The Business Times, 13 December 2000

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85C S INGAPORE Internet: http://'Dusiness-times.asial .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2000
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    71 1 FOBEX BATES US$ s$ US$ 1-7* £(US$/S$per£) 1-456 ISM EURO(US$/S$/E) OS79 IJBK DM 1224 1582 YEN 1112 M.10 RM IBM 11* HKS 7.7*7 4.4* BAHT 43J3 21.09 RUP1AH 1,487 MSO PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA UJMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA ».80 BANGKOK 9.86 MANILA 11.W HONGKONG 8.86 TAirEI 7.84 SYDNEY 8.50
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    Lock icon Centrepoint may scrap extension over $10m tunnel
    703 1  -  ■UHZM3hmmh Sources say ÜBA approval comes with proviso for underground link to Orchard Point By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] In a development that would interest other Orchard Road mall owners, Centrepoint Properties' delayed plans to build an extension to its namesake mall may be
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    Lock icon UEM deal with Halim dents KL market
    538 1  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Kuala Lumpur market took a knock yesterday as investors dumped stocks of Renong Bhd and associate United Engineers Malaysia (UEM) following the latter's decision to allow tycoon Halim Saad to delay payment for about RM3 billion
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    Lock icon Aggressive rate cuts fuel 16% fall in phone charges
    826 1  -  Steepest drop of 41% are for calls to HE; most cats offered by new providers Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Phone charges to the top eight overseas destinations have fallen by an average of 16 per cent in the past three months,
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      92 1 dtstoe Money Mutton US markets: trickier ride ahead? Pg 32 Top Stories MAS to sell 15-year Singapore Government Securities (SGS) next Sept Next Page Avimo earnings surge 48% to $30m. Pg 4 Hope yet for smallticket electronics items. Pg 4 111 8 "*****1******4" Earn PERKS everytime you spend. With greater
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      24 1 > > Astra chief on rights issues. debt repayment cash flow Pg 18 Who will bag the for 2001? Pg 17 What now for Back Pg
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      22 1 i2u raises the ante in overseas call market, Pg 7 1 > k f *-s*. i'* Roar of the Celtic tiger Pg 23
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      Lock icon S'pore govt to issue 15-year bonds in Sept
      383 2  -  Traders upbeat about demand; say securities will serve as market benchmark Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] In another move to develop Singapore's bond market, the government will for the first time issue 15-year Singapore Government Securities (SGS) next September. The issue one of
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      295 2 It pays to keep tabs Comparison of overseas charges for a 8-minute-15-second call (S$) via Zone 1511 viaZone1511 w m MUtt I**! I« i MM HS HH131 EBIIiflU B f WH IPSPlft at KSffffil s msl IH91 f m 1 fm T?f H9 LMMI iHl AsaUr GfTpsafr Peak Off peak
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Creative thinking
        117 2 THOUGH technology stocks seem to have fallen out of favour lately, Creative Technology, the world's foremost soundcard maker, looks poised to position itself for future growth. We hear that chief Sim Wong Hoo wants to expand Creative's headcount by more than 10 per cent by the end of
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        Lock icon Digital preferences
        87 2 LAST weekend, BT ran an online poll after the announcement by the Singapore Broadcasting Authority that it would adopt digital broadcasting. Readers were asked to respond to the statement, 'The digital TV committee wants to do away with analogue.' Here's what readers think: It is a good recommendation
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      Lock icon Korn/Ferry lands its first Asian boss for Asia-Pac
      875 2  -  BTiamiuwj S'pore-born Charles Tseng is also first 'outsider' in the job By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Korn/Ferry International's latest search for a new Asia-Pacific president has landed it its first Asian and first "outsider" in the job Singapore-born Charles Tseng from rival firm
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      Lock icon CapitaLand to tap youthful creative juices
      398 2  -  Young Ideas Panel will work on projects to boost businesses By Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] A group of 30odd chosen men and women below the age of 30 gathered yesterday at Capital Tower for the inaugural reception of Capita Land's Young Ideas Panel, or YIP.
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      120 2 ZENITH Swiss watchmakers since 1865 PPST El Primero, the first automatic chronograph movement in watchmaking history, was developed in 1969 and its creation represented the last great challenge in the art of watchmaking. To this day it is the most accurate chronograph in the world, measuring time intervals to a
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      5 2 Korn/Ferry diversifies downwards, Pg 9
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  • US election
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      Lock icon Debate begins on how crucial Dec 12 deadline is
      785 3 NYT [WASHINGTON] Dec 12 midnight is the deadline established by federal law for the selection of Electoral College delegates who will vote their choice for president next Monday. But how can this be done with the last five weeks of protracted
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      Lock icon US justices trying to find middle ground, say legal experts
      779 3 NYT [NEW YORK] On Saturday, when the US Supreme Court stopped the recount in Florida, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia sent a thunderous message to the world. The Bush team "has a substantial probability of success", he said. In the legal
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      22 3 I H Vv^v^ **^F www.cartier.com Singapore Ngee Ann City Tel 734 2427 Hilton International The Shopping Gallery Ground Floor Tel 235 0295
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Avimo earnings surge 48% to $30m
      392 4  -  FY2OOI gain may be lower, good longer-term outlook for maker of military optics, gnn turrets By David Boey MAINBOARD-listed Avimo Group, which makes military optics and gun turrets, yesterday reported a 48 per cent surge in full-year earnings to $29.8 million. Chairman Bernard Rocquemont
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      Lock icon Hope yet for small-ticket etectronics items
      680 4  -  HocKimimam jennifer lien It's three weeks after Thanksgiving, and all indications as I sit here in Silicon Valley point to a disappointing holiday shopping season so far for computer makers. While PC makers and their component suppliers are probably throwing up their hands in
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      Lock icon Lufthansa to be sole Star bidder for Thai Airways
      340 5  -  Chief also says German carrier definitely not bidding for Air India From George Joseph in Bangkok SINGAPORE Airlines is not eyeing a stake in Thai Airways but German airline Lufthansa will be the sole bidder from the Star Alliance group to
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      Lock icon Early Christmas for Stock Challenge winner
      316 5  -  By Serena Ng CHRISTMAS has come early for bank executive Chew Kok Lim who yesterday received a Citibank cheque for the $20,000 grand prize in the Citibank Stock Challenge. The fresh-faced 25-year-old, who works in DBS Bank's corporate banking division, has not decided what
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      Lock icon Eastech sees double-digit growth this year
      409 5  -  Taiwan firm cites heavy R&D investments for strong results By David Boey EASTERN Asia Technology (Eastech), a mainboard-listed consumer electronics maker, said yesterday that heavy investments in research and development and a group-wide restructuring should help the company post double-digit sales and earnings growth
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon Profit Jump for North Tech
        78 5 NORTH Technology Services Group has reported a big jump in net profit to HK56.25 million (Ssl.4 million) for the half year to Sept 30 from $28,000 a year ago. The company saw a 157 per cent growth in revenue to HK$57 million. The improvement in
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        Lock icon Pacific Andes more than doubles profit
        65 5 BOOSTED by increased sales and strict cost control measures, Pacific Andes Holdings more than doubled its interim net profit, from HK$lO.5 million (552.3 million) to HK522.3 million. For the six months ended Sept 30, turnover rose 20 per cent to HK1664 million due to
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        Lock icon Hiap Seng profit hits $3m
        81 5 HIAP Seng Engineering yesterday posted a 40 per cent rise in profit before tax to $2.9 million on the back of a 20 per cent increase in turnover to $46 million. For the six months ended Sept 30, net profit was up 2 per cent
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        Lock icon Corrections and clarifications
        58 5 IN yesterday's report "NEL expects full-year profit to drop 31% to $58m", we said Nat Steel Electronics had hired DBS Group to review its 52 per cent stake in Nat Steel Broadway. It is Nat Steel Ltd which has hired DBS to review its stake in Nat
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      1762 4 DATAPULSE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twentieth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at The Pan Pacific Hotel Singapore Ocean 1-2 Room 7 Raffles Boulevard Marina Square Singapore *****5 on Friday, 29 December
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      242 5 Thai, Lufthansa plan joint venture, Shipping Times Back Page W W :>k^'MM^^t Jm£'' SI From the rush of the world under my feet, to the inner peace of Enlightened seekers know that a destination isn't work together to convenience of an automatic. And the new Super flbt? rock-solid ride, nothing
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      19 5 V I N U M FINE WINE MERCHANTS VINUM comes to town! Opening Friday 15 th Dec 2000 I
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon First Engg wrt: time factor adds to liquidity problem
      186 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy IN yesterday's column we discussed the main problem afflicting the penny segment of the local market poor liquidity. Today's feature, the warrant issued by First Engineering, suffers from just this affliction, plus an added problem time
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      Lock icon Interest in bank stocks fails to prop up market
      559 6  -  JKJLJHHHiaaaaaM STOCKS r.sivanithy IT was probably a case of "buy in anticipation, sell on fact" in the local stock market yesterday as the Straits Times Index dropped 20.58 points- to 1,983.71. Traders had bought index stocks enthusiastically on Monday because Nasdaq
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      515 6 Stocks Volume MediaRing 10c 34,252,000 IPC020c 20,456,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 18,117,000 Omni Ind 10c 14,334,000 PCI 25c 13,158,000 Eastern Asia 12,482,000 PacificCenturyl Oc 10,408,000 AddvalTech 2.5c 10,355,000 NOL 8,190,000 PohLianlOc 7,861,000 Stocks Chart Semiconductor 26c 109,261,960 DBS Grp 46,765,125 Omni Ind 10c 44,404,342 OCBC 28,622,919 OUB 26,464,696 VentureMfg25c 21,164,898 SI
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      Lock icon CityDev likely to trade sideways
      242 6  -  HOT STOCK By Serena Ng THE City Developments stock has been range-bound for several weeks and may not break out in the near term. The counter slipped 25 cents yesterday to close at $7.65 on volume of about one million. It has been fluctuating between
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      138 6 PACIFIC Andes (Holdings) will hold its Special General Meeting on Dec 29 at 10.00 am, Fort Canning Country Club, Percival Room, 11 Canning Walk. ♦LION Asiapac has appointed Toh Sim Cheng as a joint secretary with effect from Dec 8. ♦ASIA Pacific Breweries will go ex-dividend (final dividend
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      133 6 Pre-Christmas Festive Buffet Festive Buffet High^ December 15-22 $28.00 Lunch December 23-25 $25.00 December 15-23 $32.00 Dinner a*— 12 noon 5.00 pm Christmas' Eve Festive Dinner Carolling 150.00 per couple with novelties half December 20-23: Lobby 7 pm bottle of champagne December 24: Georges Lounge 7 pm @$75.00 per person
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      70 6 Grow Your CPF With eiBht Important All applications for units in eight nW be made on the application forms accompanying the prospectus Investors must read toe piospectus The value of the units and 4ie income from them may fail as well as rise S3l >1 IS BAI Larry Wee's currencies
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon World's biggest high-speed wireless network for NTU
      529 7  -  The system is first for tertiary institutions in Asia-Pacific By Errol George NANYANG Technological University (NTU) has put in place the world's largest high-speed wireless network costing about $3.3 million. Called NTUwireless, it is also the first campus-wide wireless network for tertiary institutions
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      Lock icon DBS launches wireless banking
      283 7  -  New service enables secure transactions through mobile phones By Ling Su Ann DBS customers can now do their banking through their mobile phones and other WAP-en-abled (Wireless Application Protocol) devices. Launched yesterday, DBS' new wireless banking service lets customers carry out banking transactions and access financial
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      Lock icon i2u raises the ante in overseas call market
      312 7  -  It guarantees lowest rates to top 20 international destinations Reports by Teh Hooi Ling i2u yesterday upped the ante in the overseas call market by guaranteeing its rates to the top 20 overseas destinations will be the cheapest. If not, it will
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      Lock icon M1, Sonera zed to kick off mobile Net services
      300 7 MOBILEONE has joined forces with Finland's Sonera zed to launch mobile portal services in Singapore. The partners will deliver real-time information, mobile data and timemanagement applications for mobile phones. Zed, a subsidiary of Finland's Sonera Corp, offers services ranging from business
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      Lock icon NTT and TX123 launch B2B construction portal
      251 8  -  30 contractors, suppliers sign up with iczl23.com By Erin Toh WITH about $200 billion worth of buUding projects expected in Singapore during the next 20 to 30 years, TXI23 and NTT Singapore have jointly set up a business-to-business construction portal, icxl23.com. TXI23, which
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      Lock icon 6 new board members for The Esplanade
      198 8 THE Esplanade Co Ltd has appointed six new members to its board. They are: Singapore's Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh, lan Batey, Edmund Tie, Kevin Kwok, Andy Lim and Yeo Guat Kwang. Prof Koh is known for championing the arts in Singapore. He was chairman
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      Lock icon Growth in non-oil exports seen easing
      235 8  -  By Eugene Low THE 'growth of Singapore's non-oil domestic exports is likely to ease in line with the slowdown in the US economy, according to a Barclays Capital report. The bank expects November's exports to rise 15.9 per cent year on year on a
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      Lock icon CPF members should plan finances carefully
      355 8  -  MAILl.Tffi Ronald Chong Manager (Public Affairs) CPF Board Singapore I REFER to the article in the Your Money column, "In the long term, we must have net gains", by William Cai (BT, Nov 29). Mr Cai was commenting on the Central Provident Fund Board's
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      2837 8 BAVIMO AVI MO GROUP LIMITED UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2000 AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT The board of directors of Avimo Group Limited announces the following results for the year ended September 30. 2000: CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT (Continued) Year ended September 30,2000 RESULTS 2000
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      68 8 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletter@ sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear
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  • EXECUTIVE search
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      Lock icon Korn/Ferry diversifies downwards
      1521 9  -  The exec search firm is now headhunting middle and entry-level personnel in order to provide a more complete service to its clients, reports ammateo ANNA TEO AFTER 30 years firmly entrenched in the upper corporate echelons, why has leading executive search firm Korn/Ferry International ventured down to
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      Lock icon Interim CEOs may make their appearance in Asia soon
      452 9 EMERGING in America, and coming, sooner than later, in Asia the interim CEO. Short-term or temporary positions have traditionally been the preserve of largely administrative and support staff. But, particularly with the rise of startup firms and dot-coms, interim or "temp"
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      Lock icon Doing what's in the best interests of the client
      311 9 IF there's one thing that Charles Tseng will do as Korn/Ferry Asia-Pacific president, it's to drive home the message that the client is king. "I've always believed you must have a client service mentality and I've always believed that whenever any
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Will new Thai govt revive mega-projects?
      819 10  -  ■3iu3jiln33H OPINION harish mehta The writer is BT's Bangkok correspondent. He is also BT's Indochina specialist THAILAND has no shortage of bright ideas. Three of the most controversial mega-projects worth a combined US$23 billion (Ss4o billion) a controversial shipping canal across the isthmus of
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      76 10 The grocery business is the lowest margin business extant With dog food, if you double bag it you lose Baiben economist, on Pets.com trying to sell dog food on the Internet 'If things went beyond control, there might be no election at all.' Ftn n M Thai
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      Lock icon Issues for the election
      694 10 EDITORIAL ONE thing Singapore's ruling People's Action Party can't be accused of— come election time sometime in the next 20 months —is that of springing a surprise on the opposition with snap polls. Officially, the government has until August 2002 to hold the next general election,
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      Lock icon Wireless the way to go in the Tech II Revolution
      990 10  -  The technology revolution is alive and well, despite this year's tech wreck in stock markets around the world by Edward Yardeni The writer is the chief investment strateg istfor Deutsche Bank Securities EVERY decade seems to have a theme. In
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      Lock icon IMF failed to learn from Asian crisis
      628 10  -  COMMENTARY But the country has to ensure the money doesn't flow oat By Floyd Norris The writer is a columnist forNYT IT'S bailout time. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), having just broken speed records for arranging a huge cash infusion for Turkey, will
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Court orders bank to hand over records
      490 11 MANILA Move follows prosecutor's charge that records are in danger of being tampered with Reuters THE head of a court hearing the impeachment trial of President Joseph Estrada ordered the country's thirdlargest bank yesterday to turn over records prosecutors said they needed to
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      Lock icon Govt pension fund KWAP set to own 49% of MAS
      415 11 It is expected to onload part of stake to Swiss Air or Qantas MALAYSIAN government pension fund Kumpulan Wang Amanah Pencen (KWAP) is set to own 49 per cent of Malaysia Airlines, the biggest shareholder. The pension fund has almost
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      Lock icon Mobile phone marketing to continue: Globe
      277 11  -  Philippine panel accepts explanation from SingTel's unit From Al Labita in Manila GLOBE Telecom, Singapore Telecom's listed Manila unit, said yesterday it would continue to market its mobile phone service after a state regulatory agency called off its plan to suspend it for two
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      Lock icon Petronas CEO takes over as Proton chief
      143 11 KUALA LUMPUR AP THE president of Malaysia's national oil company, Petronas, took over as chairman yesterday of Proton, a carmaker the Malaysian government is struggling to save in an increasingly competitive environment. The Petronas acquisition of 25.8 per cent in Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional,
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      Lock icon Gus Dur pushes on with West Pacific Forum
      822 11  -  ASEAN Just how interdependent are the economies of Singapore and Indonesia? yang razali kassim AN upset President Abdurrahman Wahid has said he will proceed to set up the West Pacific Forum (WPF), with or without support from his Asean neighbours. Last week,
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      Lock icon HK moots Singapore-style medical savings scheme
      507 12  -  Officials concede that timing of proposal may generate controversy From Audrey Tan in Hongkong HONGKONG'S health officials yesterday unveiled proposals for a Singa-pore-style personal medical savings scheme, even as they acknowledged that the timing of the announcement may generate much controversy. Secretary for Health
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      Lock icon No Rush Hour at Jackie Chan firm Global Food Culture
      405 12  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong WE are more accustomed to him expounding on film making, movie angles and stunt execution. But yesterday Chan Kong Sang, chairman of Global Food Culture Group Limited, aka Jackie Chan, was on less familiar
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      Lock icon TPI debt revamp delayed again
      181 12 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAILAND'S Bankruptcy Court delayed approving a US$3.B billion (556.7 billion) debt restructuring plan for Thai Petrochemical Industry pel (TPI) for a second time after chief executive Prachai Leophairatana asked the Supreme Court to change the team of judges. "The Supreme Court accepted the
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      Lock icon EU and Asean meet halfway on Myanmar
      374 12 VIENTIANE Reference to Myanmar weaker than what Enrope had envisaged EUROPEAN and South-east Asian countries ended landmark talks yesterday, meeting each other halfway on the contentious issue of human rights in Myanmar and agreeing to strengthen their flagging trade ties. The two-day talks
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      Lock icon Taiwan clarifies controversial write-off rule
      465 13 TAIPEI Time bar aimed at warding off critics of accounting change Bloomberg TAIWAN said a new plan that gives banks a decade to write off stock market losses applies only to this year, aiming to head off criticism that lenders are being coddled by changes
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      Lock icon Taiwan to drop curbs on foreign funds
      133 13 TAIPEI Reuters TAIWAN'S finance ministry will scrap limits on foreign investment in the domestic stock market from Jan 2, 2001, a ministry spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman quoted Vice-Finance Minister Sean Chen as telling Parliament on Monday that the ministry will coordinate with
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      Lock icon PetroChina-Asia's most profitable firm
      220 13 HONGKONG Bloomberg PETROCHINA Co will be Asia's most profitable publicly traded company this year, just eight months after China's top oil producer sold shares in New York and Hongkong, analysts said. PetroChina's net income is expected to more than double this year to 54.3 billion yuan
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      Lock icon Govt support reason for UMC S'pore plant
      280 13 TAIPEI Company says S'pore govt backs industry better than Taiwan AP TAIWANESE microchip maker United Microelectronics Corp said Tuesday its decision to build a US$2 billion (553.4 billion) wafer fabrication plant in Singapore was because the city-state government supports "knowledge industry" better than
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon US Fed approves Chase's purchase of JP Morgan
      338 14 WASHINGTON It says merger won't threaten competition; seen completed within first 3 months of 2001 AP THE US Federal Reserve has approved Chase Manhattan Corp's U5535.2 billion (5561.1 billion) purchase of investment bank JP Morgan, a deal uniting two of Wall Street's
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      Lock icon US money managers betting on rate cut
      572 14 They ha ve been baying banks, real estate investment trusts, cyclicals Reuters MONEY managers are betting the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 50 basis points by June and have already begun buying banks, real estate investment trusts and cyclical stocks in
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      Lock icon Nabisco sales to Philip Morris, Reynolds done
      196 14 NEW YORK Reuters PHILIP Morris Cos Inc, owner of Kraft Foods, said on Monday it has scooped up Nabisco Holdings Corp, and RJ Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc said it completed its purchase of Nabisco's former parent, Nabisco Group Holdings Corp. The complicated deals
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      578 15 NEWYORK But it raises animal savings from purchase to USs2.sb Bloomberg GENERAL Electric Co will take US$4 billion (Ss7 billion) in pre-tax charges for the purchase of Honeywell International Inc and has raised its estimated annual savings from the acquisition to US$2.5 billion.
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      533 15 DETROIT NYT THE Ford Motor Co announced on Monday the recall of 110,633 Ford Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer sport utility vehicles because a poorly programmed computer chip in the engines fails to limit the vehicles' top speed. The company also said that the
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      178 15 LONDON SINGAPORE Airlines Ltd affiliate Virgin Atlantic is likely to announce an order on Friday for six Airbus A3XX super-jumbo airliners with Rolls-Royce pic engines, industry sources said yesterday. The deal worth US$l.4 billion (552.5 billion) at catalogue prices will give Airbus
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      312 15 WASHINGTON They need not give np quit-smoking business Bloomberg GLAXO Wellcome pic said US regulators tentatively approved its US$6B billion (SsllB billion) merger with SmithKline Beecham pic to create the world's No 2 drug maker, without requiring them to give up their antismoking treatments.
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      463 17  -  CARUIMJH With sales of 11,092 cars under Nissan's belt as of end-November, it leads nearest rival and compatriot Toyota by more than 2,700 units christopher tan THEY say it ain't over till it's over. But in the case of Nissan, it looks like
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      454 18  -  VISIT TO ASTRA Indonesia's automotive-based group has two years to plan for second tranche of repayment All reports by s by Christopher Tan in Jakarta INDONESIAN automotive-based group Astra International is considering a rights issue to help meet its second series of debt
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      346 18 ASTRA is close to penetrating the Australian automotive components market, an industry worth As 7 billion (556.6 billion) a year. Leveraging on shareholder Cycle Carriage's familiarity with the Australian motor market (Cycle Carriage distributes Hyundai and Audi there), Astra has held talks
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      457 18 CAR sales will be flat next year for Astra, after having more than quadrupled this year. But motorcycle sales have room to zoom ahead. Toss in Himawan, chief executive of Federal Motor to be renamed Astra Honda Motor
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      558 18 ASTRA subsidiary United Tractors is poised to report record gross earnings of 1.2 trillion rupiah (*****.4 million) this year (1999: 900 billion) despite a near-standstill in the construction industry. United Tractors chief Hagianto Kumala said this is because of better sales in the mining equipment division. Each Komatsu
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      836 19  -  To address confidence issues, IDA is helping to set up a full-fledged e-commerce infrastructure By Seah Lye Khim Seah LyeKhim (seah lye_ khim@ida.gov.sg) is Deputy Directorfor E-commerce Infrastructure, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore THE influence of the Internet in the Asian business environment remains dominant, despite the.
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      463 20 TOKYO US giant trying to expand into Japan online services US giant America Online Inc is in talks with Japan's Toyota Motor Corp and high-tech leader Sony Corp to gain footholds in companies with cutting-edge online strategies in Japan. The talks, reported by
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      250 20 M TAIPEI Bloomberg ACER Inc, Taiwan's biggest personal computer maker, said it will halve the number of factories it operates and sell stock investments to cut costs and boost sales in the face of slowing demand. Under the plan, likely to be unveiled by chairman
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      329 20 SAN FRANCISCO IBM's superfast chip will hit market by next year AFP IBM on Monday joined Intel in the race to create a speedier computer microprocessor, and said its superfast chips would be on the market by next year. IBM's announcement,
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      308 20 ■SEOUL AFP FOR a cool US$9,OOO (5515,750) South Korean households can buy what the maker claims is the first Internet fridge on the market. The arrival of the Digital Network Refrigerator is the opening salvo from LG Electronics Inc in what is expected to
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      424 21 SUNNYVALE, California Temporary slowdown in demand for consumer PCs to blame, says CEO Bloomberg ADVANCED Micro Devices Inc, Intel Corp's main rival in the market for personal computer processors, said fourth quarter sales and profit will miss forecasts because of weak
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      194 21 PALO ALTO, California Even Yahoo! has cut its ad rates substantially Reuters INTERNET analysts at Merrill Lynch on Monday offered more evidence of a soft online advertising market, saying that smaller websites are selling ad space at fire-sale prices while
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      210 21 REDMOND, Washington Bloomberg MICROSOFT Corp said it will release new software for encoding and distributing Internet audio and video files that it said improves the quality of such files while making them cheaper to transmit. Chief executive Steve Ballmer was yesterday set to announce the release
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      64 21 Reuters [LONDON] One of the world's oldest clockmakers, responsible for ensuring that London's "Big Ben" chimes on time, is up for sale on the Internet. Thwaites and Reed, founded in 1740, is worth about £500,000 (Ssl.3 million), according to owner Melvin Lee. The venerable firm has kept
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      146 21 WASHINGTON Reuters SYSTEMS designers have a long way to go to protect online privacy but the spread of so-called smart cards holds promise, the new head of a Internet technical coordination body told a governmentsponsored conference on Monday. "We are far from demonstrating
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      682 23  -  Both govts targeted investments in IT and pharmaceuticals, creating potential for synergies By Vikram Khanna IN years to come, the Irish companies that will be best known in Singapore and the rest of Asia may well not be the old-timers like Guinness and
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      227 24  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE MSCI Taiwan stock market yesterday rose for the fourth day in a row on yearend window-dressing activities as well as upbeat outlook for US markets. The MSCI Taiwan index closed up 4.88 points, or 1.98 per
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      292 24  -  ST Index/MSClS'pore Index La uChee Keong Refco Singapore THE Singapore stock market finished lower yesterday, led by technology stocks as worries on earnings resurfaced following a string of warnings out of the US. The Straits Times Index edged lower by 20.58 points or 1.03 per cent
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      170 24 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [LONDON] Crude oil rose one per cent yesterday on expectations that cold weather will boost demand for heating fuels in the US at a time of low inventories and a halt in exports from Iraq, the third-largest Middle East producer. The
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      335 24 Reuters Tiw^iw THE euro yesterday kept a grip on slim gains against the dollar ahead of a US Supreme Court ruling on the US presidential election and signs that euro zone growth was catching up with the slowing US economy. But both the dollar and the euro were
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      2831 26 HONGKONG AFP CI Hang Seng -78.94 HONGKONG share prices dropped 0.5 per cent yesterday on late selective profittaking from recent gains, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 78.94 points to close at 15,329.60 on a turnover of HK$B.47 billion. Louis
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      1979 26 TOKYO AFP Qnkuas +MJ4 SHARE prices in Tokyo rose 0.7 per cent yesterday as information-technology issues advanced in step with gains on Wall Street, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 average rose 96.94 points to close at 15,114.64. The Topix index of all
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      1071 26 Reuters PI Shenzhen B Index *0.46 CHINA'S domestic A shares and hard currency B shares closed firmer yesterday, buoyed by a better-than-ex-pected performance by the giant listing of Baoshan Iron and Steel Co, analysts said. A shares of China's No 1 steel firm soared 45.69 per cent on their
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      349 26 AFP pWPlnto +«M» TAIWAN'S stock market closed 1.8 per cent higher yesterday on strong buying of technology shares following gains on the Nasdaq and yearend window-dressing by local companies, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 95.68 points to 5,380.09, following a 0.6-per cent rise in
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      427 27 AFP CI Composite Index -1120 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.5 per cent lower yesterday due to profit-taking on selected blue chips, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 11.20 points to finish at 724.89. The Second Board index was down 1.41
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      282 28 AFP frp Composite Index -1L72 SOUTH Korean shares fell 2.1 per cent yesterday with the index down 11.72 points at 543.08. Volume was 319.2 million worth 1.7 trillion won. AFP Dec 12 »o« Anam Semi 4410 -90 Brain T ech 530 -5 Central Bank 170 unch CheilComm ***** -800
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      248 28 AFP Composite Index +4.44 PHILIPPINE share prices ended 0.3 per cent higher yesterday with the Composite Index up 4.44 points to close at 1,398.15. Volume fell to 284.43 million shares worth 440.47 million pesos from Monday's 426.10 million shares worth 748.7 million pesos. —AFP IW I2 Peso (000) MRC
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      267 28 AFP PmSE-40 *IXO6 NEW Zealand stocks closed up 0.7 per cent yesterday on a stronger Fletcher Energy, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index was up 13.08 points at 1,988.74 on turnover of NZ5147.7 million, almost half of which was contributed by trade in Fletcher Challenge Energy.—AFP Pec 12 «S
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      556 28 AFP H All Ordinaries *0.4 AUSTRALIAN share prices closed marginally higher yesterday, finding little direction in one of the quietest trading days in the past two months, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index ended 0.4 points higher at 3,256.3 points while the SP/ASX 200 rose 0.8 points to 3,313.2
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      743 28 AFP □SET Index -4.07 THAI stocks fell 1.5 per cent yesterday, with sentiment dampened by the Central Bankruptcy Court's postponement of its consideration of Thai Petrochemical Industry's restructuring plan. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index fell 4.07 points to close at 269.62 and the SET 50 was
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      678 28 AFP kl Composite Index -&29 INDONESIAN share prices closed 1.5 per cent lower yesterday on ongoing concern over Morgan Stanley Capital International's (MSCI) adjustments to its indices. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 6.29 points at 415.18, off a high of 423.75 and a low of 412.65.
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      946 31  -  The beefy action movie star certainly knows a thing or two about women, writes bob toubtelmwte BOB TOURTELLOTTE Reuters COULD it be that Mel Gibson, box-office magnet with testosteronecharged films like Lethal Weapon and Braveheart, feels pretty and nice in eyeliner and nail polish? Does
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      1198 32  -  CURRENCIES The US remains the place to be in but recent evenls point to a rocky ride next year larry wee TWO positives, taken together, have inspired an impressive turnaround in favour of the US dollar and US stocks this week. This can only be good news
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      825 32  -  Benchmark 10-year S6S yield should fall back to 3.6 per cent by end-2001 By Hsin-Li Chia The author is Asian markets strategist at JP Morgan. This article is not an invitation to invest BTand its contributors will not be held liable
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      2417 33  -  SERENA NG sits in on a roundtable discussing prospects for Singapore stocks SERENA NG WITH a tumultuous 2000 soon drawing to an end, the prospects for a year-end stockmarket rally in Singapore are becoming dim as the market continues to grapple with many uncertainties. If
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        1324 34  -  INSIDEInhIJIUU Capital quiet with few transactions; Poh Lian insider turns bearish; Wee Cho Yaw sells UOB By Robert Halili The writer is bureau chief at Score Lab Asia Ltd (www.asiascores.com). He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai, Singapore News Desk. THE Singapore insider sentiment
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        974 34 stock inn Centrepoint Rental income offsets gearing concerns Full year earnings meet expectations and improved rental income is mitigating slow sales of its units while providing adequate interest coverage for its gearing of 0.9 times. At a 34 per cent discount to RNAV, the
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        1188 34 Deposit amount 1-mth 3-mth 6-mth Deposit amount 1-mth 3-mth 6-mth HRC Rank 500,000 2.499,999 4 1200 4 1300 4 1300 UDO Ddlin 2.5 mil 4.999,999 4 2500 4 2500 4 2500 A$ HK$ S10 000 A24 999 5
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        817 35  -  aroußfiTOTSl Here are some key ingredients in selecting privatisation candidates from an equity perspective yap khek heng WHAT does privatisation involve? This article examines some of the theoretical rationale behind a privatisation exercise, in the light of recent moves by Sime Darby Bhd to
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        1297 35 It's a matter of capital preservation versus gambling in the stock market for bigger gains LATWP [LOS ANGELES] Individual investors often are accused of chasing performance piling into whatever market sector has been hot in the immediate past. That's a problem the bond fund
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        1417 35  -  MAILiran Joseph Chong, Joseph Chong, Head, First Independent, via Internet THERE was wide coverage last week of an AAA-rated insurance company reducing non-guaranteed bonuses ("Chop, Chop", Executive Money, Dec 6). Notwithstanding the fact that bonuses are not guaranteed, I can understand the ire of policyholders. However,
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        692 36  -  But first half will be quiet with all eyes on corporate profits. Be bold and dispassionate, chairman Benjamin Wrey tells gemevieve cua GENEVIEVE CUA Returns from technology should hit 16 per cent in 2001, say executives from Henderson Global Investors, which runs Singapore's
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        3568 36 Nggt gubljcatjgn dale: Januag, 10.2001 Fund 1 mth 3 mths 6 mths 1 year 3 years 5 years Micropal launch 31-10-2000 01-09-2000 31-05-2000 30-11-1090 28-11-1997 30-11-1996 star date 30-11-2000 30-11-2000 30-11-2000 30-11-2000 30-11-2000 30-11-2000 ranking Asttt Allocation Europe ABN AMRO Star Europe Bal N 28/04/1999 -0.77
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      278 37 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) slipped seven points to 1,614, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained three points to 1,458, the Baltic Handy Index (BHI) shed four points to 1,066, the Baltic Handymiax Index fell 23 points to 9,452 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) lost 22
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      509 37  -  W»a:«Hi.kii'ia REPORT ON SON VISTA SINKING Auditing of work done by class should also be reviewed: Bahamas report Bh Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The hard-hit-ting Bahamas Maritime Authority report into the fire and sinking of the Sun Vista cruise ship last year, has
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      688 37  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer THE cynically inclined may have felt themselves vindicated last week. The "White List" of countries deemed to be giving "full and complete effect" to the revised Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Convention (STCW '95) has been published by
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      212 37 [SINGAPORE] SembCorp Industries says criticisms of Sembawang Shipmanagement by the Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) report on the Sun Vista casualty are unfair. In a statement, SembCorp said that despite the vessel being old, "the shipmanagers carried out their duties and maintained the vessel to the best
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      274 37 Search on for vessel which vanished last week with crew of 10 and cargo of sugar AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian rescue authorities said yesterday they have posted an international alert for a cargo ship and its crew of 10 men which went
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      765 38  -  Compiled by Donald Urquhart With 472 passengers and 632 crew on board, the Singapore-owned and Bahamas-flagged cruiseship leaves Singapore Cruise Centre on Sunday, May 16, 1999 for a six day-five-night cruise from Singapore to Malacca, Penang. Phuket and back to Singapore.
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        772 49 Vessel Voy Mo Berth Arrival Departure Santa Suria 13 J M *J22 27/11/11:45 01/12/18:00 Tirtasari V.42/0 J09 01/12/15:40 02/12/18:00 Seaconqueror 8 J23 01/12/23:15 06/12/1630 Khanhhunq 7 May-00 J03 05/12/6:00 BrStSk? 1 J11 07/12/7:35 09/12/14:30 Jianqlinq 01-Dec J22 07/12/7:50 12/12/15^0 GorMZWPd* 73 J17 08/12/12:25 Sfo/2Mp Haniin Bris 26 J12
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        1999 49 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Btlance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Porlod From To From AC* DAHLIA 029A M/IOOO It 11/1500 11/1659 NorOO 2A 11/1700 12/0659 12/0*00 21 11/1700 12/0659 12/0900 3 12/0700 12/1159 12/1400 4 12/1200 12/1459 12/1700 ACX HIBISCUS 0461 12/2*00 11/1900 H/1659
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        233 49 Dec 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Dec 25 USA: Christmas Day. Philippines: Christmas Day. Canada: Christmas Day. Hongkong: Christmas Day. Australia: Christmas Day. Sweden: Christmas Day. Indonesia: Christmas Day. Malaysia: Christmas Day. Singapore: Christmas Day. United Kingdom: Christmas Day. Korea: Christmas Day. Taiwan: Constitution Day. Dec 26 Canada: Boxing
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        799 49 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 market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        593 49 Carbon 180 Max 990.7 0.7 12.9 0.10 79 0.03 Nov 30 Density *«ttr Residue Ash Aluminium Sediment No above E25 0 0 0 0 0 0 380 Ave 9872 02 12.9 0.06 26 0.02 E»m 380 Ma« 992.3 0.8 15.8 0.09 70 0.03 »6/iri y/v M/M
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        445 50 French govt seeking bankers to advise on possible partnership options for national carrier Financial Times [PARIS] The French government is seeking bankers to advise on possible partnership options for Air France, the national carrier in which the state retains a 56 per
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        165 50 AFP [LONDON] British travellers, frustrated by the railway crisis, are taking to the skies instead, according to figures released. The British Airports Authority (BAA), which operates seven of Britain's busiest airports, said an extra 200,000 passengers travelled by air on domestic routes
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        105 50 AFP {BONN, Germany] European aircraft manufacturer Aiitous to planning a new supersonic airliner to succeed the Concorde, the company's chief engineer said in an interview with Tuesday's edition of the German trade magazine Flagrante* According to theengineer, Jean Jacques Mirat, Airbus hopes to start construction at some ftiture
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        199 50 AFP [JAKARTA] Two of Indonesia's new private airlines are turning to Russia for their aircraft purchases, a report said yesterday. The two companies have bought or are ordering Rus-sian-made Yak-42D jets which have passed flight feasibility and safety tests and obtained certificates of airworthiness
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        75 50 [BOSTON] Train buff Alexander Clelland, 79, of Minneapolis looks at the engine ofAmtrak's Acela Express train at South Station in Boston, after disembarking. The Acela Express, the first high-speed train in the US, arrived about 10 minutes late on Monday, the first day of scheduled
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        142 50 Reuters [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways Ltd said yesterday it plans a revised bid for Hazelton Airlines Ltd and advised shareholders not to accept a rival bid by Air New Zealand's subsidiary Ansett Australia. "Qantas will provide details of a revised bid once acceptable ACCC (Australian
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        548 50  -  Star Alliance members expand code-sharing, aim to make Bangkok an int'l hub airport From George Joseph in Bangkok THAI Airways and Lufthansa yesterday announced that they are planning a joint venture to intensify their current highly successful code-share agreement and to work towards making Bangkok
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        310 50 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Plans to allow latenight international flights at Tokyo's Haneda airport has met with opposition from a former cabinet official who criticised Transport Minister Chikage Ogi for suggesting that Japan's main domestic terminal could be used for overseas charters
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      20 37 AW France move opens prospect of future sell-off Back Page Japan's plan for overseas flights atHaneda sparks domestlcrow Back Page
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      118 50 MYANMAR TRADE NOTICE TO TRADE EMERGENCY BUNKER SURCHARGE (EBS) With the continuing increase in bunker prices over the past months, the undermentioned Lines have no alternative but to revise the Emergency Bunker Surcharge to the following levels with effect from 1 January 2001. The revised Emergency Bunker Surcharge shall take
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