The Business Times, 11 February 2004

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  • 16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 024/03/2003 850 SINGAPORE Internet: i .\p://uusiness-times.asial .com.sg WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2004
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  • 689 1  -  But shares dive on news of share swap to create world's No 2 test house By Tang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE] Jittery investors punished ST Assembly Test Services (Stats) by dumping its shares yesterday after the company announced a US$l.6 billion stock swap with
    Source: Bloomberg  -  689 words
  • 649 1  -  Rising prices of smaller resale flats curbed demand By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] The number of HDB flat downgraders tumbled 24 per cent to 4,200 in 2003 the first fall since 2000 as rising resale prices of smaller flats choked off some demand.
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  • 545 1  -  BT exclusive Motorists could see lower premiums of up to 10% By Samuel Ee [SINGAPORE] Motor insurers reversed their record loss in 2002 to post profits last year. And car owners will be one beneficiary with a cut in premiums of up
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  • 73 1 «n 1,872.68 (-15.52) ST INDEX FUTURES 1378.00 (-25.00) SIMSCI 228.26 (-2.62) SIMSCI FUTURES 228.60 (-3.00) Tuesday Change KLSE(X)MP ***** -5.73 NIKKEI 225 10.365.40 -.1711 HANG SENG 13,515.66 -61.02 SET INDEX 739.64 +7.59 JAKARTA COMP _766.77 -0.48 MANILA COMP—1.***** +11.86 TAIPEI WPI 6,488.34 +1515 SEOUL (X)MP 866.80 +103 SHENZHEN B
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  • 74 1 FOREX RATES US$ S$ ISS (SS per l'S$) 1.676 £(i;S$/SS per S) 1.868 3.131 ElJRO(US$/S$/E). 1277 2140 YEN 105.4 62-90 KM 3.800 2268 HKS 7.770 4.637 BAHT 38.96 2325 Rl'PIAH 8.397 5,010 RENMINBI 8299 4.952 INDIAN RUPEE 4525 27.00 AS 1281 0.764 NZS 1.430 0.854 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5.25
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    • 486 2  -  Market rife with speculation of moves against other corporate figures Reports by Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian market is rife with speculation about which corporate bigwigs may be next to face corruption charges following the arrest of prominent tycoon Eric
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    • 557 2 Businessman Eric Chia expected to put up a fight ERIC Chia Eng Hock is a man of steel and will not go down without a fight against the corruption charge levelled against him, associates and analysts said. They noted the 71-year-old self-made businessman's constant
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    • 320 2 [SINGAPORE] In a bid to win more young readers, Singapore Press Holdings will add greater value to its products starting with a revamp of The Straits Times and The Business Times. Getting more young readers especially those between 15 and 29
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 616 3  -  Alpa-S chief says wage restructuring must be fair and equitable By Yen Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Airlines' pilots look set to raise its stock option scheme as an issue as the national carrier reiterates plans for a more flexible wage restructure. Responding
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    • 371 3  -  By Uma Shankari SILKAIR, the regional subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, said yesterday it will expand passenger carrying capacity and isn't too bothered by the emergence of budget airlines because these operators have a different customer base. Silk Air will increase the frequency of
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    • 706 4  -  HOCK lock siew raju chellam JUST two days ago, Singapore's ST Assembly Test Services (Stats) and California's ChipPac Inc were rivals battling for customers in the fierce global chip testing market. And now, the rivals have decided to wed in a US$l.6 billion deal to form
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    • 546 4  - IPOs busy week with two listing and two launching Straco Corp and Unified Comm due for debut next week By Kenneth Lim IT is turning out to be another busy week for initial public offerings (IPOs). China tourist attraction developer Straco Corp and telecom solutions provider Unified Communications have registered
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    • 514 5  -  Sterling Q3 results, news of chairman's stock purchase boost counter By Joyce Koh IT has been almost three years since the purchase of Australia's Optus sent Singapore Telecom's share price diving but things are on the mend. After rising for a third straight day,
      Source: Bloomberg; FILE PHOTO  -  514 words
    • 206 5  -  By Taila Krishnakumar AMAN Mehta, the former chief of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation who was appointed by hotel operator Raffles Holdings last month as a nonexecutive independent director, has joined Hong Kong's PCCW Ltd as well in a similar capacity. Mr Mehta, 57,
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    • 444 5 Bat analysts expect company to retain to the black in 2004 Reuters SINGAPORE'S second largest telecoms firm, Star Hub Ltd. swung into a net loss of $46 million last year from a profit of $103 million in 2002 as payments from
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    • 570 7  -  Hoteliers may raise room rates for the first time in four years By Vince Chong FIVE-STAR hotels in the heart of Singapore may soon enjoy the heady occupancy levels of 74 per cent its best ever and last seen in 2000. Last year,
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    • 387 7 DESPITE a 16.3 per cent fall in turnover to $285.3 million, diversified trading group Intraco has more than halved its full-year net loss to $5.5 million. This was helped by the reduced distribution costs of its infocommunications business unit. The $5.5 million loss for
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    • COMPANYBriefs
      • 64 7 ENGINEERING and construction firm United Engineers' net profit for last year soared 168 per cent to $53 million despite slightly lower turnover. This was due mainly to a $26.5 million exceptional gain from the disposing of shares in the listed MFS Technology. Bottomline profit was
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      • 66 7 DIRECTORS and substantial shareholders of listed online travel group Asiatravel.com have placed out 20 million vendor shares at 56.4 cents apiece to institutional shareholders. Among the sellers, Essex Investment divested the largest stake, placing out 8.3 million shares in the company, which recently invested in budget
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    • 331 7  -  By Vince Chong AFTER-MARKET services provider Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) yesterday said it is expanding its reach in India, a market which is expected to significantly boost its prospects. ACCS said that UCom Technologies, a company in India that it is poised to
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    • 377 10  -  Bank's 4th such centre will support its operations in Asian time zone By Siow Li Sen CREDIT Suisse First Boston yesterday opened its global support centre here in yet another affirmation that Singapore has what it takes to attract leading international firms. The
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    • 263 10  -  By Andrea Tan KWEK Leng Beng's Millennium Copthorne has roped in former Singapore Airlines veteran Michael Tan to oversee marketing and advertising. Mr Tan will join the London-listed hotel group on Feb 16 as executive vice-president (chairman's office). "Michael's broad and deep knowledge and
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    • 25 5 I t$L I jjg Lianhe Zaobao I I China's earliest I I luxury I I goods chain I doing a I roaring I trade I
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • Article, Illustration
      602 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREENVASAN ST Assembly Feb 10 dosing: $1.96 WE expect ST Assembly's near-term share price to drop about 20 per cent to $1.85 because of the big premium it is paying to buy into ChipPac. We are running a valuation model and will come up with
      Source: Bloomberg  -  602 words
    • 396 6  -  CHART POINT By Lim Say Boon, K. Ajith IS the market just teasing the punters or will it defy technical indicators to head for higher ground? For now, the balance of indicators suggests the former. But in an indecisive market, investors should watch
      Source: Bloomberg  -  396 words
    • 919 6  -  A longer view CURRENCIES larry wee THE US dollar was looking well and truly punch-drunk again by yesterday afternoon, after it became clear that last weekend's G-7 finance ministers' meeting did not offer it any meaningful respite. And its hefty losses over the past
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    • 533 6  -  BT comment STOCKS Stats' US$1.6b deal could also have contributed to pullback r. sivanithy THERE'S a direct correlation between stock prices and the level of nervousness in the market. The higher prices rise, the more nervous players become. The outcome
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
      • 85 6 BOUSTEAD Singapore substantial shareholder Tony Chew Leong Chee, who is also chairman of Del Monte Pacific, bought 62,000 Boustead shares on the open market last Friday at an undisclosed sum. This raised his direct and deemed stake to 10.01 per cent from 9.98 per cent. Mr
        Source: Bloomberg  -  85 words
      • 70 6 THE Capital Group Companies, which has become a substantial shareholder of Capita Mall Trust (CMT), raised its stake in the real estate investment trust to 6.83 per cent from 5.25 per cent through an open market purchase of 14.3 million units on Jan 20.
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      • 63 6 FUND manager Arisaig Partners and its Arisaig Asean Fund ceased to be substantial shareholders of state-linked printer SNP Corp on Monday. An open market sale 0f67,000 shares pared their stake to 4.96 per cent from 5.01 per cent. The amount paid was not disclosed. SNP
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      • 63 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM INNOVALUES Precision substantial shareholder Prudential Asset Management raised its stake to 7.18 per cent from 6.48 per cent in open market purchases on Jan 30. After accumulating 545,000 shares in the Sesdaq-listed precision engineering company, Prudential now controls 5.6 million Innovalues shares.
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    • Article, Illustration
      446 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Feb 10 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -80.00 +38.00 BT CAW -*****.00 -9.00 BT 10-day MA -8.00 AM-SG Equities 507.70 -2.77 SG Equities Ehct l85 .59 -3.06 SG Equities Fin 1554.76 -23^98 SG Equities Prop 471.86 -0.30 SIMSCI 228.26 -2.62 SiMSCI Futures 228.60 -3.00 Stocks Vohara UnitedTAC US15c
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  • EXECUTIVE money
    • 2283 8  -  Genevieve Cua rounds up top fund managers for their take on how markets will fare Genevieve Cua YOU MAY or may not have reaped the rewards of last year's strong equity markets. The big question is: What's in store this year? Last week, we gathered five
      PHOTOS BY ARTHUR LEE  -  2,283 words
    • 472 8  -  By Genevieve Cua RETURNS from equities are expected to remain positive this year, but most of the gains may be achieved in the first half. Says Charles Wheeler, Standard Poor's director for Asian equities: "Compared with last year, in the absolute sense,
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    • 615 10 Seminar on The Essentials of Goods Services Tax (GST) Is GST Costing Your Business More Than Necessary? It can, if you cannot confidently answer any of the following questions. Do you know: That not all services that you provide to a foreign person can be zero-rated? What are the critical
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 448 11  -  Rising demand across Asia seen lifting industry from doldrums By Chen Huifen THE Economic Development Board expects an upturn in the chemicals industry this year, driven by rising demand across Asia. The upbeat mood is encouraging after a lacklustre performance last year, when
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    • 182 11 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong will begin his official visit to Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain from today until Feb 20. Singapore and Jordan hope to sign a Free Trade Agreement by July, while Singapore and Bahrain have announced their intention to pursue talks
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    • 278 11  -  EYE on the economy salary By Uma Shankari SALARIES for senior finance executives across Asia continue to vary widely, according to a survey by CFO Asia, a magazine for chief financial officers. Finance directors, controllers and treasurers in Hong Kong, where finance executives
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    • 324 11  -  But organisers unable to bring in Michelle Wie By Ven Sreenivasan YOUNG Korean-American golf prodigy Michelle Wie won't be coming, but Scotland's Colin Montgomerie, New Zealand's Michael Campbell, Ireland's 2003 Ryder Cup hero Paul McGinley and defending champion Zhang Lian-wei of China will be
      PHOTOS BY AFP  -  324 words
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 810 12  -  THE bottom line OPINION frank ching CHINA announced this week that it imported more than 100 million tonnes of oil last year, over 30 per cent higher than it did in 2002, underlying the extent of the country's demand for energy resources
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    • 68 12 The dilemma is: he's a great man, he's a hero, and he's a hero of every individual in the street. Yet he has done something which could bring harm to the nation. Now how do I deal with it?' -Pervez Musharraf Pakistan's president, on why he pardoned
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    • 546 12 EDITORIAL ITS almost a political tradition these days for pundits —and the populace—to pass judgement on the first 100 days of a new government leader or administration Thus, by most accounts, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, who reached his 100 days in office on Feb 8,
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    • 1101 12  - Korea looks to China for growth warily Sonth Korea is acutely aware that its booming investments in China will one day soon make for head-to-head competition between the two By James Brooke NYT [SEOUL] After a century of looking east, first to Japan and then to the United States, Korean
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    • 469 12  -  COMMENTARY What they do with their money holds lessons for the rest By Matthew Lynn Bloomberg LAST week, Viktor Vekselberg, one of Russia's richest men, bought the world's largest private collection of Faberge Imperial Easter Eggs from the family of Malcolm Forbes. The nine eggs were
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 190 12 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD In general, no Frenchman fIV enters motoring contest 16 He knows his stuff! (11) i"HB 21 Claimed member is involved 26 One who besieges stock market? (8) 12 English trial again disrupted YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION DOWN by equal-rights supporter Across; Banger> 4 Agonjses 1 Frank has two small houses
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 391 13 SHANGHAI Beijing quashes talk of yuan revaluation, says it'll keep rate at reasonable level AP Bloomberg CHINA will maintain basic stability in the value of its currency, Premier Wen Jiabao told a high-level government financial meeting yesterday in Beijing's latest rebuttal of speculation it
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    • 390 13  -  It's seen reaching govt target of RM25b this year From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MANUFACTURING investment in Malaysia hit a three-year high of RM29 billion (5512.8 billion) in 2003 and is expected to reach the government's target of RM2S billion this year.
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    • NOTEBook
      • 62 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] BP Pic, Europe's largest oil company, has sold its entire stake in China Petroleum Chemical Corp, Asia's largest oil refiner, for HK$5.7 billion (551.23 billion). BP placed out its 2.1 per cent equity stake in the Beijing-based company, known as Sinopec, the company said.
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      • 113 13 AP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp, the world's second-largest producer of made-to-order chips, said yesterday its revenue in January surged 53 per cent from a year ago. The rise in revenue to NT$B.29 billion (Ss4ls million) from NT$5.4 billion a year ago was in
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      • 114 13 [LONDON] News and financial-data giant Reuters Group on Monday said it will provide basic news coverage of some US companies from a bureau to be established in Bangalore, India. It will hire six journalists for the bureau, the company said. They will monitor
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    • 590 13  -  Finance ministry's new company takes over when Ibra closes on Feb 27 From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta WITH just a couple of weeks to go before it is closed, the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) plans to transfer remaining unsold assets to
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  • WORLD news
    • 746 14 Family-owned music retailer will reorganise in bid to cat debt by US$80m LAT-WP LESS than a decade ago, Russ Solomon was listed by Forbes Magazine as one of America's richest men. Starting as a teenager selling records from his father's drug store, he rode the
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    • WORLDWatch
      • 132 14 Bloomberg [LONDON] Oil giant BP Pic said earnings rose 7 per cent in the fourth quarter, less than analysts expected, as one-time costs eroded the benefits of high oil prices and a U556.35 billion joint venture in Russia. Profit excluding gains from holding oil
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      • 112 14 Bloomberg [GENEVA] ÜBS AG's private bank business, the world's biggest, lured less new money in Q4 than in Q3 as competition for rich clients intensified across Europe as stock markets pick up. The wealth management unit took in a net 6.4 billion Swiss
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      • 121 14 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] A 24-year-old rule that lets US mutual funds charge investors an annual fee for promoting and marirefing funds would be repealed under a bill proposed by Senator Peter Fitzgerald and other members of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. Mr Fitzgerald's bill would require
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    • 195 14 MILAN AFP ITALIAN prosecutors have formally notified five international and two local banks that they are under investigation in the 14.3 billion euro (5530.5 billion) collapse of the dairy group Parmalat, Italian media reported yesterday. Ansa news agency and several daily
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    • 432 14 Business investment up, tax refunds spur consumer spending NEW YORK Bloomberg Reuters US economic growth will ac-j celerate this quarter as busi ness investment rises and tax refunds spur consumer spending, a survey by Blue Chip Economic Indicators found. The economy
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  • 1530 14 SICOM FUTURES Feb 10 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS1 (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month HjQh low Sett (tonnes) Interest Mar 04 1 213.50 Apr 04 216.00 May 04 217.00 Jun 04 217.75 Jul/Sep 04 219.00 Oct/Dec 04 220.75 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month High low Sett
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  • FOCUS tech deal
    • 383 15 HELSINKI Nokia, Microsoft set for showdown in smartphone software market Reuters Bloomberg TOP mobile phone maker Nokia has stepped up its battle with Microsoft Corp by taking control of Symbian. the leading cellphone software group. Symbian and Microsoft are competing to provide
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    • 255 15 SAN FRANCISCO NYT IN a deal reminiscent in some ways of the late 1990s bubble in Silicon Valley, Juniper Networks said on Monday that it had agreed to pay a premium price of about US$4 billion for Net creen Technologies, a computer security
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    • 4864 16 Transaction date: Feb 10 HONGKONG Vol HK Exchanges Cleanng19 80 4.35 4376 HK$ '000 HKR Int'l 3.30 0.03 6920 H K and China Gas 12.75 -0.10 6146 Aeon Credit 6.00 0 05 630 Hong Kong Electric 32.20 0.30 4429 Aeon Stores 5 80 0 10 236 Hongkong Chinese
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    • 2323 16 Transaction date: Feb 10 KUALA LUMPUR 13 <™> £5*** ..i.* unch M o A M Realty 1.77 0.06 493 George Kert 1.10 -0.03 87 Abric._ 0.92 unch 0 G obetronics Tech 7.05 0 30 607 ACP Industries 2.90 unch 2 J®® "SSI 7 ?i Advance Synergy 0.39 -0.01 53
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  • WORLD news
    • 326 17 Mickey Mouse and friends to be protected from illegal downloading on Internet by Microsoft software NYT [LOS ANGELES] Mickey Mouse and Microsoft are teaming up. Walt Disney Co and Microsoft Corp said on Monday they will work together to distribute Disney movies,
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  • BT motoring
    • 413 18  -  Kym Ng will be zipping around town in a brand new 9-3 Aero sedan as the Swedish marque's brand ambassador, reports Samuel Ee Samuel Ee TRANS Eurokars, the authorised distributor of Saab, plans to promote the Swedish marque by giving the keys to a
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    1082 18 Transaction date: Feb 10 All-series: Maturities: > a yr; Short: 1-3 yrs; Long: > 3 yrs DtTERBAIfK CROSS RATES AS C$ Bwb Euro M$ Ind to Buptoh Yen Wow BM MZ$ Pifc Bs Peso S$ Band Sfr MT$ Bafct Pond US$ Australia 1.034 6.479 0.611 6.066 35.329 65.556 0.823
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 378 19  -  M'sian ports won't pass costs of complying with security code to customers By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's biggest ports plan to absorb added security costs to avoid levying a surcharge on shipping line customers. Both terminal operators at the country's biggest port,
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    • 374 19  -  NCL, owner of Pride of America, has not paid up: German yard By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] German shipyard Lloyd Werft has filed for bankruptcy protection in Bremerhaven, saying Malaysian Star Cruises subsidiary Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) owes it money. NCL's 300 million euro (Ss63o
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    • 132 19 [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation's Singapore container volumes grew 14 per cent in January, and its overseas terminals delivered 29 per cent higher throughput when compared with January 2003. PSA Singapore handled 1.6 million TEUs last month, while its 12 operational overseas terminals in
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    • 145 19 [SINGAPORE] China's northeastern port of Tianjin will get a 16 billion yuan (553.2 billion) upgrade in line with the provincial government's ambitions to propel the port into the top 10 league table. The six-year investment by the Tianjin government "will accelerate the overall
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    • 302 19 SGX '000 Feb 10 SS *1- Vol CH Offshore 0.37 unch 5645 ChuanHup 0.51 0.01 6171 Cosco investment 0.91 -0.02 ***** CWT Distribution 0.56 unch 22 Ezra Hldgs 1.23 0.02 1144 Freight Links 0.15 0.02 ***** GB Holdings 0.71 unch 20 Java Holdings 0.89 -0.02 1973 K1 Venture
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    • 1006 20  -  STRAIT TALK By David Hughes IN theory, the principal enforcer of international shipping regulations ought to be the flag state. In practice, it is the port state, exercising rights of port state control (PSC) on foreignflag vessels. While it is a great pity that flag
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    • 204 20 PAG Alianca Austral AL Avant Bank Line B'tang Mas BSA i BSC BTL < Cargoways •CMACGM COSCO China Shpg Confer Crocodile Line CWTGlobelink Delmas Dongnama EP Carriers ECL Eng Lee ESP Lines Far Shpg i Foong Sun Frt Links Gemartrans Geniki Lines Glory Nav iE Hangli 4
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    • 10392 25 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 04/03 21/03 COSCO E GENIUS 0537-098W 65-*****900 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'I voir* 04/03 21/03 HamburgSud EVER GENIUS 098W 65-*****133 20/02
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 604 27 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL ATLANTIS 7 A7183 13 A/SIDE 11/02 1300 BAYSWATER228 E4041 J3 A/SIDE 11/02 0200 BRIGHTSTAR 1 17 J22 A/SIDE 11/02 1200 BUNGA 2302 LCK01 J15 A/SIDE 11/02 0900 DESERT SUN 001 J14/15 A/SIDE 11/02 0600 DONG A 02 02/04 J24
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      • 1693 27 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES I i Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr APMOELLER 0403 0403 1 11/02/2004-04:00 11/02/2004-16:00 K12 ACX MARGUERI 027N 027N 1 14/02/2004-15:00 15/02/2004-03:00 ALAMJAVA 2 8882N 8882N 1 14/02/2004-05:00 14/02/2004-13:00 ANDA 4035 4035 1 11/02/2004-18:00 11/02/2004-23:59 K13
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      • 148 27 Feb 11 Japan: Nat Foundation Day. Feb 16 US: Washington Day. Thailand: Makha Bucha Day. US: Washington's Birthday. Feb 22 Brunei: Islamic New Year. Indonesia: Islamic New Year. Malaysia: Islamic New Year. Feb 23 Brunei: National Day. Marl South Korea: Independ Day. Mar 21 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day.
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      • 852 27 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 534 27 Carton Feb S Density Water Residue AshAluminium Sediment HM/M Exxon K6/W3 V/V S H/M H M/M PPM nuthod ISO/Cimac Limits Spec E25 991 1.0 1S.0 0.10 80 0.10 Spec G35 991 1.0 18.0 0.15 60 0.10 Northern Europe 180 Ave 980.2 0.1 12.0 0.04 17 0.02
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 921 28 GEO: It'll maintain its product differentiation, open new markets Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines, the world's sec-ond-biggest carrier by market value, is betting on new planes, more traffic rights and better service to counter competition from nofrills start-ups and rivals like
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      • 489 28 Carrier's figures get a boost from increasing tourism Bloomberg [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka's government may accelerate a plan to sell shares in the nation's biggest carrier SriLankan Airlines, as it becomes more profitable with increasing tourism, said the airline's chief executive. The
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      • 369 28 Reuters [BANGKOK] The government will sell a 30 per cent stake in Airports of Thailand (AOT) in an initial public offering this month in a range of 38 baht to 43 baht per share in a partial privatisation, a company source
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      • 116 28 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Dutch flagship carrier KLM, which has agreed to be taken over by Air France, said it would offer "outrageous" discounts on the price of flights on 62 European routes. The airline said in a statement on Monday that the discounts could be as much as
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      • 362 28 These and US plane-makers' high prices hurt Chinese carriers, it says AFP [BEIJING] Air China, the country's flag carrier, on Monday blasted US practices ranging from export and visa curbs to the prices asked by American aircraft makers, saying they combined
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      • 178 28 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China Southern Airlines, the country's largest carrier, said it carried 26 per cent more passengers last month than a year earlier because more people flew during the country's Lunar New Year holiday in January. The airline, based in the southern Chinese city of
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    • 396 19 people wmmsEssmm THE Singapore Shipping LOGISTICS major Assoc j ation (SSA) wi n ho d a TNT has appointed tea talk entitled "Drug 25-year industry Testing An Important veteran Edward Lau Key to Vessel Safety as Singapore Security" on Tuesday, managing director. f Feb 24 between 3.30pm Mr Lau joined
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    • 888 20 I TO USA/CANADA 1 I EXPORT I I OTHER DESTINATIONS VESSEL VOY PKG ETA SIN LONG BEACH DALLAS HOUSTON MEMPHIS CHICAGO NEW YORK TO AUSTRALIA (AUSTRALIA ASIA EXPRESS) P&O NEDLLOYD KOBE 37E07 10/02 11/02 27/02 03/03 06/03 04/03 04/03 07/03 ygjg ygy PKG fRE IWl"~ STP MFL MH. 10S ANGELES
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