The Business Times, 16 December 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes .SINGAPORE MONDAY, DECEMBER 16,1996 85*
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    70 1 E2XSUME BATES US$ St ust_ im I 1.666 J.S1I W _HMJ .0.906 lflW...— —0.886 I 23^ Ml UK. 0.564 HKS 0.1» .0.181 BAHT MM. -.0.066 JBJFIAH100 0.042 0.069 HM BUM SINGAPORE* 144 KUALA IhOMPUK JH MK»lj|.. 18.80 lt» MANILA 19.54 HONGKONG 8.50 TAV0__ 9.25 SYDNBI 10.50 TO«©. 470 8B0UL_
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    Hard disk drive prices shoot up by 20-40%
    626 1  -  Shortage felt across the region but is acute in STpore because of demand from corporate upgraders By: Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Prices of hard disk drives, which are part of every personal and business computer, have shot up in the past three months
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    Lock icon Boeing, McDonnell Douglas to merge in share swap
    412 1 Deal will create world's largest aircraft group with USs4Bb in revenues AFP, Reuter [WASHINGTON] Boeing and McDonnell Douglas announced yesterday they would merge in a stock swap to create the world's largest aircraft company and a mammoth in aviation, aerospace and defence.
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    Wall Street strategists see volatility ahead
    638 1  -  Some fear that global markets, including Asia, will perform poorly in Q1 next year From] Neil Behrmann in London WALL Street market strategist® predict volatile conditions in coming weeks and fear that global markets will perform poorly in the first quarter. Brokers and analysts
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      108 1 Best-seffing Brand's Cere bos Pacific, one of the BT-SRI stocks, is still going strong after 161 years, Jnrong West site story 'Hie Boon Lay exec condo site will be the first to be put up for tender, according to the Jurong West DGP, Pf 2 SKT road hump The local
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      125 1 When are the general elections? fe>- *1 Wr k Pl 41HHL 'Afy sense is, I think it is about 'In the next election, w/iic/* is the right time to call for a about to come in the course of general election. But before the next few weeks, the Prime you
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      17 1 Outlook far US economy good, sqyritubin, Pg 10 KLmtockm not immune to Wall Street's moves, Pg 19
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      First tender for exec condo site to be in Boon Lay
      620 2  -  Plot for 400 onits to be offered in Q1 next year is in a good location: consultants Reports by. Agnes Wee A TWO-HECTARE vacant site in Boon Lay Way for executive condominium (EC) development will be offered for tender
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      Jurong area all set for a major upgrade
      341 2 JURONG is all set for a transformation. A proposed development plan for the Jurong area has been put up to bring the town up to latest standards, said Minister for Trade and Industry Yeo Cheow Tong yesterday. Mr Yeo, who is also
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      Lock icon Recruitment ad volume falls
      320 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Employment By Audrey Tan THE volume of recruitment advertisements In local newspapers continued its downtrend In November, despite what appears to be a strong recovery in the number of executive Job openings. Year-on-year total Job ad volume fell 2 per cent last
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      'Right time' to call general elections: Chok Tong
      336 2  -  Opposition wards support PAP, looking for change in MPs By Chuang Peck Ming HAVING "sniffed the air" of opposition wards Nee Soon and Potong Pasir yesterday. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said it is about "the right time" for him to call
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      Lock icon NSP introduces first 3 of 11 candidates
      109 2 The Straits Times THE National Solidarity Party yesterday introduced the first three of 11 candidates it plans to field in the coming general election, declaring that the party "had no axe to grind" with the government but wanted to play a role in
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      Lock icon Elect ministers for your own good, GRCs urged
      256 2 The Straits Times PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew both made a strong pitch yesterday to voters in Group Representation Constituencies to elect the People's Action Party team led by a minister each, as these ministers wUI
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      Temasek venture going for US$1b project in India
      583 3  -  Hydro Asia Pacific in talks with Tata and Indal over banxite mining project By Ven Sreenivasan HYDRO Asia Pacific, the justestablished joint venture between Temasek Holdings and Norsk Hydro ASA of Norway, is holding discussions with parties in India to set up
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      Killiney site up for sale by court order
      230 3 AN old-style hotel at the junction of Killiney and Devonshire roads has been put up for sale by court order. Marketing agent Jones Lang Wootton (JLW) said the freehold property, which is the subject of an inheritance, was put up for sale
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      ITA will save firms up to $800m a year
      224 3 SINGAPORE companies can expect to save some $800 million a year in import taxes in markets they export to once the global pact ITA (Information Technology Agreement) comes into effect. Minister for Trade and Industry Yeo Cheow Tong said this yesterday
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      97 3 APOLOGY I, TAN AI ENG (NRIC NO. *****34 A) do hereby unreservedly apologise to China International Fast-Food Entertainment Centre (Singapore) Pte Ltd and Mr Mok Kia Kong, its managing director, for all the embarrassment and distress that I caused to them through my actions in November 1995. Dated this 16th
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Sirivudh's plane will be shot down: Hun Sen
      418 4 PHNOM PENH Prince, sentenced for alleged plot to kill Him Sen, has hinted he will return from exile Reuter, AFP CAMBODIAN Co-Premier Hun Sen yesterday threatened to shoot down any airliner that brought exiled Prince Norodom Sirivudh back to Phnom Penh. "Any
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      Lock icon Firm Slorc prevents fresh student unrest: diplomats
      300 4 ■YANGON Reuter A DELAYED but firm Myanmese military response to recent student unrest, including a display of army tanks in Yangon, has succeeded in preventing fresh disturbances. "The government was caught unprepared by the first protests (last week) and it was not quick
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        Lock icon Rafidah on developing nations and WTO
        56 5 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's International Trade and Industry Minister Rafldah Aziz yesterday denied claims that the just-concluded World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting was dominated by the developed countries. Fending off criticism from non-governmental organisations, she said developing countries determined the outcome of the Singapore
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        Lock icon Viet PM denies any leadership crisis
        65 5 Reuter [HANOI] Vietnam's Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet has denied speculation about a looming leadership crisis as the country's president lies seriously ill in a Hanoi hospital. In a rare official interview, the 74-year-old prime minister and proponent of economic reforms said Vietnam remained
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        Lock icon M'sia welcomes choice of UN chief
        46 5 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has welcomed the choice of United Nations diplomat Kofi Annan as the next UN secretary-general, it was reported here yesterday. Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Mr Annan had enough experience to lead the world body.—AFP
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      Lock icon Ramos dances before checking out of hospital
      199 5 MANILA Reuter PHILIPPINE President Fidel Ramos, seeking to dispel reports he had suffered a stroke, danced with nurses at a Christmas party yesterday before checking out of a hospital after two days of tests. "Back to work," an aide quoted Mr Ramos as
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      Lock icon Opposition leader asks for details of Perwaja rescue
      299 5 DAP's Lim Kit Sfatfg says people should be able to evaluate the four bids for the firm KUALA LUMPUR AFP A MALAYSIAN opposition party has called for greater transparency in government actions to bail out debt-ridden Perwaja Steel. Democratic Action Party secretary-general
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      Lock icon KL won't borrow for development: Anwar
      171 5 PARIT BUNTAR, Perak Bernama MALAYSIA wUI not incur any more debts to carry out development programmes in the country, Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday. Mr Anwar, who is Finance Minister, said that the government may not be able to afford to allocate
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      Lock icon M'sian investment in Indonesia jumps to US$3.9b
      249 5 JAKARTA Bernama MALAYSIA'S investment in Indonesia has shown rapid increase in the last four years, according to a top Indonesian investment official. For up to November this year, Malaysians invested in 145 projects totalling US$3.B9 billion (555.44 billion), ranking Malaysia as the 11th
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      963 4 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at 230 Victoria Street #15-05, Bugis Junction Towers, Singapore *****4 on Monday, 6 January 1997 at 10.30 a.m. for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing with or without amendments the following Special
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      1471 4 •^^ATVTRTIS?C^^^LLTRE^BO?7^^^U |§5g HUP SENG HUAT CO. LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the Third Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held on Thursday, 2 January 1997 at 2.30 pm at 365 A Jalan Besar Singapore *****5 for
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  • CHINA – HONGKONG – TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China pledges to open insurance, stock markets
      470 6 Move to open markets to foreigners part of drive for its long-delayed entry to WTO BEIJING Reuter CHINA has pledged to edge open its insurance, stock, retail, wholesale and banking sectors to foreign investment as part of a drive for long-de-layed entry to
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      Lock icon China to rein in bourses' bull run
      366 6 BEIJING Reuter CHINA'S stock markets are overheated, risks are rising and state supervision will be strengthened, the People's Daily says in a commentary. "Currently, the stock markets have entered a very abnormal situation fraught with increasing market risk," said the commentary, to be
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      Lock icon China has 18m investors in stocks
      182 6 BEIJING AFP CHINA had 18 million investors in stocks as of October and their number is growing at the rate of 10,000 a day. The official China Daily Business Weekly yesterday said that in the eastern metropolis of Shanghai, one person in every two
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      Lock icon HK'S new striker-in-chief?
      55 6 [HONGKONG] Hongkong's newly-elected leader-in-waiting Tung Chee-hwa kicks a soccer ball to launch the "Chief Executive Football tournament "on Saturday. Mr Tung, as Chief Executive will be Hongkong's first Chinese leader after the territory reverts from British to Chinese rule in 199 days. To the right is local
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      Lock icon Emigration from Hongkong drops, survey shows
      262 6 ■HONGKONG Oat of five nations only Australia shows increase this year AFP EMIGRATION from Hongkong is now at its lowest level since the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 1989, the Hongkong Standard reported yesterday. A survey of five countries that have been a magnet
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      Lock icon Warning on interim body
      143 6 HONGKONG Reuter A PROMINENT lawmaker yesterday warned that the operation of a Beijing-endorsed interim legislature in Hongkong before the British colony's handover to China could spell political chaos. The interim body is to be chosen on Saturday to replace the current chamber when Britain returns Hongkong
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      96 6 pWHICH ASIAnH AIRLINE HAS THE > •>; t MOST FLIGHTS TO NORTH AME RICA? Before we give you the answer, we should also Vancouver and Washington D.C. And with a total of 78 flights a point out that we fly to Anchorage, Atlanta, week, we make more flights to North
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  • ASIA
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        Lock icon Conservatives returned in WA election
        45 7 AFP [PERTH] The Western Australian Liberal-National Party government, led by Premier Richard Court, has been returned to power for another four years, maintaining a trend to Australian conservative parties begun with Prime Minister John Howard's federal victory in March. —AFP
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        Lock icon BJP leader foresees early Indian poll
        59 7 AFP [NEW DELHI] India's main opposition party warned yesterday India would face early parliamentary elections next year because of bickering in the ruling coalition. Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party president Lai Krishna Advani said the ruling United Front and its main supporter, the Congress
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        Lock icon S Korean jets in war games over Seoul
        75 7 Reuter [SEOUL] South Korean fighter jets plan to make rare flights over the country's capital today as part of efforts to improve military readiness in case of an attack by rival North Korea, military officials said yesterday. South Korea's Yonhap News Agency
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        Lock icon Rains kill 54 in south India
        50 7 AFP [MADRAS] Torrential rains lashing the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu for the past week have killed 54 people, paralysing life across the coastal province, officials said yesterday. Thirteen people were killed in Villupuram district, and two in the state capital Madras. —AFP
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      Lock icon Appeals court to rule on Chun's sentence today
      428 7 SEOUL Death wrdict may be commuted; Roh, others may also get lighter aeotences AFP AN appeals court will rule today on the death sentence handed to former South Korean president Chun Doo Hwan as speculation mounted that he, former president Roh Tae
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      Australia's affluent don't trust banks: poll
      350 7  -  SYDNEY By\ Surinder Singh AUSTRALIA'S "affluent boomers", the demographic group owning the largest share of private wealth in the country, are distrustful of the performance and motivations of financial institutions and yearn for a return to the days when customer loyalty was rewarded, a
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      Lock icon NZ First takes two of three finance jobs in government
      381 7 WELLINGTON Party tauter Peters is treasurer, senior to National Party's Bill Birch who stays as fining mtniafar Bloomberg Business News, Reuter THE New Zealand First Party, which gained the balance of power in the Oct 12 election, won two of
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      Lock icon Japan to discipline senior officials in graft crackdown
      268 7 TOKYO Reuter JAPAN'S government will crack down on official corruption following a series of bribery scandals that have brought down a deputy health minister and a prefectural governor, newspapers reported yesterday. The government will ban socialising with business contacts and draw up
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      319 7 jp /IUDEMARS PIGUET The master watchmaker. CI Jules-Louts Audemars, jjjfck Faldo is Audemars Pig&et's ambassador on the golf because, better thanjuiyone, he lives up to the k better than anyone N*Faldo knows that the the top but surpassing oneself. He also knows, better than anvone. that jaPQHMrlegend. Audemars Piguet, creator
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      52 8 Toshiba. World's No. 1 notebooks. AGAIN. Toshiba. World's No, 1 Share in Portable PCs Source IDC, 1995 and as of April 1996. ™I I 2 I In Touch with Tomorrow I TOSHIBA i Toshiba Data Dynamics Pte Ltd, 10 Kalians Sector, Data Dynamics Buildins, Sinsapore *****0. Tel: 741 8181 Fax:
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon UN chief-elect says ties with US set to improve
      237 9 LONDON Reuter GHANA's Kofi Annan, due to become the first black African to head the United Nations, said yesterday the world body's current poor relations with the United States were set to improve. Mr Annan, interviewed by the London Observer newspaper,
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      US-Japan insurance pact shows signs of cracks
      351 9  -  Hasty political deal angers Tokyo insurers; US briefing put off From Anthony Rowley m Tokyo AN eleventh-hour agreement on Saturday between the US and Japan to open the Japanese insurance market yesterday showed signs of strain from being pushed through to meet a
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      New team to focus on trade
      475 9  -  WASHINGTON Clinton's choices also meant to reassure financial markets By\ Leon Hadar THE members of the "economic team" that will guide the Clinton administration during its second term in office is expected to continue pursuing the two major aspects of the White House's global
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      Lock icon No one loves the euro – it looks messy and ugly
      407 9 No one loves the euro it looks messy and ugly DUBLIN Not bright, says Kohl; no queen, says Major; and *yuk', gyiaim newspapers Reuter THE European Union showed its citizens the colour of its money this weekend, and the citizens were not impressed. In a ceremony coinciding with a deal
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      Lock icon Long-run stock prices will reflect good health of US economy: Rubin
      435 10 WASHINGTON Policymakers not monitoring markets more than usual despite volatility Reuter, Bloomberg Business News DESPITE recent volatility in the stock market, US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin on Saturday said stock prices over the long run would reflect the health
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      Lock icon Wall St job rate hits record high as markets boom
      352 10 NEW YORK Surge in mergers, acquisitions leads to hiring spree Bloomberg Business News WALL Street is providing a record number of jobs as boom ing financial markets and a surge in mergers and acquisitions have led securities firms to go
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      Good week far Sino-US ties as Gen Chi visits
      585 10  -  LETTER FROM WABHZMOTOV Trade and security in (bens, Iranian rights placed on the backbnrner By Leon Hadar LAST week was clearly a good week for Sino- American relationship and for the Clinton administration's policy of "engaging" China, and a very bad
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      142 9 jf^Keason's Instead of sending Christmas cards this year, other HSBC Group companies in L Sm&jpove Will be donating 5530,000 welfare organisations. We would like to take this opportunity to send all our customers, shareholders and suppliers our very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year. The HSBC Group in
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      110 9 'V i A moment of your time. (After all, some things can't be rushed.) 1 An appreciation for the finer things in life does not happen overnight. It must be acquired through experience. Cultivated over time. I Good taste cannot be merely bought. Those who recognise quality know that Cyma
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      426 10 PININFARINA The name behind the world's ultimate sports cars is now behind the world's ultimate sports watch. I Amongst them is the Eterna Pininfarina has a proud Sports Wotch which boasts an elegant yet rugged design, quality workmanship, over sixty years of success in designing and precision mo«ment and powerful
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      30 10 Look for the special offer insert in today's The Business Times to find out how you can get the Nikkei Weekly fee for 3 months. For more information call 336-4122
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Poll: Over half of IT workers here stressed
      389 11  -  High correlation between stress and turnover intention, stndy shows By Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Over half the IT professionals in Singapore surveyed in a recent poll reported experiencing a lot of stress in work. And greater stress caused a greater intention to
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      Lock icon Oracle plans to enter online business
      447 11 NYT. [PAßlS] Oracle Corp, sticking to its vision that consumers around the world will want inexpensive, easy-to-use computers linked to networks, plans to enter the online business in the near future, its chairman said last week. Lawrence Ellison, in an interview during a conference
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      Multilingual Internet search engine debuts here
      320 11 [SINGAPORE] The first Internet search engine that lets users work with English, Chinese and Malay languages was launched earlier this month by the National Computer Board's research and development arm, the Information Technology Institute (ITI). As well, ITI is just about ready to add
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      Japan is Asia's hub for Internet connections
      540 12  -  (bst-saving one ip&son for choice of major ISPs v Toh Han Shih [ftNGAPORE] Japan is Asia's Hub for Internet connections, thanks to major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Asian countries which have chosen to route their major connections there. Japan is the centre
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      Digital's DiAL links Asean customers toll-free
      216 12  -  By Raju Cheilam [SINGAPORE) Digital Equipment Corp has launched a tollfree line called DiAL (Digital Asean Link) which its customers and business partners can access from here, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. A Digital spokesman said DiAL cost about $1 million to set
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      Netscape forms alliances in fight for intranet market
      289 12 It has roped in major players like HP, Oracle and Informix (SINGAPORE) While Microsoft is stealing home users from Netscape in the Internet market. Netscape is entrenching itself in alliances with big players like Hewlett-Packard (HP), Oracle and Informix to withstand Microsoft's
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      Lock icon Researcher warns of more Internet security flaws
      216 12 Reuter [NEW YORKJ A major security flaw exists in the Internet's World Wide Web, threatening the privacy of users' passwords, credit card numbers and other secure information, a Princeton University professor says. Edward Felten, of Princeton University's Safe Internet Programming Team, says that
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      Encouraging e-mail, limiting liability
      602 13  -  Ken Wasch The writer is president of Washington-based Software Publishers Association, the principal trade association of the desktop software industry. E -MAIL is changing the workplace in a way we have not seen since the proliferation of the telephone a century ago. If you are not
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    • IT TAKES
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        IBM unveils new PC server products
        78 13  -  Compiled by Audrey Tan 3 (SINGAPORE! IBM has announced a new range of PC server products, including two new Pentium Pro processor-based PC servers, an innovative systems management option and a new version of Server Guide. 9rl Server Guide 3.0 is a CD-based collection
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        Magellan launches the GSC 100
        81 13 [SINGAPORE] Magellan Systems has launched the Magellan GSC 100, a hand-held communicator which allows messaging from anywhere in the world. Touted as the world's first global satellite communicator, it utilises the Orbcomm satellite network and uses standard e-mail protocols to communicate to any e-mail address
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        IDNX multiservice network for Mongolia
        69 13 [SINGAPOREHJS network supplier N.E.T. is providing a US$2.9 million (Ss4 million) IDNX multiservice network which will connect six cities served by the Inner Mongolia Data Communication Bureau. The network, which includes nearly 100 IDNX multiservice bandwidth managers, is part of a contract awarded to N.E.T.
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        SanDisk sets up design centre in Israel
        53 13 San Disk Corporation has set up a design centre in Tefen, Israel. The facility will utilise San Disk flash semiconductor technology to design new flash storage products for specific applications. Based in Sunnyvale, California, San Disk designs, manufactures and markets data, image and
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        LTX joins Virtual Socket Alliance
        67 13 LTX Corporation has joined the Virtual Socket Alliance which aims to develop a set of open standards to facilitate the creation of systems on a chip. LTX expects to share its semiconductor know-how with a cross-section of vendors, including Actel Corporation, Cadence Design Systems, Fujitsu
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        Enter NetWarp's new terminal adapter
        71 13 Ascend Communications has expanded its Net Warp family of remote access products for telecommuters and home users who want analog phone capabilities along with high speed ISDN access to the Internet. The new Net Warp Pro ISDN terminal adapter can be connected to a phone,
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        Price cut by UB Networks
        54 13 UB Networks has announced price reductions of up to 40 per cent on the 16-port Geoßim/Edt desktop switch, the Geoßim/Edt with 100Base-T uplink and the GeoLink/RA ATM uplink for the 12-port Geoßim/E Ethernet switch. All three products are available now both directly and through the
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      MGE comes up with new range of dual-conversion online UPS systems
      365 13  -  By] Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] French Uninterrupted Power Supplies vendor MGE UPS Systems has announced a new range of dual-conversion online UPS systems and a device to eliminate electrical distortion. Both will be commercially available early next year. MGE UPS
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      Sequent ties with key regional partners to push Numa-Q
      360 15  -  Local deal with Singapore Technologies By. Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] US-based Sequent Computer Systems has tied up with key regional partners to boost its presence and push sales of its newest enter-prise-wide computer, Numa-Q (Non-Uniform Memory Access). The company's executive vice-president and
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      400 15 Bloomberg Business News [MAYNARD, Massachusetts] Digital Equipment Corp slashed the price of its flagship Alpha chip as much as SO per cent to boost sagging sales and take business from Intel Corp. Digital has pushed this year to generate
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      Scitor aims for rapid Asian, global growth
      408 15  -  Toh Han Shih (SINGAPORE] Scitor, a major provider of international corporate telecommunications, plans rapid growth in Asia and the world. The internationally-based company aims to increase its annual world revenue nearly sevenfold from US$lOO million (Ssl4o million) this year to US$6BO million in
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      Tress shines in B&W but pales in colour
      922 16  -  Black-and-white works are fun but colour still-life are too cryptic, says bek mdmboe BEN MUNROE TWO executives, guests at the opening of the current photoexhibition at the Singapore Art Museum, were overheard talking enthusiastically. The topic of conversation was not the work
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      557 18 SHOPPING Stores are trying to lengthen the Lunar New Tear boom by starting a Christmas baying frenzy Reuter [SHANGHAI] Shanghai department stores are cashing in on Christmas to exploit young, fashion-conscious consumers' appetite for Western ideas and products, retail officials said last week. Christmas promotions are more
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      654 18  -  BOOKS Book's critical look at the management consultancy business jg a rhangp By < Chuang Peck Ming The Witch Doctors By John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge Heinemann 404 pages, $24.95 THE business of management consultancy thrives on convincing you that your company is sick
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      SBS-Renong deal hits snag
      267 19  -  Disagreements on major issues delaying venture to build buses, say sources By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Listed trans-port-based Singapore Bus Service's mega-venture with Malaysia's Renong group to build buses has hit a speed hump. The deal, first struck in December 1995, involves SBS subsidiary SBS Engineering (49
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      Lock icon Year-end listing rush seen for HK firms
      180 19 Reuter [HONGKONG] Firms may be pushed to list sooner rather than later, analysts said, citing uncertainty about market direction next year, despite overall bullish sentiment. "The current market strength and liquidity are favourable for smaller IPOs," said Michael Ng, analyst at ASG Investment.
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      Lock icon Singapore bourse gets neutral weighting
      207 19 Reuter [SINGAPORE] The Singapore stock market retained its neutral weighting as concerns in the exchange about the nearterm growth outlook for the country lingered, says the Weekly Pacific Perspective report by Salomon Brothers. While the basic fundamentals in Singapore of low inflation, stable interest and
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      KL stocks ride roller coaster
      679 19  -  MARKET HATTERS Wall St's trend will affect where the BTsian market Is headed By Ven Sreenivasan WHOEVER said that the Kuala Lumpur market was relatively immune to developments in Wall Street was either totally out of touch with reality or simply engaging in wishful thinking.
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        Lock icon Metroplex to focus on hotels, leisure, gaming
        351 20 Property assets to be transferred to new company which aims to be listed next year AFP [KUALA LUMPURJ Malaysia's listed Metroplex Bhd aims to become a regional player in the leisure and gaming industry following a move to restructure its core activities, reports
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        Lock icon Brand's the essence of success for Cerebos
        1136 20  -  161 years on, black chicken tonic accounts for 75% of company's $100 million profit By* Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] WHEN Suntory of Japan bought over Cerebos Pacific in 1990. the Japanese press hailed the $850.5 million purchase as one of the best by a
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        Lock icon Khong Guan unit in China car venture
        213 20 Firm to buy 52.6% of Aircar Assets for HKs3l&3m Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Khong Guan Holdings Malaysia said it has, through its unit Business Focus Engineering Sdn Bhd, entered an agreement to acquire a 52.6 per cent stake in Aircar Assets Ltd from China
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        Lock icon Mechmar plans one-for-two rights issue
        116 20 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Mechmar Corp Bhd has proposed a one-for-two rights issue of 34.62 million new shares at M 52.80 per share. In a statement to the KLSE, It said the proposed rights issue "will assist the company to meet its funding obligations for investment
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        Lock icon Sapura Motors gets nod for listing
        234 20 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Sapura Motors Bhd has obtained approval from the Securities Commission for its proposed flotation exercise on the Second Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). Perwira AfTin Merchant Bank Bhd said on behalf of Sapura Motors yesterday that this followed
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          Lock icon Keppel's Manila unit forms leasing firm
          80 20 AFX-Asia [MANILA] Keppel Corp unit Keppel Philippines Holdings has formed a company that will lease industrial equipment to shipyards and construction companies, documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission show. The company, to be called KP Equipment Services, has a paid-up capital of
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          Fels buys platform for US$40m
          53 20 [SINGAPORE] Far East Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd, a Keppel group member, has bought a semi-submersible accommodation platform, Safe Gothic, from Safe Rigs Ltd UK for more than US$4O million (S$S6 million). The platform, expected to arrive in March, can be converted to meet the strong demand
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          Lock icon Clarification by North Borneo Timbers
          62 20 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Joseph Ambrose Lee is not the executive chairman of The North Borneo Timbers Bhd, the company clarified on Friday. The clarification is related to a report about the Philippines Lapanday Group's tie-up with Sabah's NBT International Bhd to establish a banana plantation
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        Lock icon Govt to discuss service monopoly with HK Telecom
        274 21  -  Bnt observers do not see premature end to monopoly before China takes over next year By i Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The Hongkong government will shortly begin discussions with Hongkong Telecom on its monopoly for international telephone service, said Denise Yue, Secretary for
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        Lock icon Hyundai Electronics in Indian joint venture
        148 21 AFP [BOMBAY] South Korea's Hyundai Electronics Industries has signed a memorandum of understanding with an Indian state-rim firm to set up a joint venture manufacturing company, a newspaper said on Saturday. Hyundai and the Electronics Corp of Tamil Nadu (Elcot) will set up a
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        Lock icon Taiwan to ban sale of proxy votes to limit hostile bids
        320 21 Move comes amid govt crackdown on organised crime Bloomberg Business News [TAIPEI) Taiwan this week will ban the sale of stock voting rights by shareholders of listed companies in a move aimed at reducing threats to businesses of extortion
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        Lock icon Second rejection for Formosa Hotels' listing bid
        202 21 Bloomberg Business News [TAIPEI] The Taiwan Stock Exchange for the second time in two months rejected a listing bid by Formosa International Hotels Corp, the hotel unit of one of Taiwan's largest conglomerates. An exchange statement didn't give a reason for the decision.
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        Lock icon Seoul sells Korea Telecom shares worth 260b won
        243 21 Analysts say stock price can exceed 50,000 won when firm is listed in '97 Bloomberg Business News (SEOUL] The South Korean government said it sold at least 260 billion won (SS43O million) worth of its shares in Korea Telecom to institutional investors
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        Lock icon EU to probe Thomson's 11b franc state handout
        317 22 Move follows Philips' claim that money could give the French group an unfair advantage Bloomberg Business News [BRUSSELS] The European Commission said it will open an antitrust investigation into the French government's plan to inject 11 billion francs (552.9 billion) into Thomson
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        Lock icon Baby Bells, CAI suspend video pact
        152 22 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Bell Atlantic Corp, Nynex Corp and CAI Wireless Systems Inc are suspending a 1995 agreement for one year as the companies try to salvage what remains of their video venture. CAI will be given the option to buy back
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        Lock icon Models' cafe goes Continental
        47 22 [BARCELONA] Top model Claudia Schiffer arriving at the inauguration of the Fashion Cafe in the city on Saturday. Schiffer and other co-owners of the worldwide chain ofcafes, Naomi Campbell and Elle MacPherson, attended the opening of the second Fashion Cafe in Europe. AFP
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        Lock icon India stocks set to rise on window dressing
        152 22 Reuter (BOMBAY] Foreign flind managers are Ukely to pull select Indian stocks higher this week, prompted by year-end window-dressing of their portfolios, brokers and analysts said at the weekend. "The only thing going for this market is the year-end scramble to tidy
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        Lock icon US commercial banks earn US$13.2b in Q3
        290 22 The Washington Post [WASHINGTON] The US's commercial banks reported income of US$l3.2 billion (5518.5 billion) in the third quarter, their third-highest quarterly total, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. But the major trouble spot for banks continues to be credit card loans.
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        Lock icon IBM revamps global sales, services units
        231 22 Reuter [NEW YORKJ International Business Machines says it is reorganising its global sales and services businesses under a single brand, IBM Global Services. IBM's services business has operated under various names outside the United States and the move should help clarify the IBM brand
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        Lock icon Viacom sees debt falling below US$8b in 2-3 years
        172 22 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Viacom Inc chairman and chief executive Sumner Redstone said last week he sees the company's debt falling to US$6 billion (SsB.4 billion) to US$B billion in two to three years from about US$lO billion now. Speaking
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        Lock icon Premium Japanese banks pay to borrow rises again
        299 23 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] The "Japan premium", the additional amount European and American banks charge Japanese banks to borrow money overseas, is back. The premium, which soared in the second half of 1995 and again this March, has doubled this month from
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        Singer Thailand raises US$40m in offshore debut
        232 23  -  Five-year loan arranged in Singapore's Asian dollar market By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Singer Thailand has made its debut in international offshore borrowing by raising US$4O million (Sss6 million) in Singapore's Asian dollar market. The five-year transferable loan with a put option at
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        Lock icon Amex talks with Citicorp show limits of solo path
        474 23 Travel and financial services company seeking a merger Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] American Express Co's talks with Citicorp on being bought over are the latest sign that the once fiercely independent travel and financial services company is no longer comfortable
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        Lock icon Oil headed for bear market after year-long rally, say analysts
        442 23 NYT [NEW YORK] After a year of soaring oil prices, a bear market may be at hand. Crude prices plunged 9 per cent earlier last week amid Iraq's long-awaited return to the market and fading anxiety that heating oil stocks
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        Lock icon Euro seen costing global banks US$7b yearly
        271 23 EMU to affect banks with high markets exposure most: ÜBS Reuter [ZURICH] Union Bank of Switzerland said the global banking industry stands to lose around US$7 billion (Ss9.B billion) a year in revenue as a result of Europe's new single currency. "The single
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        Lock icon Orange County ends offer to buy back bonds
        127 23 Bloomberg Business News [SANTA ANA, California] Orange County, California, has ended its offer for investors to sell back taxable pension bonds, which the county hopes to refinance to ease the strain caused by its historic bankruptcy. The tender offer expired on schedule
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        Lock icon Seoul to partially open bond markets
        252 23 AFP [SEOUL) South Korea will partially open its corporate bond market to foreigners next month, with the first relaxation in current curbs effective on Jan 3. The Finance and Economy Ministry yesterday said small businesses will, on Jan 3, will be allowed to issue
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        Lock icon Asian currencies weaker
        559 24 uuuEtiHm Weeklyßoundup Markets expect increase in US interest rates AFP [HONGKONG] Most of Asia's currencies fell against the US dollar in the past week, amid weaker trade figures or lower rates in Asia, and comments by the head of the US Federal Reserve, America's central bank, signalling
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        Lock icon No major impact from return of Iraqi oil after a 6-year absence
        862 24 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Iraq made a discreet return to the international oil market last week after months of difficult negotiations with the United Nations, which had given the market plenty of advance warning. Crude prices did fall
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      753 25 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
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        Lock icon Wall Street's post-election rally well and truly over
        760 26 Daw's trends of last few months thrown directly into reverse and excesses of Nov being corrected NEEW YORK FT WALL Street needs its oracles. And its most powerful is Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, the man who has the power
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        Lock icon Hang Seng rocked by waves of selling
        182 26 HONGKONG AFP THE volatile but ultimately downward ride of local stocks last week clearly bore out the dictum that when Wall Street sneezes, nervous Hongkong catches the flu. For the first two sessions of the week, the Hang Seng rose firmly, apparently shrugging
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        ASIAN MARKETS Roundup
        857 26 Sydney +2.6 AUSTRALIAN share prices held their own during the week, ending 0.1 per cent up despite a one per cent drop on Friday after the Dow Jones suffered its worst single session loss since July. Wednesday's surprise announcement of a half a percentage point cut to
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        WORLD STOCK MARKETS
        1963 26 -L 67% QPuis -147% FRENCH stocks are expected mixed after five days of losses with a lack of earnings news and more volatility expected in currency and bond markets making share prices sensitive to large fluctuations. On Friday, the benchmark CAC 40 Index fell 8.7 points, or
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        Lock icon Footsie gyrates to New York trading
        366 26 LONDON AFP THE London stock market ended the week marginally higher, after experiencing a rocky spell in response to persistent nervousness on Wall Street, amid fears that developments in New York could signal the start of a major downward correction. The Footsie Index of
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        Lock icon Nikkei takes cue from Dow
        381 26 ■TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices seesawed on Wall Street shockwaves last week, with the key market barometer plunging below 20,000 points on Friday for the first time in more than three months. "When the United States sneezes, Japan catches a cold," said Daiwa Securities Co
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        Lock icon Sharp falls at end of week erase early gains
        328 27 Bloomberg Business News AFP. AFX-Asia F1 Composite Index -187 MALAYSIA'S key stock index ended 0.2 per cent lower last week as earlier gains were erased by sharp falls towards the end of the week, reflecting the poor performances of regional bourses.
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        Van Der Horst's warrants: no real advantage over shares
        176 28  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy THE stock of Indonesian-linked power engineers Van Der Horst has seen a bit of activity lately, so maybe it's time to review the related warrant. A look at the instrument is also useful as it demonstrates
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        427 30 SOURCE: Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Research Stocks VotaM Wong 50c 28.325,000 Uraco Hldqs 10 23.777,000 We* Poll 20c 18,540,000 .DairyF US$0.05 16,968,000 HK Land US$0.1 14,410,000 Ossia Intl 10c 11,557,000 Latoroy M 20c 11,315,000 City Dev 50c 10,833,000 Note! Design 5 10,482,000 DBS Land 10,056,000 Stacks City Oev 50c 139,341,470 OCBC
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        HOT STOCK
        69 30  -  I 01.0 ■ri Shiv Taneja SMB United has been on a downward trend for the past month or so, and the stock now appears to be testing the bottom. Investors should expect it to trade sideways in the near term, although the directional charts indicate a slight upward
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        Wall Street expected to continue setting the pace
        710 30  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Volatile time in store as all eyes remain on US stocks and bonds; earnings will be key issue in new year BU R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE! Going by the events of the past week and on Wall Street last Friday,
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      281 31 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young WE HAVE seen a slackening of activity in the market with a reduced number of deals being reported during the week. Despite this slowing down there have been a couple of capesize units disposed of. PCL finally agreed to accept a reduced level
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      412 31  -  Local shipping operators also unhappy with govt plans to open up coastal trade From. Alec Almazan in Manila PHILIPPINE inter-island shipping operators are appealing to the government to deregulate fully domestic shipping freight rates and rethink its plans to open up the
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      119 31 [NEW ORLEANS] At least 60people were injured when a freighter late on Saturday slammed into a crowded shopping mall and a hotel on the banks of the Mississippi River here, sending thousands of people fleeing. The Liberia-registered ship, Brishtfield a bulk carrier weighing 68,200 deadweight
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      690 31  -  Linan genre By David Hughes LINER shipping, particularly on the main global routes, is in a mess. Profits margins, where there are profit margins, are tiny while regulatory authorities in the US and Europe are apparently determined to enforce mutually incompatible regulatory regimes.
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      276 31  -  By\ Felix Chan (SINGAPORE] Rotterdambased NZ-Orient Line (NZOL) will kick off a dedicated service between New Zealand and Indonesia next year under its service expansion programme. The new service, called the Java Link, will start from January on a fixed 21-day
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      274 31 Port trust to take on bnild-operate-transfer project itself Business Line [CHENNAI] The Madras Port Trust has decided to undertake on its own the 290-metre extension of the container terminal berth and cancel the tenders. The port had called for tenders from
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      351 31 [HONGKONG] The dry bulk market is "close to turning point" and shipowners who patiently await this will be rewarded, said one of Hongkong's most experienced shipowners. George Chao, managing director of Wah Kwong Shipping Holdings Ltd, was optimistic about the market
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      207 31 AFP [MAJURO] The Marshall Islands ship registry has almost overnight increased its registered ship tonnage by more than 30 per cent by signing up 20 vessels, a registry official said. The reflagging of the 20 tankers and other ships brings the total
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      190 31 Reuter [BREMEN] The main yard of bankrupt shipbuilding group Bremer Vulkan has gained a reprieve as the state of Bremen granted a 42 millionmark ($27.24 million) loan guarantee, preventing its immediate closure. But the city government said the yard would have to cease its merchant shipbuilding
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      1007 32  -  CARGO HANDLING: MUSIC TO INDIAN COMPANY'S EARS Having handled the Michael Jackson History World Tour band's entire cargo in Mumbai profitably, Agil Freight Logistics hopes to become a specialist in the niche market of rock band cargo handling By Nitya Kalyani AS the swingers
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        284 47 Dm M Czech Republic Stock market closed until January 7, 1996 Inclusive for Christmas/New Year. Bangladesh: Victory Day. Bahrain: National Day. South Africa: Day of Reconciliation. Dm 23 Japan: Emperor Akihito's Birthday. Dm 24 Austria. Czech Republic. Denmark. Finland. Slovakia, Sweden Christmas Eve. Germany Market holiday, Christmas Eve.
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        838 47 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine OU Ltd, thowt price ranges In US dollar* Instead of tingle prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Price* shown are baaed on averageslsed stem. Market movement* are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        422 48 US cargo airlines may have to withdraw them from service Bloomberg Business News [SEATTLE] The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has raised safety questions about Boeing 727 aircraft used as freighters by some of the country's biggest cargo airlines. Agency representatives met cargo
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        303 48 Reuter, AFP [WASHINGTON] An order will be issued this week to inspect wing fuel-pump wiring on some early Boeing 7475, said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). However, it added that while the potential wiring problem was uncovered during the
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        405 48 New airport designed to meet traffic demand by 2010 Reuter [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka plans to spend US$l5O million (Ss2lo million) to expand its international airport at Katunayake to cater to growing passenger and cargo traffic, the chairman of the Airport and Aviation Services said.
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        298 48 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] General Motors Corp, citing a possible engine idle problem, is recalling 7,274 US-built small cars that are sold in Japan as Toyota Cavaliers. GM said the engine-control system on the 1996 models will be corrected to prevent stalling
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        316 48 Growth will only be in small, low-cost cars M&ruti MD AFP [BOMBAY] Foreign manufacturers of luxury and medium cars hoping to strike it rich in India are set for a major disappointment, said a leading car manufacturer in India. The Indian
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        214 48 Bloomberg berg Business News {CALGARY) Canadian Airlines International Ltd said it's cutting fares by as much as 45 per cent in a bid to win back customers lost during its recent struggle to avoid bankruptcy. "There has been some erosion" in the passenger
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          92 48 AFP [MANILA] Cambodia's Siem Reap airport will receive an equivalent loan of US$l5 million (Ss2l million) for its upgrading, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a statement yesterday. The loan, part of a total project cost of US$l7.6 million, will go to upgrading airport
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          82 48 Bloomberg Business News [NAARDEN, Netherlands] Stork NV, an industrial services and machinery company, said Its Fokker Aviation unit won contracts from US airlines American Airlines Inc and Boeing Co. Stork said the orders will generate "several tens" of millions of guilders of sales annually. Stork said
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          94 48 AFP [TOKYO] Crew members of Japan's biggest domestic carrier, All Nippon Airways Co Ltd (ANA), entered a 24-hour strike yesterday, grounding 146 flights, or 30 per cent of its domestic service, an official said. The strike followed a larger action on Nov 19, prompted
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          83 48 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's auto giant Toyota Motor Corp plans to set up a joint venture in India to produce commercial vehicles from late 1999, the Tokyo Shimbun said. Toyota aims to establish the new company with India's Kirloskar group as early as
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          57 48 [SINGAPORE] Qantas Airways will now fly daily between Singapore and Jakarta. The carrier has been given the go-ahead by the Australian government to increase the number of flights between the two countries. The new schedule takes effect immediately. Passengers can also make connecting flights from
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        116 48 Bloomberg Business News [HOUSTON] Continental Airlines Inc has ended merger discussions with other airlines and has no plans to restart them, the company's chief executive said. The Houston-based airline held "very preliminary discussions" with several other carriers, said Gordon Bethune in a recorded
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      79 37 sfeSECIL EAST WEST AFRKA SEMI CONTAINER SERVICE in W KU tUT MM Stf AM oiMiruus 7/w sto sto su> ivii n/u IOANNIS A \/V is/13 7V17 01/01 11/01 ||/oi WOOD PRODUCT SOUTH AFRICA SERVICE a nusiNKGn KU D»* cm EVfO ACSA SA7OI *POKl' 11/17 7S/17 71/1J 01/01 10/01 14/01 74/01
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      435 37 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 y HOT UNE: *****33 (30 LINES) BARCELONA/SPAIN 20/12 LEHAVRE/FRAMf.F 17/12 marseille/frawcf 20/12 hamburg/bremen 19/12 GENOA/ITALY 18/12 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 20/12 GOTHENBURG/SCAN 19/12 ROTTERDAM 17/12 aarhus/copenhagen 19/12 felixstowe/uk 23/12 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 21/12 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 19/12 NEW YORK/EC 21/12 FREMANTLE/ADELAIPE 19/12 VANCOUVER 18/12 BRISBANE 18/12 TORONTO/MONTREAL
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      713 38 fijTTTx Kegionai container Lines MM\s I —CR NO **********0E m JAKARTA Ml PENANG ■l Bangkok g I I L *.VI» *1: vmH mi iw«?b its fTTjn i v.v i '„zi^nH.Miii' i bii 'ifrwiinn 111 nil MB MB MB I 'I —i I 11l I ■111 n i Ml II I
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      289 38 CR **********0N XOUR LINE PTE LTD I EEsamSSga u-- 1 J HH'.M: ■■mriT^fTßTi gE^l^Egg IBSIHtJHItbXi r^^^mwnmur^Bm^m TIFMfTT^BP'^EP gfiraliriwrrnvmr^St?} rTSSHBHBS^E^rrmr^KS i .7 T g j» i■,l y inTir7n rTT^^^^Bnri^Sr^^S^Sir^ L 118. miu J^Biu'iZ'!'»[l.il». MARCO SHIPPING COMPANY PTE. LTD. TEL: *****61 TLX: RS ***** MASHiP FAX *****14 PKELANG TEL: *****84 3—MBMI I
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      271 38 109-00 NEHSONS BUILDING 24 PECK SEAH STREET SINGAPORE *****4 BOOKMQffNQUIMES CR NO: 10M*****00W TEL: 323 1133 FAX: 221 4053/S6/M TUI^^RS2BI2Q/*****F*SHI^^^^^^^ rasa vor smeu sretd dcstmhon *ea ii/h iror ivi? rjjmimm, StMMf If/It 21/12 21/12 POmMM/Wim con 7/H 23/12 23/12 tBOUUi/PWMC Gm/SMAN. O/H 17/12 11/12 JNUHIINMK SULF DttUO 11/H 11/12 2V12
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      546 39 aI Weekly LCL A FCL f m rODICai Services to Coribbeon s hipping Central America j MUMCBOMAasTI SIHMIM UN 9701 628E Port Country 17/12 24/12 T Belize Ci*y Belize 20/01 27/01 Bridgetown Barbados 23/01 30/01 I Cartagena Colombia 22/01 29/01 J Castries S». Lucia 22/01 29/01 t Fort de France
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      738 39 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD Mb 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. CR NO: **********06 j" ij|T' ll 1 IB Br J! ill 1 IK"I B. f: "i Ml it S iii 1 I I I litTn I 2 tT{ 2?1 21/12 W/12 4/7 lir Si 11M I
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      921 39 **********02 vfSSFIS *0* gj DAMgTTA LE HAVRE HAMBURG THAMESPQRT ROTTERDAM ANTWB¥> VILLE DE CAPELLA TIBM/ 18/12 29/12 07/01 o*ol 1(VD1 VHIEDEUBRA LI9W 24/12 04/01 IVOI ?VOl i&QI 17/01 VILLE O AQUARIUS UIBW 30/12 11/01 20*01 21/01 23/01 MW 2M» VILLE D'AQUILA AIBW IS/01 27/01 2VOI 30/01 31/Ol Qgfflg 'ALSO ACCEPTING
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      962 42 BKline EXPORT N. AMERICA-PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST EIDER VESSEL VOY I JKT I'PR/PW SIN MOTHER VISSfL I VOY ILI OAK I CHI NYC I MIX HRECT CALL 14/12 17/12 19/12 G W BRIDGE 01A 06/01 09/01 10/01 13/01 15/01 MRECT CALL 23/12 24/12 24/12 HENRY HUDSON BR 97A 13/01 14/01 17/01 20/01
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      760 42 AS AGENTS: "K" UNE (SINQAPORE) PTE LTD (CR *0 ttMP—IWW REG NO M-WI7NM) TEL *****77 TELEX KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****1&7/&*9 MALAYSIA: "K M UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25/5 INDONESIA: P.T. 1C UNE (INDONESU), TEL JKT *****08 EXPORT SINQAPORE/PHILIPPINBS/JAPAN SERVICE VOY
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      200 42 P.I PERUSAHAAN PHAfARAN W KALIMANTAN DIRECT WEEKLY SERVICE TO JAKARTA/PALEMBANG *«*l V«* HA/ITB DCSTINATION lACHAAMUEL M 13/44 17/18 Dm iokorto/PoWmbong tAOMtANMIH 17/44 23/24 Jokorto/PMonS BACHAAMKI I IS/44 27/28 Dm iokono/PoUiboM tACHAANIMI IK 14/44 30/31 Dm Jakarta/PoUmbong SURABAYA/PANJANG *A6A 11/19 Dm SiribtY«/Pa«|*»g CAJUU iATA MAGA 14/17 Dm Paa|Mt/torafe*ya PERAWAN/DUMAI/JAMBI/P'BARU •HAM 18/14
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      890 42 pi CE WHKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY ARRIVAL FDCEO DAY-MONDAY t+Ai <yy MMI FXI LBI AMR HFA VESSEL VOY ihi ivt ham MM mm MING EAST Jaw* VSm Itim !2Si ??S] IMM 2001 M,WGMOON SU) SID SLO SLO 17/12 31/12 GIBRALTAR BRiOGE A6SIW ITC-1\ I®*" '25? 1151 'J® 1 tXWER BRIOGE *648
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      629 43 I VESSEL VOY TIGER ISLAND 493N 18-19/12 23-26/12 31-01/01 1 TIGER BRIDGE 494N 21-22/12 26-29/12 03-04/01 8 TIGER BAY 495N 25-2»12 30-02/01 07-0&01 I TIGER WAVE 496N 27-28/12 02-05/01 10-11/01 8 TIGER ISLAND 97N 31-01/01 OM9/01 14-15/01 1 TIGER BRIDGE 496N 03-04/01 09-12/01 17-18(01 I IVESSE^^^^VO^^SI^^CA^^SI^^I TIGER SPRING 267CN8 16-17/12
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      407 43 Sea K Land DIRECT SERVICE TO LONG BEACH MUNKEBO MSK V.9701 ETA SIN ETD SIN 17 DEC '96 17 DEC '96 CALL BOOKING HOTLINE TEL: *****33 NOW! SINGAPORE MALAYSIA INDONESIA MAINLINE *****22 KUALA LUMPUR 03-*****28 BANDUNG 022-*****5 CUSTOMER SVC(IN) *****00 PORTKLANG 03-*****08 BELAWAN 061-*****3 CUSTOMER SVC(OUT) *****33 PENANG 04-*****90 JAKARTA
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      1142 43 jy* Nedllovd 10 EUROPE Nedlloyd Lines every thurs/fri/sat (j(R))1jLI C* **********0R \go«g>/ ["STI SiMGAPQBE PHOWE (QEN6RAL) *****89 RATE ENQUIRIES *****41/246/260 CPS (PHONE) *****10 CPS (FAX) *****23 TO EUROPE EVtBY THUB&TBI/3AT 0«lH<«/5»6 13/12 20/12 11/01 10/01 07/Ot API. INDONESIA/3506 i? 701 11 05/01 06/01 07/01 B r ss ss; S'J? 14/
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      814 44 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD >: 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 HMfaM TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********00 Z. BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/43 JESSICA/CELIA/AUDREY CpHI^HHkyUUBUMMaaBMaiUIUaUiKiMUUHBIHHH| 222ZIiZ6BBC5ii3I!SSSB 7 slgs/week SSE2IZS3I 3 slgs/WEEK 1 VESSEL [VOY Jim |IAK IVESSEL IVOYISm ISUR MAERSKNARA
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      463 44 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOADING VOY SPORE P.KELANG' HALIFAX N.YORK NORFOLK N ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPICO HOUSTON HOEQH MINERVA 0836 20/27 DEC 19 DEC 17 FEB 20 FEB 21 FEB 28 FEB 24 FEB 04 MAR OB MAR HOEQHOUKE 0638 13/14 JAN 08 JAN 08 MAR 00 MAR
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      182 44 m FAR EAST 21/12 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 22/12 BANGKOK 22/12 manila/cebu 22/12 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 22/12 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 22/12 BUSAN 22/12 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 22/12 HONG KONG SIM chin* 22/12 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGOAO/HAIKOU SIN EURQPE/UK 22/12 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU ROM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIN USA/CANADA 22/12 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all IPI points
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      349 44 Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN I VESSEL VOY ISIN BOM TRANSCORD 061 20/12 28/12 VANESSA 13N 24/12 02/01 TRADE FAST TFSI7S 03/01 12/01 MEKHANIK KURAKO MK27N 07/01 1«/01 REGULAR ILYICHEVSK SERVICE I VESSEL VOY SPORE ILYCHEVSK EVER GOVERN 0139-066W 17/12 144)1 EVER GOING 0140-070W 24/12
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      1000 45 i ASIA EUROPE EXPRESS (AEX) WESTBOUND SERVICE VESSEL VOY rSTT L£H I KTM ANT I HAM FXT HY COMMOOORF 303W 16 DEC 01 JAN 02 JAN 02 JAN 04 JAN 07 JAN HY FEDERAL 302W 23 DEC 08 JAN 09 JAN 09 JAN 11 JAN 14 JAN HY ADMIRAL 304W
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      1050 45 j*m« 150* "S^-HSr 6 BP* SSrHSh —fir"Sr-? 1 fSSfrai jar ***—«w HD—Jfll—«B_ M atlmmmbu isot ji.u 20.ir 1111 oioi o;ji o*oi nil irdSt? JM£ an an nu iiiu I 151* 17.1 JHI r IS.II I<ol I7JI 1101 15 £"E?52l L I J 2" H- 2 17 11 ail nil -II
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      451 45 THRICE WEEKLY DIRECT TO HO CHI MINH CITY tXPOR I T0 M 0 Cltl C,TY IMPORT PROM HO CHI MIHH CITY w wr m t I wna I vorl rninic iusfom mmmumm* is (is/19 04/12) 17/11 (HQ 20/12 miiwtmnmiirn nm Tr eONTMI MSI (H/18 (17/12* 11/11 m 2/12 r_l_ 2,
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      415 46 I SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. I 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. TEL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI {CONTAINER SERVICE) Also accepting container cargo to: VESSEI/VOY ETA SIN ETAHKG ETA SHA W/T HKG: Beiiiao. Chiwan. GOOD LUCK 9611/9612 20/12 25/12 29/i2 f
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      177 46 GOLDEN LINE GUAN GUAM SHIPPING |KS>o\ (PTE) LTD iL'-NXs 23. TWok Ayer Street SINGAPORE *****6 J TEL: *****88 (10 UNES) Fax: *****04 STRAITR/PERRIAN GULF RERVICE Spore PKeiang Penang GOEJDEN GRACE KaracN/OutwvKuwa* 19-20/12 GOLDEN STAR KarachvOubai/Kuwait 08-10/01 CHINA SERVICE YU LONG Chna Ports 2022/12 A VSL Huangpu/Shanghai 26-28/12 CONTAINER SERVICE Spore
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      479 46 lAjta mac-NELS SfflrtE M'SIA Carrier: MN CONTR LINES, INC I rVy J OWNO! ia0067B0000« SJBU: (064) *****9 MANILA: (632) *****61 PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK: (662) *****57 SURABAYA: (31)*****0 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MON: (61) *****3 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE "NOL AMBER" V.46S ETA SIN 19-12-96 HONGKONG "DANUBE" V.4486 ETA SIN
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      367 46 JOSHUA 20/12 28/12 Rdm/AtWUK/Nai I AGHtOS MtNAS 03/01 06rt)1 RdrrVAtw/UK/Nan I _Jggd»EJW Malaysia. Indonesia J I Loading for 1 KAVO ALEXANDROS Duba/ADhatH/Bahrain/DammaiVKuwart I RAINIER Oubai/A.Ohabi/BahrairVDammaiVKiiwait I ORKUN KALKAVAN Hode«dah/.)ed<fc*VAqaba/Pt Sad I KASIF KALKAVAN Italy/Aqaba/Pt S»d/Tnpoli f PAN CRYSTAL Dubai/A.Dhab«/Damman/Kuwaft I SAMMI FRONTIER Dubai/A.Dhab«/Damrnan/Kuwait/Jeddah I. toads Singapore, E7W. Malaysia. Indonesia I
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