The Business Times, 21 May 1997

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  • 585 1  -  A total of 15,850 moved from private homes to QDB flats in 1991-95, survey finds By Jennv Lam Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] For every two households which upgraded to better homes, one household downgraded to a smaller unit, mainly to cash out the
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  • 461 1  -  But present applicants for projects already launched spared By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Future buyers of executive condominiums (ECs) will be hit by the new property measures announced this week. But those who applied for EC projects already launched
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  • 512 1  -  April recovery driven by 13.4% growth in semiconductor exports By Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Five consecutive months of decline in nonoil domestic exports have come to a decisive end, with the April figure showing a surprisingly strong 5.9 per cent year-on-year increase in
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  • 256 1  -  By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Property stocks yesterday more than made up for ground lost the day before as investors came round to the view that the latest government measures on HDB flats would not hurt the earnings of property companies. The SES Property Index rose
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    • 80 1 INSIDE Mi up Singapore has again topped the latest Global Competitiveness Report But, says the World Ecoittostc Forum, it may beheaded for an economic slowdown, Pg2 The US dollar went down again in Tokyo, ahead of the meeting of the US Federal Reserve Open Markets Committee, HOCK LOCK Drew A
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    • 226 1 Timeless values. Geneva enamel. Duplex escapement movement by llbery London. These two exquisite watches, The Rolex Day-Date in the shape of peaches, are is appreciated for more called «For China». 1 than just the twenty-five The craftsmen of Geneva were languages in which it can disrenowned for their mastery of
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 487 2  -  Global Competitiveness Report Bat S'pore may be headed for an economic slowdown, warns WEF Audrey Tan SINGAPORE retains its top ppsition in the latest Global Competitiveness Report, but njay be headed for a gradual economic slowdown, the World Economic Forum (WEF)
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    • 211 2 Bernama (KUCHINGJ Acting Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday expressed confidence that relations between Malaysia and Singapore would be normalised sooner or later. "Usually strained relations will return to normal sooner or later and it does not require any time frame," he said. "Frankly, I
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    • 254 2 Johor govt proposed takeover of Skndai, Gunung Pnlai plants Bernama [JOHOR BARUJ The federal government is looking into the Johor government's proposal to take over the water treatment plants owned by Singapore's Public Utility Board (PUB) in Skudai and Gunung Pulai here, Menteri Besar
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    • 393 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY FINANCE By\ Shiv Taneja GROWTH of credit cards in circulation, card billings and rollover debt were sharply lower at the end of the first quarter, latest data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) shows. Total cards in circulation main
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    • 174 2 RIVAL Internet service providers Pacific Internet and CyberWay have each bought stakes off the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) in Singapore One, a plan to bring high-speed Internet services to Singaporeans via an islandwide network. CyberWay and Pacific Internet bought a 15 per
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    • 377 2  -  Committee will study ways to take in more new members By\ Conrad Raj AN INTERNATIONAL team led by a Dane born in Singapore, John Rasmussen, took over the reigns of the Tanglin Club yesterday after a bitterly fought campaign marked by allegations
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    • 132 2 SINGAPORE Technologies Computer Systems Services and the Information Communication Institute of Singapore (ICIS) are to jointly develop a network that manages realtime video from remote locations based on cutting edge Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology. This network can be applied to security, surveillance,
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  • REGION
    • 443 4  -  JAKARTA New roles aimed at preventing another Busang-type scandal By S N Vasuki IN THE aftermath of the Busang gold scam, Indonesia's Mines Energy Ministry will make it mandatory for mining Firms to seek government verification of their mineral finds in the country.
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    • 254 4 KUALA LUMPUR Reuter MALAYSIA'S Holdings Sdn Bhd has entered into a pact with steel firm Perwaja Terengganu Sdn Bhd to buy from Perwaja a 51 per cent stake in Equal Concept Sdn Bhd for M 11.02 billion (SssB2 million). Loss-making Perwaja had been
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    • 700 4  -  TOKYO Three ministers have Nomura 'dealings', but no preferential treatment: cabinet By* Anthony Rowley THE scandal over alleged illegal payments by Japan's Nomura Securities to semi-un-derworld elements widened yesterday to include a major Japanese bank and also threatened political fallout for
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    • 824 4  -  ASIAMTXEW But the way he put his point across should draw more understanding this time By Yang Razali Kassim FOR someone who has kept a low profile all these years, Liem Sioe Liang's recent frank outpouring on his delicate position as a rich Chinese Indonesian
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    • 274 4 MANILA KL prepared to take tough measures against speculators Bloomberg MALAYSIA will not hesitate to take measures to defend its currency, says Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim. "We are prepared to take very tough measures" against currency speculators, Mr Anwar, who is also
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    • 284 4 HONGKONG Reuter ASIA'S heyday as a favoured emerging market is over with Asian companies and stock markets unable to produce satisfying returns, Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia's chairman Gary Coull said yesterday. "The critical issue for Asia is just that other parts of the world are
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    • 451 5  -  HONGKONG Washington confident of poshing decision through Congress despite opposition By) Loh Hui Yin PRESIDENT Bill Clinton has decided to renew China's most favoured nation trading status unconditionally for another year. His decision was welcomed yesterday by China, Taiwan and Hongkong
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    • 422 5 BEIJING Disputes over foreign policy, army personnel strain relations Reuter STRAINS are emerging between China's top military brass and Communist Party leaders as the ruling elite jostle for power and position in the run-up to a key party congress this year, Chinese sources
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    • 115 5 CANBERRA Bloomberg AS MANY as 30,000 farmers in the Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria are facing "potentially serious drought conditions", the National Farmers Federation said. Some 40 per cent of New South Wales, 25 per cent of Victoria, and 10
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    • 381 5  -  HONGKONG Queen's Counsel Andrew Li picked over pro-China judge Hy Loh Hui Yin LEADING barrister Andrew Li Kwok Nang has been named chief justice of Hongkong's new judiciary over a pro-China candidate for one of the most important jobs in the Special
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  • THE WORLD
    • 446 6  -  TOKYO Recovery comes after Japanese denial of political pressure for early rate rise Byi Anthony Rowley THE dollar went into a fresh tailspin that took it down to a five-month low in Tokyo yesterday, ahead of the meeting
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    • 327 6  -  LONDON Byl Neil Behrmann BARINGS bondholders who lost £280 million (Ss6sB million) when the bank collapsed two years ago are set to receive partial repayment in the next few months following a settlement with the bank's administrators. The administrators Nigel Hamilton,
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    • 513 6 NEW YORK Not since the mid-80s has starting pay hit such dizzy heights Bloomberg BY THE time Ward Glassmeyer took his finals at Harvard Business School earlier this month, he had accepted a sixfigure job offer from Goldman Sachs Co
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    • 392 6 SEOUL AFP THE second son of President Kim Young Sam was yesterday summoned from his prison cell for questioning by the prosecution for the first time since his arrest three days ago, officials said. Television pictures showed a handcuffed Kim Hyun Chul being escorted
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    • 382 6 LONDON Individuals or firms promoting a listing most be named FT THE London Stock Exchange on Monday tightened the rules governing the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in order to force the naming of all individuals or organisations promoting a company that is seeking
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    • 64 6 [AUCKLAND] An Australian silky terrier, attached to its owner Dene Richardson, preparing to leap out of a plane above Auckland on Sunday. The small dog is a veteran of 154 tandem parachute jumps, and is the mascot of the Red-Zone canopy formation sky diving
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    • 422 6 WASHINGTON Bat major weapons programmes not hit by strategic blueprint NYT THE Pentagon on Monday released a strategic blueprint for the early 21st century that calls for a new round of base closings, cuts of about 60,000 active-duty troops and reductions
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    • 265 6 TOKYO Reuter AFTER leading the world in using machines to boost productivity, Japan has fallen behind the United States and Germany in harnessing technological progress. The Trade Ministry said yesterday that from 1975 to 1991, Japanese manufacturers, particularly in machin-ery-related areas,
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    • 161 6 LONDON AFP Bloomberg BRITISH Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown yesterday unveiled plans to create a super financial watchdog in a drive to cut costs and enhance the efficiency of financial regulation here. Mr Brown told parliament that responsibility for banking supervision
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 734 7  -  THE BOTTOM UMB OPINION By S N Vasuki The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent ONE long-term casually of the Busang saga may be old-fashioned news reporting. Journalists covering the story have realised, to their chagrin, that once-loyal readers were logging onto Internet
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    • 117 7 'Do people ever reflect... that the best way to protect the penetration of one's secrets by others is to have the minimum of secrets to conceal?' -GeorgeK«iiijui a former US ambassador to the Soviet Union on the limitations of spying. The time has come for Africa to
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    • 696 7 EDITORIAL AT LAST, it would seem, the predatoiy billion-dol-lar funds that pick on weakened currencies may have come up against a combined financial force whose "table money" —to borrow a poker term could match theirs. By the end of last week, central banks in
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    • 1177 7  -  Asia-Pacific banks on path of risk management can gain by avoiding mistakes others have made By] Mike Edleson The writer is the director of,) risk management at US-based Infinity Financial Technology Inc which recently setup', an office in Singapore... RISK management has come to occupy
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    • 894 7 Black May tn back Mat ANOTHER year has passed and the parents and friends of the people killed in the infamy of Black May 1992 are left to grieve and wonder what has changed since an unholy alliance of military figures and politicians protected its interests
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 789 8  -  The golfer is the card company's new spokesman, writes richard samdomi RICHARD SANDOMIR AP NOW that he has more than enough money to qualify for credit cards and to require a staff of financial advisers, star golfer Tiger Woods has signed a five-year contract
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    • 878 8 ■BOOKS The deaths of eight climbers last year have provided fodder for a best-selling book NYT [NEW YORK] It was the casual conversation of two ambitious professionals, idle office chatter except that the water cooler was a Web site and their
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 488 10  -  Bat earnings of nnit We&rnes Int'l Call 28% to $8m Shiv Taneja Diversified conglomerate WBL Corp yesterday reported a 66.8 per cent increase in net profit to $15.8 million for the half year ended March 31, while Sesdaq-listed subsidiary Wearnes
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    • 288 10 SCMP {HONGKONG] The Jardine companies could be relisted in ftongkong in the near future, jthanks to the warming of ties between the group and China, Says brokerage ING Barings. Changes in the management of Jardines and the Securities and Futures Commission
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    • 331 10  -  2 firms buy 104 ha in Johor township project for M5236.5m From. Meera Tharmaratnam Tharm&ratn&m in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S diversified Renong Bhd has sold two more parcels of land at its massive Nusajaya township project in Johor for a total of M$236.5 million (S$135 million).
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    • 749 10  -  S N Vasuki JAKARTA stocks and the rupiah tumbled last week due to reverberations from the Thai financial markets. Nervous investors dumped Indonesian financial instruments on expectations that the country will be the next stamping ground for forex speculators. Though the fears about a financial
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    • 442 10  -  PepsiCo Restaurants International says status 'not 100 per cent resolved' From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE status of the lucrative franchise of listed fast-food operator KFC Holdings (Malaysia) Bhd remained unclear yesterday with the departure of previous franchise holder George Ting. Bob
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    • 147 10 [SINGAPORE] Pan Malayan Holdings has increased its stake in Sin Lee Investment Holdings from 35.6 per cent to 62.5 per cent. It said yesterday it signed agreements with two existing shareholders of Sin Lee to purchase a total of 10.75 million
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    • COMPANIES
      • 609 11  -  DBS research suggests 'hold' on Wing Long Bank shares, 'reduce' on Wing Hang Bank Fronv Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong ONE is probably the most aggressive. The other is one of the most conservative. DBS Investment Research is thus not recommending a buy
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      • 350 11 Marks Spencer pretax rises 14% to over £1b New lines, redesigned store layouts lift UK retailer's sales Bloomberg [LONDON] Marks Spencer pic said on Monday that its fiscal 1997 pre-tax profit rose 14 per cent in line with expectations as new product lines and redesigned store layouts lifted sales. It
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 63 11 [SINGAPORE] Clipsal Industries has increased its investment in its subsidiary, Clipsal (Taiwan) Co, from NTS25.6 million (S$1.32 million) to NT)32 million by subscribing for its share in a NT|10 million increase in Clipsal Taiwan's share capital. Clipsal owns 64 per cent of its Taiwanese
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        • 60 11 [SINGAPORE] SM Summit Holdings said yesterday it had incorporated SM Summit Holdings (HK) Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary. It has also set up Virtual Sound Mastering Point Pte Ltd, a joint venture between SM Summit and Lim Ang Loke. SM Summit has subscribed for 40 per cent
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        • 70 11 [SINGAPORE] L&M Group Investments has increased its stake in L&M Maxco Company, an associated company set up In the Philippines, by subscribing for an additional 4,000 shares of 1,000 pesos (S$54) each for cash at par. After the increase in its share capital, L&M Maxco
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      • 49 11 [LONDON] Nat West chairman Lord Alexander leaning on a sign in front of the City's tallest building, the Nat West Tower, on Monday. The tower, which is undergoing a £75 million (Ssl 76 million) redevelopment, will be known in future as the International Finance Centre. REUTER
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      • 481 11 Sales jump 24.5%, but analysts say pace won't be sustained Bloomberg [TOKYO] Honda Motor Co said net profit on its worldwide operations more than tripled to 221.2 billion yen (553.99 billion) as sales accelerated around the world. It was the highest net profit
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      • 271 11 FT [TOKYOJ NEC of Japan, the world's second largest semiconductor maker after Intel of the US, plans to lift memory chip production by 18 per cent this year following an improved outlook for the market. The decision reflects growing
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      • 340 11  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong TYCOON Oei Hong Leong's China Strategic Holdings yesterday reported a 5.4 per cent drop in net profit for last year to HKS24O million (5544.2 million), down from HK5252.6 million. Turnover was also down, falling 5.2 per
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      • 403 11  -  Philippine cell phone leader has plans to raise np to 9b pesos From, Al Labita in Manila SMART, the Philippine telecom wing of Indonesia's Salim Group, has deferred its plan to go public next month because of adverse share market conditions, a
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      • 198 11 Reuter [MANILA] Keppel Corp Ltd said on Monday that it will automate operations of the Philippines' Monte de Piedad and Savings Bank which it rescued from cash flow problems early this month. The Singapore-based firm said the automation of the 31 branches of Monte de
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      • 102 11 Reuter [TOKYO] Japan's Sumitomo Corp announced yesterday it went into the red in the last business year for the first time since the giant trading house was founded in 1919. The company said its parent net losses in the year to March 31 reached 148.63
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      • 184 11 Bloomberg [PALO ALTO, California] Shares of computer disk-drive makers fell on Monday amid concern about excess inventory and the prospect of falling prices. Seagate Technology Inc, the largest independent diskdrive maker, fell 3v« to 45 while Quantum Corp fell 47/16 to
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 401 12  -  NYCE won't be able to match liquidity of forex markets, they say Rrj\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] A Singapore dollar futures contract to be launched in New York is unlikely to take off because currency hedging is already well taken care
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      • 369 12 Plan will affect non-banks offering wire transfers Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Treasury Department on Monday proposed measures to tighten the screws on money launderers by requiring that all nonbank wire transfers over US$75O (551,073) be reported to the federal government. The new regulations would tighten
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      • 325 12 FT [LONDON] A nearly 80 per cent rise in world coffee prices this year is likely to force coffee manufacturers to change their policy of holding minimal stocks, the International Coffee Organisation (ICO) said on Monday. Roasting companies shifted from holding substantial stocks
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      • 326 12 FT Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Bank, Germany's biggest bank, is planning to reduce its industrial holdings in some of Germany's largest companies and start building up stakes in foreign concerns, said new chairman Rolf Breuer. Such a move would mark a radical departure
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      • 358 12 Bloomberg [COLUMBUS, Ohio] The Federal Reserve is examining allegations of unfair lending at Banc One Mortgage Co as part of its approval of parent company Banc One Corp's acquisition of First USA Inc. The Fed board of governors last Wednesday approved Co-lumbus-based
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      • 195 12 SOKEXReport Reuter (SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures pared losses yesterday after the yen surged against the US dollar in Asia. Reports that Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party would recommend a rise in the discount rate triggered stop-loss selling in Euroyen futures. December Euroyen was at
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      • 178 12  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Ric Trotta, By Ric Trotta, Floor Manager, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures ended significantly lower yesterday in line with a sell-off in the cash market. The May '97 contract finished 58 points lower
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      • 265 12 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [SINGAPORE] Oil refiners, facing operating losses for the first time in four months, might cut production within a month if business does not pick up, industry sources said here yesterday. "We're looking at the losses closely. If we think this
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      • 294 12 Reuter AFP London THE US dollar fell sharply yesterday after US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin warned that it was "critical" that Japan's current account surplus was not allowed to soar. The currency also suffered from expectations of a rise in Japanese interest rates, while US monetary policy was
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      • Article, Illustration
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    • 2406 13 LONDON ■MtM Noes *h 31 Group 494.400 -.600 AB Ports 261.400 -2.600 APPOVNOHOMI 931.400 -26 AWodOomocq 453.400 tl.400 Amee 145.400 2 Asdo Group 118.400 -.800 BAT tad 556.400 -5.600 BGPtC 202 5.600 BJCC_ 187 -2 BOC Group 986 -6.400 BR Petroleum 722.400 4.400 BT* 217 -3.400 Bank
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    • 1616 13 AFP Q Nikkei 225 -15U2 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday, with the Nikkei Average pressured by selling on the sharp fall of the dollar against the yen. Brokers said investors reacted negatively to the yen's renewed gains against the dollar. The leading barometer of the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell
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      1592 14 Bloomberg yi Han* Sen* +127.38 STOCKS rose for a third day yesterday, driving the benchmark Hang Seng Index to a record high, as China-backed companies posted their biggest gains in four months. Companies that do most of their businesses in China or "red chips" paced the gains. The 33-stock
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      626 14 Q Shenzhen B Index +5J3 SHENZHEN'S B Share Index soared 5.13 points, 3.1 per cent, to 171.98 yesterday on turnover of HK5119.9 million after US President Bill Clinton said he would renew China's most-favoured nation (MFN) status, traders said. "The B Index was poised for a technical rebound today
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    • 400 14 AFP Q VP Index -110.79 SHARE prices finished lower yesterday as investors' expectations of government support of the bourse petered out. "Investors had expected the government to boost share prices on the first anniversary of the president's inauguration, but it did not materialise," said a broker. The Weighted Price
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    • 265 14 Bloomberg CI Wellington -12J7 SHARES declined yesterday amid concerns the construction industry will suffer as the economy slows. The benchmark NZSE 40-share Index fell 12.17 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 2,295.39. Bloomberg Miy 20 CMC) ANZB.ot.in, 8.90 "0-20 4755 Atfv*»««9»$ MWgs 133 unch 2000 AkHw,Z..Un<l<A> 2.96 -0.04 *****0
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    • 335 14 AFP n Manila -9.98 SHARE prices fell yesterday on profit-taking, brokers said. "People were bargain hunting, but the buying was not enough to offset the selling pressure," said a trader. "A lot of investors are selling to cover their losses." The PSE Composite Index fell 9.98 points to 2,499.38.
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      757 14 AFP (3 Composite Index *jjB SHARE prices closed marginally firmer yesterday amid uncertainty over US interest rates, concern over the Thai baht and outbreaks of violence in Indonesia's election campaign, dealers said. A dealer said investors were using the elections as an excuse to stay on the sidelines. "The
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    • 422 14 AFP f% Composite Index +13.47 SHARE prices soared 1.9 per cent yesterday to their highest close of the year amid an improved economic outlook. Brokers said investor sentiment turned bullish as the yen's rally boosts hopes of the recovery of South Korean exports. The Composite Index climbed 13.47 points
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    • 606 14 AFP PAH Ordinaries -&3 SHARE prices closed lower as key resource stocks struggled to outweigh a weaker banking index which retreated ahead of a meeting of the US Federal Reserve later yesterday. The All Ordinaries Index fell 0.3 point to 2,530.7. Turnover was 328.4 million shares worth A 5905.4
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      • 8013 15 MBttSTKALS f CiHMNf pniich •*•7 Laat Vel Day H«t Cap 1— M» -BOO mni L— p/» I— 790 560 Apnomoto 585 10 3 605 580 32.4 237.1 448 293 Angkasa 318 8 20 318 316 9.4 468.9 905 610 Apollo Food Hlg 670 unch 10 680 670 268.0 428 189
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      • 541 15 AFX-Asia Q Composite Index +17.23 SHARE prices closed sharply higher yesterday with selective buying of blue chips by local and foreign institutional investors. Dealers said local retail investors were also seen bargain hunting across the board. The benchmark KLSE Composite Index closed up 17.23
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
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      • 196 16  -  WARRANT WATCH 1 tO L By i R Sivanithy TODAY'S feature is a bit out of the ordinary a covered warrant on a stock traded here but which will be listed in Hongkong. We got wind yesterday that Citibank is to
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      • 225 18 stocks VoIurm HK Land US$0.10 9,284,000 •MBf Capital 8,026,000 Tye Soon 10c 7,133,000 •Renong Bhd 50c 4,334,000 SingTel 15c 4,255,000 *MBf Hldgs 50c 4,021,000 Popular 10c 3.857,000 •Renong WtOO 2,998,000 MOIL US$0.05 2,945,000 MMI Hldgs 10c 2,457,000 Stocks HK Land US$0.10 24.337,360 OCBC Foreign 22.401.421 •MBf Capital 22.377,830 DBS Foreign
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        57 18  -  -by! Shiv Taneja INVESTORS in Nat Steel, which closed four cents higher at $4.22 on a volume of just over two million shares yesterday, should start looking to take profit over the next few sessions. There is a little bit more upside in the stock, but a price
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      • 674 18  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Property stocks recoup Monday's losses; electronics shares in favour too; overall trading quiet ahead of Fed meeting By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A quiet session yesterday due to caution ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting ended on a
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
        • 95 18 SOMEONE was really flattered by an offer of VIP (read Valued Investor Package) treatment from one of the bigger securities outfits. You too could have that if you have a six-digit annual salary. And you would be eligible for an assigned customer service officer to help with the
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        • 130 18 BY 2002, Japan's new third generation wireless network is scheduled to start operations. This wireless network, called Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), will transfer data at two megabits per second (Mbs), about 200 times faster than today's wireless handphone networks. This means W-CDMA is fast enough for
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        • 92 18 OVER 6,ooojournalists are expected to cover the reversion of Hongkong to China on June 30. And that's not counting the several thousand foreign diplomats and dignitaries, including Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Prince Charles. According to the Hongkong Hotel Association, the
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        • 139 18 WITH less than two months before Hongkong returns to China, some hoteliers in Hongkong are in a quandary. If everyone thinks Hongkong hotels will be too expensive or fully booked because of it, they might be inclined to give this historic event a miss.
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        • 99 18 IT LOOKS like the members of the Singapore Recreation Club have decided that there's nothing like a good controversy to raise awareness of the club's new premises on its old Padang site. Some hot issues are being tabled-at its annual general meeting to be held on Saturday,
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    • 29 16 For real-time stock information, Scall Quickstock on 1900-913-0003 at 30 cents a minute. I Stock numbers are available in the stock pages of The Business Times and Lianhe Zaobao.
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    • 198 18 BUSINESS Notices 0 1 matahari MATAHARI PUTRA PRIMA Indonesia's Premier Retailer FIRST QUARTER RESULTS (unaudited) Quarter ended 31st March (Inrupiah) 1997 1996 Growth Revenue Rp 580.9 Billion Rp 542.6 Billion +7% Operating Profit Rp 64.6 Billion Rp 44.0 Billion +47% operating Margin m of revenue) Net Profit After Tax Rp
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    • 546 18 RINC-O VALVE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (Incorporated la tW Republic af Singapore) (In Voluntary Liquidation) Al an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 230 Orchard Road M7-232A Faber House Singapore *****4 on the 12/5/97 al 9.00 am the following Special Resolutions were passed: (1) That the Company be wound
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 316 19 Bridge News Reuter A European holiday curbed trading on the freight market and much of the business reported was fixed at the end of last week Holidays in key centres impacted on the freight fixtures market, with volume very light, Clarkson Wolff said in its daily Biffex market
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    • 438 19  -  Govt committee formed to phase out restrictions on imports of small boats From Vivek Raghuvanshi in New Delhi [NEW DELHI] India's private domestic shipyards are resisting further deregulation of imports of small boats. The Indian Surface Transport Ministry has set up a committee
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    • 247 19 Figure shows importance of ports to economy: report [ROTTERDAM] The total added value of all seaports in the Netherlands amount to 28.5 billion guilders (5521.4 billion), says the Dutch Economic Institute (NED in Rotterdam. The institute came up with this latest figure, based on 1995
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    • 764 19  -  STRAIT TALK By\ Seafarer THE 14 carriers belonging to the Far Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC) have once again made another go at trying to pump up depressed freight rates. In another of its attempts at "rate restoration" with shippers,
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    • 357 19  -  By Yong Mel Fang [SINGAPORE] The Global Alliance, amid much speculation on the uncertainty of Its future, has announced plans to step up Its trans-Pacific services from next month. The service enhancements are made by three of the four members
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    • 47 19 [SHANGHAI] Colombian naval training sail ship, ARC Gloria, berths here on Monday for a four -day visit during its round-the-world voyage. The ship arrived from Pusan in South Korea and is the first Colombian naval vessel to visit Shanghai since 1983. AFP
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    • 251 19 Lloyds' News [CALCUTTA] Freight feeder rates in the Calcutta-Singa-pore sector are expected to fall with the arrival of South Korea's Oram Shipping at the Calcutta Dock System. Transpacific carrier American President Lines was the most recent container operator to deploy three 640-TEU (20-ft equivalent
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    • 238 19 Reuter [LONDON] Tanker inspection regimes are becoming burdensome and can threaten safety rather than enhance it, a senior shipping official has warned. "The inspection regime on the world's tanker fleet is putting huge pressures on the ships' personnel," said Captain Graham Cowling, speaking on
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    • 239 19 [TOKYO] Japan plans to urge the US government to drop a requirement that US freighters transport more than 50 per cent of US government cargo. The 50 per cent rule mainly concerns military equipment and supplies for use
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    • 1215 20  -  US SHXPPIMO: FUTURE OF BANKRUPT LYKES BROS IN THE BALANCE The proposed sale of US flag-carrier Lykes Bros' container operations to Canadian Pacific has taken a bitter turn with the carrier's CEO accusing rival Sea-Land of orchestrating a campaign to block the sale By'
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    • 358 20 PAGE Evergreen 6 AO. 13 n.-Brig« 6 ami 3 Famous 7 to* 4 Fvwde 13 Accord 8 I—*** 8 AppcwsMp S Froti Astro 3 FrtUnhs U Austral 9 FrtWw1- U Avant 6 CLln 4 B'tang Mas 8 C Mrtrwl 16 BSA 7 GwhM
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    • 14671 28 EXPORT f VhuI VovMM I FT A FT A iitvwfkir Wm«jI Um.*m —I I FT A FT A VmcaI Uawu. I r*. ETA ETA Advertiser V«ta* Voyag* Tciaphona ETA ETA Adv*rtis*r VtlW Voyag* Tataphona SIN Onfn Nim Nam* NawBar Hun** SIN Dasfn Nam* Nam* Number Numtar mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ■mmhnmmmmmnmmmmmmmmmmimmnmmmnmmmhmmrmmmmmnni
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 501 35 Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jwsq Nft An Giang 5 1/97 J16 alonqside 21.05/0600 AmWas 1 5 JOS alongside 20.05/1500 Autww <07 J07 alongside 22.05/0600 Sat am indah N352 J02 alongside 20.05/2300 Baymaid 1868 14/97 J02 alongside 20.05/2300 «Kmmo S *****7 J01 alongside 20.05/1500 Bt Nurdiana *****7 J01
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      • 1519 35 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklnq/BaUnc* Rstts Voy No Etb/Btr Period Fro* To Fro* Afcga 703* 22/0700 2A 20/1700 21/0659 21/0900 3 21/0700 21/1159 21/H00 4 21/1200 21/1459 21/1700 Ac* lily 0898 23/2359 2A 20/1700 21/0459 21/0900 21 20/1700 21/0659 21/0900 3 21/0700 21/1159 21/1400
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      • 190 35 May 21 Bangladesh: Buddha Purnima. Singapore: Vesak Day (SIMEX, Nikkei and foreign exchange futures markets open). Sri Lanka: Vesak Full MoonPoya Day. Malaysia: Vesak Day. Singapore: Vesak Day. May 22 Indonesia: Waisak Day. May 24 Bulgaria: Day of Cyrillic alphabet. South Korea: Buddha's Birthday. May 25 Argentina: Anniversary
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      • 701 35 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 394 35 C"*- "to 989.7 04 16.0 0.11 61 0.0* n Pwt.tr mm M4m Art Sifcirt Ho Mow E25 0 0 3 1 0 0 3*0 Aw 966.6 0.4 12.5 0.07 32 0.02 Cn» 360 Uii 992.9 U 17.1 O.O 12 0.07 »W %W* mi Wo iNw 635
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    • AIR & LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 434 36 Strongest growth will •ccor in intra-Asu market: Merge Global Reuter [ARLINGTON, Virginia] World air cargo traffic will grow at a compounded annual average of 7.1 per cent for the next six years, slightly slower than the 7.3 per cent growth rate
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      • 193 36 Reuter [AMSTERDAM] A group of Russian and Chinese investors has expressed interest in relaunching bankrupt aircraft maker Fokker and has contacted Dutch entrepreneur Rosen Jacobson who had been involved in previous Fokker rescue talks, a joint statement from the investors said. Russian investors, united
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      • 292 36 AFP [CHICAGO] General Motors' decision to build a downscale car in Brazil is part of a worldwide strategy to tap new consumers in emerging markets at a time when the developed market is saturated, auto analysts said on Monday. GM's Brazilian
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      • 198 36 AFP [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government will refrain from guaranteeing a multi-million-dollar loan provided to the producer of its so-called national car, PT Timor Putra Nasional, a report said yesterday. "We won't provide a government guarantee to Timor Putra. Even state
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      • 60 36 [KUALA LUMPUR] A worker surveying monorail tracks leading towards the new US$3.6 billion (515.1 billion) Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on Monday. Works on the airport will be completed in less than 120 days as scheduled despite delays in construction, said Clifford Herbert,
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      • 193 36 Bloomberg [LONDON] Luton Airport said it is not for sale after a newspaper reported that Stelios Ha-ji-loannou, the owner of lowcost airline Easy Jet Airline Co, wants to buy the airport north of London. The fast-growing airport needs to raise £40 million (Ss94 million) to
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      • 191 36 Bridge News [SEATTLE 1 The Boeing Company is considering a bigger version of its 737 series due to customer interest, the company said. "It's a product development study. We're looking at a fourth version of the next generation 737," Jerry Johnson, a company spokesman,
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      • 298 36 Bloomberg [LONDON] Boeing Co has not offered British Airways pic an exclusive airplane purchasing agreement like those signed by some of its rivals, according to the UK airline's top executives. The pacts, which give airlines a discount in return for buying all
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      • 374 36  -  Fuel burn among factors considered in decision By Felix Chan (SINGAPORE] Silk Air's choice of International Aero Engines' (lAE) powerplants for its fleet of new Airbus planes is a first for the regional airline. Its existing fleet of Boeing 737-300s, which will
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        • 64 36 Reuter [MUSCATJTheGuIf Arab state ofOman plans to build an airport to serve lis industrial city of Sohar, Communications Minister Salem bin Abdullah al-Ghazali said yesterday. Mr Ghazali, in comments carried by the official Oman News Agency, said a plot of land has been allocated
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        • 56 36 Reuter [BEIJING] Officials of Daimler-Bens and a Chinese automotive firm said on Monday they were proceeding with plant lor arajgbillkm (Ssi. 44 billion > joint venture but hurdles remained. An official of Bamcing Motor Corp, based in Zhanjiang in southern Guangdong described the project—announced two
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    • 61 20 SENLIM SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 133, Nm Bridge Road, (06-08. Chtatfoam Por* S-poiwOOMll Tat *****00 §jFax: *****04 Tatac RS ***** SENUM WBULY KGUUft savw 10IAST/WBT M'SU Cmtmm mi Ummtmd Cm ft) vtssa vor tun w okhnc reuwi rmm 9NTOU 10/*7 17/5 JO/5 21A SMNM SA/W J«/5 a/5 HMMMH t/V H/i V/i
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    • 552 20 Unas services represented by Members of fteßegisky of Accredited Shipping Agents, S*pore National Shipping Assoc Members of *e Singapore Freight r onwrderi' r A«SOl:lsimi. JR Speedy X and Quality """fIV Service to CALCUTTA EXPORT 3 x Japan •2 x Hongkong •1 x x Koodiiuna, Kwhg (Actopling PC to BKK/NAHA/SBOAI/CBU/ICH *anT
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    • 1117 21 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE Ivissa. VOY SM RTM HAM MV SOU LdT IviSSCL WY RTM HAM MY SOU LIH KG SM~ NEDLLOYD OGAMA 5207 22/05 12/0* 10/0* 14/04 HAAS 2107 04/05 04/05 04/05 10/05 27/05 OUNGA PELANGI 1207 21/05 00/04 10/04 11/04 14/04 DADUOE 4147 10/05 07/05 00/05 20/05 OUNGA/ELANGI
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    • 1504 23 VHSKL VOY SIN POU PKO PEW JKT I BA I BIK IRAN VAH DAT PJL-1237 24/05/97 23/05/97 22/05/97 04/06/97 02/05/97 IRAN YAMiN PJL-1226 10/05/97 20/05/97 IRAN MOBIN PJL- 1240 03/05/97 05/05/97 15/05/97 15/05/97 ACCEPTING FULL CONTAINER SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN CIS COUNTRIES I.E. A2ARBAIJAN, ARMENIA, KAZAKHSTAN. UZBEKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN,
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    • 53 29 //"VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD Kstahlishcd Since l t >«X4 77//; TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PKOPLK UKCilll AK C.KOIIIWCI ICI CONSOI IDATIOX' IMPORT iv i:\PORT SI RVICI S OCEANIA PORTS AUCKLAND SYDNKY BRISBANE MELBOURNE FREMANTLE w VISA I RLKiIIT SERVICES PIT I TO A J|MI VISA ICI CDXSOI PTI LTD rOIJ l
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    • 75 30 SHIPPING CO., LTD MULTI-PURPOSE VESSEL FOR RO/RO, CONTAINER t BREAK lULK CARGO YISSII |VOT I W I SIM JIT 11 tt JPW TIAWS PAQfK 5 >5 IS/IS 27/05 20/05 01/04 02/04 00/04 HKU 172 04/04 I If/04 KIPNMUS 35 01/04 10/04 12/04 15/04 14/04 24/04 YISSII VOT SIM PI |li~
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    • 680 32 —SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD —J™ 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********0 D BOOKINGS CA L L DIB EC TLI ME: *****41/43JESSICA/CELIA/MEI CHAN j*****8ff13EE581 7 slgs/week QE22S2I 3 slgs/WEEK VESSEL [VOY [SIN pAK [VESSEL IVOY ISW
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