The Business Times, 2 June 2003

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  • 16 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85c THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE I Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg MONDAY. JUNE 2, 2003
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  • 581 1  -  Studies show S'pore and regional stocks strengthen when greenback eases By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] A weak US dollar will hurt Singapore exports and, therefore, stocks? Not necessarily. In fact, past performance suggests that Singapore and Asian equities tend to rise when
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  • 65 1 Week Change ST1 1349.00 +30.86 KLSE COMP .671.46 NIKKEI 225 8424.51 +239.75 HANG SESli 9487.38 183.65 SET INDEX 403.82 +8.30 JAKARTA COMP ...494 78 +22.67 MANILA COMP ..1073.69 +2635 TAIPEI WPI 4555.90 +206.3M SEOILCOMP 633.42 +21.91 SHENZHEN B 225.57 +71(9 Al'ST ALL ORD 2979.80 +12 80 DOW JONES *****6
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  • 72 1 FOREX RATES US* SS TSS (SS per I'SS) 1.731 S(l'SS/SS per S) 1650 ±S5« EfRO(lSS/SS/E). 1.1H4 2.(15(1 YEN 11K.7 68.50 RM 3.800 2.195 H KS 7.798 4.505 BAHT 4174 24.11 Rl'PIAH 4.H|:{ RENMINBI 8.299 4.794 INDIAN Rl.TEE 474*4 27.17 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.25 M ALA LL'MPTR Ml HONG KONG
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  • 583 1  -  exclusive They're relooking use of external connsek survey By{ Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Times are hard and institutional clients are scrutinising their legal bills like never before. "Gone are the days when law firms could present a largely consolidated bill that would be
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  • 732 1  -  |:ii exclusive Initiatives will reduce dependence on bank borrowing Front j rr_ i. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo CENTRAL banks and monetary authorities from around one dozen Asian nations, including a number from Asean, are expected this week to announce details of
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  • 741 1 Financier says he was asked by creditors to make offer Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US financier Carl Icahn has offered to acquire all of bankrupt Global Crossing Ltd in a bid it valued at US$7OO million, challenging Singapore Technologies Telemedia's offer for control of
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    • 88 1 DOLLAR CRISIS USS decline may spark reflation p batt|e p s Vikram Khanna: A welcome lift for some of Asia's longsuffering economies. Pg 5 How will S 'pore stocks perform today? Find out online at http://business-times, asia 1. com. sg MISSED THAT SHARP COMMENTARY IN BT? Log on to BT
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    • 399 2  -  ICICI plans to start operations in S'pore this year, leverage on Indian diaspora in S-E Asia By Ajoy Sen in New Delhi CASH-RICH ICICI Bank, India's second largest bank in terms of assets, is due to start operations in Singapore later this year
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    • 851 2  -  Invited execs to see democracy at work in NY orchestra without conductor By( Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] One is a famous orchestra that has no conductor. The other is the legendary explorer who led his 27-man team to safety against all odds
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 417 4  -  It wants to expand facilities in China, repay loan, pay for joint venture stake By Kenneth Lim RICHARD Tay of YHI International Ltd still remembers the time he realised that the tyre and alloywheel distribution business that his father left to the 10 children could
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    • 278 4  -  New customers seen to boost unit's shipment volume By' Tang Weng Fai HOME decor and craft-re-lated products manufacturer and distributor Roly International Holdings said its global sourcing agent and supply chain management solutions subsidiary, Linmark Group Limited, has signed on two major
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    • 749 4  -  locksiew denesh divyanathan THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) showed its teeth and flexed its muscles last week when it issued for the first time ever an interim stop order on the initial public offering (IPO) prospectus of EC-Asia International. The reason:
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    • 231 4 NUMBER CLOSING GROSS MATURITY YEAR RAISED COUPON AMOUNT INTEREST OF DAYS OF PRICES' REDEMPTION DATE RATE (SM) PAYMENT ACCRUE) (EXCLUDING Y£LD ISIN CODE (%PA) DATES WTEREST ACCRUED INTEREST) (%PA) 15.*****3 N*****0F 1996 21/2 900.00 15/6 15/12 isT 100.05 1.35 SG**********
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    • 361 4 CUfiR PREV COMPANY MKT CAP CHNG PRICE %CHNG RANK RANK (S$M) FROM FROM MAY 30 APR 30 MAY 30 APR 30 MAY 30 APR 30 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 1 1 SingTel 26,382.2 2.1 1.48 2.1 2 2 UOB 17,444.8 6.7 11.10 6.7 3 3 DBS
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  • DOLLAR crisis
    • 1464 5  -  The stage is set for competitive reflation where Europe, Japan, UK, and others cut interest rates to curb dollar depreciation, says David Bale David Hale THE US dollar's decline is rapidly emerging as one of the most important factors in the conduct of monetary
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    • 914 5  -  BTM.Il'.l.'.M.H ECONOMICS But this depends on the policy response both from Asian countries as well as Europe and Japan vikram khanna THE US dollar is in the process of correcting against other major currencies. What will that mean for Asia? It would
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      314 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES May 30 VALUE CLOSE mmm 504.00 +127.00 WCOW -*****.00 +102.00 -*****.00 +50.00 UmipWil 368.21 +2.39 MUaMMlkrl 126.84 +2.00 88EM<Mwfti 1137.46 +5.45 3QE«dH«Prt 338.98 +6.35 WQShwrt 166.67 +0.46 MMSCIFabw 167.50 +1.00 Stocks Vohm UniFiberlOc 365,548,000 Chart SemiCond 26c 232,178,000 HonzonEduc 5c 143,891,000 Asia FOod&Prop 136,135,000 NewWave 5c 127,948,000
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    • 237 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan TRUST City Developments to surprise when the chips are down. The property blue-chip company, which has significant exposure to the hotel market through its Londonlisted Millennium Copthorne Hotels (M&C), again surprised the market
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    • 766 6  -  I-I I comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan IT'S almost cliche to say so, but the fact remains that markets hate uncertainty. One only has to look at the way global equity markets have performed this year to see why. The S&P 500, widely considered the best
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    • 246 6 AFP [HONG KONG] An easing in the euro's advance on the greenback forced many Asian currencies into a slide, led by the yen. Japanese yen: The yen continued sliding as dollar-buying sentiment remained strong against it following a recovery in US share
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 424 7  -  Humour in Beethoven's concertos evident in seamless playing By Frak DeMeglio FOR the first time in 20 years, Singapore was treated to the cycle of all five Beethoven piano concertos, as guest soloist Mikhail Pletnev performed in this year's Arts Festival accompanied
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    • 613 7  -  SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL Instant is a Millennium offers something for everyone, says Cheah Ul-Hoon Cheah Ui-Hoon AT first, the Singapore Arts Festival's opening performance Instant is a Millennium: A Musical Conversation with Tan Swie Hian sounded a mite ambitious. It's certainly difficult for mere
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    • 224 7  -  Hi 3 on the economy lending By] Loh Hui Yin LENDING by banks to non-bank sectors in April registered varying rates of growth over March. Year-on-year, loans to non-bank customers grew by 1.9 per cent although the pace would have slowed to
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  • CHINA focus
    • 1008 8  -  In an unusual move, it's suing its Chinese partner in 3 jurisdictions for failing to pay out 245 million yuan dividend, reports Loh Bni Yin Loh Hui Yin HONG Leong Asia's difficulty in laying its hands on its share of $52 million of dividends
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 392 9  -  Cheaper Asian exports will help economies recover From] Neil Behrmann in London CURRENCY markets are focusing on US dollar weakness, but the real story is euro strength. Since Asian currencies are pegged or managed within the US dollar ambit, the extent of effective
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    • NOTEBook
      • 64 9 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Genting Bhd and power giant Tenaga Nasional Bhd are planning to build a 1,400 MW coal-fired power plant at a cost of around RM4 billion (Ssl .82 billion), a report said yesterday. The Edge business newspaper said, citing sources, that the
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      • 60 9 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Three supporters of jailed former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim who were held under a tough security law were freed yesterday when their two-year detention orders expired. "Camp authorities have freed three of the detainees without any condition," Cynthia Gabriel, executive director with
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      • 64 9 AP [YANGON, Myanmar] The military government closed offices of Aung San Suu Kyi's party across Myanmar yesterday, a day after detaining the Nobel Peace Prize laureate following a clash between her supporters and pro-government protesters in which four people died, party sources said. Top leaders of
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      • 66 9 Reuters [KHON KAEN, Thailand] Thailand said yesterday it will sign a trade agreement with China on June 16 to allow the two countries to start cutting tariffs on specific product groups over the next few years. Thai Commerce Minister Adisai Bodharamik said the deal
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    • 505 9 BEIJING Report says he took HK$2Jb loan from BOC (HE) when Lin Jinbao was its head CHINESE authorities have launched an investigation into the dealings of Shanghai's richest man, a real estate tycoon with close links to Liu Jinbao, the former head of
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    • 342 9 TAIPEI Reuters Bloomberg AFP AP TAIWAN said yesterday it expected the Sars outbreak to cut second-quarter export orders by 3.6 per cent from the first quarter, worse than a previously projected 2.9 per cent decline. The Ministry of Economics Affairs said on
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    • 770 10 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON) Gold prices slipped back from recent three-month high points after the weary dollar showed signs of stabilising. Oil prices ended little changed, propped up by stronger demand for gasoline after the start of the "summer driving season" in the
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  • WORLD news
    • 505 11 LONDON It tells irate UK investors that USs37mpayplanis at 'market rates' Bloomberg Reuters HSBC Holdings Pic fended off shareholder criticism over a controversial pay package for William Aldinger, head of its US consumer finance business, on Friday. The bank's executives faced questions
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    • 315 11 Reuters [MILAN] McDonald's has sued one of Italy's top food critics for raking its restaurants over the coals, but the critic says he has no intention of going back on saying its burgers taste of rubber and its fries of cardboard. With the court case
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    • 331 11 THE HAGUE AFP DUTCH corporate leaders are feeling the heat as public opinion turns against them in this time of economic downturn, with even the centre-right government threatening measures against what it calls "excessive" pay rises. "It is irresponsible and unacceptable that in
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    • 338 12 US drug firm may also face charges of fraud and obstruction of justice NYT [NEW YORK] The Schering-Plough Corp said on Friday that its executives expect it could soon be indicted in a federal investigation into its prescription drug marketing practices, and face charges that
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  • BizIT
    • 865 13  -  1-11 exclusive Adoption of Content Addressed Storage is being driven by tough compliance regulations being enforced by most countries. Rqju Chellam has the details Raju Chellam ANEW storage platform called CAS (Content Addressed Storage), developed to satisfy stringent new regulations that require
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    • 395 13  -  By\ Raju Chellam CONTENT Addressed Storage (CAS) is so new a concept that market analysts have not even begun tracking it as an industry segment yet. But going by rough indications, the demand for CAS is set to jump at more than 250 per cent a
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    • 679 14  -  This is expected to posh sales revenue up by 4% By< Amit Roy Choudhury UNIT sales ot servers m sin gapore are expected to remain flat in 2003 but sales revenue will go up by 4 per cent as companies opt for costlier
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    • 711 14  -  I li comment INFOTECH Hopefully, the regulators will get it right and also keep the golden goose alive tang weng fai LAST week, in a surprise move, telecom regulator Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) said it will seek industry views on regulating wholesale
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    • 111 14 Reuters [TAIPEI] Organisers of Taiwan's Computex 2003, the world's third-largest computer trade show, said they had rescheduled the event for Sept 22-26 after postponing it due to worries over the deadly Sars virus. The government-funded China External Trade Development Council and Taipei Computer Association postponed
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    • ITTAKES
      • 52 14 NETWORK security provider NetScreen Technologies Inc last week said it appointed Sanjiv Verma as its sales director for Asean and the Indian subcontinent. Prior to joining NetScreen, Mr Verma held senior positions in 3Com, CommWorks and Hewlett-Packard, with a total of 17 years experience in the
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      • 45 14 LINUXWORLD Singapore, organised by IDG World Expo (Asia) Ltd. will now be held at Suntec City on July 8-9. Poised as the premier Linux event in Asia, the two-day conference will include speakers from Oracle Corp, Veritas Software and others.
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      • 80 14 ADOBE Systems Inc will feature the latest version of its flagship document product, Adobe Acrobat 6.0, on June 5 at the Marina Mandarin Ballroom. The company also announced the immediate availability of ver 3.0 of its free Adobe Reader for Palm OS, which allows users to read,
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      • 98 14  -  Compiled by Tang Weng Fai USERS of Yahoo's instant messenger services will soon be able to send SMS messages to handphones locally and in Thailand via their PCs. The service, Yahoo!2SMS, will let users send messages from their Yahoo instant messenger account to any SingTel
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    • 841 16  -  Ethernet has revolutionised connectivity and continues to offer limitless possibilities marcel jacobs Ethernet, used in local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs), across wires and the airwaves, was 30 on May 22, and shows no signs of letting up. Around the globe, physicians
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    • 325 16 Bloomberg [BERLIN] Microsoft Corp, the world's biggest software maker, is losing a contract to supply its Windows operating system for 14,000 Munich government computers because the city is switching to rival Linux. The conversion to Linux, a freely distributed, opensource program, will begin
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    • ONTHESHELF
      • 59 16 NEC Computers will launch its NEC Versa P6OO in mid-June. Powered by Intel Centrino mobile technology, the thin and light laptop has integrated wireless capabilities, and extended battery life. Priced at $3,599, the Versa P6OO has a high resolution 14-inch display and weighs
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      • 105 16 RANGER Technology is launching the Ranger PORTA Writer, a transportable CD-ROM based storage product targeted at users who need to permanently store digital camera images into CD recordable media. Priced at $599, the Ranger PORTAWriter accepts five of the most popular memory cards compact flash, microdrive,
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      • 58 16 OLYMPUS has launched a new 2-megapixel entry-level digital camera, the Camedia C-150, featuring several automatic and creative functions. The C-150 comes with a new graphical user interface (GUI) designed for users to access quickly the most commonly used menu selections. TTie camera, which is available now,
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      • 107 16  -  Compiled by Amit Roy Choundhury ACER has launched its latest range of Veriton computers, the Veriton 3600G, 5600G and 7600 G. The Veriton 3600G is a small form factor PC and is designed for offices where space is at a premium. The Veriton 5600G offers
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    • 525 18  -  Its case study wins a place in the 2003 Computerworld Honors Collection, writes AXCTT ROT CHOUDHURY AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY Singaporebased 01am International will today receive an award in Washington as one of the finalists for the 2003 Computerworld Honors Collection, a global
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    • 509 18 Huge potential seen but can the two tech titans deliver? Cox News Service [NEW YORK] Imagine a day not too far in the future. At work, CNN plays in a corner of your computer screen. That night at home, you download and record the latest
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    • 398 18 AFP [WASHINGTON] Real Networks announced plans last Wednesday for a new Internet music download service modelled in part on the new service by Apple Computer, offering subscribers songs at 79 US cents apiece. The service, however, will require a monthly subscription costing U559.95, unlike
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    • 248 18 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India's Internet user growth slowed to 8 per cent in the year to March as cost of bandwidth and phone usage prevented users from going online. India's Internet users reached 3.5 million from 3.24 million the year before, the government
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 294 19 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young FOLLOWING the previous week's reported sale of the Handymax bulker Boron Explorer the very similar Rubin Dover (45,000/97) is reported sold at around U5514.85 million. However, this vessel is said to be sold within Japan. TANKEBSc 'Front Sun': 159,999 tdw bit 00 Hyundai
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    • 279 19 MX '000 my 30 s$ vai CWT Distribution 0.59 0.02 15 Chuan Hup 038 -0.01 1826 CH Oftshora 0 JO -0.01 124 Cosco Invastmant —036 unch 1204 FralgM Link* 0.05 unch 2219 GB Holdings 0.65 0.02 25 Jay* Holdings 0.34 -0.01 478 Kappal Corp 4.40 -O.tO 1626 KlVcntur*
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    • 578 19  -  Feeder operators' warning comes as they protest against Bangladesh's maritime law By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Singapore-based container teeder operators are warning of "chaos" after they say "severe" restrictions slapped on foreign vessels forced them to begin boycotting Bangladesh's main port on Friday.
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    • 200 19 Bloomberg [OSLO] Persian Gulf oil supertanker rates may decline as chartering activity is tapering off and forward supply of ships is plentiful, a tanker broker said. Five very large crude carriers were booked with Gulf cargoes the past two days, loading
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    • 272 19 AFP [TOKYO) Japan is considering beefing up inspections of all North Korean ships that visit its docks in order to check Pyongyang's suspected drug smuggling and missile parts trade, a Japanese daily said yesterday. Ministries and agencies will hold a meeting soon
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    • 120 19 Reuters [STOCKHOLM] A Chinese cargo ship (left) was left sinking after colliding with a Cypriot-registered vessel in the Baltic sea, the Swedish coastguard said. The Chinese ship, a bulk carrier, collided with the general cargo ship in Danish waters about 150 km southeast of Copenhagen
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    • 315 19 Norwegian Cruise Line cancels 2 more sailings for Norway AP [MIAMI] A seventh crew member has died from injuries suffered when a boiler exploded aboard a cruise ship, and autopsies found that five victims were fatally scalded by a rush of
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    • 738 20  -  DOCKYARD -By David Hughes ANYBODY not directly involved in the shipping industry may be forgiven for thinking that this is an industry with an awful safety record and in a perpetual state of crisis. What is worse, those of us in the
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    • 199 20 PAGE Avant 6 B'tang Mas 5 BSA 4 BSC 6 BTL 6 Cargoways 6 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 Chahaya 6 China Shpg 5 Confer 6 CWT Globelink ...4 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 EP Carriers 6 ECL 3 EIS 6 Eng Lee 6 ESP Lines 4 Far Shpg
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    • 13482 25 thebusinesstimes EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vnsit Voyeqe Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyaq# T«»phon« SIN Dest'n Name Nam* Number Number SIN Dest'n Nam# Name Number Number To CALLAO (CLL) 2064 Peru To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoira 09/06 n/07 MOl PiO NED atacama 7onE 65-*****686 09/0* 02/07 Mnui
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      • 438 27 Vessel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL MARC0P0L072 04/03J J3 A/SIDE 02/06 0630 SMART E424 J15/16 A/SIDE 02/06 0800 BAYSWATER118 E3123 J3 02/06 1730 02/06 2359 BAYSWATER228 M3123 J3 02/06 0900 02/06 1700 CHEN YU NO 7 TOC 43 J6 02/06 0900 05/06 2359 EF 23
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      • 2062 27 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ACX DAHUA 062N 062N l_ JW(W00M« 03/*****3 2000 ACX RAFFLES 078S 078S 1 03/*****3 700 03/*****3 1800 ALAMJAYA 2 8847N 8847N 1 **********00 05/*****3 2300 ALEN YAi.004 WU.004 1 03/06/2003
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      • 137 27 Jon 1 China: Children's Day. Jan 2 Italy: Anni of the Rep. NZ: Queen's Birthday. Jon 4 Hongkong: Tuen Ng Festival. Taiwan: Dragon Boat Festival. Jan 6 S Korea: Memorial. Jon 7 Malaysia: King's Birthday Jan 9 Australia: Queen's Birthday. France: Whit Monday. Germany: Whit Monday. Jan 12
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      • 811 27 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 478 27 Carton 180 Max 1005.1 0.7 15.6 0.06 144 0.03 M«f 22 Dewlty Watef IhMm AshAluffllnium %ttmmI t(ov E25 5 0 4 0 -2—- 380 Ave 962.6 0J 0.6 0.04 18 0.02 380 Mu 995.0 15 18.0 0.07 74 0.04 K/Wl M/M M/M WW —tlx* Wo tborf
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 589 28 It marks the end of an era of trans-Atlantic luxury travel AFP Reuters [PARIS] France bid an emotional farewell to Concorde on Saturday as the supersonic airliner touched down at Charles de Gaulle airport at the end of its final scheduled flight for Air
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      • 416 28 Pilots comprise 10% of staff but asked to provide 31% of cost cuts: lawyer AP AP [TORONTO] A court-ap-pointed monitor of Air Canada's bankruptcy restructuring says the airline and its pilots union must agree on cost-cutting concessions to help restore solvency. Lawyers
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      • 311 28 AP [BANGKOK] Thai Airways said that the number of passengers on its flights dropped by more than one-third in April from the same period a year earlier a reflection of the Sars outbreak's impact on air travel. A total of 1.031 million people flew
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      • 191 28 Reuters [FRANKFURT] The world's largest airline network has voted unanimously to make US Airways Group its latest Star Alliance member, German airline Lufthansa said in a statement. "The chief executives of Star Alliance Airlines have today voted unanimously to accept US Airways as a
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      • 244 28 Reuters [HONG KONG] Beijingbacked airline conglomerate China National Aviation Corp (CNAC) said it was prepared to buy out its partners in No 2 Hong Kong carrier Dragonair, whose owners include local rival Cathay Pacific Airways. CNAC also said it would serve as an
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      • 272 28 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's biggest airports operator, BAA Pic, is expected to post about a 3 per cent rise in annual profit tomorrow, with the booming no-frills airlines cushioning the effects of the wider industry downturn. Budget airlines such as easy Jet
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      • LOGBook
        • 65 28 AFP [CAIRO] Egypt Air announced it has joined most other airlines in banning smoking on its flights, starting yesterday. The state carrier said it has decided to halt its policy of allowing passengers to light up on flights of more than three hours. It
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        • 73 28 Xinhua [BEIJING] China's aggregate air traffic mileage in 2002 rose to 16.2 billion ton-kilometres, up 17 per cent on a yearly basis and pushing China's world ranking from the sixth to fifth, according to statistics from the International Civil Aviation Organization. The four countries ahead
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        • 62 28 AFP [NAIROBI] British Airways (BA) has announced special offers for passengers flying to and from Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, even though a government-ordered suspension of direct flights remains in force because of risks of terrorism. Until June 9, BA is wooing customers with buy-one-get-one-free
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        • 28 28 Reuters [NEW YORK] Delta Air Lines, the No 3 US airline, said it privately sold US$3OO million of 20-year senior bonds convertible into stock.—Reuters
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 126 27 \ri\ 5 FOR 7AM 2 Jun 2003 IBBCBy HHH pj i Issued by Meteorological Service Division,NEA LEGEND: Thunderstorm Wind speed symbols \y Showers Fu circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds R a j n One half fleche represents 5 knots Cloudy Day -One full fleche represents
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