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B -- DATA MANAGEMENT OF THE TRADE AND INVESTMENT DATA DATABASE (TIDDB) SOL TID 01/98 POC APEC Secretariat, Mr. Chirachai Punkrasin, 011 65 276 1880 E-MAIL: Mr. Chirachai Punkrasin, Mr. Chirachai Punkrasin: cp@mail.apecsec.org.sg. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat, Trade and Investment Working Group intends to award on a competitive basis, a contract for managing the Trade and Investment Data Database (TIDDB) for the year 1998. The Data Manager (DM) is responsible for ensuring the continunity and integrity of the data in the TIDDB. The TIDDB is a statistical database that has been developed by the Trade and Investment Data Working Group (TIDWG) within the APEC context. All requests for a copy of the Request For Proposal (RFP) should be addressed to: APEC Secretariat, Attn: Mr. Chirachai Punkrasin, 438 Alexandra Road, #13-00 Alexandra Point, Singapore 119958, Telephone: 011 65 276 1880, Fax: 011 65 276 1775. Phone, Fax, and E-Mail requests for the RFP will be accepted. Note 12 shall apply. (0343)

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