The Business Times, 1 January 2001

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  • 14 1 850 MITA (P) 028/12/2000 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE MONDAY, JANUARY 1. 2001 Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/
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  • 64 1 STOCK MARKET INDICES Week Change STI 1.926.83 +23.97 SIMSCI FUTURES ....250.5®. 1.80 BT-SRI 804.00 +11.47 KLSECOMP. 679.64 .16.75 NIKKEI 225 13,7K5.69...+358.61 HANG SENG I5.09S.53....+357.32 SET INDEX 269.19 +110 JAKARTA COMP.._.CLOSED MANILA COMP... 1,494.50.. _..+66.33 TAIPEI WPI 4,739.09 -72.13 SEOUL COMP. 504.62 +4.02 CLSA CHINA B 1.395.66 +56.60 AUST
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  • 79 1 FOREX BATES uss s$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1734 £|l'S$/SS per 1.492 1587 El RO(USS/SS/E) 0930 1.612 DM 2.104 1513 YEN 114.8 6610 RM 3.800 2.192 HKS 7.800 4.499 BAHT 43.10 24.86 Rl'PlAH 9,660 5,566 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* §.80 KUALA LUMPUR -.7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG
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  • 513 1  -  Expansion well above expectations of govt and private sector economists Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] The Singapore economy expanded by a stronger-than-expected 10.1 per cent in 2000, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong announced yesterday. In his New Year's Day message, Mr Goh said the expansion was
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  • 642 1 Greater power to the provinces from today seen to have profound effect on business and politics AFP [JAKARTA] In a momentous but unheralded move, Indonesia will today grant greater autonomy to its provinces in an attempt to stop the vast archipelago, already fraying at the
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  • 515 1  -  Arab-Malaysian, Maybank, EON Bank miss deadline to operate as merged entities Eddie Toh Froth in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S closely-watched plan to bring about mergers in the banking industry got another re-tooling yesterday. As the deadline for the ambitious merger blueprint expired yesterday,
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    • 86 1 IHSIPE BT Comment With market turning red, how should Hongkong play the political game? Pg 10 Top Stories Thaksin victory will put pressure on markets: analysts. Next Page EU: Nations are still squabbling, but euro has finally turned the corner. Next Page Retailers chalk up decent festive sales gains. Pg
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    • 311 1 5 Biz IT 19 w* fc I COMMENTARY 1 Will e-tailing work ST Index s Why e-biz will to hpi,. you prosper this year Page 17 Pages 8 9 J -r-. i fh > j jrj j French playwright Yasmina Rcza make your winning move in overseas property finance It
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    • 863 2  -  If court rules against him in graft case, he will be ousted, leading to lame-dnck govt From Harish Mehta in Bangkok IF Thaksin Shinawatra achieves his ambition of becoming the next prime minister of Thailand while a corruption case against him is
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    • 1144 2  -  But there is no sign of an end to the political squabbling in the EU, Shada Islam reports from Brussels Shada Islam European union nations are starting the New Year by still squabbling over the political direction of the 15-na-tion bloc, but there are
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 194 4  -  WABBAMT WATCH By R Sivanithy THIS year, the local market should see the introduction of listed index funds, sometimes known as tracker funds. These are funds that enable investors to bet on the movements of an index. Most observers expect the
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    • 574 4  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy THE start of a new year always brings with it fresh hope as many people wipe clean their slates and start anew. Especially when things have not exactly been dandy. Still, although 2000 was not particularly inspiring from an equity
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      479 4 Source: JM Sassoon Stocks Volume PCI 25c 36,955,000 PacificCentury 10c 33,283,000 Poh LiarflOc 25,222,000 OUB DB eCW*****3 18,747,000 Bnerley NZ10c 17,081,000 Gul Tech 20c 16,734,000 Omni Ind 10c 15,957,000 Leong Hin 20c 13,837,000 FHTK Hldgs 20c 12,501,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 12,064,000 Stocks DBS Grp 89,938,735 Chart Semiconductor 26c 58,289,466 VentureMfg25c
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    • 247 4  -  HOTSTOCK By Teh Hooi Ling DELGRO Corp shares rose six cents to $4.54 on Friday in active trading. Some 360,000 units changed hands more than three times the 10-day average of 106,150. The counter closed off its intraday high of $4.58. Despite the six-cent gain, there
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    • 172 4 Hotel Grand Central Ltd will undergo a sub-division of the ordinary shares of $1 each of its capital into two new ordinary shares of $0.50 each. Trading of the new shares of $0.50 each will commence with effect from Jan 3, 2001. ♦The board of directors of Clipsal
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    • 617 4 AFP [HONGKONG] The yen failed to hoist itself out of the doldrums as a disappointing year dragged to a close. It took a final tumble against the US dollar as US investment funds, uninspired by the ailing Japanese economy, rushed to
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 598 5  -  Growth of 4-10% at Iset&n, Seiyu; but shortened festive season could cnt down spending Bruce Chong MAJOR retailers here have chalked up decent sales gains this festive season, despite the slow pick-up early last month. Listed Isetan Singapore enjoyed a 4 to 5
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    • 350 5 WITH Central Provident Fund members allowed to invest all their Special Account savings in approved retirement-related financial instruments from today, there are now a total of 22 approved unit trusts and 25 approved investment-linked insurance products that members can put their savings in.
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 1955 6  -  BUSINESS rTBTCB Fostering relationships with the end-user is the key to success in the age of the Internet and high competition ty Christopher Lai The writer is director-head of business development, Small Business Services, CSG, American Express International Inc. WHERE business is concerned, it's all
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  • New Asia Biz Woman
    • 1008 7 Invest in a basic wardrobe, develop colour sense and know your body shape, advises beauly consultant Sheila Wong Bernama THERE are times when one comes across a person or stranger who stands out in a crowd not because that person is a movie star, pop
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    • 1534 7 The French playwright's latest work has even won her the attention that had been denied at home NYT YASMINA Reza rises early on Tuesdays because Monday is her only night off from appearing onstage in her new play, Trois Versions de la
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  • MARKET review
    • 484 8/9  -  R SIVANITHY captures the mood swings of tile Singapore stock market last year R SIVANITHY AFTER the dizzy heights reached in 1999, when it set 11 alltime highs, the Straits Times Index flopped miserably in the year 2000. It lost 22 per cent from its opeAing level
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 378 10 QUEMOY, Taiwan Vessel carrying 56 people will sail to Chinese port of Xiamen from the Taiwan island today Reuters ONCE a military flashpoint, heavily fortified Quemoy island is gearing up for the historic, first formal trade and tourist links between Taiwan
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    • 478 10 MANILA They snspect military or police acted on his orders AFP A SERIES of deadly bomb attacks in Manila has raised fears of a violent, non-consti-tutional resolution to the Philippine political crisis centring on graft charges against President Joseph Estrada, analysts
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    • 817 10  -  8T1J.1.'.1.'.M.U HK STOCKS With the territory's market turning 'red', it can ill afford to offend Bering quak hiang whai AS we go into the new year, three separate reports here last week provided some food for thought on Hongkong's future. First, Hongkong's dependence on
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    • 279 10 TAIPEI Reuters TAIWAN'S Ministry of Finance said the island's first domestic asset management corporation (AMC) set up a preparatory office on Saturday to begin buying up bad bank loans. At a hastily called news conference, Finance Minister Yen Ching-chang and other ministry officials
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    • 259 10 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] The computer network of Malaysia's parliament was broken into and all its information erased, according to newspaper reports yesterday. The Sunday Star said the hacker, who called himself "topeira", removed the website and replaced it with some foreign words. This is the
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    • NOTE Book
      • 64 10 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] The Indian economy may have expanded at a better-than-expected six per cent year-on-year in the July-September quarter, according to data released by the government on Friday. The rate is slightly better than the 5.9 per cent expansion expected by five economists
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      • 55 10 Reuters [BEIJING] The mayor of the Chinese city of Luoyang has apologised for "oversights and errors" in the response to a Christmas day disco fire which killed 309 people. Luoyang Mayor Liu Dianli told viewers in an emotional televised speech the city "could not evade
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      • 77 10 AFP [PHNOM PENH] Thousands of Cambodians yesterday joined government officials to pay their last respects to the late statesman Son Sann at a high-profile funeral attended by King Norodom Sihanouk. Son Sann. a staunch nationalist and one of Cambodia's most enduring political figures, died
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      • 59 10 Reuters [BOMBAY] Indian portal agribuzz.com will launch online trading of several agricultural commodities by January 15, said Gopal Ahuja, chairman and managing director of Agri Infotech Online (India) Ltd. promoter of the portal. The company initially plans to offer online trading facilities for groundnut, cloves,
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    • 426 10 BEIJING GDP last year rose a provisional 8% to B.9tyuan Reuters CHINA said Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose a provisional 8 per cent in 2000 from 1999 to more than 8.9 trillion yuan (551.85 trillion), ending a seven-year streak of slowing economic growth. "China has
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  • WORLD news
    • 769 11 NEW YORK They are banking on a fillip from a cut in Fed rates Bloomberg WALL Street strategists predict the bull market will be back on track in 2001 with the Federal Reserve's help. The investment strategists surveyed weekly by
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    • 434 11 TOKYO Reuters A KEY economic minister in the cabinet of unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori may face trouble over allegations he accepted funds from a scandal-hit industrial insurance provider. The news could prove a fresh blow to Mr Mori, who is battling
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    • 579 11 PARIS Thanks to weak stocks, expected short supply of paper AFP US and European government bonds defied expectations by rallying strongly in 2000 due to stock market turmoil, the slowdown in the US economy and expectations of short supply. Many of
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    • 81 11 [MOSCOW] A view of the Moscow Red Square from the Rossiya Hotel on Saturday. Shown, from left, are the Kremlin's Saviour tower, St Basil's Cathedral, the Kremlin's St Nicholas and Corner Arsenal Towers, and the Historical Museum, with a children skating rink and a
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    • 363 11 SEOUL Reuters SOUTH Korea said yesterday it had injected a combined 756 billion won (Ssl billion) into four banks as a reward after they withdrew from a militant bank union. The four banks are struggling with large non-performing loans and the injection
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    • 353 11 CHICAGO Moskow declines to say if Fed will cut interest rates Reuters US ECONOMIC growth is slowing, but the economy is not heading towards a recession, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said in a newspaper interview over the
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    • 382 11 MANAMA Reuters SAUDI Arabia and its partners in the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are ready to join in Opec output cuts to achieve the cartel's targeted price of US$25 (Ss43) a barrel, delegates at the annual GCC summit said
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  • COMMODITIES & futures
    • 218 12 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Sugar prices fell 2 per cent, as Brazil and other producers sold contracts to take advantage of a 9 per cent rise during the previous two weeks. "Brazil was a seller up near the highs today," Michael McDougall, a sugar futures broker
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    • 725 12 Bloomberg [PHOKENG, South Africa] In South Africa's platinum belt some 112 km from Johannesburg, a new, 120 million-rand (5527.5 million) soccer stadium sparkles in the afternoon sun, partly funded by mining riches. A three-hour drive south from there, where gold mines sink more than
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      1304 12 SPfQAPORE QOVERMMEMT SECURITIES DfPICATIVE PRICES AMP YIELDS Week ended Dee 29 Price Prtet Term Coupon Motarity Co«o Y T >1 BH Off or Tonw C—p— Wtwttr Co4o YTM Mi Off* 2 YR 2.375 15 Mar-01 N*****0W 3.66% 2.44% 99.78 99.98 5 YR 3.500 01Feb-04 M*****0H 3.46% 3.33% 100.30 100.50 2
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  • MARKET OUTLOOK
    • 863 13 Sydney -23.4 THE Australian share market was a global outperformer in 2000 but could be affected by tightening credit conditions in the new year, analysts said. "Three months ago the fear in Australia and the US centred on inflation and the need for higher interest rates," said
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    • 579 13 NEW YORK Bat analysts are doubtful bargain hunting of battered tech stocks will last AP EVEN if investor losses seemed to be never-ending during 2000, at least the year itself was coming to a close. That was the dominant thought last week
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    • 303 13 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG shares are expected to start the new year on a positive note with no negative news on the horizon, following an 11 per cent slide in 2000, dealers said. "There is no negative factor that I can think
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    • 535 13 TOKYO AFP THE Tokyo Stock Exchange limps into the new year battered and bruised and traders say no remedy is likely to emerge at home as companies offload stock and the government loses its reform bearings. Instead Wall Street and Alan
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    • 305 13 MLONDON AFP THE London stock market rustled up a modest year-end rally during a truncated session last week but still closed out 2000 nursing a loss of some 10 per cent its worst performance since 1994. The market ended the two-and-a-half-day trading week
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    • 1940 13 "Parte +142.69 THE Paris CAC-40 Index ended the last trading session of 2000 below its end-1999 closing level, sealing a disappointing year for the blue-chip index. It ended Friday's session 0.1 per cent higher at 5,926.42, up 5.82 points on the day and 142.69 on the week.
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  • STOCKS sgx
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    • 1294 14 Compiled by Primark-I/B/E/S International fnc The stock iccwiwwKtatwn is the flvcrsy sM the rccofflmcfKMions subtnittcd by uu&am analysts following the slock. There is a total of 29 brokers submitting r\^7rirL recommendations butnot every slock is foBowed by ai the 29 broker*. Thelriecom- COMPANY NAME THISWEEK LAST WEEK EPS(t)
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    • 611 14 SOX Dartrallm Trading Weeklyßoundup [SINGAPORE} The bond Market is dosmfc oat Y2K on very different looting thaw where it began the year. Y2K was the big story jwr ago, yields were sharply higher (fr S3 per cent on the long bond), the Nasdaq
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    • 7617 15 Week ended: Dec 29 Cr Cr M Wt 52-Wk Last Vol WMk Last Quote Dlv Dlv YM Nat Cap Avg High Low Company Sala COOO) High Low Buyar Sallar C'vr P/E $mll Prka MULTI-INDUSTRY 163 68 m c Acma SOc 70 -4 210 74 68 69 70 5
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 855 16 Central 4.30 Movie II: Back To The 6.30 Saiian- Masak Apa?. Year in Review, o XT Future 1. 7.00 Fikir-Fikir. 12.30 PM World Paragliding 8.00 AM Kids Central. New &30 Show Me The Funny. 7.30 Tirai: Ikatan Suci. Championships. au®?[ S iS ay Special: 7.30 Movie III: Starship 8.00 Berita.
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    • 280 16 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS (4.2,5,4) 1 Fed up, bird set off travelling Better-trained repairman (6) (5 5) 7 Scanty equine data for process--6 Fail to win a single girl (4) ing (10) 9 Marked down fish for miser (10) Home leave from arid country 10 Prize mark given to friend (4)
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  • BIZIT
    • 695 17  -  INFOTECH Given that Singaporeans love to browse and shop at 'real' stores, It seems unlikely they will adopt shopping at 'virtual' stores anytime soon paul thompson The writer is a BT Correspondent E-tailing— or buying in retail from virtual shops on the Internet has taken
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 95 17 HEWLETT-PACKARD Company has tied up with Agis Pte Ltd, a homegrown GIS (geographic information systems) provider, and MasterCard International, to add GPS (global positioning system) functions to HP's Jornada handheld PCs. The system includes a GPS antenna fitted to the vehicle that lets motorists navigate roads
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      • 74 17 HP's software subsidiary, Dazel, has launched its High Performance Printing Solution (HPPS), targeted at SMEs. The solution combines a print controller and three HP LaserJet printers to offer a cost-effective alternative to a large centralised printer. The system can also route print jobs to available printers
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      • 77 17 HOMEGROWN telecoms services provider Circle Com Group has tied up with a US-based telephony and Internet access solutions provider, Strategic Service Alliance Inc, to launch Circle Com Net Valve Asia-Pacific. This is a prepaid Internet access service. Users don't need a local ISP account, but use
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      • 60 17 MCAFEE has released its ePolicy Orchestrator 1.1, a single-server anti-virus solution that can handle up to 100,000 users across a corporate network or the Internet. It provides remote management, consolidated reporting, and scalable and automated software deployment. Prices start at US$ll per node for 500 nodes for
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      • 54 17 DELL Computer has launched the Power Edge 1550, a rack-optimised server that is 1U (1.75 inches) in height. Prices start at $4,308 for a P-*****6 MHz system, which comes with 128 MB RAM, 9 GB hard disk, and 24-speed CD-ROM drive. It will debut this month. For
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      • 79 17 and a new PowerApp server DELL has also unveiled the PowerApp.web 120, which is a rack-dense web server targeted at ISPs, ASPs, and hosting companies. Prices start at $4,308 for a P-111 866 MHz system, which comes with 128 MB RAM, 9 GB hard disk, CD-ROM drive, and Linux OS.
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      • 31 17 NETWORK systems integrator Datacraft Asia has unveiled a range of network security services, which include network auditing, ethical cracking, and remote management solutions. For details, fax *****33.
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      • 51 17 US-BASED InFocus Corp has unveiled the LP26O, an SVGA digital projector that targets first-timers and budget-conscious users. It weighs 2.5 kg, offers 700 lumens of brightness, and comes with Infocus' Plug-and-Project technology for easy integration with InFocus' computers. It costs $5,500. For details, visit www. infocus.
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      • 79 17 US-BASED Macromedia Inc has released the latest versions of its Dreamweaver web-design software. Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio combines code authoring, layout, and graphics creation, and costs $790. On its own, Dreamweaver 4 and Fireworks 4 costs $526 each. UltraDev 4 enables rapid authoring of server-side apps
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      • 77 17  -  Compiled by Siew Yaw Hoong CYLINK Corp, a US-based e-biz security provider, has launched its Cylink Link Encryptor HSSI (high-speed serial interface), which can encrypt data at up to 52 Mbps for high-speed communications over a WAN VPN. It is transparent to leased-line transmission and terminal
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    • 817 17  -  SAY Hi Global e-commerce spending may touch USSL23 trillion in 2001, np 46% over last year david mok The writer runs a consultancy firm, MyEwizard.com JUST a year ago, dotcoms and any firm prefixed with an 'e' were the darlings of VCs, investors and
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    • 464 17  -  By Eric Lai Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Viruses that sought to take advantage of the Christmas spirit left Internet users relatively unscathed this season, more peeved than harmed, according to a software security experts. McAfee.com Inc, a major provider of anti-virus software, said it has tracked
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    • 220 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc is raising US$5OO million (SsB6o million) for its second venture capital fund focused on new telecommunication and computer companies. Michael Odrich, head of Lehman's private equity unit, and three others who work in the division Thomas Banahan. Michael
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    • 1186 18  -  The planned office of the future may neither be planned, nor an office, nor in the future, reports RAJU nngi-i-*— RAJU CHELLAM IVEN that Internet subscribers in the j Asia-Pacific region will jump from 41.8 million early this year to 188 million by early 2005, connectivity
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    • IT TAKES
      • 53 18 A WEB forum on the challenges of the new economy and on technopreneurship in Singapore, titled "Singapore: Release 2.1" is being held today. You can catch it online at http://t2l.cruxible.com. It is organised by the Technopreneurship (T2l) Private Sector Committee, which is headed by Creative Technology's chairman
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      • 63 18 PANPAC Media.com's online travel and leisure unit, Zing Asia, has tied up with travel information and reservation services provider Abacus International Pte Ltd and online travel reservation firm Travel.World.Net. This three-way deal lets Zing Asia users book flights, tour packages, car rentals and accommodation
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      • 34 18 HOMEGROWN Auspex Asia-Pacific, a network attached storage (NAS) developer, has appointed Intergraph Corp, a technical computing solutions provider, as its first regional reseller for its 4Front Net Server 2000 NAS devices.
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      • 55 18 HOLLAND-BASED network services provider Equant said it has started issuing its own digital certificates for secure IP and e-commerce services, such as e-mail, web-chat, online financial services, e-commerce, and VPN access. The digital certs are based on the public key infrastructure software of US-based Entrust
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      • 29 18 EDGEMATRIX, a homegrown multichannel communication solutions provider, has appointed its co-founder Adrian Stewart as chief operating officer. Mr Stewart was previously senior vice-president of Edge Matrix.
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      • 35 18 VIGNETTE Asia Pte Ltd, an e-biz applications supplier, has appointed Yaj Malik (right) as director of sales operations for the Asia-Pacific. Mr Malik was previously worldwide channel sales director for IBM Software.
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      • 42 18  -  Compiled by Siew Yaw Hoong US-BASED e-biz systems management provider BMC Software Inc has appointed Chen Hui Liang as managing director for the Asean region. Mr Chen was previously BMC Software's country director for Indonesia and the Philippines.
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    • 738 18  -  Most of these websites have S'pore HQ, given its sophisticated market and well-developed Internet infrastructure By Jeffrey Tsang The writer is managing director of PR firm Asher Communications LAST year saw a proliferation of dotcom companies, and one of the most active areas was in
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    • 281 18 AP [TOKYO] As part of a high-profile campaign to make Japan a global leader in information technology, the government yesterday prepared to open an online exposition that it hopes will boost interest in the Internet. Internet Fair 2001 will run for
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 288 19 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young ACTIVITY has fallen away with the holiday season taking hold, although some deals are being concluded. The year comes to an end with the tanker sector buoyant and in the ascendency whilst there is speculation as to the short term prospects for certain
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    • 308 19 SGX *000 Dec 29 St W CWT Distribution 0.59 O.Ot 31 Chuan Hup 0.36 -0.01 1135 Cosco Investment 0.15 unch 0 Freight Links 0.11 unch 75 GB Holdings ..0.48 unch 0 Hii Sun Hup 0.22 -0.01 416 IMC HoMings-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.15 unch 71 Keppel
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    • 324 19 UK firm selling non-core ABC business for £68m to Eurotower Holdings Reuters [LONDON] UK shipping firm Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co said it had formed a partnership involving the sale of half its bulk shipping unit, Associated Bulk Carriers,
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    • 192 19 Xinhua [SHANGHAI] Shanghai Port, the third largest in the world, had shipped 200 million tons of goods, becoming the first port in China to record an annual throughput above the 200 million ton mark. The port's throughput is expected to reach 203 million tons
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    • 718 19  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes IF you want to find an expert on the Chinese shiprepair industry, you would probably not go knocking on the door of the Swedish Club, the Gothenburg-based mutual insurer. In actual fact, its Hongkong office is a fount of knowledge
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    • 64 19 [KINMEN] A shipmate on a Taiwanese cargo ship docks on the island ofKinmen where Taiwan will start direct trade with mainland China. Taiwan has agreed to permit direct trade, transportation and postal services between Kinmen and China's Xiamen and Fuzhou cities from tomorrow, postponed by one day
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    • 367 19 Reuters [HOLLYWOOD, Florida] One of the longest surviving of the smaller US cruise operators, Commodore Holdings Ltd, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganisation, suspending operation of its three ships over the weekend, after returning passengers to their ports of embarkation. The company,
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    • 207 19 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Ishikawajima-Hari-ma Heavy Industries Co is to help build a liquefied natural gas storage facility at an Indian port, the company's first such overseas contract, as Japan's No 3 maker of ships and machinery looks to boost earnings by moving into new
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    • 319 20 PAGE Accord 6 Ahrenkiel 12 Appenship 5 Asia OCL II Assets 5 Austral 6 Avant 12 B'tanq Mas 6 BSA 7 BTl 12 Balaji Shpg S Bangladesh It Batamindo It CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 5 COCOS 5 CSAV 3 Central Ex 6 Chahaya 12 Cho Yang
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    • 19571 26 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES Page 8 EXPORT MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 2001 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire 08/01 16/02 Setramar VILLE DE LIBRA 356W 65-*****33 09/01 11/02 MOL SASSANDRA CHALLENG 6403A 65-*****86 10/01 14/02 Oelmas DELMAS KERGUELEN 108W
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      • 410 31 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jyronq Port Spc Capricor 11 J12 26/12/6:25 26/12/19:00 Bt Dencipta2 ***** J01 26/12/8:10 26/12/23:00 Bt Gajahmada ***** J01 26/12/8:00 26/12/23:59 Love Letter V30 J13 26/12/8:00 29/12/17:00 Winstar 2 64S00 J03 26/12/7:05 26/12/21:00 Bayswater118 M0312 J02 26/12/8:45 26/12/15:00 Belkaid 21 J07 26/12/9:55 27/12/12:00
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      • 2004 31 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACX FALCON 009B 2/13:00 1A 31/1500 31/1459 31/1900 IB 31/1500 31/1459 3V1900 2A 31/1700 01/0659 01/0900 21 31/1700 01/0659 01/090v> 3 OV0700 01/1159 01/1400 4 01/1200 01/1459 01/1700 ANOA 1002
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      • 120 31 Jan 1 USA: New Year's Day. Philippines: New Year's Day. Canada: New Year's Day. Hongkong: New Year's Day. Australia: New Year's Day. Sweden: New Year's Day. Indonesia: New Year's Day. Malaysia: New Year's Day. Singapore: New Year's Day. United Kingdom: New Year's Day. S. Korea: New Year's Day.
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      • 816 31 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 mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 637 31 Carbon 180 Mai 993.0 0.4 14.6 0.08 72 0.02 Dec 14 Density Water Residue Ash Aluminium Sediment No above E25 1 0 0 0 0 0 380 Ave 989.0 0.2 13.3 0.07 23 0.01 Emm 380 Max 992.3 0.6 15.0 0.09 70 0.03 w/M'i v/y h M/M m/m
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 863 32 John F Kennedy, Newark, and LaGuardia airports resume operations after bad weather on Saturday forced shutdown Reuters [NEW YORK] New York's three major metro-politan-area airports were back in operation early yesterday after the US North-east's first major snowstorm of the season stranded
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      • 495 32 Current policy is doors most be locked for take-off and landing, but during flight can be open Reuters [LONDON] British Airways launched a review of in-flight security on Saturday after a crazed Kenyan man stormed the cockpit of a Nairobi-bound plane carrying
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      • LOG Book
        • 112 32 Xinhua [HONGKONG] Cathay Pacific said it would add 30 extra flights to cater for high passenger demand during the Chinese New Year period. The flights will operate from January 21 to February 12,2001 and will head to three popular holiday destinations: Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Sapporo.
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        • 118 32 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] China Airlines, Taiwan's largest carrier, said its total revenue next year may grow 11 per cent to NT$B2.4 billion (554.3 billion). It also said profit before tax for next year ending Dec 31 will grow 8.4 per cent to NT$3.3 billion, while
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        • 87 32 AP [NEW DELHI] The hijacker of an Indian Airlines plane in 1971 surrendered to police after landing at New Delhi's international airport on a flight from Copenhagen, Press Trust of India netos agency said. Hashim Qureshi, a founder of the separatist Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front, had
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    • 773 20 Lines services represented by (SmQkl Memt*" °f of Members of the Accredited Shipping Agents, n 9 a P° re logistics \gm y Singapore Shipping Association Association NORTH WEST EXPRESS UNE ACCEPTING CONTAINERS, BREAKBULK PROJECT CARGO TO DAMPIER/FREMANTLE MV "TBN" ETA SIN 05/01/2001 BOOKINGS CALL MONKA/JUUA TEL 323 4374 CONVENTIONAL CARGO
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    • 1293 21 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE [vessel voy sw rtm anr haw wv sou fit im [vessel voy rtm anr ham wv sou m leh sw I HY HIGHNESS 328W 01/01 19/01 20/01 24/01 17/01 APICYFMC 021E 12/12 11/12 14/12 07/12 31/12 API ALMANDINE 319W 04/01 27/01 24/01 25/01 22/01 MAAS 540E
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    • 1702 21 Fan: YAHTAI} EVEiY FRIDAY AX (T/T t f DAYS) I YANTIAN EVERY TUESDAY I ft FRIIAY I (T/T 4 DAYS) J I" GENERAL AGENTS IN SINGAPORE: 80 ROBINSON RD TEL 226 1900 FAX: *****0® OUTWARD (l/l) *****02 JOHORE OFFICE: COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #12-00 SALES/BUGS *****57/43 INWARD DEPT (D/O> *****86
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    • 495 21 VESSEL VOY SIN PKG VOY SIN HKG KEI IMC USW PUS *21 SUI HYUNDAI SHBHTB OS2S 21/11 05/D1 07/01 13/ DI W/01 {(SfliP jj| M/di KMTC KHLUHG OI7S 31/11 02/01 OI7N OVOI 07/01 01/01 16/01 12/01 12/01 bp" 1 -m-\ w 1 lEHHoaas oios 31/1? 10/01 14/01 13/01 QTCUISAII OI7S
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    • 1631 22 C SENATOR LINES TO UK/C ONTINENT TOBifEDrTERRANEANCANADA VtSStl VOY SIN LEH RTM AMR HAM BBV FU VtSStL TOY SIM GtT Sft FOS VLC MTU PUSAN SENATOR 0016W 02 01 19.01 20 01 22.01 23 01 24.01 25 01 JAPAN SENATOR 0936W 04.01 21.01 23.01 25.01 27.01 03.02 TRADE TESIA 0001W
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    • 952 22 a mAC-HELS S'MRe M'Slfl I Carrier: MM CONTR LINES, INC p.gudang: (o?) *****26 I IWX I Cff NO: **********01 SBU: (084) *****9 MANH-A: (632) *****24 V W V PENANG: (04) *****36 BANGKOK: (862) *****57 SURABAYA: (31) *****11 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21)*****45 KUOHNG (082) *****1-3 PORT KLANG LAEMCHABANG MV
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    • 1388 23 I VESSEL VOY KHH HKG I SIN I PKL DXB BAB PMM BIK IRAN TEHRAN PCI-187 26/12 27/12 01/01 02/01 09/01 10/01 12/01 14/01 IRAN TABATABAEI PCL-188 02/01 03/01 10/01 11/01 19/01 20/01 22/01 24/01 IRAN KERMAN PCL-189 09/01 10/01 13/01 14/01 21/01 22/01 24/01 26/01 IRAN ISFAMAN PCL-190 16/01
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    • 433 23 AROSIA RDM/ATW/BMNAJK I DON FRANE BULIC RDM/ATW/BMNAJK I Loads Sngapore. E7W. Malaysia. Indonesia J Loading for PHSIAR KAPTANOGLU JDH/AQA/DMT FAARABI HDO/JDH/AQA AFRICA DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMWKWT GTS HORIZON DBVABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT DORTHE OLDENOORFF JDH/AQA/DMT/TRP 'Loads Singapore, EM. Malaysia, Indonesia I Loading for 1 ALMAVTTA NOUSAV/CAMAMP I Toads E/W. Malaysia, Indonesia I [Spore Loading for I
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    • 782 24 MEDITERRANEAN/BLACK SEA/EUROPE SERVICES EXPORT VKSa/VOTAGt SGP [Ctt jVKN 06 IttJ ROW WtV Mffi ITUNTH)OO76O44» 07/01 19/01 21/ DI ?3A)I' 25/D1 24/D1 'aytlT 28/D1 29/01 LT UMCORN 0077-003 M 14/01 26/UI2S/D1 30UI 01/02 31/01 02/D2 OVD2 03/D2 ITUBANOQTMIOW 21/ DI 02/D2 04/02 o<>/02 (WAP 07/tl2 09/02 11/02 iz/02 PUNIYOO79fIISW 28/01 09/02
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    • 367 24 j— ARAMAM PERSIAN Ollf/WPIRH «U> CQNWWT SWVICi EXPORT VESSEL VOYAGE SGP CM! DUB JBA ABU DMN MN KMNXV UNI POPULAR 0157-003W 02/01 06/01 12/01 15/01 BING HE 0166W 05/01 16/01 18/01 22/01 UNI AMPLE 0646-034W 07/01 12/01 17/01 It/01- UNI PATRIOT 015M12W 09/01 13/01 19/01 22/01 YIN HE OIB7W 12/01-
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    • 409 25 BSfl x MK MYANMA \pßßk FIVE STAR LINE wT (Myanmor Notional Line) loading for Yangon VESSEL VOY SIN PKL PEN PGU PAGAN 28SW SU) HPA-AN 282W SU) MALAYSIA AGENTS: lOUSTUO SHIPPING AGENCIES KUL TEL 03-*****00 PKL HI 03-*****101 PEN: TEL 04-*****02 PGU: TU 07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A service of Andrew
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    • 102 28 QjfH* SINGAPORE PTE LTD KYOWA LINE 15 McCallum Street #03-01/02 Natwest Centre Singapore *****5 Fa* (651 *****66 Email feneral9ecusin ecullne net website httpy/wwwecuiine net Direct Breakbulk/Container/LCL INDONESIAN PORTS Service to I Banjarmasin/Jambi/Palembang/ Manila/Guam/Saipan Panjang/Pontianak/Perawan/Pekan Baru Afeno: V-Grow Shipping Pte Ltd Call: 220 3373 See Page 7 Daily STANDARD SHIPPING RCL's
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    • 1079 29 gFSAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 Anson Road, #06-01 to 03, Singapore *****1 MAIN UNE/OUTWARD: 532 36M INWARD (DID): 437 2368 IMPORT STATUS (DID): 43/ 2371 INVENTORY (DID): 437 2420 Wobsito http://www.samudera.<om CR NO. **********0N BOOKINGS LINE: 535 6266 (Celiq/Jes»ica/Mei Chon/Jeslynn/Dora/Yvonnc/Hanim) D39HQB&H 7 SLGS/WEEKLY ngSffIBSIHI 3 SLGS/WEEKLY [VESSEL VOY SIN JAK
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    • 724 30 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TIGER BRIDGE 864N 03-04/01 09-12/01 16-17/01 TIGER METRO 865N 06-07/01 12-15/01 19-20/01 TIGER STAR 866N 09-10/01 15-18/01 23-24/01 TIGER RHYTHM 867N 12-13/01 18-21/01 25-26/01 TIGER BRIDGE 868N 16-17/01 22-25/01 29-30/01 TIGER METRO 869N 19-20/01 25-28/01 01-02/02 I VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN OSG ARGOSY
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    • 1111 30 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Road, 3rd Level, JT Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 iQflr Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg WEBSITE: www.freightlinks.net NHAVA SHEVA MV. APL Indonesia V.084W ETA SIN 04/01/2001 SHANGHAI MV. Gantaßhum V.N036 ETA SIN 04/01/2001 PORT LOUIS MV. Sea Elegance V.ELGII9 ETA SIN
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    • 49 30 REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS DURBAN EXPORT VOY SIN PTL DBN ALS ENDEAVOUR 01WB 25/01 05/02 12/02 ALS EXPRESS 02WB 24/02 07/03 14/03 ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG Agents: Tel Fax Smgopoie Ben line Agencies *****61/14? 224 0163 Moloym Bendeto Shipping Agency Sdn Bhd 03 SBBOBBB9 03 *****020
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