The Business Times, 16 December 1994

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    12 1 Business Times MITA(P) 194/12/94 Friday December 16 1994 WL KNOW ASIA 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow up 17 points
      72 1 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street stocks yesterday extended the previous session's gains, propelled by a rally in the shares of high technology companies. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 17.83 points at 3,764.12 at 1 pm EST, adding to Wednesday's rise of nearly 31 points.
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      Lock icon US banks expect record earnings
      30 1 AP WASHINGTON US bank earnings set a record in the third quarter and profits are headed for another record year, the government said yesterday. AP
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    164 1 Stock narket indices Thursday Change STII 2,180.23 +66.23 KLSEComp 950.77 +13.62 Nikkei 19,121.12 +189.63 Hang Seng 8,259.56 +262.21 SET Index 1,310.00 +29.93 Jakarta Comp 458.93 +5.56 CLSA China B 903.09 -20.59 Aust All Ord 1,895.0 +31.2 FTSE 100 2973.4 -7.2 Thursday Previous lpm EST close Dow Jones 3,764.12
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    Lock icon Regional markets ride high on Dow's overnight strength
    509 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE All the region's stock markets yesterday ended sharply higher, following a strong overnight session on Wall Street. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished 30.95 points up at 3,746.29, after the release of a benign November Consumer
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    Aussie debut for firm with S'pore link
    486 1  -  By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE A Singa-pore-linked property development company in Perth was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange earlier this month with little fanfare. But the credentials of the men behind the company indicate it may not remain quiet for long. Consolidated Property
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    Lock icon Hongkong frees TVB to compete in region
    340 1 Star TV allowed to broadcast in Cantonese Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong has given Rupert Murdoch's pan-Asia broadcaster Star TV permission to transmit in the dialect used in south China and paved the way for local station TVB to become a regional broadcasting power. The
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    Lock icon Morgan ends merger talks with Warburg
    105 1 Reuter NEW YORK Investment house Morgan Stanley Group yesterday said it had ended talks with Britain's SG Warburg Group pic on merging the two companies a deal that would have created the world's largest investment bank. "The price and terms on which Mercury Asset
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    Drop in COE prices due to weak stock market: Mah
    240 1  -  Br Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE The sharp fall in Certificate of Entitlement prices was due to factors such as the sluggish stock market rather than uncertainty about double-transfers, said Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday. Another reason was that COE prices
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    New Jakarta tariff panel prompts speculation about Marie's clout
    504 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in JAKARTA PRESIDENT Suharto has created a new committee to take charge of tariffs, a role currently shouldered by Finance Minister Marie Muhammad who heads an existing group which oversees Indonesia's trade protection policies. In a presidential decree
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      16 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 21 fry' The great divide at KFc/jtfsitfci Regional market reports, Pg 28-32
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Finance houses find room in market
        337 2  -  By Quak Hiang Whai FOR A while, finance companies were seen by many as a sunset industry. But are they? Many in financial circles had predicted the demise of the industry, which they said would be clobbered by better capitalised and equipped commercial banks
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      Support growing for bid to host WTO: Cheow Tong
      344 2 SINGAPORE Support for Singapore's bid to host the inaugural ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation is growing steadily, Minister for Trade and Industry Yeo Cheow Tong said yesterday. Sixty-seven member states had endorsed Singapore's bid, Mr Yeo said during a
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      IRAS $69m computer system will automate 80% of tax transactions
      405 2  -  Reports by Lee Wai Leong THE Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) will make use of a $69 million computer system to automate up to 80 per cent of all tax transactions by 1996. This would allow IRAS to reorganise
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      New tax return for companies has later submission date
      477 2 July 31 deadline will obviate need to apply for extensions THE Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) yesterday introduced a revamped income tax return for companies (Form C) from Year of Assessment 1995, starting Jan 1. The deadline for its submission
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      Cheow Tong takes a look at computer manufacturing sector
      369 2 YEO Cheow Tong, Minister for Trade and Industry, visited Compaq Asia last night. The visit was organised by the Economic Development Board, and provided Mr Yeo an opportunity to better understand Compaq Asia's business and to experience first hand the company's
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      Former Amcol chief released from prison
      140 2 FLAMBOYANT former managing director of Amcol Holdings Ltd Kang Hwi Wah was released yesterday morning from Moon Crescent Prison. Although he was not available for comment, sources close to him said his morale was high. Being an avid golfer, Mr Kang is believed to
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      IT industry in Asia-Pac to hit US$107b, says study
      249 2 THE Asia-Pacific information technology (IT) industry will hit US$lO7 billion (S$ 156.22 billion) in sales turnover by 1997, according to a recent market study. Singapore will account for 1.5 per cent or US$l.6 billion of that. This is almost a 30
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      Roaming service for mobile phones extended to China
      157 2 MOBILE phone subscribers on the Etacs system will be able to use their phones in Beijing and Shanghai from Jan 1. Singapore Telecom said yesterday those who wished to use the roaming service would have to apply to Mobile Link at least
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      HDB land at Hougang to be sold with blocks of vacant units on site
      445 2  -  By A J Leow A RESIDENTIAL land parcel in Hougang is being put up for sale by public tender by the Housing and Development Board but this is a sale with a difference. Instead of an
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • Article
      US firms to pump US$1.2b into Philippines over 3 yrs
      318 3  -  From Al Labita in MANILA AMERICAN companies plan to invest US$l.2 billion (S$ 1.8 billion) in the Philippine economy over the next three years, double an earlier forecast, a US business leader said yesterday. American Chamber of Commerce of the
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        Lock icon Indonesia shuts polluting industries
        79 3 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian authorities have closed seven industries in Lampung province. South Sumatra, for polluting rivers with their waste. The official Antara news agency yesterday quoted the director of land and water pollution control, Gempur Adnan, as saying that besides closing the seven industries, proceedings had
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        Lock icon Philippine trade deficit up
        93 3 AFP MANILA The Philippines' trade deficit in the first 10 months of this year rose to U556,485 billion (559.46 billion), up 26.3 per cent from the same period last year. The National Statistics Office (NSO) yesterday said exports rose to US$ll billion, up 19.4 per cent
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        Lock icon Tragic blaze linked to competition
        126 3 Reuter BANGKOK Intense competition in the toy industry contributed indirectly to the world's worst industrial blaze at a factory in Thailand last year, an international trade union report said yesterday. In May 1993, 188 workers died and nearly 500 more were injured in the fire
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      M'sia's Usra, Manila firm eyeing US$8b worth of projects
      258 3  -  From Al Labita in MANILA MALAYSIAN conglomerate Usra Sdn Bhd and a Manila firm plan to undertake up to US$B billion (SSI2 billion) worth of projects in the Philippines over the next eight years. The plan was unveiled yesterday during the
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      Growth Triangle to be formalised with MOU
      188 3 SINGAPORE: The Growth Triangle concept of economic cooperation between Singapore. Johor and the Riau Islands of Indonesia will be formalised tomorrow with ihe signing of an umbrella agreement. The signing of a memorandum of understanding by top government officials of Singa- pore. Malaysia
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      Lock icon Full US-Viet ties seen in '95
      142 3 AP HANOI A key United States senator has predicted that the US could establish full diplomatic relations with Vietnam as soon as next year, helped along by a recent thawing in American relations with North Korea. "I wouldn't be surprised to see something significant
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      Lock icon Thai DPM calls for open border with M'sia
      379 3 Bernama. AP PENANG Thai Deputy Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi yesterday proposed an "open border" along the Malaysia-Thailand boundary, saying enhancement of economic activities there would help overcome prolonged insurgency problems. He said this would involve simplification of custom and immigration procedures with
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Holding company is the ideal vehicle for China operations
      506 4 Economist Intelligence Unit HONGKONG Growing complexity in the operations of multinationals in China, coupled with the need for closer coordination of joint ventures and wholly owned subsidiaries, has encouraged more firms to set up holding companies. Unlike a joint venture, which
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      Lock icon From plastic to petrol
      43 4 Reuter BEIJING Chinese workers shovelling waste plastic into an incinerator at a factor) near Beijing yesterday. The factory, the first of its kind in China, converts the plastic into oil and then refines it into diesel and petrol. Reuter
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      HK will see higher growth, inflation in new year: bank
      320 4  -  Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Hongkong* economy will grow by 5.8 |*r cent in real terms in IWS anJ its inflation rate will me to 5 per cent. Hongkongßank* Eco» nomic Research Unit ha* forecast. The growth rate would follow a
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Taxmen auction Shougang vehicles
        82 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China's tax authorities have cracked down on politically well-connected steel giant Shougang Corp for refusing to pay 300 million yuan (5551.5 million) in resource tax arrears, the Economic Information Daily reports. The tax bureau of Tangshan, a city east of Beijing, demanded
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        Lock icon Beijing, Tokyo agree on green projects
        65 4 AP BEIJING China and Japan agreed on nine joint-venture environmental projects to control acid rain, treat sewage and protect marine life, the China Daily reported yesterday. The two countries also plan to cooperate in environmental research, the newspaper quoted Xia Kunbao of the National
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        Lock icon China disco fire claims 17 lives
        72 4 AFP BEIJING Seventeen people died in a discotheque fire on Saturday in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province, north-east China, local officials said yesterday. The cause of the blaze at the Princess disco had not been established, said a municipal spokesman contacted by telephone. The blaze occurred
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      Lock icon Costs of hiring expatriates in China to remain high: survey
      316 4 AFP SHANGHAI The costs of hiring expatriate staff in China will remain high because the country is still seen as a "hardship" posting. According to surveys by accounting firm Price Waterhouse. expatriates had difficulties finding reasonable accommodation, schooling for children
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon Japan's ruling coalition plans to lower tax on land profits
      401 5 Reuter, Knight-Ridder TOKYO Japan's ruling coalition unveiled its tax reform proposals for the fiscal year starting April 1, calling for lower tax on profits made on individual land transactions. The coalition proposed the government cut the tax rate on profits
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      Lock icon Markets wait and see how NZ surplus will be spent
      243 5 Reuter WELLINGTON New Zealand markets, the Reserve Bank, politicians and ratings agencies will all be watching closely on Tuesday to see what Finance Minister Bill Birch does with extra money strong economic growth has delivered. Economists predict the government will
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon 2 Japanese firms win Indon contract
        89 5 AFP TOKYO Japan's Tomen Corp and JGC Corp have won a US$2OO million (***** million) order from Indonesia's state-run oil and gas company Pertamina to modernise an oil refinery. A Tomen spokesman yesterday said the trading house and the engineering company hoped to finalise
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        Lock icon Japan forecasts 2.8% GDP growth
        69 5 Reuter TOKYO Japan has set an official forecast of a real 2.8 per cent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) for the next fiscal year starting on April 1, 1995. The Economic Planning Agency yesterday said the government had also revised its forecast for GDP
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        Lock icon N Korea still mourning Kim II Sung
        102 5 AFP BEIJING North Korea's ambassador yesterday said his country remained in deep mourning for late president Kim U Sung and was not yet ready to appoint his son, Kim Jong 11, officially as his successor. If Kim Jong II was elected "then people
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      Lock icon Sending a strong signal
      48 5 AFP COLOMBO Buddhist and Roman Catholic clergy joining a protest on Wednesday against the setting up of a Voice of America relay station in Sri Lanka. Fishermen argued they stood to lose their traditional fishing rights and their land to the VOA facility. AFP
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      Lock icon Rao pressed to overhaul Indian cabinet
      360 5 Reuter NEW DELHI Pressure mounted on Indian Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao yesterday to reshuffle his cabinet after one minister resigned and 11 others offered to step down to help clean up the ruling Congress Party's image. Civil Supplies Minister A K Antony
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      209 5 Notice to the holders of RISO Kagaku Corporation (the "Company") ¥7,000,000,000 1 per cent. Convertible Bonds due 1998 (the "Bonds 1993") "Adjustment of the Conversion Price" Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the Company, at its meetings held on 16th November and 24th November, 1994 resolved
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      8 5 Bottom Line: India's reforms in danger, Pg 20
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon French populist radical Tapie may be at end of political career
      377 6 FT PARIS The political career of Bernard Tapie. the populist radical, appeared to have been brought to an end on Wednesday night by a decision of the Paris commercial court to put personal companies of the former tycoon into
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      Lock icon Soros pledges US$55m for S Africa housing project
      332 6 Reuter NEW YORK Billionaire investor George Soros has pledged about US$55 million (SSBI million) for a project to build housing in South Africa, the Soros Foundations said on Wednesday. Mr Soros, the Hungarianborn US investor whose statements send tremors through financial markets,
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      Lock icon Pay cut for British gas staff after CEO gets 75% raise, says report
      216 6 Reuter LONDON British Gas pic, whose chief executive got a 75 per cent pay rise last month, has asked thousands of staff to prepare for cuts in pay and holidays. The Guardian newspaper said yesterday. British Gas
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      Lock icon EU abolishes US$35b policy that protects farmers' income
      420 8 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Union agreed early yesterday to abolish one of its most expensive policies, which had cost around USS3S billion (SSSI billion) in protecting farmers' incomes, as part of a farm trade package. EU officials said the package, agreed early
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      Lock icon US presses EU to reach accord on computer tariffs
      502 8 Bloomberg Business News, Rcutcr BRUSSELS US Commerce Secretary Ron Brown yesterday called on the European Union to reach an agreement on tariffs against US computer products before the end of the year and not to construct new barriers against American films.
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      Lock icon US business inventories up 7th straight month in October
      221 8 Reuter WASHINGTON Inventories held by businesses increased for a seventh straight month in October. The Commerce Department yesterday said the higher inventories were a sign that businesses expected strong enough holiday sales to justify continuing to rebuild their stocks of goods
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Chernobyl victims get Cuba treatment
        62 8 AFP HAVANA Oxana Galbon (right), 17, and Alia Kozimicrka, 15, both victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, receiving infra red radiation treatment on Monday at the Tarara Children's Hospital here. Oxana and Alia, along with hundreds of other contaminated Russian and Ukrainian adolescents, have been
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        Lock icon New Irish PM heads minority govt
        68 8 Reuter DUBLIN John Bruton of the centre-right Fine Gael party was clcctcd prime minister of Ireland yesterday but it seemed he would head only a minority government. Parliament voted in Mr Bruton to lead a coalition with the Labour party but the Democratic Left
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        Lock icon US$ likely to stay stable: analyst
        101 8 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The US dollar "is likely to stay very stable" against the Japanese yen in the months to come, policy analyst C Fred Bergstcn said on Wednesday. Mr Bcrgstcn, who has influenced currency markets in the past with his comments about
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        Lock icon Berlusconi seeks vote of confidence
        83 8 Reuter MILAN Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi yesterday requested a parliamentary vote of confidcncc in his government next Wednesday and denied he would resign soon. In a letter to the president of the Chamber of Deputies Irene Pivctti late on Wednesday, Mr Berlusconi said he
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      1088 8 BThe HourGlass Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT RESULTS FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 1994 The Board of Directors of The Hour Glass Limited is pleased to present their report on the consolidated results for the half year ended 30 September 1994. These figures ore unaudited.
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon No threat to US economy, say experts
      1074 9 Much ado about inflation Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Milton Friedman and John Kenneth Galbraith, eminent economists with clashing views, agree on little except this: the US economy isn't threatened by inflation. Dr Friedman, the conservative monetarist, says inflation isn't looming because there's
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      Needs of the nation-state versus internationalism
      684 9  -  By Jackie Masse The writer is a Paris-based journalist who contributed this article to BT John Kenneth (Jalbraith provides his views on the problems tluit the world economic order faces today 50 years after Bret ton M Vhx/.y. Excerpts from the interview: Q. Would
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      611 9 I CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (FAR EAST) LIMITED. v HMH mi hi aa»i cmli mm* 'Wi «e ton Ob <w mam Y-fc3 NLkMS 53x1^ ANNOUNCEMENT Half-year financial statement on consolidate results for the six months ended September 30, 1994. These figures have not been-audited. Six months ended Six months ended Increase September
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      372 12 Vietnamese food pro From 10 to 19 December, Chatterbox will present authentic Vietnamese specialities in the Vietnamese Food Promotion. Prepared and cooked by chefs from Hotel Sofijel Metropole, Hanoi and flown in by Singapore Airlines, come savour these special dishes. Available for lunch and dinner. 35 Mandarin UJ Singapore 333
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Girls, boys and Oscars
      875 13  -  Janet Maslin looks at the great gender divide in movie awards Janet Maslin NYT As HOLLYWOOD shifts into yearend awards mode, the usual glaring inequity reappears. Strong candidates in the best actress category are elusive, to put it mildly, while prizeworthy male actors are hard to
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      Lock icon Teddy bears still a Christmas favourite
      616 13  -  Michael Conlon on the stuffed toy's enduring appeal Michael Conlon Reuter ONE OF the hottest toys this Christmas is one of the oldest. The teddy bear, from shrink-wrapped U552.95 (S$4.3S) dime store miniatures to dress-up society models with hundreds of dollars worth of accessories,
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      Lock icon David Crosby out of hospital
      323 13 CHATTERBOX AP AP AP AP IT'S BEEN a long time coming: singer David Crosby has been released from the hospital. Crosby, 53, left the hospital on Tuesday, three weeks after undergoing a seven-hour transplant operation to replace a liver damaged by years of alcohol and
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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      1259 13 TV RADIO Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 7.45pm, Cti 5 Indie (Harrison Ford) embarks on a quest for the Holy Grail ■iSSBK&&*$* after his medievalist father Jf (Scan Connery) goes missing r while on the same mission. XyfeJjLT Seems the Nazis are also after k the cup. This last
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      451 15  -  Michelle Low finds out why industrial designing is not so simple an affair after all Michelle Low NO ONE doubts for a minute that design ean make or break a produet. Witness the fuss over Coca-Cola's rehash of its logo and packaging years ago. and
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      First Thai business daily set for launch next month
      393 16  -  The newspaper's target is Thailand's business elite, with particular focus on the top 5 per cent of the population, reports Lon Hui Yin Lon Hui Yin Business Day, Thailand's only En-glish-language financial newspaper, is gearing up to hit the news-stands on
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      Ice beer market hots up as US brand joins fray
      359 16 LOCAL big boy Asia Pacific Breweries is getting in on the ice beer act. It is bringing in the American Coors Arctic Ice Beer by the end of the year. Coors. the first American ice beer to reach the Asia
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      Calendars of illusion
      213 16 I Ps not high art but it sure is clever. Hong Leong Finance's 1995 desktop calendar is leaving the rest far behind. Its state-of-the-art piece features so-called Holusion Art prints that stand out among the run-of-the-mill calendars with their übiquitous landscapes and corporate logos. Holusion is a
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        JWT Direct stands tall
        77 16 SINGAPORE'S J Walter Thompson Direct JWTs direct marketing arm pulled ofTa David against industry Goliaths in October. The 22-stafT division of JWT Singapore picked up four Echo awards with its direct mail packs for Citibank. CIGNA, TNT Express and JWT Enterprise. JWT was the only Asian
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        Standard-CDM bags awards
        79 16 STANDARD-CDM clinched three awards in Australia and London recently. Its TV ad for Canon EOS 500 picked up a highly commended cinematography award in Australia. And the com-puter-animated Mitsubishi TV ad won in its product category and the computer-animated section at the London Advertising awards. Standard-CDM also
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        Lloyd Martin on a roll
        81 16 LLOYD Martin in Singapore is looking to bigger TV-based fast-moving consumer goods accounts, having recently bagged 53.5 million in new business. It now handles Sentosa theme park Fantasy Island's business in three mediums TV, radio and print. Lloyd Martin is also producing a new TV
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      Lock icon Faldo dismisses World Golf Tour
      816 17  -  Organisers of the controversial USs2sm tournament have yet to even speak to No 3 player, reports Larry Dorman Larry Dorman NYT MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica The question didn't catch Nick Faldo by surprise, but his reply will certainly shake up a few people in the headquarters
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      467 17  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE US sportswear giant Nike has set its sights on having a hand in grooming the next tennis champion from Asia. Under the company's international programme in Asia Pacific, Nike started its first national level training
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        130 17 AFP BKRLIN Germany's suspended sprinter Katrin Krabbe has announced she is five months pregnant. She also said she plans to give up athletics altogether. In an article appearing yesterday in weekly newspaper Tango. the 25-year-old 1991 world 100 m and 200 m world champion said: "I have already clearly
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        45 17 NEW YORK NBA Wednesday: Orlando 120 Denver 96; Detroit 93 Charlotte 106; Indiana 81 Atlanta 79; New Jersey 88 Cleveland 95 (20T); Minnesota 95 Utah 103; San Antonio 122 Boston 110, Milwaukee 99 Philadelphia 96; Phoenix 111 Seattle 93; Portland 121 LA Clippers 73.
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        122 17 AFP TOrOWA, New Jersey Reports that former heavyweight world champion Evander Holyfield would return to the ring in China next March are premature, says promoter Dan Duva. "There have been conversations with several parties." Duva said on Wednesday. "But Evander Holyfield and Main Events/Monitor have not signed a deal
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        37 17 GOI.D COAST, Australia (JSSI9O,OOO Alpine Australian Ladies Masters Ist rd Thursday (par-73): 64 Laura Davies (Eng) 67 Corinnc Dibnah (Aust), Jan Higgins (NZ). Dale Reid (Scot). Karric Webb (Aust) 68 Karen Lunn (Aust), Alison Nicholas (Eng).
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        178 17 AFP ATLANTA, Georgia Ted Turner might get the chance to televise the 1996 Olympics from his hometown, even though US rights-holder NBC has rejected his offers. Turner might wind up buying NBC. The sports division of Turner's media empire signed another veteran of past Olympic events. Mike Pearl, as
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        66 17 AP BUFFALO, New York Tony Meola. the goalkeeper for the US World Cup team, signed on Wednesday with the Buffalo Blizzard of the National Professional Soccer League. Meola was captain and starting goalie for the 1994 World Cup team when the US advanced to the round of 16 for
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    More than just a game
    556 18 Eprrofiuu. TOMORROW'S Malaysia Cup Final between Singapore and Pahang climaxes a soccer season that has been full of drama, more off the field than on it. After years of unsubstantiated allegations, this year finally saw a crackdown on players and officials for allegedly accepting bribes
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      A new Russia in the making?
      400 18 IS A new Russia emerging, and will it be the old one the centre of a resurrected Soviet empire, leaner and meaner now without its Soviet liabilities? That is the question tossed up by a string of recent developments. In its biggest military action
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      Dealing with errant employers
      124 18 IT HAS been said that too many foreign workers are not good for Singapore. The government is making an effort to limit their numbers by imposing quotas and higher levies. But companies need workers to meet their business targets and deadlines. As a result, some employ
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      Staying out of Chechnya
      115 18 THE former Soviet Union suffered great losses fighting in Afghanistan. Another tussle, with Chechnya this time, and that could bring Russia down. However, as Chechnya's independence will not have a great impact upon the other countries in the world, most Western nations such as the United
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      Cynical democracies
      113 18 IT IS exactly five years since the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, amid universal rejoicing and stirring talk about a new world order. Nation would speak peace unto nation, understanding and accord would girdle the earth. Instead, we have witnessed the descent into chaos. Underlying the strife and
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      The poorest may be hit hardest
      170 18 THE proposed new sewage charges have their limitations as an environmental measure, but they are a step in the right direction and deserve support. The charges would come in the form of a flat-rate bill of about HKSIS, except for very low-income families, covering
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      Benefiting from volcanoes
      123 18 THE Nov 22 eruption of the Merapi volcano near Jogjakarta that killed more than 50 people reminded us of the potential for disaster from the 127 volcanoes that ring our country. On the positive side, however, it is the large andesitic volcanic cones that generate geothermal energy
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    Japanese loans give Beijing a big headache
    1119 18  -  China's currency losses from Japanese aid loans total US$5.l billion. But Tokyo is unable, anil unwilling, to ease Beijing's difficulties. Peter Seidlitz reports Peter Seidlitz Peter Seidlitz is the Beijing-based Far East and China correspondent of Handelsblatt, the German business and financial daily
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      The long haul to prosperity
      1803 19  -  Can Vietnam catapult into the ranks of the Asian Tigers by the year 2000? It won't be easy, says Vikram Khanna Vikram Khanna The writer is BT's regional economics editor YOU begin to get an idea of just how far commercialism has spread in Vietnam
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      Wealthy county's tale of government irresponsibility
      1130 19  -  Orange County's financial mess is producing anxiety in Wall Street and in Washington. Leon Hadar reports Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent FOR most Americans, the mention of Orange County produces images of large houses, expensive cars, clean streets and wide roads.
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    364 20 Reuter, AP GENEVA Major trading powers are weighing a new draft protocol for China's accession to Gatt which offers a compromise formula for BeiC" ig joining the free trade club, S and European Union officials said yesterday. The officials
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    Lock icon World's biggest law firm quits Shanghai in licence crackdown
    453 20 Reuter SHANGHAI Baker McKenzie, the world's largest law firm, has pulled its lawyers out of Shanghai under government pressure and other Western practices fear for their future, company officials said. Victor Ho, the chief Shanghai lawyer for Baker McKenzie, resigned last
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    Lock icon Bank Negara probing MBf Finance chief over loans, MPs told
    301 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Dewan Rakyat was told yesterday that Bank Negara was investigating an alleged loan scandal which implicated MBf Finance Berhad chief executive Loy Hean Heong. Finance Ministry Parliamentary Secretary Aflfifuddin Omar said the allegation involved MBf Finance,
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    46 20 Reuter VELiKA KLADUSA, Western Bosnia A group of war prisoners from the Muslim Bosnian Army sth Corps clearing the ground in a suspected minefield at a prison camp on Tuesday. The camp is near the combat zone in the enclave of Bihac. Reuter
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    Faber Group gets writ of seizure
    197 20  -  From Ruth Wong in KUALA LUMPUR FABER Group Bhd has been served with a writ of seizure and sale by a group of 22 exemployees of the defunct Faber Merlin Malaysia Bhd. in an attempt to enforce an industrial court award. Efforts to contact
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    204 20 AFP LONDON Tokyo and Osaka are the world's most expensive cities, where the cost of living is twice that of New York. The latest six-month survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit, released yesterday, showed Paris to be the most expensive city in the European
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    1032 20  -  The Bottom Line PREM SHANKAR JHA PREM SHANKAR JHA The writer, a former editor of The Hindustan Times, contributed this piece to BT INDIA'S economic reforms and the consequential surge in growth now stands endangered by the rout that the ruling Congress (I)
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      WBL sets up CD-ROM joint venture with Taiwan firms
      429 21  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Property and electronics firm WBL Corp yesterday announced a $20 million joint venture with two Taiwanese firms to make and sell CD-ROM drives. In a statement to the Stock Exchange of Singapore, WBL said its partners would
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      Hour Glass clocks up rise of 14% in interim net profit
      264 21  -  By Corinne Kerk SINGAPORE Despite a depressed retail industry, luxury watch retailer The Hour Glass has recorded a 14.2 per cent increase in net profit to $4,327 million for the six months ended Sept 30. Turnover grew 16.2 per
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      Amcol forms two units to develop property
      245 21  -  By Chew Farn Chyi SINGAPORE Amcol Holdings Ltd has formed two wholly owned subsidiaries, Amcol Mandai Development Pte Ltd and Goodview Pte Ltd, to undertake property development. No specific sites were under consideration, it said. None of the directors or substantial shareholders of
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      KFC M'sia could end up with its goose cooked
      727 21  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Ho Kay Tat KUALA LUMPUR When Kevin Lau Eng Guang was cornered by reporters after a KFC Holdings (Malaysia) Bhd shareholders' meeting several months ago, he insisted that all was well at the fast-food company and denied
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      Avimo net earnings slip 22% despite surge in turnover
      307 21  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Things did not go precisely as planned for listed Avimo Singapore Ltd in its last financial year. The precision engineering group's net earnings fell 22 per cent to $5.57 million for the year ended Sept 30,
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      DBS Land unit buys Changi site for $90m
      157 21 SINGAPORE DBS Realty (Pte) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of DBS Land, has bought a plot of freehold land for $90 million. DBS Land said yesterday that the land, measuring 22,178 square metres, at Upper Changi Road East was acquired from property
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        MARKET MOOD
        47 21 Mixed 'Market Mimhl' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment. Brokers polled Alliance. Baring. Duma, Fraser. GK Goh. Kay Hum. Morgan GrenfeU. OngCo. Nomura. Phillip. Smith New Court. H I Carr and SG Warburg.
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        HOT STOCK
        126 21  -  -By Paul Leo LIANG COURT is trading within a triangle formed by joining the peaks and troughs since the beginning of the year on the weekly chart. Typical of a triangle formation, the 5- and 15-week moving average lines are criss-crossing each other. At $1.40 yesterday, it is
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        Dusit Thani venture gains control of German hotel chain
        476 23  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK THAILAND'S Dusit Thani hotel group has taken a step closer to being an international player in the hospitality industry after its joint venture paid 3.2 billion baht (S$ 186.6 million) for a major stake in
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        M'sian mill rebuts NatSteel's dumping charge
        407 23  -  Quak Hiang Whai By SINGAPORE Malaysia's Amsteel Corporation Berhad, formerly known as Amalgamated Steel Mills Berhad, has denied dumping reinforcement bars here as alleged earlier by the Singapore-listed Nat Steel Ltd. In a statement yesterday, Amsteel a company with shares traded on Clob International
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Shakey's Holdings buys over stake
          40 23 SINGAPORE Inno Pacific Holdings announced yesterday that its subsidiary, Shakey's Holdings, has acquired the remaining 10 per cent of Shakey's International it does not own from Hongkong incorporated Concept One Holdings Ltd for US$l9O,OOO (*****,300).
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          Boon Hwee joins two boards
          71 23 SINGAPORE Singapore Telecom said yesterday that Koh Boon Hwee has joined the boards of two of its subsidiaries Singapore Telecom Mobile Link Pte Ltd and Singapore Telecom Page Link Pte Ltd and has been appointed chairman. Wong Hung Khim, who is currently director, has been
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          Heshe in Indon deal
          61 23 SINGAPORE Heshe Holdings said yesterday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with PT Great River Industries on Dec 12, for the latter to buy a 20 per cent stake in its Indonesian joint venture PT Heshe Indonesia. Ten per cent will come from Heshe's wholly
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          Jurong Engineering appointments
          32 23 SINGAPORE Jurong Engineering Ltd yesterday announced that Patrick Law Kwai Weng and Lawrence Kwan have been appointed joint secretaries of the company in place of Jane Wong Chun Hai.
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          Lock icon Mulpha lifts nine-month profit
          47 23 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Mulpha International Bhd has reported a pre-tax profit of M 540.62 million (5523.2 million) in the first nine months to Sep 30, against M 535.75 million previously. After-tax profit rose to M 530.80 million against M 526.28 million previously. Bernama
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        Lock icon M'sia may need help in call warrants: analysts
        407 23 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia, making its first foray into the world of derivatives with the launch of call warrants, will have to rely on the expertise and interest of foreign financial institutions to get things off the ground, analysts say. "That's pretty
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          Lock icon Winsor Industrial's profit up 52%
          107 24 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Winsor Industrial, one of Hongkong's largest listed garment companies, yesterday said its net profit jumped 51.9 per cent to HK$ 160.3 million (5530.3 million) in the six months to Sep 30, compared to HK$ 105.5 million in the same period last
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          Lock icon Guoco raises stake in bank
          61 24 Reuter HONGKONG Guoco Group Ltd yesterday told the stock exchange it had raised its stake in Dao Heng Bank Group by 6.68 million shares, or 1.02 per cent, bringing its shareholding to 472.54 million shares, or 72.02 per cent, from 71 per cent. Guoco Group
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          Lock icon Profits up at Joyce Boutique
          75 24 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Luxury international fashion group Joyce Boutique Holdings yesterday reported its net profit increased 33.7 per cent in its financial first half, ended Sep 30, on sales up 38 per cent. The company, which has boutiques and stores in Hongkong, Thailand, Taiwan
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          Lock icon Arnotts to build A$200m factory
          77 24 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Australian biscuit maker Arnotts Ltd yesterday said it would build a As2oo million (***** million) factory following the government's decision to stop regulating the prices of cookies and crackers. Amotts, which is 61 per cent-owned by Campbell Soup Co, had put
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          Lock icon Siemens expects 20% profit rise
          57 24 Bloomberg Business News MUNICH Siemens AG yesterday said its profit from continuing operations will rise 20 per cent to about 2 billion Deutschemarks (S$ 1.86 billion) in fiscal 1995 from 1.65 billion marks in fiscal 1994. Siemens reported net profit, including one-time gains, of 1.99
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          Lock icon Pizza Hut, KFC plan India outlets
          66 24 Bloomberg Business News NEW DELHI Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken will invest US$BO million (S$ 116 million) opening restaurants in India. The Indian unit of Pepsico Inc yesterday said the first KFC restaurant was expected to open in New Delhi by March. Pizza
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        HK relents on rebates for fund managers
        453 24  -  Securities watchdog ditches proposal to outlaw payments, which will instead be credited to the fund From Lim Soon Neo in HONGKONG HONGKONG'S securities watchdog, which had earlier proposed to eventually outlaw cash commission rebates paid to fund managers, has relented. Yesterday the Securities
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        Lock icon AT&T says long-distance customers are returning
        437 24 Reuter, NYT NEW YORK AT&T said it has turned the tide in the war for the US$7O billion (SSIO3 billion) long distance calling market after 11 years of losing customers to rivals MCI Communications Corp and Sprint Corp. The company expects market share to
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        47 24 Reuter MELBOURNE Former Elders IXL chief John Elliot leaving a Melbourne court yesterday after he was ordered to stand trial next April on charges related to an alleged A 56.5 million (557.4 million) fraud of the Australian company. Reuter
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        232 24 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Cash-rich real estate group Hongkong Land Holdings will probably ofTer substantial financial backing for a possible bid by its UK associate Trafalgar House pic for Northern Electric pic. Analysts yesterday said Hongkong Land, which owns many of the
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        Lock icon Oriental Metals falls 24.7% on Hongkong market debut
        412 24 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China-con-trolled metals trader Oriental Metals (Holdings) tumbled 24.7 per cent on its trading debut here, hit by a number of concerns including mounting base metal stockpiles in China. The initial public offer of the company's shares was only
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        Credit Suisse sees US rates up 1 more point in next 6 months
        350 25  -  By Vikram Khanna SINGAPORE US shortterm interest rates could rise by a further percentage point in the first half of next year, according to Alois Bischofberger, Chief Economist and Head of Economic Research at Credit Suisse bank.
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        Lock icon German banks to disclose details of derivatives business
        208 25 Bloomberg Business News COLOGNE The German Banks Association, or Bdß, said banks have agreed to comply with its recommendation that they publish more detailed information about their derivatives business. In a statement, the Bdß said banks will publish details' of the volume
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        HK monetary authority ties up with Cedel clearing house
        246 25  -  From Lim Soon Neo in HONGKONG THE Central Money Markets Unit of the Hongkong Monetary Authority (HKMA) will be linked today to Cedel, the international clearing and settlement company. This will be Cedel's first link with a domestic clearing system in
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        Lock icon Court approval granted for US$200m credit line from BankAmerica
        272 25 Orange County financial crisis Reuter LOS ANGELES California's bankrupt Orange County won court approval on Wednesday for a US$2OO million (***** million) credit line from Bank America Corp, clearing the way for the government to pay its mounting bills. US Bankruptcy
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        Lock icon Fed unit set to release derivatives code
        362 25 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is expected to release next month tough new guidelines for banks that trade in the USSI4 trillion (5520.52 trillion) derivatives market. The New York Fed and big banks are close to
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        World oil prices dip on higher North Sea output estimate
        254 25 ENERGY REPORT LONDON World oil prices softened in London as traders absorbed news that January's output of North Sea crude oil would be higher than in December. Brent Blend crude futures for January delivery traded at US$l5.BB per barrel at
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        184 25 Reuter LONDON The dollar lacked direction in the European morning session and analysts said recent ranges should hold until next Tuesday's Federal Reserve Board meeting and possibly into 1995. Their main concession was that seasonally thin end-of-year markets were potentially whippy. "The dollar looks to be struggling technically,"
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        94 25 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was up against major currencies in quiet early Wall Street trading yesterday ahead of next Tuesday's last Federal Reserve meeting of the year. The ounce of gold meanwhile gained 80 cents from its Wednesday close and was at U*****.70 an ounce. Shortly after
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        Lock icon UK banks overcharged businesses by £1.75b: consultants
        257 25 Reuter LONDON Britain's major retail banks may have overcharged businesses by as much as £1.75 billion (SS4.O billion), and aggrieved firms are increasingly trying to get that money back, plus consequential losses, a consultancy group said on Wednesday. The Banking Liaison Group, a
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          Lock icon Goldman Sachs plans more job cuts
          79 25 Reuter LONDON— US investment house Goldman Sachs is planning to cut a further 900 jobs in the new year, double the number shed in the last three months of this year. The Times newspaper reported in London. The newspaper said the bank was looking
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          72 25 Reuter SYDNEY Queensland regional bank Met way Bank Ltd has signed a US$5OO million (*****.8 million) Asian capital markets debt instrument programme, which includes an initial US$l75 million issue of transferable loan certificates (TLCs). The bank said that all-in pricing return to the participants comprised a
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          59 25 Knight-Ridder TOKYO Hainan International Trust and Investment Corp, the financial vehicle of Hainan province, yesterday launched a 14.5 billion-yen (Ss2l2 million) seven-year 5 per cent samurai offering at par via Nikko Securities. Hainan's launch spread is some 40 basis points over six-month yen Libor. Hitic is
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          82 25 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Core Pacific Securities Investment Trust Corp, an affiliate of Core Pacific Securities of Taipei, has applied for the Securities and Exchange Commission's approval to offer a mutual fund specialised in export-oriented companies. The fund, which would be aimed primarily
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        137 25 Bloomberg Business News NEW DELHI Nine foreign banks operating in India have been penalised 1.23 billion rupees (Ssss million) for violating national regulations, minister of state for finance MV Chandrashekara Murthy told the Indian parliament on Wednesday. Reserve Bank of India, the central
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        1325 27 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollars were higher in choppy trade while Euroyen futures easier at the close. Dealers said Eurodollar sentiment was mixed. "Some houses were buying today and that pushed the market up. but volume was not very heavy," said a dealer.
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        681 27 COMMODITY REPORTS Rubber KUALA LUMPUR: Rubber prices ended firmer in bullish trade as sellers remained concerned about tight supplies. "The market is rising further as rubber prices in Indonesia continue to soar." a dealer said. He added that buyers made enquiries to cover nearby
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          60 27 SYDNEY Australia's Mount Isa base metals complex in Queensland state was hit by a 48-hour strike yesterday by members of the Australian Workers Union, MIM Holdings Ltd said. The action will affect production at MlM's copper smelter, which last year produced 197,000 tonnes of
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          118 27 TOKYO The Japan Spinners Association has decided to temporarily shelve a plan to formally file a request to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry for import restrictions on textiles, an association spokesman said. The decision was made following China's announcement that it will voluntarily
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          74 27 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's palm oil stocks were 695,184 tonnes at end-November, down 2.64 per cent from a month earlier, the Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority said yesterday. Stocks a year earlier were 1,154,272 tonnes, according to Porla. Stocks at end-November this year comprised
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          59 27 TOKYO Cotton yarn production by members of the Japan Spinners' Association totalled 84,581 400-lb bales, or 15,346 tonnes in November, said the association yesterday. That was down 11.5 per cent from 95,532 bales, or 17,333 tonnes a year earlier. November production dropped one per
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        1394 27 Rubber Dec is Singapore Commodity Exchango Physical Prices (futures closing as at 5.34pn) layers TiWii i ~777~~~ As at 12 Noea (S cents/kg) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Close Volume J" l\ 218 50N Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest **SS 3 Jn 216.50 217 50N Jan 95
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        1082 28 +31.2 SHARES rallied yesterday after a strong performance on Wall Street and the laying to rest of interest rate jitters. The All Ordinaries Index closed at 1,895.0 points, up 31.2. The All Industrials Index rose 34.7 to 2,768.6 and the All Resources Index gained 29.6 to 1,240.1. Turnover was
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        Manila
        597 28 +61.96 Share prices surged yesterday as the market reacted favourably to passage by the Senate of the Uruguay Round accords under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. The PSE Index advanced 61.96 points to 2,679.85. Turnover was 1.7 billion shares valued at 1.62 billion pesos. Philippine Long Distance
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        Taipei
        600 28 141.23 Stocks jumped across the board on rekindled buying interest in active trading, with all eight major categories posting gains. The 394-issue Weighted Price Index surged 141.23 points to settle at 6,823.13, ending six losing sessions in a row. Turnover was 2.217 billion shares worth NT583.37 billion. The market
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        471 28 1.25 Share prices nudged up in skittish trading yesterday, boosted by rumours that government securities controls would be relaxed soon, dealers said. The Composite Price Index crept up 1.25 points to finish at 1,027.87 on turnover of to 33 million shares worth at 650 billion won. Decliners overwhelmed advancers
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        New Zealand
        269 28 10.56 Shares rose as investors were encouraged by the largest oneday rise in US stocks in nearly two weeks, traders said. However, the renewed optimism was tempered by concern that a rising currency will hurt forestry company earnings, they said. The major foresters Fletcher Challenge and Carter Holt
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        Bombay
        126 28 +40.39 Shares gathered more strength on buying by mutual funds combined with less selling pressure during moderate trade. The 30-share BSE Index gained 40.39 points to 3,901.86 while the 100-share National Index edged up 3.08 to 1,834.37. "The panic selling seen after the Congress loss (in regional polls) is
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        868 28 -7.2 STOCKS fell yesterday as the collapse of merger talks between Morgan Stanley and S G Warburg Securities took the impetus out of a three-day rally. The FTSE-100 Index declined 7.2 points to 2973.4, giving up 20 points in the last two hours of trading after Morgan Stanley and
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        133 28 +11.10 French shares closed higher yesterday, buoyed by seasonal window-dressing and gains in the German and UK equities markets. "It's a dull market that's continuing to consolidate," one trader said. The CAC-40 Index closed up 11.10 points at 1,941.12. Of the CAC-40 stocks, 31 finished higher, nine lower. Volume
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        208 28 15.01 German shares, expected to case before today's expiry, are staging a surprise push higher hinting a year-end rally may occur after all. The DAX Index ended up 15.01 points at 2,055.74. Traders now see the base for today's expiry at 2,050 not 2,000 as predicted earlier. Trading is
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        181 28 -2.03 Bclgian shares ended lower on the last day of the forward market account, but dealers see an improvement today. The Bel-20 Index closed 2.03 points lower at 1.383.83 on turnover of 1.87 billion francs. "I think there will be a little bit of a rally, but people arc
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        Milan
        168 28 +260 Italian shares performed strongly at the start of the 1995 bourse year but today should see a more restrained session, brokers said. There was renewed interest from abroad from institutions attracted by what they see as cheap prices. The Mibtel index ended 260 points higher at 9,514. But
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        274 28 +0.50 Dutch stocks closed mixed as transport companies like Nedlloyd and Pakhoed lead the way higher, while a steady bond market helped sentiment. The EOE Index rose 0.50 point to 407.69, with Nedlloyd gaining 3.8 per cent to 55 guilders and tanker storage company Pakhoed rallying 1.7 per cent
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        Stockholm
        153 28 +5.00 Swedish stocks closed mostly higher as concern about the release of the new budget in January pared gains sparked by tame inflation figures and steady interest rates. The OMX-30 Index closed up 5.00 points at 1,141.73. "People are still scared with what's going to happen with the budget,"
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        Zurich
        315 28 16.6 Swiss shares ended firmer, but ofT the day's high after shares had moved sideways in afternoon trade. Trading was quiet and volume low. Sentiment was positive, supported by dampened inflation fears in the US after yesterday's economic data. Dealers said further gains during the next days were possible.
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        828 28 The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which rebounded 30.95 points on Wednesday, was ahead 12.11 to 3,758.40 at 1 lam EST. The NYSE Composite Index was ahead 0.36 to 248.69, while Standard Poor's 500-stock Index was up 0.68 to 455.65. Advances topped declines 697-643 among the 2,153 issues crossing
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      3134 29 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks climbed for the third successive day, led by conglomerates and utilities, amid perceptions that interest rates won't rise again this year as consumer price increases remain subdued in the US. Analysts said that they expect the Federal Reserve will delay any increase in interest
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      557 29 CLSA IT WAS an excellent day for H shares. The index rallied 7.3 per cent on turnover of HK$ 177.6 million. Maashan, Yizheng and Luoyang Glass were the top three active stocks, accounting for 51 per cent of total turnover. The Shanghai A market gained 7 per cent on
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      2540 29 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks rose for a second day, led by steel issues as investors bet consumption-relat-ed shares will lead Japan out of its long slump. "We're expecting consumption to lead us into recovery," said an analyst. Steels and other cyclical shares are "definitely an area that I
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      1849 29 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks closed higher yesterday, spurred by late buying after the index breached the 1.303 resistance level, brokers said. The SET Index closed 29.93 points higher at the day's high of 1,310 on 6.2 billion baht turnover. "Local funds bought heavily across the board in the last 30
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      1156 29 Reuter JAKARTA Stocks consolidated at the close after posting sharp rises in early trade. "Profit-taking by local players sent prices downwards late in the morning session," one foreign broker said. Brokers were mixed over foreign participation. "It was the foreign carry-forward sell orders which capped the upside." one said.
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        6917 30 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks rose for a third day, as signs that the Federal Reserve won't raise interest rates this month benefited big-company stocks seen as proxies for economic growth. "All indications are that US economic numbers won't lead to a rate
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        Lock icon Shares surge, helped by strong finish on Wall St
        1875 32  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE An unusually strong overnight performance on Wall Street helped fuel a powerful surge in the local stock market yesterday, with prices closing sharply higher for the second consecutive day. Traders welcomed news that the Dow Jones Industrial
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      238 21 NEWS VALUE Regional markets ride high on Dow's overnight strength (PK I) Retail support can easily turn south on the slightest hint of weakness and this could happen after the FOMC meeting next Tuesday (Dec 20). IT industry in Asia-Pac to hit USslo7b, says study (pg 2) Electronics stocks have
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      508 33  -  Throughput expected to hit 10.4 m TEUs by year-end Reports by Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE The Port of Singapore Authority's (PSA) annual container throughput yesterday hit the 10 million TEU (20-ft equivalent unit) mark the first time in its 22-year history of container handling. Communications
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      260 33 SINGAPORE Historically, Hongkong has been the gateway to South-east Asia and the south China trade, but the British colony may be losing its attraction as carriers show signs of using alternative hubs. Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) marketing official Lee Teck Suan says
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      159 33 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The six member lines of the Japan/Hongkong and Japan Straits Freight Agreement, citing rising operational and handling costs, will increase terminal handling charges (THC) out of Malaysia, Hongkong and Taiwan ports from Jan 1. In a notice to
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      1058 33 Page Col ABC Containerline 16 I Able Shpg 7 4/5 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahlers Line 13 S Ahrenkicl Liner 4 1/2 ANL 3 4/5 Antaco Mgmt 17 3 APL 18 1/2 Appenship 4 4/5 Arabian Express 15 5 •ASCL 5 5 Astro
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      106 33 AFP HAMBURG, Germany Cunard Line's Queen Elizabeth 2 luxury liner left the north German port city of Hamburg on Wednesday after a 22-day, US$45 million (Ss66 million) refurbishment. The almost 300-metre long ocean liner left the dry dock at the Blohm Voss shipyard in
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      336 33 FT HONGKONG Hongkong tycoon Li Ka-shing has made another timely investment. He not only stands to make a quick profit of up to 60 per cent but has also put himself in the position to strengthen his hold on Hongkong's container port. Mr Li
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      230 33 AFP ATHENS Fishing in the Mediterranean needs to be cut by a drastic 30 per cent, a conference on managing the sea's resources concluded as it wound up a three-day meeting on Wednesday in Sissi, on the island of Crete. Delegates from
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      440 33 AFP WASHINGTON Planned shipments of radioactive nuclear waste from France to Japan could pose serious safety risks, nuclear control advocates said on Wednesday. The first shipment of 14 tonnes of highly radioactive plutonium waste to Japan for storage will be "the most intensely
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      1828 34 DRY cargo shipping rates were a touch easier with the Baltic Freight Index dipping for the first time in exactly a month and after a recordbreaking run up. The index was down four points at 2,039 on Wednesday. Brokers said the drop was largely due to weaker Panamax
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      11194 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. LEfiENI PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      1075 45 :The president of the Taiwanese liner, T H Chen, believes there must be more facility sharing if rates are to stabilise on the transpacific Lloyd's List Magazine Focus ANG MING, the state-owned Taiwan shipping company, is on its way to becoming one of the leading
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        505 52 AP WASHINGTON The aerospace industry's slump showed no sign of slowing in 1994, but a leading spokesman sees a brighter tomorrow when airlines can afford to replace their ageing fleets. "The industry will deliver only 306 jetliners in 1994, compared with an average
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        131 52 Reuter TOKYO Toyota Motor Corp said yesterday that it will begin production of Toyota Carina E Wagon (called Cardina in Japan) at its British plant in the middle of next year, shifting most wagon output for European markets to the British unit. Toyota
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        480 52 Reuter DETROIT As car makers prepare to start reporting US sales figures on the first business day of the month next year, analysts say they are bracing for confusion mainly because Ford Motor Co is not following the pack. Ford, arguing
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        343 52 Reuter RALEIGH, North Carolina US Transportation Secretary Federico Fena on Wednesday ordered a special safety examination of every commuter plane in the US after the second crash in six weeks of an American Eagle plane claimed another 15 lives. Airline officials, meanwhile,
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        84 52 Reuter FRESNO, California One of the twin jet engines from a crashed Leaijet 21A beside a burning car parked on Fresno's Olive Street, after the plane plunged near the Fresno airport, shearing off utility poles, igniting about 20 parked cars and sending flaming wreckage
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        269 52 Reuter WASHINGTON Amtrak on Wednesday announced a sweeping plan to slash routes and service that would eliminate one out of every five rail jobs and create a streamlined US passenger rail system to wipe out huge deficits. The changes in the subsidised system, which take
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      621 35 ANL. IT'S AUSTRALIAN FOR SHIPPING TO AUBTWALIA (IA»T COABT) FROM AUSTRALIA (EAST COAST) wna/vov kt mc wmsnM u no w«a/wr me std to m rT» rue MAJAPAMT MS It/12 22/12 20/12 05/01 00/01 MAJAPAMT 0M 27/11 01/12 17/12 I 20/12 21/12 A TEMAUK 10/12 22/12 2«/12 05/01 00/01 11/01 11/01
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      1369 36 AOABA ROAM/ [i VESSEL VOY NO SPORE JEDOAH (VIA JED) S TON H BUBO A WERP HAVRE ELBE ***** 17/12 26/12 2/1 4/1 7/1 9/1 11/1 KAI 11/150 21/12 7n 10A1 8/1 HANNOVER EXPRESS 23/350 24/12 2/1 9/1 11/1 14/1 18/1 28/1 NYK ALTAIR 01/151 28'12 14/J 17£1 15/1 EES
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      553 36 jsaipiiipßk IS'pore P Ketang Loading ftx CELTIC 31/12 2/1 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nantes I WORLD ARES 25/12 28/12 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nantes •Loads E./W. Malaysia. Indonesia I I Loading for ENERGETIC Dubai/Bahratn/Damman/Kuwait I SEA VENUS Hodeidah,/jeddah/Aqaba •Loads Singapore. E./W. Malaysia. Indonesia I Loading for DONA V Los Angeles/New Orleans/ I Charleston/Norfolk/Camden OCEAN EVER Los Angeles/New Orleans/
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      1134 36 NOR ASIA 3 m/ 15 l?/J! 13/01 14/#1 14/01 15/#l 11/01 17/01 10/01 11/81 o I SI MOTIVATOR 451N 20/12 17/01 20/01 21/01 21/01 22/01 23/01 24/01 20/01 20/81 PI »/01 31/01 20/01 27/01 "Z 21/ol wll 30/01 i S 2i/2i ?t,« °y? Z 02/ 02 03/02 03/02 04/02 04/02
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      1707 37 Plf STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD .MB| mad 10 Hoo CMong Road #11-01 Keppd Towers 'in «UI *151 KK, Skan, Taw fjrt 17 Dtc FCL, LCL CONTAINER ANO BRCAKBULK KRVtCE TO RARUA NEW OUMCA C I MAGA 111-30 VIIC kkura. Lab. KK 16-17 Ok 17 0k 11 Ok linns VEHnjRt »31l
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      1917 37 PAO (Singapore Agencle.) Pte Ltd A VJvI HO 11V10 10 Hoc Chiang Road. .07.01 Kcppcl Towers, Singapore 0208 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE PN(X!ip 225 5327/222 7517 VE BSC L VOY PNG 'PKG SIN SOU ANT POT HAM GOT BRE LEM VMm VOV ANT GOT ROT HAM ME SOO LEH ALG
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      268 37 (it FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD. #22-02 SINGAPORE 0106 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 19/12 ROTTERDAM 19/12 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 19/12 HAMBURG/BREMEN 20/12 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 20/12 FttIXSTOWE/UK 19/12 BARCELONA/SPAIN 23/12 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 20/12 GENOA/ITALY 1 17/12 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 19/12 LOS ANGELES/WC/PI 21/12 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 21/12 NEW YORK/EC 21/12 FREMANTLE/ADELADE 18/12 VANCOUVER 23/12 BRISBANE 21/12
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      487 38 JOINT VENTURE Am Vly SAMUOERA INDONESIA SIR RICXMERS w«»i SINGAPORE CHINA GMEN EM VOY WB 5 JAN QMGMO MSA SEPU.UH VOY M JAN XMGANG aSUCOENT CALL P.KELAN6 MUCOENT CALL M. P.GVDMG, BCLANAN. TG MAN XIAMEN. 2HANGIGANC |*n UTAMA HARTA l WEEKLY FULL CONTAMCMMP FEEDER VESSEL NAME VOY SIN P. KELANG
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      1205 38 HANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****30-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 nam sn im mm si m m for va lukwi uv im ntc HMUM VAACOUVW 01* 22/12 OHCI 12/1 IJ/1 M/l HMUM MMCOUKR 01* 22/12 a dim 0171 31/1 29/1 27/1 —Mi HMWt 0201 30/12 OKCT
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      1746 39 FELIXSTOWE, MTTHBMI AND HAMBURG tf»l>l SMMral Acwrtm; rw fOwMra* 22*1900 lilwJutMf Aimc? 0»»«. r*«T4O CUfPDIlie OTr Irn f« f—r«o. 2MIIM CwMmrWMMI/M CtMmtr Src —H: *****02 opmMm CMiator *****15 Ufa MIC Mimw nf LlO TWuc MUO COSHIF fmwmiMt 4205*50 &O: 4 *****s CMmtlmt 4 70S 744 OJftaaOM War -17 00 CK
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      653 39 HEUNO-A SHIPPING I^WEAN^AG) s I Fair cotrnmgß sawct l I ccwehtmw. sawct nMai»iiaiii> -i*—hhtaral arr t ■»> i —<%■) I jiuuMnn S9S SS_ JEE2- j I I— TT" ggMjJOjgj U/U lt/12 21/12 24/12 27/12 30/12 31/12 <1/11 NO. 9 PONAM 420N W/12 11/U|U/12|ail 21/12 29/12 awe D 04S0N 17/U 21/12
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      266 39 SHIPPING WARIHOUSINO p H SMPMRHIMIHIVIRHMMI H |i H P/J SioQtpoft LotdifiQ Cwy Mon To Frt |/o Wk (BATAMINDO I AH) Accepting FCL/Cofiytotkwol/rrojtct A Hitvy Lift Cccqo |j Tel: 227-0322 Batamlndo Shipping ya y\ Warehousing Pte Ltd lH tnn LINER SHIPPING PTE LTD II A I® ANSON ROAD. #17-01 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA.
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      1011 39 FOR BOOKING 1800-*****00 (TOLL-FREE) OUT3QUND PM_ Ptw S* HRG MO TAI KfE *06 OS* MO I BUS WW HAI 20? NQ/4 14/1? 15/12 1/1? 1819/12 23/12 24/12 26/12 27/12 02/01 1 03/01 1 M/oI WW HAI 18/1? 1,/1? n U ???3/12 */l? 21/12 30/12 01/01 T/S »u MO IK/01 06/01
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      952 40 1 I VESSEL VOV jvt 9 ifi——iHMel'.M!—2 L» -L,, m I vessel vov bin mm |H BMUM 7M Fri In Pt Wad 21/12 übi rmuu ■fl VtSSCL VOY 8M IKK 1 IBHATRA BHUM MS s«l 17/12 Tim 20/12 1 —fZSj §ug_ IS/12 Tw 38/12 NAMTA BHUM WH sat 17/12 Tua
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      201 40 Continental P&cific Shmoina r i TIMBER PLYWOOD SERVICE TO U.K./CONTINENT KKU STOW PH 10MNNG FOR GUNS AND ROSES SU) SID 20/12 FIU/ROT/MT/UK TBN 7/1 12/1 25/1 FIU/ROT/AHT/l* MUNGtt. WISDOM 25/12 15/12 FIU/ROT/MT/UK Loads Satiah/Moncsu C R NO. **********0H CONTIPAC SHIPPING PTE LTD T«fc *****32 Fax: *****49 P.K. MULTIPORT SON BHO.
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      842 40 79 ANSON ROAD. #21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TELE: *****92 FAX: *****57 CR **********0 M trrmtt SHUTTLE MBVtCI PORT KLANG PENANG rasa not I aw pkl vessel wt an St* UUHtI 344N 14/12 («t0) 16/12 (F«) MCC CONVEYOR 400? 13/12 (TUE) 16/12 (F<s BAUWW MOST" 16/12 (FH) 18/12 (SUN) XOUR IAYA *****
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      235 40 GOLDEN LINE 1\ 1/gcV guan guan shtping 4 (PTE) LTD a. Ittak Ay* Strwt 9KAPORE (1M Itl S34NM (II 1MB) fa: U***** «x IK vmmmmm) ITIAITI/HMUM OULF IKK TICK Spore P Rrtant Psmng I caocx KM Mracta/Dubai/Kuwart 21/21 Ok GOUXN GRACE Kauchi/Dub*/Kiiw«t 2S/2C Ok CHINA IMTKI GOLDEN NONXX Shanghai 20/21
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      969 41 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTDN 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I > H" VEOOEL VOV tM BKK SM S VtSUL VOY MN JKT MN S KOTA SABA* *****7 It/12 21/12 25/12 J KOTA MOAH BHM 10/12 21/12 20/12 K. WIANA (BMT) BNAOSO 10/12 21/12 25/12 KOTA MTAN
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      917 41 not «i u M«v«t wmt thamb wttcwmm mm* mt phtpm mtm~ wit n/ti n/«i ivw w/oi w/oi Wilt M LTM TOW 27/12 18/81 2*/01 K/ 23/81 24/01 wiu 01 mo votw 05/01 25/01 27/Qi 29/01 3i/oi W.U 01 TIT4N4 TO7W 01/02 03/02 85/07 00/02 07/0? •Also ACCtPTW CMCO TO All
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      591 41 I BSfl *T MYANMA \BBBk five star line W (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yanjon (Rangoon) Sport P.KIf Pen P.Gic HPA-AN V2O6W 20/22 D*c AVA VI3IW 23/20 tec 27/30 Ok SAGAMG V3OW 23/20 Ok PAGAN V2IOW 27/29 Ok MALAYSIA AGENTS OOUSTEAO SHPPMC AGENCES HI IE 02 03-*****00 no.: TO. 02-03-3M0707
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      1913 44 f B1 IMB lr m *MM mUm Z i m 1 WJ m M m m A^Sv! f|S 1 rHh IAW/i'lHiilTi wl ill Mi IBUHISJSJIIHif WIIm Im II fimtliL!M*lMAMMlml!^^^B i i T iw*viwLii T iw:HiMHan;[tiaMi]j>tiii^ia;iaa:H[ii^^^^^^B^^^^^^^BW S TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE ran |m.| m Mona |stok| leh I rtm I ham
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      433 44 .NCI SSIQKOK (WMM667 SASSS^SJI^^ ASIA HKG/TWN/BKK| GENOA/EUROPE rem pkl sm 5 sailwgs/week pen pk sin 16/12 17/12 18/12 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH Gonoa/Barcetau/Mars#aes 22/12 23/12 24/12 i 20/12 21/12 22/12 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH G'burt/Chaien/STiohn/Oslo 18/12 19/12 20/12 23/12 24/12 25/12 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH P*a«us 27/12 28/12 29/12 RECEIVING TO Ldn/Fli/Rtm/Ant/Ham/Leli 24/12 25/12 26/12 lf 16/12 17/12 18/12
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      132 45 I TITIMAS SHIPPING t U TRADING SDN. BHD. TITMXtf. KELANG (03)*****8 (H/Um) Fu 03 3MB2H J Tte MA 3MIB TtMTA wr foot of oßiwnat mkudm u/* u/u/* ■mowu jjaw 7/w u/u/w aamt/m gum ooomo 11/ M 15/12/W MOBK/SW 1/M 10/12/* tMWWTWVU— MW PIMCCCAC UAPITIUC PTE LTD KSSL «0T VOK FUG
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      96 45 l/ft SCHINDON SHIPPING PTE LTD 2 MAVELOCK ROAD. *06-02 APOLLO CENTW, IW 010S TEL: SMISM (0 Um) FAX: *****30 TLX: R8 ***** SCHM CR NO: IM4IMOOMN BOOKING: LUI/JESSIE iILII* 1 I 1 L'.._ -TTT flffllHfllff fTntßy TO/FM EUKVI KXMESM MOTT: FT. TNMM UOID, MUTT* TEL (21) 0J*****/*****51 CTf: DION/Mf*Bl F«L
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      244 45 I VESSEL VOV SIN MAA SIN TIGER SPEEO 312N 18-19/12 24-30/12 04-05/01 TIGER ISLANO 125N 21-22/12 2703/01 08 25/01 CAPE HERMES 203N 25-26/12 30-05/01 10 11/01 TIGER CAPE 012N 27 28/12 02-09/01 14-15/01 TIGER BRIDGE 313N 29-30/12 04-10/01 15-16/01 I VESSEL VOV SM CAL SM DHAULAGIRI 309 24-25/12 31-04/01 10-11/01
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      331 45 d 2dongnama line I WWBI tTBAfTwM/ijyill «ssi (Ms> w n pk mc m UOOKIMOB MIM M/ii H/U 71/U H/U M/ll (VII own Mia a/u n/u a/u m/ii u/n mm mi« a/n u/n 11/11 n/n a/n HUMS Ml«l M/ll 11/ M U/n a/01 M/ll rnxmo ths aia iimnci HQS (Mm MP
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      351 45 TEL: *****33 (12 Line*) I FAX: *****15/*****03 I TELEX: R8 ***** RISHIP (3 Line.) I CR NO.: **********06 I Vnml V®T Loiiiwg Mr I Abbay Wonz 42W8 15/02 Mombasa. D#txxi« I Abbey Worn 43W8 28/03 Mombasa. Djtboutt I Assat) Mamcws I FULLY CONTAPCEEIBEP EBQULAE LPtEK SERVICE ACCEPTING EOTH TCL/LCL ALBQ
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      707 46 ■SIMM i SINGAPORE U.S.A. Ii B YEAR END LOADER 0 B H VESSEL j MAERSK ALGECIRAS g 0 V. 9502 DEPARTING SINGAPORE 31ST DECEMBER 1994 CY CLOSING 30TH DECEMBER 1994 2200 HOURS FOR BOOKINGS I PLEASE CALL— 224 0505 I ft I JENNIFER SIM KAREN CHOO NOORLELA MD ASBAT VERONICA
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      636 46 AFGHANISTAN M&M Afghanistan Ltd., Hairatan. Torghundi, tsiamqala (Ooqharun) C.1.5./RUSSIA: Alma Ala. Aahkhabad. Baku. Ouahan- I ba, Irfcutak. Khabarovsk. Krasnoyarsk. Korsakov. Moscow. Sochi Novosobirsk. Tashkent. TtMisi. Vladivostok. Vostochny ate. N Korea: Pyongyang. Nampo Mongolia: Ulaan Bator FULL CONTAINER BERVICE TO NORTH/WEST AFRICA VESSEL SIN DKR Vllle De 0* Hydra V.HO6W 20/12
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      1044 46 -n- SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 010S; Tel: *****81-3 FAX; *****36 (3 HUNTING LIMES) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/*****43 JESSICA/CELlfr MJJiW.iTffffTffW 5 SLGS/WEEK ESEEZDS 3 SLGS/WEEA VESSEL VOY SIN |JAK VESSEL VOV SIN 81IR "g LAWANTI 1085 IN PORT 18/12 (SUN)
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      693 47 c l/VJ &/yj a BTj F#2\B HI If M SV m f gl% ORIENT LINE" JAMH/MY Of MNGAI/lAMN SERVICE i JCCETTK MMMU/SOC CMGCIS TO FROM KOH. TOKOHMM. NAfiOYA, T toil TOKTO*. MAM.A* MV«O* Pwunf* P. KeUnc Sinfiport E'lfcia* ItMUHVCRETT ¥21* 21/29 Dec J* lAMALEYERETT V2«E 13/14 Jan KMAMVEKTT V2IE 21/22
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      221 47 a «URY MAVKATNN MNP REGULAR LINER SIBMCF TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ft ASEAN SINGAPORE TO KOMPONG SOM •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W KAO SIN PKG PNG GLORY SELATAN VII 13/12 19/12 21/12 23/12 GLORY SELATAN VIII 10/12 17/12 19/12 SIN KOMPONG SOM GLORY SELATAN VIII 20/12 25/12 SINGAPORE ASEAN TO
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      533 47 jdk PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK A CONTAINER SERVICE woy 1 aw I kahachi SAHGOOHA 149HW 17/12 17/12 HAMAN IWW 04/01/35 lt/01/35 BOUW 144-WW 04/01/3S 14/01/35 HYOERABAO 137-HW 02/02/95 1?, 02 9S 'Hwouou ran «mct to dMaon FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY bsx os* wc raT" tawwaw) mow »/oi
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      701 47 miMHiilLWmi PULL CONTAINER SERVICE PROM SIN TO MADRAS VtSSCL/VOV ETA SIN ETA KAAA MV PRAVCMNSK V.IO IS-16/I2 21-22/12 MV BUNGA TERATAI V. TCRO23 18-19/12 24-2S/12 MV PCSTOVO V.OT 27-2N/12 02-03/01 MV SEA DRAGON V DRCO37 29-30/12 04-05/01 MV PRAVOWSM V II Ol 02/01 07 08 01 MV BUNGA TERATAI V
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      279 47 S|N FAR EAST 19/12 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 18/12 BANGKOK 18/12 MANILA/CEBU 18/12 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 19/12 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 18/12 BUSAN 18/12 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 19/12 HONG KONG sin china (+mz±mmn) 19/12 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo Si EUROPE/UK 18/12 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 18/12 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SjN USA/CANADA 18/12 LOS
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      1086 48 —MOMMMMMMMVIV'III 111 11 1.11 11l I I ill illln) li rill' I I FIXED M WEEKLY SAILINGS^^^^^HHjk Ipn attwn Was melbourwb- ra GP SHIPPING pte ltd 1 Call: Kenny/Mas/Peter a f IVSL Mt FKM MOB STO MJCK ITTT 551 Si 21/1? #1/01 05/01 00/01 12/01* C. KMUK is 27/12 05/01
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      528 48 y Contemn CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 23 D£C£MBER (Accepting to ad Nn Zealand porta) KHANS 23 DEC JAKARTA 18 DEC PORT KLANG 22 QIC MANILA 18 OEC BANGKOK 18 DEC !K»?y"NE 20 DEC SYDNEY 20 OEC OGISOANE 30 OEC ADELAIDE 19 DEC I' ACCEPTING TO AH SCANDtNAYIA POTS
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      883 48 CONSOLIDATION TO LIMASSOL T ~-"SSr "'I ACCEPTING LCL CARGO AT "I'SH'ATTRACTIVE RATES S Transhipment available to Beirut, Lattakia via Limassol 1 Call Te at DID: 770 5011 for bookings NOW!!! Tel: Fax: MTERNATKMAL SEA FREIGHT I fh Singapore 778 6522 *****38/*****36 FORWARMNG ffil Also has offices in:- AND LOGISTICS SERVICES
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      1340 49 ISEAMA^RGENTIN^IN^^fS^I CONTAINERISED "HUB" SERVICE I j DIRECT TO ARGENTINA/BRAZIL URUGUAY V 1 wWnS&Wn!* I Wfc kt It "I' .1? pf' t Bm'ii in n't* F r* •|j t ll". MRQrr NABCR 0031 10/12 22/01 24/01 30/01 01/02 08/02 I 20/02 J FRANCISCA SCHULTE 003E 22/01 20/02 20/02 00/03 00/03 10/03
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      374 49 rfgzs. ceyion shipping corpn Notional Line of Sri Lanka CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO UK AND NORTH CONTINENTAL PORTS la MQTimoi |nm in/i?i s/h 1 n/i I I n/i ;«/i MWBtms wm nm iv» «> MPM OMW 17/1* 12/12 «o mm» wiw w/» n/i; WW SHWMH I MS4-3 21/1? Li/12 IVI It/1
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      696 49 YEAR EWTslDE^^^^|l U II SGP-USA: 'HAKOIK MARtI m ETA SOP M/12/»4 II II H CLOSING 29/12/94 AT 2130 HRS II I H SGP-EUROPE: 'MANHATTAN MUO6E 74W ETA sgp 31/12/94 II CLOSING 30/12/94 AT 0100 HRS PIJ HBBSSgB= saBBBBaj export VBBBBL w LOS OAK VAN 88T A TV CCS WOK MPH
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      1526 50 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. j 19 KEPPCL ROAD »Q2-01 JIT POH BULtMXG S*GAPORt 020* TtL 228-99— fit 231-4923 ALSO OFFERING SERVICE TO/FROM *PRC *CIS 'VIETNAM 'EAST RUSSIA 'CARIBBEAN *LATIN AMERICA 'EAST MEDITERRANEAN CALL 225-1-225 FOR BOOKING OR ENQUIRY TO 11 njHIB—I j IWI WEEKLY COKTAINCRIZED BBRVICE c ftsstL wmg I
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      1070 50 wr** AS AGENTS: "I" LINE (SINGAPORE) PTC LTD (CX NO: **********0M/6ST KG NO; tC-MWJfR) mm TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 W W |\l H MALAYSIA T- UNI MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHO A MmJi TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25/6 INDONESIA P.T. SAAANA LAUT
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      390 51 1 HYUNDAI I 1 MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. i WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 [m [n5 pcd vessqs vor si rtm ant leh ham bre* Fa >. 14/12 18/12 17/12 H CHALLENGED 313* 19/12 06/01 OS/01 07/01 (5761 S/0l ioToT" 21/12 23/12 24/12 H. PKXGR 312* 26/12 13/01 15/01 14/01
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      385 51 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE MULTI-PURPOSE 1 RORO CAIRO SPECIALIZE M HEAVY UFT CARGO UPTO 120 TONS RAMP CAPACITY UPTO SO TONS *ssa wT n mm for I TMUUNG Ft** 1( 14/12 11/12 IAKMTA 22/12 j COSMC CHALLENGER X 17/12 11/12 PENANG 21/12 SM OS MX 5 25/12 29/12 Ml Ml
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      556 51 SnniflS EXPORT TO: I JEDDAH/UK/CONTNENT IjTOBE |ED STON KUG I DAM LEX *Mm Accafcv C«n F« ELBE 25/349 17/12 29/12 4/1 7/1 9/1 11/1 SarihMptw :MM UK dntfcufen. Mttl mi OMM KM 11/150 21/12 7/1 18/1 12/1 Mtardam ;h rf Igtmm M»t»il» Odk. HMNrtu HAMOVEI EXPRESS 23/354 24/12 2/1 11/1
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