The Business Times, 23 May 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY,MAY 23 1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Tender bids point to 10% rise in exec condo prices
    879 1  -  Lnm Chang bids $220 pstyppr for Jnrong site, Pidemco offers $192 psf/ppr for Woodlands plot By. Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] The first tender for two sites for executive condominiums (ECs) drew a barrage of bids yesterday, with the top bids pointing
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    A third of upgraders hit by new 10-year HDB time bar
    496 1  -  By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] One-third of the 75,000 households queuing to buy another brand new Housing Board flat will be hit by the latest 10-year time bar imposed by the government, according to the Ministry of National Development.
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    Crime trips up Teng-hui on the green
    293 1  -  Taiwanese leaders hang up golf clubs as public gets tough From Bruce Cheesman in Taipei A PUBLIC outcry over rising crime in Taiwan has forced President Lee Teng-hui and Premier and Vice-President Lien Chan to give up golf. Reports of dozens of policemen
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    HK moves to cool frenzy over red chip share issues
    481 1  -  Concern over demand for foods following huge IPO subscriptions From Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong ALARMED by the frenzied demand for funds to subscribe for new share offers of so-called red chips or main-land-backed Hongkong companies, stock market regulators have
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      71 1 DISDB ■91 Ansae flotation The Hai Sun Hup Group may float its Australian assets in a few months, says group chairman C K Ow, Pg 15 ES i ft. Art 2 is showcasing works with a mix of western and traditional elements, PffM WHTWTB SINGAPORE 2,3 ADVERTISING 4 S-EASIA 6
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      5 1 Law and disorder, Pg 11
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      77 1 Silk twill scarf, pleated scarf, tie. beach towel. pareo. cashmere shawl, ashtray. Clic Clac" enamel bracelet, gloves, embroidered ballerina shoe. "Kelly" watch. "24. Faubourg jewel purse spray. Bf i# S "^SIS fikIHBHSQw Jm* *<3l v I Brji y> ;^^jr^^yps^ *t E«i Jl*. v" Jtr M JSJBhBSm® jB~ f' "-";-V. Jfr
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon 11m barrels of oil traded daily, four times physical movements
      563 2  -  Survey shows much of the trading is offshore; traders say findings on low side By\ Siow Li Sen SOME 11 million barrels of crude oil and refined petroleum products are traded each day in Singapore, about four times the actual
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      Franchising popular with firms expanding overseas
      166 2  -  Lee Kee Yeng FRANCHISING is gaining popularity in Singapore as a way of expanding businesses overseas. About 47 per cent of homegrown franchisors have expanded into the region, according to figures from a 1995 survey by Arthur Andersen Consulting. This was highlighted yesterday at
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      Lock icon More local funds for manufacturing
      323 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Manufacturina By Lee Kee Yeng THIS looks to be a good year for the manufacturing sector, going by investment figures for the first quarter. Net investment commitments in manufacturing grew 66.3 per cent in Ql compared to the amount in the
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      S'pore ratifies Chemical Weapons Convention
      104 2 SINGAPORE has ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention, which aims to eliminate the use of chemical weapons without hampering civilian chemical industries and technological development. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday that Singapore ratified the convention in New York on Wednesday. Under the convention, which
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      Republic, Brunei to sign open sides pact
      105 2 SINGAPORE and Brunei will sign an open skies agreement during the visit of Brunei's minister of communications, Pehin Zakaria Sulaiman. Pehin Zakaria arrived yesterday for a three-day visit He will sign the agreement with Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan, said the Ministry of
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      PSA, Sicec keen to manage mega exhibition centre
      608 3  -  Changi centre, with 60,000 sq ft, will be largest on island Ang Wan May THE Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) and the Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre (Sicec) are competing to manage Singapore's largest exhibition centre. They have, separately, expressed their keen
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      Lock icon First qtr gold imports surge 50% to 136 tonnes
      360 3  -  Bulk of gold imports re-exported to Asian countries where demand is booming From Neil Behrmann in London SINGAPORE'S first quarter gold imports soared to 136 tonnes, 50 per cent higher than the comparable period in 1996. The World Gold Council, a
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      507 2 to the big boss in search of a bigger idea: A partial listing of companies which have already signed up: o Acer Computer Int'l Ltd; ACME Carton Packaging Co (Pte) Ltd; Arcasia Land Pte Ltd; Atelier Universal Architects; BT Asia Pacific; Boustead Hldgs Bhd; Cassia 'ff I Group ofCo's; Dow
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      234 2 ||^^B[ii '^--rf §pllfe| S s .j2g£jl&m at, 1 I t *s* J[ jmmH JUL y*» If Singapore s one and only duck restaurant at Hotel Negara An unforgettable dining experience of exciting duck dishes set against rustic beauty. 0 Hotel Negara, 10 Claymore Road, Singapore *****0 Tel: 737 0811 >•*—■'-—
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      65 3 Refrigerated Wine Cellar A r f HH Your perfect answer to wine storage in the tropics Model 999 Capacity up to 144 bottles Price: *****0.75 (bcl. GST) (inclusive of delivery set up m S'pore 12 months warranty Available ex-stock from the Sole Agent: bonTA Rf F BONTABLE AGENCIES (S) PTE
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      311 3 It's Fast! It's Aggressive! it's Barracuda! Seagate Barracudas wi U satisfy your appetite for all high-end SCSI offer you more stora B e requirements. e Seagate Barracudas combine 7,200 RPM performance choices. *ii performance, Advanced SCSI Architecture and Barracuda is the drive family that blows the latest technologies (including MR
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Lock icon J Walter Thompson set for makeover
      870 4  -  CEO Chris Jones aims to bring the ad agency to the top of its class fast Hy Stuart Elliott NYT INEW YORK] IN HOLLYWOOD, Ralph Fiennes became the English patient. On Madison Avenue, Chris Jones is becoming known as the impatient Englishman. Mr Jones,
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      Lock icon Breguet gears up for fast growth
      446 4  -  Swiss watchmaker plans 50m Swiss franc investment By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Breguet, a 250-year-old luxury watch brand from Switzerland, is gearing up for fast growth with a new marketing plan and a 50 million Swiss franc (5550.4 million) investment to be injected over the
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      127 4 When young adults in 10 Asian countries were asked, "What is your favourite music channel/' guess who topped the charts? And minds. 31% MTV Closest Competitor Source: 1996 DMB&B Brainwaves New World Teen Study™ Wave II ENOUGH SAID. So, iff you want to speak to the fastest growing market in
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      132 4 7S Imagine W"j F STRUT < ,3* it s yours... 1 The whole pub could be yours for the day! Be it an annual class gathering, Night befor< th< big a small Cocktail Reception or your birthday. I a rU sa v -M. At only $40 per person (min. 30
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      94 5 H?|> T*l£^' '^5bE K v ?f§f-=-: c 1 AjavJ^ \^fr. J w f|p -^lM§|p Wear the watch that's electrically charged every time you move your body. Th new Seiko Kinetic. No battery. Ijk I Quartz accuracy. Revolutionary. SEIKO KINETIC Someday ai watches will be made this way. series :„v a
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Indon hustings hit tourism; but not markets
      243 6 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA'S tourism market has slumped in violent campaigning ahead of elections on May 29 but financial markets appear to have shrugged off the turmoil, analysts say. Hotels around Indonesia, from Jakarta to Central Java, have experienced occupancy rate declines of between
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      Lock icon Thai central bank resists pressure to cut interest rates
      354 6 BANGKOK Banking sector, govt mounting pressure for cuts to kickst&rt troubled economy AFP THAILAND'S central bank yesterday resisted mounting pressure from the government and banking sector for a quick interest rate cut to help kickstart the country's troubled economy. An official
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      Lock icon Anwar names Abu Zahar Malacca's chief minister
      207 6 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama STATE executive councillor and assemblyman for Merlimau Abu Zahar Isnin is the new Malacca chief minister effective today, Acting Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced yesterday. Mr Abu Zahar, 57, fills the post left vacant following the death of Mohd Zin
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      Lock icon M'sia to make world's 1st wallet PCs
      338 6 LONDON MOUs for 12 projects thfl MnltimflHii Super Corridor signed NST A PLAN to manufacture the world's first "e-pass wallet PC" at Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor was unveiled here on Wednesday with the signing of one of 12 memorandums of understanding in the
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      Lock icon Philippine telecoms carriers face squeeze
      308 6 MANILA Interconnection problems deter new investors AFP INTERCONNECTION problems may be squeezing profits and deterring investors in the deregulated Philippine telephone sector, Transportation and Communications Secretary Arturo Enrile said yesterday. The sector was opened to foreign and local competition in 1993, resulting in the emergence
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      183 6 Walnut wood panelling. Leather interiors. Climatic control air-conditioning. Twin airbags. Four link front suspension. sth generation ABS with EBD. 101 BHP J J n ti < IRf] It's a great scheme, but don't take our ■mr \word for it. WgBBBBBk X H/ Back by popular demand! The luxurious and technologically
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      New HK airport will meet April deadline and budget, says official
      434 7  -  HONGKONG He clarifies reports tfeout contractors It finish work on time to Loh Hui Yin THE Hongkong government assured yesterday that the nfcw Chek Lap Kok airport and (filer infrastructure facilities aB be completed on time by rtefct April
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      Lock icon China moves to cool speculation
      300 7 BEIJING Reuter CHINESE authorities yesterday issued a commentary aimed at halting short-term speculation in China's volatile stock markets, saying this was the aim of a ban on Wednesday on trading in shares by stateowned firms. "It is international common practice to restrict shortterm speculation and
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      Lock icon China seen doubtful about joining WTO this year
      304 7 HONGKONG Premier U sees good ties with UK's Labour govt: HE delegation Reuter CHINA no longer expects to join the World Trade Organisation this year but sees better relations with Britain under the Labour government, a delegation of Hongkong business leaders said
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      Lock icon Manila urged to stop activity on disputed shoal
      118 7 BEIJING Reuter CHINA yesterday urged the Philippines to stop immediately all activities on a cluster of disputed rocks in the South China Sea where the Philippine flag is raised, saying this would safeguard peace and stability. "The Chinese government strongly urges the
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      69 7 FIRST ANNIVERSARY SALE 7 DAYS SPECIAL Persian Tribal Carpets. Unbelievable Prices. Everything Must Go. All Sizes Available. V. W Kashmir Carpet House Pte Ltd, (WHOLESALE RETAIL) "StSEecid. 131. fj Blk 6E Dempsey Road (opp. Botanic Garden) Singapore *****3 > i -i. Td: 732 0969 Fax: 732 0968 J 1 --j
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      79 7 I MI I isP Arttf/yersarif D/tfffer Pro/ffoP/ort From 5 May to 5 June 1997 at our NEW Premises 5Q% OFF To commemorate our IstAnnivenary Fosters is giving away a $20/-voucher for every $40f-spent on dinner' Tbeat yourself to Fosters renowned English country fare in our garden ambience afcascading water fall
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      134 7 ZENITH Class 6 LIFE IS IN THE MOVEMENT Designed to induce envy C,, v .'i HflK 'WM "-tat- r, A 1 ''W a. testonr bologna rpMJA, y. t i ingenuity shaped by tradition > V .Xt At A.Twow Bomrnn* •011 V* Alton Horn fcwwo GauwTk: 7J< H«* A*a*T* 734 IS*
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Talk to stabilise the yen continues
      409 8  -  TOKYO Tokyo appears to be having success as yen retreats to USM By, Anthony Rowley JAPANESE government officials yesterday stepped up their campaign of verbal intervention designed to stabilise the yen following its sharp rise earlier this week to a fivemonth high. The tactic
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      Lock icon Western Australia to sell A$1b pipeline
      302 8 PERTH Tear-end deadline set for sale of 1,540 km natural gas pipeline Bloomberg THE Western Australia state government plans to sell the 1,540 km Dampier-to-Bunbury natural gas pipeline to private buyers by the end of the year, Energy Minister Colin Barnett said yesterday. The
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      Lock icon N Korean food crisis worsening
      215 8 SEOUL AFP THE food situation in North Korea is deteriorating and will become "very serious" if floods hit the isolated communist country again this year, the head of the International Red Cross warned yesterday. "We are likely to issue a new or revised appeal for
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        Lock icon Dhaka urges Koreans to buy state firms
        63 8 AFP [DHAKA] Bangladesh yesterday urged South Korean investors to buy loss-making public enterprises which were hampering the national economy. Bangladesh's Privatisation Board chairman Kazi Zafarullah told Korean officials and business executives that most of the industries were in favourable locations with adequate infrastructurai
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        Lock icon King unveils new Volvo
        61 8 AFP [TOKYO] Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf (left) drawing the cover on a new model Volvo C7O Coupe T-5 during a Swedish "Midsummer Festival" sponsored by Volvo Cars Japan at a hotel in Tokyo yesterday. The Swedish king and queen, who will be here until May
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        Lock icon S Korean retailers most vulnerable
        79 8 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korean retailers are tops when it comes to businesses tipped to go under because of a slowing economy and snowballing corporate debt, analysts said. Slowing consumption is eroding profits at shops and department stores which have large debts incurred from buying land
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        Lock icon Japanese hoteliers fume over NSW tax
        88 8 AFP [SYDNEY] Angry Japanese hotel owners yesterday threatened serious consequences for the New South Wales state tourism market unless a proposed 10 per cent "bed tax" was abolished. The tax was announced by the NSW state government as a budget measure which it said
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        Lock icon Enough evidence to nail Rao, says CBI
        73 8 AFP [NEW DELHI] India's Central Bureau of Investigation told a court yesterday it had enough evidence to convict former premier P V Narasimha Rao in a 1969 forgery «ran<u»i a day after Mr Rao blamed his predecessor Rajiv Gandhi for the affair. The
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      Lock icon S Korea's 1st-qtr GDP growth hits 4-year low of 5.4%
      376 9 SEOUL Some economists voice concern that pickup in economy may be delayed AFP SOUTH Korea's gross domestic product growth fell to its lowest rate in nearly four years in the first quarter of 1997 amid depressed investment and consumption, the
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      Murdoch is Asia's most powerful non-politician
      438 9  -  SINGAPORE Business figures account for a third of leaders with the most clont in region Reports by Yang Razali Kassim POLITICIANS aside, media baron Rupert Murdoch is easily Asia's most powerful man in the eyes of Asiaweek. Mr Murdoch heads a list of 16
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      Lock icon India's export target unrealistic
      201 9 BOMBAY AFP INDIA'S export target of US$4O billion (5557.2 billion) for the fiscal year to March 1998 is a pipe dream, experts say. "The target is unrealistic and unachievable. I do not know on what basis this target has been set," said economist Rajan Govil at
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      Jiang ranked No 1 in list of region's 50 top power players
      454 9 CHINA'S President Jiang Zemin tops Asiaweek's list of the 50 most powerful and influential people in Asia for this year. The Chinese leader takes the top slot off Indonesia's President Suharto after being ranked second last year. President
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      Lock icon Australia to accept SAR passports
      112 9 HONGKONG AFP AUSTRALIA announced yesterday it would recognise Hongkong passports issued after the July return to Chinese rule, boosting the campaign for worldwide acceptance of the document. "The Australian government will accord the Hongkong Special Administrative Region (SAR of China) passport equivalent treatment to that
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      Lock icon Home and dry
      69 9 [OOMBULGURRI, Australia] Australian Army soldiers talk next to the newly resurfaced airstrip yesterday at the remote Aboriginal community of Oombulgurri, located over 1,000 km south-west of Darwin. The Army's Ist Combat Engineers Regiment was called in for emergency support, involving repairing of facilities, to enable 360 residents
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      Lock icon Hanbo loans scandal: 8 more politicians face trial
      315 9 SEOUL Pusan mayor tops list; 25 cleared as 4-month probe ends AFP EIGHT more South Korean politicians were indicted yesterday and will face trial on charges of receiving money from the Hanbo group, a Prosecutor General's Office spokesman said. The eight include
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      182 9 If it's not for the ICE 'N' WATER dispenser, you would probably mistake it as a cabinet. /tmana Refrigerator/Freezers |H j y t -J 'IFw 8 HP ST 4;-. BbBBBb H M WrmkJiaJv 1 1 {m^^P I Presenting the totally built-in look by It's little wonder then that Amana is
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Keep commercial firms, banks apart: Greenspan
      479 10 WASHINGTON But Fed chief calls for greater affiliations between financial services sectors Bloomberg FEDERAL Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan called on Congress to break down the walls that separate the banking, securities and insurance industries yesterday, though he warned legislators should not allow financial companies
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      Lock icon US' experimental CPI shows low inflation
      389 10 WASHINGTON Index rose OJ% in April, slower than govt's inflation gauge Bloomberg THE US experimental consumer price index showed prices in April rose at a slower pace than indicated by the government's main inflation gauge one more sign inflation remains tame. The new index
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      Lock icon Record US$94b budget surplus in April
      245 10 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE US government posted a record budget surplus in April as the vibrant economy and roaring stock market boosted revenue, Treasury figures showed on Wednesday. The surplus totalled U5|93.939 billion (*****.3 billion), according to the Treasury's monthly budget statement. That's up from
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      Lock icon Yeltsin sacks defence minister, army chief
      304 10 MOSCOW Reuter RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin, angered by a lack of military reforms and by high-level army corruption, yesterday sacked Defence Minister Igor Rodionov and the head of the general staff, Viktor Samsonov. Speaking at a meeting of his advisory Defence Council on military
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      Lock icon New UK watchdog will work well: chief
      155 10 LONDON Reuter HOWARD Davies, deputy governor of the Bank of England and soon to be head of Britain's new financial super-reg-ulator, said on Wednesday the new, all-encompassing watchdog could work perfectly well. In his first interview since Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown
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      Lock icon Moving house
      54 10 [THE NETHERLANDS] A complete five-storey building on the move yesterday after construction workers lifted its foundations and placed it on wheels. The relocation of the 600-tonne building, 80 metres away from its original setting, comes as an economic alternative to simply tearing it down because of construction developments
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      Lock icon Switzerland rejects US allegations it was Nazi banker
      347 10 BERN But govt is contrite about tuning a way European Jews AFP THE Swiss government yesterday rejected assertions in a recent US report that Switzerland was the banker of the Nazis, though it admits "questionable" deals were done with Germany that did
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      Juppe faces own-goal dupe
      765 10  -  EUROPEAN VIEW French elections and soccer: for both, a Met result Is Important By Kevin Sullivan The writer is a Spain-based journalist who contributes to BT French Prime Minister Alain Juppe is in danger of losing his job even if his centre-right coalition retains its parliamentary
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      567 10 I[-j f// IaJJJI SM SUMMIT HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Board Room, Summit Building, 45 Übi Road 1, Singapore *****6 on 6 June 1997 at 4.00
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Swiss made a mockery of neutrality
      799 11  -  THE BOTTOMLDIB OPINION By Thomas Friedman The writer is a columnist in The New York Times NYT THE just-released United States government report on how the Swiss aided the Nazis in laundering their looted gold during World War II contains many useful lessons. But
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      118 11 'I, for one, don't believe in living on trees. It may be romantic to stay on trees but one day we should come down. If we continue to live on trees, then one day we might not have enough trees. Dr Mahathir MnlinmaH Malaysian prime minister now
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      Law and disorder in Taiwan
      640 11 EDITORIAL LARGE numbers of people in Taiwan seem to have taken to staging public protests against the worsening law-and-order situation. Thus, again, some 50,000 demonstrators on Sunday staged a sit-down protest outside the presidential office. This was the second mass show of anger on the
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      Lock icon Is the sun setting on golden age of science?
      880 11  -  Yes, says writer who argues that scientists have answered all the big questions By Vanessa Houlder FT A SCIENTIST'S lot is not always a happy one. In the struggle to raise funds and win support for their work, researchers have to
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      896 11 MFIf a regrettable misnomer ON Monday, the US president announced his intention to continue China's current trade status. Congress will now review and perhaps reverse the president's decision. Because of the reversion of Hongkong to Chinese sovereignty, alleged campaign financing improprieties and a host of other
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      30 11 DOONESBURY By Garry Trudeau (NO, yourb' AiexrmYTHe mm I ARB LEAVING, NOT. PEAR, f VOUARB'YeAAA > Wlrail In I mart' uMsmce. at/iv*jjr ™uxk- 5 I l S meNoiomous j 6RAMWP, know.is
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Premium vintage seen for Aussie wine in 1997
      565 12  -  But a shortfall in reds is expected for the next five years, says marie mcxmermet MARIE MCINERNEY Reuter THE Australian wine industry is ripe for continued growth after new vineyard plantings and favourable late conditions produced a record premium crush. But overall
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      Lock icon Bowie in US$30m EMI deal
      344 12 MUSIC FT [LONDON] EMI Music has paid US$3O million (Ss43 million) for the worldwide distribution rights to the back catalogue of recordings by David Bowie, one of the most influential rock stars of the *****. The deal, among the most valuable given to a rock
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    • CHATTER Box
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        Lock icon Adjani defends Cannes winners
        96 12 AP ACTRESS Isabelle Adjani, who headed this year's Cannes < Film Festival jury, insists the top prizes went to "great i films, not good causes". Many of the winning films or their j directors had some link to political or social issues. In'S s,11 B rare
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        Diana helps Pakistan hospital again
        95 12 DIANA, Princess of Wales, flew to Pakistan on Wednesday to help raise £17 million (Ss4o million) for a charity cancer hospital founded by former cricket star Imran Khan. It is the second time the former wife of Prince Charles has been to Lahore to raise
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        Lock icon Monaco prince and waitress 'just friends'
        96 12 AP JUST friends, says Prince Albert of Monaco about his relationship with the Swedish waitress he met last year. Speculation about a romance grew when the 39-year heir to Monaco's throne and Anna-Karin Hasselborg, 2JT ~~j were seen together at a car race in
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        Lock icon U2 drives motorists round the bend
        119 12 AP SOME drivers in Kansas City, Missouri, were ftirious when Bono and his band U2 closed off some downtown highways to make a music video. The closures on Tuesday and Wednesday affected Interstates 70,670 and 36 and were complicated by swarming fans and a
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        Lock icon Lloyd Webber's wines fetch £3.7m
        96 12 AP WHEN the curtain fell on Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest triumph on Wednesday—the auction of some of his fine wines the composer was £3.69 million (SsB.7 million) richer. Sotheby's said the 18,000 bottles, sold over two days, fetched 50 per cent more than the original
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      869 14  -  ART The works of five watercolonr painters on show at Art Formn display different attributes of the often unfairly criticised Reports by Ben Munroe Five Watercolour Artists is on at Art Forum until May 26 [SINGAPORE] Watercolour is a much maligned media, attracting stylistic and technical criticism,
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      662 14 Art 2 showcases works with a mix of western, traditional elements THE latest chance for Singaporeans to catch up with art from around the region is on at Art 2 Gallery, where you can see the paintings of two prominent contemporary artists
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      Keppel Land joins forces with Rodamco
      317 15  -  property group 1/3 stake in b office tower to unit of Dutch giant J* Christopher Tan (SlNGAPOßE] Keppel Land is beefing up its march into the Singapore and regional property scene with giant Dutch frpup Rodamco as partner. their maiden deal, the $tngapore property
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      Amcol to be Asia Food's 4th division
      527 15  -  The US$2-3b SinaiMas unit to list on SES in Jane or Jnly By* Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Amcol Holdings will become the fourth division of Asia Food Proper•tgpUJpt), the U552.25 billion *i1513.2~ billion) Singapore"roased subsidiary of Indone:;'sia's Sinar Mas group. AFP, which is making
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      UOL gets nod for Sydney project
      169 15 [SINGAPORE] United Overseas Land (UOL) has secured official approval to develop a plot of land behind the Landmark Parkroyal Hotel in Sydney, Australia, into a 110-unit apartment. It added in its latest annual report that sales have been encouraging since the project was marketed
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      Amcol shareholders relieved but some still have grouses
      723 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Conrad Raj AS THE DAY draws nearer to the re-listing of former electronics consumer goods distributor Amcol Holdings, albeit under a new name, many shareholders must be breathing a sigh of relief that the counter did not go the
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      406 15  -  By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] The Hai Sun Hup Group, a shipping firm which has bought several hotels in Australia, may float its Australian assets in a few months, says group chairman CKOw. "We are actively looking at floating our Australian
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      Lum Chang in £30m deal to buy UK hotel
      214 15 [SINGAPORE] Lum Chang Holdings has entered into an agreement with SC Global (London) Pte Ltd to buy a hotel in London for £30 million (5170.5 million). The 50-50 joint venture with SC London is through Lum Chang's subsidiary LC Hotels Pte
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        JSL offer: details of share alternative
        492 16  -  SembCorp considers offering 500 new shares pins cash for every 1,000 JSL shares By] Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Corp is considering offering 500 new shares plus cash for every 1,000 existing shares of Jurong Shipyard in its upcoming general offer for the latter.
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        S'pore HK Prop shares jump
        114 16 [HONGKONG] Shares of Singapore Hong Kong Properties Investment Ltd, a Hongkongbased property company, skyrocketed to a record high after the company announced its largest shareholder wiU sell its stake in a deal valuing the shares at HKJ7.6237 each. Shares of Singapore Hong Kong rose as
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        Flextech unit sets up US arm
        123 16 [SINGAPORE] Telford Industries, a unit of Sesdaq-listed Flextech Holdings, has set up a unit in the US caUed Technologies of Telford Inc (TechTel). Tech Tel will carry out sales, marketing and technical support activities for Telford's range of semiconductor packaging and testing equipment, as
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        SML unit to set up supply base in Miri
        328 16  -  Singapore Offshore Petroleum has option for 40% stake Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Maritime (SML) subsidiary Singapore Offshore Petroleum Services (SOPS) is setting up a joint venture supply base in Miri, Sarawak, with an option to take a 40 per cent
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        MAS raising 40b yen to help finance plane order
        208 16 (SINGAPORE] Malaysian Airline System (MAS) is borrowing 40 billion yen (***** million) from the international capital markets to help finance its fleet expansion programme. Its offshore financing arm, Malaysia Airlines Capital (L) Ltd, will issue Euroyen bonds which carry a coupon
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        Renong denies interest in NSC
        302 16  -  From Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur RENONG executive chairman Halim Saad yesterday quashed rumours that the Renong group might be taking a stake in loss-making National Steel Corporation (NSC) of the Philippines. But fund managers said he might cut the deal through his other vehicle,
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        Lock icon Reaching for new heights
        55 16 [SYDNEY] Qantas planes sitting on the tarmac at the terminal of Sydney's Mascot Airport on Wednesday, with the city's tallest building, Centrepoint Tower (centre), visible behind. The Australian flag carrier announced plans to spend As32o million (***** million) on interactive services, including movies and possibly gambling,
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        KFC M'sia director Harris Beh raises his stake to 31%
        364 16  -  He denies new block of shares comes from S'pore's GIC From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur KFC HOLDINGS (Malaysia) Bhd's executive director Harris Beh has boosted his stake in the Malaysian-listed fast food operator. Mr Beh bought an additional 23.3
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        Dharmala Philippines to expand banking network
        323 16  -  From Al Labita in Manila LISTED Dharmala Philippines Inc (DPI), the local flagship of Indonesia's Dharmala group, will expand its banking network this year to beef up its presence in the financial market. It will open 10 new Bank Dharmala branches in key Philippine
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          SES okays Showpla rights issue
          61 16 [SINGAPORE] Mainboard-listed Showpla Asia Ltd has received in-principle approval from the Stock Exchange of Singapore for its proposed renounceable rights issue of 80 million new ordinary shares. In-principle approval has also been given for a proposed public offering of 32 million new ordinary shares in
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          STIC to sub-lease factory space
          46 16 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Industrial Corp has agreed to sub-lease some factory space in Gul Circle to SAO Industrial Services Pte Ltd. SAO is a subsidiary indirectly held by Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd, which in turn is a substantial shareholder of STIC.
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          Guthrie unit acquires URA land
          46 16 [SINGAPORE] Guthrie GTS Ltd's 70 per cent-owned subsidiary, Craig Development, has acquired from the Urban Redevelopment Authority a 99-year-lease land parcel in Craig Road for a residential-cum-commercial complex. The cost of the development, including land cost, is estimated at $50 million.
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          Parkway unit in Budi Mulia stake deal
          45 16 [SINGAPORE] P T Siloam Gleneagles Health Care, the holding company for Parkway's Indonesian healthcare business, has agreed to buy Parkway subsidiary Gleneagles Development's 44 per cent stake in P T Budfe Mulia Suryajaya for US$6.l6 million (SsB.B million).
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          Hong Leong firm loses 71.3m renminbi
          59 16 [SINGAPORE] Hong Leong Group's diesel engine company China Yuchai International, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, suffered a net loss of 71.3 million renminbi (5512.2 million) for the year ended Dec 31,1996 (from a gain of 217.5 million renminbi). The red ink was
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        Lock icon Microsoft, Netscape step up fight over push technologies
        346 18 Offer of partnerships for firms to publish directly on the Net, corporate intranet Reuter [SAN FRANCISCO] Microsoft Corp and Netscape Communications Corp on Wednesday escalated efforts to move Internet software from simple Web browsers to so-called push technologies that end the need
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        Lock icon Veba pays 2.9b marks for Degussa stake
        350 18 German group seeks to boost chemical arm against competition FT IDUSSELDORF] Veba, the Dusseldorf-based power and industrial group, on Wednesday bolstered its chemical activities against mounting competition by paying 2.9 billion marks (552.45 billion) for a 36.4 per cent stake in Degussa, the
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        Lock icon AT&T gels nod for staff stock options
        393 18 Bloomberg {SECAUCUS, New Jersey! AT&T Corp shareholders approved a new incentive programme that will grant stock options to every employee in an effort to tie workers' compensation to the company's performance. The plan, which was approved at AT&T's annual meeting in Secaucus, New
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        61 18 [NEW YORK] ABN Amro chairman Jan Kalff (second right) and New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso (centre, pointing), talking moments before ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The Amsterdam-based bank, the Nth largest in the world,
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        Lock icon Matsushita profit soars on brisk telecoms equipment demand
        322 18 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd said yesterday record sales and strong demand for telecom equipment fuelled a 333.6 per cent surge in consolidated pretax profit from a year earlier to 332.1 billion yen (Ss4.l billion) in the year to
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        Lock icon Judge charges 10 in IBM graft probe
        233 18 Bloomberg [BUENOS AIRES] An Argentine judge on Wednesday charged 10 people with bribery in connection with the award of a US$25O million (***** million) state bank contract to International Business Machines Corp. Judge Adolfo Bagnasco has ordered the arrest of Aldo Dadone, the
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        Lock icon Total expects operating income to rise 35%
        198 18 Bloomberg [PARIS] Total SA said it expects operating income in the first half to rise 35 per cent, helped by a rising dollar and strong oil prices. It also said it won't make a one-time public offer to buy back shares, which it
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        Lock icon Nikko affiliate barred from new business for a month
        396 20 Investment trust firm's president to quit over illegal bond trading Bloomberg, Reuter [TOKYO] The image of Japan's financial industry has taken another battering after an affiliate of Nikko Securities admitted it has been accused of illegal bond trading. Yesterday the Finance
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        Indian finance company CRB Capital Markets collapses
        618 20  -  Man behind troubled group believed to have fled the country By] Rajendra Bajpai [NEW DELHI] One of India's largest finance companies, CRB Capital Markets Ltd, has collapsed leaving behind tens of thousands of anguished investors, including the country's largest bank, the State Bank
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        Lock icon Traders cool to 'new' fuel contract
        257 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter (SINGAPORE] The "newlook" fuel oil futures contract is failing to win much more industry interest than its ill-fat-ed predecessor in its first month of trading. Simex had hoped it could revive fuel oil futures trading with new specifications and relaunched the
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        Futures surge as cash market gains 128 pts
        186 20  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures surged ahead yesterday as the cash market finished up 128 points at 8,150.7. The electronics sub-index was responsible for half the
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        Lock icon Precious metals generally weaker
        223 20 Reuter [LONDON] The tone in the precious metals markets was generally easier yesterday as the platinum group (PGMs) weakened further from Wednesday's closing levels. Dealers said news that Russia would begin platinum and palladium exports at the end of May or the beginning of June and
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        264 20 Reuter London THE US dollar advanced against the yen, boosted by comments from US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, who reaffirmed that a strong dollar was in US interests. By 1220 GMT, the dollar had risen to 1.6955 marks from 1.6921 on Wednesday, and to 115.75 yen from 113.95
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      1603 21 AFP PJ Nikkei 225 ♦35.41 JAPANESE share prices rebounded slightly yesterday with the key market barometer closing 0.2 per cent higher as the dollar's renewed gains against the yen prompted scattered bargain hunting, brokers said. "Institutional investors are taking a wait-and-see attitude because they want to see how the
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      1585 22 Bloomberg fl Hang Seng -23^2 STOCKS closed lower yesterday as property shares posted their biggest one-day drop in four weeks. Real-estate and bank shares helped drive the Hang Seng Index up about 15 per cent the past two months, prompting traders to question if profits could rise fast enough
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      675 22 Bloomberg n Shenzhen B Index -1163 CHINA stocks took their biggest dive in three months yesterday after the government banned state-owned and publicly listed companies from speculative trading shares. Under the new rules, state-owned and listed companies won't be allowed to buy shares unless they are held as long-term
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      396 22 AFP QWP Index +127^7 SHARE prices finished 1.6 per cent higher yesterday in response to favourable export order figures for April released earlier in the week. "Sentiment was improved by a 5.9 per cent year-on-year increase in April export orders," said an analyst. The Weighted Price Index gained 127.77
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      834 22 AFP □SET Index -14.80 SHARE prices fell 2.5 per cent yesterday on news that the central bank was not going along with calls for an immediate cut in the official discount rate. Analysts said selling came mainly from foreign investors on worries about the economic situation and the failure
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      Lock icon MANILA
      280 22 AFP Q Manila +47.72 SHARE prices rose 1.9 per cent yesterday due to a technical rally, analysts said. The PSE Composite Index rose 47.72 points to 2,586.69. Turnover was 3.9 billion shares worth 2.1 billion pesos. PLDT rose 15 pesos to 750 while the Philippine National Bank climbed four
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      434 22 AFP Q Composite Index -1133 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday amid concerns over a financial squeeze at some big companies, dealers said. The Composite Index fell 13.33 points, or 1.8 per cent, to 724.38. Turnover was 64 million shares worth 811.6 billion won. Falls beat risers 601 to 232
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      607 22 AFP flAll Ordinaries +4.7 SHARE prices edged up 0.2 per cent to their second consecutive record high close yesterday on the back of a rally in the banking sector. "The banks had another good run, all but ANZ which had a little bit of profit-taking after a sensational run
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      264 22 Bloomberg □Wellington +9-54 SHARES rose yesterday, led by Telecom Corp as the company's plan to buy back its own shares continued to drive the stock higher. The Top 40share Index rose 9.54 points to 2,305.74. Bloomberg IM»tt US (000) AN2 Banking 9 25 0.35 >8765 Aa»*nt*q«i HMqi 1.33 unch
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        Lock icon Smaller cap stocks push prices higher
        439 23 AFX-Asia 11 Composite Index +12.41 SHARES prices closed higher across the board yesterday on speculative play, with local retailers and funds acquiring second and third tier stocks, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed up 12.41 points at 1,071.03 on volume 0f339.6 million shares
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        Surprise surge in volume of warrants traded on Clob Int'l
        197 24  -  WARBAMT WATCH By R Sivanithy SOMETHING ftinny is happening in the warrants segment, one that we're not quite sure what to make of. In many cases yesterday, the volume of warrants traded on Clob International far exceeded the volume done
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        MAIN BOARD
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        235 26 Stacks Volume HK Land US$0.10 17,094,000 •M8f HWqs 50c 8,765.000 •M8f Capital 8.517,000 •MultiP Wt98 7,002,000 'Renong WtOO 6,132,000 •Renong Bhd 50c 5,516,000 Tye Soon 10c 5,398,000 Latoroy M 20c 4,488,000 MOIL US$0.05 3,598,000 •MBF Land Bhd 3,480,000 Stocks HK Land US$0.10 46,672,390 •MBf Capital 25,186.300 0C8C Foreign 21.926,584 DBS
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        HOT STOCK
        61 26  -  by! Shiv Taneja DBS LAND closed 12 cents lower yesterday at $4.88 on a volume of 2.14 million shares. In the near term, the stock is likely to trade sideways with a slight downward bias. However, medium to long term investors should capitalise on any further weakness in
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          Oh James, oh Jim, oh why?
          91 26 WITH less than two months to go before Hongkong reverts to China, an American financial institution advertising to fill a Hongkong-based job still requires that prospective candidates "must" be English native speakers. Granted that a good command of English is quite, quite important, but
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          Red faces from wet bodies
          143 26 THE fixed-income market people here are still talking about this whopper, apparently. Have you had that kind of a week in your career when nothing seems to go right? For some syndication-type bankers in the region, last month must have have been a week they
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          Getting to 'no'you?
          109 26 IT'S BEEN a busy month for British hongs as far as getting to know China is concerned. A few weeks ago, Jardine Matheson Holdings chairman Henry Keswick was photographed shaking hands with Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji at the Zhongnanhai compound for Chinese top brass. He later pledged to
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          Some try harder
          153 26 AHEAD of June 1, when the new fare structure for public transport comes into force, bus companies have garnished almost every bus stop on the island with signs telling their esteemed customers how much they will soon have to cough out for a bus ride. Some companies
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        Second liners help prices rally after a slow start
        678 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY However, it is the Malaysian market's gains which have some dealers wondering if this is the start of a bull run By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE) An explosion of interest in Malaysia and selected plays on a handful of
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      646 18 Corporation Keppel Corporation Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 29th Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held at the Conference Room of Keppel Corporation Limited at 325 Telok Blangah Road, Singapore *****1 on
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      764 26 BUSINESS Notices To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CARSO AND IN THE MATTER OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS PTE LTD (la Voluntary Liquidation) At aa Extraordinary General Meeting of the member* of STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS PTE LTD, duly convened and held on 16 May 1997 at
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      1089 26 LOST CERTIFICATES The following share/stock certificates have been reported lost, mislaid or destroyed Name of Company Certificate not. No. of Stah/SIWW In thf mmo ol Bukit Sembawang ZOOllOl2 365 Harvey Audrey Dorothy Estates Limited City Developments C *****36 2,100 Estate of Tan rtn Tee, Deceased Limited MCL Land Limited A
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      419 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF WOOD UNE (S) PTE LTD (IN CREDITORS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 308 ol the Companies Act Cap. 50. that the FINAL MEETING of the members and creditors ol the
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      284 27 Reuter Bridge News tgmj AGAIN, there was a lack of l*ti facts about the rate 383&S Gulf to Japan ffcoamax grain rates. Brokers said business had ?BSad at 122.25 for a Jun I-iD cargo. luuues HW lIIFIi Further ftjferts emerged of ultra atuTvery large crude jMTriers being fixed
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      486 27  -  It aims to have regional distribution centres in every major Asa-Pacific city within next 3 years By. Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Home-grown ST Logistics (STL) aims to have a network of regional distribution centres in every major city in the Asia-Pacific within the next three years.
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      Lock icon Court rules against Port of Long Beach; terminal lease to Cosco now in doubt
      398 27 Journal of Commerce [LONG BEACH, California] Efforts by the Port of Long Beach to build a container terminal on the site of a former Navy station and lease it to China Ocean Shipping Co (Cosco) have
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      Officers and pilot of bulk carrier mostly to blame for collision
      770 27  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar THE officers and pilot on a Singapore-registered bulk carrier, which collided with a fishing vessel off Cairns last year, have taken the bulk of the blame for the accident. The Marine Incident Investigation Unit
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      Tonnage of ships lost in first quarter soars
      304 27 But number of ships lost was only one higher, at 32, latest figures show [LONDON] The tonnage of ships lost in the first quarter of 1997 more than doubled to 295,547 gross tons, although the number of ships lost was only one
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      Lock icon Hvide Marine to buy 37 vessels
      147 27 NewsPage [LAUDERDALE, Florida] Hvide Marine Incorporated recently announced a major expansion of its international operations with the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the 37-vessel fleet of Gulf Marine and Maintenance Offshore Service Company (GMMOS) of Dubai, in a transaction valued at US$6l
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        98 27 Journal of Commerce [WASHINGTON] Maersk Line is upgrading its service to the eastern side of Africa, barely a month after opening its dedicated East Africa Service. It is adding a vessel and expanding the number of ports the vessels will visit. The string of north-south
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        Lock icon Ipswich port to build bulk terminal
        83 27 Reuter [LONDON] Associated British Ports Holdings has announced its first major investment in the Port of Ipswich. ABP Ipswich and Sentinel Shipping Services, which is part of the Genchem Group, have agreed to construct a new £1.5 million (553.5 million) agricultural bulk terminal The
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        Lock icon AP Moeller orders 2 tankers from China
        73 27 AFP [COPENHAGEN] The Danish shipping company A P MoeSer has ordered two o& tankers each of 110,000 deadweight tonnes from the Chinese Dalian New Shipyard, the company said on Tuesday without disclosing the price. The order taltriko seven the number of ships ordered
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        Lock icon Oman plans to build port
        97 27 AFP [MUSCAT] Oman plans to build a sea port and airport on the Gulf of Oman to cope with growing demands in transportation. Communications Minister Salem Urn Abdallah al-Ghaxall announced on Tuesday. He said the aim of the new facilities for Sohar, 200 km north
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      Lock icon Firms lobby for state grants
      913 28  -  BRITISH AEROSPACE INDUSTRY: IN NEED OF FUNDING UK aerospace firms are seeking £100 m a year in government-funded research into new technologies, to keep pace with research into wing design, landing gear and other programmes winning more funding in Europe and the US M Reed
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      343 28 PAGC Evergreen 6 AEl 13 FL-Brtght 6 ANL 3 Famous 7 4 Farwide 13 Accord 6 Appenship 5 FroU M Astra 3 Austral 9 Frt orW 13 Avant 2 6L B'tang Mas 8 BSA 7 G*" 1 2 III 13 Glory Nav 13
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        714 43 Vtsid Voy No terth AfrtvX Dtpsrtura JWMf Nft Omh Saraya Ot J02 Momjsto* 24 05/2300 Oontmt jrr rtngsto* 25.05/2300 Dorto*** 3 J05 Uongmf 22.05/1300 F St laarmt 1/5/97 J17 atoaqsto* 29 05/2300 t—W I JU 23 05/1200 OraQOa 26 J23 atonfsto* 26 05/0800 *****7 J02 Monqud* 22.05/2300 NM
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1790 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCI CAR60 Boofclnq/Monco ftstli Ship Voy No Etfc/Btr Ported from To from TOM 14/0700 J 21/0700 2 VIM 2VMOO 4 2VB00 2VMM ZVTTOe teTutr «M a/woo 2vo*m aft*oo J 21/0700 21/HM 21/M00 aci smu 21M mono i 21/0700 21/10* 21/woo 4 21/1200
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        182 43 Mat 24 Bulgaria: Day of Cyrillic alphabet. South Korea: Buddha's Birthday. May 2S Argentina: Anniversary of inauguration of first Argentine government. Jordan: Independence Day. Zambia: Africa Liberation Day. Zimbabwe: Africa (Unity) Day. MajrM United Kingdom: Spring Holiday. United States: Memorial Day. May 31 Brunei: Royal Brunei Malay Regiment
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        786 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description at the market Prices shown are baaed on averagesUed stem. Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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        381 43 C«tM MO Mu 969.7 OJ 16.0 0.11 61 0.06 Otmtty tot* NiKm Art >lwlrt« 5—Ort No above E2S 0 0 3 1 0 0 300 Aw 966.6 0.4 lii 0.07 32 0M turn 360 Mu 962.9 II 17.1 0.13 62 0.07 W>rl »>/» Pt* mm* Wo
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        Lock icon EC objects to Boeing merger, airlines' tie-up
        490 44 Boeing-McDonnell, BA-Americftn cases infringe rules of competition AFP [BRUSSELS) The European Commission is taking a tough line on the planned merger between Boeing and McDonnell Douglas and the alliance between British Airways and American Airlines, at the risk of upsetting the US. The
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        Lock icon EU tells UK that BA-American deal must be changed
        261 44 Reuter [BRUSSELS] The European Commission was to tell the British government on Tuesday it has concluded that a proposed alliance between British Airways and American Airlines would harm fair competition unless changed, a commission source said. European Competition Commissioner Karel Van
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        Lock icon Boeing to boost output to record 43 planes a month in '98
        263 44 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing Co said it will boost production of its jetliners to a record 43 a month by the second quarter of next year, up from 29 a month now. The increases are necessary to meet strong
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        Lock icon Rolls-Royce to replace faulty parts in Airbus engines
        276 44 AFP [LONDON] British aircraft engine manufacturer RollsRoyce said on Wednesday it is replacing faulty parts on Trent 700 engines in Airbus A 330 aircraft, which have caused a series of in-flight engine failures in Asia. The company acknowledged that on four occasions
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        Ansett, Air NZ working to integrate operations
        385 44  -  Move to harness synergies between both airlines By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Ansett Australia and Air New Zealand are working towards a gradual integration of their operations. Ansett, Australia's second international airline, and Air New Zealand, which owns SO per cent of Ansett, are
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        Lock icon Bedrooms in the sky with shower and jacuzzi
        129 44 AFP [LONDON] The airline Virgin Atlantic plans to install bedrooms complete with shower, jacuzzi and double bed in its 747 jumbos to encourage travellers to join the Mile High Club, a report said. Ten to 12 rooms will be installed in the
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          Lock icon VW's vehicle sales up 11.2%
          92 44 Bloomberg [WOLFSBURG Germany] Volkswagen AG, Europe's largest car maker, said unit sates In the first four months of 1907 rose 11.2 per cent to 1.434 million vehicles. At the unveiling of the carmaker's new Passat Variant station wagon in Hamburg on Tuesday, VW chief executive
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          Lock icon Fewer passengers if tax is levied:SAS
          105 44 Bloomberg [COPENHAGEN] Scandinavian Airlines System said it expects to carry 10 per cent to 15 per cent fewer passengers on flights within Denmark if the government imposes a new tax on air travel. SAS said it plans to raise ticket prices for domestic flights
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          Lock icon TAP reaches wage deal with ground staff
          73 44 Reuter [LISBON] The board of Joes-making state airline TAP-Air Portugal said on Wednesday it had reached an agreement with ground staff for a S£ per cent wage increase. The agreement was signed on Tuesday with 10 unions, which took effect on Jan 1,1997
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      18 27 UK aerospace firms lobtrjr for jrtate grants They seek £100 m a year in govt-funded research. Pa«e 2
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      221 27 EC objects to Boeing merger, airlines' tie-up Both cases infringe rules of competition. Back Pa«e The Asia Pacific Ship Management Conference A critical look at the ISM code and how the leading Ship Management Software applications help you comply: Deadlines for ISM, GMDSS and STCW are fast approaching Senior executives,
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      1136 28 HBBHHBH I EXPORT 1 I OTHER DESTINATIONS I DIRECT TO WEST COAST WCTT COAST Of CENTRAL AMERICA {MARGARITA SERVICE) VESSE VOT En AH ETBSM U (MR va SEA ML NOH OK NT rkxkoott fy| «i m 1 w—TIM 6GU—A HO—tISSSST ttino—lo| Mtltaw NOLRUOT SIIS2I 11/05 22/05 04/06 08/06 10/06 11/06
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      589 28 Umi 4 —«vic— repr—anted by Mamtoare of tha Ragwtry of Mwnl *"<"h* alh#l/ Accradßad Shipping Agants, Fraight Forwardar* S'pofa National Shipping AmocJ MwUlml J/\ Speedy: s yL~f > and Quality IV Service to Y CALCUTTA^ 3 Japan Hongkong svon.tc Km**** K-hmg (Atoping Ki to Wu NAHA «NOAj CEfc, iCK *auww
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      998 29 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE rasa voy sm rn» mm nv son ST~ (rasa vwr m MB mv sou im n» m~ INMHS 5217 19/ M 19/ M 17/ M Jl/0* BOM 1197 M/M M/M M/M 10/ M 17/05 aosa 1117 30/05 15/00 17/ M N/00 11/00 OMW 0107 10/05 07/05
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      1784 29 I @HANJIN SHIPPING |immmwot mm m m w aa m >m mm mi wc om mm ra rrcm hmhmwammm 11/w nm I "/m m/m nm um um um um um u/m um 17/ m m/m m/m m/m h/m m/m 17/ m m/m n— M/M W/M h/m »/M M/M n/H H/M
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      101 29 ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE vcsb vot mmm kmmay rasa vot iommt wmmm NORDKAP 411 26/05 02/06 NORDKAP 410 18/05 26/05 LEEROKT 918 03/06 10/06 LEEROKT 917 26/05 03/06 SNAR TOOA 212 10/06 17/06 SNAR TOBA 211 03/06 10/06 NORPKAP 412
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      1415 30 ICT DSR-SEMTOR 88l Round the World Container Services TOUK/cohmwprr from uk/continent lm W MTM IHV HAM I HJt MTT IHA VHKt IVOY LHA MTM WV HAM FU UC W CMOYAN6 CHANCE WF7I4 MM lIM 17 H IIM UN IT.N UN CMOYANG WORLD HT73 04 05 HIM MN 0108 MM tin
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      1341 30 I NORASIA VESSEL VOY ["sfi pkTI ooalas bcl val alq rot rix ant fel lma MSC CAfILA 977*-3 VIK 7MB 13/06 11« 1949 24*0 2M6 ?1M M 1W 22i« 1«N MOfl FRMOURG 1721-3 MA* 1W 1M 22/N 01/07 02/97 MM OXB7 2MB T7M UM NOR HONGKONG 1722-3 11*0 27A0 2MM
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      342 30 CONVENTIONAL INDONESIA SERVICE VESSEL ETA ETD DESTINATION SAN WALIE 28/05 29/05 JAKARTA. SEMARANG CHAHAYA VICTORY 29/05 30/05 BAUKPAPAN SEMARANG CHAHAYA SEJATI 02A)6 03/06 SURABAYA. JAKARTA SEA SHINE 04AM 06/06 JAKARTA. SEMARANG FULL CONTAINER SBWICE SINGAPORE TO JAKARTA VESSEL VOY S TORE LOADING TOUT TOMAR I 035SJ 27/05 JAKARTA (bwthmfl it
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      1129 31 Al Jj I[|l• J JJ \ll ®i■[ pi 11 9I 11 nKN_ 11 Inln H I n I I VESSEL VQY SIN POU PKO PEN JKT 5S* MAN VAHOAT PX-1237 25/05/87 23/00/07 22/08/07 2JK2JK2I 02/00/97 SANYAMIN PJL-1226 10/08/07 (/v M "JK* I MAN MOQIN PJL- 1240 03/00/97 00/00/07 18/00/07 10/00/97
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      1715 31 POU Illil 1 fl IWIB* ■■■ww wmmm w mmm yfIAIIMASSOi I r SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHENTON WAY TEL 226 1900 FAX: *****0 A OUTWARD (I/I) 4205*02 *>NORE OFflO: COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #17-OIDKIIOG SALES/KGS <20SMI/43 INWARD DEFT JD/O) *****1S COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD Cl WO: **********0 M TOWEi
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      421 31 r. /lI pfrkapatan dat zhun A jf TONGJOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO; **********0 C REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 KUCNING-FASTtST TMAMSIT/ MUAKA-MHMtITY BtKTH 7 HO CHI HUHH-OiHKAnD~7' WHO ***** 24/05 GIWI ***** 24/05 GMUAT A 5217 25/05 GIKIM 9752 21/05 GUOO 9752 2S/0S GIHOCI
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      948 32 I TCI. SIAAAAA Mill -CRMUJRiOOOOO FAX > *****38 ICL> JJHHOOq DZ -Ct)**********1 PAX *****66 VOY PKOTSSJ^^ON I 1 HUB TRADER 7010 26/05 31/05 GJUAN 9712 27/05 28/05 01/06 HUB HONOUR 7001 02/06 07/06 HIBISCUS 12/97 03/06 04/06 08/06 HUB TRADER 7011 09/06 14/06 GIUAN 9713 08/06 09/06 13/06 HUB HONOUR
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      480 32 rca. NANTAI LINE FULLY CONTAMERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA rasa vot m rm Bj en Ijjgljlßgl BK li/05 01/N N/N 11/N mmujirm oiss Mt rm KM mmyaus m i»/ot w* x/u ww mi OISS KM 07/07 IZ/D7 14/87 HAOTU PMKBS 01SS OS/D 7 11/07 24/B7 mroiQuta wis 14/97 23/07
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      588 33 r i BSA A. i IMM MYANMA IWBBL FIVE STAR LINE 1 (Myanmor National Um) i Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) i MrtSSIl VOY SM PIG m Nil 'pMTA IUW su> I PAGAN 244W 23/05 I 1 MALAYSIA AG4NTS: MUSTUD SMPFING AG4NOIS ,iul m M-oJ-141/Joo p*l m 02-03-374*101 i PIN: m
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      1183 33 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LIP. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKGi *****32 I "A I I M I VBffl VOY I SM I UM I WM I AW I HAM I«J I ffl I 25/04 25/04 24/04 Ml WCHNfSS 304W 27/04 14/05 15/05 17/0517/05 17/05 20/05 02/05 02/05 03/05 HT. lAJKM 304W
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      531 33 FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES iIfSS 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) Twice Sailing To UNITED KINGDOM DIRECT SAILING TO SOUTHAMPTON FELIXSTOWE Please call for FAMOUS MOLLY I *****33 P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****33 (20 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 CWT GLOBEUNK PTE
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      679 35 f PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD l 8 9 '?140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. CR NO **********06 I pi. i;;ifsini: IfITAWHAWAM WtMMS 1m" w! >71 t/t IBL K lffi* 12/1 11/1— KQU WHAVA WiAMS ZZi_ i/i 12/t H/f 17/j W/j H/t ij/j a/> mm ffljbffi M M
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      76 38 <®*TOYOFUJI SHIPPING CO, LTD. MULTI-PURPOSE VESSEL FOR RO/RO, CONTAINER ft BREAK lUIK CARGO YISSEI Ivor H SIM JIT «U H I JEM HAMS PAQHC 5 45 25/05 17/05 20/05 01/04 02/04 00/04 mu 172 04/04 H/04 DfiPNINUS 35 00/04 10/04 12/04 1 J/04 14/04 24/04 vtssn VOT SIM PI m
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