The Business Times, 4 April 1997

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MTTA (P) 023/12/96 m i s I N G A P o R E Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, APRIL 4,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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  • Article
    CSM, HP to build Singapore's 9th wafer fab plant
    690 1  -  EDB will also take a stake; 10th fab plant expected to be announced soon Reports by« Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Singapore is getting its ninth wafer fabrication plant a joint-venture effort between Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM), US computer giant HewlettPackard and
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    Lock icon It's a corporate jungle out there
    74 1 [TOKYO] Newly-graduated. Japanese college and vocational school students psyching themselves upatHibiya Park before leaving to look for jobs. Some 3,ooostudents participated inyesterday's get-together to share their "job-hunting "spirit and future prosperity in one of the worst job markets in memory. In February, thejobs-to-applicants ratio
    AFP  -  74 words
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    San Miguel and Coca-Cola Amatil in US$2.7b deal
    424 1  -  Move will create largest soft drinks group outside US From, Al Labita in Manila PHILIPPINE food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corp has struck a US$2.7 billion (553.9 billion) deal with Australian-listed Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd (CCA) to create the largest soft drinks
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    Govt adds $1b to fund for cluster development
    128 1 [SINGAPORE! The government is injecting another $1 billion into the Cluster Development Fund (CDF) that invests in capital intensive projects vital to the development of key industries. The fund was set up in 1994 with an initial $1 billion and is managed
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    Lock icon Ringing fall for SingTel, Keppel T&T
    409 1  -  By 1 Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Investors wiped $2.7 billion off Singapore Telecom's market capitalisation yesterday as they turned jittery over the group's loss of its monopoly over the mobile phone and paging business. The counter fell 18 cents or 6 per cent its
    Source: Bloomberg  -  409 words
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Be open to change, Boon Heng urges managers
      218 2 MANAGERS were urged to be open to change, as it was necessary for innovation and competitiveness, in an address yesterday by minister without portfolio Lim Boon Heng. He was speaking at a dinner held by the Institute of Management (IM) to celebrate
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      Rent controls to be lifted in four years: Hng Kiang
      371 2  -  After April 2001, landlords can recover possession by normal civil law process By. Abdul Hadhi TIME has finally caught up with rent controls, a measure introduced in 1947 to protect tenants from unscrupulous landlords during the housing shortage of the
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      Apple yet to map revamp in Asia
      355 2  -  Global plans to lay off 4400 may have little impact in region By. Raju Chellam BELEAGUERED US-based Apple Computer Inc is still undecided about its plans for Asia, after announcing restructuring in which 4,100 jobs worldwide will be axed. Company officials were unwilling
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      Nippon Credit Bank to close offshore branch here
      181 2 bad loans at home i? jqpan. Nippon Credit Bank is closing its offshore branch in Singapore. The closure will take place within six months and affect 46 employees, a bank official disclosed last night. Nippon Credit's local staff, which numbered 38 in
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      Lock icon Per capita income seen up 8.3%
      288 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Income By Lee Kee Yeng SINGAPORE'S per capita income is expected to reach U5533,476 (5548,205) this year, according to forecasts by JP Morgan. This far exceeds Hongkong's projected U5527,438, and is second to Japan in Asia-Pacific. The republic's projected 1997
      Source: Dept of Statistics/ JP Morgan  -  288 words
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      M1 property offers high yields
      280 2  -  By' Tan Su Yen FROM white-washed villas in Crete to Victorian homes in Surrey, an international property exhibition which opens today hopes to woo Singapore investors with high yields. The exhibition, which runs from tonight till Sunday, brings together developers and real estate agents representing
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      Half of households earned more than $3,000 a month in 1995
      564 3  -  GENERAL BOUSEHOLD SURVEY 1906 28% of households belonged to top income bracket of $5,000 or more By. Audrey Tan ONE in two households earned more than $3,000 a montu in 1995, up from around 37 per cent in 1990,
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      Learning to stay employable
      247 3 More likely as global competition bots up, says Boon Heng MORE retrenchments can be expected as global competition heats up, said Minister without Portfolio and NTUC Secre-tary-General Lim Boon Heng yesterday, reminding workers of the importance of staying employable through life-long learning. A total of 10,956
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      Ours is supply-side socialism: BG Yeo
      167 3 GOVERNMENT subsidies for education, healthcare and housing amounts to socialism of an unconventional sort for Singapore, said Minister for Information and the Arts George Yeo yesterday. "The profound difference between our socialism and the kind of socialism we see in many countries is that
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      OSA case: CJ refers questions of law to Appeals Court
      389 3  -  Serai of 8 questions submitted by PP restated into five; one disallowed By Diana Oon THE Chief Justice yesterday referred questions of law put forward by the Public Prosecutor in a recent Official Secrets Act (OSA) case to the Court
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        SingTel hopes to fix fault by this morning
        69 3 THE intermittent disruption on Tuesday and Wednesday to phone services from the Orchard Exchange persisted yesterday. Singapore Telecom said it hoped to fix the problem by this morning. Repairs were taking so long because it was carrying them out during off-peak hours
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        Cuban minister arrives fir 2-day visit
        52 3 CUBAN Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina Gonzalez arrives today for s official visit at the invitation of Minister for Foreign Affairs S Jayakumar. During his stay, Mr Gonzalez will also caD on George Yso, Minister for Information and the Arts and Second Minister for Trade
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        Pasir Laba accident 1 NSF dies,5hurt
        61 3 A FULL-TIME national serviceman (NSF) died and five others were injured when a light anti-tank round exploded at the Pasir Laba live-firing training area. Mindef said it viewed the accident the second major one in a month, very seriously and has directed the army
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      168 2 L 7 >4 Have you provided your Accountant with the riaht toolsl? Chances are that your Accountant is still struggling with outdated batch processing accounting software. Even though you upgraded all the PCs to Pentiums, bought laser printers, Windows 95 and all the latest that the IT industry has to
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Capitalising on S'pore-Dutch similarities
      493 4  -  Century-old Dutch trade fair giant Amsterdam RAI plans to use Republic as a base for its plans in the region By< Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] IF ONE disregards tulips, windmills and char kway teow, there are actually quite a few similarities between the Netherlands and Singapore. Both
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      Sprite ad leaves its mark on consumers
      224 4 [SINGAPORE] Leaving your fingerprints everywhere, it seems, is no longer a criminal's faux pas it's a marketing strategy. The March 27 issue of The New Paper had thumbprints scattered all over its pages, and carried an invitation to readers to count them. The
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      Marine exhibitions making big splash here
      374 4  -  Mets and Boat Asia organisers trying to space out their shows By* Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] This fortnight will be a watery one for fairgoers. Two marine-related exhibitions. the Marine Equipment Trade Show (Mets Asia 97) and Boat Asia 97, are set to make a
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      MEETING PLACE
      170 4 Duration Title Vmm Organiser Apr 2-4 SIBCON *97 Westin Stamford Tints Conferences 9th Singapore Ml i Westin Plaza Exhibitions Bunkering Conference T«t 284-6844 Apr 7-11 Network! Interop: Singapore Intl Times Conferences tNc Summrt C ExtiiWUoiis in Asia (with exhibition) Exhibition Ctr Tet 284-8844 Apr Ml SEAPAC VH 7th
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      169 5 The Business Times, Friday, April 4,1997 I I Thank you, I H JLk I 9k I Singapore! |IU I We've been delighted by the overwhelming B i response of Singaporeans to the arrival of Mi. B j I B More than 10,000 people signed up with us I i I
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Three firms merge in first step to solving Thai finance woes
      703 6  -  BANGKOK Listed finance firms' merger could create country's 11th largest commercial bank By\ Harish Mehta THE Thai government's moves to consolidate the troubled finance sector met with its first success yesterday with the merger of three listed finance firms
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      Lock icon AIG in Viet industrial park tie-up
      97 6 HANOI AFP AMERICAN insurance giant AIG is teaming up with Vietnamese, Thai and Belgian partners to build a US$BO million (Sslls million) industrial park in the northern port of Haiphong, a company spokesman said yesterday. The group together with its Bangkok-based investment and development
      AFP  -  97 words
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      Lock icon Presidential visit
      52 6 [SHAH ALAM, Malaysia] German President Roman Herzog (left) being briefed by mosque officials on his visit to the Shah Alam mosque outside Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The Malaysian King, Tuanku Jaafar, had urged Mr Herzog on Tuesday to form a high-technology collaboration between the two countries to help Malaysia's
      REUTER  -  52 words
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      Lock icon Jakarta delays seminar on Sukarno
      164 6 JAKARTA Reuter INDONESIA has decided to delay a controversial seminar on its first president Sukarno until after the May 29 general election, the Jakarta Post newspaper reported yesterday. Minister of Youth Affairs and Sport Hayono Isman, who proposed the seminar, told reporters after meeting leaders
      Reuter  -  164 words
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      Lock icon Apec meets to forge standards for financial markets
      336 6 TOKYO Ministers begin uphill task at weekend meeting in Gebn Reuter ASIA-Pacific finance ministers make a start this weekend on the Herculean task of trying to forge common standards for financial markets among the region's wildly diverse economies. "I don't think it
      Reuter  -  336 words
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      Lock icon Alatas denies Suharto had a stroke
      292 6 I JAKARTA AFP, Reuter INDONESIAN Foreign Minister Ali Alatas yesterday dismissed rife rumours that President Suharto had suffered a stroke as completely manufactured. The rupiah plunged in London and New York on Wednesday in the wake of the rumours and a US news report
      AFP,; Reuter; REUTER  -  292 words
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      Bank Negara meets bankers, but no new curbs issued
      319 6  -  ■KUALA LUMPUR Market still fears farther moves to mop op liquidity or restrain lending By. Eddie Toh BANK NEGARA, which met chief executives of Malaysian financial institutions yesterday, did not issue any new lending curbs as had been widely rumoured in
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Thailand tourist arrivals up
        84 6 AFP [BANGKOK) Tourist arrivals In Thailand hit 7.2 million in 1986, up 3.5 per cent from the previous year, in line with expectations, the Tourism Authority of Thailand said yesterday. Visitors from East Asian countries, including Asean totalled 4.5 million for a 63 per cent market
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        Lock icon Help for troubled Viet banks
        70 6 AFP [HANOI] Vietnam's central bank governor said on Wednesday his institution was prepared to find solutions to bail out troubled banka after acknowledging problems with processing deferred trade Credits. Governor Cao Si Kiem did not name any specific actions, but when asked he did not
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        Lock icon More radio channels for M'sia
        63 6 Bernama (JOHOR BAHRU] Radio Television Malaysia will have three more radio channels to further promote Malaysia internationally, Information Minister Mohamed Rahmat said These are another English channel in KualajßlftH' as well as Radio Konsumer and Radio Wanita. The ministry also plans to privatise Radio 2
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      187 6 HHHJH pgr MlVu i f oysteß'BAß Any day from 4-12 April W7ien Serge Chollet, from w f4 w> f the acclaimed restaurant Mougins, ivill be recreating what has become known as Cuisine du Soleil or 77ie culinary philosophy I created by the legendary finger Verae. which focuses on harmonies, endowing
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China set to unveil health-care, pension schemes
      406 7 BEIJING Shared contributions system to replace leftover welfare guarantees AFP CHINA is close to unveiling unified national pension and health-care schemes to replace leftover welfare guarantees from the country's socialist past, the state media reported yesterday. The two schemes are to be announced
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      Lock icon US made contradictory Taiwan statements, says China
      176 7 BEIJING AFP CHINA yesterday accused US leaders of making "contradictory" statements on Taiwan, after US House Speaker Newt Gingrich made a series of comments about the island. Recent remarks by US leaders have been "contradictory" as in the past they said they would
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      Lock icon Bare raid
      40 7 [BEIJING] A Chinese mannequin vendor napping while waiting for customers. In the face of losses by state-owned textile firms, which soared 37.53 per cent in 1996, China is considering restrictions on foreign investment in textiles and garments. REUTER
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      Lock icon Nationalists plan to boost president's power
      264 7 TAIPEI Critics say move will jeopardise Taiwan's hard-won democracy Reuter TAIWAN'S ruling Nationalist Party said yesterday it planned to boost the powers of the president by giving him the final word on a host of major issues. The plan, which would relegate the premier
      Reuter  -  264 words
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      Lock icon Chinese enterprises get industrial clean-up order
      192 7 BEIJING AFP CHINA has ordered all of its waste-belching township enterprises to clean up their act by the year 2000. Xinhua reported yesterday that aU enterprises that fail to meet limits for the discharge of industrial waste by that time will be closed and
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      Lock icon Beijing acts to protect investors
      120 7 BEIJING AFP CHINA'S capital city has introduced a "card" system to protect foreign investors from officials' arbitrary illegal fees. Mayor Lu Yucheng yesterday said the cards, issued to foreign-funded enterprises, identify a limited list of offi-cially-sanctioned fees and give firms the right to refuse to
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon S Korea economy in deep trouble
      446 8 SEOUL Minister saps Hanbo collapse, labour unrest, political crisis aid to instability Reuter, AFP FINANCE minister Kang Kyong Shik said yesterday that South Korea's economy was in serious trouble, battered by bankruptcies, a month of labour strikes and a political crisis. "There is no
      Reuter,; AFP  -  446 words
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      Lock icon United Front steps up war of nerves with Congress party
      362 8 INDIA'S POLITICAL CRISIS AFP (NEW DELHI] India's embattled ruling coalition stepped up a war of nerves with the Congress party yesterday, warning it would opt for fresh elections rather than make way for a new government led by its former
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      Lock icon In search of confidence
      65 8 [DHAKA] A trader waiting with some share certificates yesterday. Investors are hoping the Dhaka Stock Exchange will regain lost confidence after the Bangladesh government ordered the arrest of 36 people, including leading businessmen, implicating them in the country's worst market scam that left hundreds of small
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      Lock icon Is recovery finally here for Japan's properly market?
      678 8 TOKYO Govt aid, bullish land auctions underpin a new fonnd optimism FT JAPAN'S property bubble took six years to pump itself up, and has now been losing air for six years. But in the past few weeks, there has been a renewed
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      128 8 to sul^ribe In order to serve you better, the Financial Times has changed distributors in Singapore. K you currently subscribe to the FT, please contact us directly or through our new distributor to ensure continued delivery. K you do not subscribe, but wish to take advantage of our lower subscription
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Toronto Exchange under fire
      506 9 TORONTO Critics rap TSE for totting Bre-X list on minimal disclosure; firm has already lest Cs3b of market value Reuter BRE-X Minerals was listed last year on the Toronto Stock Exchange Canada's biggest although it had not issued a prospectus since 1989 when it started as
      Reuter  -  506 words
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      Lock icon Buba leaves interest rates unchanged
      248 9 FRANKFURT Bloomberg THE Bundesbank left interest rates unchanged at yesterday's meeting and is expected to keep them on hold in the second quarter as growth picks up. The German central bank left its floor discount rate unchanged at 2.50 per cent and its ceiling Lombard
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      Lock icon Fed blames big spenders for credit card losses
      381 9 NEW YORK Report debunks myth that banks at fault far pusky marketing Bloomberg A SURGE in the number of big spenders in the US, not zealous marketing of credit cards by banks, is fuelling rising consumer lending losses, a New York Federal
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      Lock icon White House seeks weaker $ against yen: Bergsten
      166 9 White House seeks weaker against yen: Bergsten I NEW YORK Bloomberg ECONOMIST Fred Bergsten j has said the Clinton administration seeks a weaker dollar against the yen. Mr Bergsten told CNBC-TV on Wednesday that the administration wanted a lower dollar to pare the US trade deficit with Japan, which totalled
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      Lock icon Dow Jones wants US$223m libel award overturned
      305 9 I HOUSTON Reuter DOW JONES Co Inc has asked a federal judge to overturn a record U*****.7 million (*****.8 million) judgment levied against it in a libel suit, warning that the award would have a "staggering effect" (Hi journalism if allowed to stand.
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      Lock icon Camdessus urges IMF to free payments to Russia
      140 9 MOSCOW Bloomberg MICHEL Camdessus, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said he would recommend that the fund's directors free delayed payments from a US$lO.l billion (5514.5 billion) loan to Russia. He arrived in Moscow on Monday in part to resolve an
      Bloomberg  -  140 words
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      Mass appeal and appeals of the masses
      906 11  -  ETTKOFEAX VIEW Britain's fifth television is as much a reflection of our times as the Spice Girls By Kevin Sullivan The writer is a Spain-based journalist who contributes to BT I HEARD for the first time this week a hit song by British
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      Lock icon UK's Labour pledges to govern from centre ground
      259 11 LONDON Bloomberg, Reuter OPPOSITION leader Tony Blair, launching the Labour Party's manifesto for a May 1 election, made 10 promises yesterday in a "contract with the people" to govern Britain from the political centre ground. A day after the ruling Conservatives launched
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      Lock icon Tories plan to push ahead with privatisation
      370 11 mLONDON AFP power generation, Tighter aircraft and telephone calls are linked by a common thread: privatisation, which appeared radical and controversial 18 years ago, and now emerges as an accepted political fact in election campaigning here. The Conservative government plans to push on
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Gore, Gingrich can forge China connection
      774 12  -  THB BOTTOM LOVE OPINION By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent THE RECENT excursions to China by US Vice-President Albert Gore and House Majority Leader Newt Gingrich have helped neutralise some of the negative effects of the anti-China campaign in Congress and
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      121 12 'Anglos really love their dogs. Let's see if this will move them since they don't seem to care that they're separating mothers and children.' Cristobal Mendoza president of the Poor Nicaraguans In Exile who says his group plans to protest against tough new US immigration laws by
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      Britain still waffling on EMU
      625 12 EDITORIAL WITH Britain's general election only four weeks away, neither side seems able to come to grips with the single most important issue that faces the country membership of the European Monetary Union (EMU), which will come into being in January 1999 and which is
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      Lock icon Don't write Japan off
      1151 12  -  Signs refute market belief that Japanese companies have lost their dynamism and trail mighty US firms By Fumiyo Nagaoka The writer is a senior staff writer of The Nihon Keizai Shimburt MOST international financial markets seem to believe Japanese companies have lost their dynamism and fallen
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      No change to taxi fares yet
      76 12  -  MAILBOX Yong Kee Seng Secretary Public Transport Council I REFER to the article "Bus fares may go up this year" (Business Times, March 28) wherein it was stated that applications by the taxi operators for fare adjustment have been approved. We wish to inform
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      686 12 Thai market on firmer soil IN his first three months in office, Thai Finance Minister Amnuay Virawan broadly mimicked well-worn International Monetary Fund policy prescriptions. The markets responded by further depressing Thailand's distressed stock market and with repeated speculative attacks on the once rock-solid baht. Proposed
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      Introducing Indian contemporary art
      690 14  -  A current exhibition heralds rising interest in the subcontinent and marks its potential to be another big market after South-east Asia, says ben mumroe BEN MUNROE AS Singapore's reputation as an international arts hub begins to grow, so those in the art industry will constantly be
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      Ridicule's wit is but a blunt weapon
      537 14  -  FILM Bb Holly Harrison [SINGAPORE] Perhaps it's that the subtitles don't do justice to the script, or maybe it's the effete mannerisms of 18th century French aristocrats that don't translate, but for a film about the use of "wit as a weapon", Ridicule
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      Amcol acts to protect interest in ex-partner's assets
      511 15  -  Court appoints Mauritian auditor as provisional administrator of various assets Byt Conrad Raj AMCOL Holdings has got the Mauritian Supreme Court to appoint a provisional administrator over various assets of its now estranged Mauritian business partner, Roland Maurel. It has also obtained
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      Small investors get half of Toyo issue
      371 15  -  By i Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Small investors will be getting half of New Toyo International's new shares, the paper products maker announced yesterday. Applicants for less than 10 lots will end up with 49.6 per cent of the 37.8 million shares the company
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      Amtek raises stake in subsidiary
      104 15 [SINGAPORE) Amtek Engineering yesterday said it had increased its 70.6 per cent stake in Microlite Electric Pte Ltd to 97.7 per cent for 51.56 million cash. Microlite is the automobile electrical devices making subsidiary which recently relocated its production facility from Singapore to the Wai
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      IPO love affair: besotted investors come down to earth
      654 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Ven Sreenivasan TWO weeks ago, this column highlighted the plight of takeover stocks in the local market, where the prices of counters like Tri-M and Auric Pacific are now hovering below their offer prices. Now, the bearish sentiment
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      Lock icon Creative: profit will top expectations
      291 15  -  Statement made in response to warnings by US high-tech firms of adverse results By, Jennifer Lien (SINGAPORE) Creative Technology last night took the unusual step of issuing a statement saying it expects its earnings for the third quarter ended March 31 to beat analysts' expectations.
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      Lock icon Cyrix acts to comply with temporary restraining order
      284 15 Reuter tRICHARDSON, Texas] Cyrix Corp said on Tuesday that it believes that it has satisfied the terms of the temporary restraining order that Creative Technology Ltd has sought against Cyrix and that the plans for MediaGX processor shipments will not be interrupted.
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      Creative co-founder Chay cuts his stake to 7.98%
      193 15 [SINGAPORE] As shareholders' fortunes seesaw with the trials and tribulations of Creative Technology, one of its founders is busy ridding himself of the company's shares. Chay Kwong Soon, who at one time owned a 15 per cent stake in the homegrown multimedia
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        Lock icon HK property market won't plunge: Li Ka-shing
        282 16 Demand still high despite measures to cool market, says Cheung Kong head Reuter [HONGKONG] Property developer Cheung Kong (Holdings) said yesterday it did not expect Hongkong's property market to plunge following the government's recently announced measures aimed at cooling down the sector. "I
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        Tata mulls future options after Indian govt axes SLA venture
        322 16  -  hYom Yogi Aggarwal in Bombay TATA Industries, the prime mover behind the proposed Tata-Singapore Airlines joint venture, is still working out its future options after Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda's cabinet decided on Tuesday night not to permit any
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        Lock icon Fancy toy stewardesses?
        53 16 TOKYO] Designers Misaki Funyu (left) and Chioki Fukaofrom Japan's largest toymaker Takara showing off the Licca-chan dress-up dolls in All Nippon Airways (ANA) stewardess uniforms. ANA is selling the "ANA's Licca-chan" doll set, including apron, bag, accessories and ANA'sflight announcement manual at a price ofs,oooyen (Sss7) during
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        Lock icon YTL Power aims to become pan-Asian firm by year 2000
        409 16 Company will become one of the top 15 firms on ELSE after listing Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] YTL Power International Bhd, enroute to a main board listing at the end of May, is looking to enter into the electricity grids sectors
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        Lock icon No taxes for firms going public?
        128 16 Reuter [MANILA] The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has asked the Department of Finance to look into the possibility of granting a tax amnesty to companies going public, PSE board member Ramon Garcia said yesterday. Mr Garcia told reporters that the amnesty, which would be
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        Lock icon Bank shares shine in falling market
        361 16 S'pore banking sector seen posting double-digit growth Reuter [SINGAPORE) Shares of the big four Singapore banks yesterday rose in a declining market on the belief that the banking sector should see double-digit growth despite the country's economic slowdown. Foreign shares of OverseaChinese Banking Corp
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        Lock icon Lane Crawford expects better second half results
        255 16 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG) Lane Crawford International Ltd's earnings improved in the six months to March 1997 and are "definitely better than a year before". New chairman Gonzaga Li said yesterday that the whole of financial year 1996 will be "much better" than the previous
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          New appointments for FCC's MD
          76 16 (SINGAPORE) First Capital Corporation has appointed its managing director Lay Kok Weng a director of First Capital Insurance Ltd, First Capital Fund Management Pte Ltd, Fica Nominees Pte Ltd and Chelford Pte Ltd. FCC also appointed Hongkong resident Pauline Wah Ling Yu Wong director of
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          Super Coffeemix ups investment in unit
          61 16 [SINGAPORE] Super Coffeemix Manufacturing has lifted its investment in its wholly-owned subsidiary, Super Food Technology Sdn Bhd, by subscribing for a further 1.15 million shares of Mil each at par and for cash, bringing its total investment to Mslo million (516.7 million). This is
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          Meiban MD transfers shares
          85 16 [SINGAPORE] Meiban Plastic Ltd's managing director Goh Tiong Yong has transferred his shares held through Overseas Union Bank Nominees Pte Ltd to the Bank of East Asia (Nominees) Pte Ltd. The Sesdaq-listed company told the Stock Exchange of Singapore that Mr Goh transferred 5.7 million shares
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        Corrections & Clarifications
        36 16 Corrections Clarifications Our table of corporate results on Tuesday showed CMB Asia made a $15.9 million profit. It actually made a $15.9 million loss for the year ended Dec 31. We are sorry for the error.
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        Lock icon Yaohan to sell stake to Pacific Concord
        139 18 AFP [HONGKONG] Yaohan International Holdings Ltd has agreed to sell a 19.867 per cent stake in the company to Hong-kong-based Pacific Concord Holding Ltd for HK5134.37 million (5524.8 million). Yaohan said yesterday that the 196.448 million shares would be sold at HK50.684 each.
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        Lock icon Westpac makes A$1.4b bid for Bank of Melbourne
        515 18 Westpac eyeing target's 9% share of the market in the state of Victoria Reuter, Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Westpac Banking Corp yesterday unveiled an audacious AJ1.435 billion (Ssl.6 billion) bid for the much-smaller Bank of Melbourne Ltd, confident it would win the support of
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        Lock icon Jardine Lloyd to acquire all of Traveltest
        116 18 Reuter [LONDON] Insurance brokerage group Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group pic said yesterday that it would acquire the entire share capital in Traveltest Traveltest is a company which specialises in shipowner protection and in which Jardine Lloyd already held 76 per cent. Jardine Lloyd
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        Lock icon Shares in Swiss central bank jump 60%
        332 18 Investors reacting to plan to revalue gold reserves, say analysts FT [LONDON] Shares in Switzerland's central bank jumped by more than 60 per cent on Wednesday, apparently in response to the bank's plan to revalue its substantial gold holdings and donate a large
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        Lock icon Strawberries recalled
        59 18 [SAN DIEGO] Mathew Kramer, vice-president of Epitope Inc, the parent company of Anderson and Williams, talking to reporters on Wednesday about his company's recall of 13 lots of strawberries that were shipped in December 1996. Anderson and Williams began a voluntary recall of the possibly taintedfruit that may
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        Lock icon Sumitomo Bank cuts profit forecast by 37.5% to 50b yen
        310 18 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Sumitomo Bank Ltd, one of Japan's top 10 commercial banks, yesterday cut its pre-tax profit forecast 37.5 per cent to 50 billion yen (SssB3 million) for the year ended March 31, citing the decreased value of its equity
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        Lock icon Taipei to ease share curbs on banks
        200 18 Bloomberg, AFP, Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan stocks posted their biggest gains in a week after the Finance Minister said the government may raise its limit on stock investments by banks to 20 per cent of their net asset value from 15 per cent. Finance
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        Lock icon ING Group meets expectations with 25% profit rise
        303 18 Steady growth in hankingj inairanro boosts earnings Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] ING Group NV, a Dutch bank and insurer, said 19% net profit rose 25.4 per cent, in line with expectations, on steady growth in both banking and insurance. ING reported that full-year net
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        Lock icon H&R Block in tie-up talks for its CompuServe
        208 18 Bloomberg [COLUMBUS, Ohio] H&R Block Inc said on Wednesday that it was in discussions with a third party about a possible business combination for its 80 per cent-owned CompuServe Corp unit, the lagging No 2 online service. Shares of CompuServe jumped 38
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        Lock icon Tighter disclosure rules for US-listed foreign firms
        445 19 Move closes loophole that allowed firms to avoid meeting US reporting standards Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Securities and Exchange Commission raised the disclosure standards for many foreign companies who have stock trading in the US. Under a rule proposal approved on Wednesday, these companies
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        Lock icon Digital Equipment revamps to fight slump
        301 19 Move is just shuffling of the deck; new blood needed: analysts Bloomberg [MAYNARD, Massachusetts] Digital Equipment Corp said it will consolidate its eight business units into three divisions in an effort to reverse slumping sales at the US' fourth-largest computer maker. The restructuring is
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        S'pore is Commerzbank's equity investment base
        334 20  -  Centre here will manage equity assets invested in Asia ex-Japan By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Germany's Commerzbank is aggressively growing its international asset management operations, and has established its Singapore office as its centre for Asian ex-Japanese equity investments. The deputy managing director of Commerz
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        Lock icon China lets 7 foreign banks join interbank market
        218 20 Reuter [SHANGHAI] China's local currency interbank market has admitted seven foreign banks as second-tier members, the Shanghai Securities News said yesterday. Only those foreign banks which have approval to do Chinese yuan business can be admitted to the interbank market, the newspaper
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        Lock icon Nomura will still be used in local govts' bond sales
        348 20 City officials won't take action till probe into scandal is over Bloomberg [TOKYO] Six regional Japanese government authorities selling 10-year bonds this month said they will keep Nomura Securities on their list of underwriters for the sale. All six regional
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        Lock icon Caspian to boost derivatives trading
        275 20 FT [SYDNEY] Caspian, the investment bank set up by Christopher Heath, former chairman of Baring Securities, is to put more capital into derivatives trading. His effort to implement a similar strategy at Barings led to his departure in 1993. Caspian is to use capital injected
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        Lock icon Sears backs away from Mexico to focus on US
        196 20 Reuter [CHICAGO] Sears Roebuck and Co backed away from its lagging Mexican business on Wednesday, agreeing to sell most of it for US$lO3 million (*****.3 million) to Grupo Carso SA de CV, the largest conglomerate in Latin America. Controlled by Mexican
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        Lock icon Euroyen up as rate hike fears fade
        211 20 Sllnriii Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures firmed yesterday as players ruled out a near-term interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan after its tankan survey showed sentiment remained wary in Japan's non-manufacturing sector, dealers said. Dealers said the market was also
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        Plan to up bank holdings in stocks fuels surge
        193 20  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd (SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures surged as bullish news regarding the stock market hit the futures market. Taiex closed at 8,367.6, up 163.7 points. News of
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        Lock icon Petrol price war looming in S Korea
        228 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [SEOUL] Petrol prices are coming down at South Korean pumps in what some industry analysts described yesterday as the start of a price war. Prices were deregulated on Jan 1, sparking increases over the following two months. But with the
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        280 20 Reuter London THE US dollar hovered around session lows against the mark and just below 123 yen in choppy dealings with the US unit looking for new direction ahead of key US jobs data today, said analysts. "Trading is very confused," one analyst said. "The market is looking
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2238 21 IQHOOH M«itrtits tm» *h A8 Ports 270 -1.400 ADbay National 728 -6 MMDomci) 447.400 -.600 Anwc 145.400 unch Asda Group 106 -I.400 BAT tnd 516.400 6.400 BO Ptc 167.400 4.400 BICC 269.400 unch BOC Croup 944.400 11.400 BR Patrolaum 684 -5 BTR 2S6 -4 Bank of Scotland
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      1629 21 Reuter H Nikkei 225 +MXH STOCKS closed slightly firmer yesterday and were little affected by a slide on Wall Street overnight. Blue-chip issues rallied on buying from what many participants believed was by public funds, brokers said. The 225-share Nikkei Average gained 92.01 points to 18,129.31. Its June futures
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1551 22 AFX-Asia CI Hang Sen* -BLIS SHARE prices closed lower yesterday on expectations of another interest rate hike in the US and fears that rising prices in the local property sector have come to a close, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed down 81.15 points at 12,055.17. Turnover was
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      Lock icon CHINA
      669 22 Reuter Q Shenzhen B Index -LOS SHENZHEN'S B Share Index closed slightly lower yesterday with investors mostly sidelined and waiting for more B companies to release their 1996 annual results. The index lost 1.05 points to 161.20 on turnover of HK$44.l million, compared with Wednesday's HK$4B.4 million. "A wait-and-see
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      350 22 AFP Qwp Index +163.68 SHARE prices finished 2 per cent higher yesterday in response to a government plan to allow more bank investments in securities. "Large-cap banking issues were lifted by the liberalisation which would give banking institutions more flexibility in financial arrangements," said a broker. The TSE Weighted
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      255 22 Bloomberg Q Wellington +7.68 STOCKS closed slightly higher yesterday. The benchmark NZSE Top 40-share Index rose 7.65 points to 2,225.91. Trading was valued at NZ$74.5 million from NZ$53.1 million on Wednesday. Bloomberg Apr 03 COOOl AKZ 8 60 -0.02 >765 Advantaqot NWgt 1-25 -0.04 6000 AlrNo»ZoMo4(A> 2 58 0.03
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      829 22 AFP P SET Index -1063 SHARE prices fell yesterday, with investors uncertain over prospects for individual finance firms as authorities pressed for more mergers in the ailing sector. Analysts said investors were unsure about what will happen to the value of the paper they hold, with unknown levels of
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      425 22 AFP n Composite Index -OJ2 SHARE prices closed marginally lower yesterday with early gains erased in late trade by rumours about price-rigging investigations, dealers said. "The market's basic tone was strong, but rumours of investigation into some shares linked to price-rigging speculation sent small-cap shares sharply lower," a trader
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      610 22 AFP AP Primaries +£8 SHARES closed higher yesterday as news of a proposed bank merger and hopes of a rebound on Wall Street combined to boost the bourse. The All Ordinaries Index rose 5.8 points to 2,361.0. Turnover was 309.3 million shares worth A 5893.1 million. Westpac, which launched
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      771 22 AFP C 3 Composite Index -9.26 STOCKS fell yesterday on the back of Wall Street's decline and amid rumours about President Suharto's health. Dealers said the market was nervous about Mr Suharto's health following a report that he had suffered a mild stroke, despite official denials. "Most of the
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      Lock icon MANILA
      258 22 AFP n Manila -57.44 SHARE prices fell yesterday in lacklustre trade as foreign funds stayed away on continued fears of another US interest rate increase and the fall of the Dow Jones. The PSE Composite Index fell 57.44 points to 3,104.77. Turnover was 12.1 billion shares worth 3.9 billion
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        Lock icon Forced sales, margin calls slash prices
        252 23 AFX-Asia Q Composite Index -28JS6 SHARE prices closed sharply lower led by forced selling and margin calls following Bank Negara's measures to cool asset inflation. Dealers said investors are uncertain about the effects of the Bank Negara rulings and chose to sell in anticipation
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        Intria's growth prospects make its warrants worth keeping track of
        185 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By: R Sivanithy OUR Hock Lock Siew column yesterday presented Malaysian construction stock Intria Bhd as a defensive counter with high growth potential. At M$6 per share, though, the stock may be out of reach of the average
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        HOT STOCK
        61 26  -  fg Ut by! Shiv Taneja HOTEL PROPS, which fell 11 cents yesterday to 52.35 on a volume 2.17 million shares is expected to fall further in the days ahead. The directional indicators are calling for further downside, though there ought to be some support at just under $2.30.
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        M'sian shares tumble as selling pressure builds up
        660 26  -  STOCK MAKKBT COMMENTARY Singapore blue chips not spared in sell-off but the damage is limited compared with the 2.4% fall on ELSE R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The selling pressure which has been building up over the past few weeks really put the squeeze
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          STII worst performer in March
          184 26 AMONG Asian equity markets, Singapore, with a 7.7 per cent dip, was the worst performer in March, according to Morgan Stanley Capital International Indices. In its tally of how global equity markets performed in the first quarter this year, the Far East ended up at
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          T/J strikes and strikes again
          126 26 THE mystery deepens. A week ago, we told about how subscribers of Fortune magazine were getting handwritten ad mail signed with a cryptic T or 'J'. Since then, readers have called or faxed us saying they too have been the target of T/J's correspondence. "It
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          Net the AWSJ
          128 26 AT LEAST one April Fool's joke is still making the rounds of media and public relations circles. It's an eight-page broadsheet "newspaper" with a faithfully reproduced, instantly recognisable format, down to the full stop at the end of the name on the masthead: "The Asian Wall Street
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          Bad vibes
          66 26 THOSE who turned out at Boat Quay on Wednesday night for Mobile One's promotional event got a night of entertainment FOC. But due to the acoustics, if you weren't directly in front of the stage, the echo was so bad all you could hear from the announcer and
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      313 27 Bridge News, Reuter A HEALTHY turnover of fixtures in the dry cargo market was not enough to convince many observers that the general trend continued to he anything other than gradual decline in a number of key trades. The BFI declined 13 points to 1493, flailing below 1500
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      447 27  -  SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL BUNKERING CONFERENCE Code of practice, the world's first, may be in place in two years, says speaker By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Singapore is working on introducing a standard code of practice for bunker surveyors the first ever in the world
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      Maersk to build own container terminal in Rotterdam
      259 27 [ROTTERDAM! Danish shipping company Maersk is set to build its own container terminal in Rotterdam, in a move that will severely hit Europe Combined Terminals (ECT), the port's largest stevedore. This was the outcome of month-long talks between Maersk, Rotterdam Port Authority
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      235 27 Intermodal Safe Container Act takes effect on April 9 [SAN FRANCISCO] The Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement (TWRA) is changing its rules to reflect new regulations on overweight containers and export documentation. In an announcement earlier this week, the TWRA said shippers will be required
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      735 27  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar AN Australian court has held that an insurance company had to pay for the total loss of a vessel although the accident took place outside the territorial limits specified in a "trading limits provision" of the marine
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      324 27 Cosco and four Fijian carriers cleared by Bering for direct sailings Reuter (TAIPEI] One day after China cleared five of its shipping companies for direct shipping service to Taiwan, Taiwan's transport ministry announced it would approve direct Tai-wan-China sailings by mainland vessels
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      380 27  -  PSA installs new-generation cranes at Pasir Paqjang Terminal By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday complimented the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) for clinching top honours for Singapore at the
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      85 27 Reuter [WASHINGTON! US and Japanese maritime negotiators were to continue talks aimed at averting US sanctions against Japanese cargo vessels yesterday, a Japanese official said. The Japanese delegation, headed by Ministry of Transportation Director General Sadao Iwata, met on Wednesday State Department and Transportation Department
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        94 27 AFP [WASHINGTON] South Korean shipping giant Hyundai has signed a deal to move its Pacific Northwest terminal > from Seattle to the Tacoma in what is seen as part of the firm's move to expand and become the world's fifth largest shipping line
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        54 27 AFP [MANILA] A Philippine government inquiry has established that a crew member's negligence caused a fire which destroyed the Philippines' moet modern fbrry at Manila Bay, an official said. The 6,000-tonne Suptrfary 7 caught fire shortly after offloading about 800 passengers at Manila's North
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        71 27 Reuter [CAIRO] Egyptian Investigator* have concluded that a Nilin cruiser which capsixed In November had serious design and structural flaws and had been modified to carry morels peatengers, official sources said. About 20 tourists and 35 Egyptians died when the Prinetu Jihan capsized In a freafc£
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      1104 28  -  FREIGHT FORWARDING: NEW OVERWEIGHT CONTAINER ACT Starting next Wednesday, carriers, after years of lobbying, will no longer be liable for overweight boxes because a new overweight-container law puts liability on the shoulders of cargo owners By. Bill Mongelluzzo Journal of Commerce STUFFING that container chock
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        202 43 AprS Taiwan Tomb Sweeping Day. Hong Kong: Chlng Ming Festival. Apri Thailand: Chakrl Day. A»r» Philippines: Day of Valour. Apr la Thailand: Songkran Festival Day. Apr 18 Brunei: Marl Raya Hajt. Indonesia: Id-el- Adha. Malaysia: Hari Raya Qurban. Singapore: Hari Raya Ha)i. Apr 2S Australia: Antac Day. Denmark:
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        393 44 Bering to hold 50% stake in project, Airbus 30% and S'pore Technologies Aerospace the rest AFP [HONGKONG] The European Airbus-led consortium will sign a contract to produce China's long-heralded 100-seat aircraft during the visit to Beijing in May by French
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        247 44 Bloomberg [HONGKONGI International Aero Engines, the jet engine venture of Rolls-Royce pic and Pratt Whitney, aims to net US$B billion (5511.4 billion) in contracts in China in the next 20 years. Chief executive Barry Eccelston, who will visit China next week, said
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        47 44 [HONGKONG] The passenger terminal building for the new Chek Lap Kok airport which is due to open in April next year. Hongkong's new airport has a total site area 0f1,248 hectares and will have an annual capacity of 35 million passengers. AFP
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        225 44 Air taxi operators also allowed to buy two executive jets and a helicopter Business Line [NEW DELHI] The government has allowed three private airlines to import five Boeing and three Avro aircraft, and approved the applications by air taxi operators
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        249 44 Reuter [TOKYO] Japan's car makers are weathering turmoil in the palladium market, including a halt in Russian shipments to Japan and volatile prices, without major changes in their purchasing practices, industry sources say. They also saw few reasons at this
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        Polar Air Cargo to start service to Osaka
        198 44 [LONG BEACH, California] Polar Air Cargo Inc is set for the April 15 start of scheduled air-freight service between the US and Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan. Under a cargo agreement reached last year between the governments of Japan and the
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        234 44 Reuter [WASHINGTON] US safety officials on Wednesday issued an emergency order to inspect the wing flap bolts on some Boeing Co 767s after a bolt failed last week and a Delta Air Lines Inc jet lost a 6-metre flap section. In the March 27 incident,
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        209 44 Project aimed at evaluating potential impact of super jumbo jets on runways [EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, New Jersey] Officials of the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing Co have broken ground for a US$2l million (Ss3o million) research project aimed at evaluating the potential impact of
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        191 44 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] The success of Malaysia Airline System Bhd (MAS) depends on its ability to control costs, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was quoted as saying by the national Bernama news agency yesterday. "If we don't pay attention to the cost factor,
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          106 44 [SINGAPORE] TNT Express Worldwide yesterday launched what it said was the express industry's first real-time global web site. The Web Tracker enables customers to track their packages from any part of the world to any destination through the internet, said TNT. Its Singapore country
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          100 44 Reuter [NEW DELHI] The India government has asked states to prepare to intervene after two million striking truck owners kept their vehicles off the roads for a third day, a senior government official said yesterday. The movement of goods on roads and through
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          Lock icon Chunnel freight shuttles to resume
          54 44 AFP [COQUELLES, France] Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel said yesterday it is to resume freight shuttle train services through the tunnel before mid-June. The trains carrying freight trucks through the Franco-British underwater link have been suspended since a fire on boar one last Dec 18. Passenger
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          82 44 AFP [SEOUL] Macau and South Korea signed an aviation service pact yesterday to lay the legal groundwork for commercial flights between Seoul and the Portuguese enclave, which reverts to Chinese control in December 1999. The pact was signed when Macau governor Vasco Rocha
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          104 44 DPA [TAIPEI] Taiwan and the Pacific island ofPalau signed a draft air pact yesterday to open direct commercial air links. The draft pact was signed by Tsai Tui, director of the Civil Aeronautics Administration, and Palau's commerce and trade minister in Manila. "The draft
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      24 33 3 |"PAM]E£CWi MmionauD to Mexico, catmillilSSTH amuuca Accepting cargo tor porta m Mufco. S Satmtor, Honduma, Ooata «fc* OomMcwi nap, A*rto Hba, VfcrwMta. TtoMad.Cokxvb±Ecu(lo*Rini.O*aS,Un4iu*
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      532 33 FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES JMJ— 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 y HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) FAMOUS LOGISTIC (M) SDN. BHD. (Co. no. *****P) NO. 30 LORONG CEMPENING ***** PORT KLANG, SELANGOR DARUL EH SAN MALAYSIA TEL 603-*****33 (20 LINES) FAX: 603-*****33 (05 UNES) COMPREHENSIVE SAILINGS TO AND FROM PORT
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      963 34 BANGKOK d ET K1 LAMP VESSEL VOY SIN BKK VESSEL VOY SIN PKL RATHABHUM St 06AM Ty 06AM JARU BHUM 7321 I£T 06AM 06/04 ANANBHUM wT to" WW v£d~ 18/04~ B MAS EMPAT 7541 Sun OMM Moo 07AM YANTRA BHUM" 182N Sun 08AM W*d 08/04 JARU BHUM 7323 Mon 07/04
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      348 34 PUL INTERNATIONAL LINE PUL INTERNATIONAL I ttiP I >5/MT Sff 1 W/olTl MB I K8M 1 Kgy"" lm I M/M Bj I ||/B fli 11/64 M 88m. «{V I fffl 4 11|» I jffi ffi I I iff I ffifjls[| jjfi PH! IS I BBraßr H7H I 14/04 T BOW
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      795 34 ACCORD A SHIPPING PTE LTD ft±H m: *****56 (40 Lin**) PAX: *****46 KM KUUtG (OVM/imi gg DIRECT ACCESS Til: *****57 (KXPORT BOOKING) MM GUOAMG ft/) Ml \VI 225M57 (EXPORT DOC), *****64 (IMPOST) mMM SAA^ POKT ITA SIM EOKT ITA SIM POtT ITA SIN POtT IT* $111 (FAR EAST) (INDIA) (EUROPE
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      502 35 WMkly LCL A FCL fl If Smtvkms to Caribbean fi hipping A Central Anwrito SEA VIGOR I MABtSK HOUSTON 9706 9706 Port Country 06/04 3/04 M.ze City 10/05 '7/05 Bridgetown Borbodoi 13/05 20/05 Cartagena Colombia 12/05 19/05 Castries St Lucia 12/05 19/05 Fort de France Martinique 13/05 20/05 Freeport Bahamas
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      722 35 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD nSmZffTS 140 Cecil Street, *03-00 Pit Building, Singapore *****0. I I SSSSSSS! CRNO 100e*****00E I i jfer m nmmmm l M I «ntA wuAYA WIAOB3 14/4 11/4 24/4 M/ 4 21/4 11\ M }|4i mmp m B I toTA WMUNA wfiSw S/S V/i IS/S 17/S
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      840 35 CR WO: **********02 X/psspi s VOY JED PSO L&j HAM RTM TMP ANR VIU£ 06 NORMA gjg 09AM 18/04 20AM 29AM 30AM 02/06 03/06 04/06 VILEOEGBtfMA HI9M 14/04 23/04 25/04 04/06 06/06 07/06 06/06 o*o6 VJJE O-ORWN YI9W 20AM 3*04 02AM 11A» 12/06 14/06 15A» 16/06 VHE DC VELA VI9W
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      48 38 TOKYO SHINBI KAIUN CO PTI LTD ffll'jl 10 AMSON ROAD #30-06 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA S'PORE 0207 *****26 (0 LINES) FAX: *****06 A *****10 C/R: **********0E 1 SERVICE TO; FAR EAST/U.S.A/EUROPE 1 06/04/97 JAPAN, HONG KONG 06/04/97 USA ALL BOOKINGS AND ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT: S'PORE OFFICE TEL: *****25 (6 LINES)
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      106 38 tc*p P.I PRUSAHAAN PHATARAN i W KALIMANTAN j DIRECT WEEKLY SERVICE TO JAKARTA/PALEMBANG Vtsttl Vtv ITA/ITD DESTINATION tACHMANUd 111 4/07 00/00 Apr Jakarta/PoUmbong RACHMAJMItI I */07 11/1? Apr Jakarta/PoUrwbong lACMMANUUI 4/17 IS/14 Apr Jokarta/PaUmbang 1 IACHMANUd 111 S/07 Jl/ilApr Jokarta/Pakmbong j SURAiAYA/PANJANG CAIAIA JATA KIACA 07/00 Apr Pin|»»Q/sgr»b»y» WAGA 00/10
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      61 38 FUU. CONTAINER SERVICE ICU DEPARTING EVERY .POLISH Saturday ICh POLAND (GDYNIA) OCEAN RUSSIA (MOSCOW) CIS PORTS INCL ESTONIA LINES LATVIA, LITHUANIA, BELARUS, UKRAINE n hi y 1 f» yy fyu SM HKG fHivriif SHIPPING ut sotom ii/oi io/S io/ST UNE ||wwciimoiSo7oM u/04 u/04 »l/iT| 'DAILY FEEDER CONNECTIONS FROM HONGKONG t-
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      119 38 IV. KAWASAKI KINKAI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. JAPAN/ HONG KONG STRAITS S porD PQudang P.K«l»n9 P«n«ng SUM WIGHT Vt Ml •MHMMHra 17 «4 Ml LION HURT VII IM4 KEMATVI 11/04 ORIENT DM WO IM4 17/ M TWMUi ACS M 7 IM4 MM ESPEMNZA ACE Z7/M Ml 'ALSO ACCEPTING CARGOES FOR KUCHING
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      110 38 □grcifrOTC LINE OVWSUS THAHSfORT CO, ÜB. AAUBTUS Fa TO INDIAN SUB-CONT/ARAIIAN GULF/OS vissa vot an mm »n VftUMDMAI CWU M/M Jl/M ALSO ACC&TTO: MttMAP «M M/M IS/M MMNBfIMN GWIS 15/04 IHiOtT «H 17/04 M/M MU. SUMMA. own con cwu m/m m/m SUM TOM 11* M/M M/M eaoMMMT: SEALION SHIPPING (S)
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      444 39 MAA SIN I ITKJER WAVE 524N 07-0&04 13-16(04 21-22/04 I ITIGER ISLAND 525N 11-12/04 16-2(V04 26-2604 I TIGERBRIDGE 526N 14-15/04 20-23/04 28-29/04 I I TIGER BAY 527N 17-1»04 23-27/04 01-02/05 I TIGER WAVE 528N 2122 AM 27-30/04 0506/05 I TIGER ISLAND 529N 2S-2fto4 3004/06 09-10/06 I XOUR SPORE 237 0608/04
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      482 39 FREIGHT UNKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road, Singapore *****1 Tal: *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg CONSOUD/tflON SERVICE ARGENTINA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN BUENOS AIRES 09/04 CAPETOWN 14/04 CHILE ETD SIN DURBAN 14/04 VALPARAISO 09/04 JOHANNESBURG 14/04 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN PIRAEUS 06/04 VALENCIA/BARCELONA 07/04
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      876 39 OOCI (SinoQPQfe) Pl» lid CFS Keppel Distrpk A; 79 Amm Rood #21-04 (S) *****4 Mi 513 #01-121 f ftfuY Z C* NO 11S7I7MOOON Ufc 272 7027 at 3269 ISO A IW: 32M313 to 221 3942 Ft; 273 7125 L_ MOOT AHPUCA ifA/ CAMASA Q AUSTRALIA TO USA WpT OAK CHI
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      610 40 —w SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD ■#■1 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 ■HMBi TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********00 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT L1N^ 22 *****/43 A/CELIA/MEmjAN 7 slgs/week 3 slgs/)neek VESSEL VOY SM JAK VEBBCL |VOV |BMI |BUR SINArt JAVA 923
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      1138 40 la TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY I'.IJ.IiLJ ARRIVAL RXEO DAY-MONOAY yOT |SM I RTM HAM FXT IBt MM «Mtl VOY L» FTT HAM AIM HFA SM umn/FMTM J7I3WV I 0604 I ZVO4 2V04 2MM 2V04 GIBRALTAR BROGE VOTE SLO SLD SLD SLO SLD OWX MING GALAXY A7I4W I 1004 I (XMK
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      400 40 Singapore Soviet Shipping Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN VESSEL VOY SM MM SEA SUCCESS I 03N OOAM 17/04 TRADE FAST TFSIB6 10/04 80/04 MEKHANIK KURAKO MK3IN 23AM 01/06 KOTA CAHAYA CAHIBI 20AM 07/06 ANNOUNCING REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA I VESSEL VOY SIN BOH/N.SMEVA TRANSOCEANIC 06-07 20/04 26/04
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      898 41 ASIA- MEDITERRANEAN EXPRESS (AME) WtSTBOUND SCTVKI i VESSEL VOY SjN PKG CM» jiA GEN BCN HTM FEL liH I N HONGKONG 9712-3 02 APR 03 APR 07 APR 16 APR 18 APR 19 APE 24 APR 25 APR 26 APR 1 N SHARJAH 9713-3 09 APR 10 APR U APR
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      1160 41 laL '..Jsrl WI as &1 ft ft. I a Iffifo ir-r p in|Bi|Briia>| RS.BM 3117 0104' OXO4* 04.04 21M 7104 J4.04 JS.O4 00. HUM 4117 OUT 0104 O*M lIM 0744 1104 MS. TYMi 1147 0444* 10.04* 1144 20.M 0245 010S 27.04 OCL MfTAO 21V 07.04* 0104 1444 1104 1*44 1744
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      503 41 AP M SAIQON SHIPPING THRICE WEEKLY DIRECT TO NO CHI MINN CITY IXFOHT TO HO CHI MIHH CITY IK POUT FROM H§ CHI MIHH CITY mm 1 vot I wr w insw xk mm wi mmm row MMONUIMMTM Ml (M/W (H/MI 01/ M (TOD 04/ M DtACOH —MM VI M/M
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      703 42 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING r AC] 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE iSINOTRANSI J 8 (*****7). TEL: *****00 FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 81NOEX \C/ HNOTKANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SItVICI) VSSa VOYAGE EIASIN ETAHKG ETASHA G.LUCK 9708 "04/04 09/04 13/04 0. GiOKY 9710 12/04 11/04 21/04 G.WEII 9710 19/04 25/04 28/04 G.LUCK 9710
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      306 42 TOKYO/YOKOHAMA/KOBE/ i OSAKA MV "SEA RANGER" V. N124 ETA SIN 06/04 NAGOYA MV "ALLIGATOR FORTUNE" V. 187 ETA SIN 06/04 i CAII BOOKING: 220-2022 MARItYN/YONG/HAMIDAH/MAS/LOCH CONSOLIDATION, WAREHOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSEHOLD REMOVAL AND AIR CARGO SERVICE express,™LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICE 11, MljfW Qwr TOterO/YOKOHAMA/NAQOVA/KOag 0W I*o* StoM»or« 0104*' C V HONGKONG QMM IMM
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      153 42 egsmmmnk 1 I IRENE InPI 02AM RdnVAIWBmrVUK DELTA STAR 08AM RtfcriMMOmrtJMMn I ■CANALP 15/04 2CVO4 RMMtmNUHm GAMMA IMM RdnVAtwAJK VAN K 01/06 ICVO6 RAIVAWNr I Load* EVW. Matoym Indonesia 1 ■STARSJN I ■PAN CRYSTAL Dub4/BaMrt)arTvnan/KuwM* I ■a. VERMEZ Hodetdah/JaddtfVEgypt I ■a. HAZER HocMcMVJwfcMMtafy I ■sea MASTER Dubai/A. DhMiVDanmrfKiNN* I toads
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      126 43 LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperoture c J, y >ow9f Weather _X Wind direction with speed m knots Ran > 9 Cloudy Sky Wo*, h*** Serfoce wind* or* indicated by orrows wtMcti Hy with the wmd 0 On* tui cifcl* represents calm or light ond variable winds One half Heche represents 5
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