The Business Times, 24 January 1996

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MIT A (P) 046/12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24,1996 85C
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  • Article
    MARKET SUMMARY
    69 1 sin *****)0 (-15.52) BTCOMP 2254J8 (-3.99) BT-MGA 1142J6 (+3.88) HMAEKET MOOD: Mini STOCK MAIKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP 1071.48 +6.95 NIKKEI 20,000.92 -115.61 HANG SENG *****.22.. 1.89 SET INDEX 1888.87 -0.56 JAKARTA OOMP 574.30 +198 MANILA COMP 2873.68 +42.53 TAIPEI WP! 5008.25 -30.75 SBOUL COMP ...850.83... +8.03
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    FINANCE
    70 1 EXCHANGE KATES USS SI US$ 1.419 1.515 .2.149 DM 0.679 0.963 e.#47.„ 1.843 ■>-- MM 0.555 HKI .9.129 0.183 BAHT 0.04* 0.056 RUP1AH 100 0.044 0.062 RIME BATES SINGAPORE* 6.44 KUALA LUMPUR. 8.15 Jakarta 17.50 BANGKOK 13.75 MANILA... 15.00 HONGKONG .....JJ0 TAIPEI .8.00 SYDNEY 10.75 TOKYO 1M MOUL 1100
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    China Square sets new benchmark for offices
    612 1  -  SSL sells one-third of proposed 30-storey building near Raffles Place at $2,200 psf to Prudential By* Abdul Hadhi, Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] A new benchmark of $2,200 per sq ft for offices has been set by Straits Steamship Land (SSL) with the sale
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    Lock icon Singapore is third biggest foreign investor in Russia
    234 1  -  Republic has pumped in in vestments totalling USs2som By I Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Singapore has become the third biggest foreign investor in Russia, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The Republic's cumulative direct investments in the country
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    Kotjo-linked stocks move sideways as trading cools
    378 1  -  By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Shares of companies linked to Indonesian businessman Johannes Kotjo moved sideways on relatively low trading volumes yesterday, in contrast to the previous day's sharp swings. It was rumours that Mr Kotjo was being probed for his share dealings that
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    Lock icon Regional shares mixed; STII takes 15-pt knock
    290 1 [SINGAPORE] Regional stock markets yesterday enjoyed a day of mixed fortunes, with the Straits Times Industrials Index here failing to mount any challenge to its all-time high. After rising 45 points on Monday, the STII yesterday dropped 15.52 to 2,433. The highest it
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      165 1 maps RnrCPF rales The new Central Provident Fund policy for expatriate staff has little impact on costs and recruitment, say employers, Pg 2 Chang down sale Picking the best bargains at Galeries Lafayette's closing down sale, Pf 2 MEWS VALUE i i Tlniiaiit if MM w m ft this pg.
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      No big impact from new CPF rule for expats
      451 2  -  Employers say cost-savings minimal as tight labour sees money bnilt into take-home pay By Chuang Peck Ming ALMOST six months after the new Central Provident Fund policy for expatriate staff came into effect, employers report that it has had little impact
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      Senior Minister Lee discharged from hospital
      129 2 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew was discharged from hospital yesterday afternoon and is generally well with no symptoms, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement. The statement said Mr Lee has been advised by doctors to keep a "very light schedule" for the
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      Lock icon Inflation hit 7-year low in 1995
      308 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Inflation By, Anna Teo INFLATION last year hit a seven-year low at just 1.7 per cent, according to figures from the Department of Statistics yesterday. The year-on-year rise in the consumer price index (CPI) continued its downward trend in December,
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      Baker Oil Tools to shift Asia-Pac HQ to Perth
      178 2 BAKER Oil Tools, a subsidiary of US oilfield giant Baker Hughes, will move its Asia-Pa-cific headquarters from Singapore to Perth, Australia, according to Australian Industry Minister Peter Cook. "One of the most important reasons was the highly skilled and flexible personnel
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      US$1.3b Cambodia project on track, says Ariston
      239 2 KUALA LUMPUR-BASED Ariston Sdn Bhd said its Sihanoukville infrastructure project is "very much on track" and the group has sufficient resources to fund the US$l.3 billion (Ssl.B billion) development in Cambodia. In a press statement, Ariston said it has the ftill backing of
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      Lindeteves buys Aussie electric motor maker, S'pore unit
      221 2  -  From, Florence Chong in Sydney SINGAPORE-BASED trading group Lindeteves Jacoberg has acquired an Australian electric motor manufacturer and importer, Western Electric Australia Pty Ltd. In addition to Western Electric's operations in Australia, the Lindeteves group has also taken over its Asia joint-venture
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      Lock icon Moving in for a killing
      51 2 DELIGHTED shoppers jostling to pick the best bargains at Galeries Lafayette's closing down sale which started earlier last week. The French department store announced recently that it would be closing shop entirely in Singapore and would move out of Liat Towers by end March. CHRIS
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      Ginza Plaza offers rent cuts to lure tenants to stay put
      395 2  -  Some are said to be holding ont for more than the 10-20% discount offered By I Siow Li Sen RECOGNISING the continuing slowdown in retailing which has hit outlying malls the hardest, Ginza Plaza in Clementi has offered tenants
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      S'pore-Myanmar panel endorses four projects
      480 2  -  In&ngnr&l meeting of joint ministerial committee builds on growing economic ties From Loh Hui Yin in Yangon FOUR co-operation projects were endorsed at yesterday's inaugural meeting of the Sin-gapore-Myanmar ministerial committee. Though the endorsements seem commonplace, they actually build upon the web of economic links
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Samsonite Corp forms S'pore venture
        39 2 US-BASED Samsonite Corp is expanding into South-east Asia through a $10 million joint venture with Samsonite Singapore. The investment includes capital investment, product development and the acquisition of Samsonite products directly from Samsonite Corp.
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        NTU president gets UK fellowship
        38 2 NANYANG Technological University president Cham Tao Soon yesterday received an eminent fellowship from the Chartered Institute of Building in the UK, the first time the f institute has conferred the honour in Singapore.
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        Lock icon Bonia drops Scorpion acquisition plan
        35 2 Bernama [KU ALA LUMPUR] Bonia Corporation Bhd has shelved its plan to venture into the boutique operations in Singapore through Scorpion Leather Products Pte Ltd because of high operating costs.—Bernama
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon Greenback likely to continue consolidating
      463 4  -  TECHNICAL VIEWPOINT Trend indicators show US-ringgit rate will stay in 2.53-2.60 range in first half of the year Naresh Verma The writer is a manager of technical analysis advisory (South East Asia) at Dow Jones Telerate. The opinions in this column are personal and do
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      Stock market may consolidate for a few weeks, say chartists
      401 4  -  Vickers chartist sees tomorrow as significant turning point for STU Hy Lee Yoke Har THE Singapore stock market may have exhausted itself for the time being and could be heading for a few weeks of consolidation, according to chartists tracking
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      A fund that's done better than most
      429 4  -  Pheim Asset nnit beats best performing M'sian country fund By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Making money in a bull market isn't half as difficult as keeping it when the markets are heading south and as a fund manager, if you are "in the
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      179 4 UE TECH PARK WAREHOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR TOMORROW sl ruKMNMiKMir FomrimsitiuiY The Park's proximity to the 12 passenger life seaport means c eaper and 16 "drive-through" cargo lifts transportation and more efficient (q a jj t -j oors regional distribution TECH PARK hkhkmihc aou minor nnoposuaumr t. Floor-to-floor Close proximity to
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      107 4 IHKk vjf v r rvfV Now you can convert your foreign currency cash with Credit Plus a line of credit you can use any denominated shares Into cash with Credit Plus from time for any purpose. Hong Leong Finance and Singapore Finance. For more information, call Hong Leong Finance at
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Return of a bad habit?
      515 5  -  iSZAVTIBW Vietnam has once again been accused of Invading Cambodia By Yang Razali Kassim THERE was a disturbing piece of news recently which, if true, will not augur well for Asean. Last week, Cambodia reportedly accused Vietnam, Asean's newest member, of transgressing some 400 metres
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      Top EU execs see more money in S-E and East Asia: survey
      348 5  -  SINGAPORE By' Vikram Khanna TOP European business leaders see East and South-east Asia as the region which will generate more revenues for European companies over the next five to 10 years than Eastern Europe, North America or Japan,
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      Lock icon Cabinet to discuss plans to revamp phone charges
      147 5 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S cabinet will soon discuss plans to revamp local and international telephone charges to reduce net-work-congestion and promote efficient use of telephones, a senior minister said yesterday. Energy, Telecommunications and Post Minister Leo Moggie said the tariff rebalancing exercise
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Manila's US$500m surplus
        65 5 UPI (MANILA] The Philippines posted a balance of payments surplus of USs6oomillion (***** million) in 1906, or only a third of the government's target of US$l.5 billion, the central bank said yesterday. Central bank governor Gabriel Singson said however that the shortfall was a rosy indication of
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        Lock icon Vietnam lifts ban on magazine
        66 5 AFP [HANOI} V ietnam has lifted a month-long ban on an official trade magazine which had been accused of running inaccurate reports on corruption, a newspaper said yesterday. The Ministry of Culture and Information said it had ended the ban on Commerce Magazine published by
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        Lock icon No Thai visa for exiled E Timorese
        87 5 AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand has apparently bowed to pressure from Indonesia to bar the entry of an exiled leader of East Timor's independence movement, human rights activists said yesterday. Jose Ramos-Horta had been invited by the Bangkok-based Forum Asia to take part in a
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      Indon trade package due today
      582 5  -  SINGAPORE Early word is it will cut red tape and offer generous incentives to exporters By\ S N Vasuki INDONESIA is unveiling a major trade deregulation package today to address growing concern about flagging non-oil export growth. The early buzz on the package which has
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      270 5 LONGINES The new Golden Wing collection by Longines > tjjjmUFi Jr I is a creation of infinite 1 beauty and magic which bears the mark of a fl| tradition of over 160 years a symbol of perfection in time measurement and the marvel of creation. Recommended Retail Prices: g Ladies
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      A freely convertible renminbi
      374 6  -  SINGAPORE Currency to be freely convertible in second hall, confirms Zhn By\ Lu Ning CHINA will implement free convertibility of the renminbi in current account in the second half of this year after carrying out successful experiments in Shanghai, Jiangsu province and Dalian in the first
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      Lock icon US sanctions looming over China?
      295 6 WASHINGTON AFP THE United States is expected to threaten massive trade sanctions against China as early as next month unless it can certify progress in curbing rampant piracy of US compact discs, software and videotapes. It may also block China's entry into the Geneva-based World
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      Lock icon Preparatory Committee inauguration on Friday
      145 6 HONGKONG Reuter CHINA'S Comm&nist leaders will attend a ceremony in Beijing on Friday to anoint the body that will steer Hongkong back to Chinese rule in 1997, a newspaper said yesterday. The territory reverts to China on July 1 next year but it will retain
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      Lock icon Deng's theory made simple
      54 6 [BEIJING]Book store owner Yuan Guofang browsing through a copy of the latest edition of the thoughts of paramount leader Deng Xiaoping yesterday. This is a cartoon version titled lssocullism Selling for about U550.90(551.27), the book aims to simplify Mr Deng s theory of mixing socialism with
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      Hongkong's CPI drops to its lowest since Jan last year
      339 6  -  HONGKONG Byi Quak Hiang Whai INFLATION in Hongkong dropped to its lowest level in almost a year with the official consumer price index notching only 6.6 per cent In December. With Hongkong's economic growth continuing to slow, the latest figure
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      Lock icon Still a long march to WTO
      353 6 BEIJING Market access, domestic problems seen blocking the entry till 2000 AFP AS CHINESE and US negotiators prepare for another year trading accusations of inflexibility over China's entry to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), experts here say Beijing's membership may have to wait until
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      Lock icon Special perks to draw foreign investors to remote provinces
      226 6 SHANGHAI AFP CHINA will attract foreign investors to develop its remote inland provinces by giving them preferential treatment, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Shanghai Securities News daily reported that the State Economy and Trade Commission would amend policies to encourage equal
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      Lock icon US bank delays China dam decision
      163 6 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News THE US Export-Import Bank has further delayed a decision on whether to back American companies helping to build China's controversial Three Gorges dam project, a bank spokeswoman said. The bank's executive board had been set to vote last month on
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      Lock icon China slams US, EU for discriminatory anti-dumping policies
      259 6 BEIJING AFP A SENIOR Chinese foreign trade official has lashed out at the "discriminatory" trade policies of the United States and European Union, blaming them for a rash of anti-dump-ing measures against Chinese exports. Anti-dumping cases involving Chinese exports have been increasing
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    • SINO Brief
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        Lock icon New rules for Internet access
        61 6 Bloomberg Business News [BKUING] China's State Council drafted new rule* for access to international computer networks, saying they play an "Increasingly important" role in economic growth, Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The council said it it "imperative" to formulate new rules to better ma nog*
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        Lock icon Taiwan's jobless rate at 8-year high
        57 6 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's year-average Jobless rate hit an eight-year high of 1.79 per cent in 1996 due to an Influx of foreign labour and an economic slowdown here. The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics said yesterday that an average total 0f1.66 million
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        Lock icon Taiwanese banking team in China
        63 6 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan is to send a delegation to China today to discuss setting up representative offices for its state-run banks on the mainland, the United Daily News said yesterday. The 50-member team is to include bank officials and members of Taiwan's second-tier Provincial Assembly
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        Lock icon China to make 110m telephones
        44 6 Bloomberg Business News [SHANGHAI] China will make 110 million telephone sets this year, including 80 million for export, the official Business News reported. China aims to produce 800,000 facsimile machines, two million mobile phones satellite communication stations.—Bloomberg Business News
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      227 6 to cash invoices and le* someone else assume litHe os 3.5% p.a.\ DBS Factors has a worUwide network Cos by undertaking that does just that. In fad, we're the collection, sales ledgering and only factor in Singapore affiliated to administrative duties. two international groups. And if you To find out
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  • ASIA
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      Japan keen to spearhead Asian trade links to Latin America
      478 7  -  TOKYO Ttkyo offers loans and technical aid, in addition to helping build np an infrastructure base Reports by Anthony Rowley A NEW era of economic and political cooperation between the more advanced Asian countries and those of Latin America was
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      No renewal for chip accord: minister
      278 7 TOKYO A SENIOR Japanese trade official yesterday underscored the relatively tough approach that Japan is likely to take with the United States on trade issues under the new government of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto by rejecting any possibility of renewing a joint semi-conductor agreement
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      Lock icon Maharashtra govt confirms Enron will lower tariffs
      201 7 BOMBAY AFP THE government of the Indian state of Maharashtra said yesterday that US firm Enron Corp had agreed to charge lower tariffs for electricity from a disputed power project. The power project had been scrapped by the state government, partly due to
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      Sale of Pakistan bank hits snag, casting doubts on future deals
      313 7  -  ISLAMABAD Investors reportedly sought assurances on soft loans from govt By\ Farhan Bokhari PAKISTAN'S decision to delay Monday's planned sale of United Bank Ltd (ÜBL), the country's second largest bank, has raised concerns over the future of its large
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        Lock icon S Korean firms' investments to rise 30%
        58 7 Reuter companies is expected to increase 29.8 per cent in 1996 over last year, the trade ministry said yesterday. The ministry, T said their investment i in plroti and machinery was estimated to rise to 42,57 trillion won (5576.6 billion) this year from
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        Lock icon Hashimotto mèts Okinawa governor
        41 7 Reuter fTOKYO} Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (right) and Okinawa Governor Masaihide Ota greet each other at the startoftheirtalkstodiscussreductionofUSmilitarybases cm the Japanese island, at the premier's official residence in Tokyo cm Jan 28. No progress was reported.—/teuter in
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        Lock icon Japan economic outlook improving:BOJ
        54 7 Bloomberg Business News fTOKYOJ Bank of Japan governor Yasuo Matsushita caid the country's economic outlook is gradually improving. At a meeting with branch managers, he said the central bank sees signs of economic improvement supported by rising industrial production, better corporate earnings and a slower decline
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        Lock icon Tokyo cautious on aid to N Korea
        63 7 AFP [TOKYO] Japan remained cautious yesterday towards North Korea's plea for more rice aid, even though tha United States signalled it might help alleviate food shortages in the hardline communist state. Foreign Minister YukihikoDceda said that Japan last year used up Its rice
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      Lock icon Dailies name top debtors of failed housing loan firms
      336 7 ■TOKYO No commitments from govt as it comes under more pressnre to name borrowers AFP, Reuter TWO major Japanese dailies stole a march on the government yesterday by publishing the names of the top 50 debtors to each of the seven
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      Lock icon Chun, Roh and ex-generals charged with sedition
      213 7 TOKYO LAT, Reuter FORMER South Korean presidents Chun Doo Hwan and Roh Tae Woo, along with six former army generals, were indicted yesterday on sedition charges in a 1980 massacre in the city of Kwangju. Lee Jong Chan, head of a special team
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      Lock icon Opposition says it has proof of Rao taking payoffs
      258 7 NEW DELHI Bloomberg Business News INDIAN stocks fell, with the Sensitive Index hitting a 26month low, as an opposition politician said he had proof that Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao took payoffs from businessmen in 1991. Bharatiya Janata Party leader
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  • THE WORLD
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      It's the Hillary bashing season
      642 8  -  LETTERFROM WASHINGTON Forget the budget crisis. Congress Is preoccupied with Hillary By Leon Hadar WHILE the news coming out of Washington suggests that America's leaders are preoccupied with finding ways to balance the US budget, fight crime, bring peace to Bosnia, or manage the relationship
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      Lock icon Whitewater grand jury summons Hillary
      186 8 WASHINGTON Reuter US First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton has been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury about the sudden discovery of documents sought for two years by investigators probing the Whitewater affair, the White House said on Monday. The subpoena marked an embarrassing
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      Lock icon Treasury warns of looming US govt default
      340 8 WASHINGTON AFP THE Treasury is warning Congress the US government will default for the first time in history by Mar 1 unless lawmakers extend borrowing authority, but the Republicans have yet to blink. US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, in a letter on Monday
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      Lock icon They're against abortion
      32 8 [WASHINGTON] Anti-abortion protesters holding a poster reading 'Shame'outside the Supreme Court on Monday, the 23rd anniversary of the Roe vs Wade decision legalising abortion in the United States. REUTER
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      Lock icon Russian pledge on reforms reassures foreign investors
      271 8 Moscow Reuter SOME of the biggest foreign investors in Russia said on Monday they were relieved by promises that the country's reforms would stay on track, despite the ousting of free market champion Anatoly Chubais. Percy Barnevik, president of Swiss-Swedish engineering group ABB
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      Lock icon US firms not planning big price hikes: poll
      199 8 NEW YORK Bloomberg Business News THE majority of US chief executives don't plan big increases in the prices they charge for products in 19%, the Conference Board found in its quarterly survey of business confidence among chief executives. None of the executives
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      Lock icon A-G defends SFO after acquittal of Maxwell's sons
      302 8 LONDON Bloomberg Business News, Reuter BRITAIN'S chief legal officer on Monday rushed to defend the nation's fraud-fighting office, which faces calls for its abolition following the acquittal of Kevin and lan Maxwell in a high-profile court case. A British jury reached not
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Mexico posts US$7.4b trade surplus
        48 8 AFP [MEXICO CITY] Mexico chalked up a trade surplus of US$7.4 billion (5510.5 billion) in 1995, its first positive trade balance since 1989. The Finance Ministry reported that Mexico exported goods worth U5579.89 billion and imported to the tune of U5572.49 billion. —AFP
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        Lock icon Salomon probing sacked options trader
        61 8 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Salomon Brothers Inc said it was investigating an options trader after the firm fired him over US$l5 million (5J21.3 million) in trading losses. It fired Ilya Kaminsky for what it said were discrepancies between the price he assigned to the
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        Lock icon Arafat's party gets 50 out of 88 seats
        55 8 AFP [RAMALLAH, West Bank] Candidates from the Fatah movement of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat won 50 seats in the 88-member legislative council elected on Saturday, the Election Commission announced yesterday. It said 35 independents were elected, although at least 15 of the
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        Lock icon US economist not keen on strong dollar
        62 8 Reuter [NEW YORK] US private economist Fred Bergsten said he believes there is no need for a stronger US dollar from the US point ofview. Mr Bergsten, director of the Washington-based think-tank Institute for International Economics, told CNBC television that he sees a
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        Lock icon French official admits to past N-leaks
        72 8 AFP [PARIS] The chief of French nuclear tests, Alain Barthoux, said yesterday that small radioactive leaks had occurred in the past from tests on the Mururoa and Fangataufa atolls in French Polynesia. But he denied there had been any leaks during the current series
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      107 8 f This announcement appears as a matter of record only I Kanjanapas Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Thailand) U5540,000,000 Transferable Loan Certificate Facility Guarantor Laem Thong Bank Public Company Limited Arrangers LJF.C. Far East Ltd KEXIM Asia Limited Co-Arranger Overseas Union Bank Limited, Bangkok International Banking Facility Lead Managers London Forfaiting
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      212 9 Top Financial Experts awarded us IFR 'Bank of the Year: 65,000 people around the world take pride in showing you why. back to April 12, when t. JHL Dutch offerings. The X^V lv ".'".IS Berg. acquisition kIM lk' "ifc served as global CO catapulted the bank up T region's equity
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Asia, Europe to meet on equal footing
      777 10  -  THE BOTTOM LDVE OPINION By Shada Islam The writer is a Brussels-based journalist who contributes to BT THE first Euro-Asia summit to be held in Bangkok on March 1 and 2 will offer the European Union's 15 leaders a welcome respite from their
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      131 10 There is a crisis of confidence as to whether this whole thing can work.' -9taph«BuMh chief economist at IBJ International pic, on whether European governments can impose the fiscal discipline mandated by the Maastricht Treaty without social disruption. 'Government enthusiasm for (European economic and monetary union) results
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      Land transport to improve
      555 10 EDITORIAL PERHAPS the minister had it tucked up his sleeve for a while. But when he finally revealed it the response was one of unanimous cheer: work on the $5 billion north-east extension of Singapore's MRT line would start right away, Communications Minister Mali Bow Tan
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      Flat-tax fad hits US
      1252 10  -  Republicans claim their plan for one tax rate for all will be a growth engine. Others call it dejavoodoo economics By] Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent AMERICA has a new and hot idea. It's called the Flat Tax and it's the Fad of
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      MAILBOX
      925 10 Mils OMmrttted to Aria I AM very disappointed that The Business Times should so uncritically publish the misleading mish mash of allegations contained in Mike Simms's article (BT. Jan 16), questioning the New Zealand government's commitment to Asia. Specifically: ♦The juxtaposition of a photograph of a Maori protester and
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • CHATTER Box
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        Lock icon Reeve in and out of hospital
        119 11 Reuter PARALYSED Superman actor Christopher Reeve left Northern Westchester Hospital Centre on Monday after a week of hospital treatment for two Infections, erratic blood ?'pressure and constipation, hospital officials said. The Mt Kisco, New. York, hospital said it had cleared up the infections, which
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        64 11 AFP AN expert at Sotheby's auction house in London on Monday displaying one of the antique Valentine cards to go under the hammer next week. The"Bank of True Love" note was issued in 1847 and is one of the only surviving few of its kind.
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        Lock icon Houston turns movie-maker
        120 11 UPI POP diva Whitney Houston has two hit features to her credit as an actress—The Bodyguard and Watting To Exhale—and. is working on a third, The Preacher's Wife, >' co-starring Denzel Washington and directed by Penny iiMarshaLL It seems she is preparing to give a lot more
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        78 11 UPI ROCK star Sting, who already has a US$3 million (554.3 million) country estate outside London, has rented a e i summer house for the month of July in smart East I? Hampton on New York state's Long Island, according to the community's weekly paper.
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        Lock icon Anjelica puts bossiness to good use
        59 11 UPI r ACTRESS Anjelica Huston, daughter of the late film director John Huston, is making her directorial debut with ***** Out qf Carolina, a TNT movie now being filmed on location in Wilmington, North Carolina. Huston told columnist Liz Smith: "I think I may
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        Lock icon Dion is French singing ambassader
        49 11 AFP singing star Celine Dion was awanted'&e French Medal of Arts and Letters on Monday evening at uKaOthMidem records and music industry fair. Culture Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy bestowed the medal on J Dion calling her "one of the best ambassadors of the French language".—AFP
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      Lock icon All the glitter and glamour
      670 11  -  FASHION Designers are oat to prove that there is yiiche for haute couture despite more pull-outs this season By\ Sarah Shard AFP [PARIS] The survival of haute cputure looks increasingly precarious, with two more houses pulling out this season, leaving only 15 showing this week,
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      Lock icon Making of a best-seller
      910 11  -  Publishers today need sophisticated marketing know-how to earn big bucks, oatui feldbum reports GAYLE FELDMAN NYT FIVE years ago, a new novel by Dean Koontz would have been heavily marketed, zoomed onto best-seller lists and stayed there long enough to sell 400,000 hard-cover copies to loyal
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      Lock icon Those gut feelings
      469 11  -  HEALTH By\ Sandra Blakeslee NYT [NEW YORKJ Ever wonder why people get "butterflies" in the stomach before going on stage? Or why an impending job interview can cause an attack of intestinal cramps? And why do antidepressants targeted for the brain cause nausea or abdominal upset? The
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      Lock icon Madonna un-worshipped
      492 12 CINEMA The pop star is not welcomed in Argentina even as she tries to show her good intentions Reuter (BUENOS AIRES) Madonna, in Argentina to film Alan Parker's Evita, is doing her best to persuade the country she will not cheapen the hallowed memory of Eva Peron, but
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      The course is set, the stars are here
      2133 14  -  GOLF By] Eileen Chan [SINGAPORE] Golf fans will be seeing stars as some of the world's top players convene in Singapore for the Johnnie Walker golf tournament, which starts tomorrow. Here's a close-up look at the heavyweight guest list. Fred Couples Popular
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      Johnnie Walker Classic on the Web
      190 14 THE Business Times and Asia One, Singapore Press Holdings' site on the World Wide Web, will be providing live coverage of the Johnnie Walker Classic to Internet users around the world. Asia One, which is the official Web site for the Classic, will have
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      Lock icon In prize money, it's always Advantage Men
      430 14 TENNIS UPI THE biggest ponderable at the Australian Open championships after almost a week of action hasn't necessarily centred on who will win the men's and women's championships. Sports fans, commentators and players Down Under have struck up a great debate: are the
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      OCBC gets green light to set up Bombay office
      294 15 fSINGAPORE] OCBC Bank has received approval from the Indian government to set up a branch office in Bombay making it the third SingaSore Big Four bank with an Inian presence. A spokesman for OCBC confirmed that the bank had received approval
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      Inchcape Bhd names new chief exec
      196 15 [SINGAPORE] Jeremy Hobbins will be the new chief executive of Inchcape Bhd from March 1, succeeding Peter McCready who takes on new responsibilities within the Inchcape pic group. Inchcape Bhd said yesterday that Mr McCready will remain on its board until the annual general
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      Tokyo exchange desperately anxious to see new faces
      744 15  -  HOCK LOCK SBW By Anthony Rowley IT MAY seem odd that the recent decision by Malaysia's YTL Corporation and Indonesia's P T Dharmala to list their shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange should be an occasion for reI jolclng in a stockmarket
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      Liang Court to boost portfolio
      444 15  -  Group intends to double by year 2000 the number of commercial properties it owns and manages By< Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Liang Court Holdings intends to double the number of commercial properties (retail and office) it owns and manages from six to 12 by the year
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      Lock icon Bousteadco shares surge on news of takeover bid
      309 15 Investors hope ex-QAF chief will boost prospects [SINGAPORE] Engineering company Bousteadco Singa pore's shares rose sharply in active trade yesterday following news that ex-QAF Ltd managing director Wong Fong Fui was making a takeover bid for the company. The shares rose as
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        New team vows to revive Promet's fortunes
        404 16  -  Major shareholder Soh Chee Wen brings two of his close associates onboard Reports 1 Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumur ACQUISITIVE businessman Soh Chee Wen yesterday named two of his close associates as directors of Promet Bhd and declared he was ready to
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        Lock icon Ekran gets nine bids for Bakun dam project
        334 16 Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Ekran Bhd has received nine bids for the construction of the Msls billion (SsB.3 billion) Bakun Hydroelectric Dam, the company said. These included three for the hydropower component of the project, three for the electricity transmission component,
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        Soh Chee Wen says he will fight Landmarks case to the end
        240 16 CORPORATE high-flier Soh Chee Wen yesterday signalled his intention not to let up in the fight for control of property concern Landmarks Bhd and criticised his rival Samsudin Abu Hassan over a proposal to sell off a South
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        Lock icon DRB, Gadek owners approve deals
        230 16 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Shareholders of Gadek (M) Bhd and Diversified Resources Bhd (DRB) yesterday approved a series of deals involving the two companies and Hicom Holdings Bhd. Separate statements from the two related companies said the deals include the sale of two car distributors one
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        Lock icon Maybank half-year net profit forecast to jump 25%
        397 16 2nd-half performance likely to be even better, say analysts AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's top bank Malayan Banking Bhd is tipped to report a 25 per cent jump in net earnings for the six months to December of M 5465 million (Ss2sB million),
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        Lock icon Actacorp in search of more land
        132 16 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Actacorp Holdings Bhd, which was yesterday transferred to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's main board from the second board, said it is looking for more land to start its own mixed housing development, the Bernama news agency reported. The company is
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        Lock icon Berjaya timber deal in Surinam hits snag
        281 16 MBT [KUALA LUMPURJ Berjaya Group is negotiating a timber concession in Surinam which, however, is turning into an election issue. The Surinam government is reported to be close to awarding the concessions to about one-tenth of its 40 million hectares in the Amazon
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        UOB veteran to retire on April 1
        166 16 (SINGAPORE] United Overseas Bank executive vice-pres-ident Yeo Yong Siang will be retiring from the bank on April 1. A source said Mr Yeo, 55, has opted for retirement and that the bank has accepted it. The source added that Mr Yeo will be
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        Lock icon Malaysian telecom giant Binariang eyes listing
        366 16 Firm hopes to raise between Mslb-Ms2b before year-end AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Telecommunications firm Binariang Sdn Bhd, which launched Malaysia's first telecommunications satellite a week ago, plans to list on the local bourse this year, company officials said yesterday. Binariang hopes to raise between Msl
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        Lock icon Mayora planning bond sales
        148 16 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] P T Mayora Indah, Indonesia's largest biscuit and confectionary manufacturer, has put together a US$lOO million (Ssl42 million) bond programme under which it will sell short- and long-term securities in a variety of currencies. With Citicorp International as its financial adviser, Mayora
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          Asean Fund posts 30% profit dip
          67 16 [SINGAPORE) The Asean Fund yesterday reported a 36.9 per cent drop in net earnings to US$25 million (5535.5 million) for the year to Oct 31. The relatively weaker performance was due to poorer market conditions in 1995. The fUnd said it remained more positive
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          DBS Land joins hospital venture
          75 16 [SINGAPORE] DBS Land subsidiary Premier Health Corp' International has entered into a Joint-venture agreement with Penang Development Corporation to invest in healthcare facilities in Malaysia. Premier Health Corp (M) Sdn Bhd has a paid-up capital ofMsloo,ooo (5555,000). Premier Health holds 65 per cent of the
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          Asiamatrtx shuffles board
          84 16 [SINGAPORE] Asiamatrix Ltd yesterday announced the appointment of Suzanna Tanojo. Jolnerri Kahar and Ratnawati Harjojudanto as directors. It said George Thia Peng Heok, John Choy Chee Tuck and Chang See Hiang had resigned as directors and members of the audit committee with effect from Jan 22. Joining
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          Keppel Finance to redeem bonds
          73 16 [SINGAPORE] Keppel Finance will redeem on Feb 25 all outstanding bonds from its issue of 160 million 1.25 per cent Unsecured Bonds due 1996 at their principal amount together with accrued interest of 1.25 per cent per annum for the period Feb *****5 to Feb
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        Lock icon One-third of Telstra worth A$10b
        493 17 Aussie opposition leader says he will float one-third of telecom firm in his first term if elected Reuter (CANBERRA] A float of onethird of Australia's stateowned telecommunications firm Telstra would raise around Aslo billion (5510.4 billion), telecommunications analysts said. "The market would love it they're
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        Lock icon HP in tie-up to make integrated circuits in Taiwan
        186 17 AFP, Bloomberg Business News [TAIPEI] US-based computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co announced yesterday it would form a joint-venture company to design and manufacture integrated circuits in Taiwan. The US firm has signed a letter of intent with W K Technology Fund, Taiwan's
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        Lock icon Carter Holt expects fall in 3Q profit
        206 17 NYT [AUCKLAND] New Zealandbased paper products and forestry group Carter Holt Harvey Ltd said it is likely to report third quarter profit below the NZ$lO9 million (Sslo2 million) it earned in the OctoberDecember quarter of 1994. The company said the lower profit will
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          Lock icon SCMP editor-in-chief resigns
          57 17 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] David Armstrong, editor-in-chief of the South China Morning Post, has resigned. He leaves the position after three years to return to Australia. His last day at the newspaper is March 29. In a statement, Mr Armstrong said he had resigned in order to
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          Lock icon UK's Farnell to buy US firm lor US$2.8b
          71 17 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON! Farnell Electronics pic of the UK will pay US$2.B billion (553.9 billion) for Premier Industrial Corp of Cleveland, Ohio, merging their two businesses to create the world's third-largest electronics distributor. Shares in Farnell plunged as much as 70
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          Lock icon Euro Disney sales up 17%
          48 17 Bloomberg Business News [PARIS] Euro Disney SCA, Europe's largest theme park operator, yesterday said its first-quarter sales rose 17 per cent even as a public sector strike closed down public transport to its Disneyland Paris theme park for three weeks. —Bloomberg Business News
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        Lock icon HK bourse disallows new Hopewell, Cepa warrants
        196 17 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] The Stock Exchange of Hongkong has banned brokerages from selling new warrants on stock of Hopewell Holdings Ltd and its subsidiary Consolidated Electric Power Asia Ltd (Cepa). The exchange informed brokerages yesterday morning in a faxed letter signed by
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        Lock icon NEC's China joint venture to make advanced chips
        174 17 Japanese firm to raise its stake in venture from 40% to 51% AFP [TOKYO] Japan's NEC Corp said yesterday its ShougangNEC Electronics Co Ltd jointventure would invest 12 billion yen (Ssl6l million) to produce advanced microchips in China. NEC said in a
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        Lock icon Taiwan firm plans Macau shopping mall
        146 17 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's food giant President Enterprise Corp is planning to invest NT$4 billion (Ss2o6 million) to build a shopping mall in Macau, the Economic Daily News said yesterday. The daily quoted President's vice-chairman Kao Chin-yen as saying the company is also planning to
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        Lock icon Five biggest US oil companies post strong 4th-qtr earnings
        394 18 Bat most stocks take a beating as erode oil prices fall on concerns over lifting of sanctions on Iraq Reuter [LOS ANGELES] Five of the biggest oil companies in the United States reported surprisingly strong fourth-quar-ter earnings on Monday, but their
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        Lock icon America Online and Netscape may form alliance
        332 18 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] America Online Inc and Netscape Communications Corp, maker of the leading software used on the Internet's World Wide Web, are talking about a possible alliance, according to company sources. The aim would be to combine forces to fight off
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        Lock icon Apple may buy more from Taiwan
        328 18 A financially weak Apple may have to hnnt for low-cost component sources Bloomberg Business News [TAIPEI] Financial problems are likely to force Apple Computer Inc, the third-largest US personal computer maker, to increase purchases from relatively low-cost overseas suppliers, which will benefit Taiwan's computer
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        Lock icon Japan's techno stocks take a beating as Nomura puts the chips down
        336 18 Reuter [TOKYO] Jitters engulfed Japan's high-technology stocks yesterday after the research arm of Nomura Securities cut its ratings for more than half a dozen of the shares, citing fears that semiconductor prices could fall. Nomura Research Institute said
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        45 18 [BEIRUT] Elissar Haydar-Tamin, supervisor of the floor, ringing the bell at the Beirut stock exchange on Monday for the start of trading. The exchange resumed operations on Monday after a 13-year break due to the war in Lebanon. AFP
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        Lock icon Apple-Sun merger deal imminent?
        157 18 Reuter [NEW YORK] Apple Computer Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc have resumed merger talks and a deal between the two companies is "imminent", the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. People familiar with the negotiations declined to give the journal specifics about the structure of the deal
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        Granada to sell leading Forte hotels after bid
        369 18  -  From Neil Behrmann in London LEADING London hotels will be sold following the Granada Group's successful massive £3.8 billion (SsB.l billion) hostile takeover of Forte pic. Forte finally caved in to Granada when leading institutions led by Mercury Asset Management voted for
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        Lock icon Woolworth shareholder seeks spin-off of unit
        361 18 Reuter [CHICAGO] A shareholder proposal to break up Woolworth Corp reflects impatience with the speed of change at the retailer, which warned earlier on Monday fourth-quarter profits will decline. Woolworth earlier announced it received a proposal from investor Alfred Kingsley to carve out the
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      • SMALL Change
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          Lock icon 20% asset growth for Thai banks
          67 19 AFP [BANGKOK] The total assets of Thailand's 15 commercial banks reached 4.5 trillion baht (***** billion) in 1995, a 20.1 per cent jump over the previous year, the Thai Farmers Research Centre said yesterday. The four largest banks— Bangkok Bank, Krung Thai Bank, Thai
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          Lock icon China bank plans 10% profit growth
          67 19 Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] China's Bank of Communications said earnings will rise at a 10 per cent annual rate through 2000, Xinhua reported. The value of outstanding loans rose 26 per cent last year, while local currency deposits rose 33.4 per cent, it said.
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          Lock icon New currency contracts in HK
          56 19 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] The Hongkong Futures Exchange will increase the number of currencies futures contracts it offers, said its chief executive. The new contracts will include the US dollar against the British pound, the Australian dollar, the Canadian dollar, the Swiss franc and the
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          Lock icon Sun Alliance of UK opens Shanghai office
          49 19 Bloomberg Business News [SHANGHAI] Sun Alliance Group pic, the UK-based insurance company, opened a Shanghai office. It is the third foreign insurer to open office here since December after Cigna International of the US and National Mutual Asia of Hongkong.—Bloomberg Business News
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        Lock icon Brunei selloff cited for fall of US$ against S$
        312 19 AFP [SINGAPORE] Oil-rich Brunei's government investment arm was said to have sold the US dollar massively against the Singapore currency yesterday, pushing the greenback below the 1.4200 Singapore dollar level, dealers said. The Brunei investment agency was rumoured to have sold
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        Asian syndicated loans topped US$74b in 1995
        444 19  -  'Japan premium' sees one less Japanese bank in top 50 list By\ Siow Li Sen THE appetite for Asian (ex-Ja-pan) syndicated loans last year grew a healthy 9 per cent to U5574.3 billion (*****.5 billion) despite Japanese banks slowing down in the second
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        Lock icon First Interstate turns to hostile suitor Wells Fargo
        284 19 First Bank left oat of merger talks after it announces snag in bid Bloomberg Business News [LOS ANGELES] First Interstate Bancorp said it had started merger talks with Wells Fargo Co, its hostile suitor during the past three months. First Interstate had
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        Lock icon Iraq closer to re-entering oil markets: diplomats
        299 19 ENERGY REPORT Reuter (BAGHDADJ Baghdad diplomats and analysts said yesterday they believe Iraq's re-entry to oil markets was now closer than any time since the United Nations imposed comprehensive sanctions. They said Iraq's agreement to enter talks with the UN came after months
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        Aussie bank ANZ gels Viet go-ahead for second branch
        171 19  -  From Florence Chong in Sydney LEADING Australian bank ANZ has received official approval to open a second branch in Vietnam. The green light to upgrade its Ho Chi Minh City representative office to a branch comes on the third anniversary of
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        160 19 Reuter, AFP London THE dollar was easier in tight ranges as traders focused on the recovery of the mark against high-yielding European currencies amid a scaling back of official German interest rate cut expectations. The drop in the German interest rate futures contract has not yet been fully
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        Lock icon Gift-edged investments
        70 19 A J v man shopping for gold earrings at a Beijing jewellery store yesterday. China's gold production increased 65 per cent iosi year. Ana it is expected to rise due to an increase in consumer demand and what is seen as a need by many Chinese to protect
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        Lock icon Amex earnings jump 18% to record high
        373 19 USs3B4m net income in 4Q helped by rising consumer spending and travel business Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] American Express Co said fourth-quarter earnings per share rose 18 per cent to a record, boosted by rising consumer spending and its travel business. The
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        903 20 [KUALA LUMPUR] Tin price in the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market eased 14 sen to M 515.78 per kg in heavy offering and lack of buying interest. Traders said the bearish local market sentiment was contributed by the drop in all base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange
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        1165 20 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures rebounded from morning weakness to end firm yesterday while Eurodollars ended easier. Dealers said Euroyen futures saw heavy selling by US funds in the morning session. "About 40,000 September contracts were sold and it went all the way down to 99.03 and Simex
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        Knight-Ridder Commodity Summary
        480 20 Non-US ootton for Asian markets [SYDNEY] Asian buyers are expected to purchase more non-US cotton this week as the market shows signs of giving up on its wait for New York futures to dip below 80 US cents (551.14) per pound before extending coverage. Large purchases of
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      1310 20 S1C0M FUTURES j an 23 RUBBER (Marts closing «s at 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTU cwtjAq) Ch>s« Volume Open Hjfh Low Sott (tonnes) Interest Frt 96 213.00 1050 N*r 96 213.50 210.00 213.50 200 2900 Apr 96 213.00 208.25 212.00 450 3450 96 213.00 20B.25 212.00 450 3450 Jw»96 213.00
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      4829 21 -115.81 SHARES gave up all gains in late afternoon trade to end lower. Brokers said the Nikkei index may slip below the key 20,000 level temporarily today amid uncertainty over Japan's mortgage firm scheme. High-techs were also weak on concerns over chip prices. The Nikkei Average finished
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      1841 21 London -I&2 SHARE prices closed sharply lower, with earlier losses compounded by Wall Street's decline in early trade and weaker bonds following the release of strong US personal income and expenditure data. The FT-SE 100 Index closed 19.2 points down at 3,735.0, up from a low of
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      2482 22 AFX-Asia QlUogSeog +LB9 SHARE prices closed steady yesterday, coming off their lows as buy orders from Europe took the market up towards 11,000 in late trade, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed up 1.89 points at 10,957.22. Turnover was HK$6.9B billion. After opening the afternoon session down more
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      656 22 Reuter rl Shanghai B Share Index +0.77 SHANGHAI B Share Index ended up yesterday on cautious speculative buying, but trading was dull. Brokers said market sentiment remained weak after the index repeatedly hit record lows in the previous month. The index rose 0.77 point to 52.65 on volume of
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      956 22 Bloomberg Business News Q Composite Index +2M STOCKS rose for a fourth day as Gudang Garam and Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna, clove cigarette makers, surged to fresh records. The Composite Index rose 2.98 points to 574.30.. Gudang Garam rose 600 rupiah to 28,000 in trading of 226,000 shares. Sampoerna rose
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      1234 22 Bloomberg Business News P SET Into -(LSI STOCKS were mixed as shares with big capitalisations, suoh as Siam Cement and Finance One, fell as some investors wagered that recent gains have outpaced potential for profit growth. Thai Airways International, which on Monday announced the sale of six planes for
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        7110 23 KPALA LUMPURReports Bloomberg Business News fl Composite Index +6J6 STOCKS rose, led by Telekom Malaysia after a minister promised the company will have a decision soon on its request for new rates that will increase revenue. "Telekom Malaysia has submitted the findings of
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        3458 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By. R Sivanithy IT'S ALWAYS tempting when writing this column to focus only on warrants that're currently in play. Some of the US dollar covered warrants on the Jardine stocks are good examples. The high daily volume enjoyed by these counters means
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        4396 25 Of or mm 1995/9* Last V« Day Last Ouota Otv Mv YM MM Cap Avg Hit* Law l«Ma Cw>i; »ala COOP) High Law fcyw »<l»r CV P/l Wc» mmmwn 2M 176 1258 AcarSOc US202 *3 208 202 199 198 202 ,3.4 134.4 494 318* m t 1000 Acma
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        212 26 Stacks Vatomo •Sri Hartamas 44,966,000 ifJMWTO 22,040,000 Amcoi 25c 20,312.000 *MrisHydSOc 14,143,000 HKLand USSO.I 7.497,000 'from* 6,723,000 *Mu*tialntl50 5,049,000 •Motropta 50c 4,904,000 Comfort Grp 25 4,713,000 •InsasBtid 4,172,000 fbcli > Amcoi 25c 88,158,756 •Sri Hartamas 74,801,730 •WrisHyd50c 32,274,090 JMH US$0.25 40 25,958,619 MR Land USSO.I 16,805,254 U08 Foreign (6.498,844 •fioWonPHisH
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        79 26  -  -by Paul Leo JEN CHUA COMFORT Group rose one cent to $1.27 yesterday on a strong volume of 17 million units nearly five times the 19day average of 966,000 shares. While further upside towards I its all-time high of $1.34 is likely within the next few days, investors
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        Index falls but blue chips are still on the uptrend
        690 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Retreat expected given previous day's steep rise bat the STII is likely to monnt a fresh bid to breach all-time high By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Stock prices here closed higher across the board yesterday, even though the
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          Oppressed!
          116 26 AM COL Holdings yesterday withdrew Invitations to the media to attend its annual dinner on Feb 3, breaking a longstanding tradition started by former boss Kang Hwi Wah, a spirited fellow who knows how to liven up a party when he throws one. To add insult to Injury, Amcol
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          MRT been for Keppel?
          180 26 THE residents of Ponggol, Hougang, Potong Paslr and Sersngoon may not be the only ones to benefit from the propoeed north-east MKT line. According to investment house Merrill Lynch, the new 20-km line, which will run from the World Trade Centre to Ponggol. could boost the
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          Merill axes commentary
          68 26 MERRILL Lynch (Singapore) yesterday said Its Asian Economic Commentary will no longer be published. The newsletter's author, Sanjoy Chowdhury, who was also the firm's chief economist, Is "no longer with the company". His departure comas less than a fortnight after Merrill Lynch axed 14 corporate finance executives
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          Italians least trustworthy,says poll
          119 26 IN A recent survey of 1,600 European business leaders from seven BU countries conducted by Harris Research tor the courier firm United Parcel Service, one of the queetione asked wee, "Which SU business executivee do you think ere the least trustworthy?" The Italians fot the gold
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      676 17 JF I Keppel Finance Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I TO HOLDERS OF WARRANTS 1996 OF I KEPPEL FINANCE LIMITED ("THE COMPANY") Dear Sir/Madam I EXPIRATION OF WARRANTS 1996 ON 23RD FEBRUARY 1996 I Holders of the Company's Warrants 1996 ("Warrants") which were issued in I 1991
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      1101 26 Singapore Closing Share Prices 23/01/1996 CLOSE PREV LOW HIQH A s||s A uss uss uss uss Will/ Jardine Matheson 8.38 8.10 8.10 8.48 FRfflU Jardine Strategic 3.48 3.40 3.40 3.82 LwQQf J Dairy Farm 1.02 1.01 1.01 1.03 Hongkong Land 2.24 2.18 2.20 2.28 ■pptMjfl Mandarin Oriental 1.27 1.28 1.27
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      Lock icon DAILY FREIGHT
      299 27 Knight-Ridder, Reuter THE dry cargo market sentiment was dominated by negative factors as both Capers and Handy-sizes continued to suffer from lack of demand, broking sources said. The critical coal and ironore markets remained quiet and grain proved to be the only consistently active major commodity, they added.
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      289 27 Jma It hi CWT Distribution—1.69 -0.04 393 Chom Hup Holdings 126 uneft 119 Cosco Invastmant _L99 -0.02 95 rtlS 6.90 *0.05 6*2 FralgfttUnks 0.92 -0.005 293 G8HoMngs L33 *0.01 596 Hal Sun tap 1.01 -0.01 770 HRacftl Zosan 1.12 *0.01 335 IMC HoMngs MK5.60 Jaya Holdings 1.64 -0.01
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      Aussie shipbuilders face loss of govt subsidy
      315 27  -  5% subsidy will end unless industry can justify its continued existence From Selva Kumar in Sydney SHIPBUILDERS in Australia have been told they will lose a government subsidy unless they can justify its continued existence. Chris Schact, the Minister for Small Business, Customs
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      Lock icon Calypso to be refloated: agent
      254 27 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Salvage operations to refloat Jacques-Yves Cousteau's research ship, Calypso, has begun, according to the ship's agent. The 20-metre Calypso, in which the 85-year-old French oceanographer has toured the globe since 1950, sank on Jan 8 after a collision with a barge. The converted
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      Lock icon Philippine shipping lines invested US$219m in '95
      121 27 AFP [MANILA] Philippine shipping firms invested U*****.5 million (*****.7 million) in the domestic maritime sector in 1995 largely to acquire new vessels, the official Philippine News Agency (PNA) reported yesterday. PNA did not say how much of an increase this was over 1994
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      Sub-standard ships and insurers that take a long-term view
      639 27  -  STRAIT TALK By\ Seafarer THE recent Sanko Harvest case (reported by Shipping Times two days ago) may well be an indication that the tide really is turning against sub-standard shipping. A Sydney court awarded some 5112.7 million in damages to the
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      Lock icon Austral Asia Line to call at Port Klang
      110 27 MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] Port Klang will be Austral Asia Line (AAL)'s new port of call beginning on Jan 29. AAL, a shipping line offering express services from Australia's Northern Territory and Queensland to South-East Asia, is deploying three multipurpose ships in the
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      197 27 More than half of state-owned ships are over 16 years old AFP [JAKARTA] The sinking of the ferry Gurita off northern Indonesia last Friday, with the feared loss of more than 200 lives, highlights the decrepit condition of the stateowned fleet that plies the
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      Lock icon Shanghai plans international port
      140 27 AFP [HONGKONG] The Chinese government has endorsed plans for a deep sea international port at Shanghai to strengthen its bid to become an international trade and finance centre, a report said yesterday. The plan was endorsed recently following a meeting to gain the support of the
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      Lock icon Baltic giant goes under
      1148 28  -  A RUSSIAN TALE: READING BETWEEN THE LINES Behind the spectacular fall of a once-great Russian shipping company he allegations of crime, corruption and even murder. But few who know dare talk about the why and how of the collapse of the Baltic Shipping Company By. Jon
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      452 28 PACE Evergreen 6 ABC Cont 17 EicelPoint 17 Aa 17 as u AM. 3 FMC 13 API (4 Famous 7 HI, 7 Farwide 16 Accord 8 f»«>flSun 0 Ahrenkiel 4 FrtLtafcs 16 Appenshlp 4 «»<*« 8 Arowana CLJ k Astro 12 16 Austral
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
      13495 36 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voy*q« Pg ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Pq SIN Dest'n Name Name No. No. SIN Dest'o Name Name No. No naHnmoanaiMaNMHHMHWMMnM A 26/01 14/02 MISC GURU BHUM 6512 8 A 26/01 14/02 MOL NEDLLOYO HOUTMAN 7026 J Ab d n M/01 14/02 Nedlloyd NLL
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        586 45 *Vw«l VoyWo Bfth Arrival D«p4Ttur« J»m Nrt *(BT) Mdayat R8-I14 1/96 J1 alongside 24.01/1000 <|T) nclayan Jaya 1 1/96 Jl alongside 24.01/0600 t «T) PUI Cakra Jay* 0»96 Jl atongsid* 24.01/1500 ,«*T) Pwtay Tttor 1796 Jl tfonqsidt 24.01/1900 •MT) WU Jaya 3/96 Jl alongside 24 01/1000 «T) Tenaga
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1780 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND La CARGO Booking/B«l«nc« Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Ptriod From To Fro« *ci a**t oom nam a 21/1700 24/MM 24/0*00 a 21/1700 24/0659 24/0900 J 24/0700 24/IB9 24/MOO 4 24/UOO 24/MM 24/1700 «aJMt 2740 2VWM U tWN 24MM 2VI WO 20 21/1700
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        884 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        549 45 JAM as Nepal: Market holiday, Basanta PanchamL jam at Australia: Market and Public holiday, Australia Day. Uganda: Market and Public holiday, National Resistance Movement/Army Day. JAM 30 Nepal: Market and Public holiday, Martyrs' Day. FEB 1 Malaysia: Partly Market and Public holiday, Federal Territory Day (Kuala Lumpur and
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        Lock icon GE leasing unit buys 107 Boeing planes for US$4b
        350 46 Options to buy 152 of next-generation 8737s could be worth about USs6b AFP [WASHINGTON] GE Capital Aviation Services, an aircraft leasing firm, said on Monday it will buy 107 Boeing planes in an order worth at least US$4 billion (555.7 billion).
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        Lock icon Is it a plane, is it a train...?
        73 46 [TOKYO] An artist's drawing showing Fujita Corporation 'sgeoplane underground system. The company is attempting to gain support for a joint study to develop the system. The scheme utilises a tunnel ofso-60metres in diameter to be built between Tokyo and Osaka, a distance
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        Lock icon THAI expects revenue boost after new accord with US
        228 46 State carrier plans to start new passenger and cargo services Reuter [BANGKOK] State-owned Thai Airways International expects to generate more revenue through new passenger and cargo flights to America after sealing a fresh aviation pact with the US. Currently, THAI flies
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        Lock icon China produced 1.4m vehicles in '95
        165 46 AFP [BEIJING] China produced 1.45 million sedans, buses and trucks in 1995, while motorcycles and simple farm vehicles pushed the vehicle industry's total output to 11.58 million units, the China Daily said on Monday. The output volume of sedans, buses and trucks was up
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        Lock icon Fokker collapse will hurt fleet value for customers
        348 46 Planes expected to have a life cycle of about 30 years Bloomberg Business News [PARIS] If Dutch aircraft maker Fokker NV were to collapse after Daimler-Benz AG's decision to cut off support, its customers, including AMR Corp's American Airlines, would see the
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        Lock icon China's choice of partner unaffected
        202 46 Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] China's choice of a foreign partner to help build a new 100-seater aircraft will not be affected by the financial problems of Dutch aircraftmaker Fokker NV, a Chinese aviation official said. Germany's Daimler-Benz AG said on Monday it will cut off
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        Lock icon Airbus A-310 passes cold weather test
        186 46 Reuter [MOSCOW] The European plane consortium Airbus Industrie has conducted successful cold-weather tests in ground temperatures as low as minus 49C on its A-310 jet in Russia, a company official said. Uwe Laszig, director regional for CIS, said the plane, which is powered by
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          Lock icon Beijing plans road,sea expansion
          85 46 Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] China plans to build seven natibnal highways, three water transport channels and its first international shipping port, aiming to improve its infrastructure by the year 2000, the official Xinhua news agency said. The plans include 110,000 kilometres of highways, of which 6,500
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          Lock icon Qantas staff back to work
          58 46 Reuter [SYDNEY] Aircraft maintenance staff at Qantas Airways in Sydney have returned to work after walking off the Job in protest against the contracting out of security services, a Qantas spokesperson said. Talks over the new security arrangements are continuing. Qantas said there had been
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          Lock icon Mitsubishi's domestic sales target
          75 46 Reuter [TOKYO] Mitsubishi Motors Corp (MMC) expects to sell 870,000 vehicles In Japan in calendar 1996, up 6.1 per cent from the previous year. The automaker's 1995 domestic sales totalled 830,000, up 8.6 per cent from the previous year. Mitsubishi president Nobuhisa Tsukahara said the automaker
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          Lock icon BMW still keen on MTU venture
          75 46 Reuter [MUNICH] Bayeriache Motoren Werke, the German auto maker, said it was still interested in cooperating in jet engine development with Daimler-Benz AG unit Motoren und Turbinen Union. "BMW would still be interested on some Und of cooperation with MTU," a company spokesman said.
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          Lock icon Suzuki forecasts sales drop
          65 46 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese motorbike manufacturer Suzuki Motor Corp says its worldwide motorbike sales In 1996 is forecast to fall to 532,000 units from 536,612 in 1996. Suzuki said in a statement that motorbike exports would total 336,000 units in 1996, down from 370,979 in 1996, while
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        Lock icon China-backed airline may fly from HK in April
        177 46 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] A new Hongkong airline backed by China's airline regulator has acquired a plane and hopes to start flying from the territory in early April. The new carrier is planning to make its first charter flight to China in
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      17 27 Hie collapse of the Baltic Shipping Company What's behind the fall of a Baltic giant. Page 2
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      312 27 GE leasing unit bays 107 Boeing planes for USs4b Options could be worth another USs6b. Back Page SingaPort '96 International Maritime 016 Bth Singapore International Exhibition and Conference Bunkering Conference 26-29 March 1996 World Trade Centre Singapore 26-28 March 1996 World Trade Centre and Raffles City Convention Centre Singapore incorporating
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      230 28 Unee services rspreeented u by Members of fte Registry of Members of tie Accredited Shipping Agents. BUUU Forw fd r> spoe National Shipping Assoc. Assoctaoon Business winning l edge I M SEA DREAM Wo\ FttTVAtw/UK/Nantes GTSSUNWSE 2MJI RdnVAtwflJK/Nantes I M' Loads EVW. Indonesia M Bpan CPYSTAL OubaVDamnwVßatv*rVKuweft I PAN GRACE
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      993 29 imEsmssi EXPORT TO: TO: JEDDAH/UK/CONTINENT jvfSSIL VOY SJN JCD R'MM IfHMC B'HAVIN STON UH ALSO ACCIPTING CAJtGO FOR: ■WAS 1034 26/01 11/02 13/02 14/02 17/02 GLASGIOW, GRANGEMOUTH NEDUOYDAftKA 3034 27/01 14/02 11/02 13/02 14/02 un cnirriKUirirK 00(1 HONOUt 5044 01/02 20/02 10/02 22/02 MtDUOVD MOOmKOtf 1044 02/02 10/02 20/02 23/02
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      1651 29 HANJIN SHIPPING I USA CANADA "I«I1* I I »n wt mm Kg lim Iwc 1 dy—pgr" W m w m IT is/ti 17/w 17/w i7/w u/w u/w u/w u/w it/« u/w i7/w u/w i*/oi ~m/w ~m7w 17/w »y/w 11/W M/W M/W H/M M/M M/W M/W M/W M/W M/W M/W M/W
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      367 29 EXPORT 3 x Japan •2 x Hongkong •1 x Manila •1 x Kaothiung, Kookmg (Accepting FQ to BKK/NAHA/SENDAI/CEBU/LCH) mm vov na m miuhim* hk< ma ti w m i! wo w w jaaam —m—air a*r jul «n jjg |B tm *q tftKOT 0101 iifli- 2Ml' 39.01 (MM 87JJ 07.07 OMI
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      965 30 NORASIA I VESSEL VOY SIN ALO LAS BCL VAL HAM BftE ROT ANT FEL LMA I SEAIMTMTTVE MOW 24*1 IMB 12*2 17*2 IMB IMB IMB 19*2 20*2 21*2 22*2 I NORASIA FRIBOURG *04 3 31*1 2MB IMB 24*2 2MB 2MB 2MB 2MB 27*2 27*2 2MB NORASIA NOW KONQ 9805-3 87*2
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      25 30 For real-time stock information, call Quickstock on 1900-913-0003 at 30 cents a minute. Stock number are available in the stock pages of BT and ZB.
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      649 30 JAPAN/HONQKONO/STRAITB REGULAR SERVICE LOADING FOR PORT KLANQ/PENANG VtSSa VOY SPORE P SUOAMC r«S Tpsi URAMUS M 24 JAM MJW **I™* 2 2SJAM 27 JM "AW J*** 2 21 JAN CHUNKUAN 15 ITuuT IPM 1 PANOANG TiMOR LIMA 2 02 FEB B4FH CALAYAN IRIS I 03 FES 1 YAYASAN TIiJUH 11
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      1764 31 iMfc P&O P&O Conttdner. (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd A \AWWIVU 10 Hoe Chiang Road, Keppd Tower*, Sianiwrt *208 ppp. First Class Connections WORLDWIDE 'JSSSS^ 64 PNOCSF r 5r5 27 /222 7517 SSSSmaew* 135T SS? SRm I? 0 !S« SS 32E,MMM SS.SS, S& f" ffi, 22, •g" 3" I SSSSfST mi
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      1123 32 MP RDM ANW MM THP LMV LHV THP ROM ANW HSG PKL SOP 1 E. REFINE RW-OS4 3/2 23/2 24/2 2V2 27/2 2V2 E. BATHER RE-004 2V12 30/12 2S/12 <7/12 2H 2 23/1 28/1 E. REPUTE RW-M2 10/2 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/3 S/3 E GRANO RE-M3 31/12 1/1 2/1 3/1
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      955 32 msa VOTMf S» W MH DM MN IWT Ml VISSa VOTMI DW AM DM MM MP H tiuh mam x.ui <*m iaw ivw ivw umomt 0310-07/1 m/oi ivo 14*1 i«/vi a/01 UNCOMHT 031M7M 01/W 11/0 12/07 IVW 14/H IS/OJ 15/01 TEUfI OJII-OOX 11/01 */01 JO/OI ABo >ocap4nq FCL lo Doha,
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      580 32 Bmchhbj) mmm *tmicw »PTILTD TEL: *****33 (12 UNEB) ROt *****18/*****03 TELEX: R8 ***** RISMP (3 Uhm) Cm NOt **********01 f ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL j VNNI Voy |LB—lQ«Br 42W8 20/02 Abyot 43W8 28/03 MnwhaM. ppboui RSjaaHawauaf FULLY CONTAINERISED REGULAR UNFB SFRyjg ACCEPTING BOTH FCL/LCL ALSO BCVSOC V—* *f» P-LaM« OarNaa
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      281 33 11l /jg FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 UNES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 ll A GLOBELINK FORWARDERS PTE LTD MM TWLi *****93 (19 UMK9) FAXt *****99/*****42 TLX; JtS ***** ACT lIM/f FKU
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      781 34 j| VESSEL VOY JKT VESSEL VOY SIN PEN VESSEL VOY SM BKK 1 WAWA BHUM 31 OS W«d In PI Sun 28/01 AHA BHUM <611 Thu 26/01 St >7/01 H MA THU BHUM- ra Wtod lln Pt A* I OT/ni BHUM _Frl W1 to aMI STAMFORD 6711 St 27/01 Tim
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      112 34 BKK/LAEM CHABANG/LAOS 25/01 28/01 31/01 JAKARTA 27/01 03/02 10/02 PT KLANG/PENANG 27/01 01/02 00/02 MANILA 20/01 02/02 00/02 HONG KONG 20/01 03/02 10/02 TAIWAN 20/01 04/02 11/02 BUSAN 20/01 05/02 12/02 dtoSpan KsKfe Loading tor IAYGfTUS 3M9Vm UMM DUMI/OAMMAN KIN SIN K Loading tor PERSEUS 82MM JMIM HSJS LYCMETUS tOMM
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      722 34 r 7® ANSON ROAD, #21-01, SINOAPORC 0207 CR **********01^^^^^1 .V otwmt« murruntmnci PORT KLANQ J PENANG kma voy m rn. wwa voy tm I p« SEA LAUREL 454N 2&01 SUN 2901 MON SUSAK ***** 27/01 SAT 2001 SUN MCC VANTAGE ***** 2901 MON 31A)1 WED PACIFIC LADY ***** SiW attOVnl
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      682 35 I EISA A. %|MA MYANMA iflHßk FIVE STAR UNE (MyHiiiflr National Lisa) Loading for Yoagon (Rangoon) VKHL VOT SM KG KN PGU PATHIM IJSW It/01 MASWAY MW 03/02 MMUVSIA AGENTS: IOUSTIAD SMPPING AGENOIS MIL TH 02-03-*****00 PKL Til 02-03-37M101 KN; TR 02-04-*****02 H». TU 02-07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A ior*ko of
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      912 35 f PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I j CR NO: **********0E VOSML VOY SIN COAB JIB HOO JBO AOJ AM KU MSW ASA KOTA SCRAN! SRN2M 28/1 2/2 8/2 10/2 12/2 IS/2 14/2 13/2 IS/2 11/2 KOTA SIMIAN SNL4IS OS/2 13/2
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      815 35 ¥rtlllf 1 8,1 QAMETTA |LEHAVRE HAMBURG THAMCBPORT BOTTBttAM ANTWERP VtU-E PE CAPELLA TI3W 27/01 07/08 15/08 K/QS IMB 10/02 21/08 V,LLE 06 tJBWA Ll3Mf 02AB 12/02 20/02 21/02 rvrw 2MB 2MB V,U E D AQUtLA AI3W 07/08 IMB 27/02 2MB 01/03 02/03 OMB VW-LE DC CARPtA CI3W 2MB OMB OMB
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      84 37 1 //—VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE I Tl> Ist.i Mi shcil Sincc l l >s J Tin: TOTAI TKW'SrOKT \TH)X />/<)/'// KI ill I \K I.KOUPU.I IVI C'OXSOI 11 >AIIt >\ IMPORT I M'OKI SI KVK I S OCEANIA PORTS AUCKLAND SYPM Y I.KISI. \.\i: MHI.IUtLIKNi: KRKMAXTI.i: mq--40 VISA IKI l(.Il
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      408 38 JPW KAPAL KRIS Shipping Pte Ltd 701DUXTON ROAD, S'PORE *****9 rfIHV Tot *****76 Fax: *****77 MO. **********0 C SYARIKAT PERKAPALAN KRIS SENDIRIAN BERHAD 309-609 HOCK A GIOMAC BUSMESS CENTRA 10 JAIAN SS 6/1, KHANA JAYA, P.O. BOX 1428 ***** PETAUNG JAYA, SHAHGOi. TEL *****77/78/79 FAX: *****07 TH£X: MA ***** PASIR
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      196 38 SOUTHERN AFRICA SERVICE WRECT MONTHLY SAIUNQS EUMftSaVlg yaa/W SW IAMOUIAWG HOWWOW6 VBSB U TM SM H «TS DM CT TAW SKN KKU TMA TUMNDOTV9IO 31/91 03/12 07/92 10/02 OKMTMWBVIM SU SU SU SU »/0l 01/01 00/01 NOUN VI/* 29/01 31/01 02/02 OS/02 mmM 21/02 25/02 27/02 *Ab>cdbLLl fX j^jn/UW FUHWT/M
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      274 38 l^lillMMSMil N TBjOK BLANGAH ROAD M2-Q2 OIPUWI CENTRE, STONE MM TEL *****11 (6 Him) HOL *****05 TLX: RS ***** CR NO. **********0W van. m. ex* eto biwiw mmrnm am nmm amm pklmmmmtw ummu mm amm amm portmhm ■mum mm amm amm mm mm dm amm amm mmumm ■MBA mm nmm
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      69 38 Astro Shipping PteLtil:; WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION SERVICE::: l^,wll^w l Itl: ?20-KMS (10 UHES) BUI: 325-4060 Tfc /tfj? SPEEDAUNES j acawi—nr-ia»>qi> n—won— <—oiw^ii I DtSTRMUtK SMGAPOftE PTE 17D Tl> CtNO*l^2%}WW B3 f Tele-Games Crack Safe Test your skill against our 'Super Safe' Computer. Break the 4-digit Code within 10 tries. Or else,
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      522 39 I vessel TIGER CAPE 408N 12-1302 18-21/02 26-27/02 I TKJ6R OCEAN 403N 26-27/01 31-04/02 06-10/02 I TIGER CAPE 404N 30-3001 04-07/02 12-13/02 I TIGER ISLAND 40SN *****2 07-11/02 15-1702 I TWER BRIDGE 406N 06-0602 11-1402 19-2902 I TWER OCEAN 407N 08-1002 14-1802 22-2402 I I~ VESSEL VOYSIN CAL SIN I
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      384 39 Sea K Land I FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CALL SINGAPORE MAIN SWITCHBOARD *****22 OUTBOUMD CUSTOMER SERVICE/BOOKINGS HOTLINE *****33 CHRISTINA LIM *****24 JOREEN LIEW... M *****26 KAREN HENG *****48 ROHANA MOHAMED *****95 ROSNIE ARSHAD *****67 INBOUND CUSTOMER SERVICE LINDA TAN............M.M.....M..........M.M...M..... *****00 CY OPERATIONS. *****08/*****62 CPS OPERATIONS *****83 MALAYSIA Kl: 03-*****28/
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      910 39 to europe |^§^rT& Nedllpyd Lines «*«y Tk«rs/Frldoy/Sot«rd<iy L3L CM IOOOMMOOOM MHfIAPOfIE PHONE (GENERAL) *****69 RATE ENQUIRIES *****41/*****0 CFS (PHONE) *****10 CPS (FAX) *****23 I TOEUBOM 1 ttmimmiWlKl I M. kicdi/*! M» 8* UN Ma Anr* Ham Ml ***** 25/01 15/02 13/02 14/02 11/02 H/02 12/02 13/02 i?/®? 14/02 16/02 17/02
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      1352 40 AS AGENTS: K" UW fIQATOIW) W» LTD (amour —>MITHB«MMH7MM| I TEL *****77 TELBC KAWAKIRS23I6S PAX *****157/&9 I V TT T|\ MALAYSIA: H" UNI MARfTME (MALAYSIA) SON M Iv I IJj TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25/6 NDONESIA: P.T. SAftAMA LAUT 11EHMUSA, TEL JKT *****06 nwtr
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      1074 40 19 I£PW ROAD #02-91 JIT PON MLDM6 SMGAfOti OI9OSI M (a nojmommooo/W) flP|_ aisroiiasoma m-\m WManamwi m+w z cenMiM m+m MBMMI m-4-fti Wic Carry Your Confidence. WHU fAGU VOIQ S2l 111 vmb/vomm ~g> m am -gT-g-T* mm ~BTI wrt >6* 1 ijt am am tut mh mmiMM «w m wwuom
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      765 41 ACCEPTING LCL CARGO TO i Singapore CfS (kskq day SoAh Dvy FIRST FORWARDER IN U fe=—RjjL— Stt— r^TrSl rI =r I ae= sxau C'SwlSj OmsfwHatytm Hrvks.- ow^ Oris Tt 010:*****64 mtermtionu.iia fwqht Wfc Vl\ 05$ Tel fta ..IESSS**, Singapore 561 1668 272 9838 JJ i—l Also has offices In:- HnirX-nv,
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      1041 41 ]g» ~J gff Dp \mm m m w w mIEE! Iwm |m '^r^r~ IMMKA MM 2711 M*' SJI It* !I« M* |1£ I J} -r gJJ S! ttß WJI ~J" ~JI WOW I9M 01* 01** 11.01 21.01 2101 24.02 11* KMMGUMG £M ttJ wa SS I. 1- MS.MMM MM 0U!
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      532 41 THRUMS WEEKLY DIRECT TO HO eHt MtWH CITY ixfrrt to no em mirh city import from mo cmi mimm city cgL wl— I r mpwi mac mm. w mmK nra ■mommies mm cn/»i) ov»i) »/»i m »/m —wm mm S7ii hm MM 04/11) Q5/ID m/m (MM m/m utm MM S/»
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      514 42 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LIMES) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/*****43 JESSICA/CELIA |g*****8iE8H 5 SLQS/WEEK 3slgs/WEEK ggwr v6v \sm jak IvmtL Ivtivlii fctt KgDAH 926 IN PT 27/01 (SAT) EPONYMA 912 27/01 (SAT) 30/01
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      425 42 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US QULF ififigWO VOY SPORE PKELANQ* HAUFAX N.YORK NORFOLK N.ORLEAMB SAVANNAH TAMPtOO HOUSTON HOCOH DRAKE 04M 07AM FEB I 3SJAN 23 MAR 28 MAR 29 MAR 06 APR 01 APR 09 APR 13 APR HMQHOVKE 0834 28/77 FEB 21 FEB 14 APR 17APR 20APR 27
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      253 42 TpQ PHILI-OniCNT I V** LINfS PTC LTD ®TBj *****00 (18UNE8) I FAX: *****70/*****38 QT/G i AUCKLAND, WBJJNOTON, LYTTUTON, f4« I NAHER.CHRMTCHURCH, NEW PLYMOUTH J.,; ——H— _J I lONOON, FajXSTOWE, le• BDTTBttAM, HAMBURG, ANTWERP ~l AND ALL INLAND DESTINATIONS WITHM EUROPE 3 JAN KOBE. TOKYO, OSAKA BUSAN, MAMLA, BANGKOK, PJCHANQ, XJMI
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      609 43 Singapore Soviet Shipping jffit Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: 100S*****00N m m BOMBAY/COCHIN IVtSSEL VOY SIN BOM COC XOUR GEMINI 414 28/01 02/02 MgKHANtK KURAKO MKI4N 03/02 11/02 18/02 SMM-GLORY QLROO3 12/02 20/02 SEA EXPRESS EPROO7 15/02 23AM WEEKLY SAILINGS RUSSIA: MOSCOW, ST. PETERSBURG I VLADIVOSTOK, VOSTOCHNNY UKRAINE: ILYICHEVSK, ODESSA
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      330 43 m FAR EAST 30/01 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 28/01 BANGKOK 28/01 MANILA/CEBU 28/01 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 28/01 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 28/01 BUSAN 28/01 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 28/01 HONG KONG m CHINA 28/01 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU OALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIM EUROPE/UK 28/01 LDN/FLX/IVP/SOU 29/01 ROM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIM USA/CANADA 29/01 LOS ANGELES/NEW
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      641 43 STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD Aomtn Mb ZIM CONTAINER SERVICE GOLD STAR UNE LTD SETN SNIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: 220-6666 (S UNES) FAX: *****70 U *****12 (MARKETING) (CR NO. *****«S0000-E| N. AMERKA/CARMMAN SERVICE movMaAM vesa |vor|ai|MMun I Iff I HTT |WI f* 1 zaauoHsmG hti n/\ lbuaih n/J i/s J/J
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      1101 43 > (Ol NO 1130******01) /i j ts NEPTUNBJNK TEL (03| *****23. H J# tOOKINOS HOTUNI TOi US. CANADA, UK/EIMOPE. AUSTRALIA (Mo •A' I K L-(03) *****33. «f> m MW PAKISTAN HONGKONG. TAIWAN. JAMN S PK«i®v {031 3489M7. HW I*J I-800-*****00 (TOU/-MMB) I S£c Pmng (04) *****44. ir MTIUMUNK TBJ 1-MO-27M100
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      132 43 TOKYO SHINSI KAIUN CO PTE LTD llllJi 10 ANSON ROAD *23-18 '■11-' INTERNATIONAL PLAZA STORE 0207 TEL: *****28 (6 LINES) FAX: *****08 A *****10 C/lt **********0E SERVICE TO: FAR EAST/CHINA/EUROPE 29/01/06) TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, KOBE NAOOYA 29/01/96) OSAKA, USA BANGKOK, HONOKONO AND ALL CHMA PORTS 30/01/96) KEELUNG 29/01/96) HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM Z
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      600 44 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTI) LTD. V M M I 11 COLLYER QUAY *06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. TEL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIN/HKG/SHAI S'PORE HKQ SHAJ VESSEL VOY ETA ETP ETA ETO ETA ETD FA R 9601/9602 22/01 21£1 25/2] 26/01 28/01
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      313 44 IBIAS MM container LINES, INC I Agents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LMKS) kucwng: (002)*****3 1 ~lyv J cmmummrmmm s»u: <064)3i6i79 mania: (632) 8i2686i w P«NANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK: (662) *****87 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 P. KELANQ; (03) *****77 JKT: (21)*****07 MON: (61)*****3 BANDUNG: (22)*****85 CEBU mv "INTRA BHUM" V.25E ETA 2/2
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      95 44 For real-time stock information, call QuJckstock on 1900-913-0003 at 30 cents a minute. Stock number are available in the stock pages BT and ZB. Tele-Games Crack g •v I the s Safe =j i V V W V ■ll■l■ H I H I Ho 9 I fl 1 p 1
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      117 44 WEEKLY La COftiSOL HONG KONG 28/01/96. KEELUNG 30/01/96fBUSAN 28/01/96 f MANILA 28/01/96 Z SERVICING ALL INDIAN, MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPEAN PORTS. £S' *r: v ,4 THE RUSSIA SPECIALIST SERVICING MOSCOW FROM THE r;;~ FAR EAST, INDIAN SUB CONTINENT AND CHINA MAIN PORTS. .1..ft VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SENTOSA JAVA 3688
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