The Business Times, 20 December 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    Talks with US carriers may hit SingTel profit
    898 1  -  Talks focus on catting accounting rate that phone firms pay each other for IDD calls Byi Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] A fresh round of negotiations has begun between Singapore Telecom and major US telecommunications carriers on the cost of long-distance calls. If the
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    FINANCE
    74 1 EXCHANGE BATES U8$ St ua 1400 i isn U4t DM 1443 MM YEN m 0878 1JZ28 UN Ut4 hki a. I a 0.18! RMfT ftm MK WHAH tOt 0.042 0.969 rtOBlATES SINGAPORE* 144 KUALA LUMPUR 9.25 JAKARTA 18.00 BANGKOK 112ft MANILA 13.54 HONGKONG .8.5# TAIPEI US SYDNEY 6.00 TOKYO
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    SET delays stricter rules on forced selling
    546 1  -  Roles to make indebted investors sell stocks to meet margin calls delayed till July From Loh Hui Yin in Bangkok THE Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) yesterday delayed by six months the implementation of stricter rules that would force indebted investors to sell
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    Lock icon The Wise Men choose Junction 8
    59 1 [SINGAPORE] The sun sets behind Junction B's Three Wise Men visiting the Christmas manger scene. Junction 8 received this year's Best Decorated Building award in the annual competition organised by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board as part of the annual Christmas Light-Up. Centrepoint was
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    China investment firm to open office here
    326 1  -  S'pore unit will manage all the overseas operations By. Lu Ning [SINGAPORE] The Shenzhen branch of Guangdong International Trust and Investment Corporation (Gitic) will set up a company here to manage all its overseas operations. The unit will start operations in the first
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      131 1 DRgPE Deict's target Deico Electronics Asia Pacific, which was awarded Operational Headquartefs status from the Economic Development Board, aims to double sales to US$4OQm by the year 2000, says president William Spelman, P|2 NEWS VALUE imn 71%, pg 17. Few know what the company has in store, but share price
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      124 1 Li Ice father, i Hire son. I Following in the footsteps of DHL's Jumbo Box comes the new Jumbo Junior. For shipments up to 10kg, the new Jumbo Junior offers same day pick up, customs clearance and door-to-door delivery for just $98 to anywhere in Asia, $148 to North America
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Delco aims to more than double sales to US$400m by 2000
      322 2  -  Electronics firm plans growth to maintain lead market share in industry: president By, Annette Pau DELCO Electronics Asia Pacific aims to more than double sales to over US$4OO million (Sss6o million) by the year 2000, up from over US$2OO
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      Income's reassurance on reverse mortgages
      373 2  -  By\ Siow Li Sen NTUC Income does not envisage having to evict reverse mortgagees from their homes should they live beyond their expected lifespan. That's because it reviews the loans regularly, taking into account current property values and the outstanding loans, to ensure that the
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      Lock icon Oct retail sales index up 1.1%
      289 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Commerce By, Jenny Lam AFTER two consecutive monthly dips, the retail sales index rose slightly by 1.1 per cent in October over the same period last year at current prices or in value terms. In volume terms, or at constant
      Source: Dept of Statistics; ALLAN  -  289 words
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      Japan firm wins US$200m Eastman Chemical plant deal
      253 2  -  JGG Corp to start building chemicals complex on Pulan Sakra next year By, Audrey Tan UK-BASED Eastman Chemical Company's Singapore affiliate said yesterday it had awarded the contract to build its US$2OO million (SS2BO million) oxo chemicals complex in Pulau Sakra to
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Deadline for pre-Medisave top-up
        63 3 SINGAPOREANS who are aged 62 and above on April 1 this year have until Dec 31 to pay $50 to their Medisave accounts to qualify for the government's second pre-Medisave top-up. The Central Provident Fund board said in a statement yesterday that about 150,000 eligible Singaporeans
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        Committee for Winsemins fund
        80 3 AN EIGHT-member committee to raise funds for the proposed Albert Winsemius Professorship has been set up. Members are close friends and colleagues of the late Dr Winsemius. They are led by Howe Yoon Chong, chairman of Straits Trading Co Ltd and executive chairman of Great Eastern
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        Corrections and clarifications
        64 3 IN YESTERDAY'S story headlined "SDP making unfounded claims again: Boon Yang", it was reported that the minimum sum scheme does not come into effect until the year 2003". It should have been "Under the revised Minimum Sum Scheme, CPF members will be required to have a minimum
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      Last batch of 99-yr office sites for sale this year
      206 3 Plots up for tender in Thomson and Rochor areas THE Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday announced its last batch of 99year leasehold commercial sites for sale by tender for the year. The sites the seventh batch the URA has offered this
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      SDP will not be contesting Potong Pasir
      293 3  -  Party staying away from Chiam's ward for the sake of opposition nnity, says Ling Byi Chuang Peck Ming THE Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) will not contest the Potong Pasir ward in the coming general election for the sake of opposition unity, said SDP
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      Drilling work disrupts phones in some areas
      140 3 PHONE services were cut in. some areas on Wednesday by a private contractor carryinf out drilling work. Singapofe Telecom said yesterday. Tuan Huat Construction damaged copper and optical fw bre cables along Anson Road. 1 This disrupted services to} about 1,100 subscriber linesf
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Blueprint for exhibition
      322 4  -  The $150 m Changi exhibition centre will have six 10,000 sq m halls and will be the largest in S-E Asia Byi Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] THE new Changi mega exhibition centre (MEC), which will be able to take in 40,000 people at full capacity, will almost
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      Noel hampers get new flavour
      322 4  -  By* Clarissa Tan 'TIS the season to be competitive, at least for gift stores such as Noel. The largest hamper, gift and floral firm in Singapore has added an international flavour to its hampers in order to entice more buyers this Christmas. Thus your Noel
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      Education Fair offers many programmes
      179 4  -  By Agnes Wee THE inaugural Education Fair 96 now on at the concourse in Singapore Suntec Centre till tomorrow showcases the latest locally available educational programmes from computer training for children to post-graduate degree courses. The three-day event has been organised by the Infor- matics
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      169 4 Call us a bunch of bean counters but at STAR TV, we simply love statistics. Since our birth in Asia 5 years ago, our researchers have been canvassing opinion, counting heads and compiling results. Which means that before any programming v decision is made, we've armed ourselves with enough facts
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      54 4 You may have been unable to get your copy of The Business Times, The Straits Times, The Sunday Times, LianHe Zaobao and other daily newspapers from your usual newsstand because of the higher demand lately. To ensure a daily copy, call Customer Services Section on 1800-749-2577, and ask for home
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Gates to set up shop in IT Super Corridor: Mahathir
      373 6 KUALA LUMPUR Microsoft chief also agrees to bea member of M'sian high-tech advisory board AFP, Bernama MICROSOFT Corp chief executive Bill Gates has accepted an offer to set up operations in a high-technology zone being constructed in Malaysia, Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Remembering the struggle
      67 6 [HANOI] A Vietnamese war veteran wearing his medals is taken home on a cyclo after an emotional meeting in the city yesterday. Thousands of veterans, who fought against the French colonialists in a war that began 50years ago, gathered throughout the capital to remember the struggle and
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        Lock icon KL consumer prices up 3.3% in Nov
        64 6 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's consumer prices rose 3.3 per cent year-on-year in November, easing from a rise of 3.4 per cent in October, the statistics department said yesterday. This brought the average inflation rate, measured by the consumer price index, to 3.5 per
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        Lock icon 52-storey Manila building by Bechtel
        75 6 Reuter (MANILA) Bechtel International Inc, a unit of Bechtel Corp of the US, will build a 52-storey twin office building in Manila s Makati business district, the company selling office space in the towers said yesterday. Realtors Cuervo Par East Inc said the building, which
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        Lock icon Mahathir arrives in New Delhi
        48 6 Bernama [NEW DELHI] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad arrived here yesterday to begin a four-day official visit aimed at strengthening relations with the new United Front government. Dr Mahathir heads a high-level delegation which includes three cabinet ministers and leading corporate leadg-s. Bernama
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        Lock icon Vietnam marks independence war
        70 6 AFP [HANOI] Vietnam yesterday marked half a century since the start of its war for independence against France with ceremonies and a slew of newspaper articles recalling the bloody battles. Even though a majority of Vietnamese are too young to recall the events of 50 years
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        Lock icon 331b peso plan for Philippine military
        58 6 AFP [MANILA] President Fidel Ramos yesterday signed a bill authorising the release 0f331.62 billion pesos (5517.6 billion) over 15 years for the much-needed modernisation of the Philippine military. Mr Ramos said the modernisation would create a "self-reliant and responsive defence system" as well as
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      Lock icon Megawati supporters stage protest
      211 6 JAKARTA Low-key demo against man who ousted PDI chief Reuter SEVERAL hundred supporters of Megawati Sukarnoputri staged a low-key demonstration in Jakarta yesterday in protest against the man who ousted her as leader of the minority Indonesian Demo- cratic Party (PDI). About 300 demonstrators handed a
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      Lock icon 3,000 Cambodian workers locked out of factory
      304 7 PHNOMPENH Move said to be in reaction to workers' demand for better working conditions MORE than 3,000 workers were locked out of Cambodia's largest garment factory yesterday when they demanded better working conditions, sparking the third labour protest in a week in the
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      Lock icon Indon rich to be taxed to help poor
      210 7 I JAKARTA Bloomberg Business News PRESIDENT Suharto has signed a presidential decree that says relatively wealthy individuals and organisations "must hand over" 2 per cent of their after-tax income to a privately held foundation controlled by the president. The Dec 4 document
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      Lock icon Thailand to introduce measures to prevent dumping
      228 7 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND is to launch short term measures aimed at preventing the dumping of industrial products on the Thai market by the end of this year, an official said yesterday. "We will launch short-term measures to protect the local industrial sector by
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Chinese bourses down again, hit by rumours
      324 8 SHANGHAI Talks of trading revamp, move to dampen speculation hurts ailing markets AFP DAMAGING rumours swept China's two stock exchanges yesterday, forcing share prices sharply lower and erasing a brief recovery recorded the previous day on the ailing bourses. Analysts said rumours were
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      Lock icon EU to set up rep office in Taiwan
      204 8 TAIPEI AFP THE European Union (EU) will set up a representative office in Taiwan following the island's entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The Commercial Times yesterday quoted economic officials as saying the EU had expressed its willingness to open the
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      Lock icon China's new scenarios for invading Taiwan
      211 9 HONGKONG AFP CHINA has stepped up its intimidation of Taiwan, naming several new scenarios under which it would attack its rival, a Hongkong newspaper reported yesterday. The eight conditions which would warrant a Chinese attack include Taiwan's joining Western countries in challenging China's "political
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      Lock icon HK shadow assembly launch may herald storms
      446 9 HONGKONG Fears of more Sino-UK tension as doomed Legco jostles for power with its successor AFP A MOMENT that people here have feared for the past four years comes to dangerous fruition tomorrow, when China sets up a shadow legislature for Hongkong. Even
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      Lock icon Tung: China talks boost confidence
      153 9 BEIJING Reuter HONGKONG'S leader-desig-nate Tung Chee-hwa says a series of meetings with China's top communist leaders have boosted his confidence in the future of the British colony under Chinese sovereignty next year. Shipping magnate Mr Tung yesterday said he could foresee no problems in the
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  • ASIA
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      Channel Seven shies away from anti-racist campaigns
      375 10  -  SYDNEY Surinder Singh AUSTRALIA'S Channel Seven television network and outdoor advertising vendor 3M Australia have backed away from handling two new pri-vately-funded anti-racism campaigns here by refusing air-time or billboard space, the Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday. 3M said it had decided not
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      Japan speeds up forex deregulation
      363 10  -  TOKYO Legislation to amend forex law likely to go before parliament as early as April By, Anthony Rowley JAPAN stepped up the pace of financial market deregulation yesterday by announcing a timetable for abandoning foreign exchange controls. A senior Finance Ministry official last night described
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      Lock icon Economic jitters slash 2.6% off Nikkei
      286 10 TOKYO Reuter TOKYO stocks tumbled to their lowest level in a year yesterday, battered by deepening gloom about Japan's economic outlook. The market's benchmark Nikkei average slipped a steep 2.6 per cent, its third biggest drop this year, on accelerated selling after sinking through
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      Lock icon Rao quits as Congress (I) parliamentary chief
      159 10 NEWDELHI AFP SCANDAL-TAINTED former Indian premier P V Narasimha Rao announced his resignation yesterday as Congress (I) parliamentary chief. The Press Trust of India said he had been asked to stand down on Wednesday during a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party executive,
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      113 10 JAL welcomes you with a special 5 star treat at Hotel Nikko-Kl. Ifs always a special treat to fly JAL Because now for the first time, our KL premium packages pamper you with a night's stay and breakfast at the 5-star Hotel Nikko. Don't miss this fantastic promotion! Luxury travel
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  • THE WORLD
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      OECD warns of deflation danger
      559 11  -  TOKYO Report also notes that policy-induced falls in stock prices may have negative demand effects Anthony Rowley BREAKING with the orthodoxy of several decades which has stressed the primacy of •'non-inflationary" economic growth, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) yesterday warned of the
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      Asian-Americans seek US cabinet post
      349 11  -  WASHINGTON Bnt slim chance for former Democratic rep to land job By'. Leon Hadar ASIAN-American political organisations are putting pressure on US President Bill Clinton to nominate a person of Asian descent to a cabinet position. But while White House aides say privately that an
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      Lock icon Negotiations on to break standoff in Peru
      282 11 LIMA, Peru Reuter Bloomberg Business News NEGOTIATIONS were under way yesterday in an armed standoff between leftist guerillas, threatening to kill hundreds of hostages, and representatives of a stunned Peruvian government. "The gentlemen of the MRTA (Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) inform that a
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      Dogfights in air and on land
      706 12  -  EUROPEAN VIEW Mega aerospace merger takes off as the Tories stumble again while Clinton shows his resilience By Kevin Sullivan AEROPLANES are sexy. No doubt about it. Cars, ships and locomotives all have their charms but terrestrial transport lacks as a rule the cachet
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      Lock icon UK welcomes 44 new telecoms players
      123 12 LONDON Reuter BRITAIN yesterday opened its doors to 44 new international telephone operators, saying it would create a fully open long-distance telecommunications market 12 months ahead of the rest of Europe. US telecoms giant AT&T, Channel Tunnel operator Eu- rotunnel and the Global One
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      Lock icon US Oct trade deficit narrows 30% to US$8b
      291 12 WASHINGTON Overall imports fall but Japan deficit largest since Aug '95 Bloomberg Business News THE US trade deficit in goods and services narrowed 30.2 per cent during October as exports rose to a new high, led by commercial aircraft, telecommunications gear and
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      Lock icon Buba leaves interest rates unchanged, repo rate at 3%
      125 12 FRANKFURT Bloomberg Business News THE Bundesbank left its full set of interest rates unchanged at yesterday's final policy meeting of the year, as the German economy heads into its fourth quarter of patchy but sustained expansion. The German central bank left
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      231 11 Collectible LlgllterS to Enhance Your Corporate Image Giving a Zippo gift is a practical and thoughtful 9 way to show your I appreciation, as each gift is designed to enhance your I corporate logo and message. Furthermore, you can be 9 assured of the quality as 1 each Zippo is
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Money, money money makes world go round
      731 13  -  THE BOTTOM LINE OPINION By Russell Baker The writer is a columnist for The New York Times The New York Times EVERYTHING is about money. Alan Greenspan makes a speech about money. "People making money awfully fast" Mr Greenspan says. "Making money maybe
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      131 13 Frankly, our definition for sexual harassment is too complicated. We need to simplify that. Basically it's the Golden Rule we need to apply here: Treat others as you'd want to be treated.' General Dennis Mm* the US Army chief of staff on incidents of sexual misconduct that
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      The tasks ahead for Tang
      621 13 EDITORIAL THE newly chosen postcolonial chief of Hongkong, Tung Chee-hwa, starts out with lots of goodwill. Mr Tung has received pledges of support from China and Britain. The colonial governor, Chris Patten, has agreed to cooperate with him. Even the United States made a gesture
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      Lock icon Philippines revives
      952 13  -  After stagnating in early '90s, economy grew almost 6 per cent in third quarter, the fastest in seven years fty. Alex Reyes Bloomberg Business News IN 1988, when Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co held a monopoly, banker Barbara Hernandez applied for a line. She never got it. This
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      827 13 LDP's bills fall doe JAPAN'S Liberal Democratic Party members of the Diet are scrambling for budget allocations for their pet projects in the next fiscal year. Zokugin (legislators who protect interests of particular government ministries and industries) are again active. How is the budget being drafted
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon '40s glamour in vogue
      707 14  -  Madonna's role as Evitahas revived the pearls-and-suit ensemble, says de witt BARBARA DE WITT NYT EVITA, starring Madonna as Argentina's First Lady Eva Peron, does not open in US cinemas until Christmas Day, but retailers are already giving us the whole fashion picture. From those nipped
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      Lock icon When giftgiving was much simpler
      524 14  -  GIFTS It used to be all right to just give something. Bat, alas, the ante today is much higher By I Sandra Loh Tsing NYT AS I lie here eyes closed, cold compress on my forehead, soothing Celtic flute music on I'm envisioning the perfect
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      Lock icon Bacall, 72, still looking for work
      933 16 PROFILE The glamorous and feisty star talks about her three recent movies, her career and her life NYT SHE'S 72, still glamorous and feisty, and looking for work. "Suddenly I've finished three pictures, can you imagine?" said Lauren Bacall with a soft laugh. "But
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      Lock icon HK director Lee Han-hsiang dies
      241 16 PERSONALITY He suffered heart attack in Beijing while filming drama series AFP RENOWNED Hongkong movie director Lee Han-hsiang has died in Beijing while filming a historical drama series, press reports here said yesterday. Lee, who was 70, had directed over 80 Chinese-lan-guage films, most of
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      China's largest broker aborts HK partnership with S'pore firm
      449 17  -  Securities firm to set up fond management company with US-based Van Eck Fromi Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong SHENYIN Wanguo Securities, China's largest broker, has aborted plans for a Hong-kong-based fund management joint venture with a Singapore partner. Instead, the Shanghaibased
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      Lock icon Retailer Transmarco's interim profit down 77%
      243 17  -  Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] Retail-based Transmarco's net profit shrank almost 77 per cent to just $275,000 for the six months to Sep 30, and directors expect the second half to stay depressed. Turnover was also down by 27.8 per cent to $39.39 million. Transmarco said
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      Lock icon WBL doubles net earnings to $32.9m
      262 17  -  But trading arm's profit falls 8% due to slowdown in car sales Reports by Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] WBL Corporation Ltd recorded nearly a doubling of its net earnings to $32.95 million on a 2.6 per cent turnover growth to $751.44 million for the year
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      Wearnes Int'l earnings up a mere 4.6% to $19m
      168 17 [SINGAPORE] Net earnings of WBL Corp subsidiary Wearnes International rose just 4.6 per cent to $19.28 million despite a 29 per cent rise in turnover to $437.07 million for the year ended Sep 30. The company yesterday attributed the poor earnings
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      Some pointers on SRI Fund for the retail investor
      861 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Shiv Taneja ETAIL investors have given the Singapore Regional Index Fund an unqualified thumbs-up by ■W pouring $182 million into the ftind by the end of the launch period on Wednesday. With another $67 million from the fund's
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      SembCorp hits out at DBS research unit over report
      411 17  -  It seeks more details on how 'appraised NTA' was arrived at By Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE) In a rare row between two governmentbacked companies, Sembawang Corp has taken a DBS Bank unit to task over a report it produced. The unit,
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        Lock icon Pengkalen to list three units in 2-3 years
        148 18 Bernama (KUALA LUMPURJ Pengkalen Holdings Bhd hopes to list three of its subsidiaries on the second board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) in two to three years. The companies are its selfadhesive label making firm, Labels Specialist Industries; Pengkalen Concrete;
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        Lion to pump $140m into LTC
        425 18  -  Rescue plan will tarn former animal feed producer into steel and property firm Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The Lion Group will pump $140 million worth of assets into Lion Teck Chiang (LTC) in its plan to rescue Malaysian Feedmills Ltd (MFL). LTC is the
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        Guthrie unit buys into HK firm
        267 18  -  liy Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The Hongkong subsidiary of mainboardlisted Guthrie GTS, Transwin Hongkong, is buying a key stake in Hongkong-based freight forwarding company Ideal Pacific Holdings Ltd for HK5115.29 million (5520.8 million). The deal comes in two parts, the first of which involves Transwin
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        Lock icon Mobikom to invest M$400m in infrastructure
        205 18 It aims to expand its operation systems so as to improve service AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian telecommunications firm Mobikom Sdn Bhd is to invest MS4OO million (*****.6 million) to upgrade its infrastructure over the next two years, a newspaper reported yesterday. The company aimed
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          Datapulse explains differences in results
          66 18 [SINGAPORE] Datapulse Technology yesterday said its audited results differed from the unaudited version announced on Oct 17 due to changes arising from the audit of an associated company. Its share of loss from associates is now $280,000 instead of $153,000. Net profit is now $873,000
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          Tuan Sing reaps $11m profit
          39 18 (SINGAPORE) Tuan Sing Holdings has sold a floor of office space in a Hongkong commercial building to Sinochem Hongkong Investment Co Ltd for HK5240.1 million (5543.4 million), reaping a net profit of Ssll million.
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          First Engrg's interim earnings fall 25%
          61 18 (SINGAPORE) First Engineering Ltd's net earnings for the six months to Sep 30 slumped 24.8 per cent to $854,000, from $1.14 million for the same period last year. This was despite a 99.8 per cent rise in turnover to $40.15 million. It blamed lower
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          Stamford Tyres' half-year net down 37%
          68 18 [SINGAPORE) Stamford Tyres' net earnings fell 37 per cent to $1.13 million for the half year to Oct 31 from $1.79 million for the same period last year. Turnover rose 16 per cent to $54.6 million. The results lowered earnings per share to two
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          Corrections and clarifications
          55 18 THE Hour Glass Ltd has clarified that the earnings per share and net tangible asset backing per share for its interim results ended Sep 30 should be in cents, not dollars. The correct EPS on a fully diluted basis is 2.32 cents, while the NT A per
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          Osprey is not a CPF trustee stock
          70 18 IN yesterday s report, "Osprey gets CPF trustee stock status", we wrongly said that Osprey Maritime had become a CPF trustee stock. For trustee stocks, the use of CPF funds is unlimited. However, CPF members who buy Osprey shares under the Basic Investment
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        Lock icon MHS sells 17% stake in Juan Kuang for M$42.6m
        92 18 AFX-Asia, Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Helicopter Services Bhd (MHS) will sell its 17.15 per cent stake in Juan Kuang (M) Industrial to KYM Holdings unit, Eco Ribuan, for M 542.67 million (5523.4 million) or Mslo per share. MHS. which
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        Lock icon SHK Properties acts to dampen speculation
        420 19 Company to limit sales to corporate buyers; other big developers likely to follow suit Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd, concerned that rocketing luxury apartment prices will provoke damaging government intervention, is taking aim at speculators. The company, Hongkong's biggest real
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        Lock icon US pension fund to put US$225m into Pacific Rim
        291 19 Bloomberg Business News [SACRAMENTO] The California Public Employees' Retirement System will make US$225 million (Ss3ls million) in direct private equity investments in the Pacific Rim with the Asian Development Bank, the fund said yesterday. This new strategic alliance marks the first
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          Lock icon GM warns of sharp fall in 4Q earnings
          87 19 Bloomberg Business News [DETROITI General Motors Corp warned analysts on Wednesday that it will fall far short of fourth-quarter earnings estimates because it is spending more than expected to launch its new cars. GM said it expects to earn about 60 US
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          Lock icon Saatchi's sponsorship advisory firm
          48 19 Reuter [LONDON] M&C Saatchi, the advertising agency founded by Maurice Saatchi, yesterday said it has created a new company to advise clients on sponsorship. M&C Saatchi Sponsorship will have the strategic and creative resources to advise clients on sponsorship and related communication opportunities. Reuter
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        Lock icon Seoul funds asked to buy more shares
        287 19 Bloomberg Business News [SEOUL] South Korea's biggest pension fund will raise its purchases of blue-chip stocks such as Korea Electric Power Corp in response to government prodding to raise its holdings of equities. While the news yesterday drove Korean stocks to their biggest
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        Lock icon Thomson-CSF employees prefer IPO
        155 19 AFX-Asia [PARIS) Employee shareholders of Thomson-CSF would rather see the company privatised through a public offering than through a tender offer, says the employee shareholders' association APAT. An IPO would avoid the break-up of the company, the association said yesterday. The association said that it has
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        Lock icon More tech companies may merge next year
        199 20 Bloomberg Business News (PORT LEE, New Jersey] The number of mergers and acquisitions in the information technology industry is expected to swell next year, said a Broadview Associates survey yesterday. About 72 per cent of North American information technology companies said they are
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        Lock icon US utility to buy UK electricity firm for £1.3b
        281 20 FT [LONDON] Entergy, the US utility, on Wednesday gained the agreement of London Electricity to a £1.3 billion (Ss3 billion) takeover offer. The announcement of the deal came as British Trade and Industry Secretary lan Lang cleared a £1.3 billion agreed
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        Lock icon Faster, cheaper chips on the way
        340 20 Japanese, European consortium working on advanced chips for multi-media and networking FT [SAN FRANCISCO] Semiconductor chip manufacturers in Japan and Europe have formed a consortium to develop advanced microprocessor chips, which they say will be twice as fast as today's computer "brain" chips and
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        Lock icon Western Resources (US) bids for home security firm ADT
        429 20 FT [NEW YORK] ADT. the home security company headed by British financier Michael Ashcroft, received an unsolicited US$3.5 billion (554.9 billion) bid from its biggest shareholder on Wednesday. Western Resources, the US electricity utility which owns 27 per cent of ADT,
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        Lock icon O' Reilly seeks to lift stake in Independent
        194 20 AFP [LONDON] Irish media baron Tony O' Reilly has offered £60 million (*****.4 million) to buy a 46 per cent share in The Independent newspaper, which is owned by the Mirror Group, a press report said yesterday. The Guardian said a daylong
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        Lock icon Wedgwood takes 9.1% stake in Rosenthal AG
        336 20 Alliance will improve joint penetration of German, UK markets Reuter (DUBLIN] Irish crystal and china firm Waterford Wedgwood pic is taking a 9.1 per cent stake in Rosenthal AG as part of a strategic alliance with the German porcelain firm. It said yesterday
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        Lock icon Avenor takes over Repap in C$2.8b deal
        286 22 Merged entity will be Canada's biggest paper producer FT [MONTREAL) Avenor, one of North America's biggest newsprint groups, is taking over coated-paper producer Repap Enterprises in a Cs2.B billion (552.86 billion) deal. The new Avenor will have annual sales of more than Css
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        Lock icon Last TV set maker in US to axe staff by 25%
        131 22 FT [NEW YORK] Zenith Electronics, the last remaining US manufacturer of television sets, yesterday unveiled plans to cut a quarter of its US workforce as it struggles to conserve a dwindling cash position. The company, 55 per cent owned
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        Lock icon Prudential under probe for document destruction
        447 23 Court order comes after insurer reveals file tampering by branch's employees Bloomberg Business News [NEWARK, New Jersey] A federal judge has ordered a probe into document destruction by Prudential Insurance Co of America as regulators from Texas, Florida and Massachusetts objected to a settlement
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        Lock icon Banking on gold
        57 23 [HANOI] A mother wearing gold bracelets and rings inspecting jewellery on Wednesday under the glare of shop lights in one of Hanoi's many precious metal boutiques. Although the days of high inflation and monetary instability are now over, many Vietnamese still prefer to invest in gold rather
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        UK watchdog calls for reforms in metal exchange
        362 23  -  Recommendations follow a global survey of traders, producers From Neil Behrmann m London THE Securities and Investments Board (SIB), Britain's main Financial watchdog, has recommended major reforms on the London Metal Exchange (LME). Among its key recommendations are: ♦The exchange should monitor
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        Lock icon De Beers to end US$1.2b diamond deal with Russia
        288 23 FT [LONDON] De Beers of South Africa said on Wednesday it would terminate its US$l.2 billion (Ssl.7 billion) a year diamond marketing agreement with Russia at the end of this month, severing a 35-year relationship. The announcement shows De Beers' anger
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        Lock icon Dealers turning to swaps and options in volatile gas markets
        547 26 Hedging activity up as natural gas prices rise or fall 10% or more in a day Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Big natural gas producers and buyers are turning to swaps and options to help them navigate one of the
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        Lock icon Taxpayers sue Orange County for diverting funds
        257 26 Suit demands return of USs6oom taken from county agencies Bloomberg Business News [SANTA ANA, California] Orange County, California, which emerged from bankruptcy in June, was sued on Wednesday by taxpayers' groups alleging the county's recovery was unconstitutionally assisted by US$6OO million (SsB4o million)
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        Bank Bira in US$105m loan deal
        227 26 (SINGAPORE] Bank Indonesia Raya (Bank Bira), which plans to establish a presence in Singapore later, has tapped US$lO5 million (Ssl47 million) in the Asian, US and European markets through a two-tier debt programme. The two-year debt deal, with interest at 0.9 per cent above
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        Lock icon Fletcher Energy, partners to develop Brunei field
        254 26 Reuter [WELLINGTON] Fletcher Energy Ltd and its partners said yesterday that they have decided to proceed with development of the Maharaja Lela gas and condensate field, offshore from Brunei. The total development cost through to first production in January 1999 is US$23O million
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        Lock icon Kangaroo bonds could make first leap in 1997
        195 26 Reuter [SYDNEY] Australia's kangaroo bonds could make an increased impact on the country's debt investment profile next year as more foreign borrowers enter the market and local investors diversify their portfolios. The kangaroo market is still in its infancy with three transactions
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        Lock icon Euroyen hits new highs
        235 26 SOBELReport Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures reached new contract highs yesterday as a sharp drop in Tokyo stock prices reinforced market views that Japan would retain its current low-rate policy into the foreseeable future. "I heard Euroyen being bought as the Nikkei started coming off," said
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        151 26 Reuter, AFP London The dollar closed higher in Europe, boosted by a larger-than-expected drop in the US trade deficit in October, traders said. The overall trade deficit shrank 30.2 per cent to U557.99 billion from a revised U5511.44 billion in September the lowest monthly deficit in seven months.
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        Lock icon Iraqi oil seen competing with Iran crude
        296 26 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [TOKYO] The return of Iraqi crude oil to the global market after an absence of six years could undermine sales oif Iranian Light crude in Asia in the long term, industry sources in Tokyo said yesterday. However, they said that
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1836 27 SICOM FUTURES />no RUBBER (Mures dosinq it 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACT)! cwtsAq) Close Volume Open Month Hlqh Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jan 97 176.50 175 Feb 97 179.50 2050 Mar 97 182.75 2125 Apr/Jun 97 186.00 186.00 185.50 75 5760 Jul/Sep 97 186.75 450 Oct/Dec 97 188.00 450 RSS
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2226 27 LONDON MMtririi Ok It No *h AS Ports 269 1.600 At>6ey National 742.400 6 ADM Oomecq 433 8 Anwt 90.400 2.400 A ida Croup 126.600 3 BAT If* 484 16.800 BtCC 252.400 2.400 BOC Group 866.400 -3.600 BR Petroleum 683 9 BTR 273.400 7.400 Bank of Scotland
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      1636 27 Bloomberg Business News Nikkei 225 -522.36 JAPANESE stocks plunged to their lowest point in a year, led by shares of brokerages such as Nomura Securities Co and Daiwa Securities Co, amid concern the country's fragile economic recovery could fizzle. "No one likes stocks right now," said Yoshihiko Kubota, director
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1606 28 Reuter £J Hang Seng +8034 SELECTIVE strength in some major blue chips drove Hongkong stocks to a higher close yesterday, but brokers said the overall tone during the session had been fairly subdued ahead of the holiday period. The Hang Seng Index closed with a gain of 80.54 points
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      Lock icon CHINA
      604 28 Reuter n Shenzhen B Index -7.26 SHENZHEN'S B Share Index ended 5.42 per cent lower yesterday on institutional profit-taking after Wednesday's surge and the A Share Index plunged 8.7 per cent on weak market sentiment, traders said. The B Index lost 7.26 points to 126.54 on volume of 101.1
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      377 28 AFP Q VP Index -37J2 SHARE prices in Taiwan finished 0.5 per cent lower, dampened by the weak performance of Formosa Plastics Group, brokers said. The Weighted Price Index dropped 37.12 points to 6,859.40. Turnover totalled 1.51 billion shares worth NT551.67 billion, compared with 1.37 billion shares worth NT*43.91
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      258 28 AFP Q Wellington -1631 The key NZSE-40 Capital Index dropped 15.31 points to 2,335.91. Turnover totalled NZ5104.9 million. Large trades in Telecom Corp and Wang shares boosted the turnover. —AFP *t nm ANZ B*r*mq 8.53 -0.07 *****3 Advantages MMgs L21 unch ***** Air New Zealand (A) 2.68 -0.02 *****3
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      821 28 AFP Q&rnndex -2L22 THAI shares prices dropped 2.5 per cent to their lowest close in three-and-a-half years in thin trading yesterday on pessimism over bad debts, analysts said. "There is enduring concern about banks' non-per-forming loans, especially in the property sector," said Bill Anderson of Seamico Securities. The broad-based
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      423 28 AFP 11 Composite Index +29.58 SHARE prices jumped 4.5 per cent on the Korea Stock Exchange on reports that the government had asked pension funds to invest 300 billion won in the market, dealers said. "It seems the (buying) momentum will carry the market up to 720 points. But
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      608 28 AFP F1 All Ordinaries +&Q A LATE rally of market leader BHP helped Australian shares rise 0.3 per cent during quiet trading. The resources giant closed 12 cents up at A 517.05. The key All Ordinaries Index finished 8.0 points higher at 2,331.7. The All Resources Index was 8.1
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      753 28 AFP CI Composite Index -Ll3 PRICES closed 0.2 per cent lower in lacklustre trade as investors locked in profits ahead of the holiday season, dealers said. "We don't have any fresh incentives today, so it's quite normal to see the index go down," said a dealer with a Hongkong
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      Lock icon MANILA
      278 28 AFP H Manila +48J>8 PHILIPPINE share prices rose 1.6 per cent as foreign fund managers bought shares in anticipation of strong company profits in the year ahead, analysts said. The Composite Index rose 48.58 points to close at 3,154.38. Turnover totalled 5.15 billion shares worth 3.87 billion pesos, compared
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        Lock icon Selective buying lifts index
        8377 29 AFP PI Composite Index +9J4 MALAYSIA'S key stock index closed 0.8 per cent higher yesterday on selective bargain hunting of blue chips such as Telekom Malaysia. "It was a technical rebound but it may not be sustained due to a lack of fresh leads and foreign
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        Kim Eng Securities could prove rewarding
        3886 30  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy A COUPLE of days ago we featured the near-expiry warrants issued by shipping and hotel firm Hai Sun Hup, which were a bit of an anomaly because they were out-of-the-money. Today's feature is the near-expiry warrants of stockbrokers Kim
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        MAIN BOARD
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        HOT STOCK
        65 32  -  bf Shiv Taneja WING TAI Holdings, which closed yesterday two cents lower at $3.90 on a volume of 1.67 million units, might see some upside in the near term. However, the longer term trend is down, and investors should look at taking profit now. Weekly RSI and Stochastics
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        Market firms slightly despite Nikkei's plunge
        891 32  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Beijaya Group and Osprey shine in an otherwise quite session; volume down By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Heightened activity in Berjaya Group and Osprey Maritime, which would be trading as a Singapore dollar listing from today, were the main features in an
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          Rally crawlers
          79 32 ELECTION fever hits. And one group of eager voters is already busy planning its itinerary for visiting political rallies during the hustings. The modus operandi for the "rally crawlers" involves carrying out a recce at the site for available carparks in the afternoon, organising the grub for the
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          Lost and not found
          103 32 AMERICAN Express regularly advertises its excellent customer support systems. But one harried customer found to her dismay alter losing all her credit cards, cash and documents while on holiday abroad that the company falls short of its promises. She found that unlike Visa, which sent a
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          Speed
          56 32 THE word out in the transportation world is that the Land Transport Authority is considering raising the speed limit on expressways from 80 kph to 110 kph. According to some sources, officials of the LTA have been doing some checks on the expressways around Singapore and reckon that it's
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      305 33 Bridge News, Reuter RATES on the key US Gulf-Japan grain run reportedly jumped almost US$2.OO on voyage basis, brokers said. Seyang reportedly took an NSAC relet for a Jan 1-15,54,000-long ton heavy grain, soybean and sorghum cargo at U5527.50 1 without combination ports. Trading was essentially 'sluggish, but
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      410 33  -  But republic will still remain top bunkering port in the world By' Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE) Singapore's sales of bunkers this year is set for another decline, after its first downhill turn from 17.6 million tonnes in 1994 to 17.5
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      Lock icon Toyota plans to expand into motorboat business
      291 33 Reuter [TOKYO] Soon you will be able to sail a Toyota as well as drive one. Toyota Motor Corp, Japan's biggest car maker, plans to enter the marine business and will start selling motorboats and boat engines next year. The first Toyota boat
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      Lock icon Alaska unveils safety plan for oil tankers
      238 33 Services of highpowered tugs will be available next year Reuter [ANCHORAGE] Oil tankers travelling in Alaskan waters fouled by the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill will have the services of more sophisticated escort tugs in a safety plan announced this week. Unveiled at the
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      Time charterers, not owners, are responsible for bills of lading
      760 33  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar WHAT HAPPENS when clean bills of lading are issued for goods that are not in good condition by or on behalf of the master of a vessel, which was hired out on a time charter?
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      Lock icon Hanjin takes 70% stake in DSR-Senator from Jan
      233 33 S Korean shipping line will become 4th largest in world AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's giant Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd said yesterday it would take a majority 70 per cent stake in DSRSenator Lines of Germany effective from January. This will make it
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      60 33 [SINGAPORE! Western Australian shipbuilder Austal Ships has delivered two 40-metre catamarans, the Piyale Pasa (above) and the Sinan Pasa, to Turkish ferry operator Istanbul Deniz Otobusleri. It will deliver two more 60-metre car ferries to the operator in the middle of next year. All four
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      158 33 Reuter [AMSTERDAM] Amsterdam port area traffic rose 7.1 per cent to 40 million tonnes in the first nine months of the year and is on course to better 1995*8 full-year record total of 50.3 million, the port authority said on Wednesday. Shipments of dry bulk
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        66 33 Bridge News [JAKARTA] The Association of North America Eastboumf Rate Agreement (Anera) will raise its terminal handling yi' charges in Indonesian ports by 11-18 per cent as of Jan 1, 1997. The increase, according to Rizal Hadi, marketing manager of shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd, is
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        Lock icon Evergreen to buy containers from unit
        51 33 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] Evergreen Marine Corp (Taiwan) Ltd said it will/, buy shipping containers worth more than NT$B7O (5543.5 million) from unit Evergreen Heavy Industrial Corp. The delivery of the containers is due to be in the first half of 1997, an Evergreen Marine official
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        Lock icon 2 hurt in HK cargo ship explosion
        73 33 Reuter [HONGKONG] Two crew members were injured In an >»; explosion in the engine room of a Honduran-registered _>*< cargo ship off Hongkong's Lamma Island, a government official said yesterday. The Marine StarM, a 1,596 gross registered tonne general cargo vessel, had been
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        Lock icon Moeller orders two new tankers
        89 33 Bloomberg Business News [COPENHAGEN] A P Moeller, a Danish oil and shipping; I; company, said its shipping operation Rederiet A P Moellw? A/S has ordered two new product tanker vessels from Dalian New Shipyard in China. The company did not disclose a price for the
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      1188 34  -  AXRUNE DEREGULATION: OPEN SLATHER IN EUROPE NEXT YEAR The battle for control of Europe's skies will move into top gear when the European Union completes deregulation of Its aviation market in April 1997 to allow any airline to fly anywhere at any price fey l Greg
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      10517 42 EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Oest'n Name Nam* Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Nemo Number Number A 20/12 27/12 Orient Eip NOROKAP 404 65 *****55 A 20/12 27/12 Samudera NOROKAP 404 *5-*****01 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 20/12 20/12 Mul
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        259 49 Deo 23 Japan Emperor Akihito's Birthday. DM 24 Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Sweden Christmas Eve. Germany Market holiday, Christmas Eve. No IBIS trade or floor trade on Frankfurt stock exchange. Netherlands Markets close at midday. Last session before Christmas. Portugal Markets closed in afternoon, Christmas Eve.
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        855 49 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        518 50 PROPOSED BOEDTO-MCDOifMELL DOUGLAS MERGER Merger not likely to affect the prices airlines pay for new planes NYT [WASHINGTON] Even though the proposed merger of the Boeing Co and the McDonnell Douglas Corp would shrink the number of commercial jet aircraft makers to
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        259 50 It may hurt competition in Europe: Van Miert Reuter {BRUSSELS] The European Commission, in a move that could lead to a damaging trans-Atlantic fight, warned Boeing and McDonnell Douglas Corp on Wednesday that their planned US$l3.3 billion (5518.6 billion) merger could hurt competition in
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        Lock icon Garuda gets first A330-300
        100 50 [TOULOUSE] M Soepandi, president of Garuda Indonesia airlines, exchanges copies of the contract he has just signed with John Leahy, commercial director of Airbus Industrie, concerning the delivery of the first Airbus A 330-300 to the Indonesian company in Toulouse, southern France on Wednesday. An Airbus
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        Lock icon Continental Air not seeking merger unless forced: CEO
        207 50 Reuter [HOUSTON] Continental Airlines Inc chief executive officer Gordon Bethune said in a newspaper interview published on Wednesday that the company currently is not pursuing a merger, but expected consolidation in the airline industry could force it to seek a partner. The
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        TNT S'pore office wins service award
        100 50 [SINGAPORE] TNT Express Worldwide's Singapore office recently beat more than 200 countries in the company's global network to win the prestigious Service Award. The company's regional director of operations, John Murdoch, presented the award, which is up for grabs quarterly and based on overall
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        Lock icon Malaysia's Airod in aircraft parts venture with Japanese firm
        242 50 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Airod Sdn Bhd on Wednesday entered into an agreement with Japan's Shinmaywa Industries Ltd to assemble aircraft parts and compoments, particularly for the Boeing 777. Under the second stage, Airod will be involved in fabricating parts for
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        Lock icon PAL to go ahead with aircraft purchases
        159 50 Reuter [MANILA] Philippine Airlines Inc (PAL) will press ahead with an ambitious US$4 billion (555.6 billion) reflecting and modernisation programme following the settlement of a wage dispute with its pilots, an airline official said on yesterday. "With the agreement with the pilots, we
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        Lock icon HK air cargo volume in '96 heading for record
        187 50 Bridge News [HONGKONG] Hongkong Air Cargo Terminal Ltd (HACTL), which has a monopoly on air transport cargo handling in Hongkong, said it handled 16 per cent more total throughput in November 1996 than in the same month last year. In a
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          Lock icon Qantas fined for breaching NZ trade law
          74 50 AFP [WELLINGTON] Australia's national flag carrier Qantaf Airways was yesterday fined NZ$B,OOO (557.840) after admitting a campaign advertising cheap airfare and accommodation was misleading and breached the Fair Trading Act, the Commerce Commission said. Qantas was prosecuted by the commission. Auckland District Court
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          Lock icon Toyota to build 8b yen Japan plant
          74 50 Reuter [TOKYO] Toyota Motor Corp said on yesterday it would start building a new vehicle parts plant in northern Japan next summer, with a total investment of about eight billion yen (Ss96 million). The plant will be in Taiwa-cho, Miyagi Prefecture. The plant
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          Lock icon Jet wins beet Indian airline award
          59 50 Business Line (NEW DELHI] Jet Airways has won the "Best domestic airline of the year" award for excellence in hospitality. > According to the organisers, the award was conferred on Jet Airways on the basis of a poll conducted by Marg (Market and Research
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          Lock icon Europe approves IAE engines for A319
          80 50 AFP [PARIS] The European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) on Wednesday approved the use of International Aero Engines V 2524 motors in the Airbus A 319 narrow-body passenger jet, Airbus said. The JAA certified the A 319 to fly with CFM International CFMS6-5B engines in
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          Lock icon Cathay, United in code-sharing talks
          92 50 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd is engaged in preliminary discussions with UAL Corp unit United Airlines over the possibility of code-sharing agreements with the US carrier, the South China Morning Post reported. Without naming its sources, the paper said the discussions are at a
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      177 33 Most airline execs won't oppose Boeing deal Deal won't affect prices of new planes. Back Page V A Singapore based managing agent for one of Asia's largest container feeder H operators has an immediate vacancy. r LINE MANAGER 4 The Line Manager will be responsible for the profitability of the
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      1323 37 iFS STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD *■0 10 Ho« Chiang Road #11-01 Ktpptl Towers fILJB Singapore *****5 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 SAIAH j IRUHH (OHVtHTIOmi SIBVK W0 CHI MIWH FUU CONTAIN!! SIKVICI ms& wT* =s= T^ S^r S MA i |vissa voy (""nTHSoSri n*hoi(tukTT mtmtm _yn 29/ii_ o««Tmmoy 'mm n7n »i/n
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      1372 37 3 SAILINGS PiRWKKFOR gy^APwreiUßOPi I COJHR SHIPWHGPTE LTD !itm Mtnae 22M OtlT*fMD(l/l) 4MSMI JOHOKOfflO: aiK?n7i;«WMO» toraf&iSLj., SS2.""''" 4nsns COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD 42Q5125 TEL 01-07-35 ***** FAX: (tt-07-*****70 VBSa/VOYMI SOP Ml SM DA MO Ml Ml (M M MSSH/MMB MON DAL M NO XM SHI MS R5 ■««*> s
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      434 37 //JLIPERKAPALAN DAI ZHUN A Igjy TONGJOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: **********0 C f REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 KiKMHH-rAsnsr tkamsit/ MuutA-Muomr mm A no cm mim-mmcati* ~7 Ami Mill M/ 12 LOTUS M 33 22/12 T M HIM 24/12 fe GJSOON 9492 21/12 GIHEMG
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      1285 38 EUROPEAIK/SCANDINAVIA/FINLAND/RUSSIA |SGP ROM ANW HB6 THP ZEE LHV LHV THP ROM ANW HBG PKL SGP E. RI6HT RW-026 21/12 10*1 11/01 11*1 13/01 14/01 15/01 E. GALLANT RE-049 14/11 27/11 20/11 20/11 20/11 23/12 2V12 E RACER RW-013 20/12 17/01 22*1 10*1 20/01 21*1 22*1 BRAND RE-050 01/12 04/12 03/12
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      997 38 VtSSll VOYAGI SOf DUI AIU DMN lAM (WT IU I VHUI VOYAGI QUI AtU DMN lAH SGf B UWOOWN *****37W 7t/17 05/01 04/01 OMI OMH (Mil 04. Ui UM CONCEIT *****30* 01/11 01/17 10/12 11/IJ 73/17 I UNOiMWH) 043W7SW 02/01 12/01 15/01 14/01 1/yHI 14/01 IfcDl |UN COtKOtO 0437 4331
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      622 38 na> NANTAI LINE J FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA WS» I VOT I SW I fU) I BW I (PT I M I HBTia" mtmouffii tin 71/17 31/1? tyii mi mi n/»i mi mi" kiw pits mi mi "mi" mi 11*? m? m? waußMs
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      752 39 BSfl il mm. MYANMA \BHBk FIVE STAR UNE V (Mvonmor National Mm) •if loading for Tango* (Rangoon) VBSI* VOT SIN PIG PIN PGU PA6AN 2JIW Sit MTOMA m I*3W 21/12 MALAYSIA AOWTS: MNSTUO SMPf«6 AGCNCKS KUL TH 02-03-*****00 PKL m 02-03-37M101 PtJt Til 02-04-2*12*02 PGO: ni 02-07-*****21/4 BANK LINE Mrvk*
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      1125 39 A HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LIP. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****32 pma pn Pto vcsa votlsml m I m I ab I mi I mi I m 10/12 10/12 21/12 HtFOOAI 302W 22/12 M/ 01 00/01 11/01 11/01 11/01 14/01 2*/12 26/12 21/12 HtAMNMI JO4W 20/12 15/01 10/01 11/01 10/01
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      419 39 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 y HOT LINE: (30 LINES) TWICE WEEKLY SAILINGS TO BUSAN x m. A X SOUTH V KOREA L ■fc aA M J 4*7BUSAN 0 FOR ENQUIRY BOOKINGS, PLS CALL OUR HOTLINE *****33 (30 lines) SYLVIA/MICHELLE POH P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10
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      1400 40 i^—mmcß—^il vessel voy sin jkt vessel VOY sin pen S I VESSEL iiS WANABHUM 356S S.t I 21/12 Tu. I 24/12 OOBCI BHUM 6741 Sun I 22m~ Ty I 24m18 I HATHA BHUM 13BN St I 21/12 Tu. 7A/M PAWU BHOM US Moo 23/12 S«t 28/12 B.MAS EMPAT «171_ Jum_
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      88 40 R proudly announce the launch of a new J regular express service connecting Singapore to Arabian Gulf, Indian SubContinent and CIS. Best transit times, competitive freight rates and H personalised service, guarantee J professional excellence and unmatched R reliability. For space requirements and J details please contact: R Meriion Shipping
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      689 40 «HQA>QM7wrrttooNo%uwkm V M>wAP<Ms7ou!^SS!fiir/tqi^ V,,#,l VOY *IN CTO IvtSSIL VOY I SIN I CCU 006 THU |26/12~TUt 131/12 BxOUW SINGAPORE 330 |FRI 120/12 1 TWO 126/12 531 I 2R/12 THU 07/01 BtHQTSi 333 TUt 34/13 1 TUI 31/12 STAMFORD 1 109 WtD 01/01 |MQn| 06/01 BtIOCT RIVIR |266CNs|sUN 29/12 &aT~ 05/01
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      262 40 #09-00 NEHSONS BUILDING 24 PECK SEAH STREET SINGAPORE *****4 •OOKMQ/INOUIMCS en NO IO»i—joooow TEL: 323 1133 FAX: 221 4053/56/58 J- TLX: R*****0/250— FBSHIP vesti Affl 20/H 23/12 24/1J i-. SMUT 19/W 21/12 30/12 POKIUHtf/WflFl GottQ 7/H 24/12 21/12 KMKUUi/MMK 1• GULf SUUAN 24/H 24/12 2V12 JJJJWHim KB DUII 24/H 31/12
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      492 41 aI Weekly LCL FCL 'M rODICai Services to Coribbeon hipping A Central America MABHK VNNCOUVH] NOGff MABSK 9702 9702 Ptort Country 22/12 29/12 Wiz 25/01 01/02 Bridgetown Bofbados 28/01 04/02 Cj|rtag«na Colombia 27/01 03/02 Caslrm Si Lucia 27/01 03/02 Ffirtd* France Martinique 29/01 04/02 .Import Bahamas 23/01 29/01 Kingston JamoKa
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      676 41 f SgSSg PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD i 140 Cecil Street. 103-00 PIL Bunding, Singapore *****0. CR NO **********06 B nriiii im ai' 11 ibi I 1 .i. ut rMJ a Is ;?i -1 i" Sj, IliMlill ALSO ACaPTMC AMN, POOT SUOAM. MASSAWA ASSAO YU OAOOUTI ffl i i=¥= HBfij
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      860 41 |CR MO: *****88Q000Z VFiaflB WN QAANETTA LE HAVRE HAMBURG ROTTERDAM THAME3PORT AWT»aP~ \ALLE DC ÜBRA LIBW 23/12 03AM 12AM 13*01 16AM IVJI I^ol \ALLE O*AQUARIUS W9M «yi2 11AM 2MM 21/01 S*M V*l£ D'AOULA AI«V 08AM 17/91 28/01 27AM 30/12 28AM 01/02 VILLEDECAW4A Cl«# 14AM OW 03/02 04AH 07AB QMS MAS
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      41 43 To retrieve more schedules, just follow these simple steps... document 740-6000^^j^^^i tep be the port your Step key in the four number #J| digit code Key in your Example: ,—l—, fax number To NEW YORK (NYC) 2275 forces within Singapore UnitedStateS
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      1166 44 44 f AS AGENTS: "K" UNE (SMQAPORE) PTE LTD (CR l» 1244C73MMMST KG MO M2-MI7MM) V MM TEL *****77 TELEX KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8$ I V T MALAYSIA: V UNE RIAftfTME (MALAYSIA) SON BND TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 P6U *****25/6 NDONESJA: P.T. UNE (MDONESU), TEL
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      468 44 mmm ISLAND LINE PTE LTD mWW StHSmyllUSmH+Grm, mm 200 CANTONMMT ROAD W-02 SOUTNPOMI STOM *****3 MMTtt: *****40 FAX: *****41 TU: IS ***** A t$ ***** INTRA-ASIA CONTAINER SERVICE TolndonTsTa vtssa voy law |mt "1 [vissa [voy m sui vrssa Tvoy Tsi rii SENTOSA JAYA *451 20/12 2V12 KOUSAIAS YSIS24I 21/12
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      215 44 P.I PERUSAHAAN PQAYARAN W KALIMANTAN DIRECT WEEKLY SERVICE TO JAKARTA/PALEMBANG vmW v«t ita/itd destination MOUUMKIN 17/H 21/34 Dm iakorto/PoUmbono (AOUUMUfI I IJ/M 17/21 Dm iokorWtoUmboiZ lAOMANUHM 14/44 30/31 Dm Jakarta/Pa Umbo fig RACHMANUfI II 1/97 03/04 )m Jakarta/Surabaya SURAIAYA/PANJANG ■NMA 1»/20 Dm Siritlfi/ri*|ai| CAUM JATA MAGA 21/24 Dm Pll|llf/Sirik*yi PERAWAN/DUMAI/JAMBI/P'BARU
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      1053 44 Iwl YANGMMG UNE -a TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY EJ22J23 ARRIVAL RXED OAY-MONOAY HAH FXT LB4 AMR VESSEL yny iru cyr lia ftt MHGEAST J6SOW 122/12 I 0W)1 1001 11)01 I*ol Sv ofn 2h5 rjaoAi TAD ooinrc »<■«« m I <w^<» I 4 MWHJ MOON AD4SC SLO SLO SLO SLO SLD
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      590 45 vessel voy sin maa sin I TIGER ISLAND 493N 20-2W2 25-28-12 02-03*01 I LIA 96V10 20-22/12 27-04AJ1 09-1001 J I TIGER BRIDGE 494N 24-24/12 28-31/12 04-0&01 TIGER BAY 495N 28-29/12 02-0&01 10-11AJ1 f lIGER WAVE 496N 02-03/01 08-11/01 16-17/01 DGER ISLAND 497N *****1 10-14/01 1»2tV01 I^«sse^^^^vo^^SU^^CA^^SU^| XOUR SPORE 231 20-21/12
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      426 45 Sea sZ Land DIRECT SERVICE TO LONG BEACH SL INITIATIVE V.9629 ETA SIN ETD SIN 24 DEC '96 24 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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      1485 45 Nedllovd T0 EURO Nedlloyd Unes IV Y thurs/fri/sat IiTOJIZ.II Vwy r CR **********0R I M SINGAPORE PHONE (GENERAL) *****69 RATE ENQUIRIES *****41/246/280 CPS (PHONE) *****10 CFS (FAX) *****23 TO EUROPE EVEBY THUBS/TRI/SAt S.i Sot, Leu KrV Hair &rh APIINOONESIA /3506 21/12 06/01 07/01 10/01 11/01 09/01 NU. AMERICA /5516 26/12
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      712 46 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE SPORE 0106 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********00 BOOiUIIGS CALL JEgT Ef *****41/43 JESSICA/CELIA/AUDREY i 7 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK [Vessel i voy rajjj ijak vessel i voy sin Isur SINAR JAVA 908 21/12
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      448 46 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOADING VOY I SPORE P.K£LANG*~~I HALIFAX N.YORK NORFOLK N.ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPICO HOUSTON HOEGH MINERVA 0838 28/27 DEC 19 DEC 17 FEB 20 FEB 21 FEB 2B FEB 24FVS 04WLTR HOEGHDUKE 0638 13/14 JAN 08 JAN 08 MAR 0B MAR 10 MAR 17 MAR
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      179 46 m FAR EAST 28/12 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 22/12 BANGKOK 22/12 MANILA/CEBU 22/12 JAKARTA/BE LAWAN/SURABAYA 22/12 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 22/12 BUSAN 22/12 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 22/12 HONG KONG SIN CHINA 22/12 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/OINGDAO/HAIKOU m EUROPE/UK 22/12 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU RDM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIM USA/CANAPA 22/12 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all IPI
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      340 46 Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN VtBBEL VOY I SIN BOM TRANSCORD 081 20/12 28/12 VANESSA 13* 24/12 01/01 TRADE FAST TFSI7S 02/01 10/01 KOTACAHAYA CAHI73 07/01 18/01 BMUMMUMB VESBEL VOY S'PORE iYCI«d[l EVER GOING 0140-070W 24/12 21/01 EVEROUARO 0141-080W 31/12 27/01 EVER TRIESDE 0142-017W 00/01
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      1058 47 i ASIA EUROPE EXPRESS (AEX) WESTBOUND SERVICE a I VESSEL VOY f" SIN I LEH I RTM I ANT HAM PXT i HY FEDERAL 302W 23 DEC 08 JAN 09 JAN 09 JAN 11 JAN 14 JAN HY ADMIRAL 304W 30 DEC 15 JAN 16 JAN 16 JAN 18 JAN
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      1382 47 I* 0 HAMSQM UH WH TOI MW WSSfI m SWM MB? HM« HI WT ■OT MCO ffl|l ms-ttm ism Mill Kir 1112 »7ji iui iiji oui oa mttam 241* mr 17.11 an *11 25.12 *12 ATLNDOKSIA 350* 11.12 2112* 1112 OUI 07JI OOJI 1141 MS.MNUH *41* 1112* 1112 2112 27.12
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      696 47 I II -A-E M SAIQON SHIPPINQ THRIOt WISKLV DIBSOT TO HO CHI MINH CITY EXPORT TO H9 CHI MIMH CITY lit POKT FROM M 0 CHI Ml KM CITY vesa |w w m- n*go«"n no* mm. vor nowac eta ?ob J'*£2 !«/!2 2(1! 21 ""■> *n »/n m ■ao«jßmßA msj
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      395 48 f m f® nt a m SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE} LTD. A MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY #0«-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. TEL: *****90 <4 L,NES FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) Also occepting container cargo to: VESSEI/VOY ETA SIN ETA HKG ETA SHA W/T HKG; Beiiioo.
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      168 48 GOLDEN LINE GUANGUAN SHIPPING f(V»O\ (PTE) LTD 23, Tata* Ayar SltmE SWGAPORE *****6 1 TEL: *****68 (10 UftES) Fa*: *****04 mAmzmilAM ou™ ««:«vict S'pors PKetang Penang GOUJEN GRACE KaradVOubavKu*at 19-2Q/12 GOLDEN SIM KaractVOuba/Kjwa* 06-10/01 YULONG Oma Ports 2022/12 A VSL Kiangpu/Shanghai 26-28/12 S"pora Fangchang Hongkong Shanghai QOOO UiCK 20 DEC
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      408 48 TR UI !«S:(O!!?31»17» UAMLA: (632)(*****1 BKaowiOT—trt SjeiiiaMcS'-^Sc HONGKONG SYPNEY/MIIBORNE 'MONTI ROSA* V.8496 "BYRON BAY" V.OIS ETA SIN 22/12 ETA SIN 27/12 MANILA PENANO/PORT KELANG "A.TEMASEK" VB6N "ACX CLOVER" V.021A ETA SIN 23/12 ETA SIN 23/12 BANGKOK ROTTERDAM/HAMBURG "HUSUM" V 907 "NY FEDERAL" V.302W ETA SIN 23/12 ETA SIN 23/12 CALL
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      255 48 feS^po^» 2<yi2 28/12 RdnVAtwAJK/Nvi f MS 03AM 0801 J KAVO££XANDROS Oub^A.»i^B^Wva) V TrTwvXuwM| RAIN,ER Dub«tfADh*»/B***vlD«TWT»vKuw*l lORKUN KALKAVAN hode*WVJeckWVAqat*/Pt SM I I I SAMMI FRONTIER I Tot* S*TQ«por», E7W. Mfyn. Inrfrn— I 1 Loacfeng far I OTRADA U*Angrt*AlwrOrt*eVO*l*k»V I Nortofc/Cwnden I 1 -Tfl I LOAONGFORI I HAEWOO 2 tocho*Buwi I I
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      66 50 An expanding shipbroking company invites suitably qualified candidates to join our in-house shipibroking/chartering team in the following position 3-4 years experience in similar position Wide contact with shipowners and charterers advantageous Successful candidate can look forward to an attractive remuneration package with excellent career advancement opportunities. Interested applicants please write
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