The Business Times, 3 October 1994

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    13 1 SINGAPORE Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Monday October 3 1994 75*
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    Lock icon Rift in G-7 over SDRs
    46 1 Reuter MADRID The world's seven richest countries were divided yesterday over the size of a multi-billion-dollar IMF payout to help developing nations, an official said, during a break in talks between poorer countries and the International Monetary Fund's G-7 paymasters. Reuter
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  • Article
    Lock icon Boycott of Israel still on
    54 1 AFP CAIRO The 22-member Arab League yesterday said its boycott of Israel was still in force and would stay in place until there was global peace across the Middle East. A League spokesman said: "The Arab boycott of Israel stays in place until the council
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    156 1 Stock market indices Friday Week change ST1I 2.332.63 +30.58 KLSEComp 1.129.76 -40.56 Nikkei 19,563.81 -269.86 Hang Seng 9.521.24 -111.23 SET Index 1,485.71 -20.35 Jakarta Comp 497.97 -14.6 CLSA China B 1.200.34 -11.38 Ausi All Ord 2,028.7 +1 FTSE 100 3,026.3 -1.9 Dow Jones 3.843.19 +11.44 Average of prime or equivalent
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    Only 12pc of S'pore share owners trade actively
    528 1  -  By Catherine Ong SINGAPORE The majority of Singapore's share owners are dormant investors, an analysis of trading records by the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) shows. In the 12 months to August 1994, 225,000 individuals traded in shares five times or more,
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  • Article
    US-Japan trade agreement seen positive for greenback
    474 1  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON THE US dollar and European currencies should appreciate against the yen in the coming weeks following the compromise US and Japanese trade agreement. Dealers do not expect a huge rally because the market was already expecting Japanese concessions.
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    Lock icon Japan welcomes trade deal with US, regrets sanction move
    399 1 AFP TOKYO Japanese leaders yesterday welcomed the trade accord reached with the United States in three important areas but regretted US moves toward sanctions over the unresolved issue of vehicles. "It will have a good effect on overall Japan-US relations," said
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    Lock icon EU wants to ensure accord open to all
    156 1 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Commission yesterday said it would be watching to ensure that the new US-Japan trade accord opened Japanese markets to everyone, not just American companies. "What matters as much as the text itself is the reaction of Japanese industry,"
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  • Article
    KL Industries plans to take on 4 huge projects in Sabah
    419 1  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR KUALA Lumpur Industries Holdings Bhd (KLIH), which last week irked the stock exchange over inadequate disclosures of pending deals, has revealed plans to undertake four multi-million projects in Sabah state. In an
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    Lock icon China aims to have hi-tech aviation centres by 2000
    455 1 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China plans to have three to five major high technology aviation industry groups by the turn of the century, according to an industry blueprint reported in the official China Daily yesterday. The plan, which includes five to
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
      • Article
        More using equities to raise capital
        337 2  -  By R Sivanithy INCREASED interest in the stock market since the start of last year has encouraged a growing number of companies to use the equities route to raise capital the number of initial public offers up to Sep 23 topped the 22 new
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      Local engineers form firm to make mobile computer cards
      333 2  -  By Claire Leow A GROUP of local engineers has formed a company to make the credit card-size devices used increasingly in mobile computing. The company. IntelliCard Systems, is believed to be one of the first in Singapore dedicated to what is
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      US$ 78m ship to maintain undersea telecom cables delivered
      253 2 INTERNATIONAL Cableship Pte Ltd (ICPL), in which Singapore Telecommunications Ltd holds a majority share, has taken delivery of a new US$7B million (SSI 18 million) cableship. ICPL will use the cableship to maintain submarine telecommunications cables in the Asean, Asia-Pacific and
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      ERA posts rise in property sales during Hungry Ghost month
      266 2  -  By Michelle Low ESTATE agency ERA Realty Network has reported a sizeable increase in property sales and lettings for August, despite the traditional Hungry Ghost slowdown. ERA netted Siso million of sales and leases a 6 per cent increase on
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • Article
        Germany honours envoy
        34 2 GERMANY has conferred on Kemal Siddique. Ambassa-dor-at-large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, for promoting bilateral relations.
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        Money in a logo
        38 2 DESIGN a logo for the Singapore Philatelic Museum and win 53.000. The closing date for participation is Nov 7. Entry forms are available at the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore reception counter, at TAS Building.
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        Deepavali MRT souvenir tickets
        39 2 SINGAPORE MRT Ltd is launching a special-edition tourist souvenir ticket commemorating Deepavali on Nov 2. Priced at S6. the tickets will have a stored value of $5.50 and can only be used on the MRT.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • Article
      Lock icon Asian states sign US$ 524m fibre-optic cable deal
      281 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Nine Asian states have signed a deal to build a US$524 million (***** million) fibre-optic cable network that will provide a quantum leap in the region's telecommunications capacity, officials said on Saturday. The 12,000 km undersea cable linking Japan,
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      Lock icon Major oil companies wake up to hazards of Vietnam offshore exploration
      453 3 AFP HANOI After getting high hopes of striking black gold off the shores of Vietnam, the world's oil giants have now awoken to the hazards the immense cost of investment and, so far, the meagre rewards. The mood was
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      Lock icon Growing Thai middle-class fuels health care boom
      426 3 Reuter BANGKOK Thailand's burgeoning middle-class consumers, used to spending money on condominiums and fast cars, appear willing nowadays to shell out some of that hardearned cash on their health as well. This is good news for Thailand's hospital firms, including Bumrungrad Hospital pic,
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      Lock icon Work on huge Labuan project to start by middle of next year
      372 3 Bernama LABUAN The development of Labuan's MS4SO million (SS26O million) growth centre incorporating commercial, residential and leisure industries will begin by the middle of next year, Labuan Director of Development Nawawi Kamaruddin said yesterday. Expected to be the
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      Lock icon Indonesia set to award seven power projects
      235 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia is set to award contracts to a group of private consortiums to build seven power stations with a combined capacity of 2,600 megawatts, the Antara news agency and news reports said on Saturday. Moeljadi Oetji, head of private power generation
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    • NOTEBOOK
      • Article
        Lock icon Canadian firms win KL metro jobs
        78 3 AFP MONTREAL Canadian engineering firms Bombardier and SNC-Lavalin have won a contract to build a metro system in Kuala Lumpur with the first stations scheduled to open in 1998. Montreal-based Bombardier is to build 70 wagons with automatic pilot systems, company officials said in
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        Lock icon Task force to look into Philippine fire
        104 3 AFP MANILA President Fidel Ramos has ordered the Philippine National Police to form a special task force to investigate the burning of the records of a suburb of this city, a palace statement said here yesterday. Mr Ramos said the task force should
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        Lock icon Deadline for Viet city's night spots
        114 3 AFP HANOI Ho Chi Minh City authorities have ordered all nightspots, restaurants and bars to close by 11:30pm in an effort to tame the city's increasingly wild nightlife, a report said yesterday. The city has become increasingly active late at night with many new
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        Lock icon Thai officials' disciplinary offences
        74 3 AP BANGKOK More than 200 government officials were charged with disciplinary offences in the past year and about half of them were subsequently dismissed or resigned, a report said yesterday. The Nation newspaper reported that Prasit Damrongchai, chief of the Counter Corruption Commission, had compiled those
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
    • Article
      Lock icon Growth of China's IT industry blocked by govt secrecy, jealousy
      414 4 AFP BEIJING China's information serv ice sector may be one of the country's fastest growing industries, but government secrecy and inter-ministerial jealousy are proving difficult obstacles to surmount, a report said yesterday. Turnover growth is now averaging 30 per cent
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      Lock icon Beijing celebrates 45th National Day with a bang
      415 4 Los Angeles Times BEIJING People agreed that it was the biggest party the Chinese Communists had thrown in years. Brilliant fireworks lit the autumn sky; 100.000 carefully screened party faithful assembled in Tiananmen Square and sang the "March of the Volunteers". The
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      Lock icon Taiwan signs US$ 4.5m contract with top US PR firm
      352 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan has silently stepped up its lobbying efforts in the United States by signing a USS4.S million (556.66 million) contract with a top American public relations firm to improve ties with Washington. The China Express yesterday said Liu
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon HK Bank buys Guangzhou building
        94 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkongßank has made its largest acquisition in China since 1949 with the HK5200 million purchase (Ss4o million) of a 123,000 sq ft commercial property in Guangzhou in southern China, the South China Sunday Morning Post reported. Hongkongßank general manager Ray Morgan
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        Lock icon Taipei mayor candidates debate on TV
        103 4 AP TAIPEI Three candidates seeking to be mayor of Taipei held Taiwan's first-ever nationally televised election debate yesterday. The debate televised by the state-run Taiwan Television station was attended by 2,600 people at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. The three candidates contesting the Dec
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        Lock icon Taiwan unlikely to join Gatt this year
        88 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan will not be able to join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) before the end of this year as negotiations with member countries are still at an early stage, local newspapers reported yesterday. Up to now Taiwan has
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        Lock icon Taiwan navy captain jailed for life
        115 4 AFP TAIPEI A Taiwan military court has sentenced a navy captain to life imprisonment for selling military secrets to two arms dealers, the Military Spokesman's Office said in a press release yesterday. Kuo Li-heng. chief of the arms acquisition section under the navy, was
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        Lock icon Myanmar, China to build power plant
        97 4 Reuter BANGKOK Myanmar's Ministry of Energy has signed an agreement with China on a joint project to build a medium size dam and hydro-electric power plant. The agreement signed last week is for a joint project to develop a hydro-electric power plant in Mandalay
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon India confident it has plague outbreak under control
      615 5 Reuter AP NEW DELHI India appears confident it has controlled its plague outbreak and the World Health Organisation said the next two days would prove if this is correct. Newspapers reported that one more person died of pneumonic plague in New Delhi
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      Lock icon New Delhi putting up US$ 2.2b for oil exploration venture
      371 5 Reuter LONDON India will put up US$2.2 billion (553.2 billion) over the next three years for oil exploration, and invites foreign companies to match that sum. Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Satish Sharma said. State-run Oil and Natural Gas
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Japanese royals visiting France, Spain
        106 5 AFP rOKYO Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko left Kansai international airport in Osaka aboard a special plane yesterday for an official visit to France and Spain, news reports said. It will be the first official visit to the two European countries by a Japanese
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        Lock icon Indian police open fire on protesters
        106 5 Reuter l-UCKNOW, India Indian police opened fire on several thousand protesters heading to a New Delhi rally yesterday, seriously injuring 10, officials said. Trouble broke out after police blocked roads to prevent some 7.000 people heading from the hills ol the northern state of
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        Lock icon Indian state firm to close down
        102 5 AFP NEW DELHI The Indian government has recommended a state-run firm for closure after officials ruled the loss-making textile unit could not be revived, the Press Trust of India (P I I) reported yesterday. The Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) decided at
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        Lock icon Football triumph leads to accidents
        87 5 AFP PERI H Celebrations of the West Coast Eagles' triumph in the Australian Eootball League sparked a series of serious ear accidents here, poliee said yesterday. In the spaee of one hour on Saturday, following the Eagles rout of Geelong 20.23 (143) to 8.15 (63)
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      Lock icon Murayama scores on trade but faces stormy Diet
      262 5 Reuter TOKYO Japanese Frime Minister Tomiichi Murayama's coalition government scored political points at home with last-minute trade deals with the United States, but it is still embroiled in the trench warfare of domestic politics. The deals with Washington removed one potential focus
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  • WORLD FOCUS
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      Lock icon New look for Bretton Woods twins on the cards after Madrid
      1453 6  -  The International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings From Anthony Rowley in MADRID WHEN THE curtain goes up on this year's annual meetings of the International Monetae Fund and the World Bank in Madrid next month it will
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Too early to judge if UK rate hike went far enough: governor
      356 7 AFP MADRID Bank of England Governor Eddie George said on Saturday that the British central bank needed time to determine if the hike in its minimum lending rate last month was "either necessary or sufficient". Speaking after a
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    • Article
      Lock icon Balladur pledges that justice will prevail over official corruption
      297 7 Reuter VITTEL, France French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur pledged on Saturday that justice would run its course over embarrassing corruption probes that could affect three centrist ministers in his Cabinet. Justice sources revealed earlier that a Paris prosecutor was seeking a
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      Lock icon Palestinian police arrest 40 DELP activists
      273 7 Reuter GAZA Palestinian police in Gaza, cracking down on a main opponent of the IsraelPLO peace deal, yesterday arrested about 40 members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP). "Up until now we have the names of 38 people who have
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      Lock icon Carter turns 70
      42 7 Reuter WASHINGTON Former US President Jimmy Carter taking a bite of his 70th birthday cake on Saturday, during a reception organised by the Fulbright Association in Washington. The Fulbright Association promotes programmes of international education and cultural exchange. Reuter
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      Lock icon Ex-Slovak PM named polls winner
      100 7 AFP BRATISLAVA Former Slovakian premier Vladimir Meciar was yesterday declared the winner of Slovakia's general elections with a much bigger majority than expected, putting him in a position of strength in forming the next government. Final results yesterday gave Mr Meciar's Movement for a Democratic
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      Lock icon UK to fund Chinese public projects
      92 7 UPI LONDON Britain and China signed a concessional financing arrangement on Friday under which Britain will provide up to £55 million (SSI29 million) in funding for projects in public transport, water and the environment. The agreement was signed by the new British ambassador, Leonard
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      Lock icon Japanese soldiers arrive in Zaire
      87 7 Reuter GOMA, Zaire The main contingent of Japanese military personnel destined for relief assistance work with Rwandan refugees jetted into the eastern Zairean town of Goma yesterday. The first Japanese C-130 aircraft, which touched down in the morning, carried 60 soldiers. Another 38 arrived on
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      Lock icon British women earn 75pc as much as men
      104 7 Reuter LONDON British women still only earn about three-quarters as much as men, despite almost 20 years of legislation aimed at achieving equality j n the workplace, the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) said today. The EOC said the average gross hourly wage
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      Lock icon Quayle trumpeting his achievements on foreign policy
      322 7 Reuter WASHINGTON Former US vice-president Dan Quayle, readying himself for a possible run at the presidency in 1996, is trying to reinvent himself as an expert on foreign policy. In two recent Washington speeches to foreign policy experts, Mr Quayle has given a
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    • Article
      Lock icon Fed's decision to raise rates by 0.5 pc in August unanimous
      474 8 NYT WASHINGTON The decision by the Federal Reserve's top interest-rate policy committee on Aug 16 to raise short-term interest rates by half a percentage point was unanimous and based partly on concerns that a smaller move would disappoint financial
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    • Article
      Lock icon Clinton regrets assertions: Jones' lawyer
      298 8 AP WASHINGTON In an llth-hour settlement offer in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case, US President Bill Clinton conceded that he may have met the woman in a hotel room and said he regretted "untrue assertions" made about her. Ms Jones' lawyer said on Saturday.
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      Lock icon Lebanon rebuilding fair opens tomorrow
      208 8 AFP BEIRUT More than 200 companies from Western and Arab countries are to take part this week in "Rebuild Lebanon", the country's largest post-war reconstruction fair. The five-day fair opens tomorrow, two weeks after the government officially launched a multi-million-dollar project to rebuild the war-battered
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      Lock icon Confusion grows over US role in Haiti as troops pour in
      454 11 NYT PORT-AU-PRINCE Confusion over exactly what it is that US soldiers are supposed to be doing on Haiti's streets is growing almost as fast as the number of troops pouring in by air and sea. There are now some
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      Lock icon UK Labour leaders appear at odds over higher taxes for rich
      286 11 Reuter LONDON Britain's new opposition leader Tony Blair faced a major challenge on the eve of his Labour Party's annual conference today after his deputy warned the rich would pay more taxes. Deputy leader John Prescott said on Saturday
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      Lock icon Investcorp buys Swiss luxury watchmaker Ebel
      267 11 Reuter ZURICH International investment bank Investcorp. which has acquired such prestige fashion names as Tiffany's, Saks Fifth Avenue and Gucci, yesterday said it had bought Swiss luxury watch maker Ebel SA. A statement from the Bah-rain-based group said its latest acquisition was in part
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon A royal opening for the Games
      560 12 Asian Games AFP HIROSHIMA Emperor Akihito steered clear of politics and Hiroshima tried to forget its tragic A-bomb past for a day to put on a stirring opening to the 12th Asian Games yesterday. Akihito's only comment to the 55,400 people in Big Arch
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      Lock icon Chinese champs ready for more golds
      296 12 AP HIROSHIMA World champion swimmers and weight lifters are set to give China a flying start towards victory today in the Asian Games medals race, but host Japan looks likely to win the first gold. The Japanese fighting art of karate is making its
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    • SPORT SHORTS
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        96 12 AFP HIROSHIMA Naresh Kumar Adhikari. the head of the Nepalese delegation to the Asian Games, died here yesterday of a suspected heart attack, a team official said. Adhikari. 46. was found suffering from breathing difficulties in his room at ihe v illage and rushed by ambulance to a nearbv hospital
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        Lock icon Cricket
        73 12 AFP KARACHI Pakistan won the first test against Australia by one wicket, retaining their unbeaten record at the National Stadium here yesterday. Inzamaul Haq scored an unbeaten 58 and Mushtaq Ahmed remained not out 20. Pakistan scored a second innings 315 for nine aficr a first innings 256. against
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        Lock icon Rugby
        86 12 AP CATANIA, Sicily Italy defeated Romania 24-6 in a World Cup European play-off match on Saturday. The defeat means Romania joins a pool featuring hosts South Africa, defending champions Australia, and Canada at the World Cup in May-June 1995. Italy meet the Welsh in Cardiff on Oct 12. The
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        Tennis
        91 12 KUALA LUMPUR Jacco Eltingh of the Netherlands vesterdav won the US$4OO,OOO (SS600.000) Kuala Lumpur ATP Open, beating Russian Andrei Olhovskiy 7-6 (7-1). 2-6. 6-4. LEIPZIG. Germany LSS4OO,OOO (SS600.000) WTA tournament semi-finals on Saturday: Jana Novotna (Cze x 2) b Anke Huber (Ger x 3) 1-6 6-1 7-5: Mary Pierce
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        Volleyball
        93 12 ATHENS Men's World Championships on Saturday (top three in each group qualify for the next phase) Group A: Canada 3 Algeria 0; Greece 3 Russia 2. Final standings: 1 Grecce 2 Russia 3 Canada 4 Algeria. B: Germany 3 Argentina 1; US 3 Brazil 2. Stdgs: I US 2
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        Golf
        264 12 TOKYO 100 million >en (SSI.S million) Japan Open final round in Yokkaichi yesterday (Japan unless stated): 270 Masashi Ozaki 68 66 69 67 283 David Ishii (US) 70 74 69 70. Hidcki Kase 71 67 71 74 284 Katsuvoshi Tomori 74 66 73 71. INABECHO, Japan 60 million >en
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      Lock icon Els opens 7-stroke lead at Mercedes German Masters
      270 12 Golf AP MOTZEN, Germany Ernie Els had his second spectacular round in as many days on Saturday, shooting an eight-under-par 64 to open a seven-stroke lead midway through the US$937,500 (SS1.4 million) Mercedes German Masters. Els, whose opening-round 63 on Friday left
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  • Business IT
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      Videoconferencing war
      727 13  -  Joseph Rajendran finds out how three firms are shaping up to capture a bigger slice of the market Joseph Rajendran THE competition in the local videoconference market has heated up. Creative Technology has completely sold out its first batch of videoconference systems and customers who have placed orders
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      A $2m boost for IT education
      347 13  -  Informatics, ITI developing novel multimedia education plan. Lee Wai Leong reports Lee Wai Leong INFORMATICS will spend 52 million over two years to develop a multimedia education environment for its students in conjunction with the Information Technology Institute (ITI). The IT education group will
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      Lock icon IBM strikes back against HP's fierce discount plan
      225 13 Reuter INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp has said that it will meet or beat any discount offered to its minicomputer customers by Hewlett-Packard Co, as HP blatantly tries to steal IBM's customers. Recently, HP announced an aggressive 30 per cent discount plan, directly
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        IBM slashes prices of some models
        70 14 SINGAPORE IBM Singapore has cut prices on selected models of its PS/2, Value Point, ThinkPad and PC Server families by up to 30 per cent. A PC server powered by a Pentium 60 mHz processor that used to list for $11,120, now list for
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        Oracle, Lotus in marketing tie-up
        42 14 SINGAPORE Software giants Oracle Corp and Lotus Corp have signed a joint marketing and development agreement. The companies will work to achieve inter-operability among their leading products workgroup software Lotus Notes and multimedia database Oracle Media Server.
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        Discounts for Microsoft software
        57 14 SINGAPORE Microsoft Singapore is offering discounts to users of software from competing companies. Users of Lotus 1-2-3, AmiPro, Freelance, Approach, Smartsuite, WordPerfect, Perfect Office and other software packages, can trade in their applications for Microsoft's suite Office 4.2 at $495. The suite comprising Word, Excel, PowerPoint
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        Xyplex delivers an industry first
        74 14  -  Compiled by David Mok SINGAPORE Networking company Xyplex Inc has introduced the industry's first Auto Protocol Detection. The function is featured in its Access Server Software Release 5.3. The innovation automatically detects and configures itself to the remote user's protocol, whether through dial-in or local,
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      PowerMac gets own software
      358 14  -  Microsoft finally delivers its promise. David Mok reports David Mok Microsoft is finally delivering its promise to provide applications for the PowerMac six months late. The new version of Microsoft's spreadsheet Excel comes in both the Macintosh and PowerMac versions and will be available in the
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        52 14 SINGAPORE A course on Unix System V Release 4 (SVR4) will be held by the Information Communication Institute of Singapore from Oct 10-12. Participants will receive an introduction to the Unix OS and resource management and details on Unix internals. For more information, call Amnah
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        IBM seminar in November
        43 14 SINGAPORE IBM will hold a seminar on "Distributed Computing Enabling Your Business" on Nov 8 at the Oriental Hotel. Patricia Seybold will speak on how to use object-oriented technology in business and on workflow/workgroup computing. To register, call 320-1363.
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        Effective use of IT in business
        39 14 SINGAPORE The Meta Group is holding a conference entitled 'Transforming Information Technology To Address 1990s Business Requirements" from Nov 14-15 (Kuala Lumpur) and Nov 17-18 (Singapore). For more details call (65)-291-3677 or (03)-756-8833.
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        82 14  -  Compiled by David Mok SINGAPORE A seminar on the latest communication technologies will be held by the Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIQ from Nov 25-26. For more information call Virgilio at 251-5106. DO YOU have an event to announce? A user conference? An
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      Lotus Smart Suite gets even sweeter
      334 14  -  The latest upgrade takes advantage of Lotus' data exchange technology. Markos Tando has the details Markos Tando LOTUS HAS announced an upgrade of its integrated software SmartSuite 3.0 for Windows, which will be officially launched tomorrow. Smart Suite 3.0 is the first Lotus Notes-ready
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      Lock icon Consumers the main winner as PCMCIA market booms
      487 14  -  By Claire Leow The credit cardsized devices used in notebooks are gaining popularity. Computer manufacturers are responding to this trend in a big way and consumers can expect new products and better prices in the coming months. A new report by market
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      A step to computers as translators
      909 15  -  IT THE NEXT WAVE Jane Ee explains why Machine Translation is indispensable for some translation jobs but falters at others Jane Ee The writer is an associate of the Institute of Systems Science. For more information, please contact her at 772-6696. IMAGINE translating 300
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      Lock icon Visionary Gupta now blindsided by rivals
      804 15 Just a year after a highly successful listing. US database firm Gupta is losing money. Can it come back? Bloomberg Business News IT IS hard to argue with Umang Gupta's vision. In the early 1980s, when state of the art in personal eomputers was
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      Lock icon Plans to crack down on Indian software piracy
      458 15  -  Lan Stewart reports on the tie-up between US and Delhi-based agencies to plug the USs2sm annual loss Ian Stewart UPI THE US-based Business Software Alliance is preparing to crack down on computer software pirating in India, an industry analyst said in New
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      OS/2's slick slew of features
      620 16  -  IBM's latest offering makes cruising the Internet a breeze. Lee Wai Leong reports TEST RUMt Lee Wai Leong SLICK SEEMS the appropriate word to describe the comprehensive Internet access provided by IBM in its latest beta release of OS/2, code-named Warp. After logging on to
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      IPC enters fray for PDA market
      373 16  -  By David Mok IPC HAS BECOME the first local company to launch the much talked about personal digital assistant (PDA). This comes against the backdrop of languishing sales of Apple Computer's PDA, the Newton. Called the Magic Writer, IPC's product is a pen-based system
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      Lock icon A new chip as good as Pentium
      402 16 Tin); Nexgen, with a little help from IBM, scores a point in being the first to ship tne microprocessors out NYT WITH A LITTLE help from IBM. tiny Nexgen Inc was first out of the gate yesterday with chips that offer performance comparable
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      Police tap computer software to nab crooks
      571 16  -  WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY TOM AMBROSE The writer is a Support Contracts Specialist with Hewlett Packard's Americas' Field Operations. He also has extensive experience helping businesses to use IT. THE CYBERSPACE community has Jong been aware of the various illegitimate and unsavoury uses of
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      Lock icon Toshiba and IBM in Power PC pact
      325 16 Reuter Toshiba Corp of Japan has agreed to procure International Business Machines Corp's PowerPC microprocessors for use in its network servers, personal computers or other computer products. An IBM spokesman yesterday said the pact gave Toshiba rights to develop its own version of
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      910 17  -  Corporate retreats which embrace community work are the rage these days, reports Kirk Johnson Kirk Johnson NYT WHEN 60 white-collar employees of the ITT Hartford Insurance Group gathered recently to paint a shelter for the homeless, their motives were decidedly mixed. They were not volunteers, and
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      756 17  -  Michiyo Nakamoto reports on Toyota's worker-friendly factory-line Michiyo Nakamoto FT EVER since Henry Ford devised a system to mass produce cars, manufacturers worldwide have struggled with the problem of how to make the grind of the factory-line both efficient and worker-friendly. Toyota,
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      Flawed, but full of feeling
      622 19  -  Benjamin Loh reviews the last two nights of the SSO's Rachmaninov cycle, while James Oestreich reports on a growing appreciation for the composer in liis homeland Benjamin Loh James Oestreich James Oestreich THOSE in the audience who went to the second and third nights of
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      879 19 NYT GUSTAV Mahler predicted that his time would come, and it did. Jan Sibelius' time seems to come and go with some regularity. Sergei Rachmaninov has always retained popularity, if not great respect, for at least a few of his works except,
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      Asean members to become fund donors
      409 20  -  World Bank/IMF annual meetings From Anthony Rowley in MADRID A NUMBER of South-east Asian countries are expected to become first-time donors to the International Development Agency (IDA) the World Bank's soft-loans arm when the next replenishment of its funds is negotiated early next year.
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      420 20 AP MADRID The International Monetary Fund's 24-mem-ber Interim Committee sees the medium-term economic outlook appearing "favourable for almost all regions of the world," according to a summary released yesterday. The committee, which is comprised of the finance ministers of the 24 nations seated on
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      Lock icon KL says it's not blowing up the haze situation
      277 20 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has not exaggerated by reporting that forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra in Indonesia are causing the current serious haze situation in this country, the Department of Environment's director-gen-eral Abu Bakar Jaafar said on Saturday. The national
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      Canberra must act quickly to cement ties with Asia
      941 20  -  The Bottom Line TYE KIM KHIAT TYE KIM KHIAT The writer is a BT copy editor THREE recent events singly or collectively should give Australia plenty of food for thought. If they haven't, then it is time they did. Event One:
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      S'pore-Shandong economic cooperation off to good start
      463 20  -  From Warren Fernandez in JINAN, SHANDONG ECONOMIC cooperation between Singapore and Shandong has got off to a good start, Lee Kuan Yew said last night, adding that he hoped this marked the beginning of a long partnership in which Singapore would transfer its
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      A quality showing at three-day investment fair — SES
      299 21  - A quality showing at three-day investment fair SES By Paul Leo SINGAPORE By all accounts, the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) investment fair, which ended yesterday, was a huge success, attracting at least 50,000 visitors during the three days at Raffles City Convention Centre. SES public affairs manager Peter Chia
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      Bintang Piramid lifts Inno-Pac stake to 15pc
      169 21 SINGAPORE Bintang Piramid (M) Sdn Bhd, a company believed to be controlled by Malaysian businessman Mohamed bin Ngah Said, has increased its stake in Inno-Pacif-ic Holdings by buying 9.18 million Inno-Pac shares last Friday. With its latest purchase, Bintang now owns 34.65 million
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      After two delays, Sunright finally launches IPO
      288 21  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Semiconductor firm Sunright is finally launching its initial public offering today, having delayed the launch twice in early February and late-March. The company announced in January that the Stock Exchange of Singapore had given in-principle approval for its
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      Few analysts game to track rollercoaster Hong Fok
      793 21  -  JOCK By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE According to the latest issue of The Estimate Directory, only four brokers bothered to project the profits of Hong Fok Corporation. Goodness knows how much longer they can stay on it. The four brokers who took
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        581 22 Reuter MANILA Petron Corp and San Miguel Corp come of age today when they take over as the Philippine stock market's heavyweights in a new index ousting former market leader Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company. Analysts welcomed the adoption
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        Lock icon Morgan Stanley plans international indices for small cap stocks
        319 22 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) will be launching a series of international indices for small capitalisation stocks next year designed to capture this sector's special industry characteristics and market cycles. As a precursor to the indices, MSCI, beginning
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        Lock icon Perlis Plantations unit to take 17pc stake in shipping firm
        231 22 MBT KUALA LUMPUR A Perlis Plantations Bhd subsidiary has agreed to take a stake in Malaysian Bulk Carriers Sdn Bhd (MBC), formerly Kelas Mayang Sdn Bhd. Malayan Sugar Manufacturing Bhd will take up 20.4 million new MBC shares, equivalent to
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        Lock icon Time group offered 70pc of power project
        173 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Time Engineering Bhd and its subsidiary. EPE Power Corporation Bhd. have been offered a 70 per cent stake in a privatised power generation project in Sabah. Time Engineering said on Saturday that it was offered 40 per cent equity interest
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        Lock icon SC eases spread requirement for KLSE transfers
        524 22 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Second board companies on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) seeking a transfer to the main board will be given flexibility in terms of the shareholding spread requirement by the Securities Commission (SC). Second board companies which meet the shareholding
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        Thai Airways expects profit to double, but won't meet forecast
        740 22  -  MARKET WATCH From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK THAI Airways International cxpccts to more than double its profit for the current financial year, after pruning costs and changing schedules to prop up listless operating revenues. Deputy transport permanent secretary Jong-arch Bodhisunthorn.
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        Lock icon Taiwan share case: 5 face drug cash probe
        352 23 Reuter TAIPEI The arrest of five investors for allegedly manipulating the share price of Taiwan's Lucky Textile Industrial Corp has raised suspicions they used their multi-million dollar deals to launder US drug money, officials said on Saturday. Two US Drug Enforcement Administration
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        Lock icon MKI to go ahead with plans despite suspension
        683 23 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The new chairman of one of Hongkong's most controversial companies has vowed to go ahead with ambitious plans in Mongolia and China even though the company's shares remain suspended. MKI Corp's shares were suspended on June 6 after
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        Lock icon Qingling Motors posts 226 m yuan first-half profit
        348 23 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Chinas state-owned Qingling Motors yesterday said its interim earnings came in below expectations because of sluggish domestic demand and deteriorating efficiency. The minibus and light truck maker said its net profit for the six months to June 30
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          Lock icon Top Chinese firms eye foreign listing
          85 23 Reuter BEIJING Two Chinese firms aiming for listing on overseas markets were among the country's top 10 firms last year in terms of sales, the Business Weekly said. Dongfeng Auto Works and Wuhan Iron and Steel Corp recorded sales of 20 billion yuan and
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          92 23 AFP TOKYO Japan Airlines Co, the national carrier, is expected to notch up foreign-exchange losses of 45 billion yen (*****.5 million) for the six months to September, a daily said on Saturday. The loss, which will be reported in a financial statement for the
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          Lock icon Metallgesellschaft on road to recovery
          94 23 Reuter FRANKFURT Kajo Neukirchen, chairman of Germany's Metallgesellschaft AG, said on Friday that the group was now on the road to recovery. But noting that the new, slimmed-down MG has a much higher share capital boosted sharply by a 3.4 billion mark (553.26 billion) bank
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          Lock icon Woolworth's vice-chairman resigns
          83 23 Reuter NEW YORK Woolworth Corp said late Friday that William Lavin, its vicc-chairinan and chicf executive, had resigned because of differences with the board about the direction of the retail company. John Adams, chairman of Woolworth, will assume Mr Lavin's responsibilities on an interim basis, the company
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          Lock icon B SkyB plans listings in NY, London
          105 23 Bloomberg Business News LONDON British Sky Broadcasting Group Ltd, a satellite television network, will list 20 per cent of its shares in New York and London at a price valuing the company at between £4 billion (559.4 billion) and £6 billion, the Sunday
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        Lock icon US sales of new securities fall 29pc in first nine months
        649 24 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Wall Street underwriters, battered by this year's rise in interest rates, turned in their worst performance since 1991 during the first three quarters. Sales of new stocks and bonds in the US fell 29
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        Lock icon News Corp plans one-for-two bonus issue
        154 24 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK News Corp Ltd said it would issue one share of the company's authorised, but yet unissued, limited voting preference shares for each two common shares held by shareholders. The bonus issue will be made to shareholders of record on
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        Lock icon Mergers and acquisitions hit record high in US
        432 24 Activity likely to surpass last year's U*****.2b soon Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Mergers and acquisitions reached a record level in the third quarter, led by American Home Products Corp's proposed takeover of American Cyanamid Co and Martin Marietta Corp's merger agreement
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        Lock icon MCI, British Telecom create phone giant aimed at business user
        401 24 Reuter NEW YORK MCI Communications Coip and British Telecommunications pic finalised their US$4.3 billion (556.4 billion) alliance on Friday, creating a huge global telecommunications group aimed at the business user. MCI, the second largest US long-distance carrier, is issuing a
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        Lock icon Mitsubishi merges chemical firms in industry downturn
        171 24 AFP TOKYO Two units in the Mitsubishi empire, Mitsubishi Kasei Corp and Mitsubishi Petrochemical Co, merged on Saturday to become Japan's largest chemical producer, company officials announced. Annual sales by the merged company, which will be known as Mitsubishi Chemical Corp, will total
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        Soon Teck Finance voluntarily gives up its licence
        432 25  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE Soon Teck Finance (Singapore) Ltd, the Republic's smallest finance company, has voluntarily given up its licence. The latest Government Gazette says: "Soon Teck Finance (Singapore) Ltd ceased to operate as a finance company on 20 Sep 1994 and
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        Asian bourses could double in size to US$2 trillion in next five years
        297 25 SINGAPORE The capitalisation of Asian markets, excluding Japan, could double in the next five years to about US$2 trillion (552.96 trillion), US investment bank Salomon Brothers said last Friday. Andrew Freris, director and chief regional economist at
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        US life insurer expects business in Asia to grow 30pc
        212 25  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE John Hancock Life Assurance expects business growth of 25-30 per cent in Asia this year, says its chief financial officer. Boston-based Thomas Maloney, on his first Asian tour, said here on Friday that the region was
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        Lock icon Swiss Re sells stakes in European units as part of strategic shift
        381 25 Reuter ZURICH Swiss Reinsurance Co, the world's second largest reinsurance company, on Friday announced the sale of all its direct insurance activities in Europe as part of a strategic shift toward its core business. Swiss Re's decision to
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          Lock icon Peregrine to expand into Bahrain
          39 25 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong-based Peregrine Investments Holdings Ltd said it had obtained a licence from the Bahrain Monetary Agency to establish an investment banking branch there. No date has been set for the opening. Reuter
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          Lock icon Profit fall of 6.4 pc at BHF-Bank
          69 25 AFP PRAGUE The German commercial bank Berliner Handels und Frankfurter Bank (BHF-Bank) on Friday announced a 6.4 per cent fall in consolidated profit to 202 million Deutschemarks (S$ 193.6 million) for the first eight months of the year from the figure for the
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          Lock icon Mitsubishi's bad debts at 108b yen
          90 25 AFP TOKYO Japan's Mitsubishi Bank Ltd has incurred a special loss of 108 billion yen (551.62 billion) in the six months to September on bad debt writeoffs for two affiliate firms. The bank said the loss was the result of the sales of non-performing
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          Lock icon ABN Amro sets up M'sian entity
          67 25 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR ABN Amro Bank has been locally-incor-porated from Saturday and will assume the new name of ABN Amro Bank Bhd. it was announced on Saturday. The new entity would be wholly-owned by ABN Amro Bank NV. ABN Amro Bank first opened its
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          59 25 Bloomberg Business News MADRID Chase Manhattan Bank vice-chairman Richard Boyle warned that US banks are sacrificing financial credit standards in a "lending frenzy" when dealing with large companies, the hnancial Times reported. He said the banks are displaying a "lemming mentality" in being too concerned
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        156 25 SINGAPORE Citibank Investment (Singapore) has arranged a US$lO2 million (SSISI million) syndicated loan package for Thai-listed Siam City Cement. The 10-year loan was signed in Hongkong last week. Siam City Cement, the second largest cement, producer in Thailand, will use the
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        425 26 Reuter SINGAPORE Reduced reformer operations in Singapore, Malaysian and Australian refineries should help combat weak petrol prices in Asia, industry sources said. Singapore petrol prices have tumbled some 16 per cent from early September to around US$l9 (Ss2B) a barrel amid stagnant Chinese
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        54 26 Reuter HAVANA A Cuban farmer weighing rice for a customer in Marianao, a Havana district, on Saturday. The market was one of many opened across Cuba allowing farmers to sell their produce direct to the public at prices based on supply and demand, rather than fixed
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        451 26 Reuter H AM BURG European rubber consumers said on Friday that they supported plans for a third International Natural Rubber Agreement (Inra) but they had limited room for compromise. The new Inra may go ahead if talks with producers
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        347 26 Reuter SINGAPORE Fresh speculative buying in Tokyo which brought futures prices back to previous highs could help support South-east Asian rubber prices this week. But some traders said the latest rally in Japan was driven by technicals and could not be
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        361 26 Reuter LONDON World prices for coffee beans have quadrupled this year, after frost and then a drought hit prospects for next year's crop in top producer Brazil, and they might go even higher. That would soon hit drinkers of the
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        2115 26 *Rales are the average of 9 selected banks Trade-weighted index calculated against S pore's top 14 trading partners Base year 1985 I Prime landtag rites BANKS ABN Amro Bank NV 6H ANZ Banking Group ft Allied Irish Bank PLC 6Vi American Express Bank 6V» Arab Banking Corp 6V4 Arab Bank
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        603 27  -  SIMEX WEEKLY ROUNDUP By Meryl Phang MMS International TRADING for most part of the week was uninspired. The bearish dollar managed to find some support whenever the market tested the lower end of trading ranges. At the start of the week, there was talk that
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        761 27 COMMODITY WEEKLY ROUNDUP AFP LONDON Gold rose once again last week, lifting towards the key level of US$4OO per ounce as dealers feared renewed inflationary pressures in the US. Precious metals followed gold up, but the base metals dropped on
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      1280 27 Rubber Sep 30 Singapore Commodity Exdumgo Pfcy*k*l Pricas mrnm cMmg t at 5.30p«) Biytrt Mkrt As at 12 Man (S cents/kg) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) P- v |im TJ— RSS 2 Oct 94 207.50 208.50N KKI Oct 94 209.50 209.50 211.50 450 1125 RSS 5 Oct 94
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      5411 28 CORPORATE RESULTS Nrt Karn EPS Dale IY LY IY LY Company inn (Sin) (Sib) (els) (els) ABR Hldgs Sep 19 I 1.109 1-365 2 5 3 3 Acma Sep 16 I 48 926 19 517 7| 0 28.6 Alcom* Aug I I 9.373 7 905 7
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      753 28 CHARTS BY BRIDGE Relative Strength Index: The RSI measures the rate at which prices move. In theory, it ranges between zero and 100. In practice however, it fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula:
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        801 29 FT Ngw Yorfc IN SPITE OF the Federal Reserve's decision last week not to put up interest rates again, Wall Street analysts are convinced that it is now a question of when, not if, the central bank will
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        292 29 AFP London THE stock exchange see-sawed all week as fears of increasing inflationary pressures in the United States, and a possible rise in interest rates, dominated European markets. Rumours, quickly denied, that the US had concluded a trade agreement with Japan pushed prices
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        373 29 AFP Tokyo STOCK prices declined in thin trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange last week as investors retreated to the sidelines to wait for the outcome of JapanUS trade talks and their impact on the currency market. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average
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        190 29 AFP Hongkong STOCKS ended the week on a downbeat note in Hongkong, despite the US Federal Reserve's decision not to raise interest rates for the time being The Hang Seng Index went into the weekend at 9,521.24, down 111.23
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        105 29 AUSTRALIAN shares closed the week only marginally firmer as cautious investors were sidelined by US interest rate fears and disappointing economic data at home, brokers said. The key All Ordinaries Index ended at 2,028.7 points, up just one point from the previous week's finish, after bottoming out at a
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        87 29 WORRIES over the stalled US-Japan trade talks and domestic political problems cost the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) 20.35 points, or 1.4 per cent, for the week, brokers said. The SET Index closed on Friday at 1,485.71 points. The average daily turnover was 77.3 million shares, down from 84.8
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        129 29 A LATE-BREAKING rally over the last two trading .days failed to lift the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) last week as it closed 1.73 per cent lower on the absence of fresh incentives, analysts said on Saturday. The PSE Composite Inr dex shed 51.12 points to •y. "Close at 2,908.24
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        117 29 SHARE PRICES continued their fall for the second straight week at the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSE) as brokers remained off the floor in anticipation of listings of several strong firms. Average daily volume slumped to IS. 19 million shares worth 72.76 billion rupiah from 23.03 million shares worth 90.59
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        81 29 SHARE PRICES made a positive turnaround on Friday on the Korea Stock Exchange as optimistic investors loaded up on the bourse again, brokers said. The Composite Price Index gained 12.96 points to close out at 1,050.51 points. Turnover was heavy with 50 million shares valued at one trillion won
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        65 29 THE TAIPEI bourse on Saturday reached a fdhr-year high as a result of renewed buying interest, with good performances by chemical and plastic shares, dealers said. Wiping out a 10 per cent decline the previous session, the 380-issue Weighted Price Index on the Taiwan Stock Exchange gained 43.99 points,
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        55 29 SHARE PRICES finished lower across the board on the Bombay Stock Exchange for the fourth consecutive day on Friday amid fears of economic instability because of an outbreak of plague, analysts said. The BSE Sensitive Index, which tracks the fortunes of 30 blue-chip firms, lost 77.30 points to end
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        766 29 -11.44 BLUE-CHIP stocks ended lower on Friday as worries that the US and Japan could be headed for a trade war sent the market retreating. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 11.44 points lower at 3,843,19. It ended the week up 11.44 points. In the broader market, declining
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        266 29 -7.87 STOCKS finished mixed after a cautious, featureless session, punctuated by end-of-quarter windowdressing from portfolio managers. "It was really a nothing day," said James Muir, director at RG Capital. "There was a touch of optimism earlier in the marketplace on the basis that the trade situation was improving between
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        2224 29 London Sep JO Pence TTIndustrials A. A. Corp Adr 55 6/8 2/» Abbey National 7 Allied Lyons 568 +2 4/8 Amec 108 -2 Argyll 27« 4/8 t Asda Group 65 2 BAT Ind 436 10 4/8 BICC J50 4/8 4/8 BOC Group 692 l« BR Petroleum 400 6 4/8 BTR
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      2517 30 MOST ACTIVE voiurm MBf( apilal 96.523.000 Promct 63.188 000 Johan Hkigs 50c 36.4JO.OOO Fabcr Ciroup 30.379.000 Pcgi Msia 26.991.000 Idrts H»d JOe 26.763.000 MBf HUgs 50c 23.0J9.000 Mulpha Iml 50c 21.754.000 McnangCorp 21.546.000 M Mosaics 21.077.000 kamuniing 50c 20.524.000 Kulim (M) Wt99 19.235.000 AMDB 50c 17.781.000 HKgg MBf
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        5975 30 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Share prices ended the week shaiply lower after five straight days of falls with players taking profits from the previous week's surge. The KLSE Composite Index plunged 40.56 points, or 3.5 per cent, to 1,129.76 from 1,170.32 a week ago. Average daily
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        1867 32  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Local share prices are expected to trade with an upward bias this week, but analysts are divided on where the Malaysian market will head. In its weekly roundup, OCBC Investment Research said because Wall Street was weak last
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      321 33  -  From Al Labita in MANILA A SUBSIDIARY of Kuala Lumpur-listed Mechmar has bought a 35 per cent stake in a Korean firm that is putting up a US$2l million (Ss3l million) shipbreaking and steel rerolling facility in the Philippines. The acquisition is
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      Asian growth fuelling boom in trans-Pacific reefer trade
      527 33 LOS ANGELES Shipping lines serving the trans-Pacific trade are riding on a crest of refrigerated cargo growth that shows no sign of cooling. According to a recent report in the New-York based daily Journal of Commerce, the growth in refrigerated cargoes moving
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      1082 33 Page Col ABC Containerize 16 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahlers Line 13 S Ahrenkiel Liner 4 4/5 ANL 3 1/2 Antaco Mgmt 16 2 APL 5 4/5 Appcnship 4 4/5 Arabian Express 15 5 ASCL 5 5 Assist Marine 6 1 Avant
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      767 33  -  SHAPE A fortnightly focus on people in the shipping industry From helping his father to hawk vegetables at a young age, Mike Sim now heads Singapore's largest local ship supply company. Alec Almazan reports Alec Almazan SINGAPORE Mike Sim, managing director of the country's largest home-grown
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      1849 34 THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates rose to 1.640 on Thursday from 1,626 on Sep 28. Rates continued to hold firm for Panamax and Capesize tonnage, with the general feeling of levels being maintained for some time to come, brokers said. Navix paid a
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      13287 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. LEGENO PN: ship calls at Penang after
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        1338 50 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookinf/Babnce Rstts SNp Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Aattctt 0398 04/0/00 18 02/1500 02 1659 02/1)00 2A 02/1/00 03/0(69 03/0900 28 02/1700 03/06M 03/0900 3 03/0AW 03/1159 03/1400 4
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      921 51  -  Jane Martinson reports on a fleet of safety regulations sailing towards the shipping industry, which shipowners say they cannot afford Jane Martinson FT CHAOS, jungle and madness are words used in the world's shipping industry to describe the effect of environmental regulations. As
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        441 52 Reuter NEW YORK After more than a year of widespread expectations that US airlines would stage a major recovery in 1994, the outlook is growing increasingly grim. 'Although financial results are expected to improve in the third quarter, a new round of
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        683 52 NYT SIENA, Italy During the boom years in the car industry, Chrysler Corp used its surplus cash to build more factories and invest in everything from aircraft companies to foreign competitors. When hard times hit, the company found itself closing factories,
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        56 52 Reuter BARCELONA, Spain A replica of the lunar vehicle that was used in the Apollo 11 expedition appearing with normal traffic in a Barcelona street on Saturday. The battery-operated vehicle, designed for astronaut training, will be part of an exhibition commemorating the 25th anniversary
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        UPS extends network to Laos
        259 52  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE United Parcel Service customers will be able to send express documents and parcels to and from Laos from today. The Atlanta-based air express company said it will work with its local service partner, S&B Shipping and Services. Under the agreement, S&B
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        210 52 Reuter TOKYO Suzuki Motor Corp will invest one billion yen (Sslso million) in its Kosai plant in Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, to boost production capacity by about 5,000 cars per month by March 1995, a spokesman for Japan's biggest minicar maker
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          115 52 SINGAPORE The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) is imposing preventive measures on ships which have called at India since Sep I to prevent the introduction of bubonic plague here. With immediate effect, vessels arriving from India will notify the Quarantine and Epidemiology
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          100 52 Reuter FRANKFURT German national airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG said its passenger and cargo load factor growth outstripped nine major airlines between 1991 and 1993. In its own comparative study of major airlines. Lufthansa said last week its passenger load factor rose 4.4 percentage points to 65.8
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          79 52 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian car sales hit a new monthly record high for this year with 29,555 units sold in August compared with the previous peak of 27,198 in July. PT Astra International, which distributed the report, said last week it had a market share
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        451 52 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT After a net loss of 503 million Deutschemarks (*****.8 million) in 1993, General Motors Corp's German unit Adam Opel AG expects full-year results to be "clearly in the black", chief executive David Herman told German daily Handelsblatt. "We'll post
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        203 52 Reuter SIENA, Italy Chrysler Corp said last Friday it will impose a special surcharge on all the cars it sells in California in 1998 to cover the costs of building and selling electric vehicles. Chrysler chairman Robert Eaton said the surcharge,
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      1643 36 I 1 AOABA R OAM/ [1 ALSO ACCEPTING FROM VESSEL VOY NO SPORE JEPOAH (VIA JED) S'TON H'BURG A'WERP HAVRE WEBT MALAYSIA KATSURAGI 23/139 5/10 22/10 25L!5 Port Kalang, Panang KIT ANO 27/338 8/10 17/10 24/10 2«/10 29/10 31/10 2/11 Paslr Gudang KAMAKURA 36/140 12/10 29/10 30/10 EAST MALAYSIA CI
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      589 36 tsmmmm I S pore P.Ketang Loading for FORUM WIND 6/10 9/10 Rdm/Atu/Uk/Nantes I 'Loads E./W. Malaysia. Indonesia I I Loading for V BUFFALO Jeddan/Aqaba I PAN CRYSTAL Dubai/Bahrain/Damman/Kuwait 'Loads Singapore. E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia I Loading (Or EM XANTHOS Los Angeles/New Orleans/ I Charleston/Norfolk/Camden A HAZER Los Angeles/New Orleans/ Charleston/Norfoik/Camden 'Loads
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      1846 37 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hm Chiang Road #11-01 Koppol Towers 9tmtm 0208 Tol; *****80 Fox: *****17 'JBIIMIMBItM.W.IIWM.IUI.IWatIMIHIM t NIW QUPttA PACIFIC LW jgwSrf <A SCRVK* OF OH»NA MAVtOATION CO) accepts >Myy CAftGO DUE SAA.S C J NASA M-30 VO4C tttara. lib. KK 02-13 Oct 03 Oct 04 0d
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      1601 37 P&O Containers SCIIVm 1° Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 Keppel Towers. Singapore 0206 ■ljiv First Class Connections WORLDWIDE Tel: 225 2233 Teiex: rs ***** pnocsp Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 v CR Number: *****9 *****Z *>* 255 IT?.? jSH «OU A*T ROT HAM OOT Ml LEH VESSEL *OY ZEE OOT HOT HAM
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      1128 37 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. 19 KEPm ROAD *02-01 JIT POM BUHCTNG SINGAPORE 0208 TEL 225-99U6 fu 221-4923 ALSO OFFERING SERVICE TO/FROM *PRC CIS VIETNAM 'EAST RUSSIA 'CARIBBEAN LATIN AMERICA *EAST MEDITERRANEAN CALL 225-1-225 FOR BOOKING OR ENQUIRY TO Hi Mi ft MBMI WtEKLY CONTAIIIfitt lliilGC \nvn vo'ta Iw[wl w I
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      425 38 ifjV EKA JAYA AGENCIES >3||f TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE HQ cm MINH CITY EAQM I HANPfHOM/PWICT mwm mat lit* I maw www MLYiwcHAfi ninn imra/maH -J MAHQj »im« |IHMT7» I I niiAM wn >imb»—lnra/iina 1 ►Tg viei-nam/hcmc m mmsmmm SERVICE CENTER-POINT V' um& 7
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      501 38 Shorter Transit Time to KOREA, JAPAN,, U.S.A. RTA Arrving every Wed to Hong Kong, Pusan Incheon lAX Arriving every Fri to Tokyo, Osaka Yokohama PSW Arriving every Fri to Longbeach, Oakland San Francisco. (Including all MCB MLB points) For Enquiries Bookings, please call Chiu *****27 Pgr *****49 Paul Lim *****26
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      18 38 SPORE •A' VESSEL OC-192 OCT To Butnavontwa/Barrinquia/SJflti Marta/CartafOfta/ Santo Dominfo/ Wo Qu»lial/Atajutla/San lofomo/CofWo/Pto CjMom/Li Guaira/ Puerto CaMt/Cristobal/ Bafcoa
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      1319 38 J-liTT3^nk "0 IM OB Ml mrtuw Ml W IK CN n Mf I f S?VL? T/io ?/1 m i it! !K2 2'!! F" 11/11 ~m u/u /n i/« 22/u 20/u »/u m r i/la 11; a,., if J »/>• »/10 »/n 22/11 24/11 25/11 4/12 »/12 7/12 1/12 1/12 10/12
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      2310 39 J THIS WEEK'S ARRIVAL/DEPARTUR?7O3/I^^^7/10^^^^^^^^^|B II VESSEL VOYAGE EXCHANGE RATES (USS) 1 II OUT IN our I I mm CALIFORNIA PEGASUS 24W 25E 1 4775 4855 R HI NEPTUNE DIAMOND 22E 1 485S ■I ■Wv HI OCCL FAITH 47W 47W 4813 I a HI OCCL HONOUR 33E 33E 1 4827 i
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      1063 39 A I MULTILINE SHIPPING PTE LTD W (a member of SINSOV Group) CR NO: **********0 C ENQUIRIES: *****33 BOOKINGS: *****64, *****51, *****31, *****13 BALTIC: INWARD *****97 OUTWARD *****10 T/S *****10 A BIASCO: INWARD *****65 OUTWARD *****28 T/S *****46 FESCO: BOOKINGS *****99/*****01 DOC *****07 MARINE INSURANCE: *****87 INVENTORY: *****59 AGENTS: KL:
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      1216 40 44 v ft AS AGENTS: "N" LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CI NO: *****7300QQM/GST REG NO: M2-*****M-C) TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 I W ■j* MALAYSIA: "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD I M 4 I W*J TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25/6 1
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      1161 40 79 ANSON ROAD, #21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TELE: *****92 FAX: *****57 CR **********0N BTWAITB BHUTTUE SERVICE PORT KLANG/BELAWAN PENANG/PASIR GUDANG VESSEL WT SIX M(l BIW VESSEL VOY I SM PEW PCW MCC CONVEYOR 4MO 04/10 (TUE) 05/10 (WED) S£A LAUREL 32SN 05/10 (WED) 07/10 (FRI) VIGOUR SWGAPORE ***** 06/09 (IHU) 07/10
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      1010 41 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD -I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I I I »Wi CR NO: **********06 I t J[CiHi][#»ji^[tfii*j*| I II V*SS«L VOY SIN BKK SIN «S««AMM (THAI FLAG) 8RM037 4/10 7/10 11/10 S KOTA INT AN INTOII 8/10 H K BRIBAMUT (THAI FLAG) 5R8037
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      923 41 ¥tSgIS 15! U HAWt HM»U»G THAAgS HOTTHIOm AMTWEJtf VULt D 'QU*» AOS* 04/10 W/10 21/10 H/it JO/10 01/11 JflU E D HTOM mttw 11/10 02/11 01/11 05/11 00/11 00/11 mux ot itm mm u/io os/n 10/11 12/11 13/n u/11 WILE 01 «6A SOSW H/ll 17/11 10/11 20/U 22/11 •Also ACCCPTMC
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      620 41 1 BSfl n. M MYANMA Wi FIVE STAR LINE V (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yanfon (Rangoon) Spore P.KIf Pen P Gd( MYOMA TWA VIS3W SM SM strrwc V64W o/o Oct HPA-AN *2051* In Pt m VI3ON 6/10 Oct 11/13 Oct 2/3 Oct MJU.ATSW MINTS BOUSTIAD SHPPMG ASERCES Ml TU
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      53 43 1/C VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD g) established Since 1984 s OCEANIA PORTS REGULAR lcl consolidation AUCKLAND SYDNEY BRISBANE import EXPORT MELBOURNE FREMANTLE SERVICES V FOR BOOKING ft SAILING SCHEDULE. CALL THE TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE. VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD VISA OKHSOL PTE LTD TOLL-FREE TEL: 1800 *****66 TOLL-FREE TEL:
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      1680 44 I SdnglMf'» 4#—t«. V«T I rnCTIO CMIPPIAir PTF I Tn fu fOMWiA; 2MIIM CmWmt4JMWI/iM4 Cxi Unt Sue M: *****02 Optratlum CmWmt I lUSIAK SltlfrlNG rft LTD Tm4mx: ***** COSMIP Convmtlomst: ******0 ftft <20S/»5 Clllllllmf <!•*'<• I m i 7 09 CH M* **********0 M Fu: *****09 4r,»kb*lk Src Itocv *****50
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      351 44 VESSEL WOY JAKARTA SPORE BANGKOK MANILA GUAM SATAN ASIAN HHISCUS 3 OCT 19 OCT IS OCT 25 NOV NOV I I KYOWA ROSE 97 OCT 29 NOV 2 NOV! NOV 23 NOV 25 (REEFER CONTAINER AVAILABLE) I VESSEL VOY ETA SPOKE GUAM (T/S) MOTtCR VESSa GUAM PONAPE KOSXAE MAJUIO TRUK
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      882 44 FOR BOOKING 1800-*****00 (TOLL-FREE) outsouno pen oh sw hkg mo tm kee *oe osk bus wan hm 211/ no?? 03/iQ 0M" M/io ofro;/io u/io TiTTo iTTTo —iiTio" i/s«» mo n/io 20/10 n/10 23/10 WAN HAI 202/NQ72 04/10 05/10 07/10 0809/10 13/10 14/10 liTIo" 17/10 23/101 24/101 25/10 WAN HW 205/N064
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      203 44 BANU If 8 W*§ SHIPPING J W TEL: 227M88 FAX; *****00 J J DIRECT REGULAR SERVICE J J JAKARTA 0 SURABAYA S ACCEPT CAROOCB TO ALL OTHER INDONESIAN PORTS WITH TRANSHIPMENT AT JAKARTA OR SURABAYA KSTMHOR EH EID WL 2 MKMTA 5/10 5/10 P. KAUAANTAN I 14/10 14/10 P. MWA
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      648 45 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES r 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 10/10 ROTTERDAM 10/10 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 10/10 HAMBURG/BREMEN 10/10 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 08/10 FELIXSTOWE/UK 10/10 BARCELONA/SPAIN 10/10 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 04/10 i GENOA/ITALY 10/10 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 10/10 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 07/10 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 04/10 NEW YORK/EC 07/10 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 06/10 i VANCOUVER
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      913 45 ...v..,rt.^r^^^^AM^fc,^^, 1 w If E wama z ?*<s Mon s^ N pt wJTs/io B VESSEL VQY I SIN BKK 1 IBRA BHUM 718 Fri 7/10 Wd 12/10 H XETHA BHUM 88* Mon wTpT Thu I 8/10~ BHATWA BHUM 50S B.t 8/10 Thu 13/10 1 "iS YAWTRA BHUM S4N Tuo 4/10
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      212 45 Qumrmmt—d Smiling* to:[BAUGKOK/LAEM CHABAN6/lAQS| 1/10 (SAT). 11/10 (Til) TOUT KELWC/rtNAWG </10 (THU). 7/10 (FW) HONG KONG 7/10 (FW). 11/10 (TIE) MKARTA 1/10 (SAT) MANLA/CCBU/SUBIC BAY 10/10 (MON) HO CM MMH 7/10 (FN) SURABAYA 9/10 (SUN) BUSAN 9/10 (SUN) V D DONGNAMA line I MU»».M xriVißj ~1 inn (i«) itr m
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      620 45 t^^^ICHnEmESINEACWC^ TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) m FAX: *****15/*****03 CD TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) CR NO.: **********0E hSS ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LRKS f (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Vnnl Voy ETA Loading For Spct Abbay Wonz 41WB 15/11 MomDua. Djibouti Assab Masuwa Abbay Wonz 42W8 IS/12 Mombasa
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      1539 46 M i >1'- IMV•J*fc«ir ■Ml h* 11 RJJHhF? ttOMfit (24 UNCS) PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN 29/9 30/9 1/10 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH Genoa/Barcetona/Marseies 2/10 3/10 4/10 1/10 2/10 3/10 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH G'burf/Chafen/S'hotm/Oslo 30/9 1/10 2/10 2/10 4/10 5/1. HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH l',\l Sffl w'tf 5/10 SHANGHAI/DALIAN 1 JPN/KOREA/MANILA 1 I AIAMEW/BEUMG 5/9
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      186 46 I SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD EH ET» HO SPOM rati KEIMI6 rtWWG nil MOC 9/10 7/10 lotdrni lor lb* mnu hudhu 11/10 iMdw* tof Dubai XXMN IS/10 lojAr* For Mm men sums 10/10 Lojdinj For Ma* UMCDH 5/10 Loatfinj For Malt ntOCKSS IBWTT 14/10 Loadinf tor
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      885 46 f THONG SOON LINES PTE LTD f I /Tn 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 1 I V/ V t,- M TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 C I ...JTTTLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK SINGA EXPRESS SINGAPORE TO THAILAND ft*** l S PORt VESSEL
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      661 47 WSV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BEN6AL/JAPAK SERVICE HCCffHIS MEAMUU/SOC CAtfiOfS TO/FWM KOK. YOKOHAMA, NAGOTA, SDI, TOKYO*. HMU*. OAVAO*. Penanf* P. Kciang Singapore Elfcia* KARAttEVERETT »19E 11/W Oct KAMALEVERETT V23E 13/14 No* JHAPIAEVERET7 V23E 23/24 No* ACCEPIW6 MAMUU/FCI/SOC CAKOCS TO/FROM CMTTAGONG, CALCUTTA IND HONQ.A*. Sagapore P. Ketanj* Pw»l* Pas* Gutoj' IAMALEVERETT
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      209 47 BLOWY NAVCATMHI CROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN SINGAPORE TO KOMPONG SOM •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W KAO SIN PKG PNG GLORY SELATAN X 4/10 5/10 7/10 GLORY SELATAN VI 6/10 13/10 14/10 SP KOMPONG SOM GLORY SELATAN V 8/10 11/10 SINGAPORE ASEAN TO TAIWAN SBJ INDUCEMENT
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      606 47 PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK A CONTAINER SERVICE Vtssa S« KARACm"""" SARGOOHA 147-HW 11/10 20/10 MAKRAR 151-HW 23/10 2/11 Ba>H 142 HW 2/11 12/11 BLMMBAO 12<-HW 15/11 25/11 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY vfssh vot law Ihkg Ibsr Ipsa Iwag [tor Bgm 141-OR 10/10 14/10 U/10 20/10 22/10 24/10
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      642 47 jLUlHiUlliijlilliMß FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO SOUTH AFRICA vtssei/ VOYAGE SM OUR JN6- MRC- PLZ CRT- BEW ««lMUME/lOS 09/10 22/10 27/10 06/11 23/10 26/10 04/11 06/11 VI HE/102 23/10 06/11 06/11 16/11 06/11 09/11 13/11 IS/11 SHUN HE/107 06/11 19/11 23/11 01/12 20/11 23/11 30/11 02/12 TAO HE/69 20/11
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      268 47 SIN FAR EAST 4/10 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 9/10 BANGKOK 9/10 MANILA/CEBU 9/10 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 10/10 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 8/10 BUSAN 9/10 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 8/10 HONG KONG SIN CHINA SI«-»;«n) 8/10 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo S|N EUROPE/UK 10/10 LON/FLX/LVP/SOU 10/10 ROM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN USA/CANADA 10/10 LOS
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      772 48 FIXED L WEEKLY SAILINGS *>}*™ j Fax :261-0978 X 5 GP SHIPPING PTE LTD M^iiiaaNß I Call: Kenny/Mas/Peter X iianOilfliflO 0 Iflfi l ClllSf IHOSOSfIIIi~ f HuCiLlltC OOOfr(lrM'Mrfllllh>llr*^rllrLTtrtrt-lr>liT>KrtrtnlrCrOtn^l-L-tn:-c-I-iri^ ~'-'~Xnj"uvtr.arirfrii i I Y'-v.'*vi^.V rilWi'IW<iMWl W<iMW I Calling: FAR EAST, INDIA, I AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, U.SJL CUT CMT Liner
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      844 48 y Con term CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 06 OCTOBER (Accepting to all Naw Zealand porta) PENANG 7 OCT JAKARTA 9 OCT PORT KLANG 6 OCT BAN6KOK 9 OCT MELBOURNE 7 OCT SYDNEY 7 OCT BRISBANE 7 OCT FREMANTLE 6 OCT ADELAIDE 8 OCT •ACCEPTING TO ALL SCANDINAVIA PORTS
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      601 48 CONSOLIDATION TO BUSAN FIRST FORWARDER IN OFFERING TWICE WEEKLY LCL SERVICE TO BUSAN Call SANISA at DID: 770 5014 /(g)vM for bookings NOW!!! I^3/I^l g* Singapore 778 6522 *****38/*****36 """^SSrS*"™ 0* MM Also has ofllces in:- dffly MC LOGBTKS SERVICES MAL^ THAILAND PHILIPPINES jHlf HONG KONG VIETNAM INDIA V TAIWAN
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      1491 49 i ISEAMA^RGENTIN^IN^^^n CONTAINERISED "HUB" SERVICE U DIRECT TO ARGENTINA/BRAZIL URUGUAY V I r p.i«Sr jZSI m >wo [srs *> BWtOIT NASER 003E 08/10 09/11 10/11 16/11 I 17/11 20/11 I 13/12 FRANCISCA SCHOLTE 00SE 30/10 05/12 07/12 13/12 I 14/12 19/12 I 13/01 ALEXANDER SCHOLTE OOSE 22/11 28/12 30/12 08/01
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      418 49 xggx CEYLON SHIPPING CORPN (SIS) National Line of Sri Lanka CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO UK AND NORTH CONTINENTAL PORTS mi rum mw m/i* 00/io »/io I a/io I io/io 11/11 mamui *«»3 os/io w/io c/ 11 jx/n os/11 mi kmm how n/n »/io 12/11 m/ii w/ii ot/11 m/u mmm su *m
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      532 49 LINE SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUND SCHEDULE NO.S2 p AVLOORA° ETROOVORET DEKABRIST PRIOZERSK N.KRUPSKAYA PRSWORSK POWT> Hi? §017 ESIS EBI9 §020 EB2I ■UENOS AWES' SaHad SrSrS IS-20/09 OH7/09 12 15/10 18-21/10 MQNTEVWEO SaHad SaMad 2122/09 16 17/10 mO GRAN DO SU SaSad Z 18 20/10 H °U—' 21/088 05 07/10 30/090 17/09
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      1442 50 —W SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 2EZ 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 R *^ly.ow« d SUSSKMARY or MOL) Tel: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX: R*****0 m MA M LINE: 222 025S 5 AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., A iwrDPKiiT- iV« BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/*****43 JESSICA/CELIA
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      605 51 ▲HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 fn«A* PKP PQD* VESSELS VOY SM RTM ANT* LET HAM BREJ FEL "05/10 07/10 06/10 NOR ASIA FRfiOURG 313W 10/IO 28/16 5671F 29/10 30/10 30/10 01/11 12/10 14/10 15/10 H. CHALLENGER 312W 17/10 04/11 06/11 05/11 06/11 06/11 0«/U Z
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      330 51 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS INBOUND VESSELS ilssa »0Y SP PR KUC KK MUA «T HEUCM 22 SID MPT BAM ULIAH 20 7/10 coaac leader v t/n 12/11 HUM MHO 71 11/11 KEBHUN 33 1/11 9/10 12/11 14/11 ORANGE MOON 10/11 12/IOfITTN) 1V10(BKK) OUTBOUND VESSELS SP
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      576 51 JEDDAH/UK/CONTNENT I STORE ICD STON HUM RDAM l£H *hu Acc«pt* Carp F* LEWMUSEN EXPRESS 20/n 1/10 10/10 15/10 22/10 24/10 20/10 liMßwptw WMUK to (Mb* Mhst mt MMi RATSURAQ 23/135 0/10 22/10 2VIO 27/10 fattrtn :t* M IHwmp. o*. MM KITMB 27/310 1/10 17/10 20/10 25/10 11/10 2/11 SiH—»lw :toM
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