The Business Times, 30 June 1999

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    12 1 XheBusinessTimes MITA (P) 04tV 12/98 S5C SINGAPORE com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1999
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    61 1 O Sub (+17.42) BT-SRI 83SJ3 (+1.08) SIMSCIFUTUEES ***** (+1.10) STOCK HABXET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP 829.72 +9.01 NIKKEI 17,782.79 +***** HANO SENG 13,766.49 -74.80 SET INDEX 617.66 1453 JAKARTA COMP _680J6 +8.43 MANIIA COMP 2,484.67 +2252 TAIPEI WPI 8j***** +***** SEOUL COMP 897.46 660 CLSA CHINA B
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    77 1 FOBEX BATES USS St USS 1.706 £(US$/SS per 1.681 1696 E3JRO(USS/S$ per E) 1.036 1.764 DM 1.890 0.902 YEN 121-3 1.406* RM MOO 0.449 HKS 7.768 0220 BAHT 36.87 0 046 W'HAH (666 0.026 'Sttomuntts FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KlIALA LUMPUR 7.25 JAKARTA 40.00 BANGKOK 10.00 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG-
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    Lock icon Announcement reverses early SIA Foreign price surge
    719 1  -  Mo compensation for SIA Foreign holders Foreign shares still close firmer, Local shares soar $1.90 By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) yesterday said it will not hold* ers of its Foreign shares when it merges its Local and Foreign tranches, causing
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    Lock icon Watch Greenspan's words, not his deeds
    958 1  -  COMMERUT Fed must be extra careful this time, says vkkAM KHANNA VIKRAM KHANNA THERE seems to be an overwhelming consensus among Fed-watchers that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the body that decides on interest rates at the US Federal Reserve, will raise the
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    112 1 (SINGAPORE) Real estate professionals eager for a change in fortunes flocked to Suntec City's Fountain of Wealth yesterday evening to touch the water for good luck. This was one of the highlights of a ceremony staged by the Real Instate Developers Association last night to recognise the Singapore
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    Lock icon 1999 poised to replay 1997 IPO bull run
    641 1  -  $510 m raised so far this year against 1997's $l.llb By> Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Funds raised by new listings in the first half of 1999 have reached $510 million, with the momentum likely to result in the total amount raised this year
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Giant Seagate is latest drive maker to issue profit warning
      585 2  -  Weaker demand and low prices to hit Jane and September quarter earnings b»> Jennifer Lien QtfSK drive giant Seagate has other drive makers in ing profit warnings for urrent quarter, and local are looking for ways to survive this increasing
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      Lock icon HK service sectors trail S'pore, US in IT application: study
      307 2  -  From Quak Hiang Whai 'hi Hongkong HONGKONG'S service seclag Singapore and the US' in information technoloaccording to a stlidy commissioned by the Hongkong government. Commissioned in October ,1997 by the Information Technpiogy Committee of the Industry and Technology Development Council,
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      Lock icon Leeson to fly to London after release on Saturday
      221 2 Reuters ROGUE derivatives trader Nick Leeson, whose highstakes deals broke Britain's oldest merchant bank, wiU be released from a Singapore prison on Saturday and put on a midnight flight to London, authorities said yesterday. "July 3 is confirmed, yes, but the
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      Lock icon Johns Hopkins to open Orchard Rd outpatient facility by year-end
      326 2  -  By Rahita Ellas LEADING American medical institution Johns Hopkins, which yesterday announced the soft opening of its flagship medical facUity here, plans to set up an outpatient facility on Orchard Road by the end of the year. James Chou, chief
      SIEW YAW HOONG  -  326 words
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      188 2 1 Studying in WEST VANCOUVER, CANADA R Secondary/Pre-university courses I leading to prestigious UNIVERSITIES Jv University preparatory courses qualifying students for top Canadian, American I- and international universities K; International Student Homestay program with Canadian families Mentorship program with educational consultants I Free Presentation Consultation El to be held in
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      157 2 C Castle Group F Business Information Specialists THEBUSINESSTIMES«f* >n Association With DEFENCE IMC4POBC AND Si RATECVIC STUDIES REFORMASI Indonesia's Election I KEYNOTE ADDRESS DR. AMIEN RAIS Chairman of the National Mandate Party Former Chairman of the Muhammadiyah Moslem Organization SPEAKERS: MARK BAIRD Indonesia Country Director, World Bank DEWI FORTUNA ANWAR
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  • FOCUS: SINGAPORE IPOS
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      Lock icon DBS Bank reigns as IPO king in first half of year
      543 3  -  It manages 10 of 18 IPOs; industry total for year could outpace 199Ts 35 Reports by David Boey DBS BANK has emerged as the clear leader in the management of initial public offers, accounting for 10 of the 18
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      Lock icon New listings for first half 1999
      238 3 AMOUNT PUBLIC OFFER 1st DAY JUNE 29 11 El ll 1 «7»TT7» IWrJ RAISED OFFER PRICE CLOSE CLOSE r J^ month {SSnmon) SU8 (cents) (cents) OMNO (cents) GESInt'l Jan 23.5 17x 25 28.5 +14 185 +640 Eagle Brand Feb 59.0 2.54x (US)19 (US)16.5 -13
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      Lock icon PR firms cut IPO bills up to 40% to clinch jobs
      537 3 End of price war not in sight as business elsewhere shrinks LAST year's recession forced public relations firms to slash their bills for managing the corporate and media relations aspect of initial public offers (IPOs) by as much as
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      Lock icon Refiners likely to keep output steady in July
      274 5 Reuters MARGINS for Singapore refiners are stUl weak, but the firms are unlikely to make any further major run cuts in July, industry sources said yesterday. With more new refining capacity coming onstream soon, Singapore refiners see themselves as price-takers, learning to
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      Lock icon Great Eastern Hotel for sale, tag said to be $45m
      351 5  -  HE, Aussie parties eyeing site for condo conversion; deal expected soon By. Ang Wan May YET another hotel is being sold for conversion into a condominium block. The 165room Great Eastern Hotel at the junction of Aljunied and MacPherson roads
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      Lock icon The cool factor in S'pore's success: SM
      494 5 Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew spoke to Global Viewpoint editor Nathan Gardels in Davos in February. A transcript of the wide-ranging interview was released yesterday to the local press. Here are some highlights: On the factors for Singapore** success, Mr Lee listed racial
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      Lock icon Deflation cycle over: JP Morgan
      341 5  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Outlook By- Anna Teo CONSUMER price inflation is expected to rise gradually to around 1 per cent by year-end as demand pressures return with a recovering economy, says JP Morgan. May consumer price index data shows that, while price increases continue
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      Lock icon Regulate corporate statements
      259 5  -  MAXLBAG Ong Kar Lock Lloyd via Internet Singapore IT was reported in BT, June 23, that Hotung Investments Holdings made an announcement that its performance in 1999 will be "beyond shareholders' expectations". This prompts me to ask the following two questions. 1. Are there any regulations or
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  • ASIA ON THE MEND
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      Lock icon Jobless rate fall, Goldman report send Nikkei up
      457 6  -  Goldman Sach revises forecast for Nikkei to 19,000 frtan 18,000 Fr&m. Anthony Rowley irt Tokyo TOKYO stock prices powered to higher levels yesterday as a slight fall in unemployment levels during May, allied with a bullish report from a leading international brokerage,
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      Lock icon Shell-shocked
      86 6 [BANGKOK] Unfinished office blocks and condominiums covering Bangkok's skyline two years after the devaluation of the Thai baht triggered the Asian economic crisis. Traffic on the once-bustling city streets has thinned out as cars have been taken off the road, and economic activity remains well below pre-crisis levels. Analysts
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      Lock icon HK to post positive H2 growth: report
      265 6 Reuters [HpNGKONG] Hongkong's economy is expected to record positive growth in the second half of this year but it wBl be difficult for the territory to achieve real growth foj* the full year, the Bank of Cfflna Group said yesterday. pThe second-half rebound
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      Lock icon Confidence in Asia renewed, survey shows
      408 6 Investors find region more attractive now than 6 maaths ago AFP [CHICAGOfGIobaI investors are showing renewed confidence in Asia's emerging markets, with concern now focused on whether the US will grow fast enough to fuel a stronger global recovery. A survey released here Monday
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      Lock icon Cost of Indon bank reforms worries World Bank
      181 6 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] The World Bank is worried about the cost of Indonesia's banking re-capi-talisation programme and its effect on tar budget, saM Sandstrppi director. "That, clearly is the major concern" for budgetary planning, he said at the Bank's Jakarta headquarters, adding: "But
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      395 6 One English-language business paper tells you more about I; corporate Japan than all the local dailies put together. ;51 ■n v r*r* I AN EX Q UISITE waterman ball-point pen A K KK THE JAPAN BUSINESS DATABOOK NIKKEI'S INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS GUIDE g ENJOY JAPAN NIKKEI'S ENGLISH-LANGUAGE CITY GUIDE 5 The
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Sofyan denies fraud charge
      418 7 JAKARTA Indon businessman refutes claims that he misused bank credits of It rnpiah AFP AN ethnic Chinese Indonesian businessman denies misusing credits from three state banks worth one trillion rupiah (***** million), his lawyer said yesterday. "The reports that I have misused credit facilities of up
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      Lock icon M'sia real GDP to grow 3.9% in 1999,5% in 2000: CSFB
      247 7 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama MALAYSIA'S real gross domestic product is expected to grow 3.9 per cent this year and 5 per cent next year, said Credit Suisse First Boston. It cited factors including investment spending growing mildly after collapsing last
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      Lock icon Lazard Asia buys 50% stake in London Sumatra
      613 8  -  USsloom deal will boost fortunes of Indon plantation firm: analysts From\ Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta ONE of Indonesia's largest and oldest plantation companies, London Sumatra Plantation, has agreed to sell a 50 per cent stake to Hongkongbased investment bank and private equity
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      Lock icon Thailand to release Q1 GDP today
      417 8 BANGKOK Govt holding a press conference for first time to unveil figures Bloomberg, Reuters THAILAND will unveil first quarter gross domestic product today, holding an unusual press conference for the release. Sansern Wongcha-um, secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Board, the government's
      Bloomberg,; Reuters  -  417 words
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      Lock icon Megawati's shadow cabinet?
      1028 8  -  ASIAMVXBW Leaked list suggests there may be new business faces in lineup By Yang Razali Kassim TWO weeks ago, amid the growing debate as to who should be Indonesia's next president, a document purportedly leaked from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) made the rounds in
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Strong bids, high prices at HK's second land auction
      419 9  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG developers big and small yesterday turned the heat on again at the second land auction of the current fiscal year which brought in a higher-than-ex-pected HKS779 million (*****.1 million) to the government's coffers. In
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      Lock icon China WTO entry urged
      104 9 SINGAPORE AFP US businesses in Asia are urging Washington to conclude talks over China's entry into the World Trade Organization as part of measures to ensure its foothold in the recovering region, a statement said yesterday. This was among positions advocated by representatives from the Asia
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      Lock icon China state firms jump on IPO wagon
      593 9 SHANGHAI Wuhan Steel, Hnabei Expressway announce offers as market advances Reuters, FT TWO of China's big state companies announced major share offers yesterday, jumping on the listing bandwagon to catch a powerful stock market drive. A third, the country's biggest oil company, was
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon South Australia sets schedule for sale of power businesses
      275 10 ADELAIDE Bloomberg SOUTH Australia state will sell its government-owned electricity retailer and distribution units first, as part of a A $6 billion (Ss6.B billion) sale of electricity businesses approved by Parliament earlier this month. The state will compile a short-list of
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      Lock icon Japan to put off digital TV allocations, says Nikkei
      296 10 TOKYO Report cites disruption of analog TV signals for 18-month delay Bloomberg JAPAN'S Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications will postpone allocating digital television frequencies by 18 months, in a move that could harm sales of next-generation televisions and related equipment, the
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      Lock icon Samsung Daewoo pushed to settle swap: reports
      257 10 SEOUL AFP TWO rival South Korean conglomerates are under immense government pressure to conclude Daewoo Group's takeover of Samsung's ailing car unit by the weekend, reports said yesterday. But industry sources close to the deal said it was unlikely to go through following
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon S Korea faces rating cut on sea skirmish
        69 10 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea faces a cut In its investment grade 888 credit rating as tensions with North Korea mount, said Duff Phelps Credit Rating Co. While the economy continues to improve and overall financial risks recede, a June 15 shootout over
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        Lock icon Better Q1 seen for India blue chips
        60 10 Reuters [BOMBAY] India's top companies will report higher first quarter earnings, helped by a pick-up in demand and higher prices for industrial goods, a Reuters poll found yesterday. Average net profit of 23 companies in the top-30 share index of the Bombay Stock
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        Lock icon Tiger, SK Telecom case in court Friday
        112 10 Bloomberg [SEOUL] A South Korean court said it will hold a hearing on Friday on a bid by Tiger Management LLC, a US hedge fund, to block a planned US$l.l billion (Ssl.9 billion) sale of new shares by SK Telecom Co, the country's
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        Lock icon Mobil says oil slick half-cleared
        70 10 Reuters [ADELAIDE] Mobil Refining Australia said yesterday that about 50 per cent of an oil slick off its Port Stanvac refinery in Adelaide had been dispersed, after 25 cubic m of oil spilt into the Gulf St Vincent. Mobil said the cause of the spill,
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        Lock icon Five groups in bidding for Korea Life
        62 10 AFP [SEOUL] Five consortiums, including three US groups, have cast bids to take over hobbled Korea Life Insurance Co, as Seoul tries for a third time to sell it, financial officials said yesterday. The bids were received ahead of Monday night's deadline for
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      1532 10 Dresdner Bank Aktiengesellschaft Supervisory Board Consolidated Balance Sheet according to lAS a* at 31 »t December 1998 with comparative figures tor 1997 Dr Wc#gang ROUer Frankfurt/Man Liabilities Supervisory Board Asssts Dr Alfons Tllzrattl Frankfurt/Man Chairman Oipt.-Kfm Uwe Plucinski Dresdner Bank AG. Hamburg Deputy Cowman Karl Beusch Legal counseflor OCnwald (from
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US$1b sought in vitamins cartel suit against 3 European firms
      407 11 WASHINGTON Settlement demands have risen against Rhone-Ponlenc, BASF, Roche as new evidence emerges FT US lawyers are seeking more than US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) to settle a class-action lawsuit against three European companies that led a global conspiracy to fix
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      Lock icon Supachai agrees to share WTO leadership
      284 11 AUCKLAND AFP THAILAND'S candidate for the World Trade Organisation leadership agreed yesterday to a compromise that could see him share the position with his New Zealand rival Mike Moore. Thai Deputy Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi's decision signals the beginning of the end of a
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      Lock icon Apec for including industrial products in WTO talks
      326 11 AUCKLAND Reuters ASIA-PACIFIC trade ministers yesterday agreed that world trade talks planned for November should include a controversial debate on reducing global tariffs in the industrial sector. But they jettisoned an attempt to cut regional tariffs. Poorer countries are concerned about expanding
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      Lock icon US consumer confidence hits 30-year high in June
      372 11 NEWYORK It is the eighth straight monthly increase for index Bloomberg CONSUMER confidence in the US economy rose in June to its highest level in more than three decades, as Americans show few signs of ending a spending spree tied to plentiful
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Dirty secret of EU's high jobless rate
      736 12  -  BOTTOM LDVE OPINION By Reginald Dale The writer is a columnist with the International Herald Tribune, where this commentary first appeared HIGH unemployment is the scourge of much of Western Europe. It is alienating millions of Europeans from mainstream society and it is
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      117 12 'Everyone decided to stuff money into Asia and what happened from then on was crazy. There was all this money around being looked after by kids with earrings with no knowledge and no control.' -Chris Baker joint author of a history of one economic bubble. 'Thailand's Boom
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      Lock icon Time to review yen's role
      608 12 EDITORIAL A GREAT debate is under way about the need to strengthen the so-called International Financial Architecture. But rather than limiting themselves to a discussion where the agenda is set from outside, East Asian nations should think about putting their own monetary house in order.
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      Lock icon Graft fighter makes an international impact
      1213 12  -  Bat Transparency Intl's Peter Eigen fears focus on graft may fade oat when economic crisis ends By < Chua Chong Jin The writer teaches mass communications at Nanyang Technological University DURING the heady days of high growth in Asia, it was a lost cause,
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      1072 12 What Otrachl can do In China ON July 8, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi of Japan will visit Beijing...Furthermore, he will be the first major US ally to go to China since the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. During his visit, the Chinese are likely
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Fatty gel kills Aids virus
      408 13 HEALTH Coconut oil-derived compound can also destroy other sexually transmitted bacteria: scientists Reuters {LONDON] A natural compound found in coconut oil and packaged in a special gel can destroy sexually transmitted bacteria and viruses, including the Aids virus HIV. in laboratory experiments, Icelandic scientists said
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • FOCUS: MONEY MATTERS
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      Lock icon What if Fed ups rate by 50 basis points?
      1325 14  -  A look at some possible scenarios as the market awaits Fed, tankan signals By Larry Wee AT the start of trading this week in New York, the benchmark 30-year Treasury bond yield fell back to close at 6.1 per cent, 10
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      Lock icon Major changes make Asia less vulnerable to crisis: IDEA
      706 14 Region is headed for substantial growth, although the pace may not match pre-crisis levels "None of the vulnerabilities that made the great Asian crisis of 1997-98 possible has disappeared, and there is every reason to believe that Asia has emerged from
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      395 14 Dollar Base Premium Deposit J. Alternate Currency Interest Rate* Japanese Yen 18% p.a. |g£« Australian Dollar 18% p.a. F I I uro 12% p.a. U P Canadian Dollar 12% p.a. British Pound 11% p.a. I M If you're looking for a foreign currency deposit that gives you higher returns than
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon IPC loses 15% on nerves over German deal
      438 15  -  White knight Infom&tec AG has option to take np to 24.9% of IPC By\ David Boey [SINGAPORE] Shares of computer maker IPC Corp dropped sharply in late trade yesterday amid rumours that a deal with a European partner was about to run
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      Lock icon Rotten year for FHTK with huge net loss of $81.5m
      523 15  -  Bad-debt provisions, shrinking banana and garlic sales cited By) Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] Slippery banana sales, foul garlic business and bad debt provisions caused FHTK Holdings to post a huge net loss of $81.5 million. The fruit distributor blamed its predicament
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      Lock icon When the sheep follow the bulls in, is it time to get out?
      626 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Ven Sreenivasan THEY say it is time to get out of the market when the ignorant and the uninitiated troop into securities houses to open trading accounts. While that may be an exaggeration, there
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      Lock icon VDH down another $30m at half-time, debt talks still on
      434 15 [SINGAPORE] Van Der Horst (VDH), which sank deeper into the red with losses of $30 million at half-time, is still negotiating with its lenders to restructure its $164 million loans due in less than a year. Failure to reach an
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      Lock icon Peter Seah on Siam Commercial board
      188 15 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Siam Commercial Bank Pel, Thailand's fourth-largest bank, overhauled its board of directors, appointing non-Thais for the first time. Four new directors were named to the 13-member board, including three foreigners: Ryosuke Tamakoshi, a managing director of Sanwa Bank of Japan; Peter Seah,
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    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Thakral shares down 11% after news of shock loss
        351 16  -  Some view loss as stemming more from speculation than pure hedging By" Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Thakral Corp shares took a bashing yesterday as expected, following a shocking bottom line loss of $232 million for the year to March 31,1999 from a
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        479 16  -  Sesdaq-bonnd unit of Flextech allots 6m shares to public "a Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Flextech subsidiary Asti Holdings yesterday launched an initial public offer of 23 million new shares at 88 cents each to raise $19 million in net proceeds. Six million
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        283 16 [SINGAPORE] Construction and energy firm Econ International posted an II per cent rise in earnings for the full year ended March 31 to $5.9 million and said it expects an even better showing in FY2OOO. Despite the earnings rise, turnover for
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        509 16  -  By. Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Listed department store Isetan Singapore, buoyed by a much stronger second half, has managed to slow down the profit drop seen at half-time. For the year to end-March this year, Isetan's net profit dropped
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          64 16 [SINGAPORE] Samudera Shipping will raise $32.9 million from the placement of 42 million new shares, or 10 per cent of its existing share capital, at 80 cents each. The funds will be used to reduce bank borrowings and for general working capital and/or investments. GK Goh
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          49 16 AFX-Asia [SINGAPORE] DBS Realty (Pte) Ltds takeover offer for ANA Hotels Singapore has become unconditional. The DBS Land unit said yesterday that it had secured 51.4 per cent of the issued and paid-up capital of ANA Hotels, thereby making its offer unconditional. -AFX-Asia
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          49 16 [SINGAPORE] Provisions Suppliers Corporation has appointed S Chandra Das a director, effective yesterday. Mr Das is also a director of Scotts Holdings as well as chairman of NTUC Fairprice Cooperative Ltd. Gerry Lee Kian Hup will be the alternate director to Mr Das.
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        334 16 Deal with two Aussie firms is its first from Down Under [SINGAPORE] Transportation and engineering company Labroy Marine yesterday announced that it had won a $48 million contract to build six vessels for two Australian companies, its first from the southern continent. Delivery of the
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        195 16 [SINGAPORE] Contract manufacturer Brilliant Manufacturing yesterday said group net profit for the year ended March 31,1999. was shaved by a third to $11 million after it was hit by price erosion in the disk drive industry. The company said turnover fell 9.9
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        536 17  -  Troubled bank will be auctioned after central bank raises its capital adequacy Frt)iri Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE Bank of Thailand (BOT) yesterday said it would nationalise the crippled Nakornthon Bank, and later auction it to investors, signalling that a two-month-old
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        414 17  -  Frorn Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TAJUDIN Ramli is confident of retaining control of his two major listed vehicles Malaysian Airline System and Technology Resources Industries. "We are not in discussions. I can't make any remarks," he told reporters, when asked
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        327 17  -  Newly-merged RHB Bank entity comes into effect today hYunt Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MORE than a year after its announcement, the union between RHB Bank Bhd and Sime Bank Bhd yesterday obtained its final blessings the KL High Court vesting order. The newly-merged
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        371 17  -  Prrnn Diana Oon Abdullah m Kuala Lumpur DIVERSIFIED conglomerate Pernas International Holdings Bhd expects to return to the black this year, group chairman Shahriman Tunku Sulaiman said yesterday. He also said the group's pre-tax gains in the first five months
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        453 18  -  Stock exchange rejects proposal to value futures exchange at only USsslm less From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THINGS are not going well for the proposed merger of Hongkong's stock and futures exchanges as the two bourses are now quarrelling over the
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        411 18  -  By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Pacific Century Insurance Holdings Ltd, a unit of Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments (PCRD), has raised just over HK$l billion (Ss22o million) through its initial public offer in Hongkong which was oversubscribed 61 times. The territory's fourth largest individual life insurance
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        337 19 Institutions said to have damped stock to force more favourable price for secondary offer Reuters [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Telekom AG on Monday celebrated the completion of a secondary share offering that brought in about 11 billion euros (5519.4 billion) for an acquisition spree. But
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        364 19 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese shareholders turned out in record numbers to chastise executives for their failure to cut costs and boost profit as 2,227 companies held annual meetings in the world's secondlargest economy. At Japan Airlines Co, a record 1,382 shareholders, including several corporate extortionists,
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        523 20 May inflow down 31% from year ago amid fears of end to boll market rally Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US investors are putting less money in stock mutual funds amid concerns the bull market rally may be running out of steam. At US$l6.4
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        69 20 [BANGKOK] A street vendor setting up his stall of rubber masks yesterday in Bangkok. Plastic toys and artifacts are widely available around the Thai capital at extremely cheap prices, as Thailand's rubber output for 1999 is expected to increase to 2.3 million tons from 2.2 million tons, making
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        205 20 FT, NYT [NEW YORK] Lehman Brothers has forged a partnership with US mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments in Wall Street's latest attempt to use the Internet to reach out to private investors. The agreement announced on Monday replaces a similar deal between Fidelity and the
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        267 20 Regulators asked to cat down the present long review process Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The three biggest US futures exchanges asked regulators to let them change trading rules more quickly and to introduce new products as they compete with foreign exchanges. The Chicago Board
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        176 20 Reuters (BANGKOK) Gold imports in key Asian countries have surged in the first few months of this year, signalling some recovery in their economies, the World Gold Council (WGC) said yesterday. Albert Cheng, WGC's area manager for Asia, said that in Singapore alone, gold
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        158 21  -  SOtELßeports MSC1 Singapore Index Larry Tee, Jardine Fleming THE MSCI Singapore Index was marginally up yesterday with the market discounting concerns about a possible US rate increase. The June futures contract has expired with the July contract starting as the front month today. Rollover activity
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        168 21  -  MS& Taiwan futures Cecilia Loh Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures resumed its upward momentum, edging up 11.0 and 12.80 points in the June and July contract respectively. The Taiwan Weighted Price Index followed Nasdaq higher, rallying 232.82 points
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        321 21 ENERGY REPORT Reuters OIL prices crept higher yesterday after a US refinery was forced to reduce petrol output because of a technical hitch. London August Brent blend futures traded 23 US cents higher at U5516.76 a barrel after
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        324 21 Reuters, AFP London THE euro fell to its lowest level against the yen since the European Central Bank bought euros for yen on behalf of the Bank of Japan on June 18, putting the market on guard for further intervention. The US dollar also reached its lowest level
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        1272 21 INTERBANK CROSS RATES AS C$ Bwb Euro ffr Dm HKj Ind »s Buplah Yen Won BM H2$ Pafc Rs Peso S$ Band Sfr MT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.965 6178 0.633 4.152 1.238 5.082 28.408 43.594 0.794 7.581 2.489 1.234 33.696 24.877 1117 3.970 1.012 21.174 24.148 0.4M 0.655 Canada
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        1835 21 SICOM FUTURES htn 29 RUBBER (hitum dew*) it Q RSS1 COMTRACTlS cwtsAg) Ctose Votoflie Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jul 99 101.75 Auo 99 102.50 300 £*99 104.00 900 (Xt/OK 99 107.25 1050 Jan/tor 00 113.00 109.50 112.00 450 Apr/Jan 00 *15-50 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US centsAfl) *<>♦«*•
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      1423 22 AFP Hang Seng -74^0 HONGKONG share prices fell 0.5 per cent in cautious trading yesterday amid jitters over a widely expected US interest rate increase, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 74.80 points to close at 13,765.49 on a turnover of HK$lO.B billion. Following overnight gains on
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      577 22 Reuters H Shenzhen B Index +L 27 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares closed higher yesterday, extending Monday's sharp gains, as investors focused buying on blue-chips, analysts said. The B Share Index rose 1.27 points, or 1.02 per cent, to 125.42 as turnover expanded to HK$369 million from Monday's HK$2O3
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      374 22 AFP □*P Index +***** TAIWAN share prices closed 2.8 per cent higher yesterday to reclaim the psychological 8,500-point level on strong buying in technology shares by institutional investors, dealers said. "The surge was due to strong institutional buying in technology shares which accounted for more than 70 per cent
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      2340 22 LONDON Industrials Jm 29 Pound 31 Group 7.31 -0.14 Abbey National. 12.15 -0.26 A B Foods 4.24 -0.16 A B Ports 2.91 -0.04 Alliance Leicester 8.55 -0.20 Allied Domecq 6.11 0.04 Allied Zurich 7.96 0.05 Anglo American Gold 43.70 unch ASDA Group 2.17 unch Bank of Scotland
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      1634 22 AFP QNikkei 225 ****** TOKYO share prices rose one per cent yesterday, following an advance on Wall Street, as foreign investors led active buying amid brighter signs of Japan's economic recovery, brokers said. But trading remained modest as investors were cautious towards taking fresh positions ahead of an imminent
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        444 23 AFP F1 Composite Index +9.01 MALAYSIAN share prices closed 1.1 per cent higher yesterday due to retail buying and on window-dressing for half-year book closures, dealers said. Dealers said speculative buying continued to dominate trade while light profit-taking was also evident as the index
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        6952 23 INDUSTRIALS Consumor products Lilt Vol Day Net Cap Hm. l— c -—*1 OOP "A 15* 380 255 *|inomoto 360 10 6 370 360 22.8 145.9 L 137 46 AnqMM -»26 291 10 9 124 8 I \A I" "S *246 34 53M 2" 1.7 .TMS W 10 3 845 835
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        178 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy THE recent bull run has pushed all stocks to new highs and many warrants deep in-the-money. This in turn has meant a narrowing of conversion premiums with a simultaneous falling in gearing levels. Thus, while the absolute
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        2349 24 BONDS. LOANS WARRANTS m 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Ouota A»g Hlqh Low Stno Company Salo ♦or* COOO) High Low Buytr Sollar 98 5 3 T 3160 "Acer ******1USS 84.5 unch 921 88 84 84 84.5 80 4.5 s 3164 Acma ******4 78.5 *5 3873 79 73 78 78.5 73
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        236 24 HONGKONG STOCKS Of Cr S2-wh Last Vol Day Last Ouota Otv Dtv VM Nat M Cap High Low Stop Company Sal. COOP) Htgti Lo» Buyar Stlar H C vt K> P/C SmM 365 173 5123 COL (2000) HM 315 -15 48 330 315 315 330 8 3.7 2.5
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        300 24 AFP PI Wellington +1L22 NEW Zealand share market closed up 0.5 per cent yesterday in trading dominated by Sky TV, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index gained 11.22 points at 2.147.29 on total turnover of NZ5223.35 million. The main feature of the day's trading was the sale of TVNZ's
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        877 24 AFP Q SET Index -1123 THAI shares dipped sharply yesterday, shedding 2.7 per cent amid heavy selling in banks, analysts said. The benchmark SET Index shed 14.23 points to close the day at 517.65 points, off a high of 538.10. Declines led advances 222 to 67, with 42 unchanged
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        411 24 AFP kJ Composite Index -5.60 SOUTH Korean share prices closed 0.6 per cent lower on profit-taking following recent steep rises, amid active selling by foreign investors despite the release of positive economic numbers, dealers said. The Composite Index closed down 5.60 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 897.45, off
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        668 24 AFP M All Ordinaries +L 0 AUSTRALIAN shares closed barely higher yesterday with the positive impact of Wall Street's rally eroded by prof-it-taking in selected blue chips ahead of the end of the fiscal year, dealers said. The All Ordinaries Index lifted one point to 2,991.3. The All Industrials
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        774 24 AFX-Asia Composite Index +8.43 INDONESIAN share prices closed off highs on profit-tak-ing in selected large caps amid caution ahead of the FOMC meeting, with Lazard Asia's 50 per cent planned stake purchase in London Sumatra boosting sentiment, dealers said. The Composite Index closed up 8.43 points or 1.25 per
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        317 24 AFX Asia Manila +22.52 PHILIPPINE share prices closed higher, supported by Wall Street's rally overnight along with the central bank's two percentage-point cut in banks' reserve requirement, dealers said. The Composite Index closed up 22.52 points at 2,484.57, off a high of 2,497.27, on volume of 12.6 billion shares
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      7118 25 Transact ion date: Jim 29 Gr Gr M Wt >2-Wk Last Vol 0«V Last Quote W* Dtv VM Net Cap *»Q High Low StNo Company Solo COOP) High Low Buyor Seller C'vr P/E SmM Price MULThWOUSTSY 180 17.5 m b 1000 Acmo 50c 178
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      1517 25 Gr Gr M Wt 52-Wh Last Vol Day Last Oust* Div Dtv YM Nat Cap Avg High Low StNo Company M COOP) High L— Buy*' Sollor CV P/E $mH Prtc* MANUFACTURING 148 30 c 2049 'AS Auto Wt 141 -2 1662 146 141 141 142 ION 0.7 161 139
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        434 26 ran f.H i u a rrnrr^bil Stocks Votume IPC Corpn 5c 146,366.000 Frt Links 20c 106,165,000 Goldtron 20c 70,232,000 Eagle Brand HWqs HK75c 56.267,000 ICT HKIOc 54,258,000 l-0ne5c 50,677,000 Hestie Hldgs25c 49,415,000 Inno-Pac 20c 46,188,000 Lian Beng 5c 43.525,000 Uraco HldgslOc 43,316,000 Stocks l-One 5c 83,935,490 IPC Corpn 5c 77.897,605
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        Lock icon Blue chips stage recovery, but small caps steal the show
        690 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Sentiment helped by good overnight showing by Wall Street; rate hike fears appear to have subsided By R Sivanithy BLUE chips recovered yesterday from their two-day bout of weakness, probably because of a good overnight showing by
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          154 26 RHB Bank has finally completed its purchase of Sime Bank from Sime Darby Bhd. but not all shareholders are happy with the outcome. At an extraordinary general meeting yesterday morning, one disgruntled minority shareholder said Sime Darby should have made a mandatory general offer for Sime Bank shares
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          63 26 A NEW service that lets mobile phone users trade their phones and accessories over the Internet is now available, at www.phonetrade.com. Set up by Sweden-based Global Business Link AB, it is a database where mobile phone users can post messages and let potential buyers/sellers contact them
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          157 26 HONGKONG tycoon Li Ka-shing is interested in building a port near Dalian in north-eastern China, according to a recent report by the Chinese weekly magazine Yazhou Zhoukan. It said Mr Li's Hutchison Whampoa, one of the biggest port managers in the world, has sent
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          118 26 WHAT do these five countries Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Senegal, Moldova and Yugoslavia have in common? They were able to make Visa transactions via ATMs for the first time in 1998, according to the credit card giant. Visa added over 60,000 ATMs worldwide to its Global ATM Network,
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        60 26  -  -By! Wong Wei Kong NEPTUNE Orient Lines rose 17 cents yesterday to $2.00 with 24.6 million shares traded, compared with its 10-day traded average of 15.5 million units. The stock may test its 52-week high of $2.01 but the daily and weekly RSI, Stochastics and MACD charts suggest
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      2223 18 /gT-THAKRAL CORPORATION LTD I 1 (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors are pleased to announce the following unaudited results for the Group and the Company for the year ended 31 March 1999 together with comparative figures for the previous year ended 31 March 1998 as
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      160 27 Bridge News, Reuters TANKERS: Modern Suezmax tonnage booked from the Mediterranean appear to be achieving firmer levels, while older units from the area are still being covered at low rates. There was talk of Persian Gulf very large crude carrier (VLCC) rates easing with few cargoes left to
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      270 27 ses m JM29 *h W CWT Distribution 1.72 unch 581 ChuanHup 1.47 0.01 3672 Cosco Invastmant 161 0.V2 257S Frwrtrt Unki 0.52 0.05 *****5 CB Holdings 1-31 -0.03 1562 Hal Sun Hup 1.03 0.07 5543 IMC HoWngs-HK —5.60 unch 0 Jay* Holdtnqs 132 0.06 7011 Joeang SMpyard 8.50
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      396 27  -  Ministers also agree to set up centre for combating transnational crime By: Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Asean member governments have agreed to develop a programme to stamp out maritime piracy and other transnational crimes in the region. In a joint communique following the
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      147 27 Reuters [MONGLA, Bangladesh] Foreign ships stranded at Bangladesh's Mongla port for a month trying to unload have started leaving, port officials said. They said eight ships carrying some 50,000 tonnes of foodgrains imported by the Bangladesh government had been waiting at Mongla since May
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      429 27 But conference offers few proposals to improve industry Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Government and environmental leaders criticised procedures for scrapping old ships, but offered few alternatives for improving the poor safety and environmental record of the industry. "I consider ship scrapping in developing nations a
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      255 27  -  By I SS hivani [SINGAPORE] Hongkongbased shipping company Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is to enhance its Chi-na-Korea coverage in its current Transpacific service. The new China Korea Express (CKX) service comes as the company sees improved economic conditions in the region, especially for reefer
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      735 27  -  STRAIT TALE By\ Seafarer A YEAR ago scrapping was a non-issue. Those of us in the industry who knew how old ships were disposed of were aware that, relatively speaking, shipbreaking is a dirty and dangerous job. Moreover, it is one that has for
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      608 28 CHINA'S MXMOBO BEILUN PORT It hopes Chinese-linked H shares on HK stock market strengthen enough for it to raise up to USs2oom Reuters ININGBO, China] CHINAS Ningbo Beilun Port is moving closer to a long-planned listing in Hongkong and the offer could raise as much
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      333 28 PACE FoongSun 8 ANL 3 Frota 12 It Accord 8 FrtL s 14 Ahrenkiel M G Link 4 Appenship 5 AASCO 12 <*«**> M Austral 8 Glor> Nav 14 Avant M Ha«SunHup 12 B'tang Mas 8 Haf) 0" 7 BSA 7 Man l ,n 3 BTL 14
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      21214 35 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vesstf Voyage T*»»pr>oo* ETA ETA Advertiser Vk»( Voyage Telephone SIN Desfn Nam* Nam Number Number SIN Dest'n Nam* Nam* Number Number 10/07 OVM MOL PARANA CHALLENGER 5403A 65-*****86 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'I voir* Wi o»/oe csav quadrant express 020s 6******55 08/07
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        764 41 Vassal Voy No Berth Arrival Departure n P«l S««K ***** Jer 1 TSJ 29/06/8:55 29/06/16 00 KuM Su* 4 9903 J03 29/06/8:00 29/06/23 00 S*«lK»*aa U 56 J03 29/06/8:15 29/06/23 59 Uuft* B*u S«» 99 J03 29/06/8 30 29/06/23:59 Asun 42 J09 29/06/9:15 0V07/840 »Atrizal ***** JO! 29/06/9:50
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        1806 41 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Mu BMo. cowt 01/0900 u M/Boo 29/*59 29/1900 29/1500 29/1*59 29/1900 u 29/1700 3o/o*59 jomoo 2i 29/1700 30/0459 n/orn 3 30/0700 30/1159 30/1400 4 30/1200 30/V459 30/T700 tridgt 89t 01/1000
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        192 41 Jan 30 Brunei: Half Year Bank Closing. Jul 1 Canada: Canada Day. Jul 14 France: National Day. Jul 15 Brunei: HM The Sultan's Birthday. Jul 21 Belgium: Independence Day. Aug 2 Ireland-Republic Of: August Holiday. Aug9 Singapore: National Day. South Africa: National Won -n's Day. Aug 12 Thailand:
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        748 41 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 average sized stem. Market movements art' indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        526 41 Carbon 180 Mai 990.6 2.0 17.4 0.10 78 0.05 Jun 24 Density Water Desidue Ash Atuminium Sjggjg No above E25 0 1 6 0 0 0 JIJT 380 Ave 986.9 0.3 13.0 0.06 37 0.02 Cum 380 Mai 992.8 0.8 19.2 0.09 90 0.06 3 <+"
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        426 42  -  More non-stop flights in both domestic and international markets will be offered: Boeing Bjf\ S Shivani [SINGAPORE] US aircraft maker Boeing predicts airlines will invest US$l.3B trillion (552.3 trillion) in some 20.150 commercial airplanes by the year 2018. More than US$57O billion
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        223 42 Reuters [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways Ltd said yesterday it will add three services a week between Australia and London from October. It said the new flights, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, would start in Sydney and fly via Melbourne and Singapore. It said the extra
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        608 42 Sales of smaller jets will boom due to growth in travel between smaller cities: airline exec Reuters [SEATTLE] Smaller, more nimble airplanes will rule 21st century skies, not the 600-seat hulks proposed by Airbus Industrie, according to Deutsche Lufthansa AG's top purchasing manager.
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        273 42 Reuters [CHICAGO] UAL Corp, parent company of United Airlines, said that two insiders will assume the roles of president and chief operating officer when James Goodwin, the current holder of those posts, becomes chairman and chief executive in July. Rono Dutta, who
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        375 42 Bloomberg [LONDON] BAA pic, the world's largest airport operator, said it will continue to offer duty-free prices at airport shops after the European Union's abolition of duty-free shopping, which comes into force today. Passengers will still be able to buy 90
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        250 42 Reuters [MANILA] Manila airport remained partly closed to air traffic yesterday after the failure of attempts to free a Federal Express Corp cargo plane stuck at the end of the main runway, airport officials said. They said another attempt was under way to
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        1851 42 crrr flight ct* mem etp N***** 1605 $026 2355 tmin AN8230 1850 S***** 1605 LH6381 1850 F*moU SOW 1645 S0990 0105 $0230 1850 tmUlHWC COW 2<K5 CZ352 0835 BA7 S2 H«k» VN741 1310 VM742 0905 w na> 1 S0175 1830 S0176 1405 Amsterdam KL843 0435 KL838
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      330 27 China's Ningbo Beilun port moves closer to listing It hopes Chinese linked H shares on HK stock market strengthen enough for it to raise up to USs2oom. Page 2 members... The Driving Force of Singapore Logistics Hub ras MHU-OKMNT UNCS W LTD A mtfflbir of PHILI-ORIENT Unas Worldwide 108 Robinson
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      22 27 Airlines forecast to invest USsl.3Bt in aircraft More non-stop flights in both domestic and international markets will be offered: Boeing. Back Page
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      1299 28 1 NORTH AMERICA I I EXPORT 1 I OTHER DESTINATIONS I i SSX SMP£R SHUTTLE EXPRESS DIRECT TO LA WEST COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA (MARGARITA SERVICE) IVOT ETASM TOW UJNGMAffI I MUAS HOUSTON OOCAGO HWTOM MeOCOOTT VKSE I VOT lUI I PT.Q«TIAI| AtAMIA SANIOOBOO 10—TO jTCMjjjA HBWVBITW* JAUMACMZ_ oocHamn 34|527
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      668 28 FAR EAST EUROPE pte CHINA SHIPPING L(9 AGENCIES PTE LTD Pg.s EXPORT 2 x Japan -2 x Hongkong ■1 x Manila -1 x Koosh.ung 2 x Kaelung (Adapting Fa to NCK/BIW/SRG/SCNDAI/CEBU/ICH) v6t wa JKt p6o| WlWd wfcot kb. khm 6iA tyo tok smz woo u5~ WUOntWOWOMMG ***** 01-07 0107 Aa
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      139 28 Lines services represented by Memt>efS 01 Re 9 ,slr y 01 Accreditee Shipping Agents Singapore Shipping Association jjjjj LILY LINE MALE VESSEL VOY ETA Hu Tlw P. KIANG SPOBE MALE Princess Lity V 0799 06/07 07/07 16/07 Empress Lily V 0399 24/07 25/07 01/08 Empress Lily V 0499 10/08 11/08
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      9 28 Members ot the f-S 391 Singapore Freight Forwa'der Association
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      1098 29 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE Ivcsa vot 1 sw m> ahr kab Htv sou fit leh llvcsa vot I rtb anr ha* rrv sou fit uh aw BAAS 530W 15/0* 11/07 13/07 14/07 17/07 NOtRBS 0091 06/04 00/04 11/04 U/04 30/04 KXCrrtM 012W 21/04 IS/07 17/07 JO/0714/07 OH 55* 11/04 00/04
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      2211 29 Cull— W»tc« HrtOac I.HwtIM -Sda *****75 GO HANJIN SHIPPING SIIL #-1 mJ i *Mr«ln -SNe *****30 HANJIN SHtrflNG (5) PTItJP N» ow IQOtIWC ********** SALfi *****74 73> DOOWtW *****71 774 OftUllOlft *****5Q751 HAM U« 777 TOSS HI ***** M OHO **********0 M TO NW USA CANADA USA CANADA* FMVU/VOT M«
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      1702 30 DSR-SENATOR UNES TO UK/CONTINENT TO MEDITERRANEAN/CANADA vessel vor sm leh htm amw haw wv fu vtssti voy on fos nu m mAD€ SflENt WQK9 02 07 73 07 2S 07 22 (7 23 07 25 17 WASHINGTON SENATOR WHH2I 0117 1107 2( 07 22 07 24 07 01 00 HANJM
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      1056 30 m. am MAC-NELS S'PORE M'SIA Carrier: MN CONTR LINES, INC p. gudang: (07) *****26 I Nt\ J CmiKh **********0 C S®U: (064) *****9 MANILA (632) *****24 I—'1 W PENANG: (04) *****36 BANGKOK: (662) *****57 SURABAYA: (31) *****11 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****46 KUCHING (082) *****1<3 CHITTAGONC VANCOUVER MV
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      748 30 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR N.SHEVA/COLOMBO Ve«el S PORE N SHEVA COLOMBO PKLAJtC B MASTIGAVII7W OS JUL 13 JUL M JUL »JUL CAPE CANAVERAL V IUW 12 JUL 2D JUL 27 JUL 01 AUG TULSIOAS Wlll 19 JUL 27 JUL 03 AUG 08 AUG B MAS TIGA W 1»W 26 JUL
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      1456 31 vessel voy khh hkg sin pko pqb pxb dmm Iba bi IRANTAKHTI PCL-5108 23/06 25/06 29/06 30/06 09/07 10/07 11/07 13/07 15/07 IRAN TABATABAEI PCL-5109 30/06 02/07 06/07 07/07 16/07 17/07 18/07 19/07 21/07 IRAN LORESTAN PCL-5110 07/07 09/07 13/07 14/07 23/07 24/07 25/07 27/07 29/07 IRAN TEYFO4JRI PCL-5111 14/07
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      1736 31 Mfokly Direct Calls to Koto (6 Days)! Nogoya (7 Days) Tokyo (8 Days) I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 80 ROBINSON RD TEL: 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (B/l) I COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #12-00 SALES/WIGS 4205«57/60 INWARD DEPT (D/O) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD CT NO: **********00 SINGAPORE *****8 CONVENTIONAL
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      635 31 CHINA SHIPPING (GROUP) COMPANY CHINA SHIPPING CONTAINER LINES CO., LTD. FAR EAST -~EUROPE FULL CONTAINER EXPRESS SERVICE] WESTBOUND (FIXED WEEKLY SERVICES) VSi VOY XGG Q4N SHA HKG S PORE I RTM HAM FXT TROPHY 9901 20 Jun 22 Jun 2£JjuO 2fLlliQ QLU 21Jui 21M 24Jul CAPE RACE 9903 28 Jun
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      1332 32 EUROPEAJKySCAMDIWAVIA/FIWLAWD/RUSSIA SGP ROM ANW HBG THP ZEE LHV LHV THP ROM ANW HBG PKL I SGP E. DAINTY RW-011 04/07 T2MI 26/07 24/07 26/07 27/07 2M7 E RENOWN HE-634 17/06 19/06 16/06 20/06 22/06 11/67 12/07 E. DYNAMIC RW-005 IW7 20/07 04/06 31/07 ***** 03/06 04/06 E RIGHT RE-039 24/06
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      890 32 PACIRC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD V 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. CR NO **********0E Ijvtssa yoT m Wm wmh ft; m UtH UMA AUSTIALU MS 3/7 S/7 H/7 W1 1 W'l VL 7 V* IUM&A TtEAIAi 4 ITM3S 6/7 7/7 l»/7 23/7 j/| 47i~ 00Q MQMjj 043
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      626 32 NANTAI LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA vessel vot sin plu pur jni Icn I »q~ NANTAI VENUS V.035S 70/07 79/07 02/06 05/08 04/01 09/01 GOUXNDKAGOW VOI3S 30/07 "oeToT 12/06 Is/tiT ~it/06~ WAlffAi QUEEW VO36S 09/06 16/06 77/00 ?S/0» 76/06 79/01 •UKTAI DRAGON ¥015$ 19/06 71/06 01/09 04/09
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      406 33 BSfl x Ml MYANMA %BBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myoamor Notionol Line) Loading for Yongoii (Rangoon) VESSEL VOY SIN PKL PEN PGU SAGAING 60W SIB PAGAN 264W 01/07 MALAYSIA AGENTS: lOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGCNCIES KUL m (03)*****00 PKL Til (03) *****01 PBt m (94) *****02 PGU: HI (07)*****21/4 BANK LINE (A service
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      1317 33 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTD. jvpsa ~voT sou leh im> amt haw kv m"~| Ivissa voy| soul lbi I >td> I akt I haw I—v I m sm HYIARON 320W 01/07 19/07 24/07 21/07* 22/07 MX MIS 0091 11/06 12/06 06/06 06/06 30/06 Naam ouw 02/07 23/0724/0711/07 20/07 a* *****7/06
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      1160 33 r m norwegon ipeciokied outocomen ©asae Wilhelmsen Lines TO NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA RORO HEAYYUFT SERVICE" IVESSCL VOT RAMP HEIGHT SIN LAX CRL MIA SAV BAI ORF NYC MEW MOi TEXAS F914 400 TOM DM W/OJ 09/08 18/ OS 21/ OS 23/08 25/08 26/08 28/08 01/09 07/09 TOBA F915 400
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      747 34 BANGKOK/MAP TA PHUT/LAEM CHABANQ JAKARTA/PAN JANQ VESSEL VOY SIN BKK MTP LCH VESSEL VOY SIN JKT I PJN NANTA BHUM" 452N In R 03/07 04/07 GURU BHUM 136S In Pt 04/07 KOTA HARTA HTAO4I 01/07 04/07 GURU BHUM 13SSB 02/07 04/07 YANTRABHUM 297N 01/07 04/07 03/07 AKA BHUM* 350S 03/07
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      398 34 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO AUSTRALIA I FULL CONTMNER 3EWVIC6 va m m I I irpTwa m ta^OL miwmrm its ii/im/w n/w it/w ivw ti/v»/« <wnw»r w/i/io/w ?i/w n/v u/v n/v »</» mwMC i» is/17 \j/v u/v a/v n/u os/o »/oo mubai |ns jg/07 M/OTI »/B>|o*/— l'V««l FEEDER SERVICE TO INDONESIA
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      739 34 vfssfi s VOY ""sST"" PKL JED mla leh rtm ham zee sot VILLE D'AQUARIUS U32W O&P7 06/07 15/07 20/07 25/07 27/07 28/07 30/07 31/07 VILLE Dt ANT ARES L32W 12/07 21/07 26/07 31/07 02/06 03/08 04/06 06/06 VILLEDE VIRGO S32W 20/07 21/07 29HT7 QCVO6 OftOß 10>Q6 12A» ~l3>oB ~lsoi SAUO
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      65 35 I New Advertisers/Services/Agencies I NEW SERVICE TO: Refer To Pg 6 Ijf! Richfield Marine Agencies (S) Pte Ltd NEW GUINEA PACIFIC LINE Our Schedules Are On Pg 5 SWIRE SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE. LTD. JEBEL ALI PORT SAID BENGHAZI TRIPOLI TUNIS ALGIERS CASABLANCA Turn To Pg 14 (EVERY MON/WED/FRI) I Ocean
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      42 37 mmJ (Retrieve more schedules!) Press "1" Select the port and key in STEKj the four digit code ■—eg: To New York (NYC) 2275 Key in your fax number your phone number Another innovative service offered by The document Will be Shipping times
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      172 38 Mitsui Q&K Llaei.Ltd FROM: U.K./ CONTINENT/ MIDOLE EAST TO: FAR EAST EUROPE SERVICE TAW SKN KKU TMA VESSEI/VOY SIN IAEMOiAMNG MAMIA HONGKONG KEELUNG RUSJN STELLA V3IA 25/07 2S/07 31/07 loumo FOR: MEDEA VI7B 04/08 08/08 10/08 MOAH/Sni/FUBHIIIG//UnWHr 1 MALAYSIA- HSM (M) SON IHO TAWAU WIKOtNI WEIGHT SVCS PORT KELANG AGEMT:
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      199 38 Lf '1 )j F'l k ■'vl I'lk K] IJ Ju Iflll MI LIBYA TOBRUQ BKNGHAZI MISURATA TRIPOLI LuyJ vissa mm I vor. wo Isi|wt I oa rgpaiui pah toi Ikm wis nii IAKKTI SIM SKOAUST M W/04 30/0* 10/07 ADAUT 12/07 77/07 74/07 76 07 77/07 UlAlAUtl SIM LATAH TtAM
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      182 38 ESP LINES WHKir LCI AMD ra StKVICE wpuh sui-cowt must rmoh OHTTAGONG. KUOKAS lANGKOK. HONG KONG HAMMMG, WTTHDAM KMMAY, COLOMBO JAMITA. MAMA AMTWBP, FfUXSTOWI (AiamA HO OH IMWK HAJPHOWG REGULAR CONTAINERISED INDONESIAN SERVICE VBStl/VOTAGt S'POM MT SIM UPG S»G s oumuii m n/Dt w/ot n/ot ftwai i /003S-03S r at
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      704 39 SAM UP ERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 Anson Road, Anson House #06-01 to 03, Spore *****1 CD NO. **********00 TEL: *****88 FAX: *****29 (OUTWARD) *****83-4 (INWARD) /*****10 (IMPORT STATUS) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: 535 6266 Colia/Jessica/Moi Chan/Jeslynn/Dora/lvy/Hanim 8 SLGS/WEEK [gJgjJigjgM EVERY 4 DAYS (vISSEL I VOY I SIN
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      962 39 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO I w* I I *T I M I H>G CMO I OOM I HAL I NYL I 0«f SAV I NEW TAM I HOU I NOIGH PTM /OtS? 00/07 15/07 10/07 21/07 .***** 20/07 07/01 IQ/QQ QS/00 00/00 00/00 12/00 10/00 21/00
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      87 39 SHIPPING* WAREHOUSING Ictom: Singjpiwv l-nading l)uil\ M<m hi Sal (BATAMINDO l/lll) Accepting K1 X\ Lift Cargo Reefer Container lata*: Singapore lauding Mot Wbd Firi (BATAMNDOII) Vxvpting K1 AirrvvrtKWiaJ/HrofXl Fieav> I jft C argo Tel: 227 0322 Fax: 222 9330 KatanMo Shipping t Warilwnh| Pit Ltd 7A C—*o3-51 OMOt4 REGULAR SINGAPORE
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      651 39 Singapore Soviet Shipping CPL (INoIOOSOtIOOOM k\\l Multiline Shipping PL (WMyOMdSifafer) a N« **********0 C VESSEL VOY SIN BOM PNG PKL KOTARATU RTUO49 05/07 12/07 TBA 23/07 KEDAH 132N 13/07 20/07 TBA 31/07 KOTA RUKUN RKNO43 17/07 24/07 TBA 04AM VESSEL VOY SIN CALCUTTA SIH PRIME VALUE 001 04-05/07 09/07 19/07
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      560 40 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER ISLAND 719N 3(M)1/07 0W»07 I TIGER PEARL 720N 01-02/07 07 11/07 15-16/07 I TIGER SEA 721N 0&W07 10-144)7 19-2007 I TIGER BAY 722N 0&-09/07 14-184)7 22 23/07 I TIGER ISLAND 723N 12 13/07 17-21/07 26-27/07 TIGER PEARL 724N 15-16/07 21-25/07 29-304)7 I
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      993 40 JV FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS Tel: *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg DIRECT CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO ALEXANDRIA COPENHAGEN MAHE PHNOMPENH BUENOS AIRES HELSINKI MANZANILLO SAN ANTONIO CALLAO, PERU ISTANBUL MEXICO CITY SANTOS COLON, PANAMA IZMIR NHAVA SHEVA TAICHUNG PLEASE CALL OUR TOLL FREE LINE: 1800-*****66 FOR BOOKING Overseas Offices Hongkong
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      1200 40 OCKL (Singapore Pte Ltd CFS Keppel Distrpk 65 CMo St OCIC Ctr #42-00 *****13 Blk Sl3 #01-128 J CR HO **********0H M: 272 7827 tor booting T«l: *****83 fax: 438 2966 fu: 272 7825 onmiiry W Orient Overseas Container line (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (Rag No: *****24J) cat x-N PTTALING JAYA
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      177 40 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE SIN PA SIR GUDANG SIN DAILY SAILINGS [VESSEL I VDY ETA PG DAY VOY ICTASN MY PROGRESS 1013S 29/06/99 (THE! 1013W 30/06/99 (*EP) MP222 0069S 30/06/99 (WED) 0069N 01/07/99 fTHJI PROGRESS 1014S 01/07/99 (THU) 1014H 02/07/99 (FW) MP222 0070S 02,-07 "99 (FW) 0070W 03/07/99 fSAT) PROGRESS 101SS
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      138 41 (o M t*\i :-f\ jrrrriMßßi .10S V 100E Si LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temper oture o^, Shower Weother Wind direction with speed in knots ••Rom Cloudy Sky Wove height Surfoce winds ore mditoted by orrows which fly with the wind Ci) One full circle represents calm or light and variable winds
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