The Business Times, 17 October 2000

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MtTA(P) 035/12/1999 85c SINGAPORE I fttei http:./bjsiness-times.asial .com.sg/ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2000
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    74 1 Dsn (+22.97) □BT-an 75U4 (+6.44) □I ST INDEX FDTTJIES M?UO (+64.00) PlsDßannfinEs U 243.70 (+9.40) STOCK HAIKBT DQHGES Monday Change KLSE COMP 766.18 >1&14 NIKKEI 226 1M1132_+***** HANO SENG 1<*****_+29I90 SETIfiDEX 288.08 +182 JAKARTA COMP 411.76 +IK MANILA COMP 1.296.82 28.53 TAIPEI WPl 6,830.9§ -246.16 SEOUL COMP £60.10
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    78 1 F0B8X SATES LSI SS US$ 1.711 £<U»SSp*£) 1.447 1§* EU®flJ»S$/E) OJBU 1.492 MS* 1296 1 Jll YE* 1073 61.60 KM f 3.800 1169 BUS 7.796- 4.460 BAHT_ 4122 24.67 RUPMH 8375 5,066 "S$ to 100 units PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 .JAKARTA ,19.00 BANGKOK >60 MANILA 11.00
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    Lock icon S'pore CEOs 2nd highest paid in Asia, 9th in world
    525 1  -  Variable pay constitutes half of total compensation of U*****,000 By. Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] With a total pay packet of some U*****,000 (551.09 million), Singapore bosses are among the world's top-earning CEOs, second only to Hongkong in Asia and ninth highest
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    Lock icon Stocks rebound in Asia on Wall St's Friday rally
    587 1  -  Seceding fears of Middle East war also cited; STI jumps 23 pts, but Taiwan market plunges 4% By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Asian equity markets rebounded sharply in response to last Friday's rally on Wall Street and receding fears of further violence
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    Lock icon Dow up 19 points, Nasdaq down 33
    61 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 19.61 points at 10,211.79 at 11.30 EST while the Nasdaq Composite Index was down 33.58 points at 3,283.19. The tech sector was hit by weakness in the shares of Intel Corp after two
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    Lock icon BT opens bureaus in New York and Silicon Valley
    119 1 [SINGAPORE] The Business Times has expanded its coverage of the United States by opening two new bureaus in New York and Silicon Valley. Staffed by BT correspondents Catherine Ong in New York and Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley, the bureaus will
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    Lock icon Broker trying to undo SingTel deal
    482 1  -  Trader may have to cough np $483,000 if deal enforced By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] The foreign brokerage which had apparently keyed in a wrong order for Singapore Telecommunication shares, resulting in the stock flying in the dying seconds of trading last Friday, is trying
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      93 1 DHBPB Top Stories M 1 stake: CyberWorks still In |alks. Mmxt Pmgm S# s aims for USslob total investments in next two years. MmxtPmgm Dairy Farm looks to $1b sales in S'pore next year. Metal injection moulding firm AMT gjans IPO next year. Sept non-oil export growth seen at 17%.
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      29 1 Bine chips, tech stocks gain, Pg 6 Do you think COE premiums will drop further? Take part in our on-line poll and tell us. We're at I napi/lz/usini-ss-:irnis.usia I.com.sy
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      57 1 Follow the leader r» c /ic-; .C? c ,-c From the fundamental standpoint, there is heck of a lot of value in this market, and I would advocate buying over the next two to three days. Leslie Goh, associate director at Ong Research c-i ~rr. QV 'c -tr* V-'-r? '3.2:
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Big ING pow-wow this week
        122 2 EUROPEAN investment powerhouse ING Barings is holding its biggest Asian investment pow-wow here this week. Some 400 delegates and about 90 corporate speakers from sectors ranging from utilities, banking, consumer products, technology and transportation will gather for the ING Barings Asia In-Depth Investment Summit, which
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        Lock icon From balancing books to mixing drinks
        113 2 ACCORDING to research done by Whitbread, one of the UK's largest pub operators, accountants are among the swathe of finance professionals who are hanging up their pencils in exchange for a life of lager and crisps. Whitbread found that 45 per cent of its
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        Lock icon COE premiums to rise?
        59 2 LAST Wednesday, BT Online asked its readers to respond to the following statement: "The COE premium for big cars plunged $24,000 this month." The poll results were: ♦It will fall some more next month 34 per cent. ♦It will stay at the same level 7 per
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      Lock icon M1 stake: CyberWorks still in talks
      436 2  -  It dismisses report that negotiations with C&W have hit a snag W Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Negotiations are continuing on Pacific Century CyberWorks buying Cable Wireless pic's 15 per cent stake in Singapore mobile operator Mobile One. "We are discussing the possibility to buy
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      Lock icon SIP aims for US$10b total investments in next two years
      624 2  -  Chinese taking over management control from January 2001 Reports by Quak Hiang Whai in&uzhou THE China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Co (CSSD), which will come under Chinese control next January, plans to speed up the development of the Suzhou Industrial
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      Lock icon Suzhou park developer hopes for turnaround next year
      569 2 Incoming chief exec says it will apply for listing in 2003 [SUZHOU] The loss-making China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Co (CSSD) hopes to turn around next year and apply for a listing in 2003, the incoming chief executive said yesterday. Suzhou vice-mayor
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      253 2 SF° Lifelong Education RJTI UNIVERSITY OF B THE SOUTH AUSTRALIA i UNIVERSITY "Ranked Among Australia's Best Universities" B OF HULL PhD MBA" In Business and Management Singapore 7th Intake Starting Oct 2000! MBA (General) The first and only PhD program to successfully produce 25 PhD graduates in Singapore Hong Kong
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      8 2 CyberWorks, Telstra in USs4b cable network?, Pg 21
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Dairy Farm looks to $1b sales in S'pore next year
      531 4  -  Group testing new format for supermarkets in HDB estates Reports by] Kalpana Rashiwala Rashiwaia DAIRY Farm International (DFI) expects sales of close to $1 billion next year in Singapore, a rise of more than 10 per cent over what it
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      Lock icon Indian market holds promise
      724 4 DFI seeks to achieve regional growth through acquisition, organic growth DAIRY Farm International is looking to achieve "quantum leaps" in the region through acquisition, organic growth and introducing new formats, particularly in India, where it is one of only three foreign retailers allowed to operate. The
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      Lock icon When a big guy stumbles, the small fry smirks
      612 4  -  HocKimiicim.il siow li sen THE default by Bin tan Lagoon Resort this month on its $53 million bond obligation has generated some surprise and quite a bit of sly satisfaction. Surprise because the owners include some of Singapore's biggest government-linked companies
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      Lock icon Metal injection moulding firm AMT plans IPO in '01
      706 7  -  It'll probably be the first KIM float in the world; lead manager chosen By] David Boey ADVANCED Materials Technologies, a home-grown metal injection moulding company in the Singapore Technologies stable, said yesterday it plans to meet cut-throat competition in the little-known
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      Lock icon Templeton still bullish on US technology sector
      319 7 FRANKLIN Templeton Investments remains bullish about the US technology sector and expects it to continue rewarding investors despite recent price volatility, a Templeton Asset Management executive said yesterday. "The fundamentals in the tech sector have not changed. We believe the recent sell-off has
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      Lock icon Sunright's profit up 48%, sees brighter days ahead
      347 7  -  $3m earnings come on back of similar percentage jump in sales; final dividend of 4% declared By. David Boey SUNRIGHT Ltd, the world's largest independent burn-in and test service provider for semiconductor products, declared a 4 per cent final dividend after its
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      Lock icon Somerset-Ascott board unveiled
      514 8  -  No surprises; 7 designate directors from Somerset, 4 from Ascott; Eee Teck Koon to be MD By Andrea Tan SOMERSET Holdings and The Ascott have unveiled the 11-member board of directors of their proposed merged entity ahead of EGMs next week. There are no surprises in the
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      Lock icon Parkway, SembCorp form 'sterile' tie-up
      264 8 PARKWAY Holdings Ltd and SembCorp Industries Ltd have formed a 50-50 joint venture that offers processing and sterilisation services to hospitals and other healthcare facility providers. Their respective subsidiaries, Parkway Healthcare and SembCorp Logistics, will each fork out an initial *****,000 for the venture, Steri-Care
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      Lock icon PacNet rolls out broadband across Asia
      238 8 NASDAQ-listed Pacific Internet is roiling out broadband access services in Singapore, Hongkong, the Philippines, Australia, India Thailand. It said yesterday it would offer home users and companies various broadband products based on Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) and Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL) technology.
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      Lock icon Dragon Land refunds buyers
      163 8 DRAGON Land said yesterday it has refunded buyers of its properties in China a total of $1.3 million and disputed some of their claims. It said the refund was made on July 6. It added although its subsidiary Third Dragon has refunded the full amount of
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Pan-United MD to step down
        67 8 PAN-UNITED Corp has announced that John Lim Kok Min will step down as group managing director from Nov 30. Deputy chairman and chief executive officer Henry Ng will assume Mr Lim's responsibilities. Mr Lim, who has been MD since March 1997, will remain with the
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        Lock icon KS Tech's Kim Seng in $5.6m deal
        75 8 KS Tech Ltd says its wholly-owned subsidiary Kim Seng Hardware Oilfield Supply has signed a contract with German company Menck to supply offshore pile driving equipment to China. The contract value is about $5.6 million and the equipment is scheduled to be delivered
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        Lock icon Seatown unit wins $15.75m contract
        42 8 SEATOWN Corporation said its wholly-owned subsidiary Pyramid Construction Engineering has been awarded a contract by the Presbyterian High School Singapore to redevelop the school for $15.75 million. The target completion date for the project is July 2002.
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        Lock icon Somerset in restructuring exercise
        78 8 SOMERSET Holdings has sold its entire shareholding in Ventura Development which holds the Junction 8 property, to Junction 8 Ltd (J8) for $74.6 million. Ventura and J8 are both wholly-owned subsidiaries of Somerset Holdings and the transaction is a restructuring exercise to consolidate the entire shareholdings
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        Lock icon Kay Hian gets merger approval
        63 8 KAY HIAN Holdings says its proposed merger with UOB Securities and the UOB group's stockbroking interests has received High Court approval and will be effective on Oct 21. The last day for trading Kay Hian shares will be today and the shares will be delisted
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      67 4 The Royal Bank 3PbdC Scotland pic V SINGAPORE BRANCH ~iZk.il u A THE KEY TO YOUR UK PROPERTY FINANCE Highly competitive interest rate Fast and convenient service Flexible loan package Pre-purchase approval No pre-payment penalties For further information, please contact either Eileen Tan or Amy Wee at Tel: (65) *****33
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      116 5 BURBERRY® AIVD OUR SIGNATURE BURBERRY CHECK ARE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS BURBERRY was founded by Thomas Burberry in 1856 who invented gabardine and designed the first 'Trench Coat' among his many other achievements. BURBERRY is an international luxury brand with a British sensibiliiy. The BURBERRY CHECK which is part of so many
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      503 6 Stocks Volums PadfcCenturylOc 21,407,000 Nat Etec 10c.... 10,191,000 STEngg 10c 8,421,000 SingTel 15c 7,877,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 7,473,000 DBS Land 6,530,000 NOL 6,065,000 Omni Ind 10c 5,986,000 Adro® 10c 3,900,000 Eastern Asia 3,736,000 Stocks Chart Semiconductor 26c 56,828,556 PadficCenturylOc 34,400,520 DBSGrp 33,311,565 Nat Etec 10c 32,925,840 Datacraft 10c 31,720,320 SPH
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      Lock icon Blue chips; tech stocks gain as Wall St brings relief
      550 6  -  STOCKS ven sreenivasan A SHARP recovery on Wall Street and receding fears of an all-out war in the Middle East helped the local bourse start the week on a positive note yesterday. The Straits Times Index closed with a 22.97-point
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      Lock icon Haw Par wrt: pin hopes on expected UOB revamp
      183 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan THE Haw Par warrant was one of the leading losers yesterday as it fell four cents to $1.09 on 20,000 units. This was despite the underlying stock gaining two cents to $2.88 on 125,000 shares. The
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      Lock icon DBS Land: move towards $2.77 likely
      227 6  -  HOTSTOCK By Serena Ng THE stock of property developer DBS Land has been fairly volatile in the past two months. Yesterday, it jumped 19 cents or almost 8 per cent to close at $2.64 on a volume of 6.5 million shares. There could be
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      Lock icon Market Notices
      138 6 ♦THE company secretary of K1 Ventures and Keppel Telecommunications Transportation, Anna Yu, has resigned with effect from Oct 13. ♦CREATIVE Technology will hold its AGM on Nov 8, at 10.30 am, 31 International Business Park, Creative Resource. ♦IPCO International will hold its AGM on Oct 31, at 10.00
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      Lock icon Wall Street rebound a relief for some Asian currencies
      349 6  -  CURRENCIES larry wee A STRONG rebound by US stocks and lower oil prices last Friday bought a breather for some regional currencies, but alternatives to the greenback were severely punished in Asian trading yesterday. Hasty unwinding of short-term refuge plays taken
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      44 6 Grow Your CPF With eiBht Important All applications tor units in eight must be made on the application forms accompanying the prospectus Investors must read the prospectus The value cf the units and the income from them may fall as well as rise OlM'.SBA'*
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      31 8 IBM is a registered trademark and the e-bus.ness logo is a trademark ot Internat.onal Business Machines Corp in the U S and/or other countries Copyright IBM Corporation 2000 All r.ghts reserved
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      296 9 This announcement appears as a matter of record only The services described in this advertisement are provided by Deutsche Bank AG or by its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in accordance with appropriate local legislation and regulation Trademark application pending Fuelling the success of our clients makes us a winning team Deutsche
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Sept non-oil export growth seen at 17%
      523 10  -  Growth likely to retain to normal trend after sport in Angnst, say economists By< Chuang Peck Ming ECONOMISTS expect growth in nonoil domestic exports in September to have come down to the more normal trend of recent months, following a jump in August
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      Lock icon Thai-based Premjee says not hit by S'pore units woes
      201 10 Reuters [BANGKOK) Commodity trader G Premjee Ltd confirmed yesterday that its Singapore unit G Premjee Trading Pte Ltd was under judicial management, but said it would not affect the operations of the Bangkok-based parent firm. The Singapore firm is under interim
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      Lock icon NUS sets $100m funds target for 2005 centennial
      436 10  -  Endowment fond gets $8m boost from Lim Professorship By Vivien Ng THE National University of Singapore hopes to raise $100 million in five years, in time for its centennial celebrations in 2005. And the amount could balloon if the university succeeds in
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      Lock icon KRDL, China venture capitalist to help start-ups expand
      218 10 KENT Ridge Digital Labs (KRDL) signed an agreement yesterday with a China venture capital firm to help hightech start-ups expand their markets. Under the arrangement, KRDL spin-offs will have easier access to the China market while Shenzhen Venture Capital Company Ltd (SZVC)
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      Lock icon Dahlia Park's soft launch sees 28 out of 70 units sold
      192 10 THE Hong Leong Group's Tripartite Developers has sold 28 of the 70 units at its Dahlia Park freehold condo softlaunched last Friday at an average price of $618 per square foot. The impressive 40 per cent take-up rate for
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      Lock icon JP Morgan sees softer GDP growth
      237 10  -  By Anna Teo AFTER three strong quarters, Singapore's GDP numbers are due to display some softness, says JP Morgan. While the Ministry of Trade and Industry's advance estimates, released last week, show a strong, above-con-sensus 10.2 per cent year-on-year jump in economic output in
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      Lock icon Scrip lending will not affect sound companies
      476 11  -  Ho Kai Weng I REFER to the letter "Is scrip lending allowed? Why?" (Mailbag, Oct 12) by Lee Hock Soon. The answer can be found in the speech by DPM Lee Hsien Loong at the launch of the Singapore Exchange on Dec 1,1999.
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      Lock icon Who gains from CPF restoration?
      229 11  -  Chow Chee Khang I REFER to the article "Four-point CPF restoration draws mixed views", by Anna Teo (BT, Oct 12). I do not think this restoration of 4 percentage points of the employers' CPF contribution rate is good news for the people. If you remember,
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      Lock icon Retrenchment benefits: IRAS clarifies
      166 11  -  Chin-Mao Kawn Hwa (Mrs) wiMi-inuv ixuLL'fi nivu [mrsj Manager (Public Relations) Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore I REFER to the letter, "Making a case for retrenched workers", by Mr Andrew Cheah (Mailbag, Oct 14). IRAS wishes to clarify that "retrenchment benefits" are usually made up of
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      Lock icon $30 fee kills interest in low-priced IPOs
      434 11  -  Narayana Narayana I REFER to the letter, "Old vs new retail brokerage rates" (Mailbag, Oct 6). Mr Ong Hin Chui's explanation of brokerage costs under the new liberalised rates, while correct, gives only half the picture. From the small investor's point of view
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      Lock icon DBS Land minority holders seek answers
      263 11  -  Philip Loong Tien Choon I REFER to the letter, "Independent directors of DBS Land in favour of merger" (Mailbae Oct 14). In their reply, the independent directors said: "We have considered carefully and found the terms of the merger to be fair and reasonable,
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      189 10 More than just e-factoring, IntFactor is a comprehensive business-to-business e-commerce hub designed specially for SMEs and other companies seeking to bring their businesses into the internet era. An innovative product by International Factors (Singapore) Ltd, IntFactor offers a platform for businesses to trade online, as well as a fully-integrated factoring
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      9 11 Big day for DBS Land minorities tomorrow, Pg 12
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Big day for DBS Land minorities tomorrow
      791 12  -  BH*T?T7iTT7T?TTV® PROPERTY Key Issue is whether all their questions have been answered lee han shih THE independent directors of DBS Land came out strongly last week to support the takeover of their company by Pidemco Land. Having done so, they may open themselves
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      Lock icon Conran does the inn thing for City of London
      783 13 The design guru has teamed up with Wyndham Reuters THE Square Mile, London's age-old financial centre, is growing more rounded. Making money is still the point, but now City traders can do it in style. They can sleep in style, eat
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      382 12 /LTckA7iAu^H9Bß| I Freehold Condominium Development Site Hoor Orchard Road Af Site Area: I PgAa'R 43,150 sq ft I |l Development Potential: n. -Walking distance to Orchard Road,and M Somerset MKT M Investment Soki Division OwSSoong S3lB 622 nJjSLma *****16 /iy rrrr »J|i| Large Freehold K |n^ ta go— Condominium I
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      226 12 PURPOSE BUILT FACTORY Built in Approx. 54,692 sf Land area Approx. 52,497s Tenure:6oyrsfrom 1981 ■HIHHHH Sale with vacant posseisior Joint Marketing Agents: Knight WM Tan Kok Eng Frank Property Consultants 228 6894 251 7387 Oftair BUNGALOW DEVELOPMENT SITE AT OLIVE ROAD, District 11 Site area: 45,275 sq ft Zoned for
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      141 12 MARYLAND PARK PRIME FREEHOLD SITE WITH SEAVIEW FOR SALE Land Area 22,922.7 sqm (246,740 sf) Tenure Freehold For further details, ptease contact: Planning "Residential" Zoning 2.8 Plot Ratio Investment Parameters Up to 20 storeys Sales Department Description Popular and accessible location. Well 1 CoJtywQuay#l6-OOHSBC provided with amenities and good Building
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      168 13 Description 6 storey factory with ancillary office cum showroom Land Area About 53,800 sq ft m Gross Floor Area About 129,000 sq ft M Tenure HDB 30+30 yrs wef May 1990 W (upon exercise of the option to renew) Others 4 loading bays with 2 dock levellers J Separate passenger
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      297 13 For Sale By Tender 55 Übi Avenue 3 Singapore *****4 Description: A purpose-built -storey factory building with ancillary showroom at Ist storey l and ancillary office in a prime industrial location. Legal Description Lot Mukim 23 _Li— Gross F,oor Area 141.148 sq ft (subject to final survey) Land Area 70,579
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      297 13 (fflh Jones Lang I vW LaSalle. I BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF I CURRENCY, SINGAPORE PREMISES I At 79 Robinson Road, CPF Building I Units #01 -02, #01-01, #B1 -00. #82-00 I Floor area: 77,264 sq ft approx. I Lease of 99 yrs less 1 day from 10 Jan 1968 I
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon US party looks sickeningly like 1979
      754 14  -  .tJQIEfIBm OPINION paul krugman The writer is a professor of economics at MIT NYT ACCORDING to the script we were supposed to spend this first year of the new millennium celebrating the glories of the new economy. If things did go wrong, they were
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      152 14 They even applauded and waved their hands at the robbers, I wonder what has become of our society.' -MingtwlaMfl a Malaysian police investigator, after shoppers cheered as four men armed with revolvers smashed their way into a jewellery store in an effluent Kuala Lumpur suburb and fled
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      Lock icon e-Asean must not end up as hype
      674 14 EDITORIAL IT COMES as a relief that Asean has gone through its most recent test of cohesion intact, notwithstanding the group's image as an organisation in disarray and in search of a new way forward. Had the Chiangmai meeting of economic ministers this
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      Lock icon Why govt won't cut back on land sales for homes
      978 14  -  Its aim is to ensure steady supply in the medium to long term to ensure a stable housing market By Kalpana Rashiwala The writer is a BTjournalist DESPITE all the noise being made these days in the property industry about
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      Lock icon It's complacent to rely on lessons from old crises
      994 14  -  COMMENTARY By I Barry Riley FT MOMENTUM was the great theme in the global bull market in equities, which finally appeared to peak last March. The downturn began a little earlier outside the tech-nology-based sectors (though there were signs of a
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon People-friendly Budget ahead for Malaysia
      623 15  -  It may show slight surplus, says Mahathir From] Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur UNLIKE the "election Budget" last year, Malaysia is expected to unveil a broadbased package later this month to sustain the country's rapid economic growth and boost private spending further, according to
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      Lock icon Fuad Jaafar new Tenaga president, CEO
      109 15 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Tenaga Nasional Bhd, Malaysia's biggest power company, said it has named Fuad Jaafer, a senior vice-president as president and chief executive officer. Last month, Jamaludin Jaijis was appointed Tenaga's chairman, replacing Ahmad Tajuddin Ali who had also held the role of
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      321 15 KUALA LUMPUR Idris wants to remove Prime's exec chairman fghalr Bloomberg IDRIS Hydraulic Bhd, a Malaysian group controlled by the finance minister's nephew, said it wants an associate of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim ousted from a sister unit, after a boardroom row. At
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      258 15  -  From I Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur ARAB-MALAYSIAN Securities (AMS) has joined the growing number of Malaysian brokerages jostling to become one of the "universal brokers" in the consolidation of the overcrowded industry. Bank-backed AMS, which is owned by listed AMMB Holdings,
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        46 15 BANDAR Raya Developments yesterday appointed Mohamed Moiz Jabir Mohamed Ali Moiz a director. Last month, Mr Moiz and an associate agreed to pay RM351.2 million for 32.76 per cent of Bandar Raya. The stock closed up three sen at RM1.49 yesterday.
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        39 15 MALAYSIAN tycoon Samsudin Abu Hassan has resigned as director and deputy chairman of property-based Bolton Bhd with immediate effect. No reason was given for the resignation. Bolton shares yesterday closed 10 sen higher at RM1.67.
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      509 16  -  Index falls to 2-year low, peso hits new record low against US$ Fromi Al Labita in Manila AS embattled President Joseph Estrada yesterday accused opposition groups of plotting bombing and arson attacks to force him out of office for his alleged
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      177 16 MANILA AFP PHILIPPINE state-run casinos, which are targeted for privatisation, account for a sizable one per cent of the cash-strapped government's annual revenues, according to figures released here yesterday. Government figures showed the Philippine Amusement and Games Corp (Pagcor), a state firm that
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      350 16 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday challenged lawmakers investigating two financial scandals that they believe are linked to him to prove he had done anything wrong. The president, popularly known as Gus Dur, said the arrest of his masseur who
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      192 16 TOKYO AFP JAPAN is considering fresh loans worth US$54O million (***** million) to Indonesia at a planned meeting of donor nations this week, according to the Japan Broadcasting Corp (NHK). Indonesia will estimate its debt next year at US$4.9 billion during the World
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      492 17 BANGKOK Analysts cite cheaper fnnding costs, smaller non-performing loans, shrinking provisions Reuters THAI banks are set to post their best quarterly performance since the country plunged into a deep crisis in 1997 but serious problems still lie ahead, analysts say. Thai
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      153 17 BANGKOK AFP THAI firm Landmark Group is planning to buy its third luxury hotel in London, a report said yesterday. "The Landmark Group, led by hotel tycoon Jatuporn Sihanatkathakul, is planning to buy another luxury hotel in London," the Nation daily said. Mr
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      228 18 HONGKONG Reuters CHINA'S biggest mobile carrier China Mobile (Hongkong) kicked off its investor roadshow yesterday to raise up to USSS.I billion (SsB.9 billion) to help fund its U5532.84 billion deal to buy seven mobile phone networks from its parent, sources close
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      339 18 SHANGHAI Deal would be biggest since regulators' call for consolidation Reuters CHINA'S largest airline, China Southern Airlines Group, is in merger talks with China Northern Airlines Group and a deal might be reached by the end of the year, aviation sources said
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      315 18 GUANGZHOU Head start for Prudential on other UK insurers Bloomberg PRUDENTIAL pic, the UK's No 2 insurer, is starting a life insurance joint venture with a Chinese state-owned partner in the southern city of Guangzhou. The venture between Prudential Assurance pic and China
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      392 19 TAIPEI TWSE Index hits new 20-month low as investors find govt measures wanting Bloomberg AP TAIWAN'S key stock index hit a new 20-month low yesterday as investors felt mar-ket-boosting measures announced by the government wouldn't spur the economy. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co led
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      409 19 BEIJING PLA says situation 'complicated and grim' AFP CHINA'S military, in its strongest warning to Taiwan since President Chen Shui-bian took power, threatened yesterday to use force to block any move towards independence. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) said in a document entitled
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      394 20 NEW DELHI Despite S&P outlook downgrade, govt spending is under control, revenues buoyant: minister Reuters INDIA'S finance minister yesterday shrugged off Standard and Poor's revision in outlook over fiscal deficit concerns, saying government spending was under control and revenues were buoyant. Opening
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      580 20 COLOMBO NEWSH.kLUU Reuters NOW it has elected a hung Parliament, war-ravaged Sri Lanka is going to find the road to peace more slippery than at any time in its recent past. "They've cooked the goose of the peace process," said a Western diplomat after President
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      414 20 NEW DELHI Same poll rates Sonia Gandhi's performance as poor Reuters ONE year into the job, Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is still the most popular leader in the country, according to an opinion poll published on Sunday. Nearly 70
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      558 21 HONGKONG Companies' plan follows announcement of accord on USs3.s6b alliance Reuters INTERNET and telecom group Pacific Century CyberWorks and Australian partner Telstra Corp will invest up to US$4 billion (Ss7 billion) to build a global broadband cable network, a source close to the Hongkong
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      278 21 SHENZHEN Chinese company moving into 3G mobile phones Bloomberg TELEVISION maker Konka Group Co has teamed up with Intel Corp to manufacture the latest in wireless phones technology for the Chinese market, expanding its shift to telecommunications from the unprofitable television industry. It
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      213 21 TOKYO AP WORLDWIDE orders for Japanese semiconductor production equipment in August surged 118.2 per cent from a year ago to 196.7 billion yen (553.2 billion), producers said yesterday. The Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan said it was the eighteenth consecutive monthly year-on-year rise, reflecting chip-makers'
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      116 21 Reuters [TOKYO] Sony Corp yesterday unveiled a new series of its Vaio personal computers. The two new notebook computers mark a clear departure from its current line of PCs. One is a new Vaio laptop with a radically new translucent design. It is expected to retail
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      393 22 Japan's No 2 telco says it may ally with overseas carrier offering mobile and fixed services Bloomberg DDI Corp, Japan's No 2 phone company, said it has held preliminary talks about selling a stake to a foreign partner, part of its
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      602 22 Biggest broker E Trade posts rise in profit, rival Monex reports a loss Reuters JAPAN'S two largest online brokerage houses yesterday posted results for the past half year, one a small profit, the other a loss, reflecting a slowdown
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      334 22 DETROIT Bloomberg MICROSOFT Corp has formed partnerships with closely held Info Move and Response Services Center LLC to be the first to use the company's Internet service which provides information and services to drivers in their cars and
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      434 22 PARIS Bloomberg FRANCE'S leading Internet service provider Wanadoo has held advanced talks to acquire French online auction group ißazar in an all-share deal, the Wall Street Journal said yesterday. A spokeswoman for Wanadoo, a unit of France Telecom, refused to comment, while ißazar
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      236 22 LONDON Auction due to start yesterday bnt has been delayed by govt Reuters MOBILE phone firm Orange said yesterday it had pulled out of the UK government's auction of licences to provide wireless Internet services to desktop computers. The news came amid
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      882 24 Little progress, talks may go into 2nd day; fresh dashes break oat in Hebron AP Reuters [SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt] US President Bill Clinton appealed to Israel and the Palestinians at a crisis summit here yesterday to stop blaming each other for bloodshed
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      258 24 FRANKFURT Reuters EUROPEAN Central Bank President Wim Duisenberg was reported yesterday as signalling that the Group of Seven would not intervene if a severe Middle East crisis sparks a sharp fall in the euro's value. That comment drove the euro below
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      417 24 SINGAPORE Reuters AP CHEVRON Corp's agreement to acquire Texaco Inc for US$35 billion (5561.3 billion) in stock and assumed debt may sound the death knell for the downstream joint-.ven-ture Caltex in its current stand-alone form, analysts said yesterday. But the Caltex brand name
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      1116 24  -  Businesses urged to take care in selecting Chinese partners From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo CHINA'S Prime Minister Zhu Rongji last night gave unexpectedly strong assurances that Chinese authorities will "guarantee" the legal rights of Japanese and other investors in problem-laden Chinese investment corporations.
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      278 24 SEOUL Bloomberg HYUNDAI Engineering Construction Co, Korea's biggest employer, may have to go back to the government and its creditors for more financial assistance after talks on the sale of 222 billion won (***** million) of debt to a Singapore
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      600 25  -  LSE to create a pan-European market for growth, technology stocks From Neil Behrmann in London THE London Stock Exchange (LSE) is set for a record number of flotations this year, highlighting the paradox that in the same period British corporate failures
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      454 25 SEA ISLAND, Georgia Electronic finance will lead to more efficient markets as greater info reduces uncertainty Bloomberg GOVERNMENT regulators should only assist in not direct the evolution of financial markets as technology ushers in an era of electronic finance, Federal Reserve chairman
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      285 32  -  SOX Derivatives TnMagßeport ST Index/MSCI SPpore Index Lau Chee Keong SINGAPORE stocks rose yesterday, led by technology stocks, following a 7.9 per cent rise in Nasdaq last Friday, its second-largest rise ever. US markets rose sharply last Friday after some good profit results announced
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      242 32  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong TAIWAN stocks ended lower yesterday, with all gains made in early trade wiped out Despite the sharp rally in US markets and lower oil prices, investors continued to desert the Taiwan market, particularly the technology stocks as prices
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      187 32 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's research and development in oil palm cultivation has resulted in the crop generating the highest yield at 10 times or more when compared with other competing crops, according to Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik. Newer and higher yielding materials
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      314 32 Reuters Loodoo THE euro set three-week troughs against the dollar yesterday, coming within 3/4 cent of record lows after a rebound in US stocks and unsupportive remarks on intervention by European Central Bank president Wim Duisenberg. The troubled single currency sagged as far as U550.8506, its lowest level
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      2879 33 HONGKONG AFP HHangSeng +292JE HONGKONG share price rose 2 per cent yesterday on; technical rebound boosted b; gains on Wall Street at thi end of last week, dealers said However, sentiment re mained cautious due to th< tension in the Middle
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      2023 33 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 ♦182J1 SHARES in Tokyo rose by 1.2 per cent yesterday as players took their cue from the surge in US stocks at the end of last week, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 index gained 182.01 points to
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      990 33 Reuters FlShemhaiß Index +&83 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed mixed yesterday as a lack of substantial news kept investors sidelined and some analysts said a rebound in other Asian markets might be short-lived. The Shanghai B share index slid 1.54 per cent to end at 58.34 as turnover
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      364 33 AFP Qwp Index -245J6 TAIWAN share prices plunged 4.2 per cent yesterday as late selling wiped out earlier gains despite government support, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index lost 245.16 points to 5,630.95, on turnover of NT594.68 billion. Decliners led advancers 394 to 150, with 80
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      418 35 AFP fl Composite Index +16J4 MALAYSIAN share prices ended 2.2 per cent higher yesterday in heavy trade, boosted by Wall Street's gains at the end of last week, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 16.14 points to finish at
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      314 36 AFP Composite Index +25J0 SOUTH Korean shares rose 4.9 per cent yesterday with the index up 25.50 at 550.10. Volume was 336.8 million worth 2.3 trillion won. AFP Oct* An*m Swni 6090 290 Brawl Todl 675 25 Central Bank 255 -15 Choll Conm T3200 5000 OmGuBW* 2105 95 Doosong
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      282 36 AFP Q Composite Index -28.63 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 2.2 per cent yesterday with the Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index down 28.63 points at 1,295.02. Volume fell to 717.6 million shares worth 683.5 million pesos from 873 million shares worth 1.21 billion pesos on Friday.—AFP Oct W Usa COOO)
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      265 36 AFP QNZSE-40 +3&J5 NEW Zealand stocks climbed 1.9 per cent yesterday on modest turnover in the wake of Wall Street's strong bounce at the end of last week, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 35.65 points to 1,913.04 on turnover of NZ569.3 million. —AFP ocii» ig rmm Advantaga
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      550 36 AFP Hinftiuriei +6LBO AUSTRALIAN shares bounced 2 per cent higher yesterday, following Wall Street's recovery at the end of last week, brokers said. The All Ordinaries jumped 61.80 points, or 2 per cent, to 3,219.4. The SP/ASX 200 index was 64.7 points up at 3,266.6. Turnover came to 580.97
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      726 36 AFP n SET Index +182 SHARE prices rose 1.5 per cent yesterday following the strong rebound on the Nasdaq and in regional markets, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index rose 3.82 points to close at 258.08 and the SET 50 was up 0.33 of a
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      677 36 AFP Composite Index +155 INDONESIAN share prices closed up 0.9 per cent yesterday due to a rebound in regional markets, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 3.55 points at 411.75 on a volume of 1.50 billion shares worth 444.52 billion rupiah. Advancing stocks led decliners
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      303 41 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose three points to 1,721, the Baltic Handy Index (BHI) also climbed three points to 1,155, the Baltic Handymax Index firmed 29 points to 10,163 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was up eight points to 2,437, while the Baltic Panamax Index
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      619 41  -  Federation begins week-long campaign in 20 Asia-Pacific countries Byl Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) continued its fight against sub-standard ships with the start yesterday of its week-long crackdown on problem vessels in the Asia-Pacific region. ITF inspectors, aided by volunteers
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      123 41 [SINGAPORE] The Northern River, a cable laying vessel, was successfully converted from an offshore supply vessel by Singapore shipbuilder Pan- United Corporation. The multi-million dollar conversion contract was awarded by Charles Tompkins Consultants Ltd (CTC), a cable installation specialist based in North-east England. The conversion project
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      479 41 Opponents file legal action against USs43Bm project AFP [DHAKA] A US company's plan to build a US$43B million (*****.12 million) private container terminal at Bangladesh's troubled Chittagong port has hit another obstacle as its protesters file legal action against the Bangladeshi
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      163 41 AP [SINGAPORE] Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia have not filed claims to cover the cost of cleaning up a spiU that dumped thousands of tons of crude oil into the sea, a spokesman for the oil tanker's agent said yesterday. Tanker Pacific Management's
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      81 41 [LONDON] The Panama Canal Authority has introduced a priority treatment system for regular users of the canal, roughly equivalent to the "frequent flyer" rewards seen on airlines. A weighted average of total canal transits and fees paid by the shipping company over the past
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        351 42  -  Reports by David Hughes in London THE Italian government has launched a campaign to crack down on substandard ships entering its waters. This is the latest move in Europe in a climate of extreme sensitivity towards substandard ships following the Erika disaster. Coastguard inspectors
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        314 42 THE Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk is to get a US$6O million (Sslos million) container terminal under the control of the North Caucasus Railway, with the locally based Deno group of shipping and freight companies as the other main shareholder and handling agent. Harbour
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        110 42 SOUTH Korean construction firm Hyundai Engineering Construction has lost its fight with international environmental pressure group Greenpeace over the dumping of material dredged from the site of Hongkong's Container Terminal 9 (CT9) de- velopment. Greenpeace challenged the dumping of contaminated mud from the Rambler
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          76 42 TAIWANESE liner operators Uniglory and Yangroing have signed a slot share agreement that will see the two lines taking space on one another's ships on several Asian routes. Uniglory will take space on three of Yangming's services Korea to Taiwan, Taiwan to the Philippines
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          92 42 NEW Zealand yachtsman Grant Dalton has been fined nearly US$l7,OOO (SS30.000) for sailing his yacht the wrong way along one of the traffic separation lanes in the Dover Strait. Former Whitbread Round-the-World Race champion Dalton's 110-foot catamaran Club Med spent over an hour going north
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          148 42 NORWEGIAN Shipowners' Association director-general Rolf Saether has given a cautious welcome to the latest Norwegian government tax and Budget proposals for the country's shipping industry, which advocates little change over last year's stand. "It is very gratifying for the industry that the government now considers
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          93 42 BELGIAN shipping company CMB has confirmed speculation that it had sold its newly acquired stake in Hongkong-based bulk firm Wah Kwong to George Chao. The two made a play for the carrier earlier in the summer, snapping up the stakes of the company's other main investors.
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          99 42 THAI authorities have arrested a cargo ship thought to be the phantom vessel Julianna that vanished in early August on a voyage between Cidang, Indonesia,and Manila. The 2,054 gt ship was going under the name Verona under false Honduran registration. The authorities were alerted
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        123 53 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. Nov 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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        782 53 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        637 54 Carrier orders more than 100 installed and spare Trent 900 engines for its 25 snpeijnmbos Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines chose Rolls-Royce pic to supply engines for 25 Airbus Industrie A3XX jetliners, passing over a joint bid by General Electric Co and United Technologies
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        236 54 AP [BRUSSELS] Europe's biggest aerospace groups plan to improve coordination of research and development projects to compete against the more generously-funded US sector. The initiative was revealed at a meeting last week between industry chiefs and the European Commission in Brussels. It represents
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        99 54 [DARLINGTON] Works manager Bill Brown (left) carefully lowers theframe into place over the lead wheels of a mainline steam locomotive in Darlington, England, while Barry Williams (centre) the project's financial director, and apprentice mechanic Edward Farms look on. TheAl Steam Locomotive Trust aims to build thefirst standard-gauge, mainline
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        180 54 AFP [DUBLIN] The Irish state airline, Aer Lingus, said it was cancelling all of its 200 flights today because of a threatened 24-hour stoppage by its 1.000 cabin crew. In a statement, the company said it was not in a
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        253 54 Talks aim to give unlimited access to US, Japanese airlines Bloomberg [TOKYO] The US and Japan will begin talks on Nov 15 in Tokyo about a possible bilateral "open skies" agreement that would give unlimited access to US and Japanese carriers
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        239 54 Carriers will cooperate on flights to Mexico, eastern Canada Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co, Asia's largest airline by sales, said it will expand an existing marketing agreement with AMR Corp's American Airlines to cover flights to Mexico and eastern Canada. The two carriers
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          89 54 Bloomberg (SYDNEY] Qantas Airways, Australia's largest carrier, and China Eastern Airlines Corp, the country's third largest, have agreed to cooperate on four weekly (lights from Oct 29. Qantas will code-share on two China Eastern services between Sydney and Beijing via Shanghai, while China Eastern
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          107 54 {LONDON] Eurostar Group, operator of passenger trains through the tunnel between Britain and France, reported third-quarter sales growth of 20 per cent yesterday and said it continued to outperform its airline rivals. The company, run by the French and Belgian state-owned railways and Eurostar UK, said revenues rose
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          76 54 AP [NEW YORK] Boeing Co is close to a deal with United Parcel Service (UPS) to convert 80 used jumbo jets into freighters for moving cargo, the Wall Street Journal reported. The companies have reached a tentative pact calling for the conversion of a fleet
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      637 41 PEOPLE MSAS Global Logistics has named CK Lee as its chief executive officer for the Asia Pacific. Mr Lee was previously regional chief executive for the South and East Asia region. The appointment follows a global reorganisation resulting from the merger between Exel and Ocean Pte Ltd, the parent company
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