The Business Times, 1 June 2001

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE Internet: nttp:,.'business-times.asial.com.sg/ FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2001 85C
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    78 1 sir M 57.06 (-5.69) BT-SU 9SLB7 (-1.66) ST INDEX FUTURES U4oloo (-24.00) SUSCI FUTURES mso (-3.20) STOCK MAKEET INDICES Thursday Chaage KLSE COMP 672.88 +120 NIKKEI 224 1****** -23L21 HANG SENG 11,174.41 -245.72 SET INDEX SiaiS -0.06 JAKAETA COMP 406.86 -107 MANILA OOMP —1,***** +6.79 TAIPEI WPI 5,048.86
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    86 1 FOBEX BATES l'S$ s$ USS (SS per CSS) 1.806 £(USS/SS per S) 1.420 2.564 EUBO(USS/SS/E) 0.849 L534 DM 2103 1-275 YEN U9.0 66.90 RM 3.800 1104 HKS im 4il» BABT 4533 25.10 RUPIAH 11,075 6.133 •xs to 100 unit* PRIME SATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 Kl'ALA LUMFUR 7.67 JAKARTA .39 M)
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    Lock icon Marina Square to undergo $150m upgrade
    610 1  -  ilexclusive 18-month job will help mall compete with new rivals in vicinity By] Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Marina Square will undergo massive renovations costing $150 million to $160 million to help the ageing mall keep up with new competitors in the area, sources told BT.
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    Lock icon S'pore investment in SIP vindicated: Lim Chee Onn
    743 1  -  i (exclusive Swapping stake portions proved to be the right move By] Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] KEPPEL group chairman Lim Chee Onn says the turnaround in the financial fortunes of the huge Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) in China proves that Singapore's substantial
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    Lock icon Qantas denies seeking Air NZ takeover
    555 1  -  Reports by, Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Qantas yesterday denied it is seeking outright control of or a merger with Air New Zealand. Responding to warnings by New Zealand politicians including Prime Minister Helen Clarke that such a move would face severe regulatory obstacles, Qantas chief
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    Lock icon Analyst slams Australian, NZ competition watchdogs
    392 1 They fail to see aviation industry as global entity, he says [SINGAPORE] A leading aviation analyst has slammed tough talk by Australia's competition watchdog, labelling many of its warnings "nationalistic grandstanding". The managing director of the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation, Peter Harbison, said
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      55 1 nisPß Top Stories Serial ex-CEO to comply fully: SIC. Pg4 DBS mulls over dropping of DBS-50 Index. Pg 4 Hutchison unveils Korean port project. Pg 14 Axa and Deutsche Bank talks falter. Pg 16 Arts Festival Starting the festival with a bang. Pg 9 Golf Charity on the greens. EL
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      22 1 S PORE'S MANUFACTURING Down in May for 4th 4 consecutive month -Page 8 60% sold at The Dew exec condo Page 8
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon What really turns them on
        115 2 THROW out the flowers, soft music, poetry and all that soppy stuff. Turn them on with electronic gadgets. Using something called a psycho-galvanometer, UK scientists have discovered that, these days, ladies get the highest "arousal levels" from DVD players and the latest, coolest, shiniest electronic
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        Lock icon The ritziest of them all
        100 2 GUESS which is the favourite Singapore hotel of finance and investment banker types? Euromoney magazine readers from 115 financial institutions all over the world picked the Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore as their top choice not only in Singapore, but the world. Do you think it's anything
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      Lock icon BOC staff brace for the axe despite management memo
      425 2  -  I'U exclusive Bank urges them to ignore ramonrs and await official confirmation By Rachel Ong [SINGAPORE] The Singapore staff of the Bank of China (BOC) are bracing for possible job cuts, after its merger with Kwantung Provincial Bank which also has
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      Lock icon Fears of Koizumi's plan sparking bankruptcies
      762 2  -  Massive sales of US govt bonds, foreign securities also seen Prow, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's plan to force banks to speed up their writing off of bad debts has provoked warnings that this could trigger an avalanche of corporate
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      Lock icon Focus shifts to resolving big Indon economic problems
      579 2  -  With HPR special session fixed for Aug 1, markets get more optimistic despite cautious mood From I Shoeb Kagda iu Jakarta AS Indonesia's prolonged political crisis enters its final days, attention has shifted to the country's deep economic problems and the urgent
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      567 2 KPMGSanmaVSeife Goods Services Tax GST F5 Return Preparation Workshops 2001 Orchard Hotel Singapore, 9.00 am to 5.30pm What In our continuing effort to provide proactive, practical and seamless taxation advice to our clients, the Indirect Tax Practice of KPMG Tax Services will be conducting a series of one-day GST workshops
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      142 3 The Land Office, Singapore Land Registry, Survey Department, and Land Systems Support Unit have merged to form the Singapore Land Authority professionalism nK innovation I a fresh perspective I i igL el Lz^l MH| K^H A new statutory board emerges to offer new solutions and perspectives on land resources in
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      348 4 Pall bst of market cap rankings, Pg 21 VOLUNTARY CONDITIONAL CASH PARTIAL OFFER for Elec Eltek fix H g g ELEC ELTEK INTERNATIONAL COMRANY LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) by HSB C<Z> THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Hong Kong SAR with limited liability)
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Serial ex-CEO to comply fully: SIC
      466 4  -  Eddie Chug pledges to obey order on compensation of firm's shareholders By 1 David Boey EDDIE Chng, the ousted chief executive officer of Serial System, has pledged that he will comply fully with the Securities Industry Council's (SIC) direction to compensate Serial shareholders affected
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      Lock icon DBS mulls dropping of DBS-50 Index, sources say
      223 4  -  By Angela Tan DBS Bank is reviewing its DBS-50 Index, one of the more widely followed indices in Singapore after the Straits Timex Index (STI). and may even scrap it, sources said yesterday. Sources said the bank might do away with the
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      Lock icon SGX market cap falls 2.7% to $264.6b in May
      556 4  -  By Ven Sreenivasan THE series of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and a recovery on Wall Street did little to boost the Singapore bourse, whose market capitalisation slipped another 2.7 per cent last month. The value of stocks on the Singapore
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      Lock icon North 22 profit surges to HK$35m
      393 4  -  Purchase of Expert Systems helps to swell sales to HKs24sm By Andrew Wee IT solutions and services provider North 22 Technology Services Group yesterday reported a 31-fold increase in full-year net profit to HK535.6 million (555.2 million) and is positioning itself to capitalise on
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      Lock icon Marathon Inno-Pac AGM makes little progress
      375 4  -  By Serena Ng AFTER a marathon 12-hour annnal general meeting yesterday that had to be adjourned several times, investment holding company Inno-Pacific said only one of its seven resolutions had been passed. The meeting started at 9 am but by late afternoon, the only
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      Lock icon Beat manipulators through better investor education and awareness
      692 4  -  I!'•UN lock siew r sivanithy WITH deregulation sweeping through the local market, investors these days are expected to be better versed with the ins and outs of varied and increasingly complex instruments. This is in line with a shift from a merit-based
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      Lock icon Bringing something new to Raffles
      524 7  -  Hotel's new 6M nnfazed abont stepping into Jennie Chna's shoes Marissa Chew STEPPING into the shoes of veteran hotelier Jennie Chua may be daunting for some but not for Michael Luible, who says he will continue what she has done and bring something new too.
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Stats gets nod to triple share base
        123 7 Bloomberg ST Assembly and Test Services Ltd (Stats) has won shareholder approval to triple the maximum share base, enabling Asia's second-biggest chip-testing company to raise money and expand when business picks up. The Singapore-based company can increase the number of shares to up
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        Lock icon Wong's Circuits eyeing new business
        105 7 LISTED Wong's Circuits, which recently disposed of its core printed circuit board business, said yesterday that its directors were in talks on acquiring a new business for the group, and a reverse takeover could be in store. This could be the case if its major
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      Lock icon S'pore CFA candidates biggest group after HK's
      251 7  -  By Melissa Sim SINGAPOREANS will make up the second largest group of candidates in the region, after Hong Kong, that are sitting for the Chartered Financial Analyst examination on Sunday. Singapore candidates total 4,801, against Hong Kong's 6,580. A record 86,421 candidates worldwide
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      Lock icon Top Goldman Sachs analyst joins GIC
      283 7  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala ONE of Singapore's most highly rated research analysts, Goldman Sachs Singapore's Ang Lay Pheng, has left the US-based investment bank for the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC). Ms Ang left Goldman Sachs last week and will join GIC in about
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      Lock icon Quotation of Singapore Government Stocks (May 31, 2001)
      296 7 INDICATIVE NUMBER MIDDLE PRICES GROSS MATURITY YEAR RAISED COUPON AMOUNT INTEREST OF DAYS OF (EXCLUDING REDEMPTION RATE (SM) PAYMENT ACCRUE) ACCRUED YIELD ISIN COOE (%PA) DATES INTEREST INTEREST) 15.06.2001 N*****0S 1994 41/2 *****0 15/6 15/12 167 100.12 iSTi SG********** 01.09.2001 N*****1S 1999
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      336 6 Slocks Volume Tianjin Zhong 16,517,000 PacificCenturylOc 16.329,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 15,074,000 Omni Ind 10c 11,340.000 PCI 25c 11,274,000 North 22 USlc 10,815,000 Frontline 5c 10,665,000 Enzer 10,439.000 Hotung Inv NT5 9.952,000 Norelco 5c 9,811,000 Stock* VentureMfg25c 44,362,100 DBSGrp 34,381,964 Omni Ind 10c 32,236,345 Datacraft 10c 22,624,197 Tianjin Zhoog 22,279,292
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      Lock icon Shares hold up well despite sharp Wall Street fall
      634 6  -  1-11 comment STOCKS r. sivanithy NOT unexpectedly, local stock prices eased yesterday in line with a sharp overnight drop on Wall Street and subsequent weakness throughout the region. But the pain wasn't as great as might have been expected the Straits
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      Lock icon Upside potential for Seksun wrt
      184 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By. R Sivanithy DESPITE the desperate trawling of the second line, there are still a lot of penny warrants that haven't moved. And because the rotational frenzy that has swept through the market in recent weeks seems to be dying down, these instruments
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      Lock icon Acma: price recovery looks tough
      230 6  -  HOT STOCK Ven Sreenivasan ACMA'S stock has been stuck in a declining channel since the start of last year, when it was hovering between $1.40 and $1.50. Those prices are history and yesterday, the shares closed a cent lower at 39 cents. Some 492,000 changed
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      Lock icon Euro resumes slide with a vengeance, notably vs yen
      535 6  -  I-ii comment CURRENCIES Europe, Japan hint they would not prop np the euro: yen rebound boosts other Asian currencies larry wee THE euro nosedived through last week's lows versus the US dollar, Japanese yen and Singapore dollar in Asian trading yesterday
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    3206 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Abtrdtin Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNCFd 0.772 0.812 Global Technology Fd!** 0 695 0.731 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.776 0.815 American Opport Fd 0-867 0.911 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 1.063 1.117 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.252 1.316 Asian Fixed Income Fd 1.106 1.140 Pacific
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Bank lending rises $1.1b in April
      333 8  -  ■=*m on the economy bank lending By\ Serena Ng AFTER dipping in February and March, bank lending rose about $1.1 billion month on month to $158 billion in April, according to figures released yesterday by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). But economists reckon
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      Lock icon Issues raised by Noble Group share buy-back
      632 8  -  M bag Ngia Soon Chai Singapore THE share buy back exercise by the Noble Group has raised some interesting issues. As at the close of market on May 9, after deducting the share re purchased by the company, Noble Group's outstanding issued shares
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      Lock icon Manufacturing shrinks for 4th straight month in May
      555 8  -  Latest PMI indicates it'll languish till year-end; electronics PMI down 1.6 points By\ Eugene Low SINGAPORE'S manufacturing economy contracted in May, the fourth month in a row, and it's likely to languish until year-end, according to the latest Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI).
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      Lock icon URA releases Boon Lay residential site
      724 8  -  By' Vince Chong THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday put up for sale by tender a 1.7 ha residential land parcel at Boon Lay, and, at the same time, released results on the latest phase of sales at Chuan Green. Some in the market
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      Lock icon 100 units of The Dew EC sold for $383 psf
      311 8  -  By 1 Vince Chong AFTER a four-day wait in the queue to buy a unit at Bukit Batok executive condominium (EC) The Dew, some homebuyers can finally hit the sack in the comfort of their homes after the paperwork of
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      Lock icon Adjustments of Medisave withdrawal limits
      406 8 THE Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday announced several adjustments to the Medisave withdrawal limits to ensure that they keep pace with rising medical costs. Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang first mentioned the raising of limits for Medisave claims during this year's Budget debate. "The adjustments
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      Lock icon New player Tuas Power Supply signs first 4 customers
      345 8  -  By\ Eugene Low TUAS Power Supply, one of the new players in Singapore's electricity retail market, has signed its first four customers. The company said yesterday it has inked supply agreements with two companies in the chemicals industry, one in the
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      Lock icon S'pore rated cleanest of 12 Asian nations again
      350 8  -  It betters last year's score in Perc survey; India performs worst By Trina Foo SINGAPORE has again been rated the cleanest of 12 Asian nations by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc). China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia and the Philippines were
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  • ARTS festival
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      Lock icon Starting the Festival with a bang
      760 9  -  The choice of the opening act inevitably comes under scrutiny, gheah ui-hoom uncovers the selection criteria CHEAH UI-HOON CONTEMPORARY and Asian. That's the flavour and feel that the National Arts Council wants for the Singapore Arts Festival. And this year, this ambition is embodied
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      Lock icon WHAT'S ON TONIGHT
      182 9  -  Compiled by Trina Foo The Woman In A Tree On The HHI CATCH Ivan Heng's take on the Ovidia Yu play about love, violence and freedom, set against the backdrop of a global environmental holocaust. 8.00-9.30pm (no intermission) at Jubilee HalL Tickets: $22, $32. $42. Verdi's Requiem
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Wonder how much longer I'll be wrong
      825 10  -  wiim bottom line OPINION robert samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group PLAYING party pooper is no fun. I know. For three years, I've written that the US economy's glorious boom seems headed for an inglorious end. Well, it hasn't happened. True, we've seen
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      94 10 It's clear that flowers and chocolates really don't do it for women any more, so men should make sure they go for the coolest shiniest gadgets.' Adam Johnson a British psychologist, on monitoring a woman's reaction to certain types of presents, who found that hightech toys aroused
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      Lock icon An unfortunate turn in Thailand
      637 10 EDITORIAL WHILE it did not come as a complete surprise, the peremptory dismissal of Thailand's fiercely-independent central bank governor, Chatu Mongol Sonakul, is unfortunate for Thailand and for its markets. It must be recalled first that Mr Chatu Mongol's dismissal is but the latest in
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      Lock icon Lots to digest in new code of corporate governance
      986 10  -  The whole board most understand the code's fall implications and may have to take independent advice to do so By\ David Mason The writer was a partner in an international accounting firm in Singapore for 14 years. He is now a
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      Lock icon Mr Yen keeps speaking his own truth
      934 10  -  COMMENTARY Japan may be catching up with the contrarian thinker ahead of the curve By\ Patrick Smith The writer is a longtime correspondent abroad and the author, most recently, of 'Japan: A Reinterpretation' HOW quickly the klieg lights shift their bleached-white beams, casting
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon MCA's Huaren wraps up Nanyang Press deal
      531 11  -  Analysts expect agreement to lead to a backlash against the party From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE investment arm of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) yesterday wrapped up the controversial acquisition of Nanyang Press from Quek Leng Chan's group, despite continued rumblings
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        Lock icon Rights body pleads for Anwar operation
        46 11 AFP {KUALA LUMPUR] Jailed Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim should be allowed to have a spinal operation overseas, the officially-appointed human rights commission said yesterday. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said his decision to reftise Anwar an overseas operation is final.—AFP
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        Lock icon M'sia to subsidise use of palm oil as fuel
        114 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia, the world's largest palm oil producer, said it will spend as much as RM64 million (5530.4 million) to subsidise use of the edible oil as fuel to reduce stockpiles and boost prices from almost 14-year lows. The
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        Lock icon Merger of bourses by 2002:minister
        93 11 AFX-Asia {KUALA LUMPUR] The merger of all existing bourses to form a single domestic exchange is expected to be completed by 2002, deputy finance minister Shafie Salle h said. The merger of the Commodities and Monetary Exchange of Malaysia (Commex) with the Kuala Lumpur Options
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      Lock icon M'sia expects RM900m in net inflow
      537 11 ■KUALA LUMPUR Bank Neg&ra says projected amount would offset external debt payments AP MALAYSIA'S central bank said it expects RM9OO million (*****.6 million) in net inflow of foreign currency assets in the next 12 months. In a statement released yesterday, Bank Negara said the
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      Lock icon KL plans to open bids for construction of main Bakun dam in June
      240 11 m KUALA LUMPUR AP THE Malaysian government will open bids for the construction of the main dam in its mammoth Bakun hydroelectric project on Borneo island this month, a finance official said yesterday. Deputy Finance Minister Shafie
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Thaksin closing set for June 18
      409 12 BANGKOK Hearing? for his corruption trial ended yesterday AP HEARINGS in Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's corruption trial ended yesterday, leaving him to make his final pitch for innocence in a closing statement next month. "I am very happy that the trial has come to
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      Lock icon Govt to keep Thai interest rates low: Thaksin
      445 12 BANGKOK Reuters THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday that his government would maintain the low interest rate policy currently pursued by the central Bank of Thailand (BOT). But he said that while rates would not be raised to "high" levels, the
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      Lock icon Securities 2000 to halt Philippine operations
      274 12 MANILA S'pore brokerage blames unfavourable market conditions Reuters SINGAPORE-BASED stock brokerage firm Securities 2000 said yesterday it will temporarily close its operations in the Philippines due to poor market conditions. Securities 2000,60 per cent owned by Singapore Technologies, is the latest stock brokerage firm
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Chinese military exercise in straits
        74 12 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China is planning to conduct a military exercise in the Taiwan Straits this month as a show of force following a visit by Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian to the US, Beijing-based Qianlong website reported yesterday. The exercise will be held near Fujian province's
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        Lock icon China Resources selling HKCB stake
        141 12 Reuters [HONG KONG] Conglomerate China Resources Enterprise Ltd said yesterday that it intends to sell its non-distribution related businesses, including its interest in HKCB Bank Holding Co Ltd, long a rumoured takeover target. The announcement confirmed that HKCB Bank, one of the smallest in Hong
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        Lock icon Philippines Q1 worst in two years
        119 12 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippines economy put in its worst performance in two years in the first quarter, hit by political volatility at home, a dip in global demand for electronics products and a slowdown in the United States. The government said GDP growth was
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      Lock icon Asia faces prolonged period of low growth: finance institute
      668 13  -  Institute of International Finance cites US slowdown and bursting of IT bubble From* Anthony Rowley in Hong Kong ASIA faces a "prolonged period" of low growth with slumping exports caused by the US slowdown and the bursting of the "IT bubble"
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      Lock icon HK anti-graft agency charges ex-lawmaker
      383 13  -  Pro-Bering politician Gary Cheng charged with 5 offences From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hong Kong HONG Kong's anti-graft agency yesterday charged former lawmaker and high-profile pro-Beijing politician Gary Cheng Kai Nam with five offences, including accepting an advantage as a public servant and misconduct in
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        Lock icon China welcomes Bush's trade ties plan
        99 14 Reuters [BEIJING] China welcomed yesterday US President George W. Bush's plan to ask Congress to renew normal trade relations in a sign of easing tensions ahead of talks next week on Beijing's entry to the WTO. But Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao emphasised that
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        Lock icon Easier for rich mainlanders to live in HK
        101 14 Reuters [HONG KONGJ Lawmakers here have backed a plan to grant residence rights to rich mainland Chinese while leaving ten of thousands of their poorer compatriots waiting in line at the door. The proposal calls on the Hong Kong government to allow
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        Lock icon MIT to set up research unit in India
        88 14 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India has approved the setting up of a research unit of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to help boost the number of software engineers the country produces and develop new products. Media Lab Asia, the second such research
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        Lock icon Corrections & Clarifications
        28 14 Corrections Clarifications A REPORT yesterday was wrongly headlined, "Close listing loopholes, SGX urged". It should have read "Close listing loopholes, HKSE urged". We are sorry for the error.
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      Lock icon Hutchison unveils Korean port project
      459 14  -  Consortium to develop and operate Phase Two of KwangyangPort Fromi Quak Hiang Whai in Hong Kong BILLIONAIRE Li Ka-shing continues to grow his global port empire at breathtaking pace as Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) yesterday unveiled another consortium to develop and operate a major port
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      Lock icon Ascendas strikes Beijing industrial park dev't deal
      276 14  -  From i Quak Hiang Whai in Hong Kong BUSINESS park specialist Ascendas Pte Ltd, which is owned by JTC Corp, yesterday struck a deal to join in the development of a Beijing industrial park. The agreement came a day after Vision Century Corporation
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      Lock icon Jimmy Lai's Next magazine takes Taiwan by storm
      323 14 TAIPEI First issue sells out; he hopes to break even in 2 years Reuters WITH a juicy mix of gossip and scandal on the rich and famous, controversial media mogul Jimmy Lai's new Next magazine hit the streets of Taiwan yesterday and
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      428 15 TOKYO Bloomberg TAIWAN Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the biggest maker of chips to other companies' specifications, may build or buy a plant in Japan to be closer to its customers, a company executive said. "We are studying the pros and cons," senior
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      282 15 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's father of technology Li Kwoh-ting, also known as K T Li, died yesterday in Taipei of organ failure. He was 91. A former minister for economy and finance minister, Mr Li was described as a locomotive who drove the island from poverty
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        71 15 Reuters [SAN DIEGO] Saying it has nothing to fear from a price war, Gateway on Wednesday pledged to beat the prices of its major rivals on comparable personal computers and servers. The offer started yesterday. Gateway said the new discount guarantee does not
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        77 15 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Two market research firms said worldwide mobile-phone unit sales will rise as much as 21 per cent this year, countering some recent forecasts by handset makers predicting a smaller increase or a decline. Gartner Inc's Dataquest Inc unit, based in San
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        84 15 Bloomberg [SAN JOSE, California] Amazon.com Inc, the online retaUer, is being sued by University Press, California, for not stocking a book in time to coincide with an advertising campaign. Amazon.com breached an electronic contract to stock the second edition of Astro biology, the Origin of Life,
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        73 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] Online financial news provider Market Watch.com Inc on Wednesday said it will cut over 15 per cent of its workforce in an effort to cut costs, becoming the latest casualty of the slowdown in online advertising. The cutbacks foUow similar moves
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      194 15 SINGAPORE Reuters HONG Kong-based Pacific Century CyberWorks, which already has a heavy debt load, does not face problems funding its bid for Singapore's second largest mob He operator Mobile One (Ml), CyberWorks deputy chairman Alex Arena said yesterday. "The funding for Ml is
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      375 16 FRANKFURT Discussions understood to be suspended as there's no major headway FT TALKS between Axa, one of the biggest insurance groups, and Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest bank, on a proposed international bancassurance partnership are understood to have broken down. Henri de Castries, chief executive of Paris-based
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      354 16 SYDNEY Deutsche Asset Management is the purchaser Bloomberg DEUTSCHE Asset Management Ltd (DAM), a unit of Germany's biggest bank, said it will buy Axa Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd's property fund management business with A 52.2 billion (Ss2 billion) under its belt. The purchase, for an
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      612 17 MUNICH Cost and income synergies will rise, topping lb enros annually after 2005 Reuters GERMAN insurer Allianz AG yesterday promised billions of euros in savings and extra revenue from its takeover of Dresdner Bank AG, in a bid to win over sceptical investors. Germany's
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      205 17 CANBERRA Reuters THE Australian government was mulling stronger powers for its competition watchdog yesterday, amid criticism that the dominance of Telstra Corp Ltd contributed to the demise of junior telco One.Tel. Communications Minister Richard Alston said the government and telecommunications companies had joined forces
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      363 17  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hong Kong IT'S final, and the magic number is HK$3O billion (556.94 billion). Billionaire Li. Ka-shing has once again proved he has the Midas touch as his Hutchison Whampoa Limited yesterday announced it will book a staggering profit of HK$3O
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      351 17 NEWYORK Reuters GERMAN software giant SAP AG and Hewlett-Packard Co on Wednesday announced a partnership to target the lucrative market for software that helps buyers and suppliers collaborate over the Web. The two companies refused to give any financial details about
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        49 17 Reuters [PARIS] France Telecom SA has fixed the price for the sale of its stake in US long-distance phone company Sprint Corp at US$l9 per share, it said yesterday. The French telecoms giant is selling non-core assets to help reduce its mammoth debt.—Reuters
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        70 17 Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said yesterday he wants to slash spending for special state-backed corporations in the initial Budget for the fiscal year starting next April to help make better use of tax revenue. For the fiscal 2001/02 Budget,
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        50 17 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea yesterday unveiled deregulation steps including easing controversial rules on cross-shareholdings among units of the top 30 conglomerates, or chaebol, in a bid to promote exports and investments. Economic ministries said the government will extend the deadline on resolving cross-shareholdings to March 2003.—Reuters
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      443 18 WASHINGTON But it will bounce back by the start of next yean economic adviser Lindsey Reuters THE US economy faces harsh conditions but should bounce back, while a revival in Japan's economy is important globally, White House economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey
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      157 18 FT [TOKYO] Gucci has a US$2.7 billion cash war-chest and is looking for acquisitions in Europe, Domenico De Sole, president and chief executive, said on Wednesday as the luxury goods group unveiled expansion plans in Japan. "We would like to continue our M&A strategy.
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      434 18 TOKYO Warning comes amid investor fears over bad loans Reuters LEADING credit-rating agency Standard Poor's Corp (S&P) warned yesterday that it cannot rule out the possibility of additional government help for some Japanese banks in fragile financial health. The
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      679 18 But many loans to builders, industrial firms are worthless Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese banks disclosed assets last week that ranked them the world's top three by size. The loans and investments they hold suggest the only way is down. Mizuho Holdings Inc, Sumitomo
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      265 19  -  SGX Derivatives Trading Report ST Intac/MSd STpore Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore Pte Ltd SINGAPORE stocks dipped slightly yesterday, led by Singapore Airlines. The benchmark Straits Times Index fell 5.69 points, or 0.34 per cent, to settle at 1,657.05. But gainers outpaced losers 21 to
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      243 19  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore Pte Ltd TAIWAN stocks dipped again yesterday. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index shed 0.55 of a point, or 0.24 per cent, to end at 232.31 points. The index turnover was 483.29 million, as gainers outpaced losers 35
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      228 19 Reuters London THE euro shed one per cent against the US dollar and two per cent against the yen to hit this year's lows as comments by European Central Bank officials yesterday were seen as playing down the prospect of intervention. The euro fell below US$O.B5 after ECB
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      2885 20 HONG KONG AFP Q Hag Sag -245.72 HONG KONG share prices fell 1.8 per cent yesterday as telecom and technology counters tracked the continued decline of their US counterparts overnight. The key Hang Seng Index lost 245.72 points to close
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      1242 20 Reuters 71 Shenzhen B Index *2J4 CHINA'S hard currency B shares strengthened yesterday as investors banked on another wave of liquidity with the end of a ban on using foreign exchange deposited since Feb 19 to buy shares. Some analysts estimated US$2 billion to US$3 billion 10 to 15
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      386 20 AFP CIWP Index -821 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.2 per cent lower yesterday following sharp losses on Wall Street, analysts said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange's Weighted Price Index moved down 8.21 points to 5,048.86 on a turnover of NT542.13 billion. The bourse was held back mainly by sharp overnight
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      2084 20 TOKYO Reuters Q Nikkei 225 -23L21 TOKYO stocks fell for a second day yesterday after investors were shaken by a tumble on the US Nasdaq and a bout of investment ratings downgrades of highprofile telecom and high-tech firms. The benchmark Nikkei Average ended
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      293 22 AFP □I Composite Index +5.79 PHILIPPINE shares closed 0.4 per cent higher yesterday. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index gained 5.79 points to 1,402.29. Turnover rose to 532 million shares worth 566 million pesos, compared to 455 million shares worth 399 million pesos on Wednesday. AFP (000) Abacus Construction
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      783 22 AFP R Composite Index -3.07 INDONESIAN share prices slipped 0.75 per cent on profittaking yesterday, as investors awaited the next step in the country's leadership crisis, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 3.07 points at 405.86, off a high of 412.72. Volume was 1.44 billion
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      266 22 Reuters QNZSE-40 -6.00 NEW Zealand shares fell 0.3 per cent yesterday, but avoided the worst of negative investor sentiment that infected US markets. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed down six points at 2,028 on a turnover of NZ$74 million. Reuters "ay« COOC) Advantage MDS 0.75 0.04 163 Air NZ
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      558 22 AFP CI All Ordinaries -22.7 AUSTRALIAN share prices moved down 0.7 per cent yesterday. The All Ordinaries Index closed 22.7 points weaker at 3,317.2, while the SP ASX/200 fell 22.4 points to 3,379.1. The All Resources Index dropped 23.6 points to 1,563.4 and the All Industrials Index closed 30.80
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      1956 25  - A shoe-in for the rich famous Malaysian shoemaker Jimmy Choo chit-chats with CHEAH UI-HOON in his London couture shop about his business and interests CHEAH UI-HOON Michelle Yeoh wore them to the Oscars, Kate Moss struts the catwalk in them, and arguably the most famous woman of all, the late
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        720 27  -  Les Amis recently devised a menu in honour of La Bonnotte. Geoffrey eu finds out why it is so highly-prized GEOFFREY EU LEAVE it to the French to bestow near-mythic status on a thin-skinned tuber, but then we're not talking small potatoes when it comes to a
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        755 28  -  CINEMA Lifeless props like ships, planes, bombs and bnllets appear more animated than the actors in 'Pearl Harbour' By Parvathi Nayar AT three hours, Pearl Harbour is a love story that becomes a bomb-the-ships story, that becomes a covert-war-mission story. The
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      808 29 About Adam. A handsome customer seduces a waitress, her two sisters, their brother and his girlfriend in this comedy. R(A). Lido. Blow. The life and career of George Jung (Johnny Depp), who introduced America to Pablo Escobar's glorious white powder. R(A). Orchard, Yangtze. Blow Dry. Hairdressers descend on a
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        996 30  -  tow tit lemo finds out what is involved in organising charity golf tournaments and why such events are on the rise LOW YIT LENG Golfers must be some of the most charitable people, judging from the popularity of charity golf tournaments that are organised in the
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        592 30  -  By Ven Sreenivasan THE new Bridgestone Tour Stage V7OO and VBOO titanium head drivers were launched at the last PGA Show in Orlando. Both have coefficient of restitutions (or spring effect of the face) of 8.9, which is non-conforming by US PGA standards. The clubs arrived
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        670 30  -  By I Stephen Roe FT A TROPICAL cyclone was approaching Mauritius, pushing courageous windsurfers to record speeds as they raced past the 16th green at Le Paradis golf course. Just keeping my ball on dry land on this tight dog-leg hole was a creditable achievement as
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      328 26 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 7 Gaunt appearance of a num--9 The draught that's really sick- W W 10 Bound to miss things (4) 11 Competent directors will be LmJ ■■""""■■b anything but baffling (5-5) JB. 12 The sportsman making a 112 1 |13 1 boundary? (6) in the long grass passed on
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      2003 29 The Business Times, Friday, June 1, 2001 TODAY'S TV 'TSSSSSSSSlSwSS TTW**B m Breakfast. 4.00 PM Men Are From 9J0 Headlines/Spore UpA Drofessor's world, who is lonely. Mare Women Are from 034 Power Talk/ Knowing a But he gets some inner 5.00 The Big Buffet. ,««a th obsession City kids as
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      213 33 Reuter The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell eight points to 1,400, the Baltic Panamax Index 11 points to 1,400, Baltic Handymax fiidex (BHI) dropped 43 points to 9,392 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was down eight points to 1,754. TIME-CHARTER: Solidarnosc (built 1991) 73,500 dwt delivery retroactive
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      603 33  -  They want ancillary charges incorporated into freight rates By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Lack of consultation and transparency is hampering relations between ocean carriers and shippers, according to a tripartite meeting of East Asian shippers' councils. The 21st Tripartite Meeting of the Japan, Korea and
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      139 33 [SINGAPORE] Star Cruises' wholly-owned subsidiary, Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), has been forced to cancel a week-long Caribbean cruise after its vessel, the SS Norway, failed an impromptu stem-to-stern safety inspection earlier this week in Miami. Subsequent repairs to the vessel's sprinkler system were deemed
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      262 33  -  Its Voltri facilities expected to gain as trade, ferry traffic will be diverted By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Terrorism fears are expected to cause a mini-boom in traffic at a PSA Group subsidiary container terminal in Italy next month. Nearly all terminals
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      54 33 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hutchison International Port Holdings and two Korean shipping companies have completed an agreement to operate most of a new South Korean port terminal for 30 years. The three-member group, including Hanjin Shipping and Hyundai Merchant Marine Co, wUI lease seven berths in Kwangyang
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        111 33 Reuters {OSLO] Norwegian shipping group Besses reported record first-quarter profits, boosted by high tanker rates. Bergesen's pre-tax profit for the first three months jumped to U5579.7 million from US$lO.2 million in the same period last year. The company's operating profit was U*****.3 million from
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        100 33 Bloomberg {Miami] Carnival Corp, the world's largest cruise operator, plans to sell its 25 per cent stake in Airtours pic, Britain's second-biggest travel company. Carnival. which bought a 2&5 per cent stake in Airtours in 1996 for about US$3OO million, will sell 123.3 million shares
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        113 33 {SINGAPORE] The Israeli government is seeking investors to buy its 48.6 per cent stake in container line Zim Israel Navigation Co. Deadline for receiving b ids is July 26. The government will retain a golden 48.9 per cent share in the company through its holding
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        740 34  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar A vessel owner's assignment of its benefits under an insurance policy to its mortgagee bank has been upheld under English law, although the assignment would have been ineffective under French law. This was the decision of the
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        729 45 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Elettherotri 103 J *j06 31/05/8:10 02/06/6 00 C S*«« 3MIAY J09 31/05/7:40 31/05/17 00 Bt Sin tad* ***** J01 31/05/8:00 3V05/2000 "•wtar I *****1 J03 3V0S/7:20 31/05/15:00 BaysaaterllB MI132 J02 3V05/8 45 31/05/16.00 Balacacstra. 66 J05 31/05/8 45 31/05/19*00 A* 53 03H4AY
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        76 45 Jane 2 Malaysia: King's Birthday Jane 4 Malaysia: Birthday's of Prophet Mohammed SAW Indonesia: Birthday's of Prophet Mohammed SAW Jane 12 Philippines: Independence Day June 28 Hong Kong: Tuen Ng Festival JnlyS Thailand: Asalha Bucha Day J*iy Thailand: Buddhist Lent Day Anfut 0 Singapore: National Day August 12
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        757 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        376 46 But Airbus says they will have to pay for the work Reuters [LONDON] Airlines must al-. ter thrust reversers on Airbus A3OO airliners to ensure they do not deploy in flight, an occurrence that could easily destroy the plane, the European aircraft manufacturer
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          115 46 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe's largest airline, agreed to sell its ground services unit to France's Penauille Polyservices SA for 370 million euros (***** million) to focus on passenger traffic and bolster earnings. Penauille will buy 51 per cent of the business, known
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          72 46 Reuters [PARIS] Alliance talks between French carrier Air France and Italy's Alitalia are both serious and constructive, and may well lead to an agreement, Air France chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta said on Tuesday. Francesco Mengozzi, chief executive of the Italian flag carrier, which has been
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          64 46 Bloomberg [ROME] Alitalia SpA said passenger traffic fell in April for a second straight month as strikes cut the number of passengers. Alitalia said traffic, measured as the number of paying passengers multiplied by the distance flown, dropped 8.2 per cent from a year earlier.
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          91 46 Reuters [ATHENS] The four bidders for a majority stake in Greece's Olympic Airways were asked on Wednesday to submit new bids by June 18, said Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), the government's adviser on the privatisation. CSFB said none of the offers had met
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        339 46 Candidates include Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, ÜBS Bloomberg [BEIJING] Air China, the national carrier, is poised to pick bankers to help it take over Hong Kong-listed China National Aviation Co and sell shares for the first time, a company executive said. "We haven't
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        303 46 AFP [HONG KONG] A China Eastern Airlines passenger plane was forced to abort take-off at Hong Kong airport after a Taiwanese carrier inched dangerously close to the runway, an official said yesterday. The nose of the Taiwan-owned China Airlines Boeing 747
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        491 46 Rejection raises spectre of crippling strike for world's biggest airline Reuters [DALLAS] The board of the flight attendants union at American Airlines on Wednesday rejected binding arbitration, paving the way for a 30-day countdown to a strike in a dispute over salary
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