The Business Times, 28 March 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE Internet- h.:tp://business-times.asial .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY MARCH 28, 2001 85C
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    80 1 sn M7UI (-38.80) BT-SRI 685.74 (-11.63) ST INDEX FUTURES M 8&00 (-33.00) SDISCI FUTURES 21X50 (4.70) STOCK HABKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP 663.47 -§.80 NIKKEI 225 13,638.33 -223.98 HANG SENG 12,***** -***** SET INDEX 291.02 -178 JAKARTA COMP —***** -2.17 MANILA COMP _1.446.99 -1.38 TAIPEI WPI IM8433
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    84 1 FOREX SATES IISS ss US$ (S$ per USS) 1.792 £(USS/SS per 1.496 1573 EURO(USS/SS/E) 0.896 1.604 DM 2.186 1119 YEN 1225 68.40 RM 1800 1121 HK$ im 4.364 BAHT 4415 24.76 RLP1AH 10,425 5,819 Cf f/V) *SS to 100 units PRIME SATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 767 .JAKARTA .39.00
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    Lock icon SingTel shares hammered down to record low of $1.88
    1151 1  -  Arbitrageurs key in fall in Sing Tel, Optus share prices By Teh Hooi Ling, Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] The market continued-to savage Singapore Telecom shares yesterday, cutting it down to an all-time low of $1.88 as hedge funds zoomed in to arbitrage
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    Lock icon Dow up 110 points at 11am EST
    84 1 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US stocks rallied early yesterday after a report showed consumer confidence to be unexpectedly firm this month. General Electric Co and Microsoft Corp led the gain. At 11am EST, the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 50.09, or 2.6 per cent,
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    Lock icon SingTel now has to acquire even more
    718 1  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Lee Han Shih THE die is cast. Having committed to take control of Australia's Cable Wireless Optus, Singapore Telecom may now have little choice but to go on acquiring other regional telcos. In the next few years, Sing Tel
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    Lock icon New twist as Ang admits to lying in tax returns
    590 1  -  Raffles Town Club saga By I Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] The court battle for control of the Raffles Town Club took an unexpected turn yesterday as Europa Holdings chairman Lawrence Ang, sitting in the witness box, admitted to lying in
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    Lock icon Brace for a possible 3G anti-climax – no auction
    488 1  - Brace for a possible 3G anti-climax no auction Auction to be dropped if bidders go for different frequencies By A Andrew Wee [SINGAPORE] After all the excitement generated over the Singapore government's auction of 3G licences, the much-anticipated event may not even take place now. What will happen will depend
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  • OPTUS deal
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      Lock icon A welcome mat – and a far cry from the indecisive HKT days
      711 2  - A welcome mat and a far cry from the indecisive HKT days Sing Tel stuck with one offer, made clear it wouldn't engage in any bidding war By Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] Quicker off the mark, much more decisive. And, most important of all, Singapore Telecommunications' acquisition of Optus encountered
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      Lock icon Dr M: Easier entry for foreigners to property market
      936 2  -  Roles on purchase and ownership levels to be changed From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government has finally relented and will allow greater foreign investment in the protected property market in a bid to revive the economy as well
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      Lock icon S'pore players cool to KL's moves to ease property rules
      378 2  -  Frequent changes of foreign ownership rules a hurdle By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's latest move to liberalise its property market for foreign investors failed to impress consultants and developers in Singapore. While it's a positive step, they said Singapore investors
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Everything ventured, nothing gained
        151 2 AS the stock market sinks, venture capital losses mount. According to the US National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), venture investors committed US$lO4 billion (SslB6 billion) to 5,458 deals last year compared with US$3.4 billion in 1,317 deals in 1990. Additionally, an estimated US$6O billion went into
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        Limited shelf life
        65 2 LAST weekend, BT ran an online poll with the following statement: The restructuring at Hong Leong Finance and Singapore Finance spells the end for small, independent Finance companies in Singapore. This is how readers voted: Yes, it's very difficult to compete with the big boys: 56% No,
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      Aussie press reacts negatively to Optus sale to SingTel
      931 3  -  Newspapers report 'angry' reaction of shareholders in Singapore, Australia From Surinder Singh in Sydney AUSTRALIA'S financial media yesterday reacted critically to SingTel's takeover bid for Cable Wireless Optus, with major dailies in Sydney leading their financial pages with stories of negative
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      SingTel shares hit by Vodafone pullout
      377 3 Its reluctance to make a bid could have led to investor jitters abont Optus Bloomberg VODAFONE'S decision to pull out of bidding for C&W Optus may signal that the UK company thought the price for Optus had gone too high, analysts say, adding that
      Bloomberg  -  377 words
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      Has SingTel gone shopping too late in the day?
      309 3  -  Ll':' 1 bag Narayana Narayana Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article "Sing Tel bags Optus, Vodafone opts out" by Ven Sreenivasan (BT, March 26). It would appear that market reception to the news is less than enthusiastic. By any
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    • What research houses recommend
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        UOB Kay Hian
        121 3 Fundamentally, the deal is dilutive to SingTel's earnings per share (30.8 per cent to 33.2 per cent) and cash flow. Not only is there the problem of cash outlay for the acquisition but Optus actually has negative cash flow (post capex or capital expenditure)... We believe there
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        DBS Securities
        33 3 As Cable Wireless has already committed a minimum of 19.9 per cent of Cable Wireless Optus (CWO) to rrequires only another 30.2 per cent of CWO shareholders' acceptance to be unconditional
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        Salomon Smith Barney
        42 3 Premium valuation for Sing Tel undeserving post-Optus as its defensive traits are eroded now. Raising synergies from the acquisition will take time. There is also a possibility of a share overhang from Cable Wireless' resultant stake after the transaction.
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        NetResearch-Asia
        54 3 We are not inclined to upgrade our rating now, we do think the asset was priced on the high side, but were never at any moment deluded that there were bargains in the market. Sing Tel could end up with a higher MSCI weight from an increased float. RKXMMMMtakMi:
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Approval expected for Sime S'pore buyout
      265 4  -  By Christopher Tan SHAREHOLDERS of motor group Sime Singapore will meet tomorrow on Sime Darby's decision to take its subsidiary private. The Malaysian conglomerate announced last November it was offering 92 cents a share for its 69.5 per cent owned subsidiary a 45 per
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      SGX tie-up to offer outsourcing services
      454 4  -  New venture to handle broking firms' securities processing, settlement and custodial ops By Ven Sreenivasan THE Singapore Exchange has joined hands with DBS Securities and OCBC Securities to set up a joint-venture company that will offer brokerages outsourcing services for all their securities processing,
      RICHARD CHNG  -  454 words
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      Tan Chong profit doubles to HK$487m
      487 4  -  This makes it the top-earning motor group, pipping CCL By\ Christopher Tan MOTOR-PROPERTY group Tan Chong International Ltd (TCIL) posted a dramatic increase in earnings as net profit more than doubled to HK5486.8 million (*****.6 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 2000. That
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      GK Goh, ST sign deal for US$88m joint venture
      266 4  -  By Liew Hanqing MAINBOARD-listed GK Goh Holdings Ltd yesterday signed an agreement with Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd to provide innovative structured finance services. Their joint venture company, Nexgen Financial Holdings Ltd, will be initially capitalised at US$BB million (*****.4 million), with
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      ECS Hldgs posts 133% surge in earnings
      402 6  -  The company cites sales growth in all its three main revenue streams By David Boey ECS Holdings Ltd reported yesterday that earnings for its full year ended Dec 31, 2000, soared 132.9 per cent to $11.2 million on the back of stronger sales
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      Wearnes struggling to meet profit target
      305 6  -  From Serena Ng in Hannover WEARNES Technology, the technology and manufacturing arm of mainboard-listed WBL Corp, is trying hard to meet its profit target for the current financial year as orders slacken because of the global electronics slowdown. Wearnes, which contributes about 50 per
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      ST Engg clinches US$56m deal from HK fire service
      422 6  -  By\ David Boey FROM 2003, all firefighting and rescue vehicles in Hongkong will be controlled by an advanced mobilising system developed by Singapore Technologies Engineering's electronics arm, ST Electronics, under a US$56 million (Ssloo million) contract awarded by the Hong Kong
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      Asti Holdings proposes $45m fund raising exercise
      456 6  -  rands will be used for expansion, working capital and to repay bank loans By Andrew Wee SESDAQ listed Asti Holdings Ltd has proposed to raise $45 million from a rights issue and a warrants issue tied to a bank loan. The semiconductor equipment
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      Poh Lian plans Indon mill township project
      402 7  -  Spin-off projects to support its proposed paper and pulp mill By David Boey POH Lian Holdings Ltd said yesterday that its construction arm will build a "good class hotel", a small township and facilities to support the running of its proposed pulp plant
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      People's Food's net profit up 42%
      327 7  -  By Adeline Chuah CHINA-BASED People's Food Holdings lifted net earnings by 42 per cent to 430 million renminbi (Ss93 million) for the year ended Dec 31, last year. Group turnover rose 38.1 per cent to 3.17 billion renminbi. The Singapore-listed company attributed the improvements
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        United Engineers profit up 21%
        70 7 Reuters UNITED Engineers yesterday posted a 21 per cent rise in net profit last year to $15.03 million, helped by higher contributions from its technology unit. The engineering firm with interests ranging from healthcare and property to trading said turnover fell 9 per cent, mainly
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        ITG in the red with $1.6m loss
        72 7 Reuters INTERNET Technology Group slumped to a net loss of $1.6 million last year from a net profit of $160,000 previously. Turnover rose to $11.94 million from $7.6 million. The infrastructure service provider said the higher turnover was due to growth in strategy
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        Mediastream turnover nearly halves
        55 7 Reuters MEDIASTREAM slightly narrowed its net loss last year to $5.62 million from $5.75 million a year ago. Turnover, however, nearly halved to $7.53 million from $14.34 million. The multimedia company also said it wrote off investment in an associated company and expenditure incurred for downsizing
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        Transpac net profit fells to $10.6m
        45 7 Reuters TRANSPAC Industrial Holding's net profit last year fell to $10.62 million from $18.58 million. The equity investment company said that profit was affected by the deteriorated market value of its quoted investments during the year's second half. Reuters
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        Twinwood's net loss stays at $1.9m
        63 7 Reuters TWINWOOD Engineering's net loss last year was $1.86 million, almost unchanged from $1.85 million in 1999. Turnover fell to $6.2 million from $6.97 million. The manufacturer and distributor of hydraulic hammers and mechanical drills, which is transforming itself into a technology firm, said
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        Innovalues' profit rises 55% to $3.8m
        53 7 Reuters INNOVALUES Precision, a manufacturer of customised precision parts and components, reported a 55 per cent rise in net profit last year to $3.79 million from $2.45 million previously. This was on the back of a sharp jump in turnover to $24.6 million from
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        Tye Soon returns to the black
        62 7 Reuters TYE Soon swung to a net profit of $1.87 million last year from a loss of $290,000 a year ago. Turnover rose slightly to $108.93 million from $107.44 million. Tye Soon, a distributor of automotive components and consumer related products, said the increase
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        Horizon profit fells to $2.1m
        60 7 Reuters HORIZON.COM booked a lower net profit of $2.1 million last year compared with $2.3 million in 1999. Turnover rose to $38.24 million from $23.15 million. Horizon said it will continue to focus on two core business groups, e-learning and e-business. It said the higher
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      i-One to relocate Orchard Rd kiosks
      304 7  -  By Rachel Ong MAINBOARD-LISTED i-One.Net International Ltd will relocate 22 of its information kiosks from Orchard Road mall to the side streets. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said the exercise was to ensure that pedestrian flow is not impeded as the mall caters to
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      240 4 S4NT4KII SANTAK HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 17 February 2001) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 20,555,000 NEW SHARES OF $0.10 EACH COMPRISING:(1) 2,055,000 OFFER SHARES AT $0.23 FOR EACH OFFER SHARE BY WAY OF PUBLIC OFFER; AND (2) 18,500,000 PLACEMENT SHARES AT $0.23 FOR EACH PLACEMENT SHARE
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      421 4 ANNOUNCEMENT MARKET OCEAN HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the British Virgin Islands) a wholly-owned subsidiary of V y CHINA MERCHANTS HOLDINGS (INTERNATIONAL) COMPANY LIMITED CHINA MERCHANTS HOLDINGS (INTERNATIONAL) COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in Hong Kong under the Companies Ordinance) VOLUNTARY UNCONDITIONAL CASH OFFER FOR MING WAH UNIVERSAL (BERMUDA) CO., LTD. (Incorporated in
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      2350 6 u \i TAnCHOnG t|U Tan Chong International Limited (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) FINAL RESULTS FINAL DIVIDEND The Board of Directors of Tan Chong International Limited is pleased Th e Board of Directors recommend a final dividend of 3 cents per share on to announce the following results of
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Shortsell Optus? Consider the put
      183 8  -  WARRANT WATCH R Sivanithy THE market's attitude to the SingTel-Ca-ble Wireless Optus (CWO) deal was clear for all to see yesterday. Both stocks crumpled under ferocious selling. Anecdotal evidence is that scrip lenders are doing a roaring business and if you wanted to short-sell Sing
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      SingTel: hedge funds cashing in?
      218 8  -  HOT STOCK Byy Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of Singapore Telecommunications (Sing Tel) plunged 14 per cent or 31 cents to an all-time low of $1.88 yesterday as hedge funds short-sold the stock following the announcement of its decision to buy Australia's Cable Wireless Optus (CWO).
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      SingTel's collapse sends STI reeling below 1,700 points
      611 8  -  I=ll comment STOCKS r. sivanithy FALLOUT from the Sing-Tel-Cable Wireless Optus (CWO) deal dominated activity in the local stock market yesterday, with volume in Sing Tel accounting for more than a quarter of total turnover. With 106.8 million Sing Tel shares changing
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      Euro edges lower on profit-taking
      458 8 Single currency rises earlier in the day in Asia on hopes of rate cut by ECB AFP THE European single currency edged lower in Asia late yesterday on profittaking after earlier rising on expectations of a rate cut by the European Central Bank (ECB), traders
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      340 8 Stocks Volume SingTel 15c 106,825,000 Gokitron 5c 28,232,000 PacificCenturylOc 18,264,000 Lankom US2c 16,137,000 Omni Ind 10c 10,316,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 10,230,000 Vickers Caprtal 25c 9,342,000 Frontline 5c 5,153,000 ST Ungg 10c 4,761,000 Hyflux 5c 4,751,000 Stocks SingTel 15c 213,750,620 DBSGrp 77,426,934 Chart Semiconductor 26c 50,899,150 OCBC 30,312,266 Omni Ind 10c
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    UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2911 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager's prices (Ss): Mar 28 Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNC Fd 0.733 0.771 Global Technology Fd!** 0.635 0 668 UK Blue ChipFd!** 0.731 0.769 AmerKan Opport Fd 0.796 0.837 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 1.026 1.078 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.234 1.296 Asian Fixed
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      37 8 II EXECUTIVE SUITE i' Get up to date on the P r °Perty market, and look out to-- our new weekly K|| iegal matters column, interior decor, architecture ana gardening stories. In The Business Times every Thursday.
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      US forces spent US$89m here last year
      735 9  -  Regional logistics chief emphasises need for regional cooperation Reports by 1 David Boey UNITED States Navy warships and US Air Force aircraft passing through Singapore pumped more than US$B9 million ($l6O million) into the local economy last year. And not all that money
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      US Navy grateful for Singapore's support
      255 9 THE US Navy's logistics unit in Singapore would not be able to perform its mission of supporting US warships in the Western Pacific without the use of port facilities here, says its commander, Marie Edwards. Describing the role of the Logistics Group Western Pacific,
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      Celoxica launches software for designing hardware
      282 9 DKI suite cots time taken to design products drastically IT solutions company Celoxica yesterday launched a software package that allows the rapid design of electronics products. The DKI suite enables users to design complex hardware such as integrated circuits. "We aim to reduce the
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      NUS students to get access to Bloomberg financial services
      307 9 Over $0.5 m will be invested for hardware, software MORE than 3,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students at NUS' business school will soon be able to tap into Bloomberg LP's financial information resources. This was made possible with the signing yesterday of
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    • Article
      AMB in US$335m venture with GIC unit
      208 9 SAN FRANCISCO Reuters AMB Property Inc said on Monday that it has formed a US$335 million (***** million) private partnership with the real estate investment arm of the Singapore government to own and operate distribution facilities in the US. The San Francisco-based owner
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    • Article, Illustration
      Tourist spending power falls
      443 10  -  on the economy tourism By Marissa Chew SINGAPORE may have attracted record arrivals last year, but tourists are not spending as much as they used to. Tourism receipts totalled just $11.02 billion, a level last seen in 1996 when there were fewer visitors. Last year was
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      Singapore voted 'best country in Asia' to do business
      281 10  -  Survey highlights its transparent, reliable legal system By' Trina Foo SINGAPORE is the best country in Asia for business, trade and investment, according to a survey by Fortune Asia and Time Asia. The Country Images 2000 survey polled more than 2000
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    • Article
      Pharmacia, Singhealth in clinical research tie-up
      241 10  -  By\ Rachel Ong GLOBAL pharmaceutical company Pharmacia and public healthcare cluster Singapore Health Services (Singhealth) have joined forces to open a local research centre. The Pharmacia Clinical Research Unit, launched yesterday, will carry out clinical research to hasten the introduction of new drugs in
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      Raffles Town saga: call to amend Spore club rules
      268 10  -  BCT^bag Chew Keng Seng Singapore via Internet I REFER to the report "Raffles Town Club saga" by Conrad Raj (BT, March 23). The unfolding events at the club read like an exciting TV drama with one big exception it points out
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    • Article
      Parallels between Boeing and Rolls Royce?
      142 10  -  Denis Distant Singapore via Internet I REFER to the letter "We can all learn from the Boeing case" by Charles Loke (Mailbag, March 26) and in particular his concluding remark that this could "prove to be the start of Boeing's downfall (which, I believe,
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      Not everyone prefers getting dividends
      241 10  -  Ho Kai Weng Singapore via Internet I REFER to the letter "Robinson's shining example" by Narayana Narayana (Mailbag, March 23). While Mr Narayana would prefer to receive dividends from the companies that he has invested in, not all shareholders share his preference. As a shareholder,
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      More insurance, less assurance?
      231 10  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article, "Experts downplay insurers' risks in CPF-tied products" by Genevieve Cua (BT, March 21). It must be disconcerting to read "Experts downplay insurers' risks..." as the headline to the article. The two conflicting thoughts that immediately come
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      33 10 HiTwl I Lianhe Zaobao M I Accumulated I I investment I I by S'pore firms in China I I stood at I \s3ob\ I last I I year I I I »"""»300 g
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  • NewAsiaBizWoman
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      The flip side of being champions
      654 11 The Williams sisters are embroiled in a controversy over alleged racism NYT [KEY BISCAYNE, Florida] JEERS directed at Richard Williams and his daughters included "N-words", he said on Monday, calling a California incident this month "the worst act of prejudice in America since the
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      1131 11 s iTi! HORIZON. COM HORIZON.COM LIMITED Proforma Full Year Financial Statement And Dividend Announcement audita?' Statement on conso,Kia,ed results tor year ended 31 December 2000. These figures have not been Latest Previous 3 Change Latest Preview? Change I ssooo ss y ooo svooo srooo 1(a) Turnover 38,239 23,149 65.18 3,450
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      It's the way the dotcom cookie crumbles, guys
      850 12  -  OPINION DBTTT4 1 bottom line leon hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent YOU don't have to be a learned political economist to conclude that the war of ideas which members of the intellectual and political elites in the West were engaged
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      74 12 'It's a great day in California The lights are on.' fcrtafon CEO of Liberate Technologies, on the energy crisis in the most populous US state. 'What gives us an edge is that our education system has a bias towards mathematics and engineering. But China will be a
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      Crouching Optus, hidden SingTel
      642 12 EDITORIAL SOME analysts and many panicky investors have given Singapore Telecom's planned acquisition of Australia's Cable Wireless Optus the thumbs down This is premature. Breaking out of a small home market will bring many benefits over the longer term While there are obvious immediate concerns over
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      Gus Dur takes proxy war to state oil company
      1421 12  -  Besieged Indon president exploits Pert&mina corruption cases to counter impeachment drive against him. Will he succeed? By Yang Razali Kassim The writer is BT's regional analysis editor INDONESIAN Energy Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, whose helicopter was shot at over Aceh last week,
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      Suharto, Sutowo and Pertamina
      552 12 FORMER president Suharto may have been blamed for corruption in Indonesia. But according to one view, he had started off trying to clean up the mismanagement of the state oil company, Pertamina. This was revealed by the former minister of state-owned enterprises, Tanri Abeng, in a
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Hardline Indon MPs seen unmoved by Gus Dur's defence
      522 13 JAKARTA President's response to censure will not affect issue of 2nd reprimand, they say AFP INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid's reply today to a parliamentary' censure will not stop the drive to impeach him, whatever he says in his defence against corruption
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      Dr M won't allow Malaysia to become Islamic state
      288 13 KUALA LUMPUR AP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad vowed yesterday to resist efforts by a leading opposition fundamentalist party to declare Malaysia an Islamic state. Dr Mahathir also denied that his United Malays National Organization (Umno), which has controlled government in
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      FIC rejects MPHB plan to buy brokerage
      347 13  -  Finn's attempt to become a universal broker in jeopardy From'. Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MULTI-PURPOSE Holdings Bhd has failed to get approval from the Foreign Investment Committee to buy a Tereng-ganu-based brokerage, jeopardising its plan to become one of the country's universal
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      Kaltim may declare force majeure
      324 14 JAKARTA Coal miner now studying which deals will be affected Reuters INDONESIA'S largest coal miner PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) —jointly owned by Rio Tinto and BP Amoco Pic said yesterday it may declare force majeure on some commercial contracts due to a prolonged strike.
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      'Bob' Hasan off to prison island
      209 14 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia will shift convicted timber tycoon Mohammad "Bob" Hasan, golfing buddy of former president Suharto, to an infamous prison island off Java to make sure he serves out a sixyear sentence for graft. Justice Minister Baharudin Lopa said yesterday that Hasan would
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      Industrial job growth in Indonesia poor, says ILO
      352 14 JAKARTA About 6.1 million Indonesians formally unemployed, it says Reuters JOB growth in Indonesia's key manufacturing and construction sectors shows little sign of picking up even though the battered economy began growing again last year, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said. That
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      Thai cigarette, alcohol taxes up
      348 14 BANGKOK Effective today, they will fond govt healthcare subsidies Bloomberg THAILAND boosted taxes on alcoholic drinks and cigarettes to fund government healthcare subsidies and cut the country's import bill as exports falter. The government raised the excise tax on whisky to 45 per cent from
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        Bounnyang takes over as PM of Laos
        64 14 AP [VIENTIANE] Finance Minister Bounnyang Vorachit was yesterday appointed communist Laos' new prime minister in an expected Cabinet reshuffle endorsed by Parliament, officials said. President Khamtay Siphandone. 77, chief of the ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party and the most powerful official in the
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        Vietnam's GDP up 7.2% in first quarter
        101 14 AP [HANOI] Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 7.2 per cent in the first three months of this year, up from just 5.6 per cent during the same period in 2000, the General Statistics Office said yesterday. Vietnam has targeted full-year GDP growth
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        IJM, partners win Indian road deals
        91 14 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] IJM Corp and eight other Malaysian construction companies said yesterday they had won the rights to build and operate two highways for RM69O million (***** million) in southern India. The companies secured 30-year contracts to build and operate the 110 km
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      HSBC seen unveiling new banking charges next week
      765 15  -  Dominant bank's plans to impose charges causing much concern in HE From. Audrey Tan in Hongkong THE days of free banking in Hongkong will soon be over, as dominant bank HSBC is expected to announce a slew of new banking charges on
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      China plans new B share listings
      201 15 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA will expand its B share markets with new listings following last month's opening of the hard currency stocks to locals but needs to amend rules to suit the reform, a senior regulator was quoted as saying yesterday. "The CSRC has started
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      SingTel's India JV applies for telephony licence
      199 15 NEW DELHI Reuters INDIAN telecoms firm Bharti Telesonic Ltd said yesterday it had applied for a licence from the Department of Telecommunications to offer domestic long-distance telephony. The Indian government opened up the statecontrolled domestic long distance telephony business to private companies in
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      China, HK deny they're source of livestock disease
      378 15 BEIJING Report blames meat smuggled into UK, used as pig swill Reuters CHINA and Hongkong said yesterday they could not be the source of the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Europe. China denied it had any cases of the disease, while Hongkong
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      71 15 THE MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE Results of tender for llf taxable book-entry Government Bond 2001 due 1 April 2003 to be issued on 2 April 2001 Tenor approx. 2 years Amount Offered Allotted 552,600,000,000 Amount Applied 555,469,969,000 Interest/Coupon Rate 2.250% p.a. Average Yield Price on Allotment 2.36% p.a. and 99.787%
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      Ericsson, Nokia cut 3,700 jobs, citing tough global markets
      635 16 STOCKHOLM Move part of scheme to reduce expenses by 2.2b euros a yean Ericsson AFP, Bloomberg SWEDISH telecoms giant Ericsson said yesterday it would dismiss 3,300 employees and Finnish rival Nokia announced hundreds of job cuts in its broadband Internet unit,
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      Microsoft to work with Compaq, others on Tablet PC
      396 16 Bloomberg [ANAHEIM, California] Microsoft Corp will work with companies including Compaq, Intel and Transmeta to produce a tablet-size, wireless personal computer as sales of portable PCs increase. Compaq, the largest PC maker, Sony, Toshiba, Acer and Fujitsu will develop Tablet PCs
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      Lucent risks downgrade to junk-bond status: S&P
      424 16 NEW YORK FT LUCENT Technologies faces relegation to junk-bond status unless Morgan Stanley, its investment bank adviser, agrees to hold on to US$l.6 billion (552.9 billion) of the company's debt, a credit rating agency said on Monday. The warning, from Standard Poor's, casts
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      KPN vows to cut 5b euros of debt
      445 16 AMSTERDAM Dutch telco plans to sell assets, hopes to return to profit Reuters KPN Telecom vowed on Monday to cut at least 5 billion euros (SsB billion) of its debt pile of almost 22 billion euros through asset sales, and said it
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        PC growth to slow this year: Dataquest
        135 16 NYT [AUSTIN, Texas] Market research firm Dataquest says the personal computer industry's growth will slow dramatically this year, intensifying an already brutal price war. On Monday, Dataquest forecast a 10.7 per cent rise in worldwide personal computer shipments in 2001, compared with a
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        M'soft plans 18 Japanese software titles
        140 16 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Microsoft Corp plans to have as many as 18 Japanese software titles available when it introduces the Xbox game console later this year, almost double the debut lineup for Sony Corp's best-selling Play Station 2. Titles will include fighting games, car-racing games
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        Acer to split into 2 companies
        92 16 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Acer Inc plans to split into two companies as part of a restructuring plan started last year. Acer said it will form a second company to sell computers under its own name to distinguish it from units making products under contract for
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        Warner Music Group to cut jobs
        70 16 AFX Asia [SAN FRANCISCO] AOL Time Warner Inc's Warner Music Group is expected to name some 615 employees who are to lose their jobs under a cost-cutting move announced in January and close three of its 15 US sales offices, the Los Angeles Times
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        IBM boosts notebook hard-disk drive
        91 16 Bloomberg (ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp, the No 1 maker of notebook computers, said it has boosted the highest-capacity hard-disk drive for notebooks by half, to 48 gigabytes. The drive, which can store 48,000 paperback novels, will be sold to notebook makers worldwide.
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        Seoul may oat price tag on mobile licence
        43 16 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea may cut the US$B39 million (Ssl.s billion) price tag on its remaining mobile phone licence, a move that would help LG Telecom Ltd, the nation's smallest cellular phone company, survive. Bloomberg
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      Greenspan calls for more statistical resources to track GDP
      573 17 WASHINGTON There is a need to deal with valne of ideas in GDP, says Fed chairman AFX-Asia, Reuters FEDERAL Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan said more statistical resources are needed to understand the rapidly changing economic structure. In a speech prepared
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      Economic package in Japan by April 10: Aso
      200 17 TOKYO Reuters JAPANESE Economics Minister Taro Aso said yesterday that the government and ruling coalition parties plan to compile a package to boost the economy by April 10, but a solution to its mountain of bad loans could take six months more.
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      US consumer confidence up sharply
      358 17 NEW YORK Reuters US CONSUMER confidence snapped five straight months of declines to bounce sharply higher in March, triggered by an improvement in the economic outlook for the next six months and better job prospects, the Conference Board said yesterday. The private research group said
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      Nasdaq agrees to buy 58% of struggling Easdaq
      447 17 LONDON Move is expected to help Nasdaq form a pan-European base for its global trading Reuters THE Nasdaq Stock Market, the world's second largest stock exchange. has agreed to buy 58 per cent of Easdaq. the ailing Brussels-based bourse, to form a
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      Research firm forecasts US recession in 2001
      668 18 NEW YORK IMF chief economist says US slowdown likely to persist, will affect global growth Reuters, Bloomberg A US economic research firm that predicted the last recession several months before its onset, says the United States is clearly heading into its first recession
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      Royal Bank of Scotland shareholders in re-election protest
      345 18 EDINBURGH They'll vote against 2 board members who gave nod for £2.5 m bonuses Bloomberg SHAREHOLDERS of Royal Bank of Scotland Group Pic plan to oppose the re-election of two board members to protest payment of bonuses that weren't related to the
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      Dow's hike not seen as sign of long-term run, say analysts
      423 18 NEW YORK NYT, Bloomberg BARGAIN hunters snapped up blue-chip stocks on Monday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its second straight triple-digit gain. But analysts said it's premature to conclude the worst is over for stocks. "I don't
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      1276 19  -  Incentives highlight point PM Goh made in his visit to three East European states: that Singapore is now an exporter of capital From Chuang Peck Ming in Prague SINGAPORE is used to dangling incentives like tax holidays before foreign investors to
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      Futures fall in tandem with stocks
      271 20  -  SGX Derivatives Trading Report ST Index/MSCI S'pore Index Wong Ann Chuen Refco (Singapore) Pte Ltd THE Singapore stock market fell to a 23-month low, led by SingTel's hefty loss and sliding computer-related stocks. The benchmark Straits Times Index plunged 38.80. points or 2.26 per
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      Futures dip despite Wall Street's gains
      239 20  -  MSGI Taiwan Index Refco Singapore THE Taiwan stock market yesterday settled lower as investors worry about a slowing US economy having an impact on the domestic market and ending a three-ses-sion winning streak. The MSCI Taiwan stock index shed 0.18 of a point, or
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      CURRENCY REPORT
      228 20 Reuters London THE euro was steady yesterday after briefly rising to its highest in nearly a week versus the dollar as results of the European Central Bank's weekly money market tender stoked talk of a near-term cut in interest rates. A string of comments by senior European officials
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      Hongkong shares slide 1.9% as sentiment turns cautious
      2921 21 HONGKONG AFP n Haul Seng -242,59 HONGKONG share prices closed 1.9 per cent lower yesterday as sentiment turned cautious over the US economic slowdown, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 242.59 points to close at 12,707.90 on turnover of HKS7.I4
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      Tokyo stocks down 1.6% on profit-taking
      2109 21 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 -***** SHARE prices in Tokyo declined 1.6 per cent yesterday following a two-day winning streak and a fall in New York's Nasdaq. brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei 225 Average closed down 223.98 points at 13.638.33. The Topix
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      CHINA
      1121 21 AFP HI Shenzhen B Index +24J6 CHINA'S Shenzhen B Share Index gained 24.16 points, or 7.1 per cent, to end at 366.31 yesterday as foreign-cur-rency shares rose for a second day with investors picking up stocks deemed cheap relative to potential earnings. Shanghai B shares climbed 3.3 per cent
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      TAIPEI
      388 21 AFP Q VP bin -ILM TAIWAN share prices closed 0.2 per cent lower yesterday on moderate profit-taking as the index approached the resistance level of 6,000 points, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index shed 11.99 points to 5,884.33, on turnover of NT5151.28 billion. "Some investors took
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      Malaysian shares ease in cautious trading
      365 22 AFP CI Composite Index -SJO MALAYSIAN shares closed down 0.9 per cent yesterday due to weak investor sentiment, with little interest being generated by the announcement of government pump-priming measures, dealers said here. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 5.80 points to
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      308 23 AFP n Composite Intel -13w08 SOUTH Korean share prices fell 2.4 per cent yesterday. The Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 13.06 points at 532.90. AFP BarJT Um Anam Sen* 4300 *80 Brain Tech S40 -20 Central Bank 170 0 Chert Comm ***** ***** DM Gu Ban* 1375
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      MANILA
      293 23 AFP n Composite Index -L3B PHILIPPINE share prices saw a decline of 0.1 per cent yesterday, partly because of a lack of good news domestically. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index dropped 1.38 points to 1,446.99. Volume was estimated at 343 million shares worth 401 million pesos. AFP frZI
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      WELLINGTON
      277 23 AFP □mise-40 -LK NEW Zealand's share market closed steady yesterday with investors sidelined by Wall Street's erratic behaviour. The NZSE-40 Index closed down 1.95 points or 0.1 per cent at 2,042.85 on turnover of NZ$77 million. There were 47 rises and 49 falls among 145 stocks traded. —AFP liar
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      SYDNEY
      540 23 AFP PjAJOriiiarim *5.7 THE Australian share market rose by a barely noticeable 0.2 per cent yesterday, unimpressed by strong gains on Wall Street but weighed down by upheaval in the telecommunications industry. The All Ordinaries rose 5.7 points to 3,118.1 while the recently introduced SP/ASX 200 Index edged 5.3
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      759 23 AFP P SET Index -2.78 THAI stocks fell 0.9 per cent yesterday, with profit-taking eroding earlier gains driven by window-dressing ahead of the end of the first quarter, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index dropped 2.78 points to close at 291.02 points and the SET
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      JAKARTA
      752 23 AFP CI Composite Index -2J7 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.6 per cent lower yesterday due to caution ahead of President Abdurrahman Wahid's response to a parliamentary censure, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 2.17 points at 369.30. A dealer with Pan in Securities said sentiment
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      1011 25 The Business Times, Wednesday, March 28, 2001 Tvr.i r^T. l.i ii iiif^ygriM^Central 11.00 Third Watch. Amml Kmilili 8.30 Business Tonight. ViU lH r [*}ilii— 4 12.00 MN NYPD Blue. 6.00 AM Headlines. 0.00 CNA Tonight. 900 M K. lds Central: LOO AM Felicity. 6.02 The Asian Edit/Know- 9-30 Cheer Up
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      326 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS (7) 1 Legal? Heart-breakingly popu- 5 Repaying her kindness with larf (3, 3, 4) pickled veg! (7) 6 Top bill with yours truly (4) 7 Noise from Scots band begin--10 Shrink from credit, assuming to in 9 to grate (5) be in debt (5) 8 Sort of
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  • MOTORING
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        Softer COE prices ahead
        132 26 COE PRICES are likely to soften in the coming tender closing April 7. Signs include motor traders posting lower prices and COE speculators selling certificates at razor-thin profits. Industry sources say the market has been extremely quiet over the past few weeks. One company which had
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        BMW's Mini Cooper pre-launch soon
        101 26 BMW'S new Mini Cooper may be unveiled at a pre-launch programme here soon. Sources say the small lifestyle car may be brought in as early as next month. More than 160 Mini Coopers were sold at a pre-launch event in Hongkong over the weekend. The
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        AIM Motors opens online showroom
        91 26 PARALLEL importer AIM Motors (formerly AIM Car Traders) has started an online showroom. The site at www.aimmotors.com features a number of Mercedes-Benz and BMW cars the company sells. But more interestingly, it has a live camera that users can click to zoom in on a
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        New ERP rates from April 2
        97 26 THE next set of changes in electronic road-pricing (ERP) rates will take effect on April 2. Central Expressway (gantries south of Braddell Rd) and Pan-Island Expressway rates will rise by 50 cents to $3 and $2.50 respectively between 8.30 am and 9am. Ayer Rajah
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        $250,000 raised for handicaps
        69 26  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan A CHARITY golf event organised by the Land Transport Authority, SMRT Ltd, Trans-Island Bus Services and SBS raised $250,000 for the Handicaps Welfare Association last Friday. Part of the money raised will be used to buy two vans equipped for the handicapped
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      641 26  - r^Tltrack The number of distributors here may shrink after the recent spate of global mergers and acquisitions christopher tan AUDI'S move to buy into Cycle Carriage's Australian distribution business is the latest reminder that the motor distribution trade is fast evolving in the region. And more drastic changes loom. Over
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      1144 27 Average open market value (OMV) of cars registered in February. Source: LTA MOOBJIMKE a momsi ALFA ROMEO A1461.OTS 1.506 ***** ALFA ROMEO A156 20 1,970 ***** turn ROMEO A156 2.5 2.492 28.096 AUOIA316A3DP 1.506 22.700 AUDI A31 6A5DR 1.506 ***** AUDI A41.6A40R 1.506 25.743 MOA41.8A4CR 1.781 30.033
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      Flashing speed devices not needed
      325 27  -  MaYimnm speed for commercial vehicles will be raised to 60kmh Reports by Christopher Tan FROM next month, commercial vehicles will no longer have to be fitted with flashing speed-warning devices, motor traders have just been told confirming a BT report published last October. At the
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      Honda ICVS to go on trial
      373 27 HONDA calls it Intelligent Community Vehicle System (ICVS), but a more accurate term may well be ultra-light rapid transit. The experimental system works like a high-tech carpooling system that uses environmentally correct vehicles equipped with some of the latest electronic wizardry. The idea is
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      1320 27 FfISTECHm Fastech Synergy Ltd Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS NEREBY GIVEN that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of FASTECH SYNERGY LTD (the Company will be held on 20 April 2001 at 3:00 p.m. at Fastech Manufacturing Complex. Ampere St Corner West Road, Light Industry and Science Park, Cabuyao, Laguna.
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  • FORMULA ONE
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      Mission possible
      1159 28  -  McLaren is trailing after two races into the F-l season but expects to come back with a roar after the race in Brazil. It may be down but nobody s counting them out, not least pole leader Ferrari, reports LOW ADRIAN LOW The writer is a freelance motoring
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  • EXECUTIVEmoney
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      Capital, yes. Growth, no.
      1130 32  -  Singapore's first capital guaranteed unit trust has matured barely above water, giving a 2% absolute return that compares poorly against US dollar fixed deposits and its bond benchmark. What happened? GENEVIEVE CUA asks the fund's managers, UOBAM GENEVIEVE CUA THE FIRST unit trust here with a
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    • PERSONAL INVESTMENT/UNIT TRUSTS
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        Insiders stay quiet, sharp rise in selling
        1184 31  -  Wli]3 markets Capital is week's top seller; net selling in manufacturing chips, buying in transport By Robert Halili The writer is managing director of Score Lab Asia Ltd. He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai, Singapore News Desk DESPITE the steep fall in
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        SingTel wins Optus but at what price?
        828 31 idea SINGTEL shares have plunged to their lowest point ever, on the lethal combination of overpaying concerns leading to substantial earnings per share dilution and massive share overhang, after the Optus deal was announced yesterday. Ironically, the fall lowers the price of Optus
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        ACU DEPOSIT RATES Offered by various banks (as at Mar 23. 2001)
        1278 31 Deposit amount 3-mth 6-flitti DBS Bank AS S10.000 A24.999 4 5600 4 4700 4 2000 A25 000 A49 999 4 5800 4 4900 4 2200 Dmk S*****- Dm99 999 4 0600 4 0300 3 9400 Dm100 000 Dm149
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    • UNIT TRUSTS
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        Bonds: Go global, and buy Singapore
        969 30 Global bonds help diversify credit risk, while Singapore government bonds are very high quality. GENEVIEVE CUA reports THE STRONGEST argument for investing in bonds has always been the asset's stability of returns against equities. Now State Street Global Advisers has put a fresh spin
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        Slap on wrist for investors who nip in & out of funds
        610 30 Slap on wrist for investors who nip in out of funds SEC coiia*«icr& endorsing exit fees charged by firms like Vanguard Reuters [NEW YORK] US regulators are considering giving mutual fund companies the green light to kick out investors who dart in and out of their funds, a Securities and
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    • PERSONAL FINANCE
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        Cash flow
        1179 29  -  Money is moving and fast into mutual funds as Asian economies mature and demand for financial services grows, rachsl oho reports on a Citibank survey RACHEL ONG WHERE has all the money gone? From deposits into mutual funds, says the Citibank Consumer Wealth Review survey. The study conducted
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        Towards better quality advice
        658 29  -  I=ll comment YOUR MONEY The Financial Advisers Act bears the best intentions for consumers, but the reality of independent advisers remains elusive genevieve cua Finally, the legal document detailing the Financial Advisers Act is out, and true to its commitment to be in tune with the
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        Beta is dead, long live risk
        832 29  -  If yon want to assess risk, forget static risk measures and think abont the big picture By David Dreman IF you have owned blue-chip technical stocks for the past year, you have already lost 60 per cent to 70 per cent of your money.
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        ABN Amro to sell Asia Life single premium products
        425 29 ASIA Life Assurance's single premium insurance products will now be distributed by ABN Amro Bank, the firm said yesterday. The two products to be distributed are single premium endowments the Asia Guaranteed Plan which offers guaranteed returns of 4.01 per cent
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      123 32 0 v mm ;e fp# JSi K |HH^^^p v; J p iir*- 4 -v. \jjMgHLfl p 1 long-term Proven long-term track record Sfißp, Lowest charges to give you better value |S|Bh^^^|G^^^BhHH|HK§ no extra 1973, NTUC Income's Investment Bond Policy has wBBBBmBH returns by in stocks and $10,000 have grown to
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      54 32 INSIDE CASH FLOW Money is moving from deposits into mutual funds, a Citibank survey shows. Find out what's going where, on EM4 TOWARDS BETTER QUALITY ADVICE The Financial Advisers Act bears the best intentions for consumers, but the reality of independent advisers remains elusive. Comment, on EM4 INSIDE MARKETS What
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      277 33 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell six points to 1,496, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost 12 points to 1,626, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) firmed 14 points to 9,649 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down seven points to 1,788. TIME-CHARTER: ♦Bartolomeu Dias (built 1990)
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      310 33 SSX '000 Mr IT W CWT Distribution 0.49 0.02 4 Chuan Hup 0J3 unch 286 Cosco Investment 0.18 0.01 2630 Freight Links 0.09 unch 545 G6 Holdings 0.43 unch 0 IMC HoKttngs-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jeya Holdings 0.15 unch 507 KeppelCorp 3.22 -0.02 1974 Keppel FELS 0.91 -0.01
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      Impose sanctions on Indonesia for piracy problem
      534 33  -  J&rkarta must take attacks in its waters seriously: HE shipowners body By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] A leading shipowners' representative in Asia has called for sanctions against Indonesia to force it to take its piracy problem seriously. Hong Kong Shipowners Association director Arthur Bowring
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      Bidding for Mindanao terminal project opens
      403 33  -  Participation limited to Japanese contractors as USs92.6m project is being fnnded by Japanese govt From Alec Almazan in Manila THE Philippines is now accepting pre-qualification offers from Japanese port developers for the Mindanao International Container Terminal. The U5592.6 million (*****.9 million) facility will be
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      Kandla port to resume normal operations in 2-3 months
      285 33 Reuters [AHMEDABAD, India] India's busiest port, Kandla. is now running at 80 per cent capacity following the huge earthquake in January that hit the western Indian state of Gujarat. Port operations are expected to return to pre-quake levels in two to
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      Contship rejigs Euro-Asia team
      185 33 [LONDON] UK BASED Contship Containerlines has finalised its senior management team for the Europe-Asia trade, on which it has recently launched two weekly services. Paul Copsey, who recently returned from a one-year secondment to Contship's parent company CP Ships, has overall responsibility for the new services
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      Maersk denies talk of plans to return to S'pore
      396 33 [SINGAPORE] Maersk Sealand has quashed speculation that it has any plans of returning to Singapore after moving its transhipment hub to the Malaysian Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) last October. According to a report in Malaysia Business Times, Maersk chief executive
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    • BOEING'S plans
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        New mid-sized plane may supplant Boeing's 747X
        802 34 The new US$9 billion project could siphon off funds from the 747 X supeijumbo programme Reuters [SEATTLE] Boeing Co may scrap plans for a new superjumbo jet in favour of a smaller, faster and more advanced commercial airplane, analysts said. That project, estimated
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      SHIPPING SCHEDULES INDEX
      302 34 PACE Ahrenkiel 12 Appenship 5 ASMOCI 11 Assets S Austral 6 Avant 12 B'tanq Mas 6 BSA 7 BTl 12 Balaii Shpq S Bangladesh 11 Batamindo 11 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 COCOS 5 CSAV 3 It Central Ex 6 Chahaya 12 Cho Yang 5 China
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
      19802 40 THEbUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES Pa 9 e 8 EXPORT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28. 200 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyaqe Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote O'lvoire 05/04 14/05 ZIM/Seth ZIM KEELUNG 73W 65 *****1? 08/04 16/05 Dei mas DELMAS KERGUELEN H6W 65-*****44 10/04 11/05 MOL
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        772 45 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure BtOcncvU? ***** 27/03/845 27/03/2340 Gb Baton I BiOOU JM 27/03/8:15 28/03/2340 Auto Seraya 01 Aug J04 27/03/845 27/03/2140 C Progress 27/03 J» 27/03/8:25 27/03/1640 frame* 28 05*01 J03 27/03/8:50 27/03/1740 Bunga Tetoki 01-Jun J02 27/03/9:10 27/03/17:30 Wmstar t 034S01 J03 27/03/8:40 27/03/2140
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        COMTAINER SCHEDULES
        1911 45 RECEIVING Of EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACTUABA omoit 28/WOO 24/1500 24/1459 ?4/1900 it/rno 27/0*59 nmoo a tt/ino 27/0*59 zimoo i rr/oToo 27/mt zr/wn n moo n /mm 27/itm ACl MACWM.IA 035# 2112} 30 M 24/1500 24/1459
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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
        478 45 180 Mm 985.4 2.3 13.8 0.28 194 0.06 22 P—slty Weter >wM»i ton Sediment No abow £25 0 1 0 1 t 0 %M/H 380 Aw 985.7 0.4 12.8 0.07 22 0.02 ban 380 Mm 990.6 0.9 R3 0.09 46 0.03 w>ri ■«<*»« Wo abow C35
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAYS
        187 45 Mar 29 Taiwan: Youth Day. Apr 1 Australia: Good Friday. Argentina: Good Friday. Apr 12 Argentina: Maundy Thursday. Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Mexico: Holy Thursday. Apr 13 Mexico: Good Friday. New Zealand: Good Friday. Canada: Good Friday. Denmark: Good Friday. Finland: Good Friday. Germany: Good Friday. Ireland: Good Friday.
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        773 45 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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    • AIR & LAND transport
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        Comair pilots strike, 800 flights cancelled
        738 46 Strike will reduce earnings of parent Delta Air Lines Bloomberg {CINCINNATI] Delta Air Lines Inc's Comair commuter carrier cancelled 800 daily flights because of a pilots strike after contract talks broke down, disrupting service in the regional airline's home city of Cincinnati. Comair, the
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        Virgin to serve up Internet access from every seat
        389 46 Passengers can use their laptops or seat-back TV screens to e-mail, enter selective websites AP [LONDON] Coffee? Tea? Spam? Virgin Atlantic Airways said it will be the first airline to offer passengers access to the Internet and e-mail from every seat
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        23 parlies eye running Cyprus airports
        382 46 European, Aussie consortia, firms express interest Reuters [NICOSIA] Cyprus has received 23 expressions of interest from European, US and Australian companies for the development and operation of its Larnaca and Paphos airports, transport ministry officials said on Monday. "It is a very wide (range)
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      • LOGBook
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          New S'pore-Melbonrne direct flight
          82 46 [SINGAPORE] Alliance partners British Airways and Qantas began a new Singapore-Melbourne direct flight yesterday. The seven-hour direct BAI7 and BAIB flights will complement an existing service from Qantas, but with the added luxury of Club World Lounge in the Sky the world's first business class to
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          Cathay launches new service to Delhi
          91 46 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd on Monday launched a new non-stop service between the special administrative region and the Indian capital of Delhi. The new service will operate four times a week. The new service was launched soon after the signing of
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          China Eastern Joins reward scheme
          98 46 AFP [HONGKONG] China Eastern Airlines has joined the Asia Miles travel reward programme, it was announced Wednesday. The programme allows members travelling on China Eastern flights to earn and redeem Asia Miles points on flights originating from cities including Hongkong, Los Angeles, Paris, Tokyo, Seoul,
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        India's 2 major airlines post heavy losses
        197 46 AFP [NEW DELHI] Air India and Indian Airlines posted losses of 2.72 billion rupees (5597.9 million) and 3.5 billion rupees respectively in the 10 months to January due to high fuel prices, the Press Trust of India said. "In absence of these fuel
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      177 33 New mid-sized plane may supplant Beeing's 747 X Pg2 Virgin to serve ap internet access from every seat BackPg A Meeting of Minds in A Sea of Change Mill jfJ jCE R S Exhibition on Application of Information Technology, Control 8t Automation in the Maritime Industry 25 to 29 June,
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      1075 34 I NORTH AMERICA EXPORT 1 I OTHER DESTINATIONS I SSX SUPER SHUTTLE EXPRESS DIRECT TO LOHQ BEACH WEST COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA (MARGARITA SERVICE) vtssa vot msot npaw longkaoi pauas Houston oocacq mm row inmoanr voy_ T n aurmul acuutu saniopoco toawro pt causa I ombuvwtooa ISS ooq wnettMDS ?tiij
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      90 34 A SANKYU (S) PTE LTD 11 CLEMENTI LOOP, SINGAPORE *****3 TEL: *****40 FAX: *****11 CFS: KEPPEL DISTRIPARK BLK 513 #01-128 SINGAPORE *****9 JAPAN PORTS Hong Kong I, All Cttna Port* (EVERY THUW A SUN VESSEL! VESSEL VOY ETP SIN ETA TYO ETA KOI ETA Y0« ETA HGO ETA OSA MED
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      762 34 Lines services represented by em^sers Registry erf Members of the Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore Logistics n°h<_3?' Singapore Shipping Association Association UiY UNI MALI vfssci Tvoy [Ha Feu Few P. KLANG SPOSE MALI Princess Lily VO3Ol 06/04 07/04 14/04 Empress Uly VO4Ol 19/04 20/04 27/04 Princess Lily VO4Ol 03/05 04/05 11/05
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      1275 35 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE Ivissa vorlsw raw hm wv soil m ta |[vpsa Ivor gnu w mumv sou m uh sm i API JADE 102W 29/03 21/04 U/04 19/04 16/04 API GERMANY 0311 11/03 01/03 09/03 04/03 29/03 MOiRMNE S39W 30/03 15/04 17/04 20/04 21/04 HY 9*ooB 3331 10/03 12/03
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      975 35 TO AMI T/Ts If BAYS JEDDAII T/T: 12 MTS AQABA T/T i 15 BAYS ?AC*» MISST'L. ffJKPSLISoV 2 00 nL V^V 43 FW; W" 2 PASH GUDAMG TtL 07-*****64 PAX: 07-353*170 COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD SEftf PORT RUNG 03-*****433 03-*****4*8 CR MO: **********0 M HL 228 1900 (MAIN) 'MWARO D
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      485 35 rasa voy sin wcg wr sin hkg m i>k usn wis *o? sin iff su« "WmiWE IMS 2V03 27/03 I 0« 2HO 01/04 CVM I QAM 01/04 04/04 —}g MTCSMUne OIK 30/03 04/04 (R/04 14/04 10/04 11/04 KMTCJAum UUS WJ4 01/04 KMKPUSA* 1055 MAM HAM WW *g LAT 0421 31/03
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      1503 36 SENATOR LINES TO EUROPE TO MKXHE EAST/IRAN/RED SEA vissii vor sm uh m urn nam nv ru Ivissu Tvor sm iu on mo PUGWASM StNATOC MISW 10.03 04.04 07.04 04.04 15.04 16.04 17.04 AINOOf OOIIW 74 03 iill ~MM mm hu wijf* /4.VJ i I UJ BJIH U/.04 01.04 HAJUIN
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      1004 36 I&U MAC-NELS S PORE M'SIA Carrier: MN CONTR LINES, INC p guoang (07) *****26 l~J\y J cm NO* 12D*****000C SJBU (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 PORT KELANG LAEM CHABANG MV "SEVEN
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      563 36 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR INDIAN PORTS FOR N SHEVA <CFS MULUND MUMBAI COCHIN COLOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN I.C.D. POINTS Vmel VOY S PORE N SHEVA COCHIN COLOMBO PKLAMG PU GLORY 107W HI APR 10 APR 13 APR 16 APR 20 APR TULSIOAS 140 08 APR 17
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      1708 37 VESSEL VOY KHH HKG SIN PKL DXB BAB PMM UK IRAN ISFAHAN PCL-200 27/03 28/03 31/03 01/04 08/04 09/04 11/04 13/04 IRAN HORMOZGAN PCI 201 03/04 04/04 07/04 08/04 15/04 16/04 It/04 20/04 IRAN TEHRAN PCL-202 10/04 11/04 14/04 IS/04 22/04 23/04 25/04 27/04 IRAN TABATABAEI PCL 203 17/04 18/04
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      445 37 i k I Loading for OCEAN ISLAND RDM/A TW/BMN/UK I TAHARA RDM/ATW/BMN/UK I Loads Singapore. E7W Malaysia. Indonesia I Loading for SAFEER JOVAQA/DMT EVDOXIA HDCVJDK'AQA VI HELLAS DBt/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT SUN ACE E36t/ABU/DOH/BRP4/DMM/KWT CORAU Dei/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT YA LA TIF DBVABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT PAUL X JOVAQA/DMT 'Loads Singapore. E7W. Malaysia. Indonesia I Loading for 1 OCEAN
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      1597 37 i EUROPE EXPRESS SERVICE IMPORT VESSEL VOT SIN .UN RTM .AM HAM IHV FU VESSEL VOT RTM HAM FU lIH SM YOKOHAMA SEN 01SW .03. 04 20/04 22/04 .23 04 *****504 26 04 HJ GENEVA 0021 04 03 10/03 12/03 *1J 03 01/04 PEKMG SEN 019W .11,04.27/04 29/04. 30/04 03,
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      529 38 i ASIA MEDITERRANEAN EXPRESS (AME) WESTBOUND SERVICE i IVtSStL VOY SIN Ht SW UH m 5 1 mxmu m mm hah lAAB m rim gfi 1 JfiUBD ***** Q2ATK IiAEI 'Am... .21XL utfl 1 mxsahpinia m mm iim urn mil mn —3oak i PIM« I lfltfi I inn Z um
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      413 39 BSfl X IMB MYANMA Oik FIVE STAR LINE (Myoanor National Uno) 11 Loading for Yango* vessel voy sm mi pen pgu (AGO 118W SU> MONG U 43W SID MALAYSIA AGENT* BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES KUL m 03-*****00 PKL TH. 03-*****101 rat. ia 04-*****02 pgu: m 07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A service of
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      1076 44 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Road, 3rd Level, Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg NEW DELHI MV. m< sapphire VIIU MADRAS MV. TIGER IRIDGE VU4N ETA SIM: 31/03/2001 ETA SM: 01/04/2001 BUSAN MV. AIU DHAII VCI23C CTA SIN: 31/03/2001 SURABAYA mv. pita
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      104 44 UAH HUAT SHIPPING CO., (PTE) LTD. (SHIPOWNERS I SHIPPING AGENTS) 10 Aasoa Road, §14-13/14, 16/17,19-21 jUnQ kttrwafioaal Maze Smgaport *****3 Tak *****11 (24 liats) Fax: (65)*****94 [•mat ieak»at@mbox3.smgatl.coaLig amy. miu/mtw WMLT SAHM6 TO Y/UIGOII ACCgTG IQ CMCO VESSEL VOT SIN YGM SINGANG 0107N 21/03 02/04 SINGANG OIOSN M/ 04 13/04
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      126 45 <g» REGIONAL WEATHER yjgjjL lAR2oolL^^^^^ LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore K Thunderstorm Showers a,n M/pa^ 4 6 Wind direction and speed in knots Cloudy Day Weather c><3 Hazy Wind speed symbols Sea Conditions O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds 1 Slight < 1
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