The Business Times, 10 September 2001

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  • 13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 101^2001 Internet: http://business-times.asia1 .com.sg/' SINGAPORE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 85C
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  • 73 1 STOCK MARKET INDICES Week Change STI 1.576J& -4117 SWSCI FUTURE ***** -3i0 BT-SRI ***** -2127 KLSE COMP 696.(6 +7.60 NIKKEI lOi 16.79 -196.72 BANG SENG *****10 -***** SET INDEX ***** +6.75 JAKARTA COMP ***** +826 MANILA COMP —1,2971b *31.91 TAIPEI WPI *****6 -***** SEOUL COMP 555.08 +9.97 SHENZHEN
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  • 82 1 FOREX BATES IJSS SI USS (SS per USS) 1.768 £(l'SS/SS per 1.456 2J61 EURO(USS/SS/E) 0£94 1566 DM 2.188 1148 YEN 1211 ».10 R.M 1800 2.168 HKS 7.800 4.449 BAJHT 44.67 26.48 RUPIAH 9,088 6.184 *SS to 100 units FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 K1 ALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA j».00 BANGKOK
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  • 634 1  -  Dr Hu says IMF's forecast of contraction for this year a possibility Fromi Audrey Tan in Suzhou, China DEPUTY Prime Minister Tony Tan said Singapore may cut its economic growth target further due to the US slowdown. At the same time, Finance
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  • 749 1  -  Figure falls to USs23.6b from USs2&3b in Q1 Byi Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Wall Street blues appear to have finally caught up with Singapore investors as they eased up on trading in the American bourses. Singapore purchases and sales of
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  • 720 1 Warning based on Sing Tel and SlA's bid experience AFP, AP, Reuters, AFX (SYDNEY! Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday warned that Asian investors could reconsider plans here given the experience of Singapore Telecommunications' takeover of Optus and Singapore Airlines' ongoing
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    • 97 1 DBBPE Top Stories Wolfensohn seen facing storm-of criticism at World Bank meet. Next Page City of London counting lost jobs, not bonuses. Next Page OCBC Securities unlikely to be implicated in phony Venture news release. Pg 3 Ousted chairman of Inno-Pacific leads another fight-back. Pg 3 Plans to bring new
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    • 285 1 S'pore's smaller semicon players now hurting p- 2 Lee Han Shih: The first biochips It -•£>; J are ready in a lab p- 7 fm A new chip technology that could give jw J Intel a run for its money p.- 12 Global economy will start recovery by year-end: IMF,
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    • 32 1 The restructuring of Malaysia Inc Vikram Khanna Next Page Time for clear housing policy in Hong Kong Audrey Tan Page 10 Singapore Technologies Kinetics aims to be top arms producer Page 5
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    • 973 2  -  James Wolfensohn expected to be slammed at World Bank meet this month From Anthony Rowley in Washington WORLD Bank president James Wolfensohn is expected to counter a stinging tirade of criticism against his five-year stewardship, when the 182-member
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    • 754 2  -  I Mi comment ECONOMICS It's happening, and other countries can learn from tt vikram khanna Try explaining this: There's an economy in South-east Asia which is said to be among the worst hit by the US technology bust. While it is likely to narrowly escape
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    • 480 2  -  I-II exclusive Stock slump pats 20,000 jobs at risk in next 12 months From\ Neil Behrmann in London GOOD times in the City of London are over as job losses mount and year-end bonuses are expected to be slashed. The London-based Centre for
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    • 112 2 DANIEL ROTH AInstantan&us Perpetual Calendar *pHE "Created to qj^^BSk. I this exceptional timepiece features a rare complication: the hands jump instantaneously midnight to indicate the new day and date. Its skeleton dial reveals technical excellence." nl gjgj yo SINGAPORE THE HOUR GLASS Takashimaya S.C. 3\_ MALAYSIA THE HOUR GLASS Lot
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    • 292 3 Development Approval Perth representative Jr JfcM»Tf m in Singapore For an appointment contact: "S SrVftf. 932 32, IQE Debenham Singapore Ashley Wee *IG LGUVICJ HI 393 2372 or 9618 6883 IHH Im4 Nprtjr AMn tT relax. our award-winning funds will drive your money further. c f M > V v
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 613 3  -  But lawyers say culprit behind bogus Web posting in serious trouble By Serena Ng LAWYERS say the culprit who posted the phony Web notice about a bid for Venture Manufacturing will be in deep trouble if caught, as he or she would have
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    • 543 3  -  By! Serena Ng MELVIN Tong, the ousted chairman of Inno-Pacific Holdings, is leading another fight-back, this time in the form of an extraordinary general meeting aimed at overthrowing all the current 10 directors and replacing them with another eight. Sources close to
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    • 102 3 As at Friday, 155 SGX-listed companies had released their financial results for the half year ended June 30, 2001. Together they recorded $4,307.8 m in group earnings, a loss of 8.5% over 2000. The total included 20 foreign companies listed here. If they were excluded, total earnings would
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    • 129 3 THE sale of Hotel Plaza group's 469-room Landmark Parkroyal Hotel in Sydney. Australia if it goes through is expected to generate a pre-tax gain of about ASI2 minion (SSII minion) for the group or As 6 mUlion for the company. Hotel Plaza
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    • 736 5  -  J^^xckisive ST Engg unit getting enquiries although its new products are in prototype stage By\ David Boey SINGAPORE Technologies Kinetics the land systems arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering aims to be the world's top producer of arms for rapid-deployment forces and
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      1325 4 Source: JM Sassoon Stocks Volume K1 Ventures 10c 290,618,000 SingTel 15c 112,847,000 Fu Yu Mfg 10c 41,120,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 40,451,000 PNE Ind 10c 34,461,000 Surface MT HK20c 28,635,000 UniFood HK25c 28,587,000 Asia Food&Prop 28,161,000 Autron 25,306,000 Frontline 5c 23,970,000 Stoffci UOB *****2,163 SingTel 15c 206,416,813 Chart Semiconductor 26c 179,629,012
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    • 666 4  -  En comment STOCKS r. sivanithy THERE'S been a lot written about whether this downturn will be Ushaped or V-shaped. These letters are meant to graphically depict the shape of the recovery that's expected a "U" means a gradual upturn after hitting a bottom
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    • 181 4  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THE last time the Amanah Small Cap Fund (ASCF) warrant was featured in this column was in April, when it cost 12 sen and was suffering from poor liquidity. Last Friday, the warrant closed at 17 sen
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    • 234 4  -  HOT STOCK Byi Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of computer monitor maker TPV Technology failed to take off last Friday although the company delivered a sterling set of interim results last week. The counter closed unchanged at 38.5 cents as 2.96 million shares changed
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    • 139 4 ♦DELGRO Corporation will go ex-dividend (interim dividend of 2.50 cents) on Sept 20. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is Sept 25. Date payable is Oct 9. ♦TOTAL Automation will hold its EGM on Sept 26 at 11.00 am, 45 Gul Drive, Jurong. ♦POPULAR Holdings Ltd
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    • 571 4 AFP [HONG KONGJ Economic clouds gathered over Asia as the yen's relatively balmy summer drew to a close. Forecasts of a stronger US dollar further undermined confidence in the yen, which had recently been enjoying an upturn despite visible cracks
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    • 267 5 VINTAGE 1945 SMALL SECONDS AMD DATE, AUTOMATIC GIRARD-PERREGACJX welcomes many 1945 and re-produced in a limited visitors to its museum every year. Mow series in 1995. Called the Vintage 1945, housed in the Villa Marguerite, it this model enjoyed such international exhibits many of the most important acclaim that GIRARD-PERREGACJX
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 464 6  -  IB? ontneeconomy outlookbusiness receipts By 1 Teh Hooi Ling THE overall business receipts index for services industries rose by 4.8 per cent in the second quarter this year compared with the corresponding quarter in 2000, figures from the Department of Statistics
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    • 404 6  -  Plans include a new civic plaza, new flats, road upgrading Mali By' Teh Hooi Ling "MIDDLE-AGED" Tampines town is set to move on to a new era with the unveiling yesterday of a host of developments to inject new vibrancy
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    • 208 6  -  MAiLirrm Leong Sze Hian, ChFC Chairman, Practice Standards Committee Society of Financial Service Professionals (Singapore) WE refer to your article "Life insurance policies: rude shock for some" by Genevieve Cua (BT, Sept 4). The "critical year" feature which allows policyowners to
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    • 487 6  -  Joshua Lim Business Development Manager Visualtron Software (Xiamen) Co Xiamen, Fujian, PRC via Internet I REFER to the column "The China threat that isn't" by Vikram Khanna (BT, Sep 3). I feel it contains some misguided analysis which may require serious rethinking. The
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    • 267 6  -  JFK Miller Head of Singapore and New Market (Asean) Development, ACCA Singapore I REFER to your article "Legal, accounting firms may opt for limited liability" by Serena Ng (BT, Aug 30). The move by the government's Company Legislation and Regulatory Framework Committee
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    • 71 6  -  Tan Lian Choo Director, Public Affairs for Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs Your article 'Koizumi to visit Singapore this month: sources' (BT, 6 Sep) cited the joint statement as saying that Japan and Singapore had narrowed their differences over the big issue of market access
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    • 135 6  -  Tan Eng Heng Singapore I REFER to your article "Bogus Web posting of Venture bid dupes market" by Serena Ng (BT, Sep 6). It is obvious that the culprit can be easily identified as the Sharelnvestor (SI) website has a record of all its users.
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 366 8 KUALA LUMPUR Pond's chairman says decisions will depend on firms' prospects and fnture profitability Bernama THE Employees Provident Fund (EPF) may increase its investments in the stock market given the improved market sentiment. EPF chairman Abdul Halim Ali said on
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    • 183 8 KUALALANGAT Bernama MALAYSIA Airlines' (MAS) plan to link up with foreign airlines is vital to the national carrier's efforts to further strengthen its financial position, Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said yesterday. He said MAS' search for new strategic partners among the international airlines
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    • 431 8 It is tmfazed by delay in sale of 3 plants by Temasek [KUALA LUMPUR] YTL Power International Bhd is still interested in bidding for the three power stations in Singapore, despite the reported delay of the sale by Temasek Holdings, the Malaysian Business Times
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    • 279 8 BANGKOK Reuters PRIME Minister Thaksin Shinawatra dismissed a projection by a top banker that the Thai economy would take at least eight years to recover, saying on Saturday he would move fast to tackle the country's problems. Mr Thaksin, in his weekly
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    • LATE Briefs
      • 60 8 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian yesterday guaranteed that his government would stump up an extra NTSIOO billion (Sss billion) each year for various infrastructure plans over the next five years. While addressing the opening of an infrastructure conference, he said government invested projects
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      • 128 8 Reuters (KUALA LUMPUR] Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi marked Malaysia's first human rights day yesterday by saying it is too soon to relax rules against political assemblies or soften a law allowing detention without trial. Opposition and international rights groups accuse the government
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      • 80 8 Reuters [HANOI] Economic ministers and officials from Asia and Europe get together in Hanoi this week to try to iron out differences in the way of a new trade liberalisation round and revive economic ties between their regions. "The active support of the
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      • 70 8 Reuters (JAKARTA] Indonesia's new government hopes to complete negotiations on another package of economic reforms with the International Monetary Fund in November, signalling a desire to distance itself from the foot-dragging that marked previous administrations. Chief economics minister Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti told businessmen late on Friday
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    • 928 10  -  I:l I comment HK STOCKS The government's latest measures appear to please only the property tycoons Audrey tan IF Hongkong is guilty of "discussion without decision, and decision without execution" as Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said then the government's announcement last
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    • 266 10 ■HONGKONG AFX A WIDELY held view that Shanghai would replace Hong Kong as a financial hub is unlikely to be realised anytime soon, Hong Kong's Chief Secretary for Administration Donald Tsang said. Rather, the cities would combine forces to drive
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    • 342 13 TOKYO Japanese, European, US firms preparing to list China nnits AFP CHINA plans to allow foreign companies to list on its fastgrowing stock markets as it pushes ahead with efforts to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), a press report said
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    • ASIA Notes
      • 70 13 Bloomberg [BOMBAY] Reliance Industries Ltd, India's biggest private company, has denied a Business Standard report that a government department is investigating it and its group companies for misuse of funds. Member of Parliament Raashid Alvi alleged on April 17 that Reliance Petroleum Ltd used 7.9
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      • 63 13 Bloomberg ISUZHOU] US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill has supported Taiwan's international efforts to attract foreign investors, saying they are "appropriate," Taiwan's Finance Minister Yen Ching-chang said. Mr O'Neill's comments will soothe Taiwan in its row with China over a July trip by the island's officials to
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      • 55 13 AFP [BANGALORE] Commercial property prices in India's IT capital. Bangalore, have taken a beating in the wake of widespread dotcom closures triggered by the US slowdown. During the dotcom mania, rates were pushed up to 55 rupees (Ssl .90) per square foot. Currently the rate is
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    • 193 13 HONGKONG Reuters ABOUT 1,000 unemployed and other disgruntled workers took to the streets of Hong Kong yesterday, calling on the government to cut taxes and create jobs. The jobless rate rose to 4.7 per cent between May and July from 4.6 per cent
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    • 168 13 HONGKONG Bloomberg WHARF (Holdings) Ltd's plan to build a 75-metre tall Ferris wheel on Hong Kong's waterfront cleared an obstacle after the city's government agreed to relax height restriction on the site. The government, which refused to waive a 38-metre height limit in
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    • 864 10 ASIAN MICRO HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at 21 Tuas South Street I Singapore *****2 on 28 September 2001 at 10 a.m. for the purpose of considering
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    • 282 11 Inventor of the chronograph The origins of mechanical watchmaking and chronometry. Not everyone knows that precision timekeeping was born in England out of an absolute necessity to prevent long sea voyages from ending in disaster. The history of mechanical chronometry began in 1714 when Queen Anne of England and her
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    • 1137 12 IL^.I.fJIFELS Keppel FELS Energy Infrastructure Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Originating Summons Number *****0 of 2001 In the Matter of KEPPEL FELS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE LTD (RC No. *****0642R) And In the Matter of THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 SCHEME
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    • 2223 12 SCHEDULE Expression Definitions "CDP" or "Depository" The Central Depository (Pte) Limited "Company" or "KFEI" Keppel FELS Energy Infrastructure Ltd "Depositor" and "Depository Register" Have the respective meanings ascribed to them in Section 130 A of the Companies Act, Chapter 50 "Excluded Shareholder" KCL "Scheme Shareholders" Persons, other than the Excluded
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    • 375 12 in Hw t—■ of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO and In Ifte muttei of PSS IS) PTE LTD (MEMBERS VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) Al on Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenomed Company duly convened ond held o< 257 Selegte Rood #07-283 Selegie Complex Singapore *****0 on 7 September
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  • FINANCE & commodities
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    • 886 13 COMMODi r x Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil and gold prices made further headway last week as the rest of the commodities complex was battered by further signs of a global slowdown. Oil prices topped US$27 a barrel for the first time in
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    • 137 13 si® ÜBS Warburg A Business Group of ÜBS AG Incorporated in Switzerland ÜBS AG (London Branch) acting through its business Group ÜBS Warburg Placing of SGD 1,228,000 yield-enhanced certificates due 4th December, 2001 relating to the ordinary shares of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd Issue price: SGD 4.0728 for each yield-enhanced
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  • BIZ woman
    • 864 14  -  Kanokwan Wongwatanasin says she's 'not computer-oriented'. Still, she went on to set up Thailand's first and now biggest ISP, reports HftRTSH MKHTA HARISH MEHTA [BANGKOK] A 29-year-old Thai woman quitsasafejobasa sugar trader to start Thailand's first Internet Service Provider (ISP). The firm rockets to become the
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  • 1877 14 SICOM FUTURES Sep 7 RU88ER (Mum closing as at SJOpn) RSS1 CONTRACT (S centsAg) Close VotaM Open Month High Low Sett (to—s) Interest Oct 01 101.75 Nov 01 102.75 Dec 01 103.75 Jan/Mar 02 105.50 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US ccob/kq) Volume Open Month Hlqh Low Sett (towns) Interest Oct
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 314 14 CUVFTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS rived dose together (3, 6) 1 Building that damages the 5 Piece for piano duet played with ozone layer? (10) energy (5) 6 Common vegetable, served ini- 7 Propose tin containing a staple tiatty before sweet (4) food of tropical countries (8) 10 A number of women
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  • STOCKS sgx
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    • 611 15 SGX Derivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup AFX [WASHINGTON] US economic data to be released this week will show continued weakness in the manufacturing sector and a slight pickup in retail sales after the release of tax rebate cheques, analysts said. "Even if people only spend
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  • WORLD news
    • 472 15 SEOUL Move paves the way for the biggest overseas investment in S Korea's financial industry Bloomberg HYUNDAI Securities Co capitulated on price and accepted the terms of a 400 bUlion won (***** million) takeover offer from American International Group Inc and
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    • 702 16  -  APEC FORUM Bat it lowers its 2001 growth forecast for world economy from 3J% to 2.7% Reports by* Audrey Tan in Suzhau, China THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its growth forecast for the world economy this year, but it
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    • 470 16 Finance ministers reaffirm commitment to free np trade FINANCE ministers at the Apec meeting in Suzhou over the weekend called on the international community to act to facilitate an early pick-up in the global economy, and reaffirmed their commitment to
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    • 343 16 ANTI-globalisation groups have dealt a blow to the poor people of the world, by forcing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to scale back their annual meeting to just two days later this month, IMF managing director Horst Kohler said. Asked
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    • 260 16 MILAN AFP. Reuters EUROPEAN Central Bank president Wim Duisenberg has said that he expected economic growth in the eurozone this year to be below earlier estimates of between 2 and 2.5 per cent. Mr Duisenberg also told a weekend Italian economic forum that there was "considerable
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    • 415 16  -  Front Shada Islam in Bruges, Belgium EUROPEAN Union governments on Friday faced unexpected internal divisions over plans to launch new global trade talks, with France warning the 15-nation bloc to prepare for failure at the World Trade Organization's
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    • 131 16 ZURICH Reuters GERMANS are smuggling more marks into Switzerland than ever, with a view to ensuring undeclared earnings remain undetected and untaxed when the euro replaces the mark in 2002, a Swiss newspaper said yesterday. The SonntagsZeitung quoted German customs official Werner Eberhardt as
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    • 460 17 WASHINGTON Comptroller-General seeks disclosure of information about govt's energy plan NYT CALLING the US administration's refusal to turn over documents "frustrating and extremely difficult to understand", Comptroller-General David Walker said on Friday that it was likely he would need to sue
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    • 93 16 Setting Our Sights To Forge Ahead with Renewed Vigour We are proud to unveil our new logo, capturing the essence of our progressive vision. The leaping lion symbolises our renewed vitality and vigour to capitalize on strategic opportunities for continued growth. The four waves denote our four core businesses: Upstream,
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  • LEADERSHIP series
    • 1904 18  -  He found himself having to lay off 500 people on taking ovei the helm at Korn/Ferry recently. But Paul Reilly is now poised to lead the number one executive search firm to its next level, amma teo reports ANNA TEO IF, over the next few years, Korn/Ferrj
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    • 524 19 I .^Bta OTHER i jfl wfl REPORTS Both sides now: China may surpass as Asian S hub: ;®V^l ntel shai*. r.v ;H •''<■<» The first hinehms lii MWnfflMHlFlffffWI iV i iiWin i 1 "i 1 ir 1 i 1 i»' "MPifcPfft^iV *^B!te3^*K^HE9fe^^^HflS FILE PHOTO kg, truly a lettable portable fgggg
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  • BIZIT
    • SEMICON SPECIAL
      • 900 20  -  I=ll exclusive Many of the smaller semicon companies are restructuring their costs by reducing headcount, wages, or operating days By\ Serena Ng THE sharp downturn in the global semiconductor industry has hurt both large and small semicon firms in Singapore, but the smaller companies may
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      • 809 20  -  SAYIH The situation will be clearer when tech firms release their Q3 ear"<"g» ivan goh The writer is a senior engineer with a leading ICfoundry; he previously worked in a major DRAM fab YOU can get a 256 MB SD RAM
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      • 753 20  -  China may surpass Taiwan as an Asian semiconductor hob. Just consider the entrepreneur Richard Chang By\ Russell Flannery THE last time Richard Chang signed on as president of a startup semiconductor company was in 1997, when the boom-bust industry was heading for a crunch. Yet Chang's Worldwide
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      • 618 20  -  Analysts expect revenues to fall by about 21% this year, but a turnaround is expected in 2002 By] Paul Chan SEMICON giant Intel Corp has seen its share price collapse following the crash in global chip sales that began at the end of
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      • 194 20 Bloomberg [SAN JOSE, California] Worldwide sales of semiconductors fell 37 per cent in July from a year earlier as demand for chips used in products from PCs to mobile phones dropped. July sales fell to U510.9 billion from US$l7.3 billion in July 2000. said
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    • e Biz Infrastructure
      • 817 21  -  DAvn) mok offers a guide to some of the competitive intelligence tools available today to give you a leg-up on your rivals DAVID MOK The author is CEO of Internet consultancy MyEwizard.com WITH the rapid rise of the Internet, businesses today have at their disposal
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      • 366 21  -  By 1 Uchenna C Eze The writer is a PhD candidate in NTU GIVEN the economic downturn and the need to keep costs under control, Singapore companies should consider making more use of "open" networks such as the Internet. A network is considered "open"
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    • 711 25  -  IH comment INFOTECH SEMICON SPECIAL In Justa few years, computing coridbe changed beyond recognition lee han shih The writer isn BT Senior Correspondent HE WLETT-Packard's Carly Fiorina may disagree, but the most momentous event that has taken place in the IT field in
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    • 291 25 PC sales will fall to 129.6 million units, froml3L7 million in 2000, said a report by IDC. Bloomberg [FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts] Worldwide personalcomputer sales are expected to decline for the first time since 1985 this year, by about 1.6 per cent,
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    • 472 25  -  maiim Khoo Guan Seng Senior vice-president American Bourses Corp THIS refers to the article, 'Use CRM to boost business' by David Mok (BizlT, Sept 3, Pg 3), I would like to add further comments regarding some misconceptions about CRM. CRM has been promoted as a
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      • 52 25 US-BASED Visualtron Software Corp, which develops Rapid Application Development (RAD) products for mobile telecoms, has launched an SMS database information system for the Supreme Court of Singapore. The service offers instant information on court hearing. To use, send an SMS message to *****981 from a
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      • 45 25 GERMANY-BASED Software AG has launched "The XML Academy" in Singapore to push wider adoption of the extensible Markup Language, which is fast becoming the lingua franca of the Internet. It will offer certification courses. For details, visit www.softwareag.com.sg or www.thexmlacademy.com.
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      • 63 25 ONE Learning Place, Singapore's First mass Internet training centre and one of two content developers for the National IT Literacy Programme (NITLP), will launch its Chinese courseware tomorrow for non-English speaking Chinese. The 14-hour courseware costs $28 per participant and will be conducted at all three training
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      • 44 25 SAMSUNG Electronics has launched its Free Service Campaign 2001 from today through Sept 22. During this period, Samsung customers can get services such as performance checks, feature demos, mobile phone software upgrades, and cleaning services. For details, go to www.samsung.com.sg.
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      • 30 25 COMMERCE Exchange (Comex), an e-solutions provider for commerce, finance and logistics, has appointed Ang Ban L«ong as its executive vice-president. Mr Ang was previously general managerofSupport.com.
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      • 23 25 US-BASED Rainfinity, which provides high availability software for e-business, has opened its sales office in Singapore. For details, visit www.rainfinity.com.
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      • 65 25 TIF Ventures Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of the EDB, will organise the fifth Tech Venture Asia 2001 for two days at the Grand Hyatt from Sept 18. Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan will inaugurate the event, which is expected to see 30 companies from the region
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      • 51 25 NOVELL Inc will host a series of One Net Summits across these cities in the Asia-Pacific region: Kuala Lumpur on Sept 20; Singapore on Sept 25; Taipei on Sept 27; Bangkok on Oct 1; and Hong Kong on Oct 3. For details, go to
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      • 32 25  -  Compiled by Juliana Tay JAPAN'S Canon Corp will hold its two-day "imageANYWARE product show" from Sept 20 at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore. For details, e-mail salesenq(acms.canon.com.sg. or call 1000-*****85.
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    • 819 26  -  Microsoft spent USs3.Bb last year on R&D. It plans to spend even more this year From Jennifer Lien tn Redmond, Washington COMPANIES worldwide should continue to increase their spending in technology research despite the tough economic environment, says Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. Emphasising
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    • 313 26 Bloomberg (MURRAY HILL, New Jersey] Lucent Technologies said scientists at Bell Labs have created a superconductor using carbon molecules called "buckyballs" that may lower the cost of machines requiring intense bursts of power in electronic circuitry. Superconductors are materials that,
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    • 540 27  -  The main inhibitor to Internet banking in Singapore seems to be the perception of security or the lack of it online, writes chem hotpot CHEN HUIFEN INTERNET banking is closing in on traditional modes of banking, but it may take another couple of years
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    • 805 27  -  Free-software movement seeks to rewrite the rules of business By. Ariana Eunjung LAT-WP [BOSTONJ Microsoft Corp has 40,000 employees, US$3O billion in the bank and a lock on the PC market. Miguel de Icaza has a couple of hundred volunteer programmers,
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    • KNOWLEDGE management
      • 1089 28  -  Content management solutions promise to control an enterprise's growing information assets and bring some order to website mayhem, valchua has some pointers on what companies should look out for VAL CHUA WHEN CNN had to launch CNN.com in 1997, a key concern was how
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      • 548 28  -  IP telephony will eventually dominate corporate phone systems, with circuit-based phone systems migrating to BP by 2005 By G Joslin Vethakumar The writer is a manager with Lucent Technologies WHEN it comes to convergence, telcos hardly have a choice. Because turning their back on
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      • 51 29 COMPAQ Computer Asia-Pacific has debuted its Presario 7000 Series Internet PCs running on Intel's 2 GHz Pentium 4 processors. It costs $3,799 and comes with a 60 GB hard drive, 258 MB RAM, 4/12/32-speed CD-RW drive, DVD-ROM, and nVidia GeForce2. For details, call 1800.*****00 or visit
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      • 54 29 SONY Singapore has launched its single-disc SACD CD player—SCD-XA777ES. It costs $4,900, comes with multi-channel sound reproduction, super audio digital-to-analogue converter, and offers an audible range of more than 108dB. The SACD format is based on Direct Stream Digital technology and offers superb sound reproduction.
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      • 41 29 HEWLETT-PACKARD Singapore has introduced the HP Pavilion 9888 home PC. It costs $4,499, runs on an Intel's 2 GHz Pentium 4 processor and comes with 256 MB RAM, 40 GB hard-disk, 16-speed DVD-ROM and 12-speed CD-RW drive.
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      • 45 29 PETROSIN Infotech, an e-services consulting firm, has launched its first web service-based packaged solutions, Powerhouse Solutions, a set of ASP e-services. The solutions enable companies to produce customised portals to speed up their e-biz initiatives. For details, check out www.infotechglobal.com.
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      • 62 29  -  Compiled by Leo Kee Chye GERMANY-BASED Siemens AG will introduce its ME4S/3618, a GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) mobile phone in Singapore this month. It costs $538, weighs 99 grams, offers up to 300 hours' standby time and six hours' talk time, comes with an
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    • 376 29 NYT [WASHINGTON] The federal court system's chief administrator has dropped his insistence on monitoring the Internet communications of the judicial branch, after encountering stiff opposition from federal judges who complained the program would violate their privacy. The Judicial Conference, the body of 27 judges that decides
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    • 741 29  -  Wall Street's criticism of planned merger fails to shake their resolve to complete the deal By i Chris Gaither NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Two key persons appointed to oversee the merger of Hewlett-Packard Co and Compaq Computer Corp, have said that Wall Street's weeklong critique of
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    • 748 29  -  She's likely to poll off deal despite market backlash: analysts By Lisa Baertlein Reuters HAILED as the consummate saleswoman, HewlettPackard Co chief executive Carly Fiorina must close the biggest deal of her career in the coming days by convincing sceptical investors that her
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    • 199 29 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Palm Inc, whose shares have fallen 90 per cent this year, has cut the price of its new m5OO handheld computer by 18 per cent, about four months after putting the device on sale. Palm lowered the price
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    • 236 29 Bloomberg [CERNOBBIO, Italy] European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti said he has not yet been provided details of Hewlett-Packard Co's planned purchase of Compaq Computer Corp. "Obviously the acquisition will have to be outlined also to us because of its size," Mr
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    • NET impact
      • 1883 30  -  SEMICON SPECIAL A Brazilian and an American have teamed up to develop a chip technology that could give Intel a run for its monev By Bob Johnstone IT'S the holy grail of semiconduc tors: a technology so fast, s< compact and so energy-efficien that it could
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    • 379 25 SEMINAR PROGRAMME Thursday, 20 September 2001 SESSION I: 10.00 AM 10.45 AM SHARING INFORMATION YOUR WAY Microsoft Singapore Pte. Ltd. Speaker KC Phua, Product Manager, Product Marketing Group Unlock the power of information sharing by creating a portal that deploys knowledge management and productivity solutions. SESSION II: 11.15 AM 12.00
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    • 188 28 Knowledge Management JL FREEDOM TO SHARE f THE DOCUMENT COMPANY FUJI XEROX Copiers, scanners, printers, multi-functions are IT applications that effectively capture, store, distribute and retrieve knowledge without the use of PCs. q• Impossible? Not when they have the capability to become part of your existing IT infrastructure. Not when
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    • 296 31 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE depressed chartering rates for Dry Bulk tonnage are causing buyers to look for discounted prices if they are to proceed with purchases at this time. It is understood that the 1993 Built Panamax Bulker East Fortune has now been sold, but there
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    • 722 31  -  China, Aden terminals see high growth, says Ng Chee Keong Reports by Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation's international terminal ventures will continue to grow and warrant expansion despite Singapore's throughput contraction, according to deputy group president of operations Ng Chee Keong.
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    • 247 31 However, it says costs won't affect pre-tax profit target of 221b won Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co said its annual interest costs will rise by as much as one billion won (551.36 million) after it emerged from a debt
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    • 205 31 [SINGAPORE] PSA Corpora tion anticipates its widely publicised bids for newly formed Belgium port management group Hesse Noord Natie would be finalised "by the fourth quarter this year". According to deputy group president of operations, Ng Chee Keong, the latest acquisition will prove a
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      • 705 32  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes DEALING with invasive species carried around the world in the ballast tanks of ships has become a major priority for the shipping industry and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). Singapore's Environmental Technology- Institute is at the forefront of research
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      • 305 32 Reuters [HANOI] A Taiwanese-owned tanker collided with a stationary Vietnamese tanker while entering an anchorage off Vietnam's southern coast, causing a spillage of several thousand tonnes of diesel oil, officials said. Truong Thanh Cong, director of the Science. Technology and Environment
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    • 264 32 PAGE Ahrenkiel 10 Appenship 5 Assets s vint K> B'tanq Mas 6 BSA 1 BSC 9 BTL 10 Balaji 4 Batamtrxlo 9 Bayswater 10 CCW 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 Central E« 6 Chahaya tO China Shpg S Confer 10 t Cougar 7 CVTCMteto* 7 Detmas 4
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    • 10469 38 THEBUSINESSTIMES Page8 EXPORT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,2001 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Nam* Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvolre I7/W 25/X) Setramar NOR ASIA SHANGHAI 136-04 65-*****33 B/09 16/10 Kien Hung ROYAL CONTAINER RC104S 65-*****33 19/09 W/W MOL P&O NED SAO PAULO 9902A
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      • 578 41 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jum Pert Tirtasan 56/01 J» 09/09/6:00 10/09/200 Dea Clunce« V0909t JIT 09/09/8:45 09/09/33 00 S S*t' JD0902 J02 09/09/11:55 09/09/2359 Pacific Ac* 17 J09 09/09/13:00 13/09/1300 Bt Sugihfav? ***** JOI 09/09/1400 09/09/23:00 J15 09/09/20:00 10/09/1500 S»C Capricor 93 JI2 KV09/7:15 10/09/1900 Bt
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      • 1893 41 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From •CI NWSCUS 056A n/800 M 09/1500 09/1659 09'2000 09/1500 09/1659 09/2000 a o9/itoo «/ot» io/osoo a W/T700 n/0659 <o/owo a/oroo wmi n/noo 4 10/1200 WM59 n/1700 *a macmoiu 04is n/23«
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      • 201 41 September 15 Japan: Respect for the Aged Day September 16 Mexico: Independence Day September 23 Japan: Autumnal Equinox Day September 24 South Africa: Heritage Day September 28 Taiwan: Teacher's Day September 30 Hongkong: Mid-Autumn Festival October 1 China: Labour Day Hongkong: National Day Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival October 3
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      • 801 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on average sued stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cocketl Bunker Price Index change
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      • 523 41 Carbo# 180 Mai 978.1 0J 16.5 0.06 79 0.03 S*»06 Density Hater Brtxtu* Asb Aluminum SMinwit No above £25 0 0 3 0 0 0 380 Ave 986.9 0.2 15.0 0.06 23 0.02 iim 380 Max 990.9 0.7 18.4 0.09 80 0 tt/iTi v/v s m/m
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      • 895 42 Hopes of recovery this year dim as shipments of electronics slow Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Asian freight forwarders said their drop in business extended into August, pushing back hopes of a recovery for some companies well into next year. A turnaround by the third quarter
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      • 326 42 AP [LONDON] There is "less than a one in a billion chance" of Concorde crashing again when the supersonic jets return to the skies more than a year after a catastrophic accident, a British aviation official said on Thursday.
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      • 165 42 Xinhua [PHNOM PENH] Cambodia on Thursday inaugurated the first phase of the new terminal of Phnom Penh Pochentong International Airport. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony. Prime Minister Hun Sen said the project would make a great contribu- tion to Cambodia's economic growth, in particular to
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      • 198 42 AFP [FRANKFURT] Lufthansa plans to place an order for 15 of Airbus' planned A3BO super jumbo aircraft, a spokeswoman said. "A corresponding proposal will be put to the supervisory board in mid-September," the spokeswoman told AFP. She did not provide further details.
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      • 364 42 Carrier suffers biggest ever monthly cargo drop in July Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co, Asia's largest carrier, may halt plans to lease a jet next year after reporting its biggest ever monthly cargo drop in July. Japan Airlines' cargo on overseas routes fell
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