The Business Times, 11 February 1998

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 11<V 12/97 Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1998 85c
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Big shake-up seen for Indon banks as Jakarta gets tough
    991 1  -  Only 10 of 212 banks can meet higher minimnm capital requirements From S N Vasuki in Jakarta INDONESIA'S banking system is headed for a major shake-up after the government introduced new rules yesterday forcing commercial banks to meet sharply higher
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    Lock icon Abri chief to step down before presidential poll
    756 1  -  Way cleared for Suharto's nominee to become VP: analysts From I S N Vasuki in.Jakarta THE Indonesian Armed Forces (Abri) yesterday announced that commander-in-chief General Feisal Tanjung. 58. will retire ahead of crucial presidential elections next month. The move, widely rumoured for
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    Lock icon Merrill Lynch boosts allocation for Asian equities
    366 1  -  Call to buy Asia could see billions of dollars flow into region's equity markets From, Loh Hui Yin in Hon gkong MERRILL Lynch has advised clients to buy Asian stocks over US equities, a recommendation that could see a wall of money worth
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    SPH helps STII regain 1,600 level
    346 1 Firm day for local equities as regional currencies recover [SINGAPORE] A sharp recovery in regional currencies bolstered the local stockmarket, with a rise in Singapore Press Holdings' shares enabling the Straits Times Industrials Index to recover the 1,600 mark that was lost in early
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    Rupiah soars 20% on currency board talk
    405 1  -  Ky Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Fears that implementation of a currency board mechanism in Indonesia would fix the rupiah irrevocably at 5,000 per US dollar resulted in heavy selling yesterday of the greenback against regional currencies. Setting the mood was a 19.7 per cent
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      130 1 maPB Titanic yesterday won 14 Oscar nominations the most nominations for any film since 1960. Kate Winslet booted a spot on the Best Actress list, but heartthrob Leonardo Di Caprto was left out of the Best Actor category. LA CoqfidmtimlaaaA Good Will Hunting achieved 9 nominations each. Pf 12 ThtaraiU—hn
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      83 1 Implications at a currency board system, Pg 16 OK) HeadUnenews Remember the Redas letter last year that caused a stir in property circles? TTie Busang gold scam and the reports that kept you posted on the OtJ electronics industry? Turn to hfiS for the BT journalists who brought you those
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Tourist arrivals seen sliding by up to 10% this year
      478 2  -  Hoteliers, retailers, travel agents may see worst year ever in face of regional crisis By Ang Wan May SINGAPORE'S tourist trade will be hard hit by the poor regional economic climate visitor arrivals are expected to. plunge by 8 to
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      Lock icon BT report on Redas appeal bags top story award
      522 2  -  Byi Clarissa Tan THE BT story that exposed an impassioned appeal letter by -property developers, urging the government to ease up on land sales, has bagged the »'"Story of the Year" honours at 1 Singapore Press Holdings' annual awards. *Veteran journalist
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      Lock icon Visitor arrivals down 15% in Dec
      318 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Commerce By. Ang Wan May TOTAL visitor arrivals fell 1.3 per cent to 7.2 million last year, with December arrivals registering a hefty 15 per cent drop to 576,271. The number of Indonesian visitors fell 17.6 per cent in December
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      IBM hiring in Asia, ups S'pore investments
      260 2  -  More staff needed for systems integration, year 2000 services Raju Cheilam IBM Corp plans to hire "hundreds of people across the Asean and South Asia region this year" and raise its investments in Singapore from US$2BO million (***** million) to US$3OO million. More
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      Call to set up workers' safety net
      308 2  -  By, Audrey Tan PROVIDE a safety net for workers caught in the current economic crisis in Asia and minimise job losses wherever possible, international labour leaders said in Singapore yesterday. Speaking at a trade union forum held by the International Confederation of Free
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      James Capel axes 8% of Asia staff
      302 2  -  Byi Catherine Ong HSBC James Capel, the broking arm of HSBC Holdings, has cut about 8 per cent of its staff in Asia outside Japan and India, but the Singapore operation emerges relatively unscathed. A spokesman in Hongkong said yesterday that the retrenchments
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      Ericsson sees flat Asian sales
      276 2 TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant Ericsson expects its sales in Asia, which have been growing in excess of 30 per cent a year in the past couple of years, to be flat or even fall marginally this year. But expressing long-term confidence in the region, the company's president
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      Big cars fall most as COEs hit 4-yr lows
      486 2  -  HifHtrt.s In/ Christopher Tan AFTKR a four month fl"ee fall. COK premiums have tumbled to four-and-a-half year lows. Besides minor corrections in the categories for motorbikes and commercial vehicles. certificates all eawd substantially for March. Cat 2. for mid sized cars
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      Replacement cost for taxi firms stays high
      232 2 WHILE COEs have fallen substantially, the replacement cost of taxi companies remains high. This is because taxi operators must pay the prevailing quota premium (PQP) a 12-month moving average for Category 2 vehicles when they replace cabs that are taken off the road.
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      Changi MRT line to have 2 stations
      180 2 THE MRT extension to Changi Airport will have two stations, one at the mega-exhibition centre Singapore Expo and another straddling Terminal 2 and the planned Terminal 3. At the project launch yesterday, Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan said the 6km line, branching off
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      386 3 Profe the archaeology. years none has than Bronze Age years below restricts himself and his divers a of twenty minutes he times eveiy dive he makes with a Rolex Submariner. "^idlilM are unlikely George Bass's Rolex travels ■l to trouble a 1 1 T T "1 iWi'lr watch which back
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon Creditors give refiner Hanwha 442b won loan to save group
      256 4 AFP [SEOUL] Creditors yesterday pledged an emergency 442 billion won (*****.49 million) loan to South Korean oil refiner Hanwha Group, which has been staggering under heavy foreign exchange losses. It was the second injection of massive credits for Hanwha in
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      Lock icon Tokyo backs plan to stabilise Asian currencies: Anwar
      453 4 Plan on regional currencies instead of US dollar in trade payments AFP, Bloomberg [TOKYO] Malaysian Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday claimed a breakthrough in talks with Japan for a plan to stabilise Asian currencies. During discussions with Japan's finance ministry. Mr Anwar
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      Lock icon Dataquest cuts 1998 chip sales forecast
      199 4 Bloomberg [SAN JOSE. California] The Asian financial crisis will stunt growth in the worldwide semiconductor market this year, with sales rising 7 per cent rather than the 17 per cent seen earlier, market researcher Dataquest said. Dataquest said the market will grow more slowly
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      Lock icon Support for the rupiah
      62 4 [JAKARTA] Siti Herdianti Prabowo (right), one of President Suharto's three daughters, selling thousands of US dollars for rupiah at a bank at the Jakarta Stock Exchange yesterday as part of the "/joue Hupiah "campaign. On Monday, Mr Suharto said the government will announce new steps on
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      Lock icon Japan bank proposes fund to ease Indon debt burden
      286 4 Reuters [TOKYO] As a Japanese government delegation prepared for a visit to South-east Asia to discuss ways to help Indonesia's ailing economy, a top Japanese bank yesterday came up with its own idea of what could be done. Members of the
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      Lock icon Thailand, IMF agree to privatise 4 banks
      326 4 Letter of intent also allows for merger of the banks AFP (BANGKOK] Thailand and the International Monetary Fund will pave the way for the privatisation of four commercial banks recently taken over by the central bank, Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda said yesterday. He
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      Lock icon US banks curb loans to Asian-owned firms
      284 4 Lenders fear losses stemming from Asia financial crisis Reuters [WASHINGTON] Bankers in the United States, fearful of losses, were pinching credit to subsidiaries of Asian companies as 1998 began at the same time a credit crunch in Japan ratcheted up demand for loans,
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      Lock icon Japanese lenders agree to roll over 80-90% of Thai private sector debts
      344 4 Tokyo team vows to explore more ways to help recovery AFP (BANGKOK] Japanese financial Institutions will roll over 80 to 90 per cent of debts owed to them by the Thai private sector, a Thai government statement said
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      Lock icon MAS: no details on S$ plan
      120 4 Reuters [SINGAPORE) The Monetary Authority of Singapore said yesterday it had not seen any detailed proposals on using the Singapore dollar as a common trading currency within Asean. It also said it had not seen any detailed proposal on using local currencies to settle
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Thai property faces 3-year slump: JLW
      476 5  -  BANGKOK Bangkok office market will take 3 years to recover, condos 2 years From. Harish Mehta BATTERED by a liquidity crunch and plunging demand, Thailand's property market is not expected to recover for three years, a leading international property consultant said yesterday. Jeremy Stewardson.
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      Lock icon Kalimantan ablaze again
      48 5 [JAKARTA} A vehicle passing a bush fire on a hill in East Kalimantan, in Borneo on Sunday. A government official said four other areas have been affected by fires. Widespread Indonesian fires raged for months last year causing a haze to envelope South-east Asia. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Wrest commerce from Chinese: Indon businessman
      198 5 JAKARTA Economic crisis an opportunity to redistribute wealth AFP A LEADING Indonesian businessman, in remarks published yesterday, urged the government to wrest control Over commerce from the country's ethnic Chinese minority. The economic crisis presented an opportunity to hand greater control of private enterprise
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      Lock icon Philippines sees growth of up to 5.6% in 1999
      231 5 MANILA AFP THE Philippine Budget Department said yesterday that it was forecasting gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 1999 to hit 4.5 to 5.6 per cent. The department said in a statement that the gross national product (GNP), which includes income
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      Lock icon Caltex, Shell team up to beat Thai refinery blues
      331 5 BANGKOK Alliance seen raking extra USssom a year for the 2 companies Reuters RIVAL oil refineries in Thailand are teaming up to jointly beat a slump in refining margins, high production costs and sluggish demand, industry sources said yesterday. Caltex's 130,000
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      Lock icon Protest against SM Lee's remarks
      179 5 JAKARTA Reuters A SMALL band of Indonesians staged a brief protest outside the Singaporean embassy in Jakarta yesterday against comments by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, witnesses said. "A small group of about 15 or 20 people stood in front of the embassy with posters
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      Difficult time for Wanandi
      766 5  -  AUXVIBW In leaving Indonesia, the tycoon appears to have offended the military Yang Razali Kassim THE contents of this column last wwk has upset some people In Jakarta. The column touched on a private meeting that took place In a suburban house In Slmpruk In south
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      Lock icon M'sia multimedia corridor plan stays on track
      305 5 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S plans for a US$lO billion (SSI6 billion) futuristic multimedia "smart city" remain on track despite regional economic troubles. That is the message government officials are expected to tell investors tomorrowand on Friday during a series of meetings on its
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      140 5 WE'RE WELCOMING CHINESE NEW YEAR WITH THIS MOST GOLDEN NUMBER. The Ritz-Carlton® Kuala Lumhjr An p.m of our Chinese New Year celebrations. The Rit:-Carlton, Kuala Lumpur the city's first luxury boutique hotel invites you to stay at the very special rate of RM23B++ or Ss9s.2o*+ per night.* The next time
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Tung urged to shelve plan for more foreign workers
      490 6 HONGKONG Labour groups, political parties fear job losses amid Asia's economic slowdown AFP. Reuters HONGKONG political parties and labour groups yesterday urged Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa to abandon plans to import more foreign workers, fearing job losses amid Asia's economic slowdown.
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      Lock icon Salomon cuts forecast for HK's GDP growth to 2%
      324 6 HONGKONG Economy sensitive to rate movements due to banking, property sectors' crucial role AFP HONGKONG'S gross domestic product growth is expected to drop to 2 per cent in 1998 due to the fallout from Asia's financial crisis. US investment house Salomon
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      Lock icon China may fire more than 500,000 cadres
      182 6 HONGKONG AFP CHINA could sack more than 500,000 cadres in a planned shake-up of the government machine, it was reported here yesterday. The cuts, meant to streamline the country's unwieldy bureaucracy, will include members of the State Council, according to sources quoted in
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      Lock icon China watchdog short-lists 18 firms for B-share issues
      350 6 ■SHANGHAI Most are leading firms or in industries promoted by govt AFP, Reuters THE watchdog China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has released a shortlist of 18 candidates for issuing B shares, nominally reserved for foreign investors, a report said yesterday. The Shanghai
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      Lock icon Taiwan seeks to play role in Asia's financial stability
      251 6 TAIPEI Reuters TAIWAN is "very willing" to lend a helping hand to Asia's crisis economies despite what cabinet economic policy chief P K Chiang called hostility towards such moves by China. Mr Chiang, in an interview with Reuters Financial Television. said
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Tokyo mulls over plan to boost land deals, stocks
      469 8 TOKYO Package excludes further public works spending, eases restriction on share buybacks Bloomberg JAPAN'S ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering a package of economic measures designed to increase land transactions and boost stock prices, according to a preliminary LDP report obtained
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      Canada may push for wider Apec role at coming meeting
      324 8  -  ■TOKYO Group could help Asia deal with financial rrigjg imbufroadftr fly Anthony Rowley THE Apec senior officials meeting, to be hosted next week by Malaysia, may see moves to give the regional forum a wider role in dealing with the
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      Lock icon Kim's economic adviser a reformer
      416 8 SEOUL Sooth Korea's president-elect unveils presidential secretariat lineup AFP SOUTH Korea's presidentelect Kim Dae Jung yesterday announced the lineup of his presidential secretariat, appointing a US-educated radical economic reformer. Kim Tae Dong. as his chief economic adviser. "The president -elect has given much thought to
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      Lock icon Big Korean union rejects worker lay-off pact
      381 8 SEOUL AFP STRIKES loomed in South Korea yesterday after militant unionists rejected a landmark accord on legalising mass layoffs and the leaders who agreed to it. "A vote was taken yesterday and of the 272 representatives, 67.6 per cent voted against the accord."
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      Lock icon Pakistan embarks on ambitious reform plan
      331 8 ISLAMABAD Aim is to become a developed nation by the 21st century AFP PAKISTAN Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was to launch a wide ranging reforms agenda yesterday, which officials say will bring socio-economic changes to the lives of the masses. The unveiling of the
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      Lock icon Heavyweight ring
      76 8 [TOKYO] Hawaiian-born sumo yokozuna (grand champion) Akebono smiling with his pregnant bride-to-be Christine Reiko Kalina as she showed off her three-carat diamond engagement ring to reporters at a Tokyo hotel yesterday. The couple also made a formal announcement to marry in September. Ms Kalina, born in Japan to
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      Lock icon Don't underestimate Asian crisis, warns Costello
      251 8 CANBERRA AFP'. TREASURER Peter Costello warned against underestimating the impact of Asia's economic malaise yesterday as a forecaster slashed its expectations for Australian economic growth. The London-based Economist Intelligence Unit sharply reduced Australia's growth outlook for the financial year to June 1999 to 2.3
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      128 8 There are 25 CYC Vouchers worth Sslso each to jflß be won this week. And a Grand Prize Draw in March with 555,000 worth of CYC Vouchers. Exclusive for The Business Times Readers Fancy a shirt in executive stripe fabrics from Austria with monograms and French/double cuffs? Come down fo
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon French assembly votes to cut working week
      352 9 PARIS Controversial move to create jobs is an economic gamble for PM Jospin Reuters FRANCE'S National Assembly yesterday voted to pass landmark legislation cutting the working week to 35 hours from 39 in an attempt to stimulate employment. The lower house of parliament
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      Lock icon House of Lords backs anti-Murdoch move
      415 9 LONDON AFP BRITAIN'S upper parliamentary chamber, the House of Lords, defied the Labour government late on Monday by passing a legislative amendment aimed at curbing a price war launched by media magnate Rupert Murdoch. Political observers say that the amendment, carried with cross-party support
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      Lock icon Ex-foreign minister Schumann dies
      154 9 PARIS Reuters FRENCH former foreign minister Maurice Schumann, a founding father of the European Union, died yesterday. He was 86. A spokeswoman for the Senate said Mr Schumann died in hospital. Mr Schumann, a journalist by trade, was spokesman for Charles de Gaulle's Londonbased Free French
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      Lock icon Lucky to be still alive
      70 9 |C»K< )R(*IA) (ieorgian leader Kduard Shevardnadze seen in this television picture with cuts and bruises rtfier escaping an apfxirent assassination attempt on Auk 29, 1995. The (Georgian president survived another assassination attempt on Monday, his press service said. Mr Shevardnadze said yesterday it was a
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      Lock icon Clinton, Gore knowingly broke law: Republicans
      367 9 WASHINGTON Report says they planned to exceed legal spending limits Reuters A RKPUBLICAN Senate re port on campaign fund raising abuses accuses President Bill Clinton and Vice-President A 1 Gore of knowingly subverting the law in their 1996 re-elec-tion drive, according to sections of
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      Lock icon Scepticism over EU at its highest level: poll
      301 9 LONDON Reuters EUROPEANS are more sceptical about the European Union than ever before and high-pro-file attempts to promote the single currency are likely to erode support for the EU even further, according to a survey published on Monday. The planned single currency
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Rude shock for NZ in IMF warning
      722 10  -  THE BOTTOMUMB OPINION By Lee Yoke Har The writer is an Auckland-based journalist who contributes to BT TWO recent events gave the New Zealand financial markets a rude awakening. One was the International Monetary Fund's warning that the country's widening current account deficit
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      Corrections and clarifications
      39 10 IN our Bottomline column yesterday, "Refiners seek ways to ride out lean times", as a result of an editing error, we said wrongly that Shell has invested US$6.4 billion here. It should have been 556.4 billion.
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      86 10 'You either decide in politics that when you're asked about people you are going to say how you actually feel, or you are going to make a series of calculations. My belief is that the right thing to say is what you feel.' -Tony Blair British PMon
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      Japan shows signs of drift
      611 10 EDITORIAL WHEN Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto came to power two years ago, he appeared to be not only a man with a mission but also a politician with the drive and ability to carry through an impressive agenda of financial, administrative and social reforms.
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      Rupee crisis brewing
      1215 10  -  Keeping rupee high through domestic interest rates will only backfire on India By\ Prem Shankar Jha The writer, former editor of the Hindustan Times, contributed this article to &T THE Reserve Bank of India's prescription for halting the slide in the value of the rupee in the
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      850 10 OMmm easy Urf* of aapr AFTER months of crisis, the patience of the Indonesian people is perilously near the limit. There is a real danger that as tension increases, the popular mood will spin out of control against the Chinese, who are the traditional targets when
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon The granny gene link to menopause
      797 12  -  A maverick hypothesis combines longevity, natural selection and babysitting to explain why women lose their reproductive ability halfway through their lifespan, writes curtsupubb CURT SUPLEE LAT-WP LOOKING forward to living for a good long time? Thank your granny. That's the message of a maverick
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      Lock icon Hit film Titanic wins 14 Oscar nominations
      503 12 OSCAR NOMINATIONS But Di Caprio passed over; Jack Nicholson gets 11th record nomination Reuters, AFP [LOS ANGELES] The box office hit Titanic led the field at the Oscar nominations yesterday, grabbing 14 the most by any film in the past 43 years. L
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      Lock icon Reclusive Bergman returns to spotlight
      936 12 THEATRE Swedish director's The Picture Makers premieres this month in Stockholm Reuters (STOCKHOLM) Sweden's reclusive film and theatre director Ingmar Bergman makes a rare foray into the spotlight this month, directing a new play that has its world premiere in Stockholm. The Oscar-winning Swede, who
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Soh Chee Wen in surprise exit as Uniphoenix exec chairman
      462 13  -  Move may be prelude to ownership cbuge at the listed poop From. Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur CONTROVERSIAL Malaysian businessman Sah Chee Wen has stepped down as executive chairman of Uniphoenix Corporation Berhad, a move that might be a prelude
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      Lock icon ST Capital falls 15% on news of losses
      448 13  -  By David Boey [SINGAPORE] ST Capital yesterday tumbled as much as 22 per cent after the group announced heavy losses on Monday and its parent said it would sell its entire stake in the company. Yesterday, investors unloaded the stock right from
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      A fix for global financial system
      692 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Catherine Ong IS THE global financial system in dire need of a repair job? The question was much debated at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum which ended in Davos, Switzerland, last week. Leading the calls for measures to
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      GK Goh first-half group net profit plunges 53%
      306 13  -  Brokerage assures market its balance sheet remains strong n v Jenny Lam (SINGAPORE! Listed brokerage C»K Goh Moldings yesterday reported a 53 per cent plunge in interim group net profit and sought to assure the market that it was In good financial
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      Dragon Land IPO 10.5 times subscribed
      236 13 (SINGAPORE) Dragon land's offer of 10 million public shares was 10.5 times subscribed at the close of its offer yesterday a Rood show considering the poor expectations for this initial public offer (IPO) that did not have an underwriter. The subscription rate surpasses those
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        Westmont: RM210m loss in 1996 instead of RM63m profit
        639 14  -  Company drops bombshell after new audit by Arthur Andersen Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur WESTMONT Industries Bhd yesterday dropped a bombshell, saying it made a loss of 210 million Malaysian ringgit (5595.5 million) in 19% and not a profit of RM63
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        Lock icon NZ's Carter Holt profit dives 53% due to Asia
        162 14 Bloomberg [AUCKLAND] Carter Holt Harvey Ltd has reported a 52.8 per cent drop in third-quarter profit, warning that slowing demand and weaker prices in Asian markets are only now showing up in the current quarter. The forest products company said it
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        Lock icon Even dogs celebrate Valentine's Day
        50 14 [TOKYO] Kaori Kenjo, a salesgirl of Seibu Department Store showing off bone-shaped chocolates for dogs on the pet floor of the Ikebukuro branch in Tokyo on Monday. The department store sells the 100 yen (Sfl.dO) chocolate as part of gift sales for Valentine's Day. AFP
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        Serial Systems sells 9,5% stake to US firm for $12m
        423 14  -  Placement to raise fnnds for working capital, expansion /fy, Annette Pau (SINGAPORE) Sesdaq listed Serial Systems will place out 17.81 million new shares or 9.5 per cent of its existing share capital to US electronics component distributor Marshall Industries for
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        GIC takes 25% stake in Sydney properly project
        314 14  -  i*y Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE) The Govern ment of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) has tied up with the Kuok group and Australia's Lend Lease Corp to develop an urban property in Sydney. A GIC spokesman yesterday confirmed the investment. The GIC is the
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        305 14 It is in talks with foreign firms to sell stakes in its units Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's ailing Halla Group yesterday said it was seeking foreign capital and planned to sell five of its 18 units as part of a restructuring effort. "Fund-raising is
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        Lock icon M'sian Pacific interim pre-tax up 40%
        173 14 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Pacific Industries, a member of the Hong Leong Group, said pre-tax profit rose 40 per cent to 86.06 million Malaysian ringgit (5539.1 million) for the six months ended Dec 31. But turnover fell 6 per cent to RM461.1 million due
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        Lock icon Amcorp planning merger talks
        124 14 Reuters (KUALA LUMPUR) Arab Ma laysian Corporation Bhd (Am corp) said on Monday it was expiorinK the possibility of merging its financial units with others in the local market. It said in response to a query from the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange that no plan had
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        Lock icon San Miguel to slow overseas expansion as profit falls
        469 14 AFP [MANILA] San Miguel Corp of the Philippines said yesterday it would temper the pace of its investments abroad and trim costs at home to help it weather Asia's financial crisis which has pummelled its core brewing operations. year "was one
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          Change of directors at Ipco Int'l
          92 14 [SINGAPORE] Ipco International Ltd said yesterday that Um Jlew Keng has resigned as a director MaHoiependenfr member of the audit committee with effect from Feb 6,1998. It added that Wong Wai Kin and Yin Kum Chpyhave been appointed as non-executive directors and independent members
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          Electronic Resources appoints directors
          65 14 [SINGAPORE] Electronic Resources Ltd has appointed David Randall Dukes an executive director and James a Francis Rlcketts as alternate director to Mr DUkes and Gregory Mark Emile Spierkel, with effect from Dec 22, 1907. Mr Dukes, an American, is the vice-clsaiTman chief executive of Ingram Alliance
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          UPP names new chairman
          128 14 [SINGAPORE] United Pulp Paper Co Ltd said yesterday u that it had appointed Ho Poh Choon its chairman ami a non-executive director and that Prajogo Pangettu has resigned as a director and stepped down as chairman. Mr Ho is the chief executive and group managing, director
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        Lock icon J P Morgan owed at least USslBom by S Korean firm
        390 15 S K Securities disputing payment doe on currency derivatives contract Bloomberg [SEOUL] 3 P Morgan Co is owed at least US$lBO million (*****.04 million) by a South Korean company that made money-losing wagers on Asian currency derivatives, accord"ing to
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        Lock icon Goodyear 4th-qtr profit rises 9%
        183 15 Bloomberg I NEW YORKI Goodyear Tire Rubber Co said its fourth quarter profit rose 9 per cent, meeting expectations, on lower raw material costs and costcutting measures. The tyremaker reported profit before charges of U*****.3 million (Ss29o mil lion), or US$l.l4 a basic share, up
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        Lock icon GM gives news of US$4b buyback to analysts first
        348 15 Public told only 40 mins later after shares kad rallied Bloomberg 1 [DETROIT] General Motors Corp notified analysts of a r.USS4 billion (556.5 billion) stock buyback 40 minutes before telling the public, giving some large investors a head start when the
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        Lock icon Dow Jones Q4 profit falls 35%; takes US$922m charge
        343 15 Charge related to loss-making Dow Jones Markets nnit Bloomberg [NEW YOftK] Dow Jones Co said on Monday fourth-quar-ter profit fell 35 per cent and that it took a charge of U*****.5 million (SSI.S billion) related to its unprofitable Dow Jones Markets
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        1237 16 Indonesia may benefit on inflation but the advantages can vanish in a strong US$ environment We reproduce below an authorised excerpt from the daily client faxes of IDEA, an international economic intelligence service. [SINGAPORE] History provides examples of countries adopting the currency board mechanism to end
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        Lock icon THE WEAK AHEAD
        340 16  -  Compiled by Larry Wee Sources: ANZ Bank (ANZ), Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (DMG), Independent Economic Analysis Holdings (IDEA), MMS International(MMS). United State* Tomorrow: The outlook for January's core retail sales (ex-auto) is mostly positive after December's 0.2 per cent rise. Projections range from MMS's 0.5 per cent to
        Sources: ANZ Bank (ANZ), Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (DMG), Independent Economic Analysis Holdings (IDEA), MMS International(MMS).  -  340 words
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        Stable Europe currencies likely
        491 16  -  Central banks intervening ahead of EMU; yen is volatile From Neil Behrmann tnLondon EUROPEAN currencies are likely to be stable in the coming months, but the Japanese yen may not weaken as some expect. Jurgen Lindemann, senior foreign exchange trader at the Industrial Bank of Japan
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        TRADE RECOMMENDATIONS
        388 16 Immediate Term (One week) It will be a critical week for the Singapore dollar and the Malaysian ringgit as severely bruised US dollar bulls defend what coiild be perhaps their last major stops at 1.64/5 and 3.75/80 respectively. These were pierced convincingly yesterday, and we could now see
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        Lock icon US junk bonds are the surprise top performers
        466 17 Annu&lised 16.1% return to-d&te beats other fixed-income securities Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Junk bonds are the top-performing US fixedincome securities so far this year, surprising investors who bet an economic slowdown in Asia would hurt the US economy and derail the high-yield debt
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        DBS Asset Mgt starts global small-cap fund with US firm Cowen
        459 17  -  Fnnd to target intl stocks with USssoom or less in market cap By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] DBS Asset Management has struck up with US fund bouse Cowen Asset Management to launch a global small-cap fund, which will be
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        Lock icon Britain may see more bank mergers
        215 17 Reuters (LONDONX More and larger mergers arte likely among British bank* ais they struggle to pay the increasing costs of technology caused by growing competition, the single European currency and the millennium, says a study published on Monday. Technology will cost the banks £10
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        Lock icon S&P cuts IBJ rating by one notch to A-
        214 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Industrial Bank of Japan's debt rating was cut one notch to "A-" by Standard Poor's Corp, which cited "unabated pressure" on the quality of the bank's loans and assets. In addition to Japan's sixyear economic slump, which has
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        American Express Bank plans to sell third-party funds
        479 18  -  Move is part of bank's strategy to expand its personal financial services in Asia By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] As part of a strategy to expand its personal financial services in Asia. American Express Bank (AEB) will sell unit trusts on behalf of
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        Lock icon Aetna wants time to sell KL stake
        323 18 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] US insurer Aetna Inc wants three to five years to comply with an order to sell its controlling stake in its Malaysian subsidiary. as well as a friendlier tax environment in the country, the unit's president said on Monday. Aetna
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        Lock icon Euroyen, JGBs firm in thin trade
        230 18 SfMTTT Report Reuters (SINGAPORE) Simex Kuroyon and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures gained ground in technically driven trade yesterday, but dealers said volumes were thin ahead of a Japanese holiday today. Dealers said Euroyen futures saw active spread trades. The December contract breached resistance
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        Futures dip as banks raise prime lending rate
        148 18  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES -By Cecilia Loh [SINGAPORE] The Slmex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract fell 6.4 points yesterday. Its stork Index lost 67.0 points to 8,567.7. Banks and other financial Institutions led the decline, as most banks hike their prime lending
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        Lock icon IEA sees glut despite supply slowdown
        237 18 ENERGY REPORT Reuters (LONDON! The International Energy Agency yesterday slashed its forecast for nonOpec oil supply increases this year by nearly a third but said world markets would still be over-supplied. The agency cut its forecast for new oil from non-Opec countries in 1998
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        276 18 Reuters London THE US dollar was hobbled against the mark by mid-ses-sion yesterday, weighed down by losses sterling/mark suffered after a weaker-than-expected UK retail price report set back expectations of higher interest rates. "The pound should have been a sideshow but there was no other news to guide
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      1679 19 AFP Qiauzs ♦ow JAPANESE share prices closed barely changed yesterday, as gains on buying of low-priced cyclicals and property leaders offset the impact of the steady selling of blue chips, brokers said. "Blue chips were pressured by profit-taking, as investors moved to cut positions ahead of tomorrow's public holiday,"
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      1798 20 Bloomberg Q Hang Seng -13.48 STOCKS were mixed yesterday, as Sino Land and other property developers rallied to overpower declines in banks and utilities. Sino Land rose almost 14 per cent and many property companies advanced more than 8 per cent with most of the gains tacked on in
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      678 20 Reuters nShenzhen Blndex +5.79 THE Shenzhen B share market ended higher yesterday due to recent gains in Hongkong and reports that 18 companies had been approved to list B shares. The B Index soared 5.79 points, or 6.2 per cent, to 98.97 as turnover ballooned to HKSU3.3 million from
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      401 20 AFP Q VP Index MX STOCK dropped 0.8 per cent yesterday as the market con solidated amid higher interest rates following last week's rebound. dealers said. "Banks absorbed liquidity from the stock market after they raised interest rates for depositors." said a trader. "Big players were also on the
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      254 20 Reuters Q Wellington -4.76 SHARE prices ended slightly lower yesterday on high turnover, which was boosted by large lines in Wilson and Horton and Lion Nathan, traders said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 4.76 points down at 2,253.21. Turnover was worth NZ$lOB million. Reuters w w rum ANZ Banking
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      967 20 AFP n SET Index -5M SHARES closed weaker yesterday after an active session amid profit-taking in the banking and communications sectors. Analysts said most of the selling was believed to have been led by local investors, adding that a slowdown in foreign buying discouraged locals from holding their stocks
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      446 20 AFP Q Composite Index -12.47 SHARE prices dropped 2.3 per cent yesterday after institutional investors took profit late in the session. Dealers said foreign investors remained moderate buyers of in-dex-linked stocks, but huge selling pressure by institutions forced retail investors to cash out of the market. Analysts said the
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      616 20 AFP NAD Ordinaries -17,3 SHARE prices slipped 0.6 per cent yesterday as buyers remained on the sidelines during the initial days of the profit-reporting season and on concerns over the impact of the Asian crisis on company earnings. The All Ordinaries Index fell 17.3 points to 2.668.0. National turnover
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      770 20 AFP Do—pontehig -1155 SHARES slipped 2.2 per cent yesterday as a stronger rupiah increased the prices of some blue chips for offshore buyers, dealers said. The JSE Composite Index closed 11.55 points lower at 517.70. Turnover was 1.01 billion shares worth 949.17 billion rupiah. The rupiah was trading at
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      Lock icon MANILA
      339 20 AFP n Manila +28J8 SHARE prices closed 1.4 per cent higher in heavy trading yesterday as the peso strengthened and interest rates showed signs of easing. The PSE Composite Index gained 28.18 points to 2,078.87. Turnover was 3.5 billion shares worth 4.7 billion pesos. B shares of Manila Electric
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        Lock icon Shares up on hope of rupiah-US$ peg
        567 21 AFX-Asia Fl Composite Index +15J7 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday with earlier falls from profit-taking mitigated as investors rejoiced over the possibility of the rupiah being pegged to the US dollar. TheKLSE Composite Index closed up 15.17 points at 742.57 on volume of
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        Not the right time to buy into Lindeteves Jacoberg wit just yet
        180 22  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy FOR those who have been watching, Lin deteves Jacoberg's warrants have done exceedingly well in the past month they've risen from 18 cents in early .Janu ary to 80.5 cents. A review of
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        210 24 Stodu Volume •Renong Bhd 50c 73,014,000 •Refcapacifk BH 46,637,000 •MBf Capital 44.W3.000 •M Resources 36.011,000 •Renong WtOO 30,033,000 •Lien Hoe 29,197,000 Easyfcnit HKIOc 25,970,000 Asia Food&Prop 20,602,000 •Promet 20,366,000 •Kemayan Cofp 18,908.000 Stocks •Renong Bhd 50c 52.513,185 SIA Foreign 46,537,743 SPH Foreign 44.597.032 •M Resources 39.611,865 •Ittf Capital 33,567,320 SPH
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        HOT STOCK
        59 24  -  -by Shiv Taneja OSPREY MARITIME closed three cents higher yesterday at 87.5 cents on a volume of 5.1 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of one million units. In the near term, the stock could trade sideways with a negative bias. But in the medium to
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        Lock icon Prices soar for 5th straight day alter hesitant start
        681 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Interest in the Local shares of SPH and SIA and region's currency recovery cited as main reasons for the jump in the STII R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE After faltering briefly in the morning, local stocks powered up for the
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          89 24 WHO can blame Or Mahathir for thinking that the markets are against him? David 1 lale, chief economist at the Zurich group, met the Malaysian Prime Minister recently and related his comments at a meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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          Seoul mate
          176 24 ANDRE LEE, the hot-shot bond trader whose aggressiveness eventually sank Peregrine Investments Holdings, is said to be starting a "boutique consultancy" for financial services in South Korea, BT hears on the grapevine In Seoul. The choice of location is not surprising after all. his father is Korean and
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          Suffering saints
          83 24 YOU know the unemployment situation is really biting in Hongkong when even monks complain that their incomes are being hurt by expatriate monks entering Hongkong from other parts of Asia and the mainland. As a result their incomes—from reading the sutra and praying at funerals—have fallen from about
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          Lean year for Sevens
          135 24 A POPULAR event that is closely associated with Hongkong which has fallen victim to the economic downturn Is the Rugby Sevens tournament held each year In late March. In previous years, it attracted scores of overseas rugby fans, many of whom had to resort to buying
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          Mother of the Nation
          132 24 WE WERE invited to attend a "delightful morning Press Conference" today, and if that sounds unusual in the present circumstances of doom and gloom, then so is the purpose of the conference, namely to launch the search for Mrs Singapore. Yes, that's no misprint Mrs. Not
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      155 24 IN THE MATTER OE TECKEEN IMPEX PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 108 of the Companies Act. Cap. 50. that a Final General Meeting of the members of the above mentioned Company will be held at the office of the Liquidator. 101 A Upper
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      443 24 IN THE MATTER OF TIIE COMPANIES ACT, ANO IN THE MATTER OF JADE SPRING HOI.DINGS PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTKT IS HEREBYGIVI.N that pursuant to Section V>B< I) of the Companies Act. Chapter 50. a FINAL GENERAL MCI TING of the abovtnamed company will he
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      384 24 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF DREI-S PTE. LTD. i MEMBERS VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE hereby given (hat the FINAL MEETING or the abovenamed company will be held al Battery Road HJ-lt, Straits Trading Building, Singapore WW• on
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      646 24 m jy| FRASER AND NEAVE, LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING DATE Thursday 26 February 1998 PLACE: Level 2. Alexandra Point. 438 Alexandra Road. Singapore *****8 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Ninety-Ninth Annual Ceneral Meeting of FRASER ano NEAVE. umited will be held
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      224 24 NOTICE Hiy TAT LEE BANK LIMITED (tocorpor—d ri N RepuOfc of Singapore) Negotiable Floating Rate United States Dollar Certificates of Deposit Due 2002 CUSS FRCDs") In accordance with the provisions of the US$ FRCDs, notice is hereby given that for the Interest Period from and including 11 Feb 98 to
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      301 25 Bridge News, Reuters IN VERY sluggish trading, business was concluded on the key US Gulf/ Japan grain run at U5516.50 without combination ports, brokers said. Futures floundered for direction, Clarkson Securities Ltd said in its daily Biffex report. The BFI recorded the smallest movement for a month, the
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      288 25 MHM m» *h m CWT OMrifcuUon 0.82 *0.125 90 ChuanHi* 0.50 unch 71 C—PPInvwtnwnt _0.J1 ♦0.015 55 rrHMUMl 0.345 -0.02 246 09 Holdings 0.32 -O.OOS 20 Hat Sun Hup 0.57 •0.015 197 Hitachi Zosan 0.61 <0.01 160 IMC HoMngt HK 5.60 Jaya Holdings 0.445 -0.005 33 Jurong Shipyard
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      296 25 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's Insa shipowners association has angrily dismissed warnings that hundreds of the country's cargo vessels face a global ban from July 1 for failing to meet new safety requirements, a report said. "Whoever issued the statement that Indonesian vessels do
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      APL, Mexican firm tie up to upgrade Asia-Mexico route
      446 25  -  lliey will deploy 6 large containerships of 2,600-2,900 TEU capacity on route Marcus Hand (SINGAPORE) APL and Tran sportacion Maritima Mexicans (TMM) are upgrading their Asia-Mexico service with the deployment of six large, fast containerships on the route. The two companies
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      430 25 Reuters [LONDONI Cruising is the fastest-growing business in British tourism and ticket sales could top one million a year by 2001. one of the leading operators said on Monday. Cruising is no longer the prerogative of the retired and the affluent. It is fast
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      Lock icon In support of dockers' cause
      73 25 [MELBOURNE) Maritime Union ofAustralia (MUA) members are joined by other union workers at a march through central Melbourne yesterday in a peaceful demonstration against the use of non union labour on city docks. The protesting dockers are disputing the start-up of a new stevedoring firm
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      246 25 Stevedore Patrick hopes dockers will get back to work Reuters [MELBOURNE) Thousands of workers rallied on the streets of Melbourne yesterday to back dockers in their dispute against a cargo handling company at the centre of a bid to bust Australia's powerful maritime union.
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      781 25  -  STRAIT TALK Seafarer SHIPPING is a strange business but ma rine insurance is stranger still. With shipping at least, the industry generally makes money, albeit often at derisory levels. Shipping insurance however seems a sure-fire to lose money, at least in the long term. Exactly how
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      311 25 Journal of Commerce [WASHINGTON] China s giant national shipping company has asked to be freed from US restrictions that keep state-owned carriers from changing rates to and from US ports on short notice. To sharpen its competitive edge on US routes, China
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      Lock icon Transport sector in spotlight
      778 26 SELLING STATE ASSETS Investors wait eagerly for the privatisation of state-owned airlines, motorways and airports in Europe Financial Times FIRST it was telecoms and utilities. Then came the banks. Now European governments are turning their attention to state-owned airlines, motorways and airports as the neat candidates
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      364 26 PACE Evergreen 6 Am 3 a-Bngftt 15 ft Accord 8 Firwide M Ahrenfc* M Foooi 5 Sur Appenship 5 Frotl 15 Asm OCL IS Frt Links 16 Astro 3 Link Austral 9 Gemartrans 8 Aunt 16 Genshpg 9 B'tangMas 8 Glory Nav 16
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      18168 34 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyeqe Telephone ETA ETA Advertiier Vessel Vovege Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number B/02 22/02 Hani in ITMA BMUM 1*0 *5 376*224 i A 12/02 22/02 RCL ITHA BHUM WO 65 2200** •r mn
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        1607 41 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Manet Istts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From kilmO OM U/IJM U KVT500 M/WM V/ltOO ww mn ww a n/iroo vmw vwoo a io/itoo vmm vmm 1 WW WW WW 4 VUM VMM VtTOO MWII MM mm 5
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        198 41 MU Japan: National Foundation Day. Thailand: Makha Bucha. MU United States: Washington's Birthday Holiday. fat 23 Brunei: National Day. Luxembourg. Carnival Monday. Fab 34 Portugal: Carnival. Mar 3 Greece: Orthodox l/int Monday. Mar 17 United Kingdom: St Patrick's Day. Mar 30 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Mar 31 Mexico:
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        889 41 TIIIS report. compiled by Cockett Marina OU Ud. shows price ranges In US dollar* instead at single prlree Air a mora comprehensive da script lon of the markat Prices »ho»n ara baaed on average slsed stam Markat movements arr Indlcatad The I <x katl Hunker Price
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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
        463 41 Carta* I** P—»*T «w«w Art UmMm Sifcrnl Mffri w/n w .iSS iso/cmmc umh s#k tn mi 1.0 no o.w go* o.io* Smtn 991 10 wo q.b go* o.w Worth*™ Cur09* 100 Aw 980 9 07 12.1 0.03 24 0.02 »0 Mm 996.6 4.4 B.7 o.» 90
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        301 42 Reuters [MEXICO CITY] Mexico on Monday invited private firms to take a stake in its airports, in a scheme that would keep regulatory control in government hands but allow companies to run operations. Starting with a group of airports in the tropical southeast. expected
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        Lock icon Sats taking 20% stake in Manila inflight kitchen
        425 42  -  Other shareholders in USslom venture are Macro Asia Corporation, Enrest By I Conrad Raj (SINGAPORE) Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats), a wholly-owned subsidiary of listed Singapore Airlines, is taking a 20-per cent stake in a US$lO million (5516.6 million) flight kitchen at
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        Lock icon GM keen on stake in Proton: report
        308 42 Mm said to enhance lTsia firm's chances in global market AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] US-based auto giant General Motors Corp is keen to take a stake in Malaysian car maker Perusa haan Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton), a newspaper reported yesterday. GM's chief economic specialist
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        Lock icon Waiting for business
        52 42 [JAKARTA] Indonesian bajag drivers waiting for customers on a street in central Jakarta on Monday. liajags. a cheap form of transport in the Indonesian capital, have seen a downturn in business during the current economic crisis and the drivers fear future fuel price increases will worsen their
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        Lock icon Union Pacific service delays cost US$2b
        338 42 Texas suffers half of damage, railroad commission says Bloomberg [HOUSTON] Union Pacific Corp's service delays cost the US economy more than US$2 billion (553.3 billion) since July, with half the damage in Texas, the state's railroad commission said. Texas businesses were hurt by US$l.l
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        MAS defers Boeing 777 deliveries for two years
        466 42  -  ity Felix Chan [SINGAPORE) Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) confirmed yesterday that it would be delaying Boeing 777 aircraft deliveries this year and in 1999 and will be announcing a revamped delivery schedule over the next few weeks. MAS, Malaysia's largest airline,
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        Lock icon Nippon Express to start S-E Asia trucking service
        252 42 Move prompted by Asean cat in custom duties spokesman Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nippon Express Co, a Japanese freight carrier, said it will offer trucking services in South-east Asia from April. "The reduction in the custom duties is the main reason we decided to
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        117 42 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI) The Civil Aeronautics Administration of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications has given preliminary approval to domestic air carriers to raise their fares between 17 per cent and 40 per cent, the Economic Daily News reported. Routes within the island are anticipated to
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      588 26 LOT®* MT«CM 'eoretemM Merioe i 01 Re o fltr y ol AccrwMM Agent x."'V Shppng Auooabcr Members of (he S^aoo oer ShippingTlmes Jogjaflno us I Iris Lim 740-2044 Jarred Leong 740-2089 EXPORT 3 x Jopon -2 x Hongkong •1 x MonifajJ x Kooriwung, K—lung FQ lo MOC/NAHA/SP4DAI/CBU/LCH X 5 5*
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      982 27 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE VBSa VOT SM RTM AM HAM OtV SOU FIT UN [vKM VOT RTM AM HAM WV SOU FIT UK SM~| HYOAMN 311W 10/0216/02 21/02 02/0) 25/02 «0 HONGKONG 4046 21/01 22/0119/01 20/01 11/02 NOl mm 1061 13/02 01/03 03/03 00/03 07/03 NDOGANM 6041 22/01 20/01 24/01
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      1976 27 HANJIN SHIPPING USA CANADA* RUVSt/VOT IMII Ml UWHMii/VOT 1 I 1*« W Wy W I W M "PwiT" TW |M| W1 M.HA—OO34I 13/01 U/01 MKT 05/03 M/ 03 07/03 04/03 00/03 00/03 00/03 10/03 10/03 10/M~ 11/03 07/03 ~9T/M~ 04/03 H.NWW***** 13/01 14/07 OWA/lOH 11/03 11/03 13/03 11/03 14/03 14/03
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      105 27 A9?T ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED ?Jg|. (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING UMITED) WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE VOT SWCWHI WWW VBSII VOT KXUAT SW6WHH SINAR TQ6A 223 13/02 22/02 SINAR TOBA 222 01 /02 13/02 OOCL ADMIRAL 013 16/02 25/02 OOCI ADMIRAL 012 04/02 16/02 KEDAH 012 20/02 01/03 KEDAH 011
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      1185 28 CT DSR-SENA TOR jfcmn Round the World Container Sen/ices TO U&COOTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT vtssa |m~ w ia 1 wtm Iwn habi~ bbv m~ |«ssa ww ia fu I etm Imv I ham jm_ TBAOf SELBC WOBIS IIR HO BB KB M HH CWYMM SUCtftS EEBM 11 «1 1881 tin 17
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      1038 28 MY ANC MMC LNE W»to Stt* http: //www.ymi.com. tw IJlIJUfll'! IM'HH Bi' Wl 1 J ifl j'.'.l IJIP'I g-j! HI 1 j TH«weeklyEwrrthursmt«ummt VESSEL VOY SIN CMS RTM HAM FXT LEH ANR GIBRALTAR BRIDGE ABOSW 06/02 1002 2002 26/02 25/02 02/03 MING WEST JBOSW 06/02 25/02 27/02 28/02 02/03 MING
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      1052 29 IVESSEL VOV SIN BKK POU PKO PgN BLW BUR BA lIK IRAN QHEYAMAT PJL-1272 11/02 20/02 EIBE OLDENDORF PJL-1277 14/02 23/02 ACCEPTING CONTAINERyBREAK-BULK SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN A CIS COUNTRIES I.E. AZARBAIJAN, ARMENIA. KAZAKHSTAN. UZBEKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN. KIRGISTAN. TAOZHIKISTAN A GEORGIA VIA B. ABBAS. BIK AGENT IN SINGAPORE AGENT
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      2254 29 CARGO TO/FROM 1 SHEKOII ft HUANGPU WEEKLY PIKCT SAILING < 1 I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHENTON WAY TIL 226 1900 FAX: *****04 OUTWARD (l/l) ""^OSMr^OHoJEOfna"™"^""™! I COSTAR SNIPPING PTI LTD #17-O«DISILDG SAUS/IKGS *****41/43 INWARD DEFT (D/ 0) *****65 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD |(I NO: *****6*0000*1 TOWIR TWO (*****9)
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      1300 30 EUROPMJK/SMDINAVWFINUIIMUSSIA rSGPI ROM ANW HBG TUP ZEE IHV IHV TUP ROM ANW HIG PKL SGP E. ROUND RW-030 14/02 08/03 11/03 07/03 00/03 10*3 11/03 E. GALLANT RE-064 21/01 2001 22/01 24/01 10/02 I RENOWN RW-027 22/02 13/03 11/03 14/03 10/03 17/03 10/03 E. GROUP RE-067 20/01 20/01 30/01 #1/02
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      885 30 am MAC-NIELS S'PflftE M'SIA I Carrier. MN CONTR LINES, INC 1-IVA" J OWWOIIMOWWOOOB SIBU: (084) *****9 MAMLA: (632) *****81 PtMANQ: (04) *****38 BANGKOK: (662) *****67 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 P. KELAMQ: (03) *****77 JKT. (21) *****07 MON: (61) *****3 KUQ6NG (062) *****1-3 MANILA GENOA/BARCELONA MV T! Y^,l? H 1 L A
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      372 30 NANTAI LINE FUUY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA VPSa VQT SIN rui PUR CPT R/BAT" wmmtM m 10/02 20/02 urn 21/02 mtmPWlg 0205 14/02 02/03 ot/03 mmiwius o?ss iw 01/03 ot/p w/03 GOtDOI DtACOW 003S 01/03 11/03 IS/03 H/03 lUMUI PtIWOSS OTPS ot/03 23/03 27/03 mmiQUffll Q2iS 17/03 75/03
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      530 31 BSfl -k. M MYANMA wBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myaamar National Um) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) vrssa vor sm nc m ra SITTWI 79W IM PT HP A-A* 240W 11/02 MAIAYSiA AG4HTS: KXJSTIAO SHIPPING AGOtCKS lUL Tft 02-03-2417)00 POL TU 02-03-*****01 Til 02-04-2****** PCO: HI 02-07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A s»rvfct oi
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      393 32 BINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 38 NEIL ROAD, SINGAPORE 0206 TEL *****66 FAX; *****64 TLX R*****6 S4NMER CR No: **********0W m Rocaivlng Cargo at PTI I ilntuiu ~l I Muf vissu *ai sffl cdi ma Hi* is*no max 14-IS/02 20/02 vwo2f invm it/w Ihkt rm4l If 70/03 75/02 MM YW3I
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      335 33 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO EUROPE H IXPWBB> Sglfr-COMTMNPIfIgP BPtVICI Ml VOT ItfoStirDAM/WOAM HIUWS IWtMtW I AMTWf BP KUTAI tilt 1/3 OMIT M TO AUSTRALIA ~1 Rju.cowwuNEßSiwvict m wr_ he m m m. HM m iabwai viii u«ia» om rm mm mm mm MOmUOYDMMMK VOS IM2 n« MM Ml IMS IM*
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      718 33 f saaaQlf pacific international unes (pte) ltd I SSSSSSSm 140 Ceal Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I J 1 CRNO: **********06 HIA22 21/2 Ltf 12/2 li/2 1W 21ZJ 21/2 X/ 2 I MXIAKWP 14! 123 «/l it/J 22/j 24/j M/ 2 4/4 -JUl_| KOU HAJIIIUWI HWOII 14/3 IS/3 M/
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      45 35 To retrieve more schedules, Just follow these simple steps... document M> ial 740-6000 tep be faxed JT M the port Step key in the four number /CM fcjßdigi* code Key in your Example: r-L, fax number JfTo NEW YORK (NYC) 2278 for caUs within Singapore
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      1090 38 BESAMUDERA shipping line ltd 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 HHHi TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARO) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********00 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/43 JESSICA/CELIA/MEI CHAN E2Z2aEBEEB 7 slgs/week [252SESZ3I 2 SLG/WEEK VESSEL [~VOY [SIN fJAK |VESSEL VOY [SIN I PLB OOCL AUTHORITY 004S
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      458 38 SIN FAR EAST 15/02 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 15/02 BANGKOK 15/02 MANILA/CEBU 15/02 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 15/02 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 17/02 BUSAN 15/02 T OKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 15/02 HONGKONG sm china (+na-±»i«p) 15/02 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/OINGDAO/HAIKOU SIN EUROPE/UK 15/02 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU RDM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIM USA/CANADA 17/02 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all IPI
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      457 38 X Singapore Soviet Shipping «»Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY VESSEL VOY SIN BOM PNG PKL ORIENT CORD 109fl 17/02 24/02 09/03 11/03 KOTA RAJA RJAOOS 23/02 05/03 17/03 19/03 KOTARATU TBA 07/03 15/03 27/03 29/03 ORIENT CORD 110N 12/03 20/03 02/04 04/04 REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA
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