The Business Times, 19 December 2000

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    20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 028/12/2000 85c SIN?<Q A P O R E Internet" http://l"-'jsiness-times.asia1 .com.sg/ TUESDAY. DECEMBER 19. 2000
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    70 1 mmrn UMM.73 (+21.55) IT-SB BISJB (+11.47) fiffooiamußß U UT&Ot (+35.00) PI smsci nrniiES U 257J0 (+6.80) STOCK MAMET INDICES Monday Change KLSECOMP 7IL19 +10.86 NIKKEI226 14,***** -MJ9 nmsem 15,***** >49.00 SET INDEX 271.18 -1J8 JAKARTA COMP —4UL66 4JI MANILA COMP —1,408.18 +480 «AIP#WPI S,««0 -78J0 SEOBfcCOlIP 588.27 +6.27
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    71 1 FOBEX KATES USf 1.743 £(US$/S$ per S) 1.478 1675 EL'RO(USS/S$/E) IJOl 1J70 DM tm 1146 YEN mi 64J50 P 1800 2.181 HKS 7JOS 4.478 BAHT .4133 24.86 RUPIAH W70 M77 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 6^0 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA .39.0© BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI -7.84 SYDNEY 8.50
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    Lock icon US e-consultants downsize S'pore operations
    954 1  -  Lante closes office, Scient and Organic axe staff; S'pore firms back trend By Andrew Wee [SINGAPORE] Hit by volatile market conditions and the depressing sentiment towards dotcoms, US-based e-consult-ing firms are downsizing their Singapore operations. On the other hand, Singa-pore-based e-consulting firms report it's business
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    Lock icon Thai economic growth slows sharply to 2.6% in Q3
    498 1  -  Its worst quarterly performance this year raises fear recovery momentum has been lost From Harish Mehta in Bangkok IN the worst quarterly performance this year, Thailand's economy grew only 2.6 per cent in the third quarter, the government said yesterday, sending
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    Lock icon OCBC snaps up UBS' retail broking business for up to $124m
    906 1  -  Deal catapults OCBC Sec to 3rd spot; other small players likely to succumb By Ling Su Ann, Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] OCBC Bank will pay up to $124.5 million for the retail business of ÜBS Warburg Associates an acquisition that
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      89 1 TWKTIIE Top Storiss local startup adXpiorer plans by end-2001. New rebates for green cars. Pg 9 10 non-cash ways to motivate. P§ 9 CyberWorks finds It tough to raise USs2b loan. Pg 17 Analysts see PC business declining. PQ 17 Data seen reaffirming signs of US slowdown. Pg JO London
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      93 1 S'pore's November Christmas Pg is trade a slower-than-expected I f or Nat Steel shareholders National security adviser has a compulsion to achieve p g 32 Next Page Pg 5 V H v You never PATEK PHILIPPE GENEVE actually own a Patek Philippe. You merely look after it ji \***^j|Mß for
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      20 1 Bigger players mull over strategies, Pg 4 Hock Look flftowi Restructure or perish, Pg 4 KL stocks dumped ahead ofT+3,Pg4
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon It's not iust Singaporeans
        78 2 HEARD over lunch: At one US investment bank, a middle management appointment takes up to nine months from job application to getting employed. The manager said this was because she had to be interviewed by every managing director in the bank. "This was so that if
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      • Article
        Lock icon A dime a dozen now
        61 2 IF you believe in author Janet Gleeson, it tooksthe world sdme 10,000 years—from the start of civilisation to Paris in the 1700s —to produce its first millionaire. Now, in America alone, there are seven million millionaires, and 600,000 Americans are worth more than US$5 million
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        Lock icon No sale. We're British—and flush
        132 2 No sale. We're British —and flush TALK in the property market is that the insane bidding for 3G (third generation) mobile licences in the UK has robbed Singapore of a prime development site—Eden Hall, the residence of the British high commissioner in the upmarket Nassim Road. The 3G bidding raked
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        Lock icon Sex sells
        71 2 WE know that. But it could be selling even better because of the Internet —maybe because the virtual version must at least be STD-free. So confirms Salomon Smith Barney, in its latest case study. The online adult entertainment industry earns something like US$l billion, said SSB, quoting a
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        Lock icon Who lives to deliver?
        163 2 OSCAR winner Tom Hanks' latest movie, Cast Away, is about a dedicated Federal Express systems analyst, and FedEx is itself featured prominently in the movie. Quite a marketing coup since, as the logistics giant takes pains to emphasise, the story idea was Mr Hanks' and therefore
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      Lock icon Nov non-oil exports grow 8.1%
      624 2  -  Deceleration expected but many economists surprised it came so soon Bu Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] November's non-oil domestic exports grew a slower-than-expected 8.1 per cent year on year, weighed down by weaker exports of integrated circuits. The performance took economists by surprise. Many had predicted expansion
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      Lock icon CHRISTMAS STOCK CHALLENGE
      60 2 Top Performers: Dec 19 NAME GAIN 1 Mr ChuaTSck Boon 157,295 2 Ms Rachel Lou Hui Ling 132,503 3 MrTanLeeSoo <125,555 4 Mr Koh HeeTlow 117,094 5 Mr AngAtlHo 101,059 6 Mr Lawrence Leong 95,552 7 Mr KohTong Chok 72,375 8 Mr James Lee 70,099 9 Ms
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      Lock icon Little separates the top three players
      121 2 THE leaders are neck and neck as we move into the final week of the Christmas Stock Challenge. Only about $30,000 —or 3 per cent —separates the top three players. Heading the field is Chua Teck Boon, 23, who has made a gain of
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      124 2 ZENITH Swiss watchmakers since 1865 J§(gs''''~, JOKKF S™P^i A~ El Primero, the first automatic chronograph movement in watchmaking history, was developed in 1969 and its creation represented the last great challenge in the art of watchmaking. To this day it is the most accurate chronograph in the world, measuring time
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      138 3 VACHERON CONSTANTIN Manufacture Horlogere. Geneve, depuis 1 755 >v !**> —y^— _—-,—A a. Ji^^ ..jr a JftiraMr P^ MmmK M BBBJark y 1 X m r -jf-£f %8k?0:,y3 Al3:w w lllAMji^^n^^^^Hl^H^^HP^ Mm£i& M l£ a'-^sssWMm*, >/ Ov Ch h Chronograph with double date window. Automatic movement. Screwed case back, crown
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  • BROKING shakeup
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      Lock icon Big players mull survival strategies
      895 4  -  Acquisitions and luring away dealers and remisiers are just two options being considered Bu Serena Ng A S the brokerage shakeout fans out through the industry, larger retail brokerage players are grappling with the issue of whether to acquire other firms or try to attract
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      Lock icon Brokers must restructure or perish
      898 4  -  ven sreenivasan THE long-anticipated stockbroking shake-out seems to have finally begun. For more than two years, following the 1998 call by the SES Review Committee to reduce stockbroking commissions, the industry has been bracing itself for a consolidation. The Vickers Ballas-GK Goh Holdings merger attempt
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      Lock icon KL stocks dumped ahead of T+3
      623 4  -  Losers overwhelmed gainers; patchy stockbroking merger plans a contributory factor From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian stock market barometer fell below the psychological 700-point level yesterday despite major impending changes to strengthen the market infrastructure. Losers overwhelmed gainers by 615 to 85.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon NatSteel to make cash payout of $1.32 a share
      379 5  -  Special and cash dividends follow saleofNEL stake to Solectron By David Boey NATSTEEL Ltd yesterday announced a cash payout of $1.32 a share a sum equivalent to 46 per cent of its $2.85 closing price yesterday. The company said in a
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      Lock icon Lung Kee H1 net surges 46% to HK$66m
      361 5  -  By Teh Hooi Ling HONGKONG-based Lung Kee Metals said yesterday interim earnings surged 46 per cent to HK566.4 million ($14.8 million) as Asian economies gradually recovered. For the six months to Sept 30, Lung Kee posted a 28 per cent rise in
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      Lock icon SembCogen gets $460m loan for power plant
      276 5  -  Jnrong Island plant is scheduled to begin operations next Jnly By Eugene Low ENERGY provider SembCorp Cogen has obtained a $460 million syndicated loan to help develop its power plant on Jurong Island. The loan is fully underwritten by 10 lead arrangers. They
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      Lock icon AdXplorer eyes local listing, by end-2001
      362 7  -  After which, it will explore listings on Nasdaq and other bourses too By Vince Chong LOCAL digital marketing startup AdXplorer plans to list by the end of next year. "We are also looking at a listing on Nasdaq and possibly other stock exchanges, but
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Delgro unit boys Scottish firm
        66 7 AFX-ASIA DELGRO Corp Ltd unit City Fleet (UK) Pte Ltd has signed an agreement to acquire a 75 per cent stake in the issued and paid-up share capital of GEM Hire Enterprises for £825,000 (Ss2.l million). GEM, which trades under the name ofMairs City Taxis,
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        Lock icon SembCorp Log sets up Bermuda firm
        157 7 SEMBCORP Logistics said its wholly-owned subsidiary, Singapore Offshore Petroleum Services (SOPS), has entered into an agreement with Orient Caspian Corporation (OCC), a subsidiary of Dorian (Hellas) SA, to set up a joint-venture company in Bermuda. The joint venture, SembLog Orient Caspian, will provide offshore
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        Lock icon AEM-Evertech's placement taken up
        57 7 AEM-E VERTECH Holdings said all 38 million placement shares in its initial public offering have been fully subscribed. This included the 2.5 million placement shares available for application through the Internet. The 3.8 million reserved shares have also been fully subscribed for by management and employees.
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        Lock icon Corrections & clarifications
        51 7 Corrections clarifications OUR report yesterday, "SGX companies have a long way to go in raising reporting standards", contained an accompanying table which said ST Engineering does not report quarterly. This is incorrect. ST Engineering was, in fact, the first company in Singapore to adopt quarterly reporting. We apologise for the
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      Lock icon L&M buys Presscrete Hldgs
      187 7 It gains control by Acquiring 51% stake in Sweet Success SINGAPORE construction firm L&M Group Investments Ltd yesterday said it was acquiring specialist engineering firm Presscrete Holdings Ltd by buying a 51 per cent stake in Sweet Success Enterprises Ltd for $3.2 million. Sweet Success had
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      Lock icon Electronics counters recoup early losses
      245 7 Bloomberg SHARES of Singapore's electronics makers, such as Creative Technology Ltd, recouped losses in early trading yesterday on concern over slowing PC sales, after investors snapped up shares down more than 25 per cent this year. US PC-related companies, including Compaq Computer Corp, Intel Corp,
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      151 5 f i PHONE. WORLD 13:45 H It's the revolutionary new Ericsson R3BO, featuring the Mobile Internet. With the flip open, the touchscreen boasts e-mail, WAP, a personal organiser, calendar and even handwriting recognition, all at a tap of the stylus. Flip closed, it appears to be a mobile phone. Not
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Banks lead recovery on hopes of rate cut by US Fed
      556 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy A REBOUND in the banks and SIA yesterday helped lift the Straits Times Index 21.55 points to 1,969.73, possibly on hopes the US Federal Reserve will cut short-term interest rates today, or if not, when it meets
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      Lock icon UOL WO4: deserves a look as company is to be sold
      184 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy PROPERTY stocks are clearly not in play at the moment, and there are worries now their reported earnings may be affected if they are are forced to adopt an accounting change to depreciate leasehold
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      Lock icon Presscrete's upside move could fizzle out
      248 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of specialist engineering company Presscrete Holdings was the sec-ond-biggest percentage gainer yesterday, leaping nine cents or 47 per cent to 28 cents. A total of 1.75 million shares changed hands, compared with the 10day moving average of
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      139 6 A DIRECTOR Of SMRT Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary RFP Investments Soon Kay Hock has resigned with effect from Dec 5. ♦JADE Technologies Singapore has appointed Vera Lim Goon Lwee as company secretary with effect from Dec 7 in place of Arfat Selvam who has resigned. ♦HUP Seng Huat will
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      Lock icon Yen, Sing dollar weaken in holiday-mood trading
      327 6  -  CURRENCIES- larry wee THE region's bourses for the most part proved resilient yesterday, despite Wall Street's sharp losses last Friday. But the Japanese yen and Singapore dollar suffered from the latest warnings of slower economic conditions. The yen was pinned down all day
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      473 6 Stocks Volume PCI 25c 26,970,000 PohLian 10c 25,273,000 PadficCenturylOc 22,518,000 TPA10c 15,445,000 GMG Global 5c 15,153,000 Gul Tech 20c 12,986.000 GufTechW*****7 11,831,000 NatBroad25c 7,766,000 ChewEuHock 20c 7,163,000 SingTel 15c 6,483,000 Stocks VentureMfg25c 40,562,501 PO 25c 37,961,570 DatacrafMOc 35,141,906 NatBroad 25c 27,599,584 Chart Semiconductor 26c 26,371,694 DBSGrp 25,260,546 PadficCenturylOc 24,611,060 OCBC
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      28 7 i cuma W/AP? §ttj^k r! I 1 yap|p I you fly away 3iiaone.coM HOME NEEDS "Hie Straits Times Classified. Icax&l Classifications 90-120. Buy k. s«fl h. Find it
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Prudential appoints Edward Navarro as new CEO
      244 8  -  By Teh Hooi Ling PRUDENTIAL Singapore yesterday announced that it has appointed Edward Navarro as its new chief executive officer from Jan 15. He replaces Edmund Koh, who will leave Prudential at the end of the month. Mr Navarro, 46, has a wealth
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      Lock icon Rebates for 'green' cars to take effect next year
      869 8  -  Rebates are aimed at encouraging motorists to bny the more expensive 'green'cars w Marissa Chew THE government yesterday announced the details of rebates for "green" cars to encourage the use of electric and hybrid cars. In a joint statement, the Land
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      Lock icon Companies can file tax returns electronically
      199 8 AFTER introducing electronic tax filing for individual taxpayers in 1996, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) will now allow corporate taxpayers to follow suit, starting January next year. Presently, companies, which are required by law to submit their Estimated Chargeable Income (ECI) forms
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      Lock icon EDB launches 2 training courses
      280 8  -  Both aimed at farther attracting foreign investors By Vince Chong THE Economic Development Board has unveiled two training programmes to further attract foreign investors such as United Microelectronics (UMC), and instil in them confidence in the Singapore workforce. This will bring the number of EDB
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      Lock icon Up: US electronics firms' new orders
      292 8  -  EYE Milj iTWBI By David Boey NEW orders by US electronics firms rose 14.5 per cent year on year in October to US$l9.l billion (5533.2 billion). And the three other leading indicators for the US electronics cluster also chalked up dou-ble-digit percentage gains that
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  • BUSINESS basics
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      Lock icon 10 non-cash ways to motivate
      1369 9  -  Hard cash is not the only way to reward staff. A good recognition, reward system makes for happy workers By Christopher Lai This is the second of a 13-week series which tackles the various issues that affect small and medium businesses in these fast-paced times,
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      Lock icon i2u 1551 a budget service: Why?
      221 9  -  MAiLisrm Loo Peng Leong Chief executive officer i2u Pte Ltd Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article "Aggressive rate cuts fuel 16% fall in phone charges" (BT, Dec 13). I am curious to know how your reporter Teh Hooi Ling distinguishes between a
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      Lock icon 2.7%: Up's minimum after tax returns
      199 9  -  Watt Wing Hong Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the letter "Up designed for risk-averse savers" (Mailbag, Dec 18). In it, Mr Tan showed how an initial investment of $5,000 for a five-year Up yield a final guaranteed amount of $5,713.45 (based on a
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      Lock icon New disclosure rules may hit even 'good' directors
      303 9  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the Hock Lock Siew column "Getting real tough on disclosure in S'pore" (BT, Dec 7). Paul Thompson ends his analysis with: "The crucial difference from now on is that the directors of companies that
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      Lock icon Redas also to blame for glut
      139 9  -  Lim Tiang Singapore via Internet I REFER to your article "Get ready for more bad news on the home front" (BT, Dec 5). I think Redas has forgotten the fact that the property market is where it is today is partly due to their
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      Lock icon Under-40s can too
      67 9  -  Corinne Fong Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article "Capita Land to tap youthful creative juices" (BT, Dec 13). I think it's a great idea that Capita Land is getting young Singaporeans to think outside the box for ideas that can translate into booming business volume
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      83 9 Teh Hooi Ling replies: When 12u's 1551 service was launched, oompany officials told me the quality was the same as i2u's service offered through Zone 1511's portaL We tested 12n's servioe using Zone 1511's code. The quality of 12u's servioe was found to be wanting not Just oompared with premium
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Cooking up a storm in Washington
      725 10  -  THEHBH KllliHiilnilS OPINION maureen dowd The writer is a New York Times columnist NYT SHE wanted as much as the pope. She wanted more than the king of business, Jack Welch. And she wanted much more than the president, her husband. Hillary wanted US$B
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      103 10 'Congress will still spend US$2 trillion next year. And when you spend that kind of money, you get into all kinds of activities affecting business. That means your business needs lobbyists more than ever -James J Albertine Washington lobbyist, on ex-office-holders leaving top positions and now being
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      Lock icon Improving healthcare in Hongkong
      625 10 EDITORIAL LESS than two weeks after Hongkong launched its Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) scheme, the government released its consultation paper setting out its vision for reforming its healthcare system Essentially, the paper says Hongkong must protect and promote the health of the community, provide lifelong care,
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      Lock icon Boost for Tumen River project on the cards?
      1357 10  -  The ADB and Japan conld be lending financial and other support soon in the plan to develop the NE Asian region From Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent in Tokyo A DECADE-OLD plan to unlock the economic potential of North-east
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      Lock icon Learn to value your own labour
      865 10  -  COMMENTARY Play your cards right, and you'll be able to extract top dollar for your work Byi Abby Ellin NYT IF only we could be a little more like the six stars of Friends, the NBC hit comedy. It's not their fame that is
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon DTZ Tie Leung sees retail rents continuing uptrend
      558 11  -  Strong demand, tight supply drive rents np 20% this year Reports by Kalpana Rashiwala RETAIL rents along Orchard Road are expected to rise further, after jumping 20 per cent this year on the back of strong demand and tight supply, according to
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      Lock icon Little change in private home prices for next 1/2 year
      461 11 US economy, local stock market the main drivers, says Ong Choon Fah PRIVATE home prices are now back to nearly where they were a year ago as price gains in early 2000 have been almost eroded by now, according to
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Malaysia may see Cabinet reshuffle this week: report
      383 12 KUALA LUMPUR Ministry of Law may re-emerge minister to be appointed attorney-general AFX-Asia, Reuters MALAYSIA may see a Cabinet reshuffle this week, which is expected to involve changes to some 50 per cent of the portfolios of current ministers, deputy ministers and
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      Lock icon M'sia seeking to sell off ailing steel firm
      227 12 KUALALUMPUR Perwaja's accumulated losses and liabilities total almost RMllb AFP THE Malaysian government said yesterday that it is considering selling Perwaja Steel, which has recorded losses totalling biUions of ringgit. Deputy Finance Minister Shafie Mohamed Salleh said the government would consider offers
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      Lock icon Way clear for Eon Bank to merge with partners
      279 12 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S EON Bank Bhd said yesterday it has cleared all the legal hurdles over its mergers with four other financial institutions, paving the way for a merged entity on Jan 1,2001. The central Bank Negara has given all
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      Lock icon Banking on a new lease of life
      81 12 [KUALA LUMPUR] A Muslim couple walking past the Bank of China's signboard in front of its office building in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Bank of China (BOC) reopened its doors in Malaysia last Saturday, 40years after legal requirements had forced it to cease operations
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      Lock icon PNB takes over UEM land: report
      129 12 KUALA LUMPUR AFX—Asia PERMODALAN Nasional Bhd (PNB) has taken over a 13.08 hectare piece of prime land in Kuala Lumpur from United Engineers Malaysia Bhd (UEM), a Malaysian Business Times report quoted sources from UEM as saying. The sources said the site, which is
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      Lock icon Ranhill to raise RM44m in IPO
      252 12 KUALA LUMPUR It plana to expand its business and focns on growth sectors Bloomberg RANHILL Bhd, an engineering and construction group, said it will raise RM44 million (5520.1 million) from its share sale early next year to raise money to expand its business. The
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Plantation sale at risk due to govt delay: Ibra
      490 13 RESTRUCTURING WOES However, Rizal Ramli says that the law would not pose a problem for sale Bloomberg, Reuters [JAKARTA] The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) says a government delay is jeopardising its US$3BB million (***** million) sale of a group of
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      Lock icon Tight security in Aceh for Gus Dur's visit
      289 13 BANDAACEH It's the president's first visit to the provincial capital Reuters INDONESIAN troops yesterday tightened security in the rebellious province of Aceh on the eve of a visit by President Abdurrahman Wahid and after weekend violence that left up to 10 people
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      Lock icon IMF Indon loan in Feb or March
      402 13 The USs4oom loan was to have been disbursed at the end of December Reuters [JAKARTA] The International Monetary Fund will delay its next loan to Indonesia of around US$4OO million (*****.7 million) possibly until February or March, against the originally planned disbursement by
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      462 14 BANGKOK Change to free-float system has largely been discounted, say analysts Reuters THE Thai financial sector is likely to gain but telecoms stocks will lose after Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) adopts a full free-float system. The country's overall weighting will also fall, but
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      416 14 HONGKONG Foreign firms setting np offices there rise by 20% this year Bloomberg HONGKONG is attracting more international businesses with the number of foreign companies setting up offices in the city increasing by a fifth, this year, according to a government survey. As at June
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      215 14 Reuters [MANILA] A friend of Philippine President Joseph Estrada told a court yesterday it was he and not Mr Estrada who issued a cheque alleged to have been used to buy a mansion for one of the president's mistresses. Jaime Dichaves sprang the surprise
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      263 14 MANILA Bloomberg THE Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced rules that will let it enforce a new securities law that imposes tougher penalties for insider trading, price manipulation and other stock market malpractices. Until now, the commission could not enforce parts
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      390 15 SHANGHAI Listed China firms must publish annual reports by end-April Reuters, AFX-Asia CHINA'S B shares surged yesterday after the Shanghai stock exchange announced it would cut trading commissions in a bid to boost the hard currency market, brokers said. State media said on
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      221 15 GM's Shanghai partner to take a 50.1% stake Bloomberg [BEIJING] General Motors Corp, the biggest foreign investor in China's auto industry, said it will take a 34 per cent stake in Liuzhou Willing Automobile Co when China's No 7 automaker
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      130 15 NEW DELHI Bloomberg INDIA'S 14-day-old postal strike looked set to end yesterday as two of three striking unions decided to call off the stoppage after an agreement with the government. While two unions called off their strike on Sunday night, the third, the
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      355 15 ISLAMABAD Dispute blamed for scaring away foreign investors Reuters PAKISTAN and the internationally backed Hub Power Company Ltd on Sunday unveiled what Islamabad called a "win-win" accord to end a three-year-old tariff dispute blamed for scaring away foreign investment. At a news conference, both
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      446 17 Microsoft's focus on desktop software may not be enough to boost its prospects AFX-Asia [SAN FRANCISCO] Microsoft Corp's first profit warning in 10 years is a sign that the company's traditional desktop software business may be on the verge of an irreversible decline, analysts said.
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      127 17 Reuters [ZURICH] The world's two top reinsurance companies, Munich Re and Swiss Re, have teamed up to launch an Internet-based reinsurance exchange for professional counterparties, the partners said yesterday. Munich Re and Swiss Re will each own 25 per cent in the new London-based venture, called
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      289 17 Australian rollout follows launch in Canada earlier this month Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Merrill Lynch Co, the biggest US broker, and HSBC Holdings pic, Europe's No 1 bank by market value, has started offering online share trading in Australia, a key testingground for their planned global Internet bank.
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      488 17  -  And its No 2 man may quit to join Citic Pacific, says report Frorr Audrey Tan in Hongkong AS news emerged yesterday that Pacific Century CyberWorks was finding it difficult to get enough bankers to back the US$2 billion (553.5 billion) loan
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      704 18 The Fed chief is known to oppose the president-elect's massive US$l.3 trillion tax cut plan Reuters PRESIDENT-ELECT George W Bush was reaching out yesterday to the capital's powerful elite on his first post-election foray into Washington, holding talks with Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan
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      946 18 Gonzalez will be general council; Sice national security adviser; Hughes counsellor to president NYT, Reuters AFP PRESIDENT-elect George W Bush on Sunday named his long-time foreign policy tutor, Condoleezza Rice, to be his national security adviser, and made two other key staff appointments before flying to
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      447 19 WASHINGTON FOMC likely to move tonentr&lbiason interest rates at today's meeting AFX US indicators to be released this week will be overshadowed by today's meeting of the Federal Reserve but economists said that the signs are expected to reaffirm signs of a cooling
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      324 19 SYDNEY Deadline for S&b&n to exercise its put option may be extended by six months: report Reuters RUPERT Murdoch's News Corp Ltd, the world's fifth largest media company, may gain a six-month reprieve from being forced to buy Saban Entertainment Inc's
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      521 20 TOKYO It will slip toy ft percentage point next year doe to slowdown in experts Reuters GROWTH in East Asia's 10 largest economies, excluding Japan, is likely to slip by a percentage point next year from 7.8 per cent this
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      363 20  -  From Neil Behrmann in London INVESTMENT banks in the City of London are expected to pay staff almost £1 billion (552.6 billion) in bonuses this year, according to estimates of headhunters and Close Wealth Management, a subsidiary of the UK investment
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      319 20 NEW DELHI Bloomberg AIR India pilots, whose bid for a 40 per cent stake in the staterun national carrier was rejected, have been allowed to rejoin the process if they can find a partner among the short-listed bidders by Jan 31.
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      265 20 ■FRANKFURT Bloomberg DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG indicated its Chrysler unit will lose about 1.4 billion euros (552.2 billion) in the fourth quarter as the company offered car buyers discounts and had high costs introducing new models. DaimlerChrysler's US arm's fourth-quarter loss means the company
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      439 21 Reuters WHO would have thought a year ago, when Inter-net-related IPOs were all the rage, that the top IPO performers at the end of 2000 would be a doughnut shop and a drug company? The wice high-flying, high-tech IPO
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      297 21 SEOUL Six banks will be recapitalised with 7t won in public money Reuters, AFP SOUTH Korean regulators approved plans yesterday to recapitalise six banks with seven trillion won (Sslo billion) in public funds, ordering Hanvit Bank and five other lenders to cancel their shares. In
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      1434 22  -  It's now all about the convergence of e-business and knowledge management to create online knowledge businesses, argues datid skyrme DAVID SKYRME ONE of the companies that first raised awareness of knowledge management in Europe through its conferences Business Intelligence used to hold an annual knowledge
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      285 24  -  SOX Derivatives TraiOtB&Report ST bdatfMSGI S"pore Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE Singapore stock market rose yesterday despite a slump in the US markets on Friday. Market sentiment was boosted further with firmer regional markets, as investors around the region were optimistic that US markets
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      237 24  - Futures slide but end above da y's low MSCI Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE MSCI Taiwan stock market yesterday closed lower with less year-end windowdressing activities and sharply lower US markets overnight. The MSCI Taiwan index finished down 4.52 points or 1.9 per cent at 233.83 points.
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      175 24 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices got a lift yesterday as the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) reminded traders that an output cut from the producers' cartel could be on the cards for January. London Brent blend futures rose 53
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      332 24 Reuters Tiwiilw THE euro abandoned earlier 4-1/2-month highs against the yen and three-month peaks against the dollar yesterday as expectations of a strong opening in US stocks spurred profit-taking. Earlier yesterday, the euro had rallied to its highest in more than four months against the yen after the
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      2895 25 HONGKONG AFP FlHangScng +49.00 HONGKONG share prices rose 0.3 per cent yesterday on selective buying amid expectations of a US interest rate cut early next year, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 49.00 points t 4 close at 15,024.53 on turnover
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      1090 25 Reuters n Shenzhen B Index +323 Smhml CHINA'S B shares closed sharply higher in active trade yesterday after the Shanghai stock exchange announced it would cut trading commission costs in a bid to boost the hard currency market, brokers said. Shanghai's B share index ended up 5.47 per cent
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      384 25 AFP WPlndes -78J0 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.5 per cent lower yesterday as investors took to the sidelines amid cautious sentiment, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 78.90 points to 5,055.20, on turnover of NT525.79 billion. "Many investors are reluctant to trade, anticipating further downturns
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      2075 25 TOKYO AFP □ffikM22s TOKYO share prices declined 0.5 per cent yesterday following falls on Wall Street and amid a lack of trading incentives ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting, dealers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 index lost 68.39 points to
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      425 27 AFP Composite Index +10.66 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.5 per cent higher yesterday on strong local institutional support for Tenaga Nasional, Telekom Malaysia and Maybank, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended up 10.66 points at 711.10. The Second Board index declined
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      741 28 AFP Q SET Index -IJ6 THE Thai stock market closed 0.7 per cent lower yesterday with sentiment undermined by disappointing gross domestic product (GDP) data, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index fell 1.98 points to 271.19. The SET 50 index slipped 0.15 points to 18.77.
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      285 28 AFP Composite Index +4JM) PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.3 per cent higher yesterday with the Composite Index up 4.8 points to close at 1,408.19. Volume was up at 352.44 million shares worth 399.11 million pesos from Friday's 176.2 million shares worth 393 million pesos. PacW Nsb COOP) Abacus Construction
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      719 28 AFP QOmpoßt6lndfli ■6J3 INDONESIAN share prices closed 1.2 per cent lower yesterday in quiet trade ahead of the year-end holidays, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index was down 5.13 points at 418.55 on volume of 370.2 million shares valued at 201.85 billion rupiah. Declining stocks led advancers
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      262 28 AFP □HKE-40 -18J8 NEW Zealand shares fell 0.9 per cent yesterday after index leader Telecom Corp hit a five-year intraday low, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed down 18.15 points at 1,930.26 on trade valued at NZ$lOB.7 million. New rooo) Advantage HOS 1.26 unch 23 Air NZ A
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      549 28 AFP Q&DONinarias +&20 AUSTRALIAN shares shrugged off Wall Street's slump to rise 0.2 per cent yesterday, fuelled by a strong recovery in News Corp and the banking sector, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index finished 6.2 points higher at 3,184.3 after hitting an early low of 3,168.7, while the
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      314 28 AFP H Composite Index *527 SOUTH Korean shares rose one per cent yesterday with the index up 5.27 points at 539.27. Volume was 246.2 million worth 1.3 trillion won. —AFP A nam Semi 3960 -240 Brain Tech 530 10 Central Bank 170 0 CMI Comm ***** -1500 Da* Gu
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  • EXPORT subsidies
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      974 30 Research shows that the basis for export subsidies is dubious, and their empirical effects can be scary The Economist THE promotion of international competitiveness has led governments down many roads that economists shudder to tread. Import substitution, with its distortion of domestic investment and its
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      1428 32  -  Condoleezza Rice, also known as Condi, will be th£ first woman national security adviser. The 46-year-old has almost always led an all-consuming life, writes HLUXBSCIOIiDro ELAINE SCIOLINO NYT ]|pfg N1991, only two years into the Bush HP administration, Condoleezza Rice K*™ suddenly left her powerful job as the
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      153 33 Reuters PANAMAX freight rates continued to slowly recover on Friday, which was reflected in gains to the Baltic Panamax Index, shipbrokers said. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) gained one point to 1,582, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) rose 11 points to 1,490, the Baltic Handy Index (BHD was
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      568 33  -  BTfT79TTTSW73 Veil of secrecy allows substandard shipping to thrive: Int'l Commission on Shipping By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The veil of secrecy in the international shipping industry is creating a hot-house climate which allows substandard shipping to thrive, according to the chairman of
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      429 33  -  From Evelyn Duffy in Perth AUSTRALIA'S marine safety body is warning Port State Control (PSC) authorities in the Asia-Pacific region to remain vigilant for sub-stan-dard ships. Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) general manager of maritime operations David Baird told a ports conference in
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      117 33 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's agricultural authorities have sunk a retired warship, to convert it into a fish reef. The Lin Yun, a 4,262-tonne vessel, was towed to waters off Penghu island on Saturday and submerged about an hour later, the Central Daily News
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        964 34 If the UAL-US Airways merger goes ahead, a massive industry consolidation will result, some say but others think not NYT THE coming year will be a landmark for the US domestic airline industry. Or it will not be. That is the consensus of airline executives, analysts and
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      192 34 PACE Accord 6 Appenship 5 Assets 7 Austral 6 Balaji Shpg 5 BSA 7 B'tang Mas 6 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 5 CSAV 3 Central Ex 6 Columbus 6 Cho Yanq 5 China Shpq 5 Couqar 7 tt CWT Globelink 7 Delmas 4 Djak Lloyd 6
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      17029 40 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES Page 8 EXPORT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19,2000 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN DMt'n Nam# Nam* Number Number wmnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm TO ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoire 26/12 30/12 Delmas SAUDI YANBU Y40W 65-*****44 27/12 03/02 COSCO MING HEAVEN 0023W 65-*****00 02/01 06/02 Delmas VILLE DE MIMOSA V41W
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        2055 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Manc* Rstls Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Ptriod Prow To From AC* DAHUA Om 19/1*00 N IT/BOO IT/KM 17/1900 2A 17/1700 18/0659 N/0900 21 17/1700 N/0659 18/0900 3 N/0700 18/1159 «/M00 4 18/1200 N/1459 N/1700 ACIEAGLE 003* 19/13:00 N 17/1500 17/1659
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        232 43 Dm 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Dee 25 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 29 Canada: Boxing
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        812 43 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 averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        618 43 Cartoon 180 Mm 990.7 0.7 12.9 0.10 79 0.03 No* 30 tensity Water Residue Ash Aluminium Sediment No above E25 0 0 0 0 0 0 380 Ave 987.2 0.2 12.9 0.06 26 0.02 bum 380 Max 992.3 0.8 15.8 0.09 70 0.03 M/W3 HW/M HM/M
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        721 44 RiskofUSslo.7b project is spread among European govts, suppliers Reuters [LONDON] Boeing Co was supposed to have staked the entire company on the success of its 747 jumbo jet when it began developing the aircraft in the mid *****. More than
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        449 44 Move follows Italy's offer to increase flights at Linate Bloomberg [ROME] A European Union 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 Linate, an EU spokesman said. Members
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        298 44 AP [FRANKFURT] DaimlerChrysler's struggling Chrysler division will lose 1.4 billion euros (Ss2.l billion) in the fourth quarter, according to a newspaper report. That loss would be more than twice the US$5l2 million (*****.76 million) the US division lost in the third
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        607 44 ILIgA ctian AP [WASHINGTON] Alaska Airlines found excessive wear in the stabiliser control systems on three planes in the months before another Alaska jetliner crashed when its stabiliser failed off the coast of Ventura County in Southern California, airline officials said. The
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      454 33 Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has appointed prominent Singapore businessman, Stephen Lee Chlng Ym to its W boards* directors. NOL chairman Lua Cheng Eng l rec«itly."Mr Lee who was a nominated MP from 1994*97, is currently the managing director of Great f' Coihmefttai and Savings Bank Ltd (Taiwan); chairman and director
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      699 34 Lines services represented by Members of the Registry of Members of the Eisail! Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore Log.st.cs Nguv 3S Singapore Shipping Association Association S- ULY UNI MALE i t [vessel voy Few Tn* eta P. RUNG STORE MALE Princess Lily VO9OO 28/12 29/12 05/01 Empress Uly VOlOl 14/01 15/01
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      1147 35 SAX SERVKE (DWECT) |vESSEL VOY SWETA IAX OA* PAL HOU OB COL MEM ATI NYC API JADE 0241 OS/n 23/11 20/11 21/11 21/11 20/11 M/" API GARNET 0241 15/11 30/11 05/12 05/12 05/12 05/12 05/12 OS/12 07/12 17/12 Aft SPINEL 0241 22/11 07/12 12/12 12/12 12/12 12/12 12/12 12/12 14/12
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      1477 35 CkHmt Strvkt HHbr (ft HANJIN SHIPPING !fe£-l A. Ms EWyn Low -We *****30 HATUMIM6tS>HIII» IfcZ/mbiLWi ryywt aR rotm r% DOQIM«T: *****71 774 OfaATWS: 2371?5»?51 M«W UK: *****55 fMSMIMSa MO: HS34f3OOOOM 1,.a |TO NW USA it Canada! us* CAWAPA FMva/vor mm sb~" imham/voy sm iwr obi po* oo m» m btt
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      1285 36 SENATOR LINES TO UK/CONTINEfn* TOMiPmMIAreANCANADA «ssa vot m ibi iiw w hw bv m wssa wy sm an spg poo vie mtw PUDONG SENATOR 001SW 10.12 06.01 KM 08.01 Mil 10.01 11.01 CHOYANG SUCCESS 004SW 11.11 07.01 00.11 11.01 ISJI 20.01 HANJM SAVANNAH OOOOW 22.12 13.01 14.01 11.01 12.01 14.01
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      805 36 \m*m 1 "NVv* J SOU: (064) *****6 iIANtA: (632) *****24 v w N PENAMQ: (04) *****36 BANGKOK: <662)*****67 SURABAYA; (31) *****11 ft KELANQ: (06) *****77 JKE (21) <*****6 KUCHMQ (0»2) 4*4431-3 BANGKOK PORT KIANO MV "SINAR SOLO" V.098N MV "HOUSTON" V.I 84S ETA SIN: 21-12-2000 ETA SIN: 21-12-2000 MADRAS PUBAI
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      642 36 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR N.SHEVA (CFS MULUND. MUMBAI/COLOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN I.C.D. POINTS VKMI SPORE N.SHEVA COCHIN COLOMBO P.KLANG TULSIDAS V.135 24 DEC 02 JAN 07 JAN 12 JAN FRONTIER V.103W 31 DEC 09 JAN 14 JAN 19 JAN PU GLORY V.103W 07 JAN 16 JAN
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      1391 37 IVTgcrt VOY KHH HKO 1 SIN I PKL PXI BAB PMM IRAN TEHRAN PCL-187 26/12 27/12 30/12 31/12 07/01 08/01 10/01 12/01 IRAN TAMTAIAB PCL-188 02/01 03/01 06/01 07/01 14/01 15/01 IRAN KERMAN PCL-189 09/01 10/01 13/01 14/01 21/01 22/01 24/01 26/01 £-!So 16/01 17/01 20/01 11/01 20/01 20/01 01/02
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      869 37 TO: COLOMBO I KVKiY HOBDAY I (l/T; 4 MTf) J I GENERAL AGENTS IN SINGAPORE• BORORINSON RD TEL: 226 1900 FAX:*****08 OUTWARD(I/L) *****02 JHORE OFFjjfe I f ACTAD CHIBMNfi PTE LTD «l? oo SALES/IK6S *****57/43 INWARD KPT (0/0) *****86 COSTAI AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD I ISS SW4GAPOREO6BB9B SiSSIAL i SiSl/iio
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      863 39 vOiv WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA "CAR RORO HEAVYLIFT SERVICE" fvissa VOY I RAMP I HEIGHT I SIN LK MAO NUA SAV KAI ORF NYC NEW MM TAMPERE AHIOI 400Tms 6.3 M ~UjU 25/01 ***** OS7OT 07/02 *****" 10/02 12/02 16/02 17/02 TEXAS AH 102 400Tmi 6.3 M
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