The Business Times, 25 May 2001

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2001 85C
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    75 1 sn 1,***** (+5.42) BT-SBI 666.00 (+5.58) ST INDEX FUTURES (+12.00) SIMSCI FUTURES (+1.10) STOCK MABKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE COMP 567.58 +6.79 NIKKEI 225 13,895.79 -171.91 HANG SENG 13,810.60 -28.50 SET INDEX 312.27 +1.10 JAKARTA COMP MANILA COMP 1,434.68 -11.52 TAIPEI WPI 5,226.79 +16.82 SEOUL COMP 622.28 -0.32
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    80 1 FOREX RATES rs$ s$ USS (SS per USS) 1.802 £(USS/SS per 1.415 2.550 EL'ROfl'SS/SS/E)0.855 1.541 DM 2.287 1.269 YEN 119.8 66.50 RM 3.800 2.108 HKS 7.800 4.328 BAHT 45.40 25.19 Rl'PlAH 11,425 6.339 *SS to 100 units PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.8U Kl ALA Ll'MPTR 7.67 JAKARTA «MMl BANGKOK 950
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    Lock icon DBS in drive to cut staff costs and other expenses
    744 1  -  l-iiexclusive Recruitment limited to essential staff and top talent, travel perks cut: sources By Conrad Raj [SINCjArUKEj DBS BanK nas introduced tough spending curbs after a sharp increase in staff costs in the first three months of this year. DBS
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    Lock icon More developers dangle unit trust carrot
    598 1  -  But MAS says banks must include it in loan computation By Vince Chong, Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] More property developers are jumping on the unit trust bandwagon to lure buyers who welcome it as a way to help pay for the upfront 20 per cent
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    Lock icon Martial law still an option for Gus Dur
    821 1  -  -11 exclusive AG says generals must obey if he issues a decree By'. Yang Razali Kassim IsiNUAfUKfcj Martial law is still on the cards in Indonesia, despite President Abdurrahman Wahid's earlier statement that he has abandoned the idea. Attorney-General Marzuki Darusman told
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      79 1 INSIDE Top Stories GES confirms it's in talks with major Eltech shareholders. Pg 4 NOL tanker unit's NYSE listing will unlock its value: analysts. Pg 4 Open bidding for Category E COEs begins next month. Pg 10 were not a public figure. I wouldn't fly with fIBiPSH sucks." says Mr
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      41 1 jg The CEO Speaks kJcinei Ang; IBM S'pore l s new MD, or. work family HSU Page Hock Lock Siew Make directors share same risk as common shareholders Page 4 Boon Lay, Victoria site sales not confirmed yet: URA, Pg 11
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      56 1 V Touch w\ Wood F The state of the Doyenne furniture industry Ot Asian a Exec Lifestyle cover story beauty secrets EL 3 Editorial: Jakarta's high-wire tension, Pg 12 ff^ /<Ss Ji H 1 '"'a rlHv f~ jfe f 4 The movement m, Htfr%f,y I.U.C 1 Heir to a |m>ud
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Staying a step ahead
        210 2 IS Li Ka-shing always one step ahead of his peers in Hong Kong? Or is he always the contrarian? The Hong Kong government has made much of its current "Go West" mission to the mainland to seek out investment opportunities there. The mission is led by
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        Lock icon Don't know much about history...
        63 2 THE new summer Hollywood blockbuster Pearl Harbour premiered this week in the United States. Trailers of the movie, which will open during the Memorial Day weekend tomorrow, have been running on US television ad nauseum, and lead actor Ben Affleck has been everywhere doing promos.
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      Lock icon Govt slashes industrial land sales by 60% to 10 ha this year
      757 2  -  It cites downward adjustment in demand projections dne to slower economic growth By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] The government yesterday slashed the amount of industrial land it plans to release this year by 60 per cent a decision that
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      Lock icon Ikea bucks trend with plan for second store
      433 2  -  :il exclusive It sees higher sales in current year; eyes north-east area for new store liyi Corinne Kerk [SINGAPORE] Despite the gloomy retail climate, Swedish furniture giant Ikea is on the expansion trail and searching for a site to open its second
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      Lock icon Taiwan software makers look to China for new sales
      786 2  -  |*H exclusive! Sino market seen to be worth some USs3.6b this year From 1 Macabe Keliher in Taipei THE limited Taiwan market is driving local software makers to look to a tantalising cornucopia on their doorstep mainland China where consumers will
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon GES confirms it's in talks with major Eltech shareholders
      387 4  -  Dealers expect share swap; if GES bnys the 44.4% in Eltech it will lead to a general offer "U Serena Ng COMPUTER firm GES International confirmed yesterday it is talking to major shareholders of Eltech Electronics about acquiring the listed contract
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      Lock icon NOL tanker unit's listing will unlock its value: analysts
      555 4  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan THE listing of Neptune Orient Lines' transport group will unlock value while providing much-needed funds for the group's expansion. This was the view of most analysts on NOL's announcement that it would list its oiltransport subsidiary, American Eagle
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      Lock icon Noble defends share buybacks at higher prices
      554 4  -  Shares bought at around $IJ9 ex-bonus; this was price on a cam-basis By\ Serena Ng NOBLE Group chairman Richard Elman yesterday defended the company's recent buybacks of its shares at a price significantly above what they ought to have been trading at after
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      Lock icon Make directors share the risk
      723 4  -  lock siew lee han shih THERE is one way for listed companies to reward their directors handsomely and yet not raise the hackles of investors: make directors share the same risk as common shareholders. Recently, half a dozen bluechip companies from DBS and Fraser Neave
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      Lock icon Vickers seeks lifting of share suspension today
      342 5  -  liy\ Serena Ng STOCKBROKER Vickers Ballas has asked the Singapore Exchange to lift the suspension on its shares today, following a one-day suspension yesterday, and said it would try to reach an agreement on the transfer of its structured finance business to a
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      Lock icon SembLog enters global alliance with Goodpack
      317 5  -  By. Rachel Ong MAINBOARD-LISTED SembCorp Logistics (SembLog) has entered into a global strategic alliance with intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) provider Goodpack to provide IBC-based supply-chain management solutions. SembLog has bought 9.84 million ordinary shares or 3 per cent of Goodpack's existing equity for $5.4
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      Lock icon Good news scarce over at Parkway
      484 5  -  No sign of offers for Capita Land stake, bureaucracy stymies sale of UK hospital By i Andrea Tan INVESTORS hoping for good news from healthcare group Parkway Holdings yesterday were disappointed. At a media and analysts' briefing, chairman Anil Thadani said no one has
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      Lock icon WBL Corp interim gain dives 73% to $8.5m
      464 7  -  Bnt full-year earnings could swell if divestment of a US subsidiary goes through Serena Ng WBL Corp suffered a 73 per cent slump in interim net profit to $8.52 million, as better operating profits in most of its core business segments were
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      Lock icon Cerebos seen reporting 25% profit rise
      355 7 Earnings likely rose to $24.5 m in the six months ended March Bloomberg CEREBOS Pacific Ltd, Singapore's No 4 food company by market value, may report a 25 per cent rise in first-half profit as it sold more health tonics in Thailand and Taiwan.
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      Lock icon AP Oil International gets okay for Sesdaq listing
      409 7  -  By Rachel Ong HOMEGROWN AP Oil International has received in-prin-ciple approval for a Sesdaq listing. Founded in 1975 and formerly known as Huan Chew Oil Trading, the company makes lubricating oils and fluids for industrial, automotive and marine applications. It will be
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Second-liners steal the show three clays in a row
      633 6  -  I=ll comment STOCKS r. sivanithy THE climate for equities doesn't seem to have improved that much from, say, a week ago but you wouldn't know it from the enthusiasm with which traders plunged into small caps yesterday. For a third straight
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      Lock icon Boustead wrt: rotational-play hope?
      178 6  -  WARRANT WATCH R Sivanithy THE main theme in the second-line segment of the market at the moment seems to be rotational playing traders appear to be moving into stocks in the hope of generating some momentum and if this fails to stir interest, they quickly switch
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      Lock icon PCI: upside test at 80-cent level
      238 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan PCI Ltd has staged a remarkable recovery from its mid-April lows of below 50 cents. The counter gained another three cents to 79 cents yesterday a new eight-week high. A total of 13.9 million units changed hands, a figure
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      342 6 Stocks Volume Surface MT HK20c 77,238,000 TPV USlc 26.186.000 Tianjin Zhong 21.956.000 KlVentures 10c 21.816.000 Autron 21,781,000 CEI 5c 18,503,000 Enzer 17,130,000 Hyflux 5c 15,169,000 Unidux6c 15,126,000 Hotung Inv NT5 14,446,000 Stocks DBS Grp 42,753,897 Chart Semiconductor 26c 41,884,680 Surface MT HK20c 33,724,050 Omni Ind 10c 30,093,440 Tianjin Zhong 26,530,172
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      Lock icon Yen explodes as euro continues to tumble
      571 6  -  I-i I comment CURRENCIES Euro falls through 104 yen support, next target 96 yen; greenback tests Ssl.Bo level briefly, ends flat at 551.8039 larry wee IT was the turn of the Japanese yen to take centre-stage in Asian trading yesterday, First exploding, then
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2940 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager's prices (Ss):May 25 Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNCFd 0.799 0.840 Global Technology Fd!** 0.760 0.799 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.801 0.842 American Opport Fd 0.894 0.939 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 1.103 1.159 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.279 1 344 Asian Fixed Income
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      93 7 This announcement appears as a matter of record only May 2001 a? Norelco Centreline Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 17 January 2001) Placement of 33,800,000 new ordinary shares of $0.05 each comprising:(i) 25,350,000 Placement Shares at $0.21 for each Placement Share; and (ii) 8,450,000 Reserved Shares
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      375 7 liTial Lianhe Zaobao Sen I I and overcoming I I many hurdles—l SifflXJkHß I I I Norelco Centreline Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 17 January 2001) Placement o! 33,800,000 new ordinary shares of $0.05 each comprising:(i) 25,350,000 Placement Shares at $0.21 for each Placement Share; and
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      371 8/9 new fordmondeo built to lead This really is a landmark product and one that redefines what we should expect from a family car AutoCar "The New Ford Mondeo goes straight to the top of the class." The Sunday Times, UK "Ford is clearly ahead of the game, thanks to its
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Open bidding for Category E COEs begins next month
      549 10  -  Trial may last up to a year; deposit of $10,000 pins a $2 fee required By i Christopher Tan MORE than two years after it was first mooted, open bidding for vehicle COEs will finally kick off next month. But the
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      Lock icon SG sees 2nd-half growth hitting 7%
      319 10  -  ■3730n the economy outlook By Anna Teo SINGAPORE'S economic growth should pick up to about 7 per cent in the second half, and round off to just under 6 per cent this year, according to SG Securities, currently one of the more optimistic forecasters
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      Lock icon E20's S'pore ops to own intellectual property, do R&D
      499 10 FOR US-based fibre optics transceiver maker E2O Communications, Singapore is not merely a place to manufacture its products efficiently. The firm also plans to transfer the ownership of all of its intellectual property to its Singapore operations as well as carry
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      Lock icon FreeMarkets launches 1st Asian operations centre
      363 10  -  Internet auction network gets EDB Business HQ Award w Tang Weng Fai PITTSBURGH-based FreeMarkets Inc yesterday launched its first Asian global market operations centre (GMOC) in Singapore which has been chosen as the company's Asian headquarters. Free Markets offers Inter-net-based auctions for industrial parts,
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      Lock icon High-speed Net access for just $99 a month
      172 10 HIGH-SPEED Net surfers worried about racking up expensive bills can subscribe to Pacific Internet's new broadband access with a $99 maximum monthly charge. The "Broadband Flexi" ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) plan offers download speeds of up to 512 kilobits per second.
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      Lock icon S'pore to host world's largest building exhibition
      214 10 REED Exhibitions said yesterday it would stage the world's largest international building exhibition Batimat Asia in Singapore from Nov 6 to Nov 8 next year. The event will be modelled after Batimat Paris, which has showcased advances in building construction for more than
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      Lock icon S'pore's credentials as a regional shopping paradise get a boost
      410 10 Great Singapore Sale will ran from today nntil July 8 THIS year's Great Singapore Sale, which runs for six weeks from today, will help establish the city as a regional shoppers' paradise. Kevin Leong, director of event marketing at the
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      Lock icon Launch of Boon Lay, Victoria sites not confirmed yet: URA
      365 11  -  Delay could point to cutback on residential land sales: analysts Andrea Tan THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said yesterday it has not confirmed the sale of a residential site in Boon Lay and a commercial parcel in Victoria Street, although
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      Lock icon Reuters puts up $1m show to woo customers
      380 11  -  It taps 800 delegates at forex event in Singapore By\ Ling Su Ann BRITISH news and financial provider Reuters is making a push to convince the world's top foreign exchange traders it should be their financial partner of choice. It has splurged
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      Lock icon S&P launches online research service
      268 11  -  By] Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] Standard Poor's (S&P) has launched an online Asia-Pacific equity research service run by a unit totally separate from its credit-ratings division. The service Asia Market Insight will offer real-time news, analysis and objective valuations on stocks across the region. It
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      Lock icon PruAsset Builder has recurring single premium
      488 11  -  MAILIEEI Felicia Leung Assistant Director Corporate Communications Prudential Assurance Co Singapore (Pte) Ltd I REFER to your article "New-look endowment plans for the times" (Executive Money, May 23). The article compared the returns and yields of 10 sin-gle-premium endowment plans. The information in the
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      Lock icon When bank customers switch loans, banks incur extra costs
      219 11  -  Elsie Foh (Mrs) Managing Director Head Personal Banking DBS Bank I REFER to the letter "DBS penalising existing customers" by Leong Yee Keong (Mailbag, May 23). Banks have different loan packages at different periods of time. Each loan offer contains specific
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      67 11 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 in
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      Lock icon Realpolitik to the fore in India-US ties
      729 12  -  OPINION Piira bottom line rajan ramanathan The writer is a journalist with BT's Foreign Desk THE United States may have found an unlikely strategic partner in Asia: India For long a benign, if persistent critic of US foreign policy and a Cold War
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      126 12 To speak exclusively of conservation is to duck the tough issues. Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis, all by itself, for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.' -Richard Cheney the US vice-president, speaking as chairman of President Bush's energy
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      Lock icon Jakarta's high-wire tension
      614 12 EDITORIAL THE political ground in Jakarta is trembling as Indonesia's embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid fights tooth and nail to survive the endgame of a twisted power struggle. Failing to beat off a hostile legislature, which remains unconvinced of the innocence he professes in two financial scandals, the
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      Lock icon An imbroglio that the US isn't itching to resolve
      1118 12  -  Despatching Ambassador Burns to talk peace is just a going-through-the-motions diplomatic reaction to the Mitchell commission report From Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent in Washington SOME media pundits have described the decision by the Bush administration to send
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      Lock icon Watch China move up, and Asean down
      874 12  -  COMMENTARY S-E Asian economies were hardest hit by the crisis, yet have reformed the least By Ronnie C Chan The writer is chairman of the Hang Lung Group based in Hong Kong. He contributed this comment, adapted from a recent address to the
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Quek Leng Chan looks all set to sell Nanyang Press
      466 13  -  isil exclusive Nanyang Press's declaration of a massive dividend payont of over 100% appears to point to this From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur A MASSIVE dividend payout yesterday signals that Malaysian tycoon Quek Leng Chan's Nanyang Press is all
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      Lock icon M'sia 2000 GDP growth revised to 8.3%
      231 13 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] The official statistician yesterday revised Malaysia's gross domestic product growth for 2000 to 8.3 per cent, down from 8.5 per cent. The Statistics Department revised downward its gross domestic product growth figures for all quarters, plus the full-year data. It
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        Lock icon UEM suffers 8% fall in Q1 profit
        61 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] United Engineers (Malaysia} am said profit in the first quarter fell 7.6 per cent, hurt by foreign exchange losses and higher operating costs. Net income fell to RM100.5 million (Ss4B million), or 12.3 sen a share in the three months
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        Lock icon MISC earnings rise 43%
        56 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia International Shipping Corp (MISC) said fourth-quarter profit rose 43 per cent because of higher demand and freight rates. Net income rose to RM339.5 million (Ssl6l million), or 18.3 sen a share, in the three months ended in March. Sales rose 9.9 per
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        Lock icon Time dotCom booster for Time Engg
        74 13 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Time Engineering said it registered a pre-tax profit of RM1.16 billion (Ssssomillion) in the first quarter to March compared to only RM627.000 in the same period last year, due to the exceptional gain of RMI. 196 billion from the sale of
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      Lock icon Investors start bailing out of Beijaya Group
      487 13  -  Stock loses a fifth of its v&lne yesterday over funding, acquisition plans From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur INVESTORS gave the thumbs down to Malaysian tycoon Vincent Tan's plan to raise more money and inject his private assets into his listed Berjaya Group.
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      Lock icon Phileo Allied plans to buy POS M'sia for RM800m
      177 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia PHILEO Allied Bhd said it has signed a conditional sale and purchase agreement with Minister of Finance Inc for the proposed acquisition of the entire stake, or 98.23 million shares, in POS Malaysia Bhd for RMBOO million (*****
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      Lock icon Link to strong US$ proving to be Malaysia's weakness
      623 13 KUALA LUMPUR Dollar peg making domestic economic management more difficult IHT TRAPPED between a fixed US dollar exchange rate and debilitating political uncertainty, Malaysia's economy and its capital markets are currently in a no-win situation. The economic fundamentals, such as inflation,
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Thaksin blames BOT governor's ego for rate row
      495 14 BANGKOK He says the central bank should have a policy to deter capital outflows Reuters THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday raised the stakes in a heated row with the Thai central bank over monetary policy, saying its governor was being driven
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      Lock icon Vietnam eases foreign exchange rules
      214 14 HANOI Reuters VIETNAM'S central bank has announced a relaxation of foreign exchange rules for foreign investors in a move to create a more attractive business environment. A central bank circular, which will take effect from June 2, said rules on use of overseas foreign currency
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      Lock icon Thaksin says Thai Airways is 'terrible' airline
      400 14 AP [BANGKOK] Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says the national flag carrier Thai Airways is such a terrible airline that he is "very happy" when he doesn't get a seat on it. "If I were not a public figure, I wouldn't fly with Thai.
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      Lock icon Thai banks boost lending in response to govt call
      423 14 BANGKOK Banks also told to help businesses in productive sectors AP RESPONDING quickly to a government request, stateowned banks yesterday said they plan to extend more loans to both the private and public sectors in an effort to stimulate the economy.
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      Lock icon Merger with BPI seen giving DBS a boost in the Philippines
      427 14  -  Union with country's oldest bank expected to push through in September Frotni Al Labita in Manila THE merger of DBS Bank's Philippine unit with a major bank controlled by listed conglomerate Ayala Corp will boost the Singapore bank's presence
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      Lock icon HK asset trader sells Sing Pao for quick gain
      493 16  -  Charles Chan, partner sell 60% stake for HKs2o6m; they bought 75% earlier for HKsl33m f-Yorru Audrey Tan in Hong Kong ASSET trader Charles Chan Kwok-Keung has turned a quick buck by selling most of the controlling stake in listed Sing Pao
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      Lock icon Catching up with a vengeance
      633 16  -  m=aii4:ifrom Shanghai Loh Hui Yin AS the general manager of a British cable manufacturing company, Singaporean TK Niam leads the typical lifestyle of an expatriate in Suzhou. There are the usual perks: a company car and driver, housing and education allowances for his family, and
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      Lock icon Investors in China's west could become HK's richest people: Zhu
      288 16 HONGKONG AFP, Bloomberg CHINESE Premier Zhu Rongji told Hong Kong's high-level delegation to China's western region yesterday that those who invested there could become the territory's richest people, media reports said. Mr Zhu's remarks came as Hong Kong's "Go West"
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon India ends ceasefire,invites Musharraf
        86 16 NYT [NEW DELHI J India announced on Wednesday nignt that it was ending its unilateral ceasefire in Kashmir, and said Prime Minister A B Vajpayee would invite Pakistan's military ruler, Gen Pervez Musharraf, to restart negotiations between the two countries. Talks came to a sudden halt
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        Lock icon US firm buys 40% of Taiwan firm's unit
        58 16 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Carlyle Group bought a 40 per cent stake in a unit of Taiwan's Pacific Construction Co that operates six department stores in China. The US buyout company agreed to pay about US$4O million to Taiwan's third largest publicly traded property
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        Lock icon HK March domestic exports down 19%
        55 16 Reuters [HONG KONG] The volume of Hong Kong's domestic exports in March decreased by 19 per cent year-on-year, while re-exports increased by 3.9 per cent, the Census and Statistics Department said yesterday. Total export, volume was up 1.2 per cent and import volume rose
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      581 17 CHICAGO/PARIS Deal could be worth USs33b and offers little or no premium for Lucent: sources Reuters TALKS for French telecom equipment maker Alcatel to acquire US rival Lucent Technologies Inc intensified on Wednesday in a deal that could be worth about US$33
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      344 17 AP [REDMOND, Washington] The dotcom boom may be over, but demand for technology remains strong, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates told about 130 business leaders on Wednesday at Microsoft's fifth annual CEO summit. In fact, Mr Gates said: "I think this next decade
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      401 17 WASHINGTON 56,000 people cheated of USsll7m in scams Reuters A MAJOR crackdown on Web-based fraud has broken up pyramid schemes, phony "Beanie Bay" auctions and other Internet scams that had cheated 56,000 people out of more than US$ll7 million, US law enforcers said. A
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      145 17 PITTSBURGH AFP IN a cruel irony, the organisation that is supposed to warn against hacker attacks has seen its website hacked. The Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (CERT/CC) said in a statement that it has been under attack by hackers since Tuesday 11.30 am (1530
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      292 17 FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts Bloomberg ALMOST one billion people, or 15 per cent of the world's population, will be using the Internet by 2005, growth that may generate more than US$5 trillion in online commerce by the end of that year, a new study suggests. The
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      339 17 TOKYO Reuters JAPAN'S Nintendo Co Ltd yesterday reported a 41.6 per cent slide in group operating profit for the latest year due to slack game sales, but analysts expect its popular new portable game machines to revive earnings this year. Operating
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      594 18 LONDON Bat the LSE fails to map ont a clear growth strategy in a global market Reuters THE London Stock Exchange yesterday said it would float in July as it jostles for position in an increasingly global market, but stakeholders hoping to see
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      496 18 WASHINGTON Bloomberg US SALES of new single-fami-ly homes fell in April more than any other month in four years, a sign of emerging caution among buyers, a government report showed. New home sales dropped 9.5 per cent to 894,000
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      436 18 US SPY PLANE TALES BEIJING AFP CHINA said yesterday it had agreed to a US proposal to dismantle the US spy plane stranded on the southern island of Hainan and to ship it back to the United States. However the US
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        68 18 AP [WASHINGTON] Bankruptcy filings by American consumers and businesses jumped 17.5 per cent in the first three months of the year as the economy slumped, the Administrative Office of the US Courts reported. Filings hit 366,841 from January to March, the highest ever for a
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        88 18 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan Telecom said it racked up a solid profit rise last year, fuelling hope that its British partner Vodafone may have backed a winner. For the just-ended year to March, net profit rose nearly 7 per cent to 17.55 billion
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        59 18 Reuters [LONDON] Bass Pic, the world's second-largest hotels group, reported a 4 per cent rise in half-year profits yesterday, but its shares slipped on worries over a US slowdown which hurt Holiday Inn and Inter-Continental properties. Pre-tax profits rose to £337 million (SsBs9
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      738 18  -  Voters think Labour has done well with economy: analysts From Neil Behrman in London ONLY a fortnight from the elections, polls suggest that British voters will overwhelmingly give Tony Blair's New Labour a second term. Surprisingly, voters have not
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      74 18 LONDON AFP THE daughter of global media baron Rupert Murdoch is to marry Matthew Freud, a British public relations executive and great-grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, it was announced yesterday. Elisabeth Murdoch and Freud already have a six-month-old daughter together, as well as two
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      370 18 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S black economy was estimated to be worth up to 4.5 per cent of the country's gross domestic product in 1999, according to a report by a Japanese think-tank released on Wednesday. Hamagin Research Institute said it estimated
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      428 20 NEW YORK Cash inflows follow record pnllonts of USsls.4b in March; tech fands avoided Bloomberg INVESTORS returned to equity mutual funds for the first time in three months in April, adding US$2l billion in new cash as stock prices climbed
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      255 20 TOKYO AP AS part of an economic recovery package Japan's government yesterday approved a bill that is designed to encourage individuals to invest in the stock market. The legislation, together with three other related bills, was endorsed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet
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      449 20 TOKYO Proportion of their portfolio for June rises to above-50% Reuters JAPANESE institutional investors are putting more ftinds into global stocks following recent monetary easing steps by the world's major central banks, an asset allocation survey for June showed on Thursday. The survey, reflecting
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      550 20 DETROIT Carmaker takes out ads to explain recall, tyre-maker attacks safety of Ford car Reuters THE war between Ford Motor and Firestone escalated on Wednesday as the carmaker launched a campaign to explain its recall of Firestone tyres while the tyre-maker
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      466 21 WASHINGTON But Democrats want no major changes in final compromise LAT-WP THE US Senate overwhelmingly approved an 11-year, US$l.35 trillion tax cut package on Wednesday and sent it immediately to House and Senate negotiators, as Republicans rushed to work out a final
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      487 21 150 people, including MDs and VPs, to go as Q1 investment banking revenue falls 8% Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs Group, this year's No 1 mergers adviser and stock underwriter, is firing about 12 per cent of its investment bankers to reduce costs
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      335 21 It will close 6 of 33 brokerage offices because of losses FT [TOKYO] Merrill Lynch plans to close six of its 33 retail brokerage offices in Japan three years after it became the first foreign bank to try to break into the sector. The
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      385 21 [LOS ANGELES] Cffßichard Ellis Services Inc, the largest US commercial property broker, is cutting 160 jobs and reducing bonuses to senior management as part of a plan to save money as leasing activity and property sales slow. The measures will
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      112 20 Atttda, fatten*} f THE HOUSE OF PAINTINGS II J inda Gallery (formally known as Malinda Art Gallery, Park Mall) introduces I 1 more than 500 exotic paintings of Asian origins by renowned artists in the region. II Elegantly displayed in our new 2-storey 6000 sq feet gallery located in the
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      271 22 SGZ Derivatives Trading Report ST Index/MSClS'pore Index SINGAPORE stocks rose for a fourth day yesterday. The benchmark Straits Times Index added 5.42 points, or 0.3 per cent, to settle at 1,692.38 points as 23 counters gained, 12 fell and 11 were unchanged. The MSCI
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      242 22  -  MS& Taiwan Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore Pte Ltd RETAIL investors in Taiwan yesterday bought stocks on weakness, hoping to join the next rally. However, the MSCI Taiwan Stock Index fell 0.23 point, or 0.09 per cent, to settle at 241.35 points. Turnover for the
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      232 22 Reuters London THE euro rebounded more than one per cent from this year's lows against the US dollar and the yen yesterday as dealers grew wary of possible central bank action to stem its rapid decline. Intervention jitters grew in holiday-thinned European markets after Japan's top financial diplomat
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      2840 23 HONG KONG AFP HONG KONG share prices fell 0.2 per cent yesterday on profit-taking following losses on Wall Street although late bargain-hunting limited early losses, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 28.50 points to close at 13,810.60 on a turnover of
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      1240 23 Reuters jShgahgiß Index -M 136 CHINA'S B share rally resumed yesterday, with indices ending up after touching life-time highs as retail punters hunted for cheaper counters like Hainan Airlines and Zhejiang Southeast Power. The Shenzhen B Share Index rose 6.36 points, or 1.51 per cent, to 428.42, with turnover
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      380 23 AFP IWP Index +16.82 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.3 per cent higher yesterday on follow-through buying, following sharp gains in the previous session, analysts said. The Weighted Price Index rose 16.82 points to 5.226.79, on a turnover of NT574.02 billion. Gainers led losers 256 to 249, with 89 issues
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      2065 23 TOKYO AFP Qffikkei&S -17LM SHARE prices in Tokyo closed 1.2 per cent lower yesterday as a heavy fall on Wall Street on Wednesday dampened buying sentiment, brokers said. The Nikkei Average of 225 select issues lost 171.91 points to 13,895.79. The Topix
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      5116 26 Capital Holdings I Keppel Capital Holdings Ltd and its subsidiaries H (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2000 H The Group Group Note 2000 1999 Note 2000 1999 $000 $000 S'ooo 000 SHARE CAPITAL 4 1,380,182 1.094.993 Cash, gold bullion and balances with
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      4766 27 14. PROVISIONS AND INTEREST-IN-SUSPENSE (cont'd) 1* FIXED ASSETS 14. EARNINGS MR SHARE Th. Group Kepp.l TatLM tank Limited Th. r.m„ n Office Statement of Chenoet In Equity equipment. (a) Bade earning, per there for the year ended J1 December 2000 c.!cS t SSS furniture and Shara Shara Capital Statutory Ravanua
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      435 29 AFP, AFX-Asia n Composite Index *&79 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.2 per cent higher yesterday on a technical rebound led by Tenaga Nasional and Telekom Malaysia. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended up 6.79 points at 567.58. The Second Board Index gained 1.64
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      309 30 Reuters d Composite Index -0.32 SEOUL'S Composite Stock Index shed 0.32 point to close at 622.28. Volume traded rose to 561.5 million shares worth 2.6 trillion won. Reuters m«y 2* Won Anam Semi 4450 -15 Brain Tech 705 unch Central Bank 170 unch Cheil Comm *****0 3000 Dae Ou
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      733 30 AFP r SET Intel +LlO THE Thai stock market closed 0.4 per cent higher yesterday, with sustained gains in finance and telecom stocks offsetting profit-taking in other areas, brokers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index added 1.10 points to finish at 312.27 points and the SET 50
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      266 30 Reuters PNZSE-40 *3.74 NEW Zealand shares consolidated yesterday, finding solid support after a 2 per cent fall the previous day sparked by a placement of 91 million discounted Telecom shares. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 3.74 points at 2,049.49 on a turnover of NZ$9O million. Reuters «n rooo)
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      556 30 AFP All Ordinaries -ILSO AUSTRALIAN shares ended down 0.3 per cent yesterday, as performances in the communications and resources sectors dampened sentiment. The All Ordinaries Index fell 11.5 points to 3,350.5, while the SP/ASX 200 dropped 10.7 points to 3,416.0. The All Industrials dropped 15.6 points to 5,691.1 and
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      290 30 AFP i Composite Index -1L52 PHILIPPINE shares closed 0.8 per cent lower yesterday. The Composite Index shed 11.52 points to 1,434.68. Volume slid slightly to 726 million shares, but value rose to 469 million pesos, compared with 727 million shares worth 361 million pesos traded on Wednesday. AFP May
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      1266 32  -  Janet Ang, the new S'pore MD, waxes lyrical about her family and her role in the computer giant to amma teo ANNA TEO SIX weeks into her maternity leave at the end of March, Janet Ang got word that she had
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      674 32 It's exciting —so much going for us IBMers After 19 years in IBM, the vibrant cultnre with the go-getter spirit is what keeps Janet Ang's adrenalin pnmping IN these New Economy days, the professionally progressive are supposed to see several career changes in their lifetime. Janet Ang joined IBM Singapore
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      101 32 RIVILEGE BANKING Janet Ang on IBM Singapore's business priorities and biggest challenge— in BizlTon Monday It isn't just about making inquiries. It's about banking with style, ease and convenience. At UOB Privilege Banking, you will realise the difference. With just a quick phone call to your Relationship Manager, you can
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      32 33 INSIDE NewAsiaßiz Woman Martha Tilaar: Doyenne of Asian beauty secrets EL 3 Golf Links Winston's enters new phase, says chairman Jeffrey Bose EL 6 Epicure Classy dining On The Bay EL 8
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        1859 34 IT'S interesting how, during good times, new furniture stores can pop up every other day, and no one would even blink an eye. But when the mood is already dampened, all it takes is one familiar name to go bust for consumers to scurry away. Following the sudden
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        585 36  -  CINEMA The sequel does not have the edge of the original but it's still heavy, in fact, overly so on the special effects By. Parvathi Nayar THAT hoary Egyptian who refuses to stay dead and believes in bandages as a fashion statement has returned. Already?
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        635 36  -  CINEMA The problem with 'About Adam' is one of credibility. It's a mystery how such implausible behaviour could result in smiles and giggles all round ihi i Geoffrey Eu IN real life, when a smooth-talking guy sneaks around behind his girlfriend's back with her
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        1056 40  -  corimme f is seduced by 8 OTB's attractive design and spacious layout Its eclectic menu, however, is not as impressive CORINNE KERK IT used to be that only people with a taste for Taiwan porridge, Thai sharksfin or a certain Golden Girls KTV Niteclub would
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        528 40  -  PROMOTIONS By Cheah Ui-Hoon THERE are ways, and then there are ways, to keep seafood fresh. The Chinese way, as we know, is to keep the fish in tanks in the restaurants. The Canadian way, at least for one particular chef, is
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        973 40  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR Here are some pointers for buying the vintage which ranks as one of last millennium's greatest By N K Yong CORINNE Mentzelopoulos of Chateau Margaux, Bernard Pujol of Chateau Pape Clement, Jean-Guillaume Prats of Chateau Cos D'Estournel and Hubert de Bouard of Chateau Angelus,
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      318 34 SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL 2001 51 MAY -24 JUNE W STREB (USA) (Asian Premiere) UROBOS Project Time Arena Theatre Company (Australia) Art/on Heroes (Argentina/Australia/Austria/Singapore) Eat Your Young fritirallv acclaimed for their gravity-defying (World Premiere) This futuristic psychological thriller is told through oerformances'STßEß pays tribute to the spirit of A unique consortium
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      928 35  -  Martha Tilaar, whose products have already garnered a 20 per cent share of her country's beauty industry, plans to export her chain of spas overseas, reports cheahui-hoom CHEAH UI-HOON IN John Naisbitt's famous book, Megatrends Asia, he cited Martha Tilaar from Indonesia as one of
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      881 35  -  HEALTH Nicotine Replacement Therapy products deliver nicotine more slowly and in lower doses than cigarettes. Hence they are not addictive By 1 Melissa Sim ALWAYS wanted to quit smoking but never knew how? Tried to quit before but just could not resist the
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      46 36 See EL sfor listings COURT DINING At Pine Court Chinese Restaurant LUNCH 12 noon 2.30pm DINNER 6.30pm 10.30pm Reservations: 831 -6262 N "i Mandarin QQ Singapore Ilk 333 Orchard Road. Singapore *****7 J^m Tel 737 4411 Fax: 732 2361 m m **■> Hrr fftf |»k <r, I
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      706 38  -  By\ Stephen Roe FT COCKERELS crowed and hens scurried and foraged through the long grass while I struggled to pick my way through the labyrinth of narrow, twisting roads that wind their way across the island of Barbados. The sleepy lanes and
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      390 38 A BRIEF session with JBA golf professional Alastair Frew before the tee-off was the impetus for the Cargill Financial Services team's convincing win in the fourth leg of the Ericsson Corporate Golf League. Struggling with their game in the first three legs, Eric
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      64 40 The Quebec seafood promotion at Blue Lobster on Riverwalk ends on Sunday. Call 538-0766 for promotion details and reservations. Great Savings! S\. ITAIIAM niMiMfa SETS LUXURIOUS LEATHER SETTEES ITALIAN STUDY SETS- ITALIAN BEDS M bargains OVttXJ™^^^ -—i riTfl iV"*'gss9 LESS3O% ££<» B PmBBM It's Simply Executivel 68 Orchard Junction, >02-14/15.1
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      286 41 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell nine points to 1,433, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) dropped 18 points to 1,464, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) shed 31 points to 9,528 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down six points to 1,775. TIME-GHAiriUtt ♦Bagru (built 2001) 172,964
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      596 41  -  Sri Lankan port to nndergo US$l Jsb DDisradiiuL *r?r "09 re-development By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Maersk Sealand is among those watching developments around the planned South Port of Colombo with an eye on possible investment. Chairman of Maersk Lanka W T
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      208 41 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Mitsui Engineering Shipbuilding Co returned to profit following four consecutive annual losses, as the mid-sized Japanese shipbuilder benefited from a weaker yen and cost cutting. Group net income in the 12 months to March 31 was 2.2 billion yen (5532.2
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      92 41 [SINGAPORE] Management 0f2,265 Indonesian ports will soon be handed over to regional administrations as part of decentralisation. According to online news reports quoting Ministry of Communication documents, the handover will include 544 ports currently under its authority, 1,200 under private companies and 540
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      178 41 [LONDON] Tanker giant Frontline has reported a first quarter net profit of U*****.7 million (*****.06 million), far higher than the US$l million recorded for the first quarter of 2000. The jump in performance was due to the strong tanker market and a full quarter's
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      411 41  -  Stevedores back at work after Indian govt agrees to consider demand for higher wages By 1 Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Stevedores at southern India s Chennai port have ended a 17-day strike after the government said it will consider raising wages. About 430 container handlers
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        702 42  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar THE dependants of three men killed in a collision in Indonesian waters have had their action for damages thrown out by the High Court because their lawyers did not start the legal action on time. The deceased were
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      284 42 PACE Ahrenkiet 12 Appensliip 5 AsiaOCL 11 Assets 5 Austral 6 Avant 12 B'tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BTL 12 Bangladesh 11 Balaji 4 Batamindo 11 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 CSAV 3 V Central Ex 6 Chahaya 12 ChoYang 5 China Shpg 5 Confer 12
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      335 42  -  Taiwan port nudged to fourth place by South Korea's fast growing Pnsan By. P T Bangsberg THE Port of Kaohsiung, Taiwan's main sea gateway, is improving storage and distribution businesses in hopes of regaining its third-place position among world container ports. Taiwan is
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        1990 53 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND La CARGO Boofctnq/Baiinc* Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period Fran To Fran ACHIEVER 402 25/1600 0 23/1500 23/NM 23/HOO U 23/1700 24/065* 2V9N0 2* 21/1700 24/0659 24/0*00 3 24/0700 24/IH* 24/4400 4 24/1200 24/MM 24/1700 *a iir 0441 tt/tiM m 23/hoo 21/10*
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        510 53 Cartoon 180 Max 981.6 0.3 122 0.07 40 0.03 Mart? faulty Water Residue Ask Ahiminiuiii Sediment No above E2S 0 0 0 0 0 0 380 Ave 985.3 0J U.3 0.06 20 0.02 bun 380 Max 969.7 0.9 16.1 0.09 45 0.04 W/tri v/v m/m m/m
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        186 53 May 28 US: Spring Bank Holiday UK: Memorial Day Canada: Victoria Day Jane 2 Malaysia: King's Birthday Jane 4 Malaysia: Birthday's of Prophet Mohammed SAW Indonesia: Birthday's of« Prophet Mohammed SAW New Zealand: Queen's Birthday Ireland: June Holiday Germany: Whit Monday Janet South Korea: Memorial Day Jane 11
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        783 53 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        378 54 Michael Mascarenhas alleged to have extended undue favours to London travel agent AI [NEW DELHI, India] The chief of national carrier Air India was suspended from his post after government investigators accused him of corruption, a report said. The civil aviation ministry also
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        144 54 AFP [HAMBURG, Germany] German airline Lufthansa and the pilots' union Cockpit have agreed to mediation by former foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher in their fractious wage talks, his spokeswoman said Wednesday. The two parties agreed to limited arbitration Tuesday following the breakdown of negotiations and
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        253 54 Reuters [PARIS] Airline traffic at Paris' Orly airport was temporarily paralysed on Wednesday after several hundred employees of the AOM/Air Liberte airlines occupied the runways in protest against a company restructuring plan. The protesters first occupied the take-off runway, forcing a Royal
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        361 54 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Virgin Blue, Richard Branson's low-fare Australian airline, may start flying between Sydney and Melbourne, the country's busiest route, as early as next month. Rival low-fare carrier Impulse Airlines ceased flying major routes, including between Sydney and Melbourne, two
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        89 54 AFX-Asia [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd is forging closer ties with China's three largest airlines to enable it to cash in on the country's rapid industrial growth, Raymond Yuen, general manager of John Swire Sons (China) and director of Cathay Pacific
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        576 54 They cite onion opposition, antitrust problems, Irat UAL says deal is on Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] A year after UAL Corp announced a US$l2.3 billion bid for US Airways Group Inc, analysts say the operator of the world's second-largest airline may abandon
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      80 41 AIR FREIGHT A SPECIAL FEATURE SHIPPING TIMES 20 JUNE 2001 you the logistics and related businesses, 20 June 2001 could bring i unprecedented opportunities. For enquiries or v XuS^S'SJ^to booking* by v jS|tf highlight the latest developments iMuna 2001, the the mU,t IBi|ll !fl platform. will be the B| E-maii:
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