The Business Times, 22 March 2004

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  • 15 1 MITA (P) 023/03/2004 850 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2004
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  • 991 1  -  Victory retains country's secular orientation; set to boost economy From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday secured a stunning personal triumph, reversed a so-called green tide of Islamic fundamentalism, and energised his anticorruption and corporate transparency
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  • 62 1 Week Change STI 1839.12 +4.04 KLSECOMP 904.45 +19.90 NIKKEI 225 *****.51 +255.76 HANG SENG ,._J2790.58 -141.65 SET INDEX 681.27 -13.81 JAKARTA COMP .742.91 +4.76 MANILA COMP ..1450.83- +27.04 TAIPEI WPI 6815.09 +14.85 SEOUL COMP ........883.33 +34.5:} SHENZHEN B .......297.04 +8.02 AUSTALLORO .3429.80 +27.70 DOW JONES *****.60 -53.48 NASDAQ 1940.47
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  • 73 1 FOREX RATES US* SS I'SS (SS per I'SS) 1689 S(l'SS/SS per Si) 1.832 3095 El!RO(l'S$/SS/E). 1.238 2.091 YEN 106.8 63.20 RM 3.800 2.249 HKS 7.793 4.613 BAHT 39.44 23:14 Rl'PIAH 8,548 5,060 RENMINBI 8.299 4.912 INDIAN RUPEE—45.21 26.76 AS 1.337 0.791 NZS 1.525 0.903 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 535 MALAYSIA
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  • 609 1  -  Some are laughing to the bank with more than $100,000 By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Early buyers of Thomson 800, a condominium on Thomson Road, got a windfall last week when the developer honoured a guarantee of a 10 per cent price appreciation over
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  • 789 1 Ministers act to pre-empt panic as election dispute escalates Bloomberg, Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan moved to calm investors' fears yesterday amid a spiralling election dispute, saying it will activate the island's NT$5OO billion (Ss26 billion) National Stabilisation Fund and act to defend
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    • 731 2  -  MALAYSIAN ELECTION RESULTS But bargains may be hard to find following bourse's recent gains From Neil Behrmann, Vince Chong in Singapore FOREIGN fund managers and analysts expect a fresh infusion of foreign funds into Malaysia after the ruling coalition's landslide victory
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    • 631 2  -  Japan may make a bid, bat China's backing is likely to be crucial From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo WITH the search for a successor to Horst Kohler as managing director of the International Monetary Fund now underway, speculation is mounting over whether
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    • 726 2  -  Welcome to a fraternity that has its hands on the levers of US power From Christopher Reed in Los Angeles IT is October and the US presidential election's first televised debate between Senator John Kerry and George W Bush
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  • Innovations Singapore
    • 1140 3  -  Light Image talks to UMA SHANKARI about the changes in its work processes that have led to cost savings and increased customer satisfaction UMA SHANKARI GOING global is something that Light Image Holdings managing director Sebastian Tan had always wanted to do. However, he realised
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    • 833 3  -  Company's productivity up 50% with work redesign By Uma Shankari WHILE redesigning their work process was a "tiring" affair, employees of Singapore Communications Equipment Co Pte Ltd (Singcomm) say that they would recommend a revamp to all other companies. "I would definitely say 'yes'
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 576 4 It may distribute $900-950m gain from Belgacom IPO in special dividend FRESH from the success of the Belgacom initial public offer, Singapore Telecoms would only say a special dividend is just one of the options it is considering on the use of its estimated
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    • 682 4 With oil prices rising, energy firms are ramping up exploration and replacing ageing rigs Reuters [SINGAPORE] Beneath a hulking steel crane, project manager Yeo Yue Ngiap watches as hundreds of workers fuse parts into a 22,000-tonne oil rig in a drydock of the
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    • 887 4  -  HOCK lock siew loh hui yin IS the ageing Superman aka Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing losing it? Legions of Hong Kong punters have ridden successfully on Mr Li's coat-tails over the years. Mr Li's deft corporate moves, scrutinised closely by the territory's
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    • 848 4 Crftoß-feelMt 2W 8822 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACTCAP. 50 JIITOP SYNERGY PtE LTD (2) UPTON INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At the respective Extraordinary General Meeting of the above-named Companies deemed to be held on 5 March 2004 the following resolutions were duly passed as:SPECIAL RESOLUTION
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    • 209 4 1 I H I I I H H I I I&- r I I I l l > l I workplace health promotion programmes I IS YOUR BUSINESS I HEALTHY? Apply for the Singapore HEALTH. Award 2004 today. Attand the briefing on 8 April or 20 April. 2004 I The
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 264 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy One for way for the simple reason that there are no other decent investment alternatives for investors to park their money. Like fixed deposits, bond yields are at rock-bottom lows while gold is unnaturally high. Commodity-based
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    • 96 6 Events investors can watch out for Now Listing of Now Lakeside Hktgs, Mar 24 WBL Corp's dividend payment, Mar 22 Amtok Entfs divkiend payment, Mar 24 Raffles Lao's dMdond payment, Mar 25 Spindex ind's dividend payment, Mar 25 QES intni's dividend payment, Mar 25 Eng Kong's dividend payment,
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    • 652 6 AFP [HONG KONG] The Japanese yen strengthened against the dollar last week, led by expectations that Tokyo would soften its intervention, pulling other currencies up with it. Japanese yen: The yen gained ground against the greenback on growing expectations that Japan will not intervene
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    • 937 7  -  BT portfolio STOCKS ten hooi ling AFTER languishing for the last few weeks, the one-year top losers portfolio returned with a vengeance. It surged a whopping 9.7 per cent to lift its total gains to 143 per cent to date. Two stocks accounted for
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    • 308 7  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By R Sivanithy THE Malaysian stock market now looks to be running full steam ahead, thanks to the potent combination of strong economic growth, the market's laggard status it was among the world's worst performers last year and the general
      Source: Bloomberg  -  308 words
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  • 417 6 Compiled by Thomson Financial I/B/E/S OTHER SINGAPORE MINCES Mar 19 VALUE CLOSE U OB/OS -326.00 +26.00 BTCAPI -*****.00 +13.00 BT 10-d«y MA -*****.00 -32.00 JUI-SG Equities496.60 +0.97 SG Equittos (E»«ct 173.65 -0.96 SG Equities Fin 1494.84 +4.32 SG Equities Prop 451.78 +0.13 SimSq 222.46 +0.68 SiMSCI Futures 223.10
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 361 8/9  -  Investment in Semco Energy yields 2 board seats By Vince Chong MAINBOARD-LISTED investment firm K1 Ventures has bought US$5O million of convertible preference shares in New York-listed energy and infrastructure group Semco Energy, Inc. The preference shares carry a 6 per cent
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    • 1100 8/9  - Trades down sharply to 56 worth 11.7m Sentiment remains positive as buyers outnumber sellers in every trading category. SembCorp, DMX Tech and Juken Tech among top buys, says Robert Halili Robert Halili THE volume of share trades made by directors and substantial shareholders in the third week of March based
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    • 1437 8/9  -  The CAD files Chen Yew Choon bought shares using cash and sold them to his own CPF Investment Scheme account at inflated prices. He deceived the CPF Board into releasing more funds into his cash account taking advantage of illiquid trading conditions and the
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 369 10  -  EYE on the economy gdp By AnnaTeo ECONOMIC recovery is taking hold, but already, it is apparent that the sharp, export-led growth momentum Singapore saw towards the end of 2003 is moderating, says JP Morgan Chase Bank. In an economic research article last week, the
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    • 377 10  -  But withdrawal for HDB purchases dips a further 10% By Vince Chong SINGAPOREANS withdrew more money from their Central Provident Fund accounts for private property purchases in the last quarter of last year compared with the preceding quarter. In the three
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    • 429 10  -  By Uma Shankari WOTIF.COM, a global specialist in last-minute accommodation, will be using Singapore as a base to expand in South-east Asia. The company, which offers last-minute hotel bookings at cut-rate prices on its website, believes that Singapore offers advantages as a gateway
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    • NEWS Roundup
      • 210 10 -X Marshals for MRT trains, stations MARSHALS will soon be deployed on MRT trains and at the stations to keep public transport safe. Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said yesterday. Dr Tan, who is also Coordinating Minister for Security and Defence, said the recent train
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      • 210 10 -X Marshals for MRT trains, stations MARSHALS will soon be deployed on MRT trains and at the stations to keep public transport safe. Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said yesterday. Dr Tan, who is also Coordinating Minister for Security and Defence, said the recent train
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      • 211 10 Oana/Antara -X Marshals for MRT trains, stations MARSHALS will soon be deployed on MRT trains and at the stations to keep public transport safe. Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said yesterday. Dr Tan, who is also Coordinating Minister for Security and Defence, said the recent
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    • 57 10 SCOTLAND'S Colin Montgomerie showed his mettle yesterday when he charged home with seven birdies on the final day of the Caltex Singapore Masters presented by Carlsberg. Scoring a l&under272, he lifted the champion's trophy and top prize at the US$9OO,OOO golfing event at the Laguna National
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    • 682 10 Notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF ATR MARKETING SUPPORT PTE LTD ON LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Chapter 50, the Final Meeting of the Members of the abovementioned
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 457 11 LOS ANGELES Fonnder Gary Winnick agrees to contribute US$55m, lawyers US$19.5m Reuters FORMER officers and directors of Global Crossing Ltd reached a US$325 million settlement agreement on Friday with investors in a deal requiring the company's founder and former lawyers to pay almost
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    • 41 11 [HONG KONG] Protesters marching along Hong Kong's coastline as reclamation works started on the territory's Victoria Harbour yesterday. Conservationists fear unchecked reclamation will turn the harbour into a river. The government insists it is exercising discretion. AP
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    • 267 11 HONG KONG Bloomberg HONG KONG plans to ask billionaire Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Telephone Co and Telstra Corp's Hong Kong CSL Ltd to return two wireless phone licences on concern that the companies are not using up those airwaves. "These two network
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    • NOTE Book
      • 117 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] World champion Michael Schumacher (above) continued his ruthless domination of Formula One as he claimed his second win of the season and the 72nd of his career in yesterday's Malaysian Grand Prix. Ferrari's Schumacher, who won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix two weeks
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      • 110 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPURJ Anwar Aji, managing director of Khazanah Nasional, declined to comment on a report that the Malaysian government's investment arm may buy shares in carmaker Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional from Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. "At this point in time I should not make any
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      • 63 11 AFP [BEIJING] China should not ignore the risk of falling prices, or deflation, despite a trend in recent months for rising consumer prices, state media reported yesterday, citing a ranking government economist. "Supply still exceeds demand overall in China's market," said Yao Jingyuan, chief economist
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    • 651 12  -  Despite economic growth, 260m Indians still live below the poverty line From Ajoy Sen in New Delhi INDIA'S ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition is trying to retain power in next month's parliamentary poll with the battle cry: "India is shining." The shine,
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    • 597 12 More US tax returns from India WASHINGTON But lawmakers are raising issues of privacy NYT BETWEEN now and April 15, millions of Americans will be turning over their financial information to tax preparers. What many of them will never know is that their personal data will be shipped electronically to
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    • 621 12 MANILA AFP DESPITE facing a looming debt crisis that has been compared to Argentina's, the two main contenders in the Philippines' May presidential election have offered few concrete plans to address the country's economic woes. With both incumbent leader Gloria Arroyo and
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    • 4 12 I Lianhe Zaobao I
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    • 357 12 Call toll-free 1800 289 8822 SINOLOG ASIA (S) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 308(2) of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 that the FINAL MEETING of Members of the abovenamed Company will be held at 111, North Bridge Road #24-03 Peninsula Plaza Singapore
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  • WORLD news
    • 1109 13 NEW YORK Market barometers suggest a steep decline is not in the offing, but an eventual rebound is NYT THE US stock market is stumbling after an 11-month rally in which the Standard Poor's 500 Index surged more than 45 per
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    • 739 13 NEW YORK Analysts fear oil will feed inflation in weak economy Reuters WITH oil prices hitting 13 year highs, is the stock market rally running on empty? Cheap gasoline usually makes the good times roll on Wall Street, just
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    • 417 14 LONDON It denies newspaper report, saying books have yet to go to auditors Reuters, Reuters, Bloomberg ROYAL Dutch/Shell yesterday denied a newspaper report that its joint auditor KPMG had refused to sign off accounts due last Friday because of worries over the quality
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    • 502 14 SYDNEY AP OSAMA bin Laden's terror network claims to have bought ready-made nuclear weapons on a central Asian black market, the biographer of Al-Qaeda's No 2 leader was quoted as telling an Australian television station. In an interview scheduled to be televised today, Pakistani
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    • 513 14 AFP [ROME] The frenetic inquiry into the collapse of dairy giant Parmalat reaches a crucial phase this week when an Italian judge decides whether enough evidence exists to put three institutions and 29 people on trial for Europe's biggest corporate fraud. Milan judge Guido Piffer
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    • 1129 15 COMMODITY WeeklyRoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices gushed higher last week with US crude smashing past US$3B for its highest close in 13 years, fuelled by renewed fears over terrorism and shortages of US stocks. Gold: Gold prices shot to their highest
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    • 222 13 zha lijSjp *a Saluting the Stars of Singapore Racing Horseracing has carved a special tttche in the world of sports. The compelling drama, colour, exhilaration and sheer beauty of the King of Sports has fired the imagination and captured the hearts of millions of racing enthusiasts around the world and
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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  • 985 15 FINANCE COMMODITIES wrnrnrnimKmmmmmmmmmmmmmimmmm. Week ended: Mar 19 PRIME LEHPDTQ RATES BANKS Credit Suisse S'pore 5 ABN Amro Bank NV 5.25 Dexia Banque Intl A ABSA Bank Limited 5.5 Luxembourg 6 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 Deutsche Bank AG 5.5 AN2 Banking Group 6 DBS Bank 4.25 American Express Bank 5
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  • BizIT
    • 419 16  -  There are now tool kits that let even non-code writers create viruses By Amit Roy Choudhury WHILE there will be an increase in the number of malicious attacks on networks this year, most will be old ones reintroduced with slight modifications
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    • 428 16 AFP [BRUSSELS] European competition regulators are set this week to go dramatically further than their US counterparts in imposing hard-hitting sanctions on Microsoft Corp. Bill Gates' titan, whose products power 90 per cent of PCs, will suffer its first serious regulatory setback when the
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    • IT TAKES
      • 63 18 POLYCOM, which provides video and voice conferencing solutions, has launched what it says is the world's first wideband conference phone. The Sound Station VTXIOOO offers hi-fi voice conferencing via normal phone lines, ft also features expansive microphone pick-up capabilities and can automatically adapt to each meeting
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      • 49 18 STARhUB'S said its Max Online service has been tested for the Xbox Live service and is Singapore's first accredited Xbox Live compatible broadband connection. The unified online gaming service will debut here next month. Gaming enthusiasts can run it from Star Hub residential broadband services.
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      • 53 18 DELL has introduced the Inspiron 1150, a customisable notebook. It starts at 551,499, and comes with two LCD screen sizes—l4.l-inch or 15-inch, with XGA TFT resolution. Memory can be custom configured from 128 MB to IGB and there are four hard drive options, from 20 GB
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      • 28 18 CISCO is holding a two-day Systems Security Summit 2004 from April 14 at Suntec City. The theme is "self-defending networks". To register, visit www.cisco.com/go/sg/ securitysummit.
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      • 50 18 FUJITSU Asia has launched a 180 degrees rotational ADF (automatic document feeder) scanner. The fi-5750C scans at 55 ppm (pages per minute) in both colour and monochrome at 200 and 300 dpi. The US$7,OOO system comes with a dual Ultra SCSI/USB 2.0 interface. For details, visit wwwjaplfujitsu.com.
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      • 32 18 FUJI Xerox Singapore will hold a two-day exposition from tomorrow at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront to showcase the company's "open office frontier" concept. For details, visit www Jujixerox.com.sg
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      • 52 18 PIONEER Electronics Asiacentre has introduced the DVR-AO7XL, a DVD/CD internal writer. The company claims the writers are the fastest rewritable drives and can write at up to 8x speed on DVD-R disks, and up to 4x speed on DVD-RW disks. It costs *****. For details, visit
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      • 49 18 QUEST Software has released Stat Application Change Management (ACM) 5.0, an e-biz application change, configuration and patch management system for People Soft and Oracle E-Business Suite applications. Stat ACM helps users apply changes and patches efficiently, automating these processes, which were previously manual. It costs U5525,000.
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      • 42 18  -  Compiled by Amit Roy Choudhury ACTUATE Corp has tied up with Satyam Computer Services, to collaborate in the Asia-Pacific region. Under the deal, the Satyam-Actuate Centre of Excellence will be set up at Satyam's Global Solutions Centre in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.
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    • 581 18  -  BT exclusive 60% of its Asia-Pacific revenues are from managed operations. Tang Weng Fai has the details Tang Weng Fai SINGAPORE will be at the centre of an aggressive expansion by information technology (IT) service provider Atos Origin as the European major seeks to
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    • 827 18  -  IT comment INFOTECH raju chellam WITH typical herd mentality, almost every provider of managed IT and BPO (business process outsourcing) services is making a beeline to America, with most banging on the same doors to drum up business. Outsourcing firms in India started
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    • 569 18 Call toll-free 1800 289 8822 SAFCOL HOLDINGS (SINGAPORE) PTC LTD NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS Notice u hereby given thai at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Safcol Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd deemed to have held pursuant to Section 179(6) of the Companies Act (Cap 50) at Lot 9-12 MK 18 Jalan Mengkuana,
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 296 19 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young DRY CARGO: PRICES continue their upward spiral as can be seen from reports of two re-sale handymax bulkers. Both vessels are 55,500 tdw to be delivered from Oshima. The first vessel, delivery April 2004, achieved region US$4l.5 million (sold by Norden to Oasis
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    • 284 19 SGX '000 Mar 19 SS Vol CH Offshore 0.36 0.01 4607 Chuan Hup .053 0.01 574 Cosco Investment 1.03 0.05 ***** CWT Distribution 0.54 0.01 40 Ezra Hldgs _..1.08 -0.01 388 Freight Unla .0.13 unch 319 GB Holdings -.0.74 0.01 1 Java Holdings 0.82 0.01 941 K1 Venture
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    • 61 19 [TOKYO Tokyo Cruise Ship Co's new futuristic vessel Himiko sails along Tokyo Bay as the landmark Rainbow Bridge is seen in the background on Friday. The 114-tonne metalic silver water-bus was designed by popular cartoon artist Leiji Matsumoto, with hopes to appeal to the younger generation, and is
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    • 527 19  -  APL Pusan safe at Indian port; tanker crew rescued by S'pore-flagged ships By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Singa-pore-flagged APL Pusan is now at anchorage at the Port of Mundra after colliding head-on with a Panama-nian-flagged tanker in heavy fog in India's Gulf of Kutch last
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    • 419 19 AP AFP [SYDNEY] The Australian government yesterday announced a review of its maritime security measures to guard against possible terror attacks at its ports, the transport minister said. "We are involved in a serious struggle (with terrorism) and there's no immediate end in sight,"
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    • 257 19 Reuters [GENEVA] Member countries of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have agreed to set up an expert panel to look into South Korean charges that the European Union is giving illegal support to its shipbuilders. The request from South Korea
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    • 825 20  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes AFTER another year of frantic political activity in some quarters, aimed at making the shipping industry and the world's oceans safer, the International Salvage Union's (ISU) latest annual Pollution Prevention Survey would probably come as a surprise
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      • 145 27 Apr 4 HK: Ching M Fest. South Korea: Arbor Day. Taiwan: Ching M Fest. Apr 6 Thailand: Chakri Memorial Day Apr 8 Norway: Maundy Thursday. Philippines: Maundy Thursday. Sweden: Maundy Thursday. Apr 9 Sweden: Good Friday. Singapore: Good Friday. Philippines: Day of Valor. Norway: Good Friday. NZ: Good
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      • 811 27 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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      • 79 27 U/F unfilterable This report is based on samples as analysed by DNV Petroleum Services and is on abstract from their more detailed fuel quality statistics which is malied to participating shipowners. Key bunker ports have been grouped in geographical regions for brevity.Comperison has been made with
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        65 28 [KAIAUA, New Zealand] Police examining the remains ofa vintage jet plane that crashed into mudflats at Kaiaua, near the river Thames on New Zealand's North Island, on Friday. The New Zealand War birds Association, which preserves and flies old military planes, said the aircraft was a Fouga Magister,
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      • 531 28 US discount carrier says Airbus chosen for fuel-efficient engines and wider seats Bloomberg [TOULOUSE] Airbus SAS, the world's biggest maker of commercial aircraft, won an agreement from closely held US discount carrier Spirit Airlines Inc to order 35 planes worth US$2
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        • 106 28 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines, the world's second largest carrier by market value, said it leased a Boeing 777-300 aircraft it had sold earlier, as part of its plan to switch its fleet to leases to hedge against declining jet prices. The aircraft was earlier
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        • 95 28 Xinhua [JAKARTA] The Ngurah Rai International Airport in Indonesia's resort island of Bali will close for 25 hours during the Hindu New Year observance of Nyepi, or silence day, which falls on Monday."All flight schedules from and to Denpasar will be closed. Only special flights,
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        • 142 28 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korean Air and Asiana Airlines may increase the number of flights between South Korea and China to meet demand for travel, the Korean government said. After two days of talks, the Korean and Chinese governments agreed to increase the number of weekly
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        • 121 28 AP [PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea] Authorities in Papua New Guinea said on Friday they are working to plug gaps in airport security highlighted by undercover Qantas Airways' staff. Qantas Australia's national carrier—revealed this week its security testers had successfully smuggled fake bombs and
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      • 203 28 Reuters [NEW YORK] Virgin Atlantic Airways has scrapped plans to install bright-red urinals shaped like women's open lips at New York's John F Kennedy International Airport, saying it had received complaints they were offensive. "Virgin Atlantic was very sorry to hear of people's concerns
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      • 210 28 Bernama [JAKARTA] Several flights in and out of Indonesia's main airport, SoekarnoHatta International Airport, near here, had to be delayed when it was hit by another malfunction of its radar system on Friday, the second in two days. The officer-in-charge of the airport, Ahmad
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      • 266 28 Xinhua [HONG KONG] Air routes between Hong Kong and Thailand have been further liberalised after successful talks between their two aviation authorities. Delegations representing the Hong Kong and Thai governments concluded two days of talks here on Friday to liberalise the bilateral
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      • 189 28 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Thai Air Asia Co, a unit of South-east Asia's first low-cost carrier, will add a second daily flight between Bangkok and Singapore and start flying daily to three new cities in Thailand's north and north-east. The carrier will add the
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      • 400 28 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), AI: Air India (AK), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA),BA: British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), BI: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR EVA
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    • 108 27 Issued by Meteorological Service Division,NEA LEGEND: Thunderstorm Wind speed symbols Showers O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds Rain On© half fleche represents 5 knots Cloudy Day full fleche represents 10 knots x Hazy -One solid triangle represents 50 knots vS Centre of Tropical Depression.max
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