The Business Times, 16 March 1998

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  • 12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 11CV12/97 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, MARCH 16,1998
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  • 1647 1  -  Market reaction today will indicate if it has the confidence of foreign investors Reports by S N Vasuki in Jakarta INDONESIA'S new cabinet may draw flak in international circles for being nationalist and anti-reform, but its composition represents a major political victory
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  • 547 1 Move seen as bid to counteract IMF, US criticism INDONESIA'S new vice-pres-ident BJ Habibie will visit Japan and Germany this month, as part of a new strategy to counter the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and America's criticism of the country's economic policies, sources
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  • 626 1 M'sia will also seek World Bank loan for rural development AFP, Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday that the country would seek a World Bank loan for rural development and poverty eradication, and added that he would announce next
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  • 1233 1  -  Foresight and good technology infrastructure put the Republic in a strong position for the 21st century, says BID Chrtw Bill Gates In this exclusive commentary, the influential chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corp, who is due here this Thursday, spells out what he thinks is
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    • 138 1 OCKfhMfrrre—p Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation is undergoing several major management changes at the top, including the appointment of the first Singaporean to bead its Malaysian unit, Pf 17 ftmed cmmroil vehicle OOEs svgi About 1,000 certificates of entitlement or more than 10 per cent of the entire year's quota-are still unused,
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    • 92 1 I For Great Hunan (zf Sichuan Cuisine RMfewttrr I BeyicMUns Ut March 1998. you enjoyl *crviceyou've come to love amklrt the graj^ffi I S|ag»porc'« country dub I 1 I VTttOnf TPIMr 4 P I I This, is where you can enjoy the latest culinary style that SingaporSKry proud of. I
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 500 2  -  Dealers scramble to package products with discounts as buyers hold back By< Christopher Tan ABOUT 1,000 certificates of entitlement for commercial vehicles or more than 10 per cent of the entire year's quota are still unused, and dealers are scrambling to package them
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    • 378 2 EYE ON THE ECONOMY Outlook WHILE a financial meltdown is unlikely, Singapore has few policy options to prevent an economic slowdown, says J P Morgan in a recent report During the downturn of the mid-80s, Singapore's liquidity-strapped financial sector was able to recall loans
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    • 353 2  -  Banks are selective despite low growth, intense competition By] Frances Lui PRIVATE banking may be facing intense competition and low growth as a result of the regional economic crisis but don't expect private bankers to jump at any odd million that
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    • 149 2 SOME 110 terrace homes at Villa Verde have been sold over the weekend, its developer Keppel Land said yesterday. Forty units of the 99-year leasehold development in Choa Chu Kang were offered on Saturday in a soft launch. Another 85 units were subsequently offered
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
    • 294 4 It will bid for good assets of 56 failed finance companies AFP [BANGKOK! Thailand will open a new state-run bank today to bid for the good assets of the country's 56 failed finance companies which were closed in December last year, government officials said
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    • 395 4 Union body joins Dongyang strikers in benchmark fight AFP [SEOUL] The first legal battle over mass layoffs in South Korea has spilled over into a bitter proxy war between unions and management at an elevator manufacturing factory. Seen as a benchmark
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    • 502 4 Bnt analysts say some banks may have bad debt woes in coming months AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] As a March 31 deadline looms for mergers of Malaysia's finance companies, the focus is on the troubled banking sector as plans to create the
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    • 395 4 Japanese PM and Suharto say flexible reforms needed Reuters, AFP [JAKARTA] Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto yesterday said Indonesia needed to take "courageous decisions" to resolve its crisis and he was convinced President Suharto would. Neither side gave specific details on the two and
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    • 376 4 Move to recover 6Jb pesos of non-performing loans AFP [MANILA] The Philippine central bank said yesterday that it will confiscate all "recoverable assets" of the majority owner of a failed bank to help it back on its feet. Central bank chief
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    • 114 4 Bernama (MELBOURNE] Australian student visa applications from Malaysia dropped 45 per cent in January year-on-year, according to a Monash University study. Visa issues among Malaysians fell from 1,341 to 743 in January. For the key application period from November to January, requests fell 13 per cent,
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    • 137 4 AFP [JAKARTA] Senior finance ministry officials from Japan, Germany and the United States are to visit Indonesia this week to jointly discuss the economic crisis here and stalled IMF reform measures, a Japanese official said yesterday. "We will discuss various things with Indonesian
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 268 5 YANGON Bid to help ailing state banks, ease pressure on currency: analysts AFP MYANMAR's military junta has revoked the right of at least seven private banks to operate foreign exchange-re-lated accounts, in a move analysts said was further evidence of the country's economic
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    • 143 5 KUALA PILAH Bernama DEPUTY Finance Minister Affifudin Omar said yesterday that he supports the call by Umno Youth chief Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for the government to publish in newspapers the names of Malaysians keeping money abroad during the current slowdown. While
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    • 366 5 SINGAPORE STpore clarifies call came from Opposition MP MALAYSIAN news media sounded the drumbeat on economic union with Singapore over the weekend before clarification from Singapore that the call came from an opposition politician and not the government. Bernama quoted the National Chamber
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    • 85 5 [MY LAI, Vietnam] US helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson (secondfrom left) and door gunner Lawrence Colburn meeting Pham Thi Thuan, 60, a survivor of the infamous Vietnam War massacre in My Lai village, yesterday. About 500 Vietnamese, mostly women, children and the elderly, were indiscriminately killed
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    • 346 5 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIAN Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi cautioned yesterday of rising stress in bilateral and regional understanding and cooperation as countries grapple with economic crisis. "Apprehension and repatriation of foreign labour displaced by shrinking job prospects in contracting sectors can become
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    • 193 5 MANILA Reuters THE Philippines' biggest leftist union yesterday slammed President Fidel Ramos' order to immediately free the oil sector from state control. An opposition congressman also urged the Supreme Court to strike the order down. The May 1 Movement (KMU) union accused Mr Ramos
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • 177 6 HONGKONG AFP ASIAN financial turmoil claimed yesterday one of Hongkong's Chinese-lan-guage daily newspapers due to a sharp downturn in its advertising revenue. The loss-making Express News announced its closure on the front page of its final issue to grace the newsstands. "The Express
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    • 200 6 BEIJING AFP SALARIES offered by foreign firms in Beijing are to rise by about 11.3 per cent this year, well above the rate for the rest of the country, the China Daily said yesterday. A recent survey conducted by the Beijing
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    • 224 6 HONGKONG China Petrochem chief hand picked by Zhn Rongji AFP CHINA'S premier-designate Zhu Rongji has appointed a businessman to head the state economic and trade commission, a newly created "super ministry" that will oversee economic policy, a report said yesterday. The South
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    • 289 6 U BEIJING Export deals, attendance down at 10-day show Reuters TURNOVER and participation at the East China Trade Fair, a major showcase for the nation's exporters, fell sharply this year due to the Asian financial crisis, the Wenhui Bao daily said. The value of export
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    • 359 6 BEIJING Asian crisis will squeeze tax revenue, but budget gap is expected to narrow AFP CHINA is unlikely to meet its goal of eliminating its budget deficit by the year 2000, as the South-east Asian crisis will squeeze tax revenue,
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    • 106 6 HONGKONG Bloomberg ONE of Hongkong's best-known tourist attractions, the floating restaurants of Aberdeen Harbour, is losing money for the first time in 22 years and may soon fire some employees, the South China Morning Post said. The three restaurants, all run by Melco International Development, are
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    • 69 6 [BEIJING] Qiao Shi (standing left), a one-time rival to Chinese President Jiang Zemin, waves farewell to delegates at the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Saturday. Mr Qiao, formerly number three in
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    • 332 6 BEIJING AFP CHINA'S hotel industry faces bleak prospects this year due to the South-east Asian crisis, reports said yesterday. "This year will be very tough for Beijing's hotels as the Asian financial crisis gradually shows its impact," Dominic Wong, general
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    • 365 6 SHANGHAI Lack of fall convertibility seen as protection Reuters CHINA would like to develop its national foreign exchange system into a world class market, but its primary role for now was preserving the stability of the local currency, a senior official said. "Now market
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  • ASIA
    • 516 7 NEW DELHI BJP's key ally agrees to join govt as Congress says it's not in the picture Reuters INDIAN President K R Narayanan yesterday called Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Atal Behari Vajpayee for talks on the formation
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    • 394 7 CANBERRA Foil privatisation aims to build on goodwill from earlier sale Reuters [CANBERRA] Australia went into unofficial election mode yesterday after Prime Minister John Howard said his government would sell the rest of telecoms company Telstra if it won the next poll.
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    • 146 7 Bloomberg [CANBERRA] The governing Liberal-National Party coalition of Prime Minister John Howard has drawn level with the opposition Labor Party for the first time this year, according to a new opinion poll to be published in the Bulletin magazine this week. National
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    • 222 7 DHAKA AFP THE minority Jatiya Party of former president Hussain Muhammad Ershad has quit Bangladesh's "national consensus" government, a party spokesman said yesterday. "Yes, we are no more with the consensus government party spokesman Faquir Ashraf told AFP. "The Jatiya Party has started its opposition
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    • 221 7 TOKYO Urgent steps needed to help economy, says ex-minister Reuters AN INFLUENTIAL member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Shizuka Kamei, yesterday again pressed the government to urgently revise its fiscal consolidation programme and take steps to stimulate the weak economy. Speaking on
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  • THE WORLD
    • 800 8 EUROPEAN MONETARY ONION Indications are that there'll be no more changes to bilateral rates before EMU Reuters, Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] European monetary officials on Saturday devalued the drachma by 14 per cent as Greece joined the European Union's exchangerate mechanism (ERM), while
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    • 394 8 ATHENS Simitu' tenacity likely to help him fend off opponents Reuters GREEK Prime Minister Costas Simitis is already coming under heavy attack for Saturday's devaluation of the drachma, but his reward will be to have brought Greece closer to the European Union's
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    • 414 8 LONDON Strict action on tax, spending to abolish deficit: sources Reuters BRITAIN'S Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown will announce in tomorrow's budget if he plans to do away with public deficits even during cyclical downturns, newspapers said yesterday. Quoting Treasury
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  • BUSINESS IT
    • 523 9  -  Opening of new facilities and manpower boost despite regional crisis By Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Networking leader Cisco Systems and its main competitors, 3Com and Bay Networks, are expanding their operations in Asia despite the financial turmoil. Cisco plans to open new
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    • 197 9 Reuters [BEIJING] China's ranks of Internet surfers have swollen to 620,000 from less than 20,000 five years ago, the official Xinhua news agency said last week. About 300,000 computers are now wired to the global computer network, Xinhua said, quoting a report
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    • 240 9 AFX [NEW YORK] Global personal computer sales this year are expected to rise 13.4 per cent from year-earlier levels to reach 90.6 million units, compared with a 15.2 per cent rise to 79.9 miUion units the prior year, California
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    • 358 9  -  India ami fihiwa tn grow 200% in Internet use till 2001 By. Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] The boom in Internet usage is one key reason for the huge growth in sales of Hewlett-Packard's printers and scanners last year, and should
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    • 485 12  -  Things became rough by end of last year, says Singapore MD By] Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] IBM Singapore has added its voice to the chorus of cautions coming out the local high-tech sector, saying it expects this year's revenue growth to slow down
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    • IT TAKES
      • 76 12 [SINGAPORE] Open Market, a US Internet commerce software vendor, has received three patents from the US Patent and Trademark Office for some of its technology for conducting business over the Internet These patents enable Open Market to defend its market against competitors and to collect
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      • 47 12 [SINGAPORE] Platinum Technology and Lucent Technologies are offering in Singapore tools to solve the I Year 2000 problem. This software tool, TransCentury Visualisation, reduces the time needed to analyse the impact of the Year 2000 date change on a company's computer system.
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      • 28 12 [SINGAPORE] Symantec Corporation has promoted Ross Wilaon to South-east Asia director. He will be based in j Singapore, which la Symantec's South-east Asian hub.
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      • 37 12 [SINGAPORE] lomega has opened a 24-hour multilingual regional customer service centre in Singapore. The centre will provide support to customers and resellers in the region in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Korean.
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      • 43 12  -  -Compiled by 1 Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Hyperion Software will hold a seminar on software solutions that support business processes, financial reporting, budgeting and business analysis on March 24 at the Marriott Hotel. To register, phone Ms Gammelmark at 323-3485.
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    • 482 12  -  W Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] 'A Singapore startup, Tricast Pte Ltd, is bringing American IT content provider CNET to Asia. Tricast will set up localised CNET Web sites ard distribute CNET TV programmes in various Asian nations, Tricast founding publisher Peter Schoppert told
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    • 425 13  -  Goal is to help entrepreneurs access new markets By. Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] The National Science and Technology Board (NSTB) is working out new match-making arrangements with US-based groups to help Singapore IT companies access the huge north American markets. The
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    • 713 13  -  By: Koh Su Haw IF YOU have decided to jump onto the Internet bandwagon because of the promises of a whole new world of business oppportunities, then you should also be prepared for some less than desirable side-effects. One is that bane of electronic mail (e-mail)
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    • 310 14  -  CeBIT debut for products that allow upgrades to fixture By, Raju Chellam [SlNGAPOßE] Home-grown Vivid Technology Pte Ltd has announced what it calls "the world's first future-proof modem solutions" with two products. Both are based on the Ks6Flex modem technology. Both products will
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 75 14 LOTUS Domino la now available on IBM*# AS/400 servers andean support nearly twice aa many uaers compared to competing servers. Lotus said the Domino tor AS/400 Is a fUll-fUnction Domino 16 server tbat combines Domino's messaging and collaboration solution with AS/400's Integration It is
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      • 89 14  -  -CiifHHby Raju Chellam US-BASED Color Span Corp has come out with three new eight-colour printers with a resolution of UOO dots per Inch. They run on pigmented Ink packs or dye-baaed Ink packs and produce prints fa* Indoor or outdoor use. Display Maker 4000 offers 42-inch-wide
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    • 680 14  -  Driving the expansion is the strong growth of NT, Unix and storage software By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] The storage of data is a gold mine for International Business Machines (IBM) and EMC Corporation. The worldwide market for storing data in
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 913 16  -  Levine's move was expected. But the question is why, says 'HTm'" tow—i ANTHONY TOMMASINI NYT IN ACCEPTING the title of music director of the Munich Philharmonic as of autumn 1999, James Levine has taken a professional turn that may well alter his future at the Metropolitan
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    • 485 16  -  Roscoe brings refreshing style to Beethoven concerto By P Y Van LAST Friday's Singapore Symphony Orchestra concert began with Bartok's Suite No 2for Orchestra, Op 4. This is a work in which Bartok's interest in the Hungarian folk song begins to show through, and one in
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 452 17  -  Changes not related to regional turmoil or fall in bank's profits: OCBC source By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Oversea-Chi-nese Banking Corporation is undergoing several major management changes at the top, including the appointment of the first Singaporean tp head its Malaysian unit, OCBC Bank (Malaysia)
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    • 170 17 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] PentexSchweizer Circuits Ltd, a Sin-gapore-based maker of printed circuit boards for the electronics industry, said profit fell 77 per cent in the first half, pulled down by $3.6 million in foreign exchange losses. The company said profit fell to $944,000, or
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    • 817 17  -  HAMOBBmnm»HT An Industry overhanl in relation to China hn By Quak Hiang Whai IF THERE was one area in which Cathay Pacific did extremely well last year, it was managing expectations. How else does one explain the way the stock performed last
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    • SINGAPORE & MALAYSIAN COMPANIES
      • 450 18  -  Traditional Chinese medicine business wpansinn plana By Frances Lui [SINGAPORE] One of the Republic's best-known Chinese herbalist, Eu Yan Sang, is planning to make a comeback to the Singapore stock market on its 120 th anniversary next year. Richard Eu, managing director of
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      • 447 18  -  Satellite's rate said to be 2 pts less than industry average From Teh Hooi Ling in Toulouse, France SINGAPORE Telecom has secured an insurance contract for the launch of its first satellite ST-1 at a rate that is two percentage points lower than
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      • 545 18  -  By, Annette Pu TOTALLY unfazed by recent sentiment-dampening industry projections of future disk drive shipments, local component manufacturer Brilliant Manufacturing says it will launch its initial public offer by end-March. "The most important thing is that we are fundamentally good, so whether the market
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      • 131 18 Bloomberg IKUALA LUMPUR] Hock Hua Bank said it plans to merge its finance company unit with its banking operations. Hock Hua Bank, Malaysia's 16th largest banking group in terms of assets, said it has submitted the proposal to Bank Negara for approval. Hock Hua
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    • REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 179 20 Reuters [ABU DHABI] Gulf Air posted a net profit of US$4B million (5577.8 million) in 1997 after a loss of US$l56 million in 1996, the company's president and chief executive Sheikh Ahmed bin Saif A 1 Nahyan said on Saturday. "Thank
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      • 369 20 Fund managers cite discord in management and huge cost as factors Bloomberg [LONDON] Glaxo Wellcome is unlikely to launch a hostile bid for SmithKline Beecham even though a reconciliation between the two previously engaged drugmakers is remote, fund managers said after meeting both
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      • 162 20 AFP [SYDNEY] Australian building materials group Pioneer International Ltd said yesterday it was actively pursuing mergers and acquisitions in Asia, with several mediumsized opportunities in the pipeline. Pioneer chief executive John Schubert also said the company had the capability to borrow well in excess of
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      • 211 20 AFP [TOKYO) Japanese authorities say liabilities at the failed Yamaichi Securities Co Ltd do not exceed its assets, with off-the-book losses estimated at 270 billion yen (553.4 billion), a report said yesterday. The Finance Ministry and the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission found no further
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      • 511 20 Interest rates low, firms have achieved good equity returns Bloomberg [OMAHA, Nebraska] Warren Buffett, who warned investors last year that US stock prices were too high, now says the market rally is justified because of low interest rates and the "remarkable" equity
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      • 262 20 Bloomberg [TOKYO) Ebara Corp of Japan, one of the world's largest makers of industrial pumps, said it's on course for record earnings in the fiscal year ending this month, though sales and orders are slowing. Ebara forecasts record group net profit of 10.5 billion
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 393 21 Varying amounts of compensation for holders of three separate bond issues Bloomberg [LONDON] Ernst Young, the liquidator of Barings pic, told creditors it will make payments totalling approximately £190 million (*****.9 billion) to compensate bond investors in the failed UK investment bank. Holders of three
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      • 190 21 Bloomberg [MINNEAPOLIS] US Bancorp agreed to acquire closely held Northwest Bancshares Inc for an undisclosed amount, to expand in a fast-growing section of Washington state. Minneapolis-based US Bancorp will gain 10 branches and U*****.7 million (5|557 million) in deposits in the Clark County area,
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      • 276 21 Investment £T9up taps global expertise for modernisation FT [LONDON] Investor, the main investment vehicle of Sweden's Wallenberg business empire, has stepped up its modernisation programme with sweeping boardroom changes at companies it controls. The investment group, which holds stakes in companies accounting for 43 per
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      • 261 21 AFP [TOKYO] Only Nomura Securities Co Ltd among Japan's major brokerages is likely to post a pre-tax profit in thf year to March 31 because of the depressed stock market, a business daily said yesterday. Among the 21 major and second-tier securities
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      • 270 21 Bank shares drive 19 market amid hopes for alliances Reuters [MADRID] Banco Central Hispano (BCH) chairman Jose Maria Amusategui said on Saturday that Spanish banks were more likely to be involved in alliances than in mergers. "In a period of three
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      • 269 21 Bloomberg [BERWYN, Pennsylvania] Chartwell Investment Partners, formed last year on April Fool's Day, is confounding investment experts who claim that size, capital and a brand name are essential for success. Formed by 12 alumni of Philadelphia-based Delaware Investments, Chartwell has attracted more than US$l.5 billion
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 569 22  -  SIMBX Weeklyßoundup Callum Henderson MMS International This report does not constitute a solicitation to invest in any currency or Simex product. [SINGAPORE] Asia continues to be the centre of focus, with particular attention on Indonesia and Japan. Japan looks pretty bad and hopeless. The entertainment scandals,
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      • 846 22 COMMODITY Weekly Roundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices slipped to a 9.5-year low last week amid open disagreement between members of the Organ isation for Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) over how best to prop up the market. Prices plummeted midweek as
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    • 1477 22 »CB« rllTUUBS Mar 13 RUMCR (futures ctosfcqis it SJQpa) RSS1 CONTRACTS cwtsA«) ClOSO VotaM Opoit HW| U* Sott ftonoi) hrtortrt tiiijn *75 **98 R8.75 2500 Jim 120.75 347« £g** 126.75 -4095 Ort/Doc* 134.50 5425" Jon/Mor99 138.00 150 KSS 3 CONTRACT (UScmbAg) Votem Own Mo^lt *9* low Sott (towm)
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    • SINGAPORE WEEKLY MARKET OUTLOOK
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        138 23 Market outlook SINGAPORE stocks rose in largely thin trading with the Straits Times Industrials Index closing the week up 1.7 per cent at 1,598.63. Stocks are likely to track closely regional currencies which in turn will hinge on further developments on the currency board issue in Indonesia. Apart from
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        80 23 DATACR AFT, a leading data communications and networking system integrator, looks to be on the rise. We would recommend a buy on weakness. The company is little affected by the currency turmoil since it limits its currency exposure by pricing all significant contracts in US$. It has recently
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        84 23 A STOCK that is "ringing" for you to pick up is S'pore Telecom. With a $4 billion cash reserve, it is busy w indo w-shopp ing throughout the region. But the management seems intent on adding to its cash reserves as can be seen from the recent sale
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      • 264 23  -  Sourct: Analysed by Peter Coker a director of Bridge Int 7 Broking Rttlattv* Strength Index RSI measures the rate at which prices move. As a rule, an RSI above 80 indicates an overbought condition while RSI below 20 indicates an oversold market. RSI is more effective in
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    • MARKET REVIEWS
      • 287 24 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG traders are hoping for positive news this week to jolt the stock market out of its current subdued mood, dealers said. The market has been directionless for the past week, hovering around the 11,000points level in the
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      • 453 24 NEW YORK I ~M Market jittery over yesterday's TV interview of former White House aide AFP AFP BLUE chip stocks closed on Friday up a modest 0.39 per cent from a week ago as investors took profits on fears of new revelations in
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      • 407 24 LONDON AFP A WAVE of record highs on Wall Street last week helped the London market stave off renewed fears that British interest rates might be raised again soon. The FTSE 100 Index of leading shares closed at 5,782.3 points, almost unchanged from the
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      • 322 24 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices face a difficult week ahead as hopes for an expected stimulus package are dampened by gloom over the economy, analysts said on Friday. Shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange will enjoy support from growing expectations for an
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      • 859 24 f% Sydney THE Australian share market will look to a flood of US economic data for direction in the week ahead as the corporate result reporting season draws to a close, analysts said. "The week ahead is shaping up as a relatively quiet one on the domestic
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      • 1703 24 FlPirtt +57.01 FRANCE'S benchmark stocks rose to records on Friday as investors took Renault SA's earnings as a sign of greater efficiency among manufacturers. The carmaker rebounded to profit in 1997 after it cut costs and axed jobs. The benchmark CAC 40 Index rose 13.66 points, or
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 8441 25 INDUSTRIALS Cohsmmt prefects V*l Wee* Ntt Cap C«WM»V m OOP H>gh Low P/l tmll 310 WO Ajlnomoto 250 -12 17 280 258 14.3 104.6 222 .2? 109 2 ,3 113 95 2.5 1*0.7 ?22 12 ApoHo Food Hlg 201 -1 45 210 190 5.8 80.4 222 ?2 2* f y
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      • 361 25 AFP Composite Into +17.8 MALAYSIAN stocks are likely to trade in a dull narrow range due to lack of fresh leads after recording a 2.6 per cent rise in a thin trading week to Friday, analysts said. "Sentiment on the bourse will remain
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
      • 3476 26 BONOS, LOANS ft VAMANTS 1997/98 L*«t Val MM Lut Ouata Avg »tw Company Utl »w COOOl High Lm Buyer SaNar Prtc. 68 9 m 3000 ai AMOS C55%02Q2I6 17 I I I I T 81 8 3160 -Acar ******1USS 13.5 *0.5 186 13.5 12 13 14 131 8.5 3164 Acma
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      • 188 26  -  WARRANT WATCH Ven Sreenivasan THE stock and warrant of specialist engineering services provider LAM Group have attracted some attention lately following reports that Indonesian entrepreneur Edwin Soeryadjaya had taken a controlling stake in the company. On Friday, the warrant closed at 22 cents for
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    • 2173 26 Week ended Mar 13 MALAYSIAN STOCKS 3 Cr Cf *997/98 la* VI Mm* LaatOuot* Mw IX* VM MM MCap w» l— st— ciwmiY sit roooi w» »*—r cm */t M 478 28 m s 5000 AIS8 50c 93 -03 3546 104 84 93 94 5.0 3J 11 383
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        426 28 Source: Deutsche Morgan Grentell Research Source: JM Sassoon Sticks Volume •Renong Btid 50c 104.677,000 *M Resources 77,782,000 •MBf Capital 67,328,000 •Refcapacific Bti 58,684,000 Easyknit HKIOc 30,258,000 •MBF Land Btid 26,940,000 •Uniphoenix 25,608,000 •Pub Bk Foreign 24,924,000 •Berjaya Group 23,025,000 •Imovest Bhd 22.522,000 Stacks OCBC Foreign 132.635,678 SPH 113,987,994 SIA Foreign
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        64 28  -  -by\ Shiv Taneja SM Summit Holdings closed one and a half cents lower on Friday at 54 cents on a volume of 4.02 million shares, compared with a 10 day traded average of 2.01 million shares. The daily and weekly RSI and Stochastics are oversold, and the sell
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      • 627 28  -  THI! WMITK ahbab Eyes also on earnings of major property firms and February non-oil domestic export figures By Ven Sreenivasan AFTER starting on a weak note on currency jitters and concern over Indonesia, the Singapore stock market managed to regain some composure
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 288 29 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young IT has been a disappointing week which promised much and then failed to deliver. There is not one bulker carrier sale to report in this session which lends to highlight the difference in opinion between buyers and sellers ideas currently. The Korean Panamax
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    • 424 29  -  Feeder line's south Asia routes experience strong growth By. Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Samudera Shipping Line (SSL), which recently launched the first of four new feeder vessels, remains optimistic about its fortunes this year despite the regional economic turmoil. Randy Effendi, chief executive officer
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    • 330 29  -  By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] SingaPort '98 International Maritime Conference will feature a forum on the fine balance between competition and cooperation among Asian ports. As more and more ports around the region continue to develop, the rivalry between them has become an increasingly
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    • 796 29  -  DOCKTARD By: David Hughes WE are already well into a year which promises to be an unpredictable one as the regional currency problems continue to cast a shadow over all sectors of the economy.' But here is one last
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    • 133 29 [SINGAPORE] The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will implement a dependent ratio of four local certified officers to one foreign certified officer for employment on board harbour craft operating within port limits. The move, which comes into effect today, is
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    • 140 29 Reuters [LONDON] New York has become the cheapest port for reaching Midwest US markets, a senior port authority executive said here. Marketing and labour relations manager of the Port Authority of New York New Jersey, Edmund Harrison, said: "Our port is
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      • 92 29 Reuters [LONDON] Associated British Ports Holdings pic said its Port oflmmingham will develop a new dry bulk distribution complex as part of plans to expand its business range. The company said in a statement that the new warehouse complex, which will be the first to be
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      • 65 29 Reuters [HONGKONG] The Hongkongguvaiaiiient said the> franchise enjoyed by Star Ferry, a fUlly-owned unit of Wharf (Holdings) Ltd, would expire on March 31,1968, and it was negotiating a new contract with the company. Terms in the new agreement will be subject to approval by
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      • 86 29 Reuters [LONDON] Anglo-Dutch container shipping line P&O Nedlloyd is close to ordering five ships from two German shipyards. Lloyd's List newspaper said. The 5,500 TEU (20-ft container equivalent) capacity ships are likely to be built by east German yard AkerMTWWerft and 1 Rostock-based Kvaerner
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    • 792 30 JAPANESE SHIPPING INDUSTRY Shipping led the way in cost-cutting and weeding out weaker firms when its market got tough in the '80s Maritime Asia SHIPPING was by no means the only industry in the late 1970s and early '80s to put the race for growth
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      • 204 45 Mar 17 United Kingdom: St Patrick's Day. Mar 20 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Mar 21 Mexico.: Juarez Day. Mar 20 Greece: Independent Day. AprO Hong Kong: Ching Ming Festival. Apr 7 Brunei: Hari Ray a Haji. Malaysia: Hari Raya HajiApr 0 Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Mexico: Maundy Thursday. Apr
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      • 792 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars Instead at single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average sized stem Market movements are lndicat ed. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      • 429 46 Special task force set up to direct and supervise GAL reforms AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's transportation and communications ministry has asked China Airlines to lay off 71 officials, including honorary chairman Wu Yueh, three senior flight security officials, and
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      • 398 46 AFP [TOKYO] A Japanese prosecutor left for France yesterday to try to question Airbus Industrie on a 1994 plane crash in Nagoya that claimed more than 200 lives, officials said. The investigator and another official from the Nagoya prosecutors office left the
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      • 315 46 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippines is considering exporting its most distinctive mode of transport the gaudily painted, fume-belching, elongated jeep known as the jeepney. "We are thinking of exporting brand new or roadworthy jeepneys. I plan io discuss it with the Department of Trade and perhaps even
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      • 231 46 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] The European Commission said it proposed to ban new registrations of used aircraft fitted with a noise-reduction device known as a hushkit, forcing European start-up airlines to buy new planes rather than using older planes fitted with the
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      • 466 46 It may join KLM-NorthweBt group or Q&nt&fl/BA Reuters [HONGKONG] Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd may seek support in an alliance as it battles strong headwinds in 1996, analysts said. Recent months have seen a boom in global airline pacts. Cathay has previously been reluctant
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      • 422 46 Reuters [MIAMI] Financier Carl Icahn reached a US$43 million (5569.6 million) agreement with Pan Am Corp to buy some of its assets and start a new Pan Am airline, company lawyers said. Mr Icahn, who bailed out Trans World Airlines Inc
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    • 554 35 BSA j. M MYANMA wBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myaamor National Lint) Loading far Yang on (Rangoon) VESSEL VOY SM PIG PEN PGU AVA 144** SU PAGAN 2S4W 11/03 MALAYSIA AGENTS: KXJSTIAO SMPPMG AGENCIES KUL TEL 02-03-*****00 PCI: TEL 02-03-*****01 PEN: TIL 02-04-*****02 PGO: TEL 02-07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A Mrvkt Andrtw
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    • 780 36 BANQKOK/LAEM CHABANQ JAKARTA/PAN J ANQ VESSEL VOY SIN BKK LCH VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJN RATHA BHUM" OSN 17/03 20/03 ACX JADE* 16S In Pt 19/03 NANTA BHUM 365N 17/03 21/03 20/03 DEJA BHUM 739S 17/03 20/03 19/03 SRISAMUT SRS373 18/03 21/03 MATHU BHUM ***** 19/03 21/03 XETHA BHUM 228N
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    • 107 36 GEMARTRANS 4 SAILINGS WEEK TO HCM VtSStl VOT SIN I HOW UUHMM 44N 16/03 19 03 «U** 9835 1 7/03 20/03 MfUNM E3OBB 10/03 23/03 HAUGIANGO2 All 28 21/03 24/03 UU (HUM 45N 23/03 24/03 QUIA* 9834 24/03 27/03 2 SAILINGS WEEK TO HAIPHONG VKSfI VOT SIH HfH UtTRAFIEX FEIMR
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    • 405 36 BINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 39 NEIL ROAD, SINGAPORE 0206 TEL: *****68 FAX: *****64 TLX; R*****5 SINMER CR No: **********0W Receiving Cargo at PTI I Bintulu 1 Muara VESSEL VOY SW ITU VtSStl WT SIN MUA BSeno V9805E ta*l7/03 21/03 MM* V9604E 18 19/03 24/03 I Sen* V9606E 7179/04 03/04
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    • 609 36 1 ACCORD A SHIPPING PTE LTD W6511J (40 Lines) FAX *****30 FOOT KLAHG (03) 3071 Ml V M DIKECT ACCESS TEL *****53 (EXPORT BOOKING) P4SJV GUDANG (07) 3SI 1377 *****34 (EXPORT DOC), *****39 (IMPORT) HHAMG s (04)*****49 ORLjHi ir//WWW.ACCOBD.COM.SO JAKAKU (71)*****70 PORT tT MN T IT* SIN POUT ETA SIM
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    • 392 37 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO EUROPE EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE VSL VOY sToWE! OAM/BDAM H lUBC »REMiN AHTwjllP *mm 43W8 27/4 1/5 OMIT 5/5 TO AUSTRALIA "~1 FULL CONTAMER SERVICE m Ivor \m m |H«| IX 1 IYD I MB. I HtAI API IfflE I Vtii DC UMU VOmS 1243 14« 2203
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    • 1024 37 f gSSrPff PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. J l n l Lr CR NO *****67Q000E IlVfSSgl VOY PKI _m il9 Ml API Hi PKI SIN OOq ACCLAIM OAAOOO 21/1 21/3 2/4 4/4 7/4 10/4 17/4 11/4 KOTA PWWWA PWKOOI 27/3 21/3
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    • 49 39 To retrieve more schedules, just follow these simple steps... document fLal 740-6000^^^^^ tep be faxed the port I \j£nter your Step e y n the four number /jf #Jf digit code Key in your Example: L-, fax number To NEW YORK (NYC) 2275 for calls within Singapore United States
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    • 1204 42 ■«b— SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********00 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/43 JESSICA/CELIA/MEI CHAN 7 slgs/week [2JS3SSEEB 2 slg/week |VESSEL VOY [~SIN pAK [VESSEL _VOY SIN j_ PLEI MAERSK JAKARTA 9812 IN
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    • 500 42 m FAR EAST 22/03 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 22/03 BANGKOK 16/03 MANILA/CEBU 22/03 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 22/03 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E MALAYSIA 18/03 BUSAN 22/03 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 22/03 HONG KONG m CHINA 22/03 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU m EUROPE/UK 22/03 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU RDM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIN USA/CANADA 17/03 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all IPI points
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    • 475 42 Singapore Soviet Shipping &»Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO:**********0N BOMBAY VESSEL VOY SIN BOM PNG PKL TRADE FAST TFS2IS 22/03 28/03 08/04 10/04 KOTARATU RTUOOS 27/03 03/04 IVO4 17/04 FAIRY EAGLE 111N 04/04 12/04 23/04 24/04 KOTA RAJA RJAOO9 11/04 19/04 30/04 02/05 REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA VESSEL VOY
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    • 730 43 ADELAIDE 1 imam mm MSC CHINA V.OOIA I ETA SINGAPORE 22ND MARCH 1998 II ASIA AUSTRALIA EXPRESS SERVICE VESSEL VOY SIN FRE 'APt MEL SVD ONE 1 MSC CHINA 001 A 22 MAR 28 MAR 31 MAR 02 APR 04 APR ~O7APR MSC BUSAN 006 A 29 MAR 04 APR
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    • 126 43 t For Booking Please Call H Esitee/Zarina: (&S) 222 7Q22 Changzhou \L Shanghai Foshan Shantou Fuzhou \L Shenzhen J Guangzhou \L Tlanjin Hangzhou \L Wuhan v£ Huangpu \L Xiamen v£ Qingdao \L Zhongshan 1 \t San Shan Zhuhai j OUR NEXT SAILINGS p MV. "HYUNDAI STRIDE" V.007N ETA SIN IitXWS
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    • 447 44 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER WAVE 612N 17 1803 23-26/03 31-01/04 TIGER ISLAND 613N 20-22/03 26-29/03 03 05/04 I TIGER BRIIDGE 614N 24 25/03 30-02/04 07 08/04 I TIIGER BAY 615N 27 29/03 02 05/04 10-12A)4 I TIGER WAVE 616N 31-01/04 06-09/04 14-15/04 I TIGER ISLAND 617N
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    • 926 44 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road, Singapore *****1 Tel *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 E-mail flesin@singnet.com.sg REGULAR LCL FCL SERVICE ALEXANDRIA(ALY)/ VALENCIA(VLC)/ BARCELONA(BCN)/ MALTA(MLA) Eld SIN EtoALV Bo VIC Eta BCN Eta MLA HYUNDAI MAJESTY V7lOB 20/03 08/04 HAMBURG EXPRESS VIBWDII 20/03 01/04 MORETON BAY V 8503 22/03 08/04
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    • 1159 44 OOCL (Singapore) Pte Ltd CFS Keppel Distrpk For booking 79 Aumn Rood #21-04 (S) *****6 Blk Sl3 *01-128 t enquiry Y CR NO **********0N Tab 272 7971 ca n 3 i 6 0 ISO *JS|UJ Aj U. *****13 f«i 221 3942 F«k: 272 7825 NOtTN AMfKICA USA/ CANADA <£> AUSTRALIA
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  • Page 45 Miscellaneous
    • 120 45 LEGEND: R Thunder*torm Temperoture »q V Shower Weother Wind Erection wrth speed m knot* ee R«n Cloudy Sky W °v« height S<irfo«e winds or# indicated by arrow* wfiieti fly wrrt> the wind One fu« crde represents calm or light and vonaWe w«d* H.ch. repre*™t* 5 knot* L— One fun Heche
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    • 58 46 M.V. 'KING ACE' VOY4I ARRD 10 MARCH 1998 Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessel is hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the 17 March 98 *****200 hours at PT9 (NTY's Office). No further survey will be entertained thereafter. As Agents: "K" LINE KINKAI
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