The Business Times, 3 July 2003

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  • 14 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85* THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2003
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  • 861 1  -  BTlsVMllknm Among top 13 SGX firms, 8 have at least some options in the money By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] The recent market rally has breathed new life into the stock options of some of the biggest blue chips, a welcome change for the
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  • 501 1  -  It may just go for hyperm&rt, bus interchange in Ang Mo Kio: sources By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] A controversial mixed-use property development at Ang Mo Kio Town Centre proposed by the Singapore Labour Foundation (SLF) may be scaled down, according to sources. SLF is said
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  • 74 1 #T! 1*477.17 (+W.99) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,487.00 (+26.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 183.10 (+3.20) Wednesday Change KLSECOMP 703.28 *968 NIKKEI 225 9.***** >***** HAMi SEMi 9.602.62 .25.50 SCT INDEX 477 73 *15.91 JAKARTA 00MP ***** >041 MANILA COMP *****6 >685 TAIPKI WPI 5.***** -77 46 SEOTLOOMP 685.80 +11.05 SHENZHEN B 217
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  • 78 1 FOREX RATES US* S$ ISS (SS per USS) 1759 £(ISS/SS per 1663 2 924 El R(Hl SS/SS/E). 1155 1032 YEN 1194 675(1 RM 1 m 1161 HKS 7.798 4 435 BAHT 4194 23.85 RIPIAH 8140 4.6x6 RENMINBI 8138 4684 INDIAN Rl'PEE 4644 2641 AS 1473 0838 NZS 1681 0956
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  • 676 1  -  Some staff upset by carrier's handling of scheme By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines has started offering "golden handshakes" to "selected" long-serving administrative officers, managers and cabin crew. About 165 employees are believed to have accepted the offer so far, while staff unions are
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  • 835 1  -  But analysts say it may widen trading band or tweak central valoe By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore is likely to keep its zero-appreciation policy unchanged for the trade-weighted value of the Singapore dollar in its semi-annual monetary policy review on
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    • 632 2  -  MAS to review regulatory treatment and expects fair dealing by promoters By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Are structured deposits investments or are they fixed deposits? Some banks contacted by BT say they are deposits. The Monetary Authority of Singapore says it depends on the features.
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    • 692 2  -  Local buyers don't value creativity in homes, says Chenng Kong exec Reports by Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Singaporean home buyers are so practical that you can't sell them a dream, laments Cheung Kong Holdings executive director Justin Chiu. As a result, buyers tend not
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    • 324 2 Chenng Kong may market condo as 'sexy' investment [SINGAPORE] Cheung Kong Holdings is considering pitching its Costa del Sol condo in Singapore's east coast as a "sexy investment" to wealthy mainland Chinese. Apart from their viewing it as a good investment to spread
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 163 2 WHAT'S in a name? Plenty, if the name is that of Liu Jinbao, the former chief executive of the Bank of China (Hong Kong), whose signature is on zillions of currency notes in Hong Kong. There is now strong speculation that the notes bearing Mr
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      • 92 2 "HK$38 million just to walk into the door? Nice work if you can get it." That's the observation made by a Hong Kong wit in a letter to a newspaper there about Jack So Chak-kwong, the deputy chairman-designate of PCCW. For that's the amount
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 343 3  -  Pre-tax profit np 68%; it plans to step up revenues from Asean and China By Raju Chellam NATIONAL Computer Systems, a Sing Tel subsidiary, said it is pushing ahead in Asean and China to boost revenues from outside Singapore, especially in areas such
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 102 3 PERTAMA Holdings has announced plans for the first Harvey Norman retail store in Malaysia. Harvey Norman will be an anchor tenant at Kuala Lumpur's mega complex, Mutiara Damansara. The store is expected to open in December. Harvey Norman's 70,000 sq ft store will offer
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      • 40 3 MENTOR Media has appointed Zulkifli Baharudin as its chairman with effect from yesterday. Mr Zulkifli, an independent director of the company, replaces Wong Yat Foo, who will continue to hold the position of managing director.
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      • 101 3 TYRE and alloy-wheel distributor and manufacturer YHI International's initial public offer closed on Tuesday with its enlarged public tranche of 8.05 million shares about 25 times subscribed. Trading for the ma in board counter starts today. Based on the total invitation size of 58
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    • 265 3  -  By Angela Tan SINGAPORE Telecom is merging its network functions with those of Australian subsidiary Optus from Aug 1 as part of an integration effort, prompting speculation that the Singapore telco could unveil its 3G vendor this month. Asked when the 3G tender will be
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    • 424 4  -  Weak US$ to drive market; banks, media, properly among its top picks By Daniel Buenas THE Straits Times Index will reach 1,680 points 14 per cent up from current levels by year-end, with banking, media and property companies likely to outperform the
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    • 295 4  -  By Oh Boon Ping HG Metal Manufacturing is set to more than double its steel production capacity when its new factory in Jurong begins operation. The Sesdaq-listed company unveiled this yesterday as it posted a 22.8 per cent increase in
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    • 332 4  -  By Andrea Tan SIMON CHEONG has completed the transformation of Blu Inc into a pure publishing house with the disposal of its loss-making confectionery business in Malaysia and Indonesia. Blu (the former MPH Ltd) sold its overseas subsidiaries, which made potato chips, sugar confectionary
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    • 607 4  -  Huge US tax cats among key factors boosting liquidity By Ven Sreenivasan EQUITY markets may have risen rapidly and sharply, but their rise has been underpinned by a significant turnaround in investor sentiment, improving macroeconomic conditions, better corporate earnings outlook and a huge dose of
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    • 657 5  -  anthony rowley IT used to be that the only people to speak up at annual meetings of company shareholders in Japan (apart from a few ritual remarks by directors) were semi-gangsters known as Sokaiya, and their aim was to ensure that their silence could
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      319 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jul 2 VALUE CLOSE TOMS 76.00 +152.00 BTCADt -*****.00 +50.00 WllNtay-A -*****.00 +7.00 398.59 +4.79 «GCuM«l»>cl 140.99 -0.26 1253.02 +15.83 WEjrfHnPUp 376.57 +7.36 mCISfag»por» 181.98 +2.34 uma r+mm 183.10 +3.20 Stock* Volume Eco Water 8c 101,618.000 Chart SemiCond 26c *****.000 IPC020C 35.787,000 ReedGrp5c 30.959.000 Datacraft 10c 28,510,000
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    • 304 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering (ST Engg) hit the headlines in a big way with the U5562.6 million deal its aircraft repair and maintenance unit, ST Aerospace, clinched from Malaysia's budget carrier Air Asia. Under the deal, ST
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    • 805 6  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy AN old market adage goes something like this: "The trend is your friend, until it bends." It isn't particularly sage or profound, but it does hold a lot of truth. Simply, it means that one should ride the upswing for
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    • 597 6  -  8TH.1.'.1.'.1J.11 CURRENCIES Yen also a big gainer as Nikkei jumps more than 3% larry wee THE US dollar was dealt a double blow yesterday, no thanks to an awful combination of bad news on the home front and good news elsewhere. The Australian
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  • 3282 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Health Index fd 0858/ Com Global Telecom Index Fd 04 52/ Com Global Irrlotec Index Fd'** 0 307/ f fjlf P 0 Com Global Energy Index Fd 0.876/ Star Europe Eqty!* 1 OW Con, Global TravelIndex fd 0 7/ Star Europe Bd 1.30* com S
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 400 7  -  EYE OH THE ECONOMY Unemployment rate conld climb farther to hit 5-5% this year By Anna Teo SINGAPORE may be spared recession for now, but still there's nothing to cheer about, says United Overseas Bank's treasury research team. Indeed, the bank's economists now
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    • 283 7  -  By Oh Boon Ping GOVERNMENT schools that make photocopies of textbooks may now have to pay royalties to the publishers for doing so. That is because the Ministry of Education (MOE) has just inked an agreement with the Copyright Licensing and Administration
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    • 382 7  -  By' Tay Shi'an A GOOD pianist needs a good piano. For 11-year-old music prodigy Abigail Sin who obtained her diploma in piano performing at the age of 10 and has already given performances and recitals in Singapore, Bangkok, Manchester and London only the best will
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  • EXECUTIVE suite
    • 449 8  -  Prices have dropped while income has held quite steady: DTZ By Andrea Tan PRICES of 99-year leasehold suburban three-bedroom apartments are now at its most affordable in four years, according to DTZ Debenham Tie Leung. Using the price-to-in-come ratio as a measure of affordability,
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    • 492 8  -  Gr&ndeorB buyers get Fair Price vouchers if they recommend friends to other projects By Andrea Tan NTUC Choice Homes is offering buyers of Grandeur 8 apartments at Ang Mo Kio $888 worth of NTUC FairPrice vouchers if they recommend a friend to buy
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 820 10  -  THE^m KSXESimEI OPINION prem shankar jha NEW Delhi has a plethora of newspapers, perhaps more than any other capital in the world But all of them concentrate on reporting "national" news. One unintended by-product of this is a neglect of news from
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    • 42 10 'If someone comes and puts his boot on your head and enters your house, it breeds hatred.' Abdd-Sattar Hamdan a resident ofFallujah. blaming American occupation for a powerful explosion that ripped through the compound of a Sunni Muslim mosque.
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    • 593 10 EDITORIAL PUND managers have always been happy to dispense advice. But now, they may have to swallow some bitter medicine themselves. Notwithstanding the recent rally, the long bear market over the last few years has exposed the fault lines in the fund industry and damaged
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    • 924 10  -  Stories can be powerful transmitters of knowledge, and the IBM Cynefin Centre is studying how organisations can make nse of them By Daniel Buenas "THE universe is made of stories, not atoms," so says poet Muriel Rukeyser. The reference here lies not in the
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    • 265 10  -  MAiLirm Tan Kin Lian Chief Executive Officer NTUC Income I REFER to your article, "Striking a balance" by Genevieve Cua (BT, June 25). The article compared the five-year term insurance plans from various life insurers, for a male aged 40
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  • REGIONAL news
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      • 101 11 Reuters [BEIJING] China s economy is expected to grow 8% this year despite the impact of the Sars outbreak, the official Xinhua News Agency quoted a top government think-tank yesterday as saying. The impact would be less than that of the 1997 Asian
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      • 52 11 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Microsoft Corp may move some customer-service jobs to India following US companies like Dell Computer, Amazon.com Inc and Sprint. It plans to hire 150 workers in Bangalore, India, to field phone calls and e-mail from clients with questions about its
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      • 40 11 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan yesterday appointed a banker as its top vice-finance minister. Yang Tze-kaing, 49, is currently president of China Development Industrial Bank. He will replace Wang Der-shan, 63, as the ministry's highest ranking vice-minister. —Reuters
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      • 83 11 Bloomberg Reuters [MANILA] The Philippine economy will probably grow 4 per cent in the first six months of the year and 4.5 per cent in the second half, Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri said. The government may be able to achieve its full-year
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      • 55 11 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia is expected to post a Budget surplus in 2005 amid an improving fiscal situation, top economy minister Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti said yesterday. The government has projected a Budget deficit of 1.0 per cent of GDP in 2004, with a 1 8 per cent
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    • 389 11 KUALA LUMPUR It prefers to focus on seeking bilateral pacts with other airlines, countries MALAYSIAN Airline System Bhd (MAS) has shelved plans to join any airline grouping and is now concentrating on exploiting new opportunities in the region, Malaysia's Business Times reported yesterday.
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    • 256 11 JAKARTA Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Semen Gresik's plan to turn its division Semen Padang into a separate unit has been stalled by a lack of cooperation from employees at the West Sumatra division, said Satriyo, Gresik's president, in a statement. Access for a thorough
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    • 168 11 HONGKONG Bloomberg HONG Kong sales of new and second-hand real estate, mainly apartments, fell 33.1 per cent in the first half from a year ago to HK569.81 billion (Ssl4 billion), the lowest since 1991, Centaline Property Agency Ltd said. The number of
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    • 419 12 HONG KONG Loss nearly 7 times more than what it reported tinder HE accounting rnles Reuters HONG KONG'S dominant fixed-line phone company, PCCW Ltd. said yesterday its 2002 net loss reported to US regulators was nearly seven times what it reported
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    • 232 12 Reuters (SINGAPORE! China is considering steps to slow down the increase in the country's official foreign exchange reserves, which grew more than US$24 billion in the second quarter, the Financial Times said yesterday. Beijing has not announced the level of
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    • 230 12 AFP [HONG KONGJ Tycoon Li Ka-shing's Internet firm Tom.com said yesterday it has agreed to buy a 64 per cent stake in China Entertainment Television Broadcast (CETV) from Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific Inc. Under the deal, Hong Kong-listed Tom.com Ltd will
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  • WORLD news
    • 564 13 NEW YORK Analysts' reports not to blame for inflating market bobble: judges LATWP WALL Street won a significant legal victory on Tuesday as two federal judges issued separate rulings concluding that allegedly biased research reports from stock analysts were not to blame for
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    • 371 13 LONDON AFP Reuters GLOBAL stock markets, which chalked up their best quarterly performance in three years, need more signs of economic recovery if they are to keep the rebound rolling, analysts said. In New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 72 13 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Orders placed with US factories in May unexpectedly rose, led by stronger demand for industrial machinery and petroleum products, government figures showed. Orders gained 0.4 per cent to U*****.6 billion, following a revised 3 per cent decline in April, the largest
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      • 76 13 NYT [NEW YORK] Vivendi Universal on Tuesday eliminated one of the six bidders for its entertainment businesses and decided to pull its record group. Universal Music, oflf the auction block, executives said. Vivendi rejected the bid of an investor group led by Marvin Davis,
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      • 58 13 Bloomberg [LONDON] The British Broadcasting Corporation will sell £800 million (552.3 billion) of asset-backed bonds to finance the redevelopment of its London headquarters, a spokeswoman said. The broadcaster has hired Morgan Stanley to manage the sale. The securities will be priced in the next two
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      • 67 13 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Gucci barely made a profit in its first quarter because of the strong euro and the Sars virus, it said yesterday, but it remained confident on the full year. Gucci turned in a minimal profit of 1.2 million euros (552.4 million) and that thanks
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    • 610 15 LOS ANGELES Goldman Sachs, Bank of America among the big names making sharply higher cash payments LAT-WP THE recent federal tax cut on dividend income spurred more US companies to raise their payouts to shareholders last month in some cases by
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 317 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 6 Its present shape has eye- hk —vkt catching appeal (10) 8 Such a school doubtless sets homework (4) 9 Demands cash from board in -mm 11 Stray sheep is hungry (4) 12 Airman needs resin (3) 13 Don's cruel, devious and a ■■"■M 16 Was obliged
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  • BizIT
    • 614 16  -  INFOTECH Successful liberalisation often comes with more regulation, not less angela tan THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is stuck between a rock and a hard place as it fends off pressure from multiple telecom operators and players, each lobbying their own interest and
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    • 400 16  -  NUS, Nanyang and NgeeAnn polys first to join the initiative By] Raju Chellam US NETWORKING giant Cisco Systems Inc opened its Networked Solutions Integration Test Engineering (NSite) laboratory yesterday in Singapore, its first in the Asia-Pacific region including Japan. The Singapore laboratory will
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    • 179 16 Reuters [WASHINGTON] There is no need for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt rules now to address brewing concerns that high-speed Internet providers will favour some websites over others, an agency official said. The FCC has been debating whether such rules
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    • 250 16 Bloomberg (SEOUL] Prices of the most widely used computer-mem-ory chips rose for the first time in more than a week and may increase further as makers of PC components bet machines with advanced features will spur demand. The spot price of the benchmark
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 276 17 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index fell 2 points to 2123, the Baltic Capesize Index fell 24 points to 2748, the Baltic Panamax Index rose 18 points to 2162 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 13 points to *****. TIME-CHARTER: Aquagem (built 1997) *****2 dwt delivery Kashima 7/9 July
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    • 273 17 sex 'ooo J*2 SS W CWT Distribution 0.58 unch 42 Chuan Hup 0.42 0.01 1087 CH Offshore 0.22 0.01 239 Cosco Investment 0.31 0.02 9013 Freight Links 0.06 -0.01 141 GB Ho'dmgs 0.70 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.37 0.01 720 Keppel Corp 4.90 0.02 1515 K1 Venture 0.19
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    • 741 17  -  End of PSA's year-long discount package comes while freight rates are only just picking np, they say By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation's yearlong discount package may have expired on Tuesday, but most shipping lines are looking for some
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    • 289 17 AFP [TOKYO] A Panamanianflagged freighter slammed into a Japanese fishing boat off Japan's southern island of Kyushu early yesterday, leaving at least one person dead and six missing, coastguard officials said. The 135-tonne roundhaul netter Koyo-Maru No 18 sank immediately after the
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    • 623 17 Regulations will guard against potential terrorist attacks AP [WASHINGTON] Thousands of ships and port facilities across the United States will tighten security against potential terrorist attacks under regulations issued on Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security. The regulations,
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    • LUXURY travel
      • 1066 18 There continues to be demand for U*****,999 a head world cruises, even with the general economic slowdown LAT Across a tough, stressed-out economy, vacationers are cutting back, staying close to home, trying to make do with less. Maybe this year
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    • 123 18 PAGE BSA 4 B'tang Mas 6 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 Columbus 5 China Shpg 5 CWT Globelink ...4 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 ECL 3 Far Shpg 5 Foong Sun 5 Fujitrans 2 Gemartrans 4 Hangli 4 Hyundai 4 Heung-A 3 I IRISL 5 Kapal Kris 4 Kien
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    • 8762 22 thebusinesstimes EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Nam* Nun6*r Number SIM Otst'ii Nam Nam* Number Number 12/07 22/07 UASC FOWAIRET C250W 45******10 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot# D'lvolrt 13/07 22/01 COSCO CAO Ht 203W tHflWWjO b ASCART,ER sr
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 568 23 Vessel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL CHAHAYASTAR 05/03 J4/5 A/SIDE 03/07 1S00 MARCOPOLO 48 03/03J J2 A/SIDE 03A)7 0630 SBADAMYAR 01 J13 A/SIDE 03A)7 0630 STANDARD 2 0301 J2 A/SIDE 03/07 0630 BAYSWATER118 E3150 J3 03/07 1730 03/07 2359 BESTPESCADO 5 J4/5 03/07 0400 04/07
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      • 2006 23 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ACX ULAC 0S4S 0S4S 1 0607/2003 IS00 *****003-07 00 ACX MARGUERI 019N 019N 1 *****003 1500 0607/2003-03OO AL MUTANAMI CJ49W C249W 1 **********00 06/07/2003-0300 ALMOOf C241E OWE 1 *****00*1200 OSO*****
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      • 138 23 Jul 14 France: National Day. V Kingdom: Orangmen's Day. Jul 15 Brunei: Sultan Birthday. Thailand: Buddhist Lent Day. Jul 17 S Korea: Cons Day. Jul 20 Japan: Marine Day. Angl China: Founding Chi PLA. Ant A Australia: Picnic Day. UKingdom: Summer Hoi. Ang 12 Thailand: Queen's Birthday. Aug
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      • 846 23 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 market Prices shown are based on average sized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      • 468 23 Cirfcofl 180 Mu 991.0 0-3 15.7 0.07 45 0.02 Jun 26 Dwtsity Niter Residue AshAlimiirMum SiOwtnt »o *ow E25 0 0 1 0 J> 0 380 Aw 986.5 OJ 15.0 0.05 20 0.02 Um. 380 Mai 990.8 3X1 17.4 0.09 68 0.08 M/M»3 m/m M/M Mo
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 388 24 They cite refusal of Deutsche Post, DHL chiefs to go for conrt interviews Reuters [WASHINGTON] United Parcel Service and FedEx Corp asked a US federal judge to slap contempt rulings on the chief executives of Deutsche Post and DHL Worldwide, saying
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      • 317 24 Airlines could be forced to pay op millions if they lose the British case Reuters [LONDON] Victims of so-called economy class syndrome took their longrunning battle to sue the world's largest airlines to England's appeals court on Tuesday. They say airlines have known
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      • 355 24 Move a part of revamp plan to save airline from bankruptcy Reuters [DALLAS] About 3,100 American Airlines flight attendants were furloughed effective Tuesday as a part of a restructuring plan aimed at saving the bank-ruptcy-threatened airline. The furloughs were expected and include about 1,750
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      • 346 24 Ishikawajima wants to make engine 30% cheaper than rivals Bloomberg (TOKYO) IshikawajimaHarima Heavy Industries Co, Japan's biggest jet-en-gine maker, wants to develop an engine for 50-seat planes as early as 2010, challenging bigger overseas rivals such as General Electric Co and Rolls-Royce
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      • LOG Book
        • 116 24 Reuters [PARIS] Europe's biggest no-frills airline easy Jet on Tuesday asked Air France and Italy's Alitalia to give up 35,000 takeoff and landing slots a year at Paris's two major airports to open competition. Air France and Alitalia have 82 per cent of the slots
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        • 67 24 Reuters (ATHENS] Greek state carrier Olympic Airways, which stopped flying to Australia late last year, said it teamed up with Gulf Air to provide its passengers with a route to Sydney. "Based on the agreement, from November 23 there will be daily flights from
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      • 412 24 Fire in jet's landing gear sparks evacuation of passengers through emergency chnte AFP [SYDNEY] Five passengers of a Qantas 747 were injured early yesterday when a fire in its landing gear sparked a panicked evacuation of the plane at Sydney's airport, passengers and airline
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    • 121 23 g REGIONAL WEATHER SjSSjsEIKnP 8 FOR 7AM 3 Jul 2003 y Issued by Meteorological Service Division,NEA LEGEND: i < Thunderstorm Wind speed symbols showers O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds p a j n One half fleche represents 5 knots Cloudy Day -One full
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