The Business Times, 28 June 1995

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    13 1 Business Times SINGAPORE MITA(P) 194/12/94 Wednesday June 28 1995 WE KNOW ASIA 85*
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    84 1 Reuter Dow up 16.6 points NEW YORK Blue-chip stocks rose yesterday as a larg-er-than-expected drop in consumer confidence in June revived hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week. At 2pm EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 16.6 points at 4,567.85, rebounding from
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    165 1 Stock market indices Toesdajr Cfcaafe STII 2,098.68 +5.78 KLSE Comp 1,043.57 -11.71 Nikkei 14,759.05 -386.31 Hang Seng 9,199.54 -1.71 SET Index 1,376.51 -5.91 Jakarta Comp 489.64 -0.17 Manila Comp 2,747.79 -6.82 Taipei WP1 5,593.01 -53.82 Seoul Comp closed Bombay BSE30 .3,279.69 +19.92 CLSA China B 785.50 +6.93 Aust All OnJ
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    30 1 STpUtNew U fpw!5falr_i;,U feparf News +8 France Htfl World News 16 miii ii oob/wa. sts »28 UM ZZH 2 WorM 25 Sports 10.11 Cvnos 22 TV/Uesr»l» u SH/Cm Tt n
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    Lock icon Tokyo hotel goes a-begging
    94 1 AP TOKYO No bids were made for a burned-out hotel on prime Tokyo land, even though the minimum price was cut by 39.7 billion yen (***** million) from the previous bidding a year ago, the Tokyo District Court said yesterday. Bids were open from June 13
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    Lock icon YHS tells shareholders not to act pending advice
    678 1  -  Teng Fong ups stake, said to be preparing counter bid of up to $5.30 a share By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Takeover target Yeo Hiap Seng (YHS) yesterday advised its shareholders not to act on a general offer, amid market speculation that property
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    Markets give Tokyo economic package the thumbs down
    403 1  -  Fran Anthony Rowley TOKYO financial markets reacted sharply yesterday to the government's latest package of economic stimulus measures, which were seen as little more than political posturing ahead of next month's scheduled elections to the Upper House of the Japanese parliament. The
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    Lock icon Zhu Rongji to step down as central bank governor
    293 1 Reuter BEUING China's economic tsar Zhu Rongji is stepping down as central bank governor next month but this will not weaken his position or bring significant change to Beijing's tight monetary policy, sources close to the central bank said late on
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    Far East offers discounts of up to 25% for Dover condos
    623 1  -  Analysts expect other developers to follow suit By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE Prospective property buyers appear to be winning the standoff with developers, with Ng Teng Fong's Far East Organisation having given in and offering discounts of up to 25
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    Regional stocks stay in the doldrums
    178 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Stocks around the region yesterday continued to suffer from the lethargy which has afflicted all markets recently. Uncertainties surrounding the future of US interest rates and the health of its economy were cited as the main reasons, while closer to
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      11 1 Regional Analysis: pg is Thais mean to make most of WTO
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      30 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 17 YHS bid: Why Sembawang, Haw Par? Quick end to tussle will benefit YHS, Pg 17 Why Sembawang, Haw Par are in the hunt, Pg 17
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Pawnshops do well in first quarter
        255 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling THE 60-odd pawnshops in Singapore did $491.3 million of business in the first quarter of this year, up 5.6 per cent from first-quarter 1994. Loans given out rose 6 per cent to $249.2 million, while redemptions rose 5 per cent
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      Nation must excel to keep competitive edge: PM Goh
      333 2  -  Singapore Quality Award By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE must focus on quality improvements to sharpen its competitive edge. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said last night. It could no longer rely only on input-driven growth strategies because of the labour shortage
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      Texas Instruments is first company to win award
      248 2  -  By Chan Siew Ling TEXAS Instruments Singapore (TIS) has won the first Singapore Quality Award (SQA). Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, the patron of the SQA, presented the award at a ceremony yesterday. The award, the highest local accolade to be conferred
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      Lock icon Pillai in hiding again after bail cancelled
      347 2 Reuter BOMBAY Expatriate Indian businessman Rajan Pillai, who Singapore wants to extradite to answer fraud charges, has gone into hiding after an Indian court cancelled his bail, federal police said yesterday. "We are trying to find out where he is. He has gone
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      TAS liberalises rules on network interconnection
      152 2 FROM next month, Value Added Network operators here will be able to connect to other VANs through leased circuits, besides the existing option via the Public Switched Network. Announcing this yesterday, the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore said it would enable the 59 VANs here
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      S$ loan limit for offshore banks raised $20m to $120m
      426 3  -  By Shiv Taneja THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has increased the Singapore dollar loan limit for offshore banks by $20 million to $120 million from today. Speaking at the 22nd Association of Banks in Singapore annual dinner last night, MAS
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      Lockheed Martin to merge its two S'pore offices
      282 3  -  By Michelle Low US DEFENCE giant Lockheed Martin Corporation will merge its two Singapore offices to form a new regional unit as it restructures its operations worldwide. In Singapore, staff from Lockheed Aircraft and Martin Marietta will move out of their offices
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      Cheow Tong confident manufacturing output growth will pick up
      368 3  -  By David Mok THE MINISTER for Trade and Industry, Yeo Cheow Tong, said yesterday that he was confident that growth in manufacturing output, which had slowed to 4.S per cent in April, would pick up in the next few months. Speaking
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      Citystate Insurance opens its new $15m HQ building
      244 3  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Citystate Insurance, formerly known as Provincial Insurance Asia, will open its new $15 million five-storey headquarters wilding at Club Street today. The Singapore-based Ciystate group, with insurance >perations in Singapore, Brulei, Hongkong and the Philiplines, acquired the
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      989 2 CAMERLIN PTE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT CONDITIONAL OFFER FOR YEO HIAP SENG LIMITED The Offer Morgan Grenfell (Asia) Limited ("Morgan Grented") is pleased to announce on behalf of Camerlin Re Ltd ("Camerlin" or the "Offeror") that, in accordance with Section 213 of the Companies Act, Chapter
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Tenaga under fire for poor handling of Penang power crisis
      472 4 AFP, Bloomberg Business News, Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's national electricity firm yesterday came under Are as a power crisis that officials said could last up to three weeks gripped the nation's northern Penang island, crippling its manufacturing operations. Dismayed manufacturers
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      Lock icon Seremban industrial park targets Taiwanese
      226 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR GKM Development Sdn Bhd, a Kuala Lumpur-based construction company, will team up with a Taiwanese party to develop an industrial park in Seremban with an initial investment of M$200 million (S$U4 million). The industrial park, to be called Taiwanese Investor Park, is
      Bernama  -  226 words
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      Lock icon Jakarta pledges to prevent monopolies
      161 4 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's Coordinating Body for Investment (BKPM) has pledged not to approve any requests for new investment that may create monopolies. The Antara news agency yesterday reported that Indonesia had come under growing pressure from the World Bank and business groups to cut down
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      Lock icon Anwar calls for level playing field by rating agencies
      281 4 Bernama HONGKONG The willingness of international rating agencies to give Triple A ratings to OECD countries with large deficits especially when their debt-to-GDP ratios exceeded 100 per cent was difficult to understand, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday. This
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      Lock icon Malaysia's 1st-qtr trade deficit inflated by aircraft purchase
      157 4 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's trade deficit widened to MS 1.7 billion (***** million) in the first quarter of this year, from M 5649.8 million in the same period last year, inflated by a major purchase of commercial aircraft. The six planes cost
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        Lock icon Call for 5-nation Andaman Pact
        101 4 AFP BANGKOK A five-nation Andaman Pact has been mooted here to promote development of an area rich in both resources and tourism potential, as well as a means to promote economic and political change in Myanmar. Addressing a forum on human rights and development on
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        Lock icon Ensuring jobs for Malaysians
        59 4 Bernama PETALING JAYA The government is aiming to ensure that all skilled and semi-skilled jobs in the country will be occupied by Malaysians. To ensure this, Deputy Minister of Human Resources Kadir Sheikh Fadzir yesterday said all rules, regulations and guidelines on the retraining of workers
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        Lock icon Vietnam to cut wastage
        92 4 AFP HANOI The Vietnamese government, faced with a serious budget deficit, has launched a cost-cuttting drive in the state sector. Press reports yesterday said Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet had issued a directive last week telling government, armed forces and state enterprises to look for ways
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      918 4 ■■■■COMMERZBANK JfcHBMH 1994 31 Dec 1993 1994 31 Dec 1993 Assets DMI,OOO DMI,OOO Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity DMI,OOO DMI,OOO Cash on hand 1,416,782 1,269,937 Liabilities to banks 84,564,256 62,611,070 Balances with Central Banks 4,378,973 7,427,697 Liabilities to customers 134,633,996 133,323,850 Balances on postal giro accounts 1,226 17,495 Securitized liabilities 95,309,197
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      353 5 H W 1 TOWER 1 SINGAPORE'S NEW CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. l^Bn^HLf/*T7' NO OTHER BUILDING PUTS ijB'"giljBB****ls INTMi HEART OF MARINA CENTRE PiStt j8 J2- a!ir>*V\U^i> V Sl '"'fi lll1 1 I THERE AREN'T MANY WORLD CLASS OFFICE j I **|jgijf!B* 3k \\f 11 TOWERS IN SINGAPORE A STONES THROW AWAY
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Moves to cool China property sector taking effect: official
      367 6 AFP BEIJING China's overheated real estate market is showing signs of cooling off as regulatory legislation introduced last year begins to kick in, a senior Construction Ministry official was quoted as saying yesterday. "Growth of the sector, which was feverish in
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      Lock icon China forms watchdog to monitor state assets overseas
      207 6 Reuter SHANGHAI China has set up a special group to supervise and investigate state assets overseas, the Shanghai Securities News reported yesterday. The new group, under the Bureau of State Assets Management, will require re-regis-tration of all overseas state assets. It will
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      Lock icon China accuses Taiwan of trying to buy UN seat
      324 6 AFP BEIJING China yesterday slammed what it described as Taiwan's attempts "to buy" a seat at the United Nations by offering to set up USSI billion (Ssl.4 billion) fund for developing countries. "The Taiwan authorities will not succeed in their attempt
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      Lock icon Fire engulfs Taipei's landmark Grand Hotel
      319 6 Reuter TAIPEI Taipei's Grand Hotel, a national landmark and Taiwan's most famous hotel, burst into flames yesterday, throwing burning debris into the air and sending huge pillars of smoke billowing over the city. As the fire tore through the roof of the 12-storey structure,
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      Lock icon China's farmers may get govt cover against disasters
      237 6 AFP BEIJING China's top legislative body is studying a new law to give farmers insurance coverage against the destruction of their livelihood by natural disasters. Legislators attending a session of the National People's Congress standing committee said China was in "urgent need"
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon China needs to repay US$20b in debt
        85 6 Reuter BEIJING China's foreign debt reached US$103 billion (S$ 144.2 billion) by the end of 1994 and it will have to repay more than US$20 billion in 1995, the central bank said yesterday. "1995 will remain a peak year for foreign debt redemption,"
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        Lock icon Human rights activist questioned
        74 6 AFP BEIJING Chinese authorities said yesterday that human rights activist Hongda Harry Wu, now a US citizen, was under investigation for illegally entering restricted areas during a 1994 visit. Foreign ministry spokesmen Chen Jian said Mr Wu, a former Chinese political prisoner, and a female American
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        Lock icon China fruit exports up 19%
        87 6 Bernama BEIJING China exported a total of 500,000 tonnes of fruit last year, up 19 per cent over the previous year, according to statistics released by the General Administration of Customs yesterday. Both fruit production and exports have jumped in recent years in China, and
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        Lock icon Heavy rains cause 90 deaths in Hunan
        86 6 Reuter BEIJING Floods, mudslides and house collapses caused by torrential rain have killed 90 people in China's southern Hunan province over the past week, official media reported yesterday. Among the dead were two teachers and six officials who died trying to rescue workers
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      Lock icon China bans fishing in Yellow Sea for two months
      368 7 AFP BEUING China has ordered an unprecedented twomonth fishing ban in the Yellow Sea to ease the serious depletion of stocks in an area that provides the country's largest source of seafood, a report said yesterday. From Jury 1 to Aug
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      Lock icon Turning heads in Shenzhen
      55 7 Reuter SHENZHEN, China A woman walking past rows of manneqnins standing along a street lined with clothes stores in China's southern Special Economic Zone of Shenzhen on Monday. Despite a high inflation rate, China's economy continues to grow, powered by the booming capitalist-style industries of the
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      Lock icon Taiwan hopes for change in Thai foreign policy
      135 7 AFP BANGKOK Taiwan's trade envoy voiced hope on Monday that Thailand would adjust its policy towards it when a new government takes office after general elections next month. Buoyed by the success of recent foreign trips by Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui and
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      Lock icon Taiwan opens doors wider to visits from China
      144 7 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan is to allow visits by Chinese financial and environmental protection specialists, in a further expansion of links across the Taiwan Strait, an official said here yesterday. The financial specialists will be able to join "seminars, conferences and visit programmes"
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      Lock icon Japan, China to step up environmental ties
      288 7 Beijing to get backing in fight against woraning pollution AFP BEIJING China and Japan are to intensify cooperation in the environmental sector, with Tokyo pledging greater support for Beijing's efforts to tackle its worsening pollution, the China Daily said yesterday. The Japanese government
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      Lock icon Taiwan economy strong in May but heading downwards
      210 7 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's economy remained robust in May with the government's key economic barometer flashing an encouraging "green light", but the composite rating showed a downturn, a government agency said yesterday. The economy in May remained promising and chalked up its sixth
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      863 6 tftifcV MOSCOW NARODNY BANK LIMITED "m y Incorporated in London in 1919 as a private limited company STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 CONSOUDATED BALANCE SHEET I CONSOUDATED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT As at 31, December 1994 As at 31, December 1994 1»4 1993 1994 1993
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Evans seeks Indon envoy's explanation
      85 8 AFP CANBERRA Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans yesterday said he wanted Indonesia's new ambassador to Australia to explain publicly his remarks that the 1991 Dili massacre in East Timor was "quite proper". Mr Evans said that unless Lt-Gen Herman Mantiri made a strong statement, he
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      Lock icon Top Manila official to visit China
      61 8 AP MANILA Philippine Senate President Edgardo Angara said yesterday he was going to China in August or September but denied he will officially discuss the Spratly Islands with Beijing officials. Mr Angara said the "social visit" was to return a call in Manila two
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      Lock icon Seoul may fall to opposition
      121 8 AFP SEOUL South Koreans yesterday finished voting in their first local elections in 34 years, with a survey suggesting the ruling camp was headed for a humiliating defeat, including in the crucial capital city. Voter turn-out was higher than expected across the country for the
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      Lock icon Tokyo sends Apec envoy to Taiwan
      123 8 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO The Japanese government sent an envoy to Taiwan last week to prepare for the November meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum to be held in Osaka, the Sankei newspaper said, citing an unnamed foreign ministry official. This is
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      Lock icon Four people arrested in Japan's bad-loan scandal
      321 8 AP TOKYO Prosecutors yesterday arrested four people accused of breach of trust in connection with bad loans that brought down two credit unions and led to a battle about using taxpayers' money to bail them out. The scandal had already led to the
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      Lock icon Australia's Telstra has big plans for India
      335 8 Reuter NEW DELHI Australia's state-run telecommunications leader Telstra Corp is ready to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in a host of services aimed at long-term consolidation of its position in India, a senior company official said yesterday. Telstra hopes to help India
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      Lock icon Australia wants Apec to avoid trade bloc issue at Nov summit
      310 8 AP SYDNEY Australia urged the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum yesterday to sidestep the divisive issue of whether to open up to non-members or become a closed trade bloc at its November summit. Since leaders of the 18--member Apec
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      Lock icon Karachi back to normal after MQM calls off strike
      222 8 Reuter KARACHI Normal life resumed in the Pakistani port city of Karachi yesterday after an ethnic group halted a threeday strike that set off a spasm of violence. Traffic again jammed streets that had been deserted during the anti-government protests called
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      Lock icon Sarin attack: More cult followers to be arrested?
      175 8 AFP TOKYO Police will arrest more than 10 followers of the Aum Supreme Truth cult as early as next week in connection with Japan's first Sarin nerve gas attack that occurred exactly a year ago, a major daily said yesterday. The Sarin
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      1111 8 CHASE THE CHASE MANHATTAN CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES HEAD OFFICE: 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York, New York ***** CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CONDITION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME The Chase Manhattan Corporation and Subsidiaries The Chase Manhattan Corporation and Subsidiaries PscsmbarSl, GIA I lj j Vssr Ended December 31, L (s in
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Luyt, Boks sidestep awards
      131 10 AFP JOHANNESBURG Neither controversial South Africa rugby supremo Louis Luyt nor the Springboks appeared at Sunday night's World Cup awards ceremony here. Luyt, embroiled in a row over his remarks at the post-final banquet that sparked an All Black walkout on Saturday, advised organisers he would
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      Lock icon Rookie Nomo Player of the Week
      91 10 AFP LOS ANGELES Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo was named the National League's Player of the Week on Monday after hurling his first shut-out since leaving his homeland for American baseball. Nomo struck out 13 and allowed only two hits in pitching the Los Angeles
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      Lock icon Just Hakeem vs the Shaq?
      148 10 NYT NEW YORK Who was behind a newspaper advertisement on Monday in which Shaquille O'Neal challenged Hakeem CMajuwon to one-on-one? Earlier this month, Olajuwon's Houston Rockets swept O'Neal's Orlando Magic to win the National Basketball Association championship. But in an ad in the New York
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      Lock icon Nauru boycotts South Pacific Games
      72 10 AP MELBOURNE The tiny island of Nauru has joined Western Samoa in withdrawing from this year's South Pacific Games to protest against France's decision to resume nuclear tests in the region. "ITie Nauru Olympic Committee and the phosphate-rich island's government announced here yesterday that they
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      Lock icon Stich relives first-round nightmare
      653 10 Wimbledon Reuter, AP, AFP WIMBLEDON, England Germany's 1991 champion Michael Stich was beaten in the first round at Wimbledon for the second year running here yesterday when he crashed in straight sets to Jacco Eltingh of the Netherlands. Beaten by American qualifier Bryan Shelton 12 months
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      Lock icon Wimbledon's feat of clay — a crater for the future
      798 10  - Wimbledon's feat of clay a crater for the future By George Vecsey NYT WIMBLEDON The two giant cranes loom silently over the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, reminding everybody of changes to come. The British like tradition. But change equals money. The people who run Wimbledon like money.
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      Lock icon Cork is England's hero in victory against West Indies
      636 11 AFP LONDON England's 72--run victory in the second Test on Monday was their first against the West Indies at Lord's since 1957 and they are now looking to even greater glory by beating West Indies in a series for the first
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      Lock icon Racing's hard enough without dreaded transfers, say riders
      609 11 Tour de France Reuter LONDON Four-time winner Miguel Indurain seems unstoppable in the Tour de France on two wheels at least. But two years ago, a train ride almost signalled the end of his victory roll. Just before the Paris finish, the
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      Golf
      104 11 PONIi: VEDRA BEACH, Florida Leading money winners this year on the US PGA tow (player* US unless noted): 1 Greg Norman (Aus) U551,102,180 2 Corey Pavin 991,767 3 Lee Janzen 972,123 4 Peter Jacobsen 921.303 5 Davis Love 910,889 6 Vijay Singh (Fiji) 753,915 7 Mark Calcavecchia 717,626 8
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      Squash
      92 11 HONGKONG Ist rd results of the World Women's Squash Championships: I-Michelle Martin (Aus) beat Sarah Cook (Nzl) 9-2, 9-1, 9-6; Jane Martin (GB) b Carta Venter (Rsa) 9-1, 9-0, 9-6; 8-Sue Wright (Gbr) b Natarsha Tippett (Aus) 9-4, 9-3, 9-1; Vicki Cardwell (Aus) b Tegwen Malik (GB) 9-4, 9-2,
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      Tennis
      163 11 WIMBIJCDON, England How the seeded players tared on Monday at the US$9.6 million tournament. Men singles Ist rd: 2-Pete Sampras (US) b Karstcn Braasch (Ger) 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, 6-1; 4-Gor-an Ivanisevic (Cro) b Sebastien Lareau (Can) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4; 5-Mi-chael Chang (US) b Lionel Roux (Fra) 6-3,
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      811 10 Swiss Bank Corporation Group in facts and figures Consolidated balance sheet at 31 December 1994 Assets liabilities MM 1594 1993 1994 CHftn CHFm CHf-m CHFm Cash and other liquid assets 1962 1 923 Money market liabilities 6857 ***** Money market placements ***** ***** Due to banks ***** ***** Due from
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      806 11 Why confine yourself when you con afford to stretch out in your own suite. After the £q{ Chaticeru SaidOtl street hustle, you deserve the space and comfort of the all-suites Sol Chancery Saigon. HoM Sol Chancery Saigon. 196 Nguyen Thi Minn Khai Street. District 3. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Portrait of an animator
      826 13  -  James Cummings meets the man who put life into Disney's latest heroine, Red Indian princess Pocahontas James Cummings NYT AFTER A 15-year career in moviemaking, Mark Henn is having a problem with typecasting. Henn has been cast as little girls, little boys, cats, dogs, mermaids and
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  • Article
    KL's financial ambitions
    539 14 BY SOME accounts at least, the package of capital market initiatives unveiled last week by Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is the most significant since Malaysia decided in 1990 to break the de-cades-old link between its stock market and Singapore's stock exchange. Over the last five years,
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    Hope still for Russia
    271 14 PRIME MINISTER Viktor Chernomyrdin has come a long way since he compared privatisation with the forcible collectivisation of peasants under Stalin. No longer does he demand state subsidies for losing stateowned industries and farms; the tight-money, low-in-flation policy that he has followed since January 1994 has
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    Is Major the chosen one?
    136 14 PERHAPS it is his trump card to challenge his bitter critics, but the decision by British Premier John Major to quit as the chief of the ruling Conservative Party may also backfire. Five years at the helm, he has been facing tough times trying to
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    Changing Case's image
    110 14 CASE has to put in more effort to educate the public and help raise consumer awareness. To make this public education effective, the association should try to change its present image. It is hoped that Case's new leaders will strengthen the grassroots nature of the association and
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    In support of liberalisation
    193 14 THE MOVE to further liberalise financial markets so soon after news of Malaysia's better-than-expected first quarter economic performance was not just a matter of good timing. There was every reason to keep those markets protected in the first place: not just to shelter investment from the
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    Looking west
    185 14 IF NOTHING ELSE, economic reforms have come in as handy excuses for state ministers and chief ministers to head for foreign climes this summer. If there is something odd in chief ministers blasting Manmohan Singh for pawning away the economy to foreigners and their going to the West
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    Manila's unresolved conflicts
    132 14 THIRD WORLD countries are used to encountering either ethnic, ideological and religious differences with internal groups. Often, these conflicts tum into bloody ones which sap resources, disrupt people's lives and lead to a host of other problems. Through strong leadership, as in the case of Peru for
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    US cool to call for new global governing system
    834 14  -  But 'wise men's group' pushes idea to world's political leaders, reports Leon Hadar Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent A GROUP of international "Wise Men", led by Shridath Ramphal of Guyana and Ingvar Carlsson of Sweden, are trying to
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  • REGIONAL ANALYSIS
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      Thais mean to make the most of WTO
      1013 15  -  'What you do is what you get' is the message as Bangkok starts to implement the Uruguay Round tariff cuts, reports Peter Ungphakorn Peter Ungphakorn The writer, a Thai journalist, is currently on leave to study the Uruguay Round and World Trade
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      Signs of stress within Apec start to show
      772 15  -  ASIAN VIEW By Yang Razali Kassim The writer is BT's regional analysis editor A I STRANGE thing happened to the 18-mem-k.ber Asia Pacific grouping Apec last week. Out of the blue, the group's executive director based in Singapore found himself confronting the
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    Lock icon Japan car talks: time runs out today
    642 16 Clinton expected to make announcement despite last-ditch talks in Geneva AFP, Reuter PORTLAND, Oregon President Bill Clinton is holding Japan to its deadline today to open its vehicle markets or see its best-selling luxury cars priced beyond reach in the United States. Mr
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    Lock icon 50% chance of US recession: Fed official
    560 16 Bloomberg Business News Knight-Ridder, WASHINGTON The chances of the American economy slipping into recession are about 50-50 at this point, although only time will tell whether the current inventory correction will lead to a soft landing or down the recessionary slope, Federal Reserve
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    Lock icon Inflation surge dashes hopes of German rate cut
    312 16 Reuter FRANKFURT Unexpectedly high German inflation data for this month has probably delayed the timing of another interest rate cut until at least late August, economists said here yesterday. They had predicted last week that the Bundesbank would reduce its 4 per
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    Lock icon Whitewater affair: Clintons cleared
    182 16 FT WASHINGTON A special legal investigation has cleared President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary of close involvement in the early years of the Whitewater real estate development in their home state of Arkansas. The report to the Resolution Trust Corporation, the US federal agency responsible
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      Lock icon Arafat accepts partial pullout
      76 16 AP JERUSALEM PLO chief Yasser Arafat has agreed to accept a partial Israeli troop pullback in the West Bank, to be followed by Palestinian elections and a further withdrawal. Negotiators on both sides yesterday said Mr Arafat's decision helped resolve a major sticking point in the
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      Lock icon US air chief fired
      98 16 AP WASHINGTON The US Air Force has fired the chief of one of its major commands and is investigating him for "inappropriate personal conduct". An official familiar with the case yesterday said the married general was said to be having an affair with a woman. The
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      Lock icon Coup in Qatar
      67 16 AP DOHA, Qatar The crown prince of Qatar yesterday capped his steady rise to power by ousting his father, who was out of the country, and declared himself the new emir of the wealthy Persian Gulf nation. Prince Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani, 45, told an emergency Cabinet
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      Lock icon Electrocuted by card key
      85 16 AFP NEW CARROLLTON, Maryland An 18-year-old woman was electrocuted when she used an electronic card key to access her room at the Ramada Inn. A local television station yesterday said Milka Sloan, from Cincinnati, Ohio, was electrocuted last Friday when she tried to enter her room
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      Lock icon Project Bonjour
      75 16 AP i PARIS Trying to spiff up its image and retain its position as the world's No 1 tourist destination, France yesterday launched "Pro- ject Bonjour", aimed at countering complaints of snarling waiters, snippy sales people and, well, rudeness. Tourism officials sent off a caravan of happy professionals
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    Could the sands be running out for the Tories?
    738 16 The Bottom Line NEVILLE STACK A WEEK is a long time in British politics, a sage once said. But these days a weekend would be nearer the mark. That was all it took to transform Prime Minister John Major from an
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    Lock icon EU leaders firm on no move to single currency before 1999
    378 16 AFP CANNES, France The European Union will not move towards a single currency before 1999 at the earliest and there are major obstacles even to this deadline being met, the summit of EU leaders here on Monday and yesterday
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • Article
      Kim Eng profit tumbles 42% to $43m
      457 17  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Listed stockbroker Kirn Eng Holdings yesterday announced a 42.2 per cent plunge in group net earnings for the year ended March 31 and said it expected margins to be squeezed further this year. In a fiscal year plagued
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    • Article
      Quick end to saga can only benefit YHS
      788 17  -  Prolonged takeover battle may impede work of new management By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE When will embattled beverage group Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd be able to get down to business? At about this time last year, a court hearing was being held to
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      Why are Sembawang, Haw Par in YHS bid?
      991 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE The banter around town is that Sembawang Corp chairman Philip Yeo will soon become chairman of Yeo Hiap Seng. This is to ensure that a Yeo albeit from a different family will head the
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      Asia Pac Brew lifts stake in Kiwi brewer
      265 17  -  Fran Mike Simms in AUCKLAND ASIA Pacific Breweries of Singapore has lifted its stake in New Zealand's DB Group to almost 60 per cent as the fortunes of the Kiwi brewer continue to improve. DB Group New Zealand's second-biggest brewer said APB
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    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        MARKET MOOD
        51 17 Mixed '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, Credit Lyonnais Securities, Daiwa, Fraser, G X Goh. Kay Hian, Morgan Grenfell, Ong Co, Nomura, Phillip. Smith New Court. Wl Can and SG
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        HOT STOCK
        98 17  -  By Paul Leo KEPPEL Corporation is unlikely to breach its support at $10.80 in the short term. Daily Relative Strength Index and stochastics are below 25, indicating an oversold situation. Medium-term view is neutral. The technical picture is that the stock could rise to test its recent high
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Inno-Pac firms form China venture
          38 18 SINGAPORE Inno-Pacific Holdings subsidiaries Hartie Foods and Tianjin Fuyuan Food Industries have formed a joint-venture called Hartie Fuyuan (Tianjin) Food Industries to process food and retail roast chicken and other foodstuffs in China.
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          Pacific Century clarifies report
          63 18 SINGAPORE Pacific Century Regional Developments has clarified a statement it made which was reported in Business Times last week. The company was reported as saying it was confident its subsidiary Top Glory Insurance Company would achieve a pre-tax profit of HK$lOO million (SslB million) by 1997.
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          Amtek subsidiary sells land, building
          34 18 SINGAPORE Amtek Engineering subsidiary Microlite Electric has sold its JTC leasehold land and building at Joo Koon Circle for $2.89 million. Microlite will realise a net gain of $370,000.
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        562 18 Maaaftrs pricas Jun 28 Sh Greater China Fd I.OQg ..-.a Mendaki Or Fund 1.62 I.OSg Singapore UlMt I rust US Gr Fund 106 110** The Commerce 1.57 l.66xd I IA« y_i 11J The Savings Fund 1.31 160 WB MM Mgl LUI S pore Prof Fund 0.61 0.65 Unifiind 1.43 1.49
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        Country Heights to invest M$40m more in theme park
        349 18  -  By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE Malaysialisted Country Heights Holdings plans to inject another Ms4o million (5522.9 million) into its first theme park The Mines Wonderland near Kuala Lumpur. Group deputy managing director Kerk Loong Sing said in Singapore yesterday the injection would
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        Forecasts for Big Four banks' profits largely unchanged
        312 18 SINGAPORE The Big Four local banks are expected to lift combined net earnings for 1995 by 15.6 per cent or $290 million to $2.15 billion, according to brokers' forecasts collated by The Estimate Directory. There were hardly any revisions by the analysts
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        Sincere Watch profit plunges despite sales jump
        359 18  -  By Jenny Lam SINGAPORE Sesdaqlisted Sincere Watch yesterday reported lower-than-ex-pected results despite a 36.6 per cent jump in sales to $93.33 million for the year ended March 31, 1995. Group net earnings plunged 66.3 per cent to $1.15 million. This was much less
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        Lock icon Fels part of global consortium shortlisted for Viet gas project
        159 18 Reuter SINGAPORE Far East Levingston Singapore (Fels) is part of an international consortium shortlisted for a major Vietnamese natural gas project, industry sources said yesterday. State oil and gas firm PetroVietnam examined initial bids last week for the construction of
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        Lock icon Stokes denies Murdoch helped in Seven ascent
        394 19 Reuter SYDNEY Australian media entrepreneur Kerry Stokes has achieved his goal of becoming chairman of one of the country's major television networks, Seven, but he denied fellow shareholder Rupert Murdoch helped him get there. Mr Stokes' ascent to chairmanship of the publicly listed
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        Delay in Cargill plant shows difficulties facing Viet projects
        328 19  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE American multinational Cargill Corp's proposed flourmill in Hp Chi Minh City highlights how foreign projects in Vietnam can suffer delays in implementation. The project has been in limbo for almost a year as the Hanoi government has
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        Lock icon Hanoi sets up organising board for first stock market
        183 19 AP, AFP HANOI Vietnam is forming a board of managers to help organise the legal and operational details of its planned stock market, a report said yesterday. The so-called Stock Board marks a further step in Vietnam's effort to build a
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      • Article
        Thorn Lighting to set up three joint-venture plants in China
        346 20  -  UK-based group's partners to include Jardines and local firms By Michelle Low SINGAPORE The UKbased Thorn Lighting group will spend about US$lO million (5513.9 million) over the next three to five years setting up three manufacturing plants in China as
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        Lock icon Kmart to sell OfficeMax stake
        367 20 Bloomberg Business News CLEVELAND, Ohio Kmart Corp said it will sell its 25 per cent stake in Office Max Inc, which could generate about U*****.9 million (*****.6 million) for the discount retailer. Office Max also plans to sell additional shares, raising U5547.2 million to U*****.4
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Govt shut Giordano's China store: paper
          108 20 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Chinese authorities shut down a franchise of Hongkong-owned clothing retailer Giordano International Ltd after customers were allegedly beaten by hired armed police and tricked into buying fake merchandise in a clearance sale, the Eastern Express reported yesterday, citing a story
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          Lock icon Hang Lung-Hysan to bid for Central site
          73 20 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hang Lung Development Company Ltd and Hysan Development Company Ltd have formed a consortium to bid for the site surrounding the Central MTR station, the Chi-nese-language Hong Kong Economic Journal reported yesterday. Hang Lung chairman Ronnie Chan said the
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          Lock icon Digital plans technology centre in HK
          62 20 Reuter HONGKONG Digital Equipment Corp yesterday said it is setting up a special technology centre in Hongkong to service the finance industry in the Asia-Pacific region. The company has set up similar centres in New York and London to work with and understand the
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          Lock icon NEC to invest in flat panel screen plant
          75 20 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO NEC Corp, Japan's largest maker of semiconductors, yesterday said it will spend 85 billion yen (S$1.41 billion) over the next five years to produce large flat panel video displays that can be used for hang-on-the-wall televisions. NEC's Hajime
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        Lock icon Encyclopaedia Britannica, Time Warner team up for on-line services
        318 20 Bloomberg Business News CHICAGO Encyclopaedia company Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc is teaming up with Time Warner Inc to put everything from "aardvark" to "zygote" at the fingertips of computer users. The 227-year-old publisher of the most authoritative encyclopaedia in the English language
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        UOB launches unit trust for gold, metal-linked investments
        408 21  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE The United Overseas Bank Group has launched a new unit trust the United Gold and General Fund aimed at those wishing to diversify their investment portfolios. The open-ended fund will be managed by UOB Asset Management Ltd. Announcing
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        HK's Kah Wah Bank raises US$62m in S'pore
        279 21  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Hongkong's Kah Wah Bank has raised US$62 million ($86.8 million) from the Asian dollar market through an issue of floating rate certificates of deposit (FRCDs). The five-year certificates, issued under a deal signed here yesterday, pay interest
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        Lock icon Chase plans to axe 17% of worldwide staff soon
        298 21 AFP, Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Chase Manhattan Corp, the sixth-largest American bank, plans to lay off up to 17 per cent of its worldwide staff to reduce costs, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Under the plan, 3,000 to 6,000
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        Lock icon Mitsubishi to make the best of bad loans
        270 21 Reuter TOKYO Mitsubishi Bank has worked out a new programme aimed at securitising property collateral on bad loans, financial sources said. Mitsubishi is the first Japanese bank to take the step, and it will start the programme after getting approval from the
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        Lock icon Kleinwort sale marks watershed for major UK investment banks
        534 22 Reuter LONDON Confirmation on Monday that Germany's Dresdner Bank will pay £1 billion (552.2 billion) for British investment bank Kleinwort means all of London's major investment banks which are easily available have now been swallowed up. Analysts say there is now
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        Lock icon Indonesian palm oil move likely to have limited effect
        200 22 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian state commodities regulator Bulog's proposed market operations next month to lower palm olein prices are expected to achieve only limited success, trade sources said yesterday. They were also cautiously optimistic that private producers would be able to supply
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        Lock icon Petronas, Pertamina close to pipeline pact
        439 22 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's national oil company Petronas and Pertamina, the Indonesian national oil corporation, are on the verge of closing a deal that would make the region's "dream pipeline" a trans-Asean gas pipeline a reality. Petronas president and chief executive officer Hassan Marican
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        Lock icon Oil up, but edgy ahead of US stock data
        331 22 »UED<SV ncOAOT I feNtmaT KtrUH I Reuter LONDON Oil prices recovered a bit more ground yesterday, but trading was edgy ahead of an important report on US oil inventories due out after markets close. At 1430 GMT, benchmark Brent blend crude
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        Currency Reports: London
        194 22 LONDON The dollar was weaker in early European trade as growing pessimism over the US-Japan trade wrangle exerted pressure on the downside. Although the market has largely discounted a negative outcome to the negotiations in Geneva, analysts said a failure to reach agreement would likely hit the
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        101 22 AFP NEW YORK The dollar dropped back against other major currencies with the exception of the pound sterling yesterday, but trading was iight in the absence of progress in US-Japanese trade talks. At 1355 GMT, the dollar was worth 1.3860 marks from 1.3905 late Monday and 84.12 yen
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        1531 22 Irade-mighied index calculated against Base year: 1985 US$/S$ forward rates Noon /Jun 27 s$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3921 ***** 2-month 1.3881 138% 3-month ***** 1.3855 6-month 1.3725 1.3745 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at 9am on lira 27 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
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        Lock icon Eurodollars lower, Euroyen flat at close
        1324 23 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollars were lower and Euroyen futures were flat at the close. Eurodollars were easier after stronger than expected US economic data overnight, said dealers. Existing home sales for May rose by a higher-than-expected 4.7 per cent. "The technicals for
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        Tin up 8 sen despite lower LME close
        693 23 COMMODITY REPORTS XL Tin TIN prices on the KLTM ended eight sen higher to M$ 15.99 per kg due to increased buying interest. A dealer said that the local front's performance was not in line with the lower closing on the LME
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      • KNIGHT-RIDDER COMMODITY SUMMARY
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          Indon coffee crops unaffected by floods
          74 23 SINGAPORE Recent heavy floods in Java are unlikely to have hurt the coffee crops there, traders said. Indonesia has had some thunderstorms recently and some areas may have been flooded. Last week, floods in Java had damaged farmlands and killed some people. But flooding
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          Japan raw sugar imports fall 21%
          36 23 TOKYO Japan's customs-cleared imports of raw sugar totalled 93,568 tonnes in May, down 21 per cent from a year before, according to figures released yesterday by the Ministry of Finance.
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          Jakarta buys 1m barrels jet fuel
          96 23 SINGAPORE Indonesia has so far bought almost one million barrels of jet fuel for delivery in July and is still seeking at least one more cargo, traders said. They said Indonesia's purchases so far has been made at 5-10 US cents per barrel above
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          Japan maintains copper output
          125 23 TOKYO Japanese copper smelters will continue to produce about 96.684 tonnes of cathode per month through September, unchanged from April levels, despite drastically changing market conditions, sources say. Slumping car sales and production in Japan, combined with the threat of 100 per cent tariffs on exports
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        COMMODITY PRICES
        1438 23 SICOM Futures jun 27 Physical Prices (futures dosing as at 5.30pm) Buyers Sellers RSS 1 CMtract (S cents/kg) As at 12 mm (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest RSS 2 Jul 95 211.50 2I2.50N 210.50 210.00 211.50 300 50 RSS 3 Jul 95
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    • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
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        Australia
        1000 24 -7.2 STOCKS closed 0.4 per cent down yesterday but off its day's lows after late buying interest. "It was a pretty pleasing performance by the market considering the heavy overseas falls last night and today. The Nikkei was down too," said a broker. The All Ordinaries Index finished 7.2
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        Manila
        639 24 -6.82 Share prices closed 0.25 per cent lower as the fall in the Dow Jones pulled the already-sluggish market down further. An analyst said "there are no negative factors on the local scene", but the fall of the Dow and Philippine Long Distance and Telephone in New York, weighed
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        Taipei
        575 24 -53.82 Share prices closed 0.95 per cent lower on what analysts described as a healthy correction after four winning sessions, with all eight major categories of shares posting losses. "It's healthy for the market to consolidate recent gains as some investors and domestic securities dealers took profits," said one
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        New Zealand
        363 24 -19.42 Shares declined, led by Telecom Corp, after the government threatened to intervene unless the company can resolve its four-year battle with Clear Communications, traders said. Telecom is the monopoly operator in local calls. Before Clear can offer a local call service, it needs a pricing arrangement with
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        Bombay
        184 24 19.91 Shares clawed back to Monday's levels at the close. Brokers said operators who were covering their short positions in A group stocks on the last day of the current account drove prices up at close. Volumes were high in market leaders Reliance Industries and Tata Iron Steel Co
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    • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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        London
        864 24 +4.0 STOCKS ended mixed as concern over the Conservative leadership struggle offset a buoyant performance 0n Wall Street. Companies with significant business in the US climbed on renewed hopes US interest rates may be reduced soon. Still, stocks were hobbled by talk the leadership contest would damage the ruling
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        588 24 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Oflcr Mini Cap Deposit 38 6400 38 6500 Mim Jersey Gik .0.I *93 0 1992 Mim Mu Income "***** ****** US$Cwh Income Plus Fund 10 5*00 II 1400 PS Reserve Fund S.JIOO 5 5200 Sterling tqwty Euro Performance .0 *592 ***** Far Fast Fund *2
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        Paris
        138 24 -24.77 French shares tracked a drop in bond prices to end lower. They closed above their session lows, however, on news of a drop in US consumer confidence that interrupted a trend that has been deflating hopes for easier interest rates. The CAC-40 Index ended down 24.77 points at
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        Frankfurt
        175 24 -8.37 German stocks fell as a declining US dollar pressured export stocks and preliminary consumer price figures appeared to confirm concerns that inflation may be accelerating The DAX Index closed the day at 2,128.98, down 8.37 points. "The renewed drive from the US could invert Ihe last two days
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        Brussels
        192 24 +6.45 Belgian shares closed higher amid renewed optimism that interest rates would soon be cut giving the bourse a further boost. A late surge of basket buying from institutional investors pushed up the Bel20 Index of leading shares to close at 1,436.10, a rise of 6.45 points. A total
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        Milan
        151 24 -71 Italian shares closed off the day's lows but still in negative territory for the second successive day as apathy continued to rule. The Mibtel Index closed off 71 points to 9,940. A slight bounce towards the close could blossom into a more substantial correction today, dealers said. Turnover
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        257 24 +0.37 Dutch stocks rose, recovering from the day's lows in the final trading hour, amid growing expectations the Bundesbank will cut rates tomorrow. Led higher by a rise of 1.6 per cent in brewer Heineken, the EOE Index closed 0.37 point higher at 437.38, a new 16-month high. Among
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        271 24 +14.8 Swiss stocks climbed to their highest level since April 18 last year, as investors piled into the international food company Nestle, and drug company Roche. Nestle added one per cent on buying from UK fund managers, as they moved to up their exposure to Swiss shares. "Foreign fund
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        222 24 +5.37 Stock index climbed early, rebounding from Monday's sharp sell-off, with energy and transport shares leading the recovery. The TSE 300 Composite Index rose 5.37 points to 4,508.48 on volume of 9.3 million shares valued at CS 129.5 million. However, declining issues still outpaced advances 176 to 133, with
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        794 24 18.33 Stock prices turned moderately higher in active trading after bonds rebounded following a weaker-than-ex-pected report on consumer confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which dropped 34.59 points on Monday, was ahead 18.33 to 4,569.58 at 1 lam EDT. The NYSE Composite Index was ahead 0.95 to 292.43,
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      573 25 CLSA IN Hongkong, the H share index lost 13.35 points to close at 1,129.87 on turnover of HKSS9 million. Tianjin Bohai remained unchanged despite news of its pending A share listing. Maanshan was the days best performer and only winner, up 0.6 per cent. The Shanghai B market rose
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      2533 25 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks plunged to their lowest level in a week following the release of a government economic stimulus package that failed to calm investors' worries about the economy. "The plan lacked any brand new proposals and disappointed investors who'd hoped to see a pledge of public
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      1541 25 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks finished lower in line with a sharp overnight fall in New York and pre-election caution as local investors awaited a clearer market direction. The SET Index closed down 5.91 points at 1,376.51 on turnover of 5.6 billion baht. Falls led rises 152 to 112, with 134
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        1861 28  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE A generally quiet trading session in the local stock market was yesterday livened up by a takeover offer for Yeo Hiap Seng and a resurfacing of old rumours surrounding Amcol, Van Der Horst and Avimo. Prices, however, closed
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      493 1  -  From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK THAILAND is upgrading its eastern port of Laem Chabang to enable vessels greater than 50,000 tonnes to be docked for the first time. Consultants are due to be chosen in September for the design of a
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      58 1 AFP SYDNEY The French registered container ship CGM Ronsard anchored below the Svdney skyline yesterday after dock workers refused to unload its cargo for at least 24 hours. The nation-wide action, which has left three French-owned ships stranded in Sydney alone, is to protest the resumption of
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      259 1 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian members of parliament have called for the contracts of private terminal operators at the nation's biggest port to be revoked because of inefficiencies, the official Antara news agency said yesterday. The report quoted Muhammad Buang. the deputy head of
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      168 1 Reuter TOKYO Freight rates for chartering bulk carriers have risen to their highest levels in nearly 15 years, helped by strong demand for steel and grains in the Far East, an official at Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd said. "Spot chartering costs
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      194 1 Reuter SEOUL A second consignment of South Korean rice will leave by ship today to help replenish the grain-starved storerooms of the communist North, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said yesterday. Yonhap quoted an official at the Agriculture and Fisheries
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        268 20 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Taiwanese carrier Eva Air will expand its intercontinental air freight services to the US and South-east Asia, including Penang, next week, following the delivery of its second McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter on June 22. The airline said
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        53 20 SINGAPORE Mercedes-Benz AG, in a joint effort with SsangYong Motor Company, is producing its first van in South Korea. The new van, MB 100 (above), is being produced in SsangYong's plant and will be sold in Asia in January. Mercedes-Benz hopes to sell 15,000 units a
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        381 20 Reuter SHANGHAI The Chrysler Corporation unveiled its latest minivan in Shanghai on Monday, in direct competition against Ford Motor and Mer-cedes-Benz to build a car plant in Guangdong province. However, company executives said the odds of success were no better
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        116 20 AFP SEATTLE Aviation giant Boeing on Monday approved production of a longer version of the company's new B777, which will snatch that aircraft's title as the world's biggest twinengine plane. Though the B777 only recently hit the marketplace, Boeing is
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        368 20 Reuter TORONTO The world's airlines are ready to increase sharply outdated passenger liability limits in the hope of heading off more multi-million dollar damage awards by the courts, says the International Air Transport Association. Under an agreement in principle signed by 67
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          156 20 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT Audi AG, the luxury car unit of Volkswagen AG, said sales to China will increase by 35 per cent to 31,500 in 1995. Audi estimates it will control 60 per cent of the luxury car market in China by
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          107 20 Reuter TOKYO Honda Motor Co Ltd will recall 3,173 motorcycles in Japan and 62,261 abroad to replace engine kill-sensors free of charge, a Honda spokesman said. The world's biggest motorcycle maker told Japan's Transport Ministry yesterday about the planned recall in Japan. The recalled motorcycles are
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        294 20 Reuter CANBERRA Cathay Pacific Airways said it welcomed the truce between the Australian and Hongkong governments in their tit-for-tat aviation row, but said it now wanted all of Qantas Airways Ltd's fifth freedom rights removed. The Hongkong government had until last night
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      2881 5 W* PXtT) ContAI flPfC P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd «Jxn» fjfij? 10 Hoe Chiang Road. #07-01 Keppel Towers, Singapore 0208 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE T 225 2233 Teie*: rs ***** pnocsp Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number *****9 *****Z EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL VOV *FNQ WO «M SOU ANT ROT
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      856 6 MmW Bflßk. PERSIAN GULF SERVICE «na vot tar duo abl dmn ba* vwt bab UM CHART *****23W MVM MO7 IM7 11*7 12/07 12*7 12*7 UMCAQMM MM MIM MMT7 16*7 1707 HO7 IM7 19/07 1407 urn concert hssaitw 17*7 27*7 2947 2*07 nm sum nm UM CONCORD 9X7-922W 28*7 94/ M
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      627 6 RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD yTEL: *****33 (12 UNES) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RtSHIP (3 Lines) CR NO:*****82O0OOE KSi ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Vmml I Voy I ETA I LosNNng far Spore AilbayWoni 44W8 18/07 J Abyot 41WB 18A» t on m^P mxM AssaD. Massawa
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      1853 7 V SAUM TO OOAST Abjt^b^bjmm irij acaieeaa jonotiomci Fu inttu fu i f «tn M m mmmm x cotTM MKaems m son amy M n aiaaiatniT RE i? nuvt To: U.S. E4* (tost To: From: U.S.A. East Coast From CalAi/H(>ocj Xofltj I 1 vesscvoyage [W1 m w n ml m-sm*jvotabe
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      741 7 HEUNG-A SHIPPING <koreanflag) w nwro 1 cowotoomU sav»g oumuiuct |»/*|ts/97 1 I u/w j 17,171 if/i; ly; I Im.vl* 1 SaSftTm Sql gig 1 gig 1 gft HT^SITff [iKS I S2M9£«*»cesPTE,.n, Jl„ 1 tuMtl «mi k/.i I ******65 TTEL IMt*t73MM aiLayjiVsT? 11/97 u/i; n/i7 t n/97 1?3/I7l n/i; ii/m m/m
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      539 7 <L\ FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE 0106 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 03/07 ROTTERDAM 03/07 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 03/07 HAMBURG/BREMEN 03/07 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 04/07 FELIXSTOWE/UK 03/07 BARCELONA/SPAIN 05/07 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 30/06 GENOA/ITALY 30/06 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 07/07 LOSANGELES/WC/IPI 30/06 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 30/06 NEW YORK/EC 30/06 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 01/07 VANCOUVER 30/06 BRISBANE 06/07 TORONTO/MONTREAL 30/06
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      298 7 DONGNAMA LINE wssapss) |~W Ift ww m bk km SAIONK TTUDEIVS47N 01/07 03/07 M/ 17 M/ 07 14/17 11/07 HJPORANCVIMK M/ 07 10/07 11/07 13/07 23/07 M/ 07 MMM VMM IS/07 17/07 11/07 N/07 M/ 07 M/M NJMSMIS2I 1 n/07 24/07 2S/07 27/07 M/M M/M ROUND T>Ml ASIA SsTJTVICI VBSUOBU)
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      891 8 HHkZ iiLiiis«tmi ■jjjpivrT«| 1 Ivemmb. I voy asm I jkt [vessel I voy I san pen VYRABHUM 1368 IyaTTzaT" Sun I 02/T KOTA JAO€ JADO77 Wed NPT Fn_ MM VESS£L W ANA BMUM 2626 ~to~ "02/7~ "wed~ "ovT BUNOA SEROJA SOW Thu 26/6 Set 017 WM PTYA BHUM 378N Wed
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      185 8 TIMBER PLYWOOD SERVICE TO U.K./CONTINENT KKU S PORE PKL LOADING FOR LEOM SLD SLD MPT FIU/ROT/AjfT/UK FLECHA SLD It/7 IS/7 FLU/ROT/AN7AJK ADRIATIC PRESTIGE IS/7 2S/7 FLU/ROT/AMT/UK *Lo>ds SibaMiMioflssii C R NO ISMVMMMMH CONTIPAC SHIPPING PTE LTD Jmk IMJIIUV Fax: *****49 ML MVJLTVOHT SDN MMM. TEL: MJSIBOB TLX: MA ***** MULTRA
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      952 8 TM AMSON ROAD, #21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TEL; 2203—2 FAX; *****67 CR **********0N <TRfUT> BHUTTIJE SERVICE PORT KLANG I PENANQ vcwa. I voy I mm I wo. vessel I voy i mm I ra SEA LAUREL 399N 25*36 SUN 26*36 MON XOUR JAVA ***** 28v06 WED 3006 FRI XTJUR STORE *****
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      677 9 j I BSA j_L V-B-M_H_S_H_A_M____B_HB__y_H_M-H-_i-^^^ MYANMA FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Una) w Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Sport P Kig PIN P Gdg OUAAAIA VIW 30/96 MYOMAYWA VIS6W 10/87 PATHEIN VI33W 15.07 MALAYSIA AGENTS: lOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES KUL TEL 02 03 *****00 PKL TEL 02 03 *****01 PEN: TEL 02
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      1120 9 ADVANCE CONTAINER LINES (PTE) LTD jm Jr-\ 2 140 Cocl Street #12-00, PIL Building, Singapore 0106 IX L M l_- TEL *****21 FAX *****19. TELEX RS ***** ACLPL CH NO. **********06 1 "-j JAJU-BTA (J itiilnpAvW to MT J hlllnn to MIT 5 blUnp to LCh) (2 S6lllAts/Wt«-> r ,i
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      883 9 **********Z VESSELS VOV. B LE HAVRE I HAMBURG I THAMES I ROTTERDAM I ANTWERP VILLE D€ LYRA YDBW 03/07 25/07 27/07 29/07 30/07 31/07 VTU-E DE VELA VO9W ~11/07 01/08 03AM 06/08 06/06 07/08 VAXE DE CAPELLA TTOW 18/07 08/08 TOW 12AM 13/08 14/06 j VTLLEDE LIBRA UOW ~2S/07~ 15/06
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      56 11 I/C'VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTDQ iXfmmmt Established Since 1984 Hflf OCEANIA PORTS REGULAR GROUPAGE LCL CONSOLIDATION AUCKLAND SYDNEY IMPORT 4* EXPORT BRISBANE MELBOURNE FREMANTLE SERVICES -mmm? FOR BOOKING at SAILING SCHEDULE, CALL THE TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD VISA LCL CONSOL PTE LTD TOLL-FREE TEL: 1800-*****66 TOLL-FREE
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      1970 12 4fc ÜBBam mm AS AGENTS *"X" UNE (SMnXaAPORE) PTE LTD (CP NO 1?44(7308HM/GST (*g mo M2-oHtsbm) I TEL *****77 TELEX. KAvVAKI R*****5 FAX. *****16/7/8/9 I m T TnWT MALAYSIA "X LME MARH"ME (MAi-AYStA) SON BHD V M BbHv TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JFJ *****01 PGU *****25/6 ammmmmm9m
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      1499 12 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. 9 KEPPEL ROAD «g-01 JTT POH EKJAfXNQ SNGAPORE 0208 MAIN LINE 225-9966 CUSTOMER SERVICE 225-1225 FAX 221-4922 EAGLE VOCE 3218-4 M CFS *****58 TowoimtAibimi^ hmbjhmm I pa I wo. I jtt It I talw |w|w«|ai i oal i wu I atl we I ma pbaatwj tm
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      609 13 OmeiAM Agmnt of. CamUat<_ul (SEA A AIRFWCIOMT) TKJfX TMAMMOAT MMM May Wm LINE: 278 7772 mtmHAlwau umwl WEEKLY LCL CONSOLIDATION INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT ETO ETO COtOMMIO 03/07 10/07 CHITTAQOMO 03/07 18/07 CALCUTTA OS/07 11/07 BOMBAY NEW OIL HI 03/07 10/07 KARACHI 03/07 10/07 MAORAS 03/07 07/07 USA/EUROPE ■TTO ETO USA (ALL
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      1819 13 ■F NLL ROCHESTER/5215 eta Spore 4/7/95 Brisbane 16/7/95 [^[g y«oi«<y r "mmi •mm Pm»m mm PNg MA Sea UN Mm Am* Hem Brn Hm Sou Brv(i) Rt m <2) Leh pks sm LA LOIRE/1255 28/6 28/6 30/6 28/6 (F) 20/7 22/7 16/7 17/7 18/7 LA SEINE/4235 4/6 7/6 8/6 5/6
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      378 13 OSUNSHIP AGENCIES PTE LTD 20 McCaUum Street §16-01/03 Asia Chambers Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22 (10 Lines) FAX: *****05 CR No.: *****8 200 00R Y.S.N. LINE^ l VtSS£L I VOY I HONGKONG T SINGAPORE p 'k ELAN g PENANG tmmmj 11 m/ 7 t-t/7 n-11/7 CM* W CMisMi S2 W PORT
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      1712 14 3 TIMES A WEEK MAERSK TACOMA V.9510 ETA SIN 3RD JULY 1995 REGINA MAERSK V.9507 ETA SIN 3RD JULY 199S MAERSK SINGAPORE V.9502 ETA SIN STH JULY 199S I Vmmm Voy I ETA I ETO 1 DESTINATIONS MMM*PNWtM Natt WMfcSTHSTMNQ BT?!WWtTWW B PjW I T^ REQMA MAERSK V 9807 LUNA
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      656 14 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOADING VOY I SPORE I P KELANG I HALIFAX N YORK NORFOLK N ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPIOO HOUSTON HOEGH DUKE 0030 00VO7JUL 30 JUN H 16 AUG 19 AUG 22 AUG 29 AUG 25 AUG 2 SEP 7 SEP HOSQH MRAfAQA 0700 20/27 JUL
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      362 14 TpE phili OIIKNT LTD ®TEL *****00 (16 UNES) FAX: *****76/*****38 CRCOOE: 10M*****00H SZmVm* P. KELANG 03-*****96 «sk£&> PENAMG 04-*****6 AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, LYTTLETON. 03 JULY I NAPgR, CHRCTCHURCH, NEW PLYMOUTH I LONOON. FmXSTOW^nHAWE^^^^^^^^^^^nUL^l rotterdam, hamburg i antwerp all europe. inland destinations 03 july i and central solfth america ports i kobe^ky7c3sa7busahajee/kao7^
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      1881 15 1 mm, mm T~<~>~«r .ja m mi m m m bml_ sm. bu, bbl_jsfl__aa«_j -^j^^^^^s- mmmmi sat an n* aa- mm na hit tin an an wacoa aa- na a a mm mn an naT kulm tai aa aa- a.a* un an an wn ms la saw cm mm m
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      368 15 mmm 'JOINTLY OPERATED BY j|§\ ATLAS LINE, CHITTAGONG KMTC LINE, SEOUL VIT% MmmX (ATLAS SHIPPING LINES LTD) (KOREA MARINE TRANSPORT CO. LTD) FAR EAST -BAY OF BENGAL COIVEHTIOKAL REGUIAR LINER SERVICE y____ SSP SMITH I M) X/m/K 17/17/15 10/17/15 sua mi im mm/n isw/is ii/v/ts TH MS 71/07/15 O/N/IS IVH/t5
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      373 16 Singapore Soviet Shipping flk Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN UMMM. WV P«" mm i BOM COC mmM W7 MMM 07/07 MMXHAMK KURAKO MMMM 03/07 IVM 17A77 KOTA MUTMMA MUTQBI MM7 M/ 07 |My»QLO~Y OUM47 M/ 07 00/07 IVOMMB. VOV MM HCM MOM www mmm mmm mm urn hommmmi
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      114 16 SIN FAR EAST 4/7 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 2/7 BANGKOK 3/7 MANILA/CEBU 3/7 JAKARTA/BE LAWAN/SURABAYA 3/7 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 3/7 BUSAN 2/7 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 2/7 HONG KONG SIN CHINA (+9*--**n) 2/7 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XLAMEN/SHANTOU7SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/OINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIM EUROPE/UK 4/7 LuNyTLX/LVP/SOU 4/7 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary /Romania/Poland/Bulgana/Czech SIN USA/CANADA
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      522 16 STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD SmcSitSii savta GOLD STAR UNE LTD SETN SHIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: 220-6666 (8 UNES) FAX: *****70 M *****12 QIAWITIIG) NO. *****0(H) H UmfXKA/UmVmwWR SttYKK g^fc ypsa IvOTISM IMMJNB I LM IPTI MV j BTTC I NFI M OSAKA MS M/»LM8U1« M/ 7 l/l U/I 14/1
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      369 16 VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TIGER BAY 343N 29-01/07 05-09/07 13-15/07 TIGER CAPE 344N OHM/07 09-12G7 17-18/07 TIGER ISLAND 345N o*o6/07 12 16/07 20-22/07 TIGER BRIOGE 346N 10-11/07 16-19/07 24-25/07 TIGER BAY 347N 13-15AT7 19-23/07 27 29/07 TIGER CAPE 348N 17 18/07 23-26/07 31-01/08 VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN OPTIMA
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      233 16 wt sm f*m mhj rro mkx urn MUWMAOMO 11/07 11/07 ~hm~ WH SI/17 ~UM c venous sai urn urn wm zvm ummmmmmsm vm am ~mm~ am nm mm ELUM HUOM Ml MM MM MAM Tfm 01/ If Mi Auckland «i opt new an m. mi MMTTWAtIM IIAT7 7.4 M M/M
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      332 17 FOUR TIMES/WEEK SAMJMGS: P. fIJOAjVAVSPORj ETA ETA VESSEL VOY PASM OUOANO VOV MWOATORE KUALA SUKV ***** 28/06 (WED) 4102N 28/06 (WED) KUALA SLAK V 4103S 20/06 (FRI) 4103N 30/06 (FRt) KUALA SLAK V 4104S 01/07 (SAT) 4104N 02/07 (SUN) KUALA SLAK V *****) 03/07 (MON) 4108N 04/07 (TUE) KUALA SUA
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      427 17 PULL CONTAIN!*) SCRVICI PROM SMI TO MADRAS VESSEL-VOY KTASM ETAMAA KOTA RAKYAT VRKYOS7 M PORT MJ OMjJ KOTA JAOK V j A 0077 26-30/06 04-04*7 TKMR BAY V J43N M4MM7 MMJMM PRAVCONSK V 21 M4M/07 o*oo/07 OKA DRAGON V OROOSI 02-01/07 07-o*o7 TWER CAPE VM4R 03-o*o7 08-12/07 PMVOLVT V 22
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      285 17 NEO SHIPPING ran AGENCIES PTE LTD To*: *****29 Fox: *****59 WEEKLY FULL /LCL CONVENTIONAL SERVICE Howhong 6 Doys iromrt Looding Julyo9/21 Jak/09/21 MUM- 3 Days Irani Lending Juo. 30 Jak/09/13/20 §orrd>ry/Madras looding July 02 /M/ 14 21 farad* looding Jaaa29 Jar/07/14/21 CabaJjo loodrng Jar/03/10/17/21 WEEKLY Fa CONSOL SERVICE 3ong*c loodmg
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      655 17 jj II sex: 'CAUTORNU LUNA 45* eta sgp 05/07/95 m II ARRIVING LOS ANGELES IN 16 DAYS II aex: "SINGAPORE EXPRESS OSi" eta sgp 08/07/95 ARRIVING NEW YORK IN 23 DAYS EXPORT I WiiOAPOM CAUFORNIA EXPRESS (BCX) TO; UBWC CAMADA ***** yor_ mm to* oak van sst I ate I
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      150 17 VESSELS VOV NO ETA ETD DEETMATKM AN GIANG 06 1/96 MPT 29X06 HOOMMMCnY THAMHOA 7/W 26/06 30AM VIMGTAUMBPORT/PTOCPORT GANMMAO 1/96 29AM 30AM MOQMMOVVUNOTMI PORT AGENTS:- IMKOV SHIPPING CO PTE LTD 39 OUXTON HILL SINGAPORE 0208 TEL: *****73 FAX: *****85 cooo. hiiwiommj COLOMBO A MADRAS ALSO MALDIVES WEEKLY ICI/FCI SEBVICE FROM
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      891 18 AFGHANISTAN M&M Afghanistan Ltd., tXS m a \m% Hairatan, Torghundi, Islamqala (Doqharun) ■WIOCIWI C.1.5./RUSSIA: Alma Ata. Ashkhabad, Baku, Dushanbe, Uilrr7*v H lAnrh Irkutsk. Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Korsakov, Moscow, Novosctxrsk. Sochi. Tashkent. Tbilisi. Vladivostok, Vostochny FOfWafdefS Mongolia: Uaan Bator N Korea: Pyongyang, Nampo EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE ■LliliAitl TO WEST COAST SOUTH AMERICA
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      565 18 mn container lines, mc Agents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 UNES) I |\V V J C»MO«IatJUIrIBUBBE S»U (064)*****8 KUCHINQ (062) *****3 PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****57 MANILA (632) *****61 P. ItELANQ: (03) *****77 JAKARTA; (21) *****07 SURABAYA- (31) *****0 I ASIA HKG/TWN/BKKI GENOA/EUROPE I S BM mm fjWligl 01/7 097
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      380 18 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE MULTI-PURPOSE RORO CARRIER SPECIALIZE IN HEAVY LIFT CARGO UPTO 120 TOt RAMP CAPACITY UPTO 50 TONS EU Fu I LOADING KM rasa vot aw OtEKTIOH 4 24/t JAAAIHJO/4. SUKAIAU 3 IUOING t 7 WNTVIU 17 KUAtA MINIII/7. TG MAMS II MA6OTA 21/7, TMCTO 22/7, IUSMtC 27/7
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      133 19 REGIONAL WEATHER LEGEND: R Thundmtocm Trnnprnr oture c V Showar Weother _X Wind direction with speed m knot* Rom \_J Cloudy Sky Wov Sarfoc* winds or* .ndtot td by or row, which Hy with the wmd On* fu» circle represents ccrim or light ond vonoble winds i— One hoH Heche
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      210 20 The undermentioned shipping lines serving trade between Malaysian Ports and Brazil/ River Plate wish to advise customers that, in order to partly offset increased cost incurred by handling containers at port terminal, have decided to adjust the current terminal handling charge on containers shipped from ports in Malaysia to Brazil
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