The Business Times, 14 June 2002

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 010/03/2002 85* Singapore Internet ntt'r business-times.asial com.sg FRIDAY. JUNE 14. 2002
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    67 1 F0B8XIAAB uss s$ I'SS (S$ per USS) 1.787 £(USS/S$ per 1.470 1627 EUROfI®$/SS/E). 0.94a 1.683 DM 1216 1140 YEN 125.7 7010 RM I860 1127 HKS 7.800 4166 BAHT 4216 2164 RUP1AH &74S 4.893 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 615 KUALA LUMPUR 640 HONG KONG k\U JAKARTA 39 00 TAIPEI 6.725 TOKYO
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    Lock icon Value confusion behind global equity bear markets
    674 1  -  J analysis Cnrrent difficulty in assessing stock value is without precedent From] Neil Behrmann in London GLOBAL stock markets have performed poorly despite low interest rates largely because there is confusion on how to assess value. Many analysts and fund managers are advising
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    Lock icon Thai canal plan not a govt initiative, says Thaksin adviser
    296 1  -  By' Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] A proposal to revive the plan to build a 100 km canal across the Isthmus of Kra in southern Thailand to open up a new sea-lane in South-east Asia is not a Thai government initiative, says
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    Lock icon Prominent HP alumni to do their bit for young entrepreneurs
    478 1  -  AsMdatimthraws its weight behind worthy canses II Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] What do SlA's Koh Boon Hwee, Venture Corp's Wong Ngit Leong, Sun Microsystems' Lionel Lim, and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng have in common? They're all former staff of
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    Lock icon RM44m jackpot for Genting's 4 exec directors
    479 1 Up to RM3&56m for one; another got up toBM&3m Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The travel and gaming-related conglomerate of Genting Bhd rewarded its four executive directors handsomely last year. They received hefty remunerations totalling RM43.7 million (SS2O million). Genting, a bellwether of the KL
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      71 1 Executive LHfttfvU Targeting women consumers. Cooking's fun with chef Anthony Bourdain. Pg ft Arts Fit SteHa Kon's labour bears another fruit. *17 Top Stories Fed says US growth uneven in April, May. fimxt Pmgm $5b figure leaves NTT's lawyers red-faced. Pg 4 SingTel likely to win nod for phone rate
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      Lock icon Fed says US growth uneven in April, May
      430 2 It may leave short-term interest rates unchanged later this month Reuters, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said the US economy showed spotty growth in the late spring, an assessment that likely paves the way for the central bank to leave
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Shelling out apples
        58 2 THIS weekend, Orchard Road will live up to its name literally. Take a stroll down the famous boulevard and you will wonder whether you have stepped into an orchard. Some 10,000 apples, donated by Shell Select Stores, will be handed out to passers-by in a fundraising effort
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        Lock icon Turning up the heat
        83 2 IF you want a free sauna, go down into one of our underground MRT stations—in particular Newton —and you'll break out in a sweat almost instantly. We wonder if SMRT Corp has switched off the air-conditioning to cut costs. If that's the case, why are we
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        Lock icon The hole truth about Genting
        91 2 TRUST an old-guard entrepreneur to tell it like it is. Bernama news agency reported that Lim Goh Tong, the redoubtable 84-year-old founder and chairman of Malaysia Genting, was asked by a reporter how he first set his sights on Genting Highlands, where his huge fortune
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      Lock icon Large overseas S'pore talent pool provides ready, diverse network
      402 2  -  Byi Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Overseas Singaporeans will present their recommendations to the Economic Review Committee today— and one likely key proposal is getting Singapore to tap the large talent pool of Singaporeans living abroad. Richard Lim, chairman of the Singapore
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      Lock icon Thai bad debt agency off to good start: PM's adviser
      505 2  -  By Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] The Thai Asset Management Company (TAMC) charged with taking bad loans off the books of Thai banks has got off to a good start and is hastening the country's recovery, says the economic adviser to Thai
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      Lock icon J P Morgan plans to supply emergency kit to all workers
      291 2 This is to cranter terrorist threat* Mlnring Sept 11 Reuters [NEW YORK] In response to. ongoing threats against the United States in the wake of the Sept 11 attacks, J P Morgan Chase on Wednesday said it will supply
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon $5b figure leaves NTT's lawyers red-faced
      456 4  -  White 4 Case's HK office used fignre said to have come from talks By Angela Tan THE merger of Star Hub and cable television operator Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) has left the Hong Kong office of White Case red-faced. The law firm is scrambling
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      Lock icon PSA must seize the moment
      898 4  -  lock siew loh hui yin TRYING to prise loose the iron grip of Hong Kong tycoon Li Kashing on international port operations is a herculean task at best. But at least one Singapore company is attempting it While not -exactly snapping at the heels of
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      Lock icon SingTel likely to win nod for phone rate rise: analysts
      276 4 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S government may approve Singapore Telecommunications Ltd's application to raise local phone rates over public protests, judging by the recent increase in the Republic's transit fees, analysts said. South-east Asia's biggest phone company, known as Sing Tel, has asked
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      Lock icon Boat maker GB Hldgs on course for double digit growth
      567 5 Reuters AMERICANS may have lost their fancy for computers and stocks but they are still buying luxury yachts, helping Singapore boat maker GB Holdings chart a course for double-digit growth. Chairman Robert Livingston said demand from the Baby Boomer generation
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      Lock icon Ascott's divestments continue with sale of Shanghai plot
      253 5  -  Its share of the £un from the transaction is $2m By Andrea Tan THE Ascott Group said yesterday it will book a $2 million gain from the disposal of its stake in a Shanghai site. Ascott, with its joint- venture partners Reco
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      Lock icon DBS Thai Danu sees Q2 profits beating Q1 figure
      325 5 Loan growth seen poshing gains above Ql's 60m baht Reuters [BANGKOK] The Thai unit of Singapore's DBS Group, South-east Asia's largest bank, said yesterday it expected second quarter net profit to top its first quarter figure of 59.7 million baht (552.5
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      Lock icon DBS HK venture posting
      114 5 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] DBS TD Waterhouse, an online broking venture between Singapore's largest bank and Canada's biggest discount brokerage, said Juliana Cheng has been transferred to Hong Kong as country head of the unit. Ms Cheng, who has worked for Canada's TD Bank Financial Group since
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon SingTel sees Aussie pay-TV deal soon
        129 5 Reuters SINGAPORE Telecommnn ications mVI yesterday it expects the Australian regulator to make a final decision on its proposed pay-television alliance with Foxtel within a month. SingTel's Australian unit Optus also said it won't oppose any conditions the competition watchdog may impose on the
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        Lock icon SingTel launches wholesale service
        92 5 Reuters SINGTEL has launched an international wholesale voice service that is expected to earn $50 million in its first year. Asia's fourth largest telco said its new Voice Plus service provides fast and direct connectivity to destinations in Australia, Hhtna Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, South
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        Lock icon Credit Agricole is Hind Hotels adviser
        63 5 HIND Hotels International says it has appointed Credit Agricole Indosuez Mo-chant Rawfc Asia as financial adviser to its independent directors in connection with an offer by Capita Land for all of its shares. The advice of Credit Agricole will be posted to Hind shareholders
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      386 4 IN THE MATTBt Of THE COMMNKS ACT, CAP. 90 Hts.Oee IWCljjbU AND IN THE MATTER Of SMGAPORE HXICUHK PRIVATELIMITED (In Minbiii' Voluntary bqwddton) notice or resolutions A» on Eidoordmary Gmnl MssHnq ol Ae Coupon, Mdf Bsd»i, Road PO7-00 Stodto Tra Aug I Tlnn.y i 11Q4WIQ oni-M dey Resolutions wens dulypemod
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      293 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jun 13 VALUE CLOSE iroafts 332.00 -132.00 ircaw -*****.00 -42.00 ■TlMfW -*****.00 33.00 MWrpMw 436.27 1.03 SCI EpiH Bact 141.61 +0.04 jCfuMllFh 1450.41 -6.13 Wrpiiihip 415.94 +6.93 204.27 -0.47 flBQUmi 205.10 -0.70 PC020c™ 27.088,000 Am Detor HK15c 19.423.000 Ot Inti US20c 14,030.000 SingTel 15c 12.636,000 Chart Semiconductor
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      Lock icon Informatics worth monitoring for buy opportunity
      266 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan MANY fundamentally strong stocks have been dragged lower by the current market consolidation. But the retracement also provides value investors who have a 12 to 18-month investment horizon with an opportunity to get back into these stocks. One
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      Lock icon Wall St rally fails to inspire market
      668 6  -  l i comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan AIOO-POINT rise on Wall Street overnight did little to inspire buying in Singapore yesterday, with most players indifferent, cautious or simply distracted by the World Cup soccer. After moving sideways early on, the market fell in the
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      Lock icon Relief for US$ as New York stocks rebound
      597 6  -  BT CURRENCIES Correction provides chance to sell at better levels against Ss, euro, A$ larry wee WALL Street's overnight rebound provided some relief for the US dollar yesterday, bringing it back down from a 17-month low versus the euro and lifting it
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    2731 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Energy Index Fd 0.956 Com Global Travel Index Fd 0.776 Com S'pore Bond Fund/" 1.037/ MM Am Aant Mgt (S pore) Star Europe Eqty!* 0.732/ CredH Agricale Aaet Mgt S'pore Ltd St* Europe Bd i.ot« Indocam Asia Vision"* 0 943/0 991 Star Europe Bal 0873/
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon MAS revokes licences of 2 remittance houses
      297 7  -  CKE Holdings, Express Money Change failed to comply with regulations By i Quak Hiang Whai THE Monetary Authority of Singapore yesterday issued orders to revoke the licences of two remittance houses operating in Singapore for failing to comply with provisions governing the remittance
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      Lock icon Manulife wins S'pore order in Dharmala case
      351 7 It obtained two orders against some of the defendants: report Bloomberg MANULIFE Financial Corp has won a court injunction freezing some of the assets in Singapore of an Indonesian business family with whom it has been embroiled in a legal wrangle, the Far
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      Lock icon Toshiba to close video unit in S'pore next year
      238 7 All 45 employees to be transferred to Toshiba S'pore Bloomberg TOSHIBA Corp, which posted a loss at its digital electronics division in the last fiscal year, said it will shutter an operation in Singapore next year, part of a move to
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      Lock icon IDC bullish on CRM software market
      267 7  -  3 on the economy By Andrea Tan IT research firm IDC reckons the customer relationship management (CRM) software market in Singapore will bounce back to US$2B.7 million by the end of this year, up from US$27.l million in 2001. It says the market has
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      Lock icon Bush security plan will lead to more chaos
      744 8  -  mr.i I bottom line OPINION leon hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent PRESIDENT George W Bush has proposed that the legislature approve the formation of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that would improve his administration's "focus and effectiveness" in containing
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      52 8 'All nations that decide for aggression and terror will pay a price. We will not leave the safety of America and the peace of the planet at the mercy of a few mad terrorists and tyrants.' George Bosh The US President said this while laying out the
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      Lock icon G-7 must tackle sliding US$
      604 8 EDITORIAL THIS weekend, as senior deputies finalise the agenda for the G-7 summit meeting in Canada on June 26-28, they mustn't allow anything to distract their attention from the one truly urgent item on the table: How to manage an orderly decline in the US
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      Lock icon India's economy shrugs off war threat
      1007 8  -  It's business as usual even though its troops are on full alert and foreign diplomats are leaving the country By Prem Shankar Jha The writer, based in New Delhi and former editor of The Hindustan Times, contributed this article to BT FOR the past
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      Lock icon No need to worry about the strength of the greenback
      361 8  -  MAiLirnra Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to your article "Why the US$ is on dangerous ground" by Larry Wee (BT, June 11). The US dollar has acquired its status by default. At present, it is the only paper currency that
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      Lock icon Cheap way to beat fare hike: cycling
      150 8  -  Denis Distant Singapore I REFER to the letter "Spare a thought for the commuting public" by Narayana Narayana (Mailbag, June 11) in which he enquires whether the Public Transport Council could be sending a signal to commuters that if they cannot cope with
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Asia set for property upturn: Morgan
      406 9 BANGKOK Regional stock rally seen giving lift; Bangkok, China offer best opportunities Reuters ASIAN property prices are set to crawl out of last year's slump on the back of economic recovery, with Bangkok and China offering the top investment opportunities. Morgan Stanley's property investment
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon China prices fall 1.1% in May
        51 9 AFP [BEIJING] Chinese consumer prices dropped 1.1 per cent in May from a year ago, in the seventh straight month of decline, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. In this year's first five months, the consumer price index was down 0.8 per cent.
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        Lock icon Thai consumer confidence at high
        53 9 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai consumer confidence rose in May to its highest level in 25 months, according to a survey. The data confirmed what economists have suspected for sometime that domestic consumption is powering growth and gross domestic product expansion this year is likely to be
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        Lock icon Telkom made 2.7t rupiah in Jan-May
        38 9 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's domestic phone giant PT Telkom posted a net profit of 2.73 trillion rupiah (*****.9 million) for the first five months of this year. No comparative figures were given. Reuters
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        Lock icon SP Setia share sale nets RM102m
        63 9 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] SP Setia Bhd, Malaysia's third-biggest property developer by market value, has raised RMIO2 million (Ss4B million) from the sale of new shares to partly fund the acquisition of land in Selangor, ING Groep NV said yesterday. The 33.6 million shares were
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        Lock icon 2 HK residential sites for sale
        63 9 Reuters Ihuno kunuJ Two residential sites up for sale in Hong Kong's second land auction of this fiscal year are expected to fetch HK$32B-HK$42O million (up to 5596.2 million), but they are seen as too small to set pricing benchmarks. Some analysts said a
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      Lock icon Indon shoemakers fear loss of orders
      247 9 JAKARTA MNCs seen baying from China to avoid adverse Jakarta policies Xinhua INDONESIAN shoe manufacturers are worried that some multinational companies would cancel their orders and shift them to China because of unfavourable investment climate in Indonesia, the Jakarta-based Bisnis Indonesia Daily reported on
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      Lock icon Cross trading good for liquidity: Mdex
      281 9 KUALA LUMPUR Initial talks with Jakarta Futures Exchange on Bernama MALAYSIA Derivatives Exchange Bhd (Mdex) is considering the cross trading of derivative products with other exchanges in the region in order to provide greater liquidity and diversity of derivatives products. Cross trading is an
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      Lock icon Filipino taipans fight for control of First E-Bank
      411 10  -  Also keen are Cojuangcos' Bank of Commerce and Asia United Bank Prorn. Al Labita in Manila THE Philippine corporate bidding scene is hotting up, with two taipans now slugging it out for control of Hong Kong-based First Pacific Co Ltd's Philippine banking
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      Lock icon Myanmar border towns facing darkness — even at high noon.
      488 10  - Myanmar border towns facing darkness even at high noon. LBFRR FROM MAE SAI, THAILAND By Harish Mehta MYANMAR'S ruling generals are taking many bizarre steps these days. For one, they've suddenly stopped buying electricity from Thailand, plunging two border towns in Myanmar into darkness. The action appears to be a
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      Lock icon 2 China state banks tie up to fight foreign competition
      238 11 SHANGHAI Bloomberg CHINA Construction Bank (CCB) and Agricultural Bank of China, which make a quarter of aU loans in China, formed an alliance to help them compete as foreign lenders make inroads into the world's most-popu-lous nation. China's third and
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      Lock icon US stepping up foreign aid to back counter-terrorism policy
      300 11  -  Afjgfianigtaii Pakitfan inj Indonesia form part of focus From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE United States is stepping up its foreign aid sharply in the wake of last year's Sept 11 incidents as one means of pre-empting terrorism, and a significant
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      Lock icon HKMA still has mixed feelings about hedge funds
      439 11  -  CEO says HE keeps close eye on them even though task is not easy From, Audrey Tan in Hong Kong FOUR years after the attack on its currency peg. Hong Kong continues to have mixed feelings about hedge funds and is monitoring
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Wholesale prices stun with 0.4% fall in May
      534 12 LATEST US INDICATORS Drop in energy costs behind biggest decline in 5 months; retail sales down 0.9% AP Reuters WASHINGTON] Wholesale prices in the United States fell by 0.4 per cent in May, the biggest decline in five months, largely reflecting lower
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      Lock icon Ex-CEO held for insider trading
      394 12 NEW YORK ImClone's former chief charged on 9 counts Reuters Dow Jones Newswires IN the latest revelation of alleged executive misconduct to shake investor confidence in corporate America, Samuel Waksal, the former chief executive of ImClone Systems, was arrested on Wednesday on insider trading charges.
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      Lock icon G-7 may discuss yen 'manipulation'
      459 13  -  Weak yen fuelling export rise and helping economy in Japan From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN enjoyed its seventh consecutive month of rising current account surpluses in April as exports responded to stronger demand from the US and Asia prompting the Bank of Japan to
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      752 17  -  By Parvathi Nayar "IT was not like the explosion of a devastating bomb," says Philemon (Isaac Kounde), more the breakdown of an infinitely delicate mechanism. "From the outside the machine just seemed to have gone dead. But deep in its innermost recesses,
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      176 17 fcana Box IShppon): White Songs The story of Joan of Arc retold through movement, songs, verse and multimedia. Constructed with the help of theatre trainers from the UK, Poland and Russia, White Songs traces universal themes of struggle, globalisation, integrity and truth. The performance is engaging. Mandarin with
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      268 23 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI)fell seven points to 984, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost three points to 930, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD shed 22 points to 7,577 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was down 15 points to 1,178. North Friendship (built 1990) 74,732 dwt
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      507 23  -  Malaysia gjets $lL2m booy tender ship from Malacca Strait Council By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Navigational safety in the congested Malacca Straits received a boost yesterday with the handover of a new buoy tender vessel to Malaysia's maritime authority. The $11.2 million
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      297 23 Reuters [ANCHORAGE, Alaska] The captain of a South Kore-an-owned cargo ship accused by the Coast Guard of illegally dumping waste oil into the sea off Alaska pleaded guilty on Wednesday to falsifying records, obstructing justice and witness tampering. Doo Hyun Kim, now
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      311 23  -  Coastal waters nnaffected bnt protective booms remain in place -By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Oil spilled off Sentosa following a collision between a bunker tanker and freighter on Wednesday had largely dispersed and had not affected coastal waters yesterday morning, but protective booms remain
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      279 23  -  By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The US Coast Guard is to deploy special anti-terrorist response teams at four US ports designed to intercept suspicious vessels beginning July 4 with the Port of Seattle. The 100-member units are currently being trained by
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      663 23  -  Officially, world's largest carrier has denied report of move to China port By] P T Bangsberg THE world's largest shipping line may be getting another case of itchy propellers. Maersk Taiwan is reportedly weighing a move to Shanghai, which would remove
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      827 24  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar &N English court recently decided that the sinking of the roro passenger ferry Grecia Express was not orchestrated by its Greek owner and the owner had a valid claim against the vessel's insurers
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        751 33 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 market Prices shown are based on averagesiied stem. Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        426 34  -  Emirates, Dragonair also reported to be eyeing carrier's licence, assets By < Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines has dismissed press reports in Hong Kong and Australia that it may bid for the operating licence of failed Ansett Holdings Ltd and some of
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        354 34 Bloomberg [TOKYO] The Japanese government will sell shares in three international airports by March 2005, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said, without citing anyone. New Tokyo International Airport at Narita, Chubu International Airport and Kansai International Airport will be sold to investors,
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        216 34 Reuters [HONG KONG] An Air France jet carrying 274 passengers and crew was forced to return to Hong Kong early yesterday after one of its engines caught fire, officials and passengers said. The pilots of Flight AF-185 shut the engine down and
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        468 34 It's studying US opportunities, tested a prototype plane last month Reuters [DETROIT] A single-engine prototype airplane designed by Toyota Motor took flight for the first time last month in California, signalling the Japanese carmaker is considering expanding from cars into aviation, officials said on
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        489 34 Carrier has enough planes for expected capacity, says CEO Reuters [NEW YORK] Northwest Airlines Corp will defer delivery of six Airbus narrowbody airliners next year because it has enough planes for expected capacity, chief executive Richard Anderson said on Wednesday. Northwest, the No
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        224 34 Bloomberg (SYDNEY] Australian air traffic controllers called off a planned five-hour strike today, after talks in the national labour court, Australian Associated Press reported. The Civil Air Operations Officers Association, the air traffic controllers' union, said it was pleased with the progress
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