The Business Times, 20 January 2003

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  • 17 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 010/03/2002 850 I internet: http://business-times.asial .com sg SINGAPORE MONDAY. JANUARY 20. 2003
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  • 653 1  -  Seawater desalination project a warded by PUB is Singapore's first Byl Teh Hooit Linge [SINGAPORE] A consortium led by Sesdaq-listed water treatment specialist Hyflux has outbid three other competitors to win Singapore's first seawater desalination project. The $250 million build-own-operate project is to supply
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  • 63 1 Week Change STI 1366.83 +1966 KLSE COMP 670.53 +34.71 NIKKEI 225 *****5 +219.80 HANG SENG 9614.59 -106.91 SET INDEX 367.16 +6.79 JAKARTA COMP -401.65 +1.96 MANILA COMP .1081.60 +2330 TAIPEI WPI 4907.78 +5658 SEOUL COMP 636.46 +8.10 SHENZHEN B ***** +11.06 AUSTALLORD .3024.70 -1030 DOW JONES 8586.40 -198.49 NASDAQ
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  • 73 1 KMEX RATES US$ M USf (SSprl'SS) 1714 S(ISS SS per S) 1612 1796 LTROfl SS/SS/E) I OCS l *43 YEN 116.0 SS10 KM X-*W 2I« HK1 7.799 4499 BAHT 42J0 240 WJP1AH U7« M20 RENMINBI &2W 4.787 INDIAN RUPEE 47£f i7U HHRAID SINGAPORE* US KUALA LIKPDR 840 HONG KONG
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  • 950 1  -  Initiative could founder as regional groups compete to launch project Fromi A. TUf. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo MOVES aimed at developing an Asian regional bond market are gaining momentum, but some fear that these initiatives could founder amid competition among different regional groups to
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  • 614 1  -  |:ii exclusive Rise in data revenues for telcosseen continuing till 2006 By: Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Despite the general gloom in the telecom sector, there's a boom ahead for data services in Singapore, according to reports by market analysts. Singapore's telecom services market is
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    • 644 2  -  from manila The tea leaves suggest that Ms Arroyo may well ran again for President al labita WHY Philippine president Gloria Arroyo is making the economy her political scapegoat in dropping out from next year's presidential race is baffling to many in Manila. Contrary to
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    • 485 2  -  psil exclusive It's resubmitting prospectus after CFO's resignation By\ Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] The owner of the General Nutrition Centre franchise in Singapore, Global Active Ltd, has been asked by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to postpone the launch of its initial public offer following
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    • 772 2  -  ff^xcTusive Lawsuit conld follow but firm defends its air-to-water system as 'original' By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Sesdaqlisted Hyflux may be gearing up to make water out of air, but one US-based company is already at least one year into the manufacture of its water generator
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    • 345 2 Form IRBA Workshops 2003 Dates What Run 1 The Form IRBA for 2002 is due on 1 March 2003 and inaccurate Thursday, 13 February 2003 preparation of the form can be costly. The complicated rules do not Run 2 ma^e the task any easier. Employers must thus ensure that this
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 464 3  -  But others catching up, say traders; S'pore's GKE plans to add storage space Reports by' Vince Chong SINGAPORE could benefit from an expected upswing in metal commodities trading this year, but to strengthen its position, it needs to improve its competitiveness as others are
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    • 282 3  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Aircraft Leasing Enterprise, an associate of Singapore Airlines, has awarded mandates for loans amounting to almost US$4OO million to finance the purchase of 10 Airbus A3lO aircraft. The syndicated loans from BNP Paribas, Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau and WestLß
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    • 171 3 METAL logistics firm GKE International, whose initial public offering shares are expected to start trading this Wednesday, is seen as a "defensive Instrument". Analysts say the firm collects rentals no matter what shape the metal trading market is in. "Retail play will be minimal,
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    • 455 5  -  They cite cheap valuations, strong cash position and growth prospects By' Wong Wei Kong GIVEN the troubled country club scene, it's little wonder that many investors shun the stock of golf course operator and golf equipment specialist, Transview Holdings. But some ana- lysts say they
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    • 789 5  - Can Qian Hu sustain its ambitious growth david boey LAN Hu Corporation, a provider of m integrated services for the orna- I mental fish trade, is due to report its performance for its 2002 financial year this evening. LwKing at the track record of this fastgrowing company, whose share price
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      300 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 17 VALUE CLOSE WOMX 220.00 -***** STCAH -*****.00 -68.00 -*****.00 +22.00 HMQCfM— 361.54 -3.35 SCriiiRliiEbct 119.56 -2.69 »C|MliinB 1200.01 -9.86 328.10 -2.60 ■afcppw 168.44 -1.88 Chart SemiCond 26c 178,011,000 DMX Tech US5c 156.651.000 SingTel 15c 119,764,000 Datacrafl 10c 118,934,000 Reed Grp 5c 103,940,000 IPC0 20C 68.189,000
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    • 305 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By' Ven Sreenivasan THE recent pickup in market liquidity and the stirrings of several "sleepers" like Fraser Neave and Keppel Corp have many market experts convinced that this could be the year of the "wild cards". And one stock
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    • 778 4  -  icomment STOCKS r. sivanithy AT the start of the year, we said it was likely that the Singapore market will remain trapped within a narrow trading range for the near future, probably the first quarter at least. Beyond that, it was impossible to say
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    • 641 4 Greenback comes nnder pressure over fear of war in Iraq AFP [HONG KONG] Worries over the prospect of war in Iraq kept the US dollar under pressure and allowed the Japanese yen and the Australian dollar to climb steadily. JapanaM yen: The yen
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    • 96 4 Market Notices ♦MIYOSHI Precision will hold its annual general meeting (AGM) at No 5 Second Chin Bee Road on Jan 24 at 4pm. ♦ASIA Pacific Breweries will hold its AGM on Jan 28 &t 10 Level 2, Alexandra Point, 438 Alexandra Road. ♦EASYCALL International will hold its special general meeting
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    • 178 5 O FREIGHT UNKS EXPRESS HOLDINGS LIMITED PROPOSED CAPITAL REDUCTION The Board of Directors of Freight Links Express Holdings Limited ("Freight Links") is pleased to announce that the High Court of Singapore has confirmed the Capital Reduction today. The Capital Reduction will take effect on 27 January 2003, being the date
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 467 6  -  But govt may ran a small Budget deficit for second year running By' Teh Hooi Ling THERE is a reasonable chance this year will be better than last year, but Singapore could run a small budget deficit for the second year
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    • 669 6  -  J-!■ exclusive! By Serena Ng A RECENTLY-FORMED group that has come up with courses aimed at certifying investor relations practitioners in Singapore has raised some eyebrows among existing players in the industry. Drawing a parallel from the better-known abbreviated titles like CPA and CFP
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    • 318 6  -  It will then decide whether to continue funding project By' Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE'S Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) will wait for the report on alleged unethical medical practices before deciding whether it will continue to fund a research project at the
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    • 293 6  -  on the economy trade By' Teh Hooi Ling AFTER China, Puerto Rico is the second largest contributor of growth to Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX). In contrast, traditional markets like the European Union, Japan, Malaysia, the US and Korea have registered negative growth. Singapore's
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    • 968 6 COMMODITY WeeklyRoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices soared to levels not seen in nearly two years last week as a jittery market speculated that the US could use the discovery by UN arms inspectors of empty chemical warheads in Iraq as a trigger for war.
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  • CHINA focus
    • 976 7  -  It joins other blue-chip investors betting on China start-ups, reports Lob Hal Tin Loh Hui Yin THE venture capital (VC) industry in China may be in its infancy but it is tipped to take off rapidly because of pent-up financing needs among the
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    • 487 7  -  Returnees with Western business ideas are giving economy a boost By Loh Hui Yin IT WAS a telephone call from a minister from the highly-respected Chinese Academy of Sciences to Feng Tao in mid-1998 that led to the establishment of
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 764 8  -  nTJcomment KL STOCKS Recent political and corporate changes indicate deliberate cleansing and rqfnvenatlon before the leadership change eddie toh Malaysia is witnessing more than a cosmetic change in both the political landscape and corporate arena. On the political front. Prime Minister Mahathir
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    • 452 9 BEIJING Move to curb bad debts which may hurt growth: report Bloomberg CHINA may decide this week to set up a special agency to regulate lenders, the Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday, a move analysts said is needed to stop more than
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    • 330 9 KUALA LUMPUR AFP REBOUNDING share prices in Malaysia after the entry into the market of a RMIO billion (554.6 billion) government fund are feeding optimism that the bull is back after nearly a decade, analysts say. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) has shot up by
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    • 220 8 GKE International Ltd GKE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 8 March 2000) Invitation in respect of 40,000,000 New Shares of $0.05 each comprising:(a) 12,000,000 Offer Shares at $0.20 for each Offer Share by way of public offer; and (b) 28,000,000 Placement Shares at $0.20 for each
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  • WORLD news
    • 514 10 NEW YORK Analyst's warning comes as oil prices hit new two-year high Reuters WORLD oil markets face the largest shortfall in history if war breaks out in Iraq while supplies are still curtailed from fellow Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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    • WORLDWatch
      • 56 10 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Police are investigating a burglary at the Washington, DC, residence of Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, the US central bank said on Friday. DC police spokesman Quintin Peterson said no one was home at the time of the burglary. He said some items were taken,
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      • 68 10 Reuters [NEW YORK] Barton Biggs, Morgan Stanley's highly respected chief global strategist, is retiring after 30 years with the investment bank, the company said on Friday. The 70-year-old Mr Biggs, who joined the Wall Street firm in 1973 and has been a top- rated market watcher,
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      • 103 10 Bloomberg ILUNiJUN j uom prices win outpenorm tnose oi otner precious metals such as silver and platinum as political tensions, a weakening dollar and concerns of stagnant economic growth spur demand, analysts said. The gold price will average US$336 an ounce this year, a gain
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      • 65 10 AFP [CANBERRA] The Australian capital remained in deep crisis yesterday after it was devastated by bushflres that claimed four lives, injured 150 and destroyed 400 homes on its blackest day. Three of the injured had to be flown to Sydney with critical burns and 2,500
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    • 436 10 WASHINGTON Reuters LAT-WP THOUSANDS and thousands of Americans took to the streets last Saturday to denounce plans for war on Iraq, declaring "No Blood for Oil" and demanding that the White House give United Nations weapons inspectors a chance to do
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    • 486 11 CARACAS Chavez, however, predicts fall economic recovery this year Bloomberg VENEZUELA'S economy may contract as much as 25 per cent this year after a national strike curtailed oil exports, choked investment and pushed the currency to record lows against the
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    • 87 10 SAP: ofl strike may shrink Venezuelan economy up to 25%, Pg 11 The master chef of HuaYben Chinese Restaurant has proudly put together 7 delightful set menus for your celebrations In the Year of the Goat. From $188 for four persons to $888 for a table of 10 persons. For
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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  • BIZIT
    • 506 13 Infineon likely to post 7th straight quarterly loss: analysts Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] STMicroelectronics NV, Infineon Technologies AG and other European semiconductor companies, which have cut more than 8,000 jobs in the past two years, will need to lower costs further as the chip
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    • 232 13 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Intel Corp plans to ship two Itanium processors on a single piece of silicon in 2005 as the world's biggest maker of computer chips tries to steal sales from Sun Microsystems Inc and other server makers. Intel wiU release
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    • 135 13 Reuters [LONDON] Yahoo, one of the Web's most recognisable brand names, is eyeing entry into Europe's ultra-competitive Internet access market this year, the company's European chief said. "It's an area we are interested in expanding into outside the US," Mark Opzoomer, managing director
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    • 310 13 Plan to increase number of hot spots in the country NYT [TOKYO] People with personal digital assistants (PDAs), portable computers and other Internet-based gadgets can expect broader access at airports, railway stations and other public places in Japan. The Ministry of Public Management,
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    • 182 13 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Wireless local area networks (LANs), which provide mobile Internet access, have taken Asia by storm in the last six months, research consultancy Frost Sullivan said last Thursday. Asia-Pacific revenues for wireless LANs, which allow users to surf the Web without cables
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    • 469 14  -  IT services firms that do not provide full solutions could lose out: Tata Consultancy's CEO By] Raju Chellam Even as large comp a n i e s slash their corporate IT budgets, more of them now seek to outsource their back-end and
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    • 741 14  -  m&xi it margaret thomas IT'S almost unthinkable these days for a company or an organisation not to have a website. URLs abound on the sides of goods vans and backs of buses, on business cards and bills, and in advertisements. The Singapore government's
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 80 14 Mtir IPAQ frost HP HEWLETT-PACKARD has introduced the IPAQ Pocket PC H5460 that HP said is "the Industry's first handheld to integrate biometrics security, wireless LAN network access and Bluetooth wtretees capability". A thermal bioraetric finaerprint reader ensures that critical data is protected than unauthorised access.
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      • 60 14 SAMSUNG Blactnmics has launched the SGH-TSQO, a new mobile phone iaipNad st Isdles, It cop— wtth cable ztrconla lining on an external screen. and a a&OOtaoiour Internal icrwi that ftxnctkms as a mirror. The dual-band phooe weighs 90 grams, offers 40-chord polyphonic I melodies, and costs
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      • 258 14 FUJI Xerox Phaser Printing South-cast Asia is ready wtth what it claims is the fastest workgroup colour printer so flu*. Phaser 7300 transfers a fali-coiour image to paper in one pass, instead of the fbur requlred by moat traditional workgroup colour printers." It coats 98,796,
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      • 256 14 FUJI Xerox Phaser Printing South-cast Asia is ready wtth what it claims is the fastest workgroup colour printer so flu*. Phaser 7300 transfers a fali-coiour image to paper in one pass, instead of the fbur requlred by moat traditional workgroup colour printers." It coats 98,796, runs on
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      • 255 14 FUJI Xerox Phaser Printing South-cast Asia is ready wtth what it claims is the fastest workgroup colour printer so flu*. Phaser 7300 transfers a fali-coiour image to paper in one pass, instead of the fbur requlred by moat traditional workgroup colour printers." It coats 98,796, runs on a
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      • 258 14  -  Raju Chellam FUJI Xerox Phaser Printing South-cast Asia is ready wtth what it claims is the fastest workgroup colour printer so flu*. Phaser 7300 transfers a fali-coiour image to paper in one pass, instead of the fbur requlred by moat traditional workgroup colour printers." It coats 98,796,
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    • 715 15  -  lii comment INFOTECH What's needed In place of XDA and MDA is a single body empowered to understand *mi promote tb» fa™ oi medium ahi lee han shih IF the medium is the message, why does the government need two statutory boards, one to take care
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    • 143 15 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Global personal computer shipments rose 2.7 per cent last year, rebounding from a decline the previous year, market researcher Gartner Dataquest said. Shipments totalled 132 million units compared with a 4 per cent slump in 2001, the first decline since
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    • 297 15 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's cellular service firms said on Friday they had approached a telecoms court to resolve an interconnect row with rival fixed-line phone operators providing cheaper limited mobility services. The US$5 billion mobile services sector had refused to implement
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    • ITTAKES
      • 84 15 HUTCHISON-PRICELJNE is introducing a new range of discounted, published-price travel products this month at its website at www.priceline.com.sg. This is in addition to its trademark "name your own price" service. The two services complement each other, Priceline says. The latter service helps customers get exceptional savings
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      • 96 15 THE Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (previously called Gin tic Institute of Manufacturing Technology) and India's Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said they have developed a next-generation industrial controller for high-end control applications. Called Smartßox, this Singapore achievement resulted from a 10-month joint R&D initiative by a
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      • 44 15 THE International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium has appointed Singapore's National Computer Systems (NCS) as its partner in Singapore, Malaysia and China. The consortium is a non-profit industry body that trains and certifies information systems security professionals and practitioners worldwide.
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      • 47 15 NASDAQ-LISTED Interwoven Inc said Star Hub will deploy the Interwoven 5 platform to deliver product promotions and offer new online services to its customers. "With Interwoven, Star Hub can streamline content sharing and contribution while consolidating best practices throughout the enterprise," Interwoven said.
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      • 41 15  -  CanpOedby Raju Chellam THE Singapore Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said it has won two industry awards for its NSmen's portal miw.com.sg. The are: the third Annual Award, and the CIO 100 honoree by the CIO Magazine.
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    • 821 16  - The price is right for S'pore broadband maybe Prices for equivalent bandwidth here are sharply higher compared to Asian leaders, but there are good reasons why, analysts tell Tang WengFal :i i exclusive Tang Weng Fai LOCAL broadband prices have fallen significantly, boosting the subscriber base for high-speed Internet services.
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    • 185 16  -  Byl Tang Weng Fai SINGTEL yesterday announced a new brand consolidation aimed at maintaining its lead in data services across all its delivery channels. SingTel's entire group of data services offered under its fixed-line, Internet dial-up and broadband services will be offered under a new branding
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    • 399 16 Mturic industry seeking to hit online piracy at its source Reuters [CANNES] A top music executive said on Saturday that telecommunications companies and Internet service providers (ISPs) will be asked to pay up for giving their customers access to free song-swapping
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    • 342 17 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young DESPITE the various holidays, the market has remained active with reports of tonnage being inspected, working firm or sold. Most notably in the dry Bulk sector, where levels have continued to firm and there has been no let up in enquiry. ■m* CMBBI
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    • 288 17 Reuters [RENNES, France] A French submarine has plugged half the holes in the fractured hull of the sunken oil tanker Prestige, which has been spewing out viscous fuel oil since mid-No-vember, maritime officials said. The mini-submarine Nautile. which has been patching up
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    • 390 17 Authority stepping np efforts to attract more main liners Bernama [KLANG] Port Klang's throughput volume this year is forecast to increase by about 12 per cent to five million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), Port Klang Authority (PKA) chairman Ting Chew Peh
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    • 216 17 AFP [ROME] A shipment of chemicals bound for Libya and recently seized by Italian customs officials was given the all clear by port authorities in the north-western city of Genoa. Italian officials have been at pains to calm fears sparked by a newspaper report
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    • 745 18  -  LIMER SCENE By David Hughes PROM Feb 2 there will almost certainly be cases of ships being unable to discharge particular containers in the US. After the deadline has passed, US Customs will only allow in containers whose contents have been
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      • 761 25 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Lid. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 278 26 Codeshare proposal by Northwest, Delta, Continental cleared Reuters [WASfflNGTON] The Bush administration said it would permit the largest ever US airline marketing alliance to take effect, but imposed conditions. After reviewing the proposal for nearly six months, the Transportation Department cleared the codeshare proposal by
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      • 455 26 Bloomberg AFP [FRANKFURT] Fraport AG said Frankfurt airport's December passenger count rose 8 per cent as air travel recovered more than a year after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks. Full-year passenger numbers declined 0.2 per cent. The number of passengers using Europe's secondbusiest airport
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      • 291 26 Bloomberg [BASEL, Switzerland] Swiss International Air Lines Ltd increased the share of seats filled in December for the first month in four after the carrier reduced the number of flights over the year-end holidays. Switzerland's national carrier increased the so-called seat-load factor to 68.7
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      • 277 26 Xinhua [WELLINGTON! The international travel plans of thousands of Air New Zealand customers look set to be disrupted from early next month, when long-haul cabin crews plan week-long strike action. Flight Attendants and Related Services Association (Farsa) spokesman Terry Law was quoted
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      • 233 26 Reuters [MONTREAL] Air Canada said that a Quebec court had ruled Canadian antitrust authorities did not have the power to ban the airline from offering discounted fares on some eastern routes. The Quebec Court of Appeal struck down a 2000 ruling by
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      • 394 26 Bat critics say move could badly damage competition AFP [AUCKLAND] An application by Air Pacific to become part of the Qantas-Air New Zealand alliance will extend their monopoly to Fiji, the New Zealand Herald reported on Friday. Air NZ and Qantas have
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      • 160 26 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International Pel, the national carrier, filled more seats in the first quarter ended December than a year earlier as travel demand increased. The company filled 73.7 per cent of seats in the three months ended Dec 31,
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