The Business Times, 8 February 2000

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MIT A (P) 035/12/1999 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2000
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    50 1 STOCK MARKTTT INDICES Mondav Change KLSECOMP dosed NIKKEI 19.945 43 +182.30 HANG SENG dosed SET INDEX ***** +163 JAKARTA COMP ..636.43 +143 MANILA COMP __2,005,58 3.28 TAITO WPI dosed SEOUL COMP .9/3.13 +22.91 CLSA CHINA B dosed Al'ST AM, ORF) 3,130.40 +15.30 I lam EST Change DOW unav
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    76 1 FOREX RATES lis* s* IS$ 1694 £(1'S$/SS fxr X) 1602 2.712 El'RO(USS/S$/K) 0 973 1.648 DM 2010 0843 YKN 108.1 1.566* KM 3800 0.446 HKS 7.781 0218 HAHT 37.64 0.045 HiPIAH 7,645 0.022 SSlo 100 units PRIME RATES SIMiAHHtt:* B1ALA IJ MHIi 1M ■i\K\iri\ mm KA.ViKOK Mt hon«; w)w;
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    Lock icon Small firms' performance worsens in Q4
    588 1  -  -II exclusive But all other companies do better, with economy continuing to recover: BT-CBRD survey />'//■ Audrey Tan (SINGAPOREI The performance of small firms took a dive in the last quarter of 1999. even as all other firms in Singapore continual to do better,
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    Lock icon Astra chief moves to defuse political time bomb
    675 1  -  Company will cooperate with any foreign investor who bnys np to 45% of the firm's shares From! Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta ON the eve of a possible showdown between Indonesia's largest automaker. Astra International. and the country's most powerful economic entity, the
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    Lock icon Branson, Gates in joint bid for UK lottery
    284 1 People's Lottery will be rnn as non-profit concern AFP [LONDON] BRITISH billionaire Richard Branson's numbers came up on Sunday when he signed up the world's richest man. Microsoft's Bill Gates, as a partner in his "People's Lottery", his bid to win Britain's
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      115 1 INSIDE BT Comment India needs to open its stock market to foreign retail investors. Pg 4 Top stories k |w- JM Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa could become largest single shareholder of VodafoneMannesmann merger. Next Page Thai Lam Soon chairman faces new threat. Pg 4 Tony Tan on the three challenges
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      37 1 I care about the same issues you do. I understand them. I know I can make m progress on them. That's why, my friends, I want to be your senator. k REPORT. Pg 10 Hi Ml* Ik
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      20 1 Stiller competition fop concern of companies this year. Pg 6 I I Gokongwei ■BT COMMENT. Pg 5 Quek Leng Chan
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      Lock icon Hutchison could be big beneficiary
      826 2 VODAFON 3-MANNESMANN MERGER Its stake in Mannesmann has risen in value by 2.5 times in just 3 months with Vodafone's sueeessful takeovei Reuters SCMP [HONGKONG) 1" m ONGKONG tycoon Li Kashing's Hutchi>n Whampoa Ltd could be- come the largest single shareholder of the 180 billion
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      Lock icon Impact of 155% oil price surge underestimated, warn traders
      737 2  -  Inflationary pressures could be bigger than previously believed Frrnn Neil Behrmann in Ijmdon WHILE US policymakers and financial markets have been sanguine about the 155 per cent surge in oil prices since the beginning of last year, commodity traders are warn
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      Lock icon Docomo likely to settle for minority stakes
      532 2 Analysts say chances are small that it would seek an outright Orauge juy Reuters Bloomberg [TOKYO) .Japan's NTT Docomo, the world's second-biggest mobile phone firm, is looking at investments such as Britain's Orange Pic to -tep mto'the European market nu'r it will likely
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      113 3 Everywhere under the sun. ffll iflffa Seow Boon Ann Corporate Banker life like puts returns on the golfing or his why he has receiving Mobile J^a| It's a whole new life. Life doesn't stand still. And nor do hundreds of thousands of Singaporeans. Because Ml places the power of mobility
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Thai Lam Soon chief faces new threat
      722 4  -  Shareholders wai govt to biock plan double share capi they were stopped from voting against it Front Harish Mehta in Iktnykok SINGAPORE 'MiLiang who controls i am >« ..it land), a Bangkok k-ted t I age group, is facing strong >j n from
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      Lock icon India should open its bourses to foreign retail investors
      610 4  -  __E22E321 vikram khanna SJF you look at the appreciation of indi vidua! technology stocks worldwide since 1990. when the "tech stock ma nia" got underway, .on could come up with a long list of superstars you wish you'd bought into or
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon SGX asks Oakwell to tell more
        116 4 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has asked Oakwell Engineering (OE) to furnish further details on the bankruptcy proceedings against subsidiary Oakwell (.om pressor Packages (OOP), including when the proceedings were filed. The Exchange also wanted to know whether a performance guarantee of S2 million and
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        Lock icon Omni Inds chairman sells 1m shares
        57 4 OMNI Industries chairman Koh Boon Hwee has reduced further his holdings in the company by selling a million shares at $3.07 each This compares with its last traded price of $3 16on the Singapore Exchange. Mr Koh is now left with 5.25 million shares
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        Lock icon Managers not related to directors
        35 4 OMNI Mold Ltd lias confirmed to the Singapore Kxchange that it has no employees occupying managerial positions n ho are related to a director or substantial shareholder of the Company.
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        Lock icon Form's ex-chairman cuts holdings
        114 4 FORMER Form Holdings chairman AngOhoon Beng dins Ang Siong Kiat has reduced his holdings in the company by about one per cent to 10.76 percent. In a notice fothe Singapore Exchange. Form reported that Mr A is? h id disposed of five million shares but did
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      Lock icon Keppel Fels unit now owns over 77% of SPC
      298 4  -  Valid acceptances amount to 175 m shares or 41.3%, costing $210 m />'/,< Conrad Raj KKPPKL Oil Gas Services (KOGS). a wholly-owned subsidiary of listed Keppel Fels Energy Infrastructure Ltd (KepFels). now owns 77.2R per cent of Singapore Petroleum Company, following
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Will the tycoons move in on UIC and HPL ?
      827 5  - Will the tycoons move in on UIC and HPL i-i comment PROPERTY Gokongwei and Quek Leng Chan have again been buying shares in their targets' lee han shih THK Year of the Golden Dragon. Chinese astrologers say. is good for risky ventures that are supported by powerful people. Tell that
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      289 5 Authentic U TEOCHEW E9 Raw Fish. mM A Fresh Approach To MnWlm Tossing Up Luck. MBI The best way to usher in another prosperous New Year is to savour our authentic Teochew-style Yu-Sheng, at Hung Kang Restaurant. Whatever your choice, you can be assured that we only serve the freshest
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Stiffer competition top concern of companies this year
      399 6  -  Small, local firms in construction, finance, commerce especially worried Ihj, Audrey Tan KEK.XKK competition is the top concern of Singapore firms this year, especially for small and local firms in the < onsti notion, commerce and financial sectors. Compared to a year
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      Lock icon BSP names two rubber traders to replace Lewis & Peat
      187 6 BSP names two rubber traders to replace Lewis Peat Reuters (JAKARTA) Indonesia's BakrieSuirtatera Plantations (BSP) has signed contracts with two new rubber trading firms to fill the role of its collapsed Lewis Peat rubber trading operations including one in Singapore, its chief executive said. "We have signed new contracts with
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      Lock icon OAC to pay special bonus to policyholders this year
      534 6  -  It'll be up to 30% of normal bonus; 2/3 of bonus rate cuts to be restored as well Soli Tiang Keng RKSPONDINti to improved economic c*>ll > 111• -n~> and a better investment outlook. social bonu of up to '.o |>er
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      Lock icon Embracing the future among 3 major challenges
      610 6 DPM Tan says new mindset is needed to address these issues DEPUTY Prime Minister Tony Tan yesterday highlighted three challenges facing Singapore in the coming years and said simply issuing government directives to meet them was to "court failure". He listed the triple
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      Lock icon DR TAN: Singapore's three challenges
      161 6 Embracing the future without forgetting the past If we forget these strong (Asian) roots, our people, in particular our children, will not have the self-confidence and moral strength to be able to judge wisely and to do the right things when they face difficult circumstances.'
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  • TAIWAN telecoms
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      Lock icon Awakening Taiwan's telecom giant
      1153 7  -  Chunghyva's chairman reveals how he plans to transform the unwieldy state company into a sleek modern outfit that can compete against the best Iff fH/rts hy Macabe Keliher in lai/H i STEVEN (hen. the chairman of Taiwan's largest telecom mun ications company Chunghwa Telecom, is planning
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      Lock icon Govt to sell 66% of its stake
      485 7 Sale will be in two stages, starting as early as April; foreigners to get big chunk STATE-OWNED Chunghwa Telecom may begin a share sell-off as early as April as part of the government's privatisation plan. Chairman Steven Chen has pushed through a privatisation
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      177 7 Freehold Residential Sites For Sale PRIME SITE IN MARINE PARADE m Existing development (18 units) Land area 28,049 sq ft r Plot ratio 2.8, up to 20 storeys (Max) °3\ Conveniently close to Parkway Parade and amenities in East Coast Katong area <#- Subject Sate /s sutyecf to Sfrafa T/ftes
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      16 7 TODAY LianheZaobao *****57U 7) Credit card's I bad debts j hit record high last year pry..."«
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon The scramble for a GOP economic plan
      752 8  -  pi:i=i I bottom line OPINION paul krugman The writer is a professor ofeconomics at MIT and the author, most recently, of The Return of Depression Economics' NYT THE chief economic adviser of one candidate is the co-author of an exuberant book claiming that
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      137 8 I can say that the operation to liberate Grozny is over." Vladimir Putin the acting Hussion president, claim'ng nma jor victory in hechn\a. tak ing < antral of the republic's war torn capital. tirozny. Smallness is goodness." Don Eigjer a researcher for International Business \1 ichint s
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      613 8 EDITORIAL JAPAN in which En--o'%« glish is spoken fis the ofM tieial second language, ■I where immigrants are made to feel welcome and where individualism is the defining characteristic of the people is a far ci*y from the present-day reality. Yet even if this is not
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      Lock icon A growth rate that's an Indian illusion
      1089 8  -  It's nonsensical to think that the share of services in GDP in constant prices could rise faster than the share in current prices Hn Prem Shankar Jha The writer, a New Delhi based journalist and former editor of The Hindustan Times, contributed this
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      991 8 Gus Dur's hasty call FOREIGN human rights investigators in East Timor have accused*elements of the Indonesian police and army of having had a direct hand in the violence if not by actually planning and organising the rampage, then by covertly arming and supporting pro Indonesian militias
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon French retail giant to buy control of Manila's Uniwide
      442 9 MANILA Move comes as Philippines is set to open long-protected retail market to foreign investment Bloomberg CASINO Guichard-Perrachon SA. France's No 2 listed food retailer, has agreed to buy con trol of bankrupt Uniwide Holdings Inc. the top discount chain in
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      Lock icon Net boost expected for Thai telecoms companies
      466 9 BANGKOK Reuters THAI telecoms firms are expected to improve on their 1999 financial results this year on the back of an economic recovery and the Internet boom, analysts said yesterday. Thai telecoms firms are set to benefit from euphoria over Internet-related businesses as
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      Lock icon Asian central banks likely to keep monetary policies loose
      509 9 SINGAPORE Interest rates are expected to drop in some countries AFP MOST Asian central banks are expected to maintain loose monetary policies in the short term to fuel economic growth despite interest rate hikes last week in the United States and
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      Lock icon Gus bur to pardon Wiranto if he's guilty
      544 9 US HON There won't be amnesty for other soldiers, militiamen AFP Reuters INDONKSIA President Ab durrahman Wahid s i id he would pardon former niili tary chief General Wiranto if he were proven guilty of rights abuse*, in East Timor as the
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      Lock icon No trading in Indonesia's new bank bond market
      378 9 JAKARTA Cash-rich banks don't need to sell bonds and investors wait for big discounts Bloomberg WHAT if you opened a bond market and nobody traded? A week after Indonesia freed banks to sell some of the 282 trillion rupiah (SS62 billion) of
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      Lock icon Methinks they do protest
      97 9 (HA N<. KOk A "roup of Thai students holding banners to protest before the United Nations Con tit. nee on Trade and Development (Unctad) meeting in front of United Nations in Bang f oh* Around 20students charted slogans claiming the police designed to >ntain cn art
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      Lock icon Ex-chairman of Indon bank rejects allegations
      206 9 JAKARTA AFP THE former chairman of Indonesia's Bank Danamon yesterday rejected allegations that it misused the central bank's liquidity support facility and breached legal lending limits. Speaking to reporters after being quizzed by the par liamentary commission on finance and banking, Usman Admajaja said
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        Lock icon Li Ka-shing funds students' study tour
        62 9 AFP [HONGKONGJ Hongkong tycoon Li Ka-shing is to finance trips abroad for 1.000 students, his foundation said yesterday. Mr Li has donated HK$7 million (SSI.S million) to sponsor a "millennium study tour" for 1.000 local high school students. They will travel this summer to
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        Lock icon Greenpeace regional HQ in Bangkok
        49 9 AFP (BANGKOK) Environmental watchdog Greenpeace yesterday said it would set up a South-east Asian headquarters in Bangkok Regional project director Lvn Goldsworthv said it would boost efforts to promote the use of cleaner energy sources in Thailand. Indonesia. Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. AFP
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        Lock icon Thailand eases investment controls
        62 9 Reuters [BANGKOK] The Bank of Thailand yesterday said it has started easing offshore investment controls previously imposed on Thai companies. The central bank said it told Merrill Lynch Phatra Securities on Friday that it could transfer out of Thailand within one year up to US$5O million
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      Lock icon Strong year for HK: fortune messages
      322 10 HONGKONG Govt officials, devotees pray for good fortune AFP HONGKONG'S prospects will improve in the Year of Dragon, according to fortune messages picked by government officials at a local temple, which drew tens of thousands yesterday. Many of the devotees to the Temple of
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      Lock icon Wipro's tech division to move HQ to Silicon Valley
      363 10 SANTA CLARA AP A FORMER cooking oil company that has soared to the top of India's commerce charts plans to shift the headquarters of its most crucial division halfway around the world to the Silicon Valley. Why? "We've got to be
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      Lock icon Prudential sees India launch by end of the year
      341 10 NEW DELHI Reuters BRIT S largest lit* insurance and pensions group. Prudential Pic. experts to launch ii- Indian insurance business t>\ the end of calendar ifINH), its chairman. Mar tin .laiomb, said on Sunday. Prudential ha- tied up itii Indian term
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      Lock icon Indian Net wedding
      253 10 NKW DELHI AFP INDIA'S first Internet wedding will take place on Valentine's Day next week and the bride and groom want web surfers to take part in the traditional nuptial ceremonies. the Pioneer daily said yesterday. The marriage will take place according to Hindu tradition on http:'
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      1541 10 [NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, KOH KAH BENG of Blk 136 Pasir Ris St. 11 *05-225 Singapore *****6, have applied for a Public House Ist Class Liquor Licence in respect of M/s Rain Restaurant Bar located at 86
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      545 10 THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER SO SkKoo 290(2)(b) NOTICE Of RE SOLUTION FLEMING FIDUCIARY (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (In Mambers' Voluntary Liquidation) At on Extraordinary General Meeting of Flaming Fiduciary (Singapore) Pit lid hatd 1 at 9 Raffles Pioce, #43-02 Republic Plaza, Singapore 04(619 on the 28th day of January 2000 the
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Pfizer to buy Warner-Lambert for US$91.4b in stock and debt
      492 11 \K\\ YORK It wins a three-month takeover battle with American Home Products to create world's second largest drug firm Bloomberg PFIZKR I no said it will buy Warner-Lambert Co for about US$9l.4 billion (*****.3 billion) in stock and debt to
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      Lock icon Gold surges 10% – its largest price gain in 4 months
      422 11  - Gold surges 10% its largest price gain in 4 months From Neil Behrmann in London Gold surged to US$3l6 an ounce in London yesterday, up $29.50, or 10 per cent, the largest gain in four months, as market players speculated supplies would dwindle after a producer said it would cut
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      Lock icon Clinton's last Budget has more spending, debt reduction plans
      338 11 WAS AP panel in Mil merit h »Uh I Mi i linton'i eighth and '.»>! Budget i- heavy with embolism, from its black >nd \\iill»» rovers, standing for the new era of a federal government in the black, to its election-year
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      Lock icon IPO market turning into technology-stock territory
      250 11 NEW YORK Reuters THE nev. stocks market is becoming an exclusive mem bers-only club, with trendy technologv companies mov- with invc>tors while less !n>m the sidelines and hope that in time the v. ill h. back in favour over the pa>t iv..» .car- habecome
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        Lock icon Adidas set to return to profit
        81 11 Bloomberg [HERZOGENAURACH, Germany] Adidas-Salomon AG indicated it returned to profit in the fourth-quarter from a year-ago loss, boosted by its winter sports and golfing units. The shares rose as much as 8.6 per cent. Implied net income at Adidas rose to 2 million marks
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        Lock icon Motorola's R&D goes Swedish: report
        51 11 AFP [STOCKHOLM] Motorola is to open a Swedish centre for research and development in mobile telephony, the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported yesterday. Motorola would establish some 30 researchers here to develop new products and services in the hope of benefiting from Swedish expertise, the report
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        75 11 Reuters (TOKYO] Japan's ruling coalition tiptoed towards a compromise with the opposition yesterday over its parliamentary boycott, basking in local election wins th it look to have strengthened its hand and may hasten a general election. In the first meeting between senior officials from both camps
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        Lock icon Prudential in talks to sell business
        90 11 Bloomberg (LONDON) Prudential Pic said it is in talk- to sell part of its institutional fund management business as Britain's largest insurer focuses on so called p< >oled funds as opposed to separate! v managed, ot "segregated" accounts. Prudential Portfolio Managers said the segregavd
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        Lock icon Russia meets economic goals: IMF
        68 11 Bloomberg MOSCOW J The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Russia met or exceeded all of its e< onomic goals for last year, though it failed to mak 1 enough progress on "structural reforms' needed to qualify for new loans. The fund did not specify what
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      Lock icon BA flies into red skies in 3rd qtr, but yields improve
      347 11 LONDON Reuters BRITISH Airways posted a third quarter pre-tax loss of £60 million pounds (SSI62 million) yesterday, but said yields were starting to recover, showing the first improvement for nearly two years. The upbeat comments on yields gave shares
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      Lock icon Hillary formally launches bid for Senate seat
      387 11 PEOPLE LAT-WP (PURCHASE. New York| Hillary* Rodham Clinton, after only a month as a state resident, on Sunday formallv launched her bid for the l"S Senate, saying though she's "new to the neighbourhood. I'm not new to your concerns". Flanked by her husband.
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      Lock icon IBM's new chips can run five times faster
      211 11 SAN FRANCISCO Bloomberg INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp. the world's biggest computer company, said it has devel oped a computer chip that runs up to five times faster than today's top chips, consuming half the power. IBM said it will demonstrate the chip
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      Lock icon Sony up on talk of network stake
      444 12 TOKYO Bat company quashes reports it plans to take a minority share in CBS AFXAsia AFP SONY Corp shares surged yesterday on the company's plan to take a minority stake in a key US television network, possibly CBS. although the company did not
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      Lock icon Bill is the one for her
      71 12 [LOS ANGELES] Actress Jane Krakowski, star of the television comedy series Ally Mcßeal, doing a song and dance performance I Want My Bill Gates as a series of enlarged photographs of Microsoft Corporation co-founder Bill Gates were flashed on screen during a taping of
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      Lock icon Tokyo shares shrug off recession warning
      592 12  -  Nikkei surges 1%; market seen riding out economic setback From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo TOKYO stock prices yesterday shrugged off official warnings that Japan's economy may have slipped back into recession during the latter half of 1999, prompting analysts to suggest that the market
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      Lock icon Few European retailers seen winning in Internet commerce
      477 12 LONDON Study says Web site quality, ease of transaction remain low with Enropes's e-tailers Reuters FEW of Europe's big name retailers will succeed in the still largely money-losing world of Internet commerce, but already some companies are closer to sniffing out profits
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      Lock icon News' film division set for poor 2nd quarter
      273 12 SYDNEY Reuters RUPERT Murdoch's News Corp Ltd will have some momentary bad news for investors this week with a second quarter profit result that is expected to show another weak performance from the film division. Unable to do much wrong this year,
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      Lock icon NatWest: Bank of Scotland CEO wants meeting
      448 12 Reuters [LONDON] Bank of Scotland chief executive Peter Burt hopes to meet his National Westminster Bank (Nat West) counterpart David Rowland to seek his backing for Bank of Scotland's takeover bid for Nat West, The Times reported yesterday. Nat West is battling hostile
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      369 12 NOTICES To advertise call toll-tree 1800 741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, TAN NGUANG TIAU of Blk 640, Rowell Road *04-70 Singapore *****0, have applied for a Beer House. First Class Licence in respect of M/s Chenlin Eating House located at 787 Upper Serangoon
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  • FINANCE & commodities
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      Lock icon Aussie coal firm BHP accepts 5% price cut
      532 13 The deal with Japanese firms will hit other Australian producers, say analysts Reuters [SYDNKYI Australia's BIIP Co yesterday ac cepted n 5 per cent price cut in coking coal sales to .Japan, confronting many producers with mother vear of weak profits, sackings
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      Lock icon Oil prices slip at hint of Opec raising production
      259 13 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices slipped yesterday following signals that key producers have not ruled out raising production when output curbs expire at the end of March. Benchmark Brent crude was 31 cents lower at 1T5526.76l T S$26.76 a barrel,
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      Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
      291 13 AFX-Asia London n< M« wnmrniif growth Sunday rh.it 1<»1* i- afconsumption me in fourth quar"a rather larg< negative fij: lire", while the EPA tlso pr» rlifttnl that the first quarter will si.*e sharp falls .n capita! expenditure nesboe. current s" analvst at AIIN Amru. sentiment was i si
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      848 13 XNTERBAFKCROSS RATES ~fc Ftr Q-n HK$ ird »S «.pnh Yen fton ftM M/$ j> a)( R s Pes0 S S Ea-d Str *T$ B»Ht Pound US$ f- 49 i° ***** 47 612 0.66! 7W2 2.403 1280 32.783 25.638 .068 3.946 027 19 459 23 727 0*95 0632 0 V 36-
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      1931 13 SICOM FUTURES RUBBER (futures closing at 5.30pm) RSS J cents/kg) Close Volume Open High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Mar 00 122.75 1200 Apr 00 126.75 300 May 00 129.25 300 Jun 00 131.75 300 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cents/kg) Volume Open Jllgh Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Mar 00 R00 73.50
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  • STOCKS region
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      882 14 Reuters £3 SETIndex +L63 THAI Thai stocks ended flat yesterday with some foreign buying in communications and entertainment shares keeping the index in positive territory, dealers said. The benchmark SET Com posite Index closed up 1.63 points, or 0.35 per cent, at 471.97 on thin turnover of 3.07 billion
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      296 14 AFP Q Composite Index -338 PHILIPPINE shares closed marginally lower yesterday in lacklustre trade. The PSE Composite Index inched down 3.28 points, or 0.2 per cent, to close at 2,005.58, as traders took little notice of government figures showing inflation at a 13-year low in January. AFP Ft* 7
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      755 14 AFP PI Composite Index +L43 INDONESIAN share prices closed almost unchanged yesterday as a number of Asian markets remained shut for the Chinese New Year, deal ers said. They said activity was fo cused on car assembler Astra International ahead of today's extraordinary general meeting. The Astra meeting is
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      286 14 AFP NZSE-40 +L09 NEW Zealand's sharemarket failed to n»'t out of first gear yesterday, closing flat in a featureless session. The NZSE-40 Index closed up 1.09, or 0.1 per cent, at 2,040.21 on light turnover of NZ$57 million. Telecom Corp slipped one cent to NZ$8.38. —AFP *•1 Ml (000)
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      313 14 AFP Q Composite Index +2241 SOUTH Korean shares rose 2.4 per cent yesterday on the back of declining money market rates, dealers said. The Composite Index closed up 22.91 points at 973.13. AFP F»T *o r *n«ms»ni .9930 230 •ran T#cit HOO 10 c*ntr«( B«n« 3330 25 Ch#*i Comn
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      653 14 AFP f \f All Ordinaries +15.3 AUSTRALIAN stocks closed 0.5 per cent higher yesterday following strong gains in gold and base metal prices, dealers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed up 15.3 points at 3,130.4. The All Industrials In dex rose 10.6 points to 5,452.5, while the All Resources
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      1852 14 TOKYO AFP 11 Nikkei 225 +***** SHARE prices in Tokyo rose 0.9 per cent yesterday to their highest close since mid-1997, led by gains in high-technolo-gy issues on the back of another Nasdaq record finish, brokers said. The Nikkei-225 Index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose
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      1153 15  -  i his yeai pi < >\es to be <111 uncertain 0110 for both filmmakers and bookmakers as there are no dear (Kscar shoo ins rzcklybcan looks at the odds RICK LYMAN NYT T is one measure of the •I* di;y uncertainty of this |p9J| V
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      376 15 NYT (HOLLYWOOD) Most Oscar-bait films are released in the last thr»»e monthsofthe year and are accompanied by publicist stirred bus./, about them a> potential winners. In December the critics groups release their choices for the year's best films and performances, which are trum peted in advertisements
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      503 16 Prada's boss spent USsssm for America's Cup glory, but he says it wasn't cash that won the day AFP [AUCKLAND] ITALIAN fashion boss and yachting patron Patrizio Bertelli went public yesterday to reveal he had spent US$55 million (S$ 92.9 million) of his own money chasing yachting's America's
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      610 15 I Central 6 -30 The Pyramid Game. 9.00 Kn i 9.00 AM Kids Central K*»rly Edition 11: Hom«>. 10.00 Mows On 8 2.00 To 6 00am Real-time rf' > 930 Men In Rlark- Farpwoll 8.30 Spin r.p I. 12.1 j AM Only 'heß*'St r Svndrnm? ».00 Movie Stars: Like Fa
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      326 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD m Hb tad ~+x* T- mm ACROSS David s son (7) 1 Looking to make a comment (11) Threatening one minute unde--7 Adam s transgression in Autumn cided next (9) (3 4) 6 Should I meet HM if compara--8 Repairing panties is wise (7) tivelv poor? (7) 10
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      497 16 Where to wine, dine and entertain.. .Ti»>feg£r ■Offering the lowest interest rate in town ***** Yusheng Promotion per order (24 Jan 19 Feb) Harmony Lobster at $98 Fortune Abalone at $78 Prosperity Salmon at $38 (small) or $58 (large) 'Pntn tabjta m una chmff if ft uai lmJn% GST aa
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      28 16 LataKrfai Jop 10 TO 20 FEBRUARY 2000 QJ RESERVATIONS 831-6258/88 Mantiann yy Singapmr 331 Orchard Ruad Singapore 2 ***** I j T;«»«a TH 717 4411 Fa*: 732 2361
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      293 19 Bridge News Reuters HOLIDAYS in the Far East reduced FY id ay's activity in the capesize market, although brokers acting on behalf of owners reported fresh inquiry for panamaxes from China and the north Pacific. The US Gulf grain trades saw a lack of prompt stems, possibly due
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      314 19 sex *000 f*r s$ tm CWT Distribution 1.18 uoch 0 Chuan Hup .0.43 0.04 0 Cosco Investment 1.05 uoch 0 Freight Links 0-27 unch 0 08 Holdings 0.83 -0.01 0 Hal Sun Hup 0.78 uoch 0 IMC HoWlngs-HK —5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 1.21 0.03 0 Juronq Shipyard—«N/A
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      566 19  -  Carrier hopes to eventually do away with physical transfer of documents nn Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] P&O Nedlloyd will embark on an IT-focused drive this year to boost its systems to promote e-com-merce with customers, and eventually do away with the physical transfer of
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      401 19 Class-action suits demand return of tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars Bloomberg (MIAMI] Carnival Corps Carnival and Costa cruise lines and NCL Holding ASA's Norwegian Cruise Line face class action lawsuits demanding the return of "tens, if not hundreds, of millions of
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      104 19 (LONDON] In a move (hat may indicate slower growth in the UK cruise market. Direct Holidays, an Airtours subsidiary, has pulled out of cruising, at least for 2000. Customers who have booked Mediterranean cruises on board Royal Olympic Cruises' 1961 built Appollon 1
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      137 19 Reuters [ROTTERDAM) Container shipping group P&O Nedlloyd said it had ordered general purpose and reefer con tainers worth a total of US$B4 million (*****.8 million). The new containers will replace older equipment and expiring leases, the 50-50 joint venture of Dutch Koninklijke Nedlloyd Groep and
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        296 20 THE United Kingdom's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has banned the use of Italian-made Artica lifejackets. This follows similar action taken by the Norwegian Maritime Directorate in the wake of the Sleipner fast-ferry accident, in which 19 people died last November. The jackets, made
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        551 20  -  US court finds that data, obtained on the Internet, is inherently untrustworthy as evidence Reports by] David Hughes in London THE presiding judge, hearing a personalinjury case brought by a seaman against the alleged owners of the vessel he was working on, has described
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      181 20 PACE Djak Lloyd 8 ACL 6 Dongrvama 3 ANl 3 ECl 4 Accord 8 ECUUnt 6 Appenship 5 6 Austral 8 Fooo,,Sw 8 Balaji Shpg 5 6 L jy Gemartrans 6 2 I CCNI 7 C ttk Hansameyer 5 cosco HeungA 4 CSAV 3 7 1 Interasta
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      18946 27 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT E'A E'A Adtertis?.- v»ssei Voyaut T»i»pEon« 'TA 4 Ad.- us* jhic V;vaq» TUffftcw SIN Dwt'n Na.-n* Nam* Hvmbf Nutratr S;N n Nam* NumCf Mu"Of 22/02 CJ/Sj an. AH. EMERALD 2CS To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'I voire 22/02 id» o»a aplfv «a i. ;:<+ ***** 6/02
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        327 31 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure J—I Pwl C Proqrws 07 frt J09 07/02/8:*) 07/02/1500 Kimtransl807 57/99* J16 07/02/9:55 07/02/23:59 C Success 06 FM J09 08/02/9 00 08/02/16 00 Profit 166 FrtOI J06 08/02/9«) 06/02/23:00 If M**Ud 071 J17 06/02/9:00 10/02/10:00 Eastern H«ro 60 J05 08/02/1100 09/02/2300 Km
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        1993 31 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boohing/Balance Rstls Stiip Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACI HIBISCUS 035B 9/23 00 U 07/1500 07/1159 07/1900 07/1500 07/1659 07/1*00 2* 07/1700 08/0459 01/0900 28 07/1700 01/0659 01/0900 ACI SVAM <03* 9/n 00 U 07/1500 07/1459 07/1900 07/1500
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        197 31 Feb 19 Thailand: Makha Bucha Day. Mar 16 Indonesia: Hari Raya Malaysia: Hari Raya Haji. Singapore: Hari Raya Haji. Mar 18 Taiwan: Market Holiday for Pres idential Election. Apr 4 Hongkong:Ching Ming Festival. Apr 20 New Zealand: Market Holiday. Stock Exchange Closes at Noon. Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Apr
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        793 31 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 mar ket. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        553 31 Carbon 180 Max 990.8 0.8 19.0 0.08 78 0.05 Ft* 3 Density Water Residue Ask Aluminium Sediment No above E25 0 0 21 0 0 0 380 Ave 987.5 0.3 14.6 0.06 33 0.02 Elian 380 Mai 992.0 1.7 18.2 0.09 72 0.06 v/» m/h m/m
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        345 32 But year to March results also depend a lot on aviation fuel prices AFP [MANILA] Philippine Airlines (PAL) said yesterday its profits for the year to March should be "better than expected" after it beat its monthly target for December. Net profit for December
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        98 32 IBRUEHL] A European overnight train hurtled off the tracks and smashed through a garage and into a house at Bruehl station, near Cologne, western Germany, early on Sunday, killing at least six people aboard and injuring more than 100. including about 20 seriously, authorities said.
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        602 32 ALASKA AIRLINES CRASH AP [LOS ANGELES] As recovery efforts continued on Sunday at the site of the Alaska Airlines crash off the Ventura coast, federal investigators retrieved the flight data recorder from another Alaska jet that was forced to return to Reno, Nevada,
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        162 32 Reuters (CHICAGO] United Airlines said that load factor, a measure of paying passengers in the seats, fell to 64.6 per cent in January from 67.2 per cent a year earlier, as the world's largest airline saw traffic hurt by year 2000 computer concerns
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        235 32 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The United States said it has reached agreement with Namibia, in south-west Africa, on an "open skies" pact that will allow unrestricted air service between the two countries. US officials said that Namibia, a sparsely-settled country of two million people, has
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        1854 32 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETO 0f6 1840 LH779 2359 Adelaide BA7381 1930 BA7382 2050 W4579 2359 0F81 1930 0F82 2050 S***** 2359 AN8229 2230 Fukuoka S0989 1540 S0990 0125 "30 Guangzhou S0803 1910 C2354 0910 ***** 2230 CZ351 2045 S0804 1015 Amsterdam KL0843 0525 GA974 0120
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      349 19 People Hutchison Ports (UK) has appointed John Williams as commercial director of its UK port operations. Mr Williams, who has 22 years of experience in the international logistics industry, will be responsible for the commercial development of the Port of Felixstowe, Thamesport and Harwich International Port. London-based CP Ships has
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      179 19 (IS Coast Guard website unreliable: judge, Pg2 ML forecasts better than expected profits, Back Page A SPECIAL FEATURE SHIPPING TIMES 29 FEBRUARY 2000 KEEP YOUR BUSINESS FLYING HIGH If you are in the air freight logistics and related businesses, 29 February 2000 could bring unprecedented opportunities. That's because Shipping Times
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      758 20 nes services represented by Members of the Registry of jW/ Accredited Shipping Agepts, S pore Notionol Shipping Assoc LILY UNE MALE I VESSEL VOY ETA Ttu ETA P. KLANC SPORE MALE Empress Uly VO2OO 16/02 17/02 26/02 Princess Lily VO2OO 03/03 04/03 13/03 Empress Lily VO3OO 19/03 20/03 29/03 ULY
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      1149 21 SAX SERVICE (DIRECT) VESSa VQY SMEIA LAX OAK DM HOU Qt CO! MB* <11 NYC tfiawwn 017! 26/01 10/0? 15/02 15/02 15/02 15/0? 15/02 IS/02 16/0? AWSHHB 0171 02/02 17/02 22/02 22/02 22/02 22/02 22/02 22/02 23/02 23/02 WITMQUO6I 017E 09/02 24/02 29/02 29/02 29/02 29/02 29/02 29/02 30/02 30/02
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      2001 21 ®Cm«H S*rviu Milfci: HANJIN SHIPPING iik l=-1 iMsMr*lM -MB *****30 SHIPPING (S) PTEtTP Wqw tow IOOtING *****35 737 SAIfS *****74 731 OOCUMIHT *****/1 774 OfHATKHS *****50 7SI mm UHf *****5S MX irmVQ C» WO *****T30Q00** TO NW USA CANADA USA fAMADA* **/*<* ju*l «H UNI HAIH/VOT SU HW IH* I
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      79 21 ACCEPTING LCL CARGOES TO JAPAN, CHINA, KOREA AND HONG KONG FOR ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CALL 220 8558 WORLDGATE EXPRESS UNES PTE LTD Tel: *****11 Fax: *****73/*****63 Email: wgate® mbox2.singnet.com.sg Calcutta jFChlttagong iport lows 120/02 Karachi..r COLOMBO 15/02 Eft u KARACHI/LAHORE 13/02 Bombay h <f Madras BOMBAY 11/02 I i I MADRAS/BANGALORE
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      1720 22 DSR-SENATOR LINES TO UK/CONTINENT TO MEDITERRANEAN/CANADA ttSStl WW SIM lEH RTM IMB HMI BBV FLI ttSSil VOY SIN GIT SPt FOS AC MTH HANJM DALIAN OC2BW 04 02 26 02 27 02 24 02 25 02 27 02 lON SINA 0936# 05 02 22 02 24 02 2« 02 20
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      1109 22 m. AM MAC-IIELS S'PflftE M'glfl Carrier: MN CONTR LINES, INC p gudang: (07) *****26 MVy VzJ **********0 C SIBU: (084) *****9 MANILA: (632) *****24 PENANG: (04) *****36 BANGKOK: (662) *****57 SURABAYA: (31) *****11 p KELANG (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****45 KUCHING (082) *****1-3 BARCELONA EX 'EVER GROUP' V. 0733 ETA
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      1848 23 I VESSEL VOY KHH HKG SIN PKC DXB DMM BA BIK IRAN HESABI PCL-140 02/02 04/02 08/02 09/02 19/02 20/02 22/02 24/02 IRAN SHAHRYAR PCL-141 09/02 11/02 15/02 16/02 26/02 27/02 29/02 02/03 IRAN BAABAEI PCL-142 16/02 18/02 22/02 23/02 04/03 05/03 07/03 09/03 IRAN SEESTAN PCL-143 23/02 25/02 29/02
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      1003 23 W.E.F. FEB 2000 ACCEPTING CGO TO DAKAR, LAGOS, TIMA t ABIDJAN VIA GENOA I ggM«<*«?■ SMWOHj: MMMWMID TEU J26 1900 MX: *****0J OUTWIIIO (l/l) JOHOftEOfFKE- I SHIPPIM® PTE LTD #12-00 SALES/BKGS *****57/43 INWARD DEPT (D/ 0) *****85 COSTiP ACFUriIC <aai cikil biik VSI/VOT SGP HKG SHA QIN UN VSI/VOT QHI
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      960 23 EXPORT IMPORT 24%; 27/02; 28/02: 29/02'01/D3 HJOSIO 007E 20/01 22/01 13^02 TRANSPACIFIC SERVICE EXPORT -KMMCBIOMmMBOZ/O] COMB Ml T/S (Mill MM OIO* Eft MB 02/03 IMPORT Vtssa VOT SW LGt OAX ACCHIBCAOSOISTOt I) SAN FUN- VKStI ~VOT ifii OA* HJ OSIO 0071 *13/02 ;02/03 04/03 HJPOKILAIB 034W 14/01 —t ~/ai 1
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      1396 24 EUROPE/UK/SCAMDINAVIA/FINLAND/RUSSIA SGP RDM ANW HBG THP ZEE LHV LHV THP ROM ANW HBG PHI SGP E. DEVOTE RW-010 12/02 02/03 08/03 06/03 06/03 07/03 M/ 03 E RIGHT RE-042 20,01 22/01 21/01 25/01 IXO2 14/02 E DEVELOP RW-010 1902 09/03 15/03 11/03 13/03 14/03 154)3 E REWARD RE 037 27/01
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      400 25 Mfe MYANMA pBHk FIVE STAR LINE Va (Myonmar National Line) Looding for Yongon (Rangoon) vessel vor sin na km pgu SITTWE 91W 04/02 HPA-AN 267W 04/02 MALAYSIA AGENTS: lOUSTUO SHIPPING AGENCIES KUL HI (03)*****00 PKL Til (03) *****01 rtlfc TO (04)*****02 PGU: TEL (07) *****21/4 BANK LINE (A service ef
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      1172 25 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTD. IVESSa VOY SIN SOU IfH RTM ANT NAM WV FEL |VESSa VOYISOUI Iffl I tT» 1 iMt ImMl I m l«i HYIARON 324W 10/02 28/02 04/03 01/03 02/03 NOIRIS 01X21/0122/0116/01 H7<jT~ 09/02 NCIIOUTE 018W 11/02 03/03 04/03 27/02 29/02 FUE SS7E 17/01 22/01 19/01 20/01
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      1534 26 PBiB INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO AUSTRALIA 1 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE v» VOY M, SW HI 1 STP Ma m «t Htt KASUGAI 275 07/07 01/07 14/07 16/01 l»/07 PIO ME) HrStAM 2«~ 01/07 11/07 70/07 77/07 viivorr lis" is/pa 71/07 77/07 71/07 03/03 VttMßUm) 70. 77/07 03/03 05/03 07/03 10/03
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      49 29 FAR EAST EUROPE "®EX\ KYOVVA LINE I Direct Breakbulk/Container/LCL Service to Manila/Guam/Saipan Agents: V-Grow Shipping Pte Ltd See Page 7 Daily FULL CONTAINER EXPRESS SERVICE Wallenius I Turn TO Pg 5 Wilhelmsen New Europe To [g MIDDLE EAST/ S.E. ASIA service China Shipping (S) Agencies Pte Ltd 7 (Barwil)
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