The Business Times, 1 December 2000

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 1 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2000
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    76 1 sn 1,952*23 (-8.48) BT-SHI 79L99 (-2.92) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,969.00 (-6.00) smsa FUTUBES 25&20 (-0.30) STOCK MARKET INDICES Thursday Change KI-SE COMP 729.95 -2.30 NIKKEI 225 14,648.51 +140.87 HANG SENG 13,984.39 -184.67 SET INDEX 277.92 -4.98 JAKARTA COMP 429.21 +3.91 MANILA COMP Closed TAIPEI WPI 5556.93 -6253 SEOUL
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    79 1 FOREX RATES uss s$ USS 1.757 £(l'SS/SS per 1.422 2.499 EURO(US$/SS/E) 0.862 1.515 DM 2569 1591 YEN 111.0 6.150 RM 3.800 2.163 HKS 7.800 4.439 RAHT 43.88 24.97 RUPIAH 9,520 5,418 *SS to 100 units PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG
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    Lock icon IMF: US$ slump could spark a hard landing
    546 1  -  Global risks also inclnde richly valued equity markets and high oil prices By' Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] Badly misaligned exchange rates especially between the US dollar and the euro is one of the main risks to the world economy, according to the International
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    Lock icon Financial markets point to a relapse in Japan
    460 1 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Judging by what's happening to Japanese bonds, the yen and bank stocks, the world's second-biggest economy may be falling back into recession. Bonds finished their best month this year, with 10-year yields falling to 1.63 per cent, a level not
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    Lock icon FairPrice in venture to open pharmacies in India
    483 1  -  Tie-up with Apollo group plans pharmacies in 7,000 Indian Oil petrol stations nationwide From. David Boey in Hyderabad NTUC Fair Price, the supermarket and pharmacy chain, could soon establish a string of pharmacies in petrol stations across India in a joint venture
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    Lock icon Gateway, Altera join chorus of profit warnings
    700 1 Statements highlight growing signs of flagging PC demand NYT, Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Another two technology companies, Gateway Inc and Altera Corp, have joined the growing list of American companies warning that their profits are going to fall short of expectations. Gateway, the second-larg-est
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      235 1 t l< ,4 it Q |u. I I If'-v PI ir-t i i Singapore River the next Orchard Road? j*\t* V V *3** 1 *x« -S' Executive Lifestyle cover story INSIDE Top Stories Belgian software maker Lernout Hauspie seeks bankruptcy protection. Pg 17 DoCoMo to buy 16% of AT&T Wireless
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      Lock icon SEC probes window-dressing by funds
      635 2 Do portfolio managers artificially boost shares with year-end bonuses in mind? Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Federal regulators are probing whether some mutual funds use improper, possibly illegal, techniques to boost performance at the end of a reporting period or to spruce up their portfolios on the eve
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      156 2 Clarification: Please note that the Top 10 Performers list published on 30 Nov 2000 were based on results that were not yet audited. The list has since been audited and revised. Any inconvenience caused is regretted. The Citibank Stock Challenge simulates real-time trading. The game offers a $20,000
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      Lock icon Asean needs to rebuild investor confidence: BG Lee
      654 2  -  It should take advantage of, not fight, globalisation From\ Harish Mehta in Bangkok ASEAN countries must rebuild investor confidence that has been shaken by the 1997 economic crisis and prosper by taking advantage of globalisation instead of fighting it, said Deputy Prime
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon The bottom line
        58 2 HERE'S an interesting bit of US stockmarket trivia. Did you know that although America Online (AOL) and Yahoo! are components of the S&P 500 Index. Amazon.com is not? The reason is that despite generating huge cash flows, Amazon still has not made a single dime in profit
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        Lock icon Oriental inscrutability
        77 2 BRAD Shadbolt, managing director of Sallmanns (Far East) Ltd, a specialist valuation company active in Asia, gave a talk on asset valuation in China at the National University of Singapore recently. Included in his presentation were some of his opinions about the Chinese way of doing things. A
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        Lock icon Here's your money
        61 2 A BT journalist was recently pleasantly surprised to get a cheque for £10 from first-e, the French-based Internet bank. Accompanying the cheque was a simple letter which said here's your money and if you want to open an account, please log on to www... Too bad local
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        60 2 EARLIER this week, BT ran an online poll about the move by Danish shipping line Maersk to withdraw one of its remaining services from Singapore. Readers were asked whether Maersk's pull-out is bad news for the shipping industry. Here's their response: Yes, Maersk is a big player: 66%
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        Lock icon Flip, and get it over with
        118 2 THE US presidential election has degenerated into such a messy squabble over the past three weeks that Barron's editor Thomas Donlan suggests flipping a coin to decide the winner. "It would produce a result just as legitimate as all the partisan wrangling, all the
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Market cap dips despite entry of SGX, CapitaLand
      978 4  -  November's fall came about despite a 59% rise in trading activity; technology plays main drag on performance f¥ Ven Sreenivasan THE total market value of the Singapore Exchange fell for the fourth consecutive month despite two heavyweight listings and a sharp pick-up
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      Lock icon New MAS guidelines on credit derivatives
      392 4  -  Killing addresses problem of excessive capital charge By] Ling Su Ann THE Monetary Authority of Singapore yesterday issued new guidelines on the capital treatment of credit derivatives to deal with the problem of "excessive" capital charge for a debt asset. Credit derivatives, first used
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      Lock icon ASP1 launches commercial service
      315 4  -  By Teh Hooi Ling ASPI Asia, the $3 million joint venture between Computer Associates International Inc (CA) and Data One Asia, yesterday launched its commercial service and said it is focusing on two major areas: applications hosting and management; and provision of enabling technologies for other
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      Lock icon Time to reflect intangibles like brands in accounts?
      819 4  -  joci^iewl paul thompson THERE'S nothing new in milking brand names to make fat profits. Coca Cola has done it with aplomb for decades. And countless other household names have tried with varying degrees of success to emulate The Real Thing. In fact,
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      Lock icon Grenville Condo's en-bloc sale gets board clearance at last
      482 8  -  Capita Land's $157 m deal has to be completed within three months By 1 Kalpana Rashiwala THE high-profile saga of the Grenville Condominium collective sale has finally ended, with the Strata Titles Board (STB) approving this week the majority owners' second
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      Lock icon C2C submarine cable system to land in Hongkong next May
      408 8  -  From C Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong C2C Pte Ltd, a private submarine cable system operator majority-owned by Singapore Telecom, will land in Hongkong next May, linking the territory to its pan-Asian cable network. The cable has a capacity of
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Stephen McMillan joins CapitaLand
        80 8 STEPHEN McMillan, former CEO of Lend Lease Asia, is the second to jump ship to Capita Land after Pua Seek Guan, its former regional director. Mr McMillan has assumed the post of chief operating officer of the residential arm of Capita Land, the company said in
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        Lock icon IDT half-year gain up slightly at $22.9m
        49 8 IDT Holdings' net profits edged up 2 per cent to $22.9 million for the six months to Sep 30, on the back of a 5 per cent rise in turnover to $105.7 million. Earnings per share was almost unchanged at 13 cents.
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        Lock icon I-Comm suffers 19% H1 profit slide
        49 8 I-COMM Technology, IDT's original design manufacturer (ODM) arm, reported a 19 per cent fall in interim net profit to US$3.7 million. Turnover, however, was 27 per cent higher at U5569.2 million. Earnings per share fell from 1.7 US cents to 1.2 US cents.
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      10 4 Ranking of S 'pore companies by market capitalisation, Pg 7
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Traders seek refuge in rum-tech defensive stocks
      554 6  -  Flicomrnent STOCKS r.sivanithy Technology stocks, which have been threatening a major drop for some days now but have managed to hold up reasonably well so far, finally capitulated yesterday following yet another crack on Nasdaq on Wednesday. In keeping with how trading went
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      Lock icon Multi-Chem warrant still looks a reasonable buy
      194 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy MULTI-CHEM'S warrant was featured here a few weeks ago when it was still in its nil-paid stage and just as it was back then, it still looks like a reasonable buy. Before discussing why, a look at the
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      Lock icon Omni stuck in falling channel
      245 6  -  HOT STOCK Hi/' Ven Sreenivasan THE retracement on Nasdaq and fears that the days of huge premium for takeovers are over seem to have taken the fizz out of Omni Industries. The stock crashed through its $3.00 support yesterday to close 9.4 per cent, or
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      Lock icon Market Notices
      159 6 ♦TRANSIT-MIXED Concrete will go ex-dividend (interim dividend of 0.75 cent) on Dec 8, 2000. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is Dec 13 and date payable is Dec 22. ♦HENG Boon Chan has resigned as group general manager and executive director of CAM International Holdings effective
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      Lock icon Greenback draws strength from US growth figures
      330 6 AFP [TOKYO] The US dollar drew new strength in Asian currency trade yesterday from better-than-expected US growth figures which pushed the euro lower, traders said. The euro bought U550.8612-15 at 0800 GMT in Tokyo, down from U550.8658 in New York, but up from
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      556 6 Stocks Volume PacificCenturylOc 37,831,000 PCI 25c 19,993,000 Omni Ind 10c 17,351,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 14,957,000 SGX1c 13,088,000 JSH US5c 500 10,716,500 Gul Tech 20c 8,223,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 7,035.000 AddvalTech 2.5c 6,996,000 OUB DB eCW*****3 6,591,000 Stocks Chart Semiconductor 26c 89,307,650 JSH US5c 500 54,729,686 Omni Ind 10c 48,934,630
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      Lock icon Ranking of Singapore companies by market capitalisation
      3984 7 CURR PREV CURR PREV RANK RANK COMPANY MKTCAP %CHNG PRICE %CHNG PE RANK RANK COMPANY MKTCAP CHNG PRICE %CHNG PE NOV 30 OCT 31 (S$M) FROM NOV 30'00 FROM RATIO NOV 30 OCT 31 (SSM) FROM NOV 30'00 FROM RATIO 2000 2000 OCT
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Govt to auction spectrum for FWB services
      690 9  -  Up to 5 lots to be sold with reserve prices of $2m to $4m; companies with trial licences displeased By Teh Hooi Ling THE Singapore government yesterday said it would auction the spectrum for the provision of fixed wireless broadband (FWB) services, a
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      Lock icon JTC launches maiden iPark 21 project at Paya Lebar
      538 9  -  It will be a test bed for subsequent industrial parks By Vince Chong VIBRANT and imaginative. That is how JTC Corporation chief executive Ko Kheng Hwa described the future of the industrial landscape in Singapore. Mr Ko was speaking to reporters
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      Lock icon NTU, University of Washington plan tie-up
      199 9 THE Nanyang Technological University is wasting no time in getting its college of life sciences off the ground. It is talking with a top player in the field the University of Washington in Seattle on likely tie-ups. "We're looking into the specifics," the provost
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      Lock icon ABB opens 1st SE Asia automation HQ
      357 11  -  Singapore facility will manage the growing regional market Kelvin Ng GLOBAL technology giant Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) will open its first South-east Asian automation headquarters in Singapore to manage the growing regional market, the company said yesterday. ABB estimates total automation orders for
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      Lock icon Bank loans grow a strong 4% in Oct
      370 11  -  Hlioh the economy Ling Su Ann SINGAPORE bank lending continued to grow by a strong 4 per cent in October, led by loans to retail customers, latest figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore show. October's credit to non-bank customers rose by
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      Lock icon Keen bids for 99-year lease sites in HDB tender
      369 11  -  By Marissa Chew BIDS for the final government land tender to close this year showed that developers are still keen to accumulate 99-year leasehold sites despite a lacklustre residential property market. Three sites at Bedok Reservoir Road, Tampines Road and Yishun
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      Lock icon Programme to e-enable SMEs launched
      185 11 The PSB Institute for Productivity Training and HewlettPackard have collaborated to offer small and medium enterprises (SMEs) a modular programme, called e-GEN Education, aimed at educating and training them for e-en-ablement. The programme was launched yesterday. In line with the SME 21 Plan, which envisions
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      Lock icon Civil servants to get one-off special bonus
      121 11 IN view of the stronger-than-expected economic growth, civil servants will be paid a one-off quarter-month special bonus this month, the government said in a statement yesterday. Singapore's economy expanded 10.4 per cent in the third quarter, leading the Ministry of Trade and Industry
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Warmer world? Blame the US anti-tax right
      745 10  -  bottom line OPINION paul krugman The writer is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology SAM drives a huge SUV, Pierre drives a tiny Citroen. Both agree that for the sake of the environment they must reduce their combined fuel
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      126 10 The world is developing towards a multipolar society and (that) world should be a colourful one.' -Jiang Zemin the Chinese president, after meeting Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz. There is no threat. We are confident (of fresh loans) because we have been working very hard and
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      Lock icon Hot air on greenhouse gases
      655 10 EDITORIAL THE failed world climate conference has become the second celebrated disaster in global initiatives in the past 12 months, after the collapse of the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle late last year. A slanging match between the British and French ministers to
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      Lock icon Lingering worries from the Asian crisis
      1684 10  -  East Asia risks another exchange rate collapse if it keeps ignoring its chronic balance of payments deficit By Lim Chong Yah The writer is chairman of Singapore's National Wages Council and heads Nanyang Technological University's School of Accountancy and Business Research. He also holds
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      Lock icon The two ever-divided Americas
      571 10  -  COMMENTARY Baby boomers have never agreed. Why should the election be any different? By Michael James Moore The writer teaches communication arts at the University of Wisconsin Madison LAT ELECTION 2000 is really about competing time capsules. Duelling soundtracks. Clashing screenplays. Dissimilar authors. Contradictory snapshots. As
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      416 11 SINGAPORE Macquarie Equities is currently seeking to appoint an institutional research salesperson to work within its Australian Equities dealing team Based in the Bank's Singapore office, the successful applicant will be dealing with institutional clients and selling the Division's research in this region. The successful applicant will be expected to
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Lessons of the Lunas defeat
      961 12 COMMENTARY The result is an unequivocal statement that people want reform, writes kabsmkassjm WHAT is the lesson to be learnt from the Barisan Nasional's defeat in the Lunas by-election in Malaysia? I foresee that the hardliners on both sides will be strengthened by the narrow
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      Lock icon Vincent Tan to clear air on loans today
      175 12 KUALA LUMPUR He'll discuss his ability to repay inter-company debts Reuters MALAYSIAN tycoon Vincent Tan of Berjaya Group is expected to meet financial analysts today to allay concern over controversial loans which have angered investors and stirred fears that minority rights are
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  • SOUTH east asia
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      Lock icon Manila denies claim of scuttling US$150m Marcos pact
      279 13  -  From. Al Labita in Manila THE Philippines yesterday denied a US judge's claim blaming it for the collapse of the US$l5O million (*****.5 million) settlement deal between the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos' heirs and 10,000 human rights victims. "I think that is
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      Lock icon Telekom sells US$300m in bonds – more than planned
      178 13 Telekom sells US$300m in bonds more than planned Bloomberg [LONDON] Telekom Malaysia Bhd, South-east Asia's second-largest telecommunications company by sales, sold US$3OO million (***** million) in bonds, more than it planned, as investors bought one of the few Asian corporate issues this year. The 10-year bonds will be priced later
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      Lock icon TPI US$3.8b debt deal stalls
      460 13 BANGKOK Thai bankruptcy court's delay of nod sends firm's shares plunging Reuters A CRUCIAL US$3.B billion (556.7 billion) debt work-out for Thai Petrochemical Industry (TPI) ran into fresh trouble yesterday as a bankruptcy court delayed approving the plan, Thailand's biggest ever debt restructuring. Shares of
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      Lock icon Thai trade sector booms in October
      348 13 U BANGKOK But domestic economy chugs along, says central bank Reuters THAILAND'S booming trade sector surged again in October, with exports hitting a record monthly high, while the domestic economy chugged along with steady but unexciting growth, central bank data showed yesterday. Exports surged
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      Lock icon Jakarta gives Prajogo one more week on assets
      329 13 JAKARTA He has to submit more assets as part of Chandra Asri restructuring Reuters INDONESIA has given business tycoon Prajogo Pangestu one week to submit additional assets under a complex debt restructuring deal for his petrochemical giant PT Chandra Asri. Indonesia's chief
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      Lock icon ING Barings cuts KL's weighting to zero
      108 13 KUALA LUMPUR Corporate governance poor, it says; weighting shifted to S'pore AFX-Asia ING Barings said it is reducing Malaysia's weighting to zero from 3.7 per cent and shifting the extra weighting to Singapore on expectations the KLSE will underperform Singapore in a regional
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  • EAST asia
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      Lock icon China frees sale of foreigner stakes
      376 14 SHANGHAI Lifting of ban paves way for Soros, Pilkington to sell non-tradable shares Bloomberg Reuters CHINA removed a barrier to foreign investors that would allow billionaire financier George Soros and British glassmaker Pilkington pic to sell stakes they own in Chinese companies. The China
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      Lock icon A Chinese Pioneer
      65 14 AP [CHANGSHA] China's first humanoid robot, which was developed by China's Science and Technology University for National Defence, was shown for the first time in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, on Wednesday. The 1.4-meter high robot is named Pioneer and weighs 20 kg. It walks at two
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      Lock icon Taiwan bank stocks fall on loans appeal
      261 14 TAIPEI Govt call to roll over loans is the third in 3 months Bloomberg CHINA Development Industrial Bank and other Taiwan bank stocks fell after the government repeated an appeal for banks to roll over loans to companies having difficulty repaying their debt.
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      Lock icon China rejects Taiwan's ice-breaking bid
      289 14 BEIJING It tells Taipei not to be optimistic about cross-Strait relations Reuters CHINA yesterday flatly rejected as "word games" a Taiwan bid to set the stage for reconciliation talks and told arch-rival Taipei not to be optimistic about cross-Strait relations. It was the first explicit
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      Lock icon Regent Merchant shares up as 3-day run ends
      247 14 SEOUL Bloomberg REGENT Merchant Bank shares rebounded yesterday as a three-day run on deposits ended, easing concerns that the merchant bank might be forced to close as a result of Korea's latest stock manipulation scandal. The Korean affiliate of Hongkong-based ißegent.com Ltd
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      Lock icon China Minsheng share sale draws US$49b in bids
      472 15 SHANGHAI This is about 97 times more than it offered, making its IPO Shanghai A's hottest this year Bloomberg CHINA Minsheng Banking Corp received bids for US$4B.5 billion (5585.6 billion) of its new shares, 97 times more than it offered, a sign
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      Lock icon 25% of Taiwanese are prepared to emigrate
      185 15 TAIPEI Political uncertainty and weak stocks the reasons: survey AFP NEARLY a quarter of Taiwanese are prepared to migrate due to political uncertainty and falling stock prices, the results of a national survey has found. If permitted, 43.3 per cent would resettle in
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      Lock icon Developer sees HK property prices rising in '01
      295 15 ■HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG'S residential property prices are expected to rise by 5 to 10 per cent next year on the back of the territory's economic recovery, a leading local developer said yesterday. Walter Kwok, chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd, said
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  • SOUTH asia
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      459 16  -  BG Yeo: A team of officials for a task force has been earmarked From David Boey in Hyderabad SINGAPORE stands ready to work with the government and business of Andhra Pradesh India's fifth largest state to foster links between the two areas in
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      223 16 BOMBAY Bloomberg, AFP LIFE Insurance Corp of India, the country's largest life insurer, with more than 100 million policies, said it won't comply with orders from the industry regulator to increase its share capital 20-fold. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority wants insurers
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      Lock icon Lernout & Hauspie seeks bankruptcy protection
      450 17 Lernout Hauspie seeks bankruptcy protection Voice-recognition software maker cites problems in Sonth Korea WILMINGTON. Delaware Bloomberg LERNOUT Hauspie Speech Products NV (L&H). a Belgian software maker whose finances are being scrutinised by US regulators, sought bankruptcy protection, citing problems in South Korea. The maker of voice-recog-nition software said it ran
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      381 17 Santa Clara, California Bloomberg TRANSMETA Corp, a chipmaker that competes with Intel Corp, said Japan's NEC Corp is recalling almost 300 notebook computers using Transmeta's Crusoe microprocessors because of a possible glitch. The chips could fail if a user reinstalls the computer's operating
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      236 17 NEW YORK NYT LESS than four months after Verizon Communications agreed to acquire control of the North Point Communications Group and barely a week after North Point restated its latest financial results, Verizon pulled out of the deal on Wednesday. The planned acquisition,
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      59 17 [MAKUHARI, Japan] Motoko Kaburagi, a presenter for Sega Enterprises, displaying "Dreameye", the game maker's TV telephone operated with a Dreamcast handset at the Internet World in Makuhari, east of Tokyo, on Wednesday. Attaching the Dreameye, on TV set top right, to Dreamcast game set, users
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      702 18 TOKYO It also says it will take 20% of Taiwan's KG Telecom for 59.8b yen; deals will initially be financed by bank loans Reuters JAPAN'S NTT DoCoMo Inc, the top telecoms firm in the world by market value, yesterday announced plans
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      163 18 Wayne, PENNSYLVANIA Bloomberg INTERNET Capital Group Inc, an investor in online industrial commerce companies, and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business said they formed a partnership to focus on business over the Internet. Internet Capital Group, based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, and Wharton
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      405 18 HONGKONG AFP ASIA'S mobile telephone market is expected to more than double in the next five years, with subscribers seen numbering over half a billion, an Asia-based business research company said yesterday. Strategic Intelligence said in a report it expected Asian cellular
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      380 18 BOSTON Interest, fees fading; author to focns on physical books WITH payment and interest in his latest Internet novel dwindling, horrormeister Stephen King has decided to stop writing The Plant at chapter six to focus on two conventional books, a spokeswoman said
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      302 18 FRANKFURT Reuters A PROLONGED management crisis at Europe's biggest Internet service provider T-On-line looked set to abate following a newspaper report that an Internet-savvy banker would soon take its helm. An advance report from the Handelsblatt newspaper on Wednesday said T-Online's parent Deutsche Telekom has
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      324 18  -  Btj Tang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE] Visa International yesterday launched its secure payment and clearing solution targeted at banks, businesses and exchange portals. The rollout in Singapore is the first for Visa worldwide and is expected to go live in the First quarter of
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      566 20 WASHINGTON 2 US banks may have been used to lannder money; report sent to Justice Department AP, Bloomberg FINANCIAL services giant Citigroup Inc and Commercial Bank of San Francisco violated control rules and allowed some US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) in possibly illicit Russian
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      479 20 NEW YORK It expects the fond to raise USssb of investors' money Bloomberg CHASE Manhattan Corp, the No 2 US bank, said it is setting up a fund for outside investors that will mirror the selections of its venture capital arm, Chase Capital
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      564 23 TOKYO Govt concerned over Beijing's military buildup, bulging national debt Reuters PRESSURE is mounting within Japan to scale down an aid programme to China that has funnelled billions of dollars to Tokyo's giant neighbour and potential rival over the past two decades, officials said
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      495 23 Bloomberg, AP [TALLAHASSEE, Florida] A Florida legislative committee is likely to recommend today a special session to appoint the state's Electoral College members as legal fights cloud the presidential vote count, legislators said yesterday. Republican and Democratic lawmakers said they expect the 14member,
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      400 23  -  From D Ravi Kanth in Genera THE growth of international exports of goods in volume terms would drop to 7 per cent next year from a high of 10 per cent this year, the World Trade Organisation forecast yesterday.
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      339 23 WASHINGTON Bloomberg US consumer spending showed the smallest gain in six months in October, and a drop in federal farm payments caused incomes to fall for the first time in almost two years, a government report showed. The 0.2 per cent increase in personal
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      430 23 TOKYO But the cost-cutting plan falls short of expectations Bloomberg MATSUSHITA Electric Industrial Co, the world's biggest consumer electronics company, yesterday said it will cut costs by closing more than 30 plants in Japan over the next three years. But the
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      1251 22 tor IDT HOLDINGS (SINGAPORE) LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore with limited liability) IDT HOLDINGS (SINGAPORE) LIMITED is an holding company whose subsidiaries are engaged in the design, engineering manufacture and marketing of consumer electronic products which principally feature LCD and microprocessor applications. Group Financial Highlights 2000/2001 1999/2000 Change
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      578 24 PEOPLE Kirk Kerkorian files USsBb lawsuit against DaimlerChrysler Reuters [DETROIT] Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian gave up boxing for business more than 60 years ago, but can still unleash a beating, even at age 83. The extremely private Las Vegas financier has granted only
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      636 24 NEW YORK Third time this year the stock market has had problems with its computer system Bloomberg THE Nasdaq Stock Market said its computer systems failed in the last 20 minutes of trading on Wednesday, leaving hundreds of stock brokers unable
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      1007 26 NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 18) Habib Bank Limited (Incorporated in Pakistan) LI ABILITIES 1999 199 X D I I PIT 17C Dl IDE7I7C /loac 1 o I™ I""0 KLJPLL;> KUFLfcS RUPEES RUPEES Authorized C'aptial 20,000,000 20.000.000 Cash on hand and Paid up Capital
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      196 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF OCEANTEC MARINE SERVICES PTE LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to Section 308(2) of the Companies Act. Cap 50, the Final Meeting of Members of the abovenamed Company
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      398 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND KMP MALAYSIA INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Winding Up) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 150 South Bridge Road. #11-04 Fook Hai Building. Singapore *****7 on the 24th November 2000, the following Special and Ordinary
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      209 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF PLACER DOME HOLDINGS PTE LIMITED (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act. Cap. 50 that the Final Meeting of Members of the Company
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      814 26 Deutsche Bank AG acting through its London branch To: All holders of Call Warrants 2000-2001 issued by Deutsche Bank AG acting through its London branch relating to the ordinary shares of Singapore Airlines Limited Dear Sir Madam, EXPIRY OF WARRANTS 2000-2001 The rights comprised in the Call Warrants 2000-2001 (the
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      355 26 THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 Section 290(2)(b) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION MALAYAN CREDIT (BALMORAL) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Molayan Credit (Balmoral) Pte Ltd held at 78 Shenton Way #22-01 Singapore *****0 on the 23rd day of November 2000, the following special resolutions were
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      292 27  -  SGX Derivatives TratilagReport ST Index/MSCI S'pore Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE Singapore stock market drifted lower yesterday as Nasdaq fell to its lowest close in more than a year on Wednesday. The Straits Times Index finished at 1952.23 points, a
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      233 27  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE MSCI Taiwan stock index finished lower yesterday, led by technology and bank stocks in a thinly-traded market. The MSCI Taiwan Index lost 2.56 points, or 1.05 per cent, to close at 241.71 points. Turnover
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      168 27 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices firmed yesterday, extending the previous day's gains, as uncertainty over Iraqi crude exports continued to grip the market. Brent crude oil futures for January were 37 US cents higher at U5533.05 a barrel. US light crude rose 27
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      335 27 Reuters London THE US dollar fell to twoweek lows against the euro for the second consecutive day and plumbed seven-week troughs against the Swiss franc amid losses in US technology stocks and persistent gloom about US growth. This week's accumulated gains of 4 per cent against the US
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      1277 27 DfTERBAMK CROSS RATES NorXt A$ C$ Rmb Euro Ffr Dm HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pafc Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr HT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia -.0.807 4.335 0.606 3.975 1.185 4.074 24.469 49.728 0.580 6.343 1.985 1.292 30.296 25.922 0.918 4.047 0.915 17.279 22.923 0 367
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      1940 27 SICOM FUTURES RUBBER (futures closing as at 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High l£w Sett (tonnes) Interest Dec 00 112.50 Jan 01 113.25 50 Feb 01 ns.OO 50 Mar 01 118.25 118.25 117.25 300 650 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes)
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    2846 28 HONGKONG AFP Hang Seng -184.67 HONGKONG share prices fell 1.3 per cent yesterday, as Nasdaq's falls pressured hi-techs and selected telecom stocks, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index found modest support from a technical rebound in China Mobile after its sharp losses
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    1074 28 Reuters, AFP CHINA'S hard currency B-shares closed mixed yesterday, after staging a technical rebound in afternoon trade due to a slight rise in domestic A-shares, analysts said. The Shenzhen B Index was down 0.19 point, or 0.16 per cent, at 119.41 after recovering from an intra-day low of 118.71.
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    377 28 AFP TAIWAN share prices closed 1.2 per cent lower yesterday following losses on Nasdaq in the US, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 62.53 points to 5,256.93. Turnover was NT557.39 billion against NT556.94 billion in the previous session. Decliners led advancers 381 to 132, with
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    2037 28 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 *140.87 SHARE prices in Tokyo gained one per cent yesterday on bargain-hunting of Old Economy shares, despite declines in high-technology issues after another Nasdaq slump, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei 225 average rose 140.87 points to close at 14,648.51. The
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      460 29 AFP P Composite Index -130 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday, mirroring a regional high tech slump following Nasdaq's decline, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended down 2.30 points at 729.95. Some 96.87 million shares worth RM270.10
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      9325 29 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 2000 Last Vol Day Nat Cap High Low Company Sala OOP HUH Low P/E $mll 420 310 Ajinomoto 330 -10 4 330 330 18.1 133 8 158 46 Angkasa 47 -1 7 48 47 693 670 290 Apollo Tood Hlg 352 unch 24 354 352 7.6 140
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      735 30 AFP SET Index -498 THAI share prices fell 1.8 per cent yesterday as the market stayed stuck in its prolonged slump after poor economic data and a hold-up in the restructuring of Thai Petrochemical Industry. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index dropped 4.98 points to close at
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      685 30 AFP P Composite Index +191 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.9 per cent higher yesterday in a technical rebound dominated by selected blue chips, dealers said, as stocks shrugged off a weakening rupiah. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 3.91 points at 429.21 on volume of 384.10 million
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      266 30 AFP QNZSE-40 +L 46 NEW Zealand shares closed 0.1 per cent higher yesterday despite softness in leading stocks Telecom Corp and Fletcher Challenge Energy, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Index was up 1.46 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 1,958.95 on turnover of NZ5148.60 million.—AFP Nov 30 W$ (000) Advantage
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      551 30 AFP UAM Ordinaries -L4O AUSTRALIAN shares closed barely lower yesterday, despite strong gains in the banking sector as investors piled out of telecommunications stocks, dealers said. The All Ordinaries Index dipped 1.40 points to 3,222, while the S&P/ASX2OO Index ended one point lower at 3,274.60. The All Industrials was
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      313 30 AFP P Composite Index -721 SOUTH Korean shares fell 1.4 per cent yesterday, with the index down 7.21 points at 509.23. Volume was 308.20 million worth 1.40 trillion won.—AFP *o» 30 Won Anam Semi 4900 50 Brain Tech 545 -5 Central Bank 170 unch Cheil Comm ***** -4700 Oaf
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      1075 32  -  Citibank's new corporate development chief, the banker who had wanted badly to be a journalist, shares with serena ng his philosophy in life and how it ties in with the vision of his new employer SERENA NG Banker soh Hang Kwang is
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        104 32 OGILVY Public Relations has appointed Michael Rose as its regional technology head. He will be based in Singapore and is charged with strengthening the firm's technology practice in the Asia-Pacific region. Mr Rose has more than a decade of experience in marketing communications and market
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        70 32 ING Barings has appointed Adrian Yang as its head of corporate and institutional finance and senior coverage banker for Hongkong. He has been specialising in Asian corporate finance at ING Barings in London and will be transferring to Hongkong early next year. Mr Yang has been
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        50 32 TAN Hwee Bin has been appointed general manager, finance and corporate services, at Wing Tai Holdings Ltd. She was with ICI since 1989 and has held several positions as financial analyst, finance manager and, more recently, finance and IT director with the company.
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        83 32 GEORGE Finlay Bell was appointed non-executive director of CSA Holdings Ltd on Wednesday. He has been in the information technology business for almost 20 years in both the United Kingdom and Australia and has experience in sales, marketing and management with IBM. Mr Bell
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      84 33 THE PLACE TOBE: the 1990s, the Singapore a blue-collar working slowly been into with white-collar, leisurely lifestyles the form fresco entertainment PHOTOS BY g-g— l^^^ BVLGARI C I I M|>()R A R V I I A I IA .1 I I i. I I R S 1 h c H
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      48 33 INSIDE Health Detoxification: how to give your system a good cleansing EL 4 NewAsiaßiz Woman Golf: who's who at the inaugural Women's World Cup that kicks off today in Kuala Lumpur EL 5 Travel Ryokan story: communal baths and crawling around on all fours in Tokyo EL 6
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
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        715 34  -  [•'aa the cuff Will e-shopping take off in Singapore? Perhaps when local stores come up with websites that live up to the consumer's needs and expectations jaime ee 'TIS the season to be shopping, fa la la la la 'Tis the reason
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          57 34 YOU COULD call this a case of mindless snootiness. When a diner called a new upscale restaurant to make a reservation, he was told that the table would only be held for 15 minutes. But when asked if they were expecting to be full, the restaurant chap replied,
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          43 34 THE presumptuousness of some public relations people knows no bounds. In one press release, it was not only assumed that the information would be published, it added: "As soon as the news is published, please send us a complimentary copy."
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          62 34 WHAT do you give to the golfer on your Christmas list? New clubs, cool golf bag, or how about used golf balls? One company in the US is doing just that salvaging lost balls from water hazards, cleaning them and now touting them as a great Christmas gift.
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          40 34 A JOURNALIST received a call from someone who said: "I'm calling from Raw." What? "Raaaw," the caller repeated. What? What's Raaaw? For the hopelessly unhip like the journalist in question, Raaw was actually Roar, an Orchard Road nightspot.
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        1472 34  -  COVER STORY The Singapore River could very well be the next Orchard Road and, say its proponents, the time to start planning for this is now. Indeed, the Singapore Tourism Board is holding a public forum tomorrow to facilitate the schematic design for the river. cheah ui-hoon
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        257 34 FROM lifeline to dumping ground for backyard industries and squatters, the Singapore River, flowing from Alexandra Canal to Marina Bay, was cleaned up through the phasing out of pollutive uses in the 1980s, and became a deserted river. In 1985, the URA drew
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        561 35  -  Old habits die hard. Cruella De Vil has the hots for spots once more in 102 Dalmations. coeikmeeere watches the fur fly CORINNE KERK IT may sound like a really desperate, unimaginative title for a sequel to 1996's 101 Dalmatians. But surprise, surprise, 102 Dalmations actually rises above
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        895 36  -  cheah ui-hoon learns how to rid the body of unwanted toxins CHEAH UI-HOON Detoxification might be quite a new word that sprung up in the last 20 years, but it's not a new process. People just did not call it by that term when they had fasts and
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        916 37  -  GOLF: WOMEN'S WORLD CUP, Dec 1-3 geoffret eu checks out the star-studded field, which includes six of the planet's top 10 female golfers, as the inaugural team event tees off in Kuala Lumpur today GEOFFREY EU GOLF fans in South-east Asia are getting spoilt for choice.
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        1399 38  -  SYLVIA TAN finds living in a ryokan hard on her knees SYLVIA TAN THE Japanese must have great knees great not in the sense of good looking (you can't really tell underneath their clothes) rather, it's their strong joints that can bear all that
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      826 39 The Adventures Of Rocky And Bull winkle. The title cartoon characters are living off the proceeds from their TV show. But two of their fellow characters cross over into the real world, where they team up with an evil media mogul. The cartoon duo go into the real world
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      117 39 Cathay Org Cathay 338-3400 Eastshore 346-1816 Orchard 235-8386 Picturehouse 338-3400 Yangtze 223-7529 Eng Wah Empress 777-5867 Jubliee 454-1640 Mandarin 292-9401 Marina 338-9719 Whitesands 585-1782 Golden Village 1900-912-1234 332-6098 for group bookings wheelchair facilities Bishan Boon Lay Marina Tampines 8 Tiong Bahru Yishun Overseas Movie Clementi/Co'wealth 777-0669 Golden/New
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        645 40  -  La Voix definitely merits a second visit, says JAIME EE JAIME EE LA VOIX is French for "the voice" an apt name considering that it was thought up by Leow Siak Fah, himself an opera singer and founder of the Singapore Lyric Opera. Match voice with food and you
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        591 40  -  PROMOTION By\ Geoffrey Eu MAO Zedong, a larger-than-life historical figure, had a way with words of the ideological kind: "We should be modest and prudent, guard against arrogance and rashness, and serve the people heart and soul." His legacy lives on at The Red Book
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      607 36 Where to wine, dine and entertains available for: private parties company dinner and dance conference seminar and meeting. HOTEL GRAND CENTRAL LIMITED 22 Orchard Road/Cavenagh Road, Singapore *****7 Tel: 737 9944 Fax: 733 3175 Feast on New Zealand Rock Oysters, Mussels, Smoked Fish and Chilled Prawns, then head for the
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      234 38 Street-smart in Japan Locating places Riding the cabs Your guidebook should offer maps and the The taxi-drivers wear uniforms, white names written in Japanese characters, gloves and, sometimes, a face mask. They Show it to any passer-by. Most people are will open the doors for you, even while only too
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      2032 39 TODAY'S TV RECOMMENDED VIEWING Ms Central: Sesa- 111 flllEy^ 3l T QflipC nf Dumb And Dumber, 10.00 Arthur. Asian Market Report. ijaUICO U1 10.30 Zirkos Kids. j MBt' iNF j 6.00 Headlines. j 7.JUpm, Lns 11.00 Magician «CsT x T F •<* 6,02 In Conversation (R). certain cl£e Jim Carrey
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      276 39 RADIO Meridian Masterpiece Essential Guide Russia: Inside Opera, BBC, Fri, Gold Domes, Black Earth, 10.05 am BBC, Fri, 7.30pm The series introduces some of Tim Whewell explores the the people who make opera changing face of Russia, and happen, including the whether it can come to terms conductor, artistic director,
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      126 40 Madison Usual w/GST A /cam, Street shelf Usual $1 322 93 w/GST Now: $661 47 w/GST G/rg, 4dr wardrobe Now: $2,900.00 w/GST Installation charge $206 00 w/GST JM] S—B Now: $591 74 w/GST Not applicable for indent orders. Limited period only. While stocks last. A LIFE L ESS ordinary Incredible
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      129 41 Reuters EXPECTATIONS of a December boost for Atlantic panamax freight rates are fading fast as fresh grain orders dry up, brokers said on Wednesday. They said grain enquiries from the US Gulf were being easily absorbed by prompt tonnage and fresh business from Europe to the Middle East
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      303 41 S6X '000 Nov 30 S$ Vol CWT Distribution 0.59 -0.0? 18 ChuanHup 0.36 unch 311 Cosco Investment 0.17 -0.01 67 Freight Links 0.13 -0.01 48 GB Holdings 0.60 unch 0 Hai Sun Hup 0.24 -0.01 218 IMC HoMings-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.16 unch 691 Keppel Corp
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      473 41  -  USsl6.lm net profit for first 3 quarters fuelled by 9% increase in liftings llu Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Thai-listed common feeder operator Regional Container Lines (RCL) announced yesterday a new senior management team and a 17.5 per cent rise in net profits to
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      328 41 [SINGAPORE] RCL's future growth will rely on an increased focus on the China market, an expansion of its South-east Asian network, as well as further development of the company's COC (carry own container) business, said the company's group president Sumate Tanthuwanit yesterday.
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      700 41  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar VNLESS the master of a vessel had knowingly and recklessly caused cargo losses, a cargo owner will have no ground to object to a shipowner's bid to limit its liability under the 1976 limitation of
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      118 41 [LONDON] Third-quarter results for financially-embattled Thai handysize operator Precious Shipping seem to show the company turning itself around. Ignoring one-time charges US$l.27 million in restructuring costs, an unrealised exchange rate gain of U554.69 million and a book loss on asset sales of US$3.l3 million it recorded
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      732 42 COMMENTARY ABS president and COO Robert Somervllle speaks up for class and industry to work together NO one needs reminding that Class has been savaged by the media, and roundly criticised by European legislators, in the period since the Erika fouled
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      307 42 PAGE Eng Lee tJ 8 Accord 6 ESP Lines tl Ahrenkiel 12 Evergreen 6 Appenship 5 FoongSun 5 AsiaOCL 11 F rt Links 12 Assets 7 Mai 7 Austral 6 G Linl1 Avant 12 Gemartrans 6 B'tang Mas 6 Genshpg 11 BSA 7 Glory Nav 12 BTL
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      19298 48 THEBU SINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire 15/12 05/01 Senator hanjin vancouver oomw 65-834i8» 10/12 11/01 MOL OCEANIC CHALL 6013A 65-*****86 16/12
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        758 53 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Port Gornozavodsk 63 J16 30/11/1:55 30/11/7:00 Winstar 1 121S00 J02 30/11/7:00 30/11/21:00 Oc Express 2300 J14 30/11/7:45 30/11/23:59 Twang 18 M0291 J02 30/11/8:35 30/11/21:00 Ef 23 232 J02 30/11/8:50 30/11/17:30 Shan Furyu 24/00 J03 30/11/9:50 30/11/19:00 Bt Suriati 4 ***** J01 30/11/10:25
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        2061 53 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Period From To From ACHIEVER 394 1/3:00 IB 29/1500 39/1459 29/1900 2A 29/1700 30/0659 30/0900 2B 29/1700 30/0659 30/0900 30/0700 30/1159 30/1400 AC* GARNET 12E 1/3:00 IB 29/1500 29/1659 29/1900 2A 29/1700 30/0659 30/0900
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        119 53 Dec 3 Japan: Culture Day. Dec 5 Thailand: H.M. The King's Birthday. Dec 10 Thailand: Constitution Day. Dec 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Dec 25 USA: Christmas Day. Philippines: Christmas Day. Canada: Christmas Day. Hongkong: Christmas Day. Australia: Christmas Day. Sweden: Christmas Day. Indonesia: Christmas Day. Malaysia: Christmas Day.
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        817 53 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 averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        621 53 Carbon 180 Ma* 990.7 0.7 1Z.9 0.10 79 0.03 Nov 23 Density Water Residue Ash Aluminium Sediment No above £25 0 0 0 0 0 0 380 Ave 987.5 0.2 13.2 0.06 26 0.02 Exxon 380 Max 993.2 0.8 15.8 0.09 70 0.03 kg/m*3 v/v m/m
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        352 54 Labour wins over House of Lords by offering consultation, debate on privatisation process AP [LONDON] Prime Minister Tony Blair's government prevailed on Wednesday night in its legislative battle for partial privatisation of the country's air traffic control services. The Transport Bill
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        328 54 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] China Airlines, Taiwan's biggest carrier, said talks to buy 25 per cent of a Shanghai-based airfreight company have been put on hold, though negotiations may be resumed at a later stage. "There's been no progress for
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        381 54 Daily service will begin in the summer Bloomberg [TORONTO] Virgin Atlantic Airways will begin flying between Toronto and London next year, competing on the lucrative air route with Air Canada and charter carriers like Royal Aviation Inc and Canada 3000 Inc. Virgin chairman
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        277 54 Reuters [AUCKLAND] New Zealand's Auckland International Airport (AIA) made a net profit of NZ$l6.9 million (5512.1 million) from its identified airport activities in the year to June, the company revealed yesterday. The airport was required to break out the financial performance of its
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        366 54 Express carrier adds two more services to its current three Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] United Parcel Service Inc (UPS), the world's largest package-delivery company, has raised its weekly flights that circle the globe to five from the present three, to handle an increase in shipments between countries.
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          95 54 Reuters [WASHINGTON] An American Airlines flight carrying 66 people from Reagan National Airport made an emergency landing at Dulles International Airport on Wednesday night after passengers saw smoke in the cabin, officials said. Flight 1683 left National at 5.34 pm for Dallas-Fort Worth and landed
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          71 54 Reuters [HONGKONG] Cathay Pacific Airways launched yesterday a new express parcel service to deliver cargo between Hongkong and the rest of Asia overnight. The company said in a statement the service, known as RPX or retail parcel express, would deliver cargo from Hongkong to much
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          55 54 AFP {TAIPEI] Taiwan's EVA Airways yesterday raised its net profit forecast for this year by 26.2 per cent to NT52.53 billion (*****.8 million) due to robust tourist business and cargo operations. It was the second upward revision of the company's earnings forecast this year, EVA Air
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      1103 42 I NORTH AMERICA I EXPORT 1 1 OTHER DESTINATIONS I SSX SUPER SHUTTLE EXPRESS DIRECT TO LONG BEACH WEST COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA (MARGARITA SERVICE) VISSE VOY FT* SX ETDSM LOHGKACH DALLAS HOUSTON OOCAGO NEW TOW MEXICO CITY VKSK VOY_ SIN PT.OUfTZJUI ACAJUTU SAN LORENZO CORWTO PT CALPERA BUENAVENTURA SALINA
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      89 42 SANKYU (S) PTE LTD 11 CLEMENTI LOOP, SINGAPORE *****3 TEL: *****40 FAX: *****11 CFS: KEPPEL DISTRIPARK BLK 513 #01-128 SINGAPORE *****9 JAPAN PORTS Hong Kong AH China Port* (EVERY THUR A SUN VESSEL! VESSEL VOY ETD SIN ETA TYO ETA KOB ETA YOK ETA NGO ETA OSA HOUSTON V.***** 03
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      652 42 REGULAR CONTAINER SERVICE TO MJLI Call: 837 3263 or Turn To Page 12 Fixed Doy uhedule t c JPN TWN HKG PHI Accepting FCl', to Combodic Cebu V*ndo' Mop Hk' H.rosh,mc St-m BiOUWOUNP Ivor JKtI PKL |POU '"aN*| PKOI POU |MNL HKG KB. KHH IPSA TYO YOK YKK SMZ NOP
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      150 42 Lines services represented by Members of the Registry of Members of tfie Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore Logistics 2/ Singapore Shipping Association Association NORTH WEST EXPRESS LINE ACCEPTING CONTAINERS, BREAKBULK PROJECT CARGO TO DAMPIER MV "CEC CARRIER 7 VOOO2 ETA SIN 01/12/2000 BOOKINGS CALL MONKA/JUUA TEL 323 4374 CONTAINERS/ CONVENTIONAL CARGO
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      1773 43 @C>stoaKf S*rvke Horiac: HANJIN SHIPPING i&>l i. Ms Evelyn Low -Sdes *****30 HAHJIH SHIPPING (S) PTi! LTD hup //www honjui torn BOOKING *****35 237 SALES *****24 231 DOCUMEMT *****71 274 OPEKATIONS *****50 25) MAIN LINE *****55 FAX *****45 NO: *****93Q000M TO NW USA CANADA USA CANADA* FOB VSI/VOY MM SM
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      505 43 VESSEL VOY SIN PKG VOY SIN HKG KEL INC USN PUS M JW SUB mm lIS 26/11 21/11 41N 29/11 03/1? OS/1? 11/1? 00/1? 00/1? jjggfe ~jjsj ii/lj OS/ij 07/17 KAATC PUSAN 016S 01/12 00/12 10/12 11/12 12/12 13/12 HYUNDAI SPKIWTER 05]$ 08/12 10/12 IFIE RICKMERS 009S 10/12 iVll M7f2
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      1581 44 SENATOR LINES TO UK/CONTINENT TO MEDITERRANEANSANADA VESSEL VOY SIN LtH RTM ANR HAM BRV FIX VESSEL IvQY SIM GIT SPE FOS VIC MTB~ HANJIN SAN FRANCISCO 0019W 21.11 15 1 2 16.12 18.12 19 12 20 12 21 12 CALIFORNIA SENATOR 0943W 3011 17.12 1» 12 21 12 23 12
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      991 44 IbIAS MAC-NeLS SPORE M'SIA L.. a J Carrier: MN CONTR LINES, INC p.quoawmot) *****26 (HVy J cm NO: IZOO67SOOOOC SIBU: (084) *****9 MANILA: (632) *****24 PENANG: (04) *****36 BANGKOK: (662) *****57 SURABAYA: (31) *****11 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****45 KUCHING (082) *****1-3 PASIR GUDANG LAEM CHABANG MV "QING
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      745 44 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR N.SHEVA (CFS MULUND. MUMBAI/COLOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN ANO WESTERN I.C.D. POINTS Vessel SPORE N.SHEVA COLOMBO PKLANG TULSIDAS V 134 03 DEC 12 DEC 17 DEC 23 DEC FRONTIER V.102W 10 DEC 19 DEC 24 DEC 30 DEC PU GLORY VIO2W 17 DEC 26 DEC
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      1820 45 [VESSEL VOY KHH HKG SIN PKL DXB BAB DMM BIK IRAN TABATABAEI PCL-183 28/11 29/11 02/12 03/12 12/12 13/12 15/12 17/12 IRAN KERAAAN PCL-184 05/12 06/12 09/12 10/12 19/12 20/12 22/12 24/12 IRAN ISFAHAN PCL-185 12/12 13/12 16/12 17/12 26/12 27/12 29/12 31/12 IRAN BAAKERI PCI-186 19/12 20/12 23/12 24/12
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      923 46 BANGKOK/MAP TA PHUT/LAEM CHABANO J AKART A/PAW JANG VK«I vor SIM »K« I MTF I ten VfSSCt vor SIN JUT IPM CHANA BHUM 1 SOW 02/1? 06/1? HIHIHUM 1121 Ql/1? I 03/12 OEJA 6HUM# 861N 02/12 07/12 "05/12 PfNAHG 6HWT' 038 D3ZI2 04/12 SI g—s QtKi authokih' m w1 am
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      899 47 vOto WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA "ORO HEAVYUFT SERVICE" I VESSEL VOY RAMP HEIGHT SIN LBC MAO MIA SAV BAI ORF NYC NEW MOB TALABOT AHO24 400To«s 6.3 M H/12 ***** 20/01 22/01 24/01 25/01 27/01 31/01 05/02 TAMPERE AHIOI 400 Tons 6.3 M 26/12 25/01 02/02 05/02
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      89 50 Qfflk SINGAPORE PTE LTD W 15 McCallum Street #03-01/02 Natwest Centre Singapore *****5 Fa*: (65) *****66 Email general@ecusin eculine.net ymWM r*. Website. http/Avwweculine net W New Econ Line Hn EAST MALAYSIA 2 x Fixed Day Sailings per Week between Kuching/Kota Kinabaiu/Muara/Sibu S'pore Bangkok, Lacm Chabang Tawau/Bintulu/Labuan/Sandakan See Page tl Call:
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      1062 51 SSAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 Anson Road, #06-01 to 03, Singapore *****1 MAIN LINE/OUTWARD; 532 3688 INWARD (DID): 437 2368 IMPORT STATUS (DID): 437 2378 INVENTORY (DID): 437 2420 Wobsito http://www.samudora.«om CR NO. **********0H BOOKINGS LINE: 535 6266 (Celia/Jessico/Mei Chan/Jeslynn/Dora/Yvonne/Honim) 8 SLGS/WEEKLY EffISBSEEHHI 3 SLGS/WEEKLY I VISStI VOY S |w
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      50 51 REGULAR SINGAPORE VIETNAM SERVICE VESSELS VOY ETA ITD DESTINATION KHANH HUNG 07 S/2000 IN PT 04/12 VUNGTAU/HCMC NHARONGIB 2/2000 OS/12 09/12 VUNGTAU DUYENHAI 6A/2000 OS/12 09/12 VUNGTAU/HCMC DUYTAN 4/2000 07/12 10/12 VUNGTAU/HCMC AGENTS: IMKOV SHIPPING CO PTE LTD 39 DUXTON HILL SINGAPORE *****7 TEL: *****73 FAX: *****85 CR no is37SBioooow
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      989 51 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO I PKG I SIN I JKT I SUB 1 81W I PPG I CMB I ROM I HAI I NYI I ORF I SAV I NEW I TAM I HOU I HOfOH DENE /0358 JIZII 04/12 07/12 09/12 H/12 14/12 25/12 21/12
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      635 51 188 SB ENG LEE SHIPPING CO PH LTD I I Tel: *****22 (10 UMt) Fax: *****31/*****60 I T C» Wo: IMWHOHt I VESSEL VOY SIN HA SIN ETD DESTINATION Union Star 8 12/00 01/12 02/12 Jamb. Sinar Central 14/00 02/12 04/12 K Tungkoi DwiDcyo 21/00 05/12 05/12 Dumoi/P Botu/Buoton Union
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      719 52 M 1 MM IMI ■■I I B wKMBBmEBMsmM VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER RHYTHM 855N 02-02/12 07-10/12 15-16/12 I TIGER BRIDGE 856N 05-06/12 11-14/12 19-20/12 I TIGER METRO 857N 08-09/12 14-17/12 22-23/12 I TIGER STAR 858N 12-13/12 18-21/12 26-27/12 I TIGER RHYTHM 859N 15-16/12 21-24/12 29-30/12 I TIGER
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      1092 52 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Road, 3rd Level, Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg WEBSITE: www.freightlinks.net FOR BOOKING: *****35/5539/*****5553/3494 PROJECT SHIPMENT HEAVYUFT CARGO (CONVENTIONAL A RORO) Lawrence Lim *****78, H/P: *****977 lawrence9Besin.com.sg WAREHOUSING A LOGISTIC SERVICES ENQUIRY CONTACT: CLEMENT CHUA 9688 5404,
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      49 52 REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS A DURBAN EXPORT VOY SIN PTL DBN ALS ENDEAVOUR 09WB 18/01 29/01 04/02 ALS EXPRESS 01WB 08/02 19/02 24/02 ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG Agents: Til Fax Singapore Ben line Agenoe *****61/142 *****63 Malaysia Bendera Shipping Agency Sdn DM 03 *****889 03 *****070
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      1199 52 or booing enquiry call *****80 jfCV Website: http://wrww.ood.com y\/ lISA/CAMAPA tl^rt SGPLGBCHI MEM MYC HOU I '»P°?» MEM NYC HOU CHI LGB SGP OOQ AMERICA 4«48 04/12 22/12 27/12 21/12 28/12 27/12 OOQ AMERICA 47W45 07/11 01/11 M/ll 10/11 15/11 03/12 00(1 CALIFORNIA 50E50 IVI2 29/12 03/01 04/01 04/01 03/01
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      137 53 FOR 7AM 1 DEC 2000 10j/ 12DE' LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore K Thunderstorm A Showers y <^ R a i n Temperature Wind direction and speed in knots Weather w Cloudy Day y az y Sea Conditions Wind speed symbols 1 g <-| 2m O Full circle w/o
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      134 54 NOTICE TO TRADE SINGAPORE/CALCUTTA CALCUTTA/SINGAPORE CALCUTTA DRAFT SURCHARGE The low draft situation in Calcutta is expected to continue at least for a few months. This has resulted in a substantial drop in loadability for each vessel proceeding to/from Calcutta as well as a substantial loss of revenue which is being
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