The Business Times, 20 October 2003

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  • 753 1  -  HOCK lock siew wong wei kong WEEKS after it was first announced, the proposed Robinson sale remains a subject of debate. And the questions are likely to fly thick and fast when the company holds its annual general meeting tomorrow.
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  • 670 1  -  Apec business leaders welcome Chinese position From Chuang Peck Ming in Bangkok CHINA will keep its currency stable in the interest of economic development at home and abroad, Chinese President Hu Jintao told Apec business leaders yesterday. "Keeping the exchange rate of renminbi
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  • 646 1  -  BT exclusive Sources say team has been wracked by recent transfers By Lilian Ang [SINGAPORE] The Temasek unit set up barely five months ago to market the mammoth Business and Financial Centre (BFC) project in the Marina Bay area has been virtually disbanded. Its
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    • 593 2  -  PM Goh signals grouping's intention to link up with other regional economies From Chuang Peck Ming in Bangkok ASEAN will put in place a definitive programme and timetable to eliminate all nontariff barriers in South-east Asia in the next two years,
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    • 482 2  -  This could pose risk for the region in medium term From Matthew Saltmarsh in Brussels THERE is some evidence of backsliding on financial reforms in certain East Asian countries and that might increasingly become a risk for the region over the
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    • 455 2 Injunction forcing him to give up half his earnings to be lifted by year-end [LONDON] The man who brought down Barings is looking for a job. Rogue trader Nick Leeson, whose trading frauds caused the bank to collapse with debts of
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    • 607 2  -  Investors seen taking profit or selling on bad news From Andrew Marks in New York FOLLOWING strong gains in early October, major US equity indices responded tentatively to the first, busy week of earnings season, eking out only small gains despite
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  • Innovation Singapore
    • 1084 3  -  Siow Li Sen talks to UOB executive vice-president Bill Chua to find out how the bank tackles its operational challenges, among which was its integration with OUB Siow Li Sen MR No Surprises. That would be a suitable moniker for Bill Chua, who is tasked with operations
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    • 727 3 FOUNDED on Aug 6, 1935, with a modest paid-up capital of Straits $1 million by a group of seven businessmen from Singapore and Sarawak, the United Overseas Bank was originally known as the United Chinese Bank. The founder chairman was Wee Kheng Chiang,
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    • 264 3 1935: Incorporated as the United Chinese Bank 1965: Changes name to United Overseas Bank; Opens first overseas branch in Hong Kong 1969: Appointed as an authorised gold dealer; Granted an Asian Currency Unit licence 1970: Obtains listing on the Joint Stock Exchange of Singapore and Malaysia 1971: Acquires majority
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    • 388 3  -  By Siow Li Sen BILL Chua and Joseph Teo, along with hundreds of colleagues, came over from Overseas Union Bank, the smaller bank that United Overseas Bank bought in 2001, and joined the enlarged group. While UOB staff, not surprisingly, make up the
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    • 86 3 Organisations committed to the SQC constantly redefine their business to better serve customers. And odopt a total approach that seeks to sustain business success. Aullm" Over 1,000 organisations are implementing the SQC. About 400 organisations with some f 300,000 staff have ochieved the standard. They have been recognised for their
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 595 4  -  A company's stock price is the least of his considerations, he says By Serena Ng UNDERVALUED Singapore stocks whet tycoon Oei Hong Leong's appetite, while Popiah King Sam Goi has an eye for listed companies in the food business. Tommie Goh's 2G
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    • 1280 5  -  INSIDE MARKETS 11 firms reported multiple shareholder sales, reflecting bearish sentiment reports ROBERT HALILI ROBERT HALILI THE continued rise in the market resulted in a surge in selling by directors and substantial shareholders last week. Based on filings to the stock exchange
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    • 714 5  -  By Serena Ng BEErbL)-Ur plastic injection moulding specialist Tech Group Asia (TGA), which has acquired Omni Mold and is debuting on the Singapore Exchange today, sees itself having an added advantage in the outsourcing market because of its major shareholder's strengths. Privately-held
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 814 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy TO describe the current stock market rally as odd would be a slight understatement. Although parallels have been drawn with 1993-4 which was the last time foreign investors suddenly became enamoured with the Asia story, in reality, this
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    • 739 6 Greenback buoyed by US economic recovery, signs Bush may tolerate current US dollar-yen levels AFP TAKING their lead from the Japanese yen, several Asian units weakened against the US dollar, which was buoyed by economic recovery in the United States that some
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    • 288 7  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan ONE of the hottest stocks last Friday was that of HDD industry component supplier Unisteel Technology' Ltd. The stock gained a whopping 14 cents to $1.47 at the close of trading last week, bringing to 20 cents or
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    • 1175 7  -  BT portfolio STOCKS Kenneth lim Technology stocks as wed as mefger-and-acquisition (M&A) plays helped al five portfofcos beat the benchmark Straits Tmes Index (STI) last week amid signs of economic recovery in the US. The portfolos analysts' upgrades, onemonth top
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  • 431 6 Compiled by Thomson Financial I/B/E/S OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Oct 17 VALUE CLOSE BT Ofi/OS 860.00 +51.00 BT CAM -*****.00 +94.00 BT l<W«y MA +86.00 AH-SG Equities 486.45 +4.93 SGEqriUt Ehct 180.69 +0.87 SG Equities Fin 1529.17 +40.66 SGEqaMasPrap 455.90 -1.81 MSCI Singapore 219.55 +2.82 SiMSCI Futures 219.10 +2.30
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    • 129 7 Week Events investors can watch out for New listing of Tech Grp, Oct 21 Oct 20 SOX, AGM A EGM, Oct 22 Rowsley's ex-date for 2 the Rights Issue Oct 21 EGMCBA Hldgs dividend pay- T#eh E6M ort ment, Oct 21 IPCO lnt'l, EQM, Oct 28 Auric Pac's dividend pay-
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 702 8 Half of Switzerland's watch exports, worth more than US$8b a year, end up in Asia AFP IF you want to see the finest selection of luxury watches in the world, don't bother going to Switzerland. Affluent Asian cities are teeming with retailers feeding a growing
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    • 334 8  -  It is taking private banking approach to make its offering distinctive By Siow Li Sen PREMIER banking is pretty crowded as a market, but HSBC sees growth potential from the region as economies develop and mature. The idea of the Asian consumer as king and
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    • 271 8  -  EYE on the economy employment By Serena Ng EMERGING signs of a long-awaited economic recovery have yet to translate into increased hiring by employers in Singapore. The volume of job advertisements in the newspapers fell 16 per cent in September compared to
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 677 9  -  LETTER from kl The smoothly-run OIC summit and expo exemplified the Malaysia Boleh attitude diana oon abdullah JUST as "Malaysia Boleh", or Malaysia can do, Muslim businessmen also can do. This was the message for Muslim businessmen from the just-concluded 10th summit of the Organisation of
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    • 588 9 KUALA LUMPUR Budget airline expects to make decision by year's end: official AFP MALAYSIA'S no-frills airline Air Asia expects to decide by the year's end whether it will fly to Thailand, considered a potentially lucrative market, as its first international destination, a top
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    • 251 9 KUALA LUMPUR It loses mandate to build 1,400 MW power plant Reuters MALAYSIA'S YTL Power International Bhd has been dropped from a deal to build a 1,400 megawatt plant to supply to state utility Tenaga Nasional Bhd, a business weekly reported yesterday. YTL-controlled Jimah
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    • 442 10 BANGKOK Move will boost Thai plan to become regional energy hub to rival Singapore Reuters THE Philippines signed an energy cooperation pact with Thailand yesterday which it said would support Bangkok's plan to become a regional energy trading hub to rival Singapore. v Energy Secretary
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    • 365 10 APEC FORUM AFP {WASHINGTON] United States President George W Bush is hoping to use the Asia-Pacific summit to regain some impetus for free-trade talks after the stunning collapse of WTO negotiations in Cancun last month. US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said he would be
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  • REGION world
    • 332 11 AFP [SHANGHAI] China's rampant economic growth is fuelling concerns that the world's most rapidly expanding economy may be at risk of overheating and heading towards a potential financial crisis. Analysts responded with caution to China's strong quarterly economic growth figures released on Friday,
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    • 489 11 ECONOMIC WARMINGS Economy is still 3m jobs short: says economist AFP THE US economy is red-hot, economists say, with confirmation of the trend expected in official growth figures later this month. But is it for real? Experts are ramping up their forecasts
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    • 142 11 BEIJING AP THE first Chinese-made BMW cars went on sale at the weekend, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, in another sign of the country's growing manufacturing sophistication and surging demand for luxury goods. The BMW 3251s, manufactured at the company's joint-venture plant in the
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  • 848 12 COMMODITY Weekly Roundup AFP [LONDON] Base metals prices made further progress last week as signs that the US economic locomotive is picking up steam boosted expectations of a pick up in demand. But gold lost some of its shine as prospects of a recovery
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  • 723 12 FINANCE COMMODITIES Week ended: Oct 17 Rates quoted by ICAP AP SDfQAPORE OOVBRMMEMT SECURITIES DTOICATIYE PRICES AMP YIELDS in— Ciwn Mrtwity Lat>»t YttW l»»* Ci—i« Matftty Ltttrt YitW N*****0H 3.5 01 FEB 2004 B 100.7/A 100.75 1.009/0.834 NX*****H 5.625 01 JUL 2008 B 03.1/* 113.2 2.641/2.62 H*****1T 3.375 15 MAY
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  • WORLD news
    • 274 13 LONDON TWO of the largest UK banks said on Friday they had no plans to transfer work to India despite the decision by HSBC, the UK's largest bank, to transfer 4,000 jobs to Asia, the Financial Times reported. HSBC,
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    • 600 13 LONDON Any work in the field of information could be done anywhere, says economist THE Financial Times reported over the weekend that about 10 million British jobs might just as easily be held by people in another part of the globe. Up to
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    • 334 14 Controversial management revamp to trim costs has led to unease among staff [LONDON] Unions representing journalists at Reuters, the electronic information group, have demanded assurances over jobs and editorial resources following a controversial management reshuffle in its media division, the Financial Times
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    • 353 15 WASHINGTON NYT HOPING to speed up reconstruction work in Iraq, US officials in Baghdad are offering contracts totalling hundreds of millions of dollars, but giving companies as little as three days to submit competing bids. Procurement experts said the extremely
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    • 496 15 NEW YORK Other board would look after exchange's marketplace issues NYT JOHN Reed, the interim chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, is so intent on creating an independent group of directors to oversee sensitive regulatory matters that he has discussed
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 75 15 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Drugmaker Pfizer Inc expects no large mergers for now and is not interested in partnering Bayer AG's drugs unit, its CEO told a German newspaper. "There are no large mergers to be expected in the near future," Henry McKinnell was quoted
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      • 86 15 Bloomberg [LONDON] UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown will have to borrow £36 billion (*****.8 billion) this fiscal year, more than the £27 billion he predicted in April, said a forecaster sponsored by Ernst Young LLP. "Unless the chancellor wants to break his own
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      • 37 15 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Telecoms carrier Deutsche Telekom expects core profit of 18 billion euros (5586.3 billion) this year, slightly higher than earlier targeted, its CFO Karl-Gerhard Eick told German newspaper Boersen-Zeitung on Saturday.—Reuters
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • BizIT
    • 696 16  -  BT exclusive New survey shows strong Q3 growth, and strength going forward. But IDC remains cautious about S'pore despite good numbers. Kenneth James reports Kenneth James Large government and corporate orders helped PC shipments in the Asia-Pa-cific region to grow a strong 13
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    • IT TAKES
      • 61 16 KONICA Minolta Holdings, formed from the merger of Konica Corporation and Minolta, has reorganised its Singapore companies to create Konica Minolta Business Solutions and Konica Minolta Photo Imaging Asia HQ. Konica Minolta Business Solutions will focus on multifunctional copiers, printer, micro systems, facsimile machines and related supplies,
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      • 48 16 SONIC WALL, a provider of integrated Internet security solutions, has appointed Gary F Bacon as vice-president, Asia-Pacific. Bringing over 30 years of sales, management and marketing experience to Sonic WALL, Mr Bacon was previously the regional vice-president of Asia-Pacific sales at Cylink.
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      • 50 16 INFORMATICS Professional Development Centre (IPDC) Hong Kong, part of Singapore mainboard-listed Informatics Holdings, has become the first authorised partner of Oracle University to launch the Oracle9i Database Administrator Certified Master (OCM) Programme in Asia. The OCM programme is designed for professionals to master Oracle's most complex products.
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      • 44 16 ALITALIA, Italy's national carrier, has become the 75th carrier to upgrade to Abacus International's Direct Connect Sell (DCS) Service. The DCS service provides better seat control and yield management to airlines and minimises the chances of over-bookings for certain flights.
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      • 86 16 INTEL and Sony Music Entertainment will work together to enable users to access music, images, videos and other Sony Music Entertainment content on Intel-based cellular phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs). The companies say they will optimise Sony Music Entertainment's mobile applications, services and content for mobile
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      • 70 16  -  Compiled by Amit Roy Choudhury EMC Corporation has announced that it has been named the foundation partner for storage as part of BMC Software's business service management (BSM) initiative. As a foundation partner, EMC will work with BMC Software to integrate the EMC ControlCenter family of open
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    • 364 17  -  It is broadening its ties with Nokia, new Asia-Pac customers By Amit Roy Choudhury COMBINE Hewlett-Pack-ard's imaging and printing technology with Nokia's wireless mobile strengths and you have the ability to print directly from Nokia phones. Or how about mobile and portable printing
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    • 304 17  -  By Amit Roy Choudhury US-BASED Maplnfo Corporation, a provider of mapping software, says it will set up an office later this year in Singapore that will operate as a regional hub for its South-east Asian operations. Maplnfo's GIS (geographic information
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    • 249 17 DELL has expanded its slate of handheld products with the introduction of its Axim X 3 family of lighter and slimmer personal digital assistants (PDAs). The new Axim X3i, priced at $749, features integrated wireless capability, is powered by a 400 MHz Intel Xscale processor
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    • 271 17 Reuters [PARIS] A French court has ruled against Internet search powerhouse Google Inc in an intellectual property rights case that could have far reaching technological and financial implications for Web search firms, who process tens of millions of queries a day. The
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 42 17 CHECK POINT Software, a leading virtual private network (VPN) and firewall vendor, has announced the availability of a security appliance, Safe&Office. Priced from US$299, addresses the Internet security requirements of small businesses. For more details, visit www.checkpoint.cxm.
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      • 76 17 CREATIVE has announced the new Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra featuring a large bluebacklit liquid crystal display (LCD) with bold font for easy music navigation. The silver and white Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra can hold up to 2,000 hours of high-fidelity digital music. USB 2.0 connectivity allows fast
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      • 83 17 ADOBE Systems has announced Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0, an upgrade with new features and usability enhancements that allow consumers to find, fix, share and preserve digital photos. Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 comes with a new set of templates for greeting cards, including new baby, Valentine's Day,
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      • 56 17 POLYCOM, a leading video, voice and conferencing solutions company, has introduced a new video-conferencing system, the Polycom VSX 7000. This new entry level group video conferencing system delivers TV-like video and near-CD-quality audio, and enables more efficient bandwidth use through H. 264 video compression. It is priced at
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      • 106 17 WATCHGUARD Technologies, a leading provider of Internet security solutions, will offer its customers network vulnerability assessment (VA) services in partnership with Qualys, a leading Web service provider (WSP) of network security audits and vulnerability management. The new service, called Watch Guard Audit Scan. enables customers to identify and
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      • 125 17  -  Compiled by Amit Roy Choudhury LEXMARK has introduced three new printers. They.are: Lexmark P3150: Price: $199. This is the company's first All-In-One with built-in camera card slots which lets users print photos, create reprints with the touch of a button as well as scan and
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    • 1483 18 BT Advertorial JAVA IN THE SPOTLIGHT Java collaborations brew the J Cven- task force is to solicit private sectorwith a social initiated IT as AJCP) f f to help promote m M can be a clear better IT Sun W corporate sponsor hope, will translate m recipient benefit ty workers
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 282 19 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE explosion in the dry bulk market, especially for the Capesize tonnage, shows no signs of slowing and chartering rates for spot and period fixtures have climbed to new highs, establishing record levels along the way. Therefore it is not surprising to report
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    • 548 19  -  Shenzhen's cargo boom boosts Yantian terminal's throughput by 25% in first 9 months By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] In a race to keep up with explosive cargo growth out of Shenzhen, Yantian container port is pushing ahead with a 10 billion yuan (552.09
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    • 287 19 SGX '000 Oct 17 ss w- w CH Offshore 0.43 0.IB ***** ChuanHup.. 034 0.01 ***** Cosco Investment 0.63 inch ***** CWT Distribution 063 0 04 1257 Ezra HkJgs 1.15 001 2072 Freight l5*s 0.16 0.01 ***** GBHoMngs .0.73 0.01 22 Jaya Holdings 0.84 0.03 ***** K< Venture
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    • 79 19 AP [NEW YORK] The damaged Staten Island ferry, Andrew J Barberi, with Brooklyn in the background, is pulled by tugboats from the Saint George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island to the Brooklyn Navy Yard where it will be drydocked during the ongoing accident investigation. Ten
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    • 255 19 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Star Cruises, the world's fourthlargest cruise line operator, sold US$l5O million of convertible bonds to buy ships. The company's shares were suspended from trading while it completed the sale. The company said last month it is seeking to borrow US$632 million
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    • 325 19  -  Owners of vessel could face claims of 1.75b taka for damage to 18 ships By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The Japa-nese-owned container vessel Eagle Strength has been blamed for a Chittagong port collision authorities now say damaged 18 Bangladesh Navy vessels. The first of three
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    • 165 19  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation's wholly-owned Belgium subsidiary Hesse Noord Natie (HNN) has ordered nine new Kalmar straddle carriers for its River Shelde terminals. The cranes will be erected at both HNN's Europa Terminal, quay 869, and its Noordzee Terminal quay 913.
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    • 810 20  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes POR many years, the bane of a bridge watchkeeper's life was dirty wheelhouse windows. This may sound a very trivial problem. It is not. With all sorts of screens and gadgets, some ships' bridges may look more like Nasa
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 477 27 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL BUSSARANAREE 2 J5 A/SIDE 19/10 1500 CITRAAGUNG JB102 J6 A/SIDE 19/10 0800 MARCO POLO 8 04/03J J15 A/SIDE 19/10 0630 SI ANTE K 12 J12 A/SIDE 19/10 1400 WAKATO 01 J7/8 A/SIDE 19/10 0800 WHITEMELATI 36 J7 A/SIDE 19/10
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      • 143 27 Oct 23 Malaysia: Deepavali. Thailand: Chulalong korn Day. Singapore: Deepavali. Oct 25 Taiwan: Retrocession Day. Oct 27 Brunei: Awal Ramadhan. New Zealand: Labour Day. Oct 31 Germany: Reformation Day. Taiwan: Chiang Kai-shek's Day. Nov 1 Philippines: Saint Day. Nov 3 Japan: Culture Day. Nov 25 Singapore: Hari Raya
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      • 828 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 average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 516 27 Carton 160 Mai 990.6 0J 13.9 0.06 41 0.04 il! SoT" 5 U *S 0.04 i OM uZ 380 Mai 991.5 0.5 16.2 0.12 172 0.05 Wtri W SM/M tom/m PfM iwthoa Wo above C35 1 0 0 0 ISO/Cimac Limits Spec E25 991 1.0 is!o
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 552 28  -  B777-300ER on track for scheduled first delivery next year By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] American aircraft maker Boeing flew into Changi what it billed as the technologically most advanced plane, the *****00ER, on a demonstration and test flight. The 8777-300ER test plane
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      • 228 28 Bernama [LONDON] Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has launched an aggressive campaign in the United Kingdom (UK) to lure more tourists to Malaysia with direct flights from London to Langkawi and Penang. The inaugural flights to Langkawi and Penang will take off today and tomorrow
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      • 400 28 AFP [LONDON] Designers' icon and jet-setters' dream Concorde will make its supersonic swansong this week after a quarter-century of shuttling the mega-rich and mega-rushed across the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound. When British Airways flight BAOO2 touches down at
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      • 200 28 AP [FRANKFURT, Germany] Germany's Lufthansa said it is rebranding five separate regional European airlines under the name Lufthansa Regional, a move that its chief executive said would bring annual cost savings of 100 million euros (Ss2ol million). The move affects Italy's Air Dolomiti along
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      • 372 28 The Indian domestic carrier wants to fly to South and S-E Asia to boost profit Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Sahara Airlines, India's third-biggest domestic carrier, has renewed a request to the government to fly overseas to boost profit. The airline has made a
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      • 212 28 Higher summer traffic, stock sale boost results Reuters [NEW YORK] Continental Airlines, the No 5 US air carrier, reversed losses to show a quarterly net profit, as summer leisure traffic pushed revenue higher and a stock sale boosted results. Houston-based Continental
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      • 134 28 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Northwest Airlines, the fourth-largest US carrier, posted a third-quarter profit of US$47 million as the company reduced labour, fuel and other costs. Net income was 49 cents a share, compared with loss of US$46 million, or 55 cents, in the same period last year,
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      • 411 28 AJRUNE cooes M Vfcies I AM: V At frme (AfK) AIM Mi (MC) AY Emm Or (Ml) AZ AJ&u Artnes (AZA) BA Bhtsh Anays PlMc Ltd Co IBAWI BG Brrar SngOdest Artnes (BBC) N Roy* Brunei Artnes Sdn Bhd (RBA). BO Boureq Artnes (BOU) BR EVA
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    • 49 19 8777-300ER goes on roadshow BALK PAGE Concorde prepares for sonic doom BACK PAGE DOCKYARD Purser's bright idea for a clear view PAGE 2 GMDSS-ROC For more details about our STCW courses, please visit our website: www.sma.sp.edu.sg or contact Ms Balvinder Kaur, Tel: 6772 1817 Fax: 6772 1958 E-mail: Bkaurf&sp.edu.sg
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    • 89 19 17x1,16 fcjm no p° ,ni ,n ur busjness c urse 2 increasing our fleet strength to three. HI•-... ln line wHtl our undivided commitment and «R.;. :/.9Hp|li^ focus to excellence, we've integrated our new vessel services into the containensed trade route connecting tie Stalls ports, Pasir Gudang and East Malaysia.
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    • 846 20 I TO USA/CANADA I I EXPORT 1 1 OTHER DESTINATIONS I VBSB |vDT PIG LONG KAfll| DAUAS HOUSTON j M£MPHtS jONCAOOj NEW YOtN j TO AUSTRALIA (AUSTRALIA ASM EXPRESS) Plfl NfDLLOYD SOUTHAMPTON 37E43 21/10 22/10 07/11 11/11 14/11 12/11 12/11 15/11 y(jjQ ygf WC HE STI) 55 API OOQOiUtt WE44
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    • 516 20 Lines servtces represented by I uumh^oftK. j&kv Members of the Rag.stry of 7 u I ACCMM Shipping *W? "y Singapore Shipping Association j ™**V Xov/ CONVENTIONAL CARGO K*T UANG/SMGtfOtt/MKMU t lANGKOK VW ETA PKL ETA SIX ETA MALE Prtamii Ul> IMS tt/H Id «VU MaJdSur MSA 0111 fell «IS/II LJU
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    • 2433 21 r i MONTHLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND Of IcOSTM7mrNN6 PTE no SMSST" SSK/u I SUVA LAUTOKA (FUI) jg-r SSI!" SSSK PAPEETE (TAHITI) JOHOt'S OffKE: CONVENTIONAL *****150 *****204 I COSTM AWWg (1 SOW »HD 111:07-*****44 IMb 07-*****70 VSL/VOr SGP w M UN DAI LKU NIO UA tTW CWH WW
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    • 2157 22 B I mi A C ENQUIRIES/BOOKINGS: *****344 FAX: *****433 E-MAIL: MmMMMnii.con.it UCLIVIMO DOCUMENTATIONt/OPCIIATtONS: n3MM7 FAX: *****177 NiIUS WIST AMtKA IXKitS EXPtBS CONIAMB MVW TO SOOTH/WIST MKjT Vtsstl VQY SIW REUWOfI LUAMOA POINT! (KH»t" WATAtH" UMEWui AIIDiAK TWA LOW TWO* COTONOU APAPA DOUAU O#NE Gaby Ptfaws 34?W 21/10 OS/11 10/1) 13/11
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    • 688 22 BSfl i. MYANMA FIVE STAR LINE (MyosHor National Um) Leading for Yangon vessel vot sw m pen pgu PAGAN 306W SU HPA-AN 307W SIB IN MAUYSIA: IOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES KUL 03-*****300 PEL 03-*****101 PEN: 04-2****** BANK LINE (A Jtrvict of Anfow W#ir Skipping) NORTHBOUND TO EUROPE V COKTAJNfR. RORO, BSUUI
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    • 1281 23 Ivtssil VOY KHH HKO SIN MCI PX» »A» I PMM UK IRAN KiRMAN PCI 335 2S/10 2^T r To 02/11 03/11 10/11 11/11 17/11 19/11 CAPf FRIO PCI 8009 SKIP SKIP 09/11 0«/11 19/11 20/11 26/11 2«/11 IRAN HORMOZOAN Kl 337 11/11 12/11 >6/11 13/11 24/11 30/11 02/12 IRAN TEHRAN
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    • 662 23 UK CONTINENT SERVICE Loading for OCEAN TRADER RTM/ATW/BMN/UK/NAN Loads Singapore. E7W Malayaa. Indonewa MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Loadr>g for DORIAN STAR DBl/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT MARAKOT NAREE DBl/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT J FRIEND JDM/AQA Toads Singapore. EVW Malaysia. Indonesia USA SERVICE Loading for NENA J VCW/LAX/MZL SEABEE CAM/NFK/SAV/NOL •Loads EVW. Malaysia. Indonesia F.E./S.E.A. SERVICES S pore Loading for
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    • 1127 23 vtssa sai M ESU jossa m Ml *T PMMMOA 1057W IS/10 14Z16_ mm 1A22 U/1B u/io 888 ">«" /10 izzio iitiim? um aw 22/iQ PMIAMOA 18S9W UZIO lyio -EftUUUJ \m iXM ttilfl iB W* W/19=Z 2M4- JXMU* pac iawda lfitia gzs iidi— i;| 1 i ITUMHHH IMM iL_i p/]f paoanoa
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    • 633 24 WKmEKSB3E*S^B TIKE LIAS IWffCTMIIIBHfIW TIOtMIDGf 177N 2524/10 3101/11 MM/11 I TI6EI SHARK 12M M-W/10 04-06/11 11-12/11 I TIGQt SKY IWN 01-07/11 07 01/11 15-14/11 I %EI SEA I3ON 04-05/11 11 13/11 IUVII I TlGaHlo«^l3ll^»Wli^l^Vl^^7"VlJ WY SIN CAl^^Sl^i MA MM JTIT7RS wWio ofWTT I KtIPA 117 25 26/10 01-03/11 1112/11 I
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    • 1097 24 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS FTM-TD^ 51 Penjuru Road, 3 Level, X V Freight Links Express Logistkentre, Singapore *****3 E-mail: flesin@sinqnet.com.sq LCL SERVICE TO JAPAN/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES e OSAKA KOBE CEBU JAKARTA -»i®ij|J^PXyk YOKOHAMA NAOOYA SURABAYA •MANILA e Booking 6267# 5565/4694/5535/5580/5541/5508/5569/5560/5563/5514 'X PROJECT HEAVY LI FT CARGO (CONVENTIONAL RORO) iW AP Lawrence Lim 6267
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    • 1592 24 m PDZ LINES W MM CUSTOMS SBVKL TH: 07-4771-5596 MX: 02-4727-1190 %J%m SWGAPOtfc TON 6 JOO StWflWOrniTP brtfc fcwttg»jMlM| RIGULAR COIfTAIItI RISES SERVICES TO MALAYSIA, BRtttEl, MYANMAI AM VMIWUR ni ti« ICR rmiiror n77nr«M mm wr_ raw m «i« m nam wuu MM MAS 1 3144 M/ 10 14/10 cmtNC
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 125 27 g REGIONAL WEATHER 5 FOR 7AM 20 Oct 2003 >•*«* Issued by Meteorological Service Division.NEA LEGEND: Thunderstorm Wind speed symbols "v 7 Showers Fu circ,e w/o ne 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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