The Business Times, 30 January 1998

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  • 12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MTTA(P) 110/12/97 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE FRIDAY, JANUARY 30,1998 85c
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  • 496 1  -  But current ratings stay at Aal, thanks to mud economic and monetary policies By' Yen Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Moody's Investors Service, citing the prevailing regional financial turmoil, has lowered its Outlook for Singapore's foreign currency bonds, notes and bank deposits to "stable", from "positive".
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  • 41 1 [SINGAPORE] Hari Raya shopping is in full swing at Geylang Serai. A vendor (right) offering the Muslims'equivalent of the Chinese hongbao is doing good business as these green packets are not <always readily available. CHRIS LOH
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  • 368 1  -  7» take fidler account of impact of regional tnnnoil: Yock Saan By, Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] The report by the Committee on Singapore's Competitiveness (CSC) will be delayed by a few months to "to take fuller account" of the impact of the
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  • 500 1  -  But CEO confident of gaining share in stagnant market From Kenneth James in London THERE'S going to be a dogfight among personal computer makers in a practically stagnant market in Asia this year, says Compaq Computer president and CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer. But Compaq, the
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  • 521 1 Remarks were cheered by bond and stock markets AFP Reuters [WASHINGTON] US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan warned yesterday that the US economy would begin to slow by the end of June because of the Asian financial crisis which
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    • 46 1 .U QR V,, f V'.. WQM The five economies South Korea. iTwtnnoaia, SSST capital outflows this year, B SSffISSU at the Australian Open J3SS&2SS&.*. his career. Defending arifaßMtiic^totedaJto CoaSta Mfl^nT^gß -I -v* < -V* J *'■*-'1 i- STORE/REGION 2 REGION/WORLD 3 COMPANIES FINANCE CCMMW)rnBs STOCKS TV LIFESTYLE
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  • SINGAPORE/REGION
    • 804 2  -  TOKYO Met outflows-USsl2b in f7-expected to continue tnis year Byi Anthony Rewley PRIVATE capital flows to the five economies hardest hit by the Asian currency and financial crisis South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines collapsed dramatically in 1997,
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    • 244 2 JAKARTA Baaka mj try to pay MgiUbii rapiak, it warns Bloomberg EIGHT of Indonesia's largest banks had their credit ratings slashed by Standard Poor's, which warned they may try to pay foreign currency debts with the beleaguered rupiah as part
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    • 451 2 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday that local interest rates had risen because depositors were shifting money from local to foreign banks. "There is a problem... because when people take their money from our banks
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    • 171 2 ■JAKARTA AFP AN ANGRY mob stormed shops in an Indonesian town after hearing rumours of price rises, officials said on Wednesday, the latest outbreak erf violence linked to the country's deepening economic crisis. The 100-strong crowd attacked 17 shops in the northern coastal
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    • 254 2 KUALA LUMPUR It fears effects of high interest rates, shaky property market Bloomberg FOUR of Malaysia's largest banks had their credit ratings cut by Moody's Investors Service, which warned that higher interest rates and a teetering real estate market could hamper their
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    • 327 2 KUALA LUMPUR Hard currency could help shore op the economy: Keng Talk Reuters THE Malaysian government wants commodities exporters to repatriate hard currency earnings to help shore up the flagging economy, a cabinet minister was yesterday quoted as saying. Newspapers quoted Primary Industries Minister
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    • 50 2 [JAKARTA] An employee arranging electronic goods stored at a pawn shop in central Jakarta yesterday. Indonesia's pawn shops have experienced a rush during the past few days as people need to raise badly-needed cash to celebrqte the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. AFP
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    • 348 2 SINGAPORE Asia, crisis dashes hopes of recovery in refining margins AFP OIL multinational Royal Dutch Shell is considering temporarily closing one of its distillation units here to cut costs amid slumping demand, a trade journal said on Wednesday. Royal Dutch Shell
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    • 542 2 OBITUARY {SINGAPORE] Former Economic Development Board (EDB) officer Ong Wee Hock, who in recent years contributed occasional columns to The Business Times, died on Wednesday morning after a three-year battle with cancer. Mr Ong, who was 51, was general manager of CSA
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  • REGION/WORLD
    • 487 3 TOKYO Vice-minister Komur&bowsto cabinet pressure after Mitsnznka steps down Bloomberg TAKESHI Komura, the top bureaucrat at Japan's finance ministry, resigned yesterday to take the blame for a bribery scandal that is rocking the government. The scandal, sparked by Monday's arrest of two banking inspectors, has
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    • 445 3  -  BANGKOK By. Harish Mehta THE Thai economy is expected to contract by 2 per cent this year as private investment shrinks and the state axes some development projects, according to a Bangkok Bank report. In its latest report, the country's largest commercial bank
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    • 776 3  -  WASHINGTON But growing sex scandal weakening his ability to win congressional backing By] Leon Hadar WHILE President Bill Clinton used his State of the Union address on Tuesday to try to muster public and congressional support for a US-led effort to
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    • 440 3  -  SYDNEY Usually active buyers, Asians were net sellers by Q4 By Surinder Singh THE Asian economic crisis is starting to make itself felt in the Australian property market with Asian-based investors bailing out of development projects and offloading millions of dollars worth
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    • 219 3 MANILA AFP THE Philippine economy grew faster than expected last year despite the Asian financial crisis but growth is forecast to be much slower this year as the turmoil hits home, officials and analysts said yesterday. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 5.1 per
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    • 437 3 WASHINGTON Bat non-transport orders np for first time since Sept Bloomberg THE soaring US aircraft industry's order book dried up in December, triggering the largest monthly drop in factory orders for big-ticket goods in six years. Outside of aircraft, though, orders rose
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    • 433 3  -  SEOUL USs24b debt will be converted to govt-b&cked loans Ry< Jennifer Veale SOUTH KOREA'S foreign debt crisis receded yesterday after international banks agreed to spread payments on US$24 billion (5542.2 billion) of maturing bank debt over a threeyear period. Under the
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 281 4 Reuters [ATLANTA] Coca-Cola Co on Wednesday reported higher fourth-quarter profit that just missed Wall Street estimates. Net income rose 7 per cent to US$Bl7 million (Ssl.4 billion), or 33 US cents a share, on a diluted basis, from US$762 million, or
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    • 159 4 Bloomberg {FAIRFAX, Virginia] Mobil, the second-largest US oU company, said fourth-quarter profit feU 8 per cent as demand for fuel and chemicals feU in Asia. While a 19 per cent drop in oil prices widened profit margins for fuel, Mobil's declining Asian
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    • 365 4  -  It also agrees in-principle to buy shares in Thai Farmers Bank From Harish Mehta in Bangkok US investment bank Goldman Sachs has agreed to buy a stake worth about 880 million baht (5528.3 million) in Bangkok's five-star Regent Hotel, and has
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    • 428 4 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Sony Corp posted record third-quarter sales and profit, fuelled by strong demand for its Play Station vid-eo-game machine, Wega TVs, Mini Disc players and the "Men in Black" video. Group net profit for the Oc-tober-December quarter soared a higher-than-expected 46
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    • 368 4 Big Three carmakers post record combined earnings of USsl6.4b u now ii Reuters [DEARBORN, Michigan] Ford Motor Co, fuelled by cost-cut-ting and sales of more profitable cars and trucks, on Tuesday posted record fourth-quarter and 1997 earnings, pushing Detroit's Big Three automakers
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    • 476 4 Group expects Asian economic crisis to have modest impact Reuters [SEATTLE] Boeing Co reported a net loss for the fourth quarter and 1997 on Tuesday and said it expects Asia's economic crisis to have a relatively modest impact on its business over the
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    • 352 4 Bloomberg [STOCKHOLM] Ericsson AB said its fourth-quarter net rose 77 per cent as sales of mobile phones and their networks soared, and announced that Sven-Christer Nilsson will replace Lars Ramqvist as chief executive of the Swedish company. Profit rose to 4.88
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 476 5 It expects *97 profit to foil by one-third; takes 25b mark charge for revamp Reuters [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Bank, announcing that its operating profits for 1997 would fall by one-third, said on Wednesday that it had set aside almost four billion deutschemarks
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      • 177 5 Reuters [TORONTO] US insurance giant Allstate Corp on Tuesday launched a Cs4oo million (Ss4Bs million) takeover bid for Pembridge Inc, Canada's biggest insurer of high-risk automobile drivers. Allstate is offering Cs2o a share for the Toronto-based company, whose board recommended the bid. Pembridge directors
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      • 289 5 Andersen Consulting wants income sharing payments returned Reuters [LONDON] Andersen Consulting is seeking the return of £239.5 million (5)696.8 million) of income-sharing payments from its sister firm Arthur Andersen, sources close to the firm said on Andersen Consulting has ajSR&e ParICTSsM IfllSHfih* tffMrfihamber of
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      • 265 5 FT [TOKYO] Nomura International, the European arm of the Japanese investment bank, has confirmed it is in talks to add the Energy Group to its growing pool of UK assets, which include betting shops and the country's largest pub
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      • 312 5 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Crude oU rose to a four-week high on Wednesday after US President Bill Clinton said he's "determined" to force Iraq to comply with United Nations weapons inspections, raising traders' concerns about a military conflict with Baghdad. "All the
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      • 238 5 SSMEKBeport Reuters {SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures gave up their early gains yesterday as Tokyo stocks closed firmer and players worried about higher interest rates in Japan. The most active March Euroyen contract stood at 99.020 at 1105 GMT against an
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      • 153 5 Bloomberg London THE US dollar yesterday rose against the deutsche mark and yen amid expectations sluggish economies in Germany and Japan will keep interest rates low in both countries. The likelihood that German interest rates won't move higher were reinforced after the Bundesbank said growth in M 3
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    • Article, Illustration
      793 5 AFP HSETMn *13JM THAI shares surged 2.9 per cent yesterday as foreign buyers, cheered by the prospect of a change in Bangkok's IMF deal, went on a buying spree in blue-chip stocks, analysts said. The market, enjoying a rare upward trend, was also encouraged by a pledge by US
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    • 295 5 AFP Q Manila «MII PHILIPPINE share prices gained 0.8 per cent yesterday as investors bet on selective blue chips, analysts said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 14.61 points to close at 1,796.68 points. Turnover rose to 2.4 billion shares worth 956.6 million pesos. —AFP Manila Minmg B
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    • 208 5 Bloomberg QWeUmfton +23J0 NEW Zealand shares rose yesterday, led by Telecom Corp amid speculation about the price US phone company Ameritech Corp might get for its 24.9 per cent stake. The benchmark NZSE-40 Index rose 23.90 points, or 1.1 per cent, to 2,221.51, its first rise this week. Bloomberg
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    • 594 5 AFP HmoritMriM *au AUSTRALIAN share prices strengthened further yesterday, gaining 0.8 per cent by the close as stability returned to the banking sector, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed 21.6 points higher at 2,642.7. National turnover totalled 367.3 million shares' worth A 5945.45 million. The All Industrials Index
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    • 1761 6 SICWMFUTPRBS Jan 26 RU88ER (Marts clovnq m »t 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cwrtsAt) Closo Voturn 0p*» Month H»g»> Low Sott (towios) Intorort Fob 98 137.00 ISO Mar 98 138.25 300 tar 96 140.50 <000 Zi9i M2.75 4225 jJJn 98 W4.75 3700 Mfrp 98 158.00 154.00 153.25 450 4845 Oct/Doc
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    • 2283 6 LONDON Mntriah J»H Nn 31 Group 506 -4 AB Ports 305 -S Abbey Nation* 1223 15 Allied Domecq 536 -21.400 Ajnoc 120 1 Aid* Croup 203.200 .600 BAT Ind 547 -21.400 BG Pk 320.200 2.600 BICC 139 -600 BOC Group 883.400 21.400 BR Petroleum 796.400 12 BTR
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    • 1643 6 AFP P Nikkei 225 *40.71 JAPANESE share prices closed slightly higher yesterday after moving narrowly as investors waited for details of the government's new economy-boosting measures, brokers said. "Investors pulled back from the market awaiting the passage of economic measures in parliament," a broker said. "They are also waiting
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    • 29 4 BUSINESS Notices See Sunday a Sunday Classified special on antiques, collectors' items, and arts crafts Buy It. Sell It. Find It. Classified. y|j 1800-737-1166 Call Today For Results Tomorrow.
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    • 475 5 REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION SAFRA REPUBLIC HOLDINGS S.A. f Consolidated Statements of Condition and Summaries of Results These statements and summaries represent the consolidated accounts of Republic New York Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries and of Safira Republic Holdings S.A. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. Republic New York Corporation
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 745 7 TV&RADIO 305 Holiday Special III: Can- L30 PM H. Raya Variety Spe aaniifmBTgS—^ did Camera Across Amer- cial: Salam Aidilfitri '98 •.00 AM Hari Raya Variety ica. (r). Special: Legendary Top 4J5 Holiday Pets (See Our &30 Raihan In Concert. Models Elle Macpher- Choice). 5.00 Telemovie Sebening g-w ui son.
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    • 192 7 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Pants whilst gathering flowers 18 Zigzag is angry with a Malay Lmt 23 Surprisingly, Emile's an Ital- BH HI 24 Pasture-land behind old Dutch 24 j 1 1 1 S i 25 Telescope agent offered to ginrous nature (6) 27 Chattered and chattered about badly (8) YESTERDAY'S
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  • LEISURE
    • 863 8  -  Singaporean Matthew Ngui recreates his Documenta piece, You Can Order And Eat... for the local audience, reports bemmpiiroe BEN MUNROE LAST week Singapore hosted a discussion on contemporary art, at which the key speaker was Catherine David, the controversial artistic director of last year's
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    • 517 8 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Reuters [MELBOURNE] Air Korda is about to hit centre! court at Melbourne Park. Jubilant Czech veteran Petr Korda celebrated his four-set semi-final win over Slovak Karol Kucera yesterday by cartwheeling down the court, adding a new twist to the trademark leap and scis-sor-kick he
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    • 492 8 AFP Reuters [MELBOURNE] It has been four long years since Conchita Martinez won at Wimbledon and it took an achingly long time yesterday for her to beat second seed Lindsay Davenport to reach the Australian Open final. The Spanish eighth seed came
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    • 830 8 TELEVISION He promises to make the last 10 episodes «f his hit sitcom, as usual,'very funny' NYT IF Jerry Seinfeld has any regrets about his decision to turn down the biggest financial deal ever offered a television star and to shut
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 317 9 Bridge News Reuter Owners remained largely depressed and disgruntled with rates Galling lower and no bright spots in the market brokers said. For every cargo quoted and despite how low the rates, charterers have been inundated with offers. The futures were again amazingly stable but volume was thin,
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    • 240 9 j»M 4- m CWT OMUMpMan OH -O.OOS 31 ChuanHup 0.435 *0319 Cosco iRVMtHMflt Ol04 rnMKLMu 039 "O.OOS M* GBHaMnga 039 «0.0B 1 Hal Sun Hup OSO «0jM 249 HttacMZosan 0-575 «OOS 71 MKHMifl Java llotMnpi 0-37 undi 2 JuronaSNpyard 7.7S *0.05 9 KappaiCarp 430 unc* 1224 KappalFtLS 430
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    • 658 9 UnioD stages sit-in to protest sob-teasing of part of Webb Dock to noil union labour Lloyd's List [SYDNEY] Australia's waterfront was on the brink of massive confrontation yesterday as the Maritime Union of Australia started a sit-in at Melbourne's Webb Dock in protest
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    • 695 9  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK /tyi Selva Kumar THIRD parties to a contract cannot benefit from a Himalaya clause in the contract. This position, which was unanimously upheld by the Privy Council in The Mahkutai, has been followed by an English Admiralty Court.
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    • 227 9  -  air Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE) Europeanbased lines Contship ContaiMartthne (CGM) and Marftet are to Join forces to provide an improved ronnd-the-worid container scrv ice The new joint service, to l>egiu next month, will be operated by eight TEUs newtmildings offering a 10-day sailing frequency.
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    • 171 9 [SINGAPORE] Essar Shipping. India's second bu-gest private sector shipping coot pany, has secured a US$l9l «inwi (*****.6 loan from the Bank of Nova Scotia Asia in Singapore. The loa, the lapM ever secured by an Inrti— shipping company, is to rrflnawf Essar's
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    • 55 9 VALLETTA, Malta] Thehullofa new ferry to operate between the MaihM Zifciwrfi ImmtwimtoAe Malta Shipbuilding dock at Marsa on Wednesday. Local workers'fnr that wares ofßalahmndCtmt irinrtl La were about to be brought to Malta have been dispelled by the news that the mmnptmoershmtuge will be made up for with
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    • 127 9 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China on Tuesday started deepening the mouth of the Yangtze River as part of a 15.5 billion yuan (553.27 billion) project to allow bigger ships to enter the waterway, the official China Daily newspaper said. The project will deepen the channel from the
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    • 861 10 HE CONTAINER PORT BUSINESS Latest move highlights competition amongst HK operators as they fend off challenge from lower-cost Chinese ports Bloomberg WHARF Holdings' container port unit won Orient Overseas International Ltd (OOCL) as its newest customer, giving a boost to its cargohandling operation and poaching
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    • 329 10 PACE EvoHwi 6 AM. 3 Evcrgrem Accord a AhrenkiH M Farwide M A«wmhip 5 Fo««S» AsiaOCL 15 FreU 15 Astro 3 WLirti Austral 9 GLW. 4 Avant 16 Gen»artrans 8 B'tangMas t Genshpg 9 bsa 7 Glory Hav 16 BTl 16 Goodwill 16
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    • 18217 18 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT I u.id WMIK TIMMH I ETA UWMK VMM* VlTHI ea.tr g g T ar I s? atr sr a: I 01/02 01/02 Captran* MIR EMAD ><l *5-*****33 A I 03/02 0e/02 Oram Ship ACACIA «0*N 45-227*005 I 03/02 a/02 UASC MNOAUCAS 011/W 49-*****0 7b ABIDJAN
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 178 25 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JmmiM Bek> Onente 0V98 J15 alongside 31.01/1200 Danyang 001 J06 alongside 30.01/1800 Love Letter 04 J04 alongside 30.01/1500 Socofl rind 0198* J17 alongside 29.0V0800 P»$k Wharves Ms Danaos OlWb PW6 alongside 29.01/1500 Marine/P 29/01* PW3 alongside 29.01/1500 Ocean Blue 51* P*5 alongside
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      • 1673 25 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AMP LCI CARGO Booklnq/B«i«nct Rsth Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Nrtod From To Fro* Aci UlK KM 3V0700 U JW00 30/0459 30/0900 a 19/1700 )0/0t59 30/0900 3 30/0TOO 30/1159 J0/M00 4 30/1200 30/1459 30/1700 AcTli* 99* 31/1500 U 29/1700 30«454 wwoo a 21/1700 30/045*
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      • 167 25 Jan 30 Indonesia: Id-al-Fitri/Hari Raya Puasa. Singapore: Hari Raya Puasa. Jan 31 Indonesia: Id-al-Fitri/Hari Raya Puasa. Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa. Febß Mexico: Anniversay of the Constitution. Feb 6 New Zealand: Waitangi Day. Feb 11 Japan: National Foundation Day. Thailand: Makha Bucha. Feb 16 United States: Washington's Birthday Holiday.
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      • 864 25 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead oT single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average-steed stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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    • AIR&LAND TRANSPORT HEWS
      • 166 26 Reuters (LONDON British Airways is to name its new European cutprice airline and unveil its livery today, in preparation for its launch early this summer, the company said. Code-named Operation Blue Sky, BA revealed in November its plans to set up a separate carrier
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      • 446 26 Company sends letter to customers to clarify a 'misperception' about 737 stabilisers Reuters [SEATTLE] Boeing Co said there was no evidence that missing tail section fasteners in the wreckage of a Silk Air 737 had anything to do with its crash
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      • 330 26  -  Faced with political opposition, govt may not make a decision From, Rejandra Bajpai in New Delhi INDIA'S Tata Group's bid to set up a private domestic airline has been forwarded to the Cabinet for approval by Industry Minister Murasoli Maran. The proposal has
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      • 438 26 Reuters [BRUSSELS] The European Commission fined Volkswagen AG a record 102 million ECUs (Ssl96 million) on Wednesday for allegedly barring its Italian distributor from selling cars to people living in Germany and Austria. The fine, the largest ever imposed by the Commission on a
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      • 363 26 But it's in talks with airline over delaying deliveries Reuters [PAßlS] A spokesman for Europe's Airbus Industrie said that it was in talks with South Korea's Asiana Airlines over delaying aircraft deliveries but denied a report the carrier was cancelling orders for A 330
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      • 426 26 Consortium's request for additional £L2b in subsidies rejected AFP LONDON] The British government said late on Wednesday that it has failed to resolve a funding crisis with the consortium chosen to build the £5 billion (5514.5 bUlion) high-speed rail link between
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    • 18 9 Wharf snags OOCL from Hutchison Fierce competition among HK operators as they fend off China rivals. P*g* 2
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