The Business Times, 7 December 1998

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  • 15 1 MITA (P) 1 l(V12/97 85c THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asia!.com.sg/ MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1998
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  • 80 1 FOBEX BATES US* SI USt 1.660 (l SI/S$ per I) 1.663 2.727 DM 1.686 „M7f YEN 111 J 1JM* RM- MM 0.434 HKI 7.746 MIS BAHT I 36.06 6.046 RUP1AH 7,474 0.022* SS to 100 units nm KATES SINGAPORE* IN KUALA LUMPUR 11.50 JAKARTA •ANGKDK 14.75 MANILA 22.90 HONGKONG
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  • 1337 1  -  At least 80 deals have been closed since the baht's July '97 devaluation From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S debt-laden businessmen are swallowing their pride and selling equity in their closely-controlled firms to canny foreign investors who could not get a foot in
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  • 553 1 Wall St vulnerable as 20% of US trade is with Latin America Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Unimpressed by the concerted European interest rate cuts and strong US jobs growth, traders and economists are saying the US dollar may very well fall
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  • 258 1 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian politicians have lashed out at George Soros for calling for the ouster of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, but the Malaysian leader himself has been noticeably restrained in face of the latest outburst from the American
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  • 56 1 [BANGKOK] Thaisputaside worries stemmingfrom the region'sflnandal crisis yesterday as the 13th Asian Games were declared open. Setting the example was Thai Premier Chuan LeekpaL The 60-year-old Thai leader, ajogger and soccer player himself, carried the torch 300 metres before handing it over to the president of
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  • 739 1  -  Industry expects upturn only in second half of next year By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Contrary to widespread expectations that the Singapore electronics industry is on the mend, manufacturers themselves are more guarded and said that they see a slow first half next year,
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    • 162 1 DHBPE Strong growth Office furniture and systems specialist Herman Miller continues to enjoy strong sales growth in South-east Apia despite an overall slowdown in the industry, US ITiorvicee to boom The server and printer businesses in the region will be particularly hard hit by the Asian crisis but IT services
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    • 9 1 Wall Street, KLSE wi// set tone/or Singapore, Pg 26
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 456 2  -  Rising inflation erodes pay increases in the other Asian countries By. Audrey Tan > BEAL wages in some Asian countries are becoming even more competitive against the four "Tiger" economies as rising inflation compounds I J the effect of currency
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    • 321 2  -  Herman Miller sees 35% full-year growth [>}lut margins thinning Rahita Elias '•JSFFICE furniture and systems specialist Herman Mill#*fcr continues to enjoy strong j£jales growth in South-east ♦*wssia, despite an overall slow**Jk>wn in the industry. Nigel Mortimer, Singa- J-fibre-based managing director of Herman
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    • 261 2  -  By' Toh Han Shih DISCOVERY Channel, a US satellite and cable TV network, is hiring more staff for its Asia-Pacific operations, which are headquartered here, and are expected to be profitable by the year 2000, its president of international networks, Donald Wear, said. Discovery,
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    • 326 2  -  BYE OH THE ECONOMY Outlook By, Anna Teo AFTER anaemic growth of 0.7 per cent this year, the Singapore economy should pick up steam to expand by 2-4 per cent next year, according to forecasts by the Centre for Business Research Development. "Following the
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    • 665 2 HI The BAnk of Yokohama, Ltd. j jKm (Incorporated in Japan with Limited Liability) Balance Sheets Statements of Operations M March 31,1998 and 1997 Years ended March 31,1998 and 1997 Millions of Yen Millions of Yen M 1998 1997 1998 1997 fl*l Assets: Income: H9 Cash and due from banks
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    • 220 2 '-■> J' 1 '"'-v. "4" year^ndsaleJ INVITATION We invite all buyers, buying agents/merchandising managers from department stores, supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, wholesalers and importers. Again we will hold our Indonesian Products exhibition at World Trade Centre, Singapore, Hall 3 from 9 till 13 December 1998; 10.00 AM 10.00 PM. More than
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 450 3 JAKARTA About 10,000 supporters turn out for Jakarta's largest rally in weeks Reuters INDONESIAN opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday urged thousands of cheering supporters to push for political reform peacefully. "We must continue our struggle without violence," said Ms Megawati, leader of a
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    • 325 3 JAKARTA Habibie had earlier proposed that this be done by end-Dec 1999 AFP THE Indonesian government plans to install a new president and vice-president Ave months after general elections planned for June 1999, a report said yesterday. "The plan is that on
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    • 219 3 JAKARTA AFP A MOB of farmers, angered by high prices of fertilisers, attacked a warehouse in Blora, Central Java, looted the fertilisers inside and set fire to two trucks, a report said here yesterday. Hundreds of farmers gathered in front of the house
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    • 249 3 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIAN opposition figure Tian Chua was released on police bail yesterday after he was arrested for allegedly taking part in an illegal gathering last month. Mr Chua was arrested on Nov 21 amid allegations that he took part in an anti-gov-ernment
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
    • 942 4  -  CRISIS WATCH As unemployment grows, so does the need for a safety net which does not burden govts By Vikram Khanna ASIAN countries hit by the crisis need to set up systems of unemployment insurance, and fast. That's the bottom line of a study
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    • 378 4 Govt calls public forum to explain economic rescue bills Reuters AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand might not use up an International Monetary Fund-sponsored bailout package worth US$l7.2 billion (5524.8 billion) and could stop disbursing money by the end of 1999, a senior government
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    • 324 4 DEVASTATING CHRISTMAS OFFERS FROM PHILIPS n-tno' High-performance 32-bit MIPS-based Philips RISC Multiple input methods The Nino 300 is equipped with a T9™ processor at 75MHz Designed for fast access and high smart keyboard developed by Tegic Communications throughput of Windows* CE applications. J ond supports smAßTwriter* hand-writing recognition program. IrDA
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • 496 5 TAIPEI Analysts expect party to continue stock stabilisation fond, loose monetary policy Reuters TAIWAN'S stock market is set to rally this week after the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party's stunning victory in parliamentary and mayoral elections, analysts said. "The market had expected the KMT
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    • 420 5 BEIJING Move eases state firms' debt payment by 23b yuan a year Reuters CHINA yesterday announced its third interest cut in 14 months to try to boost the economy and achieve this year's growth target of 8 per cent. The People's Bank
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    • 287 5 BEIJING Reuters CHINA yesterday defended its trade surplus with the United States, saying Washington was in part to blame for the bulging gap. The C/ima Dai'/y Business Weekly said the US has transferred most of its labourintensive industrial sectors to developing countries, such
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    • 212 5 BEIJING Textile exports fall 3.7%, garments 2.3%; worse ahead Reuters CHINA'S struggling textile sector, hit by the Asian financial crisis, is bracing for even tougher times in 1999, the China Daily Business Weekly said yesterday. China's textile exports fell 3.7 per cent year-on-year in
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    • 218 5 ■HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG yesterday kicked off a campaign in a bid to make its 6.6 million people feel better. At a variety extravaganza, local pop singers and screen idols belted out songs while school children and grassroot groups marched past
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    • 248 5 HONGKONG Keen interest in HK over key Taiwan elections AFP HONGKONG'S media yesterday hailed the ruling Kuomingtang's (KMT) victory in key Taiwanese elections as a positive step towards the eventual unification of Taiwan with China. Hongkong, which itself returned to Chinese sovereignty
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  • ASIA
    • 211 7 SYDNEY Reuters THE Australian government said yesterday it would provide a As4o million (5541.8 million) package of incentives to privately owned Visy Industries to build a AS4SO million Kraft unbleached pulp and paper mill. Industry Minister Nick Minchin said in a statement
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    • 36 7 [TOKYO| A group of children gathering around a four-metre high Christmas tree made out of champagne glasses at a Tokyo park. About 3,800 illuminated champagne glasses were used in the arrangement. REUTERS
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    • 365 7 BRISBANE AFP [BRISBANE) Australia's farright One Nation party has lost a crucial seat in the Queensland state Parliament in yet another setback for the troubled nationalist group. Saturday's by-election in the seat of Mulgrave was called after the sudden departure of One
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    • 388 7 ISLAMABAD No breakthroughs seen in key disputes, economic crisis talks Reuters PRIME Minister Nawaz Sharif was under attack from the opposition and a critical media yesterday for talks with President Bill Clinton that failed to make a break through on key disputes
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    • 380 7 TOKYO Consumption tax needed to make np for drop in income tax revenue: Ikeda Bloomberg JAPAN'S ruling Liberal Dem ocratic Party policy chief reiterated his opposition to sales tax cuts advocated by the Liberal Party, which is set to join the
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    • 278 7 NEW YORK Washington demands access to suspicious underground site Reuters SENIOR Clinton administration officials are threatening to end a historic 1994 nuclear pact with North Korea if that country does not allow inspections of a suspicious underground construction site, the New York
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    • 424 7 NEW DELHI BJP's recent defeat in key state elections seen as the catalyst AFP STUNG by an electoral rout, Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is finally distancing himself from hawks in his Hindu national ist camp, analysts and party officials said yesterday.
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    • 1482 7 KOREA'S LEADING BANK KOREO EXCHRNGE BRNK (INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA) 31 December 1997 Balance Sheets/Banking Accounts Statements of Income/Banking Accounts Won (millions) Won (nroHtons) 1997 1996 1997 1996 Assets ••venue Cosh and due torn banks 9.623.413 5 693.405 I"**®* 0,1 J* tom Foreign exchange bills purchased 7.449,127 5,535,671
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  • THE WORLD
    • 329 8 MOSCOW It also hopes to gain better terms for remaining liabilities AFP MOSCOW'S chief negotiator with foreign creditors will leave for the French capital on Wednesday for talks with senior officials on writing off part of Russia's US$4O billion (Ss66 billion)
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    • 53 8 [WASHINGTON] Two Scottish terriers check out theirfamous counterpart Fala at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial on Saturday. The white terrier Mac (left), and the black terrier Mischief, were visiting the area from New Jersey. The unseasonably warm weather has brought visitors out during the
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    • 342 8 BONN Govt launches 'Alliance for Jobs' talks today AFP GERMAN Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will bring together employers and union representatives today to draw up a strategy against unemployment in round-table talks which have been dubbed the "Alliance for Jobs". A similar initiative launched
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    • 193 8 LONDON Bridge News THE Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee is likely-to cut interest rates by at least 25 basis points and will consider cutting rates by SO basis points when it meets this week, the Observer claimed yesterday without revealing
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    • 406 8 WASHINGTON Bat chairman says he wants inquiry U finish by week's end Bloomberg US House Judiciary Committee chairman Henry Hyde said on Saturday he will make a "sincere effort" to give President Bill Clinton's lawyers more time to present their defence, though
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    • 210 8 LONDON Reuters AN opinion poll published yesterday showed Britons still hostile to joining Europe's single currency but convinced their country will not be able to stay out if it is a success. The ICM poll of 501 voters in the Observer showed
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  • BUSINESS IT
    • 792 10  -  But servers and printers will be hard hit, GartnerGronp predicts By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] The server and printer businesses in the region will be particularly hard hit by the Asian crisis but IT services will continue to boom in the next four
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    • 468 10  -  Tandem/Digital synergies clear execs say By\ Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Compaq Computer's enterprise computing ambitions received a fillip last week with news of a contract to supply enterpriseclass solutions to AOL Japan, the Japanese arm of America Online. Under the contract, confirmed by Compaq
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    • 314 12  -  The US IT services firm is bullish about Asia Toh Han Shih [SlNGAPOßE) Despite the Asian crisis, Wang Global, a US IT services firm, is expanding its staff strength here and looking at acquiring companies in the region. "For the things we do, even
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    • 442 12  -  Winners will be 'businesses and governments' Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] The software industry's key watchdog body has urged governments worldwide to support recent Internet copyright initiatives by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo), saying the winners would be businesses and the governments themselves.
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    • 216 12 {SINGAPORE] Comdex/Asia, a major IT trade show, and Networld+lnterop (N+l), a major networking show, will have the dates of their Singapore events shifted. Comdex/Asia at Singapore Informatics will be shifted from its original September 1999 date to April 2000, according to a press statement
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    • IT TAKES
      • 56 12 [SINGAPORE] Microsoft Singapore has merged its enterprise sales and consulting services divisions to provide more comprehensive services to its enterprise customers. This union has resulted in the formation of the Enterprise Customer Unit, whose director is Natasha Kwan (left). Replacing Ms Kwan's previous position as Microsoft Singapore
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      • 34 12 [SINGAPORE] Dog will launch the Hog Planner 3.0 software at the third nog Latest Technology Preview, which will be held at Sheraton Towers Hotel on Friday. For more information call *****26.
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      • 35 12 [SINGAPORE] Fore Systems is organising a seminar on Application-A ware networking and Gigabit firewalling in Singapore tomorrow at the Mandarin Hotel The seminar is free. Those interested can contact {Catherine Hwang at *****88.
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      • 33 12 [SINGAPORE] Cisco Systems has appointed Jeevan Kumaran as manager of channels marketing in Greater Asia. Before joining Cisco, Mr Kumaran worked as Asia-Pacific marketing manager for Digital Equipment Corporation.
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      • 93 12 [SINGAPORE] Visitors to Infosecurity Asia 99 will be able to see a card security pavilion featuring the latest applications, hardware and software for card security. Prospective exhibitors for this pavilion include manufacturers of smart cards, security-related products, software applications supporting the use of smart cards, applications for
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      • 30 12 [SINGAPORE] Software AG has appointed Raymond Lee as its Singapore managing director. Prior to joining Software AG, Mr Lee was Asia sales director of Compuware.
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      • 47 12  -  -Compiled by Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Optika has announced the availability of Optika eMedia 1.0 in Asia. This is a Web-based software suite that provides companies with a solution to migrate their paper-based business processes to more efficient and competitive electronic processes.
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    • 551 13  -  By Ganesh Ayyar The author is general manager. Enterprise Business Computer Organisation, Hewlett-Packard Singapore UNIX and Windows NT are rapidly emerging as the operating systems (OS) of choice for the new generation of business-driven applications, such as messaging and
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    • 289 13 Reuters [MADßAS] Intel Corp said last week sales of its computer chips in Asia were keeping pace with global sales growth in the fourth quarter of 1998. "In the fourth quarter, our business in Asia is definitely growing as fast as it
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    • 678 13  -  Assurance given after America Online's purchase of the Internet firm Ry l Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] It's business as usual for Netscape Communications' operations here following the announcement of America Online's (AOL's) planned purchase of Netscape. The Internet firm is hiring more .staff
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    • 324 14  -  It's priced at $79 in local stores By Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] US software firm Symantec has topped up its extensive arsenal of utility programs for personal computers with the release of the retail edition of Symantec Norton 2000, a set of tools that
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 85 14 ENTERPRISE resource planning (ERP) software provider Platinum Software Corp has launched Platinum ERA 7.0, its latest enterprise solution. ERA 7.0 Is based on Microsoft technologies. In particular, it is designed to take advantage of advanced features built into Microeoft's new SQL Server 7.0 database software. Available
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      • 73 14 3COM'S Palm Computing division is offering a free CD-ROM containing over 1,000 third-party software titles with each purchase of its industry-leading Palm in connected organiser. The offer is on until Jan 15. In Singapore it Is only available from retail outlets identified by 3Com/Palm
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      • 93 14 MOBILE connectivity specialist Xircom Inc has announced a trade-in programme to enable business users to upgrade to its Real Port Integrated PC Cards. Corporate users and end-users will be able to trade In their installed Type-0 PC cards for up to US$5O when they buy a minimum
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      • 79 14 CANON Marketing Service® has introduced MV-10, a digital camcorder with "the world's longest I6x optical room in the mini camcorder range". ThesB,4BB camera comes with a lens shift OIS (Optical Image Stabiliser) system, has eight programmed auto exposures, seven digital affects, and Canon's Ftarizone AF/AE control system.
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      • 78 14 BUYERS of I omega Corps Jaz 2GB removable drtvee will get a Jaz traveler, a SCSI to parallel port oonvertsr, ftaa with each drive purchased. The special offrr is to mark the shipment of the two millionth Jaz drive recently, lomega says. The Jaz 2GB,
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      • 98 14  -  Kenneth James PHOJPS has introduced a flat panel monitor that the company says will satisfy ths needs of ths sophisticated corporate user yet comes at a very affordable price. The Brilliance 151 AX, which retails at $1,998 with GST, has a 15. l -inch viewable
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    • 251 13 Whichever way you look at it... NEC's innovative MulfiSync® LCD Monitors are a picture-perfect sight! jsg l NEC Multi Sync* LCD Monitors take up 60% less space Ell I and are 70% lighter than comparable CRT monitors. &EH 1 Each aesthetic monitor comes with NEC's renowned m I high resolution,
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 732 15  -  Women are more adept at this than men, says susam swartz SUSAM SWARTZ NYT I MAY be wandering into sensitive territory here, but I think that women are more adept at sharing their food than men. I'm talking about collective dining, eating-off-another-person's-plate kind of sharing. Simple
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    • 706 16  -  THEATRE Modern Art and friendship took centrestage in the play Art By Parvathi Narayan (SINGAPORE] Art is a piece of theatre that provokes thought about the play, about art. and about friendships. The multiple-award winning play by Yasmina Reza, produced in Singapore by the
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    • 415 16  -  MUSIC Varying standards in programme of works by Ravel and Rachmaninov By] Benjamin Loh [SINGAPORE] In a programme of works by two contrasting composers, Ravel and Rachmaninov, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Shui Lan, gave a performance of
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 717 17  -  Share buyback also an option as easing of capital adequacy ratio frees up more funds, they say Bir Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE) Local banks may pay out bigger dividends, or buy back their own shares, as a result of the relaxation in
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    • 825 17  -  HAMO SENG INSIGHT They are expecting more lean times despite some brokers' optimism Qnak Hiany Whai LONG before economists expounded theories about why it can sometimes be futile to try and boost demand by cutting interest rates, the Cantonese here had a saying: you can bring
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      • 272 18 Reuters [HONGKONG] Wheelock Co Ltd is set to report lower interim profits on Wednesday due chiefly to lack of exceptional from unit Wharf (Holdings) Ltd, which boosted the group's bottom line last year, analysts said. But the conglomerate's earnings would look better than
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      • 73 18 OUR Hock Lock Siew column on Saturday on Van der Horst Ltd said that should bankers choose to sell company assets they may recover "somewhere in the vicinity of 10 cents in the dollar". This is incorrect. The mistake arose from a wrong interpretation of the balance sheet. BT
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      • 413 18 Strong sales of PCs and networking equipment seen sustaining chip sales Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California! There is growing optimism that strong sales of personal computers and networking equipment will sustain the recent boom in chip sales into the new
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      • 433 18  -  Ad campaign for unit trusts being planned for early next year By Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Having maintained a very low profile for the past couple of years, Dresdner Asset Management (Dresdner) is hoping to make it big on the back of
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      • 390 18 Cuts will be made by 2000 to reduce costs, fight competition Reuters [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Telekom will cut a further 20,000 jobs by 2000 as it strives to cut costs and keep up with growing competition, chief executive Ron Sommer said in a newspaper interview.
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      • 516 18 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] After an agonising year, Malaysia's bruised media firms are hoping for a mild recovery in 1999 as advertising revenue improves in line with the economy. Analysts said the government's efforts to revitalise the nation's weak economy could revive advertising spending.
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      • 175 18 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Shareholders of German steel and engineering giant Thyssen approved late on Friday a merger with Krupp, which will create Germany's fifth-largest industrial company. Almost 97 per cent of shareholders supported the merger, but it took almost 24 hours before they arrived at
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      • 362 18 Q3 routs in stocks, lH>nds leave some big banks in the red Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Wall Street firms will cut bonuses by as much as half this year after third-quarter routs in stock and bond markets left some of the biggest
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      • 303 18 AFP [SYDNEY] American Paul Anderson will today become the first outsider this century to take the helm at Australian resource giant BHP Co Ltd, just over a month after accepting the role. When he begins work there will be little time for reflection
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      • 659 19 DEUTSCHE-BANKERS TRUST MWMM Markets unsettled by escape clauses in the pact and rnmonrs of earnings overstatement Reuters Bridge News FEARS that Deutsche Bank AG's planned US$lO.l billion (5516.7 billion) purchase of Bankers Trust Corp could unravel have gripped Wall Street.
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      • 343 19 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US Federal Reserve fined an Indonesian investor and a Jakartabased company U*****,000 (*****,500) and ordered them to sell their interest in the parent company of the Bank of San Francisco. The Fed charged that Putra Masagung and P T Gunung
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      • 130 19 Reuters [LONDON] HSBC Holdings pic said on Friday that its subsidiary Hongkongßank of Canada has acquired 19 per cent of Canadian export finance company Northstar Trade Finance Inc for C 52.21 million (552.4 million). The bank will shortly be renamed HSBC Bank Canada,
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      • 308 19 EXXON'S TAKEOVER OF MOBIL It will surpass Royal Dutch/Shell, just as gas usage is rising Bloomberg [IRVING, Texas] Exxon Corp's planned US$7B billion (*****.6 billion) purchase of Mobil Corp will make it the second-largest investorowned natural gas company, just as consumption
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      • 286 19 Bloomberg [JOHANNESBURG] Mitsui Co, one of Japan's largest trading companies, has withdrawn from a joint venture with Billiton pic to build the world's fourth largest zinc smelter at a cost of 3.1 billion rand (*****.5 million). Mitsui, and subsidiary Mitsui Mining, Japan's second largest
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      • 291 19  -  By! Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] OCBC Bank has received "better-than-ex-pected" response to its sale of OAC Insurance policies which started a month ago. The bank and its associate company OAC jointly launched four insurance products in early November under the brand
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        1798 19 PRIME LEMDIMQ RATES bamM ABN Amro Bank NV 7W ABSA Bank Limited 7 Agricultural b«* Of CMm 6 W ANZ taking Group 7V4 Anted iris* Bank PLC 6 American Express Bank 7 Arab Banking Corp 7% Arab Bank PLC 6 AsaM Bank Ltd _7 Ban Hbi lee Bank BM 7
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      • 563 20 amriliX Weeklyßoundup [SINGAPORE] The aftermath of last week's co-ordinated rate cut in Europe, re-emerg-ing contagion fears stemming from Brazil and its effect on global stock markets will be of central focus in major currency markets this week. Convergence rate cuts all across most of the
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      • 836 20 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON! Crude oil prices slumped to record lows last week, with further losses looming, as the market reeled from Opec's inability to rein in production at a time of low demand sparked by the global economic slowdown. On
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    • 1899 20 -■-nil- f-fi -yWlOTr" I' illlf' T' TCPH 1 V'""%BBOT? |ll|M|J)|i '|''Jll|JlfP|B''^jL0'.lll|||IW1'!|Mt'jW!HWW SICOM FUTURES Dec 4 RUBBER (Mures dosing as it 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cwtsA?) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jan 99 107.75 150 Feb 99 109.50 975 14* 99 t11.25 1175 Apr/Jun 99 t17.50
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    • 4186 21 Net earn EPS Metro Hldgs Nov n I L980L 2.585 1.9L 2 46 Date TV LV TV LV Metalock 0«c 2 I 1.7 JO 0.523 2.41 0.73 Company ann ($m) (»n» (cW lets) Mid-Continent Sop 30 P 2.716 0.370 2.72 18.5 Meiben Sap 11 I 0.546
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    • MARKET REVIEWS
      • 276 22 HONGKONG Reuters AFP HONGKONG share prices are expected to consolidate in the coming sessions amid an absence of buying incentives after losing 7.2 per cent over the week to Friday, dealers said. "I think the market will continue to trade
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      • 867 22 OSydney -40.6 THE Australian market will turn its attention towards the new year and another possible cut in rates in the week ahead as it enters the beginning of the Christmas doldrums. After a week in which seven weighty indicators were released and the Reserve Bank of
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      • 591 22 NEW YORK The Dow is down 3.4% despite European rate cnts, healthy US jobs data Bloomberg DON'T get carried away by interest rate cuts from France to Finland and reports of robust American job growth: US investors are concerned that stock prices are
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      • 363 22 LONDON AFP THE London market fell sharply last week, pulled under by the retreat on Wall Street and a number of profit warnings from leading companies. The FT-SE 100 Index of leading shares fell by 4.49 per cent, or 262.3 points, to close the
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      • 344 22 TOKYO Bloomberg, AFP JAPANESE stock prices are likely to move narrowly in the coming week as market participants pay close attention to fluctuations on Wall Street, brokers said. "In a word, share prices will move in a tight range," a broker
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      • 1826 22 □ftrto -212.35 STOCKS closed up 0.62 per cent on Friday, after a jittery session in which traders weighed up Thursday's eurozone interest rate cut and watched the Dow for signs of recovery after its 2 per cent overnight slide. The blue-chip CAC-40 closed 22.92 points higher at
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      • 459 23 AFP Composite Index+2MB MALAYSIAN share prices could extend their gains in the coming days after surging 6 per cent in the week to Friday but caution still prevails amid economic concerns, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's Composite Index jumped 29.68 points
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      • 9190 23 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 1998 Last Vol Week Net Cap High Low Company Solo 'OOO High Low P It $mtl 320 170 A|inomoto 306 26 50 320 286 16.9 124.0 148 35 Angkasa 113 34.5 2235 117 78 166 6 310 123 ApoMo rood Hlg 280 45 113 310 240 9.7
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      • 2617 24 BONOS, LOANS ft WARRANTS 4 Wt 1998 Lost Vol Nnk Lost Ovoto Avq High L«« Stna Compjny Sill ♦ar- COOO) High Low Buy ar Sallar Priea 20.5 3 3160 »Acar ******1 US$ 13.5 -2 223 16.5 12.5 13.5 14 95 4.5 3164 Acma ******4 IS -2 1133 20 14.5 15
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      • 167 24  -  WARRAMT WATCH -By R Sivanithy BUYING time and paying a low price is always good from the warrant player's point of view. In this regard, Hai Sun Hup's warrant meets both these requirements, with an added bonus of reasonable liquidity. The
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      • 230 24 H0N0K0M6 STOCKS 6t Or 1998 Last Vat Waak La«t Ouott Hi Mi VN IM MC# Mlgfi Low Stno Company Sat* rOOO) Mtgh Lav Buyar SaVar C*w P/E $nl 400 250 5123 COL (2000) MK 400 &0 2.4 2.0 20.5 7744.7 5124 Cathay Pac 20c MK_ 720 265.0 2.1
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    • 6739 25 Week ended Der 4 Cr Or M Wt U1 _J 1998 t"' *s L»tt Quote Dlv Dlv YM Not Cap Avq High Lot StNo Company Sat* COOO) High Lot Buyer Seller Cyr P/C {mil Prko MULTI-INDUSTRY 142 49.5 m t 1000 AcmaSOc 73.5 -8
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    • 1279 25 M tlM L t V* Last Ouot* ON Dlv VW N«t Cap Avg m» um tm» Ci«i»( m roooi hi# u» m** «—f cv w $mu Prtc* MANUFACTURING 243 30 a 2049 *ASAutoK>C 118 -12 8359 133 113 118 119 15.0N 7.0 13 HI 134.7 121 •2 a 2051
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        548 26 StOChl Volume Keppel Bank 51.306,000 ST EngglOc 49.724,000 DBS Land 46,755,000 Van der Horsl 43.249,000 Keppel land50c 40,317,000 Wing Tai 25c 38,401,000 ST Capital 25c 32.572.000 Thakral 10c 29.952,000 OUB Foreign 27,397,000 Hotel Prop 26,408,000 Stocks 0C8C Foreign 202,128,841 UOB Foreign 190,423,825 OBS Foreign 185,927,253 OUB Foreign 178.937,806 Keppel Bank
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      • 720 26  -  Tffki 11/HHW AWBATI Another local rate cut of 25 basis pts may have been discounted but a wider fall could spark a rally By R Sivanithy WHAT do Wall Street and the KL Stock Exchange have in common? On the
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        82 26  -  -by Shiv Taneja ST Capital closed two cents lower on Friday at 54 cents on a volume of 6 8 million shares, just a shade lower than its 10-day traded average of 6.9 million shares. It appears there is more downside for this counter. This is supported by
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    • 361 26 J IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF TAFEL TRADING PTE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) Extract of the Minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company signed by the Representative of Holding Company relating to Proceedings of Subsidiary Company pursuant to Section 179(6)
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    • 421 26 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 1 KIM SAN LIN CONSTRI CTION PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Winding-up) At an Kxiraofdinary General Meeting ol the company duly convened and held on 4th December 1998 at 11.30 a m at 18 Jalan i Ma>|id <102-06 Kcmbangan Pla/a Singapore *****4. the following Special
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    • 293 27 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young ACTIVITY has shown signs of increasing in the past week although actual "deals done" does probably not reflect the market undertones. The tendency is for sellers to "dress up" the packages and offer some sort of employment attached. This has been apparent on
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    • 302 27 its ti., m r *OM Nc« S$ HI CWT Distribution 0.44 -0.005 54 Chuan Hup 0.52 0.005 94 Cosco Invastmant0.5) Fraight Lln*i 0.185 unch 1209 GBHoidlngs 0.395 *0.005 66 Hai Sun Hup 0.435 -0.005 701 Hitachi Zosan 0.70 *0.005 135 IMC Holdings HK 5.60 JayaHoMlngs 0.525 *0.005 24
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    • 401 27  -  Lloyd's Register, Bureau Veritas have differing start dates for scheme From David Hughes in London THE introduction of the new European Union (EU)-wide Marine Equipment Certification Scheme degenerated into a farce last week as two major classification societies, Lloyd's Register (LR)
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    • 197 27 SINGAPORE'S ship suppliers may soon find themselves running into difficulty when providing new equipment, including lifesaving appliances, to European Unionflag ships. Although it is still not clear how strictly and when the new Marine Equipment Certification Scheme will be enforced, it is possible that
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    • 662 27  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes A YEAR or two ago it seemed that there could be a stream of elderly bulk carriers going through the repair yards for extensive strengthening work to bring them in line with new International Association of Classification Societies
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    • 182 27 [SINGAPORE] Singapore's role as a cruise gateway for the Asia-Pacific got a further boost with the opening of the Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC) on Friday after a $23 million facelift. The opening, which was timed to coincide with the Seatrade Asia Cruise Convention, was witnessed
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    • 187 27 Danish line doing feasibility stndy on joint venture at Kolachel Reuters [MADRAS, India] Danish container shipping company Maersk may develop a container port in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, a senior state government official said over the weekend. "We're planning a joint venture
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    • 920 28  -  BOEING COMPANY Planned job cuts reflect high-stakes gambles in recent years that have misfired and undermined company's future Byl Elizabeth Douglass The Los Angeles Times THE massive layoffs announced by Boeing Co last week reflect a series of high-stakes gambles by managers in recent years
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      • 725 41 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure AndhrtaErid *****8 alongside 0812/1500 Brignt Coral 3A J23 alongside 0812/0600 at Ha Bersam *****8 JOI alongside 06.12/2000 Bt Mm Ct6 S7 *****8 JOI alongside 06.12/2000 Bt P Harapa2 *****8 JOI alongside 06.12/1600 Epocl» Ac* 5 J05 alongside 06.12/1400 Hang Man 806* J07
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      • 1856 41 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boofclnq/B«linc* Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Ac*n ID 04/1200 M 06/1500 06/1659 06/1100 06/1500 06/W59 06/1100 U 04/1700 07/0659 07/0*00 29 06/T700 07/0659 07/0100 07/0700 07/7159 07/1400 4 07/1200 07/1459 07/1700 SM» 356A 08/0100 ST 06/1500
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      • 216 41 Dec 8 Austria: Ammuculate Conception Dee 12 Mexico: Virgin of Guadalupe (optional). Dee 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday New Year Holiday. Dee 24 Finland: Christmas Eve. Deo 29 Nether land: Christmas Day. Mexico: Christmas Day. Finland: Christmas Day. Australia: Christmas Day. Austria: Christmas Day. Belgium: Christmas Day. Brunei: Christmas
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      • 914 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil 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-sixed stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 481 41 Carbon ISO Max 990.2 3.9 17.4 0.15 78 0.07 0*c 3 OtMity Water Residue Ask Aluminium Sediment No above £25 0 I 1 I 0 0 380 Ave 987.9 OJ 15.3 0.07 31 0.02 Cum 380 Max 995.2 0.8 19.6 0.11 61 0.06 tt/wi %V/V %m/»
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      • 461 42 Differences between two sides too great for them to return to negotiating table Reuters [MANILA] Philippine President Joseph Estrada is desperately trying to resurrect talks between Cathay Pacific Airways and troubled Philippine Airlines (PAL), but the divide between the two sides may be too
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      • 44 42 [MANILA] Philippine Airlines medical personel carry an injured passenger from the PAL Airbus 330 at Manila airport. Seventeen of2s6passengers and crew aboard the flight from Singapore to Manila suffered minor injuries when the airliner encountered severe turbulence, airport authorities said. REUTERS
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      • 457 42 AFP [BANGALORE, India] India will launch its largest ever air show here tomorrow, attracting more than 100 global aeronautical giants despite the current economic downturn in Asia. Some 110 leading firms from 17 nations including Britain, Canada, France, Israel, Italy,
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      • 205 42 Reuters [COLOMBO] Air Lanka Catering Services (ALCS) said yesterday it hoped to meet officials of Sri Lanka's national carrier to resolve their work-to-rule campaign which has delayed flights by up to two hours. "We hope to meet Air Lanka officials
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      • 317 42 French firm wants to scupper merger between BAe, Dasa AFP [BONN] Aerospatiale, the French aviation and defence corporation, is seeking an increase in its share in the Airbus consortium in a bid to scupper a planned merger between British Aerospace and Germany's Dasa, a
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      • 277 42 Incident apparently caused by computers used to prevent such potential disasters Reuters [WASHINGTON] The Federal Aviation Administration said on Saturday it was investigating the near-collision of a jet and a commuter flight over New York state apparently caused by computers used
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      • 327 42 AFP [AMMAN] A Palestinian airliner touched down in Amman on Saturday on the first commercial flight from the newly-opened Gaza International Airport after a delay which angered Palestinian officials. The Fokker-50 carrying 45 passengers a Canadian and the
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    • 907 34 BANGKOK/MAP TA PHUT/LAEM CHABANQj J A K ART A/PAN J A NO VESSEL VOY SIN BKK MTP LCH VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJN CHANABHUM" 47N In Pt 11/12 VIRA BHUM 240S In Pt 11/12 10/12 XETHA BHUM 262N 08/12 12/12 11/12 ACX JAPE* 35S In Pt 10/12 KOTARATNA RNAO7I 09/12
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    • 1066 38 SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 Anson Road, Anson House #06-01 to 03, Spore *****1 CR NO. **********00 TEL: *****88 FAX: *****29 (00TWARD) *****83-4 (INWARD) /*****10 (IMPORT STATUS) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: 535 6266 Cella/Jesslca/Mel Chan/Jeslynn/Dora/Doris EQZ33QHBB3H 7slgs/week 2 slg/week I VESSEL p/OY SIN [~JAK [VESSEL [VOY SIN fPLB CONTI
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