The Business Times, 4 July 2003

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  • 16 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85c THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE I Internet: nt+p.//business-times.asial com.sg FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2003
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  • 715 1  -  IDA reviewing list of measures while Western govts plan to criminalise sending of jnnk e-mail By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Singapore is looking into curbing the spread of spam those annoying junk mail of the Internet age as lawmakers in the West plan global
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  • 641 1  -  Parting of the ways foroneofS'pore's best-known consumer bankers By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Edwin Khoo, the man widely credited with leading Citibank's successful charge into the consumer banking segment in Singapore, has quit the American bank. The business director for secured assets at Citibank submitted
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  • 86 1 FOREX RATES U5$ 8$ 1 SS |SS per I SS) 1.752 ifl'SS/SSper <i\I662 291! EUR0(1SS/S$/E). 1.147 2.008 YEN 118.1 67 40 RM 3.800.- 1169 HKS 7 798 4452 BAHT 4174 23.83 RI'PIAH UM 4.690 RENMINBI 8.299 4 738 INDIAN Rl PEE 4641 2649 AS 1.469 ..0.839 NZS 1680 USB
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  • 646 1 30,000 jobs lost last month, mostly from factory lines AP Bloomberg AFP [WASHINGTON] The US unemployment rate shot up to 6.4 per cent in June, the highest level in more than nine years, in an economic slump that has cost nearly a
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  • 533 1  -  =4 on the economy manufacturing Jane purchasing managers'index in expansionary zone By. Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] In what is perhaps the first sign that the manufacturing economy is bottoming out, the purchasing managers' index (PMI) added 1.4 points to cross into the expansionary zone last
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    • 732 2  -  Cots range from 5 to 11%, with restoration clause hinging on profits By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] After weeks of tough negotiations, Singapore Airlines and three unions representing its Singapore-based staff have hammered out an jigreemen* on wage restructuring. Under the agreement, SIA
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    • 224 2  -  He is charged with siphoning off $L3m from co-op By* Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE! Former NTUC Choice Homes chief executive Lim Geok Hwee has pleaded not guilty to charges that he siphoned off $1.3 million from the housing cooperative. Lim's case was mentioned
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    • 555 2 Raghuram Rajan to focus on issues in the financial sector AFP [WASHINGTON] Indian analyst Raghuram Rajan, named on Wednesday as the next International Monetary Fund chief economist, said he wanted to grapple with instability in the financial and banking systems. "I do think that
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 53 2 IF you've got a bit of time and fancy a laugh, then try this go to www.google.com and enter weapons of mass destruction' in the search field. Don't click on the search button, though, but click instead on 'I'm feeling lucky'. Read the error message
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      • 81 2 A CHINESE government official from Hebei province has been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party because he broke the one-child policy by fathering seven children. According to the Shanghai Daily News, Huang Zhaojun was desperate to have a son after his first boy died at age five.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 312 4  -  It hopes to cash in on China's growing outsourcing semiconductor business By\ Daniel Buenas ST ASSEMBLY Test Services (Stats) is launching a US$2O million manufacturing facility in Shanghai which will start running by the end of October, the company announced yesterday. Stats, a
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    • 245 4  -  By Angela Tan SEMBCORP Industries Ltd will be letting go 35 employees in its engineering and construction division over the next two to three months. When contacted by BT, SCl's spokesman did not give a breakdown of how many of those to be affected
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    • 729 4  -  HOCKIWFffffB donald urquhart THESE must be challenging days for the staff and management at Singapore Airlines. While much soul-searching is probably going on within the company, outside we're left to wonder what exactly is driving this incessant mantra of cost cutting. The official line,
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    • 351 5  - Cheung Kong goes for a 'lucky' name Fortune Reit By Kalpana Rashiwala FORTUNE Reit, that is the auspicious name that Cheung Kong Holdings will be giving for the shopping centre trust that it hopes to list in Singapore, say sources. Units in the trust, which will hold five of Cheung
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    • 291 5  -  Six of 10 latest offers saw public tranche subscribed over 100 times By Kenneth Lim SUBSCRIPTION rates of more than 100 times for public tranches of IPOs have become common of late. Six of the 10 latest initial public offers including Juken's which closed on
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    • 270 5  -  ffy Tay Shi'an FIDELITY Investments has moved more than $2 billion of assets to manage in its new Singapore office, the company announced at its official opening yesterday. The independent fund management giant also received approval on Monday from the Monetary Authority of
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    • 233 7  -  International Procurement Centre status to boost Malaysian operations By. Andrea Tan VALUE chain management services provider Teckwah Industrial Corp said its Malaysian operations will get a boost after its associate, Teckwah Value Chain Sdn Bhd, received a special sta- tus. Teckwah Value Chain has
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    • 410 7  -  It'll use proceeds to help fond purchase of River Vale Mall By] Kalpana Rashiwala FAIRPRICE, which recently sold shares in Provisions Suppliers Corporation (PSC) and Capita Mall Trust for a total of about $45 million, will use the proceeds to help fund its $59.3
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    • 147 7 OCBC Bank yesterday said it received a good response to its offer of preference shares to shareholders in lieu of a special cash dividend. The bank said 5,561 shareholders have elected to receive 209.3 million preference shares instead of the cash dividend, with 3,550 applying
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    • 933 4 c k. tang limited JLupSU (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Belimbing Room, Level 2, Marriott Hotel, 320 Orchard Road, Singapore *****5 on Thursday, 31 July 2003, at 10.00 a.m. for the following purposes:
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    • 169 4 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER PRIVATE EQUITY (ASIA) PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE TO SUBMIT PARTICULARS OF DEBTS OR CLAIMS Notice is hereby given that the creditors of the abovenamed Company, whose debts or claims
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    • 168 4 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER FUTURES (SINGAPORE) PTE (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE TO SUBMIT PARTICULARS OF DEBTS OR CLAIMS Notice is hereby given that the creditors of the abovenamed Company, whose debts or claims have not
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    • 940 4 YAMds c K TANG limited jlflfljili (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at Belimtwnq Room. Level 2. M amort Hotel. 320 Orchard Road, Singapore *****5 on Thursday. 31 July 2003 at 10.30 am (or immediately
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    • 563 4 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF ENGINEERING FUJI INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD (IN CREDITORS' VOLUNTARY UOUIDATION) FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap 50. that the FINAL MEETING of the members and of the creditors
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    • 827 4 This is to inform that Nellie Low Ng Gek Huay, NRIC No *****696 A is no longer in our employ with effect from 5 May, 2003. She is therefore not authorized to transact any business or collect any monies or accounts on our behalf. The company will not be liable
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    • 1404 5 HnßpH Call toll-free 1800 289 8822 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF PASCO INVESTMENT PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company held at 60 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand on 27 June
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    • 520 5 ow s Addressing The Critical Year Issue rm. US t OiTl 61* cr t ca Y ear ssue s policyholders need only pay premiums for just a few years r< affecting certain AIA past the critical year date and AIA will guarantee 100% of the policyholders applies mainly original sum
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      345 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jul 3 VALUE CLOSE BTO0/OS -8.00 -84 00 BTCAM -*****.00 +31.00 BT lOntay MA -*****.00 1 Aft-SGE*Mm 399.50 +0.91 SG Equities Etect 143.37 +2.38 SG Equities Fin 1261.65 +8.63 SG Equities Prop 378.01 +1.44 MSO Singapore 182.82 +0.84 SMSC1 Fatms 183.30 +0.20 Slocks Volume Chart SemiCond 26c
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    • 262 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of Jurong Technologies has been one of the top performers on the Singapore bourse in recent months. The share has risen some 50 per cent since mid-March, an impressive climb, to close at 49
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    • 766 6  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy WATCHING the stock market in recent sessions is a bit like watching a mountain climber scale a challenging peak there's a gritty determination to overcome any setbacks and to reach the next level at all costs, even though those setbacks
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    • 599 6  -  JbhJbMaaaiBHHIBBB CURRENCIES Euro worst-hit again, bond rout continues larry wee ASIAN currencies soared as Asian bourses continued to sparkle yesterday, while it was very much a case of "stocks good, bonds horrible" elsewhere in financial markets. And, after a less than impressive attempt to
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  • 3488 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Health index Fd 0 846/ Com Global Telecom Index fd 0.45/ Com Global mfotec Index Fd!"— 0 307/ A4N Anro Asset Mat (S pora) Com Global Energy Index Fd 0 862/ Star Europe Egtyf* 0 647/ G(oba) lndn fd 0 695/ n S-pcra B"™ 1
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    • 1170 7 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP 50.1994 Edi AND IN THE MATTER OF ARDENT SOFTWARE PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation! NOTICE OF RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the aboyenamed Company duly convened and held at 50 Washington Street. Westborough, MA *****, United
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    • 1047 7 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 50 STERLING SOFTWARE (SINGAPORE) II PTE LTD MEMBERS VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting ol the Company deemed to be held at 9 Temasefc Boulevard #10-01/03 Suntec Tower 2. Singapore *****9 on 27 June 2003. the following resolutions were duly passed
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    • 1065 7 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 SILVERSTREAM SOFTWARE (ASIA) PTE LIMITED MEMBERS VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company convened and held at 404 Wyman Street. Suite 500. Waltham Massachusetts *****, USA on 27 June 2003, the following resolutions were duly passed 1. SPECIAL
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 740 8  -  OPINION MraTTflnTrnTjl frank ching THE six-day visit to China by Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee shows that the two countries, which fought a border war more than four decades ago, have decided to mend their relations. This is a move of great significance
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    • 60 8 'I've never seen a sanctions regime aimed at countries that believe in the rule of law rather than ones that commit human rights abuses.' Richard Dicker a director of Human Rights Watch in New York, after the Bush administration suspended US military assistance to 35 countries for
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    • 607 8 EDITORIAL ITS only a matter of time before local companies will be required to account for employee share options as an annual expense to be charged against revenues. In the US, companies will have to account for their employee options from next year and although the matter
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    • 985 8  -  It's time to realise that a simple black or white, 'us' vs 'them' view of the world is not applicable anymore Froml Leon Hadar in Washington MUCH has been written about the split between the United States and Europe (or at least,
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    • 281 8  -  MAiLisrm Bernard Lim Financial Services Director Prudential Assurance Co THANK you for the article "MAS reviews knotty insurance issue" (BT, July 2. While on the one hand this article could not have been more untimely for some insurers, it certainly is a welcome education for the
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    • 264 8  -  Tan Kin Lian Chief Executive Officer NTUC Income I REFER to your article, "MAS reviews knotty insurance issue" (BT. July 2). You reported that if a life insurance policyholder names the spouse or a child as a beneficiary under the policy, a statutory trust under
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    • 115 8  -  David Soh Poh Hual Singapore I NOTE from media reports that the HDB has retrenched staff while HDB Corp has recruited. What's happening? Are we misusing taxpayers' money? As more and more Singaporeans are being retrenched at the expense of companies worrying about
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 344 9  -  It will underpin Shell-Bechtel's $500m-700m power station project By 1 Ronnie Lim IT'S practically aU systems go for a new power player here which will sign a natural gas supply deal with Indonesia in mid-July. Island Power Company (a joint venture
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    • 596 9  -  Talks progressing well and could be wrapped np in jnst 12 months By] Loh Hui Yin INDIA and Singapore have made significant progress in negotiating a free trade agreement, making it possible to conclude the pact by next May. "It is tough
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    • 329 9  -  By Kenneth Lim CHEMICAL and petrochemical products, in an industry dominated by large and multinational companies, win reap most of the estimated $146 million a year in tariff savings non-textile exporters could enjoy under the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) next year, figures
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    • 880 9 Call toll-free 1800 289 8822 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF KALMECO PTE LTD (In Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 18 Cross Street #08-01 China Square Central
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 421 10 KUALA LUMPUR It's pitching skills to develop new generation of cars for Iran AFP SHARES in Proton shot up yesterday on news the Malaysian national carmaker has moved to boost its presence in Iran to tap an expected boom there,
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    • 159 10 JAKARTA Free-trade zone status for other islands under study Reuters INDONESIA will maintain zero import tariffs for industries operating on Batam island. Chief Economics Minister Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti said yesterday. "We decided to protect industries in Batam and will keep giving them (zero) import
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    • NOTE Book
      • 73 10 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's eldest son is leading a group bidding for the debts of Texmaco Group to win control of Indonesia's biggest textile maker. Utara Capital Sdn must submit a final bid on the debts, which have a
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      • 103 10 Reuters [HONG KONG] Media company tom.com, backed by Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing, is issuing US$l3O million in new shares to fund its new China TV investment, market sources said yesterday. The placement value was 30 per cent more than an original US$lOO million
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      • 39 10 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian plantations group Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd, in the midst of carrying out a complex group revamp, said yesterday it might sell an ongoing road project worth RM6SO million (Ss3oo million). Reuters
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  • 1614 10 S1C0M FUTURES Jul 3 RUS8EX Futures (Closing prices) tSS 1 (S centsAfl) Close Votant Opto Month Wtfi low Sott (tonwos) Interest Aafl 03 ***** Sep 03 164.75 Oct 03 ***** Mo* 03 160.75 RSS 3 (US cants/kg) VotuiM Opto Month High Low Sett (tonms) Interest Aug 03 96.50 96.00
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  • REGION world
    • 404 11  -  Reports say Hague resigned over differences with key shareholders From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S third-largest banking group yesterday kept silent about reports that Michael Hague, chief executive of RHB Bank, had resigned over alleged differences with the
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 61 11 AP [STRASBOURG] European Central Bank (ECB) chief Wim Duisenberg rebuffed calls yesterday for his bank to cut interest rates further to stimulate the European Union's flagging economy, saying current rate levels were appropriate. Several European Union lawmakers backed calls by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
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      • 68 11 Reuters [LONDON] The eurozone s service sector contracted less slowly in June for the second month running as optimism grew and demand picked up, but the improvement was less than expected, the Reuters Eurozone services survey showed. The eurozone business activity index, which covers service companies
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      • 59 11 Reuters [LONDON] Global banking group HSBC is axing 1,400 jobs in the UK to keep a tight rein on costs. The bank said roughly half the total would go via natural turnover and the rest would be through redundancies. HSBC said the cutbacks would
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    • 386 11 SHANGHAI Think-tank: Bid to tighten monetary policy may backfire AFP A LEADING Chinese thinktank has recommended the trading range of the yuan with the US dollar be widened while urging the central bank to act cautiously in any bid to tighten monetary policy. The
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    • 353 11 LATEST US DATA Bloomberg Reuters [WASHINGTON] The number of Americans filing for state unemployment benefits rose more than economists expected, holding above 400,000 for a 20th straight week as companies kept firing workers to trim costs, a government report showed. States received 430,000
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  • WORLD news
    • 471 13 Ernst Young to pay US$15m tax penalty NEW YORK The firm did not properly register tax shelters or keep lists of their buyers NYT ACCOUNTING firm Ernst Young will pay the government US$l5 million because it did not properly register tax shelters and similar transactions or properly maintain lists of
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    • 385 13 WASHINGTON AFP THE United States government and farmers have reacted with dismay to a European Union parliamentary vote on Wednesday to require labels on foods containing genetically modified ingredients, opening the way for the lifting of the EU's five-year moratorium on approving
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  • SHOPFRONT
    • 734 14  -  What's a lifestyle without gadgets and gizmos nowadays, like watches to time your heart rate and tell you whether you 're on high ground or low, and contraptions to chill your wine in a jiffy. Alright, so we haven't found the blue X-ray glasses that James Bond used
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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  • PERSPECTIVE/EXECUTIVE WOMAN
    • 746 15  -  OFFrirrm.-i Today's news stories show that things aren't quite what they used to be. Question is: Can we keep np with the way things are going? jaime ee WHAT do fame, retrenchment and cheap air fares have in common? Nothing very much, except that if
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    • 926 15  -  p J*" If mi revievv In the second of our monthly column, CORINNE KERK looks at oily and problem skin, and some of the skincare products that can help improve your complexion. Next month, we find out more about dehydrated skin and what you can do
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
    • 1330 16  -  PARVATHI NAYAR LOOKS AT THE DOLLARS AND SENSE OF THE BUSINESS BOOKS TRADE PARVATHI NAYAR USINESS is I bad" is a tune I W that's heard a lot lately, but an interesting I M coda is that I W the business of business books is
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    • 405 16 BUSINESS writer/columnist/business analyst Michael Backman, cited in the Prime Minister's 1998 National day address as an "expert" on overseas Chinese, is the author of Asian Eclipse: Exposing the dark side of Business in Asia, and co-author of Big In Asia: 25 Strategies for Business Success. He
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    • 234 16 IT'S the big cheese of business book success stories: Who moved my Cheese?, which has sold about 150,000 copies to date, and is still selling, in Singapore. "We believe that the international snowball effect of Cheese actually started in Singapore," smiles Rudolf Phua, managing director
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    • 286 17 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index rose 4 points to 2127, the Baltic Capesize Index fell 7 points to 2741, the Baltic Panamax Index rose 15 points to 2177 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 22 points to *****. TIME-CHARTER: Cape Century (built 2001) *****3 dwt 14.4 on 57
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    • 601 17  -  Battle between Spain, ABS over Prestige tanker disaster deepens By'. Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The legal battle between Spain and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has taken another nasty step forward with Spain calling for Brussels to strip the class society
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    • 550 17 USs4om safety measures to be fully operational from October AFP [ISTANBUL] With 50,000 massive oil tankers transiting the crossroads of Europe and Asia every year, Turkey is putting in place a sophisticated hi-tech traffic system aimed at preventing devasting oil spills.
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    • 254 17 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Jinzhou Port Co, a port operator controlled by Chinese billionaire Zhang Hongwei, said it will have a first-half profit, following a full-year loss in 2002, as cargo traffic increased. The company, which offers freight services in northeastern China, said in a
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    • 157 17 AP [HOBART, Australia] A new ferry service will link Australia's largest city to its island state of Tasmania starting early next year, authorities announced yesterday. The service will start in January and run three times a week between Sydney on Australia's east coast
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    • 176 17 [SINGAPORE] Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is for the first time offering shippers a direct service between Korea and Indonesia, maintaining its edge as a leading provider of high speed Intra-Asia services. The Japanese line announced in Tokyo yesterday that it will start offering the Korea-Indonesia
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    • 789 18  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK Shipper's goods could be detained and sold as carrier has subcontracted obligations to stevedore: English court -By Selva Kumar AN English court ruled last week that a bill of lading that gave a carrier the right to
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    • 199 18 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 Oongnama 3 EP Carriers 6 ECL 3 Eng Lee 6 ESP Lines 4 Far Shpg 5 Foong
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      75 18 AP [MIAMI] Veronica Salsbury taking a picture of the crippled Norway as it is towed out of Government Cut in Miami. Ms Salsbury has sailed four times on the Norway and is a member of the Norway Foundation, a group that is interested in preserving the ship. Norwegian
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    • 12819 23 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 20/07 07/00 COSCO EVER GENTRY 099W 65 422**00 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoir* 21/07 07/00 mol p&o neo Singapore «02a 65
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      • 632 25 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL BEST PESCADO 5 J4/5 A/SIDE 04/07 0600 LABROY 166 NMS18/03 J13 A/SIDE 04/07 0630 MARCO P222 03/03J J3 A/SIDE 04/07 0630 PIONEER 111 J6 A/SIDE 04/07 0200 SANDIDEWA 14 129 J10 A/SIDE 04/07 0900 STANDARD 2 0301 J15 A/SIDE
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      • 1810 25 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Beilti Name Voy Voy teq berthing Nmbr ACX ULAC 0S4S CMS 1 06/07/2003-15:00 0707/2003-0700 ACX MARGUERI 019N 019N 1 0507/2003-1500 0607/2003-0300 AL MLTTANAB8I C249W C249W 1 05/07/2003-1 500 0607/2003-0300 ALAMJAYA2 8852 8852 1 0707/2003-0800 0707/2003 1600 ALEN
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      • 141 25 Jul 14 France: National Day. U Kingdom: Orangmen's Day. Jul 15 Brunei: Sultan Birthday. Thailand: Buddhist Lent Day. Jul 17 S Korea: Cons Day. Jul 20 Japan: Marine Day. Angl China: Founding Chi PLA. Aaf 4 Australia: Picnic Day. U Kingdom: Summer Hoi. Ang 12 Thailand: Queen's Birthday.
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      • 811 25 THIS report, compiled by CockMt 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 average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      • 501 25 Carton 180 Mn 991.0 0J 15.7 0.07 45 0.02 Jim 26 Denslt* Hater ResMwe AshAlMiii**. Sediment *> above E25 0 0 1 0 0 0 TT£ 380 Ave 986.5 OJ 15.0 0.05 20 0.02 r.T- 380 Mm 990.8 3.0 17.4 0.09 68 0.08 tt/ri vrt M/M
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      • 556 26  -  Abacus CEO predicts full recovery by year-end By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Signalling a strengthening recovery from Sars, airline passenger bookings have begun returning to pre-Sars levels, according to Asia's largest air ticketing reservation company. And it is the Asia to US and intra-Asia routes
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      • 204 26 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] UAL Corp's United Airlines, the world's second biggest carrier, tapped Mesa Air Group Inc to provide regional jetliner flights in a new 10-year agreement, expanding a partnership between the carriers. Mesa, a Phoenix-based regional airline, said it will begin flying
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      • 396 26 Reuters [ZURICH] Loss-making Swiss International Air Lines said it struck a financing deal with Airbus SAS for new planes, bolstering its plans to maintain a premium long-haul network. The airline said it would take seven planes this year, with two more to come
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      • 106 26 Reuters [OSLO] Scandinavian airline SAS said yesterday it aimed to open a route to Baghdad, joining several other airlines seeking to fly to the Iraqi capital after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. "We have applied for a twice-weekly flight to Baghdad from Copenhagen," spokeswoman Siv Meisingseth said.
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      • 351 26 Garuda resumes suspended routes to Asia as threat of Sars abates Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Asiana Airlines, South Korea's secondlargest carrier, filled more available seats last month than a year ago as people went on trips they had postponed in April and May
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      • 222 26 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Airlines in the European Union will have to pay out increased amounts of cash to passengers who are bumped off flights under a law to be voted on by the European Parliament yesterday. Parliament is set to agree to double the
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      • LOG Book
        • 98 26 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said June passenger traffic fell 9 per cent as the severe acute respiratory syndrome and slowing growth in economies worldwide continued to deter people from flying. The proportion of seats filled, or load factor, fell 0.6 percentage point
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        • 120 26 [SANUR, Bali] The private Indonesian airline, Air Paradise International (API), is planning to increase its flights between Denpasar and Australian cities from three to four or five times a week, its chief I Gde Wiranatha said. "We serve flights between Denpasar and Perth, Sydney and
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