The Business Times, 10 February 1997

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    17 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S I N G A P O R E Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    48 1 mmiicvBs u» s$ US>- u—..—-— 1.41S f IM_. me DM JL 6806. MM *lil 0.886 1.14 jJ| H#! MSB «jtf -MB IJM TAIPEI 1ft SHNB* 6.90 TOKO 1M S8WJL 10.96 ZURICH** S.CZ5 PIANKFURT*** 4.50 LONDON 100 NfWWRX 8.2* 'Average of 12 kuka. "FV*! *?Catfnlhuk«amntratea (Source: NatWest Bank)
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    S'poreans pour A$1.2b into Aussie real estate
    547 1  -  SinmMraunaniww the second largest property in venters Down Under From Peter Lynch in Sydney SINGAPOREANS have put Asl.2 billion (Ssl.3 billion) into the Australian real estate market, making them the country's second biggest property investors, figures released last Thursday show. A report by
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    Lock icon US$ seen climbing as G7 spurns intervention
    620 1  -  Group will act only if currency surges to excessive levels, especially against yen Neil Behrmann Anthony Rowley THE US dollar is expected to resume its upward climb following the decision on Saturday of the Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers not to intervene
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    Indon banks facing a shakeout
    576 1  -  Higher capital levels, greater competition foxing banks to merge From S N Vasuki in Jakarta INDONESIAN banks are suffering a long-expected shakeout as higher capital requirements and increased competition force gut-wrench-ing change in the industry. In recent weeks, several banks have announced merger plans while
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      125 1 DBBPB A k Thai market woes The Thai stock market, beset by nagging economic ills, is not expected to recover before August, say analysts, P|< V- r\* Investors' worries about Telekom and Tenaja are misplaced, says Eddie Toh, V Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, yesterday assured ftind managers that
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon Move investment focus from Philippines: Dr M
      396 2 KUALA LUMPUR Gall comes after court overturns Renong's winning bid for historic Manila Hotel AFP Bernama MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad urged businessmen to shift their investment focus away from the Philippines after a Manila court ruling had reversed a winning bid by
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      Lock icon Ramos calls for constitutional changes
      432 2 MANILA President says constitution promotes protectionism DPA AFP PHILIPPINE President Fidel Ramos has called for changes in the country's Constitution, arguing that it promotes protectionism that could hamper economic reform programmes, a government statement said yesterday. In an address to the Philippine Constitution Association on
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      Lock icon HK editorials split over Tung's call for less politicisation
      293 2 HONGKONG SCMP challenges it; Hong Kong Daily News supports it Reuter THE call for a less politicised society by Hongkong's future leader was both challenged and echoed yesterday as the British colony heads towards its transition into a Special Administrative Region
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      Lock icon Enjoying it while it lasts
      53 2 [HONGKONG] Spectators watching the Chinese New Year fireworks over the Hongkong skyline above Victoria Harbour celebrating the arrival of the Year of the Ox. Thousands lined the harbour yesterday to watch the last New Year fireworks display before Hongkong's return to Chinese rule in July
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      Lock icon M'sians snapping up foreign properties
      227 2 KUALA LUMPUR AFP AN INCREASING number of Malaysians are buying up properties worth millions of dollars abroad, in particular, in London and Sydney, a report said yesterday. A survey of several big property agents showed impressive sales of foreign properties to individuals seeking a holiday
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      Lock icon Philippine peso seen volatile in coming months
      289 2 MANILA Reuter AFP THE Philippine peso could be volatile in coming months as dollar demand from oil companies increases due to the fall deregulation of the domestic oil industry as of Saturday, analysts said. But they said strong dollar inflows and a central
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    • SINGAPORE Roundup
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        S'pore economy grew 7% in 1996
        205 2 SINGAPORE'S economic growth last year was 7 per cent, thanks to a better-than-expected fourth-quarter rebound to 5.8 per cent. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who announced this on Friday, described the turnaround from the very weak 3.3 per cent third-quarter growth as "somewhat
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        SingTel objects to FCC's rate cuts
        336 2 SINGAPORE Telecom (Sing Tel) has objected to the proposal by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to cut international telephone acoounting rates unilaterally. Sing Tel said in a letter dated Feb 7 to the telecommunications regulator that the move would only benefit the US
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        NUS' medical faculty revises curriculum
        138 2 FROM next year, medical students will have a revamped curriculum with greater emphasis on creativity than memory work. National University of Singapore's Dean of Medicine, Lenny Tan, said the changes are aimed at giving students a broad base of knowledge rather than an in-depth understanding
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      Lock icon Ex-BAT executive fears execution if extradited to HK
      449 2 PLYMOUTH, Massachussetts Reuter A FORMER Hongkong tobacco executive, who has spent 13 months in a US prison fighting extradition to the British colony on bribery charges, said he feared he would be executed if he were returned. "You think I would get
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      Lock icon EU set to issue economic report in critical year
      372 3 BERLIN Document important as 1997 is crucial for countries hoping to qualify for EMU Reuter AGAINST a backdrop of German unemployment at a 64year high, the European Commission this week offers a sweeping annual review of the European Union economy in
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      Lock icon World PC sales up 16% last year
      185 3 FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts DPA PERSONAL computer sales were up a mere 16 per cent to 68.4 million units worldwide last year, bringing the growth rate below 20 per cent for the first time since 1991. In 1996's final quarter, demand for PCs even fell
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      Whose rules do they play by?
      776 3  -  A poser for Tapie, football associations and Lloyd Webber WORLD VIEW By Kevin Sullivan The writer is a Spain-based journalist who contributes to BT THE fall of Bernard Tapie, a politi-cally-astute tycoon once spoken of as a future president of France, is the stuff
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      Lock icon Enron submits US$10b power plan to India
      301 3 NEWDELHI Reuter AFP US ENERGY giant Enron Corp has submitted a US$lO billion (Ssl4 billion) proposal to the Indian government to build power plants able to generate a total 10,000 megawatts of electricity, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said yesterday. The proposal
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      Lock icon Putting on a carnival face
      45 3 [MUNICH] Two workers fixing a carnival mask on a streetlight at the Marienplatz square in downtown Munich on Friday The masks are part of the annual decorations/or the carnival procession in the streets of Munich to be held today. REUTER
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      Lock icon US funds prefer direct Asia investment over listed equity
      323 3 mHONGKONG Foreign access to Annan markets is osnally restricted Reuter THE recent Asian tour by US fund managers representing US$234 biUion (*****.6 billion) in assets and including the California Public Employees Retirement System (CaIPERS) managed to get Hongkong fund managers all
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      Lock icon Bank of England to push for rate hike
      261 3 LONDON Reuter THE Bank of England is to press for an immediate rise in interest rates when its quarterly inflation report is released this week, The Guardian newspaper said on Saturday. It said the bank would like to see a half-percentage point
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      151 2 HONG KONG REWARDS From now until February 28th, 1997 Holiday Inn I 7 R- O JX/X USsyd H H|l IHH Golden Mile is offering a special winter rate of USsl79*. I /II Along with our multi-million dollar renovation you'll I J flfti f1 enjoy welcome fruit, complimentary access to our
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      108 3 it x f A moment of your time. (After all, some things can't be rushed.) An appreciation for the finer things in life does not happen overnight. It must be acquired through experience. Cultivated over time. Good taste cannot be merely bought. Those who recognise quality know that Cyma watches
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      632 4 SINGAPORE BUSINESS Giving you the winning edge Where to wine, dine and entertain Luna Coffee House I I FEBRUARY 13 FEBRUARY 15 FEBRUARY 21 FEBRUARY '97 Nonya Buffet Lunch with Chinese New Year Delicacies 12 noon 2.30 pm Adult: $21.80 Child: $13.00 Temasek Buffet Dinner with Chinese New Year Delicacies
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      104 4 BiGGEST; Dian Xm Restaurant 1 At The Neptune on shenton Way Dian Xin/Lunch i 11.30am-2.30pm M ncphmc j 7th floor. Overseas union mouse. j COUTER QUAY. SINGAPORE *****1. TEI 224 3922 bri mm ing cr with a wide variety of meat, seafood and vegetables to be relished with piping hot
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      843 4 TV&RAPIO Premiere 12 2 20 Roots. 12.15 PM Lebaran Di Peran- 1 j 3.06 Entertainment Tonight taun. 9.00 AM Frog And Toad Are Weekly. 12.49 Muzikal Aidil Fitri. a m thT 'rL 3-50 Liberty Street. 2.00 Movie: The VV ing In The Willows. 4.15 Hogan's Heroes. Tuhan. Stron S st
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      167 4 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD poHii-wnanj DOWN 13 The Moor rings about the SATURDAY'S SOLUTION 2 To cheat over money is mean double figure (7) 15 Court officials hired help top 3 A ring formed with gunmen divide gratuities (9) i Wcßfd in charge (7) 16 It's rough for the partisan (9) [OinWcibg^
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      ST Mobile to offer wireless Internet service
      479 5  -  Aimed at corporate users, data provided include weather, flight sports By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] People on the move in Singapore can soon access the Internet and their company's intranet on their mobile laptop and palmtop computers through a service by Singapore Technologies
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      IBM to boost channel sales in region
      215 5 [SINGAPORE] International Business Machines Corp will focus on boosting sales through its channel partners in Singapore and the Asia-Pa-cific region this year, following a dramatic showing in channel sales last year. "IBM's revenues from channel sales across Asean grew 128 per cent in
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      Piracy watchdog to focus more on software end-users
      331 5  -  Group to check on the corporate sector, RMT .g professionals By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] The Business Software Alliance (BSA) will now focus more attention on end-users of pirated software in its war against piracy. Newly-appointed BSA vicepresident for Singapore. Stuart Ong, said:
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Bakun listing won't lead to lack of liquidity: Anwar
      305 6 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Fund managers need! not worry that the listing of Bakun Hydroelectric Corporation Bhd (BHC) would lead to a lack of liquidity, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday. "I believe there is enough liquidity (for all future
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      Lock icon Microsoft to phase out Windows NT for PowerPC chip
      469 6 Move comes as a blow to Apple because all of its computers are nm on the chip Bloomberg Business News [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp, in another blow to Apple Computer Inc, said it plans to phase out development of its Windows
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      Lock icon Sime Darby drops Oriental Bank plan
      127 6 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Sime Darby Bhd does not intend to take any further action on the proposal to acquire a majority stake in Oriental Bank Bhd. However, it said in a statement on Thursday that it would consider any future opportunity to expand the
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      Lock icon CVS to buy Revco for US$3.7b in stock, assumed debt
      385 6 Acquisition will create the largest US drugstore chain Bloomberg Business News [WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island] CVS Corp said it will buy Revco DS Inc for US$3.7 billion (555.2 billion) in stock and assumed debt, creating the biggest US drugstore cha in
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      Lock icon US stocks seen gaining
      430 6 Surge to be fuelled by low inflation and growing profits Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK US stocks will make a run at their all-time highs in the days ahead, fuelled by optimism that the economy is generating little inflation and that corporate profits will -continue to
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      A loss of two monopolies
      705 6  -  But Telekom, Tenaga are well-placed to meet any competition MAUET MATTERS Eddie Toh INVESTORS may have jumped the gun when they dumped Telekom and Tenaga shares recently over concern that the companies' monopolies, in telecommunications and electricity respectively, were being further eroded. The Telekom stock
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      Lock icon Thai market won't recover before August: analysts
      379 6 Reuter [BANGKOK) Hopes for an improvement in Thai stocks, beset by nagging economic ills, are fading and analysts now believe the market will not recover before August. Some analysts had previously forecast that the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index would break out
      Reuter; Source: Bloomberg  -  379 words
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      Corrections and clarifications
      156 6 IN A Feb 1 report, we said that Sing Tel invested more than US$7 million (Ss9.B million) to break into Taiwan's telecommunications market. Sing Tel has clarified that its expenditure on the Taiwan bid was in line with what it spends securing other licences overseas and was
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      Cable & Wireless in talks with AT&T and Sprint
      219 6  - Cable Wireless in talks with AT&T and Sprint From Neil Behrmann in London Cable Wireless pic is in talks with AT&T and Sprint to link the business with the giant US telecom companies. A spokesman for the company said, however, that there were discussions about possible businesses ventures. A London
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Global rubber consumption hits record high of 15.6m tonnes
        312 7  -  There is now more demand for natural over synthetic rubber From Neil Behrmann in London GLOBAL consumption of rubber rose 2.8 per cent last year to a record 15.6 million tonnes. The previous peak of 15.26 million tonnes was set in
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        Lock icon Plans for A$1b gas pipeline in W Australia
        413 7 Project seen to spur Assb new investment by mining industry Bloomberg Business News [PERTH] Pacific Gas Electric Co said it plans to build a natural gas pipeline grid that will span Australia, commencing with an aggressive Asl billion (Ssl.l billion) pipeline investment
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        1238 7 SDfOAPORE QOVERMMBMT SECURITIES IMPICATITE PRICES AMD YIELDS week ended Jan 3/ TAX-FKCE BONOS TMtfto Gross* Cross* 01.02.1999 1H% 99JO 99.95 1.79 m m MrtarHy/ ip up 01.07.1999 3% 100.95 101.00 2.27 mm Me# Discount* (13% (29% 01.07.1999 1w% 99.69 99.73 2.17 m m ltMt Cupoi BM Offtf TjlM Tax rata)
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        Lock icon Sumitomo to boost copper imports
        152 7 FT [TOKYO] Sumitomo Corporation. hit by a US$2.6 billion (553.6 billion) loss on illicit copper trading last year, is to boost its copper imports, thanks to a loan from the Ex-port-Import Bank of Japan. The bank on Friday agreed to lend US$l5O million to fund
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        541 7 PRIME LEMDDrO RATES mmmmmmmmmmrnmm As on Feb 6 "MS ABN Amro Bank NY |V« ABSA Bank United 6v. ANZ (Unking Group 6Vt Allied Irish Bank PIC American Express Bank 7 Arab Banking Corp 7 Arab Bank PIC tv* Asahi Bank Ltd 7 BfCE 6 V, Ban Hin Lee Bank Bbd
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
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        Lock icon Coffee prices getting too hot
        452 8 Bean prices are up 32% this year and traders say market is poised for more gains Reuter [LONDON] Coffee prices resumed their climb on Friday, raising prospects of dearer cups of coffee as European roasters hiked retail prices to make up for bean costs. Bean
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        121 8 Source: Simex SIMEX WEEKLY 8UMMAHT Week ended Feb 7 CURRENCY FUTURES Opw HH<i Law Cloto VoIihm 10-Year Govt Bond (Mar 97) 126.53 126.76 126.08 126.49 922 INTEREST RATE FUTURES Opto Hlgfc Low Chw Vote— 90 days Eurodollar (Mar/ion 97) 94.30 94.43 94.28 94.42 ***** (Jun/Sop 97) 94.13 94.32 94.12 9431
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        Lock icon Nickel price rises on fears of slowdown at giant Russian mine
        876 8 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Fears of a slowdown in Russian nickel exports sent the price of this metal, a crucial component for the manufacture of stainless steel, soaring on the London Metal Exchange last week. Traders are nervous. The
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1574 8 SICOM FUTURES Feb 5 RUBBER (taturasdoMf at at S.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS curtVkg) CtoM Vol—i OpM Month Hlqh Low Satt (towws) tatamt Mar 97 171.50 ***** 171.75 250 1525 Apr 97 174.00 T74.00 173.75 200 1200 May 97 175.75 175.75 ***** WO 1350 Jw 97 176.25 176.25 175.75 MX)
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      BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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    • SINGAPORE WEEKLY MARKET OUTLOOK
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        202 9 Market's Outlook In the past two weeks, the Straits Times Industrial Index has continued to slide lower in lack luster dealings ahead of the Chinese New Year. However, the market should have a technical bounce once investors return from the holidays. In Singapore, the long term outlook remains positive
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        Lock icon H Leong Finance F
        166 9 Outlook Hong Leong Finance is the largest finance company in Singapore with exposure to the property and car loan market. On the back of a rebounding economy, most finance companies should outperform the market in the interim. Since the end of 1994, H L Finance has
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        Explanation of terms
        271 9  -  Source: Analysed by Johan Tellvik a Director of Bridge Int'l Broking Relative Strength Index RSI measures the rate at which prices move. As a rule, an RSI above 80 indicates an overbought condition while and RSI below 20 indicates an oversold market RSI is more effective in
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        Lock icon Want Want
        138 9 Outlook Want Want, the Chinese cracker manufacturer and distributor, offers 14% and 28% earnings growth in fiscal year 1996 and 1997 respectively. The stock is currently trading at 10.8 X 1997 consensus earnings estimates. With the mainland Chinese economy rebounding and with more plant capacity coming on stream
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    • MARKET REVIEWS
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        Lock icon Dow up on healthy wage data
        537 10 NEW YORK It sheds some gains on Rubin's comments that US$ has been strong for some time Bloomberg Business News US STOCKS surged in a seeFriday session as a government report showing unexpectedly weak wage growth buoyed optimism for lower borrowing costs and rising
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        Lock icon Footsie follows Wall St to hit record high
        330 10 LONDON AFP LONDON shares followed Wall Street to reach a record high last week, as dealers turned a keen eye towards monetary policy meetings on both sides of the Atlantic and shrugged off the prospect of an imminent rate rise. The FTSE-100
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        ASIAN MARKETS Roundup
        843 10 Q Sydney +23 AUSTRALIAN shares ended 0.9 per cent higher on Friday after a week in which strong banking stocks more than offset a mid-week slump blamed by brokers on anxiety over domestic interest rates. Dealers said investors had been sidelined on Friday ahead of the release
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        WORLD STOCK MARKETS
        1954 10 CJ Paris +80.96 FRENCH stocks closed at a record high, led by Generale des Eaux and tyre maker Michelin SA, as the US dollar's rise to a 34-month high against the franc heightened optimism about exporters' earnings. The benchmark CAC-40 Index rose 39.09 points, or 1.5 per
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        Lock icon Concern about bad debts depresses Nikkei
        395 10 TOKYO Rally after high bids at land auction not sustained ATP Reuter JAPANESE share prices lost ground last week amid concern about the nation's bad loan problem, brokers said. The Nikkei Stock Average fell 462.97 points, or 2.5 per cent, during the week to
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        Lock icon Hang Seng seen staging a Chinese New Year rally
        338 10 mHONGKONG AFP Reuter HONGKONG share prices rose 2.5 per cent over a holi-day-shortened week on expectations that US interest rates would remain unchanged, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index gained 338.71 points over the week to finish at 13,660.50 on Wednesday.
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
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        Lock icon Market ends short week 2.1% higher
        344 11 AFP Reuter H Composite Index *2523 MALAYSIA'S key stock index ended 2.1 per cent higher in a holiday-shortened week to Wednesday on buying of blue chips by foreign funds. Brokers said trading for the week was quiet with most local players already out of
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
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        PJ Development needs closer look
        226 12  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan THE warrant of KL-listed PJ Development was among the volume leaders here on Thursday amid the flurry of activity on Malaysian Clob-traded counters. This warrant has. in fact, been rising strongly over the past three weeks on a wave of
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        3644 12 poms, LOANS WARRANTS 1996/1997 Last Vat Waa* Last Ouata aTJ MJ»h Law Stno Company Sal* *or (000) Hlgft Law Buyer Setter Prtta 65 47 m 3000 m AM06c5.5%*****6 62 »3 223 65 60 62 425 51.5 39 3160 "Acer ******1 US$ 48 19 48 47 47 5 48 5 109
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2396 12 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gr Gr 1996/1997 Lest Vol *M> LastOuote Otv Dtv YM Net M Cap High Low Stno Company Sale COOP) High Lew Buyer Srtw H C»r P/t >mll 625 360 ms 5000 AISBSOc i— 408 unch 33 410 398 408 410 5.0 4.9 0.4 84.6 418.5 126
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
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        MAIN BOARD
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        SESDAQ
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        419 14 SOURCE: Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Research Stocks VotaM •MBf Hldqs 50c 43,850,000 SMB United 10c 30,904,000 Jade Tech 50c 30,345,000 »C Corpn 5c 27,055,000 •Lien Hoe TSR97 22,138,000 •Renong WtOO 21,509,000 •101 Corp Wt 17,049,000 ASJ Hldqs 20c 16,456,000 •Promet 14,393,000 HK Land US$0.1 14.177,000 Stocks UOB Foreign 58,599,124 OCBC Foreign
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        HOT STOCK
        63 14  -  -*r Ven Sreenivasan CLOB-TRADED Promet Bhd has been riding high on a wave of enthusiasm for Malaysian stocks that hit the market since early January. However, technicals suggest the counter is facing increasing upside resistance at current levels. If a selldown does occur, it could retrace to its
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        Holiday hangover points to a dull trading week
        708 14  -  Interest expected to be largely on secondliners and Clob-traded counters STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY By Ven Sreenivasan THE first week of trading for the Year of the Ox, which begins tomorrow, is likely to be a quiet one in Singapore. Many market players
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      269 15 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young TflsaaU sold for farther trading Wl M fllMBBMi Dynasty: 70,242 tdw bit 89 Sanoyas Corp reported sold region US$17,400,000 to clients of Marubeni Japan. ♦China Trade: 66,732 tdw bit 7/84 China sb reported sold region US$9,500,000 to clients of good faith in Greece
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      235 15 552 *f- w CWT Distribution 124 *0.02 23 Oummt 0.94 uncti ns Cotco Invattmant _L52 -0.01 46 «U 6.60 undl 52 FraMMLMs 0.73 HMD 152 00HaMk*> 0 90 -0.005 34 WtaNw 104 *4.03 243 MK*cMZomii 0.80 uncti 12S WCHMNl—HK5.60 JayaHoMtagc 109 -0.02 M -an 63 MppuiCorp W.90 -0.20
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      Make or break year for Aussie shipowners
      371 15  -  Shipowners in final stages of talks with govt and onion on structure of Anssie shipping fiYorn Jerzy Farynski in Sydney THIS will be a make or break year for Australian shipowners, when a policy regime will be determined within which Australian shipping will
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      EU may complain to WTO about Japan port system
      131 15 [TOKYO] The European Union (EU) may Mr a complaint at the World Trade Organisation after it tailed to reach an agreement with Japan on cargo-handling procedures at Japanese ports. The EU has been calling for abolition of the "prior consultation" system,
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      P&O report shows East-West routes under pressure
      589 15  -  LINER SCEME By David Hughes FURTHER confirmation, if anybody needed it, of the state of the mainline container trades has come from UK-based transport group P&O's recent quarterly statistical report. The report separates out the East-West, North-South/Pacific Rim and USA/Trans-Pacific trades. OveraU box
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      Lock icon 20 feared dead after cargo ship sinks
      298 15 AFP [STAVANGER, Norway] The 20-man Polish crew of a Cypri-ot-registered cargo ship was feared drowned Saturday in the worst Norwegian maritime disaster for at least a decade. The ship Leros Strength sank off the south-western coast of Norway, emergency services said. Rescue services
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      Lock icon Alert for hijacked tanker
      176 15 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The International Maritime Bureau has issued a special alert for the hijacked tanker Suci and a reward of up to US$lOO,OOO (S$140,000) is being offered by Hull Underwriters for information leading to its arrest. Hijacked by armed pirates off the Horsburgh Lighthouse, east
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      Violent waves caused Nakhodka to break apart?
      238 15 [TOKYO] Violent waves may have caused the Russian tanker Nakhodka to break apart in the Sea of Japan, leading to the leakage of a large quantity of fuel oil, sources close to a Transport Ministry research commission said last week. The view clashes
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      What's latest in cruising
      290 15 Glitzy ships, exotic new ports of call top hottest trends A flotilla of new ships, cruises geared to vacationers' special interests and exotic new ports of call top the list of the hottest trends in cruising this year, according to Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). For
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      Valentine's Day on Love Boats for 5,000 couples
      169 15 [LOS ANGELES] Valentine's Day, the holiday of love and romance, wiU once again be celebrated aboard the fleet of Princess Cruises' Love Boats. The company, which each year celebrates its Love Boat National Holiday on Feb 14, win mark the occasion with
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        Lock icon Hitachi Zosen wins large oil rig order
        69 15 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese shipbuUder Hitachi Zosen Corp has won a 30-bilUon-yen (***** million) order from a Norwegian firm for a large oil-drilling rig for use in deep-sea fields, a business daily said yesterday. The formal signing win take place on Feb 18 between
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        Lock icon Container ship refloated from coral reef
        61 15 Reuter [KEY WEST, Florida] Salvage experts successfully floated the 182 metre container ship Houston off a patch of sand and coral where it had been stuck for nearly six days, a Coast Guard Spokesman said late on Saturday. None of the freighter's 3.06 million
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        Lock icon Norway orders 3 new tankers
        75 15 Reuter [STAVANGER, Norway] Norway's state oil company Dennorske Stats Oljeselskap AS (Statoil) has ordered three new shuttle tankers from Spain's Astilleros Espanoles SA (Aesa) to cope with rising crude output on the Norwegian continental shelf. The vessels will be 125,000 deadweight tonnes and will have
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      Lock icon Cargo ship rams into West Port wharf
      98 15 Bernama [PORT KLANGJ A cargo ship rammed into the wharf at the West Port bulk terminal here while docking on Friday, causing extensive damage. A Malaysian Rescue Coordinating Centre spokesman said yesterday the incident which occurred at about 1 am involved the 3,643-tonne
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      Lock icon Car czar rides out public anger
      753 16  -  PUBLIC TRANSPORT NIOHTMAZUS: INSTEAD OF PINK MINIBUSES, MALAYSIAN COMMUTERS SEE RED Transport tycoon Yahaya Ahmad, who has been trying to soothe the ruffled feathers of disgruntled bus passengers, will have to balance his hopes of selling more Protons with a plan to serve the
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      391 16 PAGE Ethiopian 6 A£i 13 EuroHansa 6 ANL 3 Euroeast 12 Able 16 Emgreen 6 Accord 8 Fl-Bright 9 Ahrenkiel 4 famous 7 Appenship 4 Farwide 13 Astro 3 FoomSw 8 Austral 9 fro 4 Avant 6 M L"*S 13 Btang Mas 8
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      14904 24 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vnwl Voyage leiephone SIN Destn Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Nam* Nam* Number Number 17/02 2V02 Multiline TRADE FAST TFS179 45 *****33 t- To BOSTON (BOS) 2054 h B o&o"s\ co}. 2 3 oir. Massachusetts, United
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        170 31 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JtfWf hrt Mnvralenqra 001 J12 alongside 09.02/0900 Encouragemen 28 J07 alongside 1002/1500 Lm Sao 9701 J08 alongside 10.02/2300 Uranus 84 JOS alongside 10.02/1500 Cm* V405 J19 09.02/2000 11.02/0600 fcaHen 42 J04 10.02/0801 12.02/0600 MflfiM VWvtf Fordham 1 *22 alongside n.02/2300 MttaNTinU Hfiottoi
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        1815 31 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Bounce Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Acx Apncot 0251 10/1300 I* 09/1500 09/1659 09/1900 0261* IV1500 i» 09/1500 09/1659 09/1900 II 09/1500 09/1659 OVWO U 09/1700 10/0*59 10/0900 21 09/1700 10/0659 10/0900 10/0700 M.H59 10/1400 4
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        792 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 market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        216 31 Feb 10 Brunei: Hari Raya Puasa. Indonesia: Idul Fitri. Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa. Singapore: Hari Raya Puasa. Fob 11 Japan National Foundation Day. Feb 17 United States: Washington's Day. Mar 3 Australia: Trades Labour Day. Mar 17 Australia Canberra Day. Mar 20 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Mar 27
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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
        518 31 Carbon 180 Mai 993.3 LI 17.0 0.13 106 8.08 feb 6 Density Water Residue Ask Aluminium Sedinent No above £25 I t S 3 I t 390 Ave 964.3 0.5 12.6 0.06 33 < 02 tnZ 380 Mai 995.9 1.9 17.9 0.12 13 O.W WM'i %on
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        Lock icon 12 US airlines raise air crash liability limits
        378 32 tassengers may get U*****,000 maximum if carrier isn't negligent Bloomberg Business News {WASHINGTON] Twelve US airlines have filed documents with the Department of Transportation saying they will raise their international liability limits. The action increases the njaximum amount to U*****,000 (*****,268) from
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        Lock icon Boeing to get US$639m to upgrade planes
        175 32 It will assemble advanced avionics System on planes Bloomberg Business News [SEATTLE] Boeing Co will get at least US$639 million (Ss9o2 million) to assemble an advanced avionics system for UK military airplanes being upgraded by British Aerospace pic. Boeing's Tactical Command System will
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        Los Angeles airport sets all-time records
        313 32 OLOS ANGELES] A record-set-tfng December for travellers and shippers maintained Los Angeles International Airdbrt's status as the West Coast t|ub for tourism and trade as it posted all-time highs of 57.9 million passengers and nearly million tons of cargo for 1996. i Statistics for
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        Lock icon MAS short of 50 pilots for Boeing-737s: report
        298 32 Shortage due to rapid expansion, says diairmtn AFP {KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAS) chairman Tajudin Ramli said the national carrier faced a shortage of about 50 pilots for its Boeing--7375. "We know about the shortage and have been taking remedial action.
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        Lock icon FAA orders flight procedures probe
        159 32 AFP (WASHINGTON] The US Federal Aviation Administration has asked for a review of flight procedures in and around restricted military air spaces after two collision scares involving F-16 fighters and civilian aircraft, the FAA said on Saturday. The US Air Force on Friday ordered its
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        Lock icon Chernomyrdin's trip for more investment
        59 32 [CHICAGO] US Vice-President Al Gore (left) and Viktor Chernomyrdin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, sitting in a Prowler at the 1997 Chicago Auto Show on Saturday as Mayor Richard Daley (far right) looks on. Mr Gore and Mr Chernomyrdin visited Chicago to try to
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        Lock icon BA, American to sell slots over EU objections
        393 32 Bloomberg Business News [BRUSSELS] British Airways pic and American Airlines said they plan to ignore European Commission objections and sell landing rights at London's Heathrow Airport to rivals if UK regulators order them to part with slots to win approval for their
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        Lock icon Investigators still after cause of TWA crash
        171 32 AFP (NEW YORK] Investigators in the TWA Flight 800 crash that killed 230 people last July said on Saturday they are still examining "every possibility" why the Boeing 747 went down off New York's Long Island. "We don't know what happened to cause
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          62 32 Reuter [MANILA] Sales of cars in the Philippines dropped to 5,961 units in January compared to 7,037 units sold in January last year, an industry report said yesterday. Last month's sales were also down compared to December 1996 when 8,137 units were sold,
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          Lock icon Lost cat costs Alitalia US$167,000
          81 32 AFP [ROME] Italy's Alitalia airline had to delay for 24 hours a flight fTOm Rome to Nairobi last week because a cat managed to get aboard the Boeing 767 before it took off. Engineers who had to tear up the whole floor of the aircraft
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          Lock icon Canadian woman awarded US$21,000
          72 32 AFP [MONTREAL] Montreal's public transport authority was ordered by the municipal court to pay US$2l,OOO (5529.652) to a woman injured by the wind blasting out of a subway station, the daily La Presse reported last week. The woman in her 60s was knocked off her feet
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          Lock icon Eurotunnel oar traffic slumps 14%
          38 32 AFP [PARIS) The number of cars carried on the Shuttle service through the Channel tunnel declined by 14 per cent in January from the figure for January 1906, Eurotunnel said on Thursday. —AFP
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        Lock icon FAA passes Manila airport security
        120 32 AFP [MANILA] Manila international airport has passed its latest security inspection by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which declared it unsafe two years ago, an airport official was quoted as saying yesterday. An FAA team said the Manila airport was "able to maintain the
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        1682 32 OTY FU6HT ETA FUGHT CIO MI895 2155 MI896 1815 Atm Dhabi BY606 0825 Helsinki AY37 1850 AY38 2135 W622 2105 i Hiroshima S0977 1720 S0978 0145 A*M* S0230 1815 $0229 2220 Ho CM MM) VN741 1310 VN742 0825 8Y622 2305 S0171 1420 S0172 0930 A— MM
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      481 21 (fc FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 y HPT UNE; *****33 (30 LINES) BARCELONA/SPAIN 14/02 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 15/02 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 14/02 HAMBURG/BREMEN 14/02 GENOA/ITALY 11/02 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 14/02 GOTHENBURG/SCAN 13/02 ROTTERDAM 14/02 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 13/02 FEUXSTOWE/UK 17/02 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 14/02 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 13/02 NEW YORK/EC 14/02 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 15/02 VANCOUVER 12/02 BRISBANE 13/02
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      504 23 7llAmAal Weekly LCI A FCL If v ADIOgI Services to Caribbean nipping 81 Central America AAQBC INC MAfitSK NPMNtK 9702 9704 Port Country 09/02 16/02 Belizt City 15/02 22/03 Bridgetown Barbados 18/03 25/03 Cortogano Colombia 17/03 24/03 Castries St. Lucia 17/03 24/03 Fort de France Martinique 18/03 25/03 Freeport Bahamas
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      777 23 CPACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD^ I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. CR NO **********06 vor me |'jw'"| stp m m rue fSTI mm™ wr IT* iiii fir v, ift m w? I iii I iia iw ilii liii lii- [j£ m- w m. |W, ft a. w
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      1090 23 **********0Z VESSELS VOY jio PSO LEH HAM RTM THP ANR VILLE D'ORION YIBW KVO2 22/02 21/ TO (MAP 06/03 07/03 OMO OSrtH VILLE DC VELA VIBW 17/02 26A12 28/02 09/03 I<VO3 12/03 13/03 VILLE OE CAPELLA TI9W gg 06rt>3 07/03 16/03 17/03 IftQ3 jtygi 21A)3 |VMEDEUBRA LI9W 03/03 14/03 21*03
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      44 25 To retrieve more schedules, just follow these simple steps... document '»ial 740-6000 tep be the port Step key in the four number %J[ digit code I Key in your Exampte: r—i fax number To NEW YORK (NYC) 2275 for calls within Singapore UflitOCJ StQtOS
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      56 26 TOKYO SHINBI KAIUN CO TO LTD 10 ANSON ROAD *30-06 Ulld INTERNATIONAL PLAZA SVORE 0207 TEL: *****25 (6 LINES) RAX: *****06 A *****10 C/R; **********0E I SERVICE TO: FAR EAST/U.S.A/EUROPE 16/02/97 JAAAN, HONG KONQ 16/02/97 USA 16/02/97 INDIA, SURABAYA, JAKARTA 16/02/97 HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, FELIXSTOWE ALL BOOKINGS AND ENQUIRIES. PLEASE CONTACT:
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      51 26 1 P.I PERUSAHAAN PBAKARAN KALIMANTAN j D WE WISH ALL OUR «> ft VALUED CLIENTS, i U? ASSOCIATES AND FRIENDS Gong Xi Fa Cai j Selamat Hari Raya AidilFitri nrtz rf> W j KALIMANTAN SNIPPING PTI. lift. W *****64 (5 l«m| FAX: *****52 MALAYSIA AGENT: MARINE HANDUNG SON BHD TEL
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      58 26 WHY SATURDAY CONTAJNf* POLISH SfRVICI TO POLAND (OOYNU) OCEAN RUSSIA (MOSCOW) as PORTS LINES (iSTONU/LATVU/UTHUANIA/ MLARUS/ UKRAINE Accaptfcg brMkbdk caryo«s fnm ciißAc S'pwe/M*ysie/b<wiie/ytohm EUROEAST T#; LINES S.A. ftrtt (VSI cdb Umwit) wlf H |YM Ml HK MACAU SHIPPING W/#l 77/97 77/07 WMGIfIM>ISf7«S« tl/n 71/97 71/0? UWE MIT FHMI FROM HONGKONG
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      90 26 KAWASAKI KINKAI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. JAPAN/ HOMO KONG STRAITS S'por* P.Oudar>g P.Kalana Ptning OCtAMU QUEEN VII 15* 11* 14*2 IWHKU ACf VK IW2 IM2 UOM HURT VK 2Mt ZMZ CM NO: 113MKMMZ SPORE AB SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL *****06 PGU: MALAYSIAN SHPG 0207-*****^*****51 PKL TIGA PINA 0203-**********3025 PEN MALAYSIA T
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      97 26 FCL/LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO ASIA/F.E., EUROPE, USA, AUST, NZ, INDIA, S. AFRICA, MED., ETC. PLEASE CALL: *****00 (16 UNCS) VIETNAM CONVENTIONAL SERVICE -DOOR TO DOOR- SERVICE VESSa EttSM LOADING FOt lATO 15/02 HAIPHONG MUKONGW 20/0? HOCHIMINH Alio Accepting Cargo For AM Ortw Vi«tnamM« Porn PLEASE CALL: 223 >622 (8 UNES)
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      518 27 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAAS)N| TIGER WAVE 508N 11-12/02 16-19/02 24 25/02 I TIGER ISLAND 509N 14-15/02 19-23/02 28-01/03 I TIGER BRIDGE 510N 17-18/02 23-26/02 03-04/02 I TIGER BAY 511N 21-22/02 26-02/03 07 08/03 I TIGER WAVE 512N 24-25/02 02-05/03 10-11/03 I TIGER ISLAND 513 M 28-01/03 14-1&03 I IVESSE^^^^VO^^SI^^CA^^SI^^I
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      566 27 I FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Cuan Road Singapore *****1 cbj "m§J^ Tel: *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 Ipml OHI LV E-MAlL:flesin@singnet.com.sg httsJ .'S: iso»oo2 I*TS-I| CONSOLIDATION SERVICE CANADA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN MONTREAL 19/02 CAPETOWN 20/02 TORONTO 19/02 DURBAN 20/02 VANCOUVER 19/02 JOHANNESBURG 20/02 GREECE ETD SIN
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      1074 27 OOCL (Sinflopore) Pte_Ltd CFS Keppel Distrpk gb.. 79 Amm Rood #21-04 *****6 MSI3 #01-128 I eaauirv '/R\ ii/ ONO **********0H M 272 7827 ca H 1?IQ L *****13F0i 221 3942 Ftx. 272 7825 lIOtTi AMIiKA USA/ CJUIMBA Q iWSTMHA T0 SCf SPO |~OAK ]~oii [mem OUTBOUND |SGP I SID MEL
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      1507 28 —SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********00 2^?MVS. 3 J e 1 s 1^ a/celia/me| chan 7 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK [VESSEL [VOY I SIN IJAK [VESSEL IVOY [SIN |SUR SINAR JAVA 915
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      1328 28 1 LINE J I E32SSI TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY |QZ2«9 ARRIVAL FIXED DAY-MONDAY I VESSEL VO* IMI I RTM NAM FIT IfM MM HM VESSEL VOY LEH FXT HAM AMR HFA r"ssn MINGZENITH J7OSW |0»02 I 2MB 2MB 0103 OHJ3 GlBK*! TAfl BRIDGE *65 U SIO SID SLD SLD SIO
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      405 28 Singapore Soviet Shipping aa Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN VESS€L VOY I SIN BOM KOTA CAHAYA CAHI7S 09/02 17/02 TRADE FAST TFSI79 17/02 25/02 SEA SUCCESS 01N 23/02 03/03 MEKHANIK KURAKO MK29N 01/03 09/02 ANNOUNCING REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA VESSEL VOY SIN BOM/RSHEVA TRANSOCEANIC 02-97 11/03
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      1120 29 i ASIA EUROPE EXPRESS (AEX) WESTBOUND SERVICE i Vtssa I VOY I SIN *"1 LEH 1 RTM ANT HAM I FXT i HY COMMOOORE 304W 10 FEB 26 FEB 27 FEB 27 FEB 01 MAR 04 MAR I I l| I Also accepting cargo Yio Koltordom to Helsinki, Kotka Moscow
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      453 29 ARM SAIGON SHIPPING THRICE WEEKLY DIRECT TO HO CHI MINH CITY EXPORT TO HO CHI MIHH CITY IMPORT FROM HO CHI MIHH CITY rem vdt pgr w ruswtt hok wssa vor etvhok msm ffONYMA 0707 (03/02) <04/0?) 07/02 (HO) 10/02 ENNTMA 970* OS/01 07/01 M miming smtosa VO7 m/n mm
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      377 30 '2 /0\ SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING p 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE fSINOTRANSI S (*****7). TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 \\M~ TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSEL VOYAGE ETA SIN ETAHKG ETA SHA G. WELL 9704 16/02 21/02 25/0? G. LUCK 9704 21/02 26/02 02/03 0- GLORY 9706 CANCELLED
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      452 30 I*A« MAC-NELS S'PORE M'SIA Carrier: MN CONTR LINES, INC l~ JY/ \£J cm NO! **********0 C SiBU: (004) *****9 MANILA: (632) *****61 w PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK: (662) *****57 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 P- KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MDN: (01) *****3 HONG KONG MV "APL KOREA" VOI3E ETA SIN
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      368 30 1 WS pore P Ketang 1 SEA GRACE 15/02 Rdm/AtwAJK/Nan I I OCEAN ISLAND 22/02 01/03 Rdm/AtwAJK I J I Loading for I Egypt I I Dubai/Damman/Kuwait I I aw wot* Dubai/ADhabi/Bahratn/Damman/Kuwait I AOAMMSTOS AderVHodetdah/Jeddah/PT Sad I I toads S»igapofe, E7W. Malaysa. tndonesa I I Loading tor 1 I PAN
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      29 31 For real- time stock information, call Quickstock on 1900-913-0003 at 30 cents a minute. Stock numbers are available in the stock pages of The Business Times and Lianhe zaobao.
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      138 31 HBMEEI I i ii (MIHIi [Regio^ ios 100k. iioe LEGEND R Thunderstorm- Temperature o c X\ Shower Weather Wmd direction with speed »n knots Ram Cloudy Sky W V he,9h Surfoce winds ore indicated by orrows which fly with the wind One full circle represents calm or light and variable
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