The Business Times, 8 March 2000

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MFTA (p) 035/12/1999 85* SlMftADABi- Internet: http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY. MARCH 8. 2000
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    Lock icon Share investors play it safe ahead of shorter 'contra' period
    714 1  -  ift exclusive Trading volumes shrink, small-cap stocks fall, but brokers npbeat on T+3 ruling By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Retail stock investors have been trimming their holdings of Singapore shares in recent days, ahead of next week's introduction of a shorter
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    Lock icon Effective: Fees to be held by custodian bank
    968 1  -  KL firm won't receive fees until shares are freed for sale on ELSE By\ Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Effective Capital yesterday tried to soothe the frayed nerves of Clob investors by clarifying that the fees paid for migrating the frozen Malaysian shares will
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    Lock icon Regulators shut down Manila stock market
    500 1 Stand-off with the President as insider trading storm brews AFP [MANILA] Securities regulators yesterday shut down the Philippine stock market, setting off an unprecedented stand-off with President Joseph Estrada that both sides said could have damaging consequences on the economy. Securities and Exchange Commission
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    Lock icon Dow down 235 points at 11 am
    111 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] The Nasdaq Composite Index shot past the 5,000 mark in early trading yesterday after the latest economic numbers confirmed that America's investment in technology has paid off in strong productivity and low inflation. But in another tale of two indices,
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      191 1 DWIPB Movity Matters Weakening yen; Why h it may be time to consider a countertrend play. Pg 94 Top Stories DBS restructuring 1 is paying off, say analysts. Pg 4 OH prices hit fresh M nine-year peaks. VeriSign to buy t, Network Solutions for US$2l b. 12 111 I I
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      Lock icon Greenspan says it again – rates must go up
      569 2 Greenspan says it again rates must go up Economy running ont of workers, leaving it vulnerable to an upward spiral in wages and prices, he warns NYT JUST in case investors had chosen not to heed his previous warnings, Alan Greenspan gave them a reminder Monday that the Federal Reserve
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      Lock icon Simon Cheong to take MPH into cyberspace
      1086 2  -  So far, he has pumped over $20m into the e-commerce venture Reports byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Savvy property trader Simon Cheong's next ambition is to become South-east Asia's, if not Asia's, Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon.com, the world's largest Internet retailer. But
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      Lock icon Going where others fear to tread
      406 2 A willingness to take risks gives property dealer the edge FOR a person who has made a name as a savvy property dealer, Simon Cheong is shy and somewhat reticent. Throughout his interview with BT, he kept saying: "I didn't want to do this
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Who complained to Dhana?
        117 2 WE hear from the grapevine that Singapore Telecom wants to know which journalists complained to Temasek Holdings' chairman S Dhanabalan about SingTel's poor relations with the media (with the exception of one particular newspaper) in the recent takeover battle for Cable Wireless HKT. We have the
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        Lock icon No happy ending
        182 2 JUDGING by the letters page in Barron's, aUS financial newspaper, Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan has stirred up a hornet's nest with his ruminations about inflation and the need for interest rates to rise. One irate reader in the Feb 28 issue recalls the old children's fairy
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        Lock icon Straight to the point
        107 2 WHAT do you call a cellulite buster that promises to get rid of the dreaded "orange peel effect" on women's thighs, hips and other parts of the anatomy pronto? The copywriter for Elancyl, the French range of cellulite-busting products that retail in pharmacies, decided he, or
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      1185 3 Of course it does! ITjfr"™ a cool $5 million was reaped by 17 companies as cost savings m a $50 jnillion VH That is what Singapore companies are April 1999 The 27 companies surveyed report- jJSSC^ enjoying simply by managing their ed savings ranging from $50,000 to $810,000 |Hr999otyh**+ jMj
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Brokers against footing share migration fees
      479 4  -  KMJ?proposal SIAS suggestion is impractical and will raise legal problems, 6K Gob boss argues By' Ven Sreenivasan BROKERS shot down the Securities Investors Association of Singapore's (SIAS) suggestion that they, instead of the investors, foot the 1.5 per cent fees payable for Effective Capital
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      Lock icon Restructuring pays off
      540 4  -  DBSfTETTirci Stellar profit report shows much progress, but interest rate fears likely to cap its share price rise over near term, say analysts Reports by I Siow Li Sen DBS Group Holdings is on the right track and its stellar 1999 earnings show that the bank's restructuring
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      Lock icon Salary up for DBS staffers, thanks to foreigners
      416 4 DBS Bank staffers have one good reason to cheer their bank's high profile new hires, if for no other reason than that the arrivals, many of whom are foreigners, indirectly helped push up their salaries faster. Ever since DBS' chief executive John
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      Lock icon DBS setting benchmark for GLCs
      781 4  -  locksiew catherine ong INVESTORS took John Olds at his word when he said he can mutate DBS Bank, a once stodgy government institution, into a world-class player that adopts international best practices. Market confidence in Mr Olds, who took over the helm 19 months ago,
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      Lock icon L&M Group woos SingNet for Indon Cybercity project
      413 7  -  It is also baying West Java's fixed-line operator By Andrea Tan CONSTRUCTION group L&M Group Investments is in talks with Sing Net to take up to a 30 per cent stake valued at US$l5 million (5525.5 million) in its soon-to-be incorporated CyberCity
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      Lock icon Robinson interim net up 44% at $12.8m
      286 7  -  Full-year earnings seen to be better than previous year's By* Andrea Tan RETAILER Robinson Co yesterday posted a 44 per cent jump in net profit to $12.8 miUion for the six months to December 1999, reflecting improved consumer sentiment. Turnover rose 27 per
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      Lock icon Koh Brothers bags $169m in new deals
      180 7 KOH Brothers yesterday said it has clinched $169 million worth of new contracts since September 1999. The four deals were secured by wholly-owned subsidiary Koh Brothers Building Civil Engineering Contractor and consist of three specialised design and build projects and one conventional construction
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon JTIC gets in-principle listing approval
        144 7 SEMBCORP Marine (SCM) subsidiary Jurong Technologies Industrial Corp (JTIC) has received in-principle approval to be listed on the main board. The contract manufacturer is 60 per cent owned by SCM, which intends to eventually sell its 60 per cent shareholding as part of its focus
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        Lock icon SingTel bags SMRT payphone contract
        72 7 AFX-Asia SINGAPORE Telecommunications (Sing Tel) said it has secured an exclusive two-year contract to provide payphone services to Singapore MRT beginning April 2000, when full service competitor Star Hub begins commercial operations. Sing Tel said it is also currently working with the Land Transport Authority
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        Lock icon NatSteel ups stake in BJH to 86%
        43 7 AFX-Asia NATSTEEL Ltd said it has raised its stake in disk drive component maker BJH Pte Ltd to 86 per cent from 83.17 per cent after acquiring 595,120 shares from Transtech Capital Investments for $400,000. -AFX-Asia
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        Lock icon Zagro profit up 57% to $2.3m
        66 7 Bloomberg ZAGRO Asia, a Singapore-based seller of agricultural and healthcare products, said 1999 profit rose 57 per cent to $2.3 million. Earnings per share was 0.94 cents, up from 0.62 cents a year ago. Sales were almost unchanged at $62 million. Zagro plans to
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      107 7 As of yesterday. 60 SGX-listed companies had released their financial results for full year ended Dec 31,1999. They recorded a combined $5,357.38m in group earnings, compared to a gain of $686.76m in 1998 The total included 12 foreign companies listed here. If they were excluded, total earnings would
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      Lock icon PacNet gunning for top three ISP spots in Thailand
      308 7 Bloomberg PACIFIC Internet Ltd, Asia's first online company to trade in the US, said it aims to be one of the three biggest Internet service providers in Thailand in the next 12 months. The Singapore-based company also said it will spend
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      Lock icon GE Hldgs soars 24% on strong results
      327 7  -  By Soh Tiang Keng GREAT Eastern Holdings had a sparkling performance on the stock market yesterday, the day after it announced a quantum jump in profits, a bonus issue and a stock split. It bucked the market trend, closing the day $4.10 or
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Fed's rate warning; SPH fall drag STI below 2,100
      575 6  -  -it comment STOCKS r. sivanithy THE combination of interest warnings from US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan and worries that Singapore Press Holdings shares might come under pressure from foreign fUnds forced to comply with the 3 per cent shareholding limit
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      Lock icon Deutsche Bank's DBS wrt: a look at the price puzzle
      205 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By 1 R Sivanithy ONE of the most puzzling covered warrants in issue is the Deutsche Bank instrument on DBS, which expires on May 2001. For those who remember this warrant, it bore an original exercise price of
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      Lock icon Uraco: 29-34¢ trading range likely
      233 6  -  HOT STOCK By Wong Wei Kong SHARES of Uraco Holdings closed unchanged yesterday despite finishing as the session's most active issue, after the company announced the resignation of its chairman and managing director. Uraco shares ended at 31.5 cents, their opening price. The stock hit
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      158 6 HARIMAU Investments goes ex-dividend on May B.# The last day for buying-in on a cum basis is on May 11. The payment date is on May 25. INCHCAPE Motors will go ex-dividend on June 5. The last day for buying-in on a cum basis is June 8. The
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      503 6 Stock* Volume Uraco HldgslOc 22,345,000 IPCCorpn5c 21,923,000 tonics P$1.00 16,612,000 C£l5c 15,143,000 MediaRing 10c 13,514,000 GoWtron20c 11,982.000 MMI HkJgs 10c 7,615,000 SingTel 15c 7,467,000 Fastech US10c 7,351,000 ST Assembly 25c 6,717,000 Stock# PacificCentury 146,660,300 SPH 66,361,183 ST Assembly 25c 58,414,642 DBSGrp 41,848,410 Chart Semiconductor 26c 37,083,339 OCBC 33,300,057 SJA 25,969,400
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      745 6 I NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 I CARNAUDMETALBOX AISA LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) LOST SHARE CERTIFICATES The undermentioned certificates have been reported lost, destroyed or mislaid:Name Certificate NO, No. of Shares FOONG WAI KEONG *****2 31 -DO- *****3 1,000 -DO- *****4 508 NOTICE IS
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      381 6 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT CAP BO AND IN THE MATTER Of SINOOU3 PTE LTD NOTICE Of SPECIAL RESOLUTION FOR MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WtNOtNO-UP {pursuant to Section 290) At the extraordinary general meeting of the members of the above-named Company, duly convened and held at 106 Middle Road *06-02
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      36 6 Looking for a forum to talk stocks? Chatline is the place to be Find us at http //iol dbs com sg/ ©DBS BANK Larry Wee's cnrrendes eolnmn appears on P&gß 34 <3|§ V® s one ,qILJI
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      261 7 EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS I" .i«l\« ilim >.ill 1..H-lu. I SIM*- *41 ISN I ,i\ "41 I2 4 »S PPM London Tokyo Hong Kong Singapore Now York Chicago Cape Town One of the ten largest fund monagement institution in Asia, Prudential Portfolio Managers Asia (PPM Asia) is expanding its operations. Presently, we
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Natas to hold its biggest fair this weekend
      370 8  -  By, Jane Cheong THE National Association of Travel Agents Singapore, or Natas, will hold its biggest and most comprehensive travel fair this weekend, ahead of the one-week school break. There will be 560 booths, breaking the previous record of 492 in 1998,
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      Lock icon BG Lee hopes for link-up of Asian stock exchanges
      591 8  -  Snch&movewill boost liquidity but he concedes cooperation is difficult Byi Catherine Ong DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has expressed hope that some Asian stock exchanges, including the Singapore Exchange (SGX), will link up in the next five years, so that
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      Lock icon HKT merger deal commercial, S'pore reiterates
      430 8  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE Singapore government yesterday reiterated that Singapore Telecom's bid for Cable Wireless HKT was a commercial deal, adding that it did not believe that Hongkong was deliberately trying to keep any particular company out of the territory. Replying
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      Lock icon 3 properties put up for sale by tender
      388 8 THREE properties are available for sale by tender, one of which is the largest ever private residential land to be up for collective sale. Calrose Garden is a freehold property sitting on 301,358 sq ft of land at the junction of Yio
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      Lock icon Sakon gets new class of S'pore telecom licence
      86 8 THE first services-based operators (class) licence since the liberalisation of the telecommunications industry has been awarded to Sakon Singapore Pte Ltd. With the licence from the Infocommunications Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), Sakon will now be able to provide international callback or
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      Lock icon Foreign reserves down slightly in Feb
      274 8  -  r=tf =1 on the economy foreign reserves By, Audrey Tan SINGAPORE'S foreign reserves fell slightly in February to $128.8 billion from $129.8 billion the month before, preliminary figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) show. In US dollar terms, Singapore's foreign reserves dropped
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      Lock icon Main worry is impact of a sharp US stock market fall: Dr Hu
      771 10  -  BUDGET n rarynra S'pore asset inflation not at critical stage Byi Anna Teo ASSET inflation might yet rear its head in Singapore, Finance Minister Richard Hu said yesterday, but his main worry is the impact here of
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      Lock icon A reality check for Hollywood stories
      661 10 HOLLYWOOD icons like Obi-Wan-Kenobi, Tom Cruise and Bruce Willis entered the Budget debate in Parliament yesterday, courtesy of Pasir Ris GRC MP Ong Kian Min. The following is an extract of his speech: MANY of the recent success stories we hear come from the
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      Lock icon Why is local exchange silent on Clob?
      203 10  -  George Cheng NUMEROUS writers have expressed outrage and shock at the Singapore Exchange's aboutturn on the Clob issue. Up to the last minute, we were given assurances by various parties in Singapore, including the government, that Clob shareholders' rights were solid and would
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      Lock icon SGX action leaves all high and dry
      239 10  -  John Tan I AM a Clob investor. Alas, the bitter pill has arrived and we are faced with Hobson's choice. What puzzles me most is that SGX could accede to such an unfair arrangement after it had hitherto stood strongly on the legallybinding
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      Lock icon Time for SGX to take responsibility
      133 10  -  Lawrence Goh INVESTORS opting for Effective Capital's proposal should be allowed to issue a banker's guarantee of the fee payable upon proof from Effective of successful migration of their shares. And do we think that foreign funds will ever come to Singapore in any
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      1445 8 HARIMAU INVESTMENTS LIMITED VtvWB (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors of Harimau Investments Limited wishes to make the following announcement: 1. AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1999 GROUP COMPANY For the Year Ended Incr/ For the Year Ended Incr/ 31.12.99 31.12.98 (Deer)
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      64 9 Cisco Systems and FORTUNE present PeterSolvik Building today's Internet Corporation the Cisco Systems experier icg Who should attend Date: Thursday, 23rd March 2000 I Registration: 2.15pm Forum: 3.00pm 4.30pm Venue: Grand Hyatt Singapore Register today o Cisco Systems ;nA forti IMF BBMML I M f—\ AUTHORITY OF 1 V/f\f I
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      385 10 Headquartered in London, HSBC Holdings pic is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world with a network of more than 5,000 offices in 82 countries and territories. The 1999 Annual Report and Accounts will be sent to shareholders on or about 19 April 2000 and
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      494 11 ||j ■I ,-k a :mm P%; 't^ JL »m ■MBjHpl n "1"=?»- m o I ijL W Bvlgari's original shop. Via Sistina, Rome. c. 1895 Would you have invested in this small Italian jeweller I 100 years ago? I Over one hundred years ago. Sotirio Bulgari wouldnt have dreamed Fund
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  • eNews
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      Lock icon VeriSign to buy Network Solutions for US$21b in stock
      565 12 MOUNTAIN VIEW, California Transaction expected to close in third quarter, subject to regulatory approval Bloomberg VERISIGN Inc, a maker of Internetsecurity software, said it will buy Network Solutions Inc, which runs the database that manages Internet addresses, for about US$2l billion
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      Lock icon AltaVista to launch free Internet access in Britain soon
      286 12 LONDON AFP Reuters US search engine AltaVista announced on Monday it would launch a free Internet access service with free phone calls, after a one-off charge and a yearly fee, within the next three months. The news was hailed by British
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      Lock icon Telstra merges business, Net units
      360 12 MELBOURNE Reuters AUSTRALIAN telecommunications giant Telstra Corp unveiled yesterday its longawaited e-commerce strategy, aimed at putting the Internet at the centre of its dealings with business customers. Telstra announced that it planned to merge its business customers division with its Internet unit to accelerate e-commerce
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        Lock icon News Corp, Rockwell in in-flight venture
        113 12 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] News Corp, one of the world's largest mgrila companies, formed a joint venture with a unit of Rockwell International Corp to provide live television and Internet access with e-mail on airplanes. Terms weren't disclosed. The joint venture, named the In Flight Network,
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        Lock icon Microsoft, News Corp in licensing deal
        88 12 Bloomberg [LONDON] Microsoft Corp will license software from News Corp's NDS Group pic, the companies said, as the world's biggest software maker adds to the interactive-TV product it plans to release this year. Microsoft will use NDS software to help it access certain cable
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        Lock icon Asia Online expands in India, Australia
        123 12 Reuters [HONGKONG] US-registered Internet company Asia Online Ltd said on Monday it opened an operation in India and acquired Fast Access Network in Australia. "The India move gives Asia Online access to one of the world's largest potential Internet markets from the nation's capital
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        Lock icon BofA online customers top 2m
        68 12 Reuters [ATLANTA! Bank of America Corp, the No 2US bank holding company, said on Monday it now has more than two million online banking customers, as people increasingly use the Internet to do business. The bank said it is signing up more than 100,000 new
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        Lock icon Amazon.com hires former Apple exec
        60 12 Reuters [SEATTLE] Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it appointed Apple Computer lnc executive Diego Piacentini as senior vice-president and general manager international aimed at becoming a giant in Europe. Mr Piacentini was formerly vice-president and general manager of Apple Computer Europe Inc, where
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      Lock icon Asia faces new competition in e-economy
      427 12  -  SINGAPORE Internet-based auction markets will lead to price falls: economist Reports by 1 Vikram Khanna ASIAN countries will have to "substantially reevaluate" their economic model to prosper in the new e-economy, a renowned forecaster said yesterday. Gail Fosler, who is the chief economist of
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      Lock icon Net bubble not about to burst
      152 12 INTERNET stock valuations are indeed a bubble, but that bubble "will be with us for a while", according to Gail Fosler. Currently, she said, valuations of these stocks are being driven by "belief systems instead of hard analysis". Moreover, typically, only a small proportion
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      Lock icon French minister urges caution in pushing e-economy
      248 12  -  By Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] Although the so-called "new economy" will account for an increasing proportion of economic growth, people "may not equally share in the profits and the benefits", France's Minister of State for Foreign Trade said yesterday. At a public lecture, Francois
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      Lock icon New Web site for Net-savvy Chinese women
      147 12 HONGKONG AFP CHINESE women around the globe are being targeted by a new lifestyle Web site to be launched later this year, it was announced here yesterday. The Web site Chinese Women on the Web (www.cwow.com) will launch into cyberspace in May and
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  • GREENSPAN'S speech
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      Lock icon IT has created anew business cycle
      2917 13 The following is thefull text of Federal Reserve Bank chairman Alan Greenspan's speech on Monday on 'The revolution in information technology' at the Boston College conference on 'The New Economy' Reuters IN the last few years, it has become increasingly clear that this business
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Prodi may trip over his grand plans for EU
      684 14  -  Bi!!=1 bottom line OPINION shada islam European Commission President Romano Prodi has an ambitious agenda for Europe. Over the next five years, the head of the European Union (EU) executive plans to welcome the first of about 12 new member nations,
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      134 14 'Ultimately, the real latecomers find they are buying piles of dirt' Henry Blodget of Merrill Lynch Co, one of the best-known Internet analysts, comparing the Internet phenomenon to the gold rush of the 1800s and saying 75 per cent of all Internet companies willfail within flveyears. There
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      Lock icon Ibra must change course
      609 14 EDITORIAL THE pressure to offload the more than Ssl2s billion in corporate assets the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) has under its control is intensifying. But to date, Ibra has yet to pull off a single successful sale. In fact, it has suffered a string of
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      Lock icon People expect business to answer for its actions
      861 14  -  Just &s big firms Are taking over the world, the question of what it is all for is asked urgently Will Hutton FT PRIVATE business has rarely been as celebrated and lauded as today. It is not just the source of wealth
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      883 14 Clinton needs GOP IN ONE area of high policy, the US link with Russia in geopolitics and arms control, US President Bill Clinton will not be forgiven if all he ends up doing is playing to the gallery and muddling along. Granted, his dilemma is unforgiving.
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Stocks fall on Umno contest fears? Not at all, say analysts
      579 15  -  Malaysian bourse's retreat due to weak regional appetite for equities rather than leadership tnssle, they say From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S de-facto battle for the post of prime minister and his deputy has no bearing on current
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      Lock icon Ibra to appeal against Bank Bali court order
      461 15 JAKARTA Attorney-General's Office slams related court ruling Reuters THE Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) said yesterday it would appeal a controversial court ruling over a banking scandal that has again highlighted the country's shoddy legal system. The Attorney-General's Office also criticised a
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      Lock icon M'sia investor group seeks broking industry overhaul
      478 15 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA should revamp its stockbroking industry and increase market transparency to strengthen investor confidence, the head of an investor group said yesterday. Patrick Lim, president of the Malaysian Investors Association, said he backed a government plan to consolidate the fragmented
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      Lock icon MAS seeks to raise fares for domestic flights: reports
      331 15 KUALA LUMPUR But govt has not received proposals, Bernama says NST MALAYSIA Airlines has applied to the government for a fare hike for its domestic service following higher jet fuel prices and the weaker ringgit, Malaysian newspapers reported yesterday, although a
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      Lock icon M'sian steel firm asked to give rehabilitation plan
      259 15 MANILA Bernama THE Philippines' state-run corporate watchdog has given a troubled Malaysian steel company until March 18 to submit a plan to rehabilitate its cash-strapped operations. In its order, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also suspended the debt payments of the
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      157 15 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg UNITED Engineers Malaysia Bhd, the country's biggest construction group, said it is considering selling shares in its toll road unit and an information technology company to the public. The units are its biggest toll road operator Projek Lebuhraya Utara
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        56 15 MAYBANK managed to buck the bearish market trend yesterday, rising 30 sen to 15.80 Malaysian ringgit. The largest bank in Malaysia is set to retain its pole position in the consolidation of the banking sector. At the same time, analysts said, it is making progress in
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        99 15  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh HALIM Saad of Renong may have to worry about his wealth again. Renong's share price has retreated sharply after breaching 3.24 Malaysian ringgit last month. The counter shed 16 sen to RM2.65 yesterday. Mr Halim will have to buy the Renong shares from
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      474 17  -  il\li budget No major surprises seen in this year's Budget From Quak Hiang Whai in nongKong DON'T expect any goodies from the Hongkong Budget this year. That appears to be the view in town. In fact, word has it that increases in profit
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      342 17 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its forecast for Hongkong's economic growth this year to 4.3 per cent from 3.5 per cent as the city benefits from a surge in Chinese trade and a strong global economy. The
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        76 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] Attempts to serve a summons on Warren Anderson, former chairman of Union Carbide Corp to answer allegations in a US suit over the 1984 Bhopal poison gas disaster in India have been unsuccessful, the plaintiffs' lawyer said on Monday. Kenneth
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        63 17 Reuters [MANILA] Philippine President Joseph Estrada signed legislation yesterday to open the retail sector to foreign investment, one of several key economic reform bills which have long been pending. Under the new law, qualified foreign companies can take 100 per cent equity in
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        64 17 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Douglas Beckett, an executive at Standard Chartered pic, will temporarily replace David Hawkins, the bank's Indonesia chief executive, the UK-based bank said. Mr Beckett, 40, rose to fame in Indonesia last year during the British bank's failed attempt to buy 20 per cent
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        51 17 Reuters [BOMBAY] The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had questioned ICICI Ltd saying it had overstated its 1998-99 net profit by 4.03 billion rupees (Ssls3 million), a charge that was firmly refuted by the financial firm, the Economic Times and the Business Standard newspapers reported yesterday.
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        51 17 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Ferrier Hodgson Ltd, Bangkok Bank pel's adviser in its bankruptcy suit against Thai Petrochemical Industry pel (TPI), said it had contracted 50 executives to help it temporarily manage the chemicals firm if the country's largest delinquent debtor is ruled insolvent on March 15.
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      184 17 SHANGHAI Reuters BEIJING is dressing up its biggest state firms for major global stock offers this year, but foreign investors are likely to be wary after bitter disappointment with other China plays. Red-hot Internet issues and attractive offers from other emerging markets are vying
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      702 17  -  p-i I comment ASIAN WATCH Mahathir's visit to Jakarta alms to boost more than Just economic ties yang razali kassim WHEN Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad starts his two-day visit to Indonesia tomorrow, he will have in tow a large business entourage. Several
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      2198 24 1 S3 DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 40 EXPOSURES TO MALAYSIA, INDONESIA, THAILAND, KOREA AND THE PHILIPPINES (REGIONAL COUNTRIES), HONG KONG 42 MATURITY ANALYSIS AND CH*4A .LL -J .a- i. Tb. following tablet show tbe breakdown by remaining period to malurily of asset; ond liobilitte* ot 31 December 1999 and 1998
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      730 26 LONDON Saudi, Iranian ministers to meet for talks today ahead of fall Opec meeting on March 27 Reuters OIL prices hit fresh nine-year peaks yesterday as the West's energy watchdog urged producers to open the taps and repair a worsening supply shortage.
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      217 26 TOKYO Bloomberg LEHMAN Brothers, the fourth-largest US investment bank, denied reports that it is close to buying a stake in Japan's Nippon Credit Bank from Softbank. "It's news to me," said Michael O'Hanlon, co-head of Lehman's investment bank unit in Japan. "There is no
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        75 26 Bloomberg [PARISJ Credit Lyonnais SA, France's fifth-largest bank, indicated fourth-quarter profit rose five-fold, more than expected, as its investment bank rebounded. Net income rose to 142 million euros (***** million), or 0.43 euro a share. Analysts had forecast earnings of 86 million euros. The company
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        81 26 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US worker productivity in the fourth quarter of 1999 grew at the fastest pace in seven years while labour costs fell, the government said yesterday. Non-farm productivity, a measure of output per hour worked, rose at a 6.4 per cent annual rate
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        67 26 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Charles Schwab Corp and Barclays pic said yesterday that they will develop and operate a foreign exchange facility for investors outside the US to buy and sell securities denominated in different currencies, without the need for separately negotiated foreign exchange contracts.
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        46 26 Bloomberg [BERLIN] German companies raised production for a second month in January, the latest evidence that growth in Europe's largest economy is gaining momentum. Production rose 0.5 per cent from December, and 2.9 per cent from a year earlier. Bloomberg
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      453 26 WASHINGTON Treasury plans to purchase up to USslb of outstanding 30-year bonds Bloomberg THE US Treasury has launched its first cash buyback of government debt in 70 years by offering to purchase up to US$l billion (551.72 billion) of outstanding 30-year bonds that
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      274 26 Reuters [BERLIN] Germany withdrew Caio Koch-We-ser as its candidate to run the International Monetary Fund yesterday, and instead proposed another German, Horst Koehler, who heads the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Koch-Weser, a 55-year-old deputy finance minister Washington said was too
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      397 26 LONDON Bloomberg CABLE Wireless pic, the UK's second largest traditional phone company, is a takeover target after selling its Hongkong unit, a slow-grow-ing business partly controlled by the Chinese government, analysts said. Deutsche Telekom AG is the most likely bidder for the £36
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      464 26  -  Froml Brian Gomez in Sydney THE World Bank has urged the immediate closure of Asia's second largest copper mine, the Ok Tedi coppergold mine in Papua New Guinea, because of environmental damage. World Bank officials were not available for immediate
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      620 27 FRANKFURT Advanced discussion on wide-ranging cooperation Bloomberg DEUTSCHE Bank AG said it's in M) talks with rival Dresdner Bank AG that could lead to a "wide-ranging" cooperation, amid speculation they will link to form a bank with assets of more than 1.3
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      376 27 PEOPLE Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc, the biggest US financial services company, said it agreed to pay former US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin more than US$5O million (5586.2 million) through 2001, according to a regulatory filing. Mr Rubin, 61, who joined the
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      456 27 TOWARDS NASDAQ 6000 Reuters FT Bloomberg [NEWTON, Massachusetts] Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt said on Monday that he was concerned many retail investors did not fully understand how the financial markets work and were overextending themselves. With the New York Stock Exchange and
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      441 27 TOKYO Under the alliance, the companies will cooperate in marketing and production Bloomberg MITSUBISHI Motors Corp and DaimlerChrysler AG are reportedly discussing an alliance that could lead the world's fifth-largest carmaker to buy a stake in Japan's No 4 carmaker, giving it a foothold
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      296 27 WASHINGTON Bloomberg A KEY congressman said federal regulators' proposal to deregulate the futures industry could jeopardise the mul-ti-trillion-dollar market for complex financial instruments known as over-the-counter derivatives. House Banking Committee chairman James Leach said a Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff proposal to deregulate the futures
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      515 27 G O H G. K. GOH HOLDINGS LIMITED NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Eleventh Annual General Meeting of G. IC Goh Holdings Limited will be held at Phoenix Ballroom 11, Level 6, Hotel New Otani Singapore, 177 A River Valley Road. Singapore *****1 on
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      235 28  -  SOX Derivatives TnMugReports MSCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay THE Singapore stockmarket ended on a dismal note yesterday, hit by overnight falis in key US markets following Alan Greenspan's remarks calling for higher interest rates to fend off inflationary pressures. Losses were widespread with interest
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      192 28  -  MSCI Taiwan ftrtnres Seow Hock Hin THE Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose a scant 12.16 points or 0.13 per cent to 9,380.07 from Monday's 9,367.91 finish. Active buying by state funds helped to keep stocks in positive territory despite a wave of
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      284 28 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices hit fresh nine-year peaks yesterday, lifting Brent crude to US$3O a barrel for the first time since 1991 amid continuing supply uncertainty. The April contract for Brent on the International Petroleum Exchange jumped to U5530.26, 63 US cents
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      326 28 Reuters Bloomberg London THE US dollar held firm against the euro and was little changed against the yen early yesterday with the direction of US stock markets expected to give a lead to the foreign exchange markets, analysts said. A lower close for both the Dow Jones Industrials
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      2831 29 HONGKONG AFP Q Hang Seng *10(180 HONGKONG share prices rose 0.6 per cent to a record high on late buying of technology and Internet stocks, despite overnight declines on Wall Street, dealers said. Marco Mak, analyst at Tai Fook Securities, attributed
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      992 29 Reuters V% Shenzhen B Index +OJ4 SHENZHEN'S stocks reversed early losses to close higher yesterday as domestic institutions conducted light technical buying. But sentiment remained cautious due to jitters over market expansion amid talk the government would shortly allow a large number of domestic currency A share firms to
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      332 29 AFP rIWP Index +12J6 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.1 per cent higher yesterday largely due to government support as concerns over the presidential elections continue to undermine confidence, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 12.16 points to 9,380.07, following a 1.6-per cent decline in the
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      1998 29 TOKYO AFP QHiUMiaS +147.89 SHARE prices in Tokyo closed 0.7 per cent higher on late bargain-hunting yesterday, with Mitsubishi Motors Corp enjoying a stellar rise on talk of a major alliance with DaimlerChrysler AG. The high-technology sector rebounded to lead the Nikkei 225 Index up 147.89
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      426 30 AFX-Asia AFP CI Composite Index -ILO6 MALAYSIAN shares ended 1.2 per cent lower yesterday amid extended selling by retailers and forced-selling by brokers, dealers said. They noted little buying interest in the absence of fresh leads. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index
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      769 31 AFP PI SET Index +LOB THAI shares prices rose 0.3 per cent yesterday on a technical rebound in the banking sector amid listless general sentiment, dealers said. The SET Index closed up 1.08 points or 0.3 per cent at 380.35, off a high of 382.83 and a low of
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      268 31 AFP n Composite Index -5L58 THE Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Composite Index yesterday slumped 51.58 points, or 3 per cent, to end at 1,686.72. It has fallen 21 per cent from its close of 2,142.97 on Dec 29, largely due to the far-reaching implications of the BW Resources scandal.
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      621 31 AFP POmpofflte Index -3J6 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.7 per cent weaker on the back of Wall Street's fall yesterday, but came off their lows amid a rebound in cigarette and retail stocks, dealers said. The Composite Index closed down 3.95 points or 0.70 per cent at 562.76 off
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      276 31 AFP nmSE-40 +4188 THE NZSE-40 Index rose 46.85 points to 2,026.07 on turnover worth NZ$lO7 million. Telecom Corp was finally swept up in the worldwide thirst for high-tech stocks, with its share price surging 58 NZ cents to NZ$9.lO. It was lifted by trade in the United States. —AFP
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      566 31 AFP PjAflOrtoarieß +18J AUSTRALIAN share prices ended 0.6 per cent firmer yesterday, buoyed by the resources sector, brokers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's All Ordinaries Index rose 18.9 points to 3,251.0. Turnover totalled 997.41 million stocks worth A 52.38 billion. The All Resources Index put on 18.3 points to
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      302 31 AFP C 3 Composite Index -LW THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 1.99 points at 907.34, off a low of 893.09. Volume was 336.8 million shares worth 3.7 trillion won.—AFP Mar 7 mm *r A nam Stmi «000 750 Brain T»ch T760 "0 Cantral Ban* 2«5 25
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      933 34  -  comment dURRENCie This applies especially to those who see the yen weakening again larry wee THE euro, sterling pound and Australian dollar continued to be the most obvious victims of US dollar strength over the week, and may even have contributed
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      753 34 But the extent of negative effects on region wffl be determined by impact on OECD growth IF US growth fails to subside by the second quarter of this year, prospects for further hikes in the Fed Funds rate will mount above and beyond
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      139 35 Reuters Bridge News THE dry cargo freight market opened the week quietly on Monday with the exception of the panamax sector, which saw Coaco especially active for period timecharters, brokers said. Rates continued to rise both for period and trip business, with early positions in the US Gulf
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      456 35  -  Japan to table several proposals to fight rising piracy in Asian waters By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The fight against piracy in Asian waters took centrestage with the gathering of coast guard officials from over a dozen Asian countries in Singapore yesterday.
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      313 35  -  Thai feeder operator is first intra-Ajsian operator to offer e-commerce services Byl Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Thai feeder operator Regional Container Lines (RCL) is to launch its e-commerce system offering shipment booking and confirmation today. RCL is the first intraAsian operator to offer e-com-merce services, following the
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      176 35 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korean shipbuilders' orders rose more than four-fold in February from a year earlier as they maintained a pricing edge over Japanese rivals. Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, Daewoo Heavy Industries Co, the world's top two shipbuilders, and other Korean shipbuilders won orders for
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        798 36  -  There Is, In fact, a nearly comprehensive body of legislation for international shipping By Seafarer JUDGING by some recent and ill-informed attacks on the effectiveness of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) following the Erika tanker accident off France, one could assume shipping operates
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      18379 43 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advartlsar VMM* Voyaga Taiaphona ETA ETA Advartlsar V nul Voyaga Tt4apnona SIN Dasfn Nama Nama ,,5***'"... r n Numb f ggg m To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvolro To CALCUTTA (CCU) 2062 India is/03 29/04 COSCO HEAVEN RIVER 0013* 45-*****0 15/03 21/03 Oram Ship
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        734 49 v,ss Voy No Btrth Arrival Departure Tg Jonor 18 V200j r 'jOS 07/03/8:30 07/03/18:00 8t 0enopta2 ***** J01 07/03/840 09/03/23:59 Marco Polo 8 02/20J J17 07/03/23:00 Marcopolo 22 PRW170 J16 07/03/8:45 08/03/9:00 "*"POto 56 JM8037 J13 07/03/9:05 10/03/9:00 Bt 31)00 J01 07/03/8:05 07/03/18:00 **"<) St* 4J02 07/03/9:40 07/0V2340
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        1996 49 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To Fron AAA6MUM 385S 8/15 00 U 07/1500 07/1*59 07/1*00 Al MUTAJMM C066C WOO M 07/000 nftm 07/1900 K 07/1500 07/165* 07/1*00 2* 07/1700 06/045* 06/0*00 26 07/1700 06/065* 06/0*00 06/0700 06/115*
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        208 49 Marl 6 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). MarlS Taiwan: Market Holiday for Presidential Election. Mar 20 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Apr 3 Taiwan:, Women Children's Day.
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        814 49 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        609 49 Carbon 180 Mm 992.2 0.9 16.9 0.08 75 0.05 M«r 2 Density Water Residue Ash Aluminium Sediment No above E2S 1 0 3 0 0 0 380 Ave 988 4 0.3 M.O 0.06 46 0.03 Cixaa 380 Mai 998.9 0.8 18.2 0.W 270 0.07 *6/lPi v/v
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        584 50 International traffic gains will be about 5.5% if economy remains strong FAA Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US airlines' domestic passenger count will rise about 3.6 per cent annually over the next dozen years while their international traffic gains about 5.5 per cent,
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        384 50 Bloomberg [BURBANK, California] Southwest Airlines Co said the crash of a jetliner that overshot a runway while landing at Burbank Airport near Los Angeles on Sunday was the most serious accident in its 29-year history. Fifteen people, including the captain, suffered minor injuries
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        232 50 Reuters [SEATTLE] Striking engineers and technicians at Boeing Co on Monday turned a cold shoulder to the aerospace giant's decision to grant wage hikes from its last proposal, saying the move was a bait-and-switch tactic aimed at splitting the union. The Society of
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        519 50 AP [BANGKOK] Like flag carrier Thai Airways International, Thailand's little-known second national airline is looking for a strategic part ner. Angel Air was licensed in 1997 and began service In September 1998, when the effects of 1997's regional economic crash were still
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      1790 39 IVESSeL VOV KHH HKQ SIN PKQ DXB I PMM 1 BA BIK IRAN TABATABAEI PCL-144 01/03 03/03 07/03 00/03 18/03 10/03 21/03 23/03 IRAN BATTARI PCL-148 08/03 10/03 14/03 18/03 28/03 28/03 28/03 30/03 IRAN BAAKERI PCL-148 18/03 17/03 21/03 22/03 01/04 02/04 04/04 08/04 IRAN HE&ABI PCL-147 22/03 24/03
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      725 40 f JHfOff PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD N I 140 Cecil Street #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I I [VP» *?T pE _S«_ w sro m» n am f»t pug Ml I I I M W i« I HUB6A TttAIAl 3 107 14/3 24/1 31/3 S/4 H/4 I IW» VOT
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      389 41 i BSA a. Mft MYANMA wBBk FIVE STAR LINE (MyuHor National Um) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) VESSEL VOY SIN m Nil HPA-AN 247W SiD SAGAING MW 22/03 MALAYSIA AGENTS: KXJSTUC SMPPMG AGCHOES MIL HI (03)2417)00 PKL TE (03) 37*4101 Kit m (04) M ***** PGU: TEL (07) *****21/4 BANK LINE
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      1201 41 HMNE= HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTD. ivissa VOY s» I sou I LBI m»; AMTI HANI wv I ra I ivEssa VOY I SOU I 1« I ro» I AWT I HAM I wv I fa rsr EUE 559W 09/03 27/03 01/04 29/03 30/03 NOKXBAA 0121 11/02 20/02 14/02 14/02
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      716 41 vftv WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA "CAR RORO HEAVYUFT SERVICE" fVBSi VOY I RAW NB6WT IX «AO M SAV Ml «f WC 1 NtW 1 MO» TALAIOT AHOO6 400 tw kM IT7O lt/*4 l*/*4 J|/04 23/04 25/04 26/04 28/04 02/05 06/05 TAMPERE AHOO7 4001 m 6JM JT/M 26/04
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      70 45 MALDIVES fS D'OCEAN LINES NATIONAL LINE =if==™ AGENCIES c 0 A D A INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT See Our Ad on rase 4 under 6 USA Seaward Shipping Agencies Pte Ltd. Page 5 Daily COLUMBUS LINE IBIFIWft Singapore Pte Ltd Look Out For Our ri x, \a/' l. k>i Schedule Every Tuesday
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      81 46 1M RICKMERS -LINIE Agent Hapag-LJoyd (S) Pie Ltd -Biaakbulk -Ovenixe J 200CantoomemRoad#08-02 Soudjpoint Cargo -Container Singapore 0t9763 'Heavy-Hit £jilL„*q: Regular Break-Bulk/Project-Service US-Gulf East-Coast (Houston, New Orleans, Savannah, Camden, Baltimore) Europe Med (Alexandria, Savona, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, UK) Interasia (Haiphong, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dalian, Xingang) Loading: Singapore, Port Kelang, Jakarta, Sri
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      55 46 H9B METROPORT SNIPPING SDN BND BSQk SINOKOR MERCHANT RBli gffgll W, Ma liWMi ***** Nrt U** Uimfm M M Mar*MARINE CO LTD 1£ M)-MSlfTf/7)tt/i7SI FicMMiMMi l-wtk. w*m OiHph| pif FARWIDK SNIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD EXPORT fat 221-M22 (S Ums) F«i: 224-1514 ML K)IT KLAN6 SIN: SIM6APOII HI6: HONG KQttO USN:
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      47 46 SHIPPING •WAREHOUSING Betas: Singapore Loading Daily Men «o Sa (BATAMINDOI/nn Accepting RQXxnvonanaMtaject/Heavy Lift Cargo 4 Reefer Conainei Btotaa: Singapore Loading Men. Wed AFn (BATAMINDOID Acoepang FCLOnven&onal/Project Heavy Lift Cargo Tafc 227 0322 Fax: 222 9330 f IAI- L .1 |*J VrWVOTnR| ril UV m-si ft H niwwi4
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      1138 47 SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 UiM "O*- 01 3 Sl"i«P«r* *****1 MAIN WE/OUTWARD: 53? MM INWARD (WD): 437 2341 IMPORT STATUS (DID): 437 2371INVINTOCY (WDfc 437 2420 Website http://www.samud«r«.<om CI NO. 1047*******9 BOOKINGS LINE: 533 6266 (C«lio/Je»»ica/M«i Chan/Jettynn/Poro/Hanim) E2H3BESMB!SH ssigs/weekly imimbwmjmi 3 SIGS/WKKIY ivcsa VOT SIN JA> IviSSEL VOT SI ORR
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      976 47 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO I PKG I S« I JKT 1 W 1 HW I H>6 I CM I xm HM I HYI I 0«F I SAY 1 Ntw 1 TAM I HOU 1 BMUMUmt 01 W/X lim »/04 U/M 22/04 W/05 28/05 24/05 27/05 31/05
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      673 47 EH6 lil SHIPHN6 CO FTI lIP I \|CK4 M> S3MM7S (4 Uwi) Fas: SMMM/UHHI I I Y cifci lstmoQittc I VESSEL VOT SM ETA SIN FTC DESTINATION DwDoyc 4/00 10/03 11/03 Duno Um Sib 10 4/00 10/03 10/03 Mux* OKMfutgos S/D0 11/03 12/03 Suobovc Urm SIB 22 2/00 14/03 14/03
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      596 48 VESSEL VOY TIGER BRIDGE 780N 10-11AJ3 16-1& TO 24-2SG3 I TIGER METRO 781N 14-15/03 20-2303 28-29/03 I TIGER ARROW 782N 17-18V03 23-2&03 31-OW4 I TIGER RHYTHM 783N 21-22/03 27-30/03 04-0&04 I TIGER BRIDGE 784N 24-25/03 30-02/04 07-08/04 I TIGER METRO 785N 28-29/03 03-06/04 11-12/04 I IVESSE^^VrO^^SI^^CA^^SI^^I TIGER CUFF 009 08-09.-03
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      70 48 CONVENTIONAL-SERVICE VESSEL ETA ETD DESTINATION CHAHAYA VICTORY 08/03 09/03 PONTIANAK JUBILANT 09/03 12/03 YANGON/CALCUTTA CHAHAYA STAR 10/03 14/03 VISAK/CALCUTTA REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER 4 BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS 4 DURBAN EXPORT VOY SIN PTL DBN ALS EXPRESS 02WB 22/03 02/04 07/04 ALS ENDEAVOUR 03WB 27/04 08/05 13/05 ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG
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      120 49 LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore Thunderstorm Showers o Rain emperature Wind direction and speed in knots Cloudy Day Wea,her Wind speed symbols Sea Conditions O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds Slight, < 1 2m -■—•One half fleche represents 5 knots 1 Moderate, 1
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      180 50 The undermentioned shipping lines in the Intra-Asia trade would like to inform all shippers that: For the period Ist April 2000 to 31st July 2000 (i) The Singapore Currency Factor (CAF) will remain at US$ 0/20', US$ 0/40' and US$ 0/RT (LCL and Breakbulk). (ii) The Japan YEN Appreciation Surcharge
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