The Business Times, 2 April 2002

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  • 16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES !nte:t t bigness-times.asial com s SINGAPORE TUESDAY. APRIL 2. 2002 MfTA (P) 010/03/2002
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  • 64 1 FOOT SATES (181 Sf USS (SS par US$) 1.847 £<US*W per 1(37 EUBO(lIS$/8S/E). 9J74 1.614 D* 1216 1100 YEN mi 72.10 RM UOO 2067 WO -7J09 4« BAHT 4U8 23.59 RUPtAH 1,787 5182 FUMBIATES SINGAPORE*. fiis KUAUUnBUE 140 80NGK0N0_ 4.125 UKAXTk ».ee TAffH «.7» TOKYO_ iJ7i SEOUL jji FRANKFURT
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  • 557 1  -  Auditors not allowed to have close ties with clients or offer non-andit services By, Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] Under proposed new rules governing auditor independence unveiled yesterday by the Public Accountants Board (PAB), auditors will not be allowed to have close relationships with their clients
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  • 685 1  -  HDB resale price dipped 0.9%; sideways movement seen for rest of year By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] The view that the worst of the price falls in the Singapore housing market may be over gained further credence yesterday. Official "flash" estimates show that
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  • 535 1  -  From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S long-delayed and highly elusive economic recovery receded even further into the distance yesterday when the Bank of Japan's latest survey of business conditions failed to show an expected improvement in confidence among leading manufacturers during March.
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  • 696 1  -  ■T»aU.II lUW J Company talking to a few parties for its coffee and spice bnsinesses By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Facing pressure from banks to reduce its debts, coffee-trader Hiang Kie, which also owns the homegrown Coffee Club chain, is trying to
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  • 654 1  -  BTiaijllUHU Their trading volume surged 35% to USs9lb last year Byi Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Latest US Treasury figures show Singapore investors stepped up trading on Wall Street last year when most of their Asian counterparts cut back and ended
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    • 341 2  -  Optimism comas from both traditional and hedge fonds From] Neil Behrmann in London HEDGE and traditional fluid managers have taken a shine to emerging markets following steep market rallies in the past few months. Global traditional ftmd managers are favouring emerging markets, according to a
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    • 639 2  -  HMD says It's studying preliminary proposals on tenure By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Singaporeans are more open to shorter leases for commercial properties but for them to accept the same for homes would require a drastic change in mindset, analysts say. The government
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    • 85 2 SING Lun Holdings h«« declared a final dividend of 1 cent per share, not 0.1 cent as reported wrongly in yesterday's Market Notices column. And in the corporate earnings ranking page, Poh Tiong Choon's numbers were transposed. Its correct comparative 2001 and 2000 figures are: earnings up 1.1 per
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    • 211 2 Quotas from MPs in the debate on the Presidents address "We want pubSc officials who can think. Wa'alau wantcMl apTDMili who can fed clvfl servants whose hearts are not left aft homo when they »to%«k evenr day." CWn Yimj (Sembouang) 'Ws must not back down In tt»
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 362 3  -  Mm fallows broken'call; rollover fee waived for time being By. Angela Tan SINGAPORE Exchange said yesterday it would lift its T+3 scrip borrowing period to allow successive rollovers from next Monday and waive the $20 per rollover fee for the time being, barely three weeks
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    • 872 3  -  quak hiang whai SO THE Old CMbankers' Club has found Itself another new member OCBC Bank's new-ly-appointed chief executive David Conner, to replace Alex Au. He will join fellow ex-Citibankers such as Wong Nang Jang, Tan Njiap Joo, Lai Teck Poh and Victor Ow
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    • 576 4  -  Triggers are overvalued US$, equities, current account deficit By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] An overvalued US dollar, expensive US equities, an exploding US current account deficit these three factors will trigger a "global decoupling" and force the first significant outflow of
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    • 270 4  -  By\ Siow Li Sen CHINA'S Hainan Airlines yesterday made its maiden flight into Changi Airport, and became Singapore Airport Terminal Services-' (Sats) 45th customer, even as Kuala Lumpur International Airport continues to win over more customers. According to Sats, Hainan Airlines is China's
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 39 4 SINGAPORE Fbod Industries Mid tt has entered into an agreement with SembCorp Logistics to form a 3050 joint venture, SembCorp Network Pfce Ltd, to provide total and ftoamleaak)giitoBupp<rt«ntlsenioas.T^ authorised sod pJZSaot capital of $lmlllk*L
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      • 108 4 f HIT by the construction slowdown, BBR Holdings' 2001 net loss widened to $40.9 millicm from 124.7 million. Turnover fell t***** million frogisldO million. The loss was largely due to oost overruns and claima foregone on the LRT project, bqd debts written I oft provision
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      • 71 4 SMB United announced that its unit EDMI (Asia) Pte Ltd bas secured orders for 21,800 oftits of electronic meters from customers in China and several Asean countries. The orders are valued at an estimated $7.3 million. This is thrtargest order so Car, and there
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    • 995 7  -  Sofa designer and maker HTL makes leap to come a dose second By\ Serena Ng, Juliana Tay BLUE-CHIP steel miller Nat Steel Ltd has emerged tops in the latest batch of full-year corporate results scored In BT's Corporate Transparency Index. Nat Steel scored
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    • 547 7 ilpuqr tf Aata-m's Ma-US naita «pgai < iaaarg* talk* with rival aaiitfinil Reuters ACCOUNTING firm KPMG's ambitions to expand Its operations in the region by merging with the Asian units of troubled rival Andersen appears to have hit a snag in Singapore and Japan
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    • 160 4 I Steal our cash ami I you'll be caught red-handed A Most financial transactions arc carried out electronically Hn! lliciv v i iik .1 point wlk-ii l.ii'j^ Minis »>| mo'iK\ haw t«> vhajvjc h.nuix v. h>>v. J v u maU- >nu- Ill.it should anx'.hmj -o u '>mi \•mi tv n<>t
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • Article, Illustration
      255 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Apr 1 VALUE CLOSE WtmM -27.00 -128.00 ■TttM -*****.00 -139.00 -*****.00 -2.00 "Wlpiii 470.97 -3.39 < WfiiJiiiHiU 170.55 -2.18 1573.39 -25.10 tarpJIllhf 452.77 +0.49 225.69 -1.89' wrnav+mm 225.10 -4.10 Nntfjoaitl USIOc 73.860.000 SSflS. 150 36,*****0 PC020c 19,599.000 19.203.000 9,991.000 9,208,000 GES mtj Ltd 20c EM£&r 7,525,000 £n»P$l-00.
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    • 278 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan HIT by property provisions for its hospital and clinics, Raffles Medical Group (RMG) slipped into the red with an $8.7 million net loss last year the first time it has chalked up losses in its 26-year history. The
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    • 765 6  -  STOCKS ven sreenivasan WITH the reporting season over and the US market closed for a long-week-end, the Sing a p or e bourse was left floundering in featureless trading yesterday as it desperately looked for new leads. Traders said that increasing concerns over the
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    • 564 6  -  'comment CURRENCIES Singapore dollar weaker as yen slides at start of new fiscal year larry wee CURRENCY markets took up where they left off late last week, sending the Australian and New Zealand dollars to highs not seen in more than two years,
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  • 2242 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS otujpan OK CMBond S'pore A/t 1204 CitiBood S'pore B/S 1228 ASM Amto Aaeet Mgt (S'pore) CM Money Sing Doftar Oast B ***** Star Europe Eqty!* 0J05/ CM Pan-Europe Equity Fund l.t StarEuropeBd 0.95W OtSelect Au r* Balanced 1J1, StarEuropeBal 0.878/ CMSdect Asa T* Growth 1.26 Star Asian
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    • 191 7 I USA I '39 I Jfl I I CHINA I H H H I THAILAND I I Progressive I l^^l I Never underestimate I I the importance I I of local knowledge. I I To truly understand a country and I I its culture, you have to be part of
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 356 8  -  C=« on the economy visitor arrivals Byi Siow Li Sen VISITOR arrivals in February grew by 0.8 per cent over the same month in 2001, boosted by the Chinese New Year holiday period to a total of 597,415, said the Singapore Tourism Board (STB).
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    • 915 8  -  essential in getting a job, says the principal of Henley Management College. He also tells chuamo peck Mora why Bntish busmess schools have an edge over their US counterparts CHUANG PECK MING STEPHEN Watson the first Professor of Management at Cambridge University and the man
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    • 223 8  -  By\ Simone Erasmus THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said it will not change its position on the licensing and regulatory framework for remittance houses. The announcement came after media queries on whether regulations should be tightened to offer the consumer greater
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    • 478 8  -  MAILKETI Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to your article "Better pay in public sector won't last long" by Chuang Peck Ming (BT, March 16). Having read Mr Chuang's analysis on pub-lic-sector pay vis-a-vis private sector, I feel he may not be
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  • Article, Illustration
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    • 570 8 RCMS HOTELS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) *****,000,000 SECURED HYBRID BONDS DUE 2 OCT 2002 Pursuant to Condition 15 of the Bonds, notice is hereby given that for the Interest Period beginning on 2 April 2002 and ending on (but excluding) 2 October 2002, the Bonds will carry
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    • 179 8 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER Of BUSH HOUSE TRADING PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE Of FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuont to Section 308(1) of the Componies Act, Cop. 50, thot a Final Ganerol Meeting of the Members of
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  • FOCUS property
    • 607 9  -  l I comment PROPERTY Singaporeans wiU make a beeline for properties with shorter tennreg-If can —money lee han shih HOW would you like to buy a brand new house or condominium with a 30 or 60 year lease that's much cheaper than those available
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    • 223 9 Mortgagee's Sale By Tender No. 2 4 Kim Chuan Terrace Freehold industrial development site for GFA of up to approx. 146,000 sf Land area:Approx. 58,385 sf Zoned "Light Industry" with gross plot ratio of 2.5 Potential for 7-storey flatted building with basement carpark Tender closing: 7 May 2002, 3pm II
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 746 10  -  ki; 4 bottom line OPINION david mason The writer, a business consultant in the UK, was a partner in an international accounting firm in Singaporefor 14 years. AFTER Enron, where the auditors are blamed for not "blowing the whistle" the question can
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    • 78 10 'We do to them what they do to us. If they kill us, we kill them the day after. It will never stop.' the 64-year-oldfather ofa Palestinian suicide bomber, on prospects for peace with Israel. 'Playboy is offering the women of Enron an exciting opportunity may lead
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    • 658 10 EDITORIAL JAfAIN entered the fiscal new year yesterday with the satisfaction of having avoided a muchfeared "March crisis". Unfortunately, this simply means the day of reckoning has been put off, and when the day does come as come it must it will require actions
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    • 932 10  -  Besides its pro-Israeli stance, the US says it'll accelerate its peacemaking efforts only if and wken the parties agree to negotiate a peace accord From Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent in Washington PRESIDENT George W Bush and his top aides
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    • 772 10  -  COMMENTARY Here are five tips to get yea started on that bestseller By] Michael Lewis The writer, whose books include 'Next: The Future Just Happened'and 'Liar's Poker', is a columnist for Bloomberg News Bloomberg FROM the moment I published Liar's Poker, about my experience
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 474 11  -  Sources say the Dutch want to reduce proposed investment From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government has called off the deal to sell to Dutch airport manager Schiphol International BV a 30-per-cent stake in Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
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    • 380 11 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters EMBATTLED Malaysian tycoon Tajudin Ramli, who lost a legal battle last week to keep control of cellular firm Technology Resources Industries, is fighting to keep his last jewel. And while the former chairman of Malaysian Airline System
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    • NOTE Book
      • 109 11 Dow Jones Newswires [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian property company SP Setia Bhd said yesterday that it has agreed to buy 3,929.8 acres of land in Selangor state for RM507.3 million (Ss29o million), or RMlso.oooper acre, in cash. In a statement to the Kuala Lumpur
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      • 38 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia yesterday enforced a new security ruling limiting the number of routes for Indonesian and Filipino ships in a bid to bar the entry of illegal immigrants to Sabah. —AFP
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      • 64 11 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia said yesterday it hoped to send a letter to the IMF this week updating the Fund on economic reform targets for this year, which could pave the way for disbursement of a fresh loan. "We are hoping (the letter) can be sent
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      • 56 11 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] India expects investors to submit financial bids for 51 per cent of its stake in Shipping Corp of India, the country's biggest shipping company, by mid-June, said P K Srivastava, chairman and managing director. Initial bids were submitted in February by
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    • 138 11 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg SOUTHERN Bank Bhd said Sapura Holdings Sdn called off talks to buy a controlling stake in Malaysia's seventh-biggest lender, in what would have been its first foray into banking. The announcement confirmed that negotiations between Sapura and Southern Bank had broken down.
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    • 746 12  -  It now looks to tie up with landowners instead of growing own land luuik Froml Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S Ciputra Group, devastated by the 1997 financial crisis, has dramatically altered the way it now does business in order to survive and grow under the
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    • 235 12  -  From] Diana Oon Abdullah m Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S exports fell by more than expected in February, suggesting that economic growth in the first three months of this year could be subdued and minimal February's trade surplus came to RM3.B billion (Ssl.B billion), as total exports
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    • 308 13 SHANGHAI Bnttbey face tougher rales than local companies going public Bloomberg UNILEVER NV, Bank of East Asia and other foreign companies wanting to sell shares in China may get their first crack at Asia's second-largest market as early as October, though
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    • ASIA Notes
      • 49 13 Reuters [HONG KONG] Staff at Hong Kong's largest tclPcwmmuttlflßttooi firm, Pacific Century CyberWorks yesterday began a wot* to rule campaign after heavy staffcuts, but a union member said the impact on the public would be minimal CyberWorks last week laid off 868 staff.—Reuters
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      • 80 13 AFP [HONG KONG] Tycoon Stanley Ho's 40-year-old monopoly of Macau's casino business officiafly yesterday but his renamed gambling business may continue unchallenged until next year at the earliest Mr Ho's company, Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau (STDM) wffl now become SodedatfedeJogosde
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      • 73 13 Bloomberg AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufecturing Corp, the worki's biggest producer of made-toordsr ships, and other chip makers said equipment was damagpri by a weekend earthquake, forcing than to delay production by up to five days. TSMC said it was recoveringfrom a shutdown ofless than
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      • 67 13 Reuters [MANILA] Economies in East Asia are recovering last year's sharp slowdown faster than expected, but the rebound is likely tobe moderate, said the Asian Development Bank'sAsfc Economic Monitor, which quoted the Lcndon-based Consensus Economic hac as saying the 10 countries in Asean, China and
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    • 318 13 SHANGHAI Bloomberg CHINA Merchants Bank Co raised ll billion yuan (552.4 billion) in» China's secondlargest domestic share sale, after pricing its shares at the top of the range. Individual investors sought about 80 times more shares than stock available. The nation's
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    • 836 12 Qian Hu Corporation Limited Notice of Annual General Meeting Notice is hereby given that the Third Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at No. 71 Jalan Lekar, Singapore *****0 on Thursday, 18 April 2002 at 11.00 a.m. to transact the following business: Ordinary Business 1. To receive
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  • WORLD news
    • 412 14 WASHINGTON Analysts hail better than expected consumer demand Bloomberg Reuters US manufacturing expanded at a faster pace than expected in March, a sign that factories will contribute to an economic rebound. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said its manufacturing index rose to 55.6 in
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    • 174 14 LONDON AFP DEUTSCHE Boerse, the company which controls the Frankfurt stock exchange, is plotting a fresh challenge for the London Stock Exchange, Britain's Sunday Telegraph reported. The newspaper said Deutsche Boerse wanted to create a US$6-billion European trading and settlement powerhouse. Chief executive
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    • 128 14 PALO ALTO, California AFX Reuters HEWLETT-PACKARD company's board of directors said it will not nominate Walter Hewlett to HP's board when it convenes to vote on new board nominees at its annual meeting on April 26. In a statement, Sam Ginn, chairman of
      AFX; Reuters  -  128 words
    • 248 14 Cradea&rkatfjfttarybßt refiniigaurgtasat yw-Ww, trad«i MJ T [SINGAPORE] US oil prices surged US$l a barrel yesterday as Israeli forces continued to make incursions into FW-estinian-ruled territory and lalamic nations blasted Israel for dragging the Middle East towards all-out war. US benchmark light crude
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    • 845 15 Wal-Mart tops Fortune 500 list the first service firm to do so NEW YORK Earwanpriaas witkNt SipM; total prafitatf 500 firms drap 53% AP Bloomberg WAL-MART Stores Inc, the discounter that has become the dominant fol-ce in American retailing, is now officially the largest company in the nation and the
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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  • KNOWLEDGE economy
    • 796 16  -  There are now more specialist positions, writes aunateo ANNA TEO WELL beyond the chief knowledge officer (CKO) and its variations, a host of specialist positions has opened up in the KM world. And these job titles don't all start with the word "knowledge". London-based
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    • 228 16 A CONSORTIUM of companies has helped turn London's Whitehall from a labyrinth of "technical and organisational silos" to a fully-networked community. Cable Wireless Communications, IBM Consulting and Lotus teamed up with the Office of the e-En-voy to create a Knowledge Network that claims to
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 282 17 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDD was unchanged at 1,082, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) fell eight points to 1,096s the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) firmed 28 points to 7391 and the Baltic Capeeize Index (BCI) was up four points to 1396. ♦Arethousa (built 1999) 171,799 dwt delivery
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    • 501 17  -  More room for co-operation than competition, says HK chief secretary By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Hongkong and China's Pearl River Delta are not in "vicious competition" over shipping and aviation despite the rapid development and growth in mainland Chinese ports at the apparent expense
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    • 73 17 [TOKYO] A Belizean registered cargo ship Aige sinks in the Sea of Japan after colliding with a Japanesefishing boat off the Okilsland, western Japan. The vessel's crew, all Chinese nationals, were taken on board the Japanese ship, the No 3 Koshi Maru, after the
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      • 101 17 Dow Jones [SEOUL] South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co said yesterday it has secured a US$l4O million order to build an oil carrier for Canada's Husky Oil Operation Ltd. The order is for a floating production storage and offloading, or FPSO, a special, movable carrier
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      • 80 17 [SINGAPORE] Seabulk International will sell the fleet of inland barges and towboats operated by its subsidiary Sun State Marine Services Inc to Colonial Towing Inc for US$3.B million. The move is in l<n«> with the Florida-headquartered group's push to offload non-strategic assets and focus
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    • 196 17 Reuters [LONDON] Shipping agents are increasingly being targeted by smuggling gangs that trade in illegal immigrants, a leading transport insurer warned. The gangs pass themselves off as legitimate shipping companies to carry out the scam, said the International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) in a
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    • 423 17  -  Choice prompted by port's vastly improved efficiency: Indian minirtor -By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Citing "drastically improved" efficiency following privatisation at the port of Chennai, India's shipping minister has said the port is to become an east coast container hub. Minister of Shipping
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      • 814 18 The Swedish shipping group is always in the forefront of developments, and ever ready to embrace chance The Rolls Royce Magazine STENA, the Swedish shipping conglomerate, despite its size, is very much a family company. Today headed by Dan Sten Olsson, it was started in 1939
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      • 110 25 Aprilß Hong Kong: Ching Ming Festival Taiwan: Ching Ming Festival South Korea: Arbor Day Alrill Thailand: Chakri Memorial April* Philippines: Day of Valor April as Australia: Anzac Day Italy: Liberation Day Day April* Japan: Greenery Day **71 Singapore: Labour Day China: Labour Day Germany: Labour Day Hong Kong:
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      • 766 25 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, show* price range* in US dollar* in*tead of single price* for a more comprehensive description of the market. Price* shown are baaed on sued stem. Market movement* are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price i»vw» change and the Individual
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      • 531 26 Airline hopes to join One World alliance AP [GENEVA] Switzerland's new airline, called Swiss, took to the skies on Sunday. It replaced Swissair, the 71-year-old flag carrier that went bankrupt because of an ill-fated business plan and a dearth of passengers after Sept
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      • 229 26 ADUnSGIUB Italian interior minister's plane about to land at airport in Venice AFP [ROME] Italian fighter jets scrambled to intercept a civilian Cessna plane flying over Venice as a plane carrying the country's interior minister was about the land at the airport, security sources said.
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      • 163 26 Dow Jones [WICHITA, Kansas] An America West (AWA) flight was diverted to Wichita and grounded overnight because of "suspicious wire" on a bathroom floor that officials later learned came off a toilet paper holder, an airport spokeswoman said. The plane was heading from
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        • 104 26 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's biggest air carrier China Airlines yesterday inaugurated the island's first regular paasenger service to India and cargo service to Britain amid soaring traffic demand, the company said. "The inauguration of India service will not only capitalise the traffic market between Taiwan and
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        • 64 26 Xinhua [HAIKOU] Using a Boeing 737-800 aircraft, China's Hainan Airlines has Introduced a non-stop three times weekly service between Haikou and Singapore. Flight number HU 7968 is the fourth international flight to be opened by Hainan Airlines. It is Jointly organised by the airlines and a
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        • 103 26 [SINGAPORE] Qantas is operating thrice-weekly direct flights to Rome from Singapore, naing the airline's fleet of Boeing 747-300 aircraft Previously, Qantas flew to Rome via Bangkok. The new service will depart Singapore Changi Airport just after midnight on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays and arrive in
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      • 159 26 AP [MANCHESTER] All 89 passengers and five crew were evacuated from a KLM jet yesterday when smoke was detected on board as the aircraft taxied for takeoff to Amsterdam, the airline said. Five people suffered minor injuries during the evacuation, ordered by the captain after
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      • 238 26 Reuters [HONGKONG] China National Aviation Co Ltd (CNAC) said its 2001 net profit sank 30.7 per cent to HK5215.65 million (5550.87 million) because of the global economic slowdown and fall in aviation traffic after the Sept 11 attacks in the United States. The
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      • 202 26 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Boeing Co, the No 2 defence contractor, is beginning negotiations to lease up to 100 767s to the US Air Force. The passenger jets will be converted to aerial refuelling vehicles. Analysts estimate the potential value of the contract
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      • 267 26  -  Travel industry takes cautiously optimistic outlook Reports by] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Air travel has picked up during the first quarter of 2002, sustaining year-on-year growth and prompting a "cautiously optimistic" outlook in the travel industry, according to the Asia Pacific's leading reservation and
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      • 170 26 [SINGAPORE] Opodo boss Giovanni Bisignani has been named director general and chief executive of the International Air Transport Association (lata). Mr Bisignani will join lata next month after he was unanimously elected to the post, and will officially succeed nine-year veteran Pierre Jeanniot immediately after
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