The Business Times, 25 October 1991

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    11 1 Business Times MCI (P) 16/12/90 Friday, October 25, 1991 75 c
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      Orders for US durables sharply lower in September
      72 1 WASHINGTON The US Commerce Department said yesterday that durable goods orders slid 3.2 per cent in September following a revised 4.1 per cent fall in August. The decline was far larger than Wall Street had forecast and currency markets reacted by marking
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      North, S Korea to work on US$ 30b project?
      46 1 SEOUL A senior North Korean economic official said yesterday his country would not bar South Korea from taking part in a US$3O billion (SSSO billion) project to develop a North-east Asian region into a special economic zone.
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      No retrenchment here
      32 1 US-BASED personal computer maker Compaq will not lay off workers in Singapore in spite of a move to shed 12 per cent of its workforce worldw ide Page 2
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      Believe it or not
      27 1 A DILAPIDATED pre-war house in District 9 fetched $2.92 million in nine-and-half minutes of keen competition at a property auction yesterday Page 2
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      IMF threat
      25 1 THE International Monetary Fund will not hesitate to suspend loans to the Philippines unless lawmakers approve critical revenue measures for 1992 Page 8
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      Myanmar reappears
      28 1 MYANMAR hopes to attract investors at the Global Business Opportunities Convention 1991 in Osaka. Its presence there is the first in about 12 years Page 8
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      Off target
      44 1 TAIWAN'S bid to become a regional financial centre in the same league as Singapore and Hongkong is in doubt. According to a Financial Times survey, the Taiwanese government has failed to live up to its rhetoric about liberalisation and internationalisation Page 9
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      Food for thought
      25 1 CONFUSION has risen over foods that have been categorised to how often they should be eaten: anytime, sometimes and seldom Page 15
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      SIA for Johannesburg
      24 1 SINGAPORE AIRLINES plans to fly to Johannesburg as soon as sanctions against White-ruled South Africa are lifted. Shipping Times Page I
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Footsie lower
      34 1 LONDON SHARES were lower at midday yesterday in desultory trading. At 1115 GMT, the Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index was down 4.8 points at 2,556.3. Volume was 294.6 million shares at middav.
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      Dow lower
      34 1 THE stock market headed lower yesterday, faced with new signs of US economic weakness. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 17.44 points to 3,023.48 in the first hour of trading.
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      Major revamp for MBf
      29 1 MBf HOLDINGS Bhd has proposed a major revamp aimed at grouping its financial units under a new holding company called MBf Capital Bhd Page 3
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      Land for new airport
      22 1 MALAYSIA will acquire 4,556 hectares of private land in Sepang for the proposed new international airport Page 3
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      Pulp loss
      23 1 A SLUMP in the prices of pulp and weak market conditions have dragged Fletcher Challenge Canada into the red. Page 4
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      New stock index
      25 1 PEREGRINE BROKERAGE of Hongkong has launched a new regional stock index designed for foreign investors in eight major Asian markets Page 6
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      STOCK INDICES
      29 1 Thursday Change BT-MGA 699.96 -2.57 Kuala Lumpur ...533.54 +7.56 Tokyo 24.949.26 149.32 Hongkong 3,989.34 -32.04 Sydney 1,645.1 +9.6 Wednesday Change New York 3.040.92 +1.12 London 2,561.1 +1.6
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      CURRENCIES
      23 1 Exchange rates USS SS 1.6950 100 Yen SS 1.2904 MS SS 0.6159 Money marfcet rates Overnight 3 5/8 unch 3-month 4% -1/8
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      COMMODITIES
      37 1 London Gold AM fix USS359.80 -USS3.I0 Rubber S'pore Nov 141.75Vkg -0.25 M'sia Nov 227.50*/kg -0.50 KL Tin Turnover 40 tonnes -28 Spot MS 14.90/kg -0.03 Crude palm oil Turnover 980 lots -70 Nov MS842 /tonne 5
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    Lock icon New round of interest rate cuts may be coming
    535 1  -  Slower growth, lower inflation pushing down interbank rates By Chew Eng Han SINGAPORE Expectations are building up for yet another series of interest rate cuts. Local interbank rates have eased further since DBS Bank initiated a round of cuts in the
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    Property stocks steady despite warnings of shakeout
    438 1  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE Property stocks have turned out to be steady performers in recent weeks, despite earlier warnings of an imminent shakeout in the property market. Indeed, market talk now is that the projected glut of residential and commercial property markets
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    New stat board to regulate Telecom
    188 1 SINGAPORE In a bid to assure the public that a privatised Singapore Telecom will not lead to more costly and declining telecommunications and postal services, a new statutory board will be set up to regulate its activities. This was disclosed by Communications Minister Mah
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    Moh likely to take over as HDB chief
    318 1  -  By Colin Tan SINGAPORE The Housing and Development Board (HDB) is tipped to get a new chief in Mr Moh Siew Meng, currently permanent secretary in the Ministry of Labour. Mr Moh, 43, will be taking up his new post next month,
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    India plans to slash import tariffs
    402 1  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE India is committed to slashing its import tariffs to an overall level of 30 per cent over the next few years, and in the longer term it may reduce tariffs further to bring them in line with those of the
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      155 1 I HH SIPI I I COMPUTER PRINTER I J RIBBON MANUFACTURER J Aircraft Schedule 29 Money Changer Rates 29 Weather 29 Commodities 28 Money Market 27 World News 9 Company News 3,4.5 Regional News 8 For market indices, editorial, Cryptic Crossword 29 Regional Stock Markets 23,25 advertising and circulation exEditorial
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      185 1 .'J Compact A3-format Copier, mwcwk Signing of Cambodian peace accord Scramble for Viet oil and gas likely to intensify, Back Page Reactions from Asian regions, Back Page Editorial, Pg 10 State of Soviet economy causing problems, Pg 11 The war has ended, but peace won't be easy, Pg 12 Soft
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Seminar to focus on Concept Plan
        72 2 THE business and economic opportunities arising from the recently-released Concept Plan will he discussed at a half-day seminar next Wednesday. Organised jointly hy the Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore, "Blueprints for Business" will examine the business-related elements of
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        BG Lee for Seoul meeting
        48 2 DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry, Brigadier-General (Res) Lee Hsien Loong, and the Minister for Information and the Arts, Brigadier-General (Res) George Yeo, will attend the third Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting in Seoul from Nov II to 15.
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        Insight into security matters
        128 2 EIGHT hundred junior college students will attend the first "Temasek Seminar" on Oct 29, organised by the Ministry of Defence. The two-day seminar will be launched by Defence Minister Dr Yeo Ning Hong. The seminar will be an annual scries aimed at giving junior college students
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        VITB graduation
        94 2 THE Vocational and Industrial Training Board (VITB) will hold its 10th graduation ceremony next Tuesday at the Singapore Conference Hall. A total of 569 graduands will receive awards for good performance in their respective courses from Dr Tay Eng Soon, the Senior Minister for Education and chairman of
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        On organ transplants
        58 2 SINGAPORE'S Muslim transplant coordinator, Madam Zarina Abdul Patah, will go through a month-long attachment in Leceister, England, to learn more about organ transplant facilitation, particularly within the Muslim community. Beginning next Monday, Madam Zarina will reside in Leceister General Hospital and will be working in collaboration with
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        Corrections and clarifications
        57 2 RICHVEIN Pte Ltd has clarified that of the $80.04 million claimed by Takenaka Corporation, the final contract sum had been settled through arbitration at $70.49 million in September this year. Richvein was referring to BT's Oct 19 report 'Sheraton Towers developer offers to settle claims'. To date,
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      Compaq will not lay off workers in Singapore
      398 2  -  Local operations still profitable By Joseph Rajendran THE US-BASED personal computer manufacturer, Compaq, will not lay oIT any workers in Singapore, despite moves to shed 1,400 jobs or 12 per cent of its workforce worldwide. The managing director of Campaq Asia, Kirk
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      Lock icon Keen bidding for pre-war house
      283 2  -  By Arthur Lee THIS dilapidated pre-war house along Kim Yam Road fetched $2.92 million in nine-and-a-half minutes of keen bidding at a property auction yesterday. The house, opposite Far East Mansions in district 9, stands on 11,646 square feet of land carrying a 999 year
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      Telecom, ITI launch adaptor card for personal computers
      238 2 SINGAPORE Tclecom and the Information Technology Institute (ITI) yesterday launched an ISDN (integrated services digital network) PC adaptor card which turns an IBM-compatible personal computer (PC) into an ISDN terminal. The card was the fruit of a joint development effort which began
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
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      MBf Holdings proposes major restructuring of financial units
      640 3  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MBf HOLDINGS BHD has proposed a major restructuring plan aimed at grouping its financial units under a new holding company, MB! Capital Bcrhad. A major feature of the exercise is the delisting of MBf Finance shares
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      Lock icon KL to acquire 4,556 ha of Sepang land for airport
      382 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Some 4,556 ha of private land has been gazetted in Sepang for the proposed new international airport. The land, gazetted on Sept 12, are mostly estates in Mukim Sepang and Mukim Labu which make up 61 per
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      New F&N complex expected to bring in $4m in monthly rental
      291 3  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Fraser Neave's business centre Alexandra Point and its neighbouring industrial park are expected to bring in $1 million and $3 million respectively in rental income cach month. Gerald Darwin, director of Tiger Developments Pte Ltd,
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      San Teh opens US$ 5m Nantong plant
      277 3  -  From Claire Leow in NANTONG SESDAQ-LISTED San Teh Ltd yesterday officially opened its second plant in China, a US$5 million (SsB.s million) factory in the Nantong Special Economic Zone (SEZ), north of Shanghai. San Teh's factory here is the first venture to be
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      Lock icon Plantation owners seen gaining from project
      249 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Several plantations in Sepang and the surrounding areas are set to benefit from the proposed development of the new international airport. At present, portions of two estates belonging to Golden Hope and Asiatic Development have each been gazetted for acquisition. According
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      Wepco acquiring 60pc stake in plastic plating company
      258 3 SINGAPORE Sesdaqlisted Wepco Ltd is taking a 60-per cent stake comprising 60,000 shares of $1 each in plastic plating company Su-per-Lite Metallizing Pte Ltd for $350,000. In a statement yesterday, Wepco said that Super-Lite is well established in the industry for its
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      FCC seeks to open its tenders to Bedford, Sembawang
      275 3  -  By Elaine Koh SINGAPORE First Capital Corporation Ltd is seeking to open all future tenders to the Bedford and Sembawang groups, both of which have links with FCC. it said in a circular to shareholders. This comes as the FCC group
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Stamford Tyres sets up audit committee
        50 3 SINGAPORE Stamford Tyres Ltd has informed the SES that it has appointed an audit committee comprising three directors, Mr Chua Kim Yeow, Mr Joseph Ong Yong Loke and Mrs Dawn Wee nee Kwok Wai Ying. Mr Chua will be the chairman of the committee.
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        Directors sell OCBC shares
        69 3 SINGAPORE OCBC Bank has informed the SES that Mr Choi Siew Hong, a director of the bank, and Mr Jairam Amrith, an alternate director of the Bank of Singapore (Australia) Ltd, have reported their recent share transactions involving the bank. On Oct 23. Mr Choi's spouse
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        Listing of new Keppel shares
        41 3 SINGAPORE Keppel Corporation Ltd's additional 100,000 ordinary shares of $1 each arising from the exercise ot 100,000 warrants 1993 will be granted listing and quotation from Oct 30, the SES said in a members' circular yesterday.
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        Beauford's Malacca project
        70 3 SINGAPORE Bcauford Baru Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Lim Kok Wah Co, is developing Malacca's tallest condominium in Klcbang Besar. Called The Golden Coast, the 132-unit project with full condominium facilities will front the Straits of Malacca and is within easy reach of the town, airport and
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        Valuers plan KLSE listing
        100 3 KUALA LUMPUR The Private Valuers Association of Malaysia has submitted a concept paper to the Finance Ministry and the Capital Issues Committee to get its members listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Raine Home Zaki Partners Sdn Bhd executive chairman Zaki Haji said that the
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        Berjaya Textiles needs more staff
        124 3 KUALA LUMPUR Berjaya Textiles Bhd is severely constrained by a labour shortage and the necessary steps have been taken to overcome this problem. Chairman Ahmad Mustapha Mohd Hassan said that the labour shortage faced by the company was not peculiar to the company or the
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Tyremaker Michelin to cut 4,900 jobs
        70 4 CLERMONT-FERRAND, France The French firm Michelin, the world's largest tyremaker, will cut 4,900 jobs from its domestic workforce by the end of 1992 in restructuring aimed at stanching huge losses, Cie (ieneralc des Etablissements Michelin racked up operating losses of 4.8 billion francs (US$l.4
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        Goodyear shows healthy profit
        96 4 AKRON, Ohio Goodyear Tire Rubber Co reported a healthy profit on Wednesday, reversing a loss in the same period last year despite registering lower sales due to the recession that has hit the auto market. The company said its earned US$59.l million, or $1.01 a share,
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        Migraine drug may get US nod
        78 4 LONIX)N Britain's top pharmaceutical group, Glaxo Holdings pic, seems likely to win preliminary US approval on Friday for its migraine cure Imigran a drug crucial for Glaxo's future as patents expire for its anti-ulcer drug Zantac. A recommendation for approval from an advisory committee
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        Chevron profits drop 22pc
        69 4 SAN FRANCISCO Chevron Corp, The nation's fourth largest oil company, on Wednesday reported a 22 per cent drop in its third-quarter profits and attributed the decline to the recession, competition and falling prices. Chevron had a net income of US$3l3 million (*****.1 million) for the July-September
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        Amcor shows higher profits
        113 4 MELBOURNE Amcor Ltd chairman Sir Brian Inglis said the company's operating profit for the three months to Sep 30 were well ahead of those for the same period in 1990 and in line with budget. Mr Inglis said the profit increase was due to improved margins
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        Sears, Roebuck's profits down
        56 4 CHICAGO Scars, Roebuck and Co, the second largest US department-store chain, on Wednesday anounccd a 16 per cent drop in earnings for the third quarter of this year. From July to September, the company reported overall net income of U*****.3 million (*****.5 million), against U*****.2 million
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      Lock icon Media tycoons hit back at Aussie press
      443 4 AFP CANBERRA Canadian publisher Conrad Black accused Fairfax newspapers on Thursday of publishing "scurrilous" reports about his business associate Kerry Packer, with whom he is bidding for the Fairfax group. The attack, aimed at the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age of Melbourne,
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      Lock icon Toshiba may tie up with Siemens and US firm
      337 4 UPI TOKYO Toshiba said on Thursday it may join forces with Siemens AG of Germany and Integrated Device Technology, a Californiabased maker of semiconductors. to develop, produce and sell semiconductors. "We're talking with the other two. but there have been no
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      Mitsubishi, Hitachi and Toshiba post big falls in profits
      618 4 Declines attributed to falls in semiconductor and computer prices TOKYO Three of Japan's biggest electronics companies suffered big falls in profits in the six months to Sept 30, according to figures released yesterday. The declines were attributed to falls in semiconductor
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      Lock icon Coke-Britannia venture aims for Asian markets
      329 4 Reuter SINGAPORE A food and beverage joint venture in India between Coca-Cola Co and Singapore non-resident businessman J M Rajan Pillai will export snack foods to the Middle East, Far East and the Pacific. Mr Pillai said the company Britco Foods Pte Ltd planned
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      Fletcher's Canada unit in the red
      337 4  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Fletcher Challenge Canada, part of New Zealand's largest company Fletcher Challenge Ltd (FCL), was dragged into the red by a slump in pulp prices and weak market conditions. It netted losses of C 543.5 million (5565.7 million) in the first
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      Thai firm awarded Cambodian airport contract
      213 4 BANGKOK A Thai firm has been awarded the contract to renovate the Pechenton Airport in Phnom Penh and to build a new airport outside Phnom Penh, a news report said here yesterday. Fuldaa Corporation, which would be the first Thai firm to cam out
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      Lock icon Murdoch not taking up rights in new float
      236 4 Reuter SYDNEY Rupert Murdoch will not be taking part in the As3B2 million (SssoB million) float of The News Corp Ltd's printing and magazine business, a company spokeswoman said. News Corp plans to float 55 per cent of a new company, Pacific
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      Lock icon Li Ka-shing group's Husky deal may save oil giant
      393 5 Reuter CALGARY, Alberta Nova Corp said on Wednesday it agreed to sell its interest in Husky Oil Ltd to a group of companies associated with Hongkong financier Li Kashing for C 5325 million (*****.3 million), but the deal still needs regulatory
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      Lock icon RJR Nabisco posts US$ l23m profit
      271 5 Reuter NEW YORK RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp, benefiting from improved tobacco sales overseas, said on Wednesday it earned US$l23 million (*****.5 million) in the third quarter after a loss of US$B6 million a year ago. The profits equalled 7 US cents a share compared
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      Lock icon German agency tries direct mail sale of firms
      239 5 FT FRANKFURT The Treuhand, the Fast German privatisation agency, has launched an international direct mail campaign in an attempt to sell 110 clothing companies and 40-S0 ma-chine-tool manufacturers to non-German investors. In its first effort of this kind, the Treuhand plans to
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      406 4 It happens to all of us. We find They learn how to stand up and ourselves unable to speak up speak up for their ideas and when we really need to. We attract the immediate attention remain in theranks of the "silent °f listeners, how to stimulate majority" the people
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
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        Salomon gets US$ 2b credit commitment
        124 6 NEW YORK Salomon Brothers, a unit of Salomon Inc, has received a commitment for a credit line of US$2 billion, banking sources said. A senior banker said the amount of the line seemed to be at the low end of expectations for such a
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        Japanese to join Kuwaiti loan
        127 6 TOKYO At least three major Japanese banks are planning to join Kuwait's first syndicated loan to finance post-Gulf War reconstruction, banking industry sources said. The three are Sumitomo Bank Ltd, Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd and Bank of Tokyo. But the amount of money the
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        Call to create single market
        123 6 MANAMA, Bahrain Gulf Arab states should merge their infant stockmarkets, introduce unified company laws and allow foreign participation to develop a genuine capital market, an Arab financial expert said in an interview. Khalid al-Fayez, chief executive of the Kuwait-based Gulf Investment Corp, said while the
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        FDIC raises bank loss estimate
        143 6 WASHINGTON The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp raised its estimate for bank insurance losses to between US$9.6 billion and $14.1 billion in 1992. Four months earlier the FDIC had projected fund losses next year in the $3 billion to $11 billion range. The estimates were contained
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      Lock icon Court stops Bond's bankruptcy proceedings temporarily
      211 6 Reuter SYDNEY An Australian court yesterday temporarily halted bankruptcy proceedings against former tycoon Alan Bond hours before he was due to be declared bankrupt. A Federal Court in Sydney gave Mr Bond more time to comply with a bankaiptcy notice issued by the Hongkongßank
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      HK firm starts regional stock index
      436 6  -  Peregrine index designed mainly for foreign investors By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Peregrine Brokerage of Hongkong has launched a new regional stock index that traces only equities available to foreign investors in eight major Asian markets. This is unlike other regional indices that include investments
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      Suspension to cost Nomura US$ 23m in income loss
      308 6 TOKYO The world's largest brokerage firm, wracked by shareholder withdrawals and a huge slide in profits, reported yesterday the government's trading suspension for excessive stock promotion will result in another U5522.9 million (Ss39 million) income loss. Yasuhiro Mizuuchi, vicepresident of Nomura
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      Overseas Trust's profit doubles
      218 6 HONGKONG The Overseas Trust Bank (OTB) recorded an interim profit more than double that of the same period last year, its chairman David Nendick said yesterday. OTB's consolidated audited profit after taxation in the six months ending June this year stood at HK$2O4 million (Ss44 million)
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      Lock icon Manila keen to ease banking, forex rules
      452 6 Peso may be allowed to float more freely Reuter MANILA The Philippines is considering easing foreign exchange and banking regulations to complement more liberal foreign investment rules passed earlier this year, central bank governor Jose Cuisia said. He said that the central bank
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      Lock icon Tokyo's Big Four securities firms plan to cut costs
      401 6 Reuter TOKYO Japan's Big Four brokerages, which announced sharp profit drops in the six months ended Sep 30, said they will make efforts to cut costs in the latter half of 1991/92 to cope with the depressed securities market. Executives of
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      198 6 9 I Bite/ H u MM. l TRY A LITTLE CHINESE SMOKE THIS WEEKEND. TRACER VK'S The Chinese Smoke Oven Weekend Lunch C)f SAN FRANCISCO r% (Level S) at Trader Vic's promises to fire up your appetite. Renowned around the world, our unique smoke ovens add special tantalizing flavour to
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
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        Bangkok to see more world-class conventions
        109 8 BANGKOK- Thailand has enhanced its position as a market for world-class trade fairs, exhibitions and conventions, following its hosting of the 46th World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, says a report in The Nation. Quoting sales director Thida Sirisinha
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        Aussie one-day strike ends
        100 8 SYDNEY Workers in New South Wales, Australia's most populous and industrialised state, returned to work yesterday following the state's first 24-hour general strike in 75 years, with both the government and union claiming victory. Premier Nick Greiner said the strike was "an exercise in futility," which
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        KL wants more Finnish trade
        91 8 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz has urged Finnish businessmen to invest in Malaysia, saying there was room for more trade between the two countries. In a keynote address delivered at the luncheon meeting with Finnish businessmen in Helsinki
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        Pay to end logging, West told
        66 8 KUALA LUMPUR Western nations should compensate South-east Asian nations if they are to stop logging some of the world's richest tropical rainforests, a United Nations environmental expert said yesterday. "These countries are only doing what developed nations had done in the past," said Robin
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        Jakarta gets tough on polluters
        108 8 JAKARTA Indonesia's Environment Minister said on Wednesday he was looking for a "nice fellow" to put in jail so the government can get its message across that polluters must pay. "In Indonesia I notice that somehow you have to hit hard," Emil Salim told a
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      Lock icon IMF may suspend loans, Manila central bank warns
      520 8 Lawmakers urged to approve revenue measures Reuter MANILA The International Monetary Fund (IMF) may suspend loans to the Philippines unless lawmakers approve critical revenue measures for 1992, central bank governor Jose Cuisia said. Mr Cuisia and Finance Secretary Jesus Estanislao said the
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      Lock icon Myanmar hopes to attract investors at Japanese convention
      346 8 Reuter OSAKA Myanmar's humble stall sits sandwiched between the Vietnamese and South Korean booths at the Global Business Opportunities Convention 1991 in Osaka. While other displays attract the eye with fast-paced videos and pretty ladies, Myanmar's stall presents wooden carvings of an
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      Lock icon South countries should strengthen ties: Mahathir
      348 8 Bernama DAR ES SALAAM. Tanzania Malaysia is willing to share its experience and expertise with Tanzania because it believes it is crucial for countries of the South to strengthen cooperation between themselves, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday night. Speaking at a
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      Thailand to finalise trading pacts with 7 African nations
      236 8 BANGKOK Thailand is to conclude joint trading agreements with seven East African countries for the first time, signalling Bangkok's serious intent to probe markets for Thai products in those countries, says a report in The Nation. The possibility of joint trading
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      Lock icon Hanoi wants US ties to come without conditions
      216 8 Reuter HANOI Vietnam welcomed yesterday a new US move towards resuming diplomatic ties, but urged Washington not to link normalisation with developments in Cambodia and the issue of missing American soldiers. US Secretary of State James Baker said in Paris on Wednesday
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      61 8 BUSINESS V&M OPPORTUNITIES FROM AMERICA Singapore businessmen are cordially invited to attend the "US Multi-State (Catalog) Trade Show". Over 240 U.S. firms will exhibit from 10 industry groups. October 31 November 1,1991 Open 9 a.m. 5 p.m. The Western Stamford, 4th Level, Bras Basah, Orchard and Victoria Lounge, 2 Stamford
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US economy weak or growing slowly, says Fed
      366 9 Reuter WASHINGTON Member banks of the Federal Reserve System say the US economy is weak or growing slowly across most of the country, and that retail sales are weak. "Sources contacted by the Federal Reserve banks generally described the economy in September
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      Lock icon Sound fiscal policy needed to fight inflation: Mieno
      242 9 Reuter TOKYO Japan's antiinflation monetary policy must be supported by sound fiscal policy and structural reforms that should raise price and wage flexibility and cut the costs of disinflation. Bank of Japan governor Yasushi Mieno said. Mr Mieno yesterday told a conference
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      Lock icon China to allow state companies to go bankrupt
      485 9 AFP BEIJING China's financial crisis is forcing the communist government to allow the first state-owned firms to go bankrupt in a capitalist practice Marxist conservatives see as shameful. More than 25 enterprises, many of them state-run, have shut down so far this
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      Taipei may fail to be financial centre: survey
      409 9  -  By Said Abdullah SINGAPORE Taiwan's bid to become a regional financial centre in the same league as Singapore and Hongkong is in doubt, according to a Financial Times survey on the country. The Taiwan government has failed to live up to its
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Call for US$ 30b in tax relief from military cuts
        88 9 WASHINGTON Senate Budget Committee chairman Jim Sasser joined the growing call in Washington for a tax cut on Wednesday, proposing an immediate US$3O billion (about Ssso billion) in tax relief paid for by cuts in military spending. The announcement by
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        More US food aid for Soviets
        86 9 WASHINGTON President George Bush may give the Soviet Union additional loan guarantees for food purchases to help with expected shortages this winter. Mr Bush also was considering providing technical assistance to help with distribution and transportation problems, White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater said.
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        French trade deficit down
        90 9 PARIS Exports to Germany helped to reduce the French trade deficit to 3.37 billion francs (about SS9B2 million) in September, after a revised deficit of 4.12 billion francs in August, seasonally-adjusted official figures showed on Wednesday. The September figures reflected a relatively high level of trade
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        Paris puts its foot down
        70 9 LUXEMBOURG France has rejected a move by the Dutch presidency of the European Community for flexibility in global trade talks, saying it was not prepared to move unless Washington did too. Dutch Agriculture Minister Piet Bukman told his fellow EC agriculture ministers at a meeting
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        Test for Brazilian president
        70 9 RIO DE JANEIRO A third attempt to launch Brazil's massive and much-delayed privatisation programme is a key test of credibility for President Fernando Collor de Mello's government, foreign bankers and investors say. They see the sale of a controlling stake in steel maker Usinas Siderurgicas de
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        Deregulated gas market worries
        63 9 AMSTERDAM Dutch Trade Minister Yvonne van Rooy expressed reservations about deregulation of the European gas market being discussed by the European Commission. "Care must be taken when issuing new directives, the more so since the current organisation has proved so successful and sufficiently flexible," she told
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      241 9 A SALE OF SITE BY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, SINGAPORE ChinatowN For the developer who can see distinguished for its traditional ~"T" 7 x \y'/ beyond a vacant piece of land, the character and charm. rewards are great and satisfying. In the hands of the developer In an area filled with
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    After the signing...
    468 10 EDITORIAL IT might be jumping the gun to say that the battlefields of Cambodia can quickly be turned into markets. The historic treaty ending the civil war in Cambodia had barely been signed on Wednesday when artillery duels erupted in Cambodia. The civil war was over, but
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Uncrossing the wires
      347 10 DESPITE concessions from the Government, grassroots leaders still seemed dissatisfied with the timebased system of charges which Singapore Telecom will introduce in December. The Government has to balance the political cost against the larger one of backing down from a policy which it believes to be economically
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      Road to independence
      81 10 THE signing of the Paris Accord marked a milestone in transforming Cambodia into a sovereign nation. It is a victory for all the parties concerned the four Cambodian factions, the people of Cambodia, the United Nations and Asean. The UN must remain firm and clear about its
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      Trade blocs
      74 10 IT IS still early to say whether the formation by Europe's two largest trade blocs into a common market is good for us. The larger European common market is now formed. On the other side of the Atlantic, a free trade zone comprising the US, Canada and Mexico
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      Effective career guidance
      126 10 JN COUNTRIES with high standards of education, such as our own, too little thought is given to the frequent modernisations necessary in the curriculum to ensure that students are being taught the skills most in need in today's highly-competitive technology oriented job market. Many newly graduated academically-inclined
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      Room for public opinion
      175 10 IN the war of words between the Environmental Protection Department, the oil companies and interest groups like the Automobile Association, it is important to remember that the real issue is cleaning up Hongkong's polluted air by encouraging more and more motorists to stop using leaded fuel.
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      Agents of pollution
      161 10 IN all fairness it must be said that industries are not the only perpetrators of river water pollution in Indonesia. Besides, due to the compliance of responsible industries, pollution levels have actually been reduced in a number of places along rivers in Jakarta and, no doubt, elsewhere
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    Lock icon Why greed is no longer good
    893 10  -  The party in the City is over. Peter Millership reports on the radical changes which have taken place in London since Black Monday in Oct 1987, when Wall Street led the way in a global stock market crash Peter Millership Reuter STARTING a job
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      288 10 Our Recipe For Success Makes Perfect Scents. First, take a spoonful of Sheraton Cuisine. It's our unique way of blending fresh natural ingredients with Asian spices to create s#nA--light, exotic and delicious dishes. TURBOT FILLET GRILLED WITH VEGETABLE VINEGRETTE Mix with The Heritage restaurant for outstanding world- 200 g fmh
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      22 10 DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU tssssfa g% M m*L.THefTFOrHMCUT\ PR&KXMPOK WK T) POmOUTZ* I INFWKIOF-MZPF&e. I AG&b TOHOU? ON TO NSPMN6MZTO.: MDARHG PtGNITY!
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Paying the price for overproducing
      891 11  -  Soft commodities whether they be coffee, cocoa, grain, cloves or pepper are worth less today than in the *****. Shoeb Kagda reports Shoeb Kagda WHEN the world's oldest commodity trading firm, Woodhouse Drake Carey, eollapsed earlier this year, it was a signal of worse things
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      State of Soviet economy causing problems for Cambodia
      1100 11  -  The Soviet Union was the largest aid donor to Cambodia. But the Soviets have now cut back on trade credits, reports Harish Mehta from Phnom Penh Harish Mehta THE Soviets have cut back trade credits to Cambodia but they are helping this
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      107 11 Catch a Share of Australia's Tourist Potential MANLY OCEANARIUM, SYDNEY At the centre of Sydney's traditional playground Manly Oceanarium occupies a superb Harbourside location. For sale as a going concern, the Oceanarium has a 30 year tradition with room to grow as an exciting tourist destination. Australia's oldest Favoured local
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Peace won't be easy
      892 12 The war in Cambodia has ended on paper, at least. But no one expects the peace to be easy and the Khmer Rouge's return is the price the country must pay for the end of warfare Reuter H atred and suspicion run deep between the rival
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      142 12 mm AJ' TIJB r- W B i I Mi)/ RUE DU PORT M Ufl The Rue du jl fß|* Central France, teems with people searching for the latest fashions J^yytfrr f p «p and the choicest foods. Not surprisingly, queues abound, with m traffic invariably slowed to a crawl. If
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      208 12 vENuirpHHHB RAFFLES CITY IJHH CONVENTION CENTRE SINGAPORE LKyl DATES: )j 4th-6th NOVEMBER 1991 JM 100 of the world's leading fire equipment I ■(I Will l manufacturers and lifllßiKlMl suppliers will be exhibiting at FIRE J&fASIA 91 Exhibition. exhibition which is being A OPENING TIMES: held in Monday 4th IICIUIII ,0.00
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  • SPORTS 1
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      Lock icon Graf breezes past Strnadova in Midland match
      240 13 AP BRIGHTON, England Top-seeded Steffi Graf breezed past Czechoslovakia's Andrea Strnadova 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the U*****,000 Midland Bank Championships, but again was below her best. Graf, the reigning Wimbledon champion who has been bothered by a
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    • Article
      Lock icon Wheaton goes down to Swedish qualifier
      490 13 Agencies STOCKHOLM Swedish qualifier David Engel upset lOth-seeded David Wheaton 4-6, 6-4. 7-6 to advance out of the second round of the US$l.l million Stockholm Open on Wednesday. "It's my best win ever, beating Wheaton on his favourite surface," said Engel of his victory.
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    • SIDELINES
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        Manchester United crashes to Atletico
        237 16 MADRID Manchester United saw its European dream of becoming the first side ever to retain the European Cup Winners' Cup turn into a nightmare when two goals in the last three minutes enabled Atletico to chalk up its win. It went behind to a Paolo
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        Liverpool humbled
        85 16 AUXERRE, France Unfancied French side Auxerre humbled once-mighty Liverpool with a deserved 2-0 win in the first leg of their UEFA Cup second round on Wednesday. The little club from the Burgundy town scored through midfielder Jean-Marc Ferreri in the 43rd minute and Hungarian striker Kalman Kovacs on
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        Watson off life-support
        91 16 LONDON British boxer Michael Watson has been taken off his life-support machine and out of the intensive care unit where he has been in a coma since being badly beaten in a title fight last month. But a spokesman for St Bartholomew's hospital in London said this
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        Dickson seeks to regain title
        64 16 HAMILTON, Bermuda Chris Dickson, the New Zealander heading Japan's America's Cup Challenge, served notice on Wednesday that he intended to regain the match racing world title he lost last year to Australian Peter Gilmour. Dickson won six of seven races on the opening day of
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        Lloyd lauds cricket move
        56 16 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad Former West Indies Test captain Clive Lloyd welcomed Wednesday's decision by The International Cricket Council to allow South Africa to participate in the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand early next year. The retired Guyanese left-handed batsman is widely regarded as
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      Lock icon Lyle ready to take on Ballesteros in Masters
      388 16 AP SOTOGRANDE, Spain Scotland's Sandy Lyle says he is ready to challenge favourite Seve Ballesteros in the Volvo Masters, the richest event in PGA European Tour history. "What happened to me was that my bubble just burst," said Lyle, whose victory two
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      Lock icon Australasian PGA Tour plans more tournaments in Asia
      204 16 AP BRISBANE, Australia The Australasian PGA Tour plans to expand its Asian leg to five or six tournaments next year following the response to three new events played this month. The success of two events in Malaysia and one in Sin- gapore
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    • Article
      Lock icon Dittmar, Martin in Canadian final
      250 16 Reuter TORONTO The final of the Canadian Open squash championships will be an allAustralian affair after defending champion Chris Dittmar and world champion Rodney Martin upset the top two seeds on Wednesday. Martin, seeded fourth, needed only 49 minutes to eliminate second-seeded fellow Australian Chris
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    • Article
      Lock icon English newcomer strikes it rich
      253 16 AFP READING, England English rookie Dave Finbow guaranteed himself the biggest pay day of his career here on Wednesday by squeezing into the quarter-fi-nals of the £400,000 Rothmans Grand Prix. The 23-year-old assured himself of a £10,000 cheque by staging a fine revival to beat
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    • Article
      Lock icon Wrenn takes early lead in Independent Open
      311 16 AP THE WOODLANDS, Texas Robert Wrenn shot a 7-under-par 65 on Wednesday to take the first-round lead in the rain-plagued Independent Insurance Agents Open. The tournament, rescheduled for this week when its spring dates were washed out by rain, was halted for the
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      325 13 BUSINESS TIMES TELEPHONE: 730-5771/5772/5773 FAX: 734-4982 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF TAI YANG PRIVATE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (In Liquidation) (Members' Voluntary Winding-up) At an Extraordinary General Meeting ot the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 101-A
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      273 13 NOTICE OF CREDITORS' MEETING IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up N0.129 of 1987 In The Matter Of The Companies Act. Cap. 50 And In The Matter Of BUILDMAS SERVICES PTE LTD Notice is hereby given that the meeting of creditors in the above matter
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      438 13 MORTGAGEE AUCTION H iHOTEL ST. MORITZ ST KILDA AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE'S NEWEST BEACHSIOE HOTEL I The only 4-fUr hotel offering Land Registered under the superb views of Port Phillip Bay Transfer of Land Act. from most room, and suites yet Land in plan of comolidation No. only m.nutes away from the
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      243 14 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN WHEBE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN WHERE TO WINE, DINE ORGANISE YOUR OWN KARAOKE! It's your very own Karaoke party! King's Hotel has come up with a weekend Karaoke package for groups of 10-200 people from 12 noon to 5 pm. After your Penang
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      225 14 SCOTTS mgr M Retreat into a world of classical charm Create traditions. Indulge in English tea or evening cocktails. Enjoy the repertoire of our string quartet or solo pianist. Experience Hyatt Regency Singapore's new Scotts Lounge. II Hyatt Regency Singapore 10-12 Scons fcad Singapore 0922 Td: 733 UHB GOOdSCBB ■mm
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      246 14 Relive the days of old when Bak Kut Teh, Congee and Youtiao are staple 'supper' items. Tasty and nutritious, they are making a grand comeback at Cafe Plaza. From 10 pm 2 am daily. Plaza Hotel SINGAPORE nic>„c) WAMI«COLOeJir«M.*IHIMTII»G VrVl l%r JTIQaU Hram Hn* Stmwpiirr <)7B Trl ."ihiiiiii Cafe ALADDV^'
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      346 14 That's our prediction for you when you step into the Kaabah as we >4nc y°" down memory lane with golden hita and evergreena. Every night is nostalgia night. Youl be mesmerized rMbhy. V> 2— trfai,. S.Uq. rW«h)M>— mo*m,*+— m mrntfTwmi [Jj ExaZtor Hotel 1 UWtVdO \°n Tel: 338- 7733 By
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      577 14 TELEVISION AND RADIO \l7Wlf Z+ m*-.tr ioHmF mmtfm-tfZ VV OH II UOWII 7.00 International il.). Mgr gJS.'SS*- BSC, M) nNz in VHF Band N 700 rJtoT^ g b7cNN I HighlightS 12 55 AMCto>< 600NNy^ y ,n H>#tofy W^irßus^ncss'Rc^r 1, l OSmK Wotfon, 10.45pm, SBC 5 8.00 World of Audubon 5.55
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Eat well, eat tofu — sometimes
      870 15  - Eat well, eat tofu sometimes Despite rumours to the contrary, tofu is not an 'anytime' thing to eat, which puts it in the same category with fried fish. Marian Burros finds out why Marian Burros NYT Anyone who takes on a symbol should be prepared for the backlash. In the
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      Planet Hollywood calling...
      401 15 CHATTERBOX IN CASE you've been living on another planet, or at least outside New York City, where the hype for the hot spot has been relentless, you might have missed the news. Planet Hollywood, described in a barrage of feverish publicity as "the spectacular new restaurant and
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      227 15 HHP EHTIRTAIH c 4 Danish pastries. Fresh cakes. Savoury Dian Xin. Mee Siam. Samosas. Quiche Lorrain. Spring Rolls. Fresh Fruits. Cookies. Every Saturday. 3 to 5 pm. $12.50++ per person. A Fashion show at nm ANA HOTEL rasnionsnow at 4 pm. SINCAPORE For reservations, n***™ h* 1025 please call 732-1222
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      130 15 The empress placE CLLTLH BY TOE SIftGAPOBK llVfl A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW AND INVEST IN BEUING HUAXIA ANTIQUES AND ART Date: 25 27 October 1991 Hat: 11.00 ui 7.00 pai Venae: Eapreei Place x I JHB j ®Bprr TiaflhlL a^n^uW' it* '< t. Here is an exclusive opportunity for
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      123 15 SUNDAY B FAMILY |0 BRUNCH H H $15+ H: (S7 for children under 12) K|^l TEE-OFF CAFE Rj3 MARINA BAY COLF& COUNTRY CLUB roa 6 MARINA GREEN SINCAPORE 0101. FOR RESERVATIONS PLEASE CAIJ. 221 2811/322 4221 """1 AN UNFORGETTABLE mm disco ■M AH POLITYX... flihiSMW AVENUE VOU MUST ICAfID, READ
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      392 16 round you also be eligible Lucky Draw. one the designated coloured balls from a barrel and The lucky player at the 1 Million IHHIIIIIIHIIHhHHHHBHIHMHH Hole on Nov 26th 1991 will win a fantastic Porsche 911 Yes, there's $1 Million to be won if you score a Hole- Turbo worth $600,000.
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      198 17 II II B BgngKlH^HW^ HMHHHH',. aflH" 1 BBsBSEISi^SSM ALEXANDRA POINT IS LOCATED ON ALEXANDRA i, j|| 1 ?lC^ ROAD AND IS HIGHLY ACCESSIBLE VIA EXPRESSWAYS AND *JR ARTERIAL ROADS PORT AND WAREHOUSE FACILITIES ARE j] —g CLOSE BY. AS ARE OTHER MAJOR INDUSTRIAL AND COM 1"J jj'f'^j l MERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      KL stocks hog limelight as Budget day nears
      3936 18  -  By Dawn Tan SHARK PRICES dosed higher in active trading yesterday but hefty profit-taking in some blue-ehip stocks caused the 30-sharc Straits Times Industrials Index to end 5.18 points lower at 1,419.40. Brokers said that investors sold some Singapore stocks to take
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      HOT STOCK
      58 18  -  Chew Eng Han Comment A BUY SIGNAL is indicated on the daily charts. After a short-term low in August, the stock hit a lower bottom in October, However, the RSI recorded higher bottoms in the corresponding periods, giving a classic convergence between price-action and RSI. Initial resistance is
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 3
    3251 20 Oriental Hldgs 550 +20 +3.8% Rothmans M 50« 695 +15 +2 2% UMW 248 +11 +4.6% NST 306 +10 3 4% KL Kepong 222 +9 +4 2% MCB Hldgs 50« 99 +9 +10 0% Uniphoenix 109 +9 +9.0% PMC 50« 157 +8 +5 4% Sungei
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Market closes higher in strong buying
      4434 21 Bernama STRONG buying support led share priees here to a higher close across the board yesterday in active trading. The KLSH All-Share Emas Index at the close firmed 2.23 points to 136.58 while the Composite Index rose 7.56 points to 533.54 and the Industrial
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      173 21 Ijjg i HONG KONG GIFTS HOUSEWARE FAIR HONG KONG WATCH CLOCK FAIR m WlffreWH| INTERNATIONAL AUOIO VISUAL SHOW TOYS t GAMES FAIR HONG KONG FASHION WEEK HONG KONG hong kong OPTICAL ELECTRONICS FAIR HONG KONG PREMIUM SHOW BOOK HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FA I R JEWELLERY SHOW HONG KONG: THE FAIR
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      423 22 Company Date Year Group Net Net earnings Gross ann te profit/loss (L) per share dividend (000) (cents) first Capital Oct 18 Jun 91 $8891 (SI 1.711) 55(72) 1(1) Beriaya Group Oct 16 Apr 91 M$24 670($25 377) 7(7 1) 5(10) Sea View Oct 16 )un 91 $5.627(J5.262) 25
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      556 22 Company Date Half-year Group pre-tax Interim ann to profit/loss (L) dividend (000) I0M Oct 21 Jun 91 M$175t<$1.117L) Metropte. Oct 18 Jul 91 M$16.678($13.323) Heua Corpn Oct 17 lul 91 M$548($1.391) MMC Oct 10 Jul 91 M$25.871($35 303) 20(20) Urophone lei Oct 9 Jun 91 M$U.018<$8.115) Sri Hartamas
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      47 22 Company Others Aral StMJ Restricted Offer for Sale of Angkasa Marketing share <w the basis of bO Angkasa shares of MJ1 each at MJ2 50 per share ♦or every 1 000 Amai Steel shares held Ex-date May 16 Books close May 31 teceptance Payment NYA
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      612 22 Company Rights Issue Asa Pk Land One tor two MSO 65 per share mmci Tadi One tor-one fe SI 00 per share Bolt or Issue of 190 978m nominal amount of 35% Redeemable Unsecured Guaranteed Bonds 1991/% with 45 489m detachable warrants on the bass of $2 nominal
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      920 22 Current Ex Books Date Total far Total tor payment date clou MjnMt the year last year Acttvj 5%TE(I) Oct 21 Oct 31 Nov 15 5%TE 10%TE U06 50c 35%(b) Sep 13 Sep 27 Oct 25 3 5% 25% Antah Hdp 50c 6%<b) Nov 21 Dec 5 Dec 24
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      345 22 Company Date Year Group pre-tax Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend ('000) (cents) YTl Corpn Oct 9 Jun 91 M$*****($19.311) 138(79) 10(10 Boustead Oct 2 Jun 91 M$35 810($32.503) 104(85) 15(15) S8S Oct 2 Jun 91 $4.315($4.140) 10.1(115) 7(7) Antah Hldgs Sep 30 Jun
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      496 22 Oct 23 Amtek Engineering Ltd is taking a 60% stake in a new venture. AE Rubber Sdn Bhd. in Johore for the manufacture of precision rubber components Singapore Computer Systems has set the cut-off price for its tender tranche at 85 cents. Oct 22 HS6C Holdings pfc has
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      SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS
      1952 22 Trans Registered Substantial Buy/ Shares Amount Shareholdings Stock Dato Holder Shareholder/Director Soil involved Before Chge After Chge I Tat Lee Bank 21/10/91 Peiguan Development (Pte) Ltd Goh Yeok Chay wife B 2.000 6.400 000 65.283.654 37.740 65.285.654 37 740 Tat Lee 8ank 21/10/91 Peiguan Development (Pte) Ltd
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      SCRIPLESS CONVERSION
      57 22 Conversion SpeciaJ Trig Scripless Conversion deadline Period Trading Company starts (1DP) S!") starts Kn»Hldgs Sep 16 Oct 10 Sep 30 Oct 10 Oct II Minebea Oct II Nov 7 Oct 25 Nov 7 Nov 8 I Sep 26 Sep 16 Sep 26 Sep 27 F,Mn Sep 3 Sep
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      320 22 Petaing Garden Bhd: EGM at the registered office. 49-B, Jalan 6/31. Petaling Garden, ***** Petaling Jaya. Selangor on Friday, Oct 25, at 10.30 am. DMB Bhd: 30th AGM at 4, Jalan Tandang, ***** Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan on Saturday, Oct 26, at 11am. Tractors Malaysia Holdngs Bhd:
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      RECORD HIGHS & LOWS
      180 22 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ST Industrials Index 1991 Mr miM fVfi/Qn 1991 N* *****8 3/6/91) 99 J? 25 S nlnml 1991 tow: 1149 08 (16/1/91) 1990 Ml ***** 6/7'90 1990 1607 12 (27/3/90) 990 S 981 07 (MmS 1990 b 1079 50 989 Mi ,5! S2 S 1989
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      RESULTS DUE
      455 22 Main Board Last Full Year Company Period Date Tear Net EPS Grow Nat aranced aufcig (cents) <f* profit last year (WOO) SM Interim Oct 30 Mar 92 143 2 40 0 912.800 lacks M Interim Oct 31 lan 92 1,1801 EMS Final Nov 6 Jul 91 30TE 17.8781
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF THAILAND
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      Lock icon Market hardly moved in the absence of new factors
      2390 23 UPI Reuter SHARE PRICES yesterday finished almost unehanged on the Thai stock market in thin trading. The Securities Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index rose 0.49 of a point to close at 622.55. "The market did little all day," said Amporn Ruangprasertkul,
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  • JAKARTA STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Index eases as foreign investors shy away
      1074 23 Reuter STOCK PRICES yesterday slipped marginally in light trading that reflected foreign investors' continued lack of interest. The index slipped 0.47 points to 230.51 on turnover of 2.88 million shares. Bearish trends were highlighted by Unilever's fall of 1,300 rupiah to 14,000. "The
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Market ends two days of losses
      2586 24 Reuter TOKYO STOCKS yesterday reeouped two days of losses to close moderately higher in choppy trade. Brokers said arbitrage buy programs and chasing of incentive-backed issues kept prices on an upward trend. But a clear sense of direction eluded the Nikkei, which again finished
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      2563 24 UPI AP SHARE PRICES on the Hongkong Stock Exchange closed lower yesterday after limited selling pressure and profit-taking wore down earlier gains. The benchmark Hang Seng Index, which rose 39.72 points on Wednesday, shed 32.04 points to close at 3989.34. Volume was a moderate HKSI.26
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    • Profit-taking trims early gains on Aussie market
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        772 25 THE Australian share market closed firmer yesterday but off its earlier highs as investors took profits. "The market is extremely healthy and the momentum is still there," Ord Minnett broker Eric Gale said. "A bit of profit-taking is healthy for the market." Other brokers said the local bourse is
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        MANILA
        579 25 SHARE PRICES continued to fall as investors, concerned that the return of former first lady Imelda Marcos could lead to political turmoil, either sold or stayed away, brokers said. "Interest in the market is softening. A lot of people are staying out ahead of the return of Imelda Marcos
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        NEW ZEALAND
        327 25 SHARES ENDED higher on reasonable volume, but dealers said the lower New Zealand dollar was not a factor in the rise. The NZSE-40 Capital Index was up 14.56 points at 1,502.89 on turnover worth NZ522.6 million. Peter Halligan of Buttle Wilson said the main influences were a little
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        TAIPEI
        527 25 TAIWAN SHARE prices yesterday opened lower but institutional buying at the market's lows lifted the index to finish much higher, brokers said. The Weighted Index closed at 4,253.73, 118.09 points or 2.9 per cent higher than Wednesday's finish. Turnover rose to NTS 15.6 billion against NTS 12.2 billion. The
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        801 25 SEOUL STOCKS yesterday retreated on profit-taking in heavy late trading after topping the 720 mark in the morning on expectations of a big rally ahead of next year's start of direct foreign investment in the market, brokers sai<J. "Investors, judging the index rose excessively, sold in the afternoon and
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        BOMBAY
        85 25 SHARE PRICES on Wednesday edged up on buying from state owned investment institutions for the second successive day, brokers said. But investors held back ahead of the end to the current two-week account today and there was no follow-up support, they said. "The institutions were the only buyers in
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        447 25 lot* Previow Oct 24 AUSTRALIA All Ordinaries Index 1.645.1 1.635.5 +9.6 All Industrials Index 2550.3 2.536.5 +13.8 All Resources Index 959 946.6 +12.4 Turnover (million) 147.46 181.43 -33.97 NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital 1,502.89 1.488.33 +14.56 Turnover (million) 22.6 20 +2.6 MANILA Composite Index 1,008.13 1,013.31 -5.18 Turnover (million) 3100 721.2+2378.8
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        336 26 Oct 23 Close Previous NEW YORK Dow Jones 3.040 92 3,039.80 +1.12 SAP 500 387 94 387.83 0.11 Turnover (million) 187.5 194.5 -7 L0HD0H Financial Times 30 1,966.1 1,963.4 2.7 FTSE 100 2,561.1 2,559.5 +1.6 Turnover (million) 406.5 466.2 -59.7 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1,587.89 1,580.7! +7.18 AMSTERDAM EOE Index 276.25
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        1138 26 STOCKS closed mixed on Wednesday but with a slight negative bias. Blue chips mounted an afternoon rally to close about a point above their opening, and smaller issues closed just under. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 1.12, at 3,040.92, after being up as much as 11
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        LONDON
        597 26 SHARE PRICES fell back from earlier highs in line with a lead from the futures market in morning trading here yesterday. At 12.45pm (1145 GMT) the FT-SE 100 index stood at 2,557.1, down four points from the previous closing. On Wednesday, shares closed marginally higher on the London Stock
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        AMSTERDAM
        274 26 DUTCH shares started at a gallop on Wednesday, heavily backed by foreign institutional investors, but were unable to keep up the pace until the end, in line with dealers' expectations. The EOE Index closed 1.72 firmer at 276.25, having been as high as 276.93. The stronger dollar, and Wall
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        FRANKFURT
        264 26 A LACK of follow-up orders eroded an early rally on the Frankfurt bourse on Wednesday, but traders said market optimism was rising after prices held above a key level. The 30-share DAX index ended 7.18 points higher at 1,587.89, above the 200-day moving average of 1,582, but below the
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        PARIS
        193 26 THE PARIS Bourse suffered through a mediocre session on Wednesday, as the CAC-40 stock price index finished at 1,830.36 points, down by 0.35 per cent from the Tuesday close. The index was down by 0.06 per cent at the opening, up 0.10 percent an hour later, but could not
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        MILAN
        195 26 THE MILAN stock market on Wednesday continued the downtrend that set in on Tuesday, as the MIB index finished at 1,009 on Wednesday down 0.59 per cent from the previous close. Operators said some investors sold stocks as a precaution in the light of the prevailing pessimism on stock
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        ZURICH
        377 26 SWISS SHARES ended a lively session firmer on Wednesday. Chemicals led the market higher after activity had centred on banks and insurers in the first half of the session. Dealers said there was no specific reasons for the active buying. "Sentiment has improved", one trader said. The bond market
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        STOCKHOLM
        150 26 PRICES on the Stockholm bourse closed steady to firmer on Wednesday in slack trade with few market moving news. Dealers said prices were supported by small gains on other European markets. The bourse general index rose 0.03 per cent to 983.83 in turnover of 264 million crowns. Blue chips
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        JOHANNESBURG
        395 26 THE STOCK market continued to build upon its recent gains on Wednesday amid cautious optimism, but price rises were generally modest, dealers said. The trend was aided by a retreat in the foreign investment currency, the financial rand, which posted good gains recently on positive sanctions developments, they noted.
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        TORONTO
        283 26 TORONTO stocks drifted in afternoon trade to end lower on Wednesday as investors continued to take profits following last week's gains, dealers said. Volume heated up late in the day as a number of large blocks were crossed, but most indexes ended little changed, they added. The TSE-300 composite
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
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      1149 27 REPORTS THE US dollar maintained a steady tooting in quiet early European trading yesterday while the market awaited monthly US data on durable goods orders. "If anything is going to move the market that's where it's going to come from,"
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      380 27 Crass rates US$ SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS USS 1.6960 2.7515 1.7090 131.15 0.5877 1.4940 1.2771 1.8002 SS 0.5896 1.6223 1.0077 77.3290 0.3465 0.8809 0.7530 1.0614 MS 0.3634 0.6200 0.6211 47.6649 0.2136 0.5430 0.4642 0.6543 Dm 0.5851 0.9924 1.6100 76.74 0.3439 0.8742 0.7473 1.0534 Yen
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      541 27 Interbank rates SS Bid Offer Overnight 3 5/8 3 3/4 1-month 3 7/8 4 2-month 4 4 1/8 3-month 4 4 |/g Overnight mode: 3-7/8 USS Bid Offer 7 days 5 5/16 5 7/16 1 month 5 1/4 5 3/8 2 months 5 1/4 5 3/8 3 months
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      335 27 AP STRASBOURG The Netherlands may propose freezing the European currency unit pending a full monetary union. Finance Minister Wim Kok said on Wednesday. Under the freeze proposal, the component currencies and their assigned weights in the ECU would be held steady, rather than
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      319 27 Reuter FRANKFURT This week's dips on the federal German cash bonds and bund futures markets are the precursors of a likely trend later this year, dealers and analysts said. "We are seeing a correction now, but it is also an early warning signal
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      1135 27 SIMEX EURODOLLAR Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/Int Vol Dec 91 94.46 94.47 9445 94.47 3752 ***** 2966 Mar 92 94.55 94.57 94.55 94.57 4680 ***** 4051 Jun 92 94.28 94.31 94.28 94.31 2654 6444 1715 Sep 92 93.96 93.96 93.94 93.96 1714 2477 699 Dec 92
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      367 28 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR The world's major natural rubber producers and consumers ended a marathon session early yesterday without agreeing whether to negotiate a new rubber accord to replace the current five-year agreement, officials said. The International Natural Rubber Organisation (Inro) council chairman
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      309 28 Reuter RICHARDS BAY, South Africa South Africa's coal producers are watching foreign markets as sanctions recede, wary of shipping too much and weakening already shaky world prices. Caution is the watchword despite the expected completion by the end of the year
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      Higher offerings send KL tin down by 3 sen
      838 28 REPORTS THE tin price eased three sen to close at 14.90 sen per kg on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market on higher offerings yesterday. Dealers said the market was easier as the London Metal Exchange was down by US$ 15 on
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    1380 28 Rubber oct24 IMS (t»> hi Hw) S cents/kg Noon Close Int I RSS Prompt 140.50/141.50N 140.75/141 75N Int 1 RSS Nov 91 141.50/142.50 14I.7VI42.75 Int 1 RSS Dec 140.25/140.75 140.50/141.00 Int 2 RSS OP 136.75/137.75N 136.75/138.75N Int 3 RSS OP 135.25/137.25N 135.25/137 25N Int 4 RSS OP 131.75/133.75N I3I.7VI33.75N
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      448 29  -  POSTCARD FROM HARBIN By Angus Foster SOMFWHFRF in north-cast China, an area as hig as France and Germany combined, there is a ski lift. Word of it had seeped into folklore. Like the Tibetan yeti. there had been occasional, unconfirmed sightings. No one
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      154 29 As at 3pm yesterday: Ix>cal dollars to one unit of foreign currency C urrencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.3242 1.3355 Canadian dollar 1.4884 1.5109 NZ dollar 0.9342 0.9720 Sterling pound 2.8762 2.9010 US dollar 1.6940 1.6980 l-ocal dollars to 100 units of foreign current) Austrian schilling 13.95
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      191 29 Singapore Outlook: tlii/y. Report: Maximum temperature 33.1 Assoc humidity 56% Minimum temperature 24.8 Assoc humidity 97% Hours of sunshine 7.85 Rainfall in mm Nil Rainfall this month 33.2 Rainy days this month 4 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/I/)* Cond. Auckland 19/12 Showers Bangkok 31/23 Cloudy Beijing 14/00 Cloudy Brunei unav Hongkong
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    384 30 AFP ARANYAPRATHET, Thailand Asian nations hailed the signing of the Cambodian peace accord but guns continued to be fired in anger in Cambodia yesterday. Heavy artillery barrages and clashes between Phnom Penh forces and guerillas were reported in the northwest of the war-ravaged country. There
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    Lock icon EC to take low-key tack in trade rows with China
    139 30 AP BEIJING The European Community will adopt a low-key approach to trade disputes with China rather than use threatening punitive measures, said the EC Commission Vice-President Frans Andriessen. However, he said trade between the EC and China would still be
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    Slower GDP growth likely for M'sia: institute
    394 30  -  Fighting inflation will remain govt's top priority From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR THE ANNUAL rate of growth of Malaysia's gross domestic product is expected to slow to 7.9 per cent in 1991 and ease further to 6.5 per cent in 1992, according
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    Lock icon Scramble for Viet oil and gas likely to intensify
    264 30 IHT SINGAPORE The signing of a Cambodian peace accord on Wednesday will intensify a scramble for oil and gas in Vietnam as Asian, European and Australian companies try to gain exploration permits for promising zones ahead of US companies, analysts say.
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    PM Goh meets de Klerk and other leaders
    240 30 JOHANNESBURG Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong arrived at the capital of South Africa on Wednesday on a private stopover on his way home from the Commonwealth summit in neighbouring Zimbabwe. He was met on arrival at Jan Smuts airport here by Foreign
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    382 30  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG LIBERAL politician Martin Lee and his party members have been denied a seat on Hongkong's highest policymaking body, despite having won the highest number of votes in the territory's recent election. Instead, Governor Sir David Wilson,
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      471 31  -  Worldwide sanctions against South Africa being lifted By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines plans to fly to Johannesburg as soon as sanctions against white-ruled South Africa are lifted. "We are ready to fly as soon as an air agreement between the two countries
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      Lock icon Gulf conflict a financial disaster for airlines: lata
      255 31 Reuter GENEVA Airlines lost between US$2.5 billion (554.2 billion) and US$3 billion in revenue as a result of this year's Gulf war, equal to their total losses on scheduled services for the whole of 1990, lata officials said on Wednesday. Figures due
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      Lock icon Air traffic will grow 6.5 pc, predicts McDonnell Douglas
      271 31 Reuter LONG BEACH, California McDonnell Douglas Corp said it expects worldwide air passenger traffic to grow an average of 6.5 per cent a year from 1990 through 2010. The company, which issued projections in its World Economic and Traffic Outlook report,
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      1240 31 Page Cot ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 i AFS 15 5 < Ahrenkiel Liner 16 4 < Allied-Link 16 4/5 Anglo Orient 16 1/2 < ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3 A.P.C. Lines 13 5 < A cWarehousing 15 4 Arrow Int 9 4
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      Northern Telecom unit wins US$ 100m Thai deal
      318 31  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE UK-based STC Submarine Systems, in a joint venture with Thai partner Jasmine International Co Ltd. has clinched a USSIOO-million (5i69.4 million) contract to install an underwater telecommunications network in the Gulf of Thailand. The build-operate-transfer (BOT) tender contract
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      Lock icon High worldscale freight rates choke US heating oil exports
      338 31 Reuter NEW YORK A jump in worldscale freight rates choked off exports of heating oil to Europe after a brief opening in the arbitrage window around mid-month caused 20 to 25 cargoes to be fixed for arrival by early Next month.
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        Small is beautiful
        53 31 IN THE late 1980s. Japan's automakers took on Detroit and the Europeans with a remarkable array of new luxury ears, far bigger and far more gadget-laden than anything that had ever before emerged from Japanese auto factories. Now the Japanese are sending a new message: small is
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        US transport bill could cause 3-way clash
        76 31 THE House of Representatives set the stage on Wednesday for a three-way battle with the Senate and the White House over how to dole out billions of dollars to the states for highways and mass transit programmes. The debate over the final shape
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        40 31 CONTRACTORS building the Channel tunnel said on Tuesday that they would not use their own money to allow construction to continue on the project, which is facing a cash flow crisis Back Page
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        33 31 UNITED Airlines has selected Indianapolis as the site for its USSI-billion (551.69 billion) maintenance hub. bringing with it 7.000 jobs, a legislative aide confirmed on Tuesday Back Page
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        BA to buy training simulator for $6.4 m
        97 32 SINGAPORE British Airways will spend £2.2 million ($6.4 million) on a Boeing 747 cabin safety training simulator. The 15.2 m long simulator, manufactured by US-based Burtek, is a replica of the forward end of a 8747 and includes the upper deck and
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        Evergreen donates to museum
        55 32 LONDON One of the world's biggest container ship operator. Evergreen Lines of Taiwan, has donated £400.000 to the National Maritime Museum for the renovation of its galleries. The money will be used for the funding of the Sea Power in the 20th century exhibition which is
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        67 32 SINGAPORE The Port Master's Department has issued a reminder advising vessel masters to keep a VHF watch on the appropriate radio channels when entering, leaving or within the port. All vessels are to comply with Port Marine circular No 6 dated Sep 6, 1990 entitled
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        Tenneco to sell Sperry Marine
        65 32 HOUSTON Tenneco Inc said it will sell the Sperry Marine subsidiary' of its Newport News Shipbuilding division a$ part of its US$2 billion (553.38 billion) cutback announced last month. The company said it expects to complete the sale early next year. Tenneco acquired Sperry Marine
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        GEC-Alsthom's plant in Essen
        57 32 PARIS Power and transport engineer GEC-Alsthom said its European Gas Turbines unit opened its new factory in Essen, Germany, on Wednesday. The factory will produce the General Electric family of heavy-duty gas turbines up to 125 MW. GEC-Alsthom is a 50-50 joint venture between the UK's
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        Rescue operations completed
        60 32 LONDON Rescue operations have been completed on the Panamanian container ship Isla Puna, aground off Mexico, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence said. The vessel was anchored on Oct 21 awaiting instructions for berthing. The 9,291-dwt ship suffered damage to its engine room and hold when it went aground near
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        Submarine facilities in Pakistan
        79 32 KARACHI Pakistan has initiated work on the modern submarine manufacturing and refit facilities at port Qasim, the second harbour for this southern city, Pakistan's navy chief said. Admiral Yasturul Haq Malik said that Pakistan had had submarine refit facilities at the Karachi harbour for the past
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      988 32 FREIGHT market sentiment dn Wednesday was lifted by prospects the US may decide On further Soviet food aid and grain credits by the end of the month, brokers said. But shippers were aware it was hard to gauge the size of any credits and their impact on freight
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        625 47 Vess <oy No Berth Arrival Oepirture vessel Voy No Berth km* Depvtire Marina Terminal 1 Jurong Port Batam Sayang *****1 M03 alongs.de 25 10- 2300 Kota Indah J10 atongsHle 24 10 1 700 Brastagi 1 42/91 M02 alongside 25 10/2300 Kuala Stak lll/B 111/91 06 J2 alongside
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        222 47 Johoro Port Berth: 1: lucoma; 2: ml; 3: Dade; 4: Turid; 5: Crane; 6: Kris Terasek. 01 jtfty: Stolt Spirit. A)on. DCfc Golden Crux N. Due on Oct 24: Harukaze. Botany Tradition. Soon Seng. Moisgulf, Jaru Bhum. Ming Chun. DUt. on Oct 25: Bow Mariner. Asif 11,
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        842 47 RECEIVING OF EXTORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookie/Balance Rstts Shq> Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACX'lrty 16B 26/0130 1 24/1500 24/1659 24/1900 3 25/0700 25/1159 25/1400 ACX Ruby 26B 25/1500 1 24/1500 24/1659 24/1900 Aka Bhum 114S 26/2300 2 24/1700 25/0659 25/0900 4 25/1200
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      Lock icon Transport bill could cause clash among White House, chambers
      473 48 NYT WASHINGTON The House of Representatives set the stage on Wednesday for a three-way battle with the Senate and the White House over how to dole out billions of dollars to the states for highways and mass transit programmes. The debate
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      Lock icon Channel tunnel project running out of cash: contractors
      260 48 NYT PARIS Contractors building the Channel tunnel said on Tuesday that they would not use their own money to allow construction to continue on the project, which is facing a cash flow crisis. Mr Jean-Paul Parayre, chairman of Dumez, one of five
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      Lock icon Indianapolis chosen as UAL hub
      123 48 AFP INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana United Airlines has selected Indianapolis as the site for its USSI -billion (551.69 billion) maintenance hub, bringing with it 7,000 jobs, a legislative aide confirmed on Tuesday. Aide Keven Shaw Kellems said United called Senator Richard Lugar's office to confirm the deal
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      29 31 Lines and services represented by,/£rinfera\ Members ef the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore National Ship- y'VtS&Mtl ping Association. lor advertising i nquiries, contact Shipping Times hi 74<120r »740-209t)
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      228 31 j j onagers /Must r lanage BT shows you how every Monday. ME3S3I The Straits Tunes Weekly Overseas Edition. Acrisp summary of happenings in Singapore. Politics, the economy, investment opportunities,appointments... And snippets on Malaysia and Asean. A convenient tabloid delivered to you eveiyweek, whereever you may be. Subscribe now. \wlP%»
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      31 31 Container Schedule 17 Daily Freights 2 Index to Advertisers 1 Stooping Guide 10.11 Ships in Port 17 Singapore Tides 17 Transport Diary 3 Veritas Report 2 Weather and Sea Conditions 17
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      43 32 Defmateriat Management Services Pt© ltd. International Project forwarder specialises in handling armament, explosives and related dangerous goods. 1. Air Sea Charter 2. Shipping of explosives, armament dangerous goods 3. Transhipment, warehousing distribution 4. Marine insurance ship supplies 5. Complete documentation, customs government clearance
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      2589 33 M OOCL(S) PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES till#* TEL *****11 FAX *****09 Miff/ BOOKINGS TEI *****34 320Q258 ■flßia IERMINAUCFS TEL *****18-220 I* D5Cm3 H PESAKA JAROINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SDN. BHD VA«# M PORT KCLANG TEL *****18 FAX *****91/*****58 ZT~~7 PENANG TEL *****4 FAX *****1 CFS TEI *****6 Dedicated to duality
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      2183 33 TRANSPORT DIARY Not 8 (9am to 2pm): Inmarsat Mobile Satellite Communications Seminar, jointl) organised by Singapore Telecom. Singapore Polytechnic and Inmarsat at the Singapore Polytechnic Auditorium. For registration, please contact Vincent Khng. Singapore Telecom at tel: 730-2660 No* 7-8: Seminar on the Shipper's and Carrier's Approach to Marine Insurance and
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      1543 33 TWO SAILINGS TO USA AXEL MAERSK V.9116 ETA 28/10/91 MADISON MAERSK V.9104 ETA 29/10/91 Vessel Voy ETA I ETD Feeder by DESTINATIONS World Lynn/ Merkur Delia lo This week Madison Maersk 9104 29/io 0600 HPS Port p^p| CFS 28/10 2359 MRS Ketang Penang OAK LGB HOU MEM ATL MIA CHS
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      1099 34 Irottedam/ VOY NO S PORE SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG ANTWERP LE HAVRE TOKIO EXPRESS 02/342 27/10 13/11 15/11 18/11 19/11 jßßfij' KATSURAGI 08/143 31/10 23/11 19/11 18/11 I. .*JI j THAMES 08/343 3/11 20/11 22/11 25/11 26/11 ffIRHKBH LA SEINE 21/144 7/11 30/11 26/11 25/11 1. ALL WESTBOUND P. HANNOVER EXPRESS 05/344
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      745 34 ISEASPAC SERVICE DIRECT SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE SIN NOU SUV PPT L J BONTANG 2805E8 29/10 13/11 15/11 21/11 ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO VIA SUVA TO LAUTOKA. PAGO PAGO. APIA I NUKUALOAEA DIRECT CHILE/ SOUTH AMERICAN SERVICE SIN lOQ ANF VAP CLX L J BONTANG 2805E8 29/10 3/12 4/12 11/12 12/12 ALSO
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      1607 34 iiiiuO| a lUOJ II are«<a»g& summ REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE WESTBOUND FOR EUROPE Wl/UOT SIN ALG BCL HAM BRE ROT ANT FEL IHA (WA (WA (VIA ALG) HAM) ROT) NORTH SEA 133W 28/10 18/11 19/11 23/11 25/11 24/11 25/11 26/11 27/11 222*1!* a* 9 4 03/11 25/11 27/11 29/11
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      2000 35 szfigSteamers Maritime Holdings Ltd P&O Mm STRAITS SHIPPING ■BMW 'J3 Sliupor# ti Brunei, East Malaysia. Containers fIHJV Voy No mi H'Kong #P*l S pat Alf Sou Ant Rot Hb| CARDIGAN BAT 0568 25/10 20 10 28/10 12/11 14/11 16/U ACCEPTS OOf SAAS LEDA MAERSA 9112 25/10 2 7/10 27/10 30/10
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      58 35 jLSEACROSS Loading SIN DESTINATION MV "GREAT STAR" VOY 2 28-31 OCT DUBAI MV "GLORY STAR" VOY 6 20-25 NOV B ABBAS S'pore: Seacross Shipping Chartering Tel: *****51 Fax *****70 Tlx: ***** SECROS Dubai: World Seas Ships Agencies (Est.) Tel *****0 Fax: *****9 Tlx: ***** WSSA EM A/w Shipbnttrs far Voyift
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      2460 35 TO: U.S.A./PANAMA FM: U.S.A./PANAMA VISSiL VOY _%f 0»l> ICS CHI toe SAV HO* H<IC VtSSU TOY NYC won S*V CRI IGB OA* SP DSK ROSTOCK IF 14? ?6 10 nil 20,'11 2»/U 3/12 4/12 t, 12 7/12 CHOYANG FRONT** MAI36 11/0 13/0 IS/9 20/9 20 9 30/0 20/10 GfRMAN SI
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      401 35 i/VismLmunMMumwlL STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO I HEAVY LIFTS KKfi I »or Isp [p* ITuc [it COSMC POWER U 27/10 2t/lt ASIAN TRAMR 14 x/ 10 !>7u~ ORANGE MOON II 25/10 lit iO MM UU«H 21/10 JO 10 CHAMPION TRAOER 20 31/10 1 coat lima 1 2/11 «/ii
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      609 36 AH CR NBR **********0-D EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO EUROPE Kl VOY SPORE ROAM ADAM H BURG BREMEN ANTWERP SHWIJATA 33M8 4/12 6/1 12/1 16/1 21/1 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO Sub|«ct to loduc«m«nt. Also accepting cargo to Casablanca. Port Said. Port Alaiandria. Genoa. Trieste ALSO ACCEPTING BOTH CONTAINERS. CONVENTIONAL
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      1250 36 0 HANJIN SHIPPING 031E I 3o"loI 18/11 ffll MMMUNSAN M7E ?8 > !o M7E "/12 "Su'l/u SSS .li Sci n/li nil imki™ s,ii mow—oik »/i; lyujwt HANIIN KAOHSAJNG 006E 11 11 OtRtCT 212 5/12 HANJIN C*MO7X 2 fMWnOUS OaE 19/ 2 20/12 22/ 2 HANJIN HAMBURG 008E 18/11 DIRECT 9/12
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      1774 37 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 ICR NO: **********0E1 ROOKINGS NEPTUNELINK TEL *****00 V# USA SERVICE -*****16 TERMINAL OFFICE *****22 UK/EUROPE SERVICE *****19 R? c C^ El clono- EPT -*****^*****4 AUST/INDIA/PAKSERVICE: *****18 CFS K27-EXPORi MM FAR EAST SERVICE *****48 CFS K27 IMPORT *****69^*****50 P Kelang-(03) *****87. Penang-(04) *****0. J.Bahru-(07)
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      1124 37 m sinsov SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: *****51/ *****64/ *****59 (FESCO LINE) ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****11 *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES EASTBOUND—DSCHARGH6 WESTBOUND—LOAHNG THANSHFPED VIA ROTTEKOAAI vtssns *oi |s» |mm «g koy |«h |m j«c |bhv
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      1766 38 Kt* —i ft ICR No: **********0 M) mm mmm AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD T W TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****07/8/9 EV PI! Pi MALAYSIA: "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SDN BMO A TEL SA *****00 PK *****01/5 PENANG *****0 JB *****1. ■■■■i KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD Indonesia:
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      1230 38 f t?SS PHIU Oni€NT UN€S PT€ LTD i 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 1 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** PHIU FAX: *****76/*****36 BY AIR, LAND OR SEA WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU (Wtf MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION 30 OCT DUBAI. DAMMAN. SHARJAH. DOHA.
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      1275 39 ggPlf PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD M Hf P»L Building, 140 Cecil Street #0300, Singapore 0106. I JAKARTA I [BANGKOK I VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SIN VEBBEL VOY SIN BKK SIN BUNQA TERATAI 433 27/10 28/10 3/11 JCNLINK 7SN 26/10 29/10 2/11 EDEN 441 30/10 2/11 9/11 PEGASUS PROGRESS M9N
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      1030 39 BENLINE CONTAINERS LTD 200 Cantonment Road Tel: *****22 #13-05 Southpoint Fax: *****63 Singapore 0208. Telex: RS ***** EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT VESSEL VOY NOS SPORE LEHAVRE ROTTERDAM S'HAMPTON HAMBURG GOTHENBURG FRANCE HOLLAND UK GERMANY/SCAN SWEDEN Benalder 376 26/10 16/11 15/11 Bunga Permai' 386 30/10 15/11 16/11 18/11 19/ it
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      599 39 tea MYANMA QUk FIVE STAR LINE W (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S'pore P.KIf Pen P.Gdf PWYA VII7W Std SID In Ft HM-AN HUD 22/25 Oct PAGAN VI7SW 25/31 Oct THE BANK LINE (A oenrice of Andrew Weir Shipping) VI SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE \1 HEAVY LIFT CAPABILITY I EXPRESS
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      735 41 ■pIIZITLJ a in i ill HIM ScanDutchg 1 TO EUROPE (NORTH CONTINENT-UK-SCANDINAVIA) WEEKLY UtOWtVEMEL PKLANO PtNANO OCEAN VESSEL SIN LI MA»Wt(I) ROAM(l) SHAMPTONP) WUWQ<«) OBURO (S) Sotom/W. Bun 22/10 20/10 17/10 19/10 B«naMor/37C 2«/10 isTTi 8 S«rof«/W Bhun 22/10 25/10 17/10 24/10 8 Pormji/388 30/10 14/11 15/11 17/11 11/11 So*o)a/W.
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      684 41 WEEKLY, FIXED DAY, DIRECT CALL ffedjoyd FROM LA SPEZIA, FOS,BARCELONA Nedlloyd Lines damietta, jedoah to Singapore NEW ZEALAND/FIJI VESSEL Jkt PK{ *P«n *flkk Sin S*baya Auckland Fii(A) N.Plymouth(A) Timaru Lyttelton(B) Dunedin(B) Napwr Wefcifton(C) Tauranfj N Rouen/9124S 27/10 In Pt 21/10 21/10 24/10 27/10 11/11 23/11 13/11 14/11 15/11 15/11 16/11
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      702 42 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND S" f '«n »«•«> Sfd fcK» p« |P CHAIM MiTNEmN rn w/io 31/10 //11 10/11 is/ii 17/11 19/11 "wirMTilii u/ii ?i/u M/n ~77i717u ~vTT "ioTTi ni» IUK 21J 1/12 9/12 14/12 10/1? 2;/12 WtßSfl ?ll 17/12 26/12 31/12 0/1 TiTl TsTl TO USA/CANADA VSI S«i Gulf Port
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      984 42 EXPORTS TO HONGKONG. TAIWAN. MANILA JAPAN "TWICE WEEKLY" MALACCA STRAITS SERVICE [OUTBOUNO VOY PKI PEN ~mT JSW J MNt HKG KAO NEE TYO SM2 NGO KOB ifvESSEL VOY |SM |PKI FEU BUT SW ACX 10TUS 188 *27 10 *25 10 26 10 29 10 211 411 *****18 11 7 11
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      1628 42 *3? CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY FULL CONTAINKR LINKR SKRVICK Malaysia's AGENTS SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS mdoksu s agents CHUNG CHIAO SHIPPING SON BHD PfKTAR PTF ITD P T GLOBAL PUTRA KL TEL: *****91/17 FAX *****92, ***** PTE LTD IwnAMCCii UADITIMF t. KIANG TEL *****06 8 TLX MA ***** TEL *****00/*****33 INDONESIA
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      548 43 EUROPE "HANJIN ELIZABETH" V.OOIW ETA 27/10/91 ACCEPTING CARGO TILL 26/10 NOON TOKYO/YOKOHAMA "OCEAN CENTAURUS" V.28/102 ETA 27/10/91 ACCEPTING CARGO TILL 26/10 NOON FAST DIRECT REGULAR SERVICE TO INDONESIA PORTS PK. BALAM/PANJANG/PALEM6ANG/MUNTOK VSI ETA ETD LOADING FOR DEL I INDAH 28 10 91 31 10 91 PK BALAM LAMPUNG JAVA 26
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      499 43 STICMHEI^IASIN^fGEmcIE^S^T^nD TEL. *****33 (12 Lines) BFAX: *****15/*****03 J TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) P'fA ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEI I VOV ETA ILOACHNG FOR SPORE ANDINET ?SWB 30/11 DARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA ABVOT 27W8 20/12 OARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB. MASSAWA 35
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      754 43 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD El* ETA ETI SPORE PORT KEIANG PtNANG 81UE IADt Sailed Loading lot Mate mnu hudnu 31/10 loading lor Calcutta OOIPHN 30 10 2t 0 Loading For Male PIONEER SUPREME 29 10 ?6 in Loading For Male DONAKUIHI 30 10 Loaded For Frlmtru
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      797 43 JAKARTA BANGKOK wr m iq ||«KL jwv muem mm OA WIN 114S 26/10 29/10 NANTA BHUM 63N In Pt 24/10 *Sun 27/10 EAGLE WINO 131 27/10 1/11 GURU BHUM 02N Fri 25/10 Man 20/10 OASA ENAM 73S 30/10 2/10 AM BHUM 115S 2/11 5/n MAHA BHUM# SON Sat 2C/10 Tut
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      1285 44 l *^*||*****^iiiiiiiMriiiiiirifiiiMrfiiiri ii ifni[ i S'PORE IMPORT: *****02 I PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KK: (088 *****0 TAWAU: (089) *****9 I P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 KUCHING: (082) *****3 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 i j I PEN PK SIN K* PK S,N Colombo 5/11 6/11 7/11 I 28/10 29/10
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      352 44 ftafc BLUE STAR LINE TO FROM If/ NEW ZEALAND AND T/S TO FIJI TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND PORTS SIN NPI AKL LYT SIN MAMSURI 0506 21/10 6/11 VIA NPI l/U 25/11 PttOSttCT 15S S/ll 19/11 VIA NPI 21/11 1/12 MANOAMA 050S 19/11 30/11 VIA NPI 2/12 29/12 FULLY CONTAINERISED
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      1250 44 I THONG SOON LINES PTE. LTD. 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16-00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER CONTAINER SERVICES SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA VESSEL Ivor |ETA [pest VESSEL VOT SPORE p. AELAM6~
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      832 45 \H£a DE VAPORES "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/FCL/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CALLAO, MATARANI. 110* ft OTHER PERUVIAN PORTS* WTH T/S AT KOBE ON CPV THROUGH BILL OF LADING. Return* P Kelanj Sm(jpore E Msia KARAWEVERETT 03/05 No» WHNEVERETT 15/16 No« 17/ It No« SHAPIAEVERETT 21/29 No* 30 Nov/1 D«c Wr\ "EVERETT
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      485 45 IC23Z I MISS| N.AMERICA/CARRIBEAN SERVICES vessel Ivor [six huuNmi [ksi~ Isay hrc [hei ZM EL AT 66E 2/11 IM CANADA 1/12 16/12 14/12 16/12 11/12 AM SINGAPORE 41E 5/11 W LIVORNO 9/12 11/12 22/12 24/12 26/12 W OSAKA 20E 21/11 ITALIA 17/12 26/12 30 12 1/1 3/1 Accaptoif carjo la:
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      583 45 MULTI-MODE SHIPPING PTE LTD MIDDLE-EAST/PERSIAN GULF ACCEPTING FCL/LCL OUBAI DAWVAN SHARIAH DOHA MUSCAT BAHRAIN ABU DHABI BANDAR ABBAS It DO AH FAR EAST ACCEPTING FCL/LCL PENANG. P KEIANG JAKARTA BANGKOK HONG KONG TAIWAN lAPAN MANILA KOREA UK/EUROPE ACCEPTING FCL/LCL LONDON FELIXSTOWE LEEDS TIL BUR* ABERDEEN LE HARVE HAMBURG ROTTERDAM ANTWEP
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      519 45 rm PERINTIS LINE I ACCEPTING ALL FCL CARGOES BETWEEN SINGAPORE JAKARTA SURABAYA VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SBY PELOPOR 1011 26/10 29/10 DERAJAT 960 29/10 01/11 PELOPOR 1012 02/11 05/11 DERAJAT 961 05/11 08/11 TANTO UTAMA 201 In Pt 28/10 BONTANG PACIFIC 088 31/10 03/11 TANTO UTAMA 203 02/11 05/11 BONTANG
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      397 45 SU| fW LAST 28/10 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 2/11 BANGKOK 27/10 MANILA/CEBU 2/11 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 27/10 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E Malaysia 28/10 BUSAN 25/10 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 29/10 HONG KONG SIN CHINA 29/10 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIN EUROPE/UK 29/10 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 28/10 RDM/HAM/ANT/LE HAVRE/GENOA/OSLO also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Roumania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN USA/CAMDA 28/10 LOS
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      970 46 jgjg FIL CONTAINER SERVICES PTE LTD MADRAS CALCUTTA BANGKOK VBL SIN/MADRAS H VBL SIN/CALCUTTA VBL BIN/BANOKOK SM IMA SM SM CM SM SM MM **T AMIABLE 24-24/10 31 (2/11 08 08 11 (ill AVAILABLE »2C/10 01 OC/11 11-12/11 NEXT AVAKABtE 22 Ocl 2C Oct 25 26/10 01 03/11 09-10/11 31
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      627 46 Bonterml CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E) PTE LTD. GUARANTEED WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION AUCKLAND BOMBAY HO CHI MINH* GOOD RATES! FAST TRANSIT! ALSO ACCEPTING CARGOES TO PORT VESSEL ETA NEXT BANGKOK CONTERM INGENUITY 21/10 3/11 JAKARTA CONTERM EOEN 10/10 S/ll PENANG CONTERM SEROIA 23/10 4/11 PORT KELANG CONTERM W BHUM 27/10 3/11 AUCKLAND CONTERM
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      505 46 CIUI con-mv inTERmoDRp* VLCL/FCL SERVICE FROM W I iB m QUJI operates over 600 terminals/offices in USA" v I \CWt maintains over 35,000 tractors 4 trucks. II |ln| MCUJI services over 60,000 points in USA rn offer reftaWe LCL/FCL services Gener9l Agent* 7RAA/S-Z/A/K— rt/J PENANG- KL: alueolink SINGAPORE: iwSr 04-*****2
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      487 46 r wjji MANILA ETA VIGOUR PACIFIC 48NB 26/10 VIGOUR SINGAPORE 12NB 2/11 BANGKOK 26/10 2/11 1 BUSAN 28/10 4/11 HONGKONG 1/11 9/11 DURBAN PT LOUIS 8/11 20/11 KEELUNG 29/10 5/11 USA 28 10 4/11 PT KELANG 31/10 3/11 KOBE 29/10 5/11 PIRAEUS 8/11 20/11 OSAKA 30/10 6/11 JAKARTA 1/11 3/111
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      15 47 Read Chartpoint, a guide to investing in the Stock Market. Every Saturday in Business Times
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      848 48 CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. EASTBOUND FEEDER TO PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST TO PACIFIC NORTH-WEST FEEDER DOT WD Hit SIX IK HAUL VOT KM) LBH OAK SEA UK HAUI VOT KAO T CM/St A PTL MM CtW R132 21/10 22/10 24/10 H. MOWER 44E 1/11 11/11
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      168 48 |gggl PT. CELEBES LINES "BONTANG PACIFIC" accepts FCL LCL to every Thursday r General Agents: Common Freight Carriers pte ltd. I 7 KEPPEL ROAD #01 26 TANJONG PAGAR COMPLEX SINGAPORE 0208 TEL: *****55 TELEX: RS ***** FAX: *****92. *****69 Portiwt Cod* CM CR **********0 M TWICE WEEKLY SAILINGS PASK GUDANG/SINGAPORE
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      613 48 ICHARTPOINT I Every Saturday in Business Times 1 VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTDgJi \m (INTERNATIONAL FREKSHT FORWARDERS) 10 ANSON ROAD •20-09 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA. SINGAPORE 0207 TEL *****G6 (12 LINES) TELEX RS ***** VISA FACSIMILE *****06 Established Sine* 1964 We Sail The World For You REGULAR GROUPAGE LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICES IMPORT
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