The Business Times, 8 May 2000

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85C SINGAPORE Internet^ttpT/busines^im^ MONDAY, MAY 8, 2000
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    64 1 STOCK MARKET INDICES Week Change ST! 2,118.36. -45.75 SIMSCI FUTURES.....282.00 -6.00 BTSRI 789.23. 19.79 KLSE COMP. 925.45.....+27.10 NIKKEI _....18,439.36...+465.66 HAMi SENG 15,268.64 -250 66 SET INDEX. 379.97 -10.43 JAKARTA COMP. 545.6118.87 MANILA OOMP. 1.551.90 -46.83 TAIPEI WPL 8.657,13 -120.22 SEOUL COMP. 751.29 +25.90 CLSA CHINA B CLOSEDAUST ALL
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    79 1 FOREX BATES IJSS SI USS 1.719 (USI/SS per 1.533 _..2. 636 EURO(US$/S$ PER E)0.894 1.536 DM 2.189 0.786 YEN 1075 1.600 RM._. .3.800 0.452 HKS 7.790 0.221 BAHT 38.48 _..0.045 RUPIAH 7,978 0022* *S$ to 100 units PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA UfMPlIR 7.67 JAKARTA .39.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA.
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    Lock icon US jobs data may hit S'pore, HK bank shares this week
    1034 1 30-year unemployment low reinforces concern that rising rates will crimp earnings Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Shares of Hongkong and Singapore banks, such as HSBC Holdings pic and DBS Group Holdings Ltd, may fall this week as a report showing US unemployment
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    Lock icon China, India to lead Asian Internet boom
    798 1  -  But Asia will remain far behind the US, especially in e-commerce: study By' Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] China and India will power the expansion of the Internet in Asia (ex-Japan) over the next four years but Asia will be dwarfed by the United States
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    Lock icon Tommie Goh sponsors SMU chair
    756 1  -  PEOPLE By\ Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] Just what keeps Tommie Goh, executive chairman of electronics firm JIT Holdings and winner of this year's Businessman of the Year Award, going? It's not what he gets out of the game, but rather his love for the game itself
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      361 1 MSPE BizlT Seagate aims for 20% Asia growth. Pg 2 Wait and wait for WAP to work. Pg 4 BT Comment Asia must play catch up again in the New Economy this time. Next Plage HKT-CyberWbrks: No turning back. Pg 12 Top stories Stanchart aims for emerging 'TJ markets domination,
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      9 1 Private sector lifts SMU fund to $80rn. Pg 8
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      Lock icon Asia must catch up again — in the New Economy now
      737 2  - Asia must catch up again in the New Economy now P=i I comment ECONOMICS The region to so far behind the US in e-commerce that its manufacturers and service providers risk being sidelined altogether vikram khanna IF they're accurate and this is admittedly a big if the estimates by the
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      Lock icon Ministers to try and talk up the euro today
      561 2  -  Bnt currency dealers doobt if any direct intervention will take place From, Neil Behrmann in London EUROPEAN finance ministers will do their utmost to talk the euro up when they meet today, currency dealers said. But other than jawboning, most analysts
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      492 2 KPMtiSfflimmfa Goods Services Tax Specialised Industry Workshops 2000 Orchard Hotel Singapore, 9.00 am to 5.30pm What The GST Services Unit of KPMG will run a series of industry-focused GST workshops between March and September 2000. This emphasis on specific industries is to match the demands of a new global economy.
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  • HEDGE funds
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      Lock icon Hedge fund experts disarmed
      1381 3 Unlike George Soros and Julian Robertson, new fund managers are investing in tech shares with greater understanding of the industry and also in arbitrage opportunities in financial markets FT IN the glory days of the big hedge fund managers, work and play took on a similar
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Stanchart aims to be tops in emerging markets
      816 4  -  Baying Grindlays in Mid East and Sonth Asia boosts its standing in Indian subcontinent and UAE Catherine Ong WITH more than Ss3 billion in takeovers since the Asian financial crisis. Standard Chartered Bank is closer to realising its bold vision for emerging
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      Lock icon SGX's IT unit set to become viable profit centre
      344 5  -  UH exclusive It has one-third of market for online trading solutions; no plans to hive off division By' Ven Sreenivasan THE Singapore Exchange's systems and technology services unit is poised to become a major IT solutions provider for the local financial
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      Lock icon Ex-DBS Land staff will join new e-commerce firm
      270 5  -  Far East clarifies it will be independently run by pros from various industries By\ Kalpana Rashiwala A SPOKESMAN for Far East Organization (FEO) has requested a clarification to say that the three former DBS Land staff who will join the group in
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      Lock icon Flurry of SES activity in medical, penny counters
      377 7  -  All 20 stocks on last week's top volume list were shares below $1 each Andrea Tan MEDICAL and penny stocks such as Medi-Rad and HMI stole the show on the Singapore Exchange last week as blue chips languished amid institutional caution ahead
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      448 6 May 3 Source JM Sassoon Stocks Volume Medi-Rad 5c 150,927,000 AiiOcean5c 138,794,000 ParkwayLab 5c 112,020,000 JurongTech 10c 96,072,000 Food Empire 5c 77,862,000 Inno-Pac 20c 74.773,000 HMI5c 68,632,000 GiantWTech HK10 53,052,000 Medtecs HK5c 40,597,000 L&M50C 38,061,000 Stocks PacificCentury 131,763,208 Chart Semiconductor 26c 102,747,163 DBS Grp 101,391,435 VentureMfg25c 84,501.793 ParkwayLab 5c 80,416,975
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      Lock icon Institutional money taking a breather from local market
      609 6  -  I comment STOCKS r.sivanithy THERE have been news reports of fund managers and investment gurus throwing their hands up in despair and proclaiming they don't understand the financial markets any more. Many had missed the technology boat, or got onto it too
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      Lock icon Mayfran shares seem a better bet than warrants
      174 6  -  WARRANT WATCH R Sivanithy A LOOK at the graph accompanying this column will show one of the more volatile counters in the penny segment Mayfran International's shares. Since penny stocks are in play at the moment, perhaps a review of its warrants
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      Lock icon IPC medium-term support at 30 cents
      240 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of loss making computer maker IPC Corp has been rising steadily during the past week. However, the counter slipped half a cent to 31.5 cents on a volume of 13.5 million units on Friday. The turnover was
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      127 6 ♦CSE Systems and Engineering will hold their AGM on May 16 at 10.00 am, at 19A, Serangoon North Avenue 5,3 rd Floor Avi-Tech Building. ♦CWT Distribution Ltd will hold their AGM on May 25 at 12.30 pm, at 24, Jurong Port Road, #03-00 Office Block, CWT Distripark (HQ).
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      Lock icon Asian units likely to follow the lead of the yen
      505 6 ASIAN currencies are likely to take their cue from the yen this week as Japanese traders return to work after the Golden Week string of holidays. Tokyo markets can look forward to a fresh start today, but currency movements could
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      207 7 Nominations for the 2000 Enterprise 50 awards are now open Companies can nominate themselves by completing the official nomination form. Companies must be home-grown, 1 privately-owned and incorporated under V Singapore's Companies Act (1994 Revised Edition), with four years of r Celebrating Singapore's audited statements. Enterprising Spirit V J Nomination
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      Lock icon NTUC should help members plan for retirement: minister
      526 8  -  Reverse-mortgages for HDB flats not pushed dne to complications By Audrey Tan THE government wants the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) to do more to help address the problems of an ageing population, such as helping its members plan financially for their
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      Lock icon Private sector lifts SMU endowment fund to $80m
      260 8 THE Singapore Management University (SMU) has received a further boost to its endowment fund, with a $2 million donation from Businessman of the Year Tommie Goh to set up the Tommie Goh Chair in Entrepreneurship. The personal donation by the founder-chairman of
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      Lock icon March TOT worsens on higher fuel prices
      289 8  -  r=ft =4 on the economy terms of trade By Audrey Tan SINGAPORE'S terms of trade (TOT) continued to worsen in March, as import prices continued to climb faster than export prices, latest figures from the Department of Statistics (DOS) show. The import price
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      Lock icon Allegations against MPH are unfounded
      885 9  -  Chelva Retnam Rajah for and on behalf of MPH Ltd and its board of directors WE refer to the letter "Price offered by MPH for AV Jennings is miserable" from Yeo Seng Chong, president and chief investment officer of Yeoman Capital Management PL, Singapore (BT,
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      258 9  -  Cheng Lee Ching (Ms) Senior manager Corporate Communications Land Transport Authority WE thank Mr Desmond Lim for his letter, "Car loan: why sign blank transfer form?" (BT, April 28), and would like to take the opportunity to explain the procedures involved in the transfer
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      Lock icon Reuters, Aether in wireless services venture
      324 10 LONDON FT REUTERS, the UK-based financial information group, and Aether Systems of the US launched an independent company on Friday to provide European customers with wireless data services. The creation of Sila Communications was foreshadowed in February when the two said they were planning
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      Lock icon KPN, Telefonica end merger talks on lack of support
      451 10 MADRID Bloomberg ROYAL KPN NV and Telefonica SA said they called off merger talks after the plan to create Europe's fourth-larg-est phone company failed to win sufficient support from the latter's board. While a majority of Telefonica's board backed a merger,
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      Lock icon Up to 98% of dotcoms won't be around in 2 years
      604 10  -  SINGAPORE Head of IT research firm sees new bubble as money is now chasing 828 w Toh Han Shih ONE Internet bubble may have burst but another is forming, says Michael Fleisher, president of GartnerGroup, the US IT research
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      Lock icon Microsoft prepares plan to counter break-up
      582 10 WASHINGTON Scheme limits its practices, aims to show there's remedy without need for a split LAT-WP MICROSOFT Corp is drafting a counterproposal to the government's break-up plan that involves limits on its business practices such as giving computer makers more flexibility to alter Windows
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      Lock icon Virus creator a woman? Or a bored student?
      588 10 LOVE BUG VIRUS Manila authorities, Swede expert disagree on identity AFP AP [MANILA] Authorities suspect a young female hacker is behind the "Love Bug" virus that infected computer systems worldwide but fear she may have destroyed key evidence, police sources said. But
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      Lock icon Broadband access showdown at Networld
      293 10  -  20,000 participants to get glimpses of innovative solutions from 650 exhibitors From David Welcher in lais Vegas NETWORLD+TNTEROP 2000. which starts this week in Las Vegas, will present a "broadband access showdown" by comparing cable, DSL (digital subscriber lines) and wireless solutions each defended by
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      Lock icon Criminalise spreading of viruses: Germany
      144 10 BERLIN AFP THE German government wants to make spreading computer viruses a crime, despite the fact that cyberspace transcends national borders, a German daily reported yesterday, citing a government source. In the Sunday edition of Die Welt, German junior industry minister Brigitte Zypries said such
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      49 11 96% of the FORTUNE e-50 run Oracle. Now tell us again where the business Internet begins? ©2000 Oracle Corporation All rights reserved Oracle and Software Powers the Internet are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners WWW.OrdCI6.COni ♦FORTUNE magazine 12/99 volume 140
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Time Engineering may reject new Sapura offer
      720 12 KUALA LUMPUR Bat analysts see Sapura gaining ground in tussle to acquire Time dot Com TIME Engineering Bhd signalled on Saturday that it may still reject a revised bid for its Time dot Com unit by one of its biggest creditors, the Sapura
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      Lock icon US refuses to consider new funding for ADB
      373 12 CHIANG MAI, Thailand Other shareholders to look into bank's future capital needs Reuters AP THE US set itself on a collision course with Asia yesterday by refusing to contemplate fresh capital injections for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). While all other ADB
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      Lock icon HKT, CyberWorks deal: No turning back
      697 12  -  I comment HK STOCKS Quite apparent there's no room for other offers quak hiang whai DESPITE Cable Wireless HKT clarifying last Friday that its directors have yet to approve the merger proposal from Pacific Century CyberWorks after almost every major newspaper in town reported
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      Lock icon Citigroup to pay NT$23b for 15% of Taiwan's Fubon
      638 13 TAIPEI Deal is Citigronp's biggest investment in Asia outside Japan Bloomberg CITIGROUP Inc, the biggest US financial services company, will boost its presence in Taiwan by purchasing a 15 per cent stake in the Fubon financial group for about NT$23 billion
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      Lock icon Pakistan passes quantum leap in IT budget
      481 13 ISLAMABAD Move aims to nndo years of neglect and use technology as a development vehicle Reuters PAKISTAN, lagging badly in the information technology- (IT) race, has approved a massive increase in its science and technology budget to reverse the "criminal negligence" of past
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      Lock icon Dhaka urged to clean up administration
      381 13  -  From\ D Ravi Kanth in Geneva BANGLADESH has failed to realise maximum benefits from the trade and economic reforms it undertook during the last decade due to weak governance and an outmoded infrastructure, according to the World Trade Organization Unless it cleans up its
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      Lock icon Bond market sees Fed rate hitting 6.5%
      758 15  -  COMMENTARY! Greenspan may want a 50 basis point rise now and In June so that Fed can be on sidelines during November presidential caroline baum Bloomberg THE Federal Reserve may be unsure of the magnitude of the May 16 rate increase. After Friday's
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      Lock icon Downturn in Aussie economy seen next year
      343 15  -  Higher interest rates, construction downturn, end of Olympics boost cited From\ Surinder Singh in Sydney THE Australian economy is set to experience a substantial downturn next year, according to the latest Economic Outlook study done by global marketing and forecasting group BIS Shrapnel.
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      Lock icon Toyota keen on BMW: report
      210 15 FRANKFURT Quandt family losing patience with BMW over Rover sale: German paper Reuters TOYOTA Motor Corp is the latest world auto giant considering the purchase of German carmaker BMW AG, Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported yesterday. Citing no sources, Bild said the chances were growing
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      Lock icon Alliance Global to use new funds for growth
      162 15 MANILA Reuters ALLIANCE Global Group Inc said yesterday it would use 1.16 billion pesos (5548.2 million) in new equity from a Singaporebased company to expand its glass manufacturing and food and beverage (F&B) businesses. It said in a statement that International Advisory
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      Lock icon Hyundai to invest in world car project?
      579 16 SEOUL Bat D&imlerChrysler denies talks with Korean firm which says it plans to invest It won Bloomberg Reuters HYUNDAI Motor Co, which controls 75 per cent of South Korea's passenger car market, said it will invest 1 trillion won (Ssl.6 billion) over the
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      Lock icon Nasdaq plans Net-based global stock exchange
      376 16 NEW YORK Despite hurdles, this may become a reality in 18 months Reuters BY the end of 2001, an investor in Tokyo, Dallas or Hamburg will log on to a computer, click to buy shares in Intel Corp and watch it execute within seconds,
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      Lock icon SEC ends NYSE rule that curbed electronic trading
      277 16 PALM BEACH, Florida Reuters THE US Securities and Exchange Commission has officially eliminated an 18th century rule that prevented New York Stock Exchange members from trading NYSElisted stocks away from a stock exchange and tightly restricted electronic trading. Rule 390 "has long
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      Lock icon ECB seen leaving rates unchanged
      297 16 ■FRANKFURT Bloomberg THE European Central Bank is likely to leave interest rates unchanged on Thursday, following an increase two weeks ago, as reports across the euro region bring more evidence of accelerating economic growth. Of 16 banks polled by Bloomberg News, just one predicted that
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  • COMMUDITIES & futures
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      Lock icon Gold and oil bubble, driven by fears of short supply and inflation
      586 18 COMMODITY Weeklyßmindup AFP [LONDON] Gold and oil prices rose sharply over the course of the week. Oil prices were driven up as petrol prices crept higher in the US and by fears that an increase in production agreed
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      1850 18 SI COM FUTURES Mays RUBBER (future* closing at 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cmts/kq) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jun 00 120.50 300 Jul 00 122.50 300 Aug 00 124.50 300 Sep 00 126.50 300 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cMbAq) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest
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  • MARKET OUTLOOK
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      Lock icon HK stocks set to rise but wary of Fed
      312 19 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG stocks look set to rise this week, propelled by Wall Street's rally on Friday and renewed regional interest in Hongkong and Chinarelated shares, brokers said. But the likelihood of another US interest rate hike on May 16 and
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      Lock icon Stocks jump as certainty about Fed spreads
      551 19 NEW YORK Traders, analysts expect 50 basis points hike in borrowing costs Reuters US stocks rallied on Friday, as Wall Street celebrated what it deemed the end of uncertainty rather than commiserating over an economy that is so hot, it just begs for
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      Lock icon Tokyo stocks seen firming slightly after holidays
      400 19 TOKYO Bnt traders expect profit-taking to curb gains in index Reuters THE Tokyo stock market is expected to see active buying this week when traders return today after the long "Golden Week" holiday. But traders expect profittaking to prevent any major gains for
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      333 19 LONDON AFP THE London market closed lower last week despite a decision by the Bank of England to leave its interest rates unchanged and the confirmation of a full-blown merger with the Frankfurt exchange. The FTSE 100 index of leading shares
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      843 19 CI Sydney jjO THE Australian share market will watch retail trade figures, the federal Budget and employment data this week, analysts said. The market picked up last Friday led by a strong banking sector and gains in News Corp, but the key All Ordinaries index finished the
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      399 20 AFP Q Composite Index +27J0 THE Malaysian bourse is likely to maintain its upward momentum in coming days after ending last week up 3 per cent, analysts said. A local analyst said institutional funds were expected to accumulate shares ahead of Malaysia's reinstatement into
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      621 21 SGX Derivatives Trading Weekly Roundup [LONDON] Although the coming US economic reports should show some moderation in inflation and business activity, the data is unlikely to dampen speculation that the Fed will hike rates 50 bps at its May 16 Federal Open
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      531 26 CLASSICAL BRIT AWARDS Reuters BRITAIN'S inaugural awards ceremony for classical music started off with a bang on Saturday, opening with violinist Vanessa Mae hitting her notes backed by pyrotechnics and thundering drums. The Classical Brit Awards is classical music's answer to the annual pop music gala,
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      607 26 Old-style spectacle will be much in evidence this year AFP WITH the lilac and mimosa burgeon ing on the French Riviera, hoteliers in the Mediterranean resort of Cannes are preparing for the annual invasion of actors, directors, producers and assorted wannabes that heralds the
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      261 27 RLE PHOTO f Akrion to invest $19m Kinokuniya to up the I to s 'P or e facility, says ante in August Top stories CEO David Ferran (left) Page 12 I Cognotec offers new revolutionise food »JL V forex trading solution business with WAP Page 7 Page 18 Commentary Wait
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      747 28  -  Steve Luczo sees Seagate hitting 20 per cent annual growth in 3-5 years llepoftn by. Kenneth James SEAGATE Technology's Singapore operations will continue to play a key role in the global disk-drive leader's ambitious growth plans, its president and CEO Stephen Luczo says. "There's
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      1020 28 SEAGATE Technology president and CEO Steve Luczo calls computer storage the "extreme sports" of the high-tech industry. That's just fine for the Seagate chief, an extreme-sports kind of guy who makes no apologies for "ruthlessness" that he says is really aimed at
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      739 30  -  we see I Wireless application protocol has generated a lot of hype but delivered worthless little so far raju chellam The writer is BizlT Editor NOW that the dotcom fever seems to have subsided a bit, both investors and analysts are beginning to
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      686 30  -  More diversity would likely have slowed Love Bog virus, experts say By* Anick Jesdanun AP [NEW YORK] Make computers easier to use and they're also easier to abuse. Virus writers got a large audience and millions of unwitting accomplices for their mischief by taking
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      429 31  -  It's S'pore lab is its first such in the Asia-Pacific region By Andrew Wee US-BASED precision engineering firm Akrion LLC will open its Asian HQ and technology development centre here today and expects Asia to contribute about 25 per cent to gross revenue this
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        43 31 LUCENT Technologies has appointed Michael Butcher to the newly-created position of president, international sales, service provider networks (SPN). Mr Butcher is currently president and chief executive of Lucent's SPN in the Asia-Pacific region, and will continue in that post.
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        36 31 COMMUNICATIONS solutions supplier Krone has appointed Eric Behrendt as its general manager for its South-east Asian operations, based in Singapore. Mr Behrendt was previously responsible for setting up and running Krone's Thailand operations.
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        37 31 PEOPLESOFT, which supplies enterprise application software, has appointed Rob Squires as general manager of its Asean operations. Mr Squires was previously manager of product strategy for People Soft Asia's financials, distribution and manufacturing divisions.
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        38 31 US-BASED e-commerce solutions provider Evergreen Internet Inc has set up its Singapore operations to boost sales of its Ecential e-commerce software in Asean and India regions. It is headed by Michael Ang, executive vice-president.
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        30 31 AN intensive seminar on "E-business 2000" will be held on Thursday at Suntec City. It is organised by researcher GartnerGroup Inc. For details, call 1800.*****55, ore-mail gartnerjsinevent world.com.
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        42 31 A FORUM on "The who, when and how of Internet use: your keys to unlocking e-commerce opportunities" will be held on Thursday at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. It is organised by landl Asia (Singapore). For details, e-mail laychintanfaiiandiasia.com
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        35 31 A SEMINAR on "Bluetooth the amazing wireless technology" will be held on May 24 at the Marriott Hotel. It is organised by Future TechnoDesigns Pte Ltd. For details, fax *****43 or e-mail martha{aftdpl.com.sg.
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        80 31  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam ENTERPRISE Promotion Centres will hold the following seminars next month at the Traders Hotel. For details, fax *****41 or e-mail Learning ibepc.com.sg ♦A one-day seminar on "Strategic e-commerce for CEOs" on June 5. ♦A two-day seminar on "E-commerce for managers: how to
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      685 32  -  Integrated call centre workforce management can boost efficiency and help businesses make strategic decisions edmund ang The writer is vice-president (Asia Pacific), Genesys Telecommunications Labs Asia Throwing new technology at problems is never a total solution. No matter how efficient and intelligent you think
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      396 32 Bloomberg (DAYTON, Ohiol NCR Corp, a computer and software company and No 1 maker of automated teller machines, said it will add about 1,000 employees in 2000, expanding its workforce 3 per cent, to boost services offerings. NCR. which has 32,000 employees,
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      307 32 It also combines services divisions into global sales organisation Reuters [NEW YORK) Compaq Computer Corp said on Friday that it has reorganised its Enterprise Solutions and Services Group (ESSG) and that Enrico Pesatori, the group's senior vice-president and group general manager, is leaving
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      532 33  -  I-ii exclusive Of the US$l.2 trillion in daily global forex turnover, the company estimates it handles about US$5O billion a day, reports larry wee LARRY WEE A DUBLIN BASED firm, Cognotec, which seeks to shake up the whole complexion of foreign exchange market trading via
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      792 33  -  By. Minoru Matsutani [TOKYO] NEC Corp said it will spend 300 billion yen (Ss4.B billion) to build semiconductor plants in Japan and the US to make the cheapest and simplest types of computer memory chips, a move to regain lost market
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      771 35  -  NSTB has a bunch of schemes to draw foreign talent in various fields By Eugene Low BEFORE he developed a real-time accounting software called FACT, Arvind Agarwalla was managing a petrol station in Calcutta. With keen entrepreneurial ambition supplementing his equity capital of
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      206 35 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Network Solutions, Inc, a US-based company that assigns Inter net addresses, said India ranks tenth on its list of countries that register the most Internet addresses. The South Asian nation comes behind the US, UK, Korea, Canada, France, Germa ny, Japan,
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      487 36  -  •i i exclusive The firm has received seed funding from NSTB and a British angel investor By Andrew Wee Homegrown e-auction services provider InterAuct! Pte Ltd plans to raise $5 million in the next two months to fund its regional expansion
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      216 36  -  By. Joyce Koh SAGGIO SINGAPORE, that provides office supplies and solutions, said it will now offer a comprehensive 828 (business-to-business) e-pro-curement portal called saggiodirect.com for companies of all sizes to buy office supplies and services. Saggio will invest $31 million to provide the infrastructure for
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      467 36 Bloomberg (WASHINGTON) Gateway Inc's new chief executive Jeffrey Weitzen got a pay pack age worth US$77 million (Ssl3o million) last year, as he prepared to step into the CEO's job at the No. 2 direct seller of personal computers. Mr Weitzen, who was pro moted
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      734 38  -  :Hexclusive Revamped Web site will offer a 'hybrid' model for corporate and individual consumers Hy Jane Cheong COME August this year, the battle of the book giants will climb one level higher into cyberspace, as Japan-based Kinokuniya Bookstores launches its revamped Web site
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        77 38 OWNERS of Palm 111 and VII series can now connect to Kodak's new PalmPix camera to take and transfer digital pictures. Palm V users need a Kodak adapter tc use the digital camera. The $349 device offers 640 by 480 pixel VGA resolution, runs on
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        57 38 MICROSOFT has announced its new volume licensing programme Open Business making it easy for its customers to buy Microsoft software and get volume discounts. As an introductory offer, customers signing up can win up to $20,000 of their purchase money back in Microsoft's weekly draw, if they
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        114 38 COMPAQ Computer Asia-Pacific has announced enhancements to its AlphaServer systems, and tied up with Oracle Corp to offer high-end enterprise solutions. For details, fax *****09. Among them: ♦The Alpha Station and AlphaServer DS2OE and ES4O systems now come with the latest Alpha processor, offering twice the performance
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        75 38 INTEL Corp has introduced its highest-performance mobile PC processors. The new mobile Pentium HI with Intel's Speed Step technology at 700 MHz will power mobile PCs that can deliver desktop-class performance. Intel also debuted its mobile Celeron processor at 550 MHz targeted at low-cost mobile PCs.
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        90 38 XIRCOM Asia-Pacific, which provides mobile information access solutions, has launched its Net Station all-in-one networking device for notebook and handheld PC users. It is targeted for use in corporate conference rooms, open meeting £u*eas, offsite work areas, training rooms and other gathering locations within a building. It
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        122 38  -  Compiled by Rajn Chellam HEWLETT-PACKARD has launched new Unix-based workstations. For details, fax *****87. The products: ♦Visualize *****, featuring its new full-featured graphics subsystem. Targeted at cost-conscious engineers and designers in the EDA (electronic design automation) and MDA (mechanical design automation) segments, HP said the systems
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      86 38 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] Acer Inc said it has decided to exit the consumer desktop PC market from this year due to low profit margins Acer Inc information products operations head Cheng Ding-chun said in a Commercial Times report that his company is conducting a
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      Lock icon On the wireless Web frontier, Asia is the pioneer
      1303 39  -  Mcl T i147l The mobile communication revolution now unfolding represents the next great wave, and makes the vast resources of the Net continuously available Nikolai dobberstein, john livingston, prapavadee sophonpanich MANY consider Asia to be a back water when it comes
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      324 41  -  EMC to lead local firms to meet top IT and dot-com firms in the US Reports by' Toh Han Shih US storage giant EMC Corp will lead a mission of 22 Singapore companies in a few weeks to Silicon Valley, where they will
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      301 41 US storage giant EMC Corp last week announced its new generation products, and said they are a substantial improvement over the previous generation. "This is the most important announcement from EMC in the last five years," said EMC's president Joseph Tucci. "This is a whole
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      274 41  -  By, Joyce Koh STORAGE giant Quantum Asia-Pacific has announced three new file servers Snap Server 1000,2000 and 4000 targeted at corporate workgroups with 50 or more users. Quantum said these servers will be "far more compatible, affordable and easier to install and use than
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      268 43  -  New levels of colour gradation possible now, says company Aaron Lye CANON Marketing Services (CMS) last week launched a new range of bubblejet printers that come with Canon's new Micro Fine Droplet technology and cost-saving features from its Think Tank system. The company launched a
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      264 43  -  Kenneth Lee HEWLETT-Packard Singapore last week launched its DeskJet 350C8i mobile printer and its new Office Jet G Series of "All-in-One" Office Jet devices. The $499 DeskJet 350C8i prints at 600 by 600 dots per inch (dpi) resolution for black text, and at 600
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      188 43  -  Hy\ Kenneth Lee EPSON Singapore last week launched its new large-format Epson Stylus Pro 7000 printer targeted at high-end users in colour proofing. 3D CAD (computer aided design), CIS (geographical information systems), and other graphics-heavy users. "The $7,800 printer comes with Epson's Micro Piezo printhead technology,
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      254 43 NYT [ATLANTA] Experts warned last week that only dramatic improvements in defences will keep computers safe from costly, annoying assaults, even as the worst of last week's computer attack was fading. In other words: Learn to live with it. Sooner or later, yet another clever
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        707 44  -  Swedish company AU-System AB plans to revolutionise the restaurant business with WAP technology. amdrew wee looks at what the package can offer to industry ANDREW WEE CASH registers and menus in restaurants could be replaced by WAP-en-abled (wireless application protocol) mobile phones as early as August
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          72 44 LOOKING for a quick way to reach friends online? Send them an instant message with Yahoo! Messenger, from Yahoo! Singapore. It offers Singapore users an instant link to online friends and colleagues alerting individuals when their friends have come online, and allowing them to communicate in real-time
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          Lock icon Sakon S'pore names new MD
          65 44 US-BASED Sakon Singapore has appointed e-commerce strategist Willard van de Bogart as its managing director. Sakon offers domain registration services and provides Internet solutions, including Web hosting, server co-location, dedicated server solutions, Web design and development, and e-commerce and payment gateways. It plans now to
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          Lock icon More rooms for Net2Room.com
          70 44 NET2ROOM.COM Pte Ltd, a provider of broadband Internet access to the hospitality industry, has tied up with Raffles Holdings Ltd and Orchard Holdings Ltd, which will invest 9.89 per cent and 21.98 per cent respectively in Net2Room.com. It will wire up 9,000 rooms belonging to the
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          45 44 LOCAL applications service provider just Login.com www.justLogin.com has tied up with news provider CNA (Channel News Asia), to offer free office collaborative apps on CNA's revamped portal at www.ChannelNewsAsia.com. The portal will introduce a new feature, e-Office, targeted at corporate users.
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          75 44 INQUISITIVE Mind Pte Ltd at www.iqmind.com said its Chinese-language portal is now online, making it the first education portal to provide two different language mediums for learning in Singapore. Like its English-language counterpart, the Chinese-language portal has both private and public domains. The former is
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          52 44 SINGAPORE Computer Systems Ltd (SCS) has tied up with wireless software solutions and services provider Ztango.com to jointly market integrated wireless Internet solutions in the Asia-Pacific region. The duo will deliver secure telecom, e-commerce and banking apps to markets in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, China, and
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          50 44  -  Compiled bj Raju Chellam ASIA-NET, which offers online career information for Asia's business community, has tied up with SINA.com, an Internet-based network for Chinese communities worldwide, to provide SlNA.com's US audiences access to Asia-Net's information on career opportunities in both the US and the greater China region.
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        264 44  -  Its core products help businesses manage corporate Web sites By Seah Siew Hua SEATTLE-BASED F5 Networks Inc. which offers Internet traffic and content management solutions, has recently set up its Asia-Pacific HQ in Singapore. The company, which set up its office in Singapore about
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      281 45 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young DESPITE Greek Easter and Golden Week in Japan overlapping each other activity in the second hand market has not slowed. Following the sale of the VLCC Diamond Dream, World Tankers has confirmed its purchase of Aframax Sapir (96,000 dwt bit 90 Namura) at
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      304 45 SCX *000 ■5$ s$ w CWT Distribution 0.90 a03 11 Chuan Hup 0-39 0.01 2202 Cosco Invastmant—0.20 0.02 661 Fraiqht Links 0.27 0.01 973 GAHoMngs 0.68 0.03 1 Hal Sun Hup 0.36 0.01 42 IMC HoMnas-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya HoMlnqs 0.20 0.03 7814 KappalCorp 3.86 -0.02 1444
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      538 45  -  P&O Ports has network of terminals in region capable of handling problems Byk Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Anglo-Dutch shipping line P&O Nedlloyd, which recently announced its intent to operate dedicated terminals in Europe, has no plans to build or manage
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      454 45  -  Last year's figure of USsB46m, triple the amount in 1998, is puzzling officials From Alec Almazan in Manila THE US$B46 million (Ssl.4 billion) Philippine seamen onboard foreign vessels sent home last year is baffling the country's labour and Central Bank officials. The amount is more
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        685 46  -  The idea of a waste management club may also be of relevance in Singapore since it is primarily aimed at reducing the cost of tackling environmental issues for small and medium sized yards. By- David Hughes SHIPREPAIR is a fiercely competitive
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      21323 53 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 16/05 MOi Dia* Lloyd APL EMERALD 2IS 65 *****57 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D' I voire 16/05 26/05 nyk aplemerald
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        466 59 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrive! Departure Bkssh*e«t Iter 00 J02 07/05/7:10 08/05/12 00 Marcopoio 22 Prwl78 J17 07/05/6:20 06/05/600 8t P»l Trior 5)200 JO! 07/05/900 07/05/2300 E»*f«*q(or> 37 JH 07/05/1200 06/05/6:00 Dong Jin 60 J05 07/05/1500 06/05/15:00 Sriukawan 2 I J03 06/05/8:00 06/05/1700 8t St Jiyi ***** J01
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        1964 59 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Pertod From To From ACI DAHLIA 02* 9/ttOO U 07/1500 07/1659 07/1900 U 07/1700 <*/o*w 04/0900 a 07/1700 01/0659 04/0900 04/0700 01/189 04/1400 4 06/1200 01/1459 04/1700 ACI JAOC I05S 4/23:30 IA 07«00 07/1659
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        177 59 May 11 Hong Kong: Buddha's Birthday. Maylfl Thailand: Royal Ploughing Ceremony. May 17 Thailand: Visakha Bycha Day. May 18 Malaysia: Vesak Day. Singapore: Vesak Day. May 19 Denmark: Great Prayer Day. May 29 United Kingdom: Spring Bank Holiday. May 31 Brunei: Royal Brunei Armed Forces Anniversary. Apr 6
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        787 59 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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        510 59 Carbon 180 Mm 989.9 0.6 15.4 0.09 89 0.05 Mm 4 Density Water biMw Ash Aluminium Sediment No above E25 0 0 1 0 3 0 T-rjr 380 Av* 986J 0.2 12.7 0.07 38 0.02 b»» 380 MM 991.4 0.9 17.8 0.08 71 0.06 mri %u/u
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        530 60 Carrier committed to tie-up with American Air; agrees to sell Air Liberte AFP Bloomberg [LONDON] The new boss of troubled airline British Airways will axe thousands of jobs and order the first compulsory redundancies in the company's history, the Observer reported yesterday.
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        278 60 Pre-tax profit down 62% but sales revenue np 1&3% Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa, Europe's second-big-gest airline, said preliminary first-quarter pre-tax profit fell 62 per cent as operating expenses, particularly higher cost for fuel, exceeded expectations. Preliminary pre-tax profit fell to 24 million
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        402 60 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Cathay Pacific Airways, Hongkong's only long-haul airline, said it plans to add nine more Boeing Co and Airbus Industrie aircraft, taking advantage of rebounding economies in Asian home base. Cathay said it will buy four Airbus A 330-300 aircraft,
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        173 60 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] China Airlines Ltd, Taiwan's largest carrier, has introduced a new TaipeiFrankfurt cargo route to tap growing European trade. The route "will have a powerful positive effect in helping promote economic and trade links between Taiwan and Europe", the company said in
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          61 60 Reuters [WELLINGTON] Airways New Zealand said it had signed a partnership agreement with Lockheed Martin for the replacement of New Zealand's air traffic management system within the next three years. The agreement includes establishing an Asia/Pacific technology development and testing centre in Christchurch.
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          71 60 Knehiie Nagel's Q1 profit up Bloomberg [ZURICH] Kuehne Nagel International AG said first-quarter profit rose 26 per cent, as all divisions made more money for Europe's biggest sea-freight company. Net income rose to 26.6 million Swiss francs ($15.4 million) in the first three months of the year, the company said,
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          94 60 Reuters [LONDON] Rolls-Royce said American Airlines' latest orders and options for Boeing 757s were worth up to US$34O million (Sss7B million) to the British aero-engine maker. It said in a statement that American's order last week for 20 757-200s had been accompanied by options on three
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        125 60 AFP [BRUSSELS] International passenger traffic carried by European airlines rose by 7.1 per cent in March among from the figure a year ago, the AEA European airline industry association said. Exceptionally, flights to destinations across the South Atlantic, and the Europe and the Middle East area,
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      874 45 Alien invaders Stopping the ballast water hitch-hikers Alien life forms that hitch a ride across the oceans in the ballast water of ships have been creating significant problems for the Ballast water facts: marine environment, public property and human health. Unlike oil spills and other marine pollution caused by shipping,
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      88 46 SANKYU (S) PTE LTD 11 CLEMENTI LOOP, SINGAPORE *****3 TEL: *****40 FAX: *****11 CFS: KEPPEL DISTRIPARK BLK 513 #01-128 SINGAPORE *****9 JAPAN PORTS Hong Komi A AM China Pocf (EVERY THUR A SUN VESSEL) VtSStL VOY FTP SIN ETA TYO ffA KOt ETA YOK ETA HGO ETA OSA MAREAFRICUM V.*****
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      139 46 Lines services represented fcr ifs\sku\ Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, Singopore Shipping Association NORTH WEST EXPRESS UNE ACCEPTING CONTAINERS, BREAKBULK PROJECT CARGO TO DAMPIER/FREMANTU MV "TBN" ETA SIN 29/05/2000 BOOKINGS CALL MONKA/JUUA TEL 323 4374 CONTAINERS/ CONVENTIONAL CARGO FOOT KUNO/SMGUOM/JMMtt t IANGCOC UNKTAPKL l-TASIN CTAMALK PrtKww IJh
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      1318 49 NEW SIKVICI 1 DIRECT TO COLOMBO I m 5 DAYS I EYIKY WEDNESDAY I GENEML AGENTS IN SINGAPORE: 80 ROBINSON RD TIL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (l/L) I COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #12-00 SALES/IKGS *****57/43 INWARD OEPT (D/ 0) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD ICR NO: **********0 M
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