The Business Times, 2 May 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY. MAY 2. 2001 85C
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    58 1 STOCK MABKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP dosed NIKKEI 225 14,425.46 +491.14 HANG SENG dosed SET INDEX dosed JAKARTA COMP —***** +4.00 MANILA COMP dosed TAIPEI WPI dosed SEOUL COMP dosed CLSA CHINA B dosed AUST ALL ORD 3,268.60 -1.70 BOMBAY INDEX —dosed Noon EST Chaage DOW 19,906.18
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    81 1 FOREX RATES uss s$ USS (SS per USS) 1.819 £(USS/SS per 1.437 2.614 EURO(l'S&/SS/E) 0.891 1.621 DM 2.195 1507 YEN 123.9 68.10 RM 8.800 2.089 HKS 7.799 4.287 BAHT 45.60 25.07 RUPIAH 115,98 6,378 *S$ to 100 units PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA r .39.00 BANGKOK
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    Lock icon KL move on Malay land may whet developers' appetite
    813 1  -  BTiailJliMWd Klang Valley holds most potential under Eighth M'sia Plan to commercialise use of Malay reserve land From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur PLANS to commercialise the use of Malay reserve land under the recently-an-nounced Eighth Malaysia Plan could unlock
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    Lock icon Promoters seek to open up hedge funds to retail investors
    727 1  -  gmmi'Hm Fond providers hope to win MAS approval for product* By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Want better returns in a bear market? Hedge funds may be the answer, and if the Monetary Authority of Singapore gives the green light, you may
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    Lock icon Arroyo proclaims state of rebellion, orders arrests
    674 1  -  Hove follows bloody march on palace by Estrada supporters From, Al Labita in Manila TENSION mounted in the Philippines yesterday as President Gloria Arroyo proclaimed a "state of rebellion" in Manila and ordered the arrest of nine people for allegedly inciting sedition, a
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      87 1 nnaPE Top stories Govt's residential projections out soon: Mah. Next Page S'pore signs landmark 5-nation openskies accord. Mext Page I I I W.a^'] GES chief squashes talk of toxic' bond. Pg 3 Asia Pulp unit misses April 30 interest payment. Pg 3 SGX market cap rises 2.5% to $272b in
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      Lock icon Manufacturing business outlook takes a knock
      593 2  -  By Serena Ng BUSINESS sentiment in Singapore's manufacturing and commerce sectors has been dampened by expectations of a slowdown in the global economy, which is expected to take its toll on companies over the next six months. But the business outlook for firms in
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      Lock icon Govt's residential projections out soon: Mah
      520 2  -  He cautions against reading too mnch into numbers By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] The government is due to announce its medium to long-term demand and supply projections for the residential market soon, but National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan has advised Singaporeans not to read
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      Lock icon S'pore signs landmark 5-nation open-skies accord
      305 2  -  Multilateral deal allows cross-border financing for airlines From Leon Hadar in Washington SINGAPORE has joined the US, New Zealand, Chile and Brunei in signing a landmark agreement to liberalise international air transportation based on "open-skies" principles. Speaking at the signing ceremony here yesterday, Minister
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon GES chief squashes talk of 'toxic' bond
      682 3  -  MD Yeong says share price fall has nothing to do with private financing deal By. Angela Tan GES managing director Daniel Yeong has come out in stout defence of a $30 million private financing scheme being blamed for a sharp fall in the
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      Lock icon Asia Pulp unit misses April 30 interest payment
      284 3 Bloomberg A UNIT of Asia Pulp Paper Co missed an April 30 interest payment on US$5OO million in convertible notes, Standard Poor's Corp said in a press release. The failure of APP Finance (VII) Mauritius Ltd to make the US$B.B million payment
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      Lock icon Quotation of Singapore Government Stocks (April 30, 2001)
      278 3 INDICATIVE NUMBER MIDDLE PRICES GROSS MATURITY YEAR RAISED COUPON AMOUNT INTEREST OFQAYSK* (EXCLUDING REDEMPTION RATE <$M) PAYMENT ACCRUED ACCRUED YIELO ISIN CODE DATES INTEREST INTEREST) PA) 15.06.2001 N*****0S 1994 41/2 1000.00 15/6 15/12 136~~ 100.30 2.08 ~~^G********** 01.09.2001 N*****1S 1999 21/4 1500.00
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      Lock icon SGX market cap rises 2.5% to $272b in April SGX market cap rises 2.5% to $272b in April
      752 5  -  Gains come despite erosion in values of Sing Tel, DBS, OCBC, UOB Reports by Ven Sreenivasan THE total value of stocks on the Singapore bourse rose slightly on the last trading day
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      Lock icon Sesdaq volume surges 14.3%; mainboard slides 1%
      213 5 WITH institutional investors largely absent from the market, interest shifted largely to smaller caps last month. At least that is what the changes in the market turnover figures seem to suggest. While the volume of stocks traded on the mainboard slid one per
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      7 3 Sinar Bias pledges adequate: Jakarta, Pg 8
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      341 5 avuvt jrrrra )OHN» KHOOt OP GOMMMmr urn# Solans Hi Hm programme effjltive negotiations IN AN ERA OF RAPID CHANGE Essential Skills for Improving Negotiations in Government Business 28 May -1 June 2001 Pan Pacific Hotel Singapore Negotiation skills can spell the difference between closing the big deal, retaining the best
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Choose lower pay over job losses, BG Lee tells workers
      478 7  -  He urges workers to press ahead with retraining so they can find new jobs Reports by Chuang Peck Ming ACCEPT lower pay rises and smaller bonuses this year to reduce job losses. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged workers
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      Lock icon Babylon project priced at $643 psf
      197 7 LANDMARK Investments has soft-launched its 36-unit freehold residential project The Babylon at an average of $643 per sq ft. Marketing agent Jones Lang LaSalle says the project, in Serangoon Avenue 3, comprises an 18-storey block with basement parking, a swimming pool, BBQs, a putting
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      Lock icon Explain difference in expense ratios
      138 7  -  MAiLisrm Leong Sze Hian, Singapore I REFER to the letter, "Unit trusts costs in S'pore exorbitant" by Ong Geok Hin (Mailbag, April 21). The computed mean total expense ratios for the year ended Dec 31, 2000 were as follows for CPF-approved unit trusts: ♦2.33 per
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      Lock icon Answering machines are a big waste of time
      129 7  -  Bernard Low Fook Yui, Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the letter "Don't thank me for my call; answer the phone" by Yeo Siow Kuang (Mailbag, April 24). I agree fully with Mr Yeo. Try calling Power Supply, as I have done
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      Lock icon S'pore workers extend lead in world ranking
      464 7 Thanks to training, others unlikely to overtake S'pore in near future: Beri THANKS partly to the extra efforts put into training, Singapore workers have widened their lead as the world's best workers, according to the Washington-based Business Environment Risk Intelligence (Beri). Singapore workers,
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      Lock icon M'sia unions urge govt to protect local jobs
      433 8 M'sian Trade Union Congress seeks freeze on hiring of foreign workers AP. Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Warning that the country faces massive layoffs due to the US economic slowdown, Malaysia's largest labour organisation urged the government yesterday to protect local jobs by stopping
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      Lock icon Sinar Mas pledges adequate: Jakarta
      265 8 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA is "quite satisfied" with assets pledged by the Sinar Mas Group to the government as part of a complex guarantee scheme covering the conglomerate's US$l.3 billion debts to a leading local bank under state control. A government source made the comment yesterday
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      Lock icon Thaksin wants pardon campaign stopped
      236 8 BANGKOK AP PRIME Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday he did not want supporters to press ahead with moves to secure him a pardon if he is convicted of corruption after a political sympathiser agreed to call off the controversial campaign. Veteran politician Veera Musikaphonge said
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      Lock icon Rotating presidency the answer?
      1239 10  -  It could be an alternative to impeachment of Gus Pur, and be a temporary solution until the next direct election in 2004, writes tamo "«n■ YANG RAZALI KASSIM The writer is BT's regional analysis editor AS was widely predicted, President Abdurrahman Wahid has been censured for
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      Lock icon Gus Dur to reply to censure early
      490 10  -  Bat response by end of week may speed np impeachment From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday surprised his political opponents by announcing he will reply to Monday's parliamentary censure before the end of the week instead of waiting
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      Lock icon Indian minister sees lower rates
      378 11 WASHINGTON That will boost economy hit by global slump, says Sinha Bloomberg Reuters INDIAN Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said it is both his goal and expectation that interest rates will "head southward" to give his country a boost as world economic growth slows. "It will
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      Lock icon VSNL's profit jumps 87% to 15.8b rupees
      199 11 NEWDELHI AFP INDIA'S state-run overseas telecom provider VSNL, slated for privatisation, announced on Monday an 87 per cent rise in net annual profit to 15.8 billion rupees (*****.4 million). The company's profits in the previous financial year were 8.4 billion rupees, a VSNL
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      Lock icon China bans local business curbs
      609 11 BEIJING Move, imposed ahead of WTO entry, aims to prevent random restrictions Reuters CHINESE Premier Zhu Rongji has banned local authorities from using random curbs to protect their markets, in a bid to eliminate what he calls 'chaos' in the economy and pave the way
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      Lock icon Shanghai no threat to HK for long time: Tsang
      241 11 AFP [HONG KONG] Shanghai will not pose a threat to Hong Kong's status as a financial hub for at least one or two generations, Hong Kong'snew chief secretary Donald Tsang said yesterday. "Shanghai will not pose a challenge to Hong Kong's
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  • SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL 2001:May 31-June 24
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      Lock icon Exploring the senses
      912 12/13  -  By Elaine Phua Expect the unexpected at the Singapore Arts Festival 2001. Sensual, provocative and ground-breaking performances will be the order of the day. Kitchen Katha from India plans to seduce our noses as well as our hearts by intermingling stories of love with the smell of
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      Lock icon CORE PROGRAMME
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      Lock icon 'Thaksin Model' bodes ill for Thailand
      785 14  -  .MIl.l.'.lfffTM OPINION harish mehta The writer is BT's Bangkok correspondent THAI Prime Minister Hiaksin Shinawatra stirred up a diplomatic controversy last week by saying that the US and Japan were useless as economic models. He then gave a fleeting glimpse of the "Thaksin Model",
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      79 14 They gave us a great favour. They have created more and deeper sympathy for the opposition than they expected.' -EdgudoAagua a Senate candidate and a close ally of ousted Philippines president Joseph Estrada, on the backlash against the manner of his arrest. 'Let's not kid ourselves. The
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      Lock icon Challenging times for workers
      610 14 EDITORIAL Yesterdays May Day celebrations for Singapore workers were tempered by the sombre economic outlook. Singapore may just escape a full-blown economic recession; but a serious downturn this year cannot be avoided Almost daily, US companies have been announcing downgrades in their earnings outlook, often accompanied
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      Lock icon Why there's hope for the global economy
      892 14  -  The main reason is that, unlike Japan's plight, the US economy can be influenced by feasible actions by the Fed By Paul Samuelson The writer is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology LATWP IN today's global economy, all eyes
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      Lock icon This Texan shoots from the hip
      574 14  -  COMMENTARY Bosh's comments on Taiwan are no laughing matter By Tom Teepen The writer is a columnist for Cox Newspapers Cox IT was a case of art imitating life. Well, maybe not art, exactly. On the night President George W Bush earlier had casually
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      Lock icon BritTel in talks to sell some investments to Vodafone
      613 15 LONDON/TOKYO It may sell 20% stake in Japan Telecom, 20% in J-Phone, 17.8% in Spain's Airtel Reuters BRITISH Telecommunications Pic was yesterday preparing to sell investments in Japan and Spain to Vodafone Group Pic to slash some £4 billion (5510.5 billion)
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      Lock icon Amazon.com may consider restructuring US$2b debt
      328 15 But it tells investors not to read too much into the SEC filing Reuters [NEW YORK] Amazon.com Inc, the world's largest Internet retailer, said for the first time that it may consider restructuring its US$2.l billion debt load to improve its finances, according to
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        Lock icon Dell may fire 3.000 more workers
        69 15 Bloomberg [AUSTIN, Texas] Dell Computer Corp may soon fire thousands more people, after cutting I,7ooJobs in February, as the biggest US personal computer maker tries to reduce expenses to make up for steep PC price cuts, analysts said. The company may fire about 3,000
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        Lock icon IBM unveils new networking chips
        56 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] International Business Machines Corp cm Monday unveiled new networking chips, including a processor that allows for less expensive customisation by using software rather than design changes. Cisco Systems Inc, the top maker of computer-networking equipment, is developing the new IBM network processor
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        Lock icon Microsoft,Citigroup sign online deal
        73 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc has signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp that will allow tens of millions of users of Microsoft's Internet services easy access to sending money via e-mail, the WaU Street Journal reported in its online edition yesterday. Under the terms of the
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Tokyo shares surge 3% as Koizumi euphoria spreads
      543 16  -  Bat survey finds sentiment among Japan's smaller firms worsening From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo TOKYO stock prices surged by more than 3 per cent yesterday, reaching their highest level this year as financial markets became caught up in the popular euphoria generated
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      Lock icon Manufacturing in US slides in April: NAPM
      381 16 NEW YORK Bnt rate of decline has slowed down slightly AP, Reuters MANUFACTURING activity declined for the ninth consecutive month in April, an industry group said yesterday. But while the decline continued, it did so at a slightly slower rate than in March,
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      Lock icon VoiceStream, Deutsche Telekom clear final hurdle
      313 16 WASHINGTON US security panel won't take action against merger Reuters DEUTSCHE Telekom AG and Voice Stream Wireless Corp yesterday cleared the final regulatory hurdle to their proposed merger after a US panel reviewing national security issues decided against taking further action. The German telecommunications
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        Lock icon EMI.Bertelsmann call of merger talks
        78 16 Reuters [LONDON] EMI Group and Bertelsmann yesterday called off their long-running talks for a music merger after failing to crack regulatory problems. A merger would have created a music powerhouse to rival industry leader Universal Music, bringing together EMI artists such as Mariah Carey and
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        Lock icon ABN-Amro cuts investment banking jobs
        99 16 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Dutch bank ABN-Amro said it had cut more than 500 jobs from its investment banking business as part of an ongoing shake-up and due to weak equity markets. Most of the job losses are in the global equities division. The cuts are also
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        Lock icon Nortel loss widens; to cut 5% US jobs
        73 16 Bloomberg [RESTON, Virginia] Nextel Communications Inc's first-quarter loss widened and the wireless phone company said it will cut 800 jobs, or 5 per cent of its US workers, to reduce expenses. The loss widened to US$372 million, or 56 cents a share,
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      Lock icon US economy's strength in Q1 surprises Wall St pundits
      599 17 NEW YORK Economists stumped by signals from the Fed and its unexpected rate cnt last month Bloomberg Reuters WALL Street's major firms, including Goldman Sachs Co, underestimated the US economy's strength in the first quarter. Only a few of the 49
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      Lock icon Biogen's chairman reaps US$36.2m option gains
      162 17 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Biogen Inc chairman James L Vincent, who stepped down as chief executive last June, reaped gains of almost U5536.2 million last year by exercising stock options, according to a regulatory filing. Mr Vincent, 61, exercised options to buy 555,000 shares, the maker
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      Lock icon Are highly-paid bosses really worth it?
      549 17 AFP [LONDON] Boardroom dramas at struggling British companies like British Telecom (BT) and Marks and Spencer have revived an old debate: do leaders matter and how much are they worth to a company? British company chairmen and chief executives are often vilified as "fat
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      Lock icon Vertex to buy Aurora for US$592m in stock
      456 17 NEW YORK The 2 biotech firms have expertise in different areas NYT VERTEX Pharmaceuticals Inc announced on Monday that it would acquire Aurora Biosciences Corp for about US$592 million in stock, combining two biotechnology companies with expertise in different aspects of discovering
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      Lock icon Computer Associates defends its accounting
      403 18 NEW YORK Ex-employees, analysts claim firm used accounting tricks to overstate sales, profits for years NYT COMPUTER Associates said on Monday that its accounting conformed to standard rules and that it had not inflated its results. The statement came the day after The New York
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      Lock icon Ex-Fed chief Volcker calls for closer global currency ties
      551 18 NEWARK, Delaware Reuters FORMER Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker says it makes sense for regional trading blocs to link their currencies to limit the sometimes devastating effect of foreign exchange volatility. Mr Volcker, who headed the Fed from 1979-1987 before Alan
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      1083 19 COMEX Aftr.w COLD FUTURES 000«) us$/oi OP- HUH Low sttte Chwy •toy 01 264.0 *0.1 Jun W 264J 264.7 2642 264.2 -0.1 SOI 265.1 -02 01 266.0 -0.5 OK 01 267.4 -0.2 F«*02 268.8 40.1 *pr02 270.1 *02 J»02 2714 *0.3 »02 272.7 *0.4 02 274.1 *0.5 OK 02 275.5
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      696 19 Reuters Composite Index +4.00 Iwiwmw m A STRONGER rupiah led Jakarta stocks to finish higher yesterday with investors on the hunt for bargains after the recent market downturn. The Jakarta Composite Index gained 4 points, or 1.12 per cent, to 362.23, with heavier market turnover estimated at 700 billion
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      276 19 AFP Hmse-40 -aw NEW Zealand stocks yesterday closed down 0.4 per cent on a very light turnover with investors on the sidelines amid the Labour Day holiday elsewhere in the region. The NZSE-40 Index was down 8.01 points at 2,109.07 on a turnover of just NZ$4B million. "The market
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      513 19 Reuters, AFP fl AM Primaries -L7O AUSTRALIAN stocks closed flat yesterday. The All Ordinaries Index fell 1.7 points, or 0.05 per cent, to 3,268.6. The S&P/ASX 200 Index ended 0.7 points, or 0.02 per cent down, at 3,328.7. Turnover totalled Asl.7 billion, below A 51.98 billion on Monday.—Reuters, AFP
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      2092 19 TOKYO AFP gf Nikkei 225 HMJ4 SHARE prices in Tokyo jumped 3.5 per cent to a four-month high yesterday, soaring on US technology gains and hopes for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's new government, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei--225 Index jumped 491.14
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      881 20 fil li Tm 1 Central 10.00 ER: Match Made In night/Tech News, i'i'l \YI T r/iSt^^—« M awitm Heaven. 6.00 AM Headlines. ILOO Asia Tonight iHK wv e Jhn-dWatch 6.02 The Asian Edit/Know- 11-30 Between Trie Lines (R). -Jmam Q<in 12.00 MNNYPDBIue. ing Asia. 12.00 MN The World To- 9-30
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      312 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD t 2 3 < b 5 —n i i I u~ J a|HH|H BH HfIHH tai tai S 24 Mpz ACROSS 3 It could put an end to cricket (11) 1 Reprimand for having to score 4 Something you saw getting docgoal perhaps in one's under- tor in
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      407 21 WHAT'S the CEO of a business that deals mostly with soft skills and draws more women than men and who says it's important to stay focused on what one does doing with an organisation like the Global Energy Network Institute (Geni)? It may not seem
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      1347 21  -  Sara Beattie cut her teeth on business against great odds in Hong Kong. Today, she has become the doyen of office training there, with particular interests in placing women in 'financially accountable' positions. Reports by AKKA TEO ANNA TEO SARA Beattie left Penang for Hong Kong some
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      1240 21 I 1 SINGAPORE PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED I 1 M (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) H Notice of Annual General Meeting I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held at 1 Maritime Square #10-10, World Trade Centre, Singapore *****3
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  • MOTORING
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      633 22  -  CARnsTa? Despite oil prices hitting 10-year peaks, vehicle sales in the US and S'pore have continued to rise christopher tan YOU would have thought the equation was obvious. High fuel prices fewer cars smaller cars. But the contrary seems to have happened. Despite pump prices
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      236 22  -  By I Christopher Tan IF you are using your new funky panel van as a second family car, watch out. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is cracking down on misuse of commercial vehicles by stepping up enforcement. From January to March this
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      623 22  -  In the patented system robots bnild tyres entirely from raw materials onsite By Andre Lam Andre Lam is a dentist and freelance motoring writer [MILAN] Bent on reducing cost and boosting profitability, world No 6 tyre maker Pirelli SpA has turned traditional manufacturing process on
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      118 22  -  -By Andre Lam PIRELLI SpA is the world's sixth largest tyre maker. After selling off non-core businesses, its consolidated turnover hit 7.5 billion euros (5112.2 billion) last year, against 6.5 billion euros in 1999. While it is a middleweight compared' with global giants such as Goodyear
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        112 22 THE new BMW M 3 will have a second-generation sequential gearbox towards the end of the year. Called SMG n, the transmission is supposed to be quicker, more intelligent, more flexible and more user-firiendly. Adapted from racing technology, it is touted as the world's
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        64 22 LAM PRESTRESSING has landed a $72 million contract to build a I.3km dual-carriageway viaduct linking Bartley Road to Airport Road. The work includes building parallel ground-level slip roads from Hougang Ave 3 to Airport Road. The project is part of a plan to link Bartley
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        98 22 GENERAL Motors is developing a radar sensor to detect children In parked vehicles to prevent potentially fatal heatstroke. According to a Bloomberg report, the system can pick up the breathing motion of a sleeping infant or pet and set off a horn alarm.
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        116 22 IF YOU are among those who feel Saa b makes great cars but are a bit lost on design, good news. In the next few years, Saab will launch a series of concept cars and design will once again be central to the marque.
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        116 22 MG ROVER has set up a subsidiary called MG Sport Racing Ltd, and its associated sub-brand, MG X Power. The move is part of a continued focus to revive and ride on MG's racing heritage. The main event of this focus is the
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        94 22 DELPHI Automotive has implemented several functions with its inductive ignition system. They are detection of misfiring over virtually the entire engine speed and load range, detection of knock through cylinder sensing, and reduction in system cost through elimination of knock, camshaft position and rough road sensors.
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        113 22  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan IT ISNT always the fastest driver who wins a drag race. It's the driver who comes closest to finishing the race in exactly the amount erf time he or she predicted, according to an AP report. It works like this: Each driver
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      1236 22 Source: LTA Average open market value (OMV) of cars registered in March. MOOEl/MAKE CC AVE OMV($) ALFA ROMEO A1461.6TS 1598 17,600 MA ROMEO A1S6 2.0 1.970 25,845 ALM ROMEO A156 2.5 2,492 ***** ALFA ROMEO A166 3.0 Z939 45,132 AU0IA31.6A3DR 1506 19.193 AUDIA31.6A5DR 1,596 21,890 AUOA41.EA4DR 1595
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      747 23  -  The restructuring of Hong Leong Finance and Singapore Finance may look cosmetic, but the combined shares should come up for a re-rating, says KEVIN SCULLY KEVIN SCULLY The writer is managing director of Netßesearch-Asia.com, a licensed investment adviser HONG Leong Finance (HLF) and Singapore
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      670 23  -  By George Lam The writer is a senior consultant with JCF Group (www.jcfgroup.com). JCF Quant is an integrated equity analytical service IN this first article for the Singapore stockmarket, we would like to explore one of the ways to use a broker's
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      636 23 PORTFOLIO TRACKER Our Penny Stock portfolio is off and running in 2001, with a first month performance that is probably the envy of anyone who thought small-cap stocks were too risky. Our overall portfolio rocketed up 12 per cent from -3.5 per cent on April 3
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      1261 24  -  INSIDE ■iiMi:<^-s Wave of selling comes with drop in buy value, bnt buying seen in Inn o values, UOB-K&y Hian By Robert Halili The writer is managing director of ScoreLabAsia Ltd. He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai, Singapore News Desk THE worst seems
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      560 24  -  COVER STORY Hedge funds By Genevieve Cua •BOUTIQUE fund manager Pointworth Investment is in the process of setting up several long/short hedge ftinds, which its chief executive Dennis See reckons are essential if it is to generate returns in today's bear market. The firm
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      1137 25  -  Looking for an Investment that secures control over capital, high yield and regular Income that escalates over time to match Inflation? Try taking up a series of single premium endowment plans, also known as insurance bonds William cai The writer is chief executive officer
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      418 25  -  They will provide unit trust analyses, portfolio tracking service for monthly fee By Genevieve Cua IF YOU'RE looking for independent analyses of unit trusts plus a portfolio tracking service, the merged sites of Netfunds and Uneedtrust.com may be just the thing. While the merged site
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      263 25 BANKS/FINANCE COMPANIES AMOUNT 1 MONTH 3 MONTHS 6 MONTHS 9 MONTHS 12 MONTHS ABN-AmroBank *****-***** 1.2500 1.6300 1.8750 2.0000 2.1250 *****-***** 1.8700 1.8700 1.9300 1.9600 2.0000 Bank of East Asia 1000-*****9 2.0625 2.1250 2.2500 2.4375 2.6875 Bank of S'pore finatiQ 3,000-100,000 2.2500 j; Citibank Up to ***** 1.6875 1.8125
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      778 25 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Lafe Technology Limited ("the Company") will be held at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. 392 Havelock Road/Singapore *****3 on 25 May 2001 at 5.00pm to transact the following business: AS ORDINARY BUSINESS 1. To receive and adopt the Directors' Report
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  • EXECUTIVE money
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      1428 26  -  Remember Long Term Capital Management? Well, guess what, hedge funds are back. At a time when equities are still in great danger from the Big Bad Bear, the promise of absolute returns and top-notch management is extremely compelling. GENEVIEVE CUA talks to managers who
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      361 26 'Long-only managers suffer the same problem that's apparent only recently—that when the market goes down, everything goes down. But through a fund of hedge funds, you could diversify across strategies and reduce the correlation.' Dennis See, Pointworth Investment •Jan 1990 to March 1999 Source: TASS Investment
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      401 26 HEDGE funds have reached a turning point they're finally getting into the mainstream of institutional and retail investment, says Derek Doupe, Frank Russell Company's associate director for alternative investments. "If the hedge fund industry has one chance to get it right, now is definitely the
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      131 27 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell two points to 1,459, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost seven points to 1,498, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) lost five points to 9,468 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was up two points to 1,827. TIME-CHARTER: ♦Irenes Vision (built 1982)
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      299 27 SOX *000 Mf i s$ m Cm Distribution 0.52 unch 0 Chuan Hup 0.31 0.01 0 Cosco investment 0.19 0.01 0 Freight Links 0.09 unch 0 GB Holdings 0.40 unch 0 IMC Holdings-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.15 0.01 0 KeppeiCorp 3.14 0.04 0 KeppelFELS 0.92 0.01
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      Lock icon South-east Asia remains world's piracy hot-spot
      491 27  -  Despite greater efforts to combat problem, number of attacks up in Ist qtr Bi Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Plagued by modern-day "Robin Hoods", South-east Asian waters retain the dubious distinction of being the world's piracy hot-spot, according to the latest International Maritime Bureau (1MB) piracy
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      Lock icon Aceh rebels fire at oil tanker: police
      196 27 AP [JAKARTA] Indonesian security forces said yesterday that separatist rebels in Aceh province fired a rocket-propelled grenade at an oil tanker but missed the vessel. The guerillas denied the attack had taken place. According to police chief, Commissioner Wanto Sumardi, the ship belonging
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      197 27 [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation has inked a deal which will see the local container terminal operator gain a majority stake in a Belgian port company. Under a sale and purchase agreement signed on Monday by PSA's International Business Division president, Goon Kok Loon, PSA will acquire
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      Lock icon Korea may file WTO complaint over European shipbuilding aid
      486 27 Seoul countering EU action against its own shipbuilders Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea is exploring ways to complain to the World Trade Organization against unfair European Union trade practices in shipbuilding, as the EU pursues its own legal action against Korean shipbuilders.
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      280 28 PACE Ahrenkiel 12 Appenship 5 AsiaOCL 11 Assets S Austral 6 Avant 12 B'tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BTL 12 Bangladesh 11 Balaji 4 Batamindo 11 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 CSAV 3 Central Ex 6 Chahaya 12 Cho Yanq 5 China Shpg 5 Confer 12
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      669 28  -  STRAIT TALE By Seafarer AMERICAN Bureau of Shipping (ABS) chairman Frank larossi is a stout defender of all that is good about the classification societies. Last week saw him in action following publication of the ABS annual result for last year. The
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      19614 34 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES Pages EXPORT WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2001 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoire 09/05 13/06 COSCO HUMBER BRIDGE 0079W 65-*****00 09/05 23/06 ZIM/Seth ZIH SHENZHEN 16W 65 *****12 10/05 11/06 MOL OCEANIC CHALLENGER 8015A 65-*****86
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        553 39 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Dtpirture Spc Capricor 57 J12 01/05/640 01/05/1940 Bt Bukit T2 ***** JOI 01/05/8:40 01/05/2040 PhuYenl 8 J03 01/05/7:15 02/05/840 Bt Wij 01-May J01 01/05/12:00 01/05/20:00 Bt Afrizal ***** J01 01/05/1015 01/05/2340 Bt Pu Tdor2 ***** J01 01/05/11:00 01/05/23:00 Empress Lily 401 J07 03/05/1540
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        2052 39 ttCOYWS Of EXPOT FCL CONTAINERS AMD LCL CARSO noofchifl/nilmri Rstts Ship Voy No Ett/Btr NffcX Frew To fw ACHIEVER 401 1/20X10 2* 30/1700 01/0659 OVMM a 30/1700 0V0659 OVWOO i 01/0700 ovrm ovwoo 4 01/1200 OVMM 01/1700 AC* HIOISCUS 050 1/2100 2A 10/1700 (VMM OVWOO 21 30/1700 OIAMM
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        174 39 May 3 Japan: Constitution Day May 5 Japan: Children Day Thailand: Coronation Day Nether land: Liberation South Korea: Children Day Thailand: Chakri Day May 7 Malaysia: Vesak Day Singapore: Vesak Day Thailand: Vesak Day Indonesia: Vesak Day ■Kay 8 France: Victoria Day May 11 Denmark: General Prayer Day
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        766 39 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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        564 39 Carbon 180 Mm 991.0 0.5 13J 0.07 26 0.03 Apr 26 Density Water Residue Ask MuaMwa Sediment No above E25 0 0 0 0 0 0 380 Ave 984.0 0J 12.5 0.07 24 0.02 Era* 380 Max 990.7 11 15.3 0.11 67 0.03 W/W3 %«/M WW
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        Lock icon Qantas plans domestic NZ flights in June, tie-up with NZ carrier
        631 40 SHAKE-OUT Df AUSTRALASIAN AVIATION In Australia, national carrier to take budget airline Impulse under wing Reuters [WELLINGTON] Australian national carrier Qantas Airways yesterday firmed up plans to operate a New Zealand domestic service, while the market debated how this
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        Lock icon P&W in venture with Air NZ
        218 40 AP [WELLINGTON, New Zealand] US airplane engine maker Pratt Whitney and Air New Zealand-Ansett Australia are forming a joint venture to repair and maintain engines, officials said yesterday. The joint venture will be based on the Air New Zealand group's engine repair facility in
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        Lock icon Virgin Blue unlikely to get nod to fly Australia-NZ
        378 40 Carrier considered British because of Richard Branson's control AFP [WELLINGTON] The chances of British tycoon Richard Branson's Virgin Blue airline entering the New Zealand mArket appeared to recede because of its desire to fly between New Zealand and Australia. The New
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        153 40 [SINGAPORE] US carrier Northwest Airlines is pleased with the response from Singapore travellers to its website and the people who used it are happy with features such as on-line seat selection and 24-hour reserve and hold function. "We are very encouraged by the response. It
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        Lock icon Taiwan, Russia set up air links
        191 40 AP [TAIPEI] A Russian passenger jet flew to Taiwan in a pioneer flight to open direct air links with the island. The Vladivostok Air jet arrived at Taipei Airport shortly before midnight on Monday and departed for the eastern Russian port two hours later
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        255 40 Mitsubishi, Kawasaki, Fqji may develop parts for sonic cruiser: report AP [TOKYO] Three Japanese companies are considering a request to join a Boeing Co project to develop a next-gen-eration medium-size passenger jet, a Japanese newspaper said yesterday. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki
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          Lock icon Korean Air's cargo usage falls to 76%
          89 40 Bloomberg {SEOUL] Korean Air, the world's fourth-largest cargo airline, said freight capacity usage fell in March from a year earlier as a cooling US economy cut traffic on US and South-east Asian routes. The airline filled 76 per cent of available cargo space
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          90 40 AFX-Asia {HONGKONG} Cathay Pacific Airways said its passenger load factor in March was 73.0 per cent In a statement the company said in the first three months this year, the passenger load factor stood at 71.4 per cent against 74.0 per cent in the corresponding
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          Lock icon Bejing airport's profit down 2.5%
          102 40 Bloomberg {HONGKONG] Beijing Capital International Airport CO, China's first publicly traded airport manager, said profit fell 2.5 per cent last year as higher depreciation charges outweighed Increased revenue from aircraft travellers. Net income in 2000 slipped to 483.5 million yuan (*****.64 million), or 0.13 yuan
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      532 30 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR INDIAN PORTS FOR N.SHEVA (CFS MULUND, MUMBAI) COCHIN COLOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN I.C D POINTS VMMI VOY SPORE N.SHEVA COCHIN COLOMBO P.KLANG FRONTIER 109W 06 MAY 15 MAY 18 MAY 21 MAY 25 MAY PU GLORY 109W 13 MAY 22 MAY 25
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      1643 31 VESSEL VOY KHH HKO SIN PKI DXB PMM Mt IRAN ISFAHAN PCL-205 01/05 02/05 05/05 06/05 13/05 14/05 16/05 It/05 IRAN HOftMOZGAN PCL-206 08/05 09/05 12/05 13/05 20/05 21/05 23/05 25/05 IRAN TEHRAN PCI-207 15/05 16/05 19/05 20/05 27/05 2S/05 30/05 01/06 IRAN TABATABAEI PCL-208 22/05 23/05 26/05 27/05 03/06
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      434 31 I Loading for GOOD FRIDAY RDM/ATW/BMN/UK I OCEAN RANGER RDM/ATW/BMNAJK I Loads Singapore, EVW. Mnlaywa. Indoneaa J Loading for PAULX JDH/AQA/DMT SOOTHER STAR 1 JDH/AQA RAJNIER DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT PIONEER SUN DBVABUrtXIH/BRN/DMWKWT EFFYN JDH/AQA/DMT SEA RENOWN HOCVJOH/AQA •Loads Singapore. EAM. Malaysia. Indonesia ILoadng for 1 NATS EMPEROR CAM/NFK/SAV/NOL I HANJM TAMPA VCW/LAX/MZL
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      469 32 1 11 ■iBMBFTiiiM ASIA MEDITERRANEAN EXPRESS (AME) WESTBOUND SERVICE IVISSIL I VOY I SIN I PIR SPt LEH FXT AMR 1 MMU ***** MM 2LM 21M 21M. 31 MAY 01JUM MSC RAPAELA QII2A IAM 2iM 21M HLIM 08JUM 09 JUM 1 MX mm QI2QK 21M U QLUIH lliWl iSiUN 16
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      653 32 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO AUSTRALIA H FULL COWTAiMEB SERVICE va wr wg aw re w sn m mi Artivarr jn w/osm/os m/os 20/0521/05 25/05 POISMM ~m 14/05 IS/OS 25/05 27/ OS 29/05 01/* wwrw ws~ m/os n/05 a/os 03/06 os/ot «/o> row «aA« 3ts a/05 w/os oi/ot 10/ot n/oi ~is/o*
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      422 33 BSfl .k M MYANMA ™BBk FIVE STAR UNE vT (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Ytngoß VESSEL VOY SIN PKL PEN PGU I AGO HOW SID MONGLA 4SW SID MALAYSIA AGENTS: MUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES Kill: TEL 03-*****300 PKL TEL 03-*****101 PEN: TEL 04-*****02 PGU: TE 07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A service of
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      1274 33 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTD. IVBStt VOT 11 SOU I LBI I KIM I ANT I HAM I MtV [jgg I VOY I SOU 110 RIM ANT NAM MV 91 HYMRON 332W 03/05 21/05 26/05 23/05 24/05 »0l ADVANTAGE 00IE 13/04 14/04 01/04 10/04 02/05 API CORAL 021W 04/05 25/05
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      1072 33 wXtf WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN 10 NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA "CAR RORO HEAVYUFT SERVICE'' IVKSa VOV Mtf HEIGHT SIN LIC MAO MIA SAV IMI I ORF NYC 1 NEW I MOB TAMPERE AHIIO 400 Tom 6.3 M OS/OS 13/06 16/06 18/06 20/06 21/06 23/06 27/06 29/06 TEXAS AHtll 4001 ms 6.3 M
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      73 36 Qf&K SINGAPORE PTE LTD (&9*) 15 McCallum Street *03-01/02 Natwest Centre Singapore *****5 V J Far (65| *****66 Email «eneral#ecusin eculine net WESTOCCAM LINE 3 SAILINGS PER WEEK TO Weekly Service SHANGHAI l/JV. approved IRAQ shipments 1 ail: 220 3373 SeePgl2 SIN HUP SENG HUAT Looking For Cotton Rags o
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      809 37 SSAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 Anson Road, *06-01 to 03, Singapore *****1 MAM UNE/OUTWARD: 532 3MS INWARD (DID): 437 2361 IMPORT STATUS (DID): 437 237t INVENTORY (DID): 437 7421 Wabsit* http://www.snnMtdorn.coni CR NO. **********011 BOOKINGS UNE: 535 6266 (Celio/Jessico/Mei Chon/Jeslynn/Doro/Yvonnn/Hanim) 7 SLGS/WEEKLY BDSEBH 3 SLGS/WIEKLY I VOT I St I
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      494 37 lib IPDZ LINES W CUSTOMS SfSVKE: THj 07-221-55W FAX: 02-227-1190 I SMGATOKi: TONS 100 SMTFWG PTI US I mm ***** 03/05 GMA ***** 03/0$ GtSIAHG 2IH 01/05 GISIANG 2196 02/05 GtHUAT ***** 05/05 GIStNG ***** 03/05 SHNUNE 1 2102 03/05 SNINUNE 1 2102 03/05 GUOO ***** 07/05 GNU ***** 10/05
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      105 37 CHINA ■2 SAILINGS WEEKLY Accepting LCL/FCL to all destinations in China EtASM 29/04/01 03/05/01 Nsdkyd Asia V.22E15 03/05/01 07/05/01 Bongo Peking. Duo V.21E15 FORTNIGHTLY BREAK-BULK SERVICE TO COLOMBO SPECIAL RATES FOR STEEL, MACHINERY I PROJECT CARGO STAI ETA SPORE ETA COLOMBO CHENNAI 01-05-01 13-05-01 17-05-01 ■»PPS ETA SPORE MUMBAI KANDLA
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      444 37 IHKI ENGLEi SNIPPING CO FTEITDI I T«k *****22 (10 Uaet) Fes: *****38/532*9*0 I T C« No: 15IMMMIH I VESSEI VOT SMETA SWITB DISTNUTION Unnn Star 22 06/01 30/04 03/05 Surohoyo Simr Central 04/01 02/05 04/05 Duma/Perawonc Unwi Star 8 03/01 03/05 04/05 Jamt*/K Tunqtai Union Star 32 05/01 04/05 05/05
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      570 38 I "vessel voy sin maasinl TIGER BRIDGE 892N 01-01/05 07-10/05 15-15/05 I TIGER SPEED 893N 05-0&05 10-13/05 18-19/05 I TIGER METRO 894N 0&08/05 14-17/05 22-23/05 I TIGER RHYTHM 895N 11-12/05 17-20/05 25-26/05 I TIGER BRIDGE 896N 15-15/05 20-23/05 28-28/05 I TIGER SPEED 897N 18-19/05 23-26/05 31-01/06 I IVESSE^^^VO^^SI^^^CAI^^SI^^I TIGER CREEK
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      781 38 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Road, 3rd Level, Freight Links Express logisticentre, Singapore *****3 lSflr Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: FlesinQsingnet.com.sg FOR BOOKING: *****35/5539/5541/5553/3494 Um *****75, H/Pi ffSl^ ITIONAL RQ £S.nce«Wli»xom JB WAREHOUSING LOGISTIC SERVICES ENQUIRY CONTACT: CLEMENT CHUA 9688 5404, VINCENT SEE 9678 5760, SUNNY YEOW *****323
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      47 38 REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS ft DURBAN EXPORT VOY SIN PTL DBN ALS EXPRESS 04WB 28/05 09/06 11/06 ALS ENDEAVOUR 05WB 09/07 20/07 25/07 ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG Agcats: Tel Fa* Singapore Ben line Agenbes *****61/U2 *****63 Motor*) Benderc Shipping Agonty Sdn Bid 03S880MOT 03-5M*****
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      737 38 TO lUKH CHINA N. EUROPE SERVICE VESSEL VQY aN HKG XGG TAP SHA HJKEELUNG 079E 55 MAY 09 MAY 13 MAY 15 MAY 17 MAY m BREMEN 12 MAY 16 MAY 20MAY SSMAV 24MAV TRADE HAUJE 002E 19 MAY 23 MAY 27 MAY 29 MAY 31 MAY HJ SINGAPORE 054E
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      124 39 77^ 115E 12 LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore K Thunderstorm •ty Showers o Rain emperature Cpf Wind direction and speed in knots Cloudy Oay Wea,her H azv Wind speed symbols Sea^ond't'ons O Pull circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds .-yiriWii J —-One half fleche represents
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