The Business Times, 13 December 1995

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 194/12/94 85c SINGA P 0 R E Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13,1995
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    70 1 list ss CSI 1.415 —1.5J5. 1172 DM O.S» 1.981 rim 0.986. i.m IJH 9.557 HKI .0.129. 0.18S BAJTT 0.040. .0056 Rl'PfAH100 0.044 .0002 FUHBIATES SINGAPORE* 144 KUALA LUMPUR...... 8.15 JAKARTA 17.5# &ANOKOK 1J.75 MANILA 1500 HONGKONG J JO TAIPEI 8,00 SYDNEY. 10.75 TOKYO AM SEOtfL 11M Zurich** 4^5 FRANKFURT***
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    Lock icon Sukamto sells his stake in Parkway to Berjaya
    649 1  -  Vincent Tan expected to build on 13.98% stake through further purchases on open market By< Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Indonesian businessman Sukamto Sia yesterday said he was selling his entire 13.98 per cent stake in Parkway Holdings to Malaysian tycoon Vincent Tan for
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    Japanese rush to convert bank deposits into cash
    404 1  -  Low interest rate of 0.5% and failure of financial institutions blamed for exodns From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN has long been called a "cash society", because of the national aversion to using cheques and credit cards, but the term has taken
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    Lock icon US inflation up a sharp 0.5% in Nov
    143 1 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] US inflation accelerated in November at the fastest rate since January as food prices rose and car costs posted the largest gain in two years. Prices paid to factories, farmers and other producers rose a larger-than-expected 0.5 per
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    Leeson files notice of appeal against sentence
    286 1  -  By l Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Former Barings trader Nick Leeson yesterday filed a notice of appeal against a six-year sentence for cheating the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) through false reporting. Mr John Koh, Leeson's Singapore lawyer, said that the notice was filed
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    Ekran to list Bakun company
    303 1  -  From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur EKRAN Bhd executive chairman Ting Pek Khiing said yesterday that plans are afoot to list Bakun Hydroelectric Corporation Sdn Bhd, the company which will own and operate the privatised Msls billion (SsB.3 billion) Bakun hydroelectric dam project Foreign funds
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      133 1 INSIDE Car Track Going by the November registration figures of 16 popular models, the Singapore car market has slipped further, which is unusual on two counts, P*4 MMWWMW Bst(i this pg. Early days yet. Boa* hrtartai untafi Ml 39%, pg IS New shareholders took over only in October, 90 their
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      9 1 Wall Street expects a Fed rate cut, Pg 9
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Legal Service salaries to rise by up to 35% over 3 years
      573 2  -  Otod performers wUI al*o get up to 12 months' bonus depending on thair currant scales Diana Onn LEGAL Service officers can look forward to pay increases o( up to 35 per cent of their pQMent salaries over the
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      Child mortality rates in S'pore, HK and Japan among world's lowest
      438 2 •Uffeafraprt allows only States ui Fblud da bettor SINGAPORE, Hongkong and Japan have the world's lowest chjld mortality rates. Only Sweden and Finland, with a rafc of 5, do better, a new Unicefcreport shows. published in The State offhe
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      Euro-Asia in Aussie hotel deal
      265 2  -  By' William Chia SINGAPORE property group Euro-Asia has entered into a joint venture with two listed Australian companies to develop an AsBs million (5)88.4 million) resort hotel in Queensland, Australia. A Reuters report yesterday named the two Australian partners as Continental Venture Capital and Sunland
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      NTUC Income links up with Internet
      389 2 Future customers may h« able to buy its insurance policies through the Net INSURANCE cooperative NTUC Income has plugged itself into the Internet the first insurance company in Singapore to do so. The move will give Internet users access to data on Income's products,
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      Lock icon Fewer employers in CPF arrears
      313 2  -  EYE OH THE ECONOMY Liquidity By\ Diana Oon THE number of companies which were tardy in Central Provident Fund (CPIO contributions have been falling this year. Figures from the CPF Board show the number of employers in arrears late in payments by one month or
      FRANCIS  -  313 words
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      One of the most remarkable men S'pore produced
      763 2  -  DAVID MARSHALL PASSES AWAY By, Anna Teo JUDICIAL Commissioner Amarjeet Singh and his wife Kanwaljit So in took a bottle of champagne when they visited David Marshall at his home less than a fortnight ago. "Would you like some champagne?" Dr So
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      US needs to be assured on SEA nuke-free pact: PM
      393 3 Their main worry is whether their nuclear vessels can sail through area, he says SINGAPORE Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said he thinks the US should be quite prepared to sign the South-east Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone treaty so long as
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        TDB to open new office in KL
        92 3 THE Singapore Trade Development Board will open a new overseas trade centre in Kuala Lumpur from Friday—its 3lst overseas office and the 18th in Asia. TDB said the now office will further build on trade and investment links between Singapore and Malaysia. It
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        A towering Christmas charity anotion
        171 3  -  By. Arthur Lee rrs a little small for Santa to ride in but this wooden sledge laden with china goodies plus a traditional Christmas tree sleighed 'em at a charity auction at Raffles Hotel last night. The bauble-bedecked tree and sleigh— with glittering gifts from
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        Sistr's electronic document holder
        93 3 THE Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir) has created an electronic document holder for data input operators. The device, developed for local typesetting company Colset Pte Ltd, will increase the speed and accuracy of typing. Keyboard operators can scroll the document up or down
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      Lock icon Sonoco to invest US$100m in Asia over 5 years
      431 3  -  It plans new plants in Indonesia, India, China and expansion in Thailand, M'sia t*y Teh Hooi Ling US PACKAGING products maker Sonoco, which has its regional headquarters in Singapore, will spend more than US$lOO million (SII4I million) on new plants in
      CHRIS LOH  -  431 words
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon November car sales ease
      711 4  -  Car Track index slips further with expected year-end rally nowhere in sight By l Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Going by the November registration figures for the 16 popular models that make up the Car Track index, the market has slipped further. This is unusual on two counts.
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      Variety — the key to eating and sleeping well
      560 4  - Variety the key to eating and sleeping well Philippine market lucrative bat heart-stopping By Deep Kapur The writer ts a director at Koeneman Capital Management In Singapore with investment responsibilities in global asset allocation and currency hedging. A CRITICAL component of any investment plan is balancing the conflicting objectives of
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      The price is what really matters
      570 4  -  Disciplines abound in the market. What line should one follow while trading? By] Naresh Verma The writer is a manager of technical analysis advisory (South-east Asia) at Dow Jones Telerate. The opinions in this column are personal and do not represent the views of
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      Lock icon A fund that levitates during the last 3 days of the month
      357 4 Fidelity Magellan Fund attracting some cariosity Bloomberg Business News [BOSTON] Investors who use mutual funds as a way to time swings in the market might want to consider owning shares of the Fidelity Magellan Fund for the last
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Thailand to get second wafer fab plant
      433 5  -  USsl.2b project nps ante in Asian honker for slice of chip pie By] Loh Hui Yin in Bangkok and David Mok in Singapore THE race among Asian countries to host megabuck hightech wafer manufacturing facilities is hotting up. Thailand yesterday strengthened its claim
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      A new dawn in services
      709 5  -  VnJWFKOMTHB SUMMIT RUN-UP TO ASEAN SUMMIT IN BANGKOK TOere's a saute of urgency among the leaders on liberalising trade In services By Yang Razali Kassim IF ALL goes well, a new free trade area—a free trade area in services —will emerge in Asean. This apparently
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      M'sian product promises easier circumcision
      313 5  -  SINGAPORE By\ Shahiron Sahari CIRCUMCISION made easy that's what a new product promises. The Tara KLamp, invented by Malaysian doctor Gurcharan Singh, uses a bloodless and less painful "clamp and cut" technique that allows the patient to go back to work or school after surgery,
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      Lock icon Ramos blasts latest deadly ambushes
      235 5 MANILA AFP Reuter PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos reacted angrily yesterday to a series of ambushes in which a Filipino Chinese industrialist and a five-year-old Singaporean boy were killed, saying "terrorists" had declared war on the Philippines. "Apparently this signals a declaration of war by the terrorists
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      191 5 -x «ni liiri OMil <i •IM rffitj .rCjiSi "-H Hut llllM^^§9miillliiHHili^l^^H IN THE HEART of Bangkok, reengineer branch processes at almost no time in queues. all over Thailand, customers get a call or visit our home page at one bank is doing its part to Thai Farmers Bank. Data handling
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Rilling party banishes two rebel vice-chairmen
      423 6 TAIPEI Move likely to result in rightwing KMT members quitting, deepening split AFP TAIWAN'S ruling party ignored protests and banished two rebel vice-chairmen yesterday, deepening a split in the nationalist party as it enters a key period in its 101year history. The revocation of
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      Lock icon Cards to cheer about
      38 6 [SHANGHAI] Young Shanghainese choosing Christmas cards being sold at I.syuan (about 30 Singapore cents) each. This is five to 10 times cheaper than the market price at big department stores in the city. AFP
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      HK newspaper shares still under pressure
      338 6  -  HONGKONG Stocks dumped as another daily joins in price war By i Quak Hiang Whai SHARES belonging to Hongkong newspaper groups continued to come under heavy selling pressure yesterday as a fifth Chinese daily, Tin Tin Daily News, entered the latest cover price war.
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      Lock icon Deng's well, for a man of his age: spokesman
      113 6 BEIJING AFP CHINA has denied renewed rumours of a deterioration in the health of 91-year-old patriarch Deng Xiaoping, saying he remains well for a man of his age and is enjoying his retirement. "My latest information is that, for a person
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      Lock icon China to strengthen supervision of forex next year
      208 6 SHANGHAI Reuter CHINA will strengthen foreign exchange supervision next year and speed up the process of moving the Chinese yuan towards convertibility. The China Securities newspaper yesterday quoted Zhou Xiaochuan, director of the State Administration of Exchange Control (SAEC), as saying China
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        Lock icon China's CPI falls for 12th nth
        16 6 NYT [BEIJING} China's consumer price inflation rate fell for o
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        Lock icon No foreigners for Wei's trial
        75 6 AFP [BEIJING} Foreign reporters have been barred from attending the nominally "open" trial today of China's most famous dissident. All the visitors' passes for Wei's trial, at which the dissident is facing charges of attempting to overthrow the government, "have already been issued", said Chen
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        Lock icon Philippine trade link?
        45 6 UPI [MANILA] Hongkong Governor Christopher Patten, here on a two-day visit, yesterday said the Philippines could become the next "third country" to bridge indirect trade between Taiwan and China, taking over Hongkong's role after it reverts back to Beijing in 1997. UPI
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        Lock icon Tighter TV production controls
        43 6 Bernama-Xinhua [BEUING] The Chinese Ministry of Radio, Film and Television has strengthened regulations governing units producing and releasing television programmes and plays. The China Daily said yesterday that those wishing to establish such units should seek permission beforehand Bernama-Xinhua
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      9 6 HK paper takeover aborted after price war, Pg 17
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  • ASIA
    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Japan reactor may be closed for 2 years
        89 7 AFP fTOKYO] Japan's most advanced nuclear reactor may remain shut down for as long as two years following an accident last week involving the leakage of several tonnee of liquid todium, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Aaahi Shimbun quoted an official from
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        Lock icon N Korea bristles at perceived plot
        80 7 AFP (SBOULJ North Korea yesterday threatened to take "counter-measures" after accusing the United States, Sou til Korea and Japan, of plotting an attack. "Now that the United States is scheming to bring the military t adventure against our system into practice together with SouthKoreaand
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        Lock icon Tokyo ministers urgo easing of land taxes
        81 7 Reuter [TOKYO} Several cabinet ministers have urged the government to ease land taxes next fiscal year to boost the economy, Finance Minister Masayoshi Takemura told a news conference. Three cabinet ministers, including Farm Minister HoseiNorota and Transport Minister Takeo tftranuma* urged the cabinet
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        Lock icon Bangladush recovers from strike
        75 7 AFP {DHAKA} Life in Bangladesh was back to normal ynierday after the opposition's three-day strike left more than SO people injured. Political activists campaigning for elections under a neutral caretaker administration saoraedagovernaieat order to surrender weapons, exploded hundreds of home-made bombs and engaged in gunfights. The
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      Lock icon New Zealand cuts tax rates for foreign direct investors
      332 7 WELLINGTON They will also no longer pay a 15% non-resident withholding tax Reuter NEW ZEALAND has cut its maximum tax rates for foreign direct investors, Finance Minister Bill Birch and Revenue Minister Wyatt Creech said. A revamp of foreign investment legislation,
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      Lock icon Mounting govt debt will hurt economy: panel
      362 7 TOKYO Gall to review spending to reduce burden on future generations Reuter JAPAN'S economic activity will be hurt in the medium to long term by snowballing debt due to massive government bond issues, said a committee set up under an advisory panel to
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      Lock icon Keating, invited by Mahathir, to visit Malaysia in January
      215 7 SYDNEY MBT AFP AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Paul Keating will visit Malaysia in January at the invitation of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. The visit on Jan 15 was confirmed by Australian Deputy High Commissioner David Mason yesterday. The visit will be the
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      Lock icon Reining in yen a challenge: EPA
      231 7 TOKYO Currency's dramatic rise was not foreseen and affects GDP growth, says official Reuter STABILISING the yen at its present level or at an even weaker level is one challenge facing the Japanese government, Yasutaka Nagatani, Economic Planning Agency (EPA) coordination bureau director, said
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      Lock icon Million-dollar floral art
      30 7 [SYDNEY] A 12metrefloral sculpture by American artist standing in front of Sydney's Museumqf Contemporary Art The huge artwork containsso,oooflowering plants and costs US$l million (Sfl.4 million). AFP
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      Lock icon Kim's comment on political crisis fails to appease opponents
      348 7 ■SEOUL Reuter SOUTH Korean President Kim Young Sam yesterday bitterly attacked as "shameless" his two predecessors now under detention and vowed to restore the nation's shattered self-esteem. But Mr Kim's comments his first public statement on the political crisis engulfing his
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      Lock icon Telephone row shuts down parliament
      298 7 NEW DELHI Opposition alleges graft, seeks investigation into licensing process Reuter A UNITED opposition yesterday forced India's Parliament to shut down for the fifth day as the government sought to fend off charges it mishandled the privatisation of its telephone system. The leaders of both
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  • FOCUS: JAPAN IN THE YEAR 2000
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      Hazy reform debate
      807 8  -  Japanese economists and think-tanks have their own theories on where the country will be in five years but they can't agree on which road to take From, Anthony Rowley rn Tokyo WHERE will Japan be in five years from now? There is no shortage of people who
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      Outcome of political battle could shape Japan's future
      650 8 PRESS coverage of the announcement by political "strongman" Ichiro Ozawa to run for the presidency of .the main opposition political group in Japan Shinshinto or New Frontier Party has focused almost exclusively on the forthcoming battle between him and rival candidate (former
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US$135b windfall forecast helps budget talks
      350 9 WASHINGTON But mast of it will have dwindled away by the time it is seeded most NYT CONGRESSIONAL experts Issued a brighter economic forecast on Monday that gave the Clinton administration and Congress more room to manoeuvre in their budget talks, but less flexibility
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      Lock icon Wall Street expects a Fed rate cut
      306 9 NEW YORK Bnt some investors see only a 50-50 chance for a cut Bloomberg Business News WALL STREET'S economists and traders expect the Federal Reserve to reduce bank borrowing rates next week for the second time this year. Of the 27 economists surveyed,
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      Lock icon Italy stands by Germany on EU money
      99 9 BONN UPI ITALY's Prime Minister Lamberto Dinl on Monday aligned his country firmly with Germany and France and against British "Eurosceptics" in calling for a single European currency to start in 1999 as set out in the 1991 Maastricht Treaty. In Bonn for
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      Lock icon Unions vow to continue battle
      235 9 PARIS AFP TWO of France's three main trade unions vowed yesterday to continue to fight Prime Minister Alain Juppe's plans to reform the welfare system and health service, in spite of concessions made on Monday. As record crowds demonstrated in several French cities, Louis Viannet,
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      Lock icon Bosnian Serbs free French pilots
      170 9 ZVORNIK, Bosnia Reuter BOSNIAN Serbs yesterday released French pilots Captain Frederic Chiffot and Lieutenant Jose Souvignet who were shot down during a Nato air raid on Aug 30 this year. The two men, who looked disorientated, were handed over to French Chief of Staff General
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      Lock icon G-10 agree to include market risk in Basle ' Accord
      217 9 G-10 agree to include market risk in Basle Accord BASLE Reuter CENTRAL bank governors of the G-10 members have endorsed a proposal by banking supervisors to amend the Basle Accord to include market risk. Bundesbank president Hans Tietmeyer, as chairman of the G-10 central bank governors, told reporters the central
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Graft scandal puts Kim in hot seat
      768 10  -  THU BomiMianm opinion By S N Vasuki The writer is a BT senior correspondent ON ACHILLY December three years ago, Kim Young Sam was elected as South Korea's first civilian president in three decades He was elected on a platform to cleanse the
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      143 10 This market is going vertical It's now a foregone conclusion that the economy has slowed to the point where the Fed Will ease.' Brace Sfanoc president of Gienmede Trust Co of New Jersey, as US stocks rallied to record highs. 'King Fahd dying would not even be
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      Is France heading for another 1968?
      509 10 EDITORIAL T ONE level, the five parliamentary seats that fell to France's leftist opposition in last Sunday's by-elections may not amount to more than a pinprick for the centre-right government's massive majority. At another, however, it could be a warning of mounting public dissatisfaction
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      Lock icon Japanese politics in tbroes of change
      1034 10 Bnt it won't stop the country from functioning, says Shinseito founder TsutomuHata New Perspectives Quarterly GLOBAL VIEWPOINT: How would you describe the present state of Japanese politics? Tsutomu Hata: The present political scene in Japan can be described in one word: chaotic. This might
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      804 10 THE Nikkei trotted closer to the 20,000 mark last week to the sound of investors proclaiming yet another turning point in Japan's tortuous recovery. With November figures showing a much-desired fall in the current account surplus, the hope is that Japan can now enjoy the effect
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • CHATTER Box
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        Lock icon OJ wins – by a long snooze
        97 11 OJ wins by a long snooze UPI THE 12th annual list of the most boring celebrities has come out and OJ Simpson has been deemed the biggest snooze for the second year in a row. He's the first to earn the dubious distinction of heading the list for two consecutive
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        Lock icon An audition for Bowie
        35 11 AFP BRITISH pop singer David Bowie performing at the Opera Bastille auditorium in Paris on Monday. The concert was organised for music professionals to promote Bowie's French tour next February. —AFP
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        Lock icon Jackson ready for discharge
        69 11 Reuter THE medical condition of pop star Michael Jackson, who collapsed last week during rehearsal for a television show, had improved sufficiently for him to be discharged yesterday, a hospital statement said on Monday. Jackson, 37, was listed in stable and improving condition at the Beth
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        Lock icon US$3m makeover for Jackie O's old flat
        53 11 UPI IT took Kansas oilman David Koch eight months to renovate Jacqueline Onassis' New York apartment, for which he paid nearly US$lO million (5514.1 million), but fee's moved in and is ready to host several house warming parties. The makeover cost him some
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      Lock icon Oscars' choice pickings
      721 11  -  CINEMA The Best Actress category is set to dominate the film awards next year By) Bernard Weinraub NYT [HOLLYWOOD] In recent years Hollywood, which is already gearing up for the Academy Awards, has endured the embarrassment of trying to find five nominees for the Best Actress category.
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      French re-colonisation
      838 11  -  French restaurants are making a comeback in Vietnam, hartbh mttttta drops in on one of them HARISH MEHTA PRANCE lost an empire on the battlefields of Vietnam, but the humble baguette and snooty foie gras are helping it stake out new turf in the restaurant wars in its
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      An Italian rendezvous
      518 12  -  EATING OUT A new outlet is oat to cash in on the unending traffic of hungry humans in Holland Tillage i*y Jaime Ee IF YOU think that it's safe to escape the crowds In Holland Village by going there at lunchtlme on a weekday, forget It Even
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      Playing the race card
      312 12 THEATRE IN THIS season of peace on earth and goodwill towards men, the Singapore Repertory Theatre is bucking the trend by staging Master Harold... and the Boys. Forget the extravaganza of a Christmas panto the main colours in Athol Fugard's play are black and white. The
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      Long, lean machines
      897 14  -  MOTORING Alookattwo alternatives to the Mercedes long-wheelbase luxury cars By Christopher Tan THE most popular long-wheel-base luxury vehicle in town is the Mercedes-Benz S32OL another testimony to Singaporeans' leaning towards big cars with comparatively small engines. Admittedly, most would go for the S4OOL or even the S6OOL
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      Foreign board move gets thumbs up
      526 15  -  Industry players say demand is there and it will succeed kftfer clearing initial hurdles By Ven Sreenivasan and R Sivanithy (SINGAPORE] Industry professionals have welcomed the Stock Exchange of Singapore's introduction of a foreign board, although most agree there will be teething problems to
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      Pan Pacific Public earnings up 5%
      272 15  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Firmer paper prices have helped diversified publishing group Pan Pacific Public Company (PPP) roll out a 5 per cent increase in interim net earnings. FOr the six months to Sep 80, earnings rose to $1.16 million from $1.11 million for
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      PUC's China project gets international port status
      277 15 [SINGAPOREJ Singaporelisted shiprepair and shipping group Pan-United Corporation (PUC) yesterday said the 230hectare integrated port-cum-industrial park it is developing at Changshu in China's Jian&u province has been mtfcjd an international port status. With the Open Port (Class b status, Changshu Port will fete
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      Lum Chang buys London hotel for £22m
      147 15 [SINGAPORE] Lum Chang Holdings announced yesterday that its subsidiaries had paid £22.18 ($4B million) for the Holiday Inn Kensington in London. Arrangements have been made for all existing employees and contracts of the hotel to be transferred to its subsidiary LC (London) and
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      Will Berjaya's Parkway purchase trigger a general offer?
      726 15  -  HOCK LOCK SBBW By Lee Han Shih IS Vincent Tan's Berjaya group acting in concert with the controlling shareholders of Parkway Holdings? The answer may determine whether Berjaya's purchase of a big block of Parkway shares will trigger a general offer. It
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      Eastern Publishing IPO subscribed 18 times
      174 15 [SINGAPORE] Eastern Publishing attracted an encouraging subscription rate of 18.1 times at the close of its Sesdaq initial public offering yesterday. A total of 18,579 applicants sought some 10.53 million public offer shares, amounting to $68.5 million in application monies. The company had offered
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      Lock icon Econ interim gain dips 30% despite surge in sales
      292 15  -  Its foil-year earnings likely to fall short of analysts' forecast By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Construction firm Econ International, which was recently taken over by an Indonesian group, yesterday reported a 30 per cent drop in interim net earnings to $3.1
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        Lock icon Leong Hup said to have sold off KFC (M) stake
        532 16 NST (KUALA LUMPUR] Leong Hup Holdings Bhd is believed to have sold off its 29.96 per •cent stake in KFC Holdings (Malaysia) Bhd in two off-mar-ket deals on Monday. Market sources said direct sales accounted for 11 million shares valued
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        Westmont to step up Manila projects
        416 16  -  It plans to upgrade steel mill and relocate racing club From. Al Labita in Manila MALAYSIA'S Westmont Group will step up next year Its expansion projects In the Philippines, a financial adviser said on Monday. The projects Include upgrading of the National Steel Corp
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        Lock icon Maybank, Genting to be traded in 200-unit lots
        202 16 MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] Malayan Banking Bhd and Genting Bhd will be trading in board lots of 200 units from Jan 8. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) announced this in a statement yesterday, saying that the two counters would join the 12
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        Lock icon 2 more forged Genting certificates found
        117 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Genting Bhd yesterday said it had uncovered two more forged certificates of 1,000 shares each sent in for registration with Malaysian Central Depository Sdn Bhd. In a statement Genting said one of the two forged certificates was in the name of
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        Lock icon Unilever acquires Hazeline for M$380m
        128 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] UnUever pic has signed a MS3BO million (*****.4 million) deal to purchase the Hazeline skin-care product operations in Singapore, Malaysia and the region from Glaxo Wellcome. The company said yesterday that Singapore is the base for Hazeline's manufacturing, marketing and distribution in
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          Temasek ups Thakral stake
          61 16 [SINGAPORE] A wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings—the Singapore government's investment agency—has increased its stake in newly-listed Thakral Corporation. Aptran Investment Pte Ltd yesterday bougtyh another 1.8 million Thakral shares at 78 US cents each, raising its shareholding in the mainboard-listed company to 5.7 per cent, from
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          Acer unit changes name
          55 16 [SINGAPORE] Acer Computer International has the name of its subsidiary, Acer Computer (South Asia), to Acer Computer (Singapore). Acer Singapore has also appointed general manager Nea Pin Gek to its board. Acer Singapore handles sales, marketing and technical support for Acer products in Singapore, Brunei, Pakistan,
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          San Teh ties op with U Steel
          112 16 [SINGAPORE] Mainboard-listed San Teh has forged an agreement with U Steel Engineering and Design to form an electrical and engineering joint venture to provide coating services for San Teh's silicon rubber keypads. U Steel will hold 51 per cent of the new company,
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          Informatics open to CPF funds
          45 16 [SINGAPORE] to a statement to the stock exchange yesterday, mainboard-iisted Informatics Hidings said CPF members may use their CPF savings to buy its shares under the Basic Investment Scheme and the Enhanced Investment Scheme with effect from Oct 27. Wm
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          Lock icon PLDT approves 50-centavo cash dividend
          52 16 Reuter [MANILA] The Manila Stock Exchange said the board of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) has approved a SOcentavo cash dividend for its Series A, B and I preferred stocks. The dividend is for the six months ending Jan 31 and is payable on
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        Lock icon PNB seeks 3-day trading suspension
        156 16 Reuter [MANILA] Philippine National Bank said it had asked the Philippines Stock Exchange to suspend the trading of its shares on Dec 15,18 and 19 in preparation for the listing of 7.2 million additional shares as part of its third public offering. "This shall give
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        Lock icon KL airport to issue M$2.2b in bonds in Jan
        186 16 Knight-Ridder [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's state-owned KL International Airport Bhd would issue M 52.2 billion (511.2 bUlion) in bonds in January, the issue manager said yesterday. lf |v The 20-year bonds would be guaranteed by the government, Bank Islam Malaysia corporate financing
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        Lock icon New car assembly firm
        71 16 Reuter [MANILA] Businessman Roberto Coyiuto, majority shareholder of Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corp, has set up a car assembly and distribution firm, documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission showed. The firm, named PGA Cars Inc, will manufacture, assemble, import, distribute and sell cars and automobile
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        Ming Pao faces delisting
        470 17  -  tycoon Tiong will have to divest some of the shares bought in the takeover From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong NG TENG FONG is not the only tycoon who has become too successful with his takeover offer. East Malaysian timber and media tycoon Tiong Hiew King
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        Lock icon Seiyu to set up joint venture store in Beijing
        180 17 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Seiyu Ltd said yesterday it would set up its first joint venture department store in Beijing soon with China Commerce Enterprises Group Corp and Tong Country Industrial Products Corp. Beijing Zhongshang Seiyu Mansion Co Ltd, will be capitalised
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          Lock icon AT&T, HP develop high-speed setwork
          62 17 Bloomberg Business News [MORRISTOWN, New Jersey] AT&T Corp and Packard Co said they will collaborate on a communications network to allow cheaper transmission of multimedia and interactive services. The companies said they will join high-speed communications with computers to help customers offer such services as
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          Lock icon Brierley has 4.85% stake in Coles: report
          51 17 Reuter [SYDNEY! New Zealand-based Brierley Investments Ltd has built a 4.85 per cent stake in Australia's biggest retailer, Coles Myer Ltd, a Sydney newspaper said. Brierley's Australian general manager, Don Conway, described The Sydney Morning Herald report as speculation and declined to comment.
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          Lock icon Aussie telecom firm buys wire reseller
          69 17 Reuter [SYDNEY] Telecommunications company Digicall Group Ltd said it has bought the business and assets of fixed wire reseller Prime Communications. There will be an initial payment of A|l.s million (Sgl.s million) and a future payment dependent on results in the period to June
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          Lock icon NZ forester gets OK to buy govt firm
          76 17 Reuter [WELLINGTON] Forester Carter Holt Harvey has received anti-trust clearance from the Commerce Commission to acquire Forestry Corporation of New Zealand's Central North Island assets or up to all its shares. The government has not decided to sell Forestry Corp. The commission
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          Lock icon Degussa pretax profit up 44%
          80 17 Bloomberg Business News [FRANKFURT] Degussa AG, the German chemicals and metals producer, said it would raise its dividend for fiscal 1986 after pretax profit rose 44 per cent amid strong growth in chemical earnings. The dividend will be raised to 12.50 Deutschemarks (5H225) per share
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        Lock icon Union with RTZ not confirmed: CRA
        295 17 Good institutional support, but it is 'not a foregone conclusion' Reuter [MELBOURNE] Mining giant CRA Ltd said the merger with its parent RTZ Corp pic to create the world's biggest mining company is not confirmed despite good support from shareholders. "We are getting good
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        Lock icon Reliance admits share registry lapses, reviews operations
        388 17 Bloomberg Business News [BOMBAY] Reliance Industries Ltd for the first time admitted to lapses at its investor services arm and said it was reviewing operations following controversies involving duplicate and switched shares. "All these things must stop," said Amitabh Jhunjhunwala, chief executive officer
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        Lock icon India's Tata buys Lankan tea plantation
        197 17 Reuter [COLOMBO] Indian giant Tata Group has been named as the buyer of a 51 per cent controlling interest in a recentlyprivatised Sri Lankan regional tea plantation management company. "The Tata Group bought the 51 per cent stake of Watawala Plantations" which was sold
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        Lock icon HK newspaper takeover aborted alter price war
        278 17 Companies involved say they can't figure out full impact of cuts AFP (HONGKONG] South China Strategic Ltd said yesterday a newspaper price war had scuttled its plans to acquire a Chi-nese-language newspaper in the colony. The investment firm said it had withdrawn its
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        Lock icon Shanghai exchange nominates seven model companies
        221 17 AFP [SHANGHAI] Seven Shang-hai-based companies, most of which have shares traded by both local and foreign investors, have been nominated for a list of exemplary companies, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Shanghai Securities Regulatory Office recommended the seven to the central watchdog China Securities
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        Lock icon New post for Murdoch's son
        82 17 Reuter [SYDNEY] Lachlan Murdoch, son of News Corp Ltd chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch, has been appointed deputy chief executive of News Corp's Australian subsidiary, News Ltd, the company said in a statement. Mr Lachlan, currently publisher of News Ltd's national broadsheet The Australian
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        Lock icon Chase, Chemical shareholders OK union
        377 18 About 75% of investors approve mergor to create largest US bank Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Chase Manhattan Corp and Chemical Banking Corp shareholders approved a record US$lO.9 billion (5515.4 billion) merger that will create the largest US bank. Chemical investors repre- senting 76.4 per
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        Lock icon Bristol-Myers to save US$2.5b through cost cuts
        278 18 Finn trimming costs and buying new businesses to fuel 10 earnings growth Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co said it plans to close facilities and Si take other steps, saving at least US$2.5 billion (553.5 billion) in three years and
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        Lock icon Saatchi creates new unit
        81 18 Reuter [ROCHESTER, New York] Cordiant pic's Saatchi Saatchi advertising subsidiary has created a new unit to handle advertising work for global business clients. Called Saatchi Saatchi Business Communications, it will be headed by Saatchi's North American business-to-business agency, Rumrill-Hoyt. "The creation of the Saatchi Saatchi Business
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        Lock icon No Merc today
        41 18 [BRUSSELS] Employees of the Mercedes Bern Components Centre in Brussels staged a picket on Monday, blocking all entrances to the centre. Belgian trade unions had calledfor a strike to protest against the planned closure of the centre. AFP
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        Lock icon Fiat chairman to step down soon
        301 18 MD named successor despite call for his trial over slash fond accusations Bloomberg Business News [ROME] Giovanni Agnelli, the patrician head of Fiat SpA who turned the family car business into an international conglomerate, announced on Monday that he would step down "within the
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        Lock icon High-tech firms' IPOs raise record US$7.7b
        226 18 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Proceeds from high-tech companies' initial public offerings reached their highest point on record, as the number of these firms issuing shares rose to its highest since 1983, according to Securities Data Co. So far this year, 192 such companies
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        Lock icon Major firms see 17% rise in pre-tax profits
        164 18 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's 200 major listed companies expect pretax profits to rise an average 17 per cent from a year earlier in the year to March and by 14 per cent the following year, according to a survey published yesterday. Leading the
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        Lock icon Wall Street's bonuses won't match profits
        372 19 Firms trying to make op for bust year when profits fell 81% in the bond market's debacle Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] It's bonus time on Wall Street and managers at securities firms are spreading the bad news: year-end payments for most employees won't
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        Lock icon Cargill plans US$1.5b investment in Asia over 10 years
        299 19 Reuter [SINGAPORE] The biggest private firm in the US, commodities trader Cargill Inc, plans to invest some US$l.5 billion (Ss2.l billion) over 10 years, mainly in grains and oilseeds in Asia. The focus of this investment will be in oilseeds processing,
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        Boram Bank signs US$40m loan deal
        174 19 [SINGAPORE] South Korea's Boram Bank yesterday signed 9 deal here to tap US$4O million ($56.4 million) from the Capital markets of Singapore, Asia and Europe. The deal is a three-year transferable loan facility with interest at 0.375 per cent above the London Interbank Offered
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          Lock icon Salomon's names S'pore chief rep
          66 19 Reuter [HONGKONG] Salomon Brothers Asia Pacific said It has appointed Tan Tze-Teng as chief representative of Salomon Brothers Singapore. Mr Tan has been a member of Salomon's fixed income operations in Asia far over 10 years and will continue to work in this area, as
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          Lock icon Ka Wah Bank appoints new chairman
          67 19 Reuter [HONGKONG] Ka Wah Bank Ltd has named Shu Tse Wong chairman and Song Yttian president of the bank. Current chairman Jin Deqin was named honorary chairman. Mr Jin had informed the board that he wished to retire as chairman due to advanced age.
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          Lock icon World's biggest bank seeks gentie image
          71 19 AFP (TOKYO] The world's largest bank, to be formed through the merger of Japan's Bank of Tokyo Ltd and Mitsubishi Bank Ltd, has adopted the red roee as its corporate symbol. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd begins trading on April 1. Bank of Tokyo said
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          Lock icon Industrial Bank of Japan outs prime rate
          76 19 AFP [TOKYO] The Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd said on Monday it would cut its prime-lending rate by 0.2 percentage points to 2.6 per cent this week. The rate charged on long-term loans to its best corporate clients would be cut today. It
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          Lock icon Call for China to issure foreign bonds
          91 19 Reuter fBEIJING] China should issue bonds in overseas financial markets to meet a shortfall in Ainds for the massive Three Gorges project, the China Securities newspaper quoted experts as saying in a seminar. China should issue bonds in overseas markets and use the
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        Lock icon Plywood industry faces threat of oversupply: report
        333 19 Call for concerted marketing efforts to increase consumption Reuter (SYDNEY] A massive global oversupply of timber substitute medium density fibreboard (MDF) is rapidly looming and will change the face of the timber-related industries in the Pacific Rim, an industry study warns. The study,
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        Lock icon Yamaichi to manage US$300m US pension fund
        367 19  -  Company claims it is the first here to handle such a fond By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Yamaichi Capital Management Singapore has clinched a mandate to manage US$3OO million (***** million) for a major US public school pension ftind. The mandate, won last month,
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        Lock icon Banque Indosuez sacks 2 in HK for suspected irregularities
        246 19 AFP SCMP [PARIS) Banque Indosuez said on Monday that its private banking arm in Hongkong had sacked two employees for suspected irregularities, not seven, seeking to correct a Hongkong newspaper report. Five other employees resigned, the Paris-based bank said after the
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        157 19 Reuter AFP THE dollar was drifting in European with the market awaiting monetary meetings in the UK, Germany and the US. Trading was still extremely thin with no fresh factors emerging and the market on hold ahead of possible changes to monetary policy. "Our morning meeting lasted about
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        Lock icon Asian airlines feeling heat of high jet fuel price
        287 19 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [SINGAPORE] Asian airlines are feeling the heat of three-year-high jet ftiel prices and are considering an increase in fuel budgets to meet demand in the holiday season, industry sources said yesterday. Jet fuel and kerosene prices here have
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        849 20 [KUALA LUMPUR] Tin price on the KLTM closed 19 sen firmer to M 115.99 per kg in very active trading following the firmer overnight LME. Dealers said three-month tin on the LME, which gained US$5O, got overwhelming support from traders. A dealer also attributed the firmer trend on
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        701 20 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Eurodollar futures closed on a firm note with interest focused on the release of the US Producer Price Index later yesterday. Dealers said activity was expected to be range-bound and largely confined to buying on dips as the market awaited a slew of figures, including
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          China to buy more than 2m tonnes sugar
          128 20 (LONDON] China's net sugar Imports are expected to exceed two million tonnes in 1995/96, the third year running that the country has been a net importer, according to the latest F O Licht International Sugar and Sweetener Report. The report says China
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          Cotten demand seen continuing
          88 20 {TOKYO] Cotton demand from Asia is expected to continue at a brisk pace, especially from Taiwan and Japan, which is mostly seeking new-crop Australian cotton for Apr-Jun shipment. South Korean mills are beginning to Miter the market to cover their early 1996 needs after a long
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          Taiwanese mills buy more cotton
          113 20 [TAIPEI] Taiwanese mills bought another 18,000 bales of international cotton last week, traders said, as they continue to rush to replenish supplies. One trader said he expects local buying this week to again be in the 15,000-20,000 bale range. Traders said mills are still suffering
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          Taiwan firm buys US soybeans
          66 20 [TAIPEI] Taiwan's BSPA-Taichung group yesterday bought a 54,000-tonne cargo of US soybeans from Continental Grains, CAF, traders said. Continental sold the entire cargo at 108.66 US cents (about 153 S'pore cents) per bushel over March fiitures on the Chicago Board of Trade. Shipment is scheduled
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          HK mills buy Pakistani cotton
          62 20 [HONGKONG] Hongkong mills have bought around 30,000 bales of Pakistani cotton for Dec-Jan shipment since late last week, traders said. The buying focused on A foal and Alaka grades at prices ranging from 81.20-81.75 US cents (114.49-115.27 S'pore cents) per pound CAF, traders said. Local
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          Coffee curers say no to mandatory sale
          55 20 [BANGALORE, India] The All-India Coffee Curers Association is backing calls by major growers for an end to mandatory sale to the state-run Coffee Board, according to industry officials. The curers who dry newly harvested beans—added they would not buy from the board any
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        Tokyo
        2357 21 +86J9 SHARES ended higher after moving in a narrow range, with the market consolidating its latest sharp gains. Brokers said the undertone remained firm, while market interest was shifting to speculative issues from blue chips. The 225-share Nikkei Average climbed 85.99 points to 19,312.77. Volume was 413 million shares.
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        Sydney
        586 21 ♦102 Industrial stocks made strong gains as offshore influences inspired investor confidence to push shares higher. "Many people are starting to realise that the market has some stocks that are quite cheap and offer good value," a broker said. The All Ordinaries Index closed 10.2 points higher at 2,215.1.
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        Manila
        456 21 -36J1 Stocks fell, due partly to concern over the killing of a prominent ethnic Chinese businessman, Leonardo Ty, by suspected communist hitmen. An analyst said: "A lot of people are afraid that the peaceful and orderly situation is unstable once again and that criminality is rising." The PSE Composite
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        Taipei
        370 21 +L 27 Share prices finished slightly firmer as enthusiasm for stocks eased following recent gains. "Buying momentum slowed down for a technical correction after four previous winning sessions," said a trader, adding that the ruling Kuomintang's plan to expel two vice-chairmen also deterred buying interest. The 321-issue Weighted Price
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        Seoul
        404 21 -453 Share prices closed lower in lacklustre trade. "The market appears to be range-bound with a lot of short-sighted investors," said an dealer. The Composite Price Index dropped 4.53 points to close at 943.22. Turnover was a paltry 15.4 million shares valued at 346 billion won. Falls outnumbered rises
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        Wellington
        431 21 -8.73 Shares were under pressure ahead of the Reserve Bank's monetary policy statement, due tomorrow. Brokers said a recent rally in the market leaders was starting to run out of steam. The NZSE-40 Capital Index was 8.73 points lower at 2,123.44. "The drive on in the Telecom price in
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        Bombay
        138 21 -1(108 Shares traded in a narrow groove and finished a touch lower as market players took a cautious stance. The 30-share BSE Index closed with a loss of 10.02 points at a provisional 3,034.21 while the 100-share Composite National Index ended 0.81 down at 1,403.13. "The market was stagnant
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        602 21 +18 SHARE prices closed slightly higher after losing almost all their earlier gains as Wall Street fell in early trading, dealers said. The UK market rose sharply in earlier trading on continuing rate cut speculation, they said. The FT-SE 100 Index closed 2.8 points higher at 3,654.9, off a
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        New York
        767 21 ■m Stock prices edged lower in active trading, pressured by bonds weakness following news of a bigger-than-expec- ted rise in producer prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which rebounded 27.46 points on Monday, was down 6.51 to 5,177.81 at 11am EST. The NYSE Composite Index was off 0.71
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      2455 22 AFX-Asia U Hang Seng +H62 SHARES ended notably firmer on anticipation of a US interest rate cut and after more strong gains on Wall Street overnight. The Hang Seng Index rose 92.62 points to 9,927.79. Turnover was HK53.23 billion. A dealer said the market was led by futures which
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      588 22 Reuter Shanghai B Share Index -(LB2 SHANGHAI B shares closed lower for the third straight day after hitting an all-time low in late afternoon trading. Brokers said selling in selected stocks, especially blue chips, continued to depress the market, which has been in decline for months. The index ended
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      1046 22 AFX-Asia P Composite Index -102 SHARE prices closed lower in thin trading on selective profit-taking. Dealers said foreign investors and fund managers were mostly absent ahead of the holiday season. The Composite Index closed 3.02 points lower at 496.96. Falls beat risers 44 to 29 on volume of 33.44
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      1179 22 Bloomberg Business News THAI stocks fell, led by banks, on expectations that Interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve and Germany's Bundesbank would not have a long-term Impact on the market. "Thailand's basic fundamentals are stable and any Interest rate cut elsewhere will have little effect," said an
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        6975 23 KUALA LVtoSPUßßeports Bernama FlCompoate Index +4.47 STOCK prices rebounded following accumulation by foreign fund managers in blue chips. There was also rotational play by retail investors on the lower liners. the KLSE Composite Index rose 4.47 points to 979.25 while the
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        Singapore Finance warrants live up to their expectations
        3436 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By Ven Sreenivasan SOMETIME back we featured Singapore Finance warrants as being a good buy. Since then, the counter has done quite well. It is time to look at the parent, Hong Leong Finance, on which warrants are also written.
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        57 26  -  By Shiv Taneja DBS Land, which doted yesterday 10 cents higher at J4.56, still has some upside despite both daily and weekly RSI and Stochastics showing it well into overbought territory. However, with volume beginning to fall off, investors should begin to take prqflts soon. There is strong
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        STII higher on strength of index-linked stocks
        866 26  -  STOCK MARKET OOMMHMTAIT An analyst says stocks traded yesterday show that not many fond managers are active in the market right now By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The local bourse moved up on selective buying of index-linked stocks yesterday, although most of the activity
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          Swapping shares for carparks
          126 26 FOR those with no idea how much a car park costs in Hongkong, take a closer look at the latest deal between business tycoons Oei Hong Leong and Li Ka-shing. In the transaction, Mr Li's Hutchison Whampoa is buying shares and notes in Mr Oei's China
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          U-Wood to get more asnets?
          102 26 U-WOOD may be getting an asset injection from Puncak Niaga, a company eyeing Malaysia's Selangor state water supply system. The latter is reportedly proposing that the state hand its existing water supply assets to Puncak Niaga which would then invest up to M$S billion (552.97
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          Media shakeout
          126 26 THE price war that has erupted among Hongkong newspapers is probably a necessary evil to shake out the saturated Industry. Having enjoyed tremendous profit growth in the past decade, Hongkong newspapers, Including South China Morning Put, are now feeling the pinch of a weakening consumer market which has
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          Contract for FELS?
          123 26 NORWEGIAN oil company Saga Petroleum is expected to soon award the construction contract for a FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) facility worth about USS2SD million (Ss3s3million) for its Varg oilfield, off Norway. Local marine company Far East Levingston (FELS) is believed to be one of three
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      496 26 Singapore Closing Share Prices 12/12/1995 CLOSE PREV LOW HIGH uss uss uss uss Wlif/ Jardine Matheson 6.90 6.60 6.50 6.59 FlffllYl Jardine Strategic 2.78 2.80 2.77 2.81 I IfiAAfif I Dairy Farm 0.80 0.81 0.80 0.82 KgSfl Hongkong Land... 1.75 1.70 1.75 1.79 ■■VflHI Mandarin Oriental 1.20 1.18 1.18 1.20
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      302 27 Knight-Ridder Reuter A FIRM Atlantic dry cargo market for Panamaxes and Handy-sizes prevented the usual seasonal decline in rates, broking sources said. The Pacific had an uneventful start to the week and conditions for Capers were less than exciting worldwide, brokers added. But as far as the BFI
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      MARITIME STOCKS
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      Manila studying plan for another box terminal
      368 27  -  ICTS, STV Int'l conducting study for second phase of Batangas port expansion By Tong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] The Philippines is conducting a feasibility study to build another container terminal under the second phase of the port expansion at Batangas, south of Manila. The
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      Lock icon Orders booked at Chinese shipyards touch 2.4m dwt
      209 27 Volume in first 11 months equivalent to entire 1986-90 period AFP [BEIJING] China this year boosted its chances of breaking into the world's top five shipbuilders by the end of the century, receiving orders in the first 11 months for 2.4 million
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      Drama-free but safety a topical issue throughout year
      635 27  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer THIS is the traditional time to glance over the shoulder and take a final look at the past year before hurtling into the next. It is a tradition Seafarer intends to keep. Next week, this column will look
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      Lock icon Dubai's rate hikes may divert shippers to proposed Pakistani port
      349 27 Pakistan may build deepwater port at Gwadar next year UPI [ABU DHABI] Dubai's decision to increase charges for transhipping and importing containers from Jan 1 is likely to force shippers to look with interest at plans for the construction of
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      Busy River Bee
      88 27 [SINGAPORE] Far East Dredging Ltd (FED), the Dredging International/ Wai Kee joint venture established three years ago, has been having a busy time in Taiwan. It has been doing maintenance dredging at Yung An LNG port, a trenching assignment at Tung Hsiao, and two capital dredging projects
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        Lock icon Yang Mind July-Nov profit up 44%
        65 27 Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan's state-run Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp said in a statement that its July-November pre-tax profit rose 44.21 per cent to NT11.115 billion (5557.8 million) from NTS 773 million in the same period a year earlier. Yang Ming's sales in July-November rose
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        Lock icon Philips to export through Kaohsiung
        102 27 UPI [TAIPEI] Philips Co of the Netherlands has decided to make Kaohsiung harbour in southern Taiwan its centre for shipping in Asia, the China Times reported yesterday. Philips products manufactured in Hongkong and South Korea for export will be transfered through the harbour at Kaohsiung,
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        Hsu joins Through Transport Club board
        61 27 [LONDON] George Hsu, president of Evergreen Marine Corporation, has been appointed director of the Through Transport Club. "George Hsu's appointment reflects the growing strength of the club in Asia. His extensive experience in liner shipping in three continents will bring a new perspective to
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      Lock icon Laying groundwork for SIA
      876 28 CREATING AM EFFICIENT AIRLINE: FLEET DEVELOPMENT Illun Theam Kong, company manager of SIA, outlines the airline's aircraft selection criteria, where a sharp eye is kept cp the expected rate of return which must be worth the investment made Outlook FROM its inception, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        465 45 DEC 12 Bahrain: Prophet's Night Journey. Bangladesh: Bijoy Dibash. South Africa: Day of Reconciliation. UAE: Prophet's Night Journey. Yemen: Prophet's Night Journey. DEO 20 Indonesia• Isra Mi'raj. DEO 21 Pakistan: Karachi only, Shab-E-Meraj appx date. DEO 22 Netherlands: Amsterdam stock exchange closed from 1230 GMT. DEO 24 Portugal:
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
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        Lock icon Honda planning to set up S-E Asian regional HQ
        468 46 Comp&ny looking for location which shows greatest market potential, offers 100% ownership Bernama [JOHOR BARU] Honda Motor Co Ltd of Japan plans to set up its South-east Asian regional headquarters by the middle of next year but has yet to select
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        Lock icon Trail of bad luck
        270 46 Reuter [MANILA] A China Airlines jumbo jet that damaged an engine when it hit a truck after landing in Manila on Monday had even worse luck when it tried to take off yesterday. The Boeing 747 swerved off the runway and got bogged down in mud,
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        Lock icon Pilots' union agrees to Delta's cost-saving move
        509 46 Move will Allow airline to create low-fare operation on US East Coast Washington Post [WASHINGTON] Leaders of the pilots' union at Delta Air Lines have endorsed cost-sav-ing contract changes that would allow the airline to create its own low-fare operation on the populous
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        Lock icon Chilean air fair to take civilian image
        296 46 Reuter [SANTIAGO] Chile's bi-annu-al Air and Space Fair, once a showcase for Third World arms makers, will have a less military look at its next fair in March and instead show more civilian aircraft, its top organiser said on Monday. The event is
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        Lock icon Boeing in tentative pact with union to end 2-month strike
        238 46 Reuter [SEATTLE] Boeing Co and its biggest union have reached a tentative agreement on a 45month contract that could end a two-month strike affecting more than 32,000 workers, officials of both sides said on Monday. Members of the machinists union,
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          Lock icon Hawaiian Airlines reaches deal
          77 46 Reuter [HONOLULU] Hawaiian Airlines said its board approved agreements with labour, a major creditor and an investor **jjj group, which are expected to result in an infusion of US$2O million <Ss2B million) in new equity capital and cost savings. The agreements are subject to ratification by
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          Lock icon French air traffic may be disrupted
          72 46 Reuter [PARIS] Union calls for labour stoppagss in the aviation sector and a separate air traffic controllers'strike are expected to disrupt French air traffic tomorrow and on Friday, the French civil aviation agency DGAC (Direction generate de l'aviation civile) said. Air France and its
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          Lock icon Shanghai Volkswagen's 5b yuan profit
          95 46 AFP [SHANGHAI] Sino-German car manufacturer Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co Ltd has made a net profit of 5.1 billion yuan (SSB63 million) in its 10 years of operation, Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. The report said the company, which was set up in Shanghai In
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          Lock icon Suzuki may export cars to Britain
          98 46 Reuter (TOKYO] Suzuki Motor Corp's Indian unit Maruti Udyog Ltd is considering exporting cars to Britain, a Suzuki spokesman said. Maruti Udyog is owned equally by SuzukiT. and the Indian government "Maruti is currently considering exporting cars to Britain as the Indian-made^--« cars have
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        Lock icon NZ airlines cut schedules to deal with controllers' strike
        189 46 Reuter [WELLINGTON] New Zealand air traffic controUers began a four-day strike yesterday but airlines kept flying on reduced schedules, using strict time slots without radar. The controversial system implemented by the government's CivU Aviation Authority enabled the carriers to operate between
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      299 27 Honda planning to set op regional HQ Company looking for location which shows greatest market potential. Back Page SingaPort '96 SIB CON' 96 International Maritime £7f£ Bth Singapore International Exhibition and Conference Bunkering Conference 26-29 March 1996 World Trade Centre Singapore 26-28 March 1996 World Trade Centre and Raffles City
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      949 30 NORASIA VESSEL VOY lam I ALO LAS BCL VAL HAM BRE ROT ANT FEL LHA $£A EMOEAVOUR MM Wi B«1 MSI "J "JJ {J* tCAMTWTIVf HOW 24/12 M«1 MSI 11*1 14*1 JMtt 16S1 17*1 IMb ?1«1 NORASIA MALTA 1661-3 Ml IUI 20S1 52! 5C 22! NOAASIA IQEI 1662-3 I (o*l
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      613 30 JAPAN/HONGKONG/STRAITS REGULAR SERVICE LOADING FOR POftT KLANQ/PENANG I gBS I VOT I S'POWE I P.OUOAIM I Wtt PBI TAMA DREAM I SLO SLO MPT 8Bg» BAKAI 4 SLO SLO WW WTO MM a SUI WW cowmr 14 in i 4 otc 1 HWft PESCADORES 4 IU) 13 OK m via
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      910 31 rIPM m STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hot Cklaaf flaa4 *11*01 Kappal Towar* iSIUI Slafapara 0200 Tal: *****00 Fax: *****17 wn» omma pacific uw« SMGAmE Gxygt? (A SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO) ex* fro b2^' 1 mwn*Hoß VWIOE In Port 15 Oac Mm, Mi ItaM ft Lataaa. "g"™ SIRAITSSIAR VMK
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      2680 31 W. Singapore Agent: VBKilil V jAfllflltlPlPC P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd B IAWA 0 0 Ho€ ckiang Road, #07-01 Keppel Towers, Singapore 0208 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE Tel: 225 2233. Telex: RS ***** PNOCSP. Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 vrsscL vov *mcb ®ou ant mot ham oot ana uh wwa
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      839 32 VESSE VOTMI SOP MB AN MM MN IWI Ml VTSSH VOTA« DM AN MM MN SCP UN CONCEIT *****77* IV» H/17 75/17 7A/17 77/11 7V17 2M? I UNOMKIO OlTMItt OVU W7 HO J OS/17 14/17 IMCOKDU 037W7SW 71/17 31/17 01/01 07/01 03/01 03/01 03/01 |IN OUT *****7 M OS/17 01/17
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      677 32 UTEL *****33 (12 LJNES) 2 FAX: *****1V*****03 TEL£X: RS ***** RtSHIP (3 Unas) CR NO: **********0E 1W V CMMHUI MMMMM* Lsj KimuruH SIiPPHN UKS^ f (Natfoul Lkes of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL vs*s Voy ETA Loadbtglor Spore Mombasa, Dpbouti AjyantA 42W8 8/01 Assato Massawa Abyot 43M8 ISW D^fccxX l
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      2364 33 BMUECT SAUNOS TO HAIFA-14 BAYS WK YORK 30 BAYS I lUpwl Tsl (6»Mril): mitt* MwlMM*: 4##*f Otft CLTO ss&ss- szzzsss: c s.*sss, °—'zzz£rx,, u Vt t'n ri.., f CH H,: 117I7HMM H fit Ititm Inittott I* Ottt UnTM (WH Zm' Monomer fw. tttuit fu ntim SI T rn MIMIS4MX COST
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      626 33 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES •JIBSS 80 ROBINSON ROAD. #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 UNES) j WrJt^ niil^ P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) j. BAHRllfe: 0207J|f^B Ilr <rXr QLOBELINK FORWARDERS PTELTD IMAI TWL:*****33 (18 UMKB) FAX: 22*283*22*6742 71X AS ***** ACT ■l\JH| «L («W
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      1018 34 79 ANSON ROAD, *21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 C R f **********0N TRAITS SHUTTLE SERVICE PORTKLANQ PENANQ Vtssa I VOY SIM PH. VEMa VQY I sw 1 FBI FARO ***** 16H2 SAT 17/12 SUN MCC VINTAGE 5076 11/12 SAT 17/12 SUN S£A LAUREL 442N 17/12 SUN 1&12M0N DRAGON JAVA 91N mom 9(V17
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      642 35 BSA a. 1 M MYANMA NHBk FIVE STAR UNE <*r—* r um) loofaf for Y«|0« (Raagaoa) > [vkse vor sm p«o rw raj JMYA 148R SU SU >YOBUYWA 157W MR t 'RAUYSIA ABMTV 008STMB SMPFBK MBMB JUL IK 02-03-*****00 HO: 1H 02-03-*****01 ■MM; m 02-04-*****2 r» TE 02-07-*****21/4 BANK LINE
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      935 35 f agggPlJf PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, *03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I I cR NO: **********06 MOM VOY am com jib moo jbo aoj ado pzu aow aba KOTA BBRtIAW OWLMP *0/12 34/13 28/12 4/1 4/1 8/1 8/1 1/1 4/1 81/18 KOTAMAJU MAJOTB 38/18 8/1
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      894 35 **********2: hfwana voy m omth ItfwwE hamburo thamesport rqtttoam VNXEDECARMA CI2W 18/12 2*12 OMM 06AM J MLLE 0E SAOfTTA 312W 21/12 01/91 07AM 08*1 ioOl IVoi i»oi t j VM-LE D'AOULA AI2W 2*12 I<VOl 18/51 IMI 21/01 aJw s*l 1 I v-ledeobbna Hi2w 02/01 i*oi o*l mw 2SOI »*i 26*1
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      65 37 I VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD I st;ihlishcil Sincc 1 4 >N-I Tin: totai ti\.\wspoi\T.\Tio\ rioru: Iv I C .111 \K i.KC »Lll\\i.l IC I U»\S(l| II>ATIOX IMPORT I \PORT s| KVK I S OCEANL\ PORTS AUCKLAND SVDM V KRISBAXL MLLIU)UI\\ T L LKLMAXTLK 'm IS I Kl I (.11
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      439 38 |j MB KAPAL KRIS Shipping Pte Ltd If 701DUXTON ROAD, S'PORE *****9 1U: *****76 Fox: *****77 (R NO. **********06 SYARIKAT PERKAPALAN KRIS SENDIRIAN BERHAD t 309-609 HOCK A GIOMAC BUSINESS CENTRA 10 JAIAN SS 4/1, KBANA iKIk, MX BOX M2t ***** PCTAiMG JAYA, SfIAHGOU TIL- *****77/78/79 FAX: *****07 THE* MA
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      184 38 SOUTHERN AFRICA SERVICE FWM: UXJ CTHitMT/ MIPOIE EAST TO: FAW EAST DIRECT MONTHLY SAIUNOS EUtOftSaVKI YtSSa/VOT SW IAOIOUmi6 HONCTOWC HEW* vcssa n Kl 1 K ITS Mi a TAW SKN UU TMA ■BKA\n» N/11 11/11 15/11 17/11 ■MMMiYIM 11/1111/11 M/ll M/Nl4/M »/ll l/ll NAHIY GUNN9 V3/f5 SID SID Sift SU
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      246 38 so iaoK tumm mmo «m cmrar cams.mm mm TEL *****11 (6 lints) FAX: *****05 TIX: RS ***** CR MO. **********0W una m ra cm ohtmbw mk rm warn wom mmmkmem ■mela wm nnm wm mmmummmm lmnor mi wiz« wm mm* MUM tM WIMHtfIMI WMMMmiM umm mm tvtmivtm rmwm mm amtvnmamm
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      65 38 Astro Shippiwg Pt> Ltd WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION SERVICE:! fT«!S?^r^zr^rrz^; TEL 220-6045 (10 LINES) FAX: 325-4080 I— •sue I SPE !EfIH!^L3 f Financial News A Quick Look At The Markets! <«i m I §T AT A 0 m ifivl m 11 ml| 1V vIVI Call 24 hours a day for SES KLSE
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      517 39 vesse^^^VO^^SW^^lHAA^Sl!^^! TIGER OCEAN 391N 15-16/12 20-24/12 28-3CVI2 I TIGER CAPE 392N 18-19/12 24-27/12 01-02/01 I TK»E ISLAND 393N 21-23T12 27-31/12 04-06/01 I TIGER BRIDGE 394N 25-26T12 31-0301 08-09/01 I TIGER OCEAN 395N 28-30/12 03-07/01 11-13/01 I TIGER CAPE 396N 01-02/01 07-1001 15-16/01 I VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN TIGER SPRING
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      1509 39 NH SANTOS/5319 .t. Spore 20/12/95 Shanghai 3/1/96 [S[|| I CR **********0R fTBH I Pm«(F) P«"(n sin Pfcj Sou UH Rtm AWLA LOIRE/1495 13/12 13/12 15/12 13/12(0 05/01 31/12 01/01 03/01 03/01 NLL HONSHU /4471 7?!,, NLL OCEANIA /3505 17/12 17/12 19/12 20/12 07/01 08/01 11/01 12/01 10/01 BUNGA PELANGI 2485
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      241 39 JO W SUNSHIP AGENCIES PTE LIU.S 20 McCaHum Street #»6-0» 103 Asia Chambers Singapore OM Tel: *****22 (10 Lines) FAX: *****05 CR No: *****8 200 00R Y.S.N. LIWEb i^II^ BMJJIIJ!IJ.IM!I.I.iijujjjI^JJ IIJIJJ rvtMEL VOT HONGKONG MWK PKELANG PENANG CMttotdwutet m >8 Sri it-M* it-Hit h-Mi Omnqm m a-tvii n-ti/fi ggg w-iwi
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      49 39 SWIFT ASIA UNE VESSEL VOY SIN LOADING FOR SURA 1 204 12 DEC HO CHI MINH SITKA 1 206 20 DEC HO CHI MINH SURA 1 208 29 DEC HO CHI MINH/ HAIPHONG (VIETNAM BREAKBULK SERVICE) HARPERS SNIPPING (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****88 TLX: R*****5 FAX: *****76 CR: **********0E
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      1887 40 r; AS AGENTS: "K" UNE (SMQAPOWE) PTE LTD (CTMfti24M)MM»ICTIi«MHC-Ml73»«> 3 TEL22IB977TELEXKAWAKIRS23I6SFAX;*****I6/7/8^ I HA IT MALAYSIA: "IP UNE MARITSHK (MALAYSIA) SON BHD I M B TEL5A*****00PK*****75PEN*****20J*****101 PGU*****2M5 J WOONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAUT WI UIMUftA, TEL JKT *****08 n f vmma mimm r xhith-wmt w.nM>icA-»*cinc mwth-wht f IBMmsa VOY °MDO ft/FBI [IS
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      1299 40 19 KfPTEL ROAD #02-01 JIT PON BUUMNG SINGAPORE 0090 SI M (a no^ooommooo/W) customs savta 225-1-725 ooaiMßnxnoN fax nt+M* GOOAIIM 225-MM GENOUi FAX MI-4-ttJ UV Carry W Confidence EAGUVOK3 321-MM TO NOfTOIAMMCA* CANADA -VWBQXOOMMmWM mBMm nr >w m Iwil jn ikmbmiwi db llwteuwwMK 1»1 um ion iw 101 in* hou
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      931 41 ACCEPTING LCL CARGO TO Trans-Link Express Pte Ltd I Singapore 1 I gs**,*r I I n %K,m E m Sgggg InnmMn IMWO2BVLRO4 J iw bury Thwdw Iwry Emy Frifry Ivory Swahj CDi lh* twrY Evory /^Ss^\ r Evwy Saturday Evry Mwdoy /> /*VV Wl lr nJ.fuT U(gJf)IXI 1 xjjoijj/ P^SM
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      1325 41 rum mm• -at--m— —s?r-?f?r sa as_j«s *wn jag m an «a_ pma m IB ASM 34M U.II MU 812 n, MS.MM Hit Mir 1111 *.12 *12 *12 B.U fl.Ui MS LA LOME MM *12 1412* *12 »M J] M) MOWHU 4471 *12 *12 *12 24 12 21.12 812 IB OCEAMA
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      619 41 THRICE WEEKLY DIRECT TO HO CHI MIMIiTCITY T \exfoht to Me em mimm city iufokt fkom ho chi mimh city vcsb vor |Hi w wcac visa wr ntfnc lujwai^ tarn ossi ni/ia 02/19 15/12 m 10/12 oho ijTii is/12 m ■BONcvmsa osoo (is/19 00/19 n/12 <m 22/12 mummsa n* if/u
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      896 42 5 Maersk's Year-end loader to USA... k- §0 r., SJ f- |*K» r I Z' N •i Edinburgh Maersk v.9601 £v W Eta 31 December 1995, 0400hrs Etd 31 December 1995, 1500hrs Closing Time 30 December 1995 2359 hrs (cy) I < 1600 hrs (cfs) I. •v i <K r-—
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      624 42 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOADING VOY WME I WCEUJNO* HALIFAX N.YORK NORFOLK N.ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPICO HOUSTON HOEQH MRANDA 0732 12/13 OK I 06D|C 27 JAN 30 JAN 31 JAN 07 FEB 03 FEB 11 FEB 15 FEB HOEQH DENE 0332 26/29 DEC I 22DEC 13 TO 16
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      363 42 TSQ PHILI-OttICNT V**UN€S m LTD ®TEL* *****00 (16 LINES) R. BUM 03-*****88 PCMANQ 04-*****6 J I' SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, BRISBANE, 1906 C i| AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, LYTTLETON, 14 DEC I NAPIER CHRSTCHURCH, NEW PLYMOUTH I LONDON, FEUXSTOWE, LE HAVRE, "1® DEC I ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG, ANTWERP 1 ANO ALL INLANO DESTINATIONS WTTHK EUROPE
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      621 43 Singapore Soviet Shipping M Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N I BOMBAY/COCHIN Z" |VEBB£L VOY SIN BOM COC MEKHANIK KURAKO MKI2N 12/12 20/12 20/12 SEA GLORY OLAOW 17/12 26/12 I XOUR GEMINI 413 23/12 31/12 KOTA MUTIARA MUTO4I 20/12 00/01 HAIPHONG SERVICE I VESSEL VOY I SIN HPH KURILSK SOSVO6
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      447 43 m FAR EAST 19/12 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 1 17/12 BANGKOK 17/12 MANILA/CEBU 17/12 JAKARTA/BE LAWAN/SU RABAYA 17/12 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 17/12 BUSAN 17/12 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 17/12 HONG KONG 1 m CHINA (+B#±**n) 17/12 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG ITIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIM EUROPE/UK 17/12 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 18/12 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Polarxl/Bulgaria/Czech.
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      614 43 I STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD AQummt ZIM CONTAINER SERVICE GOLD STAR UNE LTD SETH SHIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: *****66 (8 UNES) FAX: *****70 U *****12 (MARKETING) (CR NO. 1031MS000M) N. AMERKA/CARIMEAN SERVKI waa Ivor mi I—— lia I m Im»I «w I in ■wh m n/\t Z.MMNIM 17/1 M/l
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      1167 43 II sex 'NEPTUNE ZIRCON 43E" eta sgp 20/12/95 1 II II ARRMNG LOS ANGELES 06/01/96 Ml 6 DAYS I I AEX:'NEPTUNE CORAL 241' ETA SGP 20/12/95 I ARRIVING NEW YORK 13/01/96 M 23 DAYS I EXPORT BBI6A>OWI CALiPOWm tXPWSSftCX) TOi WRIC CANAPA f J®* VOT HW IPS QAM VAN SfT
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      118 43 Hi. Cr *U0» >'V '■■ll jl TOKYO SHINBI KAIUN I^D W*l% 10 ANSON ROAD #23-18 IIIS.I INTERNATIONAL PLAZA VPONE O*J7 TEL: *****25 (6 UNES) .X, RAX: *****06 A *****10 > C/Ri **********06 vT__ 1 SERVICE TO: FAR EAST/CHINA/EUROgr] 17/12/95) TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, KOBE NAOOYA 17/12/95) OSAKA USA /TK 17/12/95) BANGKOK, HONGKONG
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      547 44 as ra m h SINO IXPRESS SHIPPING (PTI) LTD. V MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY #00-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. V TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRAN3 SHANQHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) »111/HKQ/SHAI STORE MKO BMAJ VESSEL VOY ETA ETP ETA ETD ETA ETP CHANQ YING 9515/9516 15/12
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      455 44 IfeAfl MN CONTAINER LINES, INC I *B 8ltt MAC-HEU SPOHt: *****22 (24 UWEM KucHwanwiMMn FES, saxgssmm zssssessL I*. KELANQ. (03) *****7/ *<KT: (21) *****07 MDN: (II) C44tM BMOUNftffUMH ACCEPTING LCL CARGO TO: TAI CHUNG EX "CALIFORNIA" V0Y.0097-005E ETA SIN: 16-12-95 SHANGHAI EX "STAMFORD" VOY.NOO6 ETA SIN: 17-12-95 I call Pwmiww.iT.awt.
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      167 44 ££i MFL SHIPPING (IMTLp*' SSSff PTE LTD SUBSIDIARY OF HAI SUN HUP GROUP FCL/LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICES HOT UNEB: *****42/3*5 VESSfI VOT ITA (SIN) MSTMUKM a mm I OOQFAiTN 54E 15/12 HON6KON6/KAOHSIUNG ASIAN PEGASUS 4*) 17/12 OSAKA LEXA MAERSK *513 17/12 TOKYOAOKOHAMA MA£*S*IAJtAUS WO2 iS/12 NAGOYA API THAILAND 001 Elf/12 HONGKONG
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      90 46 A s Sv Knowledge of freight forwarding, NVOCC operations Minimum 2 years' business development/marketing exp. J Candidates with more years of experience will be considered for managerial position Knowledge of freight forwarding, NVOCC operations Proficient in documentation logistics Minimum 1 year's relevant experience For both positions, candidates are required to
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