The Business Times, 5 January 2001

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MIT A (P) 028/12/2000 SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ FRIDAY. JANUARY 5, 2001 85C
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    72 1 sn (+59.23) BT-S&I 797J6 (+18.88) ST INDEX FUTURES (+58.00) SUSC! FUTURES 249.60 (+7.90) STOCK MARKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE COMP 663.87 +6.35 NIKKEI 225 13,691.49 -94.20 HANG SENG *****.03_+645.45 SET INDEX 278.75 +6.72 JAKARTA COMP 409.83 +4.00 MANILA COMP __L4?5.1i +24.15 TAIPEI WPI 5,136.13 +241.34 SEOUL COMP 558.02—+36^9
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    77 1 FOREX RATES us$ s$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.733 £(USS/S$ per 1.503 2.604 EURO(US$/S$/E) 0.947 1.641 DM 2.067 1.193 YEN 114.4 66.00 RM 3.800 2.193 HKS 7.800 4.501 BAHT 43.38 25.03 RIJPIAH 9.525 5,497 PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.0© BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50
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    Lock icon Fed-watehing turned on its head
    1004 1  -  Tougher to second-gness the Fed from now on but its aggressiveness bodes well Fromi Catherine Ong in New York A surprise 50-basis-point cut in US benchmark interest rate has made second-guess-ing of the Federal Reserve's decision-making a whole new ball game, as the staid central
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    Lock icon Tech stocks lead rebound in region's markets
    471 1  -  By: R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's New Year present in the form of a surprise interest rate cut breathed life into ailing tech stocks everywhere and lifted the region's markets yesterday. Thanks to an astonishing 14 per cent recovery
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    Lock icon Wall St opens cautiously
    71 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] Stocks fluttered near break-even levels at the opening bell yesterday as investors juggled optimism with fears of more corporate profit warnings a day after an interest rate cut sparked a historic rally on Wall Street At 11am EST, NaStdaq was down 14.72 points
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    Lock icon Worst is not over yet
    964 1  -  COMMENTARY Next big hope must suredy be for rate cut to be matched by fiscal stimulus, says OatbariMOofiii New York Catherine Ong WHAT a difference a day makes. In one stroke, the Federal Reserve Board has unleashed what seemed like the very "irrational exuberance" it
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      98 1 ntsPE BT Comment To the New Singapore Entrepreneur, the New Economy isn't a buzzword, it's where they live. Next Page Big bucks for investors from banks' asset sales? Pg 6 Top Stories US slowdown may hit Japan hard. Moxt Pmgo Six-month-old Trade Alliance retrenches 26 Pg9 Microsoft, Starbucks to offer
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      46 1 More reports No gains yet for Asian currencies, Pg 4 Windfall for Merrill Lynch brokers, Pg 4; Fed statement, Pg 4 STI regains 1,900 level, Pg 8; Share prices stillfarfrom peak, Pg 6 Brokers' buy lists, Pg 6; Local primes unlikely to fall, Pg 6 VHBniHH
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      Lock icon Let's hear it for the small guy
      600 2  -  I I comment TECHNOLOGY To the New Singapore Entrepreneur, the New Economy isn't a buzzword, it's where they live kenneth james For local entrepreneur Steve Tay, the third quarter of 1999 was a time he won't forget easily. At that time he was
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon ST Index to finish 2001 at 2,600?
        181 2 WITH Nasdaq as volatile as it is, making market forecasts for this year could be a very hazardous business indeed. Few experts so far have been prepared to stick their necks out this early in the year, preferring to wait a while longer
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        Lock icon Out with the New, in with the Old
        106 2 HERE'S what Morgan Stanley's chief strategist Byron Wein had to say on the outlook for 2001 before the Federal Reserve announced a cut in interest rates: "The (US) economy will have a soft landing but earnings will have a hard landing because
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      Lock icon US slowdown may hit Japan hard
      890 2  -  slowdown There could be a rethink of New Economy policies as it now appears the US economy is not invincible, says Anthony Rowley in Tokyo Anthony Rowley A GATHERING slowdown in the US economy is likely to have a profound effect on Japan, not
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  • FED rate cut
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      Lock icon Not much benefit for Asian currencies
      638 4  -  Reduced risk of much-feared hard landing for US economy, though By] Larry Wee THE US Federal Reserve's surprise cut in short-term interest rates will at least reduce the risk of a much-feared hard landing for the US economy in 2001, if not head it
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      Lock icon Hang Seng soars 4.4%, GEM listless
      688 4  -  Economic activities may only pickup much later, analysts caution From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG joined in the Wall Street rally party yesterday as stocks surged over 4 per cent on the Fed's surprise interest rate cut and expectations of more to come,
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      Lock icon Thank you, Greenspan!
      299 4 Merrill Lynch brokers now worth more, thanks to Fed easing NYT [NEW YORK] In a matter of minutes on Wednesday, hundreds of stockbrokers at Merrill Lynch swung from grousing about the firm's administrators to thanking them and Alan Greenspan for a timing difference that could be worth
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      Lock icon FOMC statement
      230 4 [WASHINGTON] The Federal Open Market Committee decided today (Wednesday) to lower its target for the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to 6 per cent. In a related action, the Board of Governors approved a 25-basis-point decrease in the discount rate to 5.75 per cent, the level
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      189 4 The action was indicative of how bad things are shaping 19 in the US'. Tan Chin Poh, research chief at RHB Cathay Securities 'We all think it's in the right direction and none too soon'. Jack Welch, chairman and CEO of General Electric Co The Fed has been timely,
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      Lock icon Tokyo market gets left out of Wall St rally party
      730 4  -  Analysts blame widespread fears of an economic slowdown in Japan From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo ALMOST alone among Asian stock markets, the Tokyo market failed to rally yesterday following the US Federal Reserve's surprise half-percentage point cut to 6 per
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Analysts look to bargain hunting, restructuring
      1107 6  -  REACTIONS TO FED RATE CUT Bine chips, such as the banks, Sing Tel, SIA, Capita Land, remain on top of most brokers' buying lists By\ Ling Su Ann CORPORATE restructuring and bargain hunting will be the main drivers for Singapore stocks this year, as
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      Lock icon Big bucks for investors from banks' asset sales?
      794 6  -  '»?tj 14 lock siew] kalpana rashiwala SIX months ago, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) gave banks three years to divest their non-fi-nancial activities, including listed associates like Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE), Haw Par, Fraser and Neave (F&N) and Robinson Co. UK-based
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      Lock icon STI still 25% off its peak despite rebound
      888 6  -  Bnlk of component stocks still below their ye&r-ago levels Byi Andrea Tan THE Straits Times Index (STI) may have roared back to life yesterday after a surprise US interest rate cut but it is still 25.6 per cent off its record high
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      Lock icon Big Four banks unlikely to revise prime lending rates
      523 6  -  Byi Angela Tan SINGAPORE'S Big Four local banks are likely to leave their prime lending rates unchanged for now despite the surprise interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve, banks and analysts said. "There are no plans to adjust the
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      Lock icon Achieva bullish about prospects for this year
      429 7  -  Company wins distribution rights from eight companies Hy\ David Boey DESPITE the slew of profit warnings issued recently by electronics heavyweights, homegrown Achieva Ltd went against the run of play yesterday and said it expects "a very good year in 2001". Henry Lim,
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      Lock icon NatSteel denies imminent sale of its NBL stake
      407 7  -  It advises investors to 'exercise caution' when trading NBL shares which close 90 down for the day after soaring 9% earlier By. David Boey NATSTEEL Ltd yesterday attempted to quash market rumours that it was close to finding a buyer for its
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon Flextech buys into HK company
        101 7 FLEXTECH Holdings said yesterday that Electec Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary, has subscribed to 90 per cent or 4.95 million shares at par of HK$l each in Electec (China) Ltd, a company incorporated in Hongkong. Electec China has an authorised share capital of HK$lO million
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        Lock icon Blossom appointed to grow DMPL unit
        88 7 DEL Monte Pacific Ltd (DMPL) announced that it has appointed Richard Blossom to be managing director of DMPL Management Services, the company's subsidiary in Singapore. Mr Blossom will focus on the development of international business for the group and its strategic expansion, synergistic acquisitions
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        Lock icon Cosco subsidiary in share buy deal
        71 7 COSCO Investment (Singapore) Ltd said that wholly-owned subsidiary, Revo Technologies Ltd, has entered into an agreement to acquire an additional three million shares in the capital of Cosco Network Limited for US$3.l7 million (555.5 million). Following this, Revo will hold 3.64 per cent of
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      6 7 Lunch Guide Your weekly guide fSSESfuS
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Market regains 1,900 level as tech stocks roar back to life
      624 8  -  :jri comment STOCKS r. sivanithy JITTERY investors have been demanding a US in terest rate cut. And yester day morning much to their surprise that's just what they awoke to. A sudden 50 basis point cut in US short-term
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      519 8 Stocks Volume PacificCenturylOc 51,291,000 PCI 25c 38,993,000 Omni Ind 10c 24,743,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 22,786,000 Gul Tech 20c 14,700,000 Datacraft 10c 13,632,000 NatBroad 25c 10,717,000 GulTech W*****7 9,468,000 ST Assembly 25c 9,336,000 Eastern Asia 9,246,000 Stocks Chart Semiconductor 26c 112,812,850 DatacraftlOc 107,593,542 Omni Ind 10c 63,250,590 DBS Grp 55,060,600 VentureMfg25c
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      Lock icon Clearing the air over DB's covered call on DBS
      187 8  -  WARRANT WATCH liy R Sivanithy THERE seems to be a bit of confusion over the pricing of Deutsche Bank's covered call on DBS Bank which expires in May. The main problem seems to centre around the exercise price and conversion ratio.
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      Lock icon Poh Lian may have bottomed out
      244 8  -  HOT STOCK By' Teh Hooi Ling CONSTRUCTION company Poh Lian Holdings yesterday edged up one cent to 31 cents on a total volume of about 8.5 million shares. The counter has plunged from a 52week high of 57 cents to a 52-week low of
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      122 8 MIYOSHI Precision has appointed Tan San-Ju as secretary, effective Jan 1. ♦CASA Holdings will go ex-dividend (first and final dividend of 0.5 of a cent) on April 16. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is April 19. Date payable is April 26. ♦INTRACO group general manager
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      Lock icon Fed rate cat brings U-turn in financial markets
      342 8  -  I :f I comment CURRENCIES larry wee ASIAN players woke up yesterday to a surprise 0.5 per cent cut in the US Federal funds short-term interest rate to 6 per cent a move that reversed recent price trends across the board. Currencies
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon S'pore wholesale prices up in Nov
      266 9  -  ■4114 on the economy prices By Marissa Chew SINGAPORE wholesale prices continued to climb in November 2000. fuelled by the rising cost of petroleum products. The domestic supply price index, which measures the prices of all goods retained for use in the domestic economy,
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      Lock icon Poor response at latest tender for EC sites
      564 9  -  Solitary bid fori of 3 sites on offer confirms weak market sentiment By' Vince Chong FURTHER evidence of the current weak residential property market emerged yesterday at a state land tender. Out of three 99-year leasehold parcels on offer for executive condominium
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      Lock icon Six-month-old Trade Alliance retrenches 26
      309 9  -  Move is main part of plan to cnt costs by 20-25% By' Tang Weng Fai INTERNET marketplace Trade Alliance has retrenched 26 of its 82 staff, after being in business for less than six months. Company spokeswoman Susie Wee confirmed the retrenchments yesterday, saying: "Trade
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      Lock icon Oil companies, time to call a spade a spade
      241 9  -  mail ran Kenneth Low I REFER to your article "Lower petrol prices seen in the new year" by Teh Hooi Ling (BT, Dec 27). The oil companies keep reiterating that they are not a cartel, but the fact remains that they
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      Lock icon Stock market advice likely to fall on deaf ears
      351 9  -  Narayana Narayana I REFER to the articles "Lessons from Nasdaq meltdown" by Paul Thompson (BT, Dec 22) and "The passing of an irrational exuberance" by Robert Samuelson (BT, Dec 28). The essential point on which all are agreed is that "the
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      Lock icon UEM deal: just another market embarrassment
      273 9  -  Christopher Chanak Tan I REFER to your article "UEM deal with Halim dents KL market" by Eddie Toh (BT, Dec 13). Quite frankly, those familiar with the situation are not entirely surprised with what has happened with the UEMRenong saga, only the way it
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      68 9 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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  • e-NEWS
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      Lock icon eBay auction site back in action
      279 10 SAN JOSE, California Reuters Bloomberg ONLINE auction site eßay yesterday said it restored its website early in the morning after remaining down for nearly 11 hours due to primary and back-up system failures. eßay, which is the most popular online trading community, said the
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      Lock icon Microsoft, Starbucks to offer Net access at cafes
      410 10 NEW YORK Wireless service will be available at 70% of Starbucks' stores NYT STARBUCKS Coffee Co and Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday that they would join forces to offer wireless access to the Internet from Starbucks coffeehouses. The companies said they would
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      Lock icon India enlists teen hackers to play cyber cops
      359 10 NEW DELHI Reuters TEENAGE computer hackers will play cyber policemen to help an Indian panel tackle Internet crimes, according to a top software industry official. The National Cyber Cop Committee set up by the industry will be advised by a group of
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      Lock icon Analyst lowers earnings estimates for Intel, Dell
      407 10 SAN FRANCISCO Weak consumer, corporate demand for microprocessors, server computers cited Bloomberg AP INTEL Corp and Dell Computer Corp's 2001 earnings estimates were lowered by Lehman Brothers Inc analyst Daniel Niles, who blamed weaker consumer and corporate demand for microprocessors and server computers.
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      Lock icon Musicmaker.com goes for liquidation
      268 10 NEW YORK Reuters ONLINE music company Musicmaker.com Inc said on Wednesday its board of directors approved a plan to liquidate the company, citing limited financing available to the music and electronic commerce sector. The company, which offers digital downloads of music and custom-made compact disc compilations,
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      Lock icon HP starts shipping new Superdome Unix server
      232 10 SAN FRANCISCO Reuters HEWLETT-Packard Co (HP) opened a new product cycle for its high-end computers on Wednesday, announcing it had begun shipping its powerful new Superdome Unix server to customers. Success for the network computer, designed to perform critical business tasks, is seen
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      Lock icon Japan to raise 730b yen from NTT share sale
      424 11 TOKYO Ministry of Finance to sell lm shares, cutting its holding to 39.7% Bloomberg JAPAN'S Ministry of Finance, which owns 45.9 per cent of Nippon Telegraph Telephone Corp, said it was planning to sell one million NTT shares in the year
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      Lock icon Venture firm sets aside US$107m for New York start-ups
      262 11 SAN FRANCISCO Reuters A MAJOR Silicon Valley venture capital firm is planting its flag in New York with a US$lO7 million (*****.8 million) technology fund earmarked for start-ups there, which it says have been neglected by financiers. Draper Fisher Jurvetson, which
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      Lock icon CyberWorks may raise pricing on US$4.7b refinancing loan
      270 11 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG telecoms and Internet company Pacific Century CyberWorks is likely to have to increase pricing on its US$4.7 billion (SsB.l billion) refinancing loan to attract banks into the deal, banking sources said yesterday. Despite PCCW's near monopolistic hold on Hongkong's
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      Lock icon Softbank's Son undaunted by Net slump
      585 11 SEOUL He plays leading role in Thrnnet bailout by baying 16.5% stake in the Korean company Bloomberg SOFTBANK Corp's Masayoshi Son is acting as though he only sustained a flesh wound when the Internet bubble burst, judging by his leading role in the US$lOO
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Japanese officials accept yen's plunge
      705 12  -  EITT4 bottom line OPINION david derosa The writer is president of Deßosa Research Trading and manages an investment fund. He is also an adjunct finance professor at Yale School of Management. Bloomberg NORMALLY a good movement in the yen, either up or down, is bait
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      104 12 'They want me to be premier. They tell me even if it's for a short time they want me to take the post to implement party policies.' Thaksin Shinawatra front-runner in the general election in Thailand, vowing to fight on despite his indictment for concealing his wealth.
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      Lock icon Singapore's long-term outlook
      671 12 EDITORIAL THE Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) latest findings about Singapore's long-term growth potential should surprise or alarm no one except those with misguided expectations. In a major projection exercise, the central bank's economics department found, based on estimates of Singapore's labour force expansion and productivity potential,
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      Lock icon No rejoicing in Wall St to welcome Bushies
      1211 12  -  The chief concern is, whether the Republicans are becoming the Old Economy men By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent ON the eve of the 2000 presidential election, there were quite a few political pundits who predicted that a possible
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      Lock icon Afghans mistreated in Australia
      630 12  -  COMMENTARY Harsh conditions in detention an affront to democratic values By i Amin Saikal The writer is a professor of political science at the Australian National University. IHT [CANBERRA] The centennial of Australia's nationhood this year is an occasion not only to celebrate its achievements but
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Ex-Indon central bank chief questioned
      444 13 JAKARTA He could be named a suspect in case involving loans of 144-5t rupiah Reuters AP IN moves related to former president Suharto, the Indonesian Attorney General's office questioned former central bank governor Soedradjad Djiwandono yesterday over billions of dollars in controversial loans issued by
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      Lock icon Investors likely to snub Time dotCom's IPO
      494 13 KUALA LUMPUR It is being launched at a bad time after a long delay Reuters MALAYSIAN mobile phone firm Time dotCom's upcoming IPO which is the country's biggest ever at nearly US$5OO million (SsB6s million) is likely to get the cold shoulder from
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      Lock icon Tarrin not guaranteed Cabinet post says Chuan
      332 13 BANGKOK AFP THAI Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda may not keep his Cabinet post if the ruling Democrats win Saturday's elections and form a new government, Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai said yesterday. In a bid to boost the Democrats' economic credentials ahead of the
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      Lock icon Thai govt gives up on attempts to sell 2 banks
      521 14 BANGKOK It will instead ran Bangkok Metropolitan Bank and Siam City Bank itself Reuters THAILAND said yesterday it had given up trying to find a buyer for two banks rescued during the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s and
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      Lock icon Jakarta hopes to sign new IMF deal
      268 14 JAKARTA AFP THE Indonesian government hopes to sign a new letter of intent with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in February to enable the release of a delayed US$4OO million (***** million) in cash aid, a report said yesterday. The implementation of the
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      Lock icon Indon central bank chiefs trial set to begin Jan 17
      422 14 JAKARTA Sj&hril has refused to take any leave during the trial Reuters THE long-awaited graft trial of Indonesia's central bank governor Sjahril Sabirin over a year-old banking scandal is scheduled to begin on Jan 17, a court official said yesterday.
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      Lock icon No value-added tax on Batam as Jakarta reverses decision
      162 14 JAKARTA AFP THE Indonesian government has reversed a decision to impose value-added tax on the industrial island of Batam and decided to maintain it as a free trade zone, a report said yesterday. A decision made last year to impose value-added
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      48 14 [BANGKOK] A homeless man rests underfestive decorations along a street in the Thai capital of Bangkok. Since the meltdown of the Thai economy in the 1997 crisis, a large number of impoverished countryside residents have moved to the capital in an effort to scrap a living. AFP
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      Lock icon Thai foreign debt falls to acceptable levels: BOT
      122 14 BANGKOK Xinhua THAILAND'S foreign debt has fallen to an internationally accepted standard from a precarious level that would dent investor's confidence, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) announced yesterday. As of Oct 31, 2000, the country's overall external debt totalled US$B2.6 billion (*****.8
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      367 15 TAIPEI Move a setback for efforts to reform the banking industry Bloomberg TAIWAN lawmakers defeated a proposal for an agency to take over the assets of troubled financial institutions and guarantee bank deposits, dealing a setback to the government's plans to reform the banking industry.
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      413 15 NEWDELHI AFP INDIAN Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Wednesday summoned his Cabinet colleagues and called for a growth-oriented Budget for new fiscal year beginning April 1. "The prime minister has directed me to make the forthcoming Budget growth oriented," Finance Minister
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      400 15 NEW DELHI It plans to have a 4th mobile operator in each state Bloomberg INDIA is preparing to further open its market for phone services to competition from private companies in a bid to attract investment and raise phone penetration in
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      259 15 Financial services firm ICICI to be part owner of the entertainment channel Reuters [BOMBAY] India's New Delhi Televison, local content provider for Rupert Murdoch's Star TV, is launching an entertainment channel in which leading financial services firm ICICI Ltd will pick up a
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      292 13 Ballroom, Hilton Singapore Sunday, Jan 7, 2001 Viewing time 10.30 am -12 noon Auction sale From 12.15pm Edmund and Shukor have just returned from a successful trip sourcing from the vast weaving regions of Central Asia to bring you: A startling array of collectible flat weaves An exceptional collection of
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      620 16 They also renew calls for hnge, across-the-board tax cats to sustain growth NYT Reuters [AUSTIN, Texas] Surprised and buoyed by Alan Greenspan's sudden cut in interest rates. President-elect George W Bush and a group of American business leaders he was meeting with Wednesday
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      656 16 PEOPLE LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] Lawrence Lindsey, who. was named on Wednesday by President-elect George W Bush as assistant to the president for economic policy, emerged as a highly influential adviser during the campaign for his ability to take complex economic topics and translate
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      271 16 BOSTON Cisco, Compaq among makers bidding to sell new technology Bloomberg PRESSURE to retire punchcard voting machines across the United States has kicked off a technology race for a less error-prone election system. Two camps are forming among potential sellers of such a system.
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      668 17 BOSTON 700 firms may fall short of forecasts; outlook for next few quarters grim Bloomberg AS many as 700 US companies are likely to announce fourth-quarter earnings will fall short of estimates, the most for any period since at least 1995 and possibly the most
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      77 17 (COLOGNE] From behind a giant screen, projecting only nis shadow, 47-year-old Hamburg businessman Thomas Tepe, who offered himselffor marriage in a German TV show entitled 7 married a millionaire questions five finalist would-be brides at the RTL TV station on Wednesday. Mr Thomas eventually chose 37-year-old Gerti
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      467 17 FRANKFURT It will probably reduce borrowing costs in 2nd qtr Reuters AP Bloomberg AFP THE European Central Bank (ECB) kept its interest rates unchanged yesterday in line with market expectations that it would maintain its wait-and-see stance in the wake of Wednesday's
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      447 17 SEOUL Courting takeover partners, it wants to cut staff by 36% AFP SOUTH Korea's bankrupt Daewoo Motor Co announced yesterday that it would lay off 6,884 workers, sparking a threat of an all-out strike by the carmaker's union. The
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      270 17 WASHINGTON Reuters Bloomberg THE number of newly unemployed US persons last week reached its highest in about 2Vi years, rising for the third consecutive week with a moderate rise of 16,000, the government said yesterday. Initial jobless claims rose by 16,000 to 375,000
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      375 17 LONDON £2b of real estate to be sold to help cat debt set to hit £30b Bloomberg BRITISH Telecommunications Pic, the UK's largest phone company, said it's in talks to sell at least £2 billion ($3 billion) worth of real estate to
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      331 17 SEOUL Bloomberg INVESTORS led by Carlyle Group Inc offered to buy Ssangyong Information Communications Corp, challenging a bid by Newbridge Capital Ltd for Korea's largest computer networking company. Groups led by the two US investment firms are vying for a company that controls
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      125 17 AFP [DUSSELDORF] Deutsche Boerse, the company which operates the Frankfurt stock market, plans to go public early in February, the business daily Handelsblatt reported yesterday. Without revealing its sources, the newspaper said that the subscription period for shares in the company would begin in January, but
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      291 18  -  SGZ Derivatives TrsMagßeport ST Index/MSCI S'pore Index Lau Chee Keong THE rate cut by the US Federal Reserve boosted the Singapore stock market yesterday. Expectations of a further rate cut by the Fed by end of January sent investor confidence soaring. The benchmark Straits Times
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      230 18  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong THE unexpected rate cut by the US Federal Reserve sent the MSCI Taiwan stock market surging more than 4 per cent yesterday. The passage of the 2001 Budget by Parliament aided the recovery of the stock
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      169 18 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices ticked up to over US$25 a barrel yesterday as a new US crude stockpile report showed a bullish drop in supplies, goading a market already in a celebratory mood after a surprise US interest rate cut. By
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      333 18 Reuters London THE US dollar retreated against the euro yesterday, surrendering the bulk of gains it made the previous day after a surprise interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve boosted Wall Street stocks. A reassessment of the US economic outlook dented the dollar against the euro,
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      1247 18 DtTERBAMK CROSS RATES Jan 4 A$ C$ Rwb Euro Ffr Dm HK$ Ind 8s Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.843 4.674 0.595 3.904 1.164 4J93 26.304 53.650 0.644 7.053 2.140 1276 32.922 28.698 0.976 4.238 0.904 18.547 24.437 0.375
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      1945 18 SICOM FUTURES Jan 4 RUBBER (futures closing as at 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTUS cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) interest Feb 01 105.25 Mar 01 106.50 1950 Apr 01 108.00 100 May 01 110.50 100 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cents/kg) Vohm* Open Month High Low Sett (tonws) Interest
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      2914 19 HONGKONG AFP Hang Seng +645.45 HONGKONG share prices jumped 4.4 per cent yesterday following the US interest rate cut and Wall Street's positive response to the move, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 645.45 points to close at
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      2122 19 TOKYO AFP □Nikkei 225 -H2O SHARE prices in Tokyo slipped 0.7 per cent yesterday on the first trading day of the year as profit-taking erased earlier gains prompted by a rally on Wall Street and a cut in US interest rates, brokers said. In
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      1090 19 Reuters Shenzhen B Index +2.60 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed higher yesterday as investors largely ignored a surprise cut in US interest rates but took cues from a rise on the Hongkong stock market, brokers said. The Shanghai B share index ended up 1.56 per cent at 89.91
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      389 19 AFP WP Index +24L34 TAIWAN share prices closed 4.9 per cent higher yesterday to breach the psychological 5,000 level spurred by a rally on Wall Street following a US interest rate cut, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index surged 241.34 points to 5,136.13, following a 0.8-per
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      455 20 AFP n Composite Index +<L 35 MALAYSIAN shares closed one per cent higher yesterday in see-sawing trade, with sporadic profit-taking offsetting gains due to Wall Street's rally, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 6.35 points to finish at 663.87,
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      9377 20 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 2001 Last Vol Day N«» Cap High Low Company Salt '000 Hlqh Low P/E Smll Ajinomoto 310 17.0 *25.6 36 315 Anqkasd 34 1 11 35 34 50.1 306 286 Apollo Food Hlg 288 2 61 299 286 6.3 115.2 332 310 Asia File 310 12.4 206.4
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      2521 21 BONDS WARRANTS ■»»> 1 Wt Ms fnml Lad M Oaf lalM rturt Can t!» Mc MM H^T* Lw c—vmy Salt «ar- C000) N# Laa «arw I* W" »■■**>»*• rrk <*> s rt 2 unch 15 2 2 2 4 2 41.0 1 300 335 34.75 6 48 5 2 s
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      314 21 AFP Q Composite Index +3&59 SOUTH Korean shares rose 7 per cent yesterday with the index up 36.59 points at 558.02. Volume was 441 million shares worth 3.0 trillion won. AFP J«>4 Won A nam Semi 3585 465 Brain Tech 530 30 Central Bank 170 unch Cheil Comm *****
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      291 21 AFP Composite Index +2415 PHILIPPINE share prices ended 1.7 per cent higher yesterday with the Composite Index up 24.15 points to close at 1.475.11. Volume, however, remained thin at 521.4 million shares worth 365.5 million pesos from 139.42 million shares worth 215.94 million pesos on Wednesday. AFP Jan 4
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      263 21 AFP +M 35 THE New Zealand share market rebounded 1.3 per cent yesterday on the back of a surprise interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve. The benchmark NZSE-40 index closed up 24.35 points at 1,899.53 points on light turnover of NZ572.4 million. JaM MS (000) Advantage HDS
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      546 21 AFP Qj All Ordinaries +53^0 AUSTRALIAN shares rose 1.7 per cent yesterday, boosted by the overnight rally on Wall Street following a cut in US interest rates, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index gained 53.8 points to 3,234.3 and the SP/ASX 200 jumped 58.1 points to close at 3,293.8
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      739 21 AFP SET Index +6.72 THAI share prices rose 2.5 per cent yesterday, riding a wave of positive sentiment across the region after a surprise interest rate cut in the US, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index rose 6.72 points to finish at 278.75 and the
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      737 21 AFP Q Composite Index +4.00 INDONESIAN share prices closed one per cent higher yesterday on gains in selected blue chips as sentiment improved in the wake of the US interest rate cut, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up four points at 409.83 on volume of
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      8448 23 lYansactioii date: Jan i Cr Cr M Wt 52-wk Last Vol Day Last Ouota Dlv Div VK) Nat Cap Avg Hjqh Low Company Sale COOO) Hlqh Low Buyer Salter C vr P/E m Price MULTI-INDUSTRY 158 65 m c Acma 50c 69.5 56 71 68.5 69 70 5
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      633 24  -  CINEMA 'Wonder Boys' is an intelligent and leisnrely-paced literary piece, with witty dialogue and first-rate acting By i Geoffrey Eu LITERATURE professor Grady Tripp's (Michael Douglas) once-dazzling future is looking decidedly bleak. For seven years, he's been working on the much-anticipated follow-up to his brilliant
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      583 24 Where to wine, dine and entertain(S>&a--Absolutely the first card in the world 4545 j ►A<?vrrioH- <n*\<A CyOSS*O*AS 1130 ait* 230p*A The Singapore Marriott Hotel is famous for its fine International cuisine. Now you can enjoy a leisurely Sunday Brunch with dishes such as Chilled Lobster, Sushi. Shark's Fin Soup and
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    835 25 All About My Mother. Pedro Almodovar's quirky but likeable tale about a woman who goes in search of her ex-husband. The journey leads through the community of transsexuals. This Spanish movie boasts great visuals. R(A). Yangtze. Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch Project 2. The sequel to last year's "love
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    124 25 Cathay Org Cathay 338-3400 Eastshore 346-1816 Orchard 235-8386 Picturehouse 338-3400 Yangtze 223-7529 Eng Wah Empress 777-5867 MWee 454-1640 Mandarin 292-9401 Marina 338-9719 Whitesands 585-1782 Golden Village 1900-912-1234 332-6098 for group bookings wheelchair facilities Bishan Boon Lay Marina Tampines8 Tiong Bahru Yishun Overseas Movie Clementi/Co'wealth 777-0669 Golden/New Town
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      2353 25 TODAY'S TV R VIEWXMG Central 4.45 Thp j 530 Asian Market Report. spectacular. John Lone 1130 Dipfodo 730 Singapore m. 12.00 NN Maximum Dimen- wr 8.00 Headlines. Babe: The Gallant Pig, plays the isolated ruler, 02 Corporate Watch. 7.30pm, Ch 5 who easily becomes a 1230 pm close. 8-30 siness
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      1231 26  -  What drives Diana Young, founder and CEO of Mil-Corn Aerospace and first woman president of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises? corimiiekebk finds out CORINNE KERK Having been told that Diana Young is a gracious boss who knows the name of every one of
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      62 26 CARAN d ACHE OF SWITZERLAND LEMAN COLLECTION. MAKE YOUR MARK. "6 cs Sole Distributor: SILVAROYAL PRIVATE LIMITED 207 Henderson Road »01-06 Singapore *****0 Caran d'Ache corner and service centre: #03-10' I I Wheelock Place Tel: 238 6678 Caran d'Ache is available at authorised departmental stores, major bookstores, speciality watch and
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      227 26 For a great start to the weekend, Robertson Walk sounds best. With swinging Jazz and sultry Latin sounds, you'll find the live music at Robertson Walk the perfect way to start your weekend. Alternating between Jazz and Latin bands each month, the fountain courtyard beckons you whekeevekwise> to bring your
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      1374 27 MOW that Y2K+l is upon us, it's time to get excited along with savants, soothsayers and science fiction fans about the (real) start to the third millennium. It's time, in other words, to indulge in a little crystal ball gazing. Living in the spectacularly
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      609 27  -  By< Geoffrey Eu THIS time last year, it was entirely within the realm of possibility for a clueless individual to assume that "genome" was just another word for a small and ostentatious garden sculpture. Since then, biotech has become the scientific buzzword of
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      241 27 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 28 Lady accommodating Stuart shortly moving round vigor- deep water? (8) by gill I left in the wooden ously (7) 8 Determined Rose struggled glen (5) PQ WN with the said stolen goods 24 Second part of 20 (4) 1 Smallest amounts in the ntt i e nurse
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      97 28  -  Geoffrey Eu gives the lowdown on what's in, what's out in Geoffrey Eu TOYS: Sophisticated ones such as this cat-shaped robot from Japanese toy giant Bandai BOOKS: Anything not written by Stephen King or John Grisham HOTEL: The Fullerton, a building of character that contributes something old and something
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      108 28 jm~ x W iL f v vjgwr~* *tm >» iy^H m-' 1 i mj^^m Celebrate a Golden Year with the Elements of Golden Grand Draw One lucky winner earn Style and Prosperity from 5 Jan to 7 Feb and golden chance of walking away with the coveted Omega watch. reap
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      134 29 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) shed three points to 1,596, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained three points to 1,568, the Baltic Handymax Index fell 57 points to 9,343 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down four points to 2,182. TIME-CHARTER: ♦Rani Padmini—(built 1981) 76,864 dwt
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      292 29 m -s J '*ni Jw* tt w CWT Distribution ,_...0.58 unch 0 CbuanHup 0J7 -<5.01 20H Cosco Investment—0.16 0.01 10 FrataMLfM*. 0.W -0.01 105 GBHofclingt 0.46 unch 0 IMC HoMtngs-MK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya Hotdhigs 0.15 unch 206 KeppafCorp ..——3.18 0.02 1177 KappatrcLS i.io 0.03 250 Keppel Marine
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      787 29  -  MORE FINDINGS FROM THE REPORT ON SUM VISTA SINKING He was cleared of any of passenger safety by the investigating authority By] Donald Urquhart [SlNGAPOßE] The captain of the Sun Vista acted correctly and appropriately in all stages involved in the evacuation of passengers
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      780 29  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar WHAT exactly should an Admiralty Marshal do to preserve the value of a 45year old vessel that has been under arrest for eight years. This is the question that a judge in the Supreme Court
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      260 29 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Armed pirates used commando-style tactics to attack ships in Malaysian waters in two separate incidents on New Year's Eve, according to a report. Some 20 pirates armed with pistols and machetes raided two ships anchored off Tanjung Piai in the southern
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        1119 30 The acquisition of RFI and and its interest in Rail Van is extending its reach beyond North America Journal of Commerce NO one was surprised when Pacer International announced yet another acquisition recently. But there was mild surprise about the identity of the company being bought RFI
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      307 30 PAGE Ahrenkiel 12 Appenship 5 Asm OCL 11 Assets 5 Austral 6 Avant 12 B'tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BTL 12 Balaji Shpg 5 Bangladesh 11 Batamindo 11 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 5 cocos s CSAV 3 Central Ex 6 Chahaya 12 Cho Yang 5 China
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      16742 36 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT FRIDAY, JAr ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvolre 15/01 23/02 Setramar NORASIA HONGKONG 358W (5-*****33 17/01 03/03 COSCO EMPRESS SEA 0105W 65-*****00 18/01 18/02 MOL P&O NEO OURBAN 6501A 65-*****86 18/01 02/03 ZIH/Seth
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        751 41 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Rachmanuel 1 17/00 04/01/6:20 05/01/7:00 C Progress 01-Mar JH 04/01/9:10 04/01/16:00 Bunga Teluki 01-Jan J02 04/01/8:45 04/01/17:00 Winstar 2 002S01 J03 04/01/21:00 Bayswater118 M1012 J02 04/01/8:35 04/01/16:00 Ef 23 3 J02 04/01/10:35 04/01/17:30 Bt Handijaya ***** J01 04/01/11:50 04/01/2030 Ds pioneer 101
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        1939 41 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklng/Manc* ftstb Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Piriod From To Frew ACX LILY 0391 6/1SXW 03/1500 03/1659 MvOO 2* 01*00 04/0*59 04/0900 a 03/1700 04/0*59 04/090C J 04/0700 94*99 04/1400 4 04/1200 04/H99 04/1700 AC* SWA* 4331 SftOO B OVBOO 01/099
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        544 41 Cartoon 180 Max 993.0 0.4 14.6 0.06 72 0.02 Dec 28 Density Hater IhMm Ask MmMm MImkI No above E25 1 0 0 0 0 0 %M /H 380 Aw 988.5 0J 13.3 0.06 23 0.01 (in* 380 Mm 993.0 0.6 15.3 0.08 38 0.03 w/»i
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        193 41 Jul Finland: Epiphany. Italy: Epiphany. Sweden: Epiphany. JulS Japan: Adult's Day. USA: Martin Luther King's Jr. Birthday. Jan 23 Taiwan: Chinese New Year Eve. Jan 24 Brunei: Chinese New Year. China: New Year Holiday. Vietnam: Chinese New Year. Jan 24-28 Singapore: Chinese New Year. Malaysia: Chinese New Year.
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        777 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows {Rice 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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        255 42 Minister says the airline may need to forge alliances with other carriers Bloomberg [PARIS] France has no plan to relinquish its majority control of Air France SA, Industry Minister Christian Pierret said in a radio interview. While the airline needs to
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        414 42 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US airline passengers face the greatest risk of contaminated cabin air before takeoffs and after landings, not while in flight, a Federal Aviation Administration engineer told a federal panel. Passengers exhale more carbon dioxide while entering and exiting
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        242 42 Reuters [SOFIA] Bulgaria's privatisation agency said on Tuesday it had extended the deadline for bids for a 51 per cent stake in state-owned airline Hemus Air to Feb 12 from Jan 10, the third extension since September 1999. The agency, the government
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        256 42 Reuters [JOHANNESBURG] South African Airways is reviewing procedures for dealing with unruly passengers after a man burst into the cockpit of a British Airways (BA) plane and nearly crashed the aircraft, SAA said on Wednesday. "After the BA incident we are reviewing our
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      711 30 Lioes services represented by 1° Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore Shipping Association Members of the '••jkkSj. Singapore Logistics 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 CONTAINERS conventional cargo POT KLANG/SMGAPOti/JAKARTA
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      1283 31 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE VESSEL VOT SIN RTM ANR HAM BRV SOU FXT LEH [VESSEL VOY RTM M HAM BRV SOU FXT LEH SW API AGATE 024W 08/01 26/01 27/01 31/01 24/01 HYGENERAL 3251 19/12 18/12 21/12 14/12 07/01 HY BARON 330W 11/01 03/02 31/01 01/02 29/01 APL LOUTE 0191
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      2154 31 tmi YANTAI EVERY FRIDAY 1 AX (T/T: 9 DAYS) I YANTIAN EVERY TUESDAY I t FRIDAY I (T/T: 4 PAYS) J GENERAL AGENTS IN SINGAPORE: 80 ROIINSON RD TEL: 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (l/L) *****02 JOHORE OFFICE: j COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #12-00 sales/IKGS *****57/43 INWARD DCPT (D/O) *****86
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      1817 32 C SENATOR LINES TO UK/CONTINENT TO MKUI'I'ERRANEAN/CANADA VtSSEI VOY SIN LEH RTM ANR HAM BRV FIX VESSEL VOY SIN GtT SPt FOS VLC MTB 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
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      1001 32 \m. IMAC-MEIS S'frflftE M'SIA I Carrier MN COHTR LINES, MC P. GUOANG: (07) *****26 I rKW" J OH HOc IBDOBTSOOOOB SBU: (064) *****9 MANILA: (632) *****24 V W PENANG: (04) *****36 BANGKOK: (662) *****57 SURABAYA: (31) *****11 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****45 KUCMNQ (082) *****1-3 HO CHI MINH
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      736 32 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR N.SHEVA (CFS MULUNO. MUMBAI/COLOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN I.C.D. POINTS Vessel S PORE N SHEVA COCHIN COLOMBO PKLANG TULSIDAS V 136 14 JAN 23 JAN 28 JAN 02 FEB FRONTIER VIO4W 21 JAN 30 JAN 04 FEB 09 FEB PU GLORY VIO4W 28
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      1412 33 IVESSEL voy khh hkg sin pkl dxb bab DMM bik IRAN TABATABAEI PCL-188 02/01 03/01 06/01 07/01 16/01 17/01 19/01 21/01 IRAN KERMAN PCI-189 09/01 10/01 13/01 14/01 21/01 22/01 24/01 26/01 IRAN ISFAMAN PCL-190 16/01 17/01 20/01 21/01 28/01 29/01 01/02 03/02 IRAN HORMOZGAN PCL-191 23/01 24/01 27/01 28/01
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      434 33 Loading for 1 AROSIA RDM/ATW/BMNAJK I DON FRANE BULIC RDM/ATW/BMN/UK I Loads Singapore, EVW Malaysia. Indonesia J Loading for PINAR KAPTANOGLU JDH/AQA/DMT FAARABI HDO/JDH/AQA GTS HORIZON DBl/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT DORTHE OLDENDORFF JDH/AQA/DMT/TRP Loads Singapore, E7W. Malaysia Indonesia Loadmgfor ALMAVITA NOL/SAV/CAM/TMP I 'Loads E7W. Malaysia, Indonesia I fS'pore Loading for 1 POSC TBN
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      1298 34 ARABIAN PERSIAN OW/HDIAN SUB CONTINENT SERVICE EXPORT I VESSEL VOYAGE SGP CMB DUB JBA ABU DMN BAH KHI NXV UNI PATRIOT 0158-012W 09/01 13/01 19/01 22/01 YIN HE 0187W 12/01 23/01 25/01 29/01- UNI ASSENT 0647-024W 14/01 19/01 24/01 25/01 13/01 UNI PRUDENT *****06W 16/01 20/01 26/01 29/01 SONG HE
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      940 34 BANOKOK/MA* TA WUT/Um CHAMWO viwi vqt m m? loi vessel vor sw jkt pjn iHMMIM lttH -Ml IMI OT/01 M"* "gy— jjMjl —IS —-—S- SSffi zrffi —BB~=M_ SHIMANAMI 21 *Zo] 1M! 'V Ol UAO HE' 070 04/01 12/01 YANTKA BHMM ?73W JMj IMI !ML_ KITUHUM lI9S 04/01 M/ 01 ANAN
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      604 34 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO AUSTRALIA H FULL COMTAiNER SERVICE VS. WIG SK HK 1 SB IB m M w PONDMHMK MS 10/0100/01 70/01 22/01 24/01 27/01 «nivarr IST is/oi u/oi 22/01 a/01 30/01 02/02 POTSOA* "MT 12/01 23/01 07/ M 04/02 06/02 09/07 NYK PHX IMS W/01 30/01 05/07 11/07
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      416 35 BSA jl M MYANMA WUk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmor National Line) Loading for Yangon VESSEL VOY SIN PKL PEN PGU HPA-AN 282W SID MAWUMYINE 94W 10/01 MALAYSIA AGENTS: BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES KUL: TEL 03-*****00 PKL: HI 03-3176*101 PEN: TIL 04-*****02 PGU: HI 07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A service of Andrew Weir
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      1295 35 HYUNDA^AERCHANTJJJARINECOj^^D^^^^^^ VESSB VOY SIH SOU LEH htm ant haw BRV IVESSE VOY SOU LEW UM ANT NAM wv Isw I TYNE S4IW 05/01 26/01 27/01 21/01 21/01 HY GENERAL 328E 20/12 13/12 19/12 16/12 07/01 API AGATE V.024W 08/01 06/02 24/01 25/01 27/01 NOIMS VDI9E 22/12 23/12 17/12 19/12 10/01
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      827 35 vOOv WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO HOOTH AND lATIH AMERICA ROUP HEAVYUFT SERVICE" [VESSEI VOY RAMP HEIGHT SIN |LK MAO MM SAV BAL I ORF NYC NEW I MOB TEXAS AHTMIOOTSS 613 M iW 09/02 17/02 20/02 22/02 24/02 25/02 27/02 03/03 06/03 TOM AHIO3 400T«h 6.3 M 30/01 25/02 05/03 08/03
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      96 38 SINGAPORE PTE LTD I KVOWA LINE 15 McCallum Street #03-01/02 Natwest Centre Singapore *****5 \V—— Fax: (65) *****66 Email: (eneral4ecusln.eculine.net website: httpy/www ecuiine net Direct Breakbulk/Container/LCL INDONESIAN PORTS Service to Banjarmasin/Jambi/Palembang/ Manila/Guam/Saipan Panjang/Poncianak/Perawan/Pekan Baru Agents: V-Grow Shipping Pte Ltd Call: 220 3373 See Page 7 Daily STANDARD SHIPPING RCL's Steaming
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      1128 39 SSAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 Anson Road, #06-01 to 03, Singapore *****1 MAIN LINE/OUTWARD: 532 3600 INWARD (DID): 437 23«8 IMPORT STATUS (DID): 437 2378 INVENTORY (DID): 437 2420 Wcbsit* http://www.samud«ra.«om CR NO. **********0H BOOKINGS LINE; 535 6266 (Celia/Jessica/Mei Chqn/Jeslynn/Poro/Yvonne/Honim) 7 SLGS/WEEKIY I :l.f 3 SIGS/WEEKIY I VESSEL VOY SIN
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      809 39 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO IWCISWIMTI SW KW I TOG I CMI I low I HAI I NTI I SAY I NIW I TAW 1 HOM I HOfOH DYKI /0660 04/01 09/01 14/01 17/01 21/01 77/01 04/02 07/02 06/03 10/03 11/03 14/03 11/03 23/03 27/03 HOtGH WmiVA
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      631 39 I*mm ENG LEE SHIPPING CO PTC LID I I W: *****22 (10 Uni| Fax: *****38/532*940 I I Cinut **********0 C I VESSEL VOY SIN ETA SIN ETD DESTINATION DwiDoyo 21/00 04/11) 05/01 Oumoi/P Bonj/Buaton Union bin 8 14/00 OS/D 1 06/01 Jomb. U«onStor42 07/00 05/01 06/01 Bdowan Motto Polo 56
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      629 40 I~ VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER METRO 865N 07-07/01 12-15/01 19-20/01 I TIGER STAR 866N 09-10/01 15-18/01 23-24/01 fl TIGER RHYTHM 867N 12 13/01 18-21/01 25-26/01 I TIGER BRIDGE 868N 16-16/01 22-24/01 29-30/01 I TIGER METRO 869N 19-20/01 25-28/01 01-02/02 I TIGER STAR 870N 23-24/01 29-01/02 06-07/02 I
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      1073 40 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Road, 3rd Level, r Freight Links Express Logisfkentre, Singapore *****3 iSflr Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg WEBSITE: www.freightlinks.net NEW DELHI .mv pu glory vio3 INCHON mv conti France voue ETA SIN: 07/01/2001 ETA SIN: 07/01 /2001 KAOHSIUNG MVAPL ARABIA VOO6E SHANGHAI MV
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      46 40 REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS A 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 Ageets: Td Fax Singapore BenLmAgenan *****61/142 *****63 Mabysn Bendera Shipping Agamy Sdn Bhd 03 *****889 03^*****20
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      660 40 TO lIMIOM CHINA N. EUROPE SERVICE vessel voy n^ o 1 xgg tap sha HANJIN BREMEN 552E 06 JAN 10 JAN U JAN 16 JAN 18 JAN TIWESEIENE H533E I HOBB 17 JAN 21 JAN 23 JAN 25 JAN HANJIN SINGAPORE 052E I 20 JAN OMIT 28 JAN 30 JAN
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      78 40 REGULAR SERVICE TO INDONESIA EIX ETD DESTINATION CHAHAYA VICTORY 0301 O&OI BANGKOMWTIANAK TBN 0501 0801 PALEMBANGTONTIANAK, MEDAN PANGKAL BALAM (EAST TIMOR) REGULAR SERVICE-EX YANGON JUBILEE 08/01 12/01 SINGPAPORE TO YANGON CHAHAYA STAR 08/01 12A51 VISAK/CALCUTTA/YANGON SHIPPING PTE LTD I Wmmkty LCL conmoHdrntton »mrvtc»M to MEXICO, CENTRAL A SOUTH AMERICA Accepting
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      53 42 We, Global Trade Well Re Ltd, confirm the loss of B/L Number N5VA*****7 per S.S./M.VDUBAI V.OlOB pertaining to shipment from NHAVASHEVATO PORT SAID Cargo Description: Ix4o' container STC: FLAT YARN We hereby certify and declare that the above said B/L is null and void and no longer valid for transaction
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