The Business Times, 14 October 1996

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 5S SINGAPORE Internet- http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1996
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  • 461 1  -  Any sale now would mean taking a big loss as Us cost was as high as $5 per share By< Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Amcol Holdings' single largest shareholder, Indonesian businessman Henry Pribadi, is said to have put on the market his
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  • 513 1  -  More deals, rise in office occupancy point to price recovery Prom, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo EVIDENCE of rising property transactions in Japan, along with indications that the vacancy rates of office buildings in major cities are declining, has bolstered hopes
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  • 262 1  -  From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are to launch a major initiative with other international and regional organisations to help prevent what both the Bretton Woods institutions fear could be a rash of banking crises erupting
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  • 391 1  -  By\ David McLoughlin in Auckland NEW Zealand's financial markets are expected to remain calm when they reopen this morning, analysts said, because the deadlocked weekend polls were in line with expectations. New Zealand's political and business leaders are preaching calm after the
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  • 289 1 Ex-MDefScetts Holdings says press report not true [SINGAPORE] The former managing director of Scotts Holdings, Raflq Jumabhoy, yesterday denied that he was making a general offer for the service apartment operator. In a statement yesterday, Mr Jumabhoy said "there is no truth to the allegation
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    • 7 1 The state of international banking, Pg 9
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    • 7 1 NZ looks to unpredictable Peters, Pg 5
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 195 2 THE Singapore-Shandong Business Council (SSBC) has set up a representative office in Jinan in anticipation of even closer ties between Singapore and the Chinese province. The SSBC Shandong office is an extension of the Singapore SSBC Secretariat. Its job is to cement the already
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    • 343 2  -  Losses due to booking of profits only after completion of projects By Michelle Low TWO unlisted companies controlled by property tycoon Ng Teng Fong reported operating losses for the year ended December 1995, while a third made marginal profits. The
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    • 293 2  -  E7E ON THE ECONOMY Construction By\ Diana Oon CERTIFIED progress payments in the construction sector rose 10.1 per cent to $1.1 billion in August from $997 million a year ago, according to early figures released by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB). The increase, which
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    • 273 2 PSB will monitor trends and alert industries of changes TODAY is World Standards Day, which commemorates the birth of the International Standards Organisation (ISO). In conjunction with this, the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board (PSB) has come up with a five-pronged strategy to address emerging
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  • AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 434 4  -  PM GOB'S EUROPEAN TORT Belgium visit to djacm trilateral cooperation as weU By Yang Razali Kassim [BRUSSELS] Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong today begins his official visit to Belgium, better known for its capital, Brussels, the political centre of Europe. Like his visit to
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    • 464 4  -  B6 Lee: investment flow hit by China's nationwide tax change on April 1 From Teh Hooi Ling in Suzhou SINGAPORE has proposed to the Chinese authorities that tax incentives be given to good quality high-tech projects to attract them to the SingaporeSuzhou
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  • REGION
    • 716 5  -  AUCKLAND Many believe the New Zealand First leader will back Labour after the indecisive polls By] David McLoughlin NEW ZEALAND'S political future lay in the hands of Winston Peters, the unpredictable New Zealand First chief who campaigned against foreign investment and Asian immigration, after indecisive
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    • 275 5 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama FORMER "Mr Opposition" Tan Chee Khoon died of a heart attack here yesterday morning. He was 77. He leaves behind his wife, Liew Foong Ying, three sons and three daughters. Political veteran Khir Johari, a former minister from the ruling United Malays National
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    • 250 5 MHONGKONG It scraps plan to use contractors already awarded airport jobs SCMP HONGKONG'S airport authority has staged a U-turn by deciding to invite competitive tenders for the HK14.3 billion (***** million) construction of the second runway and northwest passenger terminal extension
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    • 306 5 JAKARTA Reuter INDONESIAN police have denied allegations by the official National Commission on Human Rights that they took sides in a political dispute that sparked riots in Jakarta on July 27, the Merdeka Daily reported yesterday. Indonesia's official human rights watchdog
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    • 209 6 SINGAPORE TOKYO MONDAY U^^Lr New Service from 1 October 27 AL %s*3L\ SUNDAY We're happy to announce that come October 27, you'll have an extra choice of flights to Tokyo with our new WM Super Relax Seat iPVptk Monday service. You'll also enjoy extra comfort on our Hy ii^t new
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  • REGION/WORLD
    • 419 7 BEIJING Party vows to fight democracy and capitalism with Marxist values Reuter CHINA'S Communist Party, in what it called one of its greatest ever documents, yesterday warned against hostile Western ideas such as parliamentary democracy and capitalism and vowed to fight back with
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    • 378 7 SHANGHAI Depositors urged to invest in firms through securities Reuter CHINA issued another strong signal yesterday that its stock and bond markets have been given the green light for fast growth to provide the economy with more efficient means of investment.
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    • 255 7 HELSINKI Reuter NEW EU member Finland took another decisive step westwards at the weekend, leapfrogging its neighbour Sweden to link its currency to Europe's stability mechanism and possibly qualify for a single currency in 1999. The move was widely anticipated by markets and welcomed
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    • 484 7 GEORGIA Dealings with Lippo Group make Watergate look trivial: Speaker Bridge News HOUSE Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Saturday that the Clinton administration's association with Indonesia's Riady family is a scandal that makes Watergate pale by comparison. The administration's dealings with the Riady family
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    • 133 7 HHIIBBBIBHBBHHHHBHHHHi PLATINUM technology Singapore's award winning Apriori Helpdesk System is available for distribution by National Computer Systems. Apriori is a problem resolution technology which has won the following awards over the past 18 months. Best New Product 1994 and 1995, 1995 Innovation in Service Award Harold H. Short Jr. Award
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    • 3640 8 f HL Bank B (*****-X) 1 I (A limited liability company incorporated in Malaysia) 1 I tl■' I < f i I'l ILJ W Depreciation rM*.*~mA to —•-> rjt 12 WXED ASSETS I 1 Freehold land ts not depreciated Depreciation at oner n«ec assets CacuMn to write on the B
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  • FOCUS
    • 1029 9  -  THE STATE OF IMTERNATIOIIAL BANKING The Achilles' Heel of today's global economy has moved to centrestage From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE words "banking crisis" were attered so many times during the recent annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington that
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  • REGION/WORLD
    • 484 12  -  LONDON Conservatives trail in opinion poll bnt Major could prove experts wrong again By Neil Behrmann MOST British political pundits are betting the Labour Party will win the next UK general election. Yet the joker in the pack is John Major. Ahead
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    • 194 12 CANBERRA Bloomberg Business News AUSTRALIA'S Assistant Treasurer Jim Short resigned yesterday, following news last week that he had breached the ministerial code of conduct on ownership of shares. Prime Minister John Howard said in a statement he had accepted the resignation with regret and that he
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    • 888 12 The Sanwa Bank Limited INCORPORATED IN JAPAN Non-Consolidated Balance Sheets Non-Consolidated Statements 31 st March, 1996 and 1995 of Income and Retained Earnings For the years ended 31st March, 1996 and 1995 Millions of yen. 7 ASSETS 1996 1995 Millions of yen Cash and Due from Banks V 5.4*8,735 6.918,839
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  • BUSINESS IT
    • 575 13  -  Major players, including Microsoft, say their sales actually increased over the period By. Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Sales of application software in Singapore plunged almost 50 per cent in the first half of this year, according to a recent report by the
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    • 667 13  -  This is despite a switch to the latter by some ISPs By 1 Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Internet service providers (ISPs) around the world are switching from Netscape browsers to Microsoft's rival Internet Explorer browser, but this does not worry Netscape Asean
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    • 578 14  -  It can pack over six gigabytes of data onto one 120-minute DAT cartridge By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Taping full-length movies off satellite TV, downloading entire Web sites including video clips, all on a little 4 mm digital audiotape (DAT)
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    • IT TAKES
      • 74 14  -  Compiled by Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] American industry group Software Publishers Association (SPA) will kick off its second CyberSurfari adventure next Tuesday at 3 pm, eastern time. The one-month long, free-to-play cyber hunt is co-hosted by Yahooligans!, and will entice Internet surfers with treasures of more than US$lOO,OOO (SI140.000) in
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      • 67 14 [SINGAPORE] Nasdaq-listed Lam Research Corporation has opened a technology development and training centre in Hsin Chu, Taiwan. The first R&D centre to be established in Taiwan by a global supplier of semi-conductor equipment, the US$l3 million (5118.2 million) facility will focus on the development of deep sub
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      • 74 14 [SINGAPORE] Software Artistry, a provider of strategic support solutions, will introduce Version 2.0 of SA BxpertView early next year. As part erf Software Artistry's SA-Expertise suite of applications, Expert View integrates network and system management platforms tp the support centre and provides pro-active, strategic support.
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      • 51 14 [SINGAPORE] Dell Computer Corporation's technical support program will now be available to Asia-Pacific customers for the lifetime of their systems. Through Dell's toll-free technical support hotline, the majority of after-sales technical issues can be resolved in less than 10 minutes, said Phillip Kelly, president of Asia-Pacific
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    • 773 15  -  SINGAPORE IT INDUSTRY SURVEY 19M HfiimwH jamb takes a closer look at the high points and key trends captured by the comprehensive survey KENNETH JAMES Economic storm clouds last week sent the local stock market index scurrying to its lowest level in 11 months.
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    • 107 16 Bloomberg Business News IHSINCHU, Taiwan] Siemens AG and Mosel Vitelic Inc, a Taiwan semiconductor maker, wiU formaUy sign an agreement on Nov 7 to form a US$l.7 billion (552.3 billion) chipmaking venture, said Mosel spokesman WiUiam Chen. Mosel said on Sept 25 that
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    • 314 16 Bloomberg Business News [CANBERRA) Scott McNealy, chief executive and chairman of computer giant Sun Microsystems Inc, has predicted his company will grow at up to 25 per cent a year in a changing computer environment. He said the personal computer age was
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    • 926 16  -  By i Koh Su Haw The writer is a BTJournalist THE number of electronic cash transactions will reach nine billion by the year 2000, a study by Killen Associates predicts. The temptation to jump on board the Internet business bandwagon is clearly great.
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    • 407 17 [SAN DIEGO] NCR's Human Interface Technology Centre (HITC) is proof that doing research, making money and being human are not mutually exclusive. The Atlanta-based HITC researchs how computers can interface in the most user-friendly way with human beings. One example of how this can be
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    • 528 17  -  It's a server with focus on data warehousing and HATP Toh Han Shih [SAN DIEGO] US-based National Cash Register (NCR) has launched its World Mark 4300 server, which will form a key component in its new twopronged focus on data warehousing and high availability
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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    • 177 13 I ■Kff *s*> I ,JHH K^ME^bi^Hßli i JK^HKI ■F rig. r Q>1% I NEW-TECH-PARK 9 Singapore's Premier |j High-Tech Industrial Building Si The new extension at New Tech Park is Features: I virtually column free space allowing flexibility i available for lease. With unit size ranging in ancillary office and
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    • 394 16 FOR SALE BY TENDER Freehold Enbloc Residential Development Site Location Martia Road, off East J Coast Road EAST COAST ROAD Land Area 5,138.4 sqm \~W~I t (Approx. > r 55,288 sq. ft) 2 3 Legal Description Lot 441 -9 Mukim 26 Tenure Freehold Ptot Ratio Up to 1.4 q j
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 526 18  -  Samuel Jackson enjoys playing characters who upset stereotypes, says amprba. orr ANDREA ORR Reuter IN Pulp Fiction, Samuel Jackson won rave reviews as a hitman with a conscience. It may have seemed like something only an offbeat director like Quentin Tarantino could have dreamed up, but
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    • 478 18  -  MUSIC Last Friday's SSO concert came with mm musical hiccups By 1 Benjamin Loh TCHAIKOVSKY'S Violin Concerto in D, Op 35, probably ranks among the most difficult of all violin concertos, and is a true test of the soloist's musical and technical skills.
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    • 157 19 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 30 One of to toasts that may be offered with a meal (7) there's little choice at the SATURDAY'S SOLUTION 31 Resolute drama students are butchers? (4,2,7) (8,2,3) IS The remains of a sporting £W£Woiiryy^BriMAM"6l DOWN trophy (5) H ff 15Wi]AfqLffo' 2 Bill goes to the North gate
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 270 21 Assets worth Ms6BBm to be injected into Permodal&n Perak Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The corporatisation of Koperasi Usaha Bersatu Malaysia Bhd (KUB), via an asset injection of M 5688.5 million (*****.5 million) into Permodalan Perak Bhd (PPB), has been approved by the
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    • 290 21  -  By\ R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The local stock market, which has fallen victim to a combination of domestic and regional woes, faces an uncertain week ahead after its benchmark index hit an 11month low last Friday, brokers said. Although they don't rule out the possibility of
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    • 185 21  -  From< Qnak Hiang Whai in Hongkong LISTED DBS Bank will be holding its biennial investment conference outside Singapore for the first time. The two-day conference, organised by DBS Securities, is set to open on Oct 30 in Hongkong. Future conferences could make
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    • Article, Illustration
      547 21  -  BUO SENG INSIGHT How will Hopewell use its new money? By Quak Hiang Whai GORDON Wu once said he doesn't dance to the tune of analysts and fund managers. Well, his Hopewell Holdings certainly did not dance to the tune of investment bankers either last week. Last
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    • REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 448 22  -  Poor liquidity a major concern but situation improving as more issues come to market By I Shiv Taneja (SINGAPORE] The Asian fixed income market is poised for significant growth, Michael Khoo, managing director of the Singapore operations of US investment manager Alliance
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      • 327 22 Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR) Wing Tiek Holdings Bhd, a Malaysian steel maker, said it is in talks to sell its controlling stake in National Steel Corp of the Philippines. In its statement to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE), Wing Tiek
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      • 240 22  -  By Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-listed Stamford Tyres will Invest $8 million to build two auto centres in Malaysia and Thailand, as part of larger plans to improve its retail distribution network. The two auto centres, to cost $4 million each, will be
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      • 430 22 Warrant issuers caught by Hopewell's surprise sale of its stake in Cepa SCMP [HONGKONG) Investment banks have lost up to HK$lOO million (5518.35 million) as they scrambled to hedge covered warrant positions on Hopewell Holdings in the wake of its multi-billion dollar
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      • 77 22 [NEW DELHI] Security being positioned beside the trademark golden arches on the roof of the newly opened McDonald's Restaurant yesterday in New Delhi, thefirst outlet of the American fast-food chain in India and the first beef-less McDonald's Restaurant in the world. India's over
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      • 376 22 Property arms being listed so money can be reinvested in China Reuter [HONGKONG] China's improving economy has prompted some Hongkong-listed firms to spin off first their China infrastructure units and now their China property arms, analysts said. China's easier credit policy in the second
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      • 259 22 FT [BONN] Six of Germany's largest private telecoms operators, including Veba and Viag, have lodged a complaint with the European Commission alleging that Deutsche Telekom was "seriously abusing" its dominant position. Their complaint comes just over five weeks before Deutsche Telekom is due to
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      • 208 22 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's listed Innovest Bhd plans to invest Msl2s million (5571.2 million) in a timber venture in Congo, a director of the company said on Saturday. The investment would be in logging activities and construction of a sawmill and plywood mill, Innovest director
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    • FOCUS
      • 674 23  -  FUMD MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY Fund managers say the industry here has been relatively free of fraud Reports by\ Shiv Taneja ALLAN [SINGAPORE] HOW vulnerable are Singapore's unit trust investors to the kind of scandal at Jardine Fleming? Well, Singa-pore-based fund managers say that
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      • 361 23 Trustee's role crucial in ensuring unit trust firm does not deviate from trust deed [SINGAPORE) Central to investor protection in the unit trust industry is the trust deed and the role of the trustee. The trust deed is a piece of document prepared by the fund management
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 374 24 to 100,000 creditors will get a first dividend before the end of the year FT [VONDON] Creditors of the failed Bank of Credit and Comnjerce International (BCCI) afe to get their first dividend njore than five years after the bftnk's collapse
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      • 221 24 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Developing countries are expected to sell a record US$6O billion (SsB4 billion) worth of bonds in international capital markets this year, according to an emerging markets debt analyst. The sales underscore investor demand for the securities, which
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      • 311 24 Other divisions will not be affected by Nat West's pullont Reuter [HONGKONG] Hongkong conglomerate Wheelock Co Ltd has launched a search for a new partner for its fledgling Hongkong fund management company following Nat West Group's decision to pull out. "We've got nobody
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      • 242 24 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Nomura Securities International Inc has fired 20 people in its high yield bond unit and also discontinued some of its high yield business, the company said in a statement on Friday. The United States unit of Japan's
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      • Article, Illustration
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    • COMMODITIES FUTURES
      • 551 26  - outperforms European currencies SIMKX Weeklyßoundup Sterling benefiting from UK growth, credible monetary policy and better fiscal discipline Collum Henderson MMS International This report does not constitute a solicitation to invest in any currency or Simex product. [SINGAPORE] European Monetary Union convergence trades remain all the rage, with spreads versus mark
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      • 901 26 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup (LONDON! The ghost of Sumitomo has returned to haunt the London Metal Exchange (LME) and whispers of price manipulation once again ran through its corridors as a mysterious fall in copper stocks lifted prices last week. Tongues
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    • 1818 26 in j—MiMi m j 1 1 i wwiwrnniiiwr 1 ~iwifwimfT rn«rn in ~n»-i wn—wirrrftrTttnr ilCOM FUTURES Oct 11 RUBBER (futures dosinqM it SJOfn) RSS1 CONTRACTS cwtsAfl) Close Volume Open Month Hiqh Low Sett (tonwes) Interest »to7% *****5 i7550 500 *975 Oec 96 177.50 2075 Jan 97 182.50 181.00
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    • 4380 27 Neteorn IPS Met aloe* Aug 9 F 2.438 0.858 102 W Oat* TV LV TV LV Ming Waft Sap 17 I 4.807 4.006 3.07 2.60 Company ann (Sml (Sm) (cts) let*) M Mosaics* Sap 17 I 18.896 ***** 4.9 *.4 MOIL* Sap 23 I 283 22.7
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    • 752 27 Relative Strength Index: The RSI measures the rate at which prices move. In theory it ranges between zero and 100. In practice, however, it fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: *****0/[(up average/down average)
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    • MARKET REVIEWS
      • 624 28 NEW YORK US dealers seem to be waiting for proof of the underlying good value of stocks FT WITH interest rate rises deferred for at least a month, and the presidential election campaigh still refusing obdurately to produce any prospect of political upheaval, Wall Street is
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      • 140 28 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG share prices surged 2.6 per cent in the week to Friday, posting a record high close mid-week before easing slightly, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 312.89 points during the week to finish at 12,218.40 on Friday as
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      • 366 28 LONDON AFP A POSITIVE influence from Wall Street, a degree of political stability and healthy distributive sales data helped the London market retain its record levels of the previous week. The FTSEIOO Index of leading shares rose by 3.3 points on the week
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      • 343 28 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices weakened in subdued trading during the week to Friday with the listing of West Japan Railway Co having little impact on the overall market, brokers said. "The listing of JR West was a moderate success, but investors
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      • 859 28 Q Sydney +2L3 RUMOURS of an imminent official interest rate cut helped Australian share prices to close 0.9 per cent higher over the week, brokers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's key barometer, the All Ordinaries Index, climbed 21.3 points, or 0.9 per cent, from a week earlier to
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      • 1578 28 Paris -028% PARIS stocks could recoup losses in the days ahead if first-half earnings continue to beat analysts' expectations, money managers said. On Friday, the benchmark CAC-40 Stock Index rose 11.49 points or 0.54 per cent, to 2,147.12, having reached a 30month high on Wednesday. The index,
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 8172 29 AFP, AFX-Asia n Composite Index -9.44 MALAYSIA'S stock market ended the week 0.8 per cent lower on Friday in cautious trade amid uncertainties posed by the triennial polls of the ruling United Malays National Organisation. "There was not much interest in the market," said
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
      • 3911 30  -  WARRANT WATCH -Byl R Sivanithy PROBABLY the simplest strategy in buying warrants is to first look for shares that have been bashed to new lows. Warrants issued on such shares automatically become interesting, and this is made all the more so if there is
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    • 2444 30 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gr Gr m Last Vo4 Woak Last Ouott W» B» tW MCl* Ht» L— ttf» Campany M« rOOO) L— Buyar CV P/t fc625 360 m s 5000 A1S8 50c 430 cd < 38 442 420 430 432 S3 4.9 OJ 89.8 4411 119 84 mi 5001
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 1663 31 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE (*000) MH> C»» TX1 Clt T«H 130,(06 45,601 175.707 400.632 106,117 506,949 riMnc* 17,340 16,097 33.437 140,709 30 784 ?11.493 Hot til 5,566 Utt 6.781 15.014 2.T76 17,189 Prop4ftt»i 34,701 26,172 62,873 148.028 40.801 1M.S30 Pl«nUtioo 5,152 5.152 12.718 12.718 MMnq 1,794 1.794 4.573 4.573 BtW 22,068
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      • 4519 31 cr Cf m 1996 Last Vol Woo* Lost Ouott Wv ON VM J»«J Cap A»g Higb Low StNe Company Soto COOP) High Low Buyer to«of CyT /C INDUSTRIALS 5146 ASENTS10 200 US- Q *W t^'gy- ***** £5? 2 62 179 ,75 ,75 »9 SON 7.5 ,.0 1L1 2963
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      • 1054 31 1996 Last VI Weak LHtOwti Dtv Mr YM Met Cad A<n Lew WIH C—IP—V Said rOOO) Mfh Urn Buyer Seder Prte $f3PAQ 289 135 2000 ABR Mldqi 5C 161 -3 253 »64 161 *1 163 3.0 »4.2 ai 100.6 71.6 163 90 68 2049 ASAutolOe 77 »2 1074 77.5
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      • Article, Illustration
        61 32  -  Paul Leo BERJAYA GROUP looks poised to test resistance between $1.03-1.09. Buying interest is returning to the stock. Last Friday's half-a-cent rise to 98.5 cents was accompanied by a strong volume of 2.77 million shares, 5.3 times the lOday average 0f518,400 units. Daily MACD has signalled a buy.
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      • 1098 32  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Domestic and regional uncertainties have exacted severe toll on sentiment By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] To say that the current market sentiment is bearish would perhaps be a bit of an understatement. On the one hand was the
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    • 577 32 BUSINESS Notices TO ADVERTISE CALL TOLL-FREE 1800-741 1883 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER SO AND IN THE MATTER OF ASIA PACIFIC ERGONOMIC CONSULTANTS PTE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act. Chapter 50, that the final meeting
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 283 33 Simpson Spence Young THERE have been a couple of interesting high capital en bloc deals featuring in the market, both being combined with period charters. Demolition prices continued to fall and a number of ships have been sold at much lower levels than originally discussed. Vessels sold for
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    • 226 33 m r *m mn ss w cirr Dmixnon 1.08 -ooj 298 Chum Hup 0.945 -0.005 89 -0.02 wswhS aw -o-oos 205 HHKNZiMn 0.80 until 28 IMCH*Mk*s—MR 540 JeyiHeWngs 142 "044 JO £535!T!=4S £S Sg»« M? -042 5*3 wassrj?i§ g 32' n«u*r*8C«rp_0485 -am 4 STSC IW -0.02 t3 STSCfwttan
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    • 432 33  -  Local office, the first in S-E Asia, to offer trade investment insurance Reports by' Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] International freight forwarder Kuehne Nagel (K&N) has set up a freight insurance office here which, besides providing marine cargo coverage, will focus on trade
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    • 280 33 New offices in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh next year [SINGAPORE] Kuehne Nagel is planning to open a string of new offices in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh next year. Klaus Herms, K&N's AsiaPacific managing director, said the company had already incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary in India
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    • 129 33 Reuter [NEW DELHI] The Indian cabinet has approved a proposal to encourage private sector investment in ports. A government statement said the new proposal would allow port-based industries to set up captive facilities, including oil jetties, under certain conditions. It did not spec-
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    • 562 33  -  LOVER SCENE By] David Hughes THE initial surprise, shock even, of the announcement of the P&O Containers-Nedlloyd merger has started to be replaced by questions, questions about exactly what the details of merger are going to mean. P&O had been getting so many
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    • 229 33 Journal of Commerce [BERLIN] United Arab Shipping Co may become a fourth partner in the Tricon alliance of Germany's DSR-Senator Lines and two Korean carriers, Cho Yang Shipping Co and Hanjin Shipping Co. In a recent statement, DSRSenator said "discussions are taking
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    • 243 33 Reuter [PANAMA CITY] The Panama Canal Commission (PCC) has postponed until Nov 15 a decision on whether to increase tolls and charge for on-deck container space. PCC chairman Joe Reeder told a news conference late last week that PCC officials "made the
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    • 163 33 [SINGAPORE] Cargo consolidator Distribution Services Ltd has outsourced its operations to Cougar Express (S), a member of the listed Hai Sun Hup group. Joseph Leung, DSL (Far East) executive vice-presi-dent, said in a statement that the move was aimed at strengthening its Singapore regional
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    • 829 34  -  AMERICAN AXRUNE INDUSTRY: PLAYING SAFE The two are re-introducing themselves with fresh versions of old campaigns Pan Am aims for a reputation for quality service by resurrecting the old logo and lingo, while ValuJet focuses on a new, more serious image By Tamar Charry
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    • 418 34 PAGE Evergreen 6 AElOcean K n.-#rigM 7 AU 14 AFTShpg 14 F4mous AMI 3 Fir,ri<, M Able 16 foongSun 8 9 Accord 8 rotJ 8 Ahrenkiel 4 Frt u> > Appenship 4 World Astro 3 J 1 1 Austral 9 in Avant 6
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    • 10310 42 EXPORT C« ETA AdnrtMor Vvm* Voy«g* TatapAona ETA ETA AdvartNar MaSr tlianOir SM Oasfn Nam* Nam Mimibar Wumtof SIN Dtit'n mm [t JifKrir"" yww»i.i»wr.i iwiiiiiitwg'.'g*'. HMMMNBB MiMMMMMMBwa******!*** it/b osoi oocl thames *J A boo fin msc ms.elbe N/10 07/i MOL CLBC W To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 b/b or/*
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 741 49 ♦J ins* Voy Wo Bfth Arrtvsl 0«p*rtur j>m Nft AtlArtic Sap 10 JB tfonpidt 18.10/0700 St Llt9 99 MM* J01 KmpMH '3.10/0400 St Mm Gti S7 *****6 301 Dongudt 13.10/2100 It P JU» M 22/96 J01 HongsMt 13.10/0545 St P Tttar 18/96 301 UompiOt 13.10/06X1 n Hjutsi 42/96
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      • 1481 49 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boofclnq/B«Unc« Rttls Ship Voy Wo Etb/Btr Ported From To from kc ijm jui ivomo i* u/boo u/*h u/noo Mint VOW M/MOO 4 M/UM M/MH 14/1700 AdUtW M7I ivooo M U/BM O/MH a/BOO UiRia MS NAM M U/BOO U/MH U/WOO BITMI
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      • 156 49 OCT 14 Canada: Thanksgiving Day. Colombia: Columbus Day. USA: Columbus Day. OCT IB Azerbaijan: Independence Day. ocrrao Guatemala: Race Day/Discovery of the Americas. Oct 21 Hong Kong: Chung Yeung Festival. Oct 23 Thailand: Chulalongkorn (In Remembrance of King Rama V). MB Taiwan Taiwan Restoration Day. Oat 28 Greece
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      • 638 49 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 averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 441 49 C«tM WO Mu 992.6 LO 17.6 0.10 S5 0.00 Oct 11 OwnttT Motor NMm Ask UmMtm U«—t «o o»om £25 1 0 0 0.0 r %M/M v 3MA«« 900.0 0J 0.9 0.07 32 0.00 [oh 300 MU 9915 11 1U 0.11 52 0.00 MOM »«/>■ M/W
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    • AIR & LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 131 50 AFX-Asia [NEW DELHI) McDonnell Douglas Corp said it will begin to build a super-jet next year tailored to the Asia-Pacific market. The MD-XX will be faster, larger and fly further than the latest aircraft built by Boeing Co and Airbus Industrie, tech- nology general
        AFX-Asia  -  131 words
      • 316 50 Although acquisitions have stopped, it still plans alliances and joint ventures NYT [ATLANTA] United Parcel Service, which has spent the past two decades extending its package delivery service around the globe, said it is finished with growth by acquisition and plans now
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      • 202 50 Reuter [WASHINGTON] The White House aviation safety panel and airlines have decided to postpone a trial of bag matching to passengers at a hub airport originally due next month in order to test potential disruptive effects. The decision was announced
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      • 75 50 AFP [BEIJING] China's aviation industry is looking to realise US$l.B billion (552.5 billion) in export earnings in the year 2000, despite difficulties in switching from military to civilian output, China Daily Business Weekly said yesterday. State-run Aviation Industries of China has exported USS3.S billion worth of airplanes,
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      • LOG Book
        • 63 50 AFP [MANILA] The Philippines and Australia have signed a memorandum of agreement increasing bilateral air services. The accord allows Australian and Filipino carriers to open a new route between Darwin and the Philippine cities of Cebu and Davao within the year, to add to the
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        • 76 50 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] Continental Airlines Inc said it would buy 60 Boeing 737 jetliners to replace the oldest planes in its fleet. The order carries a list price of US$l.B billion (552.5 billion), though the size of the order and a bidding contest
          Bloomberg Business News  -  76 words
        • 100 50 Reuter [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa AG said it will extend its code-sharing agreement with Thai Airways International to new Asian destinations from Oct 27. Lufthansa will add a third weekly Munich to Bangkok flight and offer four weekly services from Frankfurt to the Thai capital as code-share
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      • 267 50 Attempt to cut costs and improve competitiveness AFP [SEOUL] South Korean car makers have broken a timehonoured protectionist tradition and started to seek foreign partnerships for auto parts in an attempt to slash costs and bolster international competitiveness. Kia Motors, the nation's
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    • 12 33 Return of Pan Am andValuJet American airlines play it safe. Page 2
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    • 170 33 DPS to invest in technology It is stopping growth by acquisition. BackPage THE STH INTERNATIONAL BULK CONGRESS 7-8 November The Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore IBJ's Bulk Congress attracts leading figures from the dry bulk trade, transport and handling industry world-wide. It will address industry fundamentals and review shipping and transport issues,
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    • 1006 34 WMCT TO-WOT COAT WtT COAfT Of CIMTRAL AMPUCA (MAHQARITA SERVICE) I wkm 'molnnui 11 mi vrt ui lui hou <mt my !«mcDcm~ wa i jnjurm [majmiu 1 r (jitmt. ;u iQtwio uuu auij 2bIIII ss las I I SSißm w!t 83 Sfl SK Mi WR M ®!1 lifi! i jgl-1-i—*'
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    • 1141 35 EXPORT TO: TO: JEPPAH/UK/CONTINENT VESSEL VOY SIN JED R OAM H'BURG B'HAVEN S TOW lEH ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO FOR: THAMES 5416 17/10 07/11 05/11 09/11 GIASGIOW, GRANGEMOUTH MOSEI 1416 11/10 03/11 05/11 08/11 09/11 Aun COIITHSHIELDS ELBE 3416 IS/10 08/11 07/11 04/11 05/11 OOCL HOPE 5426 24/10 14/11 12/11 16/11
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    • 539 41 m Wsskly LCI A FCI I M fO|j|C3l Services to Caribbean ft hippinq Control America SI ENDEAVOUR SI MISTRAL 631E 003E •Port Counlry 15/10 22/10 City W.ze 18/11 25/11 Barbados 21/11 28/11 Cartagena Colombia 20/11 27/11 Omrrn S». Lucia 20/11 27/11 Fortd* Franc* Martinique 21/11 28/11 'Frseport Bahamas 16/11 23/11
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    • 754 41 sSSSSrM%MM PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I jiSSSSSS? M 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I CR NO 100e*****00E I iSfczJLUWNfeI 111 111 MmWAMCSI ißfa ~uflr w7lo IWIO "o »"p ffl iSIT S B —P ii iii li ill H KOTA WW A WAN WSNO77 IV/11 21/11 23/11
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    • 46 43 inker Fuel Specialist DNVPS Worldwide HQ 10 Science Park Drive DNV Technology Centre Singapore *****4 Tel: +65 779 2475 Fax: +65 779 5636 Tlx: RS ***** ***** DNVPS For a complete list of DNVPS Services and offices, just dial 740-6000 and request for document code 8888.
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    • 1796 44 AS AGENTS: "K M UHE (SMIOAPORE) PTE LTD (WW* *****1 —HOST REG Ntt IP-«t173»4) V TEL *****77 TELEX KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 W W MALAYSIA: "K" UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SOM BHD I I WAm TELSA *****00 PK *****75 *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25* I INDONESIA: P.T. UNE (MDONESIA), TEL JKT
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    • 1205 44 M *****2J TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY H***** ARRIVAL FIXED DAY-HOHDAY vessel wn ISM I (mi mm m 10 mm vessel wr leh fxt mm mm bm MMGSUN A641wl 17/10 I o*ll 07/11 o*ll 11/11 GIBRALTAR BRIDGE KK SID *0 Stt SLO 2MO MING ZENITH J641W1 20/10 I 06/11 08/11 o*ll
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    • 616 45 I VESSEL SIN MAA SIN I TIGER WAVE 476N 15-16/10 20-23/10 28-29/10 I TIGER ISLAND 477N 18-19/10 23-27/10 OUJ2/11 1 TIGER BRIDGE 478N 21-22/10 27-30/10 04-05/11 I TIGER BAY 479N 25-26/10 30-03/11 08 09/11 1 TIGER WAVE 480N 28-29/10 03-06/11 11-12/11 TIGER ISLAND 481N 01-02/11 06-KVII 15-16-11 IVESSEL^'^VOySIEICA^^SH^^I TIGER RIVER
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    • 744 46 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX: R*****0 CR 10. **********00 BOOKIII6S CALLDIRECT 2 f22 9 41/*****43 JESSICA/CEU* 3 SLGS/WEEK VOY I SIN JAK I VESSEL |VOY |SW |BUH I S£a FORtUNE FtNO55 iNPT 13/10 (SUN)
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    • 662 48 n m m ps m SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. m TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) Also accepting container cargo to: YESSEI/VOY I ETA SIN ETAHK6 ETA SHA W/T HKG: Beijiao, Chiwon, rnnnmfK mvmh
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    • 202 50 I OmDSL Distribution Services, Ltd. DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LTD (DSL) is pleased to announce the appointment of COUGAR EXPRESS (S) PTE LTD as iheir General Agent in Singapore with effect from 12th October 19%. DSL will continue to maintain its Representative Office at Singapore which will now focus on Sales and
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