The Business Times, 15 December 1999

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 046/12/98 850 SINGAPORE I Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1999
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  • 66 1 □m imS (-17.07) f-JBT-SEI U M3J6 (-1.04) □row WTUIKS ***** (-0.80) STOCK MAKKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP 769.94 +150 NIKKEI l8.lte.S6 49.62 HANG SENG *****.79 -1M.41 SET INDEX ***** +482 J AKART A COMP —W 8J9 +17-81 MANILA COMP 2,011# -L» TAIPEI WPI 7jBVT4 -23.47 SEOUL COMP
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  • 77 1 FOBEX BATES US$ S3 USt 1.678 £(US$/S$par£) ICS 2.727 EUBO(lB$/SS/E) 1.014 1.791 DM 1JU 0-870 YEN 193.0 1.03® RM 1890 0.442 HKS 7.776 Oil« BAlfT 38.53 0.044 RUPIAH 7532 0.023* 'St to 100 untU PMME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 736 JAKARTA 40.0® BANGKOK 10.00 MANILA 1LM HONG KONG
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  • 1067 1  -  [TT3T73 Cyberport project spawns wave of telecoms, Internet, high-tech businesses From' Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong AFTER sitting on the sidelines while its rivals in Singapore and Malaysia trumpeted grand plans to ride the knowledge economy boom, Hongkong has made a frenzied
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  • 628 1  -  pH:** exclusive Surge in oil, metals prices and currency volatility cited; Enrozone seen harder hit From Neil Behrmann in London THIS year's surge in oil and metals prices and currency volatility point to an acceleration in global inflation next year, economists
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  • 635 1 Mobins and Soros too are eyeing good buys Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia is seeing its first signs of foreign investor interest after more than two years of economic trauma, with three major US companies moving forward with investments in the
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    • 218 1 Many sites. Many awards. How successful? Next Page ntsmE Top stories Tepid response to 27 foreign firms' switch to S$ listing. Pg 4 100,000 users signed up in 9 days: Star Hub. Pg 8 Dr Mahathir blames lies, bribes and ungrateful Malays for eroding his support in last month's general
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 139 2 WANT to make a small bet on whether Singapore or Hongkong will be the first stock market to make a new high in US dollar terms? Prudential-Bache Securities' Hongkong-based analyst John Schofield says both are within easy reach of the target. Singapore seemed to have a
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      • 66 2 LOCALS on the Singapore Exchange, or individuals who trade financial futures on their own account, now have a forum that they can share with management. Four locals were elected to form the first new Locals' Committee, which will serve a two-year term between 1999/2000 and 2000/2001.
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      • 82 2 A GLOSSARY is always appreciated by reporters. But this one distributed by Fraser and Neave to reporters and stock analysts at its briefing really blew us away. On its aim to become a world-class multinational enterprise with an Asian base to provide superior returns, it
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      • 81 2 WHILE we do receive news releases about maximising office supplies, such as printer toner, one large IT company certainly practises what it preaches. The company's latest set of news releases were printed on the reverse side of an old news release with the outdated content crossed out with
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      • 75 2 MANAGEMENT consultancy PriceWaterhouseCoopers says it has identified the sue forces that will shape the future of business and virtually no major corporation has in place programmes to manage all six adequately. The six are industry convergence that eliminates the boundaries between entire industries, e-business, knowledge
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      • 75 2 WE are used to the standard gifts that often come with corporate news releases. The gold-coloured card case engraved with the corporate logo and the gold-plated ballpoint pen are pretty standard fare. But local e-commerce company Brel's gift is more meaningful. Included in its press kit is
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    • 1077 2  -  High reserve prices cited for no deals in 17 plots a month after tenders close By: Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Nearly half, or 17 out of 39 collective sale sites whose tenders closed by Nov 7 have yet to find takers.
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    • 625 2  -  NST writer says Singapore started dob and ended it unilaterally t<Yorn Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA could not have breached World Trade Organization rules in the saga over frozen Malaysian shares previously traded on Singapore's over-the-counter market Clob International, a columnist
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    • 9 2 Two freehold sites hope to bag $34m, Page 8
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  • FOCUS e-commerce
    • 742 3  -  One Net property portal already set up, another on the way, reports TOHHAMSHIH TOH HAN SHIH TWO Singapore technopreneurs have set up or will be setting up Internet property portals in Singapore and other countries, and introducing online transactions to the property market. Propi-nets, a
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 254 4 L&M Group Investments and Griya Nusantara Pratama (GNP) have agreed to study the feasibility of developing a 10-ha piece of land in Jakarta's Kemayoran Cybercentre into a high-tech, multi-pur-pose development and electronic commerce hub. The expenses of the joint study
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    • 419 4  -  Joint venture OUB Optimix aims for 10% market share within three years By Jeanette Pang OVERSEAS Union Bank has forged a joint venture with ING Investment Management to increase the retail market share of its fund management arm. OUB Asset Management
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    • 440 4  -  Prices of 20 down, indicating investors are nnfazed by pvrhangp risks ity Wong Wei Kong TWENTY of the 27 foreign currency stocks that are converting into a Singapore dollar listings fell yesterday, indicating that currency perhaps is not such a
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    • 388 4  - Proposed sale of PCB business sends Elec Eltek reeling By Audrey Tan CONFUSED investors yesterday sold down Elec Eltek International stock, driving the price down US$l.l6 or 26 per cent in morning trade to a low of U553.34. Analysts were advising their clients to sell yesterday morning, following the company's
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    • 730 4  -  lock siew] siow li sen Shareholders of cerebos Pacific will be relieved to know that the company is on the brink of bouncing back, if the sales of the last three months can be sustained. It seems that company officials
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    • 546 5 Resurgent economy expected to lift STI to 2,637.50 by end of next year Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore's stock market will test new peaks in 2000, lifted by a resurgent Asian economy that will underpin external demand, according to a Reuters poll of
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 107 5 DBS Group Holdings said the 1878 million bonds issued by Clover Holdings in conjunction with the securitisation of 6 Battery Road have been fully taken up when applications closed yesterday. Out of the senior bonds of $550 million, DBS Bank offered $50 million bonds to
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      • 74 5 TYE Soon Ltd said wholly-owned subsidiary Yamakawa Trading Co has sold to ERO Lingerie International Pte Ltd its lingerie business for $150,000 cash. The lingerie business retails branded French lingerie in Singapore. In the competitive retail environment, it has been unable to achieve its
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      • 66 5 FREIGHT Links Express Holdings said its Australian-listed subsidiary. Freight Links Express Holdings (Australia), has released its unaudited half-year results for the period ended Oct 31. The Aussie firm, which owns and operates an airfreight centre with bonded warehouses and offices in Melbourne, achieved pre-tax profit
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      • 17 5 CM TELECOM International said Wu Ying Keung has resigned as executive director.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 491 6 Stocks Volume Elec 80c 13,799,000 MediaRing 10c 11,942,000 MIT 10c 11,546,000 Asia Food&Prop US$ 11,452,000 Benefun HK10c 11,107,000 SingTel 15c 9,826,000 RafflesH85c 8,981,000 L&M 50c 7,769,000 ChuanHup 20c 7,442,000 Ho Bee 5c 6,342,000 Stocks DBS Grp 61,706,496 Elec 80c 48,360,280 SingTel 15c 33,790,150 UOB 22,711,738 Nat Elec 10c 21,851,742 OCBC
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    • 564 6  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy A LOSS of upward momentum was probably the single biggest factor at work in the local stock market yesterday. Spooked by the index's inability to rebound from Monday's drop, sellers were out in force to leave the broad market
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    • 191 6  -  WARRANT WATCH /fy] R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Telecom has been slowly and surely regaining its past glories, having recently broken past its $3.20 barrier. At $3.48 now, one suspects that the next target should be around the $3.60 mark, although some optimists
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    • 264 6  -  HOT STOCK Wong Wei Kong NEWS of an impending takeover of the company sent HBM Print shares soaring 18 per cent yesterday, with the stock ending as one of the session's most heavily traded and biggest gaining issues. HBM shares closed up 8
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    • 84 6 Hiinnww ♦9am. Asia-Pacific conference on computational mechanics, organised by National University of Singapore ♦9.30 am. Singapore Management University press conference ♦9.30 am. Wee Poh Holdings annual general meeting ♦10.30 am. Press conference on the bi-annual Singapore Motor Show organised by Singapore International Motorshow Pte
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    • 349 6  -  |:j|comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE Japanese yen slid back a little further yesterday, a day after the closelywatched tankan Q4 business survey revealed that continued growth must hinge on the efficacy of the government's next 178 trillion yen (552.9 trillion) pump-priming
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 313 8  -  I 3on the economy job ads By: Marissa Chew JOB hunters are having an easier time, going by the rising volume of job advertisements placed in newspapers volumes shot up 89 per cent year-on-year in November. The data from Singapore Press Holdings is the latest
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    • 613 8  -  ISP aims to be cashflow positive in four years and profitable in five By' Teh Hooi Ling THANKS to its free surf plan. Star Hub Internet yesterday said it signed up some 100,000 users in nine days, a number that took other
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    • 251 8  -  CGI i en-n\TFi±u±m By. Andrea Tan TWO more freehold sites are up for collective sale Martaban Court in the Novena area and Lynnsville along Pasir Panjang. Martaban Court is expected to fetch about $22.7 million while Lynnsville carries a $11 million price tag.
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    • 520 8  -  Prime Partners hopes to secure 25% of Tunas Barn Lampnng'slPO tin I Soh Tiang Keng TUNAS Baru Lampung (TBL), an Indonesian producer of vegetable cooking oil, is targeting Singapore and Hongkong for the bulk of the foreign component
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    • 190 8 *?>?* > S»' l *«r > .< SIEMENS i&S&X 'i'£s£■:*: There is more to us than meets the eye. Though the 'how' is not always immediately apparent, the results are obvious. As a global knowledge-based company and systems integrator, we are well-poised to meet today's demands for knowledge-intensive solutions. At
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  • MAIL bag
    • 248 9  -  Teo Tat Beng Singapore I HAVE read the letter by KY Chew (BT, Dec 11/12). While I do not know whether the Dow will crash, I certainly believe that the risk for equity investment has increased. I would like to share my observation with your
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    • 69 9  -  Patrick C H Tan Singapore THE Land Transport Authority has lifted ERP (electronic road pricing) charges on Saturday in view of the lesser traffic volume. However, Urban Redevelopment Authority and Housing Development Board car parks are still charging 90 cents per half-hour parking in the CBD
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    • 277 9  -  Lim Yew Wen Singapore MY wife and I have a joint current account with a participating bank in the scheme for electronic applications for IPOs and rights shares. Both of us can operate our account individually, and each has an ATM card with different PIN numbers.
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 819 10  -  raiiTqi bottom line OPINION robert samuelson WE in the American scribbling and chattering class are facing an emerging crisis which unless things soon get worse threatens to grow to dire proportions. It is the absence of crises. Almost all those that
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    • 103 10 'It used to be that investment bankers were at the cutting edge. Today, bankers are just hired guns.' -Mark Long a banker for Credit Suisse First Boston, on why many bankers prefer taking their chances on the Internet. The playing field isn't level. Some investors are more
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    • 569 10 EDITORIAL THE Indonesian economy is no longer in a state of crisis, having made some dramatic improvements this year. However, the same cannot be said about its banking system, which the country's chief economics minister Kwik Kian Gie has himself recently admitted is "dysfunctional". Cleaning
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    • 962 10  -  The larger question globalisation raises is the relationship between culture and commerce Byl Edward Luttwak The writer is a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington LAT-WP THE great scientific discovery that gave us penicillin was achieved by Sir
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    • 959 10 US pulled the plug AS THE the smoke clears after the "battle of Seattle", supporters of an open world economy are faced with a problem few expected. Instead of celebrating the start of another round of negotiations to reduce trade barriers, they must now figure out
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • MARKET moves
      • 78 11 NEWSPAPER stocks continued to rise on the back of increased advertising expenditure amid the economic recovery. The Star jumped 90 sen to RM11.70 while New Straits Times Press gained 30 sen to RM9. Incidentally, they are controlled by the Malaysian Chinese Association and the
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      • 58 11 MESINIAGA, which counts IBM as one of its shareholders, continues to confound critics. The counter gained another 85 sen to RM9.30 almost five times its listing price of RM1.90 last month. Besides strong demand for its technology products, analysts said Malaysian syndicates have been pushing up
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      • 51 11 SIME Darby is slowly back in demand following the disposal of its troubled Sime Bank last year. The counter chalked up 18 sen to RM4.68 despite the soft market conditions yesterday. An analyst said investors are beginning to see it as a defensive and undervalued stock
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      • 45 11  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh CAMERLIN jumped 26 sen to RM2.67 on rumours that its listed associate, Southern Steel, might merge with Amsteel to form the largest steel company in Malaysia. The two steel companies are still bleeding from massive loans and over capacity.
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    • 188 11 KUALA LUMPUR Move aims to create a larger regional business in Asia Bloomberg JAMES Hardie Industries Ltd, an Australian building materials maker, plans to form a joint venture with Malaysia's UAC Bhd to make and sell Fibre cement products in Asia to
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    • 266 11 KUALA LUMPUR Proposal likely to include bond sale, and entail making Lion Corp the ultimate holding firm Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S Lion group, one of the country's biggest industrial concerns, said it's close to finalising a plan to repay 10.2 billion Malaysian ringgit (554.5
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    • 179 11 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Bhd said yesterday it has appointed special administrators to two timber products firms, Kilang Papan Seribu Daya Bhd and Timbermaster Industries Bhd. Administrators were also appointed to three subsidiaries of Timbermaster, the national asset management agency said
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    • 360 11  -  But Time's parent Renong says it's still open to better offers From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MAXIS Communications Bhd. which put in a final bid for Time Telekom sometime last week, considers its offer to be a "good bid, and
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    • 397 12 TOKYO PAS and effects of Western liberalism also cited for reduced majority in polls AFP MALAYSIA'S Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday lashed out at lies, bribes and ungrateful Malays for eroding his support in the general election last month. In
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    • 306 12 KUALA LUMPUR Far fewer than current 64 will remain: SC chief MALAYSIA'S myriad stockbroking firms must merge or perish, and white-collar criminals should beware a more muscular market watchdog, the head of the Securities Commission said yesterday. In an interview with Reuters Television, Securities Commission
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    • 382 12 HASSAN'S In Singapore since 1930 Assets of Past Generations Value for Future Generations Hassan's First Auction in line with the re-engineering of the thinking, structure and strategy, for Asean advertised in Business Times 4th 6th December 1999 was held on 6th December 1999. It drew a small perceptive audience. However,
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  • SOUTH east asia
    • 557 13  -  DLiexclusive Sharp earnings fall seen as companies fall prey to economic slowdown From Al Labita in Manila LAST year, listed Philippines firms' earnings weathered the crippling impact of the Asian currency crunch, but this year, it's a different story. Succumbing to
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    • NOTE Book
      • 63 13 Reuters [JAKARTA] IMF Asia-Pacific director Hubert Neiss said yesterday the fond would disburse about US$2 billion (553.3 billion) to Jakarta in January. He was speaking after he told reporters the disbursement would be higher than the sums earlier planned before loans were halted. Asked
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      • 72 13 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia plans to raise fuel prices by at least 20 per cent and electricity tariffs by 35 per cent after April 1, Mines and Energy Minister Susilo Bam bang Yudhoyono said yesterday. "The increases will take place in April 2000 at the
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      • 68 13 Bloomberg [MANILA] Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, which provides 30 per cent of the revenue for the largest Coke bottler in the Asia-Pacific, said it would cut about 600 jobs to reduce cx»ts as sales slump. The unit of Australia's Coca-Cola Amatil said the cuts,
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    • 295 13  -  Stocks np 6% over 3 days as economic sentiment improves From, Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAI stocks surged more than 6 per cent over the last three trading days, buoyed by the improving economic sentiment and confidence that the Chuan Leekpai
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    • 63 13 [ÜBON RATCHATHANI] Skydiversfrom the "World Team '99" attempting to set a world record for the number ofpeople in a formation dive in Übon Ratchathani, about 700 km north-west of Bangkok yesterday. Up to 324 divers are expected to take part in the record-setting event, part of
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    • 192 13 JAKARTA Bloomberg PT Tri Polyta Indonesia, a petrochemical company controlled by a son of former president Suharto, missed a Dec 1 coupon payment on a US$lB5 million debt (*****.4 million), its second failed payment this year. Tri Polyta, controlled by Bambang Trihatmodjo,
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    • 177 13 BANGKOK Reuters THE Bank of Thailand said yesterday a committee would investigate if any of its current or former executives, or executives of commercial banks, were connected to the case of arrested businessman Pin Chakkaphak. Assistant central bank governor Rattakom Nimwattana told reporters
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  • EAST asia
    • 409 14 NEW YORK Co-listing programme likely to see Hongkong stocks trade on US over-the-counter market next year Bloomberg, Reuters MICROSOFT Corp, Intel Corp and five other Nasdaq stock market companies will list on the Stock Exchange of Hongkong
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    • 278 14 HONGKONG Alliance hopes to make Internet payments safer HSBC Holdings pic and Cable Wireless HKT are forming an alliance to make Internet payment systems more secure, paving the way for Hongkong companies and consumers to conduct more business online. The two companies are
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    • 311 14  -  Plans also for fond to support Greater China Net start-nps From Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong IN its latest info-tech venture, Sino Land has signed a deal to make its buildings more "intelligent", joining the ranks of property developers such as Sun Hung
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    • 351 16 SHANGHAI WTO membership seen boosting imports which surged 36% in Nov AFP CHINA'S export growth accelerated in November with a 28.8 per cent year-on-year leap, but even faster growth in imports narrowed the country's trade surplus, the Shanghai Daily yesterday quoted Vice Trade
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    • 288 16  -  Agreement signed with Trans World International FYom Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong IT'S official. Hongkong tycoon Richard Li's Pacific Century Cyberworks (PCC) has finally unveiled a deal that will give the group massive access to content. The new agreement signed with Trans World International (TWI),
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    • 221 16 HONGKONG Bloomberg DICKSON Concepts (International) Ltd, an upmarket Hongkong retailer, will spend HK$2OO million (5543.2 million) to build a 70,000 sq ft shopping centre that combines a real and Internet mall. DicksonCyberExpress will be launched at the Kowloon Station late next year, chairman Dickson
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    • 317 16 BEIJING Bloomberg CHINA Netcom Corp, the third entrant in China's stateowned telecommunications industry, plans to start operating a 13,000-km broadband network in the third quarter of next year to serve telecoms carriers, cable operators and Internet service and content providers. By defining itself as a
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  • SOUTH asia
    • 502 17 NEW DELHI Regulator favours free unlimited entry and lays down tearing criteria Reuters INDIA'S telecom regulator on Monday set the ground for a free-market regime in longdistance telephone services with a strong set of recommendations to push reforms in the sector further forward. The Telecom Regulatory
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    • 330 17 BANGALORE first of such listings lor next year expected in March Reuters AT LEAST six to 10 Indian firms are likely to list on the technology-driven US Nasdaq stock exchange next year with the first of them expected in March, a
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    • 175 17 BOMBAY Bloomberg GUJARAT Ambuja Cements Ltd, India's third largest cement maker, said it will pay 253 million rupees (Sslo million) to acquire a stake in DLF Cement Ltd, to boost output and sales. Gujarat Ambuja will buy 20 million shares at 12.65 rupees
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  • WORLD news
    • 192 19 MELBOURNE Bloomberg MELBOURNE IT Ltd, an Australian company which sells Internet addresses, surged 400 per cent on its debut as a listed company. The Melbourne-based company rose as high as A 59.10, valuing the company at A 5386.75 million (*****.1 million). Melbourne IT
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    • 216 19 SEOUL AFP, Bloomberg SOUTH Korea's government took a tough stand in a row with foreign creditors of the failed Daewoo Group, warning key Daewoo units could be put under into receivership, causing them even greater losses. The warning was channelled through Daewoo's consultants to
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    • 293 19 TOKYO Report says it may acquire up to 30% interest in Tokyo dectric Bloomberg CABLE Wireless pic, the UK's second-biggest telecommunications provider, is negotiating to buy a stake in Tokyo Telecommunications Network Inc to expand into Japan's market for domestic calls
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    • 259 19 PBOPLE NEW YORK Reuters THE architect of International Business Machines Corps rebound in the data storage business has left the company to become a vice-chairman at rival. Dell Computer Corp, in the latest of a series of setbacks for the world's largest computer
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    • 468 20 WASHINGTON Third qtr current account deficit widens to record USsB9.9b Reuters, AFX US consumer prices rose at the slowest pace in five months in November as flat energy prices and a drop in tobacco costs helped keep inflation tame, the
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    • 447 20 LONDON Bloomberg UK consumer prices barely budged last month, a sign that competition among shops and supermarkets is keeping a lid on inflation in Europe's third biggest economy. Retail prices rose 0.1 per cent for the month, unchanged from October. So did
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    • 78 20 [LIVERPOOL] Tomohiro Kobayashi (left) and Sumiyo Omori (right)from Japan and Yasu Ono from London who have tickets for Paul McCartney's concert last night sitting on the street outside the "Cavern Club'' next to a statue of John Lennon yesterday. Former Beatle McCartney, who has not
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    • 453 20 WASHINGTON Bloomberg HEALTH care facilities in the developing world may be the least prepared to avert the Year 2000 computer glitch, according to a study by a United Nations-backed group. "There remains a medium to high risk" that "Y2Kcaused errors could
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 72 20 Bloomberg (WASHINGTON] Viacom Inc said it won't go ahead with a planned spinoff to shareholders of its Blockbuster Inc video-rental chain until Blockbuster's share price exceeds US$2O a share, which would require about a 27 per cent increase from the current level. "Viacom had decided not
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      • 75 20 Bloomberg [LONDON] NTL Inc, the UK's biggest cable company, said it signed a "long-term" agreement with the British Broadcasting Corp to create new channels and programmes from the BBC's sports television archives. Terms of the agreement weren't disclosed. NTL said its Premium TV unit will
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      • 68 20 Bloomberg [HAMBURG] Germany's HWWA economic research institute said growth in Europe's largest economy will accelerate next year, as stronger world economic growth fuels exports. The German economy, accounting for a third of euro zone output, will expand to 2.7 per cent in 2000
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    • 402 21 ZURICH Moves aimed at shoring up lagging earnings in money management Bloomberg ÜBS AG, Europe's secondlargest bank, said it will list shares in the US, bidding to win more international investors and preparing for acquisitions overseas to shore up lagging earnings in money management.
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    • 296 21 SANTA CLARA, California Bloomberg 3COM's Palm unit, the No 1 electronic-organiser maker, filed for an initial public offering of stock on Nasdaq, giving investors a way to benefit from 3Com's fastest-growing business. Nokia and Motorola, the two biggest cellular phone makers, and No
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    • 246 21 PALO ALTO, California AFP US-BASED Andersen Consulting will launch a new venture capital unit to inject US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) into up-and-coming e-commerce businesses, over the next five years. Andersen will spend US$5OO million to form the new company, Andersen Consulting Ventures,
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  • THE ISO EDGE
    • 776 23  -  ISO 9000, a series of global standards on quality management can enhance performance via the accummulation of corporate knowledge, and constant improvements Ru< Jeanette Pang THE much vaunted virtues of a knowledgebased economy have been on the lips of many a local policy-maker these days.
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    • 893 24  -  Earning the ISO 9002 certification was at times an arduous process, but the bank now enjoys greater standardisation, transparency and productivity By Ling Su Ann FOR Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP), one of the four foreign banks to be awarded the coveted Qualifying Full Bank
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    • 547 24  -  Jinis International proves that size is no obstacle to gaining certification By] Ling Su Ann THE ISO mark is so prevalent these days that companies which have not embarked on the journey to certification are slowly becoming the odd ones out. Even Jinis International,
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  • FINANCE & commodities
    • 225 26  -  SGX Derivatives Tmdin&Reports MSCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming CONTINUING its consolidation yesterday, the Singapore stock market ended broadly lower amid lacklustre trade and minimal institutional participation. The Straits Times Index closed down 17.07 points or 0.72 per cent at 2,369.25. The MSCI
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    • 186 26  -  MSCI Taiwan futures Matthew DenBleyker Refco Singapore SIMEX MSCI Taiwan Stock Index Futures yesterday dropped 5.3 points or 1.47 per cent to 354.1, wiping out the previous day's 3.82-point or one per cent premium over cash. The underlying MSCI cash index lost 1.77 points
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    • 234 26 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Crude oil was little changed as a report due to be released later yesterday on US inventories could show a Fifth week of declines, and the United Nations readies a vote on the future of
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    • 308 26 Reuters New York THE dollar was sharply higher against the European single currency in early New York trade yesterday as gloomy market sentiment threatened to shunt the euro back to parity with the greenback. Fixated on pummelling the euro lower, the market shrugged off mixed US economic data,
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    • Article, Illustration
      1227 26 HTERBAMK CROSS RATES l)eeH AS CS Bnm Euro Ffr Dm HK$ Ind Bs Bupln Yen Won BM N2$ Pat Bs Peso S$ Band Sfr WT$ Bafct Po«nd USS Australia 0.941 6.178 0.628 4.120 1.228 4.951 27.717 46.057 0.656 7.217 2.420 1.273 33.013 25.888 1.069 3.901 1.006 20.145 24.533 0.392 0.637
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    • 1952 26 SICOM FUTURES f*>c n RUBBER (futures dosing as *t 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTUS cents/kq) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sttt (tonnes) Interest Jan 00 110.50 Feb 00 112.00 l 100 Mar 00 115.00 100 Apr/Jun 00 121.50 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US ccnts/kQ) Volume Open Month High Low Sttt (tonnes) Interest
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  • STOCKS east asia
    • 2813 27 HOMGEONG AFP n Hang Seng -159.41 HONGKONG share prices fell one per cent yesterday on profit-taking from recent gains, in line with weaker regional markets, dealers said. "I think the market is following other regional markets for a correction," said Michael Ng,
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    • Article, Illustration
      1012 27 Reuters n Shenzhen B Index -0.05 SHENZHEN'S B shares ended slightly lower in sluggish trade yesterday as investors began to doubt the future of the long stagnant market. The B share index fell 0.05 point to 80.23 on turnover of HK$ll million compared with HK$l5 million on Monday. "Some
      Reuters; Source: Credit Lyonnsis Securities(Asia) Ltd  -  1,012 words
    • 369 27 AFP Qwp Index -33.47 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.4 per cent lower yesterday as late profit-taking eroded early gains, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 33.47 points to 7,850.14 on turnover of NT5132.57 billion. Falls led rises 296 to 178. The index opened 0.6 per
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    • 2044 27 TOKYO AFP □Nikkei 225 -3153 SHARE prices in Tokyo closed 0.2 per cent lower yesterday, depressed by prof-it-taking in high-tech issues, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei average of 225 selected issues fell 39.53 points to end at 18,165.55. The Topix of all issues in
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  • STOCKS klse
    • 8658 28 INDUSTRIALS Conswnor products 1999 Last Vol Day Net Cap Nign Low Company Sola OOO High Low P/C Smil 440 2S5 Ajinomoto 300 t9.0 121.6 174 46 Anqkasa 91 -4 27 95 91 134.2 404 220 Apollo Food Wq 326 7.8 130.4 294 115 Bertaya Land 166 -2 77 170 165
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    • 420 28 AFP. AFX-Asia Q Composite Index +L 2 MALAYSIAN share prices rose only marginally yesterday as profit-taking set in after sharp gains the previous day, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 1.2 points to finish at 769.94. The Second Board Index
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    • 3241 29 BOMBS A WARRANTS Dect4 *t »r*« 1*1 iz m—k Lot V* Mr LastOaete bar CaaM In an taw Ml <r fMM M0 Ua hp Mn Mta ttaMMb M» IW 104 10.5 s 3160 mwt 0.5 M 40 39.5 39.5 40 311 1 156 75 2 84 19 80 14.5 s
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      792 29 AFP risifl'lndex *183 THAI share prices closed 0.6 per cent higher yesterday with continued buying in communications stocks helping to offset profit-taking after previous sharp gains, dealers said. The benchmark Stock Exchange of Thailand Index gained 2.83 points to close at 438.23. Volume was a moderate 3.25 million lots
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    • 290 29 AFP Q Manila -L 59 PHILIPPINE share prices closed slightly lower yesterday as investors took profits on Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 1.59 points to 2,011.25. Volume was 7.09 billion shares worth 2.2 billion pesos. AFP Oec14 P»M *h (000) MRCANIed 0.66
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      701 29 AFX-Asia Q Composite Index >17-83 INDONESIAN share prices closed sharply higher yesterday on window-dressing activity and speculative trade in telecommunications and other select stocks, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 17.83 points or 2.8 per cent at 648.39 on volume of 956 million shares. A
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    • 278 29 AFP Q Wellington +<LS4 NEW Zealand share prices stalled yesterday in featureless trading, dealers said. The benchmark NZSE-40 Capital Index rose just 0.54 of a point to close at 2,131.99 on light turnover of NZ$72 million. Telecom ended down eight cents at NZ$B.B2. AFP tacM US COM) Advantage MOS
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    • 574 29 AFP QAM Ordinaries -LB AUSTRALIAN share prices fell marginally yesterday, with a weak industrial sector keeping the market in negative territory, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index slipped 1.8 points to 3,108.10. The All Industrials Index lost 15.7 points to 5,400.90 but the All Resources Index closed 15.3 points
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    • 312 29 AFP n Composite Index -ILOI THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index yesterday closed down 11.01 points at 1,002.64. Volume was 396.5 million shares worth 5.4 trillion won. —AFP D*cM Won Anjm Stmt ***** ooch Brain Tteh 2285 -45 C antral Bank 2500 95 Chvll Com* *****0 -4000 Dm Ou
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 303 33 Bridge News, Reuters THE dry cargo freight market got off to an exceptionally quiet start to the week in which capesize conditions were broadly unchanged but with a notable lack of inquiry for Atlantic panamaxes, brokers said. The Pacific was also said to have been quiet for panamaxes
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    • 273 33 NcM St INI CWT Distribution 1.23 0.01 48 ChuanHup a42 -0.01 7442 CoscohvMtimnt 1.14 -0.03 104 Fr*lgMLWu 0.29 -0.01 374 G8 Holdings 088 -0.01 9 Hal Sun Hup 0.81 -0i04 1306 IMC HoWWkji-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 1.16 -0.03 374 Jurang Shipyard aOS 0-20 141 KappalCorp 4.02
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    • 545 33  -  TDB assures that Trade Net is Y2K xompliant, prepared for glitches By. Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] The Trade Development Board (TDB) has assured the trading community that it is taking no chances with the Y2K bug and that it has a back-up plan to
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    • 754 33  -  STRAIT TALK By\ Seafarer HELMUT Sohmen, chairman of World-Wide Shipping, is no stranger to controversy and last week he was being controversial. Metaphorically speaking, he threw a bucket of cold water over the idea that Asian shipping has its own distinct
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    • 83 33 [PANAMA CITY] Panamanian Deydamia Urriula puts flowers at the Panama Canal's Miraflores Locks, ahead of a ceremony marking the transfer of the Canalfrom United States to Panama. Heads of State from six countries were to attend the ceremony yesterday, as well as former US president Jimmy Carter,
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    • 272 33  -  Locally-based firm acquires Italian shipping company By: Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Locally-based Sea Consortium, managing agents of X-Press Feeders, will be moving into the Mediterranean next year with the acquisition of Italian shipping company Sea Med Link (SML). The acquisition marks the first foray for Sea
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    • PORT Shots
      • 54 33 [LONDON] The Chinese government has suspended the operations of Yanda Ferry Shipping until a set of tough safety standards have been met. The action came following the sinking of the Yanda-owned Dashun with a death toll 0f276 and the loss of another of its ferries, the
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      • 59 33 [LONDON] Fourteen crew members were rescued from the 8,224 dwt 1990-built bulk carrier Palatin after it began to take cm water and sink 200 km west of the port of Vigo. Spain. The Antingua and Barbuda-registered was carrying a cargo of aluminium rods which shifted, causing
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    • PORT of tanjung pelepas
      • 638 34 New Johor port seems a threat to Singapore but both can co-exist in competition, says a Singapore academic Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] THE new Malaysian Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in Johor appears to be an immediate threat to the Singapore port although both can co-exist
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    • 306 34 PAGE ECL 4 AM. 3 ECUUne 6 Accord 8 ESJ» Lines t3 Ahrenfctel M £»«green 6 Appenship 5 'ooogSun 8 AsiaOCL 13 Frt Links H Austral 8 L Avant 14 Gemartrans 6 8 tang Mas 8 Genshpg 13 BSA 7 G total 13 BTl M Glory Nav
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    • 19208 41 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 2*/H 20/01 MOl SAO PAULO CHALLENG 7J05A 65-******6 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoirc 29/u 21/01 csav csav Singapore ous *5-*****55
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      • 657 47 Vessel Voy Ho Berth Arrival Departure 8t 08 4269 JOt 'wOTtM M/12/1400 0 SeiaMera *****9 J03 14/12/7:10 14/12/23*0 g t S 8ar<*a2 n299 JOI 14/12/8:30 1412/23:59 8, Pyt 88 ***** JOI (4/12/8 20 15/12/23:59 C Prowess MOCC J09 14/12/8:40 14/12/1500 Pic Br*)"}* 2 J08 14/12/9:10 15/12/600 Bt Mus
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      • 1987 47 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booktnq/Bdltnce Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Portod From To From ac,h*scu5 mm wh a w* j£« APV GARNET 15/2000 a .WOO S J M/OTOO M/1159 M/MOO 4 M/1200 M/M59 M/T700 8 OAHUA 9947 >6/15:00 2* UflTOO M/0659 M/0900 2V U/I7W)
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      • 216 47 Dec 23 Japan: Kmperor's Birthday. Deo 25 Italy: Christmas Day. Brunei: Christmas Day. Australia: Christmas Day. Belgium: Christmas Day. Canada: Christmas Day. Denmark: Christmas Day. France: Christmas Day. Germany: Christmas Day. Hong Kong: Christmas Day. Indonesia: Christmas Day. Deo 20 Australia: Boxing Day. Canada: Boxing Day. Denmark: Boxing
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      • 808 47 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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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 481 48 Loss-incurring Japanese carrier aims to reduce interest bearing debt Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines, Asia's largest air carrier, said it reduced its stake in DHL International Ltd to 6 per cent from 26 per cent to generate funds to improve its financial
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      • 309 48 Bernama [MELBOURNE] Qantas has warned that Australia could end up with no domestic airlines if the Australian Government pushed aviation industry competition too hard. Qantas's chief executive James Strong said Qantas was still considering its response to the planned entry of Virgin
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      • 471 48 Domestic airline hopes to acquire up to 25 small aircraft Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's Jet Airways said it hopes to boost its fleet by 20 to 25 small aircraft in the next five years, to enable it to fly to more small towns and
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      • 458 48 Reuters, Bloomberg (SINGAPORE) Northrop Grumman Corp sees signs of renewed Asian demand for air traffic control systems and military defence systems upgrades, as the region's economies begin to expand again. Northrop Grumman, the US maker of B-2 Stealth bombers, said
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      • 276 48 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan expects to reveal the identity of a foreign strategic partner for state-run China Airlines Ltd next Wednesday, said the foundation that holds the government's 71 per cent stake in the carrier. The China Aviation Development Foundation has been
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