The Business Times, 11 October 2000

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    19 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 85c S I N G A P.O R E Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2000
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    74 1 Dsn strain (+26.63) U 77H50 (+9.39) W% ST DCDEX FUTURES U MMJM (+28.00) SDHX3 FUTDXES 247.70 (+3JO) STOCK market indices Tuesday Change KLSECOMP 711J6 >428 NIKKEI 226 *****.7* -***** HANG SENG 1****** ***** SETINDEX *****—-4J1 JAKARTA COUP _412J2_ 2.44 MANILA COUP —I fan 42.79 TAIPEI WPI dosed SEOUL
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    72 1 FUSEX KATES uss s$ USS_ 1.760 £(US$/S$ per 1.466 1648 EUBO(US$/S$/E) 9.871 1628 DM 1240 1.280 YEN 10&3 I1J9 KM 1806 1172 HK$ 7.7*7 4.466 BAHT 4178 24.46 EDPIAfl 831? MM PUKE KATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.«7 •JAKARTA 19.00 BANGKOK 0.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.5® TAIPEI 7.84 SYDNEY
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    Lock icon Parkway winner in Amanresorts battle
    901 1  -  -ilexclusive Singapore-listed gronp re-installs founder Adrian Zecha as chairman of bontique hotel chain By Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] A bitter two-year fight for control of the luxury Amanresorts has come to an end with the Singaporelisted Parkway group clinching a majority stake in the boutique
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    Lock icon S'pore's Q3 sizzles: 10.2%
    832 1  -  Full-year growth upgraded to 9%; job market recovers to pre-crisis levels By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] The Singapore economy has continued to surprise, growing a robust 10.2 per cent in the third quarter and prompting a further upgrade the third this year of the official full-year growth
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    Lock icon Big-car COEs crash to $12,888
    752 1  -  By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] It's happened again. The big-car COE premium crashed to $12,888 in the latest tender a third of what it was a month earlier. While the drop was not as phenomenal as the plunge from $64,100 to $50 three years ago, it
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  • NEXI page
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      Lock icon S'pore among 3 elected to Security Council
      76 2 AFP [UNITED NATIONS] Singapore, Colombia and Ireland were elected unopposed by the UN General Assembly yesterday to the Security Council for two years starting on Jan 1, but a second round of voting was needed for two other seats. Mauritius got more votes
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Griping about Wall St grip
        168 2 Stockbroking analysts are often accused of succumbing to the herd instinct that afflicts the masses. Nowhere is this more succinctly described than in Barron's Oct 2 issue where this disgruntled reader wrote: "Why does Wall Street continue to get away with its 'momentum' research charade?
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        Lock icon Boardroom defector
        55 2 EVELYN Tan, a director of share registration, secretarial and accounting services firm Barbinder and Evatt House, has just crossed camps and moved to rival Boardroom Ltd, the parent company of share registration company Lim Associates. Barbinder and Evatt House is part of PricewaterhouseCoopers, while Boardroom is part of
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        Lock icon History favours Gore
        98 2 Since World War 11, 12 of the 13 US presidential races featured an incumbent running for re-election, whether it was the president himself or his vice-president. Three vice-presidents were among them Richard Nixon in 1960, Hubert Humphrey in 1968 and A 1 Gore in 2000. In 10
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        Lock icon Stocks seen sliding further
        56 2 In a BT Online poll conducted over the weekend, readers were asked to respond to the following statementrProfit warnings from US computer giants have hurt the market. The results: It can only get worse for Singapore stocks 56% The fall is an overreaction 36% It's ok,
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      Lock icon First supplies of Indon natural gas to S'pore expected in Dec
      614 2  -  This is 6 mths ahead of plan; MO km undersea pipeline's ready, say sources By Eugene Low, Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur THE first supplies of Indonesian natural gas to Singapore are now expected in two months' time
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      403 2 fp WILLIAM M. mercer KFM& Reporting Investment Performance AIMR Global Investment Performance Standards 24 October 2000, Tuesday 9.30 am 2.00pm, Orchard Hotel Singapore The investment community's need for a commonly accepted set of guidelines to promote fair representation and full disclosure in the presentation of investment performance results has led
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  • SINGAPORE economy
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      Lock icon A smooth ride ahead for car buyers
      590 3  -  Motor firms can also expect a hamper year if COE prices remain stable By Christopher Tan CAR buyers have seldom had it so good, thanks to the triple-effect of a record-high COE quota, relatively low premiums and the cheapest vehicle loan rates in
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      Lock icon GDP data won't lift stocks: analysts
      401 3  -  Investors are more concerned with volatile Wall St, other global factors By Ven Sreenivasan BETTER-than-expected gross domestic product numbers are unlikely to boost the local stock market, which has become increasingly disengaged from macro economic fundamentals, analysts and brokers say. "Sadly, the GDP figures
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      Lock icon Housing market unlikely to see big boost
      468 3  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala THE ofHcial upward revision in full-year GDP growth is not expected to have much impact on sentiment in the private housing market, say most property analysts. The Ministry of Trade and Industry said yesterday that it is revising the full-year
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Getting frank with DBS
      923 4  -  I-ii exclusive The bank with the most historical baggage is taking a hard-headed approach with GLC loans, in order to make good its commitment to higher returns, as SIOW LI SEN finds out from DBS senior MD Frank Wong SIOW LI SEN CONTRARY to the view
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      Lock icon SGX float won't boost sentiment: observers
      658 4  -  Listing welcomed but few see high-octane share performance By Ven Sreenivasan MARKET watchers have welcomed news of the Singapore Exchange's December share float but don't expect it to have much impact on market sentiment. The SGX said on Monday it will convene an extraordinary
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      Lock icon NEL, NatSteel face rough ride when Apple releases results
      678 4  -  locksiew david boey APPLE Computer's recent profit warning sent electronics shares tumbling around the world, with punters wondering how much longer the sell-down will continue. The profit, alert particularly alarmed shareholders of Nat Steel Electronics Ltd (NEL), one of Asia's largest
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      Lock icon Sinsov Building in CBD up for sale, may fetch up to $70m
      420 7  -  Raffles Place building owned by UICs 50%-unit; tender closes Nov 22 By Marissa Chew SINGAPORE Soviet Shipping Company, which is 50 per cent owned by listed UIC, has put its Sinsov Building in the Raffles Place area up
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      Lock icon SPC bags 5-year deal to supply 2 power stations
      245 7  -  By David Boey SINGAPORE Petroleum Company has bagged a fiveyear contract to supply two power stations with about $50 million of diesel fuel. SPC will supply about 600,000 barrels of low-sulphur diesel to two Singapore Power generating plants Pasir Panjang Gas
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      Lock icon Frontline delays IPO amid volatile market
      449 8  -  nT^xclusive Investors nervous as S'pore stocks plnmmet, profit warnings sounded By Andrew Wee FRONTLINE Technologies Corp has postponed its initial public offer due to volatile market conditions, according to sources close to the company. It had been expected to launch its IPO tomorrow. Despite
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      Lock icon L&M calls off RM70m Mitrajaya deal
      362 8 It was to buy 24% stake in EL-listed building/property group MAINBOARD-LISTED L&M Investments has joined Ho Wah Genting in calling off a high-pro-file regional deal. The Indonesian-controlled group yesterday said it has mutually agreed with NRB Holdings to terminate an agreement covering the sale
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      Lock icon Allied sells industrial property for $4.2m, expects $95,000 loss
      413 8  -  It also trims stake in Indon unit to better focns on PCB assembly activities By Serena Ng ALLIED Components International said yesterday its subsidiary Allied HPS will sell an industrial property at Ang Mo Kio for $4.18 million to ST Electronics
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      Lock icon SembCorp gets initial SGX nod for $500m notes
      351 9  -  Its waste management unit launches Internet portal By Vivien Ng SEMBCORP Industries said yesterday it has received inprinciple approval from the Singapore Exchange for its $500 million Medium Term Note programme. And in a separate announcement, it said its waste management unit
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon Sim Lian IPO 1.52 times subscribed
        93 9 SIM i .ton Group's IPO closed oil Monday with a subscription rate of 1.52 times. There were only 289 valid applications seeking 4.93 million shares, compared with the 3.25 million shares available to the public. The placement portion of 61.75 million shares has also
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        Lock icon CyberWorks unit targets GEM listing
        57 9 PACIFIC Century CyberWorks said lLink.net Holdings has applied to list on Hongkong's Growth Enterprise Market (GEM). Cayman Islands-incorporated iLink is 40.84 per cent owned by CyberWorks, 30.38 per cent by Radar Net, 11.25 per cent by HSBC International Trustee 6 per cent by Dell Ventures
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      Lock icon Roly to sell US e-commerce unit for US$2.7m
      362 9 HONGKONG-BASED Roly International Holdings said yesterday it would sell the assets of its US e-com-merce set-up iHomedecor.com to US company QVDS. Roly, which distributes toys and lifestyle products, will swap the assets for QVDS shares worth US$2.7 million (554.7 million), subject to
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      496 6 Stock* Votume Goiden Agri US10c 15,012,000 NatEleclOc 13,682,000 Omni Ind 10c 6,546,000 QES Int) Ltd 20c 4,978,000 NOL 4,973,000 PadflcCcnturylOc 4,956,000 SingTel 15c 4,157,000 STEngg 10c 4,028,000 Eastern Asia 3,810,000 TT Int 15c 3,777.000 Stoofcs DBSGrp 59,690,996 VentureMfg25c 50,262,329 Nat El* 10c!. 47,296,400 SPH 39,329,320 DatacrafHOc 27,118,961 Chart Semiconductor 26c
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      Lock icon Nasdaq brings reprieve, but market stays uneasy
      563 6  -  I -1 i comment STOCKS r.sivanithy LOCAL stocks were granted a reprieve of sorts yesterday as Nasdaq's overnight stability helped stem the tide of tech fund redemptions that took a huge chunk out of the market on Monday. Yet, despite positive news on
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      Lock icon Koh Bros wrt: good numbers but patience needed
      193 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy WHEN a stock market turns bearish, things can get decidedly vicious. Companies can report record earnings, yet their shares still trade at PEs of three or four and encounter nothing but selling pressure. Of course, a lot
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      Lock icon Support for Datacraft seen at US$7
      238 6  -  HOT STOCK By Serena Ng THE stock of network systems integrator Datacraft Asia has suffered from the market sell-down in general and negative sentiment towards technology issues in particular. And there could be more downside. The counter closed 10 US cents higher yesterday at
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      Lock icon Market Notices
      130 6 ♦STAMFORD Tyres Corporation will hold its AGM on Oct 23, at 4.00 pm, 19 Lok Yang Way. ♦TAM Yok Mui as taken over as joint company secretary, Teamsphere, with effect from Oct 6. ♦SEMBCORP Industries will hold its EGM on Oct 31, at 9.00 am, The Theatrette, 60
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      398 7 A A .M. wr Is human resource strategy in today's workplace shifting from doing things right' to doing the right thing? The phrase doing things right' refers to a system in which employees were encouraged and trained to carry out defined tasks in defined ways within hierarchical organisations. Doing the
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Childcare centres, kindergartens may reopen Monday
      301 10 CHILDCARE centres, kindergartens and other pre-school institutions may reopen on Monday after signs the outbreak of hand, foot and mouth (HFMD) disease is subsiding. In a joint statement yesterday, an inter-ministerial task force said the disease "is showing an encouraging sign of subsiding". Pre-schools
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      Lock icon Medicon Valley: Hub for Danish, Swedish life sciences
      515 10  -  Home to 11 universities, 26 university hospitals, 80 biotech firms From Eugene Low in Copenhagen WITH a name like Medicon Valley, it is not surprising people compare the Scandinavian life science hub with the similarly named Silicon Valley in the US. But
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      Lock icon Novasprint gets two BCA contracts worth $6.6m
      322 10 Company to help develop automated plan submission and checking systems THE Building and Construction Authority of Singapore (BCA) said yesterday it had awarded two contracts worth $6.6 million to e-business and services firm Novasprint Pte Ltd. The BCA said the contracts were for
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      Lock icon Owners of Grenville condo sue Pidemco
      520 13  -  They want it to stick to an agreement to bny their property By Marissa Chew IN the first case of its kind, the majority owners of Grenville Condominium yesterday took Pidemco Land to court for trying to back out of a deal to buy
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      Lock icon Weekend soft launch of 70 Dahlia Park units
      309 13 HONG Leong's Tripartite Developers will soft launch 70 units this weekend at its freehold Dahlia Park condominium which is touted as a development with a New York feel. The condominium is the fourth in a series of developments in the large tract
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      Lock icon Creation of own brand pays off for Golden Wheel
      402 13  -  By Tay Hong Seng LOCAL tool distributor Golden Wheel group says its Sellery brand now has probably the largest market share in Asia outside Japan. Chairman Ong Khim Kiat told BT the group has spent about $10 million over the past
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      Lock icon Pertamina confirms oil talks with Singapore's SRC
      216 13 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's state oil company Pertamina on Tuesday confirmed it was in talks with the Singapore Refining Company (SRC) to process crude oil but said the two sides were still some way apart on terms. Processing director Ariffi Nawawi told Reuters Pertamina
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      Lock icon Soft Aug for US electronics firms
      311 13  -  C=W 3 on the economy electronics By David Boey AUGUST was a soft month for US electronics firms, with the non-seasonally adjusted figure for new orders for electronic components at US$l5.5 billion (5527.1 billion) its lowest level since April 2000. Preliminary statistics released by
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Pidemco, DBS Land debt: Compare apples with apples
      661 12  -  Hiew Yoon Khong, Lim Joke Mui Group Company Secretary DBS Land WE refer to Lee Han Shih's commentary, "Point to ponder before DBS Land vote on merger" (BT, Oct 10). We note that Mr Lee has used a most unusual way to
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      Lock icon Don't 'outsource'your financial future
      458 12  -  Curtis J Montgomery SINGAPORE is about to be flooded with people touting the title "Investment Adviser" (LA), some will even come with business cards indicating "Certified Financial Planner" (CFP) or "Chartered Financial Analyst" (CFA). Many individuals will want to know what these titles mean. Does the
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      Lock icon SPH's special dividend to atone for share buyback?
      219 12  -  Narayana Narayana I REFER to the gushing reports by your reporters on SPH's year-end results, "s4lom payout from SPH in a record year" and "Command performance in a changing scene" (BT, Oct 7), and to the chairman's enthusiastic optimism for the future,
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      Lock icon Why give SGX monopoly in S'pore bourse?
      109 12  -  Denis Distant SO the Singapore Exchange (SGX) is getting a listing soon which will make it a fully-fledged public listed company. What then is the justification for giving it the monopoly to operate the Singapore bourse? Sing Tel charged what the market could
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Opec must now handle new oil source
      757 14  -  STTir bottom line OPINION g panicker The writer is a journalist with BT's foreign news desk JAPAN sprang a surprise on the oil market last week when it decided to release six million barrels of gas oil used both for heating and as
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      110 14 'It's come pretty much to the stage where deeds rather than words count. The initial promise and euphoria have worn thin, and the new administration is finding gremlins in the cupboard as it tries to find its feet' -BuOag the Asia-Pacific strategist at Salomon Smith Barney Hongkong,
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      Lock icon Zhu's historic visit to Japan
      613 14 EDITORIAL CHINESE Prime Minister Zhu Rongji's six-day official visit to Japan, beginning tomorrow, will not be the kind of high-profile event that will compete for world attention with the unfolding dramas in Yugoslavia and in Israel. Even so, the visit is part of a web
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      Lock icon Has greenback put gold in terminal decline?
      1125 14  -  Bat if Wall Street tumbles, so will the dollar. It is the gold bogs' only hope By Barry Riley FT YOU may think the stock market is stuck in a rut, but spare a thought for the gold bullion traders who are in
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      813 14 M-ITs basic problem DESPAIRING onlookers might conclude that the Israelis and Palestinians deserve each other now that the two sides once again have transformed an opportunity for peace into deadly violence. About 90 people, mostly Palestinians, have been killed since fighting broke out in the wake
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Clash seen between minority shareholders and Halim Saad
      556 15  -  High-level watchdog to be formed by year-end has to decide on pnt option granted by Renong boss to UEM From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur A HIGH-LEVEL committee to protect the rights of Malaysia's long-suffering minority shareholders will be put to the
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      Lock icon Beijing to build US$2b aluminium smelter in M'sia: report
      175 15 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA plans to build a US$2 billion (553.5 billion) aluminium smelter in Malaysia with an initial capacity 0f250,000 tonnes per year (tpy), the China Metals newsletter reports. Construction could start in 2001-2002 if there were no problems with financing
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      Lock icon OSK to buy Kim Eng's Ke-Zan for RM200m
      320 15  -  Deal marks exit of 4thS'pore player from M'sian market From Eddie Toh m Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S OSK Holdings has struck a deal to buy all of Ke-Zan Securities a brokerage controlled by Singapore's Kim Eng Holdings for RM2OO million (Ss92 million) in
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      Lock icon Sharp hike seen in credit card fraud in M'sia
      297 15 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA is witnessing a "phenomenal" rise in credit card fraud and police action against offenders must be stepped up, an industry official said yesterday. "In this country it seems there is a certain group of people brazenly indulging
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  • SOUTH east asia
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      Lock icon Gus Dur, Parliament head for fight
      465 16 JAKARTA 50 members say they will summon president over probe into 2 scandals Reuters INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid headed for yet another bruising fight with Parliament yesterday after thumbing his nose at a summons to appear before members probing two financial scandals linked to
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      Lock icon Presidential spokesman named
      77 16 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] President Abdurrahman Wahid has named talkshow host Wimar Witoelar as his presidential spokesman, the Jakarta Post reports. It quotes Mr Witoelar as saying that he would be leading a team of four people. "In principle, what I will try to do as a spokesman is
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      Lock icon Ibra removes Danamon chief in surprise move
      400 16 JAKARTA Ibra vice-chairman Rasyid to take charge of the bank Bloomberg PT Bank Danamon's president was removed in a surprise move by Indonesia's bank rescue agency, which said it wanted to improve management at the nation's largest publicly traded lender. Milan Robert Shuster
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      Lock icon Daily fine for late foreign debt reports
      171 16 JAKARTA Bloomberg BANK Indonesia, the country's central bank, said it has flnhi|fwnp—hmih liallvkkaflS itlf haven't filed monthly foreign debt reports, 100,000 rupiah (8H9.80) per day. Hie monthly report* are dot by the 16th of every month. The dally fine was effective Oct 2.
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      Lock icon Ramli asks Japan for support when donors meet
      284 16 TOKYO Finance Minister Miyazawa gives little away in reply Reuters INDONESIA'S Chief Economics Minister Rizal Ramli asked Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa yesterday for support at next week's crucial meeting of foreign donors in Tokyo. However, Mr Miyazawa gave little away in
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      Lock icon Bank sues Thai Olympic medallist for default
      150 17 BANGKOK AP A LOCAL bank has sued Thailand's first Olympic gold medalist for defaulting on his credit card payments worth more than 100,000 baht (554,100), a bank official said yesterday. The Siam Commercial Bank filed the suit on Monday in a Bangkok district
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      161 17 AFP [BANGKOK] Tiger Woods could find himself entangled in the political equivalent of the deep rough when he plays in the Johnnie Walker Classic here next month. The tournament, from Nov 16 to Nov 19, is due to take place at Bangkok's Alpine Golf
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      287 17 JAKARTA Bloomberg TEMPO magazine, twice banned by former Indonesian president Suharto and reborn once his regime was toppled, plans to sell a stake in itself to fund multimedia expansion. Tempo,. which means 'Time' in Indonesian, said it planned to sell a 20 per
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      280 17 BANGKOK Move to upgrade technology hots up Thai telecoms market AFP THAI firm Total Access Communication (TAC) has signed a deal with Finnish mobile telecoms giant Nokia to upgrade its mobile phone network, turning up the heat in Thailand's telecoms market, the Bangkok
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      490 20 LONDON Sources say basic agreement reached after weeks of talks Reuters Bloomberg ITALIAN power giant Enel could soon announce an 11 billion euro (5516.8 billion) cash and bond purchase of Italy's number two telecoms group Infostrada from Vodafone, industry sources said.
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        99 20 AFP [SHANGHAI] US consumer goods giant Proctor Gamble has won a suit against a Shanghai firm which used its trademark to increase hits and build advertising revenue on their website, state media reported yesterday. The Shanghai courts ruled that the website name, safeguard.com.cn, registered
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      639 21  -  Creditworthiness of the country could be called into question again From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong CHINA'S creditworthiness could come into question again as Hainan International Trust and Investment Corporation (Hitic) became the first mainland firm to default on a Samurai
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      378 21  -  It also wants report on MTRC duplicate share certificates From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HOW much will it cost you if as a director you fail to declare your change in shareholding in time? Not much apparently if you are in Hongkong. The Securities
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      364 21 SHANGHAI Other TV makers in glutted sector likely to follow suit Reuters A MAJOR Chinese television manufacturer said yesterday it will spin off its core television business and shift into telecoms, and analysts said the move set a precedent in
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      468 22 BANGALORE Indian software developer's 1.54b rupees profit beats analysts' expectations Bloomberg INFOSYS Technologies Ltd. India's second biggest software developer by market value, said second-quarter profit more than doubled, beating expectations, as it took in new orders from companies such as JC Penney Co.
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      127 22 NEW DELHI AFP INDIAN Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday said he planned to extend the telephone network to connect 100,000 remote villages in the current year. "Despite changing technologies and price fluctuations, the new corporation will maintain the government's target for increasing
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      638 24 LONDON Saudi Arabia threatens to respond if Israel attacks Arab neighbours Bloomberg Reuters OIL prices probed higher yesterday as nerves jangled over rising Middle East tensions and consumers shivered through an early cold spell in the US Northeast. Crude
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      462 24 COLOMBO ED observers, opposition report booth problems AP SHELLING by Tamil Tiger rebels, election-eve murders and the untimely death of the matriarch of national politics cast a pall over parliamentary elections yesterday. Many Sri Lankans had gone to the polls in the morning
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      441 24 STOCKHOLM Reuters SWEDEN'S OM Gruppen, which is trying to take over the London Stock Exchange, yesterday posted nine-month profit below forecasts as start-up costs for its Jiway electronic bourse took their toll. Jiway, in which OM has 60 per cent and Morgan Stanley Dean
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      448 24 mSTOCKHOLM Prize for developing semiconductors and invention of chip Reuters THREE scientists who laid the foundations of information technology and the computer revolution won the Nobel Physics prize yesterday. The prestigious award, worth nearly US$l million (S$l.7S million) this year, went to the
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      345 24 SYDNEY Bloomberg THE Australian government said yesterday it will raise the ownership limit of the Australian Stock Exchange Ltd to 15 per cent from 5 per cent. "The new policy gives the ASX greater flexibility and lets it get on with
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        103 24 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nippon Telegraph A Telephone Corp and the Japanese government plan to sell US$l4.l billion (5524.7 billion) of the company's shares at a steeper discount than last year because demand for the stock is not as strong, a government official said
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        82 24 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nasdaq Japan Inc. a joint venture between Softbank Corp and the US National Association of Securities Dealers Inc. said as many as 15 brokerages may buy a stake in the company by the aid of the month. Japan's newest stock market
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        63 24 Reuters [SEOUL] The chief of restructuring at South Korea's debt-laden Daewoo Group, Oh Hogen, will resign today, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) said yesterday. The FSC, Seoul's top regulator, did not detail why Mr Oh was resigning, but his departure comes after the collapse of
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        97 24 AFP [TOKYO] Top executives of Japan's biggest retailer Daiei Inc resigned yesterday after admitting they had profited from selling shares in a Daiei subsidiary, the company said. President Tadasu Toba and vice-president Kazuo Kawa stepped down as directors at an extraordinary board meeting. Chairman
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      884 25  -  Analysts say chances are good insurer may be acquired by foreign firm From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo FEARS that the failure on Monday of Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co could trigger a new financial and corporate sector crisis in Japan caused
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      355 25 TOKYO AP A FORMER vice-president of a major department store that recently filed for bankruptcy committed suicide at his home yesterday, becoming the company's second executive to kill himself, police said. Yukio Nakazawa, 74, hanged himself in his bedroom, according to Kazuhiro Chiba,
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      238 25 TOKYO It allegedly under-reported bond transactions AFP TROUBLED Japanese mobile phone retailer and Internet investor Hikari Tsushin Inc is likely to face a US$l.B million (553.15 million) penalty for allegedly under-reporting taxable bond transactions, a news report said yesterday. Hikari Tsushin reportedly failed
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      615 26  -  Bosh expected to criticise US handling of the Israeli, Palestinian conflict From Leon Hadar in Washington WITH public opinion polls pointing to a growing lead by the Republican candidate over his Democratic opponent among voters, political analysts expect Texas Governor George W Bush
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      414 26 WASHINGTON NYT FEDERAL prosecutors have subpoenaed records from Governor George W Bush's presidential campaign and its media consulting firm to determine whether either played any role in mailing confidential Bush debate materials last month to an associate of Vice-President A 1 Gore, law enforcement officials and
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      969 26 Stock market investing is now entrenched in American society. But it's still a moot point if investors will band together as a class to unleash the power of their vote FT [NEW YORK] STEVEN Weinstein, a 23-year-old New York University law student and
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      498 27 States bear higher health bill; ILO report says up to one in 10 workers suffer from stress, leading to unemployment or hospitalisation AFP [GENEVA] New technologies and the impact of globalisation have sparked more stress and bouts of depression for workers, while causing a
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      504 27 AUCKLAND Energy shareholders to get NZs4.6b in cash and shares from sale to Shell, Apache Reuters NEW Zealand industrial conglomerate Fletcher Challenge set a course for its own demise yesterday, announcing multi-billion dollar plans to sell its listed energy assets and split
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      297 28  -  SOZ Derivatives TradingReport ST Indac/MSGI STpore Index Lau Chee Keong THE Straits Times Index closed higher yesterday, led by Singapore Airlines and some of the technology stocks after Nasdaq pared early losses, indicating that the technology sector may have hit the bottom. The
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      276 28 Reuters [JAKARTA] Buyers have abandoned the Indonesian rubber market as they await the result of this week's meeting of the International Natural Rubber Organisation (Inro), traders said yesterday. Talks involving world producers and consumers of natural rubber resumed in Kuala Lumpur on Monday to
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      205 28 Reuters [BANGKOK] Gold demand in South-east Asia in the second quarter fell 18 per cent year-on-year to 56.5 tonnes due to a sharp drop in demand in Indonesia, the World Gold CouncU said yesterday. "A sharp drop in demand in Indonesia meant that
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      324 28 Reuters London THE euro bounced against other major currencies yesterday as the market became wary of a repeat of last month's intervention after it tested its lowest levels since that joint Group of Seven action. The euro's recovery was also helped by a broad-based softening in the dollar,
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      2863 29 HONGKONG AFP, Bloomberg n Hani Seng -139.39 HONGKONG share prices fell 0.9 per cent yesterday on increased caution following volatility on Wall Street, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 139.39 points to close at 15,554.11, off a high of 15,739.39, on
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      2016 29 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 -IMB SHARE prices in Tokyo dipped one per cent yesterday as the collapse of Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co and a lower Wall Street depressed sentiment, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's key Nik-kei-225 index declined 166.52 points to close
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      982 29 Reuters n Shenzhen Binder +Ll9 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed up yesterday, buoyed by a technical rebound on the domestic A share market. But the potential for further B share gains was limited as turnover was thin, with foreigners and domestic institutions sidelined partly due to weakness on
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      424 30 AFP F1 Composite Index +&26 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.9 per cent higher yesterday on late support for selected blue chips after a day of volatile trade, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended up 6.26 points at 711.25. The Second Board
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      309 31 AFP Q Composite Index -0.84 SOUTH Korean shares fell 0.1 per cent yesterday with the index down 0.84 at 588.34. Volume came to 281.6 million worth 1.6 trillion won. —AFP Oct to m— Anam Somi— 6940 100 Brain Toch 740 0 Contra) Bank J15 -45 ChoflComm ***** KXX) Dm
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      289 31 AFP Q Composite Index -32.79 PHILIPPINE shares tumbled 2.4 per cent to a two-year low yesterday with the Composite Index down 32.79 points to 1,332.22 points. Volume was higher at 1.32 billion shares worth 607.57 million pesos from Monday's 319 million shares valued at 605 million pesos. AFP Ort
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      260 31 AFP QNZSE-40 +ZLSO NEW Zealand shares closed 1.2 per cent higher yesterday after the release of conglomerate Fletcher Challenge's restructuring plans, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital index rose 22.50 points to 1,948.44 on turnover of NZ5152.95 mil-lion.-AFP Oct 18 M$ COOO) Advantage MOS 1.94 -0.03 31 Air NZ A
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      553 31 AFP PAH Ordinaries -&3 AUSTRALIAN shares fell 0.3 per cent yesterday as Telstra led the market into negative territory, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index dropped 9.3 points to 3,216.9 after earlier reaching a high of 3,235.7 while the SP/ASX 200 index closed down 9.1 points at 3,265.2. Turnover
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      731 31 AFP Psgjr Index -431 THE Thai stock market fell 1.6 per cent yesterday as foreign investors sold shares due to the continuing weakness in the local currency, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index closed down 4.31 points at 256.98 and the SET 50 index fell
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      689 31 AFP P Composite Index -2.44 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.6 per cent lower yesterday in thin trade with sentiment undermined by relatively weak regional markets and a lack of positive leads, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 2.44 points at 412.92. A total of 365.83
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      88 33 Tim Sum, Here We Come 1 Treat the family to a special Sunday lunch at Captain's Table with our delectable tim sum which includes the uncommon items like Crab Roe Siew Mai, Scallop Dumpling, Shrimp Maw Dumpling, Chicken and Char Siew Rice Rolls and other traditional delights all from $2.00
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      806 33 TVffpT! UUrav.olet is X? A J e^° ung n 12.00 MN The World To SMSfe. tSS^« GUart llao pi Between The J "-.00 Percy The Park Keep- Urn* ,4«B LOO HeacUiltes. P 10.30 Tweenies. A Pizza Plkre J*®® PM TV Innovations. LO2 Business Tonight. 11.00 Cow And Chicken. 8.00 Malcolm
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      840 34  -  Behind the bold brushwork of David Kwo lies strong views on the future of arts here. PARVATBZ NAYAR finds out more PARVATHI NAYAR HE may be 83, but artist and art I commentator David Kwo 1 proves to be an engaging mixture of genteel old-world 1 charm and
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      506 34  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon ON a darkened stage, the spotlight is primed on a man nude from waist up, his lower half hidden inside a square blue box. Jerky arm and upper body movements combined with fluid choreography in this introduction to choreographer Javier
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      314 34 ■MHJWiIMIiIMiM KEY ACCOUHT MANAGEMENT SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF key account management 30th October 2000 Holiday hi Park View Singapore 9.00 a 5.00 pa CONDUCTED BY: DR. JAN-ERIK GROJER, Associate Professor, CONDUCTED BY: RAMSEII, Monoyng Director School of Business, Stockholm University, Sweden i xnoo* o e», itock o, unrrenay, oweoen COURSE CONTENTS]
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      1144 35  -  I-I I comment CURRENCIES Equity rout may see move to US bonds, not overseas alternatives larry wee IT just doesn't get easier for those who forecast, trade or hedge forex moves based on fundamental considerations. Speculative or investment flows continue to largely
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      768 35  -  They are still not ont of line with those of developed markets By Hsin-Li Chia The author is Asian markets strategist, JP Morgan. This article is not an invitation to invest. BTand its contributors will not be held liable in
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      894 35 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS HOLDINGS LIMITED NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 51 Penjuni Road #04-00, Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 on Friday. 27 October 2000 al 9.30 a.m. for the following purposes As Ordinary
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      1575 36  -  He is on the prowl to expand hotel empire to the US as well as Germany, Spain, Italy, Middle East By Conrad Raj FOR years, Kwek Leng Beng had struggled to come out from under the shadow of his father, legendary property magnate Kwek
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      179 36 RIVILEGE BANKING CEO SPEAKS. UOB PRIVILEGE BANKING LISTENS. 1 i I rr I (J/3 At UOB Privilege Banking, we translate every in deposits or unit trust investments. Admittedly, Privilege Banking ELiJ ;r RI V I LEGE .W' banking CEO's vision into results. Which is why we'll isn't for everyone. But
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      202 37 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) shed one point to 1,719, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) rose one point to 1,601, the Baltic Handy Index (BHD dipped one point to 1,152, the Baltic Handymax Index fell 29 points to 10,100 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down
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      293 37 SAX "000 Oct* HI Cm Otftrtbutton 0.60 -0.02 123 Chuan Hup 0.37 0.01 397 Cosco Invastmant 0.17 0.01 52 Frrtght Links 0.15 0.01 387 GB Holdings 0.5* unch 0 Hti Sun Hup 0J4 0.01 292 IMC HoWngs-HK —5.60 unch 0 jay* Holdings 0.16 unclv 220 Kappa* Corp 3.50
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      565 37  -  Phase oat of single-hull tankers will be speeded np from Jan 1,2003 By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The highly contentious phasing out of single-hull tankers has been eased by a possible compromise deal reached late last week by government and industry delegates to
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      84 37 [SINGAPORE] PSA Corp has set a vessel productivity record for Japanese container line Mitsui OSK, achieving a rate of 241 containers per hour on the Danube VoysssE. The new record was two containers short of the world record of 243 containers per hour achieved on
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      642 37  -  NEWBUILDS By David Hughes TWO papers presented at the recent International Dry Bulk Review 2000 conference shed some light on the way the dry cargo demand supply situation is likely to develop. By and large, the figures were reasonably reassuring for owners.
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      343 37  -  Fledgling entrant plans new service at end of month, leases 3 vessels By Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Feeder newcomer New Econ Line has announced a long-term charter of three container vessels to aid its services expansion and boost its present fleet of two chartered ships.
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      886 38  -  STRAIT TALK By David Hughes STAND by for another European "safety initiative". Just as the world's shipping industry's experts and national representatives have been bludgeoned into crafting a face-saving fudge over EU demands for an accelerated single hull tanker phase-out, moves are afoot to
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      284 38 PACE ECU Line 5/6/8 Accord 8 ESP lines 13 Ahrenkiel 14 Ewgreen 6 Appenship 5 foongSun 5 Asm OCL 13 FrtL H Assets 8 Fulu Austral 7 C L"* Avant 14 Gemartrans 6 B'tarxj Mas 8 Genshpg 13 BSA 7 Glory Nav 14 BTL 14 Hanqli 7
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      23612 44 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA AdvartHar VhmI Voyaga Taiaphona ETA ETA Advartiiar Vnid voy*q* Talapftona SIW Owfi» Nam Nam* N—bar Numbar SIN Dast'n Nam* Nam* Number Numtiar ■■BBBBB8>NaHB8MNB88MaM8aBaNCMNMPSM9MKH8Ma*MM£WJMMMVi>*e ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■HMMMnBHSHMH 24/10 13/11 Clio Yanq CY ARK 0170W 65-1251*27 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoirc ?</* 13/n Hanjin cy ark
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        724 51 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrlvil Departure Sat Capricor *****1 'jtf 10/10/6:05 WW/1930 Winstar 8 83SOO J03 10/10/7:15 10/10/2130 C M Pioneer POOMA J03 10/10/8.30 10/10/2230 BaysnaterTIS M0248 J03 10/10/9:10 10/10/16:00 Roy*! Freiqfl 196 J02 10/10/8:45 10/10/17:30 et suruti 4 io-oct joi nno/noo 10/10/2339 C Prowess KKKT J09 10/10/11:15
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        1944 51 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACI FU.COM 0061 12/tOO It 09/000 09/1659 S«HX) 2k 09/1700 10/0659 10/0900 21 09/1700 >0/0659 10/0900 J 10/0700 to/1159 n/MOO 4 10/1200 10/1459 KJ/1700 «OCMKT OSS 0540 i 09/1500 MM
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        121 51 Oct 23 Thailand: King Chulalongkorn Day. Oct 28 Brunei: Israk Mikraj. Indonesia: Ascension Day of Prophet Muhammad. Oct 28 Malaysia: Deepavali. Novl Philippines: All Saint's Day. Nov 3 Japan: Culture Day. Nor 4 Sweden: All Saint's Day. Not 11 Canada: Remembrance Day. USA: Veteran's Day. Nor 23 Japan:
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        790 51 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Mm rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        491 51 Carbon 180 Max 990.7 0.9 15.4 0.09 72 0.05 OH De«vt» Water IisKm Alb Aluminium Sediment No above E25 0 0 0 0 22J 2222I 380 Ave 985.5 0J 12.8 0.06 27 0.02 380 MM 993.1 0.8 182 0.10 65 0.05 M/iri H/U M/M Wo above
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        425 52 UNITED-US AIRWAYS MERGER USs2lsm offer for assets a 50% premium over US Air's planned USsl4lm sale to entrepreneur Reuters [NEW YORK] Continental Airlines Inc has offered to buy the assets that US Airways Group Inc plans to sell to an
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        453 52 Carrier in talks with Airbus, Boeing on various models Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Air System Co, Japan's third-largest carrier, is considering replacing its ageing A3OO fleet in the next five years and is in talks with both Airbus Industrie and Boeing Co
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        136 52 AFP [BANGKOK] Thai airline Bangkok Airways will start operating domestic flights within Cambodia later this month, the airline said yesterday, turning up the heat in the country's liberalisation of its aviation industry. Operating in Cambodia under the name Siem Reap Airways International,
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        48 52 [LUXEMBOURG] A Swiss Crossair airplane stands on the tarmac of Luxembourg Airport. Six people, among them two policemen and two civilians, were injured early on Monday in a shooting when the Saab-2000airplane destined for Zurich-Kloten with a freight of banknotes was robbed. AP
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        231 52 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] European airlines' passenger traffic rose by 4.9 per cent in August on North Atlantic routes, where airlines filled 85 per cent of their seats, the Association of European Airlines (AEA) said. Growth in demand for seats was more than double the 1.9
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        501 52 Carriers also plan to expand code-sharing on air cargo Bloomberg [BEIJING] Air China, the country's sec-ond-largest carrier, signed a code-shar-ing agreement with Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe's No 2 carrier, a move that draws the Chinese airline closer to the Star Alliance. The two carriers
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      220 37 YOUR ONE STOP LOGISTICS CENTRE Warehouse space of various sizes for Rental K JM JMM Ib^HL^.OOM I 'W m HI 1 > B^HIIH ■^■M^HI a ir^ f m mhh|h ii Full warehousing services spacious floor height 7.5 m Container Trucking Double deep racking system 17 Loading Bays Ample parking 3
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      1218 38 I NORTH AMERICA I EXPORT I I OTHER DESTINATIONS I SSX -SUPER SWTTIE EXPRESS -DIRECT TO LOHQ BEACH I 1 WEST COAST Of CENTRAL AMERICA (MARGARITA SERVICE) W® !2l_ MUM www <m*» maaan msa vot 1 rrawnml gjugu sawunco coawo I wcumu mmawimal sammST ooanauMS bhi n/i* 11/u »/u ii/h
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      677 38 Lines services represented by i\ Members of the Registry of Members of the Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore Logics Singapore Shipping Association Association Q UiY UNI MAil vksE Pwr TTtt aA im P. KLANG STORE MAU Princess Lily VO7OO 15/10 16/10 23/10 Empress Lify VOBOO 29/10 30/10 06/11 Princess Lily VOBOO
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      1236 39 TO EUROPE ROM EUROPE VKSa. VOT SMRTMANOHAMMVSOOWIMOI jVBSa W> j 1 1 M WD l» 581 HYCOMMOOOOE 32SW 12/10 04/11 01/11 M/ 11 M/M |MOME 5*31 23/09 M/ 09 H/NH/K 12/10 OHWI S36W 13/10 29/10 31/1# OS/11 M/ 11 MOSa 5351 20/09 23/09 24/09 IVIO MYOUH 327W 16/10 03/11 04/11
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      1014 40 am MAH-HELS S PORE M'Slfl I Carrier: MN CONTR LINES, INC P. GUOANG: (07) *****26 I I-IV-/\ J C* NO. iaOO47MOOOC SBU: (004) *****9 MANILA: (632) *****24 PENANQ: (04) *****36 BANGKOK: (682) *****57 SURABAYA: (31) *****11 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21)*****46 KUCH»4G(082)*****1-3 HAIPHONG HO CHI MINH MV ''VAN XUAN"
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      762 40 EXPTOSS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR N SHEW (CFS MULJNO MUMMLCOLOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN 1.C.0 POMTS VMMI S PORE N SHEVA COLOMBO PKLANG CAPE CANAVERAL VI3OW IS OCT 24 OCT 21 OCT S3 NOV TULSIOAS V 132 22 OCT 31 OCT MNOV II NOV CAPE CREUS VII4W 29
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      1090 41 IK YAMIAI EVERY SVNDAY (Y/Y i 11 MYD YAMYIAN EVERY MONDAY L (Y/Yl4 DAYS) I f^PSSSS^ m B °A°' INSON RD HI: 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (l/L) *****02 JOHORE OFFICE; n i *****57/43 INWARD DEPT (D/ 0) *****86 COSYAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD *****01/85° T/SHPMT DEPT *****25 Ttb 02-07
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      56 48 SHIPPING •WAREHOUSING IfltaM: Singapore Loading Daih Man lo Sal (BATAMINDO l/HT) Accepting KTX"cw*OTOon«l/Projea/Heav\ Lift Cargo Reefer Container Blatoa: Singapore Loading Mon. Wed &Fn (BATAMINDO II) Accepting FClX?on\«ntianai/Pn)fect Heav> Lift Cargo T«fc 227 0322 Nx: 222 9330 -i fLt. t m UJ L a* ||J DOTOWIrfIOO wt TVVMOVmRJ rlf LTV 7Aiu^hciapii
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      1023 49 SSAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 Ail son Road, #06*01 to 03, Singapore *****1 MAM LINE/OUTWARD: 532 34U INWARD (WO): 437 23M IMPORT STATUS (WD): 437 7371 INVENTORY (WOfc 437 2420 Wobtito http://www.Miin«Mtofo.(o«i CR NO. **********0N BOOKINGS UNE: 535 6266 (Celiq/Jessico/M«i Chan/Je»lynn/Dora/Yvonn«/Hanim) 8 SLGS/WEEKLY IMW.'lWMfff 3 SLGS/WIEKLY I VOT I MN
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      46 49 REGULAR SINGAPORE VIETNAM SERVICE vessels vor iw fro destination SONGHAU 2/2000 12/10 14/10 VUNGTAU/HCIK HONGWEU 1/2000 12/10 12/10 VUNGTAU/HCMC THANGLONGI 4/2000 13/10 12/10 VUNGTAU/HCMC KM THANH 4/2000 13/10 12/10 LONGTHANH/HCMC agents IMKOV SHIPPING CO PTE LTD 3SOUXTON (Ml SINGAPORE *****7 m: *****73 FAX: *****85 COW iWTtriWm
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      907 49 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO Im I sw I «T j sm Inw I fQC I CMI I too I HAI Iwn I o«> SAV nw HOK»H DUKt /QSSI 14/10 23/10 24/10 20/10 07/11 02/11 14/11 17/1) 12/12 14/12 17/12 20/1? 24/1? 24/12 02/01 HQKH MtBAHPA /9JH
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      615 49 NfiHl ENG lii SHIPPING CO PTE LTD I M: *****22 (10 Ua*t) Fai: *****30/S32A9M I B T C« 15R20—0—t I VHStI VOT SIN ETA SMETO DESTINATION UnwSwe 10/00 12/10 14/10 BIN/Dum OwDmc 17/00 U/10 15/10 Ona/P Bmi Bumw UwSio3B 11/00 15/10 IMO Ouro Smor Central 10 00 14/10 17/10 Ouma/P
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      599 50 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER METRO 841N 15-16/10 20-22/10 27-28/10 I TIGER STAR 842N 17 18/10 23-26/10 31-01/11 I TIGER RHYTHM 843N 20-21/10 26-29/10 03-04/11 1 TIGER BRIDGE 844N 24-25/10 3002/11 07-06/11 1 TIGER METRO 845N 27-28/10 01-04/11 09-10/11 I TIGER STAR 846N 31-01/11 14-15/11 I IVESSE^^^VO^^SI^^^CALSI^^I
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      969 50 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Road, 3rd Level, Ww Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesiri@singnef.com.sg WEBSITE: www.freightlinks.net DIRECT CONSOL TO NEW DELHI MV MC SAPPHIRE VOl 17 ETA SIN: 14/10/00 NHAVA SHEVA MV APL EMERALD V 029 ETA SIN: 19/10/00 FOR BOOKING:
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      797 50 for booking t enquiry cat *****80 jfCV, WaksKt: http://www.ood.cwn \J/ OOCL guarantees weekly LCL service to USA! We can now accept LCL cargo to: Los Angeles Chicago New York Dallas Atlanta Transit time: Co-loaders are welcome i CFS Location *Cf Relioblp 27th Sept 2000 Kcppd Distii|Mrii ft fixed Closinq Y
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      75 50 REGULAR SERVICE TO INDONESIA ETA ETD DESTINATION CHAHAYA STAR 12A10 1&H0 PORT KLANG/PASJR GUOANG/JAKARTA TBN 12/10 14/10 PALEMBANG/PONTIANAtOMEDAN PANGKAI BAIAM (EAST TIMOR) CHAHAYA VICTORY 13TI0 14/10 BANGKOtCPONTIANAK REGULAR SERVICE -EX YANGON JUBILANT 11/10 14/10 VISAK/CALCLfTTA/YANGON REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER A BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS 4 DURBAN EXPORT VOY SIN PTL
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      133 51 J* MFQ^AMl^CT2oo^^^iy^ jgSfl, 2( Jy- -jfr%)*^Q§ X\p- /> IQjfc HIE LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore [<£ Thunderstorm A Showers Rain emperature Wind direction and speed in knots Weather w Cloudy Day t2 s *j az y Sea Conditions Wind speed symbols S) O Full circle w/o line indicates calm
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