The Business Times, 26 May 2000

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 85C SINGAPORE Internet: httpi'/business-times.asial.com.sg/ FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2000
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    66 1 □m (-21.70) iJ MJV (-11.31) nsnSCIFDTUBES Mi moo (-6.00) STOCK basket indices TTiuraday Change KLSE COUP 898J1 -4.89 NIKKEI 1*247.82_+203J8 HAfIG SENG H921.06 -1192 «m>E3[ 307.23 -12.46 JAKARTA GOMP —***** -162 MANILA COMP —1,426.62 +7.88 TAIPEI WP1 8,438.10 4131 SEOUL OOMP ____«W58 +24.58 CLSA CHINA B 898.99 +477
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    77 1 F0U3 KATES USI SI OS) 1.734 £(USS/SSper£) 1.478 1563 EURO(USt/S$/E) 0902 1.564 Ml 1169 0.799 YEN 107,8 1.606 HI 3J00 0.456 BKt 7.796 0323 BART 39.11 0.044 RUPIAH 8,470 0.020 "St to 100 units PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA .39 00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG
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    Lock icon Ong Beng Seng stands in way of Goh, Vickers
    939 1  -  BTM'MHUWJ Proposed onion of the two brokerages is not equal as trumpeted, he says By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The whisper of dissent in the proposed marriage of brokerages GK Goh and Vickers Ballas has grown in decibel, with hotelier Ong Beng
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    Lock icon Lend Lease wants in on HarbourFront project
    500 1  -  BThVmitHWJ It eyes 25% of retail component of project: sources By\ Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Australia's Lend Lease Corporation is in advanced negotiations to take a stake in PSA Corp's sprawling one million square feet retail and entertainment precinct, which is a part of
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    Lock icon Clinton pulls off China trade bill by 40 votes
    1169 1  -  NEwsmimraa House approves, by a 237-197 vote, granting China permanent normal trade relations status From Leon Hadar in Washington "IT'S going to be one of the most exciting 15 to 20 minutes on the floor," predicted Republican Representative Dick Armey of
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      95 1 Drape Exec Lifestyle In search of fine dining in the sky. EL 1 BT Comment Is Catchca.corn's IPO delay a guarantee of success? Pg 4 Top stories Boeing team to meet SIA on sale of stretched jumbo jet. Next Page Corruption will catch up with squeakyclean Singapore, predicts American author
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      22 1 Executive Money N Hem have youi funds fared? Is the worst over? Is it time to buy? Find out in EM 10
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      7 1 Winners, losers in WTO deal, Pg 15
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      8 1 HPL proxy war in the works?, Pg 4
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon The overblown q factor
        250 2 IT SEEMS that more and more books proclaiming the end of Wall Street are starting to emerge these days, the latest being Valuing Wall Street: Protecting Wealth in Turbulent Markets by Andrew Smithers and Stephen Wright. Using James Tobin's q-ratio (which is the ratio between the
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        Lock icon All for harmony
        98 2 DESPITE poor market sentiment towards Internet stocks, dotcom launch parties in Hongkong are still hot. Greater China Technology Group (GCTG), a company listed on Hongkong's Growth Enterprise Market (GEM), launched its Web site www.ladiesasia.com, which offers an online community for women in Asia. At its recent launch
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        Lock icon The dinosaurs were not this stupid
        89 2 ONE of Microsoft's recent print campaigns features a picture of dinosaurs and a caption that links these great reptiles to the "old way of doing business... inefficient, slow and not very intelligent". If Bill Gates' lieutenants had done just a bit of research, they
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        83 2 WE HEAR the Speaker of Parliament, Tan Soo Khoon, has recently bought a Mercedes-Benz from a parallel importer, apparently at some $20,000 lower than a price quoted by the authorised distributor. He is not the only prominent figure to go for this less expensive source of
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      Lock icon Boeing team to try to push SIA to go for its jumbo jets
      507 2  -  Carrier had plans to bny new Airbus super jet in $6.3b deal ffy George Joseph [SINGAPORE] A top-level Boeing team is to meet Singapore Airlines officials today for what may be an attempt to stall the national
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      Lock icon Things won't be so good after LKY: Huntington
      719 2  -  He does not say this will happen any time soon bat decay is inevitable By Yang Razali Kassim [SINGAPORE] The American author who predicted a clash of civilisations is again predicting that corruption will one day catch up with squeaky-clean Singapore. Samuel
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  • ASIAN economy
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      Lock icon Domestic debts weigh on Asia
      656 3 Governments with heavy debts risk being caught in a catch-22 situation Reuters ASIA'S high flying economies fell to earth in 1997 when sudden capital flight exposed the vulnerability of their external finances. Three years later, with the shockwaves from fast-rising US interest rates rippling across
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      151 3 On the other side, the planets meet ij&k v i% X. m R^verso Reverso has thejß^Sjp sun and the moon, and then turns smoothly to reveal its intricate workings through a sapphire crystal on the other side. Complete with power-reserve, this tiny mechanical planet is something of a star performer
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon AsiaOne picked to handle GSS' e-auction
      241 4 ASIAONE has been appointed the Web site for Singapore's first charity e-auction, one of the highlights of this year's Great Singapore Sale (GSS). The Asia One Charity E-Auction, which also signals GSS's venture into cyberspace, will see over $12,000 worth of sponsored products put
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      Lock icon HPL proxy war in the works?
      655 4  -  9m-share sale sparks talk Ong Beng Seng may be digging in for a battle By Lee Han Shih AN unknown party is said to have snapped up 9.1 million Hotel Properties shares yesterday morning, fuelling speculation of an imminent proxy fight for the hotel,
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      Lock icon Richard Li sheds more MediaRing shares
      225 4 HONGKONG tycoon Richard Li's venture funds appear to see little hope for a recovery in Mediaßing's share price. A day after his Pacific Century Internet Ventures dumped 1.4 million shares on the open market almost at the public offer price of 53 cents, his
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      Lock icon JC-MPH takeover under probe
      407 4  -  Anssie authorities to see if corporate law was breached Prom Surinder Singh in Sydney THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) is investigating whether Singapore-based Simon Cheong breached Australian corporate law when he bought last year Jack Chia MPH, which at that time was a major
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      Lock icon Bright outlook boosts Avimo shares
      228 4 AFX-Asia AVIMO Group Ltd shares were higher yesterday against weakness in the overall market on the company's strong growth prospects after its first half to March results came in better than expected, dealers said. At close of trading, Avimo was up 4 cents, or 1.3
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      Lock icon Is Catchca.com's IPO delay a guarantee of success?
      772 4  -  hock i t.?»i !f.-i mui r sivanithy IT'S not every day that we have a company postponing its initial public offer (IPO) but that's what Internet search engine Catcha.com did on Wednesday. Mainly because of extremely weak market sentiment brought on by
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      Lock icon HKT consents to merger with CyberWorks
      710 7  -  Pacific Centnry Group deputy chairman plays down high gearing debt to be cnt to USs6b From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE board of directors of Cable Wireless HKT said yesterday it had unanimously recommended to its shareholders to accept the company's proposed merger
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      Lock icon Hong Lai Huat to raise up to $20m from IPO
      285 7  -  By Tay Shi'an CONSTRUCTION firm Hong Lai Huat Group, given an inprinciple approval to list on the Singapore Exchange, is seeking to raise between $10 million and $20 million from its initial public offering. The company is expected to launch
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      Lock icon Tat Hong launches secondary offer
      310 7  -  By Jane Cheong CRANES and heavy equipment supplier Tat Hong Holdings yesterday launched its secondary listing of 20 million new shares on the Singa pore Exchange mainboard The issue price is to be determined at the price fixing date after the book building exercise. Listed
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      Lock icon Informatics' net gain jumps 29% to $12.9m
      230 7 MAINBOARD-LISTED Informatics Holdings, a local provider of IT training and education services, yesterday said net profit jumped 29 per cent to $12.9 million for the financial year ended March 31. Pre-tax profit rose 19.7 per cent to $16.1 million. Turnover increased 10 per
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Market tumbles farther as morning rally fizzles out
      547 6  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy A PROMISING early start for local blue chips yesterday fizzled out in the afternoon trading session, and the loss of momentum brought the sellers out in full force. The end result: the Straits Times Index gave up all its
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      Lock icon CL's DBS wrt: good way to top into any DBS rebound
      189 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THE Credit Lyonnais covered warrant on DBS Bank yesterday swung through a massive range of one cent to 10 cents before closing at the day's low of one cent. Since there are still three
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      Lock icon JIT: oversold, but may fall further
      262 6  -  SOT STOCK By Wong Wei Kong SHARES of contract manufacturer JIT Holdings plunged to a new 52-week low yesterday with the stock finishing among the session's biggest losers and most active issues. JIT shares closed down 32 cents or 12.1 per cent at $2.34.
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      155 6 L&M Group Investment Ltd wishes to announce that it has negotiations with BOS Australia Pty Ltd to pursue onshore and offshore oil and gas related engineering ami construction projects in the region. This marks LMGrs strategic initiative to enter into the regional oil and gas industry with particular
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      Lock icon Peso hits 19-month low; US$ ends mixed elsewhere
      337 6  -  CURRENCIES larry wee A MUCH better showing on the Nasdaq, combined with a crucial European Central Bank policy meeting, provided some form of breather for most regional currencies, but not the Philippine peso. The latter fell to a late-1998 low against both
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      449 6 Vohmrw PNEIndlOc 34,297,000 IPC020C 29,242,000 Trek5c 18,167,000 N* Bee 10c 1531.000 STEnog 10c 14,804,000 Hotel Prop 10.299.000 IPCOWG2 9,916.000 JfT rtdgs10c 9,079,000 QES Ml LW 20c.... 8,744,000 ChewEuHock 20c 8,520,000 Slocks Nat Bee 10c 72,489,163 OeSQtp 53,457,115 Chart Semiconductor 26c 48,917,400 IPC020C 43,799,710 SPH 43,239.894 Detect 10c.™ 39,345.943 ST Enog
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      421 6 UNCONDITIONAL CASH OFFER for Wassail Asia Pacific Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) by HSBC Investment Bank pic (Incorporated in England) for and on behalf of Saberon Investments Pte Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) POSTING OF OFFER DOCUMENT HSBC Investment Bank pic has today despatched to the
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon UOL consortium, Centrepoint Properties set to win 2 EC tenders
      464 8  -  252,931 sq ft Tampines site draws 3 bids; Tishon plot draws one bid By Marissa Chew A UNITED Overseas Land consortium and Centrepoint Properties are poised to win the tenders of two executive condominium sites which closed yesterday. A site
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      Lock icon IDA hires 2 more senior management staff
      212 8 THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has roped in two more people with international experience from the private sector to beef up its senior management. They are Andrew Haire, 54, who has been appointed senior director for policy and regulation; and Mark
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      Lock icon Pricing draw for Sanctuary Green
      413 8  -  Byi Andrea Tan FIRST Capital Corp will launch another 108 units of its Sanctuary Green today at $730 per square foot on average, beating Property Enterprise Development's launch of Costa Del Sol by a day. The latter is expected to be launched at below $800
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      Lock icon Govt-linked firms PWD Consultants and ICPL to merge
      256 8 GOVERNMENT-linked companies PWD Consultants and Indeco Consultants (ICPL) will soon merge to become a strong infrastructure and building development player in the region. In a joint statement yesterday, the two said the move is to "capitalise on the synergies that exist between
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      Lock icon BT sponsors Charity Box Design competition
      278 8 THE letter of appeal from the Singapore Children's Society to sponsor a new donation box came at an opportune time after The Business Times had collected $***** from its annual Christmas auction held for staff and friends. With the promise of $4,300 from BT,
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      Lock icon NSTB takes strategic 10m-euro stake in high-tech fund
      289 10  -  Fund will invest in life sciences and infocomm startups By Ling Su Ann IN yet another move to promote Singapore's hightech start-ups, the National Science and Technology Board yesterday unveiled a strategic investment of 10 million euros (5515.6 million) in a high-tech
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      Lock icon NTU sets up placement office for MBA students
      360 10  -  By Marissa Chew THE Nanyang Technological University's business school has set up a placement office to help its Masters of Business Administration students secure jobs before or upon graduation. The office, called the Career Development Service, started calling companies late last year
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      Lock icon Philips sees prolonged shortage of electronic parts
      352 10 Group pledges at least $110 m yearly in next 4 years for its new innovation centre here YET another key player, this time the head of Europe's largest consumer electronics maker, has predicted the prolonging of the global electronic components shortage. "I'm not
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      Lock icon Little need seen for monetary tightening
      278 10  -  -By Anna Teo WITH inflation mild and "well behaved" at just over 1 per cent, there is little need for monetary tightening for the Singapore economy, says Salomon Smith Barney. "Policy change should still be geared towards supporting growth amid scant signs of inflation,"
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Learning painful lessons
      280 9  -  Harry Lim Cheng Chwee LAST week's profit warning by Nat Steel Electronics Ltd, coupled with the fall in the US stock market, has led to a meltdown in contract manufacturing stocks and hit many investors very hard. We could learn the following lessons from this painfUl experience:
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      Lock icon Let citizens run Community Clubs
      172 9  -  Ong Yang Peng WHEN one sees beautiful buildings that are euphemistically called Community Clubs, heavily underutilised, one wonders why the government continues to spend this sort of money on a lost cause. The image of the People's Association is that it has a political agenda
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      Lock icon Cut housing costs to boost S'pore birth rates
      397 9  -  Edix Lim I REFER to the letter by See Leong Kit, "More Singaporeans should speak up" (BT, May 24). I fully support Mr See's complaints about the exorbitant cost of public housing in Singapore. The high cost of living in Singapore would
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      Lock icon Helping CPF members earn better returns
      169 9  -  Ronald Chong Manager (Public Affairs) Central Provident Fund Board Singapore WE refer to the letter 'DBS, consider public's concerns' (BT, May 16) by Teo Kwee Bin. Following the recommendations last year by the Inter-Min-isterial Committee on the Ageing Population, the CPF board has been
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      258 9 FINE QUALITY GREAT DEALS AT OUR HIGHLY POPULAR CARPET AUCTIONS People know that the best deals in fine_handknotted Persian and Oriental carpets are at our auctions. That's because we consistently keep the quality high and the prices low. You'll find a wide and varied range, from beautiful silks and antiques
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  • ARTS festival
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      1237 11 YOU may not have bought your tickets yet, but if you're still scratching your head, let some of Singapore's impresarios help you decide. Audrey Perera General manager, World Stage DESPITE the surfeit of exotic fare at this year's Arts Festival, Audrey Perera, General Manager of World Stage, is
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      102 11 What do you think of the arts festival? What are you watching or why aren't you going at all? We would like to hear your views and recommendations. You can e-mail us at btletter@sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or mail your letter to: The Business Times, Times House, 390
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      750 12  -  OPINION lee boon keng Dr Lee Boon Keng is with DBS Market Research THE US Federal Reserve broke from its gradualistic approach of using baby steps in its tightening cycle last Tuesday by raising rates a mighty 50 basis points. However, it
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      124 12 4 You can't win a guerilla war. I don't think we ran away. We left with dignity. We withdrew in order to win.' -Omri Israel an Israeli soldier in Southern Lebanon, who said fighting Hezbollah guerillas had become an exercise in futility. 'When Thailand sneezes, one can
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      708 12 EDITORIAL SINGAPORE'S National Wages Council, which is due shortly to announce its guidelines for the 12 months starting July, has a somewhat tricky task on hand. With the domestic economy having expanded at a robust 9 per cent pace in the first quarter, and the government sanguine
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      Lock icon National champions have a place in global economy
      1065 12  -  Singapore's Keppel Corp and Malaysia's Sime Darby are able to invest heavily in Asia's recovery By John Miller The writer is head of Singapore qffairs at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants MORE than 18 months have passed since the Singapore Business
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      874 12 Testing the teacher ONE objective of education reform is to pull Hongkong's schools into the 21st century by making teaching a far more adventurous and interactive process than it is now. This is an undertaking that entails massive change, and there is no point in pretending
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Daiwa stops all portfolio investment in Indonesia
      682 13 JAKARTA State of markets, political situation cited as reasons for withdrawing by firm Bloomberg DAIWA International Capital Management, which manages about US$BOO million (Ssl.4 billion) in Asia, has stopped putting money into Indonesia, concerned about the worsening political climate in the world's fourth
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      Lock icon Renong surprises with healthy 9-month profit
      229 13 KUALA LUMPUR Stronger growth is expected in 2nd half Reuters MALAYSIA'S Renong Bhd yesterday posted a healthy net profit for nine months to March 31, surprising analysts and signalling a return to recovery for the heavily indebted conglomerate. "We are confident we are on
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      Lock icon Khazanah to pay cash for Time buy
      199 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia KHAZANAH Nasional Bhd is expected to pay in cash for its 30 per cent purchase of Time Engineering Bhd unit, Time dot Com, Renong Bhd executive chairman and Time dot Com managing director Halim Saad said. "We are assuming that
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      Lock icon Bulog chairman suspends deputy over fraud
      297 13 JAKARTA Money was lent to masseur posing asGnsDnraide Bloomberg RIZAL Ramli, the chairman of Indonesia's commodities board, Bulog, suspended his deputy Sapuan over a 35 billion rupiah (Ss7 million) graft charge, as Indonesia's government comes under increasing pressure to fight corruption. The allegations emerged
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Sinking Resorts World
        110 13 INVESTORS have definitely given the thumbs-down to Resorts World's move to subscribe up to US$4BO million (SsB32 million) in new shares of associate Star Cruises. Despite the bright outlook for the cruise liner, investors have punished Resorts World for its plan to deplete its cash pile and
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        Lock icon Shrinking Time
        73 13 TIME Engineering's size has also shrunk considerably in less than two weeks following its failed attempt to partner Singapore Telecommunications. At its closing price of RM3.72 yesterday, the market capitalisation of the company worked out to about RM2.B billion (S|l.3 billion) RMI.B billion lower than its peak of
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        Lock icon Resilient Tenaga
        73 13  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh TENAGA Nasional Bhd inched up 10 sen to RM13.80 despite the market softness yesterday and a couple of sell recommendations by analysts due to its high valuation. Some investors felt that the national power utility would benefit substantially from the surge in industrial activity
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      Lock icon Sniffing out trouble
      93 13 [MANILA] A BOMB-sniffing dog checking bags ofpassengers aboard a hijacked Air Philippines (PAL) Airbus A33ocarrying 289 people from Davao to Manila. The plane landed safely at the Ninoy Aquino airport after being hijacked by an armed man, aviation sources said. The plane landed after the hijacker, reportedly
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      Lock icon Mesdaq sees two more listings by end of this year
      265 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MESDAQ, the Malaysian exchange focussing on growth and technology stocks, said yesterday it expects to list at least two new companies by the end of this year. The industry regulator, the Securities Commission (SC), had this week
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      Lock icon Li Ka-shing keen to up Cheung Kong stake to 50%
      269 13 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG property tycoon Li Ka-shing said yesterday he could eventually raise his stake in his flagship Cheung Kong (Holdings) to 50 per cent if shareholders approve a deal to swap a Singapore property he owns for new shares
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      Lock icon Taipei sets stock intervention rules
      499 14  -  Stabilisation fnnd committee will only intervene in times of crisis From Macabe Keliher m Taipei TAIWAN'S stock market stabilisation fund committee yesterday set out new guidelines for intervention, saying that it would act only in times of crisis, unlike the more cavalier approach in the
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      Lock icon Manila bank mergers raise risk
      283 14 MANILA Medium term risks are increased, says ratings agency Bloomberg MERGER "mania" among Philippine banks will ultimately strengthen the country's banking industry, though it's increasing risk in the meantime, Standard Poor's said. "Economic and industry risks underpinning the Philippine banking sector remain high by international
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      Lock icon Ibra owns 52% of debt-laden Texmaco, says Gus Dur
      407 14 JAKARTA AFX-Asia Reuters PRESIDENT Abdurrahman Wahid said the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) has taken a 52 per cent stake in the Texmaco Group, a textile, petrochemical and engineering conglomerate. "Texmaco is already in Ibra and, so that it can be
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon China Everbright in insurance bid
        75 14 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] China Everbright Ltd is planning to launch its first-ever insurance business in Hongkong in mid-November through its 20 per cent-owned venture, Standard Life (Asia) Ltd. "China Everbright wants to use Hongkong as a base in developing the insurance business, after China is admitted
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        Lock icon Shin to buy finance firm for 7.6b baht
        84 14 Reuters {BANGKOK] Thai telecoms conglomerate Shin Corp will acquire Ekachart Finance pic for 7.6 billion baht (***** million) in a major deal that will give it a 40-45 per cent stake in the finance company, the Nation reported yesterday The daily quoted
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        Lock icon Thai Net firm aborts overseas IPO
        77 14 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] MKSC World.Com Co Ltd, which controls Thailand's largest Internet provider, shelved plans for an overseas share offering, on signs of worldwide investor disaffection with technology shares. MKSC World.Com had wanted to raise as much as 10 billion baht (***** million) from the
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      1166 15 As China braces for an inevitable devolution of power with WTO membership, some Asian countries look set to benefit while others face fresh threats AP CHINA is neither the gullible patsy nor the ominous predator it has been made out to be by supporters and
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      653 15  -  It may reduce HK's middleman role in the long term, they warn; stocks fall after morning rally Prom Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG yesterday welcomed the vote by the US House of Representatives to grant China permanent normal trade relations (PNTR), bringing
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      665 15 Yu&n's trading range indicates that PBOC testing waters analysts Reuters [SHANGHAI] As China speeds towards entry into the World Trade Organization, clear signs are emerging that the central People's Bank of China plans to loosen the handcuffs on the yuan. China's pending WTO entry has ratcheted
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      133 15 AFP [SINGAPORE] Singapore yesterday welcomed the US bill granting China permanent trade privileges, and looked to opportunities from the likely flow-on effect of China's entry to the World Trade Organization. The agreement also highlights the need for Asean economic integration, Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo
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      359 15 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China stocks advanced yesterday, extending a rally that started last week, as a US House of Representatives vote to grant permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) to China inspired active follow-through buying. The Shanghai B Share Index rose 0.57 per
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      557 17 REDMOND, Washington Chairman says Microsoft is working to make its technology the Web standard Bloomberg MICROSOFT Corp chairman Bill Gates has offered a glimpse into his emerging Internet strategy, describing the company's effort to make its technology the standard for accessing and sharing data
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      376 17 HONGKONG The two firms to inject their Net joint vegtveiatoMlT Reuters CHINA-BACKED Founder Holdings that It and Yahoo? Inc woul(MMgft per cent of Mana|PmOTiTmvestment Technology (Holdings) Ltd (MIT) by injecting their China Internet advertising joint venture into the company. *>
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      202 17 SHANGHAI AFP CHINA 8848.net, one of the country's leading e-commerce Web sites, will issue shares on the US Nasdaq market in August at US$25 each, the Shanghai Daily reported yesterday, quoting sources close to the deal. The firm's underwriter is optimistic about the
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      277 17 NEW YORK Reuters FRANCE Telecom has intensified talks to acquire Orange from Vodafone Air Touch for more than 40 billion euros (5562.6 billion) in cash and stock, according The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper, citing people familiar with the situation. said
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      541 19 SYDNEY Company's value slashed to Asllb from Asl6b after Nasdaq's fall Bloomberg VODAFONE Pacific, the Australian unit of the world's largest mobile phone company, Vodafone Airtouch pic, has scrapped a planned A 51.87 billion (551.83 billion) initial public share sale after the recent collapse of
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      266 19 FT [FRANKFURT] The turmoil in technology stocks claimed more victims on Wednesday as the Neuer Markt, Germany's highgrowth market, plunged 6 per cent. Also, several companies pulled their share offerings or cut them in size or price. At least 16 European IPOs have run
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      404 20 SEOUL IMF forecast will likely go up to 7-8% in its final review AFP Bloomberg THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) will upgrade its projections for South Korea's economic growth for this year when it carries out a final policy review with Seoul next month, officials
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      810 22 WASHINGTON GDP growth rate will enconrage Fed to raise rate in Jnne: expert Reuters THE US economy kept growing briskly at a 5.4 per cent annual rate during the first three months of this year with little or no
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      415 22  -  Zone to rival Nafta; Med states to be asked to dismantle tariff barriers Frorr Shada Islam in Brussels THE European Union plans to speed up the creation of a vast Euro-Mediterranean free trade zone to rival the North American Free Trade Area
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      266 22 TOKYO Reuters JAPAN'S space programme yesterday suffered a major blow after US satellite maker, Hughes Space and Communications, terminated its contracts with the government following a series of embarrassing launch flops. Last week, Isao Uchida, the head of the National Space Development
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      295 22 TOKYO Reuters JAPAN'S Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd yesterday reported its firstever loss, primarily because it had to redo some construction work on overseas plants. The first-time fall into the red comes as Japan's traditional industries continue to suffer from the nation's prolonged economic slump
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      353 22 NEW YORK Bloomberg NEW York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso said a proposal to go public is being delayed because the exchange is reluctant to adopt a Securities and Exchange Commission plan that it be regulated by an independent agency.
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      291 24  -  SGZ Derivatives tradingßeports MS& Singapore Index Daphne Tay THE Singapore stock market closed at a fresh 13-month low yesterday hit by a late wave of seUing. Tech issues continued their descent as investors remained sceptical despite the 3.35 per cent overnight rebound on Nasdaq.
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      320 24  -  MSCI Taiwan fatores Chan Yet San THE Taiwan stock market closed down again yesterday despite a good showing from Wall Street overnight. The main concern on most investors' minds was the crossstraits tension with China. The Taiex relinquished 62.31 points or 0.73 per cent to
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      110 24 BVBRGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] OU prices took a breather yesterday after sinking stockpiles in the United States triggered renewed fears of a gasoline supply crunch and drove prices up. London July futures for Brent were off six US cents at U5528.55 per barrel in early
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      342 24 Reuters London THE euro eased against other major currencies after the European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged yesterday, but found support from the view a rate rise would come before long. Most economists polled by Reuters had been expecting the ECB to leave interest rates unchanged, though
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      2840 25 HONGKONG AFP Bloomberg Q Hang Seng -12JH HONGKONG share prices closed 0.1 per cent lower yesterday on late selling of hightech stocks, despite overnight gains on Wall Street and the US House of Representatives' vote to normalise trade ties with China, dealers
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      1016 26 AFP H Shenzhen B Index +OJ4 CHINA stocks advanced yesterday, extending a rally that started last week, as a US House vote to grant permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) to China inspired active fol-low-through buying. The Shanghai B Share Index rose 0.57 per cent, or 0.27 of a point,
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      365 26 AFP □wPMex TAIWAN share prices closed 0.73 per cent lower yesterday in the fifth consecutive losing session, largely due to disappointment over a lack of government support for the stock market, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 62.31 points to 8,438.10, following a 2.9 per
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      2017 26 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 +***** SHARE prices in Tokyo rose 1.3 per cent yesterday after a recovery on Wall Street buoyed sentiment, brokers said. The key Nikkei 225 Index added 203.38 points to close at 16,247.82, rebounding from a six-session losing streak that
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      362 27 AFP Pfompoate Index -48> MALAYSIAN shares closed down 0.5 per cent yesterday but off their lows foUowing late bargain-hunting. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended down 4.89 points at 898.91. off a low 0f890.16. The Second Board Index feU 3.48 points to
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      764 29 AFP QSETlafax -12.46 THAI share prices tumbled 3.9 per cent yesterday as foreign investors continued to sell amid uncertainty over the direction of the Bangkok bourse, analysts said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index plunged 12.45 points to close at 307.23 points, while the benchmark SET 50
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      275 29 AFP Q Composite Index +7.83 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 0.6 per cent or 7.83 points to close at 1,426.62. Turnover on the local bourse rose to 1.81 billion shares worth 1.27 billion pesos from 1.71 billion shares worth 1.26 billion pesos on Wednesday. —AFP Ney» Nh
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      674 29 AFP □CompoQte Index -152 JAKARTA share prices closed 0.5 per cent lower yesterday with most stocks giving up earlier gains amid concerns over domestic political stability, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 2.52 points at 490.68 on a volume of 432.4 million shares worth 395.16
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      269 29 AFP QKSE-40 «&06 THE NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 5.05 points at 1,979.44, on total turnover of NZ594.5 million. Overall, it was "not a bad day for the market," said Alan Wills at Cavill White Securities. "Most of the leaders showed only minimal changes."—AFP •m m us *h ow>
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      532 29 AFP HAHOrdimrici *74 AUSTRALIAN share prices edged 0.3 per cent higher yesterday after a reinvigorated Nasdaq gave the local telecommunications sector a boost, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index added 7.6 points to 2,979.8 while the newly-introduced SP/ASX 200 rose 8.6 points to 3,018.1. Turnover totalled 469.69 million shares
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      297 29 AFP n Composite Index ♦24i>8 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 24.58 points at 699.53. Volume was 400.5 million shares worth 3.9 trillion won. AFP Mat 21 wm *h Antm Stffll ***** 250 Brain Tacli KK» 90 Cantral Bank 1450 IBS ChatlCamm *****0 5500 DaaGuBank 2145 30
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      1247 32  -  By Neal Gabler LAT-WP According to a recent article in the New York Times Magazine, back in the late 1980s, Lee Atwater, George Bush's campaign manager, hired a French medical anthropologist named Clotaire Rapaille to suss out what American voters wanted from their president. Rather
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      1984 33  -  Chances are you are not going to have a great meal on a plane, jaixe ee finds out why inflight food so often disappoints, tells you which entrees to pick, and reports on the airlines that are coming up with the creative
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        182 34 No salt, no go YOU CAN TELL when technology stocks are no longer the flavour of the month. In Hongkong earlier this week, a dotcom entrepreneur attending a financial seminar was stopped at the door because he was wearing a t-shirt and khakis. He was told
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        394 35 WINE CONNOISSEUR The Society of Bacchus America goes on tour in Germany By N KYong MAY 11 WE LANDED in Dusseldorf and were collected by our old friend, Dieter Kaufmann, chef-proprietor of two-Michelin starred restaurant Zur Traube in Grevenbroich. It was the
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        253 35  -  PROMOTION Bb Tan Su Yen GORDON Grill in Goodwood Park Hotel is a rare gem in our ever-changing food beverage scene an establishment with a sense of place and a sense of history. Established in 1963, it was named after Mrs Ezekiel Maria sseh,
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        792 36  -  REVIEW The Case Against Hillary Clinton By Peggy Noonan Regan Books 181 pages, $44.75 Reviewed byi Chuang Peck Ming PEGGY Noonan is often read for her prose, not her views. But the words of the lady who gave George Bush his famous "Read my lips" line
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      775 37 Agnes Brown. Angelica Huston stars in and directs this film about a woman who finds life after her husband dies. Lido. Any Given Sunday. Oliver Stone's bracing look at American football. A 1 Pacino plays a coach who still believes in the magic of the game, which is gradually
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        730 39  -  Two words. Financial planning. And there you have a phenomenal marketing weapon being used to round up customers. Even banking giant UOB is getting its guns out oenevieve cua reports GENEVIEVE CUA II F you still have doubts about the power of financial planning as
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        259 39 DISCOUNTS and freebies may not be the right way to sell funds and financial products, but they certainly help to draw the crowds. UOB's new programme MOST it stands for Mapping Out Strategies for Tomorrow has financial planning as its launchpad for a vast array of
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        564 40  -  A new service will dish out advice for CPF-approved unit trusts, oemevxeve cua reports GENEVIEVE CUA YOU'VE seen the performance numbers, but just which unit trusts should you pick for your CPF savings? Lloyds TSB Bank has launched a free advisory service for
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        968 40 Mutual foods cost too much and don't perform, claims Steven Wallman. His solution? DIY NYT BOMBARDED with pitches for new and different ways to invest their savings, most people might conclude that the last thing the world needs is another twist on owning stocks. Steven Wallman is not
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        735 41  -  YOUR I..M.ki'J Interest rate rises will be muted with banks flush and the Sing dollar weak, while earnings should continue to expand kevin scully The writer is managing director of Netresearch.com (www.netresearch-asia.com), which provides online equity research. THE Singapore market offers good value at
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        986 41  -  —HMummg Mffirt itftuHf fluW recorded in Nat Steel Electronics, Poh Lian Holdings, By Robert Halili The writer is director of Asian Ownership Research at Primark THE Singapore insider sentiment is looking more and more bearish with the index falling by a further 20.9
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        860 41 STOCK ir.m Hotel group Raffles Holdings is checking into the world of e-commerce. IDEAglobal.com thinks the sparkle of cyberspace will give its lacklustre shares a boost in the longer term. The owner of the historic Raffles Hotel, is jazzing up its image to save
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        1120 42  -  That's what fund managers now see on the horizon as more Fed rate hikes loom. As fear sweeps markets, Singapore unit trusts remain depressed but the good news is, nobody is panicking yet. By GENEVIEVE CUA By GENEVIEVE CUA INVESTING, it's always said, is the age-old tussle between
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      29 42 INSIDE: Insiders are selling out and fast. Find out which shares they're downloading. And our columnist tells you why there's good value on the local market. On EM 9
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      291 43 Bridge News Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) shed nine points to 1,589, the Baltic Panamax Index slipped four points to 1,570, the Baltic Handy Index eased two points to 1,138 and the Baltic Capes ize Index fell 21 points to 2,068. At 1230 GMT, Biffex was completely
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      375 43 Site provides safety history of ships to help industry identify good vessels from bad Reuters [LONDON] A Web-based global fleet database aimed at shining a searchlight on unsafe shipping was launched by the European Union (EU), with input from Singapore and other
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      207 43 Xinhua [TIANJIN] Tianjin, a transportation hub in north China, wili spend nearly 10 billion yuan (552.08 billion) by the year 2010 to improve traffic infrastructure. The municipality neighbouring Beijing is inviting foreign investment to initiate six major p."' ignis. It
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      867 43  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar OFFICERS of a Chinese container vessel, who were the defendants in an unusual collision case heard in the Singapore High Court recently, turned out to be the best witnesses for the plaintiffs when
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      282 43 Asian economic recovery, strong dollar boost ontlook for this year Reuters [COPENHAGEN] Denmark's shipping industry looks set for better times, thanks to the economic recovery in Asia and the strengthening dollar, the Danish Shipowners' Association said. "This year will not only bring a stabilisation
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      165 43 Xinhua [BEIJING] China's shipbuilding industry expects an annual sales income of 23 billion yuan by 2005 and 35 billion yuan by 2010. China's top two shipbuilding companies, the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), have both unveiled their
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        112 43 [LONDON] Anglo-Dutch container line P&O Nedlloyd and Europe Combined Terminals (EOT) are planning to jointly develop a new container terminal in Rotterdam. The new facility at the north end of the Maasvlakte will become operational in 2003 and will be dedicated to P&O Nedlloyd, although
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        50 43 [LONDON] Members of the Asia Westbound Rate Agreement have decided to raise freight rates on the Asia-North Europe trades by a minimum of US$35O per TEU from Aug 1, a higher level than that announced by AWRA last October. Members include Maersk Sealand and P&O Nedlloyd.-
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        76 43 [LONDON] Norwegian companies, Unitor ASA, Visma AS and Umoe ASA, have set up an Internet portal, e4marine, to supply parts. The firms say say Dnitor's experience in the world-wide provision of marine products and services, coupled with Visma's expertise in onboard maintenance and planning
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        95 43 [LONDON] Channel Rose Trust, the Cheng family investment vehicle, has sold its entire equity stake in Golden Ocean's holding company to Bentley Investments, acting on behalf of the Restis and Kollakis shipowning families. The move strengthens the Greek position in the battle with Bermuda-registered
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        533 44 Report that three of the biggest shipbuilders are in talks on a possible alliance is well-received by the market Bloomberg [TOKYO] JAPANESE shipbuilders' shares have been rising since a report that Ishikawajima-Hari-ma Heavy Industries (IHI) has begun talks with two rival shipbuilders, Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI)
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        171 57 May 29 United Kingdom: Spring Bank Holiday. May 31 Brunei: Royal Brunei Armed Forces Anniversary. A*r« Brunei: First Day of Muslim Calender. May 11 Hongkong: Buddha's Birthday. May 18 Indonesia: Vesak Day. Jim 1 Indonesia: Ascension Day of Jesus Christ. Denmark: Ascension Day. Germany: Ascension Day. JomIS Indonesia:
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        719 57 THIS report, compiled by Cockett M* rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        700 58  -  NEWSETrarera Acquisition set to push International competitors in Europe and Asia to cut costs and reinforce the trend towards privatisation Bradley Perrett Reuters [LONDON] If UAL Corp's proposed takeover of US Airways Group prompts a major consolidation of the US industry, the effects
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        391 58 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International's board is considering buying five long-range Boeing Co aircraft over the next five years, a spokeswoman for Asia's sixth-largest carrier said. The plane purchase, part of yesterday's discussions by the company's board, would make up much of
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        270 58 Union concerned over safety of manoeuvre Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The largest US airline pilots union said it will recommend that members stop performing a procedure that boosts takeoffs and landings at major airports, citing safety concerns. The manoeuvre, called land and
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        248 58 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hongkong Dragon Airlines Ltd, which flies to destinations in China and around Asia, said it has applied for the right to fly long-haul cargo routes, and will begin operations as soon as July. The airline may acquire two, possibly three, Boeing Co
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      147 58 SOUTH EAST ASIA AUSTRALIA NOTICE TO TRADE RATE RESTORATION Further to the announcement made in February 2000, the under mentioned Lines wish to inform the trade that a Rate Restoration (increase of US$2OO.OO/TEU) will be implemented on 1 July 2000 for all shipments from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia to
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