The Business Times, 26 July 2004

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  • 15 1 85C MITA (P) 023/03/2004 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE MONDAY, JULY 26, 2004 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg
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  • 988 1  -  BT exclusive It aims to become high-end niche player in new wave of global business Reports by Amit Roy Choudhury [SINGAPORE] Just as it became a major offshore manufacturing hub for global companies starting in the 60s, Singapore is well on the
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  • 287 1 [SINGAPORE] According to the Economic Development Board, the following were some of the major BPO/shared services operations set up here recently. Singapore was the designated global launch market for SAP's Shared Services Centre in Asia-Pacific (APA SSC) last year. The centre will significantly enhance corporate
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  • 62 1 Week Change STI 1850.26 -21.21 KLSECOMP 8JJ8.20 -4.45 NIKKEI 225 *****.33 -248.67 HANG SENG *****.99 +293.79 SET INDEX 648.47 +2.36 JAKARTA COMP...766.37 +10.28 MANILA COMP ...1559.22 +7.99 TAIPEI TAIEX 5373.85 -128.29 SEOUL COMP 737.51 -1.88 SHENZHEN B 245.86 -8.09 AUST ALL OHD 3495.70 -37.77 DOW JONES 9962.22 -177.56 NASDAQ
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  • 74 1 FOREX RATES US$ 8$ ISS (SS per l.'SS) 1.718 £(l'S$/S$ per 1.840 3.161 El'RO(l S$/SS/E). 1.223 1101 YEN 108.6 63.60 RM 3.800 2.212 HK$ 7.800 .,4.540 BAHT 41.05 23.89 RIPIAH 9.053 5,269 RENMINBI 8.277 4.817 INDIAN Rl'PEE 46.27 26.93 AS 1.406 0.818 NZS 1.563 0.910 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5.25
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  • 572 1  -  Asian sector also gets boost from pension funds From Neil Behrmann in London A WALL of money from American and European pension funds, insurance companies and other institutions has been pouring into commercial property, including in Asia. The investments have contributed to a bullish
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  • 692 1  -  Poor earnings prospects may lead investors to sell From Andrew Marks in New York DURING the US stock market's year-long rally, which began in March 2003 and only slowed to a standstill this spring, it was technology stocks that led the way
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    • 688 2  -  It can buy and lease back buildings to warehouse retail operators By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] The chief executive of Singapore's largest mall owner, Capita Mall Trust (CMT), acknowledges that the new warehouse retail scheme (which permits retail activities in certain warehouse developments) could pose
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    • 310 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday said both China and Singapore understood that it is not the "appropriate" time for his planned visit to China to take place. But he hopes that contact between Singapore and China will
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    • 738 2  -  BT comment ECONOMICS Outsourcing is good but Singapore companies have been slow learners vikram khanna EARLIER this year, an American newspaper ran a cartoon which showed a father sternly saying to his impish-looking son: "No, you may not outsource your homework to
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 470 3  -  It plans to acquire 42.5% of a development project near Jakarta By Teh Hooi Ling ASIA Food Properties (AFP) has agreed to buy into an Indonesian development project at a price of US$26B million. In a late announcement on Friday, Singapore-listed
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    • 839 3  -  HOCK lock siew r sivanithy THE initial public offer (IPO) market's woes have been well-docu-mented of late an increasing number of counters are flopping on their first day and many of this year's debutants now trade below their offer prices. Ask most
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    • 522 3 AFP CREATIVE Technology is embarking on an ambitious campaign to rival Apple and Sony in the booming personal digital entertainment player (PDE) market after spending five years transforming itself from a computer soundcard maker. Creative last week launched its top-of-the-line 10,000-song, 20-gigabyte
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    • 1111 4  -  ISIDE MARKETS There were $11.9m worth of acquisitions compared to the previous week's $7.3m, reports Robert Halill Robert Halill BUYING by directors and substantial shareholders was up last week while selling was down based on filings to the Singapore Exchange from July 19 to 23.
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    • 377 4  -  By Taila Krishnakumar INVESTORS believe an aggressive US Federal Reserve policy and potential volatility in treasury rates represent the biggest risks for Asian bonds, but are still generally comfortable with regional fundamentals, according to JPMorgan's latest July Asia Credit Investor
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    • 951 5 -I CapffaMall Trust Constituted in the Republic of Singapore pursuant to a trust deed dated 29 October 2001 (as amended) Earn 5.69%' yield tax-free 2 Preferential Offering of New Units to Singapore Registered Unitholders 3 at 551.62 per New Unit Capita Mall Trust Management Limited, the manager of Capita Mall
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 1035 6  -  BT portfolio STOCKS teh hooi ling Stock prices retreated across the board last week, with small-capitalisation stocks and second liners bearing the brunt of the selling. The UOB Sesdaq Index fell 4.8 per cent last week, compared with the 1.1 per cent decline of
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    • 283 6  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By R Sivanithy THE Malaysian market has scores of penny warrants on names that might be familiar to local players see for example, the Country Heights 2006 warrant that costs 21.5 sen and the Gopeng Bhd 2006 warrant that costs
      Source: Bloomberg  -  283 words
    • 416 7 AFP [HONG KONG] The yen led Asian currencies lower over last week after the US dollar was boosted by upbeat midweek comments by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan on the US economy. Japanese yen: The yen slipped against the US dollar in Tokyo amid
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    • 857 7  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy THERE was a telling moment on Wednesday, when an exuberant Alan Greenspan delivered an upbeat economic assessment to the Senate Banking Committee and yet the stock market plunged. It did so because it was less than impressed
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  • 1643 6 Number FORECAST Median The stock recommendation is the average of all the recom- Price mendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There RECOMMENDATION of EPS PE Target is a total of 29 brokers submitting recommendations but not company This week/Last week Estimates (S) (times) Li every stock is
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 864 8  -  He refutes charges that he is squeezing tenants or that size gives him an edge By Kalpana Rashiwala PUA Seek Guan, chief executive of Capita Mall Trust Management Ltd, which manages Capita Mall Trust (CMT), is not deterred by criticisms from
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    • 532 8  -  Investors shunning sector because of the long wait for returns: expert By Chen Huifen VENTURE capitalists (VCs) may be shunning biotech firms here due to the longer time required for returns, but that may change once there are a few success stories
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    • 454 9  -  Leong Sze Hian THE libraries charge three cents per minute ($l.BO per hour) for use of the Internet, and 30 cents per page for printing from the computer. I understand that the cost of printing in black and white on a laser printer is
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    • 649 9  -  Penelope Phoon Head of ACCA Singapore I REFER to the article, "What Enron, Worldcom can teach auditors" (BT, July 15). The report quotes Phil Moulton, a senior manager with Deloitte Enterprise Risk Services in Singapore, saying: "If a company lacks an internal
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    • 1078 9 COMMODITY WeeklyRoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices approached recent record highs last week as traders remained nervous about tight supplies and the threat of disruption to Russian exports. A resurgent US dollar, meanwhile, weighed on many commodities, notably gold and other
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  • 998 9 FINANCE COMMODITIES Week ended: Jul 23 PRIME LEMPDIO RATES BANKS Luxembourg 6 ABN Amro Bank NV 5.25 Deutsche Bank AG 5.5 ABSA Bank Limited 5.5 DBS Bank 4 25 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 Dresdner Bank AG 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 DnB NOR Singapore 6.0 American Express Bank 5
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 402 10 HONG KONG Rents in Pudong district, at US$37.38 psf, rank as world's 37th most expensive Reuters SHANGHAI'S prime commercial areas Pudong and Puxi have joined the list of the world's top 50 most expensive places to rent office space, according to a survey
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    • 177 10 HONG KONG AFP HONG Kong anti-corrup-tion officers said yesterday they have raided several newspapers and arrested six people including a journalist in connection with a fraud probe involving a listed company. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) swooped on at least six
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    • 341 10 JAKARTA Official results out today, but final tally mostly done AFP A FINAL tally of most votes in Indonesia's presidential election has confirmed exgeneral Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the winner, the election authority said on Sunday, a day before the official results were
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    • 221 10 SYDNEY AFP AUSTRALIA and Malaysia will examine the possibility of a free trade agreement today at a meeting of senior government officials, Trade Minister Mark Vaile's office said yesterday. Mr Vaile will meet his Malaysian counterpart Rafidah Aziz in Melbourne today at the 11th meeting
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    • 654 11 SINGAPORE They see growth in IT spending worldwide this year and next AFP FEARS of a slowdown in global electronics demand are overblown and the downturn should have minimal impact on the growth of Asia's economies, which rely heavily on technology
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    • 535 11 NEW DELHI AFP Reuters GLOBAL Trust Bank, a private bank in India with 882,000 depositors, has been ordered to freeze all withdrawals for a period of three months by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), reports said yesterday. Media reports had suggested last year
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  • WORLD news
    • 438 12 SEOUL They make more money from loans while fewer firms default on debt Bloomberg KOOKMIN Bank and other South Korean banks have nearly tripled profit to 1.9 trillion won (Ss2.B billion for the three months ended June 30, on higher
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    • 550 12 GENEVA Ministers aiming to reach global treaty consensus this time AP GOVERNMENT ministers from around the globe gather this week at the World Trade Organization (WTO) here for a last-gasp attempt to agree on the framework of a treaty that they hope
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    • 588 12 Reuters [MADRID] Emilio Botin pledged a year ago to propel Santander Central Hispano into the world's top 10 banks by market capitalisation and the dream looks likely to come true with a bid for Britain's Abbey National. The boards of both banks
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    • 395 12 NEW YORK SCHERING-PLOUGH and Merck on Friday received US regulatory approval for a "mega-blockbuster" cholesterol drug with estimated potential annual sales of US$3.4 billion by 2008, the Financial Times said. Analysts say the new drug could shake Pfizer's dominance of the market and change
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    • 560 13 STOCKHOLM Nokia is losing oat in the handset game, but rival Ericsson is powering on AFP AS once high-flying mobile marvel Nokia's slumping sales continue to impact the company's shares and tech stocks in general, Ericsson in neighbouring Sweden is offering investors a turnaround story of
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • BizIT
    • 640 14  -  BT exclusive Researchers expect the market for IT security services in Asia-Pacific to grow twice as fast as region's overall market for IT services, reports Raju Chellam Raju Chellam WHEN the threats go up, the shutters come down. That's as true in the
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    • 209 14 AFP [WASHINGTON] E-mails purporting to contain evidence of Osama bin Laden's suicide contain a "Trojan horse" that can allow hackers to take over infected computers, security experts warned. "Computer users who fall for the Bin Laden hoax may be hit by a Trojan horse," the
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    • 303 14  -  By Raju Chellam AS corporate servers and gateways get jammed by the continuing spurt in spam, the market for antispam services is also set to take off exponentially, with more than 25 companies fighting for a piece of that pie. In 2003, the global
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    • 234 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Symantec Corp, the world's No 1 maker of software to protect computers from viruses, said Q1 profit more than doubled as consumers and companies spent more during the Sasser computer worm attacks in May. The Sasser worm, which
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    • 393 14 Rivals already keen to poach its residential users NYT [NEW YORK] Qwest Communications, the Denverbased telecoms company, said it planned to take out full-page newspaper ads to court customers of AT&T. The move is the first visible fallout from AT&T's announcement that it
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    • 198 14 AFP [BEIJING] Beijing has blocked 988 overseas Web sites and shut down 67 local ones as part of a nationwide campaign to weed out pornographic content on the Internet. Sites shut down during the July 6-21 special operation included Hong Kong Web sites.
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    • 547 15  -  Money will help mobile phone software developer break into China By Amit Roy Choudhury IT'S champagne-popping time at the National University of Singapore's Incubator Centre as one of its first "babies", Innvo Systems Pte Ltd, closes a second round of funding totalling more than $5
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    • 212 15  -  By Gea Swee Jean THOMSON NETg, which provides corporate learning solutions, said it is now offering computer-based training and courses for SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in Singapore. The courses are customised for their needs and provide built-in feedback to maximise SMEs' investment. In
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    • ITTAKES
      • 83 15 TOSHIBA Singapore is ready with the special edition of its lightweight wireless notebook computer, the Satellite M3O. Designed for consumers, families, students and gamers, the $4,099 notebook is touted to offer images brighter than standard wide-screen LCD displays. The Toshiba Qosmio ElO, available for purchase in September,
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      • 47 15 BROTHER International Singapore has launched its HL-4200CN colour laser printer, targeted at enterprise workgroups and SMBs. The $3,988 printer is network-ready and prints up to 1,200 by 1,200 dpi (dots per inch). Its toner and drum are also separate. For details, visit www.brother.com.sg.
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      • 50 15 STARHUB has tied up with Smartner to provide Smartner Duality Always-on Mail Solution to StarHub customers. This extends the infocomm provider's range of pushmail services. It costs $28 a month for 4MB of data access, and $68 for unlimited data access. For details, visit www.starhub.com/business.
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      • 69 15 SINGAPORE is one of three facilities worldwide for a global WAN (wide area network) that verification, testing and certification firm SGS is setting up. SGS has signed a US$18.5 million deal with virtual network operator Vanco to implement the network, which will also operate
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      • 65 15 ESYS has teamed up with Seagate to sell PCs to heartland customers through NTUC Fair Price supermarkets. The ePC317 model costs $439 and the ePC520, $699. The PCs are equipped with Seagate drives and have a 5-year carry-in extended service warranty and first-year free parts replacement.
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      • 58 15 MCAFEE Inc has launched the Virfex 7.5 for Mac users, offering anti-virus protection to small to large businesses. It is compatible with the Mac OS X and Power PC. It offers real-time prevention of Mac, PC and Unix viruses, worms and Trojans. It costs $59 foi
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      • 28 15 PALMONE Inc has appointed Augustine Goh as its solutions development manager for the Asia-Pacific. Mr Goh was previously Plum tree Software's regional channel manager.
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      • 44 15 A TWO-DAY IBM forum tackling issues of business innovation, people management and organisational responsiveness will be held from Wednesday at Raffles City. US Ambassador Frank Lavin will give an update on the Singapore-US Free Trade Agreement. To register, e-mail selvir@sg.ibm.com.
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      • 28 15  -  Compiled by Gea Swee Jean A TWO-DAY conference on Mobile Data MMS Strategies by IBC Asia will be held from Thursday. E-mail denise.ho@ibcasia.com.sg for details.
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 249 17 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young DRY CARGO: Activity stimulated by the improved freight market continued into this week though freight rates did weaken somewhat in the latter part of the week. An interesting sale was the panamax World Rule at U5527.6 million with 18 months' timecharter at U5519,250.
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    • 296 17 SGX '000 Jul 23 SS w- Vol 'CH Offshore 0.38 -0.01 708 ChuanHup .0.53 unch 441 Cosco Investment .0.88 unch ***** CWT Distribution 0.49 unch 0 Ezra Hldgs .0.96 -0.02 10 > Freight Links 0.10 unch 10 JayaHotdings 0.88 0.02 3546 K1 Venture™ 0.28 0.01 3098 Keppel Corp
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    • 403 17 30 killings reported in six months, while number of attacks falls worldwide AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Pirates killed more seafarers worldwide in the first six months of this year, sinking efforts to curb lawlessness in shipping lanes, a maritime group said. Thirty killings were reported globally
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    • 634 17 They say ISPS costs may make them less competitive Reuters [SAO PAULO, Brazil] Brazil's exporters are concerned that the extra costs they must bear for new security measures at ports and on ships may make them less competitive on the world market.
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    • 128 17 AFP [SHANGHAI] An upcoming exhibition of Titanic memorabilia will make its first port of call in Shanghai, offering a glimpse of the ocean liner's sinking 92 years ago. Three-hundred artifacts salvaged from the wreck of the Titanic, including remnants of
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    • 191 17 AP [KARACHI] The nine crew members from a cargo ship that sank on its way from the United Arab Emirates to Pakistan are probably dead, officials said yesterday. The body of a man washed ashore early on Sunday near Sunera Point, about 30
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    • 390 17 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Port workers and shipping companies at Los Angeles and Long Beach squared off over safety at the one of the world's busiest ports, with labour unions claiming a "real security breach" and operators saying they had complied fully with new
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    • 803 18  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes ON the poop deck of ships built up until at least the late *****, one would have expected to find a spare propeller, usually stowed not far from a large old, fashioned Admiralty Pattern kedge anchor. Seamanship manuals of
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    • 12041 22 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvolre 02/08 08/09 China Shpg MERKUR BRIDGE 4013W 65-*****898 03/08 14/09 COSCO EMPRESS HEAVEN 0145W 65-*****900 04/08 14/09 CMA CGM CMA CGM ELBE SX055W 65-*****800 07/08 31/08 Del mas
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      • 442 25 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL DAXIN 045W J18/19 A/SIDE 26/07 0500 MARCOPOLO 18 01/04J J15 A/SIDE 26/07 0630 QINGJIANG 151 J8/9 A/SIDE 26/07 2300 BAYSWATER338 M4181 J3 26/07 0900 26/07 2359 BT JAYARAYA2 *****4 J1 26/07 1000 26/07 2300 BUANAOCOI G22/04 J5/6 26/07 1000
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      • 1843 25 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES v.* Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy_seq berthing Nmbr ACX DAHUA 078N 078N 1 26/07/2004-14:00 26/07/2004-21:00 TPS ACX MARGUERI 033$ 033S 1 26/07/2004-17:00 27/07/2004-04:00 804 ACX MARIGOLD 016N 016N 1 28/07/2004-13:00 28/07/2004 23:59 ACX RAFFLES 093S 093S 1 27/07/2004-07:00
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      • 136 25 Aug 1 Switzerland: Nat Day. Aug 9 Singapore: Nat Day. Aug 12 Thailand: Queen's Birthday. Aug 15 France: Assump Day. Belgium: Assump Day. India: Indepen Day. S Korea: Libe Day. Aug 17 Indonesia: Independ Day. Aug 20 India: Parsi New Day. Aug 30 UK: Summer Bank Hoi. Aug
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      • 798 25 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 527 25 Carbon 180 Max 963.7 0.3 1S.2 0.03 41 0.03 j„i >2 Density Water Residue AshAlumlnium Sediment No above E25 0 0 1 0 iliii 380 Ave 987.9 0.2 14.9 0.04 19 0.02 t „oU 380 Max 1013.5 0.7 17.9 0.07 55 0.06 K6/m*3 V/V *> m/m
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 531 26 Number of flights between the two countries will increase four-fold from August Reuters [BEIJING] China and the United States signed a deal on Saturday to increase by more than fourfold the number of commercial and cargo flights between the two countries, starting
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      • 504 26 AP [LONDON] Prime Minister Tony Blair's government supported a new east-west rail link underneath London, but said that it would be a "huge challenge" to fund and deliver the £10 billion (5531.6 billion) plan. Transport Secretary Alistair Darling said last week the plans
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      • 176 26 Reuters [LONDON] European aerospace giant Airbus is "marginally ahead" of US rival Boeing in a battle to win a US$5 billion aircraft order from Virgin Atlantic, a British newspaper reported yesterday. "We are on the verge of putting in a very big
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      • 209 26 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Sydney Airports Corp expects to reach agreement with airlines within weeks over sharing the cost of upgrading Australia's busiest airport to accommodate Airbus super jumbo A3Bos. Chief executive Max Moore-Wilton told Channel Nine's Business Sunday programme: "We're well advanced
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      • 405 26 AP [PARIS] A French investigation shows that the crash of an Air France Concorde in 2000 resulted in part from the composition of debris that punctured the plane's tyre, judicial officials said. A stray strip of metal from another airliner that
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    • 118 25 I FOR 7AM 26 Jul 2004 f V Issued by Meteorological Service Division,NEA LEGEND: Thunderstorm Wind speed symbols v 7 Showers C Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds Rajn One half fleche represents 5 knots Cloudy Day -One full fleche represents 10 knots x Hazy
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