The Business Times, 4 August 1995

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    14 1 SINGAPORE Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 194/12/9 4 Friday August 4 199f 85*
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  • Article
    Lock icon Dow down 11.6 points
    78 1 Reuter NEW YORK Stock prices fell yesterday as Wall Street speculated that a big drop in jobless claims last week lessened the chances that the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates again soon. At 2pm EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 11.62 points at
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    166 1 Stack narktt IiImi TlMrsisy Ckuft STII 2,132.18 -20.8 KLSEComp 1,072.83 +4.58 Nikkei 16,893.71 +172.96 Hang Seng 9,379.72 -30.42 SET Index 1,378.03 -0.63 Jakarta Comp 512.58 -0.50 Manila Comp 2,927.58 +30.63 Taipei WPI 5,051.15 +8.36 Seoul Comp 923.05 -12.65 Bombay BSE30 ..3.371.90 -66.44 CLSA China B .......846.47 3.48 Aust AOOrd X
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    Ong Beng Seng to put $250m into biggest hotel in Australia
    515 1  -  From Conrad Raj in BRISBANE SINGAPORE hotelier Ong Beng Seng will be building his and Australia's largest hotel in Queensland's Gold Coast a 1,200-room to 1,600room complex costing some Ss2so million. This was disclosed by a senior Hotel Properties
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    China's Citic Pacific wins former British naval site with HK$3b bid
    490 1  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in HONGKONG A CHINA-controlled group has "recaptured" a former British naval base in Hongkong. China-backed Citic Pacific group yesterday won the tender for the former British naval site at Tamar Basin near Central with a
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    Guthrie in discussions to sell its entire 40% stake in L&M
    383 1  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Construction company Guthrie GTS is currently holding discussions with an unnamed party to sell its 40.2 per cent stake in specialist contractor L&M Group Investments. But Guthrie qualified yesterday that "it is not possible at
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    Keppel shipyard profit halved; marine stocks hit
    325 1  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Marine counters came under heavy selling pressure yesterday, in anticipation of poor half-time results from Keppel Corporation. Keppel Corp confirmed investors' fears when it announced after the market close that its shipyard's operating profit had fallen SO per cent
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    Greenback stays firm on talk of US-Japan move to support unit
    365 1  -  From Anthony Rowley In TOKYO THE US dollar remained firm in Tokyo yesterday on speculation that the US may have agreed to coordinate dollar support operations with Japan in return for improved access to Japanese markets. Tokyo stock prices
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    Freight Links closes 114% above offer price
    439 1  -  Best performance by an initial public offering since 1993 bull run By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE Freight Links shares made a sterling debut yesterday, closing 114 per cent above the offer price. The surprisingly high premium stood up well in comparison to the record
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      35 1 Advertising: Pg 13 PC firms' new strategies Corporate results Keppel Corp: up 8%, Pg 15 STSE: up 37%, Pg 15 ICR* op 40*, Pg 16 UOI: up 66%, Pg 16 RHB: up 23%, Pg 16
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      31 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 15 Can Creative close the credibility gap? Indian state scraps USs2.Bb Enron project, Pg 8 Pacific Dunlop sells dairy and food assets to Nestle, Simplot, Pg 17
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • Eye on the Economy
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        Lock icon CPF default rate improves slightly
        333 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming BUSINESS liquidity may be easing though the sign of it is still faint. Figures released yesterday by the Central Provident Fund Board show a slight improvement in the default rate of CPF contributions by employers 1.43 per cent of the bosses
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      Lock icon CPF loan applications dropped 21% in 2nd qtr
      385 2  -  By Abdul Hadhi SENTIMENT in the private residential property market does not appear to be getting better, judging from the 21 per cent year-on-year drop in the number of Central Provident Fund (CPF) loan applications in the second quarter this year. The
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      Members return $463m investment funds to CPF accounts
      166 2 CENTRAL Provident Fund members under the basic and enhanced investment schemes returned a net $463 million to their CPF accounts in the second quarter. Figures from the CPF Board show the cumulative sum withdrawn as at June 30 was $7.79 billion, involving
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      Senior Conner official quits, more resignations to follow
      535 2  -  By David Mok US-BASED Conner Peripherals, one of the biggest hard disk drive makers in Singapore, is undergoing a local management shake-up following the sudden resignation of its senior vice-president for Asian operations, Joe Chen. Sources close to the company said that
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      Balestier Medical Centre goes through revamp
      418 2  -  New name given, new unit to spearhead hospital development in region By Jenny Lam BALESTIER Medical Centre has changed its name to HMI Balestier Hospital and set up a new unit, Health Management International, as part of its preparations for overseas forays and an
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      Singapore sixth most popular venue for world meetings
      441 4  -  By Agnes Wee SINGAPORE has moved up a notch to become the sixth most popular place in the world to hold meetings, and the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) hopes to move it up to sth place by the end of this
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      More commercial developments on the board for Outram
      457 4  -  By Abdul Hadhi A PROPOSED office tower of up to 20 storeys beside the Outram MRT station and a 23 per cent rise in commercial space for the area are among the highlights of the Development Guide Plan (DGP) for Outram. The
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      Business HQ awards for Pan Pacific Hotels, Swedish steel specialist
      396 4  -  By Agnes Wee PAN Pacific Hotels Resorts and Assab Pacific, a Swedish tool steel specialist, have received business headquarters (BHQ) awards from the Economic Development Board. The BHQ programme offers locaatiyes ranging from a fuIOTTICVIi At me award ceremony yesterday,
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      Aussie retailer to open $5m store at Orchard Point
      305 4  -  By Michelle Low AUSTRALIAN fabric specialist Spotlight will soon open a $5 million store as Orchard Point shopping centre's new anchor tenant. It also plans to open four more similar-sized stores in the suburbs in the near future. The 23,000 square
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      5 2 INVESTMENT BANKING. FROM A TO
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      282 2 BSO LUTE WATERFRONT DIRECT A CCESS TO THE SI£A Runaway Bay, Gold Coast An idyllic setting, opening onto the crystal clear waters of the Broadwater By day or nightabreath-taking sensation of delight Madang Waters, nettled by the waters at Runaway Bay towards the northern end of 0 ''iBLvAustralia's beautiful Gold
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Malaysia-India pact paves way for superhighway deal
      501 5  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA and India yesterday signed a cooperation pact that could pave the way for Renong Bhd to build part of a planned US$2O billion (Ss2B billion) 13,000 km supertiighway. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed
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      Lock icon Jakarta reverses policy on companies' expansion
      250 5 AP JAKARTA In an apparent policy reversal, the government said yesterday there is no limit to expansion by private companies. Hartarto, the coordinating minister for industry and trade said, "The government's policy is to set no limit for expansion. The government is aware of
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      Aussie push threatens future Asia-Europe summits
      530 5  -  VIEW FROM BRUNEI By Yang Razali Kassim THE proposed Asia-Europe summit is not likely to go beyond its inaugural meeting in Thailand next year unless Australia backs off from pushing its way into the incipient club. Australia, with New Zealand in tow, is trying
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      Lock icon Jakarta to prosecute 51 firms for tax fraud: report
      296 5 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia plans to prosecute S1 trading companies for allegedly manipulating value-added tax payments in one of the biggest cases of suspected tax fraud ever uncovered in the country, a newspaper said yesterday. An official with the Direc-torate-General of Tax
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      Lock icon Ramos approves railway project in Mindanao
      102 5 Bloomberg Business News MANILA President Fidel Ramos has approved in principle the construction of a 155-billkm-peso (SSB.4 billion) railway system on the southern island of Mindanao. Mr Ramos yesterday said the railway, which would be the largest infrastructure project in the country's history, would
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Chinese market regulator stresses investor interest
      366 6 Reuter SHANGHAI Beijing's top securities watchdog yesterday said recent moves to regulate China's often chaotic markets more strictly were aimed at protecting the interest of investors, the China Securities newspaper said yesterday. "The China Securities Regulatory Commission plans to take measures in six areas
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      Lock icon Beijing's computer district slated to become high-tech zone
      209 6 AFP BEIJING China aims to transform Beijing's north-west-em computer district into a high-tech zone within 15 years with the help of state and foreign investment, the China Daily said yesterday. Zhongguancun optimistically known as "China's Silicon Valley" is targeted to become a
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      Lock icon China accused of blocking reunification
      159 6 AFP TAIPEI Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui yesterday accused China of blocking reunification of the two rivals. Speaking at a National Assembly meeting here, Mr Lee condemned China for ignoring the split between the two since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949. "Refusing
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      Lock icon HK gains confidence in one country, two systems
      150 6 Bernama Xinhua HONGKONG Hongkong people now have more confidence in the "one country, two systems" principle then they did in early 1994, said a recent survey conducted by the Social Sciences Research Centre of the University of Hongkong. The opinion poll of
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      Lock icon Run on Taiwan credit union spreads
      488 7 Reuter AFP AP TAIPEI Taiwan's worst bank run spread to at least three other credit unions yesterday, but President Lee Teng-hui assured depositors that they would not suffer any losses. President Lee urged depositors to remain calm. "Don't be afraid. The government will deal
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      Lock icon Foreign funds pour into Taiwan
      122 7 Reuter TAIPEI Foreign investors posted a net funds inflow of US$566 million (SS789 million) in July, the highest monthly total so for this year, the central bank said yesterday. Foreign inflow in July was US$676 million while foreign outflow was US$110 million the lowest this
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      Lock icon Chinese official to visit M-E
      66 7 AFP BEIJING The Secretary-General of China's State Council, Luo Gan, is to make official visits to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey this month, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The state councillor will visit the four countries from Aug 10 to 23
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      Lock icon China grain shortfall seen soaring
      97 7 Reuter BEIJING A group of Chinese academics has forecast that China could experience mounting grain shortages over the next 25 years, with demand exceeding supply by up to 50 million tonnes annually. A report by about 10 Chinese grain expats predicted grain shortage soaring to
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      Lock icon Haikou developers target agriculture
      79 7 Bernama HAIKOU <>&glHßpaty devtlopttrln > Mppftal of south China's Hainan province have shifted their Investment target to vegetable projects, local officials said. The Haikou Zhongda Real Estate General Co has decided to invest M 52.95 million (SSI.6 million) in expanding a vegetable base. "The population of
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      Lock icon Trader sues China state firms over metals deals
      274 7 SCMP HONGKONG A fresh dispute has arisen over metals contracts between Chinese and foreign corporations. Amalgamated Metal Corporation (AMC), an international metals trading, manufacturing and processing group, is suing some of China's biggest state-owned enterprises for failing to honour supply contracts. Metals
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      Lock icon Hillary may attend UN women's meet in Beijing
      352 7 Reuter WASHINGTON The White House has suggested that First Lady Hillary Clinton would be justified in attending a UN conference in China even though US-Chinese relations are at their lowest ebb in decades. The justification was offered on Wednesday by White House
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      1466 6 TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1 -SOO-74.1-1833 FAX:74I-1 YHS YEO HIAP SENG LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors of Yeo Hiap Seng Limited ("YHS" or the "Company") wishes to inform shareholders of the Company ("Shareholders") that on 31 July 1995, it was announced that Jelco Properties
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      367 6 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I LIM WONG KEE of Blk 1003, Lower Delta Road, #18-03, Teresa Ville Singapore 0409, have applied for a Beer House, Ist Class Licence in respect of M/s TIONG SHIAH PORRIDGE CENTRE located at Blk 501, Balestier Road, Wai Wing Centre, #01-02, Singapore 1232,
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      670 7 TOLL-PRBETECTT^<oW«ne^^!fx!w-ls^^ M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. SO ANO M THE MATTER OF OECCA ORIENT (PWVATE) L—TED (In Mifflbiff 1 Voluntary Uquldetfon) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary Qanaral Mooting of tho members oI the abovonamod Company duly convened and held at 23 Getting Rood *04-01, Chevalier Houao.
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      128 7 iTele-GamesJ Crack The Safe Mrs Wizard's Crystal Ball. Cott: 30 cents a minute Culinary Masterpieces of Chinese State Banquets B Eg Ito 20 August 1995 I 't The gastronomic event You will savour the culinary treasures prepared l^e year is here by the Masterche£i Extraordinaire of Diaoyutai. Tung Lok Shark's
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Indian state scraps US$2.8b Enron project
      716 8 Country's largest foreign investment project axed over power price, bidding concerns Reuter AFP AP BOMBAY India's western state of Maharashtra ordered the scrapping of the country's biggest foreign investment project, a 2,015 megawatt power plant being built by Enron Corp of the US, chief
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      Lock icon Striking Bombay broking workers shut offices by force
      279 8 Bloomberg Business News BOMBAY Amid allegations of violence, striking brokerage employees protesting against the computerisation of the Bombay Stock Exchange forced trading rooms to close by barring workers from entering their ofTices. "They're going from office to office and asking people to
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      Lock icon Ex-S Korean president said to have stashed away 400b won
      282 8 AFP SEOUL One of two former South Korean presidents, Chun Doo Hwan or Rota Tae Woo, allegedly stashed away 400 billion won (Ss6Bo million), according to Government Administration Minister Seo Suk Jae. His allegation, reported yesterday by the mass circulation
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      Lock icon Australian materials suppliers hit by soft housing market
      637 8 Reuter SYDNEY The severe downturn in Australia's housing market is starting to take its toll on the earnings of local building product suppliers, with two major firms trimming their earnings forecasts earlier yesterday. Australia's leading materials supplier to local house builder Boral
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Mortgage firms in trouble: thanks to a ministry?
      1396 9 Japan's banking crisis Bloomberg Business News TOKYO As Japan wrestles with its worst banking crisis in 50 years triggered by the collapse of Cosmo Credit Union, the nation's financial community is increasingly focused on the problems of seven housing finance corporations. Of
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      1273 10 13 II II I iTsMi 11 h Mll 11 i'm \l7 si Y7 tj I■ -1 irm WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND entertain 3k> UWGCST SELLING BEER JE I I HAWKERS' FARE At The Boulevard's Cafe Carousel 21 July TO 12 August 95 A feast Hoot Soup, Bak Kut Teh,
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Of high finance and reptilian goings-on
      625 11  -  Kevin Sullivan stays at home on a Wednesday night to dip into Troubled Waters and NYPD Blue C4~lo\V\ir£[ Kevin Sullivan THAT Stanley Sim is a real shocker. Madam Tan got it right when she called him a reptile. Still, Madam Tan's no angel. She
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      Lock icon Hurley was 'shot' by Grant's betrayal
      324 11 AP AP Reuter HUGH GRANTs arrest with a prostitute left girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley feeling "like I'd been shot". In her first interview since Grant's arrest on June 27, Hurley told Barbara Walters she got the news from her agent just seconds before she spoke
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      1178 11 Rugby: Five Nations 1995, -t^Bk 11pm, Ch 12 j£2g/ aFrance take on Wales in the opening weekend of the com- QOWSK?JI' petition. See if the much-derid- aSRLs 4. Ed northern hemisphere game has any room for innovation or WKM excitement. 4ST~ Top Gun, 8.30pm, Ch B TK Tony Scott directs
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    Marching en bloc with the times
    529 12 A REMARKABLE new trend has emerged in Singapore's property market in the last nine months: the growing number of en bloc sales, where entire residential property units are put up for collective sale by owners. Almost without exception, these home-owners have succeeded in selling
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    Criminal lawyers wanted
    372 12 THE FACT that crime does not pay has been used as a punning explanation for the relative paucity of criminal lawyers in Singapore. Indeed, so. Crime demonstrably does not pay for the criminal in a society where tough laws are upheld. That is a good thing. But
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    Nurturing through discipline
    102 12 AS SINGAPORE progresses into a developed country, it is good that the problems of discipline in schools are highlighted. As a result, the Ministry of Education has taken appropriate measures to tackle the problems. The formation of discipline panels in schools and using a factual analysis as
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    Japan starts tinkering
    154 12 JAPAN'S latest move to drive down the yen brought immediate success on the foreign exchange markets. But the relief secured by fiddling with the rules on foreign portfolio investment may prove temporary unless the government also tackles the deep-seated problems of the country's financial institutions and of
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    High-tech imperative
    148 12 OVER the past few years, there have been calls by Malaysian leaders to the business community to embrace high technology without reservation. The calls made by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his deputy Anwar Ibrahim to Malaysian corporations to be more aggressive and innovative in pursuing high technologies
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    Inflation according to income
    183 12 THE NEW Consumer Price Indices (CPIs) derived by the Statistics Board reflect the different consumption patterns of the population according to three income groups. Results show that inflation for the top income group was higher than the previous year at 6.1 per cent. It was also
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    Good news on import inspection
    89 12 THE Indonesian government's decision to extend contract import inspection with PT Surveyor Indonesia for another two years, starting Tuesday, should be welcomed. The move also guarantees automatically the continued use of the pre-shipment inspection system for Indonesian imports until at least 1997. Hopefully, PT Surveyor
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    Lock icon Looking ahead with hope
    913 12  -  Mid-95 to mid-96 is likely to be a year of economic recovery, writes Paul Samuelson Paul Samuelson Los Angeles Times Syndicate DIVERSE nations tend to march to the same drumbeat of the business cycle. When Wall Street crashed in 1929 and 1987, that sent stock markets
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      335 12 BUSINESS TIMES TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1-800-741-1883 FAX :741-1298 IN THE MATTE* Of THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. SI AND IN THE MATTE* Of DAVIS CORPORATION PTE LTD At aa Extraordinary General Meeting of the members otD A VIS CORPORATION PTE LTD duly convened and held at 1001 Beach Rd #07-10 Golden
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      14 12 To crack the safe or enter Mrs Wizard's crystal ball, call Tele-Games on 1900-911-0003,
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      231 12 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I ANG CHOO UAN of 23 Jalan Anggerek, Singapore 1336, have applied for a Wholesale Liquor Licence in respect of M/s Hock Tong Huat Re Ltd located at 3, Kim Chuan Lane, Singapore 1953, and that this application will be considered in Court No 1,
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Taking the fight into the home
      1110 13  -  Chan Siew Ling uncovers PC companies' strategies and tactics in their tussle for a slice of the home market Chan Siew Ling Personal computer heavyweights are clamouring for a piece of the burgeoning home market. But they have to tread carefully because the market
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      Inventive Australia ads draw good response in Asia
      240 13  -  By Donald Turner THE Aslo million (5510.3 million) "Inventive Australia" advertising campaign to promote the country's goods and services in Asia has drawn strong interest in its target markets, says Australian Trade Minister Bob McMullan. Mr McMullan says there have been more
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      Lock icon Cruise operators slash prices as slump hits industry
      254 13 Bloomberg Business News CRUISE operators in the US hurt by stiff competition in the industry's worst extended slump in at least 15 years are Fighting back with big discounts. Bookings in the US$7 bil-lion-a-year (559.7 billion) industry have slowed during the past
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    Lock icon US up in short-term competitiveness, says study
    458 14 Reuter Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON America's short-term economic competitiveness advanced against other industrialised countries for the third year in a row last year, but the long-term trend is uncertain, a private study said yesterday. The Council on Competitiveness, a group of chief executives
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    Lock icon Lower jobless claims, robust retail sales point to US economic rebound
    529 14 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK The significant and surprising drop in US weekly jobless claims and strong July retail sales are yet another sign that the economy has stopped contracting and may in fact be in the early stages
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    Lock icon Thrift laws need updating, says Greenspan
    278 14 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday it may be time for the federal government to remove legal and tax-law differences between the thrift and commercial banking industries. In the *****, the thrift industry has originated just one out
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    Lock icon US deficit may be lower
    87 14 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The US fiscal 1995 federal deficit is expected to be between $160 billion (***** billion) and US$l63 billion, down from an April estimate of US$l75 billion. June O'Neill, director of the Congressional Budget Office, yesterday disclosed the revised figures in testimony
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    Lock icon Britannia's for sale
    95 14 AP LONDON Queen Elizabeth ll's royal yacht is for sale to a tasteful owner, perhaps for conversion into a floating museum with a hoard of her person J treasures aboard to lure buyers and visitors. Whatever happens, the glittering, 125-metre Britannia, a powerful symbol of royal glamour,
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    138 14 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Motorola Inc is being sued a New York family injured when a driver reaching for a Motorola cellular phone crashed headon into their car. In what their lawyer says is the first lawsuit of its kind in the US, Ronald Silber, 56,
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    Lock icon Paris will not retaliate
    61 14 AFP SYDNEY French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette yesterday ruled out trade reprisals against Australia in the row over French nuclear tests. Asked during an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corp if Australia could expect the possibility of trade reprisals from France, Mr de Charette replied:
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    Lock icon France cuts interest rate
    84 14 Reuter PARIS The Bank of France loosened its monetary grip a notch yesterday by cutting one of its official interest rates again. The central bank announced it was reducing its emergency five-to-10 day lending rate, which serves as a ceiling on money market lending, by half
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    Lock icon Britain's SFO to interview Leeson
    339 14 Bloomberg Business News Reuter LONDON Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said yesterday it had accepted "an unconditional offer" to interview Nick Leeson, the financial trader blamed for the collapse of Barings Bank. Leeson, currently held in a German jail, has offered to give a full
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    Lock icon Sniper alert
    34 14 Reuter SARAJEVO A mi cycling put n road sip saying 'Attention Sniper' in the Dobriaja district of Snrajevo yesterday. This front-line district is under constant sniper fire from Bosnian Serb positions. Renter
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    Lock icon US House to start debate on changes to telecom bill
    183 14 Reuter WASHINGTON The House of Representatives is set to begin debate on several controversial amendments to a bill that would rewrite the nation's telecommunications laws. Before lawmakers can vote on the broad reform bill later this week, they must first
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    Vietnam must stay the course of consistent reform
    817 14  -  The Bottom Line SREE KUMAR SREE KUMAR The writer is a researcher with interests in economic development, management, and industrial economics F OR the business community, entry into Asean signals Vietnam's willingness to participate in regional affairs. The political reality is that,
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      Tycoon Quek to sell Guoman hotels to cousin Kwek
      468 15  -  By Lee Han Shih MALAYSIAN entrepreneur Quek Leng Chan is looking to selling his smallish Guoman hotels to the much larger CDL Hotels, an international chain controlled by his first cousin Kwek Leng Beng in Singapore. Talk on the deal has
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      Keppel posts $102m gain as shipyard sector dents earnings
      417 15  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Keppel Corp yesterday announced a lacklustre 8 per cent rise in interim net earnings to $102.8 million as falling margins continue to plague its shipyard business. The results are a harbinger of the other Big Three yards'
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      Keppel Corp plans to float Brisbane shiprepair subsidiary
      506 15  -  From Conrad Raj in BRISBANE KEPPEL Corporation plans t&> float its Australian shiprepair arm, Keppel Cairncross Shipyard, as soon as it is "feasible". The Brisbane-based shipyard, which was opened yesterday by Queensland Premier Wayne Goss and Singapore Minister of State for Trade
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      Can Creative close the credibility gap?
      760 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Kenneth James SINGAPORE Creative Technology's traditional post-results conference call with US-based analysts, slated for early tomorrow morning, is likely to be a Sound Blaster. And, by most accounts, the music won't be sweet. "It looks like it's gomg to be
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      Lock icon ST Shipbuilding's profit up 37% to $22.6m
      264 15 SINGAPORE Specialist shipbuilder Singapore Technologies Shipbuilding and Engineering (STSE) chalked up a 37 per cent jump in interim group net earnings to $22.6 million for the six months ended June 30. Earnings per share rose 33 per cent to 8.4 cents. Turnover was
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      MARKET MOOD
      50 15 Weak 'Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment. Brokers polled: Auiance, Barings, Credit Lyonnais Securities, Daiwa, Fraser, GK Goh, Kay Hian, Morgan Grenfell, One Co. Nomura, Phillip, Smith New Court, Wl Can and SG Warburg.
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      HOT STOCK
      100 15  -  By Paul Leo IDRIS Hydraulic is a buy at $2.15. The five-week moving average line is about to cross the 15-week moving average line from below. But the route north is not going to be easy, with resistances at $2.34, $2.67 and $3.50. Trading volume was steady at
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    • COMPANIES
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        YHS appoints Rothschild as adviser
        109 16 SINGAPORE Food and beverage company Yeo Hiap Seng has appointed N M Rothschild Sons as its financial adviser on the takeover offers by Camerlin Pte Ltd and Jelco Properties Pte Ltd. In its announcement yesterday, it said a circular with Rothschild's advice and the recommendation
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        Parkway countersues Kajima
        90 16 SINGAPORE Property and healthcare group Parkway Hold- > ings, whose subsidiaries have beeiS named as defendants in a US lawsuit by construction giant Kajima International, has responded to the suit by filing counterclaims. Parkway said yesterday that its US subsidiaries Harborview Corp Ltd No II and Parkway
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        Lock icon Sri Hartamas to buy into MBf
        71 16 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian property developer Sri Hartamas Corp has agreed to buy 72.42 million shares, or an 11 per cent interest, of financial services group MBf Holdings Bhd for M 5123.12 million (Ss7o million). Sri Hartamas said the stake would be acquired from
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        Lock icon Aokam-Idris timber deal lapses
        84 16 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR An agreement by Malaysia's Aokam Perdana Bhd to sell a stake in its timber processing plant to Idris Hydraulic (M) Bhd has lapsed, the companies said in separate statements. In a statement to the stock exchange, Aokam said the Aug 3 conditional agreement
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        ICB interim earnings higher than Keppel Bank's
        438 16  -  By Alvin Tay SINGAPORE Industrial and Commercial Bank (ICB) generated a higher profit than Keppel Bank in the first six months of this year. And this without the benefit of a prized stockbroking arm and an extensive overseas network. ICB, a subsidiary of
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        UOI reports 66% leap in interim profit to $4.9m
        239 16 SINGAPORE United Overseas Insurance's (UOI) interim performance improved markedly with group net earnings rising 66 per cent to $4.9 million. At half-time last year, its group after-tax profit fell 21 per cent to $2.9 million. But for the six months to
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        RHB defies slump as earnings jump 23% to M$248m
        330 16  -  Fran Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR FINANCIAL services company Rashid Hussain Bhd (RHB) has recorded a 23.4 per cent jump in group net earnings to M 5248.63 million (S$ 141.19 million) for the year ended May 29 despite a prolonged
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        Major boardroom changes at Amcol
        284 16  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Indonesian businessman Henry Pribadi is finally making his presence felt on the board of Amcol Holdings after becoming the company's largest shareholder. Trading and property company Amcol announced yesterday that Mr Pribadi, who currently holds an 18.23 per cent stake comprising
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        Lock icon Land & General group pre-tax up 21%
        224 16 Land General group pre-tax up 21% Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Land General Bhd yesterday announced a 21.2 per cent increase in its group pre-tax profit to M$ 110.4 million (5562.7 million) for the half-year ended June 30, 1995 from M 591.1 million in the previous period. Releasing its unaudited results here,
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        Lock icon Proton distributor lowers interest rate to 7%
        150 16 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Following public complaints, Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON), the distributor of the Proton cars, will reduce the interest rate for the financing of Proton cars to 7 per cent effective from Aug 4, 1995 from 8 per cent currently. An
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        Big Four banks set to unveil 2-digit profit growth
        425 16  -  Earnings INSIGHT By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE Analysts expect the Big Four banks to announce double-digit interim earnings growth on account of strong loans growth and wider interest margins, when they report their results over the next week. United Overseas Bank and
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        RHS defends Petronas Gas allocation
        424 16  -  Frtm Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR ABDUL Rashid Hussain, executive chairman of Rashid Hussain Securities (RHS), the global lead manager for the initial public offering (IPO) of Petronas Gas Bhd, yesterday said the criteria used in alloting shares to successful bidders in the tender
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        Pacific Dunlop sells dairy and food assets to Nestle, Simplot
        454 17  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY A US-based company has paid more than As6oo million (SS6OO million) for part of the food business of Pacific Dunlop as a launching pad into the Asian market. Frozen food manufacturer J R Simplot, based
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        Lock icon MCI posts 21% profit rise, plans to axe 3,000 staff
        464 17 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON MCI Communications Corp said it plans this year to fire as many as 3,000 workers, or 7.1 per cent of its workforce, and create separate classes of stock in a bid to boost its image on
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        Lock icon Giordano says no pressure on founder to sell shares
        150 17 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Clothing retailer Giordano International Ltd didn't pressure its founder Jimmy Lai to sell most of his 37 per cent stake and has seen no evidence Beijing is limiting its China expansion, said executive director Jimmy Chan. Mr
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        Lock icon CMB expects currency devaluations to hit profit
        277 17 FT PARIS CamaudMetalbox, the Anglo-French packaging group which is merging with Crown Cork Seal of the US, on Wednesday warned that currency devaluations and difficulties in Africa would limit operating profit in the first half. Announcing fiat first-half sales of 12.28 billion French
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        Sabres rattle over spectre of lords of the communications universe
        653 17  -  US media mergers Mega-deals add to monopoly worries in Washington From Leon Hadar in WASHINGTON WHILE Wall Street and Hollywood were celebrating two mega media deals involving two of America's leading television networks Walt Disney's US$l9 billion (5526.6 billion) purchase
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        Lock icon A software-hardware alliance hard to beat
        54 17 Reuter Microsoft chairman Bill Gates (left) receiving a Digital notebook computer from Bob Palmer, chairman and LtU of Digital Equipment Corp, as they announce plans to jointly create computer programming during a press conference here on Wednesday. Microsoft will invest US$5O-US$lOO million (Ss7o-Ssl39 million)
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        Lock icon Taiwan's President Securities chief faces insider trading charge
        294 17 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI A Taipei District Court prosecutor has formally charged the president of President Securities Coip, the securities arm of Taiwan's huge President Group, with insider trading. President Securities' trading department last September and October purchased shares in food-processor affiliate
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        Lock icon Wheelock's profitable swap
        59 17 Reuter HONGKONG Wheelock and Co confirmed that the share swap that contributed about HK5339.50 million (5561.3 million) to its 1994/95 profits involved it swapping shares of its Wharf Holdings Ltd unit. But group officials again declined to disclose the identity of the counter party and what shares
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        Lock icon Mitsubishi to invest 100b yen on chips
        56 17 AFP TOKYO Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp plans to invest 100 billion yen (Ssl.s billion) on new lines to make 64-megabit dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, company officials said yesterday. The lines will be built at a plant on Shikoku island and operations
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        Lock icon Quaker Oats' profit drops 76%
        67 17 Bloomberg Business News CHICAGO Quaker Oats Co said fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 76 per cent amid lower sales of Snapple and higher raw material and manufacturing costs. The Chicago-based food and beverage company said profit from continuing operations declined to US$2O.7 million (5528.9 million) or
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        Lock icon Union Pacific to buy Southern
        50 17 Reuter NEW YORK Union Pacific Corp is in discussions to buy Southern Pacific Rail Corp for about US$3.5 billion (Ss4.B billion), the Wall Street Journal reported. The journal said Union Pacific was considering a bid of around US$25 per share in cash and stock. Reuter
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        Lock icon Itochu in Indian cellular phone venture
        58 17 AFP TOKYO Japan's Itochu Corp has acquired a stake in a portable telephone venture in India with local group RPG along with Britain's Vodafone Group pic and Airtouch of the United States. Itochu has bought 1.5 per cent of RPG Cellular Services Ltd which
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        Lock icon UBS reports surprise 10% drop in first-half profit
        348 18 Reuter ZURICH The Union Bank of Switzerland sent its shares skidding yesterday with a shock report of a 10.4 per cent drop in its profits in the first half of the year. The bank, Switzerland's biggest, said group net profit feu to
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        Lock icon S'pore oil trade headed for 1st drop in 10 years
        415 18 AFP SINGAPORE Singapore's physical oil trade, led by a sharp fall in product exports, is headed for its first year-on-year decline after 10 years of strong grpwth, a journal has forecast. Exports in the six months to June fell nearly
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        35 18 AFP SENAS, France A motorway employee clearing up hundreds of kilograms of pears tipped onto the highway on Wednesday by producers protesting against the fall in market prices for their produce. AFP
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        Lock icon Secret witness reveals US$1b Japan bank shuffle
        264 18 AFP WELLINGTON A secret witness to a commission of inquiry yesterday revealed how five Japanese banks were involved in a US$l billion (SSI.4 billion) money shuffle through the Cook Islands, a tax haven 3,600 km north-east of here. The witness, identified only as
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        Lock icon China's leading forex bank posts 38% rise in first-half profit
        237 18 AFP BEIJING The Bank of China (BOC), the county main foreign exchange bank, said yesterday that profits rose 37.5 per cent from the previous year to 6.6 billion yuan (SSl.l billion) in the six months to June. The Xinhua news
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        Lock icon Pertamina, Japan sign US$20.3b LNG deals
        394 18 Extension of contracts a recognition that Indonesia is reliable supplier Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia is set to become the world's most important liquefied natural gas (LNG) player in the 21st Century after securing two major extension contracts yesterday from Japanese firms, officials said. "The significance
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        Shinawatra Paging signs US$26m loan deal
        312 18  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Shinawatra Paging Co, a joint venture between Singapore Telecom and Thailand's Advanced Info Service, yesterday signed a syndication deal here to raise US$26 million ($36.4 million) from the Asian dollar market. The three-year loan the second fund-raising exercise by
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        Four major oil companies consider developing Gulf Oil discovery
        280 18 HOUSTON Four major oil companies, led by Shell Oil Co, are considering whether to develop a large oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico. The Ursa discovery is believed to be larger than Shell's Auger field, which has estimated recoverable reserves
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        202 18 Reuter LONDON The dollar edged down against the mark and yen in early European business as profit-taking reigned after Wednesday's rally. Joint dollar/yen intervention by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan in New York has provided a base for the dollar,but dealers worried that dollar/mark's muted response
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        90 18 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was down in early Wall Street trading yesterday ahead of today's jobless figures. The ounce of gold meanwhile was up US$1.00 to US$383.90 an ounce. At 1410 GMT, the dollar was at 1.3905 German marks against 1.3972 German marks at Wednesday's close and
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        1235 18 Trade- weighted index calculated against S pore 's top 14 trading partners. Base year 1985 US$/S$ forward rates Noon Aug 3 S$ BU Oder 1-month 1.3931 1.3963 2-month 1 3925 1.3937 3-month 1.3904 1.3916 6-month I.3S3S 1.3852 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As it 9aa m Aag 3 Singapore
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        Lock icon Euroyen eases after roller-coaster ride
        1388 19 Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen futures closed lower after two days of sell-ofTs triggered by investors selling yen for the US dollar. Trade was choppy, with morning selling reversed by noon on rampant speculation of a Japan discount rate cut. But this position was changed again
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        Tin up 35 sen on strong LME market
        691 19 COMMODITY REPORTS KL Tin TIN pricc on the KLTM jumped 35 sen to M$ 16.09 per kg following the strong sentiment on the overnight LME. Dealers said the LME regained its strength from its recent falls when most traders short covered to
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        Indon copper smelter on schedule
        110 19 TOKYO Construction of a new copper smelter in Indonesia is still on track to start by the end of this year, regardless of yesterday's surprise announcement of a new smelter planned in Thailand, a spokesman for project partner PT Freeport Indonesia said. "We just completed
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        Asia aluminium premiums sag
        78 19 TOKYO Premiums for imports of aluminium ingot to South Korea and Japan are falling while those to Taiwan remain flat as sagging construction sector activity throughout Asia curbs demand, according to traders and industry sources. Spot premiums for delivery of aluminium to Pusan are currently fetching
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        Fimat buys US commodity broker
        75 19 NEW YORK Fimat International Banque, one of the world's largest futures brokers and part of Societe Generate, yesterday said it has completed the acquisition of most of the businesses of the Brody White Group, a US specialist commodities broker. A spokesman for Fimat said the
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        Indian firm to set up aluminium plant
        60 19 NEW DELHI Hindateo Industries Ltd plans-to set up a new aluminium foil plant in western India, and expand its alumina and aluminum output capacity, the Financial Express newspaper said yesterday. The plan to produce 5,000 tonnes a year of aluminium foil was announced
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1417 19 SICOM Futures Aug 3 Runoff 1 ripicai rncts (Mm eta 1 It as at 5.1lp) KS$ 1 C—tract (S cents/kg) As at 12 mm (S cents/kg) Ckae Volume Open Momh High Lo» Sett (tonne*) Interest RSS 2 Sep 95 172.50 173 SON Sep 95 173.00 1600 RSS 3
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        Australia
        997 20 +2.6 EAGER dealing in resource stocks helped lift shares higher yesterday and sent the main index to a 17-month high. The All Ordinaries Index closed 2.6 points up at 2,141.4, its highest since March 1994. The All Industrials closed 5.1 lower at 3,122 and the All Resources finished 9.3
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        Manila
        617 20 +30.63 Stocks rose due to a technical rally and renewed optimism about corporate performance in the second half of the year. A dealer said the rise was "technical in nature" and a natural reaction to the downturn earlier this week. But he admitted that investors are also "expecting good
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        Seoul
        401 20 -12.65 Stock prices fell 1.3 per cent on weak fundamentals. "The Seoul bourse saw only unfavourable news," said a trader, citing rumArs that securities authorities would soon investigate unfair trading, and that institutions would reduce portfolios. The Composite Price Index took a 12.65-point dive to close at 923.05. Turnover
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        New Zealand
        278 20 +17.87 Shares nose Tor a third day, led by Telecom, forester Carter Holt Harvey and brewer Lion Nathan, traders said. Telecom built on its gains after it reported a 15 per cent rise in first quarter profit on Wednesday Carter Holt gained after its 30 per cent-owned associate
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        Taipei
        515 20 +8.36 Stocks finished higher on late bargain-hunting, propped up by good performances of electricals and textiles. "Late buying by bargain hunters helped the index recover early heavy losses," said an analyst, adding that most investors remained concerned over impact of the Fourth Credit Cooperative debacle. The 321-issue Weighted Price
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        Bombay
        130 20 -66.44 Blue chips ended sharply lower as gloom after a Reliance shareholders meeting was compounded by news that India's biggest foreign investment project by Enron Corp of the US had been scrapped, brokers said. The BSE 30-share Index dropped 66.44 points to 3,371.90 while the National index slipped 14.26
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        London
        653 20 •24.3 UK STOCKS dipped from Wednesday's near-record levels, as Royal Dutch/Shell Group warned of a secondquarter squeeze on prices and Zeneca Group pic dragged down drug stocks. Earnings reports from Shell and Zeneca both came with rather disappointing statements," said a trader. Stocks extended their early losses as US
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        Paris
        170 20 -9.20 French shares closed down despite a bigger-than-expec-ted cut by the Bank of France in its ceiling interest rate. A drop on Wall Street and the dollar after mixed US data also dampened sentiment. The Bank of France cut its ceiling rate to 6.5 per cent from 7 per
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        Frankfurt
        175 20 -17.22 German shares tumble on news that the US weekly jobless claims fell to lowest level since February at 321,000. The DAX fell in line with falling Bunds, which followed declining Treasuries and the weaker dollar. The DAX Index ended down 17.22 points at 2,232.38. Some traders see support
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        Brussels
        175 20 •6.41 Belgian stocks closed lower as investors sold stocks sensitive to the dollar amid concern that yesterday's rally by the US currency was only temporary. The Bel-20 Index closed down 6.41 points at 1,484.98. Around 13 of the stocks on the Bel-20 are sensitive to the dollar because they
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        Milan
        136 20 -21 Italian shares close slightly lower, reflecting an easier trend on other European stock exchanges and disappointing US industrial or-derTheta'll-share Mibtel Index closed 21 points lower at 10,360. Volumes was around 770 billion lire. Banks attracted foreign and domestic interest with BCI rising 1.15 per cent to 3,855 lire
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        Amsterdam
        243 20 -4.76 Dutch stocks fell after Akzo Nobel announced disappointing second-quarter earnings and Royal Dutch Petroleum reported earnings that were in line with market expectations. The EOE Index of 25 leading stocks fell 4.76 points to 458.6, its biggest decline since March 31. Among the index stocks, two fell and
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        Stockholm
        105 20 -24.28 Swedish stocks fell on deflated hopes after a slide on US market overnight, and brokers were not hopeful of a short-term recovery. "We are in a consolidation phase," a broker said. The OMX Index shed 24.28 points to 1,676.78. Turnover, a meagre 1.8 billion crowns, consisted largely of
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        Zurich
        241 20 -38.0 Swiss shares posted considerable losses after disappointing half-year results by Switzerland's biggest bank. ÜBS sent out shock waves in early trading and US jobless claims then accelerated the downward move in the afternoon, dealers said. Technical factors aggravated the losses in shares with a heavy weighting in index,
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        Johannesburg
        379 20 -9.1 South African gold shares managed afternoon gains as bullion firmed, but other stocks ended mixed amid a lack of follow-through support after a steep rise on Wednesday, dealers said. They said the market had slowed after Wednesday's run but support was still likely in the medium term. 'There
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        Toronto
        226 20 -10.20 Stocks slid early along with sluggish bond markets depressed by a larger-than-ex-pected drop in US jobless claims data, traders said. The TSE 300 Composite Index fell 10.20 points to 4,584.40 on volume of 9.80 million shares valued at Csl43 million. Declining stocks outnumbered advances 159 to 96, with
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        737 20 •18.31 Stocks opened lower as technology shares fell and bond yields rose. "Yesterday, the market made all-time highs and then closed down on the day. That's sign of a key reversal," said an analyst. Technology shares will probably drop further amid concern that growth expectations for computer-related companies
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      2532 21 Reuter HONGKONG Stocks reversed moderate gains to close mildly lower yesterday, shrugging off news that Citic Pacific had won the bid to redevelop the centrally located Tamar site. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index fell 30.42 points to close at 9379.72, after being up as much as 52 points. The
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      601 21 CLSA IN Hongkong, the H share index gained 20.04 points at 1,177.75 on turnover of HK535.6 million. Heavy overseas buying saw Qingling gaining 8 per cent on turnover of US$24 million. The worst performer was Kunming, which lost 1.4 per cent. The Shanghai B Index improved 0.4 per cent
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      1175 21 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices ended the day mixed in moderate trading on profit-taking. The Composite Index fell 0.50 point to 512.58 after touching a high of 515.58. "Players were seen taking profit in second liners like Citra Marga following its sharp gains in the previous trading days due to
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        1849 24  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Blue chips and shipyard stocks sank heavily yesterday as the market decided to downplay their prospects following negative rumours about their interim earnings, while Malaysian counters proved unable to sustain their recent rises. Prices ended mainly
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      530 25 Knight-Ridder Reuter FREIGHT rates continue to advance in the Atlantic but activity remains subdued, brokers say. Led by stronger pa nam ax and caper fixtures in the Atlantic, the Baltic Freight Index (BFI) moved up eight more points on Wednesday to 2,038 and futures extended the previous day's
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      390 25  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE The local warehousing fraternity has set into motion plans to form an organisation to promote the industry. Desmond Tamaki, regional director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, told Shipping Times yesterday that warehouse operators
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      148 25 Bloomberg Business News PORT CANAVERAL, Florida A cruise ship operated by Europa Cruises Corp is missing, and its crew members were spotted in life rafts from an aeroplane, the US Coast Guard said on Wednesday. The 73-metre ship, called the Club Royale, was lost during
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      278 25 AP TOKYO A French ship rescued 22 marooned sailors on Wednesday, 11 days after their fishing boat ran aground off an uninhabited island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Japan's coast guard said. The 15 Japanese, five Indonesians and two South
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      124 25 Knight-Ridder KIEV A Ukrainian shipping company has won a loan from the London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to buy five sea-going freighters which will be built at a Romanian shipyard, the Interfax News Agency reported here recently. The
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      325 25 SES WO Aug 3 S$ Vol CWT Distribution 1.72 -0.02 36 Chuan Hup Holdings 1.23 -0.02 78 Cosco Investment 1.99 -0.01 180 Cosco Investment A 1.74 Far East Levingston 6.40 -0.50 439 GB Holdings Ltd 0.805 0.005 3 Hai Sun Hup Group 0.915 unch 812 Hitachi Zosen 1.01
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      72 25 Reuter SINGAPORE Keppel Cairncross Shipyard Ltd, a joint venture between Singapore's Keppel Group and the Maritime Engineering Group of Australia, was officially opened yesterday in the Australian city of Brisbane. Keppel yesterday said the shipyard was leased last year from the Port of Brisbane Authority and
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      438 25 HONGKONG The China Navigation Company (CNCo), the private shipping arm of the Swire Group, has decided to discontinue ordering container ships in Japan for the time being, because of the appreciation of the yen. Its latest order has been placed in South
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      153 25 Reuter MANILA Shipping firm Negros Navigation Co Inc expects its net income to rise by 35 per cent this year to 145.9 million pesos (557.9 million) from 108 million pesos last year. Negros yesterday told the Philippine Stock Exchange it expects its net
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      1216 26  -  New orders for vessels are becoming rare because of high production cost and stiff competition from other containerships. Bruce Vail reports on a declining carrier service Bruce Vail Journal Of Commerce >| ONSTRUCTION Z M 'of roll-on roll-off vessels have all but stopped due
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      10590 34 This guide lists the sailing destinations from Singapore. The first date indicates the ETA at Singapore followed by the ETA at the destination. The page number refers to the location of the schedule advertisement. ETA ETA ASmllear Vessel Voyage Pg tm Pasta Naaw mm
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        921 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        456 44 But higher growth of capacity over traffic is worrying Reuter GENEVA World airlines appear on track for a good profit in 1995 but figures for traffic and capacity growth in June are cause for concern that the year-end target might not be
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        159 44 AFP TOKYO Japanese industrialists and authorities plan to invest between 20 billion yen (Ss3lo million) and 30 billion yen to join an international effort to develop new supersonic jets, an official said yesterday. The investment would enable Japan to acquire the technological
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        270 44 Bernama-Kyodo TOKYO American Airlines has inked a deal with Japan Airlines (JAL) to acquire a 25 per cent capital stake in JAL's subsidiary providing computerised air ticket reservation services in exchange for giving JAL exclusive access to American's Saver
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        222 44 Reuter BRUSSELS Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) can hope to get the European Commission's green light for their planned alliance, but possibly only for a period of six years, lawyers and an SAS official said on Wednesday. The Commission voiced "serious doubts" on
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        71 44 SINGAPORE The Olympus engine, which powers the Concorde (above), has just achieved 750,000 flying hours, of which 480,000 hours have been flown at foster than the speed of sound. The Concorde is powered by four Olympus 593 engines, jointly developed by Rolls-Royce and French
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        189 44 Reuter TOKYO The Transport Ministry believes Japan will soon need a new airport to serve Tokyo to meet rapidly increasing air traffic, a ministry official said. "We need a new airport in the Tokyo area as Narita and Haneda airports will soon be unable
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        304 44 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Toyota Motor Corp, Japan's leading car maker, is losing some of its grip on the Japanese car market. Though still the biggest seller in Japan by a long shot, Toyota's slice of the total pie has shrunk. In the January
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        370 44 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Airlines could face higher fees under a transportation spending bill that passed a Senate panel on Wednesday. The US$l2.4 billion (S$ 17.2 billion) spending bill would let the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) raise a host of user
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        125 44 Reuter LONDON Up to 500 passengers, including members of the Saudi Arabian Royal Family, were stranded for almost an hour on the Eurostar Channel Tunnel service from Paris to London on Wednesday when a train broke down. The mishap was the latest in several highly
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        103 44 Reuter MANILA The state-owned Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) has established a firm to construct a 100-km railway from Manila to the proposed Gark International Airport according to papers from the Philippines' Securities and Exchange Commission. The new firm, North Luzon Railways Corp, has
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        83 44 Reuter SYDNEY Qantas Airways said yesterday 105 workers employed at its freight division at Sydney's international airport walked off the job at 3.30 pm local time (0530 GMT), resulting in some disruption to air freight traffic. "We're working to minimise disruption to freight movements.
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        77 44 AFP HANOI A nationwide campaign to restore traffic and urban order launched at the start of this month has already achieved "positive results" in Hanoi, an official said yesterday. An interior ministry official said that in the first two days of the campaign, 425
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        312 44 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Ford Motor Co and its affiliate, Mazda Motor Corp, have agreed to jointly produce pickup trucks in Thailand, the companies say. The car makers, winding up a nearly year-long feasibility study, said yesterday they plan to invest 11.8 billion
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      681 31 (ft FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE 0106 y HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) BARCELONA/SPAIN 09/08 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 07/08 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 08/08 HAMBURG/BREMEN 07/08 2 GENOA/ITALY 05/08 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 11/08 GOTHENBURG/SCAN 06/08 ROTTERDAM 07/08 s AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 06/08 FEUXSTOWE/UK 07/08 Z 1i »ij LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 10/08 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 05/08 j NEW YORK/EC 10/08
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      751 32 B— I VESSEL I VOY I SW JKT [VESSEL I VOY I SIN ppj l^B CSS VOY m 0000 EASY* 073 ~Frl In Pt Tw I 08/08 OURU BHUM 8121 ~St OSAM Turn Q6AM~ VIRA BHIiM 141 q 06/00 Tua OA/OB THAN A BHUM 131N Mon 07/06 Wtd 09/08 "I
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      188 32 I Continental Pacific SNooing r 1 TIMBER PLYWOOD SERVICE TOU.K./CONTINENT KKU S PORE PKL LOADING FOR FLfCHA 8U) SU) FIU/ROT/MfT/UK AORMnC PRESTIGE 6/8 1M 12to FHWWT/MfTA* MARIAI In PI FLUffiOT/AIfTAJK Louis SifeiMn^OMtlt C R NO **********0H CONTIPAC SHIPPING PTE LTD M 2imu/ Fas *****49 ML MULTVORT SON BHD. TIL: *****09
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      881 32 79 ANSON ROAD, •21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 CR **********0N STRAITS SHUTTLE SERVICE PORT KLANQ PENAHQ VtSS£l VOY «N PKL VESSEL VOY $M FBI seai*u«£l 4iow oaoethu 04amfri xourspore ***** ososthu oaaatr 'j" EAGLE MOON MM 0308 THU 05/W SAT LHCTSE 5044 OSOB sit anna uml XOUR TINGGI ***** o*oB FRI 06/08
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      624 33 i. BSA jTI i MYANMA nA FIVE STAB LINE 1 (Myanmar National Lina) o- w Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S'pprs P.K* PEN P.CMf UMAJtIA In Pt 2 HP A-A* KM MALAYSIA AGENTS: BOUSTEAO SHIPPING AGENCIES JL OIL: TEL S2-83-*****M PKL TEL S2-S3-37M1P1 J PEN TEL P2 44-*****02 POO: TEL 1247-*****21/4
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      873 33 refill PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, 403-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I I CR NO **********06 CMS jm moo jao aoj am muk rau phmt asa KOTA WWUkWAM 111 MiMIMmtMIMIMMM 7/8 KOTABWUM MWSIR 18/8 S4/8 81/8 1/8 4/8 8/8 10M 18/8 1«/« 18/8 ■OTZwuXYA WIPBTB 88/8
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      805 33 MCR WO: **********02 VESSELS VOY «N LE HAVRE HAMBURG tHAMCSPORT ROTTERDAM ANTWERP VLLE DC CARINA CI OW OBAX 28/08 31AM 02AM 00/00 04AM VALLEOESAOnTA 810W IMB 06AM 07AM OBAM* WW 11 AM VLLE D*AOULA AIOW 22AM 12AM 14AM IMB 17/09 IMS VEXED-HYDRA HIOW 28** 18AM 21 AM 23/09 MAM 2MM
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      1938 36 m AS AGENTS: "K" UNK (SMQAPORE) PTE LTD (01 NO: 124M73M00M>ST REG NO: MM0173»0) TEL *****77 TELEX KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX *****167/&9 T T MALAYSIA: K" UNE MAftfTME (MALAYSIA) SON WD TEL5A*****00PK*****75PEN*****20J*****101PGU*****25/6 1 NDONESIA: P.T. SARAMA LAUT 111WNU1A, TEL JKT *****06 /"«x*o*t —ii ii—win oaririr ■nirnitlif /"import P» =====r-s. KFM VKSa VOT
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      1363 36 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD.s 19 KEPPEL ROAD *02-01 JIT POH BUILDING SINGAPORE 0206 MAIN LINE 225-9968 CUSTOMER SEHVCE 225-122S FAX 221-4622 EAQLE VOCE 3glfrMB CFS 7HMM TO NORTH MIIWII >** IWMUWffiMI IKM PP. n* jq m ifttMß/WTAg [m|tw|o«lw> I cw WL hoi fli Iw I W |Mt| PMINUR VWI MM
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      496 37 {A WNOLLY-OMED SUBSOMY OF Ml) ZZXZZ* Seabrfcjge MAIN LINE: 278 7772 DIRECT CONSOLIDATION TO wmm §kem ohoa AT USD 80.00/RT++ SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR ABOVE 5 CBM TRANSIT TIME: 10 DAYS FREQUENCY: FORTNIGHTLY OCEAN CARRIER La Fa BL FOR BOOKINGS PLEASE CALL lib *****72 *****49 ZURAIMI, VASANTHY, KAIA, FAROH, ANDY TEL
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      1793 37 Nedlloyd life EUROPE EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY llf| cm loooaaaooooM —I Pe»<P) P»MP) Ota Pfcg Jad Sou La* Rtm AW Hum Brti Hun Sen Brv<l) Rt*2) Left Pk« Ota NU. ASIA /3315 6/8 6/8 8/8 9/8 18/8 27/8 28/8 31/8 1/9 30/8 NIL AMERICA /4285 9/7 12/7 13/7 10/7 4/8
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      379 37 W SUNSHIP AGENCIES PTE LTD 20 McCallum Street«l6-01/03 Asia Chambers Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22 (10 Lines) FAX: *****05 CR No.: *****8 200 00R Y.S.N. LINEB |^IH.| BMJ.im!I.I.iMH.I.i|JUJ:MLi.4jj i III[JJ IVOSEL WY faum__ PBWie j»n«f»cwt m 2 urn Eg CaHil Own 1 MM HJi I z jaJßai MM hi MUS Ifciifl
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      1316 38 uammssss DIRECT CALL TO PANAMA IN JUST 25 DAYS WEEKLY SERVICE MARCH EN MAERSK V.9508 ETA SIN BTH AUGUST 1995 soy ETA I FID 1 DESTINATIONS Nlwwh PANAMA Nad WMk STH STRMQ MARCtCN MAERSK V.9600 MAERSK SO4QAPORE V. SCO* BB ■■■■■I ■■■II CV- MI2OOHRS CVM 2000HRS CFS-BM 0400 HRS CFS
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      581 38 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOAONG VOY SPORE PXHJkNG* HAUFAX N.YORK NORFOLK N. ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPKX) HOUSTON HO6OH MWANOA 0730 MPT 9 SEP 12 SEP 13 SEP 21 SEP 7 OCT 25 SEP 30 SEP HOEGHDENE 0330 lfl/19 AUG 12 AUG 30 SEP 2 OCT 3 OCT 10
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      497 38 I PHILI-ORI€NT Ij Y** UNCS PTC LTD ®TEL- *****00 (16 UNES) FAX; *****76/*****38 CR COOK: 10M*****00N RIULAMQ 03-*****08 j I "SYDNEY, AUCKLAND, WELLMQTON, LYTTLETON, 10 AUG 1* NEW PLYMOUTH ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG, ANTWERP I AND ALL MLANDDESTMATIONSWITHM EUROPE 07 AUG l« I. KOBE. TOKYO, BUSAN, MANLA, BANGKOK. PJCELANQ, OS AUG |>
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      893 39 ACCEPTING LCL CARGO TO t™., u. k Singapore DtsHmtim CPS dbsto• d&y Sdbf Day FIRST forwarder IN HtCUNU LZ lv*v Frii-v ASIA AWARDED i y rrrp i *****28 Btf* Z Wf T h *T EmySwfcy rfo Bmdk EwryFtWiv EwrVS—fry Er ;xrL (fdalfSl s"., rSn w stmt at yom tanHK- Cfcrfr
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      379 40 X -_1_ Singapore Soviet Shipping m Co-Pte-Lw-j CR NO: 100S*****00N BOMBAY/COCHIN I VESSEL VOY TTBPT BOM COC KOTA MUTIARA MUTO33 IVM 21AM susak an mam 2araa MCKHANIK KURAKO MKOON 29/00 02AM OMM SEA OLOHV 04-HOBl MM <MAM HOCHIMINH/HAIPHONG broa voy am am pnm hph PIONER KIRGI OOSVBS 11/ OS 14AM
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      107 40 MM SIM FAR EAST 15/8 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 13/8 BANGKOK 13/8 MANILA/CEBU 13/8 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 13/8 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 15/8 BUSAN 13/8 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 14/8 HONG KONG SIM CHINA (*H#£»*n) 14/8 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGOAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIM EUROPE/UK 14/8 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 14/8 ROM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIM USA/CANADA 14/8
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      456 40 I STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD zSkSWKe* service GOU> STAR UNI LID SETH SHIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: 220-4666 (8 LINES) FAX: *****70 fcfc *****12 (MAIttTWIC) «J NO. **********0-0 N. AMSKA/CAMNEAN SBVKXS JJSTwm wna Iwtl an Imammh im in %m wt hi hmiiri»—ii m ji/i i/i u/» is/« 17/1 ■MM 7171
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      401 40 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TIGER ISLANO 363N 04 09 1106 17 19AK TIGER BRIDGE 354N 07 06/06 I*l6*oB 21 22AM TIGER BAY 35SN 1&12AJ6 16-2(VOe 24 26/06 TIGER CAPE 356N 14 15/06 2023/06 *****6 TIGER ISLAND 357N 17 19,06 2*27/06 3101/09 TIGER BRIDGE 358N 2122 AM 27 30/06
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      247 42 DIRECT MONTHLY SAILINGS vtssa a si n n m a ARIAVI22 SU) 5/8 4/1 IS/I 24/S 3/9 'Alto cads E.L t P.E. MALAYSIA AGENTS: POffTKBANG TG. MAM IB: *****00 TB:*****1 SUIAGOCTS: KOUHNAIAUJ UMNJ IE: *****7 IB: *****1 (FOREST PRODUCTS SERVICE) EUROPE SERVICE n 9i n IN PAGTAA V 2/95 SID
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