The Business Times, 3 January 2001

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    15 1 MITA (P) 028/12/2000 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2001
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    75 1 sn M&&28 (-30.55) BT-SBI 792L66 (-11.35) CT INDEX FimJIES 1£8&00 (-32.00) SQKSO FUTURES 246J0 (-4.40) STOCK MARKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COM? 666.63 -1101 NIKKEI 225 dosed HANG SENG 14,***** -226.69 SET INDEX dosed JAKARTA COMP ***** -6.11 MANILA COUP 1,448.49 -46.01 TAIPEI WPI 4,***** +196.19 SEOUL COMP
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    76 1 FOSEX SATES uss s$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.737 £(USS/S$ per 1.494 25% EUROflJS$/S$/E) 0.942 1.637 DM 2.076 1.195 YEN 1145 66.90 RM 3.800 1188 HKS 7.800 4.490 BART 43.88 21.08 RUPIAH 9,436 6,431 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7j67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8
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    Lock icon Private home prices down 0.9% in 2000
    684 1  -  URA flash estimate shows 2.6% decline in Q4; HDB resale prices down 4% in 2000: CBRE By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] It's official. Private home prices are back to where they were a year ago, falling 0.9 per cent last year after surging 34
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    Lock icon Brits ride in to sell idea of syndicated horse racing
    569 1  -  Promoters hope to get Singaporeans to join their syndicates By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Well-connected British horse-racing enthusiasts are trying to introduce Singaporeans to syndicated racing and plan to set up a stable of about 10 to 20 horses to race
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    Lock icon Indon minister quits over provincial autonomy
    537 1  -  More resignations expected, Cabinet revamp could be on the cards From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S minister for administrative reform, Ryaas Rasyid, yesterday made good his threat to resign, citing differences with President Abdurrahman Wahid over how to grant greater autonomy to the country's
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      233 1 Legal tie-up <* s| US law firm has v I oo on its mind Page 3 Ms/' Philippine markets hit by nßrti&i law rumours Page 11 nnaPE Top Stories S'pore economy is throttling back: JQP Morgan Chase. Next Page M'sian bank stocks tumble on changes to merger plan. Next Page
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      Lock icon Economy is throttling back: J P Morgan Chase
      630 2  -  10.5% Q4 real growth amounts to 4-8% QOQ rise, say its economists By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] The slowdown has started. Despite a sterling headline figure of 10.5 per cent fourth quarter year-on-year growth, the economy has throttled back, particularly in services. According
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      Lock icon KL bank stocks tumble on changes to merger plan
      554 2  -  Broad market hits two-year low after shedding 2% Front Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN banking stocks tumbled yesterday following last-minute changes to banks' merger plan when the deadline lapsed last month. Prices of almost all the 10 "anchor" groups eased,
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      Lock icon Recession talk could be self-fulfilling
      290 2 Psychology, more than fundamentals, drives stock markets nowadays ARE we talking ourselves into a recession? Business Week suggests in its latest issue that the answer may be yes, especially "if the stock market keeps listening". In the past, economists dismissed the notion that psychology can
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  • LEGAL tie-up
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      Lock icon Helen on its mind
      1231 3  -  In an exclusive interview with jmrnifHß MUM, the chairman of Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe tells why Helen Yeo's practice was the natural choice when the US firm went looking for a Singapore partner JENNIFER LIEN [SAN FRANCISCO] A JOINT venture between a venerable San Francisco law
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Closed-end funds surge as broad market sinks
      791 4  -  This shows market is confident that unwinding of fnnds will unlock value for holders: analysts By Ling Su Ann THE share prices of the remaining three listed closed-end funds surged yesterday in an otherwise declining market, further reducing the discount to which the
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      Lock icon Nissan retains spot as top-seller in Singapore
      463 4  -  It captures 22% share of car market; Toyota/Lexus is No 2 By Paul Thompson ACCORDING to figures just released by Tan Chong International Ltd, one of Singapore's largest motor vehicle distributors, Nissan has retained its position as the most popular brand of new
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      Lock icon Chartered Semicon's shares start the year on a dismal note
      293 4 Reuters SHARES in Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd kicked off the new year by sinking to a new intraday low of $4.44 on continued concerns about the Singapore company's business prospects in 2001. The stock closed at $4.50, down 24 cents
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      Lock icon Make online investor relations user-friendly
      633 4  -  HocKimimam paul thompson MUCH has been preached about the growing importance of managing investor relations (IR) through a company's own website. And most of Singapore's top companies dedicate considerable time and effort to online IR. As online IR becomes de rigueur as the means of
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      Lock icon Sunningdale, eBworx set for main board IPO
      228 5 Among Snnningdale's investors is a unit of Temasek Capital TWO companies, Sunningdale Precision Industries Ltd and eßworx Ltd, are heading for a listing on the Singapore Exchange. Sunningdale, a manufacturer of custom-made precision injection parts for telecommunications equipment including cellular phones and pagers,
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Isetan to cut back unit's activities
        57 5 AFX-Asia ISETAN (Singapore) plans to substantially cut back the activities of its unit Lexim (Singapore) in the next six months. But it said it would be premature at present to speculate on the financial impact of the exercise. Any material financial implications will be
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        Lock icon Rotary unit picks provisional liquidator
        116 5 ROTARY Engineering said its 60 per cent subsidiary CT Environmental (CTE), formerly known as Rotary Environmental, has appointed Yin Kum Choy, of KC Yin Co, provisional liquidator to conduct a creditors' voluntary winding-up. Rotary said CTE is unable to continue its business because of its
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      Lock icon Wait for advice from Avimo board on takeover: Rothschild
      437 5  -  Report on Thales offer ready Monday; holders likely to be asked to reject offer By David Boey AVIMO Group Ltd shareholders mulling over the takeover offer by French defence electronics firm, Thales (formerly known as Thomson-CSF), should wait for advice from
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      Lock icon SPH cuts second editions of 2 Chinese evening newspapers
      291 5 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) said it has cut the second editions for its two Chi-nese-language evening papers because circulation and advertising revenue did not increase. SPH will cease publishing with immediate effect the second editions of Lianhe Wanbao and Shin
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      445 4 ARTHUR ANDERSEN 1111 Employment Solutions REMUNERATION REPORTING FORMS IRBA IRBS IR2I Are your employees' remuneration returns prepared or generated correctly? Have all taxable remuneration (cash and benefits) been fully and correctly reported in the remuneration returns? What are the general tax principles and reporting requirements? What are the consequences of
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      427 5 Notice UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Limited Change of Name of Subsidiaries We are pleased to announce that with effect from 2.1.2001, the names of our subsidiary companies as listed below have been changed and the companies are now known as: 1) (JOB Kay Hian Private Limited 2) UOB Kay Hian Nominees
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Poor start to New Year as STI falls 31 points
      628 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy THE local stock market kicked off the New Year with a severe Nasdaq-in-spired headache and in dire need of a large dose of liquidity, as prices sagged across the board. Electronics counters again sank to new lows, while
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      Lock icon Time warrant: a turn-off given its weak numbers
      179 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy LAST year, Singapore Telecom was interested in buying into Malaysian telco Time Engineering. For one reason or another, the deal didn't go through. And today, Time's shares are languishing. The main thing the company has going for
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      Lock icon PCI likely to see further downside
      210 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Teh Hooi Ling PRINTED circuit board manufacturer PCI yesterday fell 10 cents to $1.12 on heavy volume. In fact, it was the most actively traded counter on the Singapore Stock Exchange yesterday, with 14.2 million shares traded. However, PCl's volume yesterday
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      143 6 LIM Kah Ngam has appointed its director Lim Kong Chong as chairman of the board with effect from Jan 1 in place of Lim Kong Wai who has retired. Mr Um Kong Wai will remain a director of the board. ♦KING Wan Corporation has appointed Wong Lam Lim
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      Lock icon Greenback starts the year on a soggy note
      332 6  -  CURRENCIES larry wee WALL Street marked the end of an unhappy year last Friday with another redink close and this pretty much set the tone for 2001's first day of currency trading yesterday. The US dollar again looked soggy versus most currencies
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      511 6 Stocks Volume PCI 25c 14,234,000 PacificCenturyl 0c 11,098,000 Poh Lian 10c 10,999,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 6,494,000 NatSteel 50c 6,101,000 Brtertey NZ1 Oc 5,858,000 AddvalTech 2.5c 4,854,000 Omni Ind 10c 4,288,000 OUB DB eCW*****3 3,991,000 TPA10C 3,630,000 Stocks Chart Semiconductor 26c 29,328,640 NatSteel 50c 17,748,910 PCI 25c 16,555,930 OCBC 15,508,225 Datacraft
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Arcasia, JTCi to merge next Monday
      273 7  -  The new firm hopes to be a big player in industrial property By Vince Chong WHOLLY-OWNED JTC Corporation subsidiaries Arcasia Land and JTC International (JTCi) will officially announce their merger next Monday. A closed-door launch of the new firm which will bear a fresh
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      Lock icon SCV to continue discounts for broadband service
      314 7  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Cable Vision yesterday announced it would continue to give discounts to subscribers of its broadband access service, SCV Max Online, for another year. SCV said from Jan 1, it would offer a $30 discount to those who buy
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      Lock icon Pertamina in 70,000 bpd deal with Shell (S)
      233 7 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA state oil company Pertamina said yesterday that its crude oil processing deal with Shell Singapore was now 70,000 barrels per day until March, with an option to increase the amount by 20 per cent. In October, it had agreed
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      Lock icon Football a fast-growing 'industry'
      445 7  -  Sponsorship revenue generated by FAS almost doubles to $4.2 m in 2000 By Errol George THE commercialisation of local football is gathering pace, going by the latest figures from the Football Association of Singapore (FAS). Sponsorship revenue generated by the FAS almost doubled from $2.2 million
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      Lock icon Biomedical Research Council gets exec director
      328 8  -  Lonis Lim to lead efforts to co-ordinate public sector biomedical R&D By Eugene Low THE National Science and Technology Board (NSTB) has appointed Louis Lim executive director of its new Biomedical Research Council (BMRC). Professor Lim, a University College London professor who leads a
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      Lock icon J Y Pillay appointed to presidential council
      143 8 J Y Pillay, chairman of the Singapore Exchange, has been appointed to the Council of Presidential Advisers (CPA) for a six-year term from yesterday. President S R Nathan has also re-appointed Ridzwan Dzafir, who is High Commissioner to Bangladesh, to the CPA for
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      Lock icon Exports will weaken sharply in'01: CSFB
      323 8  -  By. Anna Teo SINGAPORE'S exports, like those of the other Asian economies, will weaken sharply this year as the electronics cycle enters an inventory correction phase, says Credit Suisse First Boston regional economist PK Basu. And the slowdown will start as soon as next
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      Lock icon Report did not factor in consumers
      178 8  -  MAILISETH A S Khaled New Zealand via Internet I REFER to the report "Development and populism do not mix" by Prem Shankar Jhar (BT, Dec 29). The part on Dahbol Electricity Generation Plant in Maharastra, India appears to be very well researched. However, it
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      Lock icon System seems to leave out the masses
      81 8  -  B Charles Malaysia via Internet I refer to your article "New economy, new money" by Serena Ng (BT, Dec 20). What about the small people, the ordinary, and the poor? Who will they turn to for help? Where will they place the little
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      377 7 eF W. in H 1 THE GERMANS WON 3-2 J I* It was a bitter Christmas Morning. Dense soldiers stepping gingerly across no-man Viand VIJB ■Bj| 4 pockets of fog swirled across the fetid trenches to shake hands and hug like brothers. of Northern France. Waist-deep in freezing mud, y
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      332 8 I expert answers. market intelligence. THE NEW TRADE EQUATION. SOLVED. itdb/'of£li trade experience. SINGAPORE TRADE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INTERNATIONAL DAY 2001 invaluable contacts. tdb international day 2001 all in one day. 9 Jan 2001, 8.30 am to 5.30pm Singapore international convention Meet International Business Experts and exhibition centre PLENARY 1 Local
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  • e-NEWS
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      Lock icon Chipmaker Intel to enter MP3 player market
      556 9 SAN JOSE, California The Pocket Concert will be its latest foray into consumer product world AP INTEL Corp wants to bring music to your ears. The world's largest chipmaker is making its latest foray into the consumer product world with a portable MP3
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      Lock icon Delayed Y2K bug hits new trains in Norway
      135 9 OSLO AP THE Y2K computer glitch hit Norway's national railroad company a year later than expected. The bug was discovered when none of the company's new 16 airport express trains or 13 high-speed, long-distance Signatur trains would start early on Dec 31.
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      Lock icon Overstock.com chief sees Amazon dying
      332 9 WASHINGTON Bankrupt or totally transformed by June: Patrick Byrne LATWP IF analysts have lost faith in the majority of dotcoms, some still believe that Amazon.com, which handled about 1 in 10 consumer sales on the Web this past holiday season, has a reasonable chance of
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      Lock icon Unicom in talks to buy parents assets
      247 9 HONGKONG Reuters MOBILE phone carrier China Unicom Ltd has held discussions on the possibility of acquiring mobile phone networks from its mainland parent company, an official with the Hongkong-listed firm said yesterday. "We have conducted some discussions about a proposal to acquire mobile
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      Lock icon IP phone price war looms in China as fees drop
      354 9 BEIJING China Netcom Corp cats Internet protocol phone rates by np to 50% as price regulations ease Reuters CHINA Netcom Corp has slashed its Internet protocol (IP) phone rates by up to 50 per cent in what may turn out
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Can Bush Jr escape a hard landing?
      708 10  -  THEHH ■if.m.i'.'jir.ra OPINION reginald dale The writer is a columnist for the International Herald Tribune where this articlefirst appeared WILL President-elect George W Bush follow in his father's footsteps by inheriting a healthy economy and driving it into recession? Suggestions to that effect
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      112 10 'We saved the Titanic. We are afloat' Anawfr chief executive of Bangkok Land, on the future of his company which is staggering under US$l billion of debt, including US$37B million of international bonds on which it defaulted in 1998. The economy faces a kind of double whammy.
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      Lock icon Clouded view from the frontline
      602 10 EDITORIAL WHAT a comedown it's been from the giddy heights of the new-millennium expectations this time last year. But then, purists had always proclaimed that 2000 was nothing more than a false dawn Surely, then, that cannot be true of this year, the start of
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      Lock icon A rainy day may lead to a financial windfall
      1071 10  -  Weather futures are a growing part of the global derivatives market By Jonathan Beckerlegge The writer is chairman of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants's Audit Committee THERE is a saying in Manchester, England that, when people invest their money they
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      Lock icon Japan still looks like a winner
      861 10  -  COMMEMTARY By Eamonn Fingleton The writer is a Tokyo-based author whose most recent book is 'In praise of hard industries: Why manufacturing, not the information economy, is the key to future prosperityHe contributed this comment to the International Herald Tribune. [TOKYO] Those who earn
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Philippine markets hit by martial law rumours
      529 11  -  Peso plunges to record low of 52 to the dollar, Phisix Index sheds 3J% From Al Labita in Manila THE Philippine financial market took a severe beating yesterday following rumours that President Joseph Estrada would impose martial law in the wake of last
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      Lock icon M'sia's merchandise trade surplus widens
      382 11 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S merchandise trade surplus widened in November after seven months of declines as companies scaled back imports of components used to produce goods bound for foreign markets. The surplus grew by 5.5 per cent to RM6 billion (552.7 billion) from a year
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      Lock icon New partner for MAS by month-end: report
      395 11 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters, AP MALAYSIA will name a new partner for national carrier Malaysian Airline System (MAS) by the end of this month, the local Sun newspaper said yesterday. It quoted transport ministry official Donald Lim as saying that five or six local
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      Lock icon Two Taiwan ships sail directly to mainland ports
      672 14 Trips mark significant step in China's pnsh for fall trade, transport, postal exchanges Reuters [XIAMEN/QUEMOY] The first Taiwan boats in more than 50 years to make legal, direct trips to the Chinese mainland docked in the south-eastern province of Fujian yesterday, port
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      Lock icon HK to see more moderate growth in '01: Tsang
      235 14 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG Financial Secretary Donald Tsang has forecast economic growth to moderate in 2001 compared to an expected 10 per cent expansion in 2000. "I believe Hongkong's economy will continue to grow in 2001, but the pace should be more
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      Lock icon Charles Ho said to be buying controlling stake in Sing Tao
      464 14  -  Report says Lazard Asia negotiating to sell its 50.4% stake in the gronp From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong CHARLES Ho, the honorary chairman of Sing Tao Holdings whose family sued former chairman Sally Aw for bankruptcy two years
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      Lock icon Power cut hits India's northern region
      217 14 NEW DELHI Millions in 6 states affected as whole grid goes down AFP INDIA'S entire northern region covering three times the population of Germany suffered a power cut yesterday due to the collapse of the whole northern grid. An official of state-owned Power Grid
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      Lock icon Another stellar year seen for China stocks
      651 14 Expectations China will merge B shares with yuan-denominated A shares will keep driving stocks higher Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] CARRYING on a family tradition dating back more than seven decades, Tang Rongzhi trades Shanghai stocks and may keep reaping a profit this year in the
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      Lock icon New Year visit to wife's grave for Li Ka-shing
      153 14 AFP [HONGKONG] Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing visited his wife's grave on New Year's Day, as he has done for the past 11 years, according to a report yesterday. Mr Li, chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd and Hutchison Whampoa
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Moore Capital to return US$3b to investors
      427 16 NEW YORK Move comes amid talk of redemptions after a dismal year for the hedge fond FT ONE of the world's largest hedge funds is planning to return as much as US$3 billion (555.2 billion) to investors after a year of dismal returns.
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      Lock icon Phillips & Drew mandates dip £8.5b
      254 16 Phillips Drew mandates dip £8.5b LONDON Reuters BRITISH asset manager Phillips Drew (P&D) lost around £8.5 billion (Ss22 billion) in active institutional fund mandates last year, despite topping performance tables for the year, research showed yesterday. According to figures from UK weekly Financial News, P&D suffered the worst outflow of
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      Lock icon Saudi prepares ground for 1.5m bpd Opec oil cut
      424 16 LONDON Move should be enough to reverse last 2 output rises Reuters LEADING Opec producer Saudi Arabia is preparing tough action to prevent a further slide in oil prices. A Saudi official yesterday said that Riyadh believed the Organisation of the
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      Lock icon German women take on combat positions
      78 16 [DUELMEN, Germany] Young female recruit Silvia Siebenhar listens to soldier Thorsten Otta explaining the details ofa tank to her on her first day at St Barbara Barracks in Duelmen, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, yesterday. Ms Siebenhar is one of the 42female
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      Lock icon US output down for 5th month in row
      620 16 WASHINGTON December NAPM factory index at 43.7, sliding from 47.7 in November Bloomberg US manufacturing contracted in December for the fifth straight month as orders and production declined, a survey of industry executives shows. Prices paid for raw materials rose. The National
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      Lock icon S Korea delays after-hours stock trading till 2nd half
      262 16 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea has delayed the launch of after-the-bell trading for the stock market to the second half of the year, from April. In a New Year speech to the Korea Stock Exchange, Finance Minister Jin Nyum yesterday said: "The
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Global chip sales up 31% in 2000
        73 16 Bloomberg [PARIS] Global semiconductor sales grew 31 per cent in 2000, down from a previous estimate of 37 per cent, said market researcher Dataquest Inc, citing slowing sales of chips used in personal computers in the fourth quarter. Dataquest said worldwide semiconductor sales
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        Lock icon ECB likely to hold interest rates steady
        105 16 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Slowing economic growth is likely to persuade the European Central Bank (ECB) to leave interest rates unchanged in the first quarter, following seven increases in the last 14 months, a survey showed. Twelve of 15 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News predicted
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        Lock icon India airport job: two groups shortlisted
        96 16 Reuters [NEW DELHI] A German-led consortium and a Swiss-led consortium are the two groups shortlisted among six to build a US$3OO million (Sssl9 million) airport in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, an Airports Authority of India official told Reuters yesterday. The consortiums are
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        Lock icon DaimlerChrysler: 1b euros for fuel cells
        84 16 Bloomberg [STUTTGART, Germany] DaimlerChrysler AG said it will invest more than 1 billion euros (551.64 billion) over the next four years in fuel-cell technology that it expects to eventually replace the internal combustion engine. DaimlerChrysler, which will deliver its first fuel cell-powered van this
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        Lock icon Korea forex reserves rise to US$96.2b
        70 16 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's foreign exchange reserves totalled U5596.2 billion (*****.4 billion) as of the end of 2000, up from U5574.05 billion at the end of 1999, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said yesterday. The reserves were U5593.34 billion at the end of November.
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      Lock icon Tyson wins bidding for IBP with US$3.2b offer
      553 17 NEW YORK Its U5528.50 cash-share bid beats Smithfield's US$3O all-share offer NYT IN the first major deal to be announced in the new year, Tyson Foods Inc, the poultry giant, agreed on Monday to acquire IBP Inc for US$3.2 billion (555.5 billion).
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      Lock icon Business likes the shape Bush Cabinet is taking
      776 17 LOS ANGELES Initial choices seen as leaders trying to preserve economic status qno LATWP FOR big companies with a keen interest in Washington politics, the initial picks by President-elect George W Bush for business-related Cabinet posts and other key jobs are cause
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      Lock icon Technology components hurt Dow last year
      798 17 NEW YORK Technology stocks Microsoft and Intel, added in late 1999, accounted for significant part of 6.2% decline last year NYT THE Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 6.2 per cent last year, leaving it looking better than either the Standard Poor's 500, which fell
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      292 18  -  SCI Derivatives Tr&flkagReport ST Index/MSCI S'pore Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE Singapore stock market finished lower on its first trading day of 2001 following a drop in the Nasdaq last Friday. The benchmark Straits Times Index gave up 1.59 per cent or 30.55
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      236 18  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE MSCI Taiwan stock market yesterday surged more than 4 per cent on its first trading day in 2001 on hopes that political tensions with China would ease and expectations the parliament would pass
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      168 18 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oil futures firmed yesterday after the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) power Saudi Arabia said the cartel needed to cut production to stem a slide in prices. International benchmark Brent crude futures initially rose 78 US cents on
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      327 18 London Reuters THE euro made a strong start to the New Year by leaping to 10-month highs versus the yen and five-month highs against the US dollar amid persistent concern of a sharp economic slowdown in the US and Japan. The US dollar rose to 16month highs above
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      1868 18 SICOM FUTURES Jan 2 RUBBER (futures closing as at 130pm) RSS1 CONTRACT (S cents/kg) ClQM Volume Open Month High Uw Sett (towns) Interest Feb 01 106.25 50 Mar 01 108.50 1900 Apr 01 110.00 100 May 01 m.50 100 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cants/kg) VokHM Optfl Month High Low Sett
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      2881 19 HONGKONG AFP Jj Hang Seng -225J0 HONGKONG share prices dropped 1.5 per cent on profittaking on the first trading day of the new year yesterday and following a weaker performance by US markets, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 225.59
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      1081 19 Reuters Shenzhen B Index +L 26 CHINA'S B shares ended mixed on their first day of trade in 2001, with Shanghai's index edging down amid light technical selling that ignored the historic launch of limited links between China and Taiwan yesterday. Brokers said market sentiment in the hard currency
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      379 19 AFP WP Index +196J9 TAIWAN share prices closed 4.1 per cent higher yesterday in anticipation of improved ties with China following President Chen Shui-bian's New Year speech and the opening of direct links, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index jumped 196.19 points in the first trading
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      22 19 TheßusinessTimes The Tokyo market was closed yesterday Chairperson j OR CHAIR SALESPERSON? 1 To fill your vacant positions, just call 1800-741-1883. TlieStrateTimes
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      8880 20 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 2001 Last Vol Day Net Cap High Low Company Sala 'OOP High Low P/E Smll Aiinomoto 310 17,0 125.6 36 35 Angkasa 35 -5 3 36 35 51.6 306 300 A polio Food Hlg 300 -12 5 306 300 6.5 120.0 332 320 Asia Fit* 332 -0
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      414 20 AFP C 3 Composite Index -1101 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.9 per cent lower yesterday due to heavy seUing of some index-linked stocks, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended down 13.01 points at 666.63, off a low 0f653.15. The
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      309 21 AFP |T|CMnpoMte Index +16.33 SOUTH Korean shares rose 3.2 per cent with the index up 16.33 points to 520.95. Volume of 230 million shares worth 1.2 trillion won.— AFP JmZ Wo# Anam Semi 3220 320 Brain Tech 505 25 Central unch Cheii Comm ***** 900 Da* Gu Bank 1610
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      289 21 AFP 13 Composite Index -4(101 PHILIPPINE stock prices ended 3.1 per cent lower yesterday following a spate of deadly bombings in Manila at the weekend, dealers said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index dropped 46.01 points to close at 1,448.49 on volume of 297.37 million shares. —AFP JwZ Nw
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      546 21 Reuters PjlMMjl *50.70 AUSTRALIAN shares rose 1.6 per cent yesterday, brokers said. "Everyone is still pretty much in holiday mode... but there has been a fair bit of strength in defensive issues...," ABN Amro equities strategist Douglas Orr said. The All Ordinaries index gained 50.70 points to 3,205.4 and
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      733 21 AFP CI Composite Index -6JI INDONESIAN share prices fell 1.5 per cent yesterday in light trade after an 11-day holiday, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 6.11 points at 410.21 on 84 million shares worth 86.52 billion rupiah. Dealers said a sharp sell-off in Telkom
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      967 23 Lines. Ally and Billy Movie: The Lucky God. 10.30 Cheer Up Japan (R). have some serious emo- 2.50 Unearthed. 11.00 Asia Tonight. 9.00 AM Kids Central: Sesa- tions to deal with when 315 Don't Worry, Be Hap- 1130 Business Tonight. me Street. their old romance sur- py. 12.00 MN The
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      286 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 5 An old sort of a bulge (5) 1 Place pot in different position 7 nnce to upWt Pri® B 8 Putting other clothes on and 6 Strikes back in the fight (4) making it right (10) 9 Silver, perhaps, came across 11 Blunt talk unsuitable for
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      804 24 NYT [TOKYO] WHEN Yoko Hayakawa, a student at one of Japan's elite universities, began a round of job interviews with technology companies here recently, it was not long before she noticed a pattern that struck her as very strange. Although she had been getting
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      301 25 Reuters DRY bulk carrier freight rates in the Atlantic are expected to hold over the new year, shipbrokers said on Friday. Price movements are predicted to remain at a minimum and any fixtures should conform to previously established trends, they added. Looking back over the year, the panamax
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      303 25 sax *ooo Jmi w CWT Distribution 0.58 -0.01 4 Chuan Hup 0.36 unch 852 Cosco Investment 0.15 uncti SO freight Links 0.11 unch 65 GB Holdings 0.48 unch 0 Hai Sun Hup 0.22 unch 52 IMC Holdtngs-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.15 unch 185 Keppel Corp 3.34
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      632 25  -  It says safety culture requires ongoing maintenance and evaluation of existing systems By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Following the most recent development in the saga of the disgraced Sin-gapore-flagged tanker Neptune Dorado, the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore has emphasised that a
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      90 25 PIC: San Francisco Kron-TV Inoperative main Are pumps Leaking starboard boiler oil setting tank Inoperative main vent blowers kx engine room Leaking fuel oil lines to the main engine Safety management system deficiencies Oil cargo in ballast tanks Owner: Elmhirst Pte Ltd. Directors are Greek
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      626 25  -  STRAIT TALE By Seafarer HAPPY New Year, and here's some seasonal good news for shipowners. They will have to pay more for their insurance from now on, and that state of affairs could possibly last for a long time.
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      298 25 50 illegal immigrants missing little hope of finding them alive Bloomberg [ISTANBUL] At least six people are dead and about 50 missing after a Georgian cargo ship carrying would-be illegal immigrants sank off the southern coast of Turkey, news reports said. The 400-tonne Georgian
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        879 26 Trans-Pacific shippers say new formula is a back-door attempt to increase rates JoC TRANS-Pacific carriers say a new formula for calculating bunker fuel surcharges will be more palatable to shippers, but shippers aren't convinced. "It doesn't tell us anything," said Moye Sanders, traffic manager at
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      305 26 PACE Ahrenkiel 12 Appenship 5 Asia OCL 11 Assets 5 Austral 6 Avant 12 B'tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BTL 12 Balaji Shpq 5 Bangladesh 11 Batamindo 11 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 5 COCOS 5 CSAV 3 Central Ex 6 Chahaya 12 Cho Yang 5 China
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      18156 32 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES Page 8 EXPORT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2001 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire 10/01 14/02 Del mas DELMAS KERGUELEN KMW 65-*****44 10/01 7/02 ZIM/Seth ZIM RAVENNA I 12W 65-*****12 11/01 17/02 COSCO HUMEN BRIDGE
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        572 37 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jarong Port Bt R Indah 6 ***** J01 02/01/8:10 02AH/20:00 Cotabato 32 J05 02/01/7:40 02/01/23:00 Emerald *****0 J15 02/01/7:40 03/01/23:00 Bayswaterl18 M1010 J02 02/01/9:20 02/01/16:00 Bt Berkah Ol-Jan-OI J01 02/01/12:05 02/01/18:00 Winstar 2 001S01 J03 02/01/7:55 02/01/21:00 Rub.ndover 4 J23 02/01/9:10 08/01/22:00
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        2013 37 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCI CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Ptrtod From To From ACX GARNET ITS 4/20:00 01/1500 0V1659 i*£0 2A 01/1700 02/0659 02/0900 28 01/1700 02/0659 02/0900 3 02/0700 02/1159 02/1400 4 02/1200 02/1459 02/1700 AKA BHUM 428S 3/15:00 IB 01/1500 01/1(99
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        196 37 Jul Finland: Epiphany. Italy: Epiphany. Sweden: Epiphany. Jan IB Japan: Adult's Day. USA: Martin Luther King's Jr, Birthday. Jan 23 Taiwan: Chinese New Year Eve. Jan 24 Brunei: Chinese New Year. China: New Year Holiday. Vietnam: Chinese New Year. Jan 24-25 Singapore: Chinese New Year. Malaysia: Chinese New
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        800 37 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        570 37 Carbon ISO Max 993.0 0.4 14.6 0.08 72 0.02 rw 9ft Dentltv Water Residue Ash Aluminium Sediment Mo above E25 1 0 0 0 0 0 £ii2 Density '7" 380 Ave 988.5 0.3 13.3 0.06 23 0.01 Jim 380 Max 993.0 0.6 15.3 0.08 38 0.03
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        535 38 Hazelton's coveted landing rights at Sydney airport are at stake Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Ansett Holdings Ltd said it now owns 35.4 per cent of Hazelton Airways Ltd, giving it an upper hand as it battles rival Qantas Airways Ltd for control of the regional
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        168 38 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong is planning to launch direct flights to China's westernmost region of Xinjiang this year as part of Beijing's measures to develop the impoverished hinterland, a report said on Tuesday. The direct flights between Hongkong and Urumqi, the capital
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        69 38 [HARTFORD, US East Coast] A tractor clearing a street in Hartford, Connecticut, on Saturday. Blizzard-like weather enveloped parts of the north-east, forcing all ofNew York's airports to close and Philadelphia to declare a snow emergency. Hundreds of flights were cancelled, trains and buses were ordered off the roads,
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        558 38 It plans to increase nnmber of regional airports it owns to 13 by March Bloomberg [LONDON] Wiggins Group pic, the owner of London's Manston Airport, said it may team up with a low-cost airline as part of plans to set up
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        248 38 Airline also plans to begin service to Ho Chi Minh City Reuters [PHNOM PENH] A Cambodian airline owned by a son of King Norodom Sihanouk has begun flights between Phnom Penh and Bangkok to accommodate the increasing number of tourists visiting Cambodia, a company
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        345 38 Reuters [BOMBAY] State-owned flag carrier Air India, one of the government's high-profile privatisation candidates, said on Monday it aimed to double its fleet size from the current 24 aircraft over a five to seven year period. "We require the additions in
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        195 38 Oana-Yonhap [SEOUL] The South Korean government will reportedly push ahead with the resumption of air routes linking Seoul and Taipei within this year. National carriers lost the right to land in Taipei in 1992 when Seoul formed diplomatic ties
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      408 31 BSA ii. 11M MYANMA pBBk FIVE STAR LINE vT (Myonmar Notional Line) Loading for Yangon VESSEL VOY SIN PKI PfN PGU PAGAN 285W SU> HPA-AN 282W SU> MALAYSIA AGENTS: BOUSTEAO SHIPPING AGENCIES KUL m 03-*****00 PKL HI 03-*****101 PfN: HI 04-*****02 PGU: HI 07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A service of Andrew
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      1307 31 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTD. Ivessb voy ■si I sou I La I nw I ant I ham I srv Ivessb I vqy I sou I La I trm 1 ant I ham Iwv Isw API ALMANDME 319W 04/01 22/01 27/01 24/01 25/01 DMAS 5481 15/11 16/12 10/12 12/12 03/01
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      885 31 v\frv WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO MOBTH AND LATIN AMERICA "<** ROSO HEAVTUFT SERVICE" [vissa VOY RAMP HEIGHT ilk LBC MAO NUA SAV |ML I ORF I NYC NEW MOB I TEXAS ASTOT 400Tmh 6.3 M 12/01 09/02 17/02 20/02 22/02 24/02 25/02 27/02 03/03 06/03 TOBA AH 103 400Tms 6.3 M
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      104 34 SINGAPORE PTE LTD W KYOWA LINE 15 McCallum Street #03-01/02 Natwest Centre Singapore *****5 Fax (65) *****66 Email general#ecusin eculine net website httpy/www.ecuiine net Direct Breakbulk/Container/LCL INDONESIAN PORTS Service to I Banjarmasin/Jambi/Palembang/ an la/G liam/Saipan Panjang/Pontianak/Perawan/Pekan Barn Agems; v Grow Ltd Call: 220 3373 See Page 7 Daily STANDARD SHIPPING
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      1094 35 SSAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 Anson Road, #06-01 to 03, Singapore *****1 MAIN UNI/OUTWARD: 532 3688 INWARD (DID): 437 2368 IMPORT STATUS (DID): 437 2378 INVfNTORY (DID): 437 2420 Wobsito http://www.samudera.(om C# NO. **********0N BOOKINGS UNE: 535 6266 (Celia/Jessicq/Mei Chqn/Jeslynn/Dorq/Yvonne/Honim) HIOWEBEEEEMI 7 SLGS/WEEKLY Q335E5E2333H38 3 SLGS/WEEKLY VESSEL VOY SIN JAK
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      830 35 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO I PKG I SIN 1 JKT I SUP I OIW I PPG I CM! ROM I HAI I NTI I OHF SAY I NEW I TAM I HOU~I HOtGH DYKI ***** 04/0) 10/01 14/01 17/01 20/01 27/01 04/02 07/0? 06/03 10/03 11/03
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      622 35 ENG LEI SHIPPING CO PIE UDI I M2O M: *****22 (10 Um*) Fax: *****38/*****60 I C« 15«2t9Q0000C I VESSEL VOT SMETA SMETD DESTINATION D*n Doyo 21/00 04/01 05/01 Oumoi/P Boiu/Buoton Union Star 8 14/00 05/01 06/01 Jamb. Uiwn Stor 4? 07/00 05/01 06/01 Belowar Marco Polo 56 10/00 05/01 06/01
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      602 36 VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN B TIGER BRIDGE 864N 03-04/01 09-12/01 16-17/01 I TIGER METRO 865N 12-15/01 19-20/01 I TIGER STAR 866N 09-10/01 15-18/01 23-24/01 I TIGER RHYTHM 867N 12-13/01 18-21/01 25-26/01 I TIGER BRIDGE 868N 16-17/01 22-25/01 29-30/01 I TIGER METRO 869N 19-20/01 25-28/01 01-02/02 I I VESSEL VOY
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      1065 36 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Road, 3rd Level, ,'j'. |P Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg WEBSITE: www.freightlinks.net MAHE MV P&0 NEDLLOYD HOME VSBIIA KARACHI MV SINAR BANGKA OIK ETA SIN: 05/01 /2001 ETA SIN: 06/01 /2001 SANTOS MV EVER GARDEN V2-086W
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      49 36 REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS DURBAN EXPORT VOY SIN PTL DBN ALS ENDEAVOUR 01WB 25/01 05/02 12/02 ALS EXPRESS 02WB 24/02 07/03 14/03 ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG Agents: Td Fox Singapore Ben Line Agenoes *****61/142 224 0163 Moloysw Bendero Shipping Agency Sdn Bhd 03 SMOBBB9 03 *****020
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      774 36 ■—.■ji.'i.LJj.i.'u.uj.'iJigaiain!! TO EUROPE CHINA N. EUROPE SERVICE VESSEL VOY SIN HKG XGG I TAP I SHA TRAD€ ETERNITY 559E 03 JAN 07 JAN 11 JAN 13 JAN 15 JAN HANJIN bftEAAElsl —552E &6JAN 16 JAN UJAN I 16JAN ~18 JAN TRADE SELENE 033E 13 JAN 17 JAN 21 JAN 23
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      139 37 A 11 >fe 1 JOE dflfewi LEGEND- Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore K Thunderstorm D Temperature °C„/ Wind direction and speed in knots Ra,n Weather U Cloudy Day t l 3 Hazy Sea Conditions Wind speed symbols r— 1 S jght <1 2m O Full circle w/o line indicates calm
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