The Business Times, 25 February 2004

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  • 13 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: .com.sg WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2004
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  • 838 1  -  But total tax revenue dips only 1.7%, cushioned by higher GST and betting duties By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] The taxman's coffers took another hit last year as income tax revenue shrank 8.2 per cent to just over $10 billion. And even
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  • 76 1 ST! 1,878.41 (-6.12) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,883.00 (-2.00) SIMSCI 229.02 (-0.64) SIMSCI FUTURES 229.20 (-0.50) Tuesday Change KLSECOMP 874X2 +1.1.10 NIKKEI 225 10,644.13 224.83 HANG SENG 1:1,756.41 -8.66 SETINDEX 720.28 -4.58 JAKARTA COMP —780.75 -13.71 MANILA COMP _1.468.32 -14.25 TAIPEI WPI 6,58ft .2:1 76.66 SBOI LCOMP -864.59 -12.93 SHENZHEN
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  • 76 1 FOREX RATES US$ S$ IIS$ |S$ per (JS$) 1.698 S(i:SS/SS per V) 1.865 3.166 KIK()(ISS/SS/K). 1.255 2.131 YEN 108.5 63.90 RM 3.800 2.238 HK$ 7.776 4.581 BAHT 39.27 23.13 RtTPIAH 8.461 4,984 RENMINBI 8.299 4.888 INDIAN RUPEE_ 45.29 26.68 AS 1.298 0.764 NZS 1.471 0.867 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5.25
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  • 62 1 [SINGAPORE] Mokhzani Mahathir, chairman of Sepang International Circuit Sdn Bhd, checking out the Formula One DaimlerChrysler safety car yesterday. The car was on display at an F-l party to promote the Malaysian Grand Prix, slated for March 19-21. Motor enthusiasts were invited to
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  • 906 1  -  It also proposes to cancel $1b worth of shares GEH holds By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The Lee family yesterday finally resolved the thorny issue of cross holdings which has kept OCBC Bank and its stable of companies firmly in
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  • 540 1  -  S'pore's 23% is above global average of 19% By Chen Huifen [SINGAPORE] Half a century after the women's liberation movement, more females can be seen joining the corporate world. But it is still very much a preserve of men when
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    • 664 2 LATEST US DATA Conference Board index slides worse than expected in Feb to 87.3, the lowest since Oct Reuters Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US consumer confidence fell unexpectedly hard in February as Americans grew disenchanted with the economy, mainly because of paltry growth in new jobs,
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    • 477 2  -  This will benefit airline, employees, says Cheow Tong By Daniel Buenas [SINGAPORE] Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's letter is both useful and important in setting up a framework for Singapore Airlines and its pilots' union, Alpa-S, to cooperate in a meaningful way
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    • 303 2 They help create jobs that can be filled by local workers: Eng Hen [SINGAPORE] Singapore must loosen its foreign worker policy to allow companies to hire the skilled workers they need even as it helps Singaporeans acquire the skills to fill the jobs
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 640 4  -  Asset sales, debt and cost cuts, global rebound among factors behind US$429m profit By Beth Jinks ASSET sales, aggressive debt reduction and cost cutting, tight yield management and a massive global swing in favour of shipping lines saw a considerably leaner Neptune Orient Lines
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    • 439 4  -  By Serena Ng INVESTORS spooked by talk of another cash call by DMX Technologies yesterday sent the networking integrator's shares plunging 20 per cent, despite the company having met consensus forecasts for its 2003 earnings. The shares dived 31 cents in heavy
      Source: Bloomberg  -  439 words
    • 631 4  -  HOCK lock siew vince chong IN a matter of days, the share price of construction group Wee Poh Holdings doubled to three cents, before the counter was suspended yesterday pending the announcement of some news. Last Friday, trading volume rose to
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    • 499 6  -  China Food profit rises 54%; People's Food down 33%; Celestial up 29% By Teh Shi Ning LISTED food beverage companies here are in the black, even though some suffered profit falls, judging by results released by China Food Industries, People's Food Holdings and
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    • 409 6  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala DAIRY Farm's South Asian operations, which include Singapore and Malaysia, shone last year with a 48 per cent jump in profit before interest and tax (PBIT) and a 24 per cent rise in turnover. On the whole,
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    • 342 6  -  By Joyce Koh HONGKONG Land Holdings Ltd, the biggest landlord in Hong Kong's financial district, is still being affected by lower property valuations. Its net profits for FY2003 took a hit. Underlying net profit fell 10 per cent to US$l74 million, from US$l92
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    • 488 6  -  By Loh Hui Yin LIM Seek Yeow, the Singapore businessman behind the successful listing last year of China Food Industries, is in the process of getting two more China-based companies to list on the Singapore Exchange. They are a
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 53 6 UNISTEEL Technology, which makes fasteners for hard disk drives, yesterday reported a 39 per cent jump in 2003 net profit to $23.2 million. Turnover came to $109.3 million. The company has proposed a final dividend of one cent and a special dividend of 3.5
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      • 49 6 KING'S Safetywear, which produces safety footwear and protective equipment, yesterday said net profit dipped 0.8 per cent to $5.14 million. Revenue rose 9 per cent to $73.7 million. A first and final tax exempt dividend of 1.2 cents per share was recommended.
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      • 62 6 CONSTRUCTION firm BBR Holdings has doubled its net earnings to $3.8 million for FY2003, partly due to write-backs of provisions and liabilities arising from corporate guarantees. Turnover fell 6.5 per cent to $87.9 million. Having secured $136 million worth of civil engineering and building
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      • 48 6 MEDICAL consumables maker Medtecs International has posted a net profit of US$4.5 million, up 50 per cent, on turnover of US$63.9 million, up 35.8 per cent, for FY2003. It declared a final dividend of 0.3 US cents, unchanged from the previous year.
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      • 76 6 TRANSPORTATION and engineering group Labroy Marine yesterday reported a 21 per cent rise in 2003 net profit to a record $25.4 million and said it would pay out around a third of its earnings as dividends, or one cent a share. Earnings per share rose
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      • 84 6 SEMICONDUCTOR equipment company Asti Holdings has bounced back into the black after having restructured and streamlined its operations. The group yesterday posted net profit of $5.5 million for FY03, against a net loss of $41.8 million previously, while revenue grew 13 per
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      • 62 6 TECKWAH Industrial Corp yesterday said FY2003 net profit fell 15 per cent to $5.3 million, largely due to margin erosion. Turnover rose 18 per cent to $121.5 million, thanks to new projects bagged in Singapore during the second half. Teckwah, which is in the
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      • 57 6 VTBROPOWER Corp's net profit has surged to $1.71 million for the year ended December, 2003, from $213,000 previously, as its overseas expansion paid off. Turnover more than doubled to $50.14 million. VibroPower has declared a final dividend of half a cent and a special
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      • 65 6 CSE Global Ltd yesterday said net profit rose 43.8 per cent to $17.3 million, largely due to a one-time gain of $3.1 million from the sale of eBworx shares. Turnover for FY2003 was up 17.9 per cent at $169 million. The group has proposed
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      • 45 6 MAINBOARD-listfed GP Batteries International yesterday reported a 50.6 per cent increase in net profit to $37.5 million for the nine months ended Dec 31,2003. Revenue rose 22.9 per cent to $628.1 million. Earnings per share came to 35.71 cents.
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    • 409 9  -  Earnings jump 64% to US$195m on surge in Astra's contribution By Samuel Ee RIDING on a strong surge in contribution from Indonesian associate Astra International, Jardine Cycle Carriage yesterday posted record earnings for FY2003, with group net profit up 64 per cent to US$l95
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    • 305 9  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala OVERSEAS Union Enterprise (OUE) reported a jump in full-year group net profit from $3.3 million to $28.3 million last year, despite a 6.7 per cent drop in revenue to $115.7 million. The vastly improved bottom line for OUE, whose business involves
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    • 256 9  -  By Joyce Koh BIL International's restructuring of its businesses has paid off, as the momentum of its first quarter performance carried over into the next quarter. The investment company, controlled by Quek Leng Chan, recorded net profits of US$l6.l million (Ss2B
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      571 8  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN Jaya Holdings Feb 24 dosing: 81.5 cents WHILE Hlo4's earnings were boosted by profits from the sale of vessels which contributed half of the company's earnings, it should be noted that Jaya is in both the shipyard and shipowning business. The sale of vessels
      Source: Bloomberg  -  571 words
    • 366 8  -  CHART POINT By Lim Say Boo, K Ajith for OCBC Investment Research Pte Ltd THE market's lack of direction must be immensely frustrating for investors. But while the market has not been able to show direction, it has dropped enough hints on
      Source: Bloomberg  -  366 words
    • 932 8  -  A longer view CURRENCIES larry wee US DOLLAR bears are probably feeling a bit shell-shocked following the greenback's sharp spike over the weekend, and no doubt are trying to figure out if this is as bad as it gets for them especially if they're still
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    • 517 8  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy US-BASED independent research outfit BCA Research probably described it best when it said in a Monday report that Wall Street is suffering from "value exhaustion", a condition which also looks to have found its way to local
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
      • 61 8 SAM Goi's Tee Yih Jia Food Manufacturing has increased its stake in Thai Village Holdings to 14.77 per cent from 14.33 per cent. The privatelyheld food company on Feb 23 bought 727,000 shares of the restaurant operator in the open market. Shares of
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      • 120 8 THE deemed shareholdings of three directors of high-end watch retailer Cortina Holdings have increased following an open market purchase on Feb 20 of 435,000 shares at 28.6 cents each in the account of Chia Nyok Song, also known as Cheah Yoke Heng. The purchase of
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      • 73 8 THE deemed stake of Samuel Bernard Sassoon, an executive director of marine and oilfield engineering group MTQ Corporation, has been trimmed to 4.21 per cent (3.35 million shares) from 4.34 per cent following a sale in the open market on Feb 23 of 100,000 shares
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      • 76 8  -  Compiled by SERENA NG A SHAREHOLDER of Asiatic Group (Holdings), Yim Chee Chong, on Feb 23 bought 217,000 shares of the fire fighting and protection equipment supplier at 23.5 cents per share. The open market purchase of the 0.39 per cent stake increased Mr Yim's direct
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    • Article, Illustration
      434 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Feb 24 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -382.00 -175.00 BTCADJ -*****.00 -184.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -38.00 AH-SG Equities 509.13 -2J1 SG Equities Beet 186.48 -1.14 SG Equities Fin 1573.19 -5.43 SG Equities Prop 470.49 -4.35 SIMSCI 229.02 -0.64 SiMSCI Futures 229.20 -0.50 Stocks Volume Bio-Treat HK40c 56,068,000
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  • EXECUTIVE money
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      1416 10  -  Most investors could be worse off when over $1 billion worth of guaranteed funds mature this year, says GENEVIEVE CUA GENEVIEVE CUA JUST over $1 billion worth of capital protected or guaranteed funds will mature this year, and the signs are that most will mature only at
      Source: S&P Fund Services; Photo: AFP  -  1,416 words
    • 674 11  -  Analyst lists reasons to set off contrarian alarm By Teh Hooi Ling AT current levels, equity and bond markets are priced for perfection. If things don't turn out as expected, investors could well be disappointed, cautions Tony Dolphin, director of economics and strategy for
      Source: HSBC  -  674 words
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    • 801 10 f±P GP Batteries International Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Announcement of Unaudited Results For the Third Quarter Ended 31 December 2003 The Board of Directors of GP Batteries International Limited is pleased to announce the unaudited results of the Group for the third quarter ended 31 December 2003
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  • ASIAN aerospace
    • 552 12  -  Boon for S'pore aerospace as it'll lower costs, speed up product devt By Daniel Buenas SINGAPORE-BASED aerospace design and manufacturing companies will no longer be required to obtain a separate certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ship locally developed aircraft equipment
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    • 32 12 The Indian Air Force Surya Kiran aerobatics team performs at the Asian Aerospace 2004airshow. More than 750 exhibitors ofaerospace productsfrom 33 countries and23,oootrade visitors are expected at thefour-day event. REUTERS
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    • 461 12  -  It will combine the features of 7E7 with capacity and range of Boeing 747 Reports by Donald Urquhart THE stalwart Boeing 747 "jumbo jet", as it was dubbed more than 35 years ago, will get a new breath of life as the "747 Advance" when
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    • 420 12 MILITARY-GRADE systems to protect commercial airliners from the threat of easily obtainable shoulder-fired missiles could be available in "a matter of months", but at a cost of nearly US$l million each, according to defence firms. Shoulder-fired missiles are considered a serious terrorist threat facing commercial
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    • 1563 12 S3 BANK OF NEW ZEALAND Annual Report For The Year Ended 30 September 2003 BANK OF NEW ZEALAND AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES All amounts are expressed in New Zealand currency. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL As at 30 September 2003 PERFORMANCE For the year ended 30 September 2003 Consolidated
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    • 114 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND PLUMERIA PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, a final meeting of the Company will be held at 16A Penhas Road, Singapore
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    • 223 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAR 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF YOKOGAWA TRADING ASIA PTE. LTD. (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act that a Final General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company will be held
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 658 13  -  They want 8 weeks of mandatory paternity leave, among other things By Angela Tan LONGER maternity leave, mandatory eight weeks of paternity leave, and the government picking up the tab if mothers choose to take more than the mandatory two-month leave after
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    • 474 13  -  By Angela Tan AMID all the uncertainty clouding the initial public offer of Star Hub, one thing is clear: global telecom giant BT Group wants to get rid of its 12 per cent stake. BT, which has been divesting Asian assets for
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    • 445 13  -  SLA invites bids from property consultants for the reserve list plot By Kalpana Rashiwala THE Singapore Land Authority (SLA) is once again turning to the private sector to help sell state land. It has called a tender to seek consultants to
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    • 286 13  -  EYE on the economy trade By Chen Huifen SINGAPORE'S domestic wholesale trade index slipped 3.4 per cent in the final quarter of last year due to lower sales of petroleum and petroleum products, but overall growth for 2003 was positive at 3.7 per
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 714 14  -  THE bottom line OPINION shada islam IGNORE the doomsayers: the unprecedented, and controversial, tripartite summit in Berlin on Feb 18 attended by the leaders of Germany, France and Britain does not herald the break-up of the European Union. The soon-to-be 25-nation EU is
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    • 90 14 'It is killing the chicken to scare the monkey it's a warning sign from government.' Vilasinee Pipithakul lecturer at Thailand's prestigious Chulalongkorn University, on the removal of the editor of the English-language Bangkok Post, which critics said was done at the bidding of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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    • 662 14 EDITORIAL A SEEMINGLY benign fate has been smiling upon Japan's economy lately. Exports are booming, mainly by courtesy of demand from the United States and China, while private capital expenditure and personal consumption are strengthening. The government has thus been enabled to pursue its delicate fiscal
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    • 942 14 SIA SAGA UNIONS' VIEWS Reproduced below are a statement from NTUC leader Lim Boon Heng which includes his take on SIA's inertia towards tripartite recommendations and feedback from unions representing workers employed within the SIA group. The statements were released to
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    • 786 14 SOME key leaders of the SIA Staff Union (Siasu), Singapore Airport Terminal Services Workers Union (Satswu) and SIA Engineers Executives Union (SEEU), offer their feedback on labourmanagement relations in SIA L Culture Union leaders and union members for many years had pledged that they have SlA's
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    • 50 14 Nowadays, the key word is 'accountability'. Workers worry about committing mistakes. Currently, there is unhappiness over the exchange rate used to calculate the overseas allowance for flight crew. They (middle management) have no EQ, and don't know how to win hearts and carry the ground. SIA union leaders
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  • REGIONAL news
    • NOTE Book
      • 119 15 Reuters [HONG KONG] Deficit-plagued Hong Kong yesterday ordered the city's two rail operators to begin talks towards a merger that would combine assets worth more than US$24 billion, to try to lower costs. Subway operator MTR Corp and government-owned commuter carrier Kowloon-Canton Railway Corp
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      • 98 15 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's third largest cellular phone operator, Excelcomindo Pratama, yesterday confirmed that Australian telecoms giant Telstra Corp may be seeking a stake in the company. At the same time, it said the two groups had never been involved in any serious talks. "I don't deny
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      • 74 15 Reuters [HONG KONG] A placard promoting yuan or renminbi savings is displayed outside the Bank of China Tower here yesterday, one day before the launch of this new service. The Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd has been appointed as the clearing bank for
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      • 76 15 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Employees of State Bank of India and its 26 government-owned rivals struck work yesterday in a nationwide action joined by insurance salesmen, dockworkers, postmen, teachers, coalminers and other state workers, unions said. About 10 million government employees are taking part in the stoppage,
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    • 234 15 KUALA LUMPUR Plan is to jointly develop oil and gas block in Sumatra TATELY NV, a Malaysian oil company linked to business tycoon T Ananda Krishnan, is said to be in discussions with Indonesia oil corporation Pertamina to jointly develop the onshore Palmerah
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    • 498 15  -  PM cancels trip abroad this week; KLCI hits 3-year high of 874.82 From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian stock market rallied yesterday following strong signs that the next general election is around the corner. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index surged
      Source: Bloomberg  -  498 words
    • 285 15 KUALA LUMPUR Strong euro hits vehicle sector as plantation does well AFP MALAYSIAN conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd said yesterday that its first-half net profit rose 6.3 per cent from a year earlier, mainly due to stronger earnings from its plantation,
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    • 356 16 BANGKOK Bangkok finalises investment promotion policy for the HDD industry SEAGATE Technology, the world's largest hard-disk drive maker, is considering a plan to invest 10 billion baht (***** million) to integrate its HDD production in Thailand, according to Industry Minister Pinit Charusombat. Mr
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    • 419 16 BANGKOK Employees' protests caused by internal conflicts among top execs, says Thaksin Reuters THE Thai government will go ahead with its listing of EGAT, which will be the country's record initial public offering, despite protests from union employees, Prime Minister Thaksin
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  • Article, Illustration
    1085 16 Transaction date: Feb 24 MTERBAWK CROSS RATES AS C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pali Rs Peso S$ Raid Sfr NT$ Baht Pound USS Australia 1031 6.396 0.614 5.993 34.902 65.201 0.836 9.063 2.928 1.134 44.151 43.347 1.308 5.133 0.967 25.663 30.260 0.413 0.771
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  • 1618 16 SICOM FUTURES Feb 24 RUBBER futures (Closing prices) RSS1 (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Mar 04 223.75 Apr 04 226.00 May 04 228.25 Jun 04 229.50 Jul/Sep 04 231.25 Oct/Dec 04 ***** RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes)
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  • WORLD news
    • 565 17 NYT [NEW YORK] Job growth is likely to remain tepid even as the economy moves ahead, according to a survey of professional forecasters by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Indeed, the bank said on Monday, the economists' outlook for employment has grown
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    • 468 17 TOKYO Yamanouchi-Fujisawa stock swap will create Japan's second largest drugmaker Bloomberg YAMANOUCHI Pharmaceutical will buy Fujisawa Pharmaceutical for 842 billion yen (5513.2 billion) in a stock swap, creating Japan's second biggest drugmaker behind Takeda Chemical Industries. Under the terms of the deal, shareholders of
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    • 465 19 NEW YORK The drug, at the centre of insider trading trial, may give company its first profit Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US biotechnology firm ImClone Systems said on Monday that it will today begin shipment of its colon cancer drug Erbitux, which is at
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    • 297 19 GENEVA THE US continues to dominate international patent filings, accounting for more than a third of the 110,114 applications lodged last year with the World Intellectual Property Organisation, the Financial Times said yesterday. Singapore filed 313 patent applications. Japan (15 per cent)
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    • 516 20 NEW YORK He refuses to select successor despite hints from US store clients NYT FOR Giorgio Armani, long the king of Italian fashion and the designer of choice for stars in Hollywood, the world has seemed a harsh place lately. Fashion editors
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  • 4817 18 Transaction date: Feb 24 HONG KONG Vol HK Exchanges S Clearing..20.50 -0.25 3801 HKS '000 HKR Int'l 2.98 -0.03 3700 HK and China Gas 13.45 0.45 8065 Aeon Credit 6.05 unch 78 Hong Kong Electric 33.30 0.60 4230 Aeon Stores 5.80 -0.05 108 Hongkong Chinese 1.18 unch 1820
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  • 2599 18 Transaction date:Feb 24 KUALALUMPUR General Soil 1.26 unch 0 M y 0 l Genting 19.40 0.30 2443 M RM C000) George Kent 1.20 0.01 135 M Globetronics Tech 7.20 0.05 267 M A&M Realty 1.95 0.22 695 GlomacBhd 3.26 0.08 1215 M Abric 0.85 -0.01 288 Gold Bridge Engrg
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  • 846 18 Transaction date: Feb 24 tmdimmm m Omt O—a I Ha*—— m Omt Omy AUgreon 50c 037 1.110 -0.010 NatSted 50c 039 2.370 -0.040 Capitaland 1J3 1.740 OCBC 820 12.300 Chart SemiCorx) 26c 1.33 1.660 -0.050 OOt 0.43 6750 -0.050 City Dev 50c 2.1# 6600 -0.150 Parkway H 25c 0.47
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  • 685 18 BONDS WARRANTS Prem Expiry T«l Last Vol Com Exor Disc Cw Mthi Codo Company Sa>« +or COM) Itotto Mo It Loft 3698 AST! W*****1 SO -0.5 553 1 16 -3 1 36 3697 Acrrva Ltd W*****6 J0.5 1 50 461 18.00 9 3602 Amtek W*****0 111 1 10 1 33
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  • 6959 20 Transaction date: Feb 24 52-Wk Tel last Vol Day Last Quote GrOtv Dtv GrYM Net MCap High Low Code Company Sale C000) High Low hiyer Seller Cvr P<t Wl 69.5 39 5 5834 A-Sonic 51 -2 1012 53 51 51 51.5 5 N9.7 0.5 15.1 1439 8 5300
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  • 2041 20 PL Last Vol Day IM Quote GrOtv Dtv GrVJd Met MCap Wgh Low Code Comply Sole W- C000) Htjfr low Buyor Sdto Cvr n S«A 26 7.5 5000 ABR Hldgs Sc 16 -2 25 17 16 16.5 18.5 30 2101 c .k: I 182 35.5 34.5 34 35
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  • 353 20 S2-Wk Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote GrDrv Div GrYW Net MCap High Low Coda Company Sate COOP) Low »nyr Sa«f Cvr Wt Siwl 193 96 6000 A V Jennings A25c A186 -2 22 189 186 186 188 40 8.8 5.4 7.1 400.3 6001 Cathay Pac 20c HK720
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 225 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS ITh d' II P I F r P F I p 26 They're given rolls to cut up (4) 27 Member of class of fish sail- communication system (8) or's seen (6-4) 8 Attempt to eat type of steak, YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION English, that's rubbish (8) Across: 1
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  • BT motoring
    • 781 21  -  An ExxonMobil study says oil and gas will remain the major source, reports Samuel Ee Samuel Ee THE world will consume 40 per cent more energy in 2020, with a rapidly industrialising China more than doubling its oil consumption. And oil and gas
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    • 203 21 Prime Land For Sale Alexandra Road 77 I Prominent frontage 4 separate plots 41 000sqftupward s C«ntrs C*" Morrodott /(v Bho,mx,n Vacant possession /V Showroom Private treaty *45 years lease «Lct "wy/ WOWIITY L J Li«t l LA CBRE Tel: 6224 8181 CB richard ellis k KSiLii** 4 M 'A"
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  • MADE IN Singapore
    • 1066 22  - Of fishballs finger food Thong Siek Food chairman Lim Boon Chay tells Andrea Tan about the trials of the food business and how the homegrown manufacturer stays ahead in the game Andrea Tan WHEN it comes to something as basic as food, there's no compromising quality, said Thong Siek Food
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    • 905 22  -  Despite high business costs, efficiency, productivity and infrastructure support are factors that keep Tat Hui here By Uma Shankari WHILE the cost of doing business in Singapore is high, the support system in place, and the high productivity of Singaporean workers, are enough of an
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 644 23  -  Port dues discounts extended to discourage outside port limits transactions By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Growing bunker sales have prompted the opening of two \iew ship re-fuelling anchorages in the west of the port of Singapore, along with an. extension of port dues discounts
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    • 215 23 [SINGAPORE] Keppel Offshore Marine Ltd, a subsidiary of the listed Keppel Corporation, has secured contracts worth $172 million through its wholly owned subsidiaries Keppel Singmarine and AMFELS in US. Under the deals, Keppel Singmarine, a specialised shipbuilder, will build four anchor handling tug/supply
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    • 71 23 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hanjin Shipping Co, South Korea's largest shipping line, said it revised down its 2003 profit to 295.2 billion won (***** million) to reflect corporate taxes stemming from equity holdings in an overseas unit. Net income for the year was lowered from the 330.9 billion won
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    • 307 23 SGX '000 Feb 24 S$ W- Vol CHOffchore .0.36 -0X11 1232 ChuanHup 0.51 001 1927 Cosco Investment 0 86 -0.03 9607 CWT Distribution 0.56 -0.01 18 EzraHldgs 1.20 -0.01 879 Freight links .013 -001 1401 GBHotdmgt .0 70 001 65 Jaya Holdings 0.82 0 02 8585 K1 Venture
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    • 986 24  -  STRAIT TALK The Liberian Registry says that it is the first ship registry to put in place the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), an international initiative to prohibit the spread of illegal weapons of mass destruction. By David Hughes THE
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    • 204 24 PAGE Alianca 5 Austral AL 5 Avant 6 Bank Line 4 B'tang Mas 5 BSA 4 BSC 6 BTL 6 Cargoways 6 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 China Shpg 5 Confer 6 Crocodile Line ....4 CWTGIobelink ...4 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 EP Carriers 6 ECL 3 Eng Lee
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    • 12068 29 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire 03/03 N/04 COSCO SAN PEDRO BRIDGE 0033W 65-*****900 05/03 07/04 CMACGM CMA CGM ELBE SX013W 65-*****800 07/03 30/03 Delmas GABY DELMAS 416W 65-*****344 08/03 18/04 China Shpq ASTA
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 623 31 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL BAYSWATER118 E4053 J3 A/SIDE 25/02 020( PNSTAR 24B4P J2 A/SIDE 25/02 010( PUTRIMANDAH1 08/04J J3 A/SIDE 25/02 063( SUPER RUBIN NC-0401 J9 A/SIDE 25/02 080( TGJOHOR 18 2403R J15 A/SIDE 25/02 063( VGER23 B18/04 A J11 A/SIDE 25/02 150<
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      • 1618 31 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr I ACX SAKURA 027N Q27N 1 28/02/2004-15:00 29/02/2004-03:00 AL SABAHIA C275E C275E 1 28/02/2004-08:00 28/02/2004-22:00 ALAMJAYA 2 8884N 8884N 1 28/02/2004-05:00 28/02/2004-11:00 ANDA 4047 4047 1 25/02/2004-04:30 25/02/2004-11:00 T03 ANDREAS
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      • 148 31 Marl South Korea: Independ Day. Mar-21 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Apr 4 HK: Ching M Fest. South Korea: Arbor Day. Taiwan: Ching M Fest. Apr 6 Thailand: Chakri Memorial Day Apr 8 Norway: Maundy Thursday. Philippines: Maundy Thursday. Sweden: Maundy Thursday. Apr 9 Sweden: Good Friday. Singapore: Good
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      • 799 31 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine 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
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      • 626 31 Carbon 180 Max 971.3 0.1 15.9 0.03 9 0.02 Density Water Residua AshAluminium Sediment No above E25 0 0 1 0 0 0 380 Ave 981.5 0.2 12.2 0.03 19 0.02 Exxon 380 Max 990.3 0.5 16.7 0.05 73 0.04 *s/M»3 S v/v M/M M/N ppm
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 566 32 UK carriers facing competition in Europe and across the Atlantic Bloomberg [LONDON] Virgin Atlantic Airways chief executive officer Steve Ridgway and his counterpart at British Midland Airways, Austin Reid, said combining the carriers makes sense as they compete with British Airways and
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      • 419 32 Carrier is replacing narrow-bodied aircraft in its fleet Reuters [SINGAPORE] Philippine Airlines Inc (PAL) is planning to lease 13 planes to replace its narrow-bodied aircraft in the next two to three years, the firm's president said on Monday. "We are re-fleeting
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      • 233 32 Bloomberg [BASEL] Swiss International Air Lines, the unprofitable national carrier, said it had a 2003 loss after incurring costs for cutting routes and grounding aircraft. The loss narrowed to 687 million Swiss francs (*****.4 million) from 980 million francs in 2002, the
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      • 199 32 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Virgin Blue, Australia's second-biggest airline, filled more seats with paying passengers in January than a year earlier. Virgin Blue filled 84.8 per cent of available seats in January, up from 80.5 per cent a year earlier, the Brisbane-based company said in
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      • 300 32 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Korea Aerospace Industries Co, the country's biggest aircraft maker, said it may sell the first of the supersonic jet trainer it is developing with Lockheed Martin Corp to customers in the Middle East or Europe next year. Korea Aerospace
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      • 557 32 It may replace all 35 of its Boeing 737 planes to cut operating costs Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System Bhd said it may replace all 35 of its Boeing Co 737 aircraft, as it upgrades its fleet to capitalise on Asia's tourist and
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    • 244 23 Bth8 th March 2004, Monday, 8.30 a.m. 5.30 p.m. Orchard Hotel, Ballroom 3 (Level 3) *****.001 *****.00 per person (inci. gst) The National University of Singapore, in conjunction with the MPA, has gathered together in Singapore leading international maritime economists to speak on pertinent issues critical to the port and
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    • 9 23 9^^H Malaysian Air mulls major fleet renewal BACK PAGE
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 857 24 1 TO USA/CANADA 1 I EXPORT I I OTHER DESTINATIONS I VESSEL VOY PKG ETASIH| LONGBEACH DALLAS HOUSTON MEMPHIS CHICAGO| NEW YORK TO AUSTRALIA (AUSTRALIA ASIA EXPRESS) P&O NEDLLOYD SOUTHAMPTON 40E09 24/02 25/02 12/03 17/03 20/03 11/03 18/03 21/03 VOY HA SIN —PKG —INTI SYD~| —MEL AH PJO NEDLLOYD KOWIOON
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    • 553 24 Lines services represented by Mem^3ers Re 9 istr y Shipping Agents, Singapore Shipping Association Members of the '■•SSSj- Singapore Logistics Association gjg ULY UNE MALE MVESSEL VOY ETA ETA nA P. KLAHG SPORE MALE Mold Carrier 745 02/03 04/03 12/03 Princess Lily 0203 06/03 08/03 16/03 KotaTegap TGAOSS 15/03 25/03
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    • 841 25 MOL Combines a range of shipping modes to ensure timely, reliable services covering major ports in Norm America, Europe, Japan, Asia, Africa Oceania. Also acapt Intra-Ask Cargoes to: BUSAM KWANGYANG SHANGHAI YANTIAN XIAMEN QMGDAO BELAWAN JAKARTA SURABAYA KAOHSUHG BANGKOK LAEM CHABANC HOCHMHNH PAStR GUDAHG PEMAMC PORT KEUHC For Schedules, BL
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    • 2272 25 WEEKLY SAILINGS CANARY ISLANDS LAS PALMAS GENERAL AGENTS IN SINGAPORE: M ROHNSON RD #12-00 SALES/IKGS TEL *****857/43 FAX: *****321/24 I A ADDEMCC COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD Singapore 06M9s outward(l/d M20M02 623*5325/75 I v AKREWirc TEL 6226 1900 (MAIN) INWARD (0/0) *****786 623*5319/49 I -6 TENIRIFE CR Wr /8/byOOOOW T/SHIP D€P
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    • 2736 26 V77V CI MA O ENQUIRIES/BOOKINGS: *****344 FAX: *****433 E-MAIL: MmMMdmM.cim.ig vCLIVIMw DOCUMENTATIONS/OPERATIONS: *****637 FAX: *****177 DEIMAS WEST AFRICA EXPRESS EXPRESS CONTAINER SttVKE TO SOUTH/WIST AFRICA VESSEL VOY SIN REUNION LUANDA POINTE NOIRE MATADI LIBREVILLE ABIDJAN TEMA LOME TINCAN COTONOU APAPA DOUALA ONNE j Debus Oioriot 415W 27/02 15/03 18/03 26/03
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    • 718 26 BSfl x MYANMA PPQ FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmor National Line) Loading for Yangon VESSU VOY SIN PKL PEN PGU PAGAN 327W SID HPA-AN 318W 27/02 IN MALAYSIA: 80USTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES KUL: 03-*****300 PKL 03-*****101 PEN: 04-*****02 ACCEPTING CONVENTIONAL C6O VESSEL VOY HKG SIN PGU PKL KUC BRAVE HEART 90 SID
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    • 1186 27 VESSEL VQY KHH HKO SIN PKI PXB BAB DMM BIK CAPE FRIO PCLSO22 SKIP SKIP 19/02 20/2 28/02 29/03 05/03 07/03 SEA NAVIGATOR PCLBO24 SKIP SKIP 29/02 01/03 09/03 10/03 15/03 17/03 IRAN SATTARI PCLBO23 SKIP SKIP 03/03 04/03 13/03 14/03 19/03 21/03 CAPE FRIO PCLBO2S SKIP SKIP 09/03 10/03
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    • 195 27 VESSEL VOT OA no DtSTINATIQW FORTUNE 8 04/04 26/02 28/02 lEUTUNG/PKLMLAM UNITY 04/04 26/02 21/02 JAMM/PEKANBARU C JAYA NIAGA 111 22 03/04 01/03 03/03 PAIEMBANG/PANJANG PARADISE 04/04 IN PORT 27/02 BEIAWAN/IHOK MA WE PULAU WEH 05/04 02/03 04/03 SAIANG/MAUHAYATI TRANS EXPRESS 03/04 01//03 03/03 BENCKULU/PADANO VESSEL VOT I DESTINATION BfIUAYAII
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    • 728 27 UK CONTINENT SERVICE Loading for PANORMOS PRIDE RTM/ATW/BMN/UK/NAN Loads Singapore. E7W. Malaysia. Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Loading for J SAFE HDD/JDH/AQA TINA II DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT PLAMER DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT RAVENNA HDD/JDH/AQA 'Loads Singapore, EVW Malaysia, Indonesia USA SERVICE Loading for STELIOS B CAM/NOL/SAV/TPC 'Loads E7W. Malaysia, Indonesia F.E./S.E.A. SERVICES S pore Loading for MILESTONE
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    • 599 28 lr lIIITmM nrSJTni TIGER BRIDGE 163N 28 29/02 06-07/03 13 14/03 ■MMMMITIGER SHARK 164N 02 03/03 10-11/03 16-17/03 ■UIMUAPIMUMBAI 993S 06 06/03 DRY DOCKING TIGER SKY 165N 06-07/03 13-14/03 20 21/03 P—— TIGER PEARL 166N 09-10/03 17-18/03 23-24/03 j Wi:W:UH:l«nr,F»spirit n«9 TTwnTna.nA/ni uii/ni ■flVnij BALSAM 150 28-29/02 07-09/03 16-17/03 I
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 127 31 g REGIONAL WEATHERg^^^3g~7TI^: **S* "—"II 'MM 4M Issued by Meteorological Service Division,NEA LEGEND: Thunderstorm Wind speed symbols \7 Showers C Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds Rain One half fleche represents 5 knots Cloudy Day -One full fleche represents 10 knots >< Hazy A -One
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    • 225 32 G8 (ASIA I SOUTH AFRICA DISCUSSION FORUM) (1) General Rate Restorations (GRRI for 2004 This refers to the previous notice on the General Rate Restoration (GRR) program for 2004, and reaffirms that Member Lines of this Forum will implement the GRRs, on a voluntary basis, as follows:a) General Rate Restoration
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