The Business Times, 12 August 1998

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    12 1 MITA(P) 110/12/97 85c THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12,1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    76 1 mm USI St USS 1.760 £(US$/S$ per 1.831 1871 DM 1.784 0.986 YEN 147* 1.199* RM 4.260 0.413 HK$ 7.741 0527 BAHT 4210 0.042 RUPIAH ***** 0.014 St to 100 units FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 7g8 KUALA LUMPUR 11.60 JAKARTA 28.00 BANGKOK 14.75 Manila 22.90 HONO KONG 1026 TAIPEI sm
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    Lock icon World markets gripped by fears of worse to come
    890 1 Slump in Asian equities and currencies touches off heavy selloff in US, Europe Reuters [LONDON] Financial markets around the globe were battered yesterday by growing fears that a slowdown in major industrial and emerging economies has further to run. "There are
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    Lock icon Dow dives 181 at 1pm EDT
    81 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] Wall Street steadied somewhat by Ipm EDT yesterday after plunging by as much as 223 points earlier in the morning. Spooked by renewed fears that the Asian crisis will hurt the US economy and corporate profits more than it already has,
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    '98 recession still unlikely but weakness ahead: MTI
    657 1  -  Forecast of 0.5-1.5% growth stays; 2 of 5 sectors shrank in Q2 By. Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] The economy will weaken further in the rest of this year, but a fullyear recession is still unlikely, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said
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    Lock icon Q2 portfolio investment outflow from S'pore doubled to $3.9b
    364 1  -  By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] The net outflow of portfolio investments from Singapore quickened in the second quarter, more than doubling to $3.94 billion. The second-quarter figure, released yesterday with the quarterly economic survey (QES), indicates that the slowdown in fund
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    61 1 !c pur i Wlth hnrdly 10,000 km on its odometer and costing over a million dollars when new is going for a meres3oo,ooo. There are about 200 Rolls registered in Singapore. But in the present economic climate some are finding their way from the garages of wealthy homes
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      132 1 mapE September OOEs down Certificate of Entitlement premiums in September fell across the board with quotes for big cars, luxury cars and the open category now near five-year lows, Pf 2 Hack Lock Siew What the DBS-POSBank merger means, Pf 19 ftufk to Malaysian Airline System will shift some of
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      6 1 Mid-continent shaves cornered: SES, Pg 19
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      16 1 Ten, Nikkei plunge, Pg 7 More reports, Pg 4 Editorial: It's looking grim indeed, Pg 15
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      COE premiums near 5-year lows for big cars
      506 2  -  September premiums fall across the board; trend expected to continne for next 6-12 months By' Yen Sreenivasan SEPTEMBER'S Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums fell across the board with quotes for big cars, luxury cars and the open category now near five-year lows.
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      Lock icon Compaq's Yishun plant to focus on high-end boards
      408 2  -  By Rahita Elias US COMPUTER giant Compaq's plant in Yishun will focus on producing higher val-ue-added products, while outsourcing the lower-end activities to subcontractors. K Y Wong, Compaq's vicepresident and managing director for Asia demand fulfilment. recently told The Business Times: "By
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      Allianz to triple Asian premium income
      390 2  -  German insurer aims to achieve 3b mark target by year 2000 By Soh Tiang Keng GERMAN insurer Allianz, which recently acquired AGF of France, plans to increase its premium income in the Asia-Pacific region by more than three times to more than three billion
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      Bad recession if not for past hard work: Swee Say
      254 2 IF not for the hard work of previous years, Singapore could already be facing a "bad recession" of minus 5 to 10 per cent growth this year, instead of still growing, NTUC deputy secretary general Lim Swee Say said yesterday.
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      Indonesian gas project's on track, says SembGas
      560 3  -  It counters report that 2001 date won't be met because of Indon financial crisis By\ Ronnie Lim PREPARATIONS are underway, both on the construction and financial fronts, to ensure that Indonesian natural gas supplies can start arriving here from 2001 as scheduled. a
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      Shell to operate only 2 crude distillation units
      183 3 REFLECTING the continuing poor oil market, Shell, which operates Singapore's largest refinery, will effectively be operating just two of its three basic crude distillation units (CDUs) this month. A Shell spokesman yesterday said the refinery would at any one time during this
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  • 2ND QUARTER ECONOMIC SURVEY
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      Lock icon More manufacturers bearish about second-half outlook
      425 4  -  Findings correlate with sector's Q2 performance, with ontpnt down IJ% By. Audrey Tan BUSINESS sentiment has taken a decisive turn for the worse among firms in the manufacturing sector, an Economic Development Board (EDB) survey showed. The quarterly business expectations survey found a net
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      Lock icon Bank loans growth falls to 5.3% in June, the 8th monthly drop
      412 4  -  By I Clarissa Tan TOTAL bank loans growth fell for the eighth straight month to 5.3 per cent year-on-year in June, and analysts predict flat or negative growth at year-end. Loans growth to the key housing sector also
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      Lock icon Construction, transport to prop up growth
      600 4  -  Overall construction activity supported by public sector projects By I Siow LI Sen WHILE growth in construction, and transport and communications moderated in the second quarter, the two sectors are still expected to help prop up the overall economy this year, said the Ministry
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      Major trading partners show some stress points
      435 4  -  But fundamentals in US and EU remain healthy: report By, Jennifer Lien SINGAPORE'S OECD growth engines are showing signs of losing steam, the Trade and Industry Ministry noted yesterday, but added there were still some bright spots. In a feature article, Whither our
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      Financial, business growth down to 2.5%; poor H2 seen
      418 4  -  Consolidation by Tokyo banks, lower forex activity cited By\ Slow Li Sen THE financial and business services sector saw a sharp slowdown in second quarter growth to 2.5 per cent, down from 6.6 per cent a quarter ago, partly as Japanese
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        Total demand down 5.2%
        81 4 TOTAL demand fell 5.2 per cent in the aeccmd quarter, M compared to growth of A 2 per cent a quarter ago. Tbe&U waa lad by a *4 pur <nnf «hrtw Vnpn In reflecting the contraction in regional trade activity Total domestic demand Ml 1.7 per
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        Lower output hits labour productivity
        76 4 LABOUR productivity shrank 2.6 per cent in the second quarter, the result of lower output in the various sectors. Hence, deepte moderate wage increases, the unit labour k cost rose 4 per cent—much fester than the 1.6 per cent in tha first quarter. This led
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        $1.1b balance of payments surplus
        97 4 SINGAPORE chalked up a balance of payments surplus of $1.1 billion in the second quarter, from al34omillion surplus a quarter ago. This was due to a higher current account surplus of 17.6 billion, as imports shrank 13 per cent while exports contracted just 1.5 per
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        7,200 workers laid off in Q2
        71 4 A TOTAL of 7 ,200 workers were laid off in the second quarter, up from 7,131 in the first quarto:, bringing the half-year's total to 14,300. The government currently X expects 2W»O to be laid off this year. Of the second quarter's retrenchments, 6?
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        Weakest electrinics products
        123 4 DISK drives, consumer electronics and telecommunications produets the three weakest electronics products in the second quarter, Economic Development Board deputy director Wong Wee Khim said yesterday. Ms Wong said wafer fabrication, part of the semiconductor sub-sector, posted positive growth In the second quarter partly due to a
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        S-EA cargo volume shrinks 9.8%
        61 4 SOUTH-EAST Asia cargo vohnne shrank 9.8 per cent during the second quarter compared with 2.7 per cent in the first quarter. This is not expected to change for the rest of the year, given the fell in regional dtmand and the corresponding drop in entrepot
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  • FOCUS: MONEY MATTERS
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      Lock icon A timely reminder to sell on strength
      1144 6  -  Past week's events show too much can still go wrong with regional currencies By Larry Wee OVER the past two weeks, Money Ma tters has pointed to faltering reg i on a 1 stock markets as warnings against over-optimism during bouts of Asian
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      Weak yen impact overstated
      534 6  -  Underlying trend for Asian nnits is to strengthen over time By i Qual Hong Chye The writer is director for strategy for the Asian treasury at Bayerische Vereinsbank [SINGAPORE] Despite shortterm sentiment and speculative noises, the impact of a weak Japanese yen on other regional currencies
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      ANALYSIS
      347 6 Asian currency survey SURVEYED for where they saw currencies at the end of this year (Q4 98), and at the end of next year's first quarter (Ql 99), IDEA respondents project a downward bias. Factors are: (1) ongoing yen concerns; (2) adverse macroeconomic conditions; (3) central bank bias to
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      Lock icon THE WEEK AHEAD
      351 6  -  Compiled by Larry Wee Sources: ABN Amro (ABN) Deutsche Bank Research (DB) Independent Economic Analysis Holdings (IDEA) MMS International United States Tomorrow: Stripping out the effects of the GM auto strike, the feel-good factor generated by higher asset prices should be reflected in a strong retail sales
      Sources: ABN Amro (ABN); Deutsche Bank Research (DB); Independent Economic Analysis Holdings (IDEA); MMS International  -  351 words
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
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      Lock icon Yen, shares plunge on worries over Japan bank rescue plan
      580 7  -  Contagion spreads from stocks to interbank markets; yen dives to eight-year low From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo MARKET fears that Japanese government plans for rescuing the nation's banking system from possible collapse could be derailed by parliamentary opposition parties pushed
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      Hang Seng likely to trade near 6,000: HK brokers
      477 7  -  Direction of index hinges mostly on dollar-yen movement From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE fate of the Hongkong market rests almost entirely on the dollar-yen performance in the days ahead but brokers say the benchmark index looks certain to trade
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      Jittery markets brace for tough Thai bank restructuring
      396 7  -  Analysts expect mergers, bond issne in forthcoming plan From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S long-delayed financial restructuring plan due out on Saturday to shut down, or merge, some ailing commercial banks and finance companies, and inflict pain upon their shareholders by writing
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      Key rates raised to stem peso's fall
      340 7  -  hYon Al Labita in Manila THE Central Bank (CB) yesterday jacked up anew its key interest rates as the peso succumbed to speculative attack earlier in the day. The CB raised by three percentage points its overnight borrowing and lending rates to 18
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      Lock icon Jakarta says its debts have been rescheduled
      376 7 It denies reports that it defaulted on repayments Reuters (JAKARTA) Crisis-racked Indonesia said yesterday it had not met some principal payments on its sovereign debt in August but insisted this was not a default as it had already been agreed with the international
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      Rate cut, yuan fears drive KL stocks down: analysts
      531 7  -  Bank Negara's intervention rate cut seen as too soon Prom Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur THE latest action by the Malaysian authorities to reduce interest rates had come too soon, and coupled with concerns over a likely devaluation of the yuan,
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Indon military chief urges ethnic Chinese not to flee
      343 8 JAKARTA He tells them to disregard rumours of likely unrest in coming week: report AFP THE military chief of Indonesia's East Java province has called on ethnic Chinese not to flee the country ahead of Independence Day and to disregard rumours
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      Lock icon Anwar denies eyeing top Umno post
      248 8 ■PENANG Bernama IN a public display of loyalty to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, his deputy Anwar Ibrahim reiterated yesterday that he will not contest the Umno presidency in the party's election next year. Mr Anwar, who is Umno deputy president and also Pulau Pinang
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      Lock icon M'sia may review S'pore ties, says Dr M
      112 8 ■PENANG Bernama PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday Malaysia did not rule out the possibility of reviewing bilateral ties with Singapore if the strained relationship between both countries worsened. However, Dr Mahathir said that as of now, the situation had not reached
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      Lock icon KL to revive old rubber pact in place of Inra
      307 8 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA, en route to quitting the International Natural Rubber Organisation (Inro), plans to revive an old rubber agreement as an alternative to the global rubber pact. Local newspaper said yesterday Malaysia will propose the revival of the
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      Forgotten tragedy in Indonesia
      538 9  -  ASIAN VIEW Aceh's Skull Hill has many gory tales of atrocities to tell By Yang Razali Kassim IN a recent gruesome cover story on the situation on Aceh, the Indonesian weekly magazine Gatra recounted the case of a man who was brought at gunpoint by a
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      Lock icon 16 proposals to buy bumiputra shares received in 1st half
      282 9 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama THE Foreign Investment Committee (FIC) received 16 proposals for the acquisition of bumiputra shares in 22 companies during the first half of this year, Parliament was told yesterday. Finance Ministry Parliamentary Secretary Shafie Mohd Salleh said 10
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      Lock icon Former Bank Negara governor dies
      329 9 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama THE former Bank Negara Malaysia governor Jaffar Hussein died at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre at Subang Jaya near here yesterday. He was 67. His younger son, Roslan, said he died at 4.30 pm. Mr Jaffar who was hospitalised two weeks ago
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      Lock icon 2 held for allegedly spreading rumours of KL riots via Net
      314 9 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysians detained under Internal Security Act Bernama POLICE yesterday detained two people suspected of being involved in spreading rumours of disturbances in the federal capital through the Internet on Friday. Inspector-General of Police Abdul Rahim Noor said
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China to open banking sector further
      510 10 BEIJING Foreign banks in Shenzhen to be allowed to make ynan loans; changes expected by year-end Bloomberg CHINA said it will open its banking industry further to foreign lenders as a slowing economy saddles its own banks with bad debts. Expanding a pilot scheme
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      Lock icon China sets up new welfare system for state sector lay-offs
      241 10 BEIJING 1.5b ynan set aside; new roles to cover big cities, townships AFP CHINA has put in place a new welfare system to cope with its massive lay-offs in the state sector, the official China Daily said yesterday. Chinese authorities
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      Lock icon Missing HK tycoon tossed into sea: gangster
      180 10 HONGKONG AFP A HONGKONG tycoon, miss* ing since he was kidnapped in 1990, was tossed into the sea by his abductors as their boat was chased by Chinese guards, said a gang member. The former boss of developer Chinachem, Teddy Wang, one of
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      Lock icon Chinese central bank completes shakeup at HQ
      515 10 BEIJING Reforms will result in six big regional branches; loans also to be reclassified Reuters CHINA'S central bank has finished streamlining its headquarters in the first of a series of reforms to strengthen its supervisory powers, deputy governor Liu Mingkang said yesterday. "About
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      Lock icon China to close down 1,000 accountancy firms
      182 11 BEIJING Reuters CHINA plans to shut down some 1,000 accountancy firms by the end of this year as part of a nationwide clean-up of the sector launched in 1997, state media said yesterday. The Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants dispatched inspection teams
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      Lock icon Floods, Asian crisis cut China's industrial output
      441 11 BEIJING July's 7.6% casts donbt on whether 11% target for year can be reached Reuters DEVASTATING floods and Asia's Financial crisis knocked China's industrial output growth to a year-on-year 7.6 per cent in July, the State Statistical Bureau said yesterday. Industrial output in
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Bankruptcies hit record as Japan's recession deepens
      385 12 TOKYO Personal failures in 1998 seen exceeding last year's record figure by 26% Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese are seeking protection from creditors at record rates, according to the Supreme Court's personal bankruptcy figures for the first five months of 1998, the latest sign that
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      Lock icon S Korea shuts down four ailing insurance firms
      257 12 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korean financial watchdogs yesterday shut down four crippled insurance firms which will be merged into healthier companies, officials said. The four firms, deemed to be beyond salvage, were suspended from operations for three months effective yesterday, after which time
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      Lock icon Jiang plans to visit Japan in Sept
      247 12 TOKYO Trip, a first by China president, seen highlighting financial market concerns Reuters CHINESE President Jiang Zemin will make an official visit to Japan from Sept 6 to 11, the first Chinese president to do so, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said yesterday. Mr
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      Lock icon Flying high for a safe Olympics
      60 12 [SYDNEY] An SAS Blackhawk helicopter swooping pass the giant sculptures of athletes on top > ofSydney's Centrepoint Tower yesterday as part of a familiarisation tour of the city's layout. The helicopters which can carry up to 18 troops are part of an anti-terrorist unit
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      Lock icon Top US economists warn of danger from One Nation
      395 12 SYDNEY They say party has potential to damage Aussie economy AFP TWO of the world's leading economists have warned that the far-right One Nation party has the potential to damage the Australian economy unless political leaders work together to block its
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        Lock icon BOJ leaves Interest rates unchanged
        51 12 AFP [TOKYO] The Bank of Japan left its monetary policy intact at a policy board meeting yesterday, indicating no change to the country's record low 0.5 per cent official interest rate. "By majority vote, the policy board decided to leave monetary policy unchanged," it said.
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        Lock icon Tokyo to sell up to 1m NTT shares
        91 12 AFP [TOKYO] The Japanese government plans to sell 141 to one m ill ion shares of its total holding of 10.42 million in Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) next year, the Yomiuri Shimbun said yesterday. Government sources were quoted by the daily
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        Lock icon Northern Territory to get statehood
        67 12 Bloomberg [CANBERRA] Australia's Northern Territory is set to become the country's seventh state on Jan 1,2001, a century after Australia first became a federation. "It is an historic decision," Prime Minister John Howard said. "The goal simply is a new state for a new century,"
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        Lock icon Militants blow up Indian refinery
        85 12 AFP [GUWAHATI, India] Suspected tribal militants yesterday blew up a state-run oil refinery in tibe troubled north-eastern state of Assam, police sakL A police official said the blast occurred yesterday morning at Naeaam town, 90 km east of the state's capital GuwahatL "We suspect militants
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Chip makers reel from decade's worst downturn
      317 13 SAN FRANCISCO No recovery in sight; up to 35,000 US jobs cut, hit by glut, Asian crisis Reuters HIT by a glut of stock, too much manufacturing capacity and economic malaise in Asia, the US$l37 billion (*****.9 billion) global semiconductor industry is mired
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      Lock icon US productivity falls in Q2 for first time in three years
      377 13 WASHINGTON Analysts expect it to improve in H2 as economy strengthens Bloomberg AMERICAN worker productivity fell in the second quarter for the first time in three years as the US economy shifted into a lower gear. Productivity a measure
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      Lock icon Seaside heatwave
      48 13 [TRA VEMUNDE] People sitting in wicker beach chairs on the beach at Travemunde on Germany's Baltic Sea coast yesterday. Tourists and residents enjoyed the sunny weather yesterday across Germany with temperatures in the thirties and which are expected to rise higher in the coming days. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Asian crisis widens US trade deficit
      234 13 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE US trade deficit is increasing this year because of Asia's economic turmoil, although that gap can be reduced if the hardest-hit countries open up their markets further, according to a US government report. The "trade ripple effects" from the crisis will
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      Lock icon UK manufacturing optimism slumps
      137 13 LONDON Bloomberg OPTIMISM among British manufacturers slumped in nearly every region of the UK in the four months ended July as domestic demand fell, the Confederation of British Industry said yesterday. The latest regional trends survey from the CBI and consultant Business Strategies showed only Northern
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      Lock icon C'wealth Bank sees 25% fall in world stock markets
      249 13 LONDON Reuters FORECASTING a 25 per cent fall in world equity markets over the next six months, Commonwealth Bank of Australia yesterday recommended investors cut their exposure to shares while buying bonds and cash. "The equity markets are going to continue
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      128 13 Also fl Home Imagine being able to, quite literally, stroll down to the beach at the end of your working day. You can at Mandarin Gardens, Singapore s only full service apartments by the sea. Apartments range Irom one bedroom to penthouse and are fully furnished. (You only need to
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      Indian smiles disappear as economy stalls
      903 15  -  THE BOTTOM LOVE OPINION By Prem Shankar jha The writer, former editor of The Hindustan Times, contributed this article to BT THE Indian Finance Minister, Yashwant Sinha, is still predicting a marvelous turnaround of the economy in the next two months, but the prospect
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      82 15 'I thought it was some robbers wanting to rob the bank. When I heard that blast, I said: 'Oh God, it is the end of the world'.' -OehicngOkwadi a 42-year-old driver for the Kenyan national parks service, who witnessed the bombing of the US embassy. 'If Zhu
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      It's looking grim indeed
      652 15 EDITORIAL THE just-released sec-ond-quarter Economic Survey of Singapore points to a grim picture that's likely to get worse before it gets any better. Rarely has a quarterly survey contained so many negative numbers. Manufacturing, commerce, financial services, exports, imports, total investment and net job creation all
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      China's charm offensive
      1084 15  -  The timing of its wooing of Japan's Communist Party may have to do with closer US-Japan defence ties By. Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent THE Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has suddenly launched what can best be termed a charm offensive against its Japanese counterpart
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      440 15 >ocku|a,iaji Pakpahan THE government of Indonesia may have changed recently, but the old policies of repression and top-down de-cision-making remain in place. That was the message of labour activist Muchtar Pakpahan as he went around Washington last week. Mr Pakpahan places little faith in new President
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      680 16  -  Its list of 100 best novels has spawned counter-lists, writes framk rich FRANK RICH NYT IF further proof were needed that publicity can sell anything in America, here it is: Ulysses, a novel that is to beach reading what the Ring Cycle is to
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      665 16 FASHION What makes the film entertaining is that it's all eye candy, says its director LATWP FEW fictional characters have rocked the fashion world as soundly as Emma Peel. With her swinging chestnut locks, cool British sophistication and enviable 60s wardrobe, the Avengers heroine has
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      473 16 PEOPLE Hotel's longest serving employee and icon tells why he's not about to qnit Reuters [HONGKONG] He has opened doors for the famous and powerful and watched Hongkong history roll by for some 70 years all from the vantage point of its
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  • WIRED FOR BUSINESS
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      Lock icon E-commerce to hit the streets
      986 18  -  Xpress Print is spending $150 m initially to set up multimedia kiosks in popular spots, reports davxd boey DAVID BOEY HOLD on to your wallets folks. E-commerce is about to find its way into your neighbourhood and you won't even have to own a personal
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      Boosting international branding in cyberspace
      439 18  -  Network Solutions in tie-nps with Sing Tel, other telecom* firms By 1 Toh Han Shih NETWORK Solutions, currently the only firm that can register Internet domain names ending in .com, .net, .org and .edu, has tied up with Singapore Telecom and telecommunications companies in China,
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        Computer Times site gets facelift
        90 18 THE online version of Computer Times, a supplement on computers and IT published by The Straits Times, launched its new look last week. The Comtimes Web site now sports a more contemporary look and its new layout is also more user-friendly. The site also features
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        Get health tips on the Net
        80 18 NET users can pick up practical tips for a healthy lifestyle through a new Web site known as The Healthy Lifestyle Centre. The site was developed by the Committee on Healthy Lifestyle which was set up in 1996 to promote healthy living among Singaporeans.
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        First stop for women surfers
        84 18 FEMALE surfers can now access Women Connect.com, a Web site with information dedicated to women professionals and entrepreneurs. The site, which aims to be "the first stop for women on the Internet", is categorised into key sections such as business, career, health, personal finance and
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        Visa, MasterCard boost online presence
        68 18 CREDIT card companies Visa USA and MasterCard have announced tie-ups with Internet companies to boost their presence in online commerce. MasterCard has signed an agreement with Preview Travel Inc to be its premier advertiser and exclusive payment system sponsor. Visa, on the other hand, is
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        Indiana University to host Internet2
        104 18 INDIANA University will house Internet's Abilene network which will connect more than 130 universities in the US at super high speed. The high-bandwidth network promises to be 100 times faster than the public Internet and will support advanced applications such as real-time virtual research, vast
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        Amazon.com buys two Net companies
        90 18  -  Compiled byi Francis Ang AMAZON.COM Inc. (www.amazon.com), the Seattle-based bookseller on the Web, is acquiring two Internet companies, Planet All and Junglee. Planet All is a Web-based address book, calendar and reminder service with more than 1.5 million members while Junglee operates the popular online
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      Mid-Continent shares were cornered: SES
      487 19  -  Case goes to GAD; panel to decide on settlement price for outstanding trades Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] THE Stock Exchange of Singapore has declared that the shares of new-ly-listed Mid-Continent Equipment Group have been cornered and has referred the matter to the Commercial Affairs Department
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      Management reshuffle at Jardine
      175 19 [SINGAPORE] A management reshuffle has been announced at the Jardine group following the recent departure of Robert Riley as group managing director of Mandarin Oriental International. Mandarin, the Jardine group's hotel management arm, said Edouard Ettedgui will replace Mr Riley as the group's chief executive officer.
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      Want Want denies report on loans
      174 19 [SINGAPORE] Taiwan-based food producer Want Want Holdings yesterday denied a report that it is asking international banks to ease the terms of its foreign currency loans because of financial difficulties. "The group's operation is still healthy and we are not facing any difficulties in
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      $1.6b question: Is POSBank a bargain buy for DBS?
      643 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih LET'S spin a debate on the price at which the government sold POSBank to listed DBS Bank. To recap, Finance Minister Richard Hu said on July 24 that the government would sell POSBank to DBS
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      Lock icon Cautious thumbs-up for Creative's latest card
      421 19  -  By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Fresh from a hands-on product demonstration over the weekend, analysts are giving a cautious thumbs-up to Creative Technology's new sound card, Sound Blaster Live! "I think it's a solid product; it may give them a shot in the arm," said
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      Keppel Marine to up stake in Penguin Boat to 16%
      372 19  -  Boost for KMT in ferry service, boat-building Hy i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE) Keppel Marine Industries (KMI), a listed unit of the diversified Keppel Group, has agreed to increase its stake in Penguin Boat International Ltd, a local integrated marine services
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      Berger reports $472,000 interim loss
      270 19  -  By David Boey [SINGAPORE] Paint manufacturer Berger International has slipped into the red, posting net losses of $472,000 for the six months ended June 30. This works out to a loss per share of 0.45 of a cent, against earnings per share of 1.15 cents
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        MAS to shift some domestic flights back to Subang airport
        599 20  -  Load factor falls since shift to KLIA; KL-S'pore shuttle flights not affected fiYo) Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Airline System will shift some of its domestic flights back to Subang airport although it will mean additional cost to the
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        Lock icon Asian investments abound for cash-rich firms: US consultant
        354 20  -  By] Louis Beckerling [SINGAPORE] Opportunities for investment abound in Asia, and it is time for cashed-up companies to go on the offensive, says Boston Consulting Group (BCG) chief executive officer Carl Stern. In Singapore yesterday during a region-wide tour of BCG offices,
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        Lock icon Swiss giant buys 25% stake in Siam City Cement
        262 20 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Holderbank Financier Glaris AG of Switzerland, the world's biggest cement maker, has bought a 25 per cent stake in Siam City Cement pic for 6.3 billion baht (*****.9 million). The investment gives Siam City a boost in its effort
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        Lock icon Siam Cement to establish holding companies
        113 20 AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] Siam Cement Group pic will set up holding companies for each of its business lines to attract fresh investors and help with the group's business expansion overseas, its executive vicepresident Tawee Butsunthorn said. The Nation quoted him as saying: "The establishment of
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          S'pore index futures to debut in Sept
          74 20 (SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore and Singapore International Monetary Exchange yesterday announced that the Simex MSCI Singapore Stock Index futures contract will debut on Sept 7. It was earlier reported that the contract would be launched this month. Meanwhile, the Simex Dow
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          Lock icon PCRD expects $1.5m net loss
          49 20 AFX-Asia [SINGAPORE] Pacific Century Regional Developments Ltd expects to post a net loss of $1.5 million this year, from a net profit of $6.11 million in 1997. The forecast is based on expectations of weaker business growth and difficulties in collecting major debts. —AFX-Asia
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          Lock icon Kloffe trading to start 15 mins earlier
          69 20 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] The Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange yesterday said that trading will start 15 minutes earlier from Aug 17. Trading will start at 8.45 am. "Opening 15 minutes earlier than the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange would lead to cash
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          Lock icon KFC withdraws sale of Wisma Idris
          43 20 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] KFC Holdings (Malaysia) has rescinded and revoked its sale ofWiama Idris to Idris Hydraulic (Malaysia) Bhd. The company said the rescission and revocation agreement releases and discharges both parties from an earlier pact. —AFX-Asia
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          Corrections and clarifications
          70 20 OCBC Bank has clarified that the proposed $37 million surplus cash in the form of a dividend it will receive will come from wholly-owned OCBC Finance and not Focal Finance as mentioned in a BT repent on Aug 8. This is because the dividend is part of
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        PSC Industries plans to restructure short-term debts
        282 20  -  From. Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur PSC Industries, an investment holding company controlled by businessman Amin Shah, plans to restructure its debts because its current cashflow is not expected to be able to cover short-term debts totalling some 248 million Malaysian ringgit (*****.3
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          Lock icon Samsung Heavy first profit in 3 years
          67 21 Bloomberg (SEOULJ Samsung Heavy Industries Co, one of South Korea's top four shipbuilders, posted an interim profit for the first time in three years, as a weaker Korean currency inflated export revenues. Interim earnings amounted to 51 billion won (5566.8 million) from a
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          Lock icon United HealthCare-Humana merger off
          87 21 FT [NEW YORK] United Health Care, the US health management organisation, on Monday said it will cancel its merger with Humana, another large healthcare organisation. United's shares fell last week when it announced a US$9OO million (Ssl.6 billion) charge to cover its exit from the state-insured
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          Lock icon Stone parent seeks to sell venture stake
          81 21 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Stone Electronic Technology Ltd said parent Stone Group Corp is in talks with a "well known" computer company for the possible sale of a stake in the Stone Electronic-led joint venture, Stone System Integration Co Ltd. A Stone official said the
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          Lock icon Prime Group bays IBM Plaza
          51 21 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Prime Group Realty Trust said on Monday it has agreed to buy Chicago's IBM Plaza office tower and Cleveland's National City Centre for about US$356 million (***** million) from Blackstone Group Inc. The 47-storey IBM Plaza contains 1.35 million square feet of space.
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          Lock icon New COO gives Netscape stock a boost
          65 21 Bloomberg [MOUNTAIN VIEW, California] Shares of Netscape Communications Corp rose 24 per cent on Monday on optimism that new chief operating officer Barry Ariko, who joins the Internet software maker this week from Oracle Corp, will boost sales and partnerships. Netscape climbed 61/8
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        Lock icon Daimler-Benz to inject capital into Indon unit
        184 21 AFP [STUTTGART] Germany's largest industrial group, Daimler-Benz, said on Monday that, despite the Asian crisis, it would stick with its joint venture in Indonesia, Mercedes-Benz Group Indonesia (MBGI), and inject millions of dollars to maintain its production line there. MBGI, a joint venture
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        Lock icon US$l.4m Q2 loss at Planet Hollywood
        426 21 Celebrity restaurant chain says earnings this year will be below expectations Bloomberg [ORLANDO, Florida] Planet Hollywood International Inc reported an unexpected second quarter loss and said its profit for the year will be far less than analysts' forecasts, as sales slump at its movietheme
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        Lock icon BOC to take £267m charge for restructure
        172 21 Reuters [LONDON] British-based industrial gases company BOC Group pic announced a massive restructuring of its global business yesterday which it said would result in one-off charges of around £267 million (*****.8 million) and result in nearly 5,000 job losses worldwide. BOC said it
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        Lock icon Pioneer Q1 profit dives 83%
        106 21 Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese electronics maker Pioneer Electronic Corp yesterday said its first-quarter net profit nosedived due to sluggish sales, but added digital video discs (DVD) and other new products would lift profits later this year. Pioneer said its group net profit for the April-June period
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        Lock icon British Petroleum to buy Amoco for US$48b in stock
        285 21 Deal will create the world's third largest oil company Bloomberg [LONDON] British Petroleum Co agreed to acquire Amoco Corp for about US$4B billion (SsB4 billion) in stock, or US$5O a share, creating the world's third largest publicly traded oil company. Shareholders
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        Lock icon Goldman partners vote for plan to go public
        526 22 Move shows savvy underwriters still confident about stock market's prospects NYT [NEW YORK] Goldman, Sachs Co partners voted overwhelmingly on Monday to sell shares in Wall Street's most profitable private investment bank, formally approving an offering plan that values the firm at
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        Lock icon Y2K bug to cost Merrill US$375m
        368 22 USsloom budget rise partly result of shortage of experts FT [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch has raised the estimated budget to solve its Year 2000 computer problem to US$375 million (*****.6 million), at least a quarter more than the amount it expected just four months
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        Lock icon SocGen close to sale of US fund unit
        187 22 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Societe Generate SA is "in the late stages of negotiations" that could result in a sale of the French bank's US mutual fund unit within a week, said JeanMarie Eveillard, who runs the unit. Societe Generale, one of France's
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        Lock icon Stock sale: Met Life taps Goldman, Credit Suisse
        263 22 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Metropolitan Life Insurance Co, America's second-largest life insurer, said it hired Goldman Sachs Co and Credit Suisse First Boston to advise it as it considers ways to sell stock to the public. Met Life hired the bankers recently after
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        Lock icon Dresdner Bank in talks to buy Paine Webber: newspaper
        389 22 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Dresdner Bank AG, Germany's secondlargest bank, wants to buy Paine Webber Group Inc and has been in "intensive" talks with the fourth-largest US brokerage for several weeks, business daily Handelsblatt reported, citing people close to the negotiations. The talks,
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        Lock icon Inro in bid again to boost rubber prices
        239 22 Bloomberg (SINGAPORE) The International Natural Rubber Organisation (Inro) is buying rubber on the open market for a second day in an attempt to boost prices, traders said. While buying on Monday boosted prices in Tokyo, the purchases yesterday had little effect. "What
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        Futures extend losses on yen worries
        165 22  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES Cecilia Loh Cecilia Loh, service dealer, Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures extended its decline, falling 2.40 points yesterday on concerns that the Japanese yen might break the 146.75 level, the lowest level this year. The stock index,
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        Lock icon Oversupply pushes oil to new 10-year low
        284 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Sickly oil markets bullied by oversupply sank to new 10-year lows yesterday, undermining Opec's attempts to choke output and ratchet prices higher. Global benchmark Brent crude slumped to a low of U5511.55 on the London futures market, below a
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        285 22 AFP AFX Asia London THE dollar retreated from a test of resistance at 147.60 yen a high for the year against the Japanese currency as fears of central bank intervention and worries over the state of western equity markets restrained its ascent, dealers said. However, they added, the
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      1783 23 SICOM FUTURES Aug if RUBBER (Mum dosing n at S.30pm> RSSI CONTRACT'S ctotsAg) ClOM Votamo Opon Mootti High Low Sott (towns) Intorost Sep 98 113.00 <90 Oct 98 113.00 M50 Nov 98 1W.00 1450 Ooc 98 114.75 »50 J an/Mar 99 117.25 2025 Apr/Jun 99 121.50 1950 Jul/Sep
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2269 23 LONDON Industrials *111 Pmtt 31 Croup 532.000 -W.000 AB Ports 329.000 -6.000 A Obey National 1066.000 -48.000 Allied Domecq 552.000 -21.000 Amec 160.000 unch Asda Croup 185.000 -6.000 BAT Ind 615.000 -20.000 BG Pic 390.000 12.000 BICC 110.000 -8.000 BOC Croup J. 750.000 unch BR Petroleum 805.000
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      1637 23 Bloomberg □Nikkei 225 -219.43 JAPAN'S benchmark stock index fell for a seventh day as declines in equity markets across Asia threatened to compound Japan's domestic economic woes. Banks such as Sanwa Bank Ltd paced the fall on concern increasing defaults on loans to Asian borrowers will only add to
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      1489 24 Reuters Bloomberg PHangSeng -254.67 STOCKS fell sharply yesterday with the Hang Seng Index finishing at its lowest close in five years as investors fretted about the stability of the Chinese and Hongkong currencies, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index lost 254.67 points, or 3.62 per cent, to end at
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      635 24 Reuters C3Shenzhen Binder -2.66 CHINA'S B shares for foreign investors finished at record lows yesterday as investors dumped shares due to a plunge in Hongkong stocks and fears over the stability of the local yuan currency. "Hongkong stocks had very heavy losses today," said an analyst at Everbright Securities
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      361 24 AFP OWPlate +ILBI TAIWAN stocks rose 0.2 per cent yesterday on thin trading, with investors fretful over a possible devaluation of the Chinese yuan and tumbling Hongkong shares, dealers said. The Weighted Price Index rose 11.86 points to 7,383.98, following a 2.1 per cent plunge in the previous session.
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      707 24 AFP P Composite Index -14J1 INDONESIAN shares yester•day closed 3.3 per cent lower amid uncertainty over the near-term outlook for regional currencies, dealers said. "Our market just shows the regional situation. The whole picture of dollar-yen has yet to improve," said a dealer with a local brokerage. The Composite
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      774 24 AFP n SET Index -4J6 THAI share prices slipped 1.7 per cent yesterday amid mounting concerns over the future of financial institutions here and a weaker Japanese yen, analysts said. The Bangkok bourse experienced an early technical rebound in the morning session, but gains were quickly offset by selling
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      325 24 AFP Q Manila -54.47 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 3.8 per cent yesterday to languish at a five-and-a-half-year low due to the continued volatility affecting the local currency, analysts said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 54.47 points to close at 1,373.19 points. Volume rose to 261 million shares
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      427 24 AFP CI Composite Index -0.7 SOUTH Korean shares fell slightly yesterday on selling pressure caused by the weak yen, dealers said. The Korea Stock Exchange Index closed down 0.7 point at 311.25, off a high of 318.92. The won was weaker, trading at 1,344-1,349 to the US dollar after
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      590 24 AFP PAH Ordinaries -3<L3 AUSTRALIAN share prices fell 1.4 per cent yesterday, weighed down by sickly Asian bourses and a weaker Australian dollar. The All Ordinaries Index fell 36.3 points to 2,561.1. The All Industrials Index shed 56.6 points to 4,522.5 while the All Resources Index fell 21.3 points
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      246 24 AFP -7.71 NEW Zealand stocks were down 0.4 per cent yesterday on heavy volumes in Telecom Corp and AMP Insurance shares. The NZSE-40 Index was down 7.71 points to 1,993.27 on turnover of NZ5138.5 million. Brierley Investments Ltd fell three cents to 84 NZ cents. taffl COW) AN2 Btnkinq
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        414 25 Bloomberg AFP CI Composite Index -1&58 MALAYSIA'S key stock index plummeted 5.26 per cent yesterday due to a sell-off by foreign investors amid a weakening Malaysian ringgit and growing regional jitters. The Composite Index fell 18.58 points to a 10-year low of 334.70.
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        Keppel Land wrt is worth a look
        192 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By' Ven Sreenivasan THESE are indeed tough times to go warrant hunting and it is quite difficult to make a recommendation. Yet, even under these dismal conditions, there are some good buys. One such example is the warrant issued by Keppel
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        214 28 CM into iron Bridge Stedu Vata— Enersave 10c 8,015.000 DeSLand 6,915,000 TAC BtIO 200 5,955.000 SingTeiISc 5,865.000 Paf*>acMedia5 5,156,000 OCBC Foreign 5,025.000 City Dev 50c 4.999,000 U08 Foreign 4,602,000 Hotel Prop 3,449.000 ST Dm 10c— 3,206,000 Stocta OCBC Foreign 29,504,692 DOB Foreign 23,754,746 OSS Foreign 21,158,727 City Dev 50c 19,918,255
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        HOT STOCK
        75 28  -  -by Shiv Taneja KEPPEL Land closed seven-and-a-half cents lower yesterday at 96 5 cents on a volume of 2 62 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 1.76 million shares The counter is heavily oversold, according to the daily and weekly RSI charts. The counter could
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        Market seized by fears of currency devaluation
        637 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY STII hits new 10-year low, falling below 1,000 points before last-minute baying helps prop it ap above this critical level By Ven Sreenivasan THE Singapore stockmarket's key index feU below the critical 1,000-point mark to a new 10-year low in
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          Behind the retail scene
          89 28 RETAIL managers facing gaping holes in their malls as tenants close shop should look to Pontlac's M i lien ia Walk for Ideas. Empty shops in the mall are now cleverly disguised as advertisements for other shops in the retail project at Marina. With their entrances
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          Wish it were S'pore's URA?
          117 28 "URA urged to abandon rote as developer," yelled the newspaper headline. But the URA Is not Urban Redevelopment Authority (of Singapore) but the Urban Renewal Authority of Hongkong. And the paper is not a local paper, but the South China Morning Post, reporting a recommendation
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          So who is to blame?
          128 28 ONE senior bank manager said although it's the "in" thing now to knock banks for having been "easy 1 on credit when the stockmarket was hot, not many remember how bankers were ticked off at the height of the market when they tried to caution
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          'Superman'to the aid
          153 28 'Superman' to the aid THIS may be a difficult year for Hongkong's business community but it has not deterred Li Ka-shlng from shelling out HK$5O million <Ssi l .3 million) to help Good victims in China. But then this is small beer for the super-rich tycoon, also dubbed the 'Superman*
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          A tough week for Peter Sutch
          157 28 LAST week was a tough one for Peter Sutch, taipan of the Swire Pacific group, one of Hongkong's oldest hongs. He had the dubious honour of presid ing, as chairman of Cathay Pacific, over the carrier's first loss in more than two decades. On
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      509 21 HSBC Holdings pic <Z> 1998 Interim Results Comment by John Bond, Half-year to 30 June 1998 30 June 1997 HSBC Group Chairman ussm ussm Holdings' results in the first half of 1998 reflected both the impact of a deteriorating Profit before tax 3,686 4,285 economic environment in Asia and also
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      1383 28 BUSINESS Xoticcs To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 ISS3 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP.» FI'ELOIL SHIPPING PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Al an extraordinary general meeting of the company held al 460 Alexandra Road *23-04 PSA Building. Singapore *****3 on 5-8-1998 the following special and ordinary resolutions
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      298 29 Bridge News Reuters PANAMAX rates remained weak in a slow start to the week with little trading evident, brokers said. Capesize rates were firmer in the easy but it was not clear whether this would be sustained. Trading was extremely dull on the freight ftitures market with little
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      288 29 SCS '000 *gl1 It «<■ w CWT Distribution 0.34 *0.02 26 Chuan Hup 0.365 -0.01 21 Cosco Invastmant 0.505 *0.005 9 Fraioht links 0.15 -0.01 473 CB Holdings 0.205 unch 18 Hai Sun Hup 0.395 -0.01 57 Hitachi Zoaan 0.52 -0.01 195 IMC Holdings Hk 5.60 Jay* Holdings
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      Vietnam-flagged ships top detention list in inspections
      402 29  -  N Korean, Indonesian vessels are No 2 and 3 among detainees By\ Marous Hand [SINGAPORE] Vietnamflagged vessels topped the list of ships detained in Port State Control inspections in Asia last year, followed by North Korea and Indonesia. Some 40 per cent of
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      92 29 [PAPENBURG, Germany] A herd ofcows grazing in the plains of the Lower-Saxony region of Germany appeared unimpressed as the Malaysian-owned Star Cruises mega cruiser SuperStar Leo sails down the Ems River in Papenburg. Over 100,000 people lined the river to see the biggest cruise ship ever to leave the
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      Competition forces change in marine insurance
      756 29  -  -By i Seafarer THIS year's meeting of the Asian Shipowners' Forum once again supported the idea of promoting a marine insurance market in Asia to serve regional shipowners' needs rather than continue to rely on the predominantly Lon-don-based international market. The ASF is keen
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      Allegations about collision unfounded
      241 29  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Lee Seng Kong for Director-General Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore I REFER to the article "MPA rebuts criticism of vessel guidance system", which appeared in your Aug 7 issue. The article has propagated the unfounded allegation that the VTIS (Vessel Traffic
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      Lock icon German sea freight to Asia falls 23% in Q1
      164 29 AFP [WIESBADEN, Germany] The volume of freight exported to Asia from Germany's sea ports fell by 23 per cent in the first three months of the current year, data published by the Federal Statistics Office showed yesterday. A total 2.7 million
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      Lock icon US infrastructure under attack
      1070 30  -  US MARINE TRANSPORT HEARINGS Several key US maritime players have made known to a Congressional committee their criticisms of the industry fit) Joel Glass Lloyd's List [WASHINGTON] STINGING criticisms of America's marine transp or t infrastructure were far from the exclusive preserve of US Coast Guard
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      SHIPPING SCHEDULES INDEX
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
      18554 38 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To BUENAVENTURA (BUN) 2059 A Colombia To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 ivoa 24/10 cians a kota berkat v.bktj v.mwsb 65 *****36 Ivory
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        789 45 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure 8t C Sentosa *****8 JOI alongside 11.06/1700 Bt Hindi Jay *****0 JOI alongside 12.08/0)00 Bt lwt*i AUC11 JOI alongside 11.08/2359 Bt Pul lelor *****8 JOI alongside 12.08/0600 Bt Sw in *****6 JOI akXN)SK* 11.06/2000 Chen Yu No 7 T01I98 J02 alongside 16.08/2300
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1798 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Period From To From Aci Ckwtr 0431 M/1600 U n/1500 n/*» n/1900 <• n/1500 n/»5» n/noo a H/1700 12/0659 *****00 21 n/1700 12/0*59 12/0900 J 12/0700 12/1759 12/MOO 4 12/1200 12/1459 12/1700 Al«i*yi2 I226N
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAYS
        196 45 Aug 12. Thailand: HM The Queen's Birthday. An* 15. Austria: Assumption Day. Belgium: Assumption Day. France: Assumption Day. Greece: Assumption Day. Italy: Assumption Day. Luxembourg: Assumption Day. Portugal: Assumption Of Our Lady. South Korea: Liberation Day. Spain: Assumption Day. An* 17. Indonesia: Indonesian National Day. Aug 18 Hong
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        995 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine OU Ltd. shows price rangw in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average sized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
        527 45 Carbon 180 Mai 993.1 0.9 16.7 0.10 72 0.07 Aim 6 Density Water Residue Ash Aluminium Sediment No above £25 4 0 9 0 0 0 380 Ave 986.8 0J 15.8 0.08 27 0.04 Cum 380 Max 992.8 0.9 19.2 0.11 111 0.28 Wwi »»/v %M/M
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        Lock icon Boeing to unveil plans for cutting up to 28,000 jobs
        577 46 Firm is also expected to announce move to set up Long Beach plant for 737s Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing Co is expected to announce this week the timing and other details for eliminating as many as 28,000 jobs and a decision
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        Lock icon Clash looms as EU official bans sale of excess airport slots
        232 46 AFP [BRUSSELS] The European Commission and the British government yesterday appeared be headed for a clash after an EU commissioner said American Airlines and BA could not sell London airport "slots" which they are being forced to abandon as
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        Lock icon BA chief hints at Boeing 777 order
        557 46 Comments are sign that carrier is dropping jumbo 747s as Asia crisis bites Bloomberg [LONDON] British Airways pic chief executive Bob Ayling hinted the carrier is likely to buy more Boeing 777 jetliners, the latest sign it's moving away from jumbo 747s as
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        Dimming sales projects
        79 46 [SAO BERNARDO DO C AMPO, Brazil] A Volkswagen worker placing a headlight on the chassis of a car at carmaker's plant in Sao Bernardo do Campo. On Monday, the Brazilian National Association of Automobile Producers announced a 38.6 per cent drop in sales for July this year
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        Lock icon Continental, British Midland in flight pact
        216 46 Bloomberg [HOUSTON] 1 Continental Airlines Inc and British Midland Airways Ltd agreed to a partnership that lets the fifthlargest US carrier draw passengers from more cities in Scotland. Customers on Continental will be able to buy one ticket that connects them to British Midland
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        SIA seconding two senior pilots to CAL
        266 46  -  By] Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) will be seconding two of its senior technical staff members to Taiwan's China Airlines (CAL) following the bilateral alliance tie-up between the two airlines last week. The two senior pilots Pow Tuk Kwan and Gui Wee
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          Lock icon Ansett adds flight to Bali
          111 46 Reuters [MELBOURNE] Anaett Australia said yesterday it would add an additional service to Bali from Darwin from October this year. The airline said the service to Ball would be on a Thursday, returning to Darwin on Friday, adding to the airlines' existing services to Bali
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          Lock icon Air France, Korean Air in pact
          76 46 AFX-Asia [PARIS] Air France and Korean Air have signed a deal for Joint marketing of the majority of their flights between Paris and Seoul starting in September, Air France announced. As of Sept 1, the two airlines will install a code sharing and seat
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          Lock icon NZ govt in talks with airport buyer
          84 46 Reuters [WELLINGTON] Senior ministers yesterday said the government was negotiating with the preferred bidder for the Crown's 66 per cent stake in Wellington International Airport and expected a decision later in the day. "There are commercial negotiations going on that began on Sunday
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          Lock icon JAL to launch new freight service
          51 46 AFX-Asia [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co Ltd Is to launch a new freight service from the Kanto International Airport, near Osaka, to Europe, the Nikkan Kogyo newspaper reported. It plans to launch one flight a week, which will be code-shared with Lufthansa AG, the report
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      15 29 US marine industry under fire Several key players slam infrastructure at Congress hearing. Page 2
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      228 29 Boeing seen to cot up to 28,000 jobs It is also expected to announce the setting up of Long Beach plant. Back Page Sptdal fiituri Shipping Times Booking deadline L J MARTECH 98 International Conference Exhibition on Maritime Safety Resource Management 2000 (organised by Singapore Polytechnic and Maritime Port Authority
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      1234 35 HMM HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTD. |SM SOU lEH RTM AWT HAM IRV Ffl [VESSa VOY! SOU I LBI I ITTM I AWT I HAM MTV I FEL I Ul I ELK S4IW 13/01 31/06 05/09 02/09 03/09 DANUBE SM 20/07 25/07 22/07 23/07 1375 MCX IRIS 004W 14/08 04/09
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      1112 35 tl s norwegian spscofasd ootocorrwrs QmSKS Wilhelmsen Lines TO NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA ROR O HEAVYUFT SERVKE VESSIL VQY RAMP WIGHT g LAI CRL MIA SAV Ml OOF NYC NEW Mo>~ TAPKHA FBl6 400 TOM 6.3 M 16/08 10/09 WM 22/ M 24/09 26/09 27/09 28/09 03/10 06/10 TAMPA FSI7
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      771 36 ■ANOKOK/IMAP TA WiUT/UiM CHABANO J AK ARTA/PA NJAMO VESSEL VOY SIN BKK MTP LCH~ VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJN SINO OCEAN QCNIO3 In Pt 15/06 THANA BHUM 299S In Pt 15/06 NANTABHUM" 4Q6N In Pt 15/06 16/06 GURU BHUM 90S In Pt 16/06 XETHA BHUM 245N 13/06 16/06 GURU BHUM
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      502 36 BINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 39 neil road, Singapore 0200 TEL *****68 RAX: *****64 BU TLX R*****5 SINMER CR No: **********0W R*ceiving Cargo at PTI j Pintuiu~l r Mumrm msa vor JIN ny m«i m sw m I Soto V 9816€ 20-21/W 24/08 MP«ori *9113t I* 13/08 11/08 Swm V9817E
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      629 36 ACCORD SHIPPING PTE LTD m ***** IS (40 Lira*) FAX s *****30 KMTtWK fUfU/lstl D**CT ACCfSS m i *****55 (EXPORT KOOtONO) MS* MMMS (S7)SSIW *****34 (EXPORT DOC), *****39 (IMPORT) PBUMG (04)137 >444 URIjMTTP:/ /WWW .ACCORD.COM.SO JAJUUU (71) *46 0779 POT ETA SIN POtT ITASIN *)KT jjkSM POtT ITASIN (FAR EAST)
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      416 37 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO EUROPE EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE VSL VOY PTOHETTOXm/R D<M IH BURG BREMEN ANTWERP VESSEL 20/10 25/10 OMIT 05/11 TO AUSTRALIA FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VSI VOY TTTsSr FRI Mt SYO MEL HMI WL ffli PM NEDU.OYD WttSMME IB 13fl8 IMB 23M 2V» 31« OWE AUSTRALIAN EKTERPWSE TtT" ?QW
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      817 37 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I I CB NO: **********06 VOT PKL 5 FRE STP Mil tm iel AOL m mi s» II iUNGA TERATAI2 8TD303 11/8 12/8 19/1 24/1 26/8 28/8 2/9 »/t 9/9 I p KOTA PERWIRA PWROII U/8
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      938 37 VFSSELS VOY SIN JED MLA LEH HAM THP RTM ZEE W-LE DC TAURUS A27W 17AM 26/06 31/06 06/09 07/09 09/09 09/09 10/06 VILE D'AOUARIUS U27W 25/06 02/09 07/09 12/09 WW 17AM 17/09 16/09 VILLE DE AWTARES L27W 01/09 09/09 14/09 20/09 21/09 23/09 23/09 24/09 VILLE DE VIRGO S27W 16/09
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      52 39 mmmmp&M STEP, ft Dial 740-6000 Oil *****3110 -MJ (Retrieve more schedules!) Press "1" cTei*i Select the port and key in the four digit code —eg. To New York (NYC) 2275 Key in your fax number I your phone number Another innovative service offered by The document will be SHIPPING TIMES
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      47 41 Dial 740-6000 Oil G€Elll3 11OT —(Retrieve more schedules!) Press "1" Select the port and key in STBKS the four digit code -—eg: To New York (NYC) 2275 Key in your fax number you, phone number Another innovative service offered by eT The document will be SHIPPING TIMES
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      1179 42 —m— SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD ■■■P™ 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 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT L JE^ICfl/CELIA/MEICHAN 7 SLGS/WEEK 2 SLG/WEEK VESSEL VOY SIN JAK VESSEL VOY jjl PLB ciiuap ki.ica iwDT 1 A/n» TWADIKA 1336
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      646 42 ENG IK SHIPPING CO PTE 1101 I T#,: *****7$ (6 lines) Fax: *****38 *****60 I T CO Wo: ism»ooooo( VESSEL VOY SIN ETA SIN ETD DESTINATION Swot Central 11/98 11/07 14/07 Penwng/BuaM/P Boru Marco Poto 24 08 '98 08/08 13/08 Su-obaya Union Sfor 1 8 10/98 11/08 12/08 Jokofto/Soioboya Mono
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      483 42 SIN FAR EAST 16/08 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 16/08 BANGKOK 16/08 MANILA/CEBU 16/08 JAKARTA/BE LAWAN/SURABAYA 16/08 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E MALAYSIA 18/08 BUSAN 16/08 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 16/08 HONG KONG SIN CHINA 16/08 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU SIN EUROPE/UK 16/08 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU R DM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIN USA/CANADA 16/08 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all
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      422 42 f A Singapore Soviet Shipping CPL (I No lOOSOUOOOON Multiline Shipping PL J (WWy Owned Safasadwy) CR No 16/*****000 C VESSEL VOY SIN BOM PNG PKL KOTA RUKUN RKNOO9 08/08 IS/08 27/08 28/08 KOTA RATU RTUOI7 14/08 21/08 02/09 03/09 BUXMOON 116N 20/08 28/06 09/09 10AM VESSEL VOY Si CALCUTTA
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      1086 43 i ASIA MEDITERRANEAN EXPRESS (AME) WESTBOUND SERVICE i^ R I OSSELLA 1 9 s° Y 3 P2XP J SSK -n ftim ?n^r ossep 09sep iosep I I 12 SEP 16 SEP 17SEP '8 SEP I S 983il- 053EP 15SEP i*WZ 20 SEP 25 P 26 SEP W4 MWU h larctbna
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      795 44 |P9 tapa TicER-Lirc Singapore Madras Shuttle Singapore Calcutta Shuttle Colombo Calcutta Shuttle Madras Colombo Shuttle Colombo Tuticorin Shuttle Colombo Cochin Shuttle Agents: Ben Line Agencies Contact Peggy Hwang or Mary Teo Tel 225 3522 Fax 224 0163 DIRECT LINES *****80/*****81 Bl GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP to, REGULAR LINER SERVICE OWNED AND
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      875 44 I. FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS Tol: *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com. sg REGULAR CONSOLIDATION SERVICE ALEXANDRIA/ BUENOS AIRES/ CEBU/ CALLAO/ COLON, PANAMA/ ISTANBUL/IZMIR/ LAEMCHABANG/ MALTA/MEXICO CITY/ MANZANILLO/ PASIR GUDANG/ SAN ANTONIO, CHILE/ SANTOS/ SHANGHAI PLIASI CAU OUR TOLL Fill LINI: 1 SOO-*****66 FOR BOOKING Overseas Offices Hongkong *****113 flms@asioonline.net
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      1355 44 OOCL (Singapore) Pte Ltd CFS Keppel I 79 Anson Rood #21-04 (S) *****6 8* 513 #01-128 cfo. CRNO **********0H W: 272 7827 For booking W: *****13 Fox 221 3942 Fox: 272 7825 /fi\ OCKI (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. 1 PfTALING JAYA M: 03-756 776 FoxK>3-7565 342 (a U 3269 ISO «NAMG
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