The Business Times, 22 July 1998

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    18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 110/12/97 85c S I N G A PORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    70 1 □sra UN2£2 (-39.80) BT-SRI ***** (-5.93) BTOOMP 9HL55 (-19.78) BTMGA ***** (-13.34) H MARKET MOOD: Down STOCK MARKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP 437.82 -7 46 NIKKEI 16,***** 14.09 HANG SENG A564.55 +7130 SET INDEX .***** -10.40 JAKARTA COMP __.488.23 0.45 MANILA COMP 1,742.66 +8.20 TAIPEI WIM 7549.20
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    FINANCE
    83 1 FOBEX RATES US$ SI IBS- 1.702 £(L'SS/S$ per 1.648 2m DM 1.783 0.964 YEN_ 139.5 t.220 RM__ 4.120 0.413 HKS 7.748 0.220 BAHT 40.70 0.042 RUPiAH 14,050 0.012* St to 100 units 'St to 100 units PUIKE BATES SINGAPORE* 7 88 KllALA LUMPUR 1150 JAKARTA 2800 BANGKOK 14 75
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    Lock icon Singapore chip-makers reel from price plunge
    932 1  -  Market drowning in glnt, DRAM chips estimated to be selling below cost By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] The steep plunge in semiconductor prices in the second quarter has left chipmakers worldwide reeling and Singa-pore-based companies have not escaped the pinch. "It's one of the worst
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    Lock icon Struggling Seagate sacks chairman Alan Shugart
    327 1 Disk-drive maker suffering 2-year slump in demand Bloomberg [SCOTTS VALLEY, California] Seagate Technology Inc fired chairman and chief executive Alan Shugart, ousting the co-founder of the struggling disk-drive company and dethroning a colourful figure of California's Silicon Valley. The world's top independent disk-drive maker
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    Lock icon Gold Coin swells 27% on Viagra link
    409 1  -  From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN investors woke up to the potency of the popular drug Viagra yesterday. Fired by news that Gold Coin (Malaysia) Bhd holds the rights to market the male impotency drug in Malaysia, they chased its share price
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    Greenspan's cautious words give Wall St pause
    829 1  -  Risk of inflation greater than risk of weakness in economy, he warns From< Andrew Marks in New York FEDERAL Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan yesterday presented an unchanged view about prospects of inflation, but words of caution in his semi-annual review of the economy
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    S'pore stocks hammered down 3.6%
    235 1 [SINGAPORE] Worries over the state of the local economy and rumours of more corporate failures in Malaysia left Singapore stocks battered to the tune of 3.6 per cent yesterday, a fall that came despite a relatively stable day for the region's currencies. Dealers said the
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      146 1 nrsiPE SembCorp sr exec quits One of Sembawang Corporation's longest serving senior managers, Tan Mong Seng, has quit after 22 years with the group. Word of his leaving had been in the market since the weekend, with speculation that it was the result of the proposed merger of SembCorp with
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Off-budget savings negligible: poll
      480 2  -  Two thirds of SCI survey respondents felt manufacturing left out of package Reports by i Carol Eng EIGHT in 10 companies polled recently by the Singapore Confederation of Industries (SCI) said the government's off-budget measures will cut business costs only "negligibly", if at all. About 62
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      Lock icon SCI says it'll present workable proposal on helping industry
      530 2 BUSINESS associations are not unduly upset with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's criticism of business reactions to the off-budget measures. and the Singapore Confederation of Industries (SCI) will lead off by developing a "concrete proposal" that will be "workable and implementable".
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      Lock icon Jump in job-seekers in May
      324 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Jobs By] Marissa Chew THE number of job-seekers on the Ministry of Manpower's employment service register has risen significantly since the beginning of this year from 1,970 in January to 3,171 in May, latest figures show. The number of new registrants
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      Industry gets a pass for fire safety
      324 2  -  Study finds electrical hazards, smoking the main causes of fire Soh Tiang Keng FIRE prevention and control measures by Singapore manufacturing firms are sufficient, and most maintain their electrical systems regularly even though only a few have back-up power sources. These were the
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      Visitor arrivals fall 17% in first half
      461 4  -  Tear's forecast of up to 6.6 m visitors likely to be cut /it/. Ang Wan May THE number of visitor arrivals fell 17.2 per cent in the first six months to just over three million suggesting that the Singapore Tourism Board's (STB) arrivals
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      3 more sites for HDB en bloc redevelopment
      414 4  -  Building of three-room flats to resume for those affected by Sers David Boey THE government yesterday rolled out three more sites for its Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (Sers), bringing the total number of Sers sites announced this year to five. Koo
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      Conference to discuss regional crisis
      206 4 NIHON Keizai Shimbun (NKS) and The Business Times are teaming up to organise a conference to discuss the regional crisis. The Asia Business Conference '98 will be held on Aug 12 at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia. It will be sponsored by Fuji Xerox. The conference will
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      Chipmakers seen spending 17% less on wafer fab machines
      291 4  -  Industry still fighting overcapacity, says Dataquest By, Jennifer Lien CHIPMAKERS worldwide will spend 17 per cent less on wafer fabrication equipment this year as the chip industry continues to struggle with a glut, market researcher Dataquest said last Wednesday. "The economic
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      369 2 PwU I Pwjmditt Overcoming Cultural Barriers in a Singapore-China Joint Venture SINGAPOREAN entrepreneurs who want a truly successful joint venture with their Chinese partners must look beyond the surface to effectively understand DIFFERENCES in working style, management practices and cultural sensitivities all stumbling blocks to smooth cooperation. BRIDGE THE GAP
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      2096 5 ADVERTISEMENT Go-ahead on I N™; ore Marina Line financial hub benefits "I established ITO RAFFLES I OTMI MRT SYSTEM Financial institutions in A a I PLACE MRT Singapore have traditionally 1 1 V) I 1 I I located themselves in one MJ. M y 1— I specific part of town.
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  • FOCUS: MONEY MATTERS
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      Lock icon Bank crisis: deep impact
      1200 6  -  Asian currencies risk fresh cycle lows against US dollar as economic dislocation worsens Hy\ Desmond Supple The author is a director of Barclays Capital [SINGAPOREI ONE area where Japan offers an interesting but ominous comparison to the rest of Asia is the banking sector, where systemic
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      Lock icon A problem-laden solution
      474 6 Many sticky issues in merger of failed Korean banks with 'healthy' ones The Economist SO, on orders from South Korea's new financial regulator, five insolvent banks have been shut and their liabilities taken over by five "healthy" institutions. This, the World Bank's local expert explains, is a
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      Lock icon THE WEEK AHEAD ANALYSIS
      742 6  -  Compiled by Larry Wee Sources: ANZ Bank (ANZ), ABN Amro (ABN), Independent Economic Analysis Holdings (IDEA), and MMS International United States Today: Fed chairman Alan Greenspan's Humphrey-Hawkins testimony to the US Congress will be concluded. More and more analysts now expect the Fed to hold interest
      Sources: ANZ Bank (ANZ), ABN Amro (ABN), Independent Economic Analysis Holdings (IDEA), and MMS International  -  742 words
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Leaders want free trade pact implemented as planned: official
      579 7  -  RUN-UP TO ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING Ministers likely to encourage increased use of Asean currencies for trade Prom Al Labita in Ma n ila ASEAN foreign ministers are not in favour of delaying the implementation of the Asean Free Trade Agreement (Afta)
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      Lock icon I was misquoted on looting issue: Indon minister
      490 7 JAKARTA Bat Media Indonesia says it has proof of the comments Reuters INDONESIA'S food minister declared yesterday that he was misquoted by a newspaper which reported him as saying looting was at a tolerable level. "Looting, even if it is 0.001 per
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      Lock icon High-powered Indon panel set up to probe gang rapes
      173 7 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama THE Indonesian government yesterday said it has formed a high-powered committee to gather information that could lead to the arrest of people responsible for abuses against its ethnic Chinese population during the May riots. Called the National Committee,
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      Lock icon Media must remain credible: Anwar
      277 7 KUALA LUMPUR AFP, Bernama THK media must remain credible and objective, Malaysian Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday, denying reports of policy differences between him and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Mr Anwar, who is also the country's deputy prime minister, said that the media must
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
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      Mier now sees M'sian economy shrinking by a larger 2.9%
      660 8  -  Think-tank's new forecast below official projection of a 1-2% contraction From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (Mier) has cut its forecast of Malaysia's economic growth it now sees the economy contracting by 2.9 per
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      Lock icon KL will go for big projects to spur economy: Dr M
      324 8 What's needed is liquidity, not IMFs credit tightening AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said that Malaysia will embark on infrastructure projects on a large scale to spur economic activity. "We will have construc-tion-based projects, not just
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      Lock icon BOJ lowers assessment of economy in July report
      209 8 Bloomberg [TOKYO] The Bank of Japan has lowered its assessment of the economy, saying demand remains weak, business managers are more pessimistic about their future and prices will continue to be "weak for some time". In its July monthly economic report, the
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      Inflation forecast to shoot to 9.3% this year
      379 8  -  Unemployment rate seen climbing to 5.9%, leaving 507,400 jobless From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Consumer Price Index is expected to show a sharp rise of 9.3 per cent, the highest level since the oil crisis in the *****, according to
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      Lock icon Seoul's 5-day stock rally falters but foreign buying continues
      412 8  -  Stabilising won, rising confidence encourage foreigners From Jennifer Veale in Seoul SOUTH Korea's five-day market rally ended yesterday, though foreign investors continued to be net buyers amid encouraging signs of a stabilising won, falling interest rates, and growing confidence in the
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      Lock icon Indon law to open bankruptcy floodgates?
      180 8 AFP [JAKARTA] Thousands of Indonesian firms could file for bankruptcy when a new bankruptcy law is introduced this week, a minister said yesterday as the law won backing from political factions in parliament. "I am afraid there win be thousands of cases such as
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      1362 8 ASEAN SUPREME FUND LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Board of Directors of ASEAN Supreme Fund Ltd wishes to make the following announcement. AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 1998 1 May 1997 to 10 Jul 1996 to 30 Apr 1998 30 Apr 1997 or
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Thailand grants reprieve to 95,000 illegals
      360 9 BANGKOK They are allowed to work in some key sectors for one year Reuters THE Thai cabinet yesterday granted a reprieve to 95,000 illegal foreign workers, allowing them to work in certain key sectors for another year without being repatriated. Niphon Bunyamanee, a secretary
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      New Net service for importers, exporters
      297 9 SINGAPORE ASIAN Sources, an Asian publishing firm, is offering Internet services that, it says, makes the import-export process cheaper, faster, more efficient. "If you're in the import-ex-port business, this will excite you," Asian Sources chief executive officer Sarah Benecke said yesterday. Its Private Buyer
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      Lock icon Estrada ally takes over investment zone
      371 9 SUBIC BAY President threatens to throw out sacked chief bodily Reuters PHILIPPINE President Joseph Estrada yesterday installed an ally to run a thriving investment zone and threatened to throw out bodily its sacked chief. Backed by police armed with rifles, ex-congressman Felicito Payumo took
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      Mobs as pawns in a political game
      697 9  -  ASIAN VIEW A tough stand is needed as opponents of the Habibie govt will use any means, fair op foul, to pull it down By Yang Razali Kassim ON Sunday, Indonesia's Kompas daily reported on its front page how a cooperative fair held
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Two-man local panel to probe HK airport fiasco
      432 10  -  Prominent citizens but no full-time int'l expert on special commission Front Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong THE Hongkong government has named two leading members of the community to investigate the Chek Lap Kok airport fiasco but the special commission will not have
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      Lock icon HK watchdog says insider trading cases up sharply
      277 10 HONGKONG SFC also probing market manipulation during 1997 boom AFP HONGKONG'S Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) yesterday said cases of insider dealing and market manipulation had risen sharply during the market boom in the first half of 1997. Mark Dickens, executive director
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      Lock icon Taiwan's export orders set for first fall in 17 years
      249 10 TAIPEI Bloomberg TAIWAN'S export orders will likely fall for the first time in 17 years in 1998 as the island's economy is hurt by slumping growth across the region, analysts said yesterday. The warning came as the government said June
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      Lock icon Taxing time in China
      87 10 [BEIJING] Bicycle repairmen in northern Beijing await customers yesterday as they sit beneath a propaganda sign urging the public to pay their taxes. China saw tax revenues slow this year due to the Asian financial crisis and poor performance by state firms, but the government has
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      Lock icon US lawmakers adopt resolution reaffirming support for Taiwan
      352 10 WASHINGTON Bering urged to renounce use of force over island's status Reuters THE House of Representatives reaffirmed US support for Taiwan in a resolution adopted with only one dissenting vote on Monday, in response to President Bill Clinton's statement in China that
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      Lock icon China to raise infrastructure spending
      288 10 BEIJING Reuters A senior Chinese leader said Beijing will increase spending on infrastructure to stimulate the economy, after firsthalf growth fell short of its target, the China Daily reported yesterday. Vice-Premier Li Lanqing told a national conference on finance during the weekend that budgetary expenditure
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Obuchi taking the lead in LDP race
      487 11  -  Financial markets show disappointment but yen stays around 139 to greenback Prom, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPANESE Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi appeared yesterday to be taking a strong lead in what has now been confirmed as a three-man race for leadership of the
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      Lock icon Fired: two finance officials in graft case
      175 11 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S finance ministry fired two officials yesterday, four months after prosecutors indicted them on charges of accepting bribes from major brokerage houses, ministry officials said. The two Takashi Sakakibara, a 38-year-old former deputy chief of the ministry's securities bureau, and Toshio
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      Lock icon Costello won't challenge Howard's leadership
      267 11 BENDIGO, Australia Reuters AUSTRALIAN Treasurer Peter Costello yesterday said he had declined an invitation from party colleagues to challenge the leadership of Prime Minister John Howard. The dissent within Mr Howard's Liberal Party highlights the multiple pressures on his leadership as populist politician Pauline Hanson
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      75 11 Japan's next leader, Editorial Pg 13 YOUNGI I PLAYS AT I I SOMERSET'S I I The Eldee Young Quartet I Seems l,ke old times Eldee foung. one of Chicago's best known jazz maestros. is back at Somerset's. H| H And h,s Q uartet semn g up soul-Stirring jazz every night
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      753 11 Islamic Banking Finance: u Towards A Global Vision I s si ver 1 30 banks and financial institutions worldwide are practising the I M f M Principles ol Islamic banking and finance. These institutions now manage I M more lhan US$BO billion which is growing at an annual rate of
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Russia cuts near-term debt, gets fresh IMF funds
      524 12 MOSCOW PM Kiriyenko says new revenue-raising measures can now be implemented Reuters PRIME Minister Sergei Kiriyenko said yesterday Russia could press ahead with new revenue-raising measures, after reducing its short-term debt burden and winning new credits from the International Monetary Fund. Mr
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      Lock icon Liffe's first full-time chief
      44 12 [LONDON] Brian Williamson the new chairman of the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe) speaks at a press conference yesterday. This is the first time in Liffe's l&year history that they have opted for a full-time chairman. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Israeli ministers say they'll quit over US deal
      154 12 JERUSALEM Reuters SEVERAL Israeli ministers threatened yesterday to bring down Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government over US proposals for a long-delayed troop withdrawal from the West Bank. The warnings followed the resumption of direct negotiations with the Palestinians on Sunday after a
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      Lock icon Germany sees 2.5% growth for next five years
      333 12 BONN Reuters Bloomberg GERMANY forecast yesterday that its economy would grow by 2.5 per cent per year through 2002 on average, much faster than the sluggish expansion of recent years which pushed unemployment to post-war highs. Following five years in which output
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      192 12 Results of tender for taxable book-entry Government Bond 1998 due 15 November 2004 to be issued on 31 July 1998 Tenor approx. 7 years Amount Offered Allotted *****,000,000 Amount Applied *****,590,000 Interest/Coupon Rate 5.125% p.a. Average Yield Price on Allotment 4.73% p.a. and 103.193% Cut-off Yield and Price 4.85% p.a.
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Asian fear of US-China ties is misplaced
      771 13  -  THE BOTTOM LOVE OPINION By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent OFFICIALS in Tokyo, New Delhi and Taipei seem to be haunted by a geopolitical nightmare: The United States and China are creating a political-military condominium in the Pacific with their
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      123 13 'What can we do except cry a little bit? We just hope it ends quickly.' Brian McMahon group publisher at Car and Driver and Road Track magazines, on the strike at General Motors. GM is the United States largest advertiser as well as the largest carmaker. The
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      Japan's next leader
      617 13 EDITORIAL FINANCIAL markets may be in for a disappointment if they believe that the arrival of an "action man" as the new Japanese prime minister will rid Japan of its economic ills. What Japan needs from its new leader is clear thinking rather than precipitate actions. The
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      Lock icon The numbers game
      1185 13  -  Quantitative stock trading using statistical analyses of market data isn't always a winner By, Joseph Kahn NYT PUT some of the world's smartest mathematics scholars together with the fastest computers. Give them a wealth of historical data and a few billion dollars. Do they have a chance
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      Writer reflects sensationalist reportage on Hanson
      405 13  -  MAILBOX Murray Mclean Australian High Commissioner, Singapore The Bottom Line article "Howard pays for dallying with Hanson" (BT, July 16) by deputy foreign news editor Tye Kim Khiat plumbed new depths of inaccuracy and rudeness about a country which over 250,000 Singaporeans find attractive
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon High vitamin B-6 level, lower heart disease risk: study
      453 14 HEALTH Researchers find no link between ailment and homocysteine Reuters [WASHINGTON] People with the highest level of vitamin B-6 found in wheatgerm, soybeans, peanuts and bananas, among other foods have the lowest risk of heart disease, researchers reported on Monday. People
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      Lock icon Women still lagging in Hollywood
      647 14  -  Two studies find a significant gap between the numbers of men and women in key creative jobs, reports robert welkos ROBERT WELKOS LAT-WP IN a bleak assessment of female employment in Hollywood, two separate studies have concluded that women continue to lag significantly behind their
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      Lock icon De Palma back fighting the ratings game
      635 14 FILM He objects to R rating for relatively tame Snake Eyes LATWP [HOLLYWOOD] Brian De Palma, the director whose explicitly violent and erotic movies frequently ran afoul of the Motion Picture Association of America in the 1970s and early 1980s, is battling the
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      148 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SAUMA INDUSTRIES PTE. LTD. (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE is hereby given that the FINAL MEETING of the abovementioned Company will be held at 9 Battery Road #13-10, Straits Trading Building, Singapore
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      Asean taking to e-commerce
      968 16  -  Survey finds that Net users in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand are savvy enough to tap the medium for online shopping, writes tohhim wum TOH HAN SHIH IF you think Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand are too backward and too struck down by the
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      Protecting art on the Net with watermarks
      535 16  -  Home-grown KRDL among firms working on technology W Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] The Internet may be a great place to showcase your art pieces, music or photographs to the world, but how do you protect your work from being illegally downloaded or traded by
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        63 16 OPTIONS by IBM, an IBM brand which provides all the accessories and upgrades for a computer system, has launched a contest site called "Win-On-The-Web". It will be giving away IBM goodies every month from now until September. Prizes up for grabs include the latest
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        HK govt office goes online
        94 16 INFORMATION on the Hongkong Special Administrative Region (SAR) can now be accessed from a new Web site by the Hongkong Economic and Trade Office in Singapore. The local office was set up to strengthen ties between Hongkong and the Asean countries. Its Web site provides
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        Businesswoman on a mission
        67 16 THE Global Enterprise Group Inc has spearheaded what it claims to be the world's first Virtual Trade Mission. The two-month pilot launched on July 1 aims to help women entrepreneurs develop new business opportunities. Women-owned firms in Canada, Malaysia and Singapore will take part in the
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        Courtesy on the Net
        86 16 COURTESY is now more than just a way of life in Singapore. The courtesy message has been extended to World Wide Web through the Courtesy Campaign Web site. Apart from information about the history of the courtesy campaign and the calendar of events, users ran download
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        China Net users breach 1m mark
        101 16 THE number of Chinese Internet users has hit 1.175 million now, up 64 per cent from 505,000 at the start of this year. According to figures from the China Internet Network Information Centre, a predominant 92.8 per cent of the users are male. Some
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        Microsoft homes in on real estate advice
        92 16  -  CoapOed by Francis Ang MICROSOFT Corp has introduced an online real estate service to help Net users find homes and mortgage loans in the US. Known as Home Advisor, the free service hopes to simplify the home-buying process for Net users. The site
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      Lock icon Tan Mong Seng to quit SembCorp after 22 years
      387 17  -  Resignation of senior exec said to be linked to group's impending merger with STIC Hy I Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] One of Sembawang Corporation's longest serving senior managers, Tan Mong Seng, has quit after 22 years with the group. SembCorp yesterday announced
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      ABN Amro Chicago gets Sicom licence
      340 17  -  By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] ABN Amro Chicago Corporation (Singapore) has become the first financial futures firm to get a licence to trade commodity futures, in a landmark break of the "artificial" barrier that separated the financial and commodity futures industries if Singapore. The
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      British Telecom yet to seal Binariang deal
      375 17  -  By i Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Binariang Bhd has yet to seal a deal with British Telecom for the latter to take an equity stake but officials from both companies were yesterday mulling over a possible announcement that will confirm ongoing talks, informed sources
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      Asian crisis: are big currency players all that innocent?
      757 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy OVER the past 12 months, much has been written about the Asian crisis and its causes. The explanations range from crony capitalism, corrupt governments, lack of transparency, poor disclosure in financial statements, poorly regulated banks, over-inflated
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      STIC reviewing healthcare plan, may sell China venture
      522 17  -  Its 1(L2% stake in Beng Ooi will be retained after SembCorp merger Hy Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Industrial Corp (STIC), which is with Sembawang Corp to form SembCorp Industries (SCI), may rationalise its fledgling healthcare business and divest its healthcare interests
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        Renong unable to meet in full RM1.1b option debt
        527 18  -  Creditors urged to hold off demand for payment over Time Engg put option Frorn] Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur RENONG Bhd, Malaysia's leading construction group, said yesterday it "is not expected to be able to pay for all" of a 1.1
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        203 18 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian cash-strapped construction company Time Engineering Bhd yesterday said it will sell its Time Telecommunications Holdings Bhd phone unit as part of a plan to raise cash and restructure its debt. Time Engineering which obtained court protection on July
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        Electronics stocks slide on forecast of weak exports
        403 18  -  Heavyweights lead fall; analysts see sell-off as unwarranted Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Electronics stocks fell yesterday, led by heavyweights Venture Manufacturing, Nat Steel Electronics and Creative Technology, following comments by senior Trade Development Board (TDB) officials on Monday. The Stock Exchange of Singapore
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        MBf Hldgs outlines debt settlement scheme
        273 18  -  hYom Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MBF Holdings has come up with a scheme to settle its debts without involving MBf Capital, which had guaranteed some of the loans chalked up by its parent. Listed MBf Holdings, which has obtained a courtsanctioned reprieve for
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        Tougher provision rules drag down Thai banks
        769 18  -  Bangkok Bank leads with 16.4b baht loss in first half From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S cash-strapped commercial banks yesterday reported losses for the firsthalf of the year, due to the pain of higher provisions they were ordered to set aside for their
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        Thai Danu's 5b baht loss: no impact on DBS group results
        368 18  -  Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Thai Danu Bank's unaudited interim net loss of over 5 billion baht (Ss2o9 million), which was announced yesterday, will not impact on DBS Bank's group results as the Singapore bank has already made provisions for
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        HK's Int'l Bank of Asia interim earnings fall 15%
        683 19  -  First report of the season beats expectations of 24% earnings drop Frowv Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong UNVEILING a 15 per cent drop in interim earnings, International Bank of Asia yesterday kicked off the corporate reporting season, which is expected to
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        258 19 Asian crisis affects its sales of cellular phone processors Bloomberg [DALLAS] Texas Instruments Inc, the world's largest maker of semiconductors for mobile phones, said secondquarter profit fell 33 per cent, hurt by slumping prices for memory chips, a business it
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        288 19 Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp's second-quarter earnings were little changed as sales fell, hurt by price cuts on personal computers, weak demand for mainframes and declining sales in Asia. Profit at the world's largest computer maker was US$l.45 billion
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        92 19 [ONTARIO] Sun Media Corporation chairman Paul Godfrey (centre), Financial Post publisher Bill Neill (right) and Sun Media vice-president of finance Bruce Jackson announcing a deal between Sun Media and Southam Inc at a news conference in Toronto on Monday. The agreement will see Southam acquire 90per cent of
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        Lock icon Currency trades push Citicorp Q2 profit up 7%
        242 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Citicorp, the No 2 US bank, said secondquarter earnings rose 7.1 per cent, as higher revenue from currency trading and investments overcame declines in consumer banking, mostly in Asia and other emerging markets. Net income rose to US$l.lO billion
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        Lock icon Beijing orders merger for PLA-backed brokerage
        454 20 Shotgun marriage part of clean-up bid; union will form biggest Chinese securities firm Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China plans to merge J&A Securities Co and another brokerage to create the nation's largest firm after auditors discovered financial irregularities at the armybacked J&A, employees said. The shotgun
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        Lock icon Stanchart mulls Asian buy as banks offer stakes
        432 20 No talks yet, but UK bank awaits right opportunity Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Standard Chartered pic said yesterday it was approached about buying stakes in several Asian banks and that it was considering making a purchase. The London-based bank, which earns about 60 per
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        Lock icon AT&T Capital redeeming US$400m of securities
        328 20 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] AT&T Capital Corp is redeeming US$4OO million (Ss6B2 million) of trust preferred securities after Moody's Investors Service Inc surprised the company by withholding favourable treatment for the securities. AT&T Capital, an equip-ment-leasing company that is not part of AT&T Corp, expected the
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        Lock icon Travelers Q2 net income up 29% to US$1.1b
        190 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] Financial services company Travelers Group Inc said on Monday its net income jumped 29 per cent in the second quarter despite losses in bond and commodity trading a business it plans to exit. The company, which plans a US$7O
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        168 20 Bloomberg (WARREN, New Jersey] Chubb Corp, the 12th-largest US property and casualty insurer, said it expects storms that hammered the US in May and June to cost it US$62 miUion (*****.7 million) in catastrophe losses and push second-quarter earnings below analysts' expectations. Chubb is the latest
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        Lock icon BOJ surplus nudges up Euroyen futures
        247 20 SOBEJLReport Reuters (SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures firmed yesterday as the Bank of Japan left an ample supply of funds in the money market, guiding the overnight call loan rate lower. "The BOJ has been leaving quite a big surplus since last Thursday. They're trying
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        Stock index fall drags futures down
        206 20  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES Cecilia Loh Cecilia boh, service dealer, Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures slipped 6.20 points yesterday as the Weighted Price Index took its biggest fall in three weeks, with a loss of 98.47 points on concerns that chipmakers' earnings
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        175 20 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg (SINGAPORE) World crude oil prices are expected to remain weak through 2000 amid concern that battered economies in Asia will be slow to recover, hampering industrial production, said Ken Miller, senior partner with Pervin Gertz Inc, a Hous-ton-based international energy consulting
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        1216 20 nmgRBAMK CROSS RATES CS Kwfc ECU FTr Di HKlMh Nptofc Yen Won Ml Nto S$ Rand Sfr HT$ BaM Eowd US$ Australia 0.937 6.178 0.568 3.760 1122 4.874 26.716 88.382 0.877 8.124 2.592 1195 ***** 26.351 1071 3.935 0 948 ***** 25.602 0.382 0 629 SE? r?m ni7Q 5574 VSt
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        256 20 Bloomberg London THE dollar gained ground yesterday against the mark and yen in response to the approval of a smaller-than-ex-pected International Monetary Fund loan to Russia and a gloomy economic report from Japan. The greenback traded at 139.48 yen, up from 138.81 yen on late Monday, and 139.27
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1802 21 SICOM FUTURES ,1/*/ RUBBER (futures closing ts *t 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cwitiAg) Close Volume Open Hwfr Hty] Low Sett (towns) Interest Aug 98 124.00 290 S*9 98 124.00 340 Oct 98 125.25 1450 Nov 98 126.00 1450 D«C 98 126.75 1450 Jan/Mar 99 129.50 129.50 129.50 450 1950
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      1609 21 AFP Q Nikkei 225 -14JM JAPANESE share prices closed slightly lower in post-holiday trade yesterday, as a wait-and-see mood grew in the market amid the ruling party's search for a new premier, brokers said. Profit-taking erased earlier gains as investors turned sceptical of the likely positive impact of any
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2303 21 LONDON Industrials ■Mil PMC. 31 Group 613.400 -X600 AB Ports 333.000 12.000 Abbey National 1102.000 -14.500 Allied Domecq 581.000 -4.000 Amec 165.000 -4.000 Asda Group 209.000 unch BAT Ind 705.400 -13.000 BG Pie 390.000 6.000 BICC 136.000 -3.000 BOC Group 865.400 -1.000 BR Petrofeum 846.000 -24.000 BTR
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      1494 22 AFP Q Hang Seng *7130 HONGKONG share prices ended off their highs but still rose 0.8 per cent yesterday on selective bargain hunting amid easing interbank rate and a stable Japanese yen, dealers said. "Trading has been quiet," said Darren Chan, institutional sales manager at Amsteel Securities, adding investors
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      610 22 Reuters QShenzhenßlndex +OJB SHENZHEN'S hard currency B share index closed up slightly in thin trade yesterday, with buying targeting issues considered oversold, analysts said. The B Share Index gained 0.18 point, or 0.25 per cent, to 74.27 on turnover of HK$4 million against Monday's HK$3.5 million. "Volume for today's
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      357 22 AFP Q VP Index ->8.47 TAIWAN stocks dipped 1.2 per cent yesterday as investors locked in profits on recent gains, dealers said. "Big players dumped shares at the 8,000 resistance level to take profit," said Clement Lou at Taiwan International Securities. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index dropped
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      266 22 AFP n Wellington -ILO6 NEW Zealand stocks ended down 0.5 per cent yesterday on light turnover of A 562.4 million in the absence of fresh trading incentives. The NZSE-40 Index lost 11.06 points to 2,157.28 points. Telecom Corp stood out with a rise of five cents to NZsB.sB— AFP
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      775 22 AFP □set Index -10.40 THAI share prices shed 3.5 per cent yesterday ahead of expected poor results from ailing local banks, despite trading in positive territory for most of the day, analysts said. "The main reason is the expected depressing earnings in banks making it difficult for domestic lending
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      422 22 AFP P Composite Index -0.42 SOUTH Korean shares edged down yesterday, snapping a five-day winning streak as early gains were wiped out by profit-taking and foreign selling, dealers said. The Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 0.42 point at 364.76, off a low of 364.24. The benchmark corporate
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      589 22 AFP J All Ordinaries nncfa AUSTRALIAN share prices closed unchanged yesterday as an afternoon sell-off in industrial stocks offset gains by resource companies, brokers said. The benchmark All Ordinaries Index closed flat at 2,787.9. The All Industrials Index sank 4.8 points to 4,882.2 while the All Resources Index gained
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      713 22 AFP Q Composite Index -0.44 SHARE prices dipped slightly in lacklustre trade on the Jakarta Stock Exchange yesterday, affected by a slippage in dollar-denominated Indonesian shares in New York overnight, dealers said. "The main factor for a low index today was the fall of Telkom and Indosat," a dealer
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      314 22 AFP 71 Manila +&20 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.5 per cent higher yesterday due to bargain-hunt-ing, analysts said here. The Philippine Stock Exchange composite index rose 8.20 points to close at 1,742.65 points. Volume fell slightly to 250.7 million shares worth 715 million pesos from 250.9 million shares worth
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        8082 23 Transaction date: Jul 21 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products Last Vol Day Net C*p Law Company s«t« OOO High Low Pit $mll 310 180 Ajinomoto 189 104 7«.«. 148 41.5 Angkasa 46 -0.5 41 47 455 ii I ft 290 123 Apollo Food Hlq 140 -3 I \4Q ijq 4 n .J??
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        Lock icon Index falls over corporate worries
        408 23 AFP C 3 Composite Index -7.46 MALAYSIA'S key stock index closed 1.7 per cent lower yesterday as sentiment was undermined by concerns of further corporate failures following reports about conglomerate Renong Bhd's financial difficulties. "Investors are talking about Renong that they may be in big
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        3473 24 Transaction date Jul 21 BONDS, LOANS t WARRANTS wt 9 Last Vet Day Last Ouott A*g High Low Stne Company Salt »or- (OOO) High Law Buyer Sallar Price 23.5 9 m 3000 m AMDS c5,5%0202l6 10.5 I 9 K).S 20.5 5 3160 "Acer W0I0731 US$ 5.5 unch 9 5.5 5.5
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        KepLand wrt: worth a second look
        157 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By\ R Sivanithy ALTHOUGH it would be safe to say that in-the-money warrants offer the best way forward at the moment, a handful of out-of-the-money warrants are worth a second look, especially if they are issued by blue-chip companies and if time
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      2330 24 Transaction date Jul 21 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gf Cf 1 l-»»* Val Day La«< Ouott Oh. ON vw N«t M Cap High Low Stno Company Sf COOP) High Low Buyar iXHf H C'vr H P/T $mH 135 28 m j 5000 AISB 50c 41 -2 46 41 39 40
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      STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE: MAIN BOARD
      5966 25 Transaction date Jul 21 J Or Or M Wt wm u»t Vol Day last OuoU Dlv Dlv Ytd Nt« Cap Ayg Company Sale COOP) HUH Low Buyer S*H*r C'vr P/E $mN Prtc« MOUSTRIALS 43 12.5 )020 ACE 0ynamlcs20c.... 115 -1 2 13.5 13.5 13.5
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      63 26  -  -by Ven Sreenivasan THE slock of Singapore Press Holdings tell 50 cents to $11.90 yesterday on analysts cutting their forecasts on the company's earnings. The technicals suggest that the counter has its next support at around $11.50 while its near-term upside resistance is at around $12.50. The momentum
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      221 26 Stocks ValM TAC BtK) 200 8.476.000 SmgTel 15c 7.933.000 •M Resources 5,326.000 UIC 5.140.000 OCBC Foreign 5.071.000 DBS Foreign 4.282.000 SPH 3.725,000 UOB Foreign 3.539,000 DBS Land 3,376,000 •MW Capital 3,369,000 Stacks SPH 45,229,816 DBS Foreign 41.831.369 OCBC Foreign. 32,818.619 SingTel 15c 20,903,110 UOB Foreign 20,651,394 SIA Foreign 11,273,517 TAC
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      STII down 3.6% despite stable currency session
      689 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Fall seen as a delayed reaction to Monday's announcement of disappointing trade data R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Despite a stable session for the Japanese yen and regional currencies, local stock prices fell sharply yesterday, most probably a delayed response to Monday's
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        Let Tung tell you
        84 26 IT'S not easy being a politician in Hongkong these days. Just ask its chief executive, Tung Chee Hwa. During his tour of the troubled Chek Lap Kok airport on Monday, he visited the men's washroom. Not for a pit stop though. It was in answer to
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        All systems go this time?
        123 26 COME Sept 1, a new bus operator. New World First Bus, is due to take over the 88 routes currently operated by China Motor Bus in Hongkong. Because New World First Bus does not have its own depot, it is negotiating to lease China Motor
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        Where is Kothari going?
        132 26 DILIP Kothari, the chatty, colourful head of consumer banking at Hongkongßank, will be leaving for greener pastures at the end of this month. When contacted yesterday, he said his parting of ways with HSBC, where he spent the last six years, has been on "very amicable
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        A daft idea for saving water
        99 26 THE result of last Sunday's two-hour water rationing exercise is one pretty incredible suggestion heard on a radio talk show yesterday on how Singapore can save water. This woman caller maintained that the main culprits are domestic maids because they come from countries where
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        The devil and deep blue sea
        93 26 WHAT would you rather have? A CPFcut or further falls in property prices? One recent executive condominium buyer said that from his perspective, Calling property prices are not as scary as a cut in the CPF. "Does it matter that the price falls another
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        West is still west?
        145 26 "East is east, west is west.... and sometimes we even cause offence without meaning to." So cautions Cable, the newsletter of the Canasian Businesswomen's Network—and then promptly falls into the very trap it warns about. Among its offerings on business etiquette in Asia: Indonesian women are
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      307 27 Bridge News TRADING generally was slow as Mondays usually are. However, a firmer rate was seen for a handy-sized grain cargo from upriver Plate to Ecuador and it is possible some owners with nearby ships may see better rates if their ships fit charterers needs. Fixtures TANKERS: Trading
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      289 27 SB '000 ■M" tat CWT Distribution 0.38 -0.02 28 ChuanHup 0J8 -0.005 57 Cosco Invastmant ..0.50 »0.01 1 Fraioht Links 0.18 unch 71 OB Holdinqs 0 JO Hat Sun Hup 0.40 Hitachi Zosan 0.54 -0.01 4 IMC Holdinqs HK 5.60 Jaya Holdings 0.385 -0.015 9 Juronq Shipyard —7.55
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      395 27 Lines maximising loads and switching to larger vessels Bloomberg [LONG BEACH, California] The Port of Long Beach, the largest US port, saw a recordbreaking month in June, as demand for Asian goods sparked the shipment of more empty containers from the
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      Lock icon EU finds Bonn's aid to two German shipyards illegal
      132 27 Reuters [BONN] The European Commission has ruled that German government subsidies to two east German shipyards were iUegal under European law and must be recovered, a German news magazine said. The weekly Focus quoted a European Commission ruling saying that payments
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      Institute launches initiative to get ship operational design right
      756 27  -  STRAIT TALK By\ Seafarer OVER the past few years external pressure has led to numerous new rules to make shipping safer. Politicians, notably including those in the US in the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez grounding and Peter "Ships of Shame"
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      64 27 [SEOUL] US Coast Guard and port authority fire boats spraying the cruise ship Ecstacy after a fire broke out in its laundry room soon after it set sail from the world cruise capital Miami on Monday. The Carnival Cruise Lines ship had more than 2,soopassengers on
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      Shell starts talks with yards on VLCC order
      231 27 [SINGAPORE] The Royal Dutch/Shell Group said on Monday it had started preliminary talks with shipyards over an order for a series of double-hulled very large crude carriers (VLCCs). A Shell spokesman said the oil group's SheU International Trading and Shipping Company (Stasco)
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        73 27 AFP [HONG KONG] Orient Overseas Container T-lne Ltd (OOCL), run by the family of Hongkong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, yesterday opened a joint container depot venture in northeastern China's Qingdao city, the firm said. The 78.85 million yuan (5116.1 million) depot, Qingdao Orient International
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        61 27 Reuters [ROTTERDAM] German transport group Schenker International plans to invest an initial 30 million guilders (5516.9 million) in a new logistics centre in the Rotterdam port area, the port authority said. The centre will occupy 10,000 square metres and its offices will need another 2,000 sq
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        74 27 AFP [RIYADH] The volume of non-oil cargo handled by Saudi ports increased by 10 per cent in the first half of 1998 compared to the same period last year, the official SPA news agency said. Non-oil cargo through Saudi Arabia's ports increased by about four
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      337 28 Fire starts soon after ship leaves port of Miami Bloomberg [MIAMI] Carnival Corp's cruise ship Ecstasy caught fire about 4.8 km off the Florida coast near Miami, soon after it left port on Monday, the US Coast Guard said. A US Coast Guard tugboat
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      376 28 PACE Evergreen 6 ANL 3 Express TL M n Accord 8 Fan ide M Ahrenkiel 14 FoongSun 8 Appenship 5 Frota '5 Astro 3 Frt Links 16 Asia OCL 14 Clink 4 Austral 9 Gemartrans 8 Avant 16 Genshpg 9 B'tang Mas 8
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      17580 36 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT T ET Advertiser Vnsd Voytq* Telephone I ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone I ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel I ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone I ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephor SIN Oest'n Name Name Number Number I SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Numbei
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        797 43 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Juronq Port V-OOJ J15 alongside 22 07/1200 if** 1 01/98 J06 alongside 23.07/0600 Bt Dol R9 M *****8 J01 alongside 21.07/1900 Bt Hand) Jay *****8 J01 alongside 11.07/2000 m L *stari 1 *****8 J01 alongside 22.07/0600 5 JUIY21 J01 alongside 21.07/2359 B»
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1817 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Ac« lily 0068 24/1600 IA 21/1500 21/1659 21/1900 IS 21/1500 21/1659 ZVHOO 2A 21/1700 22/0659 22/0100 21 21/1700 22/0659 22/0900 22/0700 22/1159 22/1400 4 22/1200 22/1459 22/1700 Alii Miracla *****
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAYS
        190 43 Aug L Switzerland: National Day. Aug 3 Ireland Republic Of: August Holiday. Anglo Singapore: National Day Holiday. South Africa: National Women's Holiday. Aug 12. Thailand: HM The Queen's Birthday. Aug 15. Austria: Assumption Day. Belgium: Assumption Day. France: Assumption Day. Greece: Assumption Day. Italy: Assumption Day. Luxembourg: Assumption
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        1042 43 THIS report. compiled by Cockett Marine OU Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average-sized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the indi
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        566 43 Carton July IT Oenslty Water Residue Ash Aluminium Sediment M/M Dim M/W3 H M/M M/M P*tl iMtttrt ISO/Cimac Limits Spec E25 991 1.0 15.0 0.10 80* 0.10* Spw G35 991 1.0 18.0 0.15 80* 0.10* Northern Europe 180 Aye 980.9 0.1 11.8 0.03 22 0.02 180
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        Lock icon Airbus partners must agree on merger: Dasa
        335 44 Bloomberg [MUNICH] Airbus Industrie's partners must agree soon on creating a single corporate entity for the European planemaker, Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG chief executive Manfred Bischoff said. "Time is running out," Mr Bischoff said in remarks prepared for a speech to the Export Club
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        Fedex limits shipments to some parts of China
        150 44 [MEMPHIS, Tennessee] Federal Express Corp, the world's largest air express company, said it is limiting US shipments to parts of China because some of its new local distributors are not licensed to carry high-value packages. The Memphis, Ten-nessee-based unit of FDX Corp
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        Cathay to take delivery of all its 13 jets on order
        616 44  -  But it will not take up the 25 options on Boeing, Airbus planes worth USs4b over next 5 years By. Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] While executives at Cathay Pacific Airways are bracing themselves for a turbulent ride ahead, the Hongkong-based
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        Asiana, American extend code-sharing pact
        221 44  -  By. Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] South Korea's Asiana Airlines and American Airlines announced yesterday that they will extend their code-sharing alliance pact between the US and Seoul. The airlines signed a codesharing pact in October last year and has begun cooperating on Asiana's flights between South
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        Lock icon MAS to focus on long-haul flights
        169 44 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Airline System Bhd (MAS) said yesterday it will trim capacity on Asian routes and focus more on long-haul routes to North America and Europe to cope with a regional aviation downturn. "To minimise the impact of the slowdown in the
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        216 44 AFP [MANILA] The Philippines is considering allowing foreign airlines to service domestic routes to make up for the reduced flights of troubled flagcarrier Philippine Airlines (PAL), officials said yesterday. Transportation Secretary Vicente Rivera is considering the plan, although the technical and legal
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          104 44 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR) Malaysian Airline System Bhd Is being sued by two persons over the crash of its Fokker 50 in Tawau three years ago which killed 34 people, New Straits Times reported. It said the Sessions Court in Tawau has ordered the airline
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          78 44 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Jet Air International Group Ltd said that subsidiary Jet Air (HK) Ltd has received a writ issued by Lippo Securities claiming HK54.97 million (551.09 million) in unsettled margin calls. The company said that it intends to defend the claim following legal advice. The
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          Lock icon China Airlines sees 1998 net loss
          79 44 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] China Airlines Co Ltd said it sees 1998 net loss at around NT5838 million (5541.5 million), compared with a net profit of NT12.35 billion a year earlier. It said pretax loss is seen at NT52.22 billion, compared with a profit of NT52.77
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          103 44 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Guangshen Railway Co Ltd said it is to cut the fare of its through trains to Hongkong by 6-24 per cent from Aug 1. The fares on the Guangzhou-Kowloon High Speed Train, respectively HK$25O (Ssss) and HKS23O for the first and
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1820 44 CITY FU6HT ETA flWKT ETD 0F06 HQS $***** Z3S9 MUM $0230 WO FakMka SOM9 I70C $0990 OTIS Amsterdam N***** 0755 KL8J8 2300 toaugrtou HtC CZ351 2045 CZ382 0035 $024 2320 Hanoi VN741 13W VH742 0905 S0327 0755 S0175 1840 $0176 1105 KL837 1455 1 VN740 14W
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        458 44 Arbitration set for today will not halt strike: union AFP [DETROIT, Michigan) Striking workers vowed to hold out "as long as it takes" rather than back down in their seven-week fight with General Motors Corp. Several thousand GM auto workers from across the country
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      24 27 Cathay to take delivery of all its 13 jets on order But it will not take up the 25 options worth USs4b. Back Page
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      966 28 I NORTH AMERICA EXPORT 1 I OTHER DESTINATIONS I SSX SUPER SHUTTLE EXPRESS DIRECT TQ LA DIRECT SERVICE TO WEST COAST SOUTH AMERICA/ASIA ANDES EXPRESS SERVICE W) rc* s "Pa" ta aw hou oic m Imcqco an vkm I vot Isw mcwuo ouenaventura cauao wwoue antoeagasia Is. amtoww OOCI HONGKONG
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      736 28 Lines services represented ■<—IBw u by Memoers Of me Registry Of Singapore F^F^arders Accredited Shipping Agents Association Singapore Shipping Association CONTAINERS/CONVENTIONAL CARGO ACCEPTING ON DIRECT SAILING TO MALE ETA(SING) ETA(MALE) MA' Princess Lily Y0498 02/09/98 09/09/98 MA' Princess Lily V 0398 12/08/98 19/08/98 LILY MARINE SERVICES SINGAPORE Phone 334 7266/*****46
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      1069 29 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE vessel vor sih mM anr ham m sou fxt uh vtssa vor rtm anr ham rev sou fxt uh sin API ALMANDO4E 303W 23/07 15/08 12/08 13/08 10/08 NOt AMAZONffi 0161 OMIT 03/07 05/07 24/07 MAAS S24W 24/07 09/08 11/08 14/08 15/08 HY GENERAL 3121 02/07
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      1996 29 HANJIN SHIPPING HANJIM SHIPPING (S) Pit 110 Imp llwtm to*) com BOOKING *****35 737 SAIES *****24 238 DOCUMENT *****71 274 OPtHAIIONS *****41 252 MAIN UNE *****55 FAX *****40 (I NO **********0 M TO NW USA CANADA USA CANADA* "roeWVOY IAM SM UNE HAUI/VOY S« TIW DEN I PDX r~o* r~MSP
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      507 29 VESSEL VOY_ SIN PKG VOT SIN HKG KEL USN PUS [vO>^Sl^P^G|YESsl^^^[Torp!^jjr MONTANIA IPS 11/07 21/07 lON 22/07 21/07 20/07 WoT 31/07 |jj*|}[ ijs I I mOS |r' 071 W(L KAITC UISAN OIOS 24/07 31/07 02/00 04/00 OS/OO 1 WOMAN,A j]ISIOf 08 I 11/ M IKMICPUSAN I IDS |07/ol| 09 Ot
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      1478 30 DSR-SENATOR LINES TO UK/CONTINENT TO RED SELVMKDI'I'EHRANEAN/CANAPA VtSStL WY 5* IfH HTM AWH HAM MV FUC VtSStL VOY ImT" JtO 611 Sff FOS VIC MTU CHOYANG ATLAS WNB3O 2117 07 IS 0* 06 10 08 12 0« 11 06 14 00 OSR AMERICA WMB33 23 07 03 00 00 0*
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      1161 30 MYANG LJNE Web Stte Mtp: //www.yml.convtw 4 E-mail Address: csetip72o.yml.com.tw TWICE WK«.Y FVFRY ThursdaySUNDAY VESSEL VOY SW HTM HAM FXT LEH ANR RHEIN BRIDGE JB2BW I<W7 OVQB oTTs (M/ 08 10/06 GIBRALTAR BRIDGE AB29W 24/07 "vM 13fl8 MM 17 MING WEST JB29W 2607 12AM Si ™2 17/08 MING GLORY AB3OW
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      421 30 LINE A Till 3U3456 PAXi *****13 MUARA LABUAN vissa vor rro n* vtssa vor itd n* SPOOI MUARA SPOOt UN APR*GIORY Vl*/* 27/07 30/07 AUtOOtY VI9I/90 27/07 31/07 mospot vi*/w 02/01 os/oi J- «ospb vm/w 02/01 00/00 AttOOtr V2OI/90 05/01 01/01 APMOOOY V2OE/90 05/01 09/01 V2OC/90 12/01 15/01 J- PtOSPO
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      1587 31 [vessel voy sin pou pkg pew blw sub DUB SHJ BA ~Blk IRAN GHEYAMAT PJL 1292 09/07 18/07 19/07 21/07 IRAN MATIN PJL 1297 17/07 28/07 IRAN HESABI PJL 1304 25/07 03/08 03/08 04/08 IRAN TAKHTI PJL 1300 08/08 15/08 15/08 18/08 IRAN SATTARI PJL 1308 18/08 25/08 25/08 28/08
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      1953 31 DIRECT TO NEW YORK IN 28 DAYS I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHENTON WAY TEL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (l/l) *****02 JOHORE OFFICE: COSTAR SNIPPING PTE LTD #i7-os dbs bldg sales/bkgs 470SS4i/43 inward dept (0/0) *****8S COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD (8 NO: **********00 TOWIR TWO (*****9) CONVENTIONAL *****50/55
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      565 31 I'tip-A EASTERN CAR LINER, LTD.' fAi Eg (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD SPECIALIZE IN RORQ A HEAVY LIFT UPTO 122 TONS ECL (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD LOADING FOR YANGON/CHITTAGONG CALC UTTA/CHENNAI MV "TRONO" V. 134 MV "BRIGHT PESCADORES" V. 1 ETA SIN 23/07/98 ETA YGN 27/07/98 ETA SIN 24/07/98 ETA CAL 30/07/98 ETA
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      1247 32 EUROPE/UK/SCANDINAVIA/FINLANO/RUSSIA r utnTMM SGP Ho *"*< HBG THP ZEE LHV LHV THP ROM ANW HBG PKL SGP F nFvnTr«£2£ 12/08 17/ M 13/08 15/08 16/08 E REACH RE 019 29/06 27/07 30/06 01/07 03/07 28/07 30/07 F nruti no ou, SL 9? 118 21/08 26/08 22/08 24/08 25/08 26/08 E
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      600 32 mjkm MAC-NfcLS S'PORE M'SIA Carrier: MNCONTR LINES, INC p. gudang: (07) *****26 IHVy \~J "t* 1 *»*****00f SIBU: (084) *****9 MANILA (632) *****24 PENANG: (04)*****36 BANGKOK: (662) *****57 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MDN: (61) *****3 KUCHtNG*OB2) 424tt% ROTTERDAM/FELIXSTOWE SYDNEY/MELBOURNE MV H^D^" V ,9W MV "HUM" V.403 ETA
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      450 32 NANTAI LINE j FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO I MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA I VESSEL VOT I SIN 1 PUJ 1 DOB 1 CPT I I/MY I NAHTAI PRINCE YO73S 24/07 09/08 14/ M HANTAI VENUS VOTE 03/08 11/06 16/06 ""fl/Dl" 24/01 I GOtDfN DRAGON VOO6S 10/06 20/08 24/06 ?g/Qg I HAKSA
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      465 33 BSA mm MYANMA pBSk FIVE STAR LINE (Myonmar National Lint) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) VESSEL VOY SIN PNL PEN P«l MONO LA 15W SU) SITTWE 81W SU) MAUYSIA AGENTS: BOUSTEAO SHIPPING AGENCIES KUL: m (03)*****00 PKL TEL (03) *****01 PEN: HI (04)*****02 PGU TEL (07)25)2321/4 M BANK LINE (A Jtfvi<t
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      1189 33 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTD. Ivissa I liH I urn I aht I ham I wvj~m~| Ivtssa yov I sou i£M ww *wt I h*o I wrv I b|!l| ATI ALMANDM 303W 23/07 10/08 15/08 12/08 13/08 NOIAMAZOMTI 0161 29/0* 04/07 01/07 02/07 23/07 MAAS 524W 24/07 14/08 15/01 09/08
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      1091 33 norvvegon speaohzed aokxomen RfiUFlWl//£UfSF/V TO NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA "RORO HEAVYUFT SERVICE" IVISSK VOT RAMP HEIGHT j SIN I LAX CRL MIA SAV BAL OOF NYC NEW MOB TOURCOING FBIS 400 Um 6.3 M 31/07 24/00 02/09 OS/09 07/09 09/09 WO9 14/09 15/09 TAPIOIA FBl6 400 Tom 6JM 15/08 10/09
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      1939 34 IT age o BANGKOK/MAP TA PHUT/LA EM CHABANQ JAKARTA/PAN JANQ VESSEL VOY SIN BKK MTP LCH VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJN SINO OCEAN OCNQ97 In Pt 25/07 THANA BHUM 296S In Pt 25/07 NANTA BHUM" 403N In Pt 2S/07 26/07 GURU BHUM 87S In Pt 26/07 XETHA BHUM 242N 23/07
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      39 34 I gfZSfa LNS EXPRESS (S) PTE LTD Blk 217 Henderson Road, #01-04 Henderson Industrial Park, Singapore *****5. CR NO 16Q4194Q000/H Air-Sea International Freight Forwarders ¥u^A I Also accepting Heavy Litl t Projtct Cargo Tel: 65-276 7996 Fax: 65-276 *****
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      424 35 US—i INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO EUROPE EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE ¥SL *0T I A DAM/H QAM H BURG BREMEN ANTWERP VESSEL 2Q/1Q 25/10 OMIT OS/11 TO AUSTRALIA FULL CONTAINER SERVICE W- WW TFST FHE BNt ~SYD I Mil NBA AO. fHE Aft EMERALD (DS 3007 0108 MOB 1408 17« 2008 2MB
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      49 39 srf| Dial 740-6000 on demand! —(Retrieve more schedules!) Press "1" Select the port and key in the four digit code eg: To New York (NYC) 2275 Key in your fax number your phone number Another innovative service offered by cTcdf^ The document will be I SHIPPING TIMES 133 tyasac.
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      981 40 —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 BOOIUMBS CALL L1 g^_ 2 3^2941 /43 JESSICA/CELIA/MEI CHAN 7 SLGS/WEEK 2 SLG/WEEK I VESSEL TVOY SIN fjAK |VESSEL VOY SIN PLB SINARNUSA 1010 IN PT
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      566 40 \*gm ENG LEE SHIPPING CO PTE lIDI I T«h *****75 (4 Un>| tax, 5330M1/*****60 1 T istmooooo< VESSEL VOY SIN ETA SIN ETD DESTINATION Morco Polo 12 10/98 21/07 22/07 lokorto Sina Central 09/98 24/07 25/07 Perawong/Buoion/P Boru Rosmolowoti 12/98 24/07 25/07 Hochiminh City Unggulioyo 10/98 24/07 25/07 Dumoi/Permwng Union
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      405 40 SIN FAR EAST 26/07 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 26/07 BANGKOK 26/07 MANILA/CEBU 26/07 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 26/07 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E MALAYSIA 28/07 BUSAN 26/07 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 26/07 HONG KONG m CHINA a&±#;Sn) 26/07 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU SIN EUROPE/UK 26/07 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU RDM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES m USA/CANADA 27/07 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all IPI
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      965 41 ASIA MEDITERRANEAN EXPRESS (AME) WESTBOUND SERVICE i VE c SS£L VOY SIN CMB PIR |LA SPEZIA VLC I LEH FXT I ANT "1 I HSr Tp 22 2 j 24AIJQ u AUQ 1 7 A(JQ 19A UQ 23 AUG 24 AUG 25 AUG MSC KERRY 9830 3 06 AUG 10
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