The Business Times, 2 February 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 028/12/2000 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPOR E FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 2001
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    74 1 Dsn (-8.91) MBT-SU EJ 816.70 (+0.73) □ST INDEX FUTTJIES M73L00 (-6.00) SDKSCI FUTDSES 2SL7O (-0.40) STOCK KARKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE OOMP dosed NKKEI 225 H.77M& 44M BANG SENG 16.I63J9 +61J4 SET INDEX -131 JAKARTA COUP _4WJ8 +417 MANILA COMP __.l,669.13 47.87 TAIPEI WPt 5,***** -1817 SEOUL COMP
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    75 1 FOREX RATES us$ ss US$(S$perUS$) 1.741 £(US$/S$ per 1.489 2S68 EURO(US$/S$/E) #541 1.617 DM 2.079 1.195 YEN 1165 66.80 RM J.800 1183 HKS 7.799 4.481 BAHT 4125 2457 RUHAH 9,455 5,432 PUME SATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA i. 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI 7.84
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    Lock icon CPF to pick bank in revamp of CPFIS backroom ops
    427 1  -  -nexclusive Big Four banks pat in bids; KepT&tLee invited to tender but opts ont By\ Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] The Central Provident Fund is looking to appoint one of its five agent banks to handle the entire backroom operations for
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    Lock icon Fed's 2 rate cuts in a month can cut both ways
    893 1  -  Though aimed at thwarting recession, cut could also signal gravity of situation From. Andrew Marks in New York THE US central bank's 100-basis-point cut in interest rates in one month is aggressive by any standard, but it is still
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    Lock icon Dow Jones steadies in late morning
    72 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks steadied in late morning trade yesterday after moving lower at the opening as investors awaited a closely-watched report on US manufacturing activity. By 11am EST, the Dow had inched up 2.39 points 10,889.75. But the Nasdaq Composite Index
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    Lock icon Parliament vote dims Gus Dur's chances of staying in power
    682 1  -  From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid's chances of staying in power appeared bleak yesterday after the country's Parliament voted overwhelmingly to accept a special commission's report that implicated him in two financial scandals. And in a surprise
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      99 1 inside Top Stories Tax benefits offered by the Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) are good enough, say most experts. Pg 3 Developers concur with Hong Leong Holdings chairman Kwek Leng Beng about not cutting prices. Next Page The US National Association of Purchasing Management index falls to lowest level since March
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      147 1 More reports ■:>- Asian central banks match Fed cut, Pg 4 Big 4 leaving prime rates unchanged, Pg 4 Can tiie 'Maestro' rescue US economy?, Pg 4 Fed statement, Pg 4 Editorial: It's cross-your-fingers time, Pg 14 Key US index signals manufacturing recession, Pg 2 MOTORING t If you have
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      10 1 WwrmuitißliiHto settle offshore rupiah trades on the cards, Next Page
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Developers: No price cuts as there's still demand for private homes
      629 2  -  Prices now more realistic, test will come in post-Chinese New Tear launches By\ Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] Developers yesterday agreed with Hong Leong Holdings chairman Kwek Leng Beng that they would not cut prices, but the chill in the market
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Less than sparkling now
        102 2 "I ALWAYS allude to diamonds when discussing property," said Annie Loke, the person who represents Hongkong tycoon Li Ka-shing's property interests in Singapore, in a recent interview. For those who know her, this love for diamonds comes as no surprise. Even when Mrs Loke was running
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        Lock icon Caltex Masters Golf tickets on sale
        155 2 TICKET sales have kicked off for the Caltex Singapore Masters Golf tournament, which will be held at the Singapore Island Country Club from Feb 22 to 25. The tickets are priced at $10 for the Thursday and Friday rounds, and $25 for Saturday and
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        Lock icon Lucky numbers
        48 2 RED AS (Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore) gave out "hongbaos "at its annual lunch on Wednesday, which could mean a $10 million windfall for a lucky guest. The reason? Included in each red packet was a $2 Toto ticket for yesterday's $10 million Hongbao draw.
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        Lock icon Musings on the market
        65 2 LAST week, over the Lunar New Year holidays, The Business Times ran an online poll, which said: There was no Chinese New Year rally, and it looks like the market will continue drifting. Readers made the following choices: Yes, because of economic fears—64% No, it's not
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      Lock icon S'pore banks to recommend mechanism to settle offshore rupiah trades
      538 2  -  Cemmittee to release 'cWse-Mt'rates as a reference gnide By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Banks in Singapore are expected to recommend today a benchmark by which outstanding offshore rupiah transactions can be offset against each other, in light of the new foreign
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      Lock icon Key US index signals recession in manufacturing
      312 2 NAPM index falls to lowest level since March 1991 Reuters Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US manufacturing activity contracted for a sixth straight month in January, signalling that one-fifth of the world's largest economy is in recession, a key industry report showed yesterday. The National
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  • SRS plan
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      Lock icon Experts give the SRS tax benefits thumbs-up
      765 3  -  Higher-income people will find it most appealing; 5% penalty a deterrent to younger ones, though By) Ling Su Ann MOST experts believe the tax benefits offered by the Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) are good enough to attract people to it. "We were pleasantly
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      228 3 The Westin Plaza HHHHIHHHHHHL-——— Singapore w n-H mjm J US 18-v mm I Contemporary fittings, a new minimalistlc look, extra luxurious beds. The Westin Plaza has gone through extensive renovations to ensure a whole new level of comfort and luxury for their guests. So when it came to sound systems,
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  • FED rate cut
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      Lock icon Asian central banks match Fed cut
      956 4 But stocks fizzle on view that latest move may not be enough to jumpstart slowing US economy ASIAN central banks swiftly responded to the US Federal Reserve's move on interest rates, cutting key rates yesterday to boost their economies hobbled by slowing exports and
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      Lock icon Can the 'Maestro' rescue US economy?
      796 4 Most economists believe Greenspan is taking the right steps Reuters [WASHINGTON! Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, whose godlike status on Wall Street is undiminished even amid mounting worries over the US economy's health, is facing one of the key challenges of his career as
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      Lock icon Statement by Fed Committee
      287 4 AFP IWASJiINIiTUINJ THE Federal Reserve's policymaking Open Market Committee (FOMQ, which on Wednesday lowered its benchmark federalfitnds rate by ha^a point to s.sper cent and the discount rate by half a point to 5 per cent, issued the following statement accompanying the committee decision: The Federal
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      Lock icon Big 4 leaving prime rates unchanged for the moment
      595 4  -  But analysts see cots later in year with more US rate moves By I Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] The four major local banks have chosen to leave their prime lending rates unchanged despite the second interest rate cut this year by the
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      Lock icon Cyclical stocks set for rebound: fund managers
      637 4 Financials, small-caps likely to benefit from Fed rate cat, they say Reuters [NEW YORK] With interest rates coming down as the US economy sputters, investment managers say it is time to take a longer view and buy the stocks most likely to respond
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Blue chips sag as punters switch to penny stocks
      623 6  -  -11 comment STOCKS r. sivanithy IT was a case of making as much hay as possible while the sun shone yesterday, with traders switching into secondliners after blue chips came under pressure as expected following the US interest rate cut. Brokers
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      Lock icon Guthrie wit caution needed despite good numbers
      188 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy NOWHERE is the plight of the small-cap warrant better illustrated than in the case of Guthrie's instrument, which sank yesterday to just four cents despite having about two years left before expiry. Part of the problem is the
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      Lock icon Addvalue looks promising on charts
      236 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of Addvalue Technologies edged up half a cent to 32 cents yesterday in active trade. A total of 11.9 million shares changed hands, compared with a 10-day moving average of 5.6 million. Much of the activity was due
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      131 6 f: URAOO Holdings has changed its name to Bey onks s j Technology. With effect from Feb 5, the shares and warrants be traded xwdmr the new name. I ♦JOAN Ho Bearings company secretary/finance manager Justin Ngoo Sin Hung has resigned with effect from Jan 31. ♦TRANS VIEW
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      Lock icon US$ retreats on fears of more weak US data
      351 6  -  :j I comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE US dollar retreated yesterday as concern that the American economy could slow a lot more drastically than many have been anticipating neutralised any positive effect from the US Fed's widely-expected 50 basis point interest
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      491 6 Stocks Volume El-Nets 1c 41,217,000 ParificCenturylOc 36,259,000 MMI Hldgs 10c 24,639,000 MediaRing 10c 18,924,000 Hyflux 5c 15,131,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 14,349,000 AddvafTech 2.5c 11,944,000 IPC020C... 11,865,000 HotunglnvNT5 10,676,000 AEM-Evertech 5c 9,482,000 Stocks > Chart Semiconductor 26c 83,478,620 DBSGip 77,863,727 UOB 60,179,720 OCBC 57.207,304 OUB *****,170 ParificCenturylOc 36,756,240 SPH 22,145,682 SIA
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      554 6 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 m SOUTH INDUSTRADE PAPER PRODUCTS PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Chapter 50, a Final General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed
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      354 6 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF VOLVO BUS ASIA PACIFIC (PTE)LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF SPECIAL AND ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS [Pursuant to Section 290(2)(b)] At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 1 Temasek Avenue #22-01 Millenia Tower Singapore
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      393 6 IN THE MATTER OF WILSONART SINGAPORE PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 306 of the Companies Act Cap. 50 that a Final General Meeting of the members of the abovementioned Company wiN be held at 10 Co«yer Quay. #21-01 Ocean Bmttng, Singapore *****5.
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      374 6 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF GOLF LINK ASIA PTE LTD (In Creditors' Voluntary UqukMon) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 95 South Bridge Road #07-28 Pidemco Centre
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Marco Polo said to be considering returning cash to shareholders
      609 7  -  BUI exclusive Ardmore Park to get TOP by Hay; company will be sitting on pile of cash, which will cnt ROE By I Siow Li Sen WITH completion of its billion-dol-lar Ardmore Park project looming, Marco Polo Developments is considering
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      Lock icon Keppel Capital hits 3-month high on merger talk
      350 7  -  By\ Siow Li Sen IT was Keppel Capital's turn yesterday. Merger rumours sent the stock the former Keppel Tat Lee Bank surging to a three-month high. Keppel Capital, which will report its 2000 financial results on Wednesday, rose 11 cents or 4.6
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      Lock icon It's time the SGX addressed, conflict-of-interest issues
      705 7  -  lock siew r sivanithy IN last Saturday's Hock Lock Siew column, questions were asked about the recent ei-Nets listing. The Web page designer's initial public offering (IPO) was only one-third subscribed, it had warned losses would continue and it didn't meet the Singapore
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      Lock icon HK contract manufacturer SMT starts book-building for S'pore IPO
      544 7  -  The company is not too worried about market sentiment and plans to issue 125 million shares to raise $26-$3O million By, Andrea Tan ONE of Hongkong's biggest contract manufacturers has started book-building for a Singapore listing amid poor market sentiment. Surface
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      Lock icon SIAS in HK to explore discount broking tie-up
      450 8  -  Exercise aimed at lowering cost of trading for small investor: CEO By' Ven Sreenivasan OFFICIALS from the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS) flew to Hongkong yesterday to discuss with several international online trading specialists the possibility of setting up a joint-venture
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      Lock icon Eu Yan Sang sets up joint venture in China
      403 8  -  Partners are WCUMS Univ and Sichuan Xin Tang Technology Co By] Liew Hanqing SINGAPORE-LISTED Eu Yan Sang International Limited has set up a joint venture company in Chengdu, China, to develop scientifically a new class of herbal medicine that would ensure
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      Lock icon SingTel sees growing opportunities in Asia
      685 8 It'll use USs3.6b cash pile in selective investments related to core business Reuters [HONGKONG] SINGAPORE Telecommunications Ltd, sometimes criticised for mostly standing-pat atop a massive pile of cash, sees growing opportunity as it looks across Asia's telecoms landscape, president and chief executive Lee Hsien
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      Lock icon CapitaLand issues further statement on handling of profit warning
      291 8  -  Byi Andrea Tan CAPITALAND last night issued another announcement to the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on its handling of an earlier profit warning. On Jan 18, the property giant warned earnings for the second half of last year are "expected to be
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      Lock icon OCBC Fin surges to 7-yr high
      186 8 Reuters SHARES of OCBC Finance Ltd surged more than 20 per cent to a seven-year high yesterday after the firm said its parent OCBC Bank would take it private as a wholly owned subsidiary. The stock closed up 62 cents at $3.68, just below
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      Lock icon HDB to issue $500m worth of 7-year bonds
      186 8 THE Housing and Development Board yesterday launched the sixth bond issue under its $3 billion medium-term note programme that began in February 1999. The $500 million issue of seven-year bonds, which will be listed on the Singapore Exchange, carries a fixed-rate coupon
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Jan PMI at its lowest in over two years
      515 9  -  Leading economic indicator dips for 3rd straight month w Eugene Low THE growth of Singapore's manufacturing sector appears to be losing steam, with the purchasing managers' index falling for the third consecutive month in January. Bogged down by declines in new
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      Lock icon Business sentiment for first half turns cautious
      448 9  -  Bat banks, finance and insnrance firms seem fairly upbeat Byl Anna Teo BUSINESS sentiment has turned cautious, with firms in the manufacturing and commerce sectors pointing to a mixed outlook for the first half of the year. But banks, finance and insurance companies
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      Lock icon UK biotech research set-up ties up with NSTB unit
      234 9  -  By' Vince Chong BRITISH biotechnology research house KS Biomedix (KSB) said yesterday it has signed an agreement with the Bioprocessing Technology Centre (BTC) to set up a plant here. KSB is founded by Dr Kim Tan, who is also the founder
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      Lock icon Original essay about the New Economy could net you a prize
      240 9 HAS, ESS competition is not just for economists THOSE with original insights on the impact of the New Economy, pen an essay and you can win up to $8,000 in a competition. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and
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      Lock icon SICEC aims for record with marketing blitz
      158 9 THE Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre (SICEC) looks set for another record performance this year under the guidance of its new chief executive officer Warren Buckley. Appointed last month, Mr Buckley was formerly president and CEO of BC Pavilion Corporation. He is
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      Lock icon S'pore-Japan talks on free trade pact off to good start
      476 9  -  By< Chuang Peck Ming FORMAL talks on a Singa-pore-Japan free trade pact have got off to a good start, with both sides agreeing at the end of first-round negotiations yesterday they are on track to cut a deal by yearend.
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      Lock icon Dec money supply falls at faster rate
      298 10  -  ■=ff3on the economy money supply By\ Serena Ng SINGAPORE'S money supply continued to decline in December, and at a sharper rate than in November, with the broad aggregates M 2 and M 3 contracting year-on-year, according to the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Year-on-year
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      Lock icon EDB sees slower growth for engg cluster this year
      449 10  -  US, Japan market uncertainties could trim expansion rate from 10% last year By Eugene Low THE engineering cluster of Singapore's manufacturing sector expanded by 10 per cent last year, but uncertainties in the US and Japanese markets are expected to trim
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      Lock icon NSTB welcomes twelve new feces to its board
      235 10 THE National Science and Technology Board (NSTB) yesterday unveiled its new board headed by the former chief of the EDB, Philip Yeo. Teo Ming Kian, who is now chairman of the EDB, is the co-chairman of the NSTB board. Both Mr Yeo
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      Lock icon Curb speculation by other means
      216 10  -  MAIL rET? Seow Eng Ghee I REFER to your article "Govt won't relax property anti-specula-tion measures: Mah" by Marissa Chew (BT, Feb 1). I agree that the 20 per cent downpayment rule is not the only anti-speculation measure. The government should not use antispeculation as
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      Lock icon Ming Pao owner remains committed
      170 10  -  Francis Tiong executive director Ming Pao Enterprise Corporation Ltd Hongkong I REFER to the commentary "A media empire next for Li Kashing?" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Jan 19). It is not our policy to respond to such speculation, but your particular report has given
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      Lock icon Petrol here meets Euro II standard
      92 10  -  Edward John Tailford for Permanent Secretary Ministry of the Environment I REFER to the letter "Call to come clean on fuel" by Goh Siak Joo (Wheel Matters, Jan 27). Mr Goh has alleged that the petrol sold in Singapore is not suitable for cars
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      Lock icon Time to break all-male grip on top SGX lineup
      83 10  -  Corinne Fong Yuet Ming I REFER to the report "SGX names two new division chiefs" (BT, Jan 31). It would be interesting to know if the Singapore Exchange has any plans to promote the many women in its ranks to key
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      65 9 IxHwUe w^lppcal In Aid of the Gujarat earthquake victims in India. Rang Mahal will pledge a full day's takings, on Friday, the 2 of February 2001 to the Singapore Red Cross Society. Please show us your support. Touch their souls. Rang Mahal Level Three, The Pan Pacific Singapore k -K\.
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  • e-NEWS
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      Lock icon Apple banks on loyal customers to tough it out
      593 11 Jobs sticking to belief that the PC would remain king of the Internet Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Apple Computer Inc will look to its own loyal customer base to get through the current economic "meltdown", chief executive Steve Jobs said on Wednesday.
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      Lock icon New Nortel technology can track surfing patterns
      316 11 WASHINGTON Reuters INTERNETand communications services company Nortel Networks acknowledged on Wednesday that Internet service providers could use its new technology to secretly track customers' online movements, but it urged companies to do so only with customers' approval. Nortel's Personal Internet technology suite, introduced
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      Lock icon Internet oil players too have to grapple with dotcom blues
      533 11 LONDON Only two e-trading startnpg in oil sector eigoying measurable success Reuters THE oil industry's romance with the Internet has turned into more of a brief encounter amid talk of premature website closures, mergers and consolidation. Analysts can now only
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      Lock icon AOL Time Warner to tap Net base with music freebies
      384 11 NEW YORK AOL Time Warner Inc plans to flex its promotional muscle to benefit performers in its music division, such as REM, The Corrs and others, using downloads of selected songs, excerpts from videos and other features, the company said
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      Lock icon Sega soars after Dreamcast pullout
      253 11 TOKYO It&lMwins USsBssm b&il-ont from its chairman AFP SEGA Corp stock soared yesterday after the loss-making Japanese games company won an US$B56 million (SI 1.49 billion) bail-out from its chairman and announced its retreat from the hard-fought console wars. Moody's Investors Service responded to the
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      Lock icon Software available to track Net crimes: report
      94 11 AFP gossips British lyeeidy iSr/'ffitifft reports iw next A Switzerland-based company, Agenoe Virtuelie, has devised a program, Rumorßot, that employs 44 software agents to trawl through all the available Internet search engines for keywords. Rumorßot then locates and times each posting, drawing up
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      Lock icon FTC probing online violations of privacy law
      176 11 WASHINGTON LATWP THE Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating whether some online information brokers and private investigators are violating a new federal law by obtaining personal financial information through trickery. The investigations are part of Operation Detect Pretext, a new push to enforce
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Who shall guard the guardians?
      827 14  -  dqj&bbh OPINION anthony rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent JAPAN has long sat rather uneasily between Eastern and Western cultures, reflecting in part the complex nature of its society and also the heavy postwar imprint of American influence upon the country. Current attempts to
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      73 14 'Whatever system prevails, it's bound to be flawed. As a market participant, my goal is to maximise profits.' livUl WOTud on the needfor a mechanism to level the 'uneven playing field' capitalism creates, but why he had to be a ruthless speculator. 'Davos represents the developed, more
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      Lock icon It's eross-your-fingers time
      614 14 EDITORIAL THE US Federal Reserve lops half a percentage point off the key Fed Funds rate for the second time in a month and the markets barely twitch —and some of them even go down, including the bellwether Nasdaq, by 2.3 per cent Is this perverse or
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      Lock icon The Long March to WTO membership continues
      1090 14  -  Disagreement farm support programmes and other !«»!<*« are delaying China's membership From. D Ravi Kanth in Geneva CHINA'S membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has once again been put on hold. The outgoing Clinton administration had summoned the latest meeting in its
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      Lock icon Payback time on America's IT binge?
      859 14  -  COMMENTARY It's not too fanciful to compare the US famtna with the recession that hit Japan in the 1990s By I Stephen Roach The writer is chief economist at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter FT IS America the next Japan? Of course not, comes the
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon KL must look into corporate governance: fund managers
      753 15 KUALA LUMPUR KLCI could reach 1,100 pts but factors hindering rise most be removed AFX-Asia MALAYSIA must seriously address the issue of corporate governance and accountability in order to attract the return of foreign portfolio interest, foreign and local fund managers said.
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      248 15 PUTRAJAYA AP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad declared Malaysia's new administrative capital a federal territory yesterday and dismissed criticism that the huge development was an extravagant waste of funds. A colourful ceremony marked the handover of the Putrajaya township on Kuala Lumpur's southern
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      446 15 KUALA LUMPUR But analysts see the soon-to-be-listed firm's forecasts as being too rosy Reuters MALAYSIA'S Time dot Com chief Halim Saad stood by the soon-to-be-listed telecoms firm's profit projections yesterday despite analysts' suggestions they were too rosy. In an interview with the Star newspaper,
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      229 15 PUTRAJAYA Bernama MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday slammed Asiaweek news magazine for what he tamed as deliberately publishing a picture of him in its Jan as issue with an attempt to portray him as a foolish and tired-looking person. "To find a picture
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      216 15 JAKARTA Moody's dtes falling product prices for possible downgrade Bloomberg ASIA Pulp Paper Co. Asia's biggest pulp and paper producer, had Its debt ratings placed on review for a possible downgrade by Moody's Investors Service, which said its revenue wouldn't meet payment obligations. Moody's is
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      617 16  -  Arroyo govt wants to regain control of the centnry-old conglomerate From i Al Labita in Manila LOW-KEY tycoon Eduardo Cojuangco, one of deposed president Joseph Estrada's cronies, is likely to be given his marching orders as chairman of listed food and beverage giant San
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      455 16 MANILA 25b peso loan given by Estrada govt to the ailing bank Reuters THE new administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will review the 25 billion pesos (*****.3 million) emergency loan given by the previous government to fi-nancially-ailing Philippine National Bank. "We
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      291 16 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAILAND'S government said it scrapped plans to merge Siam City Bank and Bangkok Metropolitan Bank after employees of the seventh- and eight- largest Thai lenders protested the proposal on concerns it would lead to job losses. The government
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      208 16 TAIPEI Bloomberg ACER Inc, Taiwan's thirdlargest computer maker, plans to sign up 1,000 stores in China this year as local distributors move to expand in one of the world's fastestgrowing markets. China has the second-larg-est market in Asia and is one
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      157 16 Reuters [BANGKOK] Official results from Thailand's general election yesterday showed charismatic telecoms tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra took almost twice as many seats as his rivals but fell short of an overall majority. The Election Commission said Mr Thaksin's populist Thai Rak Thai (Thais
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      778 17 Growth conld slow even farther, say analysts Reuters INDIA'S flagging economy faces a rocky ride after last week's devastating earthquake raised the spectre of new taxes for reconstruction and dashed hopes of incentives in next month's budget, analysts said. Even before
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      230 17 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's Finance Ministry denied it has adopted a new rule requiring companies going public to contribute part of their share sale proceeds to an employee pension plan, adding to a controversy surrounding Travelsky Technology's US$l47 million
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      305 17 TAIPEI China Devt Industrial to become financial holding firm Reuters THE chairman of Taiwan's leading investment bank, China Development Industrial Bank, said yesterday the bank aimed to become a financial holding company, with assets growing more than 300 per cent. Liu Tai-ying said the bank's
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      379 17 BOMBAY Group trying to create more value, aiming for good price Reuters RELIANCE Industries, India's secondlargest publicly listed company, aims to sell a portion of its 64 per cent stake in the country's largest private sector firm, Reliance Petroleum, a
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      449 17 ISLAMABAD Interest rate cut hinges on confidence picking np Bloomberg PAKISTAN pledged to move towards a flexible exchange rate, improve tax collection and speed up sales of stateowned companies to revive its economy, the International Monetary Fund said. And the central bank can cut
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      425 17 BOMBAY Reuters TATA Engineering and Locomotive Company (Telco), India's largest truck maker, on Wednesday reported a worse-than-expected net loss of 1.21 billion rupees (5545.6 million) for the OctoberDecember quarter due to a sharp drop in sales. Sales fell 25 per cent to 17.62 billion
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      440 18 FRANKFURT Pre-tax profit tumbles 20% in fourth quarter Reuters DEUTSCHE Bank AG yesterday pledged to garner 1.5 billion euros (552.4 billion) a year in a restructuring drive in the wake of a bigger-than-expected 20 per cent fall in its fourth-quarter pre-tax
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      58 18 [TOKYO] Tadamitsu Ryu, president of Japan's Robotics machinery venture CAI, controls a dinosaur-shaped robot named Alosaurs with voice commands at a Tokyo hotel yesterday. The dinosaur is six metre in length and three metre in height. The Alosaurs is equipped with the new voice recognition system Voice
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      453 18 WASHINGTON Excluding utilities and services, spending for durable goods fell in Dec for a third straight month Bloomberg US PERSONAL spending increased in December, driven by higher utility costs, and federal payments to farmers helped drive incomes higher, government figures
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      295 18 GOTHENBURG Bloomberg VOLVO AB, the world's second-largest maker of heavy trucks, said fourth-quarter operating profit fell 21 per cent because of lower sales of trucks and construction equipment in North America. Operating profit feU to 1.69 billion kronor (Ss3ll million) from
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      283 18 FRANKFURT AP AFP Reuters THE European Central Bank kept its main interest rate unchanged yesterday, as cautious optimism for economic stability outweighed concerns that a US slowdown could spread across the Atlantic. Despite the Federal Reserve's move on Wednesday to reduce US rates
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      456 18 LONDON Reuters FATHERS working in London's financial centre 'the City work on average 53 hours each week. Most draw the line there because if not they would see their children only at weekends "In this macho world of Investment
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      547 19 TOKYO S&P warns of record defaults and rating downgrades if they don't shape np fast AFP DEBT-RIDDEN Japanese companies must shape up rapidly instead of relying on a distant economic recovery if they hope to ever compete, Standard and Poor's
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      293 19 WASHINGTON They ire disloyal, lack commitment, he says; they blame him for poor morale FT JAMES Wolfensohn. the World Bank president, has criticised bank employees for disloyalty and lacking commitment, which has in turn led to his being blamed for creating a climate of fear
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      697 19  -  Dual circulation of euro and national cash will confuse and confound, commissioner warns Froml Shada Islam in Brussels HAVING spent the last year fretting over the euro's declining fortunes, European Union monetary officials now face an even more difficult task: preparing the
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      373 19 WASHINGTON Plans undermine reform, may spark trade row, Seoul told FT THE US has told the Seoul government that its plans for bailing out Hyundai and other debt-laden conglomerates could undermine South Korea's economic reform and trigger a trade dispute with the US.
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      324 19 NEW YORK Bloomberg AMERICAN Express Financial Advisors, the largest US financial planning firm, is freezing the salaries of its top 12 managers and paring raises for the rest of its 13,000 salaried workers after fourth quarter results lagged the profit growth of
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      205 19 LONDON Bloomberg EUROPEAN companies face further credit downgrades in the year ahead amid mounting debt burdens, shrinking profit margins, increased competition and slower economic growth, Moody's Investors Service said. "Most of the deterioration is expected in the corporate sector, including industrial and utility firms,
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      206 19 AMSTERDAM Reuters KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said yesterday fUll-year operating profits would be "considerably beyond" previous expectations after a strong third quarter. The Dutch flag carrier posted net profit of four million euros (556.5 million) for the three months ended Dec 31, 2000 from
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      349 19 BRIDGEPORT He's accused of stealing USs2oom from insurance firms Reuters MARTIN Frankel, a rogue financier accused of orchestrating massive insurance fraud, could be extradited as early as March from Germany to face trial in the United States, a federal prosecutor
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      318 20  -  SGX Derivatives Tfradlng/feport ST lnde*/HISCl STpore Index Lau Chee Keong THE Singapore stock market closed marginally lower on profit-taking yesterday after the anticipated move by the US Federal Reserve to reduce short-term rates by 0.5 per cent in an effort to revive the slowing economy. At
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      237 20  -  MS& Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong AFTER rising for two consecutive days, the Taiwan stock market finally succumbed to profit-taking yesterday after the much anticipated 50 basis points rate cut by the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday. At the close, the MSCI Taiwan index edged lower
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      168 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices continued to lose ground yesterday as traders fretted over a surprise surge in US gasoline stocks and the possibility that an economic slowdown was beginning to eat into demand for petroleum. At 1000 GMT, North Sea benchmark
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      338 20 Reuters London THE US dollar fell to oneweek lows against the euro and three-week lows against the yen yesterday as the spotlight returned squarely on the US economic slowdown a day after the Federal Reserve's widely anticipated rate cut. The euro was the primary beneficiary of the US
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      2672 21 HONGKONG AFP QHangSeng +6L64 HONGKONG share prices closed 0.4 per cent higher yesterday, led by rotational buying in utility stocks following a widely expected half a percentage point US interest rate cut, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained
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      371 21 AFP gyp Infer -3837 TAIWAN share prices edged down 0.6 per cent yesterday after a half percentage point rate cut by the US Federal Reserve failed to boost the techheavy Nasdaq, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 38.27 points to 5,897.93 points. Risers outnumbered decliners
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      2038 21 TOKYO AFP Plata 225 MM SHARE prices in Tokyo declined 0.5 per cent yesterday as investors shrugged off a US interest rate cut and waited nervously for stock-support proposals to emerge from Japan's ruling party. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 index fell 64.00 points
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      730 23 AFP PI SET Index -231 THAI stocks closed down 0.7 per cent yesterday as the market flailed to react positively to the US interest rate cut, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index closed down 2.31 points at 330.46 while the SET 50 dropped 0.21 points
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      284 23 AFP -17.87 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 1.1 per cent lower yesterday with the Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index down 17.87 points to 1,669.13. Volume fell to 1.03 billion shares worth 577.9 million pesos from 1.37 billion shares worth 1.03 billion pesos on Wednesday. —AFP Fa* I Pw COOP) Abacus
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      695 23 AFP flftmpoatflMg *4J7 INDONESIAN share prices closed 12 per cent higher yesterday led by foreign buying of blue chips, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 4.97 points at 490.58 on a volume of 792.6 million shares valued at 606.91 billion rupiah. Declines led advances 62
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      254 23 AFP HFBSE-40 *1M NEW Zealand shares rose 0.4 per cent yesterday following the half percentage point cut in US interest rates, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 7.02 points at 2,014.97 points on total turnover of NZ$BB million. AFP Nfti rtm Advantage HDS 124 -0.01 103 Air
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      511 23 AFP HAHOrfaanw *20M AUSTRALIAN shares closed 0.6 per cent higher yesterday, despite a neutral local reaction to the half percentage point interest rate cut in the United States, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index rose 20.6 points to close at 3,312.1, while the SP/ASX 200 index gained 22.6 points
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      303 23 AFP Q Composite Index -5.61 SOUTH Korean shares fell 0.9 per cent yesterday with the index down 5.61 at 612.30. Volume was 392.4 million worth 2.2 trillion won. —AFP mi VAnonScmt 4900 -WO Brain Tach 690 30 Cantral Bank 170 unch Dm Cu Bank 1670 35 Daasang Corp 1355
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      1030 26 High-powered minds from academia, government and the private sector are working together to create bulletproof computer systems AP [SAN JOSE, California] IT is common to all computers, regardless of make, operating system or age. It lurks everywhere from the humble home PC to spacecraft that
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      2013 27  -  COVER STORY And they are growing, such as the increasingly common RSI. paryathi kayak finds out what they are and how the workplace can be made safer PARVATHI NAYAR SHE sits motionless in her tiny corner of the air-conditioned, open-plan office, peering at the hypnotic green
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        623 28  -  Excess supply, flagging demand dampen market with 'heavyweights' worst hit, reports vemsseemivasam VEN SREENIVASAN IF you have been eyeing that golf club membership and missed out on a "fire sale" during the dog days of the regional financial crisis, you may just be about to
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        573 30  -  CINEMA It makes up for Proof Of Life's clnmsy dialogue and lazy shortcuts By\ Parvathi Nayar K&R, or kidnap and ransom, is a dirty business about finding a number that equals the price of a human life. We're not talking here about kidnap as
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        975 31  -  Chong Yoke Sin of NCS is one such person, having switched from chemistry to IT. To her, the IT industry offers a level playing field, reports gheahui-hoom CHEAH UI-HOON THE career possibilities for women in information technology (IT) are shining ever brighter as people skills such as
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        943 31 ADVERTISING Specialty retailer Lane Bryant has taken the bold step of showing men interested in women who are not the typical wait-like fashion models NYT WOMEN don't have to be a size 6 or smaller for rich, powerful, handsome single men to find them
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        1193 32  -  WINE By: Rod Smith LAT-WP FEW California winemakers can claim 25 years in one cellar. What makes Beringer Vineyards winemaster Ed Sbragia's career even more remarkable is that it has produced a benchmark wine. Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is among California's viticultural treasures. Deliciously
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      806 33 The Accidental Spy. Orphaned salesman Jackie Chan goes to Korea and Turkey on a treasure hunt, and finds himself targeted by spies and mercenaries. Beach Rd, Lido, Bales tier, Century, Choa Chu Kang, Jurong, Yangtze, Eastshore, Suntec, West Mall, Jubilee, Empress, Sun, Toa Payoh, Yishun, Bishan, Tiong Bahru, Boon
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      271 35 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) shed 10 points to 1,504, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) eased six points to 1,633, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) firmed four points to 8,849 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) fell 24 points to 1396. TDfE-CHABTER: ♦Cape Good Hope (built 1961)
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      439 35  -  Republic handled record 910 J8 million gross tons last year By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Port of Singapore looks set to retain its title as the world's busiest port in terms of shipping tonnage which it has held for 15 consecutive years—after a
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      735 35  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar THE owner of a vessel that was time chartered and later voyage sub-chartered has been found liable to pay damages for wrongfully detaining its vessel and interfering with the cargo. Both the Singapore High Court and
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      194 35 Qnake-stricken port can resume half of operations in about a week Reuters [KANDLA] India's earth-quake-damaged Kandla port should be able to resume about half of its operations in about a week, but it could take up to a year to
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      143 35 AP [HANOI] One sailor was killed and two others were injured when a container ship hit another vessel near the port of Haiphong in northern Vietnam, an official said yesterday. The Panama-registered Mekong Explorer, which was carrying 3,000 tons of cargo on its
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        594 36  -  Australia's Curtin University is planning research which has potential to revolutionise commercial activities in areas ranging from new ship design to sea floor surveys, reports evelykduztt EVELYN DUFFY A WORLD class research and development centre to sharpen the competitive edge of Australia's high export earning
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      17594 42 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES Page 8 EXPORT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 200 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire 10/02 12/03 MOL SAGITARIUS CHALLEN 6810A 65 *****86 14/02 22/03 ZIM/Seth Z1M DALIAN 13W 65-*****12 15/02 23/03 Setramar VILLE DE MARS
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        747 47 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are baaed on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        526 47 Carte# 180 Max 9875 OJ 6.9 0.06 65 0.03 J* 25 Density Water Residue Ash Aluminium Sediment No above E2S 0 0 1 0 0 0 575S" 380 Ave 985.9 OJ 132 0.06 27 0.01 Cjum 380 Max 993.0 0.7 16.1 0.09 54 0.04 M/>T3 »M/M
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        446 48 Bnt margins in Asia are expected to remain highest in the world: Salomon Smith Barney AFP [SINGAPORE] Global brokerage house Salomon Smith Barney has slashed its profit forecasts for Asian airlines as much as 17 per cent over the next
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        310 48  -  All passengers had disembarked when incident occurred at Sydney airpert From Surinder Singh in Sydney A SINGAPORE Airlines Boeing 747-400 had one of its doors ripped off when a passenger walkway attached to the jet collapsed yesterday morning. No one was hurt
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        213 48 AP [NEW YORK] Coming on the heels of a report that it recently held strategic discussions with Delta Air Lines Inc, Continental Airlines said that it "has had, and anticipates it will continue to have, discussions with third parties to discuss strategic alternatives". The
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        353 48 AFP [SEOUL] Relatives of the victims of the 1987 mid-air explosion of a Korean Airlines (KAL) jet asked prosecutors yesterday to arrest North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il for the terrorist act. The Association of Bereaved Families of Victims of KAL Flight 858
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        426 48 Reuters [LONDON] Boeing Co can take cost out of its civil-air-craft business by focusing on efficiencies away from the factory floor, chief executive Phil Condit said on Wednesday. The world's largest airliner maker might soon know whether it will launch a new family
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        382 48 Bloomberg [LONDON] British Airways pk said it is talking to Boeing Co about how quickly the planemaker can modify its 777 aircraft following about 900 complaints from cabin crew about dizziness and fainting The higher temperature in the cabin, less movement
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      149 35 I Australia's Cnrtln University planning maritime ressarrit rrOill forecasts TOf ASlall airlines Cn 800 10 lIS <ilnmitniMH wo aiunuunii oBCKrg j l;*i EBttg COMMAND THE SEAS it's a buoyant market (or work boats as j well as small ships of all kinds and all signs point towards a significant increase
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      746 36 Lines services repreeenled by Members of tfw Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, >Bw<y Singapore Shipping Assoc iahon #t* 1 J iL. /v\emo©rs or mt Singapore Logistics Association NORTH WEST EXPRESS UNE ACCEPTING CONTAINERS, BREAKBUUC PROJECT CARGO TO DAMPIER/FREMANTLE MV"TBN" ETA SIN 06/02/2001 BOOKINGS CALL MOMCA/JUU TEL 323 4374 CONUUNBtS/ I
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      603 38 PENANO HO CHI MINH MV "KAIDO" V.009W MV "DASHING" V.045 ITA SIN: 06-02-2001 ITA SIN: 06-02-2001 ADELAIDE CALCUTTA MV "PAO NIDiiOYD ADC LAID!" VMS Mv "XPRISS PADMA" V.402 rA 06-02-2001 nA S)N| 08-02-2001 OENOA. PIRAEUS. BARCELONA NAOOYA MV "P&O NIDiiOYD LA SPIZIA" V.0326 MV "ALUOATOR UNITY" V.191N nA SIN: 07-02-2001
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      654 38 EXPREBB CONTAINER FEEDER FOR INDIAN PORTS COM N.SHEVA (CFS MULUNO, MUMSAI) COCHIN COLOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO AU NORTHERN AND WESTERN 1.C.0. POINT! VMMI S'PORE N.SHEVA COCHIN COLOMBO P.KLANB TULSIOAS V.117 04 PCS 11 PES ISFEB 11 PES tl PES FRONTIER V.IMW 11 PES MPES 13 PES 18 FES OS MAR
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