The Business Times, 8 June 2000

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    72 1 FOREX RATES USS St Ufc L721 £(US$/SI per LHB UN EURO(US$/S$/E) MM IMS DM IM MB YEN 1«J LM RM UN MS* HKt 7.711 1221 BAHT MM RUP1AH _M00 MM* •strnmtmm FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.57 JAKARTA 29.09 BANGKOK 9M MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI 7 M
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    Lock icon NYSE plans grand alliance to run 24-hour global stock market
    602 1 US$2O trillion market expected to challenge linkup between iX and Nasdaq Bloomberg, Reuters [PARIS] The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and seven other bourses including Euronext, formed by the merger of the Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges, are in talks
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    Lock icon Parkway Holdings MD Tony Tan to quit
    951 1  -  His stepping down may spark bid for Asia's biggest healthcare company Byl Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Listed Parkway Holdings' long-time managing director Tony Tan said yesterday he would step down, a move that could trigger the long-awaited bid for Asia's biggest private healthcare
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    Lock icon Auditor again raises doubts on IPC as going concern
    598 1 Key issues raised in 1998 still unresolved in 1999, including valuation of China assets [SINGAPORE] For the third year running, IPC's auditor Ernst Young has qualified the group's financial statements, issuing a disclaimer of opinion, and once more raising "substantial doubt
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      92 1 IH HIDE Ex«c Suit* Q1 caveats down, reflecting the sombre mood in market Arts Festival Kuo mmmmm Pao MH Kun's I IWm double- F v^H bill: LJB Monologues a pleasant I f surprise. Top storfss Profit-taking next week could stall STI recovery: analysts. P9* Currency controls: World Bank releases study
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        72 2 IF you think only individuals send e-mail barrages to companies, think again. We recently received 12 copies of an e-mail media alert from a public relations agency telling us of an Alcatel press conference at the CommunicAsia trade show. In light of the recent case of the person
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        Lock icon It's the right spelling
        36 2 BUSES with the words "FCUK" plastered on their exterior drew some raised eyebrows, making some wonder if it was a misspelled vulgarity. Apparently it stands for French Connection UK, a clothing label.
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        Lock icon Incentives from online broker
        53 2 PARTICIPANTS at the CommunicAsia trade show were offered incentives to sign up with Ongline, the online broking arm of Ong and Company. For starters, the company is offering a lucky draw with $68,000 in cash prizes and also 10 Nokia 7110 phones which can be used
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      Lock icon Get ready for an SPH 'musepaper'
      632 2  -  Streats, a free tabloid for commuters, will hit the streets in Sept By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) yesterday announced it is launching a free tabloid targetted at commuters called Streats, a publication that will collide head on with the free
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      610 2  -  I comment TECHNOLOGY ftimiimiitoAdiMnn pTOfid— Into the fbtnre. It doent answer one crucial question, though kenneth james GOLFING enthusiasts are having a ball at the Singapore Expo in Changi all this week. In a booth in the middle of a crowded hall, volunteers step up
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Profit-taking next week could stall STI recovery: analysts
      708 3  -  Analysts say investors still too edgy for a sustainable recovery ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] A week of steady gains has seen the Singapore stock market's key index rebound some 13 per cent from its recent low, but the index could face a struggle
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      Lock icon Chew Eu Hock episode: a better explanation needed
      683 3  -  Mock siew conrad raj ON Tuesday, building subcontractor Chew Eu Hock Holdings announced that the proposed sale of 24.3 per cent of the company by executive director Wong Swee Choo to Wessington Technology Ltd was called off. What is disturbing about this
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      Lock icon Morgan Stanley finds Singapore stocks cheap
      381 3  -  It's revising market to 'overweight' in its model portfolio By < Conrad Raj SINGAPORE stocks are cheap, trading currently at five to 10 per cent below market value, according to leading investment banking house Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, parent of the widelyfollowed Morgan Stanley
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      116 3 If adroit ADROIT INNOVATIONS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 26 April 1993) INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OF 50,000,000 NEW SHARES COMPRISING 12,500,000 OFFER SHARES AND 37,500,000 PLACEMENT SHARES AT $0.50 FOR EACH NEW SHARE; m Applications for Shares may be made on printed Application Forms referred to in
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon STI continues to rise on more signs of US slowdown
      540 4  -  i£ comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE Singapore stock market continued its climb yesterday, cheered on by more data suggesting a slowing of the US economy. The data, showing US wholesale demand growth in April has eased while inventories went up,
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      Lock icon DB's OCBC wrt: cheap, but expiry only 5 months away
      193 4  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan THERE has been a discernible increase in institutional interest in recent days in bank stocks. Little wonder then that many of the covered warrants issued on the big four local banks have been enjoying relatively
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      Lock icon Delgro: mid-term resistance at $4.30
      241 4  -  HOT STOCK By' Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of bus operator Delgro Corp has been in the spotlight lately, following the news that it has joined the consortium led by Media Corp to set up a new newspaper group. The company is taking a IS per
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      129 4 ♦L&M.Group Investment if announced that it had on June 2 entered into a conditional agreement to purchase 14 million ordinary shares of RMI.OO each in Mitrajaya Holdings Berhad amounting to approximately 24.16 per cent of the total issued and paid-up ordinary share capital of Mitrajaya. Mitrajaya is primarily
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      Lock icon US$ tumbles to 7-week lows against euro, yen
      332 4  -  comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE US oollar stumbled badly in Asian trading yesterday, after falling to its lowest levels in almost two months in New York overnight against currencies like the euro, Japanese yen and Swiss Franc. In overnight trading, the US
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      439 4 Stock* Votoma Achwva 5c 35,706,000 Macft-RadSc 26,360,000 Tiak5c 24,402,000 PNElnd 10c 22.527,000 PaifcwayLab 5c 20,896,000 STEngglOc. 17,853,000 SPHAa«aOna5c 14,754,000 Nud*jaEJac5c 14,613,000 NatStoai50c— 12,155,000 HMI5C 11,582,000 DB6Grp 121,278,792 SPH 103,109,276 Chart Semiconductor 26c 102,870,788 0C8C 52,120,180 Nat Bsc 10c 45,362,537 ST Engo 10# 44,567,240 (JOB 32,072,367 C/V> OQ flOQ OQn TAC
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      48 4 YOU CAN NOW PUT YOUR CPF SAVINGS IN EICHT. Important All applications for units in eight must be made on the application forms accompanying the prospectus investors must read the prospectus The value of the units and the income from them may fall as weilasnse $31 HISrV-' y
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SGX-ASX tie-up: some time needed for firm take-off
      526 5  -  Analysts say investors keen on direct cross-trading are likely to start with big names By i Serena Ng THE agreement struck between the Singapore and Australian stock exchanges to allow for cross-trading of shares is seen as a step in the right
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      Lock icon Peugeot powers Sime S'pore expansion
      433 5  -  And it is exploring ventures outside S'pore, New Zealand Byi Christopher Tan FRENCH brand Peugeot marks listed Sime Singapore's second move in two years to rev up its motor operations. And it will be followed by more. "We are looking at other opportunities," said Lawrence
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      Lock icon Jardine shuts S'pore futures business
      129 5 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong-based Asian brokerage Jardine Fleming Securities said yesterday it had closed its futures business in Singapore due to low margins. "The closure of the Singapore futures business is consistent with Jardine Fleming's priority of efficiently allocating its capital to areas of greatest return,"
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      Lock icon SingTel in tie-up to bid for India telecom backbone project
      362 6 Joint venture is among seven vying for 74% stake in Power Grid's project AFX-Asia, Bloomberg SINGAPORE Telecom has joined hands with India's BPL to bid for a 74 per cent stake in the national telecom backbone project proposed by the
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      Lock icon Coming soon: broadband access from any ISP
      301 6  -  Sing Tel in talks to wholesale broadband capacity to ISPs By Teh Hooi Ling INTERNET surfers can soon look forward to broadband access from any Internet service providers (ISPs), not just from infrastructure owners Singapore Telecom or Singapore Cable Vision. Yesterday, Sing Tel
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      Lock icon Online safety firm CaseTrust plans IPO by next year
      389 6  -  By, Joyce Koh CASETRUST, incorporatised as a public company in April, will launch its initial public offering within 12-18 months, its director Toh See Kiat said yesterday. The first round of private placements is already underway, he said. Case Trust plans
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      201 6 Digitally Yours.... You can now create your very own wodd of multimedia and let your creativity do wondersi In fad, when you are using JVC'* GR-DVL9BOO, give your best shot with the XGA resolution A A (1024 768 pixel) that captures crystal-clear images, and a comprehensive set of multimedia interfaces
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      10 6 Banbelaobao Singapore court may set legal precedent for Web-related cases
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Qualified World Bank support for cap on ringgit
      611 7  -  ASIA DEVELOPMENT FORUM But its report says mere time needed to confirm its benefits Stories by' Yang Razali Kassim AMID a debate on whether Indonesia should introduce currency controls, the World Bank has released a study that gave qualified support to the
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      Lock icon Marzuki creates a buzz
      587 7 Bnstve -and electric INDONESIA'S attorney-general is in great demand these days—but that's also why he's playing hide-and-seek. Marzuki Darusman, or Kiki, as he is known among friends, was to be a keynote speaker at the dinner of the Asia Development Forum here. But until the eleventh
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      Lock icon S'pore, Ireland likely to seal pact for secure e-commerce
      480 7  -  S'pore identified as target partner for Irish e-commerce devt in Asia-Pacific From. Audrey Tan in Dublin SINGAPORE is likely to sign an e-commerce agreement with Ireland, in which both countries will commit to developing a pervasive and secure environment for electronic
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      Lock icon Govt knew telecoms was being opened up too slow back in '93
      544 8  -  But it had to go on with listing Sing Tel, then correct problem later; BG Lee From' Wong Wei Kong in Canberra THE government knew even before it floated Singapore Telecom in 1993 that it was not moving
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      Lock icon GDP will still grow 6.3% this year: OUB
      281 8  -  on the economy outlook By Eugene Low DESPITE a projected slowdown in second half economic growth to 4.5 per cent, Singapore's economy will still finish the year with growth of 6.3 per cent, thanks to a strong Q1 performance, says an OUB
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      Lock icon Indices have ceased to be of practical influence
      462 8  -  MAiLirm Narayana Narayana Singapore YOUR Hock Lock Siew column, "Rules needed for index change announcements" (BT, May 20), which commented on changes in the components of broadly followed indices is valid, but only to a point. The MSCI is only one of
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      Lock icon One who takes pride in community centres/clubs
      281 8  -  Dr Edmund Wong Singapore ONG Yang Peng's letter "Let citizens run Community Clubs" (BT, May 26) and the People's Association's (PA) subsequent reply, "Over 30,000 citizens, PRs serve CCs" (BT, May 30) prompted me to share with BT readers my experience as a
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      1334 8 4* July 2000 Holiday Inn Park View Singapore 9.00 am 5.00pm Conducted by: DR. BO EDVARDSSON DIRECTOR OF SERVICE RESEARCH CENTER, SWEDEN COURSE CONTENTS 1 1. Complaints and organizational 4. Saving customers and building improvement relationships with service recovery Definitions perspectives j^ e profitable art of service recovery Size impact
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      95 9 1 Institutional investor Magazine 2000 All-Asia Research ham Purvey "Goldman has been cognizantolthe opportunities mAsia.^ I {IHe has great insight and examinetaw* ff m other —t 3 agemen l Bouman can d 0 i, II I I II ft I I I f 0 II I I I r/mely recomwendaVmand
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  • COMMUNICASIA2000
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      Lock icon Digital audio broadcasting to be encouraged in Asia
      410 10  -  SBA signs pact to set up Asia DAB Committee with World DAB Forum By David Boey RADIO listeners in Asia can look forward to receiving crystal clear radio broadcasts once the Asia DAB Committee starts nudging broadcasters and service providers in the
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    • THEBuzz
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        Lock icon First Asia-Pac infocomm form
        39 10 THE inaugural Asian Infocomm Roundtable was held earlier this week and involved Asia-Pacific government and industry representatives. The issues addressed included widening access to new technologies and services, and facilitating the growth of the Internet.
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        97 10 IT seems the answer to the question "The Internet Revolution in Asia-Pacific: Fact or Fiction?" is a state secret and if they tell you, they will have to shoot you. Why else would the Infocomm Development Authority, which recently pledged to be very transparent in its dealings, bar
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        Lock icon Recruiting star power
        53 10 LOOKS like the telcos are trying to outdo each other. Motorola had a fashion show which included Elite models, while Philips had three TV stars—Andrea D'Cruz, Annabelle Francis and EJ. The television babes flirted with the audience, batted their eyelashes and added a little more "oomph" to
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      Lock icon Bad golf swing? Get it fixed in cyberspace
      527 10  -  By< Catherine Ong THERE are few problems technology cannot fix. Even a bad golf swing can be a thing of the past. At CommunicAsia, golf pros are on hand well virtually in the case of those at the MCI Worldcom booth to
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      Lock icon StarHub-Lucent product for SMEs
      178 10  -  By Kenneth Lee STARHUB and Lucent Technologies yesterday unveiled a computer product which lets businesses centrally manage their telecoms and Internet access. Lucent's Enterprise Networks Group will manufacture the product called Argent Office, while Star Hub will bundle it with other services targetted at small and
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      Lock icon Compaq's mobile commerce solution
      190 10  -  Developed in S'pore, it offers secure wireless Net deals By Kenneth Lee COMPAQ yesterday launched its Singapore-devel-oped mobile commerce solution which enables mobile devices to receive data from the Internet and to carry out commercial transactions. Called MIP-eC (mobile Internet platform-enterprise commerce), the hardware and software
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      Lock icon 2 video-conferencing solutions launched
      208 10 US-BASED broadband solutions provider Polycom Inc yesterday launched two new video-conferencing solutions at CommunicAsia 2000. The first the View Station FX, is targeted at medium and large corporations, government and educational Institutions that require highend video performance and video conferencing. It delivers TV-quality video at 60
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    • WHATS news
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        Lock icon Haliplex launches new platform
        67 10 HALIPLEX Communication Systems yesterday introduced its Optical Multi Service Provision Platform, made up of the HPX 600 and HPX 300, targeted at Internet Service Providers and telephone companies. This can service 50,000 subscribers for about US$3 million (555.2 million). The HPX 600 starts at about US$7,OOO
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        Lock icon First GPRS phone with Bluetooth
        74 10 ERICSSON has launched the world's first ever GPRS phone with Bluetooth technology—the GSM triple band R520. R520 offers complete wireless connectivity with its built-in Bluetooth chip and is enabled with HSCSD speeds of up to 28.8 kbps. It also features a WAP browser, making it
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        Lock icon New WAP-enabled Nokia 6250
        92 10 NOKIA unveiled its tough new Nokia 6250 that has internal cushioning of the circuit board and the presence of external bumpers that help the phone to withstand shocks and shakes. The dual band phone allows for Internet access with its WAP 1.1 browser and is EFR
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        Lock icon InnoMedia's Internet phone
        100 10 HOMEGROWN InnoMedia has introduced the Info Talk V, an Internet phone product based on Voice-over IP technology. Anchored on the H. 323 standard, the most commonly used and supported Internet Telephony standard, it allows users to make calls over the Internet without a PC. An Internet phone
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        Lock icon Ascom's multi-media phone series
        55 10 ASCOM has introduced its mPhone multi-media payphone series in Singapore, which provide public Internet access as well as traditional facilities served by payphones. Users can send and receive e-mail, surf the Net and complete other transactions using credit cards, phone cards and cashcards. Prices are undisclosed.
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  • ARTS festival
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      Lock icon Coming up against brick walls
      258 11 THE Coffin Is Too Big For The Hole and No Parking On Odd Days are monologues written by Kuo Pao Kun, the respected elder statesman among Singapore's playwrights. Coffin revolves around a grandchild—male in the Mandarin version, female in the English who has to deal
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      Lock icon Still lively despite being written in '80s
      607 11  -  The English version of Kuo Pao Kun's Double-bill benefited greatly from a powerful subtext and smart staging By] Parvathi Nayar Shakespeare might be someone who continues to speak relevantly down the centuries, but so much of contemporary culture including theatre writing falls into
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      309 11 TODAY Where: Victoria Theatre, Bpm, tickets at $22, $32, $42, $52 Arturo Sandoval (US) Where: Rltz-Carlton Milienia, Bpm, $85 Doppio-Parafielo, Tracking Time (Australia) Where: Clifford Pier, Bpm, tickets at $26 (free seating) Kuo Pao Kun: A Festival Double-bill in Chinese (Singapore) Where: Drama Centre, Bpm, tickets at $22
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      Lock icon Seriously versatile
      541 11  -  Comedian Jack Neo's portrayal gives a lift to the Chinese version Byi Corinne Kerk KUO Pao Kun's monologues, said Lim Jen Erh, director of the Chinese version of The Coffin Is Too Big For The Hole and No Parking On Odd Days, "are located in everyday life, and
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  • eNews
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      Lock icon US high tech firms propose cyber-protection plan
      382 13 WASHINGTON Group seeks to forestall govt intervention in e-commerce LAT-WP Reuters SEEKING to forestall further government intervention in e-commerce, a coalition of leading high tech companies on Tuesday proposed a new system aimed at protecting consumers against fraud and privacy intrusions in cyberspace.
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      Lock icon Hikari Tsushin up on takeover talk
      321 13 TOKYO Stock rises 50% in 3 days; company denies speculation Bloomberg HIKARI Tsushin Inc soared 20 per cent yesterday on renewed speculation the cellular phone subscription agency and Internet investor is the target of a takeover attempt. Hikari Tsushin shares rose their ex-change-imposed limit
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      Lock icon IT advocate Mori sends his first e-mail
      236 13 TOKYO Reuters JAPANESE Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, who wants to make information technology the centrepiece of next month's G-8 summit, has touched a computer keyboard for the first time. Mr Mori sent an e-mail when he visited a school near Tokyo on Tuesday,
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      Lock icon New Spanish cellphone bug may herald era of wireless viruses
      414 13 WASHINGTON AP, Reuters COMPUTER security experts have intercepted a new virus designed to attack cell phones with text capabilities, posing a threat to handheld computers, pagers and phones that are exploding in use worldwide. The virus, similar to the Love
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      Lock icon S'pore's ei-Nets signs MOC with China State Construction
      407 13  -  Move to set np e-bnsiness tie-ups for M6E and tailding sectors By Johnny Yeo EI-NETS.COM a Singapore designer, builder and operator of industry-specific e-com-merce systems has taken the first major step in its bid to penetrate the China eßusiness market. On Tuesday,
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      Lock icon Auction site Surfbuzz.com is the latest dotcom failure to shut down
      298 13 PALO ALTO, California Reuters SURFBUZZ.COM, an Internet firm that awarded expensive prizes, became the latest dotcom failure on Tuesday when it abruptly announced it would cease operations. If ever a single dotcom startup embodied the whole frenetic race to
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Pitfalls of the'Gorbush' foreign policy
      805 14  -  bottom line OPINION leon hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent FLANKED by such foreign policy luminaries as Henry Kissinger, George Shultz and Brent Scowcroft, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, George W Bush, who has been described by pundits as a foreign policy lightweight addressed
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      79 14 The trick to making this work is to leave your ego at the door.' Howard Schnltz Starbucks chairman, on why he felt it was time to shed daily responsibilities to focus on a vision of taking the company he created into the future. 'We found in the
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      Lock icon Thai economy awaits polls
      666 14 EDITORIAL THE Chuan Leekpai government may have become over cautious in the run-up to the general election due later this year. Despite advice from both the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank that it must act to stimulate consumption, the government seems wary of taking
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      Lock icon An odd couple feeding on each other's excesses
      1234 14  -  The US needs excessive Japanese savings, jnst as Japan needs excess US demand a situation that conldgetontofhand By Martin Wolf FT NOT for nothing is economics known as the dismal science. The gloom of the financial crises of 1997 and 1998 has
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      300 15 KUALA LUMPUR Securities body says this will bring it in line with global standards Reuters MALAYSIA'S Securities Commission (SC) said yesterday a shorter T+3 share trading settlement period will be implemented by the end of the year, bringing the country in
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      273 15  -  Froml Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur BELEAGUERED Time Engineering yesterday confirmed that it has talked to NTL Incorporated as a potential technological partner following its failed union with Singapore Telecommunications (Sing Tel) last month. Time Engineering said it has held preliminary discussions with
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        94 15 ELECTRONIC stocks continued to be out of favour yesterday, as the overall weak sentiment on the KL market was made worse by a poor showing on Nasdaq overnight. Worst hit was semiconductor manufacturers like MPI which was down RM1.75 to RM4I, while its competitor Unisem,
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        84 15  -  Compiled by Diana Oon Abdullah SHARES of medical suppliers Pharmaniaga, listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange last year, eased yesterday despite an announcement on Tuesday that the company has got an exclusive three-year distribution contract. The company said it has the contract to supply medical
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      498 15  -  His vast business interests raise conflict of interest issues From] Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE purchase of a TV station last week by ty-coon-politician Thaksin Shinawatra has sparked intense debate whether he will make a good future prime minister, with analysts and academics
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      398 16 BANGKOK New bill will push oat developers with insufficient funds, help industry: govt AFP, Bloomberg THAILAND'S cabinet took fresh steps on Tuesday to regulate the country's shattered property sector by approving a draft law which will force developers with insufficient funds out of
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      65 16 AP [JAKAR TA] Indonesian student protesters raise their fists as they stage a protest rally in front of the attorney-general's office in southern Jakarta yesterday. Hundreds of students demanded that the attorney-general speed up the investigation on former president Suharto on allegations of corruption
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      323 16 Pointless to impose capital controls: deputy governor Reuters [SINGAPORE] Bank Indonesia said yesterday that there was little it could do to stabilise the shaky rupiah, which remains hostage to worries about the country's political outlook. "How can we defend the
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      360 16 BANK BALI SCANDAL AFX-Asia, AFP [JAKARTA] The police are studying Bank Indonesia governor Syahril Sabirin's report that President Abdurrahman Wahid is intervening in the central bank's affairs, National Police chief Rusdiardjo said. "We are examining the report," he told reporters, noting
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      491 17 SHANGHAI Textile, shipping, steel firms seen benefiting bat high-tech firms face tougher foreign competition Reuters CHINA'S pending entry to the World Trade Organization has provided a fillip for textile, steel, shipping and other counters that are seen to benefit from membership of
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      217 17 SEOUL Bloomberg, AFP CHINADOTCOM Corp, a manager of Internet sites with Asian news and information, plans to invest US$lOO million (Ssl72 million), in Korean dotcom companies within the next 18 months, a top official said yesterday. Chinadotcom chief executive office Peter Yip, who is
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      182 17 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] THE Bank of China, one of China's four biggest banks, said it will merge its Hongkong affiliates by the end of the year. Bank president Liu Mingkang said the merger will definitely be completed by the end of the year. In
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      263 19 TOKYO Bloomberg JAPANESE business spending on new factories and equipment rose for the first time in two years in the first quarter as profits increased, a government report showed. Capital spending by firms outside the finance sector rose 3.3 per cent in the
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      411 19 WASHINGTON Govt limits visas while US schools don't teach enongh NYT RAPID economic expansion will falter unless Congress upgrades America's "human capital" by improving education, welcoming highly skilled foreigners and spending more on scientific research, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and other high-tech titans
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      390 20 TOKYO Deals by computer makers, suppliers expected to top USslb in first year Reuters, Bloomberg A GROUP of global technology titans including International Business Machines Corp will join forces to create one of the world's largest business-to-business online markets, company officials said
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        64 20 Bloomberg [LONDON} HSBC Holding pic has purchased 20w7 per cent of Credit Commercial de France SA and is on track to complete its takeover ofFrance's No 5 bank by the end of July, according to the prospectus for the offer. The value
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        44 20 Reuters [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka's Industry Development Minister CVGunaratne and 10 others were killed in a suicide bomb blast at a procession to mark War Heroes Day honouring soldiers killed in the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).—Reuters
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      614 20  -  Talks at early stage; BA shares fall in initial reaction From] Neil Behrmann in London BRITISH Airways' shares tumbled yesterday in initial reaction to the confirmation that it was in talks to acquire the Dutch national airline KLM, which will become a minority partner. Mergers
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      235 20 NEW YORK Reuters AMR Corp's American Airlines and Delta Air Lines Inc held preliminary talks on industry consolidation earlier this week, even discussing the possibility of a merger, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, citing people involved in the talks. The talks took place
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      526 21 WASHINGTON His warning on risk of inflationary spiral suggests he favours farther rate rise Reuters, Bloomberg jTHE Federal Reserve may i still face the task of forcing fthe booming US economy to a much lower rate of growth to wring out any
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      144 21 SYDNEY Bloomberg AUSTRALIA'S central bank yesterday left interest rates unchanged after Tuesday's policy board meeting, signalling it expects the economy to cool and previous rate hikes to keep inflation in check. In a Bloomberg News survey, 16 of 21 economists had expected the
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      243 22  -  SGI Derivatives Tradlng/feporfe MSCI Singapore Inda» Chan Yet San Refco Singapore THE Singapore stock market rose for the fifth day in a row on the back of gains in financial stocks and large-capped Singapore Press Holdings. The MSCI Singapore Index gained 3.93 points
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      274 22  -  MSGI Taiwan fixtures Chan Yet San Refco Singapore THE Taiwan stock market shrugged off overnight falls in the US to close at its highest level since May 19. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index gained 157.26 points or 1.76 per cent
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      228 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oil markets groped for direction yesterday amid uncertainty about Opec oil policy following mixed signals on its fledgling price band mechanism. July Brent Blend crude was 24 US cents weaker at U5528.35 a barrel, while US light crudes were two
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      325 22 Reuters London THE dollar stumbled to sev-en-week lows against the euro, the yen and the Swiss franc for the second straight day yesterday, undermined by an unfavourable interest rate outlook for the United States. Analysts forecast a rise in euro-zone interest rates as early as today and see
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      2618 23 HONGKONG AFP Q Hang Seng *3&38 HONGKONG share prices rose 0.2 per cent yesterday as the market consolidated recent sharp gains, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 38.38 points to close at 15,900.06 its seventh consecutive gain, on a turnover
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      977 23 Reuters fl Shenzhen Blndei -KUft CHINA'S B shares closed higher for a second straight session yesterday, aided by unabating hopes for a merger of the hard currency markets with domestic A shares. The Shanghai B Share Index leapt 2.01 per cent, or 1.1 points, to 55.66 on little changed
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      326 23 AFP □WP Index +157.28 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.76 per cent higher yesterday on strong buying of technology shares despite Wall Street's overnight losses, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 157.26 points to 9,115.47, on turnover of NT5148.05 billion. "The stock market has finally returned
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      1885 23 TOKYO AFP Qffittci22s -2502 SHARE prices in Tokyo closed 0.1 per cent lower yesterday, hit by drops in high-technology issues and the yen's jump against the US dollar, brokers said. The key Nikkei 225 Index fell 25.12 points to end at 17,144.96. The
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      361 24 AFP □frmpoamlifei -lia MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.9 per cent lower yesterday amid concern about the Impending staggered release of frozen shares worth billions of dollars onto the local market, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended down 16.55 points
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      701 25 AFP P SET Index jU THAI shares fell 1.3 per cent yesterday as late profit-tak-ing mainly in large companies offset earlier gains, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index shed 4.6 points to finish the day at 340.83 points, and the select SET 50 lost 0.38
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      283 25 AFP Q Composite Index -40.06 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index closed 2.6 per cent or 40.05 points lower at 1,522.33. Turnover fell to 1.33 billion shares worth 796 million pesos compared to 2.2 billion shares valued at 1.22 billion pesos traded on Tuesday. AFP *El rum mrcaim on
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      616 25 AFP r lmmposne maex INDONESIAN share prices closed 1.5 per cent higher yesterday, with gains triggered by foreign buying in Telkom and sustained by interest in other large companies, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 6.7 points at 459.46 on a volume of 377 million
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      269 25 AFP QNZSE-40 +1&33 NEW Zealand shares rose 0.8 per cent yesterday after buying of key blue chip stocks, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 15.33 points at 2,054.21 on light turnover of NZ564.58 million. Telecom was up nine cents at NZ$B.O3. —AFP jm 7 «a mm Advantaga
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      538 25 AFP UmOMrn -36 AUSTRALIAN shares fell 1.1 per cent yesterday, dragged lower by News Corp and soft US and Asian markets, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index slipped 35 points to 3,070.8 its lowest point for the day while the SP/ ASX2OO dropped 37.3 points, or \2 per cent,
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      271 25 AFP Q Composite Index +2&33 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 28.33 points at 822.54. Volume stood at 491 million shares worth 4.9 trillion won.—AFP JmT *h VHKISkM ***** 290 BraMTadl 1139 10 Central Bank 1629 99 CIMHCOMMI *****0 -1000 DaaGuta* 2910 310 Dm nn< Carp 2179
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      715 28  -  CARirary Questionable whether new import regulations simplify life for independent importers and consumers Reports by' Christopher Tan THE government is set on "liberalising" the car market, which for decades has been the domain of a selected few called distributors. The first visible step was
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      318 28 ENTREPRENEURIAL parties have wasted no time in capitalising on the deregulation of car-import rules. A number of them, mainly car-related businesses, have launched or are launching online portals to entice motorists with price-slashing schemes. These include usedcar trader Sin Thai Hin; VW/Renault dealer
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        125 28 HYUNDAI is having a prosperous year. For the year up to end-May, the Korean brand ranks third in the vehicle sales tally. Combining passenger and commercial products (but excluding taxis), distributor Komoco Motors sold 2,277 Hymn dais. This ranks the brand third after Toyota (4,024 units)
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        66 28 IF YOU don't already know, Aspen Automobile is the new Komoco-supported Hyundai dealer in town. Started by ex-Komoco manager K C Chim and located at Balmoral Plaza, the outfit also includes participation from Alpine Automobiles (VW and Renault dealer) in the form of vehicle financing.
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        130 28 BUS company Tibs Holdings has taken another step to become a multi-modal player. It has started night servicing for its fleet, a move managing director Tan Hup Foi said would "help us to prepare ourselves for future ventures into rapid transit operations, where rail maintenance is
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        91 28 WANT to know more about the logistics involved in car making? The second Global Automotive Logistics Conference and Exhibition is scheduled for November at the Princess Sofia Hotel in Barcelona, Spain. A number of experts will speak on the challenges the industry is facing, especially in
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        96 28  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan HERTZ has once again been voted "Best Car Rental Company—Asia Pacific" at the 2000 TTG Asia Travel Awards held in conjunction with the PATA Travel Mart recently. The annual awards honour outstanding individuals and companies in the Asia-Pacific travel industry. Meanwhile,
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      1310 31  -  Property in the UK may be easing but respectable rentals and generally higher prices keep a downturn at bay. HZ3X. behrmamn finds out from the experts NEIL BEHRMANN THH HE UK housing market, and London in particular, is off the m boil, going by statistical evidence.
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      835 32  -  A DTZ study reveals a third consecutive quarterly drop in home caveats lodged, despite more new launches. MABIBSA CHEW learns that price-sensitive buyers holding out for more launches are behind the decline MARISSA CHEW WITH the buyers on the sidelines waiting for the best
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      277 33 Bridge News, Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index on Tuesday slipped two points to 1,559, the Baltic Panama* Index shed one point to 1,567, and the Baltic Capesize Index fell seven points to 1,995, while the Baltic Handy Index was unchanged at 1,123. At 1250 GMT, Biffex was un
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      Lock icon Cargo crime on rise with losses at US$30b-50b yearly: insurers
      578 33  -  Weak spots include ports, terminals, freight depots and parked trailers By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Cargo crime is on the rise with the annual cost of this global theft estimated to be US$3O billion (5551.6 billion) to US$5O billion, says the
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      124 33  -  ERIKA SINKING [BREST, France] Almost half a year after the sinking of the tanker 'Erikaclean-up operations are underway off the coast of Brest in France. On May 31, members of the British anti-pollution vessel 'British Shield'executed a trial of pumping oil (right). The oil-clearing vessel was the first
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      149 33 PSA Corp has been named among the top five finalists for the 2000 Computerworld Smithsonian Award at a recent gala dinner attended by more than 800 IT professionals in Washington. The PSA made it to the finals of the transportation category for its Computer
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      292 33  -  By\ P T Bangsberg in Manila CHINA Shipbuilding Corp, the largest in Taiwan, is looking for a rescuer but making itself less attractive by imposing conditions. The state-owned firm, facing increasingly tough competition from South Korea and Japan, rolled up NT$3 billion (*****.5 million) in
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      367 33  -  Recent anti-piracy moves seen having little impact By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Seven pirate attacks including three on Singapore-flagged vessels have been reported in the last week and a half in the Malacca Straits, raising concerns that recent anti-piracy moves are having
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      245 33 [SINGAPORE] Royal Caribbean Cruises, the world's sec-ond-largest cruise operator, has had to cancel the June 17 maiden voyage of its new ship Millennium as the French builder is unable to complete work on the vessel on time. Passengers booked on the
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        608 34  -  Liner signs pact to upgrade yard where old ships can be demolished in an environmentally safe way By\ P T Bangsberg [MANILA] LIKE many lines, P&O Nedlloyd has trouble getting rid of old ships in an environmentally acceptable way, so it is creating a
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        167 44 Jnll Germany: Whit Sunday. Sweden: Whit Sunday. taU Denmark: Whit Monday. Sweden: Whit Monday. France: Paris Bourse, Nouveau Marche and Monep equityoptions closed, Pentecost Monday. Germany: Whit Monday. Australia: Queen's Birthday. Philippines: Independence Day. Jal Malaysia: Prophet Muhammad's Birthday. Brunei: Prophet Muhammad's Birthday. Ml Hong Kong: HK Special
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        756 44 THIS report, compiled by Cockatt Marine Oil Lid. shows price ranges in US dollars Instsad of single prtoaa tor a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagestxed stem Market movements are indicated The Cockatt Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        300 45 Passenger traffic up 7.4%, cargo volume grows 11% in Feb, saysACl Reuters [GENEVA] Passenger and cargo traffic surged at world airports in February, with the rise fuelled by healthy increases in nearly all regions, the airports industry body ACI reported on Tuesday. ACI,
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        227 45 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways Ltd still has not decided if it will buy Airbus Industrie's proposed A3XX super)umbo jet, which would be the largest passenger aircraft flying. "It's something we haven't made a decision about," said James Strong, chief executive of
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        298 45 SIA, Airbus among listed; selection will be over by July AFP [NEW DELHI] Air-India has shortlisted five companies from which it will lease six Airbus 310s and two Boeing 747-3005.t0 add to its ageing fleet, probably before the end of this year,
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        169 45 Bernama [MANILA] Philippine Airlines (PAL) is awarding each of the 277 passengers of Flight PRBI2 the much talkedabout Davao-to-Manila flight that figured in last month's failed hijacking with complimentary ticket to any point in its domestic network. The flag carrier will
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        466 45 Reuters [LONDON] British train passengers joined the rail watchdog in calling for more investment in the railways on Tuesday after a survey showed less than half of them believe their journeys give value for money. Of 2,000 train passengers polled by the Shadow Strategic
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        540 45 air show Alliance, seen u threat in crowded market, says it has orders for 30 planes Reuters [BERLIN] A new player, Alliance Aircraft Corp, revealed plans on Tuesday to enter the already crowded market for regional airliners. "We have letters of intent
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        66 45 [SCHOENEFELD, Germany} German Economy Minister Werner Mueller (W), Berlin's Mayor Eberhard Diepgen (centre) and Governor of Brandenburg Manfred Stolpe (right) on Tuesday walking in front of the biggest aircraft in the world, the transport plane Airbus A9OO-600ST Beluga, at the opening of the International Aviation and
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        513 46  -  Supply Chain Council Asian survey will help firms to improve performance Byj Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] The recentlylaunched Singapore chapter of the US-based Supply Chain Council is conducting Southeast Asia's first benchmark study on supply chain management practices. The four-month study,
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        382 46  -  Committee acts as forum for exchange of viewsondevt By\ P T Bangsberg in Manila WITH its air and sea trade volumes booming again, and its prime position as a gateway for China and much of the rest of Asia, Hongkong
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        211 46 [SINGAPORE] United Parcel Service (UPS) has forged an alliance with convenience store chain 7-Eleven to provide Singapore customers with a 24hour drop-off service for worldwide express document shipments. The first by an express delivery company and a 7-Eleven here, the service is offered
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        Lock icon China set to build 3.8b yuan Yangtze rail link
        416 46  -  300 km line will connect cities from N&qjing to Nantong By P T Bangsberg Journal of Commerce in Manila CHINA says it has completed the feasibility study for a new rail line around the Yangtze River delta, where Shanghai, its commercial
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          125 46 [SINGAPORE] Hongkong pot operator Modern V 4 Terminals Ltd (MTL) has teamed up with US-baaed venture capital firm EM Warburg and other shareholders to in vest USELS minkm (Sfl-3 millinn) tn an nr>lirx> logistics company. V-Logic enables North American and European retailers to expand
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          Lock icon Lufthansa, Varig in airfreight tie-up
          94 46 [SINGAPORE] Lufthansa Cargo and Brazilian Varig Cargo airline said they will integrate their airfreighting activities in a common flight network from September* 2000. Lufthansa will initially operate six Boeing 747-200 freighter services from Fhmkftirt to the Viracopos cargo airport near Sao Paulo. The services will
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          Lock icon Tufton's Net chatering exchange
          61 46 [SINGAPORE] A chartering exchange has been started by London-based shipping investment house Tuflon Oceanic 2 and private equity firm Whitney A Co to provide an environment for underlying commodity trade through post-fixture and voyage completion. "ShipDeak will toad the migration of the US$l5O million (Ss2s7.Bmillion) veaed
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          150 46 [SINGAPORE] PSA Corp has invested USSS million (S|BJ> J million) to expand its logistics network in Chtoa.lt recently launched ajoint venture company with China if Merchant Holdings (CMH) to set up a logistics network covering Central, South and North China. This fallows its joint
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      415 40 NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS RCL Feeder Pte Ltd wishes to inform our valued customers that with effect from June 24,2000, a new freight Agency in Port Kelang and Penang will be representing RCL Feeder Pte Ltd in all customer related issues such as "Marketing, Sales, Booking, Documentation and Container handling". The
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