The Business Times, 30 October 2000

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 035/12/1999 SINGAPORE Internet. Mtp://ousiness-times.asial com.sg/ MONDAY. OCTOBER 30, 2000
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    67 1 STOCK MAKKET INDICES Wwk Chan# STI 1,961.04 +37.37 SIMSCI FUTURES ....256.30. +5.80 BTSRI 788.51 +13.91 KLSE COMP 791.08. +12.09 NIKKEI 14.582.20. -616.53 HANG SENG ...14.902.46 -142.07 SET INDEX .274.34.. -2.26 JAKARTA COMF 411.84 -8.49 MANILA COMP 1J284.88 +33.65 TAIPEI WP1 5,805.17....+205.43 SEOUL COMF 515.34 -3063 CLSA CHINA B
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    76 1 FOREX SATES uss ss IJSS 1.754 £(USS/S$ per 1.433 1514 EURO(US$/SS/E) 0.832 1.460 DM 2.350 1.340 YEN 106.4 61.80 RM 3.800 2.167 HKS 7m 4.447 RAHT 43.73 24.93 RUPIAH 9,066 6.168 m SS to 100 writs PRIME SATES SINiiAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA JOOO BANGKOK _tJ50 MANILA 11.00
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    Lock icon Forex turbulence will skew listed firms' results
    723 1  -  ■^■exclusive Uneven impact seen; manufacturers that depend more on US sales likely to gain By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] The volatility in foreign exchange markets in recent months will leave its mark on the second-half earnings of listed Singapore companies and give their results
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    Lock icon Nortel fallout adds new element to tech stock worries
    689 1  -  But some see it as a final wringing out of the excesses that bodes well for market From Andrew Marks in New York THE high-wire act that US tech stocks are performing is well accepted by analysts by now. But the
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    Lock icon Analysts see crucial weeks ahead for rupiah
    724 1  -  Currency going down to 10,000 against US dollar looks a possibility to some From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta A CONFLUENCE of factors could drive the Indonesian rupiah down sharply in the coming weeks and the currency may even fall to as low as
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      101 1 DfSTOE BizlT PacNet wants to boost its 828 offerings and enter telecoms. Pg2 Will jump-starting work in the wireless world? Pg 3 S'pore Muslims can trade 'halal' stocks online soon. Pg 0 Microsoft is betting big on its .Net initiative. Pg 14 Top stories A qualitative approach to achieving profitability.
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      54 1 Iw We dont believe In rushing Into things. We believe, for example, that our strategy, which has V■ resulted In our being the only Singapore bank aIM that has not acquired any bank or Joint venture In the region, has held us up very well. JMI OUB president Peter Seah
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      Lock icon A qualitative approach to achieving company profitability
      574 2  -  Ui^xcTusive Two consultants keen to change the way local SMEs go about their business By* Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Fret not if earning good margins in business is becoming increasingly tough these days. After all, while you weren't looking, profit or its parameters has
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      Lock icon Malaysia's K-econorny Budget
      726 2  -  I :j i comment ECONOMICS Bat some observers suggest that what really counts Is the total environment' vikram khanna M FTER a second year of strong economic tgrowth, Malaysian Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin had the luxury, last week, of presenting a Budget M that was not about
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      Lock icon Opposition leaders in unity pact to oust Estrada
      712 2 Gory Aquino repeats appeal to embattled president to quit Reuters [MANILA] The Philippines' main opposition leaders, casting aside their political feuds, have joined forces in a unity pact to oust President Joseph Estrada from office and urged Filipinos to step up protests
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon OUB: better be safe than sorry
      1341 4  -  Utl exclusive Bank's president Peter Seah believes acquisitions must be executed with caution and in deciding on home loans it does what makes sense to its bottomline From Quak Hiang Whai in Shanghai SHAKEN up by the Asian financial crisis and pushed by competition
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      Lock icon Pidemco, DBS Land get nod to build on 4 sites
      457 5  -  Most of the 1,405 nnits could be built over 3-4 years; plots are at Serangoon Ave 2, Balmoral, Guillemard, Shelford roads By Marissa Chew LISTED DBS Land and Pidemco Land have together secured approvals to build some 1,405 units on
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      Lock icon Somerset to manage 101-unit Bangkok service residences
      376 5  -  exclusive! Contract is for 5 yrs, with option to continue for 5 more By, Andrea Tan SOMERSET Holdings has bagged a contract to manage a 101-unit service residence project in Bangkok, in line with its strategy to build up its presence in key
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      Lock icon SIA takes fourth place in transparency index
      415 7  -  The airline's interim report scored 28 out of 50 for content and a near perfect 45 out of 50 for context By] Paul Thompson SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) not only impressed us with its financial results for the six months ended Sept 30. It
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      Lock icon Eastech clears final hurdle for TDR listing in Taiwan
      381 7  -  By\ Marissa Chew EASTERN Asia Technology (Eastech) yesterday said its substantial shareholder EAH International Holding has cleared the final hurdle to have 20 million units of Taiwanese Depository Receipts (TDR) listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. The maker of audio, video
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      411 6 Oct 18 Source: JM Sassoon amcfci Voiuw Nat Elec 10c 118,182.000 NatSteel50c 100,851,000 Eastern Asia 41,182,000 PacificCenturylOc 37,486,000 Omni Ind 10c 34,668,000 SingTel 15c 31.947,000 GES Ind lid 20c 31.335.000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 28,350,000 Briettey NZ10c 26.583,000 Adroit 10c 19,242,000 Stocks > Nat Etec 10C 482,703,970 NatSteel 50c 232.107.710 Chart
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      Lock icon Upside or down? It depends on who you believe
      619 6  -  I:l i comment STOCKS r.sivanithy MORGAN Stanley's well-known equity strategist Barton Biggs said in a report earlier this month that Nasdaq is "the driver of the American mood, the world's stock markets, US consumer spending. .it would not be too far-fetched
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      Lock icon Good gearing makes Gul warrant worth looking at
      184 6  -  VUMXT WATCH By R Sivanithy IN Saturday's column we featured Penguin Boat International's 2005 warrant as a cheap, long-dated warrant that investors may wish to consider. Today we look at a warrant of similar pedigree but with a slight difference Gul Technologies,
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      Lock icon NatSteel Electronics set to test $4.84
      242 6  -  HOT STOCK By Serena Ng THE stock of electronics contract manufacturer Nat Steel Electronics has been in the limelight recently, and has seen strong gains over the past week on market speculation about corporate developments. The counter jumped 36 cents or almost 9 per
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      131 6 ♦THE board of directors of Wah Shing International Holdings Ltd said that Wah Shing Toys International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wah Shing, had on Oct 27,2000 entered into a sale and purchase of shares agreement to acquire from South China Industries Holdings Ltd the entire issued and paid
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      Lock icon S$ likely to stay afloat as other Asian currencies sink
      556 6 POLITICAL woes should cast a pall over the Philippine peso and the Thai baht this week. But the Singapore dollar should be able to weather the dark clouds passing over the region. The pressure is mounting for Philippine president Joseph
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      Lock icon Avaplas: young and looking for growth
      969 8  -  CEO Boone Quek says key challenge is to get the right talent as the sector's prospects are bright By\ Eugene Low AT the age of forty-three, most people don't think of leaving a settled job to strike out on their own. But Boone Quek,
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      Lock icon Price drop in Q3 hits 99-yr terrace houses hardest
      483 9  -  They are down 9.2% compared to 4.3% for all terraces and just 1.4% for freeholds By] Marissa Chew PRICES of 99-year leasehold terrace houses bore the brunt of the weak market sentiment, falling 9.2 per cent in the third quarter, figures
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      Lock icon Soft landing seen for Asia next year
      368 9  -  on the economy outlook Zft/j Anna Teo ASIA will achieve a soft economic landing next year, with GDP growth slowing to about 6 per cent, from an expected 7 per cent this year, says Barclays Capital. But these forecasts hinge on continued economic
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      Lock icon Najib: S'pore is not a potential enemy
      172 9 Bernama [PEKAN, Malaysia] Malaysia does not consider Singapore a potential enemy with the possibility of a war breaking out between the two countries. Defence Minister Najib Tun Razak said yesterday. Instead, it is working towards enhancing bilateral ties to resolve outstanding problems between
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      Lock icon S'pore cars can fill tanks to capacity in Johor Barn
      242 9 20-litre limit for foreign vehicles not applicable to JB: M'sian minister Bernama [JOHOß BARU] Singapore vehicles entering Johor Baru can from now on fill their tanks to capacity with petrol or diesel. Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Muhyiddin
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      Lock icon M'sia may invest in Silicon Valley startups, says Dr M
      369 10 HONGKONG M'si&n PM sees HTs CyberPort as partner to MSC Bernama THE Malaysian government is looking into investing in new startups in Silicon Valley in the US and in other countries under its plans to take up equity in foreign
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      Lock icon Levy exemption won't trigger outflow: Dr Mahathir
      206 10 UHONGKONG Bernama MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he does not expect any substantial outflow of funds following the government's decision to exempt investors from paying levy on portfolio profits repatriated after one year. "I don't expect there will be
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      Lock icon 9,400 tax dodgers banned from leaving M'sia
      115 10 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has banned 9,367 tax dodgers including businessmen and professionals from leaving the country, the Sunday Star reported. Those blacklisted have not settled taxes and penalties amounting to RM812.3 million (*****.8 million), said the daily quoting
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      Lock icon Will foreigners be wooed back to Malaysi?
      686 10  -  -l I comment KL STOCKS Budget signals a friendlier environment bnt KL must be consistent in Implementing policies eddie toh THE Malaysian Budget unveiled on Friday is unlikely to have gratified every market player. Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin did not dish out many
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      Lock icon Maybank, Fortis deal soon
      296 10 KUALA LUMPUR Up to 30pc of insurance unit will rhnngg hanrig Bloomberg MALAYAN Banking Bhd, the No 1 lender in Malaysia, said it expects to sign a formal equity partnership with the Fortis group, Belgium's largest financial services company, to expand its insurance business. Maybank, as
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      Lock icon Treasury advised to cut loan guarantees
      119 10 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S Treasury has been told to exercise caution in acting as guarantor for loans, which amounted to RM4B billion (5522.1 billion) last year, the Sunday Star said. Although the loans were to imple- ment key projects aimed at stimulating the economy,
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  • SOUTH east asia
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      Lock icon Weak peso likely to hurt Manila corporate earnings: analysts
      561 12 MANILA Forecasts scrapped for fear political crisis will prolong high rates regime Reuters CORPORATE profits in the Philippines are likely to grow only until the third quarter this year, but could then start to slip if the already feeble peso faced
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      Lock icon US embassy extends closure of public services
      421 12 JAKARTA Armed youths check hotel registry for Americans AP THE United States Embassy in Jakarta, which temporarily discontinued some services last week after receiving an unspecified threat, will remain closed to the public until at least Tuesday, a spokesman said. "The suspension of
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      Lock icon Megawati lashes out at critics of government
      484 12 SURABAYA, Indonesia Reuters INDONESIAN Vice-Presi-dent Megawati Sukarnoputri abandoned her usual silence on politics yesterday and attacked critics of the government, giving the country's embattled president a much needed boost. Ms Megawati also said annual sessions of the top legislature, which review the president's
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  • EAST asia
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      Lock icon China unlikely to join WTO before middle of next year
      574 14 BEIJING The country still has three main hurdles to cross before gaining entry WP CHINA hopes to complete preparations to enter the World Trade Organisation by the middle of next year, senior officials have told Western economists in one of
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      Lock icon Shell signs record US$4b contract with CNOOC
      428 14 BEIJING Joint venture to build petrochem plant in Guangdong Bloomberg ROYAL Dutch/Shell Group and China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) said they will build a US$4 billion (Ss7 billion) petrochemical plant in southern China, in the largest Sino-foreign joint venture to date. The
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      Lock icon Shanghai shares outshine counterparts in Shenzhen
      811 14 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA'S hard currency shares listed in Shanghai have soared at more than twice the rate of their counterparts on Shenzhen this year and analysts said they expected the eastern city to keep its lead position. China's proposed merger of the two exchanges
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      Lock icon Taiwan stocks brace for political storm
      399 14 TAIPEI Govt decision to scrap nnke plant will spark partisan fend Reuters TAIWAN'S volatile stock market is set for a rough ride this week as investors brace for more chaos and uncertainties after the government's abrupt decision to scrap a controversial nuclear power plant.
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      Lock icon Options for 14,000 CyberWorks' staff
      122 14 HONGKONG AFP PACIFIC Century CyberWorks Ltd is to issue share options worth an average of HK$lO,OOO (552,250) to each of the 14,000 employees it had gained through the takeover of Cable and Wireless HKT in August. Depending on their seniority, staff will receive options to
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      63 14 [BEIJING] People gathering to sign up for Bank of China's credit cards outside a shopping complex in Beijing, yesterday. Growth in personal housing and consumption loans accounted for 38 per cent of loan growth at financial institutions in the January to September period, an increased of
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  • SOUTH asia
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      Lock icon State Bank of India issues bonds worth US$1.2b
      626 15 BOMBAY Bat move weakens rupee to a record low of 46.74 to the US dollar AFP THE State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest bank, has issued bonds worth about US$l.25 billion (552.19 billion) to overseas Indians, but the move has
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      Lock icon India, Pakistan clash in Kashmir for 2nd day
      249 15 JAMMU, India India says Pakistani troops fired at least 1,200 mortar shells, and it'll retaliate AFP PAKISTANI troops opened heavy mortar fire on the disputed Kashmir border, a day after clashes in which 17 soldiers from both sides reportedly died, an army
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Deutsche Bank and Lazard holding merger talks, says report
      542 16 LONDON Move comes as Lazard is Qnder pressure from partners for its dwindling share of M&A market Reuters, Bloomberg GERMANY'S Deutsche Bank and rival bank Lazard are holding talks that could lead to a merger, the Sunday Business newspaper reported, without
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      Lock icon Microsoft describes 'Trojan horse' break-in
      593 16 NEW YORK NYT HOWARD A Schmidt's staff called with troubling news late on Tuesday, Oct 17. "Some accounts were being created that did not match our normal audit logs," Mr Schmidt, the corporate security officer for Microsoft Corp, said on Saturday. A new account gives
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      Lock icon Germany's Expo 2000 facing 1.2b euro deficit
      322 16 HANOVER, Germany Wrong marketing pitch, Hanover site cited as reasons for poor response AFP GERMANY'S first-ever world's fair is to close tomorrow having drawn far fewer visitors than expected and leaving behind a huge debt, the Expo 2000 chief Birgit Breul said. Speaking
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      Lock icon Barak says he will hold peace talks if violence drops
      427 16 JERUSALEM AFP, Reuters ISRAELI Prime Minister Ehud Barak said yesterday that he would be ready to hold peace talks in the United States if there is a drop in the violence that has rocked the Palestinian territories for a month,
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      Lock icon Nasdaq cancels trades for 125m Intel shares
      232 16 NEW YORK Reuters, Bloomberg A TRADE for 25,000 shares of leading chip maker Intel Corp multiplied to 125 million shares in afterhours activity on Friday due to a technical glitch suffered by the member firm that reported it, the Nasdaq stock market said
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      549 17  -  Iran wants oil and gas investments; Japan to increase energy security From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo A NEW chapter in Japan's Middle East diplomacy is set to open this week when President Mohammad Khatami becomes the first Iranian head of state to visit Japan in
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      Lock icon Rich Swiss town cuts taxes by half
      194 17 AFP [FREIENBACH, Switzerland] Problems, problems: a town incentral Switzerland is so wealthy it has decided to halve its taxes for the next two years because it does not know what to do with all its money. Town officials agreed on Friday that the
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      Lock icon Deutsche Post to raise 7.4b euros in biggest IPO this year
      334 17 FRANKFURT Bloomberg DEUTSCHE Post World Net, Germany's state-owned postal service, will raise as much as 7.4 billion euros (Sslo.B billion) in its initial public offering, which would make it Germany's biggest IPO this year. Deutsche Post will price its
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      Lock icon Japan to offer US$500m aid to N Korea: report
      306 17 TOKYO Talks to normalise relations start today in Bering AP JAPAN will offer North Korea an economic package worth US$5OO million (5J876.8 million) in a new round of talks this week on normalising ties with the reclusive communist nation, a leading
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      569 18 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices rose last week amid concern that Iraq might halt its exports if the United Nations decides to challenge its request to be paid in euros for its oil. Upward pressure also came from figures from
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      805 19 NEW YORK One sure sign to identify a bear market hasn't materialised yet AP WALL Street's performance the past few weeks managing to put together a rally only to see it evaporate at the first sign of trouble begs the
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      245 19 HONGKONG AFP THE direction of Hongkong's benchmark share index this week is expected to be determined by events on Wall Street and the crisis in the Middle East, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 142.07 points, or 0.9 per cent, over
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      496 19 TOKYO AFP TOKYO'S headline Nikkei-225 Index will struggle to emerge from its 20-month lows this week because of a likely downturn on Wall Street, dealers said. "The stock market will be sensitive to corporate earnings reports as investors remain jittery about slowing US
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      298 19 ■LONDON AFP THE London stock market ended a bumpy week slightly higher on Friday, but the outlook will be swayed by a flood of earnings reports this week as results season gets into full swing. The FTSEIOO Index closed the week at 6,366.5
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      854 19 El Sydney +7J9 THE Australian market appears to be gaining some resilience but must brace for the ripple effects of investor concern about the Nasdaq in the US in the week ahead, analysts said. "Cash-burn, maturation of revenue growth and industry rationalisation will remain concerns for investors on
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      398 20 AFP Q CompositeJudex +1249 MALAYSIA'S stock market is expected to consolidate in the coming week following the announcement of an uninspiring 2001 Budget, dealers said. The government on Friday unveiled a RM91.1 billion (SS42 billion) deficit Budget designed to broaden economic recovery, boost private-sector growth
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      592 21 S6Z Derivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup CURRENCY markets will continue to focus on the potential for the euro to set continuous record lows and the threat of another round of ECB-led central bank intervention to stop that from happening, though in the opinion of S&P
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      503 24 NEW YORK 3 worst election-year declines have meant defeat for incnmbent party's candidate Bloomberg COUNT the drop in US stocks this year as one thing not in Vice-President A 1 Gore's favour as the Nov 7 election approaches.
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      698 24  -  President could cost him votes among Catholics, married women, in Midwest From Leon Hadar in Washington WITH time running out for him and as opinion polls suggest that Texas Governor George W Bush is increasing his lead among voters, VicePresident A
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      327 24 WASHINGTON Reuters QUEASY stock markets and a slowing expansion put a premium on the next US administration's top economic officials being Wall Street-sawy or at least blessed by Wall Street. Analysts and political insiders from the camps of both Democratic nominee A 1
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      1765 26 Amid uncertain political climate and increasing demand for share of profits from local communities and government, analysts wonder what the mining company has to concede Bloomberg [INDONESIA] A PAPUAN anthropologist, a British sociologist, and an American priest are sitting in a hotel bar in the
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      191 26 Mm I H^HBBl^i^^H Glad yo« asked because we solve problems like this every day. H In fact, Sing Tel Singapore's leading telecommunications provider came to us with exactly the same challenge. With over 50% of Singapore consumers accessing the Internet they How are you needed to support a rapidly growing
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      169 27 Profit Plans Homegrown, Nasdaq-listed ISP Pacific Internet Ltd wants to boost its B2B offerings and enter the telecom arena, PacNet's CEO Nicholas Lee tells J Andrew Wee. Pg2 a ipir M 'Wk.,., _^R V; 1 w I *Qnkxt tmV .&L^H -fi%j jjL,^y' Jv v ;«> *wE*mW You can't reach new
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      81 27 Top stories Oracle bullish about Asia-Pac boost Page 7 S'pore Muslims can trade halal stocks online soon Page 8 Big buzz at Internet World Fall 2000 Page 11 The .Net bet: Microsoft is betting big on its next initiative Page 14 Commentaries Will jump-starting work in wireless world? Page 5
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      Lock icon Tapping corporate connectivity
      1209 28  -  1 exclusive For companies, PacNet plans to offer an ASP-delivered travel application via a broadband connection by Ql2OOl Byi Andrew Wee Homegrown isp (Internet Service Provider) Pacific Internet Ltd plans to go ahead with its expansion plans, despite its share price taking a beating on Nasdaq. It
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      529 28  -  Users of Armada E5OO and V3OO systems can get two battery packs free By\ Raju Chellam COMPUTER giant Compaq Computer Corp is recalling and replacing battery packs on its Armada E5OO and V3OO notebook computers, following a fire risk noticed in one notebook
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      471 28 Bloomberg [BEIJING] International Business Machines Corp, the world's largest computer maker, said it will build a US$3OO million (***** million) factory in Shanghai to produce advanced semiconductor assemblies to help meet growing demand. The 500,000 sq ft factory is scheduled to open
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      Lock icon IBM woos London exchange
      382 28 The Telegraph COMPUTER giant IBM began courting the London Stock Exchange, promoting itself as the best party to lead the company's technology overhaul. IBM, which works for 50 stock markets worldwide, will be approaching the stock exchange chairman Don Cruickshank to offer its services once the
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      357 30  -  The S'pore round for first and second-level funding closes tomorrow. More than 250 companies are expected to take part, reports siewyaw hoomo SIEW YAW HOONG INTERNET companies that wish to obtain VC (venture capital) funding have one more day to do so. The Singapore
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      703 30 Reuters [LONDON] Psion, the world's number two handheld computer maker, joined the ranks of troubled technologists last Friday with a profit warning that immediately slashed a quarter off the value of its shares. The British company shares some of its woes, such as higher
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      511 30  -  Byi Christine Harper Bloomberg [LONDON] British Telecommunications pic's phone services should face further regulation because competition hasn't pushed prices low enough, the UK's Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) said. Oftel wants to extend the four-year-old price control on British Telecom's household phone service until July
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      Lock icon Will jump-starting work in the wireless world?
      854 31  -  lid comment INFOTECH S'pore has to look at the rest of the world as Its hinterland and sell to a global audience, preferably via mobile handsets raju chellam The writer is BizlT Editor LAST weekend, the Singapore government set aside $200 million from
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      545 31  -  It doesn't have a fast exit strategy despite the dismal show of technology stocks By Matt Pottinger Reuters [BEIJING] Despite the dismal performance of Chinese technology stocks, Intel Corp says it is still pumping venture capital into tech start-ups in China. The world's
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      575 32  -  SAY IH Thftrft Iff ft pinmhin gjnh nnur nnitar way at all levels In response to the gravitational mill that broadband exerts lionel lim The writer is vice-president and managing director. Sun Microsystems (Asia South) BY the end of this year, Nortel Networks plans to sell
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        53 32 HOMEGROWN Catcha.com, which operates a network of local portals in the region, will move its technology HQ from Singapore and Malaysia to the MSG (Multimedia Super Corridor) in Malaysia, where Catcha.com Sdn Bhd is located. Catcha.com will maintain its dual corporate HQ in Singapore and Malaysia,
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        Lock icon OUB chooses Access360
        65 32 OVERSEAS Union Bank (OUB) has begun deployment of enßole, an automated resource provisioning management (RPM) system, by California-based Access36o, an Internet infrastructure software solutions provider. "OUB can now have an audit trail for tracking changes to access rights...ensure the integrity of the bank's information assets, and reduce
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        57 32 CELESTIX Networks Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based network appliance provider, said 3i Group Pic, Europe-based VC firm, has invested $8 million for a minority equity stake in Celestix. The investment has been made through the US$4OO million (*****.4 million) Asia-Pacific Technology Fund, which includes US$lOO million funding
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        Lock icon Ryder acquires Ascent
        53 32 US-based Ryder System Inc, which provides logistics management solutions, said it has acquired Ascent Logistics Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based logistics management services provider. With this acquisition, Ryder will set up its Asian regional HQ in Singapore. The deal was facilitated with help from the EDB and the
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        Lock icon SAS wins PMO order
        107 32 THE SAS Institute, which provides e-intelligence and data warehousing solutions, said it has won a deal from the Public Service Division of the Prime Minister's Office to build a salary data warehouse. The system will analyse the salaries of the public and private sectors and determine
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        54 32 SAIL (Speech, Artificial Intelligence and Language) Port Asia-Pacific, a non-profit organisation that provides access to funds for technopreneurs in speech, AI and language areas, has appointed Tay KhengTiongas managing director and chief of station. Mr Tay was previously vice president of GartnerGroup's Dataquest unit
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        39 32 SWEDEN-based Intentia International an enterprise applications systems provider, has appointed David Hope as its new regional director for Asean, Taiwan and Hongkong. Mr Hope was previously manager for the Asia-Pacific for IBM's Global Premier Partner Programme.
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        45 32 EVENTCLICKS Ltd, a service portal by Hongkong-based e-Kong Group Ltd, has opened its office in Singapore, headed by its director of sales, Sharon Cheung. The portal provides free solutions to events organisers sourcing for locations and facilities in the Asia-Pacific region.
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        Lock icon Belle Systems comes to S'pore
        48 32 rf.t .1 .F. Systems, a Denmark-based IP services provider, has opened its Asia-Pacific HQ in Singapore, headed by David Channell, senior vice-president for Asia-Pacific. The company specialises in advanced IP service provisioning, management and billing solutions for telcos, ISPs, and other services providers.
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        42 32 A SEMINAR on "Web globalisation: challenges of crossing linguistic, cultural and national boundaries" will be held on Nov 7 at the Plaza Parkroyal Hotel. It is organised by Uniscape Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd. For details, fax *****22, or e-mail cwong@uniscape.com.sg.
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        40 32 A TWO-DAY conference on 'Mobile commerce for the financial world' will be held from Nov 13 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. It is organised by the Centre for Management Technology. For details fax *****28 or e-mail dawn@antsp.com.sg.
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        48 32  -  OotnpUed by Siew Yaw Hoong THE Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) has tied up with Ericsson to introduce the "WAP Certification Programme". The first programme will be held for five days from Nov 20 at the MDIS Management Centre. For details, fax *****25.
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      Lock icon Oracle bullish about Asia-Pac
      848 33  -  Ml exclusive The US-based giant wants to up the region's contribution to gross revenue from 12% now to 20% in the future, reports tamo wemofai TANG WENG FAI US-BASED software giant Oracle Corp is set to increase Asia-Pa-cific's contribution to its global revenue stream, from the
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      314 34 The creator of IslamiQ.com, Dr Hasnita Dato Hashim, is a Malaysian living in London who wants to get Muslims to bank online SHE'S an unusual Malay Muslim woman. This Kedah-born Muslim lady is out to prove to the financial world that Islam is not the
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      731 34  -  S'pore Muslims will soon be able to trade halal stocks on the Internet thanks to a service offered by a tie-up between Ampro Group and London-based IslamiQ.com Reports by\ Said Abdullah EARLY next year, Muslims in Singapore and around the region can trade in "halal" stocks
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      283 34  -  NYSE-listed company launches e-commerce platform to link to Asian customers, suppliers By' Vivien Ng THE Asian arm of US-based Manufacturers' Services Ltd (MSL) last week launched its e-commerce platform to conduct business transactions online with its customers and suppliers across Asia, in a bid
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      655 36  -  U)l exclusive Homegrown Institute of High Performance Computing wants to up commercial sales revenues to over 30% by taking on more industry-related research By' Tang Weng Fai Homegrown research institute, IHPC (Institute of High Performance Computing) aims to boost revenues from commercial sales to above
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        59 36 CREATIVE Technology has launched two new digital speaker systems from Cambridge Sound Works: Play Works DTT2SOO Digital, and Play Works PS2oooDigital. Both are designed for the PlayStation2 console. The systems provide Dolby digital surround sound when playing DVD movies or PlayStation2 games. The DTT2SOO costs U*****.99
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        78 36 CREATIVE Technology has also unveiled its new Video Blaster MovieMaker, that lets users import video clips from camcorders or video cassette recorders to a PC via a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connection. Users can then edit them using the bundled software; the footage can take
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        59 36 HOMEGROWN IT solutions provider, NeXLabe Pte Ltd, has launched Track Engine, a server-based software that provides continuous monitoring and content analysis of websites. It lets users customise what they would like to track, such as stock prices or news, and avoid information overload. Prices start
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        50 36 DELL Computer has unveiled its Power Edge 300, a workgroup server targeted at small businesses. It features dual 800 MHz Pentium HI processors, supports up to IGB of memory and comes with three internal drive bays. Prices start at $2,116. For details, visit www.dell.com/ap.
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        59 36 3M Visual Systems Division has launched MP7640, an LCD projector that weighs 2.4 kg and provides 800 lumens' brightness at 800 by 600 pixel resolution. 3M said it comes with "the ultra-responsive matrix LCD technology" as well as a wide-angle lens and sliding lens
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        Lock icon NEC unveils new projector
        44 36 NEC Singapore has introduced its MultiSync Projector LTISO, an LCD projector that weighs 1.5 kg and provides 800 lumens' brightness at 1024 by 768 pixel resolution. It is available end-November and costs $*****. For details, fax 271-7188, or visit www.nec.cmn.sg/necsin.
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        Lock icon Quantum's hard drive for power servers
        75 36 QUANTUM Corp has unveiled the Atlas 10K HI hard disk drive, designed for high-performance servers, workstations and storage systems. It comes with 18 GB per platter, a capacity of 73.4 GB, seek-time of 4.5 ms, and uses the Ultra 320 SCSI interface. It will
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        Lock icon IPAQ Pocket PC makes S'pore debut
        106 36 COMPAQ Computer said its iPAQ Pocket PC is now available here. The handheld device runs on a 206 MHz Intel processor, and comes with 32 MB RAM, an audio speaker, a navigation button that provides access to applications with a single click, and a
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        Lock icon E-biz solution from Great Plains
        49 36  -  Compiled by Siew Yaw Hoong US-based Great Plains Inc. that provides e-business solutions, has launched eEnterprise 6.0, an e-biz solution for the mid-market segment. It provides applications such as sales, purchasing, e-banking, and project management. Prices start at $50,000. For details, check out www.greatplains.com.
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      Lock icon Tech buzz
      1270 37  -  Some 60,000 Internet professionals turned up at Internet World Fall 2000 to network and check out the mega event the biggest ever, in New York last week From Catherine Ong in New York WHAT Nasdaq market crash? You wouldn't know there was one if you were at New
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      Lock icon British Telecom may sell Cegetel stake
      315 38 Move to offload 25% stake in French telecoms company could raise £7b for debt-laden group; Vodafone a likely buyer The Daily Telegraph BRITISH Telecom is considering the sale of its 26 per cent stake in Cegetel, the French telecommunications company, in a move that
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      Lock icon The new economy battle of sexes
      752 38 Women in Asia are far behind when it comes to Internet usage AFP [BANGKOK] At a small travel business in central Bangkok, nine women sit behind a row of pricy computer terminals equipped with the latest flight-booking software. Seven of them, however, spend the
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      415 39 Competition authority investigating for collusion, said to have launched 20 raids after Blu's early pullout FT THE controversy over Italy's auction of third generation mobile phone licences intensified on Friday after the Italian competition authority said it was formally investigating whether there was collusion
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      Lock icon Hutchison says bid cost HK$21b
      86 39 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hutchison Whampoa Ltd said the winning bid by its unit, Andala 3G SpA, for a new-generation UMTS mobile phone licence in Italy cost a total HKS2I.2 billion (554.8 billion). "Andala successfully bid 4,700 billion lira (HK115.82 billion) for 10 MHz of paired spectrum
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      205 39 Orange CEO to step down after dispute with France Telecom over listing AFP [LONDON] Hans Snook, the charismatic chief executive of mobile telecoms company Orange is planning to step down over a disagreement with parent France Telecom, the Sunday Telegraph reported. According to early editions
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      573 39 AFP [DUBAI] Dubai's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Rashid al-Maktum on Saturday opened the first stage of what the Gulf emirate calls the world's first free trade zone for e-business, "Dubai Internet City" (DIC). Dubai launched the project exactly a year ago with the first phase estimated
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        647 40  -  :i« exclusive The software giant will spend about USs4oom in Asia to push its next initiative, as amdbew wee finds out ANDREW WEE SOFTWARE giant Microsoft Corp will spend about US$4OO million (Ss7ol million) in Asia this year to push its newest .Net vision, which aims to
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        Lock icon E-learning to grow 94% a year in Asia-Pacific
        418 40  -  Linux training now also catching up, say IDC reports By Raju Chellam INFOTECH training revenues in the Asia-Pacific region will cross US$2.5 billion (554.4 billion) by 2004, from about US$9Bl million last year, according to International Data Corp (IDC) estimates. That's because
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          73 40 GERMANY-BASED SAP AG held its "SAP E-business Summit 2000" online for three days from Bam GMT on Oct 24, at www.sap.com/summit. The summit was broadcast from locations in Singapore, Germany and the US, and featured product demos, chat sessions and panel discussions on enterprise portals, m-commerce,
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          65 40 CREATIVE Technology has announced Savantium, an audio content source for Nomad users, at www.savantium.com. It lets users view and schedule downloads of news, sports information, stocks, financial data, and weather in text, which is then converted into audio on the PC using the latest audio technologies.
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          88 40 SINGAPORE Telecommunications last week launched Sing Tel Giga Wave, an optical network with speeds of up to 2.5 gigabits per second; next year it promises up to 10 Gbps. Sing Tel said it will invest at least $30 million over the next three years to provide this
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          67 40 ALTEON Web Systems, part of the Nortel Networks group, said that "all the five ISPs in Singapore have deployed our content networking products, the ACEdirector series" for high-speed Internet traffic management functions. The company's products combine traffic management services within a "high-performance Ethernet switch, which
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          72 40 ENERGIZER Singapore has introduced Energizer e2 (pronounced e-square), a new category of alkaline batteries with titanium technology. The batteries will debut next month in six sizes, including the AA photo lithium one, which "is the longest-lasting digital camera battery, lasting up to five times longer
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          73 40 EGUIDE Singapore Pte Ltd has tied up with DP Information Network Pte Ltd to provide credit checkings —called Corporate Briefs —on companies from its online directory. DPlnformation will offer the briefs fbf eGuide via its online business tool, lQuestnet.com; users will have to pay to access
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          76 40  -  Cknqdbd by i Raju Chellam THE i 2 Foundation, formed In 1997 by employees of Nasdaq-listed 12 Technologies, has created Aidmatrix, at public, not-for-profit e-marketplace, to streamline the delivery of humanitarian aid and disaster relief in partnership with Care, the American Red Cross, and America's Second
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      227 41 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE resurgence in the dry bulk sector has continued, with reports involving four Airther handymax and two panamax bulker sales. TesnbaaUfir farther trading ♦Fujal Pilot 70,101 tdw hit 94 Sumitomo reported sold region U5515,300,000 to Greek buyers. ♦Global Ace: tdw bit 86 Hitachi
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      512 41  -  Supply chain company will become US-based giant's Asian headquarters By i Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] As a sign of consolidation in the local logistics industry, US-based multinational Ryder System Inc has acquired homegrown supply chain company Ascent Logistics. Ascent Logistics, part of the Wuthelam
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      616 41  -  XiDIER SCENE By David Hughes A FEW weeks ago, this column contained some less than optimistic comments about the prospects for cargo matching portals. Not surprisingly some such portals begged to differ and one said so in no uncertain terms.
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      349 41 They will be able to form strategic alliances with intl ports: KL minister Bernama (PENANGI The interest shown by Hongkong billionaire Li Ka-shing in ports in Malaysia could bring advantages and strategic alliances between Malaysian ports and international ports, said Transport Minister
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      276 41 [SINGAPORE] PSA Corp signed a 25-year contract to develop and operate the Muara Container Terminal (MCT), the first major port privatisation project in Negara Brunei Darussalam. The contract, which has an option for a five-year extension, was signed over the weekend by
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        234 42  -  The facility at Harwich will have annnal capacity ofl.7mTEUs Reports by] David Hughes in London HUTCHISON Port Holdings (HPH) is to develop a major container facility at Harwich, UK. Hutchison Ports (UK) is buying 101 hectares of land at Bathside Bay in
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        267 42 Irregularities found in LTs balance sheets report THE Italian carrier Lloyd Triestino (LT) is pressing ahead with expansion plans even though its parent company, Taipei-based Evergreen, is reportedly demanding the return of the US$2B million (Ss49 million) that it paid for the former stateowned
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          140 42 INTERNATIONAL Maritime Bureau director P Mukundan has welcomed the "prompt and efficient action" of the Indonesian Navy in locating the 15,095 dwt cargo ship Norbulk Namir in a port in Sumatra and towing it back to Batam where it had been under arrest. The ship was
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          58 42 ALE CO Kairis, deputy chairman of NJ Goulandris, is the new chairman of the UK P&I Club. He succeeds Nils-Gustaf Palmgren. The club has cut the 1999 supplementary call from 40 per cent to 90 per cent and announced a general increase in premium rating for
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          78 42 SMARTBUNKERS, which claims to be the world's largest Internet bunker exchange, says it has achieved US$lO 'million (5517.5 million) in online bunker sales since it started up this July. The company says the number of registered buyers on its site had risen from 50 to 150 in
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          131 42 SWEDISH industrial shipping specialist Gorthon Lines blames the polices of its government for reduced profits despite increasing volumes of cargo. It made a pre-tax profit of 3.9 million Swedish kronor (5J669.300) for the third quarter, compared to a 9.1 million kronor profit in the
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          130 42 A STENA Group associate company, large tanker and bulker operator Concordia Maritime, made an operating profit of 131.6 million kronor (5522.6 million), including 25.5 million kronor on a ship sale, for the first nine months of the year. That compares with a loss of 14.2 million
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        787 55 THIS report, compiled by Cockett M» rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        915 56 Consolidation of industry a huge, complex undertaking and completion is a long way away Reuters [SHANGHAI] Despite a flurry of merger announcements in China's fragmented aviation industry since regulators urged consolidation, analysts say real progress in building strong carrier groups
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        565 56 The Sunday Telegraph [LONDON] British Airways plans to resume Concorde flights "in April, possibly even March", a senior BA official told The Sunday Telegraph. The airline intends to reopen the lucrative transatlantic route to New York first and restore other routes
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        91 56 [INCHON] An Asiana Boeing 737 taxis upon its arrival at Seoul's new international airport after a test flight to check the new airport which is due to open in March next year. The new airport at Inchon, 52 kilometres west of Seoul, was built on
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        315 56 Aircraft due for delivery between 2001 and mid-2003 Reuters [DOHA] Qatar Airways said it has mandated a consortium of foreign and local banks to raise finance for the purchase of six new Airbus A 320 planes for its fleet. The airline
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      866 54 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Rood, 3rd Laval, Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg WEBSITE: www.freighHinks.net FOR BOOKING: *****35/5539/5541/5553/3494 project shipment a heavyuft cargo (CONVENTIONAL A RORO) Lawrence Uwi *****78, H/Ws *****977 lqwrnialh<iii.unM jg WAREHOUSING LOGISTIC SERVICES ENQUIRY CONTACT: CLEMENT CHUA 9688
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