The Business Times, 7 February 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/!M> SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1997 85c
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    53 1 sni 220X39 (+7.61) BT-SBI 1107X3 (+9.65) BTOOMP 2287J3 (+8.96) BTM6A 106&80 (+3.98) STOCK MARKET INDICES Thursday Change KI£KCOMP Hosed NIKKEI 18,038.43 -***** HANG SENG Hosed SET INDEX unav JAKARTA COUP unav MANILA COUP 3,371.13 24.91 TAII*KI WI1 Hosed SEOULCOMP 700.02 +1.42 CUBA CHINA B Hosed AUSTALLORD 2,435.2 46
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    FINANCE
    74 1 EXCHANGE BATES l'S$ SI rss 1.413 S 1.640 2.316 DM 0.606 0.856 YKN 100 0.808 1.142 MS 0.401 0567 HKS 0.129 0.182 BAHT 0.038 0.064 RlillAH 100 0042 0.069 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 6.44 KUALA LUMPUR 9.25 JAKARTA 18.00 BANGKOK 13.25 MANILA 13.50 HONGKONG .8.50 TAIPEI JJK SYDNEY 6.00 TOKYO
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    Lock icon Festive glitter
    22 1 [SINGAPORE] Shoppers filling a small jewellery shop at Joo Chiat Complex earlier this week, in anticipation ofHari Raya. CHRIS LOH
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    GIC to take 40% stake in Makati office tower
    518 1  -  Investment arm of the S'pore govt makes its first foray into Fliilippine property From, Al Labita in Manila THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) is taking a 40 per cent stake in an office tower which Philippine tycoon Alfonso Yuchengco
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    Europa to open upmarket $2.5m Orchard Rd nightclub
    391 1  -  By i Corinne Kerk [SINGAPORE] Entertainment and leisure group Europa Holdings which expects 1996 turnover to shoot past the $60 million forecast earlier will open a $2.5 million upmarket nightspot in the Orchard Road belt by the middle of this year. According
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    Prisoners of the dollar
    569 1  -  0-7KEETDIO Washington may have little choice but to let the dollar stay up and Tokyo to let the yen stay down, says Anthony Rowley Anthony Rowley MUTUAL interest, laced with a touch of hypocrisy on both sides, will allow US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Japanese
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Demo in US demands release of Indon union leader
      229 2 WASHINGTON AFP US and international labour union chiefs led a raucous demonstration outside Indonesia's embassy here on Wednesday, demanding the release of a jailed Indonesian labour leader charged with subversion. AFL-CIO president John Sweeney said the demonstration kicks off an international
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      Lock icon Testing time for heads of Chinese state firms
      211 2 BEIJING AFP ALL directors of China's troubled state-owned firms will be forced to sit a "know-how test" this year to establish if they are qualified for their jobs. The official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday that the results will be used
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      Lock icon Manila frees oil prices tomorrow
      440 2 MANILA Move seen as both a giant economic step and hogs political risk AFP THE Philippines takes both a giant economic step and huge political risk when it frees oil retail prices tomorrow after two decades of tight control. Leftist groups, legislators, and even some
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      Lock icon Unocal urges more US firms to invest in Myanmar
      329 2 WASHINGTON Reuter UNOCAL Corp, condemned by human rights groups for investing in Myanmar, said on Wednesday the best way to promote democracy in the country was for firms like fast food giant McDonalds to join it there. Unocal, the largest US
      Reuter  -  329 words
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      Lock icon Hanbo fallout hits Korean firms overseas
      260 2 SEOUL Corporations, banks are having problems raising funds abroad AFP SOUTH Korea's stormy Hanbo crisis is causing widespread difficulties among bankers and corporations here in securing overseas loans, bankers say, despite an optimistic picture being painted by poli-cy-makers. "South Korean banks and corporations have
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      Tokyo proposes drastic changes to Bank of Japan Law
      484 2  -  TOKYO Proposal will raise central bank's powers in HflHHing monetary policy By, Anthony Rowley JAPAN yesterday proposed sweeping changes to the 50-year-old Bank of Japan Law, which will significantly increase the central bank's powers in deciding monetary policy at the expense
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      Lock icon Legal challenges will deter bidders, Manila warned
      430 2 MANILA Don't change roles midway through the game, say foreign chambers of commerce Bloomberg Business News SIX foreign chambers of commerce warned the Philippine government that investors may be soured by recent legal challenges to a string of government asset sales. "When it
      Bloomberg Business News  -  430 words
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      Lock icon M'sia to ban expats who misuse visit passes
      189 2 ■KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA may ban the entry of foreigners and blacklist those who frequently travel to neighbouring countries to renew their social visit passes, a report said yesterday. Deputy Home Minister Megat Junid Megat Ayob warned the government was aware of
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLDWatch
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        Lock icon Germany's jobless hits new high
        73 3 Reuter [BONN] German unemployment surged to a new post-war record in January, rising by a massive 450,000 people from the December total to 4.6 million, newspapers said yesterday ahead of the release of official data later. The Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper said the Federal Labour Office,
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        Lock icon Hello, no eavesdropping please
        97 3 Reuter [WASHINGTON] Lawmakers and law-enforcement officials voiced support on Wednesday for tougher laws to bar eavesdropping on cellular phone calls, following the uproar over Newt Gingrich's intercepted call A House telecommunications subcommittee is training its sights on a little-enforced law banning the s&le, manufacture and importation
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        Lock icon Swiss insurers to Join Holocaust fund
        69 3 AFP [BERN] Swiss insurers said on Wednesday they would join the 100-million Swiss franc (Ss9B million) fund being set up by Switzerland's three biggest banks to compensate Holocaust victims. Riccardo Jagmetti, president of the Swiss Insurance Association, praised the decision by Credit Suisse, Swiss
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        Lock icon Illegal immigrants flood Russia
        96 3 AFP [MOSCOW] Nearly a million illegal immigrants have flooded into Russia from outside the borders of the erstwhile Soviet Union. The Itar-Tass news agency yesterday cited Tatyana Regent, head of the Federal Migration Service, as saying that out of that number, just 10,000 people have applied
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        Lock icon Deutsche Telekom keeping TV network
        70 3 Reuter [MUNICH] Deutsche Telekom AG, the German telecommunications group, has dismissed suggestions by Bonn politicians and its competitors that it should divest its cable TV network to promote competition. Calling the discussion "a lot of noise about nothing", Telekom chairman Ron Sommer on Wednesday said
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      Lock icon Europe's economic woes, stronger US$ hitting US firms
      364 3 LONDON Bloomberg Business News EUROPE'S lingering economic malaise, which has resulted in some of the highest unemployment rates in 50 years, is starting to be felt by US companies. Companies from Ford Motor Co and McDonald's Corp to International Business Machines Corp
      Bloomberg Business News  -  364 words
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      Lock icon Serbia govt reinstates opposition wins in local polls
      185 3 BELGRADE AFP THE Serbian government on Wednesday sent parliament a bill reinstating opposition wins' in disputed local elections, including the race for the Belgrade city council, state-run media said. Parliament is not currently in session so the government asked it to convene
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      Lock icon Federal Reserve leaves rate unchanged at 5.25%
      433 3 WASHINGTON Decision expected; Fed appears content with slow pace of US growth, inflation Bloomberg Business News Reuter THE Federal Reserve left the overnight bank lending rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent, a sign central bankers are content with the subdued pace of US
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      Lock icon Economy in very good health, says Clinton nominee Yellen
      263 3 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News THE US economy is "in very good health", said Janet Yellen, President Bill Clinton's nominee to the post of chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers. Ms Yellen pointed to the so-called misery index the sum of
      Bloomberg Business News  -  263 words
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      Lock icon Joblessness in Russia more serious than recognised: report
      369 3 U MOSCOW More than a third of industrial workforce is unemployed FT UNEMPLOYMENT in Russia is a far more acute problem than is officially recognised, says a new study, which claims more than a third of the industrial workforce is "suppressed unemployed".
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      Lock icon Clinton sending balanced budget plan to Congress
      377 3 WASHINGTON Possible for Congress to work with the budget, says Gingrich Reuter US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton was yesterday to send to the Republican-controlled Congress a five-year plan that would balance the budget for first time since 1969, while keeping his priorities for domestic
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      Lock icon WTO urged to take action on regional trade pacts
      333 3 LONDON FT THE World Trade Organisation needs to start developing effective disciplines soon to stop regional trade arrangements (RTAs) weakening its authority and obstructing global economic integration, a committee of international trade experts has warned. The Financial Times yesterday said that
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Tata upbeat about SIA tie-up after meeting Indian minister
      489 5 Two-year-old plan to create new Indian domestic airline has divided cabinet Reuter [NEW DELHI) India's Tata group said on Wednesday it was hopeful the cabinet would approve a proposed US$6OO million (SsB4o million) airline Venture with Singapore Airlines Ltd. Tata officials,
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      SingTel on rates for calls to M'sia
      187 5 Singapore Telecom will, in the long run, introduce a single rate for STD tails to the northern states of Malaysia. It said the rate to Kuala Lumpur has been to narrow the price gap among the rates for Ipoh, Penang and Kuala Lumpur.
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      Lock icon Plastics firm Mail Yau plans foray into infrastructure
      380 5 It is part of group hoping to build MsLsb ring road [KUALA LUMPUR] Second board plastic manufacturer Man Yau Holdings Bhd has taken the first step to become a major infrastructure player by proposing to design, build and operate a Msl.s billion
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      Taking a lesson from Creative's turnaround
      800 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Jennifer Lien IN a boom, everyone wins. When the cycle turns, the flaws begin to show. Creative Technology learned this lesson the hard way last year at a cost of U5537.6 million (5552.6 million) in full-year losses. The CD-ROM drive crisis
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      Lock icon First Allied sets up unit firm in US to pursue IT targets
      411 5 NST [KUALA LUMPUR] First Allied Corp Bhd, which expects a third of its earnings to come from the leisure and tourism sector, has set its sights on the next growth sector information technology. The company has set up
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      Lock icon MBf Land planning to buy properties, 2 firms
      656 5 It says moves will help it undertake more development projects in strategic locations Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] MBf Land Bhd yesterday said it planned to acquire some properties, land and the entire issued and paid-up share capital of Bimacom Property and Development Sdn
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      Lock icon Sungei Way plans Johor township
      232 5 NST [KUALA LUMPUR] The Sungei Way group is planning to develop a township in Johor following the success of its quarry, ready-mix concrete and construction businesses in the state. Company president Jeffrey Cheah yesterday said a 80-ha site in Johor Baru had been identified for
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Cisco, Intel, Microsoft shares take a knock
        403 6 Investors reassess prospects for sales growth at bellwether companies Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Cisco Systems Inc, Intel Corp and Microsoft Corp shares fell 4.5 per cent or more on Wednesday as investors reassessed prospects for sales growth at the bellwether companies of
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        Lock icon Mattel's doll chews into its Q4 earnings
        405 6 Reuter [LOS ANGELES] The doll that couldn't stop chewing took a bite out of toymaker Mattel Inc's fourth-quarter earnings. The El Segundo, Califor-nia-based toy giant took an US$B million (5511.3 million) charge to after-tax earnings related to its Cabbage Patch Snacktime Kids dolls,
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        Lock icon Roche buys US flavours company for US$1.1b
        362 6 FT [LONDON] Roche, the Swiss pharmaceuticals company, said on Wednesday it was spending US$l.l billion (Ssl.s billion) to buy Tastemaker, a US synthetic flavours company. The move will dampen stock market speculation that Roche is about to launch a multi-billion-dollar drugs industry takeover.
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        Lock icon News Corp posts lower profit rise of 18%
        390 6 Poor performance by TV unit in US drags results down Bloomberg Business News (SYDNEY) News Corp, Rupert Murdoch's global media company, has posted lower-than-expected earnings for the three months to Dec 31 of A 5446 million (***** million), dragged down by poor
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        Lock icon Toshiba consumer unit to break even after 5 years in the red
        246 6 FT [TOKYO] Toshiba, the Japanese conglomerate whose activities include consumer electronics and power engineering, on Wednesday said its consumer products division would break even in 1997 for the first time in five years. President Taizo Nishimuro attributed the
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        Lock icon Goodyear, Sumitomo strike tyre-making accord
        397 6 Companies to cut costs by making tyres for each other in home countries Bloomberg Business News [AKRON, Ohio] Goodyear Tyre Rubber Co has formed an alliance with Japan's No 3 tyremaker, Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd, strengthening its presence in the Asian market. Goodyear and Sumitomo
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      • COMPANYBriefs
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          Bernard Chen chairs DBS audit panel
          45 6 (SINGAPORE! DBS Bank has appointed Bernard Chen Tien Lap as chairman of its audit committee and Alan Chan Heng Loon as a committee member. Both are independent directors for the purposes of Clause 9B02(2) of the SES Listing Manual.
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          SIS completes share sale to Rafiq
          43 6 (SINGAPORE) A sale of 12.95 million Scotts Holdings shares to Rafiq Jumabhoy from the family holding company Scotts Investments (Singapore) was completed on Wednesday, according to a statement to the stock exchange from law firm Allen Gledhill.
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          Takaful Fund sees 19% returns
          51 6 [SINGAPORE] Returns from the Ampro-Income Takaful Fund from its inception in September 1995 to end-Dec 1996 was 19 per cent, while the funds under management during the same period grew to $8.5 million, the fund said yesterday. Returns for calender year 1996 were not immediately
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          Lock icon MUI unit posts 21.79m peso Q4 profit
          70 6 Bloomberg Business News [MANILA) MUI Resources Philippines Inc, formerly Shangri-La Properties Inc, said net income in the fourth quarter was 21.79 million pesos (551.16 million). Revenue in the three months to Dec 31 was 108.18 million pesos, of which 88.76 million pesos came
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          Lock icon Barricks suffers earnings drop
          63 6 Bloomberg Business News [TORONTO] Barrick Gold Corp said fourth-quarter net income fell 28 per cent because of increased gold production costs and lower output at its biggest mine. The second-largest gold producer in the world said net income dropped to US$56 million (Ss7B million), or 15
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          Lock icon Apple CEO suspends executive bonuses
          94 6 Reuter [CUPERTINO, California] Apple Computer chairman Gilbert Amelio told the annual shareholders' meeting on Wednesday that he was suspending Apple's executive cash bonus plan until the company returned to profitability. "Let me assure you that my highest priority is to get this company in the
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        Lock icon Restoring business
        22 6 [KARIYA, Japan! Cranes doing restoration workatAisin Seiki Co, an affiliate of giant Japanese carmaker Tovota Motor Corn in sasiss AFP
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        Lock icon Brierley, Bollore seal shipping merger deal
        169 6 Bloomberg Business News [WELLINGTON] New Zealand's Brierley Investments Ltd and French-based Groupe Bollore Technologies said they agreed on prices for the merger of some of their shipping assets. Brierley's subsidiary, Australian Consolidated Investments Ltd (ACIL), said it will buy the trans-Tasman shipping assets of
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Lock icon Buyout will create fifth largest US mutual fund firm
        532 7 Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter would have USsll9b under management in stock and bond funds Bloomberg Business News Washington Post [NEW YORK) Dean Witter Discover Inc's proposed buyout of Morgan Stanley Group Inc will create the fifth largest US mutual fund company
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        Rules for financial guarantee insurers
        248 7  -  They include having paid-up capital of no less than USs7sm Byl Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] The government has issued guidelines on registration and minimum capital and rating requirements for financial guarantee insurers in the Insurance (Financial Guarantee Insurance) Regulations 1997, under chapter 142 of the Insurance
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        1368 7 DfTERBAMR CROSS RATES tt KU Ffr P» HK$ Y- Wm IgMIl Nf S$ UK Mr 1$ 6rtt NX US$ '"W* 1.025 6.178 0.648 424i 1.2S6 5.905 27.335 (8.113 0.943 16H 1.900 1106 30 625 20.072 L076 3 402 1087 20 955 N tbt a iu A tu S? 0 S
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        Lock icon Labour costs seen hampering Asian coffee output
        397 7 Reuter (JAKARTA) Asia's burgeoning coffee production could be hampered by oversupply and rising labour costs fuelled by strong economic growth, a UN report said yesterday. "Asian coffee producers are well on track to double their share of global production from the 1980s to
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        Lock icon European oil demand set to rise
        359 7 Bloomberg Business News [EDINBURGH) European oil demand is set to grow at about 0.5-0.6 per cent a year in the next decade as Ireland. Turkey, Greece, Portugal and Spain boost consumption of transport fuels, an industry consultant said yesterday. Wood Mackenzie Consultants Ltd said
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        Lock icon Poverty-lending attracts emerging market investors
        385 7 But sceptics say nicrtUm-hidMd bonds too illiquid, hard to hedge Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] After two years in which speculators in developing countries' debt reaped 40 per cent returns, some emerging market investors think they have found the next high-yield frontier. It's called poverty lending,
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        Lock icon Lloyds may buy out Brazil partner in move to expand in S America
        377 7 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Lloyds TSB Group pic confirmed it intends to buy some assets from its Brazilian joint venture Banco Multiplic SA in a move to expand in Latin America, one of the few areas it
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        Lock icon Third Inra expected to come into force after meeting
        293 7 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The third International Natural Rubber Agreement (Inra) was expected to come into force after a meeting between natural rubber importing and exporting countries in Geneva yesterday. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) said in a
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1831 8 S1C0M FUTURES /w>.> RUBBER (futarts ctojmq ts it 5.30#m) tSS 1 cwitsAg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonoes) Interest Mar 97 171.50 171.50 171.75 250 1525 Apr 97 174.00 174.00 173.75 200 1200 May 97 175.75 175.75 174.75 100 1350 Jun 97 176.25 176.25 175.75 100
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      1677 8 Bloomberg Business News □Nikkei 225 -147.54 STOCKS fell yesterday, amid concern over the outlook for profit growth at financial companies such as banks and brokerage houses. The Industrial Bank of Japan and Nomura Securities were among the biggest decliners. Sony Corp and Toyota Motor Corp led advancers. The 225-share
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      656 9 AFP QaA Ordinaries -0.6 SHARES defied a drop on Wall Street to close slightly lower yesterday, helped by a surge in a major banking stock. "It was a very good performance by the market after Wall Street's correction last night," a broker said. "There was a lot of buying
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      Lock icon MANILA
      353 9 AFP jy|Manila -24J1 SHARE prices closed 0.7 per cent lower yesterday, partly due to a fall on Wall Street. The PSE Composite Index fell 24.91 points to 3,371.13. Turnover was 10.1 billion shares worth 2.76 billion pesos. San Miguel Corp's A shares fell one peso to 53.50 as its
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      439 9 Bloomberg Business News Q Composite Index +1.42 STOCKS were mixed yesterday, on concern the widening corruption probe may uncover foul play by bank executives and law-makers. Following the arrest of two bank presidents on Wednesday, prosecutors will question two law-makers next week in connection with Hanbo Group chairman's alleged
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      HONGKONG
      1283 9 Vol y|| HK$ HK$ COO) ASM Pacific 6.250 unch 460 Continent* 0.700 0 090 162 AWT World Transport 0 700 -0010 1425 CosmosMech 0.730 unch 30 Atco Hldgs 0.790 0.010 250 CrocoiMe 0 580 0.010 115 Allied Ind Intl... -1.650 unch 7689 Cross-Har Tun 16.700 unch 108 AHied Oversea
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      JAKARTA
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      BANGKOK
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    • WARRANTS&OPTIONS
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        Avoid Amsteel wrt for time being
        195 10  -  WARRANT WATCH Ven Sreenivasan THE warrant of KL-listed Amsteel Corp rose yesterday amid the flurry of activity on Malaysian Clob-traded counters. The instrument was up 1.5 cents to 74.5 on the Singapore stock market. It had closed six sen higher at M 51.27 at
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2398 10 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Of Or 1990/1997 Last V*4 Day Last Oust* Otv Mv VM Nat M Cap High Law Stno Company Sale (*000) High Low Buyer Setter C'vr P/C 4m« 625 360 mi SOOO AISBSOc 408 *2 5 408 400 408 410 SO 4.9 0.4 84.6 418 5 126
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
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        MAIN BOARD
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        SESDAQ
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        60 12  -  bf! Shiv Taneja SMB UNITED, which closed 2.5 cents higher yesterday at 42 cents on a volume of 15.9 million shares about five times its 10-day average .is a sell at current levels. All charts point to an overbought position, and investors should begin taking profit now. There
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        STII pushes past 2,200 level in active trading
        655 12  -  Closure of KL bourse fails to dampen punters' appetite for OTC stocks; sentiment expected to remain firm next week ahead of reporting season STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] As expected, the closure of the Kuala Lumpur bourse did little to
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          Goodnight, Astra
          151 12 INVESTORS in PT Astra International got a shock early this week when the carmaker disclosed the time of its proposed Feb 19 extraordinary general meeting. The newspaper advertisement said that the EGM would be held at 10pm, Western Indonesia time. Concerned investors got on the line to the
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          One up for Jakarta
          100 12 THE Jakarta Stock Exchange, long regarded as the region's smallest stock market, has just passed an important milestone. TTie exchange, say broking houses there, has just raced ahead of Thailand on market capitalisation. While Thailand's market cap at the end of January was around US$95 billion
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          Nice bod
          75 12 RETAILERS in Hongkong may be going through a bad patch, but The Body Shop is in good shape there after seeing a 25 per cent increase in revenue. The company, encouraged by the response of Hongkong shoppers, is now thinking of opening more outlets in what many consider
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          When the chips are down...
          127 12 IS THE semiconductor business so bad that chip makers are biting each other? Reports from Taiwan say Japanese chip makers are now rushing to claim royalty from their Taiwan counterparts on some chips. At the same time, Texas Instrument is also claiming some US$5OO million
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          Eat this
          51 12 REPORTS from the United States say Kellogg Co is under a bit of pressure as some of its formerly loyal customers are switching to alternatives such as bagels and granola bars. Quipped one reader about the companies that are taking away Kellogg's business: "Can they be called cereal
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      292 13 Bridge News Reuter THERE appears to be increased activity in the Pacific for Panamax tonnage, especially for period business. Atlantic rates continue to be firmer, but whether this is just a small blip in the market before the Lunar New Year holiday, or will continue in the short
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      302 13 SES '000 m m CWTOlltriputlon 1.24 *0.02 23 Chuan Hup 0.94 uoctt n5 Cosco investment ...1.52 -0.01 *6 FEIS 6.80 until 52 Fraiqtit Links 0.73 uncti 152 OS Hoidtnqs 0.90 -0.005 34 Hal Sun Hup 1.04 *0.03 243 HitacNZosen 0.80 unci* 123 IMC Hoidinqs HK 5.60 Jaya Holdinqs
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      Business as usual in S'pore, Dalian over long weekend
      556 13  -  PSA has adjusted schedules so port operations in S'pore and China venture won't be affected By: Felix Chan [SINGAPOREJ It will be business as usual right through the Lunar New Year long weekend for the Port of Singapore Authority here in
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      Japan refiners may face big bill for clean-up of oil spill
      200 13 [TOKYO] Domestic refiners may be urged to contribute as much as a 1 billion yen (5511.5 million) each to cover cleanup costs from the oil spill by a grounded Russian tanker. Japan has ratified an international treaty that mandates
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      Dead Russian sailor's kin win right to sue for damages in NZ
      706 13  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By I Selva Kumar THE dependents of a Russian sailor, who died in a fishing mishap on the high seas, have won the first battle in their bid to gain damages from the Hongkong-based owners of
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      Lock icon Hamburg's cargo volume down 1.4% from 1995
      287 13 Reuter [HAMBURG] Turnover at the port of Hamburg fell to 71.1 million tonnes in 1996, down 1.4 per cent from the 1995 record, a statement from the port promotion office said. Sharply lower grain exports as well as lower coal and ore imports
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      Leading cruise lines agree to full-price advertising
      226 13 [MIAMI] In a move to end "shock at the dock", six top cruise ship lines agreed on Wednesday to include all fees in the advertised price, and make booking a cruise as simple as buying an airline ticket. Add-on fees as high as
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      Lock icon World's first purpose-built refined sugar bulk carrier delivered to Aussie firm
      177 13 Reuter [SYDNEY] The world's first purpose-built refined sugar bulk carrier vessel has been delivered to Australia's Mackay Refined Sugars Pty Ltd. The As7o million (5574.9 million) MRS Pioneer, designed to carry 20,000 tonnes of refined sugar in bulk form,
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      266 13 Moeller's Odense yard received too much aid in 1992 Reuter [BRUSSELS] The European Commission ruled on Wednesday that Denmark, whose shipbuilding industry has complained about subsidies in other countries, had handed out too much state aid to one of its own shipyards
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      Shipping management diploma course
      166 13 [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Polytechnic will be offering a new diploma course in shipping management to cater for the growing shore-based needs of the maritime sector. The three-year programme, called the Diploma in Marine Transportation (Management), will be launched by the polytechnic's Maritime Technology and Transport (MTT)
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        Cophil Drilling sells semi-submersible rig
        43 13 [SINGAPORE] Cophil Drilling Ltd's semi-submersible drilling rig Pioneer Driller has been sold to Galaxy Drilling Ltd. The management of the rig will continue to be undertaken by Frigstad Offshore Ltd but it will be re named Galaxy Driller.
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        Kvaerner and Umoe set up joint venture
        55 13 (SINGAPORE) Kvaerner Rosenberg and Umoe Sterkoder have formed a joint venture to bid for the planning, procurement and construction of up to six Norwegian navy escort vessels. The Royal Norwegian Navy expects the contract to be awarded in 1999, with delivery of the
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        Lock icon Mersey Docks in £35m port deal
        57 13 Reuter [LONDONI Britain's Mersey Docks and Harbour Conmpany said its subsidiary Port of Sheerness Ltd had agreed to set up a fruit cargo terminal joint venture with Fresh Fruit Services Ltd and South African fruit shipper Capespan International pic. The storage and distribution complex
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      830 14 W A FIX: AMERICAN LAWMAKERS SCRAMBLE TO REVIVE AIR TAX The US aviation trust fund, which pays for airport construction and improvement projects, will run dry by March after its source of income, a 10 per cent excise levied on passengers' tickets, lapsed last year
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      381 14 _PA6C Ethiopian 6 ACL 11 EuroHansa 6 ANL 3 Euroeast 10 AMe M Evergreen 6 Accord 8 Fl-Bright 9 Ahrenkie) 4 Famous 7 Appenship 4 Farwide 11 Astro 3 Poc 8 Austral 9 Frota 12 Avant 6 frtu s B'tang Mas 8 Frt
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      3620 22 THEBUSINESSTIMES IMPORT A V X UL/l\V/ni\ A I, U%J A 1 —■—^P————MP^i————,——i_—____—_,^__________ ETA eta Advertiser Vessel Voy age Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone Origin SIS Sjm# Name Number Number Origin SIN Name Name Number Number k A /02 1X101 COSCO SEA BRIGHT OOWE 45-*****00 From ADELAIDE
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        263 27 Voy No Btrth Arrival Daparturi JM|M Jwong Port .03/ .03/ 2/97 Jll rtnqsidt 06.02/1200 *9/01 JO* tfonpMt 06 02/0400 •"d"** 1 251 J03 alompidt 06.02/1600 02/97 J03 ilonqsjd* 06.02/1400 6 Uprrss 014/97 J12 ilonqudt 06.02/0200 IT J23 rtnguk 09 02/2359 1 J 055/97 J18 jkxx)SXJ» 06.02/W30 Mvcopok 24
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        1646 27 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Bolonct Rstls Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Period From To From *u Aprxat 0211 n/UOO IA 04/1700 07/M5* 07/0100 a 04/1700 07/045* 07/0900 1 mm 07/7151 07/1400 4 07/1200 07/1455 07/1700 OON 10/0100 M 04/1500 04/1455 04/1500 04/1500 04/1455 04/1500 04/1700
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        224 27 M 7 Brunei: Chinese Year Day. China: Chinese Year Day. Hong Kong Lunar Chinese Year Day. Malaysia: Chinese Year Day. Singapore: Chinese Year Day. Taiwan: Lunar Chinese Year Day. Feb 8 Brunei: Chinese Year Day. Chinese Chinese Year Day Holiday. Hong Kong Lunar Chinese Year Day. Malaysia Chinese
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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
        473 27 vff- lIII—I III! i lt »w« «nyi» riwi imannwum «Wi>t M fwlty cm pfty Fttrtiiw iirvtm. OT7I-M7-MM. Ttfwc NMH DNV UKO. Pte OfTt-MT-«1»2. (KM 1 30 o«nin T w»ttf twiat Art UmMtm sunlit H/N %u* m, ISO/Cmmc Units S*c 991 1.0 15.0 0.10 90* 0.W Wl
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        756 27 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        408 28 Italian firm may take up to 10% share and Swedish firm np to 5% in A3XX project, says Airbus Bloomberg Business News [PARIS] Airbus Industrie said Italy's Alenia could take up to a 10 per cent stake in its A3XX super
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        Lock icon Samsung Motors, Ssangyong merger deal fails
        170 28 AFP [SEOUL] Low-key negotiations between South Korea's Samsung Motors Inc and Ssangyong Motor for an unprecedented merger have failed to end in agreement, sources from the two car makers said yesterday. "The two sides failed to reach a final agreement," a Ssangyong executive said.
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        Japan's imported vehicle sales in Jan up 4.1%
        285 28 [TOKYO] Sales of imported autos in Japan rose 4.1 per cent in January to 24,178, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said yesterday. That is the 37th increase in the last 39 months. Imported vehicles held a 7.2 per cent share of Japan's
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        Lock icon Different concepts
        67 28 [CHICAGO] Ken Enders, general manager of product management of Mercedes-Benz of North America, pushes a button to open the driver's side door of the Mercedes-Benz F2ooconcept car (top picture) while members of the media look over Toyota's concept car the Solara at the Chicago Auto Show's media preview,
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        Lufthansa plans to cut at least 10% of management jobs
        252 28 News of German carrier's revamp boosts share prices [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa AG said on Wednesday it will shed at least 10 per cent of management staff in a revamp to prepare for increased competition after full liberalisation of the European
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        Lock icon ANA eyes US market while keeping focus on Asia
        338 28 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's All Nippon Airways Co Ltd said on Wednesday it would maintain its focus on Asia in the year to March 1998, but hoped for major growth in US operations pending the outcome of bilateral aviation talks. ANA said
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        Lock icon China closes 30 small car plants
        152 28 Reuter [SHANGHAI! China has closed 30 vehicle plants in a crackdown on heavy over-sup-ply in the industry, the Business News said yesterday. The plants, each with an annual capacity of less than 100 cars, have been ordered to merge with other major producers, apply
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        Lock icon Sabena's cost-cutting plan starts to pay off
        196 28 Reuter [BRUSSELS] Belgian airline Sabena SA, scrambling to recover from a disastrous 1996, said on Wednesday a drastic savings plan aimed at returning it to profitability was starting to pay off. "We're beginning to book the first results of the Horizon 1998 (savings)
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        Northrop Grumman to make aircraft doors for Boeing
        264 28 Deal has potential value of more than US$4OO million [LOS ANGELES) Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by The Boeing Company to produce aircraft doors for Boeing 737, 757 and 767 airplanes, as well as additional doors for the 747. This new
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          SAS EuroBouns wins Freddie Award
          60 28 [SINGAPORE] Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) Euro Bonus programme has won the 1996 International Freddie Award for the best international frequent flyer programme. The Freddie Award, which acknowledges the programme offering the best combination of service, bonuses, swards, benefits and opportunities for individual frequent travel, is sponsored
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          Lock icon Taiwan, Germany in air links talks
          67 28 Reuter [TAIPEI) Taiwan and Germany are exploring ways to extend mutual air links, including a new Taipei-Berlin route that could upset communist China, Taipei newspapers said yesterday. A delegation of German parliament members and executives plans to visit Taiwan at the end of February
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          Lock icon Nissan assembles vehicles in Pakistan
          68 28 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Nissan Motor Co Ltd said yesterday it had begun knock-down vehicle assembly operations in Pakistan to meet growing demand in that country. Nissan said in a statement its manufacturing and sales arm Ghandhara Nissan Ltd had recently begun producing 1.4-litre gasoline and
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      448 19 1 I (j£; FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES 4 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) m Weekly Sailing To j all -i 4 AUSTRALIAN PORTS 1 r 4 FOR MORE DETAILS CALL i KEN SIM IVERON ONG *****33 T..*l k# P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****33 (20 LINES) PENANG
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      1755 20 rn Valued Customers j4 &KjW)S'& P^CSPS^OTCS ewnsss USTV qs/rz SSA4lft*~7 WW &4ty4 PUL INTERNATIONAL UNE PU^NTERNATtONAL My (MMd Itfhad f—tm fantn DM 1 l«ari* Fti W On iAp M«m At jm d t IM •jMyfmnCCm* (MUn to 4 Mjfi »m Hww atn <nli mrfMia JAXAimUKI) 4 assA« wtsr> |£|A|ii(a> |ii?a=
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      168 20 BINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 36 NEIL ROAD, SINGAPORE Q2OB TEL: *****88 FAX; *****64 ■CJ TLX: R*****6 SINMER HH CR No: **********0W Receiving Cargo at PTI I Blntulu Muam vissa vor sin vissa voi sm BimongSeria V9701E 14-15 Feb Mercury Gold V9701E 14-15 Fob Bintong Wort V9704E 20-21 Fob Mercury
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      459 21 Weekly LCL FCL fl f fIDIC3I Services to Caribbean hipping S Central America MORClfft MAOSNMNK 9702 9704 Port Country 09/02 16/02 Belize City Belize 15/02 22/03 Brvdgetown Barbados 18/03 25/03 Cartagena Colombia 17/03 24/03 Castries St. Lucia 17/03 24/03 Fort de France Martinique 18/03 25/03 Fneeport Bahamas 13/03 20/03 Kingston
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      723 21 SSasPlf PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. CFI NO: **********06 WW Pt6 TP 11 UL HI mlii I afar "t 1 1 ULi m |n» I E ill m 3a iH. Mm W fff>— -flb —Ufa jjh JB W AS ffh HBi
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      935 21 VFSSFIS VOY SH JED PSO I» HAM RTM J>fi ANR VILLE D'ORION YIBW I<MB 22K8. 21A0B 04*03 06/03 07/03 06/03 08/03 W-LEOE VELA VMW 17A)2 2M32 20/02 08/03 10D3 12/03 13/03 14/03 WUfDEWaiA _TlflW 2VOB 06*03 07/03 18/03 17A03 19/03 20*03 21/03 SrtLLf OEUBRA U9MT 00/03 IVO3 23/03 24*03 28/03
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      57 22 TOKYO SHINBI KAIUN CO PTE LTD llllstl 10 ANSON ROAD *30-00 lllU INTERNATIONAL PLAZA S'PORE 0207 TEL: *****29 (6 LINES) FAX: *****06 A *****10 C/Tfc **********06 I SERVICE TO: FAR EAST/U.S.A/EUROPE 16/02/97 JAPAN, MONO KONQ 16/02/97 USA 16/02/97 INDIA, SURABAYA, JAKARTA 16/02/97 HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, FELIXSTOWE ALL BOOKINGS AND ENQUIRIES, PLEASE
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      53 22 PI POUSAHAAN PELAYARAN KALIMANTAN j§> WE WISH ALL OUR ■> i VALUED CUENTS, T? ASSOCIATES AND FRIENDS Go/ig Aii Fa Cai Selamat Hari Raya AidilFitri i. n l <ps m i KALIMANTAN SHIPPING PH. LTD. I TJ: *****64 (5 lin«) FAX *****52 1 MALAYSIA AG*NT: MARINE HANOUNG SON BHO 1
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      59 22 .juyi polish I D ocean ra Ka cis pouts WP' 1 LINES (ESTONIA/LATVIA/LITHUANIA/ MIA»"V Accaptfcg bradMi corfMs fna EUROEAST /V— LINES S.A. (VSI cdl» safcfMl to UmmH) VU SM HKG MAT4.I SHIPPING "Mm*"" o n/n n/ti WWC LH MO I S»7#» 7J/tJ S7SJ M/#J LINE MAT MM FtO* HONGKONG TO
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      89 22 I® fjiisaißaFl M KAWASAKI KINK AI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. JAPAN/ HONG KONG STRAITS S'por* P.Oudang P.Kalang Panang OMOT QUCEN V 43 H« IMZ OCEANIA QUEEN *11 IMZ 11/K 14*2 TWMKIE ACE VK IM2 IM2 UON MEANT VII l«« WU CRM: 113MKM0K SPORE AB SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL: *****06 PGU MALAYSIAN
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      103 22 FCL/LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO ASIA/F.E., EUROPE, USA, AUST, NZ, INDIA, S. AFRICA, MED., ETC. PLEASE CALL-*****00 (16 UNES) -j VIETNAM CONVENTIONAL SERVICE "DOOR TO DOOR" SERVICE J VBSa FTAJJH LOADING FOt WO IS/W HAJ PHONG NHAIONGOf 20/02 HO CHI MINH Al«o Accepting Cargo For All Oh*r Vietnamese Porh PLEASE CALL
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      529 23 ■vessel voy frnGER BAY 507N 07 08/02 12-16/02 21 22/02 I •TIGER WAVE 508N 10-11/02 16-19/02 24-25/02 I TIGER ISLAND 509N 14-15/02 28-01/03 I TIGER BRIDGE 510N 17 1&02 23-26KJ2 03-04/02 I TIGER BAY 511N 2122/02 26-02AJ3 074»03 I TIGER WAVE 512N 24 25*02 02 05/03 10-11/03 I IVESSE^^^^VO^^SIJ^^CA^^SI^^I XOUR
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      574 23 I freight links express 62 Toh Cuan Road Singapore *****1 Tel: *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 fffSTO' L» E-MAlL:flesin@singnet.com.sg JSF ISO >002 CONSOLIDATION SERVICE CANADA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN MONTREAL 19/02 CAPETOWN 09/02 TORONTO 19/02 DURBAN 09/02 VANCOUVER 19/02 JOHANNESBURG 09/02 CREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN PIREAUS
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      943 23 OOCL (Singapore) Pte Ltd CFS Keppel Distrpk —-^bT" 79 Amm R*«d 121-04 (S) *****6 Mk 513 #01-128 t fQMrv I Ct NO **********0N U. 272 7177 M lit aI vS W: *****13 Fix 221 3942 F.«: 272 7125 W j nobtb mm m/ TO USA SCT STO OAK Joti [mbS
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      694 24 —SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S PORE *****5 ■■■M TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********00 BOOKINGS CALL PI RECT LI N *****41/43 JE S SICA /C E LIA /M EI CHAM {QS&3^BS&D31 7 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK IVESSEL I
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      1295 24 Nfl YANG MMG LJNE JU I .frit* =*'1 J TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY I'lJ.liU ARRIVAL FIXED DAY-MONDAY VCSStI *OT HTM MM m LfM AMI HEA VESSEL VOY LEM FIT HAM um MM r™s!rn MING ZENITH J7OSW ***** I 2MB 2MB 01/03 0103 GIBRALTAR BRIDGE AS6IE SLO SLD SLO SLO SLO
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      428 24 Singapore Soviet Shipping: Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO:**********0N VESSEL VOY I SIN BOM KOTACAHAYA CAHI7S 09/02 17/02 TRADE FAST TFSI79 17/02 25/02 SEA SUCCESS 01N 23/02 03/03 MEKHANIK KURAKO MK29N 01/03 09/02 ANNOUNCING REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA VESS€L VOY SIN BOM/N.SHEVA 1 TRANSOCEANIC 02-97 11/03 19/03 HEAVY LIFT
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      978 25 ASIA EUROPE EXPRESS (AEX) WESTBOUND SERVICE I VESSa I VOY I SN I IfH HTM ANT HAM FXT HY COMMODORE 304W 10 FEB 26 FEB 27 FEB 27 FEB 01 MAR 04 MAR I I I Akttattlmmm Wi Untr^om)» Hokmki Kilki. Mourn St. hUnkmt Bw. hie, Usk Imkk tkUm. (mkUhst,
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      1744 25 ivtssa I stow lam I rwwl i h»p Iwi un Ihhlww 1 mt 1 Ivea Em got I wlg lwu> i- m m m io—™i MIMOSA 1057 07.01 OUT 0512 2102 2102 0113 2317 NO.MAAS 7037 OIOT 0102 T™ 5St niß 17M IIM MS.QM 3057 0712 OUT 0512 2412 KM
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      330 26 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING I 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE fSINOTRANSI s (*****7). TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 lUiliy TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSEL voyage eta sin etahkg etasha G. WELL 9704 16/02 21/02 25/02 G. LUCK 9704 21/02 26/02 02/03 0 GLORY 9706 CANCELLED G. WELL 9706
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      322 26 m'sia LJV V2_J MBU: (064) *****9 MAMLA: (632) *****61 BANGKOK: (662)*****67 SURABAYA:(3I)26I66O p KEIANQ: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MON: (61) *****3 HONG KON6 MV "APL KOREA" VOI3S ETA SIN 12-2-97 MV "ASIAN PEGASUS" VNOS4 ETA SIN 16-2-97 MV "NEDUOYD NORMANDIE" V 4057 ETA SIN 19-2-97 CALL BOOKING: 220-2022 XIUHUA/HAMIDAH/YEO/LOOI
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      274 26 f Spore P.Keiang Loadng I SEA GRACE 15/02 RdrrVAtwAJK/Han I OCEAN ISLAND 22/02 01/03 RdrrVAtw/UK I I 1 Outai/Damman/Kuwait I Dubai/ A. Dhabt/Bahrain/DammarVKuwait I AdefVHodetdaWJeddah/PT I EVW. Malaysia, Indonesia I I Loading for PAN EXPRESS u» Angeles/New OrieaVCharleston/ 1 I Norfolk/Camden I OCEAN FRIEND U» Angeles/New Orte»VCh»lestoV I I Norfok/Camden
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      125 27 IEGENO R Thunderstorm Temperature »q V Shower Weather —S Wmd direction with speed m knots J Rom v y Cloudy Sky Wowe Swfoce wmds ore indicoted by arrow* which Hy with the wind i VX n ,u circle r *Pt«ents colm or hght ond variable winds One hoM Heche represents
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