The Business Times, 11 July 2003

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  • 15 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet. intp://business-times.asial .com.sg FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2003
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  • 707 1  -  Council cites need to comply with international standards By Angela Tan [SINGAPORE) The Council on Corporate Disclosure and Governance (CCDG) is expected to mandate the new accounting standard, notwithstanding strong opposition from Temasek Holdings and the nagging practical difficulties of implementing the standard. The
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  • 793 1  -  MTI, MAS 566 recovery in H2; Bat economists cat fall-year estimates By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] The government will likely lop off half to one percentage point from the top end of its 2003 growth forecast next month, following much weaker
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  • 576 1  -  BTH'MIIUWJ Taiwan national charged in fake sonndcard case fails to tnrn np in court By Amit Roy Choudhury laiiNUAfUKCij me case against Huang Wen-Lai who has been charged with selling fake Creative Technology soundcards took a dramatic turn this week when the Taiwanese national was
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  • 71 1 STI 1,519.76 (-3.39) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,524.00 (-2.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 187.70 (-0.10) Thursday Change KLSECOMP 72S.H5- IX! NIKKEI ti-> tWK HANG SEX(i 9.<KCU 44 10 SET INDEX 4742«< hH JAKARTA OOMP _5I Hi* -1.56 MANILA OOMP 1.2*479 -10.7-1 TAIPEI WPI -7B M SEOTLCOMP 7IKI5I -499 SHENZHEN B .227 :»>
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  • 88 1 FOREX RATES US* SS ISS |SS perl SS) 1.751 Vfl SS/SS per V|I KM 2.860 Kl'KO|I'SS/SS/Kl. 1.136 1.990 YEN 117.5 67.10 RM 3800 2.170 HKS 7.799 4454 BAHT 4162 23.77 RII'IAH Mil It 4.689 RENMINBI *299 4 740 INDIAN RI'PEK 46.21 2639 AS 1.527 0.872 NZS 1.714 0.979 PRIME
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    • 954 2  -  Decision prompts analysts to forecast further weakening of Sing dollar By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore yesterday shifted its target trading band for the Singapore dollar setting off a scramble among offshore currency traders who had expected different.
      Source: JP Morgan  -  954 words
    • 439 2 1981: MAS adopts management of S$ trade-weighted value (NEER or nominal effective exchange rate) as primary tool of monetary policy. Objective: To promote price stability as a sound basis for sustainable economic growth. S$ fluctuations on a NEER basis are managed within fairly tight
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    • 525 2  -  Beijing finance ministry official named one of 3 VPs From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo CHINA'S growing influence with the Asian Development Bank was highlighted yesterday when the bank announced the appointment of senior Chinese finance ministry official Jin Liqun as one of its three
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    • 687 2  -  COMMENTARY By, Angela Tan BARELY twto years into its creation, the Media Development Authority (MD A) is now facing one of its biggest dilemmas. The statutory board which comes under the Ministry of Information and the Arts (MTTA) recently launched the tender for
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 1012 3  -  KPMG study finds just 58% of primary listed companies had option plans By Angela Tan WHILE the debate on expensing stock options continues, auditors KPMG's latest study shows there may be no strong urgency for Singapore to adopt the new accounting standard. At
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    • 486 3  -  It also announces dividend distribution to raise fund's profile and marketability By Genevieve Cua UOB Asset Management yesterday announced a dividend distribution and a unit-split exercise for its global emerging market fixed income fund (Gems), in a bid to raise its profile and marketability. The
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    • 307 3  -  Bu Leonard Lim THE weather was not in Transview Holdings' favour at half-time. The mainboard-listed golf course operator and golf equipment specialist yesterday posted a 62 per cent year-on-year plunge in net profit to $686,000 for the six months ended April 30. This was despite
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    • 476 3 Toshin offered Ngee Ann City stake METRO Holdings has given Tosh in Development notice of its intention to sell its 27 per cent stake in Ngee Ann City. Toshin, which has first right of refusal for the "retail component" which carries a price tag of $412 million, has
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    • 443 5  -  Joint venture expects 50-year income stream worth 640 m ynan By Vince Chong SESDAQ-listed Dayen Environmental has struck a deal in Beijing that could bring its China joint venture, Shenfei Dayen, a stream of income over 50 years worth a conservative 640 million
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    • 275 5  -  By Kenneth Lim SAYING that it wants to focus on growing its future, Thakrak yesterday announced that it has slashed its outstanding debt by a third through a U5518.52 million ($32.68 million) early bank loan repayment. The prepayment which brought its outstanding debt down
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    • 600 5  -  r sivanithy IF you were to try and put a descriptive title on the saga that surrounds PSC Corp's controversial employee share option scheme, one candidate would be "2 Fast and 2 Furious" which, incidentally, is the title of a movie that's coming
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • Article, Illustration
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    • 273 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan YESTERDAY, this column highlighted the fact that the liquidity-driv-en market rally has not "lifted all boats". Another stock which seems to have fallen through the proverbial crack is that of Hong Kong-based toy maker Wah
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    • 787 4  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy THE stock market may be showing signs of strain but you can't accuse brokers and their corporate finance departments of slacking off, at least not when it comes to raising money for their corporate clients via placements. Anecdotal evidence from dealers suggests that
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    • 680 4 AFP Reuters [TOKYO] The euro was range-bound against other key currencies yesterday ahead of a European Central Bank (ECB) meeting, but some analysts expect it to regain ground as optimism over a US economic recovery wears thin. The Australian dollar, meanwhile, continued its plunge
      AFP; Reuters  -  680 words
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 612 6  -  Its net surplus more than triples .onsls9m exceptional gain from asset sales By Vince Chong JTC CORPORATION is looking to have more private developers participate in building its industrial rental facilities, and the key could lie in the real estate investment trust (reit) market.
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    • 245 6 SINGAPORE-BASED companies with international expansion plans can now get funding for engaging design consultants. That is because IE Singapore has identified design and branding as one of the cornerstones for international expansion and they are prepared to co-fund Sin-gapore-based companies that engage external design
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    • 392 7  -  Wireless gatelink technology allows much data to be shared instantly By Amit Roy Choudhury AS one ot the leading airports in the world, Changi Airport would have to set new standards for itself as it is no longer possible for it to remain
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    • 216 7 THE Media Development Authority (MDA) is making an unprecedented $10 million investment in homegrown Raintree Pictures, the largest amount the authority has invested so far in any film maker here. The investment, together with a Memorandum of Understanding, will see the two
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    • 159 7 IN a boost for Singapore's role as a key regional logistics and distribution hub, Volvo East Asia, the regional unit of transport equipment manufacturing giant Volvo, announced yesterday that it is building its regional operations centre in Jurong. Singapore currently hosts the regional functions of
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    • 435 7  -  SS/ Tay Shi'an SINGAPORE consumers are the fifth most pessimistic in the region when it comes to their expectations for the second half of the year, according to MasterCard's bi-annual Masterlndex of Consumer Confidence for Asia-Pacific markets. Singaporeans scored just 33.9 on a scale of
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 737 8  -  OPINION Kmzsama al labita THE Malaysian-brokered peace talks between Manila and Muslim separatists look as if they are about to collapse amid a looming American diplomatic intervention. Whether the impending US meddling is to blame or not, it is clear Malaysia and the
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    • 84 8 'If the economy were going well, there wouldn't have been so many protesters.' Chu Sh along a political scientist at Qinghua University in Beijing, on the huge public protest in Hong Kong over proposed anti-subversion laws. 'I have absolutely no doubt at all that we will find
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    • 664 8 EDITORIAL Australia seems to be warming to its chosen role as the region's deputy sheriff. Prime Minister John Howard wants to ride into the restive Solomon Islands and put things right As soon as the Solomons' Parliament issues an invitation to Australia to intervene in the country
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    • 1349 8  -  It's all about credibility, accountability and the people's continuing trust in democratic leadership By Evelyn Goh BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair may be forgiven for some bitterness at how he is being beleaguered by ex-Cabinet ministers and the media about those weapons of
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    • 639 8  -  MAILI^I Lim Guan Hua Singapore AFTER reading "Jakarta reiterates request for full S'pore-Indon trade data" (BT, July 9) and earlier articles on this matter including "S'pore perplexed by Jakarta accusation on trade data" (BT, June 14), I have to admit that I am really perplexed by
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 520 9 BEIJING June exports, factory output surge from year earlier Reuters CHINA'S economy is bouncing back strongly from the Sars outbreak, with exports and factory output surging in June from a year earlier as production of passenger cars jumped almost 83 per cent. The data released
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    • NOTE Book
      • 68 9 AP [MANILA] Over half of the consumers in the Asia-Pacific region are reluctant to spend, expecting a long-awaited economic recovery to come later than initially anticipated, according to a consumer confidence survey issued yesterday. "Consumers remain prudent, with 55 per cent of Asians still deferring
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      • 92 9 Reuters [HONG KONGJ The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has urged lenders to take steps to avoid mortgage defaults as prices in the battered property sector continue to slump. "Banks need to keep a watchful eye on the situation, and adopt a proactive and helpful
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      • 71 9 AFP [NEW DELHI] US software giant Oracle's chairman, Larry Ellison, said yesterday that the company will more than double the number of software engineers it employs in India to more than 6,000 people. He said Oracle's Indian arm already has one of the
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      • 60 9 AP [MUNICH] The world's biggest reinsurance company, Munich Re, said yesterday it has become the first international reinsurer to receive a nationwide operating licence in China. Munich Re, which has had business connections with China since 1956, said it will now be able to
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      • 80 9 Bloomberg [JAKAKTAJ Malaysia s utara capital, a group led by a son of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, and China National Blues tar Corp, a state-owned enterprise, have until today to submit bids for control of Texmaco Group. Indonesia's bank rescue agency is selling debts
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      • 77 9 Reuters [HONG KONG] US investment bank Morgan Stanley said yesterday it had formed a venture to buy Shanghai real estate and announced a US$9O million investment in a high-end residential development in the fast-growing city. The bank said its Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds
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      • 100 9 AFP [HONG KONG] China has sent a team of officials to gauge Hong Kong's political crisis after massive protest rallies forced a controversial anti-subversion law to be shelved, sources and reports said yesterday. "The officials have been seeking views from various sectors in
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      • 79 9 Reuters [TAIPEI] The ending of most restrictions on foreign equity investment in Taiwan announced earlier this week became effective from Wednesday, the Securities and Futures Commission said. The securities regulator said Taiwan removed a US$3 billion ceiling on foreign investment in the local stock market. Qualified
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      • 68 9 AFP [BANGALORE] India's second largest software exporter Infosys Technologies yesterday said its net profit jumped 28 per cent in the first quarter to June 2003 due to an increase in its outsourcing business. Net profit rose to 2.8 billion rupees (Sslo6 million)
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    • 208 9 AFP [SINGAPORE] A new Internet money laundering scam has hit Asia, offering potential "business partners" a share of fallen Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's fortune, a security firm said here yesterday. Risk management consultants Hill and Associates released a warning to their clients to
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    • 237 9 JAKARTA INDONESIA plans to issue more than US$45O million in bonds in its first return to the international markets since before the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, the Financial Times reported Finance Minister Boediono as saying on Wednesday. Mr Boediono said in an interview with
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    • 444 9 KUALA LUMPUR Tycoon's plan to consolidate media assets not approved by Umno: sources MALAYSIAN businessman Syed Mokhtar Albukhary is likely to abandon plans to acquire a 20 per cent equity interest in listed Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Bhd, the country's top-selling Malaylanguage newspaper, The
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  • WORLD news
    • 526 10 LONDON BntECB keeps to expectations by holding interest rates steady Reuters THE Bank of England surprised financial markets yesterday by cutting interest rates a quarter-point to a new 48-year low of 3.50 per cent at its first meeting with Mervyn King
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    • 405 10 LATEST US DATA Import prices posted rise of 0.8% last month Bloomberg Reuters [WASHINGTON] The number of Americans filing first-time applications for state unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, suggesting US companies were still slashing payrolls to cut costs heading into the last
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 68 10 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Internet site Yahoo! Inc said second-quarter profit more than doubled as sales of advertising increased. Net income rose to US$5O.B million, or eight US cents a share, from US$2l.4 million, or three US cents, in the year-earlier quarter. Yahoo's profit
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      • 74 10 AP [OLTEN, Switzerland] In what organisers say is a world first, a Swiss company inaugurated a museum yesterday dedicated to the history of stocks and shares. Based in the headquarters of the SIS Swiss Financial Services Group, Wertpapierwelt—or Stock World—tracks the history of shares since
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      • 80 10 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's current account surplus widened a greater-than-expected 29 per cent in May as exports rose and Japanese shunned overseas travel to avoid exposure to Sars. The surplus widened to 1.56 trillion yen (5523.2 billion) from 1.21 trillion yen in April, the Ministry of
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    • 329 10 U NEW YORK NYT NIKE Inc, which has Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods on its corporate team, is lining up yet another sports legend: For $305 million, Nike is buying Converse Inc, a century-old footwear company and maker of the celebrated Chuck Taylor All
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    • 230 10 RIYADH AFP BILLIONAIRE Saudi businessman Prince Al-Walid bin Talal said yesterday he plans to buy more than 50 per cent of Le Meridien and will iryect more than US$l billion to rescue the troubled hotel group. "Talks started a month ago when
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    • 461 12 NEW YORK They may follow Microsoft's lead by giving stock grants NYT MICROSOFT Corp's decision to start giving workers grants of stock with guaranteed value instead of more speculative stock options is forcing many companies to revisit how or if they use options to recruit
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    • 373 12 NEW YORK Restatement reflects move to start expensing stock options Bloomberg MICROSOFT Corp will restate earnings for previous years to reflect its decision to start treating stock options compensation as an expense, the Wall Street Journal said yesterday. The restatement is being
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
    • 1811 13  -  Sinti';i|Miiv lilin hull's are in I'm* ;i treat w illi film festivals in more specialised content, while orii'iinisers rcin\ iii'orate the film u'niii'j; experience w itli alternative venues. PARVATHI NAYAR and CHEAH UI-HOON look at the jgttj state nl niovie-iidinu' tuda\ PARVATHI NAYAR, CHEAH UI-HOON WHETHER it's specialised
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    • 510 13  -  Parvathi Nayar INDIGO, which opened last night, marks the first time since 1982 that Singapore has hosted an Indian film festival, though Indigo's festival directors Sangeetha Madhavan and Anand Rego add it's the first time that a festival of contemporary Indian films has been staged here.
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  • THE ARTS/CINEMA
    • 499 14  -  Smart pacing, superb satire and virtuoso acting make Atomic Jaya utterly enjoyable, writes PARVATHINAYAR PARVATHI NAYAR IT'S the stufF of good political satire: outrageously drawn characters in over-the-top situations, whose laughs come from wickedly penned words and bite from its subversive vein of realpolitik. Sure, it's surreal, but
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    • 570 14  -  By Parvathi Nayar TERMINA TOR 1 and 2 were movies that looked, and felt, and were in the end, original. Tl because of the novelty of its premise: juxtaposing the mindless killing machine and the love story of a man who travels across time to
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    • 533 14  -  By i Geoffrey Eu HER name Is Paikea and she comes from a long line of chiefs, stretching all the way back through time to the days when her people lived in Hawaiki the ancestral homeland of the Maori race before they crossed
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 291 14 CBTPTIC CROSSWORD /W4 suggests short-term InvestACROSS ment (8,7) 1 White inside, munch a type of g I'd picked up pale yelowieh renut (6) ject (8) 5 Join together for charityevent, 7 A certain Wi»am was furious having taken in day and time tosin g (5) «o' 1 8 Finally get
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  • SHOPFRONT
    • 534 15  -  As the season of great buys draws to a close, we look at some deals that can lead to permanent life changes and not just instant gratification. For those who want to improve theirfitness, a few gym equipment distributors and A stores are promoting home equipment
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  • EXECUTIVE woman
    • 1063 16  -  Julia Gabriel talks to CHEAH UI-HOON about riding up the learning curve in children's education and expanding her chain of enrichment centres overseas CHEAH UI-HOON ggi URTHER education is the buzzword nowa--8 days, especially for new graduates who can't find a job, and mid-career profession|L_ als who
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    • 113 16 Sparkling Solitaire Sale Sizzling Prices /jr Icrvor Rinu, w v,„ $298 llf I \i 1 11 -ni i.i n u,i I I;•.111• MII_- p> i ut.i Mi- M111 i .i 1 11 nj.» 111 i 11 > .i \.111.ii I« > ii >.111 •;'1 1 i>'• < -n i I
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 264 17 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index rose 13 points to 2168, the Baltic Capesize Index rose 24 points to 2791, the Baltic Panamax Index rose 10 points to 2235 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 39 points to *****. TIMECHARTER: Coeclerici TBN newbuilding *****0 dwt delivery ex yard Mitsui
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    • 272 17 MX '000 jm> s$ w CWT Distribution 0.58 -0.01 390 ClwnHt* 0.43 -0.02 1229 CH Off short 0.23 -0.02 1667 Cosco Investment -0.32 -0.01 3011 F r tight Links 0.06 unch 584 08 HoWngs a72 -0.01 40 Joya Holdings 0.39 -0.01 505 Keppei Corp 5.05 uncfi 815 K1
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    • 954 17  -  BTIsVMIIMLk! Formal approval expected at next MSC session in May next year By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The new pri-vately-managed transit anchorage between the east and west-bound lanes of the Singapore Strait's traffic separation scheme (TSS) has been given an initial stamp of
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    • 126 17 English Channel December 14,2002 The Tricolor. transporting 2,862 vehicles, collides with a cargo ship, capsizes and sinks in 30m of water. A 124 crew escape safely Lifting the wreck ®Two platforms erected on ocean floor, one on each side of the wreck Special cutting wire threaded through
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    • 237 17 Xinhua [TIANJIN] The Tianjin Harbour Bonded Zone is emerging as a new international logistics centre in north China. Workers building the Volkswagen Logistics Centre of Germany have sealed the roof, and the Okaya Logistics Centre of Japan, the largest of its
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    • 852 18  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK Shippers should declare value of goods in bill of lading under Hague Rules: English appeal court -By Selva Kumar SHIPPERS have been put on notice by English courts to declare the value of their goods if the
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    • 196 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 Dongnama 3 EP Carriers 6 ECL 3 Eng Lee 6 ESP Lines 4 Far Shpg 5 Foong
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    • 34 18 A beauty that's crystal clear AFP [SAINT-NAZAIRE, France] The brand new Crystal Serenity cruise ship which was delivered to its Japanese owner, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), at the Saint Nazaire's Atlantic dockyards. —AFP
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    • 14340 23 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage SIN Oest'n Kim Name Number Number SIN Destn Name Name NumOer Number To BUENAVENTURA (BUN) 2059 Colombia To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvolre 22/07 24/08 Kien Hung COMMODORE 004N 45-*****113 22/0/ 27/oe CMA COM TBA
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 586 25 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL GOLD STATE 6 24 J7 A/SIDE 11/07 1000 MAWATANGNGE PV316 J16 A/SIDE 11/07 0500 BAYSWATER118 M3157 J3 11/07 0900 11/07 1700 BAYSWATER228 E3157 J3 11/07 1730 11/07 2359 BINTANJAYA BJ0321 J12 11/07 1900 11/07 2100 BT ARDI JAY A
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      • 1809 25 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ACX LILAC 0S4N 054N 1 1207/2003 1500 1307/2003-03 00 ACX SAKURA 019S 0196 1_ 13O70OO3-15OO 14/07/2003-07jOO ALAMJAYA 2 8853 8853 1 1407/2003 2300 1507/2003-0700 API AGATE 113E 113E J 12/07/2003-0800
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      • 140 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. Aug 1 China: Founding Chi PLA. An| 4 Australia: Picnic Day. U Kingdom: Summer Hoi. Aug 12 Thailand: Queen's
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      • 830 25 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma nne 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 indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      • 489 25 Carbon 180 Max 986.2 0.6 14.0 0.07 20 0.06 Jul 3 DmJtv Hatar ImMm AtftAiiMMM jidiwint No Bbovt E2S 0 0 0 0 0 0 TTT 380 Aw 986.0 02 15.1 0.05 19 0.02 uiZ 380 Mm 990.1 3.0 T7.4 0.09 57 0.08 tt/wi m/u %Mi
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 750 26 AIRLINE RECOVERY CAL, EVA join other Asian carriers in reporting recovery from S&rs woes Reuters AP [TAIPEI] Taiwan airlines have joined other Asian carriers in reporting improving sales in June, reinforcing optimism the woes brought by Sars had passed. Earlier this week,
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      • 291 26 Carrier plans to increase cuts to 4,500 with 700 forced layoffs Reuters [AMSTERDAM] KLM, Europe's No 4 airline, must delay its plans to slash 4,500 jobs by at least a month after its works council announced it was opposing it, the carrier
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      • LOG Book
        • 58 26 AFP [HANOI] State-run Vietnam Airlines will open direct flights to Fukuoka in Japan from mid-September in a bid to lure more Japanese tourists to the country, an airline official said. The airline expects to fly the new route from Ho Chi Minh City
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        • 46 26 Bloomberg [PARIS] Air France SA, Europe's second-biggest airline, said passenger traffic in June fell 0.1 per cent, the fourth consecutive monthly decline, as severe acute respiratory syndrome discouraged travel to Asia and air-traffic controller strikes in France forced flight cancellations. —Bloomberg
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        • 60 26 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas will increase services and capacity on some regional routes in the states of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland starting July 28. The regional unit of Qantas called QantasLink, will add a daily return flight between Newcastle, New South Wales, and
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      • 202 26 AFP [BEIJING] Air France will begin direct flights from the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou to Paris in January next year the first European airline to offer such a service, state press said. The French flag carrier will operate the route five times
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      • 301 26 Bloomberg [LONDON] BAA pic, the world's largest airport operator, said the number of passengers travelling through its UK terminals rose 2.9 per cent in June as people resumed flying after the war in Iraq and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak abated.
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      • 246 26 Carrier's privatisation plan expected to be nnveiled next month AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's leading carrier China Airlines (CAL) said its board of directors has approved giving further three-year terms to chairman Lee Yun-ning and president Philip Wei ahead of a landmark privatisation plan. The state-controlled airline
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      • 194 26 Security will be affected, claims labour onion AP [SYDNEY] A labour union official yesterday said planned staff cuts will compromise safety and security at Sydney Airport, the country's largest and busiest aviation hub. Sydney Airport Corp, the company that runs the airport, announced
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    • 34 17 AIRLINE RECOVERY 1 j i **> jT v 4^® BACK PAGE Taiwan airlines' June sales improve BAA handles more passengers 0 ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK Carrier in breach of Hague Rules can still limit liabillity Pg 2
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    • 75 17 SINGAPORE (PORT KELANG) CHENNAI NOTIOE TO TRADE RATE RESTORATION The following feeder operators in the Singapore (Port Kelang) Chennai trade wish to inform all MLOs that with effect from 11 August 2003, the following minimum rate shall apply for all SOC shipments From: Singapore (Port Kelang) To: Chennai: U*****.00 per
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    • 1278 19 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE Ivtssa lwrsw at rtm aim ham mm sou uh llvtssa iwr ri w hw sou i» s* MOl ADVANTAGf MMII/ 97 77/07 29/07 01/01 07/01 KHMWUTUMMQ 31€ 27/06 27/D6 25/06 */#6 12/07 HYUNDAI FRODOM 314W15/07 01/00 03/01 05/0130/07 NOUWBON 00* J4/06 */*-*&KE AftOOMt 113*17/07 06/00 00/0004/00
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    • 549 21 UK CONTINENT SERVICE Loadvig for GULSER ANA RDM/ATW/BMN/UK/NAN EVANGELISTRIA RDM/ATW/BMN/UK/NAN INCE TRANS RTM/ATW/BMNAJK/NAN Loads Singapore. E/W. Malaysia Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Loading for PAN BRIGHT AON/HDD/JOH/AQA APJ ANJLI 081/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT AYIA MARINA DBl/ABU/DOtVBRN/DMM/KWT 'Loads Singapore E/W. Malaysia Indonesia USA SERVICE Loading for QUI GON JINN CAM/NFK/SAV/NOL PAN DYNAMIC VCW/LAX/M2L Toads E/W. Malaysia
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    • 116 25 Issued by Meteorological Service Division.NEA LEGEND: Thunderstorm Wind speed symbols Showers O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds R a i n One half fleche represents 5 knots Cloudy Day *One full fleche represents 10 knots x Hazy A One solid triangle represents 50 knots
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