The Business Times, 26 October 2000

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 035/12/1999 85C SINGAPORE Internet: Hitp://business-times.asial .com.sg/ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2000
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  • 73 1 □m (+6.59) BT-SRI 1775J0 (+4.72) ST INDEX FUTTJBES MBlOO (+16.00) tasaßamtmEs U 250*90 (+4.10) STOCK MARKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE COMP ***** +9.73 NIKKEI 225 *****.47 387.72 RANG SENG 15,061.14 ***** SET INDEX 271.18 4X JAKARTA COMP—doaed MANILA COMP _U»4I7 +11.96 TAIPEI WP1 6,023.78—+105.15 SEOUL COMP ***** 2.72 CLSA
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  • 74 1 FOREX BATES uss ss USS 1.762 £(US$/SS per 1.444 1529 EUROfUS$/S$/E) 0.896 1.466 DM 1M<) 1336 YEN 108.0 61.70 RM J .800 1169 HKS 7.800 4.462 BAHT 43.68 24.93 RLiPlAH 8,965 5,117 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 Kl.ALA LTMPl'R 7.67 JAKARTA JM0 BANGKOK A50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI 1
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  • 575 1  -  Money to go towards promoting R&D and manpower development By Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] Science and technology will get a $7 billion boost over the next five years under the government's latest strategic plan to develop the sector. Unveiling the five-year plan yesterday. Trade
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  • 838 1  -  Non-binding report is closely read by EU policymakers From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG billionaire Li Ka-shing has rejected a report by the European Parliament which voices concern about the power and influence he wields. A spokesperson from Cheung
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  • 418 1  -  It warns of appropriate action to foster competition By Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore warned last night that any cartelstyle move to fix brokerage rates will be dealt with firmly. It said in a statement: "If the MAS or SGX
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  • 541 1  -  Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE) Mercedes-Benz is set to be the first to tempt the ultra-rich with a new-generation, super luxury limo in the new millennium. If you have a million bucks or more to burn, read on. Called the Mercedes Maybach, the all-new car
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    • 86 1 nrsmE Top Stories ■Creative Q1 up 63%. CEO Sim Wong Hoo pleased, but analysts not impressed. Pg4 DBS Bank will next develop hubs in Japan, Australia after expanding in S'pore and HK. Pg 7 Hutchison clinches 3G licence in Italy for HKsls.6b. Pg 11 Protesters at G-20 finance ministers meeting;
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    • 10 1 Commentary: Science masterplan the soft part is harder, Next Page
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    • 674 2  -  Treasury industry's pre-tax (sain hits $4.3b, revenue also at a peak of $5.4b By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] New initiatives to develop Singapore's capital market is bearing fruit. Singapore's treasury industry in 1999 posted new records both in terms of profits and revenues,
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    • 707 2  -  Currency plnnges to historic low of 49.80 against US dollar From Al Labita in Manila RISING political tensions pummelled the Philippine peso yesterday, dragging it down to a new low after VicePresident Gloria Arroyo joined the mounting calls for President Joseph
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 177 2 ONCE again it was the Young Turks who were fighting it out at the Law Society's council elections held yesterday. While apathy appears to have crept into the senior category (for lawyers with more than 12 years of practice) with only one nomination for three seats, the junior
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      • 114 2 COMPETITION, although it "may appear like a frightening spectre robbing local enterprises of their eminence and market share, helps to enhance the performance of lacklustre Firms and sharpen the cutting edge of good ones", noted Satpal Khattar, chairman of Khattar Wong and Partners. He made the point
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    • 159 2 Reuters [NEW YORK] Foreign exchange trading service FX Alliance said on Tuesday it will launch its online trading platform in the first quarter of next year, beating its major competitor Atriax to the punch. "We're still on track to deliver research and
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    • 752 2  -  arrrrrrn TECHNOLOGY kenneth james ALBERT Yu, Intel Corp's senior vice-president and top scientist, would probably give high marks to Singapore's new Science Technology 2005 masterplan (S&T 2005). Two years ago, Dr Yu came out with a little gem of a book called Creating
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 772 4  -  Profit jumps 63%; turnover up 13% on strong sales of sonnd card, PDE products By David Boey SHARES of Creative Technology, the world's foremost sound card maker, topped the losers' list on the Singapore market yesterday after punters were unnerved by news
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    • 732 4  -  HOCK !.f J m MUI david boey CREATIVE Technologies' much-celebrated range of Sound Blaster products, which bring sound to countless personal computers around the globe, took a back seat yesterday at the group's results briefing for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2001.
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    • 580 7  -  These are two major markets that cannot be ignored, says senior MD Philippe Paillart From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong WITH an eye on creating a major consumer banking powerhouse in Asia, DBS Bank will next develop hubs in Japan and Australia
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    • 442 7  -  Fromi Audrey Tan in Hongkong THE Marco Polo Hotel Group, which shut the door on its landmark Singapore hotel last year, is back in the market to buy or build a hotel in the Republic. Jeffrey Flowers, senior vice-president of marketing and development,
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    • 395 7  -  Group turnover np 10% to $87 Jm, 59% from outside S'pore By Tang Weng Fai IT training group Informatics Holdings yesterday reported a 22 per cent jump in interim net profit to $7.7 million. Group turnover rose 10 per cent to $87.1
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    • 328 7  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong SIN G APORE-LISTED i-One.Net yesterday signed an agreement with the Dalian city government to provide Internet infrastructure-relat-ed business in the Chinese city. i-One.Net's associate, i-One.Net (Beijing) Co Ltd, signed a joint venture deal with Sino V Technology Development,
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    • 451 7 $lllm exceptional gain last year swells comparison base Reuters NATIONAL carrier Singapore Airlines is expected to announce steady half-year profit tomorrow, despite a rise in passenger traffic and contributions from recent airline acquisitions. Last year's interim net profit had been boosted by
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    • 285 7  -  By' Teh Hooi Ling INDIA'S privately owned telecoms group Bharti Enterprises plans to bid for mobile phone licences in India with Singapore Telecoms, said a Bloomberg report. The Indian government is expected to invite bids in November. In response to the report, SingTel's spokesman
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    • 493 7  -  Shareholders fret and fume over exchange ratio By Andrea Tan THE merger between Somerset Holdings and the Ascott has cleared the last hurdle with Somerset's minority shareholders giving their approval yesterday. But those hoping for the peace and quiet at the Ascott's EGM
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    • 272 7  -  By Andrew Wee SINGAPORE Telecom will spend $50 million over the next five years building a high-speed nationwide data communications network. The new platform Meg@pop will be launched next Wednesday, providing IP (Internet protocol) data services for businesses, Internet service providers and content providers.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 196 6  -  WARRANT WATCH Bi R Sivanithy A QUICK look through the penny segment reveals that the devastation wrought by the plunges on Nasdaq has been widespread. We now have warrants with several years left which trade for under 10 cents (as is
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    • 579 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy IN keeping with how things turned out on Wall Street overnight, the few players who were in the local market yesterday switched out of tech stocks into banks and properties a continuation of a pattern that started about two
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    • 245 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan SHARES of audio and consumer electronics manufacturer Eastern Asia have collapsed in the past week. They fell 5.5 cents to 85.5 cents yesterday on heavy volume of 13.7 million. The technical charts look extremely bearish. Although the stock is in
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    • 480 6 Stock* Volume Nat E)ec 10c 26,475,000 Briertey NZ10c 24,851,000 NatSteeiSOc 23,609,000 Eastern Asia 13,673,000 PadficCenturylOc 11,647,000 SingTel 15c 9.703.000 Leong Hin 20c 5,306.000 NOL 4.896.000 ST Engg 10c 4,200,000 GES tnt) Ltd 20c 3,992.000 Stocks NatEleclOc 104,981,000 NatSteei 50c 51,233,420 DBSGrp 34,417,902 SingTel 15c 27,734.731 Chart Semiconductor 26c 25,300,108 UOB
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    • 141 6 ♦LC Development will hold its AGM on Nov 22, at 10.30 am, 1 Selegie Road, #03-01 Paradiz Centre. ♦CHUAN Hup Holdings will go ex-dividend (final dividend of 0.6 cent tax exempt and bonus dividend of 0.8 cent tax exempt) cm Nov 17; Last day for buying-in on a
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    • 338 6  -  JBJbJLHHUHllMdUyi CURRENCIES larry wee THE US dollar again ruled supreme as the euro crashed to another new low of 83 US cents towards the Asian close yesterday dragging currencies lower across the board. A growing consensus that there will be no
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 762 8  -  Malaysian 101 group's $252 psf ppr bid way below expectations By Marissa Chew THE closely followed tender for the large Enggor Street housing site closed yesterday with a whimper as the top bid came in 30 to 40 per cent below market expectations.
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    • 681 8  -  Dutch bank also sees firmer S$ keeping lid on imported inflation By Chuang Peck Ming THE world economy may be headed for a soft landing, but it will still be sunny days in Singapore. The Singapore economy will bask in strong growth of
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    • 195 8  -  By Vivien Ng EMBRACE, a human resource company with the backing of Singapore Technologies and venture capitalist group Vertex Management, aims to expand in Asia over the next few months. Launched yesterday, the company expects revenue of around $10 million in
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    • 42 8 In Monday's report of a round-table discussion held in conjunction with the eAwards, we misquoted Barney Lau of Cisco Systems as saying that an El connection costs $50,000 in Singapore. It in fact costs $15,000. We are sorry for the error.
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    • 234 8  -  MAILITEffI Thomas Tan Singapore via Internet I REFER to the article "Banks reviewing loan practice for old leasehold properties" (BT, Oct 24). I think your newspaper has touched on a subject close to many people's hearts. Most of us who live in leasehold property would
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    • 573 8  -  Higher start-up costs will mean slower initial price reductions By Teh Hooi Ling THE take-up rate of third generation (3G) mobile phone services in Singapore may lag behind that of Japan because of the government's decision to auction the 3G licences,
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    • 219 8  -  By Tang Weng Fai IT support company TRW Systems Overseas is set to exceed its US$5 million (SSB.B million) Asia Pacific revenue target this year by more than three times, raking in an expected US$l6 million. And the company, a unit of US-based
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    • 439 8  -  By Vivien Ng AS part of its 50th birthday celebrations, holiday resort specialist Club Med is setting up an urban entertainment and leisure club in the heart of Singapore, the first of its kind for the company in the
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  • e-NEWS
    • 546 9 SEATTLE LATWP INTERNET commerce bellwether Amazon.com reported better-than-expected results on Tuesday, a solid dose of good news for a company that has enjoyed little this year. Its third-quarter loss, excluding merger costs and other one-time expenses, was US$B9.5 million (*****.8 million), or
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      • 72 9 Reuters [PALO ALTO, California] Hewlett-Packard Co is buying the Internet software maker Bluestone Software Inc in a deal designed to enhance its vaunted e-services strategy. Bluestone makes a software that provides a critical link in its own vision of enabling businesses to communicate with
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      • 98 9 Reuters [TOKYO] Fujitsu Ltd, Japan's largest computer maker, reported yesterday its net profit for the past half-year surged by more than seven-fold due to strong demand for its electronic devices, mainly chips. Net profit for the six months to September totalled 172 billion yen (*****
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      • 91 9 AFP [TOKYO] Hitachi Ltd said yesterday it was buying the e-business consultancy of US group Grant Thornton LLP for US$l75 million (Ss3o7 million) as part of a diversification away from electronic hardware. Hitachi would consider floating the e-Business Consulting Group on the stock market as
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      • 89 9 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] AT&T Corp spent at least US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) less buying equipment from Lucent Technologies Inc during the past year as it went to rivals for more advanced gear, analysts said. The biggest maker of phone equipment said on a conference call
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      • 70 9 Reuters [SANTA CLARA] Computer networking equipment maker 3Com Corp announced on Tuesday it acquired Nomadic Technologies Inc, a developer erf wireless networking products, for US$33 million (SssB million) plus assumption of debt and other obligations. 3Com said the deal will strengthen its wireless portfolio, allowing
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    • 234 9 NEW YORK NYT COMPAQ Computer reported earnings and sales that beat Wall Street's expectations, bolstering arguments that the company is rebounding from problems that had hurt its performance the last two years. Compaq said on Tuesday it netted US$55O million (***** million), or 31
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    • 304 9 Reuters [NEW YORK] The creator of Lotus Notes, the software that changed the way office workers communicate with one another, unveiled on Tuesday a much-awaited software program that may do for online collaboration what Napster did for music sharing. Ray Ozzie, the legendary software
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    • 572 9 HONGKONG Net system's costs will be cat; firm may regroup business around telecom Bloomberg PACIFIC Century CyberWorks will cut spending on interactive Internet entertainment after an 80 per cent slide in its stock cut off its main channel of funds. CyberWorks chief financial officer David
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    • 447 9 TOKYO Group takes one-time restructuring charge to shut unprofitable outlets Bloomberg HIKARI Tsushin Inc's parent-level annual profit fell 40 per cent as the cellular phone seller suffered a one-time restructuring charge to close down more than half of its sales outlets as they were unprofitable.
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 574 10 It gains as much as 1.3% to 43.4150 per US$, even as Chnan denies BOT intervened Bloomberg, Reuters, AP [BANGKOK] The Thai baht, the second-worst performing currency in the Pacific Rim this month, rose for the first time in four days after a report
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    • 385 10  -  But he keeps mom on how RMB74m will be raised From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur TYCOON Halim Saad yesterday said he would pay cash for the 21.56 per cent in Renong, which he is buying from Time Engineering, but
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    • 215 10 Bat there are no repots «f damage or casualties in either country AP [SINGAPORE] People in high-rise buildings in Singapore felt tremors yesterday after a strong earthquake shook Indonesia's West Java province, but no injuries or damage were reported in the city-state. Mah Kheong
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    • 233 10 ■BANGKOK Move clears path for share sale to strategic partner Bloomberg THAI Airways International Pel shareholders approved raising the national carrier's foreign ownership limit to 30 per cent from 10 per cent, clearing the way for a long-de-layed share sale to a strategic partner.
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    • 520 11  -  It is said to be in talks with new partners to bid for French licence From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong LI Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa Ltd continues to score successes in Europe's emerging third generation (3G) mobile phone market, with the
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    • 244 11 JAKARTA AP THE key suspect in a multi-million dollar financial scandal has denied allegations that Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, also known as Gus Dur, was involved in the affair, media reports said yesterday. Ajip Agung Suwondo said on Tuesday he had never
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    • 286 11 WASHINGTON Bloomberg US officials have shut down public services at the American embassy in Jakarta for the rest of the week because of a threat of a terrorist attack, the US State Department said on Tuesday. The shutdown, which affects mainly
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    • 558 11  -  Members to start multilateral protocol work; Bering to hold bilateral meetings From D Ravi Kanth in Geneva THE World Trade Organization (WTO) is going to jumpstart China's membership talks next week, after some powerful trade majors and Beijing fought bitterly last month
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    • 651 11 HONGKONG HKs2lsm gains a sharp drop from HKsl.3b a year earlier FOUR months after New World Development Co vowed to slash debt and exit unprofitable telephone businesses, its stock has lost about a third of its value and it posted its lowest
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    • 248 11 BEIJING Reuters CHINA is planning a number of stock market reforms as it prepares to join the World Trade Organization, including allowing foreign firms to list domestic currency 'A' shares, the China Daily said yesterday. "The listing in China
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  • CAMPAIGN 2000
    • 622 12 Trades, reported on 1999 income tax return, described by experts as 'unusual' NYT [NEW YORK] IN the summer of 1999, Dick Cheney, who is now the Republican vice-presidential nominee, repeatedly received the closest thing to a guaranteed profit that the stock market has known:
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    • 596 12 WASHINGTON LAT-WP SUPPOSE they held a presidential election and the guy with the most votes didn't win. Could it happen to George W Bush two weeks from today? Every four years brings speculation about a nightmare political scenario the Constitution
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  • WORLD news
    • 451 13 It collapsed in mid-July with group liabilities of 1-87 trillion yen Bloomberg [TOKYO] Sogo Co, a failed Japanese department store operator, will shut almost half of its stores, cut about a third of its workers and ask creditors to forgive
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    • 386 13 TOKYO It's transferring production to Czech Republic AFP, Reuters MATSUSHITA Electric Industrial Co Ltd plans to cut up to 1,400 jobs in Britain in the latest blow to the UK government's stand on the euro. "Along with other Japanese companies
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    • 323 13 FRANKFURT Deutsche Post's privatisation could raise 9b euros Reuters GERMANY on Tuesday detailed plans to sell up to a third of its post office next month in one of the largest European stock market flotations this year which could raise
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    • 532 14 I WASHINGTON Need to strengthen fragile markets tops agenda; informal talks on oil likely AFP Reuters US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers on Tuesday hinted that currency alignments could be discussed informally at a meeting scheduled to start in Montreal later yesterday of
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    • 470 14 NEW YORK It will allow each anit to focus on its market niche, says company Reuters AT&T Corp yesterday said it would restructure into a famtty of four companies that will be separately traded and pay reduced dividends in an effort to
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    • 274 14 SEOUL Oana-Kyodo, AFP US President Bill Clinton will make a two-day visit to North Korea from Nov 12, South Korea's Yonhap Television News reported yesterday. Quoting an unidentified South Korean government official, the report said the agreement on Mr Clinton's historic visit
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    • 78 14 [VIENNA] Austria'sfirst monument to Jews killed by the Nazis was unveiled in Vienna yesterday as a testimony to the almost complete eradication of the country's Jewish community during World War Two. The "Nameless Library the brainchild of veteran Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal and constructed
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    • 473 14 FRANKFURT Critical report seen as another blow to Dnisenberg FT THE European Central Bank, which has been heavily criticised for its handling of the euro, is under fire from European Members of Parliament for the bonuses it paid its staff before the currency's
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    • 406 14 NEW YORK NYT XEROX Corp, which lost money in most of its businesses this quarter, said on Tuesday that it would sell pieces of most of its operations from inkjet printers to its Finance businesses to its share of Fuji Xerox. It is
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    • 230 14  -  From D Ravi Kanth in Geneva THE World Trade Organization has criticised the Clinton administration for slapping curbs on lamb imports worth over US$lOO million (Ssl7s million) from New Zealand and Australia last year. The WTO said the
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    • WORLDWatch
      • 65 14 FT (AMSTERDAM] Barings, the oldest name in London mprrhant hanking, is set to disappear in a rebranding exercise. ING, its Dutch owner, intends to phase out the local identities of subsidiaries worldwide in favour of the group marque. The switch will come as a final
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      • 110 14 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Aiwa Co, a Japanese audio maker, said president Yoshio Ishigaki will resign to take the blame for the company's second consecutive annual loss. Chairman Kozo Ohsone, 66, will act as president after Mr Ishigaki steps down at the end of this month.
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      • 89 14 AFP [SYDNEY] Australia's inflation rate, fuelled by the introduction of a goods and services tax, soared to a 10-year high in the 12 months to September, figures showed yesterday. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said consumer prices rose 3.7 pa* cent in the
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  • FINANCE & commodities
    • 279 15  -  SOX Derivatives TraiUngßeport OT lnde*/MS& SPpore Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore SINGAPORE stocks extended their gains yesterday on selective buying of bank stocks and heavyweights like Singapore Telecommunications. The weakness of technology stocks however, capped the gain in the Singapore Straits Times Index. The
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    • 212 15  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore TECHNOLOGY counters boosted the Taiwan stock index yesterday. Foreign funds were seen snapping up technology shares such as Taiwan Semiconductor. The MSCI Taiwan index gained 4.58 points or 1.67 per cent at 278.72 points. Turnover within the index
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    • 163 15 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oil prices cruised at lofty heights above US$3O a barrel yesterday after a reported fall in US heating fuel stockpiles underlined fears of a winter supply shock. Benchmark Brent crude was 21 US cents stronger at US$3l.BO a
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    • 331 15 London Reuters The euro fell to record lows against the dollar yesterday as speculation faded that the world's most powerful nations would launch any imminent rescue attempt. The threat of intervention to prop up the single currency has hung over the foreign exchanges since the Group of Seven
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  • STOCKS east asia
    • 2901 16 HONGKONG AFP, Bloomberg Hang Seng ****** HONGKONG share prices rose 0.9 per cent yesterday following gains in telecoms stocks led by Pacific Century CyberWorks, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index closed up 135.21 points at 15,061.14 on turnover of HK56.99 billion.
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    • 1997 16 TOKYO AFP □Nikkei 225 -307.72 SHARE prices in Tokyo fell 2 per cent yesterday as investors grew fearful the volatility of overseas markets might continue to depress local shares, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 index lost 307.72 points to close at
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      967 16 Reuters rl Shenzhen B Index +10.48 CHINA'S hard currency B shares surged nearly 10 per cent yesterday, the largest daily percentage gain in more than a year, as Chinese investors flocked to the market after a top regulator detailed market reform plans. But foreign investors looked askance, questioning whether
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    • 339 16 AFP □WP Index +105J5 TAIWAN share prices closed up 1.8 per cent yesterday to breach the psychologically important 6,000-point level on continued buying of technology shares and government support, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose for the fifth consecutive session by 105.15 points to 6,023.78
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  • STOCKS klse
    • 436 17 AFP Q Composite Index *9.73 MALAYSIAN shares ended 1.2 per cent higher yesterday on local institutional support for blue chips before tomorrow's Budget, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 9.73 points to Finish at 796.22. The Second Board Index
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    • 2789 18 BONDS WARRANTS Oct 25 M Ms fnm! U»«i U-ant Lot Vel Dai milKi tun* Um Urn Mk M*» M# Lot r Sato *ar I'OOO) M# Us him Mtar Ma IhMi) fata Met li»*|l Left 51.5 3.5 S Acma ******4 5 unch 50 5 5 4 5 5 41.0 1 300
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    • 314 18 AFP CI Composite Index -2.72 SOUTH Korean shares fell 0.5 per cent yesterday with the index down 2.72 at 542.33. Volume was 306 million shares worth 1.8 trillion won. AFP Oct 25 Won *h «IW Semi 5730 -270 Brain Tech 630 -10 Central Bank 170 0 CheM Coomd *****
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      736 18 AFP P SET Index -438 THAI share prices fell 1.6 per cent yesterday, with profittaking in energy and bluechips eroding earlier gains, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index fell 4.38 points to close at 271.10 points and the SET 50 index was down 0.38 points
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    • 255 18 AFP PWSE-40 -177 NEW Zealand shares closed 0.2 per cent lower yesterday with Fletcher Challenge Energy leading the losing stocks list, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index fell 4.77 points to 1,972.63 on turnover of NZ$B4.3 million.— AFP ktn coop) Advantage HQS 1.86 -0.06 22 AirNZA 1.74 0.02 65
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    • 561 18 AFP HAD Ordinaries +3i? AUSTRALIAN share prices rose 0.1 per cent yesterday, with firmer banking and telecommunications stocks offsetting continued weakness in News Corp, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index was 3.6 points higher at 3.213.2. The SP/ASX 200 also gained 3.6 points to finish at 3.264.3. Turnover was
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    • 273 18 AFP Q Composite Index +1L95 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.9 per cent higher yesterday with the Composite Index up 11.95 points at 1,294.37 points. Volume fell to 224.19 million shares worth 614.50 million pesos from Tuesday's 481 million shares worth 479 million pesos. —AFP Oct 25 Pt» (000) MRC
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  • MOTORING page
    • 360 20  -  Planned hybrid version to have internal combustion engine and battery-powered motors K/l Christopher Tan THE Toyota Corolla, one of the bestselling cars of all time with 28 million units sold since 1966, is likely to have a dualpower hybrid version soon. It will be the next
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    • 151 20  -  By Christopher Tan THE show-stopping Porsche Carrera GT, which made its debut at the 2000 Paris Mondial de L'Automobile just last month, will be gracing the Singapore Motor Show starting Nov 10. The Ferrari-beater, estimated to cost 700,000 marks (*****,457) in Germany when the first
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    • 621 20  -  Corporates have also tapped the event to boost marketing efforts By Geoffrey Eu THE global travelling speed show and media circus that is Formula One brought Kuala Lumpur and its environs to a near standstill last weekend, proving beyond a doubt that the
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    • 1408 20 Average open market value (OMV) of cars registered in September. MOOEL/MAKE CC AVE OMV(S) MODEL/MAKE CC AVE OMV» ALFA ROMEO A156 2.0 1370 ***** HONDA CTTY4A 1.493 ***** ALfiA ROMEO A156 2.5 2.492 26.441 HONDA GTTY4M 1,493 ***** ALfA ROMEO A166a0 2559_ ***** HONDA CfTYVTEC 4A 1,498
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
      • 112 20 IN anticipation of lower COE prices in the coming tender, Cycle Carriage has tagged the new Mercedes-Benz E2OO Kompressor at $213,000 on the road, $7,000 lower than previously. The package is only valid for one bidding round, similar to the $165,000 deal for
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      • 98 20 VOLVO distributor S M Motors is having a soft-launch for the sporty S6O today at its showroom in Alexandra Road. Targeted at cars like the Mercedes-Benz C-class and BMW 3-series, the S6O is scheduled to be officially launched at the Singapore Motor Show on Nov 10.
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      • 70 20 RENAULT of France has ended talks to buy Samsung Commercial Vehicle after more than one year of talks, putting the survival of the Korean company in question. According to Bloomberg, the European carmaker withdrew from the negotiations on Oct 10, saying it would
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      • 104 20 CYCLE Carriage is unveiling the new Proton Waja tomorrow at Takashimaya Square. The first new model to follow the successful and long-running Wira line, the Waja boasts more Malaysian content It also has input from Lotus Engineering courtesy of Proton's ownership of the
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      • 99 20 STAMFORD Tyres has just been appointed the sole distributor of Momo Road Wheels in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, and Momo Corse line of racing products in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Hongkong. Momo is an established manufacturer of high-quality and uniquely designed steering wheels, gear
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      • 60 20 AS today is a public holiday, results of the weekly bidding exercise for SDG-series car number plates will be announced on Saturday, Oct 28, after 2pm. Bidders can check the results via the Land Transport Authority's 24-hour pay Infoline on 1900-*****00. Otherwise, wait
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      • 105 20 IF you own a Porsche mountain bike, read this. Hie German sports car maker is carrying out tests on 713 of its bicycles. The models affected are Bike S (white), Bike FS (blue) and Bike FS Evolution (carbon frame). The air-cushioned front fork of these bikes
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      • 82 20 WOLFGANG Reitzle, the ex-BMW board member who now heads Ford's Premier Automotive Group, will be keynote speaker at the LA Auto Show scheduled for January. He will address the Motor Press Guild at a breakfast talk on Jan 4,2001. Among the more colourftil and
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      • 77 20 ANOTHER automotive portal, Dream Motor.com, has been launched officially. According to CEO Alan Tan, since the website's Singapore beta launch in June, "we have received encouraging response and feedback from both dealers and public users". The site encompasses everything from cars and bikes to yachts and
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      • 106 20 THE Saab Golf Challenge 2000 was successfully held at Laguna National Golf and Country Club on Oct 18. Inaugurated in 1993, the event saw about 100 participants, comprising Saab owners and their friends, as well as specially invited guests from Malaysia, congregating not only for a game
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      • 99 20 BRIDGESTONE will shut down three US plants and lay 0ff450 workers because demand for its tyres has dropped in light of a massive recall by subsidiary Firestone. According to Bloomberg, Bridgestone will close plants in La Vergne, Tennessee and Oklahoma City for 28
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      • 52 20 AUTO adventure group Wheels For Fun is organising an "eat all you want" trip next Saturday and Sunday. The menu includes top-grade durians and red rice wine. Charges are $49.99 for adults and $35 for children between four and 12. A $20 car registration fee applies. For details,
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      • 49 20  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan TIBS Nightßider bus service has gone two-directionaL There are eight routes criss-crossing the island, linking population centres to entertainment hubs. The Nightßider service was started in March, but was only one-way, bringing revellers back home and providing an alternative to taxi services.
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    • 2857 22 TYPE/LOCATION POSTAL CONTRACT BUILT-IN PRICE PSF I TYPE/LOCATION POSTAL CONTRACT BULT-JN PRCE PSF COO€ DATE (SOFT) (SS'OOO) <S$) COOC OATE (SOFT) (STOOD) (SS) 2-Room (Improved) L_ TeckWhyeLane *****9 22-Sep-00 741 123 166 Tetok Blangah Dr *****5 13-0ct-00 485 75 154 Tetok Blangah
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  • INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
    • 1634 23  -  The supply of 60-year leasehold industrial properties offer affordable alternatives, say joyce khorandtbouuh JOYCE KHOR, TEO LI LIM Joyce Khor is director, and Teo Li Lim, manager, of consultancy and research at CB Richard Ellis SINCE their re-introduction in 1992,60-year leasehold sites have been an important
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  • EXECUTIVESuite
    • 994 24  -  Its chiefs vision for the group is to expand its serviced residence business beyond the Asia Pacific region, says amdreatam amdhbatam THE chief executive officer designate of the soon-to-be-merged Ascott, Kee Teck Koon. comes across as an earnest man. Perhaps not as colourful as Capita
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 235 25 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose four points to 1,748, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained eight points to 1,623 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was up three points to 2,480, but the Baltic Handy Index (BHI) shed one point to 1,150, and the Baltic Handymax
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    • 262 25 Oct a w CWT Distribution 0.65 unch 0 Cosco Investment—0.17 unch 0 Freight Links 0.M unch 62 Geiiawmqi nn unch IMC HoWnga-HK _I9.60 unch 0 JayeHoMnga O.IS uncti 209 KeppeiCerp 3.34 -0.02 1040 KeppeiFELS 1.10 unch 243 Kappei Marine 0.19 -0.01 328 KXKM4TM .1.48 0.01 2410 Labroy Marine
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    • 522 25 Move paves way for European Commission to start case against Seoul at WTO Reuters [BRUSSELS] European shipbuilders complained to the European Union over South Korean state aid to its shipbuilders, opening the way for a possible EU case against
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    • 76 25 AFP [SAN FRANCISCO] Four of the world's largest cranes squeak under the Golden Gate Bridge by 210 cm, in San Francisco Bay. The 66 metres high cranes, which were manufactured by the Zhenhua Port Machinery Company of Shanghai, China, will have to slip under the San
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    • 167 25 Reuters [LAGOS] The Nigerian government promised to end corruption at the country's seaports in a bid to bolster sea trade. Transport Minister Ojo Maduekwe told a maritime seminar in the Nigerian commercial capital Lagos, that ridding the ports of corruption and sharp practices,
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    • 104 25 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Marine police detained three men suspected of attacking 30 craft in the Malacca Strait, Malaysia's national Bernama news agency reported. Authorities nabbed the pirate suspects off Malaysia's south-western coast on Oct 12, Muhamad Muda, a marine police commander, was quoted as saying. The
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    • 255 25 Merger of ship tanker units will be Japan's largest devoted to oil trade Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp, Japan's largest oil refiner, said it will take a majority stake in a venture with Cosmo Oil Co to merge their ship tanker
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    • FLEXIBLE shipping
      • 742 26  -  HK's AsiaShippingMarket.com has set up a search engine for owners and brokers to find part cargoes From P T Bangsberg in Manila WHILE most attention focuses on gargantuan cont a i n e r ships, other goods must be moved in more modest vessels. Asia Shipping
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    • 20890 32 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Destr, Name Name Number Number 23/n 18/12 Nortrans HELIKON 8/00 45-*****00 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote 0'I voire 24/ 20/12 uasc abu dhabi ciuw 45-*****17 07/TI
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      • 441 36 Vassal Voy Mo Bartti Arrival Departure JM|M Bt Butt Kary ***** JOI 25/10/8:10 25/K)/20:00 Raclmanuel 2 16/00 J03 25/10/7:15 25/10/21:00 Sri Baru 1 OHKT J02 25/10/630 25/K)/23r00 Muttiflexdt 01SA J17 25/10/7:20 25/10/23:59 Handy Fabina 2 J04 25/10/8:50 02/11/8:00 WinsUr 2 38S00 J02 25/10/7:45 25/10/21:00 Bt Dencipta2 ***** JOI
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      • 1967 36 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booting/EUI*nce Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACE COUTH *£004* 26/12 00 II 24/1500 2V»» 24/1900 a 24/T700 25/0659 25/0*00 21 24/1700 25/0*59 25/0900 25/0700 25/TI59 25/1400 4 25/1200 25/1459 25/1700 ACI GAMUT 07S 27/1*0 24/1500 24/1*59
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      • 106 36 Oct 29 Malaysia: Deepavali. Nov 1 Philippines: All Saint's Day. Nov 3 Japan: Culture Day. Nov 4 Sweden: All Saint's Day. Nor 11 Canada: Remembrance Day. USA: Veteran's Day. Nor 23 Japan: Labour Thanksgiving Day. USA: Thanksgiving Day. Not 30 Philippines: Bonifacio Day. Dec 3 Japan: Culture Day.
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      • 788 36 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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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 449 37 THE 'ECONOMY-CLASS' SYNDROME Minimnm seat spacing on airliners being reviewed to protect passengers Bloomberg [LONDON] The UK's Civil Aviation Authority said it may demand airlines provide more legroom on their Aircraft to protect passengers' health and safety. This follows the death
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      • 362 37  -  From Surinder Singh m Sydney THE death of British tourist Emma Christoffersen after a 20-hour flight from Sydney to London has led lawyers to dust off a law which could see airlines liable for hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation to passengers suffering
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      • 199 37 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US Federal Aviation Administration has imposed a moratorium on computer software tests and upgrades following two computer failures in less than a week that grounded hundreds of flights to and from California. The moratorium effects the FAA's 21 air-route
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      • 529 37 Maintaining fares will help carrier win more market share Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe's No 2 carrier, says there is no need to raise fares to offset higher fuel costs if the airline can attract more travellers from
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      • 656 37 Reuters (CHICAGO] Airbus Industrie may receive an order for its A3XX superjumbo airliners from a North American freight company by the end of the year, an official at the European consortium said Tuesday. Airbus's North America president Henri Courpron told reporters at
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    • LOGISTICS page
      • 590 38  -  Chinese city will give priority to industry in its 5-year plan From P T Bangsberg in Manila LOGISTICS is one of four sectors the Shanghai government will give priority to developing in its five-year plan through 2005, a senior official told a seminar in
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      • 160 38 [SINGAPORE] Once every six months, six specially-trained Thai elephants are sent to Beijing World Park to perform in parades and other public exhibitions. There, they play soccer and even provide free massages to bold volunteers. In Thailand, elephants are considered such national
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      • 182 38 [SINGAPORE] UPS Logistics, a unit of United Parcel Service, has clinched a service parts logistics contract from HewlettPackard (HP), adding to its more than US$l billion (551.75 billion) worth of long-term contracts signed up so far. UPS Logistics will manage parts inventory, transportation and returns
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      • 205 38 Distribution centre for Kenwood Logistics to be completed in March [SINGAPORE] The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in Johor has signed up Japanese electronics manufacturer Kenwood Logistics as a tenant in its free zone area. Construction of the 15,050 sq m
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