The Business Times, 12 February 2004

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    16 1 85c THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 024/03/2003 j h[tp://business-times.asial .com.sg SINGA PORE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2004
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    Lock icon 3 ex-staff of fund manager plead guilty midway through trial
    700 1  -  They made $213,925 with 2 others by backdating forms for unit trust subscription and redemption By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] In the first case of its kind locally, three former employees of fund manager Alliance Capital Management Singapore (ACMS) pleaded
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    Lock icon May to big investors: Make a difference
    853 1  -  CCDG chief also warns minorities' demand for board seats could backfire By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] How should shareholders contribute to good corporate governance? To JY Pillay, one thing is clear: institutional investors or fund managers here could be more proactive and play
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    Lock icon Comcast makes US$66b hostile bid for Disney
    587 1 Move, if successful, will create behemoth to rival Time Warner FT NYT Reuters AP [NEW YORK] Comcast Corp, the largest US cable TV company, yesterday made a hostile offer for Walt Disney which values the company at US$66 billion, including the assumption of
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    76 1 Dsn 1*868.51(4.17) ST INDEX FUTURES 1*863.00 (-12.00) nsmsci mM 228.01 (-0.25) SIMSCI FUTURES 227.10 (-1.50) Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 818.22 +«.16 NIKKEI 225 Closed HANG SENG 13,524.76 *9.10 SFT INDEX 75.1.24 +13.60 JAKARTA COMP 769.79 *3.02 MANILA COMP 1,477.04 +13.17 TAIPEI WPI 6,454.39 -13.95 SEOTLCOMP 876.14 +954 SHENZHEN B
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    74 1 FOREX RATES US* SS US$ (S$ per US$) 1.674 £(1IS$/S$ per 1.868 3.127 ElJRO(lJS$/S$/E). 1.267 2.122 YEN 106.5 63.00 KM 3.800 1270 HK$ 7.771 4.642 BAHT 38.97 2318 RIJPIAH 8,395 5,015 RENMINBI 8.299 4.957 INDIAN RUPEE 45.26 27.04 AS 1183 0.766 NZ$ 1.440 0.860 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5.25 MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Greenspan paints best outlook for US in years
      601 2 He notes impressive gains by economy, reiterates stance on interest rates AP Reuters AFP [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday the US economy has made "impressive gains" since last summer but that policymakers can be patient about interest-rate hikes, though
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    • Article
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      56 2 IN our Feb 7 report, "Got a problem with your bank? Don't fret", we wrongly said consumers who reject a Panel of Mediators' decision may lose their right to take farther legal action. It consumers who accept a Panel of Mediators' decision that may For ftrther details, visit www.mas.gov£g/consumer.
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      Lock icon KL plans no-frills terminal to woo budget carriers
      478 2  -  Decision to go-ahead hinges on demand from new low-cost airlines, officials say From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA is set to build a dedicated terminal at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) for homegrown Air Asia and the growing number of budget
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      Lock icon Stats shares likely to fall but long-term positive impact seen
      585 2  -  Stats-ChipPac merger Steep pricing of deal and high gearing spook some analysts By Tang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE] A day after ST Assembly Test Services (Stats) announced a US$l.6 billion share swap to acquire larger US rival ChipPac Inc, market analysts
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon OCBC profit soars 43% to record $954m
      640 4  -  Results better than expected as economy recovers, provisions fall By Siow Li Sen OCBC Bank yesterday posted a record full-year net profit up 43 per cent to $954 million, helped by the recovering economy and set the stage for higher expectations of rivals
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      Lock icon Bullish Wall St outlook in doubt
      703 4  -  HOCK lock siew r sivanithy MANY brokers and analysts reckon Wall Street should finish the year higher than where it started, making two winning years in a row and heralding the end of a three-year bear market. Yet, six weeks into 2004, US benchmarks
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      343 4 I Midas Holdings Limited I m Ir INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE ON 17 NOVEMBER 2000) I I Wb x I ihlL_ 1 iir^~jßl I ILI &J f i PV i' t 'ii ii^i^THAifcifi |HMHBQV]« In We design and manufacture high density Polyethylene 1 18-tffl Pipes and Aluminium Alloy Extrusion products. Our
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      673 6  -  Cmpiled by VEN SREENIVASAN Accord Customer Care Solutions Feb 11 doing 79.5 cants ACCS' expansion in India has received a major boost from another Motorola contract to expand AMS networks for GSM and CDMA cellular phones. Together with an earlier contract with Motorola, ACCS will create a nationwide
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      Lock icon Huan Hsin poised to rise ahead of results release
      292 6  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan FOR a stock so highly recommended by most of the analysts, Huan Hsin has not done as well as it should. It rose three cents to $1.23 yesterday, bringing its 52-week gain to 28 per
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      Lock icon Analysts see ST Index stuck in trading range
      524 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy AN indecisive overnight session on Wall Street and an equally colourless day for the Hong Kong and Japanese markets yesterday meant broad-based weakness in Singapore stocks, with the Straits Times Index dropping 4.17 points to 1,868.51. The
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      Lock icon Greenback drifts lower in quiet trade
      441 6 Traders expect farther weakness ahead unless BOJ intervenes at 105.35 level AFP THE US dollar drifted lower against the yen in subdued Asian trade yesterday with a further weakening expected unless the Bank of Japan intervenes during a public holiday in Tokyo, dealers said.
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Arisais? Mas substantial ftnltr HI UWIC9 9Ull9UNlllfll fldlflU Of vl
        175 6 FUND manager Arisaig Partners and its Arisaig Asean Fund have emerged as substantial shareholders of Asiatravel.com Holdings after the travel company's directors and other substantial shareholders sold 20 million shares this week. Ari- saig, which bought 10 million shares at
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        Lock icon Deutsche seHs 1.4 m Horizon shares
        70 6 HORIZON Education and Technologies said Deutsche Bank ceased to be a substantial shareholder on Feb 4 after it sold 1.4 million shares for investment purposes. Deutsche Bank still controls 4.85 per cent, or 24.7 million shares, down from 5.13 per cent of the IT
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        Lock icon A-Reit director raises deemed stake
        65 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM ASCEND AS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) said Tan Swee Kuan, the wife of director David Cecil Vivian Wong Cheong Fook, bought 40,000 units in the trust on Tuesday at $1.23 apiece, for a total of $49,200. Mr Tan now controls
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      417 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Feb 11 VALUE CLOSE BTOB/PS -57.00 +23.00 BTCAM -*****.00 -42.00 BT 10-dayllA -*****.00 -5.00 JUmEjrtBw 507.30 -0.40 SCEqwM—Beet 183.16 -2.43 S6 EpriHM Fin 1559.52 ->4.76 SG Equities Prop 468.96 -2.90 SMSa 228.01 -0.25 SMSCI Futures 227.10 -1.50 Stocks Volume ChtnaFtexP US15c 119,868,000 AB Corp 15c 90,616,000 UnitedTAC
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      Lock icon Something to munch on
      780 7  -  Want Want's good results have put it back in investors' good books, says WONG WEI KONG WONG WEI KONG WHO wants Want Want? Not many would have said yes, had the question been asked a year ago. But after being shunned for dabbling in non-core activities,
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      Lock icon Fund management firms tighten rules on employee trades
      563 7  -  Move follows case of 'late-trading' at Alliance Capital By Genevieve Cua STAFF at some fund management companies must comply with strict rules akin to those that apply to share trading if they want to buy or sell units in their own funds.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SembCorp net surges 66% to $285.1 million
      426 8  -  Utilities boost gain, ROE improves, final dividend of 5 cents a share By Teh Shi Ning DESPITE a difficult operating environment and volatile market, SembCorp Industries achieved a 66 per cent surge in net profit to $285.1 million for FY2003. The buoyant results
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      Lock icon Parkway Q4 earnings fall 19% to $11m
      435 8  -  Group ropes in execs to boost India, China ops By Andrea Tan HEALTHCARE operator Parkway Holdings, which yesterday reported a 19 per cent decline in earnings to $11.2 million for Q4, showed its resolve in growing its overseas operations. The group, which has
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      Lock icon ANA Hotel to make way for condo
      216 8  -  by Andrea Tan YET another landmark hotel is set to make way for a condominium development. The ANA Hotel at Nassim Hill will close its doors on March 31 after owner Capita Land said it plans to redevelop the site into an "upmarket
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      Lock icon Desalination plant could yield $lb sales for Hyflux
      359 9  -  It also launches new home water filter, sees 30,000 sales this year By Kennrth Lim THE same day it announced a new consumer product, water-treatment membrane specialist Hyflux said it may make as much as $1 billion in revenue by selling water
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      Lock icon Cosco posts 6-fold profit rise, proposes bonus issue
      417 9  -  It sees even higher gains mainly from associates By Loh Hoi Yin COSCO Corp (Singapore), which posted a six-fold increase in FY2003 net profit to $24.3 million yesterday, is rewarding investors with a l-for-5 share bonus and a 43 per cent higher
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      Lock icon China-based Midas offers 55m IPO shares at 23C apiece
      340 9  -  By Kennrth Lim MIDAS Holdings, a Chinabased aluminium and polyethylene (PE) pipe extruder backed by a trio of education veterans, yesterday launched an initial public offering of 55 million new shares comprising one million public offer shares and 54 million placement
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon JEL Corp posts $&2m profit
        81 9 JEL Corporation, a global distributor of photographic products and fast-moving consumer goods, showed a net profit of $6.2 million for the year ended Dec 31, 2003, up 62 per cent from $3.8 million in 2002. Its revenue rose 41.6 per cent to $116 million from
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        Lock icon GeneMedix to list on Nasdaq
        56 9 GENEMEDIX pic said it plans to list on Nasdaq and has appointed the Bank of New York as its depositary bank for a Level One American Depositary Receipt (ADR) programme. New York-based investment bank Global Markets Capital Group will manage the listing process. GeneMedix is
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        Lock icon Nyleot unit bags orders worth $6^m
        63 9 NYLECT Technology Ltd said its wholly owned subsidiary, Nylect Engineering Pte Ltd, has been awarded three contracts worth $6.3 million in total to carry out electrical and mechanical works in Singapore and Shanghai. The deals are not expected to have any material impact on
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        Lock icon ChipEng Seng earnings doable
        68 9 MAINBOARD-listed construction group Chip Eng Seng Corporation yesterday reported a 114.6 per cent jump in net profit to $8.5 million for its financial year ended Dec 31,2003. This is despite a 9.2 per cent fall in revenue to $159.8 million. Earnings per share rose to 1.73
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      1928 8 r ASIATRAVEL.COM HOLDINGS LTD (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of ASIATRAVEL.COM HOLDINGS LTD ("the Company") will be held at 20 Merchant Road, Swissotel Merchant Court, Elmwood Room, Singapore *****1, on Friday, 27 February 2004 at
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      1273 9 1 UNITED g™ ENGINEERS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) FULL YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT 1. RESULTS The unaudited results of the Group for the financial year ended 31 December 2003 are as follows: Group 31/12/2003 31/12/2002 Change $000 $000 Turnover* 464,506 473,686 (2) Cost of sales (390,754) (385,136)
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  • EXECUTIVE suite
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      Lock icon Construction demand in 2003 hits 10-year low
      448 10  -  Industry is likely to post almost similar demand of about $10b this year Reports by Vince Chong CONSTRUCTION demand fell to a decade-low of $10 billion last year, below a forecast that was trimmed twice, and a 30 per cent decline from $14.2
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      Lock icon Property investment sales hit $4.2b
      212 10 THE stock rebound of the second half of 2003 helped spur the residential investment sales market last year, encouraging more buying of homes. As a result, said Knight Frank executive director and Member of Parliament Amy Khor, developers went into the investment market in anticipation
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      Lock icon Centrepoint buys two sites for $38m
      468 10  -  BT exclusive Woodsville Court, adjoining plot will boost its landbank by 72,549 sq ft By Kalpana Rashiwala CENTREPOINT Properties continues to strengthen its residential landbank. It recently bought Woodsville Court and an adjoining site with a combined freehold land area of 72,549 sq ft
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    1065 10 Transaction date: Feb 11 CMTERBAMg CROSS RATES *S C$ Euro HK$ Ind Is Rupiah Yon Won KM HZ*, P* to Peso S$ Rand Sfr *T$ Brtt Pwwd USS Australia 1037 6.461 0.615 6.056 ***** 65.426 0.822 9.045 2.962 1122 44.727 43.S66 1305 5368 0.965 25.832 ***** 0.417 0.779 Canada
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon MTI rejects call to bar big firms
      403 11  -  They can compete with SMEs for govt projects so long as competition is fair By Anna Teo UNDER a new competition law to be enacted by next year, large companies, including govern-ment-linked firms, will not be barred from competing with small companies in
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      Lock icon EDB courts non-profit groups to set up HQs in S'pore
      513 11  -  Move aimed at building up diverse and critical mass to draw others here By Chuang Peck Ming THE Economic Development Board, used to wooing investments from global businesses, is also showing an interest in non-profit-making international organisations. It wants them
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      Lock icon Exel opens $23m supply hub in S'pore
      291 11 EXEL, the global leader in supply chain management, officially opened its new Supply Chain Hub at the Airport Logistics Park of Singapore (ALPS) yesterday. The $23 million facility houses Exel's Asia-Pacific headquarters as well as its Singapore office. The facility is about 280,000
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      Lock icon Varsities to be given more autonomy
      314 11  -  By Daniel Buenas THE government plans to restructure Singapore's university system in order to allow for more autonomy in higher institutions of learning here, Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said yesterday. Dr Tan, who was speaking to reporters at the Istana, said the Ministry
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      Lock icon Big jump in forex trading activity in S'pore in 2003
      346 11  -  Daily average surged 24% to US$119b: DPM Lee By Chen Huifen AFTER three years of stable performance, foreign exchange activity appeared to have revived here last year, with the average daily trading volume jumping 24 per cent to US$ll9 billion.
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon How G-7 has made a case for the yuan to rise
      700 12  -  THE bottom line OPINION andy mukherjee Bloomberg WHAT compelled the Group of Seven (G-7) industrial nations to qualify its call for flexible exchange rates after less than five months? And why did the G-7 do so by adding four
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      134 12 The rich world has ganged up on China.' -Stephen Roach chief economist at Morgan Stanley, who argues that the United States should recognise that it has a trade imbalance because it spends beyond its means. 'Exchange rates move every day and to think that you can adjust
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      Lock icon The unemployment beast
      637 12 EDITORIAL AMID worries about a jobless recovery in Singapore, a front-page headline this week crows: "Jobs on the rebound in Asia surveys show". It's just the type of news that would make Singapore's unemployed numbering some 96,400 at last count in December 2003 sit up. But chances
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      Lock icon US budget: what they'd do if they were serious
      871 12  -  Which both parties aren't, of course. Because budget talk isn't about the budget; it's about scoring political points By Robert Samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group THE most revealing factoid about the Bush administration's budget is this: After scouring the entire
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      Lock icon Chop costs at the top
      417 12  -  COMMENTARY Deflate inflated US CEO compensation by importing bosses By Jesse Kornbluth LAT-WP FEW cared when the jobs of "little people" left the country. But now the flight of jobs from the United States has moved beyond backoffice functionaries to IT guys and legal analysts,
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      165 12 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Catholic church embraces Across: 1 Home rule, 5 love (3) Send-up, 9 Normally, 10 Ver--1 A manic GP plans for battle 15 Understand that sources of sus, 11 Special 12 Egg-flip 13 W diamonds interest girts (3) Give a reason,'l6 Taxidermist, 2 Alhcountries come to terns 17 Prisoners
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Malaysian stocks get a lift from Calpers adviser
      367 13  -  Analysts not too excited bat say the move may keep the market buoyant From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN stocks spiked late yesterday following a rosy report card by the adviser to the largest US pension fund, which had given the
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        Lock icon Get ready for polls, says Abdullah
        127 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Tuesday told state party chiefs of his ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno) to gear up for a general election but declined to say when the vote might come. "All must move and work
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        Lock icon 3 foreign banks to offer yuan services
        85 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Citigroup, HSBC Holdings and Bank of East Asia Ltd won approval to provide yuan banking services to local companies in China, as the nation relaxes restrictions to meet World Trade Organization pledges. The three companies received consent from the China Banking
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        Lock icon No merger plans now, says EON Bank
        136 13 Reuters [Kuala LUMruKj Malaysia's eun Bank yesterday said it had no immediate plans to merge after terminating talks with a rival lender to create the country's third largest banking group. But EON Bank, Malaysia's seventh largest bank and a unit of EON Capital
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        Lock icon China posts trade deficit in Jan
        108 13 Reuters [BEIJING] China reported its first trade deficit in 10 months in January as export growth slowed markedly after curbs on tax rebates paid to exporters began to take effect. The controversial trade balance of the world's fourth biggest trading nation swung to a
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        Lock icon Time Engineering, KT Corp in tie-up
        64 13 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Time Engineering yesterday signed a memorandum of agreement with KT Corporation for a strategic business relationship in information and communications technology initiatives. In filing to the Malaysia Securities Exchange, Time said the agreement marked a collaboration between the two to establish
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      Lock icon Waiting for a ringgit revaluation
      354 13  -  Foreigners baying short-term ringgit bonds expecting change in peg From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur FOREIGNERS, convinced that the Malaysian ringgit will soon be revalued against the US dollar, have been putting money into short-term ringgit bonds. "There has been movement into the ringgit
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      Lock icon Ibra to sell 71% of Permata, some minor bank stakes
      321 13 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA yesterday agreed to the sale of a 71 per cent stake of mid-size PT Bank Permata, valued around US$73O million, and minority holdings in four other banks to help close a Budget deficit in an election year.
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      Lock icon China orders clampdown on excessive lending
      544 15 BEIJING Move allows it to avoid more painful steps like adjusting yuan peg analysts Reuters CHINESE Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has ordered a clampdown on excessive lending in the strongest step yet to tackle a problem that could undermine the economy and complicate reforms
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      Lock icon NBA star Yao Ming is top China celebrity
      342 15 Actress Zhang Ziyi comes second on the Forbes list, followed by actress Zhao Wei AP [SHANGHAI] Houston Rockets star Yao Ming topped Forbes Magazine's 2004 list of top Chinese celebrities, ending up head and shoulders over entertainers such as martial arts star
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      Lock icon Foreign direct investment in China up 13.6% in January
      256 15 BEIJING Reuters FOREIGN direct investment (FDI) in China rose 13.6 per cent in January from a year earlier to US$4.l billion, the Commerce Ministry said yesterday, as foreign companies target the country's cheap labour and wealthy consumers. Contracted foreign investment, an
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      1942 14 ghjk tfL\ \VJ ASIA PACIFIC BREWERIES LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Asia Pacific Breweries Limited (the "Company") will be held at Level 2, Alexandra Point, 438 Alexandra Road, Singapore *****8 on 27 February 2004 at 10.00
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      1718 14 CAM International Holdings Ltd NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of CAM INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD ("the Company") will be held at Carlton Hotel. Express Room I. Level 2. 76 Bras Basah Road. Singapore 1 ***** on Friday. 27 February 2004 at 3.00
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      369 15 Wxr \m fc%^^FFLES^uSvARD Ve 'MTLA MARINA SQUARE' SINGAPORE *****?/ ■HhSHS DateWl] 17 February 2004 fTUesdav) DHHBKmSW 9 30 a TA^L p sJHMSF^fIBHHIH Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency Singapore and the mission leader Mayor Jung Young Seok (Jinju City) cordially invite you and your business development manager to a One-on-One business meeting
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    4830 16 Transaction date: Feb 11 HONG KONG Vol HK Exchanges Clearing 19 40 -0 40 7606 HKS "000 HKRInt'l 3.28 -0.03 3652 HK and China Gas 12.70 -0.05 7681 Aeon Credit 6.05 0 05 204 Hong Kong Electric 32.30 0.10 3537 Aeon Stores 5.85 0.05 254 Hongkong Chinese 1.20
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    810 16 Transaction date: Feb 11 s>w>«ii w aw cii«m« M»d«— w omt change Altgreen 50c 0.38 1.130 -0.010 NatSteel 50c 0.36 2.150 ***** CapitaLand 122 1.710 -0.010 OCBC 8 53 12.700 «0.100 Chart SenvCond 26c 1.42 1.760 -0.030 OUE 0.44 6900 *0.050 CrtyOevSOc 2 24 6.700 -0.050 Parkway H 25c
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      Lock icon Oil demand rising faster as China spurs regional growth
      656 17 PARIS Opec officials hint that cartel may backtrack on output cut decision Bloomberg NYT AFP OIL demand this year is rising faster than expected as a surging Chinese economy begins to spur growth in surrounding nations, the International Energy Agency (lEA)
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      226 17 WASHINGTON LAT-WP THE South climbed aboard John F Kerry's bandwagon on Tuesday night, propelling him ever closer to what rivals and party leaders call a near lock on the nomination to face President George W Bush. By taking Virginia and Tennessee, the Massachusetts senator has won
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      401 17 NEW YORK NYT THE Goldman Sachs Group laid off 50 traders and sales executives in its equities division on Tuesday, as it continues to concentrate its resources in more profitable areas. The 50 executives laid off were concentrated in the firm's offices in
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      436 17 SAN FRANCISCO Lawyers at Justice Dept said to have recommended move NYT Bloomberg STAFF lawyers at the US Justice Department are recommending that the government seek to block Oracle's US$9.4 billion hostile takeover of People Soft on the grounds that the deal
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      Lock icon £500m bid for UK's Telegraph
      368 17 LONDON Express owner also eyes stake in rival printing firm Reuters BRITISH press baron Richard Desmond, owner of the Express newspaper, has made an indicative bid worth more than £500 million (Ssl.6 billion) for the Telegraph newspapers, an industry source said yesterday. A spokesman for
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        83 17 Reuters tNriW yukkj News Corp yesterday said second-quarter profit rose, buoyed by strong performance at its cable and newspaper divisions. Net profit rose to US$36l million, or 27 US cents per American depositary receipt, from US$239 million, or 18 US cents per ADR, a
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        Lock icon Coke's Q4 profit dips after charge
        98 17 Reuters [ATLANTA] Coca-Cola Co yesterday reported a slight dip in quarterly net income, hurt by a restructuring charge, higher expenses and sluggish sales of its soft drinks in North America and other key markets. Coca-Cola posted a fourth-quarter net profit of US$927 million, or
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        63 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Insurer American International Group Inc had a record US$2.7l billion profit in the fourth quarter, compared with a year-ago loss, on higher prices for property and casualty coverage and growth in Asia. Net income was US$l.O3 a share, compared with a
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      Lock icon US asks China to help resume Doha Round of trade talks
      605 18  -  It should open markets more and avoid using tax policy to control market access: Zoellick From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo AT the start of a globe-spanning trip to build momentum for restarting the WTO Doha Round of trade negotiations,
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      Lock icon Viacom to divest 81% Blockbuster stake in share swap deal
      265 18 NEW YORK LAT-WP FACING a consumer shift from video rentals to the fiercely competitive market for DVD sales, media giant Viacom announced on Tuesday that it will let the Blockbuster chain go it alone. Viacom will divest its 81 per
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      53 17 Where to wine, dine and entertain... A World of Exclusive Privileges Treats —u WW bternatianar l.vgf 1 'jEßfiSSmip 1 "S Patara Fine Thai Cuisine (6266 2555)... I marvel at the exquisite taste of Thai Cuisine with my Diners Club Card jm "General T&C apply. Only if I pay with my
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      128 17 PLAZA PARKROYAL Romance Is In The Air 14 February 2004 Cafe Plaza Valentine's Day International Euro-Asian Buffet Dinner $38 per person Lovers' Candlelight Romantic Dinner Room Package $228 per couple SI Chuan Dou Hua Restaurant Romantic Set Dinner for two at $98 per couple Dinner Room Package at $208 per
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      28 17 §|*F*>* Spring Court The Oldest I Chinese Restaurant in I Singapore since 1929. Special PEKING PUCK I.i«.h»d to one per table with min. order of $50 oawaitU. I
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    6653 18 Transaction date: Feb 11 52-Wk Tel Lut Vol Day Last Quote GrDrv Dtv GrYld Nat MCap High Low Coda Company Sate COOP) High Low Buy Sa»af Cvr P<I Smll 69.5 39.5 5834 A-Sonic 52.5 -2 1385 55 52.5 52.5 53 18.2 1481 8 5300 ABNAmroNLG 56c 9 12
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    1514 19 SICOM FUTURES Feb 11 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS1 (S ccnts/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sott (tonnes) Interest Mar 04 214.50 Apr 04 217.25 May 04 ***** Jw 04 219.00 Jul/S<p 04 220.25 Oct/Dec 04 222.00 RSS3(U$centsAg) Volume 0p«fl Month High Low Sott (tonnts) Interest Mar 04
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      294 19 Let CAL STATE University bring you the Silicon Valley Advantage. Ton CMgHk President, Wtl-Mart WHS WPPB Georpne Proctor-CfO»the Bedrtd Group Scott Unas- CEO, Jumper Networks "Wtof do these succesfil corporate executives have in common? lie CAL STATE Silicon Valley advantage!' "This program offend me great insights info the management strategies
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      Lock icon Canon to market Open Text solutions here
      348 19  -  It will initially offer the product in Singapore, and later take it across the Asia-Pacific region By Amit Roy Choudhury JAPAN-BASED giant Canon's Singapore arm has teamed up with USbased Open Text to market enterprise content management (ECM) solutions along with digital products
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      341 19 Xinhua [ZHENGZHOU] At the end of the week-long Chinese New Year holiday, a central China hospital treated a 16-year-old schoolgirl who had shown symptoms of mental disorder after staying hooked on the Internet around the clock for days. When she was sent to the hospital,
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      695 20  -  In South Asia, SingTel subsidiary NCS is EMC's biggest volume partner, selling into accounts EMC could not reach, Tang Weng Fai reports Tang Weng Fail Following a rethink of its go-it-alone strategy, USbased storage giant EMC Corp has fully committed itself behind a
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      131 20 Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] Apple Computer Inc is being sued by five consumers over claims the company made false promises regarding the lifespan of the batteries in its iPod music player. The plaintiffs are seeking permission to sue on behalf of iPod owners in
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      705 20  -  IT comment INFOTECH The buyout spree, which started in Jan 2000, ended in Sept 2001 with HP acquiring Compaq. After a 2-year lull, firms are at it again raju chellam THIS should rank as the single most significant week in the last three years
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      Lock icon Pirates in Malacca Strait kill 4 tanker crew members
      612 21  -  Vessel owner fails to pay agreed ransom By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Four crew members of an oil product tanker were shot dead by pirates in the Malacca Strait off Indonesia's war-torn Aceh province last week after the vessel's owner failed to
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      Lock icon Collision near Shanghai kills one
      104 21 AFP [SHANGHAI] One person was killed and nine are missing after a coUision between a Dutch container ship and a small Chinese cargo vessel near Shanghai, Chinese state media reported yesterday. The collision happened on Tuesday at the mouth of Yangtze River, throwing all 11
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      Lock icon PSA terminals comply with new IMO security code
      508 21  -  Compliance achieved well ahead of July 1 deadline By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation's container and conventional cargo terminals became the first facilities in Singapore to comply with the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) new security requirements, the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA)
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      Lock icon Demolition rates hit record high in tight market
      291 21 Owners reluctant to scrap ships as freight rates soar Bloomberg [LONDON] The cost of demolishing ships reached a record as steel prices surged and booming rates for shipping discouraged owners from scrapping their vessels, reducing supplies in the scrap market, brokers said.
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      Lock icon RCL orders 2 container vessels from China shipyard
      299 21  -  Thai Maritime Navigation also plans to buy 2 more feeder vessels By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Thai-listed and Singapore headquartered feeder Regional Container Lines (RCL) has ordered two container vessels from China's Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipyard in anticipation of further intra-Asia trade growth. The
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      292 21 SGX '000 Feb 11 SS Vol CH Offshore .0.37 -0.01 1128 ChuanHup .0.51 unch 980 Cosco Investment 0.90 -0.01 ***** CWT Distribution 0.56 unch 12 Ezra Hldqs 1.24 0.01 185 Freight Links .0.15 unch 1712 GB Holdings .0.71 unch 4 Jaya Holdings 0 88 -0.01 1573 K1 Venture.
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        Lock icon 'Mr Aviation Safety', 101, dies
        948 22 OBITUARY Jerome Lederer took flight safety to new heights in an aviation career spanning nearly four decades NYT JEROME F Lederer, an aviation safety expert who introduced blinking anti-collision lights and flight data recorders to aircraft, helped create many of the regulations promoting safe air
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      114 22 PAGE Austral AL 5 Bank Line 4 BSA 4 B'tang Mas 6 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 China Shpg 5 Crocodile Line ....4 1 CWTGIobelink ...4 1 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 1 ECL 3 Far Shpg 5 Foong Sun 5 Gemartrans 4 Hamburg Sud 5 Hangli 4 Heung-A
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      4663 26 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote O'lvoire To FELIXSTOWE (FXT) 2127 U. K. 23/02 03/04 China Shpg ASTA RICKMERS 0119W 65-*****698 24/02 16/03
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        600 27 Vessel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL AMORITA 001 J15/16 A/SIDE 12/02 2200 BAYSWATER228 E4042 J3 A/SIDE 12/02 0200 CITRA LINE 1 JB4201 J11 A/SIDE 12/02 0400 DELMASCHARC 406E J17/18 A/SIDE 12A)2 0200 NIC0 3 0902 J6 A/SIDE 12/02 0630 WINSTAR 7 11B4W J2 A/SIDE 12/02
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        1599 27 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Mmbr ACX LILAC 062S 062S 1 15/02/2004-15:00 16/02/2004-07:00 ACX MARGUERI 027N 027N 1 *****004-1500 **********:00 ALAMJAYA 2 8882N 8882N 1 14/02/2004-05:00 *****004-1300 ALAMJAYA2 8883 8883 1 *****004-09:00 15Q*****-1500 ALNOOf C281W C281W
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        144 27 Peb 16 US: Washington Day. Thailand: Makha Bucha Day. US: Washington's Birthday. Feb 22 Brunei: Islamic New Year. Indonesia: Islamic New Year. Malaysia: Islamic New Year. Feb 23 Brunei: National Day. Mar 1 South Korea: Independ Day. Mar 21 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Apr 4 HK: Ching M
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        812 27 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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        534 27 Carbon FtOS Density Wittf Residue AshAhimlitfum Sediment HM/M (urn K6/IT3 V/V M/M HM/M mi mrthiKl ISO/Cinuc limits Spec E25 991 1.0 15.0 0.10 80 0.10 Spec C35 991 1.0 16.0 0.15 60 0.10 Northern Europe 180 A*e 980.2 0.1 12.0 0.04 17 0.02 180 Mix 996.5
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        Lock icon Thailand's Nok Air to start flights in Q2
        420 28 The kingdom's 3rd budget carrier will be 39% owned by Thai Airways AP Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's third budget airline, partly owned by national carrier Thai Airways International, announced its launch plans on Tuesday including selling its tickets through local 7-Eleven stores. Nok
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        Lock icon UAE crash the 4th fatal incident involving Fokker 50
        269 28 AP [DUBAI] Tuesday's deadly air crash of a Fokker 50 operated by Kish Air is the fourth fatal incident involving the aircraft, built by a nowdefunct Dutch company which was one of the world's oldest aircraft manufacturers. Tuesday's crash in the
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        Lock icon Air France note warns foreign staff of delays in US
        318 28 Staff born in list of 10 countries affected: airline LATWP [PARIS] Air France has issued a memo warning some of its foreign-born employees to expect long security delays at US airports and instructing them to avoid the Cincinnati airport altogether.
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        Lock icon Many near crashes on the ground at Stockholm airport
        297 28 AFP [STOCKHOLM] More than a dozen airplanes have come close to colliding with other planes or with ground vehicles while taxiing at Stockholm's Arlanda airport over the past year, the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) said on Monday. "There were about
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        Lock icon Delta changes Boeing order
        249 28 NYT [NEW YORK] Delta Air Lines, which is on an aggressive cost-cutting drive, said on Tuesday that it would not add five Boeing 777 long-range jets to its fleet over the next two years as it had planned to do. The action is the latest in
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        Lock icon M'sian airports expect 5% passenger growth
        110 28 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Airports Holdings expects the number of travellers passing through its 37 airports to rise 5 per cent this year, its managing director was quoted yesterday as saying. "The increase in passengers is attributed to two factors: an increase in tourists
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        Lock icon Cathay, Aeroflot in talks to boost traffic
        364 28 They hope to form ticketing alliance for flights between HK and Moscow Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways, Asia's sixthlargest carrier, said it's in "advanced discussions" with OAO Aeroflot to form a ticketing alliance for flights between Hong Kong and Moscow as demand
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        Lock icon BA to add new Russian route
        153 28 Reuters [YEKATERINBURG, Russia] British Airways (BA) plans to introduce a new Russian regional route and increase the number of flights on its existing routes to the country, a company official said on Tuesday. Daniel Burkard, regional commercial manager for Eastern Europe, said BA franchisee
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        Lock icon B7E7 likely to have first customer by mid-year
        220 28 AP [WASHINGTON] Boeing Co will likely have a launch customer for its new 7E7 Dreamliner airplane by May or June and the customer probably will be located outside the United States, the head of the company's international operations said. Boeing will begin
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        1992 28 cmr flight eta flight no ekoo 1940 UMl LH9771 1855 BA7382 2250 Fraakhrt AC99S1 0655 LH9765 M2S S0230 1655 0F82 2250 IH9762 0655 S0326 1425 $023 0630 KL836 2330 5025 0655 8*7305 2300 KL837 1535 S024 2345 LH778 1650 0F5 2300 Aucklaad EM05 0105 EK404 1500
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      87 21 Thailand's Nok Air to start flights in Q2 UAE ciash the 4th fatal Incident Involving Fokker 50 1 i A v Cathay, Aeroflot In talks to boost traffic 'x\ V For adMriMnf/wbtcri|)tloiis, call Bernard Ong: *****645. Joe Wong: 6319 2062 HP; 9620 1327 I Email: wongwsfOspti.com.sg For edtortaJ matters/special features:
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      155 22 ANNOUNCEMENT NEW LOOP APX2 (ASEAN PENDULUM EXPRESS 2) Tokyo Senpaku Kaisha (TSK) Line are pleased to announce the launching of their new loop APX2 (Asean Pendulum Express 2). This new service aims to cope with the increasing cargo volume between Intra South East Asia covering Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia
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      514 22 lines services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, \°n< "y Singapore Shipping Association LILY UNE MALE /vtssa yoy to to ra'N P. KUNC SPOKI WUUi Kota Teguh XTGII7 17/02 27/02 Kota Tegap TGAOS7 23/02 04/03 Princess Lily 0203 02/03 04/03 12/03 ULY MARINE SERVICES PTE LTD
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      797 23 MOL Combines a range of shipping modes to ensure timely/ reliable services covering major ports in America, Europe, Japan, Asia, Africa Oceania. Also accept Intra-Asia Cargoes to: BUSAN/KWANGYANG SHANGHAI YANIIAN XMMBI QMGDAO KIAWAN JAKARII SURABAYA KAOHSUHG BANGKOK lAIM CHAIAMO HOCHIMINH PASW 6UPAHG rfItAHG POUT KEIAHGI For Schedules, BL Searches, and
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      1477 24 WNwan'hai lines V Tel: 6226 1588 Fax: *****163 J I v INTRODUCING:- NEW WEEKLY EXPRESS SERVICE TO: I v >' 4 1 NHAVA SHEVA 1 CALLING SIN EVERY WEDNESDAY PUSAN SHANGHAI CALLING SIN EVERY FRIDAY I For more details, call HOTLINE: 6226 1588 1800-*****00 x mj -L akia NOKTRANS SHIPPING
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      1399 25 I VESSEL VOY KHH HKO I SIN I PKL I PXB BAB PMM MK CAPE FRIO PCLBO22 SKIP SKIP 18/02 19/02 27/02 2S/02 04/03 05/03 IRAN SATTARI PCLBO23 SKIP SKIP 25/02 26/02 06/03 07/03 12/03 14/03 SEA NAVIGATOR PC***** SKIP SKIP 29/02 01/03 09/03 10/03 15/03 17/03 CAPE FRIO PCLBO2S
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      121 27 i rj^sl_** l^^^BHßß|[wfc|^^ a Ss v. Issued by Meteorological Service Division,NEA LEGEND: I Thunderstorm Wind speed symbols Showers O Fu circ,e w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds R a i n 1 One half fleche represents 5 knots Cloudy Day -—One full fleche represents 10 knots x
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