The Business Times, 18 December 2000

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    14 1 The BiisinessTimes MITA (P) 028/12/2000 85C SINGAPORE Ir.ternet: h;tp.//business-times.asial .com.sg/ MONDAY. DECEMBER 18. 2000
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    67 1 STOCK MAEgETIKDiaBS Week Chaage STI 1,948.18. -11.98 S1MSC1 FUTURES 250.70. .-2.00 BT-SRI. .888.71 +1.78 KLSE (X)MF 700.44_ -33.05 NIKKEI 14,552.29. -144.22 HANG SENG... 14,975.53 -213.80 SET INDEX.. .273.17 -0.52 JAKARTA COMP 423.68 -8.13 MANILA COMP. 1,408.39 +3.08 TAIPEI WPI 5,134.10......-! 18.73 SEOUL COMP. 534.00. -0.81 CLSA CHINA B
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    71 1 POSEX BATES us$ ss US$ L7$? £(US$/S$ per 1.473 1559 EURO(US$/S$/E) 9.893 1552 DM 2.189 L260 YEN 112.4 84.70 R.M 3.800 2.187 HKS 7j800 1490' BAHT 43.50 25.01 RUPIAH M65 5^90 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA „.39.00 BANGKOK 9.56 MANILA 1100 HONGKONG .....8.5® TAIPEI 7.84 SYDNEY
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    Lock icon Fears of financial crisis mounting in Japan
    1080 1  -  Coming months will be crucial as Tokyo's policy options are seen to be drying np From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo FEARS are mounting that Japan could soon relapse into recession and suffer a new banking and financial crisis as the renewed economic downturn
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    Lock icon Investment sales of property tumble 25%
    867 1  -  liexclusive Sales down despite boost from govt land sales By\ Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Investment sales of property, a barometer of developers' medium-to-long-term confidence in the Singapore property market, have fallen by 25 per cent from last year. Knocked back by a 50 per cent
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    Lock icon Share options: How to have your cake and eat it too
    452 1  -  -liexclusive Private bankers giving well-off clients a means to monetise their assets By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Frustrated by a moratorium on the sale of your shares when you've got your eye on a yacht? Or maybe you'd like
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      124 1 INSIDE BT Comment Do interest rates matter? Pg 9 Top Stories Fed wont cut rates but may shift to neutral bias, $ay analysts. Next Page -'M Tech sector draws more execs in Q3. Next Page Dept stores expect a less-than-merry X'mas season. Pg4 81! lIIISIII Customer care AlA's top I
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      34 1 1-Net Singapore wants to go seeks partner BizlT Pg 2 1 p I H Biotech's the IT bet BizlT Pg 3 rr,'. ;-v-- r; Don't write off old-economy Korean companies just yet Pg 12
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      Lock icon Fed won't cut rates but may shift to neutral bias, say analysts
      660 2  -  But they expect a cut early next year to revive the rapidly slowing economy From Catherine Ong in New York THE US Federal Reserve Board is not expected to cut interest rates when it meets tomorrow but analysts
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      Lock icon Tech sector draws more execs in Q3
      570 2  -  ml exclusive Regional index shows much of the demand is in e-biz Byi Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] A still robust technology sector continued to drive demand for executives in the Asia-Pacific in the third quarter, accounting for almost a third of total hirings, according
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      8 2 HK, S'pore seen as defensive plays, Pg 7
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      90 2 CfIRISTMAS Top Performers; Week 1 NAME GAIN(S) 1. Ms Rachel Hui Ling 132,603 2. Mr Ang Ah Ho 101,059 3. Mr Lawrence Leong 95,582 4. MrLeeKimTong 93,544 5. Mr Koh Tong Chok 72,375 6. MrWoonLoySin 69,243 7. Mr Dan Song 67,725 8. Ms Lee Huey Shin 64,949 9. Mr Sim
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SGX companies have long way to go in raising reporting standards
      586 4  -  Only 3 of top 20 meet proposed new requirements By] Paul Thompson IT looks like the accountants and investor relations personnel of many top Singapore Exchange (SGX) companies will have to work even harder for their monthly salary cheque
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      Lock icon Dept stores expect a less-than-merry Christmas season
      745 4  -  Competition from niche players, slower holiday sales conld hit Q4 earnings By l Serena Ng LISTED Singapore department stores may not enjoy a merry Christmas this year as they grapple with increasing competition from niche players amid slower fourth-quarter sales growth. Cash registers
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      Lock icon Ionics defers China expansion plans
      267 4  -  From Al Labita in Manila SINGAPORE-LISTED Filipino electronics components manufacturer lonics EMS has deferred its plan to expand to China, to focus on its Philippine operations, its parent said. In a statement to the Philippine Stock Exchange, listed lonics Circuits Inc said its 75 per
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      Lock icon Singapore seen as defensive play in falling markets
      722 7  -  Singapore stocks well placed to benefit from any Fed easing, says Morgan Stanley Dean Witter strategist By Paul Thompson "THE Singapore stock market is likely to respond more positively than most should the US Federal Reserve lower interest rates. That said, we
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      1312 4 VflP Singapore Press Holdings NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Sixteenth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at News Centre, 82 Genting Lane, Singapore *****7 on Friday, January 5, 2001 at 10.30 a.m. for the following business:Ordinary Business 1. To receive and,
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Deutsche's OUB covered wrt: still fairly active
      180 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By: R Sivanithy SATURDAY'S column featured the plight of the covered warrants sector which, to put it bluntly, is dead in the water. Not only have all the underlying shares collapsed, the warrants have collapsed even more and now suffer from
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      Lock icon Don't hold your breath, the bear's not leaving yet
      574 6  -  I-I I comment STOCKS r.sivanithy IT MIGHT be self-evident to some to say that the local stock market is in a bear phase and has been for more than six months now. To some though, it might be politically incorrect to
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      Lock icon L&M likely to hold at current levels
      259 6  -  HOT STOCK By\ Serena Ng THE stock of Indonesian-linked L&M Group Investments has been inching up steadily in recent trading sessions, and looks likely to consolidate at current levels. Last Friday, the counter closed two cents higher at 47.5 cents on an active
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      139 6 ♦TIMES Publishing Ltd announced that Mr Kua Hong Pak has elected for early retirement from his positions as the president and chief executive officer and director with effect from Feb 16,2001. He will also cease to be a non-independent member of the Audit Committee. The company also announced
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      Lock icon Fears of slowdown in US and Japan boost euro
      537 6 Euro's rally came despite a weaker-than-expected German Ifo business sentiment survey Reuters [NEW YORK] Europe's common currency ended the week sharply higher against the US dollar and yen on Friday as market concerns about economic slowdowns in the United States and
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      487 6 Source: JM Sassoon Stocks Volume PCI 25c 118,253,000 PacificCenturyl 0c 88,522,000 MediaRing 10c 83,019,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 69,764,000 Omni Ind 10c 69,372,000 Poh Lian 10c 65,041,000 NatBroad 25c 51,052,000 IPC020C 48,499,000 OUB DB eCW*****3 47,112,000 JSH US5c 500 44,248,000 Stocks Chart Semiconductor 26c 410,328,991 JSH US5c 500 226,310,784 DBS Grp
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      546 6 I NOTICES To advertise call toll-tree 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 J NEW TOYO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of New Toyo International Holdings Ltd (the "Company") will be held at
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      336 6 r IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF MACPHERSON MART MANAQUMNT PTE LTD (Incorporated In the Republic of Singapore) (IN LIQUIDATION) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of MACPHERSON MART MANAGEMENT PTE LTD duly convened and held
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Far East springs condo surprise
      429 8  -  It launches Hillview Regency and Water Place sooner than expected By Kalpana Rashiwala IN what will probably boost Far East Organization's standing as the year's top seller of private homes, the property giant has broken the current year-end lull by releasing two condos. The projects
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      Lock icon Virtual shopping mall draws good response
      322 8  -  Transactions at 2skymalLcom have doubled every month since its Sept launch By\ Serena Ng WHILE the atmosphere of crowded shopping malls in December can never be replaced, Singaporeans are starting to warm to the idea of buying online. Virtual shopping mail 2skymall.com, which has
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      Lock icon Non-oil exports growth seen at slower 14% in Nov
      438 8  -  ■won the economy exports By Eugene Low NOVEMBER'S growth in non-oil domestic exports is likely to be weaker than October's 16.4 per cent year-on-year rise, according to economists polled by The Business Times. The consensus forecast of seven financial institutions surveyed
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      Lock icon Up designed for risk-averse savers
      337 8  -  MAILISTST7I Patrick Tan managing director DBS Asset Management I REFER to the concern raised in the letter "High returns from Up quite remote" (Mailbag, Dec 12). Up is the first unit trust in Singapore to offer a minimum return guarantee, with capital protection and a
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      Lock icon Bahamas' report on Sun Vista sinking is puzzling
      90 8  -  Thambyrajah N Singapore via Internet I refer to your report, "Bahamas delivers damning report on Sun Vista sinking" (BT, Dec 12). I am surprised by the attitude of the Bahamas authorities. If I am not wrong, for passenger vessels, the representative of
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      Lock icon Case should join SIA-Natas fray
      93 8  -  Alvena Tan Jin Ling Singapore via Internet I refer to your report, "SIA said to be ready to negotiate with Natas" (BT, Dec 15). Even though the transparent ticket system is bad for Natas. SIA is acting in favour of consumers who would want to
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      Lock icon Mobile phones also offer safety benefit to the young
      332 8  -  Keith Anderson communications director Lonsdale Centre Australia, via Internet I REFER to your article, "UK mobile phones to carry health warning" (BT, Nov 28). We would first like to point out that there is no substantiated scientific evidence of any health
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      18 8 Department stores expect a less-than-merry Christmas, Pg 4 I shrunk I thanks to the I bearish market MfiEflx"
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      68 8 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletter@ sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Hutchison wins Swedish 3-G mobile licence
      402 9  -  Subsidiary Hi3G's 'beauty contest 9 coup adds to successes in Italy and Britain From< Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong LI Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa has been awarded a licence in the Swedish third-generation mobile phone market, further expanding the reach of the Hongkong conglomerate in
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      Lock icon Frankly, do interest rates matter?
      829 9  -  SU comment HK STOCKS Fears about their direction In HE seem to be mostly overdone quak hiang whai IT'S almost Christmas and this is also the time of the year when Hongkong's broking houses and fund managers invite journalists over and tell them there will
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      Lock icon Gus Dur raised issue of rupiah trading with SM: paper
      281 9 SM Lee says central bank has no control over commercial banks in matter Reuters, AFP [BANGKOK] Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid said he had spoken to Singapore Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew about stopping commercial banks in the island state from
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      Lock icon Memory chip makers cutting capital expenditure
      536 10  -  Analysts expect spending growth to slow to just 14% next year From. Macabe Keliher in Taipei THE weak global computer market is forcing regional memory chip makers, including several in Taiwan, to slash capital expenditure. Analysts say global capital expenditure in the DRAM (dynamic
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      Lock icon India's IT sector bucks economic slowdown
      307 10 BANGALORE Reuters INDIA'S information technology (IT) industry is showing strong sales growth, which is unlikely to be hit by a slowdown in the domestic economy, computer research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) said. "While various economic indicators for 2000/01 point towards an economic slowdown,
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      Lock icon Police to quiz Bollywood stars in mafia probe
      195 10 BOMBAY AFP INDIAN police yesterday said film star Salman Khan had been questioned and other celebrities would be examined as part of an investigation into Bollywood's links with organised crime. "We called Salman on Saturday and questioned him as he wanted to
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      Lock icon Less stress for expats as Asia gets more predictable
      483 10 SINGAPORE Bat Perc survey flllAHffl o nviiklv 1 awa! n snows Muiutj tevuis rising in Singapore LIFE is looking rosier for expatriates working in a "predictable" Asia, especially those living in Japan and Malaysia, according to an annual stress study by
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      247 9 The little-known story of omnaaucmkm,l^tTmsß3rmed Jimmy Yen, one of the wotld* peasants into citisens. And helped 1 great humanitarians, begins in resurrect a nation. j Sichuan in 1893. Also known as Yen Yangchu, his vision was His actions taught many valuable I simple; yet the challenge lessons to the wider
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      12 10 Downward revision likely in forecast of US chip equipment sales, Pg 11
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Microsoft warning leaves funds gloomy
      543 11 BOSTON They're taking a good close look at the whole area of technology investing Reuters US mutual fund managers, already hit by a cascade of corporate profit warnings, got a real wake-up call late on Thursday when software giant Microsoft Corp rang its own earnings
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      Lock icon Downward revision likely in US chip equipment sales forecast
      663 11  -  Industry body now sees next year's growth to be from single digits to 22% From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley LESS than two weeks after issuing a bullish report on the chip equipment sector, an industry association may have to revise
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      Lock icon Bush's economic team still nowhere in sight
      722 13 WASHINGTON Top foreign policy job goes to Powell bat crucial positions in treasury, budget as yet unnamed LATWP, AFP SHORT of a foreign policy crisis, there is no quarter as likely to deal President-elect George W Bush a nasty and agenda-jolting surprise as
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      Lock icon George W is Time's Person of the Year 2000
      282 13 Reuters [NEW YORK] Time magazine said yesterday that it had selected President-elect George W Bush as its Person of the Year 2000, describing him as a symbol of a "conflicted" US electorate who may yet bridge the nation's differences with his
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  • CHANGING korea
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      Lock icon Koreans, dotcoms and the chaebol
      1820 12  -  from seoul Koreans love the New Economy firms and love to hate the traditional industrial conglomerates. But the chaebol economy is far from dead vikram khanna SEOUL is the most wired capital in Asia, if not the world, and it shows. Internet URLs are everywhere:
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      813 12 SPH Asia One Ltd NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the First Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 82 Genting Lane, News Centre, Singapore *****7 on 3 January 2001 at 10.30 a.m for the following business:Ordinary Business 1 To receive and, if
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  • COMMODITIES & futures
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      Lock icon Oil prices slump as palladium manages to power ahead
      605 14 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices slumped further this week, hitting seven-month low points as a resumption of Iraqi exports coupled with warm winter weather in the northern hemisphere persuaded market players that there was an abundance of supply on the
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      1395 14 SDIOAPOEE QOYERiniEMT SECURITIES DIPICATIYE PRICES AMP YIELDS Week ended Dec 15 Prfe* Prkt Term Cowpon Maturity C»4» Y T M BM Off* Tw Cmftm Mrtftty YTM IBM Oftor 2 YR 2.375 15-Mar-01 N*****0W 3.66% 2.44% 99.78 99.98 5YR 5.125 01-Sep-03 N*****1X 3.37% 3.23% 104.65 104.85 2 YR 1.875 01-Apr-01 N*****0Z
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      1930 14 S1C0M FUTURES Dec 15 RUBBER (futures closing ts <t 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTUS cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low S*tt (tonnes) Interest Jan 01 105.75 Feb 01 »7.25 50 Mar 01 109.50 1300 Apr/Jun 01 H2.25 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month High low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jan
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  • MARKET OUTLOOK
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      Lock icon Bank and properly stocks seen rising in HK
      304 15 HONGKONG Reuters BANKING and property stocks in Hongkong may rise this week on hopes the US Federal Reserve would leave interest rates unchanged. Analysts said while Hongkong's equity market might see a brief dip early this week after sharp falls on Wall
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      Lock icon Slide hurting more than just US tech stocks
      593 15 NEWYORK Majority of the 87 industry groups in the S&P 500 have declined Bloomberg FORGET the plunge in technology stocks this year's stock rout runs much deeper. As the economy has slowed and US companies have cut their profit forecasts, the majority
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      Lock icon UK slouches towards a gloomy year-end
      414 15 LONDON FTSEIOO index more than 12% lower than in Jan AFP LONDON'S stock market slouched to the end of an undistinguished week on Friday, losing another 1.8 per cent after catching cold from an ill-wind blowing across the Atlantic from Wall Street. And with
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      Lock icon Increased volatility expected amid declining turnover
      299 15 TOKYO Economic concerns, holiday wind-down depressing sentiment AFP JAPANESE shares are likely to remain under pressure next week, weighed down by concerns over the slowing US economy and a declining Wall Street, with thinning pre-Christmas trade adding volatility, dealers said. Economic uncertainties in the
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      Lock icon ASIAN MARKETSRoundup
      903 15 AFP Sydney -109.6 THE Australian market is in wind-down mode as Christmas and year-end approaches with little stimulus expected in the coming week, brokers said. "The week ahead will be largely a case of US-watch-ing," said Besa Deda, an economist with the Commonwealth Bank, adding that the key
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      1936 15 Reuters Q Paris -99.78 A NEW dose of Microsoft-in-spired tech misery forced the Paris CAC-40 index below the 5,900 mark and under its level at the end of 1999. The benchmark CAC-40 index on Friday ended 66.11 points down at 5,839.54 points —closing lower for the fourth
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      56 16 'I jy fr j*||i I Our Money pages don't just list if I rates. They go deep into the JP a. I background behind mega deals «H and corporate shake-ups. Edited by Paul Jansen, who's I anything but shallow. In one of I our five handy sections. I My Straits
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  • STOCKS klse
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      Lock icon More selling ahead for KL shares
      501 17 AFP, AFX-Asia Q Composite Index -33.05 WWW MALAYSIA'S stock market faces the possibility of accelerating selling after it fell 4.7 per cent in the week to Friday to hover near the psychological 700-point level, analysts said. "If this level is breached, the selling pressure
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      9530 17 INDUSTRIALS Cmmmt pfifccti 2000 Last Vol Wee* Net Cap High Low Company Sale 'OOP High Low P/E $mll 420 310 Ajinomoto 310 -20 54 314 310 17.0 125.6 158 44 Angkesa 44 -1.5 64 48 44 64.9 670 290 Apollo Food Hlg 360 2 368 360 7.8 144.0 630 330
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  • STOCKS sgx
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      261 22 BEIJING Survey attributes success to diligence, perseverance AFP A RECENT survey has found only 1.5 per cent of the 1.5 million enterprises run by women in China are losing money, making them more profitable than most companies in the country, state media
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      177 23 1-Net's Vision t CHRIS LOH Broadband infrastructure provider 1-Net Singapore wants to set up regional e-biz hubs and is on the lookout for a partner, CEO Mock Pak Lum tells Andrew wee. Pg2 t'l— BMP f My. M l JBP^. ft-,£ SIi&H^^^PB^&^tojIHRHIBBSRnBBH '<JlMMlttMliil& j,- iate/ mk miK 11, 1 v'jfe
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      41 23 Top stories jHj ASPnetcentre eyes listing next year, Page 2 BigriseinS'pore workstation sales, Page 4 Achieving paper profits the Web Office way, Page 10 Commentaries Biotech's the next best IT bet, Page 3 Electronic governance in a digital economy, Page 7
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      1079 24  -  exclusive 1-Net is currently in discussions to expand its e-biz hub concepts to Thailand and Taiwan, ampbewwee reports ANDREW WEE BROADBAND infrastructure provider 1Net Singapore Pte Ltd wants to go regional and set up e-biz hubs similar to
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      486 24 Reuters [SAN FRAN ASCO] Hard-hit US computer makers must cut prices before the end of year holidays to avoid huge inventory buildups, a research firm warned on Friday, just as Gateway Inc announced a shift in its retail strategy. The
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      522 24  -  nr^xciusiv^^ The homegrown systems integrator has been consistently profitable since its inception in 1989 By'. Tang Weng Fai HOMEGROWN systems integrator ASPnetcentre Pte Ltd is planning to go ahead with a local listing next year at a time when many others are scaling back
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      897 25  -  INFpTECH The IT market for life sciences Is worth USs&£b now, and will cross USs9b by 2003, as the volume of life-science data donbles every six months raju chellam The writer is BizlT Editor EVEN as the PC market slows down globally in the
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        41 25 BLUMICE.COM, a Singapore-based legal portal that provides ASP services, said it has secured $72 million in new funds from Compaq Singapore over a period of three years. It will also get technical expertise, personnel and hardware support.
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        49 25 IBM has extended to Asean countries its Options Continuation Program, in which IBM continues to make available selected components for terminated models. They include batteries, memory chips, AC adapters, and docking stations for old ThinkPads, desktops, Intellistations and Netfinity servers. For details, check out www.pc.ibm.com/accessories/ocp.
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        59 25 GINTIC e-Solution Pte Ltd, an e-biz solutions subsidiary of Gintic Institute of Manufacturing Technology, and design house Acts Interiors have jointly developed an interior design portal. It offers advice and information, guides users through their quotation lists, provides 828 and B2C transactions, and lets designers showcase
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        42 25 LUCENT Technologies has chosen the name Agere System for its newly-spun off Microelectronics Group, which produces semiconductors for communications applications. Lucent said it will list Agere by Ql2OOl, and complete the spin-off by the summer of next year.
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        49 25 NETLIFE Singapore, a subsidiary of Germany-based e-finance solutions provider Netlife, has launched Netlife BillWorkz, an electronic billing and payment system for the financial services industry. It is based on the Bill Presentment engine by Check Free i-Solutions, a US-based electronic billing and payment software provider.
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        67 25 lASPIRE.NET Pte Ltd, an Internet data centre providing ASP services, has tied up with BMC Software Inc, an US-based e-biz systems management provider. iASPire.net will incorporate BMC's Site Angel software, which performs real-time online website performance monitoring services, into its e-biz management services; and BMC
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        56 25 CYBERSIA Inc's subsidiary, Chineseroots.com, a Singapore-based Chinese genealogy service provider, has extended its service to Lycos Asia. Users of Lycos Asia can access Chineseroots.com's 90,000 catalogued volumes of family details dating back to the 10th century, and trace their family ancestry, build family trees, and
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        48 25 FANT ASTICONE, a broadband entertainment joint venture between Switzerland-based broadband solutions, provider Fantastic Corp, and Singapore Press Holdings' Asia One, has appointed Paul Meyers (right) as its chiefoperating officer. Mr Meyers was previously vice-president of entertainment for Asiacontent.com and general manager of MTV Asia Online.
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        48 25 DATACRAFT Asia has appointed Vincent Lum as managing director of its new e-commerce division, Datacraft iCommerce. Mr Lum was previously director of marketing for Datacraft Asia. Wong Wen Ming is the new director of marketing; he was previously general manager of Datacraft's telecom business.
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        55 25  -  Compiled by Siew Yaw Hoong EMC Corp has appointed Ajaz Munsiff as regional programme manager fior enterprise business applications; and Ng Cheng Teck as regional programme manager for service providers programmes. Mr Munsiff was previously regional alliance manager with IBM Asia-Pacific; Mr Ng was previously programme manager
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      465 26  -  Education sector helps S'pore boost Asia-Pac marketshare to 11.5% in Q3 this year Reports I Raju Chellam SINGAPORE saw the highest growth rate 73.4 per cent in the Asia-Pacific region in workstation shipments in Q3-end-ed September, compared to Q3 1999, according to a study
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      761 26  -  When demand for their web services dry up, consulting firms found themselves with too many workers and too few clients By, Jonathan Glater NYT THIS summer, Scient Corp. had its best recruiting season ever, hiring more than 350 new employees. Scient, perhaps the
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      394 26 Home users and SMEs boost S'pore inkjet printer sales by 5% over Q3 last year INKJET printers in the Asia-Pacific region grew a robust 40 per cent for Q3-ended September, to cross 3.5 million units worth US$BBO million (Ssl.s billion), compared to Q3
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      370 26  -  iSquare Asia's 828 e-marketplace focuses on plastics and polymer trading in the region By 1 Tang Weng Fai ISQUARE Asia Ltd, an e-biz consulting subsidiary of main-board-listed Datacraft Asia Ltd, has built a 828 e-marketplace for Polymer Pacific.com to offer plastics and polymer trading focused
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      383 28  -  yLez Tech gets $2m from the e-biz arm of Capita Land for a 30% stake in the wireless solutions developer By. Andrew Wee Homegrown wireless solutions developer yLez Technologies Pte Ltd said it has raised $2 million in its first round of funding and expects
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        84 28 CREATIVE Technology has launched VoIP Blaster, a plug-and-play USB (Universal Serial Bus) device that lets users make Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls to other PCs equipped with the same device. It lets users make calls even while surfing the Net, or communicate with other players
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        75 28 JAPAN'S Sharp has launched two colour Inkjet printers: the AJ-1800 and the AJ-2000 (above). The $299 AJ-1800 prints 10 pages per minute (ppm) in monochrome and 6 ppm in colour; the $399 AJ-2000 prints 12 ppm in. monochrome and 8 ppm in colour. Both are PC
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        71 28 JAPAN'S Sanyo has unveiled its digital music player, the SSP-PD7, which plays AAC and MP3 music files. It uses the 32 MB removeable MultiMedia Card, connects via an USB interface, runs on one AAA battery for five hours of playback time, and is compliant with SDMI
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        56 28 AIMTECH Pte Ltd, a homegrown software developer, has launched Door, a Windows-based financial software. It includes modules such as ledger, cash-book, inventory management and sales analysis; and supports online processing, Chinese language, and multi-company and multi-warehouse environment. It costs $6,000 for all nine modules. For details,
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        66 28 HOMEGROWN business intelligence solutions developer Cygron Pte Ltd has launched Data Scope 4.0, a data-mining software that lets users locate, collect and interpret different kinds of data from various divisions in the company. It won the "Best of Comdex" award in the Enterprise Product category at
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        88 28 INTERMEC Technologies, a US-based SCM solutions and mobile computing systems developer, has launched a handheld pen tablet computer, 6651. Equipped with an integrated digital camera and optional high-speed wireless LAN capability, it targets field workers who need to transmit both pictures and text wirelessly across a LAN.
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        63 28 TREND Micro Inc, a Japan-based antivirus solutions provider, has released InterScan Virus Wall, an Internet gateway antivirus software; and InterScan eManager, a content filtering solution for Red Hat, SuSE and Turbo Linux. Virus Wall is available now, with prices starting at US$725; eManager will debut in
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        48 28 US-BASED Macromedia Inc has released its web design suite, Flash 5 Generator Studio. It comes with Flash 5, which handles graphic design; and Generator 2 Developer Edition, which automates production tasks. It will debut early-Jan at $1,934. For details, fax *****47 or visit www.macromedia.com.
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        79 28  -  Compiled by Siew Yaw Hoong HEWLETT-PACKARD Company has launched what it claims is the industry's fastest four-way Unix server, the HP L3OOO. It is an entry-level web server aimed at companies that provide services such as media streaming and broadband solutions. It runs on up
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      810 29  -  SAYIH Government involvement need not mean governmental production or provisioning of goods and services, but should involve greater coordination with industry players to benefit citizens chong yoke sin The writer is assistant chief executive and chief marketing officer of National Computer Systems Pte Ltd
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      90 29 [SANTA CLARA California] Video clips from Firepad's new Fire Viewer Show were put on display on a Palm lIIc (left) and Handspring's Visor (right) at the Palm Source Conference 2000 last week. The Firepad can do streaming video for up to one minute with the size
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      210 29 HERE is a sampling from HP's Mobile E-services Bazaar, held in Singapore last week: Virtual "op pte Ltd: A mobile solution that lets users access the Singapore road-map using WAP-enabled handphones or Palm PDAs, free. Searches can be done by postal codes, streetnames or landmarks. The company
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      396 29  -  The first product based on this will make its debut in Ql2OOl at below US$2OO Reports by I Siew Yaw Hoong US GIANT Hewlett-Packard Company is embedding the emerging Bluetooth technology into its Jornada handheld computers, which will let them connect wirelessly to other Bluetooth-enabled devices,
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      503 29  -  National security at stake, warn White House officials By, Jesse Holland AP [WASHINGTON] Foreign criminal organisations, with their increasing globalisation through the use of computers, have become a direct threat to the national security of the United States, White House officials said on Friday
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      Lock icon Taiwan's Chunghwa drops CDMA for GPRS lines
      251 30 It cites investment retains, management efficiency as considerations Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan state-owned Chunghwa Telecom has decided to abandon an investment in CDMA, and focus on developing 2.5-gener-ation GPRS system instead. Chunghwa Telecom said its planned investment in a CDMA (code division multiple access)
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      844 30 Valuations may be bottoming out but few see clouds lifting for sector Reuters [HONGKONG] IF Asia's Internet euphoria was brief but intense, the sector's pain will linger through 2001 and beyond as cash-poor firms are sold or go bust. Meanwhile, the fortunate few companies with stronger
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      135 30 AFP [ZURICH] Internet pirates managed to steal 34,000 Swiss francs (5534,960) from three Internet bank accounts with Switzerland's top bank ÜBS, a newspaper said here Friday. A bank spokeswoman confirmed the report in the daily Swiss-German paper Blick, that pirates had tampered with the
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      342 30 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Marking further contraction among Hollywood dot.coms, Macromedia Inc's majority-owned entertainment Web site shockwave.com said on Friday it would buy short film maker Atom Films for stock, and cut costs by axing a third of the combined staff. The companies did not disclose the
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      581 30 In approving AOL-Time merger, ITC has imposed new open access regime NYT [WASHINGTON! After years of costly lobbying, legal wrangling and political manoeuvring, it turns out that a small group of antitrust officials in Washington will be the new Internet regulators. They will
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      588 31 Oracle CEO says it is gaining ground in efforts to oust Microsoft as the No 1 software maker Bloomberg fßedwood City, California] ORACLE Corp chief executive Larry Ellison says he is gaining ground in efforts to oust Microsoft Corp as the world's biggest
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      360 31 Technically savvy consumers use special software to buy several game consoles NYT [NEW YORK] Prices for Sony's Play Station 2, the season's must-have toy, are falling after weeks in which'many consumers could only find the toy on online auction sites at a
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      323 31 AFP [PARIS] France is set to release Europe's first home-grown electronic book, the Cybook, which can hold up to 15,000 pages and display them on an electronic screen, its creator, Cytale, announced here on Friday. About the size of a normal paperback, the Cybook
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      270 31 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Bidding for valuable US wireless licences surpassed the US$l billion mark after a seventh auction round on Friday with Verizon Wireless offering the most followed by Northcoast Communications, the Federal Communications Commission said. The latest round produced 884 bids offering US$l.35 billion
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        733 32  -  Web Office makes money the bricks and mortar way by selling office supplies such as copier paper and other consumables. And for its first half to December, if s on track to pass $3m in sales. TAMO WEMO FAI reports TANG WENG FAI LOCAL online office supplies firm,
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          73 32 Mobile One has tied up with Sonera Zed, a subsidiary of Finland-based Sonera Corp, to launch Zed mobile portal service through Mi's GSM network. It provides Ml customers using SMS or WAP-enabled handphones with personalised information including news, stock quotes, and movies and restaurants guide. The
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          46 32 CNET Networks Inc said it has invested US$6 million (5510.2 million) to gain ownership of seven CNET websites throughout Asia including in Singapore by buying the 81 per cent stake held by Asiacontent.com, an online solutions and ad services provider.
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          Lock icon Soundbuzz pact with BMG
          48 32 Soundbuzz Pte Ltd, a homegrown music portal, has tied up with BMG Asia-Pacific for online distribution of BMG's music content. This deal will let users download international and local BMG tracks in secure format at Soundbuzz's websites in the Southeast Asia region. Visit www.soundbuzz.com.
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          79 32 Sun Microsystems has released Sun Cluster 3.0, a clustering platform designed as an extension to the Solaris 8 operating system. It can cluster up to eight nodes and scale up to 512 processors to ensure continuous availability of the network, Sun said. The software includes network-based apps
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          57 32 That Web.com Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Aztech Systems which provides ASP services, has tied up with Taiwan Cellular Corp (TCC), a telecom operator in Taiwan. TCC will adopt ThatWeb.com's Mobile Office, a WAP communication suite, and provide its users with wireless access to e-mail, diary,
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          Lock icon Big boost for e-marketplace services
          72 32 Worldwide demand for e-marketplace services will increase from US$2.5 billion in 1999 to more than US$l5 billion by 2004, according to International Data Corp (IDC). "With the market's strong growth, e-marketplace participants will replace the e-marketplace itself as the biggest clients for e-marketplace service vendors,"
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          Lock icon Cybersource, Solomon Software tieup
          47 32 Homegrown e-commerce solutions provider, Cybersource, has tied up with Solomon Software, a business management software developer, to jointly develop an online payment service. Solomon will provide its e-business solutions, and Cybersource will administer the online payment services. For details, visit www.solomon.com.sg or www.cybersource.com.sg.
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          50 32 Net Tasking Inc, a network management service provider, has released its Max Network Management Suite 2.0, which lets users monitor their network status in real-time from remote locations using web browsers or WAP-enabled devices. It is available for free download for a 30-day trial at www.nettasking.com.
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          71 32  -  Compiled by Siew Yaw Hoong Canada-based enterprise software solutions firm, Hummingbird, has unveiled its latest enterprise information portal, Hummingbird EIP 4. It provides access to categorised business information through a single user interface, and comes with new features that facilitate upgrading, let users customise their personal
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      1363 26 GLOBAL TECH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of shareholders of Global Tech (Holdings) Limited will be held at Victoriana Room, Furama Hotel Hong Kong, One Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong on Wednesday, 31 January 2001 at 3:00 p.m. for
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      192 27 ,s ffeh*' y y s K. > I >1M HST'-^IS il il Jf A 1 <-€sM ijl ;*A#*BSf jmk >,*.... > aJt Ml HP Mobile E-services Bazaar:. Leading e-mobility into the future* And beyond* Congratulations to all our partners for a successful solutions showcase at the recent HP Mobile E-services
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      308 33 ♦Contributed by Simpson Spence Young IT is* the Tanker sector that has again led the way with various sales and rumours. The VLCC Navix Seibu (238,000/89) is one of the definite deals, being reported sold region US$34.5 million to clients of Angelicoussis. However despite rumours that Frontline may
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      396 33  -  Court verdict in discrimination snit against Sapir expected soon By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation's Italian port venture, PSA Sinport, is suing Italian port operator Sapir over what it claims to be unfair and discriminatory practices. Sapir, one of 23 terminal operators
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      649 33  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes ONE of the strengths of the big Singapore shipyards is their expertise in the conversion of tankers into floating production, storage and offloading systems (FPSOs) for the offshore oil industry. The prospects for the FPSO conversion industry formed the core
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      344 33  -  Cargo ships built after 2002 will also have the YDBs nnder new IMO regnlations From David Hughes in London ALL passenger ships as well as cargo vessels of more than 3000 gt built after July 1,2002, will have to carry "black box" voyage
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      281 33  -  Proml David Hughes in London THE UK has detained a ship suffering from severe corrosion, and a multitude of safe-ty-related deficiencies, just months after one of the International Association of Classification Societies' (lACS) members issued the vessel with class and safety certificates. Ironically, that
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        522 34 Creditors of Korea shipbuilder swap 1.17t won for equity to let it stay in business until buyers are found Bloomberg DAEWOO Shipbuilding Marine Engineering's lenders swapped debts worth 1.17 trillion won (Ssl.7 billion) for equity, aiming to keep the world's secondlargest shipbuilder in business until
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      323 34 PACE ft Accord t Ahrenkiel 12 Appenship 5 AsiaOCL 11 Assets 7 Austral 6 Avant 12 B'tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BTL 12 Balaji Shpq 5 Bangladesh 11 Batamindo 11 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 5 COCOS 11 CSAV 3 ft Central Ex 6 Chahaya 12 ChoYang
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      18908 40 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT MONDAY, DECEI ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoire 25/12 26/01 MOL CARIBBEAN CHALL 6209A 65-*****86 26/12 07/02 ZIM/Seth ZIM XINGANG WW 65-*****12 26/12 09/02 Setramar VILLE OE CAPELLA 355W 65-*****33 27/12 03/02 COSCO MING HEAVEN 0023W 65-*****00 31/12 04/02 Ddmas
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        2082 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Ptrtod From To from ACX DAHLIA 0291 19/7:00 2A 16/1700 n/0659 T7AIM0 21 16/1700 n/0659 n/0900 3 17/0700 n/189 17/1400 4 17/1200 17/1459 17/1700 ACX EAGLE 003* 19/13:00 2A 16/1700 17/0659 17/0900 2t 16/1700
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        232 45 Deo 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Deo 28 USA: Christmas Day. Philippines: Christmas Day. Canada: Christmas Day. Hongkong: Christmas Day. Australia: Christmas Day. Sweden: Christmas Day. Indonesia: Christmas Day. Malaysia: Christmas Day. Singapore: Christmas Day. United Kingdom: Christmas Day. Korea: Christmas Day. Taiwan: Constitution Day. Dee 26 Canada: Boxing
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        804 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        578 45 Carbon 180 Max 990.7 0.7 12.9 0.10 79 0.03 Ho* 30 Density Utter Residua Ask Aluminium Sediment Mo above E25 0 0 0 0 0 0 -il—i-. 380 Ave 987.2 02 12.9 0.06 26 0.02 uioU 380 Max 992.3 0.8 15.8 0.09 70 0.03 K6/W3 »»/v
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        408 46 Planned financing by Germany, Britain, France may violate WTO subsidy code: US official Reuters [WASfflNGTON] The United States warned on Friday that plans by Germany, Britain and France to help finance A3XX, a new Airbus superjumbo jet, could lead to a
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        138 46 Bloomberg [PARIS] Air France and British Airways will test a modified Concorde in February, with a view to getting their supersonic aircraft back in the air, the FrancoBritish Concorde Working Group said. The tests and trial flight follow modifications to the fuel tanks, including the
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        351 46 Only 48% of flights on-time at New York's LaGuardia airport: US dept of transportation Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Major US airlines completed 76.2 per cent of their flights on time in October, less than in the previous month or in October 1999, as delays
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        145 46 AFP [BAGHDAD) Five commercial airlines hope to organise regular flights to Iraq, Iyad Hammam, according to the interim director of Iraqi Airways. "Airlines from five countries Yemen, Jordan, Egypt, Italy and France wish to organise regular flights to Iraq," Mr Hammam told Iraq's Al-Zaura weekly,
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        242 46 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US airlines expect 39 million passengers to board their planes for holiday trips over the next three weeks, more on a daily basis than last year even as some of the carriers face possible flight disruptions. The Air Transport Association
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        359 46 Conditional approval comes after Milan offers more flights at Linate airport Bloomberg [ROME] A European Union (EU) committee approved Italy's latest plan to split air traffic between Milan's Malpensa and Linate airports after the government offered to increase flights at
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        283 46 Reuters [ZURICH] Swissair parent said on Saturday that it had put negotiations with Italy's Alitalia on ice as financial difficulties at its French and Belgian units did not permit the venture at the moment. This leaves the door open for Air France to tie up
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      684 34 Lines services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, !y Singapore Shipping Association Members of the '••JKKSjj. Singapore Logistics Association NORTH WEST EXPRESS LINE ACCEPTING CONTAINERS, BREAKBUIX PROJECT CARGO TO DAMPIER/FREMANTLE MV "TBIT ETA SIN 28/12/2000 BOOKINGS CALL MONKA/JUUA TEL 323 4374 13 CONTAINERS/ CONVENTIONAL CARGO PORT
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      627 36 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR N.SHEVA (CFS MULUNO, MUMBAtCOLOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NOHTHBW AND WESTERN I.C.D. POINTS VMMI SPORE N.SHEVA COCHIN COLOMM P.KLAN6 TULSIDAS V.I3S 24 DEC 02 JAN 07 JAN 12 JAN FRONTIER VIO3W 31 DEC M JAN 14 JAN 10 JAN Pll GLORY V.103W 07 JAN 10 JAN
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