The Business Times, 8 October 1992

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    16 1 Business Times MITA (P) 35/12/91 Thursday, October 8, 1992 THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA 75«
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      El Al crash plane had engine fire three months ago
      88 1 AMSTERDAM The El Al cargo jet that crashed into an Amsterdam housing estate on Sunday, killing about 250 people, had an engine fire in midair three months ago, a spokeswoman for Schiphol airport said yesterday. Spokeswoman Mariona van der Goot
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      Gorbachev rejects second trial summons
      58 1 MOSCOW Former Soviet president Mikhail S Gorbachev yesterday refused a second summons to testify in a landmark trial on the fate of the Communist Party, the chief justice of Russia's Constitutional Court said. Justice Valery Zorkin told the court that a spokesman for Mr Gorbachev
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      STPB visitor target
      29 1 THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) hopes to attract 6.8 million high-yield-ing tourists, who will contribute $11 .4 billion to the economy by 1995 Page 2
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      Reactions to Lee's call
      30 1 BUSINESSMEN are more excited about the Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's call for greater entrepreneurial efforts than the prospect of fewer rules and regulations Page 2
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      Farm land dispute
      27 1 BATAM's development has hit a roadblock: government officials and 5,000 villagers are at odds over farm lands that are targeted for construction. Page 3
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      Freeing more prices
      37 1 CHINA will have 90 per cent of its consumer goods prices under market control by the end of the year. Complete deregulation of grain prices is expected in two or three years. Page 9
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      Nike targets women
      33 1 NIKE plans to tap the women's market in a big way: from next year, it will offer a new range of Nike sports accessories fashioned just for them. Page 15
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      Rate stabilisation bid
      27 1 SHIPPING lines plying the Asia-Europe route have got together to rationalise vessel space in a bid to stabilise freight rates. Shipping Times Page I
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  • MARKET SUMMARY
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      Dow higher
      40 1 WALL STREET stocks moved higher in early trading yesterday even though a much-anticipated interest rate cut failed to materialise. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials was up 7.56 points to 3,185.75 in the first hour of trading.
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      Footsie higher
      29 1 LONDON share prices were higher at midday yesterday. At about 12:30pm (1130 GMT), the FT-SE 100-share index was up 38.2 points, or 1.5 per cent, at 2,526.6.
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      New marginable list
      28 1 TWENTY-three companies have been added to and 11 deleted from the latest list of marginable securities published by the Stock Exchange of Singapore Page 4
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      One more for Sentosa?
      27 1 SENTOSA may have a third hotel, hinted Alan Choe, chairman of Sentosa Development Corporation, at Shangri-La's Rasa Sentosa topping-out ceremony yesterday Page 4
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      Boosting production
      29 1 INDONESIA'S largest confectionery company, PT Mayora Indah, intends to boost production capacity by 40 per cent and double its export sales, says chairman Jogi Atmadja Page 5
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      Citicorp's deal accord
      25 1 CITICORP has agreed not to make any major acquisitions or expand its assets without first getting approval from federal regulators Page 7
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      STOCK INDICES
      29 1 Wednesday Change BT-MGA 649.14 +1.39 Kuala Lumpur ....590.59 -0.11 Tokyo 17,111.74 -156.36 Hongkong 5,589.03 +35.91 Sydney 1,455.4 +3.0 Tuesday Change New York 3,178.19 -0.81 London 2,488.4 +42.1
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      CURRENCIES
      23 1 Exchange rates US$ ss 1.5915 100 Yen SS 1.3285 MS SS 0.6369 Money market rates Overnight 7/8 -1/8 3-month 1 5/16% -1/16
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      COMMODITIES
      35 1 London Gold AM fix USS349.50 -US$1.00 S'porc Nov 145.00*/kg +1-25 M'sia Nov 222.50*/kg +100 KL Tin Turnover 40tonnes -25 Spot MS 15.49/kg -0.04 Crude palm oil Turnover 410 lots -236 Dec MS870 /tonne +1
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    China sees red over Patten's political plans
    522 1  -  Head-on confrontation looms as governor proposes HKsBb spending and more democratic reforms From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG THE STAGE is set for another showdown between China and Britain as Beijing reacted angrily yesterday to Hongkong governor Chris Patten's new political agenda proposing an
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    Cut-throat PC price war claims two local casualties
    448 1  -  Pet Computers served wind-up petition Lingo Tech in receivership By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE The ruthless price war in the personal computer market could send two well-known local manufacturers to the wall. A wind-up petition has been served on Pet Computers, while rival
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    Shenzhen takes up Lee's offer for SES to help regelate bourse
    420 1  -  From Lee Han Shih in SHENZHEN THE fledgling Shenzhen stock exchange last night received a special offer of help from Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. He proposed the services of the Stock Exchange of Singapore to help regulate Shenzhen's
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    Bank of China joins Simex as non-clearing member
    295 1  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE The stateowned Bank of China has joined the Singapore International Monetary Exchange, a move that further underscores the growing importance of Singapore and its financial sector to China. Welcoming BOC's membership, Simcx said yesterday that it "will help
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    Lock icon Thais set to open over-the-counter market by April
    234 1 Bloomberg, BANGKOK Thailand's over-the-counter securities exchange is expected to be in operation by April next year, taking the country a further step towards becoming a full-fledged financial centre. This was announced yesterday by Viroj Nualkhair, president of the Association of Members of
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    Lock icon Generals lose amnesty
    107 1 Reuter, AFP BANGKOK Thailand's new Parliament yesterday overturned an amnesty granted to generals who ordered soldiers to fire on pro-democ-racy demonstrators last May. The amnesty was promulgated by former prime minister Suchinda Kraprayoon in the closing hours of his brief but bloody rule. It was not immediately
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
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      STPB aiming for 6.8m high-yielding tourists by '95
      470 2  -  Targeted arrivals would bring in 11.4b for economy By Hong Lee Tiam SINGAPORE The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board hopes to attract 6.8 million high-yielding tourists who will contribute $11.4 billion to the economy by 1995, operations and planning director Yeo Nai Meng
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      Lock icon US official suggests trade talks with five Pacific economies
      306 2 AP WASHINGTON A US official has suggested that work should start next spring on freer trade accords between America and five Pacific economies: Australia, Hongkong, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan. A multilateral deal would be better than separate ones, said Franklin
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      Singapore's telecom services rated tops in Asia, third in world
      240 2  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Singapore has the best telecommunications services in Asia and the third best in the world, according to a UK travel magazine survey. British readers of Business Traveller judged the US to have the world's top telecommunications
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      Lock icon American firms tie up for multimedia services project
      313 2 AP NEW YORK Twelve computer and communications companies in the US have formed a group to study ways to provide interactive "multimedia" services to homes and schools, such as movies on demand, picture phones and computerised libraries. The group, called First Cities,
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      Family ad not meant to put down women, but script will be changed
      272 2  -  Letter to the Editor Ms Ho Ai Phang Director (Public Affairs) for Permanent Secretary (Healthy Director of Medical Services I REFER to the article "Know where to draw the line on those family ads" by Jaime Ee
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      Businessmen want more support for risk-taking
      476 2  -  Reaction to Lee's call for greater entrepreneurial effort By Anna Teo SINGAPORE Businessmen are excited about the Senior Minister's call for greater entrepreneurial efforts, including his suggestion for more leeway for "new ways of doing business". But they are hard put to say which
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  • PAGE 3 NEWS
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      Batam development plans hit by land dispute
      366 3 Farmers upset over compensation under resettlement scheme SINGAPORE Batam's development has hit a roadblock, with government officials and 5,000 villagers at odds over farm lands that are targeted for redevelopment, according to a report in the Indonesian Observer/Merdeka yesterday. Government officials have said
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      Sogo unit raises $60m to finance Paragon renovation
      442 3  -  By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE A subsidiary of the Japanese retail giant Sogo has raised $60 million to finance the renovation of its flagship Paragon shopping complex in Orchard Road. Tararone Investments, the Sogo subsidiary which owns Paragon, will use the funds to
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      Lock icon S'pore and Australia sign environment accord
      274 3 Boost for waste management firms AFP CANBERRA Australian firms specialising in problems like the treatment of waste should find it easier to win business in Singapore with the signing yesterday of an agreement between the two governments on environmental protection. A memorandum of understanding
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      Businessmen hail policy speech as constructive
      339 3  -  From Lim Soon Neo in HONGKONG THE business community in Hongkong generally has welcomed Chris Patten's first policy speech as constructive, but investment analysts say everything depends on how strongly China reacts to the governor's proposals, especially those on democratisation of Hongkong. The Federation
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      Reaction to HK Governor Chris Patten's new political agenda
      45 3 A Hongkong protester resting in front of a streamer demanding the return of ancestral land and respect for human rights moments after Governor Chris Patten entered the Legislative Council to deliver his first policy speech yesterday
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      Lock icon Indian markets set for deluge of new share issues
      380 3 Reuter BOMBAY Indian stock markets, which went into a tailspin after a financial scandal in April, are poised for an avalanche of new share issues following a revival of investor confidence, merchant bankers and brokers said yesterday. They said companies were
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Ekran shares to start trading on Oct 12
        112 4 KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange said yesterday that following the acquisition of Federal Cables, Wires, Metal Manufacturing Bhd (FCW) by Ekran Berhad, the existing 68.19 million Msl shares in FCW will be removed from its official list on Oct 12.
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        M$11.9m gain for Esso
        59 4 KUALA LUMPUR Esso Malaysia Bhd has reported a net extraordinary gain of M$ 11.9 million (557.6 million) from the disposal of a residential property here for MS 15.6 million cash. In a statement to the KLSE yesterday, it said the disposal also resulted in a four
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        Guoline's £3.2m cash deal
        80 4 KUALA LUMPUR Guoline Holdings Ltd has agreed to subscribe for 6.5 million new ordinary shares of 25 pence each at 50 pence per share in UK's Ramus Holdings pic. It will be paying the £3.25 million (558.91 million) in cash. The proposed subscription will result in
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        Pan Pac's new director
        44 4 SINGAPORE Pan Pacific Publications Ltd has appointed Yap Boh Pin as a non-executive director with effect from Tuesday. Mr Yap, a chartered accountant, is also a director of L&M Group Investments Ltd and an alternate director of Singapore Land Ltd.
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        Changes on Marco Polo board
        37 4 SINGAPORE Marco Polo Developments has announced the resignation of Stephen Ng as a director effective Tuesday. It has also appointed Ng Tze Yuen as a director with effect from the same date.
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        Focal's foreign shareholding
        27 4 SINGAPORE Focal Finance Ltd, a member of the OCBC Group, has announced that its foreign shareholding as at end September was 1.62 per cent.
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        PMRI to be PMI?
        41 4 KUALA LUMPUR Pan Malaysia Rubber Industries Bhd (PMRI) has proposed to change its name to Pan Malaysian Industries Bhd in view of the fact that the company and its subsidiaries are not involved in the rubber industry.
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      SES mar gin able securities list sees 23 new firms
      498 4  -  By Amir Khalil SINGAPORE Twentythree companies have been added to and 11 deleted from the latest list of marginable securities published by the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Newcomers to the list, which was released on Sep 30, include six governmentlinked
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      Third hotel for Sentosa in the pipeline
      300 4  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE The Shan-gri-La Hotel Ltd's up-and-coming Rasa Sentosa Resort, as well as The Beaufort, may soon have to compete with a third hotel on Sentosa. Speaking at Rasa Sentosa's topping out ceremony yesterday, Alan Choe, the chairman of Sentosa
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      Quiet debut for The Hour Glass
      207 4 SINGAPORE The Hour Glass Ltd made a quiet entry into the main board yesterday. Shares of the upmarket watch retailer cum food operator closed half a cent lower at 72 cents on a volume of 26,000 units traded. Its share price had already enjoyed
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      Lock icon Berjaya Textiles hopes to maintain results
      178 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Berjaya Textiles Bhd anticipates its results for the financial year ending April 30, 1993 to be comparable to this year's results, says chairman Ahmad Mustapha Mohamad Hassan. Notwithstanding the cyclical bearish outlook for the textile industry, the group would be more
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      Hitachi Zosen shares 1.4 times subscribed
      255 4  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Despite the current bearishness towards shipyard stocks, investors in Singapore have given the thumbs-up to main board candidate Hitachi Zosen Singapore Ltd. The shipyard's $87.5 million public issue yesterday closed about 1.4 times subscribed, with 12,293 applicants asking for a
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      Travel magazine readers rate SIA as tops again
      207 4 SINGAPORE The national flag carrier Singapore Airlines is still flying high. It has again landed the title of "best airline" from New York-based Conde Nast Traveler magazine. This is the fifth consecutive year SLA has won the award, ahead of other service-oriented
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      Shelve plans to float M'sia Shipyard until economic climate improves
      580 4  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Malaysia Shipyard and Engineering (MSE) has announced plans to seek listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. But the indications are that the company is well-advised to wait a while. The
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      Indon confectioner to boost production by 40pc
      547 5  -  Mayora Indah makes Ss4Bm cash call to finance new factory, cut debt By William Chia SINGAPORE Indonesia's largest confectionery company, PT Mayora Indah, intends to boost production capacity by 40 per cent and double its export sales. Chairman Jogi Atmadja has announced plans
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      Lock icon Posco board resigns in show of support for outgoing chairman
      336 5 Reuter SEOUL The world's third-largest steelmaker was rudderless yesterday, after the entire board of South Korea's Pohang Iron and Steel Co (Posco) and about 160 senior executives resigned en masse. A company spokesman said the mass resignation was a show
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        New HK listing Shun Cheong flops
        109 6 HONGKONG Shares in electrical and mechanical engineering company Shun Cheong Holdings plunged yesterday on its listing debut following the disastrous flop of its public flotation at the end of last month. At the close of morning trading, the shares were at 74 HK cents,
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        Shimizu selling Aussie projects
        55 6 SYDNEY Construction giant Shimizu Corp has joined the Japanese exodus from investment in Australia, announcing plans to sell six of its 13 Australian projects within the next six months, the Australian Financial Review reported yesterday. The hasty departure could mean losses of up to As3oo million
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        Digital boost for supercomputers
        89 6 MAYNARD, Massachusetts Digital Equipment Corp unveiled software for supercomputers on Tuesday that analysts say could help stimulate the market for the high-powered, high-priced machines. The software works on computers that use massively parallel processing. But while this market has been growing, experts say it also has
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        Beijing raps Shenzhen officials
        75 6 HONGKONG In a rare move, Chinese authorities have blamed three top officials of a southern Chinese city for riots that erupted in August following a stock-market scandal. The independent Ming Poo newspaper said Shenzhen mayor Zheng Liangyu, vice-mayor Zhang Hongyi and Communist Party committee secretary Li
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        Ricoh transfers staff
        86 6 TOKYO Ricoh Co Ltd plans to shift about 50 per cent of its staff belonging to divisions other than sales and production in the next three years, a company spokesman said. The move is to promote efficiency and strengthen its front-line businesses, he said. The major office
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      Lock icon Coming: A new round of ad agency mergers in US
      446 6 But no more mammoth mega-buck deals as in 1980s NYT NEW YORK A significant new round of agency mergers and acquisitions in the US seems imminent, although it will be far different from the wave of buy-ups and buyouts that
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      Lock icon US oil firms seek better deals
      310 6 Investment will depend on tax terms, oil-producing countries told Knight Ridder DALLAS International negotiators from major US energy companies on Tuesday put oil-producing nations on notice that the companies' future investments there will depend on increasingly favourable tax treatment and contract terms. The trend
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      Lock icon Hope glimmers for Japanese warrant Eurobond market
      420 6 Reuter LONDON No-one in the Japanese warrant bond market would claim the floodgates have re-opened, but players agree the new issue business is starting to pick up again. "There's a lot to say for people coming back into Eurodollar warrant bonds at the
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      US firm wins vodka trade name
      342 6  -  Patent will allow company to produce in Russia From John Helmer in MOSCOW A BITTER BATTLE over the right to use the trade name of the world's most popular vodka was won quietly last week, when the Russian patent agency issued a registration certificate
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      Lock icon Trafalgar's defence unlikely to fend off HK Land: analysts
      335 6 Reuter LONDON Trafalgar House pic's formal defence against Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd's tender offer disappointed analysts, who on Tuesday said it was unlikely to stop the property giant from boosting its stake in the conglomerate. Earlier, Trafalgar forecast a final 1.6p
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      Lock icon Fletcher's chief has no plans to resign
      268 6 Reuter WELLINGTON The chief executive of New Zealand forester Fletcher Challenge (FCL), Hugh Fletcher, said yesterday he has no intention of sacrificing himself despite a drastic deterioration in the company's share price. The share value of FCL, the second ranked newsprint producer in
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      187 4 SES drifts lower 19 Profit-taking trims gains 22 •'Seoul stocks rise 25 HONG KONG OPTICAL 92 A TDC FAIR FOR PEOPLE OF VISION November 6-8 Hong Kong Convention Exhibition Centre Hindsight may be flawless, but the future's even clearer for those who attend Hong Kong Office* A* t >pre« Optical
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      280 6 27 29 October 1992 The Pan Pacific Hotel Kuala Lumpur Keynote Speakers: Finance Corporation, Asian Development YB Da to' S. Samy Vellu Bank, U.S. Asia Environmental Partnership, Minister for Energy, Telecommunications Hopewell Holdings HK, RCG/Hagler Bailly Sc Posts USA, C S First Boston, Morgan Grenfell Malaysia a K&M Engineering and
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Citicorp agrees to clear big deals with regulators
      448 7 Accord with authorities more restrictive than initially disclosed AP NEW YORK Citicorp, burdened by a high level of delinquent loans, has agreed not to make any major acquisitions or expand its assets without first getting approval from federal regulators. The disclosure, made
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      Lock icon First private locally-owned bank opens in Yangon
      368 7 UPI YANGON The first private Myanmar bank in 30 years opened operations on Tuesday in Yangon, with an authorised capital of one billion kyats (***** million), divided into 100,000 shares. At the opening ceremony, attended by shareholders at the bank premises on the
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      Rise in bank loans slower in July
      298 7  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Bank lending slackened in July after growing steadily during the previous few months, according to figures released last night by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The latest MAS monthly statistical bulletin says loans in July totalled $67.1 billion,
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      Lock icon Brunei seen moving gradually towards Islamic banking
      369 7 Reuter BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Oil-rich Brunei is gradually introducing Islamic principles to its financial system as part of a national campaign to emphasise Islamic values that analysts say is gathering momentum. Brunei's monarch, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, 46, reputedly the world's richest man, has
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    • SMALL CHANGE
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        Insurance firms tie up
        58 7 SINGAPORE Commercial Union Insurance Company has entered into a cooperation agreement with a leading South Korean general insurance company, Hyundai Marine and Fire Insurance Company, the UK company announced recently. The agreement covers training and exchange of market information. Commercial Union will also provide underwriting and
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        HKCB issues oversubscribed
        49 7 HONGKONG HKCB Bank Holding Co's initial public offering of 104 million shares at HKS2 each has been 47.29 times oversubscribed. The company, which is controlled by Hongkong investment concern Lippo Ltd, said that it had received applications from the public for a total 5.02 billion shares.
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        Stanchart reports loss in India
        64 7 BOMBAY The British-based international banking group Standard Chartered Bank on Tuesday reported a loss of 1.58 billion rupees on its Indian operations for the financial year ended March 1992, against a 310 million profit for 1990/91. The bank said the loss reflected provisions made for
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        New president for Thai bank
        63 7 BANGKOK The Thai Military Bank has appointed Thanong Pitiya to succeed Supachai Panitchpakdi as president. Mr Supachai resigned last week to become deputy prime minister. The appointment of Mr Thanong, 45, is somewhat of a surprise since he resigned as executive vice-president of the country's
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      Prudential to be first S'pore insurer with 'paperless' office
      232 7  -  By Leslie Yee SINGAPORE Prudential Assurance will have a "paperless office" the first in Singapore for an insurer when the information technology (IT) that it is setting up becomes fully operational late next year. The new technology should speed up work
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon Crimebusting gets a 'D' in Ramos' report card
      589 8 Challenge from 'hoodlums in uniform' spoils 'honeymoon period' AFP MANILA The Philippines is enjoying new found political stability and looks set for economic recovery after 100 days under President Fidel Ramos, but crime and corruption have emerged as his Achilles' heel. Philippine
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      Lock icon Australian economy at crossroads: forecasting group
      356 8 Bloomberg CANBERRA The Australian economy hangs precariously between continuing its recovery and being dragged back into recession because of international conditions, according to an analysis by the economic forecasting group Syntec. Although Syntec yesterday said it believed Australia would survive the threat of a
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      Lock icon Indonesia moves to stretch share of rubber market
      365 8 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia, the world's second largest rubber producer, is starting a campaign to boost its share of Asian and Pacific markets. Officials of the Indonesian Rubber Association (Gapkindo) began a tour of South Korea and China this week to seek new
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      Lock icon Long way to progress seen for Hanoi
      555 8 Key lies in lifting of US embargo, say Western experts AFP HO CHI MINH CITY Vietnam likes to promote itself as the new Eldorado for foreign investors in Asia, but Western experts say its real take-off will have to wait until the next
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      Lock icon UN representative still hopeful about Cambodia
      230 8 Reuter WASHINGTON The UN official charged with administering the deeply troubled Cambodia peace plan remained hopeful on Tuesday that the process can go forward in spite of serious opposition from the notorious Khmer Rouge guerilla faction. Special UN representative Yasushi Akashi admitted problems existed,
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Moving ahead with Asean-EC cooperation
        128 8 JAKARTA The Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) and the European Community (EC) may seek to develop cooperation without having to extend an old pact, Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said yesterday. Ministers of the two groups are slated to hold their annual meeting in
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        Higher fiscal surplus for Thais
        113 8 BANGKOK The Thai government had a fiscal cash surplus of 87 billion baht (5554.9 million) at the end of the 1991-92 (Oct-Sep) fiscal year, up 38 per cent from a forecast 63 billion, the Bank of Thailand said on Tuesday. It was the fifth consecutive
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        Bottom foils out of topless bars
        79 8 ADELAIDE Topless bar maids in Adelaide have taken to wearing clown suits in protest against new "cover-up" regulations in South Australia which their employers say are ruining business. The week-old edict by South Australia's Industrial Commission banning topless waitresses has seen the bottom fall
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        Ease duties, Jakarta tells Tokyo
        97 8 JAKARTA Indonesia's Vice-President Sudharmono has called on Japan to ease its import duties on Indonesia's timber products, says a report in the Jakarta Post. He told visiting executives of the Japanese chamber of commerce and industry that Japan's import policies on Indonesian wood products posed
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        Vietnam gets tough on crime
        77 8 HANOI The Vietnamese National Assembly yesterday approved a law to strengthen one of the country's main crime-busting units, following an increase in lawlessness that has accompanied greater economic freedom. The Constitution and new legislation are part of a campaign by the government and ruling communist
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      578 8 The People's Republic of China's Chinese Bronze Archaeological finds' Commemorative Coin Series Second Set The dawning of China's Bronze Culture formed important parts of China's ancient history which appeared between I. "-j I' si. "i 3000 to 2300 B.C. It evolved in ancient Chinese history over several dynasties to flourish
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      Lock icon China to end price control on most consumer goods
      307 9 Complete deregulation of grain prices expected in 2 to 3 years Reuter BEIJING China will have 90 per cent of its consumer goods prices under market control by the end of the year and complete deregulation of grain prices is expected
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      LDP lawmakers say Kanemaru must go
      173 9 TOKYO Lawmakers in Japan's ruling party, fearful for their seats, say the only way out of the huge political disaster caused by a party funds scandal is for payofftainted party boss Shin Kanemaru to go. Mr Kanemaru quit as party vice-president in late August
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        EC data laws may be made more flexible
        97 9 BRUSSELS A controversial European Community proposal to protect people from computer-age invasions of their privacy has been rewritten so that it will not hamper everyday transactions, or news gathering. The new text, due to be approved in the next few days by
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        China's dam resettlement plan
        72 9 BEIJING China has hammered out a plan to resettle 1.13 million people living in the path of what will be the world's largest dam project. Some 632 sq km 140 towns and 13 county seats will be displaced by the waters of the Yangtze River when
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        Pouring out his resentment
        49 9 DEVON, England British pub landlord gets rid of German wines in protest at the Bundesbank's role in the devaluation of the pound. He is switching to British wines in his six pubs, declaring that he was "sick of being stuffed by the Germans", he said.
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        N Korea denies missile sales
        52 9 TOKYO North Korea yesterday rejected what it called "unreasonable preconditions" set by Washington for normalising ties, and denied it was exporting missiles or developing biochemical weapons. The official Korean Central News Agency said the preconditions were laid down by Assistant Secretary of State William Clark
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      Lock icon Liberal picked for Beijing's propaganda post
      152 9 Reuter HONGKONG Chinas communist leadership has named a liberal former aide to late party chief Hu Yaobang as Vice-Minister of Propaganda, a pro-Beijing newspaper reported yesterday. The promotion of Zheng Bijian, vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, was announced by Ta Kung
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      Lock icon Swiss jobless rate hits new high of 3.3pc
      520 9 Structural changes, recession have ended days of job security ana low unemployment: economists Reuter ZURICH Swiss unemployment, at its highest since World War U, is expected to rise further this year and next as structural change and recession bite deeper into Switzerland's
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    Entrepreneurial spunk
    471 10 EDITORIAL BUSINESS risk analysts are usually polite and pull some of their punches when sizing up a country. So when they rate Singapore as a top-notch, corruption-free business haven, they are also saying the place is so squeaky clean as to be sterile and stifling. The no-nonsense approach
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Too venal for too long
      188 10 POLITICAL VENALITY is systemic, that much is accepted by the Japanese themselves. But it begins to make a crucial difference when the system, bedrock and timeless, which stands watch over transient crooks becomes an accessory. Shin Kanemaru had simply become too big to handle. Why
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      Brunei's coming of age
      168 10 THE GRAND CELEBRATION in Brunei Darussalam to commemorate Sultan Hasanal Bolkiah's 25th anniversary of enthronement reflects the country's coming of age. Since its independence from the British five years ago, changes have been slowly and surely taking place. Since then, Brunei has joined Asean and plays
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      Time to venture abroad
      148 10 SINGAPORE is the first country to develop in the region. But no one can guarantee that it can maintain the lead all the time. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew has pointed out to us our shortcomings. Singaporeans have grown accustomed to a comfortable life and secure
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      Don't fall for this line
      223 10 IT MAY HAVE sounded facetious, the call by the Japanese private sector for Malaysia's foreign investment rules to be eased even further, if not for the fact that the Japan and Tokyo Chambers of Commerce and Industry were deadly earnest. Their argument is that if
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      Heed the diversity
      155 10 THE FLAW that emerged last month came when the currency markets were finally forced to accept that the Bundesbank's interests were in conflict with wider, European interests. To keep their currencies within the ERM band, countries had to resort to high interest rates that pushed their own
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      Tackle high cost of funds
      112 10 DESPITE Bank Indonesia's intensive open-market operation to keep interest rates down, most businessmen are still complaining about the very high cost of domestic funds, a condition which has been worsened by the tight restrictions on foreign borrowing. It semes that it will take some time
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    Lock icon Neo-Confucian societies and corruption
    787 10  -  Robert Elegant takes a look around East Asia and wonders if graft is unavoidable in the region, with the exception of Singapore Robert Elegant The writer is a novelist and former Asia correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and Newsweek IHT JAPAN'S latest politicalfinancial scandal highlights
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      47 10 DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU GOOPMORN- MAY I POWU HAVE ANY WOK, THAT "g/gL mrrlM/n ING.OFFICOV SeZYOLK (JM... IPSA HOW FAST OFFICER, VOCE n °^Zi P n WHATSTHB p/wexs SUR3. YOUOU&ZSGOIN6, CAtfTWt SOUKS O.K? rZSf* 1 PROBLEM* WHY S/tf* MAKBTHtS VCKf FUASZ.S/R' j HOT* 60AWAY* FAMJL- £>0 N j
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon It's proving a disastrous year for aviation insurers
      719 11  -  Difficult negotiations are in prospect, says Richard Lapper, over the setting or new rates in a competitive market Richard Lapper FT THE DEVASTATION of apartment blocks on Amsterdam's Bijlmermeer estate is a grim reminder to aviation insurers of the potential risks to
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      Surviving the legal jungles of Vietnam
      1475 11  -  The Vietnamese government is in the process of enacting a dozen new laws in a bid to make their legal environment more acceptable to foreign investors. Harish Mehta provides an update Harish Mehta WHAT DID Unilever, Coca-Cola and Maggi do when they found that
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      Lock icon Quayle speaks just fine (with a script, that is)
      1384 11  -  Kevin Sack relates some lapses which raise questions about Dan Quayle's facility with language and subject matter Kevin Sack NYT WITH HIS SPEECH at the Republican National Convention, and in thought-provoking addresses on everything from legal reform to cultural elitism. United
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      819 12 Nothing Beats A Bud. where to wine, dine QF MM THE rUSHBtS AND HAVE A MIL Only at Subway can you play old English pub games like Push Penny, Table Skittles, Backgammon and Electronic Darts. What's more, our Happy Hour beer prices at $3 a glass and $12 a jug
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      364 12 tfihe/?? puts the world at fingertip,. International Buffet |K October 1 31,1992 V_ Noon to 130pm Adult: $36++ Child under 10; SlS++ Top of the M goes international fjj this month. Come savour \M£ Singapore* cuisine from around the world. At Top of the M, we put the "TwTfclT world
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      675 12 TELEVISION AND RADIO innrrAr ***** business on raoo ISVsAKA lillgCi «£2s£Er ibyji ot v S g rl^ m n,^ s, S; 15 SSTJS3STU mm M 8.00 The Wisdom of the Dream then discoveries show some- 6.00 Regional Newt (M). ■KTirnynrrnH .iiP,. '*j inheritance of Dreams. CG #M thing ejy. 6.30
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Fame, fortune and a rifle
      855 13  -  Daniel Day-Lewis has gone from being an actor's actor to the hottest sex symbol. But the actor tells Dan Cox what really gets him fired up these days Dan Cox Reuter IN ONE film role, Daniel Day-Lewis has gone from being an actor's actor to
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      Lock icon A man of many faces
      636 13  -  Obituary Denholm Elliott died on Tuesday. Bruce Lambert pays tribute to a man better known as a supporting character than a leading actor Bruce Lambert NYT Denholm Elliott was an awardwinning supporting actor who gained a reputation as an accomplished scene-stealer in the course of
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      Woody Allen to sue Vanity Fair for libel
      522 13 CHATTERBOX LAWYERS for Woody Allen announced on Tuesday that they intend to file a libel lawsuit against Vanity Fair magazine because of an article in the November issue that contains graphic descriptions of advances that Allen allegedly made towards his adopted daughter,
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      Lock icon Margarine spreads heart disease: study
      371 13 NYT IN RESPONSE to harsh criticism in the last few years about the amount of saturated fat in the American diet, many food manufacturers have reluctantly switched from palm and coconut oils and lard to partially hydrogenated vegetable oils made from soya bean and corn
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      83 14 K >" ,v, I WSMm' C'TiMiV-' %C s I ,c ,JW J.r ~*r f ¥fc A TV" I I K 3esariarfc*,.■•* -.v mk K KV :-v I I I I lIL m E^MHbfe I l m JEfc SMI C. HL iJ I I I >"-'*' '"V &jfi\ I J|// -f^T;
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      Nike wants more women to 'just do it'
      732 15  -  Nike plans to tap the women's market in a big way. Sylvia Wong reports Sylvia Wong FROM next year, women can look forward to a new range of Nike sports accessories fashioned just for them. Ironically, they have Reebok, Nike's arch-rival, to
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      Fleishman-Hillard tie-up doing well
      534 16  -  Set up in April, the local unit of Fleishman-Hillard already boasts an impressive list of clients. Hong Lee Tiam reports Hong Lee Tiam FLEISHMAN-Hil-lard Scotchbrook (Asia), the local subsidiary of St Louis-based public relations consultancy Fleishman-Hillard, has been going great guns since it opened earlier this
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      Puma aiming new product range at mass market
      350 16  -  By Kooi Cho Teng Athletic goods firm Puma plans to extend its local product range to include casual clothes, denim goods and more swimwear. The firm, now represented in Singapore by Hwa Kay Thai (S) Pte Ltd, will aim its products at
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        DMB&B wins Hyatt International account
        49 16 SINGAPORE DMB&B Tokyu (S) and DMB&B (Hongkong) made history last month when they wrenched the $25 million Hyatt International account from the Ball Partnership JWT and BBDO. It is the first time an Asian agency has taken an American global account from international agencies
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        More read Star than NST
        95 16 KUALA LUMPUR The Star newspaper had a higher circulation in Malaysia last year than The New Straits Times, according to Survey Research Malaysia (SRM). By the end of June 1992, 674,000 people read The Star compared with NSTs 663,000. At SRM's annual media services presentation
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        Call to join ANDY contest
        90 16 SINGAPORE Organisers of the International ANDY Awards, a long-standing event in the advertising industry, are urging agencies to participate in its annual contest. Expressing concern over recent lack of interest in the competition, ANDY organiser Helayne Spivak said healthy rivalry raised standards and "professional recognition
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        Grupo Sol's 'exotic' appointment
        42 16 SINGAPORE The Spanish-based hotel management chain Grupo Sol has appointed Marcel Tjia to head its expansion plans in the Asia-Pacific. As vice-president of development, he will spearhead the chain's move into "the more exotic destinations in this region".
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      402 15 What every Marketing Director sfrDTncr know about data-based marketing Database marketing is one of the latest HOW tO tUTYl VOW Who is Dataconsult? buzzwords but what does it mean? And Dataoonsuk is an Ogilvy Mather company how can your company use it to achieve g% f with 13 offices worldwide.
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      191 17 ■fc'Hiiiii r '111""" "iiy ■Bj^ J Warjm m Ejß&v fcjSwB ir &>; %£&?'*.'s?* i?fo ;••!'t ijfiL *>* si'*- v* i 3 '»jf j'4*?wk »"••¥>"•'■*! »v '»t <s# -.2.-. -jr *>-» iS- -*>** i 4. *> *-'*v* ,«jf 4 AT.^jp, -\;-i^ f- WORLDPERKS. FROM HORTHWEST. WOULDN'T YOU RATHER HAVE A FREE
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  • SPORTS
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        Couples' decision provokes row
        120 18 WENTWORTH US Masters champion Fred Couples has found himself at the centre of a row between the European Tour and the International Management Group (IMG) after deciding to play in the Honda Open in Germany this week instead of the World Match Play Championship here. IMG
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        Mansell to play in golf event
        60 18 ADELAIDE Britain's Formula One motor racing champion Nigel Mansell has accepted an invitation to play in next month's South Australian Open golf championship here after the Australian Grand Prix on Nov 8. The tournament, which starts on Nov 12, will be only the second
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        Borg defeated yet again
        85 18 TOULOUSE, France Lionel Roux, a 19-year-old Frenchman who had to qualify for the Toulouse tournament, on Tuesday beat Bjorn Borg (right) 6-0, 6-4 in his eighth comeback match. Roux, ranked 196 in the wodd, took only 62 minutes to win the first round match over his
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        Hard struggle for Graf
        45 18 ZURICH Top-seeded Steffi Graf of Germany overcame a struggling start and beat Czechoslovakia's Karina Habsudova 7-5, 6-1 on Tuesday in the first round of the U*****,000 (*****,500) European Indoors tennis tournament. Graf faced stiff first-set resistance before settling down for victory.
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        Fifa satisfied with pitch size
        84 18 EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey Playing World Cup games on a smaller playing surface at Giants Stadium in 1994 may lead to more defensive contests but it shouldn't affect the caJibre of play, says Fifa's technical chief. During a technical inspection on Tuesday, Walter Gagg said
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      Pas de deux for Pirate and Brave
      58 18 ATLANTA Ballet or baseball? The Atlanta Braves* Ron Gant gracefully leaping to avoid the Pittsburgh Pirates' second baseman on Tuesday as the ball skips away on an errant throw by the first baseman. The Braves went on to defeat the Pirates 5-1 in
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      Lock icon Holyfield faces two challenges
      430 18 Heavyweight champ out to beat Bowe and silence critics next month AP HOUSTON Heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield hears how he's been beating older fighters like George Foreman and Larry Holmes. Now he'll go against Riddick Bowe in a title defence on Nov 13. The youthful Bowe,
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      Lock icon Andretti wins best driver honours
      230 18 AP CONCORD, North Carolina Mario Andretti, one of the most versatile and successful drivers in motorsports history, has been named the Driver Of The Quarter Century (1967-1991). He was chosen on Tuesday from among 10 finalists in a vote by the 12-member Driver Of The
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      Lock icon Pleasant problem for Magee at Vegas event
      280 18 AP LAS VEGAS Andrew Magee has a problem as he sets to begin the defence of his title in the five-day Las Vegas Invitational. "I hate to say this, but I'm playing much better right now than I was at this stage last
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      Lock icon Irish horseracing moves into full gallop
      628 18 Industry plans major revamp to stay ahead Reuter DUBLIN As British horseracing plunges into gloom over the prospect of wealthy Arab owners cutting back, resurgent Ireland is reorganising on a massive scale and bidding for a place in the international spotlight. Prize money has
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      117 18 IF YOU HAVE NEVER BOUGHT A MALAY ALBUM IN YOUR LIFE... CHECK THIS OUT! H HfcJ mjXm if* i 1 bk.. \l NURADEE "To experience a performance of Nuradee is to experience a 'common chord'. Their deep expressivity is ably embodied by beautiful singing and instruments. If Nuradee is a
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Market drifts lower as investors stay away
      3871 19  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SHARE PRICES ended mixed in thin trading on the local market yesterday. The market drifted throughout the day slightly above the support level of 1,300 on the Straits Times Industrials Index. The STII ended 0.89 point lower at 1,331.67
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      Lock icon HOT STOCK
      72 19  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Land is one of the few local stocks with so many indicators that point to an overwhelmingly over-sold situation. Daily, weekly and monthly stochastics are all near zero, while daily and weekly RSIs are approaching that level too. The monthly RSI is also
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    3316 21 Dunlop Est 330 +14 4.4% L>unlop Est CULS 300 +14 +4.9% M Banking 600 +10 +1.7% M*num Corp 5C 525 +10 +1.9% M1SC Foreign 462 +8 +1.8% MMC-Sentosa 88* +5V> +6.6% MCB Hldgs 50* +6.4% MenangCorp 40Vj 2Yi +6.6% MMC 10. ,22 +2 +1.7% *£>
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      1047 21 1 BUSINESS TIMES Toil free Tel No: 737 0043 Fax No: 734 3698 THK COMPANIES ACT. CAP. M CEPHALON HOLDINGS PTE LTD (la Liquidation) At a general meeting of CEPHALON HOLDINGS PTE LID duly convened and held on the sth day of October. 1992 (be following special resolution was paaaed
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Profit-taking sets in to trim early gains
      5299 22 Bernama PROFIT-TAKING activities alternated with buying support for selected second liner stocks as share prices here ended slightly steadier yesterday. The KLSE Composite Index at the close eased 0.11 of a point to 590.59 and the Industrial Index dropped 3.35 points to 1,025.66
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  • CHINA STOCK EXCHANGES
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      Lock icon Shanghai markets down, Shenzhen little changed
      418 23 CLSA SHARE PRICES in Shanghai's A and B markets drifted lower across the broad yesterday amid the absence of any fresh impetus in the market. The CLSA Shanghai A and B Index slid 1.19 per cent and 2.4 per cent to end the day
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      Lock icon Index edges up on selective buying
      960 23 Reuter STOCK PRICES closed slightly higher yesterday on selective buying, brokers said. Buying interest was firm in the cigarette sector, pushing Gudang Garam and Sampoema 100 and 50 rupiah up to 3,700 and 3,950 respectively. Blue chip Astra International rose 100 rupiah to 10,850.
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      Lock icon Shares end higher but fail to break resistance
      2134 23 Reuter SPECULATORS led trading in the afternoon yesterday but the gains of small-issue shares could not push the stock index through a technical resistance level. The SET Index ended yesterday 6.48 points higher at 872.00 on turnover of 10.27 billion baht. Advances
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      58 23 jlllliWf 111 iyßlilUiWf AIW I|l I Til hA ■I I 1 IIMII I I I I 111 II I I Find out in I I ■■II HI I 111' I I I| I 1 VI V I Personal Investment and Hnanoe. 111 I I I HI I 111 II I
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Stocks give up early gains to end lower
      2603 24 Reuter STOCKS lost earlier gains and closed lower after program selling hit in the last half hour of trade yesterday. Brokers said no fresh news sparked the drop, but added Tuesday's and yesterday's gains were technical and not based on solid factors
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      Lock icon Shares recoup early losses to close higher
      2418 24 Reuter STOCKS reversed early losses to finish higher yesterday on Governor Chris Patten's maiden policy speech as bargain-hunters used it as an excuse to buy, brokers said. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index was up 35.91 points to end the day at 5,589.03, having
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  • AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Shares end off highs after rally runs out of steam
      2050 25 Reuter A MINOR RALLY on the stock market yesterday ran out of steam through the afternoon, leaving shares only slightly higher on the day. "Bargain-hunting sent it up, but no one was really chasing the market," said Geoff Wilson of
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Seoul stocks rise on intervention
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        SEOUL
        879 25 ACTIVE intervention by institutional investors and the Korea Securities Stabilisation Fund helped the stagnant stock market gain 16.62 points to 524.38 yesterday but brokers said the rally could be short-lived. "Institutional buying was coupled I with support of the fund and bargain- hunting. Individual investors also showed a buying
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        TAIPEI
        462 25 SHARE PRICES ended off highs yesterday as investors took quick profits from early gains, but brokers said the market remained unstable as investor confidence was weak. The Weighted Index rose 62 points in early going but ended 29.25 points higher at 3,592.12. Turnover was NTS 13.1 billion. Investors were
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        MANILA
        559 25 SHARE PRICES finished lower yesterday in slow trade as a downturn in major overseas markets continued to dampen sentiment, brokers said. The Manila Stock Exchange Composite Index slipped 9.98 points to close at 1,407.80. Harry Liu, president of Summit Securities Inc, said the retreat dashed hopes that the market
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        NEW ZEALAND
        350 25 SHARES ended slightly lower yesterday on moderate volume after a fickle day's trade. Carter Holt Harvey's seven-cent fall to NZ52.37 was the main reason for the 3.95-point fall in the NZSE-40 Capital Index to 1,392.31. Goodman Fielder Wattie, down three at NZ$l.97, was another contributor to the weakness.
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        48 25 INDICES TURNOVER daw Oct 7 ftiilaa NEW fTHIONB NZSE-40 Capital 1^92.31 1,396.26 -3.93 MAMLA Composite hdai Turnover (mil peaaa) 1,407.10 336 1,417.71 367 •9.9C •31 TMPD Weighted Price Index Turnover (NTS billion) 3.***** 3,362.17 >29.23 13.1 17.27 -4.17 SEOUL Compoote Index Turnover (billion won) 324.31 307.76 106.74 +16.62
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Wall Street stabilises on bargain-hunting
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        72 26 INDICES TURNOVER NEW YORK CIom PlCfkMB Oct 6 Dow Jones SAP 300 Turnover (million) 3,178.19 3,179.00 407.18 407.57 203.50 286.55 -0.81 -0.39 -83.05 LONDON Financial Times 30 FTSE 100 Turnover (million) 1,814.2 2,488.4 465.4 1,779.4 2,446.3 475.1 34.8 +42.1 -9.7 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1,420.30 1,424.40 -4.10 AMSTERDAM EOE Index 278.27
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        378 26 Other markets in Europe, South Africa and Canada Johannesburg Oct 6 Rand INDUSTRIALS A Alpha 3000 100 AECI 575 unch AMIC 6100 unch Abercom 125 Amaprop 625 unch BAZ 1300 Barlows 4930 20 Basil Strk 10 unch Blyvoor 375 unch CG Smith ***** unch Cnagalo 2200 unch Curfin 640 10
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        NEW YORK
        1223 26 STOCKS closed narrowly mixed in cautious trading on Tuesday, providing the market a welcome pause after Monday's wild gyrations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which lost another 21.61 points on Monday, slipped 0.81 point to 3,178.19. Among the broad gauges, the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index eased
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        AMSTERDAM
        285 26 SHARES closed higher on Tuesday in a technical recovery after Monday's steep losses but profit-taking pushed prices off their highs in the afternoon. A soft trend in early New York stocks made players nervous in the afternoon and caused some option-linked selling. "People became cautious when Wall Street hesitated
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        MILAN
        212 26 BUYERS came back strongly in late trade on Tuesday giving a boost to key blue chips as the market rebounded modestly from Monday's falls. Operators said demand may have been encouraged by expectations the recent plunge in value of the lira will help industrial exporters, as well as encourage
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        ZURICH
        350 26 SHARES closed more than one per cent higher on Tuesday to regain about half of Monday's sharp losses, dealers said. Prices changed little in the second half of the session as a mixed Wall Street failed to provide new stimuli for trading. Swiss September inflation figures were also ignored.
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        STOCKHOLM
        143 26 SHARES closed higher on Tuesday after dipping sharply earlier in the day, and dealers said buyers chasing bargains after Monday's plunge won out over sellers, who feared the economy would continue to hurt shares. They added firmer foreign markets and falling domestic interest rates gave investors new confidence. The
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        BRUSSELS
        281 26 Investors are now focusing on thirdquarter earnings reports, which are expected to start trickling in next week. Newton Zinder, market analyst at Lehman Brothers, concurred that the market was "trying to stabilise and quiet down a bit after Monday's wild gyrations." He said the Federal Reserve's meeting kept "traders
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        LONDON
        666 26 SHARES firmed on Tuesday, boosted by technical factors and a rally by the pound but limited by an uninspired opening on Wall Street. At the close, the FT-SE Index of 100 leading shares was up 42.1 points at 2,488.4, recovering nearly half of the ground it lost in its
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        FRANKFURT
        299 26 SHARES ended a thin session mixed around Monday's closing levels, with the DAX Index in the middle of its 14 point intra-day trading range. Dealers said the market had stabilised after Monday's sharp slides which took the index down 3.6 per cent during the bourse session and an estimated
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        TORONTO
        465 26 STOCKS broke a seven-day losing streak, ending on Tuesday with marginal gains after a day of cautious trade, dealers said. "The market looked like it was going to be a little volatile at the opening... but I think everything sort of slowed down around noon," one trader said. Toronto
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
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      Sterling rises on short-covering, US dollar firmer in Tokyo
      1164 27 REPORTS STERLING shook off its recent weakness to rise against the mark on waves of short-covering yesterday, which helped the dollar to come off early lows and end firmer against the mark in Tokyo, dealers said. The US currency was steady
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      410 27 Cross rates 0*7 US$ SJ MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS USS 1.5920 2.4990 1.4280 119.50 0.5841 1.2480 1.3899 1.8382 SS 0.6281 1.5697 0.8970 75.0628 0.3669 0.7839 0.8730 1.1547 MS 0.4002 0.64 0.5714 47.8191 0.2337 0.4994 0.5562 0.7356 Dm 0.7003 1.1148 1.7500 83.68 0.4090 0.8739 0.9733 1.2873
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      MONEY MARKET
      535 27 Interbank rates S$ Bid Offer Overnight 7/8 1 1-month I 1/8 1 1/4 2-month 11/4 13/8 3-month I 5/16 I 7/16 Overnight mode: 1 US> Bid Offer 7 days 3 1/16 3 3/16 1 month 3 1/16 3 3/16 2 months 3 3 1/8 3 months 3 1/8
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      Lock icon Traders unload bonds as Fed fails to cut rate
      386 27 NYT NEW YORK Frustrated in their hopes that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates on Tuesday, money managers dumped many of the bonds they had piled up in the last week. Some had counted on selling their hoards to investors
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1493 27 SIMEX ElflHMMHIA* Open High Low Sett Est Vol Act/Vol Op/Int Dec 92 %.85- 96.88 96.83 96 86 ***** 7738 ***** 96.84 Mar 93 96 8 3 96.87 96.82 96.84 7300 5396 ***** Jun 93 96.51 96.55 96 49 96.5! 5000 2888 ***** Sep 93 96.13 96.16 96.10 96.12
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      Lock icon Jargon is key to demystifying the murky world of oil
      684 28 Reuter LONDON If you think being "clocked" means getting to work on time, trading a crack is a punishable crime and a BBQ is yummy, then you're in the wrong business. This is the type of jargon that moulds the
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      Drop at LME pressures KL tin to close lower
      749 28 REPORTS A FURTHER DROP in the tin price on the London Metal Exchange in overnight trading pressured the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market to close four sen lower at M$ 15.49 per kg yesterday. Dealers said most players on the local market
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    PRICES
    1463 28 Rubber HAS Cawnitty Eidmp (Mwi doring at it Imp HAS (physical pricw) RSS 1 C—tract (S cents/kg) Uy*t S AS at 12 MM (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest 2 Nov 92 141 00 I42.00N Nov 92 145.00 144.50 145.00 2,150 2,175 RSS 3
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      103 28 WHATS IN Find out in Personal Investment and Finance. Every Saturday in Business Times FOR SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF YOUR BUSINESS futfe Stories on labour and its relationship with management, management concepts in practice, profiles of leading managers in Singapore and relevant book reviews. ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT, in Business Times every Monday,
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    AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    1228 29 c*» FVgM 1 7A FVfM FTO MataMa QF5 1 955 SQ228 2 050 kmmam RJ183 0005 DHMH SQ3I9 C >715 KL838 2340 KL837 340 Attorn SQ347 755 kmtUmi BAH 1310 SQ288 2045 GF148 *55 B S«rl hpmi B1453 105 SQ182 0915 SQ181 410 BI96 1405 8(429
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      Phoenix of eastern Germany
      659 29  -  POSTCARD FROM DRESDEN By James Bentley DRESDEN is no longer a symbol of World War II devastation, nor of communist dreariness. The Georgij Dimitroff bridge, named after an obscure socialist theoretician, has been given back its proper name and is once more the Augustus bridge, named
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      FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      151 29 As at 10am yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.1402 1.1562 Canadian dollar 1.2631 1.2886 NZ dollar 0.8SSS 0.8728 Sterling pound 2.7105 2.7485 US dollar 1.5870 1.5950 Load dollars to 100 units of foreiga currency Austrian schilling 15.66
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      167 29 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the late morning and early afternoon. Report Maximum temperature 31.4 Assoc humidity 57% Minimum temperature 22.9 Assoc humidity 95% Hours of sunshine 4.70 Rainfall in mm 45.5 Rainfall this month 101.6 Rainy days this month 5 World report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cood. Auckland 17/08
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    Lock icon Beijing prepares to adopt reform plan at congress
    503 30 Leaders to push through 'socialist market economy' proposal AFP BEIJING China's top leadership is meeting here this week to approve the adoption of the "socialist market economy" advocated by paramount leader Deng Xiaoping and due to be ratified next week by the
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    Lock icon Tory leaders assessing grassroots revolt against Maastricht Treaty
    388 30 AFP BRIGHTON, England Leaders of Britain's ruling Conservative Party yesterday assessed the depth of a grassroots party revolt against the Maastricht Treaty which has been laid bare at the party's annual conference here. Despite a stark warning from Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd
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    Lock icon Goodman Fielder sells NZ unit to Heinz for NZ$567m
    287 30 AFP SYDNEY Australasian food giant Goodman Fielder Wattie Ltd (GFW), which holds a 63.8 per cent stake in Cold Storage Holdings in Singapore, announced yesterday that it has sold New Zea-land-based Wattie Foods companies to the HJ Heinz Company of the
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    What gains businesses hope from Afta
    751 30  -  The Bottom Line PAUL LOW PAUL LOW The author is president of the Malaysian Automotive Component Parts Manufacturers' Association and vice-president of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers THE PLAN to set up an Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) is timely. But given the economic
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    Lock icon Spying by French company riles workers
    303 30 AP PARIS Don't spy on your employees, unless you warn them in advance. That was the message on Tuesday from French Labour Minister Martine Aubry, who came down firmly on the side of aggrieved workers at a waste-treatment plant who are suing their bosses
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    Lock icon Roh appoints academic as caretaker PM
    488 30 Rival political groups welcome reluctant leader Reuter SEOUL South Korean President Roh Tae Woo, seeking to ensure fairness in elections to pick his successor, yesterday appointed as caretaker prime minister an unassuming university official who did not want the job. Mr Roh's spokesman said
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    Lock icon Clinton attacks Vietnam draft record rumours on TV
    454 30 pn Reuter, NYT WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton on Tuesday heatedly denied organising protests against the Vietnam War and said rumours that he considered renouncing his US citizenship to avoid military service were "ridiculous". Mr Clinton's comments on the TV talk
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  • Shipping Times
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      Lines discuss capacity on Asia-Europe route
      446 31  -  Bid to rationalise vessel space to stabilise freight rates By Amir Khalil SINGAPORE Shipping lines plying the Asia-Europe route have got together to rationalise vessel space in a bid to stabilise freight rates. Thirteen conference members including Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) and seven
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      895 31 Page Col ABC Containerize 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 APL 5 3-5 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ANL 3 1/2 Asia Cont Lines 14 5 ASCI. 5 9 Avia Airways 9 3 Bait Canada Line 7 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bank
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      Lock icon Colombian port workers end strike
      149 31 Knight-Ridder BOGOTA A port workers' strike, begun last Saturday, ended on Tuesday after representatives of the government and of workers came to terms over pay and job issues related to port privatisation, saidPublic Works Minister Jorge Bendeck. Workers were on strike at the Caribbean ports
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      Lock icon Eurotunnel declines to name start-up date
      688 31 NYT LONDON Eurotunnel officials, weary of revising the schedule for the opening of their long-awaited tunnel linking Britain and France, took a new tack on Monday, announcing that they could no longer say when the multi-billion-pound project would open. "The start-up date is still
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      Lock icon Paris lets Brussels decide shipyard's fate
      267 31 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Commission may have to brave a public outcry and halt plans to reopen a huge French shipyard, but only because the buck has been passed to Brussels, commission ofllcials said on Tuesday. They were reacting to declarations by French Prime
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      Lock icon Japanese plutonium ship will try to avoid territorial waters
      548 31 AP TOKYO Japan intends to avoid all territorial waters but cannot guarantee that it will be able to when it ships a ton of plutonium from France, the official in charge of the shipment said on Tuesday. Despite growing international criticism,
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      Lock icon Ship valuation: a bitter pill
      1046 32  -  Shipping companies have some hard decisions to make if they decide to seek outside equity and are faced with the valuation criteria of the investment community, reports Peter Stokes Peter Stokes Lloyd's List OF ALL the barriers which have tended to separate the shipping industry
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        Search continues for missing seamen
        62 32 MEXICO CITY An air and sea search continued in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday for 10 people still missing from a tugboat which sank almost a week ago, officials from Mexico's state-owned oil company said. Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said there was only one
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        No licences for helicopters
        47 32 NIAGARA FALLS The Niagara Falls city council has halted issuing licences for sightseeing helicopters in the wake of a collision between two of the aircraft last week that killed four people. The measure approved on Monday imposes a six-month moratorium on helicopter licences.
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        European car sales seen to fall
        44 32 PARIS Jacques Calvet, chairman of PSA Peugeot Citroen, sitting on the Peugeot 905 endurance race car at the Paris car show on Tuesday. Mr Calvet said he expected European car sales to fall 1.3 per cent in 1993.
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        One Boeing engine recovered
        48 32 AMSTERDAM One of two engines that caught fire and fell from an El A 1 cargo plane that rammed into an Amsterdam apartment block complex last Sunday has been recovered and taken to Amsterdam-Schiphol airport for examination, a civil aviation spokesman said on Tuesday.
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        Nepalese panel to probe crash
        40 32 KATMANDU, Nepal The government last Friday set up a 10-member commission to probe the crash of a Pakistan International Airlines jetliner that killed all 167 people aboard on Sep 28, a Tourism Ministry statement said.
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        Corrections and Clarifications
        39 32 IN TUESDAY'S Shipping Times, we ran an article on recent air crashes with an incorrect headline, "Other crashes of Boeing planes". Of the 16 crashes listed, only six involved Boeing planes. We apologise for the error.
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      849 32 THIS twice weekly 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 average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10290 40 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. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3324 45 Containerline NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pte Ltd (SVManne Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SyAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) \hrenkiel Liner Service: Kim Shpg T rdg (S). Albalros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte Ltd (S).
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      COURIER SERVICES
      264 45 Abacus C ouriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: *****98. Air Express Travel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: *****44. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844 Fax: *****16 *****80 Airswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: *****83. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: *****75. City-Link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: *****50. Cluster Link Supplies Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1467 45 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7821 Fax: *****20. Aerolink Freight International Tel: 545-8033. Fax: *****05. Aerosoeed Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express International Tel: 542-7666. Fax: *****74 *****50. Air
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      3348 46 ALBANIA Durres: Three vessels in port of which 1 discharging bulk wheat, 1 discharging glass. I arrived Sep 26 and will discharge fertiliser. ARGENTINA No report available AUSTRALIA Queensland Abbot Point: One coal vessel due Sep 28; no delay. Hay Point Coal: 2 vessel operating; 13 vessels due
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      555 46 ARRIVALS Op Flight 1)1* eta T From TODAY KAL K.E697 B747F 0150 I SEL SIA SQ827 B747F 1730 2 CPH/DXB CLX CV794 B747F 1845 1 LUX/DXB NCA KZ203 B747F 1930 i NRT KAL KE685 A30F 2345 1 SEL/MNL TOMORROW JAL JL615 B747F 0240 1 TYO NWA NW90I
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      Lock icon SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      849 46 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES The information contributed by Simpson Spence Young VESSELS ON OFFER Bulk Carriers Anna: 26,704 dwt and built January 1976 Austin Pick; loading Borneo for discharge Jeddah where open midOctober. OlTers invited. Siriitada: 26.641 dwt and built June 1974 Namura, eta Rotterdam Oct 5 to discharge Oct
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      240 46 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Air Dep Name of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of Calls Port Agent Telephone No OCTOBER 11 11 Fantasy World 1000 2000 Sin-P Klang Lauw Sons 227-8284 14 14 Fantasy World 1000 1900 Sin-Jakarta Lauw Sons 227-8284 18 18 Fantasy World 1000 2000 Sin-P Klang Lauw
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        640 47 fry Mb Brti Anta Otphm fro* Way W» Brti Ibrtwl Diprtrt HariM Terminal 1 Hongzhan 9239N S04 0810/1100 08.10/2300 Batam Mapj *****2 M03 alongside 08.10/0500 Meratus Pnm 1/92 SOI 07.10/1100 08.10/1800 Batam Sayang *****2 M03 atongsxle 08.10/0500 Trans Pac 5 3 SOI 0810/1900 09.10/0200 Btm Bafiagw *****2
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        MALAYSIAN PORTS
        279 47 I-C jwwi nn Berth 1; nil; 2: IsmaiHa; 3; Thangloi 01; 4; Kocaelt; 5; Peter Tomasevich; 6; Kris Lemona. 01 jetty: nil. DCk Castor Gas. Due on Oct 7: Stolt Surf, Global Venus, Jemrin, Barge Munar 11. Due on Oct 1- Off, Kokuei Maru No 3 Ocean Power,
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1557 47 Mill: ■1 ■■Hi ■MB s* Voy N§ CwMwn i«alabt* a* Voy Nl ACX Lotus 306 06.10 92 0700 Saudi Dinya USA060 COO(EST) 07.10.92 1500 Equator Jewe 111N 06,10.92 0730 N Crystal 08E COO(EST) 07.10.92 0700 VM 7762F 0610.92 1100 Vigour Trade 921 IN COO(EST) 07.10.92 1830 Un Fortune
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      614 48 FREIGHT rate futures were mostly lower on Biffex matehing a similar trend in physicals where relevant fixtures were slow to emerge, brokers said on Tuesday. Futures moved lower initially before shortcovering emerged to reverse the trend at one stage. However further liquidation set in during the afternoon when
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      813 48 Oct 13-16: Seatrade Asia-Pacific Cruise Convention, organised by Seatrade. The event will take place at The Westin Stamford and Westin Plaza. Oct 21 (1215-1430 hrs): Luncheon talk on Implementation of GMDSS organised by Singapore National Shipping Association at WTC Club. For further details, please contact SNSA at tel:
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      Lock icon Qantas looks to Asia as profits leap 3-fold
      490 50 Airline expects next year to be not so rosy Reuter SYDNEY Australia's international carrier Qantas Airways Ltd yesterday reported a three-fold leap in profits for the year to June 30 but said the next year would not be so rosy. The state-owned
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      Lock icon USAir flight crew ordered to suspend strike
      240 50 UPI WASHINGTON A Pittsburgh federal judge late Monday ordered USAir flight attendants to suspend a sympathy strike called in support of 8,000 striking mechanics and plane cleaners. US District Court Judge Timothy Lewis issued a tem-porary-restraining order against the Association of Flight Attendants,
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      Lock icon Mogadishu airlifts ground to a halt as shooting resumes
      468 50 Reuter MOGADISHU, Somalia An international airlift to Mogadishu to feed Somalia's starving millions appears to have ground to a halt after shooting shut down the airport and transport planes fled without unloading their cargoes. Uneasy peace reigned at the airport on
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      Lock icon Russia taking full control of railway, coast in Abkhazia
      390 50 AP MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin said that Russian troops were taking full control of the railway and the coast in Georgia's separatist region of Abkhazia, deepening Moscow's involvement in the troubled area. Mr Yeltsin told lawmakers that Russia was not involved
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      Lock icon Daimler, Mitsubishi in Kobe for 4th round of talks
      315 50 Reuter BONN Top executives from Daimler-Benz AG of Germany and Japan's Mitsubishi group of companies gather today in the Japanese port city of Kobe for the fourth round of strategic collaboration talks. Industry sources doubt the closely-guarded meeting will result in
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      Lock icon Imported vehicle sales in Japan up 9pc
      379 50 Bloomberg TOKYO Sales of imported vehicles in Japan rose 9 per cent year-on-year in September to 19,370, a record for the month and the first increase since June, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said. Robust sales of passenger cars made by Toyota Motor
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      Lock icon Judge sets deadline for Continental bids
      313 50 NYT NEW YORK A federal bankruptcy judge, in an effort to move along Continental Airlines' efforts to emerge from the protection of the court, has set a deadline of Nov 9 for bidders to submit their proposals for the carrier. Robert Ferguson, the chief
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      1930 35 6 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD ISIb 10 Ho« Chiang Road #11-01 Keppei Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 ACCEPTS CARGO DUE SAAS SINGAPORE PHOMN PENH SHAHS STAR VISC R*. Slian. Taw 01-09 Oct 10 Oct U Oct ASIAN PWDC VO2 15 Oct 21 Oct STRAITS VENTURE V 241 Hum.
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      655 36 CR NBR **********0-D EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES TO EUROPE ni.vor stok roam/uiam hburg Bremen mitrew KUT/U 26M8 13-17/10 14/11 11/11 24/11 21/11 MATMMiUNB 2 6/12 J/1 7/1 12/1 15/1 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO Subject to lnduc«<n«nt. Alto accepting cargo to Casablanca, Port Said, Port Alexandria, Qanoa, Trioata. AISO
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      1417 36 HANJIN SHIPPING I FOR VSL SM LME MAUI LGB OAK FM VSI SM ILK HAUL SAV LN NYC HANJIN LE HAVRE 019E 10/10 WKCT 1/11 4/11 HAMN CHEJU OI7E 12/10 K KOBE 03* 19/11 20/11 22/11 HANJIN OAKLAM) 019E 18/10 H. BARCELONA 001E 8/11 10/11 HAWM KNANGYANG OME 19/10 M
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      1974 37 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS (FOR ALL NOL SERVICES) NEPTUNELINK TEL *****00 (TOLL-FREE) USA SERVICE TERMINAL OFFICE *****22 mm FAR EAST SERVICE *****00 IMPORT CFS -F9 *****69/*****96 UK/EUROPE SERVICE (TOLL-FREE) EXPORT CFS F9: *****53/*****50 aust/incha/pak service NEPLINE SDN BHD MALAYSIA NEPTUNELINK TEL: (03) *****23
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      1118 37 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKINGS: BALT ORIENT LINE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 BLASCO ODESSA: *****51/*****31 ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES EASTBOUNO—OttCHMONC WCSTBOUND-lOAOWG TRANSITED VIA KQTTOPMI
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      1661 38 KT AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CR No: **********0 M) W W *****77 TELEX KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX *****07/8* I M. MALAYSIA: 'K* UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD I JL Mm MmJK JL JL TEL SA *****00 PK *****01/5 PENANG *****0 JB *****1 ■HM KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA
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      1078 38 PHIU-OM€NT UN€S PT€ LTD W 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: R*****0 FAX: *****76 222 BY AIR, LAND OR SEA.... Sfit- IV£ TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION 10 OCT SYDNEY. MELBOURNE. BRISBANE. FREMANTLE T1 u nlcQ rußicTrwiifiCH 15
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      1339 39 .Pff,, PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD imummmmm mm KB 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 CR NO: **********0E !J**»>TA 1 BANGKOK ~l ess™. oy s,m r s,n ?*£«..r r. :i BUNGATERATAI a\l 50/10 SRIBAMUT (THAI FLAO) SRS3BN 11/10 14/10 11/10 1 KOTA BINTANG KBT3SN 13/10 10/10
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      1326 39 LXTftßg CONTAINER SERVICE TO ijfcMORTH CONTfNENT-SCANDINAVIA WEEKLY p P GUOANG PENANG PKELANG OCEAN VSL/VOY SIN SOU (1) RTM (2) HAM (3) GOT (4) 9/10 9/10 10/10 ALSIA 2402 13/10 30/10 1/11 2/11 4/11 16/10 16/10 17/10 BENAVON 2412 20/10 6/11 8/11 9/11 11/11 D 23/10 23/10 24/10 JUTLANWA 2422 27/10
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      269 39 I BSA° TRANSPORTATION M MYANMA VBBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Sport P.KIf fen PGd| PAGAN VIS7W 13/15 Oct HPA-AN VIB2R 15/17 Oct PAGAN VIM* 30/ 1 No* NIGERIAN NATIONAL SHIPPING LINE NIGERIA EXPRESS SERVICE RIVER MAJE V.50 SPORE 16 Nov Lagos 09 Doc Pt
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      2171 42 ■PS Conventional Semi-Container Full Container Liner Services Liner Services M*y»sApnts: won.*« A**** General Agents: Booking Agents: General Agents: Booking Agents: Goon Gosn Shipping S*i MM CMong CMm Skiving Sdn BM M. OaW Mr> MaaMto Maritime Yick Fung Shipping A s*imi* freight B***t Gnthi* Acmkms Costar Shipping Pte Ltd Skim* Fn*H
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      253 42 S/UMJOBU MDONESU (S) PTI LTD w mccallum street #03-01/02 natwest centre Singapore 01M Tatac R*****0 T«t 2224X1-3 Fax: 229 4m, 227*130 for bookbmm CALL omcct une TEL: *****41/*****43 SBI/JAK SERVICE VESSEL VOY SIN JAK LAWANTI 900 08/10 (FRO 11/10 (SUN) PELOPOR 1049 10/10 (SAT) 13/10 (TUE) MAJESTY 911 10/10 (SAT)
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      602 43 (it FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) LIMASSOL/PIREAUS TI/10 ROTTERDAM tl/10 H AIF A/ASHOOD/ALEXANDRIA 11/10 HAMBURG/BREMEN tl/10 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 11/10 FELIXSTOWE/UK 11/10 BARCELONA/SPAIN Tl/10 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP Tl/10 GENOA/ITALY Tl/10 GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA Tl/10 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI Tl/10 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 10/10 NEW YORK/EC 11/10 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 15/10 VANCOUVER
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      755 43 K^^^lcMnt^nElßlll^rctsciE?TsMPTr^^ Si TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) FAX: *****15/*****03 FH} TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) \M\ ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL IVOV ETA LOADING FOR SPORE ANCMNET 28WB 22/10 DARE SS ALA AM. MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA AB6AY WON 2 34W8 20/11 DARESSALAAM
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      485 43 P RTA 1.1.1. I mm bhum 101s 10/10 tmu bhum osn m 09/10 12/10 BENIA BHUM 47S 10/10 13/10 NAWTA BHUM 110N Sat 10/10 14/10 mm BUM 1025 14/10 17/10 oafa 02N Ist 13/10 Sat 17/10 17/10 /1Q PITA BHUM** 254N Won 12/10 Thu 15/10 WAN* SWO 16» 21/10 24/10
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      324 43 I ®3aa hw VSL VOY ■NOAKME MADRAS WNQATOne *SJEI «DT MM SOI TKU SIM 3CM M-M/ll 15-14/11 22-21/11 TKEI Kfi 225* 12-11/11 It-21/II 27-21/ II TWt MROW 37* 15-14/11 22-21/11 20-M/ll THI SmC 22f* 11-21/11 25-27/11 0241/11 VSL VOY SSdOAPOIV/CALCUTTA/SSIQAPOfIE nsi wr at en nsw ma istcm imvio 10-21/11 20-10/11
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      1855 44 groupage I (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 W V P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWN/BKK GOTH/U.K/MED PORTS PEN PKL SIN PEN PK SIN 11/10 12/10 13/10 Ho»i| Kong Ldn/Flx/Rdm/Ant 15/10 16/10 17/10 13/10 14/10 15/10 Hon| Konf G'burg/C'hagen/S'hoim/Oslo 11/10 12/10 13/10 18/10 19/10
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      1143 44 THONG SOON UNES PTE. LTD.] JL' 77 ROBINSON ROM) #15-00, #16-00 SW BULOVtG SWGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** CTHOL COBLE: TOSOCO SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA VESSEL Ivor" [spore TdEST VESSEL VOT SPORE P. UUM EQUATOR JADE 61/92E 09
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      137 46 UP. J* LIVING IT tStt EACH WEEKEND, put up your executive feet, and let us shuffle through your imagination. We usually tread lightly, but even when we don't, you'll know you're alive after that exciting, exacting or simply emaciating week of work. So don't throw in the high-flying towel, or
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      322 48 1 WfeW LIAN HUAT SHIPPING CO (PTE) LTD. I 10 Anson Road, #14-19/21 International Plaza, Singapore 0207. Tel: *****11 (16 lines) Fax: *****94 Tlx: RS ***** AB LENHUAT Daily receiving cargo at Pasir Panjang Terminal PT4 Tel: *****97 FULLY CONTAINERISED AND CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO MYANMAR (YANGON) VESSEL ETA ETD DESTINATION
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      308 48 JjL cosco UKC CONVEHTIONAL «EWVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 28/10 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHXA COMVEMTTOWAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 15/10 20/10 Huangpu/Guangzhou COSCO RIU. CONTAINER SERVICE* (FCL/FCL) EXPORT TO: CHIN A/BANGKOK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITEMMNEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI Please refer above
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      231 48 liCTagH CONTAINER LINE J FAR EAST WEEKLY /«JL CONSOLIDATION •HONGKONG JAKARTA Is 'KEBE KEH.UNG/KAOSHIUNG MANILA BUSAN PENANC/PORT KELANG BANGKOK TOKYO/YOKOHAMA/KOBE Tel- 538 0155 Id. DJO UI 3D m/ q KAOSHIUNG OWENS CONTAINER LINE (S) PTE LTD KONG 133 New Bridge Road #09-06 Chinatown Point S'pore 0105 SINGAPORE/INPONESIA/SI >IGAPORE REGULAR RELIABLE
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      41 48 ©ORIENT FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD TEL: *****92, FAX: *****85 C/R NO. **********0 D WEEKLY FCL/LCL TO THE FOLLOWING PORTS: BOMBAY KEELUNG JAKARTA KARACHI KAOHSIUNG BUSAN MADRAS HONGKONG TOKYO CALCULTTA BANGKOK YOKOHAMA COLOMBO PENANG MELBOURNE CHITTAGONG PT KELANG FREMANTLE DUBAI MANILA SYDNEY
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      1102 49 ▲HYUNDAI I MERCHANT WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VESSELS PM fKE+ PSD 4- SIN I RTM WT* LEH* HAM BEE) FEL SI. FREEDOM 301* 09/10 09/10 09/10 11/10 30/10 30/10 31/10 31/10 31/10 03/11 SL. MMUNER 301* 23/10 23/10 23/10 25/10 13/11 13/11 14/11 14/11 14/11 17/11 H. EXPLORER 302* 30/10 30/10
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      139 49 »BMTAN6 MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 39 NEI. ROM) SmGATOftE 0201 TEL: ***** M TLX: R*****5 SMMER FAX: *****64 MXtm Mi Of cmo rrm nsmim MERCURY PLM& *1* h Pl-« Oct Mmt*. UtaH MfTME KLJHT *22 07-M Oct till Oct M*. Mi KMrf tOCURY MH VIK 19-12 Oct 1213 Oct NMra.
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