The Business Times, 3 March 2000

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MFTA (P) 035/12/1999 B*j SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2000
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    68 1 SIX 2J1&17 (-3.88) nBT-su hM 75LM (-3.81) BMBGIFUIUBES ***** (-1.30) STOCK MARKET INDICES nmrsday Change KLSE COUP MIA -28.14 NIKKEI 20.afi.tl -18J6 HANO SENO 1&9MJ1 +MJ2 8ET INDEX J61.39 +19* JAKARTA COMP _J46JS -18.96 MANILA COMP —LM7.44 +1141 TAIPEI WPI 9*4182 -14&28 SEOUL COMP BUM +fi28 CLSA CHINA
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    78 1 Fomims USI ss USS 1.717 £(USS/SJperS) 1JM 17H ElIIO(US$/SS/E) 0977 1J78 DM 1001 0.868 YEN 107.4 1-699 RM 1890 0.462 HKS 7.781 0H1 BAHT 17.93 0.046 RUFIAH 7,490 0.028* 'Sf to JOB unto 'St to loounta ram bates SINGAPORE* 680 KUALA LUMPUR 7.87 JAKARTA .39 00 BANGKOK 9 SO
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    Lock icon KL satellite broadcaster hits the Nasdaq trail
    1019 1  -  Money will give Me&s&t the leverage to monnt challenge to regional players From Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong RECLUSIVE Malaysian tycoon Ananda Krishnan's satellite broadcasting operator Measat is readying for a possible June listing on Nasdaq, the American technology bourse, according to sources familiar
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    Lock icon Japan electronic exchange set to shake up old practices
    746 1  -  Starting in June, Nasdaq Japan aims to beat Tokyo Stock Exchange in turnover From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo NASDAQ Japan, the country's new Internet-based electronic stock exchange, has thrown down the gauntlet. It is going head-on against the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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    Lock icon Two Ardmore Park penthouses sold for $35m
    418 1  -  |-i Sources say the same Singaporean family bought both By Lilian Ang [SINGAPORE] The plush Ardmore Park condo is in the limelight again, this time for the recent sale of two penthouses to a Singaporean family for a combined $35 million. Sources say
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      128 1 UNHIDE Exec Momy 4th quarter report card of the investment returns from CPFapproved unit trusts. EM 12 -■4& «•■> Dot-com darlings may think they're the bee's knees in the 'new economy' buzz, but stock market Darwinism will rule the day. EM 9 i aurr*' Top ttorlu m a rk! analysts.
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon A lesson in cost competitiveness
        116 2 WHAT makes a corporate uproot and move? Here's one indication from the British Broadcasting Corporation, which will be moving its Asian regional headquarters from Hongkong to Singapore at end-September, though the move is expected to affect only five or six people. "This is about rents
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        Lock icon We told you so
        79 2 IT'S finally official. After retracting an earlier announcement, Prudential-Bache Securities announced that Neil Juggins would be appointed head of telecommunications research for South-east Asia based in Singapore. Mr Juggins was formerly responsible for equity research analysis, marketing and sales to global fund managers as senior telecoms
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        Lock icon The future is in curries
        55 2 IT appears that in the United Kingdom, Indian cuisine is hotter than heavy industries. There are now more people employed in Indian restaurants there than in steel manufacturing, coal mining and shipbuilding put together, reported the Financial Times of London. There Is an estimated 80,000
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        Lock icon StarHub's first community project
        110 2 IN its first community project to promote learning and enrichment among the young, Star Hub has sponsored 100,000 pieces of a special edition payphone card, each with a stored value of $1. Not intended for resale, these cards will be given to four organisations which include
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        Lock icon Safe sex at this China hotel
        70 2 THE New Century Hotel in the Chinese city of Chengdu has sparked controversy by becoming the first hotel in the country to distribute condoms in every room, AFP reported yesterday, quoting state media. Advice on how to avoid contracting Aids is included too. But
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      Lock icon No hard feelings about Murdoch, says Richard Li
      690 2  -  He's ready to work with News Corp on any deal that's good for shareholders From Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong PACIFIC Century CyberWorks chairman Richard Li yesterday signalled he was looking beyond the bruising battle for control of Cable Wireless HKT and focusing
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      Lock icon Jennie Chua named Woman of the Year 1999
      571 2  -  Singer Kit Chan and 100-year-old social worker Teresa Hsu also honoured By' Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] Capping a year during which she acquired a new figure and wardrobe, found a "soul mate" and was honoured as "Hotelier of the Year", Raffles International's
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      Lock icon Why no joint bid with SingTel: Richard Li
      179 2  -  Quak Hiang Whai [HONGKONG] Richard Li, the man who snatched Cable Wireless HKT from Singapore Telecoms, said he tried to work on a joint bid with the Singapore phone giant but the effort fell through because the Singapore side "imposed unacceptable conditions".
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      Lock icon Li wins takeover, loses Web name battle
      175 2 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Hongkong's Richard Li may have won the battle to take over Cable Wireless HKT but has been outwitted over the registration of the soon-to-be-merged company on the World Wide Web. Mr Li's Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW) said on Tuesday it would
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      22 2 ..-irJfc-*-. POCWs bMUoor access to Hang Sengacase ofdzja vu, Pg 4 HSBC in*iaU it acted properly in dealings with HKT, Pg 4
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  • TECH mania
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      Lock icon Nasdaq could be days away from 5,000 mark: analysts
      616 4 The tech-driven index is now np 17.5% for the year as investors chase np biotech, Internet stocks Bloomberg Reuters, [NEW YORK] The irrepressible Nasdaq may be just days from breaking 5,000 as Wall Street shoves cash into biotech and Internet names,
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      Lock icon Watch Japan leapfrog into the Internet age
      813 4  -  raj lock siew anthony rowley CONVENTIONAL wisdom has it that Japan is three to five years behind the United States in terms of Internet usage. If this is true, then the fancy valuations that a handful of Internet stocks currently command on the
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      Lock icon CyberWorks enters Hang Seng through backdoor
      537 4  -  It's deja vn for Richard Li whose stock market foray was via Tricom From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong AFTER a backdoor listing on the Hongkong bourse, Pacific Century CyberWorks is once again using the backdoor to access the prestigious Hang Seng Index. Within
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      Lock icon HSBC insists it acted properly in dealings with HKT
      365 4 AFP [SINGAPORE] HSBC Holdings pic yesterday maintained its stand against claims by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (Sing Tel) that it may have acted improperly in this week's massive telecoms merger in Hongkong. In a simmering dispute surrounding one of Asia's largest business
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      269 4 mWah Shing International Holdings Limited (Incorporated in Bermuda wrtti limited liability) Announcement THE PROPOSED INVESTMENT OF INTERNET AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESSES IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA The Directors of Wah Shing International Holdings Limited (the "Company") wish to inform the shareholders that the Company is negotiating with various independent
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Keppel Land on verge of Jakarta's CBD property deal
      858 5  -  Its first purchase of top-class commercial property there if deal is struck |-i ri exclusive Promi Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta SINGAPORE-LISTED Keppel Land, boosted by recent government encouragement to invest in Indonesia, is on the verge of acquiring a major property
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      Lock icon PacNet plans to list e-commerce unit in 2 yrs
      479 5  -  It's in talks with blue-chip firms to take strategic stake in PacfnsioiLcom By. Andrea Tan NASDAQ-LISTED Pacific Internet is aiming for a listing of Pacfusion.com Inc, its e-commerce arm, in one to two years time. "We are in serious discussion with
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      Lock icon Mediaring posts $25.9m pre-tax loss, sees further deficits ahead
      468 5  -  Need to invest heavily in expanding its business globally, says CEO By' Teh Han Shih MEDIARING.COM incurred a pre-tax loss of $25.9 million last year and will continue losing money for the next few years, possibly the next five years, chief
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      Lock icon Creative up on Nasdaq rally
      266 5 RIDING on Nasdaq's irrepressible performance the night before on Nasdaq, Creative Technology shares yesterday opened at $42 in Singapore, or 8.5 per cent up from Wednesday. The stock had risen US$l.O6 to U5523.06 on Nasdaq, with 1.6 million shares traded. The gains came as the
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      Lock icon Kim Eng retreats after rumour denial
      194 5 Shares fall 8% after 30% surge in a little more than a week DISAPPOINTED punters yesterday dumped shares of local brokerage Kim Eng Holdings after it had scotched rumours that it is tying up with local brokers JM Sassoon or American discount house Charles
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      Lock icon Ascott stays on course despite changes at parent DBS Land
      523 7  -  sum Premature to talk of merger with Somerset: CEO By, Andrea Tan THE Ascott Ltd, the serviced apartment arm of DBS Land, is pressing ahead with its expansion plans, unfazed by the recent changes in DBS Land. The Ascott is
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      Lock icon CityDev ropes in partner for $340m Newton condo
      344 7  -  US-based Westbrook Partners an equal partner in project Carol Eng CITY Developments (CityDev) is partnering a US-based property investment management company Westbrook Partners to build a $340 million condominium on a 115,000 sq ft site in Newton. The move is Westbrook's first
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      Lock icon Funds up stakes in Singapore stocks
      404 7  -  But outflows seen in Malaysia even as the ELSE soars 6.5% By Wong Wei Kong FUND investments in Singapore stocks rose last month as the key market index fell but dipped in Malaysia as shares soared. Figures from fund tracker Lipper Asia released yesterday
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon CEI offer 99 times subscribed
        57 7 CEI Contract Manufacturing's initial public offering is 99.7 times subscribed. About 35,508 applications for 1.1 billion shares were received for the public tranche of 11 million shares. CEI offered a total 56 million new shares at 16 cents each for a Sesdaq listing. The shares
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        Lock icon Kian Ann net gain swells to $4m
        98 7 MAINBOARD-LJSTED Kian Ann Engineering has posted an 83 per cent jump in net profit to $4.1 million in the half-year to Dec 31. Turnover grew 76 per cent to $69 million. Earnings per share came to 2.44 cents, up from 1.33 cents previously,
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        Lock icon OUS profit up 130%
        104 7 OVERSEAS Union Securities, an associate of Overseas Union Bank, said net profit last year rose 130 per cent to $2.65 million on a 86-per cent increase in operating income to $4.42 million. Earnings per share was 6.8 cents, up from 3 cents in 1998, while net
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      Lock icon Centrepoint's Aussie unit buys first site
      329 7  -  ItpaysAslB.4mfor prized Sydney waterfront property From Surinder Singh in Sydney SINGAPORE-LISTED Centrepoint Properties' Australian joint venture with property developer Stanley Quek, which is barely a month old, has made its first purchase a prized Sydney waterfront site. CPL (Australia) Pte Ltd, the joint venture
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      Lock icon KepTatLee says no offer for Equitable yet
      256 7 KEPPEL Tat Lee Bank yesterday dismissed as pure speculation a report which said it was offering to pay double the market rate for a stake in a Filipino bank, Equitable PCI. "We are open to possibilities in the region but to say that
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      Lock icon DBS, ST Telemedia, bex.com form Net venture
      128 7 They tie up with 3 firms, eye US$l Jb in transactions a year Reuters DBS Bank, Singapore Technologies Telemedia and bex.com have teamed up with three other companies to set up an Internet business-to-business venture in Taiwan, aiming for US$l.l billion (Ssl.9 billion)
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Time Engg warrant not for the faint-hearted
      207 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanlthy THE Time Engineering stock has taken a beating, falling to 4.08 Malaysian ringgit from RM5.45 last month a loss of 25 per cent in just a few weeks. It would be tempting to think that some kind of
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      Lock icon End of forced-selling brings some stability to market
      570 6  -  I :j comment STOCKS r.sivanithy A DRYING up of the recent spate of forced selling and an easing of the pressure on equities regionwide helped restore some stability to the local stock market yesterday, although most of the action was firmly in
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      Lock icon Goldtron: readings still positive
      255 6  -  HOT STOCK By\ Wong Wei Kong SHARES of Goldtron Ltd rose in heavy trading yesterday, with the stock finishing as the most active issue of the session. The shares closed up 6 cents or 17 per cent at 41.5 cents. The stock opened at 35.5 cents
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      Lock icon Market Notices
      156 6 ♦PERTAMA Hides will rhangp the financial year-end from March 31 to June 30, in line with the financial. year-end of its parent company, Harvey Norman Ossia (Asia) Pte Ltd. ♦AMTEK Engg will be traded ex-dividend on March 8. ♦SEMBCORP Ind: Proposed sale 0f40.55 per cent ftharghrtWi ing in
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      Lock icon Yen powers higher to overshadow US$ dominance
      352 6  -  -J I comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE Japanese yen spiked up sharply overnight, putting the US dollar on the defensive despite the Nasdaq stock index's second record close in two days. Significantly, traders suggested that it was heavy American, rather than Japanese, selling
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Manufacturing indicator dips, but expansionary trend stays
      525 8  -  Purchasing managers' index falls, but safely above threshold By. Anna Teo SLOWER growth in new orders and output due partly to a shorter month and the Chinese New Year season led to a dip in the purchasing managers' index (PMI) in February. The
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      Lock icon Taking on SingTel over cables at condo site
      373 8 J&piira's suit for trespass to be heard in mid-March THE tussle for Hongkong Telecom may be over, but Singapore Telecom will face Hongkong's L 1 family in another battle here a court hearing has been set for mid-March for the suit that
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Lock icon Good response to Hana Bank issue
        194 8 HANA Bank's US$25O million (***** million) debt issue was oversubscribed by US$5O million, said lead arranger Bankßoston yesterday. A limit ofUS$25O million was, however, set on the deal, forcing participating banks to scale back on their commitments. A total of 30 financial institutions, including
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        Lock icon Insurance perk for SingTel Mobile users
        79 8 SINGTEL Mobile yesterday said it will offer travel insurance estimates to users of its Wireless Application Protocol mobile phones. It has tied up with elsland Pte Ltd, the creator of an insurance website which carries policies from companies like AIG, AXA and Tai Ping.
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      Lock icon Let's put Clob behind us
      258 8  -  Yam Chong Tak Singapore I AM glad the Clob issue is settled. More delay will hurt all parties. But I am saddened by the grumbling over the terms of the settlement and by the parties calling on SGX to foot the 1.5 per cent transfer
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      Lock icon Why the discrimination, IRAS?
      172 8  -  Denis Distant Singapore via Internet I REFER to the report "IRAS move could speed up share buy-backs" (BT, Feb 29) and am astonished that having taken nine months to revise the scheme to prevent tax arbitrages and other abuses, IRAS has now approved a scheme which
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      Lock icon Business fraud not yet a big problem, survey shows
      329 8  -  Bnt 30% of respondents feel it will worsen Byi Audrey Tan MOST firms in Singapore say that fraud is not yet a major problem, even as one in every four were hit by at least one such incidence in the last
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      Lock icon Oman keen to learn from S'pore technical education
      393 8  -  From Eugene Low in Muscat, Oman OMAN is keen to study Singapore's technical education system, the country's leader, Sultan Qaboos, told Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong on Wednesday. During their hour-long meeting at the Sultan's palace in Muscat, Sultan Qaboos said his
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      Lock icon Rosier outlook for restaurant hotel sector
      344 8  -  < 3 on the economy f&b revenue By Marissa Chew DRIVEN by rising visitor arrivals and improved consumer sentiment, the restaurant and hotel sector expanded by 3.7 per cent last year, according to figures in the 1999 economic survey. Food and beverage revenue from
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      Lock icon Skills scheme to prepare bank workers for new financial era
      321 8 TO equip bank workers for tougher challenges in the new financial era, the labour movement has teamed up with the Association of Banks in Singapore to launch a skills redevelopment programme for the banking industry. The scheme will provide a
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  • e NEws
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      Lock icon World Online launches biggest ever Internet IPO
      452 9 AMSTERDAM Issue could value European Internet service provider at np to 12.1b euros Reuters EUROPEAN Internet service provider World Online launched the biggest Internet initial public offering (IPO) ever on Wednesday, which it said could value the company at up to 12.1 billion
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      Lock icon Japan to get online stock market soon
      391 9 TOKYO Mitsui, Goldman, Morgan Stanley among brokerages setting np venture AFP getting its first InteriwiKafeck trading network. TWm*aus4 Mitsui and Co hateafeitto joining Goldman Sachs Group and 10 other brokerages to set up the venture in Japan. Established brokers predict it will shake
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      Lock icon Warning sounds amid Net mania
      655 9 IHT, AFX-Asia [SINGAPORE] As Asia's Internet mania hit new levels this week, many in the industry warned bottlenecks already were choking growth and predicted a rash of corporate failures would shut down many of the hottest Asian Internet sites. The mania was on full display
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Neighbours must help save Indon forests
      741 10  -  bottom line OPINION shoeb kagda The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent FOR the past four months, much of Indonesia has been blanketed by the cooling rains that arrive in November each year with the start of the North East Monsoon. The rains help to
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      126 10 'It sounds like a bubble, it looks like a bubble, and it feels like a bubble.' -WoagTMiKißg chairman of Silkroute Holdings Ltd, one of Asia's most successful Internet companies, as shares of Tom.com Ltd, a Chinese-language Internet service, began trading in Hongkong and soared over five times
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      Lock icon Thai polls under new charter
      589 10 EDITORIAL THE elections to Thailand's new Senate tomorrow were supposed to be contested under the strict rules of the new Constitution, whose framers tried to ensure a clean political system and put an end to rampant vote-buying. But it seems it was much easier for
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      Lock icon Where's the link between inflation and job levels?
      1057 10  -  Economists most think of a better theory of why inflation rises than the Phillips curve By J Bradford De Long The writer is a professor of economics cu the University of California at Berkeley and co-editor of The Journal of Economic Perspectives
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      863 10 LA's rogue cops LOS ANGELES is not the only US city that has problems with its police department, but the LAPD seems uniquely hospitable to rogue cops and uniquely resistant to reform. Only eight years after the Rodney King episode, the city is suffering a new
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Malaysian brokers may have their fees reduced
      672 11 KUALA LUMPUR Move in preparation for liberalisation of financial services, says report MOVES are apparently underway to reduce the brokerage fees charged by Malaysian stockbrokers in preparation for the liberalisation of the financial services sector. The Sun reported yesterday. It quoted sources saying
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      Lock icon KL Second Board plunges 8% on tech stock sell-off
      301 11  -  Composite Index also sheds 3% as retail players bail out By] R Sivanithy THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's Second Board, which until last month was the world's best performing market segment, yesterday continued its recent collapse with its index plunging almost
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      Lock icon Hello Kitty fever spreads to M'sia
      57 11 [KUALA LUMPUR] A Malaysian checking a pair of Hello Kitty dolls as people wait in lines at one of the McDonald's fast food outlet in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The dolls made their debut yesterday at McDonald's restaurants across the country, drawing big crowds to
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Bad day for finance counters
        90 11 SELLING on the overall market hit finance stocks yesterday, with the KL finance index finishing about 290 points, or 3.5 per cent lower at 8001.84. Leading the losers was index heavyweight Maybank, which was down 60 sen to RM16.20 on a volume of 5.3 million
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        Lock icon Lityan up on ISP deal reports
        53 11  -  Compiled by Diana Oon Abdullah REPORTS that Lityan Holdings will be buying into Chariot Internet, an Internet service provider listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, created some interest. Lityan was on the list of top 10 gainers, with itfe 15 sen gain to close
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      Lock icon Morgan Stanley to adjust portfolio on KL
      152 11 SINGAPORE Bernama MORGAN Stanley Dean Witter has adjusted its Asia-Pa-cific portfolio to overweight Malaysia by 300 basis points relative to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) index to which Malaysia will be reinstated by endMay. "I think a solid, sustainable recovery is well
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      1060 11 =1 Overseas Union Securities Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) announcement The Board of Directors of Overseas Union Securities Limited wishes to announce: AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1999 The Croup The Company J 999 1998 1999 1998 SS'OOO SS'OOO SS'OOO SS'OOO Operating Income 4,420 2,376
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  • SOUTH east asia
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      Lock icon Thai Senate polls marred by rampant vote-buying
      478 12  -  Many candidates blacklisted as central bank reports cash withdrawals of 20b baht Froml Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE first-ever election for Thailand's new-look Senate has been marred by rampant vote-buying, forcing the authorities to place several candidates on a blacklist to ensure a
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      Lock icon Manila's SEC plans media curbs
      457 12 MANILA Apparent move to stop reports quoting unidentified sources AP THE Philippine government's securities watchdog plans new rules on how the media can report on listed companies following a highly publicised scandal over trading irregularities in gambling group BW Resources Corp, which has badly hit
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      Lock icon National Steel comes under SEC interim committee
      301 12 MANILA THE Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has appointed a threemember interim committee to immediately take charge of the assets of National Steel Corp, according to SEC documents issued yesterday. Former Petron Corp chairman Monico Jacob will head the interim committee which
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        62 12 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Brunels economy is unsustainable as its income growth has been unable to keep up with population growth, according to an official Brunei government report just released The Brunei Darussalam Economic Council Report said that since 1964, the real GDP of the sultanate ofBBo,ooo people
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        69 12 Bloomberg [MANILA] The Social Security System, the largest Philippine pension fund, said it may aeD as much as half of its 18 percent stake in Equitable PCI Bank to a Singapore company. Carios Arellano, the food's chairman, said the Singapore company—which he declined
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        75 12 AP i ne inai air iorce yesteroay issued an apology for damaging several seaside tourist bungalows during a practice strafing by one of its jets, bat denied that the plane actually fired at the buildings. The air force agreed to pay for damage to
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        46 12 AFP [JAKARTA] Inrinnftglfl'* lnwmr hftnaa hnc passed a pay hike of some 80 per cent for President Abdurrahman Wahid and other senior officials, reports said. The pay raiaes were approved by a plenary session of the People's Representatives Council —AFP
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        49 12 AP [HANOI] A consortium offoreign companies led by BP Amoco is moving toward concluding five years of negotiations with Vietnam's PetroVietnam for a US$l J* billion (512.6 billion) gas and power production deal, a BP Amoco executive told Dow Jones News wires. —AP
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      967 16  -  IrJ kV/JJ I elections Even if it wins the polls, its grip on power and its business prowess are set to weaken, say analysts Frornl Macabe Keliher in Taipei TAIWAN'S ruling Kuomintang's (KMT) 50-year political and economic rule will take a hard knock, regardless
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      266 16 WASHINGTON Bloomberg PETROCHINA Co's initial stock sale is being criticised in a report by the AFL-CIO, which warned that the company will be controlled by the Chinese government and engages in human-rights violations. In the report, the AFL-CIO said PetroChina, which says
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      271 16 HONGKONG Up to 20 could be companies registered in mainland China Reuters HONGKONG'S Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) second board could have 100 listed firms by the end of this year, a senior Hongkong stock exchange official said yesterday, "I expect 100
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      530 16 HONGKONG Bloomberg HONGKONG will try to keep its fragile recovery on track by shying away from an unpopular sales tax and other Budget-balancing measures when it unveils its 2000-2001 Budget next week. The government is under pressure to boost revenue as it prepares
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      314 16 TAIPEI It will sell 1.54b shares in Taiwan's biggest such sale Reuters TAIWAN'S main telecommunication service supplier Chunghwa Telecom yesterday said it expected to list 1.54 billion shares on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by the end of October in line with its privatisation programme. The
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      156 16 HONGKONG Reuters SUNeVision plans to raise up to HK$3.ll biUion (550.69 biUion) through an issue of 300 million new shares at HKSB.3B tb HKSIO.3B each during its Growth Enterprise Market listing this month, the South China Morning Post said yesterday.
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      392 17 W BOMBAY Unions fear privatisation will lead to closure of bank branches and staff lay-offs Reuters INDIA'S banking system is headed for turmoil as powerful employee unions have vowed to disrupt work in the months ahead in protest against government plans
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      193 17 ISLAMABAD Reuters PAK Telecom Mobile Ltd, a subsidiary of Pakistan Telecommuni:ations Company Ltd, hts awarded a 1J5550.7 trillion (5J87.3 million) contract to Canada's Nortel Networks to set up a cellular telephone network. PakTel Mobile and NorteL Network /esterday said that Under the agreement signed the
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      719 18 News Corp a A$100b company SYDNEY First Aussie company to cross that milestone; Amurie index hits record 3,220 Bloomberg NEWS Corp's stock market value climbed above Asloo billion (*****.5 billion) yesterday, a milestone for an Australian company, as investors bet planned Internet and satellite television ventures will gild its future.
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      324 18 SYDNEY Report says move was prompted by fear of Murdoch AFP TELSTRA Corp has rejected a proposal to buy Kerry Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd empire for Aslo billion (5510.4 billion) for fear of irking rival media mogul Rupert Murdoch, a report said
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      317 18 Reuters [AUCKLAND) Team New Zealand completed an historic 5-0 America's Cup whitewash of Italian challengers Prada yesterday to become the first non-American boat to successfully defend the trophy in 149 years. The black-hulled New Zealand boat and its slick crew beat Prada by 48
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      161 18 SEOUL Bloomberg KOREAN stocks staged their biggest rally in over a year and a half, led by Samsung Electronics Co and Hyundai Electronics Industries Co on hopes an increase in the spot price of their main product may boost earnings. SK Telecom Co, Korea's largest
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      383 18 SEOUL Bat higher provision rules, Daewoo debt hangover hold back fall recovery Bloomberg KOREA'S commercial banks' losses more than halved in 1999 from a year earlier as their earnings improved amid the country's recovering economy. Still, a full turnaround was held
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      281 18 TOKYO FT THE New Miyazawa Plan, Japan's US$3O billion (5551.6 billion) emergency aid programme to help its Asian neighbours weather the 1997 crisis, is being wound down due to a lack of demand for immediate financial aid from the countries
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      607 19 Old economy firms whose share prices have slumped offer bargains Reuters [LONDON] MAINSTREAM investors have shunned them in the scramble for technology stocks, but Europe's unloved "old economy" companies, whose share prices have slumped in recent months, now offer rich pickings for bargain hunters.
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      502 19 NEW YORK New company will have USsBb re venae; Lacent shares up 15% on the news NYT LUCENT Technologies Inc said on Wednesday that it will spin off three units, creating a new company that will have about US$B billion (5513.8 billion) in revenue
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      572 20 FRANKFURT Rally comes amid reports of move on America's Qwest and US West Bloomberg DEUTSCHE Telekom shares have risen as much as 12 per cent in the past three days amid reports it is bidding for US long-distance company Qwest Communications International Inc. Telekom has offered
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      360 20 ZURICH The heads of the two funds quit amid big client withdrawals Bloomberg ÜBS AG will merge its biggest fund management units and their heads, Gary Brinson and Tony Dye, will step down as Europe's second largest bank tries
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      82 20 [SYDNEY] Alex Rendon from the Spanish street theatre group Osadia working on a hair sculpture here yesterday as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Cultural Festival. Mr Rendon and his partner Eva Gonzalas have been offering free hair designs to members of the public all
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      227 20 ■FRANKFURT AFP FINANCIAL markets underestimate the vigour of economic recovery in the euro and the value of the single currency, the German finance minister, Hans Eichel, said yesterday. In an interview published in the Financial Times and the Financial Times Deutschland, he said: "The markets should
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      186 20 TOKYO Bloomberg HONDA Motor Co, Japan's second biggest auto producer, and Mitsubishi Motors Corp, No 4 in Japan, denied a report they are in alliance talks with DaimlerChrysler AG. A story posted yesterday to the AFX Press Web site said the German
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      386 20  -  SINGAPORE It could also step up technical, policy aid: World Bank official By Vikram Khanna A SENIOR World Bank official yesterday suggested that Singapore should chip in to pay for the bank's and the Asian Development Bank's soft loans to
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        86 20 Reuters [FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank yesterday kept all its interest rates steady on, confounding a last-minute wave of speculation that the central bank might rush to support the euro with its second tightening in four weeks. The ECB said it kept its key refinancing rate
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        63 20 AFP [WASHINGTON] Sales of new homes in the US fell 4J per cent in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 882,000 units, the Commerce Department reported yesterday. In December, salee roee a revised 4 per cent to 921,000 units, compared
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        77 20 Bloomberg [LONDON] Rolls-Royce, the world's second largest maker of jet engines, indicated that second-half profit rose 5.9 per cent on record deliveries of engines for commercial aircraft. Its net income for the half was £161 million (*****.9 million), according to Bloomberg calculations, up from
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        43 20 AFP [DUSSELDORF] Mannesmann, the German engineering and telecoms conglomerate being taken over by British Vodafone Air Touch, yesterday said it had sold its entire 2 per cent stake in Italian Olivetti for some 420 million euros (*****.4 million). —AFP
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        54 20 Bloomberg [LONDON] The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange said trading on Connect, its electronic trading system, was halted for about an hour yesterday due to unspecified technical difficulties. Trading in all futures contracts was halted from about 930 am to 1030 am,
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      1028 18 SPINDEX INDUSTRIES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders ("Shareholders") of Spmdex Industries Limited (the "Company") will be held at the registered office of the Company at 6 Neythal Road, Singapore *****3 on
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      238 22  -  SGX Derivatives TnAkagßeports MS& Singapore Index Edward Cheung, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market yesterday plunged at the open, ignoring the overnight gains on Wall Street. Buying in electronics-linked stocks on the back of another Nasdaq record high helped the market
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      176 22  -  MSd Taiwan futures Seow Hock Hin Refco Singapore THE Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index yesterday fell 145.28 points or 1.5 per cent to 9,543.82 as Taiwan's largest stocks such as United Microelectronics Corp and Cathay Insurance Corp fell. Net buying by foreign and
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      269 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Crude oil prices eased slightly yesterday to just under post-Gulf War highs as ministers from three leading producer countries met to discuss future oU output policy under pressure from the West to calm prices. Ministers from major
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      329 22 Reuters London THE euro bounced up and down against the US dollar and yen after the European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged yesterday, as market participants scrambled to adjust positions following the rate decision. Although most economists polled by Reuters had expected the ECB to keep its
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      Lock icon Hang Seng up mainly on China Telecom's rebound
      2794 23 HONGEONG AFP Q Hang Seng *9122 HONGKONG share prices were 0.6 per cent higher at the close yesterday after a much stronger start spurred by overnight gains on Wall Street, dealers said. "Besides Wall Street, there is no fresh news," said Alex
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      1955 23 TOKYO AFP QNiXka22S -UJ» TOKYO share prices closed 0.1 per cent lower yesterday on a late bout of profittaking but managed to retain the crucial 20,000-point level, brokers said. The key Nikkei-225 index eased 16.56 points to close at 20,065.11, after hitting a 31-month high
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      945 23 Reuters n Shenzhen B Index -015 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares closed slightly lower yesterday as the market consolidated after gains in the previous three sessions. The B share index fell 0.15 of a point, or 0.17 per cent, to 86.62 as turnover dropped to HK545.3 million from HK553.3
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      346 23 AFP QWPMtt -***** TAIWAN share prices closed 1.5 per cent lower yesterday as investors took to the sidelines ahead of presidential elections, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 145.28 points to 9,543.82, following a 2.7 per cent rise in the previous day. "It's normal to
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      393 24 Q Composite Indn -28J4 MALAYSIAN shares closed sharply lower yesterday on profit-taking as investors started questioning the fundamentals behind IT-related stocks, dealers said. They said rumours of a possible challenge to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad for the Umno presidency in May also unsettled the
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      294 25 AFP Q Composite Index +6&28 THE Composite Index yesterday gained 66.28 points to 894.66. Volume was 316 million shares worth 4.3 trillion won. —AFP m- *h A nam Sami .***** 1380 BrMnTocli 1660 10 Central Bank 2660 40 CtwMComm *****0 ***** Oh Gu Bank 2280 -55 Oaa»an<j Corp 3200
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      779 25 AFP H SET Index *19.83 THAI stocks surged 5.3 per cent yesterday as foreign buyers returned to the market after successive sell-offs, dealers said. Banking stocks were in the vanguard, even though the fundamentals of the sector had not changed. The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index rose 19.83 points
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      695 25 AFP P Composite Index -18J5 INDONESIAN share prices closed 3.4 per cent down yesterday on continued foreign selling and price hike concerns following a decision to raise fuel prices, electricity tariffs, and wages, dealers said. They said a report on the establishment of a share trading mechanism through "eq-uity-linked
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      284 25 AFP gMSE-40 -1188 THE New Zealand share market yesterday slumped back under 2,000 to end at a 15month low. The NZSE-40 Capital Index dropped 12.88 points or 0.6 per cent to 1,994.33, on turnover of NZ$7l.4 million. Telecom Corp lost seven cents to NZ$B.5B. AFP Marl COOP) Advantage HOS
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      583 25 AFP All Ordinaries *27.4 AUSTRALIAN share prices pushed further into record territory yesterday with rises in resources and media stocks forcing the index 0.9 per cent higher, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index climbed 27.4 points to 3,220.00. The All Industrials Index closed 37.9 points higher at 5,742.70 and
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      292 25 AFP n Composite Index +13.49 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.8 per cent higher yesterday on bargain-hunting after losses earlier in the week, brokers said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 13.49 points to 1,667.44. Volume was 5.8 billion shares worth 2.09 billion pesos. —AFP *«r2 Peso (000) MPC
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      278 26 lyflßr f??s3BniSßss 1 I ■■■'■MSSBSBSaI j I Singapore's largest concrete manufacturer and supplier steps out in style with an all-new image and an impressive fleet of new looking mixer trucks. With its capabilities, RDC CONCRETE Pte Ltd [formerly part of Sembawang Resources Ltd] is all set to satisfy the demands
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      1318 28  -  Top-notch headhunter Davy Lau has the manner of a Confucian sage, finds jeahette pamo JEANETTE PANG Lurking behind Davy Lau's easy and unassuming manner is a man who is quite a philosopher. He muses hard and spouts dictums in English with a faint Cantonese
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        63 28 WILLIAM Cain (above) joins Singapore's Santa Fe Movers with 19 years of experience in the moving industry. He will focus on continuing the growth of Santa Fe in the local market. Prior to Joining the company, he was vice-president for AMJ Campbell International in Vancouver,
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        66 28 SUARINA Chua heads affiliate sales, and will lead her > team in maximising growth, increasing the subscriber base and developing new businesses. She was instrumental in expanding the company's distribution in all the territories under HBO Asia since joining HBO Asia in 1994. She was previously
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        77 28 KAREN Ng will be in charge of on-air promotion and production. She will direct the production erf all on-air programme promotions, broadcast and advertising materials to support the ongoing sales and marketing efforts as well as the preparation of the programmes for air in compliance with
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        75 28 THE new senior director of programming is Quek Tot Mien, who will be responsible for ongotag strategic administration management of the company's programming inventory as well as creation of the monthly programme line-ups and daily schedules. She will also oversee the on-air plannert group and
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        70 28 ROBIN Tomlin joins the company as managing director and head of corporate finance. He was Schroders' CEO, South-east Asia, from 1966 to 1996 and provided advisory and investment services through a boutique investment banking firm which he founded after leaving Schroders. He was also a
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        46 28 ANDREA Muller, an executive director, relocates to Singapore from the Paris office. She formerly worked for Shearman Sterling in Paris and New York, and gained extensive experience in privatisation, capital markets transactions, acquisitions and divestitures, structured finance and general corporate advisory.
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        63 28 NISHIT Majmudar (above) will head the actuarial services department. He previously served with Watson Wyatt Singapore, Merchant Investors Assurance Pte Ltd and then as the director and actuary of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for two years. While at the MAS, he was actively involved in
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      1528 29  -  COVER STORY The stakes are high at the Singapore Turf Club's new racecourse in Kranji tomorrow. Not only will Singapore's richest race—at $3 million—be run, it will also mark a major coup in the Club's efforts to work with corporate partners. TAN SU YEN finds out the challenges
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        685 30  -  Mddthecutf The S'pore Film Festival may choose to focus on the latter, bat the choice is ultimately the viewer's. After all, there are other films with other preoccupations to watch jaime ee HERE we go again. The sex debate is back, thanks to the
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          60 30 OH for the chance to win a free phone. To drum up interest in such a lucky draw, one phone user received two identical messages on her mobile phone within half an hour, urging her to send the message to 10 other mobile phone owners. First there were
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          88 30 SPEAKING of hard sell a subscriber called her mobile phone company to make the switch from a fixed monthly charge to a new scheme charging only for calls made. Told there would be a $20 administrative charge, the unhappy subscriber berated the customer service person about misleading
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          67 30 WISH we were there—at a recent company function, a lion dance troupe pranced around vigorously on stage before making its dramatic exit down to the ballroom floor. All fine and good, except that it forgot to take an "ang pow" from the company head who was waiting on
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        422 30  -  By' Tan Su Yen INCREASED corporate involvement may dispel some of the prejudice about horse racing but it will be a while before the idea of owning a race horse becomes fashionable among the young and upwardly-mobile. Says Yu Pang Fey,
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        1243 31  -  Buy the world's longest Beemer limo and your driver may never want to take a day off again, says CHRISTOPHER TAH CHRISTOPHER TAN IF there is one thing a luxury car can't have enough it's space. So when BMW decided in the mid-1990s to take its flagship 7-series
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        517 31  -  ST7IE The new dept, which opens tomorrow, promises to be more contemporary Bu Corinne Kerk THEY say something has to die before something else can come to life. And that seems to be the case with Robinsons at Centrepoint. With the exit of its Sportsgirl
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        1066 32  -  dobedt carvajal looks at the literary halo effect of J K Rowling's best-selling fantasy series DOREEN CARVAJAL NYT THE young and Harry-saturated arrived at Joseph Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati in numbers that startled adults like a Hogwart's magic spell. Even the nine-year-olds were desperate;
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        811 33  -  EPICURE RESTAURANT The newly-opened bar and restaurant is appealing, both in cuisine and ambience By' Tan Su Yen SOME restaurants concentrate on their food, others aspire to a total dining experience. It was a long time coming, but the newlyopened Blu, which marks the
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        684 33 MALAYSIA'S Boh Tea recently celebrated its 70th birthday with a fresh new look and a resolve to take the Cameron Highlands-grown teas overseas. Says Caroline Russell, Boh's executive director and grand-daughter of J A Russell who founded Boh Plantations: "We
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        553 34  -  CINEMA What emerges from Bicentennial Man is a touching story on the universality of love and the definitions of humanity Byi Aaron Lye THE official line from Columbia-Tristar is that Bicentennial Man is a "great fun adventure comedy". But there's a lot more to it
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        671 34  -  The world of American Beauty is one of ironic ambiguity, says parvatoi ma yak PARVATHI NAYAR HOW often do you see a mainstream Hollywood movie that defies description? They slot in so easily these days: action-thriller (subgroup Tarantino), comedy (subgroup There's Something About Mary), teen slasher (subgroup Scream),
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        675 34  -  Whole Nine Yards is full of twists and tarns, with unbelievable characters a result of director Jonathan Lynn's indecision whether to make the film a comedy By Jaime Ee IN an alternate reality, hired killers can be noble. In an alternate
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        766 37  - So what's new YOUR MONEY' Dot-com darlings may think they're the bee's knees In the *new economy' buzz, but stock market Darwinism will role the day r.sivanithy THANKS mainly to the performance of technology stocks on Nasdaq over the past year, the "new economy" has become a buzzword in the
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        1062 37  -  iNSiDEiMKi.'nr^M Porchases in Keppel, EPL, NOL; Capital still baying Delgro Jy Robert Halili The writer is director of Asian Ownership Research atPrimark "SENTIMENT here remained In positive territory for the seventh week running, closing at +14.4 points for the five days from Feb
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        855 37 STOCK tr. r&m DBS Land Developer DBS Land's strong earnings report this week were overshadowed by the government's decision to hike development charges. But IDEAglobal.com thinks the stock is attractive for the longer term. On Tuesday, DBS Land's net profit for the year
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        848 38  -  Two new funds are banking on size to make the difference. TEN gPHMMI U AOAM checks out the UOB United European Small Cap and the Schroder ISF Emerging Markets funds VEN SREENIVASAN UOB Asset Management (UOBAM) and Schroder Investment Management have each launched new funds this week which
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        607 38 Demand for growth stocks is turning out double-digit returns for fund investors AP [NEW YORK] Demand for shares of small companies with huge growth potential has been a defining characteristic of the American investment landscape over the past several years. A similar scenario has emerged in
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      206 29 INSIDE Motoring The world's longest Beemerlimo EL 3 Profile Serene Tan of General Nutrition Centres reveals her marketing strategy that has made her franchise operation so successful EL 5 the on better I Friday Jazz at Robertson Walk. A y" M V From soothing sounds of acid jazz to sexy
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      3085 35 TODAY'S TV CINEMA RBCoiaißroro VliiroiO 4rml SB £3) Update/ A""-"*" R(A). With eight Academy Award nomina8.00 AM Kids Central: TV Knowing Asia. tions including best picture and screenplay, this is a multi-lay-m i r trn i Innovations. 4.00 News Day. ered depiction of American suburban dysfunction. Kevin 168H1 ll£rnts to
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      1119 40  -  Good, if you had gone into approved unit trusts or ILPs, going by CPF consultant William M Mercer's Q4 report. But do watch out for inflation, Rich Nuzum tells GENEVIEVE CUA GENEVIEVE CUA IF you had invested your CPF savings last year in an approved unit
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        859 39  -  Finally, a benchmark for investment-linked insurance products, with more detailed monitoring to come. GENEVIEVE CUA reports GENEVIEVE CUA INVESTORS have long been frustrated by the dearth of comprehensive information on what's available in investment-linked insurance products (ILPs). If you're among them, get ready for a sea change. Earlier
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        376 39 UMT TRUST/SECTOR (•MONTHS: 3QJUU&-2SFE800 CHANGE B0CHMARK CHANGE T«»10 funds 1 1 Henderson Global Tech Global* 193.64 MSCI OEIed 62.47 2 0C8C Savers India/ India EQ 143.41 MSCI tndia 38.89 3 CMG 1st State Reg India/ India EQ 96.24 MSCI India 38.89 4 UOB Utt Global TectV
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      131 41 Bridge News, Reuters THE pace quickened for Atlantic panamaxes with higher rates significantly underpinned by characters looking to take ships on period charter, brokers said. Futures continued to move up sharply, Clarkson Securities Ltd, said in its daily report The Baltic Panamax Index jumped 18 points to 1475,
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      477 41  -  M'sian operator will rename Son Viva I and Son Viva II and reposition them By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's Star Cruises has bought over the two remaining ships of Singapore-owned Sun Cruises in a US$33 million (5556.1 million) deal, ringing the end
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      357 41 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] US-based APL Ltd, South Korea's Hyundai Merchant Marine and Japan's Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd plan to cut costs by reducing the time their combined weekly Asia-Europe service ships spend in port. The container ships of the three companies,
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      737 41  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar THE Singapore High Court has dismissed a seaman's claim for compensation under a collective agreement as the claim did not fall within the ambit of the High Court's admiralty jurisdiction. The court held that any compensation payable
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        460 42 Air pollution violations were committed by 13 ships, says EPA Reuters [ANCHORAGE, Alaska] Six cruise ship companies were cited on Tuesday for emitting illegal amounts of smoke in scenic areas of Alaska where they conduct their tours, the United States Environmental Protection
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        172 42 Bloomberg [LONG BEACH, California] Shippers brought 179,000 more 20-foot-long containers into the Port of Long Beach, the nation's largest seaport, in January this year than in January 1999 a 5.5 per cent increase. "It used to be a lot
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        137 42 Reuters [SOFIA] Bulgaria opened a new tender for an 80 per cent stake in the state-owned shipyard in the second biggest Black Sea port of Bourgas and set a March 15 deadline for bids. "We decided to seek a new buyer as our attempts failed
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        214 42 AFX-Asia [SHANGHAI] The government will not approve any investment projects in shipbuilding or ship maintenance this year, regardless of whether the projects are to be fUnded by domestic or foreign investment, the China Daily reported. The report cited Huo Rusu, the
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        206 55 Mar 10 Indonesia: Hari Raya Haji Malaysia: Hari Raya Haji. Singapore: Hari Raya Haji. Brunei: Hari Raya Aidiladha. Mar 17 United States: St Patrick's Day Bank Holiday (Northern Ireland). Maris Taiwan: Market Holiday for Presidential Election. Mar 20 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Apr 3 Taiwan: Women Children's Day.
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        750 55 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars Instead of single price* for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        706 56 Suit marks third timfl plflfiftitiflkor fina been at centre of a major discrimination case since 1999 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing Co, the world's biggest planemaker, is being sued for allegedly discriminating against at least 45,000 female workers in pay, promotions and other workplace
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        366 56 Bloomberg [MEMPHIS, Tennessee] FedEx Corp's Federal Express, the world's largest overnightshipping company, plans to charge 1 per cent more for most domestic and international shipments to help make up for higher fUel costs. The 1 per cent increase
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        447 56 It will allow package delivery firm to create 1,200 unionised jobs in US Reuters [ATLANTA] United Parcel Service Inc, the world's largest package delivery company, said that securing highlycoveted air rights to China would allow it to create 1,200 mostly unionised
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        160 56 Reuters [MELBOURNE] Ansett Australia flights could be severely disrupted next week with aircraft maintenance engineers planning rolling stoppages starting early on Monday morning, the airline said yesterday. An Ansett spokesman said the airline was going to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission today to try
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        240 56 British carrier selling its unprofitable French unit: report Bloomberg [GENEVA] SAirGroup's Swissair said it is in talks with British Airways pic about the future of Air Liberte, the UK airline's unprofitable French unit. The Swiss carrier, which already has stakes
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        68 56 [BANDUNG, Java] The chief executive officer of Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) S Paramayuda (seated left) signs an agreement with regional corporate director Stork International Hans Ten Kate, while Dutch Deputy Prime Minister/Minister qf Economic Affairs Annemarie Jorritsma (standing, right) and the ambassador Hamstraa
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        70 56 AFX-Asia [LONDON] British Airways signed a code-sharing agreement with Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd yesterday. Under the deal, BA will carry Cathay Pacific's CX code on its flights linking London Heathrow with the UK's main regional airports Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester. The two
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      1026 45 FfR MOO ACCERTIMO CM 1 TO DAKAR, LAOOS, TUU A ygg?-*? »g«Wg M«0«IMS0HID Til; 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTW«D(I/l) > TTosM2™To!lo«rOfFla™~~ COSIM iRIrPINS PT| LTD *12-00 SAUS/IK6S *****57/43 INWARD KPT (D/O) *****85 COSTAI AGENCIES (Ml CUM RUB OWVtN TK> W A t 420sS!/>5O T/SHPMT DtPT S SIS "as 3r"F^? f/nfiW
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      1340 46 EUBOPMIK/BCAMDiHAVIA/RNUWD/WUBSIA SGP RDM ANW HBG THP ZEE LHV LHV THP RDM ANW HBG PKL I SGP E DIAMOND RW-012 04/03 23/03 29/03 25/03 27/03 28,-03 29 03 E ROYAL RE-048 10/02 12A>2 11/02 13AB 15/02 06/03 00/03 E DELUXE RW-014 11/03 30/03 05/04 01/04 03AM 04AM 06AM E REACH RE-027
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      769 46 rggSQl# PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD A SSSSSV 140 Cecil Street, *03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. CRNO *****fc7000QE I IlWStt VQT mrn w STP Mil »a fcDt no I "fITI lUMGA TUATAI 1 017 1/) 3/3 13/3 11/3 23/3 21/3 31/3 I MaamwAii ffi fa -fft- u/i I wn I
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      414 46 SO TELOK BLANGAH ROAD #02-02 CmPORT CENTRE SPORE *****1 TEL: *****11 (6 lines) FAX: *****05 TLX: RS ***** CR NO. **********0W VESSa W EB ETD OESTMTON MMUKMM 0&2000 02&2000 ttK&aOC RALBBAN6HQ. MLAMMJfTOK WfiUN *****0 OMQ2OOO 10(***** PONTWIM MMUKMM *****0 0M&3B0 IMBSOOO PALBfBAN&PKL BALM) UMMI *****0 *****000 114Q2000 NAUtfSMN PORTPONTNNAK For
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      1506 47 MB MYANMA \WBBL FIVE STAR LINE (Myoiimor Notional Lino) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) vessel voy sin nu m mi HPA-AN 267W SU> SAGAJNG 66W 22/03 MALAYSIA AGINTS: IOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGE NOES MX: TH (03)*****00 PKL TO (03)376*101 POt TH (04)*****02 PGU: HI (07) *****21/4 BANK LINE (A itrvkt of Andrtw
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      609 47 vtf/v WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN I TO NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA "CAR RORO HEAVYUFT SERVICE* ivtsstl VQT RAMP HEIGHT SIH LK DUO MIA SAV Ml OOF NYC WW MOt TAIABOT AHOO6 400 Tow 6.3 M 11/03 10/04 11/04 21/04 23/04 1570T WOT "m7ST WST o*7oT" T AMPERE AHOO7 400 TOM 6.3 M
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      1857 48 *s-ESSS INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO AUSTRALIA I FULL CONTAINER SERVICE *a _wr m w ctb m m m w ncmui ~m our una i?/n i*/«s ii/w »/w Mworr "nT 11/uu/u w/u 5/n a/w ji/w "liT »/«2i/« ai/Mw/wo*7»* ~v/H MSUCAI ~"wT P/PM/M M/ 04 w/wn/wl [14/>4 FEEDER SERVICE TO INDONESIA VU
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      67 51 MALDIVES DOCEAN LINES NATIONAL LINE AGENCIES See Our Ad on Page 4 under ,ND,AN SUB-CONTINENT USA Seaward Shipping Agencies Pte Ltd. Page 5 Daily ECU COLUMBUS LINE -JWC Singapore Pte Ltd Look Out For Our n •>. v \a/' l. k>i Schedule Every Tuesday Providing You With More J 7
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      86 52 M RICKMERS-LINTE Agent: Hapag-Lloyd (S) Pte Ltd 'Oversize I 200 Cantoiunent Ro«d #06-02 Southpoint Prtiject Cugo 'Container I Singapore *****3 Heavy-lift s»rvtif« in: Regutor Break-Bulk ProJtct.Strvtet US-Gulf East-Coast (Houston, New Orleans, Savannah, Camden, Baltimore) Europe Med (Alexandria, Savona, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg. UK) Interasia (Haiphong, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dalian, Xingang) Loading;
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      50 52 •I CIUAVAD uiDruiUT WS&&M *"ROPORT SHIPPING SDN. BHD. SINOKOR MERCHANT nKWMIBWi n >««« <?000 r* h I MARINE CO LTD I *M-S*si«T«/7SM/*7m f.. MHOUM FARWIDE SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD WO* l M: 271-M2? (5 Umi) F«: M4-ISI4 FKL: POKT KIAWG SIN: SINGAPOM HIG: HONG KONG USW: UISAN WS: PUSAN KWT:
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      49 52 SHIPPING* WAREHOUSING Batan: Singapore Loading Daily Men to Sa (BATAMINDO L/UI) Accepting FCLConventianaJ/Pnqject/Heavy Lift C*go Reefer Container Mat a*: Singapore Loading Man. Wed &Fn (BATAMINDO 0) Accepting PClXTxTtvenDonal/Project Heavy Lift Cargo Tal: 227 0322 Fax: 222 9330 latnwtado SUpftof Wwhnl«| Pta Ltd n Uffl »-< Ml Cmrkt —HI fhggin Q—OS4
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      922 53 SSAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 73 Amm iNi #04-01 to 03, Sl»g«p«r« *****1 MAM LNK/OUTWAID: 532 ]UI WWMD (0»h 437 2361 IMPORT STATUS (WOh 437 2371 MVIMTOtY (WOh 437 2420 WcbsJta hWy//www^iwJ«f.c—i CI HO. 1047*******0 OOOKINOS UNI: 333 6266 (C»lio/J«»»ica/M«i Chon/J#»tynn/Dorq/Honim) SZH33S3BH SSLGS/wiekiy wmvawmmmM 3 SIGS/WKKIY I VOT I Si I
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      664 53 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/tC/OULf, MEXICO m I MI I«iIn» I im m w,m it «i ,M» I« nm M 5M HOIOH PON /MM 26. 02 03/03 I 04/03 08/03 I If/OS 1 14/ 03 27 03 30 03 704 1 01/05 1 04/0$ 1 07/ OS I
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      549 54 VESSEL TIG€R ARROW 778N <XWH«3 09-12AJ3 17-18K» I TIGER RHYTHM 779N 07-0603 13-1603 21-22/03 I TIGER BRIDGE 780N 10-11/03 16-19/03 24-2603 I TIGER METRO 781N 14-15/03 20-23T0 28-2603 I TIGER ARROW 782N 17-1603 23-2603 31-01AJ4 I TIGER RHYTHM 783N 21-22/03 27-3003 04-0604 IVESSE^^vo^^Sl^^CA^^SJ^^l TIGER STREAM 419CN8 *****3 12-1603 23-2403 I
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      774 54 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS Tml: *****11 Fox: *****77 E-mail: floiin9singnot.coni.ig DIRECT CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO •SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO SANTOS «PIREAUS •RIO DE JANEIRO VALPARAISO «NEW DELHI (Patparganj) DUBUN ALEXANDRIA BANGALORE •LA HAVANA (HAVANA) IZMIR -COCHIN •SANTO DOMINGO •ISTANBUL BUENOS AIRES FOR BOOKING: *****51/3/6/60/61/62/67/68/69/79 PROJECT SHIPMENT HEAVY LI FT CARGO Bobby Lee
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      72 54 CONVENTIONAL-SERVICE VESSEL ETA ETD DESTINATION CHAHAYA VICTORY 03AJ3 (MAW PONTIANAK JUBILANT 05/03 0&03 YANG ON/CALCUTTA CHAHAYA STAR 08/03 12/03 VISAK/CALCUTTA REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER BREAKBUUTI SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS 4 DURBAN EXPORT VOY SIN PTL DBN ALS EXPRESS 02WB 21/03 01/04 06AM ALS ENDEAVOUR 03WB 27/04 08/05 13/05 ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG
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      125 55 LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore K Thunderstorm A Showers Rain emperature C /-y dj rec tjon an d speed in knots Cloudy Day Weather Wjnd speed symbols Sea Conditions O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds L___J sli 9M. <1 2m ->-r«One half fleche
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