The Business Times, 18 October 2000

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 850 SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18. 2000
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    77 1 Dsn U8&45 (-64.92) BT-SBI 72&3S (-27.76) ST INDEX FUTUKES 13I&00 (-61.00) SOBCI FUTURES 23&00 (-8.70) STOCK MARKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COUP -fl« NIKKEI 225 *****12 ***** HANG SENO 14.873.4J -99J7 SET INDEX 259.96 +1.87 JAKARTA COMP 417.44 +6.69 MANILA OOMP _1171.75 -2127 TAIPEI WPI 5,***** +7L41 SEOUL
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    78 1 FOBEX BATES USS SI USJ 1.764 £{1 per 1.446 1634 KURO(USS/SS/E) 0.860 1.492 DM 1300 Oil YEW lOai 11.70 Ml 1800 1166 HKS 7.798 4.446 BAHT 4137 2172 RUPIAH i 8,886 5,065 •SS tv 100 units PBOEE RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA .39.00 BANGKOK .9.30 MANILA 11.00
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  • Article
    Lock icon Two S'pore firms headed for a dual listing in US
    714 1  -  exclusive Bank of New York gets mandate to bring their American depository receipts to market By: Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] Two more Singa-pore-listed companies are following the success of Chartered Semiconductor and ST Assembly Test Services in going for a
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    Lock icon Qala's entry set to fire up broadband market
    527 1  -  iriexclusive Creative, Sing Tech group among backers; it Aims for 100,000 subscribers By, Andrew Wee [SINGAPORE] The market for broadband Internet services looks set to hot up with the entry of homegrown Qala Pte Ltd which aims to garner 100,000 subscribers in
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    Lock icon Slowdown in Sept exports takes its toll on STI
    309 1  -  By, R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The local stock market's gains on Monday were wiped clean yesterday as the Straits Times Index dropped to its lowest in almost five months following a wobbly Nasdaq and the release of weak September Singapore trade figures.
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    Lock icon Nasdaq down 54 at 11.30 am
    106 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] Stocks shed all their early gains in late morning yesterday as the crisis in the Middle East faded to the background and looming earnings from technology heavyweights grabbed the spotlight At 11.30 am EST, the Nasdaq fell 1.6 per cent or
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    Lock icon From T+3 to T+1: Will it work in the S'pore market?
    723 1  -  Not before a straight-through processing system is pnt in place, say some By I Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Anyone in Raffles Place brave enough to want to talk about shortening the settlement period for share trading to T+l had
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      155 1 prams Money Matters The unhappy events of last week can too easily be replayed. Top Stories S'pore Sept trade up 11-7%. Naif Pmg* f Pilot upgrading for 5 private estates. Pg 11 E-infrastructure: the make or break factor. Pi 17 on eve of last and m m decisive debate. Fg2s
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      49 1 Sept non-oil domestic export growth slows to 11.7%, Pg 2 Pond managers don't expect rally on Mid-East truce, Pg 3 Oil sheds gains, Pg 20 ESHBVVV9V vSRBWVSv VHr vSBBBBHHB MH fIKH Igf H MnMIMB eaMMHM| *"tP, iW" 1 «**Wggß IS 'V. :'*P V 5 ,v_ M J__ r 4
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      Lock icon Sept non-oil domestic export growth slows to 11.7%
      502 2  -  Figure compares to August's 27.1% and analysts' forecast of about 17% Ryi Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The lastest export growth figure has again confounded market expectations but this time on the low side. Non-oil domestic exports grew 11.7 per cent year on
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      Lock icon Life sciences: profit tips from a guru
      694 2  -  Top-rated Stuart Rollason shares his views on investment in The Next Big Thing By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] EITHER you get in very early, or you get in late. That's the general rule to follow when it comes to investing in The Next
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      Lock icon Hoping to land his first million, soon
      408 2  -  Getting Personal By Corinne Kerk Who: Tan Lun Cheak, chief operating officer, Printing Farm. A#M3l. to famet After graduating from Manchester University, Mr Tan worked as an industrial designer with Matsushita Electronics for three-and-a-half years. During that time, he and some friends had
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Don't leave home without it
        73 2 LOUIS Yeap of Louis Yeap Realty offers some good incentives to keep his calling card around it can be used as a discount card at several retail outlets. From a 20 per cent discount at Sizzler restaurant to free black pepper chicken wings at Chen
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        Lock icon A night to remember
        149 2 NOW this is the kind of charity event we appreciate. We're talking about Broadway Our Way, a gala customer appreciation night organised by National Computer Systems (NCS), a subsidiary of Singapore Telecom, this weekend. The specially commissioned musical production features local stars like Selena Tan, Evelyn
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        Lock icon STI seen weakening
        70 2 AFTER a series of falls in the Straits Times Index, BT Online polled readers over the weekend for their response to the statement: The Singapore stock market will continue to weaken in the coming week. Here's what they thought: Yes, investors are worried about Wall Street and
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  • MIDDLE-EAST crisis
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      Lock icon Fund managers don't expect market rally on Mid-East truce
      681 3  -  Recent volatility due to inflation fears, falls in corporate earnings, high oil prices, they say From Neil Behrmann in London FUND managers yesterday cautioned against overoptimism of any rally in financial markets following a US-brokered truce in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon No SGX decision yet on unusual SingTel deal
      386 4  -  Market watchers say exchange should disclose findings quickly, folly; Nomura Securities said to be the house involved By Serena Ng THE Singapore Exchange has yet to come to a conclusion on Singapore Telecom's unusual 80-cent price surge during last Friday's postclose trading
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      Lock icon ST Engg unit appoints US general as chairman
      177 4 SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering's wholly-owned subsidiary Vision Engineering Kinetics (VTK) has appointed four-star General (Retired) John Tilelli as its new chairman. The announcement was made yesterday during an informal ceremony at the annual Association of the United States Army (AUSA) meeting. VTK is
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      Lock icon JTC launches bond issue to raise $200m
      377 4  -  $5m public tranche; 4-826% coupon rate for 12-year bonds Ven Sreenivasan JURONG Town Corporation yesterday launched and closed the tender for Singapore's first listed 12-year bond issue. The $200 million issue which will be listed on the Singapore Exchange on October 25 is
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      Lock icon Nasdaq fall hits S'pore electronics plays
      483 4  -  By\ David Boey THE euphoria over last Friday's sharp 7.9 per cent rebound in the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index in New York fizzled out in the Singapore market yesterday. Optimism voiced in New York late last week of an impending rally on Wall Street
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      Lock icon Accounting change will dampen M&A activity
      896 4  -  locksiew paul thompson RECENT changes to the way goodwill is treated in accounts look likely to more than just reduce profits and depress such vital statistics as return on equity (ROE) and earnings per share (EPS) for a few local acquisitive companies. The change
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      Lock icon Citibank has new financial product for investors
      652 8  -  Retail investors can buy options on US, European bine chips or US indices for US$l 9 OOO minimum By I Serena Ng CITIBANK yesterday launched a new financial product that allows retail investors to buy options on selected US and European blue chips
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      Lock icon DBS Land shares hit 5-week high
      417 8 Shareholder meetings today on merger with Pidemco Reuters SHARES of Singapore's DBS Land hit a five-week high yesterday on hope of minority shareholder approval of its merger with Pidemco Land, which would create Southeast Asia's largest property firm with assets of $18 billion. But
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      Lock icon Ascott odd lots: special arrangements made
      344 8 SOMERSET Holdings has made additional arrangements for its shareholders to trade odd lots if it merges with The Ascott. If the proposed merger is approved by shareholders at Somerset's extraordinary meeting next week, its shares will be exchanged for Ascott stock at a ratio
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      Lock icon Private equity, venture capital thrive in 1999
      467 9  -  Study finds strong signs of recovery in the Asia-Pacific region By. David Boey THE world's private equity and venture capital market enjoyed a banner year in 1999, with such investments surging 65 per cent to over US$l36 billion (*****.5 billion) last year, a
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      Lock icon OCBC names head of group risk
      218 9  -  Chong Mengtotake charge of credit, market and operational risk By' Teh Hooi Ling OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corporation yesterday announced the appointment of Chong Meng as head of group risk, from Oct 16. Mr Chong, 50, will head OCBC Bank's risk management division, covering its credit,
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      Lock icon Keppel Shipyard secures $7m dredger contract
      152 9 KEPPEL Shipyard, a member of the Keppel Hitachi Zosen Group, has secured a $7 million contract from Baggermaatschappij Boskalis bv (Boskalis), an operating arm of the Royal Boskalis Westminister Group in the Netherlands. The contract is to upgrade its dredger, Seaway, for enhanced dredging
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      Lock icon Corrections and clarifications
      41 9 IN our report on Advanced Materials Technologies' IPO plans yesterday, the quote from AMT's managing director Yeo Chee Tian was wrongly matched with the photo which showed AMT chairman Loh Chuk Yam. We are sorry for the error.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Market hard hit by weak trade data, US pro fit jitters
      535 6  -  l I comment STOCKS r.sivanithy TRADERS who feared Nasdaq's recovery last Friday was purely technical in nature or due primarily to short-cover-ing had their fears confirmed yesterday as overnight weakness on the US technology board and more US profit
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      491 6 Stocfce Volumi STEngg 10c 22,615,000 DBS Land 15,053,000 Seatown5c 11,839,000 NOL 9,943,000 SingTel 15c 9,888,000 PacificCenturylOc 9.294,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 8,874.000 Omm Ind 10c 8,306.000 NatElec 10c 7,165,000 Leong Hin 20c 4,149,000 Stock* Chart SermConductcx 26c 63,625,406 STEngglOc 62,856,800 DBS Land 40,842,720 DBSGfp 38,878,821 SingTel 15c 26,800,496 Nat Elec 10c
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      Lock icon DB City Dev covered wrt: good numbers but poor liquidity
      202 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy IF funds were to buy into the property sector, City Developments must surely rank at the top of their list of stocks to watch. A look at the accompanying chart shows that the stock has
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      Lock icon Support for OCBC seen at $9.80
      231 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of OCBC Bank fell 40 cents to $10.00 yesterday on a volume of over two million shares. This is its lowest closing price since June 1. The counter has been falling steadily since mid-July and is now
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      Lock icon Market Notices
      126 6 ♦GOODPACK has accepted the resignation of Toh Tiong San as alternate director to Lim Sok Hia pursuant to a board resolution passed on Oct 12. The company has also appointed Ong Tok How, DBS Bank vice-president for private equity, as a non-executive director, on Oct 12 ♦THE company
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      433 6 Arthur Anders en Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Your Business Workings of the GST system and its implications on businesses GST has been implemented since 1 April 1994. Who should attend Are you filing the GST return correctly? Accountants, Finance/Accounting officers and other Do you need a refresher on
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      50 6 Grow Your CPF With eiBht Important All applications for units in eight must be made on the application forms accompanying the prospectus Investors must read the prospectus The value of the units and the income from them may tali as well as rise >I<i H'.SBATJk P ii OHO Oil. --L
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  • MONEY matters
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      Lock icon No one can say it won't happen again
      1136 7  -  I-]rf comment CURRENCIES The unhappy events of last week can too easily be replayed larry wee WHAT'S really frightening about last Thursday and Friday's nearpanic selling of stocks and currencies, and the buying frenzy in the international oil market even if things
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      Lock icon Baht and peso could fall to 45 and 52 against US$ by year's end
      1078 7 Thai baht: Buy USS on dips, targeting 45 by year-end, 48 baht over 12 months Our long-standing forecast of 43 Thai baht per US dollar by year-end was prematurely hit last week, and so may our
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Better to bet on 4-D, Toto
      468 10  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article "Fuss over $30 broking fee, cartel claims unfounded" by R Sivanithy (BT, Oct 13). Mr Sivanithy has not fully covered the subject from the no doubt parochial viewpoint of the average small investor. Perhaps
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      Lock icon Please clarify on $30 broking fee
      220 10  -  Allan Wong Weng Kham Singapore, via Internet THE introduction of deregulated broking fees has come and gone and the rates of each house are now in place. The minimum sum is $30.00 per transaction for most houses. But I have one question that I
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      Lock icon Update local tech laws
      54 10  -  Tan Keng Soon Singapore, via Internet From Oct 1, digital signatures in the US are as legally binding as the old-fashioned ink and pen variety. I would like to know whether our lawmakers have done anything here in Singapore to update our laws. This law will
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      Lock icon Why CPF does not remove unit trusts from list
      349 10  -  Stella Chan Assistant Manager (Public Affairs) Central Provident Fund Board Singapore, via Internet WE refer to the letter "Update unit trust list every year, CPF" by Peter Wang (Mailbag, Oct 12). Fund management companies may apply for their unit trusts to
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Pilot upgrading for 5 private estates
      841 11  -  Only landed estates this time; fntnre batches may inclnde condos, apartments By'. Kalpana Rashiwala THE government has picked five landed estates for the pilot batch of the Estate Upgrading Programme (EUP) for private housing estates. Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan unveiled the
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      Lock icon Collective sale of Tiong Bahru site
      263 11 KING and Queen make for a winning hand. Little wonder the owners of King's Flats have decided to join hands with neighbouring Queen's Flats, to put their property up for collective sale. Together, the two sites add up to 83,000 sq ft in Tiong
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      Lock icon $4,000 subsidy for infocomm courses
      311 11 THE government will subsidise people who want to make a career switch to the infocomm sector, by paying up to $4,000 of their training course fees. The Ministry of Manpower and the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore said yesterday they are extending their Strategic Manpower
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      Lock icon Funding property without risking banking crisis
      397 11  -  One way is to tap the capital markets World Bank official Byi Andrea Tan A WORLD Bank official yesterday gave three ways for countries to avoid a property cum banking crisis, which he said could set their economies back by up to 10 years.
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      Lock icon StarHub to invest $100m more on mobile coverage
      242 11  -  It will also make farther investments to extend capacity on WAP platforms By* Teh Hooi Ling STARHUB said yesterday it will invest an additional $100 million during the next five months to enhance the coverage of its mobile phone network. The investment
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      Lock icon August cargo shipments up 3.2%
      288 11  -  I 3on the economy cargo ty Teh Hooi Ling THE amount of cargo shipped through Singapore's maritime gateways in August rose 3.2 per cent, or 840,000 tonnes, year on year to 26.7 million tonnes, latest figures from the Maritime and Port Authority reveal. But compared
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      Lock icon Pidemco's pFission takes stake in global construction hub
      361 11 PIDEMCO Land's e-business unit pFission Pte Ltd yesterday invested US$5 million (SSB.B million) for a 20 per cent stake in a global construction hub. Other shareholders of icFox International Ltd are Davis Langdon Seah Group (DLS) and Hongkong-listed Paul Y-ITC Group, which
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Estrada mill survive latest scandal
      756 12  -  iTTT^ bottom line OPINION al labita The writer is BT's Manila correspondent IS beleaguered Philippine President Joseph Estrada on the way out? To his political enemies, his days are numbered. He has, at most two to three months. His allies think Mr Estrada will keep
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      126 12 'If somebody wants to be entertained, they ought to go to the circus. They ought to go to the movies. Or they ought to go to the ball game. I didn't sign on to entertain people for 90 minutes three times. These have been tremendous exercises for
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      Lock icon The state of the markets
      662 12 EDITORIAL WHAT, many have been asking, is going on in the world's stock markets? The US economy remains healthy, Europe and Japan are recovering, many Asian economies have bounced back, and a so-called New Economy bursting with innovation is supposed to be upon us. And
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      Lock icon Why markets must aim for T+O settlement
      1866 12 We reproduce here extracts of a speech this week by US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan on electronic finance THE advent of the Internet and advances in information technology and telecommunications unquestionably are having significant effects on financial markets and institutions. No one
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Moody's raises M'sia's foreign currency ratings
      554 13 KUALA LUMPUR It says the economy looks set to improve further; first Moody's upgrade since 1995 Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S foreign currency ratings were yesterday raised one notch by Moody's Investors Service because of a strengthening economy, making it cheaper for Malaysia and some of its
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      Lock icon KL Monorail to list on Kuala Lumpur bourse
      133 13 KUALA LUMPUR KL Monorail System Sdn Bhd, which is building the RM1.17 billion (Sss4o million) monorail, plans to have a paid-up capital of RM26O million when it lists on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, The Sun reported yesterday. "It plans to be
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      Lock icon Mesdaq offers dual listing on Nasdaq
      94 13 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Hie Malaysian Exchange of Securities Dealing and Automated Quotation (Mesdaq) aims to attract to the exchange high-tech companies with potential dual listing status on both Mesdaq and Nasdaq, Mesdaq president Abdullah Abdul Hamid said. Quoted in the Star, he said companies
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      Lock icon M'sia open to port, airline investment
      218 13 KUALA LUMPUR Bat it won't woo investors with incentives: Dr M Reuters MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday welcomed foreign investment in ports and airlines but ruled out doling incentives to attract investors. "Yes, we will allow that because now it is important to
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      Lock icon Wan Azmi also waiting for Time
      295 13  -  From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur BANKERS and trade creditors are not the only ones hoping for a successful resolution of the protracted restructuring exercise at Malaysia's Time Engineering. The fortune of listed Ro-has-Euco Industries (REI) controlled by prominent tycoon Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah
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      Lock icon Race on to cash in on BA's suspension of KL service
      448 13  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE race is on for the national carriers of Malaysia and Singapore to increase the number of flights to London following British Airways' sudden decision to scrap the Kuala Lumpur-Heathrow route last week.
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon The great Malay rights debate
      834 14  -  l-l I comment ASEAN VIEW Can Umno and PAS settle such a fundamental issue? yang razali kassim AS the cynics say, one has to be silly, or exceptionally brilliant, to think a political debate between Umno and PAS could amount to much. The two rivals
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      Lock icon Abdurrahman involved in scandal, panel told
      279 14 JAKARTA President ordered transfer of money to massenn witnesses AP A PARLIAMENTARY committee investigating two scandals shaking the Indonesian government held its first hearing yesterday with claims that President Abdurrahman Wahid ordered the illicit transfer of millions of dollars to his masseur, an official
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      Lock icon Malaysia, Indonesia to step up oil, gas cooperation
      253 14 LANGKAWI, Malaysia Reuters, AP MALAYSIA and Indonesia agreed yesterday to step up cooperation in oil and gas production following this month's landmark agreement between the two neighbouring oil producers. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said after talks with visiting Indonesian President Abdurrahman
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      Lock icon Peso rebounds after Manila's stern warning
      475 15  -  First gain since Estrada hit by scandal; stocks slump 1.8% to 2-year low From Al Labita in Manila THE Philippine peso yesterday clawed back some lost ground after monetary authorities warned of "draconian measures" to curb the speculative assaults on the currency. Wary about
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      Lock icon Estrada set to face impeachment motion
      412 15 MANILA AFP PHILIPPINE President Joseph Estrada is to face an impeachment motion today on charges he took bribes from illegal gambling rings, in the biggest crisis since he took office two years ago. Opposition forces conceded yesterday they faced an uphill battle in their
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      410 15 TOKYO Criticisms over West Timor won't stand in the way: diplomats Reuters INDONESIA got a vote of confidence from its biggest aid benefactor yesterday as donors began a two-day meeting in Tokyo to approve a US$4.B billion (558.42 billion)
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      135 15 Reuters [HONGKONG] A consortium of American and Taiwan investors have decided to choose Shanghai rather than Hongkong to construct a US$l billion (551.75 billion) to US$2 billion micro-chip manufacturing centre called Silicon Harbour, Hongkong TV reported yesterday. The report quoted Hsu Ta-lin, chairman
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      322 16 HONGKONG State-owned bank streamlining operations before China joins WTO Bloomberg THE Bank of China, China's flagship foreign exchange and trade bank, plans to cut 15,000 staff globally, Hongkong's Ming Pao Daily reported, without identifying the source of its information. The bank,
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      180 16 HONGKONG Bat he still controls the toy malrifig firm Reuters TOY maker Hung Fung Group Holdings Ltd said yesterday its chairman Chan Chun-hung has agreed to resign following a HK$9O million (5520.2 million) credit scam and bribery probe which led to his arrest
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      381 18 NEW YORK Bloomberg VERIZON Communications and Vodafone Group. Pic delayed an initial stock sale in their jointly owned wireless company, the biggest in the US, after declines in rivals' shares. They had planned to raise at least US$5 billion (SsB.B billion). "Recent volatility of
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      297 18 SEATTLE Barron's says firm wants to raise cash Reuters SHARES in Amazon.com Inc fell 15 per cent on Monday after an article in investment magazine Barron's said the Internet retailing giant might be seeking to raise cash through a secondary stock offering.
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      553 18 SEOUL But shares dive 15% on alert over Intel revenue Bloomberg HYUNDAI Electronics Industries Co, the world's No 2 memory chipmaker, said it earned its first quarter of profit this year between July and September on strong demand for its main product
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      355 19 NEW DELHI This will ensure supplies to strategic sectors and remote areas Reuters THE Indian government will retain majority equity in state-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Gas Authority of India Ltd (Gail), the oil
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      253 19 NEW DELHI Sales for year to Sept 30 rose to 7.5b rupees from 5.81b Reuters INDIAN computer education and software firm NIIT has unveiled a better-than-expec-ted 56.9 per cent rise in net profits in the year to Sept 30. Net
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      144 19 NEW DELHI Reuters AN interim report by Indian investigators into cricket match-fixing allegations is to be placed before Parliament next month. Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted the country's sports minister as saying on Monday. "Parliament witnessed uproar over the match-fixing issue and hence the report
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      277 19 BOMBAY Bloomberg COST cutting and restructuring continue to raise net profits of Indian companies as sales growth slackens, analysts said. "Indian companies have been carrying out a major cost cutting and restructuring exercise in the past three years and the results are
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      555 20 LONDON Falls come after news of possible end to tension between Palestine, Israel Reuters, Bloomberg OIL markets inflamed by Middle East tension shed some gains yesterday and European stocks turned higher at midsession after Israelis and Palestinians agreed to try to end
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      502 20 SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt Tension remains high; people on both sides sceptical AFP, AP MORE than 24 hours of intense diplomacy by President Bill Clinton paid off here yesterday, with Israel and the Palestinians agreeing to a deal aimed at ending 20 days of
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      570 20 NEW YORK Reuters CITIGROUP Inc, the No 1 US financial services company, said yesterday its third-quar-ter profits rose a better-than-expected 27 per cent, driven by fees from advising on mergers and growth in its vast consumer bank arm. The New York-based company, which
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        124 20 Reuters {NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch, the No 1 US brokerage, yesterday reported a S3 per cent increase in third-quarter earnings that exceeded analysts' estimates, driven by feesfrom managing money for investors. Merrill posted net income of US$BB5 million (51.5 billion) or 94 US cents
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        106 20 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCOJ Charles Schwab Corp, the No 1 US discount and Internet broker, said its Q3 revenue jumped 30 per cent but that profits fell slightly due to acquisition related charges and a seasonal slowdown in stock trading volumes. Schwab, which has 7.4
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        74 20 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Philips Electronics said profits more than doubled in the third quarter as semiconductor earnings swelled, but saw its shares slip as analysts picked at details and worried about the future. Philips reported net income of 2.07 billion euros (Ss3.l billion). Excluding all
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        63 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] Long-distance telephone company Sprint said its third-quarter net income rose about 7 per cent in line with its reduced expectations, as stiff competition and price wars countered strong data sales and improved cost controls. Sprint's third-quarter profits rose to US$3B4 million, or 43
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        104 20 Bloomberg [HOUSTON] Enron Corp, the world's largest energy trader, said third-quarter profit rose 31 per cent as revenue more than doubled. Net income rose to US$292 million, or 34 US cents a share. Enron was expected to earn 32 US cents a share, the average estimate
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      243 20 ADELAIDE Reuters AN Australian auction house is claiming the world's highest price for a bottle of wine after attracting a winning bid of A 544,400 (5540,600) for a rare first vintage of the country's most prestigious wine, Penfold's Grange. "As far as we know,
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      364 20 TORONTO Ex-chairman shouldn't have to take all the blame; lawyer Reuters THE first trial in the infamous Bre-X Minerals gold mining fraud, which wiped out billions of dollars in wealth, got under way on Monday with a lawyer for former Bre-X vice-chairman John
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      281 21 LONDON Reuters GLOBAL private equity and venture capital investments rose 65 per cent last year to US$l36 billion (*****.6 billion) with at least US$77 billion pumped into management buyouts, according to a study published yesterday. The study was conducted by British venture capital firm
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      351 21 NEW YORK Gripes about pay rise despite economic boom, survey finds AFP AMERICANS are less satisfied with their jobs than they were five years ago despite the record economic expansion, according to a survey released on Monday. The Conference Board survey found 51
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      507 21 NEW YORK Q3 non-performing assets up 45%; problem loans only in certain industries FT BANK of America provided fresh evidence of the malaise in US banking on Monday, reporting fiat operating earnings and rapidly rising problem loans in the third quarter.
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      398 21 STAMFORD, Connecticut Investors fear it may have to tap into line of credit for Ist time AP XEROX Corp stock plunged 26 per cent Monday as investors worried about the company tapping into its line of credit for the first time. Stock for
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      516 25 WASHINGTON It says Moscow urged him to keep it from Congress AP VICE-President A 1 Gore kept Congress in the dark about details of Russian nuclear cooperation with Iran after receiving a letter from thenprime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin urging him to keep the
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      236 26  -  MS& Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore TAIWAN stocks rebounded with the help of state funds to reverve sharp early falls yesterday. The sentiment in early trade was hurt by a renewed threat from China and worries over slowing earnings in the US technology
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      204 26 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] The International Natural Rubber Organisation (Inro) said yesterday it did not sell any rubber at its tender on Monday because prices were too low. It was Inro's first auction since March under its plan to liquidate the disbanded group's 138,000-tonne rubber
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      322 26 Reuters London THE euro paused for breath yesterday, consolidating about half-a-cent above record troughs it hit against the dollar last month, amid lingering wariness about further central bank intervention to shore up the single currency. Senior European officials tried to dissuade the market from pushing the euro much
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      2820 27 HONGKONG AFP QHangSeng -WJT7 HONGKONG share prices fell 0.7 per cent yesterday on concerns over high oil prices and US corporate earnings, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 99.97 points to close at 14,873.43 on turnover of HK57.67 billion. Dealers
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      1994 27 TOKYO AFP QfflUuiKS .17X10 SHARE prices in Tokyo fell back 1.1 per cent yesterday as investors took profits on high-tech and other issues amid concerns over the Middle East situation and earnings by major US firms, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225
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      970 27 Reuters H Shenzhen B Index +QJ2 CHINA'S hard currency B shares ended mixed in quiet and directionless trade yesterday with no major news to stimulate investors. The Shanghai B share index edged 0.16 per cent lower to 58.25 on slim turnover of U554.77 million, similar to the U554.72 million
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      338 27 AFP QWP Index +71.41 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.3 per cent higher yesterday on strong government buying, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 71.41 points to 5,702.36, following a 4.2-per cent plunge in the previous session. Yesterday's turnover was NT572.17 billion against NT594.68 billion on
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      418 28 AFP CI Composite Indei -OJB MALAYSIAN share prices ended 0.1 per cent lower yesterday with profit-taking ending three days of rises, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index feU 0.98 of a point to finish at 765.20, offa high 0f775.86. The Second Board
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      314 29 AFP Q Composite Index -37.25 SOUTH Korean shares fell 6.7 per cent yesterday with the index down 37.25 at 512.85. Volume was 311 million worth 1.8 trillion won. AFP Oct 17 *h Arum Semi 5200 -090 Brain Tech. 635 -40 Central Bank 220 -35 Cheil Cofflffl ***** -1100 Da*
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      281 29 AFP Q Composite Index -23J27 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 1.8 per cent yesterday with the Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index down 23.27 points to 1,271.75. Turnover fell to 270 million shares worth 568 million pesos from 717.6 million shares worth 683.5 million pesos on Monday.—AFP n» CMW) MRC Allied
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      258 29 AFP QNZSE-40 -MB NEW Zealand stocks closed down 0.5 per cent yesterday in directionless trading on light volume, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index was down 9.98 points at 1,903.06 points on light turnover of NZ$6B.6 million. OctTT m rwo> Advantage HOS 1.79 -0.01 62 Air HZ A 1.68
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      548 29 AFP -3.4 AUSTRALIAN shares eased 0.1 per cent yesterday in lacklustre trading influenced by uncertainty on Wall Street, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index fell 3.4 points to 3,216.0, while the SP/ASX 200 index eased 2.4 points to 3,264.2. Turnover totalled 527.63 million shares worth A 51.38 billion. Austock
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      751 29 AFP |T| SET Index +LB7 THAI share prices rose 0.7 per cent yesterday on speculative buying in bank and financial stocks ahead of third-quarter results due this week, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index rose 1.87 points to close at 259.95 points and the SET
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      659 29 AFP F1 Composite Index +5.69 JAKARTA share prices closed up 1.4 per cent yesterday but oflf their highs as late profit-taking eroded earlier gains on cautious optimism about the outcome of debt talks in Tokyo, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 5.69 points at 417.44,
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    8771 30 SGXMAINBOARD Transaction date: Oct 17 Gf Cr M Wt 52-Wk LMt Va4 Day Last Quote Dtv Wv Yld Net Cap Ava HHH Law Company Sato COOP) L— Buyer Sa8ar Co P/I J mil Price M8L1HHMH8V 163 753 mc AcmaSOc 78.5 -03 35 78.5 77 78 783 5 4.3
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      1222 32  -  ANNA TEO catches up with the Apic chairman in Sydney and gets a glimpse of property trends ANNA TEO SYDNEY'S virtually a second home to Chua Yong Hai, but the chairman of Asia Pacific Investment Company, a property investment vehicle of Australia's Lend Lease
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      310 33 Reuters GRAIN rates out of the US Gulf appeared to be easing at the start of a fresh week, although the Baltic indices indicated that rates for the freight market overall were steady to slightly firmer, brokers said. Two cargoes 0f54,000 tonnes of heavy grain were fixed from
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      284 33 us mmr oo© mn w CWT Distribution 0J8 until 44 ChuanHup 0J6 -0.01 463 Cmco Invastmafit 0.16 -0.01 *0 FrtfaM Links 0.J4 -a 01 80 G8MMdb*s 0.51 until 0 Hai Sun Hup 0.33 -0.01 SI IMCHel«nQi-HK 5.60 until 0 aeviMokSnqs 0.15 until 286 Keppel FtLS 1.09 -0.01 280
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      729 33 MEFTDME DORADO SAGA S'pore gives owner 3 weeks to rectify defects of vessel detained by US [SINGAPORE] The owner of the Singapore-flagged tanker, Neptune Dorado, detained in San Francisco Bay, has been given three weeks to make good the defects
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      817 33  -  STHAIT TALK By\ David Hughes OVER the past couple of years, there have been nagging worries about whether the whole classification system is effective and also whether it is an appropriate way of ensuring the structural integrity of the world fleet in the
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      409 33 FOLLOWING queries by Shipping Times, classification societies DNV and Lloyd's Register made the following statements: ♦Lloyd's Register: LR is treating this situation seriously and has investigated the case carefully. Of the original deficiencies reported on Sept 24, only two were class-related. Both of these were satisfactorily
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      237 33  -  Byl Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Philippine port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has quashed rumours that it is selling a stake in its foreign port subsidiary, ICTSI International Holdings Corp (IIHC). ICTSI chairman and president Enrique Razon Jr clarified that it
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        1114 34 US aviation authorities are in hot soup for being slack in tackling the problem LA Times [WASHINGTON] About 20 top us Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) off i c i a 1 s sequestered themselves in a windowless Holiday Inn conference room three months ago to
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      311 34 PAGE ECO Line 5/6/8 Accord 8 ESP Lines 13 Ahrenkiel M t*en»reen 6 Appenship 5 foongSon 5 AsiaOCL 13 Frt Links 14 Assets 8 uh 7 Austral 7 I** Avant 14 Gemartrans 6 B tang Mas 8 Genshpg O BSA 7 Glory Ma* 14 BTL 14 7
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      24224 40 THEBU SINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyege Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Oest'n Name Name Number Number aBVMMIMHMIiMaMNHHHHHBBaBHMHHI 30/10 23/11 MSCAgy MSC ANIELLO 0043R 65-*****50 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire 3i/w 20/n Hanjin Punjab sen. oww
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        750 47 Vassal Voy No Barth Arrival Departure Jvm« Nrt tipk) 1208 J8 16/10/23:25 8/8/2140 f«1 4 J05 I7/10/t2S 10/10/6:00 Pr»C*SS m 700 *7 17/10/6:45 19/10/700 S«n#oku *c« 49 J06 17/10/7:15 8/8/240 Wwt* 86S00 J03 17/10/10:15 17/10/2140 494 J17 17/10/845 18/10/600 BayswatKlW M0254 J03 17/10/8J5 17/KJ/lfc00 Royal Frnqh 201 J02
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        2006 47 RECEIVING Of EXPORT FCt CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklng/Balanc* Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Porlod From To From ACHKVM JK nmt00 2* N/17M 17/0*5* IT/WOO a N/I7M 17/0(99 17/0*00 n/0700 rwm it/moo 4 17/12M 17/MS* 17/T700 *a HMBCUS 0449 17/2100 2A N/1700 17AM* IT/MM 21 It/1700 17/0*5* 17/0*00
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        479 47 Carbon 180 Max 991.2 0.6 6.4 0.09 59 0.05 Oct 12 Density Water Residue As* Ahiw.ntum Sedhwt Ho above E25 1 0 1 0 0 0 JTT* 380 Ave 965.5 0J UJ 0.06 26 0.02 txxm 380 Mm 993.1 0J 18.2 0.09 57 0.04 wwi »m/»
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        120 47 Oct 23 Thailand: King Chulaiongkorn Day. Ootas Brunei: Israk Mikraj. Indonesia: Ascension Day of Prophet Muhammad. Ootat Malaysia: Deepavali. Not 1 Philippines: All Saint's Day. Nov 3 Japan: Culture Day. Nor 4 Sweden: All Saint's Day. Nov 11 Canada: Remembrance Day. USA: Veteran's Day. Nor 23 Japan: Labour
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        789 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 baaed on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        498 48 Passenger traffic in region to grow at 6.1%, higher than world average of 4.9%: Airbus AFP [HONGKONG] Asia-Pacific airlines look set to lead world demand for new jumbo sized aircraft in the next 20 years amid growing passenger traffic in
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        348 48 Bloomberg [HOUSTON] Continental Airlines said third-quarter profit rose 32 per cent as the fifthlargest US carrier's average fares rose and passenger traffic increased faster than capacity expanded. Profit from operations climbed to US$l37 million (*****.75 million), or U552.24 a share, from net income of
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        223 48 Bloomberg [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways Co, Japan's largest domestic carrier, said it will extend end-of-year discounts to more domestic routes to meet growing competition from rail operators and discount airlines. ANA will offer discounts on 160 flights over the New Year period from
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        293 48 AFP [CANBERRA] US aerospace giant Boeing is to take over the long established Australian aviation firm Hawker de Havilland for an undisclosed price, the two companies announced yesterday. The deal, which marks the latest step in Boeing's expansion in Australia, gives it increased
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        162 48 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's three major airlines have asked the transport ministry to approve expansion of Tokyo's Haneda Airport, the country's busiest airport, to keep pace with the surge in demand for domestic air travel. The presidents of Japan Airlines Co, Asia's largest airline by sales. All
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          123 48 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong's principal international carrier Cathay Pacific Airways said yesterday it would invest over HK|2 billion {*****.2 million) in a range of e-commerce projects over the next three years to cut costs. The company said in a statement that the investment would fund
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          107 48 AFX-Asia (JAKARTA] PT Garuda Indonesia said it expects to be privatised in 2003 following its restructuring and re-organisation. "Preparation for privatisation is underway. HopeftUly it will be realised in 2003," the company's executive vice-president Emirsyah Satar said during a presentation of a new information system.
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          103 48 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's Hainan Airlines has signed a US$29O million (*****.5 million) deal with Boeing Co to purchase five 737-800 airplanes, Xinhua reported yesterday. The report from Washington said the two companies signed the deal on Monday. It said the contract was signed by
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      195 33 Airline sareiy: Waking up to pilot fatigue Pg2 ■Asia-Pec airlines to lead demand far aew large aircraft Pg2 I A Special Feature in Shipping Times g on Oct 31,2000. I The Special Feature will update our readers and provide I you a platform to reach the market in the quickest
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      704 34 Lines services represented by (SMS%V> Members of the Registry of ccrßt^ Shipping Agents, Singapore Shipping Association g ULY UNE MALE I vessel Tvoy Titt m in P. KLANG SPORE MALI Empress Lily VOBOO 30/10 31/10 08/11 Princess Lily VOBOO 13/11 14/11 21/11 Empress Lily VO9OO 23/12 24/12 31/12 I .J
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      729 36 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR N SHEVA (CPS MULUND MUMMICOLOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN 1.C.0. POINTS VMMI S PORE N SHEVA COLOMBO P KLANG TULSIOAS V 132 22 OCT 31 OCT 04 NOV 11 NOV CAPE CREUS V 11«W 2* OCT 17 NOV 11 NOV 17 NOV CAPE
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      1217 37 1M YAMUU K¥IRY SMMY (T/Tll2 MVS) YANTIAN CVKKY MONDAY (T/T 4 DAYS) II GENERAL AGENTS IN SINGAPORE: 80 ROBINSON RD TEL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (B/l) *****02 JOHORE OFFICE: COSTAR SHIPPING PTI LTD *12-00 SAUS/BKGS *****57/43 INWARD DCPT (d/ 0) *****66 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN DHD CI WO: **********00
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      960 46 > jß^ k FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Pmjuru Rood, 3rd Level, Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: Resin#singnet.com.sg WEBSITE: www.freightlinks.net DIRECT LCL SERVICE TO: SIBU MV. GISENG V ***** ETA SIN: 20/10/2000 XINGANG MV. HANJIN KEELUNG VO76E ETA SIN: 21/10/2000 NEW DELHI MV.
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      77 46 REGULAR SERVICE TO INDONESIA ETA ETD DESTINATION CHAHAYA VICTORY 17/10 BANGKOK/PONTIANAK TBN 18/10 20/10 PALEMBANG/PONTIANAICMEDAN PANGKAI BAIAM (EAST TIMOR) REGULAR SERVICE- EX VANGON JUBILANT IN PT 20/10 VISAK/CALCUTTA/YANGON CHAHAYASTAR IN PT 18/10 VISAK/CALCUTTAWNGON REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS 4 DURBAN EXPORT VOY SIN PTL DBN ALS ENDEAVOUR
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      136 47 flgl FOR 7 AM 18 OCT 2000 10 11 )fe 12 LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore Ri Thunderstorm A Showers Rain Temperature Wind direction and speed in knots Cloudy Day Weather cx] Hazy 11 Wind speed symbols Sea Conditions O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and
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      183 48 ASIA WESTBOUND RATE AGREEMENT (AWRA) EASTBOUND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT (EMA) MEDITERRANEAN RATE AGREEMENT (MRA) Arising from the regular review, Member Lines of the Asia Westbound Rate Agreement (AWRA), Eastbound Management Agreement (EMA) and Mediterranean Rate Agreement (MRA) wish to announce that the current level of BAF USD 65 per TEU will
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