The Business Times, 7 April 2004

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/03/2004 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg s I N G A P O R E WEDNESDAY. APRIL 7. 2004 85*
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    Lock icon SPH plans 5-for-1 share split return of $1b to shareholders
    845 1  -  Q2 profit at $89.3m, against market expectations of $70m By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Media group Singapore Press Holdings yesterday proposed a 5-for-l stock split and a capital reduction that will return about $1 billion to shareholders. The proposal will
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    Lock icon Qantas, Temasek to set up budget airline
    754 1  -  S'pore businessmen Wong Fong Fui, Tony Chew will also invest in carrier By Beth Jinks fSINGAPOREJ The fight for Asia's budget air travellers turned ferocious yesterday, with the heavyweight entrance of Qantas Airways and Singapore partners including investment company Temasek Holdings into an
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    Lock icon The stakeholders
    212 1 Tony Chew Mr Chew is a Singaporean investor with business interests in six Asian countries. He is currently chairman of food and beverage supplier Del Monte Pacific, Asia Resource Corporation, Network Indonesia and the Vietnam Business Oub. He is also a director of Keppe! Corp, lES Holdings, Macondray
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    Lock icon Divestments could inject volatility into SIA earnings: analysts
    908 1  -  By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) group will enjoy cost benefits by divesting some of its subsidiaries, but the loss of some of these business units could introduce more volatility to the group's bottom line. This was the view of some
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    81 1 sn M 81.67 (-8.53) ST MDEX FUTURES 1,890.00 (unch) nSIMSCI mm 227.74 (-1.24) n SMISCI FUTURES mm 227.70 (-1.50) Tuesday Change KLSE OOMP 884.16 444 NIKKEI 228 12,079.70 +121-J8 HANG SENG *****J7 +15&21 SET INDEX dosed JAKARTA COMP —***** +20.89 MANILA COMP —*****1 +28.76 TAIPEI WPI 6.635.54 -47.19 SEOUL
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    74 1 FOREX RATES US$ 8$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.688 £(US$/S$ per 1.827 3.074 EURO(US$/S$/E). 1.204 2.026 YEN 106.0 63.00 RM 3.800 2359 HK$ 7.795 4.633 BAHT 39.14 2336 RIJPIAH 8581 5,100 RENMINBI 8399 4532 INDIAN RUPEE 43.75 26.00 AS 1320 0.786 NZ$ 1528 0308 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 535 MALAYSIA
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      140 1 Three government agencies set out their to boost tourism and reposition Changi airport in the new age of no-frills travel and long-range aircraft 8 The Lange Dato graph. This unmatched technical masterpiece "Made in Germany" is a new Lange milestone in the realm of superb mechanical watches. m For the
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        93 2 f i TALK about rich. Angela Leung On-kei, the fourth wife of casino tycoon Stanley Ho, has forked out HK$939 million for an entire block of flats in Hong Kong's upmarket Repulse Bay area. Mrs Ho and related parties bought Grosvenor Place, a 27-storey residential development, for HK$15,575
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        Lock icon Who's the boss?
        106 2 f ri IV W if IV MWV* SOME hired hands earn more than their bosses, it seems. At conglomerates Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa, Chairman Li Ka-shing was paid a modest director's fee bfHK$60,000 for financial year 2003. But his right-hand man, the group managing director of
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      Lock icon Temasek open to buying even more budget airline stakes
      297 2  -  It wants a slice of a growing market, sees no conflict in investing in rivals By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings is "open to further investments" in the budget airline sector, after revealing yesterday that it will take
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      Lock icon UOB keen on 23% stake in Indonesia's Bank Buana
      658 2  -  Due diligence being done; move follows OCBC's deal to buy stake in Bank NISP By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] United Oversea* Bank said yesterday thai it expects to buy 23 per cerii of Indonesia's Bank Buana, the country's 12th largest bank,
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      Lock icon Early signs point to Megawati's party losing ground
      654 2  -  One sampling of votes cast shows Golkar leading with 23% From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDIP) headed by President Megawati Sukarnoputri's has lost significant ground in the parliamentary elections while its main rival, Golkar, has managed to maintain
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Local banks among the best in governance
      749 4  -  But NUS stndy says still room for more remuneration disclosure By Angela Tan SINGAPORE'S three local banks are among the world's best in terms of corporate governance, beating major European and Japanese banks, but there is still room for improvement, notably in remuneration
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      Lock icon UOB chiefs pay increases to $6.75m-$7m
      375 4  -  By Taila Krishnakumar UOB chairman and chief executive Wee Cho Yaw was paid between $6.75 million and $7 million last year, up one notch from 2002's $6.5$6.75 million. The remuneration is about double that of OCBC Bank's CEO David Conner, who took home between
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      Lock icon DBS sells Wing Lung stake
      501 4  -  Handsome profit from sale of long-held 10% share in HK bank By Loh Hui Yin DBS Group has sold its long-held 10 per cent stake in Wing Lung Bank for $265.4 million, earning a handsome return from its original $81.3 million investment more than a
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      Lock icon GuocoLand gains $68m on Benchmark sale
      532 5  -  Move will trim gearing, give group muscle to buy more land By Kalpana Rashiwala QUEK Leng Chan's Singa-pore-listed GuocoLand is exiting Benchmark Group pic after doubling the value of its investment in the prime London office group over the past eight years. GuocoLand said
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      Lock icon Ban Joo makes timely move
      554 5  -  HOCK lock siew vince chong POR the first time in its 51-year history, listed textile manufacturer Ban Joo will venture into the world's premier consumer fashion market, the United States, and make clothes for more mainstream, and even upmarket brands such as French Connection UK,
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      Lock icon Ho Bee buys Yang's Garden Village for $52m
      317 5  -  Latest acquisition boosts number of residential sites in its landbank to four By Kalpana Rashivala SMALL-CAP developer Ho Bee Investment has made its second land acquisition in four months. It has bought Yang's Garden Village at Mount Sinai Drive for $52 million
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      1311 4 ylly CELESTIAL NUTRIFOODS LIMITED I (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) I I NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING if NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Celestial NutriFoods Limited (the M "Company") will be held at M Hotel Singapore, Function Room D, Level 2,81 Anson Road, Singapore
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      714 5 -\i» HOTEL NEGARA LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirty-sixth Annual General Meeting of Hotel Negara Limited will be held at Meritus Negara Singapore. Meeting Room 4, Level 3, 10 Claymore Road. Singapore *****0, on Wednesday, 28 April
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      1922 6 I Performance for the Second Quarter ended February 29, 2004 1(c) Consolidated Cash Flow Statement for the Second Quarter ended February 29, 2004 (Cont'd) 9 I 1(a)(i) Results for the Second Quarter ended February 29,2004 2004 2003 I fl Group Co n Sjooo Ssooo I B zzzz 7Z —zzzi Cash
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      2774 7 I e sset Value er Share As At 8. Consolidated Cash Flow Statement for the Half Year ended February 29,2004 (Cont'd) fl fl 2004 2003 fl B| Group Company SS'OOO SS'OOO B flj Feb 29.2004 Aug 31,2003 Feb 29,2004 Aug 31,2003 Add/(less): Items not involving movement of funds fl 8
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Brokers' TAKE
      590 8  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN Accord Customer Care Solutions AprtSrlniiwr 92cant» ACCS announced yesterday that it has clinched yet another exclusive deal from Nokia. From July 1, ACCS will be Nokia's exclusive service partner in Singapore. Nokia has 10 dedicated service centres locally. We view this as another sign
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      Lock icon STI has decent chance of heading for 1,960
      453 8  -  CHART POINT By Lom Say Boon, K Ajith OCBC Investment Research THE Straits Times Index (STI) is set to re-test the 1,905-1,910 resistance. And while this is a powerful resistance zone, there's a decent chance the index could clear it and head
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      Lock icon US dollar makes a strong comeback, but can it last?
      801 8  -  A longer view CURRENCIES larry wee A VOLATILE week for currency markets was very much expected, as was the yen's resurgence and the southbound tendency of the euro, but the huge US jobs number last Friday hit financial markets like
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      Lock icon Technicals hold sway over fundamentals
      514 8  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy '■Br THE problem facing the Singapore stock market Can be narrowed down to a straightforward fight between the fundamentals, which dictate bullishness, and the charts, which dictate bearishness. On the one hand is Wall Street's apparent relief at signs of
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon GES Int`l director sells bulk of stake
        84 8 AN independent director of GES International, Ong Seow Yong, on April 2 sold the bulk of his stake in the open market. Mr Ong, who is the chief executive and chief financial officer of electronics components distributor Digiland International, sold 1.19 million shares
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        Lock icon ACE Dynamics chief cuts holding
        85 8 THE chairman and chief executive officer of ACE Dynamics, Steven Tham, on April 5 sold 450,000 shares in the open market at 24.5 cents apiece. The move comes shortly after Mr Tham con verted 840,000 options into shares at an exercise price of 20 cents
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        Lock icon ECS director exercises 8.9m options
        75 8 A DIRECTOR of ECS Holdings, Narong Intanate, on April 5 converted around 8.9 million options into shares at an exercise price of 10 cents each. The move raised his direct stake in the regional IT products and services distributor to 3.7 per cent from 1.22
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        Lock icon Chuan Hup adds to CH Offshore stake
        83 8  -  Compiled by SERENA NG MARINE logistics group Chuan Hup Holdings has raised its stake in listed subsidiary CH Offshore again. It bought 450,000 shares from the open market yesterday at 41.5 cents apiece, a move which raised its direct stake in the offshore-support
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      384 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Apr 6 VALUE CLOSE BTOBrttt 365.00 -151.00 BTCAM -*****.00 123.00 BT 10-4«ym -*****.00 +36.00 A>-SCEqultfc» 508.88 -2.60 SGEqafflt Ehct 184.44 -0.50 1511.71 -10.21 SQEi|riUi>ft*p 463.21 +2.95 SIMSCI 227.74 -1.24 jHqrttw 227.70 -1.50 Stockg Voh— Stocfce Cute W- Stocto Cnt» W- BtO-Treat HK40c 73.644,000 TastytoodlOc &5 13.3 1.0
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon China IPOs in S'pore set to hit 18 this year
      392 9  -  Six already listed, five have lodged prospectus with MAS, and seven to come By Loh Hui Yin THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) can expect to welcome at least 18 Chinese companies this year, easily surpassing the 13 that were listed last
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon SGX seen doubling Q3 profit
        88 9 SINGAPORE Exchange Ltd (SGX) is expected to post strong third-quarter results, with net profit more than doubling on the back of stronger trading volumes as the economy rebounded on an improved outlook. Analysts polled by Reuters saw a consensus average net profit forecast for Q3
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        Lock icon Flat Q1 gains seen for ST Engg
        58 9 DEFENCE contractor ST Engineering Ltd, is expected to report flat first-quarter profits on slowing military equipment orders. Full-year profits growth for 2004, however, is expected to remain in the high single-digit range as it picks up outsourced maintenance and repair business from some
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        Lock icon GE Holdings sets up hedge fund unit
        87 9 GREAT Eastern Holdings Ltd (GEH) has formed a hedge fund management and marketing subsidiary. The new company, Fairfield Straits Lion Asset Management Ltd, is 65 per cent owned by Straits Lion Asset Management Ltd, an 80 per cent subsidiary of GEH, and 35
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        Lock icon Oculus in China sales drive
        85 9 LOCAL contact lens maker Oculus Ltd will start a series of trade seminars in China starting from Wuhan today to promote its branded E-Vision contact lens solutions. Anthony Mak, CEO of Oculus, said the company is targeting 3-5 per cent market share for Oculus over
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        Lock icon Ezra makes US&11m tug order
        80 9 EZRA Holdings Ltd has ordered three tugs worth US$11 million from Hong Kong-based Cheoy Lee Shipyards Ltd. Two of the vessels are 45m 4,200 brake horse power (bhp) anchor handling tugs while the third is a 67m 8,000 bhp anchor handling, towing and supply tug.
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        Lock icon ECICS seals reinsurance deal
        78 9 ECICS Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of ma inboard-listed International Factors Singapore Ltd, yesterday signed a reinsurance agreement with Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXT), an established export credit agency in Japan. This will enable ECICS to extend its credit insurance services to Japanese companies located
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        Lock icon Action Asia sets no S'pore offioe
        86 9 MAINBOARD-LISTED Action Asia Ltd, which designs, manufactures and assembles mobile audio and video entertainment products, yesterday announced that it has set up a unit in Singapore to serve as its regional marketing office for South-east Asia. The wholly owned subsidiary, Action Singapore Pte Ltd,
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      Lock icon TPV hits US$2b in sales in 2003
      422 9  -  Net profit jumps 36% to US$70m for world's No 2 CRT, LCD monitor maker By Chen Huifen TWO years after breaching the US$l billion barrier in sales, monitor maker TPV Technology crossed a new frontier in 2003, with sales this time surpassing US$2
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  • EXECUTIVEmoney
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      Lock icon Unit split: do they benefit investors?
      1038 10  -  BT comment YOUR MONEY A number of myths surround the excercise, chief of which is that it enchances affordability and liquidity genevieve cua FROM time to time, the unit trust industry indulges in a peculiar exercise called a unit split. As the term suggests,
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      Lock icon Reversal of fortunes for Asian equities
      1055 11  -  Last year's darlings Thailand and China have lost their lustre and investors are putting money into countries like Malaysia and Japan. GENEVIEVE CUA looks at the trend GENEVIEVE CUA THE dizzying rotation among equity markets, which ensued earlier this year and is expected to
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      Lock icon Mercer re-rates DBS Shenton Asia Pacific Fund
      360 11 MERCER Investment Consulting has issued a revised rating for one DBS Asset Management fund in the wake of the departure of two key executives. The DBS Shenton Asia Pacific Fund has been derated from a five-star fund to a four-star fund. The five-star
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      3184 10 To advertise call toll-free 1800 289 8822 Email: Dotices@sph.com.sg I® NOBLE GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at 18th Floor, Mass Mutual Tower, 38 Gloucester Road, Hong Kong
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    3888 11 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS BHffWHWfMBIWB Citibond Spore Class Y 0.969 S 8 Set Eqty Dividend Pf 04 (SGD) 0.9755/ ABN Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) SBSelEqty Dividend MM (USD) 0.988/ Star Europe Eqly I" 0.74V ComroerAar* Aaet Mgt Star Europe Bond 1.228/ Com Global France Index Fd 0.966 Star Europe Bal 1.053/
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      94 11 International Business Park (IBP) Close to Jurong East MRT station and bus interchange 130sqm onwards Raised floor system t Column-free layout 142sqm onwards u| Great tenant mix H Column-free layout Changi Business Park 10-min dnve to Changi airport and close to PIE ECP The Signature 127sqm onwards Next to Singapore
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Industrial rent may inch up this year: report
      390 12  -  Knight Frank ranks S'pore 6th highest among 103 cities in industrial rents By Andrea Tan THE rents asked for Singapore industrial space seen as among the most expensive in the world may creep up this year, according to a report by Knight
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      Lock icon S'pore aims to be buying hub
      273 12  -  Initiative will link global buyers with Asian suppliers By Teh Shi Ning INTERNATIONAL Enterprise Singapore wants to position the Republic as the procurement hub of the region. Apart from its usual missions helping local manufacturers to go forth and internationalise, IE now intends to
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      Lock icon Wage reform vital for aerospace sector
      243 12  -  By Uma Shankari IN a move to stay competitive, the aerospace industry here will try to revamp itself through wage restructuring and developing the local workforce. At a seminar on performancebased wage systems, Yong Ying-I, chairman of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA), said
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      Lock icon Residential plots near Dhoby Ghaut put up for sale
      387 12  -  By Andrea Tan TWO residential sites at Handy Road near the Dhoby Ghaut MRT are now open for application. Market watchers say the smaller plot A could fetch $7-12.5 million and the larger plot, $30-38 million. "The location is very attractive
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      Lock icon British Council gets S'pore Qualify Class award
      363 12 Easier to attract foreign students with certification SINGAPORE'S drive to become a regional education hub has been given a boost, with the British Council here awarded the Singapore Quality Class award for private education organisations. The British Council is the leading provider of
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      2469 13 MEDTECS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Medtecs International Corporation Limited ("the Company") will be held at The Executives' Club, 65 Chulia Street, #33-01 OCBC Centre, Singapore *****3 on Friday, 23 April 2004 at 2:30
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      2630 13 rn~l HWA HONG CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fifty-First Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Conference Room, Level 2, 38 South Bridge Road, Singapore *****2 on Friday, 23 April 2004 at
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Tourism in S'pore: the challenge and the game plan
      1834 16 The Singapore Tourism Board examines how the tourism sector can rise to the challenge posed by new airport competition and emerging trends in aviation SINGAPORE'S attractiveness as a tourism destination helps underpin its development as an aviation hub. However, Singapore's tourism
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      Lock icon Productivity pitfalls
      637 16 EDITORIAL NOT until Singapore's productivity catches up with global best trends will it see its currency strengthen again in real terms, as in the early 1990s, an economist asserted recently. Such remarks amount to quite a comedown for an economy that, during the 1980s and even early 1990s,
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  • SIA morale
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      Lock icon The remaking of Changi Airport
      1873 17 The Ministry of Transport sets out how the airport will adapt to retain its position as a premier aviation hub X CHANGI'S position as a regional air hub may be impacted by the following developments new aircraft technology, increased competition from regional airlines, Singapore as
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      Lock icon Pulling together to keep ahead of competition
      2032 17 The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore looks at the daunting challenges facing Changi Airport and how the challenges can best be met THE Ministry of Transport (MOT) paper has highlighted the impact of new aircraft technology, airline and airport competition, Singapore's success as
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  • REGIONAL news
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        Lock icon HSBC's China ops profit doubles
        73 18 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] HSBC Holdings pic, the world's second-biggest bank by market value, said 2003 profit from its China operations more than doubled as it increased lending and took in more deposits in the world's fastest-growing economy. Earnings from China rose to 324.7 million yuan
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        Lock icon New Sri Lankan PM to pursue peace
        92 18 AFP [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka's new prime minister, Mahinda Rajapakse, yesterday vowed to pursue the previous government's peace process with Tamil rebels ahead of his formal swearing-in ceremony. President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Monday night appointed Mr Rajapakse as the new premier, ending a bitter
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        Lock icon HK retail sales surge
        100 18 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's retail sales had their biggest gain in four years in February as tourist arrivals surged and gains in stocks and property prices boosted consumer confidence. Sales increased 13.2 per cent from a year earlier after rising a revised 4.2 per cent
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        Lock icon China cantions against overlending
        77 18 AFP [SHANGHAI] Chma warned yesterday that the country's small and medium-sized commercial banks risk serious financial trouble if they continue their present rate of unbridled lending. "Sufficient capital adequacy, favourable market conditions, sound governance and quality risk management are prerequisites for expansion. Without these, banks' expansion
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        Lock icon China mobile trials to end in Sept
        77 18 Reuters [BEIJING] China plans to finish tests of its domestic next-generation mobile telephone technology by the end of September, and may issue licences for such services early next year, the China Daily said yesterday. Four trials of the TD-SCDMA technology, China's home-grown 3G
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      Lock icon Ratings agency ups KL currency outlook
      498 18 Move suggests Fitch may raise rating from third-lowest investment grade Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's foreign currency rating outlook was raised to positive from stable by Fitch Ratings, which said political risks have diminished following the ruling coalition's landslide election victory. The move suggests the
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      Lock icon India may raise cap on telecom investment
      482 18 NEW DELHI Bloomberg INDIA'S government will consider raising the 49 per cent cap on overseas ownership of listed telecommunications companies after national elections starting on April 20, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said. "We will consider raising foreign direct investment in telecom
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      Lock icon Malaysian exporters feel the pinch of ringgit peg
      634 18 KUALA LUMPUR Many think a review is due as the yen's rise is making imports costlier Reuters MALAYSIAN car maker Abdul Halim Harun is hesitant to strike new business deals, worried that the ringgit's fixed exchange rate against the US dollar may
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      Lock icon China plans to limit brokers' access to investor funds
      251 20 SHANGHAI AP RAMPANT misuse of investor funds by Chinese brokerages has prompted regulators to consider new restrictions on the industry, possibly including barring securities firms from holding any client funds. Brokerages in China, like those elsewhere, often hold funds on behalf
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      Lock icon A taste of kimchi for Tata
      66 20 [GUNSAN, South Korea] Daewoo Commercial Vehicle president Chae Kwang-Ok (right) posing with Tata Motors chairman Ratan Tata (centre) and executive director Ravi Kant during a ceremony marking the sale of the South Korean truck maker. Tata Motors said that its acquisition of South Korea's
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      Lock icon Tokyo, Bangkok launch round 2 of FTA talks
      391 20 TOKYO Aim is to reach deal by year-end, before Thailand's general election in 2005 AP, Bloomberg JAPAN and Thailand will launch a second round of talks today aimed at signing a free trade agreement (FTA), boosting Tokyo's campaign to tear down economic
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      820 19 In The Matter Of The Companies Act, Cap. 50 And In The Matter Of ES4E INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD NOTICE OF CREDITORS' MEETING PURSUANT TO SECTION 296 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 296 of the Companies Act, Cap 50, a meeting of
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      2169 19 fjjT SING LUN HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 30 Marsiling Lane, Singapore *****9 on Friday, 23 April 2004 at 3.00 p.m. to transact the following
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      2174 19 NOBLE GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated In Bermuda) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2004 Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 18th Floor, Mass Mutual Tower, 38 Gloucester Road, Hong Kong on 30 April 2004 at 11.00 a.m. for the following purposes: AS
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      855 21 Notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF MTE PROJECT ENGINEERS PTE. LTD. (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed company duly convened and held on the Ist day of April 2004, the following resolutions
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      1363 21 F4 K PLAS Holdings Limited Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held at 18 Cross Street. Bth Floor Marsh Et McLennan Centre, Singapore *****3 on Tuesday, 27 April 2004 at 10:30 a.m. to transact
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      848 21 CYTECH SOFTWARE LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Cytech Software Limited ("the Company") will be held at Hullet Room, Raffles City Convention Centre, 2 Stamford, Singapore *****2 on Friday, 23 April 2004 at 10:30 a.m. for the following purposes: AS ORDINARY BUSINESS
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    1086 22 Transaction date: Apr 6 MTERBAKK CROSS RATES A$ C$ Rm> Euro HK$ Ind Rs Buplah Yen Won RM 112$ Pafc Rs Peso S$ Band Sfr HT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.998 6.286 0.629 5.904 33.138 64.997 0.803 8.712 2.878 1.158 43.459 42.629 1274 4360 0.985 24.973 29.647 0.415 0.757
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    1557 22 S1C0M FUTURES Apr 6 RUBBER Futures (ClosinQ prices) RSS1 (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest May 04 233.25 Jun 04 ***** Jul 04 237.75 04 238.25 Sep 04 239.00 Od/Dec 04 240.00 RSS3<UScMbAe> Volume Open Month Mjh Low Sett (tonnes) Merest May 04 137.50
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      600 23 SYDNEY Shift will make it easier to raise money and attract investors, it says Bloomberg, Reuters NEWS Corp will move its primary share listing to the New York Stock Exchange, making it easier to raise money and attract investors. With this move,
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      272 23 SYDNEY Bloomberg AUSTRALIA'S most populous state has announced a tax on the sale of investment properties, which economists said will slow housing and the economy. New South Wales state will charge a 2.25 per cent levy on the sale price of properties, excluding
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      391 23 WASHINGTON But higher interest rates and big US deficit pose risks Reuters GLOBAL financial markets are in a "sweet spot" but are vulnerable to higher interest rates and shocks from global imbalances like the gaping US current account deficit that could hit the dollar, the
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      324 23 HELSINKI Bloomberg THE world's biggest mobilephone maker Nokia said its first-quarter sales fell 2 per cent, missing its forecast. Handset sales fell in Europe and Asia, leading to a profit drop. The stock lost as much as 17 per cent on the
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      853 24  -  But a boll market may not last unless cross-holdings by firms are unwound From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Tokyo stock market is destined to be hit by a "great wave" of new investment that will make the influx which has driven the market
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      562 24 NEW YORK On average, total compensation was US$5.94m, up 23% from 2002 NYT ON paper, the days of rapidly rising executive compensation appear to be ending. Many of the excesses of the go-go 1990s have been wrung out, and the
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      313 24 ZURICH Reuters BULGING waistlines are set to weigh on life insurers' profits, a Swiss Re study showed yesterday, as obesity gains on smoking as the leading cause of preventable death, particularly in the United States. Fatty foods and a lack of
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      321 27 NEW YORK Foreign companies more likely than American ones to claim no tax liabilities NYT NEARLY two-thirds of the companies operating in the US reported owing no taxes from 1996 through 2000, according to a recent government study. Foreign companies doing business
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      716 23 Si Hor Kew Corporation Limited NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 66 Sungei Kadut Street 1. Singapore *****7 on Monday. 26 April 2004 at 9.00 a.m. to transact the following business: AS ORDINARY BUSINESS 1. To receive and adopt
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      2066 23 imirhir UNIDUX ELECTRONICS limited UIIIUUA (Incorporated in Ihe Repubic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE 6 HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Unidux Electronics Limited w* be held at 31 International Business Park #04-03 A Creative Resource Singapore *****1 on April 23,2004 at 2.30 p.m. for
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      2078 24 To xfrtttUt qdl toU-fret IWW m t*ll! I»«ll: -HI ASJ HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Eighth Annual General Meeting of ASJ Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at 10 Penjuru Lane. Singapore *****0 on 23
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      885 24 MEDTECS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT a Special General Meeting ("SGM") will be held at The Executives' Club, 65 Chulia Street, #33-01, OCBC Centre, Singapore *****3 on 23 April 2004 at 3:00 pm., for the purpose of considering and,
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      290 24 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD W^lndi 3 r<^en n brought out the earlier JK 5 Shakespearean 3 Aquietone,butfast!(s) 9 Pj 9 Stop after snake is seen on appear quite the opposite (9) 10 Charge that" s sound as a rule g standard set, policemen 11 Sort o f paint responsible for 7 when*
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      1402 25 M^|2^£j^j^^^^^J^dvertls<^aU^ol^re^B©o2B^B2^^mail^oticw®Bphxoiii^ BU BRC Asia Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the 58 th Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Raffles Marina Ltd, 10 Tuas West Drive, Singapore *****4 on Friday, 30 th April 2004 at 2.30 p.m. to transact the
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      3161 25 SHC CAPITAL LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Extraordinary General Meeting of SHC Capital Limited ("the Company") will be held at 745 Toa Payoh Lorong 5, Singapore *****5 on Friday, 30 April 2004 at 3.15 p.m. for the purpose of passing the following
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    4344 26 Transaction date: Apr 6 I HONG KONG Vol HKExchanges«Clearing..17.15 0 30 5022 HKS '000 HKRIntl 3.93 0.10 6509 H K and China Gas -13.35 unch 9917 Aeon Credit .5.65 0.25 88 Hong Kong Electric 34.00 -0 40 4279 Aeon Stores .6.20 0.10 116 Hongkong Chinese 1.09 unch 678
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    2246 26 i Transaction date: Apr 6 KUALA LUMPUR GeneralGorp 0.59 -002 322 Vo) General Soil 1.26 unch 0 RM +y- rOOO) Genting 17.40 0.50 1336 George Kent .086 -0.03 140 AIM Realty 1.75 unch 28 GtobetronksTech 7.25 0.15 293 Abrk .0.69 -0.03 337 GlomacBhd 3.28 -0.02 208 ACP Industries .2.48
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      675 28  -  BT exclusive GM sees doubling of its market share soon. SAMUEL EE reports SAMUEL EE General Motors is confident of doubling its market share in Singapore in two years' time and is looking to the Chevrolet marque to drive sales growth. Detroit-based GM is the
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      117 28  -  By Samuel Ee PEUGEOT importer Auto France is eyeing a thirdquarter launch for the midsized 407. The distinctive design of the new French sedan marks a departure from the previous "safe" styling of its predecessor, the 406. Despite being wider and taUer, the Peugeot
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      511 28  -  Factors include increasing product prices, Opec cuts By Samuel Ee RETAIL petrol prices are likely to rise in the next few months, but it has nothing to do with last week's diesel hikes. Last week, first Esso and Mobil, then Shell
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      868 28 Afraid of driving to Malaysia? Facts: An average of 2 vehicles are stolen every hour in Malaysia. The number of Singapore cars stolen in Malaysia is increasing every year. It will only take a few minutes for a thief to steal your car, even with Car Alarm and Steering Wheel
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      1208 28 STATS ST Assembly Test Services Ltd (Incorporated In the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Tenth Annual General Meeting i S R S I B rI GIV N THAT c^TT th Annual General Meeting") of ST Assembly Test Services Ltd (the "Company" or "STATS") will be held at 10 Ang Mo
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      105 29 [SYDNEY] No, there was no Houdini magic show at the Sydney Opera House yesterday. It was the weather which played a vanishing trick on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, shrouding the city skyline in thick fog. Sydney jerries cancelled some services that bring commuters into the harbour,
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      621 29  -  Australian expert tells states to follow lead of Malaysia, S'pore From Evelyn Duffy in Perth THE governments of the pi-racy-infested region of Asia should follow Malaysia's lead and give greater priority to policing their waters, a leading Australian expert has suggested. While
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      209 29  -  Patrick Corp faces fines for criminal disregard Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Australian port giant Patrick Corp faces potentially multi-million dollar fines after being found criminally negligent over port worker injuries. The New South Wales Industrial Relations Commission found Patrick Corp guilty of "criminal disregard"
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      271 29 S6X '000 Agr6 SS w- Vol CH Offshore .0.42 0.01 ***** ChuanHup 0.54 -0.01 1952 Cosco Investment 1.03 -0.02 6794 CWT Distribution 0.54 unch 0 EzraHldgs 125 -0.03 3768 Freight Unks .0.12 -0.01 221 GB Holdings .0.72 0.01 9 Java Holdings 0.93 -0.01 7270 K1 Venture 0.26 -0.01
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      Lock icon TUI to keep shipping unit for at least 5 years
      198 29 Reuters [FRANKFURT] TUI, Europe's largest travel firm, aims to keep its HapagLloyd shipping business part of the group for the next five years after the unit's partial flotation this year, its finance chief said. "I definitely see shipping as part
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      199 29  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Malaysian exporters have been granted a six-month reprieve from extra charges at Port Klang if their US-bound shipments are checked under the Container Security Initiative (CSI). Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy said the temporary reprieve would allow shippers to meet
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        93 29 [SINGAPORE] Hong Kong has set Itself a June 1 deadline for compliance with the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code—one month ahead of the global mark. Hong Kong's director of marine SY Tsui announced last week that two of the 31 ISPS
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        Lock icon Evergreen-CMA-CGM service at PTP
        100 29 [SINGAPORE] Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp subsidiary Lloyd Triestino and French line CMA-CGM have added the Malaysian Port ofTanjung Pelepas (PTP) to the eastbound calls of their joint China/Adriatic express service. From this month, Johor's PTP will be called by both east and westbound legs of the
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        Lock icon Carnival rejigs UK fleet, orders ship
        128 29 [LONDON] US-based Carnival Corporation has ordered a 390 million euros (***** million) cruise ship from Italy Fincantieri for delivery in 2007. At the same time, Carnival has switched vessels between its UK-based operations, Cunard and P&O Cruises. The latest newbuilding to be ordered will
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        106 29 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co, the world's biggest maker of container cranes, said it won an order worth as much as U*****.6 million from the Dubai Port Authority, which operates the largest port in the United Arab Emirates. The deal includes a firm
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      201 30 PAG Alianca AAL Avant i Bank Line < B'tang Mas BSA BSC i BTL i Cargoways i CMACGM COSCO China Shpg Confer Crocodile Line CWT Globelink Delmas Dongnama EP Carriers ECL Eng Lee ESP Lines Far Shpg FoongSun Frt Links Gemartrans Geniki Lines Glory Nav jE Hangli
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      Lock icon Marine mutuals alive and well
      744 30  -  STRAIT TALK By David Hughes WHEN the subject of substandard shipping is discussed, the idea of rewarding good owners and punishing poor ones with insurance premiums that reflect their claims record and possibly such things as port state control detentions comes to mind A couple
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      156 30 [VALDEZ, Alaska] A rock from a beach on Naked Island in Prince William Sound covered with crude oil tar from the wreck of the Exxon Valdez is displayed near Valdez, Alaska. On the distant horizon is the Bligh Reef area where the ship ran
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      13201 35 thebusinesstimes EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyaqe Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 20/04 27/04 PACC Cont OSS KOLKATA 017N 65-*****655 TO ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoir* 21/04 29/04 BTL TIGER SPIRIT 065 65-*****522 14/04
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        644 37 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL ATRIA JB4401 J4 A/SIDE 07/04 0700 BAYSWATER228 M4084 J3 A/SIDE 07/04 0230 BULK SATURN 12EB J24/25 A/SIDE 07/04 0530 COLOMBO SII 80W J24 A/SIDE 07/04 1200 DELMASBOUGA 420W J18/19 A/SIDE 07/04 0200 INDAH IX 04/001 J5 A/SIDE 07/04 0630
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        1716 37 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth 1 Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr I ACX MARGUERI 029N 029N 1 10/04/2004-15:00 11/04/2004-03:00 AL MUTANABBI C289W C289W 1 1004/2004-15:00 11/04/2004-04:00 ALAMJAYA 2 8890N 8890N 1 09/04/2004-23:59 10/04/2004-07:59 ALIANCA SING 402S 4025 1 0804/2004-02:00 08/04/2004-18:00
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        533 37 U/F-unfilterable This report is based on semples at analysed by DNV Petroleum Services and is an abstract from their more detailed fuel quality statistics which is mailed to participating shipowners. Key bunker ports have been grouped in geographical regions for brevity. Comparison has been made with
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        144 37 Apr 8 Norway: Maundy Thursday. Philippines: Maundy Thursday. Sweden: Maundy Thursday. Apr 0 Sweden: Good Friday. Singapore: Good Friday. Philippines: Day of Valor. Norway: Good Friday. NZ: Good Friday. Indonesia: Good Friday. India: Good Friday. HK: Good Friday. Australia: Good Friday. Switzerland: Good Friday. US: Good Friday. Apr
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        805 37 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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        57 38 [BROUGHTON, Wales] Thefirst wing of the Airbus A3Bosuperjumbo is moved on Monday from the Airbus assembly site at Broughton in north Wales, on its way to Toulouse in France where the plane will be assembled. Thefirst super jumbo, which will carry 555 passengers, is due to take to
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        543 38 They want court to hire adviser to assess investment proposals Bloomberg [MONTREAL] Unions representing most of Air Canada's workers said they want a bankruptcy judge to strip chief executive Robert Milton of his authority to negotiate investments aimed at helping
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        631 38 NYT [NEW YORK] United Airlines and Atlantic Coast Airlines, which operates as a regional carrier under the United Express name, agreed on Monday to sever their relationship by late summer, ending a long and bitter dispute. At the same time,
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        314 38 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Bangkok Airways Co, Thailand's secondlargest airline and airport operator, agreed to cut fees at its airport on the island resort of Samui by as much as 25 per cent as part of a government plan to make
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        186 38 AFP CJ [ROME] Alitalia can survive for only a month without government action, company chairman Giuseppe Bonomi said late on Monday, although he later qualified this statement. Unless the government intervened, the airline, which is controlled by the state, "has no
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