The Business Times, 11 December 1992

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    16 1 Business Times MITA (P) 35/12/91 Friday, December 11, 1992 THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • Article
      US producer prices down for first time in 10 months
      93 1 WASHINGTON Prices at the wholesale level fell in November for the first time in 10 months, the US government said yesterday, as vegetable prices took their biggest plunge in more than 27 years while petrol and heating oil prices also
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      Bundesbank keeps interest rate intact
      75 1 FRANKFURT The German Bundesbank said yesterday it was leaving interest rates unchanged but raised its target for 1993 M 3 money supply growth at 4.5 to 6.5 per cent, up from 3.5 to 5.5 per cent in 1992. Currency dealers said the move would make
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    • Article
      New URA guidelines
      33 1 FROM March next year, the URA will allow owners of sites along rivers, canals, ponds, reservoirs and the sea to integrate these bodies of water in their projects Page 2
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    • Article
      Takeover talks
      29 1 INDONESIAN timber giant Barito Pacific Group expects to complete negotiations on its proposed takeover of P T Astra International by the end of the year Page 3
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    • Article
      IBM to hold meeting
      30 1 IBM CORP will be holding a special board meeting next week to consider a cut in assets and workforce, says The Wall Street Journal. Page 3
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    • Article
      Places that attract
      34 1 THREE Asean countries Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore in that order topped the list of the most attractive places to invest in the AsiaPacific, according to study by Arthur Andersen Page 9
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    • Article
      Grow yes, soar no
      45 1 RUSSIAN arms sales to China are certain to grow, senior Russian officials say. But they deny recent US reports which suggested that the value of the trade will soar from US$3OO million this year to US$2 billion by 1994 Page 10
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    • Article
      Boost for cruises
      29 1 THE South-east Asian cruise market looks set to gather speed when Regency Cruises bases its 570-passenger Regent Spirit in Singapore from Monday. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKET SUMMARY
    • Article
      Dow lower
      45 1 WALL STREET stocks edged lower yesterday morning, with investors apparently unimpressed by news of a fall in US wholesale prices and new jobless claims. The Dow Jones index of leading industrial shares was down 3.27 points at 3,320.54 five minutes after the opening.
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      Footsie lower
      44 1 LONDON share prices were lower at midday yesterday on the London Stock Exchange, weakened by profit taking and by the fall of sterling. At 1230 GMT, the Financial TimesStock Exchange 100-share index was down 14.8 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 2735.9.
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    • Article
      Goodbye, Genting
      37 1 GENTING Bhd's plans for taking over Lonrho pic appears dashed with the sale of the bulk of shares owned by the British conglomerate's chief executive, Tiny Rowland, to German property magnate Dieter Bock Page 4
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    • Article
      Tiger in tie-up
      35 1 TIGER MEDICALS Ltd, the listed pharmaceuticals arm of Haw Par Brothers International Ltd, will tie up with a Chinese company to set up a US$l5 million pharmaceuticals plant in China Page 4
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    • Article
      Injunction issued
      24 1 CREATIVE Technology has been issued a High Court injunction that prevents it from making allegations against local computer group AVS Page 4
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      STOCK INDICES
      30 1 Thursday Change BT-MGA 681.52 -I 04 Kuala Lumpur ....633.94 +0.42 Tokyo 17.501.30 95.08 Hongkong 5.273.79 -65^46 Sydney 1.501.3 +19.1 Wednesday Change New York 3.323.81 +1.63 London 2.750.7 -19.1
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      CURRENCIES
      21 1 Exchange rates US$ S$ 1.6375 IMYen S$ 1.3190 M$ S$ 0.6444 Money market rates Overnight 5/8 +1/4 3-month 2 unch
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      CURRENCIES
      35 1 London Gold AM fix US$$333.90 US$0.50 Rubber Spore Jan 147.75«/kg +0.25 M'sia Jan 226.50«/kg +0.50 KL Tin Turnover 43tonnes +3 Spot MS14.31 /kg unch Crude palm oil Turnover l,582lots +98 Feb MS909 /tonne -2
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    Manufacturing set to outperform official forecast
    511 1  -  SMA official expects 3 to spc growth in final quarter By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE The manufacturing scctor is picking up steam after recovering in the third quarter of this year. The Singapore Manufacturers' Association says its members report November sales as being better
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    CPF figures point to consolidation of private residential property
    518 1  -  By Colin Tan SINGAPORE Figures released by the Central Provident Fund yesterday suggest that the private residential market may be entering a consolidation phase after a rush to buy properties between the months of May and July. But there are no
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    KL Parliament votes unanimously to censure Johor Sultan
    389 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S Parliament unanimously voted yesterday to censure the Sultan of Johor for allegedly assaulting a hockey coach. It also demanded that the government review provisions in the Constitution giving the country's nine Sultans immunity from the
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    Options trading to start in January
    182 1 SINGAPORE Options trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) will start sometime in January 1993, a month later than scheduled. Trading may initially be on two counters. Subscribers of the exchange's price broadcast service received a letter yesterday from an SES subsidiary, Securities
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    Double shock shows need for new leaders: PM
    651 1 SINGAPORE Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong last night spoke of the critical need for Singapore 's leadership succession to be carefully planned. He began his speech at an Institute of Policy Studies dinner thus: I want to share with you the anxious
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      11 1 t Hock Lock Siew: Long-term gains vs short-term benefits, Fg 4
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
    • Article
      No chaos in S'pore if PAP loses, says SDP
      362 2  -  Marine Parade GRC by-election By Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE Singapore will not plunge into chaos if the People's Action Party is defeated in the Marine Parade by-election, said candidates of the Singapore Democratic Party last night. Even if Prime Minister Goh Chok
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      URA guidelines for projects adjacent to bodies of water
      293 2  -  By Colin Tan SINGAPORE From March next year, owners of sites along rivers, canals, ponds, reservoirs and the sea will be allowed to integrate these bodies of water in their projects. But they will become responsible for the upkeep and maintenance
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      Government sold short in living costs debate: Boon Heng
      283 2 SINGAPORE The People's Action Party government has been sold short in the debate on living costs over the last two years and it is time it fights back, Minister of State (Trade try) Lim Boon Heng told party cadres last month.
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      Help us find new ideas, PM urges IPS
      506 2  -  PM's speech at Institute of Policy Studies anniversary dinner By Anna Teo SINGAPORE Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong last night outlined how the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) could evolve into a major institution to help develop Singapore's "software advantages" of superior
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      Supermarket can help small shops: FairPrice
      225 2  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE NTUC Fair Price, which has opened a second supermarket in Tampines, believes it will be a boon not a bane to small provision and sundry shops in the vicinity. The retail traffic that it would generate by attracting more people
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      S'pore-registered firm in S$170m industrial park projects in China
      257 2 A SINGAPORE-REGIS-TERED company is embarking on two industrial park development projects in China at a cost totalling some Ssl7o million. The company, Galaxy Trade and Marketing Pte Ltd, will undertake the project in Jiangsu province on its own, but has joined
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      Colour Touch key men face more charges
      313 2 SINGAPORE Pang Kim Soon and Soon Tan, the key men behind debt-laden Colour Touch (S) Pte Ltd, were each charged yesterday with two additional counts of cheating and 10 counts of illegal money lending. BT understands that the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) is
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      Lock icon Astra takeover talks ending soon: Barito
      385 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian timber giant Barito Pacific Group said yesterday it expects to complete negotiations on its proposed takeover of PT Astra International by the end of the year. "We hope to complete the negotiations before the yearend," a company official told Reuters, but
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      Lock icon IBM considering more asset sales and job cuts: report
      226 3 Bloomberg, Knight Ridder NEW YORK International Business Machines Corp has scheduled a special board meeting for next week to consider a massive new effort to shed assets and reduce its work force. The Wall Street Journal has reported. The computer giant
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    • Article
      Neste's chemicals unit looking into US$150m China project
      309 3  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Finnish industrial group Neste Oy's chemicals division is looking into investing US$l5O million (***** million) in a polyethylene facility in China. Neste Chemicals' vicepresident for Asia. Mikko Haapavaara. said at a press briefing yesterday that the company was
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      Competition in rental market for mobile phones soon
      173 3 SINGAPORE Singapore Telecommunications Pte Ltd (Singapore Telecom) will soon face competition in the business of renting mobile phones and pagers. In April next year, the Telecommunications Authority of Singapore will remove the monopoly that Singapore Telecom now enjoys. TAS chairman Tan Guong
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      M'sian property market seen softening next year
      253 3  -  From Sylvia Wong in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN property prices will soften next year and the downturn will last until 1996 at least, property consultant firm Rahim Co has forecast. At a seminar entitled "A Critical Review of the Malaysian Property Market" here yesterday,
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Malaysia's FIC clears Kim Eng's acquisition
        70 4 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Foreign Investment Committee has said that it has no objection to Kim Eng Holdings Ltd taking a 6.14 per cent stake in Far East Asset Bhd. Listed broking house Kim Eng recently acquired the stake, or 14.92 million shares. A listed
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        Bousteadco appoints new director
        37 4 SINGAPORE Lim Hong Keat has been appointed a director of Bousteadco Singapore Ltd, with effect from Dec 9. Mr Lim retired as a director and managing director of CMB Packaging Ltd in October.
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        Chuan Hup sells subsidiary
        52 4 SINGAPORE Chuan Hup Holdings has sold its whollyowned subsidiary, Oilrig Lines Pte Ltd, for $50,000. A company statement said that Oilrig was a dormant firm with a paid-up capital of 50,000 shares of 1 each. It added that the sale would have no effect on the
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        PSC unit boosts paid-up capital
        57 4 SINGAPORE Provisions Suppliers Corporation Ltd's wholly-owned subsidiary, PSC Investment Pte Ltd, has increased its paid-up capital from $1 million to $2 million, with effect from Dec 9. Another subsidiary, Fortune Bright Investment Pte Ltd, has also raised its paid-up capital from $2 to $1.6 million
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      Genting's plans for taking over Lonrho appear dashed
      499 4 SINGAPORE Any plans that Malaysia's Genting Bhd had for taking over Lonrho pic now appear dashed with the sale of most of the shares owned by the British conglomerate's enigmatic chief executive. Tiny Rowland, to German property magnate Dieter Bock. Reuters reported
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      Tiger Medicals in US$15m China tie-up
      296 4  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Tiger Medicals Ltd, the listed pharmaceuticals arm of Haw Par Brothers International Ltd, has joined forces with a Chinese company to set up a US$l5 million (5524.6 million) pharmaceuticals plant in China. It said yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Drug
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      Do not sacrifice long-term gains for short-term benefits
      546 4  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE A broker recently remarked that he read BT with one aim to find out where he can make money and make it quickly. Not for him any analyses based on long-term forecasts all
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      Lock icon IOI expects property development to enhance earnings significantly
      406 4 Bernama PETALING JAYA Industrial Oxygen Incorporated Bhd (IOI) plans to move more aggressively into property development, which is expected to enhance group earnings significantly. However, vice-chairman Datuk Lee Shin Cheng said yesterday that this did not mean that less attention would be
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      Lock icon United Malayan cautiously optimistic
      177 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR United Malayan Flour Mills Bhd is cautiously optimistic about the coming year and hopes to maintain its earnings. Chairman Saw Eng Lock said in its 1992 annual report that this was in spite of the higher cost of wheat grains which eroded profit
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      AVS gets injunction restraining Creative from making claims
      430 4  -  Creative vows to counter with application for a discharge By Josaph Rajendran SINGAPORE Creative Technology has been presented with a High Court injunction that prevents it from making allegations against local computer group AVS. The injunction, receipt of which was confirmed by
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      Safety proposals to be implemented: Sembawang
      234 4 JL m. SINGAPORE The recommendations of a committee of inquiry into the fire on board the chemical tanker Stolt Spur will be implemented immediately to prevent further mishaps, Sembawang Shipyard said yesterday. Six men were killed and 60 injured in the fire that broke
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • Article
        Campbell seeks court ruling on Arnotts' bid
        95 6 SYDNEY Campbell Soup Co said it applied yesterday to the New South Wales Supreme Court for a declaration that it could elect directors to Arnotts Ltd, if it won control of the Australian baking group. Campbell said a 1985 agreement limiting Campbell to
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        TSE trading unaffected by strike
        51 6 TOKYO About 300 Tokyo Stock Exchange employees went on strike yesterday in an effort to secure larger bonus payments, a TSE spokesman said. None of the striking employees are floor traders hence, the strike has no impact on TSE equity or bond trading, the spokesman
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        HK seeks more funds for probe
        78 6 HONGKONG The Hongkong government has estimated that it will need more time and money than originally anticipated to complete its investigation into the affairs of the Allied Group and other companies. The inspection, now expected to last for about nine months, or until next
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        HK Yaohan posts profit rise
        74 6 HONGKONG Hongkong restaurant and bakery giant Yaohan International Caterers said its net profit rose 7.8 per cent to HK528.7 million (Ss6 million) in its first half ended Sep 30, from HK526.6 million in the year-earlier period. The result is after tax and payments to minority
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        Sanyo in Shenyang tie-up
        52 6 TOKYO Major Japanese electronics maker Sanyo Electric Co and Japanese trading company Toyota Tsusho Corp on Wednesday announced a venture with Chinese company Shenyang Air Conditioner Factory to make air-conditioners in China. The new company, Shenyang Sanyo Air-condition-er Co, will establish an air-conditioning factory in Shenyang,
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      Grand Plaza shares fall prey to bearish market
      413 6  -  No lots traded on Manila bourse except for one special block sale From Al Labita in MANILA MANILA'S bearish market yesterday took its toll on the listing of Grand Plaza Hotel Corp (GPHC), touted as the main property investment vehicle of the
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      Lock icon China Resources to stay in HK project: report
      244 6 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG China Resources (Holdings) Ltd, one of the largest Chinese conglomerates in Hongkong, will remain in a venture to build part of the colony's ninth container terminal, but is applying for approval from Beijing, the Wen Wei Po newspaper said yesterday.
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      Indon firms warned of problems with leadership succession
      386 6 JAKARTA Business analysts have warned that leadership succession at major corporations in Indonesia could be problematic if intensive training is not carried out to prepare new leaders, the Jakarta Post reported. The director of the Institute for Management Education and Development, Anugerah
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      Lock icon Chaebols' clout may ebb in wake of Hyundai probe
      238 6 Knight-Ridder SEOUL An investigation into election contributions by the Hyundai Group has sparked concerns about a long-term assault on South Korea's conglomerates, known as chaebol. These handful of supercompanies that dominate the economy have long been denounced by populist politicians. Analysts
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      Lock icon BA looking more likely to make rights issue
      380 7 Latest bid for Qantas seen stretching airline's finances Reuter LONDON British Airways pic says it will not be financially stretched if it succeeds in its ambitious global expansion campaign. But now that BA has opened up a new front in the campaign
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Time Warner to shed non-income generating assets
        101 7 NEW YORK Time Warner Inc plans to sell, swap or otherwise get rid of US$3 billion (554.9 billion) in investments that do not produce income, or else turn them into cash generators, to reduce its huge debt load. Time Warner could consider shedding
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        British Gas waits for better deal
        109 7 LONDON British Gas has rejected a chance to secure the purchase of Argentina's largest gas distribution company in the apparent hope that it could pick up the business more cheaply next week. The British utility, bruised in the past by accosations that it had
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        Borland to cut staff worldwide
        57 7 SCOTTS VALLEY, California Borland International Inc, plagued by price competition and rising costs, said it will cut 350 jobs, or 15 per cent of its worldwide workforce of 2,100. Borland, a leading provider of database software, is taking these measures to centralise its research, development
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      Lock icon The writing's on the wall for some Japanese printers
      290 7 NYT TOKYO As year end approaches, many Japanese companies give away calendars to consumers and clients in the hope that they may stay on the walls throughout the year to get across their corporate messages. While the prolonged slump in economy
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
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        Rules for Japanese banks' brokerage units
        70 8 TOKYO Japan's Finance Ministry will prohibit brokerage subsidiaries to be set up by banks from trading and underwriting stocks, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said. The move is aimed at protecting existing brokerages, the paper said. They will be allowed to trade corporate bonds and
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        Kidder sees record profit
        103 8 NEW YORK Kidder Peabody, General Electric Co's brokerage unit, expects a record pre-tax operating profit this year of more than US$3OO million (Ss4B9 million), Kidder chief executive officer Michael A Carpenter said. That is nearly triple the US$ll9 million that Kidder earned in 1991 and places
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        Money brokers cut commissions
        102 8 ►J TOKYO Japan's money brokerages have cut commissions t* on interest rate swap transactions because of increasing com*i petition from Hongkong, the Nihon Kinyu Shimbun newspaper said. Japan's money brokerages made the reductions to counter the trend by Japanese banks to shift their interest rate SW
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        BAT to invest in insurance unit
        102 8 LONDON BAT Industries pic said it will invest £450 million (551.12 billion) in its Eagle Star insurance unit. In a statement, the UK tobacco and financial services company said the investment will increase Eagle Star's solvency margin to more than 50 per cent of
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        J P Morgan boosts dividend
        95 8 NEW YORK J P Morgan Co, the US's fifth-largest bank holding company, has boosted its quarterly dividend 10 per cent to 60 cents a share from 54.5 cents a share, following better-than-expected thirdnjuarter earnings. On an annual basis, the bank's dividend will increase to US$2.4O
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      Asia still keen to lend to Indon finance houses
      519 8  -  Interbank lending gaining popularity By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE The Asian capital markets are still keen to lend funds to Indonesian banks and financial institutions, despite recent reports about liquidity problems and the US$6OO million (SS9B4 million) debt facing the banking division
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      Lock icon Fed caps banks' intangible assets
      310 8 Bloomberg WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday voted to place limits on the amount of intangible assets that can be counted towards a bank's capital. The Fed's rule applies to purchased mortgage servicing rights (PMSRs) and purchased credit card relationships (PCCRs), two types of
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      Lock icon Tokyo drafts plan to improve banks' capitalisation
      516 8 Knight-Ridder TOKYO Japan's government has drafted the outline of a radical reform plan that would allow banks and other companies to count a share of unrealised profits on land holdings as capital. The stated aim is to improve the capitalisation of Japanese banks,
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      Lock icon French banks appeal to govt to help cover bad debts
      239 8 FT PARIS France's leading banks have appealed to the government for help over bad debts estimated at up to US$l4.B billion (SS24 billion) among their property loans of around 250 billion French francs (Ss7s billion). Michel Freyche, president of the
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon S'pore among most attractive investment sites in Asia-Pacific
      419 9  -  In top 3 of study together with M'sia, Thailand By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Three Asean countries Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore in that order top the list of the most attractive places to invest in the Asia-Pacific, according to study by Arthur
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      Lock icon Marcos didn't mastermind Aquino murder: ex-prosecutor
      369 9 AP MANILA The late Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos, did not mastermind the 1983 assassination of the husband of former president Corazon Aquino as was widely believed, a former prosecutor said in a letter published yesterday. Raul Gonzales did not say who he believed plotted
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      Lock icon Asian economies set to grow at 7pc in 1993, study shows
      412 9 Reuter TOKYO The GNP of four South-east Asian and four Asian NIEs will grow 7 per cent in calendar 1993 after slowing to 6 per cent in 1992, against an actual 6.9 per cent in 1991, says a study
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Nobel laureate wants world summit on racism
        76 10 OSLO Before accepting her Nobel Peace Prize yesterday, Guatemalan Indian Rigoberta Menchu said she knows the pain of racism and called for a world summit to fight such hatred. "1 have experienced racism on my own body. 1 would like to see top
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        IMF to lower growth estimates
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    Yeltsin's hard choices
    469 12 EDITORIAL BORIS Yeltsin's adventurous flirtation with the Russian Congress has backfired. Two days ago, in what is seen as an embarrassing rebuff to the president, mem- bers of Congress voted against naming Yegor Gaidar as prime minister. Mr Gaidar has played a central role in pushing Russia
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      India on the boil again
      258 12 THE DESTRUCTION of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya last Sunday by Hindu extremists has plunged India into one of its worst political crises since independence. Whatever the merits of the mosque controversy, the action by Hindu militants breached assurances of peaceful conduct and undercut Prime
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      127 12 SOMALIA'S predicament today, can be traced to the struggle between the US and the former USSR over this strategic area. After that ceased, other powerful nations let Somalia alone, leaving it to fall into a cycle of endless wars. That US Marines are part of US
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      176 12 IT IS encouraging to note that increasing numbers of economist and businessmen are now reaffirming the imperative for an efficient economic system that allows for allocation and cost efficiency. The basic point of the argument is that efficiency can be achieved only when prices reflect as
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      197 12 THE DECISION to give two out of the three promotions to expatriates in yesterday's top-level civil service reshuffle is bound to send out the wrong signals. It will be seen as a setback for localisation, and also a sign that expatriates are still enjoying preferential treatment.
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      105 12 PLOUGHING BACK profits into plant and machinery, promotional activities and enhancing marketing strategies are the hallmarks of the Japanese. They do not pay high bonuses or dividends but re-invest in research and development. Similarly, Malaysians should not take the current good economic growth in the century
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      1421 13  -  Laotian strongman Kaysone Phomvihane died last month, leaving unfinished the task of revamping his country s economy. Harish Mehta reports on the efforts of the government to sort out its economic mess Harish Mehta Everything in Laos is in miniature. "What happened here is like
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      714 15  -  Neville Stack looks back at a year of anguish for England's Queen Elizabeth Neville Stack THE Queen of England must be wondering, as this year of miseries ends, whether it is all worth the bother. Whether the palaces, protocol, pomp and circumstance are, in any human sense, compensation
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      471 15  -  Shahiron Sahari previews the Sabri Brothers' concert tonight Shahiron Sahari ABOUT the least controversial thing one could say about Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ is that it produced one of the best movie soundtracks in recent years. The Peter Gabriel-pro-duced album of the movie, entitled Passion,
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      For better, but not for worse
      489 15 CHATTERBOX MEN AND WOMEN marry when they expect it will make them better off, and wealthier couples are less likely to divorce than poorer ones, 1992 Nobel economics laureate Gary Becker said on Wednesday. When deciding on choice of partner, having children or even
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      Compromise — for now
      798 17  - Compromise for now John Helmer in Moscow looks at the aftermath of the Russian Congress vote on Wednesday John Helmer THE Russian Congress of People's Deputies has opted for compromise, even as it declared no confidence in President Boris Yeltsin's nominee for prime minister, Yegor Gaidar. During the past five
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      693 17  -  John Lloyd examines the road ahead for the Russian government John Lloyd FT THE Russian government met on Wednesday fully expecting to be asked to continue for three months in an acting capacity. Its daily companion, the economic crisis, will also continue, though in a
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      424 19 Grand Slam Cup AFP MUNICH Andre Agassi, John McEnroe and Pete Sampras, heroes of the United States' Davis Cup triumph over Switzerland at the weekend, had to come back down to earth on Wednesday when they opened their campaigns at the US$6 million (Ss9.B
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      274 19 AP WAIKOLOA, Hawaii Deb Richard does not see the LPGA World Match Play Championship as a competition between American and Japanese golfers. "I don't feel like that at these matches. It's not a country thing. I'm out there' playing for myself," Richard said. "It's
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      286 19 AP LAUSANNE What started as a local controversy in Atlanta has now reached the leadership of the International Olympic Committee: Is Augusta National, home of the Masters, the right place to hold a proposed Olympic golf event in 1996? A month ago, lOC president Juan
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      174 19 AFP WASHINGTON Two of the jurors involved in the trial which found Mike Tyson guilty of rape have announced their intention to write to the American Court of Appeal asking for a re-tri-al. In an interview with a Philadelphia radio station, Dave
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      3036 20  -  By Moiz Tyebally THE HOUR GLASS took the limelight in the last hour of trading yesterday when six million shares changed hands in a married deal. But the rest of the market was quiet and the benchmark Straits Times Industrial Index slipped
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      77 20  -  Anthony Pang PARKWAVs short-term uptrend appears to be well supported, with a channel forming on the daily price chart. If this channel stays intact, the stock looks set to test $1.80 before pulling back. However, with medium-term indicators moving towards overbought areas, the counter may be due for
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    2963 22 UMW 406 +8 +2.0% GIL US$0.10 126 4 +3.3% Dunlop Est CULS 515 +5 +1.0% H Leong Credit 410 +4 +1.0% HumeM 374 +4 +1.1% FACB 50c 40.5 +2.5 +6.6% Paramount TSR96 27.5 +2.5 +10.0% Menang Corp 52.5 +2 4.0% Paramount 105 +2 +1.9% Uniphoenix
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      311 22 BUSINESS T.JJM_E_S Toll free Tel No: 737 0043 Fax No: 734 3608 MULTI SATYA PRIVATE LIMITED (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act,(Chapter SO) a final general meeting of the abovenamed company will be held on I
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      374 22 HANLON PROPERTIES PTE LTD (hi Members' Voluntary Winding-up) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company convened and held at 149 Rochor Road #61-22 Fu Lu Shoo Complex S pore 0710 on Monday 7 December 1992, the following Special Resolutions were duly passed:1. That the Company be
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      336 22 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, (CHAPTER s®) AND IN THE MATTER OF SINATRA INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Winding-Lp) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of SINATRA INVESTMENTS PTE LTD duly convened and held at 6-2 Otemachi 2-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan on the sth day
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      317 22 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER Of SGV MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS PTE LTD (In Mambsrs' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF SPECIAL ANO ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS (Pursuant to Sactlon 290<2)(b)) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 9 Penang Road *12-00 Park Mall. Singapore
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      5448 23 Bernama SHARE PRICES in Kuala Lumpur ended mixed yesterday after sporadic support for second and third liners halted heavy selling activity evident over the past few days. Prices had earlier risen as players moved in to seek bargains after falls over the past three days.
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      408 24 Company Date Year Group Net Net earnings Cms inn to profit/loss per share dividend ('000) (cents) Mtn« Tm Dec 4 iun 92 $14,431($9.726) 6.8(5.7) 16(16) Kemayan Dec 2 May 92 $23.461L($73) 3(1.5) MSB Dec 1 Jun 92 M$334(M$11,495) 0 33(11.2) 5(12) Amai Steel Dec 1 iun 92 M$88,527(
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      123 24 Company Date Year Croup Net Net earnings Crass ann to profit/loss per skara dividend (*000) (cents) C4C Oec 1 Sep 92 $65,010($71.942) 8.7(14 8) 17(17) Times Pub Nov 20 Aug 92 524,168(535.903) 19.9(29.5) 10(10) Kemayan Nov 16 May 92 M$23,461L($457L) 3(1.5) NST Nov 16 Aug 92 MJ68.894(J55,298) 38(31)
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      355 24 C«IHW Oat. HtH-ywr Wert" inn to prvftt/lMS oivKtefWj cooo) Km Eng Dec 1 Sep 92 $7,368(13.694) M Credit Dec 1 Sep 92 $2,0421 ($6,249) t\Tt GB Hldgs Nov 30 Sep 92 $1,825($1.108) 2.5TE(2.5)TE Metro HWgs Nov 27 Sep 92 $3,661 ($1,938) PMRt Nov 27 Sep 92 M$1.257($4,868) 5(5)
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      203 24 Dec 7 Fraser Neave and Coca-Cola have joined forces with Thai partners to invest US$lO million (5516.4 million) in a soft drink bottling facility in Cambodia. Consofidated Plantations Bhd, a member of the Sime Darby group, entered into a conditional agreement to sell to Sime UEP Properties 695.9
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      804 24 Current Ex B«oks Date Tatel ter Tatel tar SSSt date pay.* tte. last y*ar MSB 5*<b) ian 8 Jan 22 Jan 29 5* 12J An* Steel 50c 12*(b) Nov 19 Dec 3 Jan 2 12* 12% Amtck Ei« 20c 6*TE Dec 4 Oec 10 fee 30 12*TE tot*
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      390 24 Company Rights torn ifav. Jed) Three tor trve <& SI 00 per share Ex-date: Dec 10 Bks Close Dec 22 Acceptance and Payment NYA Guthne GTS One hx-one fe SO 23 pef share Li-date Nov 26 Books Close: Dec 8 Acceptance Payment: NYA hra* En| One tor (we
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      74 24 laya rtdgs Ltd: 2nd AGM at Minto Room. The Westin Plaza, 2 Stamford Road, Singapore 0617, on Friday, December 11, at 11.00 am Metal Containers Ltd: EGM at 15 Scotts Road, #05-01, Thong Tecfc Building Singapore 0922, on Monday, December 14, at 11.00 am Ant ah tattings Bhd:
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      265 24 In local ciwt In SS US$ dy >t dy yr dy yr 9 Index chge chge chge chge chge chge World 391.5 0.1 -4.1 -0-3 -5.9 -0.4 -7.0 +F *iFF 454 1 0.2 -9.6 -0.5 -12.7 -0.5 -13.7 7 -0.3 3.0 -1-5 -6.2 -1.6 -7.2
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      2567 25 Reuter STOCKS CLOSED up, but well off highs in active trade on strong buying from public pension funds and brokerage dealers. Sentiment was good with no fresh negative factors, few worries of downside risk, and futures settlement today unlikely to cause much
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      416 26 THE share splits in Shanghai yesterday failed to boost the A shares, since the market had already reacted to the splits in its earlier rally. Further profit-taking took the CLSA Shanghai A index down 8.12 per cent to 4.096.57. Refrigerator Compressor A's
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      1088 26 THE moribund Jakarta bourse was given a small boost by speculation over the future of Astra International, the very share that brokers say is largely responsible for the current market malaise. An unconfirmed local newspaper report said a group of leading local companies planned
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    1684 26 Vol Dec 9 Baht High Low (*00) PE AJ. Plast 36.00 1.0 37.25 36.00 279 15.9 Adkinson Sec 185.00 2.00 186.00 182.00 1724 81.1 Alucon 136.00 Am Std Sanitary 390.00 unch 390.00 390.00 5 15.3 \okamThai 55.00 0.50 55.50 54.50 365 na Asia Credit 161.00 -1.00
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      2047 27 Reuter THE share market shrugged off a record unemployment rate of 11.4 per cent and posted significant rises across the board in heavy trade, with the All Ordinaries Index reaching a three-month high. Brokers said the market was pushed by overseas buying
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        51 27 INDiCESJ. TURNOVER Clear Dec 10 Prelaw NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital 1.313.84 1.517.14 -1.30 MAfULA Composite Index Turnover (mil pesos) 1.248.84 244.9 1.265.83 -16.99 160.7 84.2 TAIPEI Weighted Price Index Turnover (NTS billion) 3.746.75 10.0 3,776.55 -29.80 13.6 -3.6 SEOUL Composite Stock Index Turnover (billion won) 642.03 383.23 620.74 +21.29 234.79
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        MANILA
        559 27 SHARE PRICES fell for the second straight day yesterday when foreign investors in state-owned Philippine National Bank (PNB) unloaded their holdings and dragged prices in the market down, brokers said. The Manila Composite Index lost 16.99 points to end at 1,248.84. "Foreign holdings unloaded their positions in PNB. The
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        812 27 STOCKS closed sharply higher in moderate trading yesterday as large-cap shares staged a strong rebound, aided by rumours of a cut in interest rates, brokers said. Foreign investor buying of two large-cap counters, Kepco and Posco, helped boost the market, they said. Brokers forecast most shares would rise further
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        TAIPEI
        475 27 SHARE PRICES reversed slight early gains to finish lower across the board after profit-taking emerged in late trade, brokers said. The Weighted Index closed 29.80 points lower at 3,746.75 on fairly active turnover of NTS 10 billion against Wednesday's NTS 13.6 billion. Brokers said profit-taking from the recent rally
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        NEW ZEALAND
        382 27 SHARES regained most of their early losses to end flat after a featureless day marked only by mild profit-taking. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 1.30 points down at 1,515.84 after going as low as 1,503.24. Turnover was worth just over NZ$2O.l million. There was limited profit-taking in Fletcher
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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        NEW YORK
        1303 28 STOCKS closed narrowly mixed in heavy trading on Wednesday as late buying lifted the Dow out of negative territory but failed to save the broad market from retreating in the face of profit-taking. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 1.63 points to 3,323.81. The New York Stock
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        LONDON
        788 28 SHARE PRICES weakened on Wednesday with concern over a weaker pound and several cautious trading statements leading to profit-taking, dealers said. At the close, the FT-SE Index of 100 leading shares was down by 19.1 points to 2,750.7, having earlier shown a gain of 5.3 points on the strength
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        FRANKFURT
        232 28 IN THE ABSENCE of any significant news or significant orders, technical factors alone pushed the DAX index #f leading German shares below the psychological 1,500-point level in late trade. The 30-share DAX recovered a fraction towards the end of the session, but still ended 7.65 points down at 1,500.59,
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        71 28 INDICES TURNOVER NEW YORK Dow Jones SAP 500 Turnover (million) Close 3.323.81 435.65 230.06 Previous 3,322.18 436.99 234.33 Dec 9 1.63 -1.34 -4.27 LONDON FTSE 100 FT-30 Turnover (million) 2.750.7 2.074.8 657.4 2.769.0 2.091.0 579.5 -19.1 -16.4 77.9 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1.500.59 1.508.20 -7.65 AMSTERDAM EOE Index unav 287.78 PARIS
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        PARIS
        197 28 THE BOURSE jumped out of the red in late afternoon as speculation that German interest rates will be cut yesterday sparked a futures-led rally, dealers said. The CAC-40 Index closed up 25.28 points at 1,791.61, but its surge failed to push it above the key 1,800 level. Volume was
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        MILAN
        196 28 SHARE PRICES eased towards the close in thin trade as the market picked up slowly from Tuesday's national holiday. The MIB closed 0.35 per cent up at 852 points. Even state companies seen as candidates for privatisation made little headway after a meeting on Tuesday between the government and
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        ZURICH
        334 28 A FIRMER DOLLAR and hopes that Swiss interest rates would head still lower pushed shares higher, dealers said. The SPI Index added 9.9 points to 1,177.9 and the SMI rose 18.5 to 1,980.7. Investors concentrated on chemical and pharmaceutical shares, while the engineering sector and most second-tier shares were
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        BRUSSELS
        309 28 APATHY before yesterday's Bundesbank meeting kept Belgian shares stuck at Tuesday's levels to close virtually unchanged in slow trading, which again was mainly concentrated in a few blue chip stocks. The Bel-20 Index of leading shares closed down 0.05 point at 1,129.97. Some 720 million francs worth of shares
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        STOCKHOLM
        139 28 SHARES CLOSED firmly up on foreign demand and optimism over the market's near future. Turnover was high at 867 million kronor. The AllShare Index rose 1.26 per cent to 893.32, while the Top-16 Index was up 1.31 per cent. Dealers said the lack of sellers could be explained by
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        JOHANNESBURG
        385 28 INDUSTRIALS were steady at the day's higher levels on some profittaking at the close on the stock exchange, while gold shares pared recent gains as the dollar gold price sank, dealers said. "The market is still running up, but there's confusion over what is really pushing it we're getting
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        TORONTO
        311 28 STOCKS finished lower on Wednesday after a heavy trading session enlivened by the strong performance of companies with properties on or near the Northwest Territories diamond find. "Diamonds, diamonds, diamonds. That was the big news today," one trader said. Investors flocked to junior mining stocks which hold property in
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        200 28 Amsterdam Dec 9 Fh ABN-Amro 49.90 .7 Aegon 72.70 -.2 Ahold 86.30 .3 Ak/o 134.30 -.4 Alrcnta 202.90 -.3 Amcv 59.80 -.7 Bols 43.10 -.5 Borsuray Wehry 52.30 unch Buhrman Tettero 29.10 unch Centralc S M 104.20 1.2 DP American 37.20 DSM 80.40 -.3 Elsevier 119.20 +4.9 Fokker 15.60 -.1
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKET
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      US$ unchanged as operators await Bundesbank meeting
      1240 29 REPORTS THE dollar hardly moved in Tokyo, with customer orders scarce and operators generally sidelined ahead of the Bundesbank's regular council meeting yesterday, dealers said. Trading was lacklustre apart from sales of Australian dollars on weaker-than-expected jobs data, dealers said. "We're waiting for
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      272 29 AFP BEIJING China will continue to devalue its currency, the renminbi yuan, to move it towards convertibility, the Xinhua news agency said in the first official confirmation of the policy. "Analysts here believe that the downward trend of the renminbi value is likely to continue,"
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1578 29 oaoDQUw Open High Low Sett Est Vol Act/Vol Op/Int Dec 92 96.34 96 36 96J4 96J5 3040 7121 ***** Mar 93 96.28 96.29 96.28 96.29 3215 ***** ***** Jun 93 95.84 95.85 95.83 95.84 3510 ***** ***** Sep 93 95.37 95.39 95 36A 95.37 2505 3883 5481 Dcc
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      396 29 Cross rates pec 'p USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS USS 1.6390 2.5385 1.5720 124.10 0.6382 1.4110 1.4440 1.9305 SS 0.6101 1.5488 0.9591 75.7169 0.3894 0.8609 0.8811 1.1779 MS 0.3939 0.65 0.6193 48.8871 0.2514 0.5558 0.5689 0.7605 Dm 0.6361 1.0426 1.6148 78.94 0.4060 0.8976 0.9186
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      MONEY MARKET
      592 29 Interbank rates Dec 10 SS Bid Offer Overnight 5/8 3/4 1-month 1 9/16 I 11/16 2-month 1 7/8 2 3-month 2 2 1/8 Overnight mode; 3/8 ISS Bid Offer 7 days 2 15/16 3 1/16 1 month 3 3/4 3 7/8 2 months 3 5/8 3 3/4 3
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon LME chief expects volume to continue rising
      359 30 Reuter LONDON The rises in the volume of metal traded on the London Metal Exchange seen in the past few years are set to continue, says the LME'S new chairman, Raj Bagri. Turnover in 1991 was up 29 per cent on 1990, which
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      Lock icon Indian sugar mill crisis may hit output, say analysts
      266 30 Reuter NEW DELHI Sugar output in India, the world's largest producer, may drop sharply because of mounting financial problems in the mills, industry analysts say. "Such gloomy predictions have been heard for two years, but now there are clear danger signs,"
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      Crude palm oil retreats on lack of buying
      775 30 REPORTS MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices fell back after initial steadiness to finish easier on a lack of buying and the trend in the palm oil futures market yesterday. Sentiment was affected by reports of large imports of Indonesian crude palm oil
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      PRICES
      1633 30 Rubber RAS Commodity Exchange (futures doting as at 1pm) RAS (physical prices) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) 1 kiyers Sellers Close Volume Open As at 12 noon (S cents/kg) Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest RSS 2 Jan 93 142 00 I43.00N Jan 93 Feb ILI o r 147.75
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      759 30 BUSINESS TIMES Toll fr— Td No 731 0Q43 Fax No: 734 3606 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER SO TOLLESBURY INVESTMENTS LIMITED MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY UOUIOATION At an Extraordinary Ganeral Meeting of the Company deemed to b« held on December 2,1992 the following special resolution was duly passed "That
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      758 30 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 ALL UNITED PTE LTD At an Extraordinary General Meeting of ALL UNITED PTE LTD duly convened and held on the 8 December. 1992 the following special resolution was passed: SPECIAL RESOLUTION That the company be wound up voluntarily pursuant to Section 290 (1 )b of
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      Christmas tradition becomes symbol of survival
      615 31  -  LETTER FROM SWEDEN By Tony Austin A GIANT straw goat, its curved horns festooned with red ribbon, symbolises more than Christmas to this small Swedish town of Gavle. Standing in the snow-cov-ered town square, the traditional Julbock embodies the whole region's struggle against economic
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    FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
    151 31 As at 10am yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.1295 1.1455 Canadian dollar 1.2740 1.2997 NZ dollar 0.8390 0.8600 Sterling pound 2.5561 2.5920 US dollar 1.6350 1.6420 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.65
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      319 31 1 The coolness of people fol- j lowing a certain "economy 9 She's a bit of a harridan, —-LmJ——lmJ—Nanny is! (4) 111' 10 Competition men turn to HHfl Ifl a new 11 Dined at the back of the 1 hotel, as is natural (5) 12 A large number demand I
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      163 31 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the afternoon and early evening. Report Maximum temperature 30.7 Assoc humidity 69% Minimum temperature 22.5 Assoc humidity 99% Hours of sunshine 9.10 Rainfall in mm Trace Rainfall this month 278.0 Rainy days this month 9 World report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Bangkok 33/22 Clear
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    China threatens HK with boycott of future meetings
    417 32  -  Discussions of Joint Liaison Group end in impasse From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG CHINA has threatened to boycott future meetings of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group (JLG) if Hongkong legislators pass Governor Chris Patten's proposals for political reforms. After a three-day meeting
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    Lock icon Rao seeks support of left in bid to resolve Indian crisis
    440 32 Reuter, AFP, AP NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Narasimha Rao yesterday sought allies from the left in a bid to resolve a national crisis after the deaths of some 870 people in four days of violence following the destruction
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    Lock icon China says its socialist market fits world trade rules
    195 32 Reuter GENEVA China told the world trade watchdog Gatt on Wednesday that its "socialist market economy" fitted international trading rules and called on the organisation to admit it promptly. Beijing's deputy foreign economic relations minister Tong Zhiguang also said his government
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    Yeltsin warns of right-wing coup, calls for referendum
    314 32  -  From John Helmer in MOSCOW RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin, warning of a rightwing "creeping coup", yesterday called for a referendum to get rid of the conservative supreme legislature and plunged Russia into an acute political crisis. In a dramatic confrontation with the
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    Lock icon Royal split sparks debate over British monarchy's future
    401 32 UPI LONDON Speculation raged over the future of the British monarchy on Wednesday as constitutional experts argued over the precedents for Princess Diana becoming queen following her separation from Prince Charles. The arguments broke out after Prime Minister John Major announced in
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    Afta: last chance for Asean to get its act together?
    928 32  -  The Bottom Line YANG RAZALI KASSIM YANG RAZALI KASSIM The writer is a senior BT correspondent WITH only three weeks to go before the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) is phased in, there is noticeably little excitement in the region.
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    Lock icon Western-style central banking for China
    144 32 Reuter BEIJING China plans to give its central bank Westernstyle monetary levers, such as discount rates and reserve requirements, to help break the boom-bust economic cycles that have plagued the country in the past, senior bank officials said. "The central bank will control the economy
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      Cruise line to draw Asians with affordable fares
      618 33  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE The Southeast Asian cruise market looks set to gather speed when Regency Cruises bases its 570-passenger Regent Spirit here from Monday. The US-based owner and operator aims to popularise cruising as an affordable year-round alternative for Asian travellers,
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      Lock icon S'pore bunker prices crumble
      415 33 Reuter SINGAPORE Bunker fuel oil prices in Singapore have slumped 16 to 21 per cent in less than three weeks due to ample supplies, thin demand and tumbling crude oil prices. Industry sources said the situation could get worse in coming weeks. "This is not the
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1149 33 Page Col ABC Containeriine 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 Asia Cont Lines 14 5 Asian Break-Bulk 16 5 ASCL 5 5 ASXCL Shpg 15 2
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      Lock icon Salvage work continues
      381 33 The Aegean Sea oil spill Reuter LA CORUNA, Spain Salvage teams, taking advantage of better weather on Wednesday, worked on pumping oil from a wrecked Greek tanker which ran aground off the north-western coast of Spain last week. "The workers are down there fixing up the apparatus,"
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        S'pore tanker undergoes boiler repairs in UK
        70 34 LONDON The 39,384-dwt tanker Eternity is undergoing boiler repairs at Inverkip, the UK, and is expected to resume its voyage to Montreal on Saturday, according to Lloyd's Intelligence. The vessel sailed from Hamina, Finland, on Nov 25 and arrived at Inverkip on Dec
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        Bulker under tow to S'pore
        74 34 LONDON The 16,499-dwt bulk carrier Ocean Voyager is under tow to Singapore and is due to arrive on Sunday, according to Lloyd's Intelligence. The vessel sent out a distress signal after it started drifting a few miles away from rocks near Sombrero Point. The tug
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        Explosion at UK subway station
        53 34 LONDON An explosion occurred on Wednesday at a north London subway station, British transport police reported There were no immediate reports of casualties. An anonymous caller claiming to speak for the Irish Republican Army gave a telephone warning before the explosion at Woodside Park station
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        Brazil to import Argentinian oil
        79 34 RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's state oil monopoly Petrobras SA has agreed in principle to import crude oil and derivates worth US$6OO million (Ss9B4 million) in 1993 from Argentina's official energy corporation, Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales SA, a Petrobras spokesman said on Wednesday. "The contract will be
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        Mexican police seize cocaine
        63 34 MEXICO CITY Police seized a tonne of pure cocaine from a twin-engine aircraft in the city of Merida, the Attor-ney-General's Office said on Wednesday. The drug shipment was confiscated from a Cessna that landed in Merida from Maracaibo, Venezuela, the office said, after traffickers abandoned the
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        Rail corn basis steady
        135 34 CHICAGO Rail and truck com basis bids were steady at US mid-west shipping points on Wednesday with support linked to continued tight supplies of rail cars, dealers said. In the central mid-west, dealers said com harvest was neanng completion as farmers raced to beat an approaching
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      Lock icon Staying fighting fit
      1433 34  -  Lockheed's acquisition of General Dynamics Corp's military aircraft division will enable the latter to reduce its debts and the former become a leader in the military aircraft industry, reports Calvin Sims Calvin Sims NYT THE post-Cold War consolidation of the American weapons industry continued on Wednesday with
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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
      559 34 Carbon Nov 26 Denaty Water Residue toi Akmriun Sednwrt MM Exxon KG/M*3 U/Vt M/M M/M PPM method 60/Cmac lints Spec E25 991 1.0 15.0 010 30* 0.10* Spec 635 991 10 18 0 0.15 30* 010* Northern Eirope 180 Ave 983 02 110 005 3 002
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12063 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. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        598 49 Vessel Voy No Berth hmi Deparfrte Chengyun 1201 P05 1012/2300 12 12/1500 Daya Makmur 20/92 P04 10.12/1730 11 12/0600 Elona SC264C 10/12* P01A 10.12/1100 1012/1900 Elona SC264C 11/12* P01A 11.12/1100 11.12/1900 Imamui 37/92 P096 1012/1500 11 12/0600 Iwefi 40/92 P06 10.12/2000 11 12/0600 Johan Pearl 412A92 P04
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        MALAYSIAN PORTS
        120 49 fHwre Port Berth: 1: Builder II; 2: nil; 3: nil; 4: Tropical Ace; 5: Barge Munar 11; 6: Jebel Ai. 01 jetty: nd. DC J: Bunga Taniung. Due on Dec 10: Encounter, Igloo Polar, Bestari, Sri Nam Hua 3, Gutf Sultan, Barge Josindo Satu, Barge Kuala Stak V
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1485 49 DELIVERY CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS s*> Voy No Containers avaiatate a* Voy No Container? avalabte DELIVERY OF FCL IMPORT CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS Bosco 3 101 A 0912.92 1420 Fiaos 9233N COO(EST) 11.12.92 0230 Kota Sura KSR48N 09.12.92 1425 Aka Bhum 100WB COO(EST) 10.12.92 2300 Cafe Pegasus Planeta 09 09.12.92
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      995 50 RATES rose again for Panamax grain cargoes on the key US Gulf to Continent run, highlighting the continuing strength in the market in the run up to Christmas. Cargill paid a lumpsum equivalent of U5513.46 for around 53,474-tonnes of heavy grain, soybean and sorghum from the US Gulf
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      464 50 Dec 15-16: Essentials in Marine Cargo/.Vessel Insurance Ship Chartering Practice, to be held at the Harbour View Dai-Ichi Hotel, Singapore, organised by Traffic Management Consultants. For further information please contact Mae Yap at 222-8411. Mar 11-14, 1993: Japan World Resort and Cruise Fair '93, to be held at
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      Sats' 5th freight terminal to be ready by '95
      454 52  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) will be able to handle up to one million tonnes per annum in air freight cargo when a new air freight terminal is ready in 1995. Air freight terminal five (AFT 5)
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      Lock icon Nasa to develop hypersonic jet by 2005: chief
      289 52 Reuter ARLINGTON, Virginia Nasa chief Daniel Goldin, putting a new emphasis on business at the US space agency, said on Wednesday it would stress developing a hypersonic plane that he said could eclipse the Concorde by the year 2005. Mr Goldin said
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      Lock icon Strike against Philippine power rate hike worsens
      433 52 Public transport in Mindanao cities paralysed AP CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines A strike by transport workers to oppose an electricity rate increase spread yesterday, paralysing public transport in major cities of the country's second largest island. In Davao, the largest city on Mindanao
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      Lock icon Indian Airlines' pilots stage indefinite strike
      322 52 AFP NEW DELHI Indian Airlines (1A) pilots went on an indefinite strike yesterday, disrupting flights of the country's main carrier and stranding hundreds of passengers nation-wide. The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) said the strike began shortly after midnight on Wednesday to press the
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      Lock icon Aviation body to probe KAL crash
      235 52 Reuter MOSCOW Russia, South Korea, the United States and Japan said on Wednesday they would ask the International Civil Aviation Organisation (1CAO) to investigate the 1983 shooting down of a South Korean airliner. All 269 people on board KAL flight 007 were killed when
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      Lock icon Iacocca approached on TWA job
      736 52 His hiring dependent on approval of creditors, employees NYT o NEW YORK Lee A lacocca, who helped Chrysler Corp get back on its feet when it reached the brink of financial ruin, is being asked to do something similar for Trans World Airlines, which is
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      1689 39 II II SCX: 'NEPTUNE CRYSTAL 10E' ETA SGP 31/12/92 H arr|V|M q lqs ANGELES 17/01/93 IN 17 DAYS II FEEDER VSL VOY SGP MOTHER VSL VOY SET PLD MIN/ VESSEL VOY SGP LOS OAK VAN CHI DAL/HOU MPH ATL NYK ST PAUL H C JUPITER 60E 16/12 C. LUNA 52E
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      1105 39 m 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 EASTBOHMD—OtSCHAKONG WESTBOUM)-I(MaW6 TRAHSHTPS) VK
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      823 40 PHILI-OttICNT UN€5 Pl€ LTD 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Buikling Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Tetex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 BY AIR, LAND OR SEA.... JSS* JfflU WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU $£8 MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION mAeLtMKM r~i 18 DEC SYDNEY. MELBOURNE. BRISBANE, FREMANTLE 13 DEC
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      1069 41 g£gsPll_ PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD iSSSSSSSff MM mll4o Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 CR NO: **********0E i JAKARTA I r&WQKQK gm t J VESSEL VOY SIN JKT 8M KOTA PCTANI 01N 12/12 15/12 10/12 KOTA INOAH 501 13/12 16/12 20/12 gmSAMUT (THAI FLAG) SRB47N 13/12
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      1618 41 ffl EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK-NORTH CONTINENT-SCANDINAVIA WEEKLY p P. GUOANG PENANG I PKELANG OCEAN VSI/VOY SIN SOU (1) RTM (2) HAM (3) GOT (4) E 11/12 11/12 12/12 ALS)A 2492 15/12 1/1 3/_1 4/1 6/1 E "iiTii ii/li 19/I2 benavon 2502 22/12 0/1 ion 11/1 13/1 D 25/12 25/12
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      294 41 °BSA° TRANSPORTATION MYANMA FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S port P.KI| Pen P GO t PATMEM VI2OW It Port »A-AN VII4W 12/15 Dm PAGAN ****** ki Port NIGERIAN NATIONAL taL SHIPPING LINE NIGERIA EXPRESS SERVICE 1\ RIVER MAJE RIVER NQADA V.50 V.50 SPORE In PI
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      2252 44 Conventional Semi-Container Full Container Liner Services Liner Services tart** f tort A** ft* CtmCU.MWwM.M M. <NM Wr. tM Mi mFm Shipping t tost,r Shipping Pte LU mmmm«.». Enterprise Co Ltd gfflp- SSSgfe*, 62 Cecil Street Fax: 336 3851 Fax: 538 1116/538 1066 Singapo e 020 6 21-A Lorong Cempening, off
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      314 44 SAMUDOU MDONESU (S) PTC LTD I 15 McCALLUM STREET #09-41/02 NATWEST CENTRE 0108 Tata* R*****0 Tat: *****(1-3 Fax: 223 4030, *****33 fob book woo call direct uwe TEL: *****41/*****43 OM/JAK SERVICE VESSEL VOY SIN OAK PELOPOR 1058 12/12 (SAT) 15/12 (TUE) BJBE STAR 914 12/12 (SAT) 15/12 (TUE) MAJESTY 919
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      626 45 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) LIMASSOL/PIREAUS 13/12 ROTTERDAM 13/12 HAIFA/ASHOOD/ALEXANDRIA 13/12 HAMBURG/BREMEN 13/12 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 13/12 FELIXSTOWE/UK 13/12 BARCELONA/SPAIN 13/12 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 13/12 GENOA/ITALY 13/12 GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 13/12 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 13/12 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 14/12 NEW YORK/EC 13/12 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 14/12 VANCOUVER 13/12 BRISBANE 12/12
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      1360 46 IRLAWMAC-NELS groupage I -K-/VV PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHINQ: (082) *****3 X P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWN/BKK I GOTH/U.K/MED PORTS PEN PKL SIN PEN PK SIN 13/12 14/12 15/12 Hoof Kong Ldn/Fb/Rdm/Ant/IHV 17/12 18/12 19/12 16/12 17/12 18/12 Honj Konf G'buri/C'hafen/S'holm/Oslo 13/12 14/12
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      249 46 BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SM ML LH SM MULKXA 30S 13/12 25/12 27/12 13/1 WIST STAR MS 25/12 6/1 S/l 25/1 PROSPECT 22S 6/1 11/1 20/1 6/2 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT AUCKLAND, LYTTELTON. ACCEPTING FCL St LCL FOR NEW PLYMOUTH, NAPIER,
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      1088 46 f THONG SOON UNES PTE. LTD.! M- 77 ROBINSON ROM) #15-00, #16-00 SIA BULDMG StIGAPORE 0106 I. TEL: *****5S FAX NO: *****11, *****22 I; ■Sr TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO i cowviinTOlXP^MMH: SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA VESSEL J Tvor [S POKE IpEST ttSttt
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      800 47 COMPANIA PERUANA de vapores "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" *C CEP TUG BREAKBUU/FCL/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM ALL AO. MA TAR AMI, 10* I OTHER PERUVIAN PORTS* «TH T/S AT KO6E ON CPV THROUGH BAi OF LAOMG. WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE iCCEPTKG BREAKBULK/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM KOBE, YOKOHAMA, NAGOVA, MOW. TOKYO*, tANU*.
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      645 47 REGULAR UNER SERVICE FIXED DAY SCHEDULE NAJD LINER SERVICE PQWT KLANQ/ JAKARTA/ INOARORg/ PORT KLANQ VOT FIO fK6 ETA KT ETA SSI M/V LEONA 92/1 1/12 Vl2 «/12 M/V LEOM S2/2 9/12 13/12 11/12 M/V LEOM 92/3 17/12 21/12 24/12 M/V LEOM 92/4 25/12 29/12 1/1 M/V LEOM 93/1 2/1
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      458 47 Miiuiaiißil—M FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN ALSO CALLING PT. ELIZABETH/JOHANNESBURG TWICE WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE SIN/MADRAS/SIN ALSO ACCEPTMG CONTAINERS TO TUTICOf«N/ BANQALORE/COCWN AND NEW DELHI WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE SIN/CALCUTTA/SIN WITH TRANSHIPMENT TO: ASEAN/AUSTRAUA/FAW EAST/WEOITERRANEAN/EUROPE WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE SIN TO CHINA WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE MADRAS/COLOMBO/ BOMBAY/KARACHI WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE EAST
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      468 47 Will SIN FMEAST 15/12 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 19/12 BANGKOK 18/12 MANILA/CEBU 13/12 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 14/12 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 14/12 BUSAN 13/12 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 14/12 HONG KONG SMI CHINA 14/12 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN F UZHOU XIAMEN SHANTOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo $!N EUROPE/UK 19/12 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 19/12 RDM/HAM/ANT/LE HAVRE/GENOA/OSLO also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Polaod/Bulgaria/Czech. SjN
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      476 48 HON6 KONG/CHINA 21/12 JAKARTA 20/12 BAN6KOK 16/12 MANILA 20/12 BUSAN 21/12 KEELUNfi 22/12 TOKYO/KOBE 19/12 KAOSHIUNG 19/12 POUT KELAM6/PENAN6 21/12 COLOMBO 22/12 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBUR6 19/12 CHiTTA6ON€/MAORAS 17/12 ROTTERDAH/LE HARVE 19/12 BOMBAY/KARACHI 21/12 ANTWERP 19/12 CALCUTTA 16/12 lax/nyc 20/12 sydney/melbourne 18/12 _g~*F==\\f— CMT LINER EXPRESS AGENCIES PTE LTD gad HOT-LINE!!! *****88 For
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      444 48 Eonterml W CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 13TH DECEMBER ACCEPTING TO ALL PORTS IN NEW ZEALAND BANGKOK 13 DEC JAKARTA 13 DEC PENANG 17 DEC POBT KELAMG 17 DEC MELBOURNE 18 DEC SYDNEY 18 DEC FBEMANTLE 20 DEC BRISBANE 15 DEC HAMBURG 19 DEC FELIXSTOWE 10 DEC GOTHENBURG 10
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      329 48 HNext Week's Sailings Singapore Singapore Bangkok W^p1 R SUN Hamburg E SAT Y Manila Ho Chi Minh SAT Colombo MON Los Angeles SUN Singapore Tel: 778 6522 Von Chan/ _Ml Fax: 779 2738 Gandhi QF lA Johore Tel: 07-*****8 Alfred Ng iStt* Fax: 07-*****3 Eddy Kasenda I IT 1 M
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      495 48 Va-1 CHINESE-POLISH TOk JOINT STOCK SHIPPING CO 1 A CONTAFO/BREAKBULK HUATUO ¥47 1/1 CASAAAMCA CMNVM. ¥07 21/1 ROTTERDAM/HAMURG/GDVNA B. PKUS ¥2C 14/12 HUAAfiPU POKOJ ¥29 10/1 DMJM/XMGMG/SHMKHM BALTIC FAR EAST SHAPING PTE LTD 2 lISTM ROM) #10-00, HMC BULOM6, STORE 0207 TP.: *****69 FAX: *****09 TLX: RS ***** BAIfES OIEL
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      1108 49 Nedlloyd "NEDLLOYD ROUEN" VOY 2137S CALLS BRISBANE ETA SPORE 6th JAN. ETA BRISBANE 19th JAN 1993 I'M*' a 1 1 11 itfei 1 1 111 sr G. Bhum -B. Seroia 11/12 9/12 B Petangi/2442 15/12 2/1 3/1 5/1 6/1 7/1 5/1 6/1 Nu Ro(tefdafl /***** 15/ i 2 17/12 16/12
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      303 50 NORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERV CE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA VIGOUR SINGAPORE 42N8 11/12/92 18/12/92 ntDAY AND MONDAY VIGOUR SINGAPORE 42ANB 14/12/92 18/12/92 VIGOUR LUZON m 18/12/92 25/12/92 VIGOUR LUZON 7ANB 21/12/92 25/12/92 PORT KLANG/PENANG FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SXGAPORE PORT KLANG PENANG ARKTIS GRACE 9229N 9/12/32 11/12/92 FLAPS
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      340 50 i. cosco UKC COWVCWTIOWAL «CWV»CE VESSEL PKL PNO P.O. LOAD*NO FOR: A VESSEL 28/12 Rottwdam/Antwarp CHINA CONVENTIONAL SCWVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 15/12 20/12 Huangpu/Guanoztxxj EXPORT TO: CMWA/BAWGKOtC/MONGKONO EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI Pleas* reter above mentioned services to CNna Ocean Shipping
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      241 50 iPSWnjni CONTAINER LINE (S) PTE LTD 133 New Bridge Road #09-06, Chinatown Point S'pore 0105 WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION SERVICES TO: HONGKONG 16/12 SYDNEY 17/12 •ROTTERDAM 19/12 BUSAN 16/12 .MELBOURNE 17/12 HAMBURG 19/12 KEELUNG 16/12 •BRISBANE 17/12 •FELIXSTOWE 19/12 KAOHSIUNG 18/12 ADELAIDE 17/12 *LE HAVRE 19/12 BANGKOK 18/12 .FREMANTLE 17/12 .ANTWERP 19/12
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      1037 51 I HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VESSELS PWA+ PK£+ P6D+ SM MM AHT* IDT HOI TO. SI FREEDOM 302W 10/12 11/12 12/12 13/12 1/1 1/1 2/1 £/l 2/1 5/1 H. MNOVATOR 301* 17/12 IS/12 19/12 20/12 1/1 «/l »/l 9/1 12/1 SI MAWNER 302W 24/12 25/12 26/12
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      805 51 EXPORT TO: j JEDDAH/UK/CONThENT |STOK |ED SUM HW A TMM LED *Mm ActapMi Cmft Hr NDECMST EVKSS M/M9 12/12 22/12 M/ 12 2/1 4/1 C/l :to4 IB McMaMa, Mtsi mi MM DAMME M/1M 17/12 2/1 VI VI MttarMa :to a AMm AmAnMm. o*. MMM LUDMCSMAfEN EXPKSS 05/354 19/12 M/U VI
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      146 51 BINTAH6 MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 39 NOL ROM) SINGAPORE 0208 TEL: *****8S TLX: R*****5 SJNMER FAX: *****64 *cam witsof CARGO STOK DESTVMTIM BRTMK BEL ATI V2tt 09-10 DEC 11-11 DEC BMtfu. Mi KBM mmt SOB* ¥241 11-12 OEC 13-13 DEC BMfc. IM. KBM kOCURT PEML V 2€ 12-14 DEC 14-15
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