The Business Times, 5 October 1994

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    13 1 SINGAPORE Business Times MITA(P) 010/12/93 Wednesday October 5 1994 WE KNOW ASIA 75«
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  • 2 am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow down 19.52 points
      53 1 Reuter NEW YORK Blue chips fell yesterday as investors were sidelined waiting for Friday's key jobless numbers for September. At Ipm EDT, declining issues led advances 12 to 7 on NYSE volume of more than 178 m shares At 2pm, the Dow stood at 3,827.37 down
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    164 1 Stock market indices Tuesday Change STI1 2,370.56 +22.04 KLSEComp 1,125.66 -1.69 Nikkei 19,568.61 +81.42 Hang Seng 9,504.12 +11.63 SET Index 1,500.93 +12.38 Jakarta Comp 499.431 +1.53 CLSA China B 1,200.34 Aust All Ord 1,998.0 -32.9 FTSE 100 3,001.8 18.3 Tuesday Previous 2 pm EDT close Dow Jones 3,827.37
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    Malaysian interest rates poised for upturn: economists
    657 1  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR INTEREST rates in Malaysia, after falling all year, have probably bottomed out and lending rates may start rising by the end of the year or early 1995, dealers and economists said yesterday. Although it is early
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    Lock icon Lloyd's investors win landmark judgement against agents
    351 1 Reuter LONDON Investors in Lloyd's of London won a landmark victory yesterday in a damages claim by 3,000 backers of the insurance market, the biggest civil lawsuit in British legal history. A British High Court judge ruled in favour of more than 3,000
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    PWD and contractors move to end $250 m dispute
    513 1  -  By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE Moves are under way to bring to a close one of the biggest, most complicated and drawn-out fights yet seen in the republic between the government and private contractors, involving claims and counter-claims of $250 million
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    High-level council of world corporate leaders formed to advise EDB
    682 1  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE A top-level international advisory council headed by former Cabinet minister S Dhanabalan has been set up to guide the Economic Development Board in its international and regional work. With chief executives of well-known companies from
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    Lock icon Rise in US leading index hits 5-month peak
    381 1 Bloomberg Business News Reuter AP WASHINGTON The US index of leading indicators the government's main gauge of economic growth over the next half-year rose 0.6 per cent in August, the biggest gain in five months, the Commerce Department said yesterday. It was
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      16 1 Regional Analysis: Pg is Apec hang fire Singapore Law Society acts to boost profession, Pg 2
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      23 1 Hock Lock Siew: i'k n fej t? What's the deal at rs NOL, PUB and XPress Print win National IT Awards, Pg 2
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Retained imports come off high base
        316 2  -  By Genevieve Cua RETAINED imports rose 7 per cent in real terms in the first eight months of this year compared with the same period last year. The sole sector to show double-digit growth was machinery and transport equipment, which gained 10.4 per cent.
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      Two shows net US$ 22m in on-the-spot deals
      188 2 THE recent Globaltronics and Enex-Asia events resulted in U5522.3 million (Ss33 million) of on-the-spot contracts. And deals worth a further USS 180.2 million are expected to be tied up in the next 12 months, says organiser Reed Exhibition Pte Ltd. The two
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      NOL, PUB, XPress Print tops at being user-very-friendly
      258 2 National IT Awards '94 NEPTUNE Orient Lines, the Public Utilities Board and XPress Print are the winners of this year's National IT Awards for excellence in using information technology. They won the Private Sector Open, Public Sector and Local Enterprise categories respectively,
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      NOL stays on top with $30m yearly IT budget
      244 2 NATIONAL carrier Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) spends $30 million a year or two per cent of its annual turnover on information technology (IT). In Singapore alone, NOL spends $15 million, and the remainder is used in overseas NOL offices. "IT is
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      Lock icon Xpress to invest $15m in new technology
      290 2  -  Reports by David Mok Lee Wai Leong LOCAL printing firm Xpress Print will invest $15 million in new technology over the next five years. Chief executive Fong Kah Kuen said that $10 million would be spent on direct image printing (DIP) equipment that
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      PUB to spend $150 m over 5 years on IT
      281 2 THE Public Utilities Board will spend $150 million during the next five years upgrading its information systems and developing new IT applications. The board's deputy chief executive for finance and administration, Choy Hon Tim, said yesterday the new applications would
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      Law Society acts to boost profession, members' integrity
      519 2  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan A LAW Society review committee has recommended a series of measures to improve the quality and integrity of lawyers in Singapore. Among the suggestions that will affect all practising lawyers, are: restrictions on the holding of certain monies by
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        $53m research facility for Science Park
        80 2 PROPERTY developer Technology Parks has launched a $53 million high-tech research facility at the Science Park. The four-storey research facility, called The Rutherford, will have 22,000 square metres of research space which can be customised to meet tenants' needs. It will be ready by
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        Traffic alert over gas pipeline
        88 2 THE Public Utilities Board said yesterday it had started laying gas pipes along MacPherson Road towards the $240 million Senoko Gasworks, a project that would cover 70 km and affect traffic. The building of the gas pipeline would affect MacPherson Road, Aljunied Road, Kallang Way,
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        No need for extra haze precautions
        152 2 THERE is no need to take extra precautionary measures despite the haze over Singapore, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. The haze affected the health of only a minority of people, with existing problems like asthma, chronic sinusitis and skin allergies. Those affected had
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        CMPB launches phone service
        51 2 THE Central Manpower Base at Depot Road has begun a telephone-based inquiry system for members of the public seeking National Service information. These include exit permits, passport extensions, enlistment and registration dates. The 24-hour service is toll-free and the number is 1800-276-1700. It comes into effect
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        Maj-Gen Lim gets top Indon award
        67 2 CHIEF of Army Major-General Lim Neo Chian yesterday received the Indonesian Army's highest award, the Kartika Eka Paksi Utama or Indonesian Army Star First Class. Command-er-in-Chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces, General Feisal Tanjung, presented the award to Maj-Gen Lim, who was on a
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      Managers face new challenges with regional push
      312 2  -  By Michelle Low THE push to go regional means today's managers face new challenges, says the dean of the Asian Institute of Management, Felipe Alfonso. Managers now had to compete on a "world-class" level and iron out differences in cultures, he said at
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      54 2 makes a NO. 1 HUGO BOSS THE FRAGRANCE FOR MEN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE Hi PROFESSOR LEO ESAKI H rjHjry Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor fJljJt BIBffH "Dynamic Evolution in a Life PfjWff JJaJg in Science Technology" WHJf mMNM Date Wednesday, 5 October 1994 ImmUi [J MtDRINf DHB ALL WELCOME
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Kuo, Peregrine, Tung Tsing tussle for stake in Viet bank
      438 3  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE The republic's biggest oil trader, Kuo International, owned byPeter Fu and his son-in-law Ong Beng Seng, is locked in threeway competition with stockbroker Peregrine and Hongkong trader Tung Tsing to buy a 30 per cent stake
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      Lock icon Bangkok approves plan for second bridge to link up with Myanmar
      260 3 The Straits Times BANGKOK The Thai Cabinet yesterday approved a plan to build a second bridge between a Thai border town and Myanmar as part of efforts to increase links with its resourcerich neighbour. The 420 m long bridge
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        Lock icon Thai businessman, 13 others face arrest
        115 3 AFP BANGKOK Thai authorities have approved the arrest of a wealthy businessman and 13 other people in connection with the sale of land to the resort city of Pattaya for use as a garbage dump. Officials yesterday said Kanok Yasarawan, governor of Chon Buri
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        Lock icon ADB denies report on failed project
        74 3 AFP MANILA The Asian Development Bank yesterday denied a report by a private investigative group charging that a US$l2O million reforestation project in the Philippines had proved a waste. The Centre for Investigative Journalism had charged that the loan had failed to reforest large
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        Lock icon KL to maintain steady growth
        84 3 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia wants to hold economic growth to a level where the inflation rate will stay low. "We don't want economic growth of 12 to 13 per cent like China because it would be hard for us to control inflation," said Affifudin Omar,
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      Lock icon Three political parties are enough, says Indonesian general
      455 3  -  From Leslie Lopez in JAKARTA AN INDONESIAN general has said local politics are adequately represented by the three government-sanctioned parties and the setting up of new political organisations will only lead to instability. "I don't see the need for more parties three
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      Lock icon Suharto to appear in court on Oct 17 to face private suit
      220 3 AFP JAKARTA President Suharto of Indonesia will go on trial this month, facing an unprecedented private suit over alleged misuse of funds earmarked for reafforestation, a judiciary official said yesterday. "The trial will start on Oct 17 and
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
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      Patten fights a rearguard action
      1178 4  -  Hongkong Governor's annual policy address Reports from Lim Soon Neo in HONGKONG AS HONGKONG Governor Chris Patten prepares to deliver his third annual policy address today, opinion here is divided on whether the man whom the Chinese call "Fatty Patten" has become a lameduck. an
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      Mixed report card on domestic issues as housing falls short
      345 4 WHILE problems over his political reforms have hampered Chris Patten's handling of crucial issues concerning the handover of Hongkong to China, the governor also has a mixed report card on domestic issues. A major complaint in overcrowded Hongkong is that
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  • CHINA /HONGKONG /TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Improve on human rights, Clinton tells visiting Chinese foreign minister
      471 5 AFP WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton says the United States is looking for an improvement in China's human rights record and wants to see a halt in Chinese missile sales to Pakistan. White House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers said that Mr
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      Lock icon More foreign investors look to north-east China: report
      272 5 AFP HONGKONG Growing numbers of foreign investors are turning to north-east China for new business opportunities as quick profits dwindle in southern China, a report said yesterday. In its latest report, The Economist Intelligence Unit said foreign investors had discovered north-east China
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      Lock icon Beijing adopts plan to revive state enterprises
      245 5 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China has adopted a plan to make its state enterprises better suited to a market economy without privatising them. The official China Daily yesterday reported that the sixstep programme, prepared by the State Economic and Trade Commission, aimed at
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Taiwan's olive branch to Beijing
        76 5 AFP TAIPEI President Lee Teng-hui offered yesterday to improve Taiwan's strained relations with China by meeting informally with his mainland counterpart, Jiang Zemin, during international events, a presidential spokesman Raymond Tai said. As long as the venue is an international event, the president would not
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        Lock icon Cartoon Network comes to Asia
        66 5 AFP HONGKONG Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny, Yogi Bear, the Flintstones and others will beam down on Asia from tomorrow via satellite television as Turner International brings its Cartoon Network to the region. The Cartoon Network is to debut at noon Hongkong time tomorrow with
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        Lock icon Keeping vegetable supplies flowing
        93 5 AFP BEIJING China is drafting a blueprint to ensure stable vegetable supplies, amid soaring prices, woeful distribution and speculation and fraud by middlemen, Agriculture Ministry officials were quoted as saying yesterday. The blueprint is expected to focus on the construction of new markets and on distribution
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        Lock icon Foreigners can set up schools in China
        84 5 AFP HONGKONG China is to allow foreigners to set up jointventure private schools to turn out much-needed professionals. This will help economic reforms, China's minister in charge of education, Li Lanqing, was quoted yesterday as saying. Mr Li, also said in an interview
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon S Korean Cabinet reshuffle seen as speeding up reform
      448 6 Reuter SEOUL South Korean President Kim Young Sam yesterday replaced two key economic ministers and analysts predicted the new team would .speed up financial liberalisation and other reformist policies. Economic Planning Board (EPB) Minister Chung Jai Suk was replaced by Finance
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      Lock icon Overseas direct investment by Japan's firms set to rise
      231 6 The Nikkei Weekly TOKYO For the first time in four years, overseas direct investment by Japanese companies is expected to increase this year. During the year's first half, such investment increased 34 per cent from the same period a year earlier
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Antarctica still under siege: Greenpeace
        54 6 Reuter SYDNEY International environment group Greenpeace has reported that the Antarctica is still being destroyed three years after the signing of the Madrid Protocol aimed at turning it into a protected world park. Greenpeace's Antarctica campaign coordinator Janet Dalziell was pictured (above) at a press
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        Lock icon Japanese workers suffer income drop
        98 6 AFP TOKYO Annual incomes of Japanese office workers dropped for the first time in 45 years in 1993, due to the nation's worst recession in several decades. The government yesterday said average incomes in the sector dipped by 0.6 per cent from the previous year
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        Lock icon Panel to propose changes to LDP
        101 6 Asahi News Service TOKYO The Liberal Democratic Party, signalling that it may end its decades-long drive to revise Japan's war-renouncing Constitution, has named party member and leading Constitution supporter Masaharu Gotoda to head a committee that will study how to reshape LDP policy to
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        Lock icon Indian shipments to Gulf resume
        55 6 Reuter BOMBAY Shipments of Indian commodities to Gulf countries resumed yesterday following the withdrawal of a ban on imports from India imposed in the wake of an outbreak of plague, exporters said. "Buyers in the Gulf countries have instructed Indian exporters to effect shipments immediately,"
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      Lock icon NZ economic growth hits record high, sparking inflation fears
      396 6 Reuter WELLINGTON New Zealand's economy grew by 6.1 per cent in the year iO June, its highest growth rate in a decade, but the strong showing is sounding inflationary alarm bells at the central bank, economists said yesterday. Acting Finance Minister
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US won't impose sanctions on Japan
      493 7 No nation targeted for sanctions after review of trade barriers, but Tokyo put on watch list Bloomberg Business News AP AFP WASHINGTON The Clinton administration has ended a six-month review of trade barriers around the world without targeting any country for possible economic sanctions.
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      Lock icon Bentsen to urge S Arabia to put finances in shape
      259 7 Reuter MADRID US Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen will deliver a two-pronged message in a visit to Saudi Arabia this week Riyadh needs to tighten its belt, but when it does spend, it should buy American. US officials acknowledge that will
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      Lock icon A massacre remembered
      55 7 AFP MOSCOW A man lighting candles on Monday at the place where a defender of the former Parliament was killed on Oct 4, 1993, near the "White House" here. Pro-communist supporters held a rally here to remember the government crackdown on the parliamentarians who refused to leave
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      Lock icon Haiti army colonel chief tries to flee
      116 7 Reuter PORT-AU-PRINCE The Haitian army colonel who reportedly masterminded the bloody 1991 military coup and the three years of repression, killings and torture that followed tried to flee the country yesterday. According to US Embassy officials, Lieu-tentant-Colonel Joseph Michel Francois fled Port-au-Prince to
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      Lock icon Bid to halt Soviet gun imports
      56 7 AFP WASHINGTON Secretary of State Warren Christopher wants light weapons and ammunition imports from the former Soviet Union suspended until their impact on national security is studied. Spokesman Michael McCurry yesterday said the request was sent to the Treasury Department, which decides whether to
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      Lock icon EU ministers open talks on eastern Europe
      294 7 AFP LUXEMBOURG EU foreign ministers began talks here yesterday on relations with eastern Europe that could play a major role in determining the shape of the European Union in the 21st century. Germany is determined to use its six-month presidency of the European
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      Gatt agreement faces new snags in US House
      404 8  -  Lawmakers call for vote to be postponed to next year From Leon Hadar in WASHINGTON IN ADDITION to an eightweek postponement in the Senate vote on the global free trade accord, the legislation to implement the pact reached under the General Agreement
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      Lock icon US firms getting more pessimistic about economy
      245 8 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Business executives' confidence in the US economy declined during the third quarter, pushing the Conference Board's measure of business confidence to its lowest level in a year, the board said on Monday. The measure of business confidence declined to 58
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      Lock icon Day of disunity
      49 8 AFP BERLIN, Germany Hooded leftist demonstrators clashing with riot police on Monday in central Berlin during a demonstration to protest against the official celebrations to mark the Day of German Lnity. Clashes broke out after demonstrators tore down election posters of the rightist Republican Party. AFP
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      Lock icon California lets cable TV into local phone market
      349 8 Bloomberg Business News OAKLAND. California The California Cable Television Association said Governor Pete Wilson signed legislation on Monday giving cable television companies the right to offer local phone services in areas where phone companies have the go-ahead to offer video services. The
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  • WORLD FOCUS
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon China continues its gold plunder
      762 10 Asian Games Reuter AFP Reuter HIROSHIMA A 16-year-old weightlifter and pint-sized gymnast were China's trump cards in another day of gold plundering and record smashing at the Asian Garnet yesterday. Tang Weifang was the youngest of the teenaged trio who took the 59kg, 64kg and
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      Lock icon Ma's army plans quick march to Atlanta
      282 10 AFP HIROSHIMA Ma Junren arrived in Hiroshima yesterday to claim some assured Asian Games gold medals but he warned that his "army" of runners will really peak at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The now-legendary athletics coach was first oflf the plane that brought
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      Lock icon HK may not get sports independence, says China
      242 10 AFP HIROSHIMA China's Sports Minister Wu Shaozu yesterday said his country may not let Hongkong have sports independence after 1997. In an interview with the Yomiuri newspaper, Wu said China had yet to agree that Hongkong could compete independently at future Olympic
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      American Football
      423 10 HIROSHIMA Asian Games selected results yesterday: DIVING Men's 3m springboard final: 1 Wang Tianling (Chi) 709.41 pts 2 Yu Zhuocheng (Chi) 698.76 3 Chimaki Yasuda (Jpn) 649.53. Women's 10m platform: I Chi Bin (Chi) 496.14 pts 2 Wang Rui (Chi) 494.58 3 Natalia Khikina (Kaz) 433.80. FENCING Women's
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      Lock icon Ballesteros snatches German Masters in thrilling display
      616 11 Golf AFP Reuter BERLIN Severiano Ballesteros snatched one of the most remarkable victories of his glorious career here on Monday, when he wrested the German Masters from the clutches of Ernie Els and Jose Maria Olazabal. A birdie three at the first extra
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      Cricket greats to slug it out on the Padang this weekend
      416 11 SINGAPORE Ravi Shastri, Alvin Kallicharran, Collis King, Chris Lewis, Gladstone Small, Clive Rice, Zaheer Abbas, Lance Cairns, Mark Greatbatch these are just a few of the world-famous cricket stars jetting into Singapore this week for the second TNT Express
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      144 10 The Only Competitive Edge Your Company May Need Is Technology. B Being first to the market with the most advanced product is all the competitive edge a company usually needs. And getting there first with products that are Caster, smaller, while consuming reduced power and costing less depends on having
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      Weaving a tangled tale of vengeance and conspiracy
      910 13  -  Entertaining and credible that's Susan Tsang's verdict of SBC's first English drama serial Susan Tsang FAMILY feuds. Vengeance that spans generations. Crooked dealings. Dallas? Falcon Crest? Try .Wasters Of The Sea, SBC's first English drama serial. The first of the 26 episode
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      Lock icon Connery to star in Assassins
      299 13 CHAWWBOX UPI UPI AP AP SEAN CONNERY has been signed to star in Assassins, which at one time was to have starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Douglas and Wesley Snipes. Due to begin production in January, Assassins is about a veteran assassin who is being hunted
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      Lock icon Officer and a gentleman now tagged a cad
      437 13  -  James Hewitt's kiss-and-tell book about his alleged affair with Princess Di has caused an uproar, writes Paul Majendie Paul Majendie Reuter DASHING cavalry officer James Hewitt, who says he had a love affair with Princess Diana, was once hailed as a discreet
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      1204 13 TV* RADIOS#,.. Northern Namibia is a desert jg»> A but its barren landscape has n isolated sinkholes full of fresh water that house some of the e» rarest fish in the world. Masters Of Th« Sea, 9.30pm, Old shipping magnate dies. His everything to to beloved daughter. Waves family intrigue
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    The G-7 should reconsider
    506 14 KtHTOfHAL THE acrimonious clash in Madrid between the Group of Seven leading industrial nations (G-7) and the developing world over the proposed allocation by the IMF of reserve funds seems to have led to a lot of unwarranted criticism being heaped on an international institution that
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Big benefits for small savers
      296 14 THE MOVES announced by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew to free the massive savings in statutory boards, government-linked companies and the CPF to seek returns in a wider arena should do more than bolster Singapore's status as a financial centre or lead to a more
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      Hit the drug problem harder
      136 14 SINGAPORE is known the world over as among the toughest countries in implementing anti-drug laws. The recent statement by Home Minister Wong Kan Seng on the new strategies in combating drug addiction is not aimed at reinforcing such a reputation. Rather, after years of rehabilitating
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      Tougher measures justified
      159 14 UNLIKE Western governments which have taken a lenient attitude towards drug-related activities due to their emphasis on "human rights", the Singapore government has taken tough measures against the drug problem. Despite the fact that most Singaporeans support the government's tough measures, the drug problem here has not
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      A political wonderland
      179 14 WELCOME to the parallel universe of Sino-British relations. You are now entering a strange, Through the Looking Glass world, where nothing is quite as it seems. Alice is everywhere in this surreal wonderland in Hongkong, in New York, in Beijing, in London, wherever Britain and China have
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      Haze getting hazardous
      114 14 AS LONG AS its overt causes remain outside the short reach of authoritative action, the haze will continue to muddle an air of resignation and helplessness. Until, that is, its harm can be felt with an impact and immediacy that literally approaches our very doorstep. With the
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      End the angst of a thousand days
      140 14 WITH LITTLE MORE than a thousand days to go before Hongkong becomes part of the mainland once again, Chinese National Day should be an opportunity for, if not celebration, at least reconciliation. It is a chance to reflect on how the territory can
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    877 14  -  Neville Stack says Labours chances hinge on whether Tony Blair can restore the Feel-good Factor which is so notably lacking in Britain at present Neville Stack The writer is a political commentator based in London. He writes regularly for BT. LIKE A
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      Can't see eye-to-eye on the Apec free trade plan
      1651 15  -  Points of contention: the EPG proposal and the EAEC concept YANG RAZALI KASSIM YANG RAZALI KASSIM The writer is BT's Regional Analysis Editor. He was in Chiangmai for the Asean economic ministers' talks and, prior to that, in the United States
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      EAEC by any other name
      1028 15  -  Yang Razali Kassim finds a growing realisation that the idea of an East Asian Economic Caucus is here to stay Yang Razali Kassim The writer is BT's Regional Analysis Editor IF YOU can't achieve it in form, go for the substance. Given this new tack,
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    532 16  -  From Anthony Rowley in MADRID INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund managing director Michel Camdessus yesterday took a defiant stand against attempts by the Group of Seven industrialised countries to set the IMFs agenda without reference to the developing countries that make up the bulk
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    Lock icon US Agriculture Secretary Espy resigns as probes swirl
    334 16 Reuter Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON US Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy, under federal criminal and ethics investigations for numerous alleged improprieties, said he was resigning from President Bill Clinton's Cabinet. Mr Espy said on Monday he would devote his energies full-time to defending
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    Lock icon Strong quake, tidal waves hit northern Japan
    239 16 Reuter TOKYO An intense earthquake, stronger than the deadliest tremor ever to hit Japan, rocked the nation's main northern island yesterday, triggering tidal waves and sending coastal residents fleeing to higher ground. The undersea quake off Hokkaido measured 8.2 on the Richter scale,
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    Lock icon Bentsen voices concern over rise in interest rates worldwide
    245 16 Reuter MADRID US Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen voiced concern yesterday about the rise in interest rates worldwide but said American rates were still low given the length of the economic expansion. In an address to fellow policymakers as the International Monetary
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    Citic sets its sights on bigger role in financial services sector
    353 16  -  SM Lee in China From Schutz Lee in BEUING CHINA International Trust and Investment Corporation (Citic) already a sizeable transnational conglomerate will soon expand further into the financial services sector. Chairman Wei Mingyi said yesterday Citic was preparing to
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    Lock icon Ex-Giordano boss to launch Chinese-language daily
    236 16 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong clothing king Jimmy Lai, whose vitriolic attack on China's Premier Li Peng led to his departure from the board of the firm he founded, said yesterday he would start a Chi-nese-language newspaper next June. He said he would spend HKS3OO million
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    India could learn and benefit from experience with plague
    914 16  -  The Bottom Line VIKRAM KHANNA VIKRAM KHANNA The writer is BT's regional economics correspondent DO WE HAVE to have a plague to get the garbage cleared properly? This was the question of an official from a privatelyfunded Indian health organisation recently.
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      Meridien complex gains $108 m in value since 1989
      382 17  -  By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE The Hotel Meridien complex on Orchard Road, bought by a consortium led by listed Hotel Properties Ltd for $180 million in early 1989, has been valued at 5288.6 million. The valuation was commissioned by retailer Metro
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      CSM in M$ 47m venture with Nestle
      376 17  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Cold Storage Malaysia has teamed up with Swiss food giant Nestle to invest MS47 million (5527.26 million) in new factories in Malaysia. CSM said yesterday a joint-venture company, Nestle Cold Storage Malaysia, would be set up to produce and
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      Lock icon Emerging stock markets together make up world's 3rd largest bourse
      269 17 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The emerging stock markets, if taken as a group, represent the world's third largest stock market after the US and Japan. Between 1988 and 1993, foreign investment in emerging markets increased by 15 times, and now accounts
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      Lock icon Berjuntai Tin looks to fresh fields
      144 17 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Berjuntai Tin Dredging Bhd will increase efforts to identify other business opportunities to broaden its earnings and assets base now that it has closed its tin mining operations. Chairman Sukor Shahar said in the group's annual report for 1994 released here
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      Acma advises shareholders on stock split
      168 17 SINGAPORE Directors of telecommunications and electronics group Acma have recommended that shareholders approve the firm's proposal to split its stock. In a circular to shareholders dated Oct 3, directors said the split would not affect dividend policy. For the financial year to Dec 31,
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      Is Inno-Pac's major stake buyer merely punting?
      758 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Amy Balan SINGAPORE Mohamed Ngah Said emerged over the weekend as the single largest shareholder of Inno-Pacific Holdings. Over a period of two weeks, the recently-retired Malaysian air force chief had snapped up stakes previously held by Indonesian and
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      Lock icon YHS (M) shares up M$ 1.40 on Penang port stake rumour
      292 17 KUALA LUMPUR Takeover target Yeo Hiap Seng (M) Bhd saw its shares soar on renewed market talk that it will secure a majority stake in the privatisation of the profitable Penang port, brokers said. By the day's close. YHS
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      Lock icon BTextiles buys stake in BGroup
      106 17 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Berjaya Textiles Bhd said it has bought 5.38 million shares or a 1.07 per cent stake in Berjaya Group Bhd for M 53.83 per share or a total of M 520.61 million (SSU.9 million) in cash. Berjaya Group closed yesterday at
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        39 17 Firm Market Mood indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment Brokers polled Alliance, Barings, Kay Hian, Morgan Grenfell, Nomura, OngCo, Smith Sew Court and Wl Carr
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        HOT STOCK
        134 17  -  -By Paul Leo Public Bank has been trading in a 79-cent range between $2.20 and $2.99 since early February. The situation does not look like changing in the medium term as the weekly Relative Strength Index is neutral at 50. The 5-day and 15-day moving average lines have
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        DBS Land clarifies press reports
        90 18 SINGAPORE In response to an AFP report, headlined "Li Ka-shing, DBS and ADB wooed for Sabah mega-park", carried in BT on Tuesday, DBS Land yesterday clarified that it is not involved in the mega industrial project being undertaken by the Sabah state government. And referring
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        Econ Int'l in Viet venture
        62 18 SINGAPORE A wholly-owned subsidiary of Econ International, Econ Piling, has formed a joint venture with governmentlinked Hanoi General Construction Co called Econ-HGCC Foundation Engineering Co. It will have a capital base of US$2.3 million (553.43 million). Econ Piling will contribute 70 per cent in cash,
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        Nippecraft completes Jinmei buy
        40 18 SINGAPORE Nippecraft Ltd has acquired the final 20 per cent or 194,428 ordinary shares of the issued share capital of Jinmei Industrial Sdn Bhd. The shares were acquired from Koh Siow Kow at M 5417,550 (*****,003).
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        Pan-United forms subsidiary
        36 18 SINGAPORE Pan-United Corp has set up a subsidiary called Xinlong Cast Iron Pte Ltd with a paid-up capital of Sss million. It is intended that the new firm will hold investments in China.
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        Lock icon Golden Plus sees M$ 360m profit
        60 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Golden Plus Holdings Berhad has estimated that it would rake in a total of MS36O million (*****.9 million) in profit over the next five years from its investment in Yanfull Investment Limited. Yanfull would undertake a MS76O million Shanghai development project
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        Lock icon Westmont Bank to set up investment house in Manila
        174 18 Reuter MANILA Westmont Bank, a Philippine affiliate of Malaysia's Westmont Group, says it plans to set up an investment house as part of its strategy to become a universal bank. Bank president Edgardo Espiritu told reporters that the group and a
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        Lock icon Rights plan lifts Timbermaster share price by 40pc in a day
        430 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Investors, who suddenly found Timbermaster Industries Bhd shares a bargain after the company announced a rights issue at MS 1.15 apiece, chased the counter up M 52.20 yesterday to M 57.40. The Second Board counter hit
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        Lock icon M'sian-incorporated MNCs should seek listing: KLSE chief
        236 18 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Multinational companies (MNCs) incorporated in Malaysia, especially those in the electronics sector, should seek listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, its general manager said yesterday. Mohd Salleh Abdul Majid added that names such as Motorola Malaysia Sdn Bhd and
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        Lock icon Indon telecom firm Indosat offers 40m shares to public
        259 18 Knight-Ridder SINGAPORE Indonesia's state-owned telecommunications company Indosat yesterday launched its initial public offer of some 40 million shares priced at 7,000 rupiah for Indonesian investors. The company is also offering some 141 million shares in New York, and these will be
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        Lock icon Caltex Philippines plans flotation to fund expansion
        226 18 Bloomberg Business News MANILA Caltex Philippines Inc, the smallest of three oil refiners in the country, plans to sell shares for the first time to the public. President and chief executive officer William Tiffany said yesterday that the company must first obtain the
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        Lock icon China's Huaneng Power cuts asking price for share issue in US
        418 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China's Huaneng Power International has lowered the asking price on what will be the country's largest overseas stock offering. Fund managers here yesterday said the underwriters lowered the price after there was little interest from
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        Lock icon Stanchart Securities HK sues ex-director for return of secret profits
        188 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG A former director of Standard Chartered Securities in Hongkong, Arthur Lai, is in court on allegations of having made "a secret profit of about HKS37.B million (557.2 million) by withholding information from the brokerage". The South
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        Lock icon Taiwan firm eyes stake in NT$ 10b power plant
        109 19 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's President Enterprises Corp is exploring a NTS 10 billion (*****.2 million) plan to build a power plant with a US partner. Georgia-based Southern Electric International would take a 30 per cent stake in the plant, which would probably
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        Lock icon Taiwan stock market rally lures record listings
        346 19 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's stock market rally this year is luring record numbers of listing applications, and even the increasing supply of counters is not expected to dampen market performance, officials and analysts said yesterday. "So' far this year, we have received listing applications
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          78 19 Reuter TOKYO NEC Corp's Miniszc Japanese word processor adds a personal touch to letters and postcards. It can be connected to a video camera which captures the user's image on to the processor's screen. The image can then be printed out along with the text. One
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          Lock icon Shanghai rules on brokerage firms
          56 19 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG Authorities in Shanghai have issued regulations for brokers in China's largest metropolitan city that set a legal framework for the management of brokerage business, the official Xinhua News Agency reported late on Monday. The rules are aimed at guiding brokering activities and promoting
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          Lock icon New TV boss for Mirror Group
          82 19 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Mirror Group pic has appointed Kelvin MacKenzie, former editor of The Sun newspaper, as executive director in charge of the firm's new-found television interests. Mr MacKenzie, 47, had been managing director of UK satellite broadcaster BSkyß until July, but left
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          Lock icon Shanghai Posts issue in demand
          78 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Global investors have snapped up shares in Shanghai Posts Telecommunications Equipment Corp, the first Chinese telecoms company to sell stock overseas. The share placement, which aims to raise U5523.76 million (5535.2 million), will end today. Shanghai Posts is selling 60 million
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        Lock icon Toppan, Xinhua to produce credit cards in Shanghai
        124 19 AFP TOKYO Toppart Printing Co of Japan will set up a joint venture with Xinhua news agency and other concerns to manufacture credit cards in Shanghai in late October, a company spokesman said yesterday. Capitalised at US$3 million (554.44 million), the new
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        Lock icon Investors savage shares of Murdoch's News Corp
        420 20 Reuter SYDNEY Investors" pummelled the shares of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp yesterday as traders took a scathing view of the global media group's preference share issue aimed at financing acquisitions without diluting Mr Murdoch's control. News Corp's stock price fell 41 cents, or
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        Lock icon Strong yen, price war force Nintendo to cut profit estimate
        291 20 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Nintendo Co, the world's top maker of video games, said the strong yen and a price war in Europe forced it to cut its profit estimates for the six months to Sep 30 and the full
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        59 20 AFP NEW YORK Actor Danny Glover (right) announcing at a news conference on Monday Pepsi-Cola International's investment plans in South Africa. Pepsi and a group of prominent black Americans, including Glover, have raised US$2O million (Ss3o million) to start a venture that will re-introduce
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        Lock icon Volkswagen says profit went up in third quarter
        377 20 Reuter PARIS Volkswagen AG, Europe's largest car maker, said yesterday its profit had increased in the third quarter and that it might return to profit for the full year after massive losses in 1993. "(Q3 profit) was a little bit belter than
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        Lock icon Many investors may dump right to buy Japan Tobacco shares
        336 20 Reuter TOKYO Many of the winners in Japan Tobacco Inc's initial share offer are likely to abandon their right to buy the issue, making the Tokyo stock market nervous, brokers say. "I don't know whether my case is an average
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        Lock icon Amex to cut jobs, costs at travel services unit: report
        193 20 Reuter NEW YORK American Express Co plans to cut 4,800 jobs and more than US$5OO million (SS7SO million) in operating costs over the next two years at its Travel Related Services business, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Company officials
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        Lock icon Indonesian economy conducive to venture capital funds
        508 21 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia is primed for venture capital funds as its economy goes through a fundamental shift from large conglomerates to a budding entrepreneurial class, industry sources said yesterday. They said the transition, along with lending constraints triggered by several years of high
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        Lock icon Banks venture into loans for ailing European firms
        346 21 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Banks are joining the vultures in betting on loans to troubled companies in Europe. Prices for loans to GPA Group pic, WPP Group pic and other companies hit hard by recession in Europe, rose in the past
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        Lock icon Leading Japanese finance firm buying stake in brokerage
        287 21 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Credit Saison, a leading Japanese consumer finance company, is strengthening its foothold in the broking business by taking a majority stake in a mid-sized Japanese securities company. Credit Saison and its affiliate Saison Life Insurance Co have received
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          Lock icon Stanchart acts over loss of 7b rupees
          75 21 Bloomberg Business News BOMBAY Britain's Standard Chartered Bank got a court order allowing it to question 11 individuals and companies to help it recover 7.26 billion rupees (***** million) it lost in the biggest stock scam in Indian history, says the Times of
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          Lock icon Manila investment house gets funds
          58 21 Reuter MANILA The World Bank's International Finance Corp (IFC) and the government-owned Land Bank of the Philippines have injected an additional 100 million pesos (Ss6 million) into All Asia Capital and Trust Corp, a company statement said yesterday. The infusion will help the investment house
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          Lock icon Riyadh may have second FRN issue
          57 21 Reuter DUBAI Saudi Arabia appears to be considering a second issue of its dollar-denominated floating-rate notes (FRNs) following what bankers said on Monday was the success of the first issue in August. They said there was talk that the second issue might be in
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          Lock icon Hongkongßank plans HK$ 8b in CDs
          52 21 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkongßank is putting together a financing programme that will allow it to sell up to HK$B billion (Ssl.s billion) of certificates of deposit during an indefinite period. HSBC Markets, the capital markets arm of Hongkongßank, is arranging the financing. Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Sumitomo Trust to write off 85b yen loan to bankrupt firm
        209 21 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Sumitomo Trust Banking will write ofT 85 billion yen (SSI.3 billion) worth of bad loans made to a mortgage company which became the third largest Japanese bankruptcy since the war when it filed on Monday,
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        Analyst: India needs new refining capacity of 2.5 m tonnes a year
        430 22  -  By S N Vasuki INDIA will need to add refining capacity of 2.5 to three million tonnes each year until the turn of the century to meet soaring demand for petroleum products, an energy analyst said. Ravi Batra,
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        Lock icon Aussie farmers hit by drought
        62 22 Reuter LOCKYER VALLEY, Australia Cotton farmer Alan Brimblecombe kneeling down in a field in Lockyer Valley, the scene of a failed cotton crop, his first in 34 years. Studies show the drought, entering its fourth year in some parts of the eastern states of Queensland
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        Lock icon Japan's new disclosure rules likely to include revealing forex losses
        410 22 Reuter TOKYO New disclosure rules will force firms to reveal potential currency contract losses when they next unveil earnings, analysts say. But losses are unlikely to be as big as those suffered by Japan Airlines Co Ltd (JAL), they add.
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        Lock icon Seoul's growth, lower taxes whet appetite for gold
        228 22 Reuter SINGAPORE South Korea, where the traditional hunger for gold has been met largely by smugglers, may emerge as a major consumer of the precious metal because of robust economic growth and reductions in high tariffs and taxes. "It has a great
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        Lock icon Japan mulls over changes to securities investment trust law
        305 22 Reuter TOKYO Japan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) is considering allowing investment advisory firms to engage in investment trust management business following a proposal aimed at improving the performance of Japanese investment trusts and increasing competition in the investment trust markets. "We
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        Oil futures remain steady
        302 22 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Crude oil futures were little changed as the release yesterday of a key inventories report overshadowed news that Brazilian oil union leaders vowed to continue a week-old strike. At 5:30 pm London time. Brent crude for November settlement was 2 cents lower
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        194 22 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The dollar slipped lower against the Deutsche mark as concern the US economy is growing at an inflationary pace outweighed relief on Monday that a trade war between the US and Japan has been averted. The dollar retreated from Monday's highs on persistent concern the
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        85 22 Reuter NEW YORK The dollar was unchanged against the mark and higher against the yen in dull midday trading, with dealers complaining about the absence of market-moving news and volume. At midday, the dollar traded at 1.5500/10 marks versus 1.5500/05 marks at the open, and 1.5535/45 marks at
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        Lock icon Euroyen, Eurodollar futures steady
        1245 23 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen and Eurodollar futures were steady at the close. Dealers said Euroyen futures were basically range trading in the absence of fresh news. "Technically, it (Euroyen) could rally in the short term," said a trader with a Japanese bank. He said
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        KL tin surges on London rise, demand
        649 23 COMMODITY REPORTS KL Tin TIN surged eight sen to close at MS 13.61 a kg on firming prices in London and consumer demand. dealers said. "The market is firmer as prices in London are firming," a dealer said. Dealers said the market firmed
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          China cotton: 57pc from state areas
          57 23 HONGKONG China's state-supported cottongrowing areas produced 2.14 million tonnes, accounting for 57.2 per cent of the country's cotton harvest last year, the official Xinhua News Agency said on Monday. Most of the cotton producers are in Shandong. Henan. Hubei and Jiangsu provinces and the
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          Japan Oct-Mar copper output to fall
          66 23 TOKYO Japan's production of refined copper in the second half of fiscal 1994-95 (Oct-Mar) is expected to decline 9.4 per cent to 559,750 tonnes from plans for the same period in fiscal 1993-94, according to company production forecasts. However. the planned Oct-Mar production level
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          China soymeal prices continue to ease
          93 23 TOKYO Chinese soymeal offers continued to ease, raising some concern over whether China will actually deliver at such low prices, regional traders said. Trade quotations of Chinese soymeal fob Dalian prices were around US$l7B per tonne for Oct-Nov shipment, representing a large decline from
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          80 23 TOKYO Production of copper concentrates at the US$56O million (*****.8 million) La Candelaria mine in Chile has begun, 3 months ahead ot schedule, according to a Japanese partner in the project. A senior official with Japan's Sumitomo Metal Mining Co, a leading partner in the
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        1420 23 Rubber Oct 4 Singapore Commodity Exchange Pkyslcal Pricot (lirtuft* dootaii aa at 5.30pm) Bnym hto As at 12 noon (S cents/kg) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) p. Volume RSS 2 Nov 94 206.0° 207.00N Month High Low s£ «S ln<c£2 RSS 3 Nov 94 205.00 206 00N RSS
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        1062 24 -32.9 Australian stocks ended below key support at a two-and-a-half-month low amid mounting concerns over rising local interest rates, but overall volumes were thin. Dealers said the market followed offshore markets lower after US inanufacturing data sparked renewed inflation worries. The All Ordinaries Index closed 32.9 points or 1.62
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        621 24 +24.25 Share prices closed sharply higher on bargain-hunting by investors who snapped up blue chip San Miguel Corp and other second line issues, brokers said. "The market went up largely on bargain-hunting. Announcements like the World Bank saying they believe our economic growfi is sustainable boosted the market," Noel
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        Taiwan
        106 24 -3.83 Share prices closed slightly lower as profit-taking emerged in financials, brokers said. The Weighted Index ended down 3.83 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 7,179.92, off an opening high of 7,228.33. Turnover was a modest NT557.6 billion. The financials sector, that had led recent gains, was hit the
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        487 24 10.41 Stocks gained almost across the board in active trading, pushing up the leading index to a new closing high, brokers said. The Composite Index ended the day at 1,064.64, up 10.41 points from Saturday, the previous trading day. The index hit a new all-time intra-day high of 1,066.43
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        292 24 -19.73 The share market, after a lacklustre opening, closed almost one per cent lower. Extremely light turnover in the opening picked up so that US$24 million of shares were traded by the close. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 19.73 down at 2,057.50. Brokers said it was a disappointing
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        77 24 +37.97 Share prices closed higher on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on buying after polyester fibre and yarn makers announced that they were raising the prices of their products, brokers said. The BSE 30-share Index gained 37.97 points to close at a provisional 4,377.43. The broader 100-share National Index
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        817 24 18.3 The London stock market chalked up a moderate gain yesterday as the Footsie Index rose 18.3 points or 0.6 per cent on the day to close at 3,001.8 points just above the symbolic 3,000point level. Volume of trading was 458.5 million shares, up from 455.6 million shares at
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        134 24 +23.29 French shares clawed back some of Monday's heavy losses as the market corrected from its lurch. However, traders said they remained cautious and kept a watchful eye on bond markets. The CAC 40 Index finished the day at 1,876.12 points, up 23.29 points or 1.26 per cent by
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        166 24 -0.84 pc The stock market lost ground yesterday for the third straight trading session as the DAX Index slipped by 0.84 per cent on the day to end at 1,994 points. The Frankfurt market had been closed on Monday for a German holiday. Frankfurt Oct 4 DM Ad 14}
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        167 24 +0.04 Belgian shares, which fell more than two per cent in recent days, closed flat in nervous trade after shortcovering on the penultimate day of the trading account and a slightly firmer opening on Wall Street. The Bel-20 Index of leading shares closed just 0.04 points higher at 1,367.57
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        143 24 -34 Italian stocks closed mixed to lower, failing to summon strength after Tuesday's plunge, amid renewed concern over domestic political battles ahead. "After all the volatility in recent days, we seem to have found some calm today," said Alberto Costa, a trader at BNL Eurosecurities. "People are waiting for
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        278 24 -14.60 Stocks continued to yield to downward pressure from falling gold issues while base metals helped push the market lower, traders said. The TSE 300 Composite Index fell 14.60 points to 4330.11 with 26.50 million shares traded worth C 5407.30 million. Declines outraced advances 289 to 216, with 298
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        758 24 -2.36 Failing to maintain an early rally, US stocks declined at midday, with semiconductor issues especially hard hit, analysts said. "The market is basically churning," said Alfred Goldman at AG Edwards and Sons. "It's continuing to work off an overbought condition in the summer rally." The Dow fell
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        249 24 -0.29 Dutch shares closed quietly lower after a thin, bonddriven session, in which prices were jerked about like a yoyo on a short string. Dealers said they were were glad that shares did not crash at the close, which is something they have become accustomed to over recent months.
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        132 24 +o.lBpc Swedish shares closed slightly higher after a weak finish despite lower debt market yields. Trade was cautious ahead of the new Social Democratic government's declaration due on Friday and the November 13 EU referendum. The OMX Index was up 0.18 per cent at 1089.15 in moderate turnover of
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        258 24 +22.7 Swiss shares ended higher in a technical recovery after Monday's plunge. Dealers said volume was high. The technical recovery was likely to continue in the days to come because the SMI Index, and the dollar all traded just above important support levels. This was seen pushing the market
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        319 24 -4 A bullish start failed to Fulfil its promise by the close yesterday as a firmer financial rand and softer gold price dragged shares off highs to end mostly down on the day. Turnover had been steady, but trade was mostly quiet. The Overall Index was 18 points softer
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      2908 25 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks were mixed in light trading as concerns about higher interest rates and falling real estate prices continued to dog the market, analysts and traders said. Persistent speculation that China's senior leader Deng Xiaoping is ailing have also knocked investors' confidence, they said. "It really
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      475 25 CLSA THE performance of Hongkong H shares was mixed with the CLSA H Index edging up 0.4 per cent. Turnover subsided to HKSBI.4 million, down 15 per cent from the previous day. Beiren Printing continued to be the biggest loser, falling another 4.6 per cent to HKS3.6O on thin
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      2542 25 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks fell as investors looked beyond trade issues toward the listing later this month of nearly 1 trillion yen (5514.8 billion) worth of govern-ment-owned shares in the world's fourth-largest tobacco company. Many investors are worried the listing may not go well, especially after another closely
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      1799 25 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Purchases by Thai and foreign mutual funds of blue-chip stocks, especially banks, pushed the SET Index to close above 1,500 points for the first time since Sep 27. "There were signs of institutional buying," said Sanyalaksna Manibhandu, research manager with SG Warburg Securities. "They bought
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      1036 25 Bloomberg Business News JAKARTA Stocks rose on expectations that investors had finished selling shares for cash to buy new shares in telecommunications giant Indosat. "One of the reasons this market has been falling is that people have been selling for Indosat," said a dealer at H G Asia. The
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        5958 26 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian stocks ended lower yesterday on continued selling by investors and in the absence of foreign institutional support, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's 86-stock weighted Composite Index lost another 1.69 points to 1,125.66 from 1,127.35 a day earlier, as
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        1863 28  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Buyers yesterday pushed the Straits Times Industrials Index convincingly past its 2,350 resistance, while a drying up of positive corporate rumours and speculation dragged Malaysian counters lower for the ninth consecutive session. An indecisive session overnight on Wall Street, where
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      277 17 NEWS VALUE How today s news might affect your stocks Malaysian interest rates poised forupturn: economists (P8 I) Interest-rate considerations in the Malaysian stock market are often overridden by other factors. PWD and contractors move to end $250 m row over CTE contract (pg 1) Either way, impact on the
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      276 20 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS AMMB HOLDINGS BERHAD Year Ended 31st March, 1994 Audited Consolidated Results* 1994 1993 In Million RM In Million RM Change Profit Before Taxation 390.6 203.9 91.6 Profit After Taxation Minority Interest 236.2 115.3 +104.9 Shareholders' Funds 824.8 612.1 34.7 Loans Advances, Net of Provisions 9,414.5 7,921.6 18.8 Deposits
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      PIL in Surabaya container joint venture
      323 29  -  From William Chia in SURABAYA SINGAPORE'S largest private shipping group, Pacific International Lines, has set up a US$lO million (5514.8 million) joint-venture to make containers in the Indonesian port city of Surabaya. The plant is owned by PT Java Pacific, which is 88 per
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      PAX adds 13th vessel to fleet next month
      185 29 SINGAPORE The Pacific Atlantic Express (PAX) consortium will add another vessel next month to its service between East Asia and the US. The three members of the consortium Neptune Orient Lines, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Hapag-Lloyd have 12 containerships deployed on the
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      Thai shipbuilders seek govt help
      353 29 BANGKOK The Thai shipbuilding community is seeking government assistance to revitalise the industry, which is lagging behind those of neighbouring countries. Wirat Chanasit, general manager of Italthai Marine Co, said the industry depends on a few customers, mostly from the governments sector and far too
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1091 29 Page Col ABC Containerline 16 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahlers Line 13 5 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 4/5 ANL 3 1/2 Antaco Mgmt 16 2 APL 5 4/5 Appenship 4 4/5 Arabian Express 15 5 ASCL 5 5 Assist Marine 6 1 Avant
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      53 29 AFP PERTH The Bark Endeavour, a replica of Captain Cook's ship, sets sail for Sydney as part of a circumnavigation of Australia. The ship is pictured leaving Fremantle Harbour in Western Australia, accompanied by spectator boats. The Endeavour returns to Fremantle in September 19% before sailing
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      Govt issues list of approved shipyard safety auditors
      401 29  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE The Labour Ministry's Department of Industrial Safety has released a list of companies approved to audit safety management systems in shipyards. The companies are: Det Norske Veritas Industry, ICI Asia Pacific Technology, Sedgwick Management Services, Gallagher Basset International,
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1763 30 THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates rose to 1,669 on Monday from 1,656 on Sep 30. Rates continued to hold firm for Capesize and Panamax tonnage in steady trading at the start of the week, brokers said. piinotrans is said to be on subjects
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12821 38 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 involvnl and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      688 47  -  But there has been less scrutiny of the trans-Pacific conferences in recent years because they have been around longer and have smaller market share, reports Richard Knee Richard Knee American Shipper AS the Trans-Atlantic Agreement's practices and policies come under the Federal
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        Lock icon Mercedes gears up for better earnings in years ahead
        530 48 Reuter PARIS German luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz AG said its productivity had risen 21 per cent this year due to a combination of cost cutting and higher car volumes and that it would make good profits in years ahead. "We have
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        Lock icon Ford to decide on fate of Latin venture with Volkswagen
        451 48 Bloomberg Business News PARIS Ford Motor Co said it will complete talks with Volkswagen AG before the end of the first quarter on whether to part ways on their 7-year-old Brazilian car-making venture. "We might be split, we might be
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        290 48 Bloomberg Business News TOLDEO, Ohio General Motors Corp on Monday agreed to hire more workers at a key Toledo, Ohio, transmission plant to avert a threatened strike. Workers last month authorised a strike at the facility, which builds transmissions for 16 GM
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        65 48 Reuter PARIS Workmen polishing the partially covered Renault Espace F1 as they get their stand ready for the Paris Car Show on Monday. The specially constructed Renault Espace is equipped with a Formula i motor and will be driven only on F1 race
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        232 48 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japanese car maker Mitsubishi Motors Corp said yesterday it may consider raising production at its European joint venture factory, if conditions are right. Mitsubishi will begin manufacturing compact cars for the European market at Netherlands Car BV, or
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          68 48 SINGAPORE Members of the Asia Westbound Rate Agreement introduced on Oct 1 an interim currency adjustment factor of 2.5 per cent due to the continued decline of the US dollar. The carriers, which sail from East Asia to Europe, said total westbound trade was
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          Lock icon Survivor of UAL crash awarded US$ 24m
          66 48 Reuter CHICAGO A jury on Monday awarded U5524.2 million (SS3S.B million) to a 70-year-old widow who survived a 1989 United Airlines crash in Sioux City, lowa. Doris Levenberg's husband, Allan, 71, was among the 112 people who died in the July 19 crash
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          54 48 Reuter MONTREAL Bombardier Inc said on Monday its Leaijet Inc unit reached an agreement in principle to buy four aircraft maintenance centres from AMR Corp's AMR Combs Inc. The four AMR Combs maintenance centres are located at Indianapolis, Indiana, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Hartford, Connecticut
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          51 48 Bloomberg Business News HIGHLAND PARK, Michigan Chrysler Corp on Monday announced the appointment of Denis Root as general manager of its Asia-Pacific operations. Mr Root, who had been director, Japan business operations, replaces Peter Badore. who resigned two weeks ago for personal reasons. Bloomberg Business
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        423 48 Reuter NEW YORK GTE Corp said on Monday it began a service that for the first time allows airline passengers to receive telephone calls at their seats, a service aimed at satisfying high-spending business travellers. The GTE service is now available on Delta Air
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        Lock icon New European minivan to be named Galaxy
        468 48 Bloomberg Business News PARIS Ford Motor Co said it will name its new European minivan the Galaxy and that 110,000 of the vans will be produced at its joint venture plant with Volkswagen AG in Portugal during the first year of operation. The
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      640 32 IS' pore P.Keiang Loading for FORUM WIND 6/10 9/10 Rdm/Atu/llk/Nantes H 'Loads E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia B I Loading for BUFFALO Jeddaft/Aqaba I PAN CRYSTAL Dubai/Bahrain/Damman/Kuwait 'Loads Singapore. E./W. Malaysia. Indonesia I I Loading for EM XANTHOS Los Angeles/New Orleans/ I Charleston /Norfolk/Camden H A HAZER Los Angeles/New Orleans/ Charleston/Norfblk/Camden B
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      879 32 I NORASiF WEEKLY SERVICE WITH j FIXED DAY SAM INft m LA SPEZIA, FOS. BARCELONA VALENCIA^ FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT: MS TAN SEOW CHUAN/MS FELICIA PEH rrBK GENERAL AttlT NORASIA AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD ALSO ACCEPTM6 LCI TO: i TU: *****83 FAX: *****90 CR MO. **********0 D VEW€E/T«ISTI/MK(MA/AUIAIIDUA/r(tT THAILAND
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      1829 33 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 EAteft new quiiha pacific uu* aHGtf <a service of china navigation co) ACCEPTS ISffIFV 1 CARGO DUE S**S HK "5 h Par! (X Oct fCL. LCL CONT AINCR ANO BM AX BULK
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      1800 33 W« P&O Containers PftO Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 Keppel Towers, Singapore 0206 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE Tel: *****33• Teiex: r*****4 pnocsp• Fax: *****27/*****17 v CR Number: *****9 *****Z IMp O R T ;,i I VIIUL VOV *POW WO 6M 60U ANT ROT HAM OOT
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      1212 33 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. 1» KEPm ROAD .02 01 AT POM SUHONG SJWGAPOWE 020S TEL 225-9S6S ft 221-4*22 ALSO OFFERING SERVICE TO/FROM *PRC CIS VIETNAM EAST RUSSIA LATIN AMERICA *EAST MEDITERRANEAN CALL 225-1-225 FOR BOOKING OR ENQUIRY KHa/wwAg m pa pa bt ss lurati w*g go [ua on Iwml oi
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      466 34 P GENERAL AGENT C.R. NO: *****81-***** i|K EKA JAYA AGENCIES >3ißr TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE [MO CM MNH CITY PAQM IHAMDWOHMMCT I HINWT HOt [nrmt/UiMM I |MIVIN CHAN llMimftOTl I mnww iwm Iwirn i*"" 1 xmm InuMUMHW I ►16 vi£tnam/hcmc —T SERVICE @UM4i.wiw«® CENTER-POINT
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      1216 34 HANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****30-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 FOR HI SM lUK HAU. St* m TO FDR «L ]U€ HAUL SM U« "JC HANJM SMCATOK 015£ 7/10 OSKCI 27/10 29/10 30/10 HMUN BUSAN 14«( 9/10 H KEEIUNG 0501 10/U 11/11 13/11 £55! *****111 14/10
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      18 34 r^gml SPORE •A* VESSEL OC-1W 24 001 T. Bu«u»«nhM/B«rTinnufc/S*»U H«rti/C»rtj|«u/ Lor«n»/C«into/Pto C4d*a/li Gwr»/ 1 Puerto Citotfc/ CmWui/Bjfcoj j
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      2018 35 II II PLEAS NEPTUNELINK (1800 *****00 TOLL-FREE) H II II FOR THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: ■I II VESSELS ETA/ETD/EXCHANGE RATES/SHIPPING SERVICES/ HI ■I M FREIGHT CHARGES PAYABLE/STORE RENT CHARGES/ jr AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS FOR COLLECTION HI VCSSCI. VOY "T7F™ 1 LOS OAK VAN SIT < u 1' '1 1 H TTT~
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      978 35 A I MULTILINE SHIPPING PTE LTD ■V (a member of SWSOV Group) CR NO: **********0 C ENQUIRIES: *****33 BOOKINGS: *****64, *****51, *****31, *****13 C BALTIC: INWARD *****97 OUTWARD *****10 T/S *****10 Ifrv BLASCO: INWARD *****65 OUTWARD *****28 T/S *****46 FESCO: BOOKINGS *****99/*****01 DOC *****07 MARINE INSURANCE: *****87 INVENTORY: *****59 AGENTS:
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      1014 36 AS AGENTS: "IT LIME (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CI *0:1244I*****0H/6ST REG NO: M 2-*****99-€) TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 T W TkT 17 MALAYSIA: LMIKARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON IHO m TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25/6 INDONESIA: P.T. SAAAMA LAIIT HfTEMIUSA, TEL: JKT *****08 Y
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      234 36 uonanentat ncmc Shipping J TIMBER PLYWOOD SERVICE TO U.K./CONTINENT KKU STOKE PR LOMNNG FOR FORUM BUM) SID SID FLU/KOT/AMT/UK ANAMGQ. FORTUNE SID SIO M PORT FIU/ROT/MIT/UK FORUM POWER 12/10 22/11 26/10 FIU/ROT/MT/UK Loads Sabah/Moneua C R NO **********0H CONTIPAC SHIPPING PTE LTD T«l: *****32 Fax: *****49 PJC. MULTIPORT SON BHD.
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      1194 36 79 ANSON ROAD, #21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TELE: *****92 FAX: *****57 CR **********0* STRAITS SHUTTLE SERVICE *5 PORT KLANG/BELAWAN PENAWG/PASIR GUDANG VESSQ VOY SM PKI I BLW VESSEL VOY SIN PEN roT"*" VIGOUR SWGAPORE ***** 06 10 (THU) 07/10 (PW> SEA LAUREL 32* 05 10 (WED) 07/10 (FIB) 1! HOUR m
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      980 37 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 1 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. CW NO: **********06 B- V«Ba«L VOV SIN BKK SIN f VfSSCL VOY SIN JKT SW EQUATOR CRYSTAL 24N S/10 11/10 15/10 i KOTA INOAH 1DH029 ®/10 12/10 IS/10 K. BUANA (SMT/LCH) 8NA039 t/10 12/10 IS/10 1
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      906 37 wsau WY sm umm H*MBU»G TMMK hotuhomi miwtitf win D' htpm HOiw n/io w/n oj/ii w/ii ot/n m/h win nc itm tot* i»/io o»/ii jo/n 12m ij/ii is/11 Wilt DC W6A GOSW »/10 U/ll 17/11 lf/11 20/11 22/11 Wilt PC m» www 21/11 24/11 2»/ll 27/11 2»/ll •ALSO ACCEPTMG CAAGO
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      630 37 1 BSfl jT MYANMA «HBk FIVE STAR LINE V (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P Kit Pen P.Gdf MYOMAYWA VLS3W Sid sid SITTWE V64W 1/9 Oct HPA-AN V2OSW In Pt AVA VI3OW 6/10 Oct 11/13 Oct 2/3 Oct MALAYSIA MOTS: BOUSTUO SMPPMG AGENCCS r- Kit. lEL
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      1781 40 fcjjM-" i? r *?w/ Jf H H M MA^fe'AJ^tfMfe costm s*ippi*e PTf ire 'SfSß# cH!-i»..t.«;.»» ,&/Ji"'"' ~< I iffsarsw-** urs*™" ;::i,i?s;z, assays-—"""' ssss^"" I I>WHW 01— GST NO: M 2 *****05 X IS IJ*' iSitlTO M—MBi— *nt W/OW It «ja; WI w NTC Ml OB KJmwTM rsriw M■ hp '■>
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      907 40 FOR BOOKING 1800-*****00 (TOLL-FREE) OUTBOUND fW MM SM HKG MO TM ttf *06 OS* "0' ""S WAM HM 211/*IOZ2 03/10 OUT OVIO 0806/10 11/10 "liTlO 14/10 16/10 —VS "W- H/10 20/10 22/10 23/10 MAM HM 202/N072 04/10 OS/10 07/10 09 09/10 13/10 14/10 16/10 17/10 23/10 1 24/101 25/10 MM
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      617 41 sit FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 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 07/10 FELIXSTOWE/UK 10/10 BARCELONA/SPAIN 10/10 LEHAVRE/FRANCE TI/10 GENOA/ITALY 10/10 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 10/10 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 08/10 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 08/10 NEW YORK/EC 08/10 FREMANTLE/ADELAIOE 06/10 VANCOUVER 07/10 BRISBANE
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      881 41 i ii BiMiiiiiiMMWliilm 1 H 1 VOY SIM JKT I I^H ■f M g| WAMA BHUM 2400 Wkl In PI Ut Q/lo" I UIIM 717" .T.,.. Kg VESSEL VOY SM BKK j ISRA BHUM 71S Frt ~t7M I K HATHA BHUM Thu I 0/M Sun I /10 1 BHATRA BHUM
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      197 41 Qmmrmmt—d SmUhtga to:- BAWGKOK/HEM CHMMG/IAOSj 1/10 (SAT), 11/10 (HE) POST mm/mm 7/10 (FW). 13/10 <THU) mm KONG 7/10 (FW), 11/10 (TIE) mum 1/10 (sat) MMM/COU/SUBC MY 10/10 (MOW) HO CH MWH 7/10 (FW) SUUIBAY* 0/10 (SUM) BUS** 8/10 (SUM) I pi PONGNAMA LINE] •ran (MB) scp r* k* rat mc
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      564 41 E) RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD W TEL: *****33 (12 Linss) K FAX: *****15/*****03 m TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) CR NO.: **********0E Vmnl Voy ETA Loading Per Abbay Woo* 41WB 15/11 Mombasa, Djibouti Aaaab, Maaaawa Abbay Warn 42W8 IS/12 Mombasa. Djibouti r Aaaab. Maaaawa FULLY CONTAINKKIBED RBGLLAK
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      1527 42 PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN 5/10 6/10 7/10 HKG/BXK/KEE/KHH Gonoa/Barcatona/Marstios 12/10 13/10 14/10 7/10 8/9 9/10 HKG/BXK/KEE/KHH G'burf/Chiftn/S'holm/Osto 7/10 8/10 9/10 9/10 10/9 11/10 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH Hr*w 8/10 9/10 10/10 i rnmr ta Ldn Fli Rtm/ Ant/ Ham/Leh 810 9/10. 10/10 5/10 6/10 7/10 SHANGHAI/DALIAN I JPW/KOREA/MAWILA I
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      190 42 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND I TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD ET* ETA ft* SWK raiT KELMK FOMNG HUE MK 9/10 7/10 lortni lor MiK DIMM HUDML 11/10 Lasdirtf tor Outui OOlrtW 15/10 loadinj For Malt roci sumac 10/10 loaAnj For Malt UMCEDH 5/10 lojdmf For Male mass laornr 14/xo loaAnf lor
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      852 42 I JL THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD 1 I 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SHGAPORE 0207 I I TO-: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I I TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JENHOI CABLE: TOSOCO I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK SINGAPORE TCTTHAH-AND ft*** l vot s'Pttt jar vessel vor wg liawckok EQUATOR ROYAL 119/4E
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      638 43 WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ftCCfPTK KMBUU/SOC CM«XS TO/FROM KOK. YOKOHAMA. NAGOYA, MO*. TOKYO*. MAMA*. DAYAO* Ptiuni* P. Ketant Singapore E'Msia* KARAWEVERETT VI9E 18/19 Oct KAMALEVERETT V23E 13/14 No* SHAPIAEVERETT V23E 23/24 Nov ACCEPT** MEMBU.K/FCL/SOC CAKGOCS TO/FROM CUTTAGOHG, CALCUTTA HMO MONQ.A*. Srjipore P. Kdanf' Penanj* Paw Gudanf* KAMALEVERETT
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      215 43 fiLQBY HAWK/WON CHOUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ft 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
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      564 43 jdk PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK A CONTAINER SERVICE VtSSCL I VOY I SW I KARACH SAHGOOHA 147 HW 11/10 20/10 HAMAN 151-WW 23/10 2/11 BOIAH 142 HW 12/11 BIWWIAD 12C-HW 15/11 25/11 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY VTOK VOY [SIN |HKG IBSW OS* NAG IYOK BOtAH 141 OR
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      659 43 FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO SOUTH AFRICA VESSEL/ VOYAGE SIN OUR HUE- PL* CPT- BEW* MPMHUME/108 09/10 22/10 27/10 OS/11 23/10 26/10 04/11 06/11 VI ME/102 23/10 06/11 06/11 16/11 06/11 00/1113/1116/11 SHUN HE/107 06/11 16/11 23/11 01/12 20/11 23/11 30/11 02/12 TAS ME/66 20/11 03/12 06/12 16/12 06/12
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      269 43 S|N FAR EAST 11/10 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 8/10 GUAN«HOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAff/SWAWGHAI/XINGANG j also" cargo SH ;EWOPE/UK f 10/10 IDN/FLX/tVP/SOU 10/10 rdm/ham/ant/leh/goa/osl/Got/bcn also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgana/Czech. S!N USA/CANADA 10/10 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all IPI
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      741 44 mi————B lr^„.a MELBOURNE GP-SHIPPING PTE LTD Call: Kenny/Mas/Peter sjNW-ro VSI W r«M UK LB SYO MICK I TIT *nn«KN lis iI7IT u/w »/u m\» ji/io 02/11 iMKix «7ii ii/Ii ***** nm w/u* BMBSQ. 237 21/11 M/ 12 M/ 12 H/12 13/12 MMTHA I 331 M/ 12 lt/12 21/12 24/12 2«/12
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      395 44 y Con term 9 CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 07 OCTOBER (Accepting to all N*w Zaaland porta) PENANG 8 OCT JAKARTA 9 OCT PORT KLANO 7 OCT BAN6KOK 9 OCT HONGKONG 10 OCT MELBOURNE 0 OCT SYDNEY 9 OCT IftIMANE 9 OCT HtEMANTLE 13 OCT ADELAIOE 8 OCT I
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      571 44 CONSOLIDATION TO BUSAN T lJ tS=" ww LIDWI KOIIWAROKR IN OFFERING TWICE WEEKLY W £2S!\ LCL SERVICE TO BUSAN Call SAN ISA at DID: 770 5014 IoSIM for bookings NOW!!! l v 33SyHFll y| Singapore 778 6522 *****38/*****36 00 MM Also has offices in:- jjffik AND 10GBTKS services MALAYSIA THAILAND
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      1418 45 ISEAMA^RGENTINMJN^^^n CONTAINERISED "HUB" SERVICE I DIRECT TO ARGENTINA/BRAZIL URUGUAY 1 I VftUl VOY m P. AMMAS UiMUAIA M I WVIOCO I WIT I M BIRQIT NABER 003E 05/10 08/11 10/11 16/11 I 17/U I 20/11 I 13/12 FRANCISCA SCHULTE 005E 30/10 05/12 07/12 13/12 I 14/12 19/12 I 13/01 ALEXANDER
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      416 45 JgN CEYLON SHIPPING CORPN RagsH National Line of Sri Lanka CONTAINERIStD SERVICE TO UK AND NORTH CONTINENTAL PORTS wr too F m in m m Tiw wut 111 kywa mm n/u IVIO n/n M/n w/n w/n 01-11 mmm g> mow u/h i;/io M/ii 10/11 n/n g> mapom mii i>/i> m/h
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      544 45 LINE SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUND SCHEDULE N0.52 I VESSEL PAVLOOHAD ETROOVORCT OEKABRIST PRIOZERSK N.KRUP9MAYA PNNNORSK PORTS EBI6 ESI 7 ESI9 ESI9 EB2O ES2I SUCNOS AWES* Sallad SaHa« 19-20/09 05 17/09 12 15/10 19-21/10 MONTEVIDEO Sallad SaMad 21 22 09 19-17/10 IWO OBAN DO SO SaHad 19-20/10 21/OSB 09-07/10 30/098 una****" 17/09
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      726 46 585 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 Tel: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/*****43 JESSICA/CELIA ■LUUsfcliHlffiflHW 7 SLGS/WEEK EJEQjQQ 3 SLGS/WEEK VESSEL VOY SIN JAK 1 VESSEL VOY SIN SUR 1 TWADIKA 1048 IN PORT 07/10
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      266 46 AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., Hairatan, Torghundi, Islamqala (Doqharun) C.1.5./RUSSIA: Votiochnjr, Vladivostok. Moscow, Baku, Tashkent, Irkutsk, Alma Ata, Asltgabad, Dushanbe. Kiev N Korea: Pyongyang, Nampo Mongolia: Ulaan Bator LCL TO CIS EASTERN EUROPE VESSEL SIN DKR Ned America V.2354 11/10 14/11 Cgm Korrigan V.2364 19/10 16/11 Cgm Normandie V.2374 25/10 25/11
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      410 46 gS WNOILY-OWIED SUBSIDIARY OF HOI) Ukm L|||£; m 0255 AIRFREIGHT: 545 4255 WEEKLY LCL CONSOUDATION INDIAN SUB CONTINENT ETP ETD USA/EUROPE/AUST/NZ ETD ETP COLOMBO 10/10 13/10 USA (ALL INLANO POINT) 9/10 16/10 CHITTAGONG 11/10 17/10 EUROPE (AU BASE PORTS) 10/10 17/10 CALCUTTA 13/10 19/10 NEW ZEALANO (ALL PORTS) 17/10 31/10
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      585 47 A HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 Tpk? PCO* VESSELS VOY SW RTM ANT* LEH* HAM BftEJ FET~| 05/10 07/10 01/10 NORASIA FRBOURG 313* 10/10 STIO ***** ***** 30/10 30/10 01/ IT 12/10 14/10 15/10 H. CHALLENGER 312* 17/10 04/11 06/11 05/11 06/11 06/11 OS/11 19/10
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      349 47 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS I INBOUND VESSELS VESSEL VOT V PR KUC KK MM *T BAM UUAH 20 11/10 COSMC LEADER 47 1/10 12/11 TUNC WTO 71 11 10 KEBHUN 33 12/11 11/11 10/11 10/10 OHANGE MOON K 10/10 12/10(1111) 15/10<BKK) OUTBOUND VESSELS SP BATAM/JKT
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      592 47 JEDDAH/UK/CONTNENT STORE ED STON IfBURG R OAM liH *Mm Accapft* Carp Ftr LE*ERKUSEN EffttSS 20/330 1/10 10/10 19/10 22/10 24/10 20/10 SwOwplw :to afl UK dtitwborv Brtasl and Ortfa KATSURAGI 23/139 0/10 22/10 25/10 27/10 R*tt«4*i :It «l towmp. Amtarlam. oth. Htoi KITANO 27/339 1/10 17/10 20/10 29/10 31/10 2/11
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