The Business Times, 20 October 1999

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  • 16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MTTA (P) 046/12/08 i SINGAPORE r- Internet: hap://business-times.asial .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1999
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  • 853 1  -  UEMtogjosoloon offer for frozen Malaysian shares worth RMl3b From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur IN a surprise move, Telekom Malaysia has abandoned United Engineers Malaysia in their joint bid for the frozen Clob shares worth over 13 billion Malaysian ringgit (555.7
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  • 1154 1  -  Habibie candidacy uncertain in today's crucial presidential vote From' Yang Razali Kassim in Jakarta INDONESIA today goes into a crucial presidential election to choose the country's fourth president since 1945 after an unusual vote earlier this morning saw the incumbent leader, Dr
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  • 656 1  -  Derailing of merger plan sends price crashing market cap dives $117.5 m By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Tibs Holdings shares plunged by almost 40 per cent yesterday, wiping out some $117.5 million off its market capitalisation, following Monday's shocking announcement that its planned merger with Singapore
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 111 2 MALAYSIA'S Education Minister Najib Tun Razak was in a teasing mood at the World Economic Forum yesterday. Responding to a question, he said that Malaysia would like to clamp down on pornography and violence on the Internet as well as "a certain Web site in Singapore".
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      • 170 2 THE organisers of a conference on "Strategies for Managing HR in the Knowledge-based Economy" yesterday gave a twist to all the talk about the need for talents in the KBE that's short for knowledge-based economy if you haven't already caught on. The conference opened with
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      • 107 2 SPECTATORS at Malaysia's first ever Formula One Grand Prix that ended on Sunday have been waxing lyrical about the event ever since they returned home. Most were guests of corporate sponsors. One HSBC guest who was at the paddock gushed at how there was
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      • 83 2 IT seems that while all US funds have systems to trigger the relevant disclosure level alerts on their beddings of US and European stocks, not all have systems that do likewise fur their Asian stocks. "If s just that they have not written Asian
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    • 838 2  -  Move could pit Golkar chief against Wiranto if other factions choose armed forces chief as VP From Yang Razali Kassim in Jakarta MUSLIM leader Abdurrahman Wahid's confirmation of his candidacy for today's presidential election has dashed any hopes of a
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    • 484 2  -  •Seal economy yet to {Recover, says World Sank senior TP Catherine Ong A senior florid Bank official warned yesterday that it was too eariy to declare the Asian crisis «*ver as the "real economy" in troubled East Asian coun,4Hes has yet to
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  • WORLD economic forum
    • 484 3  -  More attention has to be given to rates of return than to market share now By Vikram Khanna THE advent of globalisation has meant that Asian countries, like it or not, must play by new rules of the game established mainly by
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    • 496 3  -  Wir&nto move 'greatly diminished' Habibie's chances By Vikram Khanna THE chances of Megawati Sukarnoputri becoming president of Indonesia and leading a coalition government look increasingly likely, a prominent analyst of Indonesian affairs said yesterday. Speaking at a session on the prospects for Indonesia at the
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    • FORUM Briefs
      • 116 3 A STRONG contender for self-made entrepreneur of this year's East Asia Economic Summit is Steve Chang, chairman and CEO of Trend Micro, a Taiwanese IT company that specialises in detecting viruses on the Internet Mr Chang's company, which he and his wife
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      • 84 3 Reuters ASIA needs new banks if it wants true financial sector reform as current restructuring efforts are only cosmetic, credit rating agency Thomson Bank Watch said yesterday. "The sad thing is that the bad guys, guys who have made all the mistakes, are still the
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      • 60 3 Reuters WORLD Bank senior vice-president Joseph Stiglitz yesterday welcomed Indonesia's move to make the much-awaited Bank Bali report available to Parliament. "We are an in favour of this process of greater transparency and hopefully it is part of a general movement of greater openness, which
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 334 4 SCRAFFWO or hbs-smrt merger Conpany could be wjrth $1.75b based on earnings multiples otsQ times analysts Reuters privatisation of govern-mM-owned Singapore Mass Rs&d Transit (SMRT) Ltd is '"■fy to take place next year, financial adviser DBS Bank sa ffahesh P Rupawalla, viofrferesident
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    • 690 4  -  li lock siew christopher tan THE plan was brilliantly simple. Award a new rail line to one bus company; then facilitate the other to hook up with the existing train operator. Both parties will become "multi-modal" overnight and the bus operators need not worry about
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    • 285 4  - Tsang Ong becomes Millennium Securities Hong Leong owns 90%, after buying out some investors By < Conrad Raj INJECTED with fresh capital and with its management and ownership structure enhanced, Tsang Ong Stockbrokers is now Millennium Securities Pte Ltd. The firm is now 90 per cent owned by the Hong
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    • 320 4 97WestmentBank branches tt be renamed UOB Philippines AFP [MANILA] United Overseas Bank of Singapore yesterday signed an agreement to acquire 60 per cent of the Philippines' Westmont Bank for three billion pesos (Ssl24 million) as part of its expansion plans
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    • 274 4  -  By' Wong Wei Kong HIT by a global industry slowdown, semiconductor testing services provider Sunright Ltd saw its net profit slide 71 per cent to $2.11 million for the financial year ended July. Turnover fell 30 per cent to $125 million while earnings
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    • 258 4 COLLECTIVE SALE BY TENDER MANDALAY COURT near no vena mrt a —p. i Site area 48,582 sq ft Jy Plot ratio 2.8, 30-storey t Quiet environment in District 11 rp —a v\ VA Sale subject to STB's approval 2 V\^^ UM b0 s I "ssrj Tender Closing: g Fit 19
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    • 269 4 H ABN AMRO NEWAPPOMTMEMtS ABN AMRO has appointed Christopher Lebeme as its new Head of Regional Legal. He wNi aiso take up a newly created position as Regional Derivatives Counsel. Mr. Lebeme was formerly Head of Legal in ABN AMRO Bank Australia. He has worked for ABN AMRO for nearly
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    • 3 4 Strait Talk SffIPHNGTIMES
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 552 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy WALL Street's rise helped restore some calm here after Monday's sell-off, but investors were clearly reluctant to take on too much yesterday, ahead of the release of key economic numbers both here and in the US. All eyes were on bus
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    • 195 6  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy ONE of the newer covered warrants to find its way into the local market is Credit Lyonnais' call on Singapore Telecom. Like a few that preceded it, it is perhaps a victim of unfortunate timing, being launched when Wall Street
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    • 247 6  -  HOT STOCK By Wong Wei Kong WHILE Tibs shares skidded on news that Tibs and unlisted Singapore Mass Rapid Transit have called off their merger talks, Delgro shares climbed yesterday as investors switched attention to other transport plays. Delgro shares rose 15 cents or
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    • 142 6 ♦Bam. World Economic Forum East Asia Economic Summit ♦flam. Launch of Construction 21 ♦flam. Honeywell to announce expansion plans In Singapore. Company to bt conferred BHQ status ♦Noon. TDB releases September trade figures ♦2pm. Auction sale of restored conservation shophouses at Tan- Jong Pagar Road and Neil
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    • 429 6 jock* Votuma TteSWWO 14,837,000 TBSH50C500 13.04a.500 lOaning In* 9,325,000 fcoldw AqH USIOo 7,081.000 < laia Food&Prop US$ 8,642,000 CM Tatecom HK75C 6,257,000 MS Land 5,481,000 I MMtUSSe 5,181,000 4,814,000 l KS WUd 20c 4,800,000 EsSp 57,648,800 te8C» *****,400 TOSH50C500 26,436,225 «H— 22.123^06 ffotfCop 21,202,966 KBFQMtan 19,029.420 fLO«v50c 17.748.tfB4 ii5 Land
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 541 7  -  listings Move may lead other listing aspirants to shelve plans By, Jennifer Lien MAINBOARD aspirant Grande Electronics Holdings has postponed its initial public offering (IPO) due to the current soft market sentiment, the company said yesterday. Grande's move may lead to other IPO
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    • 161 7 POWER company Asiapower Investments is headed for a mainboard listing. Yesterday, the company announced that the Stock Exchange of Singapore has given it in-principle approval. Asiapower is using its initial public offering (IPO) to raise funds for expansion. The company said its key business strategy is
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    • 375 7 IRE Corporation yesterday launched the sale of 32.2 million shares at 23 cents each in its initial public offer which will raise money to fund its further expansion in Hongkong and China. The Sesdaq-aspirant will offer 6.44 million shares to
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    • 518 7  -  US magazine ranks them among world's 300 best small companies By\ Soh Tiang Keng FOUR companies listed in Singapore are among the world's 300 Best Small Companies selected by Forbes Global, the US business magazine They are Avimo, Datacraft Asia, Venture Manufacturing
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    • 276 7  -  Parent transferring 49% stake to Cosco (HK) Teh Hooi Ling COSCO (Hongkong) Group will take a 49 per cent stake in Cosco Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd, the parent of Singa-pore-listed Cosco Investment, in a move that will give the Hongkong group a more direct
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 379 8  -  Term includes areas beyond those covered by four walls and nnder a roof By(i Corinne Kerk THJS Court of Appeal yesterday upheld a High Court decision that the term "built-in area" as found in a developbrochure, included areas beyond those
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    • 462 8 te Employee retirement benefit fond that works like a unit trust AS a broader alternative to employee stock option schemes (ESOP), employers coold set up unit trusts of sorts for their staff and invest thefunds in blue-chip stocks or similar instruments, NTUC Income chief Tan
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    • 255 8 TIKE government will be setup a task force to speed uMhe provision of facilities iniew housing estates, said Muster for National Develojfient Mah Bow Tan yesterf£ln any new town, there is aljpßys a lot of initial teething paribiems and complaints alBQt
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    • 431 8  -  By\ Marissa Chew TAKING what is by now a well-worn trail, owners at another four developments have put up their properties for sale. The owners at Nathan Court have teamed up with the owner of a neighbouring bungalow to sell their combined sites for
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    • 294 9  -  R =i on the economy retail sales -By] Marissa Chew AFTER a month of moderate growth in July, the volume of retail sales returned to a 22 per cent year-on-year surge in August. The strong growth in August echoed the equally robust rise
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    • 593 9  -  l-ll exclusive C&rdmembers who roll over balances have been enjoying true grace' period Ry\ Siow Li Sen AMERICAN Express Cards is moving to plug a free credit period of as many as 51 days that those who roll over their balances have been
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    • 381 9  -  MAfT-PAfl Curtis J Montgomery Singapore via Internet IT is hard to understand the benefit to shareholders of the type of share consolidation schemes employed first by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and now by Dairy Farm International (DFI). As an unfortunate shareholder of
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    • 296 9  -  From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE Government of Sing» pore Investment Corporation, the biggest shareholder in Thai Farmers Bank (TFB), has reduced its stake in ttsT Thai bank by half, in a moye. analysts said was aimed W® raising cash to subscribe
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 578 10  -  mm bottom line OPINION shada islam The writer is a Brussels-based journalist who contributes to BT ASIAN and European economics ministers left Berlin two weeks ago with public declarations of confidence in the future of Asem, the process of Asia-Eu-rope Meetings launched in
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    • 168 10 To call the Labor backbenchers drones and robots would be an insult to drones androbots/ -itaftd™. a columnist for The Daily Telegraph, on the first Scottish Parliament in nearly 300 years. 4 We have a government here which would perceive Pervez Musharraf as the man behind the
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    • 609 10 EDITORIAL AS policy reversals go, Malaysia's change to its controversial plan to create six super banks was perhaps not unexpected Throughout the East Asian financial crisis, Kuala Lumpur has never hesitated to chop and change when its leaders felt it necessary. In this
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    • 891 10  -  Leonorßrioneshas managed to push the benchmark interest rate down by two-thirds this year By Alex Reyes Bloomberg in Manila LEONOR Briones knew she wasn't going to be popular in her job. As a former anti-Marcos revolutionary and advocate of debt repudiation, she made
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    • 965 10 WHEN the World Economic Forum held its last session in Singapore a year ago, East Asia was still on the edge of crisis...and Japan stuck in a downward spiral. Now, as the forum meets again, the region is entitled to several "sighs of relief', in the
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • 538 11 KUALA LUMPUR KL considering raising tariffs on imported newsprint to protect new domestic producer Bloomberg FOR Malaysia's newspaper publishers, the timing couldn't be worse. Barely out of a sales and profit slump from the country's worst recession in a generation, Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd,
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    • MARKET moves
      • 139 11 MARKET talk of Telekom Malaysia pulling out of a joint offer with United Engineers (Malaysia) spurred interest in the telecommunications firm's stock yesterday. Telekom subsequently confirmed the matter after the close of the market. The company had come under fire from certain quarters earlier for
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      • 143 11 MAYBANK slipped early yesterday morning by 20 sen after it clarified that there was no bonus issue after all. But Malaysia's largest banking group managed to recoup the early losses to end 10 sen higher at RM12.90, as investors remained positive on banking stocks
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      • 65 11  -  Compiled by Ruth Wong TENAGA Nasional rose 50 sen to close at RM8.50 yesterday on talk that it would report an operating profit of about one billion Malaysian ringgit (Ss4so million) for the 1999 financial year tomorrow. However, some analysts are cautious as they think
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    • 38 11 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (left) and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sharing a light moment before lunch in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Mr Chavez is here on a three-day state visit. REUTERS
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    • 234 11  -  UM Land cites strong sales of Sen Alam projects From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur UNITED Malayan Land (UM Land), a 20.8 per cent Kuala Lumpur-listed associate of DBS Land, said full-year net profit swelled almost five times to 31.41 million Malaysian ringgit
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    • 207 11 m KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MAXIS Communications Bhd, Malaysia's second largest cellular phone company, said it expects to know by early 2000 whether it will succeed in buying cash-strapped Time Engineering's phone unit. "It could be early next year,
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    • 572 12 srerai run-up KUALA LUMPUR Mier exec director says Budget deficit likely to be at least 5% of GNP Reuters MALAYSIA'S government may announce tax cuts and a phase-out of capital controls when it unveils an electioneve Budget late this month, the head
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    • 309 12  -  From, Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (Mier), a private think-tank, has upped its projections for Malaysia's GDP growth to 3.6 per cent this year and to 4.5 per cent in 2000. The revision,
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  • SOUTH east asia
    • NOTE Book
      • 82 14 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Krung Thai Bank Pel was cleared of lending malpractice allegations, according to a government investigation of an audit report that said bad loans at Thailand's second-largest bank were larger than expected. The Cabinet yesterday heard the outcome of the two-month investigation by a
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      • 78 14 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia will have to spend 23 trillion rupiah (S$S billion) more to recapitalise PT Bank Mandiri, after a 2 V*-month delay in fixing the finances of the country's largest bank. That is a 17 per cent increase from the 137 A trillion
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      • 54 14 Reuters [BANGKOK] The Bank of Thailand (BOT) denied yesterday a rumour that it was tightening rules governing the trading of spot Thai baht, dealers said. "We received confirmation from the central bank late in the afternoon that the rumour was groundless," said a dealer
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      • 82 14 Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippines' Securities and Exchange Commission chairman said he may order the Philippine Stock Exchange to lower the daily price limits for stocks in a bid to prevent brokers from manipulating the market. SEC Chairman Perfecto Yaaay said that he will suggest
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    • 561 14  -  Boost also comes from conrt ruling for fall public release of Bank Bali report Reports by I Shoeb Kagda from Jakarta INDONESIA'S financial markets rallied strongly yesterday on the perception that incumbent President B J Habibie's chances for reelection had diminished significantly after armed
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    • 415 14 MEGAWATI Sukarnoputri, head of the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P), is now fighting an uphill battle to secure the presidency she was so sure of winning just four months ago, political analysts told BT yesterday. After weeks of intense politicking and backdoor manoeuvrings,
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    • 462 15 BANGKOK Siam Commercial could stand out as sole net profit maken analysts Reuters THAI banks will this week confirm their slow recovery by posting smaller third quarter losses despite huge non-performing loans (NPLs), analysts said yesterday. They said they expected Siam Commercial
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    • 400 15 MANILA AFP BANK of the Philippine Islands (BPI) said yesterday it has offered a share swap with key investors of takeover target Far East Bank and Trust Co, in a bid to wrap up a merger deal as early
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    • 1220 16 H MSRRB 20th Anniversary Cel t. > 11 ®U the hour glass Co I 20 YEARS Of DIS 2828 It is an occasion of significance as The Hour Glass, Singapore's premier watch retailer, wholesaler and manufacturer THE CELEE j|OF celebrates two decades of success as it stands poised at the
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  • EAST asia
    • 619 18 BEIJING Growth still reliant on huge govt infrastructure spending Reuters, Bloomberg CHINA'S economy grew a respectable 7.4 per cent in the first nine months of 1999, but there was no end in sight to stubborn deflation which has now stretched into two full
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    • 226 18 FT, AFX-Asia [LONDON! The Bank of China (BOC) is to mark this week's state visit to the UK by President Jiang Zemin with agreements to provide renminbi loans to HSBC and Standard Chartered to bolster the two British banks' China business. The
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    • 183 18 SEOUL Bloomberg KOO'S Group, a Taiwan financial services conglomerate, yesterday signed a contract to buy a controlling stake in Cho Hung Bank Securities Co for 110 billion won (*****.8 million), three months after it signed a nonbinding agreement. Buying a 51 per
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    • 313 18 BEIJING State-owned firms closed through joint ventures, mergers, bankruptcies AFP CHINA shut down some 7,900 large and medium-sized industrial stateowned enterprises (SOEs) in the first eight months of the year, as efficiency in the sector continued to rise, a leading government
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    • 435 19  -  Germany's MaimMmnnn makflg multi-billion dollar offer for UK's No 3 mobile phone operator From, Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong HUTCHISON Whampoa yesterday said it had received a multi-billion dollar offer for its 44.8 per cent stake in Orange pic, the UK's third
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  • SOUTH asia
    • 504 20 ISLAMABAD Cabinet to be formed in a few days, says Musharraf, that accountability is his key objective Reuters PAKISTAN banks began a push against defaulters yesterday as the country waited for coup leader General Pervez Musharraf to name a Cabinet, now expected in
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    • 102 20 [BOMBAY] Kash Cooke, sister of Freddie Mercury, the late lead singer of British rock band Queen, musing over a portrait of her brother at the opening of a photographic exhibition documenting the singer's life in Bombay on Monday. The show, consisting of 94 photographs taken by
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    • 323 20 PUNE, India Profit conld slip to 1.09b rupees dne to fall in scooter sales: analysts Bloomberg BAJAJ Auto Ltd, the world's second biggest two-wheeler maker after Japan's Honda Motor Co, could announce a 4.4 per cent drop in profit in its fiscal second
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    • 184 20 DHAKA Reuters SHANGHAI Bell Alcatel Mobile Communication System Co Ltd, a Sino-Belgian joint venture, won a US$29O million (Ss3Bs million) deal to overhaul Bangladesh's telecommunications network, officials said yesterday. The company, which is 40 per cent owned by Alcatel Belgium Bell a subsidiary of French
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    • 606 21 mLLENMIUM STOCKS It had migrated to December in the *****, hot US investors may not go into small stocks at the year-end dne to Y2K bug fears Bloomberg (NEW YORK] The turn of the millennium may restore the US stock market's "January effect"
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    • 255 21 SEOUL AFP, Reuters THE much-touted sale of South Korea's Daewoo Electronics Co Ltd has hit a snag after potential buyer Walid Alomar Associates LLC made tough new demands, a Daewoo creditor bank said yesterday. The new demands by the US-based firm heralded the
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    • 522 22 WASHINGTON But several economists still see risk of a Fed rate rise on Nov 16 Reuters THE main US inflation gauge rose in September at the fastest rate in five months, the government said yesterday, but it was driven by expected rises in
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    • 266 22 WASHINGTON AFP REPUBLICAN presidential hopefUl George W Bush was arrested for cocaine possession in 1972 in Texas, but his record was expunged thanks to his father's connections, the Web-based Salon News said yesterday. Mr Bush denied the allegations on Monday.
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    • 54 22 [BILBAO, Spain] A woman studying two portraits of singer Deborah Harry by Andy Warhol at the Guggenheim museum here. The museum celebrates its second anniversary with the exhibition Andy Warhol: A Factory, on display until Jan 16,2000, and showing more than 50pop art worksfrom
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    • 242 22 DALLAS Bloomberg TEXAS Instruments Inc, the (world's biggest maker of semiconductors for cellular telephones, said earnings more than doubled for the second straight quarter on demand for its specialised chips. Third-quarter profit from operations rose to US$42O million (*****.7 million), or 51 US
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    • 182 22 NEW YORK Bloomberg, LAT-WP JP Morgan Co's third-quar-ter earnings rose almost threefold on fees from investment banking and managing clients' money as stock and bond markets rebounded from last year's rout Net income at the fourthlargest US bank climbed to US$442 million (***** million),
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    • 377 22 TOKYO Half-year pre-tax profit up 49% on new accounting method Reuters, Bloomberg DEPARTMENT store Takashimaya Co, which reported a 49 per cent rise in its halfyear pre-tax profits yesterday, would reduce its work force by about 19 per cent, or 2,000, over
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      • 51 22 Reuters [STOCKHOLM] The Swedish and Norwegian governments signed an agreement yesterday to merge state-owned telecoms operators Telia and Telenor, overcoming an 11th hour hitch to the deaL The pact was finally signed after all-night negotiations to get the US$ billion (5178.6 billion) deal back on
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      • 38 22 Bloomberg [ZURICH} ABB Ltd said third-quarter profit fell 2.4 per acquired industrial-robot onit F.lssg Bailey Process Automation. Profit before a one-time gain fell to *****06 million <8)344.6mi11i0n), or US$O.69 a share. Bloomberg
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      • 45 22 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Wells Fargo Co said third-quartet earnings rose 30 per cent, led by growth in its business with consumers and small businesses. Net income rose US$962 million (Ssl .6 billion), or 57 US cents a share.— Bloomberg
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      • 42 22 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Bristol-Myers Squibb Co said third-quart profit rose 14 per cent as it sold more drugs to treat diabetes and cancer. Net inoome rose to US$l.lO billion (SSI.B billion), or 54 US cents a share —Bloomberg
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      • 28 22 Reuters [TOKYO] Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) has proposed cutting2o,ooo workers by March 2003, a source at its labour union said yesterday.—.Reuters
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      • 67 22 Reuters [LONDON] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects net private capital Qows to emerging markets to nearly double next year, but bankers are less optimistic Haunted by millennium bug fears, the spectre of higher interest rates in the US and Europe, investors are
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    • 399 25 FRANKFURT Deal subject to waiving of pre-emption rights by Bell South FT FRANCE Telecom has agreed to pay 7.4 billion euros (5513.5 billion) for a 60.25 per cent stake in E-Plus Mobilfunk, Germany's third largest mobile phone group, in a move
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    • 349 25 NEW YORK SEC will consider roles to dose gap between the 'knows' and the 'know-nots' Bloomberg SECURITIES and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Arthur Levitt, stepping up his campaign against selective disclosure, has asked companies to let all investors participate in conference calls
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    • 227 26  -  Heports mrg/*T ShigB|inrft Tnitar Daphne Toy, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market continued its descent yesterday as investors remained wary following Monday's sharp losses. The September US Consumer Price Index data due out later last night also kept investors at bay. The Straits Times Index
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    • 174 26  -  MSC! Taiwan futures Cecilia Loh Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures succumbed to heavy institutional selling for a second day yesterday, ending 1.40 points or 0.41 per cent lower to 341.4, in line with the Taiwan Weighted Price Index which plummeted
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    • 278 26 ENERGY REPORT Bloomoerg [NEW YORK] Crude oil feU more than one per cent yesterday, the second straight drop, on speculation that a US industry report will show demand for petroleum products is easing before the winter heating season begins next month. The
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    • 295 26 AFP, Reuters THE US dollar gained broadly yesterday as the US stock market breathed a sigh of relief after closely watched inflation data came in softer than some had feared. Short-covering buoyed the dollar on news the September US Consumer Price Index was up 0.4 per cent overall,
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    • 2564 27 HONGKONG AFP, Reuters QH&agSeng jtjJß HONGKONG share prices fell 1.3 per cent in post-holiday trade yesterday amid concerns over US interest rate hikes, dealers said. "The market remains weak on worries over the direction of US interest rates," said Michael Ng, dealing
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      921 27 AFP, Reuters Source: Datastream nShwaheaßlnte AX SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares ended down 5.5 per cent yesterday as investors were disappointed that the latest official market-boosting measures failed to reverse a recent downward trend, brokers said. The B Share Index dropped 4.27 points to 73.87 as turnover fell to
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    • 363 27 AFP □WPlndea -52J0 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.7 per cent lower yesterday in the absence of new leads and concerns over a downward trend in the US stock market, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 52.30 points to 7,602.96, on turnover of NT565.43 billion. "There
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    • 1867 27 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 -2L16 SHARE prices in Tokyo closed mixed yesterday as investors retreated to the sidelines amid concerns that Wall Street might slip back following the release of US consumer price data, brokers said. The key Nikkei Average of 225 selected issues lost
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    • 379 28 AFP Q Composite Index *2199 MALAYSIAN share prices surged 3.2 per cent yesterday on technical factors and boosted by foreign buying of blue chip stocks, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 22.99 points to finish at 738.28. The
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    • 2506 29 BONDS A WARRANTS Oct 19 m Mb "55 UK M LMiiiiii kn (W i» m» la» ttm Umm «ar rw> Up W*m Mhr Mm (mm mm W" WW 8m** K* W 63 $3160 A Acar ******1USS 35 unch 24 35 35 34.5 35.5 33.1 1 156 183 193 21 80
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      768 29 AFP PSETMat THAI share prices closed 1.2 per cent lower yesterday with profit-taking offsetting early gains amid a lack of strong leads to support followthrough buying, dealers said. Continued selling across the board was prompted by concerns over a possible rise in US interest rates, they said. The Stock
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    • 287 29 AFP Q Manila, -&54 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.4 per cent lower yesterday due to concerns over developments abroad, particularly on Wall Street. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 8.54 points to close at 1,990.61. Turnover fell to 814 billion shares worth 4.3 billion pesos.— AFP OKI* N»
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      666 29 AFP Q Composite Index+3o.43 INDONESIAN share prices closed 5.5 per cent up yesterday in heavy trade and the local currency firmed after defence chief General Wiranto refused to be President BJ Habibie's running mate in today's election, dealers said. A foreign exchange dealer with a European bank said the
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    • 270 29 AFP Q Wellington +2158 INVESTORS took heart from a partial rebound on Wall Street overnight and lifted share prices 1.1 per cent here yesterday. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 23.58 points to 2,090.07 on turnover of NZ$lO4 million with Telecom up 25 cents to NZ$B. —AFP W» B *b
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    • 567 29 AFP DAPOntinariM -&3 AUSTRALIAN shares feU 0.3 per cent yesterday amid continuing anxiety about the global stock market outlook ahead of US inflation data due out later in the day, brokers said. The benchmark All Ordinaries Index fell 8.2 points 2,788.6. The All Industrials Index rose 1.0 point at
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    • 289 29 AFP Q Composite Index -14.81 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 14.81 points at 811.44. Volume was 250.1 million shares worth 2.9 trillion won. AFP Oct I* Wm Anom Somt ***** -200 8r«MTocti 2100 105 Control 8or* 2705 20 CtwNCofflfli ***** -5000 Dm Ou lank J950 -50
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  • RUGBY world cup
    • 642 31  -  The World Cup's beginning to get exciting with every match a do or die By i Shahiron Sahari [SYDNEY] And then there were 11. Out of the 20 teams that started the Rugby World Cup 19 days and 30 matches ago, only nine will take
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    • 813 32  -  -H comment CURRENCIES There's also talk that the baht and the rupiah would be pegged to the dollar larry wee WALL Street jitters and Indonesian political worries hog the headlines and look set to keep currency and stock markets on tenterhooks this week. Preferred
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    • 737 32 South Korea, in particular, is getting worrisome again THE Dow has now slipped to April 1999 levels and looks likely to go below the key 10,000 level in the coming weeks, as fears of a rate increase continue to rattle markets with
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  • INVESTING'99
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      577 33  -  By Wong Wei Kong THE investing scene in Singapore has changed dramatically in just a few short years. It may seem unbelievable but as recently as 1997, unit trusts that invested globally were still considered a novelty. Now, global funds are commonplace and fund managers have gone
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    • 1229 34 The economies that have recovered the most in 1999 correspond to equity markets that have outperformed since the beginning of this year THE gloom and doom banners heralding an era of protracted recession in Asia have been recently replaced by more positive sentiment exalting "greater
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    • 1060 36  -  Fund managers tell LOUIS BECSERUMO that sentiment in regional markets will improve once Y2K is out of the way and Indon situation clears up DAfr e LOUIS BECKERLING The writer is a regular contributor to BT BRACE yourself for a rough ride over the
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    • 949 38  -  Investing in global real estate is a complicated business but well worth considering at present, writes JOHN HAMMOND JOHN HAMMOND The writer is an analyst with Henderson Investors GLOBAL real estate markets currently offer a wide variety of performance opportunities.
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    • 993 39  -  The racy market for new issues is expected to correct as a glut compromises quality and hurts issuers themselves. PATRICE CORFE says investors should go easy on the hype PATRICK CORFE The writer is investment editor, Aberdeen Asset Management Asia THE market may have
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    • 844 40  -  Irrational sentiment has fanned both e-commerce and e-stocks, and many have crashed and burned. But the reality of the Internet economy remains, and using the tools of the trade will become essential, says umpfbbi. lee KESTREL LEE The writer is from DVG Whartons, which specialises in financial
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    • 708 41  -  They should provide investment advice and focus on service, says BEN FOE BEN FOK The writer is manager, funds specialist, with Fraser Securities IT has been over two-and-a-half years since stock broking firms were allowed to sell unit trusts but since then only
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    • 897 42 A guide to prospective investors on the benefits of investing in unit trusts compared to stocks and what to expect from fund managers THE unit trust industry in Singapore has experienced a boom of sorts, with unit trusts becoming an accepted
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    • 1130 44  -  Find the thought of jumping on the currency bandwagon a little intimidating? KEVIN CHAT takes you through the paces KEVIN CHAY The writer is assistant manager, Treasury Division, OUBLtd THE devaluation of the Thai baht in July 1997 sparked a regional crisis with consequences
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    • 987 46  -  Services will have to be structured so as to allow fast response to changes in die market says JURO BEAT MAUSER JURG BEAT NAUSER The writer is head of business development, Telekurs Financial Information Ltd FINANCIAL information until a few years ago the
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    • 901 47  -  Right channel provides value-added information so you can make an informed choice, says LEM —um» TAT LIM MENG TAT The writer is vice-president, investment funds services, ABN AMRO Asset Management (Singapore) FANCY buying a unit trust at the ATM machine, in the 7-Eleven
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    • 1110 48 It's important to plan early for your retirement and children's education WITHOUT careful financial planning, it is easy to outlive your savings and CPF for retirement. Yet, the average Singaporean could be too complacent about the importance ofplanning early for future needs. This article highlights
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    • 899 49 Does he subscribe to a philosophy or is he trying to sell you the flavour of the month? Here's what an investor should look for from an investment planner THE term investment planning means different things to different people. This can pose
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    • 2089 50  -  Retirement is not as far away as you think and it's better to seek sound financial advice at an early stage. JASOIf TEOH explains how to go about it JASON TEOH The writer is financial advisor, Investment Advisory Division, Consumer Services Sector, United Overseas
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    • 745 52  -  Recovery, low rates and corporate restructuring are positive for market, argues MO SOO MAM NG SOO NAM The writer is fund manager, Schroder Investment Management (S'pore) Ltd AUTIOUS, indecisive, 1 directionless, uncertain howI ever one I may wish to M describe the S market over
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    • 1274 53  -  Investors often bet on an index without knowing how it works. LEWIS MTTCHEU. evplains what goes into the tools that depict the state of a market LEWIS MITCHELL The writer is a quantitative analyst at DBS Securities ON any given market day, traders and
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    • 1680 54  -  Internet use and online trading are on the fast track. JEFFREY GOB looks at how financial institutions are rising to this challenge JEFFREY GOH The writer is business development manager, Phillip Securities THE boom in online stockbroking is intricately linked to the advent of Internet
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    • 1621 55  -  It's a win-win idea for investors, funds and banks, says TAM KEMG BOCK TAN KENG HOCK The writer is director, Schroder Investment Management, Singapore The views here are the writer's and do not necessarily reflect those of the company. ARE you using the
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    • 929 56  -  Allocating funds for a global portfolio has to depend on more than forecast returns and ever-changing fundamentals, says SHAMDVDRA PERERA SHAMINDRA PERERA The writer is director, funds distribution, Frank Russell Investments Singapore. Frank Russell, together with DBS Bank, has launched the Horizon
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    • 859 58  -  A balanced portfolio must include bonds, says MEUSOM THACKERT NELSON THACKERY The writer is global consumer bank treasurer, Citibank Singapore Disclaimer: These are the views of the writer and not necessarily those of the bank. As part of the wider scheme to develop Singapore as a
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    • 1457 59  -  Homegrown firms are set to replicate, if not outdo, their US counterparts in the information technology arena, says KWOK EENO BAM KWOK KENG HAN The writer is head of channel sales business development, CMG First State Investments ONE afternoon in May last year,
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    • 1429 60 What is the role of insurance in retirement planning and how to maintain the lifestyle of the good old days? Here are some tips PLAN for your retirement, was the recent message to Singaporeans from National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan. This was a key
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    • 857 61  -  An investment-linked insurance policy offers flexibility but be careful to pick the right one, writes HEN NO KEN NG The writer is assistant director. Prudential Assurance Company Singapore INVESTMENTIinked insurance policies have become increasingly popular as they offer a combination of life insurance cover
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    • 1203 62  -  In today*s post-crisis environment, local bond markets are an increasingly relevant fund-raising avenue for companies, says MARTIN TAYLOR MARTIN TAYLOR The writer is director and head of capital markets and fixed income sales, HSBC Singapore IF Asia's governments can draw any positive conclusions from the
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    • 291 63 Bridge News, Reuters TRADING was very quiet Rates for Panamaxes continue to look healthy in both the Atlantic and Pacific. However, in the US Gulf there is said to he an ample supply of handysized tonnage and some charterers not prepared to pay premium Panamax rate for business
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    • 489 63  -  COMTAHER ASIA W CONFERENCE Their introdnction on main trade rentes has caused overcapacity: By] Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The trend by container shipping companies to build mega ships over the last Ave years has been the major cause of the industry's
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    • 156 63 [SINGAPORE] A bulk carrier and an unladen tanker collided in the traffic separation scheme (TSS) in the Singapore Strait yesterday morning. The collision between the Panamanian-registered bulk carrier, Graceous, and the unladen 62,000 gross ton tanker Lula 1, happened at about 6.50 am
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    • 612 63  -  STRAIT TALK By\ Seafarer THREE weeks ago, Seafarer looked at the campaign by Greenpeace and the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) against the sale for scrapping in developing countries of vessels with hazardous materials on board. That commentary acknowledged a genuine concern about
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    • 409 63  -  Domestic terminal needs to be modernised: Philippine port chief From. Alec Almazan in Manila [MANILA] The head of the Philippines port regulatory agency has warned that the piers at the Port of Manila's North Harbour domestic terminal would collapse unless the port could be
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    • 145 63 Lloyd's List [LONDON] Container giant Evergreen has now set up a 20strong working party to investigate the prospects for getting into the cruise industry. It is not expected to report back for 18 months and word is that Evergreen flavours entry with
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      • 768 77 THIS report complied 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 baaed on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 218 78 Reuters [PAUL, Minnesota] Northwest Airlines Corp, the fourth-largest airline in the US, will no longer carry commercially tendered hazardous goods such as lithium batteries and oil-based paints, on passenger airplanes, the airline said. Northwest will continue to carry such materials when properly prepared for
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      • 123 78 Reuters [CHICAGO] FDX Corp's Federal Express unit has dropped plans to build a US$5O million (5583.5 million) truck distribution facility, partly financed by bonds, at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. FedEx spokesman Jess Bunn said the facility was no longer needed after the company's acquisition
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      • 125 78 Reuters [LONDON] French state railway SNCF has pulled out of a consortium with British Airways and National Express to rim Eurostar train services between London's Heathrow and Paris's Charles de Gaulle airports, British newspapers reported. SNCF, which has a 35 per cent share in the
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