The Business Times, 15 March 2004

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  • 24 1 MITA (P) 023/03/2004 850 THE BUSINESS TIMES S I N G A P 0 R E lnib.T.e t- ht!p://business-times.asial .com.sg MONDAY. MARCH 15. 2004
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  • 510 1  -  BT exclusive UOB is top bank for landed property, condo loans, caveats show By Siow Li Sen lollNLrArUKiiiJ WnO OO yOU think the rich bank with, in particular those who buy landed property? Seems United Overseas Bank (UOB) is the bank of choice,
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  • 644 1  -  Like Hong Kong and Canada, govt should extend relief for all kids By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Money alone may not buy Singapore the babies it needs, but there remains plenty of scope for the government to enhance child-related tax relief, says a
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  • 826 1  -  But legal concerns are starting to cloud the market From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta FOREIGN investors who stuck it out in Indonesia when the country's financial markets collapsed during the 1998 financial crisis are now sitting pretty but some clouds may be reappearing. The
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  • 60 1 Week Change ST1 1835.08 -56.46 KLSECOMP 884.55 -1.60 NIKKEI 225 *****.75 -874.54 HANG SENG —*****23 SET INDEX 695.08 -5.51 JAKARTA COMP ...738.15 -39.86 MANILA COMP _1423.79 -47.86 TAIPEI WP1 6800.24 -148.44 SEOUL COMP 848.80 -56.58 SHENZHEN B 289.02 -4.71 AUSTALLORD .3402.10 -1450 DOW JONES *****.08 -355.47 NASDAQ 1984.78 -62.90
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  • 73 1 FOREX RATES IIS$ S$ USS (S$ per US$) 1.715 £(L'S$/S$ per £)1.801 3.087 EURO(US$/SS/E). 1528 1106 YEN 111.3 64.90 RM 3.800 2116 HKS 7.795 4.546 BAHT 39.44 23.00 RIT1AH 8.668 5,055 RENMINBI 8199 4.840 INDIAN RUPEE 4517 26.40 AS 1.367 0.797 NZ$ 1.554 0.907 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5.25 MALAYSIA
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    • 688 2  -  Some analysts forecast a decline, saying stocks overvalued by 20% From Andrew Marks in New York A YEAR to the day since US stocks embarked on the current bull market rally, the major indexes registered a day of strong gains last
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    • 542 2  -  Patent lawyer cooperation is another possibility From Kenneth James in Christchurch, New Zealand TALKS with New Zealand innovators at a major regional conference here last week could soon yield several bilateral projects in areas like broadband and patent lawyer cooperation, some Singapore delegates told BT.
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  • 338 2 Child tax benefits QQBHul Deduction for higfi school titfon and Deduction for actual child care coats, unK/ersity fee up to 11.20 auroa per day Tax credit of 285.08 euros for each fmmmmm dependsnt chid; higher tax credit for rMiM-nl lower income famles Tax credits for medical
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  • Innovation Singapore
    • 1130 3  -  Daniel Buenas looks at how the Japanese management philosophy has helped the company enjoy estimated potential savings of $14.5 million Daniel Buenas WHEN international aerospace company Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero), a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Engineering, started its "kaizen" initiative eight years ago,
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    • 790 3  -  By Daniel Buenas KEEPING a world-class airport like Changi clean is no simple feat, especially with the millions of passengers passing through its two terminals every month. Even more daunting, perhaps, is managing the more than 600 cleaners who work tirelessly to maintain
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 848 4  -  While the sector is attractive to many, finding a niche is key to doing well By Chen Huifen JUST what is it about the education business that's attracting so many players? Is it because education is deemed recession-proof? Or because the upfront nature of payments
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    • 439 4  - Wee Poh interim loss widens to 10.9m By Andrea Tan BELEAGURED construction firm Wee Poh Holdings, Mfhich is in the midst of a potential reverse takeover, turned in a dismal set of results for the six months ended December. The group's net loss widened to $10.9 million from $8.2 million
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    • 783 4  -  HOCK lock siew serena ng PIVE months ago, lossmaking infrastructure and engineering group Ipco International unveiled plans to diversify into value investing and help promising companies get a listing. Shortly after, the mainboardlisted firm proposed to acquire 62.5 per cent stake
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  • 1875 6 Number FORECAST Median Price The stock recommendation is the average of all the recom- rnuoAMv {ESSE}!!!!* r..i_ w Taf 9!? mendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There iwwummnwtt ffl \v**m SI is a total of 29 brokers submitting recommendations but not every stock is followed by all
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 357 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy If nece difficult to forecast Greenspan Co running true to form and cutting rates instead of raising them. There is after all of one per cent to go, which in theory could be lowered in four carefully spaced
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    • 93 6 Events investors can watch out for JEL Corp's bonus Issue, ex-dote, Mar 15 Monk's bonus Issue, ex-date, Mar 17 Mill iidde'i ■loiiwil vtvwvi niu§i w wviawKi payvnvm, Mar 16 HB lletal's dividend payment, Mar 17 Jeya Mdgs's dMdend payment, Mar 19 Port— Mdgs's dividend payment, Mar 19 Nam
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    • 646 6 Madrid bombings send A$ to 2004 low; won tumbles on Roh's impeachment AFP [HONG KONG] The Australian dollar hit its lowest point for the year after the deadly Madrid attacks on Thursday, while South Korea's won fell after Parliament voted to impeach President Roh
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    • 970 7  -  BT portfolio STOCKS teh hooi ling ALL of our portfolios except one, the one-year top losers portfolio, outperformed the Straits Times Index last week. The portfolio made up of stocks with the lowest forward price-earnings ratio gained most grounds. It rose 0.9
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    • 270 7  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By R Sivanithy IT would be fair to say that tech stocks have lost some of their shine over the past month. Nasdaq's collapse and a shift by funds from aggressive to defensive stocks have produced plunges throughout the sector as
      Source: Bloomberg  -  270 words
    • 1125 7 COMMODITY WeeklyRoundup Silver prices jump to their highest level for six years AFP [LONDON] Oil prices had a volatile week as a string of deadly bomb blasts in Madrid revived global terrorism fears, while traders remained nervous about unrest in Venezuela
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  • 944 7 FINANCE COMMODITIES I Week ended: Mar 12 PRIME LDTDDCQ RATES BANKS Credit Suisse S'pore 5 ABN Amro Bank NV 5.25 D®" 3 Bant l ue M A ABSA Bank Limited 5.5 Luxembourg 6 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 Deutsche Bank AG 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 DBS Bank 4.25 American
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 1233 8  -  Acquisitions set to intensify after sharp market correction last week, says Robert Halili Robert Halili THE sentiment was bullish for the week of March 8 to 12 with 85 acquisitions recorded by 37 shareholders of 33 listed firms worth $15.9 million. The number of purchases
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    • 288 8  -  By Andrea Tan CAPITALAND is one step closer to hiving off some $2 billion worth of office assets into Capita Commercial Trust (CCT). It has received the eligibility-to-list letter from the Singapore Exchange for the listing of CCT in May. Capitaland will
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    • 1899 9  -  The CAD files Kwek Chye Teck abused his authority and position as managing director of Orix Leasing Singapore to misappropriate $2.3 million from the company. He did so by keeping the scrap rebates of cars scrapped by the company, creating false
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    • 5199 10 Notices MV Singapore Food Industries Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Singapore Food Industries Limited (the "Company") will be held at The Forum, 234 Pandan Loop, Singapore *****2 on April 6, 2004 at 3.15
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    • 482 10 In th« matter of The Companies Ad, Cap. SO And m the Matter of EYEWEARASIA PTE LTD STATUTORY DECLARATION BY DIRECTORS OF COMPANY'S INABILITY TO CONTINUE BUSINESS BY REASON OF ITS LIABILITIES We. NGUIJOON TECK of 113 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 #07-337 Singapore *****3, NRIC No. *****881G and LAU
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  • SINGAPORE news
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  • 693 11 BONDS WARRANTS Pram Entity Tal Last Vol Cam bar Disc Gaar- Mths Co4a Comfaiiy Sala *tr- f080) Katie Plica jag laft 3698 AST1W*****1 43 1 1523 1 16 -2 1.40 3 3697 Acma Ltd W*****6 JO.5 1 SO 573 15.00 8 3602 Amtek W*****0 100 -6 37 1 33 2
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 227 11 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD vessel but not necessarily at sea (5) 25 Beings in formation can 7 Cautious around religious YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION ten files contain them? (7,4) group, taking first precau- Across: 1 Glasnost, 9 OverDOWN tions in their midst (11) done, 10 Halo, 11 Witching 1 Intentions of a Bronx speak-
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  • REGION world
    • 650 12  -  BT comment KL STOCKS S'pore Investors may want to take a cue from Temasek, which sees opportunities in M'sia eddie toh Remember the hot Malaysian stocks quoted on Singapore's Clob International? Mulpha International, Multi-Purpose Holdings Berhad (MPHB) and Malaysian Plantations (MPlant)? Most retail investors
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    • 449 12 BEIJING Analyst says move shows Beijing sees exploitation as good Reuters, Bloomberg CHINA has amended its Constitution to protect private property, a landmark move that waters down the core Communist ideology of the world's most populous nation. But speaking at a press conference
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    • 507 12  -  Markets are now counting on China's huge demand From Neil Behrmann in London THE revival of the US dollar is deflating a speculative commodity bubble that has put pressure on Asian and other importers of raw materials. There has been extensive hedge and
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    • 289 12 BRUSSELS Reuters MICROSOFT has broken an European Union (EU) antitrust law and must face sanctions, according to a draft decision expected to win endorsement today from an advisory committee of the 15 EU states. The European Commission (EC) draft requires Microsoft to share
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    • NOTE Book
      • 80 12 AP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's former security minister announced on Saturday that he is running for president in upcoming elections, two days after he resigned from the Cabinet of President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told supporters that he was ready to face her in the country's first
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      • 87 12 AFP [JAKAK I aj A coalition ot Indonesian groups has released a list of names of 61 candidates in upcoming parliamentary elections whom it alleges are "crooked politicians", a report said yesterday. The National Movement Against Crooked Politicians, which groups some 150 non-governmental organisations, released
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      • 102 12 AFP [BANGKOK] Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is in negotiations to buy a stake in English Premier League side Liverpool after a failed bid to purchase Fulham, his adviser Thawatchai Sajakul said yesterday. "They haven't said no to us but they haven't said yes
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      • 74 12 AFP [BERLIN] German Finance Minister Hans Eichel admitted in a newspaper interview yesterday that he was worried about sluggish consumer demand, which he said could act as a brake on growth. He told the Frankfurter Allgemeine: "What worries me is domestic consumer demand. That's a question
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    • 347 12 SEOUL Finance minister to visit New York, London and HK Reuters SOUTH Korea underscored its concern yesterday to keep its economy on track by saying its finance minister will travel to New York, London and Hong Kong to reassure investors after Parliament impeached the
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    • 142 12 «liB| wRi St* lor Employers 1' Wm SU P c since t I act| vities and MINDEF'S NS uol/cies- Since its introduction in iqrc p| l and Commendations haJe 1 Q^nisations. "Our NSmen must know we participate um on 9 Sing BijKp'; I Managing Director fil /Vfr fl/rc/» A.T. Sio
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  • WORLD news
    • 470 13 WASHINGTON Economists fear weakness in job market may prompt further rate cuts AFP FEDERAL Reserve policymakers are almost certain to keep interest rates near rock-bottom lows when they meet tomorrow, and for many months to come, because of the continuing unevenness of
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    • 525 13 MADRID Attacks in response to Spain backing US-led war on Iraq Reuters A VIDEOTAPE purportedly from Al-Qaeda said the Islamic militant group bombed Madrid trains in retaliation to Spain's cooperation with the US over Iraq, Interior Minister Angel Acebes said yesterday. Meanwhile, Basque separatist
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  • BizIT
    • 352 14 Proposal likely to raise serious privacy and business concerns LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] The US Justice Department wants to significantly expand the government's ability to monitor online traffic, proposing that providers of high-speed Internet service be forced to grant easier access for FBI
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    • 190 14 AFP [BERLIN] German phone company MobilCom may seek to recover part of a multi-billion-euro investment in a UMTS operating licence from the German government, a company spokesman said on Saturday. A definitive decision has yet to be reached, according to spokesman
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    • 158 14 Bloomberg [BOSTON] EMC Corp, the world's No 3 maker of datastorage computers, paid CEO Joe Tucci US$2.7l million in salary plus bonus last year and a first-time award of U553.69 million in restricted stock options. Mr Tucci, who also received U*****,000 in other
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    • IT TAKES
      • 62 14 STARHUB has launched SMSOffice (Standard Edition), a wireless e-mail tool developed by mobile application developer ZIM, for two-way SMS. This software-only mobile office solution lets users compose messages from the desktop and send them as instant SMS messages to mobile phones. The recipient can reply to
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      • 52 14 JAPAN-BASED Olympus has introduced its Camedia C-8080 Wide Zoom, an 8-megapixel compact digital camera. The $1,899 gizmo comes with a high-definition CCD and a newly developed fast-aperture, and 28mm to 140 mm 5x ODtical zoom lens. It also features Olympus' True Pic Turbo image processor. For details,
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      • 75 14 SAMSUNG Electronics has introduced its first colour laser printer, the CLP-500. The printer has a novel static engine which incorporates fewer moving parts, Samsung said. It also comes with an optional 802.11b Ethernet connection and an embedded parallel port. The $1,399 CLP-500 can print 20ppm (pages
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      • 52 14 CREATIVE Technology said its latest full-featured compact digital camera—DC-CAM 3200Z—is ready. The 3.2-megapixel device comes in a compact chrome silver casing and offers a 3x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom. In macro mode, the US$229 camera allows close-ups from 50cm to 3cm focus. For details,
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      • 40 14 GEMPLUS International has appointed Jean-Pierre Fantin as its new Asia-Pacific manufacturing director, based in Singapore. Mr Fantin was previously a strategy and project development consultant with international groups such as Telecom Development and the Tonna Group.
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      • 122 14 FUJITSU PC Asia-Pacific has released a few new notebook computers in its spring collection, including: Lifeßook *****: This costs $3688, comes with a carbon fibre base chassis and is compatible with 802.11b/g wireless standards. It weighs 1.65 kg and offers a weight saver option with the standard
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      • 50 14 TALLY Solutions, which provides accounting and inventory management software, is offering a 50 per cent discount for not-for-profit organisations on Tally products. Religious worship houses, educational institutions, community development centres, homes for the aged or for the mentally or physically handicapped, sports and cultural centres qualify For
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      • 53 14 LOGITECH Inc has introduced its new Logitech QuickCam Sphere webcam (right) with a mechanical pan and tilt feature. The $279 camera is ideal for video instant messaging, since it physically moves to keep a person's fac< automatically centred in the field of view, Logitech said.
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      • 37 14 DELL has introduced a new projector targeted at business and education users. The 4100MP costs $3,818, weighs 2.95 kg, features a 2,000:1 contrast ratio and 2,200 lumens of brightness. For details, visit www.dell.com.sg.
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      • 65 14 FUJI Xerox Printers has introduced six laser printers for enterprises. The network-ready offerings are in three product families: the tabloid colour DocuPrint C2428, the A4 monochromes DocuPrint 240A and 340A, and the tabloid monochromes DocuPrint 205, 255 and 305. The DocuPrint C2428, the only
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      • 58 14  -  Compiled by Amit Roy Choudhury BROTHER International Singapore is teaming up with Singapore Fashion Festival 2004 for the Team Singapore Tee Designing Contest. It is open for all students. The team that best designs using transfer paper on Brother's 6-in-l Colour Inkjet MultiFunction Centre MFC-3820CN wins.
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    • 708 16  -  BT exclusive About 27m SMEs in the Asia-Pacific region outside of Japan are ready to spend almost US$100b this year on beefing up their IT infrastructure. Raju Chellam reports Raju Chellam Anew force is surging across the Asia-Pacific region that's set to
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    • 234 16 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd, India's second-biggest mobile phone operator, the local unit of Hutchison Wbampoa Ltd, and other Indian cellular-phone companies can provide roaming facility in Pakistan as India seeks to improve relations with its neighbour. India has allowed
      Bloomberg  -  234 words
    • 153 16 Bloomberg [SEOUL] SK Telecom and Toshiba Corp launched the world's first satellite able to beam digital TV to cellphones and moving cars in a US$237 million bid to establish a new market in mobile TV. The Lockheed Martinmade satellite blasted off on Saturday
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    • 426 16  -  Online sales up 35%, traditional sales up just 15% in Asia-Pac SME segment By Amit Roy Choudhury US-BASED Network Associates Inc (NAI), which provides IDS (intrusion detection systems) and antivirus solutions under the McAfee brand, expects the bulk of its revenue in the consumer
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 324 17 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young DRY CARGO: WE are again seeing new highs established in more or less all sectors of the dry bulk market, with plenty of fresh sales Reported. The 1985 built Capesize Lowlands Yarra is said to have obtained US$27 million from clients of Frangos
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    • Article, Illustration
      36 17 [MANILA] Smoke billows from the burning yacht, Lady Kring, as a coast guard vessel train a hose to put out the blaze. The yacht caught fire during repair works at Manila bay. AP
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    • 636 17  -  US and Europe overstretched to keep pace with volume growth: APL CEO Widdows By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The US and Europe "urgently need" to invest in ports and land transport infrastructure to reduce chokes and avoid being swamped by the trade growth
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    • 371 17  -  Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Hong Kong's container throughput grew 7 per cent to 20.45 million TEUs in 2003, boosted by strong increases in river trade and transhipment volumes. The world's biggest container port handled 16.5 million laden containers—up 8 per
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    • 385 17 Another ship officer corroborates captain's statement Reuters [MANILA] The skipper of a Philippine ferry destroyed by a deadly blaze that an Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for told investigators that he had heard an explosion and smelt gunpowder the night of the fire.
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    • 238 17 Seattle Trader being probed for possible role in trawler sinking AFP [BEJING] Two French police officers have arrived in China to inspect the Philip-pine-flagged freighter Seattle Trader which is being investigated for a possible role in the sinking of a trawler
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    • 779 18  -  LINER SCENE By David Hughes THERE has been a fascinating development at P&O Nedlloyd (PONL) since it was announced that the Anglo Dutch container shipping giant would be spun off, and that in the process P&O would dramatically reduce its
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    • 203 18 PAGE I Alianca 5 AAL 5 Avant 6 Bank Line 4 B'tang Mas 5 BSA 4 BSC 6 BTL 6 Cargoways 6 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 China Shpg 5 Confer 6 Crocodile Line ....4 CWT Globelink ...4 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 EP Carriers 6 ECL 3 Eng
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    • 12054 23 thebusinesstimes EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number lb ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoira 22/03 03/05 China Shpg ASTA RICKMERS 0123W 65-*****898 24/03 03/05 CMACGM CMA CGM VIRGINIA SX0I9W 65-*****000 25/03 03/05 Deknas LA PALOMA 306W 85-*****344 28/03 29/05 COSCO EMPRESS DRAGON
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      • 471 25 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL DAXIN 020E J17/18 A/SIDE 15/03 0300 SANTA BARBA1 410E J24/25 A/SIDE 15/03 0500 TROPICAUAYA OT/1856 J13 A/SIDE 15/03 1500 UNIONSTAR 27 02/04J J12 A/SIDE 15/03 0630 ATLANTIS 7 A7186 J3 15/03 1400 16/03 0630 BAYSWATER118 M4070 J3 15/03 0900
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      • 1755 25 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr Aq MAGNOLIA 075S 075S 1 16/03/2004-07:00 16/03/2004-20:00 ACX RAFFLES 088N 088N 1 16/03/2004-08:00 *****004-22:00 AL SHAMIAH S404W S404W 1 IS/03/2004-16:00 16/03/2004-14:00 B08 ALAMJAYA 2 8887 8887 1 15/03/2004-09:00 15/03/2004 17:00
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      • 147 25 Mar 21 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Apr 4 HK: Ching M Fest. South Korea: Arbor Day. Taiwan: Ching M Fest. Apr 6 Thailand: Chakri Memorial Day. Apr 8 Norway: Maundy Thursday. Philippines: Maundy Thursday. Sweden: Maundy Thursday. Apr 9 Sweden: Good Friday. Singapore: Good Friday. Philippines: Day of
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      • 815 25 THIS report, compiled by Cockett 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 averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 609 26 It is among a handful of airlines keen to be launch customers for 7E7 Reuters [CHICAGO] Singapore Airlines has asked Boeing Co for a specific proposal on the new 7E7 jetliner along with information on a potential purchase of 7775, aircraft industry
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        • 84 26 AP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong and Malaysia have reached an aviation deal that allows airlines from both countries to operate an unlimited number of flights between the two. The deal applies to both passenger and cargo services using any kind of aircraft, according to a government
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        • 78 26 Reuters [ZURICH] Former Crossair chief Andre Dose is under investigation for manslaughter by culpable negligence as peat of a probe into a Crossair jet crash in 2001 which killed 24 people, the prosecutor's office said on Friday. Mr Dose, who stood down this week as
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        • 118 26 AP [NEW DELHI] An Air-India jetliner headed for New York made an emergency landing oil Saturday after a bird struck one of its engines and damaged it, news reports said. No one was hurt. Flight AI-101, a Boeing 747-400, took off on Saturday morning from the
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      • 255 26 However, report does not link airline failure to accident AP [TAIPEI] China Airlines, Taiwan's largest air carrier, failed to perform a range of tests on a passenger jet that disintegrated in mid-flight and crashed into the sea, Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council alleged in
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      • 264 26 Bloomberg, Reuters [SINGAPORE] Passenger traffic through Hong Kong's and Singapore's airports fell in February from the same period last year. Singapore's Changi handled 2.17 million passengers in February, 3.1 per cent less than in 2003 because fewer people travelled during the month that
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      • 529 26 NYT [NEW YORK] The president of Delta Air Lines, Frederick W Reid, said he was joining the Virgin Group and would oversee the lowfare carrier that Sir Richard Branson hopes to start in the United States next year. Mr Reid's departure from Delta,
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      • 2066 26 Cm FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD 5555 r w Bins 0540 ***** 0010 0f81 1840 ***** 0710 EM05 0220 ZZ EM04 1350 EK431 0300 Awtfrini GA975 0830 KL838 2330 EK430 1940 SO 404 2325 Fl llMllt AC995I 0655 LMI65 MB ***** 0100 1*9762 0655 S0326 1425 Auckland
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      • 296 26 Business hurt by Sars and aviation industry restructuring Reuters [HONG KONG] Chinese travel software firm TravelSky Technology Ltd said its 2003 net profit fell 46.5 per cent as severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) and the restructuring of China's aviation industry hurt its business.
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