The Business Times, 5 October 1993

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    13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Tuesday October 5 1993 75«
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Two large US regional banks to merge
      72 1 AFP ALBANY, New York KeyCorp and Society Corp, two large regional banks, have announced a US$7.B billion (5512.4 billion) merger that would create the 10th largest US banking group. The merger, which is still subject to the approval of shareholders of the two
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      Lock icon Russia bans foreign cash transactions
      71 1 Reuter MOSCOW The Russian central bank is to ban all transactions in foreign cash from Jan I, and enterprises must hand in all foreign banknotes to banks by Dec 31. Interfax news agency said last night transactions by hard-currency credit and charge cards and other
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    114 1 Stock Market indices Moaday (hinge STII 2.023.07 +4.97 KLSE Composite 852.26 -7.61 Nikkei 20.264.43 -18.70 Hang Seng 7.744.32 +68.10 SET Index 998.71 +6.37 Jakarta C omposite ...446.25 +2.98 CLSA China B 1046 53- +3.96 Am All Ord 1.977 f 4.2 FTSE 100 3.067.7 +28.4 Monday Previous midday close
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    Yeltsin foes surrender as tanks mount assault
    500 1  -  From John Hebner in MOSCOW RUSSIAN army tanks and paratroops smashed a com-munist-led revolt in Moscow yesterday as reformist President Boris Yeltsin enforced his rule over hardline foes. A Yeltsin aide said leaders of the armed uprising surrendered, after day-long fighting at the
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    Bulls in Asian stock markets keep Russian bears at bay
    536 1  -  Market reports by Paul Leo SINGAPORE Tanks, troops, gunfire and spilt blood in Russia failed to keep the bulls away from the Asian stock markets yesterday. This was in contrast to the crisis on Sep 22 when President Boris Yeltsin
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    Lock icon Dow Jones slips
    71 1 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street stocks were narrowly mixed at midday yesterday as the market continued to respond to the crisis in Russia with subdued and cautious trading. But analysts said the market reaction was muted and would remain so as long as investors believed that Yeltsin
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    American dollar gyrates in step with events in Russia
    347 1 SINGAPORE The fortunes of the US dollar against the German deutschemark rose and fell according to the shifting political tide in Russia during Asian trading hours yesterday. The greenback surged 2.5 pfennigs to 1.6550 marks yesterday morning from the New York
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    Lock icon China to hire 140,000 foreign experts
    158 1 AP BEIJING The Chinese government plans to reeruit a reeord 140.000 foreigners over the next two years to help modernise business administration. basic industries and other key sectors, an official newspaper reported yesterday. Wu Yongxiang. deputy director of the State Bureau of Foreign Experts,
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    World oil prices go into wild swings
    374 1 SINGAPORE World oil prices swung wildly yesterday as troops supporting Russian President Boris Yeltsin stormed the nation's besieged parliament after a bloody night of fighting. "It has been an absolutely crazy day," one Singapore oil trader said. "Prices went straight up and straight
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    Asean agrees to relaunch Afta in January
    601 1  -  Run-up to Afta/AEM Meeting By Yang Razali Kassim, Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE Asean senior officials yesterday agreed to relaunch the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) on Jan I next year after it failed to take ofT early this year as planned. Some Asean
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      223 1 Nikon Camera Centra Max Photo #03-10 Ctntrtpolnt Tel: *****48 *****68 CONTENTS Notts Companies Spore News 2 S'porHK'sia 11.12.13 Regional News 3,5.7 Franco! 14.15 World News 8.9 r>iln i Markets Analysis 33 Ctoto/RLSt. SES 23.24 Editorial 32 Regional 21 Sports 25 World 22 TV/lifestyle 27 Currencies 15 Property 29.30 Sm*»/Commo .15.16
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      10 1 Property: pg 29 APG sets out to conquer the region
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      64 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 10 Investment gurus are nckStnfallible ANALYSIS, Page 33 v Rutskoi: A divine vision clouded by political blindness How Gang of Four draws blood yC^|^L The price Yeltsin pays for support from the regions A Hewlett-Packard 'blueprint' Hewlett-Packard scored a first in Singapore by running 4 consecutive
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      99 1 Thd Q ottom Line: Back Pg Ryugpnomics rules the world BALLY k SHOES FASHION ACCESSORIES BALLY BOUTIQUES in SINGAPORE: Raffles Hotel Arcade. Tel 338 0348/ Raffles City. Tel: 339 0169 AUTHORISED DEALERS: Champion Shoe Co. Chanrai Branch Daimaru Djien Boutiaue DfS Branches Euro Shoe Shop Branch Isetan Branches Jet Wind
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Throughput continues to soar
        269 2  -  By Rahita Elias THE PORT of Singapore had another good month in August a sign that the local and regional economies are still going strong. Cargo throughput is a good indicator of the health of the regional economy because many consignments have come from or arc
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      Lock icon German, S'pore firms considering tie-ups in Vietnam, China
      306 2  -  By Corinne Kerk SINGAPORE and German companies could join forces to exploit opportunities in Vietnam and China. The possibility was discussed yesterday by the visiting Prime Minister of BadenWurttemberg, Erwin Teufel, and Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Baden-Wurttemberg is the most
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    • Article
      Sale of works at Tresors reaches US$40m
      279 2  -  By Corinne Kerk IF THE sale of nearly US$4O million (5563.2 million) worth of art works at Tresors 1993 is anything to go by, Singapore may well be on its way to becoming the international centre for the arts. "The sale is way
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      NPB unveilsplan to increase on-the-job training
      212 2 THE National Productivity Board be adopting a threepronged strategy to increase on-the-job training (OJT) in Singapore companies. This was disclosed by Lim Boon Hcng, the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, when he launched a company-wide OJT programme at Toppan Printing Co (S) Pte
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      S'pore Telecom tie-up eyeing MNC market
      197 2 A CONSORTIUM which includes Singapore Telecom aims to recruit at least 20 telecommunications firms to sell its services. World Source has been set up to service multinationals which need networks to link their offices worldwide. The leading investor is AT&T with a 50 per
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      Chinese inventions exhibition expected to bring in US$60m
      285 2 AN EXHIBITION of 300 Chinese inventions is expected to draw US$6O million (Ss96 million) worth of trade, organisers say. Representatives of 50 Chinese firms are seeking Singapore backers, partners and agents, according to organisers of the Singapore International Patent, Design and Innovation
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      Apple receives $9.3m NSTB grant to develop PC systems
      211 2  -  By Joseph Rajendran AMERICAN multinational Apple Computer has received a $9.3 million grant from Singapore's National Science and Technology Board (NSTB) to enable it to develop PC systems for the world market. The grant, the biggest given out so far. will
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      163 2 The sign of R#P THE MONETARY AUTHORITY_OFSjNGAPOTE AMOUNT OFFERED SGD3<>OMIO ISSUE CODE N*****1V (REOPENED) 111 ISSUE DATE 15 OCTOBER 1993 MATURITY DATE 1 AUGUST 1995 INTEREST RATE 1.625 PCT PRICE TO BE DETERMINED AT THE AUCTION INTEREST PAYMENT DATES 1 AUGUST AND 1 FEBRUARY FIRST INT PAYMENT DATE 1 FEBRUARY
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      319 2 SOME OF THE BEST BUSINESS MINDS IN THE WORLD HAVE ATTENDED MONEY YOU HAVE YOU? Last September, April July we took some of the best business minds in Singapore and flew them right to the edge. At the end of three and a half days they went beyond. Money You
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  • THE REGION
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      Chuan hints at possible dissolution of Parliament
      397 3 BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai has hinted at a possible dissolution of Parliament if his government is defeated when it next moves important legislation. Aceording to news reports yesterday. Mr Chuan told a gathering of about 2.000 Thai residents in Los Angeles
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      Lock icon Asean must give priority to economic agenda: Anwar
      284 3 The Straits Times KUALA LUMPUR Asean must give top priority to its economic agenda if the sixmember regional organisation is to remain relevant in a world dominated by economic forces, according to Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Presenting the keynote address at the
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      Lock icon Proton revises production to cope with demand for Wira
      249 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Sales of Proton Wira. the Malaysian national car's latest model, have exceeded all expectations, prompting the manufacturer, Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton), to revise its production schedule to cope with the demand. Deputy managing director of manufacturing Kisai
      Bernama  -  249 words
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      Lock icon Indon army urged to stay out of daily politics
      279 3 AFP JAKARTA A retired general and leading dissident has called on the Indonesian armed forces, on the eve of the country's 48th anniversary, to cut down on its intervention in daily politics. Retired general Abdul Haris Nasution said yesterday he believed
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      Vietnamese leader arrives in S'pore today
      264 3 SINGAPORE Vietnamese Communist Party secretarygeneral Do Muoi arrives here today on a maiden official visit that is expected to boost growing economic ties between the two countries. No 1 man in the party's politburo. the centre of power in Vietnam. Mr Do Muoi is
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      Lock icon Jiang calls for deeper economic reforms in China
      429 5 AFP BEIJING Chinese communist party secretary-general Jiang Zemin has called for deeper economic reforms to speed up development of the country's socialist market economy. He made the call at a meeting last week in Guangzhou with leaders from 10 provinces of the
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      Lock icon Beijing plans fiscal reforms to cut deficit, equalise tax rates: economists
      470 5 Reuter BEIJING China's central government is planning far-reaching tax reforms to cut its soaring budget deficit and equalise tax rates between provinces, companies and individuals. A senior Finance Ministry official told a Japanese delegation late last month that the
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      Lock icon Sino-EC ties should get better: European Parliament head
      268 5 AFP BEIJING Relations between the European Community and China are normal and nothing should prevent them developing, European Parliament president Egon Klepsch said here yesterday. Mr KJepsch. speaking on the third of a six-day official visit, said he was "very impressed by
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      Lock icon Seoul agrees to Pyongyang's proposal for border talks
      244 5 Reuter SEOUL South Korea agreed yesterday to a proposal from the communist North for border talks today, breaking months of deadlock over Pyongyang's suspected nuclear arms programme. A spokesman for the South's Unification Ministry said Prime Minister Hwang In Sung sent a
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Japanese firms to cut capital spending
        125 5 Reuter TOKYO Japanese firms plan to reduce capital spending for the current fiscal year by 2.3 per cent in a further sign of economic troubles, the Industrial Bank of Japan said yesterday. The bank said it was the first time that projected capital spending
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        Lock icon M'sian industrial sales up 17pc
        107 5 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The total value of sales of 58 industries in Malaysia in January-July was MS57.5 billion (SS35.7 billion), up 17.6 per cent compared with sales of MS48.9 billion for the same period in 1992, the Statistics Department said. Twenty industries reported a total
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        Lock icon Hiding from Flo's fury
        41 5 AFP MANILA A squatter family living along Manila Bay seeking shelter from strong winds behind a seawall as typhoon Flo battered Manila yesterday. A second typhoon some 1,000 km north of the capital threatens northern Philippines. AFP
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        Lock icon China cuts 187,000 coal jobs
        106 5 AFP BEIJING China's coal mines laid off 187,000 workers in the First half of 1993, as part of a programme to improve efficiency and reduce losses, the People's Daily reported on Sunday. Of those laid off, 86,900 workers were moved into service industry or processing
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      Lock icon Japan makes no pledge over tax reform, deregulation plans
      469 7 AFP TOKYO Japan has not made any "international pledge" over its plans for tax reform and deregulation, Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii said in parliament yesterday. He told a Lower House budget committee that Japan's discussions on the subject with finance ministers
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      Lock icon Warning against numerical Japan trade targets
      190 7 Knight-Ridder TOKYO A group of some 40 prominent US economists urged President Bill Clinton not to demand Japan set numerical trade targets in the bilateral trade framework talks, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on Sunday. The economists also called on Japan's Prime Minister Morihiro
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      Sri Lanka's GDP likely to grow 5.9pc
      251 7  -  By Nirmal Ghosh in COLOMBO SRI LANKA's GDP growth is set to hit 5.9 per cent this year up from 3.5 per cent last year but high interest rates are acting as a drag on output. According to the Merchant Bank of Sri
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      Lock icon Relief aid pours in for India's quake victims
      523 7 Reuter KILLARI, India Indian troops began using bulldozers to recover victims of the country's worst earthquake in 50 years after local oflicials said they had given up hope of finding any more survivors. Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, calling India's earthquake a
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  • 4TH AFTA COUNCIL MEETING/25TH ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS MEETING
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      No fighting chance for the industrialists
      820 4  -  AFTA COUNTRY REPORT PHILIPPINES From Al Labita in MANILA IF INDUSTRIALISTS could have their way. the Philippines would opt out of Afta. The reason? They have no fighting chance with their Asean counterparts under a free trade regime, protected as they are by Manila's
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      A credibility problem for the Thais
      968 4  -  More reports on Afta from Asean countries. Reports from Singapore. Malaysia and Indonesia were published yesterday AFTA COUNTRY REPORT THAILAND From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK THAILAND initiated Afta. but critics say it has yet to come to terms with the concept at either government
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      Is the Philippines ready for a free trade regime?
      666 4  -  From Al Labita in MANILA WHEN the Afta agreement m as signed in Singapore last year, the immediate reaction of Filipino industrialists was to ask: Is the Philippines ready for a free trade regime? It is almost two years now and
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      Afta expected to explode country's currently small market
      371 4  -  AFTA COUNTRY REPORT BRUNEI DARUSSALAM By Yang Razali Kassim SINGAPORE Brunei looks forward eagerly to the day when the whole of Ascan will be open to it as a free-trade area. But it docs not yet have the kind of domestic economy
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  • THE WORLD
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Bonn alienates business community
      438 8 Reuter BONN With just over a year to go until Germany's next general election, Chancellor Helmut Kohl's coalition is alienating some of its most important traditional supporters the business community. Industrialists, bankers and small entrepreneurs are angry at what they see as the centreright government's failure
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      Lock icon EC urged to study environmental impact of development projects
      307 8 Reuter BRUSSELS As part of the pricc for getting southern countries to sign up to the Maastricht treaty, the EC will pour an average of 25 billion European currency units (SS4B billion) a year of development funds into its most impoverished
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      Czech minister in S'pore to woo investors
      329 8  -  By Quah Choon Poh SINGAPORE With no end in sight to the recession in Europe, another country on the continent is turning to the dynamic Asia-Pacific region for trade and investment. Following on the heels of a Spanish trade and investment mission to
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      Lock icon More poor Americans in '92 due to lingering joblessness
      220 8 AP SUITLAND, Maryland Lingering unemployment amid a slow recovery from the recession pushed hundreds of thousands of Americans into poverty last year, analysts say. The Census Bureau yesterday planned to release poverty and income statistics for 1992, the first full year
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      Lock icon Let's not sell our soul for a plate of lentils: Jack Lang
      181 9 Reuter PARIS Socialist former culture minister Jack Lang on Sunday urged France's conservative government to take a hardline stand on Gatt world trade talks, saying "Let's not sell our soul for a plate of lentils. Mr Lang, a
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      Lock icon Major defends planned VAT extension
      95 9 Knight-Ridder LONDON The current slowdown in parts of continental Europe, particularly France and Germany, is the real danger for the UK recovery rather than the impending extension of the value-added tax to fuel, UK Prime Minister John Major said. "Our recovery is in danger of
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      Lock icon Sinn Fein-SDLP talks will help: IRA
      86 9 AFP DUBLIN The outlawed Irish Republican Army (IRA) said on late Sunday that talks between its political wing Sinn Fein and Northern Ireland's Social and Democratic Labour Party (SDLP) could provide the basis for peace in the province. The statement marked the IRA's first
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      Lock icon Man and his wolf... happily together
      41 9 Reuter MERZIG (Germany) German Werner Freund being welcomed by one of his wolves. Mr Freund lives among wolves in the woods around Merzig. a small town in German Saarland, close to the French border. Reuter
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      Lock icon Campbell blasts Quebec separatism
      101 9 Reuter OTTAWA Prime Minister Kim Campbell attacked Quebec separatism as a false dream on Sunday in a bid to salvage her troubled campaign to keep the Conservatives in power in the October 25 general election. In an election debate, Ms Campbell accused separatist Lucien Bouchard of
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      Lock icon Aliyev wins presidency in Azerbaijan
      90 9 AFP MOSCOW Azerbaijani leader Geidar Aliyev won support from 90 per cent of voters in Sunday's presidential election, according to preliminary figures released yesterday by the electoral commission. More than 90 per cent of the republic's four million voters turned out in the election boycotted
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      Lock icon Menem claims big victory in key poll
      117 9 Reuter BUENOS AIRES Argentine President Carlos Menem said his Peronist Party had trounced its rivals in a key congressional election on Sunday, gaining nine seats and adding momentum to his drive for a second term in office. "I want to tell you that
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      Lock icon Somalis show off war trophy
      44 9 AFP MOGADISHU Somalis holding up a pair of camouflage trousers on Sunday, claimed to be from a US soldier killed by supporters of warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid. The naked corpse of a white man was displayed in Mogadishu. AFP
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      Lock icon Kenya sees early pact with IMF
      116 9 FT LONDON Kenya expects to reach agreement soon with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a three-year economicreform programme which would form the basis of an appeal for renewed aid at next month's meeting of donors. Musalia Mudavadi. Kenyan Finance Minister, said in London
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      DBS Land associate plans listing on KLSE main board
      482 11  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Malaysian developer Seri Alam Properties Sdn Bhd. which is 30 per cent owned by DBS Land, aims to be listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange by the end of next year. Announcing this yesterday, Seri Alam
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      Scotts in second Indian hotel venture
      230 11  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Listed Scotts Holdings has entered into a joint venture with several Indian parties to develop and manage hotels in India its second such involvement in three months. The hotels will be operated under a franchise called Country Lodging by Carlson.
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      IPC buys remaining stake in UK associate
      313 11 SINGAPORE Local computer maker IPC has bought out its British associate. The Singapore company which owned 25 per cent of IPC UK said yesterday it had bought the other 75 per cent for £20,000 (5547.200). IPC has also agreed to write ofT £75,388
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      Lock icon Investment gurus — including market movers — are not infallible
      830 11  - Investment gurus including market movers are not infallible HOCK LOCK SIEW By Catherine Ong HONGKONG Forget about Chris Patten. Qian Qichen and Douglas Hurd. Never mind the imminent collapse of Sino-British talks, the mess in the Chinese economy and banking system, and the looming US trade sanctions against China. Or
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      SES trading starts 15 mins late, second delay in 2 days
      260 11  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore started 15 minutes late yesterday, the second delay in two days. SES sources dismissed talk that the delay was a result of the trading system's inability to
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      Lock icon KLSE urged to follow SES by extending trading hours
      278 11 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) should follow the Stock Exchange of Singapore's two-week-old move in extending trading hours by one hour, says Malaysian Stock Brokers Association president Tengku Noor Zakiah Ismail. On Sep 21, the Singapore exchange
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      Strike price for HTL's tender shares confirmed at $1.02
      138 11 SINGAPORE The strike price for furniture-maker Hwa Tat Lee Holdings' (HTL) tender shares is confirmed at $1.02, or 42 cents above its minimum tender price of 60 cents. HTL's shares will begin trading on a "ready" basis on Thursday. Investors who
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      365 11 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Oct 4 [jim Sense lodes Slock sale hge factor noters <$) <S) A\imo 1910 -0 030 1)4 -8.57 CAC 7 800 0 150 5 47 42 86 Ccrcbus 6250 0 200 4.W 57 14 KAN 14 600 -0 100 10 25
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • Article
          Lock icon OCBC hits foreign shareholding limit
          61 12 Reuter SINGAPORE Overseas-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd (OCBC) says it believes foreign investors have bought 40 per cent of its paid-up capital, the maximum number of shares foreigners can hold in a Singapore bank. As of yesterday, foreigners held 35.66 per cent of the bank's 1994
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          Clipsal buys 50pc of Aussie firm
          69 12 SINGAPORE Clipsal Industries (Holdings) Ltd has entered into an agreement through a wholly-owned subsidiary to acquire 50 per cent of Gerard Industries (No 3) Pty Ltd of Australia for A 537.12 million (5537.9 million). The deal, financed by share placements in April and loan
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          Metro's excess share applications
          34 12 SINGAPORE Metro Holdings Ltd received acceptances and excess share applications of 16.87 million rights shares, representing a 115.5 per cent subscription of its rights issue which closed on Sep 28.
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          SIA buying another freighter
          71 12 SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines (SIA) will add another freighter when its fourth 8747-200 freighter goes into operation today. The aircraft will introduce weekly freighter services to San Francisco. Johannesburg. New Delhi, Istanbul and Moscow. It is part of SlA's plan to strengthen its position in the global
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          Lock icon Land & General reports lower profits
          70 12 Land General reports lower profits Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Land General Bhd recorded a lower group pre-tax profit of M 560.13 million (5536.7 million) for the six months ended June 30, 1993 against M 5101.25 million in the same period in 1992. This was registered on the back of a reduccd
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          89 12 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Tasek Cement Bhd says the second causeway project with Singapore and a new international airport at Sepang will create a continuing demand for its cement. Chairman Hamzah Sendut said the company was also poised to gain from the construction industry, which was expected
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        485 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers prfcts <$> Oct 5 Insurance Fund Singapore Unit Trust Micy 367 3 80 The Commerce I 54 1.62 Prudential The Savings Fund I 44 1.51 PruLink Mgd Fund 1.24 1.30 S'porc Prog Fund 0.63 066xd uaD S'porc See Fund 0.93 0.98 InAnA-BUIflipUtrS S'porc Invest Fund 1.10
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        192 12 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkong restaurant group City Chiu Chow (Holdings) Ltd said in a statement that it had abandoned plans to set up joint venture restaurants and recreation facilities in Vietnam after authorities there slapped on additional conditions. The company said
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        SIA among Asians best managed: poll
        767 12  -  By Joyce Quek SINGAPORE What do Singapore Airlines. Sun Hung Kai Properties, Swire Pacific and Johnson Electric have in common? They are undisputed winners in Asiamoney's third annual poll of Asia's best-managed companies. In its July/August issue, the Hongkong-based financial monthly said the clear
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        Indo-Phil seeks govt loan for expansion
        344 12  -  From Al Labita in MANILA INDO-PHIL Cotton Mills, a subsidiary of India's highly diversified Birla Group, has asked for a government incentive to push its 122 million pesos (556.53 million) expansion programme. In its application filed with the Board of Investments (BOI), the firm
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        Antah, Canada's Bercha in services deal
        144 12 KUALA LUMPUR Antah Holdings Bhd. through its subsidiary Antah Tristar Sdn Bhd. has entered into an agreement with Canadian-based Bercha International Inc to provide remote sensing and geographical information systems services to clients within the state and national governments as well as the private
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        171 12 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Diversified Resources Bhd (DRB) has been invited by the Economic Planning Unit to submit a detailed proposal to operate the Satellite News Service. In reply to a query from the KLSE, the motor-based company said yesterday that it was
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        New margin ruling discounted by Thai market
        372 12 BANGKOK With a substantial amount of fresh money in the hands of fund managers, brokers expect the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) to rebound in the near term, the Bangkok Post reported over the weekend. Maintenance margins, one factor causing the SET to
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        681 13 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Warren Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc and who is renowned as a conservative investor, tops Forbes magazine's 1993 list of the 400 richest people in America with a fortune estimated at U558,325 billion (SSI3 billion). Mr
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        Lock icon Ramos approves out-of-court settlement with Westinghouse
        363 13 AP MANILA President Fidel Ramos said yesterday he had approved in principle an out-of-court settlement with Westinghouse Electric Corp that would include dropping fraud charges over a controversial nuclear plant. The Presidential Committee on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant had recommended that Mr Ramos
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        Lock icon Viacom eyeing Nynex Corp as partner in Paramount takeover bid
        312 13 NYT NEW YORK In seeking a partner to help to increase its hid for Paramount Communications, Viacom Inc has zeroed in on Nynex Corp, the company that owns New York Telephone and New England Telephone. according to two executives with
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        Lock icon UK financier buys 7.5m shares in Australia's Bendigo
        328 13 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE Australian gold explorer Bendigo Mining NL has just raised AS 10 million (5510.2 million) through a new share issue, with Britain's Sir James Goldsmith hoping to succeed where Australia's giant Western Mining Corp failed. Financier Sir James, whose
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        Lock icon Two Japanese retailers suspected of anti-trust practices
        170 13 Reuter TOKYO Two men's wear discount stores, which have been growing rapidly on the trend towards lower-priced goods, are being investigated for allegedly violating the AntiMonopoly Law. Company spokesmen said yesterday that the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) was investigating Aoyama Trading Co and
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        436 13 Reuter WELLINGTON New Zealand's good news economic story is being countered by preelection uncertainty and new issues, leaving the country's share market languishing ahead of the .Nov 6 national election. Brokers said yesterday that after a spectacular run in August to three-year highs fuelled
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          Lock icon Hitachi to cut domestic VCR output
          120 13 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Hitachi Ltd, Japan's largest electronics maker, will stop making video-cassette recorders at its plant in Fukushima Prefecture, one of its two domestic factories, in March 1994 and convert it into a heavy equipment plant, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said. Hitachi
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          101 13 Reuter TOKYO Nomura Research Institute analysts will start issuing price forecasts in three broad categories for 1.659 Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) shares and 465 over-the-counter shares, a spokeswoman for Nomura Securities Co said. The service would start in 1994, she said. The first group
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          Lock icon Nintendo cuts profit, sales forecasts
          104 13 AFP TOKYO Japanese video-game giant Nintendo Co Ltd yesterday slashed its forecast for consolidated pre-tax earnings for the year to March by almost one third to 121 billion yen <SS 1.8 billion). The revision, down sharply from an earlier projection of 173 billion yen. reflected
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          114 13 Reuter NEW YORK Fiat chairman Gianni Agnelli said he had no ehoicc but to delay his retirement to try and steer the ailing carmaker. Italy's largest private company, through a financial crisis. Nensweek maga/ine reported in its latest issue. In an interview with
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          Lock icon Cagamas notes attract M$1.22b
          87 14 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's national mortgage firm Cagamas Bhd said the tender for its MS3OO million notes issue under the MSSOO million revolving note issuance facility attracted total bids of MS 1.22 billion (*****.3 million). The unsecured bearer notes, issued yesterday, have a tenor of 92
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          98 14 Reuter KUWAIT Gulf Bank and the Kuwait branch of Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait have received central bank permission to trade foreign exchange on their own account for the first time since March 1991. Banking sources say the banks may conduct spot and forward trading
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          86 14 Reuter MANAMA The managing director of the Saudi British Bank said in remarks published on Sunday that Saudi government bonds had helped boost the bank's profitablity because they generated higher income. "Only last week we bought a substantial amount of these bonds, which are
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          Lock icon United Saudi posts 203m riyal profit
          118 14 Reuter MANAMA United Saudi Commercial Bank (USCB), a joint stock company, said it posted a 202.7 million riyal (5585.4 million) net profit in the first nine months of 1993, up 32.7 per cent on the same period the previous year. Figures released by the
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        222 14 AFP HONGKONG Hongkong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published yesterday a public consultation document on proposed legislation to monitor growing foreign exchange abuses in the colony. The proposed legislation, which will be submitted to the Legislative Council this fall, will empower the SFC
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        Reinsurers urged to revert to more traditional approach
        505 14  -  2nd S'pore International Reinsurance Conference This will help to contain reductions in underwriting rates: Cdre Teo Reports by Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE The Minister of State for Finance, Commodore (Res) Teo Chcc Hcan, yesterday urged reinsurers to revert to the "more traditional
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        Quakes, typhoons most costly natural hazards for insurers in Asia-Pacific
        394 14 SINGAPORE Typhoons and earthquakes in the Asia Pacific are the "the most costly natural hazards" for insurers and reinsurers, an Australian geoscientist. Professor Russell Blong. said yesterday. Prof Blong told the Singapore International Reinsurers Conference that about 85 per cent
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        Simex posts record daily volume while Nikkei futures soar
        244 14  -  By S N Vasuki TRADING in the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) soared last month with daily average volumes touching an all-time high. Trading in Nikkei futures was also strong, reaching the highest levels since the beginning of the year. Simex
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        282 14 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) has taken the interest-free banking scheme one step further with the launching of its Wadiah Current Account (WCA). Maybank assistant general manager (branch operations division) Zaiton Mohamed Hassan said the checking account under the Al-Wadiah (safe custody and
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        314 14 Reuter LONDON Experienced currency option traders, if they are any good, have a lot going for them. Staffing levels are still expanding. say recruitment consultants and bankers. At the same time, banks are hardpressed to find the right balance of
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        451 15 NYT BANGKOK Rice exporters in the Asia-Pacific region say that Japan's plan to import 200,0 CX) tonnes of rice over the next three months will help buoy prices in a depressed market still distorted by US subsidies. While the Japanese government has
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        229 15 Reuter BANGKOK Tin miners have urged the government to scrap or cut the contribution they are forced to make towards a fund to repay Thailand's debt arising from the collapse of the International Tin Council in 1976. Panya Adulpichit, secretarygeneral of
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        230 15 Platts LONDON Saudi Arabia, having restructured its industry and invested in capacity of almost 10 million barrels a day, seeks a fair return for its oil as a basic part of its petroleum policy, says Oil Minister Hisham Nazer. Speaking at the
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        Crude oil falls as Russian crisis ends
        430 15 onomoorg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Crude oil futures fell yesterday in London and New York as Russian hard-liners, barricaded for almost two weeks in the Moscow White House parliament building, surrendered to troops loyal to President Boris Yeltsin. Oil traders had been concerned that
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        188 15 THE USS/major moved higher during the first half of East Asian trading on the back of a barrage of better USS economic numbers out last Friday and eruption of violence in Russia over the weekend. It later slid on profit-taking and news that the Russian
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        197 15 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The dollar tumbled three pfennigs in Europe to end below Friday's close as troops loyal to Russian President Boris Yeltsin forcibly seized control of the White House, home of Russia's rebel parliament. Up more than two pfennigs over the weekend as fighting flared in the
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        89 15 Reuter NEW YORK The dollar retraced overnight gains despite the fact that the Russian crisis entered a new stage after 500 people reportedly died in the parliamentary siege. The dollar shot up to 1.6555 marks earlier in Asian trading but speculative selling gradually eroded the gains. The dollar
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        1285 15 Trale-weighted index calculated attaint Sport's top 14 iratknj partner* Base year !9ti US$/S$ forward rate Noon Oct 4 SI ■U Ofln I-month 1.5(03 1.5SIS 2-month 15*03 ***** I 3-month 1.5W1 ***** 1)793 1.5113 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES At at ltaa m Oct 4 Singapore Mm la ome nit
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        1470 16 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Eurodollar interest rate futures finished steady in restrained conditions yesterday ahead of key US economic data and the Russian crisis. Contracts were suspended in narrow ranges as investors were cautious ahead of the release of September non-farm payroll results
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        KL tin falls to near record low
        619 16 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin Tin drifted lower and ended 14 cents down at MSI 1.01 a kg, nearing an all-time low of MS 10.78 recently on lack of overseas interest. Dealers said Malaysian buying was only seen after further falls on the London market
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          119 16 CHICAGO Futures and options volume at the Chicago Board of Trade in September was the second highest monthly total ever and helped steer year-to-date turnover to a 14.9 per cent gain on 1992. Total volume for the month was 16.442 million contracts, up 6 per
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          Vietnam plans new crude formula
          110 16 TOKYO Vietnam's national oil company is considering a change in the term formula for its Bach Ho crude, said a source at a Japanese oil company buying the crude. Present term contracts, which expire next March, are based on 3-week averages of spot market assessments
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          Coffee plan surprises market
          88 16 SAO PAULO The government's announcement that it will purchase, via brokerage houses, all coffee to be withheld under an international exportretention plan took the market by surprise. Brokers and traders said they were awaiting more details on the plan, announced by Industry and Commerce Minister Jose
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          Sumitomo to raise copper output
          35 16 TOKYO Japan's Sumitomo Metal Mining Co has announced it would raise its October-March production of refined copper to 104,600 tonnes, up 3,100 tonnes from the April-September plan of 101.500 tonnes.
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      1700 16 Rubber HAS Commodity Exckango (futures closing as at l|Mi) RSS I Contract (S ccnts/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) interest Nov 93f 126.50 125.50 126 50 350 2.700 Dec 126.25 126.25 126.00 200 3,475 Jan 94 126.00 126 00 126.50 100 4.800 Feb 000 0
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        Australia
        1077 21 +4.2 Political turmoil in Russia fuelled a sharp rise in gold stocks and pushed the overall share market to a higher close in otherwise dull trade. Brokers said a holiday in New South Wales kept trade quiet but the Russian power struggle between President Boris Yeltsin and communist hardliners
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        Manila
        627 21 -55.01 Share prices closed sharply lower as banks with big common trust fund (CTF) holdings sold shares to meet a new 10 per cent reserve requirement, brokers said. "The new requirement takes effect today so banks with common trust funds sold a lot of shares in the market to
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        Taipei
        552 21 -1.62 Stocks closed narrowly mixed after late bargain-hunting emerged to offset early losses triggered by Russia's political crisis, brokers said. The index ended 1.62 points down at 3.808.24, off an intraday low of 3,785, in very slow trade of T59.72 billion. The market fell at the opening but brokers
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        Seoul
        415 21 -4.50 Across-the-board profit-taking as a reaction to last week's preChusok holiday rally pushed the stock market lower although a late spurt of buying eased an earlier retreat of nearly seven points, brokers said. They forecast the correction would continue this week but said the index would hover around the
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        New Zealand
        265 21 +6.35 Share market, devoid of any strong overall influence, meandered through thin trade to a slightly higher close. "It was a day of upward drift," broker Peter Halligan at brokerage Buttle Wilson said. "The market really is just meandering along." he said. Brokers said the threat of Russian
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        Bombay
        74 21 -28.07 Stocks closed lower in dull trade as market players unnerved by Thursday's devastating earthquake and by a crisis over "tainted shares" did very little business, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) 30-Share Index closed at a provisional 2,634.77, down 28.07 points from the previous close. The 100-share
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        812 21 Britannia Funds Sterling nk Bid (Mfrr Mini jp IVpOMt M MID >l> f>VI) Mim Jtrw> (.lit OIWl O.IW Mim MJ« Ikwiw OM) 'IjOIU l S$ 4>h Iik• mic Plus Fund 10 'OW 11 2*0D PS S Rcvmc Fund 5 .2300 5 2100 ISSMSS ,4« Far Em Fund *1 ><0 Man
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        592 21 +28.4 UK shares closed firmlyhigher after FTSE index futures rallied to cover short positions made when fighting began to escalate around the Moscow parliament earlier this morning. The FTSE-100 Index closed 28.4 points higher at 3.067.7. Dealers said the futures rally was the main reason for the rise. Futures
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        Paris
        119 21 +0.56pc Shares headed higher during early afternoon as worries over the Russian crisis were i deemed excessive and investors timidly returned to the market seeking out shares which had underperformed recently, dealers said. But volume was thin after the morning's delayed ©pening. The CAC 40 Index endi ed up
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        Milan
        158 21 18 Stocks ended mixed, as Fiat SpA rallied, but telecommunication stocks ended mostly lower, traders said. They said the apparent victory of forces supporting Boris Yeltsin in Moscow boosted the market late in the day. but trading was dominated by a technical fault that caused the market's automatic trading
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        Brussels
        230 21 -7.91 Stocks slid amid investors' concern over Russia's political crisis and the deteriorating state of the Belgian economy, analysts said. "It seems there are some sellers in the market but not so many buyers. Everyone is waiting until the international situation becomes clearer." said Bruno Tuy- bens, a trader
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        Frankfurt
        190 21 11.63 Stocks closed the official trading session higher as Russian President Boris Yeltsin seemed to gain the upper hand in Russia's power struggle, traders said. The DAX Index of 30 German blue chip stocks closed at 1923.72 points, up 11.63. or 0.61 per cent. It opened at 1917.48 and
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        Zurich
        353 21 +8.70 Stocks advanced yesterday, in light trading, buoyed by the surrender of rebel Russian deputies after the siege of the Russian parliament was lifted, traders said. "It's clear Yeltsin will prevail," said a trader from Bank Vontobel in Zurich. "Maybe he'll be even stronger than he was before." he
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        Amsterdam
        309 21 +2.15 Stocks ended higher after the market gradually gained ground throughout the ses- sion because of Russian President Yeltsin's resolve in dealing with conservative rebels in Moscow, traders said. Although stocks opened lower on the back of the turmoil in Moscow, news repprts throughout the day indicated Yeltsin was
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        Johannesburg
        316 21 -40 Shares ended lower in afternoon trade as gold offered little support and sentiment remained lacklustre amid a general lack of buying interest. dealers said. The Industrial Index was 40 points lower at 4.437 and the Overall Index was 22 points lower at 3.741. The Gold Index was eight
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        Toronto
        254 21 -1.43 Stocks opened barely weaker on sliding gold issues pulled downward by political turmoil in Russia, traders said. "The weakness is due to the golds. Other than that we're more or less holding still." a dealer said. Traders said the market may weaken further this week if the federal
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        New York
        745 21 -2 Wall Street stocks were narrowly mixed at midday as the market continued to respond to the crisis in Russia with subdued and cautious trading. The Dow was down two at 3579 while advances led declines by about nine to eight. u V-,-1- K Mart 23 7/8 2It
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      2706 22 Reuter SHARE PRICES ended sharply higher with the Hang Seng Index at a record closing high as investors shrugged ofT an inconclusive round of Sino-British talks on Hong Kong, brokers said. The blue chip index ended up 68.10 points or 0.89 per cent at 7,744.32. It was slightly off
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      CHINA
      516 22 IN SHANGHAI, share prices closed mostly down on the 'B' market with the CLSA Shanghai 'B' Index ending 10.65 points lower to close at 813.59. Trading was inactive as investors focus their attention on the forthcoming new issues. At least five new issues will come into the market by
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      2502 22 Reuter STOCKS finished a shade lower in very thin trade. Most investors stayed away following reports of bloodshed in Russia, hoping to check the reaction in overseas markets first, brokers said. Prices eased initially, but sporadic buying of selected shares provided support. "Investors are worried about how Europe, especially
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      1657 22 Reuter STOCKS rose in late afternoon trade on strong buying of large issues, after having lost 12 points at the opening on jitters over the armed rebellion in Moscow, brokers said. The SET index gained 6.37 points to close at 998.71 on moderate turnover of 5.23 billion baht. Only
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      1071 22 Reuter STOCK exchange prices closed mixed but the newly-listed Ban to Pacific Timber continuing to rise on strong foreign interest, brokers said. The Official Index closed at 446.25, up 2.98 points. "Barito rose 600 rupiah to close at 11,600 as buying interest was strong among foreign investors," one broker
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      2492 23 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE voiurm Kamunting 50c 39.5J8.000 Asia Pac Ld 50c 28.4J8.000 Multi-Purpose I9.37J.000 CASH MX 16.582.000 50c 13,981.000 Insas Bhd 13.529.000 Kemayan 50c 12.886.000 Genera! Corp 11.566.000 Ind Oxygen 50c 11.155.000 Sri Hartamas 10.855.000 Metroplex 50c 8.213.000 Mm Hvd 50c 7.365.000 KL
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        5764 23 Bernama SHARE PRICES closed generally lower on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday on selling interest. The market was affected by the political tension in Russia which forced many players to liquidate their positions and caused prices to fall. At the close, the
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        Lock icon Shares end higher as Yeltsin tightens grip
        1142 24  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE The local stock market ended the day higher as investors took heart that President Boris Yeltsin had taken control of the political situation in Russia. The market barometer, the Straits Times Industrials Index, closed 4.97 points higher at 2,023.07
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        62 24  -  1 HOT STOCK Quak Hiang Whai METROPLEX is going through a consolidation phase after its recent surge towards $1.60. The nine-day moving average is cutting the price line from below, which means the stock could head lower soon. A bearish signal has also appeared on the MACDs. The stock
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Richardson takes German Masters
      368 25 Golf AFP STUTTGART, Germany Steven Richardson made up for his Ryder Cup disappointment by winning the German Masters here on Sunday which also earned him a place in the World Championship in December, and next year's World Series in Ohio. The 27-year-old Englishman had a closing
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      353 25 NYT ATLANTA So, 104 victories turned out to be enough. Enough to win the National League West, that is. A privilege so elusive, it took the full season to resolve. But the Atlanta Braves got their answer at last on Sunday, winning for the
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        361 25 Reuter EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey Philadelphia won their fourth straight NFL game on Sunday, rallying to beat the New York Jets 35-30, but they lost quarterback Randall Cunningham in the process. The Jets, quarterbacked by Boomer Esiason. were ahead 21-7 when Cunningham broke his left leg-when he took
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        68 25 Reuter NEW YORK National League Sunday: Atlanta 5 Colorado 3; LA 12 SF I; Montreal 3 Pittsburgh 1; St Louis 2 Philadelphia 0; NY 9 Florida 2; Cincinnati 7 Houston 4; Chicago 4 San Diego I. American: NY 2 Detroit 1; Minnesota 7 Seattle 2; Milwaukee 6 Boston 3
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        255 25 AP AFP AFP CLEMMONS, North Carolina Lee Trevino scored his third victory of the season and second in a row on the US Senior PGA Tour, taking the Vantage Championship by five shots on Sunday. Trevino closed with a 6-under-par 66 and a 198 total. 18 under par. at
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        70 25 AP MONTEREY, California IndyCar champion Nigel Mansell had an unfortunate end to a great year here on Sunday, finishing out of the points in the season finale won by Canadian Paul Tracy. "It is a sorry situation when you are overtaking people who are much slower than you
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        67 25 Reuter HAMILTON, Ontario The two lightest Japanese fighters, Ryuji Sonada and Myoko Tamurn. won gold medals on' Sunday to take Japan to the top of the medals table on the final day of the 79-nation World Championships. Japan won 10 medals four gold, three silver and three bonze. Germany
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        100 25 Reuter AFP LEIPZIG, Germany Steffi Graf said on Sunday she would not defend her title in this week's European indoor tournament in Zurich because of a foot injury. "I will probably undergo an operation tomorrow," Graf told German television after beating Jana Novotna 6-2. 6-0 to win the Leipzig
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      60 25 Reuter ARLINGTON, Texas The entire Kansas City Royals baseball team watching George Brett take his last bat of his Major League career on Sunday during the final game in Arlington Stadium here. Brett retired after this game after having spent his whole career spanning three decades with
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      274 25 AP NEW YORK Eight controlling owners of US Major League Baseball teams are on the latest list of the Forbes 400 richest Americans, topped by Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner at US$2.2 billion (553.5 billion). Turner was followed by H Wayne Huizcnga
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Voices never shared
      871 27  -  Simon and Garfunkel, arguably the most popular pop duet in the *****, had a reunion last Friday. Jon Parales compares the different routes Paul and Art took after they parted in 1970 Jon Parales NYT PAUL Simon has come a long way since he and Art Garfunkel
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      364 27 CHATTERBOX Reuter Reuter Reuter Reuter AT 63, singer, pianist and com poser Ray Charles showed no sign of slowing down as he rocked and rolled for a sell-out audience at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, over the weekend. Charles has been performing for 48 years, entertaining
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      250 27 BUSINESS TIMES TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1800-741 1833 FAX:74I 1298 IN THE HIGH COURT Of THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE DIVORCE PETITION NO. Ill* Of 1993 BETWEEN ONG CHIN PENG... PETITIONER AND NG SWEE KEANG («-w.)... RESPONDENT NOTICE OP ADVERTISEMENT To: NG SWEE KEANG tale of Bk 55. CM Omc Drive. »11-212,
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      1287 27 I TV RADIO The Doctor, 10.30pm, SBC 12 Jack MacK.ee, heart surgeon, runs his department in the hospital like a well-oiled engine. His creed: being a doctor W&MB *2* dirty business and doctors 4 4jjp Ja should not let compassion get ■fr\J ##fv jl ilt"' in way. However, a I
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      251 28 T T 1 It's common knowledge that foreign currencies can give there are the other two to buffer your investments. Your risk is you better returns. The operative word here is 'can', because along reduced. And you can watch your money grow in two ways, with higher returns comes a
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
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      Going it alone pays off for engineering duo
      745 29  -  A J Leow looks at two ex-directors of L&M who are are taking their newly formed company APG fast into the region A J Leow SPURNING security in favour of striking out on their own is paying off for two former directors
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    • REGIONAL SKYLINE
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        Three houses for tender
        57 29 iJINGAPORE Jones Lang Wootton is offering for tender three jEigle-storey detached houses at 5, 7 and 9 Ridout Rd. The freehold houses, which are about 20 years old but in good rspndition, have gross floor areas of 8,718 sq ft. The vendor of the fcouses is
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        Lock icon S'pore investor's A$1.8m purchase
        46 29 Australian Financial Review MELBOURNE A Singapore investor has bought the Melflfeurne headquarters of the Hospital Benefits Association for toisl.B2 million (S$ 1.85 million). The art deco building will be pawned into apartments. The buyer's identity has not been regaled. Australian Financial Review
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        Lock icon New rules on China values
        75 29 Australian Financial Review LIiONGKONG Local companies with property in China must ®Ve detailed information about its value when seeking a listing, aiys the colony's Securities and Futures Commission. In the case pf land, they must also give an estimated value once it is fcveloped. The
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        Hilton opens two more hotels
        45 29 SINGAPORE Hilton International has opened a new hotel in Beijing and another in Jakarta. The Beijing Hilton is near the National Exhibition Centre and 20km from the airport. The I agoon Tower. Jakarta, is next to the Hilton Convention Centre.
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      Indonesia's first condo, Park Royale, to build third tower
      371 29  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA INDONESIA'S first condominium apartment block, the Park Royale complex in central Jakarta which was opened in 1989, is to develop a third tower and sell units in its original development under the country's new strata title
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      257 29 Selected ERA transactions In the past week I j T W» ""tewr** T I PRIVATE Sep 27,1993 1024 Nathan Court Apartment 1,539 FH 776,500 505 Sep 27,1993 1025 Tarwi Serasi I Apartment' 1,428 FH 565,000 396 Oct l7l993 1027 Ridgewood Apartment 1,600 999 480 Sep 28,1993 1646 TheTanamera Apartment
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      Fear of traffic jams lifts demand for flats in Bangkok
      499 30  -  Alan Boyd, reporting from Bangkok, on the growing popularity of condos and service apartments Alan Boyd, Demand for flats is rising in Bangkok as traffic chaos forces people to move back into the city. "Many are looking for condominiums or
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      273 29 t ..J FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS AMMB HOLDINGS BERHAD Year Ended 31st March, 1993 Audited Consolidated Results* 1993 1992 In Million RM In Million RM j Change Profit Before Taxation 203.9 166.7 22.3 Profit After Taxation Minority Interest 115.3 103.3 11.6 Shareholders' Funds 612.1 522.2 17.2 Loans Advances, Net of Provisions 7,921.6
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      267 29 Q CALL MARIE-FRANCE NOW FOR A FAST WEIGHT-LOSS PLAN I For most men and women, the QjJ r^A thought of losing weight means rigid viwl 111U OT IQIb diets, inhuman exercise machines and workout sessions. But often, for and under- Vai I f active people, an abrupt change of V*wl
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      247 30 Tender closing on 21st October at 3pm Lot 1668 Mk 26 Lorong J Telok Kurau BBr ii TTTfr—i r gj I d 1 n |^B| mt Site: Proposed one 3-storey Bungalow and two 3-storey Semi-Detached Houses (AH to be tendered for individually) Plot Type Storey Approx Land Area (sq ft)
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      239 31 VINAMARINE Haiphong, Vietnam and VIETHONG SHIPPING PTE LTD Singapore are pleased to announce the inauguration of our Joint Venture Company in Singapore CHANCEFIT SHIP MANAGEMENT PTE LTD 15 Hoe Chiang Road, #14-01 Sanford Building Singapore 0208 Tel: 222 7211 Fax: 323 6233 Tlx: GMDVT R*****0 A message from our very
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  • Article
    What price the good life?
    549 32 EDITORIAL IT IS a pity that many Singaporeans have given scant attention to the report released last week by the Cost Review Committee. The general public reaction seemed to be: ho hum. Those who felt that costs have been rising faster than official statistics indicate
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Training a collective goal
      233 32 TRAINING is nothing less than a back-to-the-future exercise for many Singapore workers. The needs of workers as the economy matures is a critical goal, deserving of the best tripartite treatment. And it was the tripartite spirit between labour, management and the government that was apparent once
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      Tall order for HDB
      190 32 AS A public housing authority, the HDB does not have an easy job, having to face the aspirations of Singaporeans for bigger and better flats while the supply of land is limited. On top of this, there is a growing concern among the people about the
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      Educate the first-timers
      144 32 THE Central Provident Fund Board's more liberalised investment scheme will certainly inject "new blood" into the stock market. Some Singaporeans are likely to think that investing in shares is like purchasing a house and that it is a "sure win." One is unlikely to object in principle
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      Fragile; handle with care
      134 32 PAKISTAN badly needs a fair and unambiguous electoral result. After having held power directly or by subterfuge during more than half of Pakistan's 46 years of independence during which time democratic ideals were suffocated for many years the army has paradoxically become democracy's chief guarantor. On
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      EAEC first, Apec well...
      199 32 DR MAHATHIR has said often enough that he is not going to the Seattle Apec summit as he fears that Apec is straying very far from its original objective of being a loose grouping to discuss trade matters. It is now looking too much like a
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      Letting the public have its say
      144 32 ALL OF A SUDDEN, everyone has a solution to the Bangkok traffic nightmare. Even Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai. who is well known for his hands-ofl administrative style, is feeling the heat and getting into the act. But the most unenviable position belongs to Deputy
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    It's tough coming to grips with structural reform
    1155 32  -  As economic growth in the world's poorer parts offsets contractions in richer countries, Anthony Rowley finds disingenuous rhetoric ruling the day Anthony Rowley The writer, BT's Tokyo Correspondent, attended the World Bank-IMF annual meetings in Washington last week IN AN unguarded moment
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      164 32 ATTENTION HOTEL GUESTS! CHECKOUT OUR OCTOBER SCREEN SPECIALS TO I If you haven't the likes of Daniel Day Lewis, Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis or Debra Winger in your room right now, you're not enjoying Movielink, Singapore's up-to-date hotel irvhouse movie service. Movielink's network extends to over 37 of our
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      123 32 KNUCKUE. DOu)tf ?"THose. p&z, v* S«iST O OJ —NOU'VE. Se£M MEJ2e LONG TIMP\ COORDS SetDOcn H€P»SD Ihi TWS Wc> MeveK SOE>l TD DO P\ N y uORK \NeJCK Op TV€. UXXPS... UW€> *«L NPO GO*G To KNUCKLC. Sffi J «ASSOCIATED NCWVtHM LTD, IMMNI fOM DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU VT\j WUm 15
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Capitalising on divided communist loyalties
      1334 33  -  Moscow Correspondent John Helmer reports on how a determined Gang of Four pushed all sides into bloodshed in Russia, and discusses Alexander Rutskoi's two big mistakes and the price that regional power elites are exacting to support Boris Yeltsin John Helmer Source: NYT RUSSIAN President
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      The economic mess and the horse-trading
      846 33 IN ANY country, and Russia is no exception, political leaders don't win re-election if inflation is in the double digits, production is falling, and unemployment runs into the millions. For President Boris Yeltsin, therefore, the prospect of being forced into an election earlier than
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      Rutskoi: divine vision, political blindness
      673 33 IN THE EYE of the political storm stands the chief contender for President Boris Yeltsin's power, Alexander Rutskoi. VicePresident or acting president if you accept the legality of the Russian parliament's action to impeach Mr Yeltsin, and vote Mr Rutskoi in his place. Few do
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      216 33 This power-cached seminar will impart practical knowledge on how to be effective in motivating debtors to pay. Turn debtors' excuses for not paying into commitments to pay. Include workshop discussions, video presentation, questions answers and course notes. Who Should Attend Credit Managers, Bill Collectors, Credit Officers all personnel who are
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    Lock icon China threatens to annul HK polls if UK reforms passed
    573 34 Reuter. The Straits Times BEIJING China has renewed its threat to annul elections in Hongkong after its 1997 return to Chinese sovereignty if Britain pushes ahead with plans to widen the franchise in legislative polls in 1994 and 1995. "China
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    Lock icon Two out of three British voters want Major out: survey
    515 34 Reuter LONDON Two out three British voters want Prime Minister John Major to step down and more than half think he should be replaced by his predecessor Margaret Thatcher. The top-selling Sun tabloid said yesterday that a survey of 26,000
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    Lock icon France sets low price for BNP shares
    342 34 Reuter, AFP PARIS The French government, determined to get its privatisation drive off to a roaring start, set an unexpectedly low price for the sale of shares in Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP). Economy Minister Edmond Alphandery said yesterday that shares making up
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    Lock icon Japan to import even more rice than expected next year
    321 34 UPI TOKYO The government has said that Japan will import nearly 200,000 tonnes of rice by the end of the year, but agricultural sources say the country is likely to import hundreds of thousands of tonnes more next year. The
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    Reagan's economic legacy very much alive and kicking
    835 34  -  The Bottom Line PAUL ROBERTS PAUL ROBERTS The writer is chairman of the Institute for Political Economy in Washington. Reproduced from Business Week International by special permission. Copyrighted by McGraw-Hill Inc. All rights reserved. WAS there a Reagan Revolution, and if so,
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    Lock icon US spending on construction down 1.1pc in August
    232 34 AP WASHINGTON US construction spending fell 1.1 per cent in August, the first decline in four months. The Commerce Department said yesterday that nonresidential and government projects totalled US$456 billion (***** billion) at a seasonally adjusted annual rate. That was down from
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      41 34 Prime Residential Site OFF HOLLAND ROAD Within 'Good Class Bungalow' area. Existing 10 apartment units. Site Area: 43,307 sf approx. Freehold. FOR SALE BY TENDER Closing Date 22 October 1993 at 3 pm. Fof further information, please contact Solo Marketing Agents:
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      48 34 SiivQAponE co/y*^Distributor of the most sought after Key Telephone System Tel: 278 7088 J Most businessmen SSST have discovered flight schedules a new way to fly. t ESX3 Pocket Flight Guide For a free copy, cal Official Airline Guides Singapore Tel: (65) 293 3622 Fax: (65) 293 7979
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  • Shipping Times
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      Lock icon Clinton initiative to make US shipyards competitive
      472 35 Lloyd's List WASHINGTON The Clinton administration, in its first maritime initiative since taking office last January 20, has unveiled an outline plan of its long-awaited programme to make the US shipbuilding industry globally competitive. The five-part scheme, which combines several old ideas with
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      Lock icon M'sian Act to fight pollution to take effect next year
      359 35 MBT MALACCA The Merchant Shipping Act (Oil Pollution) 1993, which will give the Marine Department more power to fight pollution in Malaysian waters, will be enforced next year, Transport Minister Dr Ling Liong Sik said in Malacca or. Saturday. The
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      Lock icon Japanese yards win Qatar tanker deals
      424 35 Reuter DUBAI Three Japanese shipyards have won contracts worth a total of about USSI.6 billion (552.5 billion) to build seven tankers to carry liquefied gas from Qatar to Japan. A statement by the Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited (Qatargas), said the Japanese shipyards of
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      838 35 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 1/2 Alpha Feeders 6 1 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCL 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bank Line. The 9
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      Local firm to team up with UK principal
      471 35  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Homegrown Safety Innovators and its UK-based principal Cosalt International will soon form a joint venture to expand their business in the Asia-Pacific. Safety Innovators, which has annual sales of about $5 million, is a safety equipment distributor that
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        609 36 Voy No Berth ArrwaJ Departure Vessel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure Jurong Port Sun Ray 13 93 P04 alongside 0410/1100 Batam Murm 10.0193 )1 alongside 0610 2000 Als f«press 14EB W 0510/2300 0610 0800 Batam Sayang 10/01/93 )1 alongside 05 10 2000 Apcrt Gl 2K/93 P09A 05
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1675 36 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Aci Soax 086A 06,1500 1 04/1500 04/1659 04/1900 3 05/0700 05/1159 05/1400 4 05 1200 05 1459 05/1700 Arta *****N 06,0800
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11211 44 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. LEGENO PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3389 49 A -i S-BC Containerline NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pie Ltd (SVMannc Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Lid (S)/Accord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business C orporation Philippine Calsourcc Shpg Trdg Pre Ltd (S) Vhrenkiel Liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albatrus Sen-Air Service: Frata Shpg
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      COURIER SERVICES
      280 49 Vbacus ouritrx Tel: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air F \press .1 ra»el Tel: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: 542-3716 *****80. Airswift Worldwide C ourier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. it)-link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. ("luster l
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1473 49 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42 Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7821 Fax: *****20. Aerolink Freight International Tel 545-8031 Fax *****05 Aerospeed 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
      2468 50 ALBANIA Duress: Seven vessels in port of which 1 discharging cement, 1 loading pig iron, 3 discharging bagged Hour, 1 discharging bulk wheat, 1 discharging general cargo, vessels in roads awaiting berth: 3 bagged flour, 1 cement, I coke. ANGOLA Luanda: Port working normally. Water available throughout city
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      Lock icon SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      868 50 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES AFP ALTHOUGH there is still a positive tone to the market, fewer sales have come to light this week, having said that, some of these deals arc very interesting. On the dry side we have again seen 1980's buil panamax bulkers featuring. Clients of Pappadakis are
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      556 50 ARRIVALS Op Flight Type ETA T From TODAY NCA KZ203 B747F 0145 I NRT KAL KE697 B747F 0150 I SEL JAL JL6I7 B747F 0345 I TYO SI A SQ835 B747F 1 125 2 BSL/DXB RJA RJ024 B707F 1900 I AMM/DXB CLX CV 796 B747F 2115 I LUX/AUH/KUL
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      367 50 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Arr Dtf Name of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of Calk Port Ageat Telephone No OCTOBER 08 08 Russ 0700 1800 Sin-Frcmantlc Jardinc Shpg Agcncics 224-1052 08 08 Leisure World 1500 2000 Cruise to Nowhere Lauw Sons Travel 227-8284 08 08 Coral Prineess 1700 2015 Cniisc
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1111 51 THE BALTIC Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates rose to 1.416 on Friday from 1,415 on Sep 30. Activity tailed off as several holidays in the Far East in the past week have significantly curtailed trading. As the return to work begins next week, sources here
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      684 51 COURSES Title: Principles of Shipping Operations and Practices (SDF 70%) Duration: Oct 5 Nov 16 (13 evenings) Organiser: Singapore National Shipping Association Tel: For further details and application forms contact SNSA at tel: 278-3464 or fax: 274-5079 Title: Understanding Air Cargo Sea-Air Operations (SDF 50%) Duration: Oct 8
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      927 51 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows priee ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown arc based on average-sized stem. Market movements arc indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      1306 52 Shipowners are again planning to lobby Capitol Hill for a restoration of tax deferrals, reports Bruce Vail American Shipper SEVERAL US shipowners have mounted a new campaign to get tax breaks from Uncle Sam. Although they failed this summer to get those breaks included in
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        436 54  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE US carricr Northwest Airlines' joint Atlantic operations with part owner KLM of the Netherlands would later be extended to the Asian services as well. In a recent interview with Business Times, Mark Abels, Northwest's vicc-presidcnt for corporate communications,
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        388 54 Reuter DUBAI US Transportation Secretary Federico Pena said on Sunday he had "very productive" talks with Saudi Arabian King Fahd on the possible sale of American civilian aircraft to the kingdom worth US$6 billion (559.5 billion). But Mr Pena, who met the king for two-and-a-half
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        456 54 Reuter BONN German airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG, widely believed to have closed a deal with US carrier United Airlines, said last Sunday it would sign a cooperation agreement this week and detail a new business strategy. A Lufthansa spokesman declined to confirm numerous press reports
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          62 54 Reuter TOKYO Moody's Investors Service said it has assigned a BAAI rating to Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co Ltd's (IHI) 60 billion yen (***** million) of Japanese shelf registration due next year. It also assigned the same rating to IHl's 30 billion yen issue of 4.25
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          49 54 SINGAPORE AP Moller has ordered five new container ships from OdcnseSteel Shipyard. Each ship will have a capacity for 4,800 20-foot containers. The vessels will be delivered from the end of 1995 through 1996 and will be deployed on Maersk's global liner network.
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          103 54 SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines was rated as the world's best airline for a sixth consecutive year by readers of Conde Nasi Traveler magazine. The national carrier won top marks in four out of five categories: scheduling, cabin service, food and baggage handling. The fifth
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          107 54 SINGAPORE The Association of European Airlines (AEA) saw an 8.7 per cent jump in passenger traffic in August over the same month last year. Traffic on the European, transatlantic and Eastern routes each grew some 10 per cent, making up for a softening in the
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          97 54 Reuter MANILA Philippine President Fidel Ramos has decided to take a personal hand in easing Manila's chaotic traffic jams, the presidential palace said on Sunday. It said Mr Ramos had approved in principle the creation of a traffic agency to supervise the building of
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          70 54 Reuter TAIPEI British car maker Rover Group, a subsidiary of British Aerospace pic, has proposed a joint venture in Taiwan to develop and produce car engines. Rover proposed to Taiwan's Economics Ministry that it form a tie-up with Taiwanese car makers to build an engine
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        344 54 Reuter ATLANTA Delta Airlines Inc chairman Ronald Allen has called on the US government to case the tax and regulatory burden on the nation's airline industry and to fight for better access to overseas markets for US carriers. In Delta's fiscal 1993 annual
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        389 54 Reuter BARCELONA, Spain Spanish trade unions have suggested that Spain's central and regional governments take a role in the country's biggest carmaker Seat in an effort to ease the company's financial plight. Seat plunged into crisis last week when chairman Juan Antonio Diaz
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      1871 37 ■□rf.HiHH'L'H INCREASING COVERAGE OF ITALY NOW ALSO SERVING NAPLES/PALERMO IN ADDITION TO GENOA AND LEGHORN CARDIGAN BAY V. 5465 ETA SIN 10TH OCTOBER 1993 Ve*MH Voy ETA ETO Feeder by S L^ L r WI DESTINATIONS Tlw «ree* -MARCMEN MAERSK V93C IkzbI&B&E^ESIBSBBSEBQBBSBISBSES^BSCiCSS&I cy —12/10 0000 HRS CFS 11/10 2359 HRS
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      1701 38 AQABA R DAM/ [i ALSO ACCEPTING FROM VESSEL VOY NO SPORE JEDDAH (VIA JED) S TON H BURG A WERP HAVRE vyggX MALAYSIA ELBE 18' 139 6/10 26/10 24/10 Port Kelang, Penang HANNOVER EXPRESS 16/339 10/10 18/10 24/10 27/10 30/10 1/11 3/11 Pasir Gudanq THAMES 19/140 13/10 30/10 2/11 31/10
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      579 38 FCL Breakbulk Service to: AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder in Kabul for all services C.I.S.- Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Baku, Irkutsk, Alma Ata North Korea Vietnam Mongolia Hungary CSFR t Poland ocwans AGENCIES (FAR EAST) LTD NOUAKCHOTT-BANJUL-BISSAU-LUANDA-BATA Feeder Vessel ETA SIN CGM KORRIGAN V 2343
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      2047 39 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****58 Fax: *****17 EfiXXliinnKnew guinea pacific line £±UQgep (A SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO) CARGO DUE SAH.S MJAH BROOKE V2«£ Muara. Lab 04-05 Oct In PI 06 Oct FC I. LCt CONTAINER ANO BACAKBULK SERVICE TO
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      861 40 EKA JAYA AGENCIES TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE MYANMAR TRADE PAGtR HANDPHONE/PtRECT~~] *****28 TZtmt/iXiiX N.S TAN/MANOJ »M 7« HO cm MINH CITY TRAfiS HENWY HOC *****34 737M»/H4Ht4 WK.KONO =—nnman—i KELVIN CHAH 21«M25 1MM722/M622t3 ►TO MYANMAR/YANGON SEMI CONTAINER SERVICE M OCEANLINES vot S POKE S POttt
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      2433 41 H 11 sex: 'CALIFORNIA LUNA 60E' eta sgp 06/10/93 II H ggg II ARRIVING LOS ANGELES 23/10/93 IN 16 DAYS II II AEX 'NEPTUNE PEARL HE' ETA sgp 06/10/93 HI ARRIVING NEW YORK 29/10/93 IN 22 DAYS H EXPORT TO: PSW/PNW SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (SCX) TO: UBWC US QULF MIDWEST
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      1256 41 SNSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKINGS: BALT ORIENT LINE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 ENQUIRIES: *****33 BLASCO ODESSA: *****51/*****31/*****13 INVENTORY: *****45 INWARD: *****81 OUTWARD: *****80 TRANSHIPMENT: *****78 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 CR NO: **********0/N
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      1714 42 44 V M AS AGENTS K" LINI (SINGAPORE) PTE LTO (CR No: **********0*1) TEL: *****77 TELEX KAWAKI R*****5 FAX *****16/7/8/9 I MALAYSIA K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHO u TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAUTINTERNUSA. TEL: JKT *****08 /f iXPOBT M
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      973 43 gSSiflff PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I Km mm CR NO **********0E I VESSEL VOY SIN CMS JIB JED AOJ AOE HOD PZU ASA KOTA WIJAYA WJAO3I 6/10 13/10 19/10 21/10 24/10 16/10 20/10 23/10 25/10 KOTA BERKAT BKTOOI 20/10 25/10 1/11
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      875 43 BSA A M MYANMA wBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yang on (Rangoon) S'pore P.KIf Pen P.Gdc PA THE IN VI2SW In Port HP* AN ¥195*1 7/1 Oct MAGWAY 14/16 Oct PAGAN V2OIW 15/17 Ott MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTFAO SHPPMG AGENCCS KUI: TEL 03 *****00 PHI Ta 03
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      2655 46 Foil Container Liner Services Matyni's Agents: Indonesia's Agents: General Agents: Booking Agents: 6nan Gum Skipping Sdn Bhd Chung CMao Shipping Sdn Bhd P.T. Global Pntra Indonesia Maritime Costar Shipping Pte Ltd Skipping Freight Booking Centre Sdn SM Sf Peniaraa Baia Mnda Mina Lai 134, 3rd Floor, 11. 23 D C
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      640 47 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, SPORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN TI/10 ROTTERDAM 9/10 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN TI/10 HAMBURG/BREMEN 11/10 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 7/10 FELIXSTOWE/UK 11/10 BARCELONA/SPAIN 7/10 LEHAVRE/FRANCE TI/10 GENOA/ITALY 9/10 ANTWERP/BELGIUM TI/10 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 10/10 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 7/10 NEW YORK/EC 10/10 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 7/10 VANCOUVER 0/10 BRISBANE 15/10
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      637 47 Guaranteed Sailings to: BANGKOK *LAEM CHABANG JAKARTA PORT KELANG •HO CHI MINH MANILA CEBU •SURABAYA PENANG HONGKONG We also serve other ports: USA, EUROPECHINA AND ALL DESTINATIONS |°1 PONGNAMA LINE CONTAWPMfD SERVICE miAITS/tW/INC/MH wssa |~»6 m nil r* bsk mc HONGKONG GLORY V3IOM 7/10 1/1* U/M 22/10 24/10 MMM V3IIN
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      1688 48 fLAIMN CONTAINER LINES 2 KVVVN Agents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINEB) L J\s V Jr/a Mo? **********0 C PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****57 MANILA (632) *****61 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWN/BKK I GENOfI/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN 6/10 7/10 8/10
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      178 48 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD EM El* 111 sratt rail HUANG PtNANG Btm MIX Hi Pt loading tof Malt KUVtI HUOHU 22/10 Onclwging jod loading tot Bowtil DOt PUN 15-10 loading fa) Male POKED SUntUK 20 10 loading Fo« Half UMCEDH II 10 Loading fo» Mai' PSO6WSS
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      1061 48 THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD 1 M: 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 I TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOT SPORE OEST VESSEL VOY SPORE PEST EQUATOR 111 102/3E 08 OCT KUCHING EQUATOR GRACE 100/3E 06
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      546 52 NORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE I MANILA VWOUR PACIFIC 2m 99/10/93 16/10/93 mSday VIGOUR PACIFIC 2MNB 11/10/33, I 16/10/93 VIGOUR LUZON 64M8 15/10/93 1 23/10/13 VIGOUR LUZON 64ANB 18/10/93 I 23/10/93 PORT KLANG/PENANG FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE PORT KLANG PENANG VIGOUR LUZON 9321N8 08/10/93 10/10/93
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      355 52 ©APPENSHIP /9\ HAMBURG vTvy CONVENTIONAL ft INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST VESSELS LOAOMG POUTS DISCHARGE/LOAMNG FOR GLIDER HAMBURG SLO SPORE 10/10. JKT 15/10 AGAMEMNON BREMERHAVEN 8/9 SPORE 18/10. SHANGHAI. RIZHAO. XINGANG YOU MING 23 09 93 SPORE 28/10. BKK 2/11 KOALA CONTAINER LINE STORE
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      844 53 HYUNDAI MEBCHANTMARIHECO^D. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE I VESSELS VOY PNA I PKE 1 PCD VESSELS TOY S« KIM AWT* LEH* HAM BREJ FEL_ I HMM ADVANCE 28A 06/10 07/10 01/10 H. FRONTIR 307W 11/10 29/10 29/10 30/10 31/10 31/10 02/11 1 1 NORASIA MALACCA 9330 A 13/10 14/10 15/10 H. COMMANDER
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