The Business Times, 28 June 2000

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MiTwujaWjmsa 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28. 2000
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    Lock icon S'pore accountants brace for possible business loss
    1029 1  -  Govt panel looks into exempting unlisted private firms from audit By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Public accountants are bracing themselves for the prospect of losing a sizeable chunk of business if Singapore, in line with international practice, finally decides on abolishing the statutory audit
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    Lock icon NatSteel shelves revamp plan
    497 1  -  It cites stockmarket volatility and deteriorating investor sentiment By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Nat Steel Ltd's (NSL) radical plan to restructure the group's business has fallen foul of the severe plunge in the price of its shares and those of its associate, Nat Steel Electronics (NEL). In
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    Lock icon STI futures debut today with loads of expectations
    506 1  -  ■aM-taußihrtmstsMi halpiac cwtnct to tab* iff By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] All eyes will be on the Straits Times Index (STI) futures contract as it makes its entrance this morning, with expectations among some traders that the contract will take off because
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      286 1 uwiieb Top Stories Public sector doctors to get pay rise. Next Pmge Mapping the human gene: blotech investors warned to beware of hype. Pa 20 V>' >" Arts Foot Raising the ripples eJ? tfcL Hotels restructuring: CftyDev is a winner toa I amMmm As far as share price is concerned.
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      15 1 Fracas over ICPAS election, Pg 9 All jomneed to know about the STI futures, Pg524,25
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        156 2 IF the second week of July turns out to be a quiet month for deals in Singapore, don't blame Alan Greenspan. It's probably the fault of Richard Heifer (right). The chairman and chief executive officer of Raffles International, we hear from the grapevine at Raffles Place, has
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        95 2 AT a Yahool-Siemens and Yahoo!-Ml event yesterday, Joseph Yii, a Siemens general manager, presented chief Yahoo! Jerry Yang with a hip-looking, yellow-coloured Yahool-Siemens co-branded phone. Only snag is the WAP phone works on a GSM network which means Mr Yang will not have much use for it in
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        Lock icon To cactch a (phone) thief
        134 2 HERE'S a tip that might help Mr Yang and other GSM phone users to recover their mobile phones if they are stolen. An email we received has helpftilly informed us that every GSM phone comes with a serial number called its International Mobile Equipment Number.
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      Lock icon Public sector doctors to get pay rise
      593 2  -  Average hike this year is 22%; salaries to be reviewed every year By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] In a bid to stem the exodus to the private sector, salaries of public sector doctors will be reviewed every year to ensure they are market-competitive. For
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      Lock icon Yahoo! teams up with Siemens, M1 to bring Net to WAP users
      686 2  -  No 1 search engine plans to branch more nuliimdfo By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Yahoo!, the Internet's most popular search engine, launched its broadband strategy in Singapore yesterday, teaming up with mobile phone manufacturer Siemens, and operator Mobile One,
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      Lock icon Medicine man who sings the blues for relaxation
      509 2  -  Getting Personal By Corinne Kerk Whoe Richard Eu, managing director of Eu Yan Sang International Holdings Afees2 Claim to fa ww Mr Eu heads a 121-year-old establishment started by his greatgrandfather. He has transformed the company soon be listed on the Singapore
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Parkway Lab stands to benefit from clinical research spinoffs
      488 4  -  Gleneagjes research centre to boost parent bottomline in 3rd-4th year of ops By. Andrea Tan WITH its new clinical research arm hot on the expansion trail. Parkway Holdings said yesterday the spinoffs for its laboratories unit will be tremendous. "Clinical research
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      Lock icon Effective Capital completes migration of Clob shares
      298 4 Rftlfrfuw schftdnle dispatched to requesting owners by post on June 26 EFFECTIVE Capital has completed, as scheduled, the migration of Clob shares to investors' individual accounts at the Malaysian Central Depository. The Malaysian company controlled by Singapore businessman Akbar Khan yesterday said that
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      Lock icon OUB may cut loss by selling M'sian broking stake to Hwang-DBS
      342 4  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur OVERSEAS Union Bank the last of Singapore's Big Four local banks to enter the Malaysian broking scene may be the first to bow out amid the consolidation erf the Malaysian sector. On Monday
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      Lock icon CityDev among top losers; CDL Hotels soars
      314 4 CITY Developments' share price fell 25 cents yesterday to $6.85, making it one of the day's top losers after it unveiled its restructuring plans. In contrast, the group's hotel arm CDL Hotels International shot up 77.5 per cent or HK11.55 to close at
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      Lock icon CDL Hotels restructuring— CityDev is a winner too
      715 4  - CDL Hotels restructuring CityDev is a winner too conrad raj N ingenious scheme" was how one analyst described the complicated exercise that the Hong Leong group announced on Monday to unlock shareholder value in CDL Hotels International. Under the scheme, parent City Developments will buy over CDL Hotels' entire 52.4
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      Lock icon Metro turns around with net earnings of $18m
      422 7  -  The gain, which reverses last year's $9.8 m loss, was en slightly lower turnover due to sinking of liner By Jennifer Lien METRO Holdings made a decisive swing back to the black with an $18.3 million net profit for the year ended
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Keppel Shipyard, Smedvig in tie-up
        94 7 KEPPEL SHIPYARD, a unit of the Keppel Hitachi Zosen group, has entered into a cooperation agreement with Smedvig Asia to build an offshore oil rig. Total expenditure for the new semi-tender la estimated at US$B2.5 million (SH43 million), of whidi Keppel's share is US$6B.5 million.
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        Lock icon Pan Pac Public CEO resigns
        31 7 PAN Pacific Public Co yesterday announced that following the recent sale ofOng Khim Kiafs entire interest (direct and indirecQinPPP, he has tendered his asadirector of PPPandttssuMdiarlM.
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        Lock icon Thakral in standstill agreement
        27 7 value) of its creditor banks with regard 1 > its debt regtria^urlng.Un^r^^lthat creditor banks by July 81. As of June 15, the group's cadi
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        Lock icon Global Tech's profit jumps 85%
        90 7 for the half year ended March 31. Turnover surged 188 per cent to HK$2.l6 billion. Earnings per share was 44 HK cents, compared with 24.6 cents in the previous A dividend oflftHK cents per share has been declared, up from the previous 10 HK cents.
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      Lock icon Eng Wall's profit inches up 2% amid stiff cinema competition
      269 7 CINEMA operator Eng Wah Organisation yesterday reported a marginal 2 per cent increase in net profit to $1.8 million for the year ended March 31. Revenue rose 12 per cent to $21.02 million, while earnings per share inched up to
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      Lock icon Giant Wireless ups profit by 41%
      223 7 HONGKONG-BASED telecommunications contract manufacturer Giant Wireless Technology posted a strong 41 per cent jump in net profit to HKSSB million (Ssl3 million) from HK541.56 million in 1999. Turnover for the year ended March 31 rose 60 per cent to HK1794.96 million, while earnings per
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      Lock icon Pentex-Schweizer sees doubling in capacity
      546 8  -  Ramp-np will come from $85m China factory targeted for completion in 2002 By David Boey HOMEGROWN printed circuits board maker PentexSchweizer Circuits said its production capacity should more than double by early 2002 once its first overseas plant, an $85 million factory to be sited
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      Lock icon DBS offers credit card for Internet shopping
      192 8 DBS Bank yesterday launched a dedicated Internet credit card with a low maximum credit line to allay fears of online fraud. A statement from the b§nk said the new DBS e-shopping MasterCard, functioning likfc a normal credit card, is restricted to online shopping,
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      Lock icon Shining Corp offers 28.2 m shares at 21 cents each
      442 8  -  Company targets building materials business By Joyce Koh SHINING Corporation braved the poor showing by other construction companies in the stock market with the launch yesterday of its initial public offer (IPO) of 28.2 million shares at 21 cents apiece.
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      Lock icon HK's Jadason gets mainboard listing OK from SGX
      313 8 JADASON Enterprises, a Hongkong-based firm that distributes supplies to makers of printed circuit boards and semiconductors, said yesterday it has received in-prin-ciple approval from the Singapore Exchange for a mainboard listing. However, the group will watch market conditions before launching its initial
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      Lock icon Seafood processor Thong Siek to list on Sesdaq
      265 8 THONG Siek Food Industry has received in-principle approval from the Singapore Exchange to list on Sesdaq. Founded in 1973, the homegrown processed seafood manufacturer produces over 60 surimi-based seafood products, including fish balls and crab sticks. Surimi is frozen fish meat According
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      179 4 hrm *rv Knr <4% A K S H IyV 1 N SHINING CORPORATION LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 12 August 1999) ~CV V, INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 28,200,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.15 EACH COMPRISING 20,000,000 NEW SHARES AND 8,200,000 VENDOR SHARES AS FOLLOWS:(I) 8,200,000 OFFER SHARES AT
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        222 5 Bohasa Indonesia A Workshop on Processing Of Bilk of Lading Introduction to Airway Bills- new! International Currency Series: FocßKmUSDdbsOrilnG^ Effective Sales and Marketing Et in Trade Shorn-new! Aovancoa vertmcne n infffni tional Trade Module 1: IBusiness JfSnance newi Dmm 7-* ytfim* The Aromarics Business Programme (3rd Intake)
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      Lock icon TDB and IDA lead virtual mission to connect Singapore-Canada companies
      607 5 The Singapore Trade Development Board (TDB) is levering on virtual trade missions (VTM) to establish global trade connections in the New Economy. One such mission between Singapore and Canadian companies took place a week before CommunicAsia2ooo. Jointly organised by TDB,
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      Lock icon A business library to help you meet your trade information needs
      222 5 Q 2 HqwcmsTDßßiimhi Him; hdp*\\ 9i i ni|iiiin A S TDB Business library has newly Uuyhrri a wcbbased International Business Opportunities(lßO) aenrioe. 180 is a Business Matching Sendee that provides useful and timely overseas business contacts to the Singftpore
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      Lock icon TDB opens new offices in Mexico City and San Francisco
      749 5 In a move to further encourage Singapore companies to diversify their businesses into the Americas, Trade Development Board recently opened two overseas trade offices in Mexico City and San Francisco. The former is TDB's first fullfledged office in Latin America
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      55 5 jOU XV TDB URL: http://www.stdb.com Singapore Trade Development Board For more informotion, please call TDB Tele Trade Information mdude Information on Import Export JC C TDB Business Library Services CM f jf M TDB Trade Fain Missions, Business Seminars and Courses 24-hour hotline Setting up a Representative Office in Singapore
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon STI up 9 points, but no signs of major pick-up in activity
      583 6  -  II V STOCKS r.sivanithy Anyone hoping for a major pick-up in activity in the stock market yesterday would have been sorely disappointed. Trading continued at the same slow pace as in the past several months. Stockists still soldier
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      Lock icon SingLand wrt: premium modest, gearing attractive
      180 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy FOR months, property stocks have been shunned, thanks mainly to a belief there is an oversupply of both private and office units in the market. However, the recent directive from the Monetary Authority to banks requiring them to divest
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      Lock icon Nat Steel: near-term weakness seen
      229 6  -  HOT STOCK By Wong Wei Kong SHARES of Nat Steel fell sharply yesterday, with the counter finishing among the session's biggest losers. Nat Steel shares closed 9 cents or 3.6 per cent lower at 92.39. They initially opened at an intra-day day high of $2.48,
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      85 6 ♦POHTiong Logistics announced th« retirement of Leong Sai Mooi as a director with effect from June 26. Mr Leong has also relinquished Buttifant has resigned as from June 30, but will remain as a director until Aug 21. Raymond Chan has been nam**! <4fflirman ami rhtef executive officer
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      69 7 Owner retiring ifter spending 30 years building up the business and a large pool of customers. Outfit is well equipped with the latest machinery and manned by dedicated and well qualified personnel. Very suitable for cash rich investors looking for good businesses to buy as there is vast potential for
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon CalendarONE gets $11m more in funds from investors
      343 9  -  By Toh Han Shih CALENDARONE, a Singapore firm providing calendaring services on the Internet, has received $11 million in additional funding from Singaporean and Japanese investors. Among die investors. Vertex, the venture capital arm of Singapore Technologies, put up $2.07 million. Singapore
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      Lock icon JTCI is consultant for Karnataka's IT Corridor project
      257 9  -  By Audrey Tan JTC International's reputation as a leading consultant in the Indian market was given a further boost yesterday, when it signed an agreement with the Karnataka government to provide consulting services for its IT Corridor in Bangalore. Under the terms
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      Lock icon Fracas over ICPAS election
      459 9  -  By Anna Teo COMPARED to the sparks that flew at its 1999 annual general meeting, things went more calmly and smoothly at this year's Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS) elections. But the contest for council seats has nonetheless resulted in a possible defamation
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      Lock icon 6.5% GDP growth seen this year
      290 10  -  By Anna Teo AFTER the runaway 9.1 per cent growth in the first quarter, economists expect the expansion of the Singapore economy to slow to about 6 per cent in the following two quarters. And in the final quarter of the year, the pace
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      Lock icon Giant sees potential for another 2-3 hypermarkets in S'pore
      600 10  -  It wants to be competitive rather than start a price war; plans to compete on its strong ethnic appeal By Kalpana Rashiwala DAIRY Farm International unit Giant TMC, which opened its maiden Singapore store last night, says it sees potential for
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      Lock icon EC sites in Bishan, Bt Batok released for sale
      315 10  -  Canttaus bidding seen amid weak market sentiment By Kalpana Rashiwala THE government yesterday released two executive condominium (EC) sites in Bishan and Bukit Batok amid continuing weak sentiment in the property market, completing its first-half land sales programme. Colliers Jardine executive
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      Lock icon Planned URAsale of 8 ha in Tuas raises concern
      245 10  -  By Andrea Tan THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday said it will release 8 hectares of industrial land in Tuas instead of Tampines for the second half of the year, a move that drew some concern from some property consultants. "The
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      Lock icon 2 new operators to offer IDD services
      269 10  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecom yesterday said it has concluded agreements with two new telecoms licensees, Phoenix Comms and TelaPortal Singapore, to enable calls to be passed between their systems and SingTel's local telephone network. Both Phoenix and TelaPortal can now start
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      Lock icon Fortis Bank eyes tie-ups, acquisitions in Asia
      565 11  -  It aims to expand retail banking in HK, China, investment banking in S'pore By Serena Ng HOLLAND-BASED Fortis Bank will be looking to form partnerships with and, perhaps, acquire some local or regional banks in the coming years to strengthen its presence in
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      Lock icon SGX must do something to protect minorities
      329 11  -  MAiLirm N Grandhi I REFER to Catherine Ong's Hock Lock Siew column, "Another bad deal for OCBC minority shareholders?", in yesterday's BT. I, as a minority shareholder in some OCBC companies, fully share the frustration of Hugh Young of Aberdeen Asset Management. Some
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      Lock icon SGX should revive cash market
      542 11  -  Narayana Narayana I REFER to Denis Distant's letter "Don't deride others with different views" (BT, June 13). First of all, to Mr Distant and other readers who felt similarly affronted by my use of the word "bleating" in my letter of June 10, my apologies.
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      791 10 HOME NEEDS The Straits Times Classified. Cbssifications 90 120. CATS. Bay It Sdl It Ffad It CREDIT FIRST SUISSE BOSTON BALANCE SHEET AT 31 DECEMBER 1999 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT 1999 1980 1M 1886 IMS ASSETS CHFm CHFm INCOME AMP EXPENDITURE FROM OWOEtARV BANMNO PUBEO3 CHFm CHF w Cash 1.002
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      282 11 We welcome letters. E-mail U9 at btMterQ9ph.com.Bg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Bualnea* Timet, Times House, 390Kim Seng Road, Singapore2394o6. We need your fuU name, address and telephone number, so we can verify tt came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear In mind Hbet
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Gus Dur should not strike deal with Suharto
      744 12  -  OPINION shoeb kagda The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent ATTACK, the old military adage goes, is the best form of defence. Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid seems to be adopting this strategy in his attempts to extract a settlement from former president Suharto
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      123 12 'You can see the same genes in flies, worms, monkeys, mice and people. It's evolution laid out for all to see. There's nothing peculiar or distinctive about us.' JoaSeger an evolutionary biologist and geneticist, on the human genome project. 'No great mystery is revealed. The future is
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      Lock icon Accountability in Hongkong
      577 12 EDITORIAL AFTER months of heat from Hongkong's legislators and the public, Rosanna Wong, a respected figure in the Hongkong establishment, has resigned as chairman of the troubled Housing Authority. Ms Wong's departure is hardly a matter for cheer. It would deprive the authority of a highly talented
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      Lock icon Map of human gene opens the door to good and evil
      1387 12  -  Potential benefits are legion, Irat abases may make as rae the day we coold grow wings on man Bu Craig Venter, Daniel Cohen Dr Craig Venter runs Ceiera Corp which has privately mapped the Human Genome. Dr Daniel Cohen
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      Lock icon Failed democracies may become our biggest concern
      780 12  -  WHAT THE OTHERS SAT By Thomas Friedman The writer is a New York Times columnist NYT THE US State Department's decision to no longer use the term "rogue states" to describe the likes of Libya, North Korea or Iran, but to refer to
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Why was SingTel deal scuttled? It's history, says Time official
      363 13  -  Time dot Com to be listed by Oct; analysts doubt if it can maintain offer price at RM&3O From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TIME Engineering has put its failed deal with Singapore Telecommunications behind it, and will go ahead
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      Lock icon Petronas expected to post 40% jump in earnings
      288 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S national oil firm Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) is expected to post sharply higher earnings for the financial year ended March 2000 on the back of stronger global oil prices. Analysts expect net profit to rise by at least
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Aokam active as designation is lifted
        178 13 TIMBER and logging group Aokam Perdana was among the most active gainers yesterday, gaining 85 sen, or almost 20 per cent, to close at RM5.25. About 2.65 million shares were traded on the first day after the KLSE lifted its "designated" status. Stocks under
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        Lock icon Unimech makes strong debut
        72 13 INDUSTRIAL products manufacturer Unimech Group Bhd Joined Apex Healthcare Bhd as the next second board company to make a strong debut on the KLSE this week, chalking up a volume of 4.3 million shares and closing 96 sen higher at RM3.26 or a 41 per cent
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        Lock icon Public Bank and Hock Hua Bank up
        165 13 STOCKS of Public Bank (PBB) and its merger partner Hock Hua Bank closed higher as details of their union were made pubUc yesterday. Public Bank picked up 10 sen to close at RM3.42 with 1.57 million shares traded, while Hock Hua Bank was
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        Lock icon Play on Pembinaan YCS
        85 13  -  Compiled by Diana Oon Abdullah STOCKS of property-related Pembinaan YCS were once again active yesterday, two weeks after it was re-listed following a debt-restructuring exercise. The counter was higher by 32 sen to RM1.47, with some 8.9 million shares traded. YCS was re-quoted on the stock
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      Lock icon MBF Holdings' prospects depend on debt restructuring
      393 13 KUALA LUMPUR Delay in revamp means group to stay in red this yean MD MBF Holdings Bhd's financial prospects for next year will depend mostly on the outcome of its debt restructuring exercise which has been delayed and is now expected to be
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      Lock icon UEM unit in default of RM363m term loan
      175 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia UNITED Engineers Malaysia Bhd said its associate company Puncak Vista is still in default for principal and interest payments on its RM363 million (*****.5 million) syndicated term loan and convertible bank guarantee facility, and on its RM3O million revolving
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      Lock icon Investments by EPF rise 14% in Q1
      100 13 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S state-run pension fund, the Employees Provident Fund, said its total investments rose 14 per cent in the first quarter from a year ago. Investments at EPF rose to RM169.96 billion (5577.5 billion) in the three months ended March 31.
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      Lock icon Honda in 3-way talks to set up M'sian plant
      407 13  -  Firm negotiating tie-up with Oriental and DRB-Hicom From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur JAPANESE car maker Honda is in talks to set up a plant to produce up to 20,000 vehicles a month in Malaysia in a three-way tie-up between
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      Lock icon Berjaya loans from Sports Toto to be repaid by April
      225 13 KUALA LUMPUR Sports Toto's share price has fallen 30% in past 7 days Bloomberg BERJAYA Group Bhd, the holding company controlled by Malaysian business tycoon Vincent Tan, said it will fully repay inter-company loans from its gambling unit Berjaya Sports
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      552 14  -  6ns Dnr orders ministers to speed np reforms to avoid IMF loan delays From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S chief Economics Minister Kwik Kian Gie yesterday acknowledged for the first time that the powerful Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra)
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      338 14 JAKARTA Resolve legal dispute with founders first, says parliament Reuters Bloomberg THE Indonesian rupiah fell to near a nine-month low after the government delayed a plan to pump money into the nation's biggest private bank, fuelling concern about its ability to
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      708 14  -  HI fJiViilflifJiLI Courtesy calls mixed with substantive talks yang razali kassim INDONESIA'S Megawati Sukarnoputri likes making trips to Singapore. If not just for a break, it would be for her regular medical check-ups. She has actually been doing this for a long time, even
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      118 14 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAILAND'S cabinet, seeking to sustain the country's economic recovery, has extended a consumer tax cut and unveiled tax incentives to boost home sales. The government extended by six months a two-year reduction in the value-added tax to 7 per cent from
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        101 14 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia'# state audit agency said yesterday in a report to Parliament that millions of dollars had been wasted through corruption at major state companies and agencies in fee fiscal year to end-March. It said 1.05 trillion rupiah (Ss2o9 million) had been lost
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        73 14 AFP [JAKARTA] The eldest daughter of former Indonesian president Suharto yesterday dismissed as false a statement by President Abdurrahman Wahid that her father it sitting on a US$45 billion (Ss7B billion) fortune. 'If s not true that father has 45 billion dollars as stated by
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        56 14 Bloomberg [MANILA] Philippine bank regulators said they'll ask two companies Interested In buying Urban Bank Inc to Increase their bids. Bank of Commerce, a medium sized Philippine lender, and Asia United Bank, a smaller lender, earlier this month placed bids for fee
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        30 14 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] The Jakarta Stock Exchange said it has delisted Bank Duta and Bank Rama from the exchange for foiling to maintain listing standards. -AFX-Asia
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      375 15  -  It issued 1.04b shares to 500 stock and 130 futures brokers; no public offer From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE Hongkong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEx) made a spectacular debut on the bourse yesterday when the newly listed stock traded to
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      209 15 HONGKONG Group declines comment pending an announcement Reuters JARDINE Matheson Holdings Ltd was planning to take private its Hongkong car trading arm, Jardine International Motor Holdings Ltd (JIMH), local newspapers reported yesterday, citing sources close to the company. Trading in shares of JIMH was
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      227 15 HONGKONG AFX-Asia AFP HONGKONG Financial Secretary Donald Tsang plans to discuss convertibility of the yuan with senior Chinese officials as part of his trip to Beijing this week, the South China Morning Post reported. The newspaper quoted Mr Tsang as saying that he
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      226 15 TAIPEI Reuters TAIWAN'S index of leading economic indicators slipped for the fourth month in a row but the country's top economic planning agency said yesterday the economy was still growing at a stable pace. The index of leading indicators, which usually forecasts peaks
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      162 15 HONGKONG Bloom berg MASS Transit Railway Corp (MTRC), Hongkong's govern-ment-owned underground railway operator, plans to sell shares in a first-time sale by October, the company's chairman said. MTRC hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc, HSBC Holdings pic and ÜBS Warburg earlier this year to arrange
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      407 15 TOKYO The higher yield compared to govt bonds lores buyers Bloomberg CHINA sold 30 billion yen (***** million) of five-year bonds in Japan, tapping demand from Japanese investors for higher yields than they can get in the government bond market, bankers arranging
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      317 16 BANGALORE Sing Tel in group investing in wireless Internet solutions firm Onscan Reuters INDIAN computer software blue chip Infosys Technologies Ltd said on Monday it had spun off Onscan Inc, a wireless Internet solutions firm formed by a group of its employees and
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      261 16 LISBON Reuters THE European Union and India hold their first-ever summit today, anxious not to let trade differences overshadow a ground-breaking diplomatic move. The one-day meeting brings together Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Guterres, whose country holds the
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      147 16 BOMBAY AFX-Asia ZEE Group and Trans World International failed to win the seven-year rights to broadcast major cricket events to the tandem of World Sport and Nimbus Communications, the Financial Express reported. The report quoted Nimbus chairman Harish Thawani as saying: "World Sport, in
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      430 16 NEW DELHI New low-cost small cars needed to boost sales AFP THE recent decision by India's largest car-maker Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL) to combat sluggish sales by cutting prices is a quick fix move that holds little prospects of generating long-term
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      407 18 PALO ALTO Cancelled deal isn't expected to have immediate impact on Inktomi Reuters YAHOO! Inc on Monday dropped Inktomi Corp as its default search engine and signed on with Google Inc in a major shake-up that illustrated how quickly cutting-edge technology providers can
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      285 18 TOKYO They aim to dominate industry as broadband services expand Bloomberg Reuters AT&T Corp and Microsoft Corp plan to merge Japan's two biggest cable TV providers in a bid to dominate the country's cable industry as high-volume "broadband" Internet services expand. Jupiter
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      216 18 HONGKONG Reuters INVESTORS nearly rioted in February to get in on tom.com's initial public offering, and yesterday the firm finally unveiled what the fuss was all about eight "vertical" lifestyle Internet portals. The China-oriented Internet firm, whose IPO cachet derived much from billionaire tycoon
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      296 18 LONDON Reuters BRITAIN'S high-tech Psion said yesterday that it would provide Compaq, one of the world's biggest computer makers, with Bluetooth, a new technology designed to do away with all wires bar the power line. Psion shares rose 3.6 per cent early yesterday to
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      201 18 ■JERUSALEM Israeli govt says location of USs2b plant not decided yet Bloomberg INTEL Corp, the world's largest maker of microprocessor chip, plans to spend US$2 billion to US$2.5 billion (553.5-4.3 billion) to build a plant in Israel, a spokesman for Israel's Industry
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        76 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The US market for businesses buying and selling goods from each other on the Internet is expected to mushroom to US$6 trillion (5110.4 trillion) by 2006 from US$336 million now, Jupiter Communications said in a study. In five years,
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        58 18 Bloomberg [RESTON, Virginia] Most online shoppers decided to make purchases over the Internet in part because they don't have to pay sales tax, a new study says. Fifty-seven per cent of home Internet users said they considered taxes when making purchases, said PC Data Online,
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        50 18 Bloomberg [MOUNTAIN VIEW, California] Ariba Inc, which makes software fen: companies to buy and sell goods over the Internet, said it will buy closely held competitor Supplier Market.com for US$5Bl million (Ssl billion) in stock, gaining access to that company's online auctions for manufactured materials.—Bloomberg
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        74 18 AFX-Asia [BEIJING] Chinadotcom Corp said it had an average 10.6 million daily page views in the Chinese mainland in the month ending June 18 according to an audit conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Chinadotcom said the audit had adopted a relatively narrow definition of page views. The
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      548 19 NEW YORK But farther rise this year not ruled oat despite signs of economy slowing NYT LATWP Bloomberg AFTER a period of rip-roar-ing growth that fuelled fears of inflation, the economy is showing enough signs of slowing that the Federal Reserve will most
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      264 19 TOKYO Reuters JAPANESE Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa warned international ratings agency Moody's yesterday not to take any action it would regret amid speculation the country was heading for another sovereign rating downgrade. The yen slid overnight on talk that a downgrade was imminent from
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      435 19 WASHINGTON They're likely to withdraw application rather than suffer fatal vote at EC LATWP WORLDCOM Inc and Sprint Corp have concluded that their proposed US$l29 billion (*****.5 billion) merger is doomed at the European Commission and are likely to withdraw their application rather
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      484 21  -  Pakistan has worst record; Indonesia also placed on investment blacklist From Neil Behrmann in London SINGAPORE has been rated the country with the best record in a survey of corruption and general underhand and difficult business conditions, while Pakistan is
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      293 21 PARIS FT PRESSURE on Switzerland and Luxembourg to cooperate with a global crackdown on tax evasion intensified on Monday, following their decision to accept inclusion in a report criticising "potentially harmful" regimes in the world's big economies. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
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      292 20 WASHINGTON Price to be paid to Celera Genomics not disclosed Bloomberg PE CORP's Celera Genomics, which announced it had sequenced nearly all of the human genetic code, will sell Immunex Corp access to its database of the human code, as well as two
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      606 20 Stick to basics, put money in more established biotechs with a proven track record, say experts Reuters [NEW YORK] WITH the successful mapping of the human genetic blueprint, announced on Monday, investors are certain to be wondering how to pick the winners in
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      270 20 WASHINGTON LATWP Now, the hard work begins. For all the celebration on Monday over deciphering "The Book of Life" the genetic information that controls most of what goes on in the human body scientists know that the text will take decades to fully comprehend. In the
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      278 20 WarnerLambert: Pfizer gets R&D edge GROTON, Connecticut Bloomberg PFIZER Inc's takeover of Warner-Lambert Co earlier this month gives it a clear advantage over rivals in the race to turn knowledge about human genes into blockbuster medicines, said a Nobel-winning chemist. "I can't imagine a better positioned company than Pfizer," said
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      569 20 PEOPLfi LATWP TO his admirers and shareholder*, J CraigVenter Is a corporate wisard of gene deciphering, a magician of the genetic code. As president and chief scientitle officer of Celera Genomics, his vision has allowed the two-year-old company to lay claim to what is
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      243 22  -  SOI Derivatives TraAlagReports MS& Singapore Index Chan Yet San SINGAPORE stocks moved within a tight range yesterday as investors stayed away from the market, awaiting the result of the US Fed meeting tonight. The MSCI Singapore Index ended with a gain of just 0.05
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      245 22  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Chan Yet San TAIWAN stocks fell again yesterday on US interest rate fears. The MSCI Taiwan Index fell 2.94 points or 0.79 per cent to settle at 370.99 points. The volume was the year's lowest at only 412.41 million shares, with 11
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      253 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices continued to drift downward in early trading yesterday as dealers took profit after last week's US$3 a barrel gain. By 1200 GMT, Brent crude oil futures for August delivery were trading down 7 US cents at U5529.68 on London's International
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      331 22 Reuters London THE euro hovered within relatively tight ranges against the US dollar and yen in early trade yesterday, shrugging off the European Central Bank's (ECB) first regular auction at which rates were allowed to vary. The Federal Open Market Committee's two-day policy meeting, which began later in
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      2732 23 HONGEONG AFP yiHanfiSeod +***** HONGKONG share prices rose 1.1 per cent yesterday to regain the 16,000 level, following overnight gains on Wall Street, dealers said. "The market is responding to overnight gains on Wall Street, but there is no aggressive buying,"
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      907 23 Reuters H Shenzhen Blndei +0.40 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed slightly up yesterday, but trade was thin as long-awaited official measures to lift the markets didn't come through. The Shenzhen B Share Index rose 0.46 point, or 0.40 per cent, to 115.14 points with turnover down sharply at
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      323 23 AFP QWPlafax -10&39 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.2 per cent lower yesterday in thin trading amid weak sentiment, dealers said. The Weighted Price Index fell 105.39 points to 8,424.17 on a turnover of NT563.39 billion. "Market confidence has collapsed. It's a serious issue," said Daniel Hsin, Capital Securities' research
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      1933 23 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 *352 M TOKYO share prices jumped 2.1 per cent yesterday as investors bought high-tech issues in line with gains in the US market, brokers said. "The market followed steady rises on both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and
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      399 26 AFP yiOwnpoate Mb MALAYSIAN share prices closed 1.7 per cent higher yesterday due to a technical rebound and renewed interest in selected blue chips, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended up 13.55 points at 817.42. The Second Board Index
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      747 27 AFP P SET Index *3.46 THAI shares rose 1.0 per cent yesterday on thin speculative buying, as investors stayed on the sidelines to await the fallout from today's planned resignation by the parliamentary opposition, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index finished 3.45 points higher at 334.18.
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      250 27 AFP □Composite Index -187 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 2.87 points to close at 1,529.37 as investors stayed cautious ahead of the US Fed meeting to determine interest rates, dealers said. Turnover was 934.32 million shares worth 925.17 million pesos. —AFP n» *h rtm mrc ahm o.«i
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      664 27 Reuters PComposite Index -5.46 JAKARTA stocks finished 1.08 per cent down yesterday, hit by profit-taking after more than a week of gains, although on relatively thin volumes. Dealers said the correction had been expected, but some said sentiment was also damaged by Chief Economics Minister Kwik Kian Gie, who
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      273 27 AFP HMSE-40 +M 1 NEW Zealand shares rose 0.3 per cent yesterday, helped by Telecom halting Its recent slide, dealers said. The benchmark NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 6.62 points to close at 2,022.36 on moderate turnover of NZ577.3 million. Telecom gained 4 NZ cents to NZ57.34. —AFP jm m
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      502 27 AFP HHQrflMriM *14.10 THE Australian share market rose 0.5 per cent yesterday as a strong showing by banks and industrial stocks helped offset weakness in the resource sector, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed 14.1 points higher at 3,143.1. Turnover was 906.41 million shares amounting to a total
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      276 27 AFP Q Composite Index+l&32 SOUTH Korea's Composite Index closed up 18.32 points at 809.87. Volume was 463 million shares worth 3.2 trillion won. —AFP tmV AnamSwn! ***** 300 Br»in T»cH 925 5 Control Bank 1385 150 ChoHComm *****0 0 Dm Gu Sink 2500 325 Ooosong Corp 1910 25 DoowooCorp
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      479 30  -  By Felicia Yap A QUICK post-mortem on the Arts On The Move, this year's fringe programme, reveals an increased number of spectators numbers rose from 130,000 in 1999 to an estimated 160,000 this year However, there was a drastic fall in Festival Village-goers of
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      844 30  -  The festival's experimental direction and the debate this generated augur well for the future, says PARYAUB IATUt PARVATHI NAYAR IT'S been three hectic performance-filled weeks of the Singapore Arts Festival (SAF) 2000, now it's time to take stock. Liu Thai Ker, chairman. National Arts
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      1048 32  -  CURRENCIES Regional currencies are once again susceptible to external factors larry wee THE fate of interest rates in the US, Japan and Euroland is set to dominate currency market sentiment in the next fortnight or so This will leave already vulnerable regional currencies susceptible
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      852 32  -  Investors should be careful since US rates could rise more than expected By John Tan The author is fixed income strategist at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore. This article is not an invitation to invest BTand its contributors will
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      184 33 Reuters CAPESIZE shipping markets were firming while Panamax remained largely steady. Atlantic Capesize rates have risen as a result of tonnage shortages, brokers said. "Benchmark Capesize coal route Richards Bay Rotterdam saw rates increase 90 cents to US$9.9 per tonne," Clarksons said in a report on Monday. Rates
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      439 33  -  Star Cruises repositioning more of its crnise ships to tap Asia market By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Two cruise operators including Malaysianbased Star Cruises, inaugurated nearly identical cruise routes last week in a bid to tap the burgeoning Chinese cruise market. Star's maiden voyage with
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      293 33 [SINGAPORE] Intertanko managing director Dagfinn Lunde has decided to quit the organisation and resume his career within international banking. The surprise announcement was made by the Oslobased Intertanko yesterday. Intertanko senior vicepresident general counsel Svein Ringbakken, who currently heads its United States representation, has been named as
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      112 33 [LONDON] IMO's Maritime Safety Committee was unable to reach a final decision on requiring vessels to be fitted with voyage recorders and transponders. Disagreement centres on what types of vessels should be fitted with "black boxes" and whether existing ships should be required
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        104 33 [LONDON] Greenpeace spokesman Paul Horsman has reiterated the pressure group's demands made to the EU and the oil industry. Speaking at last week's Clean Seas 2000 conference, Mr Horsman repeated the group's earlier statements, calling for the banning of "flag of convenience ships from European ports" and
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        99 33 [LONDON] The US Coast Guard is still searching for a 4,845 dwt reefer ship which suffered engine failure while in hurricane Carlotta, 368 km off the Mexican coast A USCG search and rescue aircraft is still combing the area along with the handy size bulk carrier
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      332 33 AFP [CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh] Thousands of dock workers at Bangladesh's main sea port returned to work, ending a paralysing wildcat strike that left up to 45 ships stranded for 36 hours, officials said. The union called off the strike following a threat by the Chittagong
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        834 34  -  By Seafarer LAST September, the first annual Clean Seas conference in London stimulated a considerable amount of debate. That one-day event took place before the Erika broke in two off the French coast, spilt oil on the beaches and set
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        182 47 Jail Hong Kong: HK Special Administrative Region Establishment Day. Jul 14 France: Bastille Day. Jul 15 Brunei: HM The Sultan's Birthday. Jml 17 Thailand: Buddhist Lent Day. juiao Japan: Marine Day. Aa|9 Singapore: National Day. An| 12 Thailand: HM The Queen's Birthday. AnglS Germany: Assumption Day. Korea: Liberation
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        745 47 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine 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 Individual
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        365 47 Cartbi 180 Max 990.5 0.7 18.9 0.09 78 0.05 *•22 Density Water »esMu« As* UmMh Sedlnwet Ho above £25 0 0 1 0 0 0 380 Ave 985.5 0.2 12.4 0.06 52 0.02 emu 380 Mai 991.8 0.5 17.1 0.09 99 0.05 %M/M mi m*mt No
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        692 48 Taiwanese carrier to bny up to 15 of long-range planes as it plans to expand routes to US, Europe [TAIPEI] EVA Airways Corp, Taiwan's second-largest airline, will buy as many as 15 Boeing Co long-range 777 aircraft worth a total of US$3
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        48 48 [ROISSY] Passengers wait at a check-in counter at Roissy airport, near Paris. A French air traffic controllers'strike disrupted air travel in Europe, with Germany's Lufthansa cancelling most flights to France and 30 scheduled departures to and from France cancelled in Madrid. AFP
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        240 48 AP [MONTREAL] Pilots for Air Canada have authorised their union to call a strike as soon as this weekend. The union announced on Monday that 95 per cent of the pilots who voted over the previous 10 days favoured a
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        491 48 It will fly to new destinations, add more flights to existing ones Bloomberg [PARIS] Buzz, a no-frills airline owned by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV, expects to post a profit in 2002, its third year of operations, as it adds new flights,
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        427 48 Bloomberg [HUNTINGTON BEACH, California] Boeing Co said it plans to cut as many as 900 jobs as the world's largest aerospace company shuts down some rocket and aircraft production in Huntington Beach, California. Boeing is shifting work on its
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        265 48 Reuters (CHICAGO] Global Airlines Corp, a privately held company with no flight operations, said on Monday it extended to July 6,2000 its US$5 a share offer to acquire Trans World Airlines (TWA). The offer had expired on Sunday. Under terms of the
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      904 33 PEOPLE Global cargo With the company ,or 18 transportation years, John Kinchtkn company Emery has been named vice* JggtM worldwide has president South Asia, announced the His areas of I 1 1 appointment of responsibility include 1 two vice- Malaysia, Indonesia, presidents for Korea, Philippines, the company's I Thailand, Vietnam,
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      88 34 SANKYU (S) PTE LTD 11 CLEMENTI LOOP, SINGAPORE *****3 TEL: *****40 FAX: *****11 CFS: KEPPEL DISTRIPARK BLK 513 #01-128 SINGAPORE *****9 JAPAN PORTS Hong Kong All China Port* (EVERY THUR A SUN VESSEL) IVESSEI VOY ETDSIN ETA HO ETA KOB ETA YOK ETA NGO ETA OSA MED TAICHUNG V.***** 0?
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      768 34 Lines services represented by fzg&kl of the Registry of Members of the IrJggPl/ Accredited Shipo.no Agents Zimi& Singopore logistics xw y Singapore Shipping Association Association gjj| ULY UNE MALE VESSEL VOY Tn* f~lu HA P. KLANG SPORE MALE Princess Uty VO4OO 26/06 28/06 06/07 Empress Lily VO6OO 12/07 13/07 20/07
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      1104 37 NIW SERVICE I DIRECT TO COLOMBO 8 IN S BAYS I mtY WEDNESDAY J I GENERAL AGENTS IN SINGAPORE: 80 ROUNSONM) TEL: 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (l/L) *****02 I COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #12-00 SALES/BKGS *****57/43 INWASD DEPT (O/O) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD ICR MO; **********0 M
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