The Business Times, 22 November 2001

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    11 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2001
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    76 1 STI U4HJB 18.38) DIMM M3JI (+8.50) ST HDEX PCTCIES 1,***** (+15.00) SDISCIFUTOBEB 18L40 (+2.00) STOCK HAKKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSECOMP 6SSJ1 +1JU NIKKEI 226 _10,«6L06 >86.46 HAlHi SENO *****92 -6L87 SET INDEX 29L21 +7J7 JAKARTA COMP -382.09 +QM MANILA COMP .1,0186 +819 TAIPEI WPI +77J7 SEOUL COMP 616.46
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    66 1 FOKEX KATES ust s$ USS(SSp«rUSS) L8N 2(USS/SS per£) 1.418 1608 EUBO(USS^SS/E). 0.881 1.620 DM 1221 1107 YEN 1114 17.10 BM 1800 1061 HKS 7.791 1240 BAHT 4418 2413 8UPIAH 10,46* 1684 PUKE SATES SINGAPORE* SJf KUALA LUMPUR 6.40 BONO KONG 516 JAKARTA .30.00 TAIPEI 8.?9 TOKYO l J7S SEOUL
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    Lock icon UOB retrenchment package tops OCBC's
    592 1  -  But onion said to be unhappy with disadvantage for older staff By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] United Overseas Bank (UOB) yesterday proposed a retrenchment package of a month's pay for each year of service, capped at 25 years, sources told BT. The package is more
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    Lock icon British investors upbeat about their prospects in S'pore: poll
    605 1  -  Bnt island's attraction as a hnb is fading By l Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The gloom pervading the Singapore economy has done little to dampen the spirits of British investors in terms of business prospects here. That is the good news
    Source: British Chamber of Commerce  -  605 words
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    Lock icon Murdoch is father again at 70
    271 1 PEOPLE Daughter Grace Helen, born to third wife Wendi, is media baron's fifth child Reuters {NEW YORK] Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is a new father at age 70, following the birth of daughter Grace Helen on Monday evening, a spokesman said on Tuesday. The
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    Lock icon Lively bidding drives Cat B & E COEs past $30,000
    615 1  - Lively bidding drives Cat B E COEs past $30,000 Byi Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] COE rates have soared to their highest levels in the latest open tender, with two key categories breaching the $30,000 mark last seen seven months back before the economy went into reverse gear. Exuberant bidding in the
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      87 1 IMSIDE BizlT Kenneth James: Not easy taking a leaf out of Dell's notebook. Pg 20 Is Apple losing its bite? Pg 20 Top Storios New projects dent resilient prices of east coast homes. Pg 2 Malaysia's Tan Chong may lose Audi, VW franchises. Pg 2 CAI lays off its Asia
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      15 1 Koizumi concedes I need for further 1 fiscal stimulus 1 i Exec Suite Pg 16
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Intrinsic value
        217 2 A WELL-KNOWN speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. "Who would like this $20 bill?" he asked the room of2oo. Hands started going up. He then proceeded to crumple the bill. "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air. Well,
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        Lock icon When size isn't everything
        108 2 THE world's largest billboard, in south-west China, is set to be dismantled because of a somewhat fundamental flaw in its design no one can see it. The 300 m by 45m site, built more than three years ago next to the Yangtze River in Chongqing municipality,
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        Lock icon Still gloomy
        39 2 With US rates down and consumer spending up, it's only a matter of time before the global economy starts recovering. Yes, the signs are there: 42% No, it's too early to tell: 54% I don't know: 4%
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      Lock icon New projects dent resilient prices of east coast homes
      1005 2  -  Even quality developments along Meyer Road, have seen their prices tumble Byi Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Maybe it's the good food. Maybe it's the beach. Or it might just be that old world charm. Private homes in the east coast had seemed
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      Lock icon Malaysia's Tan Chong may lose Audi, VW franchises
      373 2  -  Report quoting market sources cite family fend Froml Diana Oon Abdullah m Kuala Lumpur TAN Chong Consolidated Sdn Bhd could be at risk of losing its Audi and Volkswagen franchises, as a result of a continuing family feud. The Sun reported yesterday.
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      Lock icon Investment banks cut staff, brokerages in Asia
      263 2 Reuters [HONG KONG] A growing number of major global investment banks are cutting staff in Asia and closing brokerages in weaker markets as the business slowdown slashes revenues. Industry observers said the operations worst hit appear to be in Japan, the Philippines and
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      9 2 Credit Agrioole Indosuez axes Asia research brokerage, Pg 3
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon CAI lays off its Asia research brokerage team
      354 3  -  Surprise move hits 350 staff across 12 countries, including 19 people in S'pore By] Ling Su Ann CREDIT Agricole Indosuez (CAI), the investment banking arm of France's biggest bank, yesterday laid off its entire research brokerage team in Asia ex-Japan. The surprise
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      Lock icon KepLand shares up on talk of privatisation a la Centrepoint
      446 3  -  Bat analysts dismiss possibility for KepLand Byi Andrea Tan NEWS that Fraser and Neave is taking its listed property arm Centrepoint private has renewed speculation that Keppel Corp could do likewise with Keppel Land, pushing up its share price for
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      Lock icon Proposed cash return drives ITG shares up
      347 3  -  By. David Boey SHARES of mainboardlisted Internet investment holding firm, Internet Technology Group (ITG), shot up as much as 37.5 per cent yesterday following news that it would return some $25 million in cash to its shareholders. ITG's parent, Ossia International, also had
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      Lock icon Study: unit trust penetration tops 14% in S'pore
      430 4  -  Survey also reveals lack of knowledge about products By\ Serena Ng UNIT trust penetration in Singapore could be as high as 14 per cent, way above the 4 to 6 per cent previously estimated by the financial industry. The latest figure came
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      Lock icon Commerzbank moves forex trading hub to S'pore
      336 4 Reuters COMMERZBANK, Germany's third largest bank, has moved its Asia treasury trading hub to Singapore from Tokyo, bucking a recent trend where foreign banks have moved their G-7 currency trading out of the city state. Edward Voorhees, global head of sales and trading,
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      Lock icon Better to keep Benong's listed status
      710 4  -  lock siev^ eddie toh THINGS have been pioving fast ever since the government gained control of the sprawling Re-nong-United Engineers Malaysia group earlier this year. Malaysian businessman Halim Saad has finally bowed out of the group, while the government successfully privatised UEM in September
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      283 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Now 21 VALUE CLOSE ■TOB/OS 462.00 +17.00 WOW -*****.00 +29.00 «T lt-fry IIA -*****.00 446.00 MHOfcdw 472.97 44.86 0C»C3t 468.65 +5.30 391.31 43.51 MMhiBid 118.94 -0.40 WlpiMfti 1224.30 421.20 t81pa—PV»p 384.15 41.97 WOIIww 180.72 42.04 SMQFibni 181.40 42.00 UrtFood HK25C 18,796,000 NOL 17,188,000 Fronttln® 5c *****.000 Datacraft
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      Lock icon TPV stock likely to keep rising ahead of release of Q3 results
      294 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By' Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of computer monitor maker TPV Technology has been on a liquidity-driven rally since last week. It hit a record high of 50 cents yesterday before closing just off at 49
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      Lock icon Banks up ahead of MSCI reweighting
      751 6  -  11 comment STOCKS r. sivanithy ARISE in the Nasdaq futures contract and a firm opening for Europe meant the Straits Times Index resumed its upward climb after a one-day break. Bank stocks led the way, apparently because of an MSCI index reweighting next week.
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      Lock icon US$ hangs tough on talk of Japan ratings downgrade
      490 6  -  ■I 4 comment CURRENCIES*.. Euro hurt by poorer German business sentiment; Aussie dollar retreats to close lower larry wee AFTER drifting lower overnight, the US dollar recovered to its Tuesday levels against the Singapore dollar, euro and yen by the Asian
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      Lock icon Actus to close Havelock store
      556 7  -  Slapped with eviction notice and writ, retailer appoints interim Jib By Kalpana Rashiwala ACTUS Furnishing has filed for interim judicial management and will shut its sole store at King's Centre early next week following an eviction notice from landlord City Developments, which is owed seven
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      Lock icon Vivamusic.com faces winding-up action
      148 7 MULTIMEDIA music distributor Vivamusic.com may be near the end of the road, despite Popular Holdings buying into the company early this year. Yesterday, Popular said Epilogue Catering Pte Ltd has filed a winding-up petition against Vivamusic, with the hearing scheduled for Dec 14. Epilogue said it
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      Lock icon Surface Mount eyes HK$1b sales
      373 7  -  Firm wins HE productivity award, eyes growth in US and Europe By Serena Ng HONG KONG-BASED electronics contract manufacturer Surface Mount Technology Holdings (SMT) said yesterday it aims to hit the HK$l billion (*****.7 million) revenue mark for the fiscal year ending March 2002, as
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      Lock icon Brierley Investments to shed founder's name
      158 7 Reuters [WELLINGTON] Brierley Investments Ltd is to shed the name of its corporate-raiding founder Sir Ron Brierley, who once sent shivers through the boardrooms of poorlyperforming companies. Brierley Investments, formed 40 years ago in New Zealand but now based in Singapore with Malaysian owners,
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3195 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Afeerdeaa tan M«t Ma LM Aberdeen Select Portfolio: American Opport Fd 0 756 0.794 Asian Fixed Income Fd 1.170 1206 Chine Opportunities Fd!" 0.900 0.945 Cont EuroEqty Fd!** 0.909 1.040 Global MNC Fd 0.673 0.708 Global Technology Fdl" 0.556 0.585 Indonesia Equity Fdl** 0 SM 0.614 Japan
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Employers must hire outside the box
      600 8  -  bottom line OPINION paul heng The writer is managing director /principal consultant of NeXT Career Consulting Pte Ltd JOB seekers have been encouraged to be flexible and accept offers that entail lower pay. At the same time, there has been some degree of success
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      110 8 "One of our biggest problems is the brain-drain, and we know many scientists have left the closed cities.' Alexander Pikajrev Russian defence analyst, on the marketability of the brain power of former nuclear scientists. 'Every economic measure you can look at has been going in the wrong
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      Lock icon Exuberance revisited
      586 8 EDITORIAL PIVE years ago, US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan made his now-famous warning about Irrational exuberance" in the equity market possibly threatening the health of the US economy. After a brief pull back following his warning, Wall Street confounded sceptics by going from strength to strength, surviving
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      Lock icon Deflation is now the big threat to economies
      877 8  -  Economists worry about deflation as it can be very destructive at least in theory By Robert Samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group WHAT do computer chips, coffee, oil and airline fares all have in common? Their prices are falling. It is a
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      Lock icon A weak yen may be best for Asia
      757 8 COMMENTARY Region fears weaker yen but rebound in Japan's economy will help Bloomberg [TOKYO] If there's anything the outside world knows for sure about Japan, it's that a strong yen is bad for the world's second-big-gest economy. A firm yen makes Japan's
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon On-line database for property professionals
      338 9 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority will launch today an Internet-based system that aims to provide timely and comprehensive data on Singapore's property market. The new Real Estate Information System (Realis) database expected to level the playing field and increase transparency in the market is aimed at
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      Lock icon Job ad volume down 60% in Oct
      258 9  -  3on the economy job ad By Eugene Low REFLECTING the bearish employment market, the volume of job advertisements in newspapers plunged 60 per cent year on year in October but this was not as bad as September's 62 per cent fall. Figures released
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      Lock icon S'pore a good bio-tech location
      435 9  -  Bat it is China that is the market to watch, says SG Sec By Eugene Low AMONG five Asian locations, Singapore and Taiwan offer the most conducive conditions for building a bio-technology industry, according to a study by SG Securities. The study rated China/Hong Kong,
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      Lock icon Cases for non-injury road accidents made simpler
      226 9 FROM January, litigation cases arising from non-injury road accidents will be simpler and less costly. The Subordinate Courts announced yesterday that a pre-action protocol has been introduced "to govern parties' conduct prior to the commencement of proceedings in court". The protocol requires parties
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      Lock icon Virgin to inject colour into market with new drink
      261 9 THE next time you're dying of thirst, let sex bomb Pamela Anderson quench your thirst with some imagination of course. Virgin Drinks, which has signed a franchise agreement with Yeo Hiap Seng, yesterday launched its fruit-flavoured drinks in Singapore and announced
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      Lock icon M'sia King dies at 75; country to mourn for a week
      340 10 OBRUUT Reuters, AFX [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's king, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah died yesterday after failing to recover from a heart operation. "With great sadness and grief, I announce that His Royal Highness Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah AlHaJ
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      Lock icon Cheung Kong launches Markets e-trading platform
      490 10  -  It beats HKEx's product; plays down competition between the two From, Andrey Tan in Hong Kong LI Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Holdings yesterday launched its controversial electronic trading platform, iMarkets, ahead of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx), but played down claims that it was
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      Lock icon MPHB's major shareholders take dispute to Dr M
      213 10 KUALA LUMPUR AFX TWO major shareholders battling for management control in Multi-purpose Holdings Bhd (MPHB) have turned to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad for help, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported. Quoting sources familiar with the corporate fight, the paper said MPHB executive
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      Lock icon UEM asset sale in the limelight shares of units climb
      274 10 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters BARELY a month after being taken private by the state, Malaysian infrastructure firm United Engineers Malaysia Bhd (UEM) is back in the spotlight, grabbing investors' attention as it prepares to roll out an asset disposal programme to
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      Lock icon S-E Asia not likely terrorist hub:envoy
      422 10  -  Prof Chan believes assets in region well guarded From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley SOUTH-EAST Asia is unlikely to become the next breeding ground for terrorists, given its sound economic fundamentals and the united front against terrorism, Singapore's ambassador to the US told a
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        Lock icon Indonesia may scrap 71 regional laws
        68 10 AFP [JAKARTA] InAiMtfa't mtntotry has called for the scrapping of 71 regulations issued by regional authorities amid concern about the effects of a new autonomy law, a report said yesterday. "Those regional regulations are deemed to impede the flow of goods, services and capital
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        Lock icon Habibie fails to answer summons
        74 10 AFP [JAKARTA] Former Indonesian president B J Habibie failed yesterday to answer a summons from prosecutors who are investigating what happened to more than 50 billion rupiah (SsB.B million) in Bulog state food agency funds during his tenure. His lawyer Yan Juanda Saputra said Dr
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        Lock icon First Pacific may sell stake in Berli
        76 10 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] First Pacific Co ofHong Kong may 9ell its entire stake in Berli Juckerpk, the Thai trading company said. First Pacific owns about 80 per cent of Berli through various companies, according to James Miller-Stirling, head of research for Worldsec International Ltd
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        Lock icon Star Cruises creditors to waive terms
        76 10 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Star Cruises Ltd said almost a third of its creditors agreed to waive conditions on the terms for a US$45O million loan, as Asia's dominant cruise line operator struggles to prevent the debt being called in. The request comes as a
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        Lock icon Foreigners boost Taiwan holdings
        56 10 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Foreign investors boosted their holdings of stocks trading on the Taiwan Stock Exchange to the largest proportion ever, the exchange said. Foreigners owned 21 per cent erf the total market value of the island's stock market, or NTgl.B9 trillion (5190J2 billion) worth of stock,
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        Lock icon 4.200 Taiwanese factories shut down
        77 10 AFP [TAIPEI] Nearly 4,200 Taiwanese factories were shut down in the 10 months to October from slowing domestic and overseas demand in the wake of the terror attacks on the US, the economic ministry said yesterday. "More businesses are likely to close their plants here
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      Lock icon Bank of East Asia eyes stake in China bank
      420 11  -  It wants to tap post-WTO market; candidates include Minshenfe Huaxia From< Audrey Tan in Hong Kong HONG Kong's Bank of East Asia (BEA) is in talks to take a stake in a mainland bank, and is one of the many foreign
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      Lock icon HK transport firms cut fares
      139 11 Free subway ride far every ten trips, bus fare discounts AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's transport companies are cutting Care prices in a bid to ease financial pressures on the public amid an economic slowdown, the firms said yesterday. Mass Transit Railway Corp (MTRC), Hong
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      Lock icon HK'S elderly seek increase in subsidies
      102 11 [HONG KONG] Elderly protesters demonstrating outside the Legislative Council yesterday to demand an increase in subsidies for the elderly who are living below the poverty line. Recent studies by social workers showed almost 20 per cent ofHong Kong's 6.73 million citizens, or 1.25 million
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      Lock icon Siam Pulp in 4b baht takeover of Phoenix
      381 11  -  It offers 48 baht a share bat some shareholders won't besetting From Harish Mehta, in Bangkok SIAM Pulp Paper yesterday made a four billion baht (*****.3 million) general offer for listed rival Phoenix Pulp Paper at 48 baht a share, with the
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      Lock icon Thai oil company PTT raises 32.2b baht in IPO
      272 11 BANGKOK Bloomberg PTT, Thailand's largest oil company, said it raised 322 billion baht (Ssl.3 billion) in an initial share sale, bolstering Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's plans to sell shares in state companies to help fill a budget shortfall. PTT sold 920
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon EC slaps record 855m euro fines on vitamin firms
      394 12 Roche, BASF found to have leading roles in price-fixing BRUSSELS Reuters THE European Commission yesterday announced a record fine of 855 million euros (Ssl.4 billion) for eight distinct price-fixing cartels in vitamin products. The two largest fines were 462 million euros
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    • WORLD Watch
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      193 19  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] All 12 crew from the sunken Thailandregistered tanker Tasco Alpha have been rescued within the Singapore search and rescue region. Distress signals were received from the 1,272 gross tonne vessel on Saturday when the ship took water in its
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        428 27 Tough for China aviation sector to post full-year profit after interim losses Reuters [SHANGHAI] Chinese airlines have suffered an estimated 1.09 billion yuan (***** million) in lost revenues and higher insurance costs since the hijack attacks in the United States, an analyst
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        371 27  -  They feel he had overstated the carrier's problems Frorn] Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAI Airways chairman Virabongsa Ramangkura was exaggerating when he warned last week the national airline might collapse in three or four years unless the company was totally overhauled, analysts said. Mr
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        597 27 It will be able to increase capacity by 30m passengers Bloomberg [LONDON] BAA will be able to increase capacity at Europe's busiest airport by almost half after the No 1 airport operator won UK government approval to build a fifth terminal at London
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        315 27 Reuters [AUCKLAND] Auckland International Airport Ltd (ALA) said yesterday it had recorded an after tax profit of NZ$2l.B million in the first four months of the year, up 15.4 per cent on the same period a year earlier. Auckland Airport chairman
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