The Business Times, 21 February 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet- http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1997
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Markets shrug off Deng's death
    640 1  -  Regional stocks rebound after early jitters, currencies largely unscathed By< Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Asia's financial markets ditched conventional wisdom yesterday and refused to be unnerved by Deng Xiaoping's death. Regional share prices instead rebounded strongly from early jitters while currencies stayed largely untouched. Investors in
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    PM, SM pay tribute
    223 1 [SINGAPORE] Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday paid tribute to Deng Xiaoping, hailing him as a great leader who saved 1.2 billion people from peril. In a three-page obituary note, Mr Lee described Deng as a "small man but a
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    Lock icon Jan non-oil exports fall 3.1%
    483 1  -  But overall figures signal continued economic recovery By. Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Non-oil domestic exports fell a third straight month in January, down 3.1 per cent in nominal terms, according to figures released by the Trade Development Board yesterday. Economists say the decline is in line
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    The little-known role Deng played in S-E Asia
    568 1  -  Events following Deng's visit to Singapore in 1978 produced a new balance of power, writes guest columnist Goh KengSwee Goh Keng Swee OF Deng Xiaoping's innumerable accomplishments in modernising China, much has been said. But he paid personal attention to the geo-political
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      223 1 Will reforms slow down with Deng's death? Pg 3 Open poww struggle unlikely now, Pg 2 Taipei fears PLA power play, Pg 4 VV »"!J5 i V '.p %?./'>: >'* r s v; ,.-v fJf **£&*>'- '•5 V > v *%f r -'V ~r i Tung Lok Group v i
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  • DENG XIAOPING'S DEATH
    • Article, Illustration
      Man who had vision but little time
      1381 2  -  Deng's clear vision for China's future involved its reform and opening to the world By. Lu Ning [SINGAPORE] DENG Xiaoping's personal journey epitomised the twists and turns that China has travelled through this tumultuous century. But unlike most of his contemporaries, he did
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      World reactions
      341 2 '(Deng's) discussion with us of the Chinese plans for a military operation against Vietnam, and of possible Soviet moves against China and of China's reaction, was the single most impressive demonstration of raw power politics that I have encountered in my four years in the White House.' Zbigniew
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      Open power struggle unlikely in short term
      1006 2  -  The era of leaders with authority over party, govt and military is over By Lu Ning [SINGAPORE] The joke that used to make the rounds in Beijing was that the most dangerous job in China was being the successor to the nation's supreme
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      Deng's succession plan meticulous: PM Goh
      365 2  -  By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong described Deng Xiaoping as one of those rare national leaders who meticulously planned for leadership succession. "Because the present leaders were chosen by him, they share his vision for China. Deng's legacy will be a
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      Thanks to Deng, China remains one today: SM Lee
      491 3 LHB KUAN TEWS OBITUART MOTE DENG Xiaoping was a small man but a giant among world leaders. In 1978, at the age of 74, after being purged twice, he came back to power to save China with his Open Door Policy.
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      Lock icon S'pore firms remain upbeat about China prospects
      605 3  -  By 1 Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore businessmen, who have so far committed to pump in more than US$2O billion (5528.4 billion) into China, do not see Deng Xiaoping's death affecting their existing or future investments there. Businessmen and analysts told BT they
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      Will reforms slow down?
      829 3  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih CHINA may see a smooth political transition following Deng Xiaoping's death, but will it enjoy an equally smooth economic transition? The global investment community seems to think so. In both talk and action, they expressed their confidence yesterday. Foreign money
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      Taipei fears PLA power play
      654 4  -  From, Bruce Cheesman in Taipei TAIPEI heads into the postDeng era with only one fear the possibility of Chinese President Jiang Zemin using the "Taiwan card" to appease hawks within the People's Liberation Army (PLA), China watchers here said. The paramount leader's death had been
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      US experts, officials see no change in ties with China
      585 4  -  Secretary of State Albright's visit to proceed as scheduled From Leon Hadar in Washington THE death of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping will not produce any immediate changes in Sino-American ties, according to US officials and experts. They predict that Beijing
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      Lock icon HK chiefs praise Deng's transfer formula
      655 4  -  By Quak Hiang Whai [SINGAPORE] Political leaders, business chiefs and China watchers in Hongkong yesterday paid tribute to Deng Xiaoping's contribution to the territory's stability and saw little cause for concern in the leadership transition. Political analyst Timothy Wong said that with Mr Deng
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      Beware Pollyanna view on HK stock prospects
      897 4  -  By. Marc Faber The author is managing director of Marc Faber Ltd. a Hongkong based fund management firm. He is widely known in financial circles as "Dr Doom He contributed this article to BT [HONGKONG] Following the official announcement of Deng Xiaoping's death,
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      Lock icon Den^s little-known role in South-east Asia
      517 4 DR OOlfs COLUMN: cont'd from Pg 1 to President Carter in his visit to the US in January. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter's National Security Adviser, said this of Deng: "His discussion with us of the Chinese plans for a military operation against Vietnam and of
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      Sayings and thoughts of Deng Xiaoping
      244 4 'It does not matter whether a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.' Writing on 'How to Restore Agricultural Production,'l962 'To get rich is glorious.' Date unknown 'Grope one's way, stone by stone, across the river.' Motto from early days
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      Lock icon Templeton chief lightens up on China investments
      486 5 Mobins'move comes amid concern that Deng's death may fuel power struggle Bloomberg Business News {HONGKONG] Mark Mobius, president of the Templeton Emerging Markets Fund, is reducing the size of his Greater China investments amid concern that Deng Xiaoping's death may fuel a power
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      Shares up in region as investors stay calm
      486 5  -  Hongkong bourse blazes ahead, aided by short-covering Compiled from reports by Quak Hiang Whai and Siow Li Bruce Cheesman and Alan Boyd ASIAN investors reacted to Deng Xiaoping's death by pushing up share prices in China, Hongkong and Taiwan, and staying calm
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      Japan's deep ambivalence towards its giant neighbour
      556 5  -  From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo IN THE past two years, China has come firmly into focus on Japan's strategic radar screen as a potential military threat while Japanese investment in China has surged to a point where it represents a major commitment to
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • NEWS Roundup
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        M1 erects first monopole at Mandal
        69 6 MOBILE phone operator Ml has set up Singapore's first monopole to be used as a telecommunications tower. A monopole. the company explains, is a stand-alone or self-supporting pole structure. Located at Mandai Garden, it is used for mobile and paging networks coverage. The advantages
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        Job search centre ran by poly students
        63 6 TEMASEK Polytechnic and Business Trends have set up the first staffing support centre in Singapore to be run by students. Selected third-year business students do stints at the centre which will run as a Business Trends branch. It will serve as a placement
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        More new students for 4 polytechnics
        65 6 THE total intake of new students for the four polytechnics this year will be 15,870, up 3.8 per cent from last year's 15,285. In total, the polytechnics will offer 79 courses, eight of which are new courses. They include chemical engineering at Ngee Ann
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      Prudential does well in single premium sector
      149 6 PRUDENTIAL Assurance in Singapore made good progress in the single premium market last year it chalked up a 53.5 per cent growth to $178 million for the sector. The expansion in annual new premium growth, its biggest since its debut in the single
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      Developers gear up to launch major housing projects
      618 6  -  More than 1,200 units scheduled to hit private market in next two months By, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] With Chinese New Year out of the way, developers are gearing up to launch major projects over the next few weeks in the hope that
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      Up in Q4 but down for the year
      361 6  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Productivity Byi Anna Teo IF it is any consolation, the quarterly breakdown of the 1996 productivity figures down to an all-time low —shows a pick-up in Q4 from Q3. The full-year figures released in the 1996 Economic Survey
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      US-based General Signal opens Asia-Pac HQ here
      222 6  -  Company expects to doable revenues from region this year By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] US-based General Signal (GS) yesterday opened its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore to help coordinate the manufacturing and sales of its 15 different business units in the region. Donald Noonan is
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Thailand expects growth slowing to 6-7% for 1997
      576 7 BANGKOK Final outcome depends on world market stability, says minister Reuter THAI Commerce Minister Narongchai Akrasanee said yesterday that Thailand's economic growth is expected to slow to between 6 and 7 per cent this year depending on international market stability. He said
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      Lock icon M'sia losing nearly 500,000 potential workers to drugs
      338 7 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA was deprived of nearly half a million potential workers due to drug addiction, causing it to heavily rely on foreign workers, a minister was quoted as saying in reports yesterday. There are an estimated 400,000 drug addicts in
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      Lock icon Manila to renew repo pacts with KL, Jakarta
      114 7 MANILA Reuter THE Philippine Central Bank said yesterday it would renew bilateral repurchase lines with the central banks of Malaysia and Indonesia. The agreements were formulated by a number of Asian central banks in the aftermath of the 1995 Mexican crisis. They
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      Lock icon Wheels of 'fortune'
      54 7 [JAKARTA] An Indonesian vendor cleaning the rim of a bicycle wheel on Wednesday. The rim is just one of the secondhand spare parts he sells at a special market for such goods in east Jakarta. The man collects between 10,000 rupiah (Ss6) and 20,000 rupiah daily from
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      Lock icon 86 held after latest W Kalimantan clashes
      238 7 JAKARTA AFP THE Indonesian military arrested 86 people following the latest ethnic clashes in West Kalimantan province, which remains tense after almost two months of unrest that has left hundreds dead, reports and sources said yesterday. The latest clash erupted on Tuesday in
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      Lock icon Manila, IMF agree to end supervision in June
      389 7 Exit programme seen to help the Philippines get credit-rating upgrade Bloomberg Business News [MANILA] The Philippines and the International Monetary Fund agreed on a programme that will allow the country to end three decades of IMF supervision of its economic policies in
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Aussie dollar rises as expectations of a rate cut dissipate
      438 8 SYDNEY Company profits jump BJ% in Q4 surprising analysts, lessening need far lower rates Bloomberg Business News THE Australian dollar gained, rising above 77 US cents for the first time in four days, as optimism grows that the Reserve Bank
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      Poison threat hits Arnotfs Asian markets
      271 8  -  SYDNEY Tkhvan shops take products off shelves; M iniU Im Wfffflitff By\ Surinder Singh AUSTRALIAN biscuit maker Arnott's is starting to feel the impact of a poison threat here in Asia as well. Some supermarkets in Taiwan have stripped their shelves of Arnott's products
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon India seeks early talks with Pakistan
        58 8 Reuter INEW DELHI] India is committed to improving relations with Pakistan and hopes for the early resumption of peace talks, President S D Sharma told parliament yesterday. "With Pakistan, we are committed to ending confrontation and establishing a harmonious relationship and durable peace, as
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        Lock icon Taxes, rising costs hit Indian firms
        87 8 AFP [BOMBAY] Higher taxes, rising interest rates and increased raw material costs have hurt Indian companies in the six months to Sep 30, The Economic Times said yesterday. It said net profits were down to 4.1 per cent in the period, from 5.4 per
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        Lock icon Dhaka row over 'Father of Nation'
        45 8 AFP [DHAKA] The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party yesterday ended a parliamentary walk-out over a ruling on the country's founder. But it insisted the speaker should review his ruling that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the "Father of the Nation" constitutionally.—AFP
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      Lock icon Japan PC makers see strong sales growth in '97/98
      322 8 TOKYO Reuter BACKED by strong worldwide demand, Japan's top makers of personal computers (PCs) yesterday projected robust sales growth for the next business year. NEC Corp, Japan's largest PC maker, said it expects sales of its personal computers to rise 20
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      Lock icon NZ housing data seen as bad for rates, says bank
      256 10 WELLINGTON Reuter BANKERS Trust economists said yesterday that Real Estate Institute of New Zealand figures were negative for interest rates and positive for the currency. "It highlights the risk that strengthening activity will prompt the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
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      Lock icon Nikkei hits high on govt plans to support property
      413 10  -  TOKYO Govt may spend 4t yen buying real estate collateral from lending institutions By. Anthony Rowley TOKYO stock prices surged to their highest level in more than a month yesterday after officials confirmed reports of probable government intervention to support Japan's
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      Lock icon Japan's deregulation needs jumpstart: EU
      301 10 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S three-year old deregulation programme is moving at an unsatisfactory pace, a senior European Union official said yesterday. Gerard Depayre, deputy director general for external economic relations, said the European Union hoped the Japanese government would jumpstart its deregulation or risk greatly disappointing
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      Lock icon Protecting the beach
      67 10 [SYDNEY] Tourist Janet Riley (left) with friend Judy King listening to shipping unionist Rodney Heath on Bondi Beach yesterday, after receiving a pamphlet on the effects of an oil spill on beaches Fearing the government will soon allow foreign ships to carry oil in coastal trade, sailors
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      Lock icon Yen at suitable level against US$: Mitsuzuka
      294 10 TOKYO Finance Minister says rates should reflect fundamentals AFP JAPANESE Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said yesterday that the yen's level against the US dollar was "suitable". Mr Mitsuzuka told parliament's Lower House Finance Committee that exchange rates should reflect economic fundamentals. "The yen's
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      Lock icon India reaffirms commitment to market reforms
      364 10 NEWDELHI 7% annual growth over next 5 years fmurihlflg ppMjjgnt Reuter INDIA is committed to economic reforms to secure annual economic growth of at least 7 per cent. President Shankar Dayal Sharma said yesterday in a robust endorsement of free-market policies. In a speech
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      Lock icon Waltzing Matilda comes home to Queensland
      162 10 BRISBANE AFP THE only museum in the world dedicated to a national song is to be built at a remote Australian settlement. It was announced yesterday that the Waltzing Matilda centre will mark the birthplace of the song many regard as Australia's unofficial national
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  • THE WORLD
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      Fault lines in Spain
      784 11  -  EUROPEAN VIEW Telefonica sale was a piece of good news in otherwise bleak week for PM Aznar By Kevin Sullivan The writer is a Spain based journalist who contributes to BT THERE was a time, not very long ago, when acquiring a telephone in Spain was
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      Lock icon Bundesbank leaves key interest rates unchanged
      408 11 FRANKFURT Move expected given strong M 3 growth, business confidence Bloomberg Business News THE Bundesbank has left its full set of interest rates unchanged, as expected, as stron-ger-than-expected money supply growth and a jump in business confidence crushed lingering hopes of a rate cut.
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      Lock icon Tommy Koh nominated to sit on WTO dispute panel
      275 11 BRUSSELS Reuter Bloomberg Business News SWITZERLAND, New Zealand and Singapore have been nominated by World Trade Organisation (WTO) chief Renato Ruggiero to sit on the dispute panel that will rule on the European Union's complaint against the US over its HelmsBurton
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      Lock icon EU losing 30b ECUs a year from transit fraud
      343 11 STRASBOURG Reuter THE European Union loses up to 30 billion ECUs (5548.9 billion) a year in revenue from smuggled goods and forged documents, according to the findings of a European Parliament investigation. "Fraud concerning goods brought into the market-place in Europe
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      Lock icon US bonds slip with healthy job market data
      424 11 NEW YORK Data shows economy growing at good pace with inflation under control: analysts Bloomberg Business News US BONDS slipped after reports showing smaller-than-expected increases in weekly jobless claims and housing starts left intact concern about inflation. The number of US workers
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      Lock icon US fundraiser sought to hide source: paper
      220 11 WASHINGTON AFP A FORMER Democratic fundraiser failed to persuade a US businessman to help him hide the source of US$3OO,OOO (*****,000) in campaign money, The Washington Post said yesterday. The paper said the account is "the first direct allegation" that controversial fundraiser John
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Testing time for Australian politics
      807 12  -  THE BOTTOM UME OPINION By Mohan Kuppusamy The writer is BT's editorial page editor TO hear it bruited about, more than 200 years of European settlement in Australia is about to be reversed Not a day passes now without some reference to a court decision
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      155 12 4 I can say that it is really going to be a moral issue for us, a really big moral issue. Bikenibea P&enm Tuvalu's premier who found 10 per cent of his country's revenue was being earned off a worldwide telephone sex line service. 'I get the
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      An upturn for the economy
      703 12 EDITORIAL IF one week is a long time in politics, a few months is all it takes for upturn in an economy. Barely two quarters ago, Singapore's economy was mired in a cyclical slowdown brought on by a convergence of several "negatives", notably a global
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      Lock icon Betting on Macau
      1231 12  -  Asia's casino king is set for Macau's transition to Chinese rule and has honed contacts in Bering Hy John Ridding FT STANLEY Ho may be the only person in Macau who does not gamble. Asia's casino king stays away from the baccarat and blackjack at the Lisboa
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      811 12 Bona rights tn the US HUMAN RIGHTS everywhere are a concern, whether in China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba, Burma, Indonesia or even in America. So what that our own serious civil rights problems are of a lesser magnitude than China's? Does that make them non-existent or unimportant?
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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      222 13 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 17 I'd heard about his reactionary 22 Mischievous desire to impound a child's horse (7) _JBL—JB— 24 Combining army corps is not 24 25 25 Key personnel in America H|| 26 English theologian with a set of j ill' 29 Shylock was a man of many lery 31
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      A surprisingly good hatch
      723 14  -  Christopher tan changes his first impressions of the Audi A3 after the test drive CHRISTOPHER TAN Experience shows that cars which look great on paper don't always live up to expectations. A case that comes to mind is Rover's MGF, which appeared so promising in pre-launch
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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        Battery-rUn oars? Not yet
        115 14 A NEW report from The Economist Intelligence Unit predicts that there will not be a major switch to battery-powered cars "within the foreseeable future". Despite the recent launches by General Motors and Honda, electric cars "will always be too expensive and too limited in their performance".
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        Faster than some Ferraris
        73 14 RUF Automobile (SEA) is bringing in the CTR 2, a 520-horsepower beast that swallows up 400 m quicker than most cars do the 0-100 (which it accomplishes in under four seconds). Based on the Porsche 993 and reworked to pack an amazing 685 newton-metre of torque,
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        Andersen's Smart move
        116 14 ANDERSEN Consulting has signed a seven-year contract as a management and technical consultant to the Smart car venture between Daimler-Benz and SMH. Andersen will supply management, computer, production and engineering advice to the project to produce a two-seater vehicle designed for city driving. Andersen gave no figure
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        Chrysler-Detroit Diesel engine deal
        50 14 CHRYSLER CORP and Detroit Diesel Corp will jointly develop 1.9-litre, four-cylinder diesel engines for vehicles Chrysler intends to sell internationally. The new power plant will use a direct-injected design, and will be turbocharged if needed. Detroit Diesel currently supplies diesel engines for Chrysler's minivans and Jeep.
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        51 14  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan THE Collection is a line of lifestyle accessories selected for Aston Martin and Lagonda. It includes products such as leather goods, watches, jewellery and miniature cars. The spring/ summer catalogue will be available soon. Call David Chan on 862-5868 for the
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      Wing Tai buys stake in Winsor for HK$ 166m
      326 15  -  10.73% stake in HK-listed company a long-term strategic investment liy Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Property developer Wing Tai Holdings has bought a 10.73 per cent stake in Hongkong-listed Winsor Properties for HK5165.89 million (5530.57 million). The mainboard-listed company said yesterday that it
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      375 15 Reuter [TORONTO] Bre-X Minerals Ltd said on Wednesday it would consider merger offers at the right price, but was content for now to develop Busang the richest gold discovery in this century with its existing partners. "The 'For Sale' sign is not on
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      874 15 How connections solved the spat for the world's No 1 gold mine Bloomberg Business News [JAKARTA] In Indonesia, doing business is largely a matter of whom you know. And few executives know more people than Mohamad "Bob" Hasan. Mr Hasan, 72, just helped settle a
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      576 15  -  Trust may seek out foreign investors and eventually go public From, Russell Baker in Sydney AUSTRALIA-LISTED property group Ipoh Ltd said yesterday it was considering injecting its major asset, the prestigious Queen Victoria Building (QVB) in Sydney, into a property trust. Ipoh
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        395 16 Power giant aims for distinct operations as grid operator, power prodirar: chairman AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's national power giant Tenaga Nasional Bhd is to propose spliting its operations into power generation and transmission units, reports said yesterday. Tenaga executive chairman Ahmad Tajuddin Ali
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        Lock icon Binariang plans to raise M$ 1.5b
        349 16 Bloomberg Business News Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Binariang Bhd said it plans to sell as much as Msl.s billion (SsB6o million) worth of stocks or bonds to the public by the end of September. "That would be about the ballpark," Binariang executive director Chan Chee
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        Lock icon Bangkok Bank reports 4.7% rise in '96 profit
        312 16 AFP (BANGKOK) Bangkok Bank Public Co Ltd, Thailand's largest commercial bank, yesterday said consolidated net profit rose 4.7 per cent from the previous year to 20.8 billion baht (SSI.I billion) in 1996. Gross income and forecasts were not included in the bank
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        HTP signs 2 options with China Everbright
        414 16  -  It plans to buy stakes in Sh4»i|gliAii Waiving Harbour, Shenzhen Mawan Power By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] HTP Holdings has signed two options with China Everbright Holdings (CEH), one to buy the latter's 33 per cent stake in Shenzhen Haixing Harbour Development Co (SHHD)
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        Lock icon Promet unit to buy Commerce Square
        234 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The board of Promet Bhd on Wednesday approved the proposed purchase of Commerce Square for M 541.38 million (5523.71 million) by Rianmas Development Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Promet Developments Sdn Bhd (PDSB). The acquisition would be financed by Promet's internally
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        372 16 It's an option if there're no better uses Hsien Yang Bloomberg Business News (KUALA LUMPUR] Singapore Telecom (Sing Tel) may return cash to shareholders if the company cannot find ventures in which to invest the money, its chief executive said yesterday.
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        Elec & Eltek interim net earnings up 8.3%
        455 16  - Elec Eltek interim net earnings up 8.3% Fall in Asia turnover compensated for by gains in Europe, US By Annette Pan [SINGAPORE] Elec Eltek International Co yesterday posted an 8.3 per cent rise in group net earnings to $25.3 million for the six months ended Dec 31,1996. This works out
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        106 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR) A 15 to 20minute delay in relaying changes in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's indices from the start of trading caused market players, especially those involved in the Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange, to "trade in the dark" yesterday. Dealers
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          Pidemoo signs US$ 120m FRN issue
          109 16 [SINGAPORE] Pidemco Land, a member of the Singapore Technologies group, yesterday signed a floating rate note (FRN) deal with 11 banks here to raise US$l2O million (SII6B million) from the Asian Dollar Market. The five-year notes bear an interest of 0.26 per cent above
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          UOB foreign shareholding hits limit
          45 16 [SINGAPORE) United Overseas Bank announced yesterday that the foreign shareholding in its issued ordinary share capital has reached the maximum limit of 40 per cent. The figure includes the holdings of shareholders whose status the company is unable to determine.
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          Wong Hung Khim joins OUE board
          38 16 [SINGAPORE] Overseas Union Enterprises has appointed Wong Hung Khim director. Mr Wong is currently the deputy chairman of Singapore Telecom and the group chairman and chief executive officer of Singapore Bus Service.
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          Lock icon Brierley Investments plans bond issue
          90 16 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Brierley Investments said it will sell Assoo million (***** million) of medium-term notes in the Australian corporate bond market. The bonds will be sold by ANZ Investment Bank, the investment banking arm of Australia New Zealand Banking Group, for BIL (Australia
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        Lock icon Qantas lst-half earnings rise 2.4% to A$ 151m
        482 17 But the airline sees ■•quick revenue grtwth and tough ride on Japan route Reuter [SYDNEY] Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways yesterday reported a 2.4 per cent rise in net profit for the 1996/97 first half, but warned its Japan routes were unlikely
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        Lock icon Soros turned to foreign stocks in Q4
        396 17 Hedge fond boys ADSs in S American, Aria- fh*m« Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] George Soros steered the investment partnerships that he oversees into foreign stocks during the 1996 fourth quarter, focusing on South American and Asian telecoms companies. Soros Fund Management, the company
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        62 17 [TOKYO] David Dewey (right), manager cf technical oj aerations at computer group Motorola, showing a boy how to play a game on Motorola's Star\ fax 3000/200, a MacOS computer at the Mac World Expo Tokyo 97 on Wednesday. Motorola launched its Star Max line of computers in Japan
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        337 17 Reuter [PALO ALTO, California] Hewlett-Packard stock surged in heavy trading on Wednesday, a day after the computer and printer maker reported surprisingly strong first-quar-ter profit that was its highest in eight years. Morgan Stanley Co, Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrette and Goldman Sachs
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        Lock icon RJR Nabisco doubled salary, bonus of chief exec to US$ 3m
        261 17 Bloomberg Business News [WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina] RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp doubled its chief executive's combined salary and bonus last year, at a time the company faces a fight from an activist shareholder. Chairman and chief executive Steven Goldstone got
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        Lock icon World Bank planning US$ 250m revamp
        398 18 Bank chiefs plans proving contentions with big industrial countries FT [LONDON] James Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank, is planning a controversial restructuring of the development organisation that would add US$25O million (Ss3so million) to its running costs over two years. Mr Wolfensohn also
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        445 18 Hove reflects their exposure to ■M collapse of the Hanbo Group Bloomberg Business News JBEDUL] US credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service Inc cut credit ratings of three leading South Korean banks, reflecting their exposure to the U556.45 billion (Ss9
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        376 18 Bloomberg Busi ness News (WASHINGTON] The Federal Reserve approved new rules on Wednesday that will make it easier for banks to offer new products and acquire other financial institutions. The new rules will reduce the number of steps bank holding companies, such as
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        288 18 Reuter [ZURICH] Switzerland's three global banks should reveal the progress of expensive restructuring efforts launched last year when they report on 1996 results starting today, analysts say. Union Bank of Switzerland (ÜBS) will open the annual reporting season today followed by Credit Suisse Group
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        193 18 FT [LONDON] A burst of buying on Wednesday sent London Metal Exchange copper prices back to a level not seen since last June when Sumitomo of Japan fired its chief copper trader, Yasuo Hamanaka, for unauthorised trading that cost it US$2.6 billion (553.6 billion). Fears
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        239 18 m—m Report Reuter [SINGAPOREI Simex Euroyen futures subsided in line with a steep drop in Japanese government bond (JGB) futures yesterday following hefty gains on the Nikkei. Dealers said most of the activity was driven by a Japanese newspaper report that said the government
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        Impact of Deng's death an anti-climax
        196 18  -  MSCX TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The impact on the Taiwanese equity market of the death of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping was something of an anti-climax. The Simex MSCI Taiwan March 1997 contract opened at 321.0
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        213 18 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [NEW YORK] Nymex crude opened lower yesterday following weekly oil inventory data which showed bearish builds in crude stocks, resulting in a year-on-year inventory surplus, said traders. On Wednesday, the American Petroleum Institute (API) said crude stocks grew 3.1 million barrels
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        267 18 AFP Reuter THE US dollar weaken against the mark yesterday, bashed by improvement in the west German business climate in January and amid indifference to the death of Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping. By 1345 GMT, the dollar had slipped to 1.6882 marks from 1.6983 late on Wednesday. The
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      1560 19 AFX-Asia gwkkaas *mm SHARE prices closed sharply higher yesterday, buoyed by revived sentiment on a report the government plans to commit public funds to help revive the property market, brokers said. The 225-share Nikkei Average closed up 452.59 points at 19,051.71, a gain of 2.4 per cent, and ending
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      1646 20 AFX-Asia IHI Hang Seng ♦306.01 SHARE prices closed sharply higher yesterday, with heavy trade in both the cash and the futures markets in the wake of the announcement of Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping's death, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed up 305.01 points at 13,411.33, off a
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      638 20 Reuter QSbenzhenß Index +L7B THE Shenzhen B market closed up yesterday with sentiment calm after opening sharply down on the death of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. The B Index was up 1.78 points to 143.53 on volume of 42.2 million shares worth HK5214.7 million. However, the A Index fell
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      397 20 AFP PWP Index ♦MJI SHARE prices finished higher yesterday as bargain hunting wiped out early losses following the death of Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping. "The market opened lower on the news of Deng's death, but many investors placed buy orders at bargain prices which helped the index stay positive
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      267 20 Reuter n Wellington -150 SHARES ended a quiet session weaker yesterday and brokers expect the trend to continue with a downward bias. The Top 40-share Index fell 3.50 points at 2,325.85 on volume of NZ$43 million. Reuter Fa* 20 U$ 000) ANZ Banking 9.40 -0.05 7429 Advantages MWg» 1.25
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      848 20 AFP H SET latex +15J» SHARE prices closed higher yesterday on strong buying by foreign investors. Brokers said buying by foreign investors pushed share prices sharply higher in the morning but profit-taking emerged in the afternoon ahead a public holiday today. "Investors want to hold cash and they will
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      425 20 AFP Q Composite Index -154 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday amid poor sentiment, partially due to concern over the death of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. The Composite Index eased 2.54 points to 711.13. Turnover was 34.7 million shares worth 618.6 billion won. Falls beat risers 429 to 357 with
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      616 20 AFP QAD Ordinaries -14.7 THE death of paramount Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping was a minor factor as share prices fell 0.6 per cent yesterday in quiet trading. The All Ordinaries Index lost 14.7 points at 2,476.3. Turnover was 416.1 million shares worth A 5962 million. BHP fell eight cents
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      747 20 AFP Composite Index +3.79 SHARE prices rose yesterday as investors took heart from the absence of reaction in Hongkong to the death of Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping. "We have just seen some stocks rebounding in the late afternoon. Today's trade is actually dominated by some speculative stocks on various
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      289 20 AFP Q Manila -6JI STOCKS fell yesterday as investors ignored blue chips and concentrated on speculative second liners, brokers said. The PSE Composite Index lost 5.91 points at 3,310.43. Turnover was 55.9 billion shares worth 4.8 billion pesos. Analysts said that the death of Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping had
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        Lock icon Shares surge on bargain hunting
        543 21 AFX-Asia Composite Index +7.58 SHARE prices closed higher on high volume yesterday, as foreign and local funds went on a bargain hunting spree following early selling pressure on news of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's death. Dealers said continued follow-through buying by offshore funds on second
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        Tat Lee wrt worth considering
        207 22  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan WITH many warrants having risen to record and near-record highs on a wave of buying on second-liners, it is now time to adopt a somewhat more discriminating approach towards these instruments as the reporting season approaches. Instead of piling into
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        229 24 Stocks Volume Pac Amies 20c 28.779,000 FHTK Hldgs 20c 19,545,000 •MBf Hldqs 50c 16,798,000 •Tongkah Wt99 11,667,000 SM Summit 10c 11.436,000 •Berjaya Iml 10,842,000 •Kemayan WtOO 10,803,000 •Berjaya Group 10,585,000 Kian Ho 10c 9,806,000 Nobel Design 5c 9,497,000 Stocks 'Berjaya Ind 24,329,270 UOB Foreign 21,737,457 •Berjaya Group 21,320,150 •Tongkah Wt99
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        67 24  -  byi Shiv Taneja MULPHA INTERNATIONAL closed two cents higher yesterday at $1.52 on a volume of 7.45 million shares, more than twice its 10-day average volume. The counter is in overbought territory, with weekly RSI and stochastics over 75. Yet, driven by strong volume, investors can expect more
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        Sigh of relief as market shrugs off news of Deng's death
        665 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Feared sharp sell-downs fail to take place; analyst says this is a classic case of "sell on rnmour and buy on news' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE) The stock market shrugged off news of the death of China's
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          Angel or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
          105 24 WHILE Raphael is not a common name, it seems to be popular in the telecommunications industry. First, there is Raphael Leong, a top official of Singapore Telecom and the man in charge of local services. Then there is Raphael Goh, chief executive of Hutchinson
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          When in Rome
          91 24 NEARLY two weeks into the Chinese New Year, and most people are back from their holidays. Well, at least one company is still taking a break. Callers to a club brokerage firm are greeted by this recorded message: "Sorry, but our office is closed for the Lunar
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          Pick up in activity
          120 24 AFTER a flurry of CPF-approved fund launches and relaunches in December and January, there has been something of a lull this month with no fund launches, CPF or otherwise. But industry sources say that things should pick up again next month. One fUnd that is being
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          Private funding
          157 24 DEUTSCHE Morgan Grenfell (DMG) is believed to be in the final stages of launching a private equity fund called Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Private Equity Asia Fund. DMG is hoping to raise some US$lOO million (Ssl42 million) from this fund. (Deutsche Bank and DMG are expected to chip in
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          Not time to celebrate
          74 24 IT APPEARS that all planned festivities at the Industrial Commercial Bank of China have been called off on account of the death of China's senior leader Deng Xiaoping. The local branch was to have held its annual Chinese New Year dinner last night, but cancelled the
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      324 25 Reuter THE Baltic Freight Index (BFI) rose one point on Wednesday to 1,468 points.Brokers reported Yukong fixed 54,000 heavy grain US Gulf to Taiwan, Mar 1/10 was fixed at U5525.25, while Halla paid U5514.50 for the same destination from Nopac. Elsewhere Silver Star 69,402 dwt was taken by
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      YCH and NUS developing logistics software
      398 25  -  The partners are getting an $800,000 grant for the project today from EDB IV Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] YCH Technology and the Decision Sciences Department of the National University of Singapore are jointly developing a logistics simulator software at a cost of $2 million.
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      Int'l fund to pay 800 m yen compensation for oil spill
      299 25 [LONDON] The International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund plans to pay some 800 million yen (559.2 million) in provisional compensation by the end of next month for damage caused by last month's sinking of the Russian oil tanker Nakhodka in
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      Limitation period in Hague Rules need not prevent amendments
      716 25  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar ARTICLE 111 Rule 6 of the Hague Rules states that the carrier shall be discharged from "all liability" in respect of loss or damage to goods unless the "suit is brought" within one year of delivery
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      124 25 [ROTTERDAM] Former Dutch transport minister Neelie Smit-Kroes has been accused of misleading the Dutch parliament during the Eighties over the Tanker Cleaning Rotterdam (TCR) affair. It is alleged that she kept deliberate silence with regard to environmental breaches by the company when questions were
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      242 25 It may impose US$lOO,OOO docking fees on 3 Japanese carriers Bloomberg Business News (WASHINGTON) The US Federal Maritime Commission, delayed an announcement on whether it would punish Japan's top three shipping companies after meeting behind closed doors to discuss a lingering dispute over
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      270 25 Bernama [PORT KLANG] Malaysian Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik has asked port operators to take the cue from the government and do more to attract manufacturers to use local port facilities. "It is up to them now to meet the manufacturers
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      Lock icon Plagued by age-old problem
      1220 26  -  SHIPPING INDUSTRY: VESSEL SAFETY Vessels of 15 years and above made up more than 90 per cent of tonnage lost in the entire world fleet last year, making the safety performance of older ships a cause for grave and continuing concern Tony Gray Lloyd's List OLD
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      409 26 PAGE EuroHansa 6 Ad 13 Euroeast 12 ANL 3 Evergreen 6 Able 16 H-BnqM 9 Accord S Famous 7 Appenship 4 Farwtde 13 Astro 3 F °°*jSun 8 Austral 9 fr0,a 14 Awant 6 Frt Links 13 B'tang Mas a Frt World 7
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      15011 34 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA AdvartHar VMS* VoyaQa Taiaphona ETA ETA Advartisar Vnul Vov«q* T.l«pftoo« SIN Dwt'n Nam* Nama NumDar Numb* SIN Dast'n Nam* Nam* NumDar Numb* 27/02 23/03 Hanjin H. NEW YORK 074W 65-*****24 To BRISBANE (BNE) 2058 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Queensland, Australia Ivorv Coast. Cote D'lvoire
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        645 41 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure nmiQT J**®** iionquto 21.02/2015 !Li n? 5 21.02/2300 ir Sm »2 EL SZ£ SSSo? SEl' 402 3T £S2 "855 5S r a S IS tToL i» J« «M»E 9701 JOT «*««»<* 3t L«t»i *****7 J01 2;®SSt 20 027*00 l mW -S' 22
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        1789 41 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boofclng/BaUnce Rttls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Poriod From To From tai uuc 067* *****0 U »0500 20/*5i 20/1100 T],; 2VM0O 1 20A500 20/1651 2VHOO 2/1 20/1700 21/0651 2V0100 J 21/0700 21/1151 2VMOO 4 21/1200 *****9 21/1700 MM no 23*00 20/1500
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        213 41 Mar 3 Australia: Trades Labour Day. Mar 17 Australia: Canberra Day. Mar 20 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Mar 27 Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Philippines: Maundy Thursday. Mar 28 Australia Good Friday. Canada: Good Friday. Denmark Good Friday. Hong Kong: Good Friday. Indonesia: Good Friday. Netherlands: Good Friday. New Zealand:
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        793 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average sired stem. Market movements are indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        525 41 Carbon 180 Mi 993.3 11 0 0.13 106 0.08 F«t 13 Density Kiter Residue Ask Aluminium Sediment No above E25 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 zrz:r 380 A*. 984.0 0.5 12.5 0.06 34 0.02 380 Mai 993.7 1.9 16.8 0.09 83 0.07 »/v M/M
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        367 42 Preliminary study done; new company to be floated; public financing not ruled out Business Line [BOMBAY] A feasibility study on a US$49O million (***** million) project for a second domestic airport in Bombay has been submitted to the Prime Minister's Office. Private participation
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        Lock icon Ford sells heavy truck unit to Daimler's Freightliner
        205 42 Reuter [DETROIT] Ford Motor Co said on Wednesday it agreed to sell its heavy truck business to German-owned Freightliner Corp in a move that will free up more capacity for two more vehicles at a truck-mak-ing plant in Louisville, Kentucky. No financial
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        210 42 It wants new pact to allow more US airlines to fly to Japan and beyond Reuter [WASHINGTON! A group of US airlines, cities, airports and tourism interests said on Wednesday they had urged the new transportation secretary to call for an
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        276 42 AFP [MONTREAL) The Canadian aerospace company Bombardier launched on Wednesday here its new twin-jet regional transport plane CRJ-700, scheduled to fly in late 2000 with the French firm Brit Air as the first buyer. The CRJ-700, or Canadair Regional Jet, which will seat between
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        278 42 AFP [LONDON] Richard Branson's Virgin group has promised a new golden age for railways, pledging to provide modern high-speed services on Britain's most extensive privatised rail network to rival the airlines. Virgin was granted a 15year franchise to run services on the
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          65 42 [SINGAPORE] Singapore has entered into an Air Services Agreement with Argentina. Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan and Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs. International Trade and Worship, Guido di Telia, signed the agreement yesterday. Under the new agreement, designated airlines of both nations may operate three
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          46 42 AFP [MANILA] Serco-I AL Ltd of Britain will install a 500 million peso (SS27 million) security and communications system at Manila's international airport under a loan and grant from the British government, the British embassy here said on Wednesday. —AFP
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          Lock icon Smoking banned on short Indon flights
          61 42 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia will ban smoking on all domestic flights of under two hours from June 1, in line with international standards, a report said on Wednesday. Director general of air transport Zainudin Sikado said the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) had asked its
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          Lock icon US carmakers have 113 outlets in Japan
          84 42 AFX-Asia [WASHINGTON] Ford Motor Co, Chrysler Corp and General Motors Corp had 113 dealer outlets in place in Japan at the end of January, compared to their goal of 200 outlets to be operational by the end of 1996, the American Automobile Manufacturers
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          48 42 Bloomberg Business News [COPENHAGEN] SAS Danmark A/S, the Danish parent of the Scandinavian airline, may face a strike on March 7 after the union representing the ground staff issued a strike warning on Wednesday. Wage talks had collapsed on Feb 6. Bloomberg Business News
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        Lock icon American's pilots stick to demand on small jets
        205 42 Reuter [DALLAS] American Airlines' pilots' union said it has no intention of softening its stance on the carrier's use of small regional jets, the thorniest issue in their bitter contract dispute. Brian Mayhew, chairman of the Allied Pilots Association's negotiating committee, said
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1807 42 CITY FUGHT ETA FLIGHT ETO LM778 1630 S0326 2355 Adelaide S0229 2220 0F6 1840 LH779 2359 Amsterdam S0327 0820 KL844 0125 Fukuoka S0989 1730 SQ990 0115 KL837 1540 KL838 2335 Guangzhou PRC C2354 0920 DL26 2355 Hanoi VN745 1255 VN744 1355 S026 2355 VN741 1310 VN740
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        Lock icon Free carts at NY airports at last
        285 42 NYT [NEW YORK) After endless complaints from airline passengers, New York is providing self-service luggage carts free of charge in the tr*«»rnational arrival terminals at the three major area airports Passengers on domestic flights, however, will still have to pay US$l.5O (552.13) for
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        319 42 Reuter [LONDON) British Mediterranean Airways (BMA) and British Airways pic are to hold talks in the next few weeks on a possible cargo interline agreement. BMA managing director Des Hetherington said. Last week. BMA and BA agreed on a passenger franchise pact covering
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      22 25 Age-old problem of vessel safety Vessels of 15 years and above made up more than 90% tonnage lost last year. Page 2
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      160 25 New Bombay airport on cards Preliminary study submitted to govt and new company to be formed. Back Page 13th Fast Ferry International Conference Exhibition Opens Next Week Come and join the largest gathering of the fast ferry industry anywhere in the world. 80+ of the world's leading companies will be
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      169 26 NYK LINE 1993 (S) PTE LTD Malaysia Indonesia *****23 NYK AGENCIES (Ml SON BHD PT NYK lINE INDONESIA FAX *****56 <MKTG) *****0910P5| KUALA lUMPUR 02 03^920/6617 LINES) JAKARTA (0211 *****12 101 INESI AaLIJVE *****85 (DOCUMENTATION! PORT KEIANG 02-03 3 *****5 <6 U« SI SURABAYA (031 i *****4 WIDDOM Yl KFKJ
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      1098 27 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE VESSEL VOY SIN RTM HAM BRY SOU LEH VKStI VOY RTM HAM MV SOU UN PKG SIM OOaWITAIN 1087 28/0J 16/03 11/03 21/03 22/03 NEDUOYD HONGKONG 2067 02/02 04/02 07/02 01/02 2S/02 U SEINE 5087 28/02 20/03 18/03 22/03 OOCt GERMANY 4067 07/02 08/02 03/02 04/02
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      2424 27 0 HANJIN SHIPPING USA CANADA' |unehaul/voy »am !"*s«"' sea roi |nw roe Io« lon oot |wt iwi |in ios ntc |o» tv m j yu. m no H.KEEUNGO6IE 26/02 27/02 20/03 22/03 21/03 23/03 23/03 25/03 22/03 25/03 26/03 25/03 2S/03 20/03 24/03 22/03 26/03 26/03 2S/03 24/03 H. TOKYO
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      1538 28 <<r DSR-SENATOR lii Round the World Container Services TO UK/CONTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT Vtsstl IvOY SHU HTM BHV WW FLX AKT LHA I I VtSStL VOY IIHA RTM IBV HAM FIX Mn SIM HANJM SEATTLE WN7II 2412 1103 1103 20 03 21 03 CHOYAMG VICTORY EE7M MOl 27(1 2» 01 30
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      1265 28 NORASIA VESSEL VOY StN PKL GOA LAS BCL VAL ALO ROT ANT FEL LHA NOR KIEL 9707-3 2MB 2MB 14/03 1603 15/03 23/B3 2iM3 2H03 21/03 21(03 ***** NOR SHANGHAI 9708-3 05/03 ***** 2103 2103 22/03 3003 31,03 27,03 28/03 2803 2403 MSC ALEXA 9709-3 13AJ3 I*o3 2803 3003 2903
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      316 28 Direct Container Service to Fangcheng Zhanjiang Vessel S'pore Fangcheng Zhanjiang LIANBAO 08/03 13/03 15/03 T7- /VOftTRANS CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO THAILAND AND MALAYSIA BREAKBULK, RO/RO AND HEAVYUFT ANY WEIGHT THAI FLAG STATUS PRIORITY BERTHS Am Exyrtw V.42A SAILED 27-27/02 SAILED IN PORT Am Express V.43A 24-01/03 04-05/03 05-08/03 Asia Express V.44A
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      1329 29 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Koppol Towers Singapore *****3 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 SAIAH I HUM! COMVEHTIOHAI SIHVKE HO CHI WMH FUtl COHTAINit SIIVKE VKSE I VOT Isw I MUA I Ivissa VOT I ITASM(W) I mHOKTMC) 1 smnssm woa 27/02 m/m Q4/03 ombit mammy
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      2482 29 ACCEPTIIK WEEKLY TO m au inland points vu L HOM6KOM SINGAPORE'S GfNERAL AGFNTS: 6 SHINTON WAY TIL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (IA) *****02 JOHORE OFFICE; COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #i7-o« msuog sales/ikgs 4205i4i/43 inward dept io/o) s *****«S COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BND C« MO: **********0 M TOWEH TWO
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      1304 30 fs6Pl ROM ANW HBG THP ZE£ LHV LHV TUP RDM ANW HOC PKL SGP E. RESULT RW-012 15/03 UM 09*4 O&U4 07/04 00/04 09/04 E GIVEN REW 27/01 20/01 21/01 3#/®1 01« 25*2 2M2 c fiFHfUAL RW-OS4 09/03 31/13 91/ M Q3/D4 E. GIFTED R£-067 02/02 05/02 04/02 01/02 07D2
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      1185 30 lixgen wssa votagi scr duo *a ami omn mm kwt iu wssa voyage dm ju ami omn iah sop UNCONCOB 0444 039* 27/07 W/03 01/03 10/03 11/03 12/03 15/03 IS/03 UN (HUT *****W 01/0? 01/07 10/07 11/07 17/07 74/07 UNCOtONA *****36W 01/03 14/03 14/03 17/03 11/03 11/03 77/03 77/03 UN
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      433 30 NANTAI LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA vessel 1 vot I sa» I puj Icm err mflAlttWS OIIS 04/93 12/03 H/03 20/03 jlOllE 013S 14/03 24/03 71/03 02/04 NAMttl HOBCESS 013S 2S/03 07/04 11/04 WAWTAIQUE9I OltS 02/04 11/04 IS/04 If/04 lljllMfljjjg 014S M/ 04 27/04 24/04 wamui vmus
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      688 31 I BSA nTI M MYANMA XHBBk FIVE STAR UNE (Mywmor Naliaaal Um) Loodiag far Yoagoa (Raagaoa) vtssa VOT SIN PIG PfN PGU HPA-AN 231W SID OW SMM HAW 3W 25/2 OUUTSIA AGCNTS: MUSTIAD SMfPING AGUKKS KUL Til 07-43-*****40 HL TE 02-03-376*101 POt m 02-04-2****** KM- TU 02-07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A
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      1021 31 A HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. UP. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****32 nu MI POO VBSa vot wH uh wb AM HAAI Mil 207W ***** ***** HtAOBBAI JOSW 23/02 12/03 13/03 15/03 15/03 15/03 10/03 27/02 27/02 01/03 HTHKMNfSS JO3W 02/03 14/03 20/03 22/03 22/03 22/03 25/03 04/03 04/03 00/03 HtOAAO*
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      502 31 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES /IBS 80 ROBINSON ROAD. #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 LINES) P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****33 (20 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 CWT GLOBEUNK PTE LTD 1 TEL:*****33 (24 LINES) FAX: *****42 TLX: RS ***** ACT PKL: (03) *****57 JB: (07) *****87
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      1414 32 [l l/y PUL INTERNATIONAL UNE PU^NTERNATIONAL JAMQKQK PT KBLAHQ VESSEL VOY SIN BKK VESSEL VOY SIN PKL g „SgTL. ,Jg WuL Ur l J RATHA BHUM 147N St 22/02 Tu» 25/02 JAHU BHUM 7303 8,1 22A» I Son I I JAKARTA (UTC 1) 4 SIGS/WK I YANTRA BHUM" 176N Sun
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      64 32 rnKisß Wt",lia %Mn3BSK^B |-_JMBMII- Vii _l'--. 'n .U'/'.'Tl^J mpuWl MtiznsaagiM v 111 v vnw TS3——' v 1 'i "tii'i ''ini SHIPPING (PTE) LTD SARAWAK BRUNEI SABAH INDONESIAN PORTS SERVICE BBCSIS3BBIMdCSM'B YANGON (MYANMAR) pSfc SONGKHLA itmailandi weekly service fcfclßMbiß ■'i'M^ full container service to PHILIPPINES MANILA/CEBU BISUG (FORTNIGHTLY SERVtCEI CAMBODIA VIETNAM
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      485 33 Weekly LCL A FCI flfl Services to Caribbean s hipping A Central America SEA VIGOR MABSK HOUSTON 006E 9704 Port Country 26/02 02/03 Belize City Belize 01/04 05/04 Bridgetown Barbados 04/04 08/04 Cartagena Colombia 03/04 07/04 Castries S». Lucia 03/04 07/04 Fort de France Martinique 04/04 08/04 Freeport Bahamas 29/03
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      846 33 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. CR NO 100e*****00E Ivtwi VOY nr. sin I syp Ma AOL nt mg I sin I ~$L m: Ift tft 1 li aaar m. I m M i i' fo' v. hi] KOTAIHLiAN 057 22/2 PL fe
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      55 36 TOKYO SHINEI KAIUN CO PTE LTD \H 10 ANSON ROAD *30-06 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA S'PORE 0207 TEL: *****29 (6 LINES) FAX: *****05 A *****10 C/R: **********0E SERVICE TO; FAR EAST/U.S.A/EUROPE 23/02/97 JAPAN, HONG KONG 23/02/97 USA 23/02/97 INDIA, SURABAYA, JAKARTA 23/02/97 HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, FELIXSTOWE ALL BOOKINGS AND ENQUIRIES. PLEASE CONTACT: S'PORE
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      105 36 PI PERUSAHAAN PBAYARAN W KALIMANTAN DIRECT WEEKLY SERVICE TO JAKARTA/PALEMBANG Vhhl V«y ETA/ETD DESTINATION RACHMANUUII 3/97 22/24 fafc Jokarto/Polembong RACHMANUEI 111 3/97 27/21 Fat Jakarta/Palembang RACHMANUEI I J/97 03/04 Mar Jakorta/Polembong RACHMANUEI II 4/97 07/04 Mar Jakarta/Polembong SURABAYA/PANJANG CARAKA JAYA NIAGA 21/22 Fak Panjang/Surabaya NIAGA 24/2$ Fafc Surabaya/Pan|ang PERAWAN/DUMAI/JAMBI/P'BARU MINI
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      97 36 FULL CONTAINER SMVKI riUbi POLISH DC PAR T1 NO EVERY SATURDAY [UJ TO: POCANO (OOYNIA) sJB OCEAN RUSSIA (MOSCOW) I |Mf as PORTS INCL ESTONIA yj LINES LATVIA, LITHUANIA, RELARUS, UKRAINE MONTHLY WEAKMHK MVC FROM S'POtf, M'HA, INDONESIA,VIETNAM EUROEAST Ports lIMCQ < A (VSL cafts wfcjoct to iwkceewrt) 5 *1
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      111 36 KAWASAKI KINKAI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. JAPAN/ HONS KONG STRAITS S'por* P.Qudartg P.Kalang Panang UONHEMTVIO atn tun ORIENT KIM VII nMi MM NCVCN-ON SUNOAT Vtt nju MOTHER HOPE V* lU] 11/OJ KING ACE ¥27 11X3 SINGAPORE TDMAKOMAI. HOKKAIDO Regular fully containerised service available SPORE AB SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL *****08 10.
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      108 36 FCL/LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO ASIA/F.E., EUROPE, USA, AUST, NZ, INDIA, S. AFRICA, MED., ETC. PLEASE CALL- *****00 (16 UNES) VIETNAM CONVENTIONAL SERVICE -DOOR TO DOOR" SERVICE VtSSfl. ETA SIN LOADING FOt SATO 01/03 HAIPHONG NHA KONG 09 04/03 HO CHI MINH Also Accepting Corgo For All OtW Vietnamese Ports PLEASE
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      534 37 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER BAY 51 IN 21-22/02 26-02AJ3 07 WO3 I TIGER WAVE 512N 24-25/02 02-05/03 10-11/03 I TIGER ISLAND 513N 28-01/03 05-09W3 14-15/03 I TIGER BRIDGE 514N 03-04/03 09-12/03 17-18/03 I TIGER BAY 515N 07 08/03 12 1603 21 22/03 I TIGER WAVE 516N
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      722 37 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road Singapore *****1 cfcu m Tel: *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 SffjgfiTCTl *ltS E-MAlL:flesin@singnet.com.sg A ISO »QO2 »l| CONSOLIDATION SERVICE CANADA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN MONTREAL 26/02 CAPETOWN 25/02 TORONTO 26/02 DURBAN 25/02 VAN COUVER 26/02 JOHANNESBURG 25/02 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN
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      345 40 OSINO EXPRESS SHIPPING 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE ItSINOTRANSI S (*****7). TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSEL VOYAGE ETA SIN ETAHKG ETA SHA G. LUCK 9704 21/02 26/02 02/03 0. GLORY 9706 CANCELLED G. WELL 9706 07/03 12/03 16/03 G. LUCK 9706 14/03
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      289 40 m. AM MAC-NELS S'PORE M'SIA Carrier: MM COUTH UNES, INC I J cm NOi **********06 S®U: (004) *****9 MANIA: (632) *****61 V PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK: (662) *****67 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 P KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MON: (61) *****3 HONG KONG MV "SEA RANGER" VNO64 ETA SIN 23-2-97
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