 1  -  Accounts of customers under 21, over 62 exempted 'By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank, in an effort to consolidate the millions of accounts on its hands after it took over POSBank, will impose monthly charges of $2 to $7.50 on individual accounts which
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      88 1 IH SIDE BT Comment Lee Han Shih on why CityDev could be up for tougher competition. Pg 11 Top stories US may ask court to split Microsoft. Pg 20 Five M'sian tycoons may have to give up stockbroking arms. Pg 15 it VI Singapore e-com firm sees a year full
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      19 1 11T hmbkbui 4 jjlfr-. .-I. .—L tfl jfclumi ■exclusive report, Next Page US moving towards Microsoft breakup, Pg 20
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      Lock icon Turning a passion into profit
      926 2  -  Lots of Asian women all around the world have self-professed 'beauty junkie' Katarina Tan to thank for loads of good advice on a vast range of cosmetic products, reports CORRmME lfTn>ir CORRINNE KERK IT started with a life of leisure, of spending Daddy's money on
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Year of the bouncing dead bull?
        168 2 WHICH was the "real" correction in the US stock markets the big drop two Fridays ago or the subsequent recovery? Optimists like Abby Cohen say it's the first. But some who are less sanguine called the latter an example of a dead cat (or
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        Lock icon Nobody wants to play right now
        103 2 IN the same vein, 1,224 Web surfers responded to a poll by local site catcha.com.sg, which asked as a result of the recent sharp moves in technology stock prices if "now is the right time to buy technology stocks". They were allowed to choose
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        Lock icon Lots cooking here
        60 2 WE attended the launch of Internet company Beans Factory yesterday, which might seem like a light-hearted name, but it's got serious backers like the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, UOB Venture Management and EDB Ventures. The new outfit, an e-biz builder, is targetting to break even with
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      288 2 JL The Hull MBA OF HULL mba (General) 28th Intake "Ranked Among Starting in Singapore May 2000 f Session Ssbn 1 MBA (lnvestment Finance) 10th Intake Universities, 1999" Starting in Singapore May 2000 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA "Ranked Among Australia's Best Universities" PhD MA/BA Doctor of Philosophy in Business ft
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      15 2 HOME NEEDS The Straits Times Classified. Classifications 90 120. Buy k. sdi h. fm h.
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  • URA changes
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      Lock icon URA initiatives seen to improve developers' yields
      695 3  -  Average selling prices for taller buildings could rise due to premiums charged for better views on higher floors, uwssa chew has the details MARISSA CHEW Developers yesterday said the latest relaxation in height controls for private housing, which now allows for buildings to
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      306 3 PRQPERTY2OOO j^T 5 4 r--x'" -*V\- 4\4 -v* f I I' l le ieart °f Singapore, beats the soul of new,/hi a. Vibrant yet serene. Modern yet traditional Expressive yet understated. More than just a place, its a state of mind. It's not quite last. It's not quite West, but
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Sats, SIA Engg to invest $525m over next 5 years
      628 4 Sats will spend $300 m, while engineering arm plans to spend np to $225 m Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services Group (Sats) and SIA Engineering Co, both part of Singapore Airlines Ltd, plan to spend a total of $525 million
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      Lock icon Lee Metal slumps 15% in maiden trading on Sesdaq
      349 4  -  NEWlimi.l.kl Brokers point to lack of retail interest in general market By Ling Su Ann LEE Metal, making its entry on Sesdaq yesterday, was the latest casualty of the shaky market sentiment. The counter disappointed investors on its debut by shedding
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      Lock icon PNE Industries' upcoming IPO expected to raise $15m
      351 4 Firm going public to raise profile rather than tap public funds LOCAL electronics manufacturer PNE Industries is expected to raise up to $15 million in an initial public offering in the next two to three weeks. The IPO will proceed even if
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      Lock icon Auto refund for CPF investment balance
      287 4 Transfer effective end May for accounts inactive for 2 consecutive months BALANCES in CPF members' investment accounts will be automatically refunded to their CPF ordinary accounts if the investment accounts have been inactive for two consecutive months. In a statement yesterday, the board said
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      Lock icon Internet industry can learn from recent Nasdaq crash
      553 4  -  HOCKPffPrffWl toh han shih THE recent volatility of the Nasdaq stock market could hurt or help Singapore's efforts to become a Silicon Valley of Asia, depending on how Singapore's Internet industry reacts. Nasdaq fell from the 5,000-plus level in March to around
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      Lock icon Oei Hong Leong may move company HQ to S'pore
      492 7  -  He is drawn by the good environment for high-tech devt By Toh Han Shih BUSINESSMAN Oei Hong Leong, who was attacked last December in Hongkong in an apparent kidnap attempt, is contemplating shifting his company headquarters from Hongkong to Singapore and
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      Lock icon Times Publishing interim profit up 16% to $16m
      410 7  -  It makes $9-5 m provision for loan to Haw Par Villa, which it says will cease operations by next March 31 By Kalpana Rashiwala BETTER margins, lower overheads and higher investment income helped Times Publishing achieve a 16 per cent increase in
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      Lock icon Hng Kiang urges S'pore firms to tap bond funding
      550 8  -  Corpor&tes including GLCs can diversify capital structures with bonds By Eugene Low MANY Singapore companies, particularly governmentlinked corporations, need to structure their capital structures more sensibly and take in a proportion of debt by issuing bonds, said Second Minister for Finance
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      Lock icon UOL to refurbish United Square
      422 8  -  By Marissa Chew UNITED Overseas Land intends to refurbish its United Square office and retail complex to take advantage of a new underground connection to its new Novena Square development. Speaking to reporters at the topping out ceremony for Novena Square yesterday, UOL's general manager
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      Lock icon Capital Tower offers wireless LAN
      346 8 Pidemco project bags 6IC and Chase Manhattan as anchor tenants VIEW Internet content while in your office lift, be directed by an "intelligent" screen to empty carpark lots in the building that is what Capital Tower at Robinson Road will offer when it opens in
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      579 4 ftoCQ/VATEMOUtfOOPERS Letters of Credit are important financing instruments in import/export transactions. A badly opened letter of credit exposes thfc company to risks, financial loss, higher cost and bank charges, delays in arrival of goods and more. Similarly, for the beneficiary of a badly opened letter of credit, payment for your
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      438 6 Stocks Volume Lee Metal 5c 14,730,000 MecfiaRmg 10c 6,916,000 IPCOW02 8.457,000 Vickers Capital 25c 4,679,000 Eastern Asia 3,787,000 IPC020C 3,703.000 AiiOcean 5c v 3,510,000 SingTel 15c 3,470,000 Links Island 10c 3,168,000 DBS Land 2,988,000 Stocks > SIA 24,277,971 UOB 20,915,480 PacHlcCentury 19,668,445 DBSGrp 14,960,396 0C8C 13,186,500 IPCOWCI2 10,099,210 DatacraftlOc 9,759,487
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      Lock icon STI tumbles as investors await direction from Wall St
      565 6  -  STOCKS v.sreenivasan THE Singapore stock market started the week on a bearish note as investors generally stayed away, preferring to wait for fresh directions from Wall Street. "There is a lot of uncertainty and people are not about to commit themselves
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      Lock icon Rupiah recovers in thin markets, euro still near lows
      314 6  -  ■^BdLHkdhMHJUUILIHMUUMI CURRENCIES larry wee THE Indonesian rupiah recovered smartly yesterday, but the euro remained mired close to recent record lows in holiday-thinned trading yesterday. Players said that Asian currency markets were largely becalmed with most European centres, as well as Hongkong
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      Lock icon Ipco wrts – high risk-reward proposition
      176 6  - Ipco wrts high risk-reward proposition WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan THE warrant of infrastructure specialist Ipco International jumped a hefty 28 per cent to a record high yesterday on the back of very strong speculative trading. The instrument, which expires in December 2002, surged 40 cents to $1.82 on volume
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      Lock icon SIA to be range-bound in near term
      242 6  -  HOT STOCK By Wong Wei Kong SHARES of Singapore Airlines (SIA) rose yesterday to finish among the session's biggest gainers. SIA shares closed up 20 cents or 1.2 per cent at $17.20, the day's opening price. The stock hit an intra-day high of
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      145 6 HBM Print: Proposed acquisition of 50.1 per cent interest of the Nanyang Insurance Company Ltd from See Hoy Chan Sdn Bhd and the 100 per cent interest of each erf SHC Asset Mgt Pte Ltd, SHC Financial Services Pte Ltd and SHC Technology Pte Ltd from See Hoy
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      22 6 Access to IPO placements. Just one more reason to join DBS investor Online Call us at 323-3955 to find out more ©DBSBANK
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Singapore e-com firm sees a year full of beans
      345 9  -  Beans Factory expects to break even on USs7m sales in first fiscal year By Andrew Wee HOMEGROWN e-commerce services provider Beans Factory, which has secured several heavyweight investors, expects to gross US$7 million (Ssl2 million) in revenue and break even in
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      Lock icon GK Goh chief pledges $60,000 for SSO scheme
      671 9  -  Local composer will get $20,000 to write fall symphonic work By Jaime Ee VETERAN stockbroker Goh Geok Khim has given local composers a leg up by pledging $20,000 a year for the next three years to the Singapore Symphony Orchestra's newly launched
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      Lock icon 6% GDP growth seen for 3 years
      295 9  -  By Eugene Low SINGAPORE'S economy is expected to expand by around 6 per cent annually for the next three years before growing at a slower 5.5 per cent for the rest of the decade, according to economists polled by Consensus Economics. The London-based
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon GE: Bonus must not be based on one year's results
      343 10  -  Tan Beng Lee Director and CEO Great Eastern Life Singapore WE thank Mr Chua Boon Hou for his letter "It's time to restore slashed policyholders' bonus, GE" (BT, April 18). In 1997. an industry review of bonus scale was made
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      Lock icon Govt should release more sites for sale
      946 10  -  Eugene Szeto Singapore I REFER to the article "Too early to cut back site sales: Mah" (BT, April 12). In the article, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan was quoted as saying that "despite slow sales in the residential property market in the
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      1208 10 ■S" Nat Steel Electronics n atsteel electronics ltd 1 (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING I i 2 'D: *5# »> >" v I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at 12 Kallang Way, Singapore
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon CityDev shares could see tougher competitom
      618 11  -  _HFTT7CT7IT37II PROPERTY Fund managers could switch alter the DBS L&nd/Pldemco restructuring lee han shih Most city Developments shareholders probably did not realise it, but what happened at DBS Land last week could have a serious impact on their investment. Last Monday, DBS Land came
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      Lock icon Two more freehold sites put up for collective sales
      357 11 Caimhill property priced at $90m, while Serangoon site has $95m tag TWO more freehold sites have hit the collective sales trail. The first is The Vermont in the Cairnhill area with an expected price of above $90 million while the second
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      Lock icon Goldhill group to launch KL serviced apartments here
      275 11  -  135 nnits of project sold in Malaysia launch Hy, Kalpana Rashiwala WILLIAM Goei's Goldhill Group is launching this Friday in Singapore a strata-ti-tled serviced apartment project in Kuala Lumpur's Golden Triangle District. The developer, Goldhill unit Granit Emas Holdings Sdn Bhd, plans
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  • eNews
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      Lock icon Hikari forecasts loss, unveils revamp
      589 12 TOKYO 11.6b yen operating loss seen till Aug; analysts cold to restructuring Reuters BATTERED Japanese Internet investor Hikari Tsushin Inc warned yesterday that it would suffer an operating loss of 11.6 billion yen (SslB7 million) for the year to August but unveiled a restructuring aimed
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      Lock icon AT&T Wireless may colour IPO market
      200 12 NEW YORK Reuters AT&T Corp's US$lO billion (Ssl7 billion) wireless tracking stock is poised to debut on Thursday in a shaky market that has pushed the majority of newly public companies below their offer price and forced other businesses to scrap their initial public
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      Lock icon Talent-search Web site on the cards
      351 12 HONGKONG Tornxom, Softbank team np with China official, Japanese music director Reuters TOM.COM Ltd, a senior Chinese official, a Softbank Corp unit and prominent Japanese music producer Tetsuya Komuro are set to invest in an online talent-search Web site, the South China Morning Post
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      Lock icon Tech firms top list of best performers
      177 12 NEW YCRK Reuters TECHNOLOGY companies led a list compiled by Bar ron's magazine of the best performing corporations for investors. Broadcom Inc, the largest maker of semiconductors used for Internet access via cable TV lines, topped Barron's list, which graded the 500 largest
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      Lock icon New thrust for Internet retailers: being e-fficient
      912 13 Amid the dismal results of dotcom merchants, investors are starting to re-focus on good old-fashioned measures of retail success NYT [NEW YORK] Given the dismal performance of dotcom retailers on Wall Street and in the offices of venture capitalists lately, investors have had
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      Lock icon Scoot.com in talks to buy Loot magazine
      459 13 LONDON Deal worth £200 m; online firm latest to seek real assets FT SCOOT.COM, the Internet and telephone directory services group, is in talks to buy Loot, the UK classified advertising magazine, in the latest example of online companies buying "bricks and mortar"
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      Lock icon Content sites explore ways to sell directly to users
      507 13 NEW YORK AP WEB sites packed with information whether it be news stories, wedding planning tips or horoscopes spend millions of dollars each year to get people to visit their sites. Yet they shove consumers out the door when they want
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      Lock icon An online access gauge for nations
      410 13 WASHINGTON Harvard team draws up guide, plans to help poorer nations IHT WHEN Jeffrey Sachs, the well-known Harvard University development economist, meets with foreign leaders during his frequent travels abroad, he makes it a point to inform them whether or not he has been
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      Lock icon The downside of whisper profit estimates on the Web
      626 13 NEWYORK Surfers can influence stock prices by changing unofficial profit estimates posted on Net Reuters MATT Ruecker logged onto the Web one day last week, and with a couple of clicks changed closely-watched profit expectations for a hot technology company by
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon How to tell a hack from an analyst
      753 14  -  Kmssama OPINION paul krugman The writer is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology NYT OH, the outrage! The Web site maintained by Mobilisation for Global Justice, the umbrella organisation for last week's Washington protests, gave precisely one example
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      143 14 'I don't know what the term is for it, resign or fired, but if Gus Dur says there is a division in the Cabinet because of us, it's better for us to just step down.' -YosnfKaUa the Indonesian Industry and Trade Minister, commenting after he and State
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      Lock icon Malaysia's overcautious bankers
      657 14 EDITORIAL Malaysian central bank and finance ministry officials are right to be perturbed about the excruciatingly slow pace of growth in domestic lending, because if banks remain in defensive mode, Malaysia's economic recovery cannot be sustained So far, this recovery has been impressive. After plummeting 7.5 per
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      Lock icon America's new love: the mighty cell phone
      1133 14  -  It's booming so much that analysts expect half of all homes in the US will have at least one by year's end By Praduya Joshi NYT THE number of cellular phones in use in the United States has nearly doubled to 86.9 million
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      966 14 Heavy-handed move WITH Elian Gonzalez reunited with his father, the nation has begun an important debate about the government's handling of the case, especially the forcible seizure of the Cuban boy by heavily armed federal agents before dawn on Saturday. Few actions in recent times have
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon M'sian tycoons may lose brokerages
      467 15  -  But they can get around KL ruling by catting stakes or revamp: analysts From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur FIVE Malaysian tycoons may have to give up their stockbroking arms in a government drive to create 15 universal brokers from the 63 houses at present.
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      Lock icon KL to ease corporate bond issuance
      316 15  -  Firms need not seek Bank Neg&ra nod; move aimed at boosting market From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur COMPANIES in Malaysia do not need to seek approval from the Malaysian central bank to issue corporate bonds as part of a move to develop the
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      Lock icon Pirates seize hostages, including tourists, from M'sian diving haven
      523 15 SEMPORNA, Malaysia Abductors believed to belong to rebel Abu Sayyaf group of Philippines Reuters HEAVILY armed pirates kidnapped 20 people on Sunday, including 10 foreign tourists, on a tropical resort island off East Malaysia and headed out to sea, authorities said
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Analabs to strike gold?
        90 15 ANALABS Resources, which is in waste management, rose by a hefty RM3.30 to RMS on its debut yesterday. Analysts expect the share price to rise further despite the current market consolidation as its prospects are bright. PhileoAllied Securities told its clients that it has valued the
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        Lock icon Bolton's gaming plan
        70 15 BOLTON Properties rose seven sen to RM2.54 on news that substantial shareholder Lim Yan Hai has revived negotiations to acquire a 30.3 per cent stake in Magnum Corporation from Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd. But the price tag could be lower than the earlier RM3 per share. Magnum was
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        Lock icon Still looking for a buyer
        89 15  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh NALURI Bhd still has not found a buyer for a 10 per cent block in associate Malaysian Airline System. Naluri, which owns 29 per cent of the national carrier, has to sell some MAS shares fast to shave its debts of
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      Lock icon Tenaga H1 profit more than doubles
      172 15 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg TENAGA Nasional Bhd, Malaysia's biggest power utility, said yesterday that profit more than doubled in the first half to February from a year ago as power consumption increased following an economic rebound. Profit rose to RM970.2 million (*****.7 million), or 31.3
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      501 15 KUALA LUMPUR Talks between the two firms 'ongoing', says Sing Tel TIME Engineering Bhd is likely to sign its deal with Singapore Telecom International (Sing Tel) before the May 5 deadline, contrary to speculation that the deal may be
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      544 17 MANILA Philippine tycoon seeking USsBoom for his entire 70% holding Bloomberg DEUTSCHE Lufthansa AG of Germany, Europe's secondlargest airline, is in talks to buy Filipino-Chinese tycoon Lucio Tan's controlling stake in Philippine Airlines (PAL), the country's flag carrier "I will
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        67 17 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's bank rescue agency and Alatief Corporation, a company owned by the country's former manpower minister, reached an out-of-court settlement on US$l6.9 million (5528.7 million) of debt. The agreement is the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency's first victory in using the country's bankruptcy
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        49 17 Reuters [MANILA] Philippine commercial bank Urban Bank Inc said yesterday it had discussed a possible merger with retail bank Banco de Oro. The move was due to "the positive synergy of both banks", Urban said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange. Reuters
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        56 17 Reuters [BANGKOK] Phillip Securities Thailand recommended yesterday an "overweight" position in Thai banks after seven of them reported an average 253 per cent year-on-year jump in operating profit in the first quarter Phillip suggested a "buy" on Krung Thai Bank, Siam Commercial Bank, Thai Military Bank
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        50 17 Reuters [BANGKOK] The Thai government said yesterday it would focus on helping financial institutions tackle non-performing loans and cut big supply gluts in the property sector this year. A government spokesman said economic ministers endorsed plans for Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai's government. Reuters
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      233 17 JAKARTA Reuters RIOTS erupted on the Indonesian island of Batam, near Singapore, yesterday as thousands of people protested against new taxes, local police said. Batam police chief Nicolaus Eko told Reuters the protest went out of control when some demonstrators mistakenly thought police had
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      224 18 BEIJING Reuters CHINA should set up a bank exclusively for developing the impoverished hinterland, a senior government official was quoted as saying yesterday. The official China Economic Times quoted Land and Resources Minister Tian Fengshan as saying the government should found the
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      583 18 The launching of second boards, Nasdaq's gyrations also cited as factors Reuters CHINA'S fund managers snapped up New Economy stocks in the first quarter of this year, but the fever is abating as looming WTO membership and the launch of second boards
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      349 18 WASHINGTON Reuters US Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman will step to centre stage this week as the Clinton administration begins a final month-long push to persuade hundreds of undecided members of the House of Representatives to support a landmark trade agreement with China.
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        98 18 AFX-Asia [LONDON] MERRILL Lynch Asia Pacific has been severely reprimanded by the Hong Kong Securities Futures Commission for failing to prevent improper warrant trading by two former employees, according to Sunday Business newspaper. The report said that Merrill Lynch would not be able to trade in
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        80 18 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] China is drafting new regulations on the financing of investments in cable television projects, Wang Wei, deputy director-general of the State Administration of Radio, Film and TV, was quoted as saying by the South China Morning Post. The regulations may entail
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        77 18 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Ericsson SpA plans to launch its wireless application protocol (WAP) mobile phones in China in the second half of this year, the Xinhua News Agency said. In a dispatch from Shanghai, Xinhua cited a source at Ericsson (China) Co Ltd as
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        76 18 AFX-Asia [TOKYO] Toshiba Corp will set up a joint venture in China in May to produce and sell circuit breakers for use in power plants, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported. The joint venture is capitalised at 7.54 million yuan (511.5 million), with
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        82 18 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hyundai Motor Co, South Korea's biggest carmaker, and its affiliate, Kia Motors Corp, agreed to take over management of a joint venture in China from Jiangsu Yueda Co, their Chinese partner, enabling them to make further inroads into the world's most populous
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        61 18 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's Ministry of Railways plans to issue two billion yuan (Ss4oB million) in bonds to finance railway construction around the country, industry sources said yesterday. The State Development Planning Commission has cleared the size of the issue, but the launch date and
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      198 18 SANTA CLARA Together with local firms, it will develop wireless Net tech Reuters INTEL Corp, the world's largest computer chip maker, was scheduled to announce yesterday that it would set up a centre in Beijing to promote wireless Internet technology throughout China.
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      402 18 SHANGHAI Bnt higher erode prices narrowed profit margins Reuters EARNINGS of China's listed petrochemical firms recovered last year due to rising product prices, but high crude oil costs narrowed margins, analysts said yesterday. They said the sector also faced difficulties in the
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      339 19 BOMBAY Last year, jnst nnder 50b rupees was raised through ADRs and GDRs, np from lib; upward trend seen to continue Reuters INDIAN companies are looking overseas to raise the bulk of their equity after successful launches in the past year, a capital market monitor
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      231 19 NEW DELHI Water sources in Rajasthan, Giyarat drying up Bloomberg IN India, about 50 million people are likely to be affected by drought in the western provinces of Rajasthan and Gujarat, as water sources dry up. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has appealed to the
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      215 19 BOMBAY Company posts 74% jnmp in earnings, beating forecasts Reuters INDIAN telecommunications engineering and software services firm Global Tele-Sys-tems Ltd is planning an acquisition to boost growth further in the current year, its vice-chairman and managing director said yesterday. "We are looking
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      806 20 WASHINGTON Windows system, MSN and software may become three separate nnits LAT-WP THE Justice Department and 19 states are leaning toward asking a court to split Microsoft Corp into two or three separate companies in a plan designed to
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      302 20 LONDON AFP THE British worker won back his right to strike without fear of losing his job yesterday, as a new law took effect that employers warned could revive the industrial confrontation of the *****. The legislation, which was passed last year
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      519 20 LONDON It's said to be taking stake in merged UK-German bourse AFP, Bloomberg THE technology-laden Nasdaq exchange of US is to hook up with the London and Frankfurt stock markets in a three-way tie-up that would create a formidable trading system, the British
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        93 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] Financial services company American Express Co said yesterday that its first-quarter profits rose 14 per cent to a record high, topping forecasts, as the long-running US economic boom encouraged credit card use. The New York-based company, best known for
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        117 20 Bloomberg [NORWALK, Connecticut] Priceline.com Ine, an Internet bazaar for plane tickets, hotel rooms, groceries and other goods, said yesterday that its first-quarter loss narrowed as sales rose more than six-fold. The loss narrowed to US$l3.6 million, or 8 US cents a share, from US$l7.2 million
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        104 20 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's three biggest brokerages have had their credit ratings raised by Standard Poor's, reflecting the securities firms' success at cutting costs and the outlook for increased profits from their booming local capital markets business. Nomura Securities Co reported its best parent-only profit in
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        87 20 AFX-Asia [SEOUL! The head of the Fair Trade Commission, Jeon Yun Churl, said yesterday that the government is to launch an insider trading investigation into the country's 30 largest business groups on May 10. At the same time, he said, probes will be initiated into
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      324 20 ■LONDON FT CREST, the settlement system for the London Stock Exchange, is to cut fees by up to two-thirds to gain a competitive advantage following the London exchange's proposed merger with Deutsche Borse, which could be announced this week.
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      395 21 TOKYO It wants to provide interactive TV services via Internet and terrestrial digital TV broadcasting Reuters SONY Corp said yesterday it is thinking of tying up with a conventional television broadcaster, possibly Fuji Television Network Inc, to beef up its presence
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      82 21 Talk, hear and see clearer AFP [SEOUL] South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co yesterday unveiled a small thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) screen for use in mobile telephone handsets. The company said the two-inch reflective TFTLCD screen provides a resolution some four times higher than the conventional TFT-LCD
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      563 21 SAN FRANCISCO Asia-P&c market leads surge, up 36%, with US growing 17% AP, Reuters CONSUMER demand coupled with Asia's economic rebound led to double-digit growth in sales of personal computers in the first three months of the year. Research groups Dataquest
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      333 21 TOKYO It fell 2&9% from February to 93&2b yen last month Bloomberg JAPAN'S trade surplus shrank nearly a quarter last month as an improving economy fuelled demand for imports, making the surplus drop the first in three fiscal years. The surplus fell 23.9 per cent from
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      410 22 MOSCOW The Paris Club has been advised that there is no need for any write-offs FT, Reuters THE International Monetary Fund has advised the Paris Club of sovereign creditors that there is no need to write off any part of Russia's US$42
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      391 22 TOKYO Report says firm is seeking online banking licence Reuters GERMAN luxury car-maker BMW AG is preparing to apply for a banking licence to Japan's Financial Supervisory Agency (FSA), a business daily reported yesterday. But BMW Japan denied the report and said
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      349 22 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) yesterday played down the severity of the infractions committed here by Credit Lyonnais Securities Europe-Swiss AG, the Tokyo securities arm of the French bank. "Our investigator has uncovered several operations which were not entirely legal but
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      311 22 TOKYO FT JAPANESE banks Sumitomo and Sakura have doubled their provisions for bad loans in a move likely to heighten concerns that Japan's banking sector is taking longer than expected to restructure its enormous loan burden. The two banks said they expected to write
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      159 22 SEOUL Reuters DEUTSCHE Bank said yesterday it was not considering a bid for South Korea's SeoulBank. "We are not considering taking over Seoulßank now, nor will we consider the takeover once it's normalised," Jackie Wise, a spokeswoman for the bank's regional head office in
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      178 23  -  SGI Derivatives Tradln^Reports MSCI Singapore Index Edward Cheung Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stockmarket ended lower in thin trading. Investors remained sidelined in anticipation of further volatility in the US markets after the Easter break. The Straits Times Index yesterday closed down 30.49
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      310 23  -  MSd Taiwan fatnres Chan Yet San Refco Singapore TAIWAN stocks closed lower as investors stayed at the sidelines. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index gave up 312.39 points or 3.43 per cent to settle at 8,808.09, near the day's low of
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      265 23 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Crude oil was little changed after gaining more than 6 per cent last week, on signs that producers are satisfied with current prices, even after they fell by one-fourth since early March. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries' (Opec) decision
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      306 23 Bloomberg New York THE US dollar early yesterday slipped against the yen and the euro as futures on the three major US stock indexes fell. Dragging stock futures lower, shares of Microsoft Corp fell amid newspaper reports federal and state officials are considering breaking up the company. International
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      359 25 AFP □*P Index -***** TAIWAN share prices closed 3.4 per cent lower yesterday on heavy selling of technology issues, dealers said. "Sell orders rushed in on Systex Corp's disappointing performance after going exdividend as investors anticipated a further correction in the prices of Internet-related shares," said Alex Yeh, an
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      2004 25 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 *227.47 SHARE prices in Tokyo rallied 1.2 per cent yesterday on short-covering after the revision of the key Nikkei 225 Index component issues triggered heavy selling last week, brokers said. The key Nikkei 225 Index gained 227.47 points to end at
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      436 26 AFX-Asia Composite Index -ILIO SHARE prices closed lower amid uncertainty over the near-term direction of Wall Street, with forced selling activities further pressuring the market, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 11.10 points or 1.23 per cent at 887.88, off a
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      287 27 AFP n Composite Index -19.58 THE Korea Stock Exchange closed down 19.58 points at 747.58. Volume was 175.2 million shares worth 1.7 trillion won. —AFP A nam Sami *5450 SO BrataTacft 1280 K) Central Bank 2180 -45 CtwUComm *****0 -6500 Dm Gu Bank 2090 -40 Daaiano Corp 2330 -30
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      276 27 AFP rl Composite Index *0.46 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index yesterday added 0.46 of a point to close at 1,664.46. Volume was thin at 886.9 million shares worth 480.20 million pesos from Wednesday's 2.39 billion shares worth 1.43 billion pesos. Pete (000) MRC AMed 0.53 unch 0 Abacus
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      707 27 AFX-Asia P Composite Index +4.45 JAKARTA share prices closed firmer led by blue chips amid bargain hunting, with positive comment by visiting International Monetary Fund acting managing director Stanley Fischer lifting sentiment, dealers said. The Composite Index closed up 4.45 points at 530.85. Volume was 202.8 million shares worth
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      778 27 AFX-Asia P SET Index -006 BANGKOK share prices closed slightly lower in light trade, with late profit-taking offsetting earlier gains driven by retail investor interest, dealers said. The SET index closed down 0.06 of a point or 0.02 per cent at 395.00. The SET 50 Index was down 0.01
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      674 30  -  Next election, expected in June, could see Democratic Party chief replacing Mori as prime minister From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo DRAMATIC changes could occur on Japan's political scene as a result of parliamentary elections expected to be held in June, with the ruling
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      1579 32  -  Today's managers are like the Portuguese explorers of yore hunting down the fabled Spice Islands, says PATRICK T.AMBB in the second of a two-part article on how managers should deal with risk PATRICK LAMBE The writer is manager, business development, at The British Council AS Alan Greenspan
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      300 33 Bridge News, Reuters THIN chartering demand for all sizes of vessels led to all of the Baltic indices posting losses on the last trading day ahead of the Easter holiday. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) lost five points to 1,656, the Baltic Capesize Index fell nine points to
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      299 33 Stx *009 Apr 24 *h w CWT Distribution Oil -002 23 ChuanHup 0J7 -0.01 1055 Cosco lnv*stm*nt 0.17 -0.01 17 Fr*(ght Links 0.24 -0.02 317 CB Holdings 0.63 -0.02 1 H« Sun Hup 0.69 -0.01 72 l»«C Holdings-HK 5.60 until 0 J«y« Holdings ai6 unch 144 K*pp*l Corp
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      393 33 But the former soldiers are unarmed, says security company [SINGAPORE] Some leading shipowners and operators, including the world's top cruise companies, are employing Gurkhas on their vessels for anti-piracy duties. According to publicity material from Anglo Marine Overseas Services, P&O Princess Cruises,
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      177 33 [SINGAPORE] Britain's maritime and coastguard agency detained a registered vessel after it was declared "dangerously unsafe" following an inspection. The 250 gross ton merchant vessel Seerosel was enroute from Germany to Haiti when it sought shelter from bad weather in Poole Harbour. A UK
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      53 33 [GENOA] Some of the tall ships leaving the harbour of Genoa, northern Italy, boundfor Cadiz, Spain where they will meet others coming from Southampton, England and will cruise in company to Boston, Massachusetts and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, sailing in the "Tall Ship 2000 Race of
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      321 33  -  Landmark deal will make shipbreaking cleaner, safer at Jiang Yin scrapyard From] David Hughes in London ANGLO-DUTCH container shipping firm P&O Nedlloyd has entered into a landmark agreement with China's Jiang Yin scrapyard for cleaner and safer shipbreaking. The five-year deal with
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        85 33 AFX-Asia [SHANGHAI] Shanghai's port handled imports totalled U5510,177 billion (5517.3 billion) in the first quarter, up 74.1 per cent year-on-year, the China Daily said, citing figures from Shanghai customs. The report said roughly 56 per cent of imports were machinery and electronics products. It said
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        68 33 [LONDON] The UK inquiry into the loss of the Derbyshire with all 44 crew in 1980 during Typhoon Orchid has begun. It reopened proceedings with the presentation of new video and photographic evidence taken from an underwater study of the wreck. The UK attorney-general
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        46 33 [LONDON] South Africa's port authority Portnet has appointed Tau Morwe as CEO of its port operations division. Mr Morwe will take up his position in Durban, rather than Johannesburg, and has said he intends to bring in greater private investment to port operations.
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        39 33 [LONDON] Ceres Group's Peter Livanos has been elected as the new chairman of Greece's Helmepa environmental protection group. He takes over the post from Captain Vassilis Constantacopoulos of Costamare, who has been made honorary chairman.
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        386 34  -  By Jackie Hallifax AP [TALLAHASSEE] FLORIDA can prosecute a man for crimes he is accused of committing on a cruise ship 160 km offshore, the state Supreme Court has ruled. Justice Barbara Pariente wrote in the ruling issued on Thursday: "Florida's
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        156 34 Bloomberg News [MANILA] INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services, the Philippines' largest port operator, said it has won a concession to run a port in Tanzania. ICTSI, as the company is known, told regulators in a statement that it has been asked by
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      183 34 PAGE 0'Ocean 5 ACL 6 DSR Senator 4 •AM. 3 t>rtMS 4 Accord 8 °>* L,0 d 8 Append 5 J Austral 8 E,StranS 6 ECl 4 5 ECU lint 6 BSA 7 B tana Mas 8 6 8 00,1 7 Clink 4 •Clipper Gemartrans 6 8
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      17998 41 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone j SIN Destn Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 03/05 14/05 Evergreen ITHA BHUM 4* 6*392im 1 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvolre ovm m/os ncpl itha bhum v«t
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        664 45 Vtssel VoyNo Berth Arrlvil Dtparturs Marcopoto 48 POT045 JK 24/04/4:25 25/04/8:00 Pionetr Sail *002 JOS 24/04/2:55 25/04/8:00 See Capricor *****1 J12 24/04/6:50 24/04/1900 St Swnter S3 ***** J01 24/04/8:15 24/04/2000 hi 2509 504 JI2 24/04/8:05 25/04/700 Ig Johor 18 *2006r J07 24/04/8:35 25/04/0:14 Tropical 34 04/00 J15 24/04/10:45
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        1930 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Ported From To From MI MWSOB OJ*A 25/20*0 w 24/BIO 24fl*» 24/800 M 24/1900 24/1659 2V1900 U 24/1700 25/0*59 25/0900 a 24/1700 25/0659 25/0900 J 25/0700 25/1159 25/1400 A* SJNGAKW 039E 26/ltOO 2VH00 24/899
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        178 45 Mayl France: Labour Day. Germany: Labour Day. United Kingdom: May Bank Holiday. Hong Kong: Labour Day. Malaysia: Labour Day. Philippines: Labour Day. Singapore: Labour Day. Taiwan: Labour Day. Mays Thailand: Coronation Day. May 11 Hong Kong: Buddha's Birthday. May IS Thailand: Royal Ploughing Ceremony. May 17 Thailand:Visakha Bycha
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        775 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        354 45 Crt,, ISO Mil 9912 0.6 15.4 0.09 90 0.05 ***> SESS2. So'ST *W 0° 13.4 0.0? 38 0.03 JJ2 380 Mm 991.4 0.9 17.9 0.09 72 0.06 M/M»l %M/M M/M mi Wo *ow G3S 1 0 0 0 0 0_ ISO/Cmmc Units SpK U5 991 i!3
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        446 46 Airine board gives banks go-ahead for share sale; approves loan plans for 2 plane deliveries Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International said it plans to invest 14 billion baht (*****.4 million) to set up services at Bangkok's new airport, which is
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        298 46 Reuters [PARIS] Dubai's governmentowned Emirates airline is set to become the first carrier to announce its intention to buy the Airbus A3XX superjumbo airplane, an industry source said. A brief report in French weekly Le Point said Emirates would announce in Cairo its
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        224 46 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China Eastern Airlines, one of China's major carriers, plans to seek a global alliance this year to prepare for China's WTO (World Trade Organisation) entry, the official Shanghai Daily said yesterday. The airline would also expand its fleet to about
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        202 46 AFP [MANAMA] Qatar Airways started flights to Bahrain yesterday, as part of a normalisation in ties between the two Gulf states despite a land dispute. According to the official news agency GNA, Qatar's transportation and communications minister. Sheikh Ahmad bin Nasser al-Thani, was on the
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        215 46 Bloomberg [GUANGZHOU] China Southern Airlines, the largest carrier in China by fleet size, said a newspaper report that airlines are set to see fewer tourist travellers because they are barred from offering discounts was not true. About 100,000 people in
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        636 46 Aussie airline to look into complaints of panic among some crew during incident AFP [SYDNEY] Qantas yesterday blamed torsional failure possibly caused by corrosion or a stone chip but not cost cutting for a runway crash involving one of its *****0s
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      338 33 t 1 fj n I^^—.'-di ,-ayMiK A P AtIDCrC The Sin< 3 a P° re Polytechnic is holding three courses starting on May 8. The wjJUllwti advanced fire-fighting, a six-day course held at its continuing education centre, costs $566.50. The advanced oil tanker safety, is conducted over 10 evenings and
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      21 33 Cruise crimes Florida acts to protect its tourism industry hp Thai Airways to spend 14b baht on new Bangkok Airport Bar
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      86 33 The advent of Information Technology and intermodal logistics solutions have dramatically changed the global logistics industry. In addition, Singapore is fast becoming the logistics hub of the region. To keep our readers updated. Shipping Times now features a full page on logistics on Thursday every fortnight with news of current
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      712 34 Lines services represented by ifs'Ztk «i Members of the Registry of .kw.k. Members of the Accredited Shipping Agents, jT Sin 9Qpore Logistics Singapore Shipping Association Association ULY UNE MALE I VfSSU VOY HA ns Ett P. HUMC SfORI mu Empress Lily VO4OO 25/04 26/04 04/05 Princess Lily VO4OO 13/05 15/05
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      743 36 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR N SHEW (CFS *01UNO MUMfUUCOLOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN ICO POINTS Vessel S PORE N SHEVA COLOMBO PKUUtC CAPE CANAVERAL V I Z?W 30 APR 09 MAY 13 MAY 19 MAY TULSIDAS V 124 07 MAY 1( MAY 20 MAY 20 MAY CAPE
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      1178 37 NEW SiKWCI 1 .Or MKKCTTO COiOMtO I MW I X EYIIT WEDNESDAY J I GENERAL AGfNTS IN SINGAPORE: 80 ROBINSON RD TEL: 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (B/L) B COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #12-00 SALIS/BKGS 4205«57/43 INWARD DEPT (D/O) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BND Ct NO: **********0 M SINGAPORE
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