The Business Times, 21 February 2000

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  • 16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 Internet: htto://bi'siness-times.asial com.sg/ SINGAPO RE MONDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 2000 85*
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  • 1243 1  -  Incentives seen for entrepreneurs, IT; and possibly a GST hike to 6% By Anna Teo, Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] No rmtfor economic stimuli but further incentives to encourage entrepreneurship, skills upgrading and manpower investment. Specific measures for the financial, information and communications technology sectors.
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  • 811 1  -  fi VI analysis Govt acts to cut access charges and promote e-commerce From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPANESE authorities are stepping up their battle to reduce telecommunications charges so that the use of the Internet can be expanded in line with
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  • 626 1  -  I ii exclusive Prime, suburban plots could be used for private homes, boost govt coffers By 1 Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Up to 61 hectares of prime and suburban land could be freed up for residential development in the next few years
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    • 102 1 mapa BT Comment Everybody needs foreign IT talent Next Pmge Return of the good old days on the KLSE. Pg 9 Top ttoriii SEC blasted for hearing out only Wail St bigwigs. Afejrt Page j Allgreen landbank tops in location. Pg 3 Delgro open to British rail franchise bid. Pg
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    • 26 1 BTi will carry Singapore's trade figures for January from Ipm today.So look as op at httpV/bnrine—-timw nf»l,o<U| f cuB n aerospace £tts9T*nd what you bet from
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    • 127 1 fmHan firms' Budget wish list, Pg 7 History BjH Repeats Itself ■l jHft&XjL What goes around, comes around, and t we've gone bock a long way to arrive at this collection. Not that the "KJ* Collection from Chris Heaiey is old; on the contrary, we think It's positively futuristic. After
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    • 545 2 Regulator's decisions have profound implications for millions of investors The Washington Post [NEW YORK] Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt will throw open within days the doors to public input on how stocks should be traded in the cyberage. But
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    • 198 2 LAT-WP [NEW YORK] The broad sell-off that hit Wall Street last Friday, knocking the wind out of high-flying technology stocks as well, are making analysts wonder whether it signals the beginning of rougher trading for technology stocks. Friday's stock market drop appeared to be a
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    • 690 2  -  I :j j comment ECONOMICS And countries finable to obtain or retain talent from elsewhere will suffer in the knowledge economy vikram khanna IF you think "foreign talent" is a peculiarly Singaporean obsession, you might want to consider what the chairman of the US Federal
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 748 3  -  CityDev is listed developer with the biggest residential land holding By* Andrea Tan CITY Developments may lead the pack of listed property developers by the sheer size of its residential land holding, but Allgreen Properties is the winner in terms of tenure and location.
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    • 575 3 AFXAsta [LONDON] Delgro Corp, which last Friday announced a £73.8 million (*****.2 million) recommended deal to acquire Metroline pic, has not ruled out bidding for a UK rail franchise, according to group chairman and chief executive Wong Hung Khim. "We would
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    • 594 4 COMPANY FULL YEAR EARNINGS CHNG 1ST HALF EARNINGS CHNG 2N0 HALF EARNINGS CHNG TURNOVER CHNG FULL YEAR EPS CHNG FULL YEAR DMOENDS CHNG 1999 1998 1990 1906 1999 1998 1900 1906 1999 1998 1900 1000 %M $M $M $M <M <M $M $M C Keppel TatLee
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    • 519 4  -  Online purchases earn bonus dollars to spend at growing number of stores By Corinne Kerk THE largest sporting goods chain in Singapore, World of Sports (WOS), aims to double the number of its outlets to 50 by year-end to complement its aggressive
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    • 504 4 Reuters [SYDNEY] Air New Zealand said yesterday that Singapore Airlines and other carriers could be interested in taking a stake in the company, which recently bought out Australian airline Ansett Holdings. "A number of other airlines, when they look at
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    • 617 5 Analysts still lukewarm on its stock despite $101 m earnings forecast for 1999 Reuters MOTOR distributor Cycle Carriage (CCL) is expected to report strong 1999 profits but several analysts are still lukewarm on its stock after the firm lost lucrative
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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    • 596 6  -  I=ll comment STOCKS r.sivanithy PRUDENCE and conservatism, more than anything, are the watchwords of any self-respecting central banker. Most would prefer to play their cards close to their chests, peppering their speeches with "maybes" and hedging their bets with "what if*
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    • 188 6  - IGB wrt an old favourite that's still a great deal WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy FOR those who can recall, building and construction firm IGB Corp was one of the more popular Malaysian stocks that used to trade on Clob International. It used to have warrants in issue as well,
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    • 224 6  -  HOT STOCK -By\ Wong Wei Kong SHARES of defence group Avimo rose sharply last Friday, with the stock finishing as the session's second biggest gainer. Avimo shares closed at $3.16, up 33 cents or 12 per cent. The stock opened at $3.10 and
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    • 131 6 ♦Ho Wah G&iting said the six Chinese companies acquiring 96.38 per cent of the company will be exempted from compliance with section 213(9)c of the Companies Act, provided a majority of independent shareholders approve a whitewash resolution to waive their right to receive a general offer from the
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    • 504 6 Ten's weakness attributed to fears of a downgrade of Japan's creditworthiness THE Japanese yen should lead Asian units south this week, as a strong US dollar and fears of a downgrade of Japan's creditworthiness takes its toll. But the Korean
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 320 7  -  the economy retail By Carol Eng RETAIL sales volume rose by a more modest 15.7 per cent in December from a year ago, compared to the over 20 per cent jumps in the previous two months. The year-on-year expansions in November and
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    • 408 7 Government will actively renew older estates, says Hah THREE new sites involving nearly 1,000 flats between 14 and 26 years old have been picked for redevelopment under the Selective Enbloc Redevelopment Scheme (Sers), National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday. The
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    • 445 7  -  Survey finds firm* most worried about a too quick' restoration of cots in CPF contribution By Audrey Tan MEMBERS of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry have put a cut in labour costs at the
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    • 482 7  -  But product offers flexibility, potential interest saving By\ Siow Li Sen BEFORE owner occupiers get too excited over Citibank's latest home loan product, let it be known that the taxman sees things differently. But overall, consumers said the product is attractive because of
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    • 204 7 THE Shaw group's Twin Heights residential project at Balestier was 40 per cent sold over the weekend, representing about $29 million worth of sales. The completed freehold project was launched last Friday, and 27 of the 66 apartments offered were sold over three
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    • 152 7 THE level of Japanese investments in Singapore may have fallen last year but there is no cause for worry, said Japan's ambassador to Singapore. "You shouldn't be too pessimistic as the big businesses would continue to invest," Hiroshi Hashimoto said last Friday. Figures from the Economic
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  • eNews
    • 468 8 NEW YORK Shares skyrocket 226% to US$BB from US$27 IPO price; Microsoft's 10% stake also an attractive feature for investors Reuters NOT even a broad-based sell-off in US stocks could keep investors away from GigaMedia Ltd last Friday as they bid up the
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    • 286 8 FRANKFURT Reuters GERMAN banks' drive into cyberspace shows no signs of abating with the country's two biggest commercial banks poised to announce fresh plans to expand their Internet businesses, press reports said yesterday. Germany's biggest bank Deutsche Bank AG is due to
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    • 292 8 WALTHAM, Massachusetts Bloomberg LYCOS, one of the three largest Internet search directories, is adding content such as financial information to its Web site to increase the time online users remain on its service. "We're focusing on two methods" to increase
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    • 411 8 PEOPLE FT [TOKYO] Masayoshi Son, founder of Softbank, the Japanese Internet investment group, ooctkl soon challenge BUI Gates's position as the world's richest man, in terms of equity holdings in their companies. At Friday's closing share price and foreign exchange levels, Mr
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    • 397 8 NEW YORK These firms seen gaining as business shifts to cyberspace IHT IN the old economy, the big European telecommunications companies might have been struggling to keep their stock prices from falling at a time like this. Vodafone Air Touch PLC has arranged
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    • aBriefs
      • 85 8 Reuters [NEW YORK] The Nasdaq composite index froee for about 2 v* hours last Friday on a technical glitch, leaving investors clueless about the movement of the technology-saturated market. The problem was later traced to a computer cable connected to a mainframe computer. Despite immobilising
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      • 49 8 Bloomberg [WILMINGTON, Delaware] DuPont, the biggest US chemical company, said it formed a US$lOO million (Ssl7o million) joint venture called Cap Span with holding company Internet Capital Group to help develop online businesses including apparel and chemicals. DuPont will provide two-thirds of the $100 million.—Bloomberg
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      • 64 8 Reuters [NEW YORK] Americans are spending more time surfing the Internet at work than at home, mainly because home Web connection speeds pale in comparison to the fkster connections at companies. In January, at-work Internet users spent an average of 21 hours on the Web,
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 744 9  -  l i comment KL STOCKS Foreign Investors are back as the economy has turned aronnd and shows more resilience eddie toh THE Malaysian stockmarket barometer finally breached the 1,000-point psychological barrier last week. This brought the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite
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    • 453 9 No changed economic climate to warrant shift, say analysts Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will present a fresh Budget for 2000 this week but most analysts expect Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin to stick to his promise of springing no surprises and presenting a carbon
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    • 550 11 SURABAYA, Indonesia He cites protests against his govt and rumours of Cabinet reshuffle Reuters INDONESIA'S outspoken President Abdurrahman Wahid said his presidency was under attack, citing protests against his government and rumours of a Cabinet reshuffle. Some protesters had undermined his dignity
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    • 638 11  -  from bangkok But beneath the pie Jokes, officials were tense, fearing Seattle-type clashes harish mehta IT may be no exaggeration to say that a cream pie thrown smack in the face of outgoing IMF chief Michel Camdessus was the high point ofUnctad talks in
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    • 249 11 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIAN property firm PT Bumi Modern Tbk finally got the green light for its 9.3 trillion rupiah (Ss2 billion) rights issue plan from the Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam), local newspapers reported on Saturday. "Bapepam has issued a letter allowing
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    • 347 11 KUALA LUMPUR Initial 6-month plan sets np fond for gm*n and medium projects Reuters THE government of Brunei will implement an economic recovery plan to boost the local economy and promote sustainable long-term growth. Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, the brother of Brunei's ruler
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    • 382 11 MANILA Finance Secretary says his task is to ensure no whitewash AFP PRESIDENT Joseph Estrada has ordered the finance department to review the findings of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) that implicated a close friend of his in the country's worst securities
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    • 218 11 BEIJING AFP CHINA'S state firms last year saw overall profits jump by 70 per cent year on year to 90 billion yuans (5518.5 billion), due to radical reforms introduced in 1997, the People's Daily said over the weekend. "This is the largest increase since
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    • 581 12 H'M'Jpudget It can try to cot some subsidies, hasten privatisation AFP [NEW DELHI] A stable government and a broad political consensus on economic reforms will allow Indian Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha to unveil tough measures in his upcoming Budget, economists say. "The
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    • 270 12 BOMBAY Reuters SHARES of Indian technology firms are expected to spearhead market action this week on expectations of a big boost for the sector in the forthcoming Budget. But analysts said some profittaking could emerge early in the week in software
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    • 443 12 HONGKONG Reuters MANY Asian corporates must axe their top management if the region is to cut out the lingering systemic risk which sparked its crippling financial crisis, analysts say. Most of the region's top businesses are still controlled by the people who took
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    • 357 12 BOMBAY Bloomberg THE Mumbai Stock Exchange, the most closely followed of India's 22 exchanges, is talking to Morgan Stanley Capital International, or MSCI, to help it recast its benchmark index, or Sensex. The index will have to be revised before the exchange begins trading
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    • 308 12 LONDON Reuters INTERNATIONAL banking groups HSBC Holdings pic and Standard Chartered pic, reporting 1999 results in the next two weeks, are expected to show some benefit from a burgeoning recovery in Asian economies. Standard Chartered, publishing results on Wednesday, is expected to see profits
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  • WORLD news
    • 508 16 SEOUL But investors feel the govt will have only limited success Bloomberg THE Korean government, last year, sold almost 3 trillion won (554.5 billion) in a failed attempt to stop the currency's rise. This year, the stakes have been raised
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    • 255 16 LONDON Reuters BRITAIN'S National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) reacted furiously on Friday to a report claiming it had said eight million British jobs would be lost if Britain pulled out of the European Union (EU).
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    • 388 16  -  From] Leon Hadar in Washington REPUBLICAN Senator John McCain, hoping to win the Republican presidential nomination, suffered a major defeat last Saturday, when the party's front-runner in the race, Texas Governor George Bush Jr, won the presidential primary in South Carolina.
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    • 220 16 PARIS AFP A FRENCH intelligence report last Friday accused US secret agents of working with computer giant Microsoft to develop software allowing Washington to spy on communications around the world. The report, drawn up by the Strategic Affairs Delegation (DAS), the intelligence
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    • 281 18 SYDNEY Reuters AUSTRALIA'S second largest telecoms group Cable Wireless Optus Ltd said yesterday it would form a mobile phone jointventure with Richard Branson's Virgin Group. The new company, to be known as Virgin Mobile, would use Optus' mobile network and operating platform
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    • 529 18 DUBAI Prices expected to come down on their own to US$25 by end-March, he says AFP A SENIOR official of an Opec producer in the Gulf yesterday ruled out an output increase from April 1, saying prices were expected to come down
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    • 446 18 Reuters [LONDON] With US$2 billion (553.4 billion) in his pocket Domenico De Sole is on a shopping spree but the Gucci Group chief executive says he is not talking to US fashion house Calvin Klein. Mr De Sole said fragrance and cosmetics companies
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 59 18 Bloomberg [PARIS] Alcatel SA, Europe's No 2 phone-equipment maker, may announce by Wednesday that it will buy Newbridge Networks Corp, a person familiar with the companies' plans said. Newbridge, a Canadian phone-equipment maker that put itself up fin- sale in November, may fetch about US$4O
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      • 57 18 Reuters {LONDON] At least three potential bidders have approached investment banks about an offer fen- British Telecom in the wake of the recent sharp Call in its shares, the Sunday Times reported. The paper said Germany's Deutsche Telekom and SBC Communications of the US
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      • 38 18 Bloomberg [SEOUL] SK Telecom, South Korea's largest mobile phone service provider, said earnings doubled to 307 billion won (***** million) last year as subscriptions surged. Sales rose 21 percent to 4.3 trillion won. Bloomberg
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      • 49 18 AFP [MUNICH] German media group EM.TV is poi9ed to announce the takeover of a large US cinema and entertainment firm, the daily Muenchner Merkur reported Saturday. The buyout will be announced today, the paper said, citing sources close to the deal. —AFP
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      • 54 18 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi declared yesterday that campaigning for an expected snap election had already begun, while his allies said the poll will follow the imminent passage of the budget. "We will canvass in (all) 47 prefectures," Mr Obuchi told reporters at
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  • COMMUDITIES & futures
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    • 569 20 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil and palladium dominated commodity trades last week, with US President Bill Clinton among those voicing concern at the nineyear highs reached by crude prices, while palladium hit record levels. Light sweet crude rose above US$3O a barrel
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    • 1887 20 SICOM FUTURES Feb 18 RUBBER (futures dosing «s at 5.30pm) RSS1 C0*TRACT(S cwtsAq) Close Volume Opm Mow** Wflfc Low Sott (tonnes) Interest Mar 00 127.50 200 Apr 00 132.00 100 May 00 134.50 400 Jun 00 137.00 400 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cwtsAq) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes)
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  • MARKET outlook
    • 251 21 HONGKONG HONGKONG shares are expected to be boosted this week by good bank profit results, dealers said on Friday. The Hang Seng has so far been held back by expected US interest rate rises. "The market will see a rebound next
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    • 399 21 NEW YORK Market correction, together with higher fuel prices, may help to dampen consumer spending analysts AFP A BROAD-based sell-off on Friday, ahead of the President's Day holiday today, left the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index almost 13 per cent below its
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    • 390 21 TOKYO AFP HOPES for the economy's recovery and investment by bullish individuals are expected to push Tokyo shares back to the 20,000-point mark in the coming week, analysts said. Investors are widely expected to keep chasing technology stocks after unexpected news of a
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    • 330 21 LONDON AFP THE London market fell slightly last week in expectation of further interest rate rises here and in the United States. The FTSE 100 Index of leading shares fell by 28.3 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 6,165 points. The market
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    • 862 21 QSydney -47 A CLUTCH of domestic data will this week further muddy the water for the Australian share market, which has seesawed since the New Year began, brokers said. "If you are not giddy yet from riding the economic merry-go-round, there is always the week ahead," said
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    • 411 22 AFP £j Composite Index +13.46 MALAYSIAN stocks are in for a volatile week after breaching the psychological 1,000-point barrier last week, analysts said on Friday. "It will be a fight between the profit-takers and the momentum players," said Phua Lee Kerk, research chief of
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 262 29 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young WITH the Chinese lunar holidays coming to an end, market activity is beginning to pick up with various sales being reported and rumours of other tonnage under negotiation. Tweli »>M far further trading ■nurnfujaii. ♦Elgin: 194,690 tdw bit 81 Nippon Kokan reported sold
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    • 419 29  -  Pasir Paqjang Terminal achieves rate of 203 containers per hour on Evergreen vessel Byi Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] PSA Corp's Pasir Panjang Terminal (PPT) is gearing up for its official opening next month and has chalked up its highest vessel rate of 203
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    • 648 29  -  limer scare By\ David Hughes OVER the past two or three years, a particular shipping journalist has confidently reported several times that P&O Nedlloyd was about to take over Hapag-Lloyd. Each time he has been proved wrong. Your present correspondent hastens to
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    • 339 29  -  Criminal syndicates posing as shippers to get containers for stowing immigrants Byk Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Mutual insurer the TT Club has warned of a new trend in the stowaway trade crime syndicates posing as shippers to get containers for loading would-be illegal
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    • 209 29 [TOKYO] Japan will call for joint patrols of the Malacca Strait by coast guards from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore facing the strait and those from China, South Korea and Japan to crack down on pirates, the Sankei Shimbun newspaper reported. Japan will
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    • SHIPPING news
      • 356 30  -  Industry players find problems with bonns/malus plan Reports by David Hughes in London A NEW report on programmes for ports to promote environmental performance found itself under heavy fire last week at the Green Shipping conference in Hamburg. The final report comparing existing
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      • 236 30 THE management committee of Worldscale, the collective organisation responsible for setting the standard for tanker rates, has refused requests from members of Intertanko, the independent tanker owners' organisation, to review the way it takes account of bunker prices. The requests were made in response to
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      • 179 30 A COLLISION off the southern coast of Italy between a bulk carrier and a roro cargo ferry has left 13 seafarers dead. Only one of the 14 crew of the 7,114 dwt Zafir could be rescued after it collided with the 14,398
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      • PORT Shots
        • 155 30 OLDER ships were in the firing line again although several well-known shipping industry figures have come out to defend them against the knee-jerk backlash from the Erika sinking in December. At the Green Shipping conference in Hamburg, Professor Rainer Lagoni, director of the city's Maritime
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        • 104 30 UK seafarer's union Numast has launched a set of proposals for a rising scale of penalties for ships repeatedly failing Port State Control inspections which would eventually see cargoes confiscated and ships unable to load or discharge. The plan would shift some of the focus
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        • 65 30 LLOYD'S Register CEO Tim Jones has quit his post at the classification society. The surprise move came just as the society was to begin putting the restructuring plan created under the stewardship of LR chairman David Moorhouse into effect. Mr Moorhouse will take on the joint
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        • 57 30 THE Hong Kong Shipowners' Association and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) have formed a new Maritime Arbitration Group in response to industry demands. The group will handle shipping-related claims as part of the HKIAC and its formation is the latest in a series
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        • 98 30 TWO of Japan's leading shipbuilders have set the seal on the first co-operative contract made under a commercial alliance deal. Kawasaki Heavy and Mitsui Engineering will work together on a 50,000 dwt handymax bulker order from affiliate carrier Kawasaki Kisen, with Mitsui supplying the design and
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        • 27 30 JAPANESE carrier Mitsui OSK Lines is to add Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal to its Singapore-India weekly service from next month.
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      • 498 43 V*sm< Voy No Bartii Arrival Departure jMfNrt Mvcopoto 22 PnM J» 20/02/835 2V02/1030 mrcopoto 52 8UN099 J17 20/02/1030 21/02/330 FwUstk Do J**-00 J03 20/02/13:25 21/02/500 *9* Situ 04/00 JI7 21/02/700 22/02/700 8t R8 2692 520 J01 21/02/800 21/02/1700 M* Jw ***** J01 21/02/8:00 21/02/1830 2 J03 21/02/8 0
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      • 1771 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCt CONTAINERS AND La CARGO BooUm/Mmc* Rstli Ship Voy No Etto/Btr Ported Frow To Frooi KMm 704$ 22/aoo u 20/7900 20Am 20/14m a iomoo mmm mm a IMW :vo*59 ww a anm .>vo*59 .-vow J 2VOTOO 21/1199 .-*x 21/1200 gM> arm A *>* 49 211COC
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      • 207 43 Feb 23 Brunei: National Day. Pafc 28 Taiwan: Peace Day. Marl Korea: Independence Movement Day. MarM Indonesia: Hari Raya Haji. Malaysia: Hari Raya Haji. Singapore: Hari Raya Haji. Brunei: Hari Raya Aidiladha. Mar 17 United States: St Patrick's Day Bank Holiday (Northern Ireland). Marlfi Taiwan: Market Holiday for
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      • 797 43 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 mar ket Prices shown are based on average sued stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      • 465 43 Carte* 100 Max 990.8 0J 16.9 0.08 71 0.05 Ftett Density Water Mte As* Sediment No ateM E25 0 0 12 0 0 0 380 Av 900.0 OJ V4J 0.07 40 0.03 dm 380 Max 992.0 0.7 112 0.M 270 0.06 M/ITI *1H M/M **M mi
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      • 571 44 ASIAN k AERHRACE 2000 Air force chiefs from 60 nations will discuss military strategies, aviation security and safety AFP [SINGAPORE] Asia's premier air show will open here this week with discussions on military strategies, security challenges and civil aviation safety, as well as
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      • 231 44 AP [RENTON, Washington] The Boeing Co announced that versions of the 737-800 jetliner, one of the newest offerings from the company, would include, high-tech, vertical winglets that can extend the jet's range and fuel efficiency. John Hayhurst, Boeing vice-president and general
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      • 233 44 AP [LOS ANGELES] The Boeing Co lost options to complete a US$l.3 billion (512.2 billion) project to build 33 global positioning satellites for the Air Force in a decision that could cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars. Boeing will be allowed to
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      • 124 44 AFP [JAKARTA] Some 300 protesting villagers blockaded a main toll-gate to Jakarta's international airport for three hours, delaying the departure of several local and international flights, reports said yesterday. The Jakarta Post said the action on Saturday by the residents, from villages around
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      • 80 44 (CHI C AGO J Sara Daoud (left) and her mother Zohra try to get some sleep as they wait for a standby seat on a flight to Toronto at Chicagos O Hare airport on Saturday. A snowstorm dumped 28cm of snow and crippled operations at
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      • 427 44 Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia's flagship carrier Qantas Airways Ltd said yesterday it needed to rebuild investor confidence, and conceded its share price could remain subdued until the competitive environment becomes clearer. "That's a possibility on current behaviour," James Strong,
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    • 309 46  -  By I Raju Chellam THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has awarded Hewlett-Packard Singapore part of a bulk tender that seeks to supply, implement and operate what is called a Sieve (Secure Inter-networking Environment using a Virtual Private Network) for the Singapore
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    • 303 47 Stationery company wins legal battle over Window label AP [SEOUL] A South Korean stationery company threatened on Saturday to block Microsoft from using its Windows operating system label in its software manuals in South Korea. Yangji Co a Seoul-based company that produces pocket
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    • 306 47 NYT [DAYTON, Ohio] The US Environmental Protection Agency's decision on Thursday to temporarily shut down its well-surfed Web site has drawn criticism from environmental groups and others. The site was shut down by EPA administrator Carol Browner following questions about its vulnerability to
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    • 250 48  -  Local startups exhibiting at world's largest IT and telecoms trade fair has tripled to 11 this year By. Andrew Wee SINGAPORE companies are expected to do business worth at least $40 million from exhibiting at CeBIT 2000, reportedly the world's largest IT and telecoms
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      • 56 48 SUN Microsystems has appointed Wong Heng Chew as its managing director for Singapore. Prior to joining Sun, he was managing director of Compaq Computer in Singapore. "I am confident he will help Sun in Singapore to win more marketshare," said Lionel Lim, vice-president and managing
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      • 67 48 INGRAM Micro Asia Ltd, a wholesale provider of technology products and services, has tied up with Red Hat, to distribute the full line of Red Hat Linux products. The Red Hat Linux operating system offers easy installation and update, as well as improved system management
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      • 86 48 WITH about three and a half months to go before CommunicAsia starts, organiser Singapore Exhibition Services said the show is sold out. More than 1,000 participants will take over four halls or about 40,000 sq metres of the Singapore Expo for four days, from June 6. "The
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      • 129 48 THE worldwide optical/removable drive market, which grew 24 per cent in unit terms 1999 over 1998, will grow about 19 per cent this year, according to International Data Corp (IDC) estimates. Revenues, on the other hand, won't fare as well. Last year, revenues managed a 12 per
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      • 46 48  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam IN our report "Storage giant EMC spreads out" (BizlT, Feb 14) we reported that EMC's revenues last year was over US$B billion. EMC has clarified that it's revenues last year was US$6.7 billion, including the revenues of Data General.
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    • 444 48 Shares soar on the possibilities of the company's new product Reuters [MADRID] Computer reservations firm Amadeus said last week it had developed a new, easy-to-use search engine to find cheap airline tickets over the Internet, boosting its share price 10 per cent.
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    • 392 49  -  exclusivel Alban Tay Mahtani de Silva and Freehills Hollingdale Page join hands amid Singapore's telecom deregulations Elizabeth Su SINGAPORE'S telecom liberalisation has spurred a local law firm to tie up with an Australian one to tackle the challenges of deregulation in this sector. Alban
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    • 247 49 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission said last week it will have a mini-Y2K monitoring team in place for leap year weekend Feb 28 to Mar 1, as a precaution against computer problems at nuclear plants. A small response team will work from
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    • 159 49 AP [WASHINGTON] The Clinton administration congratulated itself on Friday for killing the Y2K millennium computer bug, which drowned in a sea of US$lOO billion (Ssl7o billion) on repairs and preparations in the United States. "Mission accomplished," White House press secretary Joe Lockhart said.
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    • 595 50 Always (hi Internet liwki rnika thit possible but there are remedies as well LAT-WP REPORTS of hacker attacks on such high-profile sites as Yahoo, Amazon.com, and eßay were everywhere last week. But few stories noted that hackers might soon be coming
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      • 75 52 HEWLETT-Packard Singapore is ready with the HP 9100 C Digital Sender, a device that lets users integrate paper documents into the e-workplace, providing a "reliable and cost-effective alternative to typical paper distribution systems, such as fax and courier," HP said. It can be installed in five
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      • 67 52 ADVANCED Micro Devices (AMD) has unveiled an 850 MHz version of its Athlon processor. Systems running on the chip "will provide users exceptional performance for commercial and consumer applications, such as 3D modeling, image compression, CAD/CAM, voice recognition, near theatre quality visual images, rich audio and
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      • 71 52 COMPUWARE Asia-Pacific said it offers an early warning system for Web sites that may experience hostile activity. The company's QACenter and EcoSystems e-commerce products can help users take preventive measures before a crippling event overloads their Web site. The basic package for QALoad (one of the
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      • 86 52  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam CHECK Point Software Technologies has announced its Cyber Attack Defense System (Cads) to protect Web sites and corporate networks. Cads can identify, analyse and prevent cyber attacks, and send notifications to ISPs to cut off an attack. There are two components to
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    • 361 52  -  \-it exclusive Founded by six young men, the site has signed up 1,500 individuals and 250 companies already By Andrew Wee A GROUP of young technopreneurs will launch Asia's first online skills exchange targeted at small and medium enterprises (SMEs), later this week. Homegrown
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    • 411 52 Reuters [WASHINGTON] FBI cybersleuths, hunting those responsible for the attacks on some of the World Wide Web's most popular sites, said last week they have combined sophisticated computer tracing methods with old-fashioned police work in trying to catch computer hackers. FBI officials
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    • 641 53  -  l-ii exclusive The local venture may be among the world's first "fast-food portals" By. Andrew Wee HOMEGROWN FastFoods.Net Pte Ltd will soon let users order meals from a variety of food chains through the Net starting next week and via
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    • 636 53 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] After launching two major upgrades of its Windows operating systems with extravaganzas and midnight madness in computer stores over the past few years, Microsoft Corp has trained consumers well. Now, with another big launch last week of Windows 2000, an operating
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      • 848 54  -  |:il exclusive China, India and Indonesia, three of the world's most populous nations, are just about getting ready to ride the e-commerce bandwagon, reports TOH BAN SfflH TOH HAN SHIH CHINA, India and Indonesia, which between them account for the bulk of the world's population, are
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      • 365 54  -  Consumer segment will have largest share of market's revenues until 2002, IDC says By Raju Chellam COMING off a spectacular 67 per cent increase last year, revenues in the US Internet services market will jump another 29 per cent this year to
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        • 119 54 SINGAPORE'S search engine portal, Cetcha.com.ag, and Fineeee Alliance have launched the Republic's first free SMS (Short Meeeaf* Service) via the Internet Net ueers can eend short text meeeages to all Singapore mobile phone users. Only available via wwn.catcha.com.sg, it also allows Sing Tel and Ml
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        • 45 54 <gJOOHBOttIZOMXX)MOidtoOoiii|M<i at ura*p.*tftoo«Aor<wn.a>m—hsetisd up with Yahoo! Singapore Auctkais to oflSr electronic products, including palmtops, computers and notebooks, and popular ttwnssiech as ICom Palms, Creative MP3 players, digital cam***, Hdso graphics cartls, sound cards and multimedia spsaksrs—with no rsserve prices. fbMd, goto ha^/imc^tmjmkooMiug.
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        • 69 54 KEWLITT-PACXARD and Alcatel bate tied up to deliver ftsil gwteitelwi IT<t bated m ikes to \mbts of mobile and otlwr devices HPvfilMrtat Alcatel's HoaeTop soiuttoos software suits on HP's Unix-bessd WAP-eiufcled platform IttswU let Internet l,iln,f %t 1 I w*s provxnrs an cgrpcraies oepny na-msm wiiMiiniKiisq
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    • 1878 51 Advertisement NEC Computers International Makes Aggressive Moves in Asia Pacific Singapore becomes launch set,ing up f a new regional office based in Sin e a P° re Mr Gicze naar expects new products to contribute in our industry We are announcing a number of oari fnr rnmniltpr niant NEC Computers
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    • 1072 56 Long-term trends point to a healthy global industry, and Singapore must capitalise on its competitive location Demand for repair and overhaul sen/ices continues to sustain Singapore's $2.3b aerospace industry. Meanwhile, manufacturing is expanding and will outpace repair in the medium term THE global aerospace industry is expected
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      684 55 Eugene Low talks to EDB chief Philip Yeo about the future of aerospace in Singapore > aviation services will remain the core activity tor components, sub-assembly. manufacturing t i i 0 >nace sector, the Economic Development Board will increase our value-added Dr more a TMft manufacturing here, said
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    • 870 57  -  Singapore Aerospace Manufacturing is aiming to upgrade from subcontractor to original equipment manufacturer as it expands in the commercial market. EUGENE LOW reports EUGENE LOW TO move from being a sub-contractor to a full-fledged original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is Singapore Aerospace Manufacturing's (SAM)'s goal. SAM
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      728 60  -  Text and captions by Eugene Low From elegant, gleaming business jets to sleek and deadly machines of war, Asian Aerospace 2000 has them all. With over 65 types of military and commercial aircraft in the static and flying, visitors will have the opportunity to see fighter aircraft such
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    • 465 60 AN automated system for honeycomb repair developed jointly by Gintic Institute of Manufacturing Technology (Gintic) and Pratt Whitney Component Overhaul Singapore (PWCOS) has yielded significant cost savings on honeycomb replacement. The system, involving three processes, benefited PWCOS in consistent quality, increased productivity
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      963 61  -  Homegrown aerospace repair and maintenance business TPA sets its sights high it's aiming for the global market as well as a slice of e-commerce EUGENE LOW reports EUGENE LOW HAVING a strong presence in Asia is not enough for home-grown aerospace repair and maintenance business TPA Pte Ltd.
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    • 541 61 SINGAPORE Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero) will take full advantage of Asian Aerospace 2000 to showcase its capabilities, says company president Wee Siew Kim. "We have looked at AA 2000 as a key event for us," says Mr Wee. He points out that the event the first major
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    • 1063 63 Will Airbus claim a new corner? Will Boeing gain lost ground? Francis Kan finds out how the two titans will clash DOES size matter? Ask any Airbus executive and the answer w ill most resounding That's because the European plane maker, long the
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    • 1067 63 LOOK at any newspaper report on Boeing over the past few weeks and you could be excused for thinking the Seattle-based aerospace giant has seen better times. If striking engineers aren't enough to worry the company, then the inspection of certain models of its commercial jets
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      999 64 Asian Aerospace is now the world's second largest aerospace show, a status reflective of Singapore's fast-growing exhibition trade ASIAN Aerospace 2000 is one of the 21 leading events awarded the prestigious Approved International Fair (AIF) status this year by the Singapore Trade Development Board (TDB). Having identified and
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    • 803 65  -  STEVEN J PILLAR outlines the role of information management in aviation electronics STEVEN J PILLAR The writer is vice-president and genermmrnager, air transport systems, Rock&m Collins THE entire world is plugging into the Internet and implementing new innovations, so it stands to reason that aviation one of our
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    • 867 65  -  FRANCIS KAN talks to the organisers of Asian Aerospace 2000 FRANCIS KAN ASIA'S premier air show is in town again, and this year's instalment promises to be better than ever. A cliche perhaps, but this is no idle boast as Asian Aerospace 2000 (AA 2000) will
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    • 414 65 SINGAPORE-BASED International Engine Component Overhaul (IECO) is looking forward to a further 30 per cent growth for the business in the current year after an impressive performance in 1999. Sales for this joint-venture between RollsRoyce and SLA Engineering reached $8 million during the first
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