The Business Times, 16 February 2000

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 85* SINGAPORE I Internet http: business-times asia 1 com.sg/ WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 2000
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    38 1 Dsn 24MJI (-36.80) D 800J4(-17.94) owst" STOCK HABKET INDICES MANILA COUP 1.MRM MM TAIPH WPI **774 -IJ.71 SEOUL COUP 879.79 4L17 OS A CHINA B HM» -H9I AU8TALL0BD SJML1 +J18 llM EST aw* WW 1U71SI *tU7
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    74 1 FOtEXIATES m 8t UBt !JM £(USt/SS per U8B UBK F3T&)(U8$/SS/E) IJ82 IJO DM 1JM MM TBI 1M2 Mil RM UN 9.446 H» 7.781 9118 BAOT 17 JS 0.M6 MJPIAH 7JU6 MM* •Sfmmmtim PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* _5J» KUALA LUMPUR 7.«7 JAKARTA SM» BANGKOK Ml MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.S0 TAIPEI 7M
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    Lock icon Sentosa residential project stalls over $500m gulf
    580 1  -  isexclusive| SDC only willing to pay $800 m while Land Office is asking for $L3b By Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] Half a billion dollars is standing in the way of the Sentosa Development Corporation's plans to develop its huge waterfront residential project. The project,
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    Lock icon No China link in bid by CyberWorks: HK official
    580 1  -  He also dismisses worries that S'pore has political motives By\ Catherine Ong, Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] A senior Hongkong official has denied that Beijing initiated a rival bid from Richard Li's Pacific Century CyberWorks to thwart Singapore Telecom's merger proposal with
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    Lock icon SingTel draft short of requirements: SFC
    245 1  -  Ton hive to lutve accurate and complete information or yon conld create uncertainty in the market, says a spokeswoman From Quak Hiang Whai A DRAFT announcement outlining Singapore Telecommunications' merger offer to Cable Wireless HKT shareholders was turned down by the Hongkong securities regulator
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    Lock icon Dr Hu to deliver Budget on Feb 25
    178 1 [SINGAPORE] Finance Minister Richard Hu will deliver the Budget for the 2000/2001 financial year in Parliament next Friday. A day earlier on Thursday, the Ministry of Trade Industry will release details of Singapore's 1989 economic performance. Early estimates have the fall-year growth
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      72 1 Top storlM H Hk Be international in outlook: SM Lee. NMtAw DollarOex.com raises another $13m. Nmxt Pmo* KepFete net soars 137%. 4 CMB Asia's profit up 25%. 4 FJ Benjamin surprises with $2.36 m profit P§ 9 Newspapers draw top adspend, with 6% rise to $609 m. Hi M'sian banking
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      13 1 Why Sing Tel should forget overpriced HKT, Pg 9 More reports, Pg 9
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      167 1 e-news in prir s St.irtnuj toil.iy The B.e ncs'j Times uvill devote .in entire |KHje ewery cKiy to Internet rel.ited news From people und business uhsis to technical developments, it will bruuj you t he <jlnb.il news tin wb.it s (Iriviiuj t he industry See Pij 13 RAYMOND WEIL GENEVE
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Small power
        66 2 IN this age of mega mergers, small can still be beautiful. According to Keppel Tat Lee Bank (KTB) director Walter Coakley when asked if KTB's size is a concern, he pointed out that shares of Ireland's smallest bank, Anglo Irish Bank, have done very well in the past
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        Lock icon Rooms for high-rollers
        101 2 LOOKING for luxury accommodation next to the world's biggest stock market? The Regent Wall Street in New York has just launched a "Bullish Good Neighbour" promotion rate at US$295 (Sssoo) per room and US$396 per suite until March 31. The 144-room luxury hotel was recently characterised by
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        Lock icon Vote of confidence for NOL
        130 2 REMEMBER the Standard Poor's ratings last month which concluded that Asia's 10 largest shipping companies had poor credit outlooks? That report gave Singapore-listed Neptune Orient Lines a weak credit rating. But in an apparent departure from the S&P findings, investment bank Salomon Smith Barney has
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        Lock icon Return to the East
        94 2 RODNEY Ward, who used to head the Far East operations of British investment house SG Warburg from 1993 to 1995, is back in Asia as the chairman for Asia of Warburg Dillon Read, the investment banking arm of ÜBS AG. ÜBS took over SG Warburg in
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      Lock icon First online IPO set to come from DBS Bank
      379 2  -  Investors could apply for IPO through Net as early as Friday By I Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank has once again raced to the front by becoming the first bank to make a public offer of shares on the Internet.
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      Lock icon Go international in outlook: SM Lee
      601 2  -  To compete globally, S'pore must get foreign talent and nutare local execs to world standards By] Kenneth James [SINGAPORE) How do you out-Vir-gin Virgin? Get another Branson. The example by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew was among several that the Singapore statesman gave yesterday
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      Lock icon Don't let technology unravel social fabric: SM Lee
      434 2  -  But we have to go with technology, or we will lose out anyway, he says By' Teh Hooi Ling (SINGAPORE] Increased interactions with the world via technology will lead to behavioural changes, but Singaporeans must not let these influences unravel the social
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      Lock icon DollarDex.com rakes in $35m of home loans business in a month
      478 2  -  It has also raised $13m from two new investors Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] DollarDex.com has done over $35 million of home loans over the Internet in Singapore since its online home loan service was launched last month, chief executive
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      171 3 I Lj^^ofF I >• i->* I They have made their mark I on world trade, I Asia Pacific Breweries, Bax Global, Borealis Singapore, Cerebos Pacific, j I Creative Technology, Hewlett-Packard Singapore, I I Informatics Holdings, Keppel FELS, Maersk Singapore, Salcon, I I ST Logistics, TT Importers Exporters, Texas Instruments Singapore,
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Lower turnover but KepFels net soars 137%
      535 4  -  Bottom line rises to $123.7 m from $6.7 m; major jobs, higher investment income cited By Conrad Raj NET income at Keppel Fels Energy Infrastructure shot up 137 per cent to $61 million for the financial year to endDecember 1999 from $25.72 million
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      Lock icon CMB Asia earnings up 25%, helped by Thai unit, forex gains
      414 4  -  By I Soh Tiang Keng BOLSTERED by the strong performance of its Thai plant, net currency translation gains, and release of provisions no longer required, CarnaudMetalbox Asia (CMB Asia) reported a 25.4 per cent surge in net profits for
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      Lock icon PacNet posts profit on a 33% jump in revenue
      442 4  -  Company may be used as SembCorp vehicle to enter telecoms market w Toh Han Shih NASDAQ-LISTED Pacific Internet turned a profit and grew its revenues last year. And PacNet chairman Ko Kheng Hwa strongly hinted that SembCorp Industries was seriously considering
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      Lock icon Unisteel offers 48m IPO shares at 50c each
      334 4  -  By' Wong Wei Kong UNISTEEL Technology Ltd, which supplies fasteners to major hard disk drive (HDD) makers like Maxtor, Seagate and Western Digital, yesterday launched its initial public offering (IPO) for a main board listing on the Singapore Exchange. The issue of
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      Lock icon FJ Benjamin surprises with $2.36m profit
      449 6  -  Results reflect effects of two years of cost-cutting and rationalisation: CEO By\ Marissa Chew LUXURY fashion retailer FJ Benjamin yesterday turned in better than expected results, heading back into the black with interim net earnings of $2.36 million. This is more than what analysts
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      Lock icon PCRD gets nod for share buyback
      190 6 Reuters SHAREHOLDERS of Pacific Century Regional Developments Ltd (PCRD) yesterday approved the investment company's proposal to buy back its shares. But chief executive officer Peter To told Reuters after the extraordinary general meeting that the company had no plans to do so. "We do
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon SIAEC wins Polar Air contract
        72 6 SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, has been awarded a contract by Polar Air Cargo, Inc. a US-based all-cargo carrier that operates scheduled services to major cities around the world The contract calls for SIAEC to carry out maintenance work
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        Lock icon Shareholders approve ANA changes
        53 6 ANA Hotels Singapore shareholders have approved the divestment of the ANA Hotel Singapore property and business, the acquisition of interests in four plots of freehold land for residential development from companies controlled by Simon Cheong and fiunily, and the change of the company's name to SC
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        Lock icon Boustead unit's contract terminated
        133 6 BOUSTEAD Singapore said the Ministry of Law has terminated its contract with its 75 per cent subsidiary, Esri South Asia Pte Ltd. The principal activity of Esrl is the provision of information services, including database services. Under the contract, Esri was to supply, deliver and install
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      Lock icon Citigroup, CVC set up fund for Asian buyouts
      311 6  -  USs7som fond will focus on industrial, service sectors By I Siow Li Sen THE Citicorp group is teaming up with CVC Capital Partners to invest US$75O mUlion (551.27 billion) in industrial and service companies in Asia, said Citibank yesterday. CVC, a leading
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      Lock icon CCL unit takes 10% stake in Autobytel Australia for A$1.4m
      388 6 CYCLE Carriage Ltd (CCL) yesterday said its whollyowned subsidiary, Astre Properties Pty Ltd, has entered into a joint venture with several parties to subscribe for a 10 per cent stake in Autobytel Australia Pty Ltd, for A 51.43 million cash
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      Lock icon Mandarin Oriental back in the black, eyes Rafael Group
      428 6 MANDARIN Oriental International yesterday said it returned to the black last year and is currently in advanced talks to acquire The Rafael Group, which operates six luxury hotels and resorts in Europe and the US. In line with its expansion strategy,
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      Lock icon Poh Lian in tie up with China firm
      256 6  -  China Construction will jointly redevelop its St Michael's site Byj Andrea Tan CONSTRUCTION group Poh Lian Holdings has tied up with China Construction (Structure) to build a condominium project on its recently acquired St Michael's site. In December, the main-board-listed company bagged
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      77 6 Authentic TEOCHEW H Fresh Approach Tossing Up Luck. IJMlfl The best way to usher in another prosperous New Year is to savour our authentic Teochew-style Yu-Sheng, at Hung Kang Restaurant. Whatever your choice, you can be assured that we only serve the freshest of raw fish with the added touch
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      76 7 NOKIA Connecting People rl (fil^ S^^lLV^ V p^^^^^^Mßfn^aggKapaLiigWM^Mß^Kw The new Nokia 8850 A very personal pleasure Matt alloy casing. White illuminated display. Voice dialling. The new Nokia 8850. We call this A*(«««L#t technology." www.nokia-asia.com Exper tict the Nokia 88 50 at the Nokia Professional Centres. Nokia Priority Dealers. Handphone Shop.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      444 8 8 > \Win» Wngboard US 10c...... 48,521 000 HotunghvNTS 32,918,000 Ooktron20c 24,741.000 D*spuiss5c 20.904.000 Victors CspM 25c 19,249,000 AsisFood&Prop 17.000.000 FsstschUSIOc 18 57*000 SngTsl15c 15.302.000 WsnAnn20c 14,339,000 NOL 11.244,000 I fteifeCsnfcwy 140,099,520 DBSQip 89.333,531 OC8C 49,500,114 SingTel 15c 40.431.835 Khgtwutl US10c 32,801.335 SIA 29.513.830 GESWlLJd20c 28,915.480 ST AsssmMy25c 23,791,148 Victors
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      Lock icon HK fall hits S'pore sentiment, dragging STI below 2.200
      582 8  -  l I comment STOCKS r.sivanithy A POOR day for Hongkong equities yesterday worked against local blue chips, most of which started the day positively but ended up as losers. In the absence of any fresh or new themes to pursue, traders
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      Lock icon Ipmuda warrant may prove profitable in the long run
      170 8  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy ALL regional markets sagged yesterday but Malaysia fared relatively well with its index not dropping as much as the others. Assuming that the play there is still on and there's no reason to think otherwise let's
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      Lock icon GES Int'l may consolidate in near term
      239 8  -  HOT STOCK -By' Wong Wei Kong SHARES of GES International, which have enjoyed a fine run recently, yesterday chalked up another winning performance and finished among the session's most actively traded issues. GES shares closed at a new 52-week high of $2.50, up
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      134 8 DBS Land Mid its wholly-owned subsidiary, DBS Realty (Pte) Lid, his taken op an additional fIWO shares in Hind Hotels International, bringing Its interest in Hind Hotels to 89.15 per cent comprising 5M8&264 shares. SHANGRI-LA Asia said yesterday it bought back another ***** shares at HK17.40 to HK|7
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      528 8 To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax Mo: 741 1298 IN THE MATTBt Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAR 50 AND IN THE MATTER Of HANSON PLANNERS A CONSULTANTS PTE LID (In M»«nbf«' Voluntary liquidation) NOTICE Of RESOLUTIONS A» an Extraordinary General M**ting of lh* m*mb*rs of lh* abav*nam*d Company duly
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      581 8 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, ELIZABETH VAN DER STRAATEN of 30 Blandfbrd Drive Singapore *****3, have applied for a Ist Class Beer House Licence in respect of M/s Friends The Coffee Shop located at 4 Changi Village Road *01-2090, Singapore *****4, and that this application will be considered by
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      91 8 (SINGAPORE) PTI LTD (In Members' Voluntary Winding-up) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Final Meeting of the abovenamed company will be held at 138 Cecil Street, #18-00 Cecil Court, Singapore *****8 on 15 March 2000 at 2.30pm for the purposes set out in Sections 308 and 320(3) of the Companies
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      58 8 talk stocks? C OIXISBANK Larry Wee's currencies wihmm appears on Pagß 32 BUY* igw SELL,/ mkM V Classified ads make just about H Mym anything an easy sell. No matter what it is, you can always buy it, sell it or find it with the Classified. TOLL FREE (jfak 1800-737-1166
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  • TELECOM tussle
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      Lock icon Three wise men
      189 9 Independent directors of Cable Wireless HKT Source: Cable Wireless HKT DavMKPU nonexecutive deputy chairman Dr U, 60 has been non-executive deputy chairman since December 1987. He is also chairman and chief executive of the Bank of East Asia and represents the Finance Constituency in the Legislative Council
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      Lock icon Three men of influence hold key to HKT deal
      482 9  -  Sources say David Li, SY Chung and Victor Fung could make the final rail From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong WHETHER Cable Wireless HKT takes up the merger offer by Singapore Telecommunications could eventually fall on three influential Hongkongers who are
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      Lock icon Why SingTel should forget overpriced HKT
      826 9  -  lock siew catherine ong CABLE Wireless HKT is not worth a bidding war. Even if politics does not scupper Singapore Telecom's proposal to merge with it, commercial logic does not make the Hongkong phone company a screaming buy. The best thing Sing Tel can
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      189 9 I Heller Asia Capital Heller Asia Capital was formed in SMEs, creating a reputation as a SME financing specialist. At Heller, our flexibility and hassle-free services are 1974, then named Heller Factoring, as With a history of over 20 years working closely with what distinguish us from the traditional banks.
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Newspapers draw top adspend, with 6% rise to $609m
      414 10  -  Market share increases 1.6 percentage points to 50%; TV ad revenues fall 5.6% to $410 m By, Jeanette Pang NEWSPAPERS continue to lead all other media in advertising revenues, surging 6 per cent to $669 million and garnering a full half-share
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      Lock icon Non-traditional players urged to provide online financial services
      236 10 IN two years, Internet banking accounts will comprise 20 per cent of all retail and corporate bank accounts in Singapore, up from 3.5 per cent today, said Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) chief executive Yong Ying-I yesterday, quoting projections by the Monetary Authority
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      Lock icon Quiz buffs: Test your economics literacy
      382 10  -  oinneeconomy economics By. Anna Teo SINGAPORE Airlines will employ one more air steward(ess) as long as A. It has the money to do so. B. Hiring the worker will result in an increase in the number of passengers flying with SLA. C. The extra
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      Lock icon Newspapers will grow in Net age: SPH
      471 10  -  Competition hatting np bat group hu good brand names editor-in-chief By Andrea Tan SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) yesterday brushed aside fears of the Internet and said there was still a future in the newspaper business. "Fear of cannibalisation is counter productive," said Cheong
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      Lock icon TDB's International Trade Awards open for nominations
      333 10 THE International Trade Awards (ITA) by the Trade Development Board is open for entries. The biennial awards, launched in 1996, recognises companies that have made outstanding contributions to Singapore's international trade in the last three years. "The ITA is the highest award a
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      Lock icon Chemical industry's e-commerce portals see good response in Asia
      409 10 ONLINE trading of chemicals looks set to grow in Asia, with several companies which operate electronic commerce portals for the chemical industry beefing up their regional presence. Phil Ringo, president of ChemConnect, said his company has seen good response from firms
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      Lock icon S'pore to play key role in Celanese's Asian expansion
      447 10  -  By Eugene Low GERMAN chemicals giant Celanese AG Is keen on expanding Its operations In Asia, with Singapore playing a central role In the process. "The company Is seeking to strengthen Its core business and to expand In this dynamic growth
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      Lock icon Hoover Flat en bloc sale expected to fetch $58m
      248 10 A 56,596 sq ft freehold site in Balestier is up for tender and marketing agent Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) expects the collective sale to fetch at least $58 million. Under the Novena Development Guide Plan, Hoover Flat along Jalan Rama Rama
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      Lock icon Security challenges more diverse: Tony Tan
      473 11  -  Book seeks to explain challenges ahead and rationale behind Mindefs policy By Chuang Peck Ming A BOOK outlining Singapore's defence plan for the future was launched yesterday by Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan. Published by the Ministry of Defence, Defending Singapore in the 21st
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      Lock icon BG Lee reaffirms bilateral ties in meeting with Sultan Bolkiah
      230 11  -  Prtrw, Audrey Tan in IkuidnrSeri Begawan SINGAPORE Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday called on the Sultan and Crown Prince of Brunei, in a meeting to reaffirm bilateral ties. The courtesy rails saw an exchange of views on the
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      Lock icon Let globalisation benefit weak too: Ow Chin Hock
      443 11  -  From] Harish Mehta in Bangkok CONSTRUCTIVE ways should be found to ensure that globalisation does not reward only the winners, but that the vulnerable and weak countries are also given opportunities to compete and benefit from the process. Minister erf State for
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      Lock icon HKT merger: S'pore has an image problem
      186 11  -  MAiu.-m Jay Lim Shanghai via Internet I READ your articles on the SingTel/HKT deal. You are absolutely correct in your analysis, but you miss one factor the Singapore image. When the deal was announced, HKTs share price moved only a little and then
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  • sm lee's speech
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      Lock icon How to compete in a global economy: SM
      1865 12 Choice is simple: either we have a first-class airline, a first-class shipping line, and a first-class hank or we will be declining THE year 2000 is a good time to reflect on our present position, how different we are from the past,
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  • e News
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      Lock icon Net stocks strongest currency when it comes to takeovers
      332 13 NEW YORK Bloomberg FOUR Internet-related companies that made US$l2 billion (5520.3 billion) in acquisitions on Monday used the strongest currency in the world: their own stock. "None of those would have happened if the stock market were to take a header
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    • e Briefs
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        Lock icon Unilever, IVillage in Net venture
        77 13 Bloomberg [Ri/H&mDAM]UafldVtji.theworld', Im|p»il iiiuhiil iif personal-care products and ice cream, said it and IVillage Ire wmtovertUSiaOO million a beauty Web site aimed at women. Unilever will provide capital as well as sponsorship and promotional activities. I?*?.' rung a network of Web sites for women, wiH
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        59 13 AFP [HONGKONG] Internet communications provider Asia OnMne Ltd has set up its global headquarters in Hongkong to reinforce its commitment to the Asia Pacific region, theUS-regirtered mm said yertertay. The global headquarters will also act as a platform from which the Company will direct it»
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        Lock icon New on-line financial service
        60 13 Bloomberg [LONDON] Dresdner Klein wort Benson, the investment ranking division of Dresdner Bank, said it has created a new on-line trading, financial analysis and news service. The mill said it's offering a single system for currency, exchange-traded futures and options, foreign exchange swapa and UK equities.
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        Lock icon WWW advertising in Japan doubles
        88 13 AFP [TOKYO} Advertising on the Internet more than doubled in Japan last year despite constraints on overall promotional spending due to the country's economic •lump, Dentsu said yesterday. Spending in 1999 on the production and placement of Internet advertising in J.tan JumpeJ in.4 pwcait from
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        Lock icon BASF buys into ChemConnect
        82 13 Bloomberg [LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany] BASF AG yesterday said it had bought a stake in ChemConnect of the US, joininc BP Amoco Pic and others in investing in the world's biggest chemicals Internet trading site. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. BASF, the world's largest purchaser of
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      Lock icon A US$4b Sterling buy for Computer Associates
      322 13 ISLANDIA, New York Acquisition will give software maker access to data storage management products Bloomberg COMPUTER Associates International Inc, a maker of software that improves computers' performance, will buy Sterling Software Inc for US$4 billion (556.77 billion) in stock, gaining computer-stor-age management products.
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      Lock icon Soros unveils new and higher stakes in telcos
      316 13 WASHINGTON Bloomberg BILLIONAIRE money manager George Soros disclosed new and increased stakes in the telecommunications and cable industries, including investments in Finland's Nokia Oyj, the world's biggest maker, and a group of Brazilian telephone companies such as Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA.
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      Lock icon Li Ka-shing's Tom.com to tap HK$876m in IPO
      594 13  -  M«ath-eU Internet startup ceold be mined at HKssb Frrrm Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong LIKE son, like father As Richard Li casts a covetous eye over Cable Wireless HKT in his high-tech pursuits, his billionaire tycoon father, Li Ka-shing, is not sitting on
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      Lock icon Chinadotcom '99 loss leaps to US$18.7 m despite surge in Q4 revenue
      277 13 AP [HONGKONG] Nasdaq-listed Chinadotcom Corp said yesterday revenues more than doubled in the fourth quarter last year to US$lO.9 million (5518.5 million) from US$5.2 million in the third quarter. But costs also surged, contributing to a loss of
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      Lock icon Softbank set to bag Nippon Credit Bank
      546 13  -  Fromti Anthony Rowley in Tbkyo A CONSORTIUM of Japanese investors led by high-flying Internet holding company Softbank appears to have secured victory in its bid to take over the failed Nippon Credit Bank (NCB) and to turn it into an Internet-based financial services
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Timely lesson from Joe Cybervandal
      735 14  -  ■i: m bottom line OPINION thomas friedman The writer is a New York Times columnist NYT TO WHOEVER it was out there in cyberspace who launched last week's "smurT attacks that temporarily crippled Yahoo, Amazon.com, E-Trade, eßay and CNN.com by overloading their web servers with
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      388 15  -  They hail decision to have 10 anchor hanks instead of original controversial six Reports by Eddie Toh in KucUa Lumpur ANALYSTS yesterday applauded the new banking blueprint unveiled by the central bank on Monday, adding that there is room for Malaysian hanking
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      388 15 TYCOON Rashid Hussain will retain control of the enlarged RHB Bank in the consolidated Malaysian banking sector. "I will still remain the executive chairman of RHB group," he told reporters yesterday after the launch by his brokerage of an index based
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      267 15 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters SECURITIES Commission chairman Ali Abdul Kadir was quoted yesterday as saying he expects to see mergers among stockbroking firms to be completed in two to three years, leaving no more than 10 companies. "With the coming of globalisation,
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      233 15 KUALA LUMPUR AP. Reuters MALAYSIA'S national telecommunications company will have to submit a report to the government to answer allegations that it was paid kickbacks by a Japanese trading firm, news reports said yesterday. Minister of Energy, Communications and Multimedia Leo Moggie
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        50 15 MALAYSIAN Resources Corporation Bhd inched up 2 sen to RM4.14 on news that RHB Bank has been given an anchor bank slot after all. MRCB has a substantial stake in Rash id Hussain Bhd, which in turn controls RHB Capital—the parent of RHB Bank.
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        66 15 MALAYSIAN Plantations shed 4 sen to RM3.78 on news that its Multi purpose n»«ir will absorb seven other financial institutions. Analysts said the small bank will have to count on a major capital infection by its listed parent. Multi-Purpoee Bank will take over International Bank
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        54 15  -  Eddie Toh TA ENTERPRISE rose 3 sen to RM2.07 following reports that its brokerage TA Securities is on an acquisition trail. It will bid for broking firm* that are being cleaned up by the national bad debt agency Danaharta. The government would like to
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      372 17 HONGKONG Planned new roles will allow foreigners greater control of local banks Bloomberg HSBC Holdings pic may be in the vanguard of foreign banks increasing their presence in the Philippines through buying local banks, a government official said. The Philippines is removing
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      160 17 MANILA AFP A PHILIPPINE Stock Exchange investigation has implicated Dante Tan, a friend of President Joseph Estrada, in an alleged insider trading scandal, a congressman said. Congressman Heherson Alvarez, secre-tary-general of the opposition Lakas party, said Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Perfecto Yasay identified
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      199 17 JAKARTA Bloomberg THE Indonesian economy probably shrank in the three months ended December, as unrest in East Timor, Aceh and other regions scared off investors and the fasting month slowed business activities. While the economy likely grew by 3.2 per cent year-on-year in the
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      994 17  -  comment ASEAN Will It help or hinder the economy? yang razali kassim THE immediate impact of President Abdurrahman Wahid's suspension of General Wiranto, his top security minister, is to raise the stature of the civilian presidency. Although a personal setback for the general, the military as
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      513 18 m BEIJING China Unicom seen facing tough new competition ahead of its HK listing Reuters ARMY-BACKED companies are musEg into China's red hot mobile le market, skirting a ban on milibusiness ventures and offering tough new competition for China Unicom ahead of
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      152 18 BEIJING Bloomberg LUCENT Technologies Inc, the No 1 phone equipment maker, has joined China's largest investment firm to develop digital mobile phone technology in China, as more foreign companies seek to increase their share of the growing mobile phone market there. Lucent agreed to
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      328 18 SHANGHAI tnit to be set up for HE, New York and London flotation Reuters tATE giant China Petro;mical Corp (Sinopec) said yesterday that it plans to list a unit overseas in the second (Quarter of this year, joining tfie rush of Chinese firms
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      309 18 TAIPEI Web site plans to float shares within one year Reuters TAIWAN'S online newspaper Tomorrow Times hit screens for the first time yesterday, staking a heavy wager that it can woo readers away from print and onto the Web. The newspaper, available only
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      445 20 LONDON Reuters, AFP, Bloomberg THE price of crude continued yet higher yesterday as producers sent conflicting signals over whether or not they intend to raise supplies. London April Brent blend futures rose 33 cents to U5527.46 a barrel. On Monday the March contract
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      271 20 LONDON Bloomberg BP Amoco pic, the world's third biggest publicly traded oil company, said profit more than doubled in the fourth quarter because of rising oil prices and cost-cutting. The London-based company's profit rose to US$2.l2 billion (553.58 billion), or 8.67
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      462 21 TOKYO Interest rates seen staying near zero and public works spending to continue Bloomberg, AP JAPAN'S central bank and the government's Economic Planning Agency kept their basic assessment of the economy unchanged, suggesting interest rates will stay near zero and public works spending will
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      153 21 WASHINGTON AFP FORD Motor Company, the second largest automobile manufacturer in the United States, will join the bidding war for South Korean car maker Daewoo, a company spokesman said on Monday. General Motors, the largest car maker in the world, has already bid US$6
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      250 21 NEW YORK Reuters MERRILL Lynch Co Inc on Monday appointed its chief financial officer, Stanley O'Neal, to oversee its US broker troops, making him a likely candidate for the top job at the No 1 US brokerage firm. Mr O'Neal, 48,
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      542 22 NEW YORK It molls creating separate company in bid to boost its stock price Bloomberg NEWS Corp, the media company headed by Rupert Murdoch, is considering combining its satellite-television businesses and related holdings into a separate company in a bid to boost its stock
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      360 22 LONDON £20b takeover bid now unconditional, acceptance lifudlinfi Reuters ROYAL Bank of Scotland confirmed its clear win in the battle for National Westminster Bank Pic on Monday, declaring it had won acceptances from shareholders holding 60.05 per cent of Nat West's shares. Royal
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      223 25  -  SGX Derivatives Tradingßeports MSGI Singapore Index Daphne Toy Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market was depressed yesterday on broad-based profit-taking and lack of buying support, with losses seen in virtually all the sub-indices. Frail regional markets, notably Tokyo and Hongkong, also weighed on the
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      188 25  -  MSCI Taiwan ftxtnres Matthew Den Bleyker Refco Singapore THE Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index yester- < day declined 13.71 points or 0.14 per cent to 9,957.74 led lower by banking shares for a second day. Government affiliated j banks such as Chang Hwa
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      303 25 ENERGY REPORT Reuters {LONDON] Oil buyers carried the price of crude yet higher again yesterday as producers sent conflicting signals over whether or not they intend to raise supplies. London April Brent blend futures rose 33 cents to U5527.46 a barrel. On Monday the
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      342 25 Bloomberg, Reuters T THE US dollar traded little changed against the yen after rising earlier amid optimism US reports this week will provide further evidence that economic growth remains robust, while the Japanese economy lags. "There's a sense the US economy is moving forward fast, while you don't
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      2632 26 HONGKONG Reuters D Seng -***** HONGKONG stocks closed lower yesterday as investors piled out of Cable Wireless HKT and other blue chip tele-coms-related stocks that have surged in recent days. The Hang Seng Index fell for a second day, losing 2.91 per cent or
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      922 26 Reuters naMriwßhin -132 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares closed down 4.49 per cent yesterday on profit-taking after an 8.70 per cent surge the previous day. The B Share Index fell 4.32 points to 91.75 as turnover rose to a heavy HK5155.2 million from HK5132.7 million on Monday. B shares
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      323 26 AFP Q VP Index -13.71 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.1 per cent lower yesterday in thin trading as investors took to the sidelines on cautious sentiment, dealers said. The TSE Weighted Price Index moved down 13.71 points to 9,957.74, following a 1.6 per cent drop in the previous session.
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      1848 26 TOKYO AFP □MkkattS -188J3 SHARE prices in Tokyo dropped one per cent yesterday as companies sold banks and other issues in a bid to improve their books towards the end of the fiscal year, brokers said. The collapse of mid-sized property developer L Kakuei Corp
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      417 27 AFP CI Composite Index -177 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday after early gains led by banking stocks fell to light but widespread profit-taking, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index ended down 2.77 points at 995.52. The Second Board Index was
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      750 29 AFP n SET Mm -1151 THAI shares closed down 3.7 per cent yesterday led by heavy selling in communications and amid panic-selling after the index fell below the key support level of 440 points, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand Composite Index shed 16.59 points to end at
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      287 29 AFP Qftmpoate Index -38J8 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 1.9 per cent yesterday on lingering domestic concerns. The PSE Composite Index closed down 38.68 points at 1,938.06. Volume rose to 8.9 billion shares valued at 2.6 billion pesos from 4.5 billion shares worth 2.067 billion pesos on Monday. —AFP N>B
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      639 29 AFP flCwnpogteladg +3JB INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.5 per cent up but off their highs yesterday on late profit-taking spurred by weakness in most regional markets, dealers said. They said the afternoon run wiped out earlier gains triggered by the perception that the political situation at home was improving
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      250 29 AFP Qnzse-M ♦nj» NEW Zealand's sharemarket, led by Telecom Corp, yesterday rebounded on solid turnover. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 21.99 points, or LI per cent, to 2,036.37. Turnover was worth NZ5117.2 million. Telecom closed 23 cents higher at NZ$B.6O. AFP *>■ a mm AdyantagaHOS 3.55 -O.OS 59 Mr
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      528 29 AFP FlADOrtittriw *218 AUSTRALIAN share prices gained 0.7 per cent yesterday thanks to gains by News Corp and Broken Hill Proprietary Co and an overnight rebound on Wall Street brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index rose 22.8 points to 3,158.1. Turnover totalled 1.13 billion shares worth A 51.94 billion.
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      237 29 AFP Composite Index -3L17 SOUTH Korean shares plunged 31.17 points or 3.4 per cent at 879.70. Volume was 217 million shares worth 3.1 trillion won.—AFP W *fSami KSO 1200 •rakiTM* WOO -70 CMfrdBa* 2640 10 QmUCtmm *****0 -3000 DmGmMl 2700 120 0MMnfC«r» MOO -170 OwmCWI 413 -10 OWMCfrct 725
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      1067 32  -  I-I i comment o c 33 JO m z o m c/> All eyes on Greenspan's Humphrey Hawkins testimony tomorrow larry wee THE greenback's moves continue to be pretty much dictated by the volatile fortunes of those who invest in US assets, although the fact
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      713 32  -  By- Albert J Hofman The writer is head qf Asian fixed income research at ABN Amro Bank in Singapore. This article does not constitute an invitation to invest. BTand its contributors will not be held liable in any way THE Year of
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      280 33 Bridge News, Reuters THE dry cargo freight market got off to a positive start for capesizes generally and for panamaxes in the Pacific, brokers said on Monday. The Far East was described as strong for panamaxes in ample fresh inquiry, with some brokers forecasting US$l2,OOO daily for round
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      550 33  -  PSA Corp among three groups keen on USsloom port expansion plan From, Rajendra Bajpal in New Delhi THE Indian government has given the long-delayed green signal for further talks with three global port majors, including PSA Corporation, for a key expansion of container
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      761 33  -  STKAIT TALK By\ Seafarer T| HE political implications of pie Erika spill which has badly affected the French coast are starting to be felt. The International Association of Classification Societies (LACS) is holding a special meeting this week to
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      307 33  -  Byi Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] The major transpacific container shipping lines in the Westbound Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement (WTSA) have announced a set of rate increases for the year. The increases are levied on a wide range of commodities but perishable and refrigerated goods will
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      179 33 [SINGAPORE] Three shipping lines have announced they will jointly start two new services from Asia in April. Cosco, K Line and Yang Ming, extending an existing partnership, will jointly operate a new service to the US east coast and
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        619 34 Lower foreign debt service costs also helped, but rising capacity seen to limit revenue growth Reuters [SEOUL] SOUTH Korea's major shipping companies benefited last year from freight rate hikes and lower foreign debt service costs resulting from the won's surge against the US dollar, analysts
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        203 47 Fab 23 Brunei: National Day. Fab 28 Taiwan: Peace Day. ■Karl Korea: Independence Movement Day. Marl* Indonesia: Hari Raya Haji. Malaysia: Hari Raya Haji. Singapore: Hari Raya Haji. Brunei: Hari Raya Aidiladha. Mar 17 United States: St Patrick's Day Bank Holiday (Northern Ireland). Maris Taiwan: Market Holiday for
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        772 47 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars Instead at single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are baaed on average steed stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        378 48 European Shippers' Council concerned abont impact on its members Reuters [BRUSSELS] An association of European exporters has written to the European Commission asking it to look into the recent decision by the airline industry to levy a cargo fuel surcharge as a
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        458 48 US jetmaker still expects to meet this year's target of 490 plane deliveries Reuters [SEATTLE] Boeing Co has now gone six days without delivering a commercial jet, largely a result of a walkout by nearly 20,000 engineers and technical workers', the aerospace giant
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        206 48 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Belgium's aviation authority said on Monday it would probably grant discount airline Virgin Express a standard two-year operating licence at the end of February. "We have planned a few routine inspections. We have to see the results of the inspections.
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        375 48 Bloomberg [PARIS] Air France SA, Europe's third-biggest airline, said it plans to spend 1 billion francs ($254.7 million) over five years on improving electronic technology to help passengers buy tickets and keep them entertained on flights. Most of the spending is
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        576 48 AT-AMT* AP [WASHINGTON] Problems disconcertingly similar to one found in the horizontal stabiliser wreckage recovered after the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 have turned up in at least 15 of the jetliners inspected since the accident, US federal officials said. Eight of the
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      1036 37 FIB 2000 ACCETOM CM 1 TO DAUB, UOOS, TEMA ft I ABIDJAN ¥1A OENOA J I M ROtINSON RD TIL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWWtDfiTir^^ Mr»i nT.7 S .KSK MGPTiITD c'EIL.,- SAIfS/MGS 4205*57/43 INWAIO KPT (D/ 0) *****55 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD T/SHPMTPEPT *****25 TEL- 02-07-35 ***** FAX: 02-07-*****70
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      86 44 M RICKMERS-LINIE yo^K^l. Agent Hapag-Lloyd (S) Pie Lid -Breekbalk -Ovenue \1 200 Cantonment Ro»d #08-02 Southpoint •ftojectC«jo •Container Singapore *****3 Heavy-lift Services tn; Regular Break-Bulk Project-Service US-Gulf East-Coast (Houston, New Orleans, Savannah, Camden, Baltimore) Europe Med (Alexandria, Savona, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, UK) Interasia (Haiphong, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dalian, Xingang) Loading:
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