The Business Times, 1 December 1999

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    11 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 046/12/98 85C SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1999
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    62 1 m 2237.13 (+14.70) wmvr-m U 841.44 (+4.30) PlsDßanrnmEß U ***** (+1.60) STOCK MAEKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP 734.66 -1115 NIKKEI 1&56&23 291M HANG SENG 1M77.I9 -8131 SET INDEX ***** +0.86 JAKARTA COMP _J8l» +IJ8 MANILA COMP doted TAIPEI WPf 7,***** -183.03 SEOUL COMP 996.66 +J2.46 CLSA CHINA
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    80 1 FOREX RATES USI St U8» 1.686 £(USS«$per£) 1.602 1761 ElIBO(US$/S$/E) MM 1.702 Ml M37., 0570 YEN 1623 MM* RM 1.806 6.444 HKS 7.769 6517 BAflT 29.06 6 043 RUPIAH 7,286 6.022 St to 100 units •s$ to too units PUME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.25 JAKARTA 40.00 BANGKOK
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    Lock icon Analysts split over outlook for KL stocks
    955 1  -  Market benchmark takes its sharpest foil in a month bnt some analysts see a positive side tYom Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MARKET analysts yesterday were divided over the implications for the Malaysian stockmarket of the ruling National Front's performance in Monday's
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    Lock icon China's WTO entry opens window for S-E Asia: Zhu
    1072 1  -  Economy will be opened to developing countries as well By' Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] Southeast Asia will gain more than it will lose from China's entry into the World Trade Organization, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji said yesterday. Delivering the 17th Singapore lecture
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    Lock icon S'pore has catalyst role in Indon investments: EDB
    787 1  -  Good contacts, business partners can help S'pore play special role, says EDB chief Philip Yeo From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta AS Indonesia looks for ways to kickstart its economic recovery, Singapore is positioning itself for a catalyst role to help draw investments
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      71 1 DtSIPE Top Stories NELto pump $11m into China joint venture. Pg 4 Wong Nang Jang, deputy president of OCBC Bank, retires. P94 M'sian banks returning to profitability: report. Pg 15 Explosive issues on WTO table. Pg TO Put HSBC, red chips in MSCI HK index: chartist. Pg 24 BT Comqpont
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      103 1 Pandits see more protest than pro-Islam votes, Pg 3 Editorial: Mahathir gets almost everything, Pg 14 B V LG A R I Ovale. A new classic for women V i_ C,/\ K I Li V I G/X K-i I BVLG A R VLC; -A l i I 13 V I
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      743 2  -  I si i exclusive IMF, foreign magazines, officials becoming targets for xenophobic forces From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE International Monetary Fund is lambasted for doing an "illegal" deal with the Thai government. The US is blamed for betraying Thailand's bid to head the World
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        87 2 IF you are a non-Singaporean and still need a visa to go to the US, get it early. The US embassy will suspend visa services in the first two weeks of2ooo. This is part of the US Department of State's plan to prepare its embassies and
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        Lock icon Not a pretty sight for StarHub
        161 2 STARHUB will not have an easy time when it enters the phone market next April. The competition isn't letting down their guard. Mobile phone operator Mobile One (Ml) is not only using the oldest formula in the marketing book, girls, it is also going
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        143 2 IT'S not just the phone companies that are out to get each other. In its latest promotion of its Visa credit card, Maybank, which did not get the coveted qualifying full bank licence, is showing that not winning is no obstacle to good ideas. Simply charge
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  • MALAYSIA elections
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      Lock icon Pundits see more protest than pro-Islam votes
      822 3  -  Analysis of voting trends shows NF lost more popular votes despite getting 148 parliamentary seats From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur A STRONGER showing by the theocratic Parti Islam SeMalaysia has raised questions about Malaysia's secular approach to governance but some political observers
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      Lock icon DAP suffered historic defeat says Kit Siang
      343 3 KUALA LUMPUR AFP THE man who was Malaysia's leading opposition voice for three decades, and the party he leads, were the biggest casualties in Monday's general election. Lim Kit Siang, who entered Parliament in 1969 and was twice detained without trial under security
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      Lock icon PM Goh congratulates Dr M
      172 3 SINGAPORE Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has sent congratulations to his Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Mohamad on his election victory. "I extend to you and the Barisan Nasional my warmest congratulations on your hard-fought victory. You have once again shown your political acumen." Mr Goh said
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon NEL to pump $11m into China joint venture
      570 4  -  It will make and sell IT products in deal likely to show $lb sales ity Jennifer Lien CONTACT manufacturer Nat Steel Electronics is investing $11 million in a joint venture to make and distribute IT products in China in a deal likely
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      Lock icon A lesson in improving investor relations
      738 4  -  lock siew wong wei kong WHAT makes one stock split different from another? The shares of Chuan Hup Holdings have been on a roll since the shipping group announced a share split in late September. But investor interest in the shares of Jaya Holdings,
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      Lock icon Yeo Hiap Seng to announce 1-into-4 share split
      272 4 YEO Hiap Seng Ltd yesterday announced a l-into-4 share split, joining several other listed companies which in recent months have announced stock splits to boost the market liquidity of. their shares. YHS said in a statement that the stock exchange has given
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      329 4 W0ICATM NUMBER MIOOLf PRfCES COUPON MTEREST OF DAYS OF (EXCLUDWG (WKS MATURITY YEAR RAISED RATE AMOUNT PAYMENT ACCRUH> SK RSBS (*PA) ISM) DATES WTEREST INTEREST) Y&D(*PA) 01/02/2000 N*****0N 1995 _4 700.00 1/2 1/8 121 100.50 1.06'# 01/03/2000 Loan 1 1980 61/4 88.53 1/3 1/9 90 101 50 031 01/03/2000 N*****0H
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      Lock icon OCBC's Wong Nang Jang to retire
      539 4  -  Move comes on heels of call to banks to inject new blood Wong Wei Kong BARELY a few days after Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged Singapore banks to move faster to inject new blood at the top, OCBC Bank announced yesterday that
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      Lock icon New merged S'pore Exchange to be launched today
      463 5 Brokers expect announcement of measures to lower commissions Reuters SINGAPORE will inaugurate today its merged equity and derivatives exchange, where brokers expect trading costs to be lower and competition more brisk. Brokers said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, also chairman of
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      Lock icon Amtek, Transpo seal US$1.4m dea
      201 5 METAL stamping firm Amtek Engineering said yesterday it has inked a conditional purchase and sale agreement and a joint venture agreement with US-incorporated Transpo Electronics. Under the conditional purchase and sale agreement, Amtek will sell to Transpo 60 per cent of the issued share capital
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      Lock icon Venture MD's three golden rules for small firms
      335 8  -  Go global, hire the best and be innovative, he tells aspiring companies Sob Tiang Keng VENTURE Manufacturing managing director Wong Ngit Liong last night spelt out three golden rules for small companies aspiring to be big and successful. They are: Go global,
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      Lock icon Keppel T&T plans three-year, US$100m bond
      287 8 KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation is proposing a bond issue of up to US$lOO million (*****.5 million) to fund the expansion of its telecom and Internet-relat-ed businesses in Asia. The company, which is a substantial shareholder of Mobile One, said in a statement yesterday that the
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Director bays L&M stock
        72 8 L&M Group Investments reached a year's high on Monday, but director S Chandra Das appears to see further uptrend potential. Mr Das, who was appointed in July with Chng Hee Kok as non-executive, independent directors, bought 100,000 shares at $1.35 each on Monday. Mr Das had
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        Lock icon Interim report on Thakral
        63 8 THAKRAL Corporation said its financial adviser, Arthur Andersen Associates, on Monday presented its interim report to the company's board of directors concerning its findings and certain preliminary conclusions. The report has been circulated to the group's creditor banks and will form the initial basis for discussion
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Blue chips rise bat second liners hit by forced sales
      563 6  -  I :j j comment STOCKS r.sivanithy THERE was a clear division of interest in the local stock market yesterday between blue chips and second liners modest demand for the former despite a rising Japanese yen and US bond yields helped
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      Lock icon Koh Brothers warrant provides good leverage
      205 6  -  WARRANT WATCH ffy R Sivanithy THE stock market index may be close to another all-time high, having surpassed its July levels, but for a large majority of the market, prices are still in the doldrums. US dollar issues, for instance, are still 50 per
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      Lock icon CM Telecom shares undervalued
      235 6  -  HOTSTOCK Wong Wei Kong CM Telecom has been one of the market's steady gainers in the past few months, rising from around US$O.3O in late August to surpass the US$O.5O mark last month. The stock, which is listed in Singapore and Hongkong, rose again yesterday, closing
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      Lock icon Diary of events
      139 6 Wednesday, Deo 1 Singapore ♦8.30 am. International Symposium on Photonics Application. Venue: Shangri-La Hotel ♦9am. sth International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics opening ceremony. Venue: Grand Hyatt Hotel ♦9am. Conference on Internetbased services e-commerce for SMEs. Venue: Merchant Court Hotel ♦9.30 am. NTUC Income opens new
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      481 6 Stocks Volume Asia Food&Prop US$ 21,604,000 PCI 25c 18,852,000 MediaRing 10c 17,604,000 CM Telecom HK75c 12,253,000 LAM 50c 10,663,000 'Genting Int 9,720,000 Gotten Agn US10c 9,594,000 SingTel 15c 9,557,000 Asia DekorHK 15c 7,719,000 GMG Global 5c 6.813,000 Stocks UOB 94,667.068 OBSGrp 73,143.155 SIA 65.203.043 SingTel 15c 30,574.410 OC8C 29,655,864 MediaRing
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon $1.5-$2m upgrade for Royal Crowne Plaza
      258 11 THE Royal Crowne Plaza along. Scotts Road will spend about $1.5 million to $2 million to upgrade its meeting rooms and other facilities and is expecting an increase in its average occupancy rate. The upgrading works are scheduled to begin this month and will
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      Lock icon Keppel Land puts in top bid for Arang Court: sources
      495 11  -  psjj exclusive Its offer of just above $72m brings breakeven cost to around $700 psf for hoge freehold plot Byt Carol Eng, Kalpana Rashiwala KEPPEL Land has emerged as the highest of eight bidders for Arang Court near Lorong Chuan,
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      Lock icon Third Angullia Park site seen fetching up to $67m
      312 11  -  COLLEfiTn/FmrsM By, Andrea Tan ANGULLIA View has come up for collective sale the third site in three weeks along Angullia Park to be offered and is expected to fetch $65 million to $67 million. This works out to $933 per sq
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      Lock icon Going regional in the war on dust mites
      312 11  -  Jeanette Pang A MISSION to subdue dustmites appears to have snared Claire Bang some germs of success. From a three-man show and one retail showroom in 1997, home-grown allergy and asthma specialist company AllerCare has now bloomed to an eight-person operation with
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      Lock icon IDA aims to make S'pore infocomm hub
      400 13  -  New body's goal is to bring business, government and society online By. Raju Chellam THE Info-Communications Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) wants to make the island the largest information and communications hub in Asia, and will focus on getting Singapore companies and Singaporeans
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      Lock icon View and pay your power bills at www.can.com.sg
      297 13  -  By, Jeanette Pang CONSUMERS can now view, pay and store utility bills, open accounts and even submit meter readings all on Singapore Power's new interactive Web site, www.can.com.sg. The Web site was launched yesterday by Lim Swee Say, Minister of State for
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      Lock icon Bank loans ease 3.2% in October
      336 13  -  i H on the economy bank loans Btf I Soh Tiang Keng TOTAL bank lending to Singapore's non-bank customers continued to ease slightly, with total bank credit down 3.2 per cent in October, according to latest figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. This
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      Lock icon S'pore to be UK firm's regional HQ
      326 13  -  Trifast opens $6m manufacturing facility at Senoko Ling Su Ann SINGAPORE will function as Trifast's Asia-Pacific headquarters, said Malcolm Diamond, chief executive officer of the UK-listed group, at the official opening of its $6 million manufacturing facility at Senoko yesterday. Acquired for $3.3
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      466 13 isn't it time you invested in a plan that gets results like these? future. We all need to it. The question you best? one the returns you just been listed as innovative investment products* in compiled by the USA Council to You see, rather only one the Investment you to
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Is Bush Jr's backbone softening?
      691 14  -  ■snssjisssi OPINION anthony lewis The writer is a New York Times correspondent NYT A SMALL incident may give us crucial insight into the character of a presidential candidate. That happened last week when George Bush Jr appeared on the NBC television programme Meet the Press.
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      164 14 This sort of relationship requires some form of admiration. If I got to know Clark and thought he was a total (expletive), I would not have written a book about him.' Michael Lewis defending his book The New, New Thing about Silicon Valley pioneer Jim Clark, which
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      Lock icon Mahathir gets almost everything
      646 14 EDITORIAL THE incumbent National Front coalition seems to have got everything it asked for in the just-con-cluded general election it was returned with a two-thirds majority of the parliamentary seats and saw the defeat of two of the most prominent opposition figures. The 14-party coalition won
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      Lock icon Slow pace of reforms plagues Thai recovery
      989 14  -  But arrival of foreign investors may accelerate restructuring Ity] Ben Davies The writer is a Bangkok-based journalist who contributes to BT WHEN the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) announced in September that Thailand's second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 3.5
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      983 14 Doable standards THE Thai authorities have failed miserably to show a determination to bring to account the high flyers whose recklessness has been visited upon the people. Now a big shot is facing trouble and his friends in high places have rushed to his defencePrime Minister
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon TRI down on legal action fears
        124 15 THE share price of telecommunications company Technology Resources Industries Bhd (TRI) fell 20 sen to 1.96 Malaysian ringgit apiece, after the company defaulted on its Eurobonds for the second time in as many months. The stock caved in under selling pressure, after the Asian
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        Lock icon Magnum slips on weak figures
        87 15  -  Compiled by: Ruth Wong THE price of gaming stock Magnum Corporation Bhd continued its slide yesterday, falling 13 sen to RM2.78 as nearly three million shares changed hands. For the week, the stock has lost 6.7 per cent from RM2.98, stemming from its weaker-than-expected third-quarter
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      Lock icon M'sian money supply up 0.1% in Oct
      226 15 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S broadest measure of money supply for October rose for the first time in three months, as the economy's recovery spurred more business activity. M 3, the most closely watched money supply measure, rose 0.1 per cent, or 288 million
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      Lock icon Malaysian banks returning to profitability: report
      650 15 KUALA LUMPUR Earnings boosted by lower provisions for NPLs and corporate tax breaks AFTER two years of plunging profits and, in some cases, devastating losses, Malaysian banks are now reporting a return to profitability in line with the country's economic recovery, The Star said
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      Lock icon Malaysia Airports shares rise 24% in debut
      193 15 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg SHARES of Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd, the country's sole airports management company, rose 24 per cent in its debut yesterday, reflecting strong investor interest for Asia's first publicly traded airports manager. The stock was the most active issue on the
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      Lock icon TRI asks for more time as bondholders take legal action
      344 15 KUALA LUMPUR It plans to repay debt in foil after revamp; report Bloomberg TECHNOLOGY Resources Industries Bhd (TRI), Malaysia's biggest cellular phone company, said it needs time to resolve its debt woes as bondholders take legal steps to wind up
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  • SOUTH east asia
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      Lock icon Ibra faces fresh probe over illegal loans to textile group
      393 16 A-G also probing claims that Suharto helped get billion-dollar loan from state-ran BNI for influential Texmaco Group JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA'S new government, whose first month in office has mostly been spent trying to keep the country from breaking apart, yesterday
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      Lock icon Tanayong repays 3.5b baht loan to stop collateral sale
      233 16 BANGKOK CSFBp&id to prevent sale of stake in transit system Bloomberg TANAYONG Pel, a Thai property developer, said the company repaid a delinquent loan to Credit Suisse First Boston Ltd yesterday to stop the sale of a stake in an elevated
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      Lock icon Thai Oct exports up 18%, imports soar
      276 16 BANGKOK Figures confirm country's pulling strongly ont of recession Reuters THAI exports surged 18 per cent year-on-year in October while imports jumped by almost a third. Thailand's central bank said yesterday. The figures were almost exactly in line with market expectations and confirm
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Cabinet okays Thai power IPO
        73 16 Bloomberg [BANGKOK) The Thai government agreed to sell at least half of the nation's largest power plant to the public and employees of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, instead of to foreign investors as originally planned. Bowing to public pressure, Thailand's Cabinet approved plans
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        Lock icon Siam Cement seeks to borrow US$450m
        75 16 Bloomberg {BANGKOK] Siam Cement, Thailand's largest industrial group, said it wants to borrow up to US$45O million (***** million) from foreign banks, in what would be one of the largest loans by a Thai private company since the 1997 financial slump. "This loan is
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        Lock icon Ibra to make rights offer for Bank Bali
        120 16 Bloomberg (JAKARTA] Indonesia's bank rescue agency will apply to stock exchange regulators today for permission to make a rights offer for PT Bank Bali, paving the way for a recapitalisation of the bank. If regulators approve the plan, then Bank Bali's shares
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        Lock icon Gudang Garam profit doubles
        73 16 Bloomberg (JAKARTA] PT Gudang Gar am, Indonesia's largest maker of "kretek" clove cigarettes, nearly doubled its nine-month profit, aided by higher sales. Profit for the biggest company on the Jakarta Composite Index rose to 1.66 trillion rupiah, or 863 rupiah a share, up from 857.7 billion
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  • WTO conference
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      426 24  -  -it exclusive SINGAPORE By\ Siow Li Sen WHEN an estimated 50 per cent of Hongkong's market capitalisation amounting to about US$25O billion (Ss42l billion) is not represented in the MSCI regional index, it is time to raise some questions. Asia's premier
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      410 24 S'pore retains No 2 position bat scores of several Asian nations fall Bloomberg, Reuters [HONGKONG] The territory retained its top slot in the Heritage Foundation's annual Index of Economic Freedom as the city lived up to its promise to start selling the
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      239 24 HONGKONG Bloomberg HONGKONG authorities raided Apple Daily after allegations that the newspaper's reporters bribed police for details on their operations. Hongkong's graft-busting Independent Commission Against Corruption raided the Chinese-language newspaper after police complained earlier this year that reporters there and at affiliated Next Magazine paid officers
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      113 24 HONGKONG AFP [HONGKONG] An Interna tional Monetary Fund (IMF)' mission to Hongkong has con firmed the Hongkong econo-; my is showing clear signs of recovery, the territory's gov-j ernment said yesterday. The IMF mission forecast; 1.25 per cent growth in gross domestic product (GDP)
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      370 25 DHAKA Second devaluation this year aims to np exports, reserves Reuters BANGLADESH devalued its currency, Uie taka, by 3 per cent yesterday in a bid raise exports and boost foreign exchange reserves. The central bank cut the rate to 50.85/51.15 against the US dollar from
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      294 25 OMBAY Management to pump up oil production, revamp organisation AFP INDIA'S state Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is putting in place plans to improve production and meet increased competition after the government opens the sector in 2002, officials said
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      127 25 HONGKONG Reuters RUPERT Murdoch's News Corp Ltd said on Monday it would form a new company in India to engage in the development and production of multi-media content and related activities. The new company, Broadcast Worldwide Private Ltd, would be based in Bombay and led
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      175 25 KARACHI Restructuring, cost cats seen boosting profits Bloomberg HABIB Bank Ltd, one of Pakistan's largest state-owned banks, is likely to improve profitability as its move to restructure and cut costs pays off, said a forecast from Moody's Investors Service. "Habib Bank's 'E' financial strength
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      486 27 LONDON Reuters "IT doesn't matter how good a driver you are because you have to rely on other people not making mistakes and it's the same with banks and Y2K," says a senior banker. And that sums up the feeling among
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      244 27 ÜBRUSSELS IHT THE British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, flatly refused to compromise on Monday on his refusal to levy an automatic withholding tax on profits in the US$3 trillion (Sss trillion) Eurobond market, posing a major political problem for a European
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      395 27 ESPOO, Finland Finnish company's shares jump 75% in six weeks and are np 380 times since 1992 Bloomberg NOKIA Oyj, the world's top cellular phonemaker, became the second-biggest European company in terms of market value as shares surged on faster than expected growth in
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      234 27 SEOUL Foreign lenders to be asked to write off as much as 75% of debts Bloomberg SOUTH Korea said it plans to ask foreign creditors to accept losses of as much as 75 per cent on their Daewoo Group credit, forcing overseas lenders to
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      569 28 TOKYO Nikkei falls 1.6%, led by exporter-oriented stocks THE Bank of Japan sold yen for a second day, slowing rather than reversing a year-long rally by the currency that threatens to derail economic recovery. "We took action in the currency
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      50 28 [FRANKFURT] Volker de i Homme de Courbiere, CEO of German condom manufacturer Condomi, stands between three oversized condoms and a statue ofa bull, the symbolfor the bourse, in front of Frankfurt's stock exchange. Shares of Condomi were launched at the stock exchange yesterday. REUTERS
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      341 28 LONDON UK regulator to allow telcos to lease its local lines Reuters INDUSTRY regulator Oftel yesterday ordered British Telecommunications pic (BT) to open its vast local network to rivals by July 2001 and allow competitors to upgrade it to support multimedia services. After
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      166 28 TOKYO Reuters HONDA Motor Co yesterday described General Motors Corp (GM) as one of many possible business partners but denied growing speculation of a Honda-GM alliance. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun business daily reported in its evening edition yesterday that Honda, will supply GM
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      369 28 SAN FRANCISCO Reuters SHARES of Red Hat Inc. the largest distributor of the upstart Linux operating system, surged another 11 per cent on Monday amid talk that the company is poised to make more acquisitions, as it seeks to become
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      457 29 IS commerce GENEVA Standard Web-based electronic business procedures could slash transaction costs and give a big boost global commerce FT THE United Nations has teamed up with the world's leading computer and software companies to devise standard Web-based electronic business
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      370 29 NEW YORK New generation of PCs will be smaller, easier to use Reuters, NYT DELL is getting cute. The world's No 2 personal computer maker was to unveil yesterday a new generation of small and stylish Intelbased consumer desktop PCs that is designed to
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      283 30  -  SiMrar Reports MSCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market finished firmer yesterday, bolstered by gains in selected index-linked blue chips. Sentiment was mixed, however, as institutional participation remained light and given the negative breadth of the market. Banking counters rose
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      122 30  -  MSCI Taiwan futures Matthew DenBleyker Refco Singapore SIMEX MSCI Taiwan Stock Index Futures lost 2.5 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 352.8 as underlying share prices fell in the electronics sector. The TWSE Index fell 103.03 points, or 1.3 per cent, to 7,720.87
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      240 30 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices eased further yesterday after top producers vowed to stop the market overheating but uncertainty persisted over the future of Iraqi exports. Benchmark Brent crude was 40 US cents off at U5524.45 a barrel, almost
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      322 30 Reuters London THE euro held just above record lows against the dollar and the psychological US$l.O level in volatile trade yesterday. with swings exaggerated by persistent talk of central bank intervention following another bout of Bank of Japan yen sales in Asia. Earlier yesterday, the euro had racked
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      1932 30 SICOM FUTURES Nov 30 RUBBER (futures closing as at 5.30pm) RSS f CONTRACTS cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month Hjqh Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Dec 99 109.00 Jan 00 110.00 100 Feb 00 112.50 100 Mar 00 115.00 100 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month Hkjh Low Sett (tonnes)
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      2865 31 HONGKONG Reuters n Ham Seng -8192 HONGKONG stocks closed down yesterday, taking their cue from the Tokyo and US markets, but remain well supported at current levels. The Hang Seng Index closed down 83.92 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 15,377.19
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      1030 31 Reuters n Shenzhen B Index -0.26 SHENZHEN'S B shares ended lower yesterday, extending more than a week of weakness, as Hongkong's new second board, Growth Enterprise Market (GEM), diverted foreign investor attention. The Hongkong-dollar-denominated B share index fell 0.26 point, or 0.31 per cent, to 81.82 on turnover of
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      387 31 AFP QWP Index -***** TAIWAN share prices closed 1.3 per cent lower yesterday as investors locked in profits from sharp gains made in the previous session, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 103.03 points to 7,720.87, following a 3 per cent surge on Monday. "Investors
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      2008 31 TOKYO AFP □Nikka22S -***** SHARE prices in Tokyo closed 1.5 per cent lower yesterday as investors sold high-technology issues to take profits on recent gains, brokers said. The key Nikkei-225 index finished down 292.04 points at 18,558.23 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The broader Topix index
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      7702 32 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 1999 La«t Vol Oay Nat Cap UN* Company IH OOO High Low P/t $mil 440 255 Ajinomoto 300 19 0 1216 174 46 Anqiiasa 90 unch 5 92 90 I32> 404 220 Apoilo Food Hlq 320 7 6 128 0 294 115 Berjaya Land 159 -9 397
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      452 32 AFP, AFX-Asia 13 Composite Index -1L25 MALAYSIAN share prices ended 1.5 per cent lower yesterday on profit taking despite news of an emphatic election victory by the ruling coalition, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index finished at 734.66 points, down
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      788 33 AFP fl SET Index +0M THAI share prices closed 0.2 per cent higher yesterday after the Bank of Thailand released positive economic data, but gains were limited by selling in banks, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index rose 0.86 point to 422.12. Advancers led decliners 120 to
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      728 33 AFP Composite Index INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.2 per cent stronger yesterday on late short-cover-ing after earlier sharp losses, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 0.98 point at 583.80, after slipping 2.3 per cent on Monday. "I think it is purely due to short-covering, the
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      284 33 AFP Q Wellington -24.W NEW Zealand stocks fell 1.1 per cent yesterday on profittaking and fears that Richard Branson's Virgin Airlines will hurt Air New Zealand if his business starts up in Australia. The NZSE-40 Capital Index lost 24.46 points to 2,111.93 on light turnover of NZ$67 million. AFP
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      612 33 AFP fl All Ordinaries -ILS AUSTRALIAN share prices eased 0.4 per cent yesterday in line with a fall on Wall Street, but the market was saved from bigger losses by a big purchase in telecoms giant Telstra, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed down 11.5 points at 3,044.00.
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      309 33 AFP Composite Index +32.4 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index yesterday closed up 32.4 points at 996.66. Volume was 335.6 million shares worth 5.4 trillion won. lot 30 Ma An*m simi ***** 2050 6r*in T*ch 2190 10 CtntrMBo* 2700 220 Ch»« Conn >***** 1000 OMGuBw* 3900 200 Oatung Corp
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      1100 36  -  I -I comment CURRENCIES But euro's weakness may remain a source of currency market volatility larry wee EURO weakness dominated the week's activity, with record lows prompting an acceleration of yen purchases against the besieged unit. Closer to home, regional currencies which had taken
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      488 36 Labour market likely to tighten and import prices rise, especially in next H2 THE good news is that inflation in Asia is firmly below the pre-crisis average. The bad news is that, when viewed from the trough, inflation has probably bottomed. However,
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      679 36 New roles on debt issuance give wider range of investment opportunities AFTER a hefty gain in November, when the yield on the benchmark 10-year Singapore government bond fell from 4.68 per cent to 4.50 per cent, Singapore bonds can be expected to take a
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      295 37 Bridge News, Reuters IT was a typically slow start to the week after the long US holiday, although there were several new cargoes in the east, particularly from Japanese charterers. Capesizes trading has been dull. Handymax trading was negligible but there was a little more interest for tonnage
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      274 37 SS 000 ■m3» 8 HI CWT Distribution U2 -0.03 76 Chuan Hup 2.19 -0.02 5101 Cosco Invastmant 1.16 0.01 244 rr*tqMUntu 0.32 0.01 665 GS Holdings 0.93 unch 81 Hal Sun Hup 0.72 0.01 478 IMC HoWlngs-HK 5.60 lined 0 Jay* Holdings 134 0.01 1787 Jurong Shipyard 8.50
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      435 37  -  Intense competition from overseas forces yards to consolidate to stay lean By Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Singapore shipyards, reeling from intense competition, yesterday axed 451 employees in one of the local shipbuilding industry's biggest retrenchment exercises. The merged Sembcorp Marine led the pack, retrenching
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      219 37 AFP [OSLO] The Norwegian ferry that sank off Norway killing up to 19 people was not authorised to leave port in the sea conditions that prevailed at the time, Norwegian media reported. The vessel was not approved for sailing in seas higher than
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      702 37  -  STRAIT TRUE By I Seafarer TWO passenger shipping disasters, including China's worst-ever maritime accident, shocked the shipping industry last week. The two tragedies happened to very different vessels, were literally half a world apart and the detailed circumstances were very different in
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      202 37 [SINGAPORE] The Interna tional Transport Workers Federation (ITF) is targeting flag of convenience (FOC) ships across Asia-Pacific in a week of action that started on Monday. The ITF is coordinating actions among dockers and seafarers unions in over 20 countries in
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        114 37 Reuters [RIYADH] The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) reported a net loss of 106 million riyals (Ss4B million) in the first nine months of 1999 compared with a net profit of 34 million riyals a year earlier, a newspaper reported. Al-Eqtisadieh daily
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        119 37 [LONDON] The quality of crews and the protection of the environment were also concerns of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) when undertaking Port State Control (PSC) inspections. "The USCG has a strong interest in STCW (Standards on Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) and the "White
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        44 37 [LONDON] Norway-based chemical tanker specialist OdQell have bought a 50 per cent stake in Brazilian company Flumar, which operates three chemical tankers and two LPG carriers in the Brazilian coastal trade. The deal cost Odfjell only US$lO million (5516.7 million).
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        46 37 [LONDON] UK and Greece-based company E-FX Media is putting together a reference CD-ROM of shipping companies and services to be distributed free to shipping firms world-wide. The company hopes that easier access and organisation than Internet directories will make the product a success.
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        1077 38 German terminal operator HHLA has put Berth 1 back into service with an innovative port technology [HAMBURG] Following extensive reconstruction lasting almost three years, German terminal operator HHLA has put back into service its Berth 1 at Burchardkai. The new berth is expected to provide a
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      310 38 PACE EIS 13 AMI 3 tng Lee 13 ft Accord 8 ESP Lines 13 Ahrenkiel 14 E»«grwn Aooenshio 5 8 AsuOa 13 W Links 14 Austral 8 l nk Avant 14 Cemartrans 6 B'tang Mas 8 Genshpg 13 BSA 7 Global 13 BTL 14 Glory Nav 14
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      20992 45 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vesstt Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone Si n Dest'n Nam* Name Number Number SIN Oest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire To CALCUTTA (CCU) 2062 India 10/12 n/oi MOL CARIBBEAN CHALLENG 1202A 65-*****86 08/12 14/12
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        724 51 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Bt R8 2598 1599 JOt 30/11/8:00 30/11/1700 Spc CipfKor <***** J12 30/11/7:30 30/11/19:00 Tropical 36 MAR 99 JK 30/11/8:55 30/11/2300 RamfiowligM 9902 J06 30/11/8:30 30/1V23 59 Aqua Lucky 21/99 J03 30/11/9:30 30/11/23 00 Bt Uakotemas *****9 JOI 30/11/8:20 30/11/23 00 Bt AnMMk
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        2063 51 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From AC1 RAFFLES 0306 30/23:59 2A 29/1700 30/0659 30/0900 It 29/1700 30/0659 WOW J 30/0700 30/1159 30/1400 ALMUAYA2 M32* 1/7:00 M 29/1700 30/0659 30/0900 20 29/1700 30/0659 30/0900 J 30/0700 30/1159
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        219 51 Deo 8 Italy: Immaculate Conception. Dec 9 Brunei: First Day of Fasting. Dec 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Dec 25 Italy: Christmas Day. Brunei: Christmas Day. Australia: Christmas Day. Belgium: Christmas Day. Canada: Christmas Day. Denmark: Christmas Day. France: Christmas Day. Germany: Christmas Day. Hong Kong: Christmas Day. Indonesia:
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        780 51 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        550 51 Carbon 180 Ma« 991.2 L2 16.8 0.11 79 0.09 Nov 25 Denstty Water Residue Ask Aluwntum Sediment No above E25 1 I S 1 0 0 380 Ave 979.9 0.3 12.4 0.07 27 0.02 Cum 380 Mai 990.8 14 15.3 0.12 67 0.04 K/M*3 »/v m/h
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        494 52 Recent string of aircraft quality problems behind decision to conduct special inspection Reuters [WASHINGTON] US regulators said they would conduct a special inspection of Boeing Co after a string of recent aircraft quality problems including improperly tightened bolts and parts that failed federal
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        179 52 AFP [CAIRO] The Misr Insurance company said it has paid out US$53 million (5588.5 million) to Egypt Air for the loss of the Boeing 767 which crashed last month with 217 people aboard. "We have reimbursed Egypt Air for the cost of the
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        54 52 [NEW DELHI] Guests crowd around a newly unveiled Maruti-Suzuki Baleno model during a launch party in New Delhi. n S ar es car manufacturer Maruti-Udyog Ltd unveiled the luxury sedan, available at a starting price of US$l6,OOO (5526,720) in a bid to remain competitive in
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        229 52 Higher scrutiny amid concern over foreign carriers' safety record Reuters {NEW YORK] The US Trans portation Department is writing safety guidelines that would increase scrutiny of US airlines' ticket-sharing pacts with foreign carriers, the Wall Street Journal reported. The standards are being drafted amid
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        305 52 New agreements signed with Qatar, US and Lithuania Reuters [NEW DELHI] The Indian government said it has agreed to fresh aviation treaties with Qatar, the United States and Lithuania. "We have agreed to give Qatar an additional 584 seats per week over the existing 1.000.
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        179 52 Reuters [JERUSALEM] El A 1 Israel Airlines will meet next week to decide on whether to go ahead with a purchase of Airbus Industrie aircraft, a spokesman for the national carrier said yesterday. El A 1 spokesman Nachman Klieman said the
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          105 52 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Aviation authorities barred China Southern Airlines Co and China Eastern Airlines Corp, two of China's biggest carriers, from flying one domestic route apiece as punishment for selling cut-rate tickets. A Civil Aviation Administration of China spokesman confirmed the move, first reported
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          168 52 AFX-Asia [SHANGHAI] China's entry to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will not have a significant impact on the civil aviation industry, an official from the Civil Aviation Administration of China said, according to the Economic Information Daily. The country has already begun opening up
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          63 52 Reuters [VIENNA] Austrian Airlines Group said it was about to sign a contract with Germany's Lufthansa AG to establish a joint venture to serve routes between Austria and Germany. "The contract is about to be signed and will be filed with the European Commission very
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      103 37 Hamburg port: Box-handling goes high tech Page 2 FA A to conduct special inspection of Boeing Back page The advent of Information Technology and intermodal logistics solutions have dramatically changed the global logistics industry. In addition, Singapore is fast becoming the logistics hub of the region. To keep our readers
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      1225 38 I NORTH AMERICA I I EXPORT I I OTHER DESTINATIONS I I MX BUPCT SHUTTLE EXPRESS DIRECT TO LOWQ BgACH WBT COAST OF CEMTRAL AMERICA (MARGARITA SERVICE) im 1 ww rmwTfffwr*™ ■>*"»< okaco wwran kxkoott msa vot HHnjiiziilkujum sawUMßgo co—no 1 rruuhjl —yyrwul mmcan OOQOUJKMU iiSST" #1/11 liTii i/Ti* iiTiT
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      693 38 Litos services represented by Members o» the Registry of Members at the jXsMI) Accredited Shipping Agents. <SuM2J Singapore Freight Forwarders National Shipping Assoc Association ULY UNE MALE I VESSEL VOY ftt fltt rS P. KUHG SfOtE MALI Princess Lity V 1199 12/12 14/12 23/12 Empress Lily V 0799 28/12 31/01
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      1081 39 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE ram VOY aHIMWIIMIWVSOBmUH VESSa VOT RTIR A» HAM HV SOU FIT IB) SI Md AGATE 01 AW 29/11 14/11 10/12 21/12 IS/12 NOIIOUIE OIM 09/11 11/11 12/11 14/1101/12 HYAMNRAI 323W 02/12 25/12 22/12 23/12 20/12 HYIAJION 3221 14/11 10/11 12/11 00/11 02/12 NOICOBAI 011W 03/12 lt/12
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      1657 40 DSR-SENATOR LINES TO UK/CONTINENT TO MEUfItIHRANEANCANADA ttSttl VOY SW LEH HTH UO\ HAM 06V FIX VtSKI VOY SW GIT tft FOS VIC MTU PUNJAB SENATOR 001OW IB 12 1112 20 12 21 12 23 12 24 12 25 12 CALIFORNIA SENATOR 0930W 0212 If 12 21 12 23 12 25
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      955 40 MAC-NtLb M'SIA NO: **********0K SOU: (064) *****9 PENANG: (04)*****36 BANGKOK: (662)*****57 P- KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21)*****46 MV "EXCELLENCE CONTR" VOY EC 904N ETA SIN: 4-12-99 Pis Contact us at Tel: 220 2022 Cyndi/Cally/Edwqrd V—>_ Eastern Csar Liner, Ltd. 20H «w*^j« -oi Wfc Ea (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD Singapore *****2 In*
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      646 40 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR N.SHEVA/COLOMBO VMMI S PORE N SHEVA COLOMBO PKLANfi TULSIOAS Vll7 »1 DEC 09 DEC 110£ C 21 DK CAPE CANAVERAL V IISW 06 DEC 14 OCC 21 DK DEC TARPON SILVER V IMW 17 DEC 25 OCC VI JAN M JAN TULSIOAS VIU 22 DEC 30
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      1436 42 iUBOW/UIWCWII)tIIAVWHIIUUID/RUBBIA I SGP ROM ANW HSG THP ZEE LHV LHV THP RDM ANW HBG PKL SGP E DEVOTE RW-m 04/12 22/12 25/12 23/12 27/12 25,12 29/12 E RIGHT RE-841 10/11 13/11 12/11 14/11 16/11 0&/12 06/12 E DEVELOP RW-M9 12/12 29/12 01/V1 30/12 03/01 01/01 05/01 E REWARO RE-036 18/11
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      785 42 MM PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) I Tn SSSSm 14° Ceo) street #03-00 PIL Budding, Singapore *****0. CR NO: **********06 I|VB» V9T rut _JBL_ w mMm M, nnn uui waii m« 7/li 1/1 */1I 15/12 I i? 717 7Vlilt/It I «7IT I tin iii? iz *i« win Ilwssn VOT Pt6~ tTT
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      457 42 SO TEL OK OLAMGAH ROAD M2-C CHIPORT CENTRE S'PORE 000S2B TEL *****11 (6 lines) FAX: *****05 TLX: RS ***** CR NO. **********0W VESSEL VOY ETA ETD DESTINATION KAGUR9 IM9 3011W on 2« PONTMNAK mmukwa em amm mmm palembamghu. balammuntdk UMMU 14® 10/1239 Wtm PONTIANAK KAGURI 2MO 1112*9 IHZ« MALAYSIA* PORTPONTINMC
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      398 43 MMK MYANMA FIVE STAR UNE (Mymrar National Line) Looding for Yoagoa (Rangoon) vtssa vor sm n n rai MONGU 20W SU> RUWUMYME 47W 14/12 NAiATSU AGENTS: ROUSTEAD SMPPMG AGENCIES KUL TH (03)*****00 PKL- TH (03) *****01 rot- ra (04)*****02 rat ra (07) *****21/4 BANK LINE (A strvice of Aadrtw Wth
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      1206 43 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTD. ivesa vor ran sou I ibi I wi ant haw wtv w. 1I vtssa VOT|SOU|I«|KTM|ANT|HAM|Hrv| n. rsr HTAOMNAL 323W 02/12 20/12 25/12 22/12 23/12 NOIIOUTE 014 C 12/11 13/11 07/11 09/11 01/12 M&COtM 011W 03/12 24/12 25/12 19/12 21/12 HTCAMM 3221 01/11 13/11 10/11 11/11
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      1015 43 WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO NORTH AND UTIN AMERICA 'CAR RORO HUVYUFT SERVICE" VESSEL VOT RM4P HEIGHT SIN LAX CRI MIA SAV MI ORE NYC NEW MOi ISHL. tHII, bM "WiywTor 17/01 21/01 23/01 25/01 26/01 21/01 01/02 07/02 TARONGA AHOOI 400 Um 6.3 M 24/12 25/01 02/02 04/02 01/02 10/02 11/02
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      1848 44 TA PHUT/LAIM CHMANQi J A K AWTA/EAMJAHO VESSEL VOY SIN BKK MTP LCH~ VESSEL VOY I SIN JKT PJN NANTA BHUM** 472N In Pt 04/12 OS/12 GURU BHUM 156S In Pt 03/12 06/12 YANTRA BHUM 319N In Pt 05/12 BANI BHUM 136S In Pt 06/12 MATHU BHUM 443N 04/12 08/12
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      48 45 FAR EAST EUROPE LINE I Direct Breakbulk/Container/LCL Service to Manila/Guam/Saipan FAR EAST USA ymGrow Shipping Pte Ltd See Page 7 Daily FULL CONTAINER EXPRESS SERVICE Wallenius Turn To Pg s Wilhelmsen New Europe To rB MIDDLE EASTI S.E. ASIA service China Shipping (S) Agencies Pte Ltd 7 (Barwii)
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      44 47 ISSK? —JmP (Retrieve more schedules!) Press "1" Select the port and key in the four digit code eg: To New York (NYC) 2275 Key in your fax number your phone number Another innovative service offered by The document Will be SHIPPING TIMES lag SaSSL
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      192 48 B IH COCOS TRADERS (FOREST PRODUCTS SERVICE) ISmMjm Senire I-or Christmas Island Fn-mantle(jk-os Island) EUROPE SERVICE call dttn-r west Australia ports subject to inducement TAW SKN KKU TMA VESSEL VOT. SIN CXI FML COS OCEAN QUEEN V39A 05/12 OS/12 u#/ THOR KIRSTEN 4SSI SAILED 06/12 14/12 24/12 LOAWNG FOR: JHWAH
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      336 48 TO KUHOM CHINA N. EUROPE SERVICE VCTSCL/VOY XQO OOA BHA HKO «W HAM HTM FEL DALIAN g?7W 2LNQX NgV ft *?V 29 NOV <*■ (*<? 26 DEC 28 060 CT PK POTSDAM 003W 28 NOV 30 NOV 02 DEC 06 DEC 10 DEC 30 DEC 01 JAN 02 JAN HANJIN
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      158 48 fOg TIMIS/ Wl« SAILINGS: P. GUDANG/SINOAfOtt SOUTHBOUND VBSti W PGUQMG Hi m*USIU» TOTS 01/1? WED) 02/1? [THU) JUAIAMI Sffi o?/i?roiui ovi?t«i) JUUAMI »IS n/nnn P4/i2fS4n niMAsmi w«s ps/i? tsum ofc/i?o*ow) Hwuam wos o*/i?wow) 07, i? out) BMUSIttI W44S 01/1?(OP) W/1?(1HU) NORTH BOUND vtssa vonr sin p gudang biausiam rm oti?
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      674 49 SIN TO SRI LANKA/ INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO W-l—las—Ml—aL-_ftjiLi_PW W m hai nyl 0»f sav mm urn hou HOfGH MINERVA/00S4 11/ l? 22/12 2»/12 20/12 Q7/01 02/01 14/01 _WCI l 14/0? 11/0? lf/j* 22 02 ?4/0? 02/03 W 03 MnffiHMMf/osU IQ/gi l>/tl IVBI 21/81 ?)/QI 24/01 07/07 HMCH MM.ANPA /0754
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