The Business Times, 6 February 1998

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 110/12/97 785 c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    73 1 EXCHANGE BATES iss si US» UN s L8W 1777 i* 9JM %m YKH 100 %m IJK7 >* %3AZ 0.416 NKf •129 0.217 BAHT 0.129 0034 MJP1AH 100 0.010 0018 Interbank rata ram bates SINGAPORE* 7.85 KUALA LUMPUR..- 9 30 JAKARTA 18.00 BANGKOK 13.25 MANILA— 12.50 HONGKONG 9.50 mT tosto.
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    Lock icon Far East given extension for URA payments
    673 1  -  $273 m originally due Feb 2; two other developers also said to have extensions tfy] Lee Han Shih (SINGAPORE) Property magnate Ng Teng Fong's Far East group has been granted a twomonth extension to pay for three lots of land it bought from
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    Clinton wants to fund IMF but faces fight in Congress over money
    413 1  -  Republicans likely to angle for role in Asia policy, IMF reforms Prim Leon Hadar in Washington CLINTON Administration officials reiterated on Wednesday their support for the International Monetary Fund's role in calming the Asian market turmoil but many
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    Developers cutting back launches by 50%
    506 1  -  By. Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Amid difficult marketing conditions, some developers are cutting back property launches by at least 50 per cent this year. Far East Organization's chief executive officer Philip Ng said this during a Chinese New Year gathering yesterday organised by the Real
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    Lock icon Scramble for KL 2nd liners sparks 4.7% surge in STII
    531 1  -  Funds lift bine chip weightings; SPH shares jnmp 5.8% iff/ R Sivanithy (SINGAPORE) An explosive rally in Malaysian second-lin-ers. sparked off by the suspension of certain key financial sector counters and a continued scramble to raise weighting in Singapore and
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      108 1 IMHUIE The syndicates are back The syndicates have rushed into the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur bourses with retail players at their heels, say dealers and analysts, P|l3 Lower-liners and speculative shares stole the limelight in yesterday's trading, Pgl3 Uys»ff2S*rf staff Disk-drive maker Integral Peripherals has laid off 80 staff less
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      15 1 Syndicate*, retail players are back, Pg 13 Stale dollar bulls cap currency losses, Pg 4
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      Integral Peripherals lays off one-quarter of S'pore workforce
      364 2  -  Production staff and a 'handfnl' of engineers make up the 80 people axed By Jennifer Lien DISK-DRIVE maker Integral Peripherals has laid off 80 staff less than a month after Seagate Technology let go of 1.800 employees. The latest layoff, equiva- lent
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      Lock icon S'pore One service applications exceed target
      301 2  -  tiij I Carol Eng THE number of service applications on Singapore One. the nationwide high-performance communications network, rose to 103 at end-December, exceeding the target number of 100 set during its launch last June. At a briefing yesterday, the National Computer Board also said
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      Lock icon Job ad volume down 59% in Jan
      326 2  -  bye on the economy Jobs By Frances Lui DUE in part to a shorter work month because of the festive holidays, the volume of job advertisements in the local newspapers plunged in January, falling 59 per cent compared to a year ago. The
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      Japan should sell US$: economist
      447 2  -  Lim Chong Yah urges appreciation of yen to ease Asian woes ////< Audrey Tan JAPAN can help its Asian neighbours out of the exchange rate crisis by simply selling some of its US dollar reserves. Nanyang Technological University's Professor Lim Chong Yah told a conference
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      Food show gets good response
      174 2 DESPITE higher rental costs, the 11th Food and Hotel Asia trade show to be held here in April has attracted a record number of exhibitors, particularly those from outside South-east Asia. But. with the regional economic slowdown, far fewer Asean exhibitors and trade visitors are
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      No immediate plan to lay fibre cables to every home: SingTel
      449 2  -  Telco allays concerns of potential competitors h>/ Teh Hooi Ling ALLAYING the concerns of future competitors. Singapore Telecom says it has no immediate plans to lay fibres to every home in Singapore for super-high-speed delivery of data as demand
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      266 2 SP ECONOMETRIC STUDIES UNIT DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS STATISTICS Founded 1905 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE Programme Outlook for the Singapore Economy and the Panel Discussion: Outlook for Asian Impact of the Financial Crisis Currencies and Stocks Drs. Ng Hock Guan, David Owyong and Moderator Mr. Alex Erskine Tan Lin Yeok (ESU
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Indonesian jobless seen doubling to 8m this year
      479 3 JAKARTA Industry minister warns retailers and others not to increase prices and nrges them not to withhold goods AFP. Bloomberg THE number of unemployed in Indonesia is expected to double to more than eight million in 1998 as the economic crisis gripping
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      Lock icon Maybank hikes base rate
      119 3 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's top bank. Malayan Banking (Maybank). said yesterday that it will raise its base lending rate (BLR) to 10.90 per cent from 10.35 per cent from today. Maybank said in a statement that it last revised its BLR to 10.35 per
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      Lock icon Reports link ex-military men to Indon bomb plot
      338 3 JAKARTA AFP RETIRED military officers have been implicated in a murky Jakarta bomb plot, along with government critics and human rights activists, reports said yesterday. Jakarta military com mander Maj-Gen Sjafrie Sjamsoedin denied rumours that former armed forces chief Benny Murdani was
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      Lock icon Gujral's insurance u-turn
      157 3 NEWDELHI AFP INDIAN Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral's party, in an apparent U-turn, yesterday said it would block foreign firms from the country's insurance sector if it was voted back to power. The Janata Dal. launching its manifesto for the FebruaryMarch polls, said foreign firms would be
      AFP  -  157 words
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      Asian cities top office rent survey
      249 3  -  SINGAPORE By. Abdul Hadhi ASIAN cities continued to be among the most expensive in terms of office space last year despite the regional economic crisis according to a survey on global office occupancy costs conducted by Edmund Tie Co (ET&Co) and its overseas partners.
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      Lock icon KMT-linked bank to invest US$200m in Asia
      147 3 TAIPEI AFP AN investment bank affiliated with Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party is to invest US$2OO million (*****.5 million) in Asian economies, it was reported yesterday. China Development Corp (CDC) plans to invest in banking and financial service sectors in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam,
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    • Article
      Japan's plan to form financial inspection agency faces setback
      541 5  -  TOKYO Massive corruption probe of MOF officials raises staffing problems By. Anthony Rowley PLANS to set up a new and independent financial inspection agency in Japan by April have suffered a potentially serious setback because of the official decision to launch
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      Lock icon Causing a commotion
      104 5 [SHANGHAI] W hen morale is in doubt, have a party. That's what Ritz-Carlton staff at the Shanghai's Portman Shangri-La Hotel are doing, after Ritz-Carlton took over management of the grand hotel on Jan I. Last week, Andrew Nasskau, the hotel's new director oj marketing and sales, ran
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      Lock icon Aussie tourist industry warns of A$5b current account loss
      238 5 SYDNEY AFP AUSTRALIA'S tourism industry warned yesterday of a ASS billion (555.7 billion) blowout in the nation's current account deficit as figures showed a sharp fall in the number of visitors from Asia. A steep drop in visitors from both South-east
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      Lock icon Dae Jung aides offer unions more rights
      285 5 SEOUL AFP AIDES to president-elect Kim Dae Jung yesterday offered union leaders fuller labour rights as the two sides struggled to strike an agreement on layoffs needed to expedite South Korea's industrial restructuring Han Kwang Ok. head of a three-way panel with representatives
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      Lock icon LDP mulling fund to buy securitised property loans
      382 5 TOKYO Plan may be part of stimulus package due on Feb 20 Bloomberg THE ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering creating a fund to purchase real estate loans repackaged into securities, LDP officials said. The party aims to include the plan in
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      Lock icon NZ jobless rate falls to 6.7% in Q4
      411 5 WELLINGTON Data suggest economy not badly hit by Asian crisis Bloomberg NEW Zealand's labour market expanded unexpectedly in the final quarter of 1997, suggesting the economy isn't as weak as expected and pushing interest rates higher. The unemployment rate declined one-tenth of
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon Stale US dollar bulls cap regional currency losses
      389 4  -  But dealers warn rnpiah remains the wildcard Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Regional currencies had a better Asian session yesterday against the greenback, led by a 4.7 per cent recovery in the Indonesian rupiah to 9.200. The Thai baht closed the right side of
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      Lock icon US launches move to provide Asia with export credit finance
      357 4 Initiative follows S'pore proposal for LCs guarantee plan FT THE US has launched an international initiative to provide export credit finance to Asian countries facing difficulties importing the goods and components needed to sustain their manufacturing industries. The initiative, announced
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      Lock icon Seoul vows to lift investment barriers to attract FDI
      371 4 AFP (SKOULI South Korean Kinance Minister l.im Chang Yuel yesterday pledged to re move the last barriers to for eign investment in the coun try as the government said the country's external debt had started to shrink. "We are preparing hills
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      Lock icon Thai central bank set to help banks raise capital
      526 4 Si&m City braces for board shake-up; shares plunge 0.70 baht to 0.20 baht Reuters, Bloomberg |BANC.K()K| Thailand's cen tral bank hinted yesterday that it was on the brink of tak ing action to help some com mcrcial banks which face dif
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      Lock icon World Bank backs S'pore plan to guarantee Indon LCs
      470 4 Philippines gets in-principle nod for loans to reform finance sector Reuters [SINGAPORE) World Bank president James Wolfensohn has given his backing to a Singapore proposal for international guarantees for Indonesian letters of credit (LCs), Singapore television said yesterday. It quoted Mr
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      Lock icon Strong yuan takes toll on Shanghai exporters
      333 4 AFP [SHANGHAI] China's resistance to a devaluation of its currency is taking its toll on Shanghai exporters who are signing fewer export orders but still trying to put up a brave front. Contracted exports have shrunk by half so far this year on
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      Lock icon Brunei sultan holds talks with Suharto
      339 4 Mahathir, Anwar visit Asian capitals to discuss crisis Reuters, AFP (JAKARTAI Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei met Indonesia's President Suharto yesterday for a 45 minute conversation expected to have centred on economic issues. There was no immediate information on their talks, but Brunei pledged
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      Lock icon US plans meeting on averting Asian-type crises
      232 4 AFP, Bernama-Kyodo [WASHINGTON) The US has invited senior finance officials from 21 countries here to debate ways of averting Asianstyle economic crises, a Treasury Department spokesman disclosed on Wednesday. "We sent a letter to 21 countries inviting them to Washington in the coming
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      83 5 Global research is the answer. That's why Goldman Sachs produces and companies around the world Issues and Outlook for 1998 a delivered in a consistent framework series of research reports, regional from each of Goldman Sachs' 270 seminars and conference calls. Issues research professionals located in and Outlook is an
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  • THE WORLD
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      Signs of moderating growth keep Fed on sidelines
      628 7  -  NEW YORK Rates left unchanged; rise seen unlikely for several months By. Andrew Marks THE Federal Reserve policymaking committee surprised no one when it left US interest rates unchanged at the end of its two-day meeting on Wednesday, having found insufficient proof
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      Lock icon British MP tries to win back Winnie
      61 7 [NEW YORKI The original Winnie the Pwh stuffed animal collection, shown here in a 19H7file photo, was donated to the New York Public Library in I jH7. .4 member of the British Parliament is reported to have seen the collection recently and is
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      The human urge towards rationalisation
      753 7  -  EUROPEAM VIEW When silver vanishes, Clinton stumbles and the Chunnel stalls li/l Kevin Sullivan MIXED fortunes on European ski slopes this week. At the Swiss mountain resort of Da vos, economists squabbler] over what's gone wrong in Asia and how it can best bo sorted
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      Lock icon US Dec orders fall 2.5% on aircraft industry weakness
      497 7 WASHINGTON Bloomberg ORDKKS place*l with US factories registered the largest de-c-line in more than Five years hi December, with almost all of the weakness confined to the aircraft industry. Outside of aircraft, orders (Misted I he strongest gain since April, evidence
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      Lock icon OECD agrees on steps to lift competition
      283 7 PARIS AFP INDUSTRY ministers from the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) agreed on policy guidelines here on Wednesday aimed at stimulating competition and improving the business environment in their countries. The declaration was issued at the end of a two day
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      72 7 THE SMALLEST WITH THE AiOST THE 0 WITH THE LARGEST, THE LARGEST, WITH THE Highest, the LARGEST AND THE Highest? FIND OUT WHICH ARE SINGAPORE'S TOP 1000 COMPANIES HOW THEY PERFORMED SINGAPORE- this Publication is also j CD-ROM I 1/1/1/1 &it all ifoiiv farouiitc I I I I I I
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      704 8 BUSINESS Notices This announcement appears for the purpose of record only January 1998 NIPPECRAFT LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) RENOUNCEABLE RIGHTS ISSUE OF 150,000,000 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF Sso.lo EACH IN THE CAPITAL OF NIPPECRAFT LIMITED AT Sso.ll FOR EACH SHARE PAYABLE IN FULL ON ACCEPTANCE OR APPLICATION
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      In Indonesia, the buck stops with directors
      769 9  -  THE BOTTOM LIME OPINION Benny S Tabalnjan The writer is a senior lecturer in Business Law, Nanyang Technological University THE Asian currency crisis has hit Indonesia harder than other countries in the region. Despite IMF bailout packages, several highly publicised telephone calls between
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      104 9 'I don't think you can find a more powerful tool to make a statement than to park an airport 20 miles off a guy's beach.' Lieutenant Charles Skoda fighter pilot on the US aircraft carrier Nimitz in the Persian Gulf. 'You have got to think positive when
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      The G-7 and risk sharing
      581 9 EDITORIAL PINANCE ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7) nations will hold their scheduled meeting soon to decide on strategies for dealing with Asia's financial crisis. This offers a unique opportunity for them to give meaning to the term "international" community. The question likely lo
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      Lock icon Time Tokyo put a stop to its witch-hunting
      958 9  -  Purge of finance ministry is a scapegoating exercise that has gone too far Bth Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent ON'E of the labours of Hercules in classical Greek mythology was to clean out the filthy Stables of Augeas. and
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      883 9 What Trie knows la vital THK indictment and ar ranging of the surrender of Charlie Trie m;iy signal a new attitude to the campaign fi nance investigation in tin* IJS, and we are happy to salute Attorney -General Janet Reno and the prosecutors handling the cas*;
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Sheer impracticality
      1122 10  -  The dresses in the spring shows are so bare, women can't even wear them to lunch, much less to work, unless they're discreetly covered with a jacket or sweater, notes amme marie scbiro ANNE MARIE SCHIRO NYT THERE is a growing dichotomy between what designers put on the
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      Lock icon No pretensions under all that style
      1175 10 PROFILE Charismatic Chow Ton Fat is really an easy-going charmer NYT (LOS ANGELES] As the pavement bakes in gritty downtown Los Angeles, a movie crew enhances the seediness of a skid row carwash. The location is integral to a major action sequence in The
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      A parade of animals in art
      769 12  -  ART Aronnd 40 artifacts from China, Japan and East Java are on show at Spink S'pore Ihj] Ben Munroe AS the graceful tiger leaps in to 1998. Spink Singapore has marked the Chinese New Year by turning its Goodwood Park Gallery into a menagerie
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      Lock icon Fusing medical science and an artistic vision
      496 12  -  ART Hi/] Ben Munroe ARTIST and doctor Chng Nai Wee stands amid syringes, bottles of antiseptic and surgical equipment, but he is not at work; rather he is in the studio he uses to create the mixed media paintings he will exhib it
      CHRIS LOH  -  496 words
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      266 11 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Krai gem found by shore based SOvcrturr is ahead of time (7) II ™"II K) Tor reciprocal aid car- I I I I I I I monastic fervour gave mis- sionaries hoart (4) I I I 11 Northern consumer is less 14 dressed (6) 17 I leal her
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Syndicates, retail players return to SES, KLSE
      426 13  -  Clob stocks hog spotlight as volume hits highest level in months By" Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The syndicates have rushed into the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur bourses with retail players at their heels, according to dealers and analysts. The dealers and analysts were commenting
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      Buying interest focuses on speculative shares
      340 13  -  B]h Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Lower-liners and speculative shares stole the limelight in yesterday's trading as punters rushed in to pick up what they perceived to be bargains. Clob counters dotted the top actives list. Renong led the pack with more than 150 million shares
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      Lean times threaten to tarnish firms' reputation
      448 13  -  n/i Carol Eng |SIN(iAI'()KK| The current economic crunch does not Just dent companies' hottomlines. it also threatens to tarnish their reputation in other ways. Potential had news stretches from poor financial results to retrenchment or other cost-cutting exercises, to rumours of trouble in
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      Qantas share price hinges on foreign investors'sentiment
      750 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Russel Baker AUSTRALIA'S international carrier Qantas may not have seen its share price slashed as much as some of its regional competitors, but it has still had to watch wary foreign investors slip through its departure gates. Over the last
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      Bank Negara may line up big banks to mount bids
      566 13  -  Top 2 deny tie-ups; RHB Bank, Bank of Commerce in talks /•'rom Eddie Toh in Kualu Liwi/mr TIIK Malaysian central bank is expected to pick a handful of big banks to take over smaller banks If the pace of consolidation
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    • REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Jardine Fleming in talks to buy Peregrine funds
        258 14 Firm eyeing Asia bond fond and nine smaller fonds with USsl2om in assets Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Jardine Fleming Holdings said it's negotiating to buy an Asian bond fund and nine smaller funds from Peregrine Asset Management, the money-management unit of Hongkong's failed Peregrine
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        454 14 Reuters [HONGKONG] Accountants will have their heads buried in Peregrine Fixed Income's books for months to deal with each derivatives contract and the sickly bond book that came under the spotlight as Peregrine collapsed. "Peregrine Fixed Income was, it is well known, one of the
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        Dragon Land: all placement shares taken up
        259 14  -  By- Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Dragon Land looks set to make it to the ma inboard. The company announced yesterday that its placement tranche has been fully taken up, enabling it to meet the requirement of at least 1,000 shareholders for the listing
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        75 14 |KUAI .A I AIMPIJR| Malaysian l*rime Minister Mahathir Mohamed taking Harrods owner Mohamad Al Fayed (left) for a ride on Wednesday in a made in Malaysia golf huggy. one of around 500 to he supplied to the luxury British retailer s Isjndon stare. Harrods
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        GP Batteries buys Duracell's Connecticut plant for US$15.6m
        396 14  -  GPB plans to invest another USslom to expand facility Annette Pau (SINGAPORE) GP Batteries Ltd yesterday said it paid US$l5.6 million (5526.2 million) for Duracell's rechargeable lithium ion (LI) battery operations in the US and plans to invest another US$lO million to
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        470 14 Sumitomo Bank taking lead with US$LBb issue Bloomberg [TOKYO) Japanese banks, led by Sumitomo Bank Ltd, are planning to sell preferred securities to replenish capital washed away by bad loan write-offs and declines in their Japanese stock portfolios. Sumitomo Bank is selling
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        151 14 Bloomberg [LONDONI British Telecom municatlons Pic and WorldCom Corp said they will start soiling telephone services in Japan, signalling a new era of competition for Japan's biggest telephone companies. The move comes on the day the World Trade Organisation's agreement to open global telecommunications
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          Super Coffeemix unit gets pioneer status
          61 14 [SINGAPORE! A Super Coffeemix subsidiary has obtained pioneer status under the Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) Act. The pioneer status, for Super Continental Pte Ltd's investment in the construction of a plant that produces soluble coffee, is valid for five years from
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          Keppel Marine bags $18m in contracts
          60 14 [SINGAPORE] Keppel Marino Industries has clinched two contracts worth $18 million. The first is a conversion of two units of flat top barges to power generating barges for Wartsila NSI) Finland Oy. The other is a reftirbishment of two high speed aluminium ferries for
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          Vickers Bsllas buys Indian broking firm
          59 14 (SINGAPORE] Vickers Ballas has agreed to buy Indian stockbroking firm SRF Investcare for 29.43 million rupees (SSI.2 million). SRF's assets consist of three stock exchange seats valued at 20 million rupees and about 9.4 million rupees in cash and other liquid assets. SRF will
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          Douglas Ooi cuts Kim Eng stake
          79 14 [SINGAPOREI Former Kim Eng Securities managing director Douglas Ooi has sold about three million Kim Eng Holdings shares, reducing his stake in the listed company to 8.6 per cent from 9.1 per cent. The shares were sold at prices ranging from 54 Cv.nts to
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          Eastern Publishing names new director
          29 14 [SINGAPORE] Eastern Publishing has appointed Lim Jiah Sheng as a director with effect from yesterday. Meanwhile. Seow Boon Keng has resigned as a director.
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          Chuan Hup unit sells out of coatings firm
          37 14 [SINGAPORE] Cambrone Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Chuan Hup Holdings and an associate of PCI Ltd. has sold its entire stake in Sun Industrial Coatings Pte Ltd for $700,000.
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        Lock icon Manila's poll-eve populism may hurt Meralco
        403 14 Bloomberg [MANILA] Investors in Manila Electric Co (Meraico) could face a rude shock if regulators bow to populist pressures and order the Philippines' largest power distributor to roll back rates. Yet with presidential and congressional elections set for May, some believe the Energy Regulatory
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        Lock icon Nestle to buy UK petfood business for £715m
        490 15 Dalgety also selling its US distribution business for £120 million FT LONDONJ Nestle, the Swiss consumer products group, has agreed to pay £715 million (551.98 billion) in cash to Dalgety, the UK food group, for its Spillers petfood business. At the same
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        272 15 Bloomberg [TORONTO] Newcourt Credit Group's fourth-quarter profit before a charge rose 45 per cent on higher loan volumes at North America's second-larg-est finance and leasing company behind GE Capital. Profit before a charge rose to 00.45 a share from C 50.31 in the
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        389 15 Firm not expecting need to withdraw any products FT (LONDON) Reuters Holdings, the financial information group, tried on Wednesday to reassure investors that it faced limited damage from a US criminal inquiry into whether it had stolen data from Bloomberg, one
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        312 15 Its Asian drinks business badly hnrt by region's woes Reuters (MONTREAL) Second-quarter profit fell sharply at Canadian beverages and entertainment concern Seagram Co. as its drinks business in Asia was badly hurt by that region's economic woes, the company said on Wednesday. "The company's results
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        399 16 Latin America and Eastern Europe also forecast to match this robust pace Reuters [LONDON] Life and health insurance markets in Asia. Latin America and Eastern Europe can expect medium term growth of around 10 per cent, making them among the most attractive
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        569 16 Only regulatory nod remains in the way of a Swiss mega-bank Reuters [BASLE] Swiss Bank Corp shareholders on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to merge with Union Bank of Switzerland, overcoming one of the last hurdles to the creation of the world's second
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        Lock icon No decisions yet on UBS jobs in London, says bank
        421 16 Reuters [LONDON) Decisions on who at Union Bank of Switzerland in London will keep their jobs have yet to be made and rumours that only a fraction will survive the Swiss Bank Corp merger are untrue, ÜBS said on Wednesday.
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        Lock icon Euroyen, JGBs slip on firm Nikkei
        239 16 STMTTX Report Reuters (SINGAPOHKISimex Kuroyen and Japanese government bond (J(JH) futures slipped yesterday in reaction to gains In the Tokyo stock market, but dealers said trade was slow and relatively featureless. "There's really not much going on in the market. The Kuroyen and JGlta
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        Electronics sector pushes futures higher
        162 16  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES liy Charlie Kuo day. liy Charlie Kuo, Service Dealer, Refco S'pore Pte Ud |SIN< I AIM )KK| Thn Slmex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index fu lures contract rose yesterday as Investors expect the electronics sector to continue to grow strongly this year, and
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        256 16 ENERGY REPORT Reuters IMANILA) The Philippines' biggest oil refiner Petron Corp has incurred its first loss in almost 20 years, and analysts yesterday said its future looks bleak because of the government's failure to pass an oil deregulation law. On Wednesday. Petron announced a
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        262 16 Bloomberg Reuters London THE US dollar slipped against the mark yesterday after Germany's jobless rate fell in January. The dollar's decline was tempered by falling orders to Germany's manufacturers. The dollar's fall to a threemonth low against the yen as traders look for Japan to unveil enough tax
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        1256 16 PrrBRBAMg CROSSRATBS Febo ki C$ twt ECU Ftr Dw MK$ 6d Is Hpt* Y— Wen Ml C}hth St m hi Hmt US$ Australia 0.964 6.T78 0.621 4.104 1.225 5 257 26.315 64 8T 0.841 KM* 2.745 166 29.975 ***** 1141 1342 0.987 22-309 33.510 14H 1679 Canada 1.016 5.731 0.631
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      1747 17 SjCOMFPTPBES Feh5 RUBBER (tuturts closing «t 5.30pm) ISS1 CONTRACTS cwtsAg) Ctost Volume Open Moirth Hjflfc Uw Satt (towns) Intortst 98 134.00 275 Apr 98 137.50 137.50 137.50 50 3925 98 140.25 140.25 140.25 50 4150 143.00 143.00 142.25 50 3625 Mfa p98 150.25 4695 0ct/0«c 98 158.00 158.00
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      2402 17 MBstriah Ski Gro«»_ 512 2 AB Ports 297 -1 AMeyNpborw T277 22 A*ed Domecq 563 n Amec n9 *1 tMiCouc *****0 >5.400 BATud *****0 »r7 400 BGP* 325 -2 B"CC 138 1400 BOCGro<« 966 BR PMtoimii 809 11.400 BTR 163.400 -1 Ban* of Scotland 655 15 Barclays
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      1643 17 AFP P Nikkei 225 *120J8 JAPANESE share prices closed higher yesterday, with expectation for a new economic package by the government boosting buying of steels and other low priced issues, brokers said. "The revived buying reflects strong expectation for a government economic stimulus package, which pushed sellers back to
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      708 18 AFP P Composite Index -6.44 SHARE prices fell 1.2 per cent yesterday in another round of profit-taking after sharp gains at the beginning of the week. "At the moment, people are profit-taking in blue chips because the rupiah has strengthened," a dealer said. The JSE Composite Index fell 6.44
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      1708 18 Reuters Q Hang Seng +139.52 HONGKONG stocks closed sharply higher yesterday on derivatives-linked buying in late trade, but volume was thin with investors taking a wait-and-see attitude on lack of clear direction. The Hang Seng Index rose 139.52 points to 10,442.13. "Some hedge funds bought Hang Seng stocks such
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      401 18 AFP QWP Index +15L36 STOCK prices rose yesterday, as foreign and local investors bought technology issues, dealers said. "Taiwan attracted foreign funds due to recent currency appreciation and it is safer than other countries in the region." said an analyst. "Newly approved funds are eager to build up their
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      251 18 Reuters Cl Wellington -LBB SHARE prices closed slightly lower before the long weekend yesterday after major overseas markets failed to provide adequate impetus. The benchmark NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 1.88 points down at 2,242.78 on turnover worth NZ$5l.5 million. Reuters (0001 *N2B»nkmg tl.10 -0.50 ***** Htagi O H -0.02
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      325 18 AFP F1 Manila ♦7.01 SHARE prices rose yesterday on a lower than expected inflation rate for January and a strengthening peso. "An inflation rate of 6.4 per cent is not that bad considering that the forecast was close to 7 per cent," said a trader. The PSE Composite Index
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      936 18 AFP Q SET Index +25*52 SHARES closed 5 per cent higher yesterday on speculative buying in the finance sector. Analysts said local buyers shrugged off rumours of more government takeovers of troubled banks in the charge to snap up bargains after Wednesday's sell-off. "The finance sector was up very
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      472 18 AFP Q Composite Index -***** SHARE prices slid 3.5 per cent yesterday on heavy profit-tak-ing. Dealers said large sell orders by foreigners in futures aggravated concerns that shares may be overvalued and prompted the profit-taking and subsequent retail investor sell-down. The Composite Index fell 19.23 points to 528.05. Turnover
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      623 18 AFP Fl AH Ordinaries *LO SHARE prices ended marginally higher yesterday on the back of a strong profit result by media giant News Corp. "News Corp definitely kicked the market along this afternoon." said a trader. "But the market generally didn't know which way to go. There was no
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        509 19 AFX-Asia II Composite Index +22.05 SHARE prices closed sharply higher yesterday, led by Financials, with sentiment boosted amid talk of bank mergers and aided by the steadier Malaysian ringgit, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed up 22.05 points at 712.81. The Emas Index closed
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        8949 19 WOUSTWALS Consumer pfotfucti 1998 Lilt Vol Day Net Cap High Low Company SM OOO Hifti Low P/E $mil 275 180 A)lnomoto 27S 17 12 275 263 15.2 111.5 128 73 Angkasa 122 15 318 128 110 2.8 179.9 239 123 Apollo Food Hlg 220 30 12 239 205 6.4 88.0
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        Jurong Eng wrt worth looking at
        209 20  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy PARTIES looking for a long dated war rant on a slock thai has collapsed need look no further than Jurong Engineering. The company was once a favourite with fund managers but has b<>en out of the picture for months
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        3738 20 BONDS, LOANS ft WARRANTS art 1997/98 Last Vol Day Last Ouott Avq High Low St no Company Sato *Of COOO) High Low Buyor Sollor Prlct 6a 9 m 3000 m tuna r* a susp 81 8 3160 'Acor ******1 US$ 15 *2 71 16 14 14.5 16 131 8.5 3164
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2447 20 Transaction Date Teb 5 MALAYSIAN STOCKS U Gr IM7SM Last Day Laa« Mi Hi OK TH M M Cap >•» L— Ci—n| V*» rOOO) Ht0> L— Pyyr M« Cw >/l Unt 478 2® miSOOC AJSBSOc TO -6 4134 i»9 107 112 13 50 13 0 9 47 9
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        1929 21 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE ('000) Main Clofl T«1 Main Clot Total Industrial 234.703 379,981 614,684 299,016 189.896 488.912 r«*nc» 15.676 120,479 136.155 70,783 98.933 169,716 Hot»U 3.947 8,294 12.241 6.243 3.451 9.693 Proportios 12.446 92.645 105.091 33.114 33.849 66.963 Plantation 18.358 18.358 19.057 19.057 Mining 4.023 4.023 2,992 2.992 BLW 15.340
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        5853 21 Transaction Date: Feb 5 Or Gr m Ml 1997/98 Last Vol Day Last Ouote Olv Olv VM Nat Cap Av« High Law StNo Company Sala OOO) High Law Buyer Seller C'vr H P/I $mll Met INDUSTRIALS 157 18.5 a 1020 ACE Dynanttc*60c 36 >4 5 147 41 29
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        1258 21 Cr Cr M Wt 1997/98 LMl Vol 0«y Loit Ouolo Dlv Dlv VM Not Cop Mtqh Low SINo Com pony Solo COOO) Mlqh Low Buyor Soilor CVr H P/C $>M PrKo SCtOAQ '•6 '6 o *000 ABHMK<<HS< 1*9 48 OCX. 1)4 I** 17* IK> 10 6 0 01 <**
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        222 22 Stocks Volume •Renong Bhd 50c 154,294,000 •Rekapacific Bh 61,691,000 •Renong WtOO 53,557.000 •MBf Capital 37,289,000 Asia FoodiProp 35,211,000 •M Resources 31,020,000 Kippecraft 10c 24.118,000 •MBF Land Bhd 23.159,000 •Idris Hyd 50c 20,223,000 •Promet 19,959,000 Stocks •Renong Bhd 50c 69,402,425 SPH Foreign 41,892,981 DBS Foreign 26,010.656 •MBf Capital 24,348,350 •M Resources
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        Players still zooming in on M'sian second-liners
        681 22  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Talk of mergers after suspension of several key Malaysian financial counters liu R Sivanithy (SINGAPORE! Malaysian second-lin-ers continued their explosive rally yesterday after the suspension of several key financial counters sparked rumours of mergers within the sector, while a slightly
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        HOT STOCK
        58 22  -  by Shiv Taneja NIPPECRAFT closed 5.5 cents higher yesterday at 17 cents on a volume of 24.12 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 326,200 units. The daily and weekly RSI are well past the 75 level. However, in the medium term there is more upside,
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          The Americans are here
          121 22 ACCORDING to a recent report by Salomon Smith Harney, the year-to-date inflow of cosh from US mutual funds Into Asian equities stands at US$l39 million (***** million). Piffling, you may say, but compared to last year's massive outflow from US mutual funds of US$3.4 billion from
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          She'll be back...
          78 22 FOR those of you out there who've grown accustomed to Pek Siok Uan presenting a final summary of the day's financial market events at 11pm each evening, fret not. Although she's left the services of TCS, word Is out that she will be re-emerglng m less than
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          Here we go again
          44 22 THE recent rally in local equities brought back some memories of the bull of a few years ago. A regional economist told us yesterday that his vegetables seller at the wet market has begun investing again in the stock market.
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          Sage advice
          52 22 IT SEEMS that a locally-listed brokerage is offering some recenUy retrenchment dealers and sales people jobs at half their previous salaries. "I would just take the job first. After all, if one is good in sales, and the market recovers, eventually you'll earn your due," commented one observer
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          91 22 FEW will argue that pages and pages of financial statistics can be a real bore to have to wade through, so obviously in an effort to liven up the latest issue of The Asian Adviser Statistical Supplement 1998, SBC Warburg Dillion Read starts off with a rather colourful
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      298 23 Bridge News Reuters PANAMAXES rates remained in freefall with a second-half February coal cargo fixed from the US Gulf to Taiwan at U5513.75. The Baltic Freight Index tumbled to an almost 11-year low of9BB, a decline of 28 points sparking a sell off in the futures market, Clarkson
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      339 23 mi a w CWT OMribution L 0.64 0.03 ST Ont*n Hup Holdings 0.47 0.015 215 Cotco liwastmanl S 0.79 -0.01 n rrMMLMuCvr 0 325 0.015 869 06 Holdings Ltd 0J3 0.02 134 Hai Sun Hup Group .0.55 0.025 1037 Hitachi ZOMn Sing 0 615 0019 44 iMCHoMngsLtd 5
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      530 23  -  Falling rates due to overcapacity from fleet expansion, lower Asia demand for chemical products By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The chemical carrier industry is facing a downturn, with falling rates over the next few years, ac cording to a UK-based ship ping consultant. Two major
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      UK Transport Dept's role is not to protect commercial interests
      713 23  -  admiralty casebook Hy\ Selva Kumar THE Department of Transport in England does not owe a duty of care to third parties who rely on its seaworthiness certificate, the English Court of Appeal has held. The Court has held that the
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      209 23 This is among tie-ups it's considering with parent company AFX-Asia (HONGKONG) China Shipping Development Co Ltd said it is considering a proposal by its controlling shareholder China Shipping (Group) Co to manage certain oil tankers owned by the parent. Group company secretary Ye Huang
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      180 23 Reuters (MELBOURNE) Australia's competition watchdog threatened the powerful dockers' union yesterday with legal action if the union called a strike on the waterfront. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) warning comes as the maritime union threatens massive industrial action over the planned use of nonunion
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      465 23 Consultant to help shipyard restore its financial health MBT IKUALA LUMPUR) Malaysia's Sabah Shipyard (Saship) announced the appointment of an international consultancy firm, Arthur Andersen, to draw up a restructuring scheme that will ensure long-term viability of the company and the turnaround of
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      121 23 MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] The Straits of Malacca, where 52 cases of piracy attacks were reported between 1991 and 1996. has become the safest waters in South-East Asia with zero piracy attack last year, according to International Maritime Bureau statistics. Indonesian waters
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      826 24  -  AUSTH.AI.TAM WATERFRONT Howard government hopes to score election points from clash between employers and nmn n Hy, Jane Nelson Reuters in Canberra A MAJOR industrial dispute on the Australian waterfront would suit the conservative government perfectly in the lead-up to an expected election later
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      370 24 PACE Evergreen 6 ANl 3 FL-Bright 15 Accord 8 Farwide 14 Ahrenkiel 14 FoongSun 8 Appenship 5 Frot 15 Asia OCL t5 FrtLinks >6 Astro 3 CLi <* 4 Austral 9 Gemartrans 8 Avant 16 Genshpg 9 B ting Mas 8 Glory Nav
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      20887 32 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyege Telepnon* ETA ETA Advertiser Vnul Voyag* TelepAone SIN Oest'n Nam# Nam* Number Number SIN Desln Nam* Nam* Number Number 12/02 22/02 RCL ITHABHUM 1*0 tMIMM A 12/02 22/02 Triestino ITHABHUM MO *5 F15H1S To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 To BUENAVENTURA (BUN)
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        721 39 Vassal Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Amethyst *980la JuW J14 alongside 05.02/1400 M»a 02/98 JIT alongside 09.02/0800 Arttis Dream 9801 J02 alongside 05.02/1900 *rmada 5 29 JI5 alongside 06.02/0600 Blue Dream 1/98 J16 alongside 05.02/1830 Bt S Makassa *****8 J01 alongside 05.02/2300 Eto Charger I J10 alongside 10.02/0600
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        1750 39 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boofclnf/BtUnct Rstli Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Ptriod From To From Ati Uy 0 991 V2»l U M/ISOO 05/1*59 os/noo m ovnoo os/*si ovnoo 24 05/1700 0V0459 ovo*oo it os/iroo 0V0*59 04/0*00 i ovoroo ovm* ovmoo »d o om r/noo u
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        210 39 FebO New Zealand: Waltangi Day. Feb 11 Japan. National Foundation Day. Thailand Makha Burha MM United Stales Washington's Mirth day Holiday. Feb 23 Hrunei:National Day. Luxembourg: C, arnival Monday. T*b 24 Portugal: Cam\vn]. Mar 2 Greece: Orthodox l-ent Monday. Mar 17 United Kingdom- St Patrick's Day ftUr 20
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        947 39 THIS n-pnrt. i mid|i||iil liy I'iN-hrtl Marine < Ml I.lil, »hnw* |>rh r ran«pn in lI.S itollar* Instead if «lnnl<- prk-r* fur a more i "inpivhenalve lie w rlplkin 4 the market l*rlc r* shown «n> Imwil i>n *l/iil »|eni Market movement* hit indlrnliil The ('■•rkett Hunker
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        473 39 >0 m Mil 1016.5 O S 15.2 O.M 106 0.05 J 19 DtnUly IMw »»tldu« A»H Aluminium S*4tn»nt No ttoovt £25 10 15 10 %K/N 380 Ay* 986 8 0.3 13.0 0.06 28 0 01 iWX'J %M %wu m 380 <0 *6-6 O.M) 43 0.05 Si—:
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        464 40  -  It's considering use, especially on flights connecting US west coast with S'pore Reports from David Boey in Toulouse, Fninee SINGAPORE Airlines is examining a member in the fourengined Airbus A 340 airliner family that could see it offer a range of non-stop
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        563 40 In fact, Airbus main plant aims to hit full capacity within 1 year ASIAN carriers hit by the financial storm have not cancelled or rescheduled outstanding aircraft orders booked with Airbus Industrie. In fact, the European aircraft consortium's main assembly plant at Toulouse in the
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        235 40 Reuters (BRUSSELS) Britain is committed to the 109 km fast rail link between I/jndon anfl the Channel Tunnel, despite the project's current funding crisis, Transport Minister (iavin Strang said. "We certainly w;int the fast link because we've made the investments," Mr Strang
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        223 40 Bloomberg (TOKYO) Nissan Motor Co reclaimed the No 2 spot in Japan's car industry, behind Toyota Motor Corp, as sales of Honda Motor's minicars failed to make up for sales declines of its larger models. Honda slipped from No 2 to
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        299 40 AFP |.lAKAKTA| Indonesian flagcarrier Garuda plans to stand down .'{.(NX) employees from next month because of the country's dee|ienlng economic crisis, a press report said yes terday. Garuda and the finance ministry were discussing terms of the temimrary standdown. added the
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        420 40 Move after Monday's crash which killed 104 people on board AFP (MANILAI Philippine aviation authorities yesterday grounded the Cebu Pacific Air fl«M»t days after the fatal crash of one its DC 9s that killed all 104 people cm board. The Air Transport Office (ATO)
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        61 40 [PARIS] A woman looking at advertisements for the new Volkswagen Golf on Wednesday in Paris. The advertisements depict religious scenes with the slogan (left) "As soon as he saw the new Golf, Francis was converted". French bishops are taking legal action against the German car
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      18 23 Dispute suits Coalition to a T Howard govt hopes to score poll points from employersunion clash. Page 2
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      60 24 CAPTRANS SHIPPING LTD ■BmSH WEEKLY SINGAPORE CALCUTTA HALDIA SINGAPORE VISSIL IN VOY ~OUT VQY CALCUTTA SINGAPORE CALCUTTA STEAMERS FORTUNE 106EB 107WB 01/02/98 08/02/98 13/02/98 MIREMAD 005EB 006WB 13/02/98 25/02/98 AGENTS: Sea Dragon Shipping Agen<ie> (A Division of Jordino Mo the .on (Singapore) Ltd) 1 Maritime Square *10-46, World Trade Centre
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      1054 25 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE VfSSIL VOY SIN HTM ANA HAM MV SOU EXT uiHIviSSU VOY RTM ANN HAM 18V SOU FIT UN SIN 1 MAAS 1054 07/02 22/02 24/02 27/02 21/02 OOQSTOM 2041 11/01 20/01 23/01 24/01 10/02 HY BARON 311W 10/02 26/02 21/02 02/03 2J/02 MID HONGKONG 4041 23/01
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      2595 25 HANJIN SHIPPING USA CANADA* [TpO VSI/VOT I QAM I SIW M HAUI/VOT SIA I TIW OtW TOX 00 I MSP m DTT MIM PH §VW m YU ["m H. mOMMUWGOMI 04/07 07/02 MKT M/W W/M M/W 01/01 01/ M 01/01 M/M 01/ M 03/03 03/03 04/03 M/M M/M W/M H.
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      1459 26 <lr DSR-SENATOR aISb Round the World Container Services TO UK/CONTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT ytMa W Ml IfH WTO MfT HAM MV I fU~[|yimi VQT I ItH |KX RIM QHV HAM I SIX HMIBMIAVAMIAH MOBB KB VU UK NK 178 01 S3 CHOYANG QIANT i(HI 1101 11 #1 13 01 Hill 000f
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      1077 26 MY W«b Site http: //www yml com.tw \Jll A\ Hf tk v 4 E m Addre csohp72oym,com,w oci tmy mHY i sD T *u*D' WtSStl VOY SIN CMB RTM HAM FXT LEH ANA IiIBHAI lAR BHIOGf ABObW 06/0? 10/02 28/02 26/02 25/02 02/03 MING Wl ST JBOSW 08/02 25/02 27/02
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      534 26 LINE zSSr A T«L» *****56 FAX: *****12 MUARA I LABUAN vissa vor no ita vissa vor no ita SWM *U«A SPOIIf lON J. POOSPB VO4I/40 94/01 M/ 02 J. PtOSPtt VO4I/48 06/07 10/02 APW GlOtY V 041/91 12/02 IS/02 APMGUXY VO4I/9I 12/02 16/02 J. POOSPtt VOSI/90 U/02 17/02 J.PtOSPB VO5l/9I
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      1348 27 [VESSEL VOY aiN BKK POU PKQ PEN BLW SUW IBA BIK IRAN QHEYAMAT PJL-1272 11/02 20/02 EIBE OLDENDORF PJL-1277 14/02 23/02 ACCEPTING CONTAINER/BREAK-BULK SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN CIS COUNTRIES I.E. A2ARBAIJAN, ARMENIA, KAZAKHSTAN, UZBEKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN. KIRGISTAN, TADZHIKISTAN GEORGIA VIA B. ABBAS, BIK AGENT IN SINGAPORE AGENT IN MALAYSIA
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      1897 27 TO LAS PALMAS, 1 TENKRIFE (CANARY ISLAND) I VIA KARCILONA J I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHENTON WAY TEI: 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD {l/l)^^T2os!oT' B ToI!3REOfFKr ,8,,,l B COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #17-08D6SRIDG SAIIS/MGS 4205»4i/43 INWARD DIPT (D/O) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD (R HO: **********0 M TOWIR
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      596 27 EASTERN CAR UNER, LTD.' 2 Ed (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD JSSZ SPECIALIZE IN ROUP 4 HEAVY UfT UPTO 122 TOWS Ed (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD LOADING FOR PORT KLANG/MUARA LAEM CHABANG MV "ORANGE SKY V.78 MV "ORANGE MOON" V.98 ETA SIN 10/02/98 ETA PM. 11/02 «8 etA S«M 10/02/98 ETA LCB 14/02
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      1343 28 EUROPE/UK/SCANDINAVIA/FINLAND/RUSSIA SGP RDM ANW HBG THP ZEE IHV LHV THP ROM ANW HBC PKL SGP E DELIGHT RW-001 09/02 27/02 04/03 20/02 ***** 03/03 04,1)3 E REACH RE-017 11/01 13/01 12/01 14/01 11/01 00/02 10/02 E ROUND RW-030 14/02 06/03 11/03 07/03 09/03 10/03 11/03 E GALLANT RE 054 21/01
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      981 28 IJMAC-NELS S PORE M'SIA Carrier: MH CONTR LINES, INC \~JXy \SJ kJ '^L l2 7 ooo SIBU: (064) ****** MANILA: (632) *****61 *****36 BANGKOK: (662) *****57 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 P. KELANQ: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MON: (61) *****3 TYO/YOK/OSA/UKB GENOA MV "SEVEN SEAS CHARIOT" V.634E MV "MSC SOPHIE" V.9805-31
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      496 28 Pfa> NANTAI LINE FUUY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA VISSEI VOT I SIN PUJ I PUR I CPT I i/uT NANTAIDRAGOW 004S 10/0% 20/0? 24/0? CT/0? NANTAI PtlN(£ 020S 16/0? 02/03 06/03 MNTAJ VENUS 02SS 22/02 02/03 06/03 09/03 GOLDEN mm 003S 01/03 11/03 IS/03 19/03 NANTAI ntINCESS 020S
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      640 29 BSAi wm MYANMA IBBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myonmar Notional Line) loading (or Yangon (Rangoon) VISSII VOT SIN PKG PIN PGU HAKHA 612 SIO PAGAN 252W 04/02 MALAYSIA AGENTS: 10USTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES KUI: HI 02-03-*****00 PKI: Til 02-03-*****01 PIN: Til 02-04-*****02 PGD: HI 02-07-*****21/4 M BANK LINE (A service of Andrew
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      1330 29 A HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO, LIP. IVfSSEI VOY I SIN I SOU lUN I RTIR I ANT I NAM I IRV IKI VtSSa VOT SOU 181 »IM ~jjjj ham IMV I m lUi I HYIARON 3HW 09/02 25/02 26/02 21/02 21/02 20/02 03/03 NY GENERAL 309E IS/oT 22/01 20/0f UToT
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      952 29 norwegon speoofczed aufocomen Sfßr%g"" s ©S@@Xs TO NORTH AND UTIN AMERICA V!SStL VOT BAMP WIGHT SIN LAX CBL MIA SAV Itl ORf NYC NEW MOB~ TARONGA FBO4 400 Tons 6.3 M >2/02 10/03 T1703 2T76T 23/03 2S/03 26/03 27/03 01 /04 05/04 TAIKO FBOS 400 lorn 6.3 M 27/02 28/03
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      986 30 BANQKOK/LAEM CHABANO JAKARTA/PAN JA NO VESSEL VOY SIN iJKK LCH VESSEL VOY iIN JKT [~~PJN ANAN BHUM 91N 07/02 11/02 10/02 PEA BROVIG 08S In Pt 11/02 KITIBHUM 40N 08/02 11/02 11/02 ACX RUBY* ISS 09/02 12/02 YANTRA BHUM" 225S 08/02 11/02 12/02 DEJA BHUM 734S 10/02 13/02 12/02 NANTA
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      412 30 IBINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD 39 NEIL ROAD. SINGAPORE 0206 ■WV TEL: *****68 FAX: *****64 MmJ TLX R*****5 SINMER CR No: **********0W Receiving Cargo at PTI I Blntulu I I Muiri gffll voy sin ;jy yqy sin *y* I Mm VMO3I Inoto4/0? I I/O? WM3I 0/01/0? 12/0? 8 Wit WIO3I
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      625 30 A7ICCORD SHIPPING PTE LTD TH *****13 (40 lin*s) FAX *****30 POOTKUMG (03)347 1001 OWfCT ACCESS YH s *****33 (EXPORT BOOKING) HSU GUDAMG (07)351 1377 II *****34 (EXPORT DOC), *****39 (IMPORT) tfWUK (04)*****4$ W®* J MTTPs//WWWACCOBD.COM.SO WUUtTA (71)440 0/70 nmw pow m sin "row m sin poit ita sin (FAR EAST)
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      364 31 MiHMII INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO EUROPE "1 EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE VSI VOY OAM H SURG I BREMEN I ANTWERP KUTAI 42W8 1117 1/3 OMIT S/3 TO AUSTRALIA FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VSI VOY_ FRt Mg SYD MIL HRA AM. FRt MOl CRYSTAL VMS 2*ol 31«1 OWE IMB IM2 2MB 2Z« NOIAMKR
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      956 31 f gSSgPff PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I SSSSSSSS 1 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I I CR NO **********06 iaaw a i» i m. ib. a, pH kqta Hirnmii uMii wi mii wi w m //a u/i wi ooq amity HIT mi mi sn m ui 11/1
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      923 31 VESSELS I VOY SIN JED MLA LEH HAM THP RTM ZEE VH-LE DE TAURUS A24W 06/08 18/08 24/08 02/03 03/03 06/03 06/03 06/03 VILLE D'AQUARIUS U24W 17/02 28/08 02/03 08/03 08/03 11/03 12/03 13/03 VILLE OEAMT ARES L24W 24/02 04/00 00/03 14/03 17/03 18/03 18/03 19/03 VILLE DE VIRGO S24W
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      50 33 To retrieve more schedules, just follow these simple steps... document *X, ia 740-6000^^S^Si tep be faxed M i the port I your Step key in the four number >jE 0M digit code Key in your Example: —l—, fax number To NEW YORK (NYC) 2275 for calls within Singapore United States
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      1090 36 T— SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********00 M£^!!!^.!l A ii.--. E -L!''-L 2 2 ?t 1 /f 3 J E^ l CA/CELIA/MEI CHAN 7 SLGS/WEEK 2 SLG/WEEK [VESSEL VOY j~SIN [~JAK |VESSEL
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      580 36 INO LIE SHIPPING CO PTI ITD *****75 (6 Umi| '■*i«3OM»/5326t60 CI N«: 150J*****00C VESSEL VOY SIN ITA SIN ETD DESTINATION Union Stv 10 07/98 06/07 08/07 Ducnw/Bdowm Union Sh* 1? 07/98 06/07 0//07 K tunggol/P Gudong Mono Polo? 07/98 06/07 0//07 lunggol/Palembai^ Unggul toya 03/98 06/07 08/07 Pwawonq/ f Boiu
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      509 36 SIN FAR EAST 08/02 KEELUN6/KAOHSIUNG 08/02 BANGKOK 08/02 MANILA/CEBU 08/02 JAKARTA/BE LAWAN/SURABAYA 08/02 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E MALAYSIA 10/02 BUSAN 08/02 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 08/02 HONG KONG SIM CHINA PBI#±»*o) 08/02 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAME N/SHAN T OU/SHE KOU DAI lAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/OINGDAO/HAIKOU SIN EUBQPE/UK 08/02 I DN/f IX/LVP/SOU ROM/AN r/l E H/HAM/GO T/OSL also accepting cargo
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      493 36 Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO:100S*****00N BOMBAY VESSEL VOY SIN BOM PNG PKL TRADE FAST TFS2O9 09/02 17/02 03/03 05/03 ORIENT CORD 109N 17/02 24/02 09/03 11/03 KOTARAJA RJAOOS 23/02 05/03 17/03 19/03 KOTARATU TBA 07/03 15/03 27/03 29/03 REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA VESSEL VOY SIN
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      1269 37 ASIA MEDITERRANEAN EXPRESS (AME) WESTBOUND SERVICE i VESSEL VOY SIN I CMB PIR GEN BCN LEH ANR FEI 'L MX SQPHIE 98Q5-3 14 FEB 18 FEB 27 FEB 0) MAR Q3 MAR 06 MAR 07 MAR 08 MAR MSC MARTINA 9806-3 20 FEB 24 FEB 05 MAR 07 MAR 09
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      1862 37 VfHft/VOTMf SfOM ffll Hi Hill UM VfSUI/VOTACf S'POR( KOCf NAOOTA SHUUZU TOKYO mMWOUUNNG OIWAOA 12.02 20.02 02 02 01.01 20* 6l0? 1002 110? T202 00(1 NITHIAIAHOS OIWAO7 1102 07 01 o*ol 10.01 14.03 OOd SINGAPORE 2044 10 0? 14 0? JM OM [ooanttran oiwaoa HM IU» I uii I/J1 tig
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      470 38 VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TIGER ISLAND 601N 05 0602 10 14,02 18-19,02 TIGER BRIDGE 602N 08 09.02 13-1602 21 2202 TIGER BAY 603N 12 14 02 18 2102 27 2R02 TIGER WAVE 604S 16-1&02 FOR DISCHARGE ONLY TIGER ISLAND 605N 18-20/02 24 01/03 05 06,03 TIGER BRIDGE 606N 2124,02
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      885 38 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road, Singapore *****1 Tel *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 E-mail flesin@singnet.com.sg CONSOLIDATION SERVICE ARGENTINA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN BUENOS AIRES 08/02 CAPETOWN 04/02 CHILE ETD SIN DURBAN 04/02 VALPARAISO 06/02 JOHANNESBURG 04/02 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN PIRAEUS 09/02 BARCELONA 06/02
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      1192 38 CXKL (Sinaopore) Pte Ltd CFS Kepoel Ofr 79 Anton Rood #21-04 (S) *****6 Ilk Sl3 #01-128 t enquiry TV CR NO **********0H Tel: 272 7827 U q {on VVV *****13 fo« 221 3942 F.i: 272 7825 NORTH AfIRCRICA USA/ CANADA <> AUSTRALIA TO USA I SGP I LGI I OAK
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      135 39 MTTo o. m LEGEND R Thunderstorm Temperature c X\ V Shower Weather Wind direction with speed m knots Rain \_J Cloudy Sky Wove height Surface winds are indicated by arrows which fly with the wind One full circle represents calm or l,ght and variable winds i__ One half Heche represents
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      121 40 Bangladesh Shipping Corporation FOR TRANSPORTATION OF CRUDE OIL International Freight Tender is invited from vessel owners/ agents/brokers for transportation of 100,000 Metric Tons (5 pct more or less supplier's option) Murban crude oil from Jebeldhana, Abu Dhabi to Chittagong under lifting Laycan 03-05 March, 1998 on account of Bangladesh Petroleum
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