The Business Times, 19 November 1993

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    15 1 Business Times W E KSOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Friday November 19 1993 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow Jones down 28 pts at mid-day
      80 1 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street stoeks stayed lower in mid-day trading yesterday as a sharp dccline in the long end of the bond market provided the main drag on equities. The Dow was down 27.95 points at 3,676.4 at Ipm EST."The market is
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      Lock icon EC steel subsidy talks break up without deal
      58 1 Reuter BRUSSELS Talks between European Community ministers on steel subsidies in the EC broke up without a deal, an Irish spokesman said yesterday. "The Italians could not accept it," he said. Britain too had objected to a global agreement. The spokesman said
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    108 1 Stock market indices [hundij Change STII 2.086 20 -10.31 KLSE Composite 956.57 -1.24 Nikkei 18.166.32 +57.61 HangSeng 9.335.43 -171.55 SEI Index 1.371.72 +10.59 Jakarta Composite unav CLSA China B 1.330.97 +28.48 Aust All Ord 2,108.0 +3.7 FTSE 100 3,125.5 +5.5 I hursda) Previous 1pm close Dow Jones 3.676.40
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    Lock icon Clinton wins vote to create world's largest free trade area
    741 1 AFP. AP. Reuter, Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Lawmakers gave President Bill Clinton the most critical victory of his presidency on Wednesday when they approved by an unexpectedly wide margin the creation of the largest free trade bloc in the world
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    Nafta fails to move Asian markets
    98 1 SINGAPORE Most regional stock markets ended lower yesterday, after profit-taking pared early gains prompted by passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement. In Singapore, prices slipped at the start, then rose after news of Nafta's approval. However, prices slipped after lunch. And at
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    Tanjung pic eyes control of major UK betting chain
    355 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S cash-rich Tanjung pic is eyeing control of William Mill. Britain's second largest betting chain. But whether it will make a bid for the company has yet to be decided. A company official told BT
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    Chok Tong welcomes vote, business looks to freer trade
    577 1 SEATTLE Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, who is here for the Asia Pacific economic summit, has welcomed the "yes" vote for Nafta. Mr Goh said a "no" vote would have forced the United States to look inwards, but with the
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    Lock icon HK bourse gets the jitters as Morgan Stanley slashes market's weighting
    487 1  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE Declaring that "love means never having to say you're sorry". Morgan Stanley's flamboyant and high-profile global strategist Barton Biggs has slashed the American investment firm's Hongkong weighting by a third, triggering a nervous scll-ofT
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      204 1 I ASEAH'S N>l I I COMPUTER PRINTER I I RIBBON MANUFACTURER CONTENTS News Companies Spore News 2 S poreMsia 21-23 Regional News 3,4.5 financial 24.25 Work) News ..9.10.11 Features Markets AnaJysrs 19 Oob/WSt. SIS 28 30 Editorial 18 Regional —.28 Sports 15 World V IV. Lifestyle 13 Currencies 24 World
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      16 1 Advertisin^y<yYA Conqueror reaches out with green ads Japan's Ixmer House clears political reform package, Back Page
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      42 1 Hock Lock Siew: Pg 21 What's in that Yeo Hiap Seng deal? EDITORIAL, Page 18 Clinton gets his vote BOTTOM LINE, Back Page And now, on to the Uruguay Round WORLD FOCUS, Page 6 W hat Nafta means for industry and finance
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      4 1 Full reports. Pages 26-30
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      43 1 95 TMNIRMIi ifiM Tel: 250 8070 J Fax; 250 8471 Uproar in Thai stockmarket PHATRA Thanakit, one of Thailand's most respected brokerage firms, made an inadvertent computer error and created a furore in the market yesterday as investors demanded compensation. See Page 22
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Retained imports up
        297 2  -  By Schutz Lee THL APPETITE of Singaporeans and Singapore-based industries for foreign goods continued unabated in September. when the volume of imports retained for domestic consumption grew 20.2 per cent. This brings retained imports imports less reexports for the third quarter of the year to 527.8 billion.
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      SSL bids highest in Chinatown auction
      283 2  -  By Sylvia Wong STRAITS Steamship Land has put in the highest bids for 10 Chinatown shophouses offered in an Urban Redevelopment Authority tender whieh closed yesterday. SSL company Glenville Estate Investment, which counts SSL general manager Kevin Wong as a shareholder, bid between SI
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      CAD probe may lead to more charges against two Devon directors
      293 2  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan FURTHER investigations are being made into two directors of beleaguered Devon Industries Sdn Bhd. after they were each charged yesterday with 28 Companies Act offences involving $46 million. Deputy Public Prosecutor David Khong said in the
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      NPB and Sisir launch award for quality of work
      139 2 THE National Productivity Board and the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research have launched an award to spur Singapore companies to excel in the world marketplace. The Singapore Quality Award, with the Prime Minister as patron, also has the support
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      All-round support for proposals by NWC flexiwage committee
      284 2  -  By Anna Teo EMPLOYERS and unions have come out in support of the proposals of the National Wages Council's flexible wage review committee, describing them as timely, pragmatic and forward-looking. On the recommendation that bonuses need not be capped at two months'
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      Lock icon Mobil receives Partner in Progress award
      173 2 MOBIL Oil Singapore yesterday became the third oil company in Singapore to receive the government's Distinguished Partner in Progress Award. The honour was presented by Finance and National Development Minister Richard Hu at the company's centennial celebration dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel last night.
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon Jakarta and software firms in biggest ever swoop on pirates
      481 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia, backed by an alliance of the world's largest computer software firms, has cracked down on local counterfeiters in the largest swoop in the industry's history. Officials and executives yesterday said police and representatives of US publishers and
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      Lock icon Indonesian bank lending rises after easing of rules
      349 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's banking sector, responding to less stringent prudential requirements and falling interest rates, boosted annual credit growth in the year to August 1993 to 16.5 per cent. The central bank yesterday said this was a marked increase on annual credit
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      Lock icon Look East policy to stay for 20 years: Mahathir
      217 3 AFP. Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday signalled that Malaysia's "Look East" policy, which increased trade and investments from Japan dramatically, would remain in place for at least two more decades. "With Malaysia hoping to become industrialised by 2020,
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      Lock icon KL power giant Tenaga likely to lose a third of market share
      414 3 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's state-controlled power giant Tenaga Nasional Bhd will lose about one-third of its market share to private power producers by 2000. "Tenaga is forecast to lose 15 per cent of its market share in 1995
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      A test of patience for Singapore group in Vietnam
      458 3  -  From Yong Pow Ang in HO CHI MINH CITY SPROUTING an external wing for the Singapore economy in the emerging markets is a test of patience, as shown in the experience of a Singapore project in Ho Chi Minh City. Negotiating
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      Lock icon Malaysians invest M$2.6b overseas
      207 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysians invested M 52.6 billion (Ssl.6 billion) in other countries between January 1991 and July 1993. International Trade and Industry Ministry parliamentary secretary S S Subramaniam yesterday said most of the investments were in Singapore, the United States and Hongkong. Malaysian investments in
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Jiang likely to invite Clinton to China
        107 3 AFP HONGKONG United States President Bill Clinton is expected to accept an invitation from President Jiang Zemin to visit China when the two meet in Seattle later this week. Mr Jiang is attending a summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum where
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        Lock icon Taipei to re-open talks with Beijing
        79 3 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan plans to seek resumption of negotiations with China next month on the repatriation of hijackers and illegal immigrants, and will reopen high-level bilateral talks next year. Koo Chen Fu, chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation. was quoted by newspapers yesterday as
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        Lock icon China adjusts official dollar rate
        74 3 AFP BEIJING The official dollar exchange rate set by the central People's Bank of China was adjusted against the yuan yesterday by more than 0.3 per cent. The Xinhua news agency said the new rate, which would only apply to tourists and foreign residents in
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        Lock icon Philippine inflation up to 7.5pc
        59 3 UPI MANILA The inflation rate in the Philippines accelerated to 7.5 per cent in September, up from the previous month's 7.0 per cent. The government's National Statistics Office yesterday said inflation in Manila was higher at 10.1 per cent, while the rate in areas outside
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        Lock icon Australia lures Indon gamblers
        84 3 AFP CANBERRA Indonesian gamblers will not need a visa to visit a new casino on the nearby Australian territory of Christmas Island, a government official said yesterday. Christmas Island lies just 500 km south of Jakarta in the Indian Ocean. The arrangement, designed to lure guests
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        Lock icon Troops leave disputed isle
        70 3 AFP BANGKOK About 40 Myanmar troops have left a disputed island in the Andaman Sea following negotiations with Thai border police. The Motion newspaper yesterday reported that the soldiers had moved onto Koh Lham from a nearby island belonging to Myanmar last Sunday. Koh Lham is
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        Lock icon Shanghai office rents up
        75 3 Reuter HONGKONG Rents of quality office space in Shanghai jumped 35 per cent in the first nine months of the year due to heavy demand. Alex Lam, a director at surveyor CY Leung, yesterday said the main reason was supply and demand. "About 20 foreign banks
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      Lock icon Business interests threaten Manila's bank liberalisation
      364 3 AFP MANILA After 45 years of closing its financial borders to foreign competition, the Philippines is moving to liberalise a cartelised banking industry, but entrenched business interests threaten to derail the effort. President Fidel Ramos, having lifted foreign exchange restrictions, reformed the central bank,
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      Lock icon China unveils new tax law, but enforcement will be a problem
      446 4 Reuter BEIJING China yesterday unveiled major income tax reforms but admitted that collecting the money will be much tougher than passing the law. The new law. effective on Jan 1. increases the number of items on which income tax
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      Lock icon China's fixed asset investment to rise record 46pc: report
      264 4 AFP BEIJING Chinese officials have warned that fixed asset investment will hit unsustainable record levels this year, despite a four-month campaign to restore order to the country's overheated economy. An expert group of the State Statistical Bureau, quoted by Xinhua yesterday,
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      Lock icon Kohl urges E Asia to undertake political reform
      361 4 AFP SHANGHAI Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany, continuing a China visit that has reaped major contracts for German firms, yesterday called on the countries of East Asia to push ahead with political reform. "The principle of the state of law is indispensable
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      Lock icon US firm Tellus to develop uninhabited Chinese island
      430 4 Bloomberg Business News LAS VEGAS Tellus Industries Inc said on Wednesday it signed a letter of intent to acquire and develop an uninhabited island belonging to the People's Republic of China. Under the agreement with Xiachuan General Economic Development Co, Tellus will
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      Lock icon Beijing wants to mend ties with Paris: official
      295 4 AFP BEIJING The Chinese government is negotiating with France to smooth over troubled relations after the French sale of fighter jets to Taiwan last year, a Chinese official said yesterday. A spokesman for China's Foreign Affairs Ministry, Wu Jianmin. said in an
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      Lock icon Proposed Japanese tax reform won't help economy: experts
      420 5 Reuter TOKYO Japan's imminent tax reform, proposing income tax cuts and consumption tax hikes, will not shore up its sagging economy or give affluent retirement to its aging citizens, economists warned yesterday. Instead, they said corporate tax cuts would be more effective
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      Lock icon Tokyo pondering how to sell unfamiliar imported rice
      372 5 Reuter TOKYO Japan is pondering how to sell foreign rice to consumers as its first emergency rice imports arrived yesterday to make up for shortfalls stemming from the nation's worst harvest since World War 11. A ship carrying 7,000 tonnes of Thai
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      Lock icon Japan's Gatt list unlikely to include farm products
      280 5 Reuter TOKYO Farm products are unlikely to be included in the list of proposed tariff cuts which Japan will present to Gatt this week, a Ministry of International Trade and Industry official said yesterday. "We will submit a list of industrial products
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      Lock icon India's equities market seen as one of world's top 10
      549 5 Reuter BOMBAY India's fast expanding equities market will be among the world's top 10 next year as more state-run companies go to the public for funds to expand after bold economic reforms. G V Ramakrishna, chairman of the Securities and
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  • WORLD FOCUS
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      Lock icon Clinton emerges as fighter, not fumbler
      1148 6 Nafta Bill passed NYT WASHINGTON In July. US House Speaker Thomas Foley confided to a diplomat that he thought the North American Free Trade Agreement was dead, and that there was nothing he or President Bill Clinton "or anyone on the planet" could do
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      Lock icon What Nafta means for industry and finance
      1110 6 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The North American Free Trade Agreement approved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday night will topple barriers to trade in industries ranging from agriculture to high-technology electronics. If the Senate adds its expected approval, Nafta will eventually remove
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      211 6 WINDOW TO THE m INDONESIAN JrWt^ll ECONOMIC J and OUBB«| BUSINESS J| This week's highlights >. CAPITALIZING i« I ON THE STOCKS -1 surging capital market JBpf I\i to raise trillions of ECONOMIC BUSINESS REVIEW INDONESIA In today's competitive business world information is a key factor which will give the
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      451 6 ADVERTISEMENT What's in a Name? The answer it APEC. And W» not very well known yet. Most people or* now familiar with other alphabet soup trade Issue* like GATT and NAFTA. But low well-known APEC. standing for the Aski-Pociflc Economic Cooperation forum is mooting in Seattle, in the United States,
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      249 6 I Goods and Services Tax Industry Seminars I With the Goods and Services Act 1993 enacted and implementation details becoming clearer, we have organised the following industry specific seminars. The seminars assume a general understanding of the concepts and rules of our GST system and concentrate on their application to
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Computer bigwigs admit mistakes, seek software standards
      545 9 Bloomberg Business News LAS VEGAS Three of the computer industry's most prominent executives acknowledged they had created a lot of duds but said technology is mov ing so quickly, they should be overcome soon. The executives Michael Dell, chairman of Dell Computer Corp;
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      Lock icon Bundesbank keeps key rates unchanged
      198 9 AP FRANKFURT The German central bank shaved a secondary interest rate yesterday but left its key rates unchanged. Officials had indicated it wasn't time for another step in the gradual lowering of German rates. The Bundesbank, Germany's independent central bank, last lowered its main discount
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      Lock icon US economic restructuring near its peak: Greenspan
      215 9 Knight-Ridder MINNEAPOLIS US economic restructuring "may be approaching its peak", but corporate downsizings are likely to go on at a slightly slower pace. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Wednesday night, according to a Saint Paul Pioneer Press report. Mr Greenspan said
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Fewer claims for US jobless benefits
        95 9 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Fewer workers filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, reversing the previous week's surge, the Labor Department said yesterday. The decline of 20,000 claims to a seasonally adjusted 338.000 followed a gain of 20,000 to 358,000 the previous week.
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        Lock icon Italian steelworkers in protest march
        66 9 Reuter TARANTO, Italy Steelworkers paralysed the Italian city of Taranto yesterday in a protest against calls by the European Community for production cuts they say will kill their plant. Up to 20.000 people marched through the centre of the southern city to protest over EC
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        Lock icon Israel sees accord on security issues
        84 9 AP CAIRO A senior Israeli official yesterday said he expected agreement to be reached with Palestinians on security issues before the Dec 13 deadline for Israeli troops to start withdrawing from the Gaza Strip and Jericho. Israeli Police Commissioner Moshe Shahal met with Egyptian
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        Lock icon Nigerians decry military rule
        104 9 AFP LAGOS Nigerian riot police dispersed hundreds of demonstrators with teargas here yesterday as protests broke out after the military took back power from interim government chief Ernest Shonekan. General Sani Abacha. who as defence minister was already considered the power behind the 12-week-old civilian interim
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        Lock icon French police arrest Kurdish militants
        88 9 Reuter PARIS French police launched a nationwide roundup of suspected Kurdish militants, nine days after a similar crackdown on Algerian Muslim fundamentalists, radio stations reported. Police and counter-espionage agents raided homes of suspected members of the Marxist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) before dawn in Paris,
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      Lock icon Britain posts biggest fall in jobless rate in 4½ years
      388 9 AFP LONDON Britain has recorded its biggest fall in unemployment for 4'/: years and the government of Prime Minister John Major said the nation was leading Europe out of recession. The number of people out of work in Britain fell
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      Lock icon EC launches debate on social protection, employment
      505 10 AP BRUSSELS The European Community's executive agency on Wednesday launched a Europe-wide debate on how to stem rising unemployment, but stressed it would not entertain ideas that jeopardise social protection. "The next phase in the development of European social policy cannot be based
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      Lock icon New era dawns on South Africa
      305 10 AP KEMPTON PARK, South Africa Black and white leaders endorsed a new constitution yesterday that would guarantee blacks equal rights, ending three centuries of white domination and setting the stage for South Africa's first multiracial government. The constitutional packagc which includes laws for multiracial
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      Lock icon Central Europe frustrated by West's reluctance to make it part of common Europe
      714 10 Reuter WARSAW Four years after communist rule was swept away in central Europe, the region's leaders are increasingly concerned that the door which opened on a new era could just as quickly be slammed shut. Countries that
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      Lock icon EC seeks approval for controversial subsidies for European steelmakers
      353 10 Reuter BRUSSELS Belgium, fighting against formidable odds, hopes to coax industry ministers into approving controversial subsidies to steel companies in the European Community yesterday, diplomats say. A deal would boost the chances of getting public and private steelmakers to slash about
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      Lock icon Europe said to be facing prolonged economic weakness
      221 10 Reuter LONDON Europe is facing another year of problems on the economic front and following the recession this year, the European economy will stagnate next year, said DKB International's chief economist Gerard Lyons yesterday. "It is important to realise that this is
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      Pacific free trade area will give Afta a boost: Kan Seng
      492 11  -  From Yang Razali Kassim in SEATTLE A PACIFIC free trade area in the Apec region will quicken the pace of Asean's own free trade arrangement. Afta. Singapore Foreign Minister Wong Kan Seng made this point ahead of a meeting
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      Asean leaders to hold mini-summit
      224 11 SEATTLE Asean leaders attending the Apec informal summit are planning a mini summit of their own. The meeting, scheduled for tomorrow afternoon will take place ahead of the Apec leaders' retreat called by US President Bill Clinton. Taken on the initiative of Thailand, the Asean
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      Talks set stage for Clinton to project style of diplomacy
      681 11  -  From Leon Hadar in SEATTLE FOR US President Bill Clinton, the Apec meeting, and in particular tomorrow's informal gathering of the region leaders, provides an opportunity to project his direction and style of diplomacy. After all, the Seattle gathering could
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      Lock icon Tete-a-tete
      38 11 AFP SAN FRANCISCO Chinese President Jiang Zemin (right) talking with former US secretary of state George Schultz before a speech on Wednesday. Mr Jiang is expected to meet President Bill Clinton today for talks in Seattle. AFP
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      202 10 QUALITY THAT LASTS CAR\VIACIIF GENEVE in the Autumn of 1791 W.A. Mozart created "The Magic Flute". JS j A masterpiece of most outstanding character. A composition of such profound technical and emotional sensitivity that even two hundred years after its conception its chords still reverberate as if composed only yesterday.
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Coffee diplomacy
      357 13 Seattle's craze for the cuppa bewilders Apec delegates Reuter UNITED States' President Bill Clinton will have plenty of decaffeinated coffee available in his hotel but his choice won't be nearly as bewildering as that facing delegates to a summit who venture onto Seattle's streets. A spokeswoman for Starbucks
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      Lock icon Madonna's didgeridoo boo boo
      428 13 CHATTERBOX AP AP Router MADONNA had barely set foot in Australia before she broke a taboo by handling a didgeridoo, a traditional instrument that only aboriginal men arc allowed to play. Aboriginal men play the long, tube-like wind instrument because of its phallic connotations, said Aborigines
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      1185 13 TV RADIO Rambo talc. Lamas at his cus- These arc the days when our work has come assunder.* tomary hairiest. Anthony Hopkins in The Dawning, 3pm. SBC 5 o ßnio bv Friday Feature Special Choice). OPO The Outlaw Brothers 11.00 News. 7.30 PM Fashion Television. (C). 11.30 Going Places. 8.00
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon 'Ugly' victory nets Norman US$400,000
      422 15 Grand Slam of Golf Golf NYT LA QUINTA, California Greg Norman wasn't very impressed with his performance, but substance defeats style every time on the golf course. Norman's 37 on the back nine of the Jack Nicklaus Resort Course at PGA West on Wednesday gave
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        Lock icon Ma's 'army' to compete in Manila
        119 15 Reuter BEIJING China's "super-women" athletes will compete in the 10th Asian Track and Field Championships in Manila from Nov 30, Xinhua news agency confirmed yesterday. It said world champions and world record holders Wang Junxia and Qu Yunxia would lead a 70-member Chinese delegation
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        Lock icon This is just not cricket
        216 15 AFP LONDON The controversy surrounding Pakistan's 1992 tour of England resurfaced in the High Court here on Wednesday when three of their bowlers were shown to have scratched the ball during the Tests. Former England captain Chris Cowdrey. giving evidence for Allan Lamb in his
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        Lock icon Time to squash racist allegations
        111 15 AFP DOHA. Qatar Star players who accuse referees of racism face a clampdown. Professional Squash Association executive director Roger Eady warned here on Wednesday. The PSA (the players' association which also runs the men's world circuit) wants to prevent repeats of recent incidents which included
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        Lock icon The final 24 in World Cup USA
        268 15 AP. AFP NEW YORK Italy, Belgium. Brazil and Argentina will join the host United States and defending champion Germany as seeds at next month's World Cup draw. The announcement was made on Wednesday by Alan Rothenberg. chairman of the World Cup USA organising
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        Lock icon Boxing
        98 15 AFP NHW YORK Former world heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson, serving a six-year sentence for rape, has pledged to return to the ring. Tyson, speaking to the A'tn York Daily Sews from his Indiana jail, said: "All I know how to do is light. What else am I going
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        Lock icon Tennis
        87 15 AFP Reuter FRANKFL RI, German) ATP championships second da> Wednesday Arthur Ashe group: PeteSampras (US) b Goran Ivanisevic (Cro) 6-3 4-6 6-2 Stan Smith Grp: Andrei Medvcdcv (Ukr) b Jim Courier (US) 6-3 1-6 7-6 (7/4); Michael Sttch (Cier) b Michael Chang (US) 4-6 7-6 (7/3) 6-2. AhP NEW
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        Lock icon Basketball
        37 15 Reuter NEW YORK NBA Wednesday: Boston 105 New Jersey 100; Charlotte 130 Sacramento 113; Detroit 98 Orlando 92; Miami 111 Utah 115; Philadelphia 90 Atlanta 92; Washington 117 Milwaukee KM; San Antonio 95 New York 90.
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        Lock icon Ice hockey
        38 15 Reuter NEW YORK Nlll. Wednesday: Hartford 2 Boston 4; Montreal 3 Edmonton I; New Jersey 4 Buffalo 0; Ottawa I NY Islanders H; Dallas 4 Tampa Bay 3: Winnipeg 2 Detroit I; Anaheim 3 Toronto 4
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      Lock icon Rockets, with defence in mind, soar to 7-0 start
      220 15 AP HOUSTON When the Houston Rockets got to training camp this season, coach Rudy Tomjanovich had a oneword message for his basketball team. Defence. "That's the way you win." centre Hakeem Olajuwon said. "The coach stressed that in the pre-scason. Everybody
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      Lock icon Relief for Italy, Britain humiliated, shock for France
      467 15 AP LONDON The results of Wednesday's final round of qualifying for the 1994 World Cup were as notable for the teams that made it as for those that didn't. After two years and 497 qualifying matches, the US now knows which 24
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      114 15 W.0.R., New York said: "GET IN LINE, GET YOUR TICKETS IT'S WORTH WAITING FOR!" CAT* CHARITY PREMIERE TONIGHT KALLANG THEATRE TICKET UPDATE Tonight's Bpm performance Sold Out Tomorrow's Bpm performance Sold Out Tickets available for performances from Sunday 21st ASK ABOUT SPECIAL FAMILY TICKETS Book now at the following Ticket
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Conqueror reaches out with its green ads
      578 16  -  Schutz Lee takes a closer look at the green ad in Business Times Schutz Lee IS there really such a thing as "environmentally friendly" paper? Yes. according to print ads for the Conqueror brand of business stationery. For a start, no rainforest is
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      Lock icon When a supermarket bargain becomes too complex to understand
      534 16 NYT AMERICANS' love of a bargain notwithstanding. consumers are getting fed up with the increasingly complex promotions being served up by corporate marketing departments. The often dizzying lists of conditions, choices and partners in today's promotions a loose term for incentives
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        Dumex and Warner Bros tie-up
        51 16 SINGAPORE Dumex has entered into a promotional partnership with Warner Bros for the latter's new film. Free Willy. Dumex is spending over $100,000 covering print, television advertising and retail displays. Other sponsors in the nationwide Dumex/Free Willy promotion include Air France. Sony Music and Times
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        First commercial marketing magazine
        74 16 SINGAPORE The Singapore Marketer, the first ever commercial magazine on marketing will be launched on Nov 25. Published by the Marketing Institute of Singapore (MIS), the magazine is steered by marketing practitioners and academics. The Singapore Marketer adopts a practical, hands-on approach rather than a theoretical
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        S'pore kids win Tetra Pak award
        115 16 SINGAPORE A group of nine Singapore school children clinched the 1993 Tetra Pak International Design Competition award from a total of 890 designs submitted from 41 countries. Tetra Pak Singapore entries were based on winning designs in the 1992 "Paint a Better World" competition.
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        Enjoy nights at the Hilton on Visa
        92 16 SINGAPORE Visa International cardholders now have a chance to stay at Hilton International hotels in the Asia Pacific for free. From now till Feb 28 next year, every room night paid through a Visa card will entitle the cardholder to stamps which can
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      Spenser/BBDO is now minus Spenser
      683 17  -  Donald Ee replaces Spenser Chan in the agency, reports Sanjay Monsanto Sanjay Monsanto The writer is a freelancer who contributes to BT Spenser/BBDO has become simply BBDO as former managing director Spenser Chan is leaving the agency. A few months ago. executive creative director Looi
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      Japanese convenience stores in boom
      652 17  -  By Said Abdullah SALES at convenience stores in Japan continue to outpace every other retail outlet and they are showing strong potential for further growth. In fiscal 1992, these stores chalked up double-digit sales growth as high as 30 per cent and chains continue to
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      Lock icon No hot-shot celebrity for New Balance ads
      318 17 NYT Michael Jordan. Andre Agassi. Keith Brantly. Whom would you choose to represent products around the world if you were an advertising director of a major athletic shoe company? New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc in Boston is using Brantly, a distance runner who
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      152 16 WE'RE ONE UP NTUC Radio Heart FM 91.3 is the leading English info-tainment radio station V with 24% adults listening on a past week basis*. Not to be outdone, our Mandarin station Heart FM 100.3 has a listenership of 40%. What's more, 1 the demographic profile of Radio Heart listeners
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    Clinton gets his vote
    529 18 EDITORIAL PRESIDENT Bill Clinton has once again proved more skilled in political horse-trad-ing than his opponents had assumed: legislation to put Nafta into effect from Jan 1 was adopted by a vote of 234 to 200, despite a sizable majority of Democrats voting against the president.
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Challenge for Europe
      209 18 THE CONCERT of Europe sounds as discordant as ever even though the fledgling European Union enshrines the vision of not only monetary union but also political integration. Logically, a continental free-trade zone should pave the way for a truly global market. The first major step in this
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      Vital tasks for Muis
      210 18 THE RECENT Muis seminar to commemorate its 25th anniversary was an historic occasion. For the first time, participants of the seminar who represented almost every segment of the Muslim community here set out to define the roles and targets for Muis to meet future challenges. There
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      A life-and-death issue
      177 18 LIVING WILLS and euthanasia are two different matters altogether, though they both involve complicated social issues, especially ethics. The notion of legalising living wills mooted by the Health Ministry is in itself a tough decision and is certainly not just prompted by the concern with unnecessary medical
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      Tardy counter service
      164 18 THE GOVERNMENT Chief Secretary's directive to the public sector to spruce up its frontline management next year to better serve the public is a timely spur to government departments to improve their image. A recent business assessment survey conducted by the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and
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      Getting tougher with Libya
      145 18 LIBYA'S broken promise to help bring accused terrorists to justice has led to another round of sanctions against the country. The UN Security Council voted without dissent last week to increase the punishment. So long as Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi refuses to turn over for trial
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      Abri's growing more tolerant
      162 18 MANY PEOPLE wonder why the government is bowing to public pressure at this time. Protests against SDSB, and the lottery preceding it, have been going on for the last several years, but so far to no avail. Why the sudden change of heart? For one thing,
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    Towards a radical new look for the French economy
    1006 18  -  Salil Sarkar discusses the French government's plans to privatise 21 big state-owned firms and the stiff opposition to the restructuring involved Salil Sarkar The writer is a Paris-based journalist who contributed this article to BT F everything goes acI cording to
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      350 18 THE WINNING£DGE NEWS "fri or over two decades Singapore Business has covered I JT the local and regional business scenes with more depth and breadth from a perspective which is more relevant to local businessmen than any other publication. Some may call it an unfair advantage. We at Singapore Business
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      88 18 1 1 9) TILL 5 RU- ugck ....To tcll v/ou h Peeu) y in ido i x Hoofcs.... Ps BITQTfi y 1 c *MOa»IlO WW»»MW LIO. WW DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU REMEMBER-GOVERNMENT ZE6- I YES. YOU INPROFESSOR I ULATORSARE A JOKE! IF THERE'S THEdACK! MIUEN.ASTHB f\i\f\i\l ARB YOU UM...NOBOW. ae THING
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  • ANALYSIS
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      What East Asia got right and the others didn't
      1800 19  -  Dipak Dasgupta throws light on the sound policies and fiscal prudence that have made East Asia the prosperous region it is today Dipak Dasgupta The writer is currently senior economist at the World Bank Resident Mission in Jakarta. This article is
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      The right time to commit China to a regional and global order
      1084 19  -  As China continues moving steadily towards a market economy, Jusuf Wanandi discusses what the region can do to its own advantage to help the giant along Jusuf Wanandi The writer is chairman of the Supervisory Board of the
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      435 19 BUSINESS TIMES TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1 -800-741 -1883 FAX:74I-1298 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF CENTURY LEATHER (S PORT) PTE LTD (Members VoUMmry Winding Up) NOTICE OP FINAL MEETING NOTICE ii kereby gives that ike FINAL MEETING of the aboveaamed Company wiU
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    Lock icon Japan's Lower House passes political reform package
    689 20  -  From Anthony Rowley in TOKYO JAPAN'S Lower House of Parliament yesterday passed proposals for sweeping reforms of the country's political and electoral systems by a clear majority. But the reforms may yet suffer considerable amendment, or even defeat, before the Upper House of
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    Lock icon Many nations applaud Nafta's passage; focus now on Gatt deal
    347 20 Reuter. AP GENEVA The world's nations welcome the US House of Representatives vote for a North American Free Trade Agreement but they want more: a global pact on free trade. Several countries yesterday welcomed President Bill Clinton's victory in the
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    Lock icon China's fixed asset investment likely to hit record level
    266 20 AFP BEIJING Chinese officials have warned that fixed asset investment will hit unsustainable record levels this year, despite a four-month campaign to restore order to the country's overheated economy. An expert group of the State Statistical Bureau, quoted by Xinhua yesterday,
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    Lock icon Indonesian businessmen take over Lamborghini
    291 20 Reuter ROME Italian dream car manufacturer Automobili Lamborghini SpA. symbol of Italian craftsmanship, has been sold to a group of Indonesian businessmen. Chrysler Corporation yesterday said it agreed to sell its Italian supcrcar unit. Automobili Lamborghini SpA. to Mega Tech Ltd. The price of the
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    Lock icon OECD expects upward pressure on US interest rates
    316 20 Reuter WASHINGTON Even with inflation subdued, US interest rates will face upward pressure as early as Christmas, says the Organisation lor Economic Cooperation and Development. The 24-mcmbcr-counlry group, in its annual look at US economy released yesterday, predicted a slight increase in
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    ... And now, on to the Uruguay Round of Gatt talks
    934 20  - And now, on to the Uruguay Round of Gatt talks The Bottom Line VIKRAM KHANNA VIKRAM KHANNA The writer is BT's regional economics editor BEFORE getting into the merits or otherwise of the North Ameriean Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), you have to hand it to President Bill Clinton. In pushing
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Wearnes' US unit predicts turnaround within a year
      558 21  -  From Joseph Rajendran in LAS VEGAS WEARNES Technology Corp, the US subsidiary of locallylisted Wearne Brothers, expects to turn around within the next 12 months. It has been losing money for the past two-and-a-half years. Richard Hsiao, newly appointed president of Califor-nia-based
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      Polytek Wearnes units may be closed
      512 21  -  By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE Property and technology company Weame Brothers says it may dispose of loss-making subsidiaries of Polytek Wearnes, which it is in the process of taking over. Its offer document, released recently by OCBC, says that upon completion of the offer, Wearnes
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      Lock icon M'sian brokers slammed for curbing buying
      314 21 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian investors yesterday accused stockbrokers who have imposed share-buying restrictions of market manipulation and unfair play and demanded that existing transaction rules be maintained. "Should stockbroking companies keep on changing rules, then they risk losing their credibility and integrity," said Patrick
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      What's in the Yeo Hiap Seng deal for Amcorp and YHS Malaysia?
      814 21  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE Arab-Malaysian Corporation's (Amcorp) proposed purchase of Yeo Hiap Seng's 40 per cent stake in Yeo Hiap Seng Malaysia must be among the most baffling corporate deals in this part of the
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      Lock icon Bt Sembawang queried again over surge in share price
      217 21 SINGAPORE Property counter Bukit Sembawang Estates was queried again by the Stock Exchange of Singapore after a sharp price increase yesterday. The counter surged $3.10 to $23.30 on a volume of 194,000 units, drawing a letter from the SES reminding the
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      Lock icon Advanced Synergy asks for trading suspension
      231 21 SINGAPORE Holding company Advanced Synergy Bhd has requested a suspension from trading on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE), saying it is holding undisclosed negotiations "with foreign parties with a view to diversify" its business. The company requested the suspension from yesterday in response
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      Morgan Stanley to add Tenaga to its indices
      150 21 SINGAPORE Tenaga, Malaysia's listed national power company, will be included in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) indices from Dec 2. According to Mark Sladkus, the Geneva-based publisher of the indices. Tenaga will represent 16 per cent of the MSCI Malaysia index.
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      324 21 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Nov 18 I im Sewe Mi Slock sale Cbfc bctoraonn (SI Avimo 1.670 -0.010 1.17 1.42 C4C 7 900 -0050 5.54 7.09 CWT 2 650 -0 010 I 86 1.42 Ccrdbos 6 900 -0 150 4 84 21.28 FAN 15.200 10.65
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon UPHB holder on verge of selling stake
          63 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Union Paper Holdings says its controlling shareholder, Queeline, is in the final stages of talks with a third party to sell its 3,923,705 non-moratorium Union Paper Holdings shares. The company says it will inform the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange when
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          Lock icon Berjaya sells Taiping stake
          78 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Berjaya Group has sold its 14.8 per cent stake, or 13.71 million ordinary shares, in Taiping Consolidated for M 569.52 million (5543.1 million) cash. Berjaya also sold its entire M 520.507 million bonds and 5.5 million Transferable Subscription Rights in Taiping Consolidated
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          Lock icon UEM to raise M$1b for projects
          69 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR United Engineers (Malaysia) intends to raise about MSI billion at home and abroad to finance proposed infrastructure projects. UEM plans to issue Euroconvertible Bonds with a nominal value of US$2OO million, and irredeemable convertible unsecured loan stocks with a nominal value
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          CCM sells 25pc stake in Axis
          38 22 SINGAPORE Cycle Carriage (Malaysia) has sold its 25 per cent stake, or 125.000 shares, in Axis Systems for M 51.50 per share cash. The shares were sold to other shareholders of Axis.
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          Lock icon Tenaga to lose 33pc of market by 2000
          123 22 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's state-controlled power giant Tenaga Nasional Bhd will lose about one-third of its market share to private power producers by 2000, a senior Tenaga official said. "Tenaga is forecast to lose 15 per cent of its market share in
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        Thai regulators expected to act against broker for error
        597 22  -  From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK STOCK market regulators are expected to act against a brokerage firm for a costly computer error that forced the annulment of thousands of share transactions. The mistake on Wednesday by Phatra Thanakit, one of Thailand's most
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        World Bank's private sector unit to invest US$7.5m in China fund
        205 22 SINGAPORE The International Finance Corporation (IPC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, has committed US$7.5 million (SS 11.9 million) to a new venture capital fund that will invest in unlisted securities in China. The fund. China Walden
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        Indon property group to float industrial arm next month
        291 22  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA INDONESIA'S Mulia property group, the largest developer in Jakarta, is to float its industrial subsidiary on the Jakarta Stock Exchange next month. The initial public offering of 25 million shares in FT Mulia Industrindo aims to
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        SSL, Keppel Bank intensify search for Myanmar business openings
        322 22  -  By Loh Hui Yin SINGAPORE Two listed subsidiaries of the Keppel group. Straits Steamship Land and Keppel Bank, are stepping up their efforts to look for more business opportunities in Myanmar, where the conglomerate is building a USSSO million (SS79 million)
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        Keppel unit upset over ruling on Japan shipyard's right to top Philseco bid
        505 22  -  From Al Labita in MANILA KEPPEL's Philippine subsidiary yesterday expressed dismay over an official ruling giving Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries the right to top by 5 per cent the highest bid for the state-run Philseco shipyard. "This
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        545 22 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' priccs <$) Nov 19 NTUC InCOme Singapore Unit Trust i™ Bond p».,q 4.04 4 .8 The Commerce 157 I f»5 Prud6fltl3l The Savings fund I 48 1.55 PniLink Mgd Fund 1.32 1.39 S'pore Prog Fund 0 65 0 68 s p»c see Fund 0 9f, ioi
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        Lock icon Hewlett-Packard's fourth-quarter income more than trebles
        278 23 Bloomberg Business News PALO ALTO, California Hewlett-Packard Co's fiscal fourth-quarter income from operations trebled on particularly strong growth in sales of HP printers, the company said on Wednesday. For the quarter ended Oct 31, Hewlett-Packard posted net income of US$29B million (*****.8 million), or
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        Lock icon Sogo to open HK's largest department store next week
        411 23 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Japanese department store group Sogo said it will open the territory's largest store next Monday after spending HKS2.S billion <*****.5 million) building a new 22-storey building to more than double the size of its original Hongkong premises.
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Coke packaging New Age products
          84 23 Reuter NEW YORK ("oca-Cola Co said on Wednesday its US business would have some "very powerful packaging initiatives" and some new products in the near future. Chief Executive Robert Goizueta said some of the new products would be in the "New Age" category of soft
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          Lock icon Digital Microwave in US$88m contract
          70 23 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Digital Microwave said it was jointly awarded an I SSBB million (*****.3 million) contract with Siemens AG to help build a cellular telecommunications network in Germany. Under terms of the four-year contract. Digital Microwave, based in San Jose. California, will
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          Lock icon Mitsubishi's plans for Netherlands
          68 23 Bloomberg Business News FOKYO Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Japan's largest machiner> maker, announced yesterday that its Netherlandsbased European affiliate will begin producing automobile air-con-ditioners in 1945. according to a Jiji Press report. The company plans to manufacture 30.000 units by 1997 for use in Mitsubishi passenger
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        Lock icon Sony interim profit up 34pc but full year results may fall
        422 23 AFP TOKYO Japan's Sony Corp announced yesterday a lift in group pre-tax profit in the first half on foreign exchange gains, but said worldwide earnings were falling and forecast a bleak performance in the full year. The Japanese electronics
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        Lock icon Results of other Japanese companies
        263 23 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO The Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp said yesterday its pre-tax profit rose 34.6 per cent in the six months to September compared with the same period a year earlier, to reach 20.6 billion yen (*****.7 million). For the year to next
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        Lock icon Hilton and partners take over US$360m Hawaiian resort
        214 23 UPI BEVERLY HILLS, California Hilton Hotels Corp and its Taiwanese partners said on Wednesday they have taken over the Hyatt Regency Waikoloa Resort, a luxury property on the island of Hawaii that cost USS36O million (***** million) to build. Hilton's partnership, which
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • Article
        Lock icon Executive sues Prudential, claims it defrauded investors
        413 24 NYT NEW YORK A senior executive with Prudential Insurance Company of America has filed court papers accusing the company of systematically defrauding institutional investors in one of the real estate funds it manages. The executive, Mark Jorgensen. who in 1992 began managing three
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        US probe not affecting S'pore operations
        310 24  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE PrudentialSecurities Asia Pacific (PBSAP) said yesterday that its Singapore operations "are not affected at all" by the current investigations into alleged fraud at its US parent company. Prudential Securities." A senior official of the Sin-gafipre-based PBSAP told BT: "Everything
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        Lock icon Aussie banks deliver mixed bag of profits
        444 24 Reuter MELBOURNE The diverse fortunes of Australia's major banks were starkly demonstrated yesterday when National Australia Bank reported a record.annual profit while Westpac Banking Corp only just returned to the black. National Australia held on to its crown as the nation's premier bank
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        Lock icon Bangkok to grant more offshore licences
        177 24 AP BANGKOK Thailand will soon invite more foreign banks to apply for licences to do offshore banking. Forty-seven foreign and domestic banks already hold licences to operate under the Bangkok International Banking Facilities system, initiated earlier this year. They are allowed to lend offshore
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          58 24 SINGAPORE keppel Insuranee has launehcd a new life insuranee savings policy which ean he paid for by cash or through CPF funds under the Central Provident bund's Enhanced Investment Scheme. Known as the Keppel Money Builder, the policy offers guaranteed (not projected) returns of at
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          $500,000 raised for Childrencare
          26 24 SINGAPORE Stall' and agents of Great Eastern Life have raised a record of $500,000 under the company's Childrencare community project this year.
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          66 24 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japan's seven mortgage-lending firms had 6.6 trillion yen (5598.2 billion) in non-performing loans as of March, which account for about 60 per cent of their total outstanding loans, according to the Yomiuri newspaper. The report said that Japanese banks had
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        134 24 THE USS/majors experienced a volatile and hectic market after the US Congress voted "yes" to Nafta yesterday. The USS moved up. then down, then almost immediately reversed and turned up again before meeting resistance as the "yes" votes won by a narrow margin. The USS/SS
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        178 24 Reuter LONDON European stock markets showed only moderate gains yesterday, losing most of their earlier profits after Wall Street fell sharply. News that the US House of Representatives gave the green light to the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), which will form a common market between the United
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        1642 24 I rade-oeighled index cakulaird against Spore's lop 14 trading partners Hose year I9Bf USS/SS forward rates Noon Nov 18 Bid Offer 1-month ***** 1.5923 2-month 1 5901 1.5916 3-month 1 5897 1.5912 6-month 1 5882 ***** Sourer OL'Bl' Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at 10am an No* IS:
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        179 24 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures declined yesterday as traders expressed doubt that Opcc will have the resolve to cut output and boost international prices, brokers here said. A changc in leadership in Nigeria on Wednesday night was largely regarded as unlikely to
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        78 24 AFP NEW YORK The dollar strengthened against other currencies yesterday following the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in Congress. At 9:00 am (1400 GMT), the dollar traded at 1.7124 German marks from 1.7082 late on Wednesday and at 106.94 yen from 106.80 on Tuesday. The
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        1362 25 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Eurodollar interest rate futures ended marginallv softer after a session of muted afternoon trade yesterday, dealers said. Eurodollar activity petered out in the afternoon after a spate of choppy speculative dealings immediately after the passage of the Nafta pact in
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        KL tin unchanged three days in a row
        625 25 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin TIN price ended unchanged at MSI 1.90 a kg for three days in a row hut volume was small with miners having less tin to sell following prolonged low prices, traders said. "Local miners could have exhausted their stocks."
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          US-China meeting on wheat quality
          83 25 WASHINGTON USDA and Chinese officials are expected to focus on resol\ing a more than 20-year-old wheat quality dispute when they meet in Beijing this week, a US wheat export industry official said yesterday. China has long refused to import any US wheat that contains TCK
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          British Gas net loss deepens
          122 25 LONDON British Gas pic yesterday announced net losses of £297 million (SS7OO million) for the third quarter of 1993 on a replacement cost basis, compared with losses of £250 million over the same period in 1992. Losses on a historical cost basis, which include gains
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          Some Opec members want output cut
          91 25 LONDON Some Opec members believe the organisation's output ceiling should be cut by around 500.000 bpd. said an Iranian Oil Ministry source in Tehran. Asked if the report by the otTicial Iranian news agency Irna on Thursday, which said Opec is to discuss cutting
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          Secondary aluminium plant for sale
          55 25 LONDON Austria Mctall AG is actively looking to sell its Wuppermetall secondary aluminium subsidiary. an otTicial confirmed yesterday. Wuppermetali. located at Wuppertal in northern Germany, has a secondary aluminium ingot capacity of 25.000 tonnes per year. The plant has been operating at that rate in
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      1708 25 Rubber RAS Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 1pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) ("lose Volume Open Month High Low Sell (tonnes) Interest 1*743 128 <X» 128.00 128.75 675 1.025 Jan 44 130.50 124.75 130.00 250 4.000 Feb 131.50 ***** ***** 50 4.025 Mar 132 50 132.25 132.25
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        1283 26 3.7 I S approval for the North \merican Free Trade Alliance (Nafta) and profit results from two major banks failed to inspire the Australian share market. which closed only marginally higher yesterday. The key All Ordinaries index closed at 2.108.0 points. 3.7 above Wednesday's finish while the All Industrials
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        Manila
        637 26 -7.13 Share prices slid on cautious trading and investors took profit ahead of the US Congress' vote on the North American Free Trade Agreement. 1 he accord's eventual passage failed to reverse the slide, with the Manila and Makati indices shedding seven and eight points respectively. "The Nafta vote
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        Taipei
        539 26 -1-9.3 The Taiwan stock index ended slightly up but paper issues were strong due to a newspaper report that paper prices may rise early next year, brokers said. The weighted index ended 9.30 points up at 4.316.21, off an intra-session high of 4.343.93. Turnover was an active NT538.52 billion
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        Seoul
        444 26 12.46 Stocks galloped to a year-high again although profit-taking on heavily capitalised financial shares pared an early 21-point advance, brokers said. The composite stock index ended 12.46 points higher at 822.63. surpassing Monday's previous year-high of 810.72. "The market is very healthy and shows no signs of bueking the
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        New Zealand
        267 26 40.06 Buoyed by the government's election win. the New Zealand share market built on Wednesday's 4.8 per cent gain, to end 1.9 per cent, or 40.06 points, higher at 2.114.42 yesterday. Volume was NZSB4.S million. Brokers said that much of the interest came from overseas buyers, although there
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        Bombay
        64 26 54.69 Share prices on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) closed sharply higher on hectic buying by foreign institutional investors. brokers said. The 30-share BSE index crossed the 2.900 mark to close at a provisional 2.932.31 points, up 54.69. The 100-share national index closed 21.07 points up at 1.405.54. "Foreign
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        844 26 Britannia Funds Sterling ash Bid Offer Mim Cap Deposit 38 MOO M (<500 Mim Jervs Gih 0 1*93 0 1992 Mim Ma* Income I 0500 I (N00 L SS Cash Itkiwt>? Plus rund 10 MOO I 2 V*» PS Reserve Fund 5 2200 5 2 WO Sterling t quit) Euro
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        651 26 5.5 UK equities ended mostly firmer yesterday, shedding earlier gains made after the US House of Representatives ratified the Nafta trade deal overnight. London shares hit an early high of 3,138.3 on the FTSE 100 but lost ground after UK October unemployment figures showed the sharpest drop in four
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        Paris
        116 26 1.68 French shares lost their earlier strength and ended on a steady note. The lack of a rale cut in Germany, although expected, took the steam out of the market. The CAC-40 index ended up 1.68 points to 2.149.67. Paris No» 18 Fr Air-Liquidc ***** 9 00 \lcald AnMhum
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        Stockholm
        130 26 -o.oBpc Swedish shares ended the day mixed as afternoon trade was hit by a decline on disappointment over Ericsson's nine-month results. The all-share index edged down 0.08 per cent to 1.382.64 in healthy turnover of 1.759 billion crowns. The OMX-indcx closed down 0.36 per cent at 1.088.61. while the
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        Frankfurt
        204 26 13.62 DTB-linkcd deals are expected to call the shots in cash equities trading today on the monthly options expiry deadline, dealers said. Although the mood remains bullish, yesterday's bourse showed too little buying conviction to withstand the effect of the deriv-atives-related deals expected today, as operators shift cash positions
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        Zurich
        239 26 +9.27 Swiss shares were seen slightly firmer today, but dealers said the bourse indices were likely to remain within the current range. Apart from Roche and Brown Boveri. activity centred on banks and insurers yesterday. Zurich Insurance bearers and registered shares added 11 and 14 to 1.420 and 1,423
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        Johannesburg
        309 26 -1-57 Share gains gathered momentum in afternoon trade as the market found few adverse fundamentals to hamper its march to fresh highs. Dealers said demand remained intact for industrials shares despite early fears that the sector would retrace some of its recent substantial gains. The gold index ended 24
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        Brussels
        135 26 11.07 The Belgian stoek market soared to a record high again yesterday as investors continue to act on Wednesday's government agreement on an austerity plan and the centra! bank cutting key rates, analysts said. The Bel-20 closed up 11.07 index points at 1.408.83. Volume was more than double the
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        Milan
        157 26 153 Italian stocks rose, maintaining a recovery from their recent lows, helped by strong showings in other European stock markets. But prices ended off their peaks as the Bundesbank's decision to leave its interest rates unchanged spurred some investors to lock in gains. The Ylibtel index rose 2.4 per
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        Amsterdam
        254 26 1.95 Dutch stocks ended higher, but down from intraday highs, amid relief over the passage of Nafta in the US. The EOE index of 24 leading Dutch stocks gained 1.95 points to close at 383.30 points after trading as high as 385.10 in the morning and as low as
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        Toronto
        274 26 2.39 Stocks were relatively flat in early trading yesterday as the market reacted with a collective yawn to the US Nafta vote, dealers said. The TSE 300 composite index edged up 2.39 points to 4.238.89 in early trade of 8.40 million shares valued at C 578.8 million. On Wednesday,
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        New York
        808 26 -9.23 The Dow Jones industrial average was down 9.23 points to 3.695.12 at 11am EST yesterday. A sharp loss in Dow component Chevron, which was down 2-5/8 to 90-3/8. put additional burden on the key barometer. The New York Stock Exchange composite index was off 0.32 to 256.49,
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      3210 27 Reuter HONGKONG Shares closed down sharply yesterday but well above lows hit in an early sell-off triggered by a Morgan Stanley sell recommendation in London on Wednesday night, brokers said. The blue chip Hang Seng Index ended 171.55 points, or 1.8 per cent, lower at 9,335.43 after lagging by
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      CHINA
      506 27 ANOTHER consecutive day of active trading pushed the CLSA Shenzhen B index up by 51.63 points to 1,429.4 yesterday. Shekou was the prime mover with Southern Glass following close by. The CLSA Shenzhen A index edged higher at 2,070.81, up 18.63 points. Early in the day, the Shanghai B
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      2475 27 AFP, Reuter TOKYO Share prices gained moderately on the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday with the Nikkei Stock Average closing 57.61 points or 0.3 per cent higher at 18,166.32. The Nikkei indicator of 225 selected issues in the major first section was a loser of 137.41 points the previous day.
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      1953 27 Reuter BANGKOK Thai shares clawed up yesterday afternoon on passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement and after investors' anger over the fiasco of Ayudhya Investment and Trust (AITCO) shares subsided, brokers said. The SET index closed at its day's high of 1.371.72. up 10.59 points, on turnover
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      1126 27 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices closed higher overall in late moderate trading yesterday while local investors started taking profits on hanking stocks, dealers said. "Local investors' speculations have pushed banking counters to very high levels this week, especially this morning. But during the afternoon session many locals started taking profits."
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2778 28 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info <.r (.r |«W.X |jm V til I hit IM Quili' l)i» IN> X Id \tl M < ip lli|(h Lw ompjni -VII, room lliKh I <m Bu>«f Nellef N \r Pi Mnil MALAYSIAN STOCKS 7 1)S HP MSB Mk 7S v d
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        5535 28 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices here closed broadly easier yesterday on further consolidation from the recent bull run. The market showed little reaction to the passage of the Nafta by the US Congress as buyers stayed sidelined to allow market correction for
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        7391 29 MAIN BOARD Transaction date: Nov 18 Gr Of LkI Vol l>*> Last Quote Di» Dit V kl Net M »P High Low Company Sale 000) High Low Bu>er Seller S C»r P't Smil INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1380 260 I Ac ma ||70 +30 192 1180 1120 1170 1180 12.5 2.1
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        Lock icon Prices end weaker as Nafta sparks only brief rally
        1811 30  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Share prices closed lower yesterday despite a brief rally in late morning on news that the US Congress had approved the Clinton administration's North American Free Trade Agreement proposal. The Straits Times Industrials Index, which lost 10
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        150 30  -  HOT STOCK By Quak Hiang Whai UNIPHOENIX TSR fell straight from its opening price of $1.31 yesterday and finished at the day's low of 1.22. This could be a bad sign. The good news is it is Hearing its short and medium term support at Sl.lB-51.20 and some
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      439 31  -  Challenges in safety and environment protection Reports by Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Vessel traffic systems and navigational aids were the key to preventing accidents at sea. an expert said yesterday. Ernst Frankel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology told the International Conference on
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      Call for one body to monitor quality of seamen
      194 31 SINGAPORE The quality of seafarers would be further enhanced if a uniform standards and training scheme which is internationally recognised and monitored by one authority is introduced. Professor RV Thompson, dean of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1116 31 Page Col ABC C'ontaincrlinc 14 1 Accord Group 10 1-3 Africa Container 18 1 Ahrenkicl Liner 6 1/2 Alpha Feeders 20 1/2 Alprimo Freight 18 1 ANL 5 1/2 APL 7 3-5 Appcnship 20 3/4 Arabian Express 17 3 ASCL 7 5 ASXCL
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      213 31 Knight-Ridder KIEV, Ukraine Ukrnchflot. a state-owned shipping company that provides freight and passenger services on the Dnieper and Danube Rivers, the entire Black Sea region, and the Eastern Mediterranean, is being privatised. Ukrnchflot is the first large joint-stock company in Ukraine that is being
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      Three cruise operators team up to offer better service
      346 31  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Three regional cruise operators have teamed up to support the industry's development and to avoid incidents like the one last week when sales agents overbooked Coral Princess by some 70 passengers. The cruise operators Asia Pacific Cruise.
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      206 31 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Passenger boats and ferries operating to Langkawi will be allowed to carry cargo, a move which the Malaysian government hopes will help reduce the prices of goods on the island. Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        699 34 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Oeparti*e Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Depart me Jurone Port Sri N Hua 3 2193 P04 alongside 1811 2300 Sn«wM»a 38WB P05 alongside 21 11,2300 fctkm 117 alongside 1911/0700 Sun Speed 08 93 P03 alongside 1911 2300 Batam Mum 11 05/93 II
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1970 34 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 L4)f 043A 20 1500 2 18 1700 19 0659 19 0900 4 19/1200 19 1459 19/1700 Ac. Violet 027B 19/2000
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10374 42 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. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
      613 49 Carbon Carbon November 11 Density Water Residue Ash Uinun Sedvnent Density Water Residue Ash Akmnian Sednwnt MM 1 MM Exxon Exxon KG/M*3 V/V MM MM PPM method KG/M*3 V/V MM MM PPM method ISO/Cim* lirits Spec E25 991 10 15 0 0 10 30* 0 10*
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      309 49 THE BALTIC Freight Index for spot dry eargo shipping rates tell to 1.300 on Wednesday from 1.306 on Nov 16. FIXTURES l anker Little movement was seen in tanker rates throughout all sectors, as operators searched for fresh news to determine future direction. VLCCs out of the Mideast
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      Lock icon Atlantic looks beyond US shores for business
      933 50  -  Alan Thorpe examines how one US yard operates in the face of shrinking military contracts Alan Thorpe Lloyd's List Shipbuilding Shiprepair INCE the savage defence budget cuts in the US J over the past few years, the majority of shipbuilding and repair yards
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        418 52  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Supreme Motor Agencies, a Singaporebased car dealer set up recently to sell Daewoo cars in Laos and Kampuchea, has received a boost to its sales efforts there. Daewoo Corporation has said it will take a 25 per
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        Lock icon Boeing gets US$2.5b order for new 737s
        316 52 NYT SAN FRANCISCO The Boeing Co said on Wednesday that it had received an order from Southwest Airlines for 63 of its 737-X family of jetliners, the next generation of its bestselling Boeing 737. The order, for delivery in 1997 through 2001, means
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        316 52 AP PARIS France's troubled state-owned airline Air France will lose about 7 billion francs (S$ 1.8 billion) this year, labour union sources said on Wednesday. The figure was given out by Air France management at a board meeting, said the
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        Lock icon UK warns of flight bans ahead of air talks with US
        372 52 NYT NEW YORK In anticipation of the next round of negotiations with the US over aviation policy, the British government warned on Wednesday that it might ban some flights by American carriers into Heathrow Airport. The move would be
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          Lock icon Air NZ says 93/94 off to good start
          139 52 Reuter WELLINGTON Air New Zealand Ltd chairman Bob Matthew told shareholders yesterday that the 1993/94 financial year had started reasonably well. "The group's trading for the first four months of the year has been ahead of budget expectations, and directors arc increasingly
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          TNT draw for regular customers
          109 52 SINGAPORE TNT Express Worldwide has launched Inner Circle, a programme to reward regular customers in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Australia. Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan and Hongkong. In a recent statement, Paul Moorhouse, chief executive director for Asia Pacific/Middle East, said: "The programme is designed to reward
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          Aussie Arm wins Boeing award
          62 52 SINGAPORE AcroSpace Technologies of Australia Ltd (Asta) has won Boeing's Major Outside Production Supplier Award. According to a statement from Melbourne yesterday, the prize was presented to Asta managing director George Stuart on Tuesday. Asta currently produces rudder assembly for the US plane maker's 777
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      291 32 I Congratulations Best Wishes I ANL I Wf AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LINE I >*7 1 \M/ VINCENT INTERTRANS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Jardine Shipping Agencies I V **BR«S<*H>*l«ftill V,"T r 0 nino H Head Office: 6th Floor, Hing Yip Commercial Centre, 272-284 DesVoeux Road, Central, Hong Kong 200 Cantonment Road *12-05 bouthpoint Singapore
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      1707 36 AQABA R DAM/ [I ALSO ACCEPTING FROM VESSEL VOY NO SPORE JEDOAH (VIA JED) S TON H BURG A WERP HAVRE WEST MALAYSIA LEVERKUSEN EXPRESS 15/345 20/11 29/11 4/12 8/12 11/12 13/12 15/12 p ort Kelang. Penang FRANKFURT EXPRESS 70/146 24/11 11/12 14/12 12/12 Pasir Gudang KITANO 22/346 27/11 6/12
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      2142 37 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 SSS new guinea pacific line waikAMßftfiiiyAyUßillNllilAUAMHßalaSUH /aFCP (A SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO) CM) GO DUE SAtS IMmUr STRAITS VENT ME »2«f MlUfi 17-1» Nav II No» 19 No* PCL. LCL CONTAINER AMD
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      2552 37 SINGAPORE AGENT: WSXjfl PAflfoitlAl*C P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd 1 C3l\. W 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 Keppel Towers. Singapore 0208 TeJ 225 2233 TeJex RS ***** PNOCSP Fax 225 5327/222 7517 W" CR Number: **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL VOV *PNO *MM MM ALQ SOU ANT HOT HAM ME
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      566 38 m m r GENfRAL AGENI C B NO *****81-***** ifA EKA JAYA AGENCIES VliT TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE —HYANMAR TRAPS PAQtIuIThANPPtIOWE/PWECT WM'AM WEE *****01/S34SM2 MAMOJ HQ CHI MWH CITY TRADE HCHRT HOt V**3* |f??}W;W'W WJS.K9NS *****84/*****60 KtIYIN CHAW I »IW«mMH722/M?a« ►TO MYANMAR/YANGON K SEMI
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      1803 38 HANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****21-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 fns vsi SM ILM HAIL St* POK FDR VSt SK lII* HAW SAV KM NYC HANHN KAOHSHJNG 014 C 2b II DIRECT 16/12 11/12 HANJIN KAOKSIUNG 014 C 25 11 H. KEELUNG 045 C 30/12 31/12
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      2530 39 I II sex: 'CALIFORNIA MERCURY 57E' eta sgp 24/11/93 II I JJjgg II ARRIVING LOS ANGELES 11/12/93 IN 16 DAYS HI I II AEX NEPTUNE CORAL 12E' ETA sgp 24/11/93 II II II ARRIVING NEW YORK 17/12/93 IN 22 DAYS HI EXPORT TO PSW/PNW SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (3CX) TO: USWC
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      1199 39 Q SINGAPORE SO VET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD CR NO: **********0/N ENQUIRIES: *****33 BOOKINGS: *****64, *****51, *****31, *****13 4>\> BALTIC: INWARD *****81 OUTWARD *****81 T/S *****77 JSHSL BLASCO: INWARD *****79 OUTWARD *****80 T/S *****78 FESCO: BOOKINGS *****06 DOC *****07 MARINE INSURANCE: INVENTORY: *****59 CI M W n\/ AGENTS: KL: 03-*****75/697
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      1601 40 44 t_i AS AGENTS "K" LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CA No: **********0 M) TEL: *****77 TELEX KAWAKI R*****5 FAX *****16/7/8/9 I MALAYSIA "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHO U U J TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB 236'01 PGU *****5/6 1 INDONESIA P.T. SARANA LAUTINTERNUSA. TEL JKT *****08
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      1042 40 PHILI OttICNT LIN€S PT€ LTP 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 A MEMBER 0F THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 18 NOV SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 20 NOV AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON. NEW PLYMOUTH. NAPIER. CHRISTCHURCH 2 DEC
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      1001 41 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I CR NO: **********06 I VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIN VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SIN KOTA SABAS KSB26N 21/11 24/11 28/10 3573 23/11 »/11 30/11 KOTA MELATI (BMT) KMLI3N 22/11 25/11 28/11 EQUATOR RUBY 20N 24/11 27/11
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      410 41 BSA ik mm* MYANMA pBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P.KIf Pen P Gd| TAUNGGYI V473W IN PORT PAGAN V2O2W 21/24 No* MR GUI VI2IW 24/25 No. HP* AN VI97W 05/ OS Dec MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAD SHPMNG AGENCES KUL TEL 03 *****00 P*L
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      2998 44 Full Container Liner Services Malaysia's Agents: Indonesia's Agents: j General Agents: Booking Agents: Cuan Cuan Shipping Sdn Bhd Chung Chiao Shipping Sdn Bhd P.T. Global Putra Indonesia Maritime Costar Shipping Pie Ltd Shtppmg Freight Booking Centre Sdn Bhd 58 Persiaran Ra t a Modi Musa Lot 3.34, 3rd Floor, 11.
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      601 45 (ft FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 22/11 ROTTERDAM 22/11 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 22/11 HAMBURG/BREMEN 22/TI MARSEILLE/FRANCE 23/11 FELIXSTOWE/UK 22/11 BARCELONA/SPAIN 20/11 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 22/TI GENOA/ITALY 20/11 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 22/11 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 21/11 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 21/11 NEW YORK/EC 26/11 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 21/11 VANCOUVER 24/11 BRISBANE
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      1055 45 1 M^^^^MTl.Mrj'f.V——l > VESSEL VOV J*l f VESSEL VOY SIN P€NH 1 CHAIVABHUM MS Fri 19/11 Tuo 23/11 DEJA BHUM J1.5 Fn lln PI mI 20/11 H VESSEL VOY SIN BKK tl> BHATRA BHUM (MS Sol 20/11 Wod 24/11 f D BAMGKA 22N Fn ifTpT Tim 23/11 KJ JAWU BHUM
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      610 45 Guaranteed Sailings to-. BANGKOK LAEM CHABANG JAKARTA PORT KELANG •HO CHI MINH MANILA CEBU •SURABAYA PENANG HONGKONG We also serve other ports.- USA, EUROPE, CHINA AND ALL DESTINATIONS rnimm PONGNAMA LINE vessel sk m aw rt bsm hc saromc timer vw» k/u 27/11 a/11 29/11 11/12 12/12 NMMK SLOT ¥312*
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      1752 46 JkAAIMN CONTAINER LINES |2f\~/VV"I Ag«nts: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) IZJ \7 \Z-J c/n No: iiOBBy»DOOOt SIBU (084) *****9 KUCHING (082) *****3 PENANG: (04) *****8 BANGKOK (662) *****67 MANILA (632) *****61 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 I HKG/TWN/BKK [GENOA/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK
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      185 46 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD EH El* EH STORE POM XEUNG PEIUNG BIUE WOE IS/1? lojdw| tor Mj r MUVAI HUDHU 29/11 Discharging ard loading ten Bombay OOIPtW 30/11 loading foi Male PKWEEJt SUPREME 79 11 loading for Mjv UMWEDH JO 11 loading For Malt PROGRESS IKRIT
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      1055 46 THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD 1 I /\Y\ 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 I I 1 J m. 227 5088 FAX: 227-6011 I I .J!™. .X. TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOY SPORE PEST VESSEL IvOT IS'PORE PEST EQUATOR 111
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      713 47 WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN BAY Of BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTING BREAKBULK SOC CARGOES 10 FROM KOBE. rOROHAMA. NAGOTA. MO*. TOKYO*, MANIA' DAVAO* Penant* P. Kelanj Singapore E'Msta* KAMALEVERETT VIBE 26/27 Nov 28/29 Nov KARABIEVERETT VI4E 03-04 Dec SHAPtAEVERETT VIBE 19/20 Dec 21/22 Dec ACCEPTING BREAKBUU FCI/SOC CARGOES TO FROM CHITTAGONG. CALCUTTA
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      334 47 It* GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP to 4/L1 REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG *AT ATTRACTIVE RATES' CR NO: **********0KY SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN IX 18/11 20/11 23/11 3/12 TIMBER ROYAL 25/11 27/11 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN VII 20/11 23/11 28/11
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      540 47 ißmni FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN/ P. ELIZABETH VESSEL SIN DURBAN P ELIZABETH SIN HUAQINGHE V4B/49 4/12 20/12 23/12 11/1 ACCEPTS CARGO TO JOHANNESBURG PRETORIA VIA DURBAN BOOKING AGENT FOR COSCO LCL CONSOL SIN TO DURBAN/ P. ELIZABETH SIN TO MADRAS VESSEL SIN MDS SIN TIGER ISLAND VB9N
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      269 47 S]N FAR EAST 23/11 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 21/11 BANGKOK 21/11 MANILA/CEBU 21/11 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 22/11 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 21/11 BUSAN 21/11 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 21/11 HONG KONG SjN CHINA 21/11 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SiN EUROPE/UK 22/11 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 22/11 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SjN USA/CANADA 23/11 LOS ANGELES/NEW
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      746 48 «r mm mm mmm I HOIK KONG/CHINA 21/11 JAKARTA 21/11 BANGKOK 17/11 MANILA 21/11 BUSAN 21/11 KEELUNG 23/11 TOKYO/KOBE 21/11 KAOSHIUN6 23/11 POUT KELAN6/PENAN6 22/11 YOKOHAMA 23/11 COLOMBO 24/11 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBUR6 22/11 CHITTA6ONG/MADRAS 24/11 ROTTEROAM/LE HARVE/ANTWERP 22/11 BOMBAY/KARACHI 22/11 BARCELONA. MARSEILLES. GENOA 24/11 LAX/NYC 21/11 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 28/11 CMT LINER EXPRESS AGENCIES
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      258 48 y Contemn CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 30TH NOVEMBER ACCEPTING TO ALL NEW ZEALAND PORTS PENANG 26 NOV PORT KELANG 25 NOV JAKARTA 21 NOV BANGKOK 21 NOV SURABAYA 23 NOV FREMANTLE 26 NOV MELBOURNE 25 NOV SYDNEY 25 NOV BRISBANE 30 NOV ADELAIDE 25 NOV GOTHENBURG 27 NOV
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      339 48 Next Week's Sailings Singapore I Tck ETS Tot ETD MR ASlATwarded Singapore Singapore 'SO WU2 B\ i.rqa EVERY EVERY Bangkok SUN Jakarta SUN yjjh EVERY EVERY Manila SUN Ho Chi Minh FRI fDI I* IIU Si I mm I EVERY EVERY V LSSJ Colombo TUE l.imassol THUR l| INTERNATIONAL SEA
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      121 48 0 NIPPON EXPRESS Arrow International (Worldwide Consolidation System) WEEKLY TO: TOKYO/YOKOHAMA/NAGOYA/KAOSHIUNG/ HONG KONG/BANC.KOK/KEELUNG/KOBE/ LOS ANGELES (LONG BEACH)/NEW YORK/ CHICAGO/SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/HAMBURG/ EELIXSTOWE/ROTTERDAM/DUSSELDORE WE ALSO DEAL IN ECL CARGO WORLDWIDE ARROW EXPRESS (SERVICE TO MALAYSIA) MALAYSIA TRUCK CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore DAILY to K L. BANGI, SHAH ALAM ARROW EXPRESS BONDED CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore
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      1294 49 M>WESnFy CRYSTAL FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD S B TEL NO: *****88/*****88 jaz. rfCt WKTUL-f FAX: *****88 MIMIMm I w mum/MHTMLI* I EUBOPt 91/11 AUCKLAND 22/11 ANTWERP 22/11 bnqaw Mill ADELAIDE 19/11 FELIXSTOWE 20/11 Sntr- Knwr 9n/ii BRISBANE 19/11 HAMBURG 22/11 iakabta IS/11 FREMANTLE 19/11 ROTTERDAM 21/11 SURABAYA g/11 E Hg
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      215 49 GINZA ORIENT SHIPPING CO, S.A. (GOSCO LINE) VESSEL VOV SIN YANGON GINZA ORIENT 04/N 20 22 NOV 25 27 NOV STAR OS/N 18 20 NOV 23 25 NOV G. STAR 06/N 22 25 NOV 27 30 NOV FAR EAST RUSSIA/LATVIA VIA ANTWERP BY CONTAINER OEEPSEA SERVICE VESSEL VOY SIN ANTWERP
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      263 49 LINE SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUND PORTS VOY BUENOS MONTEVIOEO DURBAN JAKARTA SINGAPORE HONG KONG KAGOSMMA YOKOHAMA VESSELS AIRES'" OEKABRIST EBO3 SAILED SAILED SAILED 14 18/ I 1 23/11 27/11-04/12 06/12 PRtOZERSK EBO4 04-12/11 SAILED 25-26/11 08/12 14/12 10-26/12 30/12 PAVLOORAO EBOS 20 30/11 01/12 14-16/12 26 26/12 01 04/01 09/01 13
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      360 50 @APPENSHIP /2\ HAMBURG vTvy CONVENTIONAL A INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST VESSELS LOADING PORTS DISCHARGE LOAMNG FOR HIRA 111 HAMBURG 07.10.93 SPORE IN PT KANIN ANTWERP 02 10 93 SPORE 19/11 PUMA 27 10.93 SPORE 26/11. BKK 1/12 KOALA CONTAINER LINE STORE FIX HAM
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