The Business Times, 13 April 1999

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    11 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-timei.asial.com.sg/ TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1999
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Cathay to get backdoor listing through IME
    649 1  -  IME to be turned into shell company before buying five Cathay firms By Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Loss-making IMM Multi-Enterprise (IME) is to be given a complete makeover by cinema chain Cathay Organisation Holdings through a reverse takeover. Choo Meileen, Cathay's chairman and chief
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    GIC splits into three in major revamp
    573 1  -  Move expected to make GIC managers more accountable for their performance Byi Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), one of Asia's biggest fund managers, has split into three companies under a major reorganisation which bankers and brokers say would
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    Lock icon KL sees win-win solution for Clob shares soon
    769 1  -  Getting S'pore investors back is important: SC chief From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur A "WIN-WIN solution" that is "mutually acceptable to both parties" could be found soon to the issue of frozen Clob shares, the chairman of Malaysia's Securities Commission
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    Singapore stocks resilient despite worries over Wall St
    302 1  -  Tokyo and Hongkong stocks take a bigger fall By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE) Worries over how Wall Street will open the new week and steep falls in Japan and Hongkong yesterday slowed down the pace of recent gains in regional equities, although the
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    Lock icon Dow up 61 at 1pm EST
    52 1 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks pulled ahead at midday yesterday after slumping in early trading in a broad sell-off triggered by Compaq Computer's earnings warning. By Ipm EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 61.33 points at 10,235.17, overcoming an early 77-point
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      112 1 mauiß lit Property Odiimn Shangri-La's decision to collect parking fees and risk antagonising patrons highlights a dilemma faced by hotels, Pg4 QIC npuihf fNMM6 Cycle Carriage will buy into one more dealership and restructure its interest in another, Ft 13 MmtIUM The battle for control of Bangkok's listed five-star Regent
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      12 1 Editorial: Win-win hope for Clob investors? Pg 10 Market reports, Pg 18-22
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Speech-activated system gives stock quotes over the phone
      566 2  -  System recognises S'pore English, Mandarin; service free during trial ran By' Wong Wei Kong CHECKING on your favourite stock? Just pick up the telephone, dial a number, say the name of the stock and get the latest price quote. This is the
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      Venture to revive Paulaner Brauhaus
      283 2  -  By\ Rahita Elias PAULANER Brauhaus Consult and Lufthansa's airport restaurant arm have formed a 50-50 venture to reopen German microbrewery-cum-res-taurant Paulaner Brauhaus at Millenia Walk in May. The new Paulaner Brauhaus will start off with a paidup capital of about $500,000 which would be spent
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      Lock icon SilkAir crash report sheds no light
      261 2 Reuters INDONESIA'S long-awaited interim report on the mysterious December 1997 crash of a Silk Air Boeing 737-300 failed to shed light on the cause of the disaster. "The AAIC (Indonesia's Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission), after 15 months of exhaustive investigation efforts, is still not
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      Simex set to launch Asian interest rate contracts
      526 2  -  Exchange ready to respond if there's demand: president By\ Siow Li Sen THE Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) is ready to launch regional interest rate contracts, including the Singapore dollar, if there is market demand, said Simex president Ang Swee Tian. In
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      Lock icon Merck to invest $100m in S'pore
      406 2  -  By\ Eugene Low GERMAN specialty chemicals manufacturer Merck is investing about $100 million in its operations here over the next few years, said Jurgen Eichler, director and general manager of the company's electronic chemicals division. He was speaking to reporters yesterday at the opening
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      Lock icon Mini-marts beat supermarts on profit growth
      385 2  -  By- Audrey Tan SUPERMARKETS may have the lion's share of the grocery trade here but mini-marts such as 7-Eleven are seeing better profit growth, a study released yesterday by the Department of Statistics (DOS) found. The paper showed that despite conventional wisdom about economies
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      Cap Gemini wins $100m IT deal from StarHub
      445 3  -  Contract is for largest systems integration project in Ada By] Raju Chellam EUROPE'S largest IT consulting group, Cap Gemini, has clinched a contract worth about $100 million from phone operator Star Hub for systems integration and IT services. The project covers services
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      Lock icon S'pore and Brunei reaffirm close bilateral ties
      389 3 Leaders swop views on regional and intl developments The Straits Times [BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN] Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Brunei's monarch, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, had a four-eyes meeting yesterday at which they reaffirmed their countries' warm and close bilateral ties. The two
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      S'pore has many talented people
      258 3  -  nan.B*B Lee Kheng Joo Hongkong THE chorus of "Singapore lacks talent" has gotten a little too loud. As there are only three million of us, the chances of having an Einstein or a Bill Gates among us is slim. The flip side to this constant
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      Agent did not tell all when selling insurance policy
      155 3  -  Wong Kee Wah Singapore MY wife and I both bought an invest-ment-linked policy from a leading insurance company here in 1995. Unfortunately, we dealt with an unprofessional and unethical agent, who misled and induced us into purchasing the policies with a
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      Minimum interference please
      98 3  -  Eric Ang Teck Sin via Internet Singapore YOUR article "Clob investors were net buyers of KL stocks during Asia crisis" (BT, April 9) clearly stated the facts. Political leaders must recognise that as far as business is concerned, all are profitoriented, whether speculators or investors and no
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      6 3 Buy It. Sell It. Find It.
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon China may face real estate woes
      248 4 Xinhua [BEIJING] China could be in for real estate trouble if the central government does not take measures to maintain an appropriate growth rate in property investment and create effective housing demand, the China Daily newspaper reported over the weekend. "There are indications that
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      When Shang starts to charge for parking...
      714 4  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMN Shangri-La's decision to collect parking fees and risk antagonising patrons highlights a dilemma faced by many hotels By Lee Han Shih YOU know Singapore hotels are in trouble when Shangri-La starts charging for parking. Shang, arguably the best hotel in
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      Lock icon Aussie govt to outsource property portfolio
      170 4 Reuters [SYDNEY] The Australian government said yesterday it intends to outsource management of its As2.B billion (Ss3 billion) non-defence property portfolio, comprising more than 800 properties in 50 countries. The government would seek a strategic alliance with one or more private sector managers, the
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      Lock icon HK home prices to pick up?
      415 4 Lower interest rates likely to boost demand: Agents Bridge News [HONGKONG] Centaline Property Agency managing director Shih Wing-ching said he believed lower interest rates in Hongkong could boost buying interest in the local property market. "Cash is no longer king," Mr Shih said, explaining
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      491 4 PRIME INDUSTRIAL LAND FOR SALE Address 200 Bedok South Avenue 1 Land Area Approx. 174,246 sq ft Existing GFA Approx. 37,972 sq ft with a redevelopment potential of up to 435,000 sq ft Tenure HDB Leasehold 60 years wef 1 June 1972 Ground Rent 5512.00 per annum Permissible Plot Ratio
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      67 4 jfL CUSMMAN& H V WAKEFIELD. See beyond the expected I NEWLY FITTED OFFICES I FOR TAKEOVER I (at subsidized rents) I Republic Plaza 3,600 sqft upwards I UOB Plaza 500 sqft upwards I SLA Building 2,300 sqft upwards I Kcppel Tower 2,600 sqft upwards I Ngee Ann City Tower 760
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      9 4 VISIONS FUTURE <,/v BETTER THAN DREAMS nf t/iC' PAST
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  • ASIA ON THE MEND
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      Lock icon Korea plans to pay back US$7.7b to IMF this year
      571 5 Analysts say move is prompted by the need to keep the won from rising too fast Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea yesterday said it planned to pay off US$7.7 billion (5513.2 billion) of its massive loan from the International Monetary Fund
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      Asian growth and recovery group holds first meeting
      523 5  -  Three-part plan drawn np to bring region back on track Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The US$lO billion (5117.3 billion) Asia Growth and Recovery Initiative (Agri) held its first meeting in Singapore yesterday with Thailand being the first country to come up with
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      Lock icon China's trade surplus shrinks as imports surge
      388 5 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's trade surplus was almost eliminated last month as imports surged on rising domestic demand and exports continued to shrink, state media reported yesterday, citing customs data. Imports in the first quarter totalled U5532.99 billion (Sss7 billion), up 11.6 per cent
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      Lock icon KL defends capital controls
      131 5 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia yesterday defended its move to impose capital controls in September and argued that such steps were needed to safeguard its recovery. The economic recovery and currency stability currently enjoyed by some of the crisis-hit countries might not last, said the National Economic
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Mahathir's discharged but has to have full rest at home
      198 6 KUALA LUMPUR Bridge News, Reuters MALAYSIA'S Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who was discharged from hospital yesterday, said he has recovered significantly but has to have complete rest at home, national news agency Bernama reported. "I am not allowed to receive
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      Lock icon Suharto's son goes to court over land scam
      496 6 JAKARTA Trial is the first of a member of Suharto's family since he stepped down AFP AN Indonesian court yesterday formally accused the youngest son of former president Suharto, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, of corruption linked to a multi-million-dollar land exchange scheme.
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      Lock icon Still defiant Anwar says he has no regrets
      153 6 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim says he has no regrets ahead of this week's verdict in his corruption trial, and is preparing for a life of contemplation if jailed. Still defiant toward Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Anwar
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      Lock icon Alatas dismisses talk of HK system for E Timor
      363 6 JAKARTA Minister reacting to Habibie adviser's comments on autonomy plan AFP INDONESIAN Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Alatas yesterday dismissed as "pure speculation" comments by a presidential adviser that Jakarta was preparing a Hong-kong-style of autonomy for East Timor. "Hongkong is Hongkong.
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      Lock icon KL markets on track with Y2K defence
      379 6 KUALA LUMPUR ELSE ready by May, 95% of financial bodies compliant Reuters MALAYSIAN regulators said yesterday the nation's capital market is on track to protect itself from the Year 2000 computer bug, but that some companies needed to speed up. The government alone
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      Lock icon Cool welcome for Thai New Year
      59 6 [BANGKOK] Two Thai women yesterday drenching a foreigner with water pistols during the Songkran Festival in Bangkok. The Songkran waterfestival marks the Thai New Year. During the festivities, the Thais throw water at each other in a traditional new year blessing and as a
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      Lock icon Malaysia says it didn't doctor viral death toll figures
      294 6 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA yesterday said it had not manipulated the death toll from a viral epidemic after US researchers cited a higher number of fatalities. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta said on Thursday that
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      Lock icon Indon govt probing alleged bribery by Japan contractors
      250 6 JAKARTA AFP JAKARTA is investigating Japanese allegations that its contractors had paid billions of yen in bribes to Indonesian tax authorities, a senior official said yesterday. "We're investigating it. We'll look over the documents first," the head of the National Development Planning
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Supachai supports Beijing's WTO bid
      302 7 HONGKONG AFP THAILAND'S candidate for the top job in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) threw his support behind China's 13-year bid for membership in an interview published here yesterday. Thai Commerce Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi, who is vying with New Zealand's Mike Moore for the WTO
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    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon 2002 target for railway investment plan
        59 7 Reuters [BEIJING] China hopes to finish a five-year, 250 billion yuan (5151.8 billion) investment programme in railway construction by 2002, the official China Daily said yesterday. China's railway lines would be extended to more than 70,000 km, it quoted Cao Qing, development and planning
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        Lock icon ABB wins US$340m contract
        83 7 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Asea Brown Boveri, the world's biggest electrical engineering company, said it won an order worth more than US$34O million (*****.7 million) to supply power transmission equipment for China's Three Gorges dam project. The equipment will be used to transmit power eastward from the dam
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        Lock icon Rules against colour TV price wars
        62 7 Reuters [BEIJING] China has issued regulations to punish colour television makers who indulge in cut-throat price wars, the People's Daily said yesterday. Enterprises found selling below cost by offering discounts and subsidies or other means to cut television prices would be fined or have
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        Lock icon Program to shut down Net porn
        91 7 AFP [BEIJING] Chinese technicians have developed the country's first software program to clamp down on increasing pornography on the Internet, the People's Daily said yesterday. The programme, developed by researchers at Qinghua University, uses artificial intelligence technology to analyse data being downloaded off the
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        Lock icon Taipei to conduct live-fire drills
        72 7 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's military will conduct small-scale drills in May to test its ability to fend off marine landing attempts by rival China, the defence ministry said yesterday. Dubbed Cheng Kung or "Success", the live-fire manoeuvres will take place on Penghu island in the Taiwan
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      Lock icon China drafts new rules to reform IPO process
      410 7 BEIJING Move is aimed at boosting demand for shares of large state enterprises: analysts Reuters CHINA plans to reform its initial public offering process to smooth the way for the listing of large state enterprises, according to a draft rule seen by
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      Lock icon Zhu calls for increased friendship
      286 7 LIBERTYVILLE, Illinois Reuters CHINESE Premier Zhu Rongji, visiting an Illinois farm where he saw expensive machinery and received a prized breeding bull, called on Sunday for increased friendship between the Chinese and US people. "I believe the Chinese and the American people can learn from
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      Lock icon PM faces tough task selling WTO entry back home
      375 7 MBWB ANALYSIS BEIJING AFP CHINESE Premier Zhu Rongji may find negotiations in the United States hard going, but he will face an even tougher task opening up China to foreign interests on his return, political analysts said yesterday. "The commitments China
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      Macau polls kick off, four vying for top job so far
      521 7  -  Most prominent of candidates is banker Stanley An From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong ELECTIONS for the first chief executive of post-han-dover Macau got underway yesterday with four candidates declaring their intention to run for office on the first
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      Lock icon China keen on euro despite drop
      261 7 BEIJING Reuters RECENT weakness in the euro has not shaken China's faith in the new currency and Beijing should increase euro holdings in its foreign exchange reserves, senior government officials and economists said. They told a seminar over the weekend that the euro's drop
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      207 7 I —liiiir I 11 ]SfWW ,ff 4 Hk n o pr r nn i ■Fi .-»y IIMK unffe Feature Apnl Published in conjunction with the Each of these topics is of crucial HBt jt Oceanology International 99 Pacific Rim importance to the Pacific Rim Exhibition Conference, this special countries and
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Aussie economy expected to lose steam in 2nd half
      347 8 SYDNEY AFP AUSTRALIA'S booming economy could see a sharp slowdown in the second half of 1999 as "investment recession" set in, one of the country's leading economic forecasters warned Monday. "Australia is staring down the barrel of an investment recession," Access
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      Lock icon Tokyo governor's vows put pressure on Obuchi
      575 8 TOKYO Ishihara wants partial return of US base in Tokyo AFP NEW Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara's tough pledges, including the return of a major US military base in the capital, threaten to rock the central government, analysts said yesterday. The 66-year-old nationalist and
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      Lock icon Indian missile test may ignite new arms race: China
      440 8 NEW DELHI New Delhi's just trying to deflect attention, say critics AFP, Reuters INDIA'S successful test of a new intermediate range ballistic missile has drawn strong protests from rival Pakistan, but analysts say the loudest alarm bells will be ringing in
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      Lock icon Japan to press on with banking clean-up: Obuchi
      522 8 TOKYO Kofaku Bank admits to weak capital level, seeks support from allies AFP JAPAN'S Premier Keizo Obuchi yesterday vowed to press ahead with a clean-up of the banking system in the world's second largest economy as a major regional bank admitted it
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      Lock icon Jayalalitha says her party will withdraw coalition support
      336 8 MADRAS Reuters INDIAN Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's fragile coalition government was on the brink yesterday after its biggest partner said it would cut off support and instead work for a vote against the government. "Withdrawal is inevitable, I am on my
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        Lock icon Aussie call for alert on boatpeople
        72 8 AFP [SYDNEY] Australian state leaders yesterday demanded a shakeup In coastal surveillance after a boatload of flktgnl immigrant* lanAiH tr> sophisticated Asian racket Another four boatpeople, thought to be Chinese, were arrested yesterday, bringing to 58 the total rounded up since fleeing a rusting
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        Lock icon Japaness prosecutor quits after scandal
        87 8 AFP [TOKYO} A top Japaneee public proeecutor resigned yesterday over a scandal involving a 28-year-old former nightclub hostess, a report said. Mamoru Norisada, the 60- year-old chief of the Tokyo high public prosecutors office, submitted a letter of resignation to Prime Minister Keixo Obichi, Jiji
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        Lock icon S Korea braces for strikes
        113 8 AFP [SEOULJ South Korean prosecutors yesterday threatened to arrest leaders of illegal strikes as union subway workers readied to launch rolling stoppages ahead of a planned all-out strike next week. The threat came amid fears that this could be the start of spring labour unrest
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        Lock icon N Korea to set up ties with Philippines
        87 8 AFP [SEOUL] Communist North Korea is seeking to normalise diplomatic ties with the Philippines in the hope of joining the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) Regional Forum, officials said yesterday. A government official here said the Philippines is the only Asean
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        Lock icon Dhaka power crisis continues
        99 8 AFP [DHAKA] An electricity crisis continued in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka yesterday due to a production shortfall, with officials saying they hoped to restore normal supply in the next two days. The power crisis, which sparked violent protests by subscribers since Saturday in some parts
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      129 8 The Premier International Food Beverage Exhibition for Asia I- 4 June 1999, Singapore Expo OK) rtra^e only BAs a qualified trade visitor, please send me more information and a complimentary pre-registration ticket.* I am interested in exhibiting. Please contact me. Contact: —era Job Title: Company: Company's Activity: Address: Postcode: Country.
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Yugoslavia in proposed union with Russia and Belarus
      629 9 THE KOSOVO CRISIS UN chief says he's ready to meet Milosevic; Nato vows to continue air war AFP Reuters [BELGRADE] The Yugoslav Parliament voted unanimously yesterday to join a proposed union with Russia and Belarus as the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato)
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon IMF doubts Brazil's new reforms: report
        107 9 AFP [BRASILIA, Brazil] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is sceptical of Brazil's new package of inflation-fighting measures, the Folha de Sao Paulo daily reported on Sunday. "The IMF's leadership will not believe in the anti-inflation regime until the country's solves its fiscal problems and
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        Lock icon Schroeder is chief of ruling party
        62 9 Bloomberg [BONN] German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder tightened his grip over the ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD) as the party elected him chairman. Mr Schroeder's appointment as SPD chairman is seen as a move to boost his control over the party. Still, analysts warned his
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        Lock icon Truckers block British city centres
        53 9 AFP [LONDON] Hundreds of truckers jammed Britain's city centres yesterday in protest at high fUel costs and road tax here. About 100 lorries blocked the streets of central London, bringing traffic to a standstill, as they headed towards Downing Street to submit a petition to
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        Lock icon Sweden finance minister quits
        107 9 AFX-Asia [STOCKHOLM] Swedish Finance Minister Erik Aasbrink said he is resigning from the government with immediate effect as he does not have the confidence of the premier. His resignation came after Premier Goeran Persson told Swedish Television yesterday there will be room for tax cuts next
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      Lock icon UK financial services firms turn optimistic
      105 9 m LONDON Bloomberg UK financial services companies are optimistic for the first time in a year, with the majority of companies expecting business volumes to rise over the next three months. Optimists outnumbered pessimists by 24 percentage points, the survey from the Confederation of
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      Lock icon Asian idea inspires Paris
      56 9 [PARIS] "Velo Taxis"driver Jacky Soulez chauffeurs Italian tourist Bernadetta Zaccarello (centre) and Nathalie Lacan, project press officer, around Place de la Concorde in Paris during the launch of the cycle powered taxi service yesterday. The concept, based on the Asian rickshaw, proposes tourist circuits around Paris
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      Lock icon Maintaining euro's purchasing power is ECB's top priority
      424 9 COPENHAGEN Reuters EUROPEAN Central Bank vice-president Christian Noyer was yesterday quoted as saying that the ECB's chief focus regarding the exchange rate of the euro was to maintain the purchasing power of the single currency. "We obviously want to have a stable
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      Lock icon Feb German industrial output down 3.4%
      396 9 BONN Production slowed as weak domestic demand worsened decline in exports Bloomberg INDUSTRIAL production in Germany slipped in February, wiping out an increase in January, in a further sign of sluggish growth at the core of the European single currency area. Output fell 3.4
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      Lock icon Assets of world's top 35 fund managers jump 34%
      378 9 LONDON Mergers and acquisitions said to have helped growth Bloomberg THE world's top 35 fund managers' assets grew by a third in 1998 to US$B.2 trillion (5514.1 trillion), rivalling US gross domestic product in size. Funds were boosted by mergers and
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      Lock icon Yeltsin impeachment hearing postponed
      266 9 MOSCOW AFP RUSSIA'S Parliament yesterday postponed an impeachment hearing of President Boris Yeltsin by at least one month as lawmakers failed to agree on whether the historic vote should be an open ballot. The five-count impeachment hearing of Russia's 68-year-old leader had been due to begin
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      US-China ties: need to drop biased wording
      769 10  -  THE BOTTOM UMB OPINION By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent THE debate over whether to renew China's most-favoured-nation (MFN) status has become an annual political ritual in Washington with the same outcome Congress ends up giving the green light to
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      118 10 'Anti-Americanism really may be becoming the Russian national idea that we have been searching for.' Andre Piontovsky Moscow-based political analyst, on how the Nato bombing of Yugoslavia has made it once again acceptable for Russians to dislike Americans. 'I thought I would never play golf again. To
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      Win-win hope for Clob investors ?
      616 10 Win-win hope for Clob investors EDITORIAL LAST week, a Malaysian government White Paper made the claim that the country's brokers and the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) lost about $4.8 billion in revenue over the nine years that Malaysian shares were traded over the counter on Singapore's Clob International. The
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      Lock icon Korea recovers despite IMF-backed programmes
      1178 10  -  Popular view of upturn as being due to IMF prescriptions does not fit reality By\ Shin Jang Sup The author is editorial writer for Maeil Business News, South Korea's leading economic daily. He is also the author of 'The Economics of the Latecomers'(Routledge, London 1996).
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      934 10 India's season of uncertainty WHAT makes financial forecasting in India infinitely complex... is that there is considerable opaqueness not only in the political process but also in the ways the financial markets react to important events including, of course, political ones. Thus even while coalition governance
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      421 11 NYT [NEW YORK] Norman Foster, the British architect whose work celebrates the power of modern building technology, has been awarded the Pritzker architecture prize for 1999. The prize includes a stipend of US$lOO,OOO (*****.300) and is to be presented at a ceremony on
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      843 12  -  Jose Maria Olazabal reclaims his crown at Masters tournament wai«ter Bom.Br reports WALTER BAGLEY Reuters ON Sunday, Jose Maria Olazabal took one of the most glorious walks in sports the stroll up the 18th fairway of Augusta National Golf Club as the winner of the Masters three
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      944 12 MASTERS Despite losing this year, Norman deems his '96 showdown with Faldo to be more heartbreaking NYT [AUGUSTA, Georgia] When Greg Norman curled in a 25foot eagle putt on the 13th green, he was suddenly 7-un-der par and leading the Masters. The
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      781 12 FASHION They give off a fragrance when the wearer moves or touches his suit Reuters [SEOUL] Stumbling home after a night out at a pub in southern Seoul, office worker Lee Gyung Wook stands outside his apartment building, shaking and rubbing his
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      C&C buys into dealership, revamps stake in another
      441 13  -  Move is part of plan to expand leasing trade, tighten grip on distributorship By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] In a move to further expand its presence in the leasing business and tighten its grip on the motor distributorship segment, Cycle Carriage will buy
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      Hind Hotels up 41c before suspension
      332 13 Company said to be selling share of Imperial Hotel site [SINGAPORE] The Hind Hotels International stock exploded into life yesterday, surging a massive 41 cents to $1.85 its highest since December 1996 before being suspended. 1 Volume was relatively high at 347,000 shares, compared
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      Lock icon Want Want sees 1H profit up 30%
      415 13 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Want Want Holding's Ltd, one of the world's largest makers of rice crackers, expects profit in the first half to rise by as much as 30 per cent as Chinese consumers lap up its snacks and beverages. The maker of such
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      Mutiara Damansara deal could raise profile of SCB
      645 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Ruth Wong ANALYSTS and investors have often paid scant attention to SCB Developments Bhd, formerly known as Selangor Coconuts Bhd. Previously a plantations company, it was transformed in 1993 into the property subsidiary of diversified holding company Boustead Holdings
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      Kuok to sell $50m stake in Allgreen to institutional buyers
      433 13  -  Investors taking part in M Stanley investment scheme By] David Boey [SINGAPORE] The Kuok group has agreed to sell an undisclosed stake in main-board-aspirant Allgreen Properties for $50 mUlion to a group of institutional investors that are participating in a
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        Goldman, Royal Garden in tussle for Regent Hotel
        769 14  -  Goldman offers to buy shares at 38 baht each as rival pats up 27 baht bid From. Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE battle for control of Bangkok's listed five-star Regent Hotel hotted up yesterday as US investment bank Goldman Sachs made a
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          Stake sale in DBS Securities Indonesia
          56 14 [SINGAPORE] Keppel Tat Lee Bank has agreed to sell its 20 per cent stake in PT DBS Securities Indonesia to DBS Securities Holding Pte Ltd for 6.85 billion rupiah (Ssl.3 million) in cash. It said PT DBS Securities Indonesia will cease to be an
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          NatSteel wins Yemen port deal
          43 14 [SINGAPORE] Nat Steel has clinched a deal, making it the sole supplier of all the crane spreaders at Aden Container Terminal in Yemen. The Aden Container Terminal is a Joint venture between PSA Corporation and Yemen Holdings Ltd.
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          Goldtron no longer CPF trustee stock
          43 14 [SINGAPORE] Goldtron ordinary shares and non-redeemable cumulative preference shares have been removed from the list of CPF trustee shares with effect from today. There are now 159 trustee shares on the Stock Exchange of Singapore's main board.
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          GRP sells stake in GRP (China)
          79 14 [SINGAPORE] Marine equipment maker GRP has sold a stake in subsidiary GRP (China) Pte Ltd to Wong Keng Chong, its partner in Yew Lee Plastics Pte Ltd. Under the deal, GRP (China) bought Yew Lee from GRP and Mr Wong, issuing 70,000 and 30,000
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        376 14 Group says bid not fair to minority shareholders report AFP [HONGKONG] A consortium backed by US billionaire financier Sam Zell has filed a complaint with Hongkong regulators seeking to block Lazard Asia Fund's takeover of media group Sing Tao Holdings
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        Lock icon Aussie regulators alert over lure of Internet
        209 14 AFP [SYDNEY] A booming sharemarket and a flurry of interest in small mining companies abandoning the resource industry for the lure of the Internet have prompted a new level of scrutiny from Australian regulators, according to a report yesterday. The Australian Stock Exchange
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        414 14 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Furniture and electrical appliance seller Courts (Singapore) Ltd sees Singapore's retail sector bottoming out and consumer confidence returning, Courts deputy managing director Terry O'Connor said yesterday. "We believe in the absence of anything major happening in the region;
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        Lock icon SIA (F) touches three-year high of $15
        235 14  -  Demand coming from foreign fonds, says analyst By David Boey [SINGAPORE] The foreign tranche of Singapore Airlines shares flew to a three-year high of $15 yesterday as foreign funds climbed aboard, but ended the day a shade lower at $14.50. Demand for SIA
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        Colex's low offer price expected to attract stags
        536 14  -  By. David Boey [SINGAPORE] Stags are expected to dominate trading of Colex Holdings shares next Mondaywhen the waste management specialist makes its debut on Sesdaq. Analysts said the main reason for this is the low price. At just 12 cents apiece, Colex
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        Zagro Asia rises on Viagra side-effects
        222 14 {SINGAPORE] The anti-impo-tence pill Viagra worked on the share price of Sesdaqlisted Zagro Asia yesterday, even though it was just a thought, and a misinformed one at that. The shares closed at a six month-high in heavy trading yesterday, given a jump start by
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        Lock icon Compaq shares dive on profit warning
        755 15 Prices plunge as much as 25%-its worst since Kay 1991 Bloomberg, Reuters [HOUSTON] Compaq Computer Corp's shares plunged as much as 25 per cent after the biggest maker of personal computers warned first-quar-ter profit wUI be about half that of what analysts had forecast
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        Lock icon Corporate shake-ups power Nikkei's rally
        523 15 Foreigners provide momentum despite poor fundamentals FT [TOKYO] Few would have predicted that during the first quarter Japan's Nikkei-225 would prove the best performing benchmark index in the Group of Seven leading industrial countries. It ii nbw tickling the 17,000 level, a gain of 30
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        Lock icon Ford to buy UK car repair chain Kwik-Fit
        193 15 Bloomberg [DEARBORN, Michigan] Ford Motor Co, the world's second-biggest car company, agreed to pay £1.008 billion (Ss2.B billion) in cash for UK car repair chain Kwik-Fit Holdings Pic, to expand its af-ter-sales business. The offer, made through Ford's wholly owned FAH Investments
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        Lock icon Pinault-Printemps gains control of Gucci: LVMH
        354 15 Bloomberg, Reuters [PARIS] LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the world's No 1 luxury goods maker, said Pinault-Prin-temps-Redoute SA has obtained effective control of Gucci Group NV and as such is the only company that could bid for all of the Italian fashion company.
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        Lock icon Banks tie up to offer e-commerce guarantees
        351 16 Identras will provide assurance about identities of firms to trade over Internet FT [LONDON] International banks are preparing to offer financial guarantees for companies trading over the Internet, in an initiative that should encourage large-scale electronic commerce. A group of banks including ABN
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        Lock icon Goldman CEO to get shares worth US$200m in IPO
        344 16 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs Group LP chief executive Henry Paulson's shares will be worth about US$2OO million (*****.6 million) when the 130-year-old partnership goes public next month, said people familiar with the firm. The investment bank will disclose how many
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        Lock icon Canada banking chiefs to seek capital tax and other reforms
        224 16 FT [TORONTO] The chief executives of Canada's six largest banks were yesterday to ask Paul Martin, finance minister, to remove the capital tax on banks and allow them to increase their flexibility by establishing holding companies. The meeting is the
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        S'pore firm delivers software solution to China insurer
        326 16  -  By I Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE software firm Apex Systems has penetrated the Chinese insurance market by successfully delivering its XLIFG software solution system to Allianz Dazhong Life Insurance in China. Apex Systems officials said it is the first software delivery by
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        Lock icon Chase unit sees soft landing and a bond rally
        497 16 It cites weaker inflation, gap between demand and potential output IHT [NEW YORK] Chase Securities Inc has made an unequivocal prediction that US bond prices would rally, citing far weaker inflationary pressures than most investors expect. John Lipsky and James Glassman,
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          Lock icon Investors seek data on Thai bank sale
          82 16 Bridge News (BANGKOK] Around 30 foreign investors have sought information on the sale of nationalised Radanasin Rank since March 25, Bank of Thailand deputy governor Kitti Patpongpibul said on Friday. After April 22, the Financial Institution Development Fund will shortlist three of them
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          Lock icon Good start to Liffe electronic trading
          86 16 Reuters [LONDON] London's derivatives exchange Liffe said yesterday the number of government bond futures traded on its new electronic system exceeded expectations. British government bond futures were the first to mako the switch from open outcry dealing to the electronic system called Connect Rather
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          Lock icon Lloyds TSB plans to buy US bank
          82 16 Bloomberg [LONDON] Lloyds TSB Group, Britain's most profitable bank, is considering an acquisition in the US, although a purchase in the UK remains its first priority, said a spokesman. Lloyds TSB, which had a 33 per cent return on equity in 1966, is
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          Lock icon Korea's Kockmin Bank sees good profits
          94 16 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's Kookmin Bank, which has lured a US$5OO million (SIBBO million) investment from Goldman Sachs Co, was estimated to post a net profit of more than 300 billion won (SS42O million) in 1999, the bank's executive vice president Kim Yoo Hwan
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          Lock icon Stanchart to open Phnom Penh branch
          71 16 Reuters [PHNOM PENHI Standard Chartered will formally open next week the bank's retail branch in the Cambodian capital, a bank official said. Standard Chartered first opened a representative office in Cambodia in 1992. The bank lodged SO billion riel (5523.2 million) as branch capital
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          Lock icon Nomura has most popular analysts: poll
          77 16 Nikkei [TOKYO] Nomura Securities has been ranked as the securities firm with the most popular analysts in Japan for the sixth straight year, states a Nikkei survey. Second to fifth places were taken by securities houses affiliated with US firms. Morgan Stanley Japan moved
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        454 16 SmaU rebound in near term bat it's unlikely to last, say trade sources Reuters [BANGKOK] Falling demand for rice will put a lid on any major price recovery this year as long as output by regional producers continues to improve. Only a minor price
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        Lock icon Reliance polypropylene factory starts work
        226 16 AFP [BOMBAY! Indian textiles and petrochemicals conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd announced yesterday the start of production at the world's largest polypropylene factory. The plant, at Reliance's Jamnagar petrochemicals complex in the western state of Gujarat, will eventually produce an annual 600,000 tonnes of polypropylene, which
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        Futures see-saw in narrow range
        195 17  -  KIMKI Reports Bob Butcher, Jardine Fleming THE MSCI Singapore Index created a triangular pattern on the daily chart as it traded back and forth within an increasingly narrow range. Traders who attempt to make profits by buying and selling throughout the day known as day
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        Futures down on worries over Nasdaq
        190 17  -  MSGlTaiwan Mares Charlie Kuo Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures edged down amid concerns that a warning on first-quarter earnings by Compaq Computer Corp may signal that the recent rallies in Nasdaq were overdone. The April '99 contract fell 4.1 points
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        Lock icon Oil prices move sideways as analysts see more gains ahead
        281 17 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oil prices moved sideways yesterday as dealers took a breather after Friday's hefty gains. UK Brent blend traded 6 cents lower at US$l4.BO a barrel by mid-afternoon after jumping 60 cents on Friday amid forecasts
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        314 17 Bloomberg Reuters, London DOLLAR losses were stemmed in afternoon trade here yesterday as expectations of huge losses for US equity prices failed to materialise, analysts said. During the session the dollar touched a IVi week low against the yen and matched lows set against the euro last week
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      1358 18 AFP □BhagSeag -MM» HONGKONG share prices fell 1.4 per cent yesterday as investors locked in profits on blue-chip bank and property issues following last week's sharp gains, dealers said. "The market has long expected a consolidation," said Sean Li, associate director at Amsteel Securities. The key Hang Seng Index
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      498 18 Reuters riShenihanß Index -LO4 SHENZHEN'S hard-currency B shares ended sharply lower yesterday after investors took profits from last week's heavy gains, analysts said. The B share index dropped 1.04 points, or 1.77 per cent, to 57.5. Turnover was HK522.5 million, down from HK542.6 million on Friday. Poor 1998 results
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      324 18 AFP Q VP Index -2X3 TAIWAN share prices dropped 0.3 per cent yesterday due to a short-term technical correction in overbought financial and plastics issues, dealers said. The Weighted Price Index edged down 23.3 points to 7,242.40. Turnover was NT1127.83 billion. Declines led advances 349 to 110, with 34
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2084 18 «>r 12 Hmt *h 31 Croup 4.49 -0.28 A B Food* 4.16 004 A B Ports 2.80 unch AKiad OooMcq 4.58 -0.03 AINad Zurich 923 0.22 Anglo Amartcan Gold 35.00 0.80 ASOA Group V49 0.01 Bo* of Scotland 8.99 -0.13 Barclays 18.73 -044 Bass 8.45 0.08 BG
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      1537 18 AFP Q Nikkei 22S -348.23 SHARE prices in Tokyo closed 2.1 per cent lower yesterday as investors took profits on last week's gains, brokers said. The Nikkei 225 Index lost 348.23 points to end at 16.507.4. "Because of strong gains seen last week, investors locked away their profits, particularly
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        7841 19 INDUSTRIALS Consumer prefects 1999 Last V«4 Day Net Cap mi L— emir M> *000 i*t> u» W >*** 310 255 A|inomoto 270 14.9 109.4 83 46 Angkasa 59.5 -0.5 29 60 59.5 87.7 283 220 Apollo Food Hlg 220 7.7 88.0 204 115 Beoaya Land 137 -1 157 140 136
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        396 19 AFP Composite Index +3-31 SHARE prices closed 0.6 per cent higher in moderate trade yesterday due to institutional support for index-linked stocks, dealers said. An institutional dealer with a local brokerage said that despite the higher close the market was bracing for a difficult time
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        CLOB INTERNATIONAL
        217 20 Gr 6r 52-Wk Last V« Day Last Ouott Mi Mr «V IM M Cap H>» Law Stwa Camp any Sata COOP) H>» Lai Buyar Sa6ar Cw W $«n« 235 173 5123 C0L(2000)HK 230 cd 235 8 2.4 3.5 T1.8 ***** 5124 CathayPac20cHK_720cd 265 2.1 7A 6 *****.4 5125
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        Republic Hotel wrt looks interesting
        182 20  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy WE continue to look at warrants that expire next year, with the spotlight falling on Republic Hotel. The counter is especially interesting because there seems to be a play building on the hotels sector. The Republic warrant costs 24 cents
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      303 20 AFP Q Wellington jMj SHARES fell 1.4 per cent yesterday in thin trading, dragged down by a fall in market heavyweight Telecom Corp which unwound more than half the strong gains seen on Friday. The NZSE-40 Index was down 29.83 points to 2,141.26 on turnover of NZ546.7 million.—AFP afo
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      910 20 AFP □SETMeat -L 27 SHARES dipped 0.3 per cent at the close yesterday with no fresh leads to jolt the market out of the Thai New Year holiday mood, dealers said. Dealers said the market languished in very quiet trade ahead of a three-day holiday, subdued by doubts over
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      403 20 AFP Fl Composite lain +122 SOUTH Korean share prices inched 0.3 per cent higher yesterday despite some prof-it-taking in early trade as investors remained confident of the market's prospects, dealers said. They said the main index traded at one time above the psychologically-important 700-point level but profit-tak-ing by investors
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      660 20 AFP PAllOriiaariai -2LB AUSTRALIAN sharemarket slipped 0.7 per cent yesterday on fears of an impending fall on Wall Street, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index finished down 21.8 points at 3,038.2. The All Industrials Index closed dowh 48 points at 5,470.1, while the All Resources closed 2.9 points higher
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      696 20 AFP Q Composite Index -0M INDONESIAN share prices closed mixed amid foreign buying in select blue chips and late profit-taking in the broader market after the recent run-up, dealers said. A dealer said the market was mainly driven by followthrough foreign buying of blue chips. "Foreign investors who began
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      304 20 AFP 71 Manila +522 PHILIPPINE share prices gained 2.5 per cent yesterday amid government efforts to cut interest rates. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index climbed 52.20 points to 2,157.08. Turnover rose to 2.6 billion shares worth 3.08 billion pesos from Thursday's 1.371 billion shares worth 2.952 billion pesos.
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      STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE: MAIN BOARD
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        378 22 mnsMEB^amm Stxto Wt Hotung Inv MT5 16,475,000 SingTel 15c 15,426,000 GCS Intl Ltd 20c 14,468,000 ZagroAsia5c 12,075,000 STEnggKk 9,856,000 Total Automation 5c 8,913,000 *TanChonglnt50c 8,898,000 DBS Land 8,591.000 Samudera 10c 8,390,000 TeiedatalOc 8,139,000 Stxto SinqTellSc 41,303,551 DBS Foreign 35,197,398 0U8 Foreign 33,675,360 SIA Foreign 32.492,493 U0B Foreign 28,660,862 OCBC Foreign
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        External factors stall STI rally; players lock in profits
        622 22  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY But stock market displays resilience despite hint of a Dow fall and losses in HE and Tokyo affecting sentiment By R Sivanithy A SHARP dip in the S&P 500 futures contract traded on the Globex system yesterday put
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          Why Payson " Cha-bot"
          145 22 Why Payson Cha-bot" WE hear on the grapevine that Hongkong businessman Payson Cha's recent decision not to proceed with the purchase of UIC shares from the Salim group at $1 a share has nothing to do with UOB's boss Wee Cho Yaw's blunt statement that he would not accept Mr
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          The fear of GIC
          133 22 BANKERS and brokers often treat their relations with the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) with the greatest care because they all wait for die latter to dish out morsels of its more than $100 billion funds. Thus, it is often difficult to find anyone in
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          OCBC sets up non-performing unit
          69 22 OCBC Bank has set up a new unit called Non-Performing Asset Management and appointed Danny Chla Kong Hin its vice-president From the name, you can imagine that this is not one entity other fund managers in town will try to outperform. Thankfully for OCBC shareholders,
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          Look dad,that's my building
          37 22 "THAT S Phileo Promenade," Mokhzani Mahathir was heard telling his father, were shown viewing the skyline of Kuala Lumpur from the National Heart Institute where the premier waa^^for^^^^^ PhileoLand, the owner oftheoffice tower.
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        HOT STOCK
        60 22  -  By Wong Wei Kong ZAGRO Asia shares closed up $0.03 yesterday at $0,265 on a volume of 12.1 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 1.02 million units. As suggested by the RSI, Stochastics and MACD readings, the stock's sharp spike has exhausted most of its
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      104 20 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, ONG SEONG WAN of Apt Blk 120 *01-473,Pasir Ris St 11, Singapore *****0, have applied for a Wholesale Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s Golden Hung Ho Distributor located at 47 Chuntin Rd Singpore *****1 and that this application will be considered by
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      106 20 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, KWEK KHAN CHEE of Blk 233 Compassvale Walk *06-478 Singapore *****3, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/S Kwek Seng Huat Provision Shop located at Bedok Road Bedok Shpg Complex *01-324 Singapore *****3 and that this application will be
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      437 22 HARIMAU INVESTMENTS LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 65 Chulia Street 50 th Storey, Committee Room, OCBC Centre, Singapore *****3 on Tuesday, 4 May 1999 at 12.00 noon for the
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      633 22 Toothache? See your dentist. Investment advice? You need DBS investor Online. Get the Best. Cal 438-1188 :oday gjmSBANK IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 PURSUANT TO SECTION 290(2)(b) and IN THE MATTER OF DORVAL SHIPPING (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LIMITED (In Members' Voluntary Vending Up) At an Extraordinary General
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      603 22 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, GOH LUCIA IMMA CULATE of No 4 #02-02 Rifle Range Singapore *****3, have applied for a Ist Class Public House Licence in respect of M/s Carina's Karaoke Pool PUB located at 304, Orchard Road, #04-41-43 Lucky Plaza Singapore *****3, and that this application will
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      304 23 Reuters, Bridge News TRADING was brisk for Atlantic traders, with most brokers suggesting that the fall in rates has at least been halted and rates are now improving. Overall, several Panamaxes have been reported fixed, but rates in the east remained weak. The pace also quickened for handymaxes
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      277 23 r"i 'liRHWHWHHHHMI n *h m CWT Otatrtbuttoo 0.65 -0.01 202 Oman Hup 0.72 uncti 249 Coaca Invpstmant 0.56 -001 29 FrtfoMUnki 020 unci) I9M C9 Holdlnfs 0.44 -001 W Hal Sun Hup 0.54 uadl 1514 IMC HeMktffHK 5.60 unch 0 Jay* Holding* 0.80 OOt 3123 Jmtmm Shipyard 745
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      New NOL chief gets thumbs up from industry
      696 23  -  Moller partner a man respected in shipping circles worldwide By. Marcus Hand, Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Shipping industry executives yesterday gave the thumbs up to the appointment of A P Moller partner, Flemming Jacobs, as the new group president and chief executive officer
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      Estrada backs move to privatise North Harbour
      361 23  -  Deal signed to undertake feasibility study of terminal From Alec Almazan in Manila PHILIPPINE President Joseph Estrada is supporting a move to have a private consortium of port operators, domestic shipping lines and cargo handlers to take over and manage the state-owned North
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      Manila settles row over STCW certification
      229 23  -  By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The Philippines, the world's largest supplier of seafarers, has settled a row over which agency should issue endorsement certificates for officers and engineers to comply with the revised 1978 Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) convention. The decision by
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      973 24 MARINE COATINGS Preventive maintenance, especially the use of high-quality coatings, can prevent damage by corrosion ASMI News [SINGAPORE] ONE of the marine services that is receiving much interest these days is in the area of marine coatings. This has become a critical factor in the likely
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      SHIPPING SCHEDULES INDEX
      209 24 PACE ECL 5 ACL 6 Evergreen 6 ANL 3 FoongSun 8 Accord 8 6Lil 4 Appenshp 5 Gemartrans 8 Austral 8 Hangli J Balaji Shpq 4 3 BSA 7 Heung-A 4 B'tanq Mas 8 7 CCNI 7 ICFS 3 CMA 8 Interasia 7 COSCO S Intertransport 5
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
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        1655 35 RECEIVIH6 Of EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCI CAW60 Booktnq/BtUnc* Rstls Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Period From To From AO VMM 00* OWN tt/1500 0/1654 tt/«00 8 12/1500 tt/*59 12/1900 timanan 307t <5/0200 5 U/1500 OMSI U/1900 8 U/800 BMW 12/1900 a 12/1700 11/0659 a/woo 2t i2/i7oo a/out a/owo
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAYS
        189 35 Apr 17 Brunei: Hijrah Anniversary of Royal Brunei. Indonesia: First Day of Muharam. Malaysia: Awal Muharram. Apr 28 New Zealand: Anzac Day. Apr M Australia: Anzac Day Holiday. Apr 29 Japan: Greenery Day. Apr 30 Denmark: General Prayer Day. Finland: May Day Eve. lUyl Greece: Labour Day. Germany:
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        750 35 THIS report, complied 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 averagesiaed stem. Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        416 35 Cart,, MO Ma *95.1 14 1».1 0.10 M 0.05 Art f— T *> above E25 1 1 10 0 0 0 Water 330 A W Qfsn 0.4 12.5 0.07 40 0.02 300 Max 9M2 LB 152 0.11 250 0.05 M/MM %ift %m/M m/m nm ■gg Wo
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        328 36 Mobile phones not the cause either; focus of probe now on pilot error or mechanical fault AFP [BANGKOK] A team investigating the Thai Airways crash that killed 101 people has ruled out bad weather and interference from passengers' mobile phones as causes
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        Lock icon Ford seeks nod to import partly built units into Philippines
        253 36 AFP [MANILA] Ford Motor Co of the United States has sought government permission to import semi-knocked down (SKD) assembly units to the Philippines, a trade department official said. "We will refer Ford's request to Malacanang (the presidential palace)," Board of
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        Lock icon UK minister inaugurates BA's flight to Havana
        412 36 Reuters [HAVANA] Britain's Trade Minister Brian Wilson inaugurated a British Airways London-to-Havana weekly service on Saturday, saying he believed the new air link would boost British tourism and business in Cub?. Mr Wilson, who was ending a three-day working visit to the communist-ruled
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        Lock icon Philippine bank's bid for PAL representation gets support
        295 36 Bridge News [MANILA] Two Philippine banks yesterday backed the Philippine National Bank's (PNB) bid for representation on the Philippine Airlines Inc's (PAL) interim rehabilitation committee, documents submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed. "We interpose no objection to PNB's nomination
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        Lock icon Fiji airport workers facing layoffs win legal reprieve
        212 36 AFP [SUVA] Industrial trouble at Fiji's Nadi international airport was averted yesterday when 500 airport workers facing redundancy through the privatisation of airport operations won a legal reprieve. A restraining order from Fiji's High Court came as government officials met native landowners
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        56 36 [LEIPZIG] Visitors at the Auto Mobil International car show admire the Aoantime by French car maker Renault in Dresden, Germany. The 4.5-metre long 'grand torurisme coupe' will go into production in autumn this year. More than 500 exhibitors from 29 countries are presenting their latest models and
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        Lock icon KLM drops service to Yemen, adds Riyadh
        145 36 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said that it would suspend its service between Amsterdam and the Yemeni capital Sana'a from June 15. The decision was taken because of the sharp decline in traffic and revenues on this route and costs which were
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      18 23 Marine coatings Lengthening a vessel's life The use of high-quality coatings, can prevent damage by corrosion. Pag© 2
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      360 23 ASRY'ssateiteaiufvast en strengthened by the d jartment. He will report ■ncejUffttaM maritime career in 1965, eld positions as marine the Oslo Techniship manager well as TOC'99 Boat and METS jffe The 1999 Terminal Operations Conference ktllk '00 and Exhibition will be held in Genoa, Italy, from HalO 77 June 1-3.
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      222 23 Thai Airways crash; weather ruled ont as cause Mobile phones not the cause either; focus of probe now on pilot error or mechanical fault. Back Page (ses) ffl BB U t&■ Singapore will again play host to IMDEX ASIA at Above below water Platforms the World Trade Centre from 4-7
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      708 24 i /r4«ox Lines services represented u.. 0 -f©l'" by Members of the Registry of |9R\ Accredited Shippog Agents Association I Singapore Shipping Association u. SEMBAWANG KIMTRANS (S) PTE LTD 0 CONVENTIONAL SERVICES J^L r—rA SIWGAPOtE to BAIAM. BINTAN. KARIMUN /j»» Y SINGAPORE to KANGKA ISLAND A i w W SINGAPORE
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      1289 26 DSR SENATOR UNES TO UK/CONTINENT TOMEDITERRANKAN/CANADA ««a voy tw uw imi mm m fk vcaa voy T5" an fob wx win TMKCTENBTV WWII lIM MM MB RR I7H BB PATHOS KMTOR WMTII 15 M B B MB MB BB 118 HMUMBMC&OM WWII 21*4 17 B KB 118 11 fl 11
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      681 26 Canton MM CONTR LINES. MC ROuoMnmanm Ov/XzJ 1, ,7,1yuul 8®Ur<084)*****» MAMLA: (832) *****84 S^fL* 04 28 4836 BANGKOK; (682) *****87 SURABAYA-(21)*****0 P-KELANO: (03) *****77 JKT (21) *****07 MON: (61) §***** KUCHNO (082) *****-3 CALCUTTA MADRAS MV "KOTA PERTANI" V.PTNO2S MV "SEA MARINE" V.SMNOS7 ETA SIN: 15-4-99 ETA SIN: 15-4-99 SURABAYA
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      1915 27 Sailing to Mn lMl«Mflh f l Q Djitarti (¥l* Dubai) I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHENTON WAY TEL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (l/l) Ww2^oHo«oFFia^^™" l—^™,, COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #17-m dis ildg saus/ikgs 420S<S7/60 inwmd deft <o/o) 420S7SS COST AR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD q NO: **********011 TOWER TWO
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      317 27 EAjmotN I'.VK LTD. VsA «n—«w>niu» XS, I SPECIALIZE m RORO HEAVY LIFT UPTO 450 TONS KL (SINGAPORE) PTE UD LOADING FOR YOKOHAMA PORT KLANG/PENANG/BINTULU/ MIRI MV "OCEAN BUIE" V. 67 MV "ORIENT LILAC" V. 19 ETA SIN 13/04/99 ETA YH 24/04/99 15/04/99 ETA PKL 16/04/99 ETA PNN 17/04/99 ETA BTI
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      1348 28 EUROPtAJ^CANDtNAVWFIWLAIIP/HUSSIA SGP ROM ANW HBG THP ZEE LHV LHV THP ROM ANW HBG PKL S6P E DIADEM RW-006 17/04 07/ OS 12/05 08/05 10/05 11/05 12/06 E ROUND RE-038 18/03 20/03 19/03 21/03 23,-03 15/04 11/04 E. DAINTY RW-418 2V04 13/96 IMS 15/05 17/05 18/05 10/05 NUOVA 6ENOVA RE-022 20/03
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      462 29 BSA x MYANMA «BBk FIVE STAR LINE «T (Myonmar National Lint) Loading for Yang on (Rangoon) VfSSa VOY SIM N1 KK PCU I AGO VIOOW 14/04 MALAYSIA AGENTS: OOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES KUL m (03) *****00 PKL TU (03) *****01 PEN: TU (04)*****02 PGU: TU (07) *****21/4 BANK LINE (A Mrvk*
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      1174 29 TP* > nofwegon ipeockted outocomon Wilhelmsen Lines TO NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA RORO HIAVYUFT SERVIC!" (vISSEi VOY RAMP HEIGHT SIN lAX CRt NUA SAV BAL ORF NYC NEW MOO TAIKO F9OB 400 Tom 6.3 M INPORT 09/05 WO5 2176T 23/05 2S/0S 26/05 2S/0S 01/06 03/0* TOURCOING f 909 400 Tons
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      664 30 BANGKOK/ MAP TA PHUT/ LAMM CHABANO JAKARTA/PAN J A NO VESSEL VOV SIN BKK MTP LCH VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJN NANTA BHUM** 441N 14/04 17/04 18/04 ANRO QOWA* 060 ~Tn Pt 17/04 KOTA HARTA HTAOI9 18/04 18/04 QURU BHUM 124S 14/04 18/04 YAMTRA BHUM 286N 18/04 18/04 17/04 QURU
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      54 31 ia«gg| ORIENT PACIFIC 1 CONTAINER UNE LIBYA BENGHAZI > TRIPOLI LookUp Our Schedules On PG 4 See Our Ad On PG 12 OCENUS SHIPPING AGENCY PTE LTD NEWSHIP AGENCIES v i y NEW GUINEA PACIFIC UNE CHECK OUT THIS Our Schedules Are SPACE FOR On PG 5 H SWIRE SHIPPING
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      141 34 FREE Reader Enquiry Service cut out and Fax to 65-*****29 Need HELP or INFORMATION on the following? (please tick relevant boxes) SHIPPING SERVICES Port of Origin: Cargo Type: Cargo Ready by: Port of Destination: Cargo Volume: Special Requirements: ADVERTISER:PRODUCTS/SERVICES Saw an advertisement in Shipping Times of a product or service
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