The Business Times, 22 November 1991

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    16 1 Business Times MCI (P) 16/12/90 Friday, November 22, 1991 THE BUSINESS PAPER EOR S-E ASIA 75'
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      Bundesbank leaves credit policies unchanged
      44 1 FRANKFURT Germany's central bank left domestic credit policies unchanged after a regular meeting of its council yesterday, a Bundesbank spokesman said. The discount rate stays at 7.50 per cent and the Lombard emergency financing rate at 9.2S per cent.
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      US first-time jobless claims rise sharply
      46 1 WASHINGTON The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time rose sharply to 493,000 for the week ending Nov 9, hitting its highest level since April, when the economy was in recession, the Labour Department said yesterday.
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      Fine-tuning by Telecom
      18 1 rN RESPONSE to feedback. Singapore Telecom has further fine-tuned its time-based charging system Page 3
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      PM Goh explains
      26 1 THE Singapore government's ethnic-based approach to uplifting the socio-economic status of lower-income Singaporeans is correct, says Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong Page 4
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      Record premiums
      22 1 IN LINE with the traditional year-end rise in demand, vehicle quota premiums for December have reached record levels Page 4
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      Impact of tax changes
      26 1 CHANGES to tax incentives introduced in the Malaysian 1992 Budget will affect the country's export-oriented manufacturers. says a stockbroking firm Page 10
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      New oil contract terms
      22 1 MALAYSIA is offering new production-sharing contract (PSC) terms for deep-sea exploration. says the president of Petronas Page 10
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      Call to share secrets
      30 1 JAPAN should share the secrets of its economic success so that other countries can learn from its experience, says a top World Bank official. Page 11
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      Proposal on labour
      23 1 A JAPANESE government panel has drafted a controversial proposal allowing unskilled foreign workers to work for limited periods Page 11
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      Changing tack
      36 1 STRONG returns from concentrating on moving marine and salvage industry spares may soon force local air freight company Griffin Kinetic Pte Ltd to drop other general cargo from its business. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Dow lower
      28 1 WALL STREET opened lower yesterday with the Dow Jones index of 30 leading industrials falling 6.71 points to 2.923.30 in the first five minutes of trading.
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      Footsie lower
      36 1 LONDON share prices were lower at midday yesterday, on investor caution ahead of Wall Street's opening. At about 1215 GMT. the FTSE 100Share Index was down 11.7 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 2.460.8.
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      SPH is first USP
      23 1 SINGAPORE Press Holdings has been appointed the first Umbrella Service Provider (USP) for Singapore Telecom's Teleview system Page 6
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      Petronas to get stake
      31 1 PETRONAS will acquire a major stake in a state-owned giant gas project under a government plan to help ease the strain of heavy yen-denomi-nated loans Page 6
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      New trend at Wing Tai
      30 1 THE Wing Tai group's property income, at $33.58 million for the financial year ended June 30. is nearing that of its garment business Page 6
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      Paribas to buy stakes
      31 1 FRENCH banking and investment group Banque Paribas is planning to buy equity stakes in Asian companies, including Singapore corporations, says its director of international operations Page 9
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      STOCK INDICES
      29 1 Thursday Change BT-MGA 706.35 +3.78 Kuala Lumpur ...537.59 +1.87 Tokyo 23,177.84 -22.02 Hongkong 4.234.57 +33.63 Sydney 1.648.1 18.4 Wednesday Change New York 2,930.01 -1.56 London 2,472.6 +9.5
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      CURRENCIES
      24 1 Exchange rates USS SS 1.6635 100 Yen SS 1.2836 MS SS 0.6074 Money market rates Overnight 3 3/8 -3/8 3-month 3 9/16% -1/16
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      COMMODITIES
      37 1 London Gold AM fix USS363.75 USS1.20 Rubber S'pore Dec 133.75'/kg -0.75 M'sia Dec 22l.50*/kg -0.50 KL Tin Turnover 53 tonnes +28 Spot MS 14.64/kg unch Crude palm oil Turnover 898 lots -45 Feb MS872 /tonne +8
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    Berjaya sells entire stake in HK's Semi-Tech
    585 1  -  HKs79sm sale likely to help cut Vincent Tan's short-term debts From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S Berjaya Industrial Bhd. the diversified conglomerate controlled by tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun, has sold its entire holdings in Hongkong's publicly listed Semi-Tech (Global)
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    Jakarta hoping to resume privatisation programme
    289 1  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA THE Indonesian government is hoping to resume its privatisation programme, interrupted by the poor market conditions of the past few months. Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) chairman Marzuki Usman said last night. The first privatisation, involving PT Semen Gresik.
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    In full voice
    97 1 SINGAPORE It's not done to have guests of honour singing for their supper, especially if they are ministers as well. But BG George Yeo, Minister for Information and the Arts and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Liu Thai Ker, Chief Planner and head of the Urban
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    Lock icon US Bill to study credit card market
    165 1 Reuter WASHINGTON House lawmakers unveiled a Bill requiring the General Accounting Office to complete a study on the competitiveness of the credit card market within nine months. The Bill, offered by Rep Esteban Torres, D-Calif, and Rep Charles Schumer, will be voted on
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    Lock icon Little optimism over US recovery
    176 1 Reuter WASHINGTON A group of business economists said yesterday that they did not believe the US economy would slide back into recession but warned that the recovery would be nothing to get excited about. The National Association of Business Economists survey showed that members were
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    All eyes on Anwar
    39 1 A MAN to watch. Just 44, and in close sight of the highest elected office in the land. Will Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's Finance Minister, get to the very top? Leslie Lopez reports from Kuala Lumpur.
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    Asean links with Indochina, Myanmar seen
    625 1  -  Exclusive interview with Thai PM From Michelle Rowe in BANGKOK VIETNAM, Cambodia. Laos and Myanmar could link with Asean in the long term, either through membership in the non-communist grouping or through some form of collaborative arrangement with it. Stating this in an exclusive
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
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      Military takeovers set nation back two or three steps, says Anand
      769 2  -  Exclusive interview with Thai premier From Michelle Rowe in BANGKOK THAILAND's Prime Minister, Anand Panyarachun, steered clear of direct criticism of Thailand's military and the controversial draft constitution but said military takeovers set the country back "two or three
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      Inflation, current account deficit in check despite high growth
      475 2 BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun says his nation's annual economic growth of more than 10 per cent in each of the past three years has been like a "runaway train". "The growth has been too high, but when you talk
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      Pakistan's incentives very liberal, say S'pore businessmen at seminar
      317 2  -  By Salil Tripathi SINGAPORE Singaporean firms participating in an investment seminar in Islamabad have praised the incentives being offered by the Government of Pakistan as among the most liberal in the region, according to a BBC broadcast. Pakistan's minister of industries,
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      Thai economy expected to grow 7.5pc next year
      546 2 BANGKOK Prospects for Thailand's economic growth are generally bullish with government officials and financial institutions projecting a growth rate of at least 7.5 per cent in 1992, The Nation reported on Tuesday. Thai Deputy Finance Minister Virabongsa Ramangkura, in a recent lecture
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      Japan overtakes US as Asean's top trading partner
      359 3  -  Asean-Japanese Businessmen's Meeting By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE Japan has surpassed the US as Asean's leading trading partner, the Senior Minister of State for Education, Dr Tay Eng Soon, said at the opening of the 17th Asean-Japanese Businessmen's Meeting yesterday. Trade between Asean
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      Open markets bigger to Asean, Japan urged
      261 3 SINGAPORE Japan should open its markets to more Asean goods and increase local participation in the management of Japanese subsidiaries, says a leading Japanese businessman. Tokutaro Hirose, president of the Nippon Life Insurance Research Institute, told the Asean-Japanese Businessmen's meeting that globalisation of
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      Lock icon Malaysia Airlines reports lower profit
      187 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Airline System Bhd recorded group turnover of M 51.777 billion (about SSI.OB billion) for the halfyear ended Sep 30, 1991, up 27.4 per cent from M$ 1.395 billion in the previous corresponding period. Announcing its unaudited results here yesterday, it said
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      Lock icon KL decision on larger EPF withdrawals soon
      173 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Ministry of Finance will announce within one month its decision on the Employees Provident Fund's proposal to raise the withdrawal ceiling for house buyers, Deputy Minister Datuk Loke Yuen Yow said yesterday. Mr Loke confirmed that the ministry had
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      Telecom fine-tunes charging system
      380 3  -  Time blocks halved; minimum deposit reduced By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Singapore Telecom, in response to feedback from the public, has further fine-tuned its time-based charging system. Among the measures to be implemented are the halving of time blocks used for charging local calls and the reduction
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      Lock icon British Columbia's premier reassures HK tycoons
      426 3 AFP HONGKONG British Columbia's newly-elected left-of-centre premier sought to reassure some of Hongkong's most important businessman yesterday that they were still welcome in the western Canadian province. "I made it clear that we're open for business," Mike Harcourt told the businessmen after a private
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      PM Goh stresses two principles
      513 4  -  Commitment to multi-racialism Vigilance against using ethnic, religious appeal 6* Yang Razali Kassim THE government's ethnicbased approach to uplifting the socio-economic status of lower-income Singaporeans is correct. And it will not bring Singapore back to the racial chauvinism of the past. But as self-help groups
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      December vehicle quota premiums hit record highs
      453 4  -  By Selva Kumar VEHICLE quota premiums for December have reached record levels, reflecting the impact of the traditional year-end rise in demand and the continued influence of distributor subsidies. Records have been set in all categories except those for small cars, which showed
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      Redas building up an awareness of art
      355 4  -  By Elaine Koh AESTHETICS took centrestage as the Real Estate Developers' Association (Redas) unveiled plans last night to start a fund encouraging art works in buildings. Developers cannot get by with the "mere provision of a cell for living or working", but must
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      AVS aims for bigger byte of the market
      219 4 LOCAL personal-computer manufacturer AVS Electronics hopes to sell about 24,000 PCs next year following the launch of a new range of products yesterday. The company, which sold 16,000 of its Aztech-brand PCs last year, is pinning its sales hopes on its new
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      Boost for European group's airline telecoms services
      330 4 A EUROPEAN-BASED group which provides telecommunications services to major airlines says it will be able to cut average response time by more than half through a new high-tech switching centre officially opened yesterday at Loyang. Bernard Leroy, general manager (Far East and Pacific)
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Setron (M) proposes 3-for-2 rights issue
        130 6 KUALATUMPUR Setron (Malaysia) Bhd is proposing a three-for-two rights issue of 56,550,000 new ordinary shares of Msl (550.60) each at par to raise money to pay off its borrowings and for working capital. Commerce International Merchant Bankers Bhd, on behalf of Setron, said that
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        Amtek buys 2 Johor factories
        54 6 SINGAPORE Amtek Engineering Ltd said it bought two freehold factories in Taman Perindustrian Cemerlang, Johor Baru. Amtek is planning a M 5458,000 (*****,8000) extension to the buildings, bringing the total investment in the factories to M 53.6 million. The acquisitions will house the expansion of
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        Superior Metal appoints director
        27 6 SINGAPORE Mr Chen Choong Joong, a senior partner in a law firm, has been appointed director of Superior Metal Printing Ltd, effective yesterday.
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        Deadline for UOL warrants
        36 6 SINGAPORE The last day for trading in UOL Warrants 91 on the Stock Exchange of Singapore will be Dec 12. The counter will be removed from the official list by Dec 27.
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        Jardine Matheson's dividend
        36 6 HONGKONG The Hongkong dollar equivalent of 3.4 US cents (5.7 Singapore cents) interim dividend declared by Jardine Matheson Ltd was calculated as 26.3653 Hongkong cents yesterday. It will be paid on Nov 28.
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        5th Shangri-La audit member
        44 6 SINGAPORE Shangri-La Hotel has appointed Mr Goh Soo Siah as the fifth member of its audit committee, effective Nov 20. The other members are Messrs Edmund William Barker, Ang Poon Soon and Shaw Vee Meng, and Mdm Kuok Oon Kwong.
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        UIS sells 104,000 warrants
        22 6 SINGAPORE United International Securities announced that it sold 104,000 UIS Warrants 95 for 25.5 cents each on Wednesday.
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      SPH is Telecom's first Umbrella Service Provider
      390 6  -  Group can now sublet memory space on Teleview system By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Singapore Telecom has appointed Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH) as its first Umbrella Service Provider (USP) for the Teleview system. This means that the group, which has an allocation of
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      More SES queries for Inno-Pac
      400 6  -  Exchange seeks details on Tianjin project and Lucky Man deal By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE Inno-Pacif-ic Holdings Ltd has received another set of queries from the Stock Exchange of Singapore on its two ill-fated foreign investments. SES yesterday asked InnoPac for more details on its
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      Petronas may take stake in Sabah project
      491 6  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S national oil company Petronas is expected to take a major stake in a state-owned giant gas project in the eastern state of Sabah. under a government plan to help ease the strain of heavy yen-denominated loans.
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      Tales on the market grapevine
      601 6  -  MARKET TALK What (they say) is brewing at Amcol, Hotel Prop and Sembawang By Magdalene Ng n It has been quite a while since the local stock market was last so alive with speculation. As one broker said gleefully: "It's stories galore. Two tales for
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      Lock icon Report on M'sian securities watchdog body ready soon
      328 6 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Securities Exchange Commission that is expected to be set up by end 1992 will likely be based on a model specially tailored for the Malaysian capital market, Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Loke Yuen Yow said yesterday. He said
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      Lock icon Antah plans 15m covered warrants for AMMB shares
      284 6 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Antah Holdings Bhd has proposed a bonus issue of 15 million covered warrants for the purchase of up to 15 million shares in Arab-Malay-sian Merchant Bank (AMMB). This will be on the basis of one covered warrant for every
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      Wing Tai's garment, property arms post near equal income
      447 6  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE The Wing Tai group, which recently restructured its operations to separate its core garment and property divisions, is now enjoying almost equal contributions from both businesses. According to the group's 1991 annual report, its property business contributed
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        IBM likely to announce further job cuts soon
        85 8 NEW YORK International Business Machines Corp is likely to announce further cutbacks in its work force soon in a sign that it expects problems to continue, industry sources said on Wednesday. The world's biggest computer company is already cutting back severely and
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        Trading rules on gangster links
        83 8 TOKYO The board of the Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA) has finalised rules restricting transactions involving gangsters, the securities industry's regulatory body said. The rules do not explicitly bar trading on behalf of gangsters, but include a ban on stock margin trading on behalf of
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        Taisei, Shimizu post high profits
        137 8 TOKYO Two of Japan's leading construction companies, Taisei Corp and Shimizu Corp, announced on Wednesday sharper-than-expected increases in earnings in the six months to September. Taisei, an affiliate of Fuji Bank Ltd active in Southeast Asia and China, said its net profit almost doubled from
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        Atlas' gold, copper output drops
        118 8 MANILA The Philippines' biggest copper producer, Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corp Ltd, said third quarter copper production dropped to 35.27 million lbs from 41.59 million lbs in the same period last year. The company said its gold output dropped to 11,345 ounces during July-September
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      Lock icon Hyundai agrees to pay US$181m in back taxes
      349 8 AFP SEOUL South Korea's giant Hyundai group has succumbed to a government sabre-rattling campaign and agreed to pay the US$lBl million (*****.1 million) in back taxes and punitive charges it had earlier refused to pay. Press reports yesterday said the turnabout came
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      Lock icon UK's Northern Foods plans to buy two dairies from GrandMet
      445 8 Reuter LONDON British food and drinks group Northern Foods pic brought forward sparkling first-half results on Wednesday, unveiling plans to buy two dairies from Grand Metropolitan and milk the market for cash to fund the deal. Northern Foods said it
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      Lock icon Li Ka-shing dispels Hongkong Land rumour
      569 8 Price of blue-chip stock pushed up by various stories in market Reuter HONGKONG Tycoon Li Ka-shing, the chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd, said he had "no news" of a rumour that he might buy control of Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd. Shares of Hongkong
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      Lock icon Rajthanee group to form consortium for Cambodian projects
      386 8 HK, Taiwan firms to join Thai group AFP BANGKOK The Thai Rajthanee group is planning to form a consortium with Hongkong and Taiwanese enterprises to invest about US$l6O million (*****.8 million) in several projects in Cambodia. The Bangkok Post on Wednesday quoted
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      Lock icon Japan's top trading firms cut profit forecasts
      453 8 Reuter TOKYO High domestic interest rates have forced Japan's five major trading houses to lower their parent current profit forecasts for the year ending March 31, 1992. "Domestic interest rates have not been softening as expected and remain at high levels, overshadowing profits,"
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      Lock icon Maxwell shares tumble as US$98m loan default confirmed
      453 8 Reuter LONDON The late Robert Maxwell's sprawling empire teetered on Wednesday as Swiss Bank Corp confirmed that a private Maxwell company has defaulted on a US$9B million (S$ 164.6 million) loan, and the news sent Maxwell Communication's shares reeling again. The stock
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      Lock icon UK's Brent Walker and Allied-Lyons in pub deal
      316 8 Reuter LONDON Troubled leisure company Brent Walker Group pic has reached agreement in principle to acquire an interest in approximately 750 public houses owned by Allied-Lyons pic and to sell to Allied around 50 of its own managed pubs. Brent Walker said
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
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      Banque Paribas may take equity in Asian firms
      393 9  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE Banque Paribas, the French banking and investment group, is seriously looking at the possibility of taking equity stakes in Asian companies, including Singapore corporations. The bank's director of in- ternational operations, Michel Barret, told BT in an
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      S'pore unit being beefed up to focus on targeted growth areas
      379 9  -  By Loh Hui Yin SINGAPORE Banque Paribas is beefing up its team in the Republic to enable it to focus on six core activities which the French bank has identified as its growth areas. Already a force in the
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      Lock icon Indonesia's currency market struggles to digest new rules
      386 9 MARKET TALK Reuter JAKARTA Jakarta's currency market players are struggling to digest new rules through which the central bank will finally stop subsidising speculators in its own currency and make it harder to borrow offshore, bankers said yesterday. Earlier this week, the
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      Peregrine begins futures trading in Singapore
      292 9  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE The Hong-kong-based Peregrine (iroup yesterday started its futures trading operations in Singapore through Peregrine Futures Singapore Ptc Ltd. its corporate non-clearing member on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange. The Singapore unit, which received its futures broking licence last March,
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      Lock icon NAB, Westpac see profits slump
      339 9 Reuter SYDNEY Two of the Big Four banks in recession-hit Australia. National Australia Bank (NAB) and Westpac Banking Corp yesterday announced profit falls and forecast little improvement in the near future. They foreshadowed slow and difficult recoveries from their downturns in line with the economy's
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    • SMALL CHANGE
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        OCBC Bank to arrange loan for Korean bank
        102 9 SINGAPORE OCBC Bank has been mandated to arrange and lead manage a three-year US$5O million transferable loan facility for Korea First Bank. In a statement yesterday, OCBC Bank said Korea First Bank will pay an interest margin of 0.375 percentage point above
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        KL banks urged to gear up
        68 9 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian banks must gear up to compete on an equal footing with foreign banks as the country may soon have to liberalise its banking industry', the central bank. Bank Negara. governor Jaffar Hussein said. "The Gatt (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)
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        More reserves for Brazilian loans
        73 9 NEW YORK Government regulators have ordered US banks to set aside more money to cover possible losses in loans to Brazil, bankers said on Wednesday. The regulators have upgraded Mexico's credit-worthiness. Banks have to write down their debt to Brazil by 50 per cent, up
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        Travelers being investigated
        33 9 HARTFORD. Connecticut The US Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting an inquiry into Travelers Corp's accounting, reporting and disclosure practices on its real estate investment portfolio, a Travelers spokesman said.
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  • THE REGION
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        IMF urges Philippines to raise revenues
        95 10 MANILA The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Philippines to raise its revenues in order to pass a current review that would determine future financial inflows. Finance Secretary Jesus Estanislao warned that failure to pass this IMF review, which began last week, would
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        Manila oil consumption down
        66 10 MANILA Consumption of oil products in the Philippines in the first three quarters of 1991 dropped 7.4 per cent amid an economic slowdown, the government's energy monitoring agency said here yesterday. Consumption dropped from 64.976 billion barrels of oil in the first nine months of 1990
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        Son Sann returns
        98 10 PHNOM PENH Cambodian resistance leader and former prime minister Son Sann returned here yesterday as part of the peace agreement signed between Cambodia's four warring groups in Paris last month. "I will devote all my time to the work of the Supreme National Council, for national reconciliation,
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        Aids cases in Asia-Pacific
        73 10 MANILA Carriers of the virus that causes the fatal Aids disease have topped the 20,000 mark in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the World Health Organisation. Total human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections reported in the region reached 20,066 as of Nov 6. A total 3,743 full-blown
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        Indon protesters may be jailed
        62 10 JAKARTA The authorities said yesterday that 70 East Timorese youths who rallied here two days ago against the federal government were being interrogated and could face up to seven years in prison. Jakarta's police chief Major-General M H Ritonga said the demonstrators "could be detained
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      Lock icon M'sian exporters likely to be hit by new tax rules
      456 10 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The amendments to tax incentives in the Malaysian 1992 budget are expected to affect the operations of the country's export-oriented manufacturers, according to stockbroking firm TA Securities. These manufacturers will be materially affected by the withdrawal of
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      Lock icon Petronas offers new terms for oil exploration
      294 10 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is offering new produc-tion-sharing contract (PSC) terms for deep-sea exploration which will include longer exploration and development periods as well as better prof-it-sharing for oil companies. Petronas president Tan Sri Azizan Zainul Abidin said the exploration period will be
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      Hongkong trade surplus with US doubles to US$128.6m
      318 10 HONGKONG The colony's trade surplus with the United States almost doubled to U*****.6 million (about SS22O million) in September, buoyed by a sharp rise in American demand for foreign consumer items in the run-up to Christmas, according to a South China Morning
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      532 10 Seoul Declaration gives group clearer direction AFP SEOUL Among the various landmarks produced at last week's annual ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum in South Korea, the most obvious was symbolic. The participation of China, Taiwan and Hongkong in
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      Support for a grainy issue
      67 10 TOKYO Randolph Nod land, chairman of the US National Family Farm Coalition, speaking to thousands of Japanese farmers from behind straw bags yesterday in a rally to protest against the opening of Japan's rice market. Mr Nodland, who described himself as an average American farmer
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      Lock icon US to maintain its military shield over Asia, says envoy
      280 10 AFP MANILA The US will maintain its military shield over Asia in spite of the reduction of its forces in the region and the end of the Cold War. the American ambassador to the Philippines said here yesterday. "We will
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      Lock icon Aussie opposition promises 2m jobs in new tax plan
      469 10 AFP SYDNEY Australia's Conservative opposition has promised to slash income tax by 30 per cent, replace seven old taxes with one new goods and services tax (GST) and halve unemployment under radical new tax proposals released yesterday. To pay its benefits,
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  • THE WORLD
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      454 11 Bank researching E Asian economies AFP WASHINGTON A senior World Bank official has urged Japan to share the secrets of its economic success so that other countries can learn from its experience. Atilla Karaosmanoglu, the World Bank's vice-president in charge of
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      Lock icon US housing starts boost recovery hopes
      301 11 Reuter WASHINGTON Construction of new homes in the US jumped 7.3 per cent last month to the fastest pace in 11 months, the American Commerce Department announced on Wednesday, sparking hopes that some hard-hit areas of the country's economy are showing signs of life.
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      Lock icon Tokyo drafts unskilled foreign workers plan
      181 11 Asahi TOKYO A government sub-committee has drafted a controversial proposal that would allow unskilled foreign workers to work in Japan for limited periods of two to three years. Officials at both the labour and Justice ministries said yesterday that they were opposed to the
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Tokyo capital spending growth seen slowing
        89 11 TOKYO Japan's capital investment will likely lose steam further, with growth expected to slow to a minimal 1.5 per cent in the year 1992/93 beginning next April, a government advisory panel said in a survey released yesterday. The projected rise in business spending, a
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        US to delay S Korea troop cuts
        75 11 SEOUL US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney said yesterday that the US will postpone indefinitely planned troop cuts in South Korea because of the threat posed by North Korea's suspected development of nuclear weapons. He castigated what he called North Korea's 40 years of
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        India sets terms for patents
        63 11 NEW DELHI India is willing to give patent protection to foreign pharmaceutical companies as long as they produce their medicines in India, Indian Commerce Minister P Chidambaram reportedly told US businessmen on Wednesday. India faces possible punitive tariffs against its exports by the US at
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        New oil deal by Pakistan
        68 11 ISLAMABAD Pakistan has announced a new oil exploration and exploitation policy which it says is aimed at boosting discoveries and sweeping away government controls. Petroleum Minister Nisar Ali Khan said on Wednesday that he was removing the state-owned Oil and Gas Development Corporation's right to
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      Lock icon Britons changing attitudes over home ownership and tax
      277 11 Reuter LONDON Britain is growing tired of the taxcutting, private-ownership ethoy of the Thatcher years and wants Prime Minister John Major to champion the welfare state, according to an annual survey of public attitudes. Britain is suffering a crisis of confidence about
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      Lock icon Latest EC foreign policy proposal not feasible: Delors
      414 11 Reuter STRASBOURG The European Community's latest blueprint for a common foreign policy is unworkable and could cripple the bloc, says European Commission President Jacques Delors. The proposed distinction between the existing Community and an umbrella European Union in charge of foreign policy
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      253 11 A SALE OF SITE BY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, SINGAPORE omp jfl vB--. wIMBHHHHHHHii^^HHK^iHHiI^HI How often does an opportunity of this As the site is visible from the main N magnitude come your way? approaches of the 3 important roads, it To place the jewel in the crown of is ideal
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    476 12 EDITORIAL ELEVEN months after his dramatic resignation, Mr Eduard Shevardnadze has been reappointed as the new foreign minister of the Soviet Union. He returns to the foreign ministry at a momentous and chaotic time: The balance of power in the Soviet Union has decisively shifted away
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Keeping the lines open
      357 12 IT was apparent from both the content and the tone of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's speech on Sunday that while he is committed to an open and consultative government, he will not let that style be exploited to weaken the government. Whatever may be the
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      Better ties
      88 12 THE official visit of President Wee Kim Wee and Mrs Wee to Malaysia marks a new turning point in the relationship between the two close neighbours. While sharing common history and problems, both countries have undergone separate developments. The interdependency between the two countries are too important to
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      Alliance renewed
      92 12 MR SHEVARDNADZE'S re-appointment is in fact an integral part of the plan of Mr Gorbachev to safeguard powers of the central government. The fresh alliance of Mr Shevardnadze and Mr Gorbachev and the return of some important figures who have been helping Mr Gorbachev in his reform programmes
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      Lame excuses
      158 12 NATIONAL Assembly member Osot Kosin, who chaired the committee reviewing the draft constitution, continued the charade of independence and responsiveness to public opinion. The revised draft was clearly designed to pave a constitutional way for the National Peacekeeping Council leaders to control the new Parliament and new government
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      Spreading high technology
      146 12 THE government's plan to ensure that high technology industries are fairly and evenly spread throughout the country is a positive step towards achieving the industrialised nation status by the year 2020. The plan to ensure high technology industries are well distributed throughout the country is a practical
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      Wooing foreign investors
      150 12 NOT all states can provide the necessary supportive services and facilities for hi-tech industries. In this aspect, state governments may need to adopt a shared development of specialised industrial parks and the concept of industrial zoning to reduce operating costs. This will mean a pooling of resources
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    Lock icon Japan's rice bowl leaders
    775 12 Rice is the determining factor in the make-up of the Mivazawa cabinet Asahi News Service RICE, long the political staple of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has taken on new importance under Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa. Letting in foreign rice, even a small amount, is
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      59 12 DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU VW KNOUJ, THE MORE I THE AUTHORITIES UJENTTO AN 177~H THINK ABOUT IT, THE MORE AUIFiIC LOT OF TROUBLE yJUST 70 1 I THINK KJMBERUN MIGHT KEEP A CON FROM MAKING SO** KNOW SOMETHING MARUUANA CHARGES THAT MOST AOOUTALL THIS... j PEOPIC WOUUHTT BEUtt ANYW A
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  • ANALYSIS
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      How to bridge the Gulf
      1413 13  -  Salil Tripathi has some hints for businessmen wanting to tap into the booming economies of the Gulf states Salil Tripathi Salil Tripathi, a BT journalist, has been to the Middle East on assignment several times since 1990 ON a recent flight to Dubai, a British
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      Politician who is going places
      1843 13  -  Most Malaysians say that should their Prime Minister step down, the man who will take over is the Finance Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Leslie Lopez reports from Kuala Lumpur on the once-rebellious outcast who now helps run the country Leslie Lopez WHEN Malaysian Finance
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      164 13 1! mills Lite 51 OTHER THE PARDISAN ARTS h4J itnnkin# h,,m the hmw «f tm thrfifm «y u xnffin bn<m thr 4« >ww nut Prntan bmfnrr Sth 4th m/un fk Genuine Persian Carpets, Rugs and Kilims in Silk A Wool Artefacts and Handicrafts A Superb Collection of Isfahan Miniature Works,
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Seles steamrolls Halard
      740 15 Virginia Slims Championships AP NEW YORK The featured attraction of the Virginia Slims Championships showed up at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night for a brief appearance. On the third night of this off-Broadway production, Monica Seles provided a fleeting glimpse of her powerful game, rushing past
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      Lock icon Tyson, Holyfield trade words
      525 15 Reuter ATLANTA The fight between heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson did not come off this month, but in the past two days the two camps have been acting as though they still had a bout to publicise. Tyson and his promoter Don King visited
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      Lock icon Fisher arrives for America's Cup challenge
      299 15 Reuter SAN DIEGO Vowing to avenge Australia's America's Cup "giveaway" in 1987, Sydney developer Syd Fisher started rigging his boat Challenge Australia on Wednesday, nine hours after it arrived in San Diego Bay. Fisher said he and his crew of 35 aim to be
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        Davis to take on Wattana in quarters
        164 15 PRESTON, England Steve Davis breezed into the last 16 of the UK snooker championships here on Wednesday when he outgunned Australian veteran Eddie Charlton 9-4. Davis will now meet James Wattana tomorrow, after the Thai star compiled three century breaks on his way
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        Scottish dream comes true
        92 15 PARIS Scotland's dreams of playing in the European Championship came true on Wednesday night, but Welsh hopes were shattered as Germany headed towards next year's finals in Sweden. France meanwhile made history by becoming the first team to win all their qualifying matches after beating Iceland
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        Cruzeiro clinches title
        70 15 BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil Brazil's Cruzeiro won the Supercopa soccer tournament of former South American champions by defeating River Plate of Argentina 3-0 Qn Wednesday. The three Cruzeiro goals were scored by midfielder Ademir in the 34th minute, and striker Mario Tilico in the 52nd and 76th minutes.
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        Sampras, Brandi split
        95 15 BRADENTON, Florida Pete Sampras, the sixth-ranked tennis player in the world, and his coach. Joe Brandi, have ended their professional relationship. Brandi and Sampras, both Bradenton residents, had worked together since early 1990, when Sampras was ranked 81st in the world. Eight months later, at the age
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        McClellan knocks out Mugabi
        140 15 LONDON Gerald McClellan knocked John "The Beast" Mugabi down three times in the first round on Wednesday to capture the vacant World Boxing Organisation middleweight title. McClellan needed just two minutes to defeat the former World Boxing Council light-middleweight champion and record his 21st knockout in
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    Two famous trees have taken root at Raffles
    1165 16 THE trees, however, are of quite a different variety from the travellers palms that line the hotel's entrance. Still, Mulberry and Crabtree Evelyn blend right into the rich English traditions of Raffles Hotel. Like the grandeur that houses them, both brands are
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    Mulbeny: The epitome of English country style
    478 16 ENGLISH CRAFTSMANSHIP and devotion to detail. The hallmarks of Mulberry seem simple enough, but they translate into finished products which speak of a tradition devoted to quality. Mulberry's clear-sighted interpretation of England's quirky style is brought to life by craftsmen of the old
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      269 18 UNIQUELY HYATT Brannigan's is a pub unlike others it specialises in fun! Cocktails, snacks and live entertainment awaits you in the basement of the Hyatt nightly. Opening hours: Monday to Sunday spm to lam Friday and Saturday spm to 2am HYMT REGENCYISNGAPORE 10 12 Scocts Road. Singapore 0922 Tel: *****88
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      230 18 V.u^ N Sweet TeMptatlons of lovely pastries and refreshing desserts, coupled with a cup of coffee or tea, make a perfect accompaniment for an afternoon tete-a-tete. From 3-5.30pm daily at SS.SO++ per person PIAZA HOTEL Singapore /s» e nt a -c, «AWit«lw»fmT»« Heart) Road Sm«apore 0719 2SWJOII ~*J w v.'.Vj
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      750 18 TELEVISION AND RADIO m-m ~m m -m m ori< Gorillas in the Mist (See 6-00 News. BUSINESS ON RADIO A J bPWiy r -'sfsm3><•- Our Choice). 6.30 The Holy Book. Cronllas in trie mist 1235 AAIULF 111 AAV AAAALIV CNN International (L). SBCB 7.30 The Science Show. 7.05 a«, 1.30pm,
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      318 19 Will MCA, or Island Logic, win control? Reuter A THREE-YEAR legal battle over the multi-mil-lion-dollar legacy of Jamaican reggae superstar Bob Marley is due to reach a finale in Jamaica next week. Wrangling for control of the rights to Marley's musical empire are
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Stocks close higher as investors watch Wall St
      4076 20  -  By Schutz Lee THE local stock market closed firmer yesterday but on thin volume as investors continue to wait for some clear indications of a recovery on Wall Street which had closed 1.56 points lower on Wednesday. The benchmark Straits Times Industrials
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      HOT STOCK
      62 20  -  By Chew Eng Han Comment Divergences forming in SIA weekly price charts warn of an impending fall. Recent multiple tops near the $13.80 level were accompanied by falling RSI and stochastics. Look to liquidate on rallies. A decline to support levels at $11.5011.80 is possible. A decisive breach
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    3369 22 r i| a I'iLNH'JHW t MISC 428 +28 7.0% MISC Foreign 448 +12 +2.8% I PJ Dev Hldgs 80 +1 lVi +16 8% Tongkah Hldgs 110 +6 +5 8% Gentings 50* 675 +5 +0.7% MTC 78* 280 +5 AISB 50* 120 4 3.4% MAS 348
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Shares end slightly higher in cautious trading
      4753 23 Bernama SHARE prices were barely higher on selected bargainhunting activity yesterday, with most investors adopting a wait-and-see-attitude given the current bearishness. In light trading, the KLSE Composite Index rose 1.87 points to 537.59 while the Industrial Index gained 6.50 points to 1,019.99 and
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      327 24 Ctapaay Date Ymt 6rwp Net Muntapfintt mm to praM/lm (L) par start CNt) (cMto) Kemayan Nov 18 May 91 M$73($l,209) -(0 7) 1.5(1.5) Tonfkah HMp Nov 18 Jun 91 MS2.4791(11,0191) CI Hottnp Nov 15 Jun 91 M$17,210($12.435) 36 6(26 4) 30(10) Fatef Group Nov 13 Jun 91 M$32.435($15.981L)
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      209 24 C !■>!■! Date Yaar Snap pre-tax Hal aaraiags firm aaa la prafll/lM* (L) par atara MM ('MM) (caata) Ind Oxygen Nov 18 Jun 91 M834,844 (824,335) 3.8(3.1) -(4.5a) PJ Oev HWp No* 11 Jun 91 Mt527($1.688L) SPH Nov 8 Aug 91 $219,124(8194 085) 63.2(54 3) 25(30) PatmcoHMgs Nov
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      667 24 Ti 11 -j Bate NaN-yaar firm* pra-tox totort* an to praM/toss (I) *Mm4 ('MO) Malayamta Nov 20 Sep 91 M825,836(826,388) 5TE(2.5TE) PMC Nov 20 Sep 91 M$26.341 ($22,686) 6TE(6TE) PMRt Nov 20 Sep 91 M».712(85.428) 5(5) CX Tang Nov 19 Sep 91 82,419(82,858) 3(3) HK Tel Nov 18
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      918 24 Nw 20 Hnf Fat Cap s Hongkong arm, Winfoong Investment Ltd, has won a major HKs2Bsm (about SWlm) tender for a housing project tn Hongkong. Sombawang Group ship and rigbuilding arm, Sembawang Bethlehem Pte Ltd, has won a J4om contrKt to build a 11,500 deadweight tonne product tanker
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      SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS
      1668 24 Tram ItogUtorwd Srtstaattel Bay/ Ite. tf timtiMln Stock Bate HcMar ttaraMMw/Plracter Ml stores UHn Alter NatSteel 18/11/91 Stmt Names HMO Hokfcngs B 5,000 23.510 000 40.387.698 19 020 40,392,698 ***** SPC 18/11/91 Sembawang Nominees Temaseli Holdings (Pte) ltd B 70.000 216.452 000 133.448.476 41.700 133.518.476 41 720
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      805 24 Carnal Ex BnIb Bali Mrihr Tatri kr pijniinl *aM cbaa papkta Km yaar Mpr Ml Me 12% (b) Ok 30 Jan 14 Jan 21 12% 10% M* JMp 5* 6%(b) Not 21 Ok S Ok 24 6% 6% Barjaya ft*# 1% Oct 28 Nov 12 Nov 27 5%
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      RESULTS DUE
      243 24 Mala Board last FaM Yaar Cow FaM Mi Tta M« tan mmd «<*« (cMb) pa* Myaa (TOM) EMS fnt No* 6 U 91 30TE 17.87#. rim M Final No* 23 Aug 91 230 100 2S.013 NC intenm No* 29 Mar 92 56 0 40 0 197.832 J Camait
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      102 24 Company W|M* Isiw H Ntpra Onetor-one $2 75 per start Ex-date Nov 12 Books dose Nov 22 Acceptance I Payment NYA MM Hmhc* Two-hx three fe, **$090 per share Ei-date Nov 1 Boohs dose: Nov 18 Acceptance I Payment Pec 27 Company Bwt lum MM Hmm One-for three
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      520 24 Company Issm Pat lad Four-tor-seven lljljO per stare Maata Tath One-tor-one fe 11.00 par share Berjaya fteup fhghts sue of S89m nomnal amount 10% Irredeemable Convertible Unsecured Loan Stocks (ICULS) on the bass of one tor tour Baton Issue of $90 9 78m nomnal amount of 35% Redeemable
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      239 24 Sngapva Biidhf Society Ltd: 22nd AGM at the Board Room, 70 Shenton Way #02-01, Marina House, Singapore 0207 on Thursday, Nov 21, at 11am. Chuan Hetfr«s Ltd; 21st AGM at 322 ialan Ahmad fcrahim, Singapore 2262 on Friday, Nov 22, at 2.30pm. Plecon Engineering Bhd: EGM at The
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      SCRIPLESS CONVERSION
      80 24 Cwvcnioa Special Trig Scriplesa C—rental iuMmt PuW Traitat Coaapaay «tart» (I DP) (ST) Ms H Nccua Nov 23 Dec 12 Dec 3 Dec 12 Dec 13 HTP HMgs Sep 16 Oct 10 Sep 30 Oct 10 Oct 11 Miaefcea Dec 16 Parkway Hides Oct 11 Nov 7 Oct
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      RECORD HIGHS & LOWS
      154 24 RECORD HIGHS LOWS ST feninoilte Index ST Industrials Index »i* imo. <w/»> »J* *****m; *****2 (16/1/91) 1*1 J* "J®« 527/3/90) 1990 N0c *****3 (16/7/90) 1*0 *t 607 12 27/3/90 1990 tar 981.07 (09/11/90) 1*0 tar 079 50 11/0/» 1909 N0c 1322.00 (2S/12/89) 1* H* J»776 (^i/5/S 1909 tar 917.42 (4/1/09)
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      2440 25 Reuter SHARE prices ended lower yesterday as investors worried about continued falls on Wall Street and domestic political uncertainty, brokers said. The SET index ended 7.71 points lower at 669.30 on a turnover of 3.79 billion baht. "The political scene will become clearer once
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  • JAKARTA STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Shares close easier in active trade
      1073 25 Reuter SHARE prices closed easier as still bearish local investors actively offered their holdings, brokers said. The official index slipped 1.24 points to end at 241.26. Japfa eased 100 rupiah to 2,200 in the regular market, with 268,500 shares changing hands. It was also
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      324 25 BANK^BNI BANK NEGARA INDONESIA 1946 U5550,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 1994 issued through its Cayman Islands Branch In accordance with the provision of the Notes, notice is hereby given that for the interest period from 22 November 1991 to 22 May 1992, the Note will carry an interest rate of
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      62 25 BENG WEI VIOEO PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) FINAL MEETING NOTICE is hereby grven that the Final Meeting of members of the abovenamed company will be held at 257 Seiegis Road. •15-277 Selegie Complex, Singapore 0718, on 23rd December 1991 at 2.00pm (or the purposes stated in Section 308
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
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      2641 26 Reuter STOCKS extended their losing streak to seven days, but rode a late surge ofT lows to end only slightly easier yesterday. Futures-linked buying and light bargain-hunting pulled the Nikkei back up after it dipped below the 23,000 level for the first time
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      2533 26 Reuter HONGKONG stocks ended higher on Wall Street's steadiness yesterday but came off intra-day highs as trading remained cautious and subdued, brokers said. Brokers said selective buying centred on major property issues and banks. Otherwise, most players were sidelined. "Market sentiment is mixed even
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Bank stocks lead rise in Aussie market
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        AUSTRALIA
        775 27 THE Australian share market closed off its best levels yesterday as investors took profits after prices had surged across the board, led by bank stocks. "Bank share prices have come down to more respectable levels after looking overheated at one stage," said a BOS Stockbroking broker. Others said better-than-expected
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        MANILA
        585 27 SHARES rallied from the start to finish yesterday in upbeat trading led by oils ahead of development drillings for an oil field in the central-west Philippines, brokers said. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index rose 13.93 points to close at 1,108.42. "The oil sector geared up to show that
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        SEOUL
        825 27 SEOUL ended a quiet day lower as institutional selling emerged in the wake of profit-taking that focused mainly on securities industry shares, brokers said. "Investors took profits by selling mainly brokerage house issues, which rose sharply yesterday on rumours the brokerage commission would be raised," Coryo Securities analyst Jwa
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        TAIPEI
        496 27 TAIWAN stocks finished higher in active trade yesterday as small investors followed major players into the market, encouraged by higher prices in Hongkong and early gains in Tokyo. The weighted index finished at 4,496.89, 18.18 points above Wednes- day's close. Turnover rose to NTS 26 billion from NTS 17.5
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        NEW ZEALAND
        256 27 INVESTORS expressed relief at the' more settled nature of overseas markets by buying the New Zealand market 1.84 per cent higher at the close yesterday. "New York and London stabilising gave confidence to buyers who have been sitting on the sidelines," said Wame Rowllings of Jordan Sandman Were.
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        BOMBAY
        106 27 BOMBAY Stock Exchange (BSE) shares finished mixed on Wednesday after a bullish opening took exchange indices to record highs before triggering profit-tak-ing, brokers said. The BSE Index hit an all-time peak of 1,955.29 after opening at 1,944.55, beating the previous high of 1,928.61 on November 8. It closed at
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        436 27 Close Previous Nov 210 AUSTRALIA All Ordinaries Index 1.648.1 1.629.7 18.4 All Industrials Index 2.587.0 2548 9 f38.l All Resources Index 932.8 928.7 +4.1 Turnover (million) 118.04 142.34 -24.3 NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital 1.496 5 1.469 46 f 27.04 MANILA Composite Index 1.108.42 1.094.49 +13.93 Turnover (million) 1.400 717.7 682.3
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Jump in US housing data underpins rise
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        206 28 Nov 20 Close Previow NEW YORK Dow Jones 2.930.01 2,931.57 -1.56 SAP 500 378.53 379.42 -0.89 Turnover (million) 196.1 241.4 -45.3 LONDON Financial Times 30 1.898.2 1.887.8 +10.4 FTSE 100 2.472.6 2,463.1 +9.5 Turnover (million) 481.2 507.5 -26.3 FRANKFURT DAX Index closed 1,599.05 AMSTERDAM EOE Index 277.94 276.81 +1.13 PARIS
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        1145 28 TAKING a respite from three days of frenzied activity, stock prices closed mixed on Wednesday with blue-chip issues getting help from the strength of Merck Co. By the end of the trading session, the Dow was off 1.56 points, closing at 2,930.01. Volume on the New York Stock
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        LONDON
        656 28 SHARES closed higher on London's Stock Exchange on Wednesday, but below their best levels. Shares shot up at the opening, after Wall Street managed to narrow its losses on Tuesday. But by the end of London trading, the main index had relinquished about half of its early advance. Dealers
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        MILAN
        232 28 ITALIAN shares put paid to two sessions of gains on Wednesday and closed broadly lower in very thin trading dominated by worries about Wall Street. Dealers said yesterday's 1.38 per cent decline in US shares weighed on the market and forced potential buyers to the sidelines. But shares in
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        ZURICH
        245 28 SWISS shares ended a slow morning session slightly easier on Wednesday. Dealers said many investors were holding back to see which way Wall Street would move. The all-share SPI index eased 4.2 points to 1,070.8 while the SMI index of leading shares eased 4.6 to 1,674.0. "Wall Street's lower
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        STOCKHOLM
        179 28 PRICES on the Stockholm bourse recovered slightly in late trade on Wednesday to close barely changed from Tuesday in moderate trade. Dealers said the market was unnerved by Wall Street declines and a string of company results. The bourse general index closed 0.05 per cent down at 940.92 in
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        BRUSSELS
        226 28 BELGIAN shares ended mixed on Wednesday but little changed from the previous close with block trading in blue chip shares the main feature, dealers said. "There was some block trading in Electrabel and Petrofina 22,000 shares in Electrabel was rather good," said one trader. The Bel-20 index of leading
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        JOHANNESBURG
        433 28 NON-GOLD shares dosed broadly lower on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Wednesday, but ofT earlier lows as the UK equity market held steady awaiting clues from Wall Street, dealers said. The overall index was 0.3 per cent, or 10 points, lower at 3,447. The industrial index eased 23 points
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        TORONTO
        317 28 TORONTO stocks eased off eariy gains on Wednesday and were flat in moderate activity, dealers said. "The market reacted as expected based on yesterday's rally," one trader said. A late rally took the TSE index 10 points higher but still left it 35 down on the day. The TSE
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        AMSTERDAM
        313 28 DUTCH shares ended mixed with a firmer bias on Wednesday in slow trade where most operators kept to the sidelines, dealers said. Recent Wall Street antics had made investors cautious again, after the Amsterdam bourse posted broad gains last week. The EOE index ended 1.12 points higher at 277.94.
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        PARIS
        211 28 THE Paris bourse erased its opening gains to close a shade lower on Wednesday as investors, uneasy over Monday's French rate rise and anxious about yesterday's Bundesbank council meeting, had little appetite for equities. The CAC-40 index, which touched an opening high of 1,782.70, ended 1.60 points lower at
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
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      US dollar closes slightly firmer against the mark in Tokyo
      1179 29 REPORTS Tokyo: The US dollar finished slightly firmer against the mark but was little changed against the yen after a day of dull and featureless trading yesterday. "There was little movement today. We can't do anything in the market where
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      388 29 Cross rates Nov 21 I USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZ$ USS 1.6650 2.7370 1.6020 129.40 0.5569 1.4200 1.2658 1.7652 SS 0.6006 1.6438 0.9622 77.7177 0.3345 0.8529 0.7603 1.0602 MS 0.3654 0.6100 0.5853 47.2780 0.2035 0.5188 0.4625 0.6449 Dm 0.6242 1.0393 1.7085 80.77 0.3477 0.8864
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      MONEY MARKET
      528 29 Interbank rates SS Bid Offer Overnight 3 3/8 3 1/2 1-month 3 1/2 3 5/8 2-month 3 9/16 3 11/16 3-month 3 9/16 3 11/16 Overnight mode: 3-13/16 ISS Bid Offer 7 days 4 13/16 4 15/16 1 month 4 3/4 4 7/8 2 months 5 1/16 5
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      Lock icon Japanese firms take lead to boost bond market
      456 29 Reuter TOKYO Japanese corporations, backed by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti), are taking the lead in making the domestic bond market a better place to procure funds. "The domestic straight bonds (SBs) market is turning out to be a
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      Lock icon UK's Oct money data still grim
      350 29 Reuter LONDON October UK money supply data released on Wednesday gave little hope of a significant improvement in the economy and emphasised the lack of confidence among borrowers about prospects of a sustained recovery next year. The M 0 and M 4 indicators rose
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1108 29 SIMEX Euwoooium Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/Int Vol Dec 91 94.96 94.97 94.95 9*95 TWO ***** 4628 Mar 92 95.16 95.16 95.14 95.15 4762 ***** 9142 Jun 92 94.92 94.92 94.91 94.92 1231 9029 2751 Sep 92 94.62 94.62 94.61 94.61 735 4241 1080 Dec 92
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      Lock icon Slow US recovery depresses base metal markets
      372 30 Reuter LONDON The slump in equity markets and a growing perception that recovery from the economic recession is going to be slow have sent tremors through base metal markets, which remain mostly weak despite curbs on output, analysts say. Industrial non-ferrous metals, apart
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      Lock icon Brazil sees Mexico as likely rival in orange juice industry
      337 30 Reuter SAO PAULO, Brazil Mexico is the new orange juice industry challenger because of a strong infrastructure and the possibility of reduced or removed US tariffs under a North American free trade agreement now being negotiated, a Brazilian industry expert
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      Singapore rubber prices close slightly lower
      819 30 REPORTS RUBBER prices ended slightly lower in Singapore yesterday on stale bull liquidation but turnover was small, dealers said. RSS-1 December buyers closed at 133.75 cents a kg, down 0.75 cents from Wednesday's close of 134.50 cents. TSR-20 Award December buyers fell one cent
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    PRICES
    1249 30 Rubber Nov 21 ■OS (hfc \m trtw) Scents/kt Noon Close Int I RSS Prompt I35.00/I36.00N 134.25/135.25N Int I RSS Dec 91 134.50/135.00 133.75/134.25 Int I RSS Jan 92 135.25/135.75 134.75/135.25 Int 2 RSS OP I3I.25/I33.25N 130.75/132.75N Int 3 RSS OP I29.00/I30.00N 128.50/129.50N Int 4 RSS OP 126.25/128.25N I25.7VI27.75N Int
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      663 30 BUSINESS TIMES TELEPHONE: 730-5771/5772/5773 FAX: 734-4982 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 ANO IN THE MATTER OF POPLAR TETHLE SINGAPORE PTE LTD (In Mambere'Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF SPECIAL ANO ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS [Pursuant to Section 2M(2)(b)] At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 9 Penang
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      637 30 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHARTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF PYRAMID PRESS PTE. LTD. (MEMBER S VOLUNTARY WINOING-UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting ot the abovenamed company duty convened and held at Block 31. Defu Lane 10 #04-70, Singapore 1953. on Monday. 18 November 1991 at
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      1104 31 au FNfht ETA FNgM ETD Ma Mutt GA970 2245 GA976 2310 d.■ QF007 1815 Aamm RJ182 1200 RJ182 1400 Aaistardaai KL837 1340 SQ24 0115 SQ23 1815 KL838 2305 Attwn SQ36 2230 lirtit-i N235 1530 SQ325 2130 SQ338 1950 NZ36 2305 8A12 2155 Banter Sari 8*421 1105
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      The making of a fair city
      496 31  -  POSTCARD FROM SPAIN By Victoria Curry FIVE months before the Expo 92 World Fair opens in Seville, Spain, an architectural extravaganza of geodesic domes, vine-laced pergolas and sail-shaped canopies is fast emerging amid the cranes and girders. "My mother was away for two weeks
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      MONEY CHANGER RATES
      150 31 As st 3 pin yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.3085 I.326S Canadian dollar 1.4475 1.4770 NZ dollar 0.9323 0.9610 Sterling pound 2.*****.***** US dollar 1.6620 1.6680 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.60 14.95
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      WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS
      69 31 Duration Title Venue Organiser Td Duration Title Venue Organiser Td Nov 18-22 International France SDSA 33I4W%000 Nov 18-24 International Lima Feria (51)14/52.81 Electronics Kair for Internacional Agriculture. Dd Pacifico Components Livestock. Exhibition Fishery Sl Agroindustry Nov 18-24 Pacific Lima Fena <5l»i4/v> si Nov 24-29 The International Birmingham.
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      216 31 1 Professional man making possibly lads press on 10 Even those in service asexhaust (7) 13 Dug a quarter in imagina- JIL— Friday's ""THT™H■"TBI""" ~111IHST"""HB~"" 19 Rats found in areas of low 25 She's a mother twice over 26 Bridge where car got out, there's rivalry (7) r 30 Learnt
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      162 31 Singapore Outlook: Windy with passing showers in the afternoon. Report: Maximum temperature 10.4 Assoc humidity 72% Minimum temperature 24.0 Assoc humidity 92% Hours of sunshine I.BS Rainfall in mm Trace Rainfall this month 56.5 Rainy days this month 9 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 18/13 Cloudy Bangkok 32/23 Sunny
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      41 31 V|6O£\ 1 Ui'UL. NOT MKVE. A BAD WORD Tio3 KNOW whw I wjoth J sac *BoutW of TMC WING ABO-H* TUftT CJ? O UD J I pkcccwNTS DePftRTMenT... VNf -me pccoukits y v£ id iskst~i&r BS64* 4 ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS LTD., IM2-IMI
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    Lock icon G7 agrees to defer repayment of Soviet foreign debt
    384 32 Accord follows talks with leaders of Soviet republics Reuter MOSCOW The Group of Seven leading industrial nations agreed yesterday to allow the Soviet Union to defer for one-year repayment of principal on its estimated US$7O billion (*****.4 billion) foreign debt. The
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    Lock icon Exxon, Japanese firms to sign Soviet oil deal
    324 32 AFP MOSCOW US oil company Exxon and several Japanese groups are about to sign a deal worth more than US$2O billion (5533.2 billion) for the exploitation of oil and gas resources on Sakhalin, senior Soviet industrial official Boris Kurakin said yesterday. The
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    Lock icon Tokyo govt eases rice position but farmers stay firm
    356 32 Reuter TOKYO Japanese policymakers, under fire from Europe and the United States, look set to partially open the country's rice market, but rice farmers, traditional supporters of the ruling party, have vowed a fight to the end. While Cabinet members have
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    Lock icon US split over retaliation plan
    241 32 Reuter WASHINGTON The Bush administration, under fire from Congress for failing to pry open Japan's financial markets, was split on Wednesday over whether to back proposed legislation designed to help it do that. The Treasury Department, which takes the lead in financial market talks with
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    Lock icon Japanese finance industry workers protest
    286 32 Reuter TOKYO Japan's top brokerage firm Nomura Securities Co Ltd yesterday announced that the group's pre-tax profits in the six months to Sep 30 had fallen by half, as hundreds of Japanese finance industry employees walked off the job to demand higher bonuses and shorter
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    Lock icon Seoul banks raise interest rates following deregulation
    313 32 AFP SEOUL South Korean banks and other financial institutions yesterday raised interest rates as the government carried out deregulation to prepare for capital market liberalisation. The six major banks raised interest rates by up to 2.5 percentage points as the first-stage of deregulation
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    President Wee pays respects to an old friend at mausoleum
    374 32  -  From William Chia in LANGKAWI SINGAPORE President Wee Kim Wee paid his respects to an old friend yesterday when he visited the Tunku Abdul Rahman Mausoleum at Alor Star, Kedah. The 76-year-old president, who is on the third day of
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      192 32 Nikon The World's Finest Photographic System Japan's trading firms cut profit forecasts, Pg 8 Support for a grainy issue, Pg 10 Japan's rice bowl leaders, Pg 12 The rare perfection of Patek Philippe at The Hour Glass. %l B" Ml a timepiece should quisite features that hallmark he a relaxed
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      Spare a thought for spare parts
      475 33  -  By Selva Kumar SINGAPORE Strong returns from concentrating on moving marine and salvage industry spares may soon force local air freight company Griffin Kinetic Pte Ltd to drop other general cargo from its business. The company, which started operations in January 1989, decided to
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      Lock icon Second-hand ship prices have peaked, brokers say
      512 33 Reuter LONDON Prices for sec-ond-hand ships have peaked as shipowners are revising their hopes of high profits in both the dry cargo and tanker markets, brokers said. Shipsale agents have had a busy year, with buyers lining up for second-hand ships to take
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      INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
      1241 33 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 AFS 15 5 Ahrenkiel Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Anglo Orient 16 1/2 •ANL 3 1/2 •APL 5 3 A.P.C. Lines 13 5 A cWarehousing 15 4 Arrow Int 9 4 Asian Break-Bulk 16 2 ASXCLShpg
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      Main Group, Wan Hai pact strengthened
      322 33 THE TWO Main Group members which ply between the Straits ports, Taiwan and Japan will further boost its existing space agreement with Taiwan's Wan Hai Line from January next year. Wah Hai, a private line set up in 1965, and partners Malaysian International Shipping
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      Lock icon Thais to rebuild rail link to Cambodia
      141 33 AFP BANGKOK Thailand is to rebuild a railway link between the border town of Aranyaprathet and the Cambodian trading post of Poi Pet, State Railway of Thailand (SRT) officials said on Wednesday. A team led by deputy SRT chief Samcr Chaowai went to
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        China to launch satellites next year
        56 33 HONGKONG China is to launch satellites for Australia and Sweden next year, a Chinese aerospace official was quoted as saying yesterday. Yu Lunghuai. deputy director of the China Academy of LaunchVehicle Technology, said China would launch two satellites for Australia in March and one
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        East Asia upgrades its shipping
        75 33 FOR YEARS the last refuge of the redundant tweendecker and small bulker were rendered time-expired and uneconomic on the Japanese near-seas trade. Chinese and Southeast Asian shipping is at long last enjoying a modest upgrading. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the waters of
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        Debate on technology transfer likely
        31 33 TAIWAN Aerospace's agreement to join forces with McDonnell Douglas to build a wide-body airliner will likely fuel debate here about transferring sensitive technologies abroad Back Page
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        Threat to Boeing competition
        30 33 FOR BOEING Co, the agreement between McDonnell Douglas and Taiwan Aerospace raises the threat that both of the Seattle aircraft builder's competitors would be government subsidised.
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        Air France gets nod to boost capital by $603m
        104 34 STRASBOURG, France The commission of the European Community on Wednesday authorised the French government to increase the capital of state-owned Air France by two billion francs (Ss6o3 million). But the commission said that it had not yet decided on an additional
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        KLM, BA plan holding company
        102 34 AMSTERDAM Transport union FNV, representing employees at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, said KLM and British Airways (BA) plan to set up a joint holding company. KLM declined to comment on the report. "The passenger side would be under a joint holding company with BA and
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        Passengers delayed by strike
        100 34 TOKYO Two Japan Airlines labour unions went on a 24-hour strike yesterday to demand higher winter bonuses, causing the cancellation of 13 flights and affecting 2,270 passengers. A JAL spokesman said the company tried to reduce inconvenience to the affected passengers by calling them to transfer
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        Additional Sydney-Taipei flight
        78 34 SYDNEY State-owned carrier Qantas Airways said it will increase its air service to Taiwan to three return flights per week, from two flights previously. The weekly additional flight, by its subsidiary Australia Asia Airlines, will start on Dec 10, adding to the airline's existing Friday and Sunday
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        Regular flights to Vilnius
        60 34 GENEVA Three European airlines are to start a near-daily service to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, Swissair said on Wednesday. Swissair, Austrian Airlines and Scandinavian Airlines System will each start twice-weekly flights from mid-January. The new services form part of a cooperation agreement between the three
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        RR secures £180m USAir order
        68 34 LONDON UK aeroengine maker Rolls-Royce said it had received an order for RB2II-535 engines to power up to 30 Boeing 757 planes ordered by USAir Group Inc. USAir has ordered 15 new 757s for delivery in 1993-94 and taken options on 15 more for delivery
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      918 34 FREIGHT market Fixtures on Wednesday were slightly easier, especially US Gulf/Japan, brokers said. The market awaited decisions by the US Administration on the long-awaited Soviet aid package which are still being delayed and could now take up to another three weeks. All panamax routes were marked down within
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      Lock icon East Asia upgrades its shipping
      1453 34 These vessels begun life in the '60s for European and Japanese liner fleets. Most end up hauling bulk cargoes of cement and fertiliser in Southeast Asian ports International Transport Journal FOR YEARS the last refuge of the redundant tweendecker and small bulker were rendered time-expired
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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
      580 34 Carbon C«ta DemityWater Residue Ash Alumini- D—KyWNr RmMm Ash AhtminiNov 18 no SedkiMKt UlTl J—WW M/M M/ Enon Exior KG/M*3% V/V M/M I M/M PPM method KG/M*3% V/V M/M M/M PPM method BO/Cimac fcnits Spec E25 9SlTo 150 010 30* 010* w Spec G35 9911 0
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      9731 42 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. Advanced dates are published for a maximum
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        574 49 VwmI DoyHi tirth Vmal Departs <wwl fry W» Stfc fcitwl frprtw NUrin* Trrmin.l 1 JllTOng Pert manna mm i Bapng Permai I 71-91 J2/3 alongsde 22 11/2200 Batam Maju *****1 M03 'tongside 2 2300 B atangas J5 alcngvde 2211/0600 ?J£Ti 2'2 SJ 52 Don Antonio Bot 30
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        IN MALAYSIAN PORTS
        152 49 tohore hrt Berth: 1: Pernas Safari; 2: Million No 3; 3: Hung iiang; 4: Scotian Express; 5: Baronia; 6: Nil. 01 jetty: Cerlang, Hans Doot. VHyuysk. DCJ: Nil. Duo on Nov 21: Queen Chie. Silver Pride. Tai Ho No 1. Duo on Nov 22: Stainless Commander, Suci,
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULE
        743 49 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS MtP ICL CARGO Record Booknf/Babnc* RsJts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Ace Concord 24W 24/0900 3 Cancelled 4 21/1200 21/1459 21/1700 ACX Lily 17B 22/2300 2 20/1700 21/0659 21/0900 4 21/1200 21/1459 21/1700 Adrian Ms 9202 22/1500 2 20/1700 21/0659
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      Lock icon Debate on technology transfer likely
      452 50 McDonnell Douglas-Taiwan Aerospace deal raises fears in Washington and Boeing AFP WASHINGTON Taiwan Aerospace's agreement to join forces with McDonnell Douglas to build a wide-body airliner will likely fuel debate here about transferring sensitive technologies abroad, industry sources said on Wednesday. The agreement would enable
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      Lock icon Boeing wary of govt-subsidised competition
      239 50 NYT SAN FRANCISCO For Boeing Co, the agreement between McDonnell Douglas and Taiwan Aerospace raises the threat that both of the Seattle aircraft builder's competitors would be government subsidised. Boeing has long complained that Airbus Industrie, a European consortium, can discount its jetliners heavily because
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      746 36 SEASPAC SERVICE DUECT SOUTH PACFIC SERVICE SIN NOU SUV PPT IMPERIAL 2901E8 27/11 12/12 IS/12 21/12 ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO MA SUVA TO: LAUTOKA. PAGO PAGO. APIA t NUKUALOAFA DIRECT CHKE/ SOUTH AMERICAN SERVICE SIN ICQ ANF VAP CLX IMPERIAL 2901E8 27/11 3/1 VI 11/1 12/1 ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO TO ARKA.
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      1965 39 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL *****77 ICR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS: NEPTUNEUNK TEL *****00 UK/EUROPE SERVICE *****19 USASERVICE- *****16 AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE *****18 FAR EAST SERVICE -.27 ***** MM Jf TERMINAL OFFICE *****22 DOCUMENTATION DEPT *****44/*****14 CFS: MB2 IMPORT *****369/*****60 CFS: MB2 EXPORT *****63/*****04 mm neplinesonbhdMalaysia K.HO3) *****33, P. Kelang-(03) *****87,
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      1045 39 sinsov SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: *****51/ *****64/ *****59 (FESCO LINE) ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES EASTBOW)—OBOWKGWG WPTBOUW-LOAOWC THAWSHTftD HOTTBPWi ww m ml* me wt ai Inn |«6 |oh« rm. |tm |mo
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      1223 41 sssSsmmmm pacific international lines (pte) ltd mjmiji gg aHV P'L Building, 140 Cecil Street #03-00, Singapore 0106. I JAKARTA I BANGKOK 1 VESSEL VOV SIN JKT SIN VESSEL VOV BIN IKK SM BUNGA TERATAI 473 24/11 2S/11 1/12 JENLINK 7*l 23/11 M/ 11 JO/11 EDEN 481 26/11 M/ 11 3/12
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      981 41 BEN LINE CONTAINERS LTD 200 Cantonment Road Tel: *****22 #13-05 Southpoint Fax: *****63 Singapore 0208. Telex: RS ***** VESSEL VOY NOS SPORE LEHAVRE ROTTERDAM S'HAMPTON HAMBURG GOTHENBURG FRANCE HOLLAND UK GERMANY/SCAN SWEDEN Alsia" 420 26/11 12/12 13/12 15/12 16/12 CGM Pans 426 28/11 20/12 22/12 Bunga Sura 438 5/12 22/12
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      454 41 M MYANMA FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Lina) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P.KIj Pen P Gdf HPA-AN VI69M 29/1 Occ PMVA VIIIW 3/5 Dec PAGAN VI76W 30/2 Dec PATHCIN 2/3 Dec HPA AN VI7OW 7/9 Dec liS* THE BANK lINE (A Mrvlca ol Andrew Weir Shipping) \T SEMI-CONTAINER
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      754 43 r ScanDulchttl TO EUROPE (NORTH CONTINENT-UK-SCANDINAVIA) WEEKLY FEEDER VESSEL PKLANO PENANO OCEAN VESSEL WW LI HAWH) WPAM(SI rMASSTTOKS) WWWX4) Q-QUWO (8)~ 8 Unit/* Bhum 19/11 17/U 14/11 U/ll Mata/428 M/U 12/12 13/12 15/12 M/ 12 8 Scroja/W. Bhum 19/11 17/U 14/11 U/ll CCM Parta/424 29/11 29/12 22/12 B Saraia/W. Bhum
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      854 44 EXPORTS TO HONGKONG. TAINAN, MANILA I JAPAN "TWICE WEEKLY" MALACCA STRAITS SERVICE IOUTBOUHO VOY PKL PEN IKT SR MM. HR6 M 0 KK TYO SMZ NGO HOB II VESSEL VOY |S« |PKL Wl M AC> WOLET IB 2011 "20 11 22 11 26 11 30 11 212 II? 7 712
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      220 44 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD ETA era ETA VOK FOOT KELANG FOMK HUE IMC 28 11 loadint for Mite MVNHUDHU 2/12 Loading tor Calcutta OOIfWI 1/12 Loading For Mate POKE! SUPREME 2/12 Loading For Mate DOMMIM IN PORT Loaded For Fetnraru PROCMSS LKSTY 26/12 23/11 In Port
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      664 45 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, STORE 0207 HOT LINE *****33 24 LINES LIM ASSOL/PIRE AUS 26/11 ROTTERDAM 24/11 HAIFA/ASHOOO/ALEXANORIA 26/11 HAMBURG/BREMEN 24/11 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 26/11 FELIXSTOWE/UK 24/11 BARCELONA/SPAIN 26/11 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 24/TI GENOA/ITALY 24/fl GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 24/11 LOS ANGEtES/WC/W 24/11 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 30/11 NEW YORK/EC 24/TI FREMANTLE 30/TI VANCOUVER 24/11
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      1394 45 TEL: *****19 (12 Urm) ifM FAX: *****19/*****09 M| TELEX: US ***** RtSHIP (1 UKM) pT\ EimOPIAH SNfffUS UNO r^ 4 (National Unas of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL ANO CONVENTIONAL VESSEL IVOY ETA LOAOtNQ FOR SPORE ANOINET ?SWB 21/12 DARES SALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB. MASSAWA ABBAY WOMZ 31W8 30/01 DARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI
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      1307 46 MAC-NELS S'PORE MPORT: *****02 I PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KK: (088 *****0 TAWAU: (089) *****9 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 KUCHING: (082) *****3 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 i 1 PEN PR SIN Colombo 28/11 29/11 30/11 I 26/11 27/11 28/11 Ldn/Fta/Rdm/Ant Durban/Pt Louis 28/11 29/11 30/11 1 24/11
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      319 46 'fiagEP BLUE STAR LINE TO FROM 0/ NEW ZEALAND AND T/S TO FIJI TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND PORTS SJN NPt Ml ITT SIN PftEMKft 15S 24/11 ®/ll VIA Nft 11/11 »/ll MUIBEM 24S 11/12 23/12 VIA NPI 25/12 11/1 MAHSURI 0510 2S/12 S/l VIA PTI »/l »/l FULLY CONTAINERISED
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      1165 46 I THONG snntl LIMES PTE. LTD. 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16-00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CQNVENTIONAL/CONTAIMgft CONTAINER SERVICES SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA vessei |m In* liest vessel wt srttt p. mm
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      821 47 >C^^^COMPANI^ERUAN^^^ DE VAPORES "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" ACCEPTING BREAKBUIK/FCL/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CALLAO. MATARANI. HO* OTHER PERUVIAN PORTS* WITH T/S AT KOBE ON CPV THROUGH BILL OF LADING. Pen*n|* P Kelinj Smjipore t Msu KMC VE RETT 22/24 NOV SHAPLAEVERETT 05/06 Dec KAMAIEVCRETT 23/24 D«c 25/26 Dec 29/30 Dec Vgk "EVERETT ORIENT
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      466 47 CZ3Z I MEs3[ N.AMERICA/CARRIBEAN SERVICES VESSEL |VOY |SW [WUNLMER [LAI hSI |SAV [NYC fcfl m TRIESTE IJ2E 24/11 M KOREA 26/12 4/1 1/1 18/1 12/1 AM HAIFA 70C 21/11 2N HONGKONG J/1 13/1 17/1 11/ l 21/1 7W GENOA lI7E 7/12 2M HONGKONG 3/1 13/1 17/1 lt/l 21/1 Acctptaif carf*
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      543 47 A PERINTIS LINE 11 a- 1 ACCEPTING ALL FCL CARGOES BETWEEN SINGAPORE JAKARTA SURABAYA 1 vessel VOY SIN JKT sby PELOPOR 1015 23/11 26/11 DERAJAT 964 25/11 01/12 DASA LIMA 938 27/11 30/11 PELOPOR 1016 30/12 03/12 TANTO UTAMA 209 26/11 29/11 BONTANG PACIFIC 128 28/11 01/12 TANTO UTAMA 211
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      401 47 SIN FM EAST 25/11 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 23/11 BANGKOK 25/11 MANILA/CEBU 26/11 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 24/11 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E Malaysia 25/11 BUSAN 24/11 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 25/11 HONG KONG S|N CHINA 25/11 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/ SHANTOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIM EUROPE/UK 24/11 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 24/11 RDM/HAM/ANT/LE HAVRE/GENOA/OSLO also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Roumania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN USA/CANADA 24/11
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      506 48 ndmaml COKTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. GUARANTEED WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION AUCKLAND FREMANTLE GOOD RATES! FAST TRANSIT! ALSO ACCEPTMG CARGOES TO:PORT VESSEL ETA NEXT BANGKOK CON TERM MGENUITY 25/11 1/11 JAKARTA CONTERM EDEN 26/11 3/11 PCNANG CONTERM SEROIA 25/11 9/11 PORT KELANG CONTERM N. BHUM 24/11 1/11 AUCKLAND CONTERM PREMOt 26/10 11/12
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      565 48 CM contuftv mTERmoDniS I j LCL/FCL SERVICE FROM f f WM ffi operates o¥sr6oo iWTTwiaJs/otfices »n US A I ■II \ttUl maintain* ovor 35.000 factors trucks 111 jCtUf 89fV CM ovw 60.000 points in US A. UFwh m oMef re^iab4e l-Cl/FCL servloes General Agenti 77DAAK-7/A/r PENANG- KL: allicdlikk SINGAPORE: xSjfr
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      948 50 CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times HYUNDAI MERCHANT MAWNE CO. LTD. EA3TBOUNO FEEDER TO PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST TO PACIFIC NORTH-WEST Fnna wr pcd rut m loe haul wmo iw ox imiwi wt hk tcm/» hi NAM Ml 211 N937 25/11 21/11 21/11 H. COMMANDO 3tt tt/12 23/12 2C/12 21/12 TOMOI 09
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