The Business Times, 23 October 2000

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPORE MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2000 85*
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    55 1 8TOC1MA1KCT DUHCEB Week Change STI 1,923.67 +68.27 SIMSCIFUTURES....-250.50—+16.20 B7-SRI 774.68 +24 JO KLSE COMP. 778.99 +28.96 HANG SW0_lM44Jlu.+364.« SET INDEX. 176.60 +22.34 JAKARTA COMP. 420.38 +12.13 MANILA COMP. 1JWJ3 -72.42 TAIPEI WPL 5,999.74—-***** SBOULOOMP 545.97—+2117 CLSA CHINA B 1J3161-+44.43 AL'ST ALL OB 3,187 j0—+30j0 DOW JONES 10.220.59 +34.41
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    71 1 FOBEX BATES uss s$ USS 1.751 £(IJS$/S| per 1.447 1634 KURO(US$/SS/E) 9JM 1.480 DM 2312 LCI YEN 10W 62.90 KM MW H7» HKS 7.796 4.464 BAHT 4147 84.83 RUP1AH WW 5,883 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 6.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA -39.G0 BANGKOK MANILA. UjN HONGKONG 8M TAIPEI 7.84 SYDNEY 8.60
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    Lock icon Govt studying whether to top up leases
    896 1  -  It is seeking views on problem of rising stock of older private properties By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] The government is looking at whether to extend the lifespan of older leasehold private properties because current restrictive financing practices may block future sales and lead
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    Lock icon British Telecom may sell StarHub stake in review of overseas assets
    889 1  -  Holdings in HE'S Sm&rTone, Korea's LG Telecom also under review: report From Neil Behrmann, Ling Su Ann in Singapore BRITISH Telecommunications pic is considering a multi-billion-pound sale of overseas assets, including its stake in Star Hub in Singapore, British
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    Lock icon Who cares who's president? Wall St prefers gridlock
    714 1  -  By Catherine Ong in New York IF Wall Street could vote in the US presidential election, would A 1 Gore be in trouble? The conventional wisdom of political pundits has always been that if the market goes down in the run-up to
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      Lock icon How the markets killed the dotcoms
      797 2  -  ECONOMICS Dotgones Doubtcoms Dotbombs vikram khanna THE dotcom jokes are everywhere these days, and everyone knows why. In markets around the world, hundreds of them have been reduced to investment trash. Dozens have died already. In the US, where the party began, many are
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      Lock icon Japan-S'pore economic talks in 2001
      843 2  -  Both sides see 'tremendons benefits' in bilateral accord, especially in IT; PM Goh sees more such deals in next few years Prom, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and his Singapore counterpart Goh Chok Tong agreed yesterday that formal negotiations for concluding
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon McDonald's Philippine franchisee to list on SGX
      357 4  -  Prom> Al Labita in Manila THE listed Philippine franchisee of US fast food giant McDonald's plans to issue new shares and list them on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) main board. In a statement to the Philippines Stock Exchange, Alliance Global Group Inc (AGI)
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      Lock icon Utac seeks dual listing of shares in New York, S'pore
      472 4  -  t'ii exclusive Company plans to raise USsl2om for expansion; NT listing will be in ADRs By Conrad Raj UNITED Test Assembly Centre (Utac), which tests and assembles semiconductor-integrated chips, is to raise some US$l2O million (Ss2lo million) from the American
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      Lock icon ING Barings seeks to expand here
      505 4  -  BTIsVMIIMWJ CEO says firm using S'pore as a regional centre for various operations By Paul Thompson SINGAPORE is increasingly being used as the regional centre for various aspects of ING Barings operations, its chairman and chief executive officer David Robins tells The Business Times.
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      Lock icon Stratech eyes $65m of flow-on work from LTA
      408 7  -  Contract for $40-3 m system only the beginning, says CEO By* Andrew Wee FRESH from winning a $40.3 million contract to develop a transit.smart system for the Land Transport Authority (LTA), technology developer Stratech Systems tells BT it will be in negotiations
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      Lock icon Qian Hu Fish Farm set for end-Oct IPO launch?
      662 8  -  IsT^xcluslv^^ Issue size likely not to exceed 15m shares; indicative price of 29-31 cents; prospective PE: 7-7.5 li>h Johnny Yeo JUST when the initial public offering tide in Singapore is at an ebb the gush of an average of 10 new
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      286 4 Preparatory Programs for Levels I& II I Commencing January 2001 I the financial services industry's I most prestigious professional Date Tuesday 7 November 2000 I qualifications, the CFA*. e Time 7 p.m. 9 p.m. I I Venue: YWCA, Fort Canning Lodge I Reservations on a first-come, first-served basis. I Attendees
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      433 6 *0018 Source: JM Sassoon U-L I,, mocks voiume PacillcCenturylOc 110,719,000 Nat Else 10c 96,259,000 STEnag 10c 68,438,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 65,350,000 Omni Ind 10c 53.277,000 SingTel 15c 50,025,000 NOL 39,022,000 GES Intt Ud 20c 32.864,000 DBS Land 30,467,000 ST Assembly 25c 29,707,000 Stocks f Chart Semiconductor 26c 481,002,464 Nat Else
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      Lock icon Risks in the market still outweigh potential rewards
      638 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy SO Nasdaq didn't fall back on Friday and even managed to add modestly to the massive 7.8 per cent it gained on Thursday. And despite threatening an all-out collapse at various stages duripg the week, it actually managed to close
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      Lock icon Metroplex wrt: little effect from lifespan extension
      182 6  -  WttMMT WATCH By 1 R Sivanithy WE'VE highlighted the fact that many Malaysian companies have successfully extended the life spans of their warrants during the regional crisis of 1998. This has breathed new life into these warrants, which had all collapsed together with
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      Lock icon Indicators support Omni recovery
      249 6  -  HOT STOCK By Wong Wei Kong SHARES of electronics contract manufacturer Omni Industries rose 7.6 per cent last Friday, shrugging off the weak earnings of major customer Apple Computer. Omni shares closed 18 cents up at $2.54. The stock opened at $2.46, hit a day high
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      131 6 ♦tJNTTED Overseas Bank Ltd announced that Professor LimChong Yah has given notice to resign as director of United Overseas Bank Ltd with effect from Dec 5. ♦GRP Ltd announced the additional listing of9,200,000 ordinary shares ofS$0.20 each, placed out at SI0.22 per Placement Shares will be granted listing
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      Lock icon Local pressures set to keep S-E Asian currencies weak
      545 6 THE Philippine peso should continue drooping against the US dollar this week as pressure mounts on President Joseph Estrada to resign. The Philippine opposition filed a motion of impeachment in the House of Representatives last week, accusing Mr Estrada of bribery,
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon ST Marine steadily making its mark
      1077 9  -  The home-grown shipbuilder will showcase its growing capabilities at a naval show in Paris starting today, reports davd boot DAVID BOEY SINGAPORE Technologies Marine's presence at Euro Naval 2000, the world's biggest warship and naval equipment exhibition which opens in Paris, will underscore the
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      Lock icon S'pore may tap NY centre in teaching of life sciences
      455 10  -  Ministry exploring with US Department of Education testing, evaluation of S'pore maths curricula Fromi Catherine Ong in New York SINGAPORE'S education ministry may work with the DNA Learning Centre at New York's famed Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory to spice up
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      Lock icon Sept inflation seen rising by 0.2-0.3 percentage point
      432 10  -  P* 3 on the economy inflation By 1 Ling Su Ann SEPTEMBER'S inflation rate is expected to have risen by 0.2-0.3 percentage point from August, as the effects of higher oil prices continue to filter through the economy, according to estimates by
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      Lock icon KepInsurance offers instant activation online for 3 policies
      225 10 KEPPEL Insurance a joint venture between Keppel Corporation, KeppelTatLee Bank and international financial services group Fortis announced yesterday that it is offering immediate activation for online applications for three of its general insurance products: Keppel Family Care, Homesure Plus and Holiday Care.
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      Lock icon Golf club membership prices fall to 17-month lows
      488 11  -  Outlook bearish as stock and property markets remain in the doldrums By Ven Sreenivasan MEMBERSHIP prices for golf clubs have tumbled to 17-month lows, reflecting the "wealth effect" produced by the languishing stock market and soft property prices. The open market asking
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      Lock icon UK govt puts up bungalow site at Nassim Rd for sale
      309 11 THE British government is selling a freehold good class bungalow site in the Nassim Road area as part of a larger plan to rationalise its global real estate portfolio. The site currently houses Ladyvale, a double-storey detached house with
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      Lock icon Why small investors feel shortchanged
      347 11  -  MAiLrrw Kevin Ow Yong Keng Singapore, via Internet THE imposition of the minimum brokerage hinges on the argument by brokers that they need to cover their costs. This is despite their knowing that small investors will feel disadvantaged. But for small investors, the $30 is
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      Lock icon Lion set to sell RM2b of non-core assets: report
      291 12 KUALA LUMPUR Creditors briefed on restructuring plan, with most of them receptive: chairman Reuters MALAYSIA'S diversified Lion Group is close to selling some RM2 billion (Ss92o million) of non-core assets under a group-wide debt restructuring plan, the Star newspaper reported last
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      Lock icon Schumacher wins M'sian Grand Prix, Coulthard takes 2nd place
      245 12 SEPANG, Malaysia AFP MICHAEL Schumacher put the icing on Ferrari's cake when he won the Malaysian Grand Prix to give the Italian team the constructor's title here yesterday. Only two weeks after winning the driver's championship the 31-year-old underlined why he
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  • CRISIS in manila
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      Lock icon Estrada hints he may agree to snap poll
      452 13 MANILA Philippine president asks military not to support opposition calls for his onster Reuters, AP, AFP PHILIPPINE President Joseph Estrada yesterday suggested he might agree to a snap presidential election to resolve the country's political crisis if there were public support for
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      Lock icon Erap or Gloria: Filipinos must choose
      969 13  -  WRITER S JOURNAL President and vice-president personify divergent visions of the future karim raslan Leadership has been an elusive quality in Filipino politics. Its absence, both in moral and political terms over the 29 months of the Joseph Estrada (or Erap) presidency, has accounted
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      5214 14 HL Bank (A limited liability company incorporated in Malaysia) Movements m the non-peilorming loans and Imancmo art as tokows F 'eehokj land is not depreciaieo Depreciation of other fixed assets rs calculated to on* ot the cost ot the lixed assets or a straight line bass over toe expected usetj
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      3631 15 HL Bank (A limited liability company incorporated in Malaysia) 17. SHARE CAPITAL 29. EARNINGS PER SHARE 2000 1999 2000 t999 The Group The Bank The base Minings per ortknary share have been calculated based on Via pro#t aflat taxation rt RM22I 928 000 RII'OOO RVOOC RITOOO RITOOO 2000 999 2000
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Economists worry about Asia sustaining its post-crisis growth
      451 16  -  Problems persist, no follow through on reforms in certain countries: report From Surinder Singh in Sydney ASIA has bounced back from the horrors of the 1998 crisis more strongly than most economists thought possible, but the concern now is whether economic growth
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      Lock icon Not a market for the faint-hearted
      686 16  -  HK STOCKS Too many factors affect the direction of the Hang Seng Index quak hiang whai THE way things are going in the global equity markets, very soon all analysts just have to be experts on Wall Street and they would have their own
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      Lock icon Some Indian cricketers 'involved in match-fixing'
      266 16 AP [NEW DELHI] India's federal investigating agency has found that some Indian cricketers were involved in a match-fixing scandal through their links with bookies, an official said on Saturday. Hie Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will present the findings of its three-month probe to
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      Lock icon Indian bank launches overseas deposit plan
      311 17 BOMBAY State Bank of India expected to raise at least USs4b from expatriate Indians Reuters INDIA'S largest commercial bank, State Bank of India (SBI) on Saturday launched a multi-billion dollar overseas deposit plan aimed at expatriate Indians. An official at SBI Capital Markets, the
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      Lock icon Heads spin from Taiwan's falling market
      354 17 TAIPEI AFP TAIWANESE investors are cramming hospital wards with "heartaches" as they helplessly watch their hardearned money evaporating in a tumbling stock market "In the past two months, there has been a 10-20 per cent increase in the number of patients at psychiatry (clinic)
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Credit crunch? Blame it on the bond market bloodbath
      1032 19  -  Corporate horror stories have knocked stuffing out of bonds, says Mark Gilbert Mark Gilbert Bloomberg [LONDON] THE bloodbath in the corporate bond market has got bad enough for analysts to start bandying about a term that hasn't featured in research reports
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      Lock icon Nippon Life eyes major insurance grouping
      466 20 TOKYO Alliance marks change of tack for Nippon, which had sought to go it alone after wave of industry consolidation Reuters NIPPON Life Insurance Co, the largest Japanese insurance company, is considering an alliance with three non-life insurance companies. This could lead eventually to
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      Lock icon US currency trader blamed for Aussie dollar's collapse
      318 20 SYDNEY AFP A US currency trader was blamed here yesterday for almost single-handedly driving down the Australian dollar, which hit an all time low last week amid desperate government efforts to save it As analysts search for reasons behind Australia simultaneously having
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      Lock icon Arabs stick to peace path despite outrage
      806 20 C^IRO Summit demands compensation, UN war crimes tribunal to try Israelis Reuters, AFP, AP ARAB leaders have kept their battered faith in Middle East peacemaking, despite outrage caused by a wave of IsraeliPalestinian bloodletting. Feeling the heat from the Arab street, they directed
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      Lock icon Italy suspends cellular auction at request of mobile phone firm
      382 20 ROME Bloomberg ITALY'S auction of five cellular phone licences was suspended until today at the request of Blu SpA, the country's newest mobile phone company, fuelling talk the government may raise only half the 25 billion euros (Ss37 billion) analysts
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      Lock icon Only US$500,000 left
      346 20 Thafs what teenager charged in Net stock fraud was able to keep after being ordered by SEC to repay U*****,000 AFP [WASHINGTON] A 16-year-old ordered to repay U*****,000 (*****,500) made in an Internet stock fraud scheme was able to keep more than US$5OO,OOO he made in the
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      Lock icon European firms worried about proposed EU anti-trust law
      374 20 BRUSSELS Bloomberg EUROPEAN businesses are concerned about a law that could empower the European Commission to order the break up of some of the world's largest companies that violate anti-trust laws. Under the proposal, to be approved by the 15 European Union
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  • eAwards Nominations 2001
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      Lock icon Promoting the e-way
      792 21  -  The eAwards aims to recognise organisations which have successfully embraced e-commerce, reports VIVIEN NG VIVIEN NG ARE you up to the challenge? Paperless, fast, efficient, business-to-business: these are the unforgiving words of our eEconomy either hop on or get left behind. And for those who've jumped onto
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      Lock icon On the right track
      3042 22  -  Eight e-commerce advocates travel along the cyber-highway of Singapore's economy. TEH HOOI LING has the details TEH HOOI LING THE world is going electronic. Where will Singapore's e-economy be three to five years down the road? Which direction should it take? What is it getting right?
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      Lock icon Leading the government's e-commerce charge
      988 22  -  By Teh Hooi Ling FROM the way Lai Kim Fatt speaks, with sentences peppered with phrases like "create business value for our clients" and "introduce more content and functionality", you'd think that he's from one of the new economy companies jostling for a foothold in
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      Lock icon Phillip has the leading edge
      648 24  -  The brokerage aims to be a one-stop, customer-centric, electronic investment centre for all financial products and services, reports TEH HOOI LING TEH HOOI LING BEING the first mover defmitely has an advantage in the e-commerce space. Phillip Securities, the first stockbroker here to introduce online
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      Lock icon FedEx sees customers as partners
      715 25  -  The first logistics company to start a website in 1994, FedEx aims to manage customers' entire supply chains, reports VIVIEN NG VIVIEN NG FEDERAL Express wants to be their customers' business partners instead of seeing their clients as mere consumers of services. Their target is
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      Lock icon Sistic site beats the trend
      827 26  -  No dotcom woes here. The website attracts 160,000 views a month, some 16 times more than when it started, writes ANDREA TAN ANDREA TAN IN a short span of nine months, Sistic's successful website has managed to grow by 60 per cent to 160,000 hits.
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      Lock icon ECnet marches ahead as awards pour in
      713 27  -  The site currently handles about US$l billion in transactions per month, and its customers include Motorola, Nat Steel, Philips and Seagate, reports VIVIEN NG VIVIEN NG WITHIN nine months, it has doubled the dollar value of transactions going through its website, forged a
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      176 21 This special Nfll ec.thinkl Ek Nominations you r by: 9h,, CIMHEICINEI SINGAPORE Microsoft', .nsi INTRODUCING THE POWER TO DRIVE THE NEXT GENERATION ENTERPRISE BUSINESS. Vv'T'H^ WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN? Microsoft t D {J] Efltomvise lma ne the value in having information that's been edited, organised and presented the way
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      663 28 Bush sees 'solid chance to sweep the West Coast', a Democratic stronghold in the last two elections NYT, LAT-WP [NEW ORLEANS] Conceding nothing, the Gore campaign said last Saturday that it intended to fight all out for Louisiana and a number of other
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      579 30 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices lost ground but kept well above US$3O a barrel last week as tension in the Middle East coupled with sharp drawdowns in US stock levels reinforced fears of a supply shortfall this winter. GOLD: dull.
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      276 31 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG'S benchmark index is expected to continue its roller-coaster ride this week with its direction still dependent on Wall Street, events in the Middle East and crude oil prices, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 364.03 points, or 2.5 per cent,
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      476 31 NEW YORK Market mood brighter after strong Microsoft, Nokia earnings reports AFP AFTER a steep plunge in the middle of the week, US stocks began regaining ground, led by technology shares, which managed to recover 5 per cent of their value last week.
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      407 31 LONDON Volatile week for tech stocks, in line with Nasdaq AFP THE London stock market weathered the storm whipped up on Wall Street by strong US inflation data and disappointing corporate results last week to land just upstream of the previous Friday's close. The
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      333 31 TOKYO AFP SHARES in Tokyo are likely to fall in the week ahead as investors remain jittery over volatility on Wall Street, brokers said. "Investors have yet to feel secure about the performance of Wall Street," said Kazumasa Niimi, market analyst
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      869 31 +30.2 THE Aussie dollar's woes are expected to continue overshadowing share trading this week with increasing inflation worries, brokers said. The dollar's mauling, which saw it fall to a series of lows during the past week, has sparked fears that an inflationary breakout may force the hand of
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      443 32 AFP Q Composite Index +2*195 MALAYSIAN stocks could continue their upsurge in the coming week ahead of the Oct 27 Budget but sentiment remains cautious, analysts said. "The bourse will see some more upside prior to the Budget announcement," an analyst with a
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      577 33 SOX Derivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup SPECULATION about US dollar policy under either a Gore or Bush presidency remains mostly that. Neither candidate so far has offered any real insight, leaving their chief economic advisers as indirect leads on the matter. While Republican Bush and Democrat Gore
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      105 37 DSL to be dominant broadband technology A new study predicts that Singapore will have million seven eightusers^ L rather than cable modem technology, reports Andrew The promise e-business everv bit robust today when the W^KKKK^KSKKSjIBSSISB^^^^^^^ A J^ Z "new economy" was declared. It's just that things that were labeled passe
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      76 37 Top stories CRM industry due for shakeout: Gartner Page 6 UK-based firm making S'pore a centre of excellence Page 7 cwfm t*. M-witp d >Ww'»iw*-fHH an eiir^jocwrwji^B^^n^l i 2 chief unfazed by talk of 828 problems Page 2 E-commerce alliance has 25 marketplaces as customers Page 13 Commentaries E-commerce gets
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  • BIZIT
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      1029 38  -  According to findings by Frost and Sullivan, the majority of users will opt for DSL over the alternative cable modem technology By. Andrew Wee FIRST the no-surprise finding: usage of broadband Internet access will soar in Singapore, reaching 1.5 million subscribers
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      1179 38  -  RTia'MIIUm-J With strong customer support for the e-business software maker, it's in the interest of competitors to spread FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt), i 2's Sanjiv Sidhu tells JENNIFER LIEN JENNIFER LIEN A COUPLE of issues have generated some buzz in the
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      809 39  -  INFOTECH A company <ij|n avoid PR disasters with stakeholders on board through the Internet paul thompson The writer is a BT Correspondent COMPANIES are forever stumbling into damaging PR disasters. Some are now starting to realise that such disasters can be mitigated or
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      Lock icon HP pumping in $180m to meet targets
      392 40  -  It sets its sights on becoming the top selling brand for PC servers and among the top 3 players for notebooks and business desktops by 2003 By Tang Weng Fai HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP) announced last week it would invest $180 million over the next
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        41 40 SINGAPORE Telecoms (Sing Tel) is deploying US-based Redback Networks' Subscriber Management System to manage its Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) broadband network. The new solution lets Sing Tel offer broadband access bandwidth to other service providers for resale.
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        Lock icon WizOffice, legalStudio.com in tieup
        53 40 WIZOFFICE, a homegrown Internet technology provider, has signed an agreement with Legal Studio.com, a Hongkong-based online legal adviser, to provide legal services over the Web to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This new alliance will allow WizOffice customers to download legal documents and templates for their
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        Lock icon CRM solutions from Avaya, Cap Gemini
        68 40 AVAYA Singapore and Cap Gemini Ernst Young Asia-Pacific have tied up to offer a suite of customer rplatinnahip manogomopt (f!RM) anlntimw tr> wmpanW in the Asia-Pacific. Avaya will provide enterprise communications systems, including voice, converged voice and data, CRM, multi-service networking, and structured cabling
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        Lock icon ecVision raises US$4m from GIC arm
        55 40 HOMEGROWN ecVision Ltd, a supply chain integration solutions provider, has secured US$4 million (Ss7 million) in a second round of funding from Government Investment Corp Special Investments (GIC SI), the private equity investment arm of GIC. The funds raised will be used for its
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        48 40 SINGAPORE- BASED IcusPte Ltd, which provides customised corporate e-learning solutions, has secured $10 million in first round ftmding. The investors are Suez Asia Holdings, Natexis Private Equity Asia and iAsia Alliance Capital. Funds raised will be used for expansion in the region and Europe.
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        Lock icon NetTasking buys Complete Network
        40 40 HOMEGROWN Net Tasking Ine, a network management service provider, has acquired a 60 per cent stake in Complete Network Engineering Pty Ltd, an Australia-based network services provider. The acquisition is part of NetTasking's global expansion plan.
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        39 40 SINGAPORE-BASED Symix Systems Asia Pacific, an e-business software developer, has announced the formation of a new e-business arm Frontstep. Simon Gainsford is the vice-president erf" this unit, which will provide 828 products and services.
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        60 40 SUN Microsystems Inc has launched the Sun Dot-Com Builder website, an online community site where Web developers can come together to share their experiences. Created for developers who use Sun network computing platforms, the site focuses on infrastructure, system design and server-side technology used to build
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        74 40 GERMANY-BASED Intershop Communications, ail e-commerce solutions provider, has appointed Dieter NeuJahr as vice-president for Asia-Pacific and Antonio Cheung as managing director for Asia. Mr Neujahr was previously vice-president (operations) for Europe and the Asia-Pacific at Intershop's Europe headquarters; Mr Cheung was formerly managing director of Software AG
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        31 40  -  Compiled by Siow Yaw Hoong SYNTEGRA, the consulting and systems integration arm of British Telecommunications, has opened its Singapore office, headed by country manager Steve Ball.
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      800 41  -  SAY lli Flnr c n now keep Information private and be assured that their signatures are legally recognised bhojaraja manjunath 77ie writer is general manager for South-east Asia with Baltimore Technologies CAN a person who confirms a transaction with the click of a mouse
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      Lock icon Vignette opens S'pore office
      497 41  -  By( Chen Huifen E-BUSINESS applications firm Vignette Corp officially launched its regional headquarters in Singapore last week. Held at the company's new office at Millenia Tower, the opening of Vignette Asia Pte Ltd was attended by many of its business partners as well as officers from
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      133 41  -  maNjjjj Trina Liew Marketing Communications NSTB THIS refers to the report, "Good ideas, bad marketing" (BizlT, Oct 23, page 12). We would like to point out that NSTB (National Science and Technology Board) has funded 13 research institutes and centres (RICs), and not just
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      Lock icon CRM industry due for shakeout: Gartner
      758 42  -  BTIJ'miUWiM Signs of consolidation are looming on the horizon. What will the casualty rate be like? tawo wemg FAi finds out from some industry exnerts TANG WENG FAI THE near-term future of the customer relationship management (CRM) software industry could include an industry shakeout
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      305 42 AP [BALTIMORE] Using modern technology to unlock ancient secrets, scientists have deciphered five pages of the only known copy of a 2,300-year-old Greek text by the mathematician Archimedes. The scientists hope to complete a translation of the 174-page treatise. On Floating Bodies, by next September.
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      Lock icon UK-based firm plans centre of excellence in S'pore
      615 43  -  BTM'MHUWJ Netdecisions sees S'pore as springboard for its broadband offerings, reports elizabeth su ELIZABETH SU NETDECISIONS, a leading international provider of digital solutions and builder of digital ventures, aims to make Singapore a centre of excellence for broadband/ wireless and interactive TV
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      225 44  -  It has become the first Asian digital music retailer to gain distribution rights from EMI, reports smw yawhoomg SIEW YAW HOONG SUDHANSHU Sarronwala and Shabnam Mel wan i of Soundbuzz will have something to sing about now. Last week the company they co-founded became the first Asian digital
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      1024 44 Though they have attracted millions in venture capital, not everyone is convinced that distributed computing has a future LAT-WP YOUR home computer is a lazy bum. Most of the time it just sits there, fanning itself, barely breaking a sweat as it
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      519 45  -  Hi-fi icon Bang Olufsen is aiming for the PC and Internet market reports rszvamituv R SIVANITHY IN the world of hi-fi music systems Bang Olufsen occupies a unique niche, one that's founded on elegance and chic designs. The Danish brand has been described
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      754 45  -  By] Paul Horvitz Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp says it is creating a new structure for business computers to better process the massive streams of data the Internet will deliver. These computers won't operate like today's, where a
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      506 46  -  With the launch of the new model, Acer hopes to reach its target of 1.2 million notebook users worldwide by 2001 Byi Chen Huifen ACER Computer last week unveiled a new notebook computer that it says is the first ultraportable to use a smart card
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        46 46 IBM has introduced the eServer *330 thin server. The Web application server features 256 MB SDRAM, 72 GB internal storage and up to one GHz processor speed. It will be available from next month. Prices start from $4,992. For details, visit www.ibnt.com/sg/estrvtr.
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        40 46 HEWLETT-PACKARD has launched the SMB e-PC. Targeted at small and medium businesses, the desktop comes with universal serial bus (USB) e-modem, Internet keyboard and Microsoft Word 2000. Prices start at U***** (551,731). For details visit www.bstore.hp.com.
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        61 46 HOMEGROWN Free Systemsystems Pte Ltd has introduced the xdream wireless digital headphones. Developed in Singapore, the device's main target are gamers playing Playstation or PC games, although it also works with television sets, DVD and CD players. To be available early next year, it will be
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        62 46  -  o in i Siow Yaw Hoong NASDAQ-LISTED Epicor Software Corp, an e-business and enterprise resource planning solutions provider, has released Epicor elntelligence, a pre-packaged business P intelligence solution tailored for Small and medium enterprises. The software can perform complex queries and obtain the data required to
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      558 47 PCCW boss Richard Li says one major telco has been talking to both companies and an announcement is close AFP [SYDNEY] Telstra Corp Ltd chief executive Ziggy Switkowski said yesterday he was puzzled by reports that the Australian telcom and
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      318 47 New CEO says music company should not be seen as threat to retailers Bloomberg [TOKYO] Alexander Abramoff, the new chief executive of Liquid Audio Japan Inc, wants to change perceptions: Liquid Audio, which delivers music over the Internet, isn't an Internet company, he contends. Liquid
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      233 47 AFP [WASHINGTON] A US congressionally appointed panel said on Friday that governments and the Internet community must work together to limit the exposure of sexually explicit material to children. The Commission on Online Child Protection, established by Congress when it
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      Lock icon E-commerce marketplace alliance signs up 25 customers
      546 49  -  Most of the customer wins signed in the last three to four months, says i 2 By, Jennifer Lien inSan Diego THE Ariba-IBM-i2 e-com-merce marketplace alliance has signed up 25 customers since its formation in March, three of which have gone live. Most
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      347 49 AFP [DETROIT, Michigan] Silicon Valley was hard at work selling the idea of the car as a computer on wheels at a conference here last week, but leading figures from the traditional car industry questioned the hype. "I don't believe the consumer is
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      55 49 A Polish man dressed as a monk sits in front of a computer in the Book Art Museum at the Polish stand at Frankfurt's International Book Fair on Friday. The "Scriptorium" project of the museum shows vis computers the epoch of manuscripts, the past present
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      275 49 Reuters [WASHINGTON! America Online Inc, which is seeking approval to acquire Time Warner Inc, said a bitter rival received confidential information about AOL's strategy to compete against broadcast networks and the terms of contracts for AOL's interactive television. The Walt Disney Co, which owns
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        1301 50  -  TtaiIJIIULUJ Norwegian companies have chosen S'pore as their hub to enter Asia, as buzaseth su finds out on a recent journey to the Land of the Midnight Sun ELIZABETH SU SINGAPORE has Norway's biggest business colony in Asia, with about 110 companies being located here, directly or
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          77 50 MERCURIX, a Singapore Telecom subsidiary that provides digital rights management (DRM) services, is providing the technology behind an Australian commercial trial (Hi selling music over the Web in November. The technology will provide a secure environment for the artists to sell their digitised music online.
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          Lock icon New face at 2bSURE.com
          62 50 FORMER CNN anchor Lorraine Hahn (right) has joined 2bSURE.com Pte Ltd, a home-grown unified communications service provider. She will develop business strategy and media relations. 2bSURE's services allow users to access e-mail, faxes and voicemail through a phone or Internet browser. The service is available in
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          Lock icon Online interview tool from Access
          70 50 SINGAPORE-BASED Access Media International, which provides market analysis for computer and Internet markets, has introduced a software for conducting online interactive questionnaires. In this programme, multiple-choice questions will flow and branch out depending on the respondent's answers. The Java-baaed software can be used in collecting
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          Lock icon BeXcom ties up with Alpha Trust
          52 50 HOMEGROWN 828 e-marketplace developer BeXcom Pte Ltd has started offering digital signature technology by Alpha Trust, a US-baaed Internet authentication service provider, to its US customers. The encryption system utilises the Public Key Infrastructure technology and offers secure transactions to companies trading on the
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          85 50 INTERNET communications service provider That Web.com Pte Ltd has launched an Instant messaging system that provides online customer service—an alternative to the conventional call centre. Called MSG 121, it allows customers to click on a link and start messaging his queries to a customer officer. According to
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          Lock icon E-commerce picks up in Russia
          69 50 WEB commerce is picking up rapidly in Russia, with revenue from all e-commerce jumping nine-fold this year to USS9O million (*****.5 million), according to the latest research from International Data Corp. Other estimates: there will be 9.4 million Internet users in Russia by 2004 (about
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          Lock icon Voice over IP market to grow
          93 50 THE Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) gateway market is expected to surpass US$2.l billion (553.7 billion) in 2004, with North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region as the largest markets, said research firm International Data Corp GDC) in a recent study. The market will
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      220 51 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE emphasis of the sale and purchase market shifted very heavily towards the dry bulk sector with sales of all the major types being reported. There were a couple of capfesize bulkers reported 9oMr the large ore carrier Chiribetsu (199,000/86) and theKenKon (151,000/90).
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      483 51 Six ships are attacked and looted every week across the world AP [BOMBAY] An Asean security group meeting here has called for the death penalty against pirates in an effort to curb the growing menace of piracy in Asian waters. Sea
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      676 51  -  DOCKYARD By] David Hughes Environmental considerations could give shiprepair yard managers in Asia a few headaches in the next few years. One of the most severe could be caused by the need to prevent tributyltin (TBT) based anti-fouling paint getting into the environment. Perhaps
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      184 51 [SINGAPORE] Anglo-Dutch shipping line P&O Nedlloyd and Dutch partner TCI Infrastructure have signed a deal to develop a container terminal and industrial free zone near South Africa's Port Elizabeth. The signing of the contract may eventually lead to a concession agreement for the project.
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      97 51 Reuters [WELLINGTON] Ports of Auckland Ltd said on Thursday its container volumes went up by 9 per cent in the first quarter against the same year ago quarter. Chairman Richard Carter said the company had started the new financial year with strong container growth.
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      476 51 Marine managers have sent a marine biologist to assess the damage Reuters [ST JOHN'S, Antigua] The marine managers of the Knock Dun, a Liberia-regis-tered oil tanker that ran aground off Antigua last week said on Thursday they had refloated the vessel and sent a
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      225 51 AFP [HONGKONG] Twenty six illegal Chinese immigrants, found hiding in Hongkong in a container to be shipped to the United States, were allegedly paying US$5O,OOO (S$87,000) each to smuggling gangs, a police spokeswoman said on Friday. "Some of the arrested illegal
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        625 52 [SINGAPORE] A proposal to place all 11 of Malaysia's port authorities under a single regulatory body has moved a step closer to implementation with its endorsement in the Seventh Malaysia Plan (1996-2000). The National Port Authority (NPA) was first mooted in
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        236 52 Reuters (TAIPEI] Asia's Panamaxclass freight rates for dry bulk cargo edged higher last week and shipping agents said on Friday they expected further rises on the back of robust US grain harvest forecasts. Brokers said that the freight market appeared to be
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        784 65 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead at single prices for a more comprehensive description at the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        136 66 AFP [LONDON] British Airways has launched talks with Air France and Delta Air Lines on an alliance which could lead to BA walking out of its Oneworld link-up with American Airlines, the Sunday Times reported. It cited unidentified BA executives as confirming
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        209 66 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] All Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flights, both domestic and international, will be declared smoke free beginning this Sunday. MAS in a statement on Friday said the airline's move in this direction was in support of concern by the International Civil Aviation
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        629 66 Pilots' strike forces airline to cancel all flights; losses seen at 20b won a day AFP [SEOUL] Angry passengers attacked Korean Air officials yesterday as pilots of the embattled South Korean carrier launched a wage strike, forcing the airline to cancel nearly all
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        449 66 UK had suspended talks with US on bilateral pact Bloomberg [LONDON] British Midland Airways Ltd said it might sue the UK government for its failure to deliver an agreement with the US that would ensure the carrier could meet plans
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        709 66 Aircraft manufacturers are staking out the battle ground as region emerges from crisis AFP [SINGAPORE] The Asia-Pacific skies are emerging as the crucial battle ground for aircraft manufacturing giants desperate to cash in on an estimated US$5OO billion (SsB7s billion market, industry players
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        219 66 Reuters [HANOI] A Vietnam Airlines Boeing 767-300 will be out of commission for at least six months after being damaged by a heavy landing at Ho Chi Minh City after a flight from Japan a month ago, industry officials said on Thursday. The deputy head of
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      34 62 METROPORT SNIPPING SDN. BND. I SINOKOR MERCHANT I MARINE CO ITD. gg««Bgggsß Mmmam/nm/tm hcw^uti FARWIDE SNIPPING AGENCIES PTE ITD expott uni-nnisumi f«: m-1514 CT: CMOTAHC ML POtT KIANO USH; IIiSAM WIS: HISAII KWY: KW/UtCTMC
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      47 63 RE6ULAB SUGAPORE \nETMAM SOtVICE vtsseis vor eta m> mstwatk* MOfIS 4/1000 23/10 2S/10 VUN6TMI/NOK ANGUMGS 5/7000 2S/10 27/10 HOCHHMNH DUYIN MAJ 6/2000 20/10 2S/10 LONCTHANH/HOK TAJ CHMH 1 3/2000 20/10 21/10 VUNGTAU/HOK AGENTS: IMKOV SHIPPING CO PTE LTD MMIXTM wu mmmm *****7 TEL 223C73 FAX: *****05 nw.iuiwi—
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      823 63 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO ptc 5M I JKT I SUO I H.W TOO UU w mai myi I n»» luyl mm iim HOMMPWI/OiM 11/lt 24/10 27/10 20/10 00/11 03/11 14/11 17/H 11/11 14/12 17/12 20/12 24/12 20/12 02/01 HPWM—MM WH 01/11 00/11 u/ll 14/11 M/ 11
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      950 64 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Rood, 3rd Lavd, Freight links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: Besin6singnet.com.sg WEBSITE: www.frMghllinks.fMt ACCEPTING LCL CARGOES TO: MIDDLE EAST SOUTH AFRICA TURKEY -f FUI ISLAND MEXICO MAURITIUS .4INDIA SUBCONTINENT EUROPE MEDITERRANEAN -UL ISRAEL AUSTRALIA EGYPT USA SCANDINAVIA SOUTH AMERICA
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      123 65 LEGEND Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore Thunderstorm A Showers 4 Dajn Temperature C_/ Wjnd direction and speed In knots r\ Weather Cloudy Day c Hazy Sea Conditions Wind speed symbols i i O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds -l—4Dne hall Heche represents 5 knots
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      143 66 INFORMAL RATE AGREEMENT (IRA) FAR EAST/MIDDLE EAST TRADE EMERGENCY BUNKER SURCHARGE (EBS) OF USDI2S/TEU Arising from a recent review, the Member Lines of the Informal Rate Agreement (IRA) wish to announce that the Emergency Bunker Surcharge (EBS) will be increased to USD 125 per 20' and USD2SO per 40' with
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