The Business Times, 14 June 1996

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 04fV 12/95 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Barings collapse: S'pore clears Bax and Jones
    545 1  -  But lawyer says close of criminal probes does not preclude civil proceedings By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The Singapore government has cleared two former top executives of the Barings group in Singapore of any criminal wrongdoing in the bank's collapse in February last
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    Lock icon Wheat shortage set to push up noodle prices
    560 1  -  Poor harvests, rising demand have poshed up wheat prices to record U557.27 per bushel By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Prices of bread, noodles and other flour-based products are poised to rise as wheat prices worldwide have hit a record high, industry sources
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    Lock icon Paper gain
    107 1  -  -By Arthur Lee [SINGAPORE] What others throw away H C Ler turns into cash. Every day, rag-and-bone men will troop down to Mr Ler's "office"at Hokkien Street to sell him their daily collection of discarded cardboard cartons and paper. Mr Ler, 44, has spent almost all his entire
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    Lock icon Jakarta widens fluctuation band for US$-rupiah
    554 1  -  Analysts see rupiah coming nnder greater pressure to depreciate faster Frornl S N Vasuki in Jakarta IN a dramatic move yesterday, the Indonesia central bank substantially widened the band within which the rupiah can fluctuate against the US dollar without triggering intervention from the
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      141 1 mmim Laavm revamp French fashion house Lanvin, after losing money for 11 years, is hoping to return to the black with a new merchandising strategy, says new group CEO Gerald Asaria, Pg4 MBWB VALUE ■*rftyrfUSs,HXs «t»cta m SBS wiwpwriw in, page 17. Performance comparison not very meaningful. Turnover, though" low,
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      154 1 Levi's USs76om reward [LONDON] Sell US$7.5B billion (5510.6 billion) worth of Levis by the year 2001 and get a year's extra salary as reward. Levi Strauss, one of the world's leading jeans companies, has promised each of the group's 37,000 employees the cash bonus totalling US$76O million if they meet
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      SGS-Thomson to invest $1b in second wafer fab
      518 2  -  Plant to be sited next to its first in Lag Mo Kio and will produce eight-inch wafers By Jennifer Lien FRENCH-Italian chipmaker SGS-Thomson Microelectronics will invest up to $1 billion in its second wafer fabrication plant here. To be located next to
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      Chan Heng Chee is next ambassador to the US
      210 2 SINGAPORE'S first Woman of the Year, Chan Heng Chee, has been made the country's next ambassador to the United States. It will be her second diplomatic posting, having served as Singapore's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York from
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      CyberWay extends service
      252 2  -  Local ISP's roaming service available in Japan, Australia Ry\ Kenneth James LOCAL Internet service provider (ISP) CyberWay has extended its pioneering roaming service to Japan and Australia, less than a week after it announced the service's availability for the United States. A roaming arrangement enables a user
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      Lock icon Manufacturing powers ahead
      276 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Construction liy Diana Oon THE manufacturing sector consumed 2.2 billion kilowatt hours (kwh) of electricity in the first quarter this year 8 per cent up on the same period a year ago. The surge reflects the greater activity in the sector for the
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      Viet boat people may be sent home early next week
      177 2 VIETNAMESE boat people here are expected to be sent home early next week, the Ministry of Home Affairs said yesterday. The move to repatriate them followed a decision by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to close all
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      ABB sees labour hindering sales growth
      611 3  -  By] Kevin Sullivan ASEA Brown Boveri (ABB), the Swedish-Swiss electrical engineering conglomerate, faces a shortage of manpower, not money, in its efforts to nearly double the value of Asian sales over the next five years, ABB president and CEO Percy Barnevik said this week.
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Sembawang spreads manufacturing Net
        37 3 SEMBAWANG Media subsidiary Silkroute Ventures yesterday launched a $3 million Asia Manufacturing Online (AMO) service in Malaysia through its counterpart Macroworid Online Sdn Bhd. The service—at http://www.asia-mfg.com—will help Malaysian manufacturers market themselves worldwide.
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        MobileLink dials up Olymic challenge
        55 3 MOBILELINK is holding a contest to tie in with the Atlanta Olympics which start next month. Participants call 691-1066 from tomorrow to July 16, select the country they think will win the most gold medals, and answer two questions on Mobile Link. Prizes are from
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        S'pore to host huge data tech show
        48 3 THE world's largest automatic data collection and identification show, Scan-Tech '97, will be held in Singapore from April 23-26 at Suntec City. The exhibition, which is expected to attract s,ooovisitors, is organised by Automatic Identification Manufacturers International and Reed Exhibition Companies.
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        Insight into China construction industry
        45 3 Chinese cnnstructinn Industry will hp hftM here nrTf Construction Industry Training Institute at Braddell Road, will also cover registration procedures for foreign companies in China. It is organised by the Construction Industry Development Board with the China Ministry of Construction.
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      Car loan rates pared third time this year with cuts by ST Capital
      356 3  -  Apart from its 7-year loan, group's other car loans now the lowest in the market By* Christopher Tan CAR loan rates fell for the third time this year when Singapore Technologies-owned ST Capital announced on Wednesday new
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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        Samsung launches $30m global ad blitz
        79 4 THE Korean-based Samsung Group will spend close to $30 million on madia expenditure in its latest global advertising campaign. Using print, broadcast and cable television, its campaign centres on the theme "The world inspires us" and wffl showcase the group's activities, Including aerospace, semi-conductors,
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        Saatchi & Saatchi (S) wins NY awards
        79 4 Saatchi Saatchi (S) wins NY awards fSAATCHI Saatchi Advertising Singapore (SSA) has won a gold and a bronze award at this year's New York Festival International Print Media Competition. Participating agencies were judged on print ads from various categories Including travel, fashion and cars. The Singapore outfit also made its
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        Snapple treat for Broken Arrow viewers
        58 4 MOVIE-GOERS In Singapore attending the first, screenings of director John Woo's Broken Arrow got a taste ofSnapple's latest strategy of direct marketing: bringing the goods to the customers. The first 100 patrons were treated toa free bottle of Snapple, and to a mime involving
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        TNT extends global reply service
        66 4 TNT Express Worldwide (S) has extended its International Reply Service, which it says will increase response rates for international direct marketing campaigns. The service often businesses local post office boxes in its 64 remail centres all over the world, up from its previous 60. Their
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      Lock icon Lanvin's revamping to gain more market share
      490 4  -  After losing money for 11 years, it hopes to stage turnaround with new merchandising strategy ay, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] French fashion house Lanvin is undergoing a major revamp to gain a bigger slice of the growing luxury goods market and to turn the
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      Lock icon Tune in to Asians' preferences, ad agencies told
      514 4 Western marketing executives also urged to exploit Internet popularity Reuter [SEOUL] Western marketing executives and brand-product manufacturers received some sobering pointers in South Korea this week on how they might cash in on Asia's growing prosperity. Speakers at the International Advertising Association's
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      Product design showcase to be held next month
      188 4 [SINGAPORE] THE four day Autofact Asia 96 conference and exhibition here next month will showcase state-of-the-art technology in product and process design engineering and manufacturing. About 8,000 people from more than 30 countries are expected to attend the event, which will be
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      MEETING PLACE
      212 4 **ii Duration Title Vhw Organiser June 16-19 13th International Mandarin Hotel Singapore Conference on Human Singapore Association of Tumor Markers CHnkal Biochemists (SAC I) Tefc32M9M June 17-21 The Job of the Chief Management Singapore Institute Financial Officer House of Management Tet 462-9370 June 19-21 Asia-Pacific Conference Orchard Hotel
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  • FOCUS: BINTAN
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      More room for manufacturing
      611 5  -  Bintan Industrial Estate will serve as an extension of S'pore's manufacturing space under a new strategy adopted by its developers Reports by\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] INVESTMENT commitment by companies in the Bintan Industrial Estate (BIE) jointly developed by Singapore and Indonesian companies has risen to
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      S'poreans flock to island golf and beach resort
      607 5 $220 m development a hit even before its official opening [SINGAPORE] Bintan Lagoon Golf and Beach Resort the first integrated lifestyle resort on Bintan island is riding the wave of a mini-boom, with Singaporeans cruising in greater numbers to this holiday playground.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Bakun power priced below what Ekran wants
      537 6  -  KUALA LUMPUR National power firm Tenant to pay I<U> sen kw/h for first 5 years and 17 sen for next 25 years From. Ho Kay Tat THE last hurdles standing in the way of the M 513.6 billion (557.65 billion) Bakun hydroelectric dam
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      Lock icon Ex-intelligence chief gunned down
      211 6 MANILA Reuter A FORMER Philippine intelligence chief linked to human rights abuses under late president Ferdinand Marcos was shot dead by four gunmen yesterday in the middle of a Manila traffic jam, police said. Ex-colonel Rolando Abadilla was shot 23 times inside his car in what
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      Lock icon Tempo ban valid, rules Indon Supreme Court
      190 6 JAKARTA AFP THE Supreme Court yesterday overturned the verdicts of two lower courts which had declared that Indonesia's Information Minister acted illegally when he banned a controversial weekly magazine, Tempo, in June 1994. "The Supreme Court accepted the appeal of Information Minister Harmoko,"
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      Lock icon State audit says finance ministry is most corrupt dept
      260 6 JAKARTA AFP A NEW state audit has named the Ministry of Finance as Indonesia's most corrupt government department, local reports said yesterday. The audit, carried out by the Development Finance Controller (BKBP), found that between September and December last year, there
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      Lock icon Philippines can outperform neighbours
      318 6 MANILA With fiscal reforms, conntry can race ahead: IMF official AFP THE Philippine economy could grow faster than its South-east Asian neighbours but the government must enact crucial fiscal reforms to sustain it, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said yesterday. "I might well argue that
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      Lock icon Sihanouk voices concern over govt logging policy
      268 6 PHNOM PENH AFP CAMBODIA'S King Norodom Sihanouk on yesterday urged his country's co-premiers to heed the advice of a damning UN-World Bank report that harshly criticised the government's current policy on logging. The king said the joint report by the United Nations Development
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        Lock icon PMS46 council okays joining Umno
        72 6 Bernama [KUALA LUMPURJ The Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (PMS46) Supreme Council has agreed unanimously for its members to join Umno in order to re-unite the Malays, its president Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said yesterday. "Although the Supreme Council has the mandate, we will not do anything
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        Lock icon Manila land programme faces problems
        57 6 AFP [MANILA] Al9BB programme to give land to poor farmers in the Philippines is nearing its halfway mark, but faces ftmding problems and landowner resistance, President Fidel Ramos said yesterday. Out of the target 7.8 million hectares, 3.7 million hectares, or 47.4 per cent, had
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        Lock icon About 1,000 prisoners to be sent home
        60 6 AFP [BANGKOK] Almost 1,000 foreigners languishing in Thai prisons who are unable to pay for their own repatriation after completing their sentences are to be sent home, police said yesterday. The Thai government and charities will pay for the prisoners' way home to
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        Lock icon Central bank revises inflation forecast
        41 6 Reuter [BANGKOK] Thai central bank governor Vljit Supinit yesterday raised his projection of Thai inflation this year to 5-5.5 per cent range from 4.9 per cent expected earlier, and 5.8 per cent registered in 1995. Reuter
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        Lock icon Viet deputy foreign minister dies
        45 6 Reuter [HANOI] Vietnam's deputy foreign minister Le Mai has died, foreign ministry officials said yesterday but gave no further details. Well-informed sources said Mr Mai, born in 1940, died of a heart attack at a Hanoi hospital on Wednesday. Reuter
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon US-China deal in the making?
      609 7 WASHINGTON New signs that Bering crackdown on pirates may persuade US not to impose USs2b trade sanctions NYT CHINA invited the acting US Trade Representative on Wednesday to fly to Beijing immediately as new signs emerged that a last-minute government crackdown on factories pirating US
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      Lock icon Debate pat on ice
      55 7 [TAIPEI] Legislators (left to right) Chen Kuang-fu, Chen Chieh-ju and Hung Tung-kui at the Taiwan parliament s education committee enjoy a moment eating ice lollies while their colleagues debate whether to boycott the meeting to protest against President Lee Teng-hui naming Lien Chan as premier without
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        Lock icon China rapped for nuclear test
        56 7 Reuter [GENEVA] China drew heavy criticism yesterday at the Conference on Disarmament for its underground nuclear test last weekend. Representatives from the United States, Canada, Germany, Japan and Australia were among the first to take the floor at the 38-member Geneva forum to deplore Saturday's
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        Lock icon Shanghai urged to continue with reform
        30 7 Reuter [SHANGHAI] China's economic policy tsar, Zhu Rongji, has called on Shanghai to push forward with reform and development, the Liberation Daily said yesterday.
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        Lock icon Rural factories told to stop pollution
        38 7 AFP [BEIJING] The authorities have ordered rural factories to stop polluting the environment, vowing that any which persist in discharging toxic waste will be shut down, the China Daily said yesterday. —AFP
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        Lock icon Export growth seen slowing down to 5%
        55 7 Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] China's export growth this year could slow to 5 per cent from 22.9 per cent in 1995, shaving 1.5 percentage points off the growth rate and curbing urban employment demand by as many as 2.5 million jobs, the Economic
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      Lock icon China plans to put three satellites into orbit: China Aerospace Corp
      343 7 BEIJING The first lannch will take place early next month, says official Reuter CHINA, recovering from launch setbacks, plans to put three communications satellites into orbit this year with launches resuming in early July, a China Aerospace Corp spokesman
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      Lock icon Split surfaces over Beijing's legislature plan
      214 7 m HONGKONG Reuter DIFFERENCES are emerging between ethnic Chinese senior civil servants and Governor Chris Patten over plans by China to impose an unelected legislature on Hongkong for its transfer to mainland rule next year. Mr Patten has resolutely opposed Beijing's plan to replace
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      117 7 HTk oman Ed;* on 8 great granddau tKter, Lizabetli Slo ane, with her Coach Manor Bag. [COACH AN AMERICAN LEGACY I)r Lizabeth Sloane is a dentist and an avid horseback rider who collects antiques and fine wine. She carries the Coach Manor Bag from the Classic Collection, handcrafted in glove-tanned
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Minister to talk with industry on suggestions for budget
      232 8 ■"NEW DELHI AFP INDIA'S new government is to begin today work on a tightlybalanced federal budget for the fiscal year to March 1997, officials said. Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram, an advocate of the free-market reforms, will hold talks with industrialists, trade
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      Lock icon Pakistan has Chinese missiles, says US report
      330 8 WASHINGTON This may force US to impose sanctions on both countries Reuter AFP NYT US INTELLIGENCE agencies have concluded with "high confidence" that Pakistan has obtained medium-range ballistic missiles made by China, The Washington Post reported yesterday, citing a draft government report. The
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      Lock icon New govt gives anti-graft pledge
      498 8 NEW DELHI It says probity in public life would earn it respect of Indians sick of corruption AFP INDIA'S coalition government pledged yesterday to provide a clean, corruption-free administration, a day after winning a key parliamentary vote of confidence which ended nearly two months of
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        Lock icon Sri Lanka union fights telecom sell-off
        56 8 AFP (COLOMBO] Sri Lanka's most influential telecommunications trade union yesterday vowed to resist privatisation and rejected official claims it was supporting the plan. The Joint Organisation of Telecommunication Trade Unions said it was firmly opposed to selling Sri Lanka Telecom despite reports that unions
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        Lock icon S Korea to stage massive air raid drill
        65 8 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea will stage a massive air raid drill today, simulating surprise cross-border attacks by North Korean jet fighters, officials said yesterday. A total of 20 jet fighters, helicopters and other aircraft will be mobilised to simulate air raids in
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        Lock icon US$6.2m US cash aid for North Korea
        56 8 AFP [WASHINGTON] The US will provide US$6.2 million (SsB.6 million) in indirect cash aid to North Korea to alleviate food shortages, the State Department said on Wednesday. The State Department said the decision followed a consolidated appeal from various United Nations agencies and
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      Lock icon Snowbound sheep
      47 8 [CHRISTCHURCH] Sheep huddling together for warmth on a farm near Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island on Wednesday. The snow, the first of the winter, closed the airport and is expected to continue falling for the rest of the week in the South Island. REUTER
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      Lock icon Government to develop unemployment-plagued region
      406 8 COLOMBO USsl.Bb plan to help long-neglected, terrorism-prone southern Rnhnnn Reuter SRI LANKA yesterday unveiled plans costing US$l.B billion (552.5 billion) over the next five years to develop the southern Ruhunu region, scene of two revolts in the past 25 years fuelled by unemployment. "The south
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      Lock icon Keating now calls Dr M a formidable leader
      251 8 SYDNEY AFP PAUL KfiATING, who sparked a diplomatic incident by labelling Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad recalcitrant, has now described him as a "formidable leader". The former Aussie premier criticised Dr Mahathir for failing to attend a ground-break-ing summit of leaders of
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      Lock icon Hi-tech offices gobbling up paper: study
      138 8 SYDNEY AFP COMPUTER technology has produced a four-fold increase in paper consumption over the past 10 years, rather than creating the paperless office which was promised, according to an Australian report. The study by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF)found that, on average, each Australian
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US to file three complaints with WTO against Japan
      328 9 WASHINGTON Tokyo colluded with Fqji to block Kodak sales in Japan, charges Kantor Bloomberg Business News THE US will file three separate complaints with the World Trade Organisation alleging that the Japanese government colluded with Fuji Photo Film to block sales
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      Lock icon Russia's share of global amis trade surged in '95
      208 9 ■STOCKHOLM Reuter RUSSIA emerged in 1995 as a major global supplier of conventional weapons, accounting for 17 per cent of all arms deliveries compared to just 4 per cent in 1994, a Swedish defence research group said. The Stockholm International Peace
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Congress enacts 1997 fiscal blueprint
        79 9 Reuter {WASHINGTON] Congress yesterday enacted its fiscal 1997 spending blueprint, setting the stage for an election year battle with President Bill Clinton over taxes and health and welfare programmes. On a party-line vote, the Senate passed the US$l.63 trillion (552.28 trillion) budget for the fiscal
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        Lock icon Up to 400,000 Germans likely at protest
        87 9 AFP [BONN] The German trade union movement is to mount its biggest demonstration since World War II tomorrow, |p when hundreds of thousands of workers are expected to converge on Bonn to protest a government austerity package. Up to 400,000 participants are expected
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        Lock icon Dole cuts Clinton lead, poll shows
        95 9 Reuter [KANSAS CITY] Bob Dole, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is about to start on his campaign as Citizen Dole here on Wednesday. Mr Dole was given the hard hat after a rally in his honour. According to a Harris poll just released, Mr
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        Lock icon Mitterrand's physician charged
        77 9 Reuter [PARIS] Francois Mitterrand's personal physician Claude Gubler went on trial yesterday charged with breaching medical secrecy by revealing that the late French president concealed his cancer from the nation for a decade. Gubler, who made the disclosure in his book The Great Secret, faces up to
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      The ballot box and the soccer pitch
      693 9  -  WORLD VIEW Russia picks a new president while British football decides on a winner By Kevin Sullivan ONE British Member of Par liament this week called for drastic retribution following a football match in which a team representing the southern part of the
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      Lock icon Stopping the Communists
      51 11 [MOSCOW] A young girl staging a symbolic protest against an advancing Communist rally in downtown Moscow on Wednesday. The rally was aimed to protest against the Russian Independence Day holiday, which is not accepted by the Communists, and in support of party leader Gennady Zuganov's election campaign.
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      Lock icon One year's bonus if Levi meets target
      301 11 LONDON FT LEVI Strauss, the US company which makes one of the world's leading brands of jeans, aims to spend US$76O million (Ssl.l million) giving every member of its global workforce a year's extra pay. Each of the group's 37,000 employees from senior
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      Lock icon Bundesbank leaves rates unchanged
      146 11 FRANKFURT Bloomberg Business News Reuter THE Bundesbank left German interest rates unchanged across the board, conforming to expectations that it will put off cuts as long as the money supply is growing too rapidly. The central bank left the discount rate at 2.5 per cent and
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      Lock icon US retail sales up 0.8% in May
      562 11 WASHINGTON Lower-th&n-expected rise and a weakening labour market may limit growth Bloomberg Business News RETAIL sales rose at a slower-than-expected pace in May while labour markets showed signs of weakening in early June, signs that high consumer debt and job worries may keep
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      1119 10 BUSINESS Notices TO ADVKRTISK CALL TOI.I-FREE 1800 7 4 1 188 3 I THE SIAM COMMERCIAL BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED Head Office: 9 Rutchadapisek Road, Ladyao, Jatujak, Bangkok *****. Tel: 544-1111. Annual Report For The Year Ended December 31,1995 ASSETS 1995 1994~ LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' CASH AND DEPOSITS AT BANKS
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      207 10 STRAITS STEAMSHIP LAND LIMITED (Incorporated la the Republic of Singapore) LOST CERTIFICATES Applications have been made to the Direct on of the abovenamed Company to issue duplicate certificates in place of the following certificates which have been reported lost or destroyed:No. of stock units CcflitkMO No. Name of 10. jQ
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      325 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP SO AND IN THE MATTER OF EFFA FREIGHT 8 FORWARDING PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) M an EXTRAORDINARY QBCRAL MEETMQ at N mambers of EFFA FREIGHT 8 FORWARDING PTE LTD duly convened and held at 50B Jalan Jurong KechM, Singapore ■*****
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      195 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER SO AND IN THE MATTER Of SEACORP COMMUNICATIONS PTE LTD NOTICE OF MEETING OF CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN pursuant to Section 296 of the Companies Act Chaplar SO *Mt n)Mbng of the cradrton at the abovanamad Company will b« held on
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      1082 10 JACKS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Notice Of Annual General Meeting Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 11, Jaian Lemtoah Ka*ang, Singapore *****7 on Ist July 1996 at 11.30 am to transact the following businesses: 1. To receive and adopt the Audited Accounts
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      327 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 SECTION 291(1) AND IN THE MATTER OF WONDERFUL PRIVATE LIMITED (PROVISIONAL LIQUIDATORS APPOOfTED) Statutory Declaration by dtractors of Company's Inability to continua business by raaaon of Its liabilities Naaieof Cempany: WONDERFUL PRIVATE UMITED Company Mo.: *****0654H The Registrar of Companies. Singapore
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Asians must learn to play the green game
      678 12  -  THU BOTTOM LDVE OPINION By Simon S C Tay The writer teaches international law at the National University of Singapore. He is organising chairman of the Asia Conference on Trade and the Environment, to be held on June 27 and 28. THE
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      120 12 'An estimated 70 per cent of the banks (in Russia) are owned by criminal elements. This is not the way to make a transformation.' -Norm Dicks a US Congressman on what has undermined the confidence of the Russian people in a market economy. 'Don't ask too much
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      How Japan can help China
      613 12 EDITORIAL JAPAN has long been ambivalent about the prospect of China developing into an economic superpower— seeing it as both a challenge and a threat This ambivalence is becoming acute now that the Japanese think China may emerge as a military superpower too. DefUsing potential
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      Dangerous liaisons
      1130 12  -  An Amariran li^nlrap warns in a new book that the Japan-US interdependence conldleadtoan economic and military catastrophe By] Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent THE recent efforts by United States and Japanese leaders to assert the importance of their security ties, coupled with signs that the
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      405 12 THE US-Japan car wars in Asia are on. We welcome the re-entry of the Americans and, with them, the benefits consumers will derive from increased competition and labour will gain from the creation of new jobs. At the announcement of General Motors' decision to invest in
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Book trade goes high-tech
      753 13  -  Electronic publishing and the Internet are slowly changing the industry, reports jahie gabbett-lee JAMIE GABBETT-LEE Reuter Electronic publishing has not yet replaced the timeless solitude of reading a good book but it is beginning to change the way publishers sell and deliver their products. A case
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      A taste of Merlot from Australia, US
      712 13  -  WINE By David Gabriel OVER the last two weeks we have been looking at the Merlot Noir grape, one of the main grapes that go into the Bordeaux blend. I keep coming back to the main French regions because France is the main
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      Lock icon Seattle's SuperSonics shine splendidly
      694 13  -  BASKETBALL Narrowing Bolls' lead to 3-1 gives it a crack at winning finals By Ji Jim Slater AFP [SEATTLE] Seattle played as if there was nothing to lose. Chicago played as if everything had been won. As a result, the Bulls have won nothing and the
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      A rather uneven book
      721 13  -  BOOK REVIEW Though a good writer, the author could pot off readers by talking too much about himself ity i Shahiron Sahari CERITALAH is the tide of Malaysian writer Karim Raslan's columns in The Sun newspaper. It is also the title of his book, which is
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      Lock icon Comfort and performance
      882 14  -  MOTORING Hie new BMW o-series nncompromismg standards make it a winner once again By < Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] What makes a great car? Aside from a 10,000word dissertation (typed in double-spacing) which wouldn't be inappropriate given the question let's consider a ground-level, gut-feel response. A great car
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        Difficulty in making a quick stop
        111 14 HERE'S a bit of trivia that might stop you in your tracks. A BMW M 3 travelling at 2SO kmh (near its top speed) takes 230 m (under a quarter of a kilometre) to come to a hah when the brakes are slammed. A
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        Chance to win A $380,000 Jaguar
        85 14 STANDARD Chartered, which has been offering new Jaguars as prizes in a draw, has now included the yet-to-be-launched XKB sports coupe ($350,000) as an enticement for new customers. Every $1,000 deposited between now and the end of the year comes with a lucky draw
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        200m spent on new Jaguar's powertrain
        120 14 TALKING about the XKB, Jaguar Cars announced that the coupe, which goes on sale In October, will be powered by an all-new 4-litre VB, 32-valve, quad-cam engine married to a five-speed automatic transmission. The powertrain will 3 be Jaguar's first VS, and represents an
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        Geneva show to display over 1,000 makes
        51 14 THE 67th Geneva International Motor Show will be held at Paiexpo from March 6-16 next year. More than 300 exhibitors representing over 1,000 makes from about 40 countries will show their stuff across ***** sq m of display area. About 700,000 visitors are
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        Holden ads go on buses
        64 14 INTRACO-OWNED Prestige Automobile has adopted a new vehicle for lis Balden ads—buses. The ads are found on the three SBB services plying the central business routes. Prestige has also embarked on a promotion for its 2.6-litre Hokien Calais, which now comes with an Australian plant
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        Shareholders okay EDS' split from GM
        65 14  -  foMpflmihy Christopher Tan GENERAL Motors shareholders have approved Electronic Data Systems' (EDS) split from GM EDS common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange last Monday under the symbol EDS. Last August, GM said it was pursuing a split-off of EDS, which
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      149 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 27 Twm stars(6) 28 Free boarder! (8) down 7 Bob's quicker way (5-3) YESTERDAYS SOLUTION 1 Proposal to end the 14 O&d Uway up in cfanH«till (R\ OCUUdIIU |A|S|P|H|O|D|E|LMAMRWEM 2 Poisonous whilst having 16 a P astr > sWAmNfeIjB?wBKB short month in charge (6) ,„oTy\ v uU yHwIBcUIrInIaItI
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      NatSteel buys 25% of Philippine steel firm for US$8m
      286 17 [SINGAPORE] Local steel mill Nat Steel has expanded its regional presence with the acquisition of a 25 per cent stake in Steel Asia Manufacturing Corporation in the Philippines for US$B million (5511.2 million). "The latest addition to NatSteel's existing network of
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      Zagro's Sesdaq public offer 25 times subscribed
      237 17 [SINGAPORE] Zagro Asia's initial public offer Sesdaq's first new listing for the year and the first Sing-dollar one closed 25.25 times subscribed yesterday. It received applications for 364.297 million shares. It had offered 14.43 million shares to the public. Application money received amounted
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      High yields await investors in London Sumatra's IPO
      900 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Maggie Ford NOT many companies can lay claim to being in business in Indonesia for almost a century. Even fewer in South-east Asia can boast of leading their industry in both profits and technology. This month, investors will get
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      Majority of US$, HK$ stocks on SES underperform market
      588 17  -  Poor coverage, fear of forex losses among reasons blamed for lack of interest By\ Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] A majority of the locally-listed US and Hong-kong-dollar denominated stocks have underperformed the market so far this year. Data from Investamatic shows that 23
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      Centrepoint Prop buys Hillview site for $156 m
      407 17  -  Price seen as high but deal a much-needed boost to landbank By Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] Centrepoint Properties Ltd is building up its landbank again, with its latest purchase of 85 Hillview Avenue for $156.88 million. CPL is paying $371 per square foot
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Chase Perdana explains variances in figures
        264 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR) Chase Perdana Bhd said yesterday there are certain variances in the audited figures, compared to the preliminary announce- ment of unaudited results for the company's financial year ended Dec 31,1995. Chase Perdana said in a statement that the audited group pre-tax
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        Lock icon SingTel shares fall despite strong results
        362 18  -  News of Singapore's reduced weightage on MSCI index blamed By< Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom shares yesterday fell 14 cents to $3.76 on 3.46 million shares traded, despite the announcement of a strong set of year-end results on Wednesday. Analysts said the selling pressure
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        SML-Wah Kwong venture to invest up to US$100m on ships
        439 18  -  Company will boy five ships in first year of operations By] Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE) Sembawang Maritime Ltd's (SML) proposed 50-50 joint venture with Hongkong's Wah Kwong Shipping will invest between US$5O million (Ss7o million) and US$lOO million on ships in
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        Tuan Sing's China unit wins $10m suit
        208 18 [SINGAPORE] A Chinese subsidiary of local property and construction group Tuan Sing Holdings has won a $10 million lawsuit money it is reclaiming from a failed property deal in China. The judgment, granted by the Shanghai High Court in favour of Shanghai TS
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      • COMPANY Briefs
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          Amcol opens with 1.74m block deal
          68 18 [SINGAPORE] Trading in diversified commercial and property company Amcol Holdings Ltd opened yesterday with an unusually large 1.74-million share block deal at $3.90 apiece. The block, done in the market to one buyer, was concluded at six cents above the share's Wednesday closing price.
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          Inchcape sells PNG subsidiary
          66 18 [SINGAPORE] Inchcape Bhd has sold its subsidiary in Papua New Guinea, Highway Motors Pty Ltd, which primarily distributes truck parts, to Steamships Trading Company Ltd, a company incorporated in Papua New Guinea. With the sale, Inchcape Bhd's industrial division is now focused on the South-east Asia
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          Singbus Land increases paid-up capital
          50 18 [SINGAPORE] Singbus Land, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Bus Service, has raised its issued and paid-up capital by $15 million to $50 million through the allotment of an additional 15 million ordinary shares of $1 each to SBS for cash at par. SBS said yesterday.
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          QAF gets nod for stake sale
          33 18 [SINGAPORE] QAF Ltd said it has received the green light from shareholders to sell its 55 per cent stake in QAF Holdings Bhd to Baiduri Holdings Bhd.
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          Inno-Pac confirms MD appointment
          49 18 [SINGAPORE] Inno-Pacific Holdings (IPH) has confirmed Soh Chee Wen as the company's managing director as of March 26, the company said yesterday. Mr Soh, who was made a director of IPH in November 1994, has been its acting managing director since Jan 25 last year.
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        FCC in property tie-up with 3 Indon giants
        109 18 [SINGAPORE] Quek Leng Chan-controlled First Capital Corporation has tied up with three Indonesian giants to develop a commercial/residential project in Jakarta. The company yesterday signed a memorandum of agreement with PT Unggul Indah Corporation, Salim Group's PT Salim Chemicals Corpora, and Wings
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        OPH now developing 88% of landbank
        293 18 (SINGAPORE] Orchard Parade Holdings (OPH) is currently developing 88 per cent of its total landbank of 1.44 million sq ft, says chairman Philip Ng in his statement in the company's 1995 annual report. Of the 1.27 million sq ft of land that it is
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        Lock icon Amway price based on old SC guidelines
        422 18 Banker: Premature to comment nntil IPO prospectus is issued Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Amway (M) Holdings Bhd's public issue share price of Ms 6 for its listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) main board is based on old guidelines adopted by the
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          Lock icon List for Shanghai index stocks out soon
          42 19 Reuter [SHANGHAI] The Shanghai Stock Exchange will announce next week the 30 blue-chip domestic A share companies selected to form the new exchange index to be launched on July 1, an exchange statement said yesterday.
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          Lock icon Tokyo listed firms post 19.8% profit rise
          75 19 AFP [TOKYO] The pre-tax profits of companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, not counting financial institutions, rose 19.83 per cent from a year earlier in the year to March 1996, officials said yesterday. The combined parent-level pre-tax profits of the 1,240 companies
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          Lock icon Harbour View sold for HK$3.8b: paper
          76 19 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] New World Development Co is believed to have sold the New World Harbour View hotel in Wan Chai for HK13.8 billion (Ss69l million), the Eastern Express reported. Quoting industry sources, the paper said the deal with an unknown buyer will be the
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          Lock icon Venture for Taiwan-Japan-US Net link
          81 19 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Itochu Corp said yesterday it would launch Internet services connecting Taiwan, Japan and the US in October through a joint venture with Japanese and Taiwan companies. Four Japanese companies, including Itochu and Sumitomo Corp, will hold a combined 75 per cent stake
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        Lock icon Cathay Pacific shares rebound on CNAC news
        328 19 Reports say sale of stake in QK-based airline postponed AFP [HONGKONG] Stocks of Cathay Pacific Airways rebounded sharply yesterday on reports that China-run China National Aviation Corp (CNAC) had postponed its sale of Cathay shares. Cathay Pacific shares rose 15 HK cents to
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        Lock icon Accept St George's bid: Metway board
        193 19 Bloomberg Business News [BRISBANE] Metway Bank Ltd's directors have recommended that shareholders accept the revised St George merger bid. Directors said the St George offer of A 5827.5 million (*****.65 million) is better than the bid made by the Queensland state government, which would
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        Lock icon HK Land: rise in net income?
        101 19 Reuter [LONDON] Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd expects a modest increase in net income from properties for the full year. "Positive rental reversions (are) likely to come to an end in the second half," chairman Simon Keswick told the annual meeting in Bermuda, a statement
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        Lock icon Room rates not high enough: BT Hotel Group
        524 19 Situation does not encourage developers to bnild more hotels in Sydney before Olympics in 2000 Bloomberg Busi ness News [SYDNEY] Hotel investment company BT Hotel Group has warned that, with only four years left to the Sydney Olympic Games, room rates are
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        Lock icon Sun Hung Kai surges on talk of takeover
        253 19 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Sun Hung Kai Co's shares rose 12 per cent on reports that Henderson Land Development's chairman Lee Shau Kee is considering buying control of the brokerage. The Allied group of companies, controlled by Malaysian businessman Lee Ming Tee,
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        Lock icon Takashimaya's sales plunge 3% after executives' arrest
        194 20 Bloomberg Business News (OSAKA] Japan's Takashimaya department store said sales have fallen as much as 3 per cent since three of its executives were arrested for paying off gangsters. We will have to wait until after the summer-gift giving season, for a better
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        Lock icon Chrysler, GM execs sell shares: report
        420 20 Tracking service says unloading comes after share prices hit new peaks Bloomberg Business News [DETROIT] Chrysler Corp and General Motors Corp executives were heavy sellers of their companies' shares in late April and May, after the shares reached all-time or 52week highs. Fifteen GM
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        Lock icon Circus Circus plans expansion
        105 20 Bloomberg Business News [ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey) Circus Circus Enterprises Inc said it plans to spend about US$l.9 billion (552.7 billion) to improve and expand its hotel and casino operations in the next four years. Glenn Schaeffer, the company's chief financial officer, also said the company
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        Lock icon US cigarette firms rake in profits from abroad
        283 20 War on tobacco at home but exports hit record USssb AFP [WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina] While the White House and anti-smoking activists have declared war on tobacco at home, US cigarette makers have turned their sights to friendlier and much larger markets abroad.
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        Lock icon AT&T aims for a third of US local phone market
        150 20 AFP Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] American Telephone and Telegraph wants to acquire at least a third of the local telephone market in the United States estimated to be worth US$9O billion (Ssl26 billion) in the next several years. AT&T chairman
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        Lock icon Justice Dept investigating Visa USA, says report
        445 21 Probe into Visa's ban on banks issuing rival cards comes after EU says practice is not acceptable Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] The Justice Department has launched an investigation into Visa USA for preventing banks that issue its cards from offering American Express or
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      • SMALL Change
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          Lock icon UK life insurers' premimn income up 3%
          60 21 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] UK life insurers posted a 3 per cent increase in worldwide net premium income, as annual premiums from UK life and pension products rose, said the Association of British Insurers. Net premium income rose to £55.5 billion (Ssl2o billion)
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          Lock icon Bimantara signs US$45m loan deal
          57 21 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] PT Bimantara Citra signed an unguaranteed syndicated loan worth US$45 million (Ss63 million) with 12 banks led by Banque Paribas SA (Singapore), the company announced. It said the loan is to refinance its existing debt and will save the company 1.8 billion rupiah
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          Lock icon Legal certainty on EMU sought
          63 21 Reuter [LONDON] European financial institutions must urge the European Commission to put in place legislation for exchange of financial contracts after the start of a single European currency, said J Malcolm Levitt, who advises Barclays Bank on EU policy. Such legislation was needed to establish
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        Lock icon China issues bonds worth 25b yuan
        199 21 AFP [SHANGHAI] China's finance ministry will issue 24.92 billion yuan (554.2 billion) worth of 10-year treasury bonds next week, a newspaper reported yesterday. The bonds, which are the second batch of 10-year bonds to be issued this year, were underwritten by 46 bond brokerages
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        Lock icon What a whopper
        49 21 [BANGKOK] Jeffery Bergman, director of a Thai gem dealing company, with an 18 kg blue sapphire. The gemstone is said to be the world's largest at about 90,000 carats. It was found late last year in Madagascar and is to be sold at an auction. REUTER
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        Lock icon Govt okays changes in Colonial Mutual
        164 21 Bloom berg Business News [CANBERRA) The federal government has agreed in principle to allow Australian life insurer and banker Colonial Mutual Group to cease operating as a mutual society by the end of this year. Colonial Mutual was required to stop operating as a
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        Rheinhyp woos Asian bond investors
        227 21  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE) One of Germany's largest mortgage banks will launch its first international bond issue in the Asian, European and North American markets on Monday. The Rheinische Hypothekanbank (Rheinhyp) issue is lead-managed by Union Bank of Switzerland, Merrill Lynch and Commerzbank, the
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        Lock icon BOE flags radical rates reforms
        577 22 Gilt repo market, more market data will help central bank change method of setting rates Reuter [LONDON] Britain's staid central bank said on Wednesday it was ready to lay the groundwork for a radical shakeup of the way it sets official interest rates through daily
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        Lock icon Fidelity losing market share, says analyst
        387 22 Firm's share is down by half and investors sold over USslb from it« Magellan Pnnii Reuter [BOSTON] Fidelity Investments is losing market share and investors sold more than US$l billion (Ssl.4 billion) from its giant Magellan Fund in May, according to Alpha Equity Research,
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        Lock icon Angry miners take to the streets
        45 22 [SANTIAGO] Striking Chilean coalminers marching past La Moneda palace here on Wednesday to demand back pay and the reinstatement of workers who have been laid off as well as to protest against a privatisation proposal by the government. REUTER
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        Lock icon World cocoa futures prices surge to an 8-year high
        220 22 Reuter [LONDON] World cocoa futures prices surged to an eight-year high on Wednesday when speculators scrambled to buy on talk that the crop might be late in the biggest producer, Ivory Coast. The rally, with prices now up more than 25
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        Lock icon KL to set up minerals board
        93 22 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The Ministry of Primary Industries plans to form a board to develop metal and non-metal minerals for the domestic and export markets. Its minister, Lim Keng Yaik, said yesterday, that in order to set up the Malaysian Mineral Development Board, three
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        Lock icon Euroyen, JGB ease in thin trade
        226 22 SIMBX Report Reuter (SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures ended easier in thin trade as players adjusted their positions after the market's recent rally. Dealers said the Japanese Ministry of Finance's outright purchase of 100 billion yen (551.29 billion) worth of
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        182 22 Reuter AFP London THE dollar displayed little reaction to US retail sales figures, as an upward revision in the earlier figure offset a weaker rise than anticipated for May, forex dealers said. At 1315 GMT. the dollar was trading at 1.5330 marks against 1.5357 on Wednesday. It stood
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        290 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter .[MOSCOW] Russia's oil sector, one of the crown jewels of Moscow's market reforms, is at a make-or-break stage and could face big setbacks under a communist government, industry sources said yesterday. The Russian oil majors, sitting on vast reserves but tethered
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        1261 22 IMTERBAMK CUEBEMCT RATES 4pm, Jun 13 Aqaiast S$ Against US$ Against S$ A««i«st US$ CttfrnKks IW OUT BW Offr Cwrmcks KM Offf 8W Offor St l"SS to one unit of foreign currency: St/VSS to 100 uniU of foreign currency Australian 4o«ar 1.1*2 1.1175 0.7*24 0.7929 Frtack trmc 27.0*44 27.0072 19.0747
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      2317 23 LOMOON J»Q NKI A. A. Corp Adr 63.850 *.350 A8 Ports 283 -4 AMxy National 551 5 AlUad Lyons 477 »1 Amac m -2 Argyil 360 unch Aula Group 121 *3 BAT Ind 5131/2 -41/2 B4CC 3371/2 -V2 BOC Croup .,941 -4 BR Patrolaum 571 -3 BTR
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      1671 23 AFX-Asia n Nikkei 225 t -22.40 SHARE prices closed mixed ahead of the special quotation this morning for the close of trading in the June Nikkei 225 futures contract. The 225-share Nikkei Average closed down 22.40 points at 22,082.40. The Topix Index closed up 0.22 at 1,684.85. Trading levels
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      1726 24 Bloomberg Business News Q Hang Seng -92.66 STOCKS yesterday fell for the fifth day, led by HK Telecom, amid concern the territory's biggest phone company may lose its monopoly on international services sooner than planned. Property stocks fell on concern rising interest rates will crimp the recovery of the
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      693 24 AFX-Asia Reuter Q Shanghai B Share Index *0.38 THE Shanghai B market added 0.38 point to 47.76 with US$3.O2 million worth of shares changing hands. The A Share Index was up 13.74 to 804.47 on volume of 4.79 billion yuan. The A market closed higher amid heavy demand for
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      349 24 AFP QWP Index tWITI SHARES finished higher amid confidence among investors about the market's outlook. "Individuals were bullish about the market's prospects and bought blue chips while foreign fund inflows increased," said a trader. The Weighted Price Index rose 80.76 points to 6,382.58. Turnover was 2.4 billion shares worth
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      708 24 AFP n Composite Index -1C57 SHARE prices fell as foreign funds sold stocks due to the lower weighting of Indonesian shares on Morgan Stanley indices and political concerns. "People should be underweight in this market. The obvious reason is that in spite of the strong growth prospects, the economy
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      834 24 AFP SET Index 438 SHARE prices edged up 0.3 per cent yesterday in a technical rebound after two consecutive days of heavy losses. "The gain today was merely a technical rebound," said a dealer. The SET Index rose 3.28 points to close at 1,247.05. Turnover was 63.9 million shares
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      366 24 AFP CI Manila -39.70 SHARE prices closed lower as investors held onto their money while awaiting the listing of two promising companies. Hi-Cement is due to be listed on Monday while Empire East is to be listed at the end of the month. The PSE Composite Index fell 39.70
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      429 24 AFP PI Composite Index +L 37 SHARE prices firmed, helped by bargain hunting in blue chips and financial stocks. "Investors snapped up lowpriced shares after a five-day losing streak in lacklustre trade," said a dealer. The Composite Price Index inched up 1.37 points to 874.68. Turnover was a sluggish
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      625 24 AFP All Ordinaries -ILS WEAKER metals prices helped push the market down to its lowest close in three months. The All Ordinaries Index closed 11.5 points down at 2,200.6 its lowest close since March 11. Turnover was 377.3 million shares valued at As64B million. Among the blue chips, BHP
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      292 24 Bloomberg Business News n Wellington -8.47 SHARES fell to their lowest level in a year as bond yields rose, making stocks relatively less attractive. The NZSE Top 40-share Index fell 8.47 points to 2,028.53. Bloomberg Busi- Jim 13 COOP) ANZ Banking 6 55 -0.05 3174 Advantages Hidgj 156 unch
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        7922 25 KUALA USKFURReports Bloomberg Business News n Composite Index -LB6 STOCKS slipped to three-month lows on concern that rising interest rates will crimp corporate earnings. "Certainly, it has dampened the market," said an economist. "It's clear that Bank Negara wants to control credit growth
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2519 26 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Qf Qf _J 994 Laat Vol Day Last Ouata Wv Dtv Yld Nat M Cap High Law Stno Company Sala COOP) High Law Buyar »allar H Cvr H P/t Smll 625 184 a 5000 AISBSOc 192 -2 n 392 390 MO 402 10 4.1 0.4 «1.|
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        1196 27 TURNOVER ('000) VALUC ('OOO) MwstrM 37.971 3.643 41*14 142.6*3 7.424 190.107 rtn*K» 4.496 3,024 7,4*0 3*231 9.042 41.273 H*«s 3*9 2*4 *9* 1.317 479 1,7* ftrwwttn 3,0*0 2,MO *.040 16.699 3.917 20.616 PMntaMn 236 238 646 640 MM* 1,224 1.224 2,019 2,019 M.W 3.963 1.649 9.226 6,069 UM 9.179 TOTAL
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        MAIN BOARD
        4563 27 Cr Or M Wt ItM Last Vol Day Ltll Owvlt 01* Ot» VM Nat C«p Avg Mgk Law StNo COTM«y >M <*000> High Low Buyar Sattar C'w P/l $mM Prlca MWUSTtMU 2t4 165 I2M Ac»r Kk 10 US186 CO *4 MS 186 182 185 166 5.0N 7.5 1.0
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        1045 27 Cr Or M Wt 1996 Last Vol Day Last Ouott CMv OW VM Nat Cap Avg niqn Law StNa C«waany Sata COOO) Law Buyar s« n»r Cw P/I Ertca SCSDAQ 289 228 a 2000 ABRHIdgsSc 230 Cd -3 100 235 230 230 231 3.0 14.2 0.1 143.8 102.3 234
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        HOT STOCK
        55 28  -  -■r Shiv Taneja THERE is a clear buy signal for Fu Yu Manufacturing Ltd, which closed yesterday 0.5 cent up at 66,5 cents on a volume of 2.7 million shares. Daily RSI and Stochastic: are heavily oversold, and while the directional indicators are less clear, they still indicate
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        STII falls below 2,280 support level in quiet trade
        838 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Market watchers cite local school holidays, summer vacation in UK and US and the European Cap soccer finals for the bourse's lacklustre performance By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The local stock market had another quiet day with shares drifting
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          No dictatorship here
          186 28 WHEN asked in an interview three weeks ago whether Hongkong will follow the Singapore Government's footsteps and end Hongkong Telecom International's monopoly prematurely, the territory's Financial Secretary Donald Tsang gave a lofty reply: "A contract is a contract. When we have a contract and an understanding, we
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          CIBC expands
          97 28 THE Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has been busy of late. Sources say the Canadian bank has over the last two months hired Maurice Lam, from American Insurance Group, as managing director and regional head of marketing for non-Japan Asia; Kenneth Lai, formerly at Merrill Lynch, as director
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          Easern Europe: The next tiger?
          142 28 HONGKONG-BASED Jardine Fleming Unit Trusts is turning upbeat on Eastern Europe, the sick man of the West. Russia, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia now have sound and growing economies, it reckons. Jardine Fleming is launching a new fund called JF Eastern European Trust.
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      318 29 Knight-Ridder Reuter FREIGHT rates continued to drift lower in lacklustre trading, brokers said. The handysize sector remained in the doldrums. Owners were said "to be very accommodating" in an effort to gain employment. There was little fresh news of any capesize activity late in the day. futures VAMfIMk
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      272 29 mmmmmmmm j—n n v- m CWT DMriMton L4S Chum Hup LOS uoeti U Caacalnvaatmant _L67 rtU 7.90 -003 mo rrMULMi 0.73 -O.OOS 39 69 Hi lip 1.19 *0.02 4 Hal Sun Hup LOS undl 243 HMcMZaaan aw "0.013 639 IMC HKS.60 Jayi lUHwpi U1 JWPWPMUpyari 7.63 undl 493
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      Bangkok may allow more foreign ownership in shipping
      476 29  -  WTO pressure forcing Hud govt to consider changes to restrictive Alien Business Law From, Alan Boyd in Bangkok THAILAND is considering allowing more foreign ownership of maritime services after being singled out during global liberalisation talks in Geneva for its high level
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      25% shortage of officers seen in world shipping fleet by 2005
      307 29 [SINGAPORE] The world's shipping fleet may see a 25 per cent shortage of ship officers by the year 2005 if it continues to grow at the current rate, said a report by the International Shipping Federation (ISF). There is
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      When is a ship a ship – that was the question before an Aussie court
      664 29  - When is a ship a ship that was the question before an Aussie court ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar AN AUSTRALIAN federal court recently had to go back to basics to construe the definition of a ship for the purposes of an arrest and sale of a vessel under a
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        Lock icon Hanjin wins US$120m German order
        96 29 Reuter [SEOUL] Hanjin Heavy Industries Co said yesterday it has won a US$l2O million (SSI69 million) order from Germany's Hansa Treuhand Schiffsbeteiligungs AG for four container vessels and was due to sign in July another US$6O million contract for two more vessels. A spokesman for
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        Lock icon Shanghai ferries see 50% fall in business
        97 29 Reuter [SHANGHAI] Business fen* Shanghai ferries operating to nearby areas on the coast and the Yangtze River has fallen 50 per cent since 1992, the Wen Hui 800 daily said on Tuesday. The foil has forced the Shanghai Passenger Shipping Co to sell
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        Lock icon NYK plans more round-the-world cruises
        75 29 Crystal Harmony and Crystal Symphony {TOKYO] Following the return of NYK's 28,717 gt Asuka •>. after making the Japanese line's first round-the-world cruise, the company says It was so successful it is planning f* a third cruise for 1908. It is already committed to a
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      61 29 [COLOMBO] A Sri Lankan naval passenger ferry resting on rocks on the western Sri Lankan coast near Colombo yesterday after developing engine trouble during a sudden storm in the early hours. A navy spokesman said theferry was on its way to Colombo
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      Lock icon Djakarta Lloyd orders 5 box ships
      256 29 Jakarta Post [JAKARTA] State-owned international freighter service company PT Djakarta Lloyd has ordered five container ships worth US$llB.7l million (*****.29 million) from shipbuilder PT PAL, another stateowned company, In Surabaya. "We will sign the purchase contract with PT PAL later this month," Djakarta Lloyd's
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      Lock icon Second ferry sinks on Tanzania's Lake Vic
      244 29 Vessel carrying more than the licensed 50 passengers AFP [DAR ES SALAAM] Less than a month after the ferry Bukoba capsized and sank in Lake Victoria, another ferry with more than 50 people aboard sank on Lake Victoria early Wednesday. A Tanzanian Railways
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      Lock icon Gdansk shipyard to register new firm
      250 29 New company to hire 2,500 workers, lease old yard's assets Reuter [GDANSK] As workers began a desperate 48-hour occupation of Gdansk shipyard, the management yesterday said it would file an application to register a new company which will use assets of the shipyard about
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      845 30 COPE-SHARTKOi AIRLINES AND PASSENGERS SEE MERIT IN TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCES r increasing number of US airlines has realised that hooking up with European counterparts provides greater Access to each other's markets without each one laying out the huge expense needed to go it alone in foreign territory
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      425 30 PAGE Em green 6 AEL 17 Ever prime 18 AFT Shpg 17 FLBright 7 AMI 3 FMG 13 API |4 Famous 7 Able 18 Farwkte 16 Accord 8 Feedertrans 18 Ahrenkiel 4 'oongSun 8 Appenship 4 Frt Links 16 Astro 3 Frt orW
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
      15915 38 EXPORT ETA CTA AdvartMar VKM Voyagt Talaphona ETA CTA AdvartMar «nw Voyaga 'itiptiiim sin OMt-n Nam* Nam Nuw>ir Numtar SIN DaaTn Nana Nama Numtar Numtar ■MMHnHMaMHMMHMMNaHHHMMMi ■■HMMIHIMHnMMMHHaMMHMMnnBinMi WN W07 Dalmas CSAV SANTOS Mrs 6513*1*17 A WOt W07 NYK CSAV SANTOS OOFS U 2HM2] T« inn imr uni i
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        622 47 Vassal Voy No Barth Arrival Departure Jureag Nrt Anodadnaree V571 J19 alongside 16.06/2300 Batam Indah *289 J02 alongside 14.06/2300 ft Afrizal ***** J0I alongside 13.06/0800 Bt Dmms Jay 8/96 J01 alongside 13.06/0800 It Halo Moan 2JUN96 J01 along JK* 13.06/1600 Bt Lestari ***** J01 alongside 13.06/0900 Bt Niaga
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1788 47 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Bookinq/Mmc* Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Ptrkxl From To From taJM (W 14/0400 24 13/1700 M/0459 M/0900 M/0700 M/1B9 M/MOO 4 M/UOO M/M59 M/1700 4ci Rost 000* 15/1400 14 13/1500 13/165? 13/1900 <• 13/1500 13/1*59 13/MOO 24 13/1700 14/0*59 M/0900
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        877 47 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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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        496 47 JUNE 10 South Africa: Youth Day. JUNE 17 Hongkong: Monday after Queen's birthday. Colombo: Sacred Heart. South Africa: Public holiday. JUNE 20 Hongkong: Tuen Ng Festival. Taiwan: Dragon Boat Festival. JUNE 21 Finland: Midsummer's Eve. JUNE 24 Argentina: Flag Day. Canada: Market and public holiday Quebec only, St
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        Lock icon American, BA link faces open skies challenge
        169 48 Reuter [BRUSSELS] An alliance between British Airways and American Airlines seems on course for controversy in the European Union, stoking a dispute over "open skies" talks with Washington and upsetting rival carriers. The deal will create the world's largest airline grouping with a
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        Lock icon Continental attacks alliance
        155 48 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] Continental Airlines president and CEO Gordon Bethune said the Transportation Department "shouldn't even consider" a code-sharing alliance between American Airlines and British Airways that allows antitrust immunity in the US-UK market. "Open skies" is a meaningless term unless carriers competing with major alliances
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        Canada firm wins jet loan deals
        387 48  -  CIBC Wood Gnndy clinches mandates from CSA Czech, China Northern to finance US-made jets By Dexter Lee [SINGAPORE] Financial services provider CIBC Wood Gundy has clinched mandates from two airlines to provide them the financing for acquiring US-made aircraft. The investment arm of the
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        223 48 Jet overshoots runway and crashes while taking off AFP [TOKYO] Three people were confirmed dead and 76 injured after a Garuda Indonesia Airways DC-10 carrying 275 people overshot the runway and crashed while taking off at Fukuoka in southern Japan
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        Lock icon Clark to get int'l charter flights
        107 48 Bloomberg Business News [MANILA] The airport at Clark, a former US air base converted into an export and tourism zone, is scheduled to begin receiving international charter flights over the weekend. President Fidel Ramos said the move marks an important step in developing Clark
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        Lock icon US$, yen rate discussed in talks
        174 48 Reuter [WASHINGTON] A group of automotive industry executives met top administration officials on Wednesday to discuss a range of issues including the effect of current exchange rates on US car and part sales. Chrysler Corp chairman and chief executive officer Robert Eaton said after
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        Lock icon European Commission adopts air safety plan
        223 48 Reuter [BRUSSELS] The European Commission agreed an air safety strategy on Wednesday including plans to allow EU airport authorities to ground third-country aircraft found or suspected of being unfit to flyThe commission's strategy, the result of a joint effort with EU member state officials,
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        Lock icon Taiwan, HK sign air pact
        240 48 Bloomberg Business News [TAIPEI] Taiwan was to sign a five-year air agreement with Hongkong yesterday ensuring that transportation ties between the two won't be disrupted by Hongkong's return to China next year, a spokesman for Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration said. Completion was delayed for several
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          Lock icon PAL to get US$200m loan
          45 48 AFX-Asia {MANILA] A consortium of 12 Philippine banks will lend US$2OO million (Ss2Bo million) to Philippine Airlines to finance a down payment on its US$3 billion reflecting programme, senior vice-president of loan arranger Allied Banking Corp Reynaldo Palmiery said. -AFX-Asia
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          Lock icon China firm to assamble Mitshubishi vans
          54 48 Reuter [TOKYO] China's Fuzhou Motor Co Ltd will begin assembling Mitsubishi Motors Corp designed commercial vans and pickup trucks in July with components supplied by Taiwan's China Motor Corp, a Mitsubishi Motors spokesman said on Wednesday. Fuzhou Motor is expected to assemble 2,000 vehicles
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          UK confident of charges proposals
          52 48 [LONDON] British airports operators struck a confident note ahead of publication of the Civil Aviation Authority's final proposals for caps on landing and passenger handling charges at its main airports. The current formula caps charges at Heathrow, Gatwick and London Stansted at inflation less one
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      1081 31 EXPORT TO: TO: JEPPAH/UK/CONTINENT jvissa vor siii j» ida* wiurg i havw sk* um also accepting cargo for: NCDUOYD OCEAMA 524* 20/0* 09/07 07/07 11/07 GLASGLOW GRANGEMOUTH MJNGA PfIANGI 124* 21/0* 07/07 09/07 12/07 13/07 4 cnir^'culll lie MOUOY® HONSHU 324* 22/0* 13/07 11/07 00/07 00/07 bUUIHbHIIIDi |THAMtS 525* 27/0*
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      352 31 export' 3 Jopon 2 I Honghong 1 x Montio I Kooihumfl. KWuog (Accepting Kl K> RKK KAHA S£NOAJ CEWJ ICH. vim wf m m m M n* it* h&6 ua Jtum m l»r—\ul jzjl »I* *M vm wSTz Mm rn UJ* JUL tm MM no »M 2106 XM < JOJSBk
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      1321 32 I NORASIA I VESSEL VOYSIN OOALAS BCLVALALQ ROT ANT FEL LHA I NOR HUSOURG 9624 3 2U06 95.U7 10/07 07«7 17*7 19/07 1197 12*7 12/W7 1497 I NOR HONGKONG 0625 3 2796 12/07 17*7 1«7 2497 20*7 1697 1097 IMT7 21/07 I NOfISHAfUAH 9626 3 011)7 IM7 24.07 21*7 3107
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      737 32 I /VOffTRANS TEL 65-*****67 FAX: 65-*****90 j Uwf Strvfct Tt iftafc lw Owtf Multi-Purpose RO/LO Carrier Accepting: RO/RO, Romp Capacity opto 40 tons «n Heavy Lift opto 68.5 tons Conventional/ Break Uk /Contaner/Reefen Cmtmtri Thai Flag Status iv| 1 km tyro V.2U SAMID IN POUT SAIIiD 11-20/04 j A* Express
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      1180 33 SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Ho« Chiang Road #11-01 K«pp«l Towars Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 mSHTMSHT CONVENTIONAL SERVICE SARAWAK CONTAINER SERVICE l* 1 1 WT I I K IB IVKSft VOT IsiMGAFOtI KUCHHtO SIMffSHOfi mi« I U/Ot I M/ 06 1 11/06 (MULA M IH-77 WIIU 70/94 77/0* 1
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      1629 33 ALSO ACOimNG TO ODESSA, VARNA AND CONSIANTZA VIA UMASSOL AISO ACCEPTING TO BENGHAZI VIA GENOA b ALGIERS VIA MARSEttLI < I Till I tin <1 >!■■». Uflmm* tMIHI CTfcr 'l/l/IMMM Ui/In% Mr 4HU4I/144 mOUOHKt tor, Omt OwM I ev*aM4ee*4«<i fcrmmi 4 1 mmmmmmmum. nun c«M»r4»5/i5 t.i 4 r <»J/» j
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      1623 34 W A IP I Bli IV I 1I I 1 fl IB 1 I IB I < EUROPEAIK/SCANQINAVIA/FINIAND/RUSSIA 3 I^^h^TTTTT^^^h S6P ROM ANW HBG THP LHV LMV THP RDM ANW HBG PHI SGP I E. ROYAI RW-021 1M 1/7 13/7 1/7 11/7 13/7 GIFTED RE-M4 2W5 23/5 21/5 24/5 25/5
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      1032 34 wssa voyam w mi uu om mm m w vissti voyaw dm am mm um sot UM (OtKOtD M*****W 2Q/Dk 30/ M 01/07 02/07 <047 0W OVO7 lUM CHUT *****30 02/04 OVO* 04/0* 05/04 17/04 IMCOtOM *****3 m 27/04 07/07 01/07 W/07 10A17 10/07 10/07 UMONWAtD 0404 070 C 10/04
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      765 34 GCTI RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD W TEL: *****33 (12 UNES) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) CR NO: **********0E ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING UNES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL viwwi Voy ETA I Loading for Ipow na. ssslssr Abyot 45W8 10/08 Mombasa, Dpboufc 1 Asaab,
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      698 35 asfl in mm MYANMA FIVE STAR UNE (Myoanar Natiaaal Um) Loodiaf far Yaagoa (Raagooa) VISSH VOY SM PM KM PGU HPA-« 224W MPT IMW 17/0* M J- MALAYSIA MINTS: OOUSTtAD SMPPMG AGENCIES HJL TH 07-03-*****00 PKL HI 02-0 J-37** 101 rat IB 1244-*****02 POD: TH 02-07-*****11/4 r-igi BANK LINE U
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      1001 35 |A HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. UP. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 HU PH POO VISS£I/VOT VOY W I *OT lUM HAM Mil m 12/H 14/H IS/H H. MaOVMOt 321W 17/H 05 07 07/07 09/07 07/07 07/07 09/97 19/H 21/H 22/H H. (XPIOOM 3IJW 24/H 12/47 14/07 l*/07 14/07 14/07
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      407 35 HBBBBHH 1 t CHINA <§* TW'AN vf f HONGKONG KAOHSIUNc\ FOR ENQUEUES BOOKING CALL OUR HOTLINE AT JT *****33 UZANNAH ALVIN ABk GLOBELINK FORWARDERS PTE LTD ■HBB TtL: *****33 (16 UNE3) FAX: 22*2331/*****42 TLX: R3 ***** ACT TOJM FKLs (03) *****87 JB: (07) *****37 (3 LIMES) BAMDUMQ: *****7 PCN: (04)
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      1570 36 ■^HnmnHnl [vessel 1 voy I sin j«t Ivebbb. voy sin "po< l^M I .7.. QUWU BHUM 2658 15/06 Tu. 16/06 B-MAB QUA <0M Sun Tu» 18/«~ M H BHATRABHUM 883 Mon 17/06 S« 22/06 JABU BHUM «707 Tu* 16/06 Thu 20/06 STAMTORO- Q7H Frt In Pt Mon 17/08 EAOLE TIDE*
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      681 36 11 OUXTON HILL, SINGAPORE *****5 CR 1533/*****0N STRAITS SHUTTLE SERVICE PORT KLANG PENANG wssa vot aw m vtssa vot aw Ira aW* *034 IVWHH 14/MSUM HUT HOO7 11/WRB IVOtflß sauwß <— ivww itrttsai km wn ivtuna it/otsun «os i;/m*ow iww but wn u/*w* m—ag too i/flmon iwhw ~888 BE iWiffi
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      230 36 I p SINGAPORE *****4 TEL: 323 1133 S FAX: 221 4053/54/38 —Jl TLX: R*****0/***** FSSHIP vtssa vot smeu smetd Dtsnunon mui SUK ROW 12/H 24/04 24/04 PUJU/ftLBNANG SUKKHI 15/H 21/04 2V04 PONTUMK/SafTETI swanu 12/H 24/06 24/04 BKOiUI/NUK ■B DIM 1 13/H 11/ M 20/04 JAUfiA/HDANG GUtF SUUAM 12/H 24/04 7iM
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      515 37 TROPICAL WMkly LCL A FCL SMvkM METTTE MADISON MAERSK96O6 MAERSK 9605 Port Country 11/06 08/06 MT»Cily Baliza 15/07 22/07 Srdgetown Barbados 18/07 25/07 Cor«9«na Colombo 17/07 24/07 Ca**r*» St Locia 17/07 24/07 Fort <fc Franca Martinique 18/07 25/07 jfrwport Bahamas 13/07 20/07 IGnflHon Jamaica 15/07 22/07 Potnta a Pitr« Guadaluop*
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      776 37 f PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I I CR NO **********06 wy pift tra un «i pig I lIIC fe I 111 11 111 ft Hin fflhm ZwH a& w am asms' infr- w ik B« IK W wy ay issgßL,
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      933 37 **********07 VESB&S ~VOV SIN DAMgTTA LE HAVRE HAMBURG THAMESPORT ROTTERDAM ANTWERP VILE OE CARINA CISW 19/06 01/07 0&07 10/07 12/07 13/07 15/07 Vt-LE 06 SAOITTA SISW 25/06 06/07 1&07 17/07 2(V07 22/07 VLLEDE NORMA NISW 02/07 11*07 23/07 24/07 26/07 28/07 30/07 VM£ DE OEMB4A HISW o£o7 Fm 30*07 02/06
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      30 39 I To retrieve more schedules, just follow these simple steps... document ia the port Step key in the four number code fax number (HAM) 2150 for calls within Singapore OHIHIIIJf
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      193 40 MANILA MANILA VPW VOTAGf ETA MM ITA PCU fTAIM* gat VOYAGE IT* SIN HA PCM tT»M HNOOOAN 6000 14/Otfftl) 1S/0WSAT1 23/0*<SUN) WW HAIHUNO >004 jl/gjgg 22/0*(SAT) 30/0*(S<JN) muumh S15t 1S/0XSAT1 U/0*miP VtUMMOtMA NISI M/0» (SAT) 2S/0*(TUE) SWO OCIAN >001 1I/0*(TUE) 23/0*(SUN) wn HAWUWG >005 25/0* (TW) 30/0* (SUN) *Q*J KILANO
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      431 41 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TWER ISLAND 441N 14-1&06 19-2306 28 29/06 TIGER BNOGE 442N 17-1806 23-26/06 01-0207 TIGER BAY 443N 21 22/06 2&3006 060&06 TWER BRIDGE 444N 24-25/06 3003/07 08-C»O7 TWER BLAND 445N 28-29K» 03-07/07 12 13/07 TIGER STOOGE 446N 01-0207 07-1007 15-1007 I VESSEL VOY SIN CAL
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      339 41 ISeaKLand DIRECT CALL TO SHANGHAI IN 9 DAYS FIRST SAILING |M COLOMBO 96Q7 CUT-OFF ETA SIN ETD SIN 20 JUN 96 20 JUN 96 21 JUN 96 1100HRS BOOK NOW!!! HOTLINE: *****33 808 ■f** n?«S MMAURWR :M-mnn UNMNC :tn-NJMS PAUMS :*7ll-4«IS7} *****52H5L S!5B r, i. ui num mi-jiuu hwmw 9E^Si)f'
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      99 41 I ROHUQ ROHUG INTERNATIONAL (S) PTE LTD ATTRACTIVE RATES TO: ETA Dntinadon 17/06 24/06 Hamburg, Bremen 17/06 24/06 Fettmtowe/London Other Porte 18/06 29/06 Johannesburg, Durban, Port Look 22/06 29/06 Sydney, Melbourne, Fremande WEEKLY CI UNA CONSOLIDATION VIA HONGKONG 16/06 20/06 HKG, Guangzhou, Qtngdao, Shanghai, Xiamen, Xingang Global CapaMßdes Penooal Service
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      1436 41 .gTWedllovd weekiyio Nedlloyd Lines east coast south america 7 MM CH *****4 itMHHm V-ZX SINGAPORE PHONE (GENERAL) *****«9 RATE ENOCNRIES 321<841/54««0 CFS (PHONE) *****10 CFS (FAX) *****23 I TO EUROPE EVHIYWtO&TOWAT laa U* lUai km* NU. OCEANIA /5246 19/06 11/07 09/07 10/07 07/07 BUNGA PELANGI /1246 21/06 07/07 06/07 09/07
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      1305 42 AS AGENTS K" UNE (SINGAPORE) PTC LTD (CR NO 1244a7300MMM5T REG NO: M?-M>l73M4) TEL *****77 TELEX KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX *****167/^9 B V T &J A MALAYSIA: "K" UNE MARTTME (MALAYSIA) SON BND TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25*5 f INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAIIT 9t lUINUSA, TEL
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      440 42 jgzE PUL INTERNATIONAL UNE pu^nternTtional Cm t (Dr, B«i wrx. Www all m A—i rtt»d >»«S«r. JAJUUtIA(UTCI) 4SI6S/WK YSL I Vot"T"'''"'*s"T MT 1 an rtMASA I 15? I IS/O*ISAT ll»/04 IWID I*2/0* I *ai*<M HB lan |\m I m6n I l//o* IHI I Wf^~l WAGON Ko*ooo IMS I 11/0* I
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      1560 42 19 KEPPtI ROAD #02-01 JfT POH KUILOtNG SINGAPORE *****8 H (CR NO.:**********0 /W) I|M| CUSTOMER SCRVKI 225-1-2ZS DOCUMENTATION FAX 224-0-644 GENERAL UNI 125+W GENERAL FAX 221-MM We Cany You, Conf,dcn« osm 270-S-06S EAGUVOKE 321-MM TO NORTH AMERICA CANADA WEEKLY CONTAINERIZED SERVICE I P)R I P«L I PEN I JKT I
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      639 43 —import fcl/lcl consolidation I GERMANY/SINGAPORE I (ST J BERLINS rtsnnover Marshalling Forwarding Services (MFS) Jr "T r~\ via Bremen and Hamburg f K66n ,i£L> jtJ/ Our staff at your service: Francis DID: *****54 Maria DID: *****75 if flr Nicholas DID: *****77 Salha DID: *****71 j\ m NOriUfQ v £I®* ff
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      1313 43 Ute iim S Kff ST a Bi B SI W Sfa „JSgL lg I- 1"™ IflT H6Q pp NB« IS 12 K8- !iS Si! &S 22 EK* 252 52 Tim h» 7/m »m J*" M 1 1 22 £2 S£ 22 m j™ >» ii ,i£ M »m VJM 5?22"
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      580 43 i l AP M SAIQPN SHIPPING THRICE WEEKLY DIRECT TO HO CHI MINH CITY export to ho cri mmm city import from ho chi mirh city rasa I vor Imr|m- BW hcoc mmi vor no hoc iusnh wntma hh tit/Mi ni/Mi i«m m u/u tonym hts ii/ 5 ii/m m
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      483 44 —SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 ■i"" TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/*****43 JESSICA/CEUA 7 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK [VESSEL [VOY 181 IJAK [VESSEL IVOYISIN |SUR KEDAH 947 16/06 (SUN) 20/06 (THU) ORIENT INDEPENDENCE 986 16/06
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      369 44 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF NORFOLK N.ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPICO HOUSTON 2«™ 23 AUG 26 AUG OB SEP 29 AUG 06 SEP 10 SEP HOEOH DYKE 0636 2QTCI JUL 14 JUL 06 SEP 06 SEP 12 SEP 19 SEP 16 SEP 23 SEP 27 SEP HOEGH MINERVA 0636 07/06
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      182 44 Continental Pacific Shipping J TIMBER PLYWOOD SERVICE TO U.K./CONTINENT KKU S PORE PKL LOADING FOR WORLD ARETUS SLD SLO FLUfIOT/ANT/UK WORLD AiAX SLD 2M* FLU/ROT/ANTAJK 'Loads Sabah/lndonesia C R NO **********0H CONTIPAC SHIPPING PTE LTO T«fc *****32/ Fax; *****49 RH MULTTPORT SON BHD. TEL: *****09 TLX: MA ***** MULTRA PNO
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      668 45 flfei x- -X- Singapore Soviet Shipping j Co. Pte. Ltd. i CH NO: **********0N I BOMBAY/COCHIN VESSEL VOY SIN BOM COC t putivl 001 woe ie/oe 25/oe XOUR GEMINI 420 20/06 28/06 J TRADE FAST TFSI6I 21/00 28/06 V KOTACAHAYA CAHI9O 20AM 04/07 I BE6imR ILYICHEVSK SERVICE I VESSEL VOY
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      432 45 HUH m FAR EAST 18/06 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 16/06 BANGKOK 16/06 MANILA/CEBU 16/06 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 16/06 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 16/06 BUSAN 16/06 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 16/06 HONG KONG m CHINA 16/06 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU OALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGOAO/HAIKOU m EURQPE/UK 16/06 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 17/06 RDM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIM USA/CANADA 19/06 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all
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      716 45 I STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD I AQMNTS FOR: ZIM CONTAINER SERVKE GOLD STAR UNI LTD SETH SNIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: *****66 (8 LINES) FAX: *****70 W: *****12 (MARKETING) (CR NO. **********(H) N. AMERKA/CARttIfAN SttVKI m^SS/v» vpsa Ivor m Im/hmw Its* »st w ntc nw DM SHANGHAI X 17/0* L
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      1080 45 (CtNa **********00) s I NEPTUNEIMI TH (03) *****23. B s4 OOOKINOS HOnjNO TOl US. CANADA. UK/EUOOff AUSTRALIA (Wo A ■Kl (03) *****33. r»S »«U. BMOSIAN. HONGKONG. WWAN. JAfAN \WmJ I (03) *****87 BR fV 1 -000-*****00 (TOa-«ttf) Pwmob (04) *****66, NCPTUNCUHK Tli_ 1000-27U100 (TOU-ntfl) 2 (07) *****42/3/4. M r as
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      102 45 0 TOKYO SHINEI KAIUN CO PTE LTD Mail 10 ANSON ROAD #30-06 IIUJ INTERNATIONAL PLAZA S PORE 0207 TEL: *****25 (6 LINES) FAX: *****06 A *****10 Cflfc **********0E I I SERVICE TO; FAR EAST/CHINA/EUROPg 16/06/96) TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, KOBE NAGOYA 16/06/96) OSAKA, USA i 16/06/96) HONGKONG ANO ALL CHINA PORTS i
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      667 46 AQ SINO IXPRISS SHIPPING (PTK) LTD. WM I 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. m m J TEL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTIANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) Also occepting container cargo to: VESSfI/VOY ETA SIN ETAHKG ETA SHA W/T HK6: Beiiioo. Chiwon. JIN Fll 9609/9610
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      786 46 ißjta MN CONTAINER LINES, INC I Af nti: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) kucmn0:(082)*****3 I IV/ 8BU: (OM) *****9 MAMLA: (832) *****61 POOMa (04) *****4 BANGKOK: (682) *****87 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 P KELAHQ:(O3)3BB2B77 JKT:(21)*****07MOW:(81)*****3 8AN0UNQ:(22)*****86 20TH ANNIVERSARY OFFER:-(Lowest-Lowest Rates) PEW/PK SIN HONG KONG 15/6 16/6 mv "WAN HAI 215"V.N030 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/ADELAIDE
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      338 46 ATTRACTIVE FCL/LCL RATES TO:, Indian Sub-Continent Ports MADRAS I BOMBAY/ CALCUTTA I COLOMBO CHITTAGONG/ NHAVA SHEVA I. I WENDER M >NTAINER LINES >-° QUIRIES BOOKINGS PLS CALL TEL: 224 6744 ♦a O.K. LINE FULL CONTAINER SERVICE S 1 PORE/JAKARTA VESSa VOY SM XT tw IM)6 TAMBANGVN 7305/7306 1&06 21/06 S'PORE/SURABAYA/SEMARANQ
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      166 48 NOTICE TO EXPORTERS OF RUBBER FROM SOUTH EAST ASIA TO EAST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA It has come to the notice of the undermentioned shipping lines that certain Rubber Shippers are failing to pay the terminal handling charges applicable on the Trade between the Far East and Brazil/River plate. Rubber
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