The Business Times, 16 October 2000

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    9 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 85C SINGAPORE MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2000
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    63 1 STOCK MAMET BOMCES Week Change STL 1,860.40 -102.57 SIMSC1FUTURES—234.30 -18.70 BTSRL 749.79 46.36 KLSECOMP 750.04 +40.49 NIKKEL .....15.330.31 -663.93 HANG SENT! I4.680.S0...-1,504.18 SET INDEX. 264.21. -13.42 -JAKARTA COifP. 408.20. -1180 MANILA COMP. 1,323.66. 4M5 TAIPEI WPI. 5,876. ll.__-475.92 SEOUL COMP 524.60. -84.28 CLSA CHINA B. 989.20.. AUST ALL
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    73 1 FOBEX BATES uss si rss 1756 £(USS/S$ per 1.476 2J01 El'RO(l'S8/S$/E) 0.866 1.618 DM 2J»1 1.289 YEN 107.8 61.40 RM J.800 2.166 HKS 7.797 4 443 BAHT 43.62 24.86 Rl'PlAH 8366 6,103 PUME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 -JAKARTA .39.00 BANGKOK 9.69 MANILA. 11.00 HONGKONG .8.50 TAIPEI 7.84
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    Lock icon Wall St bulls raring to go
    697 1  -  They discount slowing US economy, rising oil prices, Middle East tensions Frxrrrti Catherine Ong in New York LAST Friday's strong rebound in US equities has emboldened the bulls on Wall Street, some of whom are saying the market is poised to scale greater heights
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    Lock icon S'pore cuts '99 investments in US by US$500m
    568 1  -  Birr Move seems to be attempt to curb continued losses By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Singapore cut its stake in corporate America to the tune of US$5OO million (SsB77 million) in 1999, in what appears to be a stepped up efifort to
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    Lock icon An 18,000-bottle wine collection awaits guests at The Fullerton
    694 1  -  BTtd7*IIIMlVJ It'll be worth $sm-$10m; 400-room hotel slated to open on Dec 8 By] Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPOREI The Fullerton Singapore, slated to open on Dec 8, will boast one of the biggest wine collections in Singapore. The 500 different wines in
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      202 1 DtSTOE BixlT: Microsoft's macro aims for Asia as it ramps up ops. Pg 2 Time to face the music in the recording industry. Pg 7 Horizon.com aims to gross $48m this year. Pg 13 Plastics portals proliferate. Pg 16 Top Stories Intel wants to lead in the New Economy. Mexf
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      Lock icon A tour de force in leading the eXCHANGE
      845 2  -  Intel wants to lead in the New Economy by bringing the major players together. It just might From. Kenneth James in San Francisco BILL was there. Carly too, and Big Blue's John. All were agreed on The Next Big Thing, and Paul
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      Lock icon E-biz forums highlight collaboration
      308 2 Intel and partners will work with firms in building Net-based business solutions COMING soon: a series of e-business forums across the Asia-Pacific to highlight opportunities for working with Intel Corp and its partners to build Internetbased business solutions. The forums will be smaller versions of the
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      Lock icon The Great Indonesian Asset Sale: caveat emptor
      995 2  -  Q I M ll ill j 7*1 'm fl ECONOMICS Political interference can be expected to hamper the process vikram khanna am ISPOSE, I H dispose." That was I V how the W vice- chairman M ofthe Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra), Arwin
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon DBS' treasury & markets: going for the top
      1027 4  - DBS' treasury markets: going for the top BTI^JIIUWJ The bank wants to be a regional powerhouse with a significant presence in Asia's major markets, leading to 10 million accounts, reports Slow LI SEW SIOW LI SEN DBS Bank is gunning to be the top advisory bi.nk for Asia based clients
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      Lock icon Q3 yields of Singapore govt securities down
      382 4  -  By\ Serena Ng YIELDS of most Singapore government securities slipped in the third quarter as fears of further US interest rate hikes receded after May, the Economics Department of the Monetary Authority of Singapore says in its latest quarterly report on financial markets.
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      Lock icon Builder IRE sees gradual climb
      988 7  -  Margins for the construction and building maintenance business may be squeezed, but IRE has built up its order books By 1 Marissa Chew IT'S been almost a year since IRE Corporation listed on the stock exchange, and while management says some may find going public
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      Lock icon Investor confidence vital for Wall St listing
      567 8  -  BTEzaimsm To achieve this trust, a company must communicate well with investors, says former NYSE official Reports by Vivien Ng INSTILLING investor confidence is the key for any company that wants to list in the United States, says a former official of the
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      Lock icon Better outlook for US stocks in 2001
      246 8 VOLATILITY on the New York Stock Exchange is likely to ease next year as stocks have returned to "more sane levels" and weak companies have learnt their lessons, says former NYSE official Richard Simonelli. In fact, he reckons the outlook for 2001 looks
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      310 4 30th October 2000 Holiday Inn Part View Singapore 9.00 am 5.00pm CONDUCTED BY: DR. JAN-ERIK GROJER, Associate Professor, School of Business, Stockholm University, Sweden COURSE CONTENTS lb Control for Business Success; The search for control variables related to business success The Components of a Management Control System; Result measures Control
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      Lock icon The Straits Times Index may rise; but the market won't
      627 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy IT'S certainly going to be interesting to see what happens today to the Straits Times Index. That it was rigged, either by accident or design, was unquestionably the case last Friday when SingTel's shares surged almost 30 per
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      Lock icon Berjaya Group wrt: long life makes up for weak numbers
      202 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy AFTER months of drifting lower, shares of Malaysia's Berjaya Group look like they might finally be turning a corner. If so, then a look at the associated warrants might prove useful and hopefully, profitable. The
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      Lock icon SIA likely to see technical rebound
      282 6  -  HOT STOCK By Serena Ng THE stock of Singapore Airlines has been a victim of fund selling and poor market sentiment in the past month, but could see a rebound soon. The counter slumped 90 cents to close at $15.50 last Friday, on moderately
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      194 6 ♦Berger International Ltd has incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary called Berger Online. Com Pte Ltd. The unit has an authorised share capital of $100,000 and an issued and paid-up capital of $2. The principal activity of Berger Online.Com is to carry on business through e. commerce trading in paints
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      Lock icon Oil price spike, market meltdown fears hurt Asia
      548 6 FEARS of a meltdown in global markets and surging oil prices should dim the allure of Asian currencies this week. Oil prices soared to their highest levels in a decade last week, thanks to a brewing crisis in the Middle East. Investors
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      455 6 Source: JM Sassoon Stocks Volume Seatown 5c 133,661,000 Nat Elec 10c 60,138,000 NOL 39.420.000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 32,568,000 SimLian 10c 32,062,000 PacificCenturylOc 31,061,000 STEngg 10c 27,715,000 SMRT10C 27,051.000 Omni Ind 10c 23,813,000 SingTel 15c 22,427,000 Stocks Chart Semiconductor 26t 254,731,542 DBSGrp 241,325,427 SPH 235,703,142 Nat Elec 10c 197,364,558 VentureMfg25c 150,371,714
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      251 8 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM HOLDEN AT BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN FORM 75 (Rule 114) COMPANIES (WINDING-UP] NO. 5 OF 1999 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 39 AND IN THE MATTER OF AMEDEO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SDN BHD NOTICE OF CREDITORS MEETING Take Notice that a
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      Lock icon August retail sales index up 20.6%
      292 9  -  ryr vyvi P T^V^T7T P T"T PP TTSH By I Serena Ng RETAIL sales continued to grow in August, again ramped up by higher vehicle sales. The retail sales index rose 20.6 per cent from the same month a year ago, with motor vehicle
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      Lock icon More tie-ups possible with Scandinavia
      469 9  -  EDB, NSTB will promote links with Danish, Swedish companies: Tony Tan From Eugene Low in Stockholm THERE is scope for greater tie-ups between Singapore companies and their counterparts in Sweden and Denmark, and the Economic Development Board (EDB) as well as the National Science and
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      Lock icon Suzhou park has M S'pore support: BG Lee
      574 9  -  SEP's new management faces challenges in commercial viability, investor potential, and uniqueness From < Quak Hiang Whai in Suzhou DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday reaffirmed Singapore's full support for the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) which he said faces key tests
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      128 9 72 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Keep in tune with noteworthy buys here. ti j CATS. The Straits Times Classified iw>m Mnwiw 2 Maserati. Steel a Fire. a 3200 GT An emotional experience awaits the passengers of the four luxurious seats in this 3200GT With a twin turbo charged 370 hp engine to
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      Lock icon Professional financial planners have a role
      517 10  -  James Chia I REFER to the letter "Don't 'outsource' your financial future" by Curtis Montgomery (Mailbag. Oct 11). I agree wholeheartedly with his call to take responsibility for our financial future and with his concerns about the new animal called a "financial planner" or
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      525 10  -  Wen Yixiang I REFER to the letter "Don't 'outsource' your financial future" by Curtis J Montgomery (Mailbag, Oct 11). I share the writer's concern that it is difficult for most people to put their life savings and retirement funding with young advisers in 'clean
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      Lock icon SGX members wont break ranks over fee
      465 10  -  Narayana Narayana I REFER to your editorial, "Cartels won't save Boat Quay brokers" (BT, Oct 4). I was honestly quite unaware of the particular breed of stockbrokers on whom your heavy hand has fallen in the above article, viz, "those know-it-all types, who
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      Lock icon High rates cannot last
      133 10  -  Denis Distant I REFER to the many readers who have written to your Mailbag expressing their dissatisfaction with the new "liberalised" brokerage rates. I empathise with their sentiments and remind them that the current scenario cannot last forever. Once foreign broking firms are allowed in, the
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      Lock icon TRI to complete US$37sm bond restructure by year-end
      510 11 KUALA LUMPUR Company obtains extension of 2 years for tennre of the enro convertible bonds TECHNOLOGY Resources Industries Bhd expects to complete the restructuring of its US$375 million (Ss6sB million) euro convertible bonds before year-end, the New Straits Times reported Saturday. TRI
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      Lock icon Aussie court lifts gag on Vincent Tan's dealings
      324 11 SYDNEY Judge: Fair Trading Act not meant for defamation action THE Supreme Court here has struck down a "gag order" preventing a freelance journalist from exposing the business dealings of Malaysian tycoon, Vincent Tan Chee Yioun, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on
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      Lock icon Mahathir leads record tree planting drive
      137 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday led Malaysians in attempting to plant 100,000 trees in a minute and set a new triumph for a country passionate about records. The current world record for tree planting is held by Brazil, where 24,199 trees
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      Lock icon Dr M refuses to say if Daim is quitting
      231 11 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad declined to comment on Saturday on whether Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin planned to resign after tabling the country's 2001 Budget this month. "I think you should ask him," Dr Mahathir told reporters when
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      Lock icon Is it too early to pick up M'sian stocks?
      744 11  -  BTi>j.i..i..rj.n KL STOCKS With the current global and domestic uncertainties, caution Is In order eddie toh THE Malaysian stock market staged a remarkable recovery late last week. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index chalked up 36.2 points or 5.1 per
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      Lock icon Embattled Estrada fights for political life
      539 12 MANILA Analysts believe the biggest casualty will be the already ailing economy Reuters AP A POLITICAL crisis over alleged gambling kickbacks has driven Philippine President Joseph Estrada to the wall, with church and business asking for his head in a major challenge to his
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      280 12 JAKARTA AP POLICE have arrested President Abdurrahman Wahid's masseur who allegedly masterminded a scam that netted US$4 million (Ss7 million) in stolen state funds, news reports said yesterday. Alip Agung Suwondo, 43, was arrested Saturday in Puncak, a mountain resort south of Jakarta, the official
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      Lock icon Indian quiz show ups the ante with US$2.2m jackpot
      378 13 NEW DELHI AFP ASIA'S richest game show will hit millions of Indian TV screens this month, with a US$2.2 million (553.9 million) jackpot that markedly ups the ante in the quiz show wars between rival media moguls. Zee TV, still reeling
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      Lock icon Asian markets biggest losers so far this year
      714 13 HONGKONG Wall St weakness, surging oil prices adding to homegrown troubles AP IT'S so far been a year most stock traders would prefer to forget. But amid a sea of red ink in the world's markets, some of the biggest losers are
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      Lock icon Dr Doom gloomy on HK technology stocks
      454 13 HONGKONG Bnt he does like selected China property plays Reuters INDEPENDENT financial adviser Marc Faber, known as Dr Doom for his frequently bearish market views, says he is negative on Hongkong telecom and technology stocks, but likes selected China property plays. "I'm still
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      Lock icon Main Sri Lankan opposition party seeks court order for re-poll
      223 13 COLOMBO AFP SRI Lanka's shaky coalition was headed for uncertainty yesterday as the main opposition said it was seeking a court order for a re-poll in the violence-affected central province. The main opposition United National Party (UNP) said it was
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      Lock icon Zhu treads gingerly on touchy Japan issues
      730 15  -  Hope for big ties breakthrough fades though last minnte reversal possible From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo CHINESE Prime Minister Zhu Rongji continued to exercise caution at the weekend in dealing with contentious issues between China and Japan but prospects for a breakthrough in
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      263 15 SEOUL Reuters SOUTH Korea's finance ministry said yesterday it planned to ease rules for pension and state-run funds to invest in local stocks, a move analysts said was aimed at propping up the sluggish stock market. "We plan to propose revisions to laws that
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      425 15 TOKYO Bat it does poll together separate info sources, say economists AFP JAPAN'S first-ever national balance sheet, while ambitious in scope, raises a host of questions about the government's debt-laden finances after a decade of economic drift. The government advertised last Tuesday's report as
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      Lock icon Scooting along to victory on a different kind of Vespa
      333 16 LONDON The Sunday Telegraph [LONDON] The women's marathon winner at the Sydney Olympics has revealed the secret of her success: she drank the stomach juices of giant, killer hornets that fly 100 kilometres a day at up to 32kmph. Naoko
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      824 16 Egypt to posh for Israeli troop pnllout at today's talks; Russia seeks a role Reuters AFP [JERUSALEM] Israelis and Palestinians played down chances that a summit today with US President Bill Clinton in Egypt could do more than brake a wave of violence that claimed its
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      Lock icon Opec may act before Nov: Saudi minister
      649 16 ABU DHABI He says production might be raised before Nov 12 meeting, depending on the price Reuters AFX-Asia SAUDI Arabia's Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said yesterday that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) was concerned about high oil prices and may act
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      Lock icon Chevron near agreement on US$44b Texaco buyout
      318 16 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCrSCO] THE Chevron Corp and Texaco Inc boards had planned to meet yesterday to approve Chevron's purchase of its smaller rival for US$44 billion (S|77 billion) in stock and assumed debt, people familiar with the talks said. The transaction would create
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      740 18 WASHINGTON Bnsh widely regarded as having performed better in second debate Reuters REPUBLICAN George W Bush extended his slim lead in national polls last Saturday over Democrat A 1 Gore, as the two presidential candidates pursued different campaign tracks just days ahead
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      299 18 CHARLOTTE, North Carolina Up to 10,000 jobs to be eliminated as Exult Inc takes over functions Reuters BANK of America Corp, the largest US bank, last Friday said it would farm out its human resources operations to Web-based services provider Exult Inc as
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      465 18 NEW YORK Bloomberg IN a rare reversal, Salomon Smith Barney Inc analyst Guy Moszkowski refuted his own analysis showing Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co's high-yield telecommunications debt had performed worse than bonds sold by its rivals. Mr Moszkowski said in a research note to
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      585 21 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices scaled new 10-year high points last week amid acute fears of all-out war in the Middle East that could suck in oil-produc-ing Arab nations keen to side with the Palestinians against Israel. Oil prices
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      296 22 HONGKONG AFP Reuters FRIDAY'S Wall Street rally and the signing of an important deal by Hongkong's Pacific Century CyberWorks, could provide some relief for the territory's battered share market this week, some analysts said. "Wall Street's strong rebound means the Hang Seng could
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      652 22 NEW YORK Volatility leaves investors wondering whether it's jnst the 10th anniversary of an extraordinary bull market or the end AP THE up and down swings of the stock market this year have taken Howard Okoomian's portfolio for a
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      290 22 TOKYO AFP TOKYO shares may rise in the week ahead as investors seek bargains after prices plunged to a 19-month low, brokers said. "Around the 15,500 point level, investors can buy stocks easily," said Nikko Securities broker Hiroichi Nishi. "I think institutional investors would
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      352 22 LONDON Bloomberg Reuters A RESILIENT FTSE 100 closed higher on Friday as a telecoms-led recovery and gains on Wall Street outweighed concerns about the Middle East crisis. The benchmark index ended up 77.7 points or 1.3 per cent at 6,209.6, for a fall of
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      887 22 ns" 1 8u AUSTRALIAN shares are expected to remain volatile this week amid concern over rising oil prices, a possible further correction on Wall Street and speculation of a further interest rate hike. Australian shares, which fell almost 3 per cent over the past week, may drop
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      1844 22 QParu -IH2O PARIS shares closed higher on Friday after a yo-yo session, as technology stocks rebounded from a bludgeoning earlier in the week. The benchmark CAC-40 Index bedded down for the weekend up 1.2 per cent or 73.51 points at 6,064.21, down 194.20 points from the previous
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      443 23 AFP H Composite Index +40.49 MALAYSIAN stocks may be in for another good week in expectation of a favourable Budget and continued high world oil prices, an analyst said on Friday. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange bucked the regional trend to close higher on
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      639 24 SOX Derivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup THE focus will be on Wall Street as investors hope stocks will find a bottom following their recent steep retreat which has seen the Nasdaq engulfed in a wave of selling that has sliced many of the once darlings of the
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      188 29 I jll'3 "fl H Er^F#A pPQrSf lal I I II s macro aims The Seattle-based software giant is ramping up operations to capitalise on Asia's renewed boom, its new head of South Asia Christophe Aulnette, tells Andrew Wee. Pg2 l jw 1 f i L» You can't reach new heights
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      74 29 Top stories SingTel's intelligent broadband network Page 5 Good ideas, bad marketing Page 12 j p rr~ 1 Con I ImP* HBI l j y Horizon aims for $48m this year Page 15 Plastics portals proliferate Page 16 Commentaries Time to face the music...and dance! Technological advances like Napster and
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      Lock icon Microsoft 'to start ASP in S'pore more aggressively'
      1113 30  -  It will double headcount here to about 100 by year-end, mostly in technical, consultancy and support services minimum By Andrew Wee ASIA was the fastest growing region for Microsoft Corp last year, and the Se-attle-based software giant is ramping up to capitalise
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      418 30  -  Morgan Stanley Dean Witter revises forecast for Asia and Singapore for the next fonr years Byi G.Panicker SINGAPORE'S Internet penetration rate will touch 58 per cent by 2004, from about 49 per cent this year, making the Republic among the top countries in
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      232 30 Bloomberg [PARIS] The UK leads Europe in home use of the Internet, followed by Germany and France, said Net Value SA, a Paris-based measurement company. As many as 7.3 million UK households, or 31.2 per cent of homes, have access to the Internet. That's more than
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      636 30  -  Analysts express concern about sluggish growth in the corporate PC market By] Dina Bass Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp, the worst performer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average this year, will probably report sluggish growth in fiscal first-quarter earnings on slowing sales of personal-computer
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      369 33  -  It will be extended to Australia, Hongkong, Japan, Britain and the US by year-end Byi Siew Yaw Hoong SINGAPORE Telecommunications recently launched "the first intelligent broadband network in Singapore" running on the Internet Protocol (IP). It offers businesses a single high-speed, secure and cost-ef-fective connection to
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      227 33 AFP [TOKYO] A Japanese economic package, to be finalised this week, will feature an "e-Japan initiative" to form computer networks across the nation and boost information technology skills, a newspaper reported yesterday. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori plans to announce an economic stimulus package on Thursday
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      Lock icon Toshiba agrees to pay US govt $58m to settle suit
      265 33 AP [BEAUMONT, Texas] Toshiba Corp has agreed to pay the United States U5533.5 million (5558.6 million) in cash and merchandise to settle a lawsuit involving potentially defective laptop computers sold to government agencies, the US Department of Justice announced on
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      Lock icon HP buys garage where company was founded
      226 33 Reuters [PALO ALTO, California] In the lore of Silicon Valley, it is simply "The Garage" the legendary birthplace of California's high-tech revolution. The small, one-car garage near Stanford University where David Hewlett and William Packard launched their electronics company in 1938 has been
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      Lock icon Time to face the music... and dance!
      857 35  -  TM.I.H.'.M.ia INFOITECH Technological advances like Napster and Creative Technology's Nomad are unhinging the very base of the recording industry. How should it respond? kenneth james The writer is BT's Technology Editor. FIRST there was MP3, a digital format that in effect converts a
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        66 37 SINGAPORE-BASED Asia Pathways, that helps bring high-tech companies to Asia, has tied up with Addit International, an European management consultancy, to help European companies set up business in Asia. The tie-up may result in three to four European companies launching into Asia from Singapore
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        Lock icon Data mining centre from IHPC, SAS
        87 37 DATA warehousing and e-intelligence firm. The SAS Institute, has tied up with Singapore's Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), to launch the Enterprise Mining Centre (EMC). The EMC will conduct data mining R&D projects and promote these services to industry. Data mining is a
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        51 37 COMPAQ Computer has appointed Ng Chee Soon to its newly-created post of regional director, market development, commercial personal computing group, Asia-Pacific; and Eric Goh as managing director for Singapore. Mr Ng was previously managing director of Compaq Singapore; Mr Goh was previously director (enterprises) for Asean for
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        Lock icon Anspex opens Asia-Pac HQ here
        34 37 NASDAQ-LISTED Auspex Systems Inc, that provides NAS (network attached storage) solutions, has moved its Asia-Pac regional HQ from Japan to Singapore, headed by Thomas Garofalo, vice-president and general manager.
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        27 37 US-BASED Alpine Microsystems, that designs and makes SIP (system in package) products for the electronics industry, has set up its subsidiary in Singapore.
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        29 37 HONGKONG-BASED Irasia.com Ltd, which supplies investor relations information on Asian listed companies, has opened its Singapore office, headed by Elsie Ng, country manager for Singapore.
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        Lock icon CyberTooch comes to S'pore
        34 37 E-CONSULTING firm CyberTouch, which has offices in Kuala Lumpur and Taipei, last week opened its Singapore office. The firm offers integrated e-consulting services to help Asian companies e-enable their businesses.
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        Lock icon ECnet's new Asean head
        38 37 ECNET Ltd, a global provider of e-SCM services for the high-tech manufacturing industry, has appointed Ling Wee Seng as general manager for its Asean region. Mr Ling was previously senior manager with Deloitte Consulting.
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        Lock icon Egon Zehnder appointment
        42 37 MANAGEMENT consulting firm Egon Zehnder International has appointed Davy Lau as managing partner for its Singapore and Malaysia offices. Mr Lau will retain his existing portfolio as EZl's regional practice head for the firm's high-tech practice group in Asia.
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        Lock icon Brio's new regional manager
        40 37 BRIO Technology, which offers business intelligence solutions, has appointed Douglas Bellin as its new regional manager of South-east Asia. Mr Bellin will set up Brio's regional office here; he was previously Brio's global partner education manager.
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        32 37 NASDAQ-LISTED Macromedia Inc has appointed Ingram Micro Asia Ltd as its second distributor for its commercial products in Singapore, including Authorware, Director, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, FreeHand and Generator.
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        Lock icon Advanced e-biz strategy
        33 37 A SEMINAR on "Advanced e-business strategy" will be held on Wednesday at the Pan Pacific Hotel. It is organised by Great Plains Software. For details, fax *****02, or e-mail dreyesidgreatplains.com.
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        35 37 A FORUM on "How to penetrate into Europe's IT market" will be held on Thursday at Paulaner Brauhaus. It is organised by landl Asia Singapore. For details, fax *****56, or e-mail laychintan<aiandiasia.com.
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        41 37 A SEMINAR titled "Adobe at work" covering Photo Shop 6.0 and ePaper solutions will be held on Oct 24 at the Marina Mandarin Hotel. It is organised by Adobe Systems. For details, fax *****90. or e-mail adobe(ahightech.com.sg.
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        38 37  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam A TWO-DAY "ltol CRM symposium 2000" will be held from Oct 31 at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. It is organised by Peppers Rogers Group. For details, e-mail Iburnsfaltol. com.
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      326 37  -  Nokia, Insead, Icus and Star Hub team up to offer an on-the-move course to busy executives ////< Chen Huifen PHONE giant Nokia, business school Insead, e-learning firm Icus, and phone operator Star Hub last week launched what they claimed was "the world's first WAP-enabled e-leaming course" in
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      Lock icon Linux can deliver despite doubts
      899 39  -  SAYIU Over 60% of the world's webservers are running Apache; 99% of these run Unix-like systems, such as Unux, Solaris, HP-UX, FreeßSD, and others harish pillay The writer is CTO of InQuisitive Mind Pte Ltd, and president of the Linux Users' Group (Singapore) THE recent
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      Lock icon Fortune 500 CEOs get lesson in e-commerce, networking
      554 39  -  By. John Pletz NYT [AUSTIN, Texas] The introductions at a Friday morning session of the Fortune 500 CEO Forum had a familiar ring. One chief executive ran a company with the best-performing stock of the *****. One CEO operates the world's largest
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      Lock icon Vignette plans tie-ups for online business
      576 39  -  By, Jim Finkle Bloomberg [AUSTIN, Texas] Vignette Corp is in talks with at least 10 companies to form an alliance to develop and sell software and other products for doing business over the Internet, a Vignette official said in an interview. Rational Software Corp,
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      500 40  -  That's the problem that plagues Singapore entrepeneurs, while big-brand flop Boo.com had an entirely different problem Reports by Tang Weng Fai EVEN though local entrepreneurs are good at generating ideas for new ventures, they often fall short in marketing skills. That was one consensus among a
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      Lock icon Boo.com: To hell and back
      308 40 DEAD dotcoms don't always stay dead. Once in a while, they get resurrected. One of them, Britain-based boo.com, has been through hell and back. The e-fashion retailer targeted at the trend-making set came to signify much of the excess of Internet fever when it was
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      Lock icon EC nod at last for Vivendi, Seagram deal
      772 41 To win approval, both promise to shed a 23 per cent stake that Vivendi holds in the British Sky Broadcasting NYT THE European Commission on Friday officially approved the US$34 billion (S$60 billion) acquisition of Seagram Co by the French conglomerate Vivendi
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      Lock icon Online music exchange firm goes bust
      274 41 AP [NEW YORK] Scour Inc, the Los Angeles company that abets the trading of music and movies over the Internet, has filed for bankruptcy-law protection, a move the company said could shelter it from copyright infringement lawsuits it faces from record companies and movie
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      Lock icon Forget software on CD-Rom
      716 42 Oracle veteran argues software is dead in its present form and points to the web Reuters MARC Benioff, a 13year veteran of Oracle Corp and now chairman of start-up Salesforce.com, has a set a modest goal for himself and his 140 employees: Kill the very industry
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      Lock icon Internet shopping can be messy
      206 42 Reuters [LONDON] Internet shopping can be slow, expensive and plagued with problems, according to a survey by Britain's Trading Standards Institute published last week. Its officers tried to make test purchases from 102 companies in one of the largest Internet shopping surveys ever made in
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      371 42 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Yahoo! Inc, the most-used Internet search engine, may increase its spending on marketing as it tries to speed its expansion overseas and into new media and new services, chief executive Timothy Koogle said. Yahoo executives said that
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      Lock icon Horizon aims for $48m this year
      749 43  -  It plans to build 20 e-marketplaces, including 14 in S'pore, and two each in Malaysia Japan and the US By. Andrew Wee Mainboard-listed Horizon.com Ltd, which provides e-biz and e-learning solutions, could see it's full year revenue touch $48 million for the current financial
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        58 43 CANON said its Digital Ixus camera can now take pictures underwater, up to depths of 3 metres, thanks to a new waterproof casing. It offers 2.11 mega pixel sensor, 2x zoom lens, with wide angle and telephoto coverage. The casing costs $289; the camera itself costs
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        Lock icon Gateway's new ultra-portable here
        62 43 GATEWAY Inc has unveiled the Solo 3350, an ultra-portable notebook computer available in magnesium-alloy casing in blue, pink or silver. Priced starting at $3,999, it is 2.6 cm thin, weighs 1.66 kg, rims on Intel's Pentium in at 600 MHz, comes with a 12.1-inch XGA display,
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        108 43 TO commemorate Dell Computer shipping its 10 millionth Dimension desktop PC last month, the direct sales leader is offering its Dimension L 733 at a special price of $1,188 between Oct 9-20. The system runs on a 733 MHz Pentium HI processor and comes with 32 MB
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        Lock icon NEC's new plasma monitor
        53 43 NEC Singapore has released a new 42-inch plasma monitor designed for multimedia presentations. The Plasma Sync 42MP1 features a 1,057 mm diagonal display, weighs 32kg, offers an aspect ratio of 16:9, and comes with NEC's Capsulated Colour Filter tech for saturated colours. It costs $17,999. For
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        53 43 HEWLETT-PACKARD has launched its HP Net Server EBOO system. Targeted at SMEs, it offers a simplified setup and comes with HP Navigator, integrated backup solution on certain models, TopTooLs for Servers for server management, and up to 2 GBofRAM and 145 GB of internal storage. Prices
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        Lock icon Dect phone from Enxer now
        62 43  -  fnanpiliiil by Raju Chellam HOMEGROWN Enzer Electronics Pte Ltd has launched its first Dect (digital enhanced cordless telecom) phone, the ETBIOO. The $178 device can cover a range of 300 metres, a base station can hand)* up to five handsets, and <me handset can register
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        690 44  -  Homegrown GlobalPlas.com has just entered the fray to compete with three other websites battling for the plastics business, as tamo weng FAi finds out TANG WENG FAI THERE'S a new buzz in the plastics marketplace, with a new contender having just entered the fray. Homegrown startup GlobalPlas.com
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        343 44  -  3Com is coordinating the technology to make Planet Project work globally By] Raju Chellam NASDAQ-LISTED networking firm 3Com Corp will bring leading technology and polling companies together to hold the world's largest Internet-based poll over four days from Nov 15. Called "Planet Project", it will
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          88 44 SYMANTEC Corp has introduced Norton System Works 2001, the latest version of its all-in-one utilities suite targeted at SMEs and home PC users. It covers Windows Me/*****/NT/9x and comes bundled with the latest releases of Norton Anti Virus, Norton Utilities, and Norton Clean Sweep
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          Lock icon Aussie retailer comes to S'pore
          72 44 uo 1 online department store, dstore, has launched its shopping website here—at www.dstore.com.sg. "Shoppers can look forward to a complete online shopping experience, from selection of products, delivery or collection modes, to various payment options made possible through dstore's tie-up with Singapore Post," dstore said.
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          Lock icon UOB banks on Big Blue
          53 44 IBM said its transcoding technology now helps "United Overseas Bank (UOB), which is the first bank in Singapore to offer mobile banking facilities on all three telecom portals—run by Sing Tel, Ml and Star Hub. The new uobgroup.com eMobile services operate on all of Singapore's
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          Lock icon Protecting domain names
          57 44 RAJAH Tann and Andersen Legal have tied up with Network Solutions Inc to offer domain name registration and other Internet technology services. The aim is to provide "a seamless protection of domain names by offering simultaneous domain nj»m<» registration, trademark, and other intellectual property registration", a press
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          Lock icon Cyberasia ties up with Yam.com
          52 44 CYBER ASIA Inc has launched a co-branded online genealogy content site with Taiwan-baaed Yam.com. Cyberasia subsidiary Chineseroots.com will provide access to genealogy information to let users trace their family ancestry and build family ties. Yam.com users can search over 90,000 catalogued volumes of family details
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          Lock icon Asiatravelmart.com gets US$10m more
          48 44 ASIA'S leading travel e-marketplace, Asiatravelmart.com, said it has closed US$lO million (5517.5 million) in its third round of funding, from Merrill Lynch, Citicorp, Asia Java Fund, Asia Tech Ventures and Shun Tak Holdings. It will use the ftinds for expansion, R&D, marketing and promotion.
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          51 44 HOMEGROWN Growasia.com Pte said it tied up with two key Indian financial institutions—HDFC Bank Ltd and ICRA Ltd—to set up an Indian subsidiary, Gasia.com Pte Ltd. HDFC Bank will lend marketing support while ICRA will offer advisory services to growasia users in India. For details, visit
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          66 44  -  -OoepOedlby Raju Chellam POLYCOM Singapore, which provides broadband communications solutions, has unveiled Via Video, which it claims is "the world's first integrated desktop video communications appliance that delivers interactive video and audio from a PC with a broadband connection". The US$599 (551,050) device lets users make
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      299 45 ♦Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE week is notable for two aspects. Firstly the lack of firm concluded deals and secondly for the large volume of vessels on thd second hand market. The 1900 bit 64,957 dwt Panamax bulker "Amarantos" is one of the few sales, having been
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      182 45 Reuters [PHNOM PENH] The volume of trade passing through Cambodia's main port at Sihanoukville grew 52 per cent during the first nine months of 2000 compared with the same period last year, port officials said. "Foreign investors have confidence in
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      410 45  -  Such practices only hamper development of global transport services: Asean shippers By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Federation of Asean Shippers' Councils (Fasc) has called for the end of anti-competitive practices among the world's ocean shipping carriers. The grouping of shippers councils from across Asia
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      633 45  -  LINER SCENE By David Hughes THERE has been more optimism in the container shipping business of late and a new report bears this out. The Drewry Annual Container Market Review and Forecast 2000 says that, in addition to volume growth and rising
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      278 45  -  Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Greek captain of the beleaguered Singapore-flagged tanker Neptune Dorado, is still in jail as he was unable to post the required US$5OO,OOO (*****,000) bail on Friday. The US Attorney's office in San Francisco, in reply to Shipping Times'
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      166 45 AFP (ATHENS] Eighteen Greek shipping companies will strike on Oct 27 to protest against media coverage of the Express Samena ferry tragedy in the Aegean in which 79 people died. The strike will affect up to 95 per cent of Greek passenger traffic
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      736 46  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar THE master of a Singa-pore-flagged vessel that developed a serious list when a cargo of nickel ore shifted in rough seas has come under fire from Canberra's marine safety agency, which has also criticised the
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      24003 52 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone 55?—Oetf-n Number Number SIN Oesfn Name Mm* Number Number V 24/10 a/11 Cho Yang CV ARK 0I7QW *5-125*27 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvolre 24/w ti/n Hani* cy ark «7w *s 32*0235 25/*
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        123 59 Oct 23 Thailand: King Chulalongkorn Day. Oct 28 Brunei: Israk Mikraj. Indonesia: Ascension Day of Prophet Muhammad. Oct 26 Malaysia: Deepavali. Nov 1 Philippines: All Saint's Day. Nor 3 Japan: Culture Day. Nov 4 Sweden: All Saint's Day. Nov 11 Canada: Remembrance Day. USA: Veteran's Day. Nov 23
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        775 59 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 averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        460 59 Carton 180 Mm 9912 6.4 0.09 59 0.05 Oct 12 Density Ratir Residue Ask <U.wl»>u«i SiteiH No above E2S t 0 10 0 0 380 Ave 985.5 0J OJ 0.06 26 0.02 ban 380 Mu 993.1 0.8 18.2 0.09 57 0.04 WM1 %M/» %M/M WM 11-
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        536 60 Airline may order about six 747-400 freighter jets as early as this week Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines may buy Boeing Company 747-400 freighter planes valued at about US$l.l billion (Ssl.9 billion) in the biggest order for the plane so far this year.
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        254 60 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's flagship carrier Korean Air (KAL) is facing a possible strike action this week as its pilots threaten to walk out over a raft of issues including working hours. The Korean Air Pilots Union said in a statement yesterday
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        105 60 [KUALA LUMPUR] A Light Rail Transit (LRT)passenger train travels through KL Sentral station, still under construction, in Kuala Lumpur. KL Sentral Station is set to become Malaysia's main state-of-the-art transportation hub in the country located just 1.5 km from downtown Kuala Lumpur. It will be fully
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        286 60 German carrier refuses to code share with Air India Reuters [NEW DELHI] India has refused German carrier Lufthansa's request to operate extra flights into the country after recent talks between the two countries broke down, a senior government official said. The talks broke
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        340 60 CHINA'S AVIATION INDUSTRY Bloomberg [GUANGZHOU] China Southern Airlines Co, the country's biggest carrier, is seeking to merge with China Northern Airlines Co, taking the lead in the country's aviation industry shakedown, company executives said. "The two companies' business is compatible in many areas,"
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        172 60 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] China Southern Airlines Co, the country's biggest carrier, said it shut down three unprofitable cargo stations of Zhongyuan Airlines, which it took over last month. The Henan province stations were located in Zhongyuan's Zhenghou base and in Mengzhou and Qinyang, duplicating what China
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        272 60 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's Shandong Airlines Co said yesterday it will take a controlling stake in provincial carrier Shanxi Airlines using cash and the sale of planes in a bid to expand in the fiercely competitive industry. The companies signed an agreement late
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      49 56 SHIPPING* WAREHOUSING ftetna: Smgapim.- Luadtag Daily Man to Sal (BATAMINDOI/ni) Accepting FClX\*ivenbonal4 > roject/Heavy Lift C*j:o Reefer Container ■Maa: Singapore Losing Mon. Wed A Fri (BATAMINDO Q) Accepting Heav\ Lift Cjqeo Tab 227 0322 Fax: 222 *330 iliwl«ii SMppfcn W»»ho»i»f Pt# Ltd Tk C—pl»« OS-SI Tl M I I MWM
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      1005 57 SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD ■■■i 72 Anson Rm4, #04-01 to 03, Sinf«por« 07*011 "AM UM/OUTWAtD; $32 IMS (WWAID (WD): 437 23*1 MPOCT STATUS (MO): 437 2371 MVENTOtT (D(Oh 437 242* W»li»it* http://www.MMwiwa.MMi CR NO. 104*2******0 (Celio/Jetttco/Mw Chan/Jc>hynn/Dora/Yvonne/Han im) 8 SLGS/WEEKLY [QSBSBS9H 3 SIGS/WEEKLY I* I***1*** I vor I s« I
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      38 57 REGULAR SWGAPORE/VCTIAM SERVICE vkses vot m m> mstvutkm KM THANH 4/2000 *fT 11/10 10NGTHANH/HCIK/VUMGTAU HOANGDKU 1/2000 l»/10 2J/I0 VUNIAU/HOK AHGUNGS 5/7000 20/10 2J/10 OUWHOM AGENTS: IMKOV SHIPPING CO PTE LTD atMnrrw nusmmkhni? TH- 123*111 FAX: *****06 w. imwi—
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      718 58 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER STAR 842N 17-18/10 23-26/10 31-01/11 1 TIGER RHYTHM 843N 20-21/10 26-29/10 03-04/11 I TIGER BRIDGE 844N 24-25/10 30-02/11 07-08/11 1 TIGER METRO 845N 27-28/10 02-05/11 10-11/11 I TIGER STAR 846N 31-01/11 06-09/11 I TIGER RHYTHM 847N 0304/11 09-12/11 17-18/11 I IVESSE^^^VO^^SI^^^CA^^SI^^I GUNAY
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      1025 58 FREIGHT LINKS BXPRBSS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Rood, 3rd Level, Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesindsingnet.com.sg WEBSITE: www.freightlinks.net ACCEPTING LCL CARGOESTO: MIDDLE EAST EGYPT PACIFIC ISLAND AUSTRALIA FUI ISLAND MEXICO EUROPE FAR EAST LATIN AMERICA CANADA ISRAEL SOUTH AFRICA FOR BOOKING: *****35/5539/5541/5553/3494 PROJECT SHIPMENT
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      72 58 NTH tt>/ I. is 1.1 CkiMMiMM r n M tgypnan niimationai snipping uompany SERVING DIRECT TO/FROM PORT SUEZ, ALEXANDRIA, AND PORT SAID BY EGYPTIAN FLAG VESSELS. IEASTBOUNOFM EGYPT I WOULD STAR 101 ETA 23/10/00 IwESTBOUMD TO EGYPT WORLD STAR 101 CTA 23/10/00 ACCV mm COWTMW— AMD cowvomowAi ca—ms. SINGAPORE AGENT
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      143 58 Tropical shipping LCL FCL CONSOLIDATION Weekly Sailings with Fixed-Day Arrivals to the Coribbeon, Central America, South America aod Florida Anguilla Grenada St. Barths St. Vincent Antiqua Guatemala St. Croix TortoJa Bahamas Honduras St. Kitts Trinidad Costa Rica Nicaraguaa St. Lucia Turks Coicos Dominica Panama St. Moorlen Venezuela El Salvador Dominican
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      117 59 Vr/SUBBBpfecy^' I^ LEGEND i«*uecf Servjco"Bm^po^l R Thunderstorm Snowers /^V emperature w, n d direction and speed in knots Cloudy Day Wea,h r Hazy wind speed symbols Sea Conditions O Full circle w/o line Indicates calm or light and variable winds L Slight. < i.2m ■*—One hart fieche represents 5 knots
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