The Business Times, 1 March 2004

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/03/2004 mterner. http://business-times.asial.com.sg SINGAPORE MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2004 85*
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  • 616 1  -  Banks top the list while broking firms reap good gains By Joyce Koh [SINGAPORE] Full-year earnings of Singapore-listed companies with December year-ends surged 49.8 per cent to $8.14 billion last year, not a bad showing against the 51.5 per cent
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  • 61 1 Week Change STI 1888.63 -3.15 KLSECOMP ***** +1752 NIKKEI 225 *****.92 +321.23 HANG SENG _*****.03 +38.66 SET INDEX 716.30 -1254 JAKARTA COMP _761.08 -33.39 MANILA COMP _1483.18 -4.84 TAIPEI WPI 6750.54 +85.00 SEOUL COMP 883.42 +5.93 SHENZHEN B 298.10 4.59 AIjSTALLORD .*****0 +13.00 DOW JONES *****.92 -35.11 NASDAQ 2029.82
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  • 73 1 FOREX RATES US$ S$ CS$ (S$ per US$) 1.700 £(l!S$/S$ per 1.862 3.167 EURO(US$/S$/E). 1.246 2.118 YEN *109.1 64.20 KM 3.800 2.235 HK$ 7.781 4.576 BAHT 3927 23.10 Rl'PlAH 8,454 4372 RENMINBI 8.299 4.880 INDIAN RUPEE 45.25 26.61 A$ 1297 0.763 NZ$ 1.458 0.857 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5.25 MALAYSIA
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  • 724 1  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R Sivanithy EVERY once in a while, the local stock market throws a curve ball, with a mis-pricing so outlandish it has dealers rubbing their eyes in disbelief while scrambling for their calculators to figure out if they're missing something.
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  • 501 1  -  BT exclusive Sources say Syed Mokhtar finds partner to finish huge project From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur AFTER two false starts, businessman Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary has found a partner in a Middle Eastern company to help him complete what is probably the
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    • 445 2  -  REACTIONS TO SINGAPORE BUDGET Analysts see pressure from tax exemption on charter income, and PSA's new berths From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN businessmen are not losing sleep over Singapore's Budget measures to enhance its overall competitiveness, but Malaysian port owners
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    • 400 2  -  By Samuel Ee [SINGAPORE] Car showrooms were mostly quiet over the weekend despite lower car prices brought on by last Friday's reduction in Additional Registration Fees (ARF), from 130 per cent of Open Market Value (OMV) to 110 per cent. Although most
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    • 548 2  -  Major changes to the tax Infrastructure look unlikely in the near future By Pok Soy Yoong LAST year was a much tougher year than 2002 for Singapore. The combination of the Sars epidemic and conflicts between nations has had significant economic and financial consequences
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    • 56 2 IN our Feb 24 report, "Changi Airport to slash ground handling fees", we incorrectly described Changi International Airport Services (CIAS) as a subsidiary of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. CIAS is a joint venture between CIAS International, a wholly owned company of Temasek Holdings, and five international airlines.
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  • Innovation Singapore
    • 1070 3  -  UMA SHANKARI looks at the cost savings and increased efficiency at the insurer after it changed the way it stores its documents UMA SHANKARI STORING over 40 million documents, some for over 70 years, is no easy task. In the past, NTUC Income, which has
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    • 824 3  -  Company reaps gains by splitting warehouse workforce into clusters By Uma Shankari WHILE most companies are satisfied with their work standards as long as there are no complaints from customers, Keppel Logistics saw room to improve its service efficiency. So, with the
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  • The CAD files
    • 1519 4  -  Last year the CAD smashed a syndicate that was stealing mail from letterboxes, altering the particulars, and then presenting them for payment By Wong Wei Kong fellow Bangladeshis who had left Singapore, which made it difficult for investigators to trace the fraud. To avoid detection, the syndicate
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    • 154 4 The Commercial Affair* Department (CAD) is organising a seminar, "Investment Scam Seminar Threats and Safeguards", on March 17. The seminar Is designed to help Individuals guard against Investment scams, as well as help companies that provide professional corporate and business services to avoid being used as fronts for scams. Speakers
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 448 5  -  All businesses show growth; company proposes 2-for-5 bonus issue By Joyce Koh CHINA Aviation Oil yesterday said it posted growth in all its business lines despite adverse market conditions last year, and rewarded shareholders with a two-for-five bonus issue. The mainboard-listed company said
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    • 439 5  -  By Loh Hui Yin SHAREHOLDERS of New Toyo International will be rewarded when it spins off its China subsidiary for a listing later this year. They could benefit from having shares set aside for them in the listing aspirant, a direct
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    • 861 6  -  SingTel remains top company with market cap of $41.5b ,up 16.5% By Joyce Koh TRADING volume took a dip on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in February, even though market capitalisation stayed above $300 billion for the second straight month. According to data
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    • 690 6  -  It's already raised $27m from local investors last week By Joyce Koh THE best business opportunities can appear in times of chaos. Just ask Leslie Loh, chairman of System Access, a banking software solutions provider. He managed to clinch deals in China
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    • 528 6 YAMAICHI DAE FUND LIMITED ("the Company") (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Fourteenth Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Fourteenth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at SG Yamaichi Asset Management Co., Ltd., General Affairs Department, 5-1 Kabuto-cho, Nthonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0026,
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 835 8  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivancthy IN Wall Street as in the local market an uncannily similar trading pattern has played out every day for the past fortnight The major indices may rise but they're unable to pierce previous highs or resistances. Brokers continue
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    • 626 8 Ten loses ground sharply; A$ continues its retreat AFP [HONG KONG] Most regional currencies fell against the US dollar over last week, particularly the Japanese yen. The Australian dollar continued its retreat after recently touching sevenyear highs. Japanese yen: The yen lost ground sharply during
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    • 63 8 Events investors can watch out for MfiitirshiraalMaa,«x4ata 7 WhtfTaT* ritfrts Imm, ex-daU, Afar 5 Mar 5 Auselno's dividend paynt, Mar 8 ■MTtdhWwdwwH, Afar 9 WH*a jyliiiid pay-I, Afar 9 MarlO Mar 12 Bm ft Btok*s dMdMMI Mar 12 WMTiMiNipqMt, Mar 17 tModad, EQM, Afar 1 Pan Unit ad,
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    • 916 10  -  BT portfolio STOCKS teh hooi ling DOUBLE-digit gains in five lowest price-to-book stocks helped lift the portfolio by 1.5 per cent. The performance is all the more commendable given that the Straits Times Index (ST!) declined by 0.2 per cent. Jurong
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    • 304 10  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of crane and heavy equipment lessor Tat Hong has been one of the top small-cap performers on the local bourse. It closed unchanged at 63 cents last Friday, after 1.9 million shares changed hands.
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  • 1620 8 Number FORECAST Target The stock recommendation is the averageof all the r«om- COMPJWy !£«!25!2J5Sl. (BftimSl mendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There is a total of 29 brokers submitting recommendations but not 0^WMTadr^ullM EriomV a03 l1J3 0<4 every stock is followed by all the 29 brokers. Their
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  • 1711 10 1 Full-year results ended December 31,2003 1 UOB 1202.1 1005.9 19.5 3159.6 3034.3 4.1 76.50 64.00 19.5 2 DBS Grp 1025.0 1097.0 -6.6 4198.0 4146.0 1.3 68.00 74.00 -6.1 9 OCBC 954.1 666.7 4ai 2193.0 2221.6 -1.3 72.00 52.00 38.5 4 NOL 729.4 -561.6 ran 9393.9 7895.7 19.0
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 596 11  -  Group's order book for gas turbines hits record £18b By George Joseph ONE of the world's most well-known corporate names, Rolls-Royce, celebrates its first centenary with a record order book of over £18 billion (Sss7 billion) for what it is now most famous making gas
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    • 326 11 EYE on the economy loans Reuters BANK lending in Singapore dipped slightly in January after rising for nearly a year as lending to the manufacturing and transport sectors fell, central bank data showed on Saturday. The decline came despite signs that
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    • 295 11 SINGTEL CEO Lee Hsien Yang, who describes himself as a "typical user" of information technology, has picked up a place in the Hall of Fame in the IT Leader Awards. The awards, presented on Saturday, was organised by the Singapore Computer Society (SCS) to
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  • REGIONAL world
    • 412 12  -  Share in Langkah Bahagia, which owns 15% of MPlant, was sold in 1998, he says From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur FORMER Malaysian finance minister Daim Zainuddin has squashed widespread perception that he had an interest in Malaysian Plantations and its
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    • 646 12  -  BT comment KL STOCKS But keep a close eye on upcoming elections eddie toh THE Malaysian stock market, one of the worst performers in the region in recent months, has become the darling of investors in recent weeks. In just a fortnight, the weighted
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    • 450 12 Far East Square's latest attraction, Food Culture (34-36 Pekin St), is like a showcase of Singapore's food heritage. It pays tribute to one of our most beloved icons the street hawker. Among these unsung culinary heroes at Food Culture are: Marine Parade Laksa THINK laksa and
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    • 419 12 LONDON Reuters Bloomberg DEUTSCHE Bank recently approached global bank HSBC about a merger, according to a British newspaper report, after exploratory negotiations to strike a deal with Citigroup Inc in January proved fruitlessBritain's Sunday Express newspaper cited sources in London's City financial
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    • WORLDWatch
      • 104 12 AP [BEIJING] China's legislature yesterday appointed Bo Xilai to the powerful post of commerce minister, formalising the ascendancy of a man considered to be among the country's rising leaders. Mr 80, 54, previously served as governor of the north-eastern province of Liaoning. He is the
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      • 116 12 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's largest instant noodle-maker PT Indofood, Sukses Makmur, yesterday announced higher net sales and gross profit last year but net income dropped sharply. Indofood's net sales rose 9 per cent to 17.9 trillion rupiah (553.58 billion) while its gross profit and operating
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      • 135 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian state investment arm Khazanah Nasional will sell up to 300 million shares in phone firm Telekom Malaysia worth up to RM3 billion (551.34 billion) as part of government efforts to cut debt, a newspaper reported on Saturday. Khazanah would place 150
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      • 119 12 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's finance minister is expected to announce an issue of government bonds in his Budget on March 10 to plug a mounting shortfall, a local newspaper said yesterday. It would be the first offering in more than 10 years by
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    • 353 12 NEW YORK HomeServices is now No 2 US residential realtor Reuters MOST accidents don't generate more than US$l billion a year, unless you're Warren Buffett. When Mr Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc bought Mid American Energy Holdings Co in early 2000, it got Minnesota-based Home Services
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    • 427 12 BANGALORE AFP OUTSOURCING firms are driving a surge in demand for office space which has gobbled up vast stretches of agricultural land in India's technology hub of Bangalore, industry officials said. Farmers, who cultivated vegetables, rice and coconuts, have been forced to
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    • 871 13 COMMODITY WeeklyRoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices gushed higher last week on fears over a supply shortage of gasoline during the US driving season this summer. Meanwhile, platinum struck a new 24-year high and copper an eight-year high, but gold plunged to
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  • WORLD news
    • 292 14 WASHINGTON He gets the amount despite being ousted by regulator LAT-WP GREGORY J Parseghian, ousted Freddie Mac chief executive, left at the end of the year with a US$l4.3 million severance package and nearly US$4 million in bonus payments. The large sums were awarded
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    • 128 14 Reuters [NEW YORK] The pay package of James "Jimmy" Cayne, Bear Stearns Cos chief executive, rose about 38 per cent to US$27 million last year, as the brokerage reported higher profits and its stock rose. That pay package puts him ahead of other
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 248 14 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 7 Kind of dive lorry drivers try to 8 A column seen in flight (5) H|| Bjj| H| Hi |H| 10 What the driver needs on the VPI———PV-— whole is to be sober sense (6) 12 It's just a question of time I I I I I I
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    • 1225 15 wrmmmmm m f EnerSave ENERSAVE HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of EnerSave Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at 17 Jurong Port Road, Singapore *****2 on 23 March 2004 at 10:00 am
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  • BizIT
    • ITTAKES
      • 87 15 STARHUB is partnering Onset Technology, a developer of enterprise access software for wireless handheld devices, to offer Onset's METAmessage Basic to customers who use BlackBerry handhelds from Research In Motion. This service, to be known as StarHub OfflcePlus, is expected to be available from this month. With
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      • 83 15 OAS, a leading international address management software company, has announced the Asia-Pacific release of Version 4.0 of its QuickAddress range, offering enhanced functionality and improved efficiency to users. QuickAddress Version 4.0 sports a new merged search engine, improving data entry efficiency and enhancing ease of use.
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      • 72 15 LOCAL firm V One Multimedia (V One) has introduced Snazzi VideoMaker, a hardware and software package for home video digital encoding. The Snazzi VideoMaker supports the latest encoding format, MPEG-4, along with MPEG-1 and MPEG-2. Snazzi VideoMaker allows users to capture their raw video inputs into MPEG-4
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      • 68 15 DELL has introduced two single-processor Power Edge servers for small and medium-sized businesses and remote offices. The two models are the Power Edge 700 (Itf), a tower server, and the Power Edge 750, anlU rackmount system. The Power Edge 700 and Power Edge 750 servers feature
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      • 79 15  -  Compiled by Roy Chounhury OLYMPUS has introduced the Olympus Camedia C-760 Ultra Zoom at the just concluded Asian Aerospace 2004. Designed for sporting events, travel and nature hikes, the C-760 Ultra Zoom is a 3.2 megapixel digital camera featuring an optical lOx zoom. The camera
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    • 733 15  -  IT comment INFOTECH Why Is IDA saying 'no comment' on an issue of industry concern? tang weng fai Transparency is a strange thing. Just as a window allows you to look outside to see what you'd like to see, it also lets others look in and
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    • 459 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] Corporate spending on technology is seeing a resurgence, executives of several networking and computer companies said last week, but they don't expect it to return to the boom levels of the late *****. "Generally speaking, the year 2004
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    • 884 16  -  BT exclusive Shipments of AIO devices in S'pore last year were up three-fold over 2002 and will jump 79% this year Reports by Raju Chellam After PCs and storage, it is now the turn of printers to boom in the AsiaPacific region
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    • 426 16  -  By Tang Weng Fai PUNDITS expecting quick returns from Novell's recent forays into Linux are likely to remain disappointed as the combined entity sees little short-term revenue upside for the company in the Asia-Pacific in the near term. In terms of
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 492 17  -  S'pore's PSA Corp may be invited to invest in expansion project at Yangshan By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Foreign and private investment in Shanghai's port construction will be "welcomed and encouraged" along with existing access to terminal operations concessions, according to the head of the
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    • 342 17 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THERE was less activity in the Dry cargo market recently. But the number of purchase enquiries emanating globally is in no way diminished and we expect an increased number of sales in the coming weeks. DRY CARGO: Whilst the number of sales in
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    • 273 17 SGX '000 Fob 27 5S W- Vol CH Offshore .037 001 1593 ChuanHup .054 0.03 8239 Cosco Investment —0.94 0.02 ***** CWT Distribution 0.55 unch 11 ta»Hktas 133 -002 100 Freight Links 0.13 unch 593 GB Holdings 0.70 -0.01 14 Jaya Holdings.... 032 -0.01 1801 ICfVenture 0.22 -0.01
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    • 416 17  -  By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] A Singapore-flagged chemical tanker, the Bow Mariner, exploded and sank about 80 km off the US east coast on Saturday evening EST, leaving three dead, 18 missing and six of the ship's 27 crew in
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    • 318 17  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Onshore charter income will be tax exempt from next year for shipowners and operators under Singapore's Approved International Shipping Enterprise (AIS) scheme, who were handed a bonus in the 2004 Budget. AIS companies here will be exempt from tax
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    • 275 17  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation's mainland China terminals contributed significantly to its strong 35 per cent foreign throughput growth, with figures just released from Guangzhou and Fuzhou showing little sign of slowing. Fuzhou Qingzhou Container Terminal recorded 22 per cent throughput growth in
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    • LINER SCENE
      • 1061 18  -  By David Hughes WHAT remains of the liner conference system is certain to come under intense pressure over the next couple of years. For one thing, freight rates are relatively high and the lines are trying to push them up further. That
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      • 209 18 PAG Alianca Austral AL Avant < Bank Line B'tang Mas BSAI < BSC BTL < Cargoways CMACGM COSCO China Shpg Confer < Crocodile Line CWT Globelink ...< Delmas 1 Dongnama EP Carriers < ECL Eng Lee < ESP Lines i Far Shpg Foong Sun Frt Links Gemartrans
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    • 11360 23 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyaqe Telephone SIN Dest'n "erne Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'I voir# 06/03 11/04 China Shpq ASTA RICKMERS 0121V* 65-*****698 10/03 N/04 Deknas IZUMO 003W 65-*****344 10/03 22/04 CMA CCM CMA CGM KALAMATA SX015W 65-*****800 KI/03 13/05 COSCO EMPRESS
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      • 537 25 Vessel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL CECM FLOWER 011N J16 A/SIDE 01/02 1100 DAXIN 018E J17/18 A/SIDE 01/02 0300 JIE DA 0201 J16/17 A/SIDE 01/02 1400 MARE THRACIU 014E J18/19 A/SIDE 01/02 1100 PANORMOSPRI E455 J15 A/SIDE 01/02 1200 ASIA QUEEN 2185 J7/8 01/02 1100
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      • 1809 25 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ACX DAHUA Q73S 073S 1 02/03/2004-07:00 02/03/2004-20:00 ACX HIBISCUS 089N 089N 1 02/03/2004-08:00 02/03/2004-22:00 AL YAMAMAH S402W S402W 1 01/03/2004-14:00 02/03/2004-07:00 B04 ANDA 4053 4053 1 02/03/2004-21:00 03/03/2004-05 00 API
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      • 150 25 Marl South Korea: Independ Day. Mar 21 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Apr 4 HK: Ching M Fest. South Korea: Arbor Day. Taiwan: Ching M Fest. Apr 6 Thailand: Chakri Memorial Day Apr 8 Norway: Maundy Thursday. Philippines: Maundy Thursday. Sweden: Maundy Thursday. Apr 9 Sweden: Good Friday. Singapore:
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      • 828 25 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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      • 536 25 CarbM Feb 26 Density Water Residue AshAlumlnlum Sediment HM/M Exxon X6/M'3 S Y/V M/M M/M nwthod ISO/Cim* Limits Spet E25 991 1.0 15.0 0.10 80 0.10 Spec G35 991 1.0 18.0 0.15 80 0.10 Northern Europe 180 Ave 980.0 0.1 12.3 0.04 15 0.02 180 MM
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      • 797 26 ASIAN AEROSPACE Record US$3.5b worth of deals inked at Asian Aerospace event AFP [SINGAPORE] The Asia Pacific will be a key battleground for the world's top aerospace companies in the next 20 years, with industry players already positioning for a slice of
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      • 533 26 Airline industry recovering more slowly than analysts expect Reuters [SINGAPORE] US aerospace group Boeing Co reckons enough commercial aircraft are idle to displace almost a year of sales by itself and European rival Airbus SAS, with prices for new planes continuing to
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      • 512 26 It reckons such engines can boost used planes' values Bloomberg [GENEVA] Boeing Co. is asking potential suppliers to the proposed 7E7 airliner to design engines to be interchangeable with competitors' propulsion systems to boost the value of used planes. Boeing aims to
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      • 320 26 Bernama [MELBOURNE] Australia's newest budget airline caused a ticketing stampede, selling more than 60,000 cut-price fares and receiving more than 5.5 million hits on its website. Jetstar chief executive Alan Joyce said the company had been inundated with inquiries since the As 29
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      • 259 26 Commission says airline received illegal state financial incentives at Belgian hub Reuters [DUBLIN] Irish no-frills airline Ryanair is cutting its Brussels-London route as part of a continuing feud with the European Commission over state subsidies. Chief executive Michael O'Leary warned further
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