The Business Times, 10 September 1992

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    16 1 Business Times THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Thursday, September 10, 1992 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      BCC (HK) creditors back scheme
      71 1 HONGKONG Large creditors of Bank of Credit and Commerce Hong Kong Ltd (in liquidation) have endorsed a repayment scheme, the bank's special managers said yesterday. Creditors owed more than HK$ 100,000 (S$21,000) had voted 83 per cent by value in favour of the plan. "The
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      Foreign investment in Taiwan down 36pc
      59 1 TAIPEI New foreign investment in Taiwan plunged 35.7 per cent from a year earlier to US$B7l million (SSI.4 billion) in the first eight months of this year, the government's Investment Commission said yesterday. The global economic slowdown, rising labour costs and recent appreciation of
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      Greening slowly
      36 1 BUSINESSES in Asia, taking their time about adopting pollution control measures, generally believe that it will take 10 more years before Asian environmental laws become as stringent as those of the West Page 2
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      IT body goes abroad
      32 1 THE Information Technology Institute a research arm of the National Computer Board is venturing abroad. It will try to sell its innovations in information technology overseas Page 2
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      Finnish currency move
      34 1 FINLAND cut its currency loose on Tuesday to sink downwards as Sweden raised interest rates sharply, to a record 24 per cent, to defend the stability of the krona. Page 7
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      KL airport project
      26 1 WORK on Kuala Lumpur's new MsB billion (555.12 billion) airport, Malaysia's largest public project, will begin in mid-1993, say government officials Page 8
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      No? No problem
      36 1 COUNTRIES queueing to join the Economic Community say French approval of the Maastricht Treaty is vital to Europe, but a French "no" on Sep 20 may well do them some good Page 8
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      Multi-purpose vessel
      37 1 LOCAL engineering company Allied Ventures and Technologies Pte Ltd hopes to fill the gap in providing specialist services to the oil and gas industry with the purchase of a multi-purpose vessel. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • Article
      Dow higher
      26 1 WALL STREET opened slightly higher yesterday, with the Dow Jones Index of leading industrial shares reaching 3,264.08 after five minutes trading, up 3.49 points.
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      Footsie lower
      28 1 LONDON share prices were lower at midday yesterday. At about 1130 GMT, the FTSE 100-Share Index was down 13.4 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 2,324.2.
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      SAE's profit up 12.5pc
      40 1 NET group earnings at Singapore Automative Engineering (SAE), a member of the Singapore Technologies group, chalked up a 12.5 per cent increase to $3.2 million for the six months ended June 30 this year Page 4
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      SPC expansion
      37 1 SINGAPORE Petroleum Co (SPC), which yesterday launched the first phase of its Pulau Sebarok oil terminal, is planning to invest a further $50 million to $60 million under a third phase expansion programme Page 4
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      Bourses to open doors
      41 1 INDIA is all set to open its stock markets to foreigners. It will initially open the door only to large institutional investors such as foreign pension funds, says the head of the Bombay Stock Exchange Page 4
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      Market holiday
      15 1 THE Malaysian and Jakarta markets were closed yesterday for the Prophet Muhammad's Birthday.
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      STOCK INDICES
      28 1 Wednesday Change BT-MGA 659.95 -3.16 Kuala Lumpur closed Tokyo 18,875.55 593.13 Hongkong 5,726.99 +26.4 Sydney 1,478.9 -23.0 Tuesday Change New York 3,260.59 -21.34 London 2,337.7 -34.5
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      CURRENCIES
      23 1 EadnBgi rates USS S$ 1.5920 100 Yen S$ 1.2933 MS S$ 0.6391 Money miriwt rates Overnight 3/4 -1/8 3-month 1 13/16% +1/8
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      COMMODITIES
      16 1 London Gold AM fix US$343.10 USS+1.20 Rubber S pore Oct.... 139.00*/kg +1.75 M'siaOct 216.00Vkg unch
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    Batam's competitiveness under threat from S China
    700 1  -  Tenants cite high costs but remain committed to industrial park By Genevieve Cua, Helen Chang SINGAPORE Manufacturers who set up plants on Batam island, lured there by cheaper operating costs, are concerned that Batam may lose its competitive edge over emerging rivals like
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    Use Apec to build bridge between Afta and Nafta: Anand
    370 1  -  No decision yet on site of Apec secretariat From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK THAI Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun, a firm supporter of the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta), has suggested using the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (Apec) for a
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    China warns US it will fight back with US$4b hit list
    294 1 Reuter BEIJING China has said it is planning countcr-mca-sures in case the US goes forward with a US$3.9 billion (556.2 billion) list of punitive tariffs to force Beijing to open its market. The report by the Xinhua news agency
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    Beijing to reform currency and market access to meet Gatt terms
    235 1 AP BEIJING A top economist says China will increase market access and shift to a single, hard currency to meet requirements for rejoining the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, an official newspaper said yesterday. The China Daily reported
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    S'pore may have more lawyers than it needs: BG Lee
    480 1  -  Lawyers urged to develop regional perspective By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Singapore may be producing more lawyers than it needs. Deputy Prime Minister and Trade and Industry Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. The government is studying the matter and will
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      8 1 IBM to unveil 21 PC models, Pg 3
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      9 1 US wants Taiwan to cancel French deal, Back Pg
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Fire at Mobil crude distillation unit
        52 2 FIRE broke out in a crude distillation unit of Mobil Oil's Jurong refinery early yesterday morning, but was extinguished within half an hour. No casualties were reported and the cause of the fire is still being investigated. Another unit at the refinery is still
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        Spending on health drugs rises
        94 2 SINGAPORE'S national expenditure on drugs grew nearly 50 per cent to SS37O million last year from SS2SO million in 1986. On a year-to-year basis, that was an increase of 9 per cent annually, said the Minister for Health and Community Development, Yeo Cheow Tong, at
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        Exposure for Poly students
        54 2 THE Singapore Polytechnic says that for its students to learn from Germany's technological and industrial experience, they must be exposed to the German language and culture. This would enable them to "access the technology more readily" and advance faster, said principal Khoo Kay Chai at yesterday's
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        Joint TV production on festival
        34 2 THE Singapore Broadcasting Corporation and China Central Television have jointly produced a 90-minute programme on the Autumn Festival. The show will be telecast simultaneously in Singapore and China tomorrow.
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      Asian firms slow in adopting green ways
      413 2  -  Singapore's environmental track record one of region's best By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Businesses in Asia generally drag their feet in adopting pollutioncontrol measures in the belief that it will take 10 more years before Asian environmental laws become as stringent as those of
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      Alcoa agent sets up Hanoi office, awaits lifting of US trade ban
      421 2  -  By Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE Singaporebased US Trading Co, an agent for the Aluminum Co of America (Alcoa), has set up a representative office in Hanoi to tap the growing demand for industrial metals in Vietnam. The move north
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      Research arm of computer board ventures abroad
      351 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE The Information Technology Institute (ITI) a research arm of the National Computer Board is venturing abroad. It will try to sell its innovations in information technology overseas, a move that could help other local companies working with it
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      Hongkong office rents set to overtake Tokyo's
      171 2 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong prime office rents are set to overtake Tokyo's by late next year or earty-1994 as the British colony booms and Japanese real estate slumps, according to an international property consultant While prices in Hongkong's home property market soared up to
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      IBM unveils 21 new PC models
      435 3 Expansion into low-end market spells trouble for 'clone' makers AP, Asahi News Service NEW YORK IBM was to unveil yesterday 21 personal computer models aimed at home and small-business users, a significant expansion into the low-price market that spells new trouble for "clone" computer
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      BP to decide on US$1b project soon
      462 3 SINGAPORE British Petroleum (BP), which yesterday became the second oil major in Singapore to receive operational headquarters (OHQ) status, will decide by early-1993 whether to proceed with a long-delayed tJSS 1 billion (about Ssl.6 billion) refinery upgrading plan. Feasibility studies for the project,
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      US consumers concentrate on paying off debts
      356 3 Reuter WASHINGTON Wary US consumers paid down their debts for a sixth month in a row in July, too fearful about the future to boost spending that might fire up the struggling economy, the Federal Reserve said on Tuesday. Trailing in public opinion
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      Let market decide supply, say some lawyers
      382 3  -  BG Lee's speech on glut of lawyers By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Let market forces decide whether there are too many lawyers in Singapore, said a majority of the lawyers BT spoke to yesterday. They were responding to Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's
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      Britain to toughen laws against insider trading
      126 3 Knight-Ridder TOKYO Britain will introduce a new law in Parliament in October that will toughen existing laws against insider trading, the Financial Times reported yesterday. The law is aimed at improving the government's poor prosecution record against companies and individuals that profit from
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        DBS, Sembawang buy more Tat Lee shares
        48 4 SINGAPORE The DBS Bank and Sembawang groups continued their purchases of Tat Lee Bank shares this week. On Monday, Sembawang Investments bought 181,000 TLB shares for $552,880. DBS Nominees (Pte) Ltd followed suit the next day with 175,000 shares for $541,168.
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        Bousteadco director resigns
        27 4 SINGAPORE Chong Hon Leong has resigned from the board of directors and as joint company secretary of Bousteadco Singapore as of Sep 7, 1992.
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        Director leaves Abacus
        40 4 SINGAPORE George Chan Wai Ho has resigned as director of Abacus Travel System Pte Ltd, a Singapore Airlines subsidiary, as of Sep 1, 1992. He will be succeeded by Brian Chou Kuo-Hsing, the company's vice-president for marketing.
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        HLC takes 5pc more of MRCB
        64 4 KUALA LUMPUR Hong Leong Credit (HLC), in relation to the mandatory cash offer for ordinary shares in Malaysian Resources Corp (MRCB), has received acceptances for 10.91 million MRCB shares representing 5 per cent of the latter. HLC and parties acting in concert now own
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      SAE's interim group profit rises 12.5pc to $3.2m
      396 4  -  But Opel dealership pushes operating profit down By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Singapore Automotive Engineering (SAE), a member of the Singapore Technologies group, chalked up a 12.5 per cent increase in net group earnings to $3.2 million for the six months ended June
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      SPC plans to invest up to $60m to expand oil terminal
      278 4 SINGAPORE Listed Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC), which yesterday launched the first phase of its Pulau Sebarok oil terminal, is planning to invest a further $50 million to $60 million under a third phase expansion programme. Cheng Hong Kok, SPC's
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      Acma set to rise on hot and cold air
      610 4  -  THE HOCK LOCK SEW COLUMN Company to profit from new range of heating and airconditioning products By William Chia SINGAPORE Life has come full circle for Acma Ltd. The former air-conditioner-cum-refrigerator maker, which in the last few years has made its
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      OCBC to use proceeds from rights issue as working capital
      314 4  -  By Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE OCBC Bank said yesterday that it will use the proceeds from its one-for-five rights issue as additional working capital. The rights issue will generate an estimated $413.6 million, after deducting about $1.1 million in expenses, the
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      Honda to form auto-part venture with M'sia's Oriental
      237 4 AFP TOKYO Japan's Honda Motor Co Ltd plans to form a joint auto-part venture with Malaysia's Oriental Holdings Bhd to produce gauges, a Honda spokesman said yesterday. The joint venture, named Honda Autoparts Manufacturing, will be set up in Malaysia by the
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      Sanda of Malaysia scores another first with new Hungarian plant
      316 4 MBT KUALA LUMPUR After becoming the first plastic injection company to be listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, in September last year, Sanda Plastics Industries has achieved another first by becoming the only Malaysian company to date to set
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      Telekom's Japanese connection
      61 4 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Deputy Finance Minister Abdul Ghani Othman (second from left) officiating at a signing ceremony between Koperasi Usaha Malaysia Berhad chairman Hassan Harun (extreme left), Fujitsu Ltd director Ryoichi Sugioka (second from right) and Marubeni managing director Hidesuke Murakami (extreme right) yesterday. The joint venture
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      India set to open stock markets to foreigners
      550 5 Move expected to boost share prices Reuter BOMBAY India is cxpectcd to take the first major step towards opening its stock markets to foreign investors shortly in a move likely to further boost equity prices, says the head of the Bombay Stock
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      Nestle (M) to reduce coffee bean imports
      445 5 Company expects to source quality Robusta locally in near future Bernama SIK, Kedah Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd will be sourcing 6,000 tonnes of Malaysian coffee beans annually in the near future. In its effort to cut down dependency on imports of coffee beans, which
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      Profits of Japanese OTC companies expected to rise 7pc
      225 5 Bloomberg TOKYO Current profit for Japanese companies whose shares trade in the over-the-counter market will rise 7.2 per cent in the year to March 1993 on a rise of just 0.5 per cent in sales, according to a survey of 120
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      NZ's Lion Nathan to tie up with Pepsi in Australia, NZ
      198 5 Bloomberg SYDNEY New Zealandbased Lion Nathan Ltd and Pepsi Cola International yesterday announced a new joint venture to produce, distribute and market PepsiCo soft drinks in Australia and New Zealand. Lion Nathan is the largest liquor group in Australia
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • Article
        Hitachi Maxell develops invisible bar code
        108 5 TOKYO Hitachi Maxell, a leading manufacturer of magnetic tapes for audio and video-cassette recorders, has developed invisible bar-codes, which give manufacturers a freer hand to design packages and can prevent the use of fake credit cards and pre-paid cards, the company announced on Tuesday.
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        Minebea expects 9b yen loss
        79 5 TOKYO Japan's Minebea Co Ltd said on Tuesday it expected to sustain a net loss of nine billion yen (SSII6 million) in the year to September, reversing its net profit forecast of 500 million yen. A Minebea spokesman blamed the sharp decline on sluggish sales
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        NHK to buy GE satellite
        104 5 TOKYO Japan Broadcasting Corp (NHK) said on Tuesday it will buy a back-up broadcasting satellite from General Electric (GE) of the United States. The satellite is to be launched in April 1994 to supplement NHK's two existing satellites, codenamed BS3a and BS3b, the publicly-financed network
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        Nippon Steel wins Iran contract
        98 5 TOKYO Japan's Nippon Steel Corp and Sumitomo Corp said on Tuesday they won an order from an Iranian state steel company for a six billion yen (Ss77 million) converter to produce crude steel. The Japanese companies said Iran's Esfahan Steel Co planned to expand its
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        Review of Nissan's credit ratings
        98 5 TOKYO Nippon Investors Services Inc said on Tuesday it was reviewing its credit ratings for Nissan Motor Co Ltd following the Japanese carmaker's recent forecast for a net loss in the current financial year. The rating agency said the review affected its triple-A rating for
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      Dark horse tipped to win top job at Ford
      526 6 Experience in technical aspects seen as Alexander Trotman's edge NYT DETROIT As Ford Motor Co gets ready to name a new chief executive, a onceremote prospect, Alexander JTrotman, has suddenly emerged as the favourite to succeed Harold A (Red) Poling when
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      Aircraft leasing giant seeks to issue new shares
      217 6 FT LONDON GPA Group, the world's largest aircraft leasing group, was expected to have asked some of its biggest shareholders yesterday to support a new issue of shares aimed at raising about US$3OO million. For the first time since the group's international
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      O&Y to sell tower in New York in major debt restructuring
      389 6 AP NEW YORK Olympia and York Developments Ltd (O&Y) agreed on Tuesday to sell a 53-storey skyscraper to bondholders in perhaps the biggest debt restructuring of its kind to involve a US office building. To some, O&Y's surrender of
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      US cellular phone sector rings up record growth
      296 6 NYT NEW YORK Despite a persistent recession that has hit its most loyal customers especially hard, the US cellular telephone industry reported record growth in the six months ended June 30, with nearly 8.9 million subscribers. The number of subscribers grew 17.6
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      Prudential interim profit up 46pc
      180 6 Reuter LONDON Britain's largest life insurer, Prudential Corp pic, yesterday announced a 46 per cent jump in first half pre-tax profit to £249 million (***** million). It said the result was encouraging and reflected the profit stability of its long-term businesses. The pre-tax profit was
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      Sun may sell off coal operations
      72 6 NEW YORK Following similar consolidations by other big energy companies. Sun Co said on Tuesday that it may sell off its coal-mining and coke-making operations. Such a sale was one of a number of "strategic alternatives" the company said it was exploring with Lehman
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      BSN and DMC reveal results
      140 6 PARIS French food group BSN reported lower earnings for the first six months on Tuesday, while textile group DMC said its net result had improved. BSN said it had a groupshare net result for the year's first six months of 1.95 billion French francs (SS6SI
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      NYT expects lower earnings
      94 6 NEW YORK The New York Times Co said on Tuesday that it expects its closing of the money-losing Gwinnett Daily Sews will reduce its earnings by about 45 US cents a share in the third quarter ending on Sep 30. The charge is likely to result
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      Rockwell in space tie-up
      64 6 SEAL BEACH, California Rockwell International Corp is to collaborate with a Russian company on a system that would enable the US space shuttle Atlantis to dock with Russia's Mir space station. Rockwell officials had signed an agreement for the Russian aerospace company NPO Energia to develop
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
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      Nordic moves put EC integration plans to test
      573 7 IHT PARIS In what could be a preview of wider European exchange rate turmoil to come, Finland cut its currency loose on Tuesday to sink downwards as Sweden raised interest rates sharply, to a record 24 per cent, to defend the stability
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      Swedish overnight rate soars
      132 7 AFP STOCKHOLM The Swedish central bank increased its key short-term lending rate to 75 per cent yesterday. The central Riksbanken said that it was increasing the rate by 51 percentage points from 24 per cent. The rate of 24 per cent had been set on Tuesday
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      Insurance industry gets new regulator
      356 7  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Lim Shu Chiau is now the top regulator of Singapore's insurance industry. Mrs Lim, who was director of the Insurance Commissioner's Department at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, has been appointed acting insurance commissioner, replacing the former commissioner, Law Song
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    • SMALL CHANGE
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        Generate Bank records higher provisions
        94 7 BRUSSELS Generate Bank SA, Belgium's biggest bank, said 1992 first-half depreciation and loan loss provisions rose from the first half of 1991, reflecting the worsening economic climate in Belgium and abroad. Depreciation, provisions and write-offs rose to 5.80 billion francs (Ss3l9 million) from 5.20 billion
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        Swiss body calls for ombudsman
        102 7 BERNE An ombudsman should be appointed to mediate in cases of dispute between Swiss banks and their customers, the Swiss Banking Association said. It said in its annual report that the proposal would be put to its member banks at their yearly meeting on Sep
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        Probe into failed Perth group
        63 7 PERTH, Australia An independent body is to investigate the possibility of legal action against the Western Australian government after investors lost millions in a failed finance group, the state's Legal Aid Commission announced yesterday. The body investigating the state government's liability in the collapse of
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        Jordan rejects Israel's terms
        70 7 AMMAN Jordan has turned down conditions imposed by Israel on Jordanian banks seeking to reopen branches on the occupied West Bank shut since the 1967 war, a well-informed source said on Tuesday. Israel has agreed to let the Bank of Jordan and the Arab Bank resume
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      Thai bank to tap offshore markets for US$20m
      311 7  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE Thailand's Bank of Asia plans to tap offshore capital markets for US$2O million (Ss32 million) for general funding purposes. The mandate for the oneyear loan was awarded on Tuesday to Banque Francaise du Commerce Exterieur and Hongkong-based
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      Lock icon Judge says 2 men linked to Milken should not be jailed
      393 7 NYT NEW YORK In what may be the final postscript to the Wall Street securities scandals of the 1980s, a federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday set aside the prison sentences and U*****,000 *****,000) fines of two defendants closely
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon M'sia to start work on new KL airport in mid-'93
      483 8 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Work on Kuala Lumpur's new MsB billion (555.12 billion) airport, Malaysia's largest public project, will begin in mid--1993 and the first planes will land on schedule in 1997, if everything goes as planned, government officials say. Any
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      Lock icon KL approves Bill on new securities watchdog
      382 8 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Cabinet has approved a draft Bill to establish a powerful Securities Commission to oversee the capital and financial futures markets, Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday. The draft Bill, approved at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, will be
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      Lock icon Foreigners, army deserters deforesting north Cambodia
      391 8 AFP STUNG TRENG, Cambodia Minorities, foreigners and army deserters are rapidly deforesting northern Cambodia and the UN should take action to stop it, UN peacekeeping chief Yasushi Akashi was told on Tuesday, on a visit to this northern provincial capital. Rosewood and teak forests
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      Lock icon Govt has insufficient cash to repair Pinatubo damages: minister
      320 8 Reuter MANILA The Philippines needs at least US$2O million (5531.8 million) to repair roads, bridges and buildings badly damaged by mudflows from Mount Pinatubo volcano, but does not have the cash. Budget Secretary Salvador Enriquez said on Tuesday. He told a
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Philippine govt, rebels may hold talks without ceasefire
        85 8 MANILA Communist and government officials said yesterday that peace talks could be held to end the 23-year insurgency even without a formal ceasefire. Last week, government and rebel emissaries agreed to continue efforts to resume peace negotiations, which collapsed in 1987. No
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        Manila wants treaty with US
        71 8 MANILA The Philippines wants to negotiate an extradition treaty with the United States because criminals seek refuge in both countries, the Justice Secretary said yesterday. There was no immediate comment from the US Embassy. "As it is, the United States has become a sanctuary for
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        Viet leader at Gandhi memorial
        37 8 NEW DELHI Vietnam's Communist Party chief Do Muoi, who is in India on a six-day official visit, placed a wreath at a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, father of the Indian nation, yesterday.
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        Pressure on ethnic guerillas
        71 8 BANGKOK Thailand is pressuring Myanmar's ethnic Shan guerillas, led by narcotics kingpin Khun Sa, to move away from the border between Thailand and Myanmar, an army radio station reported yesterday. Extra troops had been sent to the Mae Hong Son-Shan State border after a recent meeting
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      677 8 i HOUSING DESIGN jointly organised by T\ fiEAL ESME DCV^LOPSB" 4 f DEVELOPMENT V assooahon of aNGAPoa I"! BOARD HOUSING DESIGN CONFERENCE Date 25 September Venue: Stamford Ballroom, Raffles City Convention Centre It is the aim of the conference to explore new possibilities and proposals for housing design with the
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Taipei's jet deal may lead to more arms purchases
      387 9 US sale of F-16s will make other nations reconsider ban: analysts Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's US$6 billion (559.5 billion) deal to buy up to 150 F-16 jet fighters from the United States may pave the way for a series of major arms
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      Lock icon Comic relief
      87 9 AP HOMESTEAD, Florida A sign posted outside a tent raises a small chuckle from passers-by in the US military's tent city here. About 1,300 people are staying on the site, which is the largest in the area devasted by Hurricane Andrew. President George Bush said on Tuesday he
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      Lock icon E Europe reeling from bids to stabilise economies
      316 9 Reuter VIENNA Tough "stabilisation" policies to squeeze out inflation in eastern Europe as it moves from a communist to a free market economy may be making the change even harder, a Vienna think-tank says. The high-interest rate and balanced budget policies of
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      Lock icon Many therapists were victims of sexual abuse
      292 9 NYT NEW YORK A surprisingly high number of psychotherapists have been victims of sexual or physical abuse, a new study shows. Results from a national survey of clinical and counselling psychologists showed that 70 per cent of the women and one-third of the
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      Lock icon EC applicants see benefits of a French 'no'
      440 9 Reuter STOCKHOLM Countries queueing to join the Economic Community (EC) say French approval of the Maastricht treaty is vital to Europe, but a French "no" on Sep 20 may well do them some good. "It will certainly be easier to get a
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      Lock icon Exxon kidnapper changes plea to guilty
      343 9 NYT TRENTON, New Jersey The man accused of abducting a top Exxon official pleaded guilty on Tuesday to seven counts of conspiracy and extortion, describing in detail a ransom scheme that went brutally awry and ended, he said, with the victim dying in his
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Veteran picked as new Iraqi envoy to UN
        82 9 UNITED NATIONS Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is sending an envoy with considerable experience in Washington to represent his country at the UN, apparently with the daunting task of persuading Washington to ease pressure on Baghdad. The envoy, Nizar Hamdoun, a former under
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        Death for pornographer
        79 9 BEIJING China's conservative courts, outraged at the illegal publication of Black Lust, Doctor Love and the Sea of Passion, sentenced one pornographer to death and two others to long prison terms, an official newspaper said yesterday. In an illegal publications case that the Hen Hui Bao said
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        Two UN officers killed
        70 9 SARAJEVO Two French officers of the United Nations peacekeeping force were killed on Tuesday when their UN convoy was raked by machinegun fire outside the besieged Bosnian capital, Sarajevo. Three other French soldiers with the UN Protection Force were wounded. The convoy was bringing a weekly
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        A taste of American sushi
        63 9 TOKYO A Japanese reporter getting an advance taste of imported California-made sushi, freshly frozen but thawed in 30 minutes, yesterday. It is to be introduced in Japan for the first time by the end of the year. An Osaka sushi bar chain is hoping to
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        Collor closer to impeachment
        72 9 BRASILIA President Fernando Collor de Mello has moved closer to his possible impeachment after receiving an order from Brazil's Congress to have his defence against corruption charges ready in a week's time. The president of the Lower House, who is responsible for setting the timetable for
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        Purchase of carrier denied
        69 9 TOKYO A Chinese foreign policy expert said on Tuesday that Beijing has not purchased a Ukrainian-built aircraft carrier and "will not participate in an arms race". Xu Dan, deputy director of China's Institute of Contemporary International Relations, told a symposium commemorating the 20th anniversary of normalised
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      148 9 An arms deal that suits everyone but Beijing, Pg 11 The Bottom Line, Back Page .KfflSHfc IVe serve food thats centuries old. <s4nd music not a day younger. Centuries ago, the chefs who created the cuisine for their j|f JjßjLM■ 1 J-WIJL Maharajas lavished their talents to please their Highnesses.
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    Trader, par excellence
    474 10 EDITORIAL WHILE Singapore may have transformed its economy unrecognisably over the last few decades, one thing has remained constant: its role as an entrepot. It started out as a trading post, buying spices and other raw materials from its neighbours and selling them to the rest of
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Better dead than late
      319 10 NEWCOMERS to Singapore who find themselves at a Chinese dinner could be forgiven if they leave with the distinct impression that Singaporeans are like the natives of many a mythical banana republic. These, according to Western fables, have had their sense of time dulled by the
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      Religious understanding
      78 10 OFFICIATING at the Riseap Conference, President Wee Kim Wee congratulated Singaporeans for being able to accommodate the religious life in a secular setting. This trait, he said, is the cornerstone of the multi-religious society of Singapore. Despite the secular setting, Muslims in Singapore and the region have the
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      NAM finds new direction
      105 10 THE SUCCESSFUL meeting of NAM in Jakarta proves that the movement will not only endure but also continue to grow. Although the summit cannot resolve the issues of racial conflicts in Eastern Europe, racial discrimination in South Africa and peace in the Middle East, it has
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      Action on debt overhang
      170 10 THE 10th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit set itself the right, yet most challenging, task of helping to solve the debt problems of the developing countries. It is indeed the right mission to undertake because the debt overhang, estimated at US$l.3 trillion, has caused a major drain
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      Diverse interests
      184 10 NAM's basic weakness is it is too broad and too big to be effective. With 60 heads of government in attendance, 95 nations represented at the summit, and 108 members, with the number still rising, there has to be something for everybody. If the nations of NAM are
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      An option for the CPP
      149 10 THE END of Asia's last Maoist insurgency is in sight. In coming weeks and months, it appears, new Philippines President Fidel V Ramos intends to try to convince the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) to stop the battle-field war and fight for national development.
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    Lock icon Faring well in a time of recession
    716 10  -  Laurence Zuckerman profiles Johnson Electric Holdings, a Hongkong company whose micromotors are proving to the world that the 'Made in China' label need not be synonymous with low quality Laurence Zuckerman IHT Despite a global decline in consumer spending that is cutting into
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  • ANALYSIS
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      An arms deal that suits everyone but Beijing
      804 11  -  Texans want jobs and President George Bush wants their votes, but the US decision to sell its F-16 fighters to Taiwan is bound to infuriate China. Amy Bonus, Joyce Barnathan and Stewart Toy examine the implications Amy Borrus, Joyce Barnathan, Stewart Toy
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      Strategies for survival
      566 11  -  The PC industry is undergoing global restructuring. Lower prices and newer technologies are changing the way the industry works. How has the PC become so cheap and how are local companies coping? Claire Leow finds out Claire Leow IN THE FACE of the global shakeout in the
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      Onslaught of new machines
      456 11 LOCAL personal computers (PCs) makers are rushing out their latest machines as they fight a bruising price war. Last month, when Intel launched its latest 486 DX2 chip which runs at 66 megahertz, local firms IPC and GES unveiled 486 DX2-66 machines within 24 hours. Intel's
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      Why PCs prices are falling
      410 11 PERSONAL computers (PCs) are becoming cheaper. One reason is the cheaper costs of components, driving down the costs of making a PC. The other is competitive price-cutting, which creates an insidious cycle leading to some companies folding up. The industry says the worst-hit are makers
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      761 12 TELEVISION AND RADIO fmmmv mwmiwiim *n»y .woweTir. nw*w«mmf, Lt'JWttMwwyowMtHiMinaiiiMnniiaowmnaNwaMm^eniwE^^snr^^ianwMnwnwNwawwwwawaNNMMMMHMMMMHMMWNMi^^ D QV a m „.SElH'" aSSETr- BUSWESSOWRAD, I\dVC Oil 7-25 "«Open,n e fonowcby n, ||g iuj, taiffS'. "fr M j*„*■-?,.^, ■PHnfmW T- 8.00 CMnese Opera Tic Mian i .4$J V-«" J '-< 10 00 WoridNm (M) World Business Report l( X>an
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Raising Punch from the dead
      921 13  -  That venerable British institution may yet have the last laugh if two men get their way. Suzanne Cassidy reports on their efforts at revival Suzanne Cassidy NYT FOR one of Britain's most venerable publishing institutions, Punch magazine, there may yet be life after death. Bill
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      Lock icon Check this out
      738 13  -  Once a clan heritage passed on from Scottish laird to son, the tartan is now enjoying international popularity, reports Jill Seijeant Jill Serjeant Reuter YOU don't have to be a Campbell or a Mac Donald to sport your own tartan these days. Long a symbol of Scotland,
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      Mother Teresa calls on Princess Diana
      556 13 CHATTERBOX BRITAIN'S Princess Diana met Mother Teresa in London at an unpublicised meeting at the weekend, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday. "She asked if the princess was able to see her, really so she could thank her for her visit in Rome in February
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      One Moore for the road
      80 13 LOS ANGELES Actress Mary Tyler Moore (centre) showing off her new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as Mary Tyler Moore Show co-star Valerie Harper{left) and Dick Van Dyke Show co-star Morey Amsterdam Joke around at a Tuesday dedication ceremony. Moore, best-known for her
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      90 13 CITCUfON THE JI Jill BOARD The best deal in town returns to Nishiki again! Eat-As-Much-Sushi-As-You-Can in September. Available only at the sushi counter of Nishiki Restaurant. Priced at||jjjo |jjjjjj| $48.00+ |jjjjjj| per person, you can certainly enjoy a really sumptuous lunch! Available from 7 to 30 September '92 For reservations,
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      Congratulatory notes spell big bucks for Chinese papers
      477 14 Ignatius Low flips through the pages of Lianhe Zaobao WHAT do you do when somebody you know has become an award winner in the latest National Day honour list? To many, a simple handshake is no longer enough. To show true appreciation,
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      Ad professionals set up firm to serve Indochina
      254 14  -  Outdoor market massive, they tell Kooi Cho Teng Kooi Cho Teng FOUR advertising professionals have formed a company to serve Indochina's growing outdoor advertising market. The company, Indochina Media, was set up in April by Singaporeans Dennis Sim and Irwin Kelaart, Malaysian
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      Lock icon Mahathir on scrapping English ads
      174 14 Bernama THE proposal to abolish advertisements in English in Malaysia should be considered in a rational manner and not in haste, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. He said such a move should suit the situation because the language was still an
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      Lock icon US radio stations up for grabs, but no-one's biting
      325 14 Industry hit by advertisers going bust, competition from cable TV NYT UNTIL recently, a radio station seemed the closest thing to the US Mint for making money: pick a format popular with listeners and advertisers all-sports, all-heavy metal, or all-horoscope and
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      Lock icon Japanese TV viewers shy about condoms
      635 14 The protective rubber is still a sensitive subject NYT Despite growing public awareness that the use of condoms can help prevent Aids, ads for condoms are not appearing on Tokyo television. Koji Hirano, managing director of industry leader Okamoto Industries Inc, said TV stations
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      Sunshine comes up with new formula and look
      379 14  -  Ignatius Low looks at the bread maker's aggressive marketing campaign to increase its market share Ignatius Low MAN does not live by bread alone. These days, he goes by nutritional value, texture, taste, colour, and yes, the wrapper as well. In response
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Lendl, Fernandez through
      747 19 US Open AFP NEW YORK Ivan Lendl advanced to the quarter-fi-nals of the US Open on Tuesday night with a 6-7 (4/7), 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-4 victory over Boris Becker that took a record five hours. In fact, Wednesday morning had rolled around when Lendl sealed
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      All Blacks crawl back from the pits
      905 19  -  Ramesh Divyanathan analyses the power and potential of the awesome New Zealand rugby team. Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Chastened by the ignominy of their exit from last year's rugby World Cup, the once-invincible All Blacks appear to be bouncing back this year, albeit with
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      Watch the Honda-Kah men's open for free
      288 19  -  By Susan Tsang SINGAPORE Tennis fans are cordially invited to the Honda-Kah Singapore Men's Tennis Open, which will be held from Sep 21 to 27. Entry to the tournament is free and, as an added incentive, there will be a lucky draw for
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    • SIDE LINES
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        Johnson recovers form to beat Parrott
        96 19 BLACKPOOL, England Joe Johnson on Tuesday showed signs of the form that earned him the 1986 world snooker title to score his first win over world number two John Parrott in the fourth round of the European Open. The 40-year-old, who suffered a serious
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        US defeats Japan
        58 19 m BADALONA, Spain Reggie Colton scored 13 points and Curtis Bell added 12 as the US beat Japan 69-43 on Tuesday in the men's wheelchair basketball competition of the Para- lympic Games. The victory kept the US team atop Group B? in first-round play with a record
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        Police bust drug ring
        102 19 LONDON A leading British rally racing team was used as» a cover by cocaine traffickers. Customs officials said onTuesday that 10 people in a trafficking ring have been arrested following the discovery of 40kg of cocaine, worth £6 million (SslB million), in one of the team's
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        Richardson's contract
        57 19 LEEDS, England West Indies Test skipper Richie Richard-£ son will be Yorkshire's overseas player next season. The--30-year-old batsman, who has been playing English Leagued cricket with Blackpool this summer, has signed a one-year" contract. Richardson said: "I've always wanted to play cricket in England and I regard this
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        Growing interest in chess
        76 19 BOSTON Interest in chess in the US is growing to Bobby Fischer's emergence from seclusion to play a re~ match against Boris Spassky, enthusiasts say. "We're getting!!: phone calls around the clock," said Daniel Edelman, assistant director of the US Chess Federation. "It's taking off like
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        Aussie-Sri Lanka Test
        55 19 MORATUWA, Sri Lanka Australia, resuming from an' overnight 287 for 8, were bowled out for 337 in the eighth; over after lunch on the second day of the third and final Test; against Sri Lanka yesterday. Wicket-keeper lan Healy was thelast man out after obtaining his highest
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      Saby closes gap on leader Lartigue in Paris-Beijing rally
      468 19 LONDON Frenchman Bruno Saby, driving one of the two Mitsubishi Pajeros in the Paris-Moscow-Beijing Rally, closed the gap between him and rally leader Pierre Lartigue by three-and-a-half minutes after winning a dramatic high speed chase across the steppes of Kazakhstan between
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      106 19 BUSINESS TIMES Toll It— Tel No 737 OQ«3 Fax No: 734 3686 J In-House Legal Counsel (Regional) I A leading European bank seeks a highly qualified M individual for the above position. The person appointed will be based in Singapore and be required to provide legal advice and assistance to
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      M'sian speculative stocks surge but market eases
      3861 20  -  By Lilian Ang SHARE PRICES on the Singapore stock market closed broadly lower yesterday on thin volume, with trading still focused on speculative Malaysian counters. The blue-chip Straits Times Industrials Index shed 8.66 points to finish the day at 1,368.54, while the broaderbased
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      HOT STOCK
      79 20  -  Quak Hiang Whai SINGATRONICS, which stood at 90 cents early this year, has dropped dose to its long-term support of 51 cents and any fall below this should be seen as an opportunity to buy. Short-term stochastics and RSI are currently at around 50, showing the stock could
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    3257 22 UMW 334 22 +7.1% Landmarks Bhd 112 +7 +6.7% NST 254 +6 +2.4% YTL Corpn 50* 150 6 4.2% M Banking 560 +5 0.9% MMC I0« 123 +5 +4.2% Multi-Purpose 84 +4 +5.0% Tractors 50* 181 +4 +2.3% Antah Hldgs 50* 105 +3 +2 9%
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      Lock icon Stocks end higher on blue-chip rally
      2138 23 Reuter BANGKOK stocks closed sharply higher yesterday on heavy turnover of 10.4 billion baht with blue chip banks and finance companies leading the rally. The SET Index ended 12.43 points higher at 782.85. Advances led declines 141 to 93. Brokers noted that many investors
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      Lock icon All markets end higher except Shanghai A
      380 23 CLSA RECOVERY continued yesterday in Shenzhen. The A share market registered a 75point gain to close at 2,432.49. Buy orders from major players in the domestic market continued to boost local confidence. The market's B shares also ended higher. The CLSA Shenzhen B
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    JAKARTA STOCK EXCHANGE
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      164 23 The Jakarta stock market was closed yesterday for Prophet Mohammad's birthday. Below are Tuesday's prices Don't miss Personal Finance Investment in Business Times every Saturday iShinel YOUR KEY TO BETTERBUSINESSDECISIONS! Shine is Singapore Press Holdings' inforich database financial statements highlights, graphs, latest results team: T. S. Liu on 740 1035,
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      Lock icon Shares surge on late afternoon buying
      2575 24 Reuter TOKYO STOCKS ended sharply higher yesterday, jumping in late afternoon on futures-linked buying. The 225-share Nikkei average surged 593.13 points or 3.24 per cent to 18,875.55. Brokers said technical buying ahead of tomorrow's futures settlement sent futures contracts flying, pulling stocks along in
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      2472 24 Reuter HONGKONG stocks closed firmer tracking the Tokyo market's 3.24 per cent rise and on optimism over a possible solution to the financing of Hongkong's new airport, following yesterday's SinoBritish talks, brokers said. The blue chip Hang Seng Index put on 26.4 points to
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      Lock icon Share prices plunge to 17-month low
      2035 25 Reuter AUSTRALIAN stocks plunged to a 17-month low as weak overseas markets and uncertainty about interest rates and currency problems weighed on prices. "There are fears about rising interest rates, fears about overseas markets, and there's no support from foreign buyers because the currency's
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        SEOUL
        803 25 SEOUL STOCKS closed easier in relatively brisk trading yesterday on the eve of the year's major festival as profit-tak-Ing focused on financial shares overpowered institutional buying, brokers said. The index closed 2.23 points lowfcr at 551.12. I Volume totalled 30.14 million shares valued at 335.59 billion won against Ji.sB
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        BOMBAY
        73 25 BROKERS attributed yesterday's decline in Bombay to the coming of the end of a two-week settlement period tomorrow. Prices generally fall ahead of these dates as traders need to raise funds to cover settlement payments. J The Bombay Index fell 2.77 points to 3,198.69 and the National Index was
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        MANILA
        575 25 SHARE PRICES in Manila fell in quiet and directionless trading yesterday. The index shed 5.43 points to close at 1,407.47. A rise in the price of PLDT was offset by a 21-point decline in the Dow. It closed at 960 pesos, up five. "The market right now is focused
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        TAIPEI
        476 25 TAIWAN stocks ended slightly higher after a listless session yesterday as investors were extremely reluctant to trade and sentiment was poor, brokers said. The Weighted Index closed 11.74 points up at 3,770.12, after falling more than 20 points at one stage. Turnover fell to a very thin NTS 16.36
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        NEW ZEALAND
        297 25 NEW ZEALAND shares followed overseas trends to end lower across the board yesterday, with Fletcher Challenge (FCL) plumbing six-year lows. The NZSE-40 Capital Index finished 12.82 points lower at 1,459.96 on total turnover of about NZ$2O million. FCL slipped below a key NZ$2.3O trigger price to end nine
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        51 25 INDICES TURNOVER Cloae Prcviow Scp9 NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital 1,459.96 1.472.78 -12.82 MANILA Composite Index 1,407.47 1,412.90 -5.43 Turnover (mil pesos) 160 216 -56 TAIPEI Weighted Price Index 3.770.12 3,758.38 11.74 Turnover (NTS billion) 16.36 21.07 -4.71 SEOUL Composite Stock Index 551.12 553.35 22 i Turnover (billion won) 335.59 365.15
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        NEW YORK
        1278 26 NEW YORK stocks extended their losses in sluggish trading on Tuesday as Friday's disappointing employment report heightened investor worries about the effect of a.weak economy on corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which fell 10.27 points on Friday, sank another 21.34 points to 3*260.59. Markets were closed
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        LONDON
        845 26 LONDON SHARE prices fell on Tuesday, depressed by a lower Wall Street and pressure on sterling and the dollar, and by increasing nervousness in the futures markets about the near-term prospects for British interest rates. At the close, the FT-SE Index of 100 leading shares was down 34.5 points
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        FRANKFURT
        196 26 FRANKFURT stocks advanced on Tuesday, as the DAX Spot Trend Index rose by 0.25 per cent by comparison with the Monday close, to 1,544.55 points, while the Commerzbank indicator was up 0.9 per cent to 1,723.30. Operators said trading was lively, primarily because of technical factors relating to options
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        AMSTERDAM
        257 26 DUTCH SHARES had a dull Tuesday session, closing slightly above worse mid-afternoon levels and waiting for further developments in the dollar. The EOE Index closed 0.69 point weaker at 278.38. Distiller Bols, due to report half year results after bourse close, was 1.00 guilder weaker at 42.40. Brewer Grolsch
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        PARIS
        204 26 THE PARIS bourse suffered a substantial loss on Tuesday, as the CAC 40 Stock Price Index ended the session at 1,763.67, down by 0.88 per cent. The market had started the day on a firm note and was up by 0.08 per cent at the opening and a bit
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        MILAN
        147 26 THE MILAN stock market followed up Monday's plunge with a "technical rally" on Tuesday as the MIB Index closed at 716 points, up by 1.27 per cent. Operators said the extremely low level reached by the prices of some issues in the last few sessions and the lira's relatively
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        ZURICH
        258 26 SWISS SHARES closed slightly easier in thin trade on Tuesday. Share prices lost some ground in late afternoon trading as the London stock market eased. The All-Share SPI Index lost 2.3 points at 1,107.1 and the SMI Index of leading shares eased 0.2 at 1,788.1. Easier Swiss franc money
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        STOCKHOLM
        207 26 SWEDISH SHARES fell on Tuesday under a dramatic day of turmoil in Nordic financial markets in which Finland floated its markka and the Swedish Central Bank boosted its marginal lending rate to 24 per cent from 16. The Bourse All-Share Index fell 2.90 per cent to 724.82 while the
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        BRUSSELS
        206 26 BELGIAN SHARES, lacking news to steer the market, closed a barren Tuesday session slightly firmer. Business remained weak despite the start of a new two-week forward market trading account. The Bel-20 Index of leading shares closed 1.90 points higher at 1,068.66 with just 480 million francs of shares traded.
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        JOHANNESBURG
        393 26 SHARE PRICES fell across the board in steady two-way trade on Tuesday as investors took to the sidelines following the Ciskei massacre. But some of the shares bounced off lows in late afternoon trade, dealers said. "There was no massive sell-off, but a mark down of prices across the
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        TORONTO
        280 26 TORONTO STOCKS stayed within a narrow range all Tuesday despite weakness stemming from lower Wall Street values, dealers said. The TSE 300 Composite Index closed down 4.8 to 3,451.95 on volume of 29.44 million. Advances led declines 267 to 252 and transactions were valued at C 5308.8 million. "It
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        74 26 INDICES TURNOVER NEW YORK Clote Previous Sep 8 Dow Jones SAP 500 Turnover (million) 3,260.59 414.44 161.44 3.281.93 -21.34 417.08 -2.64 124.38 37.06 LONDON Financial Times 30 FTSE 100 Turnover (million) 1.710.6 2.337.7 410 1.733.4 -22.8 2,372.2 -34.5 298.7 +111.3 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1,544.55 1,540.63 3.92 AMSTERDAM EOE Index 278.38
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        43 26 Vienna Sep 7 Ascfc Akg Holding 2100 Bank Austria (P) 415 +5 E Allgem (P) 1680 10 Jungbunzl ***** 800 Lenzing 580 +4 Leykam 299 +3 Ocslcrr Brau 705 5 Semperit 91 I Steyr 185 5 Veitscher 320 3 Source: Z-Landerbank Bank Austria
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
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      Greenback opens higher in Europe on Swedish rate rise
      1200 27 REPORTS THE US DOLLAR rose sharply in response to the sale of German marks caused by a dramatic increase in Swedish interest rates during early morning business in London yesterday. The Swedish central bank increased its short-term lending rate to 75
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      Lock icon Rouble rises for first time in two months
      270 27 Reuter MOSCOW The Russian rouble strengthened on Tuesday for the first time in two months, rising slightly to 207.9 roubles to the dollar. The rouble plummeted to a record low last week of 210.5 roubles to the dollar in hectic trading on
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1577 27 SIMEX EUHOPOiLM Open High Lw Sett Est Vol Act/Vol Op/lnt Sep 92 96.83 902 970 5473 ***** Dec 92 96.77 96.78 96.75 96.76 6060 7401 ***** Mar 93 96.75 96.76 96.73 96.73 3243 5858 ***** Jun 93 96.46 96.47 96.45 96.45 2534 3488 6551 Sep 93 96.12 96.15
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      410 27 Cross rates sep8 USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr A$ NZS USS 1.5920 2.4890 1.3960 122.70 0.4998 1.2360 1.4006 1.8484 SS 0.6281 1.5634 0.8769 77.0729 0.3139 0.7764 0.8797 1.1611 MS 0.4018 0.64 0.5609 49.2969 0.2008 0.4966 0.5627 0.7426 Dm 0.7163 1.1404 1.7830 87.89 0.3580 0.8854 1.0033 1.3241
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      MONEY MARKET
      544 27 Interbank rates S$ Bid Offer Overnight 3/4 I 1-month 1 1/2 I 5/8 2-month I 11/16 1 13/16 3-month 1 13/16 1 IS/16 Overnight mode: 3/8 US$ Bid Offer 7 days 3 1/16 3 3/16 I month 3 1/8 3 1/4 2 months 3 1/8 3 1/4 3
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Russian oil firm suspends deliveries to Europe
      538 28 Supplies diverted to Arctic North for winter, says Rosnefteprodukt Reuter MOSCOW A big Russian oil product exporter has suspended deliveries to Western Europe and Japan to allow it to send fuel to the country's Arctic north before rivers freeze up, a top official
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      Lock icon Be ready for free market, Indon tin firm told
      286 28 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian Mines and Energy Minister Ginanjar Kartasasmita has told the state-owned tin company PT Tambang Timah (PTTT) to be prepared to face a free market, the Antara news agency said yesterday. Antara quoted Mr Ginanjar as saying in Mentok,
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      Singapore rubber futures end firmer on Thai buying
      494 28 REPORTS SINGAPORE rubber futures continued to trade firmly in the afternoon yesterday after chalking gains from heavy dealer short-covering. "Thai boys were busy short-covering after selling rubber. There was also aggressive buying of RSS-3 from a Japanese importer," one broker said. Another
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    PRICES
    1497 28 Rubber ■AS CiwHtty Eiduf (ftrtr— ctotif M it Ipw) RSS 1 C—tract (S cents/kg) Gose Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Oct 92 139.25 138.75 139.00 375 2,225 Mov 138.00 137.25 137.75 700 3,775 Dec 136.75 136.75 136.50 450 3,525 Jan/Mar 93 136.50 136.00 136.50 450 16,500
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      838 28 BUSINESS TIMES Toll free Tel No 737 0043 -Fax No: 734 3698 M THE HATTER OF THE COMP AMES ACT, CAP SO AND M THE MATTER OF ■CLONE PTE LID 0n Member* Voluntary Winding-up) SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON fTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1982 At an Extraordinary General Meeting of tie
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      6 28 The Malaysian market was closed yesterday
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    AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    1173 29 City FMgtrt ETA FlgM CT1> Ctty FlgM IT* FlgM HP Mm Matt GA893 1315 Waitlla MH631 1520 MH630 0950 qcc Kuala lamair MH601 0120 MH602 0700 1,1,111 SEL- MH640 0805 SQ102 0730 ayzffl MH630 0855 MH604 0740 RJ183 0005 SQ103 0950 SQ104 0830 SQ319 0715 KL838
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      Summer holiday
      740 29  -  LETTER FROM CAIRO By William Schmidt THE temperature is nearly 38 deg C, the bridges over the Nile are a hopeless tangle of bleating horns and snorting motors, and the yellowish air is thick with dust and diesel fumes and something that smells faintly of donkeys. But none
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      WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS
      68 29 Duration Title Venue Organiser Td Duration Title Venue Organiser Td Oct 2-12 Tehran Teheran, Export Promotion (98)21/*****8 Oct 5-10 International Utrecht, Koninklijke *****55.91 International Iran Centre of Iran Building Netherlands Nederlandse Fair Construction Jaarbeurs Oct 3-11 Luxembourg Luxembourg Societe Des 352-*****15 Building International Foires Interna- i Oct
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      FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      152 29 As at 10am yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.131 S 1.1470 Canadian dollar 1.3068 1.3332 NZ dollar 0.8S10 0.8682 Sterling pound 3.1726 3.2156 US dollar 1.3870 1.5950 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign cwrency Austrian schilling
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      198 29 1 Double-dealing pair con- iBl fcHT~ 6 Out on bail in old England f j j j 9 Ball-game requires physi- HiHi cal education and a lot of RHL— running about (6) P I j I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 10 Jumper for a spaniel? (8) IH|
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      167 29 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the late morning and early afternoon. Report Maximum temperature 30.8 Assoc humidity 69% Minimum temperature 25.1 Assoc humidity 98% Hours of sunshine 4.0S Rainfall in mm Trace Rainfall this month 22.5 Rainy days this month 3 World report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 14/09
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      34 29 NOT ONLS/ Does ft Rrt PvCT>CUe- ON FfceMCW 1 YOU'LL F\NO TH*S ftUT FM-SO OP*DPitt. ON TV-It, ONfOFTF CC^NT& J cwiesTtß voose i yp>tAp cupvxue. cy spn-e/5... y |^J| no, mi mi f t£^-
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    Free sex for party supporters
    459 30  -  Run-up to Thai general election Chart Thai entangled in latest election controversy From Andrew Cooke in BANGKOK LEADING Thai political party Chart Thai has become embroiled in a controversy over a party one of its candidates allegedly threw for 150 supporters in a Bangkok massage
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    PollWatch says it has helped to cut down vote-buying
    466 30  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK POLLWATCH, the independent election watchdog, says it has been more effective checking politicians' conduct in vote-buying in the run-up to this Sunday's general elections, compared to the last hustings in March. Spokesman Chira Hongladarom said
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    Lock icon US wants Taiwan to cancel proposed French jet deal
    319 30 Reuter TAIPEI The United States is pressing Taiwan to cancel a proposed US$2.6 billion (554.2 billion) purchase of French fighter planes, citing the danger of a regional arms race, a newspaper said yesterday. Washington, which has announced its own sale of
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    EC taking the course of the Titanic in monetary union
    846 30  -  The Bottom Line MICHAEL HINDLEY MICHAEL HINDLEY The writer, a Briton, is a member of the European Parliament WHEN Francois Mitterrand called for a referendum, the polls indicated that over 70 per cent of the French would say "yes" to
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    Lock icon Japan rescue plan reminiscent of bubble economy: analysts
    367 30 Reuter TOKYO Japanese policymakers are charting a course similar to the one that led to the "bubble economy" of the late 1980s, analysts say, raising questions about the longterm stability of the nation's economy. After-shocks from the bursting of the bubble of
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    Lock icon Sagawa Kyubin graft scandal widens to include aides to ex-premiers
    276 30 Reuter TOKYO Japan s latest corruption scandal yesterday appeared to be snowballing, with reports that prosecutors may soon bring charges against a top ruling party figure and question aides to two former premiers. The Tokyo Prosecutors' Office is preparing to
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      Local engineering firm buys high-tech vessel
      420 31  -  Allied Ventures to offer specialist services to oil and gas industry By Amir Khalil SINGAPORE Local engineering company Allied Ventures and Technologies Pte Ltd hopes to fill the gap in providing specialist services to the oil and gas industry with the acquisition of a
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      Lock icon Long Beach to buy 24-ha land for port expansion
      286 31 Reuter LONG BEACH The Port of Long Beach said commissioners accepted a plan to purchase more than 24 hectares of land for future port development and for expansion of Toyota Motor Corp's export operation. The land will be purchased from Union
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      Lock icon Carnival chief comfortable with 3rd qtr estimates
      291 31 Reuter NEW YORK Carnival Cruise Lines Inc chief executive officer Micky Arison said he was "comfortable" with third quarter earnings estimates of around US$O.95-US$O.97 per share for the period ended Aug 31. Mr Arison added he is also "comfortable" with 1992 earnings estimates
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      898 31 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 APL 5 3-5 Arrow Inter 9 2 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ANL 3 1/2 Asia Cont Lines 14 5 ASCL 5 9 Bait Canada Line 7 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bank
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      Lock icon Norstrom to form tanker venture with Jahre
      229 31 Knight-Ridder LONDON Swedish shipping group Norstrom and Thulin will form a joint venture company with Norway's Jahre family to rescue the financially troubled Bulls Tankrederi, the Lloyd's List newspaper reported. N and T and Jahre will each take a 50 per cent stake
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      Lock icon Korea Gas awards LNG ship contract to Hanjin, Daewoo
      389 31 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's state-run Korea Gas Corp (KGC) named Hanjin Heavy industries Co Ltd and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery Ltd as joint contractors to build South Korea's third liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, a KGC official said. The 60,000
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      Lock icon P & O shares weaken ahead of half-year results
      187 31 P O shares weaken ahead of half-year results Reuter LONDON Shares in Peninsular Orient Steam Navigation Co pic fell lOp to 350p on Tuesday on nervousness ahead of its halfyear results, analysts said. There was market talk of a possible downgrade by Nomura, but the securities house denied that this
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        Royal Pacific danger buoy keeps ships away
        62 32 PORT KLANG All ships plying the Straits of Malacca were on Tuesday reminded to observe the Isolated Dangerous Buoy marking the location of the sunken Royal Pacific cruise liner to avoid mishaps. Marine Department Director Haji Ghazali Abu Hassan said the buoy was
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        Paris subway's condom machines
        90 32 PARIS The Paris public transport authority RATP said on Tuesday it was installing 123 condom distributing machines on its underground railway network. The machines, which will distribute condoms in packs of three for 10 francs (553.34), will be located in 30 stations of the Metro urban
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        Sikorsky's US$6m chopper deal
        57 32 STRATFORD, Connecticut Sikorsky Aircraft, looking abroad to supplement a sagging domestic market, on Tuesday announced a US$6 million (559.6 million) order from Japan for the first of more than 20 rescue helicopters. The first S-76C chopper will be delivered to the Japan Maritime Safety Agency by
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        Swedish rail firm to lay off 2,000
        96 32 STOCKHOLM Sweden's state train operator, Statens Jamvagar (SJ), will lay off 2,000 employees within its freighttransport unit SJ-Gods in a move to cut costs, national news agency TT reported on Tuesday. The lay-offs, to take effect by Nov 1, were part of a
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        Bomb scare plane leaves Karachi
        92 32 ISLAMABAD An Indian passenger aircraft flew on Tuesday to London from Karachi after bomb disposal experts searched for eight hours an explosive device an unidentified caller in Bombay claimed to have planted on board, officials said here. Officials in Islamabad said around 7.40 am local
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        Tanker on tow to Punta Arenas
        64 32 LONDON The tanker Stolt Span is under tow for Punta Arenas and is due to arrive today or tomorrow, according to Lloyd's Intelligence. A further inspection will take place and the tanker will then be towed to Buenos Aires for repairs. The Stolt Span
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        Missing UK boat found
        61 32 LONDON A British sailor and his crew, missing in the north Atlantic since early August, were spotted safe and well near the Faroe Islands on Tuesday, Scottish coastguards said. Jack Lammiman left Newfoundland in Canada about a month ago aboard an 18-metre converted fishing vessel and
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      823 32 FREIGHT rates drifted lower on Tuesday as the cash market remained weak on vessel oversupply, but US Gulf/Japan heavy grain was steadied by repeated reports U5519.50 had been paid on the route, brokers said. The Baltic Freight Index (BFI) shed three points to 1,056, showing mostly lower runs,
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      Lock icon A ticket to a shipboard career
      1244 32  -  Supplying crews to the world's shipowners is big business for the Philippines. But it has also attracted crooked agents and widespread bribery, says Bob Cuttie Bob Cuttie Lloyd's List TWENTY-five thousand Pesos, or about *****, can buy you a pass in exams and another
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      857 32 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      8003 40 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. IgtfWP PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3267 45 Containerline NV: Bclsin Shpg Agencies Pte Ltd (SyMarinc Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Ptc Ltd (SVAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). \dkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg(S). Albatros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg inc Ltd (S). Alfred C
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      COURIER SERVICES
      260 45 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: *****98. Air Express Travel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: *****44. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: *****16. *****80. AirswiA Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: *****83. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines), 747-7421. Fax: *****75. City-Link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: *****50. Cluster Link Supplies Services Tel:
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1474 45 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7822. Fax: *****20. Aerolink Freight International Tel: 545-8033. Fax: *****05. Aero&peed Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454 Fax: *****06 Air Express International Tel: 542-7666. Fax: *****74. *****50. Air
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      3561 46 ALBANIA Dunes: Four vessls in port of which 1 tobacco, 1 beer, 1 general cargo, I sugar/rice. ARGENTINA Labour working normally. Buenos Aires: For vessels requiring deep draft berths, delays of 24-48 hours; otherwise berth situation normal. San Lorenzo: Port busy; 5 vessels operating of which 3 loading
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      555 46 ARRIVALS I DEPARTURES Op Flight Type ETA T From Op night Type ETD T To TODAY TODAY KAL KE697 B747F 0150 i SEL KAL KE697 B747F 0440 1 BKK SIA SQ827 B747F 1730 2 CPH/DXB SIA SQ/ B747F 0715 2 DXB/LON CLX CV794 B747F 1845 1 LUX/DXB
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      237 46 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Air Dt» Na»eofVe»el ETA ETD Ports of Crib Port Aft* Telephone No SEPTEMBER 13 13 Fantasy World 1000 1900 Sin-Port Klang Sembawang Johnson Mgt 227-8284 16 16 Fantasy World 1000 1900 Sin-Jakarta Sembawang Johnson Mgt 227-8284 20 20 Fantasy World 1000 1900 Sin-Port klang Sembawang
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      724 46 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES The information was contributed by Simpson Spence Young VESSELS ON OFFER Bulk Carriers KPohans: 118,167 dwt and built Au--1972 Mitsubishi; owners seeking outright offers. Doapaffc 69,203 dwt and built August 1983 lmabari; either straight sale or including time-charter back for 1-2 years; Sakaide Japan Sep 8-11
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        484 47 VttMl <01 Wo Bfft fcrwal Oqwrtirt vn>d ¥oy No Barth Arrival Dqiartw Marina Terminal 1 Mi» M/5 alongside 1009/1500 Batam Maiu *****2 M04 1009/0500 Andre De Gou J12 1009/2200 1209/2000 Batanundo 1 1242S M02 alongside 0909/1900 Canterbury 008/92 13 1009/1500 1009/2100 Btm Bahagia *****2 M03 a*x*side 1009/2300
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULE
        1533 47 ,111 i'Ltl CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS Stop Voy No Contanan a riUbk SNp Voy No C«ntalMn i vrfabta Agostin Neto 20-92E 08 0992 0125 Ark Carrier 9220N COO(EST) *****2 2100 Bangkok Br 11 08.09.92 0925 OOa Hope 20E COO(EST) 09.0992 1500 Aries 9273A 08.09.92 1025 Permmt Sun 27E COO(EST)
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      770 48 Sept 15-16: Asia-Pacific Digital Cellular Mobile Communications, organised by IBC Technical Services Limited at The Mandarin Singapore. For further details please contact IBC Technical Services at tel: 732-1970 or fax: 733-5087. Oct 5 6: Conference on Quality Control in Asian Shipping, organised by IBC Technical Services Limited at
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      Qantas to expand Asian network next month
      419 50  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Qantas Airways of Australia, in which SIA is interested in acquiring a stake, will expand its Asian network next month. The carrier, which currently flies thrice-weekly between Singapore and Hongkong, will start flying daily between the two points from
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      Lock icon TWA to cut back services, lay off staff
      236 50 Reuter NEW YORK Trans World Airlines Inc plans to eliminate service to 12 cities next month and lay off up to 10 per cent of its work force as the troubled carrier streamlines operations, the company said. The airline will eliminate service
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      Lock icon Britain rules out instant accord on HK airport project
      277 50 Reuter HONGKONG Britain said it did not expect a meeting this week with China to bring an instant breakthrough in a long-running deadlock over financing Hongkong's huge new airport project. The airport committee, comprising Chinese and British diplomats and senior Hongkong
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      General Motors reopens factories after 9-day strike
      504 50 DETROIT General Motors Corp restarted assembly lines at three plants on Tuesday, as parts shipments from the Lordstown, Ohio, metal stamping plant resumed after settlement of a nine-day strike. GM spokesman John Maciarz said the Saturn Corp plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, the
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      Lock icon Russian firms turn out in full force to win clients
      597 50 Farnboroueh Air Show Reuter FARNBOROUGH, England Aerospace firms from the former Soviet Union, flaunting their jets at the Farnborough Air Show, may find it hard to win clients and lasting partners in the West, industry officials and analysts say. Eager
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      Lock icon First order for BMW-Rolls Royce venture
      113 50 AFP FARNBOROUGH, England A joint BMW-Rolls Royce venture to manufacture aircraft engines has received its first order from US business plane makers Gulfstream Aerospace, the partnership announced on Tuesday. The order for 200 BR-710 engines is worth more than US$5OO million (***** million) to
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      Lock icon GM joins rank of US car makers that issue credit cards
      548 50 NYT WASHINGTON General Motors Corp was expected to make an announcement yesterday that it will issue a new Mastercard and possibly a Visa credit card designed to build loyalty among car buyers. Although the world's largest car maker has
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      203 31 the FAMOUS Ijm/mmk KEOm 224 1833 For more information please refer to Pg. 13 A shipboard career for Filipinos, Pg 2 Qantas to expand Asian network, Pg 20 Tr T Bring Your Suppliers And Markets In Europe Closer, Quicker, More Reliably- With CGM. t 4lK&jLt Whether .«'•s> 7^ i V&'«:
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      135 32 UP. LIVING IT EACH WEEKEND, put up your cxccutivc feet, and let us shuffle through your imagination. We usually tread lightly, but even when we don't, you'll know you're alive after that exciting, exacting or simply emaciating week of work. So don't throw in the high-flying towel, or take shots
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      2717 33 H OOCL (8) PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AQENCIEB *****11 FAX: *****09 Alllff bookings tel: *****34 *****58 ■anif TERMINAL/CFS TEL: *****18 220 PH PESAKA JARWNE SHIPPING AGENCIES SDN. BNO. I WQ7 J PORT KELANG TEL: *****18 FAX: *****91 *****88 PENANG TEL: *****4 FAX: *****1 CFS TEL: *****6 wmmmmmm Dedicated to Qualtty
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      1457 33 Find out how sellers are reaching out to buyers in Advertising and Marketing. Every Thursday in BT jl Ik VSI/VOY S«_ WYC BAL I OKf I SAV IMMMN N 17/91 n/lt n/lt It/lt 2VM I m imm nt k/u h/u t7/u mi 1 m/u ■MR 17/ M a/11 22/11 23/11
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      1465 33 ■E3im.HUWl=i WEEKLY DIRECT CALL TO NAGOYA LAUST MAERSK 9214 ETA SIN 14/9/92 ETA NAGOYA 24/9/92 VMM* Voy ETA ETO Feeder by DESTINATIONS Leerort/Aries Thn M* MMM Maerak 9206 1~~1 14 9 0800 MRS ■■■■■■■MHlHMßMHiliiflßlllllßHlHßiMillßllllMi CFS 15/9 2359 MRS JOH LPK PEN OAK LQ6 HOU MEM ATI MIA CHS BAL PHL
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      1337 34 VOY NO S PORE JEDOAH S'HAMTON H BURG LE HARVE HEGEI KITANO 15/136 10/9 19/9 3/10 29/9 28/9 1. MU. NBHGMB THAMES 13/336 13/9 30/9 2/10 5/10 6/10 fin ■BLMB 6 (MM ELBE 12/137 17/9 26/9 10/10 6/10 5/10 HOECHST EXPRESS 05/337 20/9 7/10 9/10 12/10 13/10 S HAMBURG EXPRESS
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      421 34 ocwans AGENCIES (FAR EAST) LTD NOUAKCHOTT-B AN JUL-BISSAU-LUANDA-BATA Feeder Vessel ORIENTAL KNIGHT 14/09 VILLE DE LA FONTAINE 20/09 VILLE DE TUCANA 24/09 Also: CASABLANCA-ALGIERS-TUNIS-TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI AND ALL INLAND DESTINATIONS INDIAN OCEAN AND SOUTH AFRICA REGULAR SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE SPORE fUI LOAON6 FPU KAPITAN GROWUR kn MKCT SCRWCE COLOOMO. MAX P. LOUS. KUMOK.
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      1499 34 I BSS—e>xw* REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VSL/VOY BIN ALQ BCL* FEL LMA I NORASIA SAMANTHA 9220-3 15/09 07/10 00/10 11/10 12/10 12/10 13/10 14/10 15/10 NOR ASIA SMGA 9229-3 21/09 14/10 16/10 10/10 19/10 20/10 21/10 22/10 23/10 I NORASIA SUSAN 9230-3 29/09 21/10 23/10 25/10 26/10 26/10 27/10
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      1962 35 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hm Chiang Road #11-01 Kappei Towers Singapofa 020S T«fc *****80 Fax: *****17 ACCEPTS CAAGO DUE SAIS SMGAPOM PHONM POM JTMITS WITIK nO. Mora. Lab. KK 1112 3* 13 Sap 14 Up u» m n203 15 S-, MB MM* VOTE Muar., Ban. T« 12-14 top
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      2415 35 SINGAPORE AGENT: PAO Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd X iXv/ VjlllllCtlllCl 3 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 KEPPEL TOWERS. SINGAPORE 0208 Tel: 225 2233 Telex: RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number **********0Z VlMtt. VOV *PHO **KC aw ALO 60U ANT HOT NAM VC66CL VOV ANT HOT HAM
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      676 36 mm CR NBR **********0-0 EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES TO EUROPE WL'WY STOtt ROAM ADAM HHUK 800 ANTMW SMWUATA/ JSMB MPT (PT I) 1/10 12/10 IC/10 20/10 KUTM/2CW t/10 J/11 15/11 20/11 23/11 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTMG BREAK BULK /CONT AINERtSED CARGO Sutoiact to IndueMMnt. Also accepting cargo to CiMManct, Port
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      1383 36 HANJIN SHIPPING FM VS. M LME HAUL LB OAK FDR VSL Ml III! UNA Ml U NIC HAMM VANCOUVER Olfll 12/9 DRECT 4/10 7/10 HAMM OfJU 0M( 14/9 M. YORONMM 04IE 22/10 23/10 25/10 HARM OSAKA 002E 20/9 OKCT 11/10 14/10 HNUM KNARCTARE 092E 21/9 N. PUNTY 0241 29/10 30/10
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      1734 37 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS (FOR ALL NOL SERVICES) NEPTUNELINK TEL *****00 (TOLL-FREE) aCL USA SERVICE TERMINAL OFFICE *****22 B MM FAR EAST SERVICE *****00 IMPORT CFS F9: *****89/*****98 ■Mi UK/EUROPE SERVICE (TOLL-FREE) EXPORT CFS F9: *****53/*****50 EZZ aust/india/pak service NEPLINE SDN BHD MALAYSIA
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      982 37 m sinsov SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: *****51/ *****64/ *****06 (FESCO LINE) ENQUIRIES: *****33 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES EASTBOWD—OSCHAMWG WESTBOtfC-IQAPWC TRAHSHPPED VIA HOTTEMMyi~| wr |m \m»
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      1622 38 1 K. Hi W AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD 1244B*****0M) W W 1A TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****07/8/9 m m m M MALAYSIA: "K" line maritime (Malaysia) sdn bhd L ■k- AJk MLm* TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PENANG *****0 JB *****1. KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD Indonesia:
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      979 38 PHILI-ORI€NT UN€S PT€ LTD f 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 01 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 T«lex: RS ***** FAX: *****76 *****38 Onfi BY AIR, LAND OR SEA.... -fejgb WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU NAPIER CHBISTCHURCH 12 SEP MEXICO CITY. TAMPtCO. VERA CRUZ. PARAMARIBO 12 SEP SANTOS. RIO OE
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      2045 39 aSSjPf L PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 CR NO: **********0E KOTTMOAH 171 13/9 18/9 20/9 0 KOaWT V *N 12/9 18/9 10/9 BUNQATERATAI J73 15/9 18/9 22/9 BIBSAMUT (THAI FLAG) MSMM 14/9 17/9 20/9 rCT*TrI u»l«r IrL It" fr,; KOTA
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      822 39 EXPHBgCDWfiUNER SBtVICBTO 3 WEEKLY S p P GUOANG PENANG P KELANG OCEAN VSL/VOY SIN SOU (1) RTM (2) HAM (3) GOT (4) g _U/9 11/9 12/9 TOYAMA 2362 15/9 2/JO 4/10 S/10 7/10 g _18/9 18/9 19/9 AROSIA 2372 22/9 9/10 11/10 12/10 14/10 Q 25/9 25/9 26/9 NIHON 2382
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      274 39 I °BSA° TRANSPORTATION M MYANMA FIVE STAR LINE (Mytnmar National Lint) Loadni for Yancon (Rangoon) Sport r.Klg Ptn PM| ava viim su kin MANDM.it T V3SN ki PI P9IYA VI24M 12/16 W 6/19 W PAGAN VI66W 14/16 Sm 9/12 Sap Mr*-** ¥111* 20/22 Sap NIGERIAN NATIONAL ML SHIPPING LINE W#
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      2446 42 Conventional Semi-Container Full Container Liner Services Liner Services M* y *•*.< m««'. km* Stmni Agents: Booking Agent* General Agent* Booking Ago*tx Guan Goon Ski»mg MSM Cfcn* CWm SMppt* S* MM fJ. 6Ma/ Prtra Mmocm Maritime j Ykk Fling Shipping Fnigkt Booking Gnabkio Agmcm CottMf Shipping Pti Ltd SklgMng FrtigM toottor
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      246 42 imwuu mmm jjj ni tip IS MoCALLUM STREET #SHlm NATWEST CENTRE J Wwßmow Ml Tatac RS2SI4O Takman-3 Fwc 22S 2Z7VIM FOR ROOKMQS CALL MRECT UNE TEL: 2222M1/2222M3 WN/JAK SERVICE VESSEL VOY SIN JAK > MAJESTY 907 12/06 (SAT) 15/06 (TUE) E STAR 900 13/09 (SUN) 15AM (TUE) PELOPOR 1045 12/06
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      612 43 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) LWASSOL/PKEAUS 12/9 ROTTERDAM 12/9 HAIFA/ASHDOO/ALEXANDRIA 12/9 HAMBURG/BREMEN 12/9 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 12/9 FaiXSTOWE/UK 12/9 BARCELONA/SPAIN 12/9 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 12/9 GENOA/ITALY 12/9 GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 12/9 LOS ANGELES/WC/PI 12/9 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 12/9 NEW YORK/EC WS FREMANTLE/AOELADE 1779 VANCOUVER 12/9 BRISBANE 12/9
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      763 43 MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 LinM) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: R8 ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ettwopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL Ivor ETA LOADING FOR SPORE ABYOT 29W8 In PI OARESSALAAM. MOMBASA. DJIBOUTI AS3AB. MASSAWA ANCXNET ?SWB IS/10 OARESSALAAM. MOMBASA. DJBOOTT" ASSAB.
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      1446 44 |LA§MAC-NELS GROUPAGE I I l\*V JPENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 P KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 I HKG/TWN/BKK I GOTH/U.K/MED PORTS PEN PKI SIN PEN PK SIN 9/9 10/9 11/9 Hon| Koof Ldn/Fh/Rdm/Ant 11/9 12/9 13/9 13/9 14/9 15/9 Hang Kong G'burg/CTugw/STwlm/thlo
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      288 44 w BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS i mi in w PROSPECT 203 hi PI 20/9 22/9 8/10 HI STM 0528 17/9 30/9 2/10 IS/10 PREMEX 20S 29/9 11/10 13/10 29/10 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT AUCKLAND, LYTTELTON, ACCEPTING FCL LCL FOR NEW PLYMOUTH,
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      1115 44 77 ROBINSOh ROAD TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I IHH I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA IUSEL |m I STORE IIEST TO HI SWtE P. lEUWC EQUATOR HI 69/92E 12 SEP KUCHING EQUATOR JEWEL 107N 12 SEP 13
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      131 46 LIVING IT EACH WEEKEND, put up your executive feet, and let us shuffle through your imagination. We usually tread lightly, but even when we don't, youH know you're alive after that exciting, exacting or simply emaciating week of work. So don't throw in the high-flying towel, or take shots in
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      22 47 N#T SURE WHERE T© POT YiUR M-NEY? Get the answer in Personal Investment &C Finance. Every Saturday in Business Times. Business Times
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      54 47 MM HILL DELAMAIN (S) PTE. LTD. wmW NVOCC REGULAR CONSOL TO SOUTH AFRICA DURBAN CAPETOWN 15/09 15/09 MIDDLE EAST 12/09 ALSO ACCEPTING TO: DOHA, ABU DHABI, BAHRAIN, DAMMAM, BANDA ABBAS MINA QABOOS HONG KONG /CHINA 14/09 CALLING MOST INLAND POINTS MAIN PORTS IN MAINLAND CHINA FOR QUALITY SERVICE, CALL US
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      447 47 TIDES AND WEATHER TODAY'S TIDES (hejht in metres) MM 0000 0100 0200 0900 (MOO 0500 0600 0710 0»0 0900 10M**********M14M 15M1M017M1IM1M0 20M 21M 22M 23M JR 23 18 1.3 09 06 05 06 0.9 1.4 1.9 2.3 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.5 1.1 0.9 09 10 1.3 1.8 2.4 2.7 18
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      718 48 1 Wfck LIAN HUAT SHIPPING CO (PTE) LTD. I 10 Anson Road, #14-19/21 International Plaza, Singapore 0207. Tel: *****11 (16 lines) Fax: *****94 Tlx: RS ***** AB LENHUAT Daily receiving cargo at Pasir Panjang Terminal PT4 Tel: *****97 FULLY CONTAINERISED AND CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO MYANMAR (YANGON) VESSEL ETA ETO DESTINATION
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      566 48 I iL cosco I I)KC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P G LOADING FOR A VESSEL 28/09 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHINA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.G. LOADING FOR: TRANS ASEAN 15/09 20/09 Huangpu/Guangihoo COSCO FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (FCL/FCL) EXPORT TO: CHINA/BANGKOK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI Please
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      458 48 ADocsgkH 800 Australia New Zealand Weekly LCL Consolidation CARGOFLO, Singapore-Australia V— JjjjS Fremantle Adelaide Melbourne Sydney Brisbane Singapore-New Zealand v f l, Auckland Wellington Lyttleton 1 n 1 mm New Plymouth Napier Christchurrh 1 rA O Te 1^*****88 0 wM Fax *****83 »T SKH DISTRIPARK PTE LTD 77 Robinson Road
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      1108 49 A HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MAMNE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VESSELS PWA PKE I SW I RTM AWT* LEH* HAM Htft FtL SI. MOEPENDCNCE 301W 11/09 11/09 13/09 02/10 02/10 03/10 03/10 03/10 06/10 H. FRONTfR 301W 25/09 25/09 27/09 16/10 16/10 17/10 17/10 17/10 20/10 SI. MARINER 301W 09/10
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      304 50 Every Saturday in Business Times I Someone dose has been Iving Your son in Canada is studying for some years, oversis Ybu'vegivenup Andyou want him The straits Times close to home Weekly tells it better. -with news (He might from home. comeback after reading ail the good news.) To your
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