The Business Times, 9 October 1996

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  • 692 1  -  They allegedly conspired to mark up price of venture and share the gain By< Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau yesterday charged two key figures in the Amcol Holdings saga with conspiracy to cheat the company by inducing
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  • 515 1  -  High-level talks underway to stop free fall of stock market From. Alan Boyd in Bangkok THAILAND is considering short-term measures to boost declining offshore confidence in its economy, as foreign funds continue to dump stocks on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET).
    Source: Bloomberg  -  515 words
  • 435 1  -  BT-SRI Index will help track regional stocks listed here By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) will launch next Tuesday a new regional stock market index. The index, called the Business Times Singapore Regional Index,
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    • 94 1 Drama Tong and a high-powered Iwililnmn Hobgartfln git to the Benelux countries to promote investment brtwuu Europe WWIfiMB im»iiiiiiiiiiii>iiifi M ftfcrflhairtiafcm,thispg. Short-term measures could Increase volatility rather than provide stability. fMli pg 17. Further evidence that near-term outlook of the Singapore stockmarket in general does not look good. h*dlmUukm,pg 17.
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    • 8 1 Analysts pick holes in deficit forecasts, Pg 6
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 486 2  -  Be likens it to head-hunting for the best By Yang Razali Kassim in The Hague SINGAPORE'S system of choosing its leaders is one of the country's distinct successes, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has said. "Most democracies don't set out
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    • 463 2  -  Liberalisation with minimnm disruption a vital challenge By Soh Tiang Keng ASIAN regulators will be caught in a dilemma when they open their insurance markets to foreign players and international competition, Finance Minister Richard Hu said yesterday. Opening the
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    • 352 2  -  EYE OH THE ECONOMY Manufacturing By. Anna Teo ELECTRONICS output growth is estimated to be flat in the third quarter compared to about 12 per cent in the preceding quarter, says Nomura Research Institute in a report prepared before the release of poor August data
      Source: Bloomberg  -  352 words
    • 232 2 They will display needed components at 'reverse' exhibition COMPONENT suppliers from Singapore and the region will have a chance to meet and strike deals with Japanese electronics companies this week at a "reverse exhibition" at the Inpro '96 procurement show. A total of 31
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    • 389 3  -  Strong growth to continue through this year and next, says NCB survey By Kenneth James FIRST the good news: Singapore's information technology (IT) sales surged 34 per cent to $6.73 billion in 1995 from $5 billion in 1994. Then it gets better:
      Source: Computer Board  -  389 words
    • 155 3 LOCAL exporters plan to target South-east Asia as their primary market for new business in the next 12 months, according to the second DHL Export Indicator released yesterday. Fuelling the optimism towards these markets, over half of Singapore exporters surveyed indicated that the countries
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    • NEWSRoundup
      • 105 3 FOUR members of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) S Kunalen, Wong Hong Toy, Kwan Yue Keng and Chee Soon Juan have been summoned to appear before the Committee of Privileges to answer to a complaint against them for contempt They will give oral evidence
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      • 60 3 THE owners of Galleria Apartments along Cairnhill Road have teamed up with the owners of the adjoining Cairnhill Apartments to jointly put up their properties for collective sale. The closing date of the tender for Cairnhill Apartments has consequently been extended from Oct 14
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      • 68 3 THREE plots of freehold land belonging to the now defunct Singapore Government Officers Co-operative Housing Society will be auctioned next week. The properties in Rochdale Road and Venus Road are being sold in an Official Assignee's sale and could fetch $10 to
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      • 69 3 SINGAPORE released Asia's first CD-ROM Yellow Pages yesterday, packing more than 4,000 pages of information into one plastic disk. The CD, which sells for $29.95 at major book stores and computer shops, allows users to find phone and fax numbers and addresses, just
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      • 34 3 SOUTH Africa's President, Nelson Mandela, has postponed his visit to the region. His address at the Singapore Lecture series, scheduled for Oct 14, has been postponed until further notice.
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    • 426 3 Two university lecturers and a former senior civil servant formed the third batch of new PAP candidates introduced yesterday. Below is a snapshot of their backgrounds, reasons for entering politics and aspirations as elected officials: TOH SEE IOAT, 42, is on leave from the Nanyang Technological
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    • 424 3  -  Vote wisely, Deputy PM urges as he introduces 3 new PAP candidates By I Chuang Peck Ming THE coming general election will be a "watershed" poll because from those voted in will be ministers forming the new cabinet to lead Singapore into
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    • 108 3 r* J The Old Bank, k: For almost a century, this was just your average a bank, in your average town, doing your average 3* hanking stuff. Then, a local entrepreneur waltzed 7 into its history and altered its course forever. He iHs bought the bank, sacked the tellers and
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  • FOCUS
    • 703 4  -  PITS EUROPEAN VISIT The high-powered business delegation accompanying the prime minister to the Benelux countries aims to promote two-way investment in Europe and Asia Reports by' Yang Razali Kassim fTHE HAGUE] SEVERAL Singapore businessmen are accompanying Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in his week-long visit to
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    • 245 4 TffiL a j iMiLflM^^ gjJI companies are Wbking Dr KhoogPeckWah President CEO DrQw Chin Hock U'VJ Executive Chairman Mr Patrick Ng Executive Director ffrtn theW&Htx count» jflgftfep"*?! Financial, construction, leisure Biotechnology Industrial land construction Logistics, shipyard gSES Mr CheongQueeWah Chairman Environmental technology, Industrial products, Infrastructure systems
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    • 824 4 SheU, Philips and Belgacom stand as symbols of the strong ties the Republic has with the Beneha countries [THE HAGUE] Lo van Wachem, the highly regarded top man at the Royal Dutch/Shell group, lit up when our conversation switched to Singapore. The
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    • 499 4 (THE HAGUE] Like his visit to the Scandinavian countries earlier this year, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's trip to the Benelux countries and the European Commission will have both an international and a bilateral agenda. At the international level, there are two key aims.
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
    • 446 5  -  TBCHHICAL VIHWFOMT Caution should be exercised near the 4,055 level By 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 not represent the views of
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    • 516 5  -  STOCKWATCH: CM TELECOM Some investors may also find the low PE ratio of 7.3 times an additional draw By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Regional infra-structure-based companies contemplating a listing on the newly created Foreign Board in Singapore will be keeping a close watch on
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    • 507 5 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] You've been having second thoughts about stocks lately, what with the market flirting with new records one day and plunging sharply the next. Not that you're keen about bonds. They still haven't gone on that big tear
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 324 6 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND'S current account deficit will exceed central bank forecasts in 1997, Thai and Hongkong-based analysts said yesterday. "By the end of this year Thailand's current account deficit should reach 8.2 per cent of gross domestic product," rising to 8.3
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    • 232 6 JAKARTA AFP PRESIDENT Suharto of Indonesia made a new warning yesterday over groups which he claimed were using poor workers and farmers to destabilise the country. "Social and economic disparity within communities can be manipulated by those who want to destabilise the
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    • 313 6 JAKARTA It would sharply limit foreign participation in broadcasting and advertising Reuter INDONESIA is expected to pass a broadcasting bill this month that could have a far-reaching impact on its radio, television and advertising industries and limit foreign participation, an MP said yesterday. "We
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    • 556 6  -  KUALA LUMPUR Some 200 candidates from 166 divisions will vie for 40-odd posts in four-day gathering By' Ven Sreenivasan THE senior partner in Malaysia's ruling coalition kicks off its trienrtial party polls today with the focus on the
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    • 349 6 KUALA LUMPUR Move aimed at helping development of USs2b Multimedia Super Corridor AFP MALA YSIA is to introduce laws governing new technologies by the end of the year. Energy, Telecommunications and Post Minister Leo Moggie said yesterday. Mr Moggie said the
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    • 161 6 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama MALAYSIA'S New Industrial Master Plan (Nimp) to be launched at the end of the year, will focus on measures to increase inter and intra-in-dustry linkages to promote the development of industry clusters. Economic Planning Unit deputy director-general Samsudin Hitam said
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    • NOTE Book
      • 88 6 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's third mobile telephone operator using the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), PT Excelkomindo Pratama, was launched here yesterday. The company plans to extend its greater Jakarta network across Java, Bali and Lombok by early next year, company executives said. The
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      • 84 6 AFP [MANILA] British investors are concerned about the reliability of contracts in the Philippines as more are drawn here by the country's opening economy, British ambassador Adrian Thorpe said yesterday. He told a news conference that Manila's privatisation effort is "undoubtedly very wise
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      • 75 6 Reuter [HANOI] A Vietnamese man chatting on a mobile phone while a streetside barber cuts his hair in downtown Hanoi yesterday. The mobile phone market in Vietnam is still in its infancy with the first phones only introduced in 1993. Latest estimates show there are currently
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      • 78 6 Bloomberg Business News [BANGKOK] The Telephone Organisation of Thailand (TOT) said it will fine Telecom Asia Corp pic and Thai Telephone Telecommunications pic for failing to meet deadlines to deliver contracted phone lines. Telecom Asia hasn't turned over ownership of about 31,000 lines, said a
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      • 60 6 AFP [YANGON] Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called a news conference yesterday just hours after the military authorities removed barricades which had blocked access to her home for 10 days. The telephone service to the house, which had been out of
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      • 63 6 AFP [BANGKOK] Flooding in Thailand has affected 1.9 million people across the country, killing 35 and causing 950 million baht (5553.2 million) in damages, a civil defence report said yesterday. The report came as Bangkok braced for possible heavy flooding as overflow waters from
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • 537 7 BEIJING Taipei told its losses will be greater if direct transport links are not opened Reuter BEIJING'S top negotiator with Taipei yesterday sought to allay Taiwan's fears that China would swallow up the island if it lifts a decades-old ban on direct trade
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    • 255 7 UNITED NATIONS The Bahamas, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Gambia risk China's wrath Reuter TWO small Caribbean nations and one from Africa the Bahamas, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Gambia risked China's wrath on Monday by championing Taiwan's bid for UN membership in
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    • 361 7  - China economy to improve in Q4: Stanchart economist 1 SINGAPORE Lu Ning CHINA'S economy has bottomed out since the middle of this year and will perform better in the fourth quarter and into 1997, a Standard Chartered Bank economist predicted here yesterday. SCB's chief economist for north-east Asia, Kwok Chuen
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    • 200 7 SHANGHAI A STUDY by China's State Information Centre has suggested lowering the ratio of deposits banks must keep as reserves with the central bank in the fourth quarter of the year, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Shanghai Securities News daily said the centre also suggested
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    • 473 9 HONGKONG Polls show Yang ahead •f rivals in race for leadership alter the handover to China AFP Reuter HONGKONG'S top judge has promised to keep the status quo in the territory if he wins the race to become its first head
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    • SINOBriefs
      • 67 9 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong has signed agreements for the pstxaotfcmsnd protection of investments with Bslglum and Luxembourg, a government spokesman said f yesterday. It was siffied by Financial Secretary Donald as well as officials from Brussels and Luxembourg. The three governments will provide for equal
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      • 49 9 AFP (BEIJING) China is poissd to have four Russian Ilyushln-76 aircraft equipped with airborne early warning systems by Britain's GBC-Marconi Avionics, an arms industry source said yesterday. They would be equipped in tbs UK atacostcftJSfSOO million (SWmifflon) with advanced radar systems developed by Marconi.—AFP
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      • 71 9 AFP {HONGKONG] A mystery illness left a 91-year-old man in south-western China looking yeers younger, it was r«f»rted yesterday. Lanßiren, a Yao from Bama County, Guangxi province, sprouted new teeth and found his whits hair had turned Mack after the illness in July whlch left 5
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      • 16 9 Reuter W Ml II I I. I" I 1.1 "I N 1
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    • 107 9 BEIJING AFP CHINESE Vice-Premier Jiang Chunyun has issued a rejection of a theory that the demands of China's huge and increasingly wealthy population will one day trigger a global food crisis, a report said yesterday. In a speech to an international agricultural symposium, Mr Jiang stressed that
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    • 170 9 HONGKONG AFP ALMOST 70 per cent of residents here believe Hongkong's impending handover to Chinese sovereignty will lead to an increase in corruption, an official poll showed yesterday. However, most of the 1,100 people surveyed by the Independent Council Against Corruption
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    • 235 9 U BEIJING Reuter CHINA should raise consumption taxes on Imported cigarettes, wines and cars, and on gems and jewellery and other products, the official China Daily yesterday quoted a senior tax expert as saying. The scope of consumption taxes should be widened to include
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    • 74 9 [BEIJING] Two visitors to Fire China "9S, an exhihitimncffire fighting techniques and equipment, are pictured in a discussion infivnt of a hat <f Chinese-made fire engines yesterday. Ctoerseas companies, led by the US amd Japan, joined Chinese fire fighting companies in a bid to tap
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    • 255 9 BEIJING Mas mfinx of migrant workers places extra strain on stretched pmotoh AFP CHINA'S urban housing plight is reaching a critical level as a mass influx of migrant labourers places an extra strain on already stretched resources. Construction Minister Hou Jie yesterday said
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  • ASIA
    • 229 10 SYDNEY Reuter AUSTRALIAN markets will receive an update on data seen as crucial to the prospects for another cut in official interest rates when September labour force data is released tomorrow. And for the interest rate bulls, the news is likely to be
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    • 306 10 BEIJING Don't underestimate depth of feeling of Chinese people, Tokyo told AFP CHINA warned Japan yesterday that it was playing with fire by underestimating the depth of feeling and indignation among Chinese people over disputed islands in the East China Sea. In
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    • 290 10 CANBERRA AFP AUSTRALIAN treasurer Peter Costello promised yesterday there would be no repeat performance of his remarks last week on US interest rates which sent world share and bond markets into a spin. Mr Costello admitted that he should not have commented candidly on interest
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    • 396 10 WELLINGTON Kiwi has dropped 1.7% against US$ since Sep 18 Bloomberg Business News JUST four days from New Zealand's elections, investors are divided over the likely impact on the New Zealand dollar from a change of government. The New Zealand dollar
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    • ASIA Notes
      • 92 10 AFP (COLOMBO] Sri Lanka yesterday unveiled a budget deficit for 1997 showing a hefty chunk of expenditure going to battle Tamil Tiger guerillas and much of the revenue coming from foreign and local loans. Draft estimates presented in parliament showed that the government
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      • 63 10 Reuter [LUCKNOW, India) A key socialist group, the Samaiwadi Party, threatened yesterday to pull out of India's centre-left government if Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda backed rival party Bahujan Samajwadi Party's claim to rule the country's most populous state. Opinion polls have predicted a
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      • 62 10 AFP (TOKYO] Japan's private sector machinery orders in August rose 11.4 per cent from a year earlier, the Economic Planning Agency said yesterday. It was the 11th consecutive year-on-year rise and followed an increase of 22 per cent in July. Month-on-month, the orders fell
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    • 331 10 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korea's chip industry, suffering from worldwide price cuts, will be on a bumpy road until 1998 when supply and demand return to balance, market analysts say. "Oversupply will continue throughout next year. The chip market may return to
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    • 351 10 1,503 candidates expected to contest 500 seats AFP THE 12-day official campaign for Japan's general election began yesterday with 1,503 candidates expected to contest the 500 seats in the lower house under a new electoral system. The Oct 20 vote will be a test
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  • THE WORLD
    • 722 11  -  SM LEE IN LONDON Japanese firms won't monopolise the region as it turns to the US and Europe for trade and investment: SM By] Neil Behrmann THE Japanese will not have a monopoly on the opportunities that arise from East Asia's liberalisation, said Senior
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    • 516 11 Talks urith Major include trade and British economy The Straits Times THE prospects for SingaporeBritish trade and the British economy were among the subjects Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister John Major discussed at a meeting they had on Monday. "Relations between our
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    • 431 11 STOCKHOLM Reuter TWO financial gurus whose work set the 20th century agenda for matching social responsibility with incentives and whose work has been crucial for global tax policies were awarded the 1996 Nobel Economic Prize yesterday. British professor James Mirrlees, 50, of Cambridge
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    • 276 12 GENEVA Document to be put to S'pore conference will review WTO's first two years AFP WORLD Trade Organisation head Renato Ruggiero presented on Monday an outline draft of a declaration to be put to the WTO's December conference in Singapore reviewing the body's first
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    • 412 12 WASHINGTON President wins endorsement of 2,000 business executives NYT THE steady performance of the US economy helped President Bill Clinton win Sunday night's presidential debate, and the endorsement of about 2,000 business executives on Monday. The debate largely focused on the candidates' differing views of
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    • 315 12 LONDON Reuier THE British government plugged a tax loophole yesterday which has allowed a growing band of companies to enrich investors through share buyback schemes in a move which will save Britain up to £400 million (SsB76 million) a year. British Chancellor
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    • 181 12 BOURNEMOUTH, England Bloomberg Business News A HYUNDAI Electronic Industries Co of South Korea is to build a £2.4 billion (555.3 billion) semiconductor plant in Britain. UK Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Forsyth yesterday told delegates at the annual conference of the ruling
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 69 12 Bloomberg Business News [NUREMBERG! German unemployment rose to a postwar high in September, the government said yesterday, with«l £*'J economic recovery Calling to provide relief to an ailing )oto "hJ market. The Federal Labour Office said German jobless rolls rose by a seasonally adjusted 30,000
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      • 62 12 AFP [CAESAREA, Israel] Palestinian President Yasser Arafat invited his Israeli counterpart Ezer Welzman to visit the Gaza self-rule area during an unprecedented public visit by Mr Arafat to Israel yesterday. "I invite President Weizman to visit Gaza," Mr Arafat told a Joint press conference with
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      • 56 12 AFP [DUBLIN] A caller claiming to represent the Continuity! Army Council, a nationalist breakaway faction, claimed responsibility yesterday for two car bombs that exploded on a British army base south-west of Belfast However. call to Irish broadcasting RTE did not contain a recognised code word
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      • 55 12 AFP [LAUSANNE] Atlanta Olympic organisers were expected to reveal the Games had made losses running into tens of million dollars, an International Olympic Committee official said here yesterday. The lOC meeting here today to Friday may also hear of mounting problems for Nagano which hosts
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 776 13  -  OPINION THB BOTTOM LOVE By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent SO WHO is the real global enemy of America in these troubling post-Cold War times? Is it Resurgent Russia? Expansionist China? Islamic Fundamentalism? The "rogue nations" of North Korea and
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    • 114 13 4 I will level the playing field by giving your children regardless of who you are or what you have an equal chance at the starting post' Lee Koan Tew Singapore's Senior Minister. 'People talk in terms of traitors and they blame people for changing their minds.
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    • 651 13 EDITORIAL JUDGING by what he now says, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have begun to realise, as Yitzhak Rabin and Mr Shimon Peres did before him that his country's security and continued prosperity both demand an early accommodation with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat There
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    • 853 13  -  Economic reforms are pnt in danger by the country's persisting fiscal deficit, says World Bank Byl Prem Shankar Jha The writer, former editor of the Hindustan Times, contributed this article to BT WHEN the World Bank unveiled its annual report on India a
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    • 820 13 Banna's status In Asean PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos of the Philippines may have opened a rift within Asean over his proposal to slow down membership in the group for Burma. For the past couple of years, Asean has maintained a policy of so-called constructive engagement towards Burma.
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 519 14  -  Filmmaker dismisses claims that it is a glorification of guerilla warfare, says btmfmun schaei-w STEPHEN SCHAEFER Reuter WHEN the film Michael Collins premiered last month at the Venice Film Festival, the audience responded with a 10-minute standing ovation. At Toronto's film festival a week later, Neil
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    • 671 14 CYCLING Hell decide in Nov, and if he continues, will also pick the team hell represent IHT THAT was a swell party they gave before the Paris-Tours bicycle race: Bouncy music, good food, not-so-good wine but plenty of it, friends not seen since the
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    • 821 16 FASHION A Florence exhibition ideas frtm art, music and even scent NYT [MILAN] As the stone-faced front row in Milan registers the next ruffle beneath the sheer pastel fabric of the fishtail dress, there is no visible effect. Unlike dramatic, creative moments on runways that earn
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    • 512 16 FASHION YSL feels that his clothes are meant to be seen in a close and intimate manner Reuter [PARIS] Fleeing noise and crowds, Yves Saint Laurent took a handful of journalists into his inner sanctum for an intimate, close-up look at his styles for
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    • 299 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 In the main Castilians viewed them as subjects (5) 'gam |j|| fIHHK B H 4 Ambassador presents award to j |Bf Tory leader (8) pH__ 8 Visit briefly to make an inspec- H|HV f lO I 9Officers find him revolting (8) n SE 381 SBB 11 The
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 591 17  -  I*ook Huat Tong Kee has sales of over $120 m; owns hotel, industrial parks My Lu Ning SINGAPORE] Local fruit and ftgetable distributor and proBrssor Pook Huat Tong Kee ■lU'lO Group has applied for ■primary listing. B Sources said the group, Bhich has substantial operaSons in
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    • 287 17  -  Purchase of Britannia Hotel to be Millpnninm Conrad Raj ■mJAPORE] Singapore's Ifaftff Ueong group yesterday ApeecUfctflwy the Britannia Intiltei London's fashionable Maytair district for £81 mil(Ssl77 million). ■The purchase of the Hir-star deluxe hotel with 318 including 14 suites and
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    • 99 17 Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's listed Technology Resources Bhd (TRI) has sealed its tie-up with Germany's afb^ yesterday. The company last month revised its offer, lowering its share issue price to M 59.25 a share from an earlier offer of M 59.50 a share to
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    • 684 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Al Labita SE9HH|| HE Kuok group may have VVI erred in pulling back its diversification plans in Manila. By sticking mainBH ly to property-based projects, the group has put a cap on its long-term growth prospects.
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    • 367 17 [SINGAPORE] Nat Steel Broadway's public offer has become the latest victim of the Singapore market's weak sentiment. The China-based company a spinoff from Singapore's Nat Steel group yesterday said the public tranche of its IPO was undersubscribed by more than one-third. The company, an integrated
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    • 193 17 [SINGAPORE] Straits Steamship Land has awarded construction contracts worth $163 million for two of its Raffles Place office projects. SSL said in a press release yesterday it had awarded a $71 million main contract for the construction of Prudential Tower to Nishimatsu Lum Chang JV
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    • COMPANIES
      • 593 18  -  Aberdeen Trust will source large part of foods to be invested in Asia from the US By\ ShivTaneja [SINGAPORE] Scottish investment manager Aberdeen Trust pic is banking on Asia in a big way, with plans to man- age Sslo billion from its Singa-
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      • 255 18 New BPI-Citytrust entity will have 420 branches nationwide AFP [MANILA] The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) formally merged with a mid-sized bank here yesterday, creating a local powerhouse with 170 billion pesos (559.19 billion) in combined assets.
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      • 196 18 AFP [MANILA] A minority shareholder in Philippine Airlines (PAL) lost its board seat and had its stake cut to 5.46 per cent after it declined to help the airline raise its capital, an official said yesterday. The minority shareholder was Cumulus Holdings, in which
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      • 243 18 Reuter [NEW YORK] Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd said on Monday that its long-term overall outlook remains positive, despite a poor first-half performance due to its Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd unit and charges resulting from trading scandals at Jardine Fleming. Alasdair Morrison, managing director
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      • 268 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The final shareholding in Bakun HydroElectric Corporation Bhd (BHC) after its public listing has yet to be finalised, the executive chairman of Tenaga Nasional Bhd, Ahmad Tajuddin Ali, said. He was commenting on a report that Tenaga Nasional's shareholding would be reduced
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      • 864 18 SEC says Feinberg's firm made secret profits on customers' trades NYT [NEW YORK] The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a member of the board of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and until recently head of its conduct committee with cheating customers. The new
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      • 142 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Berjaya Group Bhd has acquired an additional 22.854 million shares or 4.66 per cent of the issued and paid-up capital of Berjaya Leisure Bhd through its subsidiaries, Juara Sejati Sdn Bhd, Garima Holdings Sdn Bhd and Berjaya Group Equity
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 42 18 [SINGAPORE] Pan-United Corporation's subeidiary Pan-United Engineering (PUE) has increased its stake in its subeidiary Omniview Systems Pacific. PUE has subscribed 80,000 shares in Omniview and raised its shareholdings from $460,000 to $540,000. The acquisition is funded internally.
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        • 29 18 {SINGAPORE] Keppel Finance announced yesterday that 6.36 per cent of its issued capital as at Sep 30 is owned or controlled by non-Singapore citizens.
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        • 73 18 [SINGAPORE] GRP has been awarded a contract to supply Tanker Mooring Services (an associated company of the Port of Singapore Authority) with anti-pollution submarine hoses and floating offshore hoses. The $2 million contract is expected to be completed by March 1997 The award is not
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        • 78 18 Bernama (KUALA LUMPUR] Actacorp Holdings Bhd yesterday announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, V-Pile Sistem Sdn Bhd, had agreed to buy 370,000 shares of Mil each representing 100 per cent equity in property-based Motomu Baru (1993) Sdn Bhd for M 14.2 (552.4 million). In a
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        • 86 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR) MBf Capital Bhd (MBfC) has acquired 9,180 shares of one million rupiah each representing 51 per cent equity in PT Sejahtera MBf Multi Finance for 9.180 billion rupiah (515.6 million). MBfC said in a statement yesterday the acquisition would offer
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    • REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 392 19 Bering likely to object if firm seeks cash payments for end of monopoly, say analysts Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Likely Chinese objections will prevent Hongkong Telecommunications Ltd from seeking cash payments in return for relinquishing its monopoly on international phone services, an executive said.
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      • 342 19 Slow sales of chips and competition on cellnlar phone market to blame Bloomberg Business News [SCHAUMBURG, Illinois] Motorola Inc said third-quarter earnings fell 58 per cent because of continued slow sales of computer chips as well as increasing competition for cellular telephones.
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      • 245 19 Reuter (MELBOURNE] Australian life insurer National Mutual Holdings Ltd delighted its big army of shareholders with a strong debut on Australian and New Zealand bourses yesterday. National Mutual shares closed Asl.Bo or 20 per cent above the level paid by retail investors and at a
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      • 175 19 NYT [NEW YORK] In an unusual venting of vitriol between two media giants, Time Warner and News Corp took their long-running feud to city hall on Monday, lambasting each other before a panel that is reviewing whether Time Warner should be allowed to
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      • 280 19 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Hopewell Holdings Ltd yesterday asked the territory's stock exchange to suspend trading in its shares amid growing speculation it is poised to sell its Asian power unit to GPU Inc of the US. A spokesman for GPU, which owns one
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 345 20 Accord eases flow of information between banking supervisors FT [LONDON] Banking supervisors from large offshore financial centres have agreed to cooperate more with their counterparts in industrialised nations in investigating irregular behaviour at banks under their control. The agreement between the so-called Basle
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      • 55 20 [LISBON] Portuguese gold coin researcher Jose Marinho showing the world's largest gold baron Monday. The bar, weighing 1.388 kg, was minted in Brazil in 1813, when prospectors brought their gold to the Colonial Royal Mint in Mato Grosso. The bar will be auctioned on Oct
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      • 367 20 Reuter [TOKYO] Undeterred by the woes of Japan's debt-laden finance industry, foreign investors have flocked to a new share offering by the nation's fourth-biggest bank. The strong interest in the preferred shares issued last month by Sakura Bank Ltd, despite the institution's relatively
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      • 241 20 Northern Trust's unit here will focus on Asia-Pacific region [SINGAPORE] Northern Trust, one of the top five global custodians in the US, will open a branch office in Singapore on Oct 15. "The Singapore branch will focus on client management, business development
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      • 196 20 [SINGAPORE) The Singapore dollar was momentarily jolted yesterday on news of weak industrial production figures, but recovered to end slightly stronger. After falling sharply to 551.4118 against the US dollar, it recovered to 551.4101 for a net gain on the day of 0.1 of a
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      • 374 20 Reuter [SHANGHAI] Trading on most of China's futures markets, under pressure from Beijing to curb speculation, has dropped so far that hedging has become quite impossible. A trader with a futures firm in Shanghai said yesterday that only the metals contracts market, the Shanghai
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      • SMALL Change
        • 74 20 Reuter [NEW YORK) Lloyd's of London said on Monday that it has reached an agreement with the State of Arizona, representing a final resolution of all claims and disputes arising from participation of Arizona Names in the Lloyd's market. The agreement extends to Arizona
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        • 74 20 Bloomberg Business News [PARIS] France's Banque Nationale de Paris and Germany's Dresdner Bank said they had no plans now to raise the 0.9 per cent stakes they hold in each other. "We do not see the need at the moment to increase these cross-shareholdings," BNP
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        • 59 20 Bloomberg Business News [CHARLOTTE, North Carolina] First Union Corp will acquire Home Financial Corp of Hollywood, Florida, for an undisclosed amount. Home Financial, a savings loan institution with US$l.22 billion (Ssl.7 billion) in second-quarter assets, operates eight branches in south-east and central Florida under
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      • 228 20 SOKEXReport Reuter [SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures crept a little higher again yesterday, extending a rally that has pushed yields towards record lows. But dealers said both markets were still looking "toppish" and may not be able to move much higher. "For
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      • 168 20 Reuter AFP London THE dollar steadied after early losses against the mark, which firmed from recent lows on the European crosses. Dealers said the market was grasping for news and with little or no data emerging from the US until Friday's producer prices and retail sales figures, they
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      • 298 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [JAKARTA) Indonesia, Asia's only Opec member, will do its best to postpone becoming a net oil importer, President Suharto said yesterday. "On account of the possibilities of exploiting the potential oil/gas and geothermal reserves at our disposal, we shall try our
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      • Article, Illustration
        1444 20 PfTEBBAlCK CROSS RATES Oct OS A$ C$ Binfc ECU Ffr Om HK$ *6 »s ftgiih Y«o Won Ughth Pmo 5$ to* Sfr Mtt 8Ht Po—d USS Australia 1.067 6.178 0.629 4.066 1203 6.095 28.092 18.297 0.875 6.535 1.972 1139 29.199 20.704 1.112 1574 0.985 *****20.049 0J04 0.788 Canada 0.937 6.(46
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    • 1802 21 SICOMrPTURES Oris RUUCR (Mures dosing a* it SJ0p«) RSS 1 CONTRACTUS c««ts/kg) Close Volume Open Mowtb Htqft Low Sttt (tonnes) Interest Nov 96 175.00 1150 Dec 96 177.00 2175 Jan 97 180.25 1800 Feb 97 181.00 1800 Mar 97 181.75 1800 Apr/Jun 97 182.00 4200 Jul/Sep 97 182.50
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    • 2299 21 LONDON Oct i AS Ports 264.400 -1.600 AMay National 613.600 .600 ARM Domacq 444 2 A mac 106.400 .400 Amu Croup 107.600 2.200 BATInd 428 *4 BKC 289.400 2.400 BOC Croup 873 -5 BRPatrolaum 696 -4 BTR 267.400 -.600 Bank of Scotland 271 -1.400 Barclays 967 -5
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    • 1670 21 Reuter □Nikkei 225 -122.48 STOCKS closed lower in subdued trading yesterday, with investors' attention on the lacklustre debut of West Japan Railway Co. Brokers said sluggishness would linger until Japan's political climate becomes clear after the general election on Oct 20. The key 225-share Nikkei Average was down 122.48
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    • Article, Illustration
      1653 22 AFX-Asia Q Hang Seng -2&31 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday with the market consolidating after recent gains and in the absence of fresh leads, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed down 26.31 points at 12,106.76. Turnover was HK$7.l4 billion compared to HK$B.56 billion on Monday. "It looks like
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    • Article, Illustration
      684 22 Reuter Q Shanghai B Share Index -0.38 SHANGHAI B shares ended down yesterday with overseas institutions dumping stocks with poor results late in the session. The index ended down 0.38 point to 48.70 on volume of 9.4 million shares worth US$3.l million. The textile sector led yesterday's fall with
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    • 343 22 AFP QWP Index -35-51 SHARE prices finished lower yesterday as most investors stayed on the sidelines due to a lack of fresh incentives. "The market opened slightly higher but the shortage of buying interest dragged down the index until the close of trading," said a trader. The TSE Weighted
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    • Article, Illustration
      754 22 AFP kJ Composite Index -1L53 SHARE prices fell 2 per cent yesterday as investors sold stock in Telkom and overall sentiment was also hurt by concerns over clove cigarette maker Sampoerna. "This is a bit of a consolidation. It is not really that sharp if you compare it to
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    • Article, Illustration
      854 22 AFP n SET Index +IL7I SHARE prices closed up 1.2 per cent yesterday as bargain hunters moved in following heavy selling by foreign investors and a 6 per cent plunge on Monday, analysts said. "Foreigners have completed their sell orders and local financial institutions entered the market to pick
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    • 299 22 AFP n Manila -83.49 SHARE prices closed 2.7 per cent lower yesterday as foreigners sold stocks. "Foreign selling is still unabated," said a trader, referring to a downturn that began last week when foreigners began unloading certain shares. The PSE Composite Index fell 83.49 points to 3,037.54 points. Turnover
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    • 422 22 AFP Composite Index *129 SHARE prices closed firmer yesterday, with late arbitrage selling partly eroding earlier gains among blue chips. The Composite Price Index rose 2.29 points to 797.62. Turnover was 39.1 million shares worth 635.6 billion won. Risers beat falls 453 to 409. Brokers said many blue chips
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    • 618 22 AFP □All Ordinaries -8J AILING resource stocks helped to drag shares down 0.3 per cent, preventing the bourse from recording a record high close yesterday. BHP and RTZ-CRA were the subject of a sell-off in late trade, leaving the All Ordinaries Index 8.1 points lower at 2,331.7. Turnover was
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    • 267 22 Reuter □Wellington -SL3B SHARE prices retreated yesterday against a backdrop of weak debt and currency markets. The NZSE Top-40 Index fell 9.38 points to close at 2,265.38 on volume of NZ552.5 million. Reuter Oct! 18 ANZ Bonkinq .1. 8.40 *0.03 7300 Advantages Hldqt 1.32 unch ***** AirNo*Zo*l«nd(A> 3.06 unch
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 7510 23 cmi rmMii CM— KLSC Compowlt "40.08 "48-5 -5.42 NST Indujtrm 6194.62 6206.13 "13-31 NST rwunct 132W.11 *****.65 -13SJ4 NST Pro®trt>.» 2926.63 2942.49 -15.86 NSTMM£T 3120.54 3165 2, 44.65 I S?BoSvSs*» *****2 *****8 4J76 MtateStfVtfdiS) 1,206.042 I.1SUM '***** Conurctr Prod 17,657 16.303 -446 SIm 22.4W -W01 Construction 9,406 13,563 "4,157 26.647
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      • 549 23 Bloomberg Business News n Composite Index -5.42 STOCKS fell yesterday, led by Genting, amid concern the casino operator will post slower earnings growth in the next two years. "There'll be a slowdown coming from its casino earnings and paper plant," said an analyst. "I don't
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    • WARRANTS&OPTIONS
      • 3631 24 BQMPS, LOANS WARRANTS m MM Last Vol Day La»t Quota _A»« Ht* Low Stno Company Srt# ♦of- COOO) Hlqh Low B u y.f S.ll.r Weo 54 47 m 3000 m AMDS c5.5%*****6 50.5 50 5 49.5 39 3)60 -Acor ******1USS 45 -I 18 45.5 45 46.5 108 89 3164 Acma
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      • 210 24  -  WARRANT WATCH IV R Sivanithy THE concept of "value" is very subjective. What some may view as undervalued may be seen by others as overpriced. From our point of view and barring any inside information regarding the fortunes of the company, the only objective method of
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    • 2154 24 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Cf Of yyne Last Vol Day Last Quota 0<y Otv YM Hot M Cap LOW Stno Company Sale COOP) HI* Low Buyer Se»er C'vr H P/C UnM tyc uq ms5000 AISB50C 426 Cd -14 17 438 426 426 440 5.0 4.9 03 88.9 437.0 119 84
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 1188 25 TURNOVER COOO) VALUC (*000) at T«m iw Q>8 r«w imjuttnd 25.321 9.389 34,710 ST,#34 31,0V* "***9 Ftn*oc« 3.544 2,845 6.389 36.370 5,523 ***** Hot*to 1,619 359 1,978 4.807 626 5.432 Propwtlw 6,631 4,508 11,139 32.325 6,438 38.763 PlantMion 1.470 1,470 3438 3.338 Mtnifvq 406 406 ',090 1.090 BLW 5.164 4,142
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      • 4556 25 1996 Last Vef D«Y U" Qyl*. PJr V 2J Jf£ ijjj p^2 Htgll Law StNo Company S*. COOP) High L— —yec «e8er C $mM Price INDUSTRIALS 5146 ASE NTSIO 200 US- I lOOO 900 ASF US$0.***** US900 ,59 ON 75 t0 tl0 294 7 2V4 165 1258 Acer
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      • 944 25 Or Or M Wt 1996 Last V* D.* Last Own Ote Mv Ytd Nat Cm Av* HH» La« 8Wa Cl—Wty UH rOOOt HH> I— 8»T» Cw PK H«» SCSOACI 289 135 a 2000 ABRHidOsSc 164 unch 34 164 162 164 MS 3.0 1X2 0.1 102.5 72.9 164 90 68
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        235 26 Stacks Votam* DBS Land 3,733,000 SingTel 15c 2.743,000 Ving Tai 2Sc 2.464,000 •Innovest Bhd 1.923,000 U(C 1,922,000 Mippecraft 10c 1,897,000 JSH US$0.05 50 1,808,000 •Tech Resources 1,798,000 Comfort Grp 25 1,706,000 HK Land USS0.1 1.314,000 Stocks OSS Land 16.575.719 SIA Foreign 16.098.866 OCBC Foreign 11,918,980 •Innovest Bhd 11,654,100 U08 Foreign
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        57 26  -  bf! Paul Leo DBS LAND has been trading between 94.38 and $5.10 since mid-May. However, Average Directional Movement Index is indicating a trend emerging soon. Yesterday's eight-cent fall to $4.44 has pushed daily and monthly Relative Strength Indices into oversold territory. The only risk is that the selling
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      • 637 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Some see a general downgrading of the region, with the exception of Hongkong By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A region-wide bout of selling pressure yesterday dragged prices here and in Malaysia lower, frustrating observers who had been hoping for
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
        • 96 26 FRENCH pastry shop operator Delifrance is launching another IPO Irresistible Pastry Offer in conjunction with its 45 million shares offer to the public. Called Le Financier, the buttercake (in the shape of a gold ingot) will be sold for the same price as the
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        • 65 26 JARDINE Fleming Securities is leading 13 Malaysian companies on a three-day conference in the US which ends tonight. The roadshow is expected to be attended by 300 US fund managers in New York. The 13 Malaysian companies Amcorp, AMMB, Guinness, 101 Corp. KFC, L&G. MRCB, Malakoff. NSTP, Renong,
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        • 97 26 THIS is serious, so please don't pooh-pooh an invitation to the "International Toilet Symposium" organised by the Japan Toilet Association from today to Friday in Toyoma City, Japan. The symposium, we are told, will provide a forum for participants to discuss and identify solutions to the problems
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        • 159 26 IT IS a merger that got flushed out by the minority shareholders. According to wire agencies. Royal Sphinx Gustavsberg NV and Keramik Holding AG Laufen have cancelled plans to create the world's second-largest toilet bowl and shower stall maker by merging their bathroom products units. The Swiss
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        • 149 26 If TYCOON Li Ka-Shing were to try bringing a hand carrier bag into his Park 'N Shop department store in Shanghai, chances are he would be stopped by the guard. This is because Mr Li, though a billionaire, is still a Chinese, and Park 'N
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        • 49 26 TEMPTATIONS is the name of a well-known chain of cake-shops which has been around for some time. It has, since Oct I, been joined by "Sins", an upmarket chocolatier at Millenia Shopping Centre. Someone suggested that perhaps the next retail outlet should be called "Lust".
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    • 78 17 proTessioTals CAN'T BE WRONG 9 12 October 1996 Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre Suntec City Singapore Asia s leading electronics manufacturing exhibition and conference, is again set to attract v(g over 30.000 professionals in the growing electronics manufacturing industry. Bjj j! Ij; j of ronics Like the Company that Knows
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 51 18 y y 9 AUCTION: 11.00 am, 30th October 1996 on site Katies *284-292BOURUSIHEIMALI,IBBOUJI* It's the star retail offering of 1996. J|k 1 11 BI! 3,051m i *ofnettlettable OOA OQQQ Long lease to Katies, subsidiary of Coles Vlyer, 1 11 and Brevity Nominees (The Reject Shop). |22D5!C223 1 -*"<&■ y ]1<
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    • 48 22 t 4 si j j I II Mi Millenia Walk, #01-22/23, 9 Raffles Boulevard. Tel: 339 0183 vhll 11 118 Ngee Ann City, Tower B, #01-11, 391 Orchard Road. Tel: 734 2427 -p fj' YftV IP —0 Hilton International, #01-04, The Shopping Gallery, 581 Orchard Road. Te1:235 0295
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    • 120 23 Save up to 4hrs to the USA via our Detroit hub. BThe best way to enjoy extra time on the ground in the Eastern USA is to fly Northwest For instance, we'll save you almost an hour to New York and Chicago, shrs to Minneapolis, 4hrs .v.- to Detroit and
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    • 91 24 ,fv K Vp\ SINGAPORE HANDICRAFTS Master In Oriental Charm. lit Wlth Y ears of tradition. Singapore Handicrafts has mastered the art of furnishing V, homes with Oriental charm Rosewood of the highest quality is carefully selected, |jpi§B Wlfcilft■>- EJ22s^3^m3(3SS££«<mSS3Sm33M r\ then transformed by the expert hand-crafting skills of our factories'
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    • 559 26 BUSINESS Notices TO ADVERTISE CALL TOLL-FREE 1800-741 1883 SIAM CITY BANK LIMITED acting by and through its Cayman Islands Branch US$45 Millllon Negotiable Floating Rate Certificates of Deposit due in October 1996 In accordance with the provisions of the Certificates of Deposit, notice is hereby given that for the Interest
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    • 410 26 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPAMES ACT, CAP. 50 CHEW KENG SENG COMPANY PRIVATE UMTTED (In toturOry liquidator)) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of CHEW KENG SENG COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED duly convened and held al 6001 Beacn Road #14-01 Gotten Mie Tower, Singapore *****9 on the 3rd
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    • 312 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO PRO-MAG HOLDINGS PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Sectioa 308(1) of the Companies Act. Cap. SO that the Final Meeting of Members of the above-named Company will be held on Friday. 15th November 19% at
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    • 406 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF TRIDENT LINES PTE LTD (Members' Voluntary Winding Up) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members ot TRIDENT LINES PTE LTD, duly convened and held on 7th October 1996, the following were duly passed:* 1. SPECIAL
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    • 124 26 The Asia Pacific region is likely to grow and flourish well into the new millennium. With Singapore's buoyant economy linked to the vibrancy of this growth region, there exist many investment opportunities. To shed light, The Business Times will publish a special feature with the theme "Investing In Asia". Our
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 303 27 Bridge News Reuter RATES were talked up on the freight market for north American Panamaxes, but as yet there is little evidence to support the firmer outlook, brokers said. The BFI was, in line with expectation, 6 points up at 1.029 and this gave traders some minor incentive
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    • 301 27 SES '000 we w CWT Distribution 1.13 -0.02 20 Ctw«n Hup 0.965 unch 146 Cosco invastmant —1.39 *0.01 23 FtLS 6.35 unch 105 Fraight Links 0.70 unch 2 SB Holdings Ltd 0.915 -0.01 Hai Sun Hup 0.995 unch 20 Hitachi Zosan 0.805 -0.01 23 IMC Holdings HK5.60 J*y«
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    • 507 27  -  Govt wants port to handle ships of 4,700-TEUs and 80,000 dwt Froi Alan Boyd in Bangkok LAEM Chabang port in eastern Thailand will be upgraded to handle mother ships of 4,700 containers, despite doubts over forecast levels of demand. The Thai
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    • 159 27 Reuter [FRANKFURT] International freight forwarder Kuehne Nagel AG said on Monday it will target the perishables market as a key future business segment. Chief executive officer Klaus-Michael Kuehne said in a speech to 200 employees of parent company Viag AG that Kuehne Nagel's US division
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    • 671 27  -  STRAIT TALE By\ Seafarer SINGAPORE does not need to be told how important the contribution of conferences and exhibitions are to the economy. Still, the recent experience in the US of a big conference organiser in shipping serves as a useful
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    • 173 27 [BEIJING] The Export and Import Bank of China has raised a total of 7.78 billion yuan (SSI.3 billion) and US$lB5 million for China's exports of ships since it started business in July 1994. Statistics provided by the two-year-old policy bank show that the
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    • 245 27  -  From David Taylor in Hongkong THE Hongkong Shipowners Association, hit by a serious shortage of funds, may see another move to raise membership fees amid general dissent at the coming annual general meeting next month. Speaking at a recent shipowners lunch, director Michael
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    • 295 27 MBT (KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Shipyard and Engineering Sdn Bhd (MSE) plans to concentrate on the three core businesses of egineering/offshore construction, shipbuilding and shiprepairing. MSE chairman Khalid Dahlan said at its facilities in Pasir Gudang, Johor, last week. "There has been a
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    • 1073 28 TRAMS-PACIFIC SHIPPING: CATERING TO CARGO GROWTH The following are edited excerpts of a speech by S Yano, Nippon Yusen Kaisha Tokyo s general manager of its container marketing group, at the recent Intermodal Asia 96 conference held in Singapore THE biggest points in pondering the
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    • 404 28 PACE Evergreen 6 AEiOcean 16 FlBnght 7 ACL 14 FMG 15 AFTShpg 14 8 Famous 7 ANl 3 Farmde 14 Able 16 FoongSun 8 It Accord 8 Frota 8 Ahrenkiel 4 Frt Links 13 Appenship 4 Frt World 7 Astro 3 C Link
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    • 10658 36 EXPORT ETA ETA Adv artist VMS* Voyag. Trf.phon. ETA ETA AMrtMf VMM* Voy*. TjjJJJJt t SIN Dvst'n Nam. Mam. Numt>.r Num<*r SIN OMtn Nam. Nam. Num0.r Numo.r 12/10 26/10 Evcrqrttfl E. RIGHT RW-025 65-*****65 1 A IVW 20/10 Xour OCEAN CENTAURUS 202 65 *****54 13/10 22/10 MISC OCN.CENT
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      • 717 43 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jvn| Nft Dcntfii 37 JO 7 alongside 08.1C/1200 MM indah N3I5 J02 aionqside 09.10/2300 9<n«lnd4fi BI9606 J03 aionqside 08.10/2000 K Ural 5/% J01 aionqside 08.10/0300 Bt Oaras ay 52/96 J01 atonqside 08.10/0300 St JaM R 2 *****6 J01 4tonqs.de 09.10/2200 Bt tar
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      • 1750 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boofclnq/Bjlance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Ml j«M 3IK 10/2000 K 01/1500 OS/1659 08/1900 2A 08/1700 09/0651 01/0900 i M/oroo 09/1159 09/woo 4 09/1200 09/1459 09/1700 jumut* "oira 09/2300 n oi/itoo 09/0*59 09/0900 3 09/0700 09/1159
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      • 165 43 OCT 9 Azerbaijan: Army Day. Ecuador: Guaquil's Independence day (throughout country). Uganda: Independence Day. Korea: Hanggul Day. OCT 10 Japan: Health-Sports Day. Taiwan: National Day. Kenya: Moi Day. OCT 11 Costa Rica: Discovery of America (To Oct 12). OCT 12 Chile: Columbus Day. Costa Rica: Discovery of America.
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      • 694 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine 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 indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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      • 542 43 Carbon 180 Mai 992.6 t.O 17.6 0.10 57 0.00 Oct 4 Density Water Residue Ask Ataminiiw* Sediment No above E2S 1 0 9 0 0 380 Ave 968 0 0J 13.9 0.07 32 0.00 w Ium 380 Mai 991.5 U 19.2 0.11 54 0.00 IWI »»/v
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      • 285 44 Growth capacity matches demand, says Association of European Airlines Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Passenger traffic on European airlines rose 7.6 per cent in August, "one of the better monthly results" so far this year, the Association of European Airlines said. The trade
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      • 310 44 Divers searching for black boxes of Aeroperujet AFP [SANTlAGO] A newspaper here claimed on Monday Lima international airport's radar was out of order when an Aeroperu Boeing 757 crashed into the Pacific Ocean six days ago, killing all
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      • 353 44 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Sabena SA, the Belgian airline, said it's in talks on forming an alliance with Richard Branson's Virgin Express, though it declined to say whether this might involve joint flights between Belgium and Britain. The airlines already have an agreement
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      • 279 44 HE carrier confirms talks with Airbus taking place Reuter [HONGKONG] Hongkong Dragon Airlines (Dragonair) is about to buy two new Airbus Industrie consortium aircraft and lease another to cope with increasing demand on its routes into China, industry sources said.
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      • 203 44 Reuter (LONDON) Rolls-Royce pic said on Monday it intends to sell its Canadian Bristol Aerospace Ltd subsidiary. "Over a period of time, Bristol Aerospace's products have gradually moved away from the business areas that Rolls-Royce sees as central to its operation in the next
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      • 56 44 [SYDNEY] Guests looking over the Australian designed, developed and manufactured utility vehicle called the Razorback at its launch here yesterday. This new utility vehicle, originally invented in Australia in 1934, has electro-hydraulic pumps to raise and lower the floor. This is only possible due to the
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      • 174 44 Reuter [SEATTLE] Air cargo capacity from Hongkong to North America is becoming hard to find and traffic backlogs are beginning to develop, a leading US freight forwarder official said. Barry Richard, director of pricing for Expeditors International, said forwarders and consolidators are scrambling to line
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      • LOG Book
        • 71 44 AFP [HANOVER, Germany] Sabotage attributed to anti-nuclear protesters delayed hundreds of trains in Germany yesterday, police said. Eight incidents were reported of grappling irons being thrown over electric overhead wires, causing short-circuits. Police suspected opponents of the transport of nuclear waste to a provisional storage site
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        • 90 44 Reuter [TURINI Italian car maker Fiat Auto said it will in the next few weeks present the new station wagon version of its Palio world car. The new model, called Palio Weekend, will be shown for the first time from Oct 23 and will
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        • 67 44 AFP [TURIN, Italy] A Russian cargo plane with 20 crew on board crashed early yesterday near Turin airport in northern Italy, airport sources said. A spokesman at the Di Cirie hospital near Turin said injured people were being rushed to its casualty centre. No
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        • 64 44 Reuter [IRVINE, California] Burlington Air Express (BAX) said British Airways pic engineering division has awarded Burlington Air Express a new, open-ended contact to handle its logistics and air shipments for aircraft replacement parts. BAX said in a statement that the "multi-million-dollar" contact covers deliveries from
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      • 1724 44 CITY FLIGHT ETA FUQfl ETO MmIm SOW IMS S0990 OCO Abo Dhabi SQ442 2025 Hint— S0>09 2120 S08I0 1020 Adelaide S0229 2220 Hanoi VN741 1300 S0176 1105 Amman RJ182 1445 RJ183 2225 ***** 1840 V 740 M1 Amsterdam KL833 0935 *L838 2300 "JM 1*5 jj* 0
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      • 229 44 Bloomberg Business News [DETROIT] A Canadian Auto Workers strike against General Motors Corp neared the end of its fifth day with no resolution in sight and a growing number of layoffs at GM and other companies dependent on the idled
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    • 206 27 European airline passenger traffic up 7.6% in Aug Growth capacity matches demand. Back Page VANUATU MMOBP services vamm Ship registry and corporate administrator in New York for the Republic of Vanuatu Tfflfcmi T IiTTI T Over 16 years professional V/millJ/mJi lJ maritime administration ImW, An International i Vanuatu, a member
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    • 1127 28 I N&miAMemcA j i export i i other destinations 1 C DIRECT TO WEST COAST WEST COASTOf CENTRAL AMEROCA {MARGARITA SERVICE) I VBSa Ivor |eusw|ETCS*| U OAK vat pai HOU O*C NT ■cocoon mse IW I IrtawnM I KXUMHM |1M IS/11 M/ 111 M/ 11 T #1/11 I #4/11 I
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    • 667 28 Lines services repfesenteO (ff t ßkVV by Members of the Registry of c t^.. > mm)) Accredited Agents. S pore National Shipping Assoc Assoaation FREIGHT UNKS EXPRESS GROUP lOth ANNUAL GOU TOURNAMENT This Friday, 11th October 1996, the FLE Group will be holding their annual golf tournament at the Tanah
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    • 1017 29 EXPORT TO: TO: JEDPAH/UK/CONTINENT I Vital VOT SIN JED R'DAM H'BUtG B'HAVIN S7ON LEH ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO FOR: NEDUOYD OCEANIA 5406 10/10 31/10 W/10 02/11 GLASGLOW, GRANGEMOUTH BUftGA PELAMGI 1404 11/10 27/10 29/10 01/11 02/11 AND SOUTHSHIELDS NEDUOYD HONSHU 3406 12/10 01/11 31/10 21/10 29/10 rtcnex IHMKS 5416 17/10 07/11
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    • 2045 29 0 HANJIN SHIPPING USA CANADA* liMHHft/voT TiSi sm "liu roi T~nw top cm on i» m mm km oos ntc ok rvt m ni m tic aiunuom iiTiT 31/10 "w/iT" 03/11 oi/u 03/11 os/u 04/11 ot/n "o«/n os/11 04/u ot/n ot/n 02/11 07/11 07/u 04/11 04/11 H WfWIWOni is/to 17/10
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    • 102 29 ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED f (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE ViSSEL VOY SINGAPORE IQNtfAY VESSEL VOY ItMMAY SINGAPORE NORDKAP 401 09/10 16/10 NORDKAP 400 02/10 09/10 ELIZA 303 16/10 24/10 EUZA 302 09/10 16/10 SINAR TOBA 202 26/10 02/11 SINAR TOBA 201 18/10 26/10 NORDKAP
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    • 1394 30 <<r DS/t-SENA TOR Round the World Container Services TO UK/CONTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT ■m |sm RTM BAV I HAM IFU I ANT I LHA I VESSEL IVOY IIHA HTM I WV~ HAM FIX AWT Ml KWTOMSBI WH46 SIT 31.10 01.11 02 11 0311 Mll 0011 DOT SENATOR EH4I IS H 10
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    • 1506 30 1 NORASIAH I VESSEL VOY [SIN PKLI OOA LAS BCL VAL ALO ROT ANT FEL LMA I NOR KIEL 9639-3 0910 1 0/10 25/10 30/10 26/10 63/11 64/11 31/16 11/11 61/11 62/11 NOR SHANGHAI 9646-3 16/10 17/16 61/11 66/11 62/11 16/11 11/11 67/11 61/11 66/11 66/11 MSCALEXA 9641-3 23/10 24/16
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    • 453 30 Direct Container Service: to Fangcheng Zhanjiang i Vessel S'pore Fangcheng UANBAO 11/10 16/10 18/10 A/Q/?TRANS Mufti-Purpose RO/L0 Carrier Accepting: t" RO/RO, Ramp Capoaty upto 40 tons Heavy Lift upto 65.5 tons Break M /Coatamer/Reefers Contdtm Thai Flog Status S AsMEtyws V.33A 10-13/10 17-20/10 14-17/10 23-K^l Asm Exprtss V.34A 23-2S/10 29-01/11
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    • 1429 31 jWB^TRAIT^mPPIN^r^T? 10 Hob Chiang Road #11-01 Kappel Tow«r» Singapore 0208 Tbl: *****88 Fox: *****17 MIAH HBUHEI CONVENTIONAL SERVICE I SARAWAK CONTAINER StRVICt Ivpsa VOY I 'in IMM Ivtssa VPT IsiMOAPOtt XUQBNO STMmSTM VH23I I 11/10 14/10 IS/10 CUAIU JM M-22 VWSU 13/10 LiZi® srugsjcrj vHi« I is/10 n/io 20/10 omm
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    • 2016 31 3 SAIUNGS PER WEEK FOR SINGAPORE EUROPE SERVia I SMGAPOOI'S GENMAI AGENTS: SHOJTON WAT TEL: 224 1100 MX: ***** M OUTWAID CIA) 4MSM2 I COSTAR SHIPPING PTI LTD fi7-M dm kdc sales/MGS 4msmi/43 inwaid DOT <D/o) *****15 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD nwofwm rown two (oaoioi) conventional t/shpmtpgr <w» m:O2-07
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    • 285 31 f! IPFRKAPAT.AN DAI ZHUN ?V ///y TONG JOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: **********0 C REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 KUCHIMG-FASTtST TKAHSIj/ MUAAA-FKIOKITY BEBTHV JHO CHI MIHM-DEDICATED A GIKIM 9627 12/10 GUOO 9629 H/IO GIWI ***** 09/10 APPLE 961 SO 16/10 GITONG 9617 14/10 GIHUAT
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    • 1332 32 EUROPE/UK/SCANDINAVIA/FINLAND/RUSSIA ero anii anim HBG THP ZEE LHV LMV THP ROM AM* HBG PKL SOP E RIGHT RW-02S 12/10 KTI 02/11 #2/11 04/11 05/10 00/11 E GARDEN K-00S ISM 10/00 17*0 10/00 2M» 14fl0 IMO RACJR RW-012 2*lo 10/11 11/11 IV" W1 14/11 E GUIOE RM7S 22*0 23/00 2S/00 20/00
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    • 1058 32 Im'onmid mlm* imo rfto SKo S/h> wo mcmoiu mtnSi £a* 5Tm oTTo ovio u/io I |"S ISsS \w wo a/io im »/io So. S/S mam oa/.o 07/10 01/10 01/10 71/10 t I Also aa»pirig I }!&m.»n< lluum ij/!o WIO rf/jo 24/10 I UWnUI OUCNNH JWI TU* IVIO B IST K
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    • 695 32 g RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33(12 UNES) FAX; *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Unas) CR NO: **********0E r i i \W\ ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING UNES r (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Vmml I Voy ETA Loading for Spore Ml I Djibouti, Assab, NgMim I
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    • 732 33 i BSA a. M MYANMA ißßttk FIVE STAR UNE •W (Myonmar National Lint) J loading for Yongon (Rangoon) Vlifa VOY SM KG KN PGU AV| 137W SLO PMU 234W 12/10 MALAYSIA Afierrv KHJSTUD SMPPMG AGENCIES KM m #1-03-*****00 MO; Ttl 02-03-37M101 rsl m 02-04-2****** PGO: TO 02-07-*****21/4 BANK LINE jBSi
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    • 989 33 A HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****32 HU Pll PCO VKSU/VOt VQT I SMI 1 ITM I AWT I UH HAM Mlt 11/04 M/ 99 #S/#9 HY.OUU 301W #7/1# 25/10 27/10 29/10 27/1# 27/1# 29/1# 09/09 11/#9 12/69 HY. (OMMOOOtf JO2W 14/1# #1/11 #3/11 #5/11 #3/11
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    • 429 33 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) Accepting Jp shipment to r/ A EUROPE/ 7} MEDITERRANEAN Wj\ SCANDINAVIAN Jr /T| 7 ports daily f g I I Poland France We make Sure Our Standards Never Change For more details please call for Ramlah/Angie/Molly
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    • 1712 34 IfrTlighßaKito VESSEL VOY iIN JKT I VESSEL VOY SIN P€H ~|^H t-f QANTA BHUM 13S Son I 13/10~ B.MAS EMPAT »139 f M VESSEL VOY SIN WANABHUM 346S Sal 12/10 Tu. 15/10 OUWU BHUM 6711 Suo_ J3/10 Tu._ J|£L H MATHU BHUM- 299N Wed tn Pt Sat 12/10 DAWU BHUM
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    • 1105 34 *UMC* V HWOAKMa/ ciuicTOSr^r VISSiI VOY SIN CTO IviSSiL VOY UN CCU CONSISTENCE 330 THU~ I 10/10 MOWI 14/10 lANPKOMfDA STAK 173 SAT I 12/10 WfP 116/10 PAFU 001 SAT 13/10 WfP "16/10 BnOC» BIVM 2SBCNB TUIS 15/10 SUN ao/io PAP MA |536 I FBI |18/10 |TUI |22/IOBTIOt« SPUING |261CN»|SAT
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    • 513 35 'mm** Weekly LCL A FCL yfinß(;al Service* to Caribbean h mmm* e Central America SL COMET SI ENDEAVOUR 01 IE 63'E i fort Country 06/10 Belize City 11/11 18/11 Bridgetown Barbados 14/11 21/11 Ce»*ogena Colombia 13/11 20/11 Cbilries Si. Lucio 13/11 20/11 Fort de Franco Martinique 14/11 21/11 rt Bahamoj
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    • 873 35 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD j '5? 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I I Km CR NO **********06 I I 1 HTAQ29 I u/iol ffl/16 ffio ffilO i iiil. i" lifc ill rcfTTT: —I <m I Shoo jep m my A iir.o ,CT, 74/10 uf\y m m
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    • 43 37 1 //"VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD KstaHishcil Since* l l >B4 Till: TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE KI Cilll AK I.ROUPU.E LCI. CONSOLIDATION' IMPORT 8 EXPORT SERVICES OCEANIA PORTS AUCKLAND SYDNEY BRISBANE MELBOURNE FREMANTLE VISA I KIK.HT SIKVICIS ITI I Tl> CONSOL PTE I.TO ll
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    • 2025 38 AS AGENTS: "K" LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CR NO **********0KC5T RIG NO W-*****9W1 K* ft TEL: *****77 TELEX KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX *****16^7/8/9 W MALAYSIA: "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD I I Hj TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25/6 I JL WOONESIA: P.T. '9C* LINE (INDONESIA),
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    • 1269 38 Iv/I YANG MING LJNE =H:M;kl TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY I'IJ.UM ARRIVAL FIXED DAY-MONDAY VfSMI VOT I SIN I RTM HAM FXT LEM MM VESffi. VOT L£M FXT NAM AIM JM MALACCA BRIDGE A640W1 1010 I 0211 31/10 3OTO 04.11 MING GALAXY A634{ SLD SLD SLO SCO 14/10 MWGNOKTM JMWVI 1110
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    • 647 39 SIN MAA SIN I -■TIGER BAY 475N 11-12/10 16-2(V10 25-2*lo I •IfIIGER WAVE 476N 14-15/10 20-23/10 28-29/10 ("TIGER ISLAND 477N 18-19/10 23-27/10 01-02/11 1 '■•TIGER BRIDGE 478N 21-22/10 27-30/10 04-o*ll 2 TIGER BAY 479N 25-2*lo 30-o*ll 08-o*ll I I TIGER WAVE 480N 28-2*lo 03-06/11 11-12/11 3 tANDRO STAR 173 13-14/10
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    • 915 39 Sea Land DIRECT SERVICE TO LONG BEACH SL ENDEAVOUR V.631E ETA SIN HO SIN I 15 0f1'96 IS OCT '96 fyKaj my rum Irm n I rm—mr ottTtF I vot I m si* oo ore 1 KK v« KM IS nor [aa MI srr-ii7ii i37io- stanami M~ li7iT WfT "B7T
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    • 1465 39 Nedlloyd WEEKLY SAILINGS Nedlloyd Unes to AUSTRALIA CM **********0 M 'I maaeoae PHONE (GENERAL) *****69 RATE ENQUIRIES 321Q24& 260 CFS (PHONE) *****10 CFS (FAX) *****23 1 TO EUROPE EVERY TWORS/FW/SAT Sin Phf Sou Leh Rtm AW Ham Br* NLL OCEANIA /5406 10/10 11/10 03/10 29/10 30/10 27/10 BUNGA PELANGI /1406
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    • 768 40 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD I •2 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 I TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********0 D BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/*****43 JESSICA/CELIA JJJ223B 8 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK I vessel Tvoy —[SIN Ijak i vessel |voy \sm |SUR
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    • 616 40 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF i AAnikir, VOY SPORE PXELANG* HALIFAX NYORK NORFOLK N.ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPtCO HOUSTON MO6 IN PT 19 NOV 22 NOV 25 NOV 02 06C 26 NOV 06 DEC 10 DCC mofgh CLIPPER 0236 23/24 OCT 17 OCT 13 DEC 16 DEC 17 DEC 24
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    • 602 40 Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN VESSEL VOY SIN BOM TRADE FAST TFSI99 17/10 28/10 KOTACAHAYA CAHI67 21/10 29/10 MEKHANIK KURAKO MK24N 21/10 29/10 ORIENT CORD 013 30/10 07/11 REBULAR ILYICHEVSK SERVICE VESSEL VOY I S PORE I ILYCHEVSX EVER GATHER 0128-06SW 09/10 08/11 < EVER
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    • 1160 41 L I VESSEL VOY HTM ANT UW HAM I HY COMMODORE 302W 13 OCT 01 NOV 03 NQV 05 NOV 03 NOV 05 NOV i IHY FEDERAL 301W 29 OCT 15 NOV 17 NQV 14 NOV 17 NOV 20 NOV 1 HY ADMIRAL 303W 05 NOV NOV 24 NOV 21
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    • 685 41 AP M SAIGON SHIPPING THRICE WEEKLY DIRECT TO HO CHI MINH CITY \EXFORT TO NO CNI MINN CITY IMPORT FROM HO CNI MINN CITY ynai 1 VOT I far W HQK VPSE VOT ETDHCRC tTASPOM MACON KAURANTAN UN I*4/1 CI (05/101 o*/l* OW H/W DtAGON KALIMANTAN KK *0/1* **/l* OW
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    • 633 42 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. 11 COLLYER QUAY *06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. W m TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) Ako accepting container cargo to: VESSEI/VOY ETA SIN ETAHKG ETA SHA W/T HKG: Beijiao, Wwan GOOD LUCK 9605/9606 18/10 23/10 27/10 Huadugang,
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    • 443 42 >AM MM CONTAINER LINES. INC I Agents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 UNES) kuchwg: <082)*****3 I J cm MOt **********0 C SI8U: (094) *****9 MANB-A: (932) *****61 PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK: (662) *****67 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 P. KELAWQ. (03) *****77 JKT (21)*****07 MOW: (91) *****3 BANDUNG: (22) <*****6 HKG ETA ASHDOD/PHAEUS
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    • 298 42 I S pan P.Ketang Loading For AMANPULO 15/10 22/10 RdnVAtw/UK/Nar Loads E7W Malaysia. Indonesia I I Loading for 1 PAN CRYSTAL Dubai/BahrairVDammarVKuwait CAPT YANNIS L Dubai/A.DhaU/Dona/Bahrain/Darnman/Kuwait MAKAR Hodmdah/Jeddah/Aqaba/ Pt. Said 1 HAUM METE Hodexlah/ Jeddafv/Aqaba i 'Loads Singapore, EVW Malaysia. Indonesia j I Loading for 1 OCEAN ISLAND Los Angeles/New
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