The Business Times, 6 December 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6,1996
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    Taipei threatens to hit back at Simex and CME
    605 1  -  Officials upset over plan to steal march on Taipei fntores trading Froml Bruce Cheesman in Taipei TAIWAN'S stock exchange regulators, in an attempt to derail Singapore's plan to begin trading Taipei stock futures next month, are threatening to withdraw data-sharing agreements
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    Economists call on WTO to set 2025 date for global free trade
    415 1  -  Declaration backed by influential group of academics By' Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] A distinguished group of international economists has called on trade ministers attending the WTO Ministerial meeting in Singapore next week to set a target for achieving global
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    Lock icon Clinton names Albright as US secretary of state
    350 1 AFP [WASHINGTON] US President Bill Clinton has named Madeleine Albright, currently ambassador to the United Nations, as secretary of state, US television networks said yesterday. Mr Clinton has also selected a retiring Republican Party senator, William Cohen, to serve as defence secretary
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    Mega exhibition centre coming up in Changi
    601 1  -  Centre will offer 100,000 sq m of space when ready By, Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] The government is building a mega exhibition centre (MEC) in Changi. To be built on a 25-hectare site at the corner of Upper Changi Road East and Xilin Avenue,
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      95 1 IMHUIU W mM Aged 86, his contribution to Singapore's industrialisation will always be remembered, Pg2 •■witalpe Miidim,pg2l. Company has been performing well, ao directors probably taking advantage of strong share price. Ktaß«tatorteyr«flt 4mm, pg 21. Market action still largely focussed on low-priced stocks, so proapects of broking stocks likely to
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      62 1 WTO It will be the biggest trade meeting since the WTO was born and the grandest conference Singapore has hosted. Find out what's at stake in a special supplement on the WTO Ministerial Conference. with your ButlMSi Timet TOMORROW Crucial to keep multilateralism alive, Pg 15 Editorial: Stay tuned to
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Ex-adviser to S'pore Winsemius dies
      239 2 SINGAPORE'S long-time friend and former economic adviser Albert Winsemius died yesterday. He was 86. The government said it "was deeply saddened" by the news. As a mark of deep appreciation for his contribution to the economic development of Singapore, Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary Ngiam
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      Microsoft picks Sim Lim Sq for new store
      149 2 GLOBAL software giant Microsoft is taking the piracy bull by the horns by setting up shop in Sim Lim Square a shopping complex infamous for pirate software. The new store, a joint venture with local software retailer Advance Gravis, will sell the
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      Clothing retailer 2nd Chance aims for IPO next month
      356 2  -  Retailer has applied for Sesdaq listing YHI plans main board listing by early T)8 By< Clarissa Tan CLOTHING retailer 2nd Chance Enterprises, one of this year's three winners of the Lianhe Zaobao-Endec Entrepreneurship Excellence Award, may launch its initial public offering
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      How to squeeze $1m more from an en bloc sale
      422 2  -  Two City Mansions owners stand firm and the remaining 31 sellers give in By I Siow Li Sen TWO foreign owners of units in City Mansions, which was recently sold en bloc for $139 million, demanded $1 million more each
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      Lock icon Industrial output up 1.8% in Oct
      376 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Manufacturing By Genevieve Cua INDUSTRIAL output firmed up with a year-on-year gain of 1.8 per cent in October after shrinking for two consecutive months, in almost a mirror-image of the trend in non-oil domestic exports. Non-oil domestic exports rose a
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      Corrections & clarifications
      74 2 Corrections clarifications IN our Dec 4 report "15 Singapore firms to start Internet commerce", we said Singapore ONE is an island-wide network being laid by Singapore Cable Vision. This is inaccurate. Singapore ONE is a network spearheaded by the National Computer Board, the National Science and Technology Board and the
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  • FOODS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Lock icon Business links for Sedona guests
      336 4  -  Wide network of contacts in a cross-section of industries available for Sedona Hotels guests from next month By. Agnes Wee rSINGAPOREI Straits Steamship Land's Sedona Hotels International will offer guests the opportunity to tap its business contacts service from next month. Called the Sedona Business
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      Vogue's out as retail slump hits ad dollars
      532 4  -  Catbacksinad budgets spark amngmagmiHw By Andrey Tan CUTBACKS in advertising budgets because of the retail slump have intensified competition for ad dollars among magazines here. And the pressure is taking its toll. The most recent casualty came last week when Europe's leading
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      Host of new gizmos for SMEs at IT show
      311 4 SMALL and medium-sized enterprises will be the target of the annual Singapore IT Exposition (Sitex) being held next Thursday to Sunday. This year's event will see the launch of 15 new products by exhibitors, said a spokesman for project manager Technofairs
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      Ex-IBM man heads national manufacturing body
      139 5 A FORMER IBM manager, Derrick Loh, has been appointed secretary-general of the newly-formed Singapore Confederation of Industries. SCI yesterday announced that he has replaced Chin Teck Huat, who was executive director of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association before it was expanded to become the SCI
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      PM on 3 challenges in public transport
      333 5  -  Workers can offer human touch that makes difference in service, he says By< Chuang Peck Ming PUBLIC transport workers face three challenges ahead providing a world-class public transport service, meeting commuters' expectations and coping with technological changes. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said
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      Two Holland Dr blocks join Sers
      356 5  -  En-bloc redevelopment follows requests by Peter Song and Lim Swee Say Reports by* Abdul Hadhi THE Ministry of National Development has identified two blocks at HoUand Drive as the ninth site, and possibly the last for this year, for the Selective En-bloc Redevelopment Scheme
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      MP Peter Sung hints he may not run again
      209 5 BUONA Vista's Peter Sung could be one of the Members of Parliament who will make way for new People's Action Party (PAP) candidates in the coming election. When asked by National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang to say a few words
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      Singapore's youth have the best chances: SM Lee
      491 5  -  But it's vital to maintain social cohesion and political unity, he teQs students By, Anna Teo NO ONE in Asia has a better future ahead of them than young Singaporeans but they will have to decide what to make of it, Senior
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Indon central bank cuts discount rates by 0.5%
      387 6 JAKARTA Jim seen as bid to stabilise swings in rates as overheated economy cools Reuter INDONESIA'S central bank cut its key discount rates by 50 basis points yesterday, suggesting its overheated economy had begun to cool down, economists said. Some treasurers said
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      Lock icon Habibie's assurance on post-Suharto era
      163 6 JAKARTA AFP A SENIOR Indonesian minister says there is no need for investors to be concerned about the post-President Suharto era, reports said yesterday. "There is no reason to feel worried about what will happen after Suharto and the 1945 generation are no longer around,"
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      Lock icon Opening up car market will kill Proton, says Dr M
      442 6 THE HAGUE Trade globalisation's still possible without making every market tariff-free, he says Bernama MALAYSIA cannot open up its car market to unrestricted foreign competition as this will mean saying goodbye to national car maker, Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton),
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      Lock icon Malaysia to repeal 30-year rent control law: report
      232 7 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA is to repeal a 30year rent control law to allow owners of old buildings to raise rents or take over the premises for redevelopment, news reports said yesterday. A bill to repeal the Rent Control Act 1966 involving
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      Ramos says he cleared land deal; Guoco stock up
      479 7  -  MANILA President's remarks cast doubts on objectivity of inquiry panel, says opposition By, Al Labita SHARE prices of Guoco Holdings and affiliate Centennial City Corp (CCC) yesterday bounced back from a threeday slide after President Fidel Ramos said he had cleared
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      Lock icon Ranariddh urged to take full power
      260 7 BANGKOK Khmer Ronge chief says it's only way to end conflict with Hun Sen's party AFP CAMBODIA'S hardline Khmer Rouge guerillas called yesterday for Prince Norodom Ranariddh to take full power as prime minister, as intended under the 1993 UN-monitored general elections. The nominal
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon HK still pulling in foreign investments despite '97 worries
      461 8  -  HONGKONG External investments in manufacturing rise 10%, more regional operations set np, says survey By i Quak Hiang Whai WORRIES of waning overseas confidence ahead of the handover of sovereignty next July may persist but foreign investments continued to pour into
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      Lock icon Patten: No proof China has UK passport holders' list
      323 8 HONGKONG Bid to allay fears after UK envoy's 'no protection' shocker Reuter GOVERNOR Chris Patten yesterday sought to allay fears that a sensitive list of Hongkong citizens granted British passports had been leaked to China. "I know of no evidence, I
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      Lock icon Lord says talks fail to ease US concerns on HK democracy
      314 8 HONGKONG AFP THE top US expert on Asian affairs, Winston Lord, yesterday said talks with Hongkong leaders had failed to ease a core American worry about the future of the territory's democracy after the handover to China. Mr Lord
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      Lock icon Taipei to suspend S Africa projects over switching of ties
      126 8 MJOHANNESBURG Reuter TAIWAN Foreign Minister John Chang said yesterday his country would withdraw its South African ambassador and immediately suspend projects in protest against Pretoria's decision to switch diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China. Mr Chang told state radio after
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        Lock icon Bonn to help finance China's Three Dams
        84 9 Reuter [BONN] Germany's government is ready to provide 1.3 billion marks (551.16 billion) worth of export guarantees to help finance the building of China's controversial Three Dams hydroelectric project, a newspaper reported yesterday. Citing a confidential paper reviewed by parliament's budget committee, the
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        Lock icon Jiang back after high-profile Asia trip
        46 9 AFP [BEIJING] China's President Jiang Zemin returned to Beijing yesterday after a high-profile trip through Asia involving meetings with President Clinton and his Indian and Pakistani counterparts. He travelled with Foreign Minister Qian Qichen and Trade Minister Wu Yi. —AFP
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        Lock icon Chinese raise minimum wage levels
        69 9 Reuter [BEIJING] Chinese provincial and municipal governments are raising their minimum wage levels to keep pace with inflation, the China Daily said yesterday. Twelve of China's 30 provinces and municipalities fixed new wage floors, ranging from a high 0f398 yuan (5566.86) a month in the
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        Lock icon Taipei women demand more protection
        87 9 AFP [TAIPEI] Outraged Taiwanese women yesterday said they will hold a series of activities, including a large-scale march, to demand more protection for women, after the brutal rape and murder of a prominent feminist. Peng Wan-ju of the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party was discovered
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        Lock icon China prepared for CNY transport woes
        73 9 AFP [BEIJING] China has already begun bracing itself for the annual mayhem that grips the country's overburdened transport system during the Lunar New Year. Vice-Premier Wu Bangguo issued a nationwide appeal for special measures to be taken to ensure the orderly flow of tens
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      Lock icon Institutions' shares of listed China firms to be auctioned
      230 9 SHANGHAI First such sale comes after court ruling on Shanghai firm's debts Reuter INSTITUTIONAL shares in listed Chinese firms will soon be auctioned for the first time in the history of Chinese stock markets, the Shanghai Securities News said yesterday. Institutional
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      Lock icon Zhu calls for more mergers of state firms
      460 9 BEIJING Vice-premier also wants strict controls on new industrial projects Reuter CHINA'S economic tsar, Zhu Rongji, has called for further mergers of lumbering state enterprises and fewer bankruptcies, major newspapers said yesterday. Mr Zhu, a vice-premier who oversees the economy, also called
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      Lock icon China seen getting 15% more foreign investment in '97
      150 9 BEIJING AFP, Reuter CHINA could secure as much as U5549.5 billion (5569.3 billion) in actual foreign investment next year a surge of 15 per cent from 1996 according to a state-run think-tank's report published yesterday. The State Information Cen- tre forecast
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      Lock icon Eyebrow-raising figures
      47 9 [BEIJING) A woman curling her eyelashes in the window of a hairdressing and beauty salon on Wednesday in Beijing. China's annual cosmetics sales are expected to top 50 billion yuan (SSB.4 billion) by the year 2000, amid soaring demandfor expensive brand-name and imported products. AFP
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon NZ$ down after Reserve Bank chiefs comments
      473 10 WELLINGTON Governor concerned about export difficulties caused by the high currency Bloomberg Business News, Reuter, AFP THE New Zealand dollar fell after Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Don Brash expressed concern for the difficulties exporters face because of the high currency. He
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      Lock icon Bid to settle insurance trade row
      297 10 WASHINGTON B&rshefeky flies to Japan to try resolve dispute before Dec 15 Reuter ACTING US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky headed to Japan on Wednesday for a last-ditch effort to resolve a long-running dispute over insurance and avoid an escalation of trade tensions. Ms Barshefsky,
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      Lock icon Telstra clears vital hurdle to partial privatisation
      452 11 CANBERRA But final vote for one-third sale of Aussie phone company will come next week AFP, Reuter LEGISLATION to privatise one-third of Australian telephone company Telstra cleared a crucial hurdle yesterday after the upper house Senate voted in favour of taking it to
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      Lock icon Hashimoto to visit five Asean countries in Jan
      143 11 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto will visit Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Singapore from Jan 7 to 15. Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama said yesterday: "We believe that the tour will be meaningful in further strengthening relations between our country
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      Lock icon S Koreans against new labour bill
      163 11 SEOUL AFP WORKERS from South Korea's giant conglomerates, banks and government companies demonstrated in front of the downtown government building yesterday in the runup to threatened strike action. The protest followed a vote on Wednesday in favour of a nationwide strike next week by
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      Lock icon S Korean banks jittery over slowdown
      412 11 SEOUL Concern over impact of country's entry into OECD on banking sector AFP JITTERS surfaced in South Korea this week over the effects of economic slowdown and the country's entry into the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on the country's banks. "Banks
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US jobless claims down by 8,000 to 336,000 last week
      390 13 WASHINGTON Dip points to continaed health in labour markets Bloomberg Business News THE number of American workers applying for state unemployment benefits fell last week, government figures showed. The dip in line with analysts' expectations points to continued health in
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      Lock icon US worker productivity down in third quarter
      156 13 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News US WORKER productivity fell unexpectedly in the third quarter, the first decline in a year, suggesting inflation could accelerate in the coming months. Productivity, which measures the time, effort and cost of providing goods and services, dropped a revised
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      Lock icon US economists' panel finds error in CPI
      555 13 WASHINGTON Bat any attempt to correct it may spark battles over tax, wages; social security The Washington Post A PANEL of economists appointed by Congress issued a much-anticipated report on Wednesday on the accuracy of the consumer price index, setting the terms for
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      Lock icon Cyberspace copyright laws soon?
      446 13 GENEVA Plans for electronic tagging to protect USs4ob-a-year music industry Reuter THE world's US$4O billion-a-year (Sss6 billion) music industry, battling to protect copyrights in the tangled web of Internet, plans electronic tagging to charge listeners in cyberspace. Music and other copyrightbased industries are campaigning for global
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      Ill fortune for Milan's mystics
      655 14  -  EUROPEAN VIEW And Is the Rock's fate already written in the stars? H.V Kevin Sullivan ITALIAN police began a investigation into one of Europe's growth industries this week, raiding around SO premises, most of them in the financial capital, Milan, seeking evidence of systematic fraud.
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      Lock icon Boutros-Ghali suspends second term candidacy
      355 14 UNITED NATIONS UN chiefs move allows other Africans to vie for his post Reuter IN A surprise move, UN Secre-tary-General Boutros BoutrosGhali suspended "temporarily" his candidacy for another five-year term, opening the door for other Africans to vie for his job. But he insisted he
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      Lock icon Buba leaves rates unchanged and keeps repo at 3%
      267 14 U FRANKFURT Bloomberg Business News THE Bundesbank left its full set of interest rates unchanged at yesterday's policy meeting, amid doubts that a further cut in rates would help lower Germany's record-high unemployment. The central bank left the discount rate at
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      1073 15 Trade economist Prof Jagdish Bhagwati of Columbia University looks at what's in store for the WTO Ministerial Meeting in an interview with Vikram Khanna Q: How well timed is this WTO ministerial meeting? THE timing of the Ministerial was preset and we will have
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      582 15 Tokyo wants meeting to include investment and competition policy Reuter [TOKYO) Japan, long a loud cheerleader for the world free trade system, wants to see the World Trade Organisation expand its agenda for the ministerial meeting next week to include investment and competition policy. Japanese officials
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      371 15 Reuter [WASHINGTON] The United States faces an uphill battle on labour issues at next week's meeting of World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministers, but hopes to win a global agreement to eliminate duties on information technologies. A successful Information Technology Agreement (ITA) at the
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      716 17  -  188 BOTTOMLTO OPINION By Harish Mehta The writer is a BTcorrespondent specialising in Indochinese affairs IT WAS considered bad manners in political circles in Hanoi to inquire when Vietnam's ageing leaders would retire. Not any more. Evidence that Vietnam is abandoning its "old
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      581 17 EDITORIAL THE World Trade Organisation's first-ever Ministerial Meeting which kicks off next week at Suntec City will have a tough time living up fully to its billing: the biggest milestone in world trade since the formal launching of the Uruguay Round in Marrakesh in April
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      364 18 Book editor, assistant 6M rhyme their way to air tickets in BT tifestyh contest THE Business Times Lifestyle Exclusive has run for a good three years now, and one of the reasons for its popularity would have to be its uniqueness and the way the contest
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      610 18  -  Australian Mark Allen leads in Round 1 of the 4-day AMP Air New Zealand Open Golf Championship, reports mxcklaus D'chuz NICKLAUS D'CRUZ PARAPARAUMU Golf Club in Wellington, New Zealand, rolled over kitten-like on its back yesterday morning as the fearsome gusts that could turn this links course
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      406 18 [WELLINGTON] The AMP Air New Zealand Open, now In its 80th year, is a hotly contested tournament between the Australians and New Zealanders. And as usual, the Kiwis go into the Open as the underdogs to their own National Open, playing second
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      698 20 CINEMA Hie rest of the world may be appalled by frash, but Canada seems happy to honour a homegrown movie LAT-WP [TORONTO] Director David Cronenberg wasn't necessarily playing to Canadian tastes when he trussed up Rosanna Arquette in a prosthetic brace and fish net stockings, and filmed James
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      Wing Tai buys Cairnhill Hotel, 3 adjacent houses
      400 21  -  Price of $200 m for freehold site covering 63,672 sq ft W Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] Wing Tai Holdings has bought Cairnhill Hojrtel and three adjacent houses S&ong Cairnhill Road for $200 barely two months affeter the company said it and three partners
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      Lock icon Major Informatics holders trim stakes
      228 21  -  By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] For the second time in the last few months, major shareholders of computer training school Informatics Holdings have sold shares in the company. According to statements issued to the Stock Exchange of Singapore, four substantial shareholders including chairman and chief executive
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      Avimo lifts year net profit 29%
      270 21  -  By t Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Listed precision optical and laser instruments maker Avimo yesterday posted a 28.83 per cent rise in group net profit to $8 million for the year ended Sep 30. The rise was boosted by a 30 per cent reduction
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      China North Investment: why forsake this darling
      717 21  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy IF ANYONE needed proof of how fickle fund managers and other "sophisticated" investors can sometimes be, they need look no further than the performance of China North Investment, the investment arm of China North Industries Group, or Norinco.
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      Flextech to invest $21m in R&D
      224 21 [SINGAPORE] Flextech Holdings will invest $21 million in a five-year R&D programme for its Chip-Scale Packaging (CSP) and Materials Development Centre here through wholly-owned subsidiary Flexera Pte Ltd. CSP is the next generation of packaging technology which allows denser packaging of semiconductor chips, important
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      Creative in technology tie-up with 4 US Internet firms
      326 21  -  It hopes to boost sales of hardware multimedia products By. Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology is tying up with four US-based Internet companies to integrate and develop technologies which it hopes will help boost sales of its hardware multimedia products. The
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      Kim Eng's interim profit falls 14.5%
      186 21 [SINGAPORE] Stockbroker Kim Eng Holdings yesterday reported a 14.5 per cent drop in interim group net earnings to $13.9 million for the half-year ended Sep 30. Turnover was down 13.2 per cent to $46.5 million from $53.5 million in the same period last year,
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        Metroplex to spin off property firms
        250 22  -  tYom Ruth Wong in' Kuala Lumpur PROPERTY and hotel-based Metroplex Bhd yesterday announced a proposed restructuring in which its property firms will be spun off and listed as a new company on the Malaysian bourse. Listed Metroplex will then be left with just its
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        542 22  -  Investment bank to move Asian funds managed in Enrope, Australia to Republic By< Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The Rothschild banking group will shift the Asian funds it manages in Europe and Australia to Singapore in a move to make the Republic the East Asian hub
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        Buy SIA foreign: Morgan Stanley
        177 22 [SINGAPORE] NOW is a good time to accumulate Singapore Airlines foreign shares, says Morgan Stanley Asia. In its research digest for this month, Morgan Stanley said it anticipates SlA's shares will trade in a range of $13-$15.50 for the next six months. The report said
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        127 22 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Hong Leong Bank Bhd has proposed to make a rights issue of up to 67,562,500 new ordinary shares of Msl each at an issue price of Ms 6 per share on the basis of one new ordinary share for every eight held. The
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          72 22 [SINGAPORE] Chevalier Singapore Holdings yesterday posted a 10.5 per cent drop in interim group net profit to $2.1 million for the half-year ended Sep 30. Turnover rose 74.7 per cent to $47.2 million. Earnings per share came to 1.85 cents, down from 2.06 cents previously.
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          DBS Land unit in Shenzhen in venture
          60 22 [SINGAPORE] A DBS Land subsidiary has formed a property management joint venture with Shenzhen Airtown (Eastern) Industrial Co Ltd. Esmaco Pte Ltd, which is 51 per cent owned by which DBS Land, owns 38 per cent of China-incorporated Shenzhen Xingzhou Esmaco Property Management.
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          CityDev overseas units bolster presence
          83 22 [SINGAPORE] Two overseas units of City Developments have boosted their market positions. CityDev said London-listed Millenium Copthorne Hotels had bought the long leasehold of the Copthorne Plymouth hotel for £4.1 million (559.4 million). The seller was HB Hotels Ltd, a subsidiary of Hanson pic. CityDev
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        227 22 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) will embark on scripless trading of its non-equity instruments starting next year after having completed the scripless trading exercise for its equities this year. Its executive chairman Nik Mohamed Din said yesterday the non-equities instruments include
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        387 23 Was decision based on economic factors or public opposition, S Korea asks France Reuter, AFP {SEOULJ The South Korean government yesterday jumped into the controversy over France's suspension of the sale of Thomson SA, saying it was demanding an "understandable explanation"
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        64 23 [KIEV, Ukraine] A man looking at an advertisement on Tuesday in the capital of Ukraine, where a so-called cola war is brewing between Coca-Cola Amatil with 25 per cent of the market and Pepsi-Cola International with 22 per cent. Both companies are hoping for big
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        302 23 Aerospace, defence businesses to be sold in USs3.2b deal Bloomberg Business News [SEAL BEACH, California] Rockwell International Corp shareholders have approved the US$3.2 billion (554.4 billion) sale of the company's aerospace and defence businesses to Boeing Co. The sale is to be completed today.
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        237 23 USsl6om purchase allows it to reach 19% of TV households Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Viacom Inc on Wednesday said it exercised its option to buy a 50 per cent stake in fledgling United Paramount Network from BHC Communications Inc for about US$l6O
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        Discovery Channel, BBC form alliance
        143 23 [SINGAPORE] The world's two largest non-fiction television producers have formed a far-reaching global alliance that will create hundreds of hours of new TV programmes as well as new programming outlets. Discovery Communications, parent company of pay TV firm Discovery Channel, has tied up with British
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        87 23 AFP (SHANGHAI) The watchdog China Securities Regulatory Commission has fined three securities firms for using credit to buy shares in initial public offerings, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Shanghai Securities News daily reported that J and A Securities Company, Shandong
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        339 25 Inquiry centres on USsBom bank helped jailed Mexican to stash overseas Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] The US Justice Department is investigating whether Citicorp's Citibank unit or any of its executives broke tough, if seldom applied, federal laws against bank money-laundering. The probe arose
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        233 25 Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan financial shares outperformed a cautious market at mid-morning yesterday on news that Singapore and Chicago would list Taiwan stock-index futures in January, brokers said. The indices to be used by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Simex (Singapore International Monetary
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        145 25 Reuter [WHITE PLAINS, New York] Texaco Inc will buy Iraqi crude if the United NationsIraq oil-for-food scheme is implemented as many expect, Texaco's chief executive Peter Bijur said. "(We) will lift Iraqi crude if the (UN) oil-for-food deal goes through," Mr Bijur
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        180 25 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] THE Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (Kloffe) said it will launch the world's first Islamic futures contract by late next year. Chief operating officer John Duggan said there "was no derivative anywhere in the world that is based on
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        167 26 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] France's Credit Lyonnais has applied for a licence to operate as a commercial bank in Malaysia's international finance centre of Labuan, a newspaper reported yesterday. Credit Lyonnais president Jean Peyrelevade said the bank was waiting for a reply from the central bank, Bank
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        Lock icon US thrifts post US$505m loss in third-quarter
        333 26 Industry would have earned USsl.6b if not for one-time USs2.lb payment into deposit insurance fond Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] The US thrift industry posted a net loss of US$5O5 million (Ss7o7 million) in the third quarter after paying a one-time fee to replenish
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        92 26 Bloomberg Business News [CHICAGO] Merrill Lynch Co said it is leaving the livestock futures trading business at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Merrill Lynch agreed to transfer three traders, who specialise in live cattle and pork bellies at the CME, to Chicago Corp.
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        A$ falls back to square one
        360 26  -  Brief but wild swings appear to be work of speculators By Louis Beckerling [SINGAPORE] The Australian dollar's brief, but hectic rollercoaster ride appeared yesterday to end where it began. Having powered ahead from 79.03 US cents in mid-No-vember to a six-year high against the
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        230 26 StMEKßeport Reuter [SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen futures regained their poise yesterday as a bout of shortcovering lifted the market out of its early interest rate-in-spired jitters. Both ends of the Japanese yield curve succumbed to early news reports quoting former senior Finance Ministry official Makoto Utsumi as saying
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        149 26 Reuter,. AFP London THE dollar was orbiting around the 1.56 mark level in afternoon trade after the Bundesbank's decision to keep rates on hold. Sterling dropped over 3.5 cents against the dollar and over four pfennigs against the mark in morning trade before posting a slight recovery by
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        306 26 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] World oil prices traded 40 US cents higher yesterday as cold weather and refinery strikes in France bit into supplies of refined products amid robust consumer demand, traders said. International marker crude Brent Blend for January delivery on
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      2305 27 LONDON Mvstrtais B«5 Nnci *h AS Ports 275.400 uncfT Abbey National 700.600 -8.600 Allied Domecq 430.400 -7 Amec 92.400 -.600 Asda Croup 119 unch BAT Ind 472 4 BtCC 274.400 -5 BOC Group 913.400 *17 BR Petroleum 683 200 -2.200 BTR 232.600 -1 Bank of Scotland 296
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      1656 27 Reuter QNikkaaaS *283J» STOCKS closed sharply higher yesterday, with the key Nikkei Average leaping more than 250 points as a rally in shares of global companies was revived, brokers said. But some sectors were still hit by heavy sales, and overall sentiment was not completely bullish, they said. The
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      1655 28 AFX-Asia (3 Hang _^*5732 SHARE prices closed off their highs in quiet trade yesterday, underpinned by strong gains in Sun Hung Kai Properties, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed up 57.32 points at 13,491.56 on turnover of HK$7.6l billion as consolidation of blue chips continued. The December futures
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      671 28 Reuter QShenzhen Blndex *7.48 THE Shenzhen B market rebounded strongly yesterday despite some late profit-taking, closing at its highest level since November 1993. The B Index rose 7.48 points, or 4.5 per cent, to 172.25 on turnover of HK5505.51 million against Wednesday's HK5427.69 million. "Sentiment was fairly bullish today
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      387 28 AFP HWPhig -am SHARE prices finished 0.3 per cent lower yesterday as late sales wiped out early gains. "The market opened higher on expectations of a technical rebound but late profit-taking on electricals pulled the index down," said a trader. The TSE Weighted Price Index fell 24.15 points to
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      260 28 Reuter *1M SHARE prices bounced off their lows to end in positive territory yesterday thanks to strength in Telecom. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 2.64 points stronger at 2,393.92. Die S W (000) AN2 Ban*inq —1 9.15 -0.05 6562 Advant*«*$ HWg* 1.25 0.01 ***** Atr N#» 2*«Und (A) 2.70
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      335 28 AFP HMMih +32.46 SHARE prices rose yesterday following the release of lower-than-expected inflation data. The PSE Composite Index rose 32.46 points to 3,163.33. Turnover was 4.755 billion shares worth 3.452 billion pesos. Government statisticians announced that the inflation rate fell to 4.5 per cent in November from 4.7 per
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      728 28 Bloomberg Business News 11 Composite Index +&03 STOCKS rose to their highest level in six months yesterday as investors bet that the country's lending rates will fall and spur corporate profits. Indonesia's central bank yesterday morning lowered its interest rates for money market securities, which are used as a
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      392 28 AFP □Composite Index -157 SHARE prices closed 1.3 per cent lower yesterday with investors sidelined on concerns over the faltering economy. The Composite Index slid 9.57 points to 706.30. Turnover was 25.5 million shares worth 390.7 billion won. Falls beat risers 632 to 266. The market was under heavy
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      619 28 Bloomberg Business News yi AH Primaries *116 STOCKS rose for the first time in three days yesterday, led by gold miners such as Newcrest Mining, amid expectations recent takeovers will spread throughout the industry. The All Ordinaries Index rose 12.6 points to 2,383.3. The gold sub-index accounted for 2.5
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        Lock icon Prices mixed on lack of news
        7941 29 AFX-Asia PI Composite Index +Ll6 SHARE prices closed mixed yesterday with the market moving in a tight range as investors remained sidelined on lack of market moving news, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed up 1.16 points at 1,224.94 on volume of 176.9
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        68 32  -  by Shiv Taneja INFORMATICS Holdings efforts at building a support base at over 63 cents appear to have come unstuck. The weekly RSI charts indicate further downside in the medium term. There is considerable support at around 53 cents. Yesterday, the stock closed unchanged at 62 cents, and
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        Foreign-currency stocks shine as STII regains 2,200 level
        875 32  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY For the second day in a row, a late rally in bine chips raises the possibility of an early year-end window-dressing by foreign fond managers By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Industrials Index yesterday regained its hold on
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          145 32 WHILE Singapore car dealers are singing the blues, showrooms across the Causeway are doing a roaring business. According to the latest statistics put out by the Malaysian Motor Traders Association, total vehicle sales in October this year leaped by 42 per cent year-on-year to
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          79 32 IF YOU are flying from Hongkong to Taiwan next year, remember to first check your banknotes before buying anything. Taiwan now says it will not accept Hongkong bank notes carrying the title "People's Republic of China" after the handover of Hongkong to the mainland
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          127 32 FUND managers at Prudential Portfolio Managers certainly know how to mix work with pleasure. At an investment competition organised by Datastream, the first and the third spot for investments over a three-month period were won by two managers from PPM. The competition, called the Fantasy Fund Manager
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          Trading at the money changers?
          124 32 COULD it be that at this time of the year the foreign currency that is most in demand is the Australian dollar? A BT staffer who is planning a trip Down Under found out that most of the money changers in the Central Business District
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          69 32 SOCGEN-CROSBY, which is still on an aggressive recruitment drive to boost operations in the region, has appointed Tim Jacobsen as director of institutional sales in Hongkong. Prior to joining SocGen-Crosby, Mr Jacobsen was with HSBC James Capel in Hongkong for eight years. His appointment came on
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      308 33 Bridge News, THE volume was slighter at 296, but the January battle continued accounting for half the trades, Clarkson Wolff said in its daily BifEex market report. It could have been a very quiet day with Jan bid/offer spread holding at 1,410/1,430, but the market chose to test
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      532 33  -  SEATHADE ASIA PACIFIC CRUISE CONVENTION The industry In S'pore generates at least $451.4 million in direct and indirect gains, study shows Reports by' Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] The cruise industry in Singapore generates a greater spin-off for other industries than either the
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      707 33  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK i By\ Selva Kumar A MALAYSIAN ship owner has successfully defended an action against it in an Australian court on grounds that damage caused to cargo it carried on one of its vessels was due to "perils of
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      Call for new technology for entertainment, communication
      207 33 [SINGAPORE] The cruise industry should find innovative ways to build new technology for entertainment and communication into cruise ships. John L Kimbrough, president of Cruise Phone Inc, who was speaking at a session on the cruise ship of the future at the convention,
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      116 33 AFP [BEIJING] China aims to double its current share of the world's shipbuilding market to 10 per cent by 2000, the head of the monolithic China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC) said yesterday. CSSC general manager Wang Rongsheng said the group would achieve a
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      308 33 Brisk orders for Japan's VLCCs; falling yen also helps AFX-Asia [SEOUL] South Korean shipbuilders have posted a 27 per cent year-on-year decline in orders in the first 11 months of the year, even as Japanese shipbuilders report brisk orders for
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      329 33  -  MTBRMODAL 96 Delegates warned liner industry was facing possible chaos From David Hughes inLondon EUROPE should take heed of the experience gained in the development of intermodalism in the US over the last 20 years. This was the message from American
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      PSA venture's China container terminal to be completed by '98
      336 33  -  By, Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Dayaowan container terminal, operated by the Dalian Container Terminal Co Ltd (DCT), the Port of Singapore Authority's (PSA) first overseas joint venture, will be fully completed by 1998, said Dalian mayor Bo Xilai yesterday. PSA holds
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      Lock icon P&O sells petroleum transport unit
      138 33 Bridge News, Bloomberg New Service [LONDON] Shipping giant Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co yesterday announced it had sold its "Clean" Petroleum transport division, P&O Tankships (Holdings) Ltd, For £38.78 million (SsB9 million). The subsidiary, sold to James Fisher and Sons pic, op- erates 17
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      Lock icon Shanghai port wins praise
      1095 34 CHINA PORTS: MORE LINES COME SAILING IN Shanghai is getting a reputation as the most welcoming port in China, and compared with just a handful of direct services in mid-1995, there are more than a dozen service calls for 44 sailings a month to Shanghai Lloyd's
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        219 49 DMI Ecuador Quito foundation day (Quito only). Finland: Independence Day. Spain: Constitution Day. Dm 7 Austria Public holiday. Immaculate Conception. Italy: St. Ambrose Day. Ivory Coast: Anniversary of death of first president Felix HouphouetBoigny. Malta: Immaculate Conception. Nicaragua Days of the Virgin (to Dec 8). United Arab Emirates
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        789 49 THIS report, complied by Cockett Marine OU Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        Lock icon Continental-Delta deal may spark consolidation
        457 50 Analysts see limited choice for consumers and increased fares under such a scenario Reuter [NEW YORK] A possible merger between Continental Airlines Inc and Delta Air Lines Inc could touch off a new wave of consolidation in the industry, increase air fares and limit customer
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        147 50 Reuter [HONGKONG] The territory's flag carrier, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, said yesterday it aims to raise air ticket prices by 3 per cent middle of this month following approval by the Civil Aviation Department (CAD) for such a move. A Cathay
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        Lock icon Hopes of breakthrough as UK, US resume open skies talks
        233 50 AFP [LONDON] Britain and the United States resumed talks here on Wednesday aimed at ending a long-standing deadlock over a new aviation agreement, amid optimism about the possibility of a breakthrough. Senior officials from the US Department of Transportation were
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        108 50 AFP [BANGALORE, India]- Raytheon International and Daim-ler-Benz Aerospace on Wednesday have put in rival bids to upgrade Indian airports' air traffic control systems, officials said. "We are offering to assist India in air traffic control systems. We know we have to provide hi-tech
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        Lock icon GM's electric cars ready for delivery
        221 50 Bloomberg Business News [DETROIT] General Motors Corp was to deliver to customers yesterday its first 32 EVI electric cars battery-pow-ered, two-seat coupes that GM spent US$35O million (Ss49o million) developing. The tear-shaped, noiseless cars have an aluminium body, a 137- horsepower motor powered by
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        326 50 DHL MD says small operators may find going tough Reuter [LONDON] The big players in the rapidly expanding air express market are making major investments to cope with demand and customer needs and smaller operators will likely find it hard to keep up,
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        Lock icon China to pump in 30b yuan for airport projects in east
        205 50 AFP [HONGKONG] China plans to inject over 30 billion yuan (555.04 billion) to build and expand airports in its eastern coastal cities and is ordering 20 US-made MD-90 passenger airplanes. The eastern Chinese civil aviation general administration said that
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        Airbus ads take on Boeing
        123 50 [SEATTLE] In a new series of ads that take direct aim at their No 1 competitor, The Boeing Co, Airbus Industrie has launched an advertising campaign to sell planes, pitching their appeal directly to airline users. According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the visuals stress comfort,
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          89 50 NYT [NEW YORK) A Delta Air Lineejst with a landing gear problem was stranded on a runway at La Guardla airport for more than six hours on Wednesday, leaving the airport. with just one working runway, which delayed hundreds of flights and forced soma to
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          Lock icon Grem signal to Conrail merger vote
          139 50 Reuter [PHILADELPHIA] A foderal appeals court denied a request for an expedited appeal by a group of Connll Inc shareholders sseklng to block the company's USWiJ billion 1 merger with CSX Corp. Circuit Judge Walter Stapleton gave parties in the caee until the week
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          Lock icon BA ends policy excluding Jews in a lounge
          95 50 Reuter [ALBANY] British Airways pk has dsdded to stop excluding Jews fromstounge for Middle East travellers at,rl London's Hsathrow airport where a New York proeecuter was asked to leave whlls praying, officials ssid on Wednesday. New York Attorney General Dennis VaccO said
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          Lock icon Volkswagen won't say sorry to GM
          82 50 AFP [FRANKFURT] Volkswagen communications director Klaus Rocks hassaid thegroup doss not intend to apologise to General Motors and its German subsidiary Opel, which accuse it of Industrial saptonags. However, Mr Kocks said it was "thlnkabls" that VW express its "deep. reeret. if this knot
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      467 37 /7-JLIPERKAPALAN DAI ZHUN N lUf TONGJOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: **********0 C f REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 7KUCMm+fASm TUHSn/ MUAAA-HttOtfTY UHTH HO CHI AUHH-PfMCATID ~7 GIKIM MM 01/12 GUOO H36 13/12 S GIWI HIU 10/12 AffU HIM 11/12 GIHO Ml2l 14/12 GMUAJ *****
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      751 38 —11 i—l- t |j -r=r=rrm RTW SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD Notice of Change of Address We are pleased to advise that effective 30th November 1996, our new office will be located at: 333 JALAN BESAR SINGAPORE *****8 Tel No: 392 1111 (16 Unes) Telex No: RS ***** RTWSHP Cable: CONTSHIP
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      970 38 I Rl VISSti VOTAGI W Ml IMI DM UN INI Ul VISSCI VOTAW DM IN DM UH W I uMCOtOM 04JM34W 11/12 72/1? 23/12 24/12 2V12 2V12 2V)2 UW CtOW* *****34J 24/11 25/11 24/11 27/11 H/12 iJM OMIT 0434-03SW 11/12 2f/12 10/12 31/12 01/JI 31/12 11/12 |u«IO»niMO 043CM»4€ 01/12 02/12
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      643 38 s NANTAI LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA EAST COAST SOUTH AMERK* wssa wt aw ItF dm ~gf m nvd mc is* kim 2S/1? 21/12 11/01 IMT IMM"IMT iiawai queer pits 71/17 3i/i} 71/Qi Ml t,Bsa Olg 81/11 lyti [Ml 30/01 gi/M M/r rawaiwm oiys w/»i H/OI 27/11
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      712 39 IMk MYANMA 1 iSBBk FIVE STAR UNE j "iT (Myaanar Nationol Uaa) Loodiag for Yoagon (Roagooa) vissa vov sw m m Nil -OGAM 238W 10/12 I EDM DMAVSU AOBm: OOUSTIAO SMPfMG ABBKRS i JOB: m 02-03-*****00 P*L Til 02-03-*****01 rßt TU 02-04-*****02 PCO; Til 02-07-*****21/4 tg| BANK LINE (A sarvka
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      1059 39 A HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. UP. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****32 I wu I w I w I vnsa VOT 3 UM I W I MIT W I Mil m 05/11 M/ 11 07/11 HTDUW 302W 00/11 M/ 11 M/ll M/ 11 M/ll M/ 12 "liTij 11/11 11/11 14/11 HI
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      88 39 EAST WIST AFRICA SUM CONTAINER SERVICE KI Ml KU MAT MM SAf UK DMITIMIS 7/* UO SU> 01/17 J4/1* 71/17 IOAMWIS A l/»7 IQ/1? 10/11 OJ/OI 10/01 11/01 77/01 WOOD PROOUCT SOUTN AFRICA SERVICE n tmi sm «6 n ku dor cm EYfO its* U7Ol 11/17 11/11 H/1J D/ 17
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      411 39 FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) I JAPAN m 2 SAILINGS Si PER WEEK! am CONTACT JANICE LEE j FOR BOOKING P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 CWT GLOBEUNK PTE LTD 1 TtL:2281Q33
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      1567 40 iifiT^L^SSBBSIBIBSB nann— V6S3EL 1 VOV I SIN JKT [VESSEL VQY SIN PEN TvOY SIN RKK WANA BHUM 364S St 07/18 Tu« 10/12 OUWU BHUM «738 Sun 08/12 Tu» 10/12~|^| DANU BHUM 12S Moo Oft/12 S«1 14/12 B.MAS EMPAT 6165 Tue 10/12 Tu« 12/12 j^| —THA BHUM 136N Sat 07/12 Wed_
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      735 40 MRVICB I ftJNOAPOM/CAWTttIOVWI viimi '"voy I MN I era Wviiiir i voy I —SSS coT CONSISTINCI 334 SAT 107/12 TWU 13/12 MLHOTSE 3M Isuwloi/H MOnlla/n 55" 005 |mOU iIOON .*> L I*3o Isat ju/12 lwiP|i»/ia Bnow irvEt I TarTT T^TTT IHOAPOM/ BOMBAY SPtViq" VOY UN aom Bv—r voy 1 io«i
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      269 40 #09-00 NEHSONS BUILDING 24 PECK SEAH STREET SINGAPORE *****4 BOOKINCVEMQUMKO CH NO **********0W TEL: 323 1133 FAX: 221 4053/M/M TLX: *****20/***** FBSHIP VBsa VOT SMEtt SM {TO MSTMAJKM GULF SUUAN 23/H 11/12 20/12 PIAJU/HLBNANG SUMAY 11/H 07/12 W/12 fONTUHMI/SIMTETi Gam i/H oi/12 00/)2 oooajui/MMic GBUKI 7/H Oi/12 00/12 JAUm/MMNG GUfKHAIK)
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      521 41 Weekly LCL A FCI V ODIC3I Services to Caribbean 9 Is hipping A Central America a CHAMPION MUNOOMABSK i: 017E 9701 Port Country 10/12 17/12 Belize City Belize 13/01 20/01 Bridgetown Barbodos 16/01 23/01 Cartagena Colombia 15/01 22/01 Castries St Lucia 15/01 22/01 Fort de France Martinique 16/01 23/01 Fr
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      779 41 CjSSijijiPlM PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. CW NO *****67Q000E [55 WT B STB MB AM Ftl m iff" iiii B" 1 ggSi&L, ir iiiii I Sill I til. Hi! iiii itii iiil jjjj m 1 glffl BT I f1 BI i
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      850 41 VESSfeLS a* PAABETTA L£ HAVRE HAMBURG THAMESPOHT ROTTERDAM <WWW VNIEOEVELA VI7W 10/12 21/12 3(V12 31/12 02/01 COD? osoi VBXE OE CAPELLA TI9M 17/12 26/12 0&Q1 07/01 08AM IQKM iaoi VILLE DC LIBRA LIBW 24/12 OWI 14A>1 10/01 17/D1 10/01 VNXE DEWUWM UIHW 11/01 2CVOI 21/01 9*vy>i 2401 HUM ALSO ACCEPTMQ
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      39 43 To retrieve more schedules, just follow these simple steps... 740-6000^^P^^^P the port Step key in the four number M digit code Key in your Exampto: r-^-i fax number To NEW YORK (NYC) 2278 for calls within Singapore United StßttS
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      1384 44 44 AS AGENTS: K" UNE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CR MO *****73MMG5T REG NO IC-W173M4) TEL *****77 TELEX KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****1(^7/8/9 V T MALAYSIA: K" UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD I M TEL. SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU2SIB62S€ INDONESIA: P.T. K" UNE (MDONESIA), TEL JKT *****08 EXPORT
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      600 44 4cevc f?fesdt SAjfftfrtp (2&., (Ptt) *dcd. |Sn (SHIPOWNERS I SHIPPING AGENTS) It Amm M H4-13/H H/17,19-11Mmd Urn *****3 jr Ttt *****11 (24 Urns) fac (U) ttSS994 Cdk Adi 'UAMJOHS" Tthc KI37U At UMHUAT CI MOt IttlHTttttW wmur SAIUNO TO YANGON INDONESIA Vtssa VOT I SW I YCN VKSa VOT SIM
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      103 44 P.I PERUSAHAAN PBAfARAN W KALIMANTAN DIRECT WIIKLY SERVICE TO JAKARTA/PAIiMBANG Vmml V«T ITA/tTD DESTINATION lACIUMMKII 14/04 OS/I* Dm jofcorta/PaUmbong OACHMAMKIH 17/H 11/11 Dm Jakorta/PaUmbang tAOMAMKIIM IJ/H 14/17 Dm jakarto/PoWmbong IACHKAMKII IS/H 20/21 Dm Jakorta/PaUmbong SURABAYA/PANJANC HUGA 09/10 Dm Sirakiy«/Pin|ing CAIAKA JAVA MACA 04/07 Dm PIR|»H/Sir*klTl PERAWAN/DUMAI/JAMBI/P'BARU MACA 00/11 D« Dmi/Ptkw
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      1196 44 rn YANG MMG LJNE ***** TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY l.'.IJ.liU ARRIVAL FIXED DAY-MONDAY VESXL VOY *T* HAM FXT l£H AM VEUfL VOY L£H FIT HAM MM MMG NOfITH J648W1 08/12 I 25/12 27/12 28/12 3512 MING GALAXY «42£ SLD SLO SLD SID o*l2 MMG SIM Afc49Wf| 12/12 I OMII CO/OI
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      668 45 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER BAY 491N 08-09/12 13-17-012 22-23V12 I TIGER WAVE 492N 14-15/12 19-22/12 27 28/12 I TIGER ISLAND 493N 17-18/12 22-26/12 31-OWI I TIGER BRIDGE 494N 20-21/12 26-29/12 03-04/01 I TIGER BAY 495N 24-25/12 29-02/01 07-0&01 I TIGER WAVE 496N 27 28V12 02-05/01 10-11/01
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      420 45 Sea SZ Land DIRECT SERVICE TO LONG BEACH SL CHAMPION V.017E ETA SIN ETD SIN 10 DEC '96 10 DEC '96 CALL BOOKING HOTLINE TEL: *****33 NOW! SINGAPORE MALAYSIA INDONESIA MAINLINE *****22 KUALA LUMPUR 03-*****28 BANDUNG 022-*****5 CUSTOMER SVC(IN) *****00 PORT KLANG 03-*****08 BELAWAN 061-*****3 CUSTOMER SVC(OUT) *****33 PENANG 04-*****90
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      1543 45 JT Nedlloyd ronton T Nedlloyd Unes iviry thurs/wi/sat |@|IX| en **********0R f SJMfiAPQBE PHQ*I€ (GENERAL) *****89 RATE ENQUIRICS *****«1/24»2e0 CFS (PHONE) *****10 CFS (FAX) *****23 I TOIUBOW EVERY THUBS/FM/SAT Sin pfcg Sou lah Rtm Aiw* Mam Brti THAMES /5496 12/12 13/12 04/01 02/01 03/01 31/12 ELBE /3496 13/12 30/12 31/12
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      578 46 ■-w SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD > 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR HO. 1047M*****0 DIRECT LINE: *****41/43 JESSIC A/CELIA/AUDREY 7 SLGS/WEEK EE3B3SIM 3 SLGS/WEEK I VOY I SIN IJAK [VESSEL [VOY ISX [SUB SMAR JAVA 906 07/12
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      169 46 FOOT TM»H/ WIK SAIUN6S: P. OOPAJW/SIWCAfOtI SOUTHBOUND I KBSa I WT I f6UO*M6 s» BMUSMIV SU/S 0V1?(TMU) 01/12 M m sng: mm S/iiM jmmi 51 Ham: 10/I?nuo DMUSMKV 51/05 IZ/W(THU) U/IIM) toubii }im~ U/11M miton nMuagy si7g u/iiimw) iy/i?ouo NORTH POUND «ga w m ruxm wami sim Sto oOiwai BHUSMV
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      457 46 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOADING VOY SPORE P-KELANG* HALIFAX N.YORK NORFOLK N. OR LEANS SAVANNAH TAMPtCO HOUSTON HOCQHOYKE 0638 11/12 DEC 09 D€C(DtR) 28 JAN 31 JAN 01 FEB 08FEB 04FEB 12 FEB 18FEB HOEGH MINERVA 0838 28/27 DEC 19 DEC 17 FEB 20 FEB 21 FEB
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      161 46 pEsza SIM FAR EAST 14/12 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 08/12 BANGKOK 08/12 MANILA/CEBU 08/12 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 08/12 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 08/12 BUSAN 08/12 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 08/12 HONG KONG SIM CHINA 08/12 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DAL lAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/OINGDAO/HAIKOU SIM EUROPE/UK 08/12 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU ROM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting carQO to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIM USA/CANADA 08/12 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all
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      346 46 Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. Cfl NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN VESSEL WY SIN BOM TRADE FAST TFSI73 00/12 16/12 KOTACAHAYA CAHI7I 10/12 10/12 MEKHANIK KUR MK2ON 14/12 22/12 ORIENT CORD 015 10/12 27/12 REBULAfi ILYICHEVSK SERVICE VESSEL VOY SPORE ILYCHEVSK EVER GROWTH 0138-OS6W 10/12 07/01 EVER GOVERN 0130-000W 17/12 14/01
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      1022 47 ASIA EUROPE EXPRESS (AIX) WISTBOUND SIRVICI VKgl VOY I SIN L£H WM ANT I HAM FXT HYDUKE 302W 09 DEC 25 DEC 26 DEC 26 DEC 28 DEC 3) DEC I HY COMMOOORE 303W 16 DEC 01 JAN 02 JAN 02 JAN 04 JAN 07 JAN HY FEDERAL 302W 23
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      1074 47 IPSE— IffglffW rwwl nmi m \m m iblLbhj im ina I J2H2 ?2i 2" 2« r *2 a K)J nil mi as.me mm tiir 0112 _—SuT wiT n* i/®S" 2* ft J! *11 M.12 ttll tfLMDONBM 44M Hl2* mi 0112 1111 M.12 n„ I'f 12* IJ-JJ J-£ »I.M «UI till
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      607 47 AP M BAIQQN SHIPPING THRICt f .WIIKLY DIRECT TO HO CHI MINK CITY 8 iXPOHT Tt HO CHI Mitt CITY IMPORT FROM HO CHI MIHH CITYZ\ |w w f wwnH wk rasa wt nsNQK rami ssy S2/15 Eft! 2ft SI !K2 IE? m MQHS WKM WV IM/1q US/19 11/11 M
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      577 48 /c SINO EXPRISS SHIPPING (PTI) LTD. MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. m m J TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) Also accepting container cargo to: VESSEL/VOY ETA SIN ETAHKG ETA SHA W/T HKG: Beiiiao. Oiiwan, GOOD WELL 9607/9608
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      404 48 MAIBLA: (632)*****61 assßsa. assess HOM6KON6 AUCKLAND "MID. HOUTMAN" V.8476 "NEW ZEALAND STAR" V.2BS ETA SIN 08/12 ETA SIN 08/12 PIN/PK6 ASHDOP/PIBAEUS "ACX APRICOT" VO23A "CONT. SYDNEY" V.6142 ETA SIN 09/12 ETA SIN 09/12 CALL BOOKING: 220-2022 XIUHUA/HAMIDAH/YEO unr rtn ti mrmrrr BOOKINGS HOTUNE NUMBERS f&O m SINGAPORE *****68 IPOH 05
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      376 48 IS'pors PX«laigLoadrig^^^^^|.«. m JOSHUA 12/12 22/12 RdnVAtwAJK/Nan 1" AGHtOS MINAS 25/12 30/12 RdrrVAtwAJK/Nai I Loads EVW. Malaysia. Indonesa 1 ILoaSngior^^^^j BUFFALO Hodeidah/Jeddah I KAVO ALEXANDROS Oubai/AOhaist/BahrairVDammarVKuwait I RAINIER Dubai/ADhabi/Bahram/DammarVKuwait I ORKUN KALKAVAN Hodeidah/Jeddah/Aqaba/Pt Sad I toads Singapore. E/W. Malaysia. Indonesia I I Loading for I PAN QUEEN Los Angeles/New Orleans/Charleston/
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      122 49 LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperoture c A\ A Shower Weother ~S Wind direction with speed m knots Rom Cloudy Sky Wov Surface winds of e "Kfccoted by arrows whidi fly with the wind Cl/ < >n crele represents cotm or light ond variable winds 1 One hoM fteche represents 5 knots
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      95 50 RAH RESTORATION Shippers are hereby notified, in accordance with other carrier-lines, that New Asia Navigation S. A. will increase the currently prevailing freight rates for all shipments to/from South Africa effective Ist January 1997, i.e.: Increase amount To South Africa USDIOO/20' and USD2OO/40' From South Africa USDSO/20' and USDIOO/40' Shippers
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