The Business Times, 19 April 2000

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial com.sg/ WEDNESDAY. APRIL 19. 2000
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    64 1 HI JMW7J7(+7.7B) ■PVjBT-SBI U 754J7 (+8.41) PI on mans U 272J0 (+3.80) STOCK MARKET DOHCES Tuesday Change KLSEOOMP m» NIKKEI 18J89J2 -».tt HAW SENG SET INDEX -7.83 JAKARTA COUP _52&26 -1.90 MAMLAOOMP >1169 TAIPEI WPI 9J07.m +J1W6 SEOUL COMP 747J9 +98J8 CL8ACHWAB BMJ4 >1179 AUST ALLOW) 3JK* +4U
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    75 1 FOBEX SATES uss s$ DSJ 1.700 £(USt/S$ per 1177 1681 EUBOfUSS/SS/E) MM 1.6*9 DM 1067 1822 YEN 104.4 1.629 RM 1866 ***** HKS 7.788 6118 BAOT 87.89 1646 RUPIAH 7,720 6122* •Sfte WQuxtu PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.89 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAIUKA .39.00 BANGKOK 9.60 MANILA _11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPKI
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    Lock icon Pressure on business landlords to go broadband
    824 1  -  iiexclusive Infocom players set to wire up more than 30 commercial buildings by year-end By Andrew Wee,Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] About 10 per cent of the Central Business District will be broad-band-enabled by this year-end, and the wiring-up is set to speed up as
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    Lock icon Yahaya's death: new evidence found
    234 1 Coroner's Conrt told of 2 bullet casing? in helicopter wreckage Bernama [RAUB, Pahang] An aircraft technician has told a Coroner's Court here that he found two bullet casings while inspecting the wreckage of the Agusta AIO9E Power helicopter that crashed and killed DRB-Hicom chair- man
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    Lock icon Asian stocks rebound cautiously; STI up 8 points
    584 1  -  Investors wary that Dow stocks could go into another tailspin By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Most Asian stock markets rebounded yesterday following a sharp overnight recovery on Wall Street, but volumes were relatively thin as investors waited for further evidence that confidence has
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    Lock icon Morning Nasdaq up 177
    85 1 AFP, Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US stocks continued their recovery yesterday morning, with the Nasdaq Composite rising 177.87 points to 3,717.03 at noon, and the Dow Industrial jumping 144.81 points to 10,727.32. Investors seemed to have recovered their confidence following the first round of corporate earnings reports.
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      Lock icon S'pore remains second most competitive economy: study
      582 2  -  It earns top marks for economic restructuring and adaptability Byi Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Cited for its "extreme resilience" and adaptability, Singapore has again earned top marks in the latest World Competitiveness Yearbook. The (year) 2000 rankings by the Lausanne, Switzerland-based International Institute for
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      Lock icon New Economy face of Ong & Company
      523 2 New Economy face of Ong Company Getting Personal What Ong Seng Gee, executive director, Ong Company Agw3o Otelm to Fumc The son of Ong Ttin An, founder of one of Singapore's oldest ttockbroking houses, is the New Economy face of the company. He led Ong Company (OngCo) to set up
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      Lock icon Help Indonesia to recover, PM Goh
      613 2  -  HE firms nrged to join S'pore or invest on their own in selected enterprises there Fromi Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday urged Hongkong companies to help the recovery process in Indonesia by joining Singapore or investing on their
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon From Keppel to OCBC
        62 2 OUR sources tell us that Keppel Securities research head Vasu Menon will soon join OCBC Bank as the chief editor of its new e-bank unit, FinatiQ.com. It seems Mr Menon was picked because of his strong presence among retail investors, being credited with successfully converting Keppel
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        Lock icon A 100% headache?
        122 2 SEEMS that some rival bankers are a little gleeful over the latest online share financing facility of United Overseas Bank that offers 100 per cent financing, considering the state the stock market is in. "They must be making margin calls every day," one banker said. According to
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      338 2 KPMGSeminarSeries e-Business: trends and future directions Friday, 12 May 2000,9.00 am to 5.00pm, Orchard Hotel, Level 3, Ballroom The future is e-business. Should you be a leader or a fast follower? Many companies are waiting and watching, uncertain of how to cope with the pace of change. Business leaders accept
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      7 2 S'pore follows Anglo-Saxon model: report, Pg 10
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Eraser Sec to double number of remisiers
      379 3  -  Firm wants human tonch while boosting online services with Maybank tie-up By Siow Li Sen EVEN as FRASER Securities ties up with Maybank to offer online share financing to boost its share of Net-sawy customers, it also wants to double its remisier base.
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      Lock icon Incubation with mgt, legal advice thrown in
      395 3  -  By Marissa Chew OPH-POlnT.ic, an incubation centre officially opened yesterday at Eunos, has signed up three companies to provide its tenants with expertise ranging from software to management and legal advice. The owners are Far East Organization, its listed subsidiary Orchard Parade Holdings,
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      Lock icon OCBC launches e-bank – finatiq is the name
      525 6  - OCBC launches e-bank finatiq is the name E-bank will sell nnit trusts, pay 2* interest on investment account By\ Ling Su Ann OCBC Bank yesterday officially launched its e-bank, finatiq, which will sell thirdparty unit trusts and pay out 2 per cent interest on its investment account. The interest payment
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      Lock icon Nuggets in OCBC annual report
      669 6  -  locksiew siow li sen OCBC Bank's 1999 annual report sent out to shareholders last week was pretty startling, as annual reports go. Snappy and smart, it comes in a metallic ring binder in what seems to be the latest fashion colour if the current fad
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      Lock icon UOB leaves standalone e-bank option open
      302 6  -  Focus now is on more Net services for existing operations ity Ling Su Ann UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) is leaving open the option for a standalone e-bank, focusing at the moment instead on adding more Internet services to existing banking operations in Singapore and
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      Lock icon Aretae gets nod for SGX listing
      149 6  -  Andrew Wee HOMEGROWN Aretae Interactive Pte Ltd, an Internet business builder, has received in-principle approval for a Singapore Exchange (SGX) main board listing, its senior officials said yesterday. Aretae provides strategic consulting, Internet business solution and application hosting services. Its clients include Pidemco Land,
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      Lock icon B2B site to process US$1b in deals
      162 6  -  By* Andrew Wee GROWASIA.COM, which counts investment bank Crosby Group, Overseas Union Bank (OUB) and GK Goh Holdings among its shareholders, expects to process up to US$l billion <Ssl.7 billion) in transactions in its first year, said the company's chairman yesterday. Launched yesterday,
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      Lock icon Thai Village IPO at 20 cents
      162 6  -  By Tay Shi'an SHARKSFIN specialty chain Thai Village Holdings yesterday launched its initial public offer (IPO) of 23 million shares at 20 cents each for a listing on Sesdaq. Of the amount, 4.6 million shares are offered to the public and 18.4 million shares
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  • MARKET jitters
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      Lock icon Asia will survive US market correction: analysts
      722 4  -  But it will be hit if there is a fundamental change in the US economy From Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong ASIA will bear up well even if the US stock market heads towards a sharper correction so long as it does not lead
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      Lock icon Investors find no cause for alarm after market pullback
      696 4 FT [LONDON] Investors have been here before. There were sharp declines in share prices in October 1997 and in the late summer of 1998 and the markets quickly recovered. So there were few signs of alarm on Monday, especially as Wall
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      Lock icon Asia still tempted to meddle in markets
      625 4 Asian governments risk sending wrong signals to investors, say economists Reuters, AFP [TOKYO] Asian governments are falling back into bad habits, debating whether to prop up stock prices in defiance of Western policymakers' insistence that the region must rely for its recovery on
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      Lock icon DRAM stocks lead Taiwan stock market up
      566 4  -  Electronics index up 4% as analysts forecast stronger H2 for the industry From Macabe Keliher in Ta ipei TAIWAN DRAM stocks have been leading the main bourse over the past two days as chip spot prices rise and investors ignore signs of a
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      236 4 Executive MBA Program "Your Foundation as Tomorrow's Corporate Leaders!" One of America's best Business Management Programs is now offered in Singapore! (3rd Intake) Rutgers Reputation Rutgers is the Bth oldest university in the United States One of the country's top-ranked universities AACSB accredited for more than 60 years Among the
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      608 6 s SINGAPORE LAND LIMITED SINGAPORE LAND LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ISSUE OF 68,771,089 WARRANTS ("WARRANTS") TO SUBSCRIBE FOR 68,771,089 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF $1.00 EACH ("NEW SHARES") IN THE CAPITAL OF SINGAPORE LAND LIMITED (THE "COMPANY") AT $2.20 PER NEW SHARE TO BE OFFERED TO SHAREHOLDERS OF
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      310 6 F^KW^ERHOUsBQOPERS3 With Value Added Taxes (VAT), or Goods Services Tax (GST) now collected in over 130 countries, VAT is a major issue for international companies and any organisation carrying out cross-border transactions. Failure to understand the principles and practice of VAT in different tax regimes will adversely affect a company's
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      111 7 S Br.- m I Business Centre I www.pacfusion.com I With Business Centre you can post your company's press releases, announcements and latebreaking news just as fast as you can write them. You can also do it for free! No matter what business industry you're in, Business Centre provides you with
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      452 8 Stocta Votam OnoAsia 10c 14,761.000 AkOcMn5c 14,017,000 VickaraCapM25c 12.700,000 SingTel 15c 12,587,000 STEngg 10c 10,482,000 QESWIUd20c 9,456,000 MadaRlne 10c 8,842,000 HKLandllSIOc 7,732,000 JurongT«ch 10c 7,106,000 TACBt***** 7,104,200 *o*a PadflcCantury 58,007,166 Chart SamConductor 26c 52,246,032 OBSOrp 44,020,838 U08 35,332,110 DatacnAIOc 32,788,878 TACBt***** 32,731,517 0C8C 31,278,100 SingTai15c 29,914,285 StA 28,466,642 NatElaclOc 26,607,460
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      Lock icon Uneasy calm as Nasdaq rebound fails to allay fears
      583 8  -  I-i i comment STOCKS r.sivanithy Although wall Street staged a halfdecent comeback on Monday, it looks like investors here were not convinced that the rebound could go all the way. Thus while the Straits Times Index first shot up 69 points
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      Lock icon MMI wrt worth second look, but slower recovery likely
      209 8  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy SPEAK to brokers and you hear mostly that the jury is still out on the New Economy. But not a few still feel that tech stocks will bounce back; the only question is when and which
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      Lock icon PCI: little pointing to strong recovery
      246 8  -  HOT STOCK By' Wong Wei Kong SHARES of electronics contract manufacturer PCI Ltd rose yesterday and finished as one of the session's most active stocks. PCI shares closed up four cents or 3.3 per cent at $1.25. The stock opened at $1.28 and hit
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      Lock icon Market Notices
      147 8 GREAT Eastern Holdings has proposed the sab-division of each ordinary share of $1.00 in the capital of the company into two ordinary shares of $0.50 each. HERSING Corp will be trading ex-dividend (first and final dividend of one cent) on Apr 24. Last day for buying-in on a
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      255 8 r SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY HJfl Finance Accounting for Non-Financial Managers Understand accounting and finance more efficiently. This course equips you with basic knowledge to interpret financial statements and manage resources in your organisation. Taxation for SMEs in Singapore Understand Singapore's tax laws with maximum ease, in minimum time. Of interest
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      34 8 Looking for a forum to talk stocks? Chatline is the place to be Find us at http //iol dbs com sg/ 83 DBS BANK Larry Wee's enrreneles column appears en Page 32 nnd Oil.
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Cap Gemini sets up Wireless Internet Centre
      435 9  -  w Teh Hooi Ling INFORMATION technology service provider Cap Gemini has teamed up with partners like Cisco, Nokia, Oracle and Sun Microsystems to set up a global Wireless Internet Centre (WIC). The partners will pump some $30 million into the centre over the
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      Lock icon Asia Pac Creation unveils home improvement portal
      443 9  -  Unlike most dotcoms, Creation Street has a profit target By' Teh Hooi Ling UNLIKE most dotcoms, Asia Pacific Creation a start-up formed by Tan Tong Hai, former head of Star Hub Internet has a profit target. The company expects its home improvement portal,
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      Lock icon Over 40 firms investing in US$1.1b Asian submarine cable
      310 9  -  Sing Tel will pnt in USs4om, Star Hob will spend USs3om Ity Teh Hooi Ling THE new US$l.O6 billion (Ssl.B billion) high-capacity submarine cable linking eight Asian economies has attracted an overwhelming 40-over investors. Singapore Telecom, one of the founding members
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      Lock icon March NODX seen growing as much as 22%
      449 10 I T d =1 on the economy trade AFXAsia SINGAPORE'S non-oil domestic exports in March are likely to have grown 19 per cent to 22 per cent year-on-year, up from growth of 18.8 per cent in February, backed by continued vibrant electronics
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      Lock icon Investors urge speedier Viet reforms
      516 10  -  T7T exclusive I They cite need to clarify tax, licensing and banking rules Reports from Audrey Tan in Hanoi SINGAPORE businessmen in Vietnam would like to see the pace of reforms quickened, to improve both the business environment and investment climate, an association of Singaporean
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      Lock icon Integrate faster into Afta for greater benefits: BG Lee
      315 10 ASEAN countries will derive more benefits from the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta), if they integrate faster into it, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said to Vietnam Prime Minister Phan Van Khai yesterday. "The faster a country is ready to
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      Lock icon S'pore Power in tie-up to bid for desalinated water deal
      325 10  -  By\ Eugene Low ANCHORVILLE, a joint venture company set up by Singapore Power, ST Marine and Aqua Gen International, will bid for a contract to supply some 20 million gallons per day (mgd) of desalinated water to the Public Utilities
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      Lock icon SP launches US$300m bond issue
      200 10 SINGAPORE Power (SP) yesterday launched its US$3OO million (Ssslo million) bond issue, which was priced to yield 94 basis points higher than comparable US government treasury bonds. The five-year bonds, given a triple-A rating by Standard Poor's, pay an annual coupon of 7.25 per cent
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      Lock icon S'pore follows Anglo-Saxon model: report
      214 10  -  By, Anna Teo SINGAPORE is an example of the Anglo-Saxon behavioural model of society characterised by deregulation, labour flexibility and risk-taking, according to the 2000 World Competitiveness Yearbook. This model of society one of three identified in the report is marked by privatisation and "a
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      Lock icon Residents get better tax treatment
      738 10  -  Fong Yong Kian Director (Taxation) for Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance WE refer to Chay Yee Meng's article in the Mar 29 issue of The Business Times titled "Give S'poreans abroad tax perks, not penalties". Mr Chay gave the impression that being a tax resident
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      364 10 e-Business.. .What's P the buzz fuss? You've heard about it! You've talked about it! So what you gonna do about it? In the e-economy business environment, information technology and the functionality of business software systems will play an increasingly important role. Business process integration throughout the supply chain will become
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  • e News
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      Lock icon HSBC, Merrill in global e-bank venture
      553 12 LONDON With USslb capital, it will target retail customers outside US Reuters, Bloomberg INTERNATIONAL banking group HSBC Holdings and US investment bank Merrill Lynch Co Inc said yesterday they were teaming up to form a global online banking and investment services company. The two
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      Lock icon Taiwan's first 3 Tiger stocks make limit-up debut
      434 12 TAIPEI Reuters, Bloomberg TAIWAN began trading of Internet startups and smallcapital firms yesterday in a newly created board under the over-the-counter market, with all three stocks enjoying a honeymoon period in the form of a price rally. "Today was a very good
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      Lock icon China rushing to set up 2nd boards for tech stocks
      297 12 BEIJING But analysts say this may hamper planned listing of state firms Reuters CHINA plans to set up second boards for technology companies as soon as possible, top market regulator Zhou Xiaochuan was quoted as saying yesterday. "When legal conditions
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      Lock icon Net cuts face-to-face contact with loved ones
      375 12  -  SINGAPORE By Joyce Koh COMMUNICATIONS via the Internet might be encroaching on traditional face-to-face interaction with loved ones, according to survey results released by MasterCard International yesterday. When polled on the impact of the Net on their interpersonal relationships, 85 per cent of
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    • e Briefs
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        Lock icon SCMP.com to buy into StockHouse
        83 12 Reuters [HONGKONG] Stock House Media Corporation, a global provider of online financial content, said yesterday that the SCMP.com, the Internet arm of the South China Morning Post newspaper, had agreed to acquire a 5.45 per cent stake in Stock House. "We are very pleased to
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        Lock icon Yahoo! Japan profit soars 6-fold
        90 12 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Yahoo! Japan Corps profit soared six-fold as it continued to see an expansion in advertising revenue from a growing number of Japanese companies marketing themselves on line. Parent net income at the Japanese unit of Internet search engine and services company Yahoo! rose
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        Lock icon Go2Net outdoes expectations
        87 12 Reuters [SEATTLE] Go2Net Inc on Monday posted second-quarter profits that blew away Wall Street estimates, with revenues quadrupling as the Web site network signed up more advertisers and attracted more buyers for its Internet business technologies. Go2Net said pro forma profits for the three months ended March
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        Lock icon DoubleClick posts operating loss
        78 12 Reuters [NEW YORK] Doubleclick Inc yesterday posted an operating loss erf 11 US cents a share in the first quarter, in line with expectations. The New York-based company's revenues nearly tripled, reflecting the increasing use of the Internet as an advertising vehicle. The company reported an
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      Lock icon Orient's niche on the Web
      1097 13  -  FAST hi I exclusive Americans discover gems of Asian arts and crafts in this online store Byi Andrew Wee [SINGAPORE] A PAIR of young entrepreneurs have added an oriental touch to online selling by hawking Asian arts and crafts and clothing to Americans on the
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      Lock icon Asiatravelmart on track for Nasdaq listing by Q4
      369 13  -  SINGAPORE By, Jane Cheong IT appears that Nasdaq's crash last week has not dampened the IPO hopes of at least one Internet startup. Asiatravelmart.com, set up in June 1998, said yesterday it is going ahead with its plans for a Nasdaq listing
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      101 13 UOB Cyberbank shines even brighter with Sun Microsystems. United Overseas Bank is proud to announce that Sun Microsystems is now the strategic Internet technology provider I I I I f° r UOB Cyberbank. What does this initiative mean to you, our Cyberbank customers? Simply that with Sun's JaIL microsystems I
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Why Asean should meet EU half way
      746 14  -  HTTT^ bottom line OPINION shada islam The writer is a Brussels-based journalist who contributes to BT IT took months of difficult internal debate to hammer out but European Union (EU) governments have finally come up with a twopronged diplomatic formula which they hope
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      149 14 The typical risk taker will say, 'Oh, that is nice, the Fed will bail us out'.' -David Jams chief economist at Aubrey G Lanston, a Wall Street bond firm, on what would happen if the US Federal Reserve either refrains from raising interest rates or cuts rates
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      Lock icon Gus Dur and the economy
      614 14 EDITORIAL THE rumour mills in Jakarta have been working overtime these past few weeks as the word is out that Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid intends to overhaul his economic team, possibly in the coming days. But beneath the surface talk of shifting political alliances and
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      Lock icon Dotcoms run for cover in wake of Nasdaq slide
      830 14  -  Money-losing Internet retailers, like Peapod, have been scrambling for fnnding lifebuoys By Leslie Kaufman NYT AFTER weeks of battering in the stock market, many e-commerce companies drained of cash and unable to recapture investor interest are rushing around in search of
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      1064 14 Wall St's yo-yo FRIDAY'S largest-ever point loss on the Nasdaq market was followed on Monday by the largest-ever point gain putting to rest, for now, fears of a meltdown on Wall Street. No one could know before trading started on Monday whether stocks would continue to
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Mier sticks to growth forecast
      570 15 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's GDP will grow 6%, inflation will rise to 3.4%, bnt currency peg will stay, think-tank says Reuters MALAYSIA'S leading economic think tank yesterday maintained its forecast of 6 per cent growth for 2000, saying resurgent domestic demand will nudge up inflation but
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Sterling results lift BAT
        107 15 BRITISH American Tobacco (BAT) surged RM1.25 to RM29.50 following the release of a sterling set of earnings for the quarter ended March 2000, thanks to better margins and the acquisition of the tobacco business from Malaysian Tobacco Company (MTC) last year. Sentiment was also buoyed by
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        Lock icon MTC still languishing
        63 15 MALAYSIAN Tobacco Company (MTC) continued to languish following the sale of its tobacco business to British American Tobacco for over RM7OO million (Ss3l3 million) last year. MTC shed four sen to RM4.10 yesterday, a far cry from its peak of over RM6. Investors started dumping MTC when
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        Lock icon TA joins dotcom race
        71 15  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh TA Enterprise the owner of one of the largest brokerages in Malaysia hogged the limelight yesterday on news that it has acquired TA Dotcom for a nominal RM2. Despite the renewed interest, the counter eased five sen to RM1.55. TA did not
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      Lock icon Dr M slams calls to raise ringgit peg
      216 15 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad slammed foreign fund managers for their calls to revise the ringgit peg upwards, dismissing them as ignorant, the national Bernama agency said late on Monday. "I don't think they know what they are talking
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      Lock icon 2 Chinese dailies sue Sin Chew
      179 15 KUALA LUMPUR AFP CHINA Press Bhd and Nanyang Siang Pau Sdn Bhd, publishers of China Press and Nanyang Siang Pau, have sued Pemandangan Sinar Sdn Bhd, the publisher of Sin Chew Jit Poh, for alleged libel, The Sun daily reported yesterday. The two publishers
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      404 15 PhileoAllied's services currently Intranet-based Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] A cy-ber-savvy Malaysian bank unveiled a new service yesterday which rewards depositors for doing their banking online and punishes them for going to bank branches. Customers who open accounts at PhileoAllied Bank's eone.com.my site will be offered
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      453 16 BANGKOK Company wants to pay off US$25O million in debt which falls dne this year Reuters THAI mobile phone operator Total Access Communications will issue at least US$55O million (*****.7 million) in domestic bonds this year to refinance its debt, the chief executive
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      451 16 MANILA It's Philippine brewer's largest bny in two years Bloomberg SAN Miguel Corp, the Philippines' biggest brewer, offered to buy Australian brewer J Boag Sons for As 92 million (5593.8 million), in a bid to expand its overseas operations and bolster its
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      292 16 JAKARTA Reuters FORMER Indonesian president Suharto's eldest daughter was questioned for six hours yesterday by Indonesian investigators conducting a corruption probe against her disgraced father. The questioning was held at the attorney general's office, which is spearheading the investigation of alleged corruption at
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      394 17 JAKARTA Bnt it warns that farther delays will be punished by the financial markets Reuters THE International Monetary Fund (IMF), investing billions of dollars in Indonesia's recovery, yesterday said it was confident the government would put the economy back on track but warned that
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      296 17 MANILA Profit boosted by sale of stake in 2 banks, cement firm Bloomberg DIVERSIFIED food, property and telecommunications group JG Summit Holdings Inc said profit last year surged almost five-fold, boosted by sales of stakes in two banks and a cement company and by
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      379 17 JAKARTA Reuters ASIAN rubber traders yesterday said it was too soon to gauge how plans by six global tyre and rubber suppliers to establish an electronic marketplace for the commodity would affect the physical market. Other factors making it difficult to assess the
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        84 17 Bloomberg [MANILA] Equitable PC! Bank, the Philippines' third-largest bank by assets, said it may sell more assets later tills year, including some of its four savings banks, to reduce overlapping businesses. The bank, which is completing the integration of its operations arising from the
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        97 17 AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's Cabinet yesterday gave Krung Thai Bank the go-ahead to set up an asset management company for US$l4 billion (5523.8 billion) in non-performing loans (NPLs). Under the plan, drawn up by the finance ministry, Krung Thai will transfer 587 billion baht
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        69 17 Bloomberg (JAKARTA] PT Astra Graphia, an information technology unit of Indonesia's biggest carmaker PT Astra International, said it returned to profit last year helped by foreign exchange gains. The company recorded a profit of 50.2 billion rupiah (Sill million), or 384 rupiah a share,
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      521 18  -  Taiwan's No 2 wafer producer denies new wafer fab breached environmental protection regulations From Macabe Keliher in Taipei INVESTORS have ignored fears that the Environmental Protection Agency could shut down a manufacturing plant of Taiwan's second largest wafer producer, United Microelectronics Corp (UMC), and
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      442 18 BEIJING First quarterly rise since Q*****; March prices fall 0.2% Bloomberg, AFP CHINESE consumer prices rose in the first three months of the year as the economy grew faster than expected, and may keep increasing for the rest of the year, the government
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      270 18 M BEIJING Reuters CHINA is considering letting domestic insurers set up asset management firms and mutual fund management companies, the Beijing Economic Daily said yesterday. The newspaper quoted an official at the State Development Planning Commission as saying the government was also studying
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      46 18 [BEIJING] The 618 metre long Great Tangka scroll being prepared for exhibition at the Museum of the Chinese Revolution in Beijing yesterday. The Tangka, a large-sized scroll, is certified to be the largest of its kind by the Guinness Book of World Records. AP
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      288 18 WASHINGTON House Democratic leader's stand a setback for Clinton NYT IN a setback for the Clinton administration, House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt intends to oppose granting China permanent normal trading privileges, according to several people familiar with his decision. For months, Mr Gephardt has
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      521 19 BOMBAY Over 100 IT firms aiming to raise 50b rupees are among EPOs in the pipeline Reuters A TUMBLE in Indian shares, spooked by the carnage in world markets, is likely to squeeze a busy programme of planned Initial
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      136 19 BOMBAY AFX-Asia BOMBAY Stock Exchange president Anand Rathi said Indian markets will gradually delink themselves from Nasdaq. Speaking to reporters at a news conference, Mr Rathi said: "The delinking will happen as most of our companies listed here have a strong bottom line unlike
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      279 19 WASHINGTON Bloomberg PAKISTAN expects a new loan from the International Monetary Fund within the next two months, aiding its Budget process and prospects for needed foreign investment, said Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz. Pakistan and the IMF must still finish their negotiations, but
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      566 20 WELLINGTON But first, Air NZ most get Australia's nod to make Ansett a full subsidiary Reuters SINGAPORE Airlines' move for a quarter ownership of Air New Zealand is closer to being sealed now that SIA has won New
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      363 20 SYDNEY DISCOUNT carrier Virgin Australia said yesterday talks with Singapore Airlines about a joint arrangement were over for the time being. Virgin Australia chief executive Brett Godfrey said although he had previously held substantive talks with the Singapore carrier, there had been no
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      440 20  -  From D Ravi Kanth in Geneva CHINA torpedoed a US move to censure its human rights performance yesterday after Beijing mobilised support, largely from Asian and African countries to adopt a no-action motion against the draft US resolution. The resolution said China's human
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      369 20  -  From Shada Islam in Brussels ASIA and the European Union must join forces to crack down on cybercrime as part of a new era of region-to-region security cooperation, the EU Commission said yesterday. Asia and Europe should also share their experiences
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      578 20 NEW YORK While vigilance is necessary, tough action by the Fed is not, they say Reuters, Bloomberg AFTER years of waiting in the wings while America's economy expanded at a breakneck pace, inflation may be returning to centrestage, several Federal
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        55 20 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's Standard Chartered Bank is in final negotiations to buy ANZ Grindlays Bank from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd, industry sources said yesterday. "They are cloee to it (a deal)," one source told Reuters. Analysts have suggested a price tag of
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        74 20 Reuters [DALLAS] Texas Instruments Inc's shares fell as much as 7 per cent a day after the biggest maker of semiconductors for cellular phones reported slower sales growth. The shares fell US$lO to US$lBB in midmorning trading yesterday, after touching US$l3B Vfc. The stock had gained
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        53 20 AFP [HAMBURG] Dresdner Bank, which recently pulled out of a headline-hitting merger with Deutsche Bank, plans to cut 4,ooojobs in its retail hanking operations, the weekly newspaper Die Zeit said in an article to be published tomorrow. A Dresdner spokesman dismissed the report as
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        56 20 Reuters [NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey] Johnson Johnson yesterday said its first-quarter profit jumped nearly 16 per cent, bolstered by growing pharmaceuticals sales. It posted net earnings of US$l.3l billion (552.2 billion), or 83 cents per diluted share, beating forecasts by two cents. Revenues rose
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        70 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] Pfizer Inc yesterday said its first-quarter operating earnings jumped 33 per cent, helped by growing sales of its drugs. The No 2 US drugmaker, which makes anti-impotence drug Viagra and hypertension medicine Norvasc, said operating profits, excluding one-time items, rose to US$l.OB
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        84 20 Bloomberg [WESTWOOD, Kansas] Sprint Corp, which is being bought by MCI World Com, said first-quarter profit rose 2.5 per cent, as customers chose its cut-rate long-distance and wireless calling plans. Profit from continuing operations rose to US$445 million (***** million), or 50 cents a
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        58 20 Reuters [ATLANTA] Coca-Cola Co yesterday reported unexpectedly better first-quarter results as conditions in its businesses strengthened during the last part of March. Before a write-down and other non-recurring items, Coca-Cola earned 32 cents a share in the first quarter of2ooo. Wall Street analysts had predicted
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      473 21 SEATTLE Dozens of high-level employees are being given np to 200,000 shares, extra leave LAT-WP MICROSOFT Corp management, concerned about the exodus of top talent to Internet startups and the sharp drop in its stock price, is quietly doling out large stock-option
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      532 21 NEW YORK New version of Pocket PC seen as an acceptable alternative NYT WITH impressive new software for handheld computers, Microsoft will today mount what industry analysts regard as its first serious challenge to Palm Inc, the leader in
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      516 21 NEW YORK AP ON Dec 7, 1978, the entire workforce of Microsoft Corp got together for a group photo prior to moving the company from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the Seattle area. Of those 11 people, only one chairman Bill Gates is still with
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      220 23  -  SGX Derivatives Trading/fejoorte MS& Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jar dine Fleming THE Singapore stockmarket yesterday opened on a strong note but closed marginally higher as it failed to hold on to its early gains. Investors remained cautious and sentiment fragile despite the
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      288 23  -  MSCI Taiwan fatores Chan Yet San Refco Singapore THE Taiwan stock market rose for the second day following a big rebound on the Nasdaq market overnight. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 313.35 points or 3.5 per cent to 9,307.03 points
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      194 23 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oil prices pushed higher yesterday, lifted by firmer markets in refined products and expectations of swelling demand for crude in coming weeks. Benchmark Brent crude was trading 32 US cents stronger at U5523.06 a barrel after touching an early
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      2696 24 HONGKONG AFP flHanfiSeng +515J6 HONGKONG shares surged 3.5 per cent in a technical rebound yesterday, after Wall Street bounced back from last week's meltdown, dealers said. "With no special news in Hongkong, the market is undergoing a technical rebound, following overnight gains on Wall
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      893 24 Reuters PShnkaßMrn *KM CHINA'S stocks staged a mild technical rebound yesterday, one day after plunges on Asian bourses dragged them down. A recovery in Hongkong shares also helped give local investors temporary relief from worries of a global market crash, triggered by sharp falls on Wall Street last week,
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      353 24 AFP QWPbfax ****** TAIWAN share prices closed 3.5 per cent higher yesterday, buoyed by a rebound on Wall Street, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 313.35 points to 9,307.03, following a 1.4 per cent rise in the previous session. "Today's rise was inspired by the
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      1960 24 TOKYO AFP Nikkei 285 -MIU TOKYO'S key Nikkei stock index fell 0.2 per cent yesterday as selling ahead of its revamping offset gains prompted by Wall Street's strong rebound, brokers said. The Nikkei 225 Average dipped 39.12 points to end at 18,969.52, extending Monday's
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      433 25 AFP n Composite Index +SL93 MALAYSIAN shares closed up 0.7 per cent yesterday on a rebound spurred by Wall Street's overnight rise but were weU off earlier highs in cautious trade, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose
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      760 26 AFP D SET Mai -7.C THAI stocks fell 1.9 per cent yesterday after a rally on the back of Wall Street's overnight gains fizzled when prof-it-takers emerged in the late afternoon, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index slipped 7.63 points to 385.25 while the select SET
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      291 26 AFP F1 Composite fader +10-59 PHILIPPINE share prices rose 0.7 per cent yesterday after US markets rebounded but profit-taking limited the day's gains. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index closed 10.59 points higher at 1,648.13. Volume fell to 2.67 billion shares worth 1.44 billion pesos. AFP f* NW *t-
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      673 26 AFX-Asia QCmpaate Index -LOO JAKARTA share prices closed lower in volatile trade, erasing early gains made in a modest rebound following Monday's sharp losses as Standard Poor's forex rating downgrade undercut already cautious sentiment, dealers said. The Composite Index closed down one point or 0.19 per cent at 528.26,
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      268 26 AFP PmSE-40 +2L23 NEW Zealand's stock market yesterday rose 1.1 per cent after Wall Street's rebound to make a partial recovery. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 21.23 points at 1,995.01. Turnover yesterday was light at NZ$BO.5 million. rw>) Advantage HOS 3.40 0.20 515 Air NZ A 1.92 0.02
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      449 29  -  Art Singapore 2000 will show range of visual art, reports fzojcza tap FELICIA YAP CONTEMPORARY South-east Asian artists will be given a well-deserved voice in September at Art Singapore 2000 the first international art exhibition with a focus on contemporary art from South-east
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      1083 32  -  -I I comment CURRENCIES Watch key levels of 106 yen and 551.71 against greenback larry wee THE recent record falls in US stock market prices, Monday's recovery notwithstanding, will force a stricter evaluation of financial market risks in the future, although we do
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      739 32  -  Bat good credits like Singapore Power's USs3oom issue should still do well By> John Tan The author is a fixed-income strategist at Standard Chartered Bank, This article is an excerpt from their Asian Fixed Income Strategy Weekly. It is not an invitation to invest.
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      292 33 Bridge News, Reuters THE dry cargo freight market started the week on Monday with little change in capesizes, which remained steady in the East but easier in the Atlantic. However, stronger demand was reported for panamaxes from grain houses from the US Gulf and the east coast of
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      312 33 MX '000 AprJS <M CWT Distribution 0.93 -0.01 55 Chuao Hup 0.38 unch 1031 Cosco Investment. 0.18 unch 88 Freight Links. 0-24 -0.01 471 08 Moldings 0.65 -0.01 23 H« Sun Hup 0.69 0.01 139 IMC HokHngs-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.17 unch 402 Keppel Corp 3.92
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      480 33  -  Rotterdam, Hamburg developing inland depots to serve potentially lucrative market By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] In the face of increasing global port competition and global shipping alliances, European ports are increasingly looking to central and eastern Europe for growth. Major ports like the
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      69 33 [COLOMBO] Akitsu Odagqki, chairman of the Japanese-owned Colombo Power (Private) Limited, riding a boat outside the Colombo harbour to reach the barge-mounted 60-megawatt power generator (background) brought to Sri Lanka. Japan's Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Company and Kawasho Corporation have an equal stake in the power plant
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      681 33  -  STRAIT TALE By\ Seafarer EUROPEAN matters and, at least peripherally, the ill-fated tanker Erika come to my mind again. Political moves within the European Commission (EC) have profound implications for Asian shipping and the furore over the Erika
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      272 33 AFP (MANILA] Domestic shipping regulations are being tightened in the Philippines to prevent a recurrence of last week's ferry disaster which claimed at least 139 lives. Transportation Secretary Vicente Rivera said. The new rules are designed to prevent ferry firms loading more passengers
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      225 33 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Royal Carib bean Cruises Ltd. the world's No 2 cruise operator, expects Asia's contribution to sales to double in as early as two years as the company looks to expand its business in the region. Asia currently accounts for 3 per jjuit
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        644 34 The rash of dotcom shipping information ventures doesn't spell end of the traditional shipping market, say insiders Reuters [LONDON] A FRANTIC dash to set up tanker trading and information Websites is being touted as the end of the traditional shipping marketplace, but insiders say
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      306 34 PAGE ECt 4 ANL 3 ECU Line 6 Accord 8 ESP Lines 13 Ahrenkiel 14 Evergreen 6 Appenship 5 f °o«9Sun 8 AsiaOCL 13 Frt Links 14 Austral 8 L Avant 14 &em4rtrans B'tanq Mas 8 Genshpg 13 r Global 13 BTl 14 M IL.U. i<hnn <;
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      21032 41 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Teiephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Destn Name Name Number Number To BUENOS AIRES (BUE) 2060 Argentina To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D Ivolre 26/04 20/05 mol snatos challenger 9406a a zioout
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        688 47 v,ss VoyNo Btrth Arrival Departure Jareag Part low Song 24 J14 18/04/7:25 18/04/22:00 Marco Poto J 04/20J JH 18/04/800 19/04/3:00 2507 604 J12 18/04/7:50 19/04/8:00 D*c*nf»egos Ol/OOJ J17 I8/04/W30 18/04/16:00 ***** J01 18/04/9:00 18/04/23:00 JAA 20 J14 18/04/10:45 19/04/6:00 Bt Arm Jaya AP«-I8 J01 18/04/11:30 18/04/23:59 'Ob* 27
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        1915 47 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Bstls Sh'P Voy No Etb/Btr Ptrlod From To From ACNICVCR rot a/2000 U a/1500 a/*59 a/1900 a/nn a/an a/aoo _i* witoo a/otn a/0900 Al SAtAHIA com MOJO u a/1500 «MH a/1900 II a/1500 «/»M a/1900 a a/woo 19/0*51 a/otoo
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        196 47 Apr 20 New Zealand: Market Holiday, Stock Exchange Closes at Noon. Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Philippines: Maundy Thursday. Apr 21 Denmark: Good Friday. France: Good Friday. Germany: Good Friday. Thailand: Market Holiday. New Zealand: Good Friday. Hong Kong: Good Friday. Indonesia: Good Friday. Philippines: Good Friday. Singapore: Good Friday.
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        787 47 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        468 47 Carbon ISO Mai 991.2 0.S 15.6 0.10 90 0.06 Apr 13 Density Water Residue Ask Aluminium S*dl»*n* No above E2S 3 0 S 0 2 0 380 Ave 966.9 0.2 13.7 0.07 36 0.03 IiM 300 Mai 991.4 0.9 17.9 0.09 72 0.06 «s/w 3 v/v
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        440 48 AMERICA* AIRLINES CRASH Df CALI, COLOMBIA Bnt lawyers for Honeywell, Jeppesen argue that American crew solely responsible for crash AP [MIAMI] The crew of an American Airlines flight was responsible for entering an incorrect code into a flight computer that caused
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        203 48 Shift to e-ticketing part of airline's effort to trim costs Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co, Asia's largest carrier, is extending its Internet-based ticketing to international flights from May 22. expanding a service that has been available to domestic passengers since 1996. "The
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        134 48 AP [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa's cargo unit and Deutsche Post are forming a strategic air cargo and freight alliance involving their joint interests in express dispatch service DHL International. Lufthansa and Deutsche Post both hold slightly more than 25 per cent in DHL International, which belongs
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        170 48 AFP [MANILA] Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Lufthansa have signed an agreement allowing the local carrier to sell cargo space on flights operated by the German carrier, a PAL statement said. Under the agreement, PAL is permitted to book space on Lufthansa's twice-a
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          89 48 AFP [MUNICH, Germany] German airline Lufthansa wants to buy Swissair's stake in Austrian Airlines, the weekly magazine Focus Money said in an article to be published in latest edition. A high-ranking Swissair official confirmed negotiations were underway between Lufthansa chief Juergen Weber and Swissair
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          80 48 AFX-Asia [SHANGHAI] Sichuan has seen a sharp drop in the number of tourists travelling by air since the implementation of an air ticket revenue-sharing policy on key domestic air routes from April 1, the China Business Times said. The report cited representatives at a
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          105 48 AP [AUCKLAND, New Zealand] Seven passengers on a Korean Air flight were injured on Monday when the jet struck turbulence on a direct flight to Auckland. An ambulance spokeswoman said the injuries included cuts, bruises and mild concussion. None of the seven was seriously
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        376 48 Bloomberg [MILAN] Twelve European airlines fighting Italy's plan to shift flights to Milan's new Malpensa airport say they are confident the European Commission will block the transfer. The airlines met yesterday in Brussels with the commission, the European Union's executive arm, in
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        1976 48 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD aaj AN8230 1850 (W|2lM SO803 1910 CZ352 0910 1850 C2351 2045 $0804 WZO $0230 1850 Hanoi VNS0741 UK) ¥*$0742 0905 Amsterdam KL0843 0435 KL0838 2255 S0VH175 1830 S0VH176 1035 S023 0645 **S0T40 1410 GA979 1035 Hatyai MI891 1110 MI892 073S KL9165
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      104 33 Shipping web sites face wall of tradition Page 2 r~■ i ••-AviS f ,-,-L~' r -'w > ll§ Wf/-& ft 4 y r CATCH THE LATEST WAVE IN LOGISTICS BBBBK^RT" *<H K s jm Jl The Shipping Times now features a full page of logistics news on Thursday every fortnight
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      1213 34 I NORTH AMERICA I I EXPORT 1 1 OTHER DESTINATIONS I SSX-SUPER SHUTTLE EXPRESS-DIRECTTO LONQ BEACH pH I WEST COAST Of CENTRAL AMERICA (MARGARTTA SERVICE) vtssa vot TtasT maw lowgkacm muas houstom oocagq wwtow ■pkooit wssa wi TT rrjunml aoumtu sawioobcq coowro ptonceu outHAVBnuoA uuwauT ooq NtrmuNos msi? u/m m/m
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      712 34 Lines services represented by r Members of the Registry of Accro^' Shipping Agents, Singapore Shipping Association »i;vr..«. Members of the Singapore Logistics Association ULY UNE MALE I VESSEL VOY ETA TfU [~lu P. KLAMC SPORE MALE Princess Lily VO3OO 23/04 25/04 03/05 Empress Lily VO4OO 10/05 12/05 20/05 Princess Lily
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      775 36 EXPfIfSS CONTAINER FEEOCR FOR N SHEW (CFS MULUNO MUM6AICOIOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN I C D POINTS Vessel S PORE N SHEVA COLOMBO P KLANG CAPE CREUS V 105W 23 APR 82 MAY 06 MAY 12 MAY CAPE CANAVERAL V 122W 30 APR 09 MAY 13 MAY
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      1306 37 NEW SIEMCI DIRECT TO COLOMBO I IN 5 DAYS I IYIKT WIMESPAY J I GENERAL AGENTS IN SINGAPORE: 80 ROBINSON RD TIL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (l/l) 420S802™ToHOREOfF!cT^^^™~^™^^| I COSTAR SNIPPING PTE LTD «i2-oo sales/bkgs *****57/43 inward dept (d/oi *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD Io> NO: **********00 SINGAPORE
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      1465 38 EUftOPf/UK/SCANDINAVIA/FINLAND/RUSSIA SERVICES aW»T IMPORT wssa/VQTAGi lsfip romTwg imp m Tiww |mv vKsn/voYAci mv Ithp lamw 1 me, Imp IWCDOI »W 07? 24/04 14, OS 14/05 17/05 11/05 L M6HT RE 043 M/Q2 31.03 Q1.04.QZ.J4 .04,04 24/04 L DEVELOP RW4II W/04 IS/05 70/ 05 72/DS J3/05 74/05 74/ OS LREWAROREQ3B 04/04
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      838 38 rjggggPff PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD A SSSSV ffti 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore *****0. 1 CR NO 100e*****00E I IfgSfl VOT WG SW Hi STB H M KL At* Ftl me I ill I I OOQ MACON 005 17/4 It/4 25/4 l/J S/S t/S IS/S 17/S I
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      392 39 BSA mm MYANMA FIVE STAR LINE (Myaamor National Line) Loading for Yangon VESSEL VOY SIN PKL PEN PGU HP* AN 26 7W SU> SAGAING MW SU) MAUTSU AGENTS: BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES KIR: TEL (03)*****00 PKL TEL (03) *****01 PEN: HI (04)*****02 PGU: HI (07)*****21/4 BANK LINE (A service of Andrew
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