The Business Times, 18 November 1996

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 3* SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1996
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    FINANCE
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    NatSteel keen on US$400m Manila project
    528 1  -  It may commit USsloom in marina complex linked to QnekLengChan Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Nat Steel Ltd plans to join hands with Malaysian tycoon Quek Leng Chan to develop a US$4OO million (Sss6o million) marina and property complex on reclaimed land in Manila. According
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    Thai general election produces a dead heat
    452 1  -  Unofficial resohs give the two main parties 124 seats each FYom, Loh Hui Yin in Bangkok THAILAND'S general election has produced a dead heat, with the two leading political parties, the Democrats and New Aspiration Party (NAP), winning 124 seats each, according to
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    No let-up in S'poreans' love for cars
    374 1  -  Byi Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] An economic slowdown and weaker property prices have not dampened Singaporeans' passion for cars. Going by the Singapore Motor Show which ended yesterday, the yearning for all that's metallic and four-wheeled is stronger than ever. In the first two
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    Telecom boom leads to optical fibre shortage
    510 1  -  Prices np25%-30% in Asia over the last year By I Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] An explosive growth in telecommunications infrastructure projects globally has led to a worldwide shortage of optical fibre, the raw material with which the information superhighway is paved. Sources said prices
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      101 1 msma i PfauDt StagEjumt Centrepoint and Suntec Shopping Centres have been attracting several of baza's tenants, Pf2 Digital Equipment aiming for bigger slice of the Intranet market in Asia, ITPgll L H BP M M TfceHKjfcrmplans to ra mmmK|7s million Into nrftr plants In Shanghai Guangzhou and Malaysia, >5' SiferfKmagTik
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      TDB leads team of 8 companies to Comdex
      160 2 THE Trade Development Board is leading a delegation of eight local firms to take part in the information technology mega-event, Comdex Fall '96. This will be the 11th consecutive year that Singapore is participating in Comdex. This year's autumn show, a five-day
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      Lock icon Centrepoint, Suntec attract Plaza Singapura tenants
      421 2  -  Gentrepamt to create home furnishings zone to house 11 new tenants By, Jenny Lam PLAZA Singapura, which will close for a facelift next year, will lose several of its tenants to Centrepoint and Suntec City shopping centres. Sources told BT that Centrepoint had clinched
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      TDB incurs $16m deficit from operations
      279 2  -  By\ Genevieve Cua THE Trade Development Board's income rose 2.5 per cent to $74 million for the year to March, but its operating expenditure grew 11 per cent to $90 million. The group said in its latest 1996 annual report that the rise in
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      Lock icon Value of contracts up 18% in Q3
      310 2  -  eye on the economy Construction By Diana Oon EARLY figures compiled by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) show a total of $1.44 billion worth of construction contracts awarded in September, compared with the $984 million volume for September 1995. This brings the
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      Press on in final stretch to win decisively, BG Lee tells cadres
      427 3  -  PAP'S 24th ORDINARY PARTY CONFERENCE Party drawing up manifesto that will take S'pore into new century and beyond Reports by Chuang Peck Ming WITH the general election just around the corner, the people's Action Party should press on
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      12 elected and two co-opted to party's central exec committee
      171 3 PAP CADRES yesterday elected 12 members to the 24th central executive committee. In alphabetical order, they are Abdullah Tarmugi, Ch'ng Jit Koon, Goh Chok Tong, S Jayakumar, Lee Hsien Loong, Lee Kuan Yew, Lim Boon Heng, Lim Hng Kiang, Tony
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      PAP must aim to produce best workforce in world
      345 3 ifSTporeisto make it as developed country next century, says new candidate NEW PAP candidate for the coming general election and former managing director of the Economic Development Board, Lim Swee Say, yesterday told PAP cadres that the ruling party must strive
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon M'sia foreign investment hits M$21b in 8 mths
      222 4 KUALA LUMPUR Figure for entire 1995 surpassed despite shift in focus to high-tech AFP FOREIGN investment in Malaysia reached Ms?l billion (5511.6 billion) in the eight months to August, surpassing the Ms2o billion reached for all of last year, an investment official
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      Lock icon Leftists planning clashes at Apec summit: officials
      327 4 MANILA Groups organising protest caravans from Manila to Snbic at next week's summit Reuter LEFTIST groups may be planning to clash with police when the Philippines holds next week's Asia-Pacific summit, organisers said yesterday. Filipino officials say the summit will be an opportunity
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      Lock icon M'sia, Iran to boost trade cooperation
      102 4 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama MALAYSIA and Iran have agreed to enhance cooperation especially in trade because of its vast potential, Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. He said both countries agreed to sign an investment guarantee agreement and another on avoidance of doubletaxation. "Iran's
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      Lock icon Hairassed? Not us
      57 4 [MANILA] While the Philippine capital has been caught up in hectic preparations for the upcoming summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum, a man was taking it easy yesterday and getting a haircut in the city's Rizal Park just across from the hotel where some
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        Lock icon Six to be charged for E Timor meet fracas
        83 4 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Six Malaysians who took part in a violent disruption of an East Timor meeting here last week are to be charged. Deputy Home Minister Megat Junid Ayub was reported saying yesterday. Police had completed their investigations oh the
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        Lock icon Khmer Rouge denies surrender report
        47 4 AFP [BANGKOK] Cambodia's Khmer Rouge yesterday denied reports that guerillas from an underground network in Phnom Penh had gone over to the government side. In a broadcast monitored in Bangkok, clandestine Khmer Rouge radio said the so-called surrender was "lying propaganda". —AFP
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        Lock icon Call for Aussie immigration education
        71 4 AFP [BRISBANE] Malaysia's honorary consul to the Australian state of Queensland yesterday called for a public programme on immigration to counter anti-Asian sentiment created by Australia's current race debate. The consul, Paul Everingham, a former state president of the conservative Liberal Party and former Northern
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        Lock icon Philippines, Peru sign trade deals
        62 4 AFP {MANILA] Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori left for Thailand yesterday after a four-day visit here, the Peruvian embassy said. The Manila leg of his Asian tour featured a meeting with President Fidel Ramos and the signing of agreements on cooperation in textiles and fisheries, and
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      Lock icon Manila to keep small stakes in key privatised firms
      172 4 MANILA AFP DESPITE its privatisation programme, the Philippine government intends to remain part owner of "strategic" state firms in the utilities, steel and banking sectors. Finance Secretary Roberto de Ocampo said yesterday. He indicated that Manila would retain a "small minority"
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      Swiss bank's study refutes Krugman growth theory
      424 5  -  SINGAPORE Asia's eceaomic miracle rank of strong productivity growth, it concludes By Larry Wee ASIA'S economic "miracle" is the result of strong productivity growth fuelled by high savings rates, an emphasis on education by society and state, as well as an openness to
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      Lock icon PAS, Umno can form coalition: Dr M
      385 5 KUALA LUMPUR Bat PAS will have to abide by views of majority, he says Bernama, NST, AFP PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Parti Islam (PAS) and Umno can form a coalition government in Kelantan provided that Umno is not forced to give in
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      Lock icon Rowing for a clean campaign
      27 5 More than 10 million people Iwe in low-lying Jakarta and Us rubbish<logged rivers often break their banks during the wet seasons. REUTER
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      Lock icon Conflicting reports as Viet president lies in hospital
      254 5 HANOI Reuter VIETNAM'S President Le Due Anh was reported to be unconscious in a Hanoi hospital yesterday after being admitted with blood pressure problems, but there were conflicting indications about the severity of his condition. Staff at Hanoi's 108 Army hospital confirmed
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      205 4 ftphc RADAR MANAGBeff CONSULTANCY WL.CAA NDUSTRIAL CONSULTANTS SDN BHD Seminar Oudlnm: The Procedures of Factories Setting Up. A. How to apply for MFG Licences, HC approval. PMA. B. How to own lOOX shares as a foreign investor. C The latest Tax (Budget 1997) Conpany Law as wei as Land Law
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China tells US to change stance to improve ties
      363 6 BEIJING Weekly asks Washington on eve of Christopher visit to remove ideological bias against China Reuter CHINA said yesterday the United States was trying to contain it and that Washington needed to shift policies to improve ties. In an attack aimed
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      Lock icon China visit not just for trade: Herzog
      160 6 BONN AFP GERMAN President Roman Herzog said in an interview to be published today ahead of a visit to Beijing that relations with China were more than just a question of human rights or business profits. "I am not taking an economic delegation,
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      Lock icon Patten plans grand exit aboard Britannia: HK paper
      313 6 HONGKONG AFP GOVERNOR Chris Patten plans to make a glorious exit from Hongkong, departing aboard the royal yacht Britannia after China resumes sovereignty over Britain's last major colony on July 1, a report yesterday said. The luxury yacht of Queen Elizabeth II
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      Lock icon A fillip for China's real estate soon
      441 7 BEIJING Expect more credit for developers, easier access to mortgage loans by year-end, says official AFP CHINA'S State Council will provide a major boost for the embattled real estate sector by extending credit to developers and mortgages to purchasers by the end of
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      Lock icon Taipei urged to check China investments
      162 7 TAIPEI Reuter THE board of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council has proposed that the government tighten its controls on outflows of liquidity and high-technology investments to China, the United Daily News newspaper reported yesterday. Taiwan bans direct contacts with China and all investments must be
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      Lock icon Teng-hui renews 'visit anytime' call to China leader
      199 7 TAIPEI Reuter TAIWAN President Lee Tenghui yesterday renewed an invitation to China's leader, saying his mainland counterpart was welcome to visit the island "anytime". "I would like to make a trip of peace to the mainland and hold a meeting with communist
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      Lock icon Level of foreign debt reasonable: China official
      259 7 BEIJING Reuter CHINA'S foreign debt level is reasonable and there are no plans for a sharp reduction in debt growth, the Business Weekly said yesterday. Beijing should strengthen examination of borrowing applications but there was no reason not to use foreign credits to
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon US, Japan fail to reach agreement on insurance market
      440 8 SAN FRANCISCO Both sides hope to resolve the issue by next deadline, Dec 15 Reuter US AND Japanese trade negotiators said they ended two days of talks at the weekend on opening Japan's insurance market without an agreement and with Washington
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      Lock icon Welcoming Benazir
      58 8 Deposed Prune Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto waving to the crowd outside the Karachi airport soon after her arrival here on Saturday. Ms Bhutto arrived in the capital ofSindh province on her first visit since she was dismissed by President Farooq Leghari on Nov 5 on charges of
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      Lock icon Pakistani housing project partners upset with govt
      302 8 ISLAMABAD Foreign investors threaten legal action over minister's words AFP FOREIGN SPONSORS of a multi-million dollar housing scheme in Islamabad yesterday threatened legal action after Pakistan's caretaker government branded the project "dubious". The Islamabad New City (INC) project was launched by an international
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      Lock icon Chirac arrives in Japan to boost Franco-Japanese ties
      159 8 TOKYO AFP FRENCH President Jacques Chirac arrived yesterday in Tokyo for a visit aimed at rejuvenating Franco-Japanese ties, shaken to their core by Japan's opposition to France's nuclear tests last year. Mr Chirac will not start official business until today with a
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      Lock icon Seoul reaffirms hard stance towards North
      253 8 ■SEOUL But China's top envoy sees little danger of war between the two AFP SOUTH Korea this weekend reaffirmed its hardline stance on North Korea, while China's top envoy to Seoul said he saw little danger of war erupting despite the volatile aftermath of
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      35 8 SHE DOESN'T CARE IF THE WESTIN STAMFORD, SINGAPORE IS THE WORLD'S TALLEST HOTEL. SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE PERSONAL SERVICE, WELCOME CHAMPAGNE. SHE JUST WANTS TO GET TO HER BAM MEETING BY BAM. W '-3.
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Electronic money could cut profits of central banks
      439 9 ZURICH But BIS report gays future of e-money still uncertain so there will be no immediate action Reuter ELECTRONIC money has the potential to slash profits of central banks and distort monetary aggregates, but its future is still so uncertain that central
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      Lock icon Yeltsin will be discharged from hospital this week
      270 9 MOSCOW Doctors say be will be able to establish work rhythm immediately AFP RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin was yesterday given permission to leave the Kremlin Central Hospital to take a walk at his country home and will quit the clinic permanently on
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon 17 killed, 41 hurt in Istanbul hotel fire
        70 9 AFP [ISTANBUL) Seventeen people were killed and 41 Injured when a fire swept through a hotel in the old town In Istanbul at dawn yesterday, the Anatolia news agency reported. The majority of victims were Ukrainian tourists. The Are in the seven-storey,
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        Lock icon Oman signs US$2b loan deal
        61 9 Reuter [MUSCAT] Oman yesterday signed an agreement with foreign banks and state export credit agencies to arrange US$2 billion (Ss2.B billion) worth of loans to finance the downstream part of its US$6 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. The loan, a major step forward for
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        Lock icon Iran to stage major naval exercise
        89 9 AFP [TEHRAN] The Iranian navy is to stage major manoeuvres in the Gulf and Oman Sea on Thursday as the country prepares to take delivery of its third submarine from Russia, newspapers said yesterday. The papers, citing navy commander Admiral All Shamkhani, said the
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        Lock icon Italian budget draws protests
        60 9 Reuter [ROME] Opposition parties staged protests across Italy yesterday against the government's 1997 austerity budget, a day after the draft law was approved by the lower house of parliament. Prime Minister Romano Prodi says the deficit-cutting package is vital if Italy is to become a founder
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      Lock icon Chernomyrdin pledges quick probe into blast
      259 9 KASPIYSK, Russia AFP RUSSIAN Premier Viktor Chernomyrdin toured the wreckage of a military apartment building in the southern republic of Dagestan yesterday, as rescuers found 17 dead and searched for another 39 missing. The prime minister said the explosion, which levelled a nine-storey block
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      Lock icon British Gas, Shell silent on merger talks report
      249 10 LONDON Gas company#* cold feet over oil giant's £40b proposal, says British newspaper Reuter BRITISH GAS and oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell Group declined to comment yesterday on a newspaper report saying the two firms were in merger talks. "We do not comment
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      Lock icon EMU may fail if deficit limit not met
      410 10 BONN German finance minister says 3% target most be strictly adhered to Bloomberg Business News GERMAN Finance Minister Theo Waigel has warned that European Monetary Union could fail if countries do not strictly meet the limit on government deficits. In an interview
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      Lock icon Labour promises referendum on EMU
      162 10 LONDON Bloomberg Business News BRITAIN'S main opposition Labour party pledged to holia referendum before taking the pound into a single European currency. "We've always said the |e cision required the active <A sent of the British people," Labour Treasury spokesman Gordon Brown said in a
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      Lock icon Boutros-Ghali faces US veto as talks to pick UN chief begin
      209 10 NEW YORK Reuter SECRETARY-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's hopes for a second five-year term are expected to run into a United States veto today when the Security Council begins nominating a UN chief to lead the world body into the next
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      215 10 When whirling into the maelstrom of change, it helps to have direction... y A/ \f%?^jTß. In the dynamic and volatile business world, viewing your company's future clearly can be a rather daunting task. Timing and accuracy can make all the difference when it comes to extrapolating data for decision-making. Bringing
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Digital going for bigger slice of Intranet market in Asia
      615 11  -  Group targeting ISPs and large corporations Toh Han Shlh (SINGAPORE] Digital Equipment Corporation is aiming for a bigger slice of the exploding market for large Intranets in Asia, targeting Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and large corporations. This is part of
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      Alliance to boost Microsoft business
      171 11 [SINGAPORE] Digital's alliance with Microsoft will boost Microsoft's business. Richard Mace, Digital's vice-president of Internet/Intranet Practices, said this alliance would help Microsoft increase its market share in Intranets and Internet against Netscape, which currently dominates these markets. Digital, the only authorised integrator of Microsoft's Internet
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      Lock icon Internet start-ups make their debut at Comdex
      523 11 Reuter [PALO ALTO, California) Some of the Internet startups due to make their debut at this week's Comdex computer industry show have little more to their name than a few ambitious entrepreneurs, business cards and a Web site. But the 60 or so
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      Dell steps up the push for cheaper servers
      559 12  -  Asia-Pacific head says price cots will accelerate annual growth of server sales Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE) Dell Computer Corporation is not ashamed of saying it started the fight. Phil Kelly, Asia-Pacific president of Dell, told BusinesslT: "Dell started the price war in
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    • IT TAKES
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        Work soon on Intel's Shanghai plant
        70 13  -  Compiled by Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE) Intel Technology (China) Ltd held a ground breaking ceremony last week for its manufacturing site in Pudong Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai. The facility will assemble and test flash memory chips, which are used in consumer electronic applications, computers,
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        Hyperion Software revenues up
        100 13 [SINGAPORE] Nasdaq-listed Hyperion Software reported revenues of around US$46 million (Ss6s million) for the quarter ended September, an increase of 26 per cent over the same period last year. Net income was US$2 million, or 11 cents per share, compared to U552.22 million and 12 cents
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        34% hike in BMC net earnings
        92 13 [SINGAPORE] BMC Software reported revenues of U*****.5 million (Ssl77 million) for the quarter ended September, a 43 per cent increase over the same period last year. Net earnings also increased 34 per cent year on year to U5535.2 million, with earnings per share at
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        Parametric posts better results
        82 13 [SINGAPORE] Parametric Technology Corp's revenue for the quarter ended September increased 49 per cent year on year, to US$l77 million (Ss24B million). Revenue for the year ended September grew by 52 per cent to US$6OO million, compared to U*****.3 million last fiscal year. Net income for
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        Boston Technology income soars
        79 13 [SINGAPORE] Boston Technology reported net income of US$4 million (555.6 million) on revenues of US$52.B million for the quarter ended October. The results represent an increase of 171 per cent in revenue and an increase of U557.55 million over the net loss of US$3.3B million over
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        British varsity's desktop deal
        64 13 [SINGAPORE] The University of Leeds in Britain has bought 36 02TM desktop workstations from US-based Silicon Graphics for its mechanical engineering The 02 line features the industry's first "high-performance Unified Memory Architecture and integrates advanced 3D graphics, image processing, video jOnd compression capabilities. Silicon Graphics supplies
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      ATM ready to be affordable on the desktop, says IBM executive
      523 13  -  Byl Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Is Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) ready today? Greg Knowles, Asia-Pacific business development manager of Fore Systems, and Ng Kien Lock, South Asian networking manager of IBM, say: "Yes." Ramesh Gopal, business development manager of
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      Scala bullish about doubling sales next year
      443 13  -  Target set after notching a similar performance this year ity. Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE) Swedish integrated software vendor Scala International AB is confident of 100 per cent growth in sales in the Asia-Pacific region next year after having notched a similar performance this year,
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      Lock icon IBM sees Edmark as core of education focus
      290 13 Reuter (NEW YORK) International Business Machines Corp said its US$BO million (Ssll2o million) acquisition of Edmark Corp would serve as the core for the computer giant's plans to focus on education in its fledgling consumer products unit. The deal will also give
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      Lock icon The 'magical' microprocessor celebrates its 25th birthday
      628 14 Reuter [SAN FRANCISCO] The chips that today power 200 million personal computers and spurred the digital revolution began life 25 years ago as a start-up company's last ditch effort to retain one customer. With all the change wrought by Intel Corp's invention of
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      Internet for small businesses — option or a must?
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      574 15 Reuter [PALO ALTO, California) This year's Comdex, the world's most influential computer trade show, will be the showcase for some unusual computers, including machines the size of paperback books. A host of companies will introduce second-generation handheld computers, about the size
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      203 15 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] Microsoft Corp and Tele-Communica-tions Inc have severed the partnership agreement that gave the cable television provider a 20 per cent stake in Microsoft's online service. Microsoft last month re- turned the US$l25 million (Ssl7s million) investment that a TCI unit
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      783 16  -  The Singapore Symphony Orchestra excelled under the baton of guest conductor Vladimir Andropov last Friday, r yvam reviews the concert P Y VAN LAST Friday's Singapore Symphony Orchestra concert with Russian conductor Vladimir Andropov was without doubt an evening in which the Victoria Concert Hall
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      466 19  -  SES-he&ded HE firm to tap markets in South-East Asia, China, Japan, Europe By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Hongkongbased mould base maker Lung Kee Metals which plans to list on the Stock Exchange of Singapore aims to pump about HK$75 million (5513.5 million)
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      231 19 AFP, Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's national car manufacturer Proton is expected to announce higher interim results boosted by a weaker yen and its cost-cutting measures, analysts said on Friday. Proton's net profit for six months to September is forecast to be Ms2so
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      592 19  - KLSE 's Composite Index set to breach 1.200 soon lUUBTIUTIBB Analysts point to healthy economic growth and Wall Street boll ran Hu Ven Sreenivasan WITH the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index's (KLCI) recent uptrend to close at 1,192.16 points last Friday, all bets are on that it will hit 1,200 points
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        456 20  -  Chartered accountant also calls for an institute to be setup to train directors Byi Catherine Ong (SINGAPORE] Audit committees must include accountants and lawyers if they are to perform the enhanced role required by the Singapore stock exchange's recent amendments to its listing
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        316 20 Maybank, Huss&in stand about Msl a share apart [KUALA LUMPUR] Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) and Rashid Hussain Bhd (RHB) have made substantial progress in their talks on the sale of Kwong Yik Bank Bhd and both sides are reported to be "cautiously
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        1190 21  -  AZTECH-CREATIVE LAWSUIT By, Jennifer Lien Analysts say the rivals should make a deal and patch up to face the future when add-on sound cards will be obsolete {SINGAPORE] FOUR-to-one. Until last Tuesday, that was Creative Technology's "litig a t i on score". The world's largest
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        431 21  -  Lawyers see rise in such suits as technology progresses and market booms By] Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology's suit against Aztech Systems for breach of copyright is unusual in Singapore's intellectual property case law history, legal practitioners and academics said. This is because most
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        199 22 AFP [SYDNEY] The newly-appoint-ed director of Coles Myer Ltd, Martyn Myer, yesterday said the Australian retail giant was in need of attention and could improve on its recently volatile performance. Mr Myer, who was recently appointed to the Coles Myer board to represent his family's
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        452 22 Sale of new shares will raise up to 20b marks; company valued at 77b marks Bloomberg Business News [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Telekom AG will sell its first shares to the public for 28.5 Deutschemarks a share, raising up to 20 billion marks
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        159 22 Bloomberg Business News [AMSTERDAM] Hagemeyer NV said it is getting out of the textile business by closing down loss-making Borsumij Textiles, the last of a string of companies in that area, acquired when it bought Royal Borsumij Wehry last year. At the time it bought
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        315 22 It may also woo such firms to main board with a waiver SCMP [HONGKONG] The Hongkong Stock Exchange is examining the possibility of creating a second board to encourage the listing of high-technology firms, its deputy chief executive Herbert Hui Ho-ming
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        315 23  -  S'porean to head Viet office of Bao Viet's USs6m tie-up with CU and Tokio Marine By I Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Vietnam's largest insurer, Bao Viet, has teamed up with British and Japanese companies to set up an insurance joint
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        323 23 Rank gjud to be DCftT deal acquiring group's broking, corporate finance assets AFP [SINGAPORE] Fresh from obtaining a coveted banking licence in Thailand, Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) is to acquire an Asian financial group as a vehicle for its stockbroking and corporate finance
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        295 23 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] PennCorp Financial Group Inc said it agreed to acquire Washington National Corp for US$4OO million (Sss6o million), sending both firms' shares reeling and disappointing investors. PennCorp, a New Yorkbased life and health insurer, will pay U5529.50 for each share
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        187 23 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK) Mastercard International Inc said it will announce today that it's buying a stake in a "UK-based global technology provider". Mastercard declined to comment further, but the announcement came a week after Mondex, a UK-based smart card
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        209 23 Reuter [TOKYO] Japan's finance ministry plans to make it easier to issue corporate bonds by doing away with cumbersome regulations on flotations, Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported yesterday. The newspaper said the changes, expected to be introduced in 1998 as part of overall economic
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        156 23 Reuter [HONGKONG] AIG International Inc's gold trading desk in Hongkong will shift its operations to the US, most likely before the end of 19%, gold dealers said on Friday. The change will involve transferring one dealer, currently based in Hongkong, to
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        574 24 COBBIiHOi Weeklyßoundup Most Asian countries see investment surge in their currencies, say forex dealers Reuter [MANILA] Most Asian countries are looking forward to European economic and monetary union and the new Euro currency, predicting a subsequent investment surge in their currencies, foreign exchange dealers
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        889 24 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON) A blast of cold weather across Europe and the United States sent shivers through crude oil dealers again last week and oil prices rose from their already lofty heights on the London market. As
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      752 25 Relative Strength Index: The RSI measures the rate at which prices move. In theory it ranges between zero and 100. In practice, however, it fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: *****0/[(up average/down average)
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        649 26 I NEW YORK Americans moving away from direct holdings of equities and bonds towards mutual funds FT SOMETIMES, what does not happen is more interesting than what does. Last week, US equity and bond markets rallied vigorously, setting successive records. Both the Dow Jones
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        858 26 Sydney +25J2 A RECORD-BREAKING run on Wall Street combined with an improving outlook for world growth to spur the Australian share market to a record high close as shares closed one per cent higher over the week. The Australian Stock Exchange's key barometer, the All Ordinaries Index,
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        1861 26 P Paris ♦Lm FRENCH stocks could be in for a decline from their highs for the year in the coming days, unless money managers see further evidence of industry consolidation, said traders. On Friday, the benchmark CAC 40 Index rose 22.15 points, or one per cent to
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        458 26 LONDON AFP THE London stock market made overall gains last week, as a strong performance on Wall Street and a rise in European bond prices offset worries about a fresh rise in British interest rates. The Footsie Index of the 100 leading companies
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        126 26 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG share prices rose 1.l per cent during a week in which they posted three consecutive record closing highs, brokers said on Friday. The Stock Exchange of Hongkong's key Hang Seng Index gained 138.21 points over the week to 12,889.37 as
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        409 26 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices fell In subdued trading during the week with investors sidelined ahead of the release of interim results of major companies and key economic data, brokers said. "Investors were cautious about buying as they wanted to assess the future trend
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        8302 27 banks. Bloomberg Business News, AFP PI Composite Index ♦12JS6 MALAYSIA'S key stock index ended 1.1 percent higher over the week, boosted by a trade surplus in September and renewed interest in national power firm Tenaga Nasional. Analysts said there was still an upside in
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        3998 28  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy ON NOV 5. we featured the warrants issued by Malaysian firm Lien Hoe in this column. At the time, the instrument was trading for just under Msl on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and 54 cents on Clob International. Ten
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        67 30  -  Bjr Shiv Taneja WING TATs efforts to build support at around $3.70 may not hold much longer. The share closed on Friday at $3.70, down 10 cents on a volume of 3.7 million shares, and subsequent price action is likely to be downwards. Investors should consider taking profit
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        Lock icon Little fundamental reasons for rebound to continue
        1147 30  -  STOCK MAUBT COMMENTARY Rally fuelled by liquidity, a flow aided by still-benign US rates and tired-looking KL Second Board By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] What a difference a week makes. In just four days of trading last week, analysts busy peddling pessimism the week
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      281 31 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young VLCCs have rather taken over the report with various deals and rumours being discussed. Initially there are reports that Messrs Niarchos have now ordered 1 option 1 newbuildings (300,000 tdw) from the Daewoo yard in Korea for delivery end '96/ early at around
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      362 31  -  It warns against temptingly low prices offered by shipyards and sees a steady market in long-term From. David Taylor in Hongkong THE Hongkong Shipowners Association (HKSA) has warned against speculative new building aimed at maintaining a steady shipping market. "I am optimistic about
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      360 31 The plan is to make port city Zarnbino a regional trading hnb by 2005 AFP [TOKYO] The Japanese government plans to support a US$24O million (***** million) project to develop a Russian Far East port including the construction of
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      Latest US confrontation may end up changing Japan's port policy
      645 31  -  LINER SCENE By. David Hughes THE US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) certainly cannot be accused of timidity. Its latest confrontation, over allegedly unfair port practices, is essentially with the Japanese government. But the FMC has targeted Japan's three main carriers,
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      256 31 Business Line. [CHENNAI] Shipowners and marine engineers have a responsibility to ensure that Indian ships conformed to world standards, S Sundar, secretary at the federal Ministry of Surface Transport, has said. India's vast human resources could play an important role provided they
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      US fiim wants share of Japan's vehicle-export market
      237 31 (TOKYOJ US cargo vessel operator Great American Lines Inc aims to capture about a quarter of Japan's overall vehicle exports to the US by offering Japanese carmakers a cargo service for exporting vehicles to the United States. According to a Japanese industrial
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      ECT staff strike over Maersk terminal
      225 31 [ROTTERDAM] Some 200 employees of the ECT terminal in Maasvlakte, in Rotterdam harbour, downed tools for one and half hours last week to protest against the plan of Danish shipping company Maersk to build its own terminal. Thursday's strikers consisted of dock workers and
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      97 31 Bernama _c_.„J one of the 12 newbuildings for Global Maritime Ventures BhdJ (GMV) and Wawasan Shipping Sdn Bhd, was officially in China on Friday. The 175.5-metre vessel is owned by Kasa Navigation Sdn BhdJ a 70-30 joint venture company of GMV and Wawasan Shipping. Itf is scheduled
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      1123 32  -  INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES: PUSHING FOR OPEN-SKIES Meetings between US and South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei officials to discuss open skies agreements have put the heat on Japan but Tokyo continues to stonewall US efforts to free up trade in air services By
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      11083 40 EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser V«M Voy age Telephone SIN Oest'n Name Nim« Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Nemo Number Number A To BOMBAY (BOM) 2053 A India To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 19/n 2t/n cosco river crystal oostw 65 22*1900 Ivory Coast, Cote
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        243 47 Nov 18 Morocco: Independence Day. Oman: National Day. Not 19 Brunei:Meraj. Indonesia Ascent of The Prophet Muhammad. Oman: Market and Public holiday. Nov 30 Germany: Day of Penance. Mexico: Revolution Day. Nor 22 Lebanon: Independence day. Nov 23 Japan: Labour Thankgiving Day. Mpy Sri Lanka: Market and Public
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        823 47 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. show* price ranges in US dollar* instead of single price* for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are baaed on average-sited stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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        287 48 Move is to cope with the jnmp in aviation fuel prices Bloomberg Business News [GENEVA] More than 100 of the world's airlines ar planning to raise average fares by 3 per cent on Dec 15 to cope with fuel prices that
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        393 48 US names Boeing and Lockheed Martin as finalists, McDonnell says it won't protest Reuter, AFP, Bloomberg Business News (ST LOUIS] McDonnell Douglas Corp said it will not challenge a decision by the US government to drop it from a three-way competition to build
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        Lock icon Air France told to forget Boeing plans
        181 48 Reuter [PARIS] State-owned Air France is under pressure from the French government to drop any thought of buying Boeing long-haul jets from the US and stick with the Frenchbased Airbus equivalent, industry sources said on Friday. They said that Air France chairman Christian
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        Lock icon Canadian Airline's board resigns amid cash crunch
        217 48 FT [MONTREAL] The entire board of Canadian Airlines International has resigned to avoid being held personally liable by creditors of the troubled Calgary-based air carrier. Canadian, the smaller of Canada's two national airlines and 33 per cent owned by AMR, parent of the
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        246 48 Reuter [MEXICO CITY] Mexico's plan to privatise its 57 airports should be ready for private investors within the first three months of 1997, a Communications and Transport Ministry spokesman said last Friday. The privatisation fits with the government's aim of selling off
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        Lock icon Nissan to scrap plan for truck engine venture in China
        220 48 AFP [TOKYOJ Japan's Nissan Motor Co Ltd has decided to scrap a joint venture plan to produce truck engines in China, citing slow growth in motor vehicle demand in the country. The second largest Japanese carmaker had been negotiating with
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        Lock icon Toyota plans to mass produce hybrid car: report
        196 48 AFP (TOKYO) Japan's Toyota Motor Corp will become the world's first carmaker to mass produce a "hybrid car" powered by both petrol and electricity, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said yesterday. Toyota will start the production possibly in late 1997, marketing the vehicle
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        Lock icon PAL warns pilots it will fire strikers
        155 48 AFP [MANILA] Philippine Airlines (PAL) yesterday threatened to fire outright any pilots who join a planned strike. The warning was issued as the Philippines prepared to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum. The national flag carrier said in a statement that it
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          49 48 Reuter [BEIJING] Taiwan's Eva Airways and Formosa Airlines are planning to open offices in China, the Weekly said yesterday. It said the airlines would open offices in response to a rise in civil aviation exchanges and the possibility of ftiture direct air links.—Reuter
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          Lock icon China-Japan automobile airoon venture
          68 48 Reuter [BEIJING] A US$4O million (Sss6 million) automobile air conditioner joint venture between China and Japan has gone into operation in eastern China, the Business Weekly said yesterday. The Yantai Shougang Denso Co Ltd, a joint venture between Japan's Denso Corp, Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Toyota
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          49 48 Reuter [LEBANON] A Lebanese hostess standing in front of the new BMW 520 at the Beirut International Motor Show, on Saturday. Fifty four firms from Europe, Asia and the United States exhibit brand new models at the show, which opened on Friday.—Renter
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          Lock icon Pelangi Air to resume flights
          63 48 Bernama [MALACCA] Pelangi Air is expected to resume normal operations in March next year after its services were disrupted since last month owing to resignation of its pilots. Deputy Transport Minister Mohammed All Rustam said the regional airline company had given an assurance to re-start
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          Lock icon M'sian Helicopter to sell Airod stake
          39 48 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Helicopter Services Bhd (MHS) has agreed to sell its entire 53 per cent stake in Airod Sdn Bhd to P JS Industries Sdn Bhd, the Bernama news agency reported.—Renter
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        Lock icon No swift rescue deal seen for Fokker
        232 48 Reuter [AMSTERDAM] The chances of a swift South Korean rescue deal for Dutch planemaker Fokker took a knock on Friday when administrators of the bankrupt company said they did not expect a decision by Seoul for at least two weeks. South Korea's Samsung
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      21 31 Open-skies US hits air pocket over Japan Tokyo continues to stonewall US efforts to free up trade in air services.Page 2
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      2165 33 HANJIN SHIPPING USA CANADA* UK HAUL/VOT a StA PPI TTW TOP QO OTT PEN PHL >WI Mm IPS KTC OB TV« TTZ TU TTt TH» n. imiwom ojtt jo/n —2i/u_ 12/12 l*Zl?. u/12 u/12 is/u 17/12 u/12 17/12 it/n i 7/12 iy/n jSjj ~u/u u/i? 13/11 u/12 17/11 14/12 h.
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      94 33 Am ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED V£<L (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) J WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE VOT SWCAHWI K)Mt<Y ytSStl VOY lOMMT SW6WOW NORDKAP 403 27/11 04/12 NORDKAP 402 19/11 27/11 LEERQRT 910 29/11 07/12 LEERORT 909 22/11 29/11 SINAR TOftA 204 09/12 16/12 SINAR TQ6A 203 01/12 09/12
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      443 34 Direct Container Service to Fangcheng Zhanjiang Vessel S'pore Fangcheng Zhaniiang UANBAO 19/11 24/11 26/11 I /VOffTRAN^ s{ TEL: 65-*****67 FAX: 65-*****90 Kfiwikf SfYtoTtla^MktUwiiq^i Mtf-PtoptM RO/L0 Carrier Accepting: RO/RO, Ramp Capacity opto 40 tarn Heavy Uft apta 68.5 teas (mwhoaal/ keak Bek /Omttmm/Reehn Caatmm Thai Flog States Asta Express VJ6A 22-25/11
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      731 42 *£ccut o %ua£ SActfunp (Ptit) Inn (SHIPOWNERS I SHIPPING AGENTS) It Am> Mll4-13/14, 14/17, lbll tomM Pku 0/9903 Ttk *****11 (24 U*t) Fu: (t5) *****94 CaUt Adi 'UAMXMS" Ttiuu iS 23tSt At LMMT d HO; IOOIH7OOOQW wtmr sailing to YANGON NDONESIA vtssn voy m I ygn msa Ivot Isw octiaiion
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      78 43 <®*TOYOFUII SHIPPING CO, LTD. MULTI-PURPOSE VESSEL FOR RO/RO, CONTAINER I BREAK lULK CARGO YISSEI VQT p| SIM JIT 1U U TIAWS PACIFK 5 SI 11/H 1W WIT TW 1»/1 MS/11 KM U US 20/11 DflPWimiS II 2S/11 26/11 it/11 01/H 12/12 [w/12 VESSEL YOT SIN H jj Mm IK trams
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      1455 43 Nedlloyd to eurok Nedlloyd Lines EVERY thurs/fri/sat ((QfljjlXl cn 1000M*****R rTBH SINGAPORE PHON6 (GENERAL) *****89 HATE ENQUIRIES *****41/246/200 CFS (PHONE) *****10 CPS (FAX) *****23 TO EUROPE EVEBY THUBS/FW/SAT ~T7Z7r~TZ "5 GS «E 55 s HSS BS £2t SKESL. 2VII 22/11 14/12 12/12 13/12 10/12 NIL HONGKONG /1466 22/11 13/12 14/12
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      687 44 —SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX: R*****0 CI NO. IM7CCMMM BOOKINGS CALL PIB£C T LINE: *****41 /*****43 JESSICA/CELIA 3 SLGS/WEEK lyEaag. voy \sm [jak [vessel voy Ism Isub MAERSKNARA 9647 IN FT 21/11 (THU) ORIENT
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      599 44 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOAONO VOY I SPORE PJELANO*! HALIFAX N.VORK NORFOLK N. ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPICO HOUSTON HOEGH ORAK£ 0438 M PT/16 NOV 07 NOV 06 JAN 00 JAN 10 JAN 17 JAN 13 JAN 21 JAN 25JAN HOEGH DYKE 0638 06DEC 38 JAN 31 JAN 01
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      550 44 Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. CR 80:**********08 BOMAY/COCHIIj »Sa VOY ISM BOM MEKHAMW KURAKO MK2SM 10/11 27/11 ORIENT CORD 014 20/11 28/11 VANESSA 12N 27/11 06/12 TRADE FAST TFSI73 04/12 12/12 BEfiUmi IYICMCTSK SBHflCf VESSEL VOY STORE ILYCHEVSK EVER GREET 0136-066W It/11 18/12 EVER GOLDEN 0130-066W 28/11 28/12 EVER
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      419 45 APM g*' ao> THRICK WEEKLY DIRECT TO NO CHI MINH CITY eXPOHT TO HO CHI MIKH CITY IMPORT FKOM HO CHI MIHH CITY 5! w wk~[ [mm w I ctchok r™lus3s~™ MMIMMMM MM OS/1t) o*/") W/ll (MB O/ll MACON KAUMMTAII M rTTTj JJT: OV") OVID n/11 m h/ii £1 n,\\
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      432 46 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE} LTD. M M I 11 COLLYER QUAY «06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. 1615 *****90 <4 LINES FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) Also occepting contoiner cargo to; VESSEL/VOY ETA SIN ETAHKG ETA SHA W/T HKG: Beijiao, Chiwan, GOOD WELL 9605/9606 21/11 26/11 30/fi
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      113 46 GOLDEN LINE A I GUAN GUAM SHIPPING llCft<o\ (PTE) LTD d 23, Tatofc Ayer Sheet SMGAPORE *****6 I TEL: *****88 (10 UNES) Fax: *****04 PIAIUZUIIIAM cm-y mvicn Spore PKetang Penang GOLDEN GRACE KaracM3uba(/Kuwait 28-29/11 GOLDEN STAR KaracMXtw/Kuwa* 0809/12 CHINA «EMVICE A VSL Chna Ports 21-22/11 A VSL Huangpu/Shangha 24-25/11 CONTAINS*
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