The Business Times, 29 May 1998

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    12 1 THTE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 110/12/97 SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asia! .com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, MAY 29,1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Salim Group loses its crown jewel Bank Central Asia
    1494 1  -  Biggest Indon private bank taken over by state agency after run on bank From\ SN Vasuki in Jakarta INDONESIA'S Salim Group last night lost management control over its crown jewel Bank Central Asia (BCA), Indonesia's largest private bank in a sign
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    Govt may raise income ceiling for exec condos
    667 1  -  That could mean fewer buyers for private condos By La Lee Han Shih Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Developers struggling to find buyers for tens of thousands of apartments under construction could soon be hit by a dose of bad news the government might
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    UOL chops house prices by 35% in relaunch
    342 1  -  By Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] In what looks to be the biggest price cut by a developer of a landed project, United Overseas Land is relaunching its Island Country Villas at prices that are up to 35 per cent below launch levels a
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    Wall St currency pressures take toll on regional bourses
    368 1  -  By: R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Pressure on regional currencies and a wavering Wall Street knocked back equity markets yesterday, with the Thai market slumping to its lowest in more than 10 years and Singapore and Malaysian stocks closing at their January lows.
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    Lock icon Dow up 26 at 2pm EDT
    48 1 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US stocks rose in early trade yesterday after four straight days of declines that included a 150-point slide on Tuesday. At 2 pm EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 26.41 points at 8962.96 as bargain-hunters moved in.
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      114 1 UIIUW B i i, Pakistan Modncts Pakistan yesterday conducted its first nuclear test blasts yesterday, drawing condemnation from some nations and swift sanctions from the US. "We were never trying to get into the nudear race in the first place," said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a TV broadcast, PglO
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Mitsubishi, Mitsui Chemicals likely to proceed with 2nd plants
      599 2  -  Decisions on plants worth USs2oom each expected in a few months By\ Ronnie Lim DESPITE the regional downturn, two Japanese investors Mitsubishi Chemicals and Mitsui Chemicals say they are likely to proceed with plans for second petrochemical projects in Singapore worth
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      S'pore seen posting up to 2% growth in '98 on stable economy
      399 2  -  HK fnnd Regent sees 1-2 quarters of negative growth at worst By\ Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong SINGAPORE should be able to manage 0-2 per cent growth this year because its economy did not get into the excesses
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      Fixed-line phones to lave 8-digit numbers in 5-6 years
      305 2 ALL fixed-line telephones and facsimile machines will have eight digits by 2003 or 2004 with a single "6" added in front of the existing seven-digit numbers. In its latest quarterly magazine Vistas, the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) says: "TAS decided
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      Lock icon Manufacturing growth slows
      331 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Manufacturing By, Jenifer Lien HIT by a 4.7 per cent decline in electronics production, manufacturing output growth slowed to 1.3 per cent in April, latest figures from the Economic Development Board show. The electronics sector was hurt by continued poor disk drive output
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      Off-budget measures should go beyond cost-cutting: NTUC
      262 2  -  Byt Carol Eng THE National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) hopes the government's "off-budget" measures to boost the economy will go beyond cost-cut-ting and infrastructure spending to moves that will encourage investments in new capabilities. For example, there could be more resources for incentive
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      Make-up of a young adult S'porean
      307 2 SEDENTARY, pragmatic, and highly influenced by the media in buying decisions that's the picture of the young Singaporean adult that emerged from a recent survey. The survey of some 1,200 adults aged 20 to 39 by business studies lecturers from Ngee Ann Polytechnic was
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      August trade show on textile care downsized
      180 2 TEXCARE Asia, an international trade fair on textile care and dry cleaning, will be held in Singapore for the first time at the World Trade Centre from Aug 19-21. Planned two years back when the East Asian economies were still booming, the fair
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      Consultancy expects changes in staff perks
      287 2 They will be more performance-based, tailored to lifestyles FUTURE employee benefits in Singapore will be perfor-mance-driven and structured to suit the convenience and lifestyle of workers. So said Mark Myerson, managing director of NMG Benefits, an employee benefits consultancy firm, at a seminar organised
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      Three MNCs awarded regional HQ status
      266 4 Recipients are Dow Chemical, Edison Mission, Michelin THE Economic Development Board (EDB) yesterday presented regional headquarters (RHQ) awards to three companies, bringing the total number of firms in Singapore with RHQ status to more than 120. The three MNCs are Dow Chemical Pacific (Singapore),
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      Eight properties sold at auction
      419 4 This marks JLWs most successful sale since Jan PROPERTY agents from Jones Lang Wootton were in high spirits yesterday after they auctioned off eight lots of property. This is the biggest number of properties sold by JLW at its monthly property auctions since January this
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      City Cab to expand Merc cab fleet by Sept
      389 4  -  Unit cost will doable when new vehicle tax system starts Reports by Christopher Tan THE times notwithstanding, transport operator City Cab expects to expand its Merce-des-Benz taxi fleet to about 200 cars by September, up from 140 now. But that's not
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      Net-based pay data service launched
      134 4 HAY Management Consultants yesterday announced the launch ofPayNet, the first Internet-based pay information service in Singapore. This on-line subscription service allows Hay's corporate clients to access information from the Hay Compensation Database, which contains data on salaries and bonuses. It also enables users to conduct
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      New London cab coming soon
      218 4 TAXI commuters will soon be able to enjoy a new London cab, the first model revision for the British icon in more than 30 years. Trans-Island Bus Services (Tibs) has ordered three units of the new-look carriage, and will put them on the road later
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      474 2 Auction Swiss based group opens its program for Asean. Custodians Superintendence and Trustees Company SA. Custodians Art/Wealth Assets, Superintendence Copyright, Trustees of Intellectual Property IMPORTANT EXTRAORDINARY (RESTRICTED) AUCTION® HIGH INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE LEVELS including unique superb and rare categorized examples rarely offered in Singapore. TRUE PERSIAN AND IRANIAN CARPETS OTTOMAN/TURKISH AND
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      90 4 J Hlr jfl Wt-\l< :/v If# I Surviving the T jg currency storm Opportunities W in South Africa I Inside the XXI f furniture lldlTIO industr i&. International G*s£v*g goes global PWrl EXCLUSIVE! Richard Heifer W talks to Directions Directions the business magazine is on sale at branches of Kinokuniya,
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Call to tap investments from Asia's SMEs
      414 5  -  Their presence will boost foreign mrrhangfl flurnin^ says Unctad official From, Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong THERE should be more efforts to tap foreign direct investments from Asia's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as they tend to perform better than bigger firms that
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      Lock icon Thailand ready to ride out any new Asian crisis
      340 5 BANGKOK Tourist numbers expected to rise but revenue will be less than last year Reuters AFP FINANCE Minister Tarrin N immanahaem inda said yesterday that Thailand was prepared to ride out any renewed Asian financial turmoil with additional assistance pledged by
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      Buyers of Asian assets urged to be prudent
      385 5  -  SINGAPORE Many assets still valued at pre-crisis prices: consultancy By Ven Sreenivasan THE Asian economic crisis has produced acquisition opportunities for multinational companies, but prospective buyers should proceed with caution and diligence, said management consultants AT Kearney yesterday. The company's vice-presi-dent and
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      Lock icon Lifting bank secrecy law not needed now: Singson
      349 5 MANILA AFXAsia AFP THE World Bank has agreed to exclude the lifting of the country's bank secrecy law as a pre-requisite for the release of a US$3OO million (*****.4 million) banking reform loan to the Philippines, central bank governor Gabriel Singson said.
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  • INDONESIA IN TRANSITION
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      Lock icon Wiranto, Prabowo in public show of unity
      288 6 Court martial on student killings to start next week Reuters Bernama [JAKARTA) Indonesia's military put on a public show of unity yesterday when armed forces chief General Wiranto conducted a change of command ceremony for a rival general who is a son-in-law of
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      Habibie says fresh polls in '99; opposition wants them sooner
      701 6  -  Meanwhile, political establishment shows signs of splintering into new parties Prom SN Vasukl in Jakarta THE Habibie government and opposition groups are headed for a major confrontation over the timing of fresh parliamentary elections. While President B J Habibie and
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      Lock icon IMF to consider if Indon bailout enough
      278 6 Reuters [JAKARTA] The IMF's AsiaPacific director said yesterday the fund would consider whether its US$4l.2 billion (5568.7 billion) bailout for Indonesia was still enough to rebuild the shattered economy in the wake of sweeping civil unrest. Hubert Neiss, here to review economic and
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      1690 6 1997 Consolidated Financial Statements (in millions of Canadian dollars) as at ocroti JJ WW 1996 *o* ntt run uoto ocnui 31 WW 1996 1995 users n imusr ihcome CASH RESOURCES *,762 Cash and non-interest-bearing deposits with Securities 2346 2.36* 2.144 Bank of Canada and other banks UM 1,654 Deposits with
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Slowdown in industrial growth worries China
      303 7 BEIJING Sharp upswing needed to meet 8% GDP growth target, says Xinhua AFP CHINA'S state media warned yesterday that only a dramatic upswing in the industrial sector will enable the country to meet its 8 per cent economic growth target for this year. "Chinese
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      S P Tao, partners to launch Shanghai trade mart in Oct
      378 7  -  SINGAPORE By\ Lu Ning SINGAPORE property tycoon Tao Shing Pee and his partners will officially launch China's largest international trade mart, Shanghai Mart, on Oct 20. The 280,000 sq m complex, which has taken US$25O million (Ss4l7 million) and
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      Lock icon Beijing seeks to calm fears as flood toll hits 200
      152 7 BEIJING AFP CHINA'S central government confirmed yesterday that 200 people had died in floods nationwide since early May but sought to ease fears, saying unusually early summer rains did not mean worse was to come. "More than 200 people are
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      HK banking industry is sound: monetary authority
      561 8  -  Bnt deputy chief warns banks'asset quality will worsen, profitability will fall From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE Hongkong Monetary Authority yesterday gave the banking industry a clean bill of health as all local banks continued to make money in the first four
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      Liquidity crunch not a major worry: HKMA
      611 8  -  Prom Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong A SERIOUS liquidity crunch and the severe mismatch of customers' deposit and interbank rates in Hongkong will lead only to lower profits this year but not any serious solvency problems even for the smaller banks, Hongkong Monetary
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      Lock icon Economic slowdown won't change HK's US$ peg: Tung
      494 8 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG leader Tung Chee-hwa said signs that the once-booming economy in this new special region of China was slowing fast will not change its policy to peg the territory's currency to the US dollar. Mr Tung said Hongkong may register
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  • ASIA
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      Korean industrial output down 10.8%, biggest fall since '53
      466 9  -  April figures show economy going into recession much foster than expected From. Jennifer Veale in Seoul THE depth of South Korea's economic slowdown was revealed yesterday by new figures which showed the biggest fall in industrial output since the end of
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      Lock icon S Korean economy to shrink up to 4%: central banker
      267 9 SANTIAGO Bloomberg SOUTH Korea's economy may contract up to 4 per cent this year, falling short of a target agreed upon last month by the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a central bank official said. Plummeting consumer spending,
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      Lock icon Seoul hails cattle diplomacy
      101 9 SEOUL AFP A PLANNED trip by a business tycoon to take 1,000 cattle across the border to North Korea will be a breakthrough in relations between the two rivals, South Korean President Kim Dae Jung said yesterday. "The trip, which will soon be realised by honorary
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      Lock icon S Korean union ends strike
      299 9 SEOUL Lukewarm support for KCTU; govt keeps to hardline stance Reuters A MILITANT South Korean union group said it would end a two-day strike late yesterday amid signs that it had lukewarm support. "The two days of strikes will come to a stop late today
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      India admits US sanctions will hurt economy
      529 10  -  Fiscal deficit hit of GDP in 1997/98 while growth slowed to 5% From'. Rajendra Bajpai in New Delh i INDIAN Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government painted a gloomy picture of the economy's performance in the year ended March 31 and admitted that
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      Lock icon Japan ex-official denies bribe offers
      111 10 TOKYO Bloomberg A FORMER Finance Ministry official denied that he accepted bribes in the form of lavish entertainment from major brokerages in return for special treatment. Takashi Sakakibara, 38, admitted at his first hearing in the Tokyo District Court that he was entertained by the
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      Lock icon Pakistan conducts its first nuclear test blasts
      426 10 ISLAMABAD Its 5 tests level the score with India; US to slap sanctions Reuters AFP Bloomberg PAKISTAN said yesterday that it had conducted its first nuclear test blasts, drawing condemnation from some nations and swift sanctions from the United States. Pakistan Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Japan's industrial output down 1.1%
      226 10 TOKYO back production to offset slower sales Bloomberg JAPANESE companies made fewer vehicles and machinery last month than in March, the third straight monthly decline, as they scale back production to offset slower sales in Asia and at home. Industrial output fell 1.1 per cent
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      Lock icon Groovy blue butterfly
      71 10 [SYDNEY] Andrew Parker of the Australian Museum yesterday holding up a South American morpho blue butterfly, its brilliant iridescence produced by grooves similar to those found on fossils from 500 million years ago. Mr Parker discovered the tiny grooves, similar to those found on a compact disc
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      Lock icon US wants review of NZ copyright law
      179 10 WASHINGTON Bloomberg US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky has ordered a review of New Zealand's intellectual property protection laws, after the country lifted restrictions on so-called parallel importing. The US is concerned about potential damage to US exporters and says New Zealand's government "has
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Russia goes all out in bid to defend rouble
      646 12 MOSCOW Cmrency collapse could spark Asian-style economic crisis, say analysts AFP RUSSIA'S government is defending the rouble at all costs because a currency collapse would undermine seven years of market reforms, touch off Asian-style economic collapse and have dire political consequences,
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      Lock icon US revises Q1 growth upwards to 4.8%
      438 13 WASHINGTON But slower growth ahead as stocks pile up, exports and earnings weaken Bloomberg THE US economy grew at a faster pace in the first quarter than previously estimated as inventories piled up at a record pace, in part reflecting the availability of
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      Tuesday's dive puts Wall Street at the crossroads
      650 13  -  Strategists wonder if serious correction is at hand From. Andrew Marks in New York A LATE round of bargainhunting and buy orders from computer trading programs reversed a day of sharp declines on Wall Street and prevented a repeat of Tuesday's loss
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      Why this week could be a turning point in history
      747 13  -  EUROPEAN VIEW Russia's free market may begin tts death throes; the Danes will shape the ftatnre of the European Union Kevin Sullivan CHILLING news from Russia this week as the fragile shoots of economic recovery withered in a financial-markets whirlwind.
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      3025 12 ©Focal Finance Limited (Incorporated in Singapore) Focal Finance A Member ot the OCBC Group I BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1997 I Notes 1997 1996 No"* 1*97 1996 I LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY ASSETS Currenl liabilities: I Current assets: Deposits and savings accounts 3 1,117,800,005 1,033,677,352 I Cash, deposits
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      725 12 Noble group limited (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) Notice of Annual General Meeting Notice is hereby given that the 1998 Annual General Meeting of the Com pony will be held at Chief Executive Suites II 111, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Road, Hong Kong on Monday, 22 June
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      2494 13 BUSINESS Not ices To advertise call toll-free 1800-*****83 8 1 Shanqrita hotel UMTTED I (Incorporated in Singapore) H NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING II NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirty-Seventh Annual General Meeting of Shangri-La Hotel Limited will be held in the II Katong Room, Tower Wing, Shangri-La Hotel,
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Power game in M'sia changes for the better
      718 14  -  TMU BOYTOMLIMB OPINION By Ronnie Lim The writer is BT's trade and industry editor THE power game is changing, clearly for the better, in Malaysia The strongest signal of this emerged just this week, when Tenaga Nasional, the country's largest utility, contracted
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      128 14 'If a president were to murder a political opponent, he would argue that the resulting uproar could impair his legislative programme, distract him from tjis duties, affect his dealings with foreign heads of state and potentially give rise to impeachment proceedings the very arguments raised by the
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      Better returns for CPF members
      627 14 EDITORIAL IF the Investment Management Association of Singapore keeps to its plans, Singaporeans will soon be blitzed by a campaign on the art of investing in unit trusts. This sudden activism by investment managers has to do with the recent liberalisation of CPF unit trusts.
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      Lock icon US at the margins in the ouster of Suharto
      1058 14  -  Those who say US played leading role in bringing Indonesian leader down live in a Cold War time warp By\ Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent CONSPIRACY theorists in the US are trying to describe last week's resignation of
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      869 14 Russia's financial chaltongs HAVING staved off two attacks on the rouble in the past eight months, Russia now faces an even greater challenge. The rouble on Wednesday came under its most serious pressure yet, prompting a rise in interest rates to 150 per cent. Whether Russia
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      Fun-filled spoof of classical music
      657 16  -  British comedian takes sombre composers off their pedestals and shows that classical music can be enjoyed by everyone, says jaimbbb JAIME EE RAINER Hersch was right when he said most people's experiences with (and interest in) classical music begins and ends in school, thanks to
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      Lock icon A day of madness in Jakarta
      764 16  -  PERSPECTIVE A first-hand account of a journalist who stayed on after rioting broke ont Byi Goh Hwee Leng [JAKARTA] Moving around bustling Jakarta today, one would find it hard to imagine that just a fortnight ago, the country of 200 million was on the
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      Lock icon Sampras lobbed out by Delgado of Paraguay
      511 16 FRENCH OPEN AFP [PARIS] World No 1 Pete Sampras failed once again to win the only major title missing from his collection on Wednesday when he was drummed out of the French Open by Ramon Delgado of Paraguay. The 26-year-old American, who has
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      Tat Lee Bank cuts loan exposure to Indon clients
      471 17  -  Bank silent on loans outstanding after repayments, credit line adjustments By\ Slow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] In line with the fall in property and equity values, Tat Lee Bank has reduced its loan exposure of more than half a billion dollars to
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      Lock icon High flyers on KL Second Board crash with hard times
      534 17 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] For several months last year, 51-year-old Samy Marimuthu was a happy man. Within two months of buying shares in a small cosmetics company, Zaitun Bhd, Mr Samy's wealth on paper surged as much as 77 per cent.
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      Ipco associate gets nod for Sesdaq IPO
      125 17 [SINGAPORE] Mid-Conti-nent Equipment Pte Ltd, an associate of mainboard-listed Ipco International, has received in-principle approval for a listing on Sesdaq. Ipco owns 50 per cent of Mid-Continent, which distributes pipes and other equipment for the oil and gas industry. Mid-Continent's other major shareholder
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      Valuable insights in the rise and fall of KL Second Board
      729 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy IT'S A FACT of life that a bull run usually gives the market an odd sense of invincibility, putting a swagger in the step of those who have money in the market at the
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      Lock icon HPL House to get billiard saloon
      433 17  -  New tenant part of plans to liven np that part of Orchard Rd By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] A million-dol-lar billiard .saloon will be opening soon at the former Blackjacks shop space at HPL House in Cuscaden Road, as part of a plan to turn
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      EON cash reserves down by two-thirds
      280 17  -  By\ Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur EON Bhd, the main distributor of Proton cars, saw its total cash reserves dwindle by two-thirds to 198.5 million Malaysian ringgit (5585.9 million) in 1997 on poor sales, according to its latest annual report. Indeed, the decline in
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Pacific Century raising $240 m with rights issues
        292 18  -  Exercise will cut short-term loans and help finance property projects By I Samuel Ang [SINGAPORE] Richard Li's Pacific Century Regional Developments Ltd (PCRDL) is raising $240 million in what is believed to be the stock market's second biggest cash call this year
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        Lock icon Sing Tao sale to Mingly hits snag over property assets
        191 18 Bloomberg AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Sing Tao Holdings Ltd's takeover by Mingly Corp has been thrown into doubt one week after the property developer agreed to buy chairman Sally Aw's controlling stake in the newspaper publisher, Hongkong newspapers said yesterday. The South
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        Time Engrg seeks new telecoms partners
        351 18  -  Renong nnit hopes to close deal in a year to help cot debt From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur DEBT-laden Time Engineering, a unit of Renong Bhd, is counting on fresh capital from a new partner for its telecoms subsidiary within 12 months to
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        Lock icon Brewing some business
        80 18 [HONGKONG] A woman yesterday making Turkish coffee for visitors to Cathay Pacific's booth at an international tourism exhibition in Hongkong. Cathay Pacific has launched a new direct route to Istanbul, Turkey. The Hongkong-based carrier is likely to offer a special promotional price for the new route as
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        Lock icon PT Telkom posts 399b rupiah loss
        240 18 Reuters IJAKARTA] Indonesian telecommunications giant Telkom announced a first-quar-ter net loss yesterday, saying foreign exchange losses due to the rupiah's plunge had hit its results. PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, the country's biggest company, said its net loss in the three months to March 31 was
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        L&G chief sells 2.4% stake but denies bailing out
        228 18 [KUALA LUMPUR] Land General chairman Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah recently sold a chunk of the company but he is not bailing out altogether. "I'm not selling out of the company," the prominent businessman told BT on Wednesday. He said the sale
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      • COMPANY Briefs
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          Metalook net surges 77% to $3*4 m
          59 18 [SINGAPORE] Metalock (Singapore) yesterday posted a net profit of 93.4 million, up 77 per cent on an 82 per cent surge in turnover to $59.4 million for the year ended March. It declared a dividend of 10 per cent less tax and an
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          STIC acquires ST Energy for $2
          37 18 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation yesterday said it bought ST Energy Pte Ltd from its parent, Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd, for $2. ST Energy is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of STIC.
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          Khoog Gnan ex-GM returns $3m
          63 18 [SINGAPORE] Khong Guan Flour Milling Ltd yesterday said former general manager Robert Ang Chun Ti has returned in fUll the 13 million of company fUnds he Is alleged to have misappropriated plus compensation for loss of interest. Mr Ang was suspended last week. The company
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          Sea View ohief a stake crosses 50%
          75 18 [SINGAPORE] Sea View Hotel chairman Lim Sin Hoe bought 30,000 Sea View shares at 14.50 apiece on Wednesday, the company said yesterday. Held in the name of DBS Nominees Pte Ltd, the shares amount to a 0.14 per cent stake in Sea View.
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        Lock icon HP to buy Samsung's stake in HP Korea
        185 19 Bloomberg IPALO ALTO, California] Hewlett-Packard Co agreed to buy Samsung Electronics Co's 45 per cent stake in Hew-lett-Packard Korea for US$36 million (Ss6o million), helping Samsung raise money in the midst of South Korea's economic crisis. HP also agreed to buy a
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        Lock icon Cable & Wireless to buy MCI Net unit for £385 m
        370 19 Cable Wireless to buy MCI Net unit for £385 m Sale erntial for approval of WorUCom-MCI deal Bloomberg [LONDON] World Com and MCI Communications agreed to sell MCl's Internet unit to Cable Wireless pic for £385 million (551.04 billion) in cash, to meet regulators' demands in WorldCom's US$4l.B billion bid
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        Lock icon Strike, strong pound cut BA's profit by 9.4%
        286 19 Side cushioned by lower fuel prices and cost-cutting FT [LONDON] A strike by cabin crew and the strong pound cut British Airways' annual pre-tax profits by 9.4 per cent to £580 million (Ssl.6 billion) last year. However, lower fuel prices and a
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        543 19 NEC, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Oki all hit by Asian stamp, weak chip prices AFP [TOKYO] Japan's electronics giants announced grim profit falls yesterday, dragged down by an economic slump across Asia and a price collapse in the semiconductor market. NEC Corp, the world's
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        Lock icon Mitsubishi Motors posts 102b yen loss
        314 19 Company battered by unpopular models, poor Asian sales Reuters Bloomberg [TOKYOJ Mitsubishi Motors Corp lost 101.85 billion yen (Ssl.2 billion) last fiscal year, reporting its first consolidated net loss in 24 years as its business got battered by weak sales and currency losses in
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        Lock icon Deutsche Bank eyeing units UBS has to sell
        308 20 Bloomberg [ST GALLEN, Switzerland] Deutsche Bank, Germany's biggest bank, on Wednesday said it is interested in buying some Swiss units that Union Bank of Switzerland must sell after it merges with Swiss Bank Corp to form Europe's No 1 bank. Deutsche is
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        Lock icon KL balks at S'pore tin warehouse plan
        509 20 Officials argue that London exchange's plan could unsettle prices and stocks of tin in Asia Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is Fighting a plan by the London Metal Exchange (LME) to set up a warehouse for tin in Singapore, arguing that the move could
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        Lock icon Asahi Bank to sell Fidelity funds in Japan
        320 20 More alliances being forged after Tokyo's BUBaitf Bloomberg Reuters [TOKYO] Fidelity Investments of the US and UK-based HSBC Holdings pic have announced new alliances with Japanese banks to sell their mutual funds to individuals. Fidelity, the biggest fund company in the US,
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        Lock icon Citicorp-Travelers deal: Fed rapped
        310 20 Talks between banking groups and regulator questioned Reuters WASHINGTON! Private communications between Federal Reserve Board staff and Citicorp and Travelers Group Inc ahead of their multi-billion-dollar merger announcement have sparked criticism from consumer groups that the Fed went too far in advising them. Before announcing their
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        228 20 SI M HX Report Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Eurodollar futures softened yesterday as the Tokyo stock market steadied with the yen, although dealers said there were still concerns about Wall Street's outlook and Russia's financial stability. "We saw quite a lot of buying yesterday on flight
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        Open interest for futures at new high
        163 20  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES Charlie Kuo Charlie Kuo, service dealer, Refco Singapore [SINGAPORE] Open interest for the Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract hit a record high 0f25,656 contracts on Wednesday, surpassing the previous record of 24,338 contracts set on Tuesday. The Simex
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        Lock icon Crude futures in NY fall on large supplies
        273 20 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORKI Crude oil and petrol futures fell 2 per cent after an industry report showed an unexpected rise in petrol inventories and lower demand before the start of the summer driving season. US petrol inventories rose 1.5 per
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        292 20 AFP London THE yen fell against the dollar and mark yesterday owing to renewed fears about the economy in Asia, and the mark steadied on signs that the crisis in Russia was calming down. The yen fell to 138.90 to the dollar from 137.33 late on Wednesday and
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1664 21 SICOM HJTOBBS May28 RVJB8CR (futures ctosiaq is at 5 30»m) RSS1 CONTRACTU cMts/k«> Ctost Votoim Opm Month Hkjh Low Sott (tonos) hrtfst Jun 98 126.00 126.00 126.00 50 600 Jul 98 126.00 150 1415 Aug 98 126.25 126.25 126.25 400 2065 Sep 98 127.50 127.50 127.50 450 1215
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2106 21 LONDON tmm acn *321)00 TjQOO AS Ports 3S2.000 -3.400 Aftbay National 1083.000 *19.000 AMadDomacq 605.000 1.000 Aanac 190.400 *0400 Aula Croup 183.000 2-200 BAT M 560.400 4.400 80 Pic 322.000 -3.600 BKC 166.000 -LOOO BOC Group 978.000 20.000 BRPatroloum 914.000 -8.400 BTR 205.000 2.000 Bank of Scotland
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      1507 21 Bloomberg QnkttZK +131 M JAPAN'S benchmark stock index rose after tumbling on Wednesday, led by exporters such as Pioneer Electronic Corp as a late rally by US stocks lessened concern that profit growth may be slowing in the world's largest economy. "Wall Street's resilience gave the market a psychological
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      1521 22 Reuters PHangSeag •IQS.O STOCKS closed weaker yesterday after concerns about the local economy sent the market on a rocky ride, and brokers said sentiment remained poor. The Hang Seng Index fell 105.49 points, or 1.17 per cent, to end at 8,877.94 after hitting a high of 9,066.79. The blue
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      577 22 Reuters QShenzhenßlndex -2.71 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed down yesterday with sentiment hurt by a fall in the Hongkong stock market and further weakness in both markets was likely in the coming days, brokers and analysts said. "Continued weakness on the Hongkong stock market hurt investor confidence in
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      349 22 AFP QWP Intel *5133 THE Taiwan stock market staged a technical rebound yesterday, rising 0.7 per cent after three straight falls this week, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index gained 56.33 points to 8,124.50, following a 1.4 per cent drop in the previous session. "The rebound
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      237 22 AFP n Wellington -3(183 NEW ZEALAND'S exposure to Asia and high interest rates saw stocks fall 1.4 per cent yesterday on turnover of NZ$95 million. The key NZSE-40 Index lost 30.83 points to 2.191.20 with Telecom Corp losing seven cents to NZ$B.5B. t*n i *h nm AN2 Banking 12.70
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      785 22 AFP n SET Infer -122 rHAI shares dropped 1.8 per :ent yesterday, hitting a new LO-year low as regional markets remained volatile and in/estors took fright at the prospect of a local election, iealers said. Analysts said the local xmrse took its lead from the Hongkong market, which backed
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      414 22 AFP Q Composite Index +4r61 SHARE prices rose 3.1 per cent yesterday on the Korea Stock Exchange, with retail investors bargain-hunting and foreign investors easing up on selling, dealers said. "Individual investors appear not to expect a significant rebound but were just aiming at technical gains after the recent
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      581 22 AFP +27.1 AUSTRALIAN shares prices gained one per cent yesterday, buoyed by options-relat-ed trade and a morning recovery on the Hongkong bourse that knocked out expectations of weakness on Wall Street. The All Ordinaries index added 27.6 points to 2,714.6. The All Industrials Index gained 56.9 points to 4,722.6
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      694 22 AFP P Composite Into -175 JAKARTA shares fell 0.7 per cent yesterday amid persistent political uncertainty and in anticipation of a central Bank Indonesia statement on a bank owned by the Salim group, dealers said. Dealers said foreign investors were still avoiding the market in light of uncertainties following
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      302 22 AFP n Manila -45J1 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 2.2 per cent lower yesterday, reflecting negative investor sentiment across Asia. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index shed 45.91 points to 2,014.23. Volume fell to 657 million shares worth 895 million pesos. The bears walloped Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co which ended
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        Lock icon Shares slip on regional recession fears
        408 23 AFP Q Composite Index -7.54 MALAYSIA'S key stock index ended 1.4 per cent lower yesterday amid mounting fears that regional economies may be slipping into recession, dealers said. The Composite Index finished at 544.74 points, down 7.54 points. The Second Board Index lost 1.22
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        Country heights: stay away for now
        190 24  -  WARRANT WATCH LV/ R Sivanithy BACK in happier times around a year ago, the Country Heights stock was trading around 20 Malaysian ringgit while its warrant cost about RMB. Today, the Malaysian property company's stock and warrant have collapsed, dropping 84 per cent to
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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      STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE: MAIN BOARD
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        225 26 Stocks Volume SingTel 15c 10,344,000 DBS Land 9,955.000 TAC BtIO 200 7,309,000 •Rekapacific Btl 7,098,000 HK land USIOc 6,559,000 •RHB Cap Wt99 6.271,000 *MBf Capital 5,512,000 *M Resources 4,611,000 •Renong Bhd 50c 4,026,000 Goldtron20c 3.372,000 Stocks S SingTel 15c 24,922,255 DBS Land 19,129.263 City Dev 50c 14,833,726 DBS Foreign 13,373,910
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        HOT STOCK
        71 26  -  -by Shiv Taneja GOLDTRON Ltd closed one and a half cents lower yesterday at 145 cents on a volume of 3.37 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 654,400 shares The weekly RSI and Stochastics are oversold In the near term, the stock is likely to
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        Slide in Sing $ sends STII down 2.6% to 4-month low
        691 26  - Slide in Sing sends STII down 2.6% to 4-month low STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Property stocks lead fall on fears of interest rate rise as interbank rates nudge upwards; M'sian stocks more resilient By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A slide in the Indonesian rupiah and sudden pressure on the Singapore dollar yesterday
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
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          Age before money
          94 26 YOU may have heard various conditions and criteria for selecting investment partners. But when Singapore property tycoon Tao Shing Pee searched for partners to put millions into the US$25O million (Ss4l7 million) Shanghai Mart project, you had to be over 75 in age to qualify. His reason:
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          Ode to & market plunge
          145 26 Ode to market plunge SO, the Hongkong market has taken a bad blow and it looks like It was all foretold by a poetical analyst at Independent Strategy. Consider this extract which appeared under the heading "Analysis" in a special report on Hongkong dated May 22: oneofthOse rare, perfect days;
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          Wiĺ euro cut jobs?
          148 26 ONCE the German mark, the French franc and the Italian lira, among others, are merged into the euro will it mean fewer foreign exchange traders are required, an anxious questioner wanted to know at a seminar on the subject of the single European currency in Singapore
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          The art of networking
          99 26 NETWORKING is a serious affair at the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (Asme), which organised a "Networking Nite" on Wednesday complete with a talk by executive director Benji Ng on how to practise it. The first point of this fine business art has a refreshing
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          The essence of it all
          128 26 WHAT do Bergkamp, Beckham, Zola, Glnola, and Aspiralla have in common? Yes, they're all soccer players, and with the soccer world cup about to kick-off, they're very much in the news right now. But that's not the answer. The answer, if an advertising blurb attached
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      263 27 Bridge News Reuters THERE was little to buoy the freight market with brokers describing trade as "incredibly quiet". A few new handysize cargoes were quoted from the US Gulf and charterers have been covering their requirements from the* area relatively quickly with so many vessels available. t. Fixtures
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      270 27 CWT Distribution O.Sl -OOil F Chuan Hup 0.385 -O019 10 Cases InvMHMnt .0.74 FraMtlMl 0.25 -0.015 IU OBHeMnfS. 0.30 >0.02 HM Sun Hup 0.50 -0.01 42 HMCMZmm 0455 -0.01 IMCHoMngt MR 5.60 J*yt MoKtttxjl a40 -0.01 25 Jurona Shipyard 7.90 -0.05 92 KappalCorp 3.34 -024 MM KappalftLS 4.60
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      Asian govts urged to step up efforts to curb piracy
      455 27  -  Shipowners forum also deals with problem of regional economic turmoil By delix Chan [SINGAPORE] A forum of Asian shipowners has called on governments to take "urgent action" to stem the rise in piracy and petty theft on ships in territorial
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      685 27  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar AN English court has held that once a court decides to appoint an arbitrator under the Arbitration Act 1996, the court is obliged to appoint a sole arbitrator. The court has also rejected
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      395 27  -  By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) intends to conduct Port State Control inspections on 1,000 ships this year, more than three times the number in 1997. Zafrul Alam, second assistant director (international) of MPA's policy division,
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      Expansion frenzy may be over
      803 28  -  CHINA PORTS Authorities concerned about duplication and waste of resources hint at curbs on port building and upgrading Fron P T Bangsberg in Manila CHINA'S burst of port building and upgrading seems set to be reined in, with officials concerned about duplication and consequent waste
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      337 28 PAGE ESP lines M ACL 9 Ethiopian 6 Ml 3 Evergreen Accord 8 M Ahrenkwi 14 FoongSun 8 Appenship 5 Frotl 15 Asia OCL 15 frt Links 16 Astro 3 6L 4 Austral 9 Cemartrans 8 Avant 16 <*»** 9 B'tang Mas 8
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      16899 36 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA CTA Advertiser V«»l Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser VMS** Voyage T^*^* SIN Dest'n Name Nam* Number Number SIN Destn Nam* Nam* Num»>*r NumD*r Q2/06 28/06 P1L NORDWELLE *1 45-32*993 A 03/04 U/Ot OOCL NORDWELLE *1 65-*****13 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 To BUENAVENTURA (BUN) 2059
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        705 43 Vtssel Voy No B#rth Arrival Oeperture Binamarwe 2 OS/99 JI5 alongside 30.05/1200 Blissful R 2 9812 J02 alongside 28.05/1500 Bt Gumala Ja *****8 J01 alongside 28.05/1930 Bt lompo Bat *****8 J01 alongside 29.05/0100 Bt Nurdiana MAY28 J01 alongside 29.05/0300 Bt P«i NOT95 *****8 J01 alongside 29.05/0100 Bt R8
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        1478 43 RECEIVING Of EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Bolonco Rstls Ship Voy Mo Etb/ftr Nrlod From To From Ac i Jrtt 23N 31/0*00 U 20/OOO 20/1*51 20/HM nmoo 20/3091 a/mo a 20/37M M«N IMNO 2* iwtrao N/0*51 21 J 21/0'0C 21/3151 21/W0C 4 21/32M 21/3491 2VI700 kihH 007*
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        166 43 May 29 Hong Kong: Tuen Ng Festival. May 30 Taiwan: Dragon Boat Festival Jul Austria: Whit Monday. Belgium: Whit Monday. Brunei: Anniversary of Royal Brunei Malay Regiment. Denmark: Whit Monday. France: Whit Monday. Germany: Whit Monday. Ireland Republic Of: June Holiday. Luxembourg: Whit Monday. Netherlands: Whit Monday. New
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        745 43 THIS report, complied by Cockett Marine 0U Ltd. ihowe price ranees In US dollar* instead at tingle pricet Tore sure comprehensive deecripUon of Price* shown are baaed on average-tlxed •tern Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Indi vidua! chance* In
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        466 43 Carta WO Mu ,9922 0.9 NO 0.H 46 0.0T Ma* 21 Domto Matar RotMuo Art flhimlnlani Ttf —1 MoaOowE2S S 0 I 1 0-0 2 300 aw mu 0i u o.« 32 0.03 |£Z 3HMu MLS 0 J 19 J 0.16 72 0.09 M/WI »»A »M/M
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        556 44 Economic turmoil in Asia may force US planemaker to make fewer 747s next year Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing Co dashed expectations that the world's largest aircraft maker will solve its problems anytime soon, warning of delays in making its best-selling 737jetliners this year
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        195 44 AFP [GENEVA] The number of passengers using Asian airports fell by nearly 9 per cent in February due to the regional financial crisis, the Airports Council International (ACI) reported. Elsewhere in the world, more than 190 million passengers pushed the figures for February up by
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        Lock icon Northwest pilots set stage for strike
        85 44 Reuters [MINNEAPOUS] Pilots have authorised a strike against Northwest Airlines Corp after 20 months of negotiations, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) said. The authorisation sets the stage for a strike by Northwest's 6,120 pilots after a 30day cooling-off period. Under the Railway Labour
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        148 44 Bridge News [TOKYO] Engine trouble forced a United Airlines cargo flight to make an emergency landing at an airport in western Japan less than an hour after take-off, airport police said yesterday. The DC-10, carrying four crew members, no passengers and bound for
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        275 44 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] CNF Transportation Inc on Wednesday announced pacts worth more than US$l.l5 billion (Ssl.BB billion) over Ave years with high-tech companies and other manufacturers to manage their supply chains in a significant expansion of the air freight and trucking firm's
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        1379 44 CITY FLIGHT ETA FUCW ETC kttmt nm_m Hi om kmtfrim S032T 07K U844 HMO —Wj? IU137 V455 OA 974 1255 7 ,M0 ***** *35 K1838 2300 mnl 2300 MW98 1925 S03W 2320 H«M*1 Am 1335 ATW 205 faicklM* N***** 2050 N***** 2045 Nh«MfW $0977 f700 S097J
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      23 27 China ports: Expansion frenzy may be over Authorities concerned about duplication and waste of resources hint at curbs on port building. Page 2
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      312 27 Boeing warns of continual delays in 737 production Economic turmoil in Asia may force US planemaker to make fewer 747s next year. Back Page T A Shipping Times Special Feature MONDAY 8 JUNE 1998 Transport Logistics Industry here poised for active t growth J REGION'S DEVALUED CURRENCIES PUSH TRADE EXPORT
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      1205 28 1 NORTH AMERICA H I EXPORT 1 I OTHER DESTINATIONS ~~1 SSX SUPER SHUTTIE EXPRESS DWCCT TO LA AMERIC*A«IA AMO«lxrn«a MWyiCtwl vtssa I vor rasa Ima im Iml tm ok i! wocoott I mm. wI m I maamuQ iimmmimm l uum |to mam Mnwmsu 1 mnuao~ =3= M/M M/ 1
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      577 28 Unes 4 sauces repmaented Members <y me [°K3B-) r, *»so'»*«eO«»yo' S«ngapore Freigfn Forwarders WqjjFJu Accreditfld Sfuppmg Agents Association V'i' Sngapore Sf*ppmg Association NEW ADVERTISER" Find out more about their service: Him to Page 4 EXPORT 3 x Japan -2 Hongkong -1 x Manila -1 x Koodiiung, Kaoiung (Actop*ing FQ to
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      1072 29 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE jvtssa voy sm rtm anr ham wv sou fxt uh vissii voy rtm AM HAM KV SOU fXT l£H SJH MOl CYPCME OOSW 03/04 19/06 20/06 23/06 7/06 HYGtNWAI 3111 13/05 09/0S 12/05 06/0S 30/0S MYIARON 313W 04/06 27/06 24/06 2S/06 22/06 MOl MIS 002f 10/0J
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      1909 29 I (g) HANJIN SHIPPING HANJIN SHIPPING (S) PTi ITS Imp lw<t> cam (004UNG 37M73S 737 SAIfS *****74 ?3B OOCUMCNT *****71 774 OKIATIOtt *****41 757 MAW IMC *****55 FAX 7779H0 CI HO 11 *****0000 M TO NW USA CANADA USA CANADA* FM VSI/VOY »AM ISW "UKHMJI/VOT SEA I TIW I DIN
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      412 29 VESSEL VOY_ _SM_ PKG VOY SIN HKG KEL USN PUS YQV I SIN I PKG l^ 1 L^JWljiaJ KMTC HONGKONG MIS 31/05 02/0* WIN 03/0* 07/0* 09/0* 11/0* 12/0* I I |KMTC ULSAW MS KAATCPUSAN M7S OS/0* 12/0* 14/0* U/Ot 17/0* KMTC CELLING 804S I 14/06 I I(. 06 iHYUNDAISPIINTEI|wft|It/Q*|
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      749 30 DSR-SENATOR LINES NOW ACCEPTING REEFER CARGO TO USA EUROPE FAR EAST PORTS NEWSHIP AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE: TEL: *****0 FAX: *****30 TLX; RS ***** FOR ENQUIRY BOOKINGS: JENNY/LAY CHOCVCATHERINE PORT KLANG: SINARAN MAT TM SDN BHD TEL: 03-*****88 (8 HUNTING LINES) FAX: 03-333*758 FOR ENQUIRY/BOOKINGS: MS TAN AI GEOK/MS. MARY
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      1419 30 MY IWHRME Intemrt W®b S<t» http: //www.yml.com.tw rtLfOAiUM'<&*.*< iiiMmiimrrmami\mmmmxmmmmmMmmwiimi metWBKLYF«RYTHJ«soay/SUNOAY VESSEL VOY SIN CMB RTM HAM FXT LEH ANR GIBRALTAR BRIDGE AB2IW 30/05 21/06 19/06 18/06 23/06 MING WEST JB2IW 31/05 17/06 19/06 20/06 22/06 MING GLORY AB22W 05/06 27/06 25/06 24/06 29/06 HUMBER BRIDGE JB22W 07/06 24/06 2&06 27/06
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      436 30 LINE 2W TIL: ***** M FAXi *****13 MUARA LABUAN vessei voy no eta vessei vor rro eta SPORE MUARA SfOM LM J. PROSPER VI4E/9I 31/05 03/0* iPWSPB VH/90 31/0$ 04/0* AMtOOtr Vl4l/90 04/0* 07/0* AFRtOORY VI4I/91 04/0* 01/0* i rtova visi/9* o»/o* 12/0* ipwspo via/* 09/o* u/o* APttOORY VISI/90 13/0*
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      1545 31 [VESSEL VOY SIN POU PKO PEN BLW SUR DUB BA BIK IRAN VAHDAT PJL 1284 21/05 30/05 IRAN TAKHTI PJL 1286 01/05 IRAN TEYFOURI PJL 1287 05/05 14/05 15/00 IRAN MOBIN PJL 1293 20/05 29/06 30/06 ACCEPTING CONTAINER/BREAK-BULK SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN CIS COUNTRIES I.E. A2ARBAUAN. ARMENIA. KAZAKHSTAN,
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      1947 31 DIRECT SAILING if J 10 SHANGHAI XINGANG J I SINGAPORE'S GiNfRAL AGENTS: 6 SHENTOH WAY TEL: 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (l/l) *****02 JOHORE Of FIG: I COSTAR SHIPPING PTi LTD #17-08disiidc sales/ikgs 4205M1/43 inward dept (D/O) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD I CRNO: **********0 M TOWER TWO(*****9) CONVENTIONAL
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      541 31 EASTERN CAR UNER, LTD.'^'sSTT i! tj ECL (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 1 SPECIALIZE IN RORO t HEAVY UFT UPTO 122 TOWS ECI (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD LOADING FOR MUARA I LONG BEACH TACOMA/VANCOUVER MV "ORANGE SKY" V.82 MV "COSMIC MASTER" VJO FTA w, I a rmrWOft ETA SIN 05/06/98 ETA LONG BEACH
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      1334 32 EUROPE/UK/SCANDINAVIA/FINLANO/RUSSIA SGP ROM ANW HBG TMP ZEE LHV LHV THP ROM ANW HBG PKL SGP E RACES RW-022 06-06 2606 01/07 27/06 29/06 30/06 01/07 E GARLAND RE 053 0305 0505 00/05 M,W 0705 01<W 02« E. DECENT RW-004 1306 02/07 07/07 0307 0507 0607 E GLOWING RE 044 10/05
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      747 32 U a. MAfc-NfcLS S'PfIRE M'SIA Carrier: MN CONTR LINES, INC p. gudang: (07) *****26 I J C/R MOs **********0 C SIBU: (084) *****9 MANILA: (632) *****24 Vw PENANG: (04) *****36 BANGKOK: (682) *****67 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MDN: (61) *****3 KUCHMG (082) *****1-3 T
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      396 32 /SZ N ISSm NANTAI LINE PUUY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA vissa VOY I sm I PUJ I PUK CFT I t/ttT WAWAI nowci VO77S 02/0* U/04 21/04 mnAiytwis mn 12/04 21/04 24/04 01/07 04/07 golden mugon tooss is/w 27/04 01/07 04/07 KAMIAJ PRINCESS V.022S 23/06 13/07 10/07 NANIAJ
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      364 33 BSA il I mm. MYANMA iBBBk FIVE STAR LINE r (Myanmar National Lint) W Loading far Yangon (Rangoon) VRSfI. VOT SW PKG PfN PGU MtRGU 14JW SU) ■AGO 102W SU) MALAYSIA AGOfTS: BOUSTUD SHIPPING AGfNCKS KIR: m 02-03-*****00 PKL TU 0243-*****01 POfc Itt 02-04-2****** PGO: TU 02-07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A
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      1225 33 IA HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. IVBSB VOY I SOU I IB! I BTM 1 ANT I HAM I BRV I W Ml MAAS 523W 29/05 19/06 20/06 14/06 16/06 MYGMKAL 311 C 06/05 13/05 09/05 12/05 30/05 NOCYPRM! 005W 03/06 19/06 20/06 22/06 25/06 NOLMIS 0021 15/05 16/05
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      1019 33 MOO M9H MB normgion ipaootud aukxarrmn WGUFmiH£iMSE\ (j^£)S(S](^ mm u\£s TO NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA -RORO HttVYUfT SOVW fVISSEL VOY RAMP HEIGHT UN LAX Cll MA SAV Ml Off NYC KW MM rafis fill 400 i«h uM "Woo "576 ToW -5770T W7ST TT7ST TW "TW TI7IT Tf7o~ TOM Ftl2 4001
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      682 34 IANOKOK/UIM CHABAMO JAKAWTA/MNJAMO VESSEL VOY SIN BKK LCH VESSEL VQY SIN JKT PJN ANAN BHUM 107N 30/05 03/06 QUBU BHUM 7958 In Pt 31/06 YANTRA BHUM" 242N 31/ OS 03/06 CK/OC DEJA BHUM 749S 30/05 03/08 Z ACXJAOE 21N 31/05 03/06 04/06 ACX RUBY* 23S 01/06 °4/06 CHAN A BHUM
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      408 34 BINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 39 NEIL ROAD, SINGAPORE 0206 TEL: *****68 FAX: *****64 TLX: R*****S SINMER Wtm CR No: **********0W Receiving Cargo at PTI BintulH I Muwrw ~1 VISSCI VQT SIN |TU ¥1556 VOt SIN MUA IMI V9W7E 0142/W 07/04 VWIO/E 0102/04 07/W IS« V 9811( 05-06/06 12/06 MJafc
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      869 34 a ACCORD A SHIPPING PTE LTP V±K TIL: *****15 (40 Un«t) FAX: *****30 KMHUMG (03) U7 1001 Jf M DWECT ACCESS YEL *****55 (EXPOtT tOOKING) HSU GUOAMG (07)UUV7 *****34 (EXPORT DOC), *****39 (IMPORT) FfNAMG 104) *****41 osiiHTYP://www.accord.coaa.so jakaita mi worn PORT m SIN PORT IM SIN PORT ETA SIM PORT
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      415 35 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO EUROPE "1 EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE ~¥SL VOY f"?PORE A DAM/B DAM I M BURG I MtMtN I ANTWERP VESSEL 22/117 27/07 OMIT 02/08 TO AUSTRALIA H FULL CONTAINER SERVICE yg. I VOY Ffli Mt SVC MIL HIA AOt FRE P4O NEDLLOYD SRtSMME VOK MM OMM 1«*
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      914 35 f SSsgf'ASMf PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD j I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I I cr up **********06 IVKSfL VOY PKL I SIN I STD MB. AH FM Wl (XXL ABILITY 015 I 4/4 I 14/4 IT/* 19/4 24/4 24/4 27/4 KOTA P{IITAMA PTMOO7 6,V f?.
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      877 35 VESSELS VOY I Sf4 I JED I MLA 5 HAM THP RTM ZEE WJLEDEMMOSA V2B<H 04*06 12*08 17*06 22*06 24*06 26*06 2MC 27/08 VXE DC TANYA T2BW 08/06 17/08 22/06 28*06 gW 01/07 02*07 03*07 VIXE DC TAURUS A2BW 18/08 25/06 30/06 06/07 07*07 08*07 08*07 08*77 VKXE D-AQUARmS U26W
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      43 37 (Retrieve more schedules!) Press "1" Select the port and key in STKJ the four digit code eg: To New York (NYC) 2275 Key in your fax number I 1 your phone number Another Innovative service offered by The document will be Shipping times
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      824 40 SHIPPING LINE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. 1047K*****D BOOKINGS CALL D1RECT*****41/43 JESSIC*/CELIA/MEm|AH 7 SLGS/WEEK [2E2E22H 2 SLG/WEEK END 3VDS(SUN) TWMKA 1317 30/05 (SUN) 02/06 fTUE) E AT W TWAD.KA 1318 KVO6 (S£ 05™ |FR,» SINAR
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      602 40 IwOßn ENG LEE SHIPPING CO PTE LTD I I WVA M: SJ3OB7S Umil hi: *****38/5324**0 I I tt 1582t»OOOOQ< I VESSEL VOY SIN ETA SIN ETD DESTINATION Morco Polo 46 02/98 28/05 30/05 Swoboyo Buono Abodi 09/98 01/06 02/06 Peworong/Buolon/B Popon Unggul Joyo 08/98 01/06 03/06 Perowooo/PBoru/Oumoi Union S*w 18
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      456 40 SIN FAR EAST 05/06 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 31/05 BANGKOK 01/06 MANILA/CEBU 31/05 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 31/05 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 02/06 BUSAN 31/05 TOKYO/YOKp/KOBE/NGO/OSA 31/05 HONG KONG SM CHINA 31/05 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU m EUBQPE/UK 31/05 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU RDM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIN USA/CANADA 31/05 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all IPI points
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      445 40 rrr« Singapore Soviet Shipping INttCo. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY I VESSEL VOY I SIN BOM PNG PKL KOTA RUKUN RKNOO3 31/05 06/06 20/06 22/06 KOTARATU RTUOII 06/06 13/06 25/06 27/06 TBA 17/06 25/06 07/07 09/07 ORIENT AISHWARYA 114N 16/06 OGCHARQMQOMy For Booking (Calcutta) Tel: *****45/46 [VESSEL VOY SIN
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      1140 41 I ASIA MEPITCRRANEAN EXPRESS (AMI) WISIBOUNP SERVICE 1 1 I i VESSEL I VOY I* SIN PIR I GQA I VIC lEH I ANR JjQ_ I N SHARJAH 9821-3 09 JUN 22JUN 24JUN SML 2 9 WN SiJUI MSC JAMIE 001R 10 JUN 23 JUN 25 JUN 27 JUN 30
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      546 42 VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER BAY 627N 27 29/05 03-09/06 13-14/06 I TIGER ISLAND 628N 02 03,06 08-13WJ6 17 iao6 I TIGER BRIDGE 629N 03-07/06 12-1&06 21-22/06 I TIGER WAVE 630N lOOai* 18-22/06 27 28/06 I TIGER BAY 631N 19-24/06 28-29/06 I TIGER ISLAND 632N 17-18/06 27-01-/07 05-06/07
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      778 42 FREIGHT UNKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road, Singapora *****1 Tei *****66 (60 Linas) Fax: *****33 E-mail flesin@singnet.com.sg CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING PORTS MALTA (MLA), ISTANBUL (IST), ALEXANDRIA (ALT), SAN ANTONIO (STN) PASIR GUDANG (MU) BURN OS AIMS (BUI), LAIM CHABANO (NU) VESSEL ETD SIN ETA ALT ETA POU HA
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